San Francisco school officials on Monday released more details about their plans to get some of the city’s more than 52,000 schoolchildren back into classrooms this spring after a year of distance learning that left many families struggling and sparked a lawsuit over reopening schools. Under the plan, starting April 12, some students in lower grades would return for four full days and one partial day each week while others would return two full.
S.F. schools to reopen starting April 12 after union, SFUSD officials reach tentative deal
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Clarendon Elementary School second-grader Haruki Ishiyama, 7, is reflected on his computer screen while attending Zoom class alongside families gathered at Midtown Terrace Park in February.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of2Jennifer Sey (left) and Laura Fagan are among about a half dozen parents staging a small demonstration on Van Ness Avenue across from City Hall to urge the city to reopen public schools in San Francisco, Calif. on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020.Paul Chinn/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
San Francisco school officials plan to reopen classrooms for some of the youngest students beginning April 12, officials announced Friday night, after months of bitter debate over how and when students would return to in-person instruction.
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S.F. school board approves plan with labor unions to reopen classrooms
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Clarendon Elementary second-grader Haruki Ishiyama attends Zoom class at a protest Thursday.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
San Francisco school officials unanimously approved a health and safety agreement with labor unions allowing the reopening of schools before the end of the academic year.
The deal, approved during Tuesday’s school board meeting, is the first major hurdle in bringing the first students back into classrooms for in-person learning, although the unions and district are still at odds over what the school day will look like when classrooms reopen.