Live updates: S.F. school board approves labor union agreement to reopen classrooms
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An outdoor area is designated for students to gather before and after class at Sunset Elementary School in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.Sarahbeth Maney / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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An empty cafeteria is seen at Sunset Elementary School in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.Sarahbeth Maney / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
The San Francisco school board is meeting now to vote on a health and safety plan for reopening schools for in-person instruction.
Even if the board approves the health and safety plan, the district still needs to reach an agreement over the number of days and hours of in-person instruction and vote on that before moving forward. Then, schools would be allowed to reopen in California’s second-most-restrictive red tier after the staff is vaccinated, or in the orange tier without va
Confusion over S.F. public schools fall return underscores parents anxiety
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Precautionary health signs are displayed in a first grade classroom before students return for in-person learning at Sunset Elementary School in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.Sarahbeth Maney/Special to The Chronicle
For months, anxious parents of San Francisco public school students have been wondering what a return to classrooms might look like in the fall. With little information about when and how schools will reopen, parents jumped on wrong information Friday that was accidentally sent out by a principal about a return to classrooms.
A paragraph in a principal newsletter to parents erroneously indicated that the Superintendent Vince Matthews said it was unlikely schools would reopen full-time for all students in the fall.
San Francisco s school board is wasting time on ridiculous debates as students remain home
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Seth Brenzel is a gay dad who had volunteered to serve on a parent group that advises the Board of Education. But he was rejected by school board members after they publicly humiliated him for two hours during a meeting.Amy Osborne / Special to The Chronicle
A gay dad volunteers for one of eight open slots on a parent committee that advises the school board. All of the 10 current members are straight moms. Three are white. Three are Latina. Two are Black. One is Tongan. They all want the dad to join them.
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Some S.F. teachers are ready to go back to the classroom. But they ve been too scared to speak up until now
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David Moisl greets his West Portal Elementary kindergartners, whom he teaches online from home. He is ready to return to the classroom as soon as all the necessary safety precautions are in place.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Kevin Robinson, a substitute teacher with San Francisco Unified School District, reads a book by a window in his North Beach home. Robinson, who has worked a total of seven days so far this school year, is hoping to go back to the classroom soon.Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
San Francisco SUES its own school district and board of education to get kids back in classrooms as quickly as possible amid COVID shutdown
San Francisco will be filing the lawsuit against the San Francisco Board of Education and the San Francisco Unified School District on Wednesday
Suit alleges that the district and board violated a state law that required districts to adopt a clear plan during the pandemic as it relates to in-person education
The plan was supposed to describe actions they will take to offer classroom-based instruction whenever possible
District did have a plan that would allow the first wave of reopenings beginning after January 25, 2021, with a gradual increase of students through March