SF News Day Around the Bay: Mahmoud Khalil to Be Released After Months in Immigration Custody Pope Leo XIV urged Silicon Valley execs to prioritize human wellbeing in their technology; a San Rafael City Schools board trustee was suspended following his arrest for child molestation; and former Columbia student and legal resident Mahmoud Khalil is set to be released Friday evening.
SF Politics State Court Shoots Down SoCal School District’s Ban on Critical Race Theory The small Temecula Valley Unified School District in Southern California’s Riverside County has made a big deal out of their extremely vague ban on critical race theory, but a state appeals court just ruled that it violates the state Constitution.
SF News In a Political Stunner, Mayor Breed Calls For ‘Immediate Stop’ to SFUSD School Closures, Trashes Superintendent Mayor London Breed cannot stop the San Francisco school closures, but she just lent her muscle and bully pulpit to the cause, suddenly declaring “It is time to immediately stop this school closure process.”
SF News Parents to Rally at SF School Board Meeting Tonight In Hopes of Halting School Closures Tuesday night’s SF Board of Education meeting is shaping up to be a raucous one, as parents and teachers are planning to rally before the 6:30 pm meeting, and will likely overflow into the meeting to protest the proposed school closures.
SF Politics Ex-SF School Board Prez Now Says She Quit Because of Superintendent, Previously Claimed It Was for Health Reasons A very curious change of tune from recently resigned SF school board president Lainie Motamedi, who claimed she quit over her “health and personal circumstances,” but now says she quit in protest of Superintendent Matt Wayne, whom she helped hire.
SF News SFUSD Will Ask Voters to Approve a Nearly $800 Million Bond Measure in November, Largest in City History The financially troubled San Francisco Unified School District will come asking voters for a bond measure that’s in the neighborhood of nearly a billion dollars in November, the most expensive bond measure ever in SF.
SF News State Monitors Take Partial Oversight of SFUSD Finances, as District Runs Risk of Going Broke San Francisco Unified School District’s deficit has grown so large that outside state monitors have just been given veto power over the district's spending, which is not a full state takeover, but seems to be setting the stage for school closures.
SF Politics SF School Board Likely to Switch to Elections By District, Because a Lawsuit Is Forcing Them To More political drama completely unrelated to education at the SF school board, as some out-of-town attorney had lodged a lawsuit to force school board members to be elected by geographic districts, and SFUSD may have no choice but to comply.
SF Politics East Bay School Board Member Who Voted Against LGBTQ Flags Says He's Been Getting Harassed The ostensibly conservative dude who was one of two school board members in the tiny East Bay school district of Sunol to vote against having any Pride or other flags on campus last month says he's been receiving death threats.
SF Politics Ann Hsu Has Lost School Board Race, as Challenger Alida Fisher Takes ‘Insurmountable’ Lead London Breed-appointed school board member Ann Hsu will be the only Breed appointee not reelected in last week’s election, as anti-recall candidate Alida Fisher has sealed the win with a more than 3,500-vote advantage.
SF Politics Ann Hsu Falls Behind In SF School Board Race, Might Not Win Seat Mayor London Breed’s clean sweep of appointees getting elected last week is now in serious jeopardy, as school board appointee Ann Hsu fell 1,700 votes behind progressive Alida Fisher in the latest vote-count batch.
SF Politics Two of Breed’s Appointed School Board Members Cruise To Wins, Ann Hsu Ahead In Race for Third Seat It could be a clean sweep for the three school board members Mayor Breed appointed after the February recall, with only Ann Hsu’s election somewhat in doubt.
SF Politics Ann Hsu Way Ahead of the Pack in School Board Race Donations, Despite (Or Because Of?) Racist Comment Scandal Despite a summer backlash and furor over SF school board member Ann Hsu’s comments that Black and brown students had “unstable family environments," Hsu has racked up nearly twice the campaign contributions of any other school board candidate in the November election.
SF News SF School Board Now Facing Lawsuit Threat Over Vote To Observe Two Muslim Holidays The same lawyer who previously sued the San Francisco school board and the school district over a decision to rename dozens of city schools is now threatening to sue again, this time over a vote to close schools on two Muslim holy days.
SF News Post-Recall School Board Reinstates Lowell High’s Merit-Based Admissions You can call it “selective admissions” or you can call it “segregation,” but the school board voted 4-3 to reinstate merit-based admissions at Lowell, with all four Yes votes being London Breed appointees.
SF Politics London Breed Announces Picks for School Board Replacements, All Three Are District Parents SF Mayor London Breed is announcing her three picks for the school board Friday, and one of them was instrumental in helping to recall the three school board members who were ousted in last month's special election.
SF Politics All Three Recalled School Board Members Speak Out, Collins Insists She’s ‘Not Done’ The three school board members all have their say over being ousted in Tuesday’s recall vote, and soon-to-be-former board president Gabriela Lopez is saying the recall targeted “people of color, primarily women of color.”
SF Politics All Three School Board Members Recalled In Landslide This election, with eyes on it from around the country, proved to be a clear referendum on the school board, despite relatively low voter turnout.
SF Politics What’s the Deal With This School Board Recall Election and Why Are We Having It? An Analysis Confused about why we’re having a February 15 school board election? Class is in session, as we look at why this recall is happening, whose money is behind it, and what happens if the recall is successful.
SF Politics Recall SF School Board Movement Sues Over Democratic Party Opposing Recall; Breed Proposes New Board Oversight The war over the SF Board of Education ramped up Monday as Mayor London Breed proposed a charter amendment that would limit the power of the board, and the recall movement is suing to halt a negative endorsement by the local Democratic Party.
SF Politics More School Board Drama Looming, as Lowell High Sticks to Lottery-Based Admissions Another Year The SFUSD superintendent says there’s not enough time to implement a court order to re-vote on admissions changes at Lowell. That’s likely to further infuriate the alumni groups that sued the district to win that court order.
SF News SF's Lowell High School Could Potentially Return to Merit-Based Admissions Following Judge's Ruling A San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled against the San Francisco Board of Education Thursday, dealing another blow to the embattled school board that can hardly afford the attorneys fees it's incurred.
SF News SFUSD Will Present Plan Today to Trim $125 Million Deficit: Basically Layoffs, Layoffs, Layoffs The school district’s deficit is even larger than we thought, and tonight the school board meets to figure out how to reduce it enough to avoid a state takeover.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Non-Citizens Can Vote in the School Board Recall Mayor Breed gets a glowing New York Times mention, non-citizens can vote in the upcoming school board recall election, and Hertz just bought 100,000 Teslas.
SF News Lowell High Alums Take More Legal Action To Undo Lottery Admissions After already suing the district over changes to Lowell’s merit-based admissions system, a group of Lowell High alumni are seeking a court injunction against attempts to diversify the prestigious high school’s student body.
