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Outer Sunset Affordable Housing for Teachers Project Swamped With 900 Applications for Just 135 Units

The good news is that the highly anticipated affordable housing complex for SFUSD teachers is just a couple months from allowing its new tenants in. The bad news is that the vast majority of applicants won’t get a place, as applicants outnumber available units by about sixfold.

SFUSD Finally Replacing Their Disastrous, $40 Million Payroll System That Failed to Actually Pay People

A two-year-long SF Unified School District payroll fiasco is still not resolved, so the district has decided to cut ties with the calamity of a payroll system called EMPower, and start over with a whole new vendor.

SF State Faculty Announce Strike In December, Other State Schools Set to Join

While it would only be a one-day strike, faculty at SF State and three other California State University schools are planning to go on strike in early December as salary negotiations have stalled and potential job cuts loom.

SF Teacher Strike Averted, After All-Night Bargaining Session Produces Significant Pay Raise

A San Francisco teacher strike looked likely when 97% of the union voted in favor of a strike just last week, but an all-night session at the bargaining table just produced a new deal with a substantial pay raise.

Day Around the Bay: SF Teachers Overwhelmingly Vote in Favor of Going on Strike

Oakland’s oldest kosher bakery is for sale for $1, Haight Street’s counterculture costume shop Distractions is closing permanently, and SF schoolteachers voted to approve a strike by a 97% margin.

Drastic Teacher Shortage at Lincoln High as Students Return Today

There are shortages across the SF Unified School District as students return to classroom Wednesday, but few as pronounced as at Lincoln High School, where they're lacking teachers for five academic subjects.

SF Adds New Teacher Housing Projects, One of Which Will Convert Eyesore at 18th and Mission

There are two new housing developments for teachers in the SF housing pipeline, including the highly tagged, dilapidated abandoned property at 18th and Mission Streets.

Monday Morning Headlines: Oakland Teachers' Strike Ends

The Oakland teachers' union announced a tentative deal and has called off their strike; SF Mayor London Breed says her car was broken into last year; and Sup. Rafael Mandelman plans to oppose the 'fixed seating' update for the Castro Theatre's landmark language.

Oakland Teachers Officially On Strike Over Pay and Working Conditions

It is now Day One of the 2023 Oakland Unified School District teachers’ strike, and schools are still open, but attendance is sparse as teachers are out on the picket lines

SF Teachers Camp Outside School District Headquarters, Demanding Missed Paychecks

Over 100 employees with the San Francisco Unified School District protested outside the district’s headquarters Monday, demanding missed or incorrect checks be rectified and paid out — and around two dozen of them spent the night outside the downtown district office.

SF Teachers Planning a Mass ‘Sickout’ on Thursday Over COVID Safety Frustrations

Hundreds of teachers have signed an online petition saying they won't work Thursday because of SFUSD’s alleged COVID safety failings, but can you really have a sickout when more than 10% of the staff is already legitimately out sick?

SF Teachers Union Says They’ll Return To Classes with Vaccine Shots, Less Restrictive Tier

The union says they’re ready to resume in-person classes if they’re vaccinated and the city is in the red tier, or even unvaccinated if it’s in the orange tier.

San Francisco Is Suing Its Own School District In Escalating War Over Reopening

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is filing a lawsuit Wednesday against the city's school district, arguing that the district is now out of compliance with a state law directing districts to adopt a plan for reopening for in-person classes.

Previously Homeless SF Math Teacher Finds Home

Pretty awful: homeless SF math teacher.https://t.co/cp2TXodKoF— No Politics Retweets (@shabbychef) May 18, 2017 You'll likely recall the Chronicle story from about six weeks back concerning Etoria Cheeks, a teacher

Math Teacher At SF Public School Ends Up Homeless, Says 'San Francisco Isn't Geared For Me'

Low pay plus high #SanFrancisco housing costs equal 1 homeless math teacher. via @hknightsf https://t.co/uIKS2lGUGG pic.twitter.com/heacnfIkQx— SFChronicle (@sfchronicle) May 9, 2017 San Francisco math teacher and badminton

Protesters Disrupt SoMa Office Of Man Evicting School Teacher

If you're going to disrupt where we live, we're going to disrupt where you work. That seemed to be the message of protesters gathered outside the Bryant Street office of film company Mubi

Video: Substitute Teacher In Antioch Goes Ballistic Over Missing Rubber Bands

Though we don't know what the events were leading up to this cell phone video being taken, a substitute teacher in an Antioch middle school was pushed to the brink and basically lost

Supervisors Move Forward With Eviction Protection For Teachers

A San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee gave its seal of approval this week to legislation that would protect teachers, school employees, child caregivers, and their families from evictions during the academic year.

Campos Wants To Protect SF Teachers From Eviction

Thanks to @DavidCamposSF and @HillaryRonen for introducing legislation to stop mid school year educator evictions! pic.twitter.com/BVUUPyLLn0— UESF (@UESF) February 2, 2016 Supervisor David Campos this morning introduced new legislation with

Stray Bullet Strikes East Bay Elementary School Teacher In The Neck

A Berkeley elementary school teacher remains in critical condition after she was shot in the neck Saturday, struck by a stray bullet as she drove down the Richmond street on her way to

Housing Prices Plus Teacher Shortage Equals Bigger Teacher Shortage

When San Francisco public schools open two weeks from Monday, will there be enough teachers for our students? KRON 4 is asking, prompted by the news that there are 51 open positions even

Stockton P.E. Teacher Accused Of Corporal Abuse Of 14-Year-Old Girl In Swimming Pool Incident

This video's been making the rounds showing Stockton P.E. teacher Denny Peterson physically trying to drag a 14-year-old girl by the arms and torso into a swimming pool. As the local ABC

San Francisco's Substitute Teacher Problem, By The Numbers

An increased number of teacher training days have increased the San Francisco Unified School District's need for substitute teachers, but they can't find enough subs to fill the void, the Chron reports. As

Teacher Accused Of Molesting Students Had 'Cutest Girl List'

Alvarado Elementary School third-grade teacher Michael Howey, accused to molesting young children, allegedly isolated his third-grade female students at recess to gve them "long hugs," rub their bellies, and "kiss them on the

Baseball Coach Charged With Drugging, Molesting Player

Joel Kaufman, 52, who once coached at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland and Palo Alto High School, stands accused of molesting one teen boy and secretly filming another in a bathroom. And