Reminder: the Committee on Student Assignment meets this evening at 7 p.m. in the Board room at 555 Franklin St. Items for discussion include:
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Just as a reminder, there is a Committee of the Whole on Student Assignment scheduled for this evening, May 11, at 6 p.m. at James Denman Middle School (241 Oneida Ave.) in the auditorium. Informational items for discussion:
Last night’s meeting didn’t adjourn till 1 a.m., but less than 12 hours later wild rumors are circling about what we did or did not do. Don’t have time for the full roundup or a fuller discussion of the JROTC issue at the moment but here are the key points:
More later.
It was pretty late last night when I finished posting and I neglected to list two upcoming student assignment meeting dates:
Commissioner Kim announced that she will arrive at both meetings an hour early to talk to parents who may not be comfortable sharing their views during public comment.
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In what will probably be a common occurrence, someone has started a petition urging Board of Education members to:
request that in your priorities for a new SFUSD Student Assignment process for 2010, you include at minimum a fallback option for any applicant to attend his/her neighborhood school (with all communities having an assigned school).
So far I’ve received close to 180 300 e-mails. Most of them just cut and paste the wording above, but a number of people included personal comments and opinions and I’m grateful for that since I feel obligated to open every e-mail. It’s much more instructive when people take the time to explain why they’re writing and what their individual views are.
UPDATE: My friend Teri Olle, who was in the audience at Monday’s meeting, posted her own notes on the PPS/sfschools list. I’m reposting them here.
Mary over on the sfschools list wants to know: “Is the BOE also looking to move towards a system that emphasizes neighborhood schools rather than parental choice?”
Not to speak for my colleagues, but after listening and participating in tonight’s discussion (at the Ad Hoc Committee on Student Assignment) I don’t think the BOE as a body has at all decided where to fall in the choice vs. neighborhood paradigm. The dialogue centered much more on equity, transparency, simplicity, predictability — things like that.
Update (Sunday): Jill Wynns and I are essentially tied for last two seats. Updated results here.
Today was the annual SFUSD enrollment fair. It’s a great event – parents, staff and students from every public school come to promote their schools to families looking for a public school. There was amazing energy this year – particularly from the high schools. And though the enrollment process is very nerve-wracking for families, it seemed to me as though there was a bit less angst and a bit more eagerness as families browsed the many good public school choices we have in San Francisco.
Rachel Norton 