Good news. The San Fran schools, who has its finances controlled by the State of California, not the School Board, is about to close or merge twelve schools. This should have been done years ago.
“Superintendent Matt Wayne released the initial list Tuesday, which suggests consolidating, shuttering or finding other uses for a baker’s dozen elementary and high schools. No middle schools were listed.
In a statement, Wayne said the schools were chosen because of significant enrollment declines. Each of the elementary schools have fewer than 260 students enrolled, while the high schools have less than 400.
This is just a start, enrollment continues to fall. Absentee rates continue to grow. This is a collapsing district.
SFUSD identifies schools that could merge, close
By Allyson Aleksey, SF Examiner, 10/8/24 https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/education/sfusd-closures-district-names-preliminary-list-of-schools/article_ad5eb162-85c3-11ef-97e6-77fd05ecb79b.html
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The San Francisco Unified School District has identified a preliminary list of 13 campuses to close, merge or repurpose.
Superintendent Matt Wayne released the initial list Tuesday, which suggests consolidating, shuttering or finding other uses for a baker’s dozen elementary and high schools. No middle schools were listed.
El Dorado Elementary School would close, merging with Visitacion Valley Elementary on the latter’s campus. Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy would merge with fellow K-5 Sanchez Elementary School, with the former campus becoming an early education center.
Sutro Elementary School would also become an early education center, with its students attending one of Lafayette Elementary, Alamo Elementary, or the Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila Elementary School.
Jean Parker Elementary School in North Beach would close, with students assigned to Gordon J. Lau Elementary School for the Chinese biliteracy program or John Yehall Chin Elementary School for general education.
Malcolm X Academy Elementary School would merge with nearby George Washington Carver Elementary School in Bayview-Hunter’s Point, moving to the latter campus. San Francisco Community School in the Excelsior would close, becoming part of Paul Revere Elementary School in Bernal Heights.
Yick Wo Alternative Elementary School in Russian Hill would close, with its students moving to Sherman Elementary elsewhere in the neighborhood or Redding Elementary in Nob Hill. San Francisco Public Montessori in Pacific Heights would close and merge with Rosa Parks Elementary in the Fillmore, while Spring Valley Elementary in Nob Hill would merge with Hayes Valley’s John Muir Elementary.
The Excelsior’s June Jordan School for Equity would merge with John O’Connell High School and move to its Mission campus, while The Academy San Francisco @ McAteer in Diamond Heights would become part of Wallenberg High School in the Western Addition.
In a statement, Wayne said the schools were chosen because of significant enrollment declines. Each of the elementary schools have fewer than 260 students enrolled, while the high schools have less than 400.
