Parents for Public Schools-SF Mission & Goals
Mission
PPS-SF is a network of parents working together to build and ensure quality public education for all children in San Francisco.
Goals
Build and maintain a network of current and prospective public school parents.
- Together, we work to change the perceptions of our public schools and optimize public school choices.
Inform effective public education policy development and its implementation.
- By amplifying the voice of parents, we’re impacting student assignment policy and improving the way our school board makes decisions.
Encourage public school enrollment and help parents navigate the process.
- We improve access to the enrollment process for all families.
Develop Parent Leaders from all SF Communities to take a more active role in their schools.
- We prepare thousands of parent leaders to understand the system they are trying to improve.
About Parents for Public Schools
Started in San Francisco in 1999 and part of a national organization of independent community-based chapters, PPS-SF has become a respected and prominent supporter of public education and an advocate for parent engagement in school reform.
By making the complex enrollment process more accessible to all parents and helping to market under enrolled schools, PPS-SF helped reverse a 30 year trend of declining SFUSD enrollment, has increased diversity in numerous schools and has been instrumental in combating San Francisco’s “family flight” epidemic.
When parents are more informed about the educational system at the classroom, school and district levels, they are more likely to be engaged in their child’s education and are more likely to become partners in improving academic achievement. PPS-SF provides parent leadership development training to help parents understand complex systems and gain confidence to get involved.
With its solutions-oriented approach, PPS-SF has been instrumental in providing parent perspective to the development of SFUSD policies and procedures, including organizing and providing key parent input on district policy.
PPS-SF serves more than 50,000 parents each year.
Become a part of our growing parent network
What started off as a grassroots venture by two parents has grown into a network of thousands.
Parents for Public Schools proudly represents a diverse and active network of parents who are involved in building quality public education for all children in San Francisco’s public schools. Find out why parents are excited about public schools and why they choose to be involved. Sign Up Today! to become a part of the network. It’s free to sign up.
PPS relies on donations from individuals like you, so please consider supporting the work of PPS-SF by making a donation.
PPS-SF is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. We are an equal opportunity employer.