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School Year Calendar change

The Board of Education has approved a proposal to maintain the usual school calendar for the 2009-2010 school year and develop a new instructional calendar for the 2010-2011 school year. The proposed changes are designed to end the first semester before the Winter Break, which would mean that the school year could start earlier in August and end at the end of May.

See Calendar (29kb,pdf)
1st semester starts Monday, August 16 and ends Friday, December 17.
2nd semester starts Monday, January 3 and ends Friday, May 27.

What the City can do for SF public schools: Parents' recommendations

More than 150 parents gathered on April 22, 2006 at the PPS-SF Annual General Meeting to share their concerns and ideas with Mayor Gavin Newsom on how he and the city can help support our public schools. This report (194kb,pdf) has been used as input into the Mayor's Policy Council on Children, Youth and Families in its efforts to advise the Mayor on city policies to families in San Francisco.

Recommendations from this report were used as input into the resulting Partnership for Achievement between the City of San Francisco and SFUSD.

Special thanks to Rachel Norton, PPS volunteer and former NY Times journalist, who helped write this report, and to all the parents who contributed with their time, thoughts and ideas.

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San Francisco Issues:

Private investment in public schools, by city:

- New York City: $350 per student
- Seattle: $150 per student
- Portland: $100 per student
- San Francisco: $43 per student

Source: SF Schools Alliance, 2007

Arts Education Master Plan

San Francisco is looked at as a model for its Arts Education Master Plan, thanks to funds received from Prop H.

See the Arts Education Master Plan (Note: this is a large pdf file).

How the Arts Education Master Plan aligns with the Strategic Plan (English, pdf)

District Strategic Plan

See the latest draft of the district 2008-2012 Strategic Plan from the SFUSD website. This draft was adopted on May 28, 2008 by the BOE.

District Strategic Plan One page summary - English (101kb,pdf), Spanish (135kb,pdf), Chinese (151kb,pdf)

PRESS

School Beat: What’s in Your School’s Balanced Scorecard? ; Lisa Schiff‚ Beyond Chron; Nov. 13‚ 2008

School Beat: Mostly Positive Election Results for Public Education; Lisa Schiff; Beyond Chron; Nov. 6‚ 2008

School Beat: Don't forget the School Board Elections; Lisa Schiff; Beyond Chron; October 9, 2008

SF Schools take on racism, classism; Jill Tucker; SF Chronicle; May 28, 2008

School Beat: SFUSD's Draft Strategic Plan Revealed; Lisa Schiff; Beyond Chron, May 22, 2008

SF Schools receiving reserve funds to curb cuts; CBS 5; May 7, 2008

Public School Advocates Demand Help from Rainy Day Fund; Jacqueline Tomco; Beyond Chron; April 29, 2008

Reserve to shine bright on school district; Beth Winegarner; The Examiner; April 25, 2008

Rainy Day Fund comes to the rescue of S.F. Teachers; Jill Tucker; SF Chronicle; April 25, 2008

Mayor touts plan for city to help improve schools; Jill Tucker; SF Chronicle; February 14, 2007