Ellie’s Corner – Middle School Feeder Patterns: What’s Next
Student Assignment System (SAS) and k-8 Middle School pathways
- Student Assignment System
- K-8 Middle School Pathways
SAS Timeline and History
Below is the timeline of discussions and school board meetings representing the process to redesign the SFUSD student assignment policy. The redesign process occurred between December 2008 and March 2010.
March 3, 2010
Resolution (pdf)
Summary of Key Features of Student Assignment System (pdf)
February 24, Ad Hoc Committee
Revised Student Assignment Recommendations (pdf)
Presentation on Diversity, Superintendent's recommendation, and info from Board's 2/17 meeting (pdf)
February 17, Committee of the Whole
Detailed description of how the proposed student assignment mechanism would work (scenarios and technical description)
Implementation plan and budget
February 9, BOE Meeting
1st Reading of Superintendent's proposal for a new student assignment system in English, (pdf)
Tuesday, February 2, BOE Committee of the Whole
Presentation by PPS and PAC on findings from community focus groups
Findings in English (pdf)
Findings in Spanish (pdf)
Findings in Chinese (pdf)
Recommendations in English (pdf)
Recommendations in Spanish (pdf)
Recommendations in Chinese (pdf)
District Staff presentation of recommendations in English (pdf).
February 2, 2010
Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco Statement Regarding Student Assignment Redesign
Read the statement (pdf)
January 25, 2010 BOE Ad Hoc Committee Meeting
Topic: Presentation of data simulations based on 6 options being considered (pdf). Please note that the last two slides are incorrect and we will post the corrected slides when we get it.
December 14, 2009
Report on data of racial achievement in high concentration vs. low concentration of various ethnic groups in schools in SFUSD.
November 13, 2009
Update and information on models being presented at Town Hall and Input Meetings - pdfs in English, Spanish and Chinese.
October 19, 2009
Presentation by consultants (pdf) on necessary assumptions and methodology used in order to create various simulations.
Presentation by Orla O'Keeffe (pdf) on 6 models being considered.
September 14, 2009
Presentation by Orla O'Keeffe (pdf) on possible models and assumptions to base simulations on. Decision on specific models to run simulations on was put off by the board so that they could get more information.
June 9, 2009 Feedback from Community Conversations: A Presentation from the Parent Advisory
Council (PAC) and Parents for Public Schools (PPS)
Summary English (pdf)
Full Report English (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Chinese (pdf)
June 8, 2009
Changes to the Assessment, Counseling, and Language Program Placement Process for English Learners Presentation (pdf)
May 11, 2009
Committee of the Whole Meeting
April 13, 2009
Powerpoint presentation (pdf)
March 9, 2009
See the powerpoint presentation (pdf) on student density patterns, guidelines and assumptions for proposed simulations.
February 12, 2009
Committee of the Whole** on Student Assignment 6-6:30 p.m. at 555 Franklin Street in the Board Room. Briefly provide an update on the process and timeline, and provide a limited amount of time for public input.
January 29, 2009
This committee meeting will be a discussion of options and models as well as the data that the board commissioners requested. The public is invited to comment and ask questions.
Powerpoint presentation (pdf) on zip code, diversity and distance for enrolled students.
January 12, 2009
This committee meeting will review timelines, and hearing from Professor Goodwin Liu, Associate Dean and Professor of Law from Berkeley Law School, speaking on the topic of Data on the Achievement Gap and the Relationship between Diversity and Equity.
Powerpoint presentation (pdf): progress to date and presentation by Prof. Goodwin Liu on demographics and achievement gap.
December 8, 2008
Powerpoint presentation (pdf): progress to date, process and schedule.
The 2007 SERR Report: Community Outreach Findings and Recommendations
Thank you to all of the parents and community members who participated in the Community Outreach done by the Parent Advisory Council (PAC), the San Francisco Education Fund and the SFUSD and supported by PPS-SF. Communities throughout San Francisco were reached in various languages, through small groups. The findings and recommendations were presented at the April 21 2007 PPS-SF Annual General Meeting.
SERR Findings: English (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Chinese (pdf)
Community Recommendations: English (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Chinese (pdf)
Report from the 2006 PAC Outreach Campaign
From January thru May 2006, the Parent Advisory Council (PAC) conducted a Community Outreach Campaign, emphasizing questions on Student Assignment. This outreach campaign focused on communities that are not normally heard from in education policy debates.
Summary Report on Findings
Appendix: Student Assignment Policies
The Middle School Feeder Pattern policy was adopted in June 2011
With these pathways, SFUSD hopes to create continuity for academic programs, support positive school climates, and build a bridge from elementary to middle school. The middle school feeder pattern assignment policy, adopted by the Board of Education on June 14, 2011, will be phased in for five years and will be fully implemented beginning with students who start kindergarten in 2011.
Students currently enrolled in grades 1-5 (those submitting applications to start middle school in 2012) will apply to middle school based on choice. These applicants must submit an application and may rank any number of middle schools in order of preference. When the number of requests for a school is greater than the number of seats available, preferences, known as tiebreakers, will be used in the following order: 1) younger siblings, 2) the middle school designated as the “feeder” school based on the student’s elementary school, and 3) students living in CTIP/Test Score Area. Beginning in spring 2017 students exiting 5th grade (those students who start kindergarten in fall 2011) will receive an initial 6th grade offer to their feeder school. List of feeder schools (pdf). For more details, please go to our Enrollment Assignment page or sfusd.edu.
Parents for Public Schools and the Parent Advisory Council (PAC) conducted extensive community conversations and ultimately opposed the middle school feeder patterns proposed by the SFUSD because we believe they won't provide equitable access to educational opportunities.
Parents for Public Schools and Parent Advisory Council’s Joint Report on Findings and
Recommendations: from Community Conversations about Middle School Quality, K-8 Pathways and Feeder Patterns.
Parents for Public Schools and the PAC are opposed to middle school feeder patterns proposed by the SFUSD because we believe they won't provide equitable access to educational opportunities.
Full Report includes the following sections:
- Findings
- Recommendations
- Appendix 1: community forum demographic information
- Appendix 2: information from the written survey completed at the community forums
May 9, 2011PPS/PAC Powerpoint presentation to the Board of Education (BOE) Ad Hoc Committee on Student Assignment
May 10, 2011 PPS/PAC report to BOE in response to the school board’s remarks on the May 9th presentation
- May 10th report (pdf) to the BOE
May 24, 2011 PPS/PAC report to BOE: more comments about our recommendations.
- May 24th report (pdf) to the BOE
May 31, 2011 discussion questions for the Ad Hoc Committee on Student Assignment presented by PPS and PAC to continue the Quality MS discussion.
- Discussion Questions (pdf) for the Ad Hoc Committee on Student Assignment presented on May 31 by PPS and PAC.
SFUSD Recommendations & Presentations
May 31, 2011 SFUSD presentation at the Board of Education Ad Hoc Committee on Student Assignment, recommending Middle School Feeder Patterns.
May 9, 2011 SFUSD informational updates about student assignment and middle schools presentation and recommendations (pdf)
February 1, 2011 SFUSD Recommendations to the BOE
- BOE Quality Middle Schools/ K-8 Feeder Patterns
- Quality Middle Schools and K-8 Feeder Patterns FAQ
- Also see a Map and draft list (pdf) of the proposed feeder patterns.
January 18, 2011 SFUSD report to the BOE
- Quality Middle Schools/ K-8 Feeder Patterns: An Overview and Update on Project Plan
Middle School Community Forums on building quality middle schools and implementing K-8 feeder patterns
During March and April 2011, Parents for Public Schools (PPS) and the Parent Advisory Council (PAC) held community forums at all middle schools and many elementary schools in targeted communities in order to give families, students, and community members a chance to learn more about the plan and share feedback.
Community Forum Agenda
The agenda at all forums was as follows:
- Presentation of the proposed K-8 quality middle school and feeder plan by SFUSD
- Welcome and presentation by the school's principal
- Breakout into small group discussions about the proposed plan, facilitated by PAC and PPS. (findings and recommendations from the community discussions were shared with the Board of Education in May in order to inform their decision)
- Reconvene to get answers to each group's priority question
Flyers (pdf's) in English, Spanish and Chinese for dates and times of community forums.
Denman middle school forum
Read the transcript of this Q&A portion at Denman Middle School
Aptos Middle School
Read about the Q&A session at Aptos middle school regarding K-8 pathways (pdf).
Roosevelt Middle School
Read about the Q&A session at Rossevelt middle school reagarding K-8 pathways (pdf).
Notes from the January 8th Kindergarten-through-8th-grade pathway meeting from PPS-SF Network member Beth Weise, a Starr King Elementary school parent.