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SFUSD outlines plan for a new school portfolio as parents and teachers demand answers on closures, staffing and transparency
Summary
At a special San Francisco Unified School District workshop, Superintendent Wayne described the Resource Alignment Initiative process, including a composite score and a Stanford equity audit, while many parents, teachers and community advocates urged more transparency, raised hiring concerns and urged alternatives to school closures.
San Francisco — The San Francisco Unified School District on Tuesday laid out the process it will use to recommend a new school portfolio for 2025–26, saying a proposed list of affected schools will be released Sept. 18 and that the district will follow with community meetings and a phased student-assignment change.
Superintendent Wayne told the Board of Education that the Resource Alignment Initiative (RAI) uses a composite score — weighted by equity, educational excellence and effective use of resources — and that a third-party equity audit from Stanford will help ensure any scenario does not disproportionately affect underserved students. "We are not asking the Board of Education to make any decisions tonight," Wayne said, describing the meeting as an informational workshop.
The announcement did little to calm dozens of parents,…
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