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Board ratifies MOU with teachers' union to bring secondary focal students back; parents and educators warn of transportation and special-education gaps

San Francisco Board of Education · April 20, 2021
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The board ratified a tentative memorandum of understanding with United Educators of San Francisco to return secondary focal students (homeless, foster youth, newcomers, minimally engaged, and students with IEPs) to in-person learning; staff said about 1,900 secondary students will be prioritized April 26, while parents and teachers urged fixes to transportation, substitute staffing, and special-education coverage.

The San Francisco Board of Education ratified a tentative agreement with United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) to bring prioritized secondary students back to campus.

Under the MOU the district will prioritize students in designated focal groups and special-day-class students. Deputy Superintendent Anikia Ford-Martell said the plan schedules secondary focal students to return April 26: roughly 1,900 students across 26 sites, with about 258 classrooms prepared. The district described two instructional models: a "self-contained" model (home-school, five days a week…

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