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Board orders equity audit and immediate changes at Lowell High, votes to end selective admissions
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing driven by student testimony, the San Francisco Board of Education approved a resolution ordering an external equity audit and directing Lowell High School to use the district’s regular admissions process in 2021–22. The vote followed hours of public testimony for and against the proposal.
The San Francisco Board of Education voted to require an equity audit and to move Lowell High School to the district’s regular admissions process, the board announced after a marathon public hearing on Feb. 9.
Student leaders from Lowell and civil‑rights and educator groups framed the resolution as an urgent remedy to what they called entrenched racial exclusion and repeated failures to protect Black students. Rev. Jesse Brown, speaking for the NAACP and other faith and civil‑rights groups, urged the board to act quickly and convene a community coalition to oversee the audit and follow‑up work.
The resolution, co‑authored by student delegates and several commissioners, calls for an external equity audit and an action plan to address “toxic racist abuse” of…
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