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SFUSD posts school-reopening dashboard; parents and staff differ on timing and testing

San Francisco Board of Education · October 20, 2020
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Summary

Superintendent Matthews unveiled a dashboard that breaks reopening into safety milestones. Community speakers urged faster reopening and offered to help with testing and outdoor options; others, including APAC and union leaders, urged caution and stronger supports for vulnerable families and staff.

Superintendent Matthews presented a new public dashboard on Oct. 20 designed to track progress against a decision tree the district will use to reopen school buildings in phases. The dashboard breaks reopening into safety-focused work streams: identifying small priority cohorts, general safety measures, staff training, testing and surveillance, data collection and labor agreements.

Matthews said the most difficult requirement is a robust testing and tracing system. The dashboard uses a color-coded progress scale (pink/orange/yellow/green) and staff briefed the board on which milestones are complete, in progress, or still to start. Matthews cautioned that the…

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