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Board adopts one-year interim change to Lowell High admission process amid heated public debate
Summary
The board approved a one-year resolution to suspend LowellHigh's merit-based admissions for the 202122 cycle and use the district assignment form and lottery procedure, prompting months of public comment for and against and a pledge to form a longer-term review process.
After hours of public comment and board debate, the San Francisco Board of Education on Oct. 20 approved a superintendentsproposed, one-year interim change to Lowell High Schools admissions for the 202122 school year.
The superintendent's proposal would suspend the Lowell-specific merit admission criteria in Board Policy 05/2001 for the 202122 cycle and instead put Lowell applicants into the districtwide assignment system (per Board Policy 5,101), using the same application form as other comprehensive high schools and a randomized assignment process for applicants who select Lowell. The measure was framed as a pandemic-driven emergency response because typical grade- and…
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