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Educators urge board to create priority school-placement for teachers' children
Summary
During public comment the board heard repeated pleas from teachers and school staff who said long commutes and preschool waitlists are driving educators to leave the city; speakers asked the board to adopt a low-cost priority-placement form for employees’ children.
At the Nov. 13 meeting, several SFUSD teachers and staff used the public-comment period to press the board for local policy changes to help retain educators. Speakers described lengthy commutes caused by the district’s enrollment and lottery system, difficulties securing nearby preschool or school placements for their children, and the economic pressures that make living in San Francisco and working in the district increasingly untenable.
Speakers who addressed the…
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