SFUSD unveils multi‑year Digital District plan and family technology survey showing most households have Internet access

Superintendent Richard Carranza introduced a three‑year Digital District plan to the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education, asking the board to endorse a phased strategy to put devices, curriculum and infrastructure in classrooms and to seek a mix of general‑fund, state and private funds to support implementation.

The plan, presented by Chief Technology Officer Matt Kinsey and curriculum staff (Jim Ryan), lays out a phased approach: ‘‘lay the foundation’’ with short‑term device and curricular integration steps, ‘‘deepen and expand’’ district‑wide tools (learning management, professional development systems) and build resilient network infrastructure. Kinsey said many classroom systems are aged: about 60% of devices are more than four years old and only roughly 7% of students currently use technology daily in instruction. He described the goal of moving from a roughly 1:4.9 student‑to‑device ratio toward a 1:1 model over time and a district device…