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SFUSD board votes to require elementary fire-safety education starting 2016–17
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Education approved a resolution asking the superintendent to require fire-safety education for all elementary students beginning in the 2016–17 school year and to report compliance at each school site. The measure passed unanimously after firefighters and community partners outlined the program’s reach and impact.
The San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously on Sept. 29, 2015, to ask the superintendent to require fire-safety education for every elementary-school student beginning in the 2016–17 school year and to report compliance on a school-site basis.
Deputy Superintendent Surajana Guerrero, who presented the item while the superintendent was at a conference, and student delegates coauthored the substitute resolution, which cited local fire statistics and research showing the effectiveness of school-based fire-safety programs. Student Delegate Chan read the resolution on the board floor and recited figures included in the text: the presentation referenced thousands…
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