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Board adopts comprehensive plan to eliminate African American achievement gap
Summary
The Board unanimously approved a resolution charging the district to set six‑year targets, create external and internal oversight bodies, produce annual African American student reports and dedicate staff and funds to close achievement gaps for African American students.
On May 26 the San Francisco Board of Education adopted a far‑reaching resolution to prioritize African American student achievement and set annual goals to eliminate gaps between African American students and the district average within six years.
The resolution directs the superintendent to create a data dashboard and to file an annual African American student report tracking pre‑K through grade 12 indicators — including enrollment, special education placement, GATE/AP access, attendance, suspension rates, SBAC scores, graduation outcomes and postsecondary enrollment — and to quantify prior‑year funding devoted to targeted interventions. It also establishes an external African American Community Council composed of parents, educators and community leaders and an internal oversight committee of senior district staff to monitor implementation.
Landon Dickey, special assistant to the superintendent, told the board the proposal emerged from sustained community engagement and that partners include the African American Parent Advisory Committee, NAACP and other faith‑based and community organizations. Community leaders and educators urged urgency and partnership during public comment. "This is really about having renewed goals and commitments for African American students in the district," Landon Dickey said during staff remarks.
Board members emphasized that the resolution requires ongoing accountability, dedicated staffing and budget commitments rather than a one‑off plan. The board added NAACP to the list of named collaborators at a member’s request, then adopted the resolution by unanimous roll call.
