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Parents, staff and community urge board not to site Daniel Webster swing students at Star King
Summary
Dozens of Star King parents, Playworks coaches and staff told the board that moving Daniel Webster students to Star King during renovations would exacerbate safety and supervision problems at a school already operating with reduced play space and temporary bungalows.
At public comment the Star King school community urged the San Francisco Board of Education to reject a district proposal to house a portion of Daniel Webster's students at the Star King campus during Daniel Webster's modernization. Parents, teachers and the site's Playworks coach described a dramatically reduced playground footprint caused by temporary portable classrooms, reporting more physical accidents, increased fights and heightened stress among students.
Speakers said Star King's modernization and greening plan assumes only one year of disruption and warned that adding roughly 100 students this coming year would prevent promised green-space construction and further strain a small campus. Parents and staff raised practical safety concerns: restricted evacuation areas during fire drills, proximity to steep hills and nearby streets, and the loss of secure outdoor assembly space.
Several speakers asked the board to prioritize children's safety and the planned playground improvements, and to seek alternative swing-campus arrangements that do not extend construction disruptions at Star King.
Board members asked staff and district planners to take the feedback under consideration before finalizing any relocation decision.
