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SFUSD and SFPD report shows fewer school arrests but persistent racial disparities
Summary
Associate Superintendent Kevin Truitt and SFPD Lt. Colleen Fattoo presented MOU-related data showing a multi-year drop in school arrests but continued disproportionate arrests of African American and Latino students; speakers and public commenters urged better site-level data, disposition tracking and a restorative-practices task force.
District and police officials presented the first end-of-year report under the updated memorandum of understanding, telling the School Board that school arrests have declined over four years but that significant racial disparities persist.
Associate Superintendent Kevin Truitt summarized the MOU's purpose: improve safety while avoiding unnecessary criminalization of students and strengthen alternatives to arrest. He said the MOU originally required monthly reporting; the amended schedule calls for three reports per year. Truitt acknowledged operational data gaps that limit oversight, including the board's earlier instruction not to publish school-level arrest calls and inconsistent entries in the district's…
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