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Parent Advisory Council urges culturally responsive curriculum, stronger family engagement in LCAP
Summary
The San Francisco Unified School District's Parent Advisory Council presented findings from 11 community conversations that centered racial equity concerns, recommending professional development, culturally responsive curricula, clearer family engagement roles and an implementation/oversight plan tied to the LCAP.
The Parent Advisory Council presented detailed findings from 11 community conversations on racial equity, saying the district should adopt concrete steps to address disproportionality in discipline, boost family engagement and expand culturally responsive curriculum.
The PAC coordinator, Georgia Williams Pratt, told the board the outreach reached 124 participants and intentionally prioritized African American and Latino families because of observed disproportionality. Pratt said the group heard consistent themes: inconsistent discipline practices, a need for culturally relevant curriculum and more parent-facing communication and supports. "These conversations'they started here but they can't end here," Pratt said, urging the board to commit to follow-through.
PAC outlined six core recommendations for inclusion in the LCAP and district planning: promote school-site dialogues on racial equity; create a menu of professional development for culturally responsive practice; adopt curricula that reflect students' collective histories; identify strategies to bridge cultural differences across school communities; build parent leadership pipelines; and develop a districtwide communication plan tied to family engagement.
Board members praised the report and pushed for clearer implementation steps. Commissioner Winns said the PAC's outreach was "fundamentally different" and called for next steps that make the work meaningful at school sites. Commissioner Haney and others emphasized curriculum reform, citing ethnic studies and urging the expansion of culturally responsive materials across Kâ12.
Superintendent Richard Carranza said the district will fold the PAC's insights into its administrator institute and implementation plans, adding that the LCAP already contains equity-focused language his team will make more transparent. Staff told the board the third draft of the LCAP will be provided at the June 17 Committee of the Whole and that final adoption is scheduled for June 24, with ongoing opportunities to refine implementation and accountability measures.
The PAC asked the board to consider both immediate changes reflected in the LCAP and longer-term, year-round engagement structures so community input leads to measurable action. The board directed staff to track which PAC recommendations were incorporated into LCAP revisions and to provide clearer narratives and timelines for the community.
The report closes with the PAC's call for concrete goals, measurable professional development targets and an implementation timeline for how schools will operationalize family engagement and culturally responsive instruction.
