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Parents and community groups tell SFUSD board: LCAP must be more transparent; recommend family liaisons and restorative practices
Summary
A Parent Advisory Council (PAC) and District English Learner Advisory Committee (DLAC) presentation to the board summarized findings from over 400 participants and urged greater transparency, earlier outreach timelines, designated family liaisons, and explicit strategies for English learners and African American students in the Local Control Accountability Plan.
Community partners presented the board with preliminary findings from a district‑wide engagement campaign on the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), saying more than 400 participants in 29 conversations provided input on three condensed themes: student access and achievement; student engagement and school climate; and family engagement.
Georgia Williams Fratt, PAC coordinator, told commissioners the outreach included small community conversations, focused groups and three larger public forums and that "we heard from over 400 participants in 29 conversations," including many families whose primary language is not English. Presenters said participants skewed toward parents and guardians (about 70 percent) and included educators and community leaders.
The PAC and partner organizations urged several concrete additions to the district’s draft LCAP: allocate resources for family engagement (including site‑level family liaisons), identify specific restorative‑practice actions and their funding, and describe training and culturally responsive curriculum supports for African American students. The PAC also called for clearer demonstration of how community input shaped draft LCAP language.
Members of DLAC, the district English learner advisory committee, requested additional detail about how central office funds and site allocations are determined, and proposed an English‑learner services management position at the site level to coordinate EL programs and parent communication. "We respectfully request more veil information on how the plan is going to be implemented," DLAC president Maria Rocha said, calling for plain‑language explanations of funding sources and accountability measures.
Board members thanked presenters and pressed staff on timing: Commissioner Norton asked how much time elapsed between PAC input and the draft LCAP presented to the board; staff said PAC and DELAC findings were incorporated into ongoing drafts but acknowledged the timeline was compressed and that four board meetings in June would allow further alignment.
Presenters said they will return with a final recommendations package in early June once budget numbers are finalized, and commissioners asked staff to map each PAC recommendation to the LCAP template so the community can see how input was reflected.
