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SFUSD board adopts 'Safe and Supportive Schools' resolution to expand restorative practices
Summary
After extensive public testimony from students, teachers and community groups, the San Francisco Unified School District board unanimously approved a resolution directing the superintendent to implement restorative practices, reduce suspensions and produce a 120-day implementation plan and biannual reporting.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday directing the superintendent to establish a districtwide Safe and Supportive Schools policy that expands restorative practices, creates alternatives to suspension and requires regular data reporting.
The board passed the measure after roughly 15 minutes of public testimony from students, parents and community groups who described how restorative practices kept young people in class and out of the school-to-prison pipeline. Commissioner Matt Haney read the substitute resolution and summarized its key provisions, which include a three-year rollout of schoolwide…
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