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SF Board of Education renews Creative Arts Charter after debate over diversity and outreach
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously to renew the Creative Arts Charter School’s five-year petition after hearings in which parents praised the school’s arts-integrated approach and several commissioners pressed the school and district staff on racial and socioeconomic enrollment patterns and outreach plans.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously on Nov. 12, 2013, to renew the Creative Arts Charter School’s five-year petition, following more than an hour of public testimony and board discussion that centered on student demographics, achievement metrics and outreach plans.
Supporters from the Creative Arts community, including school director Fernando Aguilar, told the board the charter’s arts-integrated, project-based approach nurtures students’ creativity and fosters strong family engagement. "This school was just an idea 20 years ago — today our students leave knowing their strengths and weaknesses and how they learn," Aguilar told the board…
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