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SFUSD adopts revised middle-school assignment policy, promising monitoring and implementation detail
Summary
The board approved revisions to student-assignment policy that create KA/feeder patterns with siblings as the first tiebreaker, feeder preference second and CTIP tertiary through 2016; commissioners asked for timelines, transportation plans and mechanism to revisit the tiebreaker order based on data.
The San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously June 14 to adopt revisions to Student Assignment Board Policy P5.10.1, a consequential step in how the district will place students into middle schools.
Staff presented a multi-year plan that establishes KA feeder patterns intended to help the district use limited resources strategically and create more predictable pathways for families. Under the adopted approach, for the initial years (2012–2016) the tiebreaker order used in choice processing will prioritize siblings first, then feeder-school preference, then the Census Tract Integration Preference (CTIP). Staff told the board CTIP will remain an ongoing strong preference and that the district will monitor how it operates…
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