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Parents and community urge SFUSD to reinstate seniors displaced by amnesty student-assignment changes
Summary
Multiple speakers at the Jan. 11 board meeting asked the district to reverse displacements affecting about 20 seniors under a school-assignment amnesty policy, citing academic harm and nontraditional family living arrangements. Affected students and family members described urgent impacts on college plans and coursework.
Several community members and students urged the San Francisco Board of Education on Jan. 11 to address the displacement of roughly 20 seniors following changes tied to an amnesty/student-assignment process.
Nicola Figgins, whose daughter Jamisha was among the students affected, said the process has left seniors "displaced" mid-year and urged that the district fix the handling and allow affected students to return. "She's been out of school since school resumed in January," Figgins said, and described the academic and emotional toll.
Jamisha, who identified herself to the board, said she attended Galileo and is "really trying to get back in school," noting a 3.5–3.75 GPA and college applications already submitted. Community leaders amplified those concerns: Reverend Arnold Townsend (San Francisco NAACP) described how nontraditional family arrangements complicate residency documentation and urged the district to exercise flexibility; London Breed of the African American Art and Culture Complex and Julian Davis of the Booker T. Washington Community Center asked the board to consider a targeted remedy for seniors and to review the policy more broadly.
Board members acknowledged the comments and directed staff to follow up; the matter was referred for committee consideration with public forums and outreach continuing on student assignment issues.
The speakers emphasized that abrupt midyear transfers particularly harm seniors and students enrolled in Advanced Placement coursework, and they requested immediate remedies and clearer processes for families with nontraditional living arrangements.
