SFUSD unveils draft attendance boundaries, middle‑school feeder plan and transportation framework; public meetings set

The San Francisco Unified School District on Aug. 23 presented draft elementary attendance‑area boundaries, proposed middle‑school feeder patterns and a high‑level transportation policy framework intended to increase equity and reduce racial isolation across middle schools. Staff said the materials — including maps, frequently asked questions and a new online tool — will be posted to a public website the district intends to launch the next day and that community meetings will run Aug. 25 through Sept. 1.

Ms. O'Keefe, a district staff member leading the presentation, said the superintendent's proposal would draw attendance areas around 58 of the district's 72 elementary schools while leaving 14 schools citywide or reserved for programs with special admission criteria. "So tonight's goal is to share the superintendent's recommendations for elementary attendance areas, elementary to middle school feeder patterns, and a transportation policy, and to launch a community engagement process," she said.

Jean Gobelay of Lapkoff Gobelay Demography summarized the technical approach staff used to identify areas for priority tie‑breakers: the team geocoded student addresses, pooled four years of California Standards Test English‑language arts scores (2006–2009) for more than 140,000 student records, and averaged scores across census tracts (combining tracts where necessary) to define geographic areas with the lowest average test scores. "We…