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SFUSD advances $8.5 million Magnet Schools grant application to reduce racial isolation
Summary
At its April 27 meeting the San Francisco Unified School District advanced a first-reading authorization to apply for approximately $8.5 million in federal Magnet Schools Assistance Program funds to create magnet/IB programs at four schools, with the board suspending rules to hear the item tonight because students were present.
The San Francisco Unified School District moved forward April 27 to seek federal Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) funds, authorizing a first-reading motion and agreeing to submit a competitive application for about $8.5 million.
Superintendent Carlos Garcia introduced the proposal and asked the board to consider suspending rules and acting on the application at first reading because students and families were present. Guadalupe Guerrero, who presented the grant plan, told the board the MSAP is a federal program aimed at reducing racial isolation and raising student achievement and that the U.S. Department of Education had recently…
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