Board reviews hybrid student‑assignment plan: CTIP priorities, new algorithm and fast implementation timeline

Feb 17, 2010

School staff and Stanford consultants outlined a hybrid student‑assignment plan that would redraw attendance boundaries, introduce Census Tract Integration Preferences (CTIPs) and use an “assignment with transfers” algorithm; public commenters urged neighborhood schools and asked for clearer timelines, capacity data and stronger verification and monitoring.

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San Francisco — The Board of Education on Tuesday heard detailed staff and consultant briefings on a proposed overhaul of the district’s student‑assignment system that would redraw attendance boundaries, add a neighborhood‑level socioeconomic preference called Census Tract Integration Preference (CTIP), and use a single-step assignment algorithm designed to be nonwasteful and strategically simple.

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