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Board hears hours of student testimony before granting KIPP Bayview and KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy renewals
Summary
After more than an hour of public testimony from students, parents and teachers, the San Francisco Board of Education voted to renew five‑year charters for KIPP Bayview Academy and KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy. Board members pressed staff for demographic data and raised budget questions about charter soft‑revenue assumptions.
The San Francisco Board of Education on Feb. 9 voted to renew five‑year charters for KIPP Bayview Academy and KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy following extended public testimony from students, parents and teachers.
Mary Richards, executive director for K‑8 small schools and charter schools, presented the superintendent’s recommendation to grant renewals for the period July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2015. She told the board that the district review team rated most elements of the petitions as meeting standards with strong satisfaction but flagged one budget area: KIPP budgeted more…
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