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Board honors 110-mile 'broken pencil' walk and hears call for teacher-housing study

San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education · August 12, 2008
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Board members recognized Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy staff and community members who walked to Sacramento to protest proposed education cuts and heard public support for an affordable teacher-housing study and potential use of surplus district property.

The San Francisco Unified School District board on Aug. 12 recognized educators and community members who undertook a 110-mile “broken pencil” walk to Sacramento to publicize cuts to school supplies and state funding.

The recognition honored LaDonna VanDiver, fifth-grade teacher Kelly Clark and Principal Sandy Lee of Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, speakers said. The walkers told the board they carried the school site’s…

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