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Parents press SFUSD to revise incident-report process; district rolls out multilingual safe-school hotline
Summary
Parents urged the San Francisco school board to allow revisions to incident reports and asked for a formal appeals process; earlier in the meeting district staff described a newly distributed multilingual safe-school hotline and student-facing reporting materials.
Two parents addressed the board during public comment, urging changes to how the San Francisco Unified School District documents and revises incident reports and requesting a formal parental appeal process.
Gabe Nardella said he and his partner had sought revisions to two August incident reports related to five battery incidents involving their daughter and that the district declined their request. He asked the board to adopt a resolution directing a task force to create a clear, documented incident-reporting process and an impartial review mechanism so parents can file objections and have an independent reviewer examine contested reports.
Earlier in the meeting district staff had described an effort to distribute a printed, multilingual safe-school card (English/Spanish/Chinese) and to include hotline information in student handbooks. Staff said reports to the hotline are logged, the School Health Programs Department receives calls, and principals and assistant superintendents are notified when follow-up is possible; anonymity and the amount of detail callers supply limit the scope of follow-up.
Craig Foster, a licensed teacher and long-time SFUSD employee, told the board he was denied entry to the substitute pool and had not received a clear explanation after he appealed to HR and to central administrators.
The board acknowledged the comments, said it would look into the issues raised by callers, and asked staff to follow up.
