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Board approves one-year lease to Envision/Metro for Newcomer site over neighborhood objections
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Education voted to authorize a one-year lease to Envision Schools to house Metro High at the former Newcomer site at 2430 Jackson Street, despite sustained neighborhood opposition centered on traffic, parking and the expected inflow of out-of-city students. The lease passed after extended public comment and debate.
The San Francisco Board of Education on June 18 approved a one-year lease allowing Envision Schools’ Metro High to use the former Newcomer High School site at 2430 Jackson Street for the 2007–08 school year, after lengthy public comment from neighborhood residents and elected officials who said the move would worsen parking and traffic and prioritize non‑San Francisco students.
Supervisor Michaela Alioto‑Pierre’s legislative aide, Catherine Stephanie, told the board the supervisor “wants to state her strong objection to the use of Newcomer by Metro due to the fact that it will negatively impact the already saturated parking and traffic in the area,” and raised concerns that a substantial number of students would commute from Marin.…
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