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SFUSD adopts 'Small Schools by Design' policy after wide public input and bargaining safeguards
Summary
After sustained public testimony and debate over administrative regulations and bargaining language, the Board of Education adopted the Small Schools by Design policy (P6400) on Feb. 27, 2007, with added language requiring negotiation with bargaining units over provisions affecting terms and conditions of employment.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education on Feb. 27, 2007 adopted a new Small Schools by Design policy (P6400), following months of task-force work and an extended public comment period. The policy passed after debate about how much of the task-force'crafted text should remain in board policy versus administrative regulations and after insertion of clearer language on labor negotiations.
Task-force members and community advocates described the policy as the outcome of a five-year, community-driven process. "This policy has been 5 years in the making," Shane Seifer, cochair of the small schools task force, told the board during public comment, urging that the policy's specificity be preserved and not moved wholesale into regulation.
District staff and legal counsel explained that administrative regulations (AR 6,400 and related ARs) could operationalize…
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