SFUSD board approves five-year renewals for two KIPP schools after public comment and debate

The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted this evening to grant five‑year renewal petitions to KIPP Bayview Elementary and KIPP San Francisco College Prep, following staff presentations, petitioner responses and extended board questions. Staff had recommended both renewals under California Education Code criteria emphasizing recent trends and the most‑recent two years of data.

Chris Armentrout, the district’s director of policy and planning, told commissioners that staff found KIPP Bayview had met the four statutory renewal criteria and recommended a renewal effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031, while noting ongoing challenges in math and chronic absenteeism (44.8 percent). Principal Jess Wood stressed KIPP Bayview’s academic gains, interventions and use of Eureka Math Squared and family supports, saying the school has a waiting list and…