Press Releases

There was a report of a gun found at Balboa today. There was one minor non-life threatening injury reported. Balboa was placed on lockdown, and in an abundance of caution San Miguel Early Education Center, Denman MS, and Leadership HS were placed on lockdown too.

On Thursday, August 30, 2018, at approximately 11:15 a.m., Balboa High School contacted San Francisco Police regarding a possible gunshot fired in a classroom.

The San Francisco Board of Education unanimously approved changing the names of two San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) schools on Tuesday.

For the second school year, nearly every high school senior at The Academy - San Francisco @ McAteer is taking classes at City College of San Francisco’s Mission Center or Ocean Avenue Campus each afternoon to earn college credit as part of SFUSD's Early College Program.

Students at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Middle School will participate inPassport Day, which helps onboard students with the school’s expectations for the year in a fun learning environment.

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is announcing its policy to serve nutritious meals every school day and provide free and reduced-price meals to students who meet certain qualifications.

Hydra Mendoza, president of the SF Board of Education, announced today she will be stepping down from the Board at the end of September.

The Abraham Lincoln High School Dragon Boat team took home the gold in four competitions at the 11th International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) Club Crew World Championship Races in Szeged, Hungary in July. Led by coaches Fanny Chen, Wesley Chen, Matt Chen, and team manager Brian Yee, the team of 37 student athletes competed in six division category races, winning gold in four and silver in two during the six-day festival.

High school students taking Algebra 2 this summer will hold a “Polynomial Carnival” for preschoolers to showcase roller coasters they created.

SFUSD has partnered with Springboard Collaborative, a national nonprofit created to close the reading achievement gap for low-income students by leveraging the capacity of families to support reading habits at home during summer recess.