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Community feedback
This page contains community members’ feedback regarding school closures, mergers, and co-locations. We will update this page as we gather additional feedback.
The process to create a new portfolio of schools includes multiple phases of community engagement to ensure the community’s voices are heard. SFUSD facilitated two cycles of online and in-person events from March to May 2024 to gather the community’s input on the criteria that will be used to determine which schools will be considered for closure, merger, and co-location.
On June 25, 2024, Superintendent Wayne presented the proposed criteria for school consolidation to the Board of Education.
Phase One of community engagement included:
- 2 Virtual Town Halls with 1,000 participants
- 16 in-person community sessions with 1,070 participants
- 12,206 complete surveys submitted
- 3,000+ community feedback comments received
- 6 Community sessions about language pathways
- Outreach to 295 community-based organizations
- 291 attendees at 6 CBO information sessions
- 175+ materials translated into 6 languages
- 1,000 translated flyers delivered to CBOs
- 7 meetings with Community Advisory Committees
The District’s community engagement on this topic surpassed all past District community engagement, including those gathering input for the 2022 superintendent search and developing the Vision, Values, Goals, and Guardrails. Notably, this effort also surpassed the school districts researched for best practices.
Click on the triangles below to access the materials, notes, and analyses (if available) for the Phase 1 community feedback.
Virtual Town Halls
Virtual Town Hall - Round 1
Two Virtual Town Halls took place during Phase 1 to gather community input on draft criteria for co-locations, mergers, and closures. The second Virtual Town Hall built upon the content of the first. Community members were encouraged to attend both Virtual Town Halls if possible.
Approximately 650 participants joined Virtual Town Hall #1.
| DAte | Location | Materials | NOTES AND ANALYSES |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 28, 5:00 - 6:00 PM | Virtual | Key themes, verbatim questions and comments from participants |
Virtual Town Hall - Round 2
| DAte | Location | Materials | NOTES AND ANALYSES |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 25, 5:00 - 6:00 PM | Virtual | TBD |
Community Sessions
Community Sessions - Round 1
Community sessions took place across the city with SFUSD’s robust and diverse network of CBO partners. They were open to the public and located throughout the City at varying dates and times. Translation, interpretation, and childcare services were available upon request.
Approximately 700 participants joined in-person community and partner meetings.
| DAte | Location | MAterials | NOTES AND ANALYSES |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 30, 10:30 AM - 12 PM | Sheridan Elementary School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
| March 30, 1:00 - 2:30 PM | Willie Brown Middle School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
| April 2, 6:00 - 7:30 PM (primarily in Cantonese) | Gordon J. Lau Elementary School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
April 3, 6:00 - 7:30 PM (primarily in Spanish) | Mission High School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
| April 3, 6:00 - 7:30 PM | Tenderloin Community School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
| April 4, 6:00 - 7:30 PM | Roosevelt Middle School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
| April 4, 6:00 - 7:30 PM | Burton High School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
| April 6, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Sunset Elementary School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
Community Sessions - Round 2
The second round of community sessions takes place from April 27 through May 4. Click here to register to attend an in-person community session. We will add materials, notes, and analyses for each session as they become available.
| DAte | Location | MAterials | NOTES AND ANALYSES |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 27, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Sheridan Elementary School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
| April 27, 1:00 - 2:30 PM | Roosevelt Middle School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
| April 29, 6:00 - 7:30 PM | Sunset Elementary School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
| May 1, 6:00 - 7:30 PM (primarily in Cantonese) | Gordon J. Lau Elementary School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
| May 2, 6:00 - 7:30 PM | Willie Brown Middle School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
| May 2, 6:00 - 7:30 PM | Burton High School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
| May 4, 10:30 AM -12:00 PM | Redding Elementary School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
| May 4, 1:00 - 2:30 PM (primarily in Spanish) | Mission High School | Slides | Key themes and written comments from participants |
Community Information Sessions - SFUSD Language Programs
SFUSD Families were invited to participate in one of the following Community Information Sessions to learn more about SFUSD Language Programs and how these might be impacted by school closures, mergers and co-locations in 2025-26.
Slide Deck: English, Cantonese, Spanish
Themes: English
Date & Time |
Population |
Location |
Thursday 5/16 5:30-7:30pm | Spanish-speaking families (co-hosted with SFUSD’s Latinx Parent Advisory Committee) - Presentation in Spanish with interpretation into English | In-Person |
Tuesday 5/21 5:30-7:30pm | Chinese-speaking families (co-hosted with SFUSD’s Asian American Parent Advisory Committee) - Presentation in Cantonese with interpretation into English
| In-Person Gordon J. Lau Elementary School (950 Clay St.) in the Auditorium |
Thursday 5/30 5:30-7:30pm | Families (presentation in English)". Interpretation available for both in person and virtual participants in Cantonese, Spanish, Tagalog, Arabic, Korean and Samoan. Other languages available upon request. Virtual participants seeking to access interpretation will need to use two different devices (one device to view the zoom presentation and another device to call the phone number for interpretation). | Hybrid |
Community Surveys
Community Survey - Round 1
Between March 28 through April 7, community members gave input on the importance of draft criteria in determining school closures, mergers, and co-locations. This was a high-level values-based question, asking if any given proposed criteria should be used in determining school consolidations.
SFUSD collected over 10,000 survey responses.
| DAte | Location | Materials | NOTES AND ANALYSIS |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 28 through April 7 | N/A | Survey | Analysis of survey results by Stanford University *This information represents the results of the RAI Survey I. Please note that all legally confidential information has been removed pursuant to the following:
Lauren Thomas, Educational Policy Analyst, Legal Department, is the person responsible for redacting/withholding the confidential information. |
Community Survey - Round 2
SFUSD gathered responses to Community Survey #2 from April 25 through May 8.
| DAte | Location | Materials | NOTES AND ANALYSIS |
|---|---|---|---|
April 25 through May 8 (Suvery closed) | N/A | Printable surveys | Analysis of survey results by Stanford University Research Report for Survey II by Stanford University *This information represents the results of the RAI Survey II. Please note that all legally confidential information has been removed pursuant to the following:
Lauren Thomas, Educational Policy Analyst, Legal Department, is the person responsible for redacting/withholding the confidential information. |
District Advisory Council (DAC)
The District engages the community on an ongoing basis on each of the focus areas of the Resource Alignment Initiative through the District Advisory Committee (DAC). Meeting since November 2023, the DAC is composed of 15 members of the public. Its role is to deliberate and provide feedback on resource alignment strategies. All DAC meetings are open to the public.
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SFUSD is committed to transparency, inclusivity, and accessibility throughout the Resource Alignment Initiative, and we have made materials available in multiple languages. However, some community feedback, such as comments received through SFUSD’s Student and Family Resource Link, cannot be shared publicly due to privacy expectations.
Note: A previous version of this webpage noted direct outreach to School Site Councils as part of the first phase of community engagement. We apologize for the incorrect addition of this to the website. School Site Council members with questions about or input on the RAI should submit a ticket through Resource Link or speak with their principal.
This page was last updated on June 26, 2024