Press Releases

SFUSD’s Student Nutrition Services has been working for years to not only improve school food, but also make sure more kids are getting it.

Glen Park Elementary has embraced a new game in the classroom. The PAX Good Behavior Game starts at the beginning of the school year, when students discuss and agree on what is good behavior and what is not.

Today Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law, thereby legalizing discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.

It’s tax season, and the Academy of Finance students at Lincoln High are headed to the audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG for an up-close look at some of the careers they are already preparing for while in school.

Today Mayor Edwin Lee and former-Mayor Willie Brown, Jr. joined by Supervisor Malia Cohen, SFUSD Superintendent Richard A. Carranza and Principal Demetrius Hobson, toured the construction in progress of the new Willie Brown Jr. Middle School.

Mayor Ed Lee and former Mayor Willie Brown, Jr. will tour the new Willie Brown Jr. Middle School for the first time and meet with Superintendent Richard Carranza, Principal Demetrius Hobson, and a handful of students who will be attending Brown in the fall.

San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Richard A. Carranza joined 10 other urban school superintendents and board members to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House to discuss a range of issues, reforms and challenges aimed at improving American urban public education.

“Vaping,” or smoking e-cigarettes, is a relatively new smoking trend that has become popular among young people. 

A hundred high schoolers will get hands-on experiences with potential future careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).

With the recent expansion of flexible eating options, SFUSD is seeing a big leap in the number of students eating breakfast at school this year.