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Oct 15, 2026 · 11 min · 9 segments
Oct 15, 2026 · 11 min · 9 segments
I do so because the San Francisco Unified School District has shifted its system.
And they are now reverting, they say, back to a system in which you have neighborhood schools.
Now, let me tell you, as somebody who is a product of the San Francisco public school system, I loved my education in San Francisco.
From Madison School to Roosevelt Junior High School to Washington High School, I had nothing but the best in terms of facilities, teachers, opportunities, and much of what I am today is dependent on what I got from the San Francisco Unified School District.
The city's school board voted for a new enrollment process, and I still don't understand what they're talking about.
Okay, they've done away with the lottery system, and now we are told you will get a neighborhood school assignment and that you will get a school that you want.
And interestingly enough, when I asked officials at the San Francisco Unified School District for a map of what is a neighborhood school, there is no map.
And I have to tell you, when we're assigning elementary school students to their so-called neighborhood school, We need to know what schools we're talking about.
And I was able, indeed, to walk to my elementary school and to walk to my junior high school.
I had to take the bus to go out to Washington High School, but the bus schedules, as I've reflected in the past, were well-coordinated.
I don't know what their program now for eliminating the lottery system and going to neighborhood-based assignments, I don't understand how it works.
Now, okay, maybe I will figure it out, but I want all of you to be aware that this proposal, which has now been approved with only two school board members dissenting, does not solve the problem.
Do you understand? This problem of school assignments is still with us, And I hope the school board is able to answer many of the compelling questions.
What is a neighborhood school? How do you guarantee a school assignment? These are questions which need to be asked and answered.
And I commend you all to read John Frazini's piece in the current written form for the voice of San Francisco, and you will see many of the questions which he poses which need to be answered.
I do so because the San Francisco Unified School District has shifted its system.
And they are now reverting, they say, back to a system in which you have neighborhood schools.
Now, let me tell you, as somebody who is a product of the San Francisco public school system, I loved my education in San Francisco.
From Madison School to Roosevelt Junior High School to Washington High School, I had nothing but the best in terms of facilities, teachers, opportunities, and much of what I am today is dependent on what I got from the San Francisco Unified School District.
The city's school board voted for a new enrollment process, and I still don't understand what they're talking about.
Okay, they've done away with the lottery system, and now we are told you will get a neighborhood school assignment and that you will get a school that you want.
And interestingly enough, when I asked officials at the San Francisco Unified School District for a map of what is a neighborhood school, there is no map.
And I have to tell you, when we're assigning elementary school students to their so-called neighborhood school, We need to know what schools we're talking about.
And I was able, indeed, to walk to my elementary school and to walk to my junior high school.
I had to take the bus to go out to Washington High School, but the bus schedules, as I've reflected in the past, were well-coordinated.
I don't know what their program now for eliminating the lottery system and going to neighborhood-based assignments, I don't understand how it works.
Now, okay, maybe I will figure it out, but I want all of you to be aware that this proposal, which has now been approved with only two school board members dissenting, does not solve the problem.
Do you understand? This problem of school assignments is still with us, And I hope the school board is able to answer many of the compelling questions.
What is a neighborhood school? How do you guarantee a school assignment? These are questions which need to be asked and answered.
And I commend you all to read John Frazini's piece in the current written form for the voice of San Francisco, and you will see many of the questions which he poses which need to be answered.
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