More than 100 parents, teachers and students gathered Monday night at a San Francisco Unified School District meeting to voice their concerns on potential staffing cuts at the city’s eight K-8 schools.
“When you said you know the concerns, why aren’t you talking about cutting 555 Franklin before you touch any school?” said Bernice Casey, a parent atClaudia Delarios-Moran, the principal of Buena Vista, said that the K-8 model “wasn’t considered” when the district chose to make staffing cuts. She and others argued that the K-8 model mainly serves newcomers, English language learners and unhoused families. Buena Vista Horace Mann, Delarios-Moran said, needs more staffing, not less.
Casey and her comrades from Buena Vista led the charge against the district with angry comments that almost overwhelmed the district advisory meeting, which was supposed to focus on a presentation measuring the efficacy of the K-8 model and, potentially, decide the fate of that model. Nevertheless, SFUSD Superintendent Matt Wayne insisted the district needs fewer schools, “to be able to provide the opportunities we want for our students.”K-8 schools relieve parents, in part, by ensuring they do not have to apply for middle school, a burden. Advocates say that staying at the same school for almost a decade leads to closer relationships for teachers and students alike.
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