How SF Public School Parents Make Themselves Heard Is Up for Debate in This Year of Turmoil

The San Francisco public school district has long encouraged parents to join advisory groups and share input on a wide range of matters, including special education, the well-being of students of color, and nitty-gritty budget details. But in recent years, those groups have become more grist for an ever-churning political mill, often exposing rifts along racial and other lines of identity. In 2021, the school board rejected the main parent council’s nomination of a <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/San-Francisco-school-board-s-antics-would-be-15948058.php" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">white gay father</a>, and last year <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/s-f-parent-advisory-council-exclude-chinese-18089718.php" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Chinese-American families</a> accused the same council of exclusion. In both instances there were open seats that needed to be filled. <a href="https://thefrisc.com/how-sf-public-school-parents-make-themselves-heard-is-up-for-debate-in-this-year-of-turmoil-255432eccd43">Read More</a>