Enrollment

To increase enrollment and attract more families and students, SFUSD needs to get the basics right. We’ve all heard about SFUSD’s financial straits, staffing shortages, and safety issues, so we need to put the District back on secure financial footing and ensure adequate staffing and safety measures.

SFUSD also needs to engage families, teachers, staff, students, and the wider community to build trust and articulate a compelling vision of our public school system as a place of access and opportunity for all children. More people will want to come (and stay) when they see SFUSD as a place where their kids—whatever their needs or circumstances—can grow, get a quality education, and become the best versions of themselves. Welcoming all families, providing information promptly and transparently, embracing our city’s diversity, and ensuring that students graduate on time, ready for college or a career, will all help.

SFUSD should also simplify student assignment, facilitate transportation to maximize family choice in enrollment, and ensure quality schools in every part of the city. Lowell’s location in a rather remote corner reflects families’ willingness to send kids across town for an excellent education, but we shouldn’t have to.

In addition, SFUSD should improve collaboration with city agencies, including to promote readiness for early education and kindergarten. Within SFUSD, we need to assure families that closures/consolidations will not be replicated.