Summary of School & Program Consolidations

The following text was taken from the School consolidations presentation (12MB PDF) to the Board of Education during the general meeting on December 13, 2005. Much of the tabular and graphic content of that document was removed, resulting in the following shortened text.

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San Francisco Unified School District

School & Program Consolidations

Board of Education Meeting
Tuesday, December 13, 2005

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Key Considerations: Daniel Webster & Starr King @ Starr King

• Starr King can provide Cantonese bilingual program for current students Daniel Webster, but not incoming students (Mandarin immersion and Spanish bilingual programs are available)
• Daniel Webster students are concentrated in the Mission, Potrero Hill, and Bayview/Hunters Point
• Starr King potentially receiving 17 students from Treasure Island in January 2006

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Key Considerations: John Swett & John Muir @ John Muir

• Adequate building capacity to accommodate both schools
• Access to K-5 Spanish bilingual program at John Muir
• John Swett has 8 students who would be affected by school closures two year in a row

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Key Considerations: John Swett & Rosa Parks @ Rosa Parks

• Adequate building capacity to accommodate both schools
• $4.7 Prop A bond construction has started at Rosa Parks
• Rosa Parks has large pre-K class and CDC program totaling 186children who would need accommodations
• John Swett is closer to Rosa Parks (6 blocks) than to John Muir (10 blocks)

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Key Considerations: ISA & Enola Maxwell @ Enola Maxwell

• Building capacity can accommodate both schools as well as the addition of the Filipino Enrichment Program

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Key Considerations: JBBP West & Cabrillo @ Cabrillo

• Cabrillo closure would result in the relocation of two SDC classes for the second year in a row
• A large majority of Cabrillo’s students live in the Richmond district within a mile of the school, and other schools in Richmond district are near or over capacity
• Cabrillo’s API decreased from 766 to 751

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Key Considerations: JBBP West & Rosa Parks @ Rosa Parks

• Building capacity can accommodate both schools
• Rosa Parks could lose Title I funding due to influx of students from JBBP West, and potential program segregation issues are a concern
• Rosa Parks closure would result in 18 students from Golden Gate ES being affected by school closures two consecutive years

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Key Considerations: New Traditions & Grattan @ Grattan

• New Traditions
• Increased enrollment this year from 158 to 169 with larger Kindergarten class and 7 students from William DeAvila and Golden Gate (4 of whom would be affected by a second year of closures)
• New Traditions has two SDC classes that would need to be relocated
• New Traditions API increased from 677 to 721

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Key Considerations: Newcomer Education Center @ Edison Site

• Newcomer School students are scattered throughout the city with small concentrations near Chinatown, the Mission, and Excelsior districts
• The proposed site (22nd Street and Dolores) provides a central location to students easily accessible by Muni (J line is one block away) and Bart (24th Street station is five blocks away)

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Key Considerations: Aim High & June Jordan @ Luther Burbank

• Luther Burbank site can accommodate both Aim High and June Jordan once the schools reach full enrollment
• Aim High originally wanted to be placed in the south/east part of the city, but no sites were available
• Although AIM High students live throughout the city, there are concentrations of students in the Western Addition, Hayes Valley, and Inner Mission neighborhoods

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Key Considerations: Luther Burbank

• Continued decline in enrollment and number of requests
• API decreased from 587 to 585 (state rank 2:1)
• Has two SDC classes (one LD and one SLI) that would be displaced
• Impacted students could choose from several nearby schools, including Aim High, James Denman, Martin Luther King, and Visitacion Valley

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Key Considerations: Willie L. Brown & Gloria R. Davis @ Gloria R. Davis

• Two separate schools at Gloria R. Davis site
• Willie Brown will continue to be grades 4-6 and Gloria R. Davis will reconfigure to grades 7-8

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Key Considerations: Remaining Schools on Closure List

• Malcolm X
  • Continued decline in enrollment and number of requests
  • Improved API from 553 to 620; state rank remained the same 1:1
  • District and UESF staff currently planning redesign of school
  • McKinley
  • Increased enrollment from 201 to 241 this year (includes 18 students from William DeAvila and Golden Gate)
  • Improved API from 717 to 771
  • Has one pre-K and 2 SDC classes

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Key Considerations: Remaining Schools on Closure List

• Jose Ortega and Sheridan
  • Jose Ortega
  • Has K-3 Cantonese bilingual program and has expressed strong interest in adding Mandarin immersion program next year
  • Improved API from 711 to 732 (state rank from 4:3 to 5:5)
  • Sheridan
  • Improved API from 710 to 785 (state rank from 2:1 to 5:6)
  • Oceanview, Merced, and Ingleside (OMI) are fastest growing neighborhoods in the District
• 18 Percent of SFUSD students reside in zip codes 94132 (Ortega) and 94112 (Sheridan) based on October 2005 CBEDS
• Jose Ortega, Sheridan and Dianne Feinstein will be the only three schools in the area next year

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Key Considerations: George Peabody

• Does not meet original criteria for closure
• Limited merger possibilities
• Large concentration of Peabody students live in the InnerRichmond near the school and nearby schools (Frank McCoppin, Sutro, Argonne and Alamo) are near or over capacity
• Lafayette and Cabrillo (Outer Richmond) have capacity, but Peabody has three SDC classes (two SLI and one LD) that wouldrequire placement
• Improved API from 753 to 796

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Key Considerations: School of the Arts

• Currently has 752 students, including AAS
• AAS projected to expand to grades 9-12 (320 students)
• With an expected 900-1000 students, no vacant sites able to accommodate future growth