June Jordan recruitment letter
I just got a recruitment mailer from June Jordan School for Equity (an SFUSD high school), addressed "to the parent or guardian of" my 8th-grader.
Did June Jordan send this mailer out to every 8th-grader in the city? And if so, I wonder how they paid for it and how much it cost. (Actually there's no stamp of any kind on mine. I'm assuming it fell off.)
It seems to me that this kind of puts JJ in contention with its fellow SFUSD high schools, since in a district with dropping enrollment and probably new charters opening to compete further for students, some schools are going to be fighting for survival. Is that cool?
Also, I looked at the mailer to see what it said about San Francisco State University. Previously, June Jordan has claimed that graduates are guaranteed admission to S.F. State. Spokespeople at S.F. State have strongly disputed that and have challenged it when it has appeared in print — I suspect it puts them in some kind of legal jeopardy. The language in this mailer is: "Successful graduates have a streamlined path to enroll at SF State University as college students."
Did June Jordan send this mailer out to every 8th-grader in the city? And if so, I wonder how they paid for it and how much it cost. (Actually there's no stamp of any kind on mine. I'm assuming it fell off.)
It seems to me that this kind of puts JJ in contention with its fellow SFUSD high schools, since in a district with dropping enrollment and probably new charters opening to compete further for students, some schools are going to be fighting for survival. Is that cool?
Also, I looked at the mailer to see what it said about San Francisco State University. Previously, June Jordan has claimed that graduates are guaranteed admission to S.F. State. Spokespeople at S.F. State have strongly disputed that and have challenged it when it has appeared in print — I suspect it puts them in some kind of legal jeopardy. The language in this mailer is: "Successful graduates have a streamlined path to enroll at SF State University as college students."
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I am generally unimpressed with June Jordan. They have a service learning component, which sends students out to elementary schools. A student showed up at our campus with no contact person and no paperwork. I called, no response, I emailed and a month later, I got a response back saying that I had formatted the email improperly.
I certainly wouldn't send my child to a school where ninth graders are sent out into the city with no one expecting them.
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