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3 Tuesday, November 10, 2026 Study Session: School Reorganization #4 Location: Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room 555 Franklin Street, First Floor San Francisco, California 94102 // Meeting Start Time: 6:30 p.m. // NOTICE: / Please see General Information Items in the Agenda for information regarding ADA accommodations, translation and interpretation. / To offer Public Comment on agenda items, members of the public should submit their speaker card prior to the item being called. The Chair will introduce the item and call for speaker cards. School Board A. General Information Subject 1. Call to Order Meeting Nov 10, 2026 - Study Session: School Reorganization #4 Category A. General Information Type Information BACKGROUND: The Board of Education will call this meeting to order. File Attachments Subject 2. Accessibility Information - Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room Meeting Nov 10, 2026 - Study Session: School Reorganization #4 Category A. General Information Type Information How to Access Special Meetings of the Board of Education Location - Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room 555 Franklin Street, First Floor San Francisco, California 94102 MUNI - Accessible Municipal Lines: 47 Van Ness on Van Ness Avenue 71 and 71L on Market Street F Line on Market Street (Surface) J,K,L,M & N Lines (Subway) For additional information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 701-4485 or (415) 923-6142. BART - Civic Center BART Station Parking - Accessible parking is available. Please enter through the gate off McAllister Street. ADA Accommodations - If any accommodations are needed, please call (415) 355-7364. Requests should be made as soon as possible but at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled meeting. The Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room is Wheel Chair Accessible. Please See Attached Map. It is requested that individuals refrain from wearing perfume or other scented products in order to allow those with environmental illnesses or multiple chemical sensitivity to attend the meetings of the Board of Education. File Attachments ACCESSIBILITY MAP.pdf (138 KB) Subject 3. Translation Services, American Sign Language Interpreter Services and Closed Captioning Information Meeting Nov 10, 2026 - Study Session: School Reorganization #4 Category A. General Information Type Information Translation and Interpretation Services SFUSD will provide interpretation throughout today's Board meeting. Interpretation at the Board of Education meetings will be provided via Google Meet. Please fully charge your phone and bring earphones. Members of the public who attend the meeting in person or virtually and need interpretation will call the following Google Meet numbers; For Chinese interpretation, please call 1 484-854-3328‬ PIN: 721 609 895‬#‬ 三藩市聯合校區將透過Google Meet為教育委員會會議提供傳譯服務。 親身或以虛擬方式參加會議, 並需要傳譯服務的家長將要撥打以下Google Meet號碼: 粵語傳譯，請致電 1 484-854-3328‬‬ PIN: 721 609 895‬# ‬ For Spanish interpretation, please call 1 319-382-9676‬ PIN: 665 996 976‬# ‬ Los servicios de interpretación en las reuniones de la Junta de Educación se proporcionarán mediante la plataforma de Google Meet. Los padres que asistan a la reunión en persona o de manera virtual y que necesiten interpretación llamarán a los siguientes números de Google Meet. Para interpretacion en espanol, por favor llame al 1 319-382-9676‬ PIN: 665 996 976‬# ‬ Cargue completamente su teléfono y traiga auriculares por favor. SFUSD will provide Closed Captioning and American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter Services SFUSD will provide Closed Captioning and American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter Services throughout today’s board meeting. Live transcription can be found here: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=SFUSD-Board . Attendees who wish to provide public comment to the Board and would like an ASL interpreter can use the Q&A box in the Zoom app to type their name or handle, and list the item(s) on the agenda they would like to comment on. The attendee will need to have a functioning camera in order to communicate with the interpreter and Board. When it is the attendee’s opportunity to provide comment, the Zoom host will promote the attendee to panelist and enable the attendee’s video. File Attachments Subject 4. Information to Observe Meeting Virtually Meeting Nov 10, 2026 - Study Session: School Reorganization #4 Category A. General Information Type Observe Meetings Every effort will be made to broadcast this meeting via Zoom Webinar. Members of the public are advised that in the event the Board experiences technical difficulties, the meeting will continue without broadcasting. To observe the meeting by video conference: Click Here at the noticed meeting time. Webinar Password: 208750 It may help to download the Zoom app before the meeting if you don't have it already. Instructions on how to join a meeting by video conference are available at: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193 -Joining-a-Meeting. Listen to Meetings By Phone To listen to the meeting by phone: Dial 1 669 900-9128 at the noticed meeting time, then enter Webinar ID: 864 9117 2471 then press #. Password: 208750 If asked for a participant ID or code, press #. Instructions on how to join a meeting by phone are available at: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362663 -Joining-a-meeting-by-phone. File Attachments B. Public Comment Subject 1. Comment on Agenda Items Meeting Nov 10, 2026 - Study Session: School Reorganization #4 Category B. Public Comment Type Information, Procedural BACKGROUND: Pursuant to Board Policy 9323, the Board provides an opportunity for members of the public to address the Board on items calendared for action or consideration on this agenda. Comments by speakers shall be limited to matters which are properly before the Board. As this is a Study Session Meeting, comments must strictly relate to items listed on this agenda only. File Attachments C. Discussion Subject 1. Study Session: School Reorganization #4 Meeting Nov 10, 2026 - Study Session: School Reorganization #4 Category C. Discussion Type Information BACKGROUND: In December 2020 the Board of Education adopted Board Policy 5101.2, a zone-based elementary student assignment policy. Staff began implementation and community engagement in 2021. However, the Ad Hoc Committee stopped meeting in 2023 due to leadership changes at multiple levels and a shift in District priorities towards fiscal stabilization. As a result, the policy was never implemented at SFUSD. Elementary assignment continues to operate as it has since 2011, through citywide choice with tiebreakers. Staff have continued to modernize and improve the status quo assignment and enrollment system to improve family experience by reducing application rounds, implementing a waitlist, and streamlining the experience. If SFUSD tried to implement BP 5101.2 today, it would need to take into consideration several key shifts since the policy was adopted: Enrollment: The policy was adopted during a period of relatively stable enrollment. Demographic shifts and declining student enrollment requires a different design and implementation approach to meet the needs of parents and caregivers. What we know: Based on initial zone analysis, SFUSD has learned key lessons about how different zone configurations would work and their efficacy. Staff have since made tangible improvements to the application and assignment process that did not exist in 2020. These inputs should inform how we optimize new systems during policy design and implementation. Tradeoffs. Zones remain a viable option. We now understand more about their limits both as policy and as an implementation lift. There are tradeoffs not only between proximity, predictability and diversity, but also with other key criteria such as choice, simplicity and matching capacity. Portfolio. School programs and student assignment policy are intrinsically linked, and declining enrollment now forces a decision on both at once. Neither can be decided well without the other, which shapes how we need to sequence this work. We have made significant progress as a District to stabilize SFUSD’s fiscal and operational health since 2024. Following the Board’s direction to address school portfolio and student assignment, and based on ongoing Board input, the proposed School Reorganization Initiative sets a Board engagement sequence that addresses elementary and TK-8 student assignment and language and citywide program placement that fully takes effect in SY 2028-29. To provide a forum for transparent and public discussions related to these issues, staff are proposing a series of study sessions subject to change based on guidance from a majority of Board of Education Commissioners. On November 10, we are sharing an update on program planning, reviewing program placements, and previewing engagement efforts. REQUESTED BY: APPROVED BY: File Attachments School Reorg Study Session #4.pdf (2,772 KB) D. Adjournment