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3 Tuesday, August 18, 2026 Study Session: School Reorganization #1 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. A. GENERAL INFORMATION Subject 1. Call to Order Meeting Aug 18, 2026 - Study Session: School Reorganization #1 Category A. GENERAL INFORMATION Type The Board of Education will call this meeting to order. File Attachments Subject 2. Accessibility Information - Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room Meeting Aug 18, 2026 - Study Session: School Reorganization #1 Category A. GENERAL INFORMATION Type How to Access Special Meetings of the Board of Education Location - San Francisco Unified School District General Administrative Offices 555 Franklin Street, 1st Floor San Francisco, CA 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. Important Safety Notice - Beginning May 8, 2022, in alignment with City guidelines and current District protocols, masks are recommended, but not required for public hearing rooms. Although it is not required, we recommend that anyone attending a public meeting in an SFUSD facility wear a mask regardless of vaccination status . ACCESSIBILITY MAP (1).pdf (138 KB) File Attachments Subject 3. Translation Services, American Sign Language Interpreter Services and Closed Captioning Information Meeting Aug 18, 2026 - Study Session: School Reorganization #1 Category A. GENERAL INFORMATION Type Translation and Interpretation Services Upon request, SFUSD will provide interpretation for Special Board Meetings. To request interpretation services, please email boardoffice@sfusd.edu as soon as possible but at least 48 hours before the date of the meeting. Closed Captioning and American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter Services Upon request, SFUSD will provide Closed Captioning and American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter Services for Special Board Meetings. To request interpretation services, please email boardoffice@sfusd.edu as soon as possible but at least 48 hours before the date of the meeting. File Attachments Subject 4. Commissioner Participating by Teleconference. Meeting Aug 18, 2026 - Study Session: School Reorganization #1 Category A. GENERAL INFORMATION Type Information BACKGROUND: In accordance with Government Code section 54953(b), one or more commissioners may participate in a public meeting via teleconference or video conference, provided all of the following criteria are met: Agenda identifies all teleconference locations Agenda is posted at all teleconference locations All teleconference locations are accessible to the public A quorum of the Board of Education attends the meeting within the City and County of San Francisco NOTICE OF TELECONFERENCE: Commissioners Participating by Teleconference: Parag Gupta Address From Which Commissioner Will Be Participating By Teleconfere nce: 1822 20th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122. REQUESTED BY: APPROVED BY: File Attachments Subject 5. Virtual Meeting Information Meeting Aug 18, 2026 - Study Session: School Reorganization #1 Category A. GENERAL INFORMATION Type Information 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: Zoom at the noticed meeting time. Webinar Password: 857582 It may help to download the Zoom app before the meeting if you dont 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: 811 6843 9501 then press #. Password: 857582 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 Aug 18, 2026 - Study Session: School Reorganization #1 Category B. Public Comment Type 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 Special Meeting, comments must strictly relate to items listed on this agenda only. REQUESTED BY: APPROVED BY: File Attachments C. Discussion Subject 1. Study Session: School Reorganization #1 Meeting Aug 18, 2026 - Study Session: School Reorganization #1 Category C. Discussion Type 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 feedback from a majority of Board of Education Commissioners. What is in and out of scope This initiative addresses elementary and TK-8 student assignment, language pathway placement, and citywide program placement, taking full effect in SY 2028-29. Out of scope: School closure at scale* Middle and high school enrollment policy design Currently enrolled students, who will not be required to change schools as a result of a change in assignment policy * Site-level decisions will be evaluated based on neighborhood seat need and facility capacity, and informed by site and community engagement as that work proceeds. On August 18 we are asking for agreement on the problem and the scope, and a first look at the priorities. REQUESTED BY: Hong Mei Pang, Head of Staff APPROVED BY: Maria Su, Superintendent File Attachments School Reorg Study Session #1 (Final 8.13.26).pdf (4,618 KB) D. ADJOURNMENT