🧮 ICYMI, KEEPING SCORE: Last week, SFUSD pushed back its deadline to improve math and reading scores. In the meantime, afterschool math clubs are giving middle schoolers a fun challenge. @taybarton.bsky.social runs the #s for how they might help the district. thefrisc.com/sfusd-wants-...

➕ NEW, MATHLETES SCORE: The hottest SF club is... Mathcounts? Kids love the challenge, while SFUSD loves the clubs' potential. @taybarton.bsky.social reports on the funding math and the thrill of competition + how clubs fit into the algebra equation. thefrisc.com/sfusd-wants-...

📖 ICYMI, CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: Shouting and rude behavior against students broke out last night during the Board of Ed vote to officially adopt the "Voices" ethnic studies curriculum. @taybarton.bsky.social reports on how SFUSD got here. thefrisc.com/sfusd-ethnic...

🔥 SHOUTING OVER VOICES: At last night's Board of Ed meeting, things got heated over approval of SFUSD's ethnic studies course. The district piloted it this school year after its home-grown solution stirred up major controversy. @taybarton.bsky.social reports. thefrisc.com/sfusd-ethnic...

Voting starts next week! Get up to date on the SF school board candidates with @thefrisc.bsky.social.

👂LISTEN IN: @taybarton.bsky.social's story on SFUSD SEIU employees missing thousands of $$$ from their retirement accounts is now on KALW: www.kalw.org/bay-area-new...

✍️ NEW, SCHOOL BOARD Q&A: Virginia Cheung, Brandee Marckmann, and Phil Kim are all vying for one SFUSD Board of Education seat this June. @taybarton.bsky.social spoke to each candidate about enrollment, school closures, and more to get you ready to vote. thefrisc.com/the-june-202...

💸 NEW, MISSING MONEY: SFUSD's new payroll system was supposed to be a big fix. For some workers, it’s been a big pain. Thousands of $$$ are missing from their retirement accounts. @taybarton.bsky.social reports on the district's slow response and what's at stake. thefrisc.com/sfusd-employ...

Working header for this one was YAY BASEBALL. @thefrisc.bsky.social thefrisc.com/more-sf-girl...

❗ UPDATE, ALGEBRA COMEBACK: Last night, the SFUSD Board of Ed narrowly passed a plan to bring back 8th grade algebra — with a tweak. VP Jaime Huling introduced a last-minute amendment that makes it easier for kids to skip Math 8. More in @taybarton.bsky.social's story: thefrisc.com/sfusd-has-an...

Baby’s first radio spot - a crossover w/ @thefrisc.bsky.social & @kalwradio.bsky.social. 👂🎧⚡️⬇️ www.kalw.org/bay-area-new...

🔢 NEW, HARD MATH: Of 4 options to bring back 8th grade algebra, one was a clear winner — except that it required students to give up an elective. After backlash, SFUSD has a new plan to solve this problem, but only for some. @taybarton.bsky.social reports. thefrisc.com/sfusd-has-an...

School nursing is about a lot more than Band-Aids and ice packs. SFUSD nurses told me they're worried the public health parts of their job, including making sure kids have the required vaccines, are going by the wayside this year. Take a look: thefrisc.com/sfusd-shakeu... @thefrisc.bsky.social

🧑‍⚕️ NEW, VACCINE SEQUENCE: This school year, SFUSD shook up its nursing staff and assigned central office employees to follow up with families who haven't met vaccine requirements. The shift may have unintended consequences, reports @taybarton.bsky.social. thefrisc.com/sfusd-shakeu...

🔢 NEW, ADDING UP: The teachers strike is over. Now SFUSD has to figure out how it will pay for the deal. To cover the $183M price tag, are layoffs and closures on the table? @taybarton.bsky.social reports on both the district and the teachers union math. thefrisc.com/sfusds-183m-...

🏁 NEW, STRIKE ENDS: After 4 days of school shutdowns, union rallies, and tense talks, SFUSD will boost pay, health benefits + special ed staff. @cadepted.bsky.social still has to approve the agreement, which will use district reserves. @taybarton.bsky.social reports. thefrisc.com/sf-teacher-s...

Negotiations according to SFUSD: www.sfusd.edu/information-...

3️⃣ STRIKE, DAY 3: School is cancelled tomorrow and negotiations continue. SFUSD shared a timeline of the back and forth (see 🧵 ) in response to UESF saying the district has dragged its feet for a year. See the latest from @taybarton.bsky.social at thefrisc.com/sf-teachers-....

🍎 TEACHER STRIKE UPDATE: No agreement yet. A few Tues. highlights so far: ▶️ Super. Su called A.M. talks ‘productive,’ esp. special ed and family shelters ▶️ No word yet if schools closed Wed. ▶️ Tonight’s Board of Ed mtg cancelled Updates from @taybarton.bsky.social 👇 thefrisc.com/sf-teachers-...

🧵 TEACHERS STRIKE UPDATE: We've got a recap from day 1️⃣ of the historic United Educators of San Francisco strike. Spoiler: No classes again tomorrow. @taybarton.bsky.social has the latest ⬇️ with highlights in the thread. thefrisc.com/sf-teachers-...

🪧 NEW, STRIKE PLANS: Unless negotiations take a turn this weekend, SF public school teachers will strike on Monday. @taybarton.bsky.social reports on what happens next as officials work out how to give nearly 50,000 students a place to go and food to eat. thefrisc.com/sfusd-teache...

🚸 ICYMI, SCHOOL TRADEOFFS: SFUSD budget cuts won't touch programs that serve immigrant students, but they could target staff behind them. That has teachers and families on edge. @taybarton.bsky.social reports on the enrollment numbers at the heart of negotiations. thefrisc.com/sfusd-says-i...

“We ask you to see the newcomer program not as an expense but as an investment," said one high schooler. thefrisc.com/sfusd-says-i...

🎒 NEW, SCHOOL SQUEEZE: On Thursday, families and teachers asked SFUSD to stop cuts to "newcomer" programs for immigrant students. Superintendent Su agreed — but there's a twist. With enrollment drops, staffing cuts are still on the table. @taybarton.bsky.social reports. thefrisc.com/sfusd-says-i...

UESF wants more support for immigrant students, but immigration issues fall outside the scope of collective bargaining, SFUSD says. The union disagrees. What’s known as “bargaining for the common good” is “not outside the ordinary at all,” according to UESF’s Alias. thefrisc.com/very-likely-...

⚒️ NEW, STRIKE THREAT: SFUSD and UESF negotiations are at a stalemate, starting the countdown clock for a teacher's strike as soon as Feb. 4. @taybarton.bsky.social digs into the back-and-forth amid big budget talks and staffing shortages. thefrisc.com/very-likely-...

🍏 NEW, TEACHER WANTED: Some transitional kindergarten kids haven't had full-time teachers since August, despite the classes bumping up enrollment for SFUSD. @taybarton.bsky.social reports on the holdup and the building parent frustration. thefrisc.com/sfusds-extra...

📋 ICYMI, NEW QUERIES: Trump's anti-DEI agenda brings potential complications to SF's point-in-time count. One nonprofit is doing its own count with even bigger questions. @taybarton.bsky.social reports. thefrisc.com/sfs-next-big...

Learned a tremendous amount about #homelessness in #SanFrancisco for this one! Many thanks to all who lent their time and insight.

💅🏼 NEW, UPZONE REDO? How strong is the backlash to SF's housing plan? Stay tuned for 2026 elections, starting w/June contests for 2 Board of Supes seats. And if SF doesn't permit 20K homes in '26, more upzoning could come in '27 - but it must go thru the board first.👇🏼 thefrisc.com/how-sfs-hous...

📖 NEW, SNEAK PEEK: When SFUSD chose the "Voices" textbook to replace its controversial homegrown ethnic studies curriculum, board members hadn't read it and teachers had to adopt it last-minute. Will it assuage critics? @taybarton.bsky.social gives you a closer look. thefrisc.com/we-pored-ove...

📚 ICYMI, ETHNIC STUDIES STUDY: This summer, SFUSD rushed to find a new curriculum after its own ethnic studies course caused uproar. Now the district has pushed its first review of the pilot. @taybarton.bsky.social reports on how we got here and what's next. thefrisc.com/sfusds-first...

💻 ICYMI, SPED TECH: “The language of special education itself is like another language,” says one parent who's been testing out a new #AI tool to translate and simplify special ed plans. But as @taybarton.bsky.social reports, SFUSD has privacy concerns. thefrisc.com/this-ai-soft...

✏️ NEW, EVAL BACKTRACK: A few months into its ethnic studies pilot, SFUSD was due to release a report on its progress. Now there's an additional 3-month wait. @taybarton.bsky.social has the scoop on the delay and some of the controversy behind the new curriculum. thefrisc.com/sfusds-first...

🤖 NEW, AI FOR SPED? Mandated special ed plans are long and dense, especially difficult for non-English speakers to wade through while they wait weeks for a translation. An AI tool offers a solution, but SFUSD isn't on board. @taybarton.bsky.social reports. thefrisc.com/this-ai-soft...

🍎 ICYMI, CHARTER SCHOOL'S IN: Last night SFUSD renewed two Bayview charter schools. One, an elementary school, will cede state control to the district. How did these two charters win while Dragon Gate Academy failed? @taybarton.bsky.social reports. thefrisc.com/sfusd-will-r...

Chen wants a hearing to ask if SF employees (libraries, public transit etc) have training to deal w/ ICE agents who enter their domains. @taybarton.bsky.social just wrote about this as it pertains to SF schools. There's a difference between having a policy and a plan thefrisc.com/new-californ...

🚸 NEW: CHARTER COOL? After dismissing the Dragon Gate Academy proposal, charter schools are back on the SFUSD agenda. Read @taybarton.bsky.social's latest before the Board of Ed decides on the fates of two existing Bayview charter schools at 6:30pm. thefrisc.com/sfusd-will-r...

🧪 ICYMI, STEM IN SF: Piper Johnson is spending her high school junior year working on a real-time sensor to test water pollution. As @taybarton.bsky.social reports, with the @bayareascifest.bsky.social this weekend, Johnson's not the only one excited about science. thefrisc.com/this-local-h...

🔬 NEW, H2O NO: SF high school junior Piper Johnson is making a real-time pollution sensor, inspired by Ocean Beach surfers sickened by sewage runoff. At this wkend's @bayareascifest.bsky.social, local students will present projects... and perhaps inspire the next Piper. thefrisc.com/this-local-h...

The lack of poop-related puns in this article is, I feel, a feat. #LocalJournalism #STEM #ScienceJournalism thefrisc.com/this-local-h...

SFUSD has more money than it expected in the budget, but that doesn't necessarily mean it can afford salary raises, which the teachers' union and administrators' union are demanding. Read our update at @thefrisc.bsky.social 👇 thefrisc.com/sfusd-teache...

🍎 SCHOOL UPDATE: As the SF teachers union rallied at Tuesday's SFUSD school board mtg, a district official acknowledged budget forecasts were out of whack. SFUSD has more 💰 than expected, but it can't just bump teacher salaries. @taybarton.bsky.social reports ✏️ thefrisc.com/sfusd-teache...

UESF is one step closer to striking after filing for impasse in bargaining with SFUSD, calling the 2% offer a slap in the face. “That’s not a raise,” said prez Curiel. “That’s ‘how do you rob Peter to pay Paul?’ And Peter & Paul are on our bargaining team together.” thefrisc.com/teachers-uni...

🤺 NEW, 'STRIKE-READY'? In contract negotiations with SUFSD, the teachers union says support for special ed and homeless families is the sticking point vs. pay raises. As for all that strike talk, @taybarton.bsky.social reports, it's one way to get the district to focus. thefrisc.com/teachers-uni...

🧊 ICYMI, ICE V. EDU: A new CA law says that public schools must rebuff ICE agents who try to enter public schools. SFUSD already has a similar policy, but what if a situation escalates? @taybarton.bsky.social reports on how principals and teachers are grappling. thefrisc.com/new-californ...

"We have more kids that are just not coming to school." A new law says schools must bar ICE agents, but how it will be enforced and what that might cost is still TBD. SFUSD rejected UESF's request for more support. My first story for @thefrisc.bsky.social is up! thefrisc.com/new-californ...

🎒 NEW, SCHOOLS & ICE: If ICE agents show up at SF schools, staff must turn them away. What if agents refuse? There is state/local assurance of help. But there's a difference, say some educators, between having a policy and a plan, @taybarton.bsky.social reports. thefrisc.com/new-californ...

We're now hearing more of the arguments around ethnic studies and the Mandarin immersion charter school. In case it wasn't clear, here's this year's policy on the ethnic studies requirement www.sfusd.edu/departments/...

🧵 ALERT: At 6:30 we'll join the regular mtg of the SF school board. The big item tonight is a board vote on a Mandarin immersion charter school that a parent group wants to start. SFUSD staff and superintendent are recommending against the proposal. Background here ✏️ thefrisc.com/charter-or-n...