Here’s the whole megillah from Leland Yee.
Board of Education Commissioner Kim-Shree Maufas, City College Board Trustee John Rizzo, and President of the United Educators of San Francisco Dennis Kelly with Senator Yee before yesterday’s presser in Chinatown:
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“The highlights of Yee’s plan include:
PUT STUDENTS FIRST
- Increase student success with wrap-around “community school” services
- Prioritize underperforming schools for community school reforms
- Reduce truancy and dropout rates, and expand programs for at-risk youth
- Free Muni for public school kids
- Promote school-based healthcare services for the entire family
- Expand nutrition education to improve healthy eating at home
- Bridge the digital divide
- Make college a goal for every student
- Make the Dream Act a reality
- Improve language proficiency for all students
RESPECT AND REWARD TEACHERS
- Expand teacher recognition and incentive programs
- Teacher Power: appoint educators to city boards and commissions
- Develop the best future educators by recruiting the best college graduates
- Real affordable housing for educators
- Help teachers pay for classroom materials
PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
- Create network of community partners to expand reach of wrap-around services
- Expand and formalize partnerships with universities to share space, service-learning opportunities, and align strategic plans
- Expand partnerships with businesses to ensure college and career connectivity
- Create alliance of school and parent advocacy groups to improve connectivity and collaboration
ENCOURAGE PARENT PARTICIPATION
- Time off to attend school functions and parent-teacher conferences
- Support and promote the SFUSD Parent Engagement and Partnership Plan
- Community school wrap-around services for parents”
