Ahead of today’s scheduled 5 p.m. announcement, Mission Local has obtained the list of the San Francisco public schools that meet the district’s criteria for merger or closure. Three schools will potentially close, eight will potentially merge with another school and two schools may become “welcoming schools” for a closed school. The list follows:
- El Dorado is proposed to merge with Visitacion Valley with students moving to the Visitacion Valley campus;
- Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy is proposed to merge with Sanchez Elementary with the campus being repurposed as an early education center;
- Jean Parker Elementary is proposed to close with students attending Gordon J. Lau (Cantonese biliteracy) or John Yehall Chin (general education);
- *Malcolm X Academy Elementary School is proposed to merge with Carver Elementary with students heading to the Carver campus;
- *Redding Elementary is proposed to be a welcoming school for Yick Wo students (general education and special day class programs);
- San Francisco Community K-8 is proposed to merge with Paul Revere TK-8;
- San Francisco Public Montessori is proposed to merge with Rosa Parks Elementary;
- Spring Valley Science Elementary School is proposed to merge with John Muir Elementary;
- Sutro Elementary is proposed to close. Students may attend Lafayette Elementary or Alamo Elementary (general education), CIS at DeAvila (Cantonese biliteracy) and the campus is proposed to be repurposed as an early education center;
- Visitacion Valley Elementary is proposed to merge with El Dorado;
- Yick Wo Alternative Elementary School is proposed to close. Students may attend Redding Elementary (general and special education day class program) and Sherman Elementary (general education);
- June Jordan School for Social Justice is proposed to merge with John O’Connell High and move to O’Connell;
- The Academy is proposed to merge with Raoul Wallenberg High and move to Wallenberg.
Wayne’s scheduled 5 p.m. announcement precedes a 6 p.m. Board of Education meeting. A “virtual town hall” is scheduled for Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
The schools on today’s preliminary list meet the district’s criteria to potentially be merged or closed, based upon much-maligned surveys and low enrollment totals.
The final list of schools to be closed will be forwarded to the Board of Education on Nov. 12 and up for a vote on Dec. 10.
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