SFUSD censored student journalists, ran a segregation-worsening lottery that drove out 4,000 families, let UESF strike for CTA solidarity over a deal they'd accept anyway, funneled $250M/year to pensions instead of classrooms, and rubber-stamped a rigged ethnic studies review — all while California heads toward losing nearly a million students by 2031.
Read Top Post →SFUSD’s board voted 6-1 to adopt a two-semester ethnic studies curriculum validated by a $147K “independent” review with no passing threshold, a committee stacked 31-to-8 with insiders, and a facilitator who sidelined dissent. Friends of Lowell Foundation filed a Brown Act demand letter the same night — the same legal strategy that reversed Lowell’s admissions change in 2021.
Apr 28, 2026 · 5 min
SFUSD’s pension costs grew 538% since 2006 while revenue grew 123%. That’s $250M/year flowing to retirees before a single working teacher gets paid. David Crane warned the State Teachers Retirement System board in 2006 that their 8% return assumption was fantasy — the state Senate kicked him off the board. Now that gap is why SFUSD can offer teachers only 2% raises.
Feb 11, 2026 · 4 min
UESF likely violated PERB rules by calling a strike before completing the impasse process. The union walked out of fact-finding without making a counteroffer, then called a strike anyway. Under PERB Decision 2094-H, that’s an unfair labor practice — and SFUSD could recover direct strike damages including replacement worker costs.
Feb 09, 2026 · 5 min
UESF called a strike knowing their own sources said they’d accept the district’s offer after a few days. The district offered 6% raises over three years plus fully funded dependent healthcare. UESF walked out without a counteroffer — not to win a better deal for SF teachers, but to join a coordinated CTA action across 32 California districts simultaneously.
Feb 06, 2026 · 4 min
SFUSD’s post-1994 “Diversity Index” lottery made segregation worse, not better. Before the consent decree ended, only 0.6% of SF schools had a single racial group above 50%. By 2005, that figure hit 35%. The lottery also drove roughly 4,000 students out of the district — each one taking per-pupil state funding with them, accelerating the fiscal crisis.
Feb 04, 2026 · 4 min
SF Superior Court ruled SFUSD illegally retaliated against journalism teacher Eric Gustafson for defending students who published a story about teacher misconduct at Lowell High. Principal Jan Bautista yanked him from his class and reassigned him to teach English — violating California’s Journalism Teacher Protection Act. A district that punishes truth-telling sets the tone for everything that follows.
Jan 30, 2026 · 3 min
