Mission Local receives a list of 13 SF schools that could merge/close

Ahead of today's scheduled 5 p.m. announcement, Mission Local has obtained the list of San Francisco public schools that meet the district's criteria for merger or closure. Three schools may close, eight may merge with another school and two schools may become “welcome schools” for a closed school. The list follows:

• It is proposed to merge El Dorado with Visitacion Valley and move students to the Visitacion Valley campus.

• It is proposed that Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy merge with Sanchez Elementary and the campus be repurposed as an early learning center.

• It is proposed to close Jean Parker Elementary with students attending Gordon J. Lau (Cantonese biliteracy) or John Yehall Chin (general education).

• *It is suggested that Malcolm Elementary School

• *Redding Elementary is intended to be a welcoming school for Yick Wo students (general education and special day classroom programs);

• It is proposed to merge San Francisco Community K-8 with Paul Revere TK-8.

• San Francisco Public Montessori to merge with Rosa Parks Elementary;

• It is proposed to merge Spring Valley Science Elementary School with John Muir Elementary.

• It is proposed to close Sutro Elementary School. Students may attend Lafayette Elementary School or Alamo Elementary School (general education) and CIS in DeAvila (Cantonese biliteracy). The campus will be converted into an early learning center.

• It is proposed that Visitacion Valley Elementary 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 It is proposed that the Jordan School for Social Justice merge with John O'Connell High and move to O'Connell.

• It is proposed that the academy merge with Raoul Wallenberg High and move to Wallenberg.

Wayne's scheduled 5 p.m. announcement precedes a Board of Education meeting at 6 p.m. A “virtual town hall” is planned for Thursday at 5:30 p.m

The schools on today's tentative list meet the district's criteria for possible consolidation or closure based on much-maligned surveys and low enrollment numbers.

The final list of schools to close will be sent to the Board of Education on November 12th and will be available for voting on December 10th.