Mission Education Center Vs. S.F. School District on Charter School

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Eleven charter schools operate in San Francisco, and most are in the Western Addition, Bayview, Visitacion Valley and downtown. Both charter schools in the Bayview are run by KIPP. Illustration by Rini Templeton/Mission Local

By Michael Toren and Julian Mark, Mission Local

Parents, teachers, school board candidates and labor union representatives said Thursday afternoon at a protest at the Mission Education Center that they would not mind sharing space with some charter schools, but opposed the district’s decision to place the nonprofit KIPP in six of its 13 classrooms at 1670 Noe St.

“There are some great charter schools out there,” said Alida Fisher, a member of the San Francisco Unified School District’s Community Advisory Committee for Special Education, who is a candidate for the Board of Education.

Read the complete story at  Mission Local.

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