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    In the News

    • March 22, 2022: KTVU Fox Mornings on 2 (Video)
    • January 25, 2002: San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco is changing its school assignment system. This data shows why
    • November 16, 2021: Sing Tao Daily: San Francisco Unified School District to look into alternative ways for admission allocation (in Chinese)
    • October 20, 2021: Sing Tao Daily: San Francisco Unified School District considers improving student assignment system (in Chinese)
    • December 11, 2020 KPIX CBS 5: San Francisco School Board Approves Changes In Elementary School Assignment Process
    • December 11, 2020 KCBS: New school assignment policy for elementary students (Audio)
    • December 10, 2020 SFGATE: School Board Approves New Policy For Assigning Students To Elementary Schools
    • October 19, 2020: San Francisco Examiner: Update on elementary school assignment process
    • November 4, 2019: San Francisco Examiner: SFUSD rethinks school assignment system

    This page was last updated on March 24, 2022

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