SFUSD - Ethnic Studies Recourse

Despite over 300 emails sent to urge SFUSD Board to delay the vote re: the "Voices" curriculum. The SFUSD Board approved the permanent adoption of the "Voices" curriculum by a 6-1 vote.

The lack of transparency in the process, or consideration of community and educator perspectives, leaves many feeling like their opposition to the new curriculum has fallen on deaf ears.

Send an email urging City Hall to STEP IN and TAKE ACTION to delay permanently implementing the Voices curriculum. So more consideration to parent and educator voices and employ the best-practice of piloting multiple curricula before making a final choice.

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Dear SFUSD Board Members and Kunal, &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;We are urging you to delay permanently adopting the Voices curriculum for SFUSD’s Ethnic Studies program and reduce the Ethnic Studies mandate from two semesters to one. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Access to participation in a community review process was limited and unclear. Invitations were sent to a small, undefined subset of the community without use of standard parent communication channels. The timeline was highly compressed — with responses due within three days — and selected participants were expected to attend multi-hour sessions with minimal notice.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Parent participants who attended the review sessions raise significant concerns about the process itself, including reports of bias, predetermined outcomes, and an environment that frowned on input by the third-party consultant and SFUSD staff. They said they felt “managed” and “handled.”&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Please delay permanent adoption of the Voices curriculum and reduce the two semester Ethnic Studies mandate to one semester. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;In addition, please do the following:&#13;&#10;1. revise the current Voices pilot curriculum to align with SFUSD's own values, state standards, and criteria for culturally responsive teaching, &#13;&#10;2. follow standard best practice by piloting multiple Ethnic Studies curricula before adopting any single model districtwide and providing adequate time for implementation, evaluation, and community review.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Sincerely,&#13;&#10;

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Urge City Hall to STEP IN and TAKE ACTION regarding controversial Ethnic Studies curriculum