SF Green Party School Board Endorsement Questionnaire 2022 Due Date: Saturday, September 3 Candidate Name: Phone Number: Web site: E-mail: Name of Campaign Manager: How much do you expect to spend in this contest? Major Endorsements: Incumbent Board Member whose votes most reflect your values: Incumbent whose votes least reflect your values: 1. What is your stance on COVID safety in the schools? Under what circumstances might you support instating a mask or vaccine mandate, or canceling in-person classes? What would be the main basis on which you make this decision? (e.g., would it be based on your gut feelings, or whose advice would you listen to?) 2. Why are you running for school board? 3. How are you currently involved in the SFUSD -- or how were you involved in the past? 4. How do you feel about the current school assignment system (including at Lowell)? Would you make changes, and if so, which ones? 5. Some of our schools receive significant funding from parent fundraising. Are you concerned about the inequality in fundraising between schools in rich and poor neighborhoods, and if so, what ideas do you have to make things more equitable? 6. Are you familiar with the case of Williams et al. v State of California? Do you believe that all schools in the SFUSD are currently in compliance with Williams? 7. What is your position on JROTC in the public schools? 8. Would you support district elections for school board members? 9. Did you support the 2016 Proposition A school bond? Do you think funds were spent wisely? 10. What is your stance on allowing noncitizen parents, guardians and caretakers of students to vote in school board elections? Did you take a public position on previous ballot initiatives on the subject? 11. What are your thoughts on the various non-profit organizations that partner and/or contract with SFUSD? 12. Would you strengthen the voice of the elected student representatives, so that they could introduce legislation and vote on measures? 13. How do you see the role of the School Board in comparison to the role of the superintendent? 14. Do you think that SFUSD currently serves the transportation needs of its students? Would you make changes to the current system? 15. Would you ensure that all San Francisco students have access to a public pre-K program? If so, how? 16. Have you read Diane Ravitch's book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System? What lessons should the District take from this work? Whether or not you've read the book, what role do you see for charter schools in the public education system? 17. What do you think of the current requirements that students take the SBAC test, and what are your thoughts on standardized testing in general? 18. How can the public schools better address the needs of Special Education students and ESL students? Due Date: Sat, Sep 3, 11:59 pm. Please submit by email to cc@sfgreens.org. For more information, call Barry Hermanson at 415-255-9494. Please return your answers in plain text (not HTML, PDF, or Word format), so that we can post all candidates' answers in the same format. The SF Green Party will invite all candidates who return completed questionnaires on time to speak and answer questions at our candidate forum and endorsement meeting (scheduled for Wed, Sep 7 from 6:30 - 9 pm). Please note the earlier start time. We hope to finish all candidate interviews by around 8. If you need to schedule a particular time slot, or if you are unable to make the meeting, please be in touch with us at cc@sfgreens.org. Otherwise, we'll interview candidates as you arrive. This will be a hybrid meeting, so you may also talk to us via Zoom if you prefer. Our forum and endorsement meeting will take place at the Redstone Building, on the third floor (room TBA). The Redstone is located at 2940 16th Street (between Mission and South Van Ness, 1 block from 16th St BART). Completed questionnaires will be posted on our website, http://sfgreenparty.org.