SF Green Party School Board Endorsement Questionnaire 2024
Due Date: Friday, August 23, 11:59 pm

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 whose votes are most similar to the way you would vote:
Incumbent who votes least similarly to the way you would vote:

1. What is your stance on pandemic 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. What is your stance on school closures?

3. Do you have practical ideas on how SFUSD can be adequately funded?
   
4. How are you currently involved in the SFUSD -- or how were you
   involved in the past?

5. How do you feel about the current school assignment system
   (including at Lowell)?  Would you make changes, and if so, which
   ones?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. What is your position on JROTC in the public schools?

9. Would you support district elections for school board members?

10. Did you support the 2016 Proposition A school bond?  Do you think
    funds were spent wisely?  Are you supporting the current bond?

11. 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?

12. What are your thoughts on the various non-profit organizations
    that partner and/or contract with SFUSD?

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: Friday, August 23, 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 selected candidates who return
completed questionnaires on time to speak and answer questions at our
candidate forum and endorsement meeting.  To be given time on our
agenda, each candidate needs at least two active Green Party members
to request their invitation.  This will be a hybrid meeting, so
invited candidates may also speak with us via Zoom.

Our endorsement meeting is scheduled for Wed, August 28 from 6:30-9:30
pm at our office, 2973 16th St, #300, SF - note that this is across
the street from our old office in the Redstone Building.  The first
two hours will be for interviews of selected candidates, and the last
hour will be for decision making.

Completed questionnaires will be posted on our website,
https://sfgreenparty.org.