Hundreds of parents, children and political leaders, including Mayor London Breed, rallied Saturday outside San Francisco City Hall to call for the reopening of all the city's public schools for in-person instruction.
With many Bay Area school districts already making plans to open classrooms for K-12 education, San Francisco Unified School District so far is only allowing a phased reopening for some students at select schools in pre-K through 5th grade.
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Kristine Corral is a parent of a 6th grader, who must continue home schooling under the current reopening plan.
"I am here because I am outraged that there's been no school for San Francisco public school students for the past year," she told KCBS Radio. "It can be done. We know it can be done."
Speaking before a crowd of several hundred, one 5th grader said it's been very difficult.
"I really miss all my friends and I've been having a really hard time doing my school work and focusing," he explained.
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State Senator Scott Wiener was in attendance.
"This has been a complete disaster for our children in terms of their learning, their social development, their mental health," he said.
Mayor London Breed announced that San Francisco has secured $25 million to create a summer learning program.
"It's time for the excuses to be thrown out the window and it's time for us to open up our classes," the mayor said, prompting cheers from the crowd.
