Mayor London Breed said Tuesday she has concerns about the tentative agreement for school reopening hammered out between teachers and the San Francisco Unified School District.
This wasn't the news that San Francisco parents wanted to hear.
"I don’t think it’s realistic that we can expect schools to open this school year," Breed said, adding the tentative agreement between San Francisco teacher unions and the district doesn't provide timelines or realistic steps for reopening.
Part of that agreement requires the city to be in the state’s COVID-19 red tier and have teachers vaccinated before they go back to the classrooms.
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera amended his lawsuit against the city's Board of Education, school district and Superintendent Vincent Matthews.
The three new allegations announced Tuesday claimed the school district is violating students' rights under the California Constitution to attend public school.
Another change said the district is discriminating against students on the basis of wealth in violation of the state's Constitution's equal protection clause; and violating the state law that requires school district to "offer in-person instruction to the greatest extent possible."
The amendments came as the city announced it will begin giving coronavirus vaccines to educators later this month. "On February 26, we will move to (Phase 1B's Tier 1) and that will provide an opportunity for both educators, teachers, childcare workers to be vaccinated at that time."
Those vaccinations will depend on the supply of doses, which has - so far - fallen well short of the demand.
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