SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DESEGREGATION

 

Paragraph 44 Independent Review

 

Report No. 16

1998-1999

 

The Report of the Consent Decree Monitoring Team

 

Submitted to the United States District Court

for the Northern District of California

 

July 29, 1999

 

By Stuart Biegel

Consent Decree Monitor

for the State of California

 

Paragraph 44 of the SFNAACP v. SFUSD Consent Decree mandates an "independent review of implementation of this Consent Decree at the close of each school year," and requires the monitoring team "to submit a report to the Court."  Pursuant to that mandate, the current Consent Decree Monitoring Team filed Report No. 16 on July 29, 1999.

 

 

Please note: Report No. 16 is currently available in four separate HTML FILES, as follows…

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS – Report No. 16

 

HTML FILE #1:

·        Executive Summary                                                                                            

 

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·        Paragraph-by-Paragraph Analysis of Consent Decree Compliance    

           

HTML FILE #2:

I.                    Student Desegregation (Paragraph 12)                                                       

A.     Background Data                                                                                

B.     Paragraph 12 Compliance & the Problem

of Within-School Segregation                                                               

C.     The Ongoing Prevalence of Low Expectations                          

                       

II.                 Achieving Student Desegregation (Paragraph 13)                           

A.     Desegregation Requirements:  Assessing District Compliance                

B.   Final School-by-School Enrollment Figures (1998-1999)                     

C.  New Paragraph 13 Guidelines for Student Assignment              

D. New Student Assignment Plans:  1999-2000 & 2000-2001                 

E.   Lowell High School                                                                             

F.   The Interface between Desegregation & Language

      Acquisition Programs                                                                           

 

HTML FILE #3:

III.               Miscellaneous Obligations (Paragraphs 14-16)                                           

 

IV.              Special Plan for Bayview-Hunters Point (Paragraphs 17-31)                      

 

V.                 Additional Miscellaneous Obligations (Paragraphs 32-33)              

 

VI.              District Staffing Obligations (Paragraphs 34-35)                                         

 

VII.            Staff Development (Paragraphs 36-36a)                                                   

A. Staff Development for Teachers                                                           

B.   Staff Development for Principals                                                          

 

VIII.         Extracurricular Activities                                                                            

 

HTML FILE #4:

IX.              Discipline (Paragraph 38)                                                                           

 

X.                 Academic Excellence (Paragraphs 39-41)                                      

A.     Assessment and Evaluation                                                                  

B.     School District Accountability                                                  

C.     Academic Progress Generally                                                              

D.     Examining Other Indicators of Educational Quality                                

E.      Access to Computer Technology                                                         

F.      Addressing the Needs of Language Minority Students              

G.     Reconstitution   & the CSIP Process                                                    

H.     Allocation of Consent Decree Funds to Specific Schools                      

 

XI.              Paragraphs 42-44                                                                                      

 

XII.            State Role in Financing (Paragraphs 45-47)                                    

 

Note Regarding Paragraphs 48-55                                                             

 

 

· Annual Reports Filed by the Consent Decree Monitoring Team Since 1997