SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DESEGREGATION

 

Paragraph 44 Independent Review

Reports of the Consent Decree Monitoring Team

for the Years 1997-2005

 

Submitted to the United States District Court

for the Northern District of California

 

By Stuart Biegel

Consent Decree Monitor

for the State of California

 

Final 2005 Supplemental Report

Filed by the Monitoring Team – December 28, 2005

Consent Decree Ends at Close of 2005

 

Appendices to Final 2005 Supplemental Report

 

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Report #22 – Filed August 1, 2005

 

In Report #22, the Monitoring Team’s Annual Independent Review, we provide an updated Balance Sheet, summarizing both the enduring achievements of the Consent Decree as well as the unresolved issues.  We follow with an overview of thirteen SFUSD schools that best exemplify the vision of the Decree and the pursuit of its goals over time.  Appendix 1 of the Report then provides a detailed analysis of performance at these thirteen schools, and Appendix 2 adds a traditional paragraph-by-paragraph summary of compliance.

 

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Main Text of Report #22

 

Appendix 1 – Report #22

Special Report – Thirteen Schools That Exemplify Success under the Decree

                                       

Appendix 2 – Report #22

Traditional Paragraph-by-Paragraph Report on Compliance

 

 

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COMPLETE FILE OF PAST MONITORING TEAM REPORTS

 

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 files its annual report each summer.

 

The following is an index of major topics addressed in the Monitoring Team’s Annual and Supplementary Reports.  All of the referenced documents can be accessed below.

   

Index of major topics addressed in monitoring team Reports

 

 

I. Resegregation Generally

 

· Report #17 at Pages 82-91

· Report #18 at Pages 154-166

· Report #20 at Pages 3-9, 48-53

· March 2004 Supplemental Report, at Pages 15-18;  Appendix 4, at Pages 10-12

· April 2005 Supplemental Report, at Pages 2-3;  Appendix 1, at Pages 2-3

 

II. The 2001-2005 Student Assignment Plan/Diversity Index

 

· Report #19 at Pages 79-100

· Report #20 at Pages 20-86

· Report #21 at Pages 4-6, 18-21

· Report #22 at Appendix 2, Pages 9-10

 

III. Within-School Segregation Generally

 

· Report #15 at Pages 28-47

· Report #17 at Pages 72-80

· April 2005 Supplemental Report at Pages 3-10

· Report #22 at Appendix 2, Pages 4-8

 

IV. THE ONGOING PREVALENCE OF LOW EXPECTATIONS

 

· Report #16 at Pages 37-40

· June 2004 Response to Parties’ Joint Response, at Pages 10-12, 13, Note 11©

· Report #22 at Appendix 2, Pages 4-8

 

V. Special Education:  Issues of Within-School Segregation 

   and Educational Quality

 

· Report #20 at Pages 18, 54-56

· Report #21 at Pages 9-10

· March 2004 Supplemental Report at Pages 15-16

· April 2005 Supplemental Report at Pages 4-8

· Report #22 at Appendix 2, Pages 4-8

 

VI. programs for English Learners in san francisco

 

· Report #15 at Pages 99-117

· Report #18 at Pages 105-136

 

VII. The parameters of the Achievement Gap

 

· Report #19 at Pages 23, 93, 126-129

· Report #21 at Pages 6-8

· March 2004 Supplemental Report at Pages 9-15

· June 2004 Response to Parties’ Joint Response, at Pages 8-10

· July 2004 Response to District’s Offer of Proof, at Pages 4-12

· April 2005 Supplemental Report at Pages 12-16

 

VIII. Reconstitution

 

· Report #14 at Pages 90-107

· Report #16 at Pages 140-170

 

IX. CONSENT DECREE BUDGET ISSUES

 

· Report #15 at Pages 127-134

· Report #17 at Pages 54-69

· Report #18 at Pages 66-76, 143-148

· Report #19 at Pages 5-12

 

X. Addressing Problems of Equity and Educational Quality

     “To The Extent Practicable”

 

· March 2004 Supplemental Report at Pages 19-21

· July 2004 Response to District’s Offer of Proof, at Pages 13-14

 

XI. Special Reports

 

a. Attendance issues at sfusd secondary schools

 

· Report #17 at Pages 132-157

 

b. TRANSITIONING TO the End of the Consent Decree

 

· Report #17 at Pages 19-69

 

c. targeting Low-Performing Schools

 

· Report #18 at Pages 29-148

 

d. SFUSD Middle School Report

 

· Report #19 at Pages 31-67

 

e. ARTS EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

 

· Report #20 at Pages 143-182

 

f. Thirteen Schools Exemplifying Progress under the 

    mandates of the consent Decree

 

· Report #22 at Pages 4-6; also at Appendix 1 (in its entirety)

 

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I. ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CONSENT DECREE MONITORING TEAM

 

· Report No. 14 (1996-1997) – Filed September 29, 1997

 

· Report No. 15 (1997-1998) – Filed July 31, 1998

 

· Report No. 16 (1998-1999) – Filed July 29, 1999

 

· Report No. 17 (1999-2000) – Filed July 27, 2000

 

· Report No. 18 (2000-2001) – Filed July 30, 2001

 

· Report No. 19 (2001-2002) – Filed July 31, 2002

 

· Report No. 20 (2002-2003) – Filed July 31, 2003

 

· Report No. 21 (2003-2004) – Filed September 28, 2004

 

· Report No. 22 (2004-2005) – Filed August 1, 2005

 

· Appendix 1 – Report No. 22 – Thirteen Schools Exemplifying Success Under the Decree (8/1/05)

 

· Appendix 2 – Report No. 22 – Paragraph-by-Paragraph Report on Compliance (8/1/05)

 

 

II. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS OF THE CONSENT DECREE MONITORING TEAM

 

· Supplemental Report (February 2001) – Filed February 12, 2001

 

· Supplemental Report (March 2004) – Filed March 12, 2004

 

· Response to Parties’ Joint Response Regarding 2004 Supplemental Report (June 2004)  

 

· Response to District’s Offer of Proof (July 2004)  

 

· Appendices for the July 2004 Response

 

· Supplemental Report (April 2005) – Filed April 11, 2005

 

· Appendices for the April 2005 Supplemental Report

 

 

III. ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS

 

· Response to SFUSD 3/2/01 Draft Comprehensive Plan (March 2001) – Filed March 26, 2001

 

· Report Regarding 7/01 Settlement Agreement (August 2001) – Filed August 27, 2001

 

· Statement in Support of 8/05 Settlement Agreement (September 2005) – Filed Sept. 22, 2005

 

· Request Following October 14, 2005 Hearing (October 2005) – Filed October 26, 2005

 

 

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Selected Resources - SFNAACP v. SFUSD Consent Decree:

 

· Original Opinion & Order Setting Forth the 1983 Consent Decree – 576 F. Supp. 34 (N.D. Cal. 1983)

 

· Opinion & Order Approving the 1999 Ho Settlement Agreement – 59 F. Supp. 2d 1021 (N.D. Cal. 1999)

 

· July 2001 Settlement Agreement (Granted Final Approval by the Court – October 24, 2001)

 

 · Order Denying Proposed Extension of Consent Decree - 2005 U.S. Dist. Lexis 30189 (filed Nov. 8, 2005) 

 

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Additional Information and Data Available Online Regarding Individual SFUSD Schools:

 

· SFUSD School Profiles (from the School District’s Web Site)

 

· The <greatschools.net> California School Profiles

 

 

 Last Updated: 01/04/06