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What SFUSD saves — and loses — by closing schools
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The district is facing a potential financial crisis, but closing, merging and relocating schools often affects disadvantaged students most.

San Francisco public school officials and experts agree that closing schools with small student populations will help the San Francisco Unified School District stave off a financial crisis, but evidence shows that closing schools often affects disadvantaged students most.

“But any time are mentioned, there’s an immediate community uproar, because nobody wants their school to close,” he told The Examiner. Ex // Top Stories What Chesa Boudin learned from being recalled San Francisco’s district attorney through COVID-19 pandemic and two recall attempts reflects on the tumult and lessons learned

But having too many small schools can spread the district’s finances thin, Hanushek said. Small public schools often have the highest per-pupil costs, and do not systematically lead to improved student achievement.“You need a principal and an assistant principal, but also ancillary staff covering things like special-education classes, extracurriculars,” Hanushek said. “That’s why it gets more expensive, you can’t just spread the cost of these things over enough kids.

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