Education
Youths Step Up to Question School Board Candidates
In a first for the 2018 election season, students took the reins to organize a forum for school board candidates. They asked the questions and ran the show.
San Francisco Public Press (https://www.sfpublicpress.org/series/big-decisions-schools-housing-privacy/)
The November 2018 election once again put big issues before San Francisco voters, among them a business tax to expand funding for homelessness services and housing; stronger data privacy, and new supervisors and school commissioners. And once again, city voters backed progressive candidates for City Hall and schools, and higher taxes for social services. They also approved a blueprint for the ambitious goal of crafting the nation’s toughest policy on the collection and use of residents’ personal information.
Photo of school board candidates forum by Noah Arroyo // San Francisco Public Press
Big Decisions: Schools, Housing, Privacy
Here’s what we focused on during the fall campaign, which is included in the the winter 2019 print edition of the Public Press, now available at select locations.
ABOUT THIS REPORTING PROJECT
REPORTING: Noah Arroyo, Andrew Perez, Andrew Stelzer, Liza Veale, Rob Waters | EDITING: Michael Winter | COPY EDITING: Michele Anderson, Richard Knee, Dean Takehara | GRAPHICS: Reid Brown| PHOTOGRAPHY: Judith Calson, Yesica Prado | PRINT DESIGN: HyunJu Chappell/Magna Citizen Studio | ONLINE: John Angelico
This project was made possible by donations from Public Press members and the San Francisco Foundation
In a first for the 2018 election season, students took the reins to organize a forum for school board candidates. They asked the questions and ran the show.