5 school mergers, 8 closures recommended

From the Examiner today, "The San Francisco Unified School District will save nearly $8 million if it merges 10 schools into five sites, closes eight schools and relocates three schools, according to a list of cost-cutting measures suggested to the Board of Education."

"Of all of the suggestions presented to the board [of Supervisors] Tuesday, discussions indicated that they were resigned to the mergers, which would move entire school communities to another site, and absorb their students and programs. If the district were to approve all the merger and relocation suggestions, it would save the district about $2.8 million."

"Last year, the board also had to make tough school-closure decisions and voted to close four schools after several months of deliberations. A decision on which sites will be closed or merged is hoped to be done before Jan. 13, when school enrollment applications for next year are due."