Tag: Lowell High School
Elite Lowell School Back in the News
This is Part II of a series reporting on San Francisco’s prestigious Lowell High School as it returns to merit-based admissions. In June of this year I reported on the decision of the San Francisco United School District Board which...
San Francisco School Board Begins Reversing Policies Made By Pre-Recall Board
During a San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, the board decided to reverse several policies made in 2020 and 2021 before the historical school board recall earlier this year. In a 4-3 vote, the board...
Lowell High School to Reinstate Merit-Based Enrollment
With the sting of a February recall election that saw three of its members bounced from its ranks fresh in their memories, the San Francisco Unified District Board of Education has voted to drop a 2-year-old lottery system to gain...
Superior Court Overturns SF School Board Admissions Policy For Lowell High School
The Superior Court of California ruled on Thursday that the San Francisco Board of Education’s decision to remove a merit-based admissions system to Lowell High School earlier this year is to be nullified. In February, the SF Board of Education...
SF School Board’s Fast-Track Resolution to Eliminate Merit-Based Admission to Lowell High School
San Francisco’s controversial Board of Education voted this week to end merit-based admission to Lowell High School, a top academic high school, and the city’s No. 1 public high school. “Lowell has stood out as a beacon of academic excellence...