Visitacion Valley Teachers Are Forming a Nonprofit to Raise Money Their School Doesn't Have
Music teacher Lauren Schwartz and colleagues at Visitacion Valley Middle School, which serves about 300 students, have been working for nine months on Friends of Viz Valley after Superintendent Maria Su acknowledged inequitable resources.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
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Teachers and staff at Visitacion Valley Middle School are creating a nonprofit, Friends of Viz Valley, to raise money for a campus they say has long been short of resources, Mission Local reported.
Music teacher Lauren Schwartz said it was no surprise when SFUSD Superintendent Maria Su, announcing the district's new enrollment system last month, acknowledged that the city's schools are inequitably resourced. Schwartz and her coworkers had already been brainstorming solutions for nine months. The school in southeastern San Francisco serves about 300 students, Mission Local reported. It has received grant-funded programs and hosted Golden State Warriors volunteers for a day of community service in September.
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