San Francisco Green Party

Help Butch Ware get on the ballot for Governor of California!  We'll be gathering signatures for him and other Unity Slate candidates at these upcoming events:

ICE Out! National Day of Action Rally

Friday, January 30th, 1pm-3pm

Dolores Park, SF

American Healthcare is Broken: National Single Payer Rally

Saturday, January 31st, 12pm-2pm

Harry Bridges Plaza (in front of the Ferry Building), SF

Stop Trump's Racist Deportations Protest

Monday, February 2nd, 4pm-6pm

100 Montgomery St, SF (SF Immigration Court)

The San Francisco Green Party is proud to announce what is certain
to be the event of the year: the 20 Year Reunion of the Historic 2003
Matt Gonzalez for Mayor of San Francisco Campaign!

Reminisce with us about shared moments and amazing memories.
Re-connect with old friends. Discover recent efforts of staff and
volunteers from back in 2003.

Organized as a social event, the idea started with a volunteer
coming by our booth at the Haight Street Fair in early September.
Matt Gonzalez agreed to participate. A volunteer reserved the epic
111 Minna Gallery as our venue, which we all remember from the
headline-grabbing 2003 campaign challenging now-Governor Gavin Newsom.

• Saturday, December 9, 2023
• 111 Minna Gallery at 111 Minnna Street, (Minna is a half street between Mission and Howard Streets and Second Street and New Montgomery Streets)
• 8 pm until 11 pm
• Special Appearance by Matt Gonzalez!
• No-Host bar
• 21+

111 Minna is accessible via mass transit: BART Montgomery Station,
in addition to various MUNI lines.

We ask for a $10-20 donation (sliding scale) to cover our costs;
however, nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.

Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any questions or suggestions.

We are mailing a postcard to all current Greens to let them know
about the event; if you can help contribute to mailing costs, please
donate using the "Donate" link on the left.

SFUSD Parents,

Starting in the 3rd grade, kids in the SF public schools can spend up to 7 weeks of class time preparing for and taking standardized tests!  These tests are no longer "high stakes" but they do replace valuable instruction time and are not the tests used by the teacher to evaluate or teach your child.

Most teachers do not find the majority of these standardized tests to be helpful in educating your kids, because the scores don't give teachers details on what questions were missed or what skills might need more practice.  Except for the reading assessments given throughout the year (which teachers use to assign books appropriate for the child's reading level),  these tests are an expensive waste of time that only serve the interests of the testing companies.

Fortunately, CA state law allows parents to opt out of any standardized tests, and your school is not penalized in any way!  Opt-out forms must be turned in to your school's administrators every year.  Here are the forms:

• ENGLISH
• SPANISH
• CHINESE

Please print them out for yourself and for other parents in your classroom who are interested!

In particular, parents should consider opting ot of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and the Interim District Assessments (IDA) tests, which are given in the spring.  Teachers don't even get the scores on these tests until the end of the year, so taking these tests is of no benefit at all to the students.

You can ask your school to provide an appropriate curriculum for your kids while the others are taking tests.  If enough kids in a single grade opt out, we will have more sway to get a classroom at each grade level to continue with regular instruction!