This week, we welcome our students and families back for the new school year and with them, the renewed energy and promise that every first day brings.

While our students hopefully found time this summer to rest and recharge, our work at the San Francisco Unified School District never paused. The district’s staff and members of the Board of Education spent the summer focused on strengthening the foundations that support our students, our educators and our schools.

At the heart of that work is a commitment to the basics: focusing relentlessly on student learning, building stronger and better-supported schools, and ensuring we have the systems in place to help every child succeed. These fundamentals matter.

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to visit a professional development sess

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