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[0] 7. Many Noe Valley families leave San Francisco once their kids reach school age. How do you explain this? What, if anything, should the city do about it? Dufty: My daughter Sidney will attend public school. It is at the top of my priorities. I championed many improvements to D8 schools and co-authored Tom Ammiano's Proposition H, providing City support for programs such as music and art, physical education, and guidance counselors, which have not been available. Uncertainty around the school assignment process drives many parents to private schools. I have been active with all of my schools and am excited to make further progress. Rosenthal: Families leave the city for several reasons: the price of housing, the perception that schools are better in the suburbs, and the difficulty of getting a child into a public school close to home. As our families are leaving, San Francisco loses funding, and the school district is always facing school closures. I will protect the schools in District 8 from closure, by applying the political pressure necessary, and finding funding to supplement the school district budget.
Starchild: Hmm, a mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes... Not! It's elementary, my dear editors (no pun intended)! Government-run schools in S.F. are mostly mediocre, and parents and students are frequently denied their school of choice. If these families can't afford to send their kids to non-government schools while still being taxed to pay for government schools, naturally many of them choose to look elsewhere. What's needed? Simply more choice, more competition, and more accountability to parents.
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