The Potrero View -- June 2013School District Denies K-8 School at International Studies Academy CampusKeith BurbankIn a surprise announcement last month, the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) said that it was eliminating the middle school that was located at the Enola Maxwell campus, and will replace it for one year with a charter school, Kipp High School, which will share the site with International Studies Academy (ISA). The decision angered many parents of Daniel Webster Elementary School students, who have been pressing the district to locate a kindergarten through eighth grade scho... Porpoises Return to the BayLeeAndrea MortonIn 2008, harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) — marine mammals related to whales and dolphins — returned to the San Francisco Bay after a roughly seventy year absence. “The porpoises are back,” said Bill Keener, environmental lawyer and former Marine Mammal Center executive director. “They’re alive and well. If you stand on the Golden Gate Bridge after high tide, you’d see one hundred plus in an hour. I never expected t... Kaiser Permanente Floats Revised Plans for Proposed DevelopmentKeith BurbankKaiser Permanente shared its plans for a new development at 16th and Mississippi streets at an open house last month, drawing a crowd of San Franciscans opposed to and in support of the project, as well as those who want it sited in Bayview. Groups representing these three perspectives came wearing t-shirts expressing their views, as residents crowded Daniel Webster Elementary School’s auditorium to view information boards and speak with Kaiser representatives. ... |
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This Month's StoriesCity Budget Discussed at Town Hall Meeting Mariposa-Utah Street Neighborhood Association Challenges Development San Francisco Board of Supervisors Hosts Hearing on MTA Parking Plans Smashburger Replaces Blockbuster at Potrero Center on 16th Street Third Street Police Station to be Rented Hill Resident Helps LGBT Seniors SF Shines Brings Façade Improvements to Bayview As Neighborhood Transforms, Bayview-Hunters Point Still Plagued By Trash Bayview Professor Goes to Harvard Dogpatch Wine Bar Gets Trivial Thieves Repeatedly Steal “Safe and Clean Zone” Fence at McKinley Square Frameline37 Film Festival Features Potrero Hill Filmmakers The French Set-up Shop in Potrero Two New Officers Keep the Beat On-going FeaturesPublisher's View: Middle School
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