© 2026 KALW 91.7 FM Bay Area
91.7 FM Bay Area. Celebrating 85 Years of KALW Public Media.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Some San Francisco Public Schools To Open Classrooms On Monday

César Chávez School Garden
Wally Gobetz
/
Flickr / Creative Commons
César Chávez School Garden
Superintendent Vincent Matthews said 11 early education preschool sites, 22 elementary schools and three county schools will open their doors. 

All 107 schools in the district are expected to reopen by the end of April, when roughly 22,000 students from prekindergarten to twelfth grade are predicted to return to in-person learning.

"We recognize that students and families will experience this last part of the school year in different ways and we want to be sensitive to that and meet students where they are," Matthews said in a statement. "It will feel different from before the pandemic for so many reasons, including the health and safety protocols but schools are still places for connection and interaction."

SFUSD is the seventh-largest school district in California with 56,000 students. The district has 12 early education preschool sites, 64 elementary schools, 13 middle schools,15 high schools and three county schools.
I joined KALW in 2003. As Executive News Editor and then News Director, I helped our news department win numerous regional and national awards for long- and short-form journalism. I've also helped create numerous training programs — for teenagers, incarcerated people, and early-career journalists — and have taught hundreds of audio producers. I served as interim Executive Director for nearly two years. My work is currently focused on overseeing KALW's news and information content, and creating original live events, programming, and building partnerships with like-minded organizations.