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The push to expand the KIPP network in San Francisco was at least momentarily halted last week after the city鈥檚 Board of Education for a new elementary school in Bayview鈥揌unters Point, traditionally one of the city鈥檚 poorest and most heavily African-American areas.

In finding that KIPP was 鈥渄emonstrably unlikely鈥� to succeed, related to teacher training, safety, and discipline. It noted that KIPP鈥檚 other San Francisco schools have higher suspension rates than the district average.

The board did vote in favor of renewing the charter for KIPP San Francisco College Preparatory, one of the city鈥檚 highest-scoring high schools.

KIPP officials said they will file an appeal with the State Board of Education and still hope the proposed new school will open in the fall of 2018.

鈥淚 absolutely do not believe the findings were sufficient to deny our charter under California charter law,鈥� said Beth Sutkus Thompson, chief executive of the , which includes 12 schools dotting the East Bay and San Francisco. She said the 鈥渇inancial situation of the district,鈥� its efforts to slow attrition out of city schools, and the system鈥檚 鈥渃onstantly shifting dynamics鈥� make opening new charters difficult.

鈥淲e鈥檙e not here to criticize the district,鈥� Thompson said. 鈥淲e want to work alongside them.鈥� She said 150 parents had organized in support of a new school.

Combined, nearly half of public school students in San Francisco are white (14 percent) or Asian (35 percent), populations that traditionally score well on standardized tests. City scores reflect : Sixty-four percent of low-income Asian students met standards in English, compared with 22 percent of low-income Latino students and 14 percent of low-income black students.

In math, 79 percent of non-low-income Asian students and 76 percent of non-low-income white students met standards, compared with 33 percent of their Latino peers and 21 percent of their black peers.

鈥淪an Francisco has always been a progressive city, but our numbers, as far as education, do not mirror that,鈥� Geraldine Anderson, a parent activist, told 蜜桃影视.

Calls to the district weren鈥檛 returned.

KIPP operates more than 200 schools across the country. It is widely considered one of the most successful charter organizations; its Bay Area schools 鈥� including the three in San Francisco 鈥� have won .

KIPP worked with the school board to address its criticism and was open to further adjustments, Thompson said, but maintained that the organization 鈥渟tuck by our petition and track record.鈥�

November has been a difficult month for the Bay Area network. Two weeks before the San Francisco decision, a petition for a new high school in San Jose was .

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