SFUSD’s proposed cuts will hit small schools hardest. Most are already hurting.

San Francisco Unified School District’s proposed budget cuts of approximately $102 million will disproportionately hit students with higher needs, according to a Mission Local analysis. The district’s 36 secondary schools include high schools, middle schools and K-8 schools. Only 19 of the 36 have fewer than 600 students, making the 19 targets of the proposed cuts. If the district moves forward with the proposed staffing cuts, all will lose an assistant principal and/or security staff. The proposed cuts aimed at small schools treat all schools alike — a sharp change from the district’s long-time equity-based funding system.