SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - Four local principals were honored Friday as the first recipients of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Principal of the Year awards.

Sandra Osborne, of the Presidio Child Development Center; Bonnie Coffey-Smith, of McKinley Elementary School; Carmelo Sgarlato, of James Lick Middle School; and Kevin Truitt, of Mission High School took home awards after more than 40 people were nominated.

Newsom was joined by Supervisors Bevan Dufty and Tom Ammiano as well as San Francisco Unified School District Deputy Superintendent Tony Smith. Smith said that despite recent successes in the district there is still room to improve. “We have to get better at supporting our principals,” he said.

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8:59 AM MST on Tue., May. 13, 2008 re: "First-grader caught with gun at school"

L. Amiot said:
This incident says parents are irresponsible in teaching children about firearms. Or, consider this: the parents are just stupid people who mated and had a stupid child. The gun control freaks will treat this article like a gift from their diety and bang their drums for more laws for GUN CONTROL. As if that will stop irresponsibity, stupidity, or apathetic criminal behavior.

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2:58 PM MST on Thu., Apr. 17, 2008 re: "Sunset parents shine light on school assignment issue"

Examiner Reader said:
To Hell with diversity. A kid should walk to school in the first six years, ride the bus or walk for the next three years and travel across town by bus to finish off High School. Anything else is foolish.

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9:07 AM MST on Sat., Mar. 8, 2008 re: "Lunch-line ID cards sweeping The City"

Examiner Reader said:
cant the City use the million or so for that weelchair ramp to pay for lunch for hungry school kids? or does the alioto family triumph over common sense again ?

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8:51 PM MST on Thu., Mar. 6, 2008 re: "Parents, students cross their fingers, hoping to get into school of choice"

Examiner Reader said:
As the parent of a fifth grader awaiting the NEWS about middle school I am haunted by memories of my first two tries at getting an elementary school... I am so stressed out and I can't wait for that stupid letter to come so I can plan the next 3 years of my child's life...sigh...

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10:58 PM MST on Thu., Feb. 28, 2008 re: "Pink slips approved for school district employees"

Examiner Reader said:
If SF is in such dire financial crisis that hundreds of teachers are being laid off, then why are Ammiano and Newsom launching a million-dollar campaign to post billboards reminding illegal aliens of all the freebies they can get?

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