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Caroline Grannan was an editor at the San Jose Mercury News for 12 years. Currently she contributes to a number of Internet sites dealing with education and schools. She is a San Francisco public school parent, advocate, and volunteer and has followed education politics locally and nationwide.

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JROTC restored -- and then instructors pink-slipped. Here's the story

The Chronicle had a cryptic brief on the strange situation in which the Board of Ed voted to send pink slips to JROTC instructors -- at the same...
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Who Wants to be a School Board Member? The hungry kids quiz show

A guest commentary by Dana Woldow, parent volunteer chair of the SFUSD Student Nutrition & Physical Activity CommitteeWho Wants to be a School...
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JROTC resurfaces at SFUSD board; Rev. Brown irate over kids left waiting

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The theme of last night’s SFUSD Board of Education meeting was kids in the overflow crowd waiting … and waiting … and...
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Absentee count changes school board results; Jill Wynns re-elected

Absentee and provisional ballots have upended the initial results of the school board election that were reported...
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SF school board picks - Wynns, Norton, Murase and Cohen

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Jill Wynns, Rachel Norton, Emily Murase and Marigrace Cohen bring common sense, concern for children, experience and sound judgment to our Board of...
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Board of Ed breaks its own rules in paying for Hip-Hop Convention trip

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With commissioners Jill Wynns and Norman Yee absent for the vote, the SFUSD Board of Education on Tuesday evening did approve the after-the-fact...
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Sorry, Ms. Kim, SFUSD's not allowed to pay for your trip to the Hip-Hop Convention

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SFUSD Board of Education member Jane Kim is requesting reimbursement of $642.06 for attending the National Hip Hop...
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Endorsements, controversies and tidbits about the school board race

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The Bay Guardian came out with its endorsements, using JROTC -- which the Guardian vigorously opposes -- as its litmus test. (“Her support for...
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For SF school board: Wynns, Norton, Murase and a pick to be named later

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San Francisco voters elect four Board of Education members in November. After seeing those candidates who came to a...
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Who are JROTC's real backers and opponents in the school board race?

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A story in today's print Examiner points out that the school board election may be the deciding factor in whether JROTC is gone forever from SFUSD...
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