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San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), established in 1851, is the only public school district within the City and County of San Francisco, and the first in the state of California. [3] Under the management of the San Francisco Board of Education , the district serves approximately 49,500 students across 121 schools.
Abraham Lincoln High School (ALHS, colloquially Lincoln) is a California Distinguished public high school located in the Sunset District of San Francisco, California.In 2018, ALHS was ranked #499 and earned a gold medal by U.S. News & World Report, placing it in the top 2% of public high schools nationally.
The San Francisco Board of Education is the school board for the City and County of San Francisco. It is composed of seven Commissioners, elected by voters across the city to serve 4-year terms. It is subject to local, state, and federal laws, and determines policy for all the K-12 public schools in the San Francisco Unified School District.
In 1853, Colonel Thomas J. Nevins, San Francisco's first superintendent of schools, raised the idea of a free high school for boys and a seminary for girls. It took three years for Nevins to persuade the Board of Education, and a resolution was passed on July 10, 1856, to establish a San Francisco High School and Ladies' Seminary.
"Just before the pandemic closures of 2020, South San Francisco held its first ever Special Olympics Northern California basketball tournament." [14] After not being held in 2021 due to the COVID pandemic, the tournament returned in 2022 featuring teams from South San Francisco, Woodside, and Hillsdale High Schools. The tournament is planned to ...
George Washington High School (colloquially GWHS or Washington High School [3]) is a public high school in the Richmond District of San Francisco, California.The campus occupies the highest ground in the neighborhood, south of Geary Boulevard between 30th and 32nd Avenues, with a sweeping view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the athletic fields. [4]
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, commonly known as SHC, is a Catholic school located in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Founded in 1852, Sacred Heart Cathedral is the oldest Catholic secondary school and was the first co-ed Catholic high school in San Francisco. SHC is owned by the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
Upper Campus is the oldest and most historic part of campus. It was designed by Julia Morgan and built in 1917 to house Katherine Delmar Burke School, a girls' school, from the early part of the 20th century until 1975, when the building was sold to the newly created University High School. It houses the History and English Departments, College ...