“I went to Horace Mann three times this last week,” says one mother. “What I was most impressed by were the teachers. They are very dedicated. They’ve been here longer than the teachers my kids have at James Lick.
Talk of public safety dominated a forum dedicated to the arts as the three front-runners in the race for District 9 Supervisor spoke Wednesday night at the Red Poppy Art House. Fielding questions from a room full of artists and activists, Eric Quezada, Mark Sanchez and David Campos proposed a unified platform through an art-focused lens. “The arts should be...
By MADELEINE BAIR As Mark Sanchez, president of the San Francisco Board of Education and candidate for District 9 Supervisor, tells it, his career in politics began by accident. It happened in the late nineties, when Teachers 4 Change, an organization Sanchez co-founded with other San Francisco teachers, picketed at City Hall, demanding more resources for underfunded classrooms and underpaid...
By MADELEINE BAIR The race for District 9 Supervisor is in its final months, and along the main corridor of the Mission District, storefronts are brandishing their allegiances. One market facade displays a sign for David Campos, while the taqueria next door promotes Mark Sanchez. A sign for Eric Quezada is taped beside an advertisement for international calling cards. Eva...
