The Potrero View -- May 2012Proposed Daniel Webster Elementary School Expansion to K-8 May Be Decided This MonthMelissa Mutiara PandikaKindergarten- through fifth-grade Daniel Webster Elementary School may soon expand to include sixth- through eighth-grade classes. Under a proposal Webster parents made to the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) last fall, the school’s Missouri Street campus would house kindergarteners through second graders. The Enola Maxwell campus on De Haro Street С which currently hosts sixth- through 12-grade students at International Studies Academy (ISA) fo... Proposition A Calls for Competitive Bidding of City’s Waste Disposal ServicesKatrina SchwartzProposition A is one of only two local initiatives that will appear on this year’s June 5th primary election ballot. The proposition would repeal the Refuse Collection and Disposal Ordinance of 1932, which requires garbage collection agencies to hold permits, and replace it with a competitive bidding procedure for each of five different refuse collection contracts. The proposition would also require the City to own the garbage processing and transfer facilities, ... Use-Change at 20th and Connecticut Streets ApprovedKeith BurbankThe San Francisco Planning Commission voted six to one in favor of a use change that will allow Timberly Hughes to open a child care center in her 20th and Connecticut streets building. City planner Diego Sanchez told the commission that the department believed 501 Connecticut Street is suitable for a child care center, and recommended that the requested use change be approved. ... |
Many Daniel Webster parents aren’t comfortable with the school’s middle-school feeder, International Studies Academy, because it combines grades six through twelve. Issue HighlightSan Francisco Giants Have Big Plans for Seawall Lot 337—Lot AKatrina SchwartzSeawall Lot 337, known to San Francisco Giants fans as “Lot A,” will be transformed over the next decade. The Giants, in partnership with Baltimore-based The Cordish Companies, plan to turn the parking lot and adjacent Pier 48 into what amounts to a little village. The 27-acres of land С which has been named “Mission Rock” С will host as many as one thousand new residential units, eight acres of open space, and between five and seven o... |
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This Month's StoriesPotrero Hill Remains in District Ten, Portola Moves to Nine In Potrero ‘Local Business’ Means Much More Than Living Nearby Boosters Association Tackles the Issues of Hill Life San Francisco Giants Have Big Plans for Seawall Lot 337—Lot A Local Fabric Designer Luna Textiles Continues to Grow Online Publisher Offers Magazine-Length Books Starr King’s Mandarin Immersion Program Graduates Along With Federal Funding Monitor Improves Student’s Well-Being and Safety at Webster Food to Hold Court on 20th Street Mission Rock to Re-Open as a Seafood Restaurant Beauty on Display at the Legion of Honor In-Symmetry Is Back: The Day Spa Re-opens in a New Location City Guides Offers Potrero Hill Walking Tour Smart Phones Make Easy Targets On-going Features
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