Lowell High School

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DREAM Act Debacle: Lowell High School Grad Set For Deportation

Melissa Lee works the cameras​Congress failed again last month to corral the needed votes to put the DREAM Act back on the table -- and the fallout looks something like this: Eighteen-year-old Elizabeth Lee was on a successful trajectory; she had graduated from Lowell High School - the city's mos ... More >>

Eric Mar Unleashes on the Happy Meal. But What About Public School Lunches?

Public Enemy No. 1? ​San Francisco has been abuzz about Supervisor Eric Mar's proposed legislation that would take the toy out of the Happy Meal. Some say it would improve the health of children. Others say it's like, totally socialist. Our online news editor, Joe Eskenazi, found it a little distu ... More >>

Youth Activists: Poor Adults Get Muni Discounts, Poor Kids Don't

The kids are not all right...​Members of the San Francisco Youth Commission will speak out today at the Board of Supervisors meeting against the proposed fare increases for kids -- and point out what they claim is a double standard: Poor adults qualify for reduced-price Fast Passes, while poor chi ... More >>

God Hates the World, America is Doomed, Obama is the Antichrist, and Westboro Baptist Church Headed to S.F.

The gauche band of lunatics known as the Westboro Baptist Church say they'll be gracing our fair city with a visit next week, making the rounds to several prominent centers of Jewish culture to spread their anti-gay, anti-Semitic, and often anti-grammatical gospel to anyone with ears to hear.We find ... More >>

San Francisco 49ers New On-Field Leader: Department of Public Works Street-Steamer

Tom TracySteve Mahoney has Niners fandom in his blood (as well as ink)​With hopes high that the San Francisco 49ers can, once again, provide as much or more entertainment as the Piccolo Pete's sandwich and clandestine booze fans smuggle into Candlestick Park, the jury is out on who will be the tea ... More >>

JROTC Is Saved. Its Instructors Are Not.

JROTC students may have gone home whooping about the 4-3 school board vote last night that reinstated the program, but today the JROTC instructors are doing anything but. That's because although the program will go forward next year, the board also voted to lay off its instructors. District official ... More >>

JROTC under fire in S.F. schools

JROTC students may have gone home whooping about the 4-3 school board vote last night that reinstated the program, but today the JROTC instructors are doing anything but. That's because although the program will go forward next year, the board also voted to lay off its instructors. District official ... More >>

Police Need Your Help Tracking Down Missing, Possibly Suicidal Young Man

Lawrence ThangUPDATE, Wednesday April 1: Police report that Thang has been located. He is safe and in the care of a relative. The San Francisco Police Department is hoping you can help locate Lawrence Thang, a 19-year-old autistic man last seen Monday -- after threatening suicide. He is 5-foot-5 and ... More >>

Last Night: John Wayne Memorial Water Balloon Fight

Lawrence ThangUPDATE, Wednesday April 1: Police report that Thang has been located. He is safe and in the care of a relative. The San Francisco Police Department is hoping you can help locate Lawrence Thang, a 19-year-old autistic man last seen Monday -- after threatening suicide. He is 5-foot-5 and ... More >>

Pro-Circumcision AIDS Researcher Left S.F. a Pariah, Came Back a Visionary

Lawrence ThangUPDATE, Wednesday April 1: Police report that Thang has been located. He is safe and in the care of a relative. The San Francisco Police Department is hoping you can help locate Lawrence Thang, a 19-year-old autistic man last seen Monday -- after threatening suicide. He is 5-foot-5 and ... More >>

A Study in Size

Three years ago, San Francisco launched an experiment with a new kind of school. It worked. So why isn't the district pursuing it?

Space, the Final Frontier

The San Francisco art collective Rebar wants to redefine where we live, one gonzo project at a time

Capital Rap

From revolutionary rapper to stockbroker to rapper again -- the long, strange trip of Paris, aka Oscar Jackson Jr.

Class Struggle

New school superintendent Arlene Ackerman has fostered educational excellence -- and ignited political firestorms. Her first major initiative? A significant shift in funding, from wealthier to poorer schools, being planned behind closed doors.

Cothran

New school superintendent Arlene Ackerman has fostered educational excellence -- and ignited political firestorms. Her first major initiative? A significant shift in funding, from wealthier to poorer schools, being planned behind closed doors.

The Kerouac Obsession

Gerald Nicosia has spent a decade challenging the disposition of Jack Kerouac's $20 million literary estate. Along the way, he's annoyed most of what remains of the beat generation.

Chalk Fight

Teachers' union grand dame Joan Marie Shelley is forced into the campaign of her career by a formerly loyal lieutenant

Un-Welcome to Mr. Roberts' Neighborhood

The Chans were set to build a nice, simple home on their own property. Then Chronicle honcho Jerry Roberts and his relentless wife moved next door. Suddenly, everything became very complicated and very nasty.

Bus to Nowhere

Why San Francisco's Byzantine school desegregation program systematically fails the children it was designed to help

Slap Shots

Why San Francisco's Byzantine school desegregation program systematically fails the children it was designed to help

Blowing Smoke, Breathing Fire (Part II)

The Fang family rides tabloid journalism and hardball politics to the winner's circle

They Might Be Giants

The Lowell girls' varsity has made it to the city championship game 10 times in the last 13 years. Credit Coach Jim Thomas and the temerity of his tiny but talented teams.