First they built more classrooms in temporary buildings (increasing the numbers using the decreased yard.  Then they put in a large storage container (more space for exercise taken). All the while, the administration uses the same yard as a personal parking area...Wonder why there are fewer children in SF? Name Withheld Read This Posty »

The total disregard to the well-being of the students at Robt. Louis Stephenson Elementary School by having to share their recreation space with the car of the administrator who parks on their play area...disgusting... Name Withheld Read This Posty »

This is my pet peeve, because the research conducted prior to rolling out this initiative was not thoroughly done. The logistics of knowing who/what/when and where is not provided prior to announcing it. As a result, it has placed many San Franciscan parents of public schools in a defensive mode rather than a cooperative mode to work with the mayor on these types of initiatives. I respect what he's trying to accomplish/achieve as result of some of the unfortunate incidents that have occurred in certain districts. But to come out with an initiative without doing the homework is irresponsible and Read This Posty »

This school should be moved to the Presidio.  It brings crime to an otherwise peaceful and quiet neighbor. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

Dear Mayor Newsom:   While I generally agree with your policies and I am endorsing you for mayor, I completely disagree with your universal health care proposal.  As a tax payer in San Francisco, I believe this is misuse of our tax dollars.  I specifically oppose extending universal health care to people who are here illegally.  Once again, hard working, tax paying, home owning citizens of San Francisco are footing the bill for another city sponsored subsidy program.  I'll get behind these kinds of programs after the city fixes the roads, hires more police officers, fixes the schools, and upgrades the Read This Posty »

In Order of Annoyance: 1. Trash EVERYWHERE 2. Potholes! 3. The state of the public schools in the City/ bussing kids all over the place 4. Graffiti 5. Homeless/panhandlling 6. The high cost/tax usage for "affordable housing" 7. Overhead power lines It seems there are plenty of things to focus on in here our own city, please leave national politics to guys in D.C. Thank you! TL Buchanan Read This Posty »

If you want more children in the city, then you need to invest in them.  We spend more money per homeless person than we do per child in this city.  Imagine the school system we could have if we invested at the same level that we do for our homeless population.  I have raised 3 children in this city.  I had to pull them out of public school when it became obvious they were falling years behind.  (This was one of the better public schools in the city )  If we had a decent public school system, imagine what types Read This Posty »

I don't have kids yet but we are thinking about it.  I'm baffled about the school situation, as it seems like so many people must send their kids across the city to a school they don't want and with no way to get the kids there.  No school buses, from what I hear; either the working parents need to somehow get their kids across town before work and pick them up there after work, or the young kids have to navigate Muni.  No school buses from what I hear.  I'm all for increasing diversity and equal opportunity, but the practical Read This Posty »

How can this happen? how can they take a city hostage? One solution that comes to mind is Schools. The city has to promote itself in school auditoriums. If the Mayor and Supervisors don't want to go into schools as representatives of how our cities work then we know why there are gangs. James Buckley Read This Posty »

Two big pet peeves: 1) The road conditions are horrible.  Many of them need major work.  I ride a motorcycle and have almost crashed several time when hitting potholes.  Not safe at all. 2) I'm taking a night class in a high school here and am shocked at the conditions of the school - non-working bathroom components; broken tables and chairs everywhere; stuff piled everywhere (definitely a fire hazard and a not good if you're near it during an earthquake); dirty; old outdated equipment.  It saddens me that our kids have to put up with conditions like this. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

Dear Gavin Clean the streets Clean the &^$%(*#&^%$*#   Graffiti Get the homeless of of the streets Fix the schools I voted for you last time - worked on your campaign too - Not so sure this time - Not impressed and in fact quite disappointed in you ............. Stop posing and running for national office and start fixing potholes like a mayor should - Good luck & have fun Thanks! Marc Read This Posty »

It bothers me that next to a school with a sign reading "drug free area" there are drugs sold and consumed everyday in plain view and no one does anything to stop it. At mission bet. 15th and 16th st. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

Dear Gavin, I live on Clipper St/Noe across from the middle school.  We need speed bumps between Castro/Noe on Clipper because many commuters drive 40 mph down Clipper when kids are being dropped off for school. The commuters honk and rant if they have to stop for a child drop-off (it sounds like a protest outside our house at 8am M-F).  We love living in Noe and SF, but would like it to feel safer for our child and other children going to school. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

Our neighborhood is in an uproar because we’ve been following a process (going to meetings, helping make sure the group opposed to improving the neighborhood is appeased, etc.) to improve our little section of the western addition. I personally went to a meeting and saw some very biased people just wanting low income housing. And the very generous jewish school, which wants to help foot the bill, is being ignored and turned away. There are a LOT OF PEOPLE, definitely the great majority, whose pet peeve is that the city does not seem to know about what is happening. It’s worse than Read This Posty »

I work in a school and at least 3-4 times a week I must get these people up so they are gone by the time the children arrive.  Many times they are rude and they always leave a mess for someone else to clean up. Pam Brown Read This Posty »