SFUSD to Open New Mission Bay Elementary School Next Year, Despite Declining Enrollment

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/02/sfusd-to-open-new-mission-bay-elementary-school-in-the-fall-despite-declining-enrollment/Wait, weren’t we just trying to close some SF schools? We were, but the SF Unified School District is still opening another elementary school this fall in the burgeoning Mission Bay neighborhood. You’ll recall that the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) tried to close 11 schools in the district about a year ago this time — a move that was met with much pushback from parents — as the district is running huge deficits and has markedly declining enrollment. But instead, the district ended up pushing out their superintendent and shelving the plan to close schools. Though the Chronicle reported Wednesday that the SFUSD is still