SAN FRANCISCO - In San Francisco, one school is closing, while another is set to welcome students for the first time. San Francisco Unified Schools said it is shifting to respond to a changing landscape. That means opening one school in an area that needs one, and merging two of the city's smaller high schools.

San Francisco schools are in transition, having adopted a balanced budget in June after facing a $114 million budget shortfall.

The district said as part of its continuing mission to educate children in the city, the Mission Bay School will begin accepting pre-kindergarten, transitional kindergarten and kindergarten-aged students in the fall.

Superintendent Maria Su said, despite previous financial headwinds, the district will open the site using bond money to address shifting

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