Civic Center

with Emma & Noah:

 

On a bright May morning, 

Noah and Emma, 

each ready to start

their first day of the

SFUSD Every Kid Can Cook

skills-based program, 

they set off for a day 

promising math and science 

in a great

nutritional adventure. 

Noah, 

now in fifth grade, 

was excited about 

the new culinary campus 

at the Emporium food court 

he’d heard so much about, 

while Emma, 

just starting first grade, 

was thrilled by the idea 

of exploring new skills 

since mastering

everything there is to cook

using a rice maker,

from fractions and ratios

to her own imagination!

 

San Francisco

Unified School District

and City College

Admissions Centers

at the UN Plaza

Education

Administrative Hub,

at Civic Center Station,

accessible from literally

everywhere

via BART

and Muni Metro Underground.

 

As they walked 

through the Civic Center, 

they approached

the new 

William Alexander Leidesdorff

Continuation High School 

1128 Market Street

at UN Plaza 

with SFUSD's District Offices 

on the ground floor. 

 

The sleek new building, 

once a failed fentanyl

injection site,

and an Art college before that.​

Now,

with its modern design 

and orange umbrellas dotting

the cafe tables out front,

with that affordable cafe

at the front of the building,

it seemed a hub of activity. 

 

Teachers and Administrators

were having a quick chat, 

sipping cappuccinos

and chatting to start the day,

under the bright orange shade of the umbrella tables,

just outside on UN Plaza.

 

The atmosphere was lively, 

and the new setting

felt like a bustling

center of learning,

especially with the new 

City College Chancellor’s

and Admissions Offices

at 1156 Market Street.  

 

It’s just

on the opposite side 

of UN Plaza

from SFUSD’s offices, 

easily accessible 

from all parts of the City, 

just like the new

City College 

Health Sciences Campus 

in the

upper levels of SF Centre, 

a couple blocks away. 

 

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