San Francisco's public schools are so violent that a Ukrainian refugee wants to go back to a literal war zone to escape them

The absolute state of liberal America right here:
 
The San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday:

It didn't take Yana long to realize that real life in her eighth grade classes at Marina Middle School was nothing like the scenes that played out on her [television] screen.

Students interrupted classes, jumped on desks, cursed at teachers. At first, Yana wondered what was going on, but then, "nothing happened." Students were not disciplined or prevented from repeat behavior.

Yana just wants to go back to her hometown in central Ukraine, back to the only school she knew before the war, even as her mom and aunt have started to research camps and other programs in San Francisco to occupy the summer months.


How long did it take Yana to realize how bad these schools were?

Two days.
 

"I thought it was going to be better because it's San Francisco," she said in Ukrainian, with her aunt translating. "But after two days, I saw everything going on at the school."

Within a month, the refugee teen had experienced enough violence in San Fran's public schools to stop going for fear of her own safety.


Within a month at Marina, Yana said, someone stole her cell phone in the cafeteria and then a group of students, who she believed was responsible, threatened her. Yana knew enough English to understand the gist.

"They started yelling and cursing and moving toward her," her aunt said of the early February encounter. "A counselor came and intervened."

The next day, Yana stopped going to school.

The pandemic lockdowns greatly exacerbated behavioral issues, according to an assistant superintendent in the district.

Students who were in elementary school suddenly found themselves thrust into middle school with years of missing social development. A lack of staffing has only compounded the issues. Continue to full story here.
 

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