Sarah Lacy

Sarah Lacy is an author, collaborative writer, bookstore owner, former founder, award-winning but never-again journalist, amateur carpenter & mom to teen wolves

[Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda]

I haven't posted much on here in . . . years? Largely because my following here was mostly from my journalism days and I wasn't a journalist for the past decade! But after a lot of requests, I managed to get the old PandoMonthly archive back. (Actually Paul did for my 50th birthday). I am reposting them with current commentary in case you have missed them. . . it's a pretty wacky historical record given all that has happened in the past 15 years in tech (and politics!) https://t.co/DOgEfg7ymw

[Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda]

@dav The numbers don't bear the argument out any more than logic does: Enrollment has gone from 195 to almost 400. 20 kids are going to Lowell this year and last year. It's obviously not a "golden ticket" nor is it the "only reason" enrollment is up. 🙄

[Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda]

OK when you write one story in seven years you can afford to feed trolls. . .something weird going on in the comments on this on most platforms (instagram and the comments on the site. . .) tell me what this says about SF... https://t.co/NUl2fzuchn

[Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda]

@dav I don't know which is worse!! I think there's actually a third reason. I think there are families who don't want to go to school in Bayview (so I guess under racism bucket) and are mad those kids get a high school advantage. It feels like something is "taken away"

[Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda]

@dav Not a single person sugar coated how bad the launch was. probably the right call!!! But it has been the best school my kids have gone to.

[Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda]

@dror_sharon https://t.co/Pay8UdgTfu

[Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda]

Perhaps no one transformed the startup game more than @ericries and @sgblank in the past 25 years. (Take it from Ben Horowitz https://t.co/3dYH8Qk4V7 ) Next week, Eric is going to do it again with his new book "Incorruptible." OUR STORE HAS IT A WEEK EARLY!

[Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda]

But as someone who doesn't understand the politics or cliques or weirdness around SFUSD. . . I'm more intrigued with . . .why? why is a small group so desperate to invalidate the win here? why does the success of this school in Bayview trigger them so much?

[Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda]

this is obviously false for a lot of reasons, not least, it's always been the case, always known, and the school has only now gotten to full enrollment.

[Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda]

@dror_sharon lol! Don't get comfortable-- it was one article! :)

[Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda]

This is my first byline in. . . a decade? https://t.co/NUl2fzuchn I would be really grateful if you read and amplified!

[Jon Steinberg @jonsteinberg31]

The most expensive public school in SF history, Willie Brown Middle was a "shitshow" when it opened in 2015.

Today, it's one of SF's most coveted schools, and its turnaround can be credited to one great principal.

✍️by @sarahcuda for @sfstandard.

https://t.co/VrSVppDAIU

[Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda]

@sfstandard @adamlashinsky @jonsteinberg It is rare SFUSD gets a positive story; that the city keeps promises to Bayview; that a Black woman in SF gets the credit she deserves this publicly for pulling off something so astounding. So I would be grateful if you shared and amplified 🙏

[Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda]

@sfstandard @adamlashinsky @jonsteinberg ONLY year we have ever been in public school. hand down BEST YEAR EITHER of my very different kids have had. I felt the record had to be corrected on WBMS. And as a journalist I wanted to know how they did it. From admitted "sh*t show" to best school we ever attended.