Dive Brief:

• Charter schools in San Francisco are turning to the city's traditional public school district for space.
• The unlikely rental situation is largely spurred by San Francisco's soaring real estate prices, which have made it difficult for new charter schools to consider private properties.
• There are currently 15 charter schools in San Francisco, up from nine in the 2008-09 school year.

Dive Insight:

Interestingly, if San Francisco Unified School District's board denies a charter school space — which, according to the SF Examiner, it does more often they not — the charter school can resubmit its application to the state Board of Education. If the board says yes, then the SFUSD must provide space to the charter if it meets certain guidelines.

Public and charter schools have been battling over physical turf for years. In New York City, the big story of last spring was charter co-locations inside traditional public schools. When then-new Mayor Bill de Blasio rejected three co-location agreements for charter schools in the city, he was met with pushback from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is known for his charter advocacy.