Mandarin Immersion Parents Council

San Francisco Chronicle By Jill Tucker July 4, 2026

In the race to attract more families to San Francisco’s public schools, district officials are in the process of opening a Mandarin immersion school next year, starting with just under 90 transitional kindergarten and kindergarten students.

If the district manages to open just over a year from now, it will still have to play catch-up after a private school opens this fall, offering coveted seats for Mandarin bilingual instruction.

The Hiba Academy, part of a global network of Chinese language international schools, will start with up to 35 students in preschool to first grade at its 68,000-square-foot home in the former Airbnb headquarters, with an expected 400 to 500 K-5 students and a separate school for middle and high school grades, officials said. 

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