Numerous sources say the mayor and school board were shocked by the list San Francisco's superintendent released last week.
Superintendent Dr. Matt Wayne speaks at a press conference on Nov. 7, 2022, at the 555 Franklin St. SFUSD headquarters. Photo by David Mamaril Horowitz.Mayor London Breed’s scathing Tuesday call to halt the public school closure process
Board of Education member Alida Fisher, speaking at a Tuesday night school closure panel hosted by the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, confirmed that the Oct. 8 list “was not what we expected to see.” “Whatever this current proposed school closure process was meant to accomplish, or could have accomplished, is lost,” reads Breed’s Tuesday statement. “Unfortunately, the only achievement has been to make a precarious time for our public schools even more chaotic.
But, regardless of who leads the district or what decision is made in the short-term regarding the potential closures, the timing of the closure announcement put impacted schools in a precarious position. The— a well-attended yearly event in which families peruse booths representing the district’s many schools prior to entering the enrollment lottery.
“With severe budget cuts imminent, continuing with the status quo in SFUSD is unacceptable and not sustainable. … Since I joined SFUSD, my team has consulted experts, implemented best practices, and deeply examined the mounting challenges within SFUSD that have been the result of more than a decade of status quo decisions.”
Those are all existential issues and the mayor and members of the Board of Education are now overtly questioning the district’s fixation on school closures.
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