
Mail-in ballots arrive mid-January.Īlison Collins, Gabriela Lopez, and Faauuga Moliga were the only commissioners eligible for recall when the effort started. Their inaction subjected students to harmful learning loss and mental health stress for many months longer than necessary.Ī vote to recall three school board commissioners will be held in a special election on February 15, 2022.

We must recall the school board commissioners who chose to rename instead of reopen schools, failing their core duty to safely reopen schools for more than a year after the COVID pandemic started. We’re recalling this school board because it failed at its job. We can’t fix our public schools without first fixing an incompetent school board, which has ignored a deficit crisis and drop in enrollment that threatened a state takeover. We have more dogs than kids, and that’s a problem. Many families leave San Francisco for better schools when kids reach a certain age, which contributes to San Francisco having the lowest percentage of children among major U.S. We have to attract families back to public schools - especially the working parents stretching themselves to pay for private tuition.

San Francisco ranks among the worst school districts in California when it comes to the achievement gap facing Black and Latino students.Ī quarter of our kids attend private school, compared to only nine percent in California. There are troubling trends on this school board’s watch that keep San Francisco from having high quality public schools: That’s why every resident should care about the school board.

San Francisco’s future depends on being able to retain families, but too many are moving away because of our mismanaged public schools. Well-run public schools are essential for a city to function and thrive.
