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1) Student expulsion (closed session report)
- Motion text (as announced): Approval of the stipulated expulsion agreement for one middle school student, matter number 2024‑2025‑26. During the enforcement period the student will attend Civic Center Middle School; during the suspended expulsion period the student will attend a comprehensive high school from two choices provided by SFUSD.
- Vote: Roll call recorded; the president announced the motion passed. The roll call showed seven yes votes (the board announced \"7 ayes\").
- Outcome: Approved (stipulated expulsion agreement implemented as described).

2) Report from closed session — direction to counsel in multiple anticipated litigation matters
- Items announced: (a) Student FD v. SFUSD, OAH case number 2024120251 — direction to pay up to the stipulated amount; (b) SFUSD et al. v. AmeriCorps, N.D. California case number 325‑CBD‑02425‑EMC — direction to pay up to the stipulated amount; (c) OAH case number 2025040023 — direction to pay up to the stipulated amount; (d) OAH case number 2025040313 — direction to pay up to the stipulated amount.
- Vote: Board announced unanimous direction by recorded vote (7 ayes) to give authority to counsel to proceed as described for each matter.
- Outcome: Board gave authority to general counsel and district administration to settle/pay up to stipulated amounts and to provide direction as announced.

3) Update to Policy 5101 — Student assignment (TK feeder update)
- Motion text (as presented): Update to Policy 5101 to create TK feeders from early education schools so TK at those sites feeds automatically into a corresponding neighborhood elementary school’s kindergarten.
- Vote: The board took a roll‑call vote and the motion carried as announced on the record (board announced the motion passed).
- Outcome: Policy update adopted; administration will publish operational details for the next application cycle.

4) Sabbatical awards and related personnel items
- Certificated sabbaticals: Approval of sabbatical awards for United Educators of San Francisco members (62 certificated employees; district cost presented as approximately $14,000,000 because the district pays a portion while backfilling positions with temporary hires).
- Administrative sabbaticals: Approval of sabbaticals for United Administrators unit members (financial impact noted in the presentation).
- Vote: Roll call votes were taken; both items were approved (votes recorded on the public record: six ayes for the certificated sabbaticals and for the administrative unit item reported as approved by roll call).
- Outcome: Sabbaticals approved in accordance with collective bargaining agreements.

5) Sunshine (public disclosure) of SEIU initial bargaining proposal
- Motion/action: The board opened the public hearing and recorded the SEIU Local 1021 initial bargaining proposal in the public record as required by government code (the district will post a district response in a future meeting).
- Vote: Board approved the sunshine of the SEIU initial proposal by roll call.
- Outcome: SEIU proposal formally entered into the public meeting record; district to return with a formal bargaining response through the negotiation process.

Additional consent votes
- The board moved the consent calendar, severed an MOU item for separate consideration and approved the remaining consent items by roll call as announced on the record.

Where to find more detail: Each action above was announced on the public record during the meeting and is recorded in the board minutes and the staff report posted on the district website.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of San Francisco - Video Open Video Only in Windows Media Player - Apr 22, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The board recorded several formal votes, including approval of an expulsion settlement, direction to counsel in multiple litigation matters, adoption of a TK feeder policy change (Policy 5101), approval of certificated and administrative sabbaticals, and the public posting (\"sunshine\") of SEIU’s bargaining proposal.","taxTitle","San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California","taxId",5751,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6571214,"District outlines Frontline and Red Rover ERP/HCM transition; July 1 go‑live targeted with contingency planning",65,225000,290000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3096513-a1ca26c7ba758985a5732c71ec4fb1f7&start=225&end=290","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3096513-a1ca26c7ba758985a5732c71ec4fb1f7/thumbnail_225000.jpg","/articles/6571214/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/District-outlines-Frontline-and-Red-Rover-ERPHCM-transition-July-1-golive-targeted-with-contingency-planning","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6571214-3be04d6d6a6f603f3be796c211a7e01e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770395052&Signature=d0T1Z~dpP3wSYIXvZsbgluoVlVWnlSj~Gh0IeIzBD6rqhFMoSYQGiJ6gnzaGCS2Ic1~CPqbVuI~pVpP52yjpI-BR-SJC7c3fl~~9LCFbObBIU0A5RjkgDVzr3Oj2adCotHQIzjUG06b96hPQblhkqp2s049p1QZK-T1wg78UCulHRg5TDjJzeEALmKRUSvW4W~HiffWupPd7Cs1Ow4zJr87kot~J8PznQVBnDuL4Fl8zRHpYLRiq-3v~w1UlclzmG6bArD1a7szyIvh78ZLstPQP8HfgxzjMRtwWUSzzAA97ypCe6IpIEbsSsX5WW~ISeb23YsXPfq5b1E4KjcAJBg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","San Francisco Unified staff and representatives from Frontline presented the board with a detailed update on the district’s planned migration from SAP/Empower to a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) and human capital management (HCM) stack consisting of Frontline (ERP) and Red Rover (HCM).

Scope and rationale: District leaders said SAP had become expensive to stabilize and maintain and that Frontline/Red Rover are widely used in California K–12 systems. The project aims to consolidate multiple legacy systems into an integrated payroll, HR and finance platform, reduce manual file transfers, and provide a single source of truth for staffing and budget data.

Timeline and phasing: Staff described a two‑phase rollout. Phase 1 focuses on mission‑critical functions required to ensure accurate employee paychecks (HR, payroll, core finance functions) and is targeted for a July 1 go‑live. Phase 2 would add secondary modules (additional finance workflows, extended vendor integrations) after the initial launch.

Testing and risk management: The district completed an initial payroll simulation on a small employee sample and reported the calculations aligned with expectations. Staff said the primary remaining risk is data quality: extracting and cleansing personnel and payroll data from numerous legacy systems requires manual adjustments before migration. To reduce risk, the district plans multiple full payroll simulations, daily Frontline/Red Rover/IT coordination meetings, on‑site vendor support and formal contingency planning.

Contingency and costs: Staff presented a contingency plan that includes delaying go‑live if critical swim lanes are not verified; a later target date discussed was January 2026. Staff said some temporary staffing and contractor support (e.g., short‑term payroll/accounting specialists) may be needed to accelerate data cleanup; the board was asked to consider those investments relative to ongoing SAP maintenance costs.

Operational impacts and benefits: District presenters said the new architecture should cut the number of disconnected systems to two integrated platforms, reduce duplicate data entry, and permit public and internal dashboards to draw from consistent payroll and staffing data. Staff also said the district is piloting Frontline budget tools for principals and will continue training and change management supports for site leaders.

What the board asked: Commissioners asked about contingency steps if the system does not perform on go‑live, the availability and cost of short‑term staff to help with data cleanup, how principals’ budget work will be supported during the transition, and whether internal dashboards will be extended to school site councils. Frontline and district staff said they will continue frequent testing, can perform expedited pay corrections when issues occur, and are exploring expanded license coverage for site leaders, funded in part by a planned Salesforce grant.

Next steps: The district will continue payroll simulations, provide status updates to the board, and recommend whether to proceed with the July 1 go‑live or to delay based on testing outcomes.","SFUSD staff and Frontline contractors outlined the district’s planned migration off SAP to Frontline (ERP) and Red Rover (HCM), targeted for a July 1 go‑live for core HR/payroll/finance functions with contingency plans if testing or data cleanup fall short.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":46,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6571219,"Board adopts TK feeder policy to link early-education TK sites with neighborhood elementary schools",60,260000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3096513-a1ca26c7ba758985a5732c71ec4fb1f7&start=260&end=320","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3096513-a1ca26c7ba758985a5732c71ec4fb1f7/thumbnail_260000.jpg","/articles/6571219/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/Board-adopts-TK-feeder-policy-to-link-early-education-TK-sites-with-neighborhood-elementary-schools","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6571219-e74dbb3b65c5fc8179104ddffb81a975/orig.mp4?Expires=1770395052&Signature=Z6BHdSOz1xuwhDlGCp3rf-MV7lxbThTgEB4ckvx584jpbgq7uscl6Ya9x0Q3eVnVipsFIMC9bQSC5AQcD~hMuKYWoMeTfyyOZXJmhaDJTIy464tNEs6OjENam3VcrbZgYFU05EXaQRBe~8DYMRSm5uFzAl9eGS6aAMmAlA0hN-Pn7~GtDqTrl7dFjJ1Nix4bo3luDQWMnGSQHGgeeWMk8YrZQgbvgxwdyCOJNXAc0qECstZPoT2WR-2J11PD3Oktx0iadKYlIklJQY2BtiIcrNvIs7JbQB6lDAfabSnYd-Qix53hcXCNl35p-ldCxaqGQTM56iU9DfcWFvJaMextYg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted to update student assignment policy 5101 to create consistent transitional kindergarten (TK) feeder pathways from early‑education sites into neighborhood elementary schools.

Under the policy adopted by the board, TK classrooms that operate at stand‑alone early‑education centers or at the Mission Education Center will be assigned a designated neighborhood elementary school. Families who choose TK at those early‑education sites will receive the same attendance‑area tiebreaker and an automatic promotion to kindergarten at the corresponding elementary school unless they later apply elsewhere.

Why it matters: The change aims to equalize the administrative experience for families. Previously, children enrolled in TK on an elementary campus advanced automatically to kindergarten at that campus, while TK students at early‑education sites had to apply again for kindergarten. The new feeders standardize access, reduce duplicative lottery steps for many families and increase predictability for TK families who attend early‑education sites.

What the policy does and how it will be implemented
- For the 2026–27 application cycle and thereafter, each early‑education TK program will be paired with a specific neighborhood elementary school to which its TK students will be promoted automatically at kindergarten entry unless the family chooses another option. Families will indicate a preferred kindergarten feeder when they apply for TK.
- The district said it will use existing tiebreakers (attendance area, siblings) tied to the assigned kindergarten when awarding TK seats at early‑education sites.
- The administration recommended a one‑year grandfathering of pre‑K families who enrolled at an early‑education site under an earlier understanding that they would receive priority; those families keep the tiebreaker they expected for the coming year.

Concerns raised during board review: District staff and community presenters flagged three recurring issues during outreach:
- Proximity: Some early‑education sites and their assigned elementary feeders are up to about a mile apart. Staff said the district will continue to identify additional classrooms and revise feeders where possible to shorten commutes.
- Two elementary schools (Alice Fong Yu and Lilienthal) currently do not have identified TK capacity linked to an early‑education feeder; staff said they will continue to search for available classrooms to add those feeders.
- Pre‑K expectations: A subset of pre‑K families at early‑education sites expected a direct TK seat at their site. The board’s policy includes a temporary tiebreaker for those families so they are not disadvantaged in this implementation year.

Board action: The board approved the update to policy 5101. The motion and vote were recorded by roll call during the meeting; the board president announced the motion passed (vote recorded in meeting minutes).

What’s next: The administration will publish application details for the 2026–27 TK/K cycle and begin assigning the feeder patterns described in the policy. Staff said additional adjustments will be made if and when more TK classroom capacity is identified at neighborhood elementary sites.

Who spoke for the district: Assistant Superintendent Christine Herrera and Enrollment Center staff presented the proposal and described the outreach, the feeder lists and the implementation timeline. The board discussed tradeoffs and asked staff to refine start‑time and commute details for families with children at both sites.","The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted to update student assignment policy 5101 so transitional kindergarten (TK) classrooms at early‑education sites automatically feed into a nearby elementary school's kindergarten, standardizing the TK→K pathway for families.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_47":104,"_49":105,"_51":106,"_53":107,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":108,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":109,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6571204,"Hundreds of public commenters urge board to rescind paraeducator layoffs, protect intervention and support roles",208,918000,710000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3096513-a1ca26c7ba758985a5732c71ec4fb1f7&start=918&end=710","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3096513-a1ca26c7ba758985a5732c71ec4fb1f7/thumbnail_918000.jpg","/articles/6571204/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/Hundreds-of-public-commenters-urge-board-to-rescind-paraeducator-layoffs-protect-intervention-and-support-roles","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6571204-dc05a406c6885dba6d69ca4d671e14de/orig.mp4?Expires=1770395052&Signature=GTg8wAZ8pB1iBKMlxf4npnD7pD-QTmQtf0VnY2pJOZVLYYiFC~qD6XibvcBrjbV7tkzT1wNEEFlcxUBtHK8loF3g32b2h5ayUbiMM11GiQy87pI9HeCvEVusqNXKAdINx~zlCZpIaI-1GmDCTjc6s9cld03EBJOLZrR9xwg9UM1W~tV89ZqZG5CO8wy~xpU4CXwXlbWJa5jiSlj2Wg8kXvjN4R2fAVy8FyeeDoBOeAvhhYZHUxZmcDBSQMFJlk-m40eDnDFie-JauJnIu-YTlSTcZ4623kWq5cgBZI1iH~dS0tgdgAogpkUu~CiZlr3fZg5Tj~bW~fHcFT5gXiZgig__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Board of Education heard more than an hour (and many hours of public comment overall) of largely unified public testimony urging reinstatement of layoff notices issued to paraeducators and other school‑based support positions.

Who testified: Speakers included union leaders, paraeducators, principals, teachers, parents and youth workers. Notable speakers who addressed the board included Cassandra Kerio (president of United Educators of San Francisco, UESF), Najwa Ahmed (district wellness and health education manager), Kenna Hazelwood (LGBTQ student services coordinator), multiple school principals (including Amy Abaro, John O’Connell High School), and dozens of site staff and parents from schools across the city.

Main concerns expressed:
- Paraeducator layoffs: Commenters said proposed layoffs of paraprofessionals (dozens of R‑class staff and more than 100 paraeducators referenced during testimony) will remove trusted adults, reduce translation and family‑engagement capacity, harm language translation supports and create safety and supervision gaps on campuses.
- Reading intervention and MTSS work: Multiple teachers and literacy specialists warned that eliminating RTIF/Artif (reading intervention) positions would undermine the district’s ability to meet third‑grade reading goals and statutory dyslexia screening requirements; speakers urged allowing grant/PTA funds to pay for permanent interventionists where sites have already funded them.
- College and career readiness and grant-funded roles: Principals and CCR (college and career readiness) coordinators said eliminating grant‑funded coordinators would force the district to return secured grant dollars and reduce internship and pathway opportunities for students.
- LGBTQ supports and specialized wellness staff: Speakers urged the board to rescind layoff notices for the LGBTQ coordinator and wellness staff, saying those roles are crucial to student safety and the district’s equity commitments.
- Site‑level impacts: Parents and site leaders argued that consolidations, bus routing and feeder decisions have lowered enrollment at some schools and that cuts to site staff (attendance liaisons, reading interventionists, nurses, community relations specialists) will impair student service coordination.

Union and community response: UESF’s president and the union’s public designee delivered extended testimony emphasizing that paraeducators provide day‑to‑day supervision and essential services, raising questions about city resources and urging alternative revenue sources. Paraeducators described long service spans, community roots and the financial insecurity they face when layoff notices are issued.

District response: The superintendent and staff acknowledged the difficulty of the budget shortfall and said the administration is working through staffing and budget tradeoffs; staff also pointed to central office reorganization and contract reviews as part of a broader plan to close the structural deficit.

What’s next: Commenters asked the board to delay or rescind layoffs and to preserve site‑based intervention roles. The public comment record gives the board and superintendent detailed examples of site‑level impacts the community asks the district to weigh in final budget decisions.","Dozens of parents, paraeducators, teachers, principals and union leaders urged the Board of Education to rescind layoff notices to paraeducators and protect school‑based intervention and wellness roles during a lengthy public comment period.",{"_33":111,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":112,"_41":113,"_43":114,"_45":91,"_47":115,"_49":116,"_51":117,"_53":118,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":119,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":120,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6571209,"District presents public and internal student‑outcome dashboards; staff outline measures for progress monitoring",80,180000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3096513-a1ca26c7ba758985a5732c71ec4fb1f7&start=180&end=260","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3096513-a1ca26c7ba758985a5732c71ec4fb1f7/thumbnail_180000.jpg","/articles/6571209/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/District-presents-public-and-internal-studentoutcome-dashboards-staff-outline-measures-for-progress-monitoring","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6571209-1564a9a3091f3efe176fe2ee6a13d381/orig.mp4?Expires=1770395052&Signature=m3Br0H3xxZ8SOjCQsJTcjJcDsET8ych8fsQC9TsmYzA6~12Yj~CkT0vz4l-STZeba9XVMzD3mJEosu~gOWJqKzYMqec50RsRvucVvtboZI4Yb2KOQLS25P6QhgXqQ8L0BaWSuPhGYef8Tk6-lugSCMDXZFZu-mRiAF9UnUx3HkF-~LLXwVCStbYn1X~woTH6TSHv7aCG2QXWYAFx4Dv2P~7HL~ExH1wLYa8WL-RuYZzBAAwtrxKCzfbGihMKYbTHG85Wis4b5b9JBWgUfn1TIc5nCRYfKEE2v5ebluOoA24TejNZEfPwVoqJDG0v2TNKLZbtNqnS3NosGUtAwLN3eQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","SFUSD’s research, planning and accountability (RPA) team walked the board through a suite of student‑outcome measures and interactive dashboards intended to increase transparency and support school site decision‑making.

What was presented: RPA described a public dashboard that aggregates school‑ and district‑level measures (enrollment, attendance, SBAC, suspension data, SEL/culture surveys) and two internal dashboards for site leaders that contain personally identifiable student information, can be refreshed more frequently (every six weeks or more), and support progress monitoring and operational planning.

Key points:
- The public dashboard is updated twice a year and is intended to provide the community with accessible disaggregations and trend data for commonly reported metrics.
- Internal dashboards—available to site leaders and district managers—include more frequent updates and the ability to filter down to student‑level lists (for authorized users) to inform interventions and staffing decisions.
- RPA staff said they welcome feedback on additional filters and downloads the public might want; they noted the possibility of publishing a downloadable public research file (stripped of PII) for community researchers.

Board questions and staff responses: Commissioners asked about integrating measures (for example, how attendance relates to SBAC or suspensions), whether dashboards allow cross‑metric queries (yes, internal dashboards permit interactive filtering such as examining SBAC outcomes for chronically absent students), how grade‑level breakdowns are surfaced for site councils, and whether educators have received training. Staff said they have provided data PD for site leaders and are planning additional trainings and documentation; they also described work to expand access to licenses for site councils and to publish clearer documentation for public users.

Why it matters: The tools give school leaders near‑real‑time access to progress‑monitoring data, and they provide the public with centralized, publicly accessible metrics. The RPA team emphasized that these dashboards are living products and invited commissioner and community input on priority metrics and downloads.

Next steps: RPA will continue adding documentation, hold trainings for principals and site teams, and explore a sanitized public research file for community analysis.","The district’s Research, Planning and Assessment team showed a public dashboard and two internal, site‑facing dashboards that aggregate student outcome measures aligned to the district’s vision, values, goals and guardrails.","actionData","errors"]

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