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SFUSD staff report missed classroom-staffing target; board accepts HR monitoring report after questions

San Francisco Board of Education · September 10, 2024
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SFUSD HR reported opening the school year with 82% of classrooms staffed (goal 90%) and 85% by day 7. Staff attributed shortfall to a CDE-directed hiring freeze after a negative certification, position-control problems with Empower SF ERP, interdepartmental silos, and special-education budgeting errors. The board approved the HR monitoring report 5–2.

San Francisco Unified School District human-resources leaders told the Board of Education they failed to meet this year’s interim staffing goal for certificated classroom positions and presented an after-action review the board accepted at the meeting.

"Spoiler alert, we did not make our goal," Associate Superintendent Amy Baer said, reporting that the district opened the school year with 82% of classrooms fully staffed (the board’s goal was 90%) and reached 85% by day seven.

HR and talent-acquisition leaders explained four primary causes: (1) systemic problems in the district’s ERP/position-control processes (Empower SF) that blocked timely data entry and onboarding when payroll was locked; (2) silos and poor…

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