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SFUSD votes to replace payroll/HR system, approves Frontline ERP with new governance and oversight
Summary
After two years of payroll and HR problems, the San Francisco Board of Education approved adoption of the Frontline ERP and associated human capital management modules, citing a need to replace the district's fragmented systems and to avoid continuing investment in the existing SAP/Empower platform; staff promised parallel runs, labor engagement, external evaluation and public progress monitoring.
The San Francisco Board of Education voted to adopt a new Frontline enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and human capital management module to replace the district's existing SAP/Empower environment.
Superintendent and staff framed the decision as a move away from a fragmented collection of 11 separate platforms to two integrated systems (an ERP plus HR module) that are widely used by California school districts. The superintendent described the choice as avoiding the "sunk cost fallacy" — stopping further expensive investment in a system that has repeatedly…
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