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SFUSD vote for new board president fails to reach supermajority; item continued
Summary
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education did not reach the five-vote supermajority required to elect a new president. Nominations for president were split (4–3), the motion failed, and the board continued the election to its next meeting in January after extended public comment and statements from nominees and colleagues.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education opened nominations for its annual election of officers but did not elect a president because the motion failed to reach the five-vote supermajority required under newly readopted rules.
Commissioner Weisman Ward nominated President Lam and lauded her leadership, saying she had helped the board "refocus the board and its priorities" and had shepherded a superintendent search and new board rules (SEG 312–336). Vice President Bogus self-nominated and…
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