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Parents, staff press board for transparency over staffing, special education and payroll failures
Summary
During public comment dozens of parents, teachers and community groups urged transparency about the budget and opposed cuts to special education and school closures; many speakers blamed the Empower payroll rollout for staff pay failures and trust erosion.
Dozens of parents, educators and community members told the San Francisco Board of Education that the district must be more transparent about its budget decisions and must protect special-education services as it navigates large projected deficits and labor negotiations.
During the public-comment period, parent Selena Chu criticized virtual public-comment procedures, saying attendees who participate remotely "should be allowed to speak just like us here, without, you know, taking that right from them." Several callers raised accessibility concerns for people…
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