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Votes at a glance: key board actions Jan. 25, 2022
Summary
Summary of formal board decisions on Jan. 25: approval of consent calendar (remaining items), adoption of Arts & Creativity 2025, approval of Safer Together testing MOU (through June 2022), and approval of a health‑and‑safety MOU addendum with unions (COVID leave, masks, testing); several expulsions and settlements were also approved in closed session.
Here are the principal formal actions taken by the San Francisco Board of Education on Jan. 25, 2022.
• Approval of minutes and consent calendar (remaining items): Board approved the meeting minutes and the consent calendar by roll call.
• Item 20 — MOU with Safer Together (testing): Board approved the memorandum of understanding authorizing Safer Together to operate rapid antigen testing at district sites through June 2022. Commissioner Collins cast a recorded 'No' and raised concerns about registration waiver language; staff committed to provide the waiver text and legal clarification.
• Arts & Creativity 2025 (second reading): Board adopted the Arts & Creativity 2025 arts equity plan by roll call (7 ayes). Staff noted full implementation of some resolution elements (for example, a full‑time arts teacher at every elementary site) depends on funding; a budget committee fiscal analysis cited approximately $2.6 million to add roughly 21 elementary arts FTEs.
• Tentative agreement addendum #3 to MOU with unions (health & safety): Board approved a third addendum to the district‑union MOU covering extension of COVID sick leave, provision of high‑quality masks for staff and students, and expanded COVID‑19 testing (roll call, 7 ayes). Staff said the contract term runs through July 31, 2022 for the purposes of the agreement but that district commitments will evolve with Department of Public Health guidance.
• Closed session actions: The board approved stipulated expulsion agreements for students with suspended enforcement for spring 2022, authorized payment in an OAH matter, gave direction on anticipated litigation and approved a settlement in a public‑employee discipline matter.
Staff follow‑ups announced at the meeting include: providing waiver/consent language and HIPAA/legal analysis for Safer Together testing; sharing survey demographics and comments from the HYA superintendent search engagement; and returning with budget/staffing options for elements of the Arts & Creativity 2025 plan.
