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San Francisco school meeting recesses into closed session after public comments calling for resignations and raising COVID concerns
Summary
A special meeting of San Francisco school district officials recessed into closed session after a short public comment period in which a union president sought to speak off-agenda and a community member accused officials of using racism to justify district actions and urged resignations.
A special meeting of San Francisco school district officials recessed into closed session after a brief public comment period during which two speakers addressed the night’s closed‑session topics and broader grievances.
Jan Jin, who identified herself as “the president of Local 21 ProTech at San Francisco School District,” sought to speak on a matter she acknowledged was not on the published agenda. Meeting staff reminded commenters that remarks must be limited to the two closed‑session items listed for the meeting — a conference with legal counsel regarding anticipated litigation and a public employee performance evaluation — and suggested off‑agenda concerns be raised by email. “I’m the president of local 21 ProTech here at San Francisco School District,” Jin said; after staff guidance she responded, “Okay. Thank you.”
Another speaker, Jonathan Elloy, used his allotted time to criticize district officials and urge their resignation. “This month, we’ve seen you cynically use racism as an excuse to dismantle San Francisco’s best high school,” Elloy said, adding that his family has “suffered from your abusive gaslighting and smug hypocrisy” and that officials have “no shame, no empathy, and no reason to keep your jobs.” Elloy also stated that “San Francisco has 18,000 students and staff in person in 114 non public schools with fewer than 5 cases of in school COVID transmission,” attributing those figures to his remarks rather than as independently verified facts.
After the public comment period — which the chair said would total five minutes for the speakers addressing closed‑session items — the chair closed public comment and announced a recess to convene the board’s closed session to address the two listed items. The public record ended with the meeting moving into closed session; no votes or formal public actions were taken in open session during the portion recorded here.
The meeting’s listed closed‑session topics were: a conference with legal counsel regarding anticipated litigation and a public employee performance evaluation. The board did not provide any additional public detail about those items before going into closed session.
