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Parents press SFUSD over terminations and alleged racism at SOTA; community demands answers
Summary
A series of public commenters at the board meeting demanded explanations after district terminations of two after-school counselors and raised broader concerns about alleged racialized incidents at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts; district HR offered to speak with individual complainants after the meeting.
A large group of parents, students and community members told the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday that the district owes transparency and accountability after the departures of two well-known counselors and amid complaints of racialized treatment at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (SOTA).
Tarquin Gaines, who spoke at the podium, said he had been "terminated from my position last school year" and continued, "I was never given a reason." He asked the district for clarity and complained he had not received direct…
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