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SFUSD board approves preliminary layoff notices and seniority order amid community objections
Summary
The San Francisco Unified School District board voted to issue preliminary notices for potential reductions — 24 administrative FTE and 117.8 instructional FTE among certificated staff, plus paraprofessional and early‑education reductions — while staff said many notices may be rescinded as budgets and site allocations are finalized.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education on Feb. 26 authorized staff to issue preliminary notices that could reduce certificated, paraprofessional and early‑education positions for the 2013–14 school year.
Board members approved a resolution to begin reductions in particular kinds of service that identified 24 full‑time equivalent (FTE) administrative positions and 117.8 FTE instructional positions as potentially affected. Staff said notices will be mailed by certified mail on March 11 to meet the statutory March 15 deadline; layoff hearings are scheduled for April, the administrative‑law judge must rule by May 7, and final notices or rescissions will be issued no later than May 10.
Superintendent Richard Carranza and human‑resources staff told the board the district’s fiscal outlook has improved since last year — in part because of Proposition 30 — but multiple grants are expiring, including a…
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