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New SFUSD Superintendent Carlos Garcia praises staff, warns district budget is ‘a serious problem’
Summary
New Superintendent Carlos Garcia used his first-month report to praise district staff and Prop A facility improvements, said he’s visited more than 40 sites and warned the district’s reserves and budget margins are thin, and pledged action plans and regular implementation updates to the board.
Carlos Garcia, who this meeting introduced as the district’s new superintendent, said he has spent his first month visiting schools and meeting staff and community members and that the district’s "most valuable asset" is its people. "They do incredible work with so little that they have to work with," Garcia said, adding he had visited more than 40 sites.
Garcia praised recent Prop A-funded improvements to school facilities and described a well-attended administrative and leadership kickoff as…
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