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San Francisco school board approves emergency authority for superintendent if educators strike amid heated public comment
Summary
The San Francisco Unified School District Board voted 4–3 to grant the superintendent limited, time‑sensitive authority to negotiate temporary service arrangements, redeploy staff and seek state waivers to maintain operations and student safety if educators strike; commissioners and public commenters urged immediate return to bargaining.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted 4–3 on Feb. 3 to approve a resolution authorizing the superintendent to take time‑sensitive operational steps to maintain district operations and student safety if educators enact a strike.
The board passed the measure after more than an hour of public comment in which teachers, parents, students and union representatives urged the district and board to return to the bargaining table and criticized district communications as misleading. Superintendent Hsu introduced the resolution and repeatedly said, "I do not want a strike" and that the authorization was a preparatory measure she hoped never to use.
The resolution allows the superintendent, if activated, to negotiate temporary changes with contractors and existing partners (for example,…
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