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Parents, teachers and students plead with SFUSD to spare social workers and wellness staff
Summary
Dozens of speakers during an extended public-comment period urged the San Francisco Board of Education to halt proposed cuts to social workers, counselors, wellness centers and electives and to reject transferring $111.5 million into a restrictive reserve without an equity impact analysis.
Public comment dominated the opening portion of the San Francisco Board of Education's Dec. 9 meeting, as parents, teachers, principals, students and union representatives lined up to urge the board to protect school-based wellness staff and not to move $111.5 million into a board reserve without clearer transparency and impact analysis.
Speakers detailed local impacts: "If you vote to cut social workers, you will lose the confidence of school leaders, educators, families and students you are trusted to work in service of," said Michael Crest, principal of Sunset Elementary, citing the role social workers played after a recent campus…
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