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San Francisco Unified board approves emergency authorization for superintendent ahead of possible strike
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment urging good-faith bargaining, the San Francisco Unified board voted 4–3 to authorize Superintendent Dr. Hsu to take limited emergency operational steps—including negotiating scope changes with existing contractors and redeploying staff—to prepare for a potential strike, while promising to reconvene bargaining.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted 4–3 on Feb. 3 to approve a resolution authorizing Superintendent Dr. Hsu to take specified operational actions to maintain district services and ensure student safety in the event of a strike.
Superintendent Dr. Hsu introduced the updated resolution as a preparedness measure the board would hope never to use, saying she wanted to "come back to the table" with union leaders and that she did not want a strike. She told commissioners the authority would let her renegotiate scopes of services with existing contracted partners, redeploy current staff into emergency roles, and seek state waivers to preserve funding and instructional days—actions the superintendent said could not be implemented responsibly within the 24–48 hour notice window unions would have after a fact-finding report.
The resolution drew extended public comment from teachers, parents and union representatives who urged the board…
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