Commissioner Ann Hsu, Lainie Motamedi and Lisa Weissman-Ward were appointed by Mayor London Breed following February's recall election. Now, Breed’s appointees must solidify their seat by popular vote.
The San Francisco School Board faces another round of musical chairs in the Nov. 8 election, with six candidates vying for three open seats.
Commissioner Hsu has raised $62,071 from donors, double the amount of runner-up Motamedi, according to campaign finance statements. Weissman-Ward has raised $27,675. Coming in last is Lopez with $10,844 raised for her campaign. Lopez led the Board through some of its most controversial policy-making decisions, beginning with a delay in reinstating in-person instruction in 2020 and 2021, which caused the City of San Francisco to sue its own Board of Education. Meanwhile, starting in January 2021, the Board focused on renaming 44 schools whose current names were said to be tied to racism, sexism or slavery, much to the ire of many school district parents who then began a massive recall effort.
Candidates were asked how the school district could increase academic outcomes for the “most marginalized students.” Hsu responded that “in the black and brown community … one of the biggest challenges the lack of family support for those students.” Her solution was for the district to “work better with community organizations to take care of students’ needs outside of school hours so that teachers can focus on teaching inside of school hours.
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