Education
SAN FRANCISCO — Dr. Maria Su, formerly Executive Director of the San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, was appointed by the San Francisco Board of Education with 6-1 votes to immediately take over the position as the new Superintendent for the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).
SAN FRANCISCO — The list of public school closures and mergers in San Francisco was finally released with 11 schools proposed to be permanently closed. Three of the 11 schools are elementary schools serving students in Chinatown and surrounding neighborhoods. A total of 4 schools proposed to be closed are high Asian enrollment schools. The Asian community has questioned if the list is unfairly targeted and impacted the Asian American families.
(SAN FRANCISCO) Under the approved resolution, non-citizen students at San Francisco City College might have a chance to participate in voting at future City College Board of Trustees elections.
（SAN FRANCISCO) On February 25, 2024, Recall School Board movement hero Kit Lam returned to the same old spot at Clement Street Farmers Market where he used to gather thousands of signatures for the recall petitions in 2021. This time Lam was a volunteer of Proposition G campaign to bring back algebra classes for students in San Francisco public schools.
(SAN FRANCISCO) By a vote of 6-3, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 29 against affirmative action considering race in college admissions and affirmed that the admissions programs were unconstitutional violating equal protections.
(SAN FRANCISCO) After two-year criminal and civil legal proceedings, volunteer parent Kit Lam's fighting for justice on the recall school petition stealing incident has come to a conclusion by accepting $1 compensation and a public apology published in three local newspapers in San Francisco.
(SAN FRANCISCO) Ann Hsu, one of the three incumbents who were appointed by Mayor London Breed earlier this year to the Board of Education, loses her re-election race to challenger Alida Fisher who caught up with more votes in the last few days when more election results were released.
(SAN FRANCISCO) Three candidates, Anita Martinez, Vick Chung and Susan Solomon, who were running as a team to challenge the incumbents, captured all top three seats in the San Francisco Community College Board race.
(SAN FRANCISCO) Three incumbents, Lisa Weissman-Ward, Lainie Motamedi, and Ann Hsu, who were appointed by Mayor London Breed earlier this year to the Board of Education, are all expected to be re-elected in the November election.
- Opinion: My concerns about negative impact of road constructions to traffic and communities in SF’s Chinatown and Sunset
- Tech entrepreneur & political advisor Saikat Chakrabarti runs for Congress to fill Nancy Pelosi’s House seat
- Kenneth Binder appointed as San Mateo County Sheriff for a 3-year term
- U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi to retire in Jan 2027 after 40 years in Congress representing San Francisco
- Covered California annual open enrollment runs through Jan. 31, 2026 for health insurance with subsidies for most enrollees
- New federal and state rules on eligibility of public benefits to affect undocumented, non-citizen immigrants from Jan. 1, 2026
- Three finalists among seven candidates named for the next San Mateo County Sheriff
- Police search for man who allegedly stole two 28-inch-tall popular Labubu dolls worth of thousands of dollars
