{"id":116011,"date":"2024-10-19T17:02:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T10:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116011"},"modified":"2024-10-19T17:02:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T10:02:46","slug":"maria-su-head-of-sf-childrens-dept-picked-to-lead-school-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116011","title":{"rendered":"Maria Su, head of SF Children&#8217;s Dept., picked to lead school district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The San Francisco Board of Education moments ago announced that Maria Su has agreed to take the role of superintendent for up to two years after outgoing <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2024\/10\/matt-wayne-resign-sfusd\/\">superintendent Matt Wayne\u2019s resignation <\/a>was accepted today by a 6-1 vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sole dissenting vote, commissioner Kevine Boggess, felt Wayne deserved to be fired rather than resigning. Mission Local is told that Wayne will receive a year\u2019s salary, some $325,000, and health care.<\/p>\n<p>Su has worked in San Francisco government for more than 18 years, with the last 15 of those coming as the head of the city\u2019s Department of Children, Youth and their Families. She had also been serving on <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2024\/09\/parents-sound-off-at-emergency-school-board-meeting-to-determine-fate-of-superintendent\/\">the school stabilization team formed by Mayor London Breed<\/a> on Sept. 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her appointment \u2014\u00a0and the promotion of Dr. Karling Aguilera-Fort, presently the senior associate superintendent of education services, as her deputy \u2014\u00a0will be formally voted on at the school board\u2019s regularly scheduled Tuesday, Oct. 22 meeting.\u00a0Aguilera-Fort will serve as acting superintendent until Tuesday. <\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhy am I doing this? I believe in the school district,\u201d Su tells Mission Local. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing this work at DCYF and we\u2019ve seen how when you have strong operations, strong systems, strong partnerships and deep community support you can get a lot of things done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Su\u2019s contract with the SFUSD runs until June 2026: \u201cIt\u2019s going to take a while to address the operations and systems at the school district,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n<aside id=\"text-39\" class=\"widget_text clearfix\">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The extraordinary move of tapping a veteran city department head to lead San Francisco\u2019s troubled school district is the latest twist in the strange and terrible saga of the San Francisco Unified School District. But, says Board of Education President Matt Alexander, it\u2019s a twist that has pleased state education officials \u2014\u00a0and renders the specter of a state takeover less likely, not more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcIH4XtELvVGKVxYXceLZxEJkNMRoFTGgyH1KaprEv_wqKcGrVvNbqjaZgNghdMenWg9pfdaJFpoNHuE9Z6s3aULBg2PVB-Wdtm9aZwlsyk919wJXShV4gRHBUF5_SpsRgmw3H1koIkrZN6qXKOvhPDEEw9?key=T0KznM-8V_LtHhITsm6XPg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maria Su<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cState officials are excited that we are going to have leadership that is really going to tackle our fiscal and operational challenges,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cThe fact we\u2019re bringing in a leader who\u2019s ready to take those challenges on is making them more comfortable and less fearful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be really, really clear,\u201d Alexander continued, California Department of Education officials \u201chave said we are not near a state takeover \u2014\u00a0nowhere near it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n<aside id=\"bs_zones-31\" class=\"bs_zones clearfix\"\/><\/aside>\n<p>The San Francisco Unified School District also confirmed that \u201cSu will stop the current school closure process and focus on addressing the District\u2019s looming structural deficit to avoid a state takeover. There will be no school closures in the 2025-26 school year. The remaining school meetings about closures will be suspended.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Closures, however, are not off the table in the years to come \u2014 but the SFUSD today announced that any future process must include:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A California Department of Education-certified fiscal analysis;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-3    \">\n<aside id=\"bs_zones-43\" class=\"bs_zones clearfix\"\/><\/aside>\n<p>\u2022 An independently verified equity audit;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Robust, meaningful community engagement;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 An accessible and thoughtful transition plan;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A thorough analysis of student (re)assignment policies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2024\/10\/controversial-asian-politico-josephine-zhao-hired-as-black-family-liaison-at-s-f-public-school\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1-930x621.png?resize=780%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"A woman speaks at a podium holding a sign that reads &quot;We Support Wayne,&quot; with SFUSD signage in the background. Maria Su stands nearby, showing her support for the cause.\" class=\"wp-image-660360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1.png?resize=930%2C621&amp;ssl=1 930w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1.png?resize=449%2C300&amp;ssl=1 449w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1.png?resize=1536%2C1026&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1.png?resize=2048%2C1368&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1.png?resize=1200%2C802&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1.png?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1.png?resize=1568%2C1047&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1.png?resize=2000%2C1336&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1.png?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1.png?resize=706%2C472&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1.png?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-18-at-5.37.36-PM-1-930x621.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2024\/10\/controversial-asian-politico-josephine-zhao-hired-as-black-family-liaison-at-s-f-public-school\/\">SFUSD family liaison <\/a>Josephine Zhao demonstrated her support for outgoing superintendent Matt Wayne at the Oct. 18 special meeting of the Board of Education. Photo by Kelly Waldron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wayne had come under increasing scrutiny during the lengthy school closure process, which was marked by complaints of <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2024\/09\/san-francisco-school-closure-matt-wayne-survey\/\">poor methodology,<\/a> opacity and a lack of community outreach. The district <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2024\/09\/sfusds-delay-in-announcing-school-closures-is-a-disgrace\/\">blew past its longstanding Sept. 18 deadline<\/a> to reveal a list of vulnerable schools \u2014\u00a0a damning indictment of the district\u2019s handling of the process. On Oct. 8, <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2024\/10\/how-sfusd-superintendent-matt-wayne-alienated-the-mayor-school-board-and-everyone\/\">Wayne released a list<\/a> that was significantly different than what the mayor\u2019s office, her school stabilization team and the Board of Education had been led to believe he would release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This induced deep consternation and anger; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sf.gov\/news\/mayor-london-n-breed-stopping-school-closures-process\">on Oct. 15 Breed called for a halt to the school closure process<\/a> and stated she had lost confidence in Wayne\u2019s ability to lead the district.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMaria is a doer. She moves and gets things done.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><cite>Matt Alexander, Board of Education president<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Wayne took the reins of the San Francisco Unified School District from <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2021\/04\/dr-vincent-matthews-return-sfusd\/\">the retiring Vincent Matthews<\/a> in June 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Keeping Board of Education commissioners Alison Collins, Gabriela L\u00f3pez and Faauuga Moliga \u2014 who had become targets of the school board recall campaign \u2014 from having a say in the hiring of the next superintendent was a rallying cry of the pro-recall movement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All three commissioners were handily recalled. Breed appointed three new commissioners \u2014\u00a0and that Board of Education hired Matt Wayne.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wayne stepped into a challenging job from Day One. But his 26-month tenure was marked by a series of own-goals, with each adding to the mounting pressure upon the beleaguered district.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The district <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/sf-schools-hiring-fiasco-19795677.php\">failed to hire legally mandated special education staff<\/a> in an effort to save money, leaving vulnerable students in the lurch \u2014 and putting the district in legal jeopardy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/sfusd-jobs-hiring-freeze-19745384.php\">In a hiring misstep,<\/a> the SFUSD offered jobs to scores of educators that it later had to rescind. Wayne did not expediently move to scrap <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2022\/03\/sf-teachers-payroll-debacle-empowersf-infosys-sfusd\/\">the costly and disastrous EmPowerSF payroll system<\/a> that underpaid and mispaid educators \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2023\/12\/san-francisco-unified-school-district-payroll-empower-scrapped-dropped\/#:~:text=By%20now%2C%20you've%20likely,could%20tell%20you%20as%20much.\">more than $40 million has been burned<\/a> to prop up a boutique system that was dysfunctional out of the box and spurred teachers to retire or seek employment elsewhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And <em>then <\/em>came the long-running fiasco regarding proposed school closures, culminating in the missed Sept. 18 deadline and the Oct. 8 announcement that blindsided the mayor, her school stabilization team and the Board of Education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-930x620.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Two people stroll past a building adorned with mosaic art. One, in a suit and carrying a bag, appears ready for business. The other, dressed casually, gestures expressively as if sharing insights about sfusd.\" class=\"wp-image-659633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-scaled.jpg?resize=930%2C620&amp;ssl=1 930w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-scaled.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-scaled.jpg?resize=1568%2C1045&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C471&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-scaled.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Photo6_Rally-930x620.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Superintendent Matt Wayne arrives at Harvey Milk followed by a supporter of the school, and is met with boos on Oct. 16, 2024. Photo by Marina Newman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Su, 49, has a reputation for savvy and competence and is held in high regard by San Francisco officials of varying political backgrounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaria Su has been a champion for families and children in our city and she has my full confidence in this new role leading our public schools,\u201d reads a statement from Breed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Board President Aaron Peskin, the first major mayoral candidate to come out against the school closure plan, said that Su \u201cruns an agency that listens to children and their families and I think she personifies that. She is the antithesis of every boneheaded mistake the school district has made in its ill-conceived, ill-advised, ill-communicated school closure plan.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adds Sen. Scott Wiener, \u201cMaria is fantastic, no-nonsense, really smart. She knows how to put together a budget and implement it. She\u2019s a hard-nosed administrator and is also someone who works deeply with the community on a day-to-day basis.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Children, Youth and their Families, which Su has led since 2009, has a budget in the realm of $350 million this fiscal year. This is a fraction of the school district\u2019s $1.3 billion budget, but is still a sizable amount.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaria is politically sophisticated, and I don\u2019t think you can survive in this town if you don\u2019t know how to navigate politics,\u201d said Supervisor Hillary Ronen. \u201cShe knows how to work with parents, community groups, politicians, unions, city leaders, tech billionaires: She understands the levers of power and politics in this town and, obviously, has been successful in navigating them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229-853x640.jpeg?resize=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"A group of people are seen boarding and standing near a yellow school bus parked on a residential street under a clear blue sky.\" class=\"wp-image-648437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=853%2C640&amp;ssl=1 853w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=2000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?resize=706%2C530&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229.jpeg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6229-853x640.jpeg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rooftop students pile into school buses outside of Moscone Elementary on the first day of school, August 19, 2024. Photo by Io Yeh Gilman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alexander said he approached Su about taking this position after multiple \u201cpeople outside of this process\u201d suggested that she would be a good fit.\u00a0Breed also reached out to Su.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s get <a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2024\/10\/01\/the-inside-story-of-buster-poseys-giants-coronation\/\">Buster Posey <\/a>to run the team,\u201d Alexander said with a laugh.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaria is a doer. She moves and gets things done,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019s a collaborative leader and has shown what she can do in the context of a really large government agency.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With closures off the table for the time being, Su and the district still face a number of challenges. She must, by December, finalize a budget that shaves some $148 million off the district\u2019s deficit \u2014\u00a0which will likely lead to the elimination of hundreds of educators.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The district must do what it can to avoid alienating voters, or else a<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2024\/10\/prop-a-a-790-million-school-bond-explained-in-55-seconds\/\"> $970 million school bond <\/a>will evaporate. And it must move to implement a new Enterprise Resource Planning system, an overarching program to supplant the disastrous EmPowerSF.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During Su\u2019s sojourn at the school district, the Department of Children, Youth and their Families will be led by Sherrice Dorsey-Smith. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very committed to partnering with this board, the new board and with the school district leadership and staff,\u201d Su says. \u201cAs well as leadership from the state and beyond. 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