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Hsu said the district cut roughly $114 million and reduced about 500 full-time-equivalent positions; she said approximately 350 of those FTEs represented staff who were providing services in the system. \"That was at significant cost,\" Hsu said, and the updated leadership structure is intended to create clearer accountability and coordination across divisions.

What the reorganization does

Hsu said she streamlined the executive cabinet to include the general counsel, the deputy superintendent of educational services (to be hired), the deputy superintendent of business services and operations (recently hired), the associate superintendent of human resources, and the head of communications and governance. The superintendent leadership team will meet frequently to coordinate major initiatives and to align divisional responsibilities with the board-adopted vision, values, goals and guardrails (VVGGs).

Hsu said the full org chart is published on the district website and that it is a \"living, breathing document\" that will be updated as hires occur and as roles shift.

Board questions and clarifications

Several commissioners asked for additional detail on reporting lines, vacancies and mid-level reassignments. Commissioner Ray and Commissioner Fisher pressed for clarity about interim arrangements when senior positions are vacant; the superintendent said most vacant senior roles have interim leaders in place and that the SPED head position had been posted with first-round interviews completed that day.

Commissioner Fisher raised the district's dual role as a Local Education Agency and County Office of Education for special education (SELPA) and asked how compliance and accountability would be maintained when SELPA functions are organized inside the district structure. Hsu said the deputy superintendent of educational services and the SPED head will coordinate compliance and instructional integration, and that the district will ensure the SELPA compliance role is met.

Why it matters

The restructuring is presented as part of the district's plan to rebuild enrollment, support schools and create systems stability after large budget reductions. Commissioners asked for a follow-up that maps major work streams (for example: special education compliance, staffing, procurement, and payroll transitions) to responsible leaders so the board can monitor implementation and progress.

Next steps

Hsu said several senior positions have been posted, including the head of operations and a chief financial officer (CFO). She said a hiring sequence and a plan for reducing consultant reliance would be brought forward and that the org chart will be updated as hires are made.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of San Francisco - Video Open Video Only in Windows Media Player","oneSentenceSummary","Superintendent Lamia Hsu presented an updated executive cabinet and superintendent leadership team intended to improve coherence across educational services, operations and finance after the district\u0000implemented deep budget cuts.","taxTitle","San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California","taxId",5751,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6505672,"Board approves emergency abatement at Mission Education Center; routine credential and advisory items pass",153,7459000,7612000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5573886-f564e5602e492d6fbc814fc204fb60f6&start=7459&end=7612","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5573886-f564e5602e492d6fbc814fc204fb60f6/thumbnail_7459000.jpg","/articles/6505672/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/Board-approves-emergency-abatement-at-Mission-Education-Center-routine-credential-and-advisory-items-pass","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6505672-ec6b10b20e59543d334a08d5f4162692/orig.mp4?Expires=1771133805&Signature=FD4eKq2Fvct3rmDjhgt4uTOZbag~hova0gTXE8zuPCQbgmpt-2~IUVnr6nfxUQ3EMf4GHq4bOeLNHqV6i-NbjO2u6aiIV1OTATA7Jo7HKbtV-WKY2uldkfj0tHThcgdJFfCEO6ff9W0eN9frEctPdCJz5pEMKWKpFD0aO6~2LBkxy2ycMAG0Z45xPgDVLyT2y5qCoTR5BRj-gkPu3hTwDmlnZYB0-MuI8FlsMn6dBw6hC55XCPvuT6~bFk~ztScjpq4me4x~5HL1lgPN20kJNBQ~kNIctLE4o-LXrxAScN84vl9IyzowCYg~ahqpgzUZXg~UaCGYmyB3hqgo6wyd2w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The San Francisco Board of Education approved an emergency declaration allowing the superintendent to contract for hazardous-material abatement and related repairs at the Mission Education Center and approved a set of routine credential, local assignment and advisory appointments.

Emergency declaration: Mission Education Center

The board approved a resolution allowing the district to bypass competitive bidding to authorize additional work at the Mission Education Center. Facilities staff said the March 2025 waterproofing contract for roughly $502,000 required additional repairs to the eastern wall after contractors exposed plaster and materials that needed removal and abatement. The facilities executive director described the estimated additional repairs at approximately $365,000, which exceeded the 10% threshold that triggers a change-order process.

\"The scope of work includes the removal of the existing plaster, waterproofing around the windows, repair of plywood panels that have dry rot, and then re-plastering of the entire eastern elevation,\" the facilities director said. The board voted to approve the emergency declaration 7-0.

Routine personnel and advisory votes (summary)

- Child Care Planning and Advisory Council appointments (CPAC): The board approved four appointments following staff recommendations and a CPAC vetting process. Roll call recorded seven ayes.

- Provisional intern permits: The board approved provisional intern permits for several teachers enrolled in intern programs for the 2025-26 school year; the item included a clerical correction to the document's district name and signature line. Roll call recorded seven ayes.

- Local assignment options: The board approved temporary local assignment options to allow fully credentialed teachers to teach outside their credential area (for example, as teacher librarians) for 2025-26; the vote was recorded as seven ayes.

- Consent calendar: With one corrected name removed from item 22, the board approved the consent calendar. President Kim recused himself from the consent vote due to employment with the City and County of San Francisco; the record shows six ayes and the president abstaining.

Why it matters: The emergency declaration allowed the district to authorize immediate repairs while a contractor is on-site to prevent further water intrusion and preserve the building envelope. The credential and appointment votes were routine start-of-year items to ensure staffing placements and advisory representation.

What the board recorded in the meeting minutes

The resolution authorizing the emergency abatement passed by roll call (7 ayes). The items for provisional intern permits, local assignment options, CPAC appointments and the revised consent calendar were all recorded as approved in roll-call votes during the meeting.

Next steps

Facilities staff said abatement work was completed prior to the start of school and that the district would share more detailed hazardous-material abatement information with site leaders and affected families.

For routine personnel and advisory appointments, the approved items will be reflected in personnel records and advisory council membership lists maintained by the district.","The San Francisco Board of Education approved an emergency declaration to fund hazardous-material abatement and several routine personnel and advisory appointments during the meeting.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6505677,"SFUSD says new payroll system is stabilizing as unions and school leaders press for timely pay and higher administrator salaries",3948,6220000,10168000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5573886-f564e5602e492d6fbc814fc204fb60f6&start=6220&end=10168","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5573886-f564e5602e492d6fbc814fc204fb60f6/thumbnail_6220000.jpg","/articles/6505677/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/SFUSD-says-new-payroll-system-is-stabilizing-as-unions-and-school-leaders-press-for-timely-pay-and-higher-administrator-salaries","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6505677-348a7e9421aa3ff1256c5c4b6af47799/orig.mp4?Expires=1771133805&Signature=FG7UZCWhW2co1-BbmpwC0Ewce8mtA78eeYlzlbH2t5ZwA5513kN-xRuE4aHOiXq0-P-IXuEUoiqd0HulXBn8kqh2Gje5TvaWh--ldsSQgJ7drGoY~gy8tGTwGG~IqTviA~As-yjxD3M2WVZVIzw5yeIKssK~GeazjGTPSbxPnZBuQF6brWgSkr6K~60dRo3s9iqFJonltmb1pNFHpmrZ2FO2u0M9IFbA8ZzD3XVBKa0YjNgbD4MPPKhAylSuLX5VUH-O2oDFImLtp8L~2FOCsiMx~t-XCxoVmOT3j9xiyiAM92-TxDpBRpMrpFXQqbo2pYPyQwbTlvUJo0o9YBZ5kQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Lamia Hsu and operations leaders told the Board of Education the district\u0000has transitioned major payroll and human-resources functions to a new enterprise system, Frontline, and is actively addressing remaining errors tied to the legacy SAP/Empower implementation.

The update came after a series of public comments from school-site and central-office administrators and union leaders who described recurring payroll errors and urged the district to act quickly to correct missed pay and to address compensation disparities.

\"This is now a month and several days into this transition and things are holding. Frontline is holding,\" Superintendent Hsu said, adding the district is at a reported 97% accuracy rate for recent payrolls and has staff working \"day and night\" to make paychecks right.

Why it matters: Pay errors affect low-paid employees\u0000including paraeducators and substitute staff\u0000and school leaders said pay instability is driving turnover at a time the district faces enrollment and staffing challenges.

District update and timeline

Deputy Superintendent for Business Services Chris Mount Benitez told the board the district has responded to three years of state audit requests and that outstanding audit items have been filed with the California Department of Education. \"We were able to respond to all three years,\" Mount Benitez said.

Marin Trujillo, the district\u0000operations lead overseeing the Frontline rollout, gave a detailed status report on payroll cycles, ticket volumes, and planned mitigations. Trujillo said the district has run multiple payroll cycles through Frontline and a related system, Red Rover, and that Frontline can now produce off-cycle/manual checks that the old system could not easily print.

\"If we don't tell our story others will,\" Trujillo said, and he acknowledged remaining pain points: overlapping use of SAP and Frontline while some summer and legacy payroll runs remain in the old system; end-user confusion about Red Rover functionality; and missing supervisor assignments that blocked approvals.

Trujillo said the district's service-level agreement for payroll includes a 48-hour target to correct issues that are inside the Frontline ecosystem. Executive Director of Payroll (Ms. Harris) told the board that smaller corrections are processed quickly, but complex reconciliations that require looking back into SAP or other legacy records take longer.

Union and school-leader concerns

United Administrators of San Francisco (UASF) members, including UASF President Anna Clafter and several principals and site leaders, urged the board to prioritize compensation and parity with surrounding districts. \"Compensation is our members' number one concern,\" Clafter told the board. She said neighboring districts pay \"$30,000 to $40,000 more\" for similar roles and that principal turnover in SFUSD is \"nearly 25 to 30% per year.\" UASF vice president Myra Quadros, principal and UASF vice president, said site leaders often work through summers \"without stipends\" and asked the board to prioritize a raise and training on new systems.

United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) Vice President for Educators Tianna Tillery and paraeducator advocates raised a separate but related complaint: vacation payouts and other preapproved payouts for paraeducators were delayed in August, leaving some workers without rent or medication. Tillery said paraeducators \"did everything right and they were failed\" and urged immediate, proactive communication and a commitment that the scheduled August 20 payouts would be on time.

\"This isn't just an administrative delay or a technical hiccup. This is people's rent. This is people's food. This is people's medication,\" Tillery said.

Operations response and next steps

District leaders detailed mitigations: increasing staff at command centers after payroll runs, making software configuration changes in Red Rover to prevent user errors (for example, separating vacation requests from main scheduled job entries), and posting long-vacant finance and operations roles including a CFO and head of operations. Trujillo said the district will consider pausing certain rollout phases if necessary to strengthen Phase 1 implementation and reduce reliance on external consultants.

Deputy Superintendent Mount Benitez and the superintendent said the district is preparing a transition plan to taper consultant support for legacy systems and build internal capacity over the coming months.

What was not decided

The board did not vote on a specific compensation package for administrators at the meeting; union requests for pay parity were delivered as public comment and will need to be addressed through budget and bargaining processes. UESF indicated it has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) regarding some implementation impacts.

Ending note

District leaders said they will continue nightly command-center support during payroll cycles, expand user training (including in-person pilots), and prioritize fixing any unreconciled no-pay situations immediately. The superintendent and operations team told the board they will provide further updates as the next payroll cycles complete.","Superintendent Dr. Lamia Hsu and operations staff told the San Francisco Board of Education the district\u0000has made progress moving from Empower to Frontline and Red Rover, but union leaders and principals said staff still face delayed pay and unmet compensation parity requests.","actionData","errors"]

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