Frustrated parents say the school board members have made 'disparities worse' among students during the pandemic as the leadership focused on renaming schools instead of reopening them, nearly doubling the budget deficit.
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Many of the parents have led recall efforts against three San Francisco School Board members, Gabriella Lopez, Alison Collins and Faauuga Moliga."We already live in a city with extreme disparity, this action by the school board only made those disparities worse, kids like mine have fallen behind," said parent Siva Raj.
"The school board chose to rename schools instead of reopening them, they put our kids suffering through Zoom school longer than necessary, they have driven schools into a financial ditch," said recall supporter Joel Engardio.In a statement, Moliga told ABC7 News: "This attempt to recall me is unjustified. Arguments made by proponents are false. My focus before and during this pandemic has been on increasing enrollment, fiscal responsibility and improving learning and health services for students and families."The position of assessor-recorder is up for grabs. The other is a primary for 17th Assembly District voters, who will choose a replacement for assembly member David Chiu who stepped down last year to become city attorney.
"Right now we are at 23% turnout for the special election, in September 2021, it was about 46% turnout," said Arntz.Mayor London Breed is backing the school board recall effort, she's also the person who will appoint a temporary replacement should any of the board members be recalled. We reached out the the other two school members facing recall but have not heard back.