The San Francisco Board of Education on Tuesday officially appointed Maria Su as superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, less than a week after the previous superintendent resigned.
Su, who has served as executive director of the city's Department of Children, Youth and their Families for the past 15 years, was appointed on a 6-1 vote. The board also appointed Karling Aguilera-Fort as the district's deputy superintendent. 'I am honored to serve as the superintendent of San Francisco 's public school system,' the new superintendent said.
The plan was vociferously opposed by the impacted schools and by Mayor London Breed, who said she had 'lost confidence' in Wayne.Following Wayne's resignation, the district said that no schools would close in the 2025-26 school year.Su, a former SFUSD parent, was appointed by Breed last month as part of a 'School Stabilization Team' of city officials offering expertise to help the district, which is facing a multimillion-dollar budget deficit and declining enrollment.
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