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And what of the long term? Issues like school closures, student assignment and the new Mission Bay school have been put off. Su is also with SFUSD under an unusual arrangement -- on loan from the city until 2026
Asked point blank if she’s in it for the long haul, Su says, “I am, I am.”
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Since then, she's worked to get SFUSD to its state-mandated $114m in cuts through early retirement, layoffs, and a long-awaited central office reorganization. But the effects don't show until the fall
“I think we’re in really big trouble, to be honest,” says Vanessa Marrero, @ppssf.bsky.social
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A few months after taking the post, she assured a crowd of civic leaders about the turmoil:
“I know that with 90 percent remaining in our budget, we can make magic happen,. And quite frankly, because I’m an immigrant, I will make 90 percent feel like 100 percent. You all know me, right?”
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when I did a whole project on it a few years ago it was actually super hard to find workers to talk about it because soooo many people didn't know www.sfexaminer.com/archives/mil...
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The bottom line here is that if the Supreme Court decides that the Trump administration can disappear Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration can effectively disapper anyone ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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It also comes after the former city controller warned last June SFUSD it was doing too much at once — school closures, budget cuts and a new payroll system. Since Su stepped in, the message as been a focus on the budget
“The question is what do we prioritize to do that well” - Phil Kim, BOE pres