SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) plans to eliminate 837 positions to cut $113 million in spending from its budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year, with another $13 million expected to be cut the next year, according to District officials.
Preliminary layoff or reassignment notices will be sent to affected staff in the next few months, said Superintendent Maria Su in a Feb. 25 press conference, just before the Board of Education voted to authorize the issuing of such notices to 395 certified positions.
These positions include teachers, social workers, counselors, and 164 teacher’s aides.
“We will process all separations from the district, including resignations, retirements, and leave. Our HR department will then use a seniority list and other tiebreaker methods to determine which employees will receive those layoff notices,” Su said in the conference….