San Francisco recalled three progressive school board members by a huge margin: Commissioner Alison Collins, President Gabriela Lópex, and Vice President Faauuga Moliga.
Not. Even. Close.
Leftist Mayor London Breed even criticized the three members:
The voters of this City have delivered a clear message that the School Board must focus on the essentials of delivering a well-run school system above all else. San Francisco is a city that believes in the value of big ideas, but those ideas must be built on the foundation of a government that does the essentials well. I want to recognize all the parents who tirelessly organized and advocated in the last year. Elections can be difficult, but these parents were fighting for what matters most – their children. The days ahead for our public schools will not be easy.
Eh, Breed you should maybe stay quiet on this. She did not help to reopen schools and make the kids wear a mask all the time. She also got caught a few times without a mask despite the city having a mask mandate she put in place.
Supervisor Scott Weiner, who supported the recall, stated: “Today San Franciscans made a clear statement: We need a Board of Education focused like a laser on stabilizing our schools, keeping them open, and supporting students and families in the most effective possible way.”
Breed will have to make appointments 10 days after the Board of Supervisors accepts the election results.
The parents grew frustrated with the school board concentrating on matters other than reopening schools like renaming 44 schools. It also ended the merit-based admission system at one high school:
“We faced the hardest time of our entire lives as parents and as students in public schools and this Board of Education focused on issues that weren’t about dealing with the immediate crisis of the day, and they didn’t show the leadership that that was necessary and that parents needed to hear, and that kids needed to hear,” said [Supervisor Hillary] Ronen.At least a hundred recall backers had gathered in the back room of Manny’s Cafe in the Mission District on Tuesday night.“This is what happens when you try to rename the schools in the middle of a pandemic!” exclaimed David Thompson a.k.a “Gaybraham” Lincoln, an SFUSD parent dressed in head-to-toe rainbow drag and towering platform shoes, who described his persona as a form of protest. “We wanted to show the diversity of the community behind this recall. I knew they were going to say, ‘Oh isn’t it just a bunch of Republicans?’ and I’m like, do I look like a Republican?”
I want to meet Gaybraham Lincoln!!
Siva Raj said: “The city of San Francisco has risen up and said this is not acceptable to put our kids last. Talk is not going to educate our children, it’s action. It’s not about symbolic action, it’s not about changing the name on a school, it is about helping kids inside the school building read and learn math.”
Derrick Ly said: “Every vote counts and I, myself, am a San Francisco native. I’ve seen this city change so much, so I definitely want my voice to be heard.”
Paulina Fayer: “They are so egregiously incompetent. We need to get them out now, and we have. The voters have spoken.”
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