SFUSD BOE Meeting Cheat Sheet – 8/26/2025
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8/26/2025 Regular Meeting: Monitoring Workshop at 6:30pm:
- Full meeting agenda on BoardDocs here.
- Zoom Link Here – Password: 733013.
- Agenda summary from SF Parent Coalition follows below.
SF PARENT’S SUMMARY:
On this week’s agenda, SFUSD is hiring an interim Associate Superintendent of Educational Services, Teresa Shipp, who will oversee math, literacy, career and college readiness, curriculum and how SFUSD serves the whole child. Though SFUSD anticipated hiring a permanent staff for this role by the fall to replace Karling Aguilera-Fort upon his retirement, it appears they are not ready to make that long-term hire. .
The agenda for this week’s meeting also includes:
- the Superintendent’s recommendation to turn down the application from Dragon Gate Academy Charter School,
- a re-vote (for parliamentary reasons) regarding purchase of the Ethnic Studies pilot curriculum.
MOVED to Sept 9, 2025 meeting: - Workshop on Student Outcomes — Guardrail 4 (Resource Allocation) covering 4.1 HR classroom staffing, 4.2 fiscal stability status, 4.3 Frontline implementation. This delay is concerning because shifting Guardrail 4 to Sept. 9 moves the Board’s review of classroom staffing, fiscal stability, and Frontline implementation beyond the crucial first weeks of school, when timely visibility helps address emerging gaps.
Also delayed: SFUSD has not yet released annual School Plans for Student Achievement (SPSAs), a required strategic document each school must release that describes its planned actions and budget to improve student academic performance and other key outcomes. Last year, SFUSD approved SPSAs at the August 13, 2024, Board meeting. We are still waiting for the 2025-26 SPSAs…
DETAIL ON AGENDA ITEMS
BUDGET-RELATED:
Item E.1 Superintendent’s Recommendation Regarding Dragon Gate Academy Charter Petition
Item F.1 Re-Vote Regarding Purchase of Ethnic Studies Pilot Curriculum
STUDENT OUTCOMES-RELATED AGENDA ITEMS
Item F.3 Approval of Teresa Shipp, Associate Superintendent Educational Services (employment contract link, resume link)
- The District seeks to hire Teresa Shipp–a former SFUSD teacher, Assistant Principal, Principal, and Director, who has been an Assistant Superintendent at Santa Clara County Office of Education for 2 years–as interim Associate Superintendent of Educational Services
- In her 8/12/2025 Board presentation, Superintendent Su stated this position (formerly called the “Deputy Superintendent Educational Services & School Operations”) is responsible for:
- Goals 1, 2, 3
- Goal 1: 3rd grade literacy: the percentage of ALL third grade students reading at grade level as measured by SBAC ELA will increase from 52% proficiency (10/2022) to 70% by October 2027
- Goal 2: 8th grade math: the percentage of ALL eighth grade students performing math at grade level as measured by SBAC math will increase from 42% proficiency (10/2022) to 65% proficiency by October 2027
- Goal 3: college/career readiness: the percentage of all high school 12th graders who are “college/career ready” as defined by the California Department of Education will increase from 57.5% (6/2020) to 70% by June 2027
- Guardrails 2 and 3
- Guardrail 2: Serving the Whole Child: The superintendent will not take approaches that neglect the cognitive and academic development, social and emotional development, identity development, physical and mental well-being, or ethical and moral development of students.
- Guardrail 3: Curriculum and Instruction: The superintendent will not allow curriculum and instruction that is not rooted in excellence, challenging and engaging, not student-centered, not culturally responsive, or not differentiated to meet the academic needs of all students.
- Overseeing the following organizational units:
- African American Achievement & Leadership Initiative (AAALI)
- LEAD (Assistant Superintendents of PK-5, K-8 & MS, HS & CCR)
- Curriculum & Instruction
- Research, Planning & Assessment
- Student & Family Services
- Special Education and SELPA
Our Take: We welcome interim Associate Superintendent Shipp to this role but wonder about SFUSD’s long-term plan for this critical position that serves as Superintendent Su’s righthand deputy to ensure strong educational services across the district.Questions we’re asking:
- Curriculum roll-outs: What is SFUSD’s plan to ensure strong implementation of the several new curricula for English Language Arts and Math, the Ethnic Studies curriculum pilot and evaluation, and 8th grade Algebra pathways?
- How will SFUSD ensure effective communication and transparency with families around progress in these key academic areas?
- How will SFUSD develop budgets in the next few years that preserves sufficient funding to these areas to ensure successful student outcomes.
As a reminder – SF Parents’ community continues to demand from SFUSD:
- AN INCREASED, DEMONSTRATED FOCUS ON STUDENTS:
- We want to see the district’s clear plan and commitment to a baseline of excellence and equity across every SFUSD school. Without this clarity and vision, or analysis of how these decisions align with our student outcomes goals, it is impossible to know if this is a truly student-centered plan that will maximize success for our students even despite budget cuts.
- GREATER BUDGET TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY ACCESSIBILITY:
- SFUSD’s budget plans need greater detail and transparency. Without an analysis of school site impacts, it’s unclear if SFUSD is prioritizing student success. The Board should not approve budgets or plans without confidence in their accuracy and impacts on teaching and learning. We urge SFUSD to provide more thorough impact analyses to increase transparency on decision-making and build trust with the community.
SFUSD needs to be more open and honest about the budget. SFUSD committed to updating the Fiscal and Operational Health Dashboard last summer, and then abruptly abandoned that commitment last fall. Fiscal topics should be included in all regular Board meetings, and the dashboard should be updated monthly until the budget is solvent.