Editorial: Breed should pick queer parent for San Francisco school board
Following the resounding recall of three members of the San Francisco Board of Education, Mayor London Breed gets to select their replacements.
The seats aren't expected to be officially vacated until sometime in late March, 10 days after the Board of Supervisors certifies and approves the election results.While each of the new commissioners will need to seek election this November for full four-year terms, the mayor has a unique opportunity to further diversify the school board for the rest of this year.
We urge her to pick an LGBTQ parent for at least one of the vacancies.The school board presently has one gay member, Commissioner Mark Sanchez, and while he is a longtime educator, he is not a parent.
Last year, as readers will recall, the school board commissioners made a mockery of diversity when they debated for two hours the fate of a white gay father, Seth Brenzel, to serve on the district's volunteer Parent Advisory Council.
