Teachers, others shocked to get SFUSD ‘assignments’ for strike day

By Joe Eskenazi : missionlocal – excerpt

On late Friday, workers were given ‘redeployment assignments’ to ‘Staff Centers’ opened because of Monday’s school closures. They’re confused.

On the cusp of Monday’s planned San Francisco teacher work stoppage, teachers were jolted to receive emails from the district telling them they had work to do.

On Friday evening, the San Francisco Unified School District emailed its 6,000-plus teachers, providing them information that they already knew — schools are closed Mondaydue to the overwhelming possibility of the first San Francisco teacher walkout in 47 years. The email informed teachers — who voted at a 97.6 percent clip to authorize Monday’s walkout — that they were receiving “redeployment assignments” to “Staff Centers” on Monday.

“In order to maintain District operations, we are opening Staff Centers where SFUSD employees should report to work,” the email states. “Staff are expected to work and report to their assigned Staff Center.” … (more)

SF School district approves $43k more for payroll system fix

By Allyson Aleksey : sfexaminer – excerpt
Teachers from more than 10 San Francisco public schools protest in front of SFUSD’s main office at 555 Franklin Street and blocked traffic on Franklin Street on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022…

More money is trickling into the San Francisco Unified School District’s faulty payroll system, albeit a drop of cash compared to the wave of millions spent so far.

On Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Education voted to approve a contract amendment with SAP America, Inc., a software company that the district has worked with since 2018, to assist with its bungled payroll system EMPowerSF.

Since its rollout in January 2022, teachers have found their paychecks missing entire days of pay, retirement contributions deducted but not deposited in accounts, and more recently, errors in state tax filings

No public comment was received, and because the item was placed under the meeting’s consent calendar, there was no discussion between commissioners. As of press time, there is still no concrete date as to when the system will be fully fixed, leaving teachers in the lurch for the rest of the school year…(more)

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