San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Matt Wayne could resign as early as Friday, according to published reports.
The San Francisco Chronicle and Mission Local report that the embattled Wayne agreed to his resignation on Friday.
While the school board has not specifically confirmed Wayne’s planned resignation, it has scheduled an emergency meeting for Friday evening at 5 p.m. with one agenda item regarding school district personnel.
Wayne has been getting a lot of heat since then the publication of a proposed school closure list last week forced by a huge budget deficit.
Mayor London Breed of San Francisco addressed the issue earlier this week. On Tuesday, she said she no longer has confidence that Wayne could lead the district and demanded it halt school closures.
“This cannot continue. Whatever this current proposed school closure process should have achieved, or could have achieved, has been lost.” said the mayor. “This has become a distraction from the very real work that needs to be done to balance the budget over the next two months and avoid a state takeover. It is time to immediately stop this process of school closure.”
Although she criticized Wayne, Breed did not call for him to resign.
