Two challengers are running against Jenny Lam, who holds one of seven seats on the city’s Board of Education. Lam serves as the mayor’s education adviser, and was appointed to the board in January because of Matt Haney’s departure from the board to step into his elected role as District 6 Supervisor. Candidates Kirsten Strobel and Bobby Coleman entered the race after the school board voted to destroy a controversial mural at Washington High School, a decision that was later amended to call for the mural to be covered rather than destroyed. We asked all three candidates about their vision for improving student success and how the district should be run.
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Noah Arroyo is a local enterprise and accountability journalist based in San Francisco.
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