"Being a school principal in San Francisco was already a job with a stress level akin to diffusing unexploded ordinance or directing air traffic. Or perhaps doing both simultaneously. The district's administrators have already reached an impasse in long-running labor negotiations. Mediation failed. Next comes a "fact-finding" panel. If that, too, fails, the next step is a potential strike vote."
"This school year, principals learned they were required to seek three separate bidders for every contract, even for long-running projects handled by long-running contractors - and no matter how paltry that contract is or how specialized the service the contractor provides. Mission Local spoke with eight SFUSD principals or former principals, who recounted spending hours searching for second and third bids for taiko drumming, chess instruction, ecological education, dance classes, after-school playground sports."
San Francisco Unified School District implemented a procurement rule requiring principals to obtain three separate bids for every contract, regardless of contract size or service specialization. Principals reported spending hours seeking additional bids for services such as taiko drumming, chess instruction, ecological education, dance, after-school sports, bird-watching, and storytelling. Many contracts cost only hundreds or a few thousand dollars, yet the bidding requirement delayed program starts and added significant administrative work. Labor negotiations between district administrators and employees remain stalled after failed mediation, raising the possibility of fact-finding or a strike vote. A late Friday communique attempted to clarify and simplify the contracting threshold.
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