John Jersin (November 2024)

We’re endorsing John Jersin for the Board of Education. John knows the benefit of public schools well, witnessing his parents lift their family out of poverty after getting a job at a bank using skills she learned in math class. As a parent with kids in the SFUSD system himself, John understands that our School Board needs to take immediate and bold action to fix our financial crisis and teacher shortages. His foundation, The Jersin Foundation, supports issues of education, climate and public health. 

John believes we should be engaging deeply with the community before, during, and after school closure tests to study unforeseen impacts during the process, and apply those lessons to other schools that need to be closed.

If elected, John wants to expand early childhood education by aligning with city programs, fixing SFUSD’s broken application process, eliminating application fees, and eliminating financial barriers.

John does not support increasing the number of charter schools in San Francisco and is weary of the slow replacement of the entire public system with a privatized system.

We follow the leadership of Coleman Action Fund – who works with students in the K-12 school system – for our Board of Education endorsements.