During Wednesday’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that President Biden “no reaction” to San Francisco voting to recall three of its school board members.
“Last night, voters in San Francisco voted to recall three school board members. I’m wondering if the White House has any reaction to that result?” a reporter asked Psaki.
“We don’t have any reaction directly to the decision by the local school board,” Psaki said. “But I would just reiterate that the President’s objective has been keeping schools open from the beginning and now, at this point in time, 99 percent of schools are open in large part because of the funding in the American Rescue Plan and efforts that he and his Secretary of Education undertook to ensure schools had the resources and information needed to keep the schools open.”
“We understand where parents are coming from,” she continued. “When they want schools to be open as well. And the President recognizes the mental health impact that has on kids for them to not be open. So we don’t have any specific comments on the local school or local decisions about the local school board leaders, but that remains the President’s objective.”
San Francisco residents voted to recall three members of its school board on Tuesday night over “misplaced priorities and putting progressive politics over the needs of children during the pandemic,” ABC 7 reported.
“Voters overwhelmingly approved the recall Tuesday night, according to tallies by the San Francisco Department of Elections,” the outlet added. “The special election was the first recall in San Francisco since 1983, since a failed attempt to remove then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein.”
