Report: Embattled San Francisco Unified Superintendent faces resignation

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 resign Friday.

Although 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 an agenda item related to school district personnel.

Wayne has taken a lot of heat since then the release of a proposed list of school closures last week forced by a massive budget deficit.

Race of Mayor of San Francisco, London commented on this topic earlier this week. On Tuesday, she said she no longer had confidence that Wayne could lead the district and called on him to stop the school closures.

“It can’t go on like this. Whatever this current proposed school closure process was intended to achieve or could have achieved is lost.” said the mayor. “This distracts from the real work that needs to be done to balance the budget over the next two months and prevent a state takeover. It is time to stop this school closure process immediately.”

While she criticized Wayne, Breed did not call for him to resign.