San Francisco voters approved the recall of embattled school board President Gabriela López, Vice President Faauuga Moliga and Commissioner Alison Collins, all Democrats.
Alison Collins wants $87 million for damage to her career. These SFUSD employees say she destroyed theirs By Heather Knight
Using dramatic language interspersed with poems, biblical passages and accusations of racism, her March lawsuit detailed how the vote a response to comments Collins made on social media attacking Asian Americans had harmed her career, reputation and enjoyment of life while causing anxiety, fear, embarrassment and “spiritual injury to her soul.”
About 2,500 miles from San Francisco, in Oaxaca, Mexico, Patricia Theel could only marvel at the irony.
Someone had come after Theel, directly causing her, she said, to lose two jobs she loved, the first as principal of Francisco Middle School in North Beach and then in the district’s special education department. She lost income, credit toward retirement and even her relationship after she became so miserable that her partner left her.