SF school board schedules Tuesday vote on whether to authorize layoffs for 559 workers

San Francisco’s Board of Education will vote this week to authorize preliminary layoff notices for 559 employees to help close a $113 million deficit for the coming school year.

The board vote at its Tuesday meeting will target 395 teachers and other certified positions and 164 classified staff such as office workers, custodians and bus drivers, the school district said Friday in a news release. The district has about 9,000 employees.