Charles Sylvester has been a special-education teacher for over 20 years in San Francisco Unified School District. He’s seen plenty of ups and downs during that time, but in 2023 he encountered a career first.
The district misreported his taxes. Thousands of dollars of payments were effectively missing.
In SFUSD, payroll is not as straightforward as the private sector.
— Bilal Mahmood 馬百樂 (@bilalmahmood) May 6, 2023
Due to labor agreements, there are dozens of rules governing how staff can be paid. This creates a complex array of processes that need to be documented.
One problem: almost nothing is documented in SFUSD.