Parent group proposes eliminating school board elections in favor of appointment-based system Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail The exterior of the San Francisco Unified School District offices on Friday, March 13, 2020. Prolonged remote learning has spurned some parents to propose new methods for appointing SFUSD board members.Doug Zimmerman/SFGATE SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) A group of San Francisco Unified School District parents, frustrated that schools remain closed for in-person learning, proposed on Monday doing away with elections for Board of Education commissioners and instead moving to an appointment-based system. The group Better San Francisco Public Schools is campaigning for a charter amendment for the June 2022 ballot to allow city leaders to choose school board commissioners instead of voters.