Mayor Appoints New School Board Member

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Tuesday appointed Jenny Lam, her mayoral education supervisor, to fill a school board seat that was left vacant when Matt Haney resigned after being elected to the city's Board of Supervisors.

Lam had been appointed by Breed to be her education advisor and has previously served as co-chair of San Francisco Unified School District's Public Education & Enrichment Fund Committee and the Quality Teacher and Education Act Committee, according to the mayor's office.

She is a second-generation Chinese American and Bay Area resident who, prior to joining the mayor's office, served as a state engagement manager at EducationSuperHighway, a San Francisco nonprofit that seeks to get Internet access upgraded in every public school classroom.

"Jenny has fought for public school students and families at both the local and state levels and she has stood up for immigrant communities so that all are welcome in San Francisco and its schools," Breed said in a news release.

"Both as a professional and a parent, she has demonstrated a commitment to improving our public schools and to promoting equity throughout our entire school district," the mayor said.

Lam lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children, who both attend public schools in the city, according to Breed's office.

She will replace Haney, who resigned from the school board after being elected in November as San Francisco's new supervisor of District 6.

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