It came just days after officials from the California Department of Education announced they would be assigning fiscal advisers to the district, who will have approval and veto power over some of the district's financial decisions.School board members and state education officials agree that a hiring freeze, steep budget cuts, and school closures will likely end up being part of the solution to the district's budget problems.
"The budget is a moral document," said SFUSD parent Patrick Wolff. "To budget ineffectively is a moral failing."San Francisco School Board President Lainie Motamedi agreed there is a lot of work to be done, and said the audit was a necessary preliminary step."Right now we're in a position where we can at least see the dots that need to connect," Motamedi said. "That is the first step in the repair.