• Office: Board of Education
• Election Date: June 2, 2026
• Candidate: Brandee Marckmann
• Due Date: December 12, 2025

Thank you for seeking GrowSF's endorsement for the June 2, 2026 election! GrowSF believes in a growing, beautiful, vibrant, healthy, safe, and prosperous city delivered via common sense solutions and effective government. Our work includes running public opinion polls to understand what voters want, advocating for those changes, and ensuring that the SF government represents the people.

The GrowSF endorsement committee will review all completed questionnaires and seek consensus on which candidates best align with our vision for San Francisco.

This questionnaire will be published on growsf.org, and so we hope that you use this opportunity to communicate with voters.

Please complete this questionnaire by December 12, 2025 so we have enough time to adequately review and discuss your answers.

Note: This questionnaire will use the initialism "SFUSD" when referring to the San Francisco Unified School District.

• Your Goals
• Executive Leadership
• The Issues
• Personal
• Thank you

Your Goals

We'd like to get some details about your high-level goals and how you intend to use your elected office to achieve them.

What do you believe is your most relevant experience, perspective(s), or idea(s) that makes you uniquely qualified to be an effective Board Member? How do you intend to use that experience to build a stronger district?

Candidate declined to respond.

Will the power of the office of the Board of Education be enough to achieve these goals?

Candidate declined to respond.

What is an existing Board of Education policy you would like to reform?

Candidate declined to respond.

What is an "out there" change that you would make to state/local government policy, if you could? For the purpose of this question, you are not constrained to the office of the Board of Education.

Candidate declined to respond.

Executive Leadership

We'd like to learn more about your leadership style and plan to execute effectively once you assume office.

Please describe your experience running or governing large organizations, managing teams (including hiring, firing, and performance management), driving cultural change and clear communication throughout all levels, effective financial management (budgets, reporting, audit, etc.), and any other relevant experience.

Candidate declined to respond.

One of the most critical roles for the Board of Education is to hire/fire, evaluate, and hold accountable the Superintendent of Schools. Please describe your experience working with an executive leader to hold them accountable. Note: Please remember that this questionnaire will be public, so do not include any personally identifiable information.

Candidate declined to respond.

In general, how do you approach making difficult decisions that you deem necessary even if unpopular? Please share a relevant example, if applicable.

Candidate declined to respond.

The Issues

Next, we will cover the issues that voters tell us they care about. We hope to gain a better understanding of your policy positions, and we hope that you use this opportunity to communicate with voters.

SFUSD remains under fiscal oversight by the California Department of Education (CDE), and continues to experience an ongoing structural deficit. What do you believe is most critical to do to stabilize the district's financial and operational challenges, in both the short and long term?

Candidate declined to respond.

SFUSD is off track in meeting student outcome goals. Our reading and math proficiency rates are among the lowest in California. What should our outcome goals be in the short and long term? What do you believe is required to ensure SFUSD achieves these outcomes, and what would you do as Board Member to champion closing the achievement gap?

Candidate declined to respond.

Safety and violence prevention remains a top priority for families. As a Board Member, what do you believe is necessary to do to improve school safety so that students are able to learn?

Candidate declined to respond.

SFUSD continues to face a teacher shortage, especially in special education, STEM, and bilingual programs. What concrete steps do you recommend the Superintendent, with support from the Board, take to recruit and retain great educators?

Candidate declined to respond.

One reason for the budget deficit is declining enrollment. Approximately 30% of children attend private schools, and that percentage is growing. Each student not in SFUSD takes away nearly $15,000 in State funding. What are the top 3 things you believe SFSUD leadership must do to make SFUSD more attractive to prospective students and parents? In your role as Board Member, how will you advocate for these things?

Candidate declined to respond.

How can SFUSD improve data transparency and performance reporting, particularly around student achievement, attendance, and spending?

Candidate declined to respond.

What examples of effective leadership from SF, or other California school districts, would you emulate in SFUSD? Please be specific with your examples of their leadership and impact.

Candidate declined to respond.

Personal

Tell us a bit about yourself!

Do/Did you have children in SFUSD? If so, what have you learned about SFUSD that other parents would benefit from? If not, why not?

Candidate declined to respond.

Did you attend SFUSD or public primary schools in other cities? How do our schools differ from when you were a student?

Candidate declined to respond.

How long have you lived in San Francisco? What brought you here and what keeps you here?

Candidate declined to respond.

What do you love most about San Francisco?

Candidate declined to respond.

What do you dislike the most about San Francisco?

Candidate declined to respond.

Tell us about your current involvement in the community (e.g., volunteer groups, neighborhood associations, civic and professional organizations, etc.).

Candidate declined to respond.

Why do you want to run for public office?

Candidate declined to respond.

Thank you

Thank you for giving us your time and answering our questionnaire. We look forward to reading your answers and considering your candidacy!