The students at Yick Wo Elementary School on Tuesday got a chance to ask the new leader of Unified some of the burning questions families across the district have been wondering about for months.

Maria Su, the head of San Francisco's Department of Children, Youth and their Families, was approved by the San Francisco Board of Education in a 6-1 vote. She will be replacing Matt Wayne, who was ousted on Friday after serving as SFUSD superintendent since July 2022.

The San Francisco Board of Education on Tuesday officially appointed Maria Su as superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, less than a week after the previous superintendent resigned.

San Francisco schools officially have a new superintendent. Maria Su was voted into the role at a San Francisco Unified School District Board Meeting in the city Tuesday night.

The school board will formally appoint Dr. Maria Su as Unified's new superintendent on Tuesday. But before that happens, Dr. Su sat down with ABC7 to discuss her vision and how she expects to close their huge budget deficit.

Unified School District parents are reacting after the school board announced it would replace the superintendent and pause a controversial school closure plan.

San Francisco’s struggling school district tries to turn the page this week as it faces multiple school closures and trustees appoint a new interim leader.

Maria Su's appointment to the role was approved in a 6-3 vote on Tuesday night, but not all parents and board members were happy with the choice. KTVU's Tori Gaines reports from San Francisco.