Alison Collins

rdf:langString Alison Collins

rdf:langString Alison Collins

rdf:langString Alison Collins

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rdf:langString Politician

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rdf:langString San Francisco Board of Education Commissioner

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rdf:langString Alison M. Collins (born 1969/1970) is a former commissioner of the San Francisco Board of Education. She served on the board from January 7, 2019 until her recall election of February 15, 2022, when she was ousted by 76% of the vote, the largest of all three commissioners recalled on that date. Along with two other commissioners, Collins became the first member of the school board to be recalled in the history of San Francisco, and the first recalled San Francisco official in over a century, since ouster of State Senator Edwin Grant in 1914. During her tenure, Collins received national attention for changing the merit-based admission policy at Lowell High School — arguing that merit-based admission is racist — and accusations of engaging in racism herself for a series of tweets she wrote in 2016 targeting Asian Americans. The statements led to Collins being stripped of her title as vice president of the Board on March 25, 2021. In response she filed an $87-million lawsuit against the San Francisco Unified School District and San Francisco Board of Education on March 31, 2021, which was subsequently dismissed by a federal judge due to lack of merit. Collins also attracted attention for her role in other controversial decisions made by the board, including the attempted destruction of the Life of Washington mural, the attempted renaming of 44 schools, and the refusal to hire a consultant to reopen the schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. These actions resulted in successful lawsuits by Alumni groups, and a lawsuit by the city itself.