JUSTIN CHEN'S LEADERSHIP STORY
The journey of service and resilience and student voice empowerment creates a path to transform actual experiences into actions that create permanent effects throughout the entire school community
FIRST VICE PRESIDENCY.
President Justin Chen, around back in 2023 decided he was going to run for school vice presidency. He ran and won against all the popular votes. The students voted for him because they trusted his Agenda 23/24. In just the first term, he was able to help / advocate for allocate $50,000 from school site budget to purchase new Chromebooks (during the test season statistics proven that enhanced resources allowed students to increase in academic outcome), students sense of belonging was progressing every month, working to build entertainment like carnivals, and many more...
He was the first and ever to get the most support and endorsement from the students side and the teachers side. He was able to work with administration to support student academic and work to improve student life with his vice presidency term.
FIRST PRESIDENCY
Over the course of his leadership. He was then motivated by the affect and impact his leadership has done. He made big progress but it wasn't enough to make MLK Middle School better than ever, he saw potential. He was motivated by Principal Fechter's administration. He decided lets give it another chance and run again. His campaign took a total of more than 20 days.
Through the loud rally and crowd. The election results was announced in front of the students, teachers, staff, and more. The name "JUSTIN CHEN" was called out in the front and then "NEXT SCHOOL PRESIDENT OF MLK MIDDLE SCHOOL". He was shocked and his team was shocked because we didn't win the popular votes. He won the votes from the students who trusted and believed in his campaign and agenda 25/26.
This presidency was remarkable and did more than ever. Passed over 30+ executive order and actions. Working with the administration he passed two budget bills, increase wellness support by building a new wellness center, supported the setup of the Chromebooks throughout the school, planning and leading carnivals which improved student engagement, hosted public comment meetings, established the new student government platform, created first ever SFUSD middle school student government website, and many more! His administration was able to proclaim successfully the "GOLDEN AGE OF MLK MS"
ENTERING THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION
Over the course of leadership, he was also able to develop his own organization called "The Chen Group", a new organization which promoted and worked on student advocacy and youth voice to enhance school communities across the San Francisco Unified School District. Working with other student leaders across the district now spread across different high schools! With TCG's help, Justin's presidency was much professional and ensured accountability and transparency!
Currently, he is working with SFUSD's Student Advisory Council as the Assistant Alternative Representative for Lowell High School and working with also other school communities. SAC is a citywide, youth-led organization that is committed to providing a voice for the students of the San Francisco Unified School District by representing and presenting the interests of the students to the administrative and policy-making bodies of the San Francisco Unified School District.
He was also recently appointed in December 2025, by Student Delegate Cruz and Mon to serve on the Public Education Enrichment Fund Committee (PEEF CAC). Which is a committee that oversee $90-95 million dollars of funding. He and other CAC members advise the Board of Education and Superintendent on the spendings of those funds specifically for SLAM (Sports, Libraries, Arts, and Music) and OGU (Other General Uses). They also review PEEF information and data, as well as contributing to communication and awareness.
ARE YOU READY TO CAST YOUR VOTE:
JOIN THE JUSTIN FOR STUDENT DELEGATE CAMPAIGN!
Justin is now running for student delegate. He wants to advocate for the whole school district and make sure that all student voices are heard in the district. He wants to build a future where students have a say at the school district and feel belonged in the decision making. Through Justin's AGENDA 27, we will be building better school communities! Together we will proclaim, "THE GOLDEN ERA OF SFUSD"
VOTE JUSTIN W. CHEN FOR THIS SFUSD STUDENT DELEGATE ELECTION!
