business. i call this a tentative agreement between the district and international federation of professional technical engineers. may i have a motion and a second? >> so moved. >> may we have a reading by the superintendent or staff. >> i am sorry.

>> this special order of business requests that the board agreed out of this money to give each member of the local unit and a one-time payment of $1,000. the required documentation from the department -- budget department is also enclosed. >> thank you. are there any public speakers for this item. roll call, please. commissioner fewer: yes.

commissioner maufas: yes. >> aye. vice-president mendoza: -- president kim: yes. we wanted all of the board members to hear some of those priorities. that is why we did not schedule one. consent calendar resolutions. there are none. this has already been moved and seconded. roll call, please. >> yes. >> yes. commissioner maufas: yes. >> yes. president kim: aye. consent calendar resolutions. there are no speaker actions. the superintendent's proposal

for first reading. do we have a motion and a second? this is for 108-10sp1. this is authorizing the levy of a special tax on community facilities districts. this would be held over to action for the next board meeting. item r, there are none tonight. we have a report from commissioner fewer on the city and school district committee. commissioner fewer: i was not present at that meeting. president kim: we had a discussion on truancy and initiatives. this was by the state and county of san francisco. we got to share a little bit more on the truancy center.

the truancy assessment referral center. they had begun their work in may. they had begun working with students and our staff to work with them. commissioner maufas, you were at that meeting. that has begun developing plans. hopefully, we will start to get some data from this group to find out what is stopping the students from coming to school and to help them reintegrate back into our schools. that will be held over. the next item was muni safety. some discussion about concerns that our students have about concerns from home to school and after-school programs and what kind of work we're doing with the city to ensure greater safety for students. we had muni thre.

-- there. i would love to hear more from our student advisory council on that issue. that was our only committee. >> i noticed that those two items are listed as action items. i understand that we distinguish between informational and action items. we may put that it is a calling of a hearing. it is a little bit misleading to list that they are action items when the committee is not going to take any actions. >> commissioner maufas. commissioner maufas: i just had an announcement. i just wanted to announce this past weekend i was invited to

attend our chinese parents -- our chinese university. it is an amazing educational event, the conference that happens for our families. that happened this past saturday. the second part of it will happen at that location on the 14th. the time is, if i could ask the translation unit, the time it starts this coming saturday is? 9:00 and it goes until when? 1:30. the generous -- in generosity of the community and with the food and the community, this creates the first up for most families in learning most of the things we need to impart to them.

they will not readily have that information. i would like to thank the amazing staff for participating. i know our president will be going this coming saturday to attend. the deputy superintendent, i know last saturday that did the opening at last saturday's event, i wanted to extend a special invitation to superintendent garcia. the parents have said that they would love to see you. that would be an amazing thing. our executive staff have gone to let those families know that every parent and every family is important. we want to make every bit of knowledge that we have here accessible and to understand ways to integrate into our schools and also to find

information so that there are choices that are made that are based on knowledge and information. i want to thank the translation unit and the lead staff. they have done so much amazing work to build the community up. and for parents and public schools. president kim: thank you. commissioner fewer: president kim, the deputy superintendent has an important announcement to make. we have long awaited to hear. >> we just received word that the uc system approved ethnic studies as an elective grades 9- 12. >> many thanks to sanchez and

her team to bring it as a requirement to all of the students in san francisco. >> a big congratulations. i know that they were huge in pushing this. that is great news on one of our policies. any other announcements? do the student delegates have any announcements? >> school starts on monday. president kim: report of close section actions. this was -- closed session actions. the approved the appointment of one chief, one program administrator, one principle, and one assistant principalnor -- the votes by the board approved the stipulated expulsion agreement for high- school student ka. the board by a vote of six ayes

and one absentee approved a settlement of $8,000. the board by a votes of six ayes approved a settlement. the board approved a settlement in the amount of $51,000. the board approved a settlement in the amount of $11,902. other informational items. there are none tonight. the meeting is adjourned at 6:42 p.m.

>> as the city of san francisco has grown, there are a number of cultural organizations that have grown with it. the san francisco symphony, the ballet, and ensure we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the san francisco museum of modern art's. one of the things many of our viewers may not understand about museums is the way they grow and evolve is really about a broad. his patient and support from many individuals who give their collections -- and broad support from many individuals who give their collections to the museum. this year it will be celebrating and abolishing those

individuals through exhibition -- and acknowledging those individuals throughout asia. joining me is janet bishop, the curator. i understand you have been with the museum quite a number of years. you remember its original home on van ness. now you are part of that transition to the center, the civic center, and of course your museum has been really the anchor of cultural tenants that has helped us transform this area of the city. >> to my mind, it is wonderful to be part of such a rich cultural community. when visitors come to this area, that have so many different options. >> let's talk about the anniversary show, which will be a phenomenal opportunity for san franciscans and all visitors of

the city to get a real sense of how the city has grown and the importance of culture. >> we focus on moments where it was involved in pushing the dialogue about contemporary art forward. the jackson pollock exhibition in 1945 is a perfect example of that. our founding director was deeply interested in abstraction and was engaged in dialogue with the guggenheim about bringing the jackson pollack showed to the west coast. the original price for the painting, $750. are directors thought that was too much of a stretch before the board of trustees, so she convinced them to reduce the price to firefighter dollars. it was just -- to $500. it was what was needed to persuade the board. it is a very subjective history of art. it has been very much shaped by the individuals involved with

the museum over the years. in 1935, would start with the gallery with works that came in through albert bender, one of our founding trusties. when we opened our doors in 1935, 181 of the 186 pieces in our permanent collection had been gifted. >> what are the names that pop out as the museum evolved? >> we have another gallery that looks at the theories that the museum has since the late 1980's. we focus on a particular aspect of that program that developed under one of art curators. he arrived in 1989 and was especially interested in artists. >> are some of the highlights?

>> one of the aspects of the museum program that i have been especially involved with have been the exhibitions that stand for society for the encouragement of contemporary art. it is encouraged to honor exceptional bay area artists during their careers. for instance, an early worked who showed here in 1996. for this exhibition, he has extended an updated it to 2010 with the addition of photographs and other frameworks. >> thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> as we examine the 75th anniversary, we cannot overlook its important role as an educational institution and how it brings public program to all of our citizens in the bay area. try me now to talk about that

is dominick, the curator of education and public programs. you are vested with a multifaceted responsibility, with education and also multimedia. could you explain that? >> there are three main areas. we produce education activities for all ages, k-12, and adults, and we also produce a lot of educational media, a lot of interviews with artists, stuff that we published online, and other galleries. there's also a public program, which include some educational activities, but also live cultural programming for the artists projects. >> what are all the ways that the museum reaches out?

>> the latest platform for educational media is launching right now with his anniversary. we have gotten to the point where we could put a lot of the content about artists, the stories behind artists we have had on line, but those on to the ipod touch. >> could you talk about the education role that the museum plays in the city of san francisco? >> we are in the middle of a new initiative to provide more resources and programs for families and the locality. we are benefiting from a grant from the wallace foundation, and in the last two years many more bay area families have come to the museum, participated in the programs, most of which take place on sundays. we will see more and more different offerings rolled out

in the coming months. >> thank you, dominic, for being part of "culture wire." >> the museums are almost like a team sport. there is a tremendous amount of talented staff that puts together patrons to help support the institutions, but they all need a coach. the coach is the director. neal, could you let the viewers know, you have been director how long? >> we are working on eight years. >> now you have the 75th anniversary. how does that feel? >> we opened this building in 1995. it was bought at that time as a move from the civic center and the veterans building 2 third street, into our new building, a much expanded space, better space.

it will be wonderful for the museum for decades to come. and 15 short years we have been amazed by we have outgrown the building. the collection has grown to 26,000 works. >> was a challenging to decide what was going to be put on display during the anniversary year? >> 3 people on our staff spent 2 1/2 years of going through archives, the storage vaults, honor think all kinds of works that we have not seen -- uncovering lot of works that we have not seen but alsohistory we uncovered about how we presented a television show produced by the museum, in the museum, in 1950. a lot of great stories that the presentation tells. >> the most recent news was the

incredible decision on the part of donna morris fisher to give their collection to sfmoma. >> think it is commonly understood that the fischer collection was 1100 works by some of the great contemporary works, one of the great collections in the world. in fact, the collection has not been seen. it has been largely stored at the headquarters, there has never been a publication or exhibition. >> but fischer collection and the additional expansion over the next 50 years, what in the next 25 years will the museum be doing? >> we are very committed to expanding the museum, expanding the collection, the overall growth of the museum. that is one of the things that is very important to us. we are about to enter a strategic planning process.

the fundamental question we want to address is, how wil sfmoma growth and enhanced its engagement with the community? it is not enough that the museum has great works in its collection, has great exhibitions, wonderful education programs, it is how does the institution grow and enhance its relationship with the community. it is very important to us. >> on behalf of the residents of san francisco, we thank you for shepherding this institution through this incredible growth phase, and thank you for being part of "culture wire." >> my pleasure, thank you. >> the museum has exciting anni