>> as the new president of the board, thank you for your vote of confidence. we have a very large budget deficit that we will be faced with over the next year and the next several years. my colleagues and i are going to work diligently. it will be a challenging year for all of us. we will stay on track, and focused. i want to thank the former commissioner for her great

presidency over the last year. i look forward to working with the board of supervisors. i have to say, being a city employee, it will probably be a sigh of relief as well. it will be challenging to see who our leader will be. i feel confident that the mayor will be as close a partner as mayor newsom was. we want to make sure the students have exactly what they need and working closely with the city. i think we also have some great opportunities with commissioner wynns. i will be sitting on the transition team and we will be sharing the voice of san francisco with him as well. with some of our other large superintendent organizations

will continue to be one of the seven school districts that taught closely with the federal government and secretary duncan. norman and i will ensure that leadership is followed and that we represent the unified school district and a very professional manner. would you like to say? -- anything? then moving along. there are no minutes for adoption tonight. the presentation for the board of education. superintendent garcia: congratulations to the new officers. it is great to have a team that we are working with together.

we welcome our newest board member. she will be a great addition to the board and a great part of our team. we are in san francisco, we ought to have our differences, and i congratulate everybody for getting on this board. governor brown released his proposal, so in some ways, we can breathe a sigh of relief to make some commitment not to go after that spending. i hope that that remains very solid. when we look at the proposal of

the spending cuts and the extension of taxes, it will be required for voter approval. there is a vision now. the fact that there is a plan laid out, it will not be a band- aid approach, we need to have long-term planning here. we have to submit budgets, so we will work really diligently this year, it is one thing when the budget is announced. as they say, the real tough works is like watching a sausage being made. what is it that they really said? that is the california school services, all of the folks going

through training. once we get more of that information, we want to bring that forward and start the discussion with the board and get everybody involved like we did last year. we have to run a real tight ship and get to the next year. if we all work together, i can do it. i also want to congratulate our new mayor, so we work very closely with the city and we look forward to having that relationship. the district attorney, we have worked very closely before. we look forward to having that type of relationship. we have reduced our truancy by 33%. it takes the entire city working

together to make things happen for all of our children, and we welcome that kind of collaboration. last but not least, it is kind of sad to mention. but this month, january is viewed as violence prevention month. it kind of puts a somber tone on this. we are dedicated to creating a place where all children -- and we can breathe at live that. we can have the head of the student support services department talk a little bit about these. kevin?

>> thank you, superintendent garcia. happy new year and welcome. i look forward to working with you. sfusd has always participated in january as violence prevention month. thank you for allowing my staff to go first during the superintendent's address. my staff appreciates its. this year, we have always participated in the violence prevention month. this year, student support services is enhancing our efforts by designating january 18 through 21 as respect week in honor of the legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr..

we have a very quick presentation. they will present a brief snapshot of some of the latest data we have from the california healthy kids survey. this is going to be very quick. then we will have a summary of the tools and materials that we will recently be distributing as well as ongoing resources and classroom lessons that are available to promote and maintain a positive school environment that is respectful, kind, and nurturing for all students, every day.

>> [unintelligible] >> the surveys are administered every other year. we are happy and proud to say that we have generalized data. we are starting with the high school administration. we have the results of the california healthy kids survey. 57% have been bullied, hit, or pushed. >> as you can see from the

seventh grade, 35% have been harassed. >> these numbers have been consistent since 1991. >> they hear fag, dyke, or so gay at school. according to students, they do not hear teachers addressed.

>> the high school, 6% of heterosexual students report the same that they are skipping school because of lack of safety. >> the next slide -- our teachers can download some of the materials. our colleagues are sent to the school site to already. >> and we have links for the same information as well. >> i am a teacher, and i want to

talk about the package that was given out. we want to work with both students and parents. there is also a curriculum that is listed there. their r posters and buttons that were passed out. they passed them out in forms of dvd's. i will show you very briefly. let's get real. this book is for the elementary students. >> i have a copy of that in my office. >> this is for the secondary, middle school, and high-school. this focuses on giving students the skills to intervene in a

safe and friendly manner without putting themselves in a situation that is harmful to themselves. it empowers students to make positive decisions to help one another. what is also not included is the research based curriculum. this is done throughout the school year and not just through the month of january. but these are too good for violence. in secondary, we use the pretty big binders. it is 46, 7, and eighth grade. they'll build empathy skills among students. i wanted to give you a brief introduction to what is in the package had some ongoing curriculum's that we use throughout the year. >> i am the school climate coordinator. i wanted to share programmatic

highlights. our coordinator program is measuring the usage of the curriculum by the teachers. we had an increase of over 32% from the previous year of teachers and using the family diversity curriculum. it is right here. with six books, we give them out to the schools. we had an increase of about 9000 students receiving this curriculum. i am also going to briefly mentioned that health education is mandated, meaning that all k- 12 students are supposed to receive health education programs and violence prevention.

teachers that 220 class is a year. students are supposed to receive 30 hours of health education. there is no designated health teacher, so it makes it a little tricky to implement that. sometimes, the science teachers would do some and the teachers would do some. it becomes really challenging at school sites. there are 90 class is required. >> we also offer ongoing professional development and on- site support. >> i told you it would be quick.

also this month, it is our hope that safety and positives cool climate -- positive school climate. thank you. >> thank you. this has been a -- okay. i see you. this has been a hot topic, we are really glad you are doing the work around it. commissioner fewer: think you for your presentation -- thank you for your presentation and these posters. they have been developed by our

students. i just wanted to clarify again, you stated that middle school is supposed to have some many hours of health instruction? -- so many hours of health instruction? 30 hours anunually? -- annu www.thatsnotcool.com was designed by the family violence prevention fund that was specifically geared toward a middle schoolers sexting. i had to learn what that was, too. mechanisms such as this. i never sext on this. never. i donn't e -- don't even know

what it was. a lot of parents know how to address it. it was designed for teaens to recognize being harassed. where are you? what are you doing? and recognized as safe relationships and relationships that are respectful to your well-being. i just wanted to give a shout out for that. www.thatsnotcool.com. commissioner murase: this was really wonderful content for our schools and our students. i wonder if there has been

communication with the community-based organizations that work in our campuses specifically addressing prevention. and specifically whether you had any plans for evaluation of the interventions are round of violence prevention? it is great document input. -- break to document input. and thirdly, a plug for book one of the local author here. and the locla c -- local ch apter is trying to donate that. >> i like her. very good. with the cbo's we do training. she has trained over 300

training of working with program.s -- program.s s. we are rich in data. for many of our grants, they have a data component in them. we want to be able to put it in the hands, make sure that the schools are learning from that data. data we have, we are rich with that. let us know. thank you. >> comments or questions? >> i was just wondering, where the package is being given to every school, every class? >> they are distributed to every school. and one teacher will receive it and make it available to all of the other teachers.

>> the school has a promotions committee so that there are designations. >> i wanted to know that the work that was done by the student -- that was my plug. thank you for your presentation. [applause] item c is recognitions. none tonight. student delegates? item d. >> before the winter break, we had a meeting about bathroom policy. we have some revisions on that as well. there are some clarifications and more information.

because of the size of each school, a managing security, etc.. the school advisory council and is planning a summit on march 18, 2011. from 10:00 until 3:00. we are focusing on leadership and the youth advocacy. we will have [unintelligible] and regarding the new musical assignments. and we held with questions for the upcoming students. >> we are continuing to work with the executive director on educating the student about [unintelligible] we receive training from bay piece where we were informed

about jammers, what's going on, what are the issues. we will also be at lincoln high school. she indicates -- indicates the forum that will be on martin luther king day, monday, january 17, 2011. he has come today to talk about it. >> i'm learning. thank you. item e is the council report.

>> [speaking spanish] >> good evening. happy new year to all of you. we would also like to welcome and congratulate the new commissioner murase. she has been essential to us.

>> [speaking spanish] >> we would also like to congratulate and welcome the new president of the board, mendoza. to the new -- congratulations. >> [speaking spanish] >> we would also like to greet you and talk about the opportunities for work in the

district. we know we are confronting a serious financial crisis, but we have opportunities to work with the parents. hall and the district. -- parents and the district. >> [speaking spanish] >> we will be working and have been working with some members of community organizations. we have been organizing an assembly that will take place next february 13.

sorry, january 13. >> [speaking spanish] >> the goal of the assembly is to let the personal about the district, about the school district and the board of education. >> [speaking spanish] >> [unintelligible] >> [speaking spanish]

>> and also, the pac is participating on the new ones that have been formed. hon sorry. -- i'm sorry. we are working with the team that is working with the council. >> [speaking spanish] >> on saturday, february 12, of the parents that would like to participate are invited to participate in the summit. >> [speaking spanish]

>> the members have worked with supporting this group and helping them organize and supporting them. >> [speaking spanish] >> we want to ask the parents to participate and encourage them to participate in the school site meeting that will take place on february 12. >> [speaking spanish]