c-tip in as a top priority but i don't think it discounts who we are as a board and what our values and the importance that we have put down in terms of portizing equity for our students -- prioritizing equity for our students. we started this journey to make that possible speaks to the importance of equity for those of us here in the school district. so having said all of this, i am also grateful for all of the work of the staff and for all the parents that came out throughout the city in various places for -- at various times to really speak your piece. again, three of us are still going through these processes. so many of you realize and understand how personal it is when you're choosing a school for your children and so we are certainly severely thetic

dsympathetic to everything you give your students and knowing that there are evaluations to follow and that we are committed to tweaking this as needed. so without -- >> i would like to make two requests. i would like a full report on the tiebreakers and, you know, six or nine months or a year to re-evaluate the placement of c-chip as a tiebreaker. i think that is really important because i do want to honor the recommendations but we just don't have enough data to decide either way so i do ask specifically for a report on the impact of c-tip and the placement tiebreaker and the second thing i want to request is families came forward and were concerned about middle schools that don't have honors or visual and performing arts.

there is a very good plan in terms of language pathways but i really ask that the vort that jean inventory that jeannie has been working on, so that families who are entering to into this and looking at middle schools have as much information as possible. >> thank you. i'll get the final words to the superintendent. >> i just wanted to thank staff. i all the parent organizations, i have to tell you. i especially want to think orla. you have done the heavy lifting here. you have put in so many hours and it takes a lot of patience. i think you deserve a nobel peace prize or something because the amount of frustration that people have and voice to you because -- because the most important thing in anybody's lives are their children. so you folks, you know, you did a great job with that and i just

want to commend all of you for doing an outstanding job. thank you. [role call vote] >> it is unanimous. >> thank you very much. and staff thank you. really appreciate it. ok. one big one down. one big one to go. to our next item. 115-24. amendment of resolution number 9. students to utilize independent study for physical education credit. students through 2012-2013

school year. current policy 9526282 and this is the amendment. it was moved and seconded on may 24. a report back please from the criminal lunchtime commissioner? commissioner norton? commissioner norton: they forwarded it to the board with a positive recommendation on a vote of 2-1. >> commissioner do you have any comments on this? >> no. we didn't hear it because it didn't make the timeline. so we agreed that we would hear the budget presented at this meeting in front of the full board but before we hear a report, i would just like to address something that was brought up at the last board of education meeting and was brought to my attention that there was some comments made

questioning my leadership as the budget but chair i just want to assure my colleagues and the public, especially the parents and students that we serve that i take my responsibility as a chair of the budget committee very seriously and that i do my best to review sometimes with a very critical eye and that doesn't make you get very many friends, believe me and i'm really focused on how we can -- prepare all of our students for the 21st century and how we can serve all of our public schoolchildren in san francisco and meet the goals of our strategic plan and close the opportunities gap that we have in our schools with less and less resources. so although as a board we do have some difference, i would say to my colleagues that those differences haven't prevented us before from moving on and doing the work, the hard work that we

must do, especially during this time of dwindling resources. having said that, i would like staff to give us its report for this item, please. >> thank you. >> this is -- well, actually miss wilson? we were going to hear this at the budget committee meeting but we didn't do it there. do we need to read this into the record first before we have a presentation from deputy superintendent lee on the budget piece of it? ok. all right. why don't we have -- is it -- ok. >> thank you. 11524-sp 2 amendment of resolution 95-26 a-2 permitting

students to utilize independent study to receive physical education credit through 2012-2013 school year. requested action is that the board of education determine whether it is appropriate to amend the resolution to extend p.e. independent study option through the 2012-2013 school year by editing the second to last paragraph as follows. old language is stricken. new language in bold and i talics that if the instructors do not receive the certification by the 2013-2014 school year the physical education independent study option shall terminate immediately at each school site where there is not at least one instructor who has obtained the necessary certification. >> thank you. so deputy superintendent lee,

could i -- >> thank you president mendoza and commissioners. what i think i will do is just walk through the memorandum that was distributed to commissioners and there are -- i apologize to members of the public. i don't think we produced quite enough copies. there were a number of copies of the document that i'm about to summarize in the -- in the entrance but hopefully people will be able to follow along as it is fairly straightforward i think. what i have prepared is a high-level fiscal analysis of the cost of the jrotc program and also at a high level compared it to the cost of the instruction through other teachers using the average teacher benefits cost for our district. so as all the commissioners are aware, the cost of jrotc program

are partly reimbursed by the federal government, so specific think federal government shares on a 50-50 basis the cost of the salaries of our instructors. right now we have nine full-time instructors. the costs of the salaries are just under $8,000. and we pay half, which is about $398,000 and the federal government pays the other half or reimburses us. the other cost item, the distribute pace 100% of the even benefits estimated at $277,000. our total cost is about $675,000 and then federal government pays just under 74,000.

just under 75,000 per and for our -- for our other john jrotc instructors -- nonjrotc instructors. it is just under 85,000. 84,861. so this doesn't go into a great amount of detail, for example, side by side calculations, it doesn't anticipate all of the various nuances that might be -- that might come up in terms of ways that the -- the program might be implemented or has been impolicemened in the past. i have determined that the fiscal impact is not material in either direction. that is consistent with what we found in the past although i have to admit that it does, so some extent, depend on some, you know, variables that could depend on implementation, so for

example, i -- i understand that there have been in the past professional development sessions related to the independent study option. that might be a category of cost that are not addressed in this memo. just noting that the difference between the net cost for the district, for jrotc instructors is somewhat less than average cost for our instructors on an ft ebay sis, our costs -- other costs associated with implementation compound so on will lead the a at-bat, and commissioners of questions, i will try to answer them.

>> at this time, we have public speakers. is it a clarifying question? if it is not a clarifying question and it is part of your discussion, i would like to wait, but if it is a clarifying question, you can go ahead and ask it. >> deputy superintendent, ? -- , do you have a cost for that that is not included in your budget? >> that is not explicitly addressed in the analysis. my understanding that the costs have not been exquisitely stated --

[beep] [beep] president mendoza: i am sorry. i was just playing. >> president mendoza, feel free. if you do not like what i am saying. [applause] that there be an additional compensation factor for the pe instructors or for the independent study, that is not specifically addressed in here. president mendoza: a clarifying question? commissioner: you did not see

something one way or another? can you give me that context? >> yes, commissioner. but for the cost reimbursement from the federal government, from the department of defense, because the pre-reimbursement costs are higher for the jrotc than th non-jrotc, the costs would be higher for the jrotc, but because we get a cost share for the cost of the salaries, that really brings the net costs very close to in line if not slightly less costly than the cost of an equivalent number of instructors that are on our

traditional seller reschedule. commissioner: thank you. president mendoza: we have quite a few speakers. i would actually like to have the students you are here to speak first after our representative from the assemblywoman's office, so if we can have our speaker pro tem port -- pro tempore, and i apologize now for botching your names, michael, michelle, leann walker, kimberly rae s, dnr hall, gregory williams, a mitre and, -- gary is daniels, md., --

darius daniels, marilyn -- can we work on your hand writing skills? [laughter] we will give you each one minute, and go ahead and start us off. >> good evening, board members, superintendent. president mendoza: i am sorry. can we please be respectful >> my name is anthony. i have a letter from the assembly woman who was not able to be here today but you wanted to have this made part of the public record.

dear mr. garcia. we have participated in the junior rotc program. it fosters teamwork, health and physical fitness, and other things. this is invaluable to all of the students and the district. as the board considers amendments to the resolution, i want to reiterate my strong support for the jrotc program and to urge continued strong supporter of the program by allowing students into new -- to continue to receive the education credit. further, the instructors to provide such exemplary leadership and work so hard to make the jrotc a success, i

understand that the budget is difficult. providing a quality education for all and funding programs for teenagers to stay off of the streets. good, solid programs should part. i would also like to recognize the fact that maybe not everybody knows, but over half of this auditorium is filled with jrotc participants and supporters, so if they would stand up, we would appreciate it. [cheers and applause] president mendoza paparazzi -- president mendoza: thank you. you are all of the noisemakers. >> i am going to be a junior

next year, and i am here to talk about my experience of study. so one thing i like about the studies is it is flexible. when i took it, i got to -- is not really like a mother's love for a class. i was able to take my -- so i have done the one-year of it, so i passed that, and it is also more flexible in terms of what activities you what to do, such as, let's see, col. when i took independent study, i went to the park to the golf course, and i got credit for that, but at lowell, there is no golf course. i cannot take off there. there is swimming and biking,

and i still swim every saturday at 2:30. and also, unlike pe, it is more like activities you want to take, activities you want to do, and it is also how hard, how strenuous you want that to be, so when i took independent study, et i was not really limited. president mendoza: i'm going to ask for you to wind up. your time is up, so please wind up. >> please extend the time. president mendoza: thank you.

[cheers and applause] if you could honor the time limit, we have a lot of people to speak. >> it really helped me to take all of the classes i wanted to take, such as rotc. it was flexible. it did not take a block of time that a normal class would, and i was able to take what i wanted to. next year, it would be problematic to my schedule, because i would not be able to take all of the classes i was planning on, such as the ap european history class. thank you. >> hi, good evening. my name is michelle, and i am a knoll graduate. -- lowell graduate.

if i was not in jrotc, i would not be the person i am today. i have high self-esteem and am a highly motivated individual. i was in that for four years and definitely know what the program can offer. i appreciate the dedication of the instructors, the trust adults who acted as a support system for many of the cadets and myself. jrotc helps teach students about civic engagement and have to be active participants in the community. i would not have been involved in the school board campaigns. if i was not in it, i would not be with the district office. i would not have -- the team

made me -- [laughter] >> hi. jrotc has taught me to care about my fellow students as much as i do and has taught me that anything is possible. i am a result of the program. [applause] please do not take this program away from the students. it gave me so much opportunities. uh-uh love -- i love jrotc.

thank you. [applause] hello, i am from balboa high school, and it helped me, because i've got to do the physical and activities i enjoy doing and not ones that were like on the schedule, such as like riding my bike, playing basketball, and it's a truck it also allowed me to push my own limits -- and etc.. this will free my schedule for more academic classes, ap classes and things like that. jrotc helps you to make fun and

learn -- to meet people and learn and have fun while you're doing it. >> good evening. i am from george washington high school jrotc. it is an option. it gives us a choice. when i was a sophomore or freshman, it was to take this math class, this other class. there were things needed to graduate. however, this allows us to go beyond that by taking the rotc class as well as a filling the -- as well as for filling vacant -- the pe requirement. there are those who take dance

class of sudden school every day. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. i am from george washington high school. the thing i loved about it the most is that it was more convenient for me. i could do the things that i wanted to do on my own time, and whatever i did, i could do it. in pe, you were told what to do and when to do it, and if you did not like it, it did not matter. this is opening up the schedules to fill more of the requirements. we are able to get credits

before both the physical education and an elective class. it is not a whole class. it is only you. you are able to focus on what you want to do, and you work and learn at your own pace. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. my name is gregory, in i am a lenkin mustang. as a mustang, i have one of the benefits of going to a san francisco public school, and one of the perks is being able to join rotc. learning valuable life skills. i have not come here to ask you to continue the program. i am here to urge you to have those keep on track for high school. there are friends that if it were their own choice, they would not show up to school, and many find the inspiration they need to become better citizens,

and that is exactly what jrotc helps them to do, not just lets a counselor or a teacher decide our future for us. it teaches discipline in keeping track of the work that you have done and the amount of hours spent to receive credit. there is no better a lot -- outlet for student potential, because through rotc, one can make a difference in society. please let stevens participate, because if you take that away, you are robbing us of our successful future. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> hi, my name is nikolas. i am currently a student at abraham lincoln high school, and i was a first sergeant in the

jrotc. when i first joined it, i was behind credits and but i was better than everyone else. it took no more than one semester for the colonel to set me in the right path. he gave me the option of independent studies, which allowed me to make up credits. he also did something you never see in any pe class. he taught me the meaning of respect and have to become a leader. one year later, i became a first sergeant, and i am currently in command of 56 students. one thing i would say about the part of independent studies is that you can work on your own time. and most