-- come forward with presentations. my concern is that if we don't go forward with this contract there will be further delays in the work of the committee which is ch has come to a point where it is ready to issue an i.s.p. on a property. there has been a lot of history. because the high cost of health care and benefits actually $75,000 would not cover salary and benefits unless the full time position was something around $45,000 which is really basically a part time position. so i think we need to think long-term about this. but at particular point in time in terms over the workability committee, i feel like it is pretty important to continue with this contract and my understanding based on that, this is a do not exceed am. no more than $75,000 and could

be potentially significantly less. >> the funding comes from fund 40 and what has been been used on this is real estate funding that we had when we basically sold the fund and received a small amount of money as went along. that's what funding we're using now to take care of this. >> ok. so for clarification, david, this is an as-needed basis. so really if you were all of a sudden to say wow, we really need a lot of extra help. we need to hire someone full time that you could and we would not be bound to pay the $75,000 over the one fiscal year. is that correct? >> there is no obligation to pay $745,000.

the rates are hourly. they are at our beck and call. we can cancel the contract at any time. >> so i would like to -- for you to continue the conversation amongst your staff and perhaps about is there an increased need to have more i guess attention put to real estate and does it require having a staff person? thank you. >> agreed. >> commissioner maufas? commissioner maufas: thank you. you just indicated what i was going to say. i think there is a need. i think it is great because of the necessity we have been able to, you know, your department has been able to develop a positive working relationship. that is great. it is convenient. it works but i actually would rather see a dedicated person there. and i think it is -- it is incumbent upon you to be able to figure it out for us.

that's what i'm really looking for. i feel hesitant about this. it just feels odd to me that they would come onboard as someone we have been working with and that is really again great. they have been available but i'm not all that pleased with what they presented for myself as a board member. it is not -- looking at the things that i want us to look at and with the lens that i think our board philosophy reflects. that's what i'm -- i mentioned at the last meeting that i was at when they were all present, the principles and so i want to be clear. we have a vision and a philosophy. i would love to see them start mirroring some of that because i don't see it whern it comes to the board. you may have that opportunity in conversations with them. it is just not evident to me as a board member but i appreciate there is a long-term discussion

going on because i think there is a need. thank you very, very much. >> any further congressmens? role call, please. >> thank you. [role call vote] >> thank you. item q is the superintendent's proposal first reading. item 116-14 s adoption of fiscal year 2011-2012 recommended budget. i need a second, please. the per board policy number five discussion at of the budget is allowed at the first reading. are you presenting something?

>> what is your pleasure? we can do some or would you rather come back? it is pretty late. >> why don't we take a look at it and if anybody has any questions, if that is ok with anyone? is that ok? >> i do have one speaker card. i think she already spoke her piece. are you going to speak on the budget also? we're not going to further discussion on it. it is going to get refered to the augmented budget committee but if you have a comment. >> because my lovely sleepy 8-year-old is watching tv now and very sad i'm not there with her, i love you and i'm sorry i'm not there. i'm here tonight to read to you the sufsd budget for 2012 school

year. our members will every year think about base on our campaign platform what are the things that we feel need to be portized in the budget particularly in closing the achievement gap an opportunity gap. so in addition to the embead bedded priorities of the budget as well as the equity report that we're hoping to see a draft of at the next -- at the budget committee meeting, the five priorities that members identified are number one we need to make sure that sfusd protects access a-g high school course sequences in every high school. number two, we want to protect teacher quality. we want all teachers to have access to and be able to participate in professional development that builds their

skills to work with all learning styles and values to student experience. we also want them to invest in a student feedback assessment system as part of a more fair and equitable evaluation system. number three, we want to protect democracy at s sfnch usd. we want parents and students to participate in councils. resources that support parents that speak a language other than english to have an ability to participate in district-wide decisions about our schools. all of the educational issues especially about access and social justice. we want all school sites that serve populations, specifically african-american, latino to have the ability to provide high quality support services like tutoring, mentors and

afterschool programs. and we want them to protect family's access to student information. we want all state of the unions to have clear and consistent information about their academic standing as they move toward college or career. parents too must have access with regular meetings with counselors. develop timely plans for interventions if necessary. these are the things that our parents are prioritized. they definitely are very specific and we're working through your budget to basically understand how those things are being protected and this goes hand in hand with the categorical 3 program because those programs are literally embedded. how do we know every school has a-g? right now we don't. as a district, you don't. no one those if all courses for ninth grade rs -- that's something that should have been answered before we came to the

budget. you don't know if the translation department's budget is adequately capable of meeting the needs of school site councils. you don't know specifics about the budget and it feels like we have gone through this year after year, last year we talked about the equity report and commissioner wynn suggested we do a different process in budget. i really want to continue to urge you that over the next seven days as you all look into your budget that you really be able to answer some really critical questions and really be able to answer the question that i haven't heard enough discussion about this year in the board. what are we spending money on that does raise the achievement of our lowest achieving students? it is by far shameful that our african-american students do worse than any other students in the state. this is not something that you can just sweep under the table and not talk about. you're spending a lot of time in

the board talking about issues but are you talking about the right issues? we spent two hours tonight talking about jrotc. we didn't ever spend two hours talking about african-american achievement in this district this year. not once. and you ask us to be critical of partners but you're not making it easy for the community to be critical partners when you hold meetings about $50 million at 10:00 at night. how are you being critical and how are you keeping your promises? you are not at this point by our assessment keep your promises and we need to be able to really do some more work to really figure that out but ump sf need to be able to hold yourselves accountable. >> just wraup, please. >> thank you. >> thank you.

>> a quick question. >> i just wanted to say thank you to all of the work that goes into that. i appreciate that but what i don't see and hear is anything dimpt than last year that shows last year -- different than last year that shows last year that has a year by year comparison. i know we talked about this last year. if there are any ways that in the presentation materials, things that when there are a few places if you can look at this with a critical eye to give more information about that. so for instance know that the difference between the special ed budget that is coming is going to be significant. you have to really look to find that. i did look. you have to add things up. make some subtractions to do it. that would be helpful to all of us and the public. >> thank you.

so the next item is item 116-14 sp 3. availability of tap water in school cafeterias. >> rum r. i need a motion and second, please. this was already heard in buildings and grounds. they will come back for action on june 28. item s, board members reports. if you could be brief on your reports, please. >> i made the report at our last meeting. >> thank you. >> buildings and grounds. there were quite a few discussions with regards to -- pardon me? in particular, around 1155 page

street. an r.f. spmbings being prepared and will be going out on the child care use. there has been continuing discussion about an r.f.p. from that. a report on the budget. there are budget committee -- budget committee met on may 26. there are a couple of pages. bear with me as i read them. i think there are about seven. just kidding. an overview. i wish that you had done that earlier on other people, quite frankly. i think that we would -- we went over the governor's may -- we'll hear more about it on the 21st. it is very complicated.

everyone is interested, please tune into our meeting on the 21st. now another thing that is very, very disturbing is that we heard about the special education budget that is now looking like about $60 million of our general fund contributions to special education which is a $20 million difference from last year. increase. so we're -- there is an elimination of an aara fund i think that we're picking up. actually this was rather disturbing i think to memberses of the board that listen to this. we -- i don't think that we were prepared for a $20 million increase in one year. it is very frustrating. so we are working on that. so we have an update on funds earmarked specifically for course requirement including summer school.

summer school is a really big issue. we will need summer school next summer for our 10th graders and our ninth graders and they will need to complete retirements and classes cut to only six classes gives a student very little chance to make that up unless it is with summer school so i think we're going to have to carve that out of our budget and then we have approved k resolutions which were just signed. >> thank you. >> we heard already the report from the action items that the board considers. we also heard a very interesting presentation about summer school, an update on summer school and who is enrolled and

we still don't have? s on that. we're monitoring that very closely. we did get some money from the city and we feel very responsible about making sure that we're spending it adequately and appropriately. and what else? let's see. we also heard a really interesting report from pack members who in the course of the quality middle schools initiate i ever went out to a lot of middle schools and put together a chart that commissioner wynns referred to tonight. he hasn't scrutinized that chart. it is very interesting to see all of the different programs that are available. p pack members gave their perception about what programs were out there and what needed to be improved. we also heard a very interesting report on our strategies that we have to serve high achievers in middle school because part of the middle school debate has been about honors, availability

at some schools. not at other schools. what are we doing to support high achievers at schools that don't have a separate honors track. what are the achievement differences between the two? we need a complete report on that. they were not available that evening to give us a more complete report so we're going to bring this back at a later date to look into those issues. i think it is something that the board should be talking about. about whether our strategies -- are working for our students whether there are better ways to serve our high achievers and all of our achieves, all of our different learners. so we will continue to talk about that at curriculum. >> thank you. item t is the report on the closed session item actions. there are known tonight. item very much ised a

adjournment. thank you for a long and productive meeting. good night.

tape 55 >> welcome, this is carl. >> great to meet you. >> great to me you, and i want to thank you for your interest and this is the city's animal shelter. and come in and a lot of people come here to adopt a animal or if they have lost their animal or looking for other animals. and we deal with other animals like birds and rabbits and you

name it. this is more to see in this facility and more to see in the community. and i suggest you go with an animal control person and see what they co, whether rescuing animals in distress or hit by a car or dealing with aggressive animals or wildlife or a variety of things. you can only get that flavor with them and doing it first hand. >> i have been with animal control for about six years, i spent a year in the kennel and then the office came up and i started doing it and it really fit. it's really the job for me. and animals i have to handle and i know what i am doing, i rarely get scared.

[whistle]. we do a lot of investigations and most are not as bad as people report but everyone once in a while they are. and i had one and people had moved out and the dog was in the inside and it makes me teary and when the dog is in the backyard, and i can pull an animal out of a horrible environment and feel good. >> where does this animal go after this? >> they go for the shots and then the kennel. >> and if they just found this, and once we enter everything in the computer and they can track to find out if the dog went

back home. we hold them for five days. >> this is a stray dog and it came in today and we immobilize it and then put it in a room with food and water. >> and then evaluate for medical behavior and see if anyone is interested in adopting then. >> we want to be sure that their behavior is good for the average adopter and not aggression problem, toward people or animals. >> and if they growl and don't bite the hand, she passes that. and good girl, in case she has something in her mouth, we get it out. and one more test, called the startle test and it startled

hear but she came to me. and passed the handling test. >> for the mental exam i feel for lumps and bumps. and the ears and see if they are infected and look at the eyes and be sure they are clear and don't have cataracts and look at their teeth and heart. this is the first job that i feel i make a dvrngs. -- difference. and we may do 40 to 80 animals a day for treatments. and do blood work and skin scrapings and cultures to diagnose different diseases. and x-rays, i can take an animal that would be euthanized at a different shelter and fix it and get it

ready for a home. >> we have a partnership and we let a professional groomer run a private business from our facility and in turn grooms our shelter animals. what is the big deal of that? when someone comes to adopt an animal, if it looks good, chances are it will be adopted more. >> and we groom and clean the ears and the works. >> typically a shelter wouldn't have grooming? >> not at all. and these dogs are treated with the utmot -- utmost care that others can't provide. this is a shampoo to bring out the luster. and i feel satisfied in helping

the shelter pets be adopted and to be a part of such a wonderful staff, from the top all the way down. if she passes our evaluation, she will stay until she's adopted. if you are interested in adoption and don't want to put them to sleep, that means at a last resort, we will give you a call before putting to sleep. you are not bound to the dog, and we would give you a call, and it's an actual adoption and cost $107 and it will be your dog. >> the volunteers to meet are the unsung heroes in this field that take the animals to hope and nurse them to get strong enough to come down and rehome.

without volunteers, i would have to be honest to say this wouldn't be much more than a pound. we thank god that we have the number of committed people coming down and helping us out, it makes all the difference in the world. >> when you want to come in and volunteer, you go through a general orientation, about two hours. there is a lot of flexibility. and the various programs available, are baseline dog walking. you can work with the cats. you can work with tony's kitty rescue, with the small animals and guinea pigs and birds and chickens. >> you always have an appreciative audience. >> do you feel that what you have learned here helped you with your own dogs? >> the training they don't have?

yes. and it's things that you learn, we usually outlive our dogs and every time you get a new one, you have skills to teach them. >> one of the programs is training program and it's staffed by a member of the community and one of the programs she has is dog socialization. >> we started this program for canine socialization. and all the dogs available for adoption get to play for two hours. and it's a time for them to get incredible exercise and play with other dogs and we have remedial socialization. and it's incredible the dogs and they get exercise and run and tumble and when most

adopters come to look in the afternoon, they are quiet and settled. >> and i want come and someone sees a dog and loves it, it's quick. and after three weekends, i saw him and he connected and i connected and came back. >> what is your experience of working with the animals? >> unbelievable. from the guy that is came to the house and everyone here, they are friendly and knowledge believe and -- knowledgeable and they care about the animals. >> and it's a great place to visit and look at the animals and maybe fall in love and take one home. and look at our grooming

program and volunteer program and many say, hey, this