we have a gigantic public investment. i have a little problem, because we are required to make a five- year renewal, and because the numbers are so low. the good will and the intention of the people but are there now, a small number does not reassure me the school will be viable for five years, so i am tremendously conflicted about this. i want to thank everyone for the good work they are doing.

>> did they house of third one from -- did they have a third one? >> the only school not in operation isn' marrin. that was related to another insurer where the school was collapsed into a metro. >> that particular school, was it at the end of a five-year cycle, or was it in the middle of a cycle? >> i am sorry.

>> i have a small amount that say enrollment will not go up and not superior region will not go up. it has been difficult. our relationships could be better, but realizing when you have to move so often, it is not going to have a stable situation to recruit students. i thought when the school closed down and the organization did a pretty good job of making sure those gains have somewhere to go, -- making sure those students had somewhere to go,

and i think fiscally this particular chartere may not make it, but the mother corp. would handle the kids in a sensitive way. i think the combination makes me feel a little bit better to support this charter renewal. goocommissioner maufas: in listening to some of the conversation happening now and then looking at the statistic, and you were first authorized in 2005, and this is the fifth site since you were in existence, and i think if you survived all of those moves in all of those neighborhoods, i think you will do just fine, so that is not an issue to me.

looking at how your staff and families have stuck with you, definitely some folks have moved on, but that happens at any school, and they are not moving around, so that is not an issue for me. after visiting with commissioner fewer, i cannot tell you how much renewed hope i have for the site. i thought it was a shell of a school, our money wasted, and we did not have a school that could do all we hoped it could do and all the promise we dreamed it could do. i know you are working with the superintendent and believe your school will grow tremendously over the next few years, and

primarily from the students said lives nearby -- that live nearby as they have had to go outside of their area, and that is not to speak on folks going to school in your neighborhood or not, but this particular community has had a history of having to go outside far away to attend high school. i believe you will be a fine example for high schools and closest to you on how to do rigorous college preparatory education, because they have now now now. i know that from personal experience, so in regards to academics and all those things, i know you do it well. i am so grateful to have your staff speak on that.

your words were heard regardless of whether you were able to finish your comments. your meeting was understood by all of us, so thank you very much. i think what you are hearing and some of the commentary is a bit of our past immaturity, and as the board of education, and i want to say i think it has taken time for us to learn how to work together against dance together in a way that is supportive to each other, and i think we are coming around to that, and i think it is acknowledged you are running a great program. i have seen it firsthand. parents are not making it out.

we just do not need to do that, so i am grateful for the parents and students who spoke. you came forward to represent those who could not speak, so thank you for doing that. if disempowering to hear your voice at this table, so thank you. new -- it is in power rain -- it is empowering to hear your voice at this table, so thank you. i am supporting this, and i will be telling many families you are there, because we absolutely need to have you they're working in collaboration with our other charter schools, with private schools, as an option for a high school doing great things of the top of the hill, so i am

thankful you have taken the spot, because i believe it is meant for you. i believe it is there to prove your mission and as a testament to the mission you have, that site end community will do wonders for your generation, commissioner norton: i wanted to add, i am concerned about the drop in enrollment. it is somewhat unfair given we have been trying to attract a tenant or charter school to be at the site. you're not going to get the enrollment up so we will not get your charter. i do not think that is an argument that makes a lot of sense to me. i am hopeful that site will work for you. i am glad there is a place that

you can call home. you have moved around a lot. "we should have taken that years ago." that is not an argument for not approving the charter and i intend to support it. commissioner maufasauurase: my philosophy about a school that is making a real difference to students, maybe other schools have failed. it sounds persuasive to me that you are reaching students that would not otherwise be reached. and so my thinking is i am willing to tolerate the risk in enrollment. my daughters went to a program that has moved many times and

each year you lose enrollment. i agree with my colleague about it being unfair if you have not been at the same site. it takes a kind of permanence to get in roman going. in terms of looking at new charters, we have new charters. i am going to be critical about any new charters. we need to make sure the charter's we have granted are supported and could be as successful -- as successful as they can be. new charters i will have to ask how are you addressing students that are not being met by the charters we have granted. >> i am glad to see metro is back in bayview. the last time i visited you were

in -- heights and i loved you were so close to the community on a number of different fronts. i am happy to see you there. when the mayor and i were at the lights out event in bayview, your teachers were out there, we had a chance to talk about them. they spent time with my intern's. both the kamara teachers or recruiting both of them. which is mildly challenge right now. with what i am seeing on the data sheet. as you grow, there is a need in the community that i live in in bayview. before another school and another option for many of our students. it is to see a lot more diversity among your staff. i hope that you will work hard to have your staff be more reflective of your students that you are serving.

and so i would like to have you be thoughtful. i want to see you grow. there is a lot of potential and opportunity. i see many of our kids coming out of our community and going to other high schools and feeling that is what they now. and i like seeing you in our community and i would like to see you on the corridor. i would like to see you in different parts. there is a lot of work that is happening and commitment going on. we have college track is opening a new site down the street. i want to see more of you and your students participate in what is happening to boost our

bayview community. if there is no other comments, roll call, please. >> ms. tom, ms. fewer, dr. murase, ms. norton. ms. wynns. >> no. >> that was the most positive comments i have heard from commissioner wynns. despite her vote. commissioner wynns: there are those charters i wholeheartedly support. that is where they belong. >> as you are clearing the board room, we're still meeting. if he could leave quietly. students, go home and get rest

and continue to work hard. -- if you could leave quietly. item j. i have a few speaker cards. thank you for those of you who have waited to speak on general items. i will call your name and just come out. linda rovano, yvonne durkley, tiffany wong. come up and you will get two minutes. >> i am here on behalf of some fellow parents i met in the waiting room at the school district office. it could be quite a while so you start talking. i am here to ask that you make the system, i have a kindergartner going into kindergarten. the system should be more transparent and user-friendly. we went through the first two rounds and got nothing.

the reason we did is also another matter. the schedule does not work for families. our work issues, we send our kids to grandparents that live in a different country. that is another thing. i would hope that maybe this would laugh -- be left of the neighborhood school. i went through the first rounds and got nothing. i had both my kids with me and we would sit for two hours and only to be told that for the four or five, seven choices, there is 35 people waiting. 42 for gratin, and 30 for another school. you would -- they could tell you

you are fifth in line. you're first choice is alamo. they could not tell you anything. where you were on the list. they could not -- you did not know if the 42 included #seven. it was a frustrating process. i would hope that maybe a the system will be worked out and be more user-friendly for us. and on the 11th hour, we did get a school. it is sad that is is five weeks into school and you have pushed back the school year. two weeks. i do not know that can be addressed. the waiting room is kind of a disgrace. i was there four times and three of four times, people were swearing and get upset.

it was embarrassing. i had my kids with me. i saw other kids, i do not care how old. somebody needs to be in their when people do that and ask them to leave or stay on the wall, please, no swearing. it is embarrassing when that happens. what do you tell your kids? we're waiting for our school. thank you. >> thank you. you made some great suggestions and we will should -- be sure to get them. could we get your contact information? you made a few statements that were not correct around list versus bulls and i wanted to make sure that was clarified for you. >> i am here because of the enrollment process for new entrants. it was a difficult process. i did the job fair, i filled out applications and the amendment

form. it took me for trips to the office to find out if my child was on the list. in visiting, somebody said to you want to speak to a counselor? i did not know there were available. i had five trips to the counsellors to find out where my child was. one of the counselors told me if somebody registered they had the same equal chance as i did having registered and follow the rules that you put in place. that is not fair. if somebody waited till the last minute, there should be some consequences and they should not have the same priority as i did following all the rules. speaking to some of the parents to registered, there were able to get into high performance schools. i know about the low test scores. some parents were able to get their high performance schools registering at the last minute.

minorities do not seem to get an equal share to have a fair chance to enroll. i think that needs to be changed and some transparency should be shown so we would know how you are -- how everyone gets into high-performance schools. >> thank you. would you mind giving your contact information also? >> i was here through its ago. i asked the board why my niece was assigned to a high school. that is located at the opposite corner of the city. i wanted to know where the children of the members of the board are going to school. i did not get any answer to my question. my nieces still calling me

almost every day crying and telling me she feels depressed. three weeks ago i did not say too much. i assumed the board understood why my knees had to go to the high school she was assigned to. even at 14, my knees understood it did not make sense of all. for her to have to spend more than an hour on more than two buses to get to school and to get home. not only that, if she were to go to that school, she would not see most of her friends and she would not have time to study, to sleep, and to participate in any recreational activities. the most important reason she refused to go to that school was because the board has taken away her dream. let me tell you a little bit

about tiffany. when she was younger, she used to have recurrent fevers which caused her to have a headache and lethargy. she did not let her disorder to stop her from doing what she wanted to do. she studied hard in school and participated in many activities. she dreamed about going to a local high school. unfortunately, she was not accepted. initially, the rejection was difficult. finally, she came to terms and accepted she might go to lincoln or washington high school someday. that was also taken away from her. i wanted to plead with the board to help my knees before her education or mental health gets

worse and become irreversible. i also question the program -- question and the program about it. whether it to the works and whether you believe in the program itself because from what i heard, most of the children are going to their privileged school. >> i need you to wrap up, please. >> i question whether the process is fair, ethical, or illegal. i hope to prove me wrong. >> thank you. >> hello, i am tiffany wong. i am here to speak the truth on my side of the situation. i want you to help the students that need to commit at least an hour a day to get to school. why must they do that? living so close to the district to a certain school but the get

assigned to a completely different school and a different part of the district there not familiar with. i do not understand why that is there. it makes it harder for them, lack of sleep. for me, i cannot make it to practice any more. from my school to practice is really far. i do not understand. a lot of students are so stressed out and there is a reason for all these appeals. i spoke to so many of my peers and they told me how stressed out they were. i even have a friend, i can i get to her swimming practice because of the difference from school to her practice from home. i want to know why. everything is stressing everyone out. i want for better results. i do not see it. every year, i see this happen more and more. i do not see anything better.

i feel like it is coming to of worse end. thank you. -- to a worse end. thank you. >> thank you. president mendoza: next item and then it is for public speaking. the advisory committee reports and do any board members have appointments to make on board committees? item l, no business. item m. >> i would like to call on dr. connor. there she is. hard to see with the glare there.

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>> good evening commissioners, and colleagues, and superintendent. this is the result of the summit of our last year's efforts. we have other measures, like the kc and the cme and other

results. we're looking briefly at some of the highlights of these results. the detailed results are available on the state's website and our sharepoint site. i would encourage you to look at some of the details. here is some brief overview and highlights of what we saw last year. in terms of the summit. the first thing we are going to cover is cse by -- cst by content area. it is one of the assessments given under the start testing program for the state. with minister it in -- we administer it in social science and math. the results of the last five to six years have shown an upward trend every single year. it has gone from 47.5% acting

profession or danced in 2000 -- or advanced in 2006 to 67.4. ok? over half of our students in english language arts districtwide our profession or advanced in the english language arts. we test 37/thousand 666 students -- 37,666 students. there -- it has gone up to 66. every year there has been an increase. you do see a flattening over the last year. we see that in the last year

when we had 8.8% increase in math. this is grades 2 through 7. when we look at grades 2 through 11, the increase is 7%. much less than the increase we have seen in english language arts. then you see the flattening is even more obvious. the 55. for -- 55.4 to 55.6. math performances lower. 55.6 district wide as compared to language arts which was 57.6. you see a flattening. the district does intend to address that. >> i came up here with my associates. we have taken on the math improvement