know, teach them an activity that allows for them to be that smart alec they can't be in the classroom. which isbeautiful, and they getk about things but they are not talking about at home. did they are interested, but they do not get to examine its common and an and that is what is beautiful about flathat activity, but they started taking notes, and they took more notes with this activity than they did all day appear reuter -- than they did all day. it was beautiful to see. please support the update.

it is one of the many topless where students get to richard it is one of the many out loolets r students. you can be any student of any background and join this activity and be successful, and if that is not an investment, and i do not know what is. thank you so much. [applause] >> i want to thank you everyone for coming tonight to erod. this is a question about our

curriculum and what we give credit sort, so it used to be there are a lot more english class those for which kids got their english credits. i hope someday we will have the resources so kids can have a longer instructional, but in light of the drive towards standardizing all instruction, i would be interested in what are curriculum's, and what their discussion is. it is the most obvious place. we have had the discussion.

we have gotten to the point where they pretty much have to take a prescribed program, and there is not time to take much of, and if it were only the standard courses that apply, if we were standardizing so everyone is only taking the same class as, i would hope may be the curriculum committee would take that up. i will not say we will support it when we have no money, but i think we ought to know the different kinds of activities in which kids are engaging, how they meet the standards. >> i believe mr. sanderson has done a lot of work on this to get a course as an electives.

is that true. >> that is correct. we did get a course. gand we have been able to get te course of an elective this year, and we are more than happy to come back. we have monthly meetings, and one of the things we have started talking about is how do we integrate into the curriculum, because it is an important skill set that everyone hives. good -- everyone has. that is part of what we have

been able to secure. >> i appreciate that, and that is the first step, but the real question is is it possible for there to be an integrated debate with other things that actually meets the english requirement? maybe it is not possible in this case of some of the other things kids are able to take. >> the policy allows for up to four college prep english class botes, so if they are approved, they can qualify. are recommended sequence is ninth grade english, a 10th

grade english, a weapon, mr. 11, and 12th grade english. if it qualifies, we are fine with that as a graduation requirement. >> that is my thing. are we exploring both of those? >> requirements describe a set of performance standards in listening, speaking, and right thing, so the list of to be magnified and expanded, so we should seek elective course thoss. >> thank you. i think everybody knows my daughter participated in debate

when she was in high school. she debated in high school. she was a student who had a lot to say, and the debate really taught her the art of argument. after she became a vegetarian, she was investigating an animal rights, and she was a vegetarian for six years arthur about the reagan and -- after that. i was a great supporter. this type os developing a passion for society and about what is going on in the world and digging deeper and working as a team, and i also

appreciate team's zeroth year ago -- team spirit. i have seen members on her team quiet and shy turn into a really robust speakers, being very articulate. my daughter went to berkeley. she is a labor organizer, and she has a lot to say, and she has perfected the art of argument, and it is hard to win any argument with her. i applaud commissioner winds for being forced to question how we can do this. i took lassoes in creative

writing. those are things that -- i took classes in creative writing. those are things that are not just an electoive, but i think we can use funds to support what is in the classroom. this is a great place to support our students who are taking the bait, and thank you to all the teachers who came out. there you go. thanks a lot. >> i have the privilege of watching you debate.

i really think standing your ground and having not just an argument for the sake of argument but talking about how this affects you. i am extremely supportive of the work you do, and i want to thank you. it is a great exercise, and i hope all of our kids get the

opportunity to participate. >> i just want to oust the urban debate lead to invite the members of other board and to invite members of the community who are interested in learning more to play a part as judges, because i know it is tough to recruit. prices have to do it after school, and you managed to do about. -- to do that. i am pleased to hear about our programs in the school day. it is helpful to know they exist. i cannot begin to express my

gratitude. i am impressed, and i continue to be impressed. i was one of those students who was painfully shy, and i can look back on my livesfe, and hei sit, a painfully shy and lots of circumstances and managed to speak when called upon. there is nothing like taking a topic and debating on it if you have never believed did before, so it is something to behold when a student is presented with the challenge, and to hear they are doing it well speaks for the instructors, so congratulations for keeping the

momentum going. that is an effort, and i applaud you on that, so congratulations on the effort so far, and i look forward to the discussion. congratulations. >> i want to also thank the teachers and the student for coming out. i needed some debate classes. if i had taken a debate class, i probably would do a lot better with arguing with my colleagues on the school board, but i want to thank you for coming out, and i would be more of them have bee -- more than happy if you ae

short of judges. thank you 3 much. -- very much. we are going to move on to our next item, superintendents proposal. 122-2hsp2, amendment of the board policies 6109, an acceptable use of technology. it has already been moved and seconded on february 28. commissioner wynns: i did want to report, i was impressed by

the fact that we were talking about -- this item was just to put into our rules the practice and we have of calling our student members student delegates. isn't that right? this is technology. the committee recommended is to put this tracback in keeping wih the law that has changed, so the committee recommended we approved. >> is this agreed term? >> why don't we have our reading of the resolution?

>> i would like to call on our chief information technology officer. goo>> i am the chief technology officer. it is my pleasure to read the superintendents' proposal, amendment of the board policy, and student of acceptable use of technology, but the board approved the amendment of foreign policy 6109, an acceptable use of technologies and the attached version and. >> there is no public speaker for this, so any comments from the board?

>> i just have one question. have we developed a policy it around cellphone use? trucks there is an existing policy. i am not up to date, but there is the policy. >> it is school by school. the policy is fairly broad, and these are moving targets. goomy own opinion is that we pry much let the schools and administer the very general policy we have. i have discussed it with a number of principles in high

schools. >> that is direct. there is a general consensus of what the policy is. you can only use it steering passing or during school, but there is a broader discussion around the use of self phones. there is quite a movement about how but since with the technology plan, so we will bring about in a. >> i want to make sure my colleagues understand. to qualify, school districts are required to change their policy, but it requires school

districts to educate students on literacy and cyber bullying, and giving our students internet access is like letting them drive a car. you can get into bad accidents and serious injury and even death, so when there rules committee did discuss this, we ask, which students do we need to educate about this? it is actually all students in our school district, so i want to make sure we have that commitment but is very clear, and i want to thank the pta for connecting the school district with common sense media, which

helps school districts meet this requirement, and it has all sorts of resources for teachers and staff and parents, so i would really like to ask this curriculum be addressed, because i want to make sure we are meeting the obligations of this resolution. goocommissioner norton: i just wanted to add a question about what social policies we have put in place, because i listened to an interesting policy where teachers were talking about a higher standard being applied to teachers in participating on social media sites and how about is a treacherous situation for teachers.

. my bias is i would not want a policy that is more restrictive, but i also think it can bee such a great learning tool, and most teachers are using it in such an engaging way. i agree there are a lot of pitfalls, but i would love us to be thinking proactively about these technologies, because they hold a lot of promise and a lot of the danger of the same time. i would love us to be thinking more broadly about these issues. >> roll call please. i think we are done with comments. [calling votes]

>> that is unanimous. >> let's move on to item i, in support of adopting a policy regarding immigrants and non- immigrant visas for employees. this has been moved and seconded on february 28, and there are two committee reports. commissioner mendoza: this would forward and was recommended for support by the committee. commissioner wynns: we have some discussion of the rules committee but this was the

description. we have certain obligations but our referenced in the policy and questions raised by people about whether we are committed to doing things required by law, so this articulates and put in policy the question we have. this will be helpful, because since there has been some confusion about whether we have choices about what we do or not, and sometimes they relate to financial obligations, but one which is rare and not a lot of money, so the committee recommends the board passes policy. >> thank you.

a reading of the resolution by me. goothe clauses are kind of longo bear with me. be it resolved the board of education adopted a policy to articulate the following principles with regard to employment-based immigration tradition. it is the policy that the board of education delegates to the sole authority to approve the supplications and extensions and to endorse a permanent resident application on the district behalf as well as applications to adjust immigrants status of the employees. goothis maybe further delegatedo

the chief human-resources officer. the delegate will bee reported out of board meeting, and be it further resolved as the officer will provide a comprehensive to the board of education on the district hiring practices. starting with a report and continuing to subsequent reports the will include the following. the number of the stockholders, the number of requests and renewal and extensions. goothe number of visas approvedd how much they will be employed by the district. it will protect privacy rights. the officer will provide a

similar report for district employees, requesting another visa restrictions endorsed by the district, and further be resolved that the needs of students are the utmost priority to the district. ensuring quality is paramount to this goal. the district must ensure that competent employees are retained. other legal requirements to advocate vacancies are held by an employee or requirements to host an employment-based the so, they show as qualifications equal to or comparable

surrender -- comparable to the incumbent employees greater qualifications that exceed those containment in the job description may be listed as desirable but not required. be it further resolved but the district will retain all costs for immigrant applications to be for any -- to the full extent of the law. it is the policy of the district not to cooperate and collaborate with employees or applicants seeking non-permanent residents well fully complying with the laws. nothing is intended to violate any state or local laws, so that

is the end of the reading, and i have a few speakers for this who have signed up. they are michelle jena i yang. you have two minutes. >> good evening. my name is michelle young. i am a community advocates. i am sure many of you know we have over 40 years of experience to record we have services for immigrants -- 40 years of experience. we have services for immigrants and another part is the parent leadership program that advocates equity, i am here to support the resolution.

what i actually do is the immigration service's, so i know the vulnerability of the immigration system. it is complicated and hard to navigate, so i think it is important to have a policy that clearly defines what they will need to go through in the future. this gives them the understanding that they know what to expect down the road. finally, this gives our