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the reason we're sort of interested in what this is actually going to do is because we just had a number of professional who is retired contacts us and we're told they would have no retirement money released to them. now that isn't the understanding we have. that is not when we looked into it -- that is not what is going to happen. but somehow, whoever is to be in charge of this has dropped the ball so that retirees have been panicked about the idea that they will retire in the next month and have no money for rent and nothing at all. now the reality is that the benefits the people have accumulated should be released upon retirement, death, any kind of actual -- like that, not upon
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resignation or simply walking away from the job. these people who have put in their time were told that they would not have any money, and so we're curious about what this $15,000 is going to do. if it is going to be used to correct the situation these poor folks have been suffering with for the past month or so. thank you. >> thank you. item g. ok. is there a motion or a second for the consent calendar? >> i second. >> any items withdrawn or corrected by the superintendent? >> yes. we would like to remove one. we would like to remove on page 163-164, item 126 -- 12 k 32
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which is a duplicate of 126-12 on pages 102 and 103. so we just need to remove k 32 and then we would like to make two corrections. the first to item 126 -- 12 k if we could please change the first amount from $43,800 to $35,000,800 and then second correction is to 126 -- k 8, there is a typeo. it should read e.a. taylor students instead of fairmont students. that's it. >> any items removed for first reading by the board? commissioner fewer? commissioner fewer: yes.
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>> i would like to -- for discussion, k-92. roll call vote will take place under section o. so we're going move on to the next item, which is item h. none tonight. item i, board member's proposal. none tonight. item j would be request to speak regarding general matters. i have several requests here. from speakers. and what i'm going to be doing
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calling your name and you can come up to the podium and you have two minutes each. and again, i don't think i have to say this, but i will remind everybody that if you have an issue with a particular person in the school district and you want to say something, you should not bring up the name. you can bring up the position, but not the name of a person, ok? out of respect. ok. ryan. lindsay hatfield. diana daniels. charles smith. oscar james. randolph james.
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so just press the button, state your name and you have two minutes. >> my name is lippedsy hatfield. i teach third grade and i'm here to advocate for physical education. it was a beautiful day in pacifica. i woke up to teach a spin class and managed to squeeze in some yoga. being active year-round brings me joy, balance, health and strength. habits usually don't form by chance. when i was in third grarksde i remember p.e. it was safe and inviting to play outside. my students have a different life. tv, the internet and video games are much more popular. parents are working harder jobs during odd hours to make ends meet. many live in public housing projects where they regularly
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hear gunshots. fast food and convenience stores are close by. to help them form healthy habits, they students need p.e. teachers also carry a heavy load and p. sembings low on the list of priorities on the list of student performance. it energizes the body and wakes up the brain. it builds confidence and self-esteem. it reduces anxiety and frustration. it creates the healthy habits that last a lifetime and bottom line will shape the future of our students. san francisco is full of healthy people. let's reflect that in our schools and give our students, all of our students the physical education they deserve. thank you. >> my name is charles smith.
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also known as pastor smith. i'm also the vice president of the bay area concerned citizens committee. i was here before on the 22nd of may and we brought to your attention about some child abuse in martin luther king school and i was hoping to gets a response for you concerning it, but i did not. earlier tonight, there are about 30 young students, children, marching out in front here because they are concerned for their own personal safety in that particular school. one child was threatened with a knife and took the information to the principal but nothing happened. another child was threatened and they told the principal but nothing happened and the child was beaten on the way home. i don't understand why children at this particular school can't feel safe and get adequate education. if we take away the education of
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our children, if we take away their dreams, if we take away their hope for tomorrow, what do they have? i come here constantly because i'm constantly being called and asked to step up and speak on behalf of the children. being a pastor, i have many children my congregation. i would be less than a man if i did not step up for the concerns of these children. i don't understand why i speak to you as adults telling you there is a problem and none of you seem to lift a finger to help these children crying out for help. in that school, there may be one black teacher, but it takes more than one black teacher to raise a school full of black children. children flood to be able to relate to the teachers. if i can i can't relate to you, you and i cannot have dialogue. our children need some help. what does it take to get you people to respond. you don't say anything to me. you all sit there and listen.
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i'll tell you this. if you kill my dreams, you kill me. that's the words of the children. >> my name is oscar james. i'm a native resident. i come here tonight on a short notice to support the pastor who just spoke, supporting my students in the bayview hunts community. i'm -- martin luther king. all the other schools in bayview hunts point. we have a concern that was brought to my amention the our organization. a group of people who grew up in
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the community, we came back into the community. a lot of them came back and we have gone into the schools, wanting to talk to the board, to go into the schools and talk to these young brothers and sisters to change them and let them know that the villsadge live and we are concerned about our students. we want the best for our students. we also want black education put into our schools so everyone can learn about the history of african-americans in san francisco and california and the whole united states. we have a history that is not been told and it needs to be told. that's why you a lot of the kids of our race not interested in scoo schools. they are not learning about themselves. the teachers are not appreciated for what our race has done as a people. thank you very much. >> my name is randolph james.
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good evening to you all. when you came in and saluted the flag and said the pledge of allegiance, you said at the end, justice for all. the last time i was here, i mentioned the bylaws and i read a little bit further when you said that district goals, one of them is make it in social justice a reality. another one of them was keeping your promise to the students and their families. if you saw a child, one of your children, drowning in water over their head, would you save them? we're asking you, this board, all of you members taking into consideration we have people, kids, families out there in the bayview hunters point area,
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martin luther king and other schools that are drowning because there is nobody coming by to say the incident that is happening at martin luther king school, you didn't address it. you didn't go see about it. that is a child that drowned. the system let that child down. i'm asking you as a concerned citizen, would you start focusing on not only the martin luther king school, but that is the troubled spot of the bayview hunters point area, but all schools in general puts aside your title or whatever you do and start thinking about it. if it was your child, would you save them from drowning? i believe you would. thank you. >> my name is diana. my child was bullied and jumped at king. i'm here as promise that i said that i will be back if the administration was not removed or -- so i'm here today.
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you guys showed me nothing. nothing at all. so i'm very disappointed. it is -- that school is just -- the administration is not handling stuff properly. i have the letter from the d.a.'s office about my daughter. nothing is being done that the administration don't -- the principals or the administration, it is nothing is being done. good teachers relating to these kids and everything, how could the administration harass the student's parents and staff and continue to neglect our kids and their education. but you guys sit up here and you don't do anything because your kids do not go to that district in that school. so me as a parent, i'm a two-pointer household, but at the same time, i'm busting my chops every day getting up going to work trying to show my daughter better to go get a good education for college.
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i pay my taxes so why we can't get an equal education at king. why do we have to keep going to the administration. you guys just sitting on your tails. i'm sick of it. i'm going to go higher. >> good evening, everyone. good evening, everyone. my name is nancy. you have implemented restorative practices and injustices in our schools but where is the justice for our children? the children of the bayview, dr. martin luther king jr. academic middle school? closing the achievement gap is the ultimate goal. but until those higher up can put their grudges and their personal agendas aside, we will
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never accomplish that gol. -- goal. students, staff, teachers, the parents have come before you many times. but your response to them was to keep the administration in place. to remain there to continue to bully, harass, our community. to continue neglecting our children and their education. i'm closing the book now. this chapter of my life at dr. martin luther king jr. academic middle school. i thank you for listening and i hope that you guys will do -- make a change and help our school that is in so much need for your help. thank you.
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>> are you ryan, by any chance? >> yes, yes, i am. sorry i'm late. i guess i'm changing the subject a bit here. my name is ryan yip. i'm representing an organization called big jim foundation and we're putting on a free contest called lemonade alley. it is to teach k-12 kids business lit r.t.a. rassy and entrepreneurship through a contact with selling lemonade for charity. what they do is basically develop a recipe for let me nate nade or a lemonade product and develop a business and marketing plan for that lemonade and construct a lemonade stand, which will be constructed at the
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i.n.g. on post and kerney on july 7. this contest is being underwritten by i.n.g. direct and capital one bank. at the conference in san francisco and seven contests across the country. the winning team from this contest and all the other contests will be given a six-day, five-night all expenses paid trip to hawaii to attend a summer camp where they will learn more about starting a business as well as the culture for hawaii and participate in other activitytivities related to that. so the original deadline for this contest was june 14, which is in two days and i know it is a little late, so i've been talking to the capital one bank
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people to try to extend it for one week so we can have participation from as many kids as possible kmp-12. we're all-inclusive, low income, special needs. it is a free contest. everyone just go online to enter. and we're asking the board for any help and advice in getting the word out to kids and i'll be happy to entertain any questions. >> ok. thank you. >> are you still speaking? ok. thank you. ok. gotcha. item k. the budget committee reports appointments to advisory committees by board members.
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any tonight? item l. special order of business. >> excuse me -- just a real brief question. how do we get responses to what we ask? >> that's ok. usually when people -- what i'm doing now is just telling audience and just in case you don't know that in that part of the meeting where the public gives test ceremony not where -- testimony is not where we have dialogue. there is in many ways, there is many different ways where the public can interact with the school board members. this is one of them. we're just giving information. another way is to see if you could set up a meeting with one
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of the school board members -- several or people do that. or staff members. so that's where you could have dialogue. >> may i make a suggestion? if you would like, leave your phone number right here with susan and we will get the steapt superintendent because many of the things -- zeant superintendent, because many of the things you have brought up, you should know they have been investigated. give us your phone number and i will ask assistant superintendent jeannie pond to give you a call. ok? >> ok. so item l. >> sorry. i just wanted to ask about that. if you could close the loop with the board by reporting back to us the results of any community meeting. >> yes yes. especially, the information on some of the allegations that
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have been made. >> it is hard for us because people think we're ignoring them whereas we're just following the rules and not responding at the meeting. >> that is what i just said. i hope you understand. all the public. not just you. >> some of the allegations and things that have been brought to the -- >> ok. thank you. thank you. i now call a public hearing to hear public testimony under receipt of funds for three state categorical programs. may i hear a motion and a second on approval of flexible use of state tier 3? >> salute. >> second. >> could i have a reading of recommendations by the superintendent? >> good evening commissioners. i'm the budget director.
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before i read the resolution into the record, i would just like to point out that the exhibit attached to this resolution has changed just very slightly and there is a new exhibit being distributed right now. included with the corrected exhibit is also additional information on -- which gives you a little more detail on the use of those tier 3 categorical funds. the resolution is that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district homeland a public hearing to hear public herselfmony on receipt of funds for hearing on receipt of funds for state 3 tier categorical
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funding for state educational purposes. if i may, could i just jump down to the most relevant paragraph? various asemly bill chapter 606 for 2011 which became affective on january 1, 2012, amends section 42605 of the education code to require that the regularly scheduled -- that the regularly scheduled open public hearing be held prior to an independent of a meeting where the governing board of the school district or governing board adopts the annual budget. further, ab 189 requires if the governing board intends to close a program funded by the items listed under education code 42625 a, the governing board shall identify in the notice of the agenda of the public hearing
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or at another public hearing the program or programs proposed to be closed and whereas the schedules of state tier 3 categorical programs incorporated here in as part of the agenda and make explicit the purposes for which the funds will be used and whereas the schedule of tier 3 as part of the agenda identify the tier 3 programs proposed to be closed, therefore be it resolved that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district and office of education does approve the use of the flexibility provisions of the state tier 3 categorical programs for fiscal year 2012-2013 as permitted by the education code 42605 and be it further resolved that the board of education of the san
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francisco school district does approve the proposed use of fund described in the attached tier three program scheduled and has made explicit the purposes for which the fund will be used. >> thank you. there is no public comments on this item. >> there is one. >> she had put down budget. ok. >> go ahead. >> we'll get you in the right item yet. >> i'm a campaign organizationer at coleman advocates and i have a couple of questions about the items that appear on this and making sure that i understand this correctly. so the -- i was trying cross reference essentially this list
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that you provided with the available funding with the -- what you're actually flexing and it doesn't exactly correlate. i'm going to read the resource code. so i have the advanced placement fee waiver program. it doesn't have a resource code. i don't see where that is. details what is being flexed of that pot. for resource code 01200 for an amount of $885,139, i don't see where and how much you are flexing from that program. for resource code 07850 in the amount of $90,300, i also need to understand what is the flex amount from that program. for resource code 07560, i don't
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see details of what the flex amount for that program will be. this one is resource code 0004 for an amount of $29,414 and i believe -- -- i don't -- it is the oral health assessment program. for resource code 07900 an amount of $786,052, there is no details on how much is more flex than that. for 063650, there is no details for that in the amount of 1,575041. 07370 for an amount of $32,078.
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there is no details on an amount. thamed that would be for a specialized secondary program and the last one does not have a resource code. it is ooo. i believe it is for remedial supplemental instruction and it is for an amount of $1,250,000. it does not have details on what is being flexed from that resource code. thank you. >> thank you. >> go ahead. would you like to -- >> most of the resources that you pointed out are in the sup meantry sheet that i -- supmentry sheet that i handed out that indicates the expenditure. this sheet here tells you what you the total fundings from the state is for these particular programs and these de
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