test, test, test, test, test, test, test >> excuse me. may i have our attention the san francisco unified districts provides free language transaction if you know of anyone who needs the traction please refer them to us (speaking spanish).

(speaking cantonese) >> good evening the regular meeting the board of education of the school district is now called to order. role please.

(calling names) thank you. please join me in the pledge of allegiance okay. approval the board minutes there are none together now item b the superintendent report >> thank you president norton good evening everyone.

in case you haven't noticed we're less than three weeks away from our end of our school year. in particular i was particularly proud last week that tavern appreciation week was here and we honored our award recipients. as you know all of us in san francisco said thank you to all our students. the celebration of our work of our teachers can't be confined to a week but we're proud to work alongside the teachers to educate our teachers. we are were on may significant we honored our teachers at the at&t san francisco giants home

game. we were extremely proud of our teachers who wore their jerseys and we had them recognized before the crowd. this week we'll be honoring our principle award folks. but i'd like to name the names the teachers award were (calling names) how about a round of applause for them (clapping) this week being honored as our principle award folks are doctor gibson at the

early education school in transitional kindergarten how about a round of applause for our principles >> we are also very honored this past two weeks ago to have a visit from our secretary of education. visited the second middle skull school to meet with the staff as well as the 9 san francisco school districts that were awarded grants. we shared with secretary duncan the students progress and we are

never started from a prospective that the schools or the adult or the children are broken we set a clear violation and the resources that were focused are what we attributed to the triple rate of growth for the schools receiving grant. we're happy that the secretary duncan commented that san francisco is a model for the nation in terms of off how to accelerate student learning. as you know today, the govern realized his revision and we're currently studying it to see how this about effect us. i want to remit the public that while we have lots of predictions we have lots of hope

that we have a better economy. we still don't have is a budget allocation. so until we have a budget allocation we have to be thought of of how we budget. we're going to host a forum and it will talk about the funding education in our schools and what you can do. the forums will be here 555 franklin street and visit our website. there are also flyers for the event where you came back pickup our agendas as well. on a personal note, i had the great opportunity to join staff and over seven hundred roosevelt

students in the restoration run. just think about students who participate in clearing up the beach and they cap it off with a 5 k run. i was privileged to run along the principle at roosevelt and our director or rec and park we did a 5 k. i did have a question as we finished the finish line am i really faster than a sixth grader and unfortunately, the answer is no that's a face group before about it was fun and i want to thank you four demonstrating the achievement go hand in hand.

i would encourage all our community to get healthy that you and last but not at least i know wore in that time of year so i want to say two last words. go warriors. have a great ejecting >> item c recommendations that accommodations. thank you president norton i want to ask the following guests to come forward we're going to -

(calling names) come forward please. what i'd like to do as they come forward is read we've partnered a new place to learn for san francisco from ankles 14 to 22 who have moderate disabilities. i as well as several folks had the opportunity to cut the rib on that was an emotional extremely grafting experience. i'd like to invite president norton and we would like to present the certify and ask i so say a if you words

>> you have covered the main points but i want to increase score what san francisco as done for this community and really - realized a dream that many of us have had is getting our adults and students with disability into the community pr it's accomplishing that goal. and doctor you and your staff have been to welcoming & so accommodating. i can't imagine any teachers that would have been a better job after heidi. thank you, dr. for making this happen and nicole i know you have been such a great support so thank you as well and we're

so pleased to honor.

thank you. >> good evening everyone i'm doctor i'm the ceo of the arts of san francisco and it's a pleasure to be a community partner of the school district and i think we're all here in san francisco serving those with special needs and i hope as we grow we continue to be a good community partner and do the best by the students who are going to become young adults and wonderful members of our community. so we look forward to doing that with you.

thank you >> i just want to quickly thank the work of the arts. we have a member in the mayor's office we adopted and she still works for us and we were one of the first offices that took on committee and it's been fantastic and it's great for us and her. we're really looking forward to this partnership thank you >> thank you for the honor and the partnership and your support. it's been wonderful to watch our young adults go out into the community. i want to only take a few minutes. if you ever have a chance to visit it's a fabulous job

>> good evening. at least restrict active environment this collaboration has been the key to opening doors. working with doctor glen and his amazing team we've been able to develop activities and no other district has a disability person working on their economy. and as our students have a new face website and training videos. no other districts has such close collaboration such as students serving on panels and contrary jewish museum. and two districts special

education teachers represent the creation of the museum coalition and showing all s f d students the richness of the art. no other district allows students and their - film screenings at the art project and, of course, co- hosting the beloved hosting singalong. our students are in the morning going into the community their rather shaping the community. and did i hear something about free publication ben? >> moving our arts to the classrooms has imprisoning our students a new opportunity. while our ties to the community

are strong we've faced many challenges giving our programs having it to fit into a school program. this is a community assess district now we're having our students having a free opportunity education that is tailored to their needs. this amazing city are finally full members of society. our students have the benefit of having being surround by other adults. what a wonderful thing to be surround by age appropriate role models. thank you (clapping) >>

all right. we'll move on to item d to the delegates report >> during the last meeting some phone calls came and spoke to us. they currently have a project going on where students will document their food for a few days. we'll document what we liked and didn't like. they'll keep no touch over the sum to find ways to find healthy and tasty food >> it was sad to say our goodbyes but we all had fun. many of us seniors will be going and riverside and san diego,

davis and ucla while others will go to sacramento state. next i'd like to introduce the new scc reps >> thank you wendy. superintendant and wanting. yes, we had our last scc meeting last night. it's great to have youth involved in this process. we have an amazing new group coming in next year. i have a list of folks. (calling names) abby solomon. >> hi i'm a sophomore.

>> next, we have nick. >> hello, i'm nick i'm currently a junior at abraham lincoln high school and i look forward to representing my school as an ac rep. >> thank you nick. i'd like to call elizabeth jones. >> hi i'm elizabeth jones i'm currently a sophomore and i'm looking forward to work with scc alongside the board of education (clapping). >> great neck we have fabian

alvarez. >> hi i'm fabian alvarez i'm a tenth grader and i'm looking forward to working with you all. >> great. ashley >> hi my name is ashley and i'm a junior at george washington high school. i'm expected to work with you ail >> next, we have anthony chu. >> i'm anthony chu i'm at abraham lincoln high school i'm excited about working with you. >> next, we have miguel. fresh

at the academy of arts and scientists. i'm excited to being an fcc member. thank you (clapping) >> thank you ma gel and hi i'm current a sophomore i looker forward to working with you guys the board of education. >> 15 we have evan lou. i'm currently is a jr. at gej george washington high school >> again let's giving up give

is up one more time for the students. >> all right. thank you. >> thank you nice to meet our imply student delegates. item e is the parents advisory pack report and i see - coming down. >> good evening conspires and superintendent. you'll have to bear with me, i'm to repeat. yesterday marks the 10th anniversary of the packs coming into existence so 10 years ago the board unanimously approved the resolution to be represented

in the decision-making process of policies and key districts initiative. so we want to take a moment to acknowledge those individuals who made it possible. and starting with our commissioner here this evening. (calling names) they saw and recognized the power of parents perspectives being a part of this process and so radical behind other organizations chinese for affirm active action the in that case naacp and so we want to take a moment to recognize those organizations and the commissioners here together who made that possible and saw the

value again n in this voice. at the same time with me we want to recognize the pack members. we have commissioners thank you for laying the ground for accident foundation. rolling up your sleeves and digging into coming up with the by laws. and so with that i want to say thank you to those pack members 10 years ago as well as our funders. we have had fund from the family foundation and we've had long term support for the work we do without their work and commitment to fame and parents voices to be part of the

decision-making process that the board of education takes on issues this directly impacts our students we want to take that moment to thank them for their dedication to parents voices. over the course of 10 years we've had 71 former pack members and currently, we have 12 serving on the board and we just did our recruitment process we have 6 new members and we're excited about what they're going to bring to the table. we really want to recognize that each parents came to the table with 0 their expertise and brought in that parents piece