at something that is totally tenable for everyone. i'm encouraged about this. i wish you luck. i will vote for you. anyone else. >> miami neighborhood representative kamal one of the two representatives. i would like to make it clear that i am supportive of this. san francisco is a big city and we should be able to have things like this without the world coming to an end. there are first amendment rights and called as well, speech, music, entertainment are protected. we will do our best to make sure that this does not disturb the neighbors that you are

entitled to peace in your homes. i enjoyed the questions that commissioner joseph already put to the promoters. i would like to add a condition to the motion reading more or less requiring them to distribute one more letter to all neighbors within a blank. i don't know the number of within a radius that includes a phone number which should be answered at all times by someone with the authority to immediately address any complaints. commissioner joseph scribbled out 500.

ought -- >> is that a motion? >> that is a condition to be added to the motion. >> of the commission. do you have anything to say? >> i believe that this because i know that neighborhood really well, the fact that this is at an angle, from where it seems like the sound will be going, it will be facing kuwait tower instead of a lot of those who are above where this location is. if it was flat, it would be in

trouble. i feel that the sound will travel in a better space. unfortunately, the russian hill neighborhood who meet their once a month at that location, it is a bomber that that happened. the time that they are here is the time at 10:00 p.m.. then you really get in people's hair. i really feel like this is something that is a good for the neighborhood and the city. they have been pushing a citywide event. security is security is securits to be tight.

>> public transport is a good environment. >> there's one thing we had at the bottom of the hill. the beastie boys played and it went out on the radio. played. it was supposed to be a private event. at 1000 showed up and it was a disaster. i don't know what is going to happen here. i don't really want to be held as possible for something really

bad happening. with respect to the number of security, how many? >> i was going to ask for 18. >> he said 15. i was going ask for 18. >> paint me a picture here. how many of those would be available to help disperse the crowd if a crowd showed up in excess of 1000 people? >> i am not the security company, but i can say that securing the interior would be securing all the doors or the exit in case of fire, earthquake, or whatever. i think a majority of those g

aurds -- guards would be there. he does very large events including most of the events in the civic center. they are one of the companies, one of the several companies we are lucky enough to have in the city that know how to do large events. what i was going to ask for is 18, and i was going to specifically ask them to ask him to make it 18 experienced guards. sometimes, they hire off of the streets. 18 experienced guards. that is what my thing was going to be. >> if you think 18 is the right

number -- >> if they disperse them down the hill, commissioner roja, where would they go? columbus? it would be busy, and there are restaurants and businesses that might be able to benefit from that. having said that, does somebody have a motion? >> i would like to make a motion to approve with the times stated and the language with regard to security personnel as commissioner joseph has stated on the record, when the language on the record that includes distributing a letter to all members within a 500 foot radius. one more chance. any other specific conditions?

that is my motion. >> there is a second. >> commissioner benetti has seconded. any further discussions? commissioner benetti: aye. commissioner meko: aye. commissioner perez: aye. commissioner roja: aye. commissioner joseph: aye. president newlin: have a good time. did somebody really applaud? how cool is that? commissioners questions and comments. commissioner roja: i would just like to applaud your efforts, using your expertise for all of the different sound equipment. you are speaking latin.

you lost me for about 10 minutes. with your expertise, it was incredible for this type of event. it is a very sensitive area, to be able to have that kind of expertise and ask the right question, and it is great. i hope you pull this off. president newlin: commissioner meko? commissioner meko: no more comment. president newlin: the only thing i want to say with regard to this really quickly, we have come out of a recession. the city wide events that engaged people and businesses that put our city in front of the news has got to be good for everyone. small businesses, jobs, it has to be good for income. i encourage these events.

it is daytime. i really encourage more city- wide events for the vibrancy of this city. the city has been hurt so badly. that is my comment. her new business? anybody? without objection, we are

[roll call] >> or will be doing our election of officers. this is by voice vote. a second is not needed for nominations and it is permissible to vote for him or herself in this election. nominations are open for the office of the president of the board of education for the year 2000 -- sorry.

[inaudible] this is the nominations for the board of education for the year 2011. this is awkward. [laughter] there are no further nominations for the office of the president. if there are no further nominations for the office of the president, nominations are closed. restate the name of the person nominated.

[roll call vote] nominations are open for the vice-president of the board of education. are there any nominations? commissioner norton: commissioner yee. >> i declare nominations close. board members will be voting by name. [roll call vote]

welcome. vice president yee. >> we are switching seats now. >> as the new president of the board, thank you for your vote of confidence. we have a very large budget deficit that we will be faced with over the next year and the next several years. my colleagues and i are going to work diligently.

it will be a challenging year for all of us. we will stay on track, and focused. i want to thank the former commissioner for her great presidency over the last year. i look forward to working with the board of supervisors. i have to say, being a city employee, it will probably be a sigh of relief as well. it will be challenging to see who our leader will be. i feel confident that the mayor will be as close a partner as mayor newsom was. we want to make sure the

students have exactly what they need and working closely with the city. i think we also have some great opportunities with commissioner wynns. i will be sitting on the transition team and we will be sharing the voice of san francisco with him as well. with some of our other large superintendent organizations will continue to be one of the seven school districts that taught closely with the federal government and secretary duncan. norman and i will ensure that leadership is followed and that we represent the unified school district and a very professional manner. would you like to say?

-- anything? then moving along. there are no minutes for adoption tonight. the presentation for the board of education. superintendent garcia: congratulations to the new officers. it is great to have a team that we are working with together. we welcome our newest board member. she will be a great addition to the board and a great part of our team. we are in san francisco, we ought to have our differences, and i congratulate everybody for getting on this board. governor brown released his

proposal, so in some ways, we can breathe a sigh of relief to make some commitment not to go after that spending. i hope that that remains very solid. when we look at the proposal of the spending cuts and the extension of taxes, it will be required for voter approval. there is a vision now. the fact that there is a plan laid out, it will not be a band- aid approach, we need to have long-term planning here. we have to submit budgets, so we

will work really diligently this year, it is one thing when the budget is announced. as they say, the real tough works is like watching a sausage being made. what is it that they really said? that is the california school services, all of the folks going through training. once we get more of that information, we want to bring that forward and start the discussion with the board and get everybody involved like we did last year. we have to run a real tight ship and get to the next year. if we all work together, i can do it. i also want to congratulate our new mayor, so we work very

closely with the city and we look forward to having that relationship. the district attorney, we have worked very closely before. we look forward to having that type of relationship. we have reduced our truancy by 33%. it takes the entire city working together to make things happen for all of our children, and we welcome that kind of collaboration. last but not least, it is kind of sad to mention. but this month, january is viewed as violence prevention month. it kind of puts a somber tone on this. we are dedicated to creating a place where all children -- and

we can breathe at live that. we can have the head of the student support services department talk a little bit about these. kevin? >> thank you, superintendent garcia. happy new year and welcome. i look forward to working with you. sfusd has always participated in january as violence prevention month. thank you for allowing my staff to go first during the superintendent's address. my staff appreciates its.

this year, we have always participated in the violence prevention month. this year, student support services is enhancing our efforts by designating january 18 through 21 as respect week in honor of the legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr.. we have a very quick presentation. they will present a brief snapshot of some of the latest data we have from the california healthy kids survey. this is going to be very quick. then we will have a summary of the tools and materials that we

will recently be distributing as well as ongoing resources and classroom lessons that are available to promote and maintain a positive school environment that is respectful, kind, and nurturing for all students, every day. >> [unintelligible] >> the surveys are administered every other year. we are happy and proud to say that we have generalized data. we are starting with the high

school administration. we have the results of the california healthy kids survey. 57% have been bullied, hit, or pushed. >> as you can see from the seventh grade, 35% have been harassed. >> these numbers have been consistent since 1991.

>> they hear fag, dyke, or so gay at school. according to students, they do not hear teachers addressed. >> the high school, 6% of heterosexual students report the same that they are skipping school because of lack of safety. >> the next slide -- our

teachers can download some of the materials. our colleagues are sent to the school site to already. >> and we have links for the same information as well. >> i am a teacher, and i want to talk about the package that was given out. we want to work with both students and parents. there is also a curriculum that is listed there. their r posters and buttons that were passed out. they passed them out in forms of

dvd's. i will show you very briefly. let's get real. this book is for the elementary students. >> i have a copy of that in my office. >> this is for the secondary, middle school, and high-school. this focuses on giving students the skills to intervene in a safe and friendly manner without putting themselves in a situation that is harmful to themselves. it empowers students to make positive decisions to help one another. what is also not included is the research based curriculum. this is done throughout the school year and not just through the month of january. but these are too good for violence. in secondary, we use the pretty

big binders. it is 46, 7, and eighth grade. they'll build empathy skills among students. i wanted to give you a brief introduction to what is in the package had some ongoing curriculum's that we use throughout the year. >> i am the school climate coordinator. i wanted to share programmatic highlights. our coordinator program is measuring the usage of the curriculum by the teachers. we had an increase of over 32% from the previous year of teachers and using the family diversity curriculum. it is right here. with six books, we give them out to the schools. we had an increase of about 9000

students receiving this curriculum. i am also going to briefly mentioned that health education is mandated, meaning that all k- 12 students are supposed to receive health education programs and violence prevention. teachers that 220 class is a year. students are supposed to receive 30 hours of health education. there is no designated health teacher, so it makes it a little tricky to implement that. sometimes, the science teachers would do some and the teachers would do some. it becomes really challenging at school sites. there are