reasonable access to english and lerner half wages for areas with the lowest -- pathways for areas with the lowest test scores. that is the framework we used for all of this. jumping to talk about the budget, this is an overview of how much we spend on transportation, and this is something that breaks it down by categories. we have a three-year budget reduction goal. we currently spend $6 million on transportation. we are looking at reducing that to 5.1 $6 million common -- $5.1 6 million, and we would cut from the currency and budget of transportation, said that could be redirected to other classrooms.

we are looking at in 1213 having a reduction of $4.8 million. that is gradual, so we can phase it in. one assumption is that the title one fund will continue at the current rate and that by 2013 it will be reauthorize, so funds could be repurchased four things other than transportation or that 20% of title 1 funds if they have to continue to be allocated to that, the board would want to change it to expand supplemental education, and the third assumption is any increase would been offset by an increase in revenue, so if any of these assumptions do not hold

true, these would change, but these are the assumptions. right now we have 44 buses. we are looking at 48 buses in 1112 and by 1314, 25 buses. that is a 14% reduction in buses. it is very difficult and how to make decisions about taking things away. some assumptions is but it will require limited transportation, so this would require the same amount or less than we currently use for middle school transportation.

this is a huge assumption that it will require a limited transportation, and we know the work is just beginning. we are assuming by 2013 this will be true. another important assumption is set it will need to change. to maximize the opportunity to use a smaller fleet, we want to make sure that is well- coordinated and schedule. i thought i would talk next about community engagement, because i am sure your top question is going to be how are you going to inform the communities. we are going to have a workshop on transportation at everett middle school. yesterday we gave an update to the principles and shared some of the draft proposals.

we are going to draft a letter they can share with their families. the feedback form -- parents can submit that online, or they will be able to get copies from their principles. they can fax them in or drop them off, and we will be able to respond as needed to meetings if schools want to have discussions. we are identifying a phone number that will be available for families who may want to call back in. we are encouraging parents to submit it by writing. it is easier to get it via the writing, but for families who are unable to do that, we will have a service. people can review the information and provide feedback on line.

in terms of how we will incorporate feedback, we are hoping families and the community will give us feedback. then in march and april, who will spend time reviewing it and thinking about the consequences and the budget constraints, and by february, coming back to the board and seeing if anything is changing based on the feedback, so we want that time where people can review what they are proposing, but it will be reviewed in the context of priorities and budget constraints. we are also having after-school programs that are working together to support families, so that is something we have started to focus on. one of the biggest challenges is we do not know who will be impacted, because we do not know who writes the buzz c --

rides the bus, so what we will do is find out how old they are we want to explore afterschool options available. some students may wish to enroll in a different elementary school, so we will provide that information and share information about alternative transportation, so we have been working closely with a series of organizations focused on alternatives. i have given you a flier that is posted on the web. they currently focused on school buses and bicycle trains, but another initiative islas a free

service that helps parents share the responsibility of getting their kids to and from school, so that maybe through walking. obviously this is something that is a parent-initiated, but there are online resources established by the state. a good now we are going to share information about that, and then there is the muni, and we are going to share. what are we recommending for the first year? the approach we took was to identify service reductions aligned with the planned by year three but that in year one would minimize the number of families impacted. and we also wanted to avoid the need to change in the bell schedules, so while we know that will need to happen by 2013, we

did not want to start the process in february for a school the started in august. the questions we explored were for all the schools but would be serviced by 2014, no or few stops in the area and snow or few stops after school. these are the considerations. we also look to see some schools and that will have redesigned services. where are situations where there are stocks -- stops with few writers. -- riders. we can meet the goal of reducing the fleet by six buses are removing service to a 11 elementary schools.

we would have a status quo for the remaining 44 schools. i am going to prescribe what will change. the schools but will lose transportation in fall, 2011, are these 11 schools. what we will do is have the start time, because we could not have them start of the same time without reducing the fleet, so we had to distribute it across the three different sports times. this is a proximate, and it is based on information gathered in 2010. goowe imagine it would be 20%

smaller. you can see how many of those are cdc stops. it is about 140. that includes fifth graders, so for all of these from the child development program, they have started contacting cdc's under working to come up with an alternative. these were some things we looked at. we looked up proximity as well as the number of riders. these show you the stops we would be a lemonade stand.

these are posted on the web so people can see the period -- see them. 'you can also see where the school is and the distance from the school. yaparker, sunset, peabody. the next few slides are going to talk about the schools where we can reduce transportation by 2011, so the approach was looking at maintaining the after-school program and looking at eliminating stops with the fewest writers region -- riders. there are about 330 students currently using transportation for these schools.

we believe these would impact about 90 students but not any after-school programs, so you can see here the stops in red are once we would possibly eliminate, and we do not know if we need to eliminate the malls, but this is what we need to season. it will continue to exchange common -- it will continue to change. the after-school empire, 3 j -- impact, there are 26 students. we have no idea if they are actually going to the after- school program, so that is one

thing we have to find out. what are some of the alternatives? but the time we get to fall, 2003, this is our general condition. what i have described for 2011 is a subset. $6 million, and 44 buses, and no enrollment process. our vision is that it would support the current program. anyone would have an enrollment process so we know who is riding the bus. one is an infrastructure for the

community, and we are planning on building on that as an ongoing process, so there would be an annual timeline for doing that. everyone will be impacted. they will be impacted because they will not have services or they will have one speaker rose they will be realigned. we're going to do this over three years. this first slide unless the schools, and it also lists of proposed areas -- this slide lists the schools and it also

was proposed areas. lakeshore has service from mission. it is a former citywide school where they are closing the achievement gap for african- american and latino students. and their scores exceed the district average. sherman is the attendance area. link electronics, inc. model number: pdr-885 software version: 3.0c link electronics, inc.

model number: pdr-885 software version: 3.0c they are looking to support their academic decision, so we do not have a proposal about where those services may come from, but that will be developed over the next few months so we would be able to have transportation as a strategy to support the economic condition of these schools, so we will work to determine what those recommendations should be. a part of the policy is to provide students living in the areas with the lowest average test scores to access these programs. this shows the case through eight schools -- k-sha8 schools. if there are citywide programs

that are located in areas with the lowest average test scores, there is reasonable access to those programs, and that is why they are not listed here. if is a citywide program, why are they not on here gunman -- not on here? there is another citywide program. in choosing which herriot's services will be provided from, a region which area service will be provided from, we considered proximity. we wanted to make sure everyone had access to the pathway and of the opportunities were provided to herriot's.

-- areas. this shows the schools and programs we would provide access to, and you can see by looking -- starting from the very top, it has a number one in blue and the number two in the red. that is because they would have transportation from the western division and the tenderloin. this would be implemented by 2013. they have an opportunity to provide feedback before this becomes final. in the schools will lose transportation in 2012 or 2013. it is impossible to cut by 44% and not have schools but lose service. if you have to cut by 44%, we

started with those priorities within the budget constraint, and that is why these schools are not included. we got to a point where we are at 25, so that is the logic behind howe and we chose the schools and to develop recommendations. this final map shows every elementary school in the district, and they are color coded but also with a different shape. you can see what the implications are, so the ones in blue would be phased out in 2011. the black would be phased out in 2012 or 2013. the red is the schools that

would have services by 2013 and, but they would be redesigned, so they would not be as after what they have today, and the green currently would not have service in 2013 a. our goal is to share and to gather feedback and review that and share any revisions with the board in february. i hope i was within the timeframe and look forward to feedback. >> you only went over by three minutes. you are fine. i will not punish you. i want to do comments first, because this presentation has a

lot of material. go ahead and live not region -- and line up. two minutes each. >> i am the director at the jewish community center. i want to say thank you for all your hard work. i do not envy you as we will get a call tomorrow from parents, but we understand that decisions have to be made. i was just wondering if you could give a little more clarity about the schools in question. just to make sure i take back the correct information about

the service for next year, so i after-school programs will not be affected, and i want to make sure i am reading it correctly, and we will be happy to provide numbers with our writer chinook -- ridership. we're proud of our participate with the school in any way possible. with the school distr love to help in any way possible. >> thank you. next speaker. my name is sare are. my son and my daughter soon will be going to -- to alliss fong

alternative chinese immersion. i've been following this process and i have to say, i'm really glad to see that the low test areas are getting a lot of attention. that's -- that's my mine concern is that -- students who -- who -- whose local schools or whose communities are traditional lilo test areas would have a chance to go to schools like alliss fong u which is both a k-8 and a language program creative arts charter school and maira loma. at our bus stop there, are a bunch of kids from alliss fong u. i have two questions. one is the information that you -- you have collected so far and so -- generously, greatly shared with us 0 throughout the process

on shared with us throughout the process. is to the same as the school transportation schedule that we get as parents about our kids' bus stops. i'm looking at the one i got and -- the information is not -- not accurate. so i'm wondering if -- if -- if in the -- this the -- in the process to make this current proposal, if -- if this was information used or if there was other information that was used. i appreciate that parents are going to be able to put input, because i know we -- we want to do that. the second question is, could you elaborate a little on the partnership with muni? i know -- i know where i live this bay view hunter' point, we a lot of muni services but we also have a lot of difficulties. children have accessing muni for a variety of reasons.

parents have in sending their -- their fourth grader. my kid is in fourth grade. he's nine years old. he's -- he's able to take muni on his own according -- yeah. anyway, thank you. >> thank you. >> i'm stewart white. i have a son going to -- to kindergarten next year. my question is, right now it sounds like everything is being talked about after school. but right now from the c.d.c., there's a couple -- well there's one bus that brings kids to school in the morning. i'm wondering if that's going to continue or being cut. i only heard after school. thanks. next. >>ly name is michael eaten. i'm a parent of a first grade war goes to sherman.

he's also in the afterschool bram at the jewish community center. a couple of things. first my son's main way of getting to school in the morning is to go on muni with me. the -- the one down side of muni is it doesn't always work well with getting to school on time, because the schedule is not consistent every day. that's something that people -- you know should be -- even who rides muni is very, very aware that it doesn't run with regularity every day. so, one specific question. it says that schools that will be redesigned by 3013, one of those is my school, sherman butt only thing that really seems to be available now is it says there will be service from treasure island. will some of the afterschool programs that -- it looks like it is fine for 2011. do -- will we know what some of those specific changes are in

the future, and when will that information be available? finally, i have a another piece of feedback, you mentioned the information being shared with the public. i will say it is hard to get information from the school district right now. i found information on the website. it said this information would be available but if you actually call the transportation department, people who answer the phones have no idea what is happening. somebody just two weeks ago told me, well, the routes might be available by june and when i said, well it says like january and february, he said, that can't be true. and even though -- even the media relations numbers, they were better about trying to get information. it is hard to get the pieces of information you want. it is great because the stuff is eventually made available on the website. when you -- when you try to find a question, it is hard on the district to find out that information. i'm very persistent.

>> thank you. snaff -- staff -- give you the opportunity to respond quickly to any of the concerns or questions that were raised by the public speakers. >> yes. so -- the first question i believe was about more clarity about the four schools that will lose -- or having adjusted service next year. so, the maps that are there and the stop that is are listed in red the ones that we're looking at phasing out next year. so, j.c.c. is not that -- because for those four schools, we made a commitment for this one more queer to try and -- and -- one more year to try and not affect children who were going to afterschool programs. however, by the time we get to 2013, we cannot go down to 25 buses unless we stop. unless we design according to the -- to the framework that was -- that was shared in the presentation. it will not for the long-term be possible to do that. but the good news is that as a

district, we're redesigning the afterschool program. we're imagining that we're going to need minimum transportation to support children getting access to after school. that's going to take some time. we got three years to implement this. for year one, the changes for those four schools will not impact after scol service. the next question i believe -- after school service. the next question is about information collected. we used the -- we used the stock information from a snapshot in november of 2010. that's what the data reflects, where we were stopping and how many children were getting on. however we realize it is a snapshot. if you look at data at another point, you'll have a different snapshot. but in general it gives us a sense of what the current state is. we did use the same information. with regard to the partnershi