i work with the san francisco conservation corps. to answer your question, i do have a full-time staff recruiter as part of our program. word of mouth is is probably still the most successful. young people who enjoy and benefit from the programmer for their friends and we partner with the san francisco housing authority, school districts and a wide variety of non-profit agencies to refer young people to our program. it is a part of the youth employment training program. there is anywhere from between 10 to 30 young people who go to the program on a regular basis. for this particular contract, we are also subcontracting with walton street youth services. they provide five young people ages 16-17 who are also part of the program as well.

supervisor kim: out of curiosity, who do you work with at the school? >> quite a few different high- school. we can go out and make presentations to those schools to see if people want to go ahead and come to the conservation corps. we do citywide recruitment. supervisor kim: so it is citywide? do you work with the superintendent of high-school? supervisor chu: thank you. why don't we open this up to public comment. are there any members of the public would like to speak to item number five? >> i would like to speak on behalf of the garden project and

take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone who played a part in keeping this program running. it makes a huge difference in my life and i know everyone who is here, their life, and want to take this opportunity to say thank you. thank you. supervisor chu: are there other members of the public who wish to speak on this item? >> i am obviously in support of this. i have known kathy for many years and i love the idea of having young people have the exposure to what this program has to offer. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. other members of the public who wish to speak on this item? >> i just want to also give my thanks to everyone who has something to do with the garden project and keeping the program going and keeping us out of

trouble. we have pride in what we do and we all appreciate it. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> i want to say thank you as well to everyone who gives us this opportunity. it helps me take care of my kids, it helps me stay out of trouble and i am learning a new trade that is very useful to my whole family and everybody around me. helps us eat better and live better and it is teaching us something different and i just want to say thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. any other members of the public to wish to speak on this item? >> i am speaking on behalf of the earth stewards. the earth stored program is a great program for san francisco. it has taught lots of us, given

us the opportunity to look at what careers we can have. it teaches us how to work hard, gives us a work ethic and they teach us how to manage our money. it is good to be able to get up and work hard and know you are contributing to the community and doing good for not only san francisco but for everyone by you helping the environment. births to words is a program that sam francis -- births e -- arth stewards brings us together and teaches as we have a lot of opportunities in san francisco that we can find if we look for and strive at something we can do good in this world. it is a program most definitely need in san francisco and our boss is an incredible woman that you guys should be proud that she is the share of.

thank you. [laughter] supervisor chu: thank you. any other members of the public want to speak on this item? seeing none, the item is closed. >we have a motion to release the reserves. i just want to say thank you to everyone has cannot today to speak out on this item. we can do that without objection. do we have any other items before us? >> that complete the agenda. thank yosupervisor chu: we are adjourned.

our apologies for the late start. we wanted to make sure that you could speak at the right time. we want to welcome you to the regular board meeting of the board of education. if you could do roll-call? >> [roll-call]

thank you. >> please join me for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] thank you. the approval of the board minutes. any corrections? roll call. >> [roll call vote] six ayes. >> item b is the superintendent's report. >> i will keep my remarks brief. i wanted to point out a couple

of different things. next week is the week of the administrators. congratulations. on that note, the public needs to be aware that it just passed in september of 2010 and requires 07 through 12 grades students to receive a booster immunization before leaving school. it is referred to -- you are going to have to have those shots or you will not be admitted. it is a new requirement. we want to make sure the public is informed on this. we hope our associate

superintendent can return with more information on this. >> i am joined by one of our school district nurses that works at washington high school. as the superintendent said, all students in 7-12 grades require a booster immunization before august. without proof of the vaccine, they can't attend school until it is matched. we discussed and collaborate on efforts to make sure that students have proof of the vaccine before the first day of school.

it has gone out in three languages, public notices posted on the district website. fires are available at educational placement centers. this does involve students in grades 7 through 12. in addition, we work very closely with the san francisco department of public health. we will be cosponsoring at least three free vaccine clinics on saturday. the first clinic will be saturday march 19 from 11:00 to 4:00. we would like students to show up.

if they cannot be accompanied by their parent, there is a consent form you can receive and to bring along with you. trilingual letters are currently being prepared. i put out fires in all three languages, it is focused through the district website. the second vaccine clinical be held on may 14. we will have another one at a later date that is not scheduled right now. they are working on the best approaches to collect and document the proof. they are working closely with the administrators to facilitate successful compliance with a lot. and also to the state's web site. that is www.shotsforschools.

org. there is plenty of information out there. the first clinic is saturday, march 19. >> that is helpful information. later on this evening, the public might find interesting that we will review some of the key priorities that the board and the district will be working on. most people are sometimes unaware of the things in the district, it will be a nice update for everyone to hear. >> we wanted to make sure the families realize that this law has the potential to save lives. 10 california babies have already died this year alone. for those people that have primary-care pediatrician, all

records stay in one place. >> i have a question. is this a shot that requires a series of shots? >> most children have had this year is already. they just need a booster shot. >> for entering kindergartners, we do have some of those circumstances. is it a series of three shots? >> 3 or 4 depending on when they got it. it is kind of complicated. most children are usually up to date. this is really intended as a

booster shot for children going from seventh through twelfth grade. >> imc is a resolution for commendations. >> this is always the highlight of the meeting because we get a chance to recognize a lot of unsung heroes out in the district. this evening, i would like to call on the first presenter, stephanie. >> thank-you, superintendent garcia and commissioners. i have the pleasure of introducing a number of staffing. i have had the opportunity for a couple of years now, others took

a long time and have been working very hard for us. [applause] i just want to say that one of the amazing qualities is that every day when she comes to work, she has a smile on her face and ready to help our customers, we really appreciate the wonderful work she does. [applause] >> is a pleasure for me to receive this. thank you again.

>> the next presenter is the principal at carmichael. >> and good evening, commissioners. i have been given this opportunity to recognize a fabulous member of the team. our learning support professional has been with us for close to four years. she has shown nothing but dedication and commitment to the wonderful and beautiful students. she goes over and beyond the call of duty. i can go on and on, but i am

very pleased to have to, by the way, was at halftime. i know that the other principal supervising her has been very pleased with her work. i am so honored to present to you our learning support professional. [applause] >> i wanted to thank everyone for the award.

the learning support professionals, the counselors, everyone that works with our students, i hope it will be appear in the future. >> we would also like an opportunity to honor our students. i will invite virginia marshall. >> good evening. @t7nópresident mendoza, board commissioners, superintendent garcia.

[unintelligible] i have some good news to share. on behalf of the san francisco alliance of black school educators, more than 1200 students of african-american descent have earned a three. of gpa or higher. -- 3.0 gpa or higher. [applause] they were honored at a celebration at st. mary's cathedral. this year, we will welcome them

at st. mary's cathedral. the 4.0 students receive -- we say thank you to all of the elementary principles. it showcases of our elementary school students talents who come and share with you that information. please welcome the ladies. [applause]

>> my name is alex jones. i am applying to the dominican university next year with a major in dance. [applause] [speaking spanish] [applause] >> i don't speak spanish yet. [laughter] but i like having a four. of -- 4.0 average, and i plan to

keep it that way. >> i wanted to share this last comment. i did not get his name that night, but i said to them [unintelligible] alice is multitalented. we look forward to seeing them on broadway in the near future. and we want to shake hands with you. [applause] >> congratulations.

what we do. >> i just want to thank the commissioners said jointly that evening. they are my dreams coming true. i am grateful. >> thank you for inviting them down. >> and i have to think commissioner -- thank commissioner fewer. >> item d is the student delegates report. the of like to invite the

adviser to the podium. >> andó[ the senior advisory p 6 c1 i'd like to first say congratulations, good job. they will be working with the school's to work with the student council for those immunizations. we have also been distributing fliers recently. when it comes time to adopt, -- opt, [unintelligible] mendoza speaking.

on february 14, this past week w, we want members to support that. >> academy is an advisory council report. r>> good evening, commissioners. i think she is still at work, so i will give the report on behalf of her. tonight, i really want to focus on our work with public schools and district staff to organize kmq 6 c1unity about theh proposed pathways. night.

we÷ for one, we are makingr5do it is scheduled at a good time. it is the third year in a row that they're working to organize i xbn'vfocused on student alignm. mzm7pour goals for the last fews have been to make sure that folks in the communityjnfvcz knt proposals are. here, community questions and concerns, and to report feedback on the community conversations on the board of education members about changing policies and systems.

we're working very closely with parent liaisons' and community groups to try to get the word out to make sure people know they are happening. even if you know about them, it does not necessarily mean that you will be able to attend. folks can weigh in on the same question we are talking about. in the written report to the board, we have a schedule. if you have questions about that, you can let me know. we have the forms of almost every tuesday, wednesday, and thursday in the month of march. and then we go into april. it is likely we won't be giving reports because we will be out having conversations. there is a couple of other things i wanted to share.

the written report included a description of the form and i will be happy to answer questions. but what i wanted to get to, unlike previous community engagements, we have more lead time to work on this. we have the community sort of update conversations about the proposals in trying to organize the forms. we have been hearing questions and concerns about the proposals on the table. a few reports ago, it would be helpful to hear what those questions were. i did want to mention a few of the big questions and concerns that we're hearing. we're hopingó

presentations will help answer some of these questions. i also want to point out that the two biggest questions and concerns we're hearing, is this a done deal? have you decided what you're going to do, or will that gather community feedback to inform the final decision. people are concerned because there is only one proposal on the table. a lot of people are very concerned if they are open- minded and thinking about alternatives to that. in the proposal on the table will vary drastically limit apparent choice in choosing a school for their student. they have a lot of questions about how that will work.