as you recall, the board adopted a resolution to initiate these layoff proceedings at its march 1 meeting and at that time the board approved a reduction of 279 certified f.t.e.'s, full-time equivalents, 139f.t.e.'s were in administrative services and 140 were in instructional service. in accordance with the provisions regarding certified layoffs, the district held a certified hearing on april 4th and 5th of this year and as a result of the hearing, the administrative law judge issued the proposed decision that's before you. the district now seeks approval based on this proposed decision and the relevant provisions of the education code to issue final notices for services that will not be required for the 2011 and 2012 school year. exhibit b contains a list of

individuals who the district is determined -- has determined to receive final notices of layoff as follows: 13f.t.e.'s and administrative services and 139.5 f.t.e.'s in instructional services, total certified layoff f.t.e.'s for 2011-2012, 152.5. now, executive director angie sagasumi will read the relevant portions of the formal resolution for the record. >> in the interest of time and because the entire resolution is available to the public and is included in the agenda, i will only read one whereas clause and then the be it resolved sections. whereas, as a result of the certified layoff hearing, the administrative law judge issued a proposed decision attached hereto as exhibit a dated may 2,

2011, proposed decision which authorized the board of education to reduce the certified staff of the district by a total of 79 full-time equivalents, now, therefore, be it resolved that -- 279 -- i'm sorry. i'm sorry, 279 full-time equivalents. now, therefore, be it resolved that the proposed decision set forth in exhibit a is hereby adopted as the decision of the board of education of the san francisco unified school district effective immediately and be it further resolved that the certified employees identified in exhibit b shall not be reemployed for the ensuing 2011-2012 school year and be it further resolved that the district superintendent or his designated representative is hereby directed to send final notice that services will not be required for the 2011-2012 school year, to the certified

employees identified in exhibit b in accordance with education code sections 44949 and 44955 and the proposed decision, be it further resolved that this resolution and the adoption of the proposed decision is effective immediately. president mendoza: thank you. i have one public speaker signed up. mr. trey? >> thank you, president mendoza. so, tonight, we heard from parents and children and educators from all over san francisco saying that these pink slips are wrong and this final statement of layoffs is wrong, it's the wrong thing to do. one of my political heroes a long time ago wrote a book called "profiles in courage" that had a big impact on me when

i was in high school and in that book he documented times when public officials went against the tide, sometimes the tide means those people who apparently are in authority. members of the school board and student delegates chosen either by the citizens, the adults of san francisco, or their student peers to represent the best interests of the students in this district and the families and the people who do the work. there is $18 million available to rescind these layoffs. they're unnecessary and they're wrong. it's time to say no. each one of you can vote no. let's get the people back, there are lots of young teachers out there and there's a lot of paraprofessionals out there who don't know if they're going to have work come next school year. and there are thousands of students as we heard tonight who are going to suffer the ultimate

betrayal of what's happening in the state of california and what you could do tonight is at least put a small band-aid on it and stop the pain. you've got the money, rescind the layoffs. thank you. president mendoza: thank you. comments from the board? commissioner wynns? commissioner wynns: i just want to clarify or ask the superintendent to clarify that not only what's in our budget projections that we've looked at, but just to be clear for me that the budget numbers that we presented to the administrative law judge include spending all that $18 million. superintendent garcia: yes, it does. i mean, maybe i should elaborate a little bit. i mean, i keep hearing this all evening. the reality, folks, as much as i hate saying this, if you add the $18 million from both the rainy

day fund and the jobs bill and luckily we didn't use it because we're carrying it over for next year. even with that, the amount of cuts that we're going to have to make in the next two years will be $84 million in addition to that. so, you know, i hate this meeting every year. i think it's an absolutely deplorable meeting. but the reality is that we don't even know what our budget's going to be for next year. that's just the fact. there's the main revised comes out monday. unfortunately, the way the law's written, if we don't take this action this evening, then what we do is we put ourselves in limiting any options that we have which could put us -- if the budget comes out even worse, what do we do? i don't like this. i think it's -- this is the most dysfunctional way to run a state. but that's, unfortunately, we become victims of that as a

school district and if we tonight do this, most school districts in our position aren't a county, as well. we are both a county and a city and as a school district if we were not to approve these things, then we would have a county office in most districts down our throats saying then you're going to submit a budget that's not going to be balanced because we have to show how we're going to manage this. because we are a county, who would do that to us would be the state. so, yeah do, we have options? can we be courageous? yes, we could be courageous but then we open the door for the state or someone else to come in and take us over and then they'll make these decisions. nobody here likes what we're doing this evening. but if we don't take this action, and there's always an outside chance, depending on how the budget turns out, once we get more information, that we have the opportunity to rescind as many as possible of these layoffs. but until we know what a budget

is, you know, it's a whacky system but until we know what our budget is, how can we say responsibly that we shouldn't do this? we absolutely have to do this because we're given no choice under the current statute of how things operate in california. president mendoza: thank you. can i ask a clarifying question and then i'll get to you, dr. murase. the last time we went through this, we had this conversation in the actual resolution it talks about because of lack of services versus lack of funding. can that be added into the resolution because this really is about lack of funding. we have a lot of work. we just don't have the money to pay for it. i want to be really clear. >> we'll make that change right away. president mendoza: thank you. commissioner murase? commissioner murase: i hear the bottom line is we need more money and i really appreciate

ideas and i think earlier tonight we heard an idea from one of the commenters, if everyone donated a dollar, you know, wouldn't that go some way to fixing this problem. well, that would raise $750,000, $800,000, and what we're looking at is a $25 million hole next year and an $84 million hole two years from now so even if we asked all the people to donate a dollar, it would be a drop in the bucket. really, the scale of the cuts that we're looking at in what's being called the all-cuts state budget is the equivalent of moving to a four-day school week. and i really want people to understand that, that california is going down this path of funding our public schools so poorly that we, you know, could be looking at a four-day school week which the state of hawaii had to do because they weren't funding their public schools enough. so i really urge everybody who

appeared tonight, at previous board meetings, to really ask our state legislators to pass the revenue extensions. i mean, that's going to be key. we're part of your team. we're on your team. we want to get more money to fund music at lincoln, to fund all the programs at washington. we agree with those goals. and then finally i want to throw out an idea to my colleagues that, in the spirit of belt tightening and reductions, that we look at our board budget and see what kind of across-the-board reduction we can make to help offset the budget problem. president mendoza: thank you. and we are already doing that and willing bringing something to you very shortly. >> thank you. superintendent? superintendent garcia: people are saying cut from the top. richard caransa and yung lee, our deputies, are holding meetings with every department in this school district and

we're slashing every single one of their budgets so when people say cut away as far as possible from the classroom, i agree. but even when we do that, it will impact the classroom because sooner or later and it's almost sooner rather than later, there won't be anything left to cut in the school district. president mendoza: other comments from board members? >> i wanted to say we're there already. there is nothing left to cut in the school district and there hasn't been anything left to cut as evidenced by the real cuts that have affected the classrooms and the schools for the last couple of years at the very least and i don't think for me there's not a single cut on the table that i would even consider under other circumstances. and i feel so much and am so sympathetic to all the people who came out tonight and in previous meetings and i was with

you, tearing up, because of the testimony about the meaningfulness of the programs to students and to their families and to their future and we -- but -- we are left with no choice. and our only option, as with the teachers here, and teacher representatives, is to fight as much as we can to make the best state budget that we can and so that's what we'll be doing, all of us the rest of the week have been but from now forward in an intense way and a number of us are about to go to c.s.b.a., to our legislative conference, which will be focused on the state budget. so yeah, i did want to -- i'll give you a little -- this afternoon at the school alliance luncheon when i -- i have to

say, superintendent, to use a version of the same thing i said to the state superintendent last month is that, you stood there this afternoon and said whatever the budget, we're going to continue to improve. and the truth is, that isn't true. we cannot continue to do this work without the money to do it and i think we need to tell the truth about that, with all due respect. president mendoza: commissioner norton? commissioner norton: i was going to also mention that commissioner murase and wynns and yee and i will all be in sacramento next week to talk to our state representatives about the budget situation but i also wanted to just say how moved i was by our student delegate remarks earlier tonight and i think they're relevant to this discussion because you talked about your school being

different, that you had learned that your school was different from other schools and you couldn't compare it to what other schools had and that you had learned to somewhat accept a school that was different from other schools and that may not offer the same things of other schools and i wanted to say that it's not o.k., it's not o.k., and it's not o.k. that there's differences between schools in our district and it's not o.k. that we don't have the money to offer what every school, what every student should have, what you should have at your school. so i just wanted to say that and say thank you for your remarks because i think it made a lot of people think tonight. president mendoza: other comments? no? o.k. roll call please. clerk: . ms. fan, ms. creer, ms. fewer? ms. maufas, no. dr. murase, aye.

>> ms. norton, yes. ms. wynns? aye. >> mr. yee, aye, ms. mendoza. clerk: six aye's. president mendoza: we're sorry. thank you. item n is a discussion of other educational issues and there are no one tonight. item n is consent calendar resolutions removed at previous meeting for second reading and action, none tonight. item o is vote on consent calendar, moved and seconded under section f so we need -- we didn't have -- roll call please on that? clerk: on the consent calendar? [roll call vote was taken] [the motion passed unanimously]

president mendoza: item p, consent calendar resolution severed for board discussion and immediate action there were none. item q, i need a motion and a second to river to the committee the whole on may 17, item no. 115-10sp1, a resolution of the board of education of san francisco unified school district ordering agan election to authorize up to $531 million of general obligation bonds and establishing specifications of the election order. >> so moved. >> second. president mendoza: thank you. roll call, please. i'm sorry. this is going to get -- this will get referred to the committee as a whole on may 17. item r is board members' proposals, first reading where we need a motion and second on suspension of the rules. >> so moved. >> second. president mendoza: thank you. roll call please. i'm sorry, this is in support of california's may 9 through 13 week of action.

madam clerk: thank you. [roll call vote was taken] [the motion passed unanimously] president mendoza: i need a motion and a second on formal introduction before the board. >> so moved. >> second. president mendoza: a reading by the resolution by commissioner norton? commissioner norton: o.k. shall i read the whole thing? i guess it's symbolic. president mendoza: please read the whole thing. commissioner norton: in support of california's may 9 through 13 week of action, whereas we are now living in a state of emergency, lawmakers have already made $12 billion in painful cuts but need to close the remaining budget deficit of $15 billion and whereas k12 and higher education funding has been cut by more than $20 billion in the past three years resulting in the loss of more than 30,000 educators and 10,000 school support employees with

the real threat of losing another 20,000 educators this year and whereas our schools colleges and communities are suffering because of continued state budget cuts and the cuts to local safety and health agencies also threaten the quality of life in our communities and whereas california has the eighth largest economy in the world but continues to short change our students of the education they need and deserve even worse some lawmakers hijacked the state budget negotiations in order to block a june ballot public vote to extend tax revenues which are still part of governor brown's balanced budget plan. and whereas california cannot survive an all-cuts budget. legislators need to finish their jobs and pass the temporary tax extension and provide a stable source of adequate funding through progressive taxation and whereas the california education coalition is asking for public support for a week of action with parents, students, administrators, school board members, community leaders and other california labor groups in order to pressure the

legislature to pass tax extensions to prevent deeper cuts to schools, colleges, fire, police and other essential public services. and whereas the may 9 through 13th week of action is summed up with the acronym, l.e.a.r.n., learn. l., on monday, may 9, focus on legislative activities and the start of sit-ins at the state capital. e., tuesday, may 10, reach out to every parent. a., wednesday, may 11, use the day of the teacher to appreciate educators and allies. r., on thursday, may 12, promote the need for revenue for schools and essential public services. n., friday, may 13, it's not business as usual. attend a regional rally in sacramento, san francisco, los angeles, fresno, inland empire or san diego. therefore, to be resolved that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district fully supports the may 9 through 13th week of action by educators, administrators, education support professionals, parents, students and labor groups to

protect california's future and the future of students and working families across the state. and be it further resolved that the board of education encourages all educators, parents and school supporters to attend the mass rally for public education and vital public services on may 13 starting at 4:00 p.m. in the san francisco civic center plaza. president mendoza: thank you. do we have any public speakers this? seeing none, comments from the board? commissioner murase? commissioner murase: i would like to be added as a co-sponsor. president mendoza: i think we probably all could be added. that would be great. any other comments? i do want to display by beautiful jersey that i have on this evening which was given to me by -- actually, i paid for it -- by uesf. it's it represents the jerseys we're going to be giving to the teachers we're honoring tomorrow

at the giants game and it's the black to mourn the budget deficit and cuts that are coming to public education and the pink represents the pink slips that more than 20,000 teachers will be receiving throughout the state and so we will all be wearing these it's the giants game tomorrow. if there are no other -- >> may i make one comment? president mendoza: yes. >> i wanted to thank all of the teachers from the district who went up to sacramento yesterday. a number, i believe -- at least one, i saw, being led away on television by the c.h.p. so i think there were some arrests and i think they should consider that a badge of honor for standing up for injustice. so thank you to all of our staff people that went up there and thank you, mr. superintendent, for being on hand early in the morning to see them off. president mendoza: seeing no other comments, roll call, please? [roll call vote was taken]

[the motion passed unanimously] president mendoza: thank you. so just got a text from my son saying i'm listening to you on the radio, four-day school week, wahoo. santiago, go to bed. >> that shows the need for education, doesn't it. president mendoza: 13-year-old seventh grader, to be clear. i need a motion and a second to -- the next item is redefining the support responsibilities and the role of the committee advisory community put on by -- i need a motion and a second to refer to rules committee. >> moved. >> second. >> if i could take this moment to advocate that the rules committee meeting is on monday, may 16, and anyone interested in understanding what the piece,

c.a.c., that would be an ideal opportunity to attend that meeting and that starts at 6:00 p.m.? commissioner murase: community advisory council meeting 6:00 p.m. president mendoza: thank you. that's our board members report. standing committees, if i can get a report -- if we can get a report on the city and school district select committee, commissioner fewer? commissioner fewer: city and school district select committee met on april 28 with two informational items, the library card partnership where every kindergartener and first grader will receive a library card to use their public libraries and then also an update on the san francisco unified school district budget for 2011-2012. the meeting of may 12 of the city and school district select committee has been canceled.

president mendoza: thank you. a report from the augmented curriculum program committee. commissioner norton? commissioner norton: we had several informational items. we had a very good discussion on the new inclusive practices plans for the special education -- for special education students. we had representatives from united educators and also the community advisory council for special education on hand to discuss the implications and some of the concerns around that which we then brought up in greater detail in the next night which i'm sure you will discuss further. we also heard a presentation about avid, advancement via individual determination, which was one of our strategies for underserved youth developing college-going culture and helping them achieve. we heard a presentation on the act explorer assessment which is part of our new college and career plans. i had brought this item, it was

a complaint, actually, that i heard at one of the school sites about a test that was part of this curriculum so we had an interesting presentation about what it measures and the report it generates for students to begin understanding what are their particular career interests and aptitudes so that was a great presentation. i would also like to say that the next meeting of the curriculum committee will be monday june 6 at 5:00 p.m. and one of the items i will be bringing to that meeting is a discussion of our strategy towards honors in middle and high school and how the different approaches at different schools are using and what guidance we are giving schools about whether home genius or heterogenius groupings, what are the advantages or disadvantages of each so it should be a good discussion and there's been a lot of interest in it and everyone is invited to attend. president mendoza: report from the committee of the whole

meeting, commissioner yee? vice president yee: basically, the committee became the extension of the curriculum committee discussion on the special education redesign and it was more or less an update and we had a hearty discussion for an hour and a half before we went into many other meetings after that. so -- and we'll probably have regular updates from the redesign effort. the next committee of the home meeting will be may 17 and i believe it's going to be discussing the bond -- potential bond measure. president mendoza: thank you. it's going to be on the potential bond measure as well as some of the real estate transactions that are coming down the pike, yes? >> yes. there are going to be three related issues, the potential bond measure, the 1915 mission

potential uses for 1950 mission, and the last thing is the november potential other city election items on the november 2011 ballot. president mendoza: thank you. commissioner wynns? wynns wynn since it's not on the agenda, i can't report on the ad hoc committee on student assignment that took place last night but i want to announce that the next meeting of the student assignment meeting will be may 31 at 6:00. president mendoza: the next buildings and grounds meeting will be monday may 23. are there any other committees coming up, budget? do we know the next budget meeting? or the next curriculum meeting? we announced that? sorry. do we know when the next budget meeting is? >> the next budget and -- i mean, budget and business committee meeting will be on thursday, may 26. president mendoza: thank you. and we have a labor ad hoc.

>> yes, tomorrow at 4:00. president mendoza: any other committee meetings scheduled? o.k. >> isn't that enough? president mendoza: and then any of the reports -- any other reports back from -- any other -- anything -- on anything. i do want to congratulate the san francisco school alliance for a very successful luncheon today. it's great to have them as supporters and helping us to raise additional funds and to be a thought partner and a strategic partner in moving our plan. so thank you, terry and your entire staff who was just extremely diligent in getting a lot of people in a very small room. so thank you. commissioner fewer? commissioner fewer: i want to say that saturday i attended the young dancers s.f. and i want to thank commissioner norman yee for bringing this joyful program to our students. we saw dance performances, swing, meringue, tango and salsa

and cha-cha-cha at the dance performance at city college and this was spearheaded by commissioner yee who is a fabulous salsa dancer himself so bringing this program to our students at bryant elementary, hillcrest, at marshall and guadelupe schools, are fine dancers and a wonderful, wonderful afternoon, have to say it really made my day. president mendoza: great. do you want to say something, commissioner yee? vice president yee: it was such a fabulous performance. i was expecting the kids to do real well, but not as well as they did. it's for nine weeks that they had to practice with their teachers and two days a week, they had to learn five different dances during that time and they were able to accomplish that. it's azi