emotionally disturbed and needs help getting off the bus and into the classroom. it's dependent on parents an kids to got their kids into the classroom or if a teacher can come out of their classroom to substitute -- to supervise kids who belong to another classroom. something needs to be done, it needs to be taken into consideration when -- how the parents are going to feel when you're sending out pink slips to teachers who really want their jobs versus teachers who are just there. there are kids there not learning anything because they're with the wrong teacher, the teachers who just don't want to teach them. it's a difference when a child go into a classroom and doesn't want to learn and when they go into a classroom with a teach whore doesn't want to teach them. i don't think it was taken into consideration when pink slips are sent out. i have one teacher who was there for 10 years, when i had my third child, we were pregnant

together, and she came back right after her baby was born. i'm upset and devastated that these decisions were made. but i'm taking into consideration how the parents will feel. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissioner. commissioners and superintendent. i am betty robertson harris, i'm the chair of the child development committee. i share a lot of the same feelings that several people have spoken about. one thing that i really would like to bring to your attention is that our department has been experiencing major changes for the past five years and change in itself can be extremely challenging and difficult but change that is not meaningful,

thoughtful, is not including all participants, is change that is led to destruction. transparency, social justice, building trust in relationships and building relationships are key and critical parts of a child development education. it's particularly important for young children. i'm here to talk about specifically over 94 of my peers have gotten either consolidation notices or layoff notices. to date, none of those staff members have gotten written verification of where they're going to be on monday. now that's immoral. we're talking about people, as chantae indicated, she is one of my family members, one of my

parents, who have been on site for 10 or more years. they have developed long-term relationships with families and you, representing our district, expect for someone who has been at a site for 10 years to all of a sudden disappear from children's lives on friday. and reappear on monday. or not even know where they're going to be until friday. we can do better than this. we talked about social justice, we're talking about meaningful relationships with our families and children and right now, we're doing the opposite. in the past, we've had a collaboration where the teachers and the district has worked together cooperatively but that's not happening today. we are operating in a cloud of dark dust. thank you.

president mendoza: thank you. >> good evening, superintendent and commissioners. my name is alyssa may, i'm manager of youth services at the american red cross bay area chapter. i'm here in reference to the readiness agreement that you have on your agenda, on page 9, and i just would like to begin by saying that hearing from all these people is quite moving and i appreciate their thoughts and listening to them, what i have heard and i know is a reality for many of these teachers that are losing their jobs, i'm here to talk about how to keep the children safe. so with this reduction in staff, it's a little more challenging in the event of a disaster to keep the children safe in the schools. so i would encourage you to vote to renew the agreement for the next two years.

i would like to thank you all for voting to have the agreement in this previous year. we actually signed up 30 of your schools, around 30 of your schools, to be members of this program, it's a free program that the red cross offers, and i hope that when you all are in the schools, this school year, you encourage the schools that have not become members to do so. it helps them to increase their preparedness level and keep the children safe in the schools. as well as the young adults in the high school. thank you for allowing me to speak and thank you. >> thank you. one final speaker, sharon kennedy. >> i don't have permission to speak but can i ask for 30 seconds? i didn't follow protocol, i didn't know. i spoke here before but never

handed one of these in. >> you always have to have one of these in order to speak. go ahead. >> i've been here lots of times. thank you. appreciate it. my name is china carter, i have a boy going into sixth grade, he doesn't have a school assigned yet, so he has no place to go on monday. it's great everybody is excited about monday being the first day back at school but we're not. we're assigned a school across town, it's physically impossible to get there, i'm not sending him on a bus, thank you for your time. president mendoza: thank you. >> good evening, everybody. my name is sharon kennedy, you

probably recognize me, i've been here about four times this year. i figured i might as well come again because it seems no one is listening to me. i just sent in, you know, the round three forms with 11 schools on them, including my attendance area, and still, nothing. so i'm getting very frustrated. i was assigned a school over five miles awhat from -- away from the house, you guys have heard my sob story here. it's really far away, i've got a kindergartener, i don't know how you expect me, with the time it would take to get and the cost, i can't send my kid on a bus. i think that's a lot for the district to ask of a family to make them go so far away. i sent an email to ms. wynns because the last time i was here, someone asked her to get my name so she replied with a

generic email back to you, well, as many of you in your neighborhood are experiencing the same thing.i would like to n my neighborhood would be able to attend a school so far away. i responded in a heartfelt e- mail explaining many things. one thing was why was i given such of generic response to my medical appeals. i feel like a faceless number, and i am coming to prove i am not. it is upsetting. i feel like no one is listening. we are trying to put people on this or that, and some families are being shut out of the system, and i do not know what to do. i just feel the people who have gone through the rounds, that

have already gotten a chance of selection, i am going against them because they did not do the. i hope you will consider it his term next year when you devise a new system, and because this is not working. thank you >> item k is appointments by board members. >> i want to thank linda, my appointee to public education and richmond fun. she has had to resign her position, so in her place of would like to appoint magdalena. she is on staff.

>> thank you superior -- thank you. can someone note about to make sure she dips brought in to your kitchen? next item is the plan addendum to your your -- addendum curator >> so move triggered an -- so moved. >> i am herewith our liaison, barry kaufman. good for a little bit of context, in the spring we received notice but our county office was going to go into improvement, if for if, and

those are the school the turn now going into program improvement if. the process has been fairly easy. because we haven't been including these schools, and because we have been a fixture you are aware of. >> 7 cisco is the only one in the area, but the powers of nbc?

as two separate entities -- powers the nbc them us to separate entities. it is required to write an addendum to the plans. i called on them to explain the unique relationship no, and in e bureaucratic sense, they said to make sure we include that in the addendum, so a few things are want to mention. one, the addendum that is here is pretty much the same post no work for the unified school

district, -- the same as the work for the unified school district, and section 6 is the work you approved last spring for the title three sections, so this was a giant cut and paste, so we were able to put this together. i think the challenging thing was understanding budget allocations and revenue and how it is allocated, and in the addendum but hopefully you will approve, all of the programs and services currently offered are also offered to the county education. what has been an eyeopener, i have worked in several offices of education, and the

community's schools are not marginalized. they are absolutely integrated into the aspirations of the school district as well as day to day activities, and i want to thank janet, who has been the superintendent in charge of the schools and the work she has gone. gov superintended garcia talked about the people in the district as super heroes. git is wonderful to work and be able to go into the offices on van ness and be able to understand a complex and budgetary system so i want to acknowledge the support of those who have made this and worked manager phone to -- manageable,

so what we are asking for is your approval. there are certain action items that are specific to community it schools, and i look forward to the actual monitoring process for getting a sense of the programs as they are going on in the schools, but i want to thank the district, and it is unique for a county office to have that kind of support for youngsters and community schools, and it is a credit to all of you here. goo>> any public speakers on ths item is? i have none. comments from the board? >> i have a question on page 3,

where it makes fauve recommendation, and my question reads it where it makes full recommendation, and my question is who is the staff point person. clearly i would anticipate it would be in daily book of the special education department, but i just want to know what is the time line on these recommendations and who on staffing will be monitoring that. >> this is implementation, and it is very difficult for me to assess the next few years in this process, because has most of you know, secretary duncan is offering waivers for states but find themselves in this particular situation, but if things stay the same, this will

be an implementation for three years, so i will be responsible for monitoring it. the accountability will clearly lie with the principles of the school corridor -- at the school. commissioner fewer: i would like to say how pleased i was of the big picture school was a reference, and i had a chance of seeing a portfolio being presented, and we were both quite impressed with a level of engagement and and dedication and work students have put in and decried the students have with the work. i hope we are able to take that into the curriculum of san

francisco unified schools, but thank you for reference signal what impact it is having on our schools. >> i also was very taken. they are a very unique organization, all little out of the box common but they do very well. if any of you are interested, this is extremely cost- effective in terms of services the county office is receiving for this work curator of parks -- for this work. >> deputy superintendent. >> i want to make a point to congratulate dr. schulz, who is just recognized by the a picture organizations and not nationally and awarded for playing a role developing and supporting in our school districts. that has been a wonderful

educational experience for our children. we want to congratulate dr. schulz for her award. good >> you are not out of line. congratulations, jennifer. any other comments? roll call please. [calling revvotes] >> six ayes. >> thank you of 3 ghraib always good to see you. >> our condolences. i understand your grandmother passed a wave theory give our condolences. >> the discussion of other -- i understand your grandmother passed away. my condolences. >> item o is the consent

calendar. it was moved and seconded under item f. we vote on the consent calendar superior -- calendar. [calling votes] >> six ayes. >> item p are the items for discussion. commissioner wynns: is this the one you wanted germany and not good, because i made a mistake. i have always richard already given discussion inferior an --

i have already given discussion. >> it is a schizophrenic resolution and curio region resolution. >> it looks like a typo. the dates are august 15, so i think it should be a retroactive resolution and curio -- resolution. >> so it is retroactive if it starts august 15? >> it is not retro. it should be no. >> i will take it off my list. item k-19. >> thank you. i just want to take a moment to ask about time from my point of

view. i would like to get some response us to where we are with truancy, particularly with things like those. what resources are we employing? how are we deranged -- how are we doing things differently? mostly there are elementary schools doing a better job. i would kind of like to know what we are spending and one sources, however you want to do that is fine with me if the commissioners are interested, we could maybe have a short report or a meeting. that is fine. >> thank you superior -- thank

you. roll-call please. [calling votes] >> a superintendents' proposal for first reading. i need a motion and a second. this is to grant or deny a the renewals for metropolitan arts high school to return -- high school. item r is the board member proposal for first reading. i need a motion and a second curiosa -- second. this is permitting students to

utilize independent study to obtain physical education credit through the 2012-2013 school year. i have won public speaker curio -- 1 public speaker. >> this refers to personnel and labor. >> i am the director in san francisco. i would like to thank you for whom the dresser in the issue tonight. i want to show you are will

actively monitor this program and ensure we make a satisfactory progress. i have some metrics to measure, and i would like to give periodic updates. because we are self-funding, there may be some problems with money being available in september, and there may be some technical issues with at least one higher read the past to do with the effective date of retirement, so you may push it off to october or whenever you feel is an appropriate time. thank you.

>> can i ask a question about your referral to the committee's hamas -- to the committees? i was wondering if having it to committee was going to be a problem. apparently, that is not a problem, and i want to monitor this a little bit. we just canceled the rules committee meeting this month, so since this was returned to rules, if you could just try to figure what happens if it comes back here curiosa -- by here. that would mean it might be five or six weeks before we have a rules committee. >> we do not have overruled -- a

rule, it can be rescheduled. >> i was requesting the be monitored superior -- monitored here it sounds like there is no urgency in doing this. we are trying to figure out how quickly it needs to be approved or denied. >> of a high-school where they have funding, about individual is here now, so we could do some administrative work with him.

i believe he may not be able to be hired now until october, but i can get the actual dates on that information for you, and we also have a candidate who is retired. i am still working on funding for him. >> you need at least one approval, so this needs to happen sooner rather than later. >> rules is scheduled for september 19. i think we can still meet the posting deadline curio -- deadline. >> maybe we can schedule a short rules committee, what ever you prefer your your region

whatever you prefer. i do not know if we need to do a meeting and just for this. >> for the curriculum meeting, and you know terminal -- do you know? >> we have something already on schedule. >> we are looking at the 22nd, but we still have to ask the committee. >> can you make an effort to meet before the 23rd chairman region before the 23rd? -- an effort to meet before the 23rd and of course we will try to make sure it is heard before the 23rd meeting. >> thank you. item f, board member reports.