not intervene right away. the program is currently being hosted at balboa high school. today, we did our first orientation with about 50youth and the principal and responsible open it up for us to do another presentation tomorrow and one on monday. the schedule fluctuates, but the program is set up to serve 100, and they have an opportunity to receive up to at $590 that it, so it is a $50 gift card, depending on attendance, depending on summer school attendance, and we developed a rubric to determine how that they scale would work in terms of their seven. first orientation was today. that went over very well. we had about 50 something youth. they have all been given intake forms for the program. we will probably have a more finalist as of monday. part of our strategy as well is possibly working with bringing some of the youth over from

philip burton. they have a credit recovery program being operated, as well as lowell high school. we working up some transportation issues because we want to try to get as close to 100 as possible. so there are already enrolled in summer school. the first hour is academic tutorials, academic enrichment, and the next hour we go for to the wheel hours, is about life skills and job readiness training. that is what we do. we bring in guest speakers to talk about college experience, talk about work experience. we conduct a couple of field trips, hopefully, to a university. we are trying to get out to maybe twitter or google or some corporation so they can have an opportunity to also see how the business aspect of the universe works. again, it is a two-hour program.

first our definitely dedicated to academic tutoring and in richmond. next hour, life skills and job training. all of our tutors are college students right now. some of them attend across the united states and our home for the summer, but all are college students. and, of course, that was done by design. the tutors are in the classroom with the teachers during the day so they can understand and know what the needs of the students are and be able to build that relationship during the day which will assist them and help them in the after-school portion. if there are any questions. >> do you have any questions? all right. supervisor chiu: bank -- supervisor chu: thank you. quick question about the funding. >> the funding is in the shipyard in the southeast

sector. lennar has dedicated -- it is the $80 million community benefits package. this fund -- the dollars that are available right now is about $500,000 pot, so that money comes from lennar, and it is actually monitored by the foundation. there is a district can committee that is set up that is responsible for administering the funds and overseeing the program. i may miss one organization, but -- and the labour council. they monitor and decide how the funds get administered. supervisor chu: the number of

students you cited earlier -- i think you said 50 to 70 who were at the first meeting. how many slots do you have available for the program? >> we have 100 total. we can serve up to 100. the budget and program were designed for up to 100. we are focusing hard to get that 100, but we also want to make sure we provide a quality service. we will have a more finalist on monday in terms of who is eligible. we are hitting the ground running today, but we want to make sure that it is effective. supervisor chu: is that summer slots or year-round? >> this this summer. but we have also put in place instead of a program to where this could work year round, because the idea is to keep this going so that the youth will have an opportunity for a pay- work experience in the fall as well as academic enrichment components, so we do have that option of the funding is available. commissioner fewer: i wanted to

know -- the students that are at balboa high school participating in the program -- are they participants in san francisco unified-sponsored summer school for a credit recovery? >> actually, it is regular summer school for sfusd. phillip burton high school has occurred recovery program during summer school. we need to get more to reach our goal, we will work with phil burton and provide transportation for those. >> my question again was, the students that you have a participating, the 100 students, they go to summer school for a half-day and then participate in your program for two hours after the summer school -- is that how it works? >> correct. commissioner fewer: you're giving academic support to the students in summer school that -- for the students -- for the

subjects they are also taking? aptly, students at balboa will be the ninth graders who have received f's, are now eligible to take summer school for credit recovery. i'm just trying to -- i mean, seeing what this program might look like. students go to school in the morning, and for two hours after, that this a bit in your program? >> correct. and you are absolutely right. it was concentrated on students that were in danger of failing and not receiving enough credits to graduate by the time they get to their senior year. commissioner fewer: do you have the racial breakdown of the students that are for dissipating? >> part of this is getting the completeness from the district and getting everything -- the way summer school works -- we still have stood it's even coming over from other schools. they are still transferring, so we will not have a complete list until probably around monday or tuesday. commissioner fewer: i received a list on monday, everyone enrolled in summer school at

balboa high school. my concern is trying to close the racial achievement gap, is that we are looking at programs actually targeted primarily for african-american, latino, pacific islander youht. -- youth. just wondering about the racial breakdown. we look at the numbers, and we are very concerned that actually we did not meet a lot of our goals to reach out to our african-american youth. 30% of them received f's in ninth grade, so i would be interested to find out the racial breakdown of the students participating, how successful at the end is the program. because you are offering them about a $599 stipend -- is that correct? so that is if they participate for the full summer school.

our summer school and your summer program? >> right. commissioner fewer: also, are you providing lunch for the students? >> of what actually is a summer launch site. the students have access to free summer lunch, which is sponsored by dcyf. also a couple of nuances because of the great relationship we actually have with balboa summer school administrators. they have also identified some that may not be in summer school that have failed or are in danger of failing because they work within the school system. so they have the opportunity to come to the after-school portion as well, and they have been identified in terms of subject areas they have issues and concerns with. again, our teacher -- our students are with teachers during the day to reinforce an enhanced the curriculum that they get during the daytime. commissioner fewer: ok, we also -- i am just concerned because i

know the development is in the bay view here primarily, community benefits. we have there been marshall students going to john o'connell, so we have a lot of students at risk of not graduating. those students go to school right in the bay view. most of them live in the bayview, too. instead of saying that the students -- the students were actually directed, i think -- some of them to john o'connell, also. i wonder if we were able to capture some of those students that actually go to bay view high school's in this program. i know that a lot of them were not directed to lowell high

school. students that went to washington high school i think were directed there, and they sort of said that these high schools would go to john o'connell, or these would go, so if you would not mind looking into that. i know thurgood marshall had many students treated to discredit recovery, too. >> in conversations with janet, she explained the breakdown. a good concentration of youth in district 10 would be at all well and o'connell, so we did take that into consideration. a lot of the constraints, and this is the first year in a cut program, we had was the timing and the funding was released and how much time we had to put an actual effective program together, so there are definitely some things that need to be fixed as we move forward, and we are doing the best we can to try to capture as many as we can, but again, we are up against a small time crunch, so we do want it to be effective. and we want to do a great job,

but we did take all listings into consideration. >> you are looking to extend this program to next year? >> that would be my hope. >> what i think is going to happen next year is that so this cohort of ninth graders will have to graduate, and i think that is with the panic is. we're very concerned about that. it is a much more rigorous study to graduate, so we are looking -- we just did some projections for next summer that we do not know if we will be able to offer because next year, students will be taking chemistry, which is their second year laboratory science, so we are sort of concerned that we will not be able to offer those students who have failed chemistry because we think there will be some who will fail, that we will not be able to offer

those labs, because labs are also smaller student to teacher ratio. i wonder if there is some flexibility if we are unable to offer summer school to students in the bayview, if there was flexibility for some of that funding to help us offer additional summer school courses or sites. just something to keep in mind. the students in eighth grade -- we anticipate, if it is anything like l.a. unified, we are looking at a great numbers not passing those glasses. so -- not passing those classes. i am glad we are having this conversation. thank you for supporting our efforts to help close the achievement gap. maybe we could have a conversation later about some school in general because it is really a lost time for a lot of our kids. >> definitely, and i focus my advocacy on continuing this program and programs like it,

and i would be happy to stand side-by-side with you. >> i have a couple questions, and i know commissioner maufas has some as well. correct me if i'm wrong, but you do not determine which students attend a specific high school, right? the san francisco unified school district is determining where. you are merely providing educational support. and providing a stipend for the students, right? >> correct. >> as an incentive to continue to move down a positive path in education. for me as a point of clarification, is it mandatory that the students attend this summer program, or are they able to opt in or out if they are failing? it is mandatory? >> it is not mandatory. that is why we offer -- that is what the stipend is for, as an incentive to encourage them to

enroll. >> this type and amount was $599 for the total summer or a month? >> $599 for the total five-week summer school experience. they could earn up to that. >> how is it broken down? by attendance? how do you account for the site in? >> we have a rubric in place that works on summer school attendance in their regular summer school portion of the day. this summer academic attendance, which is the program we are sponsoring. then positive attitude and summer completion. the numbers are actually broken down in the rubric. >> you mentioned you had tutors. are they compensated as well? >> yes, tutors are paid from the funding that comes from the implementation committee. they are paid $12 an hour.

they are college students. they are doing well and excelling, and they had a lot of mathematics and english expertise. >> i have a couple more questions to add on, and i am completely in alignment with commissioner fewer. as you talk with her, feel free to talk with me as well. i cannot express that enough, that her thoughts are really much of my own, so i am grateful that she is here to represent those. one of my questions -- are any of the tudors from district 10? >> a good amount of them. the way we originally designed the program was to collaborate with collaboratecbo's -- collaborate with other cbo's. i had a conversation when i first came on board with diane gray, who was with 100% college

prep, and she shared with us the fact that a lot of the kids that they set up the pool, home for the summer and did not have employment. 100% a college prep had the first crack at sending in resumes and getting their participants hired. as well as college track. from there, we had conversations with other organizations that had college students as well. >> i am happy to hear that because both of those organizations have -- the 100% a college prep club. even though their home base is in oakland, they have a site in district 10. happy to hear that, and they do a lot of recruitment primarily from district 10 and really seek to promote college preparedness and readiness and attendance for our youth in district 10. thank you for that. i think my next question was in regards to paying stipends --

and this is really just a logistical thing -- do they get paid by the week, or do they have to attend and get a lump sum at the end? >> they will get a lump sum at the end. there is a rubric in place that deals with the day-to-day, and they would get it at the end of the program. >> so i would advocate for an ongoing motivation? says you are saying that the site and at the end and the gift card are incentives -- i understand this is the first shot out of the gate, but maybe as we move along and move through this process, maybe -- you know, halfway through a payment, which is incredibly motivating and helpful for young people who actually need worked during the summer, plus the academic rigor -- because we all know about summer learning loss. but again, instead of them having to go and find a job in addition to the stomach to keep them going through the summer, if they have to use any of that fight and to help their families out, which many of them do, i know it would be incredibly helpful if they had an

opportunity to receive some portion of the money half way through. again, as an incentive beyond the academic recovery and tutoring. >> i agree with you 100%, just so you know. there's also other incentives built in with the field trip. we feed them every day. it is really just about a fun and enjoyable atmosphere as they learn. but i am with you 100%. >> i absolutely agree. again, just the way life is. some students have to have money to just manage their lives throughout the summer, and is wholly appropriate, i think, if you could figure out a way, even in this cycle, to somehow release some of the funds to them, so they could just the young people during the summer, which usually costs some amount of money. >> i think it would be helpful in terms of advocacy.

maybe we could advocate for that and make sure that that is available. >> i appreciate you acknowledging that, and i'm happy to have any conversation of line, but also, i can probably stay here that i can see an absolute need and see that as a reasonable request for those folks working with you. either way, however you have to manage the funds. the question, and then, you may not have the answer here. you imagine this program happening next summer. i'm not going to talk about throughout the year, but do you imagine this program the and ready to up and run after this first trial summer next summer? almost and a sure thing? >> as long as funding is available, definitely. but again, this is a pilot. there is no dedicated amount of money for it to happen next year, but that is something we

are having conversations about. the original design was from the summer and possibly throughout the school year in hope that when other funding is released, we could continue this program. >>that as part of the community benefits package, and i know there is part of that dedicated to an education component, i think it only reasonable that they should continue every summer. i would ask that you include me and commissioner fewer in those conversations so we have a better understanding. i will be frank with you. this conversation you have brought forward today is new to me today. that is not your fault. but i have a bit of concern that this conversation is new to me today, considering i am a commissioner on the board of

education. i do not know about commissioner fewer. or commissioner norton, who is not here today, because she is ill. i do not know if any of the commissioners know about that on the entire board of education, are aware of this and the program, which we should all be aware about, and knowledgeable. did you know? she is shaking her head that she did not know either. i am happy to have a conversation with the folks that sit on the committee's -- committies,ees, those community members. the board of education would like to be a part of it. i am not talking about the district. i am talking about the board of education. as the final decision makers, i

would like to know ahead of time if things are happening at our schools and with our students. i appreciate your comments. thank you. >> to answer your question about being informed, dcys was brought in with the san francisco foundation to try to help identify agencies in which this program could go through. we had a lot of conversations with janet schultz. that has been our main contact throughout this. if you want further questions about how it actually -- commissioner maufas: i agree and appreciate that, but she is the district side. i would equate it to the board of supervisors and the mayor. they are different bodies of folks. same thing with the board of the education and the school

district. we are part of the school district, but we have a different place. could you suggest a point person? commissioner fewer: myself. commissioner maufas: give us your cards and be in direct contact. commissioner fewer: our role here is very important. >> next i believe we have the mayor's office of work force and economic development, who are going to make a presentation about the employment component to the fund. >> good afternoon, supervisors and commissioners. my name is glen eagleson. >> could you speak louder and into the microphone? we can hardly hear you. >> i am with the office of economic and workforce development.

with me is joyce wallin. we have been working on the employment program for young people, building of our existing summary. we have been operating for the past three years. our summer youth unemployment program serves young people ages 16 to 21. with the new funding, it is for young people 18 to 25, focusing exclusively on young people from district 10. the basic core of the program is that young people receive free employment, job readiness training at the start of the program, and then get placed with non-profit or private sector work sites through the course of the summer. the total program length is approximately eight weeks. for this new component of the program, the applications are

out on the streets right now, so they are just going through collecting the applications. >> just for the folks that are watching at home, could you direct us where that application is available, the website or a location? >> they are available at four community sites. maybe some folks can give you more details to have been working on the operational details of how the program operates. >> to make sure i heard it correctly, people can get applications for this. what is the name of the program? >> it is summer youth employment. >> at bayview family? >> hunters point family.

50 raymond. alice gresset. the visitation valley rec center. and ycd. >> the you very much. -- thank you very much. >> i don't know what else to tell you about the program. young people would be in the program approximately eight weeks. they would work 12 hours per week and receive minimum wage while in the program. do you have specific questions? supervisor cohen: no questions.

colleagues, any questions about the youth employment program? i do have a question, just a clarification. you said ages 16 to 21 years old? >> that is for our existing summer youth and program -- youth employment program. with the new program, it will focus on people 18 to 25. supervisor cohen: and what is the -- >> 18225 with these moneys. -- 18 to 25 with these moneys. supervisor cohen: what of the requirements? do they have to have high school? do they have to have some college? >> right now, we are working with members of 8010 to finalize the selection criteria. they are looking for different

populations, ensuring equal access to the program. for the program we run, we already have a central criteria in case. it was low income and specific priority populations. for this program, it is really looking at equal access, low to moderate income levels. there is no specific requirement in terms of education. but looking at other barriers to employment, such as possibly involvement with the justice system and public housing location, it is primarily focusing on youth who have lived at this. supervisor cohen: think you very much. -- thank you very much. commissioner fewer: this is for

young adults 18 to 25 in district 10? must they have documentation? meaning, must they have security numbers? so they must have a social security numbers in order to participate? >> i have to provide right to work documents, which includes any document based on ini requirements, authorization to work in the u.s.. commissioner fewer: that is a shame. i think district can probably has many young adults in that district. they probably ought not -- they probably do not have valid documentation. it is unfortunate to be missing a large population of district