engine. it does not happen to us, it happens because of us. >> i am going to flip through the slides that show some of the pictures that the children made at malcolm x. i am the director of the executive policies for the school district. i have been working with small compacts and on the city's services committee. >> i just wanted to say thank you for the presentation. to show how it is integrated into the school site and the great energy that you are exhibiting. thank you. >> i will quickly flipped through some of those slides. some of the older students that

participated in summer programs came and share their talents. that is their field trip. that is some of the work that the architects provided inspiration to the students. this is some other models that they built. you can see this. when they presented to the group, the presentations. as we walked around and they gave us individual presentations that they have done and gave some scale models. moving on from that, when we look forward, we know that there are a lot of resources that come along with this kind of project. we want to make sure that we spend them well and do that as a part of the work we are doing for education as well.

we created and education task force as part of the campaign for hope sf. it is one of three task forces to determine how money for hope sf would be spent. a private taskforce came together with 18 members. we met a total of four times and had deep sessions and came up with a list of recommendations in key areas. we adopted some objectives that are pretty much in line with the district's. our objective as a district, providing high-quality early care and education and moving through all the way from the high-quality preschool to ready ness for college and career. and the steps that link those

together. this was around parent and community education, to make sure we were making be links between home and school. this is coming from the new communities that are being created right now. coming up with ways to engage school staff. supporting alternative communication channels for parents from schools and for all kinds of activities throughout the gear that we want to make sure parents are a part of and understand and know about. we wanted to focus on summer and before and after school care and in richmond. one of the major areas that we -- that pop up where transitions. we do not have additional state

funding to support summer school or before or after school in a way that we would like. there are specific times in a child's school life that can be very difficult. transitions is one that came up from preschool to kindergarten, off from elementary to middle school and that from middle school to high school. that is a big area of emphasis for this group. lastly, quality in school time experiences. we want to make sure that the schools that are around hope sf, along with other schools, we have the resources to engage with the community around education issues and we have the resources to address the challenges that come from being in a really stressful

environment as many of these students are. we can create the programs that many of us heard about that malcolm x to create real world settings. i am going to leave it there. he will talk about some good news we received about choice neighborhoods. >> good afternoon. i am with the mayor's office of housing. school board has an evolution and there is a a little bit of an art to it. that taught us some of the power of involving be youth in the school. thinking big across five sites.

what are some of the leavers of change for education? talking about really whalookingt that port in terms of the shipyard transformation in the district. i wanted to talk specifically about the work ahead and how we are feeling excited about going to scale out there. for those of you who follow federal housing policy, there was a program called hope 6 created under clinton. it was cut back drastically. under obama, it is the new public housing transformation program. the exciting thing is that it does not take the old footprint and bold new apartments and hope for the past. it is actually transformative. it is about housing conditions

and creating a mixed income ladder. it is about talking to the people in the neighborhood and what kind of opportunities the residents themselves gain. these are service opportunities that are not too far in these neighborhoods. they are addressing the core safety issues in the neighborhood. most of our housing developments are very island-like. we are talking about the whole neighborhood of services. this can turn it into a vibrant mixed income neighborhood. the exciting thing about choice neighborhoods is that they have strategies for education. as somebody who has been falling policy for a while, talking

about educational outcomes in early childhood. this is a grant provided by housing and urban development. given the scope, the constellation the partners, the grant is given to the lead developer with national expertise in rebuilding housing communities in a joint partnership with the housing authority and the school district as well as the mayor's office of housing and redevelopment. the school's strategy and plan, in many ways, it is about breaking the cycle of poverty for families who have lived in public housing for too long. creating opportunity for the young people. we have the opportunity to look

at the schools. the majority of the people think about the strategy for strengthening the community and thinking about the schools. the schools around griffith are george washington carver, malcolm x, a hidden gem, and double rock. the willie brown school was closed. it is proposed to be reopened when the bill passes. then the partner high-school is marshall, where the majority of kids tend to go. many kids go to a range of schools. these are partner schools. i want to talk for just a second. the grant to does something for

the residents. it provides social service money to provide an on-site community center. case workers worked in the developments day today and wake up every day and think about the need for those residents and then work differently in a way with those families. they also partner with the consolation of schools. the thing that is exciting is that it really comes at a time when the district has already been focused on the school transformation through the superintendent zone under the leadership of the doctor and the superintendent himself. there was some core work that was happening to address the historic inequities in the bayview. the district has been focused on release supporting and developing the teachers as the

change agents in the school. some principals now a seat -- receive coaching and extra support. there are some financial incentives for the principles that take on what can be challenging schools. this builds on what is working on the ground and adopting and implementing standardized curriculum. providing extra professional development. this is because of the work that is being done out there. there are incentives for teachers. in addition to that, the district reform strategy talks about building data driven instruction and seeing how the teachers are doing. that is work that was already underway. it has a lot of leadership and

momentum in the community. it comes at the perfect time in the transformation. what we are doing is amplifying and complimenting new strategies. the first and foremost are are community goals. some of the resources will actually be giving the schools in the zone that do not have them a school corte madera. we can put together the partnerships to address the non- academic barriers of learning. and really make these schools and to the centers of the community. in addition, there will be resources to partner with parents and provide kids with support opportunities. schools are too under resource to do this. this is a dressing parenting,

preschool, and to be sure that these schools have great opportunities. malcolm x ran a wonderful summer camp this summer. we hope that to be continuing so that kids have opportunities, even when some of our resources are a challenge. the point that nancy made about supporting transitions, having pathways' when kids move to kindergarten and then from elementary to middle and college or other career. last but not least, continuing what we have fallen into in terms of product based learning and involving young people in the community and the classroom and envisioning their new community, there are resources to continue the work at knock a max and bring it to the next level. -- malcolm x and bring it to the

next level. as the plans for rebuilding double rock take place, we are on course to do that. the students will have the opportunity to learn about the change coming in their neighborhood and contributing to what they want to see. i think we will be able to show you some of the learning. we have found that this work is scary and big. they're the next generation. they are the long-term residents of the neighborhood. the kids are involved in helping us see what we cannot see in front of us. i will say that i shared a lot with you. i will stop there.

there is the contact information. i thank you for the time. >> to do is you have any questions? no questions. we can move to public comment. no public comment. we can close this issue. are there any other items on the agenda to be called? >> no. this meeting is adjourned. thank you everyone for attending.

>> around me what you see is an exhibition bien asian american women artist association. one of my favorites is cheers to

muses which is a variety of sculpture, paintings and photographs in which the artists not only show their own work but talk about the muses who inspired them. coming up we have a variety of exhibitions celebrating diversity and performances and every first thursday we have an opening in our main gallery. >> what kinds of organizations utilize your affordable space progr program? >> there's a huge range. last week des president clinton divas had a drag fashion show. the united states of asian american festival has events here every career as does the national career arts festival. in recent years homies organizing the empower youth had one of their first large scale neighborhood events. >> i think of it as

multi-generational i see artists who are emerging and young and community members that may be from in college to, you know, some of the old-timers that have been around a long time. i think that is special about this organization. >> it shows work by more than 1,000 bay area visual artists each year and collaborates through the programs with between 60 and 90 nonprofit cultural organizations each year. we host weekly figure drawing sessions every saturday morning. there is an accurate dojo with classes they nights a week and people can drop in. we have a free drop-in print maki making class. and print making workshops for adults a want to learn the craft. we have an open studio. >> how do you see it as distinguishing itself as a

unique place and organization? >> i was just reading an interview with elizabeth streb and she was talking about her vision for the spaces of the future being rather than being warehouse spaces, being a space where all kinds of participation on all levels is possible. i think this is already that space where artists at all levels of experience can be innovators, risk takers, learn about other cultures, find something unexpected and we are a true alternative space in that we are welcoming to everyone.