superintendent carlos garcia. youth had the opportunity to ask questions to the panel as well as provide their thoughts and insights on what they feel about school and how it is here in the district. they did a good job putting this together. this is something we will actually continue with the program during the school year. this is just an outline of what they did each week. beginning week was outreach. then we started with the actual tutorial and presentation. a lot of learning activities and games to enhance the algebra and the english learning with the youth. then the outcomes, which is something we are really excited and pleased about. we started with 96. 85 actually finished the program and completed. out of that 85, 11 of them were from colbert and's recovery program -- from burton's

recovery program. seven of them had failed their algebra and english classes during the school year. out of the 74 coming through participation, 70 of them actually passable their math and algebra -- math and english classes. that is over 90% turn around. they failed during the school year and passed, which is something we are excited about. 58 of those students passed with a c or better, which is 70%. most past with a c or better. 25% of the students had a grades. 23 had b grades. 16 had c's. only 12 out of the ones that passed passed with a d grade, which is still an improvement. four people did not pass, which was not necessarily reflected in

both subjects. we had one person who failed english and two who failed algebra. one received "n's" for not completion. we're excited about these outcomes. this is something we will continue into the school year. they are at thurgood marshall right now as well as philip burton. mondays and tuesdays, two hours a day, tutorials on thursdays. youth have the a opportunity to earn up to the $599 stipend. we will start that with the second semester. this semester, we are doing tutorials stuff, goal-setting stuff. we're heavily incentivizing the program. there will be field trips. we will feed them everyday. we're working in conjunction with the school district at both sites. staff has attended curriculum training from the district.

tutors have received training. we realize and recognize the fact that if we are going to make this work and continue for the success, we need to be closely intertwined with the district and their goals and what they're doing with their students each day. a couple of charts and graphs to put in this, i did e-mail a final report to members of the school board as well as implementation committee. i can also send a copy as well. a couple of questions that were asked when i presented when we first had begun the program was the ethnicity. we have the breakdown of the ethnicity. the bulk of the youth were latino and african-american. the data on the grades is going to be kind of funny. a lot of them might have identified in a grade because of age, but do not necessarily have the credit to be in that great.

-- grade. a couple of photos. ready and prepared to answer questions. i did want to show a brief video of the program before we got to that phase, just so you can kind of get a look directly from the kids, from their point of view, and this is something that one of our board members put together. so, i am going to play this for you. you can get to see. -- get to see students in action. ♪ [up-beat hip-hop]

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>> it helped me improve on my studies. >> it was fun. learned a lot of things here. ♪ >> it kind of gives you a picture of what the youth were able to do over the summer. i hope you were able to capture that we have a very diverse group of youth, which is reflective of what district and looks like now.

definitely because of growing populations. we will continue to work during the school year. i'm here to answer any questions you may have. >> so just to round off the presentation, i just wanted to mention that the funding for this came from the community benefit agreement that the three groups, labor, sfop, and a's negotiated with the shipyard. this is what we were tasked with, too, with two programs for summer youth. this is absolutely one of our first programs, and i think you can tell by the presentation the success of it. in our minds, we wanted to come up with a program that was already functioning within the system, and then build on it. that is exactly what we did. we took the ninth grade summer

program that you all were responsible for and we built on that. we helped to provide the tutors and the environment, and the support come and the mentors that made this program, and helped folks who had failed ninth grade , 70 out of 74 passing. if all things go well this winter, we will be getting more money from our community benefit agreement. these are the kinds of programs that we will be building. we wanted to share the excitement that we all have with you and have you know that we will be back again in the future to talk more about these kinds of things. thank you. supervisor cohen: thank you very much for that inspiring presentation. i would like to check in with my colleagues and see if anyone has any questions or compliments

that they would like to share. commissioner maufas: i did attend the summer graduation event that was at balboa. i will just say the students were incredibly engaged, still. it was like their graduation day, the end of their time. yes, it was more relaxed, but most of them were still excited about the work they had done. they were still engaged with each other. i will say something i noticed that was pretty unique. i have not articulate it yet because it was percolating in my head. i thought it was pretty fantastic. i did not know that those students were from other schools. they all were working together, talking together, playing together.

i would have never known they had come from different schools sites to attend this one summer program. they all functioned as one big family. and that is rare in san francisco. i will just say it is rare. every school has a certain amount of school pride. most days, students don't mind exhibiting it. while i visited this program, it was just one big family. and that was incredibly refreshing. they were engaged with each other. they were like classmates, which they obviously had been, but they were teammates, too. all the accolades they were getting, they were congratulating each other. i thought that was fantastic. that goes to really the folks who have set the program up. i am congratulate and all of you for really setting the tone for the young people to participate

and supporting them through it. ups and downs, you know, struggles, challenges, when the road is easy, then when it gets difficult, all of that mixed together, i just thought it was great. i apologize for not being able to attend the sunday cook out. it also sounded like it was pretty fantastic. darn it. next time, i definitely want to make it. i will put it on my calendar so i can attend. just the bible is just wonderful. -- the vibe is just wonderful. i want to thank all of the adults use -- who helped set the tone for young people to be able to thrive and do academic work, and get paid for it. it is the summertime. they need jobs. most of them would actually have to go look for employment to

sustain themselves. you know, as a priority, versus making academics a priority. you have been able to make it so easy for one -- young people. they did not have to decide one or the other. they were able to have one and the other. thank you very much. i want to appreciate you all in that effort. supervisor cohen: thank you. commissioner norton: i want to thank the founders as well for putting on this program. it really -- it gave a number of students who were off-track a chance to get on that track, and that is so important with our new graduation requirements. they need to have algebra. they need to move on to higher- level math and other subjects. it is really wonderful to hear how successful the program was, and i am particularly so glad that you're tutors are going to

training with the school districts and are aligning the material that they are getting in the summer with what we are teaching during the school year. it is so important to make sure that kids are on-track academically, that they are getting what they need to graduate. that is the ultimate goal. thank you very much. it is exciting to hear about this. i cannot wait for more successes next summer. thank you. supervisor cohen: thank you. commissioner fewer: i want to echo what my colleagues have said. thank you so much for helping make our summer school program more successful for more students come and for giving them the real help to meet those requirements. we have adopted the graduation requirement. it is a vigorous course of study. many of our students are not able to meet this. as you know, it is so tight in the schedule that if they are missing one or two, they may not

graduate, so i really appreciate it. thank you summit. it is good to know that so many of them passed. going onto the next course of study is even more challenging. look at some of the things students have a difficult time and other districts have proven, that as a gatekeeper to completing the requirements. i have one suggestion. i also have one question. my one question is, how can san francisco unified school district be a better partner? were there any glitches? for example, were you to get a class list out not in time? those types of things come administratively, that maybe we can work on for next year. that is my one question. i am wondering, many of these

students are the first generation to go to college. the college processes very daunting. we do not have the research centers set up on a really comprehensive college centers. they go through the process, how to fill out an application. how are these classes that to take so important for college entry? what are colleges looking for? how do you write an application? those types of things as these 9th and 10th graders begin to be juniors and seniors. really hands-on, show them how to do it. i feel like some many of our students are really at a disadvantage if they didn't have parents who went to college, and even parents who did go to college, went a long time ago, which requirements of change? the game has changed. how can we give our kids sort of a -- level the playing field a

little. also, scholarships. helping them would be really helpful. my question is, how can we be better partners to you? >> the first thing, to answer the question about being better partners, i have provided a whole bunch of programming over the years. the district could not have been more helpful, more receptive of programming than they were with this process. jan at the district laid the groundwork, both at principles at all school sites, they allowed this to the form of outreach that we needed to do to really engage students. classrooms were available. they gave us the run of the

school. that was a great experience. i will say that going into the school year, i think the best place we could use assistance is just to let high school principals and teachers know about the program so they can understand that when we come in, we are actually coming in to enhance what is going on. i am a former teacher. i know the rigors that teachers deal with every day. the last thing they need is programs that don't actually enhance what they do but cause them an extra burden or more work. we are mindful of that. just advocacy and promotion of the outcomes, which i think will be beneficial for teachers and principals to understand. it just makes everything smoother working within the district. to your second point, we are definitely really aware of the need for working with first- generation college students and

providing them what they need to get ready and prepared for college. the difference with the program during the school year is the time. we have the entire school year to do that. we will definitely provide workshops on how to talk to schools, financially and workshops. we will work with college track. i will mention the rest of the partners in a second. we will pull from them and work to combine resources. they will be coming in and talking to our youth and letting them know how to go to the process. we have a college were planned for the spring. i'm really fighting to get more funding so we can possibly do that to where they go out of state for this portion of the programming. we will have a college tour at the end of the program as well. the youth the chance to visit schools. we are on that track and we want them to be aware of everything they can do at the next level in terms of education as well as all the job options that are available for them.

>> you said 70 out of 74 past. -- passed. >> the four that passed passed one of their class. one of the four did not pass english. two of those four did not pass algebra. one of them received an n. one of the things that would be helpful for us in terms of engagement and keeping people on track as having the names. we don't have the names, the actual names of the participants that received what. the district could not give us that information. we have gone through the formal mou process. we will have access to everything. we will be able to follow up and find out where gaps are and who missed what, and the best way to

a system. >> for those that were successful that completed the program, has the district giving you any kind of a status update or progress report on how these students are doing in this fall semester? >> the first reporting period is coming to a close and we will have the information in report cards. we will be able to track those used -- youth who went through the program over the summer. it will take some time to get that information. the district has said they will provide that for us. >> if i remember correctly, the program once -- was -- there were challenges in getting the word out. what kind of improvements will you be able to make? getting the word out, advertising, and would like to see even more students enrolled. >> i would like to be able to do

it at each school site. i think one of the things, it was a first-time program. i think getting everyone to be aware of the constraints and the time. and how quickly things move is something that we have the ability to do this year. same thing with the school year. just being prepared, and all this stuff being put in place. we are building from the ground up. we know what we need to do, when we need to start the planning and everything. i just need to get the go but in -- go button. we're prepared to move earlier. supervisor cohen: thank you very much. thank you for being good community partners. colleagues, seeing that there are no comments, i would like to open up for public comment. are there any members here that would like to speak on this item? no?

public comment is closed appeared could you please read the second item on the agenda? >> there is only one item on the agenda today. supervisor cohen: great. thank you very much. that adjourns the meeting. have a good week.

>> the san francisco ethnic dance festival is one of the jewels on san francisco sculptural crowns. this is in its 32nd year of showcasing the celebrated dance troupes. this year will be one of the past with four new works representing kondo, afghanistan, china, mexico. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico. more than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in january for a slot in the ethnic dance festival. in the end, 37 companies were

selected to perform. 26 of those performances are world premieres. >> each year, we assembled a panel of dance experts that is made up of academics, scholars, researchers. people have been working for decades in the field. many of them came to this country in the seventies and have trained the next generation of dancers. they are proud to see many of these students at the these masterful levels. this was one of the best panel'' we have ever had, extraordinary people. at the end of the process, they rank their top groups which are then merged into a master list. >> performers are judged on

stage presence, costumes, and innovation. >> the four programs are created around an exciting and dynamic range so the soloists and groups selected each weekend will have enough dynamic range to be a society overall to are experience. >> hundreds of dancers from different countries need each other, compare stuff, and make new friends. this has resulted in new cross- cultural collaborations'. >> one of the extraordinary things is that it really only happens here in the san francisco bay area. all of the dancers that we are presented-