november 5 is the enrollment affair. we received an annual report on student assignment. we're developing questions and getting the help from researchers on how to evaluate this new one. student assignment that includes a consideration for neighborhood assignment. there was an update on the redesign of transportation services. president mendoza: any other reports on any of the committees that may have met? commissioner norton: i'm not reporting on a committee, but i did go see a bilingual community council meeting. i did not know we were doing this, but we have begun translating the annual test reports that all parents get in the mail. parents are getting them in their native languages which is a huge step forward. it has been a lot of work, apparently, but it was very much

appreciated. i wanted to add my thanks, it is a big improvement. commissioner fewer: on october 19, i attended the school district's first annual lgbt family center. it was a smashing success. i think they thought 50 people would show up and it was packed. clearly next year, will have to have a larger venue. i would like to thank staff for putting this on. this was a fun event and i felt that everyone who attended had a great spirit, very family feeling, and i hope that next year we will have more families that will participate. at this time, i would like to make an appointment to my advisory committee.

i would like to appoint edwin yuen to the bilingual council. he is bilingual in spanish and chinese and is the parent of a daughter. commissioner maufas: the select committee meeting is this thursday over in city hall starting at 3:30. i wanted to say before this meeting is over -- president mendoza: do you know what the topic -- commissioner maufas: an update on the shipyard school district. >> i got my test back a few weeks ago in chinese and i could not read it. my mom was bashing on me and i could not read it.

why didn't i get one in english? >> everybody got them in english in august and it took a month to get them translated. that is why you got a copy in chinese after word. commissioner murase: i wanted to report on the rules committee meeting that met on monday, october 24 for action. we reviewed the online board of education policies. we are going very deep into that process trying to bring the board policies on line. i invite my colleagues to join in on that. we will probably need back for recommendation in december. we reviewed the policy for committing non 7 it is residents to the school of the arts, and when so was started, there was a hard cap recommended of 10% of out of district

students. it was unknown to the staff, so the principle has made a commitment in the coming year to really keep to that, because currently they have 60% overall out of district students. some departments are as high as 39%. one of the arguments given to us was that there aren't enough qualified seven it is students. i am here to say that san francisco students should apply. we want to see lots of applicants and phyllis many spaces as possible with san francisco students. there are some exceptions, when there is a need for a particular baritone or tenor who to invite and out of district students, but we would like to have as many san francisco students applied as we can. under state and federal policy,

there have been bullying measures signed by the governor, and this thursday, the district attorney is hosting a very important cyber bullying event for the middle school families that is open to the public and will be at marina middle school from 6:00 to 7:30 on thursday. really targeting families and what they should know about cyber bullying. it is hard to keep up with. there is a lot going on with sell funds and social media has tools for really some very negative behavior. it is a very important event. commissioner norton: i forgot to say that the next meeting of the curriculum and program committee will be on monday november 7 and we will have at 4:00 p.m.,

slightly earlier than usual. >> commissioners, i wanted to say that the superintendent as i mentioned earlier is in boston for the council of the great city schools, i want you to know that we are honored that we will have the two presentations that this national convening including san francisco unified staff. from the research and accountability department, they will be presenting on our partnership with stanford university and our counsel. we will be presenting an immigration issues with students. we are honored to have this representation. commissioner fewer: i would like to make an announcement that the budget committee will meet this thursday, october 27 at 5:00 p.m. in this room. we are inviting everyone to attend. we will have an exciting

discussion about the state but the engine support services. >> is always really thrilling. >> adjusting case not all the commissioners , in every department, we have students go out once a week to middle schools to a guest who teach middle school kids about the arts that we do. that is one way we are recruiting students. >> and you're doing this in san francisco middle schools? [laughter] commissioner yee: i would really like to say, several of us were there yesterday morning, and the mission high school community was treated really treated by a

former michigan high school student. there was some article -- the panel that he had with them, his wife and the peter -- and peter. one other, i should know his name. the message they sent to the students was pretty consistent to them that in order for them to the to get to any level, you

need to focus now and be the best person to do the best you can. i am just an ordinary person that focused on what my passion was. >> i want to thank them and his wife cindy, they were phenomenal. he was there from 8:00 in the morning until 1:00 in the afternoon. the principal was beside himself. the left to the classrooms and said hello to the students. he had a panel discussion with a very informal conversation to the kids, and they could pretty much as can anything.

he did a 10 minute or 20 minute stint with the kids practicing on stage and performed with the kids. he mentioned being 16 years old and performing with carlos santana. it was just great, there were 15 students on stage. the students exited and he played for us for another half- hour. it was a delight. he donated, the drums and guitars. he is commissioning a mural to be painted in the hallway, and he really wanted to congratulate the kids because 85 percent were going on to college. we have a much higher rate of graduation this last year. he was thrilled and honored to be amongst the kids and they were thrilled and honored to be with him. a couple of other thank yous.

the educational partnership celebrated the tenth anniversary. the deputy superintendent and i had the opportunity to go to their celebration. it is filipino history month. i wanted to thank cbs and the park. they took out 50 of the kids from the marina middle school. they had the street team from cirque du soleil come and run the obstacle course. lee will install on lighting, it will be on the time morceli will be able to save funding on that. the kids came out, they did a drawing for premier tickets for tonight for five of our students. and they would not put them down, they were doing these obstacle courses and they would

not set their tickets down. it was really fantastic. i wanted to invite everybody, especially the alums to the dance on november 5. it will be a really great party and a great fundraiser for the school as well. >> and the jazz band will be performing, i am in that. that is kind of cool. >> our president is very humbled but she was also awarded and recognized at the banquet this saturday night for her contributions to the community. congratulations. [applause] president mendoza: thank you. regular board meeting announcements. our next regular board meeting falls on november 8, all of you

should know is a special day. it is election day. our board meeting is going to get changed to tuesday, november 15 here in the boardroom. no board meeting on tuesday, november 8. >> it will run my routine. >> but you only have one board meeting this month. if there is no other announcements, a report of the closed session actions of october 18, 2011. the approve the contract for one assistant principal. the board of education approved the ratification of the suspended explosion of one high school student. in following litigation

matters, -- the board of education by a vote of four ayes approve the settlements each in the amount of 3000. other informational items posted on the agenda, the quarterly report of july through september 2011 and the acceptance of gifts for the months of september for 2011. this meeting is adjourned.

october 27. thank you, madam clerk, for being here. colleagues, thank you. could you please read the agenda? >> sure. i would like to make an announcement to turn off the volume of your cell phones. completed speaker cards and copies of documents will be included, and documents must be submitted to the court. item number one, hearing to review and update on the initial education-related expenditures stemming from the core community benefits agreement. supervisor cohen: thank you very much. earlier this year, we've heard the proposal presented to us by

a group of community members that took the leadership and initiative to provide instruction for summer school for san francisco unified school district. we will hear a brief summary of the finding. the first person i would like to call up our believe is -- oh, ok. we will call up pastor alexander. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is reverend alexander and i'm one of the leaders of the project. i would like to welcome this opportunity to be before your again, this time in response to a request for an update on the initial education and related expenditures and the success of our summer academic program. for the next few moments, you will hear and see from our colleagues and service

providers information related to the success of the overall project. it does mean a great privilege as well as an honor to introduce miss phillips. she will share briefly on the success of the overall project, and after that, you will be in the hands of mr. walter. >> good afternoon. my name is jacqueline phillips. i'm a member of the bay view hunters point community. we had two summer youth programs going this summer, one for the ninth graders, and one for the young adults, 18-25. both programs were a great success. we had a picnic just past weekend, and we allowed the participants to speak, to give their thoughts on the program. it was very heartwarming to hear the younger people speak, how it made a major difference to them to get extra help and to

be able to pass courses. what was very impressive was the 18-25 group also. we had a young man stand and say how the person he worked with, the employer he worked with, had "certain things to him that he remembered. he applied them to his life. he said he would never forget these quotes. he was a 25-year-old. being in this program and being able to work for wages made a lot of difference to him to the point that when these young people spoke, it made all the difference that these programs were a success, not just on paper, but you could actually see and feel they were feeling. my understanding is there were four youth actually hired on the spot. i think it was 70 out of 74 or

75 of the younger people who had passing grades, and when they entered the program, they had failing grade. that is why i say it was a great success. now, one of the things that we need to work on, there were complaints that it was too short. six weeks was not enough time, and once we have employment, of course, once they got into working come after six weeks, it was over. we need to have something in place so the youth who need further to drink throughout the year, they can also get that through the school year. to those for it is -- to those where it is working, all the skills they need to know to have a job, to cut them off after six weeks, that was their main concern. they need to follow up the summer program so that they will have a year-long time to be

stronger in their skills and carry that somewhere else. again, both programs were a success. we enjoyed them and they enjoyed us. thank you. supervisor cohen: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors and commissioners. i'm the executive director of young community developers. i'm going to present information from the summer academic program we provided for district 10 youth. i'm going to need the screen. >> you have a power point presentation? there we go. thank you. >> basically, first, this talks about our mission. the bottom line is, we just want to make sure we get the community working, a big

emphasis in the southeast sector. we're working to provide jobs for individuals within san francisco in general. the summer academic program was set up for ninth grade students and summer school, or originally. at the beginning of the program, we also allowed some district 10 youth from philip burton's high school, as well as recovery programs, to participate as well. the program had 9th through 12th graders. some of them identified as 10th graders. students came from lowe, balboa -- they all came to the elbow over the summer. the program was designed where we had an hour of the epidemic tutorial every day, monday through friday, as well as life

skills and job training for individuals as well. tutors were in the classroom during the day at blaboa -- balboa with the teachers. it was an enhancement of what was going on during the school. they could burn up to a $599 stipend for completion of program attendants and four their -- for their work they're doing during the day. we had a couple of field trips, one to the mission bay campus, as well as a fun day to close out the program at great america. we provided gift cards. we fed youth every day. we made sure we had everything they wanted to have so they would be continued to be motivated. real excited about the fact they got on from other high schools to come to balboa every day.

that shows a lot about their motivation to be successful. at the end, each provided a portfolio that included a cover letter, resume, as well as an essay that talked about how learning relate to employment. also, they were able to have a project-based learning experience. they planned a summit during the five-week duration. the summit had taken place toward the end of the summer. members of the school board were present as well as 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] ♪ [mid-tempo hip-hop]

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