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>> 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.

tape 55 >> welcome, this is carl. >> great to meet you. >> great to me you, and i want to thank you for your interest and this is the city's animal shelter. and come in and a lot of people come here to adopt a animal or if they have lost their animal or looking for other animals. and we deal with other animals like birds and rabbits and you

name it. this is more to see in this facility and more to see in the community. and i suggest you go with an animal control person and see what they co, whether rescuing animals in distress or hit by a car or dealing with aggressive animals or wildlife or a variety of things. you can only get that flavor with them and doing it first hand. >> i have been with animal control for about six years, i spent a year in the kennel and then the office came up and i started doing it and it really fit. it's really the job for me. and animals i have to handle and i know what i am doing, i rarely get scared. [whistle]. we do a lot of investigations

and most are not as bad as people report but everyone once in a while they are. and i had one and people had moved out and the dog was in the inside and it makes me teary and when the dog is in the backyard, and i can pull an animal out of a horrible environment and feel good. >> where does this animal go after this? >> they go for the shots and then the kennel. >> and if they just found this, and once we enter everything in the computer and they can track to find out if the dog went back home. we hold them for five days. >> this is a stray dog and it

came in today and we immobilize it and then put it in a room with food and water. >> and then evaluate for medical behavior and see if anyone is interested in adopting then. >> we want to be sure that their behavior is good for the average adopter and not aggression problem, toward people or animals. >> and if they growl and don't bite the hand, she passes that. and good girl, in case she has something in her mouth, we get it out. and one more test, called the startle test and it startled hear but she came to me. and passed the handling test.

>> for the mental exam i feel for lumps and bumps. and the ears and see if they are infected and look at the eyes and be sure they are clear and don't have cataracts and look at their teeth and heart. this is the first job that i feel i make a dvrngs. -- difference. and we may do 40 to 80 animals a day for treatments. and do blood work and skin scrapings and cultures to diagnose different diseases. and x-rays, i can take an animal that would be euthanized at a different shelter and fix it and get it ready for a home. >> we have a partnership and we

let a professional groomer run a private business from our facility and in turn grooms our shelter animals. what is the big deal of that? when someone comes to adopt an animal, if it looks good, chances are it will be adopted more. >> and we groom and clean the ears and the works. >> typically a shelter wouldn't have grooming? >> not at all. and these dogs are treated with the utmot -- utmost care that others can't provide. this is a shampoo to bring out the luster. and i feel satisfied in helping the shelter pets be adopted and to be a part of such a

wonderful staff, from the top all the way down. if she passes our evaluation, she will stay until she's adopted. if you are interested in adoption and don't want to put them to sleep, that means at a last resort, we will give you a call before putting to sleep. you are not bound to the dog, and we would give you a call, and it's an actual adoption and cost $107 and it will be your dog. >> the volunteers to meet are the unsung heroes in this field that take the animals to hope and nurse them to get strong enough to come down and rehome. without volunteers, i would have to be honest to say this

wouldn't be much more than a pound. we thank god that we have the number of committed people coming down and helping us out, it makes all the difference in the world. >> when you want to come in and volunteer, you go through a general orientation, about two hours. there is a lot of flexibility. and the various programs available, are baseline dog walking. you can work with the cats. you can work with tony's kitty rescue, with the small animals and guinea pigs and birds and chickens. >> you always have an appreciative audience. >> do you feel that what you have learned here helped you with your own dogs? >> the training they don't have? yes. and it's things that you learn,

we usually outlive our dogs and every time you get a new one, you have skills to teach them. >> one of the programs is training program and it's staffed by a member of the community and one of the programs she has is dog socialization. >> we started this program for canine socialization. and all the dogs available for adoption get to play for two hours. and it's a time for them to get incredible exercise and play with other dogs and we have remedial socialization. and it's incredible the dogs and they get exercise and run and tumble and when most adopters come to look in the

afternoon, they are quiet and settled. >> and i want come and someone sees a dog and loves it, it's quick. and after three weekends, i saw him and he connected and i connected and came back. >> what is your experience of working with the animals? >> unbelievable. from the guy that is came to the house and everyone here, they are friendly and knowledge believe and -- knowledgeable and they care about the animals. >> and it's a great place to visit and look at the animals and maybe fall in love and take one home. and look at our grooming program and volunteer pr