it does care for all the people here, no matter who they are. we appreciate you. we appreciate your love of the diversity of the city. we appreciate the generosity of this community. thank you for continuing to give. [applause] >> next week, i will have the chance to carve some turkeys. i will be joining st. anthony's and having a wonderful time. anita and i will have a chance to exhibit our love for the city again. st. anthony's has been a wonderful partner. i was here on these steps with st. anthony's a few months ago as they were exhibiting their love for the city. i know they have a tough time

with all the lines increasing on a weekly basis. i want to introduce the director of the st. anthony's foundation. [applause] >> we are honored to be a partner with the city and with all san franciscans. it has been a hard time. we just got our numbers in. last month, we saw a number of -- another 15% increase in the number of guests coming to our dining room. we're seeing an increase in the technology lab. we're able to meet the needs that grow because of the generosity of san francisco. we know the weather turns colder. we know the economy is still slow and many people still suffer. the other thing i see on a daily basis is hope. when san franciscans and people all over the bay area continue to come together, there is a lot of abundance.

there's a great generosity. like the mayor and others, we come together. we may be volunteering, donating food or cash. it really helps. in giving, you and still hope. this the season of giving and hope. we come together and join together with the nonprofits gathered today. we all work together, whether we're buying food together, coordinating other efforts. it is all of us coming together as a family, a big community family here in the san francisco area. we're honored to get to work with you and everyone gathered here. we want to wish everyone a blessed holiday season. thank you. [applause] >> next week, i will have a chance to join our intra-faith council -- inter-faith council. they have been very helpful as we try to figure out things. we do not have the solutions to

every question or even the questions being raised by those representing the challenges to the 99%. we will need help from everyone to figure those things out in the city. i want to register my appreciation for the council and their continuing support for all of us leaders in the city and for their prayers as well. i would to have funds serving one of the great institutions that are no longer just in chinatown. they are all over our city. annie chung, please come on up. >> mayor, thank you for including us in today's press conference. i read the "reader's digest" for december. they went around 16 countries and asked people one question. the question is whether the holidays are joyous or

stressful. is where the united states placed? in the bottom two. -- guess where the united states placed? in the bottom two. at the top was philippines. india was at the bottom with 79%. the united states was close at 82%. thank you for giving out this message of hope today. under your leadership, this is going to change. we're going to make sure that all sentences against a field stressful or sad during the holidays will be able to get something they wanted this year or for their families. there will be enough gifts for them. it is because you are stepping up. you are asking san francisco to join you and give more this season. we serve 35,000 seniors a year. like everyone else, the line is

getting longer. our funding is diminishing. in october, seven adult day care centers were threatened to be closed by the state. mayor, you stepped in. you delivered the message of hope. he found the money to keep 1500 seniors going to these adult day health centers who otherwise would face nursing home and emergency hospitals. on behalf of adult day health care, we thank you for finding the funding to keep us going for another few months. we hope that under your leadership, san franciscans will open their hearts and pocketbooks and continue to support the seniors. we look forward to having your car 30's and serve meals next thursday. we will serve 3000 seniors that day. thank you. [applause] >> in addition to the wonderful services that will be held with

our communities and the wonderful meals the will be served, all i want to also join supervisor jikim is negative shares our strong compassion for neighborhoods. we will find the time during the holidays to open up city hall. when we get our treae lit, messages of hope will be hung on a tree. we will have the snow day for all of the kids. we will also be able to have some pictures taken with the mayor for anyone who wants to come in and donate a can of food to the food bank. that will be another day when we register our joint effort to bring the message of unity to

the city. we will need everybody to step up. this season of giving is in my opinion one of the very good opportunities for everyone in the city -- i do not care whether you are a corporate citizen or resident of whatever economic level, if you can step up to help somebody else, this is where the passion of the city exists. this is where the soul of the city is. i want to thank all the folks here and every institution. i plan to work closely with all of them to make sure that we touch each other as we go together to help all of our citizens in the city. thank you very much on this announcement for our season of giving. thank you, everybody. [applause]

to the severance as a unified school district meeting for november 15. commissioner murase: here. commissioner wynns: here. vice president yee: present.

president mendoza: please join us for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flight of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible, are here with liberty and justice for all. i move for the approval of an ordinance for the regular meetings of april 12, april 26, may 10, may 24, october 2015. >> secondary it. president mendoza: roll-call vote please. >> now for the board of education superintendent's report.

welcome back, dr. garcia. >> thank you. i just got back from china, so a little bit of jet lag her it how to start off by mentioning that this month is a busy month for everybody. i wanted to thank 3 -- i wanted to thank everyone who worked in the enrollment there. our school communities are really active. i want to especially thank the staff at the educational placement center for coordinating this great event. we have over 10,000 attendees for dissipates. that is a lot of people. as usual, this fair kicks off the enrollment process of. we have modified some of the things, so it is in full swing. do not forget that the enrollment applications are due

january 27 of 2012. i know that seems pretty far. but it will be on us before you know it. since the board adopted the new guidelines, i want to remind everybody that we are still falling through. i know that the ballot initiative or whatever. we have already moved forward on what we are doing for the coming year. we want to encourage parents to follow that process and encourage people to read through all of the different guidelines. if you are interested in more information, go to www.sfusd.edu and get more information. we are so blessed to live in san francisco. in these tough times, we almost got a 71% vote from the public to pass proposition 8. that is just incredible.

congratulations. i know our board president was active. all of the board members, it was a team effort. i do not think we would have had a chance if not for the great work that our facilities department did. they have done such a good job in building schools and bringing projects in line. just a class act. world development when you look at how good our schools look. now we have our last third to get through to fix the facilities so they look as good as the ones where the previous bonds were passing. it is great to be in a community -- think about it. 80% of people in san francisco

do not have children. yet, when there is not a single item on the ballot this last election that got more votes than this. even if you do not have children, it is good that you are good stewards of the future. the children our our future. it is great that this community has rallied behind them. we are great to have that. we are going to build a state of the art school. that is pretty darned exciting. i am excited about that. i want to congratulate our new mayor, ed lee. it is a tough campaign, but we are looking forward to the school district and the county and city. we have always had a great relationship and want to maintain that relationship area we are ready to roll up our sleeves and continue the great

work that we have been doing as a city and county, together with the school district. another item i want to mention is this will be the last board meeting for our legal counsel. get that smile off your face. [laughter] we want to wish her well. she is going to a private practice down south. thank you for your service in the school district. almost four years now. time flies when you're having fun. she did a lot of great work for us, saved us a lot of money, and we want to thank you for all of your work. thank you carian -- thank you. [applause] since this is our last meeting for the month, i want to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving. we have a lot to be thankful for. that is what makes living in san

francisco so exciting for all of us. we have so much to be celebrating. i hope you use thanksgiving as not only an opportunity to give thanks, but to celebrate the success of these last elections. and all of the great work that are 56,000 children are doing out in our schools. and all of the faults helping our teachers. everybody have a greater thanksgiving. and thank you carry. president chiu: item indeed is the students delegate report. >> we have joined the school health programs review task force and the task force meets twice a year to review a

curriculum or supplemental classroom materials. and we are welcoming three new members from a mission and ida b wells high school. >> in addition, leadership san francisco has invited representatives from mission, burton, marshall, and low oil to their education system tomorrow at the conference center at st. mary's cathedral the assumption at 1111 ghost st. the focus of this session is high school leaders, what is needed for education in san francisco. each group of students will meet with a small group of leadership

san francisco participants to discuss issues such as what works and what does not work in san francisco's education system. in will also make an active action recommendation to our group suggesting how we can actively improve the san francisco education system. additionally, yesterday, we had a meeting and -- in which we continue to work on our bathroom policy. president mendoza: thank you. item e is our parental advisory board. that report will not take place because the meeting is taking place right now. they cannot accommodate us after we change our meeting. the next meeting will be december the 13th.

it is okay with my colleagues, i would like to move up item em. -- item m. the san francisco you commission is going to present a report on the immigrant summit that took place last month. seeing no objection, if mario and happy with like to come on up. welcome to the board meeting. you can sit at the sap table. -- at the staff table. before they begin, i want to congratulate all of you for an amazing event that you put on. our youth commission can do both the school district and the mayor's office for support to bring together as many of our

immigrant youths to gather and talk about many of the challenges that have. they will tell you what they have done. we have had the opportunity to be there for you in the morning. the kids are really engaged and value the time that you gave to them and information that you provided. happy, do you want to go ahead and start? >> yes. honorable commissioners, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak to you. i am a senior. i am the youth fellowship leader for the use summit. i want to give a big thank-you to you for supporting the youth

summit. president mendoza, with your help, we were able to hold a meeting including 99 students from seven public high schools, including mission, ifa, third marshall, washington, linkedin to their first-ever youth summit on friday, october 28 to. i want to thank president mendoza for supporting the use -- the youth. i would like to share with you how we got started area i came to the united states two years ago. when i first came here, i did not speak a lot of english. i had to translate for my parents and i got disconnected from this new life. i did not know where to turn to for help.

after i served on the u.s. commission -- on the youth commission, i realize there were a lot of education and political opportunities in san francisco. i hope that i can connect these opportunities to other immigrant youth. i formed the committee with a student advisory council member, with commissioners, and we decided -- we hope to use this summit to connect with these opportunities with the use and raise awareness of our needs with city officials, you guys and the board of supervisors and the mayor, we are going to also present to them we also hope to gather data

through interaction with students to make policy recommendations to better serve the youth. this is just a preliminary presentation. i hope you understand our needs and support us. next, i want to share with you about what happened on the day of the summit and what we learned. the summit happened october 28 and we had exciting speakers, such as president mendoza, rep from the assembly, supervisor campos and supervisor avalos, and we also had a resource fair

for immigrant youth. we learned a lot of things from the meeting. first, many immigrant youth are not well informed of the existing resources, programs, services. second, there is an inconsistent quality of experiences and resources offered to youth the heading on where they go to school in grid for example, students from washington shared that their school provides specific sites to cater to the needs of esl students, but students from other schools did not mention that. third, for documented youth, teachers and counselors should know more about the resources and programs that affect their lives, such as the ad540.

we hope to work hard to have more cooperation with schools and teachers to ensure a quality experience for our students. after the event, last wednesday our committee met and decided a series of actions that we want to do, which are first, we are now working on a student stairways and a small group discussions to create a report with action steps so that we can make a more comprehensive policy recommendations. second, we want to continue to inform students of resources available to them. lastly, we go to schedule another meeting sometime with the board of education, teachers, officials such as the

board of supervisors or mayor to make sure we include more comprehensive plans about how specifically we want to recommend you to help the youth. finally, we want to identify a date for our next summit. that concludes my presentation. i look forward to any questions. [applause] president mendoza: thank you. are there any questions? >> thank you for your presentation and congratulations on a wonderful event. i would like to know what country some of the students came from? >> a lot of them were from china, vietnam, mexico. those are the main ones. after we tally up our survey, we all know -- we also asked about their ethnicity so we can

give you a more comprehensive report when we come back. >> thank you. president mendoza: commissioner fewer. commissioner fewer: thank you for your presentation. it was so interesting. what i would like to hear back is some feedback on how we are serving our esl students. are they given academic counseling, are they kept up-to- date on the new opportunities? what kind of opportunities, employment opportunities might they have for other services -- where other sources of financial aid might be available to them? and many about our counseling department and whether our academic counselors are meeting the needs of our students in terms of talking about opportunities to go to four-year universities or colleges.