>> i think there is a different data set produced by the seven it is planning department that breaks it up by supervise oriole district. you will get a better snapshot -- supervisorial district. you will get a better snapshot that way. we will close by outlining the policy situations. if there is an out migration of families, what are the issues impacting that? because a lot to live here in san francisco. -- it costs a lot to and live here in san francisco. housing and both romfrom and

affordability of housing stock, it costs a lot to tell the house. the median prices well above most markets across the nation. the perception and reality of safety in the city. the perception of quality education. if you look today, the affordability of private schools, i know a couple of the weather there. if you looked at the san francisco bay school, a lot of kids came from there, $26,000 a year. if you go to university high school, the private tuition is

close to $33,000 a year. families can barely afford to live here in the city, whether they are low or high wage owners, you have to factor that in. hot dog of the, congestion and density, it takes me 40 minutes to get from my house to downtown. it could be infrastructure, but it is a long time. if i take the bus on a regular who bases, hit only takes me half an hour. we have open space, but where are those located? do people have accessibility to those places? the cost and availability that we experienced.

>> when you listen to those out, they resonate. are you able to quantify? this is number one, this is no. 2 in this is number three? i wonder if there is any other raw data. >> we have a community ambassadors, three surveys that was really geared at looking edit perceptions of safety. but we did ask residents to raise the top four issues for them. prior to the community ambassadors coming on board, i believe that safety was the number one concern followed by the economy and education. we did at exit interview and

more safety ambassadors. >> what are factors in san francisco? you move away because of your family? >> there has never been a survey conducted. there is a better sense hon more specific studies. president chiu: that was a question i was going to ask as well. i guess different priorities might be heard, but i have heard from folks. if any of the other presenters have data on that, it would be graeat.

parents that are in danger of losing. >> i think some of the policy considerations when you are guilty deeper into the issue, whether they are rich or poor or in the middle, there is a reason that something triggers an exodus. one of the issues is the economic impact of the residence and income levels. how do we leverage resources so that we can attract and retain families? they're probably more in this city than any other city in the

country. it may not be a major consideration. there are a lot of other factors affecting this. with also want to look at maintaining a diversity in the population. low-wage earners, who also providing many of the services that we depend on. maintenance, we don't want the low wage earners are leaving the city. we want them to raise the families here. the real question is, how do we shift resources and approaches in the infrastructure and the most important, development capital.

what is the game plan? where do we start? i'm sorry that this did not have all lot of specific data. we were trying to present this as a snapshot with the family fight issues. we would be glad to provide you with significant information later on. supervisor farrell: next, i am going to ask chris from the seine and cisco unified school district to come up. do you want to talk real quick? i know you have to leave by 1:45.

here we go. >> i will tell you, we are focusing on trying to help the solution. >> we have the population and the neighborhood. supervisor farrell: from members of the public, can you mention what first five is and the organization? >> we are a city department the comes from two sources. one is from california. this is a tobacco tax dollars set-aside. the other funding stream we have is the local money for a

preschool. that is a real strategy for helping families today. >> sorry. i wanted to quickly tell you what the overarching goal is worth. they're all about children's readiness for school. the first one is that they be supported by high-quality preschool experiences. the second is that their families will be strong and nurturing. he also wanted our children to be supported with other

prevention services. we do a lot of focus in on that. we have a strategic plan, and some of the factors that we took into consideration were that the city's population is definitely growing. we have to raise and the number of babies born and staying here until 5. we are concerned that one in three young children live in local households. a latino and african-american children are disproportionately affected by poverty. and we have a lot of neighborhoods with a distinct characteristics. we are trying to address those. supervisor farrell: we are joined by supervisor avalos, co-sponsor of this hearing.

when you mention low-income families, how do you define that? >> one of the things that we do our children that are eligible for subsidies and child care subsidies who are participants in title v and for low-income. these are the things we're trying to do in our strategic plan. we want to identify in st. special care. we want to address early literacy. it involves families to strengthen and support. the first five funds, we're doing this with community

foundations. currently, the address them the citywide. are we served about 9100 families last year and 3000 children. in the demographics are 40% hispanic. this support parent leadership, child interaction, we're doing of a lot of family in the early literacy work.

what we know and what we're hoping is that access to support early on, most of the families are young children that we are going to have a safety net and a strong connection in the city. we are now out in 130 sites, 230 classrooms. we served over 3000 children, 4- year-olds. and we serve about 2003-year- old the attendee preschools. 80% of our children the purchase of pay -- who have seen from policy changes that there has been a 20% increase of children,

and that is because we are requiring that all of our preschools serve at least 25% low income families and also accept vouchers. this is the first time we have ever done that. 83% of kindergartners have been enrolled in preschool, that is about a 10% increase over the last three years. supervisor farrell: a lot of this compares against other cities -- >> we are the highest personal enrollment in the state of california. our statistics are really good. supervisor farrell: you have one of the in three different sites, these are existing school district sites? can you talk a little bit more about that?

>> aledo of them on existing si -- a lot of them are on existing sites. but we have also developed new sites as well. you have been watching very carefully. they're attending preschool and more just and are going to kindergarten. supervisor farrell: i know you have to take off, but thank you

for being here. next, from the san francisco unified school district. >> the afternoon. -- a good afternoon. on a personal note, as a father of two, this is also important to me as well. i wanted to get a snapshot of

the school district is. more than a quarter of the students are in less leverage learners. 10% of special education. just under 20% are listed as gifted and talented. we have over 60% free reduced lunch population. we have an average tenure of 12 years for our teachers. we are a good representation of the diversity of san francisco. there are the huge populations that we serve. some of the big issues that have come up in some ways earlier today, if we first looked at enrollment, we talked about how there has been a decline, very

caused -- a decline. very positive recent trends, though. the overall population has plateaued, but we're seeing a growth in the kindergarten age population. we think there is great recognition of the work we are doing. we put it out there as the perceptions, we think there is a big difference in what is perceived as public education and what the reality is. we expect that we will see that also continue at the second grade level at 2015. supervisor farrell: do you have any data on public schools, private schools in the city? do you have data among children

or within the age group, which ones are going to those buckets? >> roughly 70% are entertaining public schools. supervisor farrell: the cost of other private schools, if you call them independence, they are very expensive and our city. the recent economic recession, i know a lot of families that originally could not make it work.

>> in terms of revealing the decision, i don't have the data, because of their options were too expensive. when we surveyed families that are part of us, that is within the presentation today. >> i know that everyone in the public-school system is a big perception issue. supervisor avalos: i hear the opposite, that a lot of families want their kids to come to public schools and when they don't get the public school they want, is when they -- there are six public elementary schools.

i think the first inclination is public schools first. i'd think we are seeing an increase in enrollment. we see a lot of families because they want to invest in what is provided for equally. it is really great to see that there is the kind of affirmation. >> i think you had a half a dozen schools where they had to turn people away. that is getting close to 20.

>> this seems to cut a little bit against the the data that is being shown. we are seeing an increase in kindergarten applications that i don't think anyone can deny. at the same time, it is going down. >> i thought that we are seeing the population increase iing -- it was flat, ok. president chiu: demographers predicted increase in the secondary level, is that a very real increase you are seeing in those numbers? >> which has continued to to

move through our elementary schools. that trend is continuing on the path toward the secondary level. president chiu: it is almost to reverse the family flight trend we're seeing. >> it is countering the trend, yes. when we talk about family fight overall -- flight overall. i know one issue that has been in the news lately has been about the redesign of the student assignment process. one issue of controversy, there are a lot of misperceptions and questions that have been raised about it. the choice-based enrollment system, is not like most

districts where you go to your neighborhood and it is automatically based on where you live. what we find is that 84% of the families receive one of their choices. what is important to note is that of those choices that they make, less than 25% desire a neighborhood school. what we try to do is strike a balance between the desire for a neighborhood school versus choices present throughout the city. striking that balance -- i think it was an extensive and exhaustive process, an enormous amount of listening to parents. that is what went into place this year.

to understand the achievement trend, we are the highest performing an urban school district in california. our api is 796. for perspective, 800 is considered where you want to be. that's up from 755. we have one of the lowest dropout rates at 12.8% compared to a statewide average. long beach is at 16.6%. l.a. is 24%. our african-american, latino, and some oil and students are performing below their white and asian peters -- samoan students are performing below

their white and asian peers. there is a lot to talk about what is going on in sfusd. the pathway programs, if california is not the country -- we have 231 national born certified teachers. if you are not familiar with certification, it is a level of professionalism that was launched about 15 years ago, the side of the elevator level of teaching the same way that a lawyer passes the bar exam or a doctor passes his or her certified medical exams. the nationwide average, we have one of the best represented

cities in america for this category. our well as programs, libraries, art, music. the last three funded by the richmond funds. and the quality teacher education act of 2008. this was a parcel tax passed by the citizens of san francisco. nearly 70% of the vote providing heads of salaries to our teachers, designed to make this our teaching work force. supervisor farrell, i referenced the family satisfaction survey. i don't have the total number of families involved, but 96% of the families say that their child enjoys going to school. a 93% say that they are going to a nurturing environment. 91% would recommend the schools to other parents, at 90% says

that the child says that they love the school. what they want to talk about -- lastly, what i want to talk about is a model city district partnership. and this is what -- this is one of the most exciting aspects of having us here today. the city takes an active role in its students. even though we have a low population of students and a lower than average concentration in public schools, the city cares about the public school students. the kindergarten to college program by cisneros. to provide accoutnnts for students to be able to save for college. the rainy day fund. the education richmond fund.

a host of other programs have been critical. the mission promised in neighborhood grant, but the district was a huge part of that. we have seen huge differences in the bay view and mission neighborhoods. it was launched earlier from the leningrad and has now been extended, and now being continued. supervisor farrell, as you're aware, the playground initiative where we increased the amount of open space and see our schools as assets.