authorized a settlement of $16,500. they approved the contract of one site manager. i have to re-read the second item. the board, by a vote a fouryes -- a vote of four ayes, involving the expulsion of one middle school students. that is it for close to session of march 20. now i have to report these actions of april 3, 2012. the board, by a vote of 6

approved to the expulsion of one middle school student. the board approved one director. in the matter a faz vers -- of fz, the board authorized a settlement of $25,000. in a matter of -- versus sfusd, the board authorized a $25,000 section statutory offer. in the matter of aeg vs. sfusd, the board authorized a

settlement of $46,000. item u. >> before you go further, some of us have announcements. president yee: why don't we do that right now? thank you for reminding me. any announcements for committee meetings and so forth? commissioner maufas: -- commissioner mendoza: we were just returning from washington, d.c. some of us have received an implementation grant, or a planning grant, and several of us went to washington to meet with geoffrey canada and others. i just wanted to acknowledge that carlos garcia, our

superintendent, was honored at the event because he was retiring and stepping down for the council. i want to remind people that all of our high school students will be going to three sites, most of whom will be going to city college. those who have not registered for anything, we will register them for city college no matter what. there will be a large group going to street mary's -- st. mary's. then mission day has opened their campus for all of the kids going to a uc system. this will be an opportunity for them to burn about the transition from high school to college. -- learn about the transition from high school to college. the asia-pacific celebration is

on may 8. there is a challenge to submit a community service or art project that relates to asian heritage. that deadline is april 13. a club can win $750 for their club, which is a pretty big deal. we have over 90 nominations for the teacher of the month award. it was probably one of the largest we have had. we will be narrowing down those nominations and we will be making an announcement at the giants' game on may 16. the mayor has been hosting a town hall strauss san francisco. there are six of them. they were being posted throughout the city. i have attended the last three of them.

it was nice to be part of the city family. there were several questions about the budget that we have been able to answer and for them to understand the challenges are district is going through. that has been a great connection we have made. that is it for now. commissioner murase: a couple of announcements. this saturday, april 14, and the second district sampras cisco pga will have an asset -- san francisco pga will have an awards ceremony and reception. and a shout out to supervisor eric mar recognized pam for women's history month. and a couple of upcoming events,

and the association of chinese teachers is having their annual scholarship dinner on april 27 at the restaurant. and the latin american teachers association is having their scholarships celebration on friday, may 4. commissioner wynns: i was at the council with commissioner mendoza. i wanted to say that there is not much likelihood that the -- will be reoffered rising. it is is are we are saying we want it when it is not going to happen. that is the one thing. i wanted to mention two things

that are related to us. one is that the governor came and met with the school board association board of directors last month. it was interesting. trying to convince us to support his tax initiative. i'm going to meet tomorrow with his staff. anyway, i want everybody to be paying attention to this. this is a big deal, what is happening. i told them we have done what they wanted us to do. we have put forward a budget based on his presumption his initiative is going to pass. things are up in the air. we should all be paying attention. the last thing i wanted to say, you might have read that the judge in the propositioned lawsuit handed down on march 27 a tentative ruling not favorable to us.

the reason i am mentioning is that our district is one of the plaintiffs in the case. however, the following day, we went to the hearing. carlos was there. that was great that he was at the hearing. it was interesting and much more hopeful than the tentative ruling. i wanted to express our thanks on behalf of the district to the attorneys who did an outstanding job. they are representing our district. the judge took under advisement to some interesting points of law that are not what we would normally be talking about in a case like this. notably that the state had passed a law saying we're going to change the constitutional, this is the basis of our suit,

we are changing the guarantee through legislation. then also said that this would only take effect if the initiative passes. they acknowledge themselves they knew what was not constitutional. i wanted people to know that we should be hearing some sort of ruling and that we anticipate a better result than the tentative ruling. we should be happy about that. if we do not get the result we want, our district, as well as other plaintiffs, we will have to talk about what we do next as far as possible appeals. president yee: i guess that is all of the announcements. other informational items, information on notice of classified personnel transactions.

acceptance of gifts for the month of january and february 2012. in adjournment, we will be adjourning in memory of two of our educators, marsha and thomas ryan. i would like to have vice- president norton do the honors in the speaking about these educators. commission norton: adjournment in memory of marcia and started as a teacher on a special assignment in 1967 and succumbed to breast cancer on april 1, 2012, after a courageous struggle. she worked for more than 40 years. she started as an elementary school teacher and worked at several schools. for over 20 of those years, she

ran the environmental sciences center where she and her staff supported environmental education for sfusd students, families, and teachers. she earned her degree to become a teacher for our district and believe in the ability of all children to learn and contribute. she devoted her laughter promoting excellence in education for all students -- life in promoting excellence in education for all students. she began taking her elementary students on week-long overnights to study nature and science in open-air. this led her to the environmental science center where she developed a program that gave thousands of youngsters an opportunity to camp out on the porch, walk on the beach, calculate the tide, cook on an open fire, seen around a campfire, toast marshmallows, and sleep in the dunes.

she became a mentor to many of the young people that worked at the center and leaves a legacy of many young public-school teachers. she was known to be a kind, generous, and open hearted person. this meeting is also adjourned in the memory of thomas ryan, an employee since 1998, who went on medical leave and passed away on april 7. he was a professional from 1991 to 1998 and began his teaching career in august 1998 as a learning resource specialist at washington high school. he worked at abraham lincoln high school, sanchez elementary, a lafayette, and harvey milk's over rights. the board of education expresses condolences to their families. president yee: >> the meeting is adjourned.

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"culturewire," and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today. thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. it should have printmaking,

archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i wanted to have art sales, point-of-sale at the grocery store. >> so you go through the manifesto. with the bay area should have. you are making art incredibly accessible in so many different ways, so that is a good segue. let's take a walk around the facilities. here we are in your gallery space. can you tell me about the current show? >> the current show is jeff chadsey. he is working on mylar velum, a smooth, beautiful drawing surface. i do not know anyone that draws as well as he does. it is perfect, following the contours and making the shape of the body. >> your gallery represents

artists from all over, not just the bay area, an artist that work in a lot of different media. how to use some of what you look for in artists you represent? >> it is dependent on people are confident with their materials. that is a really important thing. there is enough stuff in the world already. >> you also have in his current show an artist who makes sculpture out of some really interesting types of materials. let's go over and take a look at that. here we are in a smaller space. project gallery. >> artists used the parameters of this space to find relationships between the work that is not out in the big gallery. >> i noticed a lot of artists doing really site-specific work. >> this is a pile of balloons, something that is so familiar, like a child's balloon. in this proportion, suddenly, it

becomes something out of a dream. >> or a nightmare. >> may be a nightmare. >> this one over here is even harder to figure out what the initial material is. >> this is made out of puffy paint. often, kids use it to decorate their clothes. she has made all these lines of paint. >> for the pieces we are looking at, is there a core of foam or something in the middle of these pieces that she built on top of? >> i'm not telling. >> ah, a secret. >> this silver is aluminum foil, crumbled of aluminum foil. her aesthetic is very much that quiet, japanese spatial thing that i really admire. their attention to the materiality of the things of the world. >> this is a nice juxtaposition you have going on right now.

you have a more established artists alongside and emerging artists. is that something important to you as well? >> very important in this space, to have artists who really have not shown much. now let's look at other aspects of electric works operation. let's go to the bookstore. >> ok. >> in all seriousness, here we are in your store. this is the first space you encounter when you come in off the street. it has evolved since you open here into the most amazingly curious selection of things. >> this was the project for the berkeley art museum. it was -- this is from william wiley's retrospective, when he got up onstage to sing a song, 270 people put on the cat. >> it is not just a bookstore. it is a store. can you talk us through some of

your favorites? >> these are made in china, but they are made out of cattails. >> these pieces of here, you have a whale head and various animals and their health over there, and they are jewelry. >> we do fund raisers for nonprofits, so we are doing a project for the magic theater, so there are some pretty funny cartoons. they are probably not for prime time. >> you sort of have a kind of holistic relationship where you might do merchandise in the store that promotes their work and practice, and also, prince for them. maybe we should go back and look at the print operation now. >> let's go. >> before we go into the print shop, i noticed some incredible items you have talked back here. what are we standing in front of? >> this is william wiley, only

one earth. this is a print edition. there are only eight total, and what we wanted to do was expand the idea of printmaking. this is really an art object. there we go. >> besides the punball machine, what do you produce in limited edition? >> there is the slot machine. if you win the super jackpot, you have saved the world. >> what about work? >> the right design, it was three volumes with lithographs in each volume. the cab of count dracula with 20 lithographs inside and lined with beaver fur.

really special. >> let's move on to the print shop. >> ok. the core of what we do is making things. this is an example. this is a print project that will be a fund-raiser for the contemporary music players. we decided to put it in the portfolio so you could either frame at or have it on your bookshelf. >> so nonprofits can come to you, not just visual are nonprofits, but just nonprofits can come to you, and you will produce prints for them to sell, and the profits, they can keep. >> the return on investment is usually four times to 10 times the amount of investment. this is for the bio reserve in mexico, and this is one of the artists we represent. >> you also make prints for the artists that you represent. over here are some large prints

by a phenomenal artist. >> he writes these beautiful things. anyone who has told you paradise is a book of rules is -- has only appeared through the windows. this is from all over coffee. we are contract printers for all kinds of organizations all across the country. >> thank you very much for showing us around today. i really appreciate you taking the time to let me get better acquainted with the operation and also to share with our "culturewire" team.

>> good morning. my name is charmen chu chair of the committee. i'm joined by supervisors avalos and supervisor