>> i am a student at martin luther king and i feel all that i have been disrespected by most of the children, most of the staff members. i do not feel safe at the school because the vice president of-- principal [beep] >> we do not mention names. >> i feel i have been disrespected by most of the people at the school. i feel unsafe because i haven't seen many pipes at my school and teachers have been letting it go down. they be letting it go outside right in front of the school. they bring all kinds of weapons to my school and i have seen one in front of me before and i do not like to be in that

situation. also, i would like to add that i have been trying to transfer for a long time and i have not done no transcripts or nothing like that syrt. it has been hard because i have not had any help. i have been getting hurt. i had a knife pulled on me at my school. i was on the yard and a kid came to me and pulled out a knife and said don't you tell no one or else i will, for you. they threaten me in a bad way. i did not feel safe at that particular moment so i told someone in the office and nothing has been done about it. he brung the same thing next week. i had to call my mom to leave the premises because i was afraid he might hurt me.

and lastly, i have been seeing people in the hallway having lighters and smoking all over the premises and that teachers have been walking by and letting it slide like it is nothing. i do not appreciate that because i am a student at has asthma and i always have to walk through the hallways with all of that smoke around me. i do not appreciate that. they have been cutting class and may have been threatening and talking about they are going to kill people and all of that. i do not feel safe at the school and i think something should be done about it. >> superintendent and board members, i am the pastor at the

presbyterian church. i am a longtime observer and supporter of the martin luther king middle school since the good days when my friend james taylor was the principal. my observation now was that the middle school has suffered tremendously throughout the school year and is at its worst state historical. the new administration placed by the school board was about -- without consent. the school was formed in came into existence in 1984 as the result of a mandated court order from a lawsuit filed by the naacp. as a result of a mandated court order filed by the naacp. staff members were selected by a committee consisting of staff, parents, and community members.

staff was to be the most qualified and most experienced. this was not the case. the recommendation for this year was ignored with no regard to what the community felt was a crucial component to the education of their children. the first choice was an african- american from the bay view community. the only candidate with experience to work with black children, the basis on which the school was founded. there needs to be a connection with the students, staff, parents, and community. without a connection from the leadership, all of our children , all ethnicities, and their education will continue to suffer. i recommend you take a look at that situation from the top. thank you so much.

[applause] >> there is a problem at mlk and everyone is aware of it. the administration set in place is not working. the parents and teachers, everyone is speaking out against it. there must be some truth somewhere. it needs to be looked into. mr. superintending, spoke of graduating seniors. not at mlk. out of the 80 or os supposed to graduate, only 60 are allowed to walk across the stage. not because of bad grades but because of tardiness. something that happened last year. i do not think this is legal. this is something that this administration has decided they

wanted to do is to stop young kids from graduating, take a way a proud moment of their life to receive a diploma. there are serious problem at mlk. the administration is laughing about the staff members that were let go. highly inappropriate. laughing about giving out pink notices in the middle of teacher-parent meetings. you are aware of the problems. you have been there. if you ever decide to run for superintending, i will help you get the votes. i will give to the parents. you know the problem. if everyone could listen to the parents, we will be successful there. if you allow west to put in

place who we want, and it does not work out, then you can say we tried it your way. now we are going to do it our way. thank you. >> i would like to ask the board for some permission sure if this is my fault. i had the privilege of listening to a young senior student on monday when he was graduating. he did this knock out poem. i was so impressed i was hoping that if i were to ask, even though he just graduated on monday, that he would come here and recite his poem. i was hoping to have him early on when we were doing the

superintendent's sought, but he was sitting in the back and a trauma. the light is in your face. -- from up here the light is in your face. his name is nicholas smith. he is a former student and he graduated on monday and i was there and he gave a poem that he wrote, "my race is extraordinary." if you do not mind giving him a moment to recite his poem, i would love him to come up. thank you for your patience. he was here for almost two hours. i told him 6:00 and i did not see him. >> it is ok.

my name is nicholas smith. my poem is called "my race is extraordinary." they asked me to write down my race and i thought why? maybe i should write down the line. -- down a lie. then i thought about a truce. what could stop me? nothing. i want to make my mark as i embarked on what the world has to offer. i want to trouble near and travel far. i want to stand on an ma, ba, and a ph.d. for all the world to see. i want to assist the needy, a peace treaty, i will not settle for less. my race began for me. my race makes me proud to be. my race allows plenty of time to

elevate the mind. they asked me and i wrote it down. they asked me and i wrote it down. my race is extraordinary. thank you. [applause] president yee: this is nicholas smith, an extraordinary sr.. where are you going next? right. thank you for having so much patience and good luck in the next stage of your life.

let's move on to the next item, item k, board members, appointments by board members. item l, special order of business, at 9 tonight serious discussion of other educational issues. superintending garcia, which you like to call the speakers up? >> i would like to call on our deputy superintendent. last week we got the revised from the government -- the governor's proposal. we thought it would be appropriate, i know our deputy just one for a training of that comment so it is hot off the press. this is the latest of what we know where our budgets will stand.

i asked for this presentation this evening. >> i know that after i am through, the next item is going to be another informational item about the steady around our student nutrition program. consider this your recommended daily allowance for bad news about the state budget and just to spare everyone a long presentation, we will keep this short and i will go through the most basic information in the course of five slides and then we will address some of the topics i am not going to go through but i will mention and to save those for another evening unless any of the commissioners want to engage in

a deeper discussion. the may revised was released last monday and this is just an updated, i was here two weeks ago at your last board meeting and this is just an update on some of the aspects of the revision to syria and the governor is now estimating -- revision. the governor is now estimating the budget gap of $16 billion. that is up from $9 billion. there are several factors behind that increase, the largest in the budget deficit. the largest of those is that, as we have alluded to before, the statewide revenue collections have been lagging compared to the forecasts that were in the january proposal. that is several billion dollars

and that doesn't with patrons -- that has implications for 2012 and 2013. another category of the budget assumptions going awry are that the federal government and some court decisions have blocked specific cuts that were reflected in the january budget proposed by the governor and, to some extent, legislative actions. for example, there are metical cuts and cuts to in home support services that were proposed and they have been deemed inappropriate or noncompliant or in some cases of the goal. that means some of the expenditures that had been counted on in the proposed

budget have to be expanded at a higher level. the budget in main proposes additional cuts, several billion dollars, and most of those, assuming that the tax initiative passes, fall outside of k12 education curio. although some of them will affect all lot of our families, they do not to directly hit k12 for the most part. the governor is proposing and is counting on, this is a continuation of information you have heard before, in november ballot measure to increase income tax and sales tax. as you all know, this has been merged with what had been previously called the millionaires' tax.

the proponents of the millionaires' tax have combined forces with the government and now there is a single measure that is proposed by both of those groups of advocates, and that includes an increase on the income tax. they would still affect individuals earning more than $250,000 and a tax would be graduated. i think it would be a maximum increase at those levels, above those levels, of 3% additional. on the sales tax, there is a quarter percent increase. that is a reduction from the governor's proposal which had been 0.5%. those taxes would be in effect

through 2016 and are projected to generate $8.5 billion. i have that figure on the later slide. looking at the statement, the state budget in particular, the governor's budget would hold a general purpose revenue amid funding for schools flat, as was the case in january. that depends on whether a new, temporary tax is passed on the november ballot serious -- november ballot. just to reiterate there is no cola proposed in the may revision. it has been established at 3.24%. that means that the deficit in factor -- deficit factor is about 22%. the difference is about $8 millh

year, so even if the tax initiative passes, are projecting revenue rose in may as it did in january, and if the taxes are not approved, 98 funding would be decimated, and this would be a larger affect and the proposal in january. there would be a $5.5 billion cut, and that is a decrease of about $440, $23 million each year, so this chart, which i think many of you are familiar with, this shows the historical relationships between the revenue limit in our district we

would have received if cola had been funded each year. if it have been funded, looking into next year, we would stand to receive $6,600 $900,000. it has been a decrease for those years, and currently we are receiving $1,500, and next year that amount would go up slightly to 5204, and that would

bring us down, to absolutely the lowest level in maybe the past decade. looking out of those assumptions, we do have some positive things to report. the governor did restore official a the state transportation funding, and that is proposed to be funded at current levels, but he would be made for a flexible program, sir district would not be required to spend the money in that way, so we would receive the same amount of money we have been

receiving, and it would become flexible, so that is the third thing -- that is a good thing. the state public works board has approved, so we do not have the agreement yet, but we expect to have thought very soon. we will close the transaction over the summer, so that is a good thing. i expect the city will appropriate rainy days reserve funds, and it is up to the board of supervisors to appropriate funds, and the balance would be

diminished, and that would leave $4.7 million as a draw we could take, again subject to appropriation. anything would reduce the gap, so that is helpful. good on the other hand, i mentioned the mid-year cuts, but the stakes have become higher. now we are counting on transportation to be restored. that means more money would be

lost. just one other fact, there is now a record high level of districts in the state of uttar in qualified or negative fiscal status, and dasthe number is abt 188th, so it is getting close to 20%, and because many of those districts are larger districts, that represents $2.6 million of the 6.2 million

public school students, so a lot of those are in school districts or offices that are at increasing financial risk, so we do not want to join that group. but other things include transitional kindergarten, the government proposals, moving into a different school financing scheme, redevelopment, the furrows -- the overall -- deferrals, child care, and a lot of things that have not previously been considered part of the prop 98 guarantees for schools, but are now being

counted. those continue to be added. in terms of process, we are not likely to see much action by the legislature. the visit because the number of -- that is because of the number of primaries. a lot of things that are likely

0 make a political context less bright for serious discussions of the education budget, so even though the state has a budget of june 15, 5 is likely to have been a window hear a good -- a window. goothought was a fairly delicate process last year, too. let me leave it at that, and i know one commissioner has of

western. >> thank you for the information curio of -- for the information. it was really helpful to go back to your graph, and at the top line, it is funded, and 180 days of instruction, but we are actually looking at $5,242, which is more like a seven-month school year. thanks to the support, local measures were able to somehow get nine months out of the school year, but if the revenue

measures fail and we ship the low point of $4,872, we are really looking at a six and a half months later, and as the superintendent said, now is the time to get mad. if we cannot educate our kids on a six and a half month school year. it is really important people understand what we are looking at right now in terms of these budget cuts and what we do to address them. good >> you remind me of something i forgot to mention.

i think it is a good idea to reiterate that as part of the proposed budget, the governor has put forward as a remedy for the possibility the taxes do not pass that school districts would receive flexibility to reduce school days by an additional 15, so between next year and the following year. right now the instructional calendar has 175 days, and that was reduced from 185 days, so we have had a 176-day calendar, so we have not quite