could sign on and support it. this was the direction i think i could go. i think your biggest contribution was having the courage and the vision to be so bold as to call out our achievement gap and not always focus on us being a very high performing district in this state. and that it was not enough that we're high performing when not all children are succeeding. i love that you get mad about the right things and i rarely have seen you mad but when i have seen you mad, it is over that injustice, it is over inequity. it has been over the right things for our children. so i will thank you and your family for all these hours of school board meetings. i know that you and i look at each other, we're like, another hour. it has been a great contribution in these five years you have

given to our students. it has been a light at the end of the tunnel. public school children and their parents and everybody else in the community, i want to say thank you. i hope that in your retirement, we will play a game together. my husband and i really like that, too. i hope that you and i can take many motorcycle rides together and the -- enjoy each other away from the board and the work of the board and the work of the school district. carlos, good health, good luck, much joy, much love in your retirement. thank you. >> so, carlos. you are right. in san francisco, we do have freedom fighters. we had them before you came and we have them now. and we will have them later.

the biggest thing you brought to us is that we have a lot of freedom fighters that have no leadership. we were really just doing our own thing and everybody had their definition of what they should be doing and what you brought was that leadership that brought us all together. it is that emotional -- i am talking about. people believed in what you were saying and were willing to get behind the things that you wanted to do to fight for our equity for the children. i am really proud that when you came in, i was in the leadership on the school board. and almost come full circle five years later. here are at -- i am, the president of the school board and i have to see you go. it is a sad day. it was a happy day when we brought you in.

it has been a real great right for me -- ride for me to work with you on all these issues. i can speak for -- they all spoke already. we feel real good about what has happened here in the last few years. refinished? we're not finished. that is where we have richard carranza here. this is what i want you to do. i want you to go get some rest, take a long vacation, not too long, but unlike everyone else, i do not think you should be retiring. you should not be retiring. you have too much fire, and you know something? we cannot lose you in california. we need somebody like you. the next job is to create a movement and create that fight where we will challenge -- a change -- will change

california's way of thinking. we want california to start valuing our children. you take the lead on that and i will be right beside you. carlos, come back and fight for us. thank you very much, carlos. president yee: let's move on. item c. item b, student delegates' report. >> do you have -- we had our olast -- our last student advisory council in may. this is my last as well. it has been a really great term

and i have some words to say to mr. garcia. i want to thank you for your hard work. i am a 17-year- i am b-17-year-old girl, so i do not know how much of the means to you. but an thank you. before i was a student delegate, you were a signature in e-mail occasionally. i realized how kind and hard- working you are. the is really nice to be reassured that you care about the children, and everyone else does here. fed could easily be forgotten, through the budget and the money issues. it is really nice to know that, and thank you perianth now to thank you. president yee: you are destined to lead. you have a four year free ride to uc-berkeley. you will be a leader.

it has been great having you as a student delegates this past year. good luck. i know you are going to shake it up over there. commissioner? commissioner wynns: i wanted to say we are not letting her get away either. we have not had a chance to talk about our and our other student delicate, because we did not know if would be privileged to have them here tonight. with respect to all of my colleagues, elected and appointed, my favorite part about serving on the board of education is working with students. in has been a privilege this year, and for many years in the past, to be able to do that. we expect to stay in touch and see great things from you, and offer or how for anything we can do. president yee: next item is the

parent advisory council report. ruth? >> good evening. this is a really difficult act to follow. i staff the parent advisor counsel to the board of education. for people in the room who do not know that, the mission is to provide parent perspectives to inform board of education policy and strength and implementation of district practices. i just want to say also that we really are grateful for your leadership that you have provided in the last few years. i was sitting here thinking, how many superintendents have gone through while i have been doing this work? i think four or five. to repeat something commissioner fewer said, it was not until you came on that people were willing

to acknowledge the hard realities. committing to equity has been the underlying value, but it has changed our work to save those are the priorities of our work is devoted to. thank you. we also really appreciate the incoming superintendent of accessibility, and always be willing to try to answer our questions, which i know are relentless. we are trying to do this on behalf of not just our personal children, but all the kids in this district. thank you for your ongoing work. i want to give a brief summary of the pack's works -- pac's accomplishments. i sent you this chart. i am not going through the whole thing. it lays out the details of some of our specific goals and things we actually got done.

the board of education knows this, but for the folks in the room who do not, i want to point out that all the members of the parent of kaiser council are volunteers, like all the advisory councils in the district. i have the privilege and honor of working for the pac part time to coordinate behind the scenes. at the end of the school year, members of fire rated their work for this year. for a small group of volunteers, the accomplished a lot. members felt very positive this year about their success in engaging hundreds of parents and community members in discussions a restorative practices and improving school climate, and also hosting community meetings with the superintendent and district staff leaders to talk about student achievement data and learn more about the strategic initiative. the members were really happy that we surpassed our specific goal for the number of people we

involved in these events. we also felt that working in collaborative partnership with district staff around restorative packages -- practices, and planning about aligning after-school programs -- the work went very well. they felt their work to bring parents perspectives was having a direct and positive impact on were happening in the district. despite that success, people had mixed feelings about their ability this year to engage -- to actually influence how some of the most pressing issues are unfolding in our district, specifically how to how bring parent and community perspectives to ensure that our woefully inadequate budget is aligned to support the priorities we all agree with, with how to engage performance in implementing the new corporate standards and

strengthening changes to the second education, and completing the parent engagement plan of the district. past members felt, to some extent, they were not sure how apparent forces could be part of those initiatives, but felt the biggest challenge was in trying to provide meaningful input, was not having access to a lot of specific information, knowing how to give constructive input. people felt that staffing in the district contributed to this, but also are committed to continue working on these issues. we want to follow up to make sure we can support those initiatives to go well. a specific change we are making is to change the day we meet so we can align with the his schedule. you are going to have so much

fun at our meetings next year. we have really good meetings. it is carrying over for this year into next, especially expanding and supporting restorative practices in the district. we are meeting with some people who are on vacation and are still going to meet because it is the only day everybody was in town. we are continuing to work on the after-school program so it is a collaborative effort that expands access, and trying to complete the district of engagement plan. there are so many new members coming on. we might take on some new projects, and we are very excited to see you again at the table in the fall.

president yee: thank you, ruth. i just want to note that the pac's importance to the school district, as evidenced by the fact that two of the staff members who are on vacation felt it was important enough to meet with you -- it really tells you a lot about how low staff and the rest of us feel about your contribution to the discussion in the district. thank you very much, and think all the parents who are involved. commissioner? commissioner murase: i want to recognize ruth for her critical goal -- critical involvement in keeping the pac going. you have been renewed for funding, and i know there is another grant in consideration.

the message of the school board supports 100% your work, hoping to sway some decisionmakers on that. thank you personally for all the work you do. president yee: thank you. we will move on to public comment on consent items. just one speaker, president kelly from the uesf. >> thank you very much. congratulations, a new superintendent. and mr. garcia, congratulations on getting out with a bloodless transition. it is not something which are used to here, but it is something we appreciate.

sorry. do you want this on general items? president yee: comment on consent items. you had it for k135. >> the item on page 135 is a matter of adding yet another law firm to the roster of 17 or 18 that you already have. it is encouraging that you will still keep the outside law firms and your use down to slightly under a million dollars, in addition to what you spend on in-house lawyers. the fact that you are adding yet another firm indicates you must have some other specialty that you are considering. it may be of interest to know what there is on your pocket as

a board that is not covered by the other 17 or so law firms you already have, but makes it necessary to add yet another to them. there are several other comments i have on other items the will be coming before you. i thank you very much. w27, oh, yes. on this night when you are praising carlos -- the shakespeare said it backwards, he would say that you came to praise and not to bury carlos. something you are truly doing right is on item 3aa. after years of hearing complaints from folks about the inability to put a driveway in, going over to the jongh campus, it is encouraging to see that all it takes is a 2/3 boat by

you to cut a driveway in, bypassing city regulations. it has been a long time coming. we are proud to have figured out how to do it. thank you very much. president yee: item g, consent calendar. is there a motion to second? any items withdrawn or corrected by the superintendent? >> we have three we would like to withdraw from the agenda. we would like to make a correction to an item on page 91. we would like to make a correction to the appropriation number. it should read 21-90392 instead of-90391.

we would like to delete pages 165 and 166, which duplicate page 29. k29 will now be on pages 164 and 167. president yee: any items removed for first reading by the board? any items severed by the board or superintendent for discussion? seeing none, let's move on. ok, vice president norton. vice president norton: i had my light on. k32, on page 172.

what i wanted to ask is a question of the rules committee, so i do not need staff to state to address this. president yee: the roll-call vote will take place. let us move on to item h. the first would be 125-hsp1, to grant or deny the petition for kipp high school, moved and seconded on may 8. a report from the budget committee? commissioner mendoza: there were a couple of issues that were clarified by the kipp community and we move this forward with a positive recommendation. president yee: is there a report from the curriculum committee for this particular item?

>> i believe we reported on that at a previous meeting. we gave it a positive recommendation. president yee: thank you. commissioner wynns: can i ask that the budget committee report be reported on? commissioner mendoza: it was 2 ayes and 1 nay. >> you have before you the superintendent fifth proposal, which is a recommendation regarding the kipp bay area high school petition, authorization to grant. pursuant to california education code section 47605, the school submitted a petition to the charterer high-school to beat

district on april 20, 2012. whereas the district to comply with all timelines for review and action, as required by law, and the board of education should consider the level of public support, and show review the petition, including supporting documentation -- the board of education show be guided by the intent of the california legislature that charter schools are and should become an integral part of the california educational system, and their establishment should be encouraged. whereas the district superintendent and district staff will issue a report to the board of education regarding the review of the petition. the board of vacation showed grant the petition, subject to the requirements set forth by law.

president yee: some public speakers have signed up for this. is there anybody against this that signed up for this? there are about 20 of you that it seems like have signed up. i know we had extensive discussion at the committee meeting level. i would like to give this group about -- not about. no more than 15 minutes. you can do it anyway you want. self monitor. if you finish before 15 minutes, we would appreciate that. >> good evening. my name is caroline gifford, and i and the principle of the potential -- principal of the potential kipp high school in san francisco. i would like to thank the many

students, parents, and teachers who are here to show their support, and the impact kipp has had a on their lives. i began teaching in washington, d.c., and ninth grade, at a school that taught disadvantaged students. i recently taught in east san jose. this past year, i served on the administrative team, where the focus has been working specifically with our struggling ninth graders to improve academic performance and grade level culture. i believe, as many of you have stated before, that many of our students deserve the opportunity to get to and through college. my vision is to work with you to create a rigorous college preparatory in parliament, where students are engaged in

rigorous, meaningful, relevant content. since january, i have had the opportunity to spend time with the amazing middle school students at the tip schools in san francisco, who are likely to be members of the founding class of a new high school. i look forward to getting to know these students and families even better. i look forward to working with you so we can effectively close of our achievement gap. i hope you will vote to improve our charter, so we can enable the dreams and aspirations of our students and families. thank you.

>> approximately nine or 10 years ago, i came in contact with the kipp organization, because at that time there were a lot of challenges as far as education within the bayview and other areas. with the distinguished record that had been produced in that area, it has been tremendous. i talked with parents and students, and i have come tonight and heard so many great things that i felt like sharing this. that is one of my main loves and concerns, is my children. that is the main reason i am here tonight, to beg and to

encourage the board to pass this. that are very encouraging, but they need a high school. they are doing a great job. tonight, i would encourage you to pass the revolution to institute this. i believe the tears are falling on all of the board members. but you very much. >> my name is ashley. i currently attend burnett college. none of my amazing opportunities would have been possible without

the guidance of kipp. it is the foundation of my education. with its core values, it prepares its students for the community at large. throughout my journey, i commit to 40 below hours every day, dealing with long school hours. the bill did i know that this would train me for what was to come. i was able to ground myself as a student. i found a home and a place i can go back to any time, whether i need help or just want to visit. the teachers were extremely dedicated to their students, because the always looked out for them, no matter what time or day. that also gave up their cell phone numbers. students were able to call the teachers for homer top or personal issues that were facing

outside of school. there were devoted to teaching students, but also helping to guide future leaders. i knew i could count on my teacher for heartfelt advice. she and the other teachers have the students the best interests at heart, causing them to go above and beyond what was expected. i am finding what sparked my interest. my passion for writing has convinced me to consider english as a possible major. my experiences have shaped my future goals tremendously.

it helps me to further explore these subjects, and find new ones. i am able to fine tune these ideas and make them into possible majors that i will study for the rest of my college career. while i am not sure what i want to do when i come out of college, i will be involved in writing. it would have been ideal to continue my journey to college with them, because i know they provide more than academic support. it is a way of coming full circle for the students, while having the resources, guidance, and educational foundation that will get them to the goal i have been dreaming for eight years and more. when we chat about going to college in middle school, it becomes more real in high school, because students are