, it was fruitful but 30%, you have a long way to go. that is what we were hoping for. i was enthusiastic where i heard the commissioners would be helping you. i hope they have been. it is a daunting task to raise money. you have to come up with the other half. if you have instructors who are at the site now and they can cover some of the budget, i cannot imagine not taking advantage of that. and using that to work better with their budgets. this is not the way to serve kids. i am not supportive but i also want to point out this is beyond the slippery slope. i think it is vertical, down.

it is down. you know, i do not understand how the author could come with something that they now in the future -- i am struggling how you came forward with these changes. also they are not evident in the resolution. parliamentarian is still searching. those are the few things that i am really struggling with. this will be difficult to make a choice around and we are putting that burden around them. it should be on us. we have talked about how we would do with this. not well. i feel like you are betting a few of us will not be here in a few years and no telling what this will look like them. i guess i will be over there.

it is problematic and you know it. i would like you to address it. the points i cannot find in the resolution, that would be helpful. where i can find these bullet points, i do not see them in here. the general public does not understand it. how do not imagine that they're going to use this to adjust their budgets can find something else they think is highly valued? i'm not saying they do not believe in physical education but this is a way to make an adjustment and it is evident and i see it. i would like some responses. mr. sanderson, send the information that you know you

have to all of us. commissioner murase: the question is, why did i bring this forward together with the authors? because it is about the students. i have talked to a lot anof jrotc students and they tell me this program keeps them in school. they connect with the instructors and the other kids. it is very meaningful to them. i visited a class where they teach the kids how to manage their time, get scholarships, and it seems to be a very valuable program. i want to reiterate we are the only school district to require that our instructors get a credential precisely because we

did not want unqualified people teaching our kids. the school board voted to make a requirement that our instructors -- of all of the high schools in california, 77% to allow pe to be fulfilled by jrotc without the pe crenshaw. several commissioners have expressed concern about supervising more than one site, my question is if we're required to an instructor for each, would now put more pressure on school budgets? i do not want to second-guess budgets. i feel like councils are elected bodies and they decide what is best for their students. obviously it is important and i have received messages, do not do away with pe.

i cannot imagine a school that would eliminate pee. -- pe. >> let jrotc teach jrotc. commissioner fewer: no. commissioner maufas: no. commissioner murase: yes. vice president norton: yes. president yee: yes. >> that's four ayes. president yee: the next item is under special order of business.

entering into a new lease agreement with a nonprofit for the use of the sites located -- is there a motion? reading of the recommendation by the superintendent. >> good evening. nobody should have to follow a budget discussion or a discussion on jrotc, let alone both. this puts me in an odd place

after summoning very serious discussions. before i go into this i want to personally say to superintendent garcia it has been a privilege to serve with him these past years and it is an honor to call you a friend. i wish you the best. some brief history before read the resolution. we are all aware that for a number of years we have been talking about what to do with this property. we turned around and had a discussion of anything other than child care. we embarked on a discussion with the city, we approached our own people who do not need it for child care. we selected a responsible provider who is compared to operate child care on the site.

we are now at the end of the road where we would like permission to enter into the final stage of a lease. the subject is and tear into a new agreement with the french american interests -- international school, a nonprofit corporation for the use of the site located at 1155 at page st., san francisco, california. the requested action is that the board of education authorize the superintendent of schools to enter into a lease agreement with the french american international school, a nonprofit corporation, for the use of the site located at 1155 page st., san francisco, california, for 20 years from september 1, 2012 to august 31, 2022, with an adoption for an extension through august 2032.

the director is in the audience if you have any questions on this issue. i know you have had many discussions with me over the course of the month. with that, carlos is giving me that famous look. which is enough. >> there were no public comments. commissioners? vice president norton: i wanted to express my gratitude to the people from french american who sat through five hours of this meeting. if you are willing to that, you are going to take great care of the site and i am happy to support the least. -- the lease. commissioner fewer: we had a lot

of community members coming out and they gave us a lot of feedback. i think it has pushed us to be better and to ask those kinds of questions. i want to cigarettes into the french american international school for addressing those issues. for being a very forthright and willing to hear some of the criticisms were concerns of the community and addressing them adequately and working with us. i wanted to say thank you and we wish you much luck at this time. commissioner murase: i wanted to report the french american proposal was discussed at the march meeting and at the may meeting. there was a lot of feedback provided to the team, including concerns about how to serve

disadvantaged communities and secure support for their application and they have come back with responses that have shown they are taking this endeavor very seriously and have taken our perspective into account. i am happy to support this proposal. commissioner mendoza: thank you. we started this many years ago, david. what are we going to do with this surplus property? i appreciated the process we went through to find out of this something we could do, the community was clear that there was a need and we needed to fill it. not only for the child care community or the education, but

also the community that lived around the area, that has been taking care of the property over the years because it has been an eyesore. i was happy and the last meeting to hear the support from the community, this is going to be going into the site. i am excited to see the investment to be making. i look forward to a long, a wonderful partnership in coming together. the only thing i would asked, this is asking us to go into an agreement. i know there were details that needed to get worked out. if we can get an update on that that would be great. we appreciate that you are going to be serving the community and you have been open to many of the ideas that have been put forward. commissioner maufas: i want to

echo what my colleagues have said. i do not think i have sat on the buildings and grounds committee. i am happy to see this go forward. i am sorry there are no public comment cards. i was hoping to hear some french. commissioner wynns: i wanted to say that i was happy to meet with you but i want to honestly say in public, i am intimately interested in using our resources to support private schools. but i am supportive of the policy we passed, the directive to try to reap some financial

benefits from properties we are not likely to use. even though the benefit for this is far out, there are other benefits in the meantime. it is a cost for us. that is why i am supporting this. we asked them to do this and he did it. that is what i will be voting for. >> i wanted to thank the board of education, so many of you, for working with the superintendent and i over the course of time to have the discussions that brought it to this point. it has been an enlightening process of working all the way

through and everybody knows what is going on. thank you. president yee: again, this is the second major transaction we are going to have this year. this property has been available for a long time. i am glad that the building will be used for that purpose and i am glad we have found somebody that has the finances to make this a reality. when i asked these questions, i can they find and support this, the vision they have, it was

clear they were going to be able to do this. i think we did the right thing. selecting the organization's that are going to be able to implement the program and the vision that they put forward to us. without further delay, let's have a roll call. commissioner fewer: yes. commissioner maufas: yes. commissioner mendoza: yes. commissioner murase: yes. vice president norton: yes. commissioner wynns: yes. president yee: yes. president yee: just because we have a relationship, you are more than welcome to come every tuesday to our meetings and sit through this. congratulations. >> one more of the details are

known, i will bring that back to the report. >> i know you agreed we would not take things out of order, but we have one other item -- we would like the public to hear it. our resolution on the tax initiative. i do not think it is going to take very long. president yee: that is a good idea. item r. >> we need five votes, everybody. president yee: jill, i am

running the meeting. suspension to hear the resolution. >> for suspension of the rules? for the funding initiatives. thank you. commissioner maufas: yes. vice president norton: yes. president yee: yes. six ayes. president yee: formal introduction before the board. reading of the resolution. vice president norton: you want me to read the whole thing? here we go. in support of funding initiative, where as the board of education has been forced to make budget reductions in the amount of $113 million, and

anticipates cutting an additional $83 million, and where as two statewide funding initiatives have been submitted for the general election, and whereas one initiative is sponsored by governor jerry brown and supported by the california federation of teachers and all other statewide management organizations, including the school board association, and whereas the other initiatives in bond corp. debt reduction act is sponsored by the advancement project, civil rights attorney, and the parent teacher association, and by the california school board, and both initiatives would benefit schools by lessening but not eliminating impacts to districts throughout the state of

california, and the current reductions for the school year will result in numerous personnel reductions, and services essential to educating its children, including the increase of classicize, and whereas based on the fact that either initiative passed by the electorate would serve to mitigate the cuts impacting the district and whereas the failure of both initiatives would trigger a $5.5 billion cut it to california schools, resulting in the for the reduction of instructional days for students as well as cuts toñ%rñtv teached other employees, and in the event both of them pass, conflicts would be resolved through legal means and not double taxation. therefore, be it resolved the board of education hereby endorses both funding initiatives and urges voters to vote yes on both of them to

mitigate the continuing free- fall of california's public system to the detriment of the students whom the members of the board are elected to serve and whom the educators and staff are dedicated to serve. be it resolved that this action of the board of education will be communicated to the media, representatives, and the proper campaign. president yee: there were a few public comments on this. michelle parker? linda's gone? >> he had to leave the meeting but she did convey to me --

>> i know i spoke earlier but i am michelle parker, parent of three children in the district. i want to give a heartfelt appreciation for your leadership and the endorsement of these initiatives. it is a necessary and important step to take and we encourage all parents and citizens to vote this november in support of both measures so do we not see more cuts in middle of the year. i put outside on the table a stack of handouts that list what every school will receive if the initiative passes in november. you also receive that on e-mail this morning. he can also go to the web site if you want to look up any school to see what state they're

doing. you can also e-mail me. for those watching it is president@sfpta.org. it received over $55 million in the first year of implementation. that is significant. it could bring classicize back down. and it puts decisions in the local communities and not in sacramento. it is a progressive income tax that would bring $10 billion per year and after the first four years, when a portion is paying it down the debt, the number will grow even larger. thank you for your leadership in bringing this forward. i am excited about it.

>> i am not linda but when she left she left me her speech and so i'm going to read it as she wrote it. president yee, commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, this is my final board of education meeting in that position. like many many educators, i am retiring. i rise to speak to rogers support of these initiatives. we appreciate this resolution and energy to go further. the appropriateness of this to support funding for our schools. these initiatives are arising from the sweat of hundreds of californians who want what was articulated in the labor movement, that is more. we want more for our children. more for their persia futures --

their futures. these initiatives will bring us more if we do more. we need more work, more door knocking, more convincing other voters to approve the plea want more for our children. now let's get to work. thank you. >> thank you. >> i wanted to make knowledge that this was her last meeting in that position. i am sorry we did not to acknowledge her and thank her for her service. >> any comments from the board? >> i want to say that csba is the only organization to have taken a support position on both tax initiatives. we think it is important. we think it is important the

whole education committee be united in saying to everybody that we, the education committee, agrees with voters and citizens who are aware of the underfunding and cuts to public education and support higher taxes. i urge my colleagues. i am confident we will support that. we are interested and supportive of sending that message to our partners in the education committee. we support both of these. we feel the governor's initiative as an emergency stop gap. the other initiative as a first step. i thank my colleagues in advance for their support. i urge the passage of this.

>> commissioner mendoza para >> thank you. thank you for this. does anybody know if there is one of these for the other initiative? jerry brown does not have one? >> there is not because money will go into the general fund. it is in the meat grinder. >> we are going to take this very historical vote tonight. hysterical. [laughter] >> i found it jerry brown's one. [laughter] >> i hope this will get up to the public.

-- out to the public. this is very rich in to us, to the students. we need everybody to vote yes on this. roll call plays. >> -- please. >> yes. >> yes. >> aye. >> yes. >> aye. >> aye. >> six ayes. >> the commissioner has not left. could we try to make sure she records the vote. >> the next item is public hearing. i now announce a public hearing to a tentative agreement between the district and bayoneted administrators of san francisco. is the emotion and a second?

-- there a motion and a second? i am sorry to keep you so late. >> thank you. this action is a request that the board adopted an agreement with united administrators of san francisco. the public disclosure statement prepared by our budget office on behalf of the district. i want to thank our bargaining team. the cooperative saw problems of an approach as we mark another major step forward in our realignment with our early education program. i want to thank our early education team for participating in these negotiations.