the room. please leave the >> good fortune of spending at least one night a month with the members to work on looking at it and how it's serving our students and help to make it a more impactful initiative so each year we take time to recognize each member of the peace cap and first we want to start with folks terming down after four years of services and i wanted to remind commissioners that we do have some vacancy and i will send you information so we can fill the seats and keep our positive momentum going. i'm want sure if all these folks are here but wanted to recognize them but for four years of service and they were integral

shepherding this on into the new role and we're appreciative of that. i would like to welcome and honor anna dearce. come on up. [applause] and baeart fong. [applause] thank you and i don't think either of these folks are here tonight, ben cough man and claire waskey so let's give them a hand for their years of service and just to remind folk this is is a volunteer position and although it's rewarded handsomely with one meal a month, so we really appreciate all your hard work so now we're going to recognize the members of this year, and we have a number of these folks with us tonight with us. ms. guzman. [applause]

jeff ang. [applause] and i want to let you know that our group is wom comprised of parents and student and staff and one of the cochairs this year angelina wae. [applause] the student members have been very integral of bringing the work that we do and we're appreciative of that as well. jennifer vega. is she here tonight? abigail [inaudible], another student and victor tam. not here tonight unfortunately, and another student rain delasic. [applause] >> thank you. michael rhymer.

dr. michael rhymer. bill capinhagen. [applause] >> mary ju. mary ju is our other co-chair this year providing effective leadership. brian fox. [applause] thank you and we also have the pleasure of two members of the board of education, former members, one of which is mr. matthew haney. [applause] and the other is student delegate windy ly who is not here tonight but windy was one of the members last year. we also want to give a shout out to four people that were on the peace kag last spring and moved onto other projects but we want to acknowledge their time. i am

not sure if they're here tonight but carolyn granner. steve cook. [applause] steven was co-chair for quite some time providing some great leadership. all right. and another student, hannah lee. i'm not sure she's here tonight so that concludes our certificates of recognition. let's give them a hand for their hard work please. [applause] thank you very much. >> as a point of personal privilege later in the meeting we have the moment where we announce new people to our committees and mine is in the audience and mark will be joining the sac and mark will you stand up. [applause] any other comments from the

board? >> yes. so as a past member of the kak for many years i know the time and dedication it takes. i want to say thank you very much and particularly say thank you to claire waskey my appointee coming off four years of dedicated service for our school district. she's also a school librarian and so claire if you're listening i want to say thank you so much for representing our district on the peace. thank you very much. [applause] >> i just really want to thank each and other one of you and your families because i know it takes a lot of time in the evenings and i want to thank jeff and maggie for their service as my appointees. [applause] >>i also just as a very recent of the kag and spent time with you over the past couple years

i want to thank you. i wouldn't be up here if it wasn't from my experience in the group and what i learned from you and i want to thank you for that and i promise to fill my vacancy soon and commissioner mendoza by creating a vacancy by coming up here and thank you very much for what you do and i look forward to working with you as a commissioner. >> thank you. i also want to give you my heart felt thanks for all the work that you. do as you know we are going up for renewal and all of the work that you did for us allows a wonderful narrative with what we did with the funds that the voters trusted us with, and you created a space that we spend the money well; that our students benefit from it and it's something certainly renewing for the enrichment of

schools and the oversight you provided and all the advice you have given on us, and again we have a renewal coming up. i will say that out loud again and i want to make sure that a wonderful award and all of the work that you do is ensure that does get renewed and thank you for your support and efforts and your hard work. >> thank you. just quickly i wanted to thank you again. there are many times i come through the district late in the evening and nothing is happening and sure enough you're here working and i am always amazing at your dedication is exceptional. thank you so much for caring the extra level for our students and families and schools and you know where it's going and who it's benefiting and thank you very much and

congratulations kathy to you as well. i just wanted to echo the thanks of the board to the many volunteer hours that you all put in. i want to recognize barry bond and his last year on the group. thank you fo -- for serving and i guess that means i have another opening. >> thank you all very much. >> all right. we will move on the student delegates report. >> student advisory council recently had the reteeth with the youth commission on january 12 and 13 at civic center secondary school. we learned about the school's budget and the members of the peace cap presented that process in it. we reflected on the work we have done in the year and set

goals for the remainder of the year. on sunday legislative aid came to us speak to us about the importance of youth voice and did a workshop with us. we broke out into the committees and plans for the remainder of the year. we are looking at more possibility for having more involvement in the councils and focusing on this and student delegate elections as long as the upcoming youth summit. the health commit is working on a item of eating breakfast and add to the process. commissioner murase also joined us and discussing the event about violence against woman and takes place on the 14th is the at

civic center plaza. an officer from bart visited us to spread the word of about his existence and his department is basically the oversight of bart office behaviors and was created after the incident. they are having a meeting right now at the library and it ends at 8:00 o'clock. >> thank you ms. wong. normally item e, the parent advisory council report would appear now. they're not able to come tonight because they thought the meeting was a week ago. they were ready to go to last week's meeting but you have a written report in your folders. next is public comment on consent items. i have one speaker, dennis kelly of usasf.

>> thank you very much. i wanted to speak about the items where you have the transfer of fund and it is acceptance of awards, and as usual congratulations on having the awards that are forth coming. there is just one thing i need to point out to you and that is one of these awards on page 12 actually calls for stipends and i would like to remind you once again stipends are paid to the members and therefore that needs to come as a proposal to the union and needs to be hand through the union. if you look at pages 13 and 14 you see all of the different shifts and just on the very bottom of page 14 i wanted to call your attention to a rather unusual phrase and that is "we are adding funds for the anticipating expenditure of

garbage" so i think i know what it means. i hope you know what it means when you vote for it, and when you do pass the part about the stipends please direct people to come talk to us about what it should be. thank you. >> somewhat mr. kelly that seems like a phrase you might have written at some point, doesn't it? all right. thank you. next we have item g, the consent calendar. may i hear a motion please. >> i move that we adopt the consent calendar. >> second. >> thank you. are there any items withdrawn or corrected by the superintendent? . none tonight. any items removed for first reading by the board? none tonight. any items severed by the board and superintendent for discussion tonight? yes

vice mayor. >> yes president norton and i would like to severe 3j, 3k, and 3l. >> 3j, 3k -- >> under buildings grounds and resolutions. >> hold on. let me find my pen. >> [inaudible] >> oh i'm sorry. so let me repeat that commissioner wynns. i would like to suf ver3j, 3k and 3l. okay thank you. >> so i'm sorry. that was 3j, 3k. >> and 3l. >> okay. all right. role call will take place under item o superintendent proposal, the approval of a plan for the 2013-2014 school year. this was

moved and seconded at altjanuary 8 meeting. commissioner fewer do you have a report from the committee of the whole? >> no, i do not actually. we had great discussions and if board members will review the packet i believe all the answers that were proposed to staff have been answered. is there any questions that -- follow up questions from the questions you asked, so if you look inside the folder on prop h you will see that -- and i believe we have mr. armchair here that answered the questions for us and i believe all the questions were answered in detail here. this was the follow up to the meeting, the commissioner -- the committee of the whole. >> i believe there were

questions posed at that meeting and adequately answered in this memo. >> yes commissioner wynns. >> i'm not certain if this is the time to ask this question. i mean it is related to the question asked at the last meeting and the memo, and that's -- and i don't have them here, but the developments that occurred today. i got a text message or email from deputy superintendent lee. is that in there? we had talked about -- i had talked to the deputy superintendent about including something in the spending plan or in its cover letter or

something that would be clear about the -- that we intended to -- a plan that would include spending of the money, the entire amount with the trigger not pulled so i appreciate we've gotten now a memo that says here a process we're going to use, but i don't know, and maybe you have it and i don't because i'm not there, something that makes it clear in the plan that we're giving them now which i think it should. >> mr. lee -- superintendent, do you want to address -- deputy superintendent. >> yes, just to share a little bit more information to what commissioner wynns is referring to. she did contact me i believe late afternoon on friday with a request or suggestion

that at that -- especially at that time when it appeared unclear about whether the city was going to appropriate the full amount of the public education enrichment fund that in the district materials that would be transmitted to the city, the mayor and the board of supervisors and the other city officials, that we would specify that -- we would make some sort of a statement that we would -- we expect full funding or appropriation from the city for 13-14 -- i actually haven't shared with this chris and kathy and part of that why is so because in the mayor's state of the city address yesterday he remarked about his intention to fully fund the public education enrichment fund and specified the amounts of funding that would be associated with the appropriation for 13-14 and i confirmed with the mayor's

budget director one-on-one just to make sure we were crystal clear about the intention. that that was the right interpretation and she confirmed it was so and we could share that information with our board members and stakeholders which is why you all received the email that you did this morning from dr. crawford, so based on that commissioner wynns i see your point that it may still be good to memorialize that in a cover letter to the city, and we can do that, but i think that the significance of that that took place between our conversation late friday and today was the confirmation from the city, the mayor and his budget director that the city -- at least in the mayor's proposed budget it will include full funding of it for next year. >> if i may? i entirely agree with that. i just think --

[applause] >> -- instead of giving a spending plan that is just silent and that action happening and that confirmation and acknowledge that and we're so please body that and immediately proceeding with planning for that and submitting as the memo says to us -- submitting to you the amendments or whatever we call it, revisions at such and such time and date, so as long as we can now confirm that in public and make a commitment to do that then i'm happy. >> okay. thank you. superintendent. >> yes. thank you president norton, and commissioners. in the email communication that we shared with the commissioners this morning we do propose a timeline for consideration of this additional funding, and

again we want to involve the board as a whole in that discussion, so that we have a process that the board is comfortable with, and signs off on, and that's included in the email. we will share that with the public as soon as we have an opportunity to discuss that with the board as well. >> thank you superintendent. did you have -- is the presentation on this that you're doing or is this for something else? you don't have a presentation for us; right? >> (inaudible). >> oh it's something else. hopefully we didn't need a presentation. any other comments or questions from the board? all right. roll call. >> ms. wong. >> yes. >> thank you. ms. feweer. >> yes. >> mr. haney. >> yes. >> ms. maufas. >> yes. >> dr. murase. >> yes. >> ms. wynns. >> i'm sorry. did you hear me? i said aye.

>> ms. norton. >> yes. >> seven aye's. >> all right. item i board members proposals. there are none tonight and it's everybody's favorite part of the meeting. item j, request to speak for general matters. i have a number of cards. i'm going to read your name. i tried to group them by -- there are some groups here tonight. first card eric smith when i believe just spoke out of turn but i'm not sure. was that mr. smith? okay. i don't believe there is another eric -- >> [inaudible] >> reverend smith. okay. eric

smith doesn't seem to be getting to the podium. all right. (calling speakers). you will each have two minutes to speak. >> steve seldz swrer. we on a little out burst today about what is going on at martin luther king school and this board has covered up criminal activity from the staff of the school. he makes a joke about psychological testing and pearson to evaluate the students here in san francisco. pearson is under investigation for corruption in new york state and will be investigateed in california for corruption because you're spending more

time on testing than taking care of the students particularly here at martin luther king. additionally this superintendent and the board is aware of the ongoing situation at martin luther king and the superintendent said there was no cover up and slander going on but the whistle blower said the principal laid on a student and injured as a result that was set up in a scheme to be fired by this management. they spent thousands of dollars of public money to fire him and the arbitrator could not go along with the lies and slanders against toby cane and rejected it and said he should be brought back to work. that is a victory for san francisco and the students at martin luther king. 17 staff 1021 and they of bullied out of the school. you talk about bullying and racism

and it's right here at the martin luther king school and this board is oblivious to it and i have to say it's not going away and those people will be held accountable and that includes police charges and cet charges taking away their credentials and talking about the superintendent of middle schools and talking about the principal natalie -- >> sir, we do ask that you not name staff by name. your time -- >> i think the issues have to be addressed. >> your time is up. thank you. that's your time. >> [inaudible] >> okay. good evening. have you guys heard the scene what your thoughts become your words. your words become your actions.

watch your habits and they become your character watch your character and it becomes your destiny. as i say that i come before you so many times i feel it's a habit. what is your purpose? do you care? this board's action allows so many people security, the secretaries, kuft toadians, teachers, counselors, most of all the students to experience so much pain and suffering. how can you allow one person to inflict so much pain on so many people? do you care? what is your purpose? do you sleep well at night? wow think about it. when you get your paycheck are you happy? the last time i said -- came here i said the naacp were at the school and someone being paid -- if it's not the naacp that is being paid through something for san francisco

unified school district, so if everything is okay at mlk why is the naacp stationed there? why don't you guys do something? do the right thing. i'm not angry. i'm not. what i would like to see this board do the right thing before something happens. you lose your jobses how would you feel? how would you feel there is a major earthquake and you didn't have a job? it could happen. we are all the same. one god under the same -- i don't get it. i don't understand why you guys have all this education together. you guys can't get it right. put the degrees together. put the degrees aside. be a person. think about the children, their safety. you heard one person come in here screaming. do you care? two minutes? two

minutes for what? all of the pain and suffering we experience everyday. think about the time -- >> please wrap disblup think about the pain and suffering we experience on a daily basis, not two minutes. think of the children. two minutes. think of the children. >> ma'am your time is up. next speaker please. >> [inaudible] >> next speaker please. >> hello. my name is brenda balls. i'm the seiu 1021 member and a chapter president of san francisco general and i am supporting one of our members, mr. lu. i think what was done

to them and what was done to the security guard is terrible. it goes against everything that is union and this is a union town whether people like it or not. it is. and you can't abuse employees and there shouldn't be accepted from anybody including the school district and so the other issue they have that i got it in our contract about bullying is because bullying is a major problem for workers in san francisco and the school district does not exclusive of that. there are many employees that walk around in fear so i think you should be rewarding the employee, the whistle blowers that tell you the truth so you know what is really going on in the schools instead of trying to punish them. >> good evening. my name is nancy [inaudible] and i just like to come and say thank you

superintendent carranza for sending four security guards on december 12 to martin luther king. they have been without a guard since october 31 i believe it was, and as we all know that friday was a tragedy when the shootings occurred in connecticut, so we are so thankful that you took a stand and sent those guards there for the safety of our children and our staff that are there, but the truth of the matter is they need protection from the administration, from the principal and assistant principal. please listen to our cries. i would like to thank