and we even had a demographer that lives in the daniel webster area, samantha lux, that did data and predict 44,000 children in that attendance area. and now we have 160 available kindergarten seats, so less than half the capacity we will need. >> so it's been about a year, since supervisor farrell wisely called the hearing on the families from san francisco. we need to get serious about when and why families are leaving. the city does a good job of keeping everything that people need in san francisco. i am sure that everyone in this room could pick up a onesie when they leave.

one thing that is tough when you seek a preschool. i am director of potrero kids, we are currently in admission season. and i see the look on the faces of these parents. they are stressed to find a new pre-school. 80% of them won't have a seat in our school. if you don't get in a satisfactory pre-school, this is a good chance you will leave the area. and what is best whether private or perochial. and i have asked parents if they are interested in every seat in the district, and no, but it keeps you in the chance for a swap. whatever that means. if you don't get a good school,

there is a good chance you will leave this city. the next decision point is at middle school. parents are getting savvy about their child's education path and researched middle school. and what we have seen, parents are factoring middle school into their decision. even with the middle school feed are path, this is a daunting decision for families. and once again if you don't get a good middle school, there is a greater chance you will leave the city. in this map, there are two elementary schools located. daniel webster. a k-5 and carmichael. daniel webster has two tracks of seats. you can see the demographics and our test scores as well.

the other elementary school is bessie carmichael, this has three general education tracks for 66 seats and one filipino bilingual track. total of 144 seats. and due to city policy, k-8 are city wide and not dedicated to attendance area. so all of bessie carmichael seats are up for grabs. in addition the current policy is for language emergent to be city-wide. two-thirds of webster is spanish emersion. we therefore have 22 seats available that are deeded to serve the residents of this massive attendance area. and we are looking at 144

children coming of age in this area. >> i will talk about the daniel webster community. we were slated for closure in 2005. but a group of scrappy parents and they had pre-school aged children. they had little ones, babies. they banned together with leaders of the community and able to keep daniel webster open. as you look at these pictures, you will see that testimonials from parents as well pictures of our kids. and i will emphasize that people started caring about daniel webster before their children

a attended. i was a reading attendant when my daughter was just one year old. and there are many families equally committed to daniel webster. when you look at the parents we profiled, you can read on your own. but i want to look at the playground pictures. what you see on the playground is the magic that john talked about happening. the representation of the cultural diversity in potrero that you can find almost nowhere in the city. and on the next page we have a couple of parents as you see, we are attracting the young middle-class families that are a part of the workforce for this high-tech boom that we previously discussed. i want to read one quote from a

mom, jennifer cogener at the bottom of the page. she used to work for adobe, that was on our list of maps inside our attendance area, she says: while i was executive director for adobe, i can tell you that having high-selling homes is key, adoeb is a family-friendly company, and to drop off kids prior to work without getting in a car is huge. going back to our map here, we will move from elementary schools on to middle schools. bessie carmichael and isa are the middle schools in our attendance area. carmichael is k-8; and isa middle school is 180 students. it's the least requested middle

school in the district. it's a middle school that is mixed with high school. and it's the only 6-12 configuration within the district. and last year it was considered for closure. so based on the advice from supervisor cohen. john and i had the opportunity, we requested a meeting at isa. and we met with them on monday. so for three hours we met with principal paul koe. two parents, one was a parent liaison and five fantastic students. we learned so much about isa. i will talk about the high school portion on the next page but focus on the middle school section. one thing we learned there is no spanish emersion at isa. and the middle school funding is under funding. the school gets their funding as 6-12. but because they are high

school, they have a-g proportions so it supports the high school to meet those requirements. which is fair. but yet it deems the middle school under funded. moving on to the next slide. looking at high schools in our area. i will mention downtown high just for completeness. it was also the former home to isa. but it's a continuation school that nobody can request. so moving on to isa, it is the least requested high school in the district. it is a great program for at-risk kids. principal koe mentioned it has one of the highest graduation rates in the district. and we took a tour with four of the high schoolers, and i was so impressed by these kids.

and the classes that they took us to, ethnic studies, english, and history both john and i were very impressed by these classes we saw. the one thing i do want to note here is that there are 270 student at isa. and previously i mentioned there were 180 students in the middle school part. maxwell campus that houses the program, can seat 800 students. currently there is 450 students at that campus today. >> so as i mentioned before, one place where we seem to be in disagreement is about sort of the capacity of kindergarten

seats, particular in our -- attendance area. and so there a quote in the potrero view, and obviously it represents the position of the district as presented earlier. you know, we see a lot more growth. and you saw some data behind that. we look forward to see what the results from the demographer are. and these should be something that is a fact. and we are looking forward to that particular point. but anyway, what we want to be sure doesn't happen is this irony problem. you can people that can walk to work but drive their kids to school. that's not an ideal situation. what is next? given what the district said a few minutes ago, they are

offering exactly what we are asking for here. but what i would say to add to that is two things. one is that we really see the strategic context in terms of having a school system that supports the city's growth area to be important. i didn't hear them talk much about that. and we encourage them to think more broadly and strategically. and if you look at the timeline, they don't make a recommendation until june and something is not decided until the summer. that means that the people that are going through the sort of enrollment process next august, we are still going to be communicating to those that i am giving tours to as middle school feeder isa. that's not a positive for daniel webster. we are losing people already because of that feeding path. we think it could put our school

at risk if we go through another whole enrollment recruiting season and i am the share of the enrollment community, and to have to tell that's our middle school feeder. it comes up and it's a problem. to wrap up, anyone that has engaged. >> i will have to ask you to wrap up, we are at 15 minutes. >> i want to say one last thing. >> sorry, we have to ask you a question in order to extend your public comment time. if i could ask you to wrap up your last comments. >> okay, it's the slide that we presentedi presented earlier. the proposal to the district and

pre-k through 8. you will have more families in this district. we have passion and insight and we ask that the city engage with us of the families that we face in keeping families in the district and our city. >> thank you very much, any other members that want to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed [gavel] i want to thank the district for your presentation and the parents from potrero hill for coming. i remember sitting on the board and questions of 6-12 and the questions of the parents and this came up when we had leadership high school. and i know this has come up through multiple periods. and i look forward how the school district moves forward on this issue.

i think we have closing remarks from supervisor cohen. seeing no other comments from committee members. >> as we begin to close out, thank you, parents for coming out and presenting your perspective in district. and it was hopeful to see you at the table, and between daniel webster and bessie carmichael and the southeast part of san francisco. that we can continue to come to the table and have thoughtful and key conversations. i want to highlight on, there is an expressed commitment from the school district to help us and i will assist a robust discussion between parents and myself and my office and the school district. the three of us making sure we are in constant communication. and i want to compliment the

parents for coming out. and thank you for meeting with the isa community and it sounds like it dispelled rumor and sounds like you got a lot out of that field trip. that's it for me, and thank you for allowing the parents an opportunity to speak. >> thank you, supervisor cohen. i see nothing further on this item. colleagues can we take a motion on this item? since you are the sponsor of this request, would you like to continue this to the call of the chair or file this item as heard? >> i would like to continue it to the call of the chair. >> do we have a motion to continue to the call of chair. we have that motion and can do that without opposition. thank you. in terms of our next meeting, we will be meeting monthly. i want to be sure that we are not canceling as it was happening when he met twice a month. i did as much as possible and to

my colleagues, to stick to items that involve both the city and the school district where we both have jurisdictions over an issue. clearly this is something that is solely under the jurisdiction of sfusd. that we don't have decision-making power over. not that i don't want to take requests that involve just one party or another. but i think as much as possible i think we should try to call items that involve the city and school. so we can have input and feedback on how to contribute to that issue. and i have made a hearing request for march, to have an item on prop h. and how we are able to back fill the states cuts through the public enrichment fund.

and we asking for comments for school and that grant cycle and want the school district and weigh in on to the board of supervisors to help us in that decision-making process. madam clerk, anything else on the agenda? seeing none, meeting is adjourned. [gavel] thank you everyone for attending.

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