this time. and there was during recess and all the students watched the police handcuff the school and has a psychological impact to all the students. and the principle did not notify the parents and the teacher and make everyone so scared and don't know what would happen next time. and hopefully the skubt would have someone to investigate the incident and try to provide a

better and safer environment to the students. >> hi everyone. i'm a parents from visitation valley elementary school. okay. the new prim has been with the school for almost two years. the new principle. and there will be more than 10

students and staff leaving the school. and the principle make the school not so harmony from the top to the bottom. and the principle fired some teachers without good reaps and also some excellent teachers that have been teach at the school for more than 10 years also have to be forced early retirement.

and the education that has been making some criticism against her. and the new teacher also worried about the current situation. and they make the school very although, moreal and effect the quality of teaching. and because of office of leadership it makes the school test scores drop. and the discipline of the students is getting worse.

and the asian students also get billed. get bullied. and the students stay in the classroom during recess and the principle not always walking around and making observations. she also not communicate with the students and making kind of worried the school achievement and also the safety of the

students. thank you. >> hello. everyone. my name is jenny. we can see that we have is a group of parents coming out today and hopefully, the commissioners and superintendent can help us to solve the counter situation at the school. there are also some other ladders of other parents.

the task the school has been like over 8 hundred but has been dropping. and everyday when the parents bring the kids to school we're very worried and not even able to focus at work. and you can see that around the world like boston bombing and many shootings around the

school. we are parents we always worried about this situation and especially we low income families. and we have some parents that actually have kindergarten kids that they can't come tonight and also i don't want to waste time because i know there are other personality and others who want to speak right now. there are other parents who wish to speak. so before when i talk about the

school that was a really good school also try to promote the school to other parents but right now the situation is make me worry. so many excellent go teachers will be leaving. we can't worry about the quality of teaching for the next year coming new teachers. i feel heart broken when i heard some excellent teachers would be leaving the next year.

and we understand that because we the areas most of families are with low income families and to attract good quality teachers would not be that easy. and hopefully every commissioner and going to have to reflect the current situation at the school because the school year is almost over >> thank you. >> superintendent. our assistant superintendent to surprise the school is here mrs. chu please meet with mrs. chu outside so she can document your concerns. if you can try to leave the room

quietly. i now have a group that would like to speak on a teacher layoff issue. i'm going to call your names. please approach the microphone. (calling names). you may have two minutes each. >> it's an hour to address the school board. my children have been there from kindergarten at the betsy carr mistake. i have two children there area

40 students. i'm here today speaking on behalf of tina. i want to express as an parents i've known those individuals for many years from kindergarten through the whole school. my children have had 4.0. they were academically my daughter was promoted into lowell high school. i feel those teachers have given integrity and they have united the school of african-american, hispanic, and those two

individuals imparted to my daughter extreme principle morales and i give my hundred percent support to those individuals they are outstanding. and the school board please take a close process that it goes through it it would find somehow so a teacher who gives so much of hers in difficult significance and then being fate out without being any process please bring them back >> can you tell me your name

sir? >> i'm william. thank you very much. >> hello, i'm a uc student. i have given my time to do my part to secure the long term future with the hope of future generations including my own son about benefit someday. the culture is very important in my thesis research there was a lady who described her language barrier how much i am of asian.

she fldz the rejection of her divisive backyard. the fact we're struggling to even maintain those taverns is really an alarming prospective. we have to share a background and we must allow the asian teachers in this case with a highly skilled teacher like those two ladies we're setting the foundation for asian

american which were to disconnect from their identity. this can led to tearing down their confidence. it's very nice to be here i hope you consider my words. >> hello, i'm actually reading a letter from an aligning executive director. to the san francisco uttered board of commissioners. i'm writing this letter. teachers in the staffing of our school wove have a 10 percent asian drop of students we need

more competent like many of the asian families in our san francisco schools. we respect flu question that the school board rehigher the leader of our program and the 7 to 8th feature to do otherwise would further weaken the language and specific support system that our community was have to turn the tied of asians to leave the city. immigrant and workers right ought to be respected in san francisco.

so as critical component of the asian community which is underwriters feeling the pressures. those ladies represent the best of those institutions as leaders asians students and the larger aligning families they work closely with and support the diverse process. while this process of year-old budget and strategies can be channeling the board must not overlook the critical challenges that the asian community is facing and they can't remove our

special teachers >> please walk up. as the director of the asian community center i add my voice to rehiring those two teachers. >> all right. i have a lady speaking on schools. >> good evening. i'm with the shape of san francisco coalition. i'm here on behalf of our children. as you know we're in the mist of

obesity epidemic. and this is from physical activity our children are not moving enough this day's and since they spend a lot of time at school the school districts has to take a part in this. it is also good for our children's brains. there's a growing body of research it showing you shows physical activity helps improve attention and school curls and - this will bring activity back to the schools and get the children moving. in fact, commissioner winning was on the call and i commend

her for being involved in such an important initiative. this need to be done a physical activity. which is the number of minutes that the cdc recommended for children's to be physically active. physical education, physical activity during school, physical activity before and after school. i am proud to be a part of shape up san francisco because we're working on many of those areas save routes to school, walk and bike to school. in fact this morning we celebrated a media day at the our elementary.

this was the district wellness he wish the board to pass a resolution that urges all schools to become active schools. thank you very much. >> next i have a lady to speak on allocation of funds for parents and services. two minutes. >> good evening superintendent and the committee the board of education. i'm a member of the ss e. i'm a pta member. the certain with the fund allocation is one of the reasons

their cutting the budget is tyler awe signing a nurse in the school. we have 3 hundred and 49 school in the school and there's only one kid that needs a nurse. but we do need the family support services which are being cut into part time and there's a position liaison that's it been eliminated that is is an essentially position because many of the latino parents use that serves. we ask for referrals, resources that we can go and get help. also another thing is the school has hired a special needs teacher she's brand new.

so we don't need the nurse again, because we have two special teachers in 10 and 5 actually professionals. so the children are well-taken care of. we need more services for the parents to get the achievement gap has been wired last year. we need to implement for services instead of reducing them. thank you >> all right. i have one last group of speakers. 5 cards on. i'm going to call names.

(calling names) >> good evening i'm the founding principle of the new high schools that's opening this summer. i last spoke in front of you, we have students many of whom are here tone. we have teachers that are ready to build a community of excellence. i'm excited to begin to work with a principle to build a stronger district. could you raise your hand. those students and parents have been here since 515 or 5:30 and

i'm here and we want to thank you for working with us to establish a home for the students. it means a lot for me to be your principle. we appreciate the dissects thought of physicalness that works in for our community. we want to get to know our community because one of the core valley of excellence is also our community. we say that promises to our kids we thanks to you are one step closer to keeping our promise that were i want to thank the

charter office for helping us. i look forward to being a new stronger partnership that we can work together to make sure our children are prepared for success and beyond. thank you >> hello, i'm whitney. i'm in 8th grade. i'm graduating and i look forward to going to this high school. it will challenge me at the bay school. it will help me improve my social skills and studying skills and my learning skills as well. ever since i was a fifth grader

i voluntary grown in so many ways i'm proud to be part of this school. thank you. >> hello, i'm marta and i'm in the current 8th grade. next year will be a member of the founding class of the high school. i choose this high school by the way, i know they will not give up on me and i know that the teachers and ms. gifford will work hard to get the students

ready for college. if it wasn't for this school i wouldn't have the dedication. i couldn't imagine myself anywhere else. thank you. and a buenos. >> i have two children who attend this school my daughter and my son who is in fifth grade and my daughter is in eight

grade. and when i found this middle school i felt really happy i like the system they have of educating children and the self confidence they give the students. i started looking for other schools in thinking ahead of high school and i was happy to realize they had this other school. it's a pleasure to know that

they can continue the learning the teachings that they've started with since middle school into high school. and now that they've shown us the new site for the school it's a real pleasure to know it's real know to know it's there. and thank you so much for this opportunity. i think it's a great opportunity for the kids in helping them reaching the ultimate goal which is goio