your story with him to get some contract information. thank you for coming out >> thank you. okay. i have 2 parents from alamo elementary school gail and joe. two minutes each. i want to ask you again to remember our request not to name district employees thank you. great i'm joe i'm a parents of two kids we are going to address an issue of teacher continuity. teachers have some incredible

problems with absent it was only after two months of absence the teachers asked to not talk to other parents their handling it but we met recently and i wanted to bring the 33 parents we told them not to come out tonight we're trying to focus phone number not on remove or issues by the parents are trying to stay focused on the teacher continuity and great process there. and many of kids come january didn't know who their teachers were i recognize that we have 88

dedicated concerned parents we want to create a sense of urgency. with that we'll continue to work with you and keep this in the beginning goal of next year you >> i have a kindergarten at alamo his name is coal. heel say i know this information because my teacher taught me and that's how fundamental teachers are. we have great taefrndz. i was stunned when we came to the public school community to

see the compassion they have. so i was thinking about this today how i'm fired up in the non-continuity in the alamo. there are tons have teachers in the community that point to be there and we clearly have a teacher that does not want to be. i was reading on your hot topic i notice this collaborative effort is important and i think nobody says that better than you're. if you had a teacher it doesn't show up if you had a classroom that in one week had 3 teachers

rotating in and out and you have a teacher who needs to show up for meetings. she doesn't set teacher painter conferences and that's unacceptable. one of the things you i'm excited about is we're spending all this money the number one success on that is going to be your teacher's and you have to have a presence in the classroom please help us get a credential teacher in that classroom >> i have steven two minutes. >> yes steve united public

workers for action. i've come to other meetings about the harassment and bullying. apparently this rush stamped board is not concerned about it. i hear the same stories. the fact of the matter is we had a press conference and the da is going to be investigating martin luther king school and obstructing justice after a child was bullied. i think there's a criminal cover up going on in this district apparently los angeles is not

laying off teachers and pure professionals. will who do you represent. the example is your million dollars is going to the common core and you're about those pushing commercialization and you're not about protecting the teachers and the students. and the rubber board your representing. it's the poor black and latino community that's being attacked here. so it's time for really action by the community by labor it's union burst why are not you standing up for the poor the

black students you have a corporate agenda that's what's driving you >> all right. i have a lot of cards from u s f go members. what i'd like to do i'm going to read off all the cards i have. this is on the topic of layoff. i'd like to ask the members if we can group you into 25 minutes total we will not time i have the discretion of timing but i'll give you 25 minutes total so when the timer goes off we will continue with our meeting.

i have (calling names) i think i have the same name. (calling names). so when president kelly approaches the mike please start timing thank you. >>

and members of the board and students delegates and ladies and gentlemen. the school district has $50 million that it does not anticipate getting this year. to resend every single lay off would take $1.7 million that would leave about $35 million. but let's not just talk about the money you have in our pocket right now. let's talk about what the governor realized to you today. the governor said there's going to be a weighed student formula and there's a block grant. that grant is going to be roughly $57 million next year

top of everything you got this year. that's pretty comfortable >> top of that he's putting a billion dollars into common core and you'll get about 8 and a half million of that so you won't have to spend a penny. in a few minutes you're going to vote to raise the developers fees you're going to charge $0.67 per square foot. so you've got money. you have absolutely got money. we heard the superintendent tells us tonight those are promises except the money you've got in your pocket.

we've heard board members tell you we're not out of the woods yet. i told people outside you're going to say that you're going to say we'll wait until we get the mayor realized then you're going to say to us let's wait until we actually get the budget and what is the human effect of that waiting you're leaving people suspended who don't know about our futures because you've got the money in your pocket now. wonderful got $50 million in our pocket now i'm talking about next year. you could end of the furlough days now. by not doing it you save a little bit of money and you're

going to lose it next year and you create a situation where people come into this district with hate and anger and distrust. why she we have given you money if this is the way we're going to be treated. the people behind me are going to talk about some of the human elements but you need to reach into our pocket you've got $50 million in there. how could you start spending more money you've got it better spend it wisely or you will reap what you sow thank you. (clapping). >> my name is carolyn i'm a

special he had professional i'm the vice president of the perpetrated professionals. i'm here tonight to ask you the encourage to stop par a lay offs. the 8 family liaison do the important work of keeping our families engaged in our schools in support of our students the 11 nutritionist make sure that our student and families have access for good food and our 16 classroom aids do the great work of assisting in our classrooms across the school district. we should be hiring for par as two weeks ago i went to an incredible event celebrating an

african-american group. it was the first in this district now your set to layoff any african-american veterans some with over 20 years of experience in the district the same work to make sure the african-american students get the services they deserve. don't you see how bad that looks to celebrate one week in front of the public and then shows the door the next week. i ask you to resend the lay offs. now you're going to hear from the par as who are being laid off so, please look them in the eyes >> hi i'm a proud parents.

i want to give a shout out to my daughter middle school and come back elementary school. i vote for prop a and i convince my sxefbal. we inform schools we family liaisons are the ones listening to the family liaisons and we often take the brunt of the frustration of the families so we feel the same frustration. i'd like to do a commercial announcement we should change our name. so i looked at the data and we

have 99 years of culminated doing work and that's all the special development the district has given us and the parents has given to us. we're on a daily basis we translate the educational terms into law man's terms. and our strengthens are often misunderstood and our families have ph.d. in children but bringing those two together that's why we're here to make sure that goes on and it's. - the resources that are designated for them a that's

another important part of our job thank you. (clapping). good evening. >> i just want to first off and say on behalf of those who are effected with this situation i'm going to be specific apparently tonight i've heard the facts spoken that half of you folks are on the pack for families. i'm looking everyone. it's amazing before richard became is superintendent and the commissioner who is trying to 0 advocate for all minority and you know the data. the school sl

and talking about the data. just for everyone that's here tonight my people the samoan the pacific islander or the lowest terms of achievement. you've advocated so long conspires and you. i was specifically hired because of that situation the needs for a bilingual. some of our other colleagues can talk about the reclarification but i was hired because of that. and my certain is how can you consider to layoff the last

samoan of this tribe. we were told to serve the justice for all students. and gives me a question what do you weigh in terms of the needs of the students. but if the needs of the samoan is the lowest it's got nothing to do with that need or you're going to keep that particular person that can meet that need. you can't proof it by killing the chicken that lays the golden aid and i'm here to bring it to your consideration.

consider the need of the deduct school districts. i'm very, very proud of my success in my school i reach the minority that can't be reached. here in the school district i've gained more african-american parents than any other school. my father passed away after 40 years of service. i was the youngest of the family and i said i would never be an accessor. why would my father want to stay here in the business it's so stressful but now i k

people need help. if you want to contribute to be then you keep what you sent me something in the mail or send me something positive. i give you the decision to make that >> lord i'm the first president of the parents excuse me. p tsa of the valley. i'm proud to say that we're here in record numbers and we've been gathering together thanks to our parents liaison and your new principle. i must say we've been working well together. and like he just said he's needed and not only to reach the

samoan students. the parent are what's missing from the kwaeks so parents support for the students are neat don't lay it all on the teachers to do the support the liaisons, parent is needed in the classroom but in particular this gentleman has empowered us he has shown us how to make a presence at our school and be present not only for our pencil students but for all students. we're in the hallways we're there. we have done so much this year and this is the beginning. i'm very excited and i would

hate to lose the support we've gained through the parents liaison. i only have two minutes but everyone has said such great things and like he said you have the money so spend is it wisely (clapping) >> hello good evening everybody. thank you allhe parents from the high school. i know parents. i've been working since 2005 and i work right now at sarah. i work first, it was a dream school and they needed somebody to speak spanish they make me do a flier in spanish. i went to - i went to also right

now i work at sarah and also - school and requires somebody who speaks spanish and i did i stay there for one year but now i they laid me off because i didn't take the test. actually 6 months i'm going to leave it with you. and by a bunch of them you can see. my job is neat. i've been send sent to school because i speak spanish. i don't know the criteria you

make me not take the test. well, i the one who state the telephones we were giving you free services. we were giving you free services and i was told that in 2009 when you started putting the translation requirement on scalds you spent $16,000. so if you make - your making rules to spend more money and more money and also it's unfair that i get the bottom of the seniority because there's folks who had the same description but they speak spanish they hired them last year. that's not fair.

and my parents have different issues like sarah needs to have a person who speaks spanish and 80 percent of the school needs sparn and they need to - when you take that support from them then you make them fail. >> can we have a time check please? >> hi it's my pleasure to be here. my son is a student in the high school. he's very helpful membership in the high school, in fact, he

informed me about meeting in high school. thank you very much. (clapping) >> my name is rebecca i'm the seventh grade counselor students say counselors help us with our life. a student who thrives in trauma can be from one positive relationship from an adult and when a counselor is not laid off often he or she, be a adult.

counselors know their families and they've counseled their cousins we know their passions. not just their test scores. but it's not the - the probation officers at y g c we know recruiters we know the requirement for air force individual and you can say c beneficiary letter we we can use online referrals the surveillance cameras and we're ready to switch to other things.

we know sf u s d policy we know when a student needs a parents conference when they need a hug and when they need therapy. those are the things students lose when i laid off counselors. counselor can't be replaced by out case workers or by an extra ap. one more time please resend the counselors lay offs (clapping) >> hi i'm brittany i'd like to say thank you for my short time at paul refer.

my mom was the pta african-american president. i helped students realize the potential to advocate help parents understand their children and empower students of color about their own heritage as well as provided a positive role model. i empower them and help them think school it cool. i've been added to be a - the students have realized they can stay out of the streets and not