>> my son to the middle school and i already reflect on my idea to the school and tell them because we are the new immigrants and that is why my kids his homework is behind. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> my son moved to a higher grade because all of the homework is difficult and it is hard for us to help him because we are new immigrants.

okay, when my son is at the (inaudible) and we talked to the school and asked for some help from the school but the school cannot offer any help for my son. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> now he is in the high school and i am aware and i realize that even in the high school the service is less than before. >> i talked to the school, but however, they told me that because of the budget, so that is why the school cannot offer too much help or cannot like after school tutoring to my son.

[ speaking in a foreign language ] >> also the other issue that i want to bring up is that because my son is going to be a teenager... [ speaking in a foreign language ] and (inaudible) worried about that because on the academic and also it is very difficult for him and i cannot help my son. but... [ speaking in a foreign language ]

>> i realize that the summer is long for the kids and if they have too much idle time and also at the same time the schools cannot offer anything like a summer school tutoring and i think that this is no good for my son and because in that case, my son he may just addicted to the video games. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> what i want is especially, i mean, for my son, he is going into the teenager and it is like a transition period. and so i really hope that the board and also the school can give a more funding to high

son's school so my son can get more help and get like a tutoring yes. >> [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> also we volunteer program for my son during the summer and i know that they only picked 50 candidates out of... [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> out of the 300 applicants and i know that the chance to get the work is very slim and so i wish that the school, the

school district and can offer more funding so everybody can have a chance to do the volunteer work and join the program. >> so i wish everybody a equal chance to get all of this resource. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening, my name is carla and i am the parent of two el children in daniel webster and one of the recommendations that the delac has as far as it that ve have gotten from the school district was a budget transparency, it is not clear to most el familis about how the money is being spent, there is some kind of understanding throughout the school district that try a one and neia is meant for the els and however when they go to the ffc or make a recommendation,

we have some of the feedback that we have gotten at the school levels they will make a recommendation and some will have a representative at the ssc to approve a budget and then the principal will turn around and say that is not the way that i will spend the money and not the way that i am going to spend the money and so our els are being disregarded and our el parents are being completely disregarded in many of the schools at this level and then, at that point, what happens is they decided to just not participate because they are not being, they don't have the support at their particular schools, they come to the delac meetings at the boards to complaint and then we try to help them as best as we can but obviously the principal is not willing to cooperate and we can't get very far with that. >> so the further the other problem is that the budgeting, we have the school site and

council summit where i myself attended and i was taught about title one and ie and the different what those funds are supposed to be, and according to the wsf what are those or how are those funds supposed to be spent. however if you look at attachment two, all of a sudden we have tier 3, 2, and you know it is just, you know it is not very clear as to how the money being spent on every school. and another problem that we have found among the elac is that sometimes iea or title one money will go to cover a position and will cover 50 percent or maybe even 80 percent let's say for a para professional and then 20 percent is covered by the pta at that school, however that professional is being jumped around through the different class and there is no checks and balances as to hows that

this money been allocated and mostly the time spent to the els that this is money that supposed to be supplemental not to cover, we are hearing that they are covering paper, basic materials, books dictionaries those are basic things that the schools should provide and not be coming out of the eia money or the title one money and so that is a lot of the feedback that we have been getting. also we would like the delac would also like to see a more transparent budgeting at the school wide level obviously a lot of the chunk of the money comes from the state and the federal funding, however here in san francisco, we also have the tax initiative and i am

also a taxpayer and i see it when i pay my taxes to me that is extra money, the government proposal is also coming up and we would like to see how that is going to be dispersed and there is all of the development going on in mission bay. and is that also you know from what we have heard there is also some money coming from that, that the developers are paying into the school district. are the els going to have access to some that have money? obviously bay view, but that kind of area of the city, south of market and bay view and hill do serve a good chunk of els and low income families. so budgeting, not only each school and after each school level, the checks and balances is one of the main things that we want to see and the second main thing is the transparency and also the extra money coming in from these source and how is that also being helped being

provided for the els. yes, and that is it for my part. >> maria. >> [ speaking in a foreign language ] the recommendation that we want to make is in regards to (inaudible) [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> the quality that the substitutes brings to the after school program and the regular school day. >> [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> we want a substitute that

has the skills and the language that each specific school needs. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> also the agency will be able to evaluate them. >> we also want transparency and monitoring. and [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> the teachers we want to know how often they are getting evaluated. >> [ speaking in a foreign language ] we would also like for the substitute to take part for the and with the... we want them to be part of the professional department. [ speaking in a foreign

language ] so they know what to offer the students and what kind of quality of education they need. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> for example, if they send teachers out of a first grade classroom when a student are learning a second language. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> and these teachers don't speak the primary language that the students speak. [ speaking in a foreign language ] and there is also no communication in regard to what they are going to see during

that day. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> so that the students are able to receive that high quality education [ speaking in a foreign language ] yeah and we see the high level of education. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> and we continue. >> so my name is (inaudible) jackson flores and my daughter graduated last year and we didn't know that that would happen but it did. on page 2 it says administrator and other staff cultural competency training we have to remove the sensitivity because competency is a required skill for the judgment of someone's character and we don't want to shame and blame anyone. students should find a welcoming culture competent atmosphere. and on page 3, where we talked

about making recommendations in terms of program goals and objectives, it is going to lump that in with the last page, page 4 that has additional items. and on page 4, where it says that we view the current school program to insure that el students are not segregated or taught. we want to put it together with what was on page 3. in terms of reviewing the effectiveness of the current language bath ways. what we are adding in there was by mistake and we want to receive and recommend the language pathways and are they resegregating our children on the basis of race, culture or language spoken and so that is to the feeder program also and we would like to see if a study could be done of that.

[ speaking in a foreign language ] >> finalize we want to add a little bit to this. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> we know that there is going to be an inclusion to the general classes. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> we know that there is going to be benefits of this but there is also need and there also needs to be a period of transition while teachers get trained. while the teachers get trained. >> [ speaking in a foreign

language ] >> so we are asking the board for more support while this transition takes place in the classroom. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> this is for the teachers in the classroom, because we would like for both special education students and general ed students receive the support that they need. >> thank you and good night. >> okay, i have no public speakers signed up for this item. are there any comments from the board? commissioner murase. >> i want to thank the committee and the staff this is an enormous amount of work in the rules last year we worked

on a rotation schedule so that we can hear from more of our committees and the hard work that you are doing. so this is really very important. i'm amazed at how many responses you got from the survey. and this really very good showing in terms of results. and i think that we really need to look seriously at your recommendations. i think elac and delac, has been neglected and it is good to see what you have accomplished in one short year and we want to acknowledge the staff and the committee members for that. >> i just want to make two side announcements for the committee member who is looking for activities for her son. there is an aim high program which is designed for low income families in the summer to provide some academic enrichment and i announced at the last meeting recreation and

parks department offers the scholarships for the programs and if the rec and park programs are free for any residents of public housing. >> thank you >> commissioner wynns? >> thank you. >> i want to thank the committee. i have some and i think that we need a better coordination, it seems to me that a lot of the questions that you asked are perfectly legitimate. and we need, if we had more coordination, maybe with our board committees so i don't know if a budget presentation has been made but it certainly should be so that we can go to the next level of saying because i am always not just me but all of us are committed to open the budget and our staff and we have been working on that, and asking for suggests and relationships for a long time. and so my instinct is to say what do you mean? and i realize that what you

have been saying is that nobody is giving you a presentation on the budget it does not appear so. so we could take this discussion your recommendations to the next level if we knew that all of the foundational work was or communication with difference departments was being done for you. so that we quao have those conversations and so i'm might have a few specific suggestions but frankly i think that the staff should go through the recommendations and say that let's get you all of this information so that you can have a report or you can set up some special time to have to be more helpful. >> i mean to us. >> thank you. >> i just like to appreciate all of the recommendations that you guys did go out to the ad. and i know that it will effect these students in much need. but i also would like to ask how much it would cost to

toughen in an outside agency to verify the quality to insurance. do you know? >> we are not sure, how much it would cost, so that we could get some information from them. >> commissioner maufas? >> thank you, president norton. >> i want to appreciate the hard work and also coming forward and it has been a long time in trying to schedule the rotation of our committee that advise us and clearly, you can here today is the perfect example of why it was necessary that we rotate, so we hear from you and you come forward with so much information. and all of the work that you have done before you got here thank you so much and thank all of the committee members who are not here today. as well for their hard work.

i feel like i have been watching the delac for quite a few years really get its footing and ramp up with consistentcy and so i am glad that you all have stuck with it and stayed involved and participate with however many number of children you have and it is tough to come and volunteer for this. and so i want to thank you and i know that all of the board members will thank you as well. i definitely really appreciate and i notice that i tipped off two on the additional items which is that yes, you should be getting timely written, and auto dialer notifications for parent meetings easily two to three days ahead of time. a week ahead of time, let's be clear any parent needs that, so i don't know what school community has to hear that to understand that that is an absolutely necessary if you want the parents involved and at the school site participating, and that is like

rule number one and give us plenty of notice so we can get there and arrange for our families to be taken care of and then i really appreciate the comment about reviewing the current school theater program to insure that el students are not segregated offer tracted. thank you for saying that. >> sometimes we just have to hear it. so people who may unconsciously or subconsciously be doing something that they don't even recognize that they are doing in a process. but thank you for saying it, and helping us to remember that we have to make certain that everyone is treated fairly and we have a true diversety and mix in our program and process. and lastly i want to echo what commissioner murase has said about the survey, the amazing number of respondents that is really very significant and helps bring the survey a lot of credibility and some of these

comments. i wanted to highlight the question about do you know if your elac participates in the development of the school balance score card? because i have 62 percent don't know. that is an issue. and then the elac participate in the development of the school site budget? 64 percent said this they don't know. so that is just as significant as saying, no. that people don't know. so that kind of information is really key to us understanding how it is really working at the school site level. and your comments, i am sorry. i am pointing to you but your comments about the certain responses about how money is used, that is well taken. and i am grateful that you said that. because we know that happens. and we need to address it. but, i want to say that the other good side is that you know when i see that you have received information and materials, in a different

language and program models for english learners and 62 percent said yes and so people are getting some information and i believe that quite a few from this number and you received information to identify annually, how to evaluate the students professioncy and 64 percent said yes, and that also indicates that lots of what you are doing for the good is happening. and people are talking about it and understanding that is happening and so kutos for us for making movement and clearly there is definitely areas where we could use the improvement but again, you come forward with this to tell us and as a matter of fact let us tell us and tell it to the listening audience and most people watching and so i am grateful for your service and volunteering and please stay engaged because we need to hear from you and the families need to know what you know and i know that you go to the schools and dissiminate that information. thank you for supporting the members.

>> thanks, fewer. >> thank you norton. and thank you for these recommendations which actually it is sort of a little upsetting to see that it is a recommendation that we are actually not doing it and probably we could get a report on this about supplemental report for the students after and what kind of support are students seeing and because the classification is actually at a fairly low level at reclassification. and so they would need some support afterwards and then also, the budget transparency, and so i think that it is a job of the site administrator to explain the budget to the elac. i am sorry, that is... i mean that you could have it as a budget committee, but that does not take the place of the site administered as responsibility to act and to show the elac exactly, i was on a 11 school site counsels and i still don't understand everything. and i am on the board of education, so i feel like, at the school site that is the

principal's responsibility and so if the principal is not... i think that issue be reported and to brought to the attention of the district and executive staff and the board. and if that information is not fourth coming from a principal and then perhaps we can even devise some sort of form i am thinking that shows where the funding stream is coming from and an explanation of what the funding streams and to do a practical sort of exercise on how a budget might look and because each as i am looking at this sample budget here and i think that it is much clearer than any of the budgets that i have been on, i still see that i can understand how parents still would not understand where this money is going and actually, we have the way to receive the formula that does have money set aside because we know that it takes more money to educate children who are learning english as a second language. and are also students with special needs and also students in poverty, we know that it takes more to educate them and

therefore more money comes to school sites to serve these students and therefore, those moneys should be used in this service and then also, i think, what is really important also, is your recommendation around instructional services. so the recommendation that we continue and we recommend continued improvement during the english language development segment of instruction. we would like it to be increased in 30 minutes to 60 minutes. and you know that is a very, valid recommendation. and because as we are looking at also our scores for our els we are looking at our english language development time is precious time for them and so it should be used well this 30 minutes is not enough and i think that our data is telling us so. so we have could have a follow up on the staff from the recommendation and i don't think that it is solid and i also want to echo what commissioner maufas saids about

the current program and i think that it is savvy of you to know that this could lead to the segregated populations in the school with the very nature of what we are doing and we have the language programs and it is actually the same thing and thank you for bringing it to our attention and i am going to suggest it in the committee that we might want to follow up at a meeting and see where we are on it and also examine the data that also supports these recommendation and thank you for your service. >> yes, commissioner haney? >> echo, the appreciation for your work and for your service and i just learned a tremendous amount from your presentation so thank you. one of the things that i do want to also point out and appreciate, is under your additional items, where you strongly recommend that we advocate to raise this concern around the levels at which the income brackets are set for title one and eia and i know

that is important that i know that they strongly recommend and i think that is something that you should follow up on and should work together and it is something that we should discuss and see if there is advocacy that we can do and thank you for raise thating and it is a lot harder to raise a family in terms of the cost of living in san francisco and so i appreciate that you brought that up and hopefully we can work together on that so thank you. >> i think that everybody has covered and i want to echo that for the service and for the report. it is informative and i think that there is a number of follow up issues that we can dig into and it is always helpful to hear it from the ground, the perspective of the various groups so thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us tonight. >> and with that, we are going to move on to pause for plause. [ applause ] >> we are going to move on with the agenda and so we have item

m, no discussion of educational issues and item n, consent calendar moved to a previous meeting and there are none. >> item o, vote on consent calendar which was moved and he coulded. >> roll call. >> miss ly. >> yeah. >> fewer. >> yes. >> haney. >> yes. >> maufas. >> yes. >> mendoza murase. >> aye. >> wynns. >> aye. >> and we have one item severed for board discussion i believe that was b6, and i see mr. kinsy in the audience, you had a question? >> thank you, for staying and waiting for this, i appreciate that very, very much. could you speak a little bit about just some of the concerns that were mentioned and here is the thing, just from reading