two years and so it is the responses to the low level school bases, and it is the second sentence the first work where it says should and we would like to see it say shall and with that change to the document i am going to bring the members who will introduce themselves. hello, and good evening, >> you should have the basic civil rights at school, and you should be treated aoe gol and that we will respect that and any conflicts of the school should be handled and i don't think that bringing in the police should bring in the positive influence we want to be sure that the mlu is not a

place and not just optional today. >> thank you. >> hello, my name is violet and i go to the high school and i am currently a junior and i am here with the advocates and the center and also... i would like to point out some of the good things, and beside the things that we don't, obviously, one of the main things that imented to say is that we had a lot of community and organizing and talking about the mlu and recreating it and i feel that having a lot of input which i have to work on as well since i was a freshman two years later, and i am over joyed at the fact that i was able to see the document that was myself and our peers on a daily basis in the school communities and the mlu is important to myself and the peers who are not here,

also creates the guidelines in order to be able to have an easier and more trusting relationship with the sros which will be necessary, when we try to have a better relationship with the police officers, and not only in our school communities, but also at our neighborhoods, and we are trying i know that a lot of youth don't have a positive out look and so i am just very glad to see that our hard work is put into play, thank you. >> hi, my name is williams and i am alumni from the school, and first off, i am just happy to say that this is finally being where it is right now and so as far as progress and i want to say that we don't need the police handling the school matters and the police should handle the police matters and what happens at school happens

at school. the police have the big roles and the community to cover when i was two i had my family torn apart by police and by having that happen it has had a negative impact on my life, and as far as having relationships with the police officers and so i feel like when you have police? school, it puts the fear in children that have had something traumatic like that happen to them and the students should not have to face the police and the police are here to protect in the service and we should not be scared to come to them to the things that we need. and the mlu needs to be mandated. mandatoried and not recommended. thank you. >> good evening.

>> i am here to speak about the mlu between the san francisco and the san francisco police department, this mlu has been the youth commission's priority and i am proud that we have a chance of seeing it signed. and the last sfpd, sfusd, mlu expired in 2011, and they have been advocating for a new one and the mlu provides guidelines for the school discipline and police activity. on school campuses as well as sro training. when we are young, we are taught that we should aim for the stars and reach our full potential and you may be familiar to the fact that the students in the san francisco unified school district feel uneasy about their relations with the police and justice system. i ask you all today how can the

students reach the full potential if they are uncomfortable with the enforcement system in which they are surrounded by. i believe that we have the solution upon us. and this mlu will give the students an opportunity to reach the full potential, and this mlu will help to set an understanding between the students and the police enforcers and help to restore the comfort into the students of san francisco and improve student and police relations. and this mlu supports and promotes the school environment where the students can feel safe and secure. i personally, feel this mlu will benefit the students of san francisco, and i am a student who strongly agrees with what this mlu has to offer. for example, and if an arrest is being made during school hours, in public view, what does this mean? this means that the student or students who are being arrested are having their privacy invaded. i believe that if an arrest is

needed, bringing a student or students to the principal's office verses arresting them in front of their peers is a better option. i would like to congratulate and thank the board in helping us in this effort, and moving forward to seeing the success of the mlu, thank you. >> good evening, i am 17 years old and i am a senior, and i am also the mayoral appointee, and a member of the commission's youth justice committee. i am here before you to talk to you about the memo of understanding between the sfpd and the sfusd that you have before you. on the basic form, the mlu is a real book between the two agencies. and this book will have a big. impact on the students and the

youth from sfusc. this is my second year in the youth commission. and the mlu has been a top priority and even before i was on the commission. there are various youth that for whatever reason seem to be against sfpd or the youth in general and this can stem from the various amounts of reasons. and from negative experiences on campus, to a negative portrayal of the police on and through the media. and one of being influenced by persons or experiences,vy never got nontrouble with the police and i have never had a negative experience, i have had great experiences with the police and i am familiar with the policy and why they react in certain situations the way that they do. compared to the youth who is not familiar with the policies you may have and perceive the police as being the people. and we might really criticize

the police for their actions under the certain situations. i hope that this, i hope... the mlu will allow the students, with the rights pamphlets to understand what the police are able to do under the situations and circumstances, when they are at schools. i believe that the mlu will help to improve the relationships between sfusd and sfpd and they will also help the many. and it will also help to clear up the many misconceptions of the police and the various youth may have. this is a good step in helping the youth feel safer at school. >> hello commissions my name is nicholas and i am the chair of the youth commission and i was appointed by eric mar and this is currently my third year.

i would like to thafrpg them for making the changes and looking into this as well and especially in the past few days and i know the changes that were made in actually about an hour or so again. they will make an arrest and they should use the arrest for

the outline below. and to the extend that i am extremely excited about this issue being before the board of education tonight and i am also very concerned that this might not be in its best form. my request is to approve this and place the language in section 19 and that would be pending sfpd approval and i would like to thank you for your time. >> my name is amber and i am a

coordinator for the center where i facilitate the movement programs, which is and we explore different things from the education and equality and the police and the youth relationships and with the justice and this is a primary children's example of what restorative justice should be to inspire the accountability in all. and sorry, the students should be taken for the consideration because their access to the healthy school and atmosphere is imperative and the officers definitely have the ability to change that atmosphere out of school. and so i feel that it really needs to be a positive change, with this new mlu. and finding the mlu is both special and important because it demonstrates the kind of restorative justice that we have been exploring as we learn how the crime in the community influence each other and how the commitment that we as the students and the people of the community to creating a memo of understanding between all of us.

what i desire is that as the sfos are introduced with this memo of understanding that the students and the police alike in schools are able to rebuild that community, and make sure to transcend into the neighboring areas. and into the public as well. thank you. >> >> good evening, i am the president of the united educators of san francisco and we also support the memo and are very pleased to have the work of all of the people involved in doing it. i would like to point out page 2 and eleven, the operation between the sfpd and the sfusd staff. that the staff will respect the authority of the officers and

maintain and make every effort to establish and maintain a relationship of mutual respect. and page eleven you have language about the language of mutual respect, and it talks about the responsibility of citizens, and that those of us are employees have. and it, unfortunately, the mlu does not talk about the reciprocal responsibility on the part of the sfpd and now i am not in any way accusing the sfpd of being disrespectful. but i think that if you are going to have a street here that goes in one direction, and it will be very helpful to have similar language, i believe, that the teachers for the most part appreciate the work of the sros and the schools, i believe that there is, that this kind of mlu that has so many people is going to be very successful. but i do believe that when you talk about the mutual respect, it is history, thank you. >> any more public comment? >> seeing none, public comment

is closed. and item g, consent calendar. >> so moved. >> any items withdrawn. >> second. >> any items withdrawn by the superintendent? >> thank you. >> yes, we have items. >> thank you. >> resolution, 141-14 k48, on pages 257 and 258 in your agendas, the funding source and the program title has been changed to dcyf, san francisco reviving the baseball for the inner city youth it has changed. on k49, pages 259 and 260. the second tax codes, financial association has been changed from 58,000 and 50 dollars to

34,425 dollars. and there is an additional tax code added, and 01, 3010320151110, 2100, 5803, 052, for 23,625, pending the fiscal year, 2014, 2015 budget approval and on k62, the tax code, money has been changed from 30475, to 35,000 credit and the second tax code, it has been changed from 30,to 35,000 dollars and the name of the consultant has been changed to lfa group and, llc, learning for action for $35,000 credit and finally on k69, pages 303 to 304, the tax code and the money is changed to 1 million,

531,704 dollars, credit >> any items for the first reading by the board? >> seeing none, any items severed by the board by the superintendent for discussion and vote. >> yes. >> yes, maufas? >> i would like to pull, 2 f, the memo of understanding. >> i think that is item 2 f, bg, page 133. any more? >> so we will have a roll call vote under section 0. and at this time, i would like to acknowledge supervisors scott weiner and also supervisor eric mar who has joined us tonight, thank you

very much. >> we have item 8, superintendent's report, and this has been moved and seconded on december 10th and we will have a report from the committee of the whole from me, commissioner fewer, we held a committee of the whole last week about this topic. >> about 45 minutes of public testimony all in favor of this resolution and this proposal and we did not take a vote at that meeting. so could i have a reading by the superintendent. >> thank you, president, fewer, i would like to ask, the chief's officer the honorable david golden to please read the resolution. >> commissioners, and congratulations to president fewer and supervise president murase, i look forward to a very successful year ahead. so, i will read the endorsement

of the downtown initiative, resolution 1312-10 sp1. and endorsement of creating a world class wide arts education center to be located in the center of the civil center artistic hub at the 135 van ness block site and to continue to support the district goal of equity and access for arts education for every sfusd student. i am going to read a couple of the whereas, and with your permission, i will move on to the rather long document, but whereas the school of the arts was created in 1980, and was formally named after ruth azo, a san francisco arts pioneer in 2011, sfusd's flag ship arts high school, features high

quality training, and visual arts and vocal and instrumental music, and drama and theater technology and design and media arts and, creative and, whereas, relocating the school of the arts is in alignment with the plan for 2013, to 15, to engage students by connecting them to a rigorous based curriculum investing in the professional learning of teachers and listing importants. and skilling over to the next page. be it resolved that we are committed to creating a world class hub at the 135 van ness block to benefit the over 55,000 direct education and the design and implementation of new arts and arts infused curriculum and professional

development for teachers and administrators and exposure to high level student professional art performances, exhibits and events. and be it further resolved. that the district is committing to relocating the school of the arts, education center corridor. and the 135 van ness block along with the district visual and performing arts department, and to work together with city key civic community and business stake holders and the development and the implementing the school of the arts plan that will benefit all students and citizens of san francisco at the 135 van ness block. >> and be it further resolved. that the superintendent and the board of education, will work together with parents, from the public and private sectors using existing and new system

to bring this project to fruition to secure the appropriate resources and to reaffirm our belief that the arts, that the city that values the young people and creativity and the arts. >> thank you, we have many speakers sign up for this, i will give this item 15 minutes total. >> and you can for yourself and just collectively just have 15

minutes. stern, laner, laran, helio, bar, keith karane, and shepherd. and i am one of the public relation's directors and for the san francisco school of the arts, and we would just like to thank san francisco carranza for his leadership and for the creation of the 135 van ness new building. and we have all really been excited for that and we have been glad that we have someone that is working with us collectively and creatively. and we believe that it is a good move, and idea not only for us but for the city and for all students, as all over sfusd and thank you very much. >> good evening, i am with the fine art museums of san

francisco but tonight i come to you as a historian and i am my honor to be invited to participate in the 2006, work that we hosted at the museum and during that time it was my honor to reresearch the reception when she started to show her work and while her work was codified, the work that infused her with the life that she was leading and she never divorced the two and file that having the school of the arts is her final gift to the school. and the students of sfsud and they will constantly every day that they xwoe to school, will be seeing professional artists who are walking in the same shoes that she pursued when she was creating her own legacy and so i please, i hope that you vote to start the school of the arts and rightful location, where she envisioned it when she first proposed the school

foundation, thank you so much. >> >> good evening, commissioner and superintendent, i am a proud graduate of the school of arts and i am a dancer and i also study cultural anthropology, my grandmother was a proud graduate of the black mountain college where she artists, among the lessons that my grandmother learned at black mountain to value every person's voice, to believe in the creativity of all people, and not to waste anything, especially time, my grandmother wanted to see the philosophy and the dream of the black mountain live on and believed in the power of the real artists working directly with the students. and as she had worked with the great artist and thinkers at black mountain and i am glad to know that the school that carries my grandmother's name will move downtown to the san

francisco unified school district arts hub where it will serve all students, and this was her dream and it will be her legacy, and all of us here tonight are part of that legacy, thank you. >> it is with honor that i speak to collar ration in the partnership with the office and the school district and as a neighbor, and welcomer of the arts, we are thrilled to continue this beautiful work that we have been doing in partnering with the school district, and in training, teachers and principals and musicians, and students, to speak the language of jazz. and jazz music. we think that jazz is one of our center pieces of culture in arts in san francisco. and this is our cultural corridor to make this a hub, a hub for the arts and education, and it is our dream and our

purpose. and i hope that you will join me in this valuable project in the words of fred rogers won't you be my neighbor. >> hi, my name is dena fusha and i am a nurse practitioner, and i am the proud students in the vocal department, and one is a senior and one is a freshman and i also have a 7th grader who is hoping to come to this school as well. i have a plea to support this project. it benefits our public school students as well as the community at large. and it will help to transform the upper market area as well as you have heard from the speakers before me. and so, i really look for toward to the school being relocated and my 7th grader being able to enjoy the benefits of the future site, thank you.

>> good evening, superintendent and commissions and i am a parent of the previous student of the school of the arts. and he studied both acting and media and spent a lot of time with writing, he then went on to the play writing department at the depaul university in chicago, and one of the reasons that he wanted chicago is that it is open to new artists in the area and he wanted to be centrally locate there had and that is what we talked about here tonight, is the creation of an art center that houses the school of the arts at the art hub and it will result in the kinds of programs that gives the students exposure to this and enables them to get the work out there and the work is viable and important to them and he was a participant in the art and film for teenagers and it is a free program that was started at the school of the arts several years ago and now attracts many students from the entire city. there is also other programs such as the engineers alliance for the arts and i feel that the proximity of the major arts

institutions will create more and more partnerships of this kind. as a parent, i think that i represent many parents whose students have gone on to study the arts as well as the students who will be the members of the community that will support and appreciate and understand our arts institutions as they continue in the society. we feel that moving the school to the city arts hub will communicate the value that the city places on art and on arts education for all students, thank you. >> excuse me. we got the speakers and i would like to add sherry young. >> good evening, superintendent carranza and commissions, my wife and i are here tonight as parents, we have two wonderful young boys who currently attend the school. and as the educators and the professional artists i am a product of the san francisco public schools and graduate ng 1981. and ten years later, graduate froming san francisco california college of the arts. and has sense made it my life's

work to make and each art. and for 25 years and involved in dozens of arts organization and topped in the elementary to school and currently maintain an art studio and design studio. and she hired me as one of the first artist and residents at the street campus and mentored me for seven years when i taught there. and i currently carry on the spirit of the teaching in the arts class that combines the drawing, painting and tuition and critical thinking and experimentation and play and the relevance and it is the kind of class that she will be proud of and fully realized in the downtown location. >> i want to thank you in advance for having the courage to do the right thing and to watch this amazing arts education center, that our students and our student deserves. it will include, visual, the school, the visual and performing arts department and the north auditor um and not only take arts education to a new level, and our whole

district it will insure the city's roll as an arts incubate or and to connect our school to professional working artists, thank you. >> commissioners, and superintendent, i am excited to be here tonight, and i feel like it is part of history and i even reschedule the rehearsal so i could be here tonight, i am keith and i am a teaching artist at the school of the arts. and many of you know our dear friend passed away three years ago to this date and left us all quite a bit shaken but part of the vision as the technical theater director in the main stage musical events was to create a destination point. he always saw that the school of the arts will be the destination point and we have many pieces to pick up and we could not have done it without the collaboration of the chair, paul and the students from all di