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the appointed members of the advisory committees about board members terms there were changes made there and i pronounce commissioner haney will give you the results whatever recommends is modest one thing you can help me to say let's continue to kind of not follow the rules when it is impossible for the committee to operate because any roll we want to change has to go through this rolls change proposal that actually takes a long time and it wouldn't be helpful so that's a practical way to deal with it now and please get our appointments made you've hired about the reds that was approved by the committee for the informational items the main one
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besides the update on the main budget you'll get an update from the staff. we the nutritional services and it will come up later. so the report that we got from nutritional look at that and ask any questions ask lee or - >> may i president fewer. so chair winn i had to leave not early nor the meeting i was denied way too over >> we had the meeting start a
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5 o'clock. >> i noticed a big pact was there a recommendation that that come to the committee as a whole there was other information regarding some sort of an update. >> there was a recommendation but we should discuss that later with the board. >> i think we should have a discussion on that. >> i ago just looking at the packet i'm sorry, i had to leave but it's quite a bit of information. >> we only got the report, of course, that night so there are questions about the budget we need an opportunity to probe n in more debt. >> actually there was an article in the chronicle open friday i believe that was about the spourp pilot they're doing
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and the breakfast. so i recommend that report to everybody >>was a good description of what we're doing in the financial process it's better in the program >> if i may 1st of the examples we need the full board to discuss we discussed there was a lot of discussion about the new supper program and discussion who that was an ideal proposal and indeed they're not they're not resdrushl this is an opportunity and the whole board needs to know about serving supper to the students and they're n they're n they're not sdprrsz. >> i think we should have that. thank you.
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report inform the grounds committee commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell >> he did a positive recommendation for renaming the school and having had two kids. >> pardon me. >> the library. >> we speak to a different resolution. and then we had a really good informational item we got an update of willie brown academy and i i guess it's the willie brown junior middle school and progress is being made there's holes in the ground and they're starting to build euand you're going workings in the community and looking at at opening up in was it august of 2015 we got on
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update on another site which is another building their removing the bubble losses and building a new building opening in august 2016. nick castro came down who has been a really great resource and we've talked about his funding we've requested from the city again for the next two years but he gave an update on the grant funding we're getting over 8 homicide thousand and a couple of million over the next two years for energy efficient in our school we talked about the share energy program we want 23
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schools participating and saving lots of money and the savings the school gets 50 percent of the savings they save it's great we need more schools and have principle here from nick so we are going to work toward getting the principles her. on the district and purchasing of bottled water we are determining whether to renew the water and getting more hetch hetchy water in our schools it was a good meeting. thank you. any other reports. commissioner murase >> on monday, i prarmentd in the arts festivity that was a really lovely ceremony on thursday at the museum to honor
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the awards including our own kevin and many other sfusd faculty members and i want to thank all the folks admiring the effectively work and march 19 i wanted to add kudos for commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell for the toll that was favorable to the community and a shout out to the public schools. i want to worry about folks a heap chavez holiday and commissioner maufas and i have been activity that the street ceremonies and asian-american
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teachers, faculties members and educators the deadline is april 4th do to asia fair sf.com and nominate our favorite asia person and that's speck for teaching diversity so you're looking for those teachers teaching diversity and their schools are yes, ma'am latino the diversity >> thank you for that clarification. there be joshua activities and finally the ad hoc is meeting on april 30th at the 6 o'clock in this room >> commissioner commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> i wanted to monopolies that
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tomorrow morning through the around is the first annual we day educational day i'm sorry it's the program for free the children the first time in the bay area and 16 thousand students will be attending a fro concert and the students earned a ticket to go to the concert they couldn't purchase those ticket they raised money for other students around the world so it is a really great event and 17 of our schools are participating and that's in sfusd they're going going to go over in the morning with a line up of guest like magic johnson
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and flaerg a woman that survived genocide we did thank california and our staffer for encouraging the students to participate. i wanted to mention on march 13 i was so pleased to attend the brotherhood, sisterhood with our superintendant at lincoln high school that was cool loved the whole thing and on march 14 i joined chairperson nicholas and their mother with a hundred regimes of paper to the
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elementary school and we met a lot of folks in the afternoon are i want to remind everybody this wednesday is the lgbt annual directorship at the app to say million dollar school from 5:30 to stouks. the item t the closed session read out the board about a vote of 6 i's xhekz doesn't renew the contract of one principle the vote of 6 i's commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell doesn't renew the contract of one - o ah case 2014087 the vote commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell gives authority to the district to pay
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up 0 a stipulated amount and 2014 the board by a vote approved the competently public department of transportation off one student and the replacement of one high school students in the matter case no. 20/201420115 the board by a vote gave the authority of the district to pay up to a certain amount and other items the staff report open clarified personnel tracks it's with a great a good deal of sadness the form director of transportation for the stuffed
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dennis was born on july 10th and passed away he retired from the district as what we rehired as a consultant i had the privilege of reading the boards letter at the retirement directorship he, he worked until his intimely passing he was dedicated to his family and was a loyal friend to so many here at the san francisco unified school district. it's memorial this past wnld was a true testimony both respected professionally once you knew dennis titus his obituary stated this honorable man was loved.
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>> i want to learn more about it. >> social networking and e-mail. >> i want to know how to use it. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> divisional divide is a divide between those with access to use digital tools and those who don't. >> with young people, having computers and i just don't know. they're doing it fast. so, i want to know. >> not knowing how to navigate the internet or at a loss of what to do. >> we don't have a computer. >> we're a nonprofit that unites organizations and
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volunteers to transform lies through literacy. our big problem right now is the broadband opportunity program. a federally funded project through the department of aging. so, we're working in 26 locations. our volunteers are trained to be tutors and trainers, offering everything from basic classes all the way to genealogy and job search. >> to me computers, knowing how to use it. >> i think it's really important to everybody and possibly especially seniors to get enough of these skills to stay in touch. >> it's been fun. with seniors, to get them out of their homes. >> so they can connect with their family members. or their family members.
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>> [speaking in spanish]. >> so, what we focus on is transferring skills from volunteer to learner to help them get onto facebook, find housing in crisis, be able to connect with friends and family. >> i decided to teach what i learn and it made me want to give back. i discovered that seniors do a lot of review. >> i am a beginner, so, little by little i learn. i learn a lot now. >> if you get the basics, you can learn it. it's simple. it's easy. once you know it.
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and that's what i want to learn, how to make my life easier and more knowledgeable with the computer. >> so, what we need right now are more people who speak languages other than english or in addition to english who can give their time during the day and who care deeply ideally about helping to close the divide. >> it's a humbling experience. it's something simple to ask in our daily life, but to someone that doesn't know and to help somebody gain that experience in any way is awesome. >> [speaking in spanish]. >> no matter how tired or cranky or whatever i might feel, when i walk into this place i always walk out feeling great. >> if you feel comfortable
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>> the annual celebration of hardly strictly bluegrass is always a hit now completing itself 12 year of music in the incredible golden gate park. >> this is just the best park to come to. it's safe. it's wonderful and such a fun time of the year. there is every kind of music you can imagine and can wander around and go from one stage to another and just have fun. >> 81 bands and six stages and no admission. this is hardly strictly bluegrass. >> i love music and peace. >> i think it represents what is great about the bay area.
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>> everyone is here for the music and the experience. this is why i live here. >> the culture out here is amazing. it's san francisco. >> this is a legacy of the old warren hel ment and receive necessary funding for ten years after his death. >> there is a legacy that started and it's cool and he's done something wonderful for the city and we're all grateful. hopefully we will keep this thing going on for years and years to come.
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>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i've been drinking coffee since i was 17 really the only thing i'm good at i was trying to find out what i was good at i got a job at the coffee shop i decided to do that the rest of my life. i like the process of the coffee and what are those beans where do they come from oh, they come from a fruit. >> the coffee stays with me since i was a kid i grew up and opened coffee shops everybody. in the 8 i visited over 11
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hundred coffee shops maybe more to see why people go to coffee shops >> we're searched the beans all over the world from east afghan and tokyo. >> when i wanted to do was get into aspect of the personal coffee and the processing and everything else there was multiple steps in making coffee and we did have a lighter roost because of the qualities of the keep once you roost it it home gisz the coffee. >> one thing about the coffee they were special blends and i spent seven years on one blend so that's my pleasure. each bean they were all chosen
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and blended with each with different cultural and beans is like people and those people give me a reputation i can't buy. people love you my clients love me they take me to the moves movies. >> fell in love with coffee and went to the coffee shops the community aspect i really enjoyed. >> i think it's important to have a place for people to show up and talk to their neighbors and recorrect. your surrounded with all those behalf communicated i communities >> i love my city san francisco has a good name my has every cultural in this planet living
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in san francisco it's a small city 7 by 7 but it's huge. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i really like the idea of staying in the neighborhood and living in the mission i've lived here the whole time and the community really stick to it people talk about seattle and portland now they talk about seattle and san francisco. or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. >> there's so many romance in
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