paper bags i'm samantha i'm speaking i'm a fifth grade eerie really enjoy the kindergarten korean and my teacher is teacher e teaching the 4th and fifth grader i want to continue my korean studies when i enter sixth grade but it's not available. i'm worried about my eight grade sissy will lose my korean. it's important to continue my education in korean so i can be a bilingual speaker and whatever criteria goals i chose so i can continue to speak beyond fifth

grade. >> hi, i'm melissa i'm spanking for my two children i have a fourth grader and a 7th grader and a sophomore so i have kids at outline ends of the spectrum. we were hopefully, there would be a pathway all the way through so my emerging fluent child can graduate as a sophomore she's instrumental he went from being fairly good to almost kind of fluent could have a conversation to struggling to keep up with her peers. for us, you know, i'm hardly any kroerp any husband and in-laws

are korean it's about how far we put all those money in teaching and kids 3 to 5 and give up it seems wasteful and the most efficient way to spend the money would have a pathway to commit and have a korean teacher for the middle school >> thank you (clapping.) j.. >> (speaking foreign language.) >>

(clapping.) hello, i'm noah i am in third grade next year i'll go into the fourth and fifth grade class with one teacher and 37 students can you please give us money to hire another teacher. thank you. (clapping.) >> her voice will carry. >> we have two second graders who want to share. >> okay right here. i'm in 7th grade. >> hi, i'm lewis i'm from the kidnap program and i would like

to keep on going to kidnap program for my entire time it's a fantastically kind of language and how i would like to learn how to read and write and learn this language and it's cultures and what they do open special holidays. >> i think kip is important you get a changing chance to learn the tracing. please give us some money for the teachers to continue kip and to middle school thank you. this means a lot (clapping) >> hi, i'm speaking on behalf of valerie. i've been in the kip program since kindergarten but

unfortunately after fifth and sixth grade i had to stop and just take korean math and that degraded and now i don't get to take the korean electives so if we could have the money to get another class i want to remain my korean so i will have an opportunity for the career someday. thank you (clapping.) sprirpt carr response deputy superintendant lee. president fewer. commissioners. why do i feel like i'm preaching to the choir i'm a proud parent of the two koreans in the program. 5 years ago i stood before this

board in support of the seal of literacy and overwhelmingly supported that every student in san francisco should have the opportunity for pre k through 12 grade prelit education. thank you it's not easy working with the budget and we've not been sitting on our hands we've formed nonprofits and worked with within the community and outside the community and partnered with our principle mr. hawk and the administrators to put together as much of a program as we could. now i look at the agenda for this evenings goal under

accountability. keep our promises to students and families we ask only one thing that our board of education fully fund the commitment as of 4 years ago >> we have more speakers when i call your name come up. (calling names) . two minutes each please. first speaker press the bottom. please identify yourselves and tell us our name.

>> hello. and we need a park in our neighborhood we don't have anywhere to play. that's not fair. (clapping.) >> good evening. i'm a resident of hunters view and a contraband month mother in hunters view we have asking you for a park to constantly open up the dial to talk about the park and what we can do as residents

along with the san francisco unified school district to get the park up and running currently we're transforming our community from 20 years to be brand new we need a park other communities have a park and we need one as well. i'm asking you to please consider it thank you very much (clapping.) hello, i'm denise hugh's a resident of hunter view >> what she said was true and i also have kids. i ask you to do the right thing. so thank you >> good evening, commissioners i'm rodney the board president of the park we help our people and the chairman of hunter view now. one of the goals is to provide

each youth the opportunity to create the self-adrenalin and sensitive and economic conversations and physical and mental health so each youth can reach their maximum potential. we have to have equality some of the goals make social justice a reality. it's not a concern it's a must. you talk about student achievement we fertilizer our plants so the all leaves can grow and the air we can breath prosperity we ask about

accountability as you heard ones before keeping our promises to the folks and right now the school the hunter view is owned by the san francisco unified school district and i thank you for having your people recently cleaning it you received a notice from sfoifgs for a violation we ask you to make the change in this historical movement and thank you for having this on the agenda and helping our kids, too. thank you >> your name, again please, sir. >> rodney i wasn't on the list so next time will you please submit a card. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening my name is millie please consider fixing up

a and bs park. >> hi, in hunters point we need swings for my little brother. >> good evening. i'm reggie i'm also on the chair of the activity committee on hunters point. i mentioned a couple of weeks ago for the professional and dedicated and qualified people to run this park. it's no good with the malcolm x academy but to have a after school program and to get along with the neighborhoods not only for the hunters point but for

the malcolm x school. we're looking forward to hearing from you all. thank you very much and you'll be hearing from us again >> thank you, sir. >> i'm ace washington i didn't get a chance for the card. >> actually no sir, you need to have a card so i'm going to give you one minute. >> i'm known for two minutes my motto is ace on the case. >> we're starting the time here. >> i won't go through the formality but i'm familiar with the hunter view and gavin vin newsom introduced the parks in san francisco but you can partnership with anybody that's got money but we need the site for the community and i'm going

to be advocating as much as i can with the tech and the community mom and dad's is ace and i'll continue to be on the case. >> thank you, sir for coming out. >> i don't have a card but - >> so carolyn i mean i'm going to call everyone to speak for that one minute. i think we have (calling names) and then if you don't mind letting them speak first >> it was just this matter for ten seconds and okay. go ahead. >> i'm carolyn vice president for perris for uscf and they'll

hope you'll support the community for the rec and park department next week. >> when is that hearing. >> tuesday. >> we're not sure. >> will you e-mail the information. >> so we're hoping you'll support it. >> would you e-mail that date and information so i can have it thank you very much carolyn glad you came up to speak. >> good evening board members and superintendent. i teach special education in the first and second grade. i'm proud of work we've done towards making our school truly a community school in speaking

as an special education teacher we can serve students with a variety of needs i'm will also a native san franciscan the joy i've got is working and servicing in the community i grew up. my community call me different names teacher among them and there goes the teacher of the autistic students. this is amazing there's no app for that speaking in terms but it concerns me and it is heartbreaking to think that may not be a part of my life as i struggle to stay in the city i will. its heartbreaking there are colleagues that are considering the same thing that no longer work and teach in the sthap they

live i won't have that anymore. the people call me teacher not because i've taught their kids bylaw but that's the respect they have for me as a teacher. we talk and share because that's how we do. i ask that you help us to keep our community whole and among our greater community here in san francisco. thank you very much (clapping.) good evening board and everyone that's listening to us open the radio and tv i'm a teacher a fourth grade teacher and a community organizer in the admission. tonight i want to set a tune for what period that your union is

coming in 0 with the district in terms of negotiation. as you heard from no more as a latino teacher we're a vital resource to our community. we shouldn't want to set a tune that our community is as to their separate as teachers. our children especially latinos look up to us and it means something when we are the ones educating them they say that if that person did it and says its possible it's something worth fidgeting for. we want to come out her as community members and teachers as people who live and walk the streets not only in the mission the excelsior but the key communities that this district has tried to improve we hope in

the coming period you'll you respect that the unit it's needed among the community and teachers and understand the problem those who are listening are the problems of the teachers and the community such as they try to have the economic struggle you no longer have a right to live where you work and it's steel difficult to do. again, we want the board to recognize the importance of the teacher within the community the court: thank you, very much. for your time. thanks (clapping.) my name is dennis i'm president of the united educators of san francisco. i want to follow up on what was talked about we talked about this two worgz the numbers that have to do with the numbers living in san francisco that continue to live in san

francisco's. the negotiations are progressing slowly in the bargaining team a need to convey hope to no more and frank who are waiting to hear about the salary increase. they know they gave the district $40 million in one contract. $23 million in the next one. they know there are 63 million dollars kept the doors open in the clamors and kept the school awe renovate would one percent of the combined salaries between if two and $3 million they've given up the equivalent of 31 percent of their income and the

tsas have lost money and given lost hope by a former administrator that lied to them. it it it is ironic that mr. burns was a skirt aid. there are employees we're the bank you turn to when he need a bailout. now is the time to make historic reference. lee i coke paid it back. when teachers and parents got a note from the superintendant that was only $13 million available and the board members said there's commitments from $7 million the teachers figured out there was a 2 percent raise in under that's not enough not

justice that is no way to treat people who trusted you with their 63 million dollars to do their job now is the time to look for your money to pay our debt >> thank you mr. kelly. >> hi, i'm a student at balboa high school. now i heard there was a rumor that the classes were going to be shut down and when i heard about that i was really sdpaftd that class made me who i am. i don't know about my families language and my relatives my ann concerts i had a class and the 3

main words i remember from taking that class s it in translation that means brother sister and a family. i have behind me one of the my friends he's supporting me being her. i'm really dpepsz i don't know next year it maybe be begun but for my friends and other people it's not too late it have a class. that class meant everything to me i take spanish but the fact i'm not able to learn about my families history and families language it feels like i'm not connected to my roots. i walk in the hallways and i think i'm walking the hallways

and i don't know where i'm coming from and what did he know about my family. that class will build a family and connection and a bond. i just hope that that class succeeds to be there next year the following class can be a family class. that's all i have to say >> thank you, chris ferry. >> one last speaker. >> can i just say something president fewer we submitted a list that went along with the ca michael children you explicit mention our list maybe we could come up and list. i was told there were not speakers just children singing >> so joshua davidson first.

>> i'm josh the f ti member tonight i need to express any frustration with colleagues and management we made an agreement to move our cafeteria workers in various departments and unfortunately after months of delay very this information has fallen apart. i want to tell you about our workers our cafeteria workers reflect the diversity of our community in san francisco they provide front line to students and prepare thirty percent of the meals. even though years ago and eliminated the cooking classifications. they do this on a schedule of 3

and a half hours a day many don't have sick days and due process rights and this has gone on for 10 years and in some cases 20 years people have left after 25 years with the district with no retirement. my friends would have to pass a lengthy examine in english with no credit to the years of service dozens of workers could be replaced outside the district by people who can take a written test in english and they don't reflect the diversity of san francisco they're not asking for the kind of wages like lawyers

and consultants outside of the civil servants old simple fairness please support us. thank you very much. excuse me. people in the audience some respect to the speakers we have to keep quote. thank you very much. so i have 3 speakers. (calling names) >> hi. i'm keith battle good evening, members of the board i'm the father of david one of the students that presented on behalf of the carmichael school i can't express how proud my son is hear i'm also very proud of the filipino pathway that our delegation is here to represent. byte i didn't carmichael has

become an extended family as a coalition of parents we've been meeting regularly to take into account where our program has been. but where it is now and where it could be with your support. like the students from the korean america's talked about there is one korean class that jonathan that's in jeopardy as well. i want to thank you it's incredibly excited to me and other parent we have a superintendant and assistant superintendant that strongly building in bilingual education

to strengthen our programs and the programs for other languages. i want to share one quick story where bilingual education is important my wife and other filipino-american of our generation basically lost her connection to the heritage because techt we were growing up the thinking was, of course, wrong was that if a student learned or spoke heritage language would have a harder time after learning english we look forward to our support for this program >> hi, i'm marie cha is my daughter has been in betty carmichael since kindergarten. i found it since my nephew was an eight dwrardz but anyway, i found that place and knowing the

fact that is a bilingual class i got her in knowing that she is learning how to speak but that was a false one she didn't know how to speak and not even learning but she's in third grade and fluent and she knows how to write in my language i grew up in the filipinos i grew up in san francisco my dad told me and said filipino the language should never ever leave that. it's one of the languages you're supposed to be proud of where you came from the i grew up her i want my daughter and her sister going to betty and having the bilingual class they'll have the