>> all right. commissioner, excuse me, so, the new college and career readiness, newsletter, excuse me, it is late. it has come out, and these story in it is the sprout fund and so it is in your boxes now. >> okay. >> it is my mail box. but to answer your question, the short answer is it comes from the p, funding. and that was credit recovery, and so, the long answer is in my newness to san francisco and in my conversations with they hired me, and in the discussions with the leadership was the idea of innovation and the developing the open systems

what i call the voices of ground, we decided to flip it and some stead of telling you what we want to see and i view my job and why he hired me with our conversations around providing services to schools because that is how i see the central support services being at a large comprehensive high school and also being in central offices and i have viewed my role of being in the support service to the schools and one of the things that we decided to do was to have the schools tell us what their needs were and then try to meet those needs to the best of our ability and so with the help of julie chan we kind of developed a criteria in terms of a just a very small, short questionnaire of what is your target population and what do you want to accomplish? what are your goals and how are you going to measure those and the accomplishment and it is

not to replace the loss funding it is supplemental and so it is like, everybody has to dpet in the game and we felt that that was the best way to evenly and ex-quitably distribute the funds for the p, for the credit recovery and also moving forward to 14, 15, with repeat being extended the course offerings, and which will allow us to expand the concept of preparing our students not only the credit recovery, but preparing all of the students, prek, through 12 plus to have the opportunity to engage in some form ever innovative learning, to provide them support so it does not have to be credit recovery and so for example, an elementary learning lab, where we are providing extra services, to support those students and so it does not have to get to the point of the credit recovery and i am a

believer of being proactive and not reactive and that is the philosophical, etiology of what the sprout fund is and that we are actually really kind of excited about that kind of concept. and the website for extended learning is www.sfusd.edu/e tended learning and you can find out all of the opportunities that are on there. >> thank you, i appreciate that, and i appreciate you giving the website. and i just want to comment, on the staffing and the funds that we as the district and superintendent and the staff believe go to this work and i am a supporter of that and i always have been, and i think that you know, it can't happen by magic, and or else it would have been done. so, it needs to be supported with the funds for the appropriate people doing the appropriate work. and i have not seen anybody in

that department slacking, so i appreciate the work that is done, and i think that it is really, and i at least i will say it, i know that you have staff and in the curriculum that have been work og this since we began, the board resolution and they are actually, they have worked themselves sick, literally, and we can't have that. but that is speaks to the dedication, and the desire to see us do better for our students. and so, you have to say, what you need. because we can't have folks working themselves sick because this is a monday umental task and so many years it is a hurtle that we cannot overcome, and i do not believe that.

and so, please communicate that, so that we are supporting you adequately, and to do this work. i want to say that, and president, fewer, i don't, and as soon as i was the chair of curriculum i had no idea that it dropped off and you have so much to present to us, maybe on a monthly basis, updates would be really helpful and then we can figure out when it should come back to the board of education with all of the information so that gives you a time span as you develop the work and find out new information to present it to curriculum. and the committee and then we can decide that all of the board members who are responsible with the curriculum committee members. and can hear the update and what is really imperative for them to know at the appropriate time and of course, the board

members could come to the meeting and so you should not hesitate to do that and so i want to say that as well. if we could make that a standing item and we will just leave it for updates, no matter how small or large, and hopefully, we can cycle in some different staff, presenting, and that do this work so that we can have a different perspective occasionally from the folks who are in this work as well. and i think that will be very beneficial for the members and the board members who decide to join the committee, and then lastly, i want to add context to president fewer's comments about kol man. i have been in this discussion a long time but i did not get to this discussion on my own, i got into this discussion with the teachers and families, and students, at thur good marshal,

and phillip and burton high school who are doing this work already. and were amazing and although, the staff there, and educating me as a parent. and worked with me as a parent. and in lots of areas that i didn't know about, and then, also worked with kol man because i know that kol man was at thorough good marshal and after the incident but truly in collaboration with the staff, and the families that had already gone through that a, to g, requirement and rigger and many of the things that kol man brought to the table that were so important and need to be said to the district. and the board of education and i am appreciative that they came forward with a city wide campaign to do that and so i will speak to the kol man staff and acknowledge their huge effort in organizing the folks across the city but i also want to acknowledge historically the staff and the families and the students at the academic high

school that were really at this board, championing a, to g, for all students. thank you. >> okay, wow. i think that we are done, goodness, and okay, let's go on to... thank you for the presentation, thank you very much and sorry to keep you all so late. >> item n. consent calendar resolutions. none, tonight. >> and let's vote on the consent calendar. and it was moved and seconded under section f. >> roll call please? >> haney? >> yes. >> maufas. >> yes. >> mendoza n >> yes. >> except on k-1, which was retro. >> on thank you. >> dr. murase?

>> aye. >> miss norton. >> yes. >> wynns. >> aye. >> and miss fewer. >> yes. >> and seven ayes, >> thank you. >> consent calendar resolutions severed for board discussion, and immediate action, i believe that we had two items. >> yes, so thank you, this is just and i hope with your approval even though i did not ask before i told mr. gold man that he did not need to stay for this and i just wanted to point this out that we have two contracts, on page 50 and 51 that look like they are exactly the same they are exactly the same. except they are actually to serve two different groups of schools which is not mentioned anywhere in these two items so i called him and discussed it with him and in the future, this is prop 39, the new prop 39 energy efficiency, money and

these are contracts with the same three selected companies, to do this for different groups of schools and they are also the same amount of money making the confusion, additionally confusing, and so, he assured me that in the future, we will make sure that they are distinguished and that any such contracts will not look like we just made a mistake and listed it twice that is all. >> okay. >> congratulations commissioner wynns you passed the test and you caught it, we are proud of you. >> okay, i think that we are ready for a vote. >> are we ready to a vote? >> haney, on w16, 17. >> yes. >> maufas? >> yes. >> mendoza. >> yes. >> murase. >> aye. >> norton. >> aye. >> wynns. >> aye. >> fewer. >> yes. >> seven ayes. >> thank you.

>> and superintendent's proposals first reading. move and seconded has already been through the committee and back to action the recommendation for amending board of education policy on the use of tobacco alcohol and other drugs to update its current version to include changes and include additional language. , r, board members proposals, none tonight. >> so moved. >> sorry. >> second. >> thanks. >> board members reports. can we have a report please, from the committee meeting of the whole on april 15, on special education? >> commissioner murase? >> yes. >> we received a very thorough and comprehensive report from our special education division.

and i had it here. entitled needs not labels, service not programs, and names not numbers. by dr. liz dranco and assistant superintendent and shaw, director and it really gave the committee an overview of the shifts fundamental shifts in special education and a way from service delivery type of model, and really much more focused on out comes. and so i really wanted to congratulate dr. blanco and her team for a very thorough treatment of the subject, and we were able to see much more detailed data than we have already seen, on special

education. and, like the data that we saw earlier tonight, it is not all good news. and there is a lot of work to do, in terms of additional professional development, for our teachers, and meeting the needs of our students, but again, i am glad that we are at the point where we can be angry and outraged and determined to fix some of these issues because we are seeing them through data for the first time. >> and thank you. >> and may we have a report from the commissioner haney? from the rules policy and legislation committee meeting of april 16, 2014. >> sure. >> bulk of the time was spent on the legislative overview and we went over a wide range of bills and received updates and we did not do as systematic as we said of a run through, in terms of positions, so we didn't take a whole lot of new

position and that sort of thing, but one thing that we are doing which is new is that we are making sure to review, all of the bills on a regular basis that are local, and assembly members and senators are carrying particularly as they relate to the children and youth education and so we spent the time doing that and we had those brought to us and we didn't have, and we have a standing item, which is the board of education and there was not anything to discuss on that and then we did have a review and a recommendation and we had a positive recommendation for the superintendent's proposal its it relates to the update on the policy of the use of tobacco and alcohol and we forwarded that to the board with a

positive recommendation >> okay. okay and, then i have a report on the ad hoc committee on personnel matters and labor relations and we had a few informational items one is the retention demographic data of our-para professionals and they presented information regarding bi lingual professionals in response to the recent annual report and we had an update on the transition plan to convert, the temporary and exempt the student nutrition workers to the permanent status and what we discovered was that on the update to transition are nutrition workers and to the permanent status, is ta that really the power does not land with us, it is with the civil service commission and the city and so we have made a commitment to advocate for them on their behalf because they have been working for us for a very long time, and some of them between 20 and 36 years, and as the temporary employees.

and which is not right. and also, we looked at some retention, demographic data on the para professional and what we discussed is actually forming a more robust para professional to teacher pipeline, did you want to add something to that? >> president fury did hear the public comment talking about the exempt staffing and sfusd and i would like to ask if at the next personnel labor, committee meeting we could have a discussion not just this one, was focusing on the nutrition workers could we get an update on sort of across the board, how many of our staff are in that sort of temporary exempt, because i did hear a mention of it. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >> and then we also learned is that the majority of our para

professionals are in special ed. >> okay. now item t. >> the other commissioners don't have the meeting dates. >> go ahead. >> i would like to congratulations the association of chinese teachers who will be celebrating the 45 thing anniversary this friday for the scholarship dinner pushp and george washington high school is having the hall of merit dinner at the cliff house on may first and the san francisco dental society is having their school children's poster contest on may second. and on may third, education revolution is having their annual day at the ballpark where the folks can access all kinds of resources for special needs students, and all day at at&t park and i mentioned

resources for summer learning and so there will be traditional classes over 20, a, through, g approved courses available on-line and summer school, applications will be available from the high school counselors, this month. and the summer learning date are june 11 to july 16, 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 and additional information can be found at www.sfusd.edu/extended learning, thank you very much. >> and any other announcements or anything like that? >> none? >> okay. >> i would like to say that we are looking for a date for the budget committee meeting, but we are... >> well, mack can't come at 5:00, why did you need it at 5:00? >> my daughter is coming home that day. >> and tag in. >> i can get there at 6:00. >> okay. >> and the 14th at 5:00 and we will start with commissioner mendoza and myself and they can

leave early and you will come late is that okay? >> may 14th, at 5:00, the budget committee here. >> you know, just to remind me of something that we smud talk about the rules committee, is the board supervisor does have a process by which we can create a quorum if none exists for a special committee, if the president can designate someone as a committee, and i wonder if we need that in the rules and some kind of a process like that. >> can we explore that and undesignate people? >> just kidding. >> can can he bring it to the rules committee? >> yeah. >> that is what they do when they can't get a quorum, what they do is unappoint someone and replace that person. >> could we explore whether or not the president can do that? >> so, yes, so, this... and forget that i said it. >> i am not proposing that we

write a letter to the board of supervisors, write a letter to me. >> why don't you explore it. >> yeah, we could, we will find out what the board of supervisors does. >> and? the meantime we will have the meeting on the 14th, here is the most important thing for the public and for the other members of the board. excuse me, all of the budget committee meetings are augmented we are having that at that time because it is after the release of the may revise and so this will be and we will not have had a budget meeting in april at all. and we are and we are, but, in the next month, in june, they will be a budget discussion, four of them. there will be a budget discussion every tuesday in june. but in order to, but remember that the budget will be presented to you, the draft budget, and it will already be

in development and so this is the one opportunity for theed abouter to get information about what is in the governor's budget and the may revise and remember that all that we know so far, is that revenues up to march, were 1.5 billion dollars above the governor's january estimates and april is the month that all of the revenue comes in. and so there may be significantly more money and we should, or all of us should know as much as we can about that and this is the opportunity to discuss that. and so the 14th at 5:00. thank you. >> forgive me, i have announced this, the student assignment committee several times for originally being schedule on april 30th, but that has been changed. and to may... >> april 29th. >> okay, all right, april 29th. >> all right, thank you.

>> i would also like to mention that this friday, the 25th, is the annual bike and roll, to school day. and so i may roll there, and... >> the way that she rolls. >> like a ball. no, and any way, i would encourage all students and families to bike or roll to school. and then i would like to also mention that april 26th is the birthday of mccap len who is a dedicated student nutrition worker in nevado school district, thank you. >> on this thursday is the night of the academy and it is the adult night of the academy of the sciences that none of

you have experienced and it is awesome and friday is a zoo fest at the san francisco zoo. >> and neither are free. oh, and that was the question. >> okay, wow. item t. >> okay, commissioner murase? >> i just wanted to say that yesterday i attended the pack meeting on race equity, and it was eldorado and i want to say that we had predominantly spanish speaking families and was good to hear the transition and to hear it in that language first, but i really want to commend those families for coming ut and participating in this discussion and sharing with the district and with the pac, the parent advisory council, what racial issues that they are grappling with in

the school district and the next one is this friday at cobb elementary school. and i want to appreciate the pac and the families within the pac that are volunteering to do those. >> they are cool and they rock. >> commissioner mendoza. >> so one of the things that we had the select committee this thursday and it is moved up to 3:00, from 3:00 to 5 and that will also and it will be two items one is the jobs plus initiative, and that the mayor has and then an update on p. and on the public education enrichment fund. >> okay, wow, item t, closed session action, of april 8, 2014, and the matter of seiu verses sfudv, 090512, the board of education by a vote of 7

ayes give the authority to pay up to a stipulated amount, and man claw, verses san francisco school district, and penya eal, the san francisco court number cgc 13529436, the board of education by a vote of 7 ayes give the authority to pay up to the stipulated amount, lions verses the san francisco school district and pena, the board of education by a vote of seven ayes give the authority to pay up to the stipulated amount, by a vote of 7 ayes approved the contract for one supervisor for special education and the board by a vote of seven ayes approved expulsion of two high school students, closed session actions of april 15, 2014, the board of education by a vote of 6 ayes and one absent, norton, approved the expulsion of one

high school student, the board of education by a vote of 6 ayes and one absent, norton, approved the expulsion of one high school student, approved the expulsion of one high school student, and the other informational items are none ton, and adjourned. food in san

just about expensive eat but food for everyone and there's organizations in the city that are doing really good work making sure that healthy food it assessable to everyone.

more and more as follows are are becoming interested in upper arlthd they want to joy the open green pace sea know where their food it coming from we'll look at 3 programs talking ushering agricultural and garden to new heights. so what exactly it, your honor agricultural >> it the growing food or flowers within city limits traditionally we've been referring to communities gardener that is a raised bed over and over upper argument has a more a farming way of farming. >> so tell me 0 what's growing in this garden.

>> a really at all plant. in the one of the rare places, you know, people have access to green space 24 is one of the places to grow things like the purple floor. it is sort of recognizing that the more diversity in given space the better not to just have one thing by everything supported each another >> it provides the community with an opportunity to get their hands dirty and reach 0 out and congressmen with the community in ways they might have not otherwise to engage with one other. >> now the dpw urban planning program so see how the garden community.

>> so i grew up on a farm in air force base we picked the foods open the trees and share with other families and as i drive around san francisco i see any trees with apples or mrumdz and lemon trees i can see the food going to waste and brought that idea back to the department many of the trees where the fruit would go to waste we origin or crop and pick other fruits and delivery this to food banks or shelters to people who need them. >> i'm here with nang wong hello nang. >> hello. >> i need to understand house this gleaning work. >> we come and harvest like for example, we'