suspends a kid it turns you very quickly into someone who's against suspension because it's a very, very difficult thing to have to do. they are our biggest alleys. they would much rather help a kid get back into the classroom. yes, they are. i think the situation varies. some of them are overwhelmed and -- but all of them are participating in support of the resolution and the restorative practice work. >> i also wanted to add that when looking at school data, i would like to incorporate how many times they've called the police on students. so we can get this bigger picture because we have that data now, right ? we're working with the police department. we're looking at suspensions,

referrals, dispropargsalty in all of thoses and how many times police are called out to the school site to handle maybe something that's disciplinary versus criminal. that it? okay. thank you. all right, so thank you very much. i think we're done with this item. thank you. very informative. you can tell, it was very interesting to everyone. it went for a very long time. i would like to move back to item f. and we have two speaker cards who are signed up for the consent item. mr. dennis kelly and liz jackson-simpson. so two minutes each, please, and then we will take public comment right after that because we're at 7:30 and then go into our regular agenda. thank you. >> thank you very much. i have asked you to pull -- to look at 19 of the 81 consent to

degree items which you have, and starting with k 1, k 12, k 3, k 5, k 8, k 9, for instance, you're doing a lot of things here that are describing people that are not in the bargaining units doing what is our work. now, sometimes people are very careful to say that and they say that they're teaching teachers how to do this and that's a careful way of saying it. k 3 for instance, however, says they're going to work with children doing hands on work. that means that it's our work. that's teaching and para professional work and should not be farmed out to other people. you look at k 8 and k 9, there you're calling for early ed, you're paying some money for three full day sessions of professional development. unfortunately early ed only has two professional development days. i don't know what you'll do on the third day, but you don't

have the time off for the teachers to be attending a full day. if you look at k 11 and k 12 you're spending $82,000 at two different schools, you're spending more than you'd spends to hire a new teacher to do this to go between these two schools, but hiring a con r consultant instead to do this. you're spending now another $66,000 for the same organization to go to five different places. you look at k 21, the writing gets particularly sloppy here because here they're going to provide in services to students. students don't do in service. it's -- in service refers to the kind of work you do while you're being paid and students are not being paid. k 47 is, i think, particularly fascinating in the language.

it calls for the development of talent development strategy, talent development strategy. like to know what that is. k 50 we're paying a bunch of money, money that comes from the sales force and mayor's office to provide a vision for transforming outcomes for middle age students. perhaps that means middle school students. we want a vision, we want a bunch of money to go there so we can kree create a vision. if you look at k 56 and following, you'll see over $1.4 million spent for various legal forms and we don't know what they're doing because they use the same canned language for

each one of them. they're going to work under the general counsel to protect and advance the interests of students. i think the resolutions you have here are important. this is where you're spending a lot of money. i think when you're spending money on things like visions and protecting the interests of students, i think you should be a little bit more transparent in what you're actually buying there. thank you very much. >> good evening commissioners, superintendent carranza, my name is liz, i'm the executive

director of [inaudible] san francisco. we're a non profit corporation that lives on the campus of the juvenile probation department. for over 16 years we've been in partnership with the district offering ged to young people who are severely credit deficient, and we've been able to encourage them to reengage in school and get their geds. in fact, over the past 16 years we've been successful in grand jury watsing graduating all the students. it feels goods to see this resolution support a formal mou between the non profit organization and school district. we just have so many plans in place now that we have a formal agreement. i just want to thank doctor and

steven coughman for getting this through. in the fall once we get this completed we hope to continue to partner with the district and create a peer son view testing center and [inaudible] as well as on the campus in the xhubty site where we are so we can get more young people who may not be on track to graduate, reengaged in the school and testing. over the past five years we had partnered with the san francisco, with the city college of san francisco and paid over $100,000 to get their proctors to come in and test young people within the facility. now we'll be able to save those dollars and do that work ourselves. so we are continue to support. i'll encourage you to support our work together, work with some of the most vulnerable young people in our city and support this alternative

opportunity. thank you. >> thank you. you run a really good program. great. okay. so we're going to go to -- to [inaudible] regarding general matsers and when i call your name please come up to here. you have two minutes each. . let me start with ross roads, [inaudible]. yeah, two minutes. identify yourself, please, thank you. >> i'm a former parent in the unified school district here and i'm here in support of miss virginia marshall. i truly, you know, come here to

talk about her ability that she has that teaching in this unified school district, how she affected my life and my kids' life. my young son who came to this unified school district was told at one time that his grades were watered down because of his smartness. today because of the programs that he went through that miss virginia marshall was running at the time, he is holding a masters degree at the age of 27, working on his phd in education. and it all comes because of the foundation that he got when he ran into miss marshall. well, i ran into miss marshall at the martin luther king middle school. her ability to teach and put programs together. my son had the opportunity to go to ford valley university in the seventh grade because of the ability she had to raise money and network with colleges at that time. he had to the opportunity to

work with bob moses. so miss marshall is an outstanding teacher and educator. one thing my son came back ever back and told me and said, dad, what is the most powerful thing you can carry in your wallet? i couldn't answer. can anybody here answer? the most powerful thing you can carry is a library card. that is the key to education. i'm going to step back. i know my two minutes is not up, but i want to let you know that she is an excellent teacher and thank you for hearing me. >> good evening commissioners.

it has become apparent that in this city where the member of the community steps up to the plate in an attempt to promote the betterment of black and brown children, that person's position is compromised. the present facilitator of the citywide tutorial program, miss marshall, worked in the bay view when no one else would. after almost 30 years of dedicated service, miss marshall still has to fight to maintain her position? what's going on folks? as african american students still struggle as was i think di kated in an earlier statistical presentation, people like miss marshall are

being moved, are pushed away from the community that needs her. as i stated two weeks ago, she was unfairly evaluated and i declare that her evaluation must be null and void and the director of the access and equality must be removed and are disciplined accordingly. thank you. >> good evening everyone. i am here in support of -- my name is carolyn mcdaniels and i'm a product of the bay view hunters point as well. and i'd love to talk to these folks that just left here, but i wanted to say that miss marshall -- this young lady that just left, i call her my daughter. our daughters all went to school together. miss marshall taught them how to run programs when my

daughter graduated from high school. she not only ran the summer program for the bay view hunters point baptist church, she also ran an after school program. she was -- they were the first ones to be involved in the african american parade and i've always been with her as the parents. i support her and everything she does, everything she has put her finger on, i can actually say has been successful and i really would like very much if the board would hopefully support her as well as we do in the bay view hunters point area. thank you very much. >> hello board of directors -- school board people. i usually listen to you on the radio so it's kind of interesting to look at you. i'm here because virginia marshall came into my life

through my children who were at the schools district and i watched her not only help them profoundly, but scores of african american children, es pshlly boys. and you know the statistics in our city regarding our african american children and our boys. as the other speaker said she went into the bay view when other people wouldn't. not only, she has led the honor role for african american students for the past, i believe ten years. i volunteered with her a couple of years ago and became cap i vated by it. it's a lot of work and she puts in hours beyond what is required of anybody. i sent a letter, an email, to superintendent carranza, i don't know if you got it.

my request is to see if she is whether or not in a hostile environment. that needs to be checked carefully. if it is in fact the situation, then it needs to be rectified and the people who are causing it need to be penalized and she needs to be treated with justice and equity. nice to see you in person and i know -- i think you were away, maybe didn't get a chance to respond, but i want to urge you to check carefully into a hostile working environment. nobody deserves it. thank you. >> good evening superintendent carranza and the board. i would like a reflection of miss virginia to share short expressions to you this evening.

we will start -- >> can you please identify yourself? >> i'm reverends ronnie [inaudible]. i would like to start with [inaudible]. >> good evening everyone, to the superintendent carranza, to the board of education commissioners and supporters alike, my name is [inaudible], i am here to speak on behalf and in support of miss virginia marshall. as a result of miss marshall's hard work i have been able to participate in the annual black [inaudible] contest. a [inaudible] report or review of miss marshall would be contradictory to the work that she has provided and put into our community and i just would personally like to thank her and commend her for all her support and hard work she

presents and all the love she so freely gives to everyone she comes into contact with. thank you. >> [inaudible]. >> good evening everybody. i am here this evening to speak on behalf of miss virginia marshall. because of her efforts i was able to participate in the black oratorakle contest in which i was able to display my talents as a speaker and musician. she is also a founding member who sponsors the annual black honor role in which i have been able to participate in for the last five years. this event recognizes the academic achievement of black students here in san francisco. because of her efforts she has contributed to my future success. thank you for making a difference in my life and the lives of many others.

thank you. >> [inaudible]. >> good evening everyone. i think that miss virginia marshall deserves and a plus. >> the love of my life and supporter of the community, mrs. marilyn chizm. >> good evening everyone. my name is marilyn, i'm a parent and community activist. i met miss marshall a little over 12 years ago with the i rights program. you've heard my children speak. they've talked about her dedication and love for the black honor role. she puts in so many hours, i

just wonder when she ever sleeps. so concerned that after so many years she gets a poor evaluation. i don't think she just woke up one morning and decided she was going to have a bad year. something is definitely wrong and it needs to be fixed. i ask each of you to think about if you were in her shoes, how would you feel if someone gave you a poor evaluation? would you accept it or fight gengs it? i think you'd fight against it because wrong is wrong. my dad always told me that it's easy for somebody to keep on doing the wrong thing, but it takes a big person to step up and say this is wrong, i'm sorry, let's fix it. we are asking that you now fix this. it's wrong. she is wonderful. let her do her job. those that are standing in her way, please remove them. this woman has given so much. you talk about the disproportionate ratios of our

african american students that are being sent out of classrooms. thank you for listening. >> that's powerful, isn't it commissioners and superintendent and board. i too have known miss virginia marshall for a number of years as we are truly add vo kates of education in our community, we are truly willing to stand and fight when there is injustice in our community. i was before you two weeks ago when i, plained to you on may 8 i receive add phone call from miss marshall, very upset about the event that had occurred. i made a phone call to your office and associate superintendents offices to no avail and we're back again to say please now, let's gets it right. it is time for us to not sit by

and sit back and let you destroy what is effective and working in our community. it saddens me that we have to stand here when you are rolling out a new plan to say that you are throwing a lifeline to black children and brown children when you allow an educator who is committed for the advancement and of our people. we're telling children not to bully. why are you allowing your staff to do it? if you going to walk the walk, you going to talk the talk, talk it. it shouldn't take 60 days to get this done. i just you will get it right. i trust. commissioner.

er, superintendent, board, get it right. now, we will be back if you don't. and we will be back in greater numbers. i don't think you want that. let's get it right. can we? will we? thank you. >> thank you reverend. >> amen. >> great. >> amen to that. my name is beverly [inaudible] and i support virginia marshall. amen. >> good evening, my name is phoenix thomas, i just recently graduated from [inaudible] school. my parents along with a few other families established a

black student union at my school. i was able to connect with other african american students and their families. through my years there is one other person that has helped me with my education in their own special way. that person is virginia marshall. miss marshall oversaw the black honor roll celebration which my academics were recognized. i was awarded with my peers. miss marshall's efforts in my communitity has enlightened, uplifted and embraced the african american students. she has given me the opportunity to do well in school and strive to reach the education i deserve. thank you miss marshall and thank you guys for listening. >> good evening and hello. my name is lexi and i'm a parent of an upcoming 7th grader and freshmen. they've been recognized and

awarded for their 3.0 plus gpa during the black honor roll celebration. this wouldn't have happened without the hard work of miss virginia marshall. she has supported all of us and has worked tirelessly and we are all here to support her unconditionally. thank you. >> the next list is dee kelly, [inaudible] and king leanne lee. thank you. you each have two minutes. >> thank you. i'm president of the united educators of san francisco. i want to look forward to what you're considering tonight and back at what you've donen't tonight you adopt a budget. it has the same amount for raises in it that your earlier budgets had. it's $10 million and it is budgeted. now you have $7 million less in

deficit. now you have $6.6 million more in money from the city. you have another million dollars in rental revenue that you didn't have and the budget that was signed in sacramento gave you another million dollars or so. money has flowed into your coughers. you have the beneficiaries of all the good work that you and all the rest of us did to pass prop 30 and redirect spending. your budgeted amount for raises is the same as it was when you started negotiations. rather than face the reality of what you have and the on obligation you have toward your employees [inaudible] do you want the contracts to be achieved, that become the question. after we put a wage package on the table back in april, you side delayed six weeks before responding. when we changed to term the

length of the contract and the amount your side made one offer, did not wait for a reply, called for formal impasse procedures to begin, thus wasting the rest of this month. you have demonstrated and you will demonstrate tonight in your budget that you have the money. your side does not deny those claims. they do weed l and they do whine a bit. they can't spend the new city money because they don't know what the real amount of state money is, but the state knows, we know, they gave it to you. they raised the same boogeyman they always raise about the fiscal emergencies happening just three years from now. that magical third year has been brought up over and over and we've never had that fiscal failure. on august 14 we have a date set for a membership meeting. we will be talking about a settlement at that time or will

we be talking about going on strike? we had hoped we would have a settlement by now. we have come very close and very far on a number of very important and significant issues. calling for an impasse at this time is just an absolute waste of time and it's what you people have chosen to do. it's come from you. signed by the two of you. >> next speaker please. >> my name is [inaudible] good

evening, my name is [inaudible]. and my eldest son, elan wu is going to be middle school this fall, but unfortunately the middle school he's going to is too far away from our home.

i think our first choice is hoover middle school, which can provide transportation, which is very good to us. unfortunately the school that we see is [inaudible] valley images school and that school is not even one of the school choices i put in the application in the first place so i think it's kind of unfair.

my other two sons, they remain at [inaudible] elementary school next year and as a working mom i find it almost impossible to take three of them to two different school at the same time in the morning so i really hope the district will consider my case and get me out of this difficult situation. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> hello, my name [inaudible]