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certain will they get tir materials. >> i believe you're referring to the science we'll get that information to you eric losing it the person in favor of the meeting with the science department chairs and will have more information exactly what june jordan a structured we had conversations so he'll be able to give you more information. >> we received that information open the science team today as well so my - the scientific team working with eric lewis are rounding up the google and the iphones for those. >> we'll adequate the eye goggles yes commissioner wynns. >> i have the same question
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when you see its only a couple of schools small schools i want to know could someone do follow-up to see what's not working in the system are the other schools okay. they have the infrastructure so do it or what are you doing not you personally but what are redoing centrally to make sure that everybody is able to do this in a timely way we don't want to see the same schools - i want to know is there something that tell us something in the system at conditioner schools someone dropped the ball that's more okay. i won't expect to get done but not let it go forward to get the support at some schools. >> i wish there was a one
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indicator but when we went through it last spring looking at schools what we found were some schools were lacking and other schools we were told not the eyed protection we went to the drawers and found boxes and cases of eye protection those drawers had not been inspected we're findings a great variability of why something shows up. >> let's see so what am i supposed to do here i'm sorry we voted on that we're finished on the comments of the restraint we need a roll call vote. >> thank you mr. haney ms. maufas
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ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase. >> thank you ms. norton ms. wynns and president fewer. >> eye good jobs. >> thank you that's unanimous and thanks for staying so late this is m discussion of educational issues that was withdrawn m the consent calendar resolution rove the previous second reading action consent calendar item 149 f one dash 15 was move forward and second open september it is now before the board for alex action restraint is there a 0 report on this item. >> no report. >> thank you very much i see no public speakers comments from the board or superintendent oh, commissioner norton. >> so i just said to the ask specific about the number of
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special ed teachers that are on this list and if that is it seems like the shortages are worse particularly for special ed teachers i was wondering if no one is here to speak to that now, maybe i can get a report. >> yes. we have i'm assuming sky here commissioner norton we'll follow-up with a written report this has been requested by commissioner maufas at a personality committee meeting so there's be a presentation but in general we're at beginning stages of a teacher shortage in california we're not urban like other schools across california we're heard about the shortages were in a group of 8 scapegoats
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that are surfer the special education teachers are in short supply we have a report in quite detailed report and i'll make sure that hard copies are sent to the board as well. >> thank you commissioner maufas. >> thank you president fewer thank you superintendent that was exactly what i was going to ask that be taken to the penal committee meeting to have an opportunity it have a deeper discussion and i was really hoping to get that done green before this meeting knowing the item was coming to this committee meeting i'd like to ask you know the staff from h.r. is there some time sensitivity on this i trial
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want to have the personnel meeting to have this discuses fully by the board members before voting i'm sorry did you say something council. >> you are wondering whether there a time sensitivity to passing this. >> correct and those are all contract matters they gives lad duty it is the duty to the individual being hired the gratification of the board should take place with some haste i'll recommend if there's a policy component a micro component that didn't have shrilled people involved can that be discussed with the committee meeting those
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contracts should be approved as soon as possible. >> commissioner wynns. >> thank you so this item was withdrawn before and brought back today and this has given us an opportunity to have discussion about the process so i have some concerns about that i mean, i understand that we have an obligation legally to rectify the hiring but it's a bit concerting to me when people say it's on a formality i don't like that and so i want there to be a couple of things one perhaps we should be paying attention to the timeline i understand we have delayed this but if we voted on it those
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people have contract and should we choose not to pass some of them we probably have a problem but i'm hoping as a general matter that someone b will talk to us this is an appropriate thing for the personnel or rules committee about the process about what our responsibility is how we philosophical that and what we're actually doing when they are voting on the personnel action i find this disturbing so one of the things that pit me in mind we choose two weeks ago to pick off the personal items thereby i actually two weeks ago was going to point out how many probation possibility we're talking about a lot of people, however, maybe it doesn't matter
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because possibly our vote a ceremonial only it doesn't matter to their employment is i don't really want to debate that i'd be happy to hear response. >> i'd like to hear why their chuckling. >> i want to see why it doesn't matter where we do or not. >> certainly the vote of the board is not ceremonial we have over time in this district and many district developed a process which moves along routine and that process is good to be examined what happens in one of the board members takes
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issue with one of the appoint we have not had to discuss that we might have done that process a little bit differently so this is not a ceremonial but a legally required action for the hiring to be legally completed. >> if i may i'll go back to the ceremonial terminology it's is perform ma and not the impact on the individuals it would be nice before we take the vote in my opinion. >> my turn laura. >> yes. >> i couldn't have s. it better than the general council the board needs to vote on this side individuals listed on this action item if the board would choose not to approve they're hiring we would be short that
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number's have teachers in the classrooms and not been able to have a start it's a good conversation to have perhaps in the rules committee to talk about the process that we are in fulfill steam hiring mode starting right around february or march all the way through the summer and this is kind of the result of what we get in the hiring mode and n this year in particular we're hiring over 2 hundred and 50 more teachers we've never hired before in the years it looks at particularly big we're hiring in the hiring mode it is a good opportunity to examine the whole process. >> i'm sorry may i ask for classification why the rules. >> because we're talking about the process. >> okay. that can happen. >> we know do it wherever we
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want. >> if i may have the short follow-up on that in fact, just for accuracy those people have already started it's not a question of starting they've already starting my concerns suppose we i'll pit this on the table we can discuss that a majority of board members voted against some or all of the contracts we have the district already assigned the contract with the individual we'll be legally going to to pay them for the whole year. >> that will be are rich discussion in rules committee. >> those are the questions that arises we shouldn't be put in a position to wonder what's the impact of what we're doing
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that's my concern and that's it. >> okay. great so i think we're ready for a vote. >> thank you on 4991 mr. haney ms. maufas no ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase. >> ms. norton. >> ms. wynns no president fewer 5 i's this is item o vote open consent calendar this is moved and seconded i think we're restored for a roll call vote. >> thank you mraern mr. haney
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market value ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton ms. wynns and president fewer 7 i's thank you very much consent calendar resolutions severed for board discussion and immediate action i don't think we have anything severed do we no okay. that's great yes, so noted next is the resolution 149 dash 23 f-2 revisions for board policy p 5 one 0 one a motion and second for the subsection of the rules for first reading. >> roll call vote please.
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>> (laughter). >> i will second to the realize. >> thank you commissioner norton in the middle of laughing roll call vote please. on suspension mr. haney ms. maufas ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton ms. wynns no no? president fewer that fails. >> well, can i have a remove of a vote. >> let me continue mr. haney on suspension of the rules for 5101 policy? thank you and dr. murase >> thank you 6 i's. >> all right. may i have a
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motion and second for formal introduction okay. mr. superintendant. >> who will read the resolution into the record. >> thank you president fewer i'm going to ask the executive director darlene to read the resolution but as a preamble i lloyd like to say to the boards request this is the sprntsdz proposal i was asked to help to sensitive vices our attention to willie brown junior's for the class we're going to start with the sixth grade class with students and the year after that for a total of of hundred ask the for the willie brown junior
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middle school and the pregnant pauses for a reason willie brown junior middle school okay. so ms. limb. >> exemplary colleagues please reviewer to what's in our packet not binder ms. limb thank you very much. >> okay. the esquire requested action that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district adapt the revisions outlined in the attached student soinlt policy and as amended here in and the three the board suspends the provision rigging the revisions to be made 3 months before sfusd begins accepting plagues so the revisions shall be effective
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immediately would i like to read the back part. >> could i please read the provisions thank you. >> so i'll start on page 2. >> please okay. >> therefore the arising outlined on page 9 of the attached policy diverse priority to brown applicant in the following order younger siblings that are enrolled in and attending the school year two students tending fifth grade at one of the following schools dr. george washington and brent heart and malcolm x academy referred to as at bay area
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preservation and the 94124 preference and four students who reside in the consensus track and 5 students attending fifth grade at one of the following elementary school gordon jay allowing and the george moscone and the brown preference and of all other students in addition to modifying okay i'm not sure i'm ready in addition to modifying the order of priorities for students applying to brown we believe that modifying the student sovereigty policy to create a high school priority for students attending 6, 7 and 8 at brown middle school will help them to attract a robust student
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body so therefore the student policy modify the high school preference choice process to give preferences to students in transition al city hall's younger siblings of students enrolled in and attending the school during the year and two students graduating if willie l brown middle school who are enrolled in and attend in 6, 7 and 8 grade and 3 a minimum of 20 percent of seats reversed as each high school willing in the consensus track and for all other students this new tiebreaker will, feshg or effective in the 2006 and 19
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year when the graduates graduate and will continue for the 2019 to 20 and 2002 to 24 school years for further implementation. >> thank you, very much. ms. limb we have two speakers (calling names) you have two minutes each ple e please. >> good evening madison parent for schools for san francisco i know you've been working hard as dedicatedson's and committed board of education and school board employees it's within the right of the board of education to exercise our spending of our
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own rules in fast tracking those changes it's duly my right asia citizen and executive director of the parents of san francisco schools to voice any opinion on this collective decision that's been made by our board of education t p.s. has been in the field for 15 years working with parents we have been the driver and tens of thousand of parents staying in san francisco and believing in public schools because of our with work we have a long-standing partnership with the district we parents for public schools have removed barriers that are prevented families from enrolling if and engaging in our public schools pr the decision this evening to fast track this process after 15 years of
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partnership is discouraging on so many levels not showing a process also messages something you all or p p.s. wants to say perpetuated that parents are an afterthought and community partners are an afterthought 3 times parents for public schools of san francisco has not been comes up up front on the student assignment matters i urge you to recognize the explicit and implicit and be mindful of our our parent constituents will
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receive this message. >> good evening again matt kellerman the chair of the board of the parents for san francisco concerned about the richard and a half of the proposal and the timing the willie brown is 5 years in the making and some decisions have been made in good time having the principle in place that's a very good sign for getting the school off the growing ground there's been conversation with creating a difference population so it's a surprise to see a specific action to take place without community discussion it seems like a substantive proposal is a good idea i'd probably support it but no debit people will have legitimate concerns so have it up are to for a vote i have a
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bunch of questions what is the marketing plan what's the school design plan that forms the basis for the marketing plan this is the skavp the surface of internal questions i'd like to supported this to get were about off on the right foot but can't vote for it and didn't seem like the board has acted in this case. >> thank you very much board comments and seeing none, public is closed board comments commissioner norton. >> i just wanted to thank you the superintendent for incorporating the sunset into the main proposal i intended to off that as an amendment i
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appreciate i taking my suggestion i think it's important we - i took take the point of our partners i apologized to partners when president fewer and i made our k tip proposal in the strong spring for didn't consultant cps i apologize it was an oversight it was inexcusable i offer a personal apologize because they've been a great partner for the city i do think that you know we have a lot of this seems like a great idea something we can look at tabling tiffany said in the chronological art article
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we have to offer something powerful this is powerful i'm going to support it but we have a long history of having ideas and that led to unintended consequences so i think having a built in stop point where we have to actually have a future board has to actually act to extend that or most move it along is a smart move thank you restraint for making a smart hopeful as i suggested and i'll be supporting it. >> commissioner wynns i want to associate myself with the t p.s. position that's why i voted against it wow. this is
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really fast and i and a frankly think puts us in an extremely difficult position we've been asking for a discussion about those issues and the school design to take into account when we signed the decisions among other reasons for months and months but i'm a little bit concerned more than a little bit that we are not paying attention to the care which we've made outline your state penitentiary assignment positions in the past that we that i know that's important you heard it tonight obama on from two people because it's 10 o'clock we had the focus of this meeting was not this
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profoundly important policy discussion nobody would have known about it at all unless the newspaper article i was shocked to see it we got the e-mail and talked about it as an idea after the suspension of the rules to be voted on with in community discussion a not an appropriate way foyer an idea to be introduced i'm not in in favor of that and would be more interested in the staff work that gives us suggestions how to do that in a way that will have a community base to the discussion, however, i very specific questions to sort of unrelated to this i mean related to the things beef talked about we've gotten e-mails from people i was moved from an e-mail from
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a mira loma parent yesterday who said wait a second guys you asked us she didn't say that but we had months maybe a year of discussion serious discussions about the middle school feeder pattern and what the impact of that and did we want it honestly, i was not in favor of it my colleague was after that much community discussion and after opinion there's what a community consensus worthy trying actually, i was one of the people though i was in in favor that talked to a lot of school groups and explained why they should try it and we should
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