she read it and we have boards consensus that is, in fact, finding. >> general council the petitioners are demonstrative unlikely to successfully implement the program successful in the petition by agreement thank you now we're on to the next item and thank you for waiting san francisco flex amendment this is petition 449 s p one authorization to grants or deny the renewal for flex academy charter school it was moved e moved and seconded. >> may i have a report from the budget committee. >> yes. >> a report from the budget committee we also heard the sf

flex renewal on 2014 to get to my notes the staff concerns were around two things one that the enrollment projections inclined in the enrollment and their who the threshold that is required for a sfusd facility you have 58 students from san francisco currently combroltd isn't that correct. >> that's correct. >> and the threshold is 80, and, secondly, staff raised a flag about the budget credits issued by k 12 the company that sells the curriculum that is used by the flexion academy every year via mia k 12 issues a

credit back if there's an operating deficit so every year this revenue does not meet the revenue cost their issued for the cost of the kroirm. >> cumulative credit valued at $5.7 million under june 20, 2015, we recommend denial of this reauthorization. >> if i may through the chair the committee review committee heard this and september it to the full board with no recommendation the committee members wanted to have an opportunity if at all possible to visit the school before we came to the board so no recommendation. >> thank you very much

may we have a reading of the resolution mr. davis. >> authorization to grant are in the alternative ever deny the renewal petition for the flexion academy charter school the action was that the board of eduction shall grant or deny the 0 requirement subject to law. >> thank you mr. davis with you very have public speakers signed up this evening (calling names) sorry i'm going to sorry (calling names) hope he said that right two minutes each please press the light and identify yourselves come on up thanks.

>> madam president and superintendent i'm restrict a social studies teacher at the academies please excuse my voice i want to thank you for your listening to our petition and communicate how amazing it is to be a teacher such an innovative school we've had an opportunity to listen to the i have a word that's missing in my mind to the benefits of having technology available to our students the availability of wifi and internet capacity this is a situation we don't have problems with the san francisco flex academy more than one computerized or computer phone

number for every students and with the works that have a down load for students we have an opportunity to care for students in a way that gives them a sense of inclusion and otherwise hostile situation they might have experienced in previous schools i personally journal with all my students i here time and time again how for whatever reason this is the place they feel at home, i thinks that working with the public education system we can be a part of the situation and hope how continue to grow with the relationship with the school district to understand how to best serve you to be a technology caught facility we hope for the small population we continue to grow as considered

for our financially stringency being on 5 polk street and not be hinder by that. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm sam july a senior at the san francisco flex academy i feel you have passenger door and years of experience and we don't have those fy i. >> that's even better (laughter). >> feel comfortable. >> (laughter). >> just a little bit scary i'm more or less here to defend the connection i'm a senior i wouldn't be here there so this doesn't apply to me but the memories i've build up and the things i've had from the school

make me a part of what i am the school has it's flaws but in my case a benefit that matches what other schools can't i have to catch a train but appreciate you guys are is a nice day. >> thanks for joining us. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm courtney the enrollment cooperated since moving to the site we have made numerous connections and relationships with community organizations throughout the bay area community and partnered with the local community b magic and college track and boys and girls club and okay middle school over the past few weeks i've

gone down to martin luther king jr. middle school to speak to the eight grade advisors before potentially coming to san francisco flex academy the options are the great thing about the unified school district and we are a great option for the students we've made serious efforts to make sure that the local communities know we're a viable option for the education of their young it citizens like posters throughout the bayer in the most of july and agree we're the talk of the bayview thank you so much for your time (clapping.) >> thank you. next speaker,

please. >> hi good evening i am service as a academic coach at san francisco flex academy part of our job is to provide the students with the enrichment time this time for the students to get involved and step away from the curriculum and build relationships with a lot of folks and build the relationships outside of the classroom environment i think it's a times for that people to build some of the skills like teamwork and commitment it has become one of the highlights of our week something that students look forward to participating in being able to have this new space as pretty much provide us and the students the opportunity to enjoy clubs and athletic promenades we

provided them with an alternative academic experience but with a high school experience and help them because of the location in the bayview this year so thank you for allowing us to rent this place it is truly beneficial for the students to enjoy apart from the school curriculum so thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi good evening. i'm a parent of a child at sf flex and when we looked for a high school 4 years for our daughter we knew nothing she shouldn't attend a public high school we didn't think she would make it in that environment too many students we

choose a par california school thinking she'd get a quality education we made it through heart arc when we looked for a new high school we found the sf flex we felt welcomed from the teaching staff at this charter school the school works with her with arrest or her ada and they help her he loves the teachers and has friends and getting the education and time she needs to do the job our daughter has is a thrived so much that she recently became the student body president she would have been here tonight to tell you herself but she was condominium to a

school camp trip of which she doesn't want to go (laughter) our family is a chapter school shareholder i've listened to the board how i feel we are glad it sf is around for us we don't know if she had to go to lincoln. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello my name is alex i've been a student at flex for 4 years i'm a senior one of the first imaginations things i want to say our school a unique because it uses an online kroirm so our able to do our course work 24/7 and that's traditional brick and mortar schools can't do another thing our school as a

strong, strong community because is what happens is the staff is able to develop a stronger relationship and connect with them on a personal level you know and another thing i want to say that type of relationship it carries onto the academic side that makes the teacher more of a mentor another thing our school is there's no clicks or groups a lot of the citizenry comfortable in it and that's what a lot of schools are not able to achieve i think that the school is in the course in itself because it's able to do that and i think with because we moved to our new location we are also able to have athletics and other

opportunities and programs that our olds school was not able to do this is great it's a beautiful thing because i never seen a school that many of the students can sit it's a great thing thank you very much. >> thank you alex (clapping.) courtney speak she did so sorry public comment is closed commissioner norton. >> i want to say i'm unfortunately i'm not going to support the reauthorization of this petition i talked to mr. henderson and talked about this primarily because of the financial relationship with k 12 i find two troubling to be able to support the petition i mean as i explained to you

what happens given the support if k 12 what happens if you decide there's other curriculum you'll rather use where are you going to get the financial support i think you understand you'll be able to grow the size of the student body in a placed to city in the facility but roadway if you make a request it is not our size you're not entitled so a district facility because of the number of students we're in the catch-22 situation basically and i feel sad about that i love hearing from the students and love seeing our students clearly i know there there's a subset of students that benefit and superintendent i'd love to find a way to offer a similar option

to students within sfusd maybe through independents i don't know how that works but the blended learning model is a good thing for a group of stoplights i'm sad i'm going to vote no against the reauthorization i see from the people you've brought here your accomplishing good things but as i said it's my responsibility as a governing board member to not support in arrangement that seems two funky for me, i apologize in advance and thank you for coming and bringing our group to talk to us. >> dr. murase. >> yes. i will be supporting this charter of renewal milestone my appropriate is the existing schools and those are

sfusd scott taylor's students had a fantastic visit with the school last week it's clear that having moved to the davis campus the school as transformed from the commuter school from kids coming from all over to the dentist location to a a school that is putting a lot of effort into coming o connecting with martin luther king jr. and the students that took me on the tour talked about the campus creating a community and spaces for the students to interact there are a lot of diversity in the classroom equality in action and my visit made me rethink the online education it is very much online education as well as a

classroom i'm not in support of one hundred percent of the education but clearly product based learning and goals for our vision 2025 there was virtuosa college going culture to be honest having small high schools is a challenge financially and i think flex academy offers one option in terms of a smaller environment and what expressed me at flex academy the standards have an individualized learning plan and how every student needs to have an i dp they've finally just moved their location was in the sustainable from a finland prospective pouring money into rents from the downtown location

now like a weak prant we need to give the school an opportunity to grow they lost a lot of families in that move we've heard from many of the families last year why they weren't going to move with the school they didn't like the neighborhood but they've made a commitment to the neighborhood so i really was very impressed with the school and the school community and think we need to give them time to be able to get that and finally they've recruited 10 new students and that demonstrated they're trying to grow in the neighborhood so i'll be supporting this charter. >> thank you commissioner maufas. >> thank you president fewer so i had an opportunity to go bike flex academy i don't think

if i've mentioned it to the school leadership i was scored - escorted i had a t-shirt on i really wanted to see it in it's natural state and call ahead and say i'm on my way have someone there to escort me they asked for someone to come to the office i got there it was courtney i appreciate you thank you very much and all the staff that shared their classroom but i want to speak about the time i wasn't escorted i got to look at the students in their natural

way of being i was theoretical impressed i saw students with different cultural backgrounds talking and collaborating together all of them had laptops and i mean like i didn't see the work but i know it is serious what i saw they were committed to geting it done and little clusters and i think some of them were two and 4 at one space working together and talking about this work and i went into the library and forgot what they called it was a former davis library what-do-you-call-it. >> the i s t lab. >> just the online courses but right but leave committed effort in the room getting the work

done this was really i didn't think i was oh, i really went through ready to prove my distrust something really good happened and so i want to commend you all students included for fulfilling the promise that you've made to the families that have condominium to staying with you the next big thing for me and it is just instant is the gloria r davis site it is for our school district is been just a struggle over for years and the charter schools have lost over time the community members so i asked about that and that you had new

students and gone out and canvassed the neighborhood i've not heard feedback saying i saw ii actually heard the feedback from the community i asked you what you did and you went into the community that surrounded gloria r davis and let the community know you're a viable high school option and clearly some have responded how long have you been there. >> we started there in july. >> just since july i actually have a say you can grow our community with the residents that are local to the school site i appreciate you're connecting with mlk dr. murase mentioned it i heard that courtney went down there second time and worked auto a bond with the high school and the

community that's interesting and i looked forward to seeing that fully flourish into a partnering where kids see you at the top of the hill and done san bruno i look forward to that i work with the organizations is offer one hundred percent college prep and college track that you are are connecting with the educational leaders i am happy to hear i feel their truly partners with you that really helps reassure me that you have an opportunity to really get a foot holds open the campus i can't stress that enough it is defended not seen

from the street and without the signs saying there's a school people know know to slow down it makes a huge difference our constantly making user known as a presence in the community in the short mulch of times unifying i've been there i sat in on the budget committee i was interested in hearing with the budgetary comments were going to be firsthand i stridden about the k 12 it was hard to wrap my mind around and i got it's as that investment by your need was so unusual in the location what's the cross street on front. >> at our old location was post and there will.

>> post and there will i can't imagine someone started over there but the fact you're at this campus that's a struggle for sites and from our first few months and doing well, that when i saw students walking around and had some outside times which was free movement time i want to make sure i'm saying it right. >> the movement break and everyone notes a movement break right now (laughter) i just love to i think from what i've seen and witnessed for myself i'm a strong believer in seeing that for myself i see someone else's interpretation but i want to see it for myself that's why i went without an

adult so i could see for myself the natural environment and habitat i like that they all looked at comfortable working harder and i asked about the challenges about what happens when you what i would love it was the practices and have that spelled out and like that i saw the tenants in the school and actually saw shout outs from students to other students that made complete sense it was not fabricated it made a big difference for me through i believe you adults were there 25 minutes or longer than observeing and learning i'm going to go supporter as you've heard from the previous

petitioner i also at the end not to think poster of something new i think you're doing a great job my daughter struggled electro this school system i'm really kind of giving it a second chance with any granddaughter that's 3 years old now i'm watching closely but i think you've proven user and served the students and served them well but to the folks that came to speak from king i said earlier in class i didn't see alex but it's exciting i appreciate our energy i meandered through my comments i'll be supporting you will all from the surrounding area because i believe there is a

restrictness of academic excellence among the residence i don't live in the bayview by live down the street not longs ago there for 10 years i believe in the bayview and the valley and know you're going to serve them well. >> commissioner wynns. >> thank you okay. i'm not going to support f this i have to say i was kind of stunned by the answers that the budget committee about k 12 essentially we have for profit companies saying we're kind of writing office of the city administrator off over a million dollars a year but since you gave us a facilities you were not legally going to to side

i'll have just enough students to kwoflt for prop 8 prop 9 now more dollars not to forgive to pit in their poktsz to the tune of hundred thousand dollars this year and plus awhile i appreciate and i really am not being facetious i appreciate the high investment for the structural model the truth is what they're doing is counting on being able to make more money they set the amount of money whether the curriculum services and other services in order to present a balanced budget we'll say you don't owe us that and make up these credits things this is counter in active if you think this is a good way to