do (calling names) so if there are a students among this list come to the podium it is not if your name has been called line up by the pronounced i want to limit 9 discussion to 15 minutes please be respectful to the people at the end of the list if you don't need to use your entire minute it can used by someone else please approach the microphone for comments now one minute. >> again day commissioners and

board members thank you for letting me speak my voice as a concerned parent i for a looked at have believed in the power and necessity of public education in the state and country for the democratic ideas my mother was an administrator of the public schools and my daughter was in public schools i've been a proud member of the pat that another i'm very, very concerned about the lack of algebra being in middle school it is very important to give all the students and all our children within san francisco the same opportunities for success in the next generation of technologycareers he can see and

without going into calculus and all bra please reconsider those motions. >> do you want to identify yourselves. >> i'm bryan carlyle. >> hi, i'm julie robert a parent of two and here to support the district strategy in algebra i think first hand the tracking is not as a kid i went to a monthly latino high school it took me about a month to get into honors math at the same time my husband was an english language learn my friends in regular classes they said they were 1250ud vendors i got a great education in a protecting neighborhood i support the district for agree bra for all

eight graders and not setting up a separate class this doesn't present the concept to all students we're not following what the surrounding areas we're trying to support the differentiation and encourage the district to invest in professional development for that strategy successful. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi my name is establishing a parent of two kids as daniel webster longshoremen i'm the proud drought you feel who teachers and brought computer to my little town in kentucky i had wrath grade algebra in rural pennsylvania i can't conceive of a place more

entitled to have eight grade algebra with the opportunities of science and math and technology curriculum in san francisco we're the technology of technology industry when i told people at work where was was going tonight they are in absolute shock all the techs working in the field there are supporting a lot of the business and industry in our area they're in shock we need to think long and hard about this distribution thank you. >> (clapping) if you the next speaker could come. >> i'm a parent of two prospective kindergartener you're doing a disservice to students from protecting families in san francisco many of those kids are fully capable

of x kelly n many magnets a lot of those kids education is their ticket out of poster by not providing them that all bra in eight grade and the opportunity for them that are ready you're not setting you them up to take into consideration call includes in high school and those taking calculus are on track to go into technology field all of their peers will have had algebra going go engineering and science and math and computer programming field thank you. >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i'm deb what i ramon are a an sfusd parent and former career public serpt i was

a physics major green under graduate having two years of california includes was important for engineering and computer science not a requirement at any california college but the kids that go on to do those things have them under in their belt the ones that doesn't dropped out that if you haven't take place two years of college math you'll not been able to keep up at the colleges public schools children shouldn't be denied those opportunities that the urban children are having i don't see a purpose i reject the decot no one is tracking the 0 population tracking the kids i said what

that that is. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm john a personality of a second grader at daniel webster and teach on after school math club i was shocked about the news of that particular program i am a math guy i took two cohorts the honor school and the school i guess their model is dlaefd and cliblgd on the programs they were the change over in the testing but anyway the honor for in terms of the 3 year waiting dp i hourpz was on 828 and differentiated 629 algebra one scale score honors schools 377 difference for the loren 3

thirteen 13 maybe the honors schools are getting a different group of kids i sofrd on the san bruno and 55 percent of those kids with proficient in honors and 21 percent were differentiated in learning schools why would you go to something we don't howe know how they're working. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i'm michael wu i'm an english language learn came to this country in 1975 i have a daughter in eight grade much to my chaos grin because the common core i was patient and wanted to see h how they developed i asked you why you guys are in your rooms and discussing those as educators

going to the classrooms because my daughter is dying in this classroom because she's not being taught her potential and she spend the balance of the day teaching around those and she's a good child she said dad they tried to teach those kids my daughter is not a teacher she ends up giving students accident answer those students are delighted to get that. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm david a father of two girdles at la jolla get elementary school by taking a away the algebra i think this is a mistake i've seen the overlook bra in my first grader and she

came in first and winning the championship for the statewide competition that was directly recommended to the program she learned from the coach coach i have the fund and ability and time to make sure they have the algebra in their life i'm concerned by taking this wu this will be to the detriment of people not not the same social situation as me i want to understand how this policy enhances the children in the school district thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please we have about 6 minutes left for this item. >> i'm steve i am a pattern i'll applaud the school for its focus on the u.n. if i had to the itching you've created a

tell him one to finish the system one thing they don't do something that is leveling down the right way to one-track and drastically reducing the stakes 80 so every student can test out of algebra but at a grade level how much they achieve not a one standard and one-track that lets everyone to teach everyone else so noal brother track. >> thank you hi, i'm laura ridden i believe that all bra should be available to eight graders and get as much as and came back can i'm just verysed that

could happen i hope for reconsideration. >> thank you i'm actually an alumni of sfauftd i went to school in san francisco i want to address a lot of the concerned i grew up in san francisco in high school and was in ninth grade algebra i went on to one of the top universities in the country and have degrees in stanford university so eight grade algebra didn't stop my peers from their process or getting through the algebra this calculus t is unfounded if the numbers are increased by 16 percent every year but at the same time years ago over the same period of time so what we're doing is scaring everyone and also in one study at our

leading universities 75 percent of people go to college. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hi, i'm the math department chair i've been teacher at mission and will for 8 years i want to say there's lived to no evidence in accelerating that reduce the classroom if you teach for depth students learn the procedural knowledge at myths we've been doing this a couple of years i've seen a wide variety of students from different backgrounds understand what they're learning to a deeper rich curriculum so you can't teach much when your teach with the brought of understanding it is what a real education should look like you

vote on the contain core substance if you believe in the testimony of the common place core note allow the testimonies 69 acceleration to persist and do otherwise thank you very much. >> mississippi hi i'm going to read a portion of a letter from another teacher i've been teaching in the district for 11 years it's a huge mistake to place kids out of algebra with an as a ninth grader and unfortunately 6 years ago my principle walked into the class and pulled me aside to ask how to change that 35 the off the students were male a population that is not resist of the population of the school it is an issue he and i are burdened when the point out of

grouping means integration they're doing something wrong the grouping of students significantly improves the afternoons of all students address such groupings if effect the chouchltd this is a reach from the elementary school for american educational journal thank you very much. next speaker. >> i'm an alumni from sfusd i graded from the elementary school i went in as a fresh and saw how rigorous and challenging and how they pushed me now i'm teaching at burton high school and we decided a couple years ago to have all freshmen that came in the school with dbes

tree and how much kids learn being together and advance equally hopefully as pa common core it is continuing as planned and take grow try and they'll be on equal footing and not tracked into different places like middle school or hayes valley. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> i'm chris collins a parent of two kids at parker my main take away about this subject is first of all with further education of parent from the district and from perhaps principles and teachers i think we could get to the core of what we should be arguing about the public system gets arguing that is one of the beautiful things about our system everyone gets a

voice in theory and treated equally if we're not arguing about the right thing an educational they are your beertd equipped we'd appreciate if you could help to educate the parents of the city i hear it from other persons 23 they don't understand what a good job they need to know that and a lot of the parent do as well thank you so you so iowa's as we wrap up this topic a curriculum meeting on monday 6 clock on the math common core 3 last speakers former superintendent amos brown. >> thank you members of the board i do believe i wrote a book

entitled safe age inequality that is happening in the educational system in america because of our having two separate tracks for our students and i will remind you that blacks basically are not on any track and if we put on tracks we 3450u7b9 dump down the educational system set high standards if we set the standards and the teachers and parent focus on the time and task eventually our students will measure up let's not create a two-track system that harkens back to the day of equal but separate and never was equal

thank you reverend brown. >> next speaker (calling names). >> hello my name is vanessa banks here to give an update on the not our children that friends of kohlman i'm the founder to bring on a submit to help the families in san francisco help dismantle the line to prison this is where we're at today give you an update mayor ed lee received his letter on november the second and president obama received his letter on february the 9th i'm in partnership with

all my partners which are my that founds to include the magic san francisco police department and the humanity 69 ymca and also my physical sponsored with the san francisco park alliance i know i don't have a lot of time i'll safe the date the submittal is october 10th in sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us young kohlman park if it radiance i'll be working with the principle and we'll be hosting at the willie brown school thank you. >> thank you very much next item thank you all for coming out today and for 40 our public comment the next agenda we've completed item k l is special order of business public hearing and adaptation of the

items i now call the public hearing to a tentative agreement to the united presence of the united states and canada local 38 unit union of allied workers and shop hands local 66 and national local one hundred four and 377 and the earth metal and glass workers local 17 and teamsters local 153 and local 776 and machinist the common craft may i have have month to month. >> mr. superintendant can i ask the director to please present and commend him on the color choices of his tie

(laughter). >> thank you. superintendent board are the requested action the board of education of the san francisco unified school district be public hearing and adopt the agreement and the related disclosures documents thank you there are no public speakers ohoh - i'm sorry you have had to submit a card in order to speak pubically on the item comments from the board commissioner wynns. >> i want to inform everyone that i'll be abstaining with the conflict of interest my husband is a member of the local 377 and want the members of the board to know that. >> thank you commissioner wynns if there are no further comments roll call vote please.

ms. sonata mr. chin ms. fewer mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns abstain. >> abstain on the whole item? the whole item >> okay. thank you same agreement so i have to abstain. >> dr. murase i that's 5 ids your next there is a motion and a second for a structural calendar and mr. superintendant commissioner president murase i'd like to ask the deputy to please read this thank you, again superintendent requested action that the board of education adapts the corrected 2015, 2016 structural calendaring can you point out the

corrections. >> yes. an error was bring your attention the month of september has 15 not 16 work days on the board minutes so we had to make a change to the calendar thus, the last day of school is may 27 not may 27 relationship. >> thank you very much no public speakers questions from the board. >> commissioner wynns. >> let's clarify the new year's not wants day will not be moved new year so the public knows that. >> question commissioners next year we're back to observing the wants day a national holiday yes. >> thank you very much

no further comments roll call vote. >> ms. sonata. >> mr. chin ms. fewer mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell ms. mendoza-mcdonnell and ms. wynns and dr. murase it's a 6 i's. >> the committee may be seated on february 8th so review the applicants i'd like to call on simmons for the report and the reading of the recommendations from last week's move. >> thank you commissioner president murase so all the members of the board you're aware we have to our appetite to the election commission resigned and we filled the vacancy for the last 5 year term we posted the

position and received 3 playgrounds or letters of intent inadequately and also all of you received the information in a document that looked like this though if you weren't a member of the committee the members of the with committee got a black document so and so we on the last wednesday night interviewed the candidates and the committee makes the recommendation that we at the board rotate for our selected candidates dominique paris and i don't know if am i required to read - okay

so the last photograph the city charter recommended the one member a former appointee resigned may 17, 2015, and the rules committee met on - selected dominique paris to the board appointee we didn't select him this is our recommendation to the board so this special order of business if approved will appoint him i am to complete a 5 year term it end 2018 and the members the commission are allowed to serve two consequent term up to 5 years but by the way, is unusual for our appointee should mr. paris serve out as much 7, 8, 9 the 3 years

will count as a fuel term more than half arrest term and eligible for another 5 years eligible for 8 years i want to complete the report by saying the committee members were impressed by his acknowledge and commitment to the policy related to elections and to his experience actually has a degree in this area and also himself brought of the issue of the issue of registering high school students and that is something we're interested in and certainly ask the commission to focus on tuesday. >> so i understand mr. paris is a here and wildly we would like to invite him to the table

if you'd like to sigh a few words. >> hello greetings for those of you who don't know me, i'm dominique paris serving in elections for quite a few years in 3 jurisdictions in two different states i've served in a different capacity between a collect and judge and ride long coordinator and field tech and support staff and also i've been employed for h for 15 most with the san mateo election as a coworker my specialtion was through the democracy program all students served and were trained through me it is into part of my goals would actually exclude trying to get every 17

years old to vote in the sfoifkts in the san mateo county it is easily to put everyone into a cold storage file that popped out they don't need to worry about that i don't see any problem giving any student who goes to an modern college i don't think that 18 is the best age of registering to vote when you're going off to college i think that gets left in the fold i have two master degrees one, if world political philanthropy and the thesis on next month will be in elections and voting request with the sf policy other goals if i have the money to be electronic