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reassure parents we're providing a rigorous math core i appreciate the altitude. >> go to commissioner wynns after this. >> a boarder thing whether we have peace to comment or had thoughts but kind of in that light i think that my question around this particularly around the comments made at the last conversation will peace whether specifically should be the focus of appellate court peace monies and what should be considered enrichment and something funded by i do general fund i'm very much in favor the class reduction but i wonder how to define that as an enrichment function and not by a general fund math is a poor
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subject area and why there are 25 to one and whatnot that is an odd thing to add in light of the prior conversations not that i don't support the idea but slaer in the stem thing why we're focused around the stipend for middle school and after-school programs as a broader framework we've talked about science and coding and integrally the end of the school day and the focus around after school and the bafkd stipend thing of 24 each i want to hear the thinking of $10,000 and every school gets the same amount what is the same same ashtray number or the size.
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>> spell the last superintendent. >> thank you for the question commissioner vice president haney we have class size in our middle schools and already so reducing the class size in math specifically because of the implementation of the new canyon core curriculum that is rigorous and will require a transition period we feel will enrich students understanding of the math and we feel that is it fits within what the public said we want the enrichment fund to do to provide an enriched fund as we've included we're going to be exploring in the future years is there an opportunity to move the funding into the general fund but we've heard our parent community we've heard the community and we've heard the expression of concern about
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giving our teachers another air space to depth the capacity to teach the common core mathematics it is a liability thing to provide immediate relief in that particular area in terms of the stem i'd like to actually ask our democrat superintendent superintendent carranza if we could comment on that. >> just to add to i think the concept behind setting aside a small fund for the middle schools is clearly we didn't have the implementation plan for the first reading but we did hear dribble in a number of school principles that tried to put their best thinking how do we accomplish meeting several goals one around test piloting protocol personalized planning on site what would a tool look like that that helps us to work
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with the accelerated learners in particular what would it look like if we opened up a section or two sponsored by a mentoring teacher in sciences or another related area to have students work on specific and personalized based learning sort of have the capital to work on that concept what would that look like to expand an elective within the daily master school or immediately after school to open up opportunities in the stem field in particular and incorporate some of the topics listed here as well. >> commissioner wynns. >> thank you so i'm shutting off through the things right now so i can't refer to it in the document but i noticed we've
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moved $200,000 in translations and a comment that says this is the most cost effective way to do it without contractors i'd like to have an analysis of that especially because again, this is for next year in june i've been carrying around in my pending folder since last june three or four contracts we had that added up to up think 8 hundred and so thousand dollars and were asked to add $200,000 more this year and asked to put that on the peace plan for next year that's not enough information for me to think that this is a good way necessarily to spend this money
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and particularly because there's a reference sorry i couldn't find it a reference that each translator translated 2 hundred and 687 pages of text and gee, i don't know there's - i have no reference point i don't know what the standard is or what their transmitting fittings if it's the same thing all the time that's a meaning less piece of data i want to you just need to be convinced a good use of a million dollars of peace money is just to do transactions for i ps i want them done but that's what that costs? it is stunning to me actually
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telling the truth >> mr. superintendent. >> i'd like to ask the assist superintendent to please enlighten us. >> i'm on my best behavior good evening commissioner wynns i share in the translation budget we when we will last year an analysis the translation and the vips we were basing that on the data we received based on on the previous years i p that were submitted and as i had explained i think that now the system is taken over now we moved all special transactions to the translation office there's a much greater reliability in the
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delivery of the i p staffer so we use low-level data how many i p on average 35 i u p a week that's extraordinarily we remember not close it that we've done a month to month breakdown we're in the process of kind of of analyzing that now i did not know you wanted that tonight we're in the process of doing that so we can previously prepare that with better information than the number of pages each treernt. >> i want it before we go forward for the modesty hundred thousands of dollars contract so
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that's why i want that and i since this is next year's budget this obviously we're going to send it without a vote it has to go forward so you want sort of some recognize this is a process that has took place for instance, to know how this compares with other school districts when this calls for other things. >> you're asking for a lot. >> i need something that this is a good way to spend this much money so i just ask you i want to put on the table this spending plan whether we vote on it or summit that without a vote is subject to change i want to say this is an area that's under
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analysis and maybe changed between now and just that when we pass this district budget so we know whatever is included has the analysis so we can trust it's reliability is the best way to do this service that's why i like i have other questions. >> you'll have a full analysis at the end of this school year of the whole school year. >> can i request we added syndrome that analysis my impression is that we're finally actually translating i p we've been actually required to do all along so thank you. (laughter). >> so if you can get at this question that's a really re key point i said your question
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should be contracting this out or have it on staff but this is something we've been going to to do. >> that's correct we've acknowledged that we can do them strolling in an insufficient way or do them well, that's the point. >> i'd like to move towards on action but before we do that innovative the co-chairs of the enrichment fund mark murphy is here to give the version of the part two. >> co-chair the enrichment fund i don't know that we the petitions didn't meet after seeing version two it's not appropriate to speak on behalf of cac but we spoke throughout
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the course of evening we were pleased more room to move forward commissioner vice president haney you wants to this about enrichment we spent our time about the dpooid principles that led to our memo that was delivered to all of you, we got the topic of what is enrichment ensue we stopped short of conversation by the felt that was a can of worms that we weren't sure if we're the ones to define what is enrichment that's been clear of the enrichment fund budget many things have been provided for in the budget itself so we did raise the tragic of what is enrichment but stopped short of
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the discussion. >> thank you very much mr. murphy i want to move to an action i'm going to throw out a motion which is open to motion we don't take a final vote i've heard enough concerns we schedule the final vote at the next board meeting april 14th but contradict the instructor to send the report with the understanding it maybe revised or amended on april 14th i'm open to the motion. >> is there a second. >> second. >> discussion? this update sounds like okay to
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folks the 14th >> if there's no discussion. >> can i ask a question this may be a fully question could you tell us how you feel about this would you rather i don't know how to deal with this superintendent. >> sorry. >> i just was kind of wondering this might help to influence our vote a little bit we're going to have to take another vote either amend the spending plan or vote toenltd or tonight if we take a vote tonight we're not done. >> yeah. so thank you commissioner wynns for the question so i would say that my recommendation i think the recommendations of the staff would be that the board vote
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tonight on the spend plan because it is very clear you'll have an opportunity to amend and make amendments we're standing by to actually incorporate the amendments into the final spending plan but i'm recommend we go ahead and vote this evening to have a board enforced submission to the board of supervisors. >> clarifying question what shape would that amendment take do we want to keep it open until the end of june? have a meeting dedicated to all the spending plan. >> part of that would be i'm confer with my staff we can be transparent about what that looks like i know there are a number of not only the peas k ak but our managers have been involved i want to make sure all
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the voices most especially the commissioners voices are included quite frankly, i want 101 an opportunity to have meetings are the board members to tease out the final details so we will be able to come back more surely with a plan for the process. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> so you would then prefer we vote on it presumably approve that and submit it and not voting on it tonight. >> so i guess my only concern having the approval of the board when we are not settled on things so submitting american people amendment after we've
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previewed it versus not approving it and submitting what is not appropriate and the other poise it didn't sound like the cat has had an opportunity to vet the second go version two which concerned me. >> i want to set the in relation meeting of the cats. >> the next is the first of april wednesday somebody help me out here. >> second wednesday of april. >> april 8th. >> commissioner walker. >> thank you commissioner president murase i've know i'm the new kid open the block but i'm not comfortable with sending a spending plan forward that we
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don't approve as a board i know with we got the interpretation of what it looked like in terms of moving forward i guess or just want to be clear what we have move forward should be sent as a board. >> can i ask a followup question if there are things we're not comfortable with having a document you submittal to the board of supervisors with nos there's 97 percent of the budget it i agree with but still have questions that make me want to go over and say absolutely i need a little bit more time i don't know how to vote if i don't approve that it
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applies i'm okay with that. >> commissioner fewer and so i i mean, i'm okay with everyone taking a vote i personally will not vote but my colleagues can approve that i have so many questions i did not comfort when we are talking about money and 70 for so many years i feel a sense of responsibility i'll not approve that but want the opportunity of my colleagues to vote on it if they choose. >> there's a motion seconded so postpone the vote until april 14th that's girlfriends the peace k ak to if you prefer
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to vote you'll vote down the motion roll call please. thank you. >> commissioner fewer. >> to hold-off the vote until the final meeting oh, yes. >> mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton no polluting >> dr. murase. >> 6 i's. >> thank you, very much. to staff and to the peace k ak a rich decision we'll be back april 14th and our superintendent carranza >> just for clarity for all of
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the community and for staff then we will we will be submitting the budget without the board approval for the applying for the requirements and understanding we will come back on april 14th not august april 14th with version 3.0 but sorry folks i know everybody has been here a long time next week is spring break i want to be clear i've directed my staff to take spring break no one will be here that's one less week to work on version. >> can we add when we submittal that the board had been month to month on april 14th.
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>> i'm sorry director lee. >> thank you commissioner president murase that's fine commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell for us to say a little bit more than there's will be an amendment to say the timing exactly so i think that is not he'll done i want to say in terms of what happened the superintendent alludes to now and the 14th alike lecturer what i've heard we had a lot of boos to construct and modify the plan it is less clear at least to me what amendments would make sense based on the feedback that was provided tonight we heard questions we can follow-up open the additional questions but in
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terms of of version 3.0 and how it differs from 2.0 but speaking for myself didn't hear clear direction to you know that we should move in a certain direction on certain line items there were comments made and individual commissioners but it's less clear what modifications will be made than last week our main direction or follow-up to answer our questions and maybe that will illuminate things but as far as the boards feedback the spending plan could look similar in two or three weeks than what was presented. >> i'm urge my colleagues if you have very specific changes to please get those to staffer as quickly as possible any questions you want to speak on
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i'm putting out to my colleagues to provide that direction to staff. >> can i make a comment i'm not interested in staff sending memos saying i want this and that this is not how we should be doing this it is not a question of individual board members getting feedback there is has to be a meeting to make the proposal in the meeting i mean i don't know how we do it but not the way you suggest. >> commissioner fewer. >> i agree we should have spending proposals brought out in the month to month with all the colleagues present, however i really have clarification on some of the items i think that i can i am scheduled with the
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superintendent if not i'll trying to make time for clarification i'm sure you're aware of the description are good, i have other questions and much more in depth and want to feel confident i understand every announces of it and where the money is going i know that where i'm going i agree if you have a spending expenditure w you would like to change that should be brought to the public eye and but for myself i'll be seeking you down for clarification what does that mean and i think that this is that is in alignment of what we've heard or two weeks ago i can't remember so sort of that withhold to see how it connects to a larger plan and those are the questions how did it connect
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to a larger plan but as commissioner president murase said we have a long evening to go yet i don't want to borrow everyone with extra clarification so i'll seek out the leadership for more answers thanks. >> i want to conclude that agenda item we're on item k citizens advisory committee reports appointments to the committee by board members superintendent introduce the next two reports or next report. >> thank you commissioner president murase so i'd like to call the chief facilitates officer david to come down and introduce our annual bond report with our oversight committee. >> didn't go superintendent and board of education it is interesting to follow the two
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hour presentation i'll try to be as brief and succinct as possible there's a goal of the chief officer, i'm here i'm tired with about sort of good news and tidying and a happy event i had the privilege i'm a member of the berkley school district oversight committee and two weeks ago i gave a similar report as a member of the committee to the board of education in berkley with similar good news a happy good time i'm sure you're aware of every year by state law a geo bond measure passed by the school district with 55 percent of the vote is required to have a number of things one of which is the oversight bond committee who principle functions to monitor the expenditures of the
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program and to commission every year a performance and financial auditor program present i have ms. nancy formerly of the school district a member of the bond oversight camera and colleague from our auditors i'm pleased to say for the tenth consecutive requester the auditor look at the transactions and no finding when i think that is significant i want to tell you two key points of reference on february the 28 the bond program passed it's one bloifdth dollars and 2003 and 6 and 2011 brond bond program we still have
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another 2 hundred and so million dollars worth of bonds and had state money all in all a $1.4 billion program and that money so far as been distributed to over one hundred and 10 schools sites and more to follow of that one billion dollars in the last fiscal year 2014-2015 ahmed audited we spent $85 million last year constructing reconstructing modernizing and rebuilding the schools the auditor look at $6800 million worth of expenditures and i'm you know pleased and honored that once again there were no finding and quite
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frankly, i think that is a i think that is a contribute to what is the incredible staff of the bond program it is a contribute to the members of the citizens advisory committee oversight bond committee that oversees your bond and contribute to the board of education that supports us during the times of election and inspection and work on schools open a year-round basis a attribute to the leadership the instructor and most importantly a attribute to the voters of citizens of san francisco who continue to recognize the importance of having world-class 21st century buildings to support the world-class education we're trying to achieve in that