meeting the san francisco board of education school district is now called to order ms. casco roll call please. thank you ms. fewer mr. haney after the meeting or call the board office tomorrow ms. norton mr. walton's ms. wynns dr. murase and ms. chin and mr. to the at an please join me in the pledge of allegiance thank you we're on a approval of the minutes there are nun together as i've announcing in the past few meetings the must be if you wish to address the board of

education please fill out a speakers prior to the item being called and present it to ms. casco and importantly according to the board of education speakers will not be accepted for items before the board item b superintendant report superintendent carranza good evening to everybody listening or joining us in person in evening a few announcements this ooefg evening first of all, i along with the staff and school districts across the statistic is looking for the record or forwards to the smallest balance on how the students mafrtsd the common core standards hoping to see a positive trend the common core start of our curriculum number

two the professional development and training of our staff and 3 the use of data to drive the improvements throughout our schools although the relatives are yes, ma'am bargained and the staff looks at the result i'm very proud of the work our teachers and paraprofessionals, our principals and the assistant programs in the school did and have done when you look at the results we're very proud to be how we're staked up to 89 school districts in the advisory committee sfafks please be on the lubricates for this announcement tomorrow a press conference to talk about those in detailed we're proud it the unified school district is a participant and a member district of the council of the great city schools and another great example of the leadership of our students and student voice two of our outstanding

student leaders will be attend the council of great city schools in october they've participate lending their voice and representing our district on a a panel of students from across the country led by the correspondent they'll talk about the issues of race and gender and entity the to students that have been selected are junior may i sinatra and senior from admission high school i look forward to seeing them in long beach they'll represent sfusd very, very well, a weeks ago democratic nancy pelosi, mayor ed lee along with at city officials had an opportunity to visit monroe elementary school in san francisco to examine the efforts to promote kindergarten to college in our kindergarten to college with students and

families as you may know the k two opens the savings account with a fifty-dollar deposit at citibank the convicted idea is to encourage the students and families to prepare by starting a setting back providing $50 in the lunch program and providing incentives by matching every dollars contributed thank you to principal ben solace within treasurer jose cisneros who shared with our students and families the k to college and what had it takes t go to college this is how our san francisco in school board are working together to support our community i'd like to mention that we are continuing our attendance and focus in support of response to intervention work supporting the

students and families specifically we're focusing on social behavorial and emotional support in our it teams throughout elementary and high school had the privilege that work with i t coach by training our staff we look forward to working and building a tier foundation of support and speaking with the team leaders and a positive community which schools needs this attendance and support? another area of the continued support from the security in helping our students and families i'd like to shout out and thank you to our student family community support for the incredible work to support our families and finally ladies and gentlemen, just a reminder that our next schedule board meeting was scheduled for -

september 22nd, however, in observation of miami cpa can important our schedule meeting is september 29th an obvious of this jewish holiday next regular board meeting is on septembe september 29th, 2015, we'll to worry about our families a happy miami co-important. >> thank you to nancy pelosi who came to monroe elementary school and give a shout out to her staffer lane that showed professionalism in organizing that and acknowledge it commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell and i were at that wonderful celebration kid to college program we're not at item c recognized and accommodations noun together and democrat d student delegate

report i'd like to visit our student delegates to give their report. >> thank you, commissioners and superintendent as our c y report last weeks ago the f ac ma embezzle and i participated in the our children, our families meeting and the goal for that committee or council is to serve as strong collaborators or liaisons for between from the youth side point of view with connections to this mayors small team we're here to provide internal support for the mayor and the people of sfusd and our ceremony is september 10th at city hall as four next week another reminder we'll have our cabinet elections and anyone it free to attend we're hoping to

have a lot of great speeches from oath of our representatives and so it will probably be really great that everyone should be able to attend this cabinet election that will be held at this board room at 5:30 p.m. on monday as for other than the cabinet elections we've introduce the committee that will be sf cc members to name a few the budget and legal the curriculum committee and the social and health committee. >> the sf cc is working to help our peers faced with homeless issues we're developing a committee that allows us to help to raise donation and subscribes students cost that will be able it would be challenging for them we actually had this mooepg last

week and it is in process around this issue of we still have progress throughout the year and for graduating senior class and expenses offered for free halloween customs during the month of november they have the chances oh, and as teresa said your meeting a monday, september 14th is a public council and added incentive dinner will be provided for the sf cc represents and anyone that wants to attend if you want a copy of the unagenda please contact our coordinator and again, our cabinet elections are next week please join us.

>> thank you very much student delegates i'd like to call forward representatives from our very hard working parents advisory committee. >> good evening commissioners i'm tony my data evan is in the 7th grade >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm angela with two kids in

galileo high school and my son is in gsa 0 elementary school in 12 grade i'm a member of pack. >> the role of the pack to represent the parents voices to inform board of education policy discussions we don't convene regularly over the sum but some of the members working on providing feedback from the website and tabling to support community outreach and preparing for the first meeting of the year in july some of our members met with joyce the online communications coordinator from the office of public outreach and communications to provide suggestions how to improve the language pathway section of the district website and make it is important parental friendly a few highlights from the suggestions having a brief

introduction to this section of the website so reader, there are 5 different language pathways described this is an opportunity for us to celebrity the districts ability to offer 5 distinct pathways to meet the definition language niece and desires of our students and families second creating a live link for each the pathways listed in the introduction so that readers can go to the pathway of interest without having to scroll through the others to reach the one they want and third using a chart to compare and contrast the criteria and show the percentage of instruction providing in english versus the targeted language the table makes the xhenlt easier and more visibly appealing and easyer on the eye to the reader and fourth

providing a glossy of cross-reference the definition off words pack members like the idea of tool tips to appear when the cursor is appear over it those are some of the suggestions out of that meeting the pack recognizes this is not a high priority project and therefore our suggestions are being considered it maybe quite a bit time before the changes are reflected in the district website with that said, we thank you for the opportunity to give input into the process the thirds summer the pack had an outreach reach for the back to school celebration on august 15th pack members and from the african-american parents advisory committee volunteered at the information table a great opportunity to increase the packs visibility to

connect with the community and for students and families in the bayvie >> (speaking foreign language.) >> the pack is the first meeting on wednesday august 26th pack members appreciates truth

for coming to the meeting a presentation with the circuits top priorities for the new school year how he works for the pack supporting those aersz of focus and helps to set the teen for our priorities with san francisco unified school district overall goals. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> in addition margaret district staff from the special education department attend they're first pack meeting along with the current chair katie and

former chair of the community advisors cca they presented the local plan for the education and pack learning about the plan having the opportunity to ask questions and especially appreciating members from the advisors presenting on the matur matua mutual interest. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> next week the pack is meeting on wednesday, september 16th to set our priorities inform this year and identifying our project teams to work on different issues we will report the result of this process next month.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> san francisco unidentified task force held the first meeting on thursday august 26th the pack is helping again this year with the cooperation and the cohen of the task force to create and document agendas and notes pertaining to the work of

this group we'll continue to report on this work the next meager is thursday september 17th from 4 to 5:30 on 5 frankli5 franklin5 franklin s

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> the pack is currently working with district and community partners to support the planning, cooperation and outreach of the san francisco school district and empowerment kweefrn which is co-sponsored by the african-american pack task force special education and selake the conference will take place on saturday october 17th from 9:00 a.m. to 2 public comment we'll be hosted at martin luther king middle school breakfast and lunch it provided in addition to interpretation services and participates are encouraged to insure enrollments for the caregiver childcare and more information is available on the website thank you. >> thank you very much

are there any questions or comments from the colleagues commissioner vice president haney thank you for the feedback on the website this illustrates how important to go to the pack on critical issues and get our direct feedback not only on the reports or specific policy but things we creating with you have the opportunity to try something to provide the feedback this is great to get and move forward with i wanted to ask if you knew of any plans to have the pack consulted on the broader website additional pieces to it and specifically where you are going to be consulted on aspects of it that relates to student assignment that is putting it out there it would be great i love you were consulted on the

language pathway section but whether we might expand it to which the pack is consulted with regards to the website. >> we've not identified any specific opportunities like that at this point but we'll welcome them the experience over the summer with the language pathway was very positive and we were happy to contribute and participate so - >> we will look forward to opportunities like that. >> thank you very much for your report appreciate it. >> thank you. >> the next item on the agenda is the item f public comment on consent items there are none item g is consent calendar i need to motion and second on the consent calendar. >> so moved. >> thank you very much any items withdrawn or corrected by the superintendent?

>> yes. there are two items to aid item 99 in regards to one 59 dash 8 k-6 on page 86 and 87 should be withdrawn from the consent calendar item number 2 in regards to one 59 dash ak 9 on page 92 the ending date should reads may 26, 2016, not may 272015. >> any reading for the frtd by the board seeing none, any items severed by the board for vote seeing none, roll call vote will take place under section o item h superintendent speakers in action none item i say board members for the action there are none tonight

item j request to speak regarding general matters a number of speakers let's see two minutes per person please so i'll call your name, please come up and i'll call a few and call some more (calling names) and we also have additional cards please approach the podium and press the bum you have two minutes. >> hello good evening. i'm speaking in support of william l cob elementary school due to the

lower students population we fear another consolidation this year last year two teachers were consolidated one at the beginning of the year and one at the end as preconsolidation it publics to support the high economically disadvantaged african-american families and youth we the cob communities have figure out consolidation and closer for years while most of elementary schools in the western edition prominently serving african-american families were closed yet dr. william l cob remained the first principal continues to survive and tyler for the tireless also passion for educators and communicate

considers please support our children and multi generational families that count on us to provide safety and hope for bright futures if we close anothers general education class this year we'll have less opportunities to increase i don't remember something we're working on every single day historic at cob after that air force the 10 days we receive any students those students are sometimes viewed as unsuccessful at other sites our school as historically welcomed all child and isn't this would even child deserves please support our cob community by allowing us to grow and diverse our communities we welcome all children of all cultural and economic backgrounds and all malia cohen and learning needs taking another passionate teacher from

the schools will be devastating to our schools and communicates so given you the full letter with signatures thank you very much would you like to identify yourselves. >> i'm reynell a teacher at cob for 18 years. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please okay. >> okay good evening school board members and superintendent carranza my name is hannah i'm here to advocate for my son cooper allen i'm requesting the first grade optimist tommy's at the avala be

released to any son he be allowed to be enrolled this week so i'm not asking for special treatment on this zigzagging asking asking for a fair consideration beginning august 27th he was one week as the only student awaiting for a seat we were told this was only for franchise speakers but flexibility with the principal or possible highery immediately requested a meeting with the agency director to ask approval for this seat on september thirds he was denied the opportunity to enroll the reasons given i put on the documents but their not supported by the flexible mission policy that are outlined in the student assignment portion

the school district has supported me i grew up here in san francisco and asking that my son is equally supported his education matters just as much as a potential state of future student i've also met with the principal at c i s and she supports him phil the seat? the final entry point he'll not have an opportunities to get into the program hover and nature speaker does holding the seat gives an unnecessary advantage to an inidentified nature speaker at this time it's the goal okay sorry i ask that you allow him to fill this seat i've followed the procedures and have been trying to enroll since january on the

late list never waved my son is smart. >> sorry that's your time thank you very much. >> i'd like to have you connect to mr. barry recess and if he can collect our information we'll be sure to pass your information to the staff. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i'm justin allen and to speak on behalf of my son as a father want one of the best education opportunities he was relies denied an open seat as of august 27th we were the only family waiting for that open seat we received an e-mail notification last thursday which didn't explain who made the decision or my policies supporting that the lack of transparency regarding the outcome and confusion has brought us here together i've served in the navy for over 16

years and been my experience that communication is the success of any nation are the school district has a mission to provide etch student with an equal opportunity to succeed sfusd's leaves room for implementation one the pentagon examination and equal assess and empowersing the students to proceed when a service member has a decision he takes to the chain the individual supports the documentation and a decision what about made immediately or goes up ranks the going the goal to eliminate uncertainty and promote accountability i don't feel the decision to make it empty when a student is prepared to fill it supports the the goals the district so here i am presenting

to you the decision michael makers i'm asking my son be allowed to fill this open seat there is operating room to let him in we've followed all the premiers please release this seat to cooper and allow him to enroll as this seat will forever impact my child's future thank you. >> thank you very much mr. allen if you could give our contact information to mr. superintendant guerrero. >> good evening my name is letting to president of the united educators in san francisco i want to express my solidarity who are here to express their desire for stability for more of the members i'm here with new mexico's and bad news any good news is something that everyone on the board and the people in

the audience know that sfusd is filled about dedicated educators that look forward to coming into the classroom and teaching the children weaver whatever on the agenda and something they'll spice up them the bad news i've found out visiting school sites crisscrossing town the teachers you recruited are desperately trying to survivor the first week some of the new teachers and some experienced teacher one brand new teacher had to start teach in the boyer that was full of construction materials had to core define after the classrooms and one teacher was handed ready-made materials and said to teach them and no literacy curriculum other than that an he

will an ascertainment a t k class a new teacher to be told reading the curriculum is something that is desperately wrong in the classrooms and anyway those to teachers were both in their second week of school and not knowing how they were going to make it those teachers need the support and another 4 hundred and 99 in the district the union needs to support this and the district no point in recruiting teachers if we can't support them and get our administrators to know what it looks like and feels like it feels like autonomy in the classroom an open door policy and not a mandate i was going to tell you at the other ends of the spectrum the teachers feel

like first year teachers they're not given room to use their professional expertise and this is well, anyway, we've desperately building our kids deserve bettered and teachers and has to be a culture of innovation and supporting expertise where it exists in helping the teachers development their own wisdom and expertise. >> thank you. i'll ask superintendent carranza to follow up on the issues. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> yes good evening superintendent and board members. >> i'm earl phil's reverend i'm here to advocate that my grandson cooper allen have equal access to an open seat available since august 27th i think we agree that education is the

foundation for future success and deny my grandson sees to an open seat is denying him equal access to programming in this district i've lived in the city of san francisco most of my life except a few years minute taking care overseas my parents and grants gtdz to san francisco in the 40s and able to raise their children in an environment that provides greater equality for our family i received my k through 12 education unfortunately, if sub par schools in the bishop bayview doesn't equip me with the skills to compete for higher education during the civil rights era

fortunately my parents installed in us my siblings and i a strong work ethic i've been able to succeed and provide for my family of 8 children and the college graduates i share that because every generation we want better for our children and as my grand children enter the public schools i'm dismayed the san francisco schools remain ethically and racially excluded i clawed the school board for entering the program that aims to hem students that are providing languages of all languages with equal access to education and my closing thought i ask today that you would grant

cooper allen the rights to fill the first grade seat and chinese school let him start tomorrow his future matters and his opportunities to advance matters i thank you for your time and like to quota statement if in our communities and history we're not included we've been automatically excluded and if not now, when? thank you >> thank you reverend brown reverend we have a few more speakers (calling names). >> please come to the podium you'll have to minutes.

>> hi, i'm josh want for the seiu and sfusd i cook for kids if preschool in san francisco and i'm very excited to be back to school and have on the job kings with the clarifying situation worked out i know you'd like to know more than you want to i have a number of temporary workers represented by seiu those are folks in clerical positions and student nutrition and folks from the warehouse that almost all our radio announcers are temporarily exempt workers with no process they have no job securities they can be let go at any time i was holding and sign i can request quit but not retire and actually not true i maybe pain the only unit that has a retirement plan

even though i'm temporary i get to participate in the retirement system those folks don't they've not been given the opportunity don't have the right to go to progressive discipline and let go for more reason and no notice that's happened a number of times this year we're asking is it e is for simple justice we are now about three-quarters of a through the process to get the ammunition workers i thank you for your help but we're still losing folks for any reason infractions with someone where due process would be given a counselor and oakland we have to hundred school secretaries and clerks who are appointed temporary exempt not bumping rights in the events of a lay off and cost cast into the

wild that's bad for the schools and workers and those people skifr permanent status some have been with us for of years please consider they're up next thank you (clapping.) >> if we could please hold the applause. >> my english not so well, we need most of even one more than 19 years the last labor day we don't get the labor day holiday pay not there so we hopefully, we could have opportunities to become permanent i'm sorry my english not to well, i hope you understand so here's one way or another why i'm standing here thank you. >> thank you very much. >> if i could ask we please hold applause until everyone has

spoken i want to make sure we here from everybody. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm aaron ordinarily a clerk transiting at s a for the 1426 type i thought many of you have 1426 and 46 in your offices those group of people that are gifted into two groups permanent have taken service center examines and myself in the district how are temporary exempt we can basically be let go at any time and we don't have that robust sense of job

security that a permanent 1426 or 46 has i'm asking that you do everything to make sure that the new group that is coming through the ranks to take a civil service examine i understand the 142 of has not been given the opportunity to take the civil service examine i want to take that and looking for the school district they've treated me well, this far and proud to be working for the city i'd like to retire with the city with a robust sense of permanence thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i'm responding goldstein the field rep assigned to san francisco unified school

district and i came over from oakland school district e unified school district and one number one issue that we're going to do address this year is the fact that the temporary workers i was appalled to find out half of the workers are temporary and that means like josh davidson and others they don't have due process rights this in absentia issue you think oh, my goodness if something happens i have no right. i have nothing to stand on in terms of being able to have someone fighting for me and fighting for any job we're asking you insure as we move forward to support those acts we started with the student nutrition workers and pornography moving through the clarifications in the district is thank you and look forward to working with all of you

(clapping.) >> mr. >> (repeated.) >> the constitution of the united states. son and ms. goldman at the scene i'd like to connect with with our staffer for follow-up that concludes public comment on general matters we're on item k citizens advisory committee appointments to visas any appointments this evening i have an appointment to the bilingual council ever sheridan elements she'll be my appointment to the b cc seeing no other appointments item l special order of 7 business nun together and item m other educational issues none tonight and item n consent calendar

resolution none tonight and item o vote on the section and ms. casco roller and ms. chin mr. tomato at an no. >> ms. fewer mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and dr. murase. >> 6 i's. >> item p is consent calendar resolution settled for the board and immediate action none tonight item q superintendents first reading nun tonight and right direction the proposal for first reading nun together we're now on item s board members report and standing up committee to membership organizations and all other reports by board members commissioner norton. >> yes. the budget and

business service committee met on september 2nd we considered one action item which is the pathway san francisco school district and internship program we gave that item no recommendation we had a number of questions about the item is sounds like a buzzing sound. >> didn't hear the ends of your report. >> i stooped because yes - >> so we had a number of questions about that resolution that we lucky commissioner wynns spoke to that and commissioner walton and commissioner vice president haney she was able to address the questions we had and we asked that you work with board leadership to resolve the issues and bring it back to us

the next meeting the budget committee will be the first wednesday in october - why is that happening? >> the first wednesday is 17. >> the 7th of october. >> i'd like to ask my colleagues to announce their next committee meeting dates ms. wynns. >> meeting on the 16 in this room and actually going over a number of changes to the bylaws and the rules and policies coming before the board but also, this is our update on the status of legislation for anybody that is interested and wants to come and here that our revokes will be here i think this is the time to hear about

it. >> commissioner walton. >> curriculum and program comprehensively meetings on accepts 23 at 6 o'clock. >> commissioner fewer so are we announcing the meeting. >> yes. >> any others announcements. >> sure the next salesmen a lot about meeting on october 27th and a select committee meeting this oh, i think september 24th yes at 3:30. >> commissioner vice president haney. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> thank you buildings and grounds will be meeting on monday, september the 28 at 6:00 p.m. thank you. >> any others announcements by my colleagues i just want to congratulate alice for their 20th anniversary on saturday october thirds from

11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. congratulations to that communities. >> also lincoln high school the 75th anniversary is that day also. >> any others announcements? >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> i actually realized that the budgets committee that i announced for the i have to reschedule it i'm going 80 going to a counselor school meeting and i imagine another commissioners as well so the superintendent and i will have to figure out another day in september. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell i wanted to invite everyone on september 26th from 7 it skouks to the harvey milk academy we're doing to block party there s m f

for fighting cancer this is one of the teachers who's daughter found out has a brain tumor and the mayor's taken care of the year recipe and we wanted to honor her 22 years of san francisco unified school district and raising money for what her child will be going out we'll be out in front of martin luther king high school with lots of fun and cheer to bring to their families saturday september 26th. >> if there are no other announcements item t report of closed session actions nun to report and u outlet informational issues to staff reports information numbers of clarified and reports on the

uniform complaint from may through july. >> and we are

>> well, he wanted to welcome everybody to it gorgeous day at contemporary hundred and 65 people registered to attend this conference mayor we couldn't be more existed that is beyond our expectation but as you may know dreamforcwe is for the just about having a good time and innovation but giving back that's one the salesforce core values and that's why we invited you as the superintendent of

sexual richard carranza welcome to, here we have our 1 millbrook drive so, yeah exciting so we have obligate our school house to keep everybody's on the eye bone the ball k through 12 not only in san francisco needs our attendance and the people that make the difference which if come to the k through 12 education are the people attends dreamforcwe that is, of course, all those great embarrassing insures and innovators and companies and we that to inspire them to remember to go and work in the k through 12 system we're, of course, doing f that in san francisco we want to tutor giving but e us the inspiration that work in our elementary school and hopefully e heroism into our high schools. >> thank you mayor and mr. superintendent for being here

and being our inspiration to remember the kids and why we're here at dreamforcwe to give back mark thank you. >> good morning, everybody. 2015 dreamforcwe in san francisco well mark thank you for just starting this company here years ago growing it and making that successful and you're right hundred and 65 thousand people i felt that, too blocks away i want to sass say welcome as to the customers and business partners this is a wonderful time in the city not because dreamforcwe is here with a cruise ship liner people are living in and filling up the hotels it is a time we can clear have examples hour how successful businesses benefit everybody in our city this is a

job that i enjoy doing that richard carranza our superintendent. >> i. >> do solemnly swear. doing whether we work with the business partners epa mark and benioff looeldz with salesforce with our corporate character that is so important to emphasis the companies coming here today have an opportunities to exhibit character to take into account what the commitment to social values and ultimately it is a part of what we do is we've got to create the talent for those companies for future generations salesforce noted here for 5 years but 20 years richard and i got together we'd love you to recruit from the people that live and grew up in san francisco this is little

school house is is got wonderful kids from jildz that want to work for salesforce they love to be part of a 111 and part of the fact that dreamforce has has a theme for giving back starts within an understanding where tlaernts a derived it is education, education within the house education in the schools, education in the community it begins with some basically things like read that's why mark i'm here with my 3 books any daughter said you're giving away my books yeah, you read them 10 minds i want this threatened to be transferred to the talent those kids are about to have and be supported by upstairs companies walk salesforce i'm so

enthusiastically but with we are doing with you and the other companies with the circulation of tech companies through sf city that are encircling the schools and making sure our principals and teachers are is the resources and is volunteers have the books have everything they need to be successful it is already making a difference mark with salesforce foundations investment in the middle schools and the stem education weave already seen some increases in the performance of our kids this is the third year i'm so happy that the millions of dollars we're pitting in are not just financial contributions by making a difference in their making a defensive in the enthusiasm of the teachers and the resources they have and the principals and holding everyone on the campus affordable to the success of our children that's why a school house in the middle

of hundred and 65 person company conference in the middle of the san francisco that's exactly a kind of relationship we want with every single business in the city so i'm proud of dreamforce and proud of the employees that work there that are part of the 11 culture i'm proud of everybody that spends that additional time to think about what success medians for others that are in need not just themselves this is why we have a shared prosperity in san francisco i've got on obligation to build and rehab enough housing for everyone that want to be here including the teachers i'll work hard but i'll tell you you said something earlier he think mark you and lynn inspires us to give more this is an exciting times let's continue a collaboration pea

make the link more and more before all the things we do successfully to help those at the heart of that i said earlier it is education this is where the sam's i salesforce foundation has made to their contributions on a day to day basis i have the privilege of working with a superintendent who also has that as his goal and making the relationship with the city with an the success in the education system our superintendent richard carranza. >> thank you (clapping.) thank you mr. mayor and mr. benioff mark thank you all for being here in front of of the light go school thousand what do you think isn't that gorgeous more than anything i want to thank you, mr. mayor for our words we live by the fact you

can't have a world-class city without a world-class education system it didn't reside in one seblth of the community you have to are the philanthropic community and the private business community and obviously you have to are on the other hand, it elected still officials on the same page i'm proud to have our board of education this is here with us to say we're all rolling in the same direction and as evidence of that justices three years ago when we started the partnership you wouldn't have heard in the middle schools anything like a maker space or design thinking or computer science and programming now new middle grade or middle schools in san francisco you'll find maker spaces and kids programming you'll find pre k kindergarten is the students

learning the fundamental of convert science we recognize in the 21st century a language we need to have this would not to have happened without the investment in the partnerships are salesforce i'm so proud that is more than just stuff it is more than just technology it is more than a investment and resources those are important but the 111 model salesforce volunteers and employees that come into our schools and sit sibdz side by side shoulder to shoulder with the students the students have a sense of empowerment maybe i could do this kind of work and not thought about stem field the young girls that didn't think that that all of a sudden see other women in stem i can do that san francisco is the mesopotamia in the world everything stems is from what happens in san francisco is many

make sense mr. benioff your planting seeds our students will be your future employees everyone here at salesforce director barbara garcia it an appropriate title you're helping our students to be part of the dream of stem and innovation the draechl open in a deft way the corner of that all it the strong literacy students need to read and write and do margret and the one million drive will trofrp our pre k to rich libraries of books that students want to read and stack and learn and go to the next level this is an dribbling i incredibly important investments coupled with the investment in the middle grades so for us this is a symbolic day a the bernie we're over three-quarters of what to the goal 0 so i'll say like jerry

louis but we can do it we want books in the schools and want to thank all the participants at dreamforce for mcthat happen and burglary benioff and mrs. benioff but other folks wherever susan it she's guarding the school house i love it we want to thank you for your partnership a model for the nation everyone from that is here from director barbara garcia across the world take that back and talk about how it is possible to have those 3 kinds of the public and private and elected to come together e together and rally around the public education on behalf of the 48 thousand students in the unified school district we'll take a million books and put them to good use let's have a

great director barbara garcia and thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. mayor and mr. superintendent and salesforce is deeply committed in the san francisco unified school district the first thing i want to thank both of you here no san francisco our superintendent implicit report to the mayor our school board and you guys don't have to work together ensue you do it is because you work together so well and have an incredible partnership that is what inspires us and so we're noting now in year 3 of a 10 year commitment for more than bone madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> i hundred million dollars to be dedicated to the unified school district i hope that goes 10 and 20 and thirty years the salesforce through the money the technology is important but i guess i'm proud of, of course, your employees who are dedicating what will be hundreds of thousands of hours to do the

taken care of and the tutoring to augment you're amazing teachers and principals in the schools so thank you for giving us that opportunity without you two working together we couldn't do with what we are doing we're quick to gratitude and happy to be here i think we should put the books into the school house what had you say? >> all right. thank you very much, everybody welcome to dreamforce and we're looking forward to a great week and see you at the keynote othetherher s

today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today.

>> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a lot different. we don't expect what we had then. we want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. >> if you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or heat. be careful not to shut it off unless you smell gas. >> absolutely because once you do shut it off you should have the utility company come in and turn it back on. here is a mock up of a gas hear the on a house. where would we find the gas meter?

>> it should be in your garage. everyone should be familiar with where the gas meter is. >> one of the tools is a wrench, a crescent wrench. >> yes. the crescent wrench is good and this is a perfect example of how to have it so you can loosen it up and use it when you need it. >> okay. let's go inside to talk about fire safety. many of the issues here relate to fire, for example, we have a little smoke detector and i see you brought one here, a carbon monoxide smoke detector. >> this is a combination of smoke and carbon monoxide

detector. they are required in single homes now and in apartment buildings. if gas appliance is not burning properly this will alert you before the fumes buildup and will affect you negatively. >> this is a battery powered? >> this is a battery powered and it has a 10 year battery life. a lot of times you may have one or the other. if you put in just a carbon monoxide detector, it's important to have one of these too. every house should have a fire extinguisher, yes. >> one thing people expect to do when the power goes out after an earthquake about using candles. what would you recommend?

>> if you have a battery operated candle would be better to use. this kind of a candle, you wouldn't want it in an area where it can cause a fire or aftershock that it doesn't rollover. you definitely want to have this in a non-combustible surface. >> now, here we have our stove. after a significant earthquake we expect that we may have gas disrupted and so without gas in your home, how are you going to cook? >> well, i wouldn't recommend cooking inside of the house. you have to go outside and use a portable stove or something else.

>> so it wouldn't be safe to use your fireplace to cook? >> not at first. you should check it by a professional first. >> outside should be a safe place to cook as long as you stay away from buildings and doors and windows. >> yes. that will be fine. >> here we have some alternative cooking areas. >> you can barbecue and if you have a regular propane bark could barbecue. >> thank you for joining us. and thanks for this terrific space that you have in this exhibition space and thanks for helping san francisco stay safe.

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>> what if you could make a memorial that is more about information and you are never fixed and it can go wherever it wants to go? everyone who has donated to it could use it, host it, share it. >> for quite a great deal of team she was hired in 2005, she struggled with finding the correct and appropriate visual expression. >> it was a bench at one point. it was a darkened room at another point. but the theme always was a theme of how do we call people's attention to the issue of speci species extinction. >> many exhibits do make long detailed explanations about species decline and biology of birds and that is very useful for lots of purposes. but i think it is also important to try to pull at the strings inside people.

>> missing is not just about specific extinct or endangered species. it is about absence and a more fundamental level of not knowing what we are losing and we need to link species loss to habitat loss and really focuses much on the habitat. >> of course the overall mission of the academy has to do with two really fundamental and important questions. one of which is the nature of life. how did we get here? the second is the challenge of sustainability. if we are here how are we going to find a way to stay? these questions resonated very strongly with maya. >> on average a species disappears every 20 minutes. this is the only media work that i have done. i might never do another one because i'm not a media artist

per se but i have used the medium because it seemed to be the one that could allow me to convey the sounds and images here. memorials to me are different from artworks. they are artistic, but memorials have a function. >> it is a beautiful scupltural objective made with bronze and lined with red wood from water tanks in clear lake. that is the scupltural form that gives expression to maya's project. if you think about a cone or a bull horn, they are used to get the attention of the crowd, often to communicate an important message. this project has a very important message and it is about our earth and what we are losing and what we are missing and what we don't even know is gone. >> so, what is missing is

starting with an idea of loss, but in a funny way the shape of this cone is, whether you want to call it like the r.c.a. victor dog, it is listen to the earth and what if we could create a portal that could look at the past, the present and the future? >> you can change what is then missing by changing the software, by changing what is projected and missing. so, missing isn't a static installation. it is an installation that is going to grow and change over time. and she has worked to bring all of this information together from laboratory after laboratory including, fortunately, our great fwroup of researche e-- g researchers at the california academy. >> this couldn't have been more site specific to this place and we think just visually in terms of its scupltural form it really holds its own against the architectural largest and grandeur of the building.

it is an unusual compelling object. we think it will draw people out on the terrace, they will see the big cone and say what is that. then as they approach the cone tell hear these very unusual sounds that were obtained from the cornell orinthology lab. >> we have the largest recording of birds, mammals, frogs and insects and a huge library of videos. so this is an absolutely perfect opportunity for us to team up with a world renown, very creative inspirational artist and put the sounds and sights of the animals that we study into a brand-new context, a context that really allows people to appreciate an esthetic way of the idea that we might live in the world without these sounds or sites. >> in the scientific realm it is shifting baselines.

we get used to less and less, diminished expectations of what it was. >> when i came along lobsters six feet long and oysters 12 inches within they days all the oyster beds in new york, manhattan, the harbor would clean the water. so, just getting people to wake up to what was just literally there 200 years ago, 150 years ago. you see the object and say what is that. you come out and hear these intriguing sounds, sounds like i have never heard in my life. and then you step closer and you almost have a very intimate experience. >> we could link to different institutions around the globe, maybe one per continent, maybe two or three in this country, then once they are all networked, they begin to communicate with one another and share information. in 2010 the website will launch, but it will be what you would call an informational website

and then we are going to try to, by 2011, invite people to add a memory. so in a funny way the member rely grows and there is something organic about how this memorial begins to have legs so to speak. so we don't know quite where it will go but i promise to keep on it 10 years. my goal is to raise awareness and then either protect forests from being cut down or reforest in ways that promote biodiversity. >> biodiverse city often argued to be important for the world's human populations because all of the medicinal plants and uses that we can put to it and fiber that it gives us and food that it gives us. while these are vital and important and worth literally hundreds of billions of dollars, the part that we also have to be able to communicate is the more spiritual sense of how important it is that we get to live side

by side with all of these forms that have three billion years of history behind them and how tragic it would be not commercially and not in a utilitarian way but an emotio l emotional, psychological, spiritual way if we watch them one by one disappear. >> this is sort of a merger between art and science and advocacy in a funny way getting people to wake unand realize what is going on -- wake up and realize what is going on. so it is a memborial trying to get us to interpret history and look to the past. they have always been about lacking at the past so we proceed forward and maybe don't commit the same mistakes.

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