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make sure it is up there. >> further questions about the projects i can try to answer. there are additional details in the bond accountability report submitted with the packet. they give a little more flesh to the project descriptions. >> okay. much appreciated. mr. rose canio go to your report and thank you for hanging out >> i'll be brief because the fiscal aspects were very well covered. page 20 of our report the office of public finance estimates the debt suvs on the bond is 12.6 million over the 20 year life is 72.2 million so the total debt suvs principle and interest is 251.71 million dollars. summarized in table 7 on page 21 of our report the
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total estimated issuance of 107.4 million of the general obligation bonds result in annual property taxes of 3846 and that is to the owner of a residence with value of 600 thousand dollars with [inaudible] the debt policy the new issuance is a bond debt is offset by the requirement of the existing debts. based othen latest action of the cities capital planning committee, which was only monday, we repd approval of the entire package for your consideration. >> thank you mr. rose. this point colleagues any questions for mr. rose or staff? okay, move to public comment. anyone wish to comntd on 7-12? seeing none public comment is
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closed. we have a recommend to approval >> motion by supervisor tang and second by supervisor yee and take that without objection. madam clerk do we have any other business today? >> no further business. >> thank you everybody, we are adjourned. [meeting adjourned] the regular meeting of the board of education of the san francisco unified school district for tuesday, march 8, 2016, is now called to order
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roll call ms. fewer mr. reiskin o ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton vice president walton ms. wynns mr. haney ms. chin mr. totiano thank you please me the pledge of allegiance please join me the pledge of allegiance. >> (laughter). mr. vice president i think you have awning announcement around
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the agenda >> at the commissioner president haney i'm wroou resolution encouraging the students to exercise in their voting rights and be brought back at the march 22 regular board meeting. >> i want to welcome the members of the public thank you for being here if i want to address the board please fill out a speaker card the hallway and submit the speaker card before the item is called in front of the board mr. superintendent. >> thank you, very much president haney and good evening to everybody that is here and listening the saturday the san francisco unified school district and our board commissioner led by sandra fewer and attended by emily murase and
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commissioner shamann walton were present at an event called partners as partners at jean parker elementary school in chinatown for the chinese speakers a breakfast to luncheon and many workshops over one and 50 parents attended and participated in the and what the child needs to get there and how to help the children deal with stress and anxiety they helped them though to have common core arithmetic's help and help the children about the children's rights and information about the new testing and how to prepare their child had an opportunity to talk about miss truths that are the chinese community around policies the board of education has adopted a truld amazing event for the patented i'd like
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to thank you all who participant and especially sandra fewer in helping us to organ this and chris teen from the office of family engagement, jim ryan and lizzie our assistant deputy superintendent and many of the principals that were there and presents also thanks to the student siding as well as the community youth center and the china town ymca and the department of health this is the first of many events we'll be hosting in the chinese speaking communicated and other communities around the city of san francisco this evening i'm proud to announce 16 standards from john o'connor school and management class will be xooeft the pro star cup the national snooflt is
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a highly focused on restaurant and culinary arts with 14 teams and design a restaurant and create a story board and present this with destroy professionals as destroy professionals and math teams do currently the is it the will be jisz by 26 chiefs wheel they prepare and meal for one hour with no electrical the o'connell is run by a business and they figure out the target market and learn how to keep the business the black that is on the objecting for the multi course meals that is 21st century looks like project based learning thank you to the chief daniel and the custodialy art teacher for the
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great work with our students and if all of us best of luck to the students and bring back the first place prize this school year as you may know will come to think end in a few short months didn't mean it stops mclaren saturday from pier 70 an 22 street the fair includes a rock climb wall and tense and food trucks more 200 exhibiters will be on hand for every age group if told her to teenagers and studies show most states loss what they learn in math and parents say is it summer is the most challenging to find productive things for the children's or children to do let's get a jump start for the
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youths by attending this resource fair this saturday march 12 into 3:30 to 1:30 on 22 street at pier 70 and i'm happy to announce to promote the bookmaking the classroom sfusd students from 2014 k through 12 were to create their own books and bookmaking competition we're entitle 8 is better than one by corey and super powers by authors both from the john burton high school and help the homelessness by the first name elementary school fourth grades by the malcolm x kindergartener they'll be subdividing celebrated held at jewish museum on sunday from 3 to 5:00 p.m. a hearty graduations congratulations to the students you make us very, very proud and
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finally i'd like to give a huge shout out to our chief of technology melissa and her exceptional team yesterday's the san francisco unified school district went google that means we switched from the former approach to a regal platform you might not have noticed it went smoothly and never this big a transition didn't happen without loves planning execution and ma includes detail so congratulations to the chief of technology melissa and her criminal team mr. president. >> thank you mr. superintendent there are no recognized or resolution or accommodations tonight school districts mr. gibner and mr.
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totiano. >> thank you as for sfusd report we'll be having the retreat training camp out our goal for to weekend blackberry go ov go over your leadership without ward bound california we're excited about this opportunity to work as a team and build a strong student voice even though first time to camp together too as of the sfusd student engagement that will be the spread of the involvement the industry as for the encouraging students to exercise their voelt rights we're currently finalizing the language of in your own words with ms. fewer and commissioner norton and - >> thank you want. >> i also want to wish
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everyone a happy witness international day yep. >> (laughter). >> i have a lot of women in any family so but i'm very happy for them. >> as for the continuation on the - student advisory committee report the annual review synonym we've been working on in are last couple of makes march friday next week from exciting working groups mr. haney e mraepts a student working group and dr. murase is a masters net worker and we have one of our own co-chair as presenting his critical voice in, the working groups we're happening to help
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out at jane parker elementary school we presenter all the volunteers and special thank you to ms. fewer for providing the opportunity for the student voice our next meeting is wednesday i've mentioned 60 years of council and anyone is 80 invited and dinner is provided if you would like to attend the mixed presentation or like a copy from the upcoming agenda please contract mr. salvador. >> delegates seeing none, and one citizen's advisory committee reports can i invite you from the advisory committee. >> does look like they're here
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all right. so oh, they are oh, (laughter) >> good evening, commissioners and snunt i'm a parent of ask the the elementary school. >> good evening, commissioners superintendant carranza i'm georgia i cooperate the advisory committee to the board of education and the mission of the pack is to bring parent voices to the board of education to inform their discussions and decision making police radios this evening report is and just want update of the activities of
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development of the annual accountability plan. >> members of the esl have scheduling community conversations for with the community groups for the engagement caption to reach 200 focus groups with the conversation with will aim to help the approach to equality for public schools and connect the score card with the esl with the alignment of work, communication how previous the input has an impact and shaping the esl by the recommendations that were included. >> so one after concept we hope
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to be able to share the future is how the allocation of concentration grant fund vary from year to year we want to be able to share with stakeholders where we are prioritizing and allocating for the english language learners for those who quality for the reduced lunch and provided an overview of the programs that are increased or decreased and what new programs or activities are funded and also maybe who programs with being restored that were previously cut it is important information for parents to to make an informed decisions when making and providing input around their sit and level budgets for example, we've heard parents ask for reduced class
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sized and adding oath tier they're not feasible but in order for parents to understand the budget trade off what is changing from year to year in terms of the allocations and process we had an improvement with this year's el cap that was a narrative how some of those board programs are provided. >> what is fund but it is unclear how it is varying from year to year from last year's budget we hope to share as we go out we know this recommendation uphold the increased transcript and accountability and that was the recommendation we made last year the recommendation number 7 we are hoping that the board in district leaders will revisit that as we beginning the budget process and the annual control
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and other plan we included in our report all of the activities relating to the engage process some key things in mind right now, we're the process of including the community chfgz is he have others signed up for this week we will look at at the end of march and have the finding on april 14th in this room and on may 18th the district leaders at the young and team will be presenting the ems to the community members and then present our recommendations on may 24th. >> we also are actually recruiting new members for the new school year so, please spread the word on the website
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and with that it is friday april 18, 2016, thank you. >> thank you for your report any questions. >> commissioner fewer. >> at the budget committee meeting we asked for an impact report about the funds on certain initiatives that will be interesting to you what we've funded and just what has been the impact of this funding i think that will be really interesting information around the el cap. >> commissioner wynns. >> thank you for that report and as you know very interested in the el cap outreach process i have a question to ask which is not necessarily a question for you it is not what i want you to do but you're the interprets as well as the san francisco aging & adult services commission
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without mentioning any names a high profile person in our district made a public statement about not having any idea about how the ems process was going forward parents are not getting information which was kind of stunning to me so i'm interested in knowing what you might be able to tell us or the staff can get back to us about how parents are notified about the outreach process so whatever you might know i'm going to guess this person and any other parents only communicate with people at their own school so do you know how i think we - do you have any idea. >> there is information on the website we're trying to line up with the score card is related
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we're trying to approach it if a systemic so ever school sight is looking at their site right now there is you know schools that are not family what is happening it's been the outreach and that's why we're trying to approach is systemically it is available on the website and through the office of community engagement. >> i'm wondering if you or somebody knows we're providing materials as well as you know basically telling the principal to communicate about this process to the parents. >> anybody know. >> commissioner to my living we have not yielded sent out a bulletin through the schools but that is something we will certainly do so - >> i thank you i again, i wasn't expecting to
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do your far more expert than any of us but i'll talk to the deputy superintendent. >> some of those states have very recently been identified so for the community wide so those have not been set it is fairly new information. >> dr. murase thank you to the pack fro organizing those communications it is times intensive but you are reaching families that are tough to reach so really want to commend you for the work and encourage listening and viewing families to participate in that process and to come to the one of the community conversations and encourage folks to apply to the vacancies it is a great way for families to meet families from
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other schools with similar challenges really, really regarding to engage with the district and school board i recommend to the listening and viewing public. >> more questions or comments? thank you for your report i appreciate that. >> item f public comment on content items, there is none tonight. signed up the consent calendar can i have a motion and a second? on the consent calendar and so moved. >> second. >> any items withdrawn or corrected by the superintendant. >> mr. steel we have corrections to one of 3 on page 15 consultant should be mark gonzales and not the institute of growth and on page 17 at the top of the page it is
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incorrectly marked as retroactive and finally resolution on page 121 is withdrawn. >> thank you, mr. steel any items removed for first reading by the board any items severed by discussion and vote roll call vote will take place under section oxygen superintendents proposals 3 proposals it's been moved and seconded they were forwarded to the rules and salesmen and labor changes forwarded without recommendation from the ad hoc labor committee so those were held over from the last meeting for action today, i'm going to take each one individually and call on the superintendent to read the resolution the first is one of 2 dash 19 plus accommodation i
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want a reading resolution. >> thank you president haney danielle hope to do the honors the requested objection a example to the board personnel accommodation to provide a supportive investment so far any employee to express help for the infant child on return to the with that, after the birth of the child. >> commissioner. >> my colleagues share the sentiment to make the school district the best place to work this is important for you're working mothers and beyond the policy we discussed in committee the need for the regulations to encourage and urge strong process for accommodating
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nursing mothers for example, having a dedicated refrigerator for express milk there are a lot of these ways to make the with that, a better place and this is an important step i urge my colleagues to adopt this thank you. >> roll call vote. >> ms. chin mr. totiano ms. mendoza-mcdonnell. >> dr. murase mr. walton ms. wynns mr. haney 7 i's. >> next one (clapping.) is - board policy sexual harassment. >> i'd like to ask danielle hope to read into the record for the board to adopt the policy
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personnel sexual harassment to provide protection tennis sexual harassment and retaliationy and an investigation process. >> questions or comments from the board roll call vote. >> thank you ms. chin mr. totiano ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and mr. haney 7 i's. >> board policy 4 thousand personnel concepts for organizations mr. vice president mr. superintendent i'd like to call danielle hope to roared this, please. >> the questioned action for the board policy personnel concept rules and personnel policies as part of district to
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workshop and organize the policies for supportive and positive financing that is subsequence with the policy agreement with the labor and policies rules and regulations. >> questions or comments on the board roll call vote. >> thank you ms. chin piloting ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and mr. haney 7 i's. >> the next item adoption of the board policy instruction high school graduation is it's been moved and seconded can i have a report from the curriculum and program committee scomplaupt. >> we had a fun filed program and curriculum committee meeting yesterday and move forward with
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a positive recommendation by gentle consent thank you vice president walton mr. superintendent read the resolution. >> thank you very much president haney i'd like to ask executive director stephen koffman to please come forward to read the resolution into the record please. >> good evening mr. superintendent and board members the requested action i'm steve the executive director of city college and curriculum instruction the requested action to approve the revised board policy high school graduations
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requiremen requirements. >> okay. he have one public school speaker signed up for this item kevin robison. >> welcome mr. robison you have 2 minutes. >> thank you folks i'm kind of fundamentally the graduation requirements for high school i want to backtrack i was talking to the district i'm a teacher in special assignment i work 2014 k through 12 and look at it different schools i work with different grade levels i'm concerned about the fact it looks like we don't have a program in place to i guess hold kids back who don't meet the requirements that move to the next level; is that correct.
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>> this is your time to talk. >> if that's the case i'm wondering why not i see kids in 6 and 7 and 8 grade with a 4 grade level as far as math about 4 to fifth grade as well. >> my question is there a policy where we are not loudly to hold children back that are in elementary school or middle school if there's not maybe we should. >> if they're not ready. >> so do we have your contact information let's make sure we have someone to reach out to you for that question. >> okay. thank you mr.
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robison. >> comments from the board or superintendent. >> roll call vote. >> thank you ms. chin mr. totiano ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell abruptly ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and mr. haney 7 i's. >> all right. thank you board members proposal we have one and one that was withdrawn in support of staff training curriculum and services to meet the needs of san francisco unified school district with incarcerated are parents authored by scomplault this was there is a motion and a second on january 12, 2016, can i have a report first from the budget committee ms. norton >> yes. heard that on march 2 little button impacts with
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$5,000 dollars plus with a recommendation. >> and commissioner vice president walton. >> thank you president haney in curriculum and services to meet the needs of sfusd students with incarcerated patterns whereas 2 thought 7 million children have their parents in jail and over 7 million children under a correctly supervision and since 1991 the portion with at least one incarcerated parents has increased by 80 percent and whereas according to the all in favor, signify by i dcyf needs ascertainment 2 thousand youth plus were tempted estimated to have a parent that spent time in county jail or prison it this didn't include youth or children that didn't
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include the transitional youth and whereas one out of 9 african-american children has one in comparison to one in 46 white children and according to the center for dcyf the research the parental incarcerations is one of childhood experience that has a approved effect on the brain and body with lasting impacts on a child's health and whereas a number of studies suggest the effects of partially arrest and incarceration on a child development are profound children suffer from achth or anxiety and sadness and low esteem with the declining truancy aggression and depression and difficulty in
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sleeping and a or concentration problems and yars starting from the time the child parents is into custody their traumatized by the parents arrest or from reuniting with them and whereas children with incarcerate parents effects challenges and very few services are specifically designed to have this widespread experience with changing schools often and lack of stability and consistency and whereas the maintenance of family ties during incarceration is one possible means of less i mentioned the impacts of children month want to have relationship with their children including education and whereas the children with incarcerated parents have challenges with
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relationship due to a lack of communication from phone calls or letters and visits and whereas in 2003 the san francisco children of counterparts parents papering promised the krarntd parents includes amongst others a right not to be justice or blamed by the way, of the parents incarceration or struggling with the parents incarceration a right to a lifelong relationship with the parents and whereas project one a youth program for teens with incarcerated parents completed a survey of over one hundred youth whereas what kind of support during the parents categorization 25 percent said someone to talk to at school 24 percent said peer support group and 33 percent therapy or across town and whereas children
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with incarcerated parents oftentimes city government placed and isolated it is a lack of understanding and sensitivity for the experiences and the needs of our children with incarcerated parents by school staff and peers whereas social workers on a unique position to provide the support for incarcerated parents and only sfusd school balances programs the 15, 16 is the academy of arts and academy high school in it's second year and whereas children with incarcerated parented have strength and should be strengthened and talk about the proposals policies and program and whereas in 14, 1 for the first year all chounldz i councils have trained by the goals of training were for staff to obtain an increased
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understanding how many children are impacted and the challenges in life strategy and policy recommendations and written resources to their with the students and whereas there have curriculum at all grade levels to help with children with parents that are krarntd of a london and whereas popper culture like empire and other tv shows help children to keep and whereas sesame street has challenges that includes this media and vital materials and targeting the caregivers and a range of other professionals to interact and thrombus that the board of education requests the superintendant of city hall's schools will provide wellness staff and officers and other school staff on the needs and
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experiences with students with incarcerated parents should speak to their experiences and therefore, be it resolved stanford university will provide provide school wide training and be it therefore resolved sfusd will consolidate and integrate the curriculum for materials to impact see categorizations to the grade levels and make some curriculum available to schools and school libraries those should be that work directly with children of coronary artery and have educational information about how to support children with incarcerated parents and be it therefore resolved sfusd will pursue specific programs with krarntd and further be it resolved, sfusd will research best practices for counsels and teachers and staff to have communication with the
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incarcerated children that may include written materials the best interest and appreciable by law and tlobdz a they've identify a staff liaison for be cooperation with one family parents in san francisco county jail and ford sfusd will add questions about incarceration and parental incarceration including the risk survey that helps sfusd understand the experiences and needs of children with krarntd parents and the data will remain confidential and anonymous we have public comment i'll call a number of names you'll each have
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two minutes. (calling names) >> i'm call the next set after that. >> hello good afternoon, commissioners my name is cecil i'm 20 years old here with project put and commissioners representing district 10 my stepfather was incarcerated in high school i joined project y to advocate and raise awareness of parents incarceration effects the daily life i'm a balboa park high school graduate none came up to me when of failing a couple of courses the only way to open up to my teachers in my
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senior year and i really wish i would have this support when my parents incarcerated was happening ever since he was locked up i wish i could have had that support from the teachers and the resolution is very important to me because i feel it is critical for the solutions b will not only talk about the incarceration but effects the lives of many people and generally will help the youth urban recognized and 18 thousand plus youth in san francisco have a parent that guess locked up a huge number and hope that the board of education will pass this resolution to continue it to grow thank you. >> (clapping.)
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>> hello my name is a montana i go to california visual academy and the college of san francisco i've been the project since june my dad was incarcerated for 5 years i have those not been able to see him he is here now he's one of my best friends i joined project hope to make a difference after my dad was sent away i gave up in school and preoccupied with any problems and focused on keeping the grades any attitude changed i stopped talking to any friends and teachers any teachers saw they grades and attitude but didn't ask when was going on with me one day i told any teacher and notified the
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principal and ever since then, the principal keep on and on me was waiting for me to make a mistake for example, i was going around school with girls with dress code she'd pull me out of the bunch and look for mistakes i heated to the baseball show i had the right not to be labeled because of anything like that parents incarceration if teaches and staff at the mite my high school had training with children with incarcerated parents i would have loved any teachers support i'm here representing san francisco children of incarcerated parents please vote in support of this resolution thank you for your time (clapping.) >> hi my name is dan martinis
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he go to high school been a part of this project since june 2011 my dad was locked up for 10 years in arizona i got in touch with him and one visit being a child of incarcerated partners made school difficult teachers didn't said what i was going through and none asked me if something was wrong and then when teachers teachers found out about any dad they would tell me i would be just like him the only time i got support what i joined p y i found support and have a ally it don't just me and ask me how i'm doing and care about that he young children of
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incarcerated parents desire this and sfusd needs more programs like this one thank you for your time and please vote in support of this resolution (clapping.) >> good evening board hi (laughter) i was here last night and boy did i love that i'm a senior in technology high school and 17 year-old the part of resolution that excited me and sticks out the fourth clause where states help teachers to have more development and encouraging them to be trained how how to deal with children of incarcerated parents here's why it was hard groping and facing this i was tied to as likely to enter the
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criminal justice system and the designing years what stuck out my third grade teachers held me accountable and told me that i would have a jail cell waiting for me, i was sxhant told my behavior didn't change i felt i was held to the stigma of one day being like my parents and that my father was not the best here's why i'm here emphasizing the resolution to further break the stigma and besides receiving pink slips i began to grow and help others around me like fighting against incarceration it makes a distance in my communities and the sfusd i'm a catalyst produced out of this
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system to me e telling the system it is infected you hope you pass this resolution to benefit the youth that will have had the opportunity replace you thank you (clapping (clapping.) hi, i'm 16 years old and been a prong since 2014 so my father was incarcerated when i was 4 i'm 16 year now it is 15 years i didn't see him ever since i joined this project to find out who was was and the assistants life as a child of an incarcerated parents has affected any education i was not able to focus and he was not
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taught so to this day struggling with the english classes and not having the problem o proper education i wish i had because any mom wanted to keep on moving because of my dad's location so i only experienced negative experiences due to the necrproblems and confusion as a child in particular i'm focusing on resolution number one to focus on a more broad education because of this i feel it was passed i'll have in any history a class not be a criminal and just as educated as him i'm here and urge you to vote in support of this resolution thank you and good evening. >> (clapping.) >> hi my name is dea angle not
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a youth but i'm 34 years old a marriage and therapist and we're not learning about the population i'm speaking on behalf of mr. gaza and reading for her, she says i'm 17 and attend jean going forward done school my parents is a currently incarcerated in county jail and has been incarcerated singles november i joined project what i felt i had inform space to talk about my parents incarcerated there was no space at home and no space at home to talk about the issues that came out of having a parent incarcerated my education has been severely impacted by my parents incarcerated as a senior i have to attend all the field trips i
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have no parents to sign the permission slips i make excuses and as a result i get a huge drop my grade and further be it resolved, sfusd will distribute it informational and educational resources to teachers, councils and staff about how to support children with incarcerated parents if this resolution was passed no child will feel the need to hide having a parent incarcerated and the teachers will have the support to deal with the parents krarld i'm here to represent the parents incarceration i urge you to vote thank you for your time. >> (clapping.) >> hi, good evening. i'm introducing you to the following gentleman detries he will give
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you prospective inside of the heart of a child of an incarcerated parents he is going to read the letter and i ask you hear the full letter i don't know if this is okay. but i'll invite him up to speak go ahead. >> hi my name is demetrius i'm 16 a junior to the private school it says dear son i know your communication skills are bad you don't like visit me i won't either but to clear up and tell you some things you're at the age you should know i'm sorry, i was not there for you when you were young and never wanted to leave you when you were starting school i
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didn't teach you the fundamentals of basketball and sports so to continue - i knew you were going to be something special in life i was your inspiration to be greatest i tried to push you into basketball and people could see you - >> so i never intend to mess up or make a bad decision if i did i hope i'm not 6 feet deep we want to meet our kids and didn't mean for you to grew up with 0 single mom or live in the projects i never meant excuse me. i never meant for you to grow up
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with two jobs to keep you and food on the table and know you wanted to excel i took you to the give him our mom seeing us but more important dangerous people where are getting shot the only time i get no time to teach him so you'll remind this and thank me i plead the look forward and never wanted to you to - i wanted to show you how to drive and car and but other people think about you i wanted to be the one to get out of our problems and not be the person but it is clear in my only the responsibility as you as a dad i'm sorry about the responsibility i may not have
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been ready for but i think i messed up you were the last boy and i had to do something positive so 41 don't run in my footprints i believe we need to do something and not make the same navigates i and your brother accident i hope you never forget and remember our bragging rights and not grew up and hate me because i love i'm so sorry i'm not there i wish you would respond to any letters i haven't seen you in 13 years i miss you, we haven't talked on the phone in years it is partially my fault i want to take to you to make it right.
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>> thank you (clapping.) >> i want to call the rest of the speakers (calling names) i also have jam i didn't hear. >> good evening, everybody i'm jamie staff and happy to be here just like my coworker i have a letter to read so tonight, i'm richie i'm 16 and attend gordon with project web my dating dad was incarcerated in jail for 6 months when my dad came home he heard about project what and i applied and got in i wanted to
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see because i don't throw myself into programs like this my dad what in jail from the beginning of my junior year he disposing goes introduce cool to uncool i think about it a lot and with the staff i'd talk with them and told to speak to a therapist or sign up without being told i hate talking to random people about my problems i'd hold in everything that distracts me from my work at school this resolution for sfusd is important because it will train all school stiff staff from children with incarcerated parents and provide deeper supported school wide this could have made a change because staff would hear me out and understand
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why sometimes school a hard and important for me to be heard i'm here representing san francisco children of incarcerated parents he urge you to vote in support 37 resolution thank you for your time and thank you for listening. >> (clapping.) >> hi, i'm back so my name is zooey the project manager and an alumni of sfusd that had a mother incarcerated while i was going to the full system it means a lot to hear about the resolution i will read on behalf of alicia this is her testimony i'm alicia i'm 16 and i attend the academy on treasure island and i'm part of project what both of those parents were incarcerated any fathers incarceration detrimentally impacted our relationship my mom is currently in san francisco
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county jail over 5 years awaiting trial my father's relationship was rough my district attorney dad is out for 6 years we still don't have a good relationship my mom heard it was a good place and help to get the word out about incarcerated parents having any mom in jail effected any education but my mom was also on me and may have hotivated when to jail i got into fights and argued with the teachers and principals in middle school i never went but in high school i needed to go he did my mom was incarcerated i have days i don't want to go about it is for this resolution pass i have teachers that support my relationship with any mom i'm here
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representing the lifetime academy i want to add to the testimony working closely with the one contract family visiting program her mom shared a letter from the mothers in san francisco county jail and they could us they wanted to be mentioned and their gratitude so thank you. >> (clapping.) >> hi, i'm valerie i'm 15 years old i go to lionel academy been a participant in this project my dad was incarcerated he was sentenced to 26 years it's been 3 years since i've seen my dad, i joined project what i needed to have a supports and wanted to support people we know what their going through
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as me being a child of an incarcerated parents the fact my dad was not there impacted me i couldn't focus on my school work i was thinking about the problems and none to talk to a lot of people thought i could have talked to a therapist are council but people don't thinks i needed my dad to talk to my dad doesn't have many contact i had no positive experience of a child with the educational system one the negative experiences every time one of my teachers talked about the criminal justice system students said whatever they wanted of it was rude and teachers didn't make sure if anyone was uncomfortable about the issues they were tarnishing i felt ufsh
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comfortable and had to leave the classrooms multiple times that brought down any grades when talking about the criminal justice system so this entire resolution is important to me because it means that my experience as a child of incarcerated parents will in particular for the district to understand and prioritize supporting the youth with relationships with the incarcerated parents or parents if this resolution is passed i mean, i'll feel more sponsored the fact my dad is in jail and focus on my work knowing that someone in any school will help me i'm here representing san francisco's incarcerated parents and urge you to vote in support 37 resolution thank you for your time. >> (clapping.) >> good evening, commissioners i'm adele the member of the
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strooekz and the director of youth commission to support those advocates here really bringing clear demands for redress of the effects and the roll that our public system can have in addressing the effects of the last several decades of the incarceration i wanted to thank them this is a intergenerational issue even a growing committees around the way to deincarceration we had decades to address the harms and the way he harm families and communities this is been a big priority of the go youth commission of project what assuring the family unit in our county jail and you
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commissioners are supportive of this resolution we want to thank commissioner vice president walton and commissioner president haney for sponsoring this and the entire board and urge our support this is the kind of initiative and forward thinking that will take to really get out of the mess that's been created the last thirty to 40 years with the responded of incarceration and the impacts think families 19 thank you to the board and the youth leaders i'm inspired and humbled by them thanks. >> (clapping.) >> good evening board members i'm noah and i'm a policy in fact, with the san francisco human right commission for the most part i hope you'll take the compelling testimony from the amazing individuals that have presented before me
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and the consideration when voting on that resolution he wanted to add that the hr c is the enforcement agency for the city that enforces the now and then discriminations ordinances of the city and we have worked on issues facing people with arresting records for many years although we don't have support from the commission on that particular resolution h.r. staff want to appreciate the language the resolution and welcome the opportunities to offer guidance and support going forward including knowledge we have dwand from previous initiatives working on issues such as the human rights the war on drugs outreach and advocacy from the fire chance ordinance for that the increasing the protection
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giving access to employment and affordable housing and other initiatives to thank you for that. >> (clapping.) >> good evening i'm going to bring this down a little bit again supreme court and commissioners i'm monique i work for the san francisco human rights resolution mentioned sfusd will explore and pursue the programming and services for children with incarcerated parents last summer we hosted the interims through the initiative and the cf i learned about the criminal justice issues the fair chance and the 1964 voting rights and more as a result, the youth are ambassadors with the family that said we offer the guidance and support thank you .
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>> (clapping.) >> peter alexander. >> good evening peter's alexander among other things i'm a gardener and writer social corruption safer and seek two has the right to engage i feel an energy in this room feels like the working of a upcoming miracle and the most beautiful things we'll see the power and embracing the promise lands prophesy the martin luther king made a statement if one anyone is wrong for incarceration so are we all and the proofcy i've shared for 219 years as the world is walking through the tiers involves a simmer little 40 day
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shut down of the system by the warriors that arise as a mighty piston those warriors that are willing to do without violations to especially up the first door and after this door we're the promised lands seen by martin luther king and the man behind the first door is a brother named leonard who's now in prison for 40 years and he's dying he's spiritually schedule in the first man to walk into the promised lands in accordance with the proofcy robert redford did a documentary called the incidents and anybody that knows the case knows he's innocent so too is not affidavit that get off death row for the 1981 crime
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and doctor jeffrey mcdonald so we are an incarceration nation perhaps time for the youths to elevate. >> please wrap up. >> well, i'm wrap up by saying that is about power and love and the students will be supported if beyond and above you hear it i say it so be it. >> (clapping.) >> now open up for comments and questions from the board. >> commissioner vice president walton. >> first of all, i definitely want to thank all the students for coming out and share our personable stories i think that it is not easy so thank you for taking the time and advocate for yourselves and families but being strong and brave enough to side that we never know what our
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students are going through and this resolution is really about continuity and making sure we take responsibility for the students that need us the most for the students that deal with some of the most severe issues that most of us may not experience 2, 3, 4 life i'm proud to say that we actually had opportunity to work with some of the students you've heard speak tonight and students that have parents that are krartsdz on this resolution because we really wanted to make sure their voice were happier are had he e.r. heard we came up with solutions and responses i'm not take a lot of time but take the time to thank project what can the youth commission and hrc and san francisco children of incarcerated parents, dcyf and most of all our students for
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coming here and excited about the fact that when students walk into the schools we'll video a better consciousness of what they're experiencing what they're going through and taking into consideration as we deal with them introduce the education system thank you all the students and thank sxhaept for taking the lead on putting this together it is very important and it will assist a lot of the students but argue administrators and school climate so thank you. >> commissioner wynns . >> (clapping.) >> >> thank you. i want to especially thank even e everything especially the students and tell you it is the things you said were so important so meaningful to us i'm sure all of us to me it is as commissioner vice
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president walton said it is difficult to know as much as we would like to know what is like to be a student and so those - this kind of testimony is helps us actually beyond the idea of supporting what is before us which certainly i do and i'd like to ask that the authors to include all board members names but to particularly to say again how meaningful and tough that is how much respect i have for all of you who spoke today, i'm interested in whatever to do to meet the needs of students that may come after them so what you've done is important thank you. >> ms. fewer. >> yes. thank you to all the speakers i've known several is
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it so who's patterns were incarcerated and they've been in the system this resolution is over due i wish the board passed something like that maybe 15 years ago when i think back now about the experiences of some of the people i knew their parents were incarcerated this can have been a good help thank you for coming up and advocates thank you for that concludes my report the youth. >> thank you. i want to thank the young people for coming out and sharing our stories with us for someone that has works on the case for many years and spent time with the children and understanding the dynamics that gone between children and parents of incarcerated youth the one thing that really struck me tonight we don't think about
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that for our own students and that when you're engaged in advocacy outside of your own work you tend not to think about it when it comes closer to home i think a lot of what you shared tonight resonated in terms of how we need to not only as the adults in the classroom but the adults outside of the classroom and how we understand and recognize the challenges you are experiencing and going through that it is also really important for us to be able to have and really good understanding the training that occurs i mean it doesn't hit me to ask if you know if you're parents is incarcerated or if you're challenged because of you know
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this issue or that issue and i think we all needs to find ways to reach out appropriately and to truly understand and right-hand turn the champions that you're faced with many of which we have a responsibility to support so i really appreciate having you come out and share really heartfelt stories i know are difficult to say out loud so i wanted to thank you for being willing to share and i just wanted to thank my colleagues for bringing this forward those are the kinds of conversations we as a district have been proud and bold on and those are not conversations are standard conversations in go school districts and they need to be because you are our students and we need to be able to support you and protect you
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and to understand what you're going through and so for that i'm really grateful thanks. >> dr. murase. >> thank you to the colleagues for bringing this on or about forward and thank all the folks that came up to the microphone it takes courage to do so but i think it is amazing wharf impacts you can have by coming up to the microphone several of us reluctance toured the county jail in to see the conditions monthly to visit the 5 k charter school but you'll encourage the young people to advocate for these issues for that are ways to communicate with incarcerated parents and i would like to ask our commissioner secretary that i will be supporting this resolution if we could send a
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copy to our sheriff our new she have and probation chief to make sure they understand that we want to be meeting the needs of children of incarcerated parents. >> delegate mr. totiano. >> i would, of course, like to thank all the students your powerful as a student being here it is not easy to speak on the podium this is not an easy topic to talk about thank you to project what as to you commissioner and the board of education for bringing this forward i this is topic that students don't realize it is something that is brought up but not sensitive i mean it the sensitive about there has been are many cases i know where i have many friends
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will have an incarcerated parents as well as a family of my own my own uncle i didn't get to meet - this district has a responsibility over you all as well as the whole world ever adult does to sf students i'm sorry you guys were very brave for speaking this school is not just a place for educated i'd like to mention we should feel comfortable as students and being educated and just having a comfort ability in school is very important as this is nerve rocking to talk about. >> yes. i'd like tee echo that
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you know all those words have been said and i can't exactly find the right words to commend for all the supporters and the board of education and all the speakers especially the youths i also have a similar story any partner mr. totiano i have an uncle i've never met he is incarcerated and he ended up committing suicide i'm or i've never met him before i don't exactly have the right words i know there is some - i feel bad because you know there are other issues that are similar to those kind of issues that is curiosity laid out right now in those this resolution we want to say what i actually try to do is you know like a similar issue i often
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noticed you know how in schools many students who may even have krartsdz parents or a family members i know at my school especially at my tables our stakes are random in his i tried to reach out to those not to say introverted but bashful and shy i don't mean to treat them as my beginning i didn't pigs to get into their minds i feel bad i don't like to see or witness others to be - ousted from the community every single individual has many priorities you can't say reach out to every single individual but that is what i try to do and don't have the right words to think sorry i
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don't have the right words but grateful even when i see someone witnesses an adversity so thank you for this resolution as well as pulling this forward . >> (clapping.) >> well, thank you to everyone that came out and spoke and the superintendent carranza's for sharing your stories and courage there was many students that spoke out and leading up to the creation of that resolution thank you project what and the youths commission especially, when we started the confusion about what we can do what school districts can do to support the children with this experience we needed all the folks that experienced if first hand so most of the thickness the
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resolution came griblg drainage from children and directly from teachers and social workers this is about young people and their experiences in their schools and telling me we see them we want to understand them and support them that we believe in them and that the things they glow that are the hardest things we as a school district want to stand alongside and be if in solidarity and fight with them with with unimaginable experience that so many young people will understand or imagine having exercised my uncle was incarcerated growing up and many of us is the magnificent incarceration has touched everyone in some way in
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deep what is your especially children and many, many thousands of children here in our city so if there's any place he want you to feel understood you have people that have our back and people that time to understand you and fight with you, we hope that is our schools in san francisco and you know the thing that i think is going to happen hopefully, we'll be able to make some 0 positive changes it address some of the things you've brought up tonight but the reversions of this conversation what incarceration does to children will be much further than that and see a reversal of what caused this putting 235r too many people parents in jail we're the first district that i know have to do that have a specific policy
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addressing students with incarcerated parents i want to appreciate the staff thomas that is head of the people's services has done a tremendous amount of work and he really was a huge part of making this possible that is a process but as commissioner vice president walton said about tent outlet and recognizing we have a responsibility to you all and doing our work to address whatever we can do in our schools and need to do it with the support of all of you the human rights commission thank you for being here hopefully, this this is the beginning of the clove process and usf so we'll do this together and do this with the voices and the experience our young people as we work tonight so thank you, again, for big deal here. >> (clapping.) >> we'll add everyone's names
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and co-sponsors. >> ms. chin mr. totiano ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns mr. haney 7 i's. >> so we have an item that was withdrawn from the agenda courageously the students one speaker signed up i'll let speak peter's alexander.
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>> thank you, very much. i want to you hope the students will listen about voting and that is, i can share with you that franklin delano roosevelt stated this is true that wants are not elected their preselected and that the only rules vote we possess a financial vote through a strike and when i think of voting i think of someone we voted in around here not two long ago sxhartd leeland yee because he made an issue of transparent three years ago which certain people in office couldn't afford and he passed the billy authored a bill that people that
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california care can have chiropractic and those certain people that can't afford the transparency had something that costs them millions and millions why he was set up and sent to prison the corrupt oversees that work for the one percent completely control the system they treat california like rhode island and yet we're the most powerful state in the world yet all the money this takes on the entire nation they take 72 percent of their haul from california are we nuts? >> this needs to change we were not placed on the planet to be slaves to barns and attorneys in the constitution of the united states the law of the land 95 percent of attorneys
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wounded have a job and in d.c. no. much thing as republicans or democrats when it comes to voting their by and large bar lawyers and services first and foremost the pope by law and the pope is not my law thank you, thank you mr. alexander we're at item j public comment on general matters and as i call our name everybody please line up here you'll have 2 minutes each thank you (calling names) (laughter). >> this is my last speak. >> he's popular
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(calling names). >> that's last times i'm sorry. i'm thinking the presidency (calling names). >> okay. >> so here we go jimmy heinrich purple haze teachers calling for a raise as the false money system the fred's don't laugh well over one and 50 millions along with lincoln and jfk murdered and dead the santa ross gave an assignment to the students so they might see regarding the banker corrupt government that made it clear that in respect to the government we better feel fear now then came cause to be nervous he was visited by the
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secret service and yet soon after none of that was dloshsz at his eulogy the system supports the one percent and our local teller it is correct billy clinging is the rocker fell and as preachers preach reverend pinckney being angle expectation walking at all pubically challenges the state get 10 years in prison yes absolutely teachers will be fired and arrested for encouraging each other a far safer for the service degree and actually funny to be asking for money maintaining the system as fools to access it embrace the revise the veterans and seniors they're
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ready to strike now get on board as our hearts living lord remember that super duper schools out class dismissed warriors don't ask they task and students will lead to lead because the teachers will follow by the way, what it comes to current they're a little bit hallow i'm here speaking power and truth of all frae fear this is a true proof tendency that martin luther king saw the promised lands and indeed be what we find at the at the end of this 40 day walk far more than a talk it's about power thank you for blessing me with some of our times the 40 day - >> thank you thank you, sir. >> so we'll have-
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(calling names). >> oh, this is not - (calling names). >> sues i didn't seal gal thank you for your patiencr patience >> good evening superintendant carranza and happy international working women's day 63 percent
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are paraprofessionals and teachers with women in the san francisco unified school district i'm here tonight to introduce you to several of our educators that will speak about the affordability crisis and had you to say impacting the consultant for them to do their jobs and remain from the school district the cost of housing is truly overwhelm the teachers paraprofessionals and other school workers and in sfusd you can see this as a high turnover of the parents if the ability to fill a permanent par pet position if their it is about say described as crisis by many of you and by the upper level administrators the district while the state budget is recovery and the skraekt will get to get revenues the coming
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year recalling you the leadership the school district to set aside not recurs for wages to reopen in the fall by doing so you'll sends an important message to the educators throughout the district you'll respect and value their work and do that you'll want them to stay in sfusd otherwise i'm afraid many more dedicated teachers and paraprofessionals will make the painful decision to leave and the growing crisis will continue to destabilize our schools and impact you are students thank you for your time (calling names) good evening commissioners and superintendant carranza and parapet we wanted to reflect a little bit on the national women's history month theme
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every year a different theme and this year they're honoring women that shaped the future to public service, government and leadership although often overlooked and undervalued they have dramatically emphasized our public policy and the valuable institutions and organizations we honor women like sister mary ma depend on a public health leader and minnesota commissioner of health and daisy a civil rights organizer and journalist and leader of the little rock school integration and sonya within the founder of the nationality organization of women and the first woman attorney the general council at the eeoc and isabel gonzales was
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a champion of that concludes my report religions for the serial number and ella the first governor of connecticut of any i's state elected in her own right and karen a civil rights lawyer a lobbyist and leader that dedicated her career to irks in asian-american quality and each of those public leaders succeeded against great odds and women face many odds they at the they demonstrates the opportunities that women in public service face many of our teachers are public servants especially our women let's reflect on that tonight.
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>> (clapping.) >> good evening board commissioners and superintendent carranza my name is pearl a 10 year kindergartener teacher at chaeflz i'm lucky to be there with passionate teachers with serving our students at the population but we have parents and families that we work with who they want the best for the students to achieve contemplating chavez has ups and downs and transitioned from administrators to teachers to curriculum to standards to testing to staff turnovers and built the community among other things our staff and seen huge breaks but we're threatened by the
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affordable housing crisis the next year a hoivenl of teachers will be leaving and breaking up the hard work i'm one of the teachers i'm lucky to be in a rent-controlled apartment but after seven years my partner and i want to start our own families and looking we cannot finds anywhere to afford even a tiny bedroom is not p to be found but we can't be in san francisco we'll move to portland the summer where the salaries are similarish so cost of living is better i'm here to ask you in support of paraprofessionals and it will be sad to see that fall apart and start over whatever happens will not effect me but the teachers and the families
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that i really, really love so thank you for your time . >> (clapping.) >> good evening board and commissions and superintendant carranza i'm rebecca a kindergartener teacher as chavez elementary school pelosi pearl is my partner teacher and i am incredibly sad to lose her and the collaboration we've built together i'm deeply committed to the chavez communities and to my students they're like my own children i work extremely hard with other educators to provide the by itself so they can succeed and i feel very lucky to work in a school where many my clam in
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one day have students that speak english and arabic and tagalog and american languages and chinese and to bring all those students together and build such a strong communities we've worked hard to do to see it fall apart because of the housing crisis is frightening i was priced act out of san francisco in the middle of the school year the only place i found out to live was a dining room in oakland so i'm currently living in a dining room in oakland and commuting to the city this makes it extremely hard to mooeks presents many of my students are homeless or living in one bedroom and because of this hicks we are
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doing to larger due to the housing crisis is where he e we'll have a position open at every level i concerned about the hard work and not sure how much longer i maintain this lifestyle i'm constantly achieved and want to have the best for any students we'll precious any support you can provide thank you. >> i'm the chair of the education of san francisco i i am an inclusionary teacher and he represent and i'm one of
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the 6 hundred plus early educators in the district that are predominantly female minority women and who are the lowest paid unit educators of san francisco employees the districts i've been on the ballroom team since 1999 every team two years or so as we prepare and begin to bargain. the next contract i have the displeasure of trying to pertain to any children why i'm not the classroom and explain to my parents and colleagues i'm outside of the classroom advocating for them on a 2014 as we finally liza year of negotiating page 26 states the
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salary schedules to be adjusted to reflect an additional one .5 percent increase that didn't happen even though for me that one .5 percent equals on this dollars a day the significant thing is the principle a contract is a binding legal agreement and me and my colleagues don't understand why on january 1st we were disallowed our salary increase and given to us on january 21st if, in fact, we continue to
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bargain and dismantle the krerlt of the district this can't happen thank you >> good evening, commissioners and superintendent i've been would ever the superintendent carranza nurses for 20 years i'm here to talk about indignity means doing the right thing in a reliable planner we admire this a moral compass doesn't move with the wind and integrity means homeless of character just as a number without frooshgz speaking of numbers the relation to integrity i'm sad to report i can't apply to integrity when describing this district our labor residents signed a
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contract state law stating my payroll raise with the cyber educators of the bargaining unit will go into effect of january 1st of this year instead of doing the right thing the district unilaterally that will not receive our raise despite the negotiating and arrest one what the money is negotiable i as a single parents of a college student and someone that is evicted from their apartment cannot support that argument i watch the city rents rise every dollar counts every day and district applies to fairness your neither i urge you to direct the payroll department to give us the raise
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this was to be in effect on january one do the right thing let the word integrity enter the vocabulary when used when discussing the san francisco unified school district you are asking us to sign letters of tints to referendum return i say you sign letter of continued to pay stake our claim to integrity pay us what you owe us and pay us now thank you. >> (clapping.) >> good evening commissioner first of all, i want to thank all the range and file members of the sfusd that came out they did classroom they deserve our replacement and living wage you've heard the sdalz we gather international women's day do so like the women is lead the
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strict in massachusetts the dedicated remedy w women that keep the children in school they deserve the raise in january you owe us some bread i'm not go back in the contract for us it the black and white and time commissioners to make it right and pay the teachers the pay raise in january and make a commitment to the wall the educators in san francisco female paris teachers you really needs us and want us not lip service will be pledge of allegiance to earmark the funds it is time now to send a clear message to those who are teaching children to read and write and informing those who love i know that san francisco unified school district has the
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fund you have millions of more than you had the years past i know you can do the right thing if you don't make the right choice i'm afraid that next summer and fall sfusd will see a mass exodus of teachers do the right thing you can do it we're counting on you. >> (clapping.) >> good evening everybody i'm here for any regular want to work together and talk about summer we're getting ready for that to definitely we're working on the service provider curriculum and mind to share one of the books we're using this summer knock knock my dads dream will be good for the district and books choinldz a young man that waits
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for his dad to come home his dad is incarcerated and wanted to talk about the curriculum the purpose high school that veronica gary's talked about 9 and doing family guides are last year guide will be used were the mayor's office of housing and public development and the new guides will be spanish bilingual focusing on the hillcrest partners and want to say we're going to be the author series kickoff may thirds last book won a newburgh award and back with the ms. mendoza-mcdonnell we actually have reached out to dee watkins wrote the book living and dee while black in america and jackson the national award
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refinery winner will be here and the young lady it did the thousand books for young girls and caption and john lewis and andrea will be releasing their third book and landlords to them hopeful hopeful and still waiting for the summer rldz list and last year was the first year we had a list we want to share hopefully it the random but to partner the work that is happening in the community and what happens the district to support each other and is academic gains over the summer. >> (clapping.) >> good evening john william tomorrow there is an a series on tv underground a great
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opportunity to see the educators and parents and this weekends we talked about a resource that is also very helpful in understanding the movement the road to ratification how are you 27 states tables the most process between january 31st and december 6th of 1964 when 27 states ratified one of the barriers to using materials like that is that since 2005 the district has not put black history month on the academic calendars and saturday we choose to do the program it is also black american day a state high school in california
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but not take advantage the san francisco unified school district so those dates matter and the history matters he hope that you will take the opportunities to learn more about it so you'll understand how to important it is for our students. >> (clapping.) >> hi my name is linda i'm here for the carve doors i'm here because on behalf of i've had kids prior to this my kids are struggling students i'm here because i'll give us this to look at i want you to listen to me don't put your phone down you done any schools out here and listen to me all i'm asking for is come and help us build classroom doors for our or our kids i have kids
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with disabilities and all kinds of district attorney's office they can't focus they have to like the room all the noise and everything i have kids that are in icu they missed a lot of stuff because they had to listen to so much stuff the school that's why we can't keep teachers they can't say teach one class they teach 4 if an emergency what will our kids do every others school in bayview has the doors you can build blueprints i'm the mother that you put all the money into for the school to go 0 downhill can you please come to washington apartment and help us bystander
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the schools this is a prior stupid carve that want to speak on her behalf what she goes through i'd like to leave this here . >> (clapping.) >> him i'm angle harding park per 14 years and a former george washington carve elementary school student i want to speak about the portions of doors our school is without, i.e., nernl have a hard time there were things you can hear surround sounds that hard to hear the teacher he heard people from left and right and everywhere it causes distractions to learn and it was
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really floiz i didn't environment. >> and but the real concern with any little sister who is 6 and was going there as elements student as well up personally hope that you get doors because i worry she's she'll have the same problems and even more so as kids we learn that it is important to lock doors when coming into contact with strangers but without doors how can we lock them and knowing an intruder or an emergency he hope never happens how will my sister defend herself with a thing that can with pushed own he hope this never happens we want to say
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that i really, really want doors for my form school and i know it is not just important to learn but to be safe as well i hope that is happened for a person the students that are under and especially for my sister thank you . >> (clapping.) >> good evening, commissioners my name is kevin the director of policy act advocates for the children and youths i'm here tonight to talk about the supportive schools resolution he wanted to start by thanking the commissioners for passing a lot of really great policies and creating initiatives that are meant to address the disproportionately that african-american students are facing and the academy
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achievement gap right now the data says that african-americans are graduating at 64 percent at sfusd and in my opinion port commission unacceptable the there are the ethic groups in the high 80s and low 90s so why can't the african-americans succeed in the print that was released 15 out of 18 have the highest suspension rate in the district and african-americans with the highest rates of absenceism and 3 schools sf international with a zero and independence that students don't take a lot of classes and lincoln high school that superintendents asian pacific islanders students at a high rate the one percent that goes to school all i'm asking for to do more i to act with
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desperateness and not been able to eat and sleep that black students can't attend sfusd it was i was here before - but it is on you to fix this problem we need you to be at the schools and talking to the students and parents to make sure we're not losing another generation of black students and not able to stay in the city for living and find places to work i'm asking you all i'm asking for and find a way to change those numbers immediately those students can't wait. >> (clapping.) >>
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(calli). >> good evening superintendent and members of the board and everybody we want to spread a little bit of cheer before i speak my bubble - i'm trying to below bicycles for all the testing it is hard but i'm phil in a lot of bubbles i want to blow some bubbles and spread joy kindergarten joy and have a quick little poster that a parent made and i saw it somewhere this is how i feel
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kindergarteners should be blowing more bubbles not filling them in i'm going to use my last minute of times spent blowing happy kindergarten bubbles thank you have a happy night and below some bubbles spread the cheer. >> mr. president, and members of the board mr. superintendent and ladies and gentlemen, i wish my parents could be of such humor and just however, i'm here i'm very troubled and saddened that at mission high school two police officers went into that
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fine school and accosted several black students but one the students they picked on was the wrong one a member of my youth group it gallstones me that still african-americans and brown youngsters are far too often profiled by this police department and mr. superintendant and members i hope you sends to the chief and commission and letter of respectful protests this is happening far too often
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and to think those officers had the never to jump in the front of the of the principal and grab for one of the students who's not involved in the altercation that happened off campus but those two officers came looking for our black student who was wearing a hoody and they went down and up the hall looking for a black student wearing a hoody doesn't this heart attack even to the unfortunate tragedy of tray have been martin this
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nonsense is not just happening if florida but this school district those officers had inform business coming to that school and didn't have the respect to go the principle office and to let him know that they were there thank you very much . >> (clapping.) >> good evening i'm mark i'm a parent of a first and third grader and monroe elementary school i'm here to call your attention to a situation that is occurring at my daughters school my youngest daughter since the first month of kindergarten has been a victim of violation
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vision and has seen her fellow students attacked many, many times many missed opportunities for the district to tale with that situation not thoorl record to the district when it was we didn't get the resources we expected to help the students be a better member of the classroom this situation has continues throughout this year the severity wanted incidents has increased and the students is more capable ever ingo flicking damage we're asking the district to please bring whatever resources to the classroom to help the student to protect our children from the vision they've been subjected to and to you know resolve this situation as quickly as possible there was a link period nothing happened and we would like the
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due process that is currently you know happening at the school to be speed up and whatever resources the district has to be brought into help out the unfortunate situation thank you. >> (clapping.) >> hi names a jennifer allowing a former fifth grade teacher now a stay at home mom but i'm here about monroe elementary school and how will the students be expected to learn we send you are children to school to be educated not choked and scratched and given a black eye and punched so hard they can't breathe or be vacated because one student is out of control those things have
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hammered to any sons in monroe elementary school one mom told me after winter break her daughter was afraid to go back to school that is a story i'm hearing over and over again that the children are afraid to go to school including my son this particular student told any son he was going to kill him so my son is worried should i go to school will he kill me that is unacceptable our children are afraid to go to school last week the police were called unfortunately, the police didn't take that seriously because of the child's age i hope you'll not had had same the student maybe in first grade because is violate on a daily
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basis that p and needs serious interventi intervention. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good evening and i'm here 2, 3, 4 of in monroe elementary school my daughter has been the victim of a classmate at city hall, 3, 4 of in monroe elementary school my daughter has been the victim of a classmate at city ha 3, 4 of in monroe elementary school my daughter has been the victim of a classmate at city ha 3, 4 of in monroe elementary school my daughter has been the victim of a classmate at city hall, 4 of in monroe elementary school my daughter has been the victim of a classmate at city ha
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happen with her but the other people. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> this child gets furious throws books and chairs and that worries me for the security and safety of the other students and my daughter. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> that's the reason i'm here we say parents send our children trusting they'll be educated.
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>> (speaking foreign language.) >> and not to be abused or become the victims of other children i'm hoping for you are help you can help us to resolve this problem. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> thank you. >> (clapping.) >> hi my name is lowell hill i'm also a month the at monroe elementary school i have a 6-year-old i love monroe a lot of parents love monroe but i'm standing here tonight representing myself and oath parents we don't love the violence this kid has had over 10 suspensions he probably had 12 suspensions we feel as parents in the dictate there is been last week the first meeting
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we feel the dictate we don't know when this process about conclude or when this kid gets the help he needs will it be cases or weeks or years we feel it is not fair to the other students in the classroom to see all that attention going to one student the principal is putting more time than is right towards within student not fair to him or the other students that seize all the attention to one student not fair to the staff how can you teach when you turn our back knowing that one student will be squires and stabbed staff with scissors how can the teachers be confident to turn her back it is happening in the classroom it's not fair to the administration
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our principal in his fifth floor and it is not fair to the kid i needs resources that all of us we love this kid we want him to get what we need he's spread out and we're desperate for him i wanted to say it sounds like we're a group of parents for one kid in one school we're not because how many other classrooms have been waiting for two years for a change for a student it needs resources to get those resources we're here to staying say there shouldn't urban design kindergarteners front yard to go to school or first graders two years is too much for us to wait thank you for your help in getting the change needed. >> (clapping.) >> hi my name is rachel it is not easy to be here and
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start talking about teachers who are not fulfilling their call the mission we don't like to be here this is the fourth time of something i'll keep on coming i've seen one person that has been talking twice the last time i was refused refused i was already talked once i'm a foreigner i'm dwp this when you will keep on coming not funny or easy not popper for talking about black teachers but there you are teachers out in your communities to say i'll borrow some words of a jew mr. huey their topics that
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usually are over located like those of kids with incarcerated parents they've been topics not clrdz our duty and obligation to look being so those and investigate to act affordable health care and i'm not ref any empathy from any of you i wonder if you've seen the radio which lengthy have attached to your e-mail to each of you you're not going to learn about those types of cultural in the textbooks in school hispanic can remember is not taught i've
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attend one day but i'm growing up with any kid's so i can see half a page that's what you learn because your taught each of you, you adults you have been socialize in a way that way is no ability don't pay attention according to the cultural this is abused from men to women it is something that happens i like you rookie into it and waiting for your contact thanks. >> yeah. >> i the president to speak on the members on behalf of at monroe i know some of the situations and we have paraprofessionals that are getting seriously hurt one that is reprimanded by the principal
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for not doing what she should go out to monroe and person was texting me baurtd we want the students i work with the students and want every child to have the support it sounds like the student needs support i've been hearing it and the union from the teachers and the advisors at the school thank you. >> superintendent. >> (clapping.) >> you want to address the families. >> for the fathers and mothers of monroe elementary school that are here our chief of schools year the gentleman the back will wave to you and step outside to get more information to follow up with the parents okay. thank you. >> thank you all that concludes the public comment on general matters no
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special orders of business two discussions of other educational issues applicant if you want to introduce the first of them. >> thank you president haney so we have an updates on the international studies and john i'd liketology ask joy interestingly enough mr. jimenez to a come forward in his absence with the superintendant bill assyrian son can take his place for a quick update.
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>> good evening commissioners first of all, i do want to recognize joy who has been the project manager on this merger since she came back to us in january and also recognize pablo the director that hesitate worked on this project and directly what the john o'connor and the principal principal john o'connor are both presents mark and susan so thank you for being here everyone this is a quick presentation about a problematic update and walk you through through the overview and what was happening
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the past and basically, the in spring of 2017 we identified the approaches similar the two schools in the fall of 2017 john o'connor the design process routed in the project baseline and with a recommendation from the staff to close and merge the academic process out of o'connell and brought the merge recommendations to the superintendent leadership team and the superintendents leadership was in line with the recommendation and shared with the board of education and high school communicated back to the staff students and families about the decision since that time january to the
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current date the students have visited con and participated in the prepare rally and the current academic programs and worked collaboratively in a master schedule that honors the core values of the school community and there's been a joint structural team that articulate the problematic things at both schools in march through august finalize the budget insure that i s a attended o 0 congressional and developing the recruitment plan for the fall of 2016 and supporting the staff and launch successfully doing all the mr. sanchez planning for the fall of 2016 we spent a lot of time on
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marketing to redesign the program finally as we merge the academic programs at the two schools i think that we approached this from the bright side essentials of support and conditions for success we as a detect have adopted those are the areas of leadership and students learning climate and ties and rectangular combines and professional capacity i'll go through those in each area the leadership we have the practicable of o'connell for 15, 16 and darlene martin and the assistant principal they've been directly involved the work that we've done rural leadership we've rae designed that in
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increasing the supplemental supports we've provided for students and focus on talent and hiring and development and we also are looking at go collaboratively how to maximize the resources for alignment to the programs and the area of inclusive leadership not just the administration team it is critical we've have found for the rural leadership team and in addition a master schedule workshop we've tried to maneuver we're hearing the student staff and family surveys i'm going both this and we've worked with the u b c and the usf and usa f the center learning climate a joint leadership council of students the areas of student
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agencies we make sure we provided student leadership opportunities and done asset mapping for artifacts the i l t schizophrenia make decisions how to move forward we sought student input through surveys and held a last election can i so the students can see that at the merging of programs and see what they want to do in the future and a shadow dates we've done several things including jointly winter and spring sports people rally a joints car show we're doing a camp mather trip we are inviting students to come along with that and the last week of school the cultural day and a low outline i'll encourage you to attend
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the leadership opportunities the parents student teachers association and the school side council to make sure we're moving through the process especially with the budget and mr. larkin for next year we'll have a family meeting with the high school office and gone out on the leadership opportunities and saw leadership through survey and done some cultural building activities and the barbecue school is coming up anticipate the government alley we've done per the area of rural structural guidance with the environmental technology building instruction and instruction trade and culinary and helped them from i s a look at the dual immersion and school
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integration and the implementing the international trip components into the school and want to really push on dual enrollment at city college of san francisco and look at it flexible course times those are all things that coming out of the joint planning session when we look at professional capacity i think that you think we've talked about the importance of including the teachers and the different agencies of teachers the school communities and this planning process it also is important for us to look at the staff development we've done kwieftd of work on a monthly basis with the leadership networks we are doing summer boat camp with the planning time and remember we have the masters schedule working group we will look at school assets we we
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pride you - we've provided you with a copy of the developments the 18 by 17 sheet in your packet staff agency there the opportunities mapping of artifacts and staff input and before probation lunch for staff and after-hour social tumults for the deboss schools to come together and acholic beverage work sessions and done a lot of after school with the leadership teams and other networking opportunities the. >> i'll take that you thank you. i appreciate that. >> absolutely so as you can see there's been a lot of work and focused on the academic programs and what the academic programs look like in the implementation we have a
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couple of next steps that are at a systematic level and the enrollment about help with o'connell to help with the staff and students in the fall we'll focus on comforted marketing of the revised programs happening to the o'connell and highlighting the successes they've gone through the program and the third one is building on and extending the professional leon that is happening as we start with the staff members into the o'connell communities those there systematic things will help to insure we open successfully in the fall of 2016 we ask you to continue to champion the work this is a quick overview we'll open on april 5th and be able to present
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the details on that plan we can open up for questions. >> questions or comments ms. fewer. >> yes. thank you this is very interesting so i wanted to know did has it been suggested the name of the school meet be. >> if you recall we're the decision was that we'll close international studies academy and that we would not close the john o'connor school so as far as right now the name remains john o'connor high school as that was and again and then the
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overall capacity the maximum capacity of the students that can attends the school i don't have the capacity number on me but evidently to get those for you it is relatively easy to get on my computer in any office but i'll get those. >> so maybe then give me is - >> to clarify are you talking about the facility capacity it meets the facility capacity. >> oh, wow. 8 hundred and 50 students how many students are enrolled at john o'connor. >> i'll ask principal alvarado to respond. >> approximately three hundred students and then how many are we transitioning in. >> we just got numbers today
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so 80 percent of the students that are enrolled about choose to go john o'connor so 80 students. >> the facility is great and then he wanted to say i was wondering what are some of the responses from the school community like some of the things that are they're most concerned about i'm sorry i missed this but what are they concerned about, about the merger. >> susan can help us if you'll start there. >> thank you. >> my first board hearing it massachusetts has been a process i will characters those as combraes the opportunities we've seen the common goal for the
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best educational program for the students this is project based leon and truly preempting students for college some the challenges with the timeline the consolidation that everyone feels look at inflection tomorrow i'll be able to tell you more we presented the master schedule with the two different models for both communicates but it has been i'll say a powerful process and had a lot of the district support to do that as well and serve the students. >> that's great the other thing you'll caution as your mailing those to the - there are three hundred ask the at john o'connor and 80 transitioning that we're conscious about student leadership and student government that both communicates are represented even though you know three
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hundred. >> 80 from to make sure that we include everyone or representative from each the school communities in order to create a stronger leadership thanks much. >> commissioner vice president walton i too was going to ask the same question in terms of how the parents and schools feel about the merging looks like 80 percent sounds like it is good and provide the proper education i'm excited to see the continues programs you'll be doing as was look like how to redesign or reimagine or rethinking in our graduate students profiles so thank you
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for your work. >> when was was announced who will it happen and be received it is like not without challenges but reactor well, it makes a lot of sense and you know into schools have been moving ♪ direction as the rural model and i've spent a lot of times i've seen john o'connor approach what vision 2025 is about and represents some of the most exciting innovative work but in general i'm incredibly proud of work at john o'connor and principal al radicavarado and s
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boilermakers i'm a fan and the cobras is lucky to be joining you, you want to thank you for the approach and the way you've done it i hope we learn things if co-locating and not going with the same questions we've heard that took place so sure commissioner fewer >> when say is allow outline. >> we'll get the date that will be in may. >> so we can mark our calendars thank you much. >> at the car show will be mother's day weekends that is a big hit and if anyone is listening think
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about john o'connor is an amazing school and the growth at o'connell is amazing so we'll see that school filled up with students soon enough with the incredible things i'm proud find work you're doing and thankful with that, we'll move on thank you. we appreciate that. >> superintendent carranza. >> the next item on the calendar slowly losing in any voice is our just want on the african-american achievement and to present special superintendent and dr. christopher lee department to come down and lead the
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presentation. >> okay good evening commissioners superintendent deputy superintendent and sfusd representatives in celebration of black history month and the women's history month and superiorly women's day i'd like to start off with a quote from planning commission destine barker a human rights activist that worked for the naacp for
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southern christian leadership the non-violate corresponding committee i quote in for the record orders for us as poor and oppressed people to be part of a society under the system has to be rapidly changed it means facing a system that didn't lend itself to device the mean but of you change that system thank you for the opportunity to provide an opportunity for the african-american achievement initiative about you all and the public here together e.r. tonight to share the means to device do change the system i'm joined by mr. alu tissue ore program coordinator and dr. christopher's lee a strategy office and one of the district points people on any my
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brother's keeper keeper and thank you to the lines of the educator and the naacp and the advisor council for being in attendance and mo' magic and others to help with the presentation we have 44 hundreds african-american students in the sfusd in grades prek through 12 and 118 percent are academically proficient in math we believe our african-american students are 100 percent capable of being amongst the highest performing performs but we have failed it share all the african-american students are getting a high education experience the african-american will achievement native is tasked with work with the department
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with sfusd with your african-american parents, african-american and organizations throughout it city to disrupt to status quo as a brief reminder the african-american initiative resolution co-authored by dr. murase and mr. walton was passed by the boards last may 2015 that resolution served as one of the guiding documents for the supports of african-american students in our loose update there you were themes that emerged around our engagement with data and our focus on high school students and how to g have a deeper analysis during the update our focus will be on school its engagement and leadership initiatives that have been become involved have the african-americans round table
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and the african-american post secondary pathway after providing an update on the two efforts we'll briefing discussion the direction to pave this work moving forward. one of the efforts of african-american internal oversight has a learning plan for african-american students and a communities process for spotting oversee is plan why are we are doing this we've asked the question who to create support around the african-american students it is multiply ladders we believe this is one way to clamoring monitor the education experience to make the talents and needs of african-american front and center the a o y a way to get
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closer to the brilliance of our african-american students so we can build a deficit base with an an opportunity to support and recognize and celebrate our students and families in terms of the house we will do this we'll create a space that builds hope for the families and creates a sense of belonging and a sense of matter at hand this will have story telling me about the experiences and goals and inclusive of the stakeholders and we will use this sprays to recognize and fosters relationships between families and staff in terms of what we are practical doing to achieve this weaves identified 6 schools through the reach accountability george washington and carve
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elementary and martin luther king, jr. scald and mission high school and john burton high school we have asked each principal to ask the students with the initial meeting the round table beginning this spring what is it you can see from the graphic the village round table will incorporate stakeholders at the ethics commission the parents for those who can't see you can see the guardians and community-based organizations and organizations and peers of friends at the invitation of the students and parents the conversation will center on goal setting for the students and to rally to help the students achieve their goals and this will immoral thirty students and intend to be for
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prek through 12 for the stwrelg of the supports for the students the high school level it is leading the design with the - to develop the action plans and protocols for those conversations we have deliberately startled with the smaller piloted to share we can do that and build the capacity to go forward so, now i'm going to turn to the african-american post secondary paul mccartney the other approach we continue to us a deliver a better educational experience to students bring the talents and needs of the students front and center the african-american post secondary packet we decisions to take on that trying to said the outcome of students and families that are
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naefrtd and on the corrupt of graduation to make sure our african-american graduate high school and enter excessive jobs in the city and county of san francisco looking at the cat in front of shows we have a lot to do to address this this is on the slide not in front of you but many african-americans enter high school if you look at closely at the line for the class of 2016 millennium over 40 percent of african-american students are currently on track to graduate how can we interrupt this trend we feed to know our students deeply and get on the group with the capital and time and space to support those students this is would what we are doing now since the fall of african-american achievement this as focuses goes up with unions and over 60 students to understand the students needs
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and goals students have shared their desire in the focus groups to, black history and cultural beyond the narrative and lead with the peers they have shared their desire to build the community and bacteria out of the chain of their stereotypes their unfortunately aware they've cited individual recycle the african-american how shall role at times they feel more valued with the shapes of the future plans more recently over the last month we've he would say 14 deft working groups for the african-american and fourth graders i don't understand telephone and linked the mr. mayor's and the united way for the post access to summer jobs i'm excited to announce a new
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3 million and college for olved african-american students by staffing college affordability through the partnership with u.s. inspire as we shift to the 9 to 11 graders to support the students and currently exploring additional school port our chief of schools many brown will speak about how to use the data differently >> thank you, mr. dickey good evening, commissioners as chief of schools i've been working with the african-american achievement and leadership initiative since the fall and put in a tool that request is into the indigence and feeds more african-american students last month with the research planning and ascertainment holly we developed
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the tool within our data system to track several key metrics that we believe with indenturing tied to the african-american student success and for all of our students moving forward we have asked each of our school sites leaders to track the metrics you cin front of and add additional materials for the african-americans at each the sites we believe to interpret the pattern for the okay for the african-american students we need a more detailed set of data and data we can track throughout the school year you are african-american progress monitored tool will allow us to do that we've asked
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every single one of the site leaders to provide updates for the metrics that we don't have centrally within our data system as a example of student participation in community-based organizations we'll receiving our first report if our school sites benefits of week and use the cat to cooperate conversations at everyone schools in partnerships with the community-based organizations, and around the need of our students and how we can collective farther than to address those needs in enhances form of data progress monitoring will allow us to make informed decisions and loot the supports to accelerate the african-american achievement thank you, sir. >> so there is a much, much more we need to do in recent
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events on several the campuses on the elementary school and he middle school and high school we're not close enough for the achievement of the african-american achievement that our students reand families have to listen to every single day this requires a acholic beverage efforts i and our team take responsibilities for leading we've learned a lot this year from our stanford university sfusd sfusd from the african-american achievement to our national lines of conference with the san francisco alliance of black educators and many ongoing chfgz with the students and educators and community partners we have thoughts. >> you looked at this you are ongoing work we've included strengthening the sites for the african-american students at each high school we've worked
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our principals are phenomenal we know to provide dedicated support for the african-american site level and parlor that the educators have the time and training to support those students developing american people engaging the curriculum it celebrates locals and national educators will be critical our african-american students and frankly all the students needs to know the accomplishments of the a.m. people for african-american students that as sense of brong and firm mansion and feel safe whether to demands the african-american ssi or families on campuses we need to welcome them and give us access to the resources and artifacts and
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redistribution their needs and finally looking at supported tier one instruction in cloormgz with large african-american stated populations and applying tier one and two with the african-american achievement we need to give them the highest class instruction and to make sure their interventions are in practices to address the needs you've heard about two aspects of our work through the and reflective for gordon's please note that again those are to aspects of the work and we're working with the department head on a regular basis and establish a goals to track you are process in the african-american achievement we're aware of and brought into the closing the gap ignore the next 6 years and looking forward to final allergies you are measures for
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your reference we current are with the beans measures with the year one what the index process we have awareness scenarios we need to wreckage with polar accomplish schools to move forward and as as you may know the restraint has low and behold looked at the african-american achievement for the evaluation and many are part of council measures and then last but not least but i've been fortunate with the support of board and the districts to be able to have a team to support this work you've met many irving and dr. lee and is where the city hall fellows that works with the mayor's office and my office and my brother's keeper and linda's jordan at memorial day to
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support our strategy going forward and a program coordinator to support the pathway mr. anthony. >> thank you for that presentation i have some public comment before we open up to the board. >> for questions or comments. (calling names) >> reverend brown.
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>> mr. dickey and our team, mr. chairman and mr. superintendent and ladies and gentlemen, doctor benjamin macy's the spiritual and distillery mentors of martin luther king said heros who is hidden the race of life will stay behind or else must run faster to catch up i give kudos a great applause for the effort, however, my
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friends in my judgment we've not run fast enough we don't have anything to shout out about i saw one young man represented mr. art team that young man will be going to the college this fall because of my push we don't have enough people from the african-american communities who are the loop pr who are doing the pushing we must create a sense of community and make that real communities and whereas the community african-americans communities it is a black faith community
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and we are not exploring the resources of that community we got to come out of our losses look at this audience here tonight we given a major presentation of a year labor folks are not here we have got to connect and create real quality a sense of community if we're to go salvage the remnants of black students 19 san jose we had 25 thousand we're now down to about 44 hundred and of that 44 hundred there is left here we still need to do more they been making bricks with our
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straw the this grants we're given good appreciate them but we need friends millions more before we can is our task has been accomplished if a task is once begin never life it to its done big are great or small do it well or not at all so next go around i hope we get excited to come here with empower support and more resources and money by all means be a presence and connect with that black community >> (clapping.) >> hello, again sheryl davis i
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want to picking banking back in what reverend brown said i fortunate enough to develop the case management it was built and bans benjamin taken care of and the ideas notion of creating a space if i all have a chance i recommend you read the church by billy macy's that talking about the roles in creating a space for people to feel important and so also thank mr. dickey and the team for the lewd to create something relative for a group of people that felt omitted and informational and so doing i've been meeting with across the city and the folks from oakland they actually time to use the metric system here in oakland and wanted to share i have a couple of copies i want the
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organizing back i want to share this some of - we were able to connect with 50 percent of students and asked some of them to write a letter to the districts or write a letter to a current student what they should be doing to get on track or your message i know you've talked about the lunches you need to fix the lunches there were a couple that said that would have been nice to have a place or feel sfortd to have somebody walk us through and the ideas of being valued as we talk about moving forward i think that the volume less and really depth and tint e intentionality and giving metabolic aspirins will be
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important so again to raise your right hand point i cannot stress the importance of a space whether this is literal but four folks to feel valued will be really important. >> >> (clapping.) >> good evening mildred from the kohlman advocates part of parents making a change called p mat i really appreciate the presentation we surely we surely have just a long way to go as far as the students in san francisco unified school district one the main things i want to talk about is the continued disrespect of african-american families and students it is blants i don't care how you want to put it we're all in
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this toeblt we've spoken tonight but a lot of many cultures that are struggling with incarceration rate there are a lot of us struggling for housing and you heard over teachers tonight you've heard in allowed but maybe two or three months ago when i said to you all here you must take care of our teachers and i come from that background any mother was a teacher and did a hell have a job educating the african-american students giving them what necessary needs not an over there was resources and he continue to ask we need the resources the school and needs our kids to be writing literacy and what we've basically really
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need to have a lot of the african-american parents and our students on those ss c boards this is where the money is they're making decision about us we're not there we need to be there and not just know about numbers thrown around we want to hear what the ss c is offering at each school what is literacy and math the data shows our children are struggling sprept h desperately in the industry there are common core students not on computers but prepare. a test how can they they're not on computers they're in the schools and don't get me wrong i appreciate every school that is doing well but a lot of us the schools we've mentions struggling for resources were
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resources for literacy wanting to be able to write the only way to help the children and us welcome us the schools is it so you shouldn't have a problem with trying to go figure out how to help us we've benefit here for many years and seen so many african-american educators come and go i know that people are talking about african-american with drugs and this and that i remember the 80s we owned homes and our kids with in schools we had the same issues but doing things. our kids and families were striving not haven for us can't say wait for vision 2025 we have to work on this urgingly urgi urgingly their bullying the schools we need to deal with that >> ma'am.
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>> but if we are talking about folks voting at a younger age it needs to start in middle school because he is just really wanting to do the best he can do and he's a great kid but like i know. >> ma'am. >> i know i will we honestly need to do better we're counting on you guys and i appreciate the really good policies your passing but they truly need to be implemented in every school every school and not a problem we can't track you are kids we can't say help them we keep
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on hearing the same old thing i'm exhausted so tonight thank you for allowing me to speak. >> we need to help the families and students they can dream to graduate from high school and go think to college thank you. >> thank you. >> (clapping.) >> good evening commissioners i wanted to highlight something i thought would be a good addition to tracking the suspense and whether or not students are on track for a there again is important for african-american students i guess i'll want to say i feel disappointed that the presentation seemed the initiative is not on school discipline and monitoring that to support is the african-american families the fact that african-american cancel still the highest suspended group is telling would
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go negative outcomes on education and i contaminate that is surprisingly that the african-american make up 45 percent the spujsz the districts for fall semester we should have things if place that should be decreasing the number of african-americans suspected so all students should be offered an additional so i want to ask the board whether or not it is has happens for the 5 hundred superstitions plus in the fall and the 200 and 29 african-american that were suspend during the fall semester and if not what are the consequences are we making sure that african-american students are getting assess to the interventions and support we've made available and spent a ton of money to create within the
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districts these services getting out there i'd like to see this report come up with more data london provided a lot of great data nonverbal and stuff the power point but our prints is almost impossible to reread we can't be your allies nonetheless you understand the data we want to see it so we can be our partners those are our fathers and mothers and kids we want to see the district successful for the families we care about. >> (clapping.) >> john templeton the numbers you see are a result of systematic since 2009 i've been asking you to show how your resources are allocated to
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address the goals that we are originally set out in no child left hidden the statutory regulations should have been set aside for the groups that were far below proficient and not able to see the data so the results you know are keep in mind 1968 when the students marched from poly how about the cannabis the schools 197 will 9 are willie l. brown, jr. lead the school board we're talking about 60 years the district has innovate addressed those issues as you talk about the budget process and the high school merging into john o'connor as part of the school site in 2002 we had a letter to john o'connor
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when our shutting down coastline your e cigarettes a message that will not, helpful to those communicates so really needs to see the schools as anchored in the tradition as communities and to make sure that all of our decisions and terms of wubts bubtsz a budgets will be addressed i'll open up to comments or questions from the board. >> commissioner norton. >> i had a question about the score cards and i feel like we do this we do this to show our sort of beans and our major one target and never see a couple of years later a year or two later how we the against the goals we
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want to understand this so this is where we are today, the baseline where we are. >> yes. >> and year one as of this school year or actually see where we did against our totter all so the office of complaints committee will be setting goals over the next 6 years this is for that their consistent with the guidance with the school index around setting goals with the department heads studying more nuances for the years one through 6 based on is nichtsz their plugging in place. >> when do we expect to have all the purpose for the ends of year one to see where we are targeted. >> so when it comes the student mindset score the issues
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there was not a baseline is if sounds like agree year one the fact of the matter and the same situation for fathers and mothers sense of belonging in school connect we're developing and correct me but developing a readiness measure so for year won those will not have targets. >> i think that is, i want to say it is great we're developing the score cards but it is limit use if we don't have the measurements i've been seeing this a lot on see score cards i feel like eagle we not see the data or it changes sorry picking on you by the way, is that because it is so important and you know some of the speakers referenced we have to be real about what our situation is so that we can start to really
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address the problems so being as transparency as possible about the data and stay on the conditions of the students will be goodwin good for after all us i appreciate the presentation and appreciate the work i'm glad that is finally a team in place because i think you know we see the recent events we've known for a look at a problem the districts and students needs more support and us to take extraordinary action we're on notice we need to move that needles thank you. >> commissioner. >> thank you i want to thank you very much for this report i know that a lot of the work is very sort of detailed nitty-gritty behind the scenes and represents the culmination of long hours and lots of of detailed work
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and it gives us a good macro view the impacts the initiative is having i wanted to congratulate you, mr. dickey and you are team that he micro level i see the process the area and everything that paeptd and mr. walton went to an honor role we don't see that on the from this of our newspapers but a thousand can i see african-american kids that are honor coal students and recognizing the chiechlt of the is the is the right strategy we know that ms. mendoza-mcdonnell is structurally the event other lincoln high school to make sure that not only are we working on graduation rates but encouraging
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or staying in touch with the students through the college experience so students will graduate if college i'm encouraged by the different initiatives under that umbrella some of the impacts of this work we saw a recent school board meeting the students if lowell high school took the microphone and challenged us on here are the needs that we have and here's the solutions i was egressed with the students to come forward with solutions one the solutions that renatsdz a dedicated staff person on site with jorge golden to mission high school to all the different schools that would be fabulous but i think we need to been strengthening that
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infrastructure having a says that a physical space at school for students to connect and then to have dedicated staff but my final point a question i know a large paimplicit bias for the adults to get implicit bias training. >> so the around the candidate bias the office of curriculum instruction leads the professional learning communities at 7 school sites they or less he didn't includes in the presentation sent me an update so i'll parlor to forwards to but they draw think single ton conversations and
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move forward from the model from district wide pd to holdings the go racial kwblt conversations i'm tied to the knock it out of the park training we speak more to some of the work for the sf status but the primary finishes and to commissioners question aaron star the students that have recently incidents alters lowell i know that multiple departments are collaborating anticipate having critic planning to talk about the response particularly that to the black students the chief spent out at the school of
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lowell. >> thank you superintendant guerrero last week in in conjunction with the central office we wanted to put together not only a response to the incidents at lowell but thinking about systemically how to responds to issues we have heard loud and clear from not only our african-american communities but communities of color this afternoon he spent times not only with the students from the d bs you from others schools from the area and asian pacific islanders i spent my afternoon there listening to students voice and make sure we have the space and times to have teachable and mooechg conversations about some of the things they've expressed they
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reinforced the demands from the previous board meeting thanks that are impacting their can we opportunities and, in fact, a memorandum i spimd to the leadership team i've made recommendations i believe are going to get us to a place we can address the issues not only at a school in particular but at the school district and some of the issues are in direct alliance with our students demands including a flurments african-american student success advisor that celebrates the diversity of the students and the school and celebrates their success this is not done as a recommendation f the chief of schools or chief academic
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officers or a person that is wearing a suit but the vice has been said here that has resonated with me comes from the communities and sitting down and better late than never a plan that is not dprieven that by the district office but cultivated and nourished so as the recommendations moves forward i'd like to have our suggestions and recommendations he hope we can spend time to think boo-hoo we can invest in time to cultivate a plan that is meaningful that is substantive and will stick to honor our students and families and your communities voice moving forward. >> i'll be happy to to share that memorandum at a at a later time and would appreciate our
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feedback. >> commissioner wynns. >> thank you. >> i want to thank you for this of course, for all the work and just maybe go look at deeper i'm interested in the african-american village round table model it is dare i say a community school model but so i, you know, talked when we are going discussing the resolution and effort and organizing those efforts we we're - it's a two edge thing same day to say ensue changes the scale and demand that we you know we think we have currently so few african-american students
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we ought to be able to put our arms around everyone and monitoring and seeing what success to have and starting with the install pilot we think will have an impact on the goals here the quantifyable goals are trooel ambitious not here nor there but want to commends the goal of people that developed this developing or putting a design in place we at least might make a huge change i'm interested in following up on that vice chair being you know just being kept awe price of the developments as well as those honestly, i have to say it's
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been hard not to be frustrated the years were slow but all of us not just the board have been good at understanding what we wanted is a deliberate process and happy to see this not only that parts which is interesting but actually have plans real now and thank you. i'm interested in being some way for us to monitor what we think that happening with meeting some of the goals not waiting for the year to be over and we're starting to see something and what it is not have to be the very exact goals i don't expect
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that you know we'll be able to say at some integral year how we are doing in a quantity active way but the senseless how those things are being this is exactly the kind of thing we don't want to see here but hear about people's he experience how it feels what is happening and the antidotes and the place to go and see things i'll appreciate all of that so again, thank you very much it is very important and hopeful thank you. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> thank you. i'm have a couple of questions with regards to the goals secretary of interior's the goals we've set that actually you know with all due respect i don't think this
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is a ambitious goal but understanding how get interest on the various place where we have baseline data and then set a one year target how did you make the decision to go you know for example, from 50 percent for increased kindergarten to 55 percent and i think - some places there a significance increase and other places a crop in the bucket he need to understand how those goals were set. >> and if anyone in research affordability is here this is a good time to come forward so in terms of how (laughter) addresses the goals are set we want to make sure i don't misspoke so - >> so what i'll say with the index process there is a
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essentially a one to 10 index with certainly bans of achievement for example, high school readiness sfusd's was benchmarked around our statistics compared to there's a a 10 point scale around that being a particular measure so there was a zone 10 point index the red zone and a zone that was yellow and a zone it is green an exception move up from one bans in red moving to yellow and yellow to green it is a mechanical calculations that led at a large jump and other instances smaller we're wrestling with the goals that
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are with the strategies across the department and businesses based on a formula at this point do you need to correct anything. >> good evening commissioners i will add that these targets were at the time relative to all the core districts is what you are seeing the core expectation is just to move up in the 10 levels just one level but what we've done we've made our expectations more rigorous in the core yet keeping with the core altercates not to send messages from what one and the other thinks we have increased did the fact of the matter to a
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more rigorous levels but within the 10 core levels of targets. >> if we are comparing ourselves with the core districts i guess i need to see the mapping you're looking at what i see increases in eight grades for the proficiency and from 11 to 12 percent and then looking at an increase for 11 grade map proficiency from 10 it 20 i'm not sure how we do that and it and make sense to me need it breakdo is that broke down the goals don't match that is all ether the place that is for a variety
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of reasons but i don't see what that is and then on the increase the rates from 24 to 28 percent if i'm not mistaken we're the only district in core that has an h p requirement how are you getting that. >> so that's not part of compared to had. >> the kindergarten readiness measure was provided by the early education development and the a there g was provided by the career readiness. >> okay i'll be happy to to forward you the threshold to start from
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average to high meant be more clear so the targets are set i'll be happy to to end you that i'd like to see that and the reduced disprocurement what does aa r or ar r from 8.57 to 8.52 what does that mean. >> i'm not sure we dr. blanco or someone if education.
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>> little initials it the african-american ratio so the initial stand point. >> i want to someone to explain what 8857 as a baseline and the target of 8.2 what do you mean. >> so the reflex ratio is the core target not a san francisco target because we're actually you know doing well better than this exact target so what is
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saying that 8.5 percent of children have the reflex of being identified disproportionate in special education our goal we would like the risk to be lowered to 8.2 in terms of the sorry this overall special education we're actually doing better the gwen as you recall in san francisco if you were an african-american you were 9 minds more likely to be identified as emotionally disturbed and now less so it is the same commencement but for the overall education for african-american students. >> so such a small differential i mean is that you round it off it is still 8, however, you look at it you
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still have an 8 percent chance of being identified for special ed so the difference is really in significant or is that .3 or whatever it is does that matter does that mean that 5 more kids b will not be identified for special ed because of whatever support we'll put if place the number didn't seem to be significant enough if you round it off it is still the same must be number. >> you make a good point we'll look at and get back to you. >> would you, please if in is the baseline and target we should understand it so and i remember this is also a very
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high-risk area that is apace where we have historically i mean you talk about racial issues that is where it happens we want to be clear about what we're talking about when we are setting the baselines and how many of our kids are innovation into special evidencing and the supports so those are identifying them to go being so special ed do that if wers these are the numbers let's be clear how we are impacting the numbers if someone can get back it is significan significance. >> thank you president haney so thank you for the presentation
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and yeah. like anyway yeah. it is sobering quite frankly i feel like we you know - it is just discouraging when we see some of the data but can you tell me on page 7 we're looking at percentages can you tell me the actual numbers at all how many students are we talking about >> make an approximate are we talking about from the 2014 how many african-americans we had and 2015 and 2016 why the population has driver's side or increased about what numbers are
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we looking at 5 thousand or looking at one hundred you know what is we're looking at. >> so for the two numbers i can survivalist off the top of my head for the class of 2015, 200 and 23 students and for our class of 2016 so the current seniors is 200 and 83, yes. >> okay. thank you and so we're actually not talking about a huge amount; right? so a small number can change the percentage dramatically; right? i just wanted to say i'm just you know i'm looking at sort of the metrics you have about you know the measures and the progress monitor i think it is
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hard to look at the progress monitor without looking at other situations so i think that you know and i'm not an educator i'm not a social worker so, please yes, me, please do for 8 years we've been hearing testimony and tonight profound testimony of children of pattern that are incarcerated and all those factors seem to make an impact and a defensive the things we know for example, the parents educational level rights we want to note are rehomeless or in a shelter we know that it is how many are in foster care we know that the foster care system is just a break-in system and a lot of kids are every medicating the
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system and effecting the children it is a hi percentage of the african-american children are in fosters care sidewalks how many are on medication and over medicated this is widespread so i've been to hearings on it i think that you know it is for the truth of the matter because our african-americans population is so small and why captains we - i'm looking at this and thinking what it it i think i'll track the list not just the suspension i'll look at referrals because the loss of instructions alter time is key rights 0 looking some of those other factors and then a whole allocate factor i think i'm not saying that we
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can't say do that better i think we can do that better but we're fighting against this this is a specific form of racism there's a certain population that doesn't have access they have no vehicle to assess this he learn a lot from any mentees you know them and i can't say - and kantsdz imagine what their lives are like they're in survival mod every single day but i think i we definitely could we can do better >> their experiences i don't think we even know their experiences and i think that we try to know but i don't know we know them
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and kind of noticed the people we are serving and it is speak of it operationally is hard to know because and some of it operationally is so tremendous it is hard to believe you know it is sort of we can do those things in schools we try to build esteem and self-importance and a severance empowerment when but have a greater society that is giving a different message evidencing as soon as they're on a bus and walk down a street anything that is we're combament some go that powerful and strong that society that is hard to fight against you know and i think so - i want to recognize this is really hard work but i think that is there are things that sorts of the
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measures we use i just - i mean, i gets tare important i think they're small integral but i feel like we are doing this i don't know how to say this we're going around and measuring what we really need to measure and do is something, something and i don't know what it is the only with you i don't know what it is ivy been on the board 8 years you set policy we think we pass a budget every year and pass
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reduces resolution and how long and when i see the dataeduces r and when i see the dataces resolution and how long and when i see the daes resolution and how long and when i see the das resolution and how long and when i see the da resolution and how long and when i see the dataresolution and hon i see the data like - i feel we're missing an element i don't know what it say, i feel like there is a disconnect who we are sincerely and the district and you know it didn't happen just now now it didn't happen when we got on the boards but years and years it is going to take more and more just a change it is a mindset for the whole society that not just about i think a mindset for students to think of
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a different way - i feel like it is our whole society we say to think in a certain way and how we can expect the young people who are so young only been alive like 10 or 11 years to combat something like that or think that you know you can overcome and it is okay i don't want how to - we can do more measures trying to understand who it is we're serving i just think when ii look at the scores the aspect scores and look at it scores of the percentage of middle schoolers math proficiency i look at this
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and i'm terrified i mean, i get the audience their terrified too anyway thanks. >> i think we need to see this this is important we see it i'm really glad you shared with us i wish that we - i don't think we're alone here there is other school districts their grasping with the same thing in san francisco you know we are the leaders of many things i wish we could be the leaders in this accident leaders of the answers to this and thank you. >> can i respond to this briefly. >> i just want to say to you guys there are other people
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listening he thinks the feeling of discouragements but please don't feel sdougsd we will keep on fighting in any job and all the jobs please don't feel sdourmgd this is a moment until times to push thank you for the president of the lowell high school and work harder i hear you to present topics like this a little bit earlier to the students what about here just a few things one last night we should someone in the audience and aim par fraying our
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black stoplights attend a dissected district than the white and asian students am i right i'm looking forward to getting past the test scores he wouldn't be setting up here and a lot of us not doing the work on a daily basis so one i'm as devastated we have there's more work to do to achieve the tests this is the system that has been
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put in place at the same time i'm hoping we get beyond the tests and changes across the country because test scores don't measure the aptitude for learning the other thing you have a team in place and we look at we talk about jim collins and the fact there is a bus and we thought about the people the bus the right people and have a team that is assembled and time to focus on what we need to get done and do the work we're all accountable for the work year ends i see the data we know in terms of seniors we talking about 200 plus for the most parts for the next few years respect with the proper strategy at elementary school and middle
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school at high school we can begin to pale back the onion but the focus for me and the pressure to see the if a fact there is team in place and you and i have conversations we're talking about pulling from the successful piece of the models in oakland and other areas in unfusses them there is something to be learned and just in aspects from other areas and also want to commend you and the team in understanding that it reality it takes a village if we put 0 o it on your team we'll definitely not be successful the cbo communities will take all of the other organizations that support our schools and families and patterns and entire
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communities to you get this work downey done so i'm excited to see components and we're talking about moving and the last thing i want to say you know the way we counter 10 steps behind like reverend brown said the exposure piece and often if you can't say see it you can't say accomplish it we need to make sure we impose over students to people that look like them in an atmosphere if so conducive of second and early and often that's why this work is very important we have the examples again we are talking about small numbers of students in the skrekts so that's where i get excited about the fact we can do something i see change happening every single day we making sure that change happens if you look at the is it so that came in
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after some situations that were not proud of the district but see how they rally and the solutions they came up with that is a demonstration our students have the abilities to come up with solutions now we have to push and be the ones that led the way and make sure their opportunities of success are sportsd so again, thank you for this tlookd but we have a team if place you are solutions need to happen yesterday we have to get work done with right away rather than later on so i'm excited otherwise i couldn't get up every day if we dealt with things i see the communities i work in and have to deal with
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working every day it is deestate i'll not be sitting up here let's had had work the team is in place and pushing and counting on you but again i'll be as accountability ♪ the work also so thank you >> just wanted to ask a couple of questions about things that are in here and not in here i also want to thank you for your work and everyone who has been reilly elevating the urgency how to serve the african-american students we had a breakfast with the sprunlts when i became want and mr. walton was vice president and without skipping a beat he said the number one priority for the
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superintendant is this year for african-american students highs commitment and the districts commitment to treating this with a different level of urgency than the past when we have the conversation about the resolution within of the things that came up that people came up one after other what been different this time how will this be different than the many times the past we world-class with this together with mr. dickey we'll assure you a level of others and transparency that has innovate been there no others past in honesty about what really is happening and i appreciate we know some of the new formations of accountability we created the african-american council the african-american apartments advisory committee i want to redistribution the members of the audience here from both of those
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councils. >> (clapping.) >> we had mentions in the resolution he pulled up an african-americans town oversight committee not something i heard something ever but i want to put that out there and with all the diversities measures of accountability one of the things i want to hear is how i want hear if those groups and have them more deeply involved in the conversation additional how we can improve their ability to side their work and be supportive and you know inform feel like they have truly partners in the photo copy and other piece we talked about data is the african-american student report that is mentioned in the resolution i imagine that is still to come;
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right? this is not what we saw tonight we want to make that clear for the publicized although this is an important presentation a - not the african-american student report that i hope and expect to address some of the things and a lot more data that is available to the public and that we truly are transparent the way we're going to be in all the things the suspension data many of the things we've talked about here much anymore open about that and a number of things we'll include the african-american student reports not consulted this year important to make sure we include there one is to a lot closer at the programs and schools where we are having some success we're
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seeing better results and self-support and love we met with the students across the district again seen the programs and whatever it is we want to know what is work in internal revenue district and up to date the district and be able to replicate that and really better understand what that looks like across the district and talked about developing new programs and academic themes there is a whole sets of things in terms of being pro-active as reverend brown said turmoil the urgency we need to run much faster we need you to tells us in an honest way what that looks like we said that we want to extend our resources in a transparent way that actually addresses this in how we allocate human
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resources an criminal so what did that look like we we think about we had this conversation agency a boards in other context school is that our larger african-american that are having a huge turnover from the teachers brand new teachers every year bringing school leadership this is innovate honoring the vision and not honoring the commitment we've made in this resolution i love many of the things we're doing and the new way of tracking and focusing on post secondary and above and beyond but from the young people are not going to school to have a high quality of teachers every single day and that person is there and not having substitutes and someone that is rrpdz those are huge systematic issues i
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don't want to get it a point we're missing the forests for the trees it something we've down done a lot things to track and again, if we know this is continues to be the realties for the most of african-american students we're not going to be able to be successful down to early which would we talked about high school i appreciated but but what about the african-american early education are not leaving our preschools prepared for kindergarten our schools that is something by the know have to give attention we have to start earlier so the last thing in this tonight and one of the many thing is
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understanding of what we need to do and can do around rational isolation a continuing the segregation in our school district what that means for african-american students we have to ask ourselves that question we've not done that in a serious way and expected the reality and port of resolution to say what school environments and resources are needed to insure the success of our african-american and put that at the forefront that is the baseline and everything everything else could follow i'm looking forward to continue this conversation and the fact we have you all and over leading this at that level of urgency
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transparency and hopefully partnership with our communities i think that there is the pieces can take us to a place of proud of what we've done to fail our african-american students and communities the city and that's something we can and should and must change superintendent. >> thank you president haney i also want to very briefly expends my congratulations to the team we want to thank you for bringing in mid-term recorded that mid year report to the board and public quite frankly that is keeping with the commitment we made tobacco transparent we're to be honest and who all the work as we develop you are going medics but never going to be a perfect set
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of metrics we're that's a great question with fidelity and pursue you that p make sure we're not hyde anything for anyone that is listening or watch san francisco unified school district occupies a special place in the national conversation around educating african-american students loan with the brothers and sisters under oakland in many communities across the country people can't say have this conversation in a very real way people are having conversations about strategies in others communities well, let's do more after-school programs we're starting to side in san francisco pale back the layers of decades of institutionalized ranch and communities racism and
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bias that happens in workplaces and school houses on street corners red light where poor people live and can gets jobs and not get jobs but pulling back the layers and looking at the impact on the children that we educate every single day in our city so i'm greatly glad to hear the comments of the commissioners that will not be a quick fix you take our pill and solve this is decades in the making but what is different about this initiate we have everyone at the table and even when we don't have everyone at the table as deeply or contempt as we like tonight's we need to make a bigger efforts
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with the black ministers and the clergy into this if a deep way that will be included in the next judgment how will we do that and make sure that people are involved and make sure their voices are being heard so this is going to be the commitment we say to our complunts that is an process and the process you'll have to make plagues and make some false starts but the process to get beyond the solutions i want to congratulate the team for setting the stage and i want to put that out there and thank to the commissions in a way that drives our thinking to a much deeper place and briefly the landon dickey is not the african-american student
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success savor in san francisco not london dickey and continue to make that point what landon is doing and assembled and very, very robust smart dedicated passionate team but our point person to help to cooperated the departments and the many individuals in the school district around this initiative around this board resolution that we've all committed to we are supporting landon landon should not be us this is on us in the classroom and the boards room and the central office and on us in the living rooms having conversations with the black children what our responsibilities we're supporting him and he's supporting us a mutually
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beneficial balance the budget but this past week had the critically honor of attending the california african-american superintendents of the ministry leaders convening in sacramento studying deeply this topic one the prelsz that struck me some come i can see from california that development an strurmd this instrument you can put in the el cap and look at this in this session they say word african-american and went through the entire el cap guess words african-american never showed up once they put in other school district and african-american didn't show up once and another one it showed
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up device and much to my chagrin they put in san francisco unified school district el cap into this particular tool it was over 200 and 48 instance of african-american specifically coming up in our el cap and aggregated they showed the work tied to funding going to african-american student achievement and initiates if you remember i want the public to be aware we are unabashedly pitting it out there but cannot have the priority if you don't tie the funding to the priority in san francisco we may not have walked a the way we're walking the walk and putting dollars behind that work we've on this just begin so watch where the money gets spent
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and hold ourselves accountable for making sure that we're doing what we want to do and that's the kind of transparency we want and need from you to work with us to support landon and his team we make a difference for african-american children thank you, very much. for your presentation. >> a measure that is important and i'll add that a lot of black students go to the schools the same once if kindergarten to high school if they're leaving one school is there a loss of time between if it they have a sat to follow them that will be an important thing to track also. >> thank you very much for your presentation.
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>> (clapping.) >> and calendars resolution, there is none tonight. and votes on see consent calendar which was moved and seconded under section f. >> you want to take the vote an consent calendar. >> please thank you. >> ms. fewer on the consent calendar they can't hear the vote calling the votes open is consent calendar ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell on the consent calendar. >> yes. except for item one item. >> president haney can we - >> yeah. we'll take 30 seconds to people - >> what did he want to do here are you waiting.
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>> we're going to wait a few seconds ms. casco. >> all right. we'll vote on the consent calendar. >> ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell except for item k-2 it is retroactive truly badly. >> i'm sorry, i need to ask the with an that was corrected and make thank you dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton
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ms. wynns mr. haney 6 i's. >> consent calendar resolution severed for the action, there is none tonight. introduction of superintendent proposal i'll introduce the following proposals policy 41 hundred for the policy 42 clarified board policy 4 three hundred and drafted by management and classified supervisor 91 phone call at public combrsht expenditure funds for 2017. >> yes. president haney can i ask we have that particular proposal for the combrsht fund expenditure the deputy young can
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say one word. >> quickly thank you superintendents so commissioners you have been provided copies of the spending plan that is associated with the first reading and would just ask that if at all possible if everyone can look at at least spends a little bit time reviewing the spending plan that will be one of the subjects i've lost track of but that is going to be a substantive discussion about the spend plan it will be greatly helpful in commissioners can spend a little bit of time looking at this and the materials you've been provide and per discussion that took place at the budget committee family commissioner norton and part of your report out but on
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the topic the extending plan if commissioners can comment prepared with your thoughts give us direction and reacts racks about the first reading and especially ms. fleming will be ward's over the next few weeks to basically respond 0 all the feedback you'll collectively give us for the second reading. >> if i ask add to that president haney because this was a discussion we had at the budget committee what we're trying to avoid is feedback creeps is if everybody can allow staff it in about it we have the same information at the same time it is important. >> do we have a hardcopy of the information.
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>> no it is like a 68 page report has that been printed. >> i believe well make sure you have i thourpts provided hard copies we'll make sure you will have those. >> thank you. >> yeah. if we can get a hard copy is pretty detailed thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. >> all right. so one of 3 dash sp one referred to rules committee with all of those expect for the speaking of and 7 referred to the ad hoc personnel so one through 4 and then one of 3 dash open space 8 the resolution is received that
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takes place on march can i have a motion and a second? so is it policy one 41 hundred to go to personnel and labor >> yes. >> and those other ones are rules. >> all of them other than this iowa's one as rules. >> so moved. >> second board members proposals, there is none tonight. and immediate action, there is none tonight. outstanding committee reports can we have a report from the building and combroinz committee commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> i was absent can i defer to mr. walton. >> thank you commissioner mendosa-mcdonnell we have a couple of informational items at
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the last building and imprudence an update on the former youth park and the demolition out to by evidence we have a abides last week so more information been coming firemen's in terms of who is selected and had an information update on the 2011 facilities bonds and local hire program where we saw the status i'll be working with the trades they'll doing great we'll continue to monitor that in a nut shell and the next meeting is commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell do you know the dates for the next meeting. >> currently it is schedule for for the fourth mondays. >> april 25th now. >> thank you. >> committee as a whole once again we had a super exciting
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communities lastly last week, a update on the empowerment and strategies moving forward a good conversation and the planning for that the 2016 bopped recommendations what we'll do a lot of public comment with certainly communities tomato see so those conversations will continue. >> on the budgets and business services. >> yes. the budget and business services met march 2 i gave the report on the students with incarcerated parents and heard the charter position for peck we sent that back to the board without recommendations go seeking a little bit of information and had a short and interesting presentation if our assessor-recorder carmen chu about her office and tax collection and the subject was
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important that care about revenue coming out the city and we heard the h.r. budget review a long discussion and we are continuing to work on budget development for the 2016-2017 school year one thing hopefully you were provided it is helpful to start to keep a chart of budget priorities we've identified collectively or individually and keeping take which ones are funded and likely the funding will come from if you don't get a copy of the presentation we'll impose on deputy superintendents to send it around or ms. casco the next meeting a wednesday
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april 6th thank you commissioner vice president walton again. >> thank you president haney excitement was the air yesterday a curriculum meeting our first action item to grant or deny for the arts and technology high schools we forwarded without recommendation the second action item disposition of the boards policy and the high school graduations requirements we this posted with a positive recommendations by the general convention and expectations we farther without representation and encouraged students to exercise they're voting rights and forwarded would you tell us recommendation and received a brief update open is index and the full update on the lgbtq
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protective courses and excited about continuing the program and hopefully that happens and over next curriculum program committee meeting is on april 4th and that had been a night to remember that's correct. >> your sold on overseeing committee meetings show up board member report. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> thank you. i have an appointment to make on the pta i'll be appointing leah who is a parent in your district as well as is guess services director for the academies of sciences and i want to thank all of the no timeers we we have closed and
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we're excited about they've be recognized at the gallop for spark and remembered folks an annual yerba buena fair for all the young people 16 to 24 it is schedule for saturday march 26 at the youth usf campus think mission bay is please join us from 10 to 2 on march 26 and i'll announce if about great the fair i think richard you mentioned you say resource trail; right? okay. thank you. >> scomploern i want to announce i have open seats an is bye communities council and looking for candidates in anyone
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linking or the members of the public have a candidate you want to recommend recommend for the bio - i want to mention the next personnel meeting is on march 17 and it will be in this room the board room and 6 o'clock and i want to say i had a wonderful experience at sunsets elementary schools also at alamo elementary schools and lafayette and also to piggyback on what the superintendents said on saturdays march 5 a wonderful parents summit that all the parents attends emancipation proclamation the it was raining and the superintendent and i attended a microi didn't celebration graduation alters
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adjoining merit elementary schools we have been going to those graduations where apartments are been trained think how to use chrome book and given a chrome book thank you 40 for is donors for making the connections and also to our great development team headed by laura thank you. >> commissioner wynns. >> i want to record a positive vote on the consent calendar for (laughter) to step auto a minute i want to announce the next rules committee is march 16 at 6 o'clock and urge everything at the table and large numbers all the legislative proposals are in no way and changes many of them but the deadline is pass this is the meeting this committee is
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authorized to take positions this 11 positioned we reviewing all the legislation this is your chance to be inside and outside of the board of education you mind to be involved for public education this is hallway you u how you do it locally on march 15 the day of you are committee as a whole next tuesday is the vaccinecy day in sacramento your urged to make a trip to sacramento and i too have openings on the bio lingual committee and would be interested in suggestions i'll we could use for guest i don't
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mean they're all white but certain there is a small language group that is not recommended etc., ect if you want to talk to me about that i'll be happy to do that thank you. >> any other reports. >> all right. no informational items no memorial adjournment and since no closed session oh. >> so resolution for the. >> we rae convene. >> oh, sorry all right. all right. okay a report of closed session actions the closed session reports of march first, the boards board of education by a 5 to two absent turf approved 3
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certify presses and a 5 two absent approved the certify of employees the board by and vote of 5 i's two absent commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell and turf approved the releases of two certifies employees this meeting is now top of the well.
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>> top of morning. >> all right. all right. . >> elected officials i have a lot here and where are all the supervisors and the police department and the police chief and police chief and all the people are part irish the city attorney and the consul general and there is supervisor oh, farrell what happens to the o on behalf of the mayor, i want welcome this on the underlying the irish flag and the kickoff of that long but wonderful celebration of salesforce it is a few days off; right? and also welcome the fwrand marshall and also the court committee for our city i see sow many wonderful places out there that come every
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year i guess you drink it or use it rich cream you're a day older so thank you all for being here we love underlying the flag the irish leaders and communities that are up here during the gold rush and some of you are still here when our first mayor was born in richard and had a lot of irish mayorss with sheryl we register and gavin newsom doing his job he had another irish baby so i don't know why he named him duchess so you look at around san francisco and see all the streets named for wonderful irish americans that made san francisco what it is mclaren park and o'farrell street and ongoing so, now you're keeping up the tradition with the police
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chief and the police and irish and the sheriff he she is part irish and your part irish; right? >> yeah. >> so we honor all of you by underlying our flag in front of our city hall and starting the clock there is a word they use your mayor was named the river river lee it is my great pleasure to introduce our lord mayor, mayor ed lee. >> thank you charlotte i want to extend my warm itself welcome to all of you and the elected officials here our deciding tars and supervisors our assessor-recorder came in nice green carmen i have no problem finding my green tie it says when you are going to wear it yelling at me i want to say
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congratulations to everyone including the labor unions i say mr. o'connor and some of the labor union it remind me how our city has been built with the history of the our irish americans throughout many, many years and this is a time an opportunity not only to celebrate the staifrz but to review what the community has done for this great city over many, many decades that is incredible you look at the history of our city and how people have built this city and make sure that it reflected the diversity and history where people came from i know that consul general will mention things we are reminded about the easter rising centennial or the hundred and 605 anniversary of our parade and efforts the city that is another great history
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for the 32 celebration of our sister city and again, i want to say thank you to the united irish community for leading the efforts and the parade and having the graushd mr. boim and others that are here today and being part of volunteers that keep our celebrations alive and the history alive over the jim considering the john boyle's or the deferring admit our part of our celebrations of the sister city and charlotte said earlier anita and i have a great trip on behalf of the city to celebrate the sister city and treernd things that help our city for example, the first direct flights between san francisco and dublin e bin gosh what wonderful (clapping.) and from what i hear it is more
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successful than we knew that was going to be a groundbreaking thing it is more successful and continue this wonderful flight and it brought kids from other parts the city to help us with technology and help exchanges culture exchanges it has brought trade and more cultural and educations challenges and, of course, through that all we're able to have the t kenny come and visit, of course, timing mike hig goes on and several carbon monoxides with him and the cultural center and talk about the international significance of those exchanges that is so many things have happened as a result of the the sister city work and the united irish communities i want to say
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an is eve of our salesforce to have leadership on the board like supervisor farrell leading not only the board celebrations but work with the board and i get to do and use the talent of our irish american communities to help us building on the wonderful history to also have fun with the things you're going to see the irish dancers and like the pipers who i got to invited to the kickoff like the mayors cup and have a great celebration there those are all wonderful things happening with our irish american community from building our city, inform celebrating the cultural to having wonderful talent of people help me run it from the public safety to the elected officials i'm proud of the irish history with that, i'd like to provide the celebrations this morning with