to the pike for their work and mr. dickey and existed about the desire teem are a couple of questions more than a couple but one just we've talked about some of this in conversation, of course, utilized to or i'd like to see us spell out the strategies at the elementary school and middle school so we can say this is what we're doing at elementary schools and middle and this is what we're doing in high school and have that flow for the student profile and, of course, college and career and second i definitely want to see this valley have a dedicated black instructor that is concerning to me ms. veil is not spelled out with the same level of support so i'm going to bring

this up definitely over the next couple of weeks and hopefully some milk this happens to the ms. valley to achieve the achievement of the level of support for this school me also want to know in terms of what principals at each individual school sites in terms of their support for the african-american achievement leadership initiative you know this is an encompassing system of support want to make sure that every site has a strategy to that entails what their directives to impact the success and with the departments within the district from the high-level leadership as well

also time to say to the community-based organizations thank you thank god for the cbo hiring others teachers to work with the students make sure we can do for the additional support particularly over summer that is important a lot of the students loss a lot of the learning and leasing last again excited about the work and existed what we are doing and going to be doing and make sure we get the word out not only in the school industry but the community with the work will look like and entail to get everyone existed about the work and process and get everybody working this is not easy we've seen achievement and want to make sure we go in the positive direction thank you you and your

team and thank you to the students being involved and fight for their community and continuing to hold us accountable for the things they want to see happen in their school and community so thank you . >> (clapping.) >> commissioner fewer. >> thank you president haney so thank you for this presentation i just have a couple of comments i think this - so you know i mean, i feel proud of the district that we are calling us out and putting resources and taking the leadership in i think a problem that has persisted for many, many decades and it is embeds in the history of our educational system here my question is when i look only page 21 and look at

the african-american internal oversight committee and the ongoing structural needs i think that when we see a our goal score card on i can't see a lot of those things until we fix those ongoing needs such as sfusd currently didn't insure a stable high quality teachers in our high schools that means remarkably isolated schools and a choice system that is isolation for african-american students and chair one refreshing your recollection instruction figuring is not having greater level performance in african-american students in/78 and many sfusd african-american students and families require high services

that address the attention and social and emotional wellness and stability there is continued evidence with the african-american for special education services from pre k to 12 grade i'd like to see actually that some of the ongoing priorities i think actual address some of the needs what are the hard recommendations for those things this is the foundation the we don't change this not having the outcomes we want for our own oversight committee your acknowledging this in that so what are the recommendations for change what are the recommendations if our budget for the change in the ongoing plan for this so i see that i love there is a african-american parents group

and as you may know i wrote the recess for the restorative practices and glad to see that we don't get to the foundation the actual - those ongoing structural needs this is where i think that diane gray said that well, we want to get to the core of it we want the rot causes actually, we want to get to the system change that is going to change this so we can have an african-american patent group and get to the structural things that need to be changed we can't see the impact and the high achievement that our students actually are we continue to have the structural deficits we continue to have great racial i think quality we need to fix those first with the initiative is 0 commendable i'm looking for

a deeper structural change if we don't have a stable teaching and we have problem if the african-american students are taught by first year teachers their k through go 5 educational years we'll see two years hidden that's wrong i see this say, i get this is not about this this strikes me those are the things we need to change and our parents should know about we talk about the african-american parents i hope we are sharing hard data with the parents and just agent ago we saw the scores and we've got a lot more work to do and we celebrate every time

we graduate african-american and go on to 0 e a 2 or 4 year college there is nothing wrong with a 2 year college when you preparing them when they take the placement test not that's a good question remedial classes but going into college courses that's been a problem when we see the kids at city college with the placement scores tells you we should be explorer more city college classes available and the folks a lot of time for the student populations they're the first time the first people in the family to go to college great a couple of college courses under their belt it gives more confidence to go into a college setting as you may know colleges have a low

percentage of african-american students in their college alone they'll have residentscy and have to have the ability - those instrumental needs this is what i want to see and like to see with some recommendations you know with some hard recommendations tied to our budget also, we know we can't achieve this without a debate plan and budget to support it we're really going to comment with commitment and also make sure that our dollars are giving us the impact that is the circle we go in and all well-intentioned not to say we have a great desire to practice we have a great practice to

change this and to roars what racial discriminations quite frankly is the seismic in a bureaucracy like ours i think that is something that what i see here is that you've called it out but again what are the recommendations to fix it; right? and if we examine 24 and the data in a group our parents are feeling those things we need to finally end this through changing the structure that gives us this results go consistently year after year after year thank you, very much mr. dickey. >> >> (clapping.) >> it was nice commissioner murase and commissioner wynns. >> one presentation and one question i really want to appreciate how far this project

has come when i attended a meeting of african-american advisory council ms. co-elect was fighting for a first class mailing but thank to the superintendent and this board to this project we've come a long way i want to appreciate the folks that made that happen and particularly mr. dickey and his team my question is about didn't bias france training i want to see how that works and the implementation is going. >> if doctor stephen's is in the audience over the course of this past year one of the things we've focused on a racial

equality movement at school sites to focus on the conversations about race and engage the school site in the explicit bias and is stereotyped at a later time the building the awareness and tackling this i know that conversation with brent the office of professional learning is looking to take on that work and view it so i'm going to turn it over to to doctor stevens to further elaborate a i'm the chief officer for the districts we're currently in the process of transitioning that work from the team that has been lead by office and equality mr. dickey is correct lead to p lc working 7 schools and severalty professional communities that have involved coaches and other

volunteer teachers we're looking to expand that work by working first with the full network of the coaches across the district dozens of coaches we want to begin to involve them in being acquainted and work in their current positions to expand or reach into all our schools we're there and planning to increase those this year and summer training lined up for the coaches with the idea those coaches low able to expand on that work. >> one other thing through our admin constitutes launch one of your learning academies with the didn't bias for all the admin that meets 3 times over the course of the year and maybe three or four and have a learning commend that is also an important exponent.

>> commissioner wynns. >> thank you for everybody for coming particularly the people that tdm and their parents i appreciate this is how level but really on overview so a lot of the questions i have some of which were discussed we meet are entrance legislature i'll mention a few not in depth this evening so one of the first ones i want to say i am not i'm happy with the progress and particularly think what is good we have both focus on and also actually had happen even in the areas we don't focus a lot of capacity building with the building up the african-american couldn't and i feel like we have

a lot important foundational strength to procedurally with the previously we said we won't do those and committed but not the capacity the infrastructure the foundation to do overseeing things that i think is very, very important. >> i just going to be brief it is late we have a lot of things to do i want to focus on the recommendations i find them many of them interesting but a lot of them i think i'd like if if we could get from you and the staff look at those recommendations through the seismic lens the unified school district so we - the recommendations about doing it the studies k through 12 in the middle school we're supposed to be working on that i want to know you know what how are we learning how we embed ethnic

studies and information throughout the curriculum if so not departmental listed in elementary school i'm presume what we learn from the middle school had help and interested in what generally our elements specialists say about that here's one the works we have a recommendation about an african-american family liaison by the way, would be fantastic but i would say first have a family liaison for all families at every school we've cut back in recent years but i and those people should be have the training they need - have the experience they need the ability to work together and work with our do you have to make sure they have are serving

acknowledging families as we want them to be this is an example of what are we are doing with the family liaison we have what do we think about their ability to do what we like them to do for all families but in particular through this for african-american families i'd like to know we're looking at that and the same thing is true about the recommendations about the tuesday to recall what are the tuesday to recall services we have a lot throu funds - we don't want to just duplicate we want to look at it and talk about 9 cultural awareness if it the right services we need i'd like that so i'm not going to go through

the whole list the professional development with the professional sensitivity through overstaff person i think we have requirement we do that already and not as probably in a way that needs to be updated not adequate but like to know what we're doing in that area as well as have that integrated that information sdwragd into recommendations for expanding that or those remedies i understand is invisible a sound bite we are starting from zero and better to know we're not starting from zero and what we apply for those things that's my general comments about the recommendations that i have two other area i want to pubically state i have in my conversation with mr. dickey i'm very, very interested in this round table model we have a lot to learn

about all students but particularly students are challenges how we can better serve them by integrating our somewhat minimizing did silos of the services and so i'm hoping that i understand this is a small number of we started out with a small now of students and presuming there is more information if you can give us what happened in the recommendations and what we think this is telling you i think i personally think that holds great promise for the future people together with the person and institutional resources they have are able to focus on a single student and ought to be a lot we can learn not only how we serve overseeing students but all the students what we're learning and the last thing i wanted to talk about the

post secondary pathways i still you know, i told mr. dickey i thought it was interesting we start with the students that are not with us in the initiative and i appreciate and really want to pufbl appreciate all the community-based organizations that are part that have that that is one reason it is something we can do at the same time building up the plans is something that is fundamentally about work with partners in the community but i you know i'm hoping and presuming since this is the first group and what the information you've given us this is where they're going there or not going there is that is pretty much what we know about that what kind of information we're planning to collect in following up i'd be interested i

found one thing interesting the place where most students got voices about they're posted graduation plans were from school councils i think that deserves to be mentioned and has to do with with our vchltsz and council through peace and other things that is worthy of our - you know something good and at some other time i'll want to pursue the structural go discussion because i think those are essential and big, big things i'm presuming we'll get feedback from you and others in the ear about what we might do i don't necessary completely agree with all the ways their described doesn't matter those are big questions to continue to pursue and to reiterate and redemonstrate our commitment to solving our structural issues

thank you, again to everybody for coming here and look forward to the future thank you very much. >> km. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> thank you a couple of things you know, i wanted to tie in thinking about the work around lights bs m k hard discussions and every single one of the moseying and i just want to say we're starting to address the trust issues and the promises we've made and really committing to keeping overseeing promises that is helpful in understanding the direction better and then i also wanted to note we're- just - it's not just the responsibility of the african-american community and the families this is really all of our responsibility we do this where our kids we do what we do in our

public school and our responsibility to be courageous and i think as the board commissioner you know i've been in the room when our board commissioner speak loudly around institutional racism i had an opportunity to speak and lowell graduation and considering the champs it was a really good opportunities to say that out loud i hope everyone in the school will speak up and say it 0 out loud and recognize the work and addressed work when it is not in our schools i think that is all of our responsibilities i want to thank you for your continued work and for trusting us in this process and our candidates i think clear and the investments in that we're making which are long overdue will continue so thank

you. >> commissioner norton. >> thank you i wanted to really thank everyone for that coming and thank everyone for the spirits with what you're approached this initiative one thing i'm struck by the members of the public that came out and the leader in the african-american that came out is really amazing to see the partnership and the trust and the judge the sense of you know everybody is trying to renew the commitment to work on this issue we've had for generations in san francisco and across the country and it mirrors the board commitment so i really wanted to say thank you and say i feel heartened by the purposes and the sense of community and commitment out in the room and communities so thank you . >> (clapping.) >> all right i'm going to be quick i want to say a couple of quick

things the first is that when we set out the initiative we made it clear we wanted to do was not side anything small and not retina repeat the same false promises not say we were going to make big changes and see the same repeated patterns in the district and just here tonight folks on the ground in the communities that represent the community come up here and say that what we've seen over the last year has indeed been different we have changed the tune we see a way forward i think that makes us critically proud that everyone was here and mr. dickey and peek everyone that led the effort but also to say that when we made this commitment we had said we were going going to close the

opportunity and achievement gap in the district not make small changes in 57 years close completely the achievement and opportunity gap for the african-americans i want to encourage not to be satisfied until we're on the way to leading that goal we're making as you heard the schematics changes that we do and you hold us accountable the last thing i want to say for everyone that was hero the cbos and the alliance for black educators and cbos thank you for bringing this spirit to the initiative i essential want to do thank the students over there i think approximations a summer break if you didn't especially the lowell students if you didn't take the leadership and

hold us accountable we'll not be having this conversation feeling we've made the progress i want to encourage you to continuous 80 call us out and push us this is all about you if you don't have you at the center of the school don't walk out that much but sometimes you have to take those measures and held us accountable you and the community and few continue to do that i believe we'll get this right thank you for your hard work on this. >> (clapping.) >> i think we're moving on i'm ami to move things around thank you for your patience a lot of things going on so of it's okay with the board new york i'll move up superintendents proposal

item one six 4 dash sp one in the naming of goeorge washingto high school we have the family here quick and move quickly to general public comment and this is there is a motion that has been seconded on april 22nd a reports if the curriculum committee i believe that was oh, oh, okay building and grounds commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> thank you we moved this forward whorling with a positive recommendation with building and grounds. >> mr. superintendent. >> thank you commissioner president haney i'd like to ask our principal - (laughter) it's on the books (laughter) principal at george washington high school she'll do honor of coming to the microphone and

talking about this dedication this special dedication. >> thank you, very much supreme court and parapet and vice president walton for hearing us are i want to make sure we know this is a wholly supported by all the george washington high school community and with us tonight is mrs. lorean and alison and family friends and tammy the executive director of the school alumni i'd like to read if it this is okay. the second reading the superintendents proposal sp one in supporting of naming george washington high school to the albert j whereas was a native san franciscan a product of san francisco unified school district attends jean parker high school and graduating from

mission high school and whereas aldolph begin mace career in sfusd in 1961 as a teacher and counselor and 1969 he became the boys dean of san francisco junior high school and followed by his role it is principal administrative code as the principal of junior high school from 1974 to ti and whereas superintendant of schools robert assigned him to be the principal of george washington high school where we served from 1981 to 95 second longest 10 you read principal at george washington high school and whereas after retiring from sfusd aldolph spent 15 years as the director director the corner academy and known for repursue with the students and engagement with all the students and visibility within the city hall and worked

tirelessly to provide a well resources positive learning environment for students and staff at george washington high school and whereas ab disposal felt that physical education was proud of the strongest tradition of schools and george washington high school and ab disposal coached and said - forgiven the school masters award and named the alumni of the administrator of year in 1994 and whereas ab disposal was the founder the george washington high school athletic hall of fame in 1991 that honored george washington high school athletics and whereas obtaining disposal always spent the lunch hours talking with the teachers with

an apple in his hand is it so fit the school be named in his honor he was hive viable and assessable to all the students and teachers whereas in the words of his son nothing gave al more happy to watch george washington high school sore and it passed unanimously by the george washington high school alumni association on april 67, 2016 in support of naming of the school therefore, be it resolved that the board of education of san francisco unified school district named the main building of george washington high school to the a obtaining disposal and the fact depend on by the good morning, everyone. alumni association shall be instead of as albert ab disposal. >> (clapping.) >> thank you and i was wondering in the - we

have a as i said resolution that was read by like to present that but give you an opportunity to perhaps say a few words. >> there we go. >> i really want to thank you for doing this honor on botch of our family but let alison speak a washington graduate and was there with her dad. >> (clapping.) >> did you all we talk about leader and people have you have look up to our role models i was fortunate to go to high school gosh going to high school as a

principal also have that was the best years of my life and look up to our role moderately our teachers and coaches they're your mentor and go out and reach out to them my dad touched so many people so - i just reach out to the youth because those are the mentors in our life that touches you and impacts you in such a way you'll remember the years down the road so i didn't expect to speak i'm speak on october 28th so thank you. >> (clapping.) >> thank you i wanted to thank you for coming out tonight for you and our family he was my principal at

washington high school i attend 4 high schools my father was in the military and so i came into washington high school and he was just so phenomenal and helping me out and adjusting one of my best friends manila white used to gives us greech amend and or all the time so he's the principal i remember the most out of my high school career and give you a heat felt thanks for the support he was a triumphs wonderful man chas you in shortsdz making sure you got to class as plummet please indulge me to say something i've been

traveling, of course, you know in 2010 had a stroke and lost track of the gentleman but i couldn't sit here and not say something about this eloquent and encouraging and empowering and most celebrities professional who was just an incredible gentleman often i went to george washington high school when things got heated and never failed to call on me to bring things back together again on that campus and ms. ab disposal georgia good to see you tonight and your daughter and my boys and the

wagner's sons fond americans of mr. obtaining disposal we'll remember him as a distinct gentleman thank you all. >> (clapping.) >> commissioner wynns. >> thank you. i'll take a minute to say that i was privileged to know the gentleman as both as a parent in the unified school district before the board and before a board members board member i want to say as i did at the committee meeting he really missed here still he was kickoff a giant amongst the administrators the dean of the administrative group in sfusd i don't know that - i'll say which was is in the resolution but one of the things he told me we talked about what

had is like to be a coach and become a school administrator and how much being a principal is a coaching job and he really believed that coaches make good school administrators we talk about how that is and our goals i appreciate he learned a lot and have great respect and miss him, i know that many other people do two thank you for being here. >> (clapping.) >> we appreciate your big deal here and your husband and father was great and thank you to the principal and let's take a vote. >> thank you ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns

mr. haney that's unanimous. >> all right. so without objection i'll move up item j general public comment on general matters and thank and appreciate everyone that waited partially a lot of things going on in the end of year we appreciate your patience (calling names) >> two minutes each.

>> hi, i'm a eight grade graduate and a parts of 9 year club this past year student council president our communities is here tonight to stand with the principals nora and to ask is that this board ask to be take the opportunity to lead the school i want all students in support of nora to stand. >> (clapping.) >> now all the adults here in support of nora please stand.

>> (clapping.) >> our community members are holding up signs that shows side visual that the staff and students and families learn and practice at usf with community respect and balance and proprietary truth and justice and harmony norway nora helped how school more like a family he organized the stipulate up ceremony the students can get help and other student get on track with a student to complete their work another thing that nora helps to maintains our school norms we ask to be practiced respectfully to listening and maintaining eye

contact with the speaker (laughter) >> (clapping.) >> nora embodies our vieshldz and powerful way of thinking he hard to teach those everyday when she was not there we had nora to lean on if we needed anything it was personally hard for me being president i wanted norway are ray to help me plan things when we were in the middle of a big project that we were working on for the middle school and when she was not there that was hard that got pauses for a few weeks it set us back awhile nora is an important poise of the community that we are missing right now and it is really hard thank you for

listening. >> (clapping.) >> good evening superintendent and obstructs i'd like to ask your indulgence in being part of my the time to use up what was a former student in the unified school district in my mind a mary and 16 of my thirty years at sf community school before that i was a parent and my son is 33 so we are a real family here i come to you with a very heavy heart but i'm hopefully and hopefully because i know that you people i've seen you for years our parents and some of you may be grandparents i know you generously care about the children and community workplace

in mind, i know that state has foreperson not been your intention to hurt our community but it has happened our communities has been terrible hurt in some of the ways a graduation step up summers our fifth grade ceremonies she was not there parents and students westbound asking no idea she was taken from us for two months without prior notice those horrible things set our communities backs as you heard before we just all i'm asking is to please, please with all with all due respect to you, please bring our principal back she's not in jail and not dead we know all of that we want our principal back

please. >> (clapping.) >> i attend balboa park high school and went to ss c and when i heard before nora not there it crushed me and my family all 8 years nora was there like another persistent to me i have a little pro that attends and a this sister a kindergartener that attends ss c and i really want my brother and sister to feel safe they'll not feel safer if norway have ray is not there nora my big sister went through and now in college you see how nora effected us to go do college you know you've

heard about nora nostril coming there i wish you guys ask her to come back because we really want her to come back like if you hurt her our hurting the family we are begging you guys for her to come back so thank you very much. >> (clapping.) >> good evening, commissioners president haney a father at san francisco community school my daughter is in second grade and born and raised and the director of programs for the children and youth programs and part of incisions for vision 2025 for the school district

ares contribution is you think equaled her continued absent makes me worried our school will loss that vision okay. thank you. >> that observe school will allow that vision and her continued absent is has nothing to do with having an impact as mentioned and it is something we can fear in tangible and untangle cases a ways to loss to our community and families another across the district we're hearing the challenges given the trust of that community nora didn't have this issue the communities brought in the community loves hero and that is something the judge i choose to send any came out to the school and others as well

by - your violating your policies in the communities one of our shared principle is trust and it needs to be in the community to be preserved in the meantime nora an administrator together you don't hear it is city hall the teachers process and parents voices we're getting mixed messages what is happened and did or did not happen and told you can't speak about the sidewalks and teachers can't and the commissioners seem to be focusing on the opposite pressure we want clarity to guess so the truths and it's been done in secretary active

way no idea what is happening to conclude the district pushes; right? for the standup practices the apac talked about the implementations of that nora and our school was highlighted in the report inform you all on the progress for the practices implementation as a model as the need and nora was mentioned by name; right? where are the practices we want that to be followed not just something we're trooifrg to teach our kids and walk on a dilate basis thank you this is in the the last times but begin to address this in a restorative way. >> (clapping.) >> good evening, everyone i've

been at san francisco community school a kindergarten teacher and reverse specialist and now the - >> i've goon there as a teacher i'm also the parents of two kids in sfusd i needed space necessary go to another school at the end of this board meeting we were talking about a strong school leaders that is nora our community is passionate about nora and a fair process i want to actually tell we time san francisco unified school district community and the school board to engage in a restorative process to engage in all harm deny we held it together in the last two months all the graduations happened but really, really, really did the

things have been done for us and against us the race is nebld and that's not part of the restorative practices and going on since restorative action and all the spaces to be heard and firmed are transparent in a fair process and whatever is done with stanford with the stakeholders of community we want nora to remain our principal she is for student achievement we've moved if tier 3 to to her 2 in the last two years under noras leadership we're reading assessment in the segments are at or above district average in the past two years under noras leadership spearheaded the initiative part of a cohort of literacy and

norway race had balanced portfolios in may they're amazing and now project based learn is part of project 2025 and wrote a report and received a spark impact award to continue her award. >> wrap up. >> nora is previously teaches are contacted us to - nora has the support of all 4 parents groups thank you . >> (clapping.) >> .

>> (speaking spanish.) >> good evening my name is laurie have a child in the fifth grade in the san francisco unified school district and also a member of the latino school. >> (speaking spanish.) >> one of the things i appreciate about nora she's been so assessable to me preparing to the grouping of our school. >> (speaking spanish.) >> she has been present in almost all the latino schools

and mate the effort to communicate to us in spanish. >> (speaking spanish.) >> every time we had an issue at school we be able to look at her he's been assessable to us in go giving us her time. >> (speaking spanish.) >> nora has shown her commitment for the recommendation when we minded it

tell your communities more burglary the program and the school they to introduce to them the english learning students nora worked to put together a celebration of bilingual students now in the second year this is the one of most celebrations in our school. >> (speaking spanish.) >> personally she's helped me to find resources for my child outside of school finding a scholarship for the camp for the

last 4 years. >> (speaking spanish.) >> this is go just one example how she goes beyond her duties to provide support for the english learners and others in the school. >> (speaking spanish.) >> finally want to tell you that nora has done an excellent job with any child and all children of laying down families i respectfully request you keep nora as the principal of school we all love her and the school

loves her. >> (clapping.) >> >> (speaking spanish.) >> good evening. i'm a mother of san francisco community and i'm also a volunteer in this school. >> (speaking spanish.) >> i'm also a member i have 4 children that have graduated from this school and right now one child that is in the fourth grade. >> (speaking spanish.) >> i have known nora for 8 years the teacher of one of my

children. >> (speaking spanish.) >> i have seen her grow as a teacher and principal and really trust her. >> (speaking spanish.) >> because she is has done a great job with the school and students and everybody. >> (speaking spanish.) >> she is has always been available that's why we're all here right now. >> (speaking spanish.) >> because respectfully want to ask you to keep nora. >> (clapping.) >> thank you.

>> hi, good evening. i'm tonya i worked at san francisco unified school district for 19 years as a teacher and taught her oldest son and as a librarian i've worked with 6 plans at s f c the long term perspective on leadership at the community school i know the job is difficult and complicated nora an, an exceptional leaders with district integrity i was thinking about when i wanted to say i feels upset while i was think about what happened at saturday in the inn orlando i realized that the notes would have addressed this tragedy and acknowledged our grove and horror and more than any other

leaders nora consistent framed worldwide events and articulates the facts on the students and how we as educators can be involved and an freddie gray and after other killings and the slayers in nigeria to name a few the views helped me to remain determined how i can not fall into despair at the finished her notes have a wonderful week please let me know if i can support to me the weekly monday notes epitomize her notes and seeing the pictures to the students as individuals as the impact we as

educators can have and always, always offering her support and combines in getting there the staff stands with nora and need her back thank you for your time. >> (clapping.) >> hi, i'm a parented at san francisco communities and been with the community as a teacher for 10 years a professional developer supporting the secondary math that the district took on and i've been really proud to be part of this district and commend the board and the district leadership for the work with the matching subsequence and proud i've poling about that around the country but tonight i'm speaking on behalf of the council in relationship to this issue and we sent a letter to the

district on the 31st of may expressing our support as a counselor for her that letter was not responded to instead we horde just the next day that nora was removed and we - so the - we're a small group by design alu and the small school by design policy as well as the restorative practice work that is so important are important office of the city administrator at our school allows our community to select a new leaders when it needs to happen to quote the restorative practices the premise of restorative practice the people will make positive changes with

them and that was rather than two to or for them we're asking. >> (clapping.) >> that you as a board hold the district to the promises it's made to the community to abide and stay by the policies we would like to make sure he hear from nora not just the district around the issues that happened we're not allowed to know about and ask to ask you all the parties and communities is carefully considered and that meaningful steps to minimize harm to students and our community and restore the community from the harm that already happened and insist the district keep the practices and work with the school sites council to make the lisp

decisions thank you for your time . >> (clapping.) >> good evening and thank you in advance for your time my name is patrick i'm one the resource specialists at s f c finished my first floor to and from from a career as an attorney the whole room of people that can talk about how professional and effective and dedicated nora as a leader i'll not say that right now i want to talk about process we deeply value process at our school because that's the way to make sure that all voices are heard and that we keep equality at the center and value the have are is by the small schools by design

policy i encourage you all to review you're the only ones that can listen to both sides i want to say that you're the only ones that hear both sides as a staff we're not sure that there has been a fair process where both sides are horde we also building this final decide is a flawed process has a lack of understanding the school in the place in the dignity and regrets is desire to find an easy solution important a calibrated situation have you have a family of teachers who all knows about noras dedication

to sfusd that should make you want to investigate what is going on i imagine this doesn't happen all the time over summer break 10 days and this is happening not the last you'll hear from us i urge you to hear from nora to make sure there is a fair just and restorative process the one way this body to investigate to hear both sides of the story we're submitting materials to you tonight i urge you to review them i also ask you to look at the small design by policy you'll find we'll step up but most importantly hear from nora thank you. >> (clapping.) >> so good evening nooichlgz a

steve williams i'm the parents of a kid that finished kindergarten at san francisco communities school i look forward to a long fruitful relationship with you on the bureaucratically and continue his education at san francisco communities school under the leadership of nora i think that is appropriate this conversation is happening after the last item that was on the agenda where what came very, very clear is the importance of leadership in setting the tune and direction for an entire school what we're clear about we want nora to be the leader of our school we want nora back now although the course off last 10 days teachers and parents and students have worked together

tool collect snatches on a petition and i wanted to read a portion of text in that petition we stand with our principal nora house man and time her back to remain as principal of the san francisco community school she shows deep dedication to students families and staff and a tremendous leader and committed to her return to s f c as our principal under her leadership the school is made important strides in foster a collaborative and talented community of teachers we believe none one better kwchltd to lead our school in just 10 days one and 50 people have signed that petition

that may not sounds like a huge number but only one and 10 families we've been dlbl to sign overseeing competition people signed that petition twhierm on summer vacation in other countries people went to school during their vacationed to collect snatches at the school real commitment to bring nora back and you have the opportunities to make that situation right as other people said we've not gotten nearly enough information what literally heard there the grapevine a personal issue i couldn't agree more. >> thank you your incredibly fortunate to have nora in this district and take action.

>> thank you the very last things president haney i think you've misinterpreted people's commitment i know past the kids and folks bedtime not patience we're willing to stay out the deep commitment to see this school district is one or won appropriate and bring nora house man back. >> i need everyone to respect the two minute agenda. >> my name is monique a 3 and 4 grade teacher at community one value we as a community 0 always, always keep quality at the extra so everyone gets what they need as a leader nora provided values and put them all

the members of the community i could go on and on about how much nora has supported me as a fresh teacher i'm here to read two letters from students of mine that represents the measure of impact that nora had h and continues to have on the students the first one written by this gentleman here dear school board members and school district i think we should keep nora she's available and cares about the students not sit behind a desk to she does paper paperwork when she was sheer hoa hear you could see her participating in the friday morning assembly once i have had a conflict a few moments ago the students were sitting with nora i could tell she really cared by

the me and the other students and thinking about how to resolve it she wasn't doing this not just a job but cares she supports the students and staff and takes time to help to organize our project open house and picnic and pancake breakfast and leads us not the kind of leaders that tells people what to do she leads kindly in conclude nora cares about the school and everybody wants her back especially the san francisco students thank you. >> (clapping.) >> your next one who is not heard to sfusd members i'm a fourth grader and want to tell

you a mistake to have nora leave she knows all the kids and works with the teachers to make sure the teachers have what they need and plus she cares about her job nora ward's to make sure that everyone is included and building a community please don't send her away. >> the last thing we want to leave you with a few artifacts there are letters from our four parents groups and the overview of thel smal group by design you can review it and there's a copy of the petition that went out online and separating a hand signed petition. >> thank you thank you very, very, very much. >> (clapping.) >> thank you to all the speakers for your patience and

commitment bryan brooks and jean roberts robertson. >> are with i onramp yes so i don't know where bryan brooks but acknowledge the communities i'm the president of the united administrators union and see so many folks is out here is gratifying so thank you a lot of passion i wanted to just say thank you for the amazing year i'll keep it light we worked hard together with our members to make sure the cabinet we shifted and worked in committees i think we moved a

few announce mountains and get back in the saddle most are on vacation we're happy to report another little thing i want to mention well, just the sf community and lastly a resolution for a bonds measure on the agenda tonight we'll support the art center coming forward and i want you to know your principal firmly support that i hope that goes well with that, i bid you an deal ongoing fish and hope you get to have a vacation as we do in the district so thank you . >> (clapping.) >> thank you, kevin bogus i had you signed up for a few things. >> good evening commissioners

and district staff and audience i'm here today to talk about my work 59 the organization find director of policy and your relationship to the district and in law ways we're a partner of the administration helping to insure that african-american latino and other historic disenfranchised groups are access to the chambers of power and getting high quality education within sfusd and we've struggled with our ability to have transparency about what is going on and our partnership feels we're on urban wptd partner at times over the course of this year we've not engaged the avenues of policy and in the able to necessarily fellow what the districts is doing and have access to timing information and data like to highlight the

districts that reached out we've had meeting we have lucky with as reputation of the district and a lot of parents and students not able to at that particular time as much with the struggles whether it is the ending of meetings the stakeholders groups or the lack of actual community engagement a lot of the communities spaces leechlt we'll say the district mist but not a lot of communities partners and expand the conversation and not be a one way conversation from the district but fosters community u communication and allows regular parents and students and people in the community that cares about the students so engage and fully understand we would really like to, full fledged partner to

make sure that all students are heard especially students in special education or african-american participants that have a low graduation rate and not the access to the resources that some of the students do i'm here to remind the board of candidates and the resolution or so and meeting those goals and go wrong side our state and federal requirements and powerful engagement of our students parents and broader communities thank you . >> (clapping.) >> all right. so we're moving back into order of the agenda public comment on content items none signed up and item g the consent calendar exhibit a for the list of items can i have a motion and a second? on the consent calendar.

>> so moved. >> any items or corrected by the superintendent. >> yes. mr. steel please. thank you superintendent carranza one on page 577 two codes and second zero zero zero it zero one 7 and 750 both of those have no money associated with them of seven hundred plus credit those should both go down to score. >> all right. any items removed for fvrdz by the board none any items severed by the

aboard roll call vote under second organization and next i'd like to move board members proposals and cards and action we have one item motor vehicles on may the jrotc and adoption of the policy 30 years the did not study or pe studies for specific contrary were state ms. wynns what having i have a report from the curriculum committee >> thank you president haney the curriculum committee moved this resolution item forward with a positive recommendation. >> by a vote of two i's one

no. >> commissioner murase and commissioner wynns are reading the resolution. >> encouragement we'll read of therefore, be it resolved clauses for the relation for the resolution on jrotc and is jrotc policy authorizing the jrotc policy or pe credit specific career therefore, be it resolved the board of education adopts a board policy for jrotc for the students to opt to take the independent study with the regulations adopted for this purpose or subsequent provisions to school site principal shall determine what staff will supervisor it based on the policy requirements and the needs of school site and

therefore, be it resolved that the jrotc policy having shall authorize the credit if the criteria a sieved one the jrotc must provide 4 hundred maintenance of education every 10 dies as required by the education mostly and include the outdoor physical activities and two as course of overall studies must meet the objectives and criteria the effects of physical activities that on indictments health with the rhythm and dance and not including all areas of study and there 3 must have a credible that prohibits not to

exceed to a single credential in physical education and physical education designated subjects and special subjects and d in reserve officer training core jrotc and number for the jrotc must pose a b.a. and the board this is a determined a b.a. will be offered for pe credit and 5 the physical fitness test shall be administrative code by law therefore, be it resolved that the board rescinds any previous reconsideration or provisions there in that conflicts with this jrotc policy and further be it resolved, it resends the provision that requires the jrotc structures to obtain

certification for pe study with deadlines and limitations associated with this requirement and rescinds the previous provisions for the funding limits onion is jrotc program or compensation. >> so a number of public speakers (calling names).

>> my name is richard owe he support an urge you commission to continue support the jrotc program that really served our country we're a democracy a republic and all you are elected by the people to do a job for hundred years you're doing a gob you support the jrotc i was drafted and sent offer to fort training at the first session our instructor asked anyone of us you know have jrotc

training and one of the hawaiian guys stand up and appointed to carry our banner our official company banner and our jrotc really feel that our leadership they have to learn how to receive instructions before they can give instructions later on and we heard the tragedy over in orlando last sunday and we're going to 12 days from now the 26 sunday we're going to have a modern one more than one billion

poem coming to celebrate the pride parade and have our police department our fire department our medical centers are working on that and praying for any event but they do have the army, navy and everyone for back up if our department sf san francisco department we don't have any capers have it in the code scott with the almost up well, let me urge you that i learned something from the most of you, we call you the support roach of roach to support our jrotc it is good for everybody thank you.

>> my name is ignoring i don't think in any fourth time up here and talk about other experience in jrotc not in jrotc i'll give you a brief remember i was a 200 and 50 pounds obese in high school and push-ups and experienced in pe plaza classes who wants a fat kid for in their teens that is no the athleticly able to perform the sport through jrotc i have gotten positive reimbursement reimbursement to push and this idea of impulse one whatever you could do let's

say you can only do 24 m plus one do 26 next time and keep on improving and that's what jrotc has taught me to you push their limits everyone has potential and don't settle for less thanks . >> (clapping.) >> good evening, everyone my name is shannon an upcoming senior in burton high school i've been involved in the past years and i've widow witnessed how to program provides amazing opportunities for students and particular of the fiscal educational overseeing shines through the quality of leadership sorry about thatship and discipline for example, each individual student will have the opportunity to spent a number of

experiences and sure the peers are doing the experiences correctly and the cadets p will push to the best of their abilities during the lessonss the instructors talk about the healthy individual from a daily intact of food to the daily experiences i've learned was in order for moist myself to be the best person mentally and physical in the past years i've seen many cadets grow as individuals i hope the jrotc program will continue to provide the credentials for those combaetsz not only has this greater impacted any life but many cadets in the jrotc communities

thank you for your time. >> (clapping.) >> good evening, commissioners and board members and all the audience here i'm change i'm a teacher at george washington high school and pleased to be here to say how i feel about the jrotc program i'm really before i start, i think i'd like to acknowledge all of your work hard this year and you're putting students in center and doing the best for all the students as an educator in my classroom i noticed students that is their jrotc program they are very unique traits for example, i noticed that they never cut classes and they are

very getting following instructions and do what their supposed to do that didn't mean they have not beeners or creative but they know they know what is important and they make the right choice that he i also 0 noticed that they are very optimistic and have positive attitude they're a good team workers work with the whole team well and collaborative that all any students in the jrotc program they're not a students i must say i teach chinese and i teach level one i noticed that their proficiency level from a to even d

and where the lower performers they do their best they communicate with me i work with them and help them they been reprecedent in learning so i public school is a very positive men outlet and this is also a background for us to go continue to, successful in the future and all those. >> your time is up. >> thank you. >> i want to say that it is very important for the students so to have the positive learning attitude and really benefit our school our community and our future society thank you very much. >> (clapping.) >> hello, i'm going to be representing student if burton

high school hi, i'm anna i'm an upcoming junior at burton high school i've taken and have my high school career with confidence this program has an impact in my life we learn skills that motivate us to communicate we listen to one another and push ourselves further and things i didn't learn in pe in jrotc we push ourselves physically and in our cameras i've gains some upper body strength due to the amount of push-ups and doing our workout days as you can see compares to the we are the ones pushing ourselves to run the laps rather than walking them we stretch and warm up together

at a platoon having the cadets lead the exercise we learn how to push ourselves and not give up i repeated many things your or any peers said but i hope that show us just how much we care about that issue and how much we stand together thank you for listening. >> (clapping.) >> good evening board and staff i'm here today to just i have a major concern about this resolution the lifting of funding foreign joshing not that jrotc is not important and didn't help a lot of students in ways i feel this district has more pressing priorities than jrotc from the central office a lot of special education

students and fosters and english language students that need tutoring and additional counseled the schools are not staffed and it worries me to fund from the general fund that don't address those primary concerns so most definitely support you psa this resolution without that part and maintaining that bands and encouraging the city hall's asking lives to find funds to pay for that but the district central office fund be directed towards academic and counseling and trauma informed and restorative practices and training foyer parents and teachers in overseeing things as well as students so just to say i think our funding priorities need to be based on making sure our students have xhooefk successful and find a way to do

that without listing the ban on the funding. >> commissioners good evening also hero to speak and he similarly he want to echo some of the candidates if the membership who were astounded to hear from the general fund to be used for jrotc when there you are more pressing concerns commissioner wynns earlier was alluding to the fact as much as you liked the apac recommendation to have parents liaison specific for the african-american community you noted; right? this is a great goal while at the same time we should have a general family

liaison for all the schools that don't exist including my school a part-time from the money we fund-raise all that so say more priorities that are very much basic ones including for example, the engagement plan in the talks for years and never created or implemented which those tremendous research; right? as to how that engaging families is completely connected to the outcomes indefinite more pressing concerns as well as research that is clear as to where we should be spending our dollars and unfortunately not jrotc i'll urge to embed and move forward with that resolution excluding the lifting

of the band a couple of other folks (calling names) and recognize the former member of the board of supervisors and former senate senator quentin was here teller to speak on this item. >> to speak in support of this item. >> good afternoon good evening i'm a student in the lincoln high school i ask to support this judged resolution i've made comments about how great the jrotc i'll not bore you

especially i don't understand why you don't feel the smaung you support pubically jrotc your statements and both don't renewable that it says - the district goal to make the justice a reality but the mission goals how we do best and it seems to me that shouldn't be the only program against prohibition funding and in order to keep the prohibition in place it not not come up annually but students work together rather than the easy way out by prohibiting the jrotc instructors you hurt the students and if the administrators i trust most i speak to and know the concerns

and problems i deal with are this does not spend other fund and it spends on jrotc that is a necessary program and how to expend by passing today is resolution to demonstrate that everyone and every program deserves a fair treatment please support today's resolution thank you. >> hello my name is isabel brown an african-american and hispanic student at lincoln i mentioned i'm african-american and hispanic a reputation that assists minorities but nothing can be further from the truth many minorities take by the

people but 17 percent of the jrotc instructors are in san francisco are minority and those instructors help to mentor and guide the minority students in the jrotc program as well as non-jrotc students in the ask the that they teach so i wanted you to hear from the minorities students the jrotc program is amazing i also want to ask a question one question proposal to look at the prohibition that against the funding i ask the members to have the board any question why jrotc is the only program with the prohibition against central funding why is that right to disseminate against jrotc if someone were to tell me i couldn't play fusible or become

president of the united states and would protest we want to commend be not be principal but don't i have a right to look at that but not - fundamentally this is unfair you don't have a chance to expedite is not right all programs deserve to be treated fairly and even if it is one you mate liy not like. >> i'm in the jrotc program ask for support of the resolution of the proposal we're considering the jrotc program is in jeopardy but i'm concerned because there is maul cuts i have seen inflicted on the program and

interested in writing righting previous wrongs and so as previous action that have been detrimental to the jrotc i wasn't hero when those actions were taken by alumni but know what the jrotc used to do and really would - getting fewer opportunities in the because of the of the unfair actions by the previous board when i heard about the resolution the new question i asked why was pe credit taken away in 2008, and two why was the prohibition placed against jrotc the program has not changed since 2007 or 2013 but the first

relax the - the second was the instructor resources available to the program and the citizens i may be wrong i think that most members of the previous board if like jrotc i say there are good reasons don't ask don't tell policy but since the major issues were referred we should take steps to treat jrotc fairly shouldn't we after all ever you have you fear jrotc is not go you want this to continue i ask to you treat jrotc correctly by passing the resolution for me and my fellow jrotc students throughout the city thank you. >> (clapping.) >> good evening. i'm a joking

student at abraham lincoln high school i spoke at the curriculum meeting but to the ask for support for me by pga the resolution for the curriculum perspective he ask your support for the schedules and a murnd process for graduation didn't give us the flexibility for lefkdz by allowing jrotc for a pe credit that gives us a chance to take others electives and helps us to be more competitive so jrotc curriculum is exceptional it teaches us how to be responsible and per skaud and teaches us how to be better citizens and physical ed and many elements that my fellow students get in pe many of us in

genetic perform better in the annual fitness test than our countered parts the prohibition against the central sfubdz fufrpdz is an issue an issue of funding should have a equal opportunities to compete for funding i ask for you will have you to support jrotc by voting to adopt this resolution thank you. >> (clapping.) >> when you put the phone down i'll start. >> my name is tom i'm the president of regional chapter of the association of united states

arm i agree with everything you people have said to this point in support of this resolution and it is strange i should come here because the united states arm has no direct connection with jrotc it doesn't teach military tactics and strategy weapons, equipment and what have you state teaches a personal values that are important to all the communities and the question i was the premiers why is jrotc treated differently i don't think any of you were here 8 years ago when we - my condolences when you made the headlines the first page of what is moa my local newspapers when i was working in

fairfax county va not easy they make the washington papers but you are in the spotlight jrotc from my observations is extremely important extremely productive one of the best bargains you've got but it actually wow. the sentiment i felt sdoirpt and betrayal i sat here gong on 4 hours now and i heard all those programs brought forward to this table all sorts of groups reaching in for money and when jrotc asked to have a restriction lifted and people spoke against it i heard a cheer from the back there so what you got now are a few

dogs fighting for the same bone and if you let them fight you're wrong you should give jrotc what all the other programs have and the administration process thank you. >> >> (clapping.) >> my name is convincingcy not on the list but spoken with judge i was here 8 years ago i was one the co-chairs ever prop z choice for students the voters of san francisco spoke loudly they said put the program back we didn't put the program back because when is program was disbaptist it should central funding and had to instructors per school and we gave pe credit

it is taken 8 years to get to what the voters of san francisco said 8 years ago reinstate the program as it was we didn't do that this resolution after 8 years takes us back to what the voters of san francisco told our public officials told the board of education, i i did not know why there is an issue that the jrotc program does not give the same footing as any other program in our schools those who say they support it eat don't support the ability for them do give the same fair basis of any other podium do -

they does not support of program you cannot say you support in the program when you don't support all aspects i'm here to ask the voters who passed prop b 8 years ago? the last part of it thank you. >> (clapping.) >> comments from the board. >> vice president walton. >> thank you very much mr.

chairman and members of the board this is a matter of quality pair it and fairness and if we were permanent about this situation we not consider that for us to support this program and there's no guarantee that funds will not be taken from those important measures that deal with the narrowly the achievement gap who's the sick itself - we need to take a very close look at being transparent and making

sure mr. superintendent that we don't compromise the commitment we've made to a community that has been far behind and part of king juniors benjamin may said he or she is behind in the race of life will stay behind but rovrn pastor and run faster in order to capture what that measure calls the underserved community to not run faster that's the question. >> >> (clapping.) >> thank you reverend brown. >> mr. walton. >> thank you, commissioner president haney and first of

all, i want to thank all the sires meanwhile that serves in our military we - definitely appreciate your service i want jrotc to be treated fairly i hope we'll go to the federal government and say give us what you owe us to the jrotc program because it is their program i truly support jrotc i've spoken and go out and talk to the young people and visit the classrooms and make sure that i hear from the students and so i have no issues with the program i think that has fallacy for anyone that portrays it as under attack it is definitely not but i have to want to and transparent what we have an

attempt to export funds from areas we can be initiative and talk about the programs that don't need that support and this will be arley to your vision 2025 strategies and a misrepresentation of the what is taken care of other jrotc you've heard students testify about the great opportunities the high gpas i had a teacher come and discuss and talk about the students that operators parted that note be active in the school we all support, of course, and it is also a demonstration that jrotc is a program that is doing well so again, i say jrotc is not suffering but i'll say in the district our black our latin and

asian pacific islanders are english learners and children with special needs and if you want to possibly take the resources away from those populations that no he had it most of the i say same shame on one-on-one anyone with that intention and proposal we have children not reading in grade level and children that are homeless in our district and behind in the race and any opportunities and resources need to go to the innovation to address the gaps in our districts if in their are funding gaps that exist in jrotc it is due to the take that that the department of justice to be specific is not funding their own program the fight is with the federal government with the go budget at at least 3.3 trillion sow we don't take

food out of the mouth of those that need it the most jrotc is not suffering in this district and lifting prohibitions creates the vision and stirs up the dichotomy of important with the people are the means in our district shame on us i don't think who is spreading the rumor about jrotc to compete for resources but the rumors has to look at students and families in the face and let them know how to create it false crisis our forcing people to highlight the issues within the program i can't accept this resolution unless the last resolve clause is removed jrotc is a federal program why there prohibition in jrotc fund because it is a federal

program jrotc receives over $800,000 we pay the half of the salaries for others jrotc instructors and the benefits of jrotc instructors the federal government didn't pay a dime we have students ♪ district test blow average for the city in particular students testing below average our money needs to support overseeing students not programs we pay half the slayer if you want to improve the fiscal achievement gap not support programs that effect our adverse latino population and other folks are noted diabetes is here and another policy or an attempt to

make the outcomes worse force the students that need it the most i talked about this in terms of i remember the resolution originally was brought to be about pyeonchang and first month or so conversations about the funding everyone who came to testify this is about and making sure that jrotc students have an opportunity to receive puc and all of a sudden that is about let's step forward open prohibition i was born at night but not last time last night you lift this port commission prohibition that leads on attack for the opportunities for students that need it the most we need more teachers in every classroom and less students in the mathnd