the lady. i gave her the slip. do i need to do anything else? >> she has to give it to me. >> i didn't anybody in line. >> i call them up in groups. >> okay. >> do you want on to say anything about -- [inaudible] >> so all i will say to the parents, the families that are here from fran francis scott key and i suspect many were on the email that i sent yesterday in response to some of the concerns, and we can't go into a tremendous amount of detail but i want to assure everyone we are taking -- we are very closely attuned to the situation in room 218. it has our full attention and we are working as i said in my email very purposefully to

address that situation so i think i must leave it at that but in the meantime we do understand the concerns and appreciate you communicating them to us. >> i'm going to call the next set of speakers. [calling speaker names] >> thank you all for coming. >> one of the core values at sfusd isut social justice and states that we stand with those most vulnerable in the community and as a bilingual teacher this is strong to my heart. with a breaking heart i am addressing this progressive board and opportunity to stop oppression as spoke about. as forced out

and [inaudible] transfer a family is being torn apart. one brother was accepted who is in my class and older brother with severe iecht ep was denied and by doing this all childrens' education in the family is being disrupted. their oldest daughter a sfusd graduate is now in the first year of university of california berkeley on a scholarship ride. this is the family we strive for and bilingual family and family of color and family striving for the best and committed to all of the student's education. we're tearing them apart their form of income and daily life. why are they getting pushed out? they have been in the district for 16 years. after hiring a lawyer and appealing to the district twice i stand here tonight to fight that fight that no one is taking a stand for with them. by pushing out students with

severe autism who do not speak after being in one district for their entire life is traumatic to say the least. we have other options. we have an agreement with other school districts and this specific district and more over we have no legal agreement to deny this based on residency. their community is in the city and income is in the city and in the district for their entire lives. why was this student not allowed to stay? it because he has autism? because he's bilingual? a student of color? please -- i beg you please think about this decision that was being made and think if you can have a role in stopping the systemic oppression. you can make the decision to revert the appeal and let the student stay in the district. they deserve that right. thank you.

>> good evening. my name is ricardo lopez. i'm going to do it in spanish. [speaking spanish] good evening. my son has autism. my other son goes to sanchez as his teacher mentioned. my other daughter graduated. [speaking spanish]

my other son was denied school attendance here. we were told to take him to daly city. i work in san francisco. my wife works in san francisco. the person that helped take care of him after school has also quit. [speaking spanish] now we're in a difficult

situation if he's not allowed to attend school one of us is going to have to quit our job. my son requires double the attention of a normal child. [speaking spanish] [applause] and i ask you to make the right decision. thank you. >> hello my name is andrea james and a social worker and here to advocate for mr. lopez and family. his sefnlgth grade son was denied and his other son was approved this. is a san francisco family, a mission family. parents working hard in the city raising bilingual children pushing them to get every possibility and they should. as a social worker i am proud and excited to work with the family but now i am fade we're going to lose them and

potentially for causing harm denying opportunity and negatively impacting their education. the lopez family like many hard working san francisco families is being priced out and displaced and if we the district aren't intentional for strategies for maintaining families we are encouraging gentrification and structural racism to use your ard words and i am hopeful and denied twice and the next appeal is going before the board. i believe the progressive board that believes in the students and families. agenda states access and equity making social justice a reality and this is my kind of board because this is say social justice issue. a low income latino student with a disability is denied access to education in a district where he's lived and learned for eight years. this denial services will disrupt the education, his brother's

education and potential income. the younger son a general education student was approved and the special education student was declined and the reason was lack of resources. this means that the education will cost more money but we have the capacity and the resources. we have been providing them for eight years. social justice means we will continue to provide those resources. discontinuing services to a low income latino student with a disability is unjust. it's denying access. it's in fact inequitable. i am hopeful that the board will address the social justice by approving the permit otherwise i am confused what social justice means or confused what the san francisco unified school district really stands for when it's limiting access for a student it claims it's submitted to supporting. please show we care about all students. let's act intentional

and support the family and approve the permit on the 20th. thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> so i'm going to move up without objection item q. that was the end of general public. item q the proposition in support of this item and without objection i will meef this item up. can i have a motion and second of the suspension of the rules and proposition n non non voting in school board elections and by commissioners matt haney and walton and fewer.

>> moved. >> second. >> can i have a roll call vote. >> yes. (roll call). >> seven aye's. >> can i have a motion and a second for the formal introduction? >> so moved. >> second. >> can i have a reading of the resolution. it looks like commissioner fewer has it open. do you want to start for us? >> okay. in support of proposition n non-citizen voting in school board elections whereas about 280,000 immigrants live in san francisco accounting for 35% of the population and 54% of children in san francisco have at least one immigrant parent and 34% of households are

headed by immigrant and whereas 27.3 percent, 16,000 of all sfusd students are designated as english learns and one indication of the san francisco population in san francisco schools and whereas from 1776 to to this date listed and could voted in elections and municipalities passed legislation in franchising non-citizen and include maryland municipalities, chicago, illinois, cambridge and amherst, massachusetts and neighboring legislation is required for implementation and whereas non-citizen voting is common practice in other nations and 23 countries allowing some form of non-citizen voting

including belize, canada, done mark and pain and the united kingdom and those that want to be citizens face bureaucratic changes waiting ten years to go through the process and whereas this waiting time for non-citizen parents last the tenure of in public schools and non-citizen parents children are themselves citizens participate in participation in the democratic process and non-citizen suffers emotional and social inequities and ignore their interests and contribute to san francisco by paying taxes and purchasing goods and services and working in every sector of the economy and whereas non-citizen residents contribute to the social and cultural vitality of san francisco by sending their children to schools developing and participating in the life of

their communities through religious and community groups and whereas non-citizen are not eligible to register to vote although existing san francisco residents 18 years or older united states citizens or not in print of or parole for felony conviction are eligible to vote and the board of education of of the sfusd and whereas the san francisco board of supervisors 10-1 support supervisor mar's proposal to amend the charter of city and county of san francisco to authorize san francisco residents who are not united states citizens but the parents or legal guardians or caregivers of children in san francisco vote for the board of education and. >> whereas the voting rights measure proposition n is on the november 8, 2016 ballot as an amendment to the city and county of san francisco's charter and

if passed the provision authorizes vote vote and board of education election would sunset on december 31, 2022 or the december 31 immediately following the third school board election conducted under the rules adopted in the charter amendment whichever is later, and whereas community based oarksdzs supporting this measure include mission economic development agency, mission parent council, faith in action, alliance of californians for community empowerment, [inaudible] chinese for affirmative action and neighborhood centers and coleman advocates and local 261, la raza [inaudible] and therefore be it resolved -- >> that the san francisco board supports this charter amendment for the voting age who are

legal guardians or caregivers to vote in the board of education regardless if they're a u.s. citizen and further the board of education is interested in the outcome of constitutional debates related to citizenship and voting and the progress of such action s and the board of education is committed to maintaining high participation in elections high all eligible voters and opposes prop n that would separate the election from regular ballots and elections and calls on the board of supervisors and department of elections to implement prop n should it pass in november and not remove these from regular elections and ballots and if it's found to be constitutional the board of education urges that the board of supervisors to consider measures that would allow non-citizen of san francisco to vote in all local

elections. i will call the speakers for public comment. you have two minutes each. [calling speaker names] >> [speaking spanish] good evening. my name is theresa molina and the mother of two sons, one in high school and one in the fifth grade.

[speaking spanish] and really what i am doing here is supporting proposition n which would give us the opportunity to vote and be able to choose the board. [speaking spanish] because as latinos and afro descendents we're worried that our children have low achievement. [speaking spanish]

so that's why i am here to ask you to please support this proposition so we can have a voice and a vote. thank you. >> [speaking spanish] my name is maria vasquez. i have one son and attends james lick and i am here supporting proposition n. [speaking spanish]

as a latina i am also part of this i want to support our son and that they have our full support and i want you to also support that proposition. >> [speaking spanish]my name is deanna vasquez and i have two children and i am here because i want to support proposition n.

[speaking spanish] so i want us to have a voice and a vote so that we can choose and have a part in the decision of the board. [speaking spanish] also this would help us be more involved in our childrens' education even though we are we still lack the vote. [speaking spanish]

so i hope that this vote is something that will impact the community and become a reality. >> [speaking spanish] good evening. my name is maria gomez and my children attend mission schools and i am also here to support proposition n. [speaking spanish]

we want to be able to vote as parents so that our children can have better academics and we also want to support our english language learners. [speaking spanish] and that's for proposition n. thank you. >> [speaking spanish] good evening. my name is lord ez and i'm a mother of four, all u.s. citizens. [speaking spanish]

and i want to ask all of you what do you think is the status of many of us undocumented but we have a wonderful responsibility and that is to get our children to college. [speaking spanish] the status that we have as parents are parents of children who are citizens who will become adult citizens of this country. thank you. >> [speaking spanish] good evening. my name is mark and a father of three.

[speaking spanish] i upon focused very much on my childrens' education and that of the community and in the pto and other organizations and see the realities of schools and i see a lot of application in it. >> >> [speaking spanish]

one thing i upon focused on is the struggle for change. the last census shows that latinos are a majority that is becoming a -- minority that is becoming a majority and i am a citizen and my children are citizens and i want to give them my total support. studies show if parents are involved in their education they will have more success. [speaking spanish]

and lastly i wanted to ask that you give us a chance that you approve proposition n that's already been approved in other cities such as new york. it's had an impact and changed education. it means more parents will participate and they will have a chance to see about their child's education and so our goal is that to place emphasis on our child's education. >> thank you very much. >> hello my name is joshua park. i am a sophomore at lowell high school. i am a youth commissioner this year for

district 4 and i of working on vote 16 which is known on prop f for a year with student delegate eng so one thing i wanted to talk about is i guess the timing of this issue and i think that the timing of this issue is something that's interesting to look at. on the largest ballot i believe in the city or state's history on the same ballot that prop f is put on the same ballot that prop n is put on i think it's interesting to see how these different groups of people are really organizing out there and fighting for their voting rights so on behalf of myself i would like to encourage you guys to support this. thank you. >> thank you to all of the speakers. now i'm going to

open it up for comments from the board. vice president walton. >> i definitely want to thank all of the families and parents for testifying in support of prop n i will keep this brief and i support this proposition and anyone with children and within this district should have a voice and a voice is going to be as a result of them having an opportunity to vote and this is one step closer towards that voice so i support proposition n. of course i'm a coauthor and look forward to voting for it on november 8. >> commissioner fewer. >> yes thank you vice president walton. i also urge my fellow commissioners to vote in favor of this. i think that it is really important for those people who in particular are so dependent on our public

education to actually have a voice in the governance of this district and so i know that this board of supervisors actually passed this overwhelming. i think that -- i would hope it would pass over and expand to actually other municipal local elections but i think that these parents have been waiting a long time to have a real voice in their childrens' education and i am a firm believer that i think if this is passed they will be so much -- some of the most persistent, most thoughtful voters and i think they will then again be more engaged in their childrens' education. i think that this is the first step actually and i hope that this city will actually expand this so that they will vote in other elections. i know there has been a struggle and a fight be able to vote in this

country. it shouldn't be so hard. i think this is a no brainer. i think government should be a democracy and this is a step toward a very true democracy so i urge my fellow commissioners to vote for this. >> commissioner ms. wynns. >> yes, i want to say i am definitely in favor of this. i hope when it passes we can work with the city to make sure it can actually be implemented. i am interested i was really interested and appreciate the reference to other cities where they have done parent voting in school board elections and unfortunately those efforts have been kind of squashed in recent years based on mayoral take overs and we have the opportunity here to make this something real for the parents in our school district and the children in san francisco so this is the third time this has been on the ballot, the third

time i supported it enthusiast wale and i am happying it passes and -- hoping it passes and work with the city to make social justice a reality its happen. >> >> >> i want to voice support for this resolution. i firmly believe that all families should have a say in their education so more proactive families mean successful student and students support this. >> yeah. i want to echo what everyone has said. [speaking spanish] . i want to thank the family members that came and it's brave to come and show they're active

and it's no lie. we have undocumented parents and community members and they're part of the community so why shouldn't they have saying what should be done as this is their city too and i am personally coming from immigrant parents and i understand that and i think just yesterday a student approached me and said "hey my mom fell on work and undocumented and not going to the doctor and scared something will happen to her" and this is for a week and speaks strongly to me if parents are able to make choice for the students scared to get support and what their needs and speaks strongly to me and in support of this resolution i request to be added as coauthor. thank you. [speaking spanish]

>> commissioner murase. >> thank you very much. i will be -- [applause] -- supporting this resolution for three primary reasons. one, san francisco is of course a sanctuary city and residents can access city service and secondly it's a path to expanding our democracy and important that people are part of the government and final ree r finally we have a broken system for those to becomes citizens and unfair those on the wait list to deny voting in our elections so i thank the authors for bringing this forward and i will support it. >> commissioner ms. mendoza mcdonnell.

>> thank you. i want to support my as well. we were at the board meeting and members there and actually turned the vote there which i was proud of and made them think differently who we serve and the reason we want our parents to select someone they feel would be representing them as parents so you know -- i'm actually i didn't have to

(dropped ened coder). i will support this resolution and we're supporting it it would be great to have our names on the resolution if you allow us, authors. >> so i'm going to just last and everybody expressed my feelings well and i will support this. >> great. it looks like we have unanimous support and if i speak for the three authors we would love to have everyone's name on the resolution. i think it's an incredibly powerful statement for the board to be held accountable and representative of all of our families and don't want to be denied a voice and we think this is not just about parent empowerment, parent voice. it's also about the success of all of our students and this is a partnership between this district and our families and we can't do it if some of our families are denied a voice so

i want to thank the families parents that came out, everyone that is organizing around this. we are confident third time is going to be the charm here and we really want to encourage the voters of san francisco to pass this initiative. we as the school board this affects us and our families and our community. so we really hope that the voters of san francisco understand that this is something that we want that we need and that we need those couple more percentage points to get over the top this time and i know we're committed to doing everything we can in partnership with all of the organizations and want thank metawho did organizing and out tonight for their leadership and we fully support this and we look forward to seeing it pass in november so thank you. roll call vote. [applause] >> [inaudible] >> yes. >> [inaudible] >> yes. >> ms. fewer. >> yes. >> ms. mendoza mcdonnell.

>> yes. >> dr. murase. >> yes. >> [inaudible] >> yes. >> ms. wynns. >> yes. >> mr. haney. >> yes. >> that is unanimous. >> all right. so i'm going to move back to item k. special order of business. i now call the public hearing and adoption to the tentative agreement between the district and service employees international union seiu local local. can i hear a motion and a second on the tentative agreement? >> moved. >> second. >> superintendent leigh. >> yes, i would like to ask chief of labor on relations to read the item into the record please. >> good evening board. what i would like the asked action that the board of education of the district district conducts a

public hearing and adopts the tentative agreements and the related public disclosure documents. >> i have no public speakers on this item. any comments questions from the board? seeing none a roll call vote. >> thank you. ms. eng. >> yes. >> sorry, i just wanted to thank our negotiating team for this and our labor partners for what has been traditionally sometimes contentious negotiation and it's really quite a tribute we can vote on this tonight. >> ditto. roll call vote please. >> ms. eng. >> thank you. >> [inaudible] >> yes. >> ms. fewer. >> yes. >> pose pose. >> yes. >> dr. murase. >> aye. >> ms. norton. mr. walton.

>> yes. >> ms. wynns, mr. haney. >> yes. >> five aye's. >> i think five is enough. thank you. can i have motion and a acceptance of digital devices and approval of limited waiver of bp 1325 waiver of bp 1325, advertising and promotion. >> so moved. >> >> second. >> so there are some supporting materials which is available to the public which were in the entrance of the meeting room and also for the board members you have been provided a copy of some supporting materials. mr. superintendent leigh. >> yes thank you president haney. we have a duo that are going to provide a brief presentation about this very exciting initiative and also will speak to the requested

action so melissa dodd the chief technology officer and brent stephens the chief academic officer and after they have concluded i might make a remark or two so ms. dodd. >> thank you very much superintendent. good evening president haney, commissioners. we are here this evening to -- we have a brief presentation. we have some background information and updates to share with you. i will wait. okay.

okay. here we go. we have some background information and context to share with you regarding an exciting partnership between sfusd and digital promise in regarding the verizon innovative schools program for you to understand the program and consider as you review the requests for the acceptance of the cases, protective cases as well as the limited waiver. so we will cover a couple of components overview of the program as well as some of the rationale as to this partnership and just to give a little bit of context digital promise is a national non-profit organization that was authorized by congress back in 2008, and last year san francisco was accepted into the league of innovative school it is so we're part of a national

community of districts and school leaders who are working towards improving student outcomes by leveraging technology, and working around advocacy work as well as building models for systemic transformation of teaching and learning leveraging technology. so with that we will give a brief update as to the connection to the alignment with our vision 2025 and i will kick it over to brent stephens. >> good evening commissioners. i'm the chief academic officer for the district. commissioners you're familiar with the slide that is on the presented on the screen and that is the coming out of vision 2025 there are many aspects of the big shifts that call for a beeper and reimagined use much technology of schools. >> >> include path ways and

reimagine time and place, blended learning motivation and mastery and tasks so they were thoughts large in our mind as we had the opportunity to apply for work through digital promise to create one to one learning environments in three of our middle schools. and then you're familiar as discussed many times here in the board room that we have challenge in front of us to close the digital learning gap and we have identified three aspects of that gap that are important to resolve in schools and always available access to technology and the internet, the teaching of digital literacy and responsibility and conceiving of powerful using of technology so teachers and students are reimagining the types of learning possible given the enabling technology. >> and through our partnership with digital learning -- thank you. and through the

partnership with digital learning we have the opportunity to access additional grants and professional learning and coaching around innovative useds and leveraging of technology to support student learning and that's where the verizon innovative schools program came to our attention and so as we've said in thinking around our partnership with digital promise how it's also grounded both in our vision 2025 but our strategic plan and our district plan so we will highlight a couple of components of the program to provide background information. as dr. stephens mentioned the partnership a provides for it is technology for planning and design support implementation support around building one to one learning environments in three of our middle schoolts. the partnership with verizon came

out of president o bam's vision and this is the three year anniversary of that and bring internet access and learning tools to the country and the president asked for the private sector to partner in this effort and the innovative learning schools program was verizon's commitment to this initiative. this is the program is in its third year so we have the opportunity to learn from other districts and schools that have gone before us so we get their best practices and lessons and apply those here within sfusd. this is a district wide collaboration between technology curriculum instruction, sfusd our schools as well as lead. we have been partners in the effort and we're working with three middle schools and the schools have a motto it's three schools but one team because we are

able to build a cohort of schools working in concert together around a coherent plan and really looking how we can develop a scalable model not just for the three schools but we can apply to other schools and apply across the district as we think about how we leverage technology strategically and somewhat connected we do have other schools that have gone one to one and so this year through the learning academy structure we created a learning axd around one to one so the five current schools are able to share resources learn from each other and plan together. >> so very quickly the program has a number of important features that includes professional learning for educators and includes the school wide license through common sense media for digital literacy certification. it also would support the creation of

student technology leadership teams provide common planning team, professional development for teachers in all three schools and done through the partnership in collaboration with all of the departments that chief dodd mentioned and includes monthly stem or steam activities that are technology enriched and rigorous research component to the project so in terms of implementation we are just launching the work. it's been going on through spring and summer and closing in on the days that the devices are deployed at schools seso we have been working through the issues and providing free net in the to the families involved. ipads are coming and tested and configured. we have been involved in teacher pd and several days in the summer and ongoing early release planning that happens and continues in

the wee (encoder dropped) there is investment over $3 million. in addition to the technology that's provided as well as the internet access, the program provides funding for a full time instructional technology coach that is site based at each school and we're covering the cost of that through the district, through the school as well as through digital promise as well as a story teller so the importance of this is that we're learning from other schools and

districts and we're sharing our story so there is documented monthly stories that come out from each of the schools so can share what we learned not only in the cohort but broadly. we have dedicated support from digital promise and a professional learning manager who works with us and our schools closely. as mentioned professional learning. there's additional common planning time through five release days as well as other professional learning opportunities and membership of this national community. so our requests tonight, the specific requests tonight is for acceptance of cases so in addition to providing the ipads there are protective cases for students that a will help with security of the device and mobility and there is a logo on the case in regard to the program verizon innovative learning and a picture on the slide i have a sample for you

if you would like to see it so we have been working closely with digital promise and verizon regarding the policies and have worked with them actually to make adjustments based on our feedback changing -- modifying the footprint of the verizon logo as well as a redesign that focuses more on the program versus the organization but we're down to our last number of items with respect to the cases and tote bags that are provided to students that they can -- when they take the device with them as well as signage resulted to the events and launch dates that we mentioned earlier so with that i will turn it back over to our interim superintendent. >> so just to comment a little

bit on this broader conversation about visibility from corporate partners so we do understand that there are concerns, very valid concerns about the -- this is the reason why the board of education long ago passed its policy on this topic so we understand the issues and we certainly want to be selective and dris criminating about the exposure that our students receive for logos and branding. we also do recall the discussion that the board had in i believe it's august meeting -- second meeting in august about developing a process and perhaps more clear criteria and guidelines on this general topic and we think it's a good idea for the staff and the commissioners to engage in that discussion perhaps in the rules

committee. i think that a specific suggestion made at your meeting in august, and in the meantime we do have some opportunities and this is a very exciting and promising one we think and we want to take anything that comes along that does have such high potential for enhancing the learning of our students as it comes and look at these issues and situationos a case by case basis very selectively, very intentionally and to as has been done in this case work with the partner to manage any of the concerns about visibility and branding so we think we've done a good job in this case. actually if i can just add one non sequitur. this is a little bit of a sketch but i wanted to introduce on the issue of partnerships and opportunity it is working with other institutions i did want to

introduce our newest colleague don days rousseau in the back and the new chief development officer. [applause] we're excited about don joining us in general and also for this, his first board of education meeting so with that president haney we're through with staff. >> we now own your tuesday nights by the way. congratulations on that and whatever committees we have. [laughter] i have one public comment on this. >> good evening. i am lita blank president of united etd kaitdors of san francisco. so i tread cautiously because this is a big opportunity, $3 million worth of computer -- of devices, training, pd time and we know from the middle

schools there is a lot that they're excited about and the families and students are excited about. >> >> but i'm going to rain on the parade and ask you to pause. i guess you had the discussions amongst yourself and for those listening parents and students and educators and why is verizon donating 3,000 ipads to the students. i am guessing they request the waiver so you can have a temporary display of banners and the inconspicuous display on the covers. what will it say? tax the rich pass prop -- [inaudible] i don't think so. verizon has some interest, true interest in providing digital access to our students and promoting professional development for our educators but like any other big corporation its over riding interest is guaranteeing profits

for the shareholders. with the free tablets -- let's get real and buying the loyalty of our communities and 12, 13, 14 year old children the same way that sugar coated cereals buy the loyal of two year olds and product placement, product place. . i wouldn't sleep easily if i was voting for this tonight. it's a slippery slope. i was told by one of the educators when they got their pd last spring and instructed by the verizon instructor they were to tell the kids not to take out your tablets, take out the verizon tablets.

>> if they want to make the donation why does the logo have to be on there? there? >> >> it has to do with spreads the corporate image and i have serious issues with this and raises questions about corporate public partnerships. i want the story tellers oopt a story teller and the kids or pr for verizon. be careful because they're the kids and our future. we're a public school district. we're not a school front for verizon. thank you. [applause] >> commissioner mendoza mc donnal and commissioner fewer. >> so i have a few questions just about the program itself. first i want to thank you. as you know i am a big supporter of helping ways to find ways for our schools to get digital commitment that we've made.

notice my t-shirt. and so i appreciate all that you're doing. you know in particular ms. . to ensure we're finding every crack and crevice to make this happen and so i guess my questions are mostly around the commitments that verizon has made and through the president's connect ed initiative so i know there were many tech companies that have contributed to the connect ed and i am just curious why verizon stands out? was that because they gave the most? or what was the kind of piece to that? do you want me to keep asking and then you can answer them at once? is that easier? so i am wondering about that part. i am wondering -- i

imagine there was some proper bidding that happened to select verizon to be the holder of this particular piece versus comcast or at&t or anyone else that may come around and say oh is that all we have to do in order to get into our schools? and then while i am on that note we do use other organizations who have not asked us to you know kind of brand -- you know the gmail we use or who provides the broadband or anything like that so i am curious if we have to identify rise? so is it mandatory to have the logo? could we put on there digital promise instead of verizon innovative learning? are there other things we could put on there that doesn't speak to a commercial group? and then the

other -- one other thing that i want us to think about is -- so i have some concerns just around theft when we have bags that say "verizon digital -- you know whatever, and thinking -- so when the kids are walking with the bag down the street they know there is a device in the bag and have we thought about the safety concerns when we're blasting out what our kids are carrying down the street? so if you wouldn't mind addressing some of those i would appreciate it. >> thank you very much. so in terms of the connect ed initiative i believe since its inception three years ago there have been a number -- lots of companies and organizations that have signed on to the commitment all with various types of programs. some in cases

software or capacity building. it various. i believe there has been about $10 billion of commitments. in terms of the verizon program i think one of the reasons why it stands out is that it looks at the whole school transformation so it isn't tackling one piece of the puzzle. it's tackling the access to technology, access to the internet, professional learning, capacity building for educators and planning and implementation department so that whole comprehensive program versus what might be a piece of the program in other cases. in terms why verizon as i said this is verizon's commitment to kekts connect ed and they partnered with digital promise so they direct the program. our interaction -- the majority are with digital promise. as i mentioned the

professional learning manager that we work with on a regular basis is from digital promise but the funding and the infrastructure for this program is through verizon which is why it's called the verizon innovative learning schools program. in terms of the cases and are we able to place something else on the cases the cases were donated as part of the program. we did look into alternative case options and it's about 68,000-dollar for the number of devices and to have the same type of case that provides for students to hold it in their hand or set it up with a stand so they can use it kind of in multi-modal ways and so that was in conversation working with both digital promise and verizon the change in the logo -- i wasn't necessarily part of all the conversations but

wanting it to be around the name of the program and includes the word "verizon." in terms of the tote bags the expectation is the students wouldn't be carrying the devices so to clarify what i shared. that would be given out with the devices but we're working closely with the schools and around safety and security that it's in your backpack and stays there as you're moving to and from school. a lot of the focus and the planning around early release in addition to the lesson planning and what happens day one and day three and day ten through the process is around the responsible use of technology, digital citizenship so since the beginning of school all schools have been going through a scope and sequence around digital citizenship and responsible use of technology and the care and security and safety of the technology as well so the bag provide side an

extra. we're not expecting students to be carrying the bags around on a regular basis. >> so these are branded and in our hands and the question is do we want to use them and $68,000 out right to buy them and we did with many of the cases that we put on many devices that we received from other grants. is that -- >> other grants -- >> right. like cell phones for example so we bought cases for all of -- >> right -- >> [inaudible] >> and school buys them. >> right and they have nothing on them so it would cost us $68,000 to do all of them and we can't take out of the grant? >> no. >> so it's not required for us to use these particular covers as part of the grant so if we didn't use these they wouldn't

take the grant away from us? >> not to my knowledge they wouldn't take the grant away from us. right. so i would need to go back. we have been of in conversation with digital promises and go back to discuss alternative options. i have been in conversations with them about bringing this to the board for approval that it isn't a guarantee that the limited waiver is accepted and we would work on the alternative is which is for the district to then purchase replacement cases. >> okay thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. so i understand the need for us to move forward in our technology and i think broadband and all that stuff -- i mean it's great, great program. however, this is what happens when a state under funds

public education and we become desperate and it is just immoral that really in california we're like the seventh largest economy in the world. second time i said that today and we are close to mississippi in per pupil funding. this is ridiculous. i think this is what happens when we under fund education and desperate to educate the students in the 21st century and even discussing this. i think this crosses the line and direct marketing to the students. [applause] wow thanks. i think this is exactly why we have this policy. i mean to put the warriors insignia on a basketball court is different than this. this is to each individual student with a logo and bag and signage. i

think it is a slippery slope. i think we want a fire wall around our students and that this is direct marketing to our students so if they're willing to give us the ipads and we don't have to take the covers we don't have to taikt tote bags or take their signage in any event then i would say sure let's take the ipads because we've had partnerships with other organizations that have given us ipads and they have not branded their names on every single piece we give to our students. this is a slippery slope and i think that it is crossing a line. it is actually direct marketing to our students and if we cross this line then what next? and do we know that students and families are also

vulnerable to marketing? this is a very smart marketing. quite frankly what they're giving us is $3 million over two years. that is nothing compared to the proceeds that could be possibly generated from something like this for something like this. i would expect $20 million. >> >> because that's what they're projecting when they roll it out in the district and every student. i cause us because i know we're desperate. i approve the budget every year. i know we don't have money but are we this desperate. i can't support this tonight. i think this crosses a line and i don't blame staff because i think we're all desperate for our students to be successful and we are desperate

to close the digital divide that happens with our students, but if i would say i am happy to take the money out of the budget and buy the cases and don't put rise's logo on the cases and take the i lad for the students and $68,000 for $3 million to support a good deal to me. i think we could look at this and where the $68,000 can come from. it's not a huge amount of money in comparison to $3 million we can be getting and i would love to think that companies are doing this out of the goodness of their hearts or because they want to see children 90% of color and many in free and reduced lunch successful but i think this is marketing and i can't support this tonight.

although i don't blame staff and i don't blame any in the district. i really blame prop 13 or -- yeah, and i blame -- yeah, i think we just under fund public education. that's how desperate we have become but i have to caution us. we're better than this and i think we're bigger than this too. thanks. >> vice president walton. >> thank you president haney. i think this is one of those cases where we're putting the catch 22. i definitely agree with ms. blank and her statements earlier and the slippery slope and you know it's hard for me on one hand. i definitely when i ran for office we would leverage all resources to get the best education for all of our students and a

donation like this of course is something hard to step away from and walk away from but also on the flip side if you listen to what commissioner fewer said just in terms -- one, this is definitely the state's fault because we do under fund education and we have tremendous amount of resources in the state of california that could be prioritized for our students and unfortunately that's not the case. the one thing i did a little bit of math here because i thought about the $3 million investment and thought about 3,000 ipads at $500 and 1.5 million or around $300 depend $300 dethe price and -- and the investment to provide covers and cases for ipads is something that i think will be money well spent if we

have to make a commitment to locate 68,000-dollar to provide that protection and if verizon is telling us that they will not purchase the ipads or purchase the devices because we will not allow them to advertise using their protectors then that's another fight and battle and conversation that we need to v i don't know what kind of latitude we have going back to the table. it does concern me with the bags themselves. a protective case is one thing but a bag and a banner i think it's a little over kill. i wonder what other room for negotiations and opportunities we have to go back to the table and say we definitely appreciate the donation. we will take it and we will find a way to make an investment in terms of findings the best way to protect them because again if we're talking

about a $3 million investment, $68,000 from the district, as far as i am concerned is money well spent. it's something we could and should prioritize but it's hard for me to set this precedent because once we do that that is exactly what we're doing is setting a precedent. as soon as we approve the court -- as soon as we approve the [inaudible] to go i had somebody from comcast right away approach me about something and you know it was like pandora box that was opened so that is really my concern about this because of course we need the donation. of course we need the devices. of course it's a hard decision for me when i say no we're going to deny 3,000 laptops and professional development et cetera that goes along with it but at the end of the day we can't set that precedent and

not allow -- not just verizon but other corporations to be predatory in the practices so my hope is there is latd tude for something else and i am in favor to purchase our own protectors for the devices but as it stands right now i am not comfortable in moving forward on this one. >> student delegate eng. >> talking about this brought to mind something that happened at my middle school and presidio middle school. i remember eighth grader it is getting ipads. >> >> but i don't remember them having branding. was that some type of program that was sponsored by sfusd or some other outside organization donating them if you could answer that? >> that was through our

partnership with sales force which was actually foundational for us to be able to move in terms of going one to one at schools because we had a strong foundation in place with a number of middle schools so apple device comes with branding on it, but there was probably additional cases. the cases itself didn't have branding or logo on it. >> [inaudible] >> sorry. thank you. can you clarify a question would only middle school get this and only the three named [inaudible] hoover and roosevelt middle schools are getting it or they're only middle schools testing it and after if the students will get the devices

are they keeping them or just for school -- will they have to bring them back and since it is verizon devices it's only the device or the information of the student like be owned by verizon? >> thank you for your questions. so the program does focus on middle schools so middle schools across the country are eligible to apply. this is the third year of the program. districts though do have the opportunity to apply as part of another cohort of schools so we potentially could apply for more schools to participate this upcoming year so it's an annual process. in terms of information is owned by students and so it is not owned by verizon. we have agreements in place with the software and applications that we use to

ensure the confidentiality of our student data and i think you asked one other question that i am not recalling -- >> [inaudible] >> do they get to keep the devices? devices belong to the district. the student gets to keep the device for the duration at the school. they're able to take the device outside of school though so it bridges the gap between access at home or outside of school and that's the idea of being able to open up the classroom beyond the school day for students and be able to access learning in other places as well. that isn't always accessible. >> this is a follow up question. i don't know if you can answer it here or one that sfusd will implement but for students that damage the item what are the consequences and have to pay and most are low income and what happens if

something what happens to this? >> great question so that is part of the preparation around responsible use that's taking place up front for students. the program builds in some buffers for replacement some damage happen and they're under warranty, but you know similar to other property if there's negligence that will be handled in accordance with school and district policies so if there's -- excuse me, so if there is you know any instance like that that it's handled within district policies around replacement of devices but we're having those conversations with schools as well and given the cost of the device and recognizing the economic challenges of our families not looking at full replacement costs so we're

building in additional measures to be able to provide replacement devices for students. >> commissioner murase. >> i was just going to follow up on what you said so i am wondering i didn't hear if it's damaged by students -- i have broken my ipad, so i just want to hear students are not responsible to pay for the damages or would they? i didn't hear that, so -- >> thank you. so that is -- we're currently in discussion about that right now. we are exploring the possibility of similar to a textbook so as district property if there is a fee if a book is not returned or damaged but recognizing and looking at the components of this program and our desire for it to be successful we're putting other measures in place

buffered and devices and working with students and responsibility and warranty if something breaks on them to be able to repair them. >> so chief dodd the answer is no students will not be charged. is that correct? >> i can't say that with a definitive answer now because we're still talking about what that process will be but we're right now thinking and looking at it nerm terms how we handle other property and a it could be a theft. >> commissioner murase. >> first i want thank staff. this is an important initiative and i think staff anticipated the questions about this and worked with verizon to reduce the footprint of the logo. i am sure they wanted it much more

prominent. i have less objections about the banner. i think we have partnered with other private companies forship scholarships and acknowledged them in the barner. >> >> and covers in the bags i am on the fence about but where i have an objection is conveyed earlier about the labor partner about verizon's professional developing asking our teachers to become sales people for verizon. i think that is not acceptable and in your conversations with verizon i hope you will emphasize that we do not want to have any of the content of the professional development to be ascribed to a corporate sponsor and not that is acceptable and finally i

worry about granting exceptions, waivers and i would prefer that this issue be taken up in rules committee and then by the full board so we a well thought out policy because i can see how you know sort of opening the door in one instance can lead to others expecting the same kind of treatment, and i would like us to have the opportunity to fully discuss the implications of this decision so i am not prepared to take a vote on this at this time but i hope it will come back with -- i would like to know what the trade offs are if we don't agree for example the covers and bag piece of the proposal. >> superintendent leigh. >> yes thank you. president haney so based on this discussion i think it might be helpful for us to press a little bit on the specific content and

our next steps so chief dodd if you could just speak to whether or not which elements of the requested action could be in your view expulsio -- pulled back and important for the initiative to continue and perhaps that could form a modification to the requested action. >> sure. thank you. so in terms of items that we could look at pulling back on i would say with respect to the tote bags. that's sort of nice to have but not core to the program. in terms of the cases, yes, there would be a cost to the district. i do have concerns from a timing perspective. we are getting ready to roll out devices to

students starting at the end of the month. it's a two week process given the number of students and the way the schools strukts uferred roll out date so it doesn't happen at oneself and we have to go back and see what is possible as well as alternatives account we use the same cases. >> >> but cover the logo in some way so that -- i think there is more work -- research that needs to happen there. in terms of the signage for it is event and the banner i know that is a priority for the program and that's really for the launch date. i mean we will have some activities for students, some stem related activities that we talked about and in their signage on the tables and bottom cornerrer it does say the verizon innovative learning, the logo that is on the cases, so that would be -- that would definitely be more challenging

and based on my interactions and conversations could jeopardize the ability to launch when we scheduled to launch. >> so it sounds like we have more things to figure out. you know i agree with the selt sentiments by the board. there is a reason why they really want the logo on there why they're fighting for it and i think that's the exact reason we have this policy so i share those other than cans. i also wanted -- shared the concerns. maybe the point around the concern about some other aspects in which verizon may be driving the conversation how the pd looks and just making sure that we have a good handle on that. i am sort of surprised to hear that and makes bring up more questions how much is driven by them and how much control they

have versus we have? you know i wonder if that -- how that strikes you that the concern brought up that there may be other ways in which verizon influences the way the pd comes down or that thing and that was a concern shared by the board and also another question i had i know you mentioned -- i'm not sure if i heard this correctly but some of the costs associated with this are coming from other sources so when you say 3 million over two years that's the partnership includes that. that's not all in investment from -- some of that money is coming from us, correct? or some aspects of this we are actually putting up so i wonder if you could break down more what our investment is as a district and where that money is coming from and maybe you said that and i missed it. >> sure. so in terms of

verizon's role in the professional learning i was completely agree in terms of comments or that is shared at pd events or any of the meetings so that will most definitely be addressed. but the professional development and the planning that's coming from us so we have a dedicated project manager that is a staff manager of sfusd. we have on site instructional technology coaches who are sfusd employees. we work with a digital learning professional manager to help us in terms of framing the core components. there's kind of a scope and sequence to successful roll outs in terms of planning and that initial focus on digital citizenship and curriculum design so she's up helping with that. again she's with digital promise but those facilitating the professional development

and schools it's us and curriculum and instruction and our student family engagement office as well as our own staff members and in school leads. our principals are very much involved and we're in a weekly planning meeting with them. our lead office and the superintendents are integral to this work. the $3 million that is coming from the program you're right we have investments as well so we're subsidizing the cost of the instructional technology coach. the program provides $25,000 for that annual salary. the technology department out of our budget as well as from schools are covering the rest of that cost as well and so there are other costs that we've had put in place around insuring the web and consent filtering and while the devices leave campus with

internet access it's filtered by sfusd so there isn't appropriate to in access to inappropriate content and i don't have the amount but a sizable amount from the district and again on the point of the story tellers they're our educators and students who are developing the stories coming out of the schools. >> great thank you and just one thing i to say and let the commissioners know what the conversation that we've had and i think we want to move on, but another quick thing i want to point out i know apple has become really ubiquitous is in our lives and ipad and we use it and say it lot and in the presentation and all over the place so as we think about the different ways in which our brands are being

communicated i would also say we want to include apple in that. so where we are on this commissioners all have expressed concern about the exception and the seak of the case of verizon being placed as a brand on the case that is provided to all of the students who participate and we're going to look at other options to address this and explore whether there's a way we can do this without having the brand displayed in that way, so that was i think the consensus that was communicated from all the board members so we would be at a place now we're not prepared to grant this exemption and we will have to bring it back and i think for chief dodd if you feel like you have a sense of where

the board is or some of the concerns that were brought up and can take it from here and bring it back to us and does that give you enough to work with in terms where we are and some of the questions and concerns? superintendent leigh and commissioner fewer. >> so please correct me if i am wrong melissa but i believe that the issue of the visibility on the cases and bags we could overcome in terms of our agreement to participate in the initiative, yes or no? >> i would say yes to the tote bags. the cases are -- i would say it's in the middle ground. you know as i am clearly hearing the perspectives of the board and i understand where you're coming from and i appreciate

the comments with respect to what we're collectively looking to accomplish in terms of access to digital learning tools and opportunities for our students but we have work to do in terms what other options might be. a concern of mine is in terms of delaying of the deployment and what impact that will have on it so between now and when we have been working with the schools on roll out we're up against -- we do have time constraints there so in my head i am thinking about all the creative options that might be available to us but we need to go back to digital promise and verizon with respect to the cases. >> so all that said with respect to the timing and the content of action tonight -- again correct me if i am wrong chief dodd but it seems like the most appropriate action for us

to withdraw that element of what we're asking the board to approve based on the discussion, and we do believe or understand that with the plans set for a roll out and event that there are more stringent requirements is our understanding that there are some displays that are shown at that event so that would be a one time occasion so frankly as staff we feel a lower level of concern about that then about the actual materials, so we have -- we do think we need to provide that component to participate in the initiative and so i don't know whether in

the view of the commissioners whether that should be take the form of a modification to this requested action or whether an action is not needed if it's specifically related to the banners, and i just want to point out too as has been said before this is not the only time for better or worse there have been other events that have on which displays have been visible so this all speaks i think to the importance of having this clarification in general on this topic and we're faced with an opportunity as i said right now we need to sort through, but i think this whole discussion speaks to the importance of us clarifying where the board would like the district to be and the pros and cons in the broader context. thank you.

>> commissioner fewer and then commissioner wynn. >> so i wanted to tell the commissioners for the first part of the discussion that commissioner mendoza mcdonnell asked a question if we take the product and buy the cases and it's the cost is $68,000 to the district so i wanted you know that is the cost of replacing the cases and i think we had a general sort of feeling amongst the board in the discussion and correct me if i am paraphrasing incorrectly that we had serious concerns about the branding that was on the cases that of the event and also the tote bags. so chief dodd i think it would be really hard for us right now to vote on it and approve without seeing the signage and what you're talking about. i

would say because i see a picture of the case but i don't see a picture of the signage and the tote bags either so it's hard to imagine how big -- >> [inaudible] [off mic] hard to get the signage but i don't know if it matters but i did bring the bag. >> then i am wondering -- so when you go back to verizon -- i just have to say i'm shocked evening at this they're giving us 20,000 a year for local story teller and 25,000 a year and we would have to supplement with our own money to have this person because there is no one for 20,000 or 25,000 for a full time instructional technology learning coach. i mean that is probably a position that is $100,000 and i just think when

i am looking -- i am looking at my rise bill and really i probably paid them over $25,000 for my cell phone and children, and i just -- i guess i just want to say that chief dodd i hope you will go back and get a good deal for us and i can't emphasize enough how important it is that we own our own curriculum. we have had partnerships with pearson which is a publishing company and that sat uneasy with me also but i think we -- when we have an opportunity to create a curriculum for our students from the ground up which we're doing now then i think it's important that we own it. it's important that it reflects our values as a district and the students and families that we're serving and it's actually the trust of the families. they trust us to do that and i think

that -- so what you're hearing tonight isn't a reflection on any staff member. it's just a reflection on actually our promise to students and families and i think that when i hear these comments also about verizon saying it's a verizon whatever thing i do have issues with ti think that we have to be extra cautious. we just have to look at with a fine tooth comb. our standard is very high here but actually our students are fabulous and i think our students are so wonderful that we should have a really high standard of this so i think personally i just want to say i know we're sending you back to them and it is a hard message to give to them when this is so much money and so much product but i would have to say even at this point if they were to say i'm sorry like you got to do this or we're not going to give

it to you i would have to walk away from it. i think i feel that strongly about it i think you might see other members that feel that strongly about it too but thank you for bringing it to us so we have this valuable and healthy discussion around it, and i think it's opened our eyes where the line is drawn so if they would like to give a sample of the signage what they're proposing it would be easier for us to come to a conclusion on it but i think you heard very clearly tonight some of the concerns that the majority of the board has. thank you very much chief dodd. >> commissioner. >> thank you. sorry to i had to duck out for a bit and i have heard a little from everybody but from commissioner murase raised and i appreciate that so i share some of the concerns. i am a little -- i appreciated

what commissioner haney said how you know apple is a product too and actually we're using someone else's money and the logo is embedded in the product and if we buy our own cases for these i pasd they too will have some companies name that manufactures it somewhere on the product and it's not that i am not concerned. i am concerned about this. i appreciate it's relatively modelingest and the name of the program is on there but i am concerned about somebody telling teaches to identify these as verizon ipads, verizon supplied. i don't want us to tell any staff person that it's part of their job to promote a commercial enterprise even if they are making a significant donation to the school district. in fact it

makes me think one of the things to put on the list to discuss what is appropriate with interactions with private donors so i appreciate our willing to, and i -- i didn't know about know the bags until this evening so i myself carry around tote bags from conferences with people's logos on them although i'm not a child in a public school being told that this is -- i mean nobody is influencing me what to bee giving me a bag and that's the difference and the use of commercial and promotion of these products in a public school. >> >> we're an education institution and the messages that we give to our students as part of their educational program have what we hope is their most respected institution

that influences their lives and so i share those concerns. i am glad we're postponing action on this because i think we have work to do but mostly the work is general about how we're going to interact with our partners who are donors to our school district but who are also commercial companies. we have to not been in a position to have gotten a significant donations from companies like this in the past so we haven't yet learned how to do those things. i will say even though i don't see the signage i am less concerned about it for an event than the ongoing interaction of the company's products and its branding messages for our students and families on a regular basis. i think that you know we've had other events where we recognize private donors and i think

we're all able ton the difference between an event and sort of ongoing promotion which i have more concern about so i appreciate that we have a little more time to consider this. thank you. >> commissioner northon. >> i will not take up the board's time with my comments on this. i want to apologize to everybody i was not here but i actually really want to commend all of you for obviously having a thoughtful discussion about this. i agree completely where we ended up and thank you for willing to defend a principle and important one although it's hard. it feels easier to say we should do this because you know this would have a benefit to our students so i appreciate the board and i am sorry ms. dodd if this puts you in a difficult position but i have faith in

you that you will get a good deal and thank you. >> we appreciate you. thank you. well thank you for your work. oh okay. yes we appreciate you as well superintendent leigh. >> yes and likewise so i hate to belabor labor the issue but we feel a need to clarify about the next steps. >> >> because we were hoping certainly to move forward with the roll out and as we've talked about we are cautiously opted -- optimistic that the issue about the materials can be resolved but if we're going to have this event and start distributing the devices, cases without logos that we do need to proceed or be prepared to proceed with some limited signage on the day of the event

itself, and so i would ask -- i don't know to whom it's a question to you president haney or the board as a whole. i propose two options and one that you take the view those circumstances does not require a waiver of the board policy 1325 or that we modify the requested action to only refer to the day of signage and that would be our recommendation as staff for us to proceed with that exception in that case. >> so i see two people that want to ask a question but general counsel could we take that position and basically saying that we don't believe that this requires the policy to be waived or is that -- i mean

obviously this was brought to us because some element of this whether it was both of those two things or just the case required waiving the policy. how exactly would you -- >> so this is the board's policy and nobody can interpret it better than the board so if the majority of the board is giving direction that you do not require a waive erfor temporary signage than staff will take that action. >> so you're saying we're not break the law. >> that's what i am saying. >> we are the law, judge and jury. okay. commissioner men dozal mcdonnell and then commissioner murase. >> thank you. i heard this idea also if the log oi piece isn't going to affect the grant then we do want to think about -- you know about providing our

own cases and it sounded like we would be able to find the funding to do that and many of us will help you to identify that funding to make that happen in which case it seemed like the event piece is like any other event which is you know we're posting something and that's what the program is called and we do it and then the sign comes down is what i would like -- which is very comfortable to me and it's not like anything that we do differently in terms of other, vents. it's the day to day constant seeing and the approach to teachers how they should be -- >> >> what they should be calling is the biggest concerns from all of us but if you could confirm it's not going to be impacting the grant and the district would like to -- we want to be consistent with our device

covers which i think is fair to say particularly because all three of the schools participate in the mayor's middle grades leadership so they already have devices so what would distinguish one device from either? we want to keep to consistent and reasons that are fair in addition how we feel about the exposure that the kids are getting but i would like to move forward without dealing with logos if that's comfortable for the rest of the team. >> commissioner murase. >> thank you. i would like to reinforce that position just stated from from jill wynns. i wouldn't like to consider this waiver because i think we to have the company discussion with this before we grant waivers so i don't see a problem with event teasm rear banner and hope that

my colleagues feel the same way. >> commissioner. >> i am totally fine with that. i think it's a nice way and a small event banner i don't have a problem with that. >> okay. seems like we have agreement. is that clarity? >> thank you very much. and so that we will withdraw the requested action and proceed as the record will reflect from the evening's discussion. thank you. >> can i ask one question and process question. i will try to make it quickly. there was no item in the agenda related to this even though we said many times that people don't believe that the part in the front and actually the index to the agenda is legally the agenda but i never before seen an action item and i understand we've gotten now some explanatory thing but it was not i mean i spent a lot time looking for it in the

agenda and we should have a res -- resolution that the board is asked to take. >> we apologize for that and not intentional. >> publicly recognizing and others are looking at it wondering what we're talking about. thank you. >> thank you. we appreciate you. >> thank you very much. >> the theme of this evening. so let's see where am i going here? yes that's right. thank you. and also student delegates if you need to go home and get your homework. >> thank you. have a nice night guys. >> thank you. i appreciate it. >> good night. >> [inaudible] [off mic] >> yeah, it's wild. we appreciate you. all right. i am moving up without objection can i have a motion and a second on the approval of this the

cpac appointments. >> moved. >> second. >> super leigh. >> thank you president haney. so at this point i would like to ask that the deputy superintendent to introduce the coordinator of the cpac and the executive director of the early education department of who will speak on this item and the recommendations. >> as our vips and cpac folks come up to the dais before you this evening they are bringing recommendations for new appointments and reappointments to some cases to the child referred as the cpac but before we get into those names of those individuals i thought it would be -- >> >> we thought it would be an opportune time to recognize the fact that there's actually been

changes in leadership in a couple of our key partners in this work, both the office of early care and education and first five san francisco have recently had changes in their leadership and thought this might be kind of a good moment to recognize our partners that many members of the board are familiar with this but for the benefit of the broader public wanted take the moment since we're on the topic of early education so if you could recognize -- thank you for being here this evening. september jerad and the director of the office of early office of early care and education. she reserved as director (paused) as well as

director of policy and planning for the san francisco department of children youth and families. the office of early care and education is a key stakeholder. i wanted okay with the board afford to make a statement of introduction. >> thank you president haney commissioners, superintendent leigh. that's kind of fun to say. i know the city's children are all our children, it is office. i wanted speak about the charge and it's about partnership and working with you. the city's children is all of our children and to do three things and align the resources and money. the money alone doesn't matter but makes a difference when talking about quality education and support the work force. it's the educators and the caregivers and the support of they have, the training the professional

development that matters. the third is build a system that is coherent easy that puts the kids and families at center and holds ourselves accountable for what we do. the office is new. we have yet to fulfill our whole charge whether it's the depth of partnership and accountability or the way we work especially with all learning settings and parents and caregivers as well as child care homes and the center so when children come to school formally whether pre-k, tk or kindergarten they have the support and skills to be successful so we have a big mission and a lot of growth to do and appetite for deepening partnerships and accountability with all of you and partners here. it's an interesting charge. i was a member of cpac in the past like many of us

were. the child care planning and advisory council my colleagues will talk about how the they're housed in our office and alignment and appointing half of the council is a huge value to us and remind you of the responsibility and holding with us and with that i will give it back to us. >> and effective july 1 ingrid assumed the position of executive director at first five san francisco transitioning from the previous position in the department. she also has a recognized long standing career overseeing social service supports working in the areas of early ed and health support and for latino families and mission district and prior to first five and leading the pioneering initiative for san francisco county and thank you for being

here this evening. >> [speaking spanish] and i say that literally. [laughter] well, i am a proud alumni of sfusd so this for me is very familiar, and you know coming to this work is really something very personal. one, because i'm a san franciscan. two, pass alumni. three, because now i have my third generation family member being my granddaughter at san francisco unified so i have a lot of skin in the game in terms of early education experiences for all children but really looking at it in a very personal way, and so at first five we focus on birth to five. it's very much in alignment with the school district. it's in alignment with everyone else who is at this table and our

partnerships have really have developed a really long standing way of not only looking at how children enter kindergarten but it's our role and our responsibility so when they approve in kindergarten they're ready so with the partnership in district since 2007 we have been able to do the kinder readiness assessment and we have great data to share and the data that we use to support professional development to support quality in early education to support access to quality early education and hopefully at one point and time during the school year you may invite us to come back as first five to provide you that full range of data which is actually very, very interesting. but it is a pleasure to be able to be here even at this late hour so thank

you very much. i am glad you're here and i see a lot of familiar faces. that's it. >> thank you both. we will continue working in partnership. we were reviewing readiness data this afternoon together so we will continue to work closely aligned ways with that. i do want to turn it over to our cpac coordinator who is here as well as our cpac chair and our very own executive director for early ed as well so thank you sandy and tony for being here tonight. >> good evening commissioners, president haney, and superintendent leigh. i'm the new cpac coordinator started in july so there is new leadership in the field but none of us new to the work itself. i spent 16

years working in children and youth development in a variety of organizations so i am honored to have this position and bring that provider hat to the table and to the conversation. thank you for having us tonight. it's exciting to have everyone up here and the recurring theme we appreciate you and partnerships i think are the two words i heard a lot and that rings true to me. i think you know our partnerships with sfusd with all of the key stakeholders in the community is critical especially right now and as we're gaining momentum and really having some great data tok look at. this is the start of the five year cycle for the needs assessment. every council does this and this is another push. i am sure you have seen the 2012 data and critical to seeing where we are at now and where we're going

and all children have access to quality care and early education and i am turn it over to the chair of cpac and give background on the work that we do and the people presented to you for appointment this evening. >> good evening. i am pleased to be here and thank you. so i am i executive director of childrens' council child resource referral organization in san francisco. i am also the chair of cpac. so i have the role of covering the formal requests that we have so california educational code section mandatings each county appoint a local child care planning council for

responsibility for doing assessments and local priorities and developing policies and strategies that address the need and cpac is can fran's child care planning and advisory council. by ordinance and bylaws we have 25 members half appointed by the board of education and half by the board of supervisors and one joint point. point appointment: we have five appointments in each of the categories leaded. members serve up to three year terms. today we're requesting for appointment or reappointment of all individuals and include all groups that i just went over. the appointmentees have diverse backgrounds and range of professional and personal