ms. elie of protecting the sanctuary we have created. malcolm x elementary is one of the seven school sites identified as one of the highest trauma-impacted schools in san francisco, so we are a recipient of the grant that identifies because of the data that shows. and data outside of that, we are showing up here because we have committed to seeing through the vision that san francisco unified has for all students, particularly our students of color. our black students, pacific islander and latino students. that's the community we are representing. if you can't see how this will impact our community 3-5 years from now, we say no. we cannot co-locate when you really truly can't see through that vision when you you are

making these decisions. we just heard from our principal, this back and forth relationship with our district and our site always offered up as a co-location site. what message do you send to our students and our communities in the bayview? [applause] i really want to honor and thank our partners, coleman advocates for really showing out. even though these children and families aren't attending our schools, at least the ones we heard from, right, they know the importance of space, right. and they know the importance of ensuring when a community is impacted or threatened they will show up. so i encourage you to really look within your spirit and really your vision about how you truly want to impact the schools in particular in the bayview. i appreciate your time and please, i say no to re-location at malcolm x academy. thank you. [applause]

>> hola buenos noches [speaking spanish] thank you. >> [through interpreter], hello, my name is gloria, i'm here to support the malcolm x academy and the relocation of our school in that school. the malcolm x academy, it's achieving positive progress with students by utilizing the

space. providing critical support individually. please, don't take the space. it's needed and hurt the children because of that. look for another space for the new school. thank you. [applause] >> [speaking spanish] >> [through interpreter]: hello, my name is [inaudible],

i'm here in support of the malcolm x academy. the school district says it's a matter of equity but equity is give to the students what they need. what the students need at malcolm x is space. to get the support, individual support and the resources. please, listen to the community of malcolm x. find a new space for the new school. thank you. [applause] >> for the two translations, i'm going to add two more minutes and who i have left are susan solomon, allison colins, alita fisher and elita blanc. you have two more minutes. i don't have any other cards. those are the four other cards that i have.

susan solomon, allison colins, elita fisher or elita blanc. are you any of those four? >> no, i'm not. >> i need one of the four i just spoke. if i don't have your card, i can't let you speak. i'm sorry. thank you. so two more minutes. you have four more people and you need to come up now or we will close this item. thank you. >> hello, my name is allison colins. i'm a parent and i wanted to put all this in context. i'm hearing a lot of families saying they want you to find another school and i'm here to stand in support of them and in support of the district. i know if you did put them in another school, you would be targeting another community. i know that charters are demanding space in our district. there's more than one. there's a man in the hallway from mary l. booker academy. he confirmed to me, it's an

innovate school, they are looking for space in the bayview, at either malcolm x, at carver or willie brown and we also know that mission education center is also a site. i just want to put this into context, i'm hoping families in the city, on the west side and in north beach, as well as on the south side band together in support of black and brown schools. black and brown people are being displaced from our communities and the fact we are also being displaced from our schools is unacceptable. i know your hands are tied in a lot of ways because of state law. i just want to put it on the record that you are not wanted, okay? you're not wanted at malcolm x or m.e.c. or carver, you're not wanted at willie brown. thank you. [applause] >> how do i follow the amazing allison colins. so i'm here in my capacity as the chair of the community

advisory committee for special education. i just want to reiterate what people have said that students with disabilities will be impacted. malcolm x has 70% with i.e.p.'s, the rest is average of 12. huge impact. the spaces lost are the spaces providing interventions for students with disabilities. the classrooms that provide the extra support, the tutoring, the cool down spaces. the school that is coming in is a school that is part of the el dorado selba, so this is a doubly painful pill to swallow. please keep in mind there are students with disabilities who will be significantly impacted and will need additional resources to mitigate the problems being arisen here. and the growth that's happened

for the past three years is amazing. four times. quadrupled their scores in math. triple e.l.a. scores. thank you. [applause] >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: that's time. so elita and susan, one minute for one of you. >> i'm sorry, we have the right to speak under any point and we will take our two minutes each if we choose to, that's in our contract. so, first of all, i want to thank the parents and staff from, well from the two schools that came from guadaloupe and malcolm x to speak up for your school sites. i know the commissioners and superintendent understand it's quite a sacrifice for students and parents to come to the school board to speak but here you are, so thank you very much.

there's a common thread here which is the school board is being asked to do the right thing by the students at these schools. both schools in the southeast part of our city. and the common thread is listen to the people doing the work. listen to the parents whose children are at these school sites. if we keep the interest of the children at the center of our discussions we will make the right decisions. that's what i'm asking you to do tonight. at guadaloupe, there are choices to be made around administrator, i think you could probably find an equitable solution for that school that will address the needs spoken to by the parents and the staff here, a question of co-location, it flies in the face of rational thought to co-locate a school into malcolm x. it makes no sense. the same evening we were given

the report about african american achievement in the districts. almost any of those pages speaks to the need for stability in this community. each one of you has a job. imagine having a whole other set of -- another organization thrust into your work place. you know what that would mean. do unto others as you would have done unto you and think of the kids. thank you very much. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners and superintendent matthews, i'm susan solomon, executive vice president of united educators of san francisco. i believe the malcolm x academy has said what has needed to be said very eloquently as has president blanc. i won't take the two minutes to repeat it. but i want to make it clear united educators of san

francisco stands in support of the malcolm x academy community. thank you. [applause] >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. >> hi, i'm here in support of malcolm x academy. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: i don't have a card for you, i'm sorry. public comment is closed. >> i have a voice. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: we asked for you to give a card ahead of time. if we allow you, we will have to allow everybody. i already extended the time. >> can you just give her half a minute. she is here with a child and she just wants to have her voice heard. >> i just hope you make the right decision and do what's right -- [off mic] >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. thank you. okay. thank you all for public

comment. and for sharing all of your comments and -- >> [off mic] >> okay. thank you. and we heard it from many people this evening. we will take all the information and we need to move on now. we have an entire meeting to continue with, so thank you. our next item is item g, special order of business. so this is item number 184-10s01 revise parent involvement policy at sites reviewed for federal program monitoring, bessie carmichael school/filipino education center, francis middle school marina middle school and e.r. taylor elementary school. >> the staff will be rodrick

castro. >> good evening, commissioners. tonight's recommended action is that the board of education approve the updates to the language in the schools parent involvement policies to provide full opportunities for the participation of parents. parents of disabilities -- required under 6311 in a format and to the extent practicable in a language such that parents understand. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. i don't have any public speakers on this. any comments from the board or superintendent? commissioner murase? >> thank you. i would just ask it also be

translated into filipino. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. roll call, please. >> [roll call] >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: next item, 184 -- [reading]. motion and a second. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners and superintendent. the subject tonight is a memorandum of understanding between san francisco unified school district and united educators of san francisco. certificated and classified as related to proposition g. the recommended action is that the board approve the attached

memorandum of understanding between san francisco unified school district and u.e.s.f. certificated and classified units. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. i have one public speaker. ms. blanc. do you want to come and take your 2 minutes, please? >> commissioners and superintendent and listening audience and members out there. this is a really important moment. i'm really excited that we were able to reach this m.o.u. we spent quite a few days and weeks on it. an awful lot of effort on the part of the district and the union in finding absolutely every last way of getting the maximum amount of dollars into our members' hands because we know the affordability crisis remains acute. and so we are very, very pleased to have this m.o.u. which says that when the parcel

tax passes in june, prop-g, which we know it will pass. we will need all your energy and efforts to get it to pass. 75% of that parcel tax will go to educators and it will bring a 7% raise to the base salary of all our members. that's tremendous and brings targeted support to identified schools. and restoring, or actually maintaining the 18 hours of professional development we have, and will bring a boost to dependent care for our members as well. we are very happy about this and we look forward to getting this parcel tax passed. prop-g, go! g-for great! [applause] >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. any comments from the board or the superintendent? okay. seeing none. roll call, please. >> thank you.

[roll call] >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: section h is discussion of other educational issues. there are none tonight. i, there are none tonight, item j is is introduction of proposals and assignment to committee. 1 is public and board comment on proposals. 2 is board policy 1312.3 uniform complaint procedure. 3 in support of a formal resolution, 184-10a1 is being referred to the committee of the whole. can i have a motion and second

to the reading of the policy and proposals? >> so moved. >> second. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. section k are proposals for immediate action or suspension of the rules there. are none tonight. section i, board members reports, standing committees. before we do that, i wanted to make one announcement that the board of education has an appointed member that sits on the board san francisco election commission. our appointee had to resign so there's a vacancy we must fill. we are looking for persons interested in applying, 555 franklin street, room 106 san francisco 94102. and please make it to the attention of esther casco, our executive assistant. recommendations will be forwarded to the board at a regular meeting. you are welcome to submit your

letter of interest between wednesday april 11th through thursday april 19th. if any need you can contact office of the board of education, 415-241-6493 or email her at cascoe@sfusd.edu. thank you. standing committee meetings. can i get a report from the curriculum and program committee, please. commissioner norton. >> yes, it met march 19th. we heard updates on the district's math sequence. on some of the new teacher pathways that the district is working on and also the c.t.e. pathways. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. report from buildings and grounds. we actually had to cancel our march 21st meeting.

our next meeting will be april 23rd. a report from rules policy and legislative committee. can you do that commissioner? >> we did that already. >> report of the committee of the whole? >> sorry, president mendoza-mcdonnell. it is april 30th, and i think we have to change the time. 5:45. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: committee of the whole, i believe we covered that. budget. board delegates to membership organizations. anyone have any reports? any other reports by board members?

commissioner? >> what we covered at the last budget meeting and i'm doing this by memory, the l-cap process. we also discussed some questions we had about budget from our previous meeting and we all received the information, the questions that we had and what the report back was and we talked about site-based budgets. weighted student formula and systems of support and everything was really on the process for this budget season and we talked about the mayor's -- the governor's revise that's coming up. all the site budgets were do march 23rd, so the district leadership is now working with the sites to finalize those as well. but that's the gist of the meeting. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: great. thank you. commissioner murase? >> yes, i wanted to announce

the next meeting is thursday may 3rd at 6:00 p.m. in terms of general announcements, i wanted to pass around the program from the fifth annual g.s.a. day, queer revolution. it was a fantastic, phenomenal day for over 150 of our middle school and high school students, l.g.b.t.q.q., they had aromatherapy, they had a castro history tour, they had a know-your-rights session. it was the biggest one yet. and i wanted to give a huge shout out to the staff at school health programs, to eric martinez and his colleagues. it was really a fantastic day for our students. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. any other announcements from board members? vice president cook? >> yes, i just wanted to echo the superintendent's report

around participating in black family day. this upcoming weekend i will serve on the panel supporting the event. i'm excited to see all that comes as a result. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: and that's this saturday, correct? >> yes. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: this saturday at willie brown middle school from what time to what time? >> 9:00-2:00. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: 9:00-2:00. okay. great. item 4 is calendar of committee meetings. budget and business may 6th, business and grounds, april 23rd at 6:00. cure lick rum program, commissioner norton, rules and regulation, may 7th. commissioner murase or cook, does that sound right? >> yes, first sunday. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: ad hoc committee on personnel matters? >> yes, we will meet april 26th

at 5:00 p.m.. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: ad hoc committee, ad hoc school district city college is meeting june 14th at 6:00. section m is other informational items, and there are none tonight. and section n is a memorial adjournment. did you want to read it? >> as many of you might know, president mendoza's mother passed away last month on the 21st. at this time ms. mendoza will tell us about her mother, words she read at her mother's celebration of life. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. so this in memory of a loving wife, mommy, grandma, great grandma,. my mother was born august 23rd, 19 46 [reading].

she was formerly known as sally. as a perpetual care giver she grew up taking care of her siblings and other children. in school she was an athlete playing softball and cross country. she was an amazing cook, making filipino dishes for friends and family. she had a feisty personality and was candid about how she felt. they had seven children, [reading names] rosalina and felix's 66-year relationship began with a bike ride in the plaza and dating continued. in 1959 felix was drafted in united states army, stationed on multiple bases away from rosalina and their family. felix petitioned president kennedy to be a citizen.

a private bill was passed that quickly allowed felix to be a u.s. citizen and move his family to the united states in 1964. rosalina was a caring and strong willed mom raising five children while often working part-time at various positions on the base. she always made sure there was a hot and hearty meal on the table, clean and orderly home and activities.

she passed awaypeacefully at the age of 91 on wednesday march 21st, surrounded by her loved ones who will miss her deeply. rosalina was proceeded in death by her parents, her siblings [reading names] she leaves behind her loving husband of 66 years, felix mendoza, her children andromeda, with alex, hydra with eric [reading] and grandchildren [reading names fast]

and her 27 great grandchildren and four great, great grandchildren. thank you for allowing me to do that. and i want to thank you all for all your support during these last three weeks of transition for my mom who had been in hospice since january. thank you. all right. so at this time -- or was there? >> i just wanted to let you know we are currently, staff is taking up a collection. we will be announcing at the next meeting the amount of the collection and then we await for your father to let us know where he would like to donate the money. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you so much, superintendent. >> beautiful words, beautiful life journey, the board of education, superintendent, expresses our sincerest condolences to commissioner

mendoza and the entire mendoza family. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. appreciate that. at this time we will take public comment for those who have submitted speaker cards for closed session items and i have no speaker cards. the board will go into closed session and i call a recess of the regular board meeting. and we will be back. thank you.

>> okay. resuming our regular board meeting. the board by a vote of five ayes, approved a contract one principal. the board by a vote of five ayes, two absent, approved a contract for the matter of one administrator. in the case of one anticipated litigation, the board voted five ayes, two absent, authorizes the general counsel to initiate litigation. item q, section q is adjournment. this meeting is adjourned. thank you.

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>> tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown san francisco and on every street corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are impoverishes grocery stores i'm the co-coordinated of the healthy corner store collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about $23,000 a year so a low income neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess

fruits and vegetables it can be come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals my my name is ryan the co-coordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support small businesses and improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that is one of the most neighborhoods that didn't have access to a full service grocery store and we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through the major development center the

survey with the corners stores many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an overwhelming support from community members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the small businesses as their role within the community and bringing more fresh produce produce cerebrothe neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. >> the different stores and assessment and trying to get them to understand the value of having healthy foods at a reasonable price you can offer people fruits and vegetables and healthy produce they can't afford it not going to be able to allow it so that's why i want to get involved and we just make sure

that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and not just see cookies and candies and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, i'm cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about healthy retail in the low income community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a bright new list of fresh fruits and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. >> huge difference to the whole environment of the community

what so important about retail environments in those neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and community safe way. >> this is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so that's good as far been doing good. >> now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and get fresh fruits and vegetables it is healthy being a diabetic you're not supposed to get carbons but getting extra food a all carbons not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or

not pressure once i got on the program everybody o everything i lost weight and my blood pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me when we start seeing the business owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and social benefits and so forth but the personal pride business owners talk about in the program is interesting and regarding starting to understand how they're part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store

they have influence over their community. >> it is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small grocery store for them so they more options not just beer and wine but healthy options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have moit. >> shop & dine in the 49

promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop & dine in the 49 within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so we're will you shop & dine in the 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in san francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert i'm the fifth generation of candy in san francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the

pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important

to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. >> you don't have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. >> san francisco has to all

>> greetings, everyone. we are ready to begin. we want to welcome you to the martin luther king, jr. 50-year memorial commemoration. my name is aaron grisell, the executive director of the northern california dr. martin luther king, jr. community foundation and again,