>> thank you, dr. honeycutt for all your work on this project. next speaker, please. david springer, are you here? okay. most efficient speaker yet, mr. springer. ma'am, welcome. thank you for coming. >> hello. my name's maxine pawson, and i'm a resident at alice griffith public housing, and i kind of want to follow with what dr. honeycutt said about the residents and their accessibility for their current transportation. these are some of the recommendations that they'd like to prioritize for current improvements till 2035, till the project is done. one is a more reliability of lines, especially the east-west ones that bring you to and from the train. next is more enforcement of

sidewalk and illegal street parking, which there's quite a bit of in the bayview. also, even recently, the scooters and bicycles also on the sidewalks. number three go wz that is that there are many obstacles for pedestrians, especially disabled ones. just basic accessibility issues, like paved roads, curb cuts, and just basic -- there's a lot of places, there are no sidewalks. number four is better response from the city, the 311 calls about safety and lighting outages. anywhere else you'd make a call, you'd get a much faster response than the ones you get in the southeast. that's it. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker, mr. mason,

welcome back. >> thank you, directors. my basic two questions: one, who will the residents be in this new development? are they going to be san francisco employees or are they going to be san mateo and santa clara county employees? or are we going to have a company town with the r. and d. that's going to be there? i would hope that the transportation plan is going to be flexible to either accommodate the private commuter buses or the samtrans express bus study that's underway right now. everything is directed towards muni and sending and the transportation plan to go downtown. but private commuter buses are here based on pilot programs and everything else we've got. so i -- who's going to really be living in this area? are they going to be san francisco employees or are we

building a bedroom community for santa clara and san mateo counties? and i would hope that that would be considered. thank you very much. >> very good. any other public comment? >> i have no more speaker cards, mr. chairman. >> okay. very good. are there any -- yes, director ramos, please. >> i skbrust want to express my sincere gratitude to everybody that worked on this within the sf mta, miss jones and mr. mcguire, everybody else that worked on this has done a great job of accommodating a lot of the concerns that we've heard and that the pag at least, and i want to express my gratitude to the development teams that responded to the concerns that we brought up. this is a true demonstration of good faith. i'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. most importantly i want to thampg the residents and the supervisors' office for all of their partnership and leadership, really, in getting us to this place, so i'm going

to move that we support the motion. >> okay. is there a second on the proposal? >> second. >> okay. there is, and before you vote, since you thanked everybody else, i will thank you. sometimes we don't thank our fellow board members, and sometimes people take leadership roles, so director ramos and director rubke, thank you for what you have shown individually. >> hear, hear. >> -- on this complex project and making sure the interests of the city are met. so with that, we have a motion. all those in favor, please say aye? any opposed? okay. and to the supervisor's office and to the staff and developer in particular, congratulations. you all did it the way you should do it, and i personally appreciate that. >> mr. president, item 13. [agenda item read]. >> nobody's turned in a speaker card indicating they're

interested in addressing you on this matter. >> i'm here to report back to you on the shared electric moped program which you approved last june, and there were a few concerns that we wanted to report back to. my colleague andy that i had promised to come back and report. >> yes. >> so that is why i'm here.

a quick refresher. we had a permit trial policy that the' pilot program was based off of. in the permit program that you approved, we had lifted a permit so that people with mopeds could park at any rpp curb, so that's the main difference there. as of now, we've only had one service provider, and that's scoot networks, and they're obliged due to the network to give us certain data, so they let us know where the scooters are, how long they've been there, monthly utilization reports and user surveys that they actually shape and we help them work on. looking at some of the preliminary data, these are just average daily rides pervehicle and average idle time between reservations. it's a good story. the reservations have gone up since the program was made permanent, as well as the idle times have gone down, which

makes sense. the more reservations, the let time they would be sitting around squl so what you' around. >> so what you're succeeding even though they came to us. >> yeah. >> it's late in the evening. >> but back to the sort of main issue, it's the 8 foot curb, and you wanted to know what would happen if we lifted it. what we've learned is the citations for scoots being in driveways have gone down. [please stand by for captioner switch]

>> a little more interestingly is exactly what trips are being replaced. we see transit here, which is not a trip we're looking to replace. one little bit of contract is this does not take into account time of day. we know that these are late trips where people get off at work at 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning and they might not feel safe to wait for a bus. i know scoot is here and bob

wants to talk about those late-night trips and in any case it's one little caveat. you can see 21% and 5% are tnc or one way or another. so in general, we're happy with how this program is coming along. we'd like to tune up a few things. we're working with scoot to expand what they offer in terms of multi lingual user facing experiences so whether it's and we're working with them on offering that in other languages and they have made progress on that to date. >> the one thing that isn't in this data right here, but sort of relates to that and it may be off program is safety. my understanding is no significant number of accidents in fact the training program is working and we really have reason to believe that this is not only a alternative way to get around but a safe one as well. >> correct. we don't know of any

particularly bad crashes or not fatal crashes. >> i just think it's important to our record. ok. >> we'd like to see them expand throughout the city and so to whatever extent we can help them stretch south and west we've been working on city-owned properties but they're working on that as well. finally, we're aware that mopeds parking in motorcycle parking could impact the supply for the two-wheeled is universe so we're watching. >> that's not before us today. >> no, it's not. that concludes my presentation. >> so procedurally this is a report. we don't have to take any action. would you be disappointed if i didn't call you up to speak. congratulations on all you are doing. thank you for the report. board members are there any questions or concerns raised by this report? >> yes. >> please, ok. do we have public comments. >> no one has turned in a

speaker card and i don't see anyone moving forward. >> i'll call public comment on this. anyone wants to comment on this item. seeing none we'll close public comment. >> quickly, comparative models of the electric bike versus this versus the potential scooters we just passed, is there a way to measure which ones are being utilized more? >> sure, that would be part of the data that we collect. in terms of compared to bike share, these scooters are shared about four and a half times a day during the summer and three and a half times a day during the winter and bike share is about two. they are used pretty consistently, about 1200 rides a day. >> very good. thank you. with that, we will move on to item 14. discussion vote as to whether to envoke the attorney-client privilege and conducted a closed session. >> so i forgot to thank all staff on that last presentation. which is very well done. thank you. >> move it. >> is there a second. >> second.

>> all those in favor going in closed session please say aye. >> aye. >> ok. anybody opposed. no. we go into closed session. >> all right, it will take me a >> you are back in open session. the board of directors met in closed discussion and the attorney of the board voted to approve the case. it will be a motion to disclose are not disclose the information discussed. >> such a motion. >> i'll take that as a motion not to disclose what has been seconds. all those in favor a aye. >> aye. >> opposed? that motion carries. the meeting is adjourned. >> well done mr. chairman. >> commissioners, i know you are watching at home, welcome back.

>> good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. got a packed house tonight. welcome to the board of education for the san francisco unified school district. today is may 8th, and the meeting is now called toar to o. roll call, please. [ roll call ] >> thank you. if you would please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. [ pledge of allegiance ]

>> thank you. section a is accessibility information. section b is our opening items. approval of board minutes from the april 24th, 2018 and february 13th, 2018. i need a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> second. >> approved [ roll call ] >> that's five ayes. >> thank you. as has been announced, members of the public, an individual can complete a speaker card which looks like this and is located

in the foyer before you enter the boardroom. prior to the item that is being called and presented to ms. casco. importantly, according to the board rules and procedures, speaker calls will not be accepted for an item already before the board. i'm going to say this one more time. you need to have a speaker card if you want to speak or you need to have called in to be on a list to speak. if you are not on the list, we're not going to allow t a alu speak this evening. we want to be respectful for those of you who signed up. there are many speakers on a couple of items. if you're here for an item where there are more than 20 speakers, i'm going to be limiting the time for you to speak. so i will give you a time limited amount, and i am just asking you now to organize yourselves so that you can speak within that time frame. but i will call everybody's name

at the time to speak. item 2 is a superintendent's report. dr. matthews. >> thank you, president mendoza. good evening, everyone. this week is teacher appreciation week and today is teacher appreciation day. all week we celebrate hard work and contributions to teachers make to our students, education, and society. i would like to personally thank all the remarkable teachers we have here in the san francisco unified school district for your dedication to students and families. i know how challenging and rewarding teaching can be. the to do list can be endless. the impact you have on the lives of your students cannot be overstated. please join me in thanking a teacher today, this week, and every day. let's give our teachers a round

of applause [ applause ] balboa celebrated the 90th anniversary. it's the 6th oldest high school in the san francisco unified school district. in 1995, the san francisco board of supervisors voted to maim it a city landmark regularring its special character and special historical architectural and esthetic interest and value. according to city documents, balboa high school represents san francisco's golden age of school construction because it was constructed between 1920 and 1930. our district added 49 new school buildings amid citywide population in growth throughout the school district. tens of thousands of students have graduated since the school opened in the district in 1928 with 653 students and 23 teachers. notable alumni include calvin

simmons, the african-american conductor of a major u.s. orchestra, and grateful lead guitarist jerry garcia. hammy birthday to balboa high school. tomorrow may 9th from 5:30 to 8:00 is the avenue i ca the afrn signing day. they'll be welcomed at the university of san francisco where an evening infor to honorr post high school plans. it will be to celebrate the students who plan to attend two or four year colleges or professional training programs. the event will include catered food, live performances, guest speakers, and student incentives. the event is in collaboration with alliance of black school educated and achievement and leadership initiative.

the initiative is part of first lady michelle obama's job to inspire students to complete their education path high school. it will be 2130 fulton street. look for balloons and welcome signs and arrive early to leave time for parking. finally, on wednesday, may 16th, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., there is a local control and accountability community forum. lcap. it's part of the local control funding formula which requires districts to parents, educators, and employees in establishing our plans. this forum is an opportunity to participate in this engagement process and learn how families and community partners help students and schools to succeed. you also will be i believe to learn about resources to prided

to schools and share your ideas. i encourage you, the community, to attend this forum next wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. p.m.. interpretation for spanish and cantonese will be provided along with free child care and refreshments. president mendoza, that ends my comments for this evening. >> great. thank you, dr. matthews. our next item is student delegates report. >> good evening, everyone. at our next meeting next week, they will be deliberating on the second meeting of the meat willing monday resolution is to reduce carbon footprint and provide alternate protein diets. >> we will be announcing the winner of the district elected student delegate campaign. so they will have big shoes to

fill, and we will be announcing the winner that will be representing our students next monday. moving on, we have on update on 6145. we collected student input and presented it to a focus group. we plan to present our findings to the rules committee at the june 4th meeting. >> and be the voice and join the student advisory council. we are exception applications. if any of the students here know anyone that you think would be great for representing their school in our student council or if the adults know anyone, we welcome you to see us for an application or contact our supervisor. we would like to recruit more delegates from schools to have a more diverse an and represented

sac. >> our next meeting is may 14th at 5:00 p.m. in this room that concludes the report. >> thank you both. item 4 is recognitions and commendations. mr. matthews. >> we will be honoring the lowell varsity girls soccer team along with their combs amber wilson and gene. this season, they won the aaa city championship and then went on to win the division 4 nor cal regional championship and they took down that powerhouse rippen high school by a score of 2-1. [ applause ] congratulations to the team and coaches and everyone who participated. i would like to call up the principal to say a few words and

introduce the coaches. [ applause ] >> we are fortunate to have great students, staff, and outstanding coaches. i would like our coaches to say a few words because it's their team, our team, the city's team, and northern california's team. >> is it working? got it. all right. we don't have amplification on the soccer field, so i'm not used to this. superintendent and members of the board, thank you for your

recognition of our championship season. this honor tonight spotlights the fulfillment of the players own hopes that articulated at the beginning of our season, to have fun while improving their game and representing their school. but as you know, they also did a lot more, successfully representing the city and county of san francisco and the academic, athletic association. we achieved something else in the nor cal championship match against rippen high school, something that i consider more important than the victory itself. we gave our best effort and played our very best game of the season. congratulations to our players for that. [ applause ] none of this came about easily or quickly. aaa girls varsity soccer began league play in 1994, a historic

development due in part to the efforts of a legendary teacher and soccer coach. since then, the lowell girls have won 23 of 25 league titles, including an incredible run of 21 consecutive titles, defended and extended again by this current group of cardinals. you can see why i feel so privileged to have been part of the coaching staff for 18 years. this year's graduating seniors, for example, have never been defeated in aaa competition, accumulating a league record of 64 wins, no losses, and one tie. [ applause ] to washington, let it be on the record. at lowell we have been fortunate

to have players from families that support participation of female student athletes, along with invaluable support and encouragement from our principal and lowell athletic director, support that together with assistance from the ptsa and the alumni association has included access to funding for things like team buses and gender appropriate uniforms. as well as years of continuity and stability and the coaching staff. going forward, we may not always win, but we will to represent lowle, and sfusd with respect to our referees, opponents, and diverse soccer family. we will continue to promote the

value of combining team sports and academics in high school education. in closing and with an eye to the future, i would like to invite my assistant coach amber which will come twhich willwilsw varsity girls soccer coach. [ applause ] >> thank you. no pressure. as the assistant coach and schoocounselorrer, we are procef them as representatives of lowell and sfusd. i want to welcome our cocaptain to say a few words.

thank you. >> thank you so all of you and the board of education for all your support in our journey. i would like to thank our parents who have gone both near and far to support us and cheer us on at games at home as well as four hours away in redding this season. i would also like to thanking our coaches, a coach who has been with me the past four years and made this such a great experience and also to coach wilson who i am very excited to have her on this team this year and also to see what she does with the team in the next years. this season has definitely had its challenges especially in our postseason and our cif nor cal competition. we came into the season not knowing what that was going to

be like. we didn't know what nor cal really could mean to a district, to a city, and we had no clue what type of competition we would see out there. but the girls brought everything. they brought 100% to all their games, three games against amazing teams in five days, and then bringing also their mental toughness into these games after long bus rides coming out and within an hour being ready to play, ready to put their all on the field. so more than anything, i'm thankful to all of you but also mostly to all of my girls here, all the amazing players who have worked so hard both this season and for many of them in past seasons to bring us to where we are today, to bring us to a championship in nor cal and to make such a team that is not only strong on the field but also that has become a great second home to me and many of the seniors over the past four

years. so thank you, everyone, and i look forward to seeing you guys axe sell ihe -- excelin the fut. >> while the superintendent is giving you certificates, i wanted to rattle of your names and congratulate you one more time. as parents of kids at lowell and a husband who went to lowell, it's just such an important part of your academic success to be able to do both what do you on the field and do what you do in the classroom. so congratulations. then i just wanted to acknowledge who the seniors are. so i'll let you no he wh you knr seniors are. [ reading off names ]

>> this is a point of privilege for somebody who happens to know the young lady who scored both of the goals at the championship. sara, we're really proceed of you and -- proud of all of you. our next item is our student scholarships and awards. i'm going to excuse the soccer girls and congratulate them one more time.

in any of our students that are receiving scholarship awards this evening, if you would please join us in the front two rows, we would love to be able to honor you as well. come on up. we're going to do this in this order. the alliance of black school educators, latin-american teachers association, and then the association of chinese teachers. so if there are any other students that are getting an award tonight, please join us up front. let's see. who is speaking? there you are. wonderful. welcome. >> hello, everyone. thank you for having us.

i am a member of the san francisco alliance of black school educators. i'm over the banquet. >> good evening, i am the cochair for the scholarship. >> so this year, we had 13 scholarship applicants, and they all won. thank you. thank you very much. simpson is from john o'connell. he'll be going to san francisco state. another from john o'connell. raven is from mission high. she'll be majoring in chemistry. victor is galileo. he is going to san jose state. he is majoring in astrophysics and astronomy. mike gregory attended john o'connell and transferred to

bishop, but he was our emcee for the honor roll for two years and the last three years, he was the chairperson for the black student union summit held every october. he is going to ucsf. wwe have tatiana going to dillad university majoring in criminal justice. we have kayla here. she goes to mission high school. she will be attending uc merced majoring in psychology. we have kiante jones from washington high school going to sacramento state majoring in business. we have sheldon here -- shelton. she attends lowell and she will be going to dillard university majoring in psychology.

we have -- i'll no, sir pronouncing her name wrong. she attends washington high school and she will be going to ucla studying neuroscience. last but not least, we have golden van jones who is a lowell high school student who'll be attending uc berkeley and majoring in business. she changed to ucla. all of their gpa was above 3.5. it was not without any hesitation we elected them. would any of you like to say anything? >> i just want to say thank you

for the scholarship was going to school is really important, not just to have a good job but to be educated is to educate other people. so thank you for helping me make that possible. [ applause ] >> i just want to say thank you to the san francisco alliance of black school educators for sticking with me. it's not my first or last time at the board meeting. i just want to say thank you to the educators here th and the pe rooting for these kids, not just so you can say i went to this college and got this degree. it really changes you and changes the way you think. to say i came from sfusd is the proudest thing i can ever say to somebody. so when i go down there, i'll rep you guys with pride.

just thank you to everybody. thank you to the board for sticking up for our education. we really appreciate it. [ applause ] >> good evening, everyone. i would like to thank the san francisco alliance of black school educators for giving me this scholarship and i would also like to thank the san francisco unified school district for being with me through my education because i've been in the district since i was in kindergarten. it's like i've been meeting people who have helped me and brought me up to this point where i am right now. so thank you all. [ applause ] >> virginia marshal could not be here. she's about to be a grandmother. she's on the way to the hospital. thank you for your time. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. latin-american teachers association. >> good evening.

i'm president of the latin-american teachers association. with me is our new vice president allison martinez. she will share with me the responsibility of announcing our scholarship winners. this past friday, we celebrated our 9th annual scholarship dinner dance. in that, we were able to give out 17 scholarships. 16 to high school seniors and one teacher scholarship to an aspiring sfusd teacher. would wwith that, we had 142 applications. we were able to give out 17. the names include christian moreno, diane a, diego mesa, e -- reading names. (reading names)

>> two years ago, our organization started teacher scholarships which would be to award it to a teacher looking to go into sfusd. i was the first recipient of this school two years ago, and this year we are lucky to announce our scholarship recipient. she plans to teach first grade in sfusd. [ applause ] we would like to give a shoutout tshoutoutdr. murase.

i know mr. matthews was there as well. thank you all for being in attendance and supporting our organization. [ applause ] >> wonderful. congratulations to all those students. the association -- the association of chinese teachers, do we have a representative? >> they sent a message late this afternoon that none of their board members could be here tonight, but they did present 16 scholarships. >> another 16 students there. congratulations to all of the students that received a tech scholarship. commissioner walton. >> again, just want to congratulate all the students and also reiterate the fact that it is a shame that we do not have the media here to highlight when our students achieve and

are doing well because they are quick to come when things are happening that are negative, but when our students are being successful, they don't show up. so congratulations to all of our scholarship winners. [ applause ] >> we were expecting the san francisco achievers, but they weren't able to be here. we congratulate all those award winners. our next item is 5, recognizing all valuable employees, our rave aards wa. we're not giving any this evening. item 6 is our advisory committee report and appointments by board members. we don't have any reports tonight. are there any appointments to advisory committees by board members? commissioner sanchez. >> yes. liana, the principal -- she's one of my appointees.

she has left that body, and i'm appointing gabriella lopez who is a teacher at flynn elementary. >> okay. any others? i actually have an opening also. i'm going to be appointing greg peters who is a parent and the director. section c is our consent calendar. i need a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> second. >> public comment on consent items. i have one speaker on consent. let me see. hold on one second. i'm sorry. this is on item 11.

>> lynelle bailey. this is on the student travel to taiwan. it's item 11 on the consent calendar. come up and press the button until it turns red. >> to superintendent matthews and board members, my name is [indiscernible] i want to thank you for allowing us to travel to taiwan. [speaking foreign

language] [ applause ] >> wonderful. thank you. any items withdrawn or corrected by the superintendent. >> none. >> any items removed? any items severed for discussion? none. roll call vote on the consent calendar. [ roll call ] >> six aye. >> thank you. section d, there were no items severed. proposal for action, there are none. f is public comment on general

matters. so i have quite a few folks here that are prepared to speak. so i'm going to start with those that have comments on general matters. then i'm going to then next have me a moment because we're getting last minute cards here. so there are several -- okay. but these are all mixed up. okay.

>> i'm going to start with those that just have general comments.

then i'm going to go -- there are large groups with the air resource and organizing center and a large group with malcolm x. so i'm going to give you limited time on that. then we have a group from cleveland, a group from redding. so i will bring you through on those as well. the first group i'm going to have come up are margaret reyes, li ta blanc and steve seltzer. if you would come up while we're sorting through the rest. i will also have -- jose luis, i have a couple on general matters

and not on anything specific. where's jose luis? then i'm going to have rianda bautist and marie robinson and linda antwan. come on up, you guys. we've got a lot of folks speaking. if i've called your name, please come up. two minutes each on this item. >> steve seltzer, i want to speak on the issue of privatization and charters going on in this district and in california because the charters

are really siphoning off millions of $6 billion a year from public education in california. and frankly, we need to organize a campaign to stop and shut down the charter school industry in california and nationally. [ applause ] >> it's short changing the students, and these companies like kipp run by the fisher family, the gap foundation are in it for business. they're profiting off our kids. that's inexcusable, we need to protect public education and our teachers. and frankly, it's outrageous they're trying to attack malcolm x school, to bus that up. i think that has to stop. and i also think that this par system that you have -- and i brought it up at the last meeting -- is part of privatization. it's attacking senior teachers and african-american teachers. it's been proven in studies. we're going to call on you to terminate the par program. it shouldn't be used as a disciplinary program and we have

to stop terrorizing the teachers. why don't we defend them instead of bully them. that's what we have to do. also, i think what is driving education in this city are the billionaires, the tech billion billionaires. they're interested in making profit off our students. that is what's driving them. that's what they did in los angeles. they made a deal with apple and sears, the testing company, to basically scam off the students. we need to put the public first, public education first. we need to defend public education in our students. although they're not a large number of charter schools in san francisco, they have their eyes on many more. location has to be opposed. you don't have to agree with it. you can sue the state of california to say it's unconstitutional, prop 39. it needs to be stopped. unions and school districts have to sue to stop prop 39. it's illegal. it allows cherry picking.

imagine in san jose at independence high school, there are three charters schools and one high school. that's an out ag outrage and it destroys public education. >> next speaker, please. >> good evening, i did -- i signed up to actually speak about not colocating kipp at malcolm x. so that's what i'm going to speak about. i believe this is a bit of a litmus test for the district because of the many, many sincere words that i have heard from every board commissioner and the superintendent. virtually everybody i've worked with at 555 about prior, supporting the children at the bayview and the communities that surround them and the teachers that serve them and the educators that serve them. it's a choice. we understand that under prop

39, you have to offer space. i don't have the five classrooms. i'm wondering why can't they colocate at maxwell? that's a big middle school. i bet i could find five classrooms, but i just think it's -- it sends the wrong message to the children and the educators who we have pledged our support to. it does open -- we know san francisco, thanks to a strong vision of the school board over the last 12 years, has not approved new charters, but this is a way of pushing out our public schools in the neighborhood that we have identified as one of the most vulnerable, if not the most vulnerable. go back to the drawing board. figure it out because the parents and the students and the teachers of the malcolm x community, they want to be able to stay at their school and

continue to expand the programs that they have put in place for next year and they do not want to see a single student pushed out, approache poached is the w. they don't want to see a single teacher consolidated because of dropping enrollment. i beg you to go back to the drawing board and figure out something better. [ applause ] >> good evening. i'm the cochair of the african-american council. i'm here this evening to speak on behalf of apac. i would like to express our commitment to san francisco public education and we believe in sfusd and the incredible work that has been going on to shift the narrative that often plagues

or communities. while we're committed to working hand in hand with sfusd, we support parent choice and understand sometimes for a variety of reasons, including feelings that our children have not been adequately served or because their hopes and dreams are sometimes found in different settings, parents may opt for charters or home schooling. we'll we respect everyone's choices, we stand firmly in the belief that students in the southeast section of san francisco and throughout sfusd are brilliant and capable and can grow in our public schools, but we know that being part of a community that has poured resources and love and expertise into ensuring nothing but success, that charter schools is not the way to go. we do not need anymore charter schools within our community. we need a commitment that will sustain success in the schools that are currently there. we have what it takes especially within our community and our

schools currently. within cohort 3 to support our children. thank you. [ applause ] >> i'm the other cochair for apac. we hand here firm lee with malcolm x academy and with the other schools. while we are small in number, where you powerful and mighty. our children are doing amazing things and they have a right to a solid foundation that's not broken up by having two schools within the same school. we are trying hard to continue the legacy that we've had in bayview of having the top tier schools. that is something that we want to bring back. so we ask that you decline the charter school's encroachment on our bayview schools. thank you.

[ applause ] >> my name is linda. i'm back again. but i'm back because it really hurt me that i fought for some doors at carver, and malcolm x and stuff, i feel like if you bring in these charter schools, you're affecting my child's health. i feel like because if you overcrowd the school, that means that you bring in more different sicknesses because the kids are overcrowded. they -- i mean, you're going to have a lot of kids with disabilities and all these problems, and i feel like when you overcrowd, you bring stress to people, to kids. i feel like you bringing in other schools in -- i feel like, you know what? let's not go there. i feel like when we were down at the bottom, i'm 55. when i was little and i was raised over there, i went to

those schools and everything. you couldn't get someone in the bayview to go to those schools. now, it seems like you put these buildings over here. hello. you all build it up and now you're going to bring this priority in from other schools and all these charter schools and all this and all that. i feel like why would you all want to overcrowd us when i feel like our test scores and everything, we're improving. now you want to slap in our face. now you want to bring us back down. i don't feel like we should have to share something with another facility so more schools and my kid should be -- i mean, uncomfortable knowing that now my daughter washes downstairs and upstairs she has a whole different environment. that's sending miscommunication to my daughter. i don't like that because the fact is, when i have my own room, i want my own room. i don't want my brothers and sisters to have to come in my room. my door is closed, my door is

closed. due to the fact my kid has been at carver and bayview and balance come x, i feel like you should have have a reason to come in there and throw us out of there for other people. sooner or later, you're going to throw us out and keep them in. i have a problem with that. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> so before the next speaker comes up, i have margaret reyes. if your name has not been called, i'm not expecting you to be speaking. so the only other card that i have right now is margaret reyes. did i call your name? >> i placed a card. >> if i haven't called you, you will have a turn if you gave me a card. i'll call your name. >> i'll wait. i'm patient. thank you. >> margaret reyes, please. >> all right. thank you for everyone's passion. i'm changing the subject a bit. thank you to san francisco school board and mr. matthews for allowing me to speak