our commission. i know she's going to serve -- >> vice president loo: thank you, i hope you keep healthy and strong. >> president serina: thank you. additional public comment? then i know you will be disappointed to hear that we request a motion to adjourn. >> so moved. >> president serina: all in favor? by rising vote.

>> good afternoon. thank you for coming i'm happy to be joined this afternoon by sfmta director ed russ kin and howard -- as you know powered scooters appeared on our streets overnight in march. they pose some really challenge. emissions free transportation and makes it easy to connect with public transit is a good thing and something that we welcome but we cannot sacrifice public safety. these ridden on sidewalks pose danger. there are reports of broken bones and near misses.

the city has received nearly 1800 complaints about scooters including them blocks public space. it can hurt local businesses and affect the ability of all of us to navigate our city. the city supports scooter scaring to the point it makes our transportation system safer, more equitable. we are here today to announce the launch of san francisco powered scooter permit and pilot program. this permit program represents a thoughtful, coordinated and effective approach to make sure that san francisco strikes the right balance. the program incorporates the importance of my earlier cease

and desist letter, and state and local laws, that prohibit riding on sidewalks and it includes new component. we have have innovation but it must keep your sidewalks safe and accessible for all pedestrians. the program provides the framework though make sure that the companies operateing in the public right of way of doing so lawfully and accountable for their business and tools for the city to issue enforcement as needed. permits are available today on the sfmtv website and ed russ kin will provide more information about them in a

moment. i would like to note that this has been a collaborative effort that has included the board of supervisors, my office, public works and other. began in legislation passed at the board of supervisors and signed by mark farrell. i would like to thank aaron peskin who has a leader on this legislation. under that legislation any company operating shared powered scooters in san francisco must have a permit from the sfmta as of june 4 to have their scooters parked on sidewalks or any public space. that means any scooter company operating is required to mover e it's scooters by june 4. only those issued permits may be

able to continue. san francisco supports transportation innovation but it can't come at the price of privacy, accessible, and safety. this permit program strikes the right balance. i would like to introduce ed russ kin to talk more about the new permit program. >> thank you. i want to thank the city attorney for his leadership and the great support of his staff as we have been developing the legislation that required the permits the legislation by the board of directors to establish the permit program and their support for us in developing the application itself. as the city's transportation department we are excited about the prospect that these powered

scooters could bring. their zero emission and compact and i haven't ridden one, but i hear their pretty fun. this is something that we certainly want to be supportive of, but it's the if that is really at question here in tomorrows of why we are putting a regulatory process in place. last year the sfmts board of directors and san francisco board of supervisors, and transportation authority adopted a set of principles set to govern emerging technologies and services on our streets and these principals embody san francisco policies as relate to equity and affordable and environment and transparency and consumer protection and worker

right. we have taken those principles and embedded them in a permit program that we have established and you will see in the permit aapplication. just become something is innovative doesn't mean it's good for our city. we are using this to put in place the regulatory for example work that makes sure that we can get the best of the transportation benefits for the people of san francisco without some of the detriments such as we have seen on the streets already. the city attorney made reference to safety and that is our number one concern. we want to make sure that the use of the scooters is being donecephaly and appropriately when used and when stored and

not using them to ride on sidewalks or block sidewalks and there are the two main concerns we have seen and we share, so the permit will require a robust plan to show how they will ensure the proper use and storage of their scooters. there are provisions that speak to the people. who support the scooter share programs whether employees or contractors, there are privacy protection. we are in the business of transportation and mobility but not in the business of permitting harvesting of personal data, so one of our requirements is making it clear that any permitee would have to make apparent to them what data

would be collected and how it would be used and give them the opportunity to take out of sharing that data and still be able to take the service. there are numerous other aspects of the permits we are establishing as part of this one year pilot where we will be able to work with a successful perm permitee to make sure this service can be manifested in our streets that works for san francisco. we will issue up to five permits for a total of 2500 scooters, 1250 in the first six months and if things are going well expand up to 2500. during this period we will require the submission of data and gathering data from external sources and 311 complaints and others so that we can evaluate how well these scooters are working whether meeting their

promises and addressing some of the issues that we have seen to date. at that point we would be at a decision point of whether to terminate the program, continue the program, discontinue the program, expand the program. we expect to learn a lot f enforcement is part of the program and we want to make sure to the extent that we grant a permit and we have appropriate mechanisms in place whether confiscating scooters or taking the permit. we don't want to get there, but we need to be able to give the public assurance that in granting access that we are going to enforce the conditions of the permits that we established. one of our great partners and enforcement in the public

right-of-way and really in the management is san francisco public works and we worked with them in the permit program and application and will continue to work with them as this plays out. i would like to pass the mic. to our director of public work. >> i am excited that we are putting a pilot permit program in place as many of you know when these scooters handed in our secretos in fran, we have been working really hard to try and make sure that at least they are following some kind or order and since they handed we have had to pick up over 500 scooters on the streets that have been parked inappropriately, means not put in a safe place and created trip and falls or not been parked in the right place,

so this permit process that will be in place is one that will help the city understand if these actually belong on our streets in san francisco. starting june 4, we will then be picking up scooters anywhere because the good lines have been set forth as we have heard. we will pick them up and not an easily retrievable process. they will be held as evidence until this permit process is in place. work with us here in the city and most importantly we want to see if there is a place for them in san francisco so, this pilot will encourage the corporations to apply and go through the process and we will select the right people and see how it work. thank you. >> thank you ed and mohammed. with that we will take questions

and they will be dealt with appropriately by one of us up here. >> how will the scooter companies be held accountable? >> under the law if someone is helping abet a public nuisance and they have notice, they can be held liable, so the scooter companies are responsible for conduct that they know is occurring once they have been put on notice. if you look at the cease and desist letter that i have sent, we have put them on notice as to things that we would expect from them, so certainly they can be held responsible for conduct of people that they are encouraging to ride. >> fines? >> if i was to bring an action against mass balance for public nuisance certainly, but that is not what the nature of the

enforcement action has been so far and not what is contemplated under the permit program but we always reserve the right if there is a public nuisance to bring an action if so nolteed. i think that what you have seen so far is the city in a cordnated way has been operating to try and mitigate any potential public nuisance so far. in terms of a letter to cease and desist and the director of public works dedicated the resources needed to ensure that we minimize the possibility that there were scooter nuisances on the street and i think what you see from the three of us collectively standing here in

terms of resources already dedicated and the quickness with which the pilot program has been made available that the city is willing to dedicate the resources that we need to make sure that we strike that right balance between promotions transportation invasion and not sacsacrifiesing con screen conv. >> will you address helmets in any way . >> the current state laws requires person using scooters to have a driver's license, we are a helmet and ride in the street. our permits say that they have

to comply with state and local law. >> does it require they offer helmets? >> it does not. we are not being too prescriptive but telling them how to be client with the specific permit of what they are applying for. >> what steps are you going to take into account when deciding who gets these permits? >> we will absolutely be accounting for their past performance. it's not meant to be in a punitive way, but i think their past performance will be a good indicator of future performance and they ability to be client with the existing state and

local laws as well as potential permit conditions, so we were directed to factor that in and we will absolutely do so. >> the scooter permits are available effective today and what is the soonest one might get one? >> the applications are available today so any scooter company will be able to go to the website and pull down application. we are establishing a deadline or june 7 for the submission so this is a fixed one year pilot program, so we will likely wait until june 7 until we have collected any and all applications at which point we will endeavor to review them as quickly as possible. applications will be working with companies to get them complete as soon as possible. the city attorney said we are

hoping to issue permits by the end of june, so as soon as the end of june given our experience with past permit programs it probably will take some time to get complete applications and complete the review but we are shooting for the end of june to have these permitted. as quickly after that as they can get them out on the street will be up to them. >> look at how quickly this has been developing the fact that in less than a couple of months that we have a program that has been designed by the mta and we are taking applications today and you have such a tight turn around i think is a measure of the degree to which the city collectively uses this as important both in terms of fostering transportation invasion, but also protecting the health and safety of people

on our streets the ans and i wao applaud the mta for how quickly they have designed this program and the enforcement assistance of the department of public work. this is where you saw the city coming together to recognize that this is important for our city. one more question. >> how many -- [indiscernible] >> three. we have had heard rumors of more that will be applying so you have heard the three that are out there. >> will you be likely to not get a permit based on behavior so far? >> i don't want to speak for the msa director and we don't know who is going to apply yet. >> is there past behavior that

would preclude them from getting a permit. >> i don't want to prejudice the application and review process. we have some information about the three that we don't have about th the others but we want this to be fair and we will give a fair review of their application. >> is the city charging? >> yes, our intent is to recover our cost. the state law restricts us to cost recovery only and i don't have permit fee. there is few different fees that apply including reserve we would require them to submit to address any others that the city has. this is designed to keep the city whole in terms of expenditure.

i sent out my cease and desist letter and as of june 4 until such time as the permits have been granted, they should not be operating on public rights of way or parking on public streets, that is correct. we have made it clear that as of june 4 they have to be off of city streets and i think the mta director has made it quite clear that past behavior will be taken into account in terms of the application process, so i think it will behoove everybody to follow the directive issued today by having them off public street it is on june 4 and in the event they are not the mta director will review that behavior and i will reserve the right to do anything legally to

make sure that the law is followed that i need to do. thank you.

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them. >> >> good evening, everyone. it's may 22, tuesday. thank you for joining us for our regular board meeting for san francisco board of education unified school district. roll call. [roll call] >> if you would, please, join me for our pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance]

>> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. section a, accessibility for the public. section b, item 1 is approval of board minutes of the regular meeting of may 8, 2018, and may 15, 2018. could i get a motion and a second, please? thank you. any corrections? seeing none. roll call vote, please. [roll call vote] >> clerk: six ayes. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: speaker cards for regular agenda and closed session are necessary. if you wish to address the board of education, an individual card

can be complete -- an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called. it looks like this and you can find them in the foyer, right before you enter the boardroom. and please present it to estherc casco. speaker cards will not be taken if a matter is all right before the board. superintendent's report. dr. matthews. >> thank you, president mendoza. good evening. the third week of may is classified school employees week. i would like to take a moment to remember our classified employees that do everything from making sure our students are well fed to classrooms are operating smoothly and assisting our teachers. they're an essential part of the san francisco school team and make a difference in the lives

of our students. let's give them a round of applause. [applause] last thursday i had the pleasure of joining the sfusd board of education and the spark, sf public schools board of directors in honoring the six recipients of the 2018 superintendents 21st century awa award. the six graduating seniors reflect the graduate program in their own, unique way, jason ing of balboa, tatiana jasper, who is ready to be her best, marvin zita, and melina diaz of lincoln, who is ready to create. the third annual award ceremony was held at google san francisco's office, sponsored by google and spark san francisco.

yes, you can give them a round of applause. they're doing great work. [applause] our district welcome day picnic is coming up on sunday, june 3. come out and meet with other sfusd families, incoming kinder gard gardeners, graduating students and school supporters. we welcome you all. we provide the space. you invite your school community, bring games and your food. bring a blanket. it's a free event. the picnic is at a park recently renovated and behind bryant elementary school at 2641 25th street. it's between portrero and san bruno. there is a grassy area and play structure. street parking only.

rsvp by may 31, next thursday, on our website. again, sfusd welcome day picnic is sunday, june 3, 12:00 to 3:00. i'm looking forward to our upcoming graduations for the class of 2018. nearly 4,000 graduating seniors will put on caps and gowns. i'd like to congratulate each and every one of them on this accomplishment and all of the elementary and middle school students that will be promoted to the next grade level as well. again, congratulations to our graduates. as you know, we're approaching election day on june 5 and many voters are completing ballots by mail. the san francisco ballot includes proposition g. this is the living wage and educators act. it's a parcel tax to raise approximately $50 million a year the great majority of the funds would be used to increase

salaries of teachers, para educators and other school employees. some funding would be used to expand digital learning programs, recruit and retain teachers and provide additional support to our underserved schools and students. i cannot say how to vote on this or any other ballot measure, i want to encourage all san francisco voters to exercise their democratic right to vote in this election and every election, yes, vote. [laughter] finally, as a reminder, all san francisco unified school district schools and offices including the enrollment center will be closed on monday, may 28, for memorial day. president mendoza, that ends my remarks. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: great, thank you, superintendent. item 3, our student kell ghat. ms. min and mr. ang. >> an update to meatless monday, that we're planning to gather and get student input.

we plan to have a task force and will probably be going forward with this next year. >> we've reached a conclusion of our student delegate elections that were district-wide for this year. we have tallied the votes and we have a winner. this -- the delegate that will sit on the board next year, elected by the student to the sfusd is clarisse areno, representing lowell high school. [applause] >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: is she here? >> she is not, but we'll plan to introduce her at the next board meeting. that's not all. we've elected two interim -- our interim president and interim student delegate. galahade my and alexandra

marshal. [applause] >> for our heart drive, we'll be donating end of year toys for homeless youth. we would like to continue our support for homeless and in transition sfusd youth. we would like to thank everyone that participated in our homeless drive. without your help, donation of these products would not be possible. >> we're also applications for the s.a.c. next year. we're student-led council that plans to represent the voice of all sfusd students here on the board. if you would like to be a part of the s.a.c., contact us for an application and we'll be more than happy to welcome you. vine >> and the s.a.c. will be vigorously working this summer on projects, so please stop by and say hello. we're a public and anyone is

welcome to attend. if you would like any more information, contact our salazar bar. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: item 4 is recognitions and resolutions of commendation. superintendent matthews? >> this evening we'll be welcoming the lowell girls varsity basketball team. [applause] along with their coaches, max masani. katie and laura, quite a week for you, too, you are being honored with the team this evening and then friday, the team will be honored by the mayor and then saturday, you two have a birthday. [laughter] i know that because i just put your card in the mail. for the first time in school history, the girls' basketball team won the 2018 norcal

division 5 championship defeating durham 48-31. woo! [applause] congratulations to the team and coaches for their accomplishment and i would like to call up our principal up to say a few words. and then you can introduce the coaches. >> members of the board, superintendent matthews, thank you for recognizing the lowell varsity basketball team for winning the northern california cif championship and making it to the state finals at the new arena in sacramento. that was the bomb. [laughter] as principal of lowell high school and president of the california interscholastic federation, i can say that this team represented lowell and san francisco unified with dignity and honor. thank you, ladies. i would like to introduce our

first-year rookie head coach -- making it to the state finals his first year, that's an accomplishment, and katie and laura, his assistant coaches. [applause] >> first i'd like to thank the board of education and superintendent matthews for celebrating our accomplishments and opportunity to speak opening this stage. i'm grateful that we had such a fun season, but i think we also want to thank, number one, the parents, right, who are there for us the entire time, the driving, the practices, our staff, our faculty, our administration, principal ishibashi, our athletic director, robert ray, aaa, commissioner, don collins, alumni and the entire city of san francisco. thank you for all your support. and, lastly, i want to thank the players. it was a bumpy ride sometimes, but you guys were the finest

representation for our school, our district and our city that we could have hoped for. so thank you for that. [applause] and our two captains, sam and joanne, also had a couple of words that they want to say. [applause] >> hello, everyone. i'm joanne. >> i'm samantha. and you're co-captains of the lowell girls varsity basketball team. first off, on behalf of the entire team, we would like to thank the board for recognizing our achievements. nothing would have been possible without the support from our society and community. lowell and the school district have provided a tremendous amount of support for our team >> it was a once in a lifetime situation to play and we'll each keep the memories the rest of our lives. although we may not have accomplished all we have wanted, we're proud of the norcal title

we hold and we're hoping that the team's battle next year will be even stronger. let it be the start of many victories and, again, thank you for your support. [applause] >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: all right. we have certificates for each and every one of you from the board of education to congratulate you for your wonderful accomplishment. and i wanted to see if any board members have any comments to the girls. >> what a way to end the school year. we've had a lot of athletic success. we want to congratulate you on a job well done, for all of your work on the basketball court. continue to shine and thank you so much for working so hard.

>> as lowell alum, i could not be prouder. thank you, girls, for working so hard not just for the year but over the years and congratulations to the seniors in particular. >> as a basketball manager, when i walked in, i was like, hey, i know them. [laughter] being able to see them off court and on court, it's amazing. and a wonderful opportunity that i got to know every one of the players and i'm very proud of their achievements. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. so we're extremely proud of you. thank you, also, for your championship shirts. for someone that lives in a household with three lowell graduates, we'll see who gets it. i am -- we're just really proud of you and i know that the mayor will be honoring you on friday as well.

keep taking it in. it's really great stuff. you really have demonstrated leadership and teamwork and so congratulations to all of you. we look forward to seeing you again next year. let's give it up to our lowell girls basketball champions. [applause] thank you. our next item is item 5, recognizing all valuable employees, our rave awards. dr. matthews. and if you -- if you would like to leave, lowell basketball team, this is probably a good time to do that, because i know you are still in school and probably have a lot to do. we'll give you a moment to move out. congratulations, again. [applause] >> we have two rave award winners this evening.

one is a team. we'll start with that one. the first rave distinge -- distinguished winner, i ask principal hammond to come forward and introduce. >> good evening, dr. matthews, san francisco board of education, members of our community. i'm jason hannan, principal, native san franciscan, born and raised, and graduate of lincoln. have to represent my mustang pride. i'm here to assist in honoring the phenomenal team of educators who comprise the special education department. i would like to name them

individually, unless that is your purview. i would like to have you rise and join me up front. i would like to start off with special education department chair, ms. erin hartfield. if you would join me. round of applause. [applause] we also have mr. travis porter here in the building, ladies and gentlemen. round of applause. [applause] and also joining us is ms. michelle wong here in the building. [applause] i just want to say a few quick words. i'm an educator by trade as well. i used to work at a continuation high school here in san francisco. i taught math, science and health education, as part of special day class as well as a co-taught program. the special education field

itself in particular our department has stood in the vanguard for leading for equity in our school and different rimth for a long time. we've been in the vanguard of 2025 before it existed, because we strove to put a spin on education. and i'm referring to strengths, preferences, interests and needs. those of you that are familiar with the individuals with disabilities education improvement act of 2004 are aware that when you plan for transitions for students with special needs, you must consider students' strengths, preferences, interests and needs. and that to me is about blended learning. that to me is about tailoring education to each and every child at the core mission of our work here at san francisco unified. with all that being spun -- said, i would like to invite dr. matthews here to go ahead and cast us off. i want to thank you, all, for the recognition. those of you in the trenches, know what it's like.

and those that do not, i encourage you to come check us out and get in partnership with your community. we could sure use your help. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. >> have a great evening. >> thank you. >> thank you. appreciate you. >> our second award winner this evening is the resource specialist teacher at gordon j. law and i'm asking gloria choi,

principal, to come forward and present our award winner. >> good evening, board members, and dr. matthews. i'm gloria choi, principal. and i want to present tammy, outstanding special education teacher that helps out graciously in so many other ways. and i nominated her tonight because she is hardworking and passionate about what she does, day in and day out. tammy puts the needs of students, families, and teachers before her own and goes above and beyond what is expected every single time. she's humble, positive and uplifting to everyone. she is a superstar. it's my greatest pleasure and honor as a principal for the

five special service award to tammy yan. [applause] >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> congratulations. >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you for all you do. [applause] >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you very much and congratulations. special b item 6 is advisory committee reports and appointment to advisory committees by board members.

dr. matthews -- oh, we'll be doing our report on local control accountability plan recommendations from parent advisory council, district english learners advisory committee, african-american parent advisory council, apac, and council for special education. dr. matthews, would you like to introduce this item, please? >> yes, this evening we call them the coordinator of the parent advisory council, georgia williams brett to introduce this item and introduce the team. >> is there a power point? >> yes. good evening, commissioners. good evening, superintendent. good evening, student delegates. i'm alita fisher, chair of the community advisory committee and here speaking on behalf of georgia. first of all, i would like to thank everyone for allowing us to present our advisory

committee joint recommendations to the board. we really wanted to thank the work of the l-cap task force and l-cap stake holder engagement. there have been meetings that have happened at school sites and community partners throughout the past couple of months. we as advisory committees are very grateful to be included as part of the engagement process and the feedback process. so the parents at the table in front of you will be providing our recommendations. and we'd also like to thank cyrus quan, who is the -- who is working with the s.a.c. to gather student feedback. he's done student surveys. he will be presenting a similar finding of recommendations in june. we also wanted to acknowledge and recognize that these

recommendations involve a whole lot of hard work. and we have a lot of big asks. and the five years in which the stake holder engagement process and this l-cap process has been move forward, we've seen a lot of progress and we really appreciate that the district recognizes that there is more work to be done is really helping to fully resource this project and program. without further ado, i will turn it over to our parent members. thank you. >> good evening. i'm maryann matata. and i'm a proud member. >> good evening. i'm julia martin. and i'm a proud member of the community advisory committee for special education. >> good evening. my name is hope williams and i'm a proud member of the apac.

>> good evening. my name is joanne breslin, proud chair of the p.a.c. >> tonight we're going to share with you who we heard from in our summary in our conovversatis for 2018. we had 24 conversations that included 350 stake holders and over the last five years, we've engaged 1,900 stake holders and we've heard from them and this year we have some new themes. first, we wanted to start with the fact that participants shared examples of what is working, including literacy skills, interventions, second step as a social-emotional curriculum and use of practices where implemented. sfusd must leverage existing services and systems to support foster youth, students expelled and those involved with the juvenile justice system. we've also heard about access to tutoring and academic support services that must be expanded

to the focal population. regarding accountability goal 2.3, a recommendation tied to specific goals in the l-cap, we want to share some best practices, the recommendation of sharing best practices. we want to highlight practices that are working. identify formal mechanism to capture practices and encourage sites to incorporate fees and their balances score cards. for example, chronic absenteeism was reduced by 50% by increasing calls, offering incentives, celebrating success, holding attendance conferences, and intentionally building relationships. in marina middle school, classified 58 out of 193 students of english learners by monitoring students' progress after assessments, including l-pac. analyzing data, grouping students accordingly and focusing on specific areas of

need. >> also looking at accountability, goal 3.2 and 3.3, a recommendation is building strong relationships. using dual-capacity framework to provide training, tools, and support, to build community and strengthen relationships. one of our parents shared, "it's not an achievement gap for our black students. it's a love gap." if we're going to continue to talk about building and raising global citizens, then we need to look at how we're leveraging and implementing and coordinating existing services. we're a very rich district, however, we're not looking at opportunities on how we could integrate between communities. our parents are ready to have those difficult conversations. >> also, in any relationship, the first step is building

transparency. trust, in looking at how we're building trust among the district, we need to look at how the district is being transparent with our stake holders. our stake holders would like clear and concrete action steps. how are you making these decisio decisions? how are you looking at how you are allocating services, keeping in mind that we're dealing with real lives, real people, and that our students' success is our families' success. we really need to -- when you are looking at when you are making cuts, when you are making budget decisions, that you are looking at the image of people ranger than the numbers. our families keep saying, they're asking -- the district asks us what we need and we tell them, but they -- we don't see changes. and our families haven't seen changes or improved results for

african-american students, english learners, our foster youth, or other focused populations the first step that could build this transparency and really look at building trust is really naming and addressing the racism and discrimination that exists in our practices and our policies. >> next up, we'll talk about student achievement goal 1.12. and i want to first call out that may is national foster care awareness month. and as we look at some key data here in san francisco, 49% of sfusd youth in foster care are chronically absent. chronically absent 7th, 8th, and

9th graders only have a 17% to 24% chance of graduating. it's really important to identify strategic interventions to reduce this chronic absenteeism. sfusd increases funding to support tutorial services and leverages existing site-based systems that we already have in place to help transitioning -- students that are transitioning between placements. our next recommendation is in records to professional development and it is specifically linked to achievement goals 1.8, 1.10, 1.26, and 3.16. professional development is needed across all levels. consistent training for principals, teachers, coaches, and staff, implicit bias, full implementation of the safe and suti