>> we're studying it at certain schools to see how much there is, and that's the study that we'll be getting at the end of july. >> great. i think my colleagues and i would be very interested in that result. i'd also like to get a roster of families tonight to keep in our bank for food tasters. we always include students in our food tasting program, and so i think some of the folks who testified tonight would make great candidates for our food tasters. [applause] >> i am a proponent of the good food purchasing policy. that's very, very important to me personally, and i think it's one of the things that recommends revolution foods over competitors, and just so you know and my colleagues know, san francisco general and the sheriff's department are also taking a look at a good food policy to

that. and i'm sorry that josh davidson, who's our newly appointed chef in the district was unable to appoint us. i know he's just getting back from out of town, but i did want to make sure that our vote tonight did not jeopardize what's in place. the final thing i just want to say is my understanding of the contract is that it's one year, renewable after a year, up to five years total, so if, by the end of this year, we find that it's unsatisfactory, we can make a different decision around this, so we're not sort of locked in for a five-year

contract. is that correct, miss o'keefe? >> that's correct. that's the maximum amount, but we're asking for approval for one year. >> thank you very much. >> and that could be -- the request is for -- the term of the agreement is july 1, 2018 to june 30, 2019 with possible renewal for four one year periods by maximum agreement, but the total shall not exceed five years. >> yeah. i'm sorry there aren't representatives from revolution foods tonight to respond to these questions. but i hope some of the concerns will be forwarded to them and that we can continue a dialogue. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner sanchez, and then, commissioner haney? >> thank you. so would we -- miss o'keefe,

would we then engage in another r.f.q. this fall to prepare for the eventuality of getting another food service? how would -- if we decided we didn't want to go forward with them at the end of the year if we didn't have a process in place to contract with another organization. i'm feeling if the food doesn't get dramatically better, and kids don't start eating it, then i'm not going to be prepared infoto vote for their contract, and if we don't have that for next year, what do we do if we don't have another organization lined up? >> yes. one of the things that we're focused on is increasing the number of s and s prepared meals, but if the board -- i think what we would have to do is set a time frame that we would come back with an update and determine whether there's a need for us to go out for another proposal again. >> and then, would it be possible -- and i don't know if

any other district has done this, but could we offer contracts -- could we offer the runner up, as well, contract to do some of our schools, and then have a great cookoff throughout the year so that we can determine which one's better to go forward with for the following years? is there anything legally prohibitive about that? >> right. so we would need to do a whole different process for that, so it's not something we could do tonight, but it's something we could look at. do recognize, though, that it may have the opposite of your intended effect, because we do get some limited economy of scale. if we do take that out of the equation, that may affect price, but it may be an option. >> i think that would be something to look into. i think it would increase the competition in a free

marketplace to get the food out there, the most edible food out there to our students. >> mark, you sound like a capitalist. >> commissioner haney? >> so i had a similar question about whether there was some way to have a small set of schools. the -- the question i was going to ask is how would we communicate some of these concerns to revolution foods and setup a process over the next year where they help to address some of these questions -- or not? the question is there are serious concerns here, and we want to see some changes and greater accountability and actually having students and families and teachers say yes, we do approve of the food, and there's some way to actually have accountability of that for us, because it's, like, for them to tell us that is one thing, but i don't know if our families are actually -- would

they tell us that themselves. so that's one thing i'd ask, how we setup a process like that. are there -- in terms of the scratch cooking versus the frozen, it -- were there differences -- differences with that with revolution foods? do they do frozen or scratch or how did that breakdown in emergency room its of what their difference is in cooking? >> so there might actually be somebody from revolution foods in here in the audience today. there was a team that was here earlier tonight, and i know that they're probably listening. you know, the team that weren't able to be here. so i know that they'll be hearing this conversation directly, and then, i'll also be following up with them, and we will definitely provide them with an opportunity to give the board a response to the different things that have been raised tonight. and i apologize, commissioner.

i forget the other question. >> oh, just -- it's a lot. what's a -- just for us to think about what sort of process, assuming we approve this tonight, to communicate that to them and to make sure that they're addressing these issues. and then, the question was about scratch versus frozen. you might not be able to answer that. >> oh, yes. all of the meals, and that was one of the requirements of the bid process, are fresh, never frozen. so they're all prepared and not frozen, yeah, 100%. >> vice president cooke. >> thank you for all the responses, and some of our questions were answered. so i'm having a hard time bringing myself to vote yes for this. and -- and so my concern is that if i vote no, if the board

rejects it, there are kids this summer that won't be able to eat anything. and so if you can play that scenario through, this gets rejected, and how -- how large does the service level drop if there's no contract in place? >> i strongly recommend that the board approve this contract tonight, and i have heard loud and clear that there are concerns about the food, and i make a commitment to following up directly with revolution foods and with the team and with the families that were here tonight at rooftop so we can begin to address the concerns that have been raised and continue to improve our school meals. it will be impossible for us to meet our obligations of providing students with school meals if the board does not take action to approve a contract before the end -- you know, tonight.

we've got commitments that have been made to a lot of c.b.o.'s and to a lot of programs to offer school meals over the summer. 100% of those are brought meals. we don't have any internal capacity to provide those meals, and we don't have the infrastructure to shift to something else, which is why we started the process in the fall so that we could see what opportunities there were out there. and like i said, we -- we advertised for it, we reached out directly to companies. there were only three that responded. one was nonresponsive, the other was an entity that didn't exist prior to submitting their proposal to us. there were three companies that never worked together anywhere else in the states to meet the kind of obligations we were requesting. >> i know a lot of hard work went into this, and i know you work hard on this year-round, so this is just for me to fully

under what a no vote would mean. >> yeah. it's the 30,000 meals that we do a day, we would not be able to do that. >> right. so then, we -- we have -- we're prepared to spend money on 30,000 meals a day that we won't be spending, but the money that we are spending, that money has been committed, correct? >> so the district spends about $4 million a year for the entire district for all those meals that we provide because the vast majority of the meals are funded by the reimbursements, the state and federal reimbursements we get so it doesn't come out of the unrestricted general fund. i'm a little bit unable to think clearly at the thought of the fact that we wouldn't have this contract because the -- an infrastructure of doing 30,000 meals a day is massive, and that's why we went out and got

this bid and got the best value, and what i'm hearing is the best value isn't good enough, and we need to improve with what we provide to kids, and i will absolutely follow up with revolution foods tomorrow, and we will work on the concerns that the board has, and to think about how we might be in a different position this time next year, and if the board wants choice, what might that look like. including which commissioner surfaces the idea of multiple vendors. part of the challenge has to do with the infrastructure. not just the economy of scale, but how do you even manage that, but there are things i can give thought to and come back to the board at a later time, but i strongly recommend that the board approve this contract tonight so that we can continue uninterrupted to provide -- i think it's over 300,000 meals we're scheduled to provide this summer. and so it -- it is -- it would

be a very significant if this did not pass. >> if i could just add, miss o'keefe, and you know your business better than i do. as a legal matter, i think it's highly unlikely that we could get a new contract in place even for the beginning of school. so because we would have to completely go back out for a different r.f.p., we couldn't award it to the next bidder, because staff determined in their qualified grading system this was the best bidder. we would have to go back out which would take several weeks, if not months of time, and then there's logistical ramping up to provide meals. i think we would be looking at kids without meals this summer as well as the first few months of school. >> so i hear loud and clear it would be irresponsible for us not to approve the contract, but it just seems like an irresponsible way to go about such a massive operation when there's such a dissatisfaction

with the option. and so, you know -- and i don't want you to take any of this personally. i'm just thinking about all of the conversation i have with kids across the city, and, you know, parents are spending money on corner stores, and their kids are eating cheetos and red bull in the morning. and i see it when i go to schools, and they're not eating the school lunch. so it just seems like we're in a really tough spot. like, you know, okay. i've been convinced i have to vote yes. it sounds like there's no other choice but to vote yes, but to make votes like this is very difficult to do, seeing everything that i've seen across the city. i don't know. is anybody from revolution foods here? [inaudible] >> hey.

[inaudible] >> i'm not our head chef. >> what do you do for revolution foods? >> i'm the regional manager for revolution foods for sfusd. >> and what's your last name? >> cochia? >> so miss cochia, i see there was a lot of taste testing and engagement done with a certain number of students. i think you heard my remarks tonight about it being the top concern, the schools that i go to, the quality of food that they're getting. i'm prepared to vote yes tonight, but i don't know that i'll be prepared to do that in the future. i don't know if you have any comment about what you're doing to improve the quality of toods at reviolutio review -- foods

revolution foods. >> i think we have more to do, obviously. we need to diversify which schools we're working with. i've spoken with principals from k, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 12 throughout the city, but i think there's always more we can do. i think it's really important for all of us to work together to have a comprehensive plan and a timeline for us to share the feedback that we're getting which we do on a monthly basis. for example, today we had our monthly meeting today to plan our august and september menus, so we're sitting with our chefs and culinary teams. we're t we're thinking about what kids want to have. certainly committed to improving quality. i hear all of you, i hear parents and students here, but throughout the year, so yeah,

very important to us to improve lunch participation and certainly looking forward to putting together a concrete plan that would meet your needs. >> just so you know, at your office, do you all eat the food that you serve at lunches? >> yeah. we have over 200 folks that wake up at 4:00 a.m. to cook your foods. so sunday, they'll be up at 4:00 a.m. to cook your foods that kids will be eating on monday. we have a culinary center in san lorenzo, i eat it every day as well. >> the comments that you heard about it being garbage or inedible, is that something that you've heard? >> i have. i do focus on students who have that feedback. i talk to students that have a

favorite entry, maybe pancakes and omlettes, or something else. you're right. i do, and i heard the comments, as well. i see the cheese steak. we cancelled it based on student feedback. so we do listen and we do make changes based on what we hear from you. >> thank you. was there any other comments on that? okay. i have a few questions. so if student nutritious has been something that we've been talking about for a very long time. and you know my days back at p.p.s., there was a lot of conversations just because we were -- you know, the people that we had processing these -- our lunches at that time were kind of making magic food out of a chunk of cheese and some bread and we'd see seven

different variations of cheese and bread to makeup the meals that we put together. i feel like we have come a long way to what was before to where we are now. and i was actually and continue to be a supporter of revolution foods because of what they've done for us over the years in terms of just transforming the way many of our kids eat. and i also recognize that there are multiple regulations, federal regulations that prevent us from doing some things, and i think it would be worth kind of saying some of those out loud, miss o'keefe because what we're hearing around, you can't just take an apple, you have to take the whole meal. we can't save food, even though it's not been eaten and give it to the after school programs, even though i know many of our schools do, and we kind of actually support having them do that. but i -- there's many things

that i think are very challenging for us as a district and districts across the state, across the nation, because of these federal guidelines that prohibit us from doing a lot of things. i want to just have you have an opportunity to say some of those things out loud because those are some of the things that were being said tonight that i think are important to just know. >> yes. thank you. so commissioner, one of the things you were mentioning is the offer of us to serve. so in order to get the meal reimbursement, you have to take so many components, and i think that's what some of the families were talking about. and that's part of what we're measuring to see how much waste there is. there are also very strict nutritious guidelines that the board has set in addition to state and federal regulations in terms of not adding

additives that might be available in some foods in some other areas, the limits to the amount of salt that can be included, and so all of that constrains the opportunity to be creative and come up with appealing meals for students. and i'll let you expand on that a little bit. >> thank you. some of what we're also trying to do is just making sure, you know, all staff are aware and trained of what kids do and don't have to take. for example, if you don't want milk, you don't have to take milk, and i think that's a common misconception. i know a lot of kids here maybe don't want to drink milk, so we're working on also just making sure all of our kids and staff are knowledgeable about those regulations. and i will say we're trying to work around them, too. for example, sodium limits are a big challenge anyone would

have to face, right? any vendor looks into that, it's a federal requirement that we have to limit the amount of salt, and that really drives a lot of the flavor we can do, so we're looking into more creative ways to improve flavor, for example. a lot of new vegetables are umm can -- coming out in the fall, just using spices or maybe lemon juice that can help punch up the flavor without necessarily adding salt. we actually do have a ton of taste tests in june to test all of those things with our kids over the summer at our summer program, so we're very happy to report back on the results there. of course we'll be fixing the august and september menus based on what we learn from students at those tests. >> yes, chef chris was here earlier, could not stay. he had to go home and put his kids to bed, but he's also an award winning chefs. he's worked with internationally recognized organizations.

you know, for example, taking things like airline food which is maybe not the most popular segment of the food industry and making them very exciting. so we're really thrilled to have him on board. he will be looking at all of our banks of student feedback and updating recipes. we do have kids favorites that can be updated. for example i know there are a number of items that were maybe favorites three years ago that need a refresh. we're very mindful of that. and i think he's looking really a lot at engaging students. he himself comes from a background where he ate free and reduced meals as a kid and really untdss the position that a lot of -- understands the position that a lot of families are in, and really looks forward to spending more time in the school system, as well. he joined us just two months ago, as well. >> can you tell us what the current federal reimbursement

rate is? >> it's around $3. i don't have the exact amount. it varies whether it's a free meal or reduced meal or paid, whether the student qualifies for free or reduced or paid, but it's around 2 -- actually, i have it here. let me -- let me look. >> okay. and i'm only -- wanted that as something to be said out loud, as well, because what we're trying to do is prepare a meal for a young person at a rate that still doesn't meet what it is that we're trying to get to them in terms of the value. so the -- what the return is for what we're trying to create for them is really difficult in terms of the amount of money that we can get back for it. >> absolutely. so, for example, for lumpnch, e

reimbursement for a student who qualifies for three is 3.37. if a student qualifies for reduced, it's 2.37, and if it's paid, it's .33. and then, for breakfast, there's also a different range, but i think on the average, it's three -- three or less. >> okay. and then, is our after school food different from our in school food, so the vendors that we have -- i know there was some challenges with folks that -- with our summer programs and dcyf stepped in on that, but the -- so was everybody that's participating in summer getting fresh foods also or is there somebody else that's doing that. >> yeah, 100% for sfusd, and i think you're working with cfbo and dcyf. >> yeah, we're the only vendor for dcyf, as well.

>> i think part of what i wonder about, too is just the ability to ib expect and investigate schools kind of more regularly. to commissioner merase's point, and i think all of us feel the same way, it's unacceptable when students receive meals that are unidentifiable or are -- you know, if fruits are coming bruised or if milk is warm. i don't know where the responsibility lies for warm milk because i imagine it's delivered and then, you know, we store it until lunch, but you know, the quality of fruit should be given to every student no matter where they're located, and i just want to know how -- if you already do regular inspections and drop ins. and then, for the schools that have been mentioned, you know, i do want -- i do want us to investigate further on what we are hearing, and you know, even

though they're from -- they're across the city for a variety of reasons -- not everybody's going to like whatever is served -- i have allergies up the wazoo, and i can only eat probably three of your 20 meals. just wanting to follow up on those and do some investigation around that, and if there is -- if there are things that can be fixed, you know, versus just the -- i mean, the taste of it is -- it preferential to some degree, but if it's -- schools are consistently getting bruised fruit, or you know, getting meals that are damaged or, you know, unacceptable, like, you know, those are all fixable things in my mind. >> absolutely. so in terms of monitoring the quality of food, we have got six area supervisors who spend their entire time doing site reviews, so they're out at schools all the time. and we also have our 200 employees that are at the sites

that are constantly giving us feedback, and they call in if there are any issues with the food, and so, you know, so that it can be remedied straightaway. that's a major part of the operation is the monitoring of the quality and -- of the food. >> so having said that, has there been reports or other complaints from rooftop in particular on -- [inaudible] >> no, no, i understand that. [inaudible] >> okay, folks, i just mentioned one school. calm down. i'm not trying to minimize, anything. this is our portion to ask the questions, okay? [inaudible] >> i understand that. it's -- i'm asking the question now, so if you could please. so in schools like rooftop, where we just heard some comments about that, and many

other schools, can you -- have the complaints been logged in and -- and when those kinds of things happen, how are they -- how quickly are they getting resolved? how how are you dealing with those types of things? >> thanks to sfusd staff, whenever we heard about it, we address it as soon as we can. we have 15 trucks going throughout the schools every single day. we do have to cover 115 schools plus a number of other sites, and typical response time is about 20 to 30 minutes if there is an issue, as long as we have supply on hand. we keep -- just in case, we do have quality assurance measures happening in our kitchen before things go out, if there's an issue on-site, we'll have a response on it or a replacement or a plan b within 20 to 30 minutes, and of course, we --

we know that having food that's under quality means a kid doesn't eat, and all of us jump out of our skin when something like that comes up. >> and are those logged in. >> yeah. >> so can we see what those reports look like? >> yes. we have report logs, we review them on a weekly basis, on a daily basis, if needed if we notice a problem is happening more than once. >> i think it would be good for us to see what other schools -- where across the city there's been complaints or there's been challenges or there's been issues at other schools so that we can get a better understanding of what's happening across the board. and then, the -- so the inspection piece is already happening. i'd like to see those reports. you know, we've -- we've prided

ourselves on this idea we don't serve chips and sodas in our schools and we're trying to more healthy, and so that's the line we want to continue to be on, but we also want to make sure our kids are getting good nutritious, and that they're going to eat it. so we want to figure out ways to manage that piece, also. so that ose are the comments t i have. does anybody else have any other questions or comments? commissioner haney? >> can you explain the timing of this a little bit more because it does seem like there's some concerns and we're being told that basically we have no choice but to approve it. which puts us in a tough position. again, i don't know how we would vote if it was just -- but again, if we're told that this needs to be approved by the board and we're getting a lot of information about the process that actually we don't really have a choice, that puts

us in a bad position. so how -- what's your -- what's your explanation for that and how do we make sure something like this doesn't happen again? >> yes. i apologize for that. we actually did the process in the spring so that we would be able to bring it to the board earlier. however, there were some unforeseen delays with getting the contracts finalized once the bidding process was over. and then, we were scheduled to bring it to the board in may, and i was on vacation for some of that period of time, so the -- the presentation that needs to be submitted ahead of time, we missed that deadline, and so that's why it got moved to this agenda. >> okay. so -- so for -- i mean, for next year, assuming that we are in a position we have -- have to approve this, you know, i --

we obviously want to make sure that we have a process that starts early, that these concerns are addressed, or they aren't, and we look at other options. so you know, can we have a commitment that, you know, we make should thure that that's , and just in general voting on contracts that come in front of a board and we're told that we have to do this or students won't be able to eat, that's -- you know, there is ae no -- there's no option for us. >> yes, i agree, and we were hoping that the original schedule was to get it to you in february . actually, i can commit to that moving forward. >> okay. so there's -- there's clearly discomfort in going forward with something that is a commitment to something really important to us in the school

district that will ultimately get to our children and families. so it seems that the -- what i can appreciate is that this is a one-year contract, and this is not a five-year contract, and that there is room for improvement and some additional information that can get provided to the board with regards to some of the -- well, many of the things that were brought forward. but you're right. i mean, this is basically -- this is only -- there's only one choice here, and that's that doesn't -- that's just not a comfortable place or a -- a much appreciated place to put board members in. and so i don't know, mr. superintendent, if you have any other recommendations except

for us to go forward with this or what other commitments can be made between now and the next six months in terms of ensuring that there are greater improvements, particularly with this vendor. and i will say you guys have grown significantly since we first started with you. and so the quality of the food that we're hearing over and over is in my mind a direct result of the -- of the significant growth that you've had. and -- and there doesn't seem to be any other way to deal with this right now. >> so i -- a couple of things. we -- the vendor has been here and heard both the comments from the community and more importantly, the comments from the board about concern voiced by the community. so you've heard a commitment from revolution foods as well as a commitment from our staff

to engage in the process much earlier, and it -- what's obvious is that if there aren't improvements, we will be going in a different direction based on just the comments that we heard. so the commitment is to move forward at an earlier stage and involve the board in an earlier manner, but with feedback from the community in terms of how we will move forward. >> okay. all right. roll call vote, please. [roll call]

>> clerk: we have six ayes. >> okay. the second item under section g is a motion and a second on the san francisco unified school district and san francisco department of education to student achievement. superintendent, would you like to introduce your designee? >> yes, our director of state and federal programs roderick castro will read into the record. >> good evening, commissioners. tonight's recommended action is that the board of education approve the san francisco unified school district and san francisco county office of education 1820 preliminary balanced score card single plans for student achievement. >> so moved. >> second. >> okay.

i'm sorry, mr. -- mr. castro. do you -- did you do the intro already? you did? okay. thank you. i have three people talking to me at once. so sorry. i don't have any public speakers signed up on this. any comments or questions from the board? all right. seeing none, roll call vote, please. [roll cal [roll call] >> and you got the motion and second on that one? okay. thank you. item three, i call the public hearing and adoption of the annual budget and annual service plan for special education. i need a motion and a second, please, for the special education budget and service plan. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. call on the superintendent or your designee. >> presenting this evening will be our chief special education

jane robertson. >> okay. good evening, everybody. thanks for staying up. my name is jean robertson, and i am chief of special education in san francisco, and this is d.j. irvin, the senior statisticition in our department, and together we are going to share with you a brought overview of our plan, our annual budget and service plan that needs to be submits to the state of california by

the end of this month. we have worked in concert with our partners in the community advisory council, and they are here with us tonight, as well. and i'm going to pass it over to d.j. to start us off. >> the special education commission as you all know is a commitment to innovative, effective services resulting in positive outcomes for lifelong success of students. to do this, we have to offer a range of services across the district, and the state requires us to follow a rather strict set of guidelines to report this. it begins in december, when we do the december 1 case pull, which is a snapshot of all of our students and the services that they're receiving, the

schools that they're at. we then go through a process of meetings with our community advisory committee. this year, we actually had three. on may 12, we met with the executive board. on may 24, we met with the -- at the general meeting of the c.a.c., and then, on -- let's see...yeah, i'm getting my dates wrong here. -- we're missing one. any way, we had another one five days later that was a -- was just specifically on this issue, so we've had three good meetings with our good partners from the c.a.c. one stuck it out. >> one left. >> we've followed all the procedures. we've published notifications

of this meeting in six languages at all the school sites and central admin offices. oh, there it is. excuse me. yes, on the 24th, we had our general meeting, and specific budget meeting on the 29th. this is all consistent with c.d.e. policy. if our servi and our service plan itself shows what services are offered at each school in san francisco unified, including the charter schools and juvenile schools and so forth. so it's comprehensive. we even include five keys, which we actually don't have any students at, but we do show we can provide services there, if necessary. this plan shows that we provide all services or we can provide

all services at all schools as appropriate. obviously, we don't provide infant and toddler programs to the high school, nor transition programs at the primary schools. we do have some limitations, deaf/hard of hearing that require acoustic classrooms, acoustically modified classrooms. those are cesar chavez and lafayette -- thank you. lafayette, that's just a -- the mechanical reality. we have to limit those services to those two schools. but all of the services are offered everywhere. and that's basically what our service plan is, it's just a demonstration of what we've offered and what we continue to offer. we also note in this that we offer a one service that is not offered statewide, and that's what we call our 900 services.

these are less than full-time paraprofessional services, so that's the only deviation we have from the full california model. this is just a quick little chart, just giving you a perspective on how special education has grown over the years. i can tell you that we probably will be beginning the new year with almost 7500 students. >> okay. so -- and that's consistent with the trends nationwide. so looking at the next slide here is our -- our broad view of the special education budget categories. you can see the big blueish purple pac-man symbol is 80% of our budget goes to will isalar and less that 5% of those salaries are at the central office, so those f.t.e.'s are

at the school sites and serving or students at the school sites. it's pretty self-explanatory, moving around the pie chart, to see how the percentages breakdown. we have substitutes and extra hours that help support our schools and our teachers and principals to have professional development. some of our central office, as well. n.t.a. and m.s.p. mental health unsures that our students' mental health needs are being met. e.s.y. is what we're currently launching into tomorrow morning, if we get in bed early enough, hopefully, and that's to capture the learning loss that our kids experience over the summer. legal claims are mediation settlements with families, and it took a big hit this year. we did try to make some

reductions in our department, and overall, it's less than two% of our budget. this is breaking out our operations a little bit more, and we did reduce by about 2 million this year. we didn't do so lightly. we're going to monitor this very carefully, but we're going to work a little smarter in the coming year. we hope to absorb some of the reductions and restructure how we're doing professional development. we don't think it was the most fiscal responsible way to do professional development in the past when we were orderingsubs andsubs weren't showing up. we think we can do better. also working with our partners across departments, getting -- just having a better coordination of services in meeting our teachers' needs. the curriculum, we're getting spire in all of our mild moderate classes next year.

literacy and assessment protocols go under that category, the red category. noncapitalized equipment is furniture, technology. specialized equipment for students, and other services and expenses are about general supplies, travel conferences, and mileage. the consultants pie chart, it's -- again, it's pretty self-explanatory. if you look at it down at the bottom, independent educational evaluations are our biggest chunk here, and i'll have you know thatokay.

thank you. i don't have any public comment on this. do i -- i don't have a card, do i? come on up. >> i promise you do have a public comment card. hi. i'm the chair of the community advisory committee, and i just want to give a big old fat love fest in celebration here to our new chief, jean robertson, and if you need anyone ever to sing the praises of d.j. irvin and the magic that he does, just

come visit the c.a.c. he's amazing, and we appreciate all of his support. i would really like to thank the leadership team in the special education department for -- for all the collaboration. i know in -- it's been a tough year of transition, and people have been working multiple jobs, but we really do appreciate the support and we're grateful for jean's leadership. and really appreciative of the fact that the district has been willing to work with the chief in her requests. as you saw in the budget, there was a significant reduction in operational expenses, and a large increase in staffing costs to be spent in f.t.e.'s in direct support of our students who have i.e.p.'s who need massive amount of supports. and considering the fact that 75% of our students with

i.e.p.'s are actually served in gen ed, the more trained qualified support staff we put in place to them, the more we support our students. so thank you very much. the c.a.c. is grateful to be part of this process, and i -- as a parent, i appreciate having the ability to participate in this process. so thank you. >> thank you. commissioners? commissioner walton? >> thank you so much for this report. just quick question, how does this budget compare to last year in terms of -- is it bigger in smaller? >> it's a little bit bigger. it's a few million dollars bigger. few million. >> is that because of the increased numbers? >> yeah. and the reason -- we're hoping -- we'll see where we land, and that's why the monitoring of it is so important because we didn't do

a -- our usual sweep is at the schools. we always base our f.t.e.'s on two systems communicating, and it gives us a number and we make a call about what the allocation should be at a school site. and the result of that process is -- it's very frustrating on the school site side because they don't always get to put their voice in the conversation, and they know the nuances of their students, they know that three siblings are coming up with the i.e.p.'s. so we have found in the past, when we -- when we layoff or we consolidate and move people around, we end up having to bring them back oftentimes after the ten day count but we can't bring them back because people have settled into enthuse ntheir

new jobs, so it's difficult for communities that have been solid. so we hesitated before we did this sweep this year. we kept -- we did a few reductions, but overall, it was a more -- more additions. but we want to be fiscally responsible, but we don't want to break up -- i want to say it's like a family at a school community. we have the support of our fiscal partners and directors to do that. >> it sounds like you're spending some times at schools. >> absolutely. the last 18 years. i have some ideas about nutritious. we can talk about that offline. >> commissioner merase and then commissioner sanchez. >> i want to congratulate mr. irvin for being recognized by the c.a.c. two meetings ago for your service. i just have two questions. one on the budget. we all know that the feds

woefully under allocate. i want to know out of the 140 million we allocate out of our budget, how much is the federal allocation? >> it's just about 50-50. are you talking about the unrestricted general fund contribution? it's 50-50, maybe slightly more. it's right down the middle. >> thank you. and then secondly in terms of the staffing allocation, it seems like every year in the fall, we have a slew of people at that podium complaining bitterly about changes in the staffing level for paras and other support staff. so i'm hoping we can avoid that with a lot more communication. but i also learned from dr. blanco that some of that was a result -- a direct result of our student assignment system and just having way too many rounds and school sites not knowing how many students are

going to be at their schools, so i'm hoping that there's communication between your office and e.p.c., and i think there is an administrative move to reduce the number of rounds just so that school sites know, you know, at least a month in advance which students are going to be showing up, and how many on the first day of school. >> we actually withheld the allocations for many, many weeks to avoid exactly what you just described. i hope that we don't have a lot of people at the podium. we're trying to be very authentic and not just doing it on smoke and mirrors, for lack of a better word. we want to base our allocations on real children and not reduce prematurely, so we had very few schools with reductions. they're very upset, and they're talking to me and we're working

through it. after the ten day count, is when adjustments will be made, but most schools will get only one adjustments. and just so you know, rosina and i meet biweekly. it's a standing meeting. we don't miss; it's a strong partnership. >> commissioner sanchez? >> thank you. couple questions. so does special education transportation factor into this budget? >> no. however, there is a triangleation meeting for that conversation as well that e.p.c. sits on. >> can you remind us what the special education transportation -- >> do you want me to say that number out loud now? >> yes. >> it's about 23 million, 29 -- 26. >> oh, two's here. >> so 26? >> yeah.

>> 26 million? 26. >> thank you. so. >> obviously, it's a very high priority, and if we can -- [inaudible] >> is it incorrect to figure out the perpeople spending in special ed by dividing the number of students into 140 million? >> is it possible? >> no, is it -- is it incorrect to do that -- >> i have no idea how to answer that question. >> so if you do, it's about $19,000 perstudent. -- [inaudible] >> you know, i will do that. i will ask my people. >> 'cause i always ask that question. >> it's a good measure. i like -- that would work for me. >> yeah, just to see where we land. >> mm-hmm. >> okay. thanks. >> she's egging me on.

sorry. >> it's late. >> $23,000 if you proceed -- >> oh, he just did some little magic math. >> okay. >> any other questions or comments? all right. >> thank you. >> all right. >> thank you. >> thank you. miss casco, call roll, please. [roll call] >> clerk: six ayes. >> thank you. the public hearing is now adjourned, and we resume to our

regular session. item h, we've already done. item i is consent calendar, items removed at previous meeting. there are none tonight. item j is introduction of proposals and assignment to committee. there are three items. item 1 is comment on proposals -- okay. item 2, superintendent's proposal 186-12 sp 1, annual update of the fiscal year 2018-19 lcap for the san francisco county office of education and the sfusd. item 3, superintendent proposal 186-12 sp 2, fiscal year 2018-19 recommended budget, item 4, superintendent's proposal 186-125 p 3, first reading of material revision to the five keys and five keys

independance high school charters to add santa clara county sites. can i have a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. the lcap and budget proposals will be heard at a committee of the whole meeting which is taking place on june 19, and 186-12 sp 2 is taking place at another meeting. item k is suspension of rules. and there are two items. the first is resolution 184