>> 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.

>> right before the game starts, if i'm still on the field, i look around, and i just take a deep breath because it is so exciting and magical, not knowing what the season holds holds is very, very exciting.

it was fast-paced, stressful, but the good kind of stressful, high energy. there was a crowd to entertain, it was overwhelming in a good way, and i really, really enjoyed it. i continued working for the grizzlies for the 2012-2013 season, and out of happenstance, the same job opened up for the san francisco giants. i applied, not knowing if i would get it, but i would kick myself if i didn't apply. i was so nervous, i never lived anywhere outside of fridays know, andfridays -- fresno, and i got an interview. and then, i got a second interview, and i got more nervous because know the thought of leaving fresno and my family and friends was scary, but this opportunity was on the other side. but i had to try, and lo and behold, i got the job, and my first day was january 14, 2014. every game day was a puzzle,

and i have to figure out how to put the pieces together. i have two features that are 30 seconds long or a minute and a 30 feature. it's fun to put that altogetl r together and then lay that out in a way that is entertaining for the fans. a lucky seat there and there, and then, some lucky games that include players. and then i'll talk to lucille, can you take the shirt gun to the bleachers. i just organize it from top to bottom, and it's just fun for me. something, we don't know how it's going to go, and it can be a huge hit, but you've got to try it. or if it fails, you just won't do it again. or you tweak it. when that all pans out, you go oh, we did that.

we did that as a team. i have a great team. we all gel well together. it keeps the show going. the fans are here to see the teams, but also to be entertained, and that's our job. i have wonderful female role models that i look up to here at the giants, and they've been great mentors for me, so i aspire to be like them one day. renelle is the best. she's all about women in the workforce, she's always in our corner. [applause] >> i enjoy how progressive the giants are. we have had the longer running until they secure day. we've been doing lgbt night longer than most teams. i enjoy that i work for an organization who supports that

and is all inclusive. that means a lot to me, and i wouldn't have it any other way. i wasn't sure i was going to get this job, but i went for it, and i got it, and my first season, we won a world series even if we hadn't have won or gone all the way, i still would have learned. i've grown more in the past four years professionally than i think i've grown in my entire adult life, so it's been eye opening and a wonderful learning

your seats, we'll begin our regular board meeting of the board of education of san francisco unified school district. today is june 12. and this meeting is now called to order. roll call, please. [roll call]

>> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. if you would like, please join us for the pledge of allegiance. please stand. [pledge of allegiance] thank you. section a is accessibility information for the public. section b, opening items. item 1 is the approval of board minutes of the regular meeting from may 22. i need a motion and second. >> so moved. >> second. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: any corrections? seeing none, roll call vote, please. [roll call]

>> clerk: 6 ayes. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: this is a reminder that speaker cards for the regular agenda and closed session are necessary. if you wish to address the board of education, members of the public are reminded that an individual can complete a speaker card prior it the item being called. we will not accept cards once the item has been called. if you hand a card over, we will not honor it. and presented to -- please give it to ms. casco. according to board rules and procedures, speaker cards will not be accepted for an item already before the board. our first item is the superintendent's report. dr. matthews. >> thank you, president mendoza. i must begin our remarks by congratulations our golden state warriors. [cheers and applause] on winning their third nba championship in four years.

today fans celebrated began with a parade in oakland. congratulations, warriors. [applause] it is officially the first week of summer, but that doesn't mean learning stops. it's essential that children keep learning through the summer months. most children will lose some of the skills they develop throughout the year if they don't continue to practice this. this is referred to as summer learning loss. there are school sites across the city open for enrichment programs, career exploration, credit recovery, college-level courses, math acceleration courses and more. many programs' registration periods may have closed, but there are still opportunities available. the public library and rec have several great drop-in, summer learning opportunities. also, our school lunches do not stop. every weekday from june 7 through august 17, 2018, anyone under the age of 18 can receive

a free lunch and/or free snack. this is at 100 sites throughout san francisco. if you want more information on this, please go to our website at sfusd.edu. i would lake to share some exciting news on math in our district. more students than ever before are talking higher level math courses. we have more students positioned to take a.p. calculus or statistics next year than in any pryer co-heart. 77 latinos took a.p. calculus last year. this next year, 154 students are signed up. the graduating class has earned more math or science credits.

african-american students are earning one more semester of science than the cohorts before them. finally, all san francisco unified school district community members are invited to join our second annual contingent in the pride parade. this is on sunday, june 24. our district has been a national leader in providing lgbtq support services and inclusive curriculum for nearly 30 years and we're excited and proud to celebrate and represent our core values of social justice and diversity and inclusion in this year's parade. you can find out more including a link to the sign up page at our website, sfusd.edu. and that concludes my report for this evening, president mendoza. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you, superintendent. item 3 is the students delegates

report. >> thank you. for the first time this year, we do not have a next meeting as part of this agenda and i will start this off by presenting our cannabis-free school resolution. our goal is to limit student exposure to cannabis by limiting advertising around school property. >> although school ended, the summer never rests. our interns will contact a new item. our interns will start this coming monday. >> we also have an increase on extracurricular activities. we've completed a survey and will present to the rules committee tomorrow with our survey data analyzed. we want to ensure that the students from all schools have access to extracurricular

activities. >> unfortunately, today is bittersweet, as it is our last day sitting here as student delegates. it's safe to say that we couldn't be more grateful to work with such an unspiring board of education that really cares about the students. i will not forget the values and lessons and i will continue to advocate for these same values throughout my life. >> i just want to say thank you to the board, to the city, my teachers, fellow students. you all have been ir replaceable in my life and for a long time i didn't know what education was. i went to school. i studied. i learned, but i didn't know the individuals that made my education and the education of 56,000 students in our district possible. my time on the board really changed that. sitting here alongside all these great people and hearing the

stories from people that stand up and raise their voice, i think i will remember this the rest of my life and i will be sure to take all the things i learned from my time here in s.f. and continue to implement these things years and years in the future. thank you. thank you. [applause] >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: i wanted to give board members an opportunity -- go ahead. that's part of the student delegate report? >> yes. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: go ahead. now you are all prepared to think about something lovely to say. >> i would like to introduce our incumbent president, who will introduce next year's leaders who will be filling our shoes.

>> good evening, president mendoza, superintendent matthews, board of education, over the last year, it's been my honor and privilege to lead the san francisco unified school district council as president. i've seen the passion of superintendent matthews, board of education and all sfusd employees ensuring students' safety and in growth. so behalf of the students, thank you very much. now it's my pleasure to introduce the new leadership team. clarisse aruna. >> i'm a senior. i'm exciteded to represent the filipino-american community and also interested in social justice and women's issues. thank you. [applause]

>> we now have galahad mai. >> good evening. i'm proud of being an sfusd student. i would like to work with the board to improve. it's my honor to be with the board. thank you. [applause] >> finally, last but not least, my successor, cassandra gatica. it's my pleasure to bestow this gavel to you. i'm confident it will be in competent hands. [applause] >> hi. i'm cassandra gatica, thurgood marshall high school.

yea! [applause] and i'm really excited to be interim president and leading the student advisory council next year and also excited to lead my fellow peers and this coming school year i'm -- i want to touch with women's rights. [applause] >> thank you very much, again. i know that i'm leaving the student advisory council in very, very capable, very good hands. we're sure you will do an amazing job. [applause] >> and that concludes our student delegate report. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: at this time, i want to offer my colleagues a moment to say something about our student delegates. >> commissioner murase: thank you very much. first of all, i want to welcome the new student leadership, really excited to have your

participation. and i want to thank the outgoing chair for most student nights being here until late in the evening, grappling with some challenging issues. once a student delegate, always a student delegate, though you may graduate to becoming a school board member or elected official. it's been a pleasure to work with you and please stop by. esther is always here. please let us know how you are doing. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. >> commissioner walton: i want to thank our newly elected representatives. i want to say, one, thank you so much for your leadership when we had the policy about fees and terms of -- for performances and extracurricular activities.

you brought it altogether and led the way in the past and made it about our students and what they thought and did so in a thoughtful way. i want to thank you, both, for your leadership on that. i want to wish you the best as you get over this last summer for your high school years and wish you the best for your higher education. i know you will do great things. it's been a pleasure to sit here and serve with both of you. thank you. [applause] >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: vice president cook and then commissioner haney. >> e >> vice-president cook: i've admired our policy as a district. we should be proud of the students we've had. i will say a little more but where are you going next year? >> i will be attending ucla. >> i will be right across the bay at berkeley.

>> vice-president cook: impressive. i also wanted to commend your leadership on the issue around school performance fees and you stepped right into that. i think that -- there's also been a lot of thoughtful engagement about how to involve your students and these issues across the city. i'm excited that thurgood marshall is represented in leadership next year. t-train, what's up? [laughter] and that we're bringing on new people that are really committed to ensuring that this district is working on behalf of students. students are our biggest constituency and should be driving policy. i want to commend commissioner mendoza for shifting up the seats a bit so we can have the students at the heart of the conversation. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: commissioner haney. >> commissioner haney: i want to

thank you, both, for your service. i agree with vice president cook that this is a really special part of what we do as a district and i can't imagine having this board without the student delegates. it's not something that's required of school boards and most school boards don't have student delegates. they tried to propose this at lausd. it because controversial and the board rejected it. for us, we can't think of having the conversations without you here and the central perspective that you provide. both of you represent the best of student leadership in our district. i know i got to know you when you were meeting around making sure that folks had -- young people had a voice and an opportunity to vote. and i hope that you continue that both now in san francisco and in the future, that young people should be at the table, should have their voices heard on the things that matter to them. and i want to thank the folks

and welcome the new delegates. really, we look at student leadership as a pipeline. i know you're supported by a very strong s.a.c. and trained new leaders and made sure that people are prepared to sit up here next year. i thank you for that and they're only able to do their work here because you are informing them and have a strong sense of representation around them in terms of what matters for students. thank you. go, bears. go, baby bears. [laughter] really great choices. sorry. i went to cal. that's what they called them. no. they're extraordinary schools and you will do great things. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. commissioner sanchez. >> commissioner sanchez: thank you, president mendoza. i, too, want to congratulate our student delegates.

i want to echo the sentiments of my colleagues with your work around student equity and right to have performances to our schools and to do it in a way that made sense. that went through rules and was going to the full board and you put the brakes an it so we could have more thoughtful conversations, so thank you. i want to welcome and congratulate the new student leaders as well. it's the cal bears, right? and ucla bruins? face-off. no. i'm a double slug from u.c. sainta cruz. thank you. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: i wanted to invite chief kevin truitt to come up and make some remarks.

>> thank you, president mendoza. it is bittersweet as we say good-bye and so long and good luck to our student delegates. you guys are amazing, absolutely amazing. on a selfish note, you have no idea how hard these guys work. they are here several nights a week, several hours, many, many hours, and on a selfish note, i owe you a debt of gratitude. now that i am no longer a principal, i don't have go-to students to fill my heart. so you being a part of the third floor and letting me get to know you and work alongside you and work closely with you is something that i look forward to. you're the best part of my job. i will tell you that. you're the best part of my job. all of you. we want to send you off.

on behalf of all of us, a gift for you. [applause] and you didn't ask where sojay was going. announce, please -- >> i'm going to be going to harvard next year. [cheers and applause] just a little school in boston, my hometown. so thank you, thank you, thank you. we love you and wish you all the best. for the new students, i want you to say, you're in for a treat. again, we keep impressing -- they keep impressing us year in and year out, but cassandra from

thurgood, she may look tiny, but she's a powerhouse. she's dynamite. they're amazing and we're in for another great year. thank you for stepping up. to the three of you, all the best. we love you. [applause] >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: congratulations. thank you so much for all of your service. it's been -- i know it's hard herding cats at times and the leadership skills that you have demonstrated have been tremendous. we wish you the best at harvard. >> bring a jacket. and the gentleman behind you, has a few degrees from harvard. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: and cassandra, from one female president gavel to another female president gavel, congratulations.

i'm excited to work with you. and to the student delegates coming in, congratulations. we look fore word -- forward to working with you. it's been an honor. your leadership and ability to capture the voice of the students has been critical for us and we really look to you to share with us what's on the ground and i think you both have done a tremendous job in doing that. i think part of what we are looking to do is to build city leaders. and so on behalf of the board and our late mayor ed lee, we had a -- we have a scholarship fund that we've been able to allocate to a number of students. this year we gave it to 23 students, but we saved two of them for the two of you. [applause] we are going to be giving berkeley and ucla $1,000 towards

your tuition this year to help you out a little bit. i know that you both have worked extremely hard. and one of the things that mayor lee was adamant about is not only be exemptplary students but models for your community. and he wanted to be sure that you were doing some form of work and being on the school board is a perfect example of a form of work. it provides you with an experience that you can take with you going forward. so we hope that this experience has been a positive one and you will reflect on it as you move forward. to the both of you, we want to honor you by giving you the scholarship and thanking you for the time and energy you have devoted to the board and the students of sfusd. thank you, both. [applause]

>> goodbyes are really hard. thank you for indulging us in that. these two have been really special for us. item 4, we'll be recognizing several other scholarships that have been provided throughout the school year. so we'd like to make some other scholarship announcements and some awards that were provided. if we could have the representatives from united administrators of san francisco, united educators of san francisco, and the filipino educators of san francisco. come on up, whoever is repping, and share with us who will be getting -- or who got more scholarships, thank you. >> good evening, president mendoza-mcdonnell, superintendent dr. vincent matthews. i'm a former high school

principal and it always gives us joy to honor graduating high school seniors and on behalf of united administrators of which i serve as co-executive director, we give nine scholarships to nine high schools one year and nine to the other nine the succeeding year. and this year, we gave our principals, who are our unit members, the chance to pick deserving graduating seniors scholarships in the amount of $1,500. so let me name the recipients this year. from balboa high school, elizabeth ambrosa. [applause] >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: why don't you list them all and

we'll give a round of applause? >> from county community, jason christian. from hilltop high school, the recipient is anna ramirez. from independence high school, where the principal is anastasia claster, the recipient is ieda allen. from abraham lincoln high school, where sherry manalang is the principal, the recipient is beatrice flores. from lowell high school, where the principal is andy ishibashi, the recipient is loreen fudge. o'connell school of technology, where the principal is susan ryan, the winner is or recipient is -- not the tony, that was

sunday -- arcell navaro. from s.f. international, where julie kesler is the outgoing principal, the recipient is lady augustine herrera. last but not least, from ida b. wells, consider the principal is catherine crinkle, the recipient is hyram diaz. thank you very much. [applause] >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. congratulations to all the uasf award rep recipients. how about uasf? >> we have seven recipients. we'll read their names. i was not able to get their high schools that they were attached to. but we did each -- we always good for a diverse group of

students from across the city and we're also very much enjoying the opportunity to support a group of beautiful and brilliant, young scholars kevin inge, lison chan, sabrina lynch, amy clock and raven elias. and our scholarships are named for former uesf presidents and other people that have contributed. and we host a party, too, which is so fun. next time we'll invite you all. thank you. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. and congratulations to all the uesf award recipients. freedom. >> thank you, president mendoza, dr. matthews, board

commissioners. real quick, we were able to re-establish the filipino-american educators and employees sfusd organization. [applause] you may know there are over 500 employees with philippifilipino ethnicity. and this year we were able to award 11 students scholarships. from lincoln high school, emanuel malig. from balboa high school, dominik rimo. from burton high school, melanie caro. from hilltop high school, maueren veleno. and lincoln high school again, jessa colo. and the academy, celine kristie

sivantes. this year as well, in the name of president mendoza's late but great mother, beltran mendoza from school of the arts. [applause] >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. congratulations to all of those award recipients. all right. so that was our student portion of recognition. item 5 is recognitions of valuable employees rave awards. there are no rife awards tonight. section b, continuation to item 6, advisory committee reports and appointments. item one, report from the parent advisory council, the p.a.c. if i could have the p.a.c. representatives join us.

>> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. superintendent dr. matthews, commissioners. i'm sarine. i'm the vice chair for the parent advisory council. i have a 9-year-old daughter that is at guadalupe elementary school, who is going into 4th grade. >> good evening, superintendent, president, and commissioner, i'm john amar, chair-elect for next year. i have two children at alamo going into first grade and second grade. and i wanted to thank the student delegates for their service. so this is year-end report to the board of education for the parent advisory council. this report provides an update on activities of the p.a.c.,