clearly what's happened tonight with both of these school names. delores huerta, incredible leader, someone who fought, continues to fight, to make our communities better in so many ways. and again, to have young people learned about her and know her name and look up to her and try to hopefully emulate her story is just so powerful for us and fits with what we are here to do as educators and as a school district. so thank you to the fairmont community for your support and for put approximating up with my cousins -- for putting up with my cousins. [applause] >> they're like, yeah, we need extra applause for that. and thank you to the -- to the commissioners who brought this forward, and i think that other schools should also take note of this, and this is the right

direction for us to be moving and this is the right way to do it. and both of the school communities who are here really have set the model for how we do this the right way and honor the right people, so thank you. >> commissioner merase? >> i want to thank the speakers for coming out tonight to share their support for this resolution. at last night's building and grounds committee, we heard from the principal about this idea germinating about letting families know that sfusd is welcoming, and that there is crisis addressed given the hostility toward immigrants these days, and this was something positive we could do as a district. i'm very persuaded by the arguments of giving hope to our students, and i'm a huge fan of delores huerta.

i've had the privilege of hearing her speak several times, and she is such an inspiration. it's very important that we recognize women in the community and i'm so delighted that delores huerta will join the other women who have schools named after them, including rosa parks, bessie carmichael. we need more, but i think this is definitely a step in the right direction. i will be supporting the resolution. >> thank you. [applause] >> commissioner sanchez? >> thank you. i want to thank the community for coming out, speaking on behalf of changing the name of fairmont elementary school to delores huerta elementary school. i personally -- i grew up during the grape strike that the u.f. -- united farm workers organized with the leadership

of delores huerta and cesar chavez. and to this day, i still don't eat grapes, for better or worse. i have a phobia my mom instilled in me. my mom's a huge, huge fan of delores huerta, as well. and i just personally feel she's one of the biggest heros of my life. i've seen her several times. she's over 80 years old, and it's astounding that on octogenarian can lead a meeting, as well. i saw her speak this bicycweek and she said how are we going to do this work to ensure that we live in freedom in this country? i want to echo commissioner merase's sentiment about female

names of schools after women. i would be surprised if more than 15% of our schools -- you named, i think, half of them there -- are named after women. we're moving, in large part, naming two schools after women. we're lifting the bar, but we need to do more right there. it's an honor to honor her. it's really special to honor her while she's still living. we don't often get a chance to do that, you know, somebody who's still with us, who's still rocking it. she's still bad, and i look forward to the celebrations that come with this renaming. thank you all. [applause] >> so this is quite a night for me personally because fairmont is where my kids went to

school. yeah, 18 years ago, if you can believe that, miss sullivan. so my kids are 23 -- she's n i shell -- she'll be 23 in october. i was saying that santiago was on my hip when ashanti went to fairmont in 2000. you know, at the time, when we went to fairmont, there were openings at the school. it was an unenrolled school, and by the time we left, there was a wait list. it was such a diverse and dynamic community, and we came in, and we became a family. it was just -- it was a really great way to cut your teeth as a parent who wanted to be a parent organizer. like, it was such a great place

of support and love to do the kinds of things that we really wanted to do as parents for the kids and for the kids that were in the community. you know, i had the opportunity to serve on the p.t.a. board and as a chair of the school site council and was a parent that harassed carlene aguera. you know, when i think about delores huerta and this idea that that's going to be the name of our former school -- i was telling my kids about this last night. and they were, like, are you kidding me? like, they couldn't do that when they were there? like, we keep missing all the good stuff. like, the school's been completely remodelled. we were down on the floor putting in our open tile when we were there. but it's just amazing. when i think about delores huerta and when i think about

the school, we till the soil, that we built these amazing gardens. we toiled and did what we needed to do to make sure our kids were in a safe and loving environment. that's impactly what delores huerta is about. lastly, i was just thinking about the amazing teachers we have there, and the women in particular. we had karen zatapa, and vili wong, and maureen sullivan, and nancy lucero. and to be amongst these women was crazy town. they were -- when we didn't have a principal, these were our leaders. they stepped up to the plate. we -- there was a time when we had five principals in four years, and it was these women that stepped up to make sure that our community stayed together and that we continued

to stay empowered and our children did not miss a beat. for people who have children that are filipino, puerto rican, and italian, it's upon for them to know where they came from. and now with this name change, they can recognize delores huerta as a part of their culture and their own lives, and it's just such a beautiful thing. having met delores, i can't wait to be there when we cut the ribbon on a new name, and if we can do it before october 1, that would be really awesome. but i -- i am just -- i'm really proud to be able to do this resolution with commissioner sanchez. and luis, your leadership on this has been fantastic. you've mentioned it to me several times, and i'm really glad that you guys got together

and just hammered it out because this is long overdue. and so with that, any other comments or questions? and this is on the changing of the name of fairmont elementary school to did he helores huert school. [roll call] >> clerk: six ayes. >> thank you. can we just standup and applaud these two name changes? how wonderful. [applause]

>> i really waunt to commend or board. this is really courageous and brave, and it's the right thing to do. you know, it really speaks to the social justice priorities and the equity priorities that we have in our school district, so i just want to thank my colleagues for making this happen. it's really beautiful. all right. great. if you're going to leave, this is a good time, you know, so you don't want to disrupt anybody. and then, our next item is going to be public comment. so i'm going to start calling names while we're -- while we're moving out, and then, you guys can -- you know, why don't we take a two-minute break? why don't we do that instead, and then, you know, that way, people can say their good-byes and then we'll come back for public comment in just a moment. crowdfu . >> all right. [ gavel ]. >> we are going to bring our board meeting back. thank you, everyone, for indulging us in that little break to give us an opportunity to thank all of our community

members that came out. so we're going to go right into section f, which is public comment on general matters. i've got quite a few speakers this evening, so i'm going to try to organize this in a way that gets some folks that are together, together, and others that are not. so let me start with richard raya, and then, let's see...richard, margaret reyes. this is susan solomon, brooke jones, brittany sterling, and then, breanna hall.

hello, richard. >> hello. good evening, president commissioner mendoza. my name is richard raya, director of mission promise neighborhood. it's wonderful to be here on such an inspiring night. five years ago, mission promise neighborhood was a met work of more than 20 community organizations that worked with the school district and the city, namely president mendoza and mayor ed lee to win a federal grant to coordinate services for children in the mission district. it funded the appropriation of a powerful case management data to wraparound and coordinate servic services at four schools. after five years, we saw preschool assessment scores and high school graduation rates for latino and african american students increase dramtly where student mobility rates decreased by half.

we are pleased to announce the department of education has awarded us a two year, $6 million grant to continue our progress by aligning with the beacon initiative and expanding to five more schools. the community could not have achieved this without the school district's steadfast guidance and president mendoza's ongoing leadership. i would like to invite your board to keeping the promise, a community celebration of this extension grant, on september 19 at 4:00 p.m. president mendoza, thank you, again for your support for this bold equity strategy. i hope to see all of you there at the celebration. thank you. >> good evening, again, commissioners, superintendent,

student del gats. i'm still susan solomon, uesf president, and i wanted to address the freedom foundation's california public records request to hand over the names of all employees of the school district. so the freedom foundation is a blatantly aggressively antiunion organization. you look at their website, there's no question. we just celebrated the fact that we are going to name a school after delores huerta who almost died fighting for union rights actually here in san francisco. we know that union voice and union power and often in conjunction with the school district gives us great benefits. it gave us proposition g that benefits this school district and our students. it gives safer working conditions and health benefits

and salaries to workers around the country. please let us not make it easy for the freedom foundation to do what they want to do. it's blatantly political -- even though it's my understanding that the district can't disregard -- can't take into consideration an organization or individual's reason for asking for information, i ask you, where does that stop? so can a candidate for public office in san francisco do the same kind of information request and get the names and potentially contact information for employees? can a nazi group come to this city and make an information request about employees of the san francisco unified school district? sometimes we have to draw the line, and this very well may be in our antiunion trump-devos era may be the line

that we have to draw together. thank you. [applause] >> hello. thank you to the san francisco school board, dr. matthews and the general public for the opportunity to speak tonight. my name is margaret reyes, and i'm a teacher here in san francisco unified, and my employer i.d. is 18505. the investigation was conducted by the law firm vandermite and maddox. the investigator at the law firm has ruled that the matter is closed and no corrective action is needed. i'm here to request that the board keep the matter open and investigate sfusd par. while the attorney did take careful note and put considerable declare ative weight into my use of the word

"huh," h-u-h, they failed to investigator several key witnesses. most importantly, the investigator made no mention of the par whistle blower letters and the par data. i am certain that the investigator had this information. i'd like to briefly review for the board and the public my interpretation of the data that was supplied to me by uesf from labor relations. here is a few highlights. sfusd teachers age 46 and above account for about 40% of the population in sfusd. while those referred to par for the same age group account for almo almost double, about 79%. that number does not begin to address the people who are over 55 and retire rather than go through the punitive par program. at least one ethnic racial group is completely missing

from the data that was reported. the average age for african american women in par is 63 years of age. i will say i did get something from h.r. yesterday. they did acknowledge it. it was said, somehow, that age is somehow linked to burnout and maybe we can discuss that another time, but i'd like you to keep the matter open. again, i request that the board investigate and answer the various practices of par and restore the past victims. thank you for your time. >> my name is brittany sterling and i'm a student in sfusd. i've watched my mom fight hard for my sisters and brothers. i've attended several meetings, and i've also been copied on several e-mails by sfusd does not respond to. i would like to know, who are the people we can contact for help, complaints, and concerns that will actually listen and

reply back. thank you. [applause] >> oh . hi. i'm brooke jones. i'm a seventh grader. last year, i was excited to be a new student at a new city. i didn't like the school that i was going to. many of my detentions will be during the union meeting which did not happen every day. i also was able to not present my black history talk on -- i was not able to present my black history talk on john hansen and the $2 bill. kids talked about me as well as the teacher had the class write why they didn't like me and gave it to me in class. i hope me talking to you tonight will help my school

treat me better. [applause] >>. [inaudible] >> my name is sabrina hall, and i'm speaking on behalf of breanna jones. she says i'm a current student, 10th grader at john o'connell high school. last year was my first year at the school. the prior school, i was student body president. the reason why i'm speaking tonight is because of what happened to me last year that still needs to be addressed and bothers me. 9th grade was supposed to be special, but it wasn't. i was bullied, jumped, and then kicked out of school all the way. my perfect grades messed up; forgotten by san francisco

unified school district as many african americans are. my mom fought hardtor me, but to our surprise, she got trespassed from the school for no reason. i just hope that things have change, and if i have a problem, i can talk about it without being fearful of getting kicked out of school. after all, i was student body president of my last school, but now, sfusd makes it seem like i'm a horrible student, and i don't want my perfect record ruined now or my concerns not listened to. this current school year, i just want to be the best i can be. i care about my grades and education. i just wish that the school and the district felt the same way. [applause] [please stand by]

>> i'm just upset with it. i'm frustrated. will they banish my family because we are homeless agree not one lawyer will help me with the school district with what is going on. something is going on for that many principals to step down. some of you are sitting at the table and know what i'm talking about. i have a whole folder of over

150 e-mails. unresponsive, even from my kids that you haven't responded to. this matter -- this year, moving forward, i i would like some help. ok. [applause] >> thank you. there is follow-up that will be happening -- -- our next group of speakers work from monro. sue homer, paulus ~-tilde, margaret rader, melissa rosenberg, know about her, rose medallion, peter hauck, at

jessica ortega count lilia sierra, andre mar tech hag, and before these speakers speak,'s christy lum still here? why don't you go ahead and speak first before the munro group. and then i also have danny came, tommy craig and benito ortiz. let christy speak first. and then before the munro family , i wanted to come back to comment before the east bay. thinking. >> hi. i am a high school senior. deer board of education members and honourable guests. i would like to share with you about the middle school stem program that i created. during middle school, i wanted to attend programming classes that were not offered traditionally at school. however, they were too expensive and my parents did not want me to commute on my own. i tried self learning online but did not know where to start safe

looking back at my first computing classes in high school honourable. i recall feeling intimidated at my lack of prior knowledge. i wish i had the chance to learn earlier. this inspired me to start and teach a cost free program that allows middle school people to enjoy engineering -- learn engineering safely at their campus after school from a high school student mentor. i hope all middle schoolers, especially the underrepresented, can learn about engineering at an early age and have the confidence to enter the stem fields. one year. one year into the program, it was received by both parents and students. i am glad to see the students enjoying engineering. some of them even started raking basic programs on their own. several eighth-graders who graduated last year from my program will be returning this year as my teaching assistant. what makes my program standout is cost is minimal for the school district and it is free for students. parents do not have to worry

about commute time and safety of their children. my program alliance with the school district's values and providing stem access for all and encourages high school students to give back to the district by serving as mentors while gaining leadership skills. as i have committed the next semester at school to further refine this program as an independent study, i would like to present my three request to the school board here. first, i hope the school gartner school board can replicate my program to other middle schools pick second, i would like to serve as a schoolboard student liaison to help plan and promote the program. lastly, i look forward to meeting with the school board representatives to discuss this and receive guidance. my contact is listed on the handout. thank you. [applause] >> all right. to the munro family, i want to remind you that we want to try to refrain from any names at being set employees, and there

are 15, 14 of you. if there are common themes, we would appreciate if you didn't use up your entire two minutes but could get to the point with all of you here. ok? thank you. >> good evening. my name is melissa and i'm a parent of a fifth grader at elementary school. i am here tonight to ask that my son and his class of spanish immersion fifth-graders at monroe elementary be provided immediately with a qualified spanish immersion teacher and that the class size not exceed the 33 student up approved by the teachers union. for a week and a half, my son has been in a class or with multiple substitute teachers, none of whom are certified to teach spanish immersion. the class has had limited to no support in the classroom of 41 children.

the end result has been chaos and absolutely no learning taking place. some parents have decided to transfer their children out of the school and many parents are considering this as well. munro has always had to watch all classes of spanish immersion in each grade level with a fourth and fifth grade being combined into split grade classes. this year, a decision was made you only have one fifth grade spanish immersion class. when the decision was made, the principal was aware there would be about 45 children in this class. the principal has shared that she has been trying to hire a qualified spanish immersion teacher for this class since april. but one still has not been hired and it does not appear hopeful that a spanish immersion teacher we hired for this large class. according to the principle, the plot is to hire a permanent substitute along with the spanish-speaking assistant of some sort to support the teacher it has been a week and a half already. i have two comments regarding

this plan. number 1, 1 -- when will the long term sub and assistant be hired? how long will this take? and number 2, how is this even a good plan that one teacher teach a class of 41 students who expect to be ready for the spanish immersion, middle school curriculum next year? this is the last year at monro for these children. most of most of whom have been together since kindergarten. i will let my community continue >> my name is tommy. i'm a parent organizer at coleman advocates for children and youth. i am here on behalf of of an aunt and support for demand of the parents from munro elementary. the fifth grade immersion class. i want to address the fact that the fifth-grade class started with 40 students. overcrowding was already a huge problem. in addition, it is an injustice that the students have been without a permit teacher for their class for an extended period of time.

this is a pivotal year for all students as they will be entering middle school. next year. they cannot build trust and form necessary bonds required for a successful student-teacher partnership with substitute teachers. they have begun to solve -- c. crimes. parents have begun to transfer their students out of this school. from front -- for a president -- present but more will follow. this is an issue that affects every school community in our district. we are concerned about our families leaving the district schools for charters or private schools. this will, most certainly can't be increased if we do not do what is necessary to higher quality teachers to educate our students. we must move with urgency and purpose to make these changes and retain our families and district schools. we have the right to a quality education for our students and numbers are committed to solutions. we aren't willing to work with the district and local educational institutions and

universities to recruit qualified teachers that we desperately need. thank you. >> good evening. i have been a parent in munro elementary school for eight years and a spanish -- in the spanish immersion program. i have seen the school change from a diverse and supportive community to a cold and unwelcoming environment. we have had four principles over the short periods. each new administrator has made changes and cause disruption. this current year is especially hard because only two of the 11 teachers in the spanish immersion program are still's teachers at the school. through all these changes, i have been able to take comfort in the fact that i knew the teachers in the classroom that worked hard and had earned my trust. last year, our current principal spoke about the problem of kids underperforming in the spanish immersion program. her plan was to break up the combination classes into separate grade level classes. consequently creating one large

class and two smaller classes. she told me she would have two teachers in the classroom with a larger amount of kids. it seemed like a reasonable plan to me. at the end of the year, we learn to know none of the immersion teachers where returning this year and the decision to change a class structure moved forward to. had 40 kids matriculate into the fifth-grade class and despite what the principal told me last year, only one teacher was being hired to teach that class. it is not surprising to me that the class was the only class not able to find a permanent teacher by the start of the school year. sadly, this plan was hurting the very kids that it was supposed to help. our kids are being undervalued and shortchanged. munro parents are not recognized as male partners and making rational and sensible school improvements that are sustainable. our school needs to be held accountable. any serious plan moving forward has to include hiring two bilingual certified teachers for that many kids. the district must support parents and children with an

immediate plan to keep our classroom safe and sane. our kids learning and thriving and parents are appreciated and valued. thank you for your time. 's. >> [speaking spanish] >> good evening. my name is jessica ortega and i am the mother of a fifth-grader at monro. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: i'm here because i am very concerned and i realize that there are parents of other ethnicities that are just as concerned, not just latino parents in what is happening. [speaking spanish]

>> voice of translator: as the other parents mentioned, we have gone through at least three principles and this has caused the school to become unbalanced and uncontrolled. the current principal lacks a proper work ethic and has not been able to handle the problems that we are facing. [speaking spanish]

>> voice of translator: i also want to express that this has also caused an emotional imbalance in both the parents and the children. it has been two weeks that we have been without a teacher and the people who have been sent, lack professional ethics and human kindness. i think that the academic portion is one part of its, by the other part is the emotional aspects that we have not focused on. [speaking spanish]

>> voice of translator: another thing that the principle has allowed is a fact that there are more than 40 children in the classroom. he comes from the musee from new york and the laws are different there. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: i appreciate all of you and i respectfully ask and hope that you will find a quick resolution to these problems because they are affecting all of the kids. a lot of my child friends are moving to other schools and i

don't want to have to do that to him in his last grade at elementary school. >> good evening. my name is peter. my daughter is a fifth-grade student at munro elementary school. i am here to sound the alarm in regards to the situation that has quickly spiraled out of control under the guidance of the principal. the school year started on the 20th of august, absent of not one but 20 bilingual teachers we were promised. let me be clear. forty-one fifth-grade students started the year in an overcrowded room without a single qualified teacher.

firstly, it is worth noting the school is holding a meeting tonight to discuss this exact topic. most parents are not able to attach both meetings and many are there tonight to and are desperate to hear of any news or progress. my daughter has been a student at munro since kindergarten. it is a small school with a grunt -- great sense of community. we are grateful for the wonderful teachers that have worked tirelessly educating and shaping our daughter's future. in fact, they are sorely missed. the past seven days of schooling has been a disaster by all accounts. the third substitute teacher started this week. the overcrowded class has been reduced by some parents are choosing to take their child elsewhere. i feel ashamed that there is an element of release -- relief and hearing this terrible news. the fifth-grade students at munro elementary are being monumentally failed. i will repeat that. the fifth-grade students at munro elementary have been monumentally failed to. the communication has been disgraceful. there was no e-mail, no letter or phone call to even prepare us for the possibility of what was to unfold. we were told by our children on the first day. no one knew where no one cared. the principal is negotiating alternatives from a position. for adjusting -- suggesting a english speaking teacher with a

spanish-speaking aid is not enough. the majority of students are behind great level -- grade level and slipping quickly. trust has been broken and confidence is gone. sadly, our children are paying the price for the negligence. hopefully the union school district hears our cause of distress. the alarm bells are sounding. thank you. [applause] >> my name is danny kim. for 20 years, i was an educator. for the past six years, i have been a parent to just want to love my kids go to munro. and my son is in this fifth-grade class. for the past couple of years, he has experienced bullying. but the saving grace for my son has been wonderful educators that have worked with him and his classmates to create a safe environment. that has been why we have trusted our school and the people who care for our kids.

when my son came back this year, there was no teacher. on the first day, the sub made fun of him and another girl. the girl threw a pencil at his eye and and at that point, we knew that in that particular environment to, my son would not be safe. we are not just talking about learning, we're talking about safety. for my son, that meant i needed to pull him out and do what i needed to do as a father. that is what i did. i have given a lot to this district. he really is sad that it has come to this. my daughter is still at the school. i am glad for that. in in this case, my son has expressed the cost of that. why am here today is because i support my fellow parents and the community at munro that something has to be done. thank you.

[speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: good evening. my name is jasmine ortiz and i am also a mother of a student at munro. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: when the meeting started, i listened as they discussed renaming a school after our former mayor derek [speaking spanish]. >> voice of translator: i i heard a member of the board mention that when you walk into that school, you can feel the love and the joy in that school. unfortunately, that's not happening at my child's school.

[speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] he was really excited -- >> voice of translator: he was really excited about seeing his friends from the previous year at exciting about meeting his teacher and excited about his last year and his promotion. [speaking spanish]

>> voice of translator: as you have heard before for the reasons stated, a lot of parents have pulled their children from the school. one of those children was my child's best friend and my son is very sad he won't be able to celebrate his graduation with him. he doesn't want to go to school. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: thank you for listening to me. i want us to find a solution. i want us to find a teacher that would treat our children with the love because that is

important to them. he has been learning everything. he has realized that munro was not welcoming to them. the school was dirty when they started. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: there was still posterboard and torn pieces of paper from the previous year, this year. thank you, very much. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: good evening. my name is benito ortiz. [speaking spanish]

>> voice of translator: my son is also in the fifth-grade. he is the third one, third-generation at munro. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: i remember in previous years, it has always been a great school. there was even some renovations done. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: i want to be direct. this problem started to watch when years. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: my son was bullied and the teachers and the staff and administrators have not been doing a good job. [speaking spanish]

>> voice of translator: and i ask you to look at all the people who were here tonight. obviously something is wrong at this time that u.s. representatives look and find what is wrong. >> good evening. i want to thank the families who came out tonight. my name is rosemary and i'm a long-term -- long time. a community member. i've been there since 2002 with two current students that while they are and i started a fourth and fifth grade class. my daughter is an alarming of lowell at a recent college -- college graduate. i lived what what blocks from

this quality advocate for services for the families and residents of district 11. the students are representative and our working class immigrant community. a community that relies heavily on education to improve lives and education of children. these families are considerate, respectful and supportive of their children's education and the schools that they attempt. it is an understatement to say this administration, the current administration is committing a grave disservice to the community. families and our students and our staff. families in this situation are experiencing unnecessary tension , frustration and sadness with the time lost at work that they have had to take off. hurrying here overwork after cleaning houses. sleepless nights, a lack of structure. and the one place where many people look for structure in the classroom. last year the administration disregarded community input throughout the academic year and failed to call for a single community meeting prior to submitting the budget. which i addressed or informed

the district about. the result of having failed to communicate and collaborate with the families and the stop has created a current situation of an unsafe and overcrowded and ineffective learning environments. the situation is not only completely chaotic but especially disruptive to the children and their families causing numerous inconveniences and moving children to other schools across town and losing friendships made over the last five years and disappointment and that public school. my husband and i really want to continue your currently, we are told to support staff pops and from time to time but they are finding the situation incredibly difficult to control or instruct they are, intern, snapping at and punishing and sometimes criticizing our children for something that is not their fault. this set up that she has set up is not working for us. our efforts as parents to support the administration initially allowed us to go into the classroom but then told us we weren't allowed. >> thank you. >> she continues to tell us we can assist and it tells us we

can't. and puts up pneumatic -- numerous obstacles. >> good evening. i want to start by reiterating something that i think the board president said that you all have equity priorities. this is an equity priority right now, right here. if you want a project for the week or the month or the year, here we are. i am a long time munro parents. my daughters in the seventh grade and my son is in the fifth-grade. the difference in their experiences has been dramatic. not only is my son a former foster youth who has been repeatedly failed by adults and public institution, but he it has now been failed by his school. despite being on the southeast side of the city and full of immigrant families, families have done a great job at educating children. many of whom, like my son have high needs. today i cannot say that this is true. we do not educate our students

the same anymore. we have lost all of our veteran spanish-speaking teachers. we can't seem to keep a principal and we are putting the lives of our children at risk. they have no teacher, and all order has been lost. i feel quite certain that if this was clarendon or another school or any westside school, any of the fancy schools, that everybody wants to go to, this would never be tolerated. we are not a rich school but we are equally, if not more committed to demanding the same quality of education as students from those westside schools and we will not be ignored. our principal talks a lot about the spanish-speaking kids in our school who are mostly in spanish immersion and how they have the lowest test scores in all areas. if things continue as is, they will surely worsen. this is a high need population and for seven days, we have had three subs, 40 enrolled students in total chaos in the classroom, which i have witnessed. nothing about what i witnessed

is acceptable and you are elected representatives who have the power to do something. at a minimum, we are asking for two certified teachers as promised by the principal and extra support staff or the fifth-grade spanish immersion class. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you to all of the parents that came out for it munro. we appreciate your presence and your input. our next item is section g. i believe that is all of our public speakers. our next item is section g. the special order of business. we have not tonight. section h. is a discussion of educational issues. we have not tonight. section i is consent calendar items are moved. we have none. section jay is the introduction of proposals to committee. altogether, we have four policies. the public and board comment on proposal. if anyone has signed up, which i

have no cards at this time,. ok. all right. susan solomon. come on up. >> thank you. this is in relation to the policy for prior authorization to use personal belongings at school and reimbursement if they get lost or stolen. i just wanted to make sure that the board knows that there is a contract provision and both the search to vacated unclassified contract that says the following this is article 14.4.5 active certificate and 15.2.6 at classifieds. the district shall reimburse a teacher or a pair just a educator for damages or theft resulting from attack, assault

of physical threats, robbery or vandalism when said damage or theft occurs in the line of duty , including supervision without fault of the teacher. it is possible that i am misreading the policy, but it seems to me that this policy will only provide reimbursement if the personal belonging is being directly used for instruction. the contract doesn't specify that it is a belonging that is being used for instruction. thank you. >> thank you. item two is board policy 3350. and play travel expenses and work policy. item three is board policy 5148, childcare and development at preschool early childhood education. can i hear a motion and a second

for first reading? >> moved. >> second. >> thank you. unless i hear otherwise from council, we will be sending these policies to the rules policy and legislative committee ok. thank you. section k.'s proposal for immediate action and suspension of the rule. there are none tonight. section l is our board member process reports. appointment of commissioners to committee. at this time, we would like to announce that all of the board committees will remain the same. we made a leadership decision to keep the committees in the same order because of the transition of board members which will occur in january and new appointments will be made in january. so just to reiterate the current

committees and their chairs, buildings and grounds and services, i will continue to chair with matt haney. curriculum and program commissioner norton will chair with commissioner cook. rules policy and legislation, commissioner sanchez will chair with commissioner cook and commissioner ross say. the ad hoc committee on student assignments will be chaired with commissioner haney and commissioner norton. personal matters, labour relations and affordability, the vice president will chair with commissioner sanchez and commissioner norton. and the ad hoc school district city college joint committee will continue to be chaired by myself and trustee, alex randolph. we will be with commissioner haney and commissioner norton and trustee selby. and the city college oversight committee will actually josh i

currently am on but i have resigned from it. and commissioner cook and the vice president -- vice president cook will be taking that position as soon as we transition over. that will be the committees going forward. please let us know if you have any questions. item two, standing committees. we have no meetings that have taken place as a last board meeting except for buildings and grounds and we announced all of the action items on the apps. forge, two membership organizations. does anyone have any updates on that? and the other reports by board members? vice president cook. >> i just wanted to wish everyone a happy first week of the year and on friday, i have

been presuming my friday morning school sight visits. i would like to thank the tenderloin community school of san francisco and the chinese immersion school for welcoming me. i will be attending other schools this friday. also, on the first day of school , i attended wallenberg high school and another elementary school. i would like to thank them for welcoming me. the last thing is i'm a proud member of the san francisco mentor for success program. and my student is in the western indigestion. i got him a fortnight backpack to start the school year. apparently it grows in the dark which i did not know until he told me. if you are not into the program, i encourage you to participate. >> any others? i too want to thank hillcrest and francisco even though the superintendent sounded like he

went by himself like he was generous to let me join him. i want to thank both of those school communities for allowing us to be there on the first day of school. i also just wanted to welcome our new deputy superintendent two has disappeared. see how special she is. i just want to welcome her to our group and -- there she is. [laughter] you have cheesecake in your teeth? yeah. [applause] >> welcome and congratulations on your new role. i'm looking forward to working with you. any other announcements by board members? ok. calendar of committee meetings. are there any upcoming meetings to announce. >> rules committee will be meeting on thursday, september 6 th at 6:00 pm. >> other meetings?

anything scheduled at this time? no. section m. is other informational items. we have no reports tonight. it is a memorial adjournment. there is no memorial adjournment tonight. at this time, will take public comments for those who have submitted speaker cards for close session items. we have none this evening. section o.'s closed sessions of the board will go into closed session. we will be back.

>> they get the authority at the district to be omitted. section q. is adjournment. this meeting is adjourned. thank you.