it's tough work, and it's work that we respect a lot. you know, i see myself as the leader of the entire staff, and to commissioner moliga's comments about moving that community together, of course, that's a priority. thank you for recognizing our amazing staff and the work that they do. >> there has been the comment that there's been a covid exposure, so what's been the protocol around that? >> we have what's called a post contact situation, and we immediately reported it to h.r. the person is already at home, so they didn't have to be sent home. they're quarantining for the number of days that's recommended, and that person is

under leave afforded to people that have exposure to covid. when that happens, it hasn't happened a lot at kalw, but i believe when that happens, we go right into action. we have great protocols around keeping people safe, having people on-site, so we had done, i think, all that we can, and we are dedicated to keeping people safe. if they need to be quarantining at home, it's a priority that they're there, and that their paycheck remains stable if that happens. >> and i'd just add, i'm sorry, president sanchez, that tina did notify us, and we coordinated with the department account guidelines related to the notification procedures, so that has all been followed. >> so you feel confident that nobody else has been exposed at the station -- or potentially

exposed? >> we have two people quarantining right now. >> okay. >> and there was not actually a confirmed case of anyone who was at the station. it was a close contact, just to clarify that, as well. >> okay. i seen thnse that commissioner moliga is saying -- i don't know how to really characterize this, but it seems like there's a -- a crisis in culture, maybe that's the way to put it, expectation, and there's a -- at least a identibifurcation o people fall on this psoa, but it's clearly something that needs work. and when i -- and i'm sure other commissioners, when we get many, many calls or e-mails

or texts regarding disagreement and distrust, it raises a red flag, and i'm hoping that you are available to put in place, some protocols in place so that there's trust being built at the station? >> thank you for that. yes, we already have been working on that, and i think this is a station with a lot of history. this actually isn't the first time that a psoa has come up before the board, but it was decades before any of us were here, so there's history, but there's also a really bright future, and i believe this psoa is key to that. equity is really important to me. we have signed onto this organization called public media for all. you got a letter from them. it's very exciting for us to

engage in this work at every level with the organization, and i can say that i'm behind that 100%. >> okay. any -- well, let's leave it at that, and we'll move to our vote on this item. so roll call, please. >> clerk: thank you. [roll call] . >> clerk: that's six ayes. >> all right. again, i want to thank everybody that came out for this item.

we're now moving onto section g. resolution 209-22-sp 1. >> mr. president, i see delegates waving at us once again. >> is it time for you to go? >> yeah, probably is. >> no, i have a precalculus -- >> you had a long time tonight. thank you for hanging in there. >> congratulations to commissioner cook and commissioner norton. no more jazz music, and everyone have a good night. >> you know, miss hines foster is getting e-mails about that. i just want that on the record. >> all right. thanks, student delegates. we'll see you next time. so this is a renewal petition for city arts and tech high

school. recent readings were held at recent budget and curriculum meetings. superintendent matthews, going to call on you or your designee to report on the renewal petition. >> can you hear me? >> yes. >> okay. thank you. so this is, as you said, the renewal petition for city arts and tech high school. we have [inaudible] our director of policy and planning in charge of schools, michael davis. >> thank you, dr. matthews. i'd like to present a summary of the staff report and recommendation that was published on november 23. the action proposed is the approval of the renewal of the charter of the city arts and tech school, c.a.t.s., which is in conjunction with the june jordan school for equity, and

the recommendation is renewal for five years beginning july 1, 2021, and ending june 30, 2026, to serve 235 students as measured by average daily attendance. c.a.t.s. has operated in san francisco under the authorization of sfusd since 2 2004. the sfusd staff review of the renewal petition was done -- >> president sanchez, did you open the public hearing? i just want to make sure we do it correctly. >> i did not, but i've been made aware -- >> yeah, you can decide. >> i know, but i just -- i

consider it opened. >> thank you. i apologize, commissioners. that's one of the [inaudible] that we need to follow as a result of recent legislation. >> okay. by my saying that, does that make it so? >> it makes it so. >> okay. continue, mr. davis. >> thank you. so the -- this renewal petition was reviewed under a.b. 1505, which means on the state dashboard, it generally falls in the yellow zone. it appears that the blue and green are the best, and the orange and red are the worst. since it's a middle charter, the authorizer may grant

renewal. further, the review shall look at the evidence that the charter school has achieved measurable increases in academic achievement as defined by at least one year's progress for each year in school or strong post secondary outcomes as defined by college enrollment, persistence, and completion rates. so the staff review of c.a.t.s. indicated that under standardized assessment data, the school did not achieve measurable increases in academic achievement for all students but did achieve some measurability increases in certain groups of students.

secondly, city arts produced strong post secondary outcomes as defined by college enrollments, persistence, and completion rates. as mentioned earlier, the petition was reviewed in the budget and business services committee and was forwarded without recommendation and was also reviewed in curriculum and programs and forwarded without recommendation. so the staff recommends that the board approve for five years, july 1, 2021 through june 30, 2026 on the following caps and meets renewal criteria

under education code 46.627-b. staff further recommends that c.a.t.s. provide a detailed plan by december 31, 2020, to the sfusd for the following: devised math curriculum, deed indicated peer-to intervention and curriculum interventional supports to students with i.e.p.s. that report was provided through dr. priestley last week through c.a.t. [please stand by]

>> there's nothing on the screen. >> yeah. we can't see what you're seeing. >> this is dustin steel. i can project your deck and you can just prompt me to go through it if you'd like. >> do you want me to share with you? >> i believe so. >> just a moment.

yeah. that's correct. >> all right. >> yeah. on the first slide there, next slide after this one. her favorite class has a historic legacy. and that kind of captures the school, a small community, tight-knit community, family-based community. okay, we can go to the next slide. i want to highlight some of the things that stick out about our instructional program, especially our arts and tech. you can see the background on some of the shots of our students here. we have students from every

grade level entered in the summit, through a local community organization in excelsior that works with schools throughout san francisco. our community practices have been a god for us through covid-19. and it's -- it is a cornerstone of how we interact as a community. you can go to the next slide. this was mentioned by mr. davis in regards to persistent data. i want to point out that our average high school graduate is 91%. last year it was 100%, that included all students with i.e.p.s. that was all 100% a-g attainment, meaning they were prepared and ready for a four-year university. and so we're very proud of that fact, especially for seniors who

experienced, you know, shutdown during the last quarter of their year. we can go to the next slide. the portfolio defense is part one of our hallmarks. our alumni state that this is one of the things that scares s- prepares them most for college and the leadership as a whole. a couple of weeks ago, one of our alumni was at on a vent with supervisor walton, speaking out about -- to make sure it's a safe community. he graduated and showcased those skills that we try to practice and make sure that he was left with. next slide, please. the doctor's recommendations around math were right in line with what we have started to put in motion.

so we previously hired a new director of matt. we adopted curriculum and have prioritized math and p.l.c. training. and if you look at the graph, the bottom light purple is from 2018. the top darker pu purple is 201. but these are internal c.i.a.-like assessments. and growth across all math subjects. so we hope to continue with those changes and continue progress in these areas. you can go to the next slide. we'll be wrapping up in just a moment. this is an area that we wanted to highlight as well that we've been working on and again going backs to the restorative practices that we discussed at

the start. this is the suspension data over time. and some of you may remember at our last meeting, which was i was a part of as well, suspension data was something looked at very closely. the continuous five-year decline in suspensions. and one conscious [indiscernible] got down to 5%, we know there's still work to do there. we wanted to highlight this, because that when we focus in on something, pay attention to it, it improves. so the recommendations around math are taken very seriously. the recommendations around governance is taken very seriously. i know when we pay attention to those things, that we'll see improvement in them. no doubt about that. i want to close with the last slide. it's a quote from one of our graduates, who is at u.c. berkeley right now. it's about the defense. and i'd really like to hone in

on the last part. my confidence changed the way i view the world in my potential. that was her -- what she left with coming out of cat and going off to college. and i believe that embodies what we hope our students leave with. and just add that as someone that, you know, -- my hometown of san francisco. and i take the responsibilities around leading the school, especially in the southeast, very seriously. and we just say that i'm grateful to the commissioners and to the board as a whole and staff at sfufd for taking the time to work with us. i believe that the partnership between our school and our district is trump important and want to maintain good relationship together. so i want to thank you again. for the recommendations. i hope i can count on your vote. i'm looking forward to hearing from students and families.

>> okay. thank you. and so let's hear from those who would like to speak on this item. >> clerk: six people, president sanchez. >> sure. so far. >> clerk: please raise your hand if you care to speak on the tech renewal. seven. okay.

bill evie. >> caller: can you hear me? >> clerk: hello, laura. >> caller: hi. hi, my name is laura bank and a junior at technology high school school. [indiscernible] i have a hard time staying up, being able to participate in my classes and being able to focus. i have to go from the classes from 9:00 until 4:00 p.m. enough of what i have to say about my school. because cat helped me as a person grow in my mindset to become different. i used to think of myself as a c-average student, when attendd middle school, they focused on

other students. when i got to cat, my "c" average, i went from a "c" average to an a/b average student. i had help from my teachers. my 10th grade teacher, english teacher would reassure me that i'm smart no matter what. i can do whatever i want. i can get through my academics and learn and focus without putting myself down. reassured i'm able to put myself to they go. i'm smart and there's nobody perfect in this world. also i have a hard time struggling in math. and my algebra teacher, who was working at cat, helped and assured me by giving we one-on-one time and understanding what's going on in my algebra class. [bell dings] they help us do our fight. but thank you. i hope we can count on your vote. >> thank you.

>> clerk: hello, michelle. >> caller: hello. >> clerk: god. >> caller: okay. thank you. i'm the 10th grade english teacher at cat. and i also want to say that i would really appreciate it for you guys to show respect to the students who have to wake up earlier. and -- and put this meeting a little earlier in the agenda. but anyways. besides that, thank you very much for being here and listening to us. and i'll keep it brief. city arts and tech is a school that is passionate about helping young adults find their voice, build their confidence and provide them with the education, built on principles of critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. i'm sure that we all know how important those skills are, especially after the year we just went through. our small size allow us to

create a beloved community, where trusting relationships between teachers and students are at the center of our philosophy. and through those trusting relationships, we're able to create class and school environments, where students feel safe to take risks. they feel safe to find success and also to fail. because it's part of life. at cat we work harder and harder every year to ensure that every student is seen, is heard and feels loved in our community. so that they can trust themselves and be successful in their future, whatever they choose. thank you very much to the sfufd staff and the charter of renewal review team for recommending a five-year renewal. i hope we can count on your vote, thank you. >> clerk: thank you. hello, alison. >> caller: good evening, everyone. i just want to acknowledge an appreciation for your time and energy. i know it's late.

but i am grateful to you all for listening to us. my name is alison. i teach 10th grade world history at cat. and this is my sixth year as a teacher at city arts and tech. i would like to follow up and address the concern -- the personal concern that was raised bgia at our network school in hayward. teachers unionized about four years ago. throughout the process, i experienced our leadership to be collaborative, amicable and respective. things i believe envision has follow and uphold our collective bargaining, and i do believe that they very specialallal conscious intentionally align with the core values of the recognition. with that being said, i want to emphasize that the personnel issue in hayward is separate from the decision before you tonight, to renew the charter of our san francisco school. and i believe it should have no bearing on your choice. i have spoken with many teachers

at cat, particularly about this issue. and teachers strongly support cat's charter renewal. thank you to the sfufd staff and charter renewal review team for recommending a five-year renewal. i hope we can count on your vote. >> clerk: thank you. hello, adrienne. >> thank you. i want to thank you all for having us here. i do want to talk about how i really know we can count on your vote. because i went from being a horrible student in a school, with d's and f's, to being a fantastic student with all a's, just one b. cat has really made me realize what changed and how an incredible student i am. i hated math like before i even got to cat. and i have had two amazing math reachers, who have made math the

best subject for me. i am passing that class with a b. and it's exactly what i needed right now in this moment. i also do want to emphasize how i have two a.p. classes and i found it a little disrespectful that we have this class -- not this class, this meeting such late, you know, so late in the night. i just -- i really think that we should have prioritized this a little bit. and i also think that we -- sorry. i also -- i appreciate the fact that again i have a.p. classes. i was terrified of a.p. classes and now that i have them, it feels fantastic to have them. i know i will get to college. and college is so important to my family. as an immigrant, it's so important for me to get to college, because i am their legacy. i matter to them and it matters that i get to college. i know cat will get me to college. [bell dings] thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you.

hello. hello, tara? >> caller: hello. >> clerk: yes, go ahead. >> caller: i'm just wanting to thank the board and all of the students staying up so late. but i want to remind the board that cat was here and give you the numbers to remember how they had work suspending or expelling students. and how like their numbers -- i think they maybe have two kids with i.e.p.s. i don't know. but that may be the slide seven of the recent slide deck that we were distributed. it doesn't really probably reflect base it's from like the dramatic drop down to 5% from 2019 to 2020. and like the last quarter of the

school year, nobody is there anyway. you don't have any kids to expel or suspend. so just kind of remember the last five years in the numbers when you're coming to your decisions on what to do. and that's it. >> clerk: thank you. hello, s.j. lee. >> caller: hi. can you guys hear any? my name is s.j. lee and a fifth-year 11th and 12th grade teacher and cat. i'm a proud teacher of the two students that just spoke for all of us. cat is a perfect place for all students to thrive. we focus on the racial equity and antiracist curriculum that lifts our community. cat we support and uplift most marginalized communities, especially our black and brown students, students of color and students with i.e.p.s.

we prepare them ready for life, after high school, through a relationship bonding cultural relevant program staff, families and students are valued, protected, respected and supported especially during this tumultuous time. thank you for the sfufd staff and the review team for recommending a fifth-year renewal and we hope we can count on your vote. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. hello, christina. >> caller: hi. [speaking spanish] [indiscernible]

>> clerk: christina. christina. [indiscernible translation] >> so our children can graduate. >> clerk: all right. >> thank you. there's one more. >> clerk: all right. hello. galaxy tab. are you there? >> caller: i'm so sorry. she's having technical

difficulties. hi, that's my mom. >> clerk: you have 90 seconds. go ahead. [speaking spanish] translator: [indiscernible]

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>> i am going to say, first of all, i'm sorry. she can stop talking. so i'm just going to summarize really quickly. i'm very proud of cats and really in these last three years, it's been very important for me, because they've been helping my child. i know they tell me if he's failing, if he's doing something that's not right. i also want to say that mark sanchez was the principal at my child's school. and also want to be thankful for lopez for all of the work that she's done. and i'm here to tell you to say hi and very grateful. and please do not be calm -- it's been very hard for us

through the pandemic. also i want to point out that i brought a lot of families to cat. and i did so because i knew that that school is really good for our children. and for our community. and, please, please, please vote in favor. we want this to be our -- we don't want this to be our constant headache. please vote and thank you. >> clerk: is that the last of the public comment? >> operator: yes, it was. >> clerk: thank you. we'll open it up to the members. i want to say hi to -- i remember you very well. wonderful family. all right. commissioners, any comments? all right.

i know commissioners cloquet had to step out. i don't see any comments. we're going to go to our roll call. >> thank you. >> no. >> mr. cook. miss lamb. >> yes. >> miss lopez? >> yes. >> >> yes. >> yes. >> mr. sanchez. >> yes. >> thank you. our student delegates. okay. five ayes. >> all right. so congratulations, cat. the city of arts and technology. and we're moving on. i suggest we close this public hearing. it is what it is. >> thank you.

>> we have proposals for action. next is -- [indiscernible] numbers 2-9 of this item, heard by the rules policy and legislation commission, 510 at the committee of the whole. if i hear no objection, we will have one vote of all policies. >> a motion. >> i apologize, president sanchez. work permits, which is item number 4, board policy 5413.2. staff were pulling that. and we'll schedule for the next meeting. we were not able to get the committee the information that you requested at rules committee. so we'll get you that and then ask you to take action in january. >> okay. so the policies are prevention, -- [indiscernible]

[reading rules] >> that was adopted. >> i got it. my bad. yes. moved and seconded at a prior board meeting. we need to or a designee to report on the policy and read the recommendations into the record. i believe that would be miss kahl. >> commissionerswork the exception of item number 4, work personals, we're asking the board to adopt these policies tonight. >> okay. >> and did we -- commissioner

lamb. [ please stand by ]

>> i need a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> second. >> second. >> all right. plenty of those. all right. superintendent matthews? >> presenting this item will be our chief financial officer megan wallace. >> good evening, commissioners

and superintendent matthews. [inaudible] in an amount equal to $33,500,000. [inaudible] to identify new funding source for our living wage for educators act or lwea expenses by the 2018 proposition g -- while the 2018 proposition g is under litigation. [inaudible] as you know, rather than halting investment in lwea, the board has chosen from withdraw from its rainy day reserve and its fiscal reserves, [inaudible] all to support approximately $40 million of investments and

increased salaries of professional development opportunities for our staff. so this request of $33.5 million, along with the $6.5 million balance in our funds, for the purposes of lwea, we're basically supporting our expenditures here. and that will actually leave an entire amount of $1 million left in our rainy day reserve, which is not enough to support lwea in future years, but as you know, we're happy to report, proposition j did pass in november. so starting in july 2021, that will be our new funding source to support lwea. so thank you for your consideration of this request, and i'm happy to answer any

questions. >> all right. any public comment on this item? just raise your hand. >> clerk: not seeing any public comment, president sanchez. >> thank you. any comments or questions from the board? all right. roll call. >> clerk: thank you. [roll call] >> clerk: that is five ayes. >> thank you so much. the second item is 2012-8-so-2.

san francisco unified school district and san francisco county office of education school plans for student achievement. i need a motion and a second, please. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. superintendent matthews? >> presenting this item will be our director of state and federal programs, roderick castro. >> thank you. good evening, commissioners and dr. matthews. tonight's requested action is that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district approve the san francisco unified school district and san francisco county office 2020-2021 final school plans for student achievement. >> all right. any public comment, please raise your hand. >> clerk: not seeing any, president sanchez? >> comments or questions?

all right. madam secretary, roll call. >> clerk: yes. [roll call] >> clerk: there are six ayes. >> thank you. number 3 under section h, 2012-8-so-3, qualified fiscal certification for the san francisco unified school district and the san francisco county office of education at first interim, fiscal year 2020-2021. i need a motion and a second, please. >> so moved. >> second. >> superintendent matthews? >> presenting this item will be our chief financial officer, megan wallace.

>> [inaudible] i do have a short deck, so i'll try to quickly run through [inaudible]. so this evening, i'm going to give a brief update on our first interim report for the current fiscal year of 2020-2021. [inaudible] to the state, so this is the first of those two, and at the budget and business services committee meeting on december 8, we went into a lot more detail on the drivers, so both the current year trends as well as the multiyear projections. those slides are provided in the appendix for reference if

more questions come up, and i'm just going to cover the high level details. next slide, please. so as you can see here, in the adopted but just versus the first interim, we are seeing -- we found, as a result of our [inaudible] from the prior fiscal year, we've actually started off the year with a higher level of fund balance than we originally anticipated largely because we were able to use c.a.r.e.s. funding last year for operational expenses and had savings on our unrestricted general fund, and so we carried those savings forward and had additional fund balance. overall, on our revenues, we are actually seeing a decline of $2.1 million, and the amount

of c.a.r.e.s. spending available for this year, so you can see we have $5.5 million more of revenue left than what we anticipated. but that is being offset by a decrease in expenditures. so the additional fund balance and decrease in expenditures really help offset that loss in revenue, so i'll cut to the chase and say the good news is that we are maintaining our covid-19 reserve at this point in time. you can see, towards the bottom of the table, we start off with 10.5 million, and now we're looking at about 10.4, so that helps support our reopening plan. i just want to highlight that on the table this evening.

next slide, please. the challenge that i really want to highlight is that we're continuing to see deficits in our out years. as you're familiar with in prior presentations, the combination of one-time revenues, stagnant growth in our ongoing operating revenues, combined with the growing cost with running a district, we're talking about the recession that all districts are feeling, looking at the next two fiscal years, we're going to feel it even more because we're not yet -- we don't yet have a picture of other funding streams that may come in the form of federal stimulus or how the state is going to help us adapt moving forward either in an ongoing recession or to help cover costs associated with covid-19.

we are sort of in an awkward period now because the governor's budget won't come out until january, so for now, those projections are status quo from what we had assumed when we adopts ted the budget. next slide, please. so with the -- with any interim report, it is necessary for a superintendent's office or county department of education that the budget is going to be balanced. qualified, meaning the current year or following year may or may not be balanced and action may need to be taken by the board to reconseal any projected deficits. we can also support a negative

certification, indicating that funding will be needed to address certifications. so we are submitting a proposal for a qualified certification mainly on the premise that our multiyear projectstions are reflecting such significant -- projections are reflecting such significant budgetary shortfalls, but we can confirm we will have a positive outlook. we need to lean on a qualified certification indicating that we may or may not be able to balance and meet our obligations. definitely want to highlight that that will likely change as we receive the budget. hopefully it will change for the better, but only time will

tell. mainly keep an eye on the budget process that we have before us. so the committee of the whole next week will be a really important point to talk about our district priorities. but we'll see how the state responds with restoring funding to school districts. will they give us a cost of living adjustments, and then really understanding what comes out of the federal government, whether it will be a stimulus package that could help support our operations. and another important factor following all the rainy day reserve item that we just had, proposition g is still under consideration for us, so when that is under litigation, if we had a positive outcome, that the revenues that the city has been holding in escrow for the last two-plus years could

actually be restored to the school district. and after counting for the funding that the city gave us and paying the city back, we could probably see about $124 million coming to the district. but unfortunately, that's on a much longer timeline, and we anticipate having news of that certificate outcome occurring before we need to submit a balanced budget. next slide, please. i'm not going to go into a lot of detail, but just wanted to highlight the zero-based budgeting process before us is our path to getting back to a positive outlook, and our priorities are not only to have a balanced budget but a sustainable budget, not relying on other sources, monitoring the investments that we make.

we're trying not to see a lot of significant growth over time in our costs, but also, this last piece about reflecting our priorities; that my hope with zero-based budgeting is not that we only resolve the $75 million shortfall, but it's to maintain this as a priority for the district. and the main priority is right there in the middle, priority functions. that will be our main focus of the discussion with the committee of the whole. next slide, please. and just our timeline that we are pushing to try to get our budgetary propositions pulled together earlier on in this fiscal year, so when we're heading into february and march, making important

staffing decisions, that we're already looking at our bigger picture of prioritization and that funding. next slide, please. again, this evening, i'm seeking approval of the first interim so we can submit it by the 15 of this month. we do have some key dates with regard to our budget development, and i'm emphasizing that, because, again, that's the path to adjusting our multiyear budget shortfall, and if we kds thadd that, we'll be back on track for budget certification. we'll have more for you on assumptions coming from the state. hopefully federal government, there'll be a lot more meat on

the bones in the story around our fiscal outlook, so thank you. happy to answer questions. >> thank you, and good morning. so any public comment on this item? >> clerk: please raise your hand if you want to speak. not seeing any, president sanchez. >> thank you. commissioners? >> president sanchez, i just want to note when we talked about in budget and business services to the broader public, and thank you to megan and the budget team, annemarie gordon an, around what a budget process means and the process that we'll be going through with the state. megan or ann-marie, maybe you just want to give a couple of highlights why we feel that

this is a sound approach, and that, you know, because of the processes, we're doing early budgeting. i mean, we're engaging in a budgeting process i would say earlier than we have in years past, particularly in the zero-based budgeting approach so that we can arrive at an intentional alignment of both organizations and institutions' priorities, but of our values, as well. so to reiterate, megan, if you can go three just a couple of highlights of what does that mean between now and the second interim report and the qualification status? >> so once they submit our [inaudible] they'll conduct their own independent assessment, and based upon our multiyear projections, i would expect that they would also find us qualified, and some

of -- and they also will want to determine the degree of our financial outlook. you know, are we erring more on the side of positive or are we leaning more towards negative? i'd like to think that we're on the cusp of being positive, depending as long as we really get on this process, you know, with our zero-based budgeting, and that we are really committed to achieving a balanced budget. so if, by chance, we were to develop a balanced budget for the multiyear projections, it's possible that by the time we're going back to c.b.e. for our interim, that we could be leaning back towards positive.

so that wouldn't give them a lot of time to engage on some of the tools that they employ for school districts who are qualified, but if we do start some of that work, one of the first things that we would likely do is engage with [inaudible] which is an organization that assists school districts in their financial management, and they have a tool that they can use to help us assess our risk across various financial areas across the school district. so this is likely an exercise that we would go through, and i would say it's a very positive exercise. it's a chance for us to get some external input. so it's not -- it's not as

difficult a prescriptive of approach as if we were in a negative situation, at which point they would appoint a financial expert to come in and give us fiscal recommendations. so i think we're on the positive side of that scale, but we -- sorry to over emphasize it, but this budget process is our window of opportunity to improve that outlook. so i think, maybe just a couple other points, that c.b.e. will actually want to take a closer look at our budgeting agreements, and i do anticipate that we'll be going out for a short-term budgeting tool called the tran because the state is supporting the

apportioning to school districts because of the state's own issues with balancing budget this year, and we're going to need to issue a tran for our cash flow. we're going to get the funding due to us from the state, but it's deferred to a later date, so we need to do short-term borrowing just to make sure we have cash on hand, and c.b.e. will want to have oversight on that. >> thank you. >> thank you. any last comments or questions? all right. roll call, please. [roll call] >> clerk: six ayes. >> thank you. section i, we already covered. section j, discussion and vote

on consent calendar items removed at previous meeting. there's none today. k, introduction of proposals and assignment to committee, believe it or not, none. l, proposals inform immediate action and suspension of the rules. none tonight. m, board members' reports. report from standing committees. commissioner lam, i don't know if you have anything from the rules and policy committee? >> from rules and policy committee, we voted on eight of the nine policies with positive recommendation. we did talk with capital advisors. as you all know, our lobbyists in sacramento. they gave a picture to what the upcoming legislative session may look like. the legislature kicked off

their session just yesterday, and some -- you know, january will be a big marker month. governor newsom will present his budget. that will give a strong indication of what that will look like from pre-k to 12 education. there's been some development of more anticipated taxes revenues from june or the summer month projections, however, i'm hearing that everyone is clamoring for those billions of dollars of revenue. we don't know what that will look like, so it's still going to be getting worked out, and we'll need to negotiate at the state level. so it'll be confertive for

sfusd to put forward an advocacy package, and that has been the request in working with our partners, with through the policy committees aa board and with dr. matthews and really being proactive, not only on the fiscal and budgeting side but as well as discussions around covid recovery. some of the discussions we talked about was vaccination and priority of both educators and school site staff. as you're probably hearing in the news already, vaccines are arriving in san francisco. ucsf is one of the those distribution sites, and we're really waiting to hear from the federal level, from the biden administration as well as the gove governor's office around what that will look like. >> commissioner moliga, buildings and grounds? >> yeah. we had buildings and grounds,

and we went over three items. preparation of grounds, and the other two items was the mission bay ucsf -- is it ucsf? it is ucsf -- mission bay ucsf and u.s.d. conversation around the land -- the land use age. so those talks are still ongoing. we're going to continue that as an item in our b&g meetings. and the other topic we discussed was around educator housing, so there is a couple of things we talked about. first thing, because viva asked me to. so in terms of francis scott key, there has been a process around naming the site, and so one of the names that the collective has come up with is shirley chisholm, which is a

great name. commissioner cook, if he's still on there, agrees, as well. so that name, there was a process that went through to land on that name to include educators. and i just want to say, i also spoke with supervisor mar, and he says that the district has been very inclusive , and the community folks in the area. however, we are working on reconvening our educator housing group so that we could go over the current land. there's been some hiccups with the tax credits at the state level which has made it a little bit more difficult to access the funds that we were trying to go for, so we are needing to recon convenient as a group to figure out how to

strategize how to go forward with our community and figure out how to go forward. >> okay. committee of the whole for tuesday, december 1. vice president lopez? >> we went over the student assignment committee, and i think we should have that conversation again. thank you. thank you, commissioner collins. we also went over -- we had an update on our ceiling in our hands, a resolution that was passed in june 2019 specifically going over the funding and portion of it going to stipends to youth and the ability to increase therapists at our school sites.

that's all i can remember. >> okay. thank you. then, we have budget and business -- sorry. b budget, business, and services committee from december 2. commissioner lam? >> lot of the discussion was on what was presented by our chief financial officer, megan wallace tonight, making sure we're looking at our multieye year projection and making sure that we're landing on a planning process early enough to guide the staff for what is needed for the district. so next tuesday, we will have account meeting to have that discussion and arrive on that organizational priority so we can begin the zero budgeting process. >> great. thank you. curriculum and program committee on monday, which was

two seconds longer than yesterday, but it was yesterday. commissioner collins? >> just -- well, we had a really good discussion and still at the discussion around grading. we had some information about how students are doing at the high school level, and i lot of engagement, i think from teachers. we had conversations from site leaders about how they're engaging in grading at this time, but it was kind of agreed that this is just -- you know, this is a multifaceted conversation both in how we communicate with students and families as well as, you know, how we support educators in having meaningful conversations about how we do grating both during covid but even before covid. and i'm in ongoing conversations with educators about how we can, you know, have these kind of conversations in a town hall

formatters where they can share their experience. and i'll chair thll i'll share commissioners. and it's hard for educators to communicate with families and the port and website are not accessible for families. we're working with the systems that we have and appreciate staff, but it's not doing it, and we're more reliant on it now than ever. so also, i wanted to say that i really appreciate staff. justin, i want to thank you. for folks who want to see these meetings, we are doing a lot of conversations in these community meetings, so if people want to see what we go about in those committees,

those are all located on the website in the archives, and mr. steele is now loading those videos, as well, so folks can watch more and more of us. >> wait. don't forget rules committee. >> oh, and rules committee. don't forget those, too. just appreciate staff's work in making all of this available and more accessible to the community. >> okay. great. the clerk from board delegates to member [inaudible] or any other report by board members? okay. seeing none, the following committee meetings have been scheduled. joint select committee is this friday, december 11, at 10:00 a.m., and then committee of the whole is tuesday, december 15, at 4:00 p.m.

any other committees scheduled? no? okay. section n, other informational items. posted on the agenda is the following item: charter school renewal petition, thomas edison charter academy, and i'm assuming this is the new process it goes, under, danielle? >> yes, commissioner, just to indicate that the commission has received it. >> okay. because in the old timeline, it would go under a first reading. okay. section o is memorial adjournment. commissioner lam, would you do us the honor? >> i'm sorry, president sanchez. can you repeat that? >> memorial adjournment. >> yes. please give me 30 seconds.

>> no problem. and i know while you're doing that, student delegate shavann hines foster wants to do a memorial adjournment because there have been a number of people that lost their lives at mission high and elsewhere. i would appreciate a moment of silence in their memory, and then, we'll have commissioner lam. thank you. >> sorry. wait? i'm pulling it up, president sanchez. i think my computer's tired. >> that's not the only thing.

>> thank you. thanks for your patience. tonight, i want to share in memorial for tui nguyen. and to those of you who didn't know, she was an educator [inaudible] assembly, a champion for young people. i'm going to read something that was written by her community, and just want to share a celebration of her life. a few months ago during a family meeting at the hospital, our friend tui reflected on her life. she says if everyone picks one cause and sticks with it, the world will be a better place. tui has done just that, devoting herself to san francisco's skate club and the edgy state youth outreach program and fundamentally to all the youth that these program serves. tui nguyen [inaudible] november

2020. the s.f. skate club began as a summer camp in 2007. nguyen had worked as a teacher in the san francisco unified school district as well as a teacher at friends school in hunters point. she left her teaching job to spear head the organization with her husband, shawn connolly, a long time skate boarder who's been featured in slap, thrasher magazines. by saturday, hundreds of former and current san francisco -- s.f. skate club members and participanting biked, visits, and skated ocean beach. tui was extremely personaspeci.

she must have been one of the most active listeners you will ever meet. she was so present all the time. it was the educator in here. she truly cared about finding a safe space for every youth. she used to share how she would take her younger students to the park in the early hours when the older students weren't there. she never gave up on finding that safe space for each and every one of her students. we are so lucky to have had tui to be part of this s.f. unified community, and san francisco has been so lucky to have someone like 2ud i and shawn to devote themselves to youth of the city. she stuck to this one thing, and it is true. she made the city a better place.

we will greatly miss tui. and again, thank you to the authors of this memorial. i just wanted to thank the vast community and friends of tui. >> a lovely, lovely wonderful caring person. thank you, commissioner lam. at this time, we'll take public comment for those who wish to speak to closed session items. we have a five-minute total for this, so if you'd like to speak to any items on the closed session agenda, please raise your hand. >> clerk: not seeing any, president sanchez. >> thank you, mr. steele. session p, closed session. the

>> item q is reconvene to open session. a report from the closed session, the vote by a vote of six ayes, one absent, cook, approved the hiring of one principal. in the matter of terry versus san francisco unified school district, the board, by a vote of six ayes, one absent, cook, approved a settlement agreement and authorized the general council to pay up to the stipulated amount. in the matter of tre ho versus san francisco unified school district, the board, by a vote of six ayes, one absent, cook, approved a settlement agreement and authorized the general counsel to pay up to the

stipulated amount. with that all said, this meeting is adjourned. i want to thank you all. appreciate you all, and keep being safe. . >> neighborhood in san francisco are also diverse and fascist as the people that inhabitable them we're in north beach about supervisor peskin will give us a tour and introduce is to what think of i i his favorite district 5 e 3 is in the northwest surrounded by the san francisco bay the district is the boosting chinatown oar

embarcadero financial district fisherman's wharf exhibit no. north beach telegraph hill and part of union square. >> all of san francisco districts are remarkable i'm honored and delighted to represent really whereas with an the most intact district got chinatown, north beach fisherman's wharf russian hill and knob hill and the northwest waterfront some of the most wealthier and inning e impoverished people in san francisco obgyn siding it is ethically exists a bunch of tight-knit neighborhoods people know he each other by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and

chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill come and meet with each other just the way the united states been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people coming since the day we opened. >> it is of is first place on the west that that exposito 6 years ago but anyone was doing

that starbuck's exists and it created a really welcoming pot. it is truly a legacy business but more importantly it really at the take care of their community my father from it was formally italy a fisherman and that town very rich in culture and music was a big part of it guitars and sank and combart in the evening that tradition they brought this to the cafe so many characters around here everything has incredible stories by famous folks last week the cafe that paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william getty and jack herb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play

with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd get lesb ri >> by the time the last show came, i was like whoa, whoa, whoa. i came in kicking and screaming and left out dancing. [♪] >> hello, friends.

i'm the deputy superintendent of instruction at san francisco unified school district, but you can call me miss vickie. what you see over the next hour has been created and planned by our san francisco teachers for our students. >> our premise came about for san francisco families that didn't have access to technology, and that's primarily children preschool to second grade. >> when we started doing this distance learning, everything was geared for third grade and up, and we work with the little once, and it's like how were they still processing the information? how were they supposed to keep learning? >> i thought about reaching the student who didn't have

internet, who didn't have computers, and i wanted them to be able to see me on the t.v. and at least get some connection with my kids that way. >> thank you, friends. see you next time. >> hi, friend. >> today's tuesday, april 28, 2020. it's me, teacher sharon, and i'm back again. >> i got an e-mail saying that i had an opportunity to be on a show. i'm, like, what? >> i actually got an e-mail from the early education department, saying they were saying of doing a t.v. show, and i was selected to be one of the people on it, if i was interested. i was scared, nervous. i don't like public speaking and all the above. but it worked out.

>> talk into a camera, waiting for a response, pretending that oh, yeah, i hear you, it's so very weird. i'm used to having a classroom with 17 students sitting in front of me, where they're all moving around and having to have them, like, oh, sit down, oh, can you hear them? let's listen. >> hi guys. >> i kind of have stage flight when i'm on t.v. because i'm normally quiet? >> she's never quiet. >> no, i'm not quiet. >> my sister was, like, i saw you on t.v. my teacher was, i saw you on youtube. it was exciting, how the community started watching. >> it was a lot of fun. it also pushed me outside of my

comfort zone, having to make my own visuals and lesson plans so quickly that ended up being a lot of fun. >> i want to end today with a thank you. thank you for spending time with us. it was a great pleasure, and see you all in the fall. >> i'm so happy to see you today. today is the last day of the school year, yea! >> it really helped me in my teaching. i'm excited to go back teaching my kids, yeah. >> we received a lot of amazing feedback from kiddos, who have seen their own personal teacher on television. >> when we would watch as a family, my younger son, kai, especially during the filipino

episodes, like, wow, like, i'm proud to be a filipino. >> being able to connect with someone they know on television has been really, really powerful for them. and as a mom, i can tell you that's so important. the social confidence development of our early learners. >> good morning. thank you for joining us today. we know this year has been hard on our kids and families. the fact the public schools haven't opened is really