>> president lopez: regular meeting of the board of education of is now called to order. roll call please. [roll call]

>> president lopez: thank you. i know some commissioners will be here by saying and sharing my immense gratitude for all of the work we have been able to accomplish together since the beginning of this pandemic. i know there are still many questions and details and fears. what we have been able to do is truly work together in unity with our labor partners to come up with something we can all feel comfortable with. no is immune to the pain that we are feeling. we have historically depended on our schools as safe space to hold us during tough time. from the beginning of the pandemic, our closing of schools on march 12th, and city

leading soon after have been centered on safety first. saving lives, offering resources, feeding families and maintaining learning throughout this crises. that continues today and it's that value that allows us to be a leader. i realized none of this is ideal and even through all of our accomplishments, big and small, we all continue working extremely hard to make it better for our students and families. i know we will do that together and rebuild trust within our city. we see the health conditions improving and we'll continue to take advantage how well we are doing. we are working hard to get our teachers and staff vaccinated and seeing more opportunities arise for us to provide -- i want to thank our students and families for having patient and understanding the real fears that pandemic brought to our children, family and staff. handling with immense care will

continue to be our priority and guarantee we will do it right together. now to begin this meeting. session a, general information. session b, opening items. item one, approval of board minutes of the regular meeting february 23, 2021. i need a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> second. >> president lopez: thank you. roll call vote. [roll call vote]

>> that's five ayes. >> president lopez: item 2, superintendent report. superintendent matthew? >> thank you president lopez. good afternoon everyone. this week start the trial in the killing of george floyd and last week house lawmakers passed the george floyd justice policing act. a bill that will make it easier to pursue claims of police misconduct. the killing of george floyd sparked anguish and protest that galvanize the black lives matter movement. anti-blackness is deeply rooted in our country given that

country was founded on white supremacy to ensure people in power stay in power. the pandemic has brought lot of pain and suffering for many and with it conspiracy theories, scapegoating asians for covid-19 pandemic which has been embraced in many areas of the country and has resulted in the rise of anti-asian violence. we cannot be silent about the scapegoating of the asian community. as we stood together against the murder of george floyd as, we have top stand together against violence perpetrated against any member of our community. right now there's an increase in violence against our asian brothers and sisters. it is unacceptable and we must recommit ourselves to creating safe communities for each and every person. around the world, millions of people celebrated women's

history month in march. schools in san francisco unified offered things year around. a group of kindergarten and fourth grade girls called tech queens, meets virtually after class to build community and talk about tech and perseverance. schools computer science and tech classes are learning about women in computer science and stem plus each week all k5 students learn about a woman who broke barriers to achieve her dreams. these women includes nasa mathematician catherine johnson. thurgood marshall academic high school was recognized through

teaching four part series acknowledging the contributions of black women throughout history and contemporary time. the series will include black women that are not only african-american but highlights a intersections of blackness and other ethnicities globally. this week is also national school social worker week. a time to focus on social workers in the san francisco unified district. they are essential. they seek to ensure education opportunities for all students, ensure that students are safe, healthy and ready to learn and promote respect and dignity for all students and family. here are a few ways to celebrate your social worker this week. send them a personal thank you note, consider mentioning specific examples of why you appreciate them. promote thank you appreciation notes to your social worker from

members of your school community, encourage cards, drawing or virtual messages from students. for example, this year you taught me or i appreciate my social worker for. the school planning summit was on saturday march 6th. the work of our school site counsels came to critical part of the planning process as they work together on each site school plan for student achievement. the academic plan and budget for the 2021 school year is happening during the schools. resources from the summit and other planning tools can be found on the district website. each year in early march, we celebrate national food breakfast to highlight the importance of starting off our day with a healthy meal. we serve our one millionth meal

of the school year in early march. this year i'm excited to say served additional 6 now more breakfasts. we're up to 1.6 million breakfasts since school buildings closed last march. sfusd families can get breakfast for free at 18 sites on tuesdays and thursdays. five breakfasts on tuesday, pick up along with five days worth of lunches, fresh fruit and veggies. get two breakfasts on thursday along with two days work of lunches, fresh fruit and veggie,as well as cereal, bars, muffins, oatmeal and breakfast sandwiches. find up to date locations, time

schedule and what to bring at sfusd.edu/schoolfood. president lopez that concludes my comment for this evening. >> president lopez: thank you superintendent matthews. moving on to item 3, student delegate report. >> thank you, president lopez. good evening community. before i begin, i would not feel right moving into delegate report without acknowledging that tonight will be myself representing student voice. student delegate hines-foster has a student delegation. we have sfusd newsletter. we met to give feedback on the new sfusd high school news

letter for students. this newsletters reaches students across the board. this feedback is shared with caring at our last meeting. thank you to karen for reaching out to our council. this year our theme is quited in leadership, advocacy from a distance. our workshop, keynote speakers will be reflected of this theme and what it entails in year youth summit will be on friday april 23rd, 2021. thank you to the student representative that reached out to the school campuses staff to find the perfect date.

s.a.c. uniforms are on their way. they feels immense pride to be part of a long leadership team. the uniforms will arrive tomorrow and will be distributed to our team soon. thank you to kaylee lee, our treasurer for organizing and designing this year's uniform. i'm super excited to wear with pride. our next meeting will be march 22nd at 3:00 p.m. the sac is a public council and anyone is welcome to attend our meetings. if you like to attend and make a presentation or would like a copy of up and coming agenda, please contact our supervisor. mr. salvador lopez. that concludes my report. >> president lopez: thank you for sharing that. we do have student delegate

shavonne hines-foster family in our thoughts. item 4, recognitions and resolutions and commendations. there are none today. item 5 recognizing all valuable employees, river award. there are none done. section session, public comment on non-agenda item. please note that public comment is an opportunity for the board to hear from the community on matters within the board jurisdiction. we ask that you refrain from using employee and student names. if you have a complaint about a district employee, you may submit it to the employee supervisor. as a reminder, board rules do not allow us to respond to comments during the public comment time. if appropriate, the superintendent will ask staff follow-up with speakers.

today as usual, we'll have 15 minutes starting for our sfusd students and 30 minutes for general public comment on non-agenda items. item 2, comments for sfusd students. we will hear from sfusd student who wish to speak on any matter. students will have up to two minutes to speak and up to 15 minutes of the general public comment period. students may also speak on any other public comment time throughout this meeting. >> thank you. 15 minutes is for students only. please raise your hand and you'll get two minutes each. hello, maya?

>> i'm not a student. i'm going to pass this opportunity. >> thank you. hello, sam? >> i lowered my hand. i'm not a student. >> just a reminder, once again if you're not a student, you should lower your hand now. you will receive another opportunity after students speak and we go to regular public comment. right now, if you're not a student and your hand is raised, please lower your hand. thank you. >> hello. i have four mothers from students. they asked me to read. i'm an adult but these are students. is it okay if i read them?

>> clerk: president lopez? >> president lopez: if it's on behalf of students and they weren't able to attend, i'm okay with you reading that for them. >> thank you very much. the first one, hi i live in san francisco. i attend marina middle school. thank you president walton for helping get our students back in the school this spring. i have been waiting for a full year for date and plan my return to school. there's still no plan for me and friends to return in-person learning. i feel lonely, isolated and sad. it's very important for me to go back to in-person learning because learning from computer remotely without computer interaction is difficult. i feel like i'm not learning the same way in the classroom. i feel i'm falling behind and not learning what i should be learning. i'm begging you and the other

san francisco leaders to step in once again and push for a date and plan for giving me back in the classroom this year. thank you for your time. that's the first letter. i have two more. >> clerk: you have one more minute. >> hi, i live in sunset, i'm a sixth grader. i started my first year at the school without meeting anyone in-person. sometimes i feel i'm in elementary student. thank you to supervisor walton for help getting students back in the school. there's still no plan for me. please assist me because every kid should have a chance. six hours of education are only getting three. school is not interesting or fun without friends because you lack and share social experience. if you have friends you can improve your social skills.

do you remember the people you met in middle school. i'm begging you to push for a date and plan for getting me back in the classroom where i do best. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. morgan? >> hi, i have an element school student who wants to say something about distance learning. >> [indiscernible] >> do you want to go back to school? >> yes. >> do you have anything else you want to say? >> no. >> thank you. >> clerk: thank you.

>> hi, i'm sixth grade at a.p.g. i really like to go back to school. i find that when i'm online as good as my teachers are, it's just a lot harder to interact with people. people in the class have the camera off. which makes it hard to talk on the screen. it's hard to communicate with my teacher. i try to send them something and they don't respond. i don't get the social experience that i had before in elementary school. i like to talk to people. i really like you to reopen the schools and thank you for all you're doing. >> clerk: thank you.

steven? >> hi. i'm a high school senior. i'm representing students in this district because i'm a member of team enough. i'm the national chapter coordinator of this organization. it's a gun violence prevention organization that organizes young people to make our community safer. i want to speak on the importance of parents to students. i done these presentations before in different municipalities across the state. as a high school student myself, i understand the importance of this legislation and the importance of educating others on gun safety. i know it does save lives. i think it's also important, even though that we are fighting for this type of legislation, as

a state level for all parents to be getting notified, i think it's important that this school board gets ahead of the curve. the most important day to act on saving lives is today and it's not tomorrow. we've seen this pandemic increase gun violence in an unfortunate way. more people at home, we're seeing more unintentional shootings and more unfortunately domestic violence with guns as well as firearms and suicide. suicide makes up two third of gun violence every year. it shows the importance of education on safe storage can drastically reduce that as well. also due to this pandemic, people are also under a lot of stress and there are other social factors and environmental factors that are dangerous and could lead to increase rates of

suicide that's why it's important for safe storage to be a top priority. that's why i think they should continue to do that and continue to push for the information out to parents. i like to consider the work that i do not political as well. saving lives is what everyone should be about. as a student, i want to see all my fellow students graduate as well. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. >> hi there, one second. >> hello. i hear i get to go back to school and i'm excited to go

back to school. i do not like zoom at all. thank you. i hope i can go back all the time. [indiscernible]. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. >> i have an eighth grader here, madison. >> hi, i'm madison, i'm at eighth grader at roosevelt middle school. i really want to go back to school because distance learning has definitely affected my learning. distance learning has never been a proper substitute for in-person school to me. working on a computer on a desk at home is not the same as being in a classroom in an environment

made for learning where you have all the tools to succeed. even in the best situation, i'm in a relatively good situation where i have good wifi and i have a quiet place to work, i still don't think i'm at my best because distance learning is not comparable to real school. i know lot of my friends feel similarly. i really hope we can go back school. thank you. >> i have a sixth grader here too. >> hello. my name is connor lee. i live in the mission district. i attend roosevelt middle school as well. online school has been tough on everyone during the pandemic. the teachers, the staff and the students are all tired of it. i believe, at least.

you can see online that the teachers don't seem enthusiastic in their work as in school. this is my first year in middle school. i feel like it is very important for me to interact with new people but online i can't. it's very hard for me to communicate with others because people often have their cameras off and won't talk in class. i hope to go back to school. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. meredith? >> hi. my name is sonia, i attend mission high school. i've been waiting for a full year for my return to school but there's no plan for me. i'm going to be a senior next

year. unline-- online school has left me unprepared and unmotivated. i sit in my bed or at a table and stare at a computer via zoom all day. i'm the only kid in class who participates. my mom has means to provide for the home. i'm thankful for mission teachers who continue to do their best to give us the education we deserve. i'm being you as leaders to get me back in the classroom where i do best.

thank you. >> clerk: hello, gabriel? >> hi. i'm a sophomore at lowell high school. bunch of athletes all over the bay area trying to -- [indiscernible]. there's no season. thank you. >> president lopez: i like to interject quickly. we said at the beginning of the meeting that our q&a section will be utilized for the deaf and hard of hearing. we really respect listening to students and providing the space to do so now. if you like to make public comment, please do that.

do not use the space for q&a to send messages because it's not going to be utilized as effective and helpful for the deaf and hard of hearing. >> clerk: hello lizzy. >> hi, i'm a high schooler. from an arts perspective, it has been the most challenging thing we had to do. you cannot sing online on zoom or play an instrument online on zoom. our students are not getting the same level of instruction. when i'm in dance class i'm five feet away.

i have not had a school year of high school, i been out of high school longer than i have been in person. i have not seen friends in over a year. i go outside once a day because there's not much i can do when i do outside. it has been disheartening to see lack of movement and lack of action. i know you're all trying your best but -- [indiscernible] we're learning from computer screens and there's a high rate of kids who feel isolated, alone, mentally depressed abusive parents who has no place to turn to.

you have teachers who do not turn the cameras on or interact with their students. i believe the point of education is a relationship between a teacher and student foster acknowledge and at this point, there's an total lack of disinterest in school. total lack of interest of classes that are watered down. i'm supposed to take an a.p. test this year. i'm supposed to take an in-person a.p. class when my school is not in-person.

>> clerk: thank you. this will be our final speaker. go ahead. >> i have two daughters at sfusd. i want to take a moment -- >> president lopez: sorry, this section is for students only, sfusd students. >> i'm speaking for my kids who are currently in class. >> president lopez: you'll have an opportunity to do that soon. >> okay, sorry. >> president lopez: thank you.

>> i'm aaron jones. i'm a junior. i will be a senior next year. i'm one of the students who talked about -- [indiscernible] i know that, it's not going to be possible for all students and all teachers to turn their camera on or even participate due the surroundings.

i want know what will be happening and when will get an opportunity to actually go back to school? i'm not really comfortable being at home all day and doing homework and have nothing else to do but to go to sleep. i'm done with everything that i have to do. i end up becoming one of those people who love school because of quarantine. it's very complicated at this time, especially dealing with some of the problems, with the outbreak of covid happening or students not wanting to go back as a result.

because they're not wanting to be at risk. i'm mostly asking what will we be doing to make sure schools will be safe and how will we have classes? would it be online for some? >> clerk: thank you very much. president lopez that concludes the student section. should we continue on to the general public comment? >> president lopez: yes. we will allow 30 minutes. >> clerk: one or two minute per person?

>> president lopez: one to open up opportunities for more speakers. this is on any item not on the agenda. >> clerk: reminder, this would not be the time to comment on return to in-person learning. that will be coming up shortly. lizzy? gregory? >> hello. i like to ask what the district is doing to try to get as much of the state money as possible in terms of the recent bills that were passed with school funding included?

thank you. >> clerk: thank you. gerald? >> hi. thank you for your work on reopening. what i like to ask is for the district, if some kind of commitment or declaration that you intend to reopen schools full-time in the fall for five days. i do understand that there are things that are unknown. in my mind, given the direction of how things with the pandemic and vaccines are going, it seems that should be the primary goal and that other things should be really planned as contingencies. it will be very helpful to parents and teachers and students to have the assurance that you are -- it's your strong intention to bring us all back

full-time in the fall. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. hello, tom? >> i'm a special education teacher at a elementary school. i really hope, i'm not sure if this is the right place, i would really like to push back on the testing. when we got training how it will be administered, it's difficult for students who have i.e.p.s. the platform is really complicated and really difficult. i don't think we'll get the results that we're thinking or hoping for. i push the board or whoever who can help sign petitions. i don't think it's really assessing what students know and we're taking it to take it. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. hello patricia?

>> hi everybody. can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> it is beautiful to see all your wonderful faces. i went to monroe and balboa, being the first to ever graduate from high school in my family. i'm disappointed in the hiring and firing practices of sfusd. the powers that be do not understand the work that has come to create pathways for you to become teachers. 12 years ago, i said frisco kids should be frisco principals. since then, sfusd has invested time and energy into these pathways. a week ago, my friend born and raised in the mission, received a non-reelect with no cause letter from her department in school health program. all parts of our district must be bought into this powerful idea. you can teach in the same

classroom you learned in. as someone who is blessed to have a job with the ability to support families at my elementary school and my high school and the space that is now jordan, we have a different drive than someone that wasn't raised in the city. >> clerk: that's your time. >> we have a different passion that goes beyond a paycheck. i urge you to look into your hiring and firing practices. >> clerk: angela? >> hello. i'm currently a student teacher at mission high school. since fall of 2020 i worked with planning and implementing wellness curriculum for the 12th class. >> clerk: please refrain from using names during the public comment.

>> her expertise in the field is justified not only with high merits as she holds masters in public health but also in her remarkable skill and experience as a san francisco educator. the retention of this individual, latino sfusd educator especially in a time for our school and youth need wellness education, support is imperative to sfusd upholding their claims to equity. i'm asking the board to vote to rescind this person's nonreelect and allow her a long time

dedicated sf educator to continue to work at sfusd, thank you. >> clerk: screener 19? >> i want to acknowledge that the people on this call are not the enemy. you guys show up. i know you guys are here to help. the enemy is just indifferent, people not showing up. i want my kids back. i don't know we can put them back when we haven't vaccinated all the teachers and staff.

i may be there's some kind of middle ground where we have some other vote. [indiscernible] >> clerk: thank you. sharon? >> hello. first i like to note, the challenges that parents like myself who are not only working full-time but supervise distance learning have been participating in these meetings. i worry that many families are

being left out and they would show up if they could. my main concern is lack of attention being paid to middle and high school students and their return to in-person learning. this board has failed to provide any plan for students almost a year now. as far as the agenda item on reopening in the meeting, it's absent any plan for them. certainly true that preschool and elementary school students have many obstacles in this group learning, i appreciate the attention made. we need a clear path forward for students in middle and high school. if in-person school is safe for k-5 students, middle and high school students can be accommodated. >> clerk: thank you. point of clarify for myself,

folks that want to talk about middle and high school reopening is that fair during this time? >> president lopez: the reopening discussion can happen during the item. >> clerk: reminder to public, anything related to the reopening please save comments to later. it's early in the agenda. jose? >> hello. good afternoon. i want to offer one greeting to all of my colleagues on the board of education and to superintendent matthews. i group up in san francisco, i went to sfusd for elementary school, middle school and high school. i worked in san francisco and now in the east bay. i been in san francisco for over

20 years. i would like to ask the board to please rescind non-reelected citizen. >> clerk: again. please refrain from using names of staff members or students during public comment. >> sorry about that. she is a student colleague. she has excellent cultural competence and is a highly qualified bilingual educator. she's student alumni. she's a leader of the mission district and the latino community in san francisco. she is an asset to san francisco unified school district. it will be a huge mistake to lose her. there's been a mistake at some level within the institution. >> clerk: thank you.

ruth? >> hi. i'm a gun violence prevention activist against gun violence in san francisco. our brady chapter extent an e-mail yesterday to all the board members with a letter attached asking that you put on the agenda at your earliest convenience as the issue of sending a letter to all parents and guardians about laws related to safe firearms. i hope you will read this e-mail and you'll act to put this issue on the agenda. it's a really important issue. it is not at all controversial. this is something that the sfusd did in 2014 that needs to happen again on a regular basis so parents are informed about safe

storage to keep kids safe. thank you for your time. >> clerk: thank you. jerry? >> hi everybody. good evening. good afternoon. happy to see you guys. my name is jerry. i teach third grade. i'm here also in support. i want you guys to check out that non-reelect list. there's lots of names on there. there's some really important name in there that is a teacher. i worked with her for seven years. she's born and raised in san francisco. she's latino. she got a degree in public health. she is all about her students. she knows how to work with many different kinds of students. she teaches theater.

i think it's really important that we look into the school health department. it doesn't sound like there's good practices in the health department. thank you. >> clerk: thank you very much. sandra? >> hello. i'm from the mission district. i want you to reassess this non-reelect status list. there's a latino on that list. she's got a masters degree in public health. just like you want to diversify the board of education, you want to provide access to our students, what about the teachers? the students need to see reflection of their faces. you need to make sure people born and raised in frisco that are on that list and competent

with masters degree that can be teaching. she is very, very well qualified. i ask you all to please reassess this list. as a parent, i'm a parent in this district. my son goes to this district. >> clerk: thank you very much. savvy? >> thank you. i'm echoing some of the comments that have been said. i'm asking the board to vote for the non-reelect that you have been hearing about. i have a real privilege to work with this person and when she

was with the metro college success program at san francisco state. i know her to be brilliant and kind with a deep heart for the students and the work. her commitment to equity is unparallel. she's a teacher from the community. we really think that her position needs to be reinstated. she is really focused on equity. she has a heart for the health and wellness work that she's been doing. she's someone that i really feel like has made a real impact in her community and will continue to do so. i urge the board to rescind the non-reelect for this particular faculty member. >> clerk: thank you. >> hi. i'm a up and coming sfusd parent incoming kindergartener.

i'm here to talk about -- [indiscernible] -- it's about sfusd enrollment form at the pre-k assessment unit special ed. i want to say that the form asks where the child -- it says gender and there's two boxes, one male and one female. i'm getting worked up. i think it's pretty sad that we don't allow people to be who they are. we only having two binary boxes on the form. it says on the form that the last time it was updated in september 2016. there's been several times i done public comment and i asked sfusd to please update their forms. please spell our kids name

correctly. when i got a letter back from the sfusd pre-k assessment unit, they misspelled my child's name. i want sfusd staff to know that. that should be included. we need to be seen. please make these corrections so we can be more inclusive. thank you all for all the work that you do. >> president lopez can we have staff follow-up with that parent? thank you. >> clerk: christine? >> i'm also here to ask the board to vote rescind non-reelect. i'm a part of the public health

community. i know that school need her work and heart. there's going to need to be a focus on health and wellness. everyone is returning to school carrying trauma of the last year. students are coming off a difficult time with both physical and mental health. there's no one i can imagine doing this work better than this person. we need teachers of color who tend to better understand the situations that students of color might face especially important now as we see the disproportionate impacts on covid-19 on black and latinx people and across the country.

>> clerk: sophia? >> good afternoon. i was raised and born in san francisco. i'm asking the board to vote rescind non-reelect status. as someone who works in the field of public health, research and advocacy including with this individual, we know it's critical that health education and wellness efforts are in place at school. as a former colleague of a person who folks are referring to and someone who look up to her, i know she's a person who is uniquely qualified to physical that role. i met this person when i was a new faculty member at sf state. working in a program for first generation low income, primarily black, indigenous and student of color including so many from sfusd. it's my understanding she was

recruited to work at metro. i very much see why. >> clerk: thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm both a parent of a child in sfusd and bilingual teacher. i like to ask the board to rescind the non-reelect colleague. this is what institutional racism looks like. driving out people of color creating a work environment that is not conducive to embracing a diversity of ideas and experiences. that create a rich dialogue about how to best serve our

students with the most need. through all other work, our colleague has thrived. we call on the board of ed to rescind this non-reelect a system where a person of color can be pushed out without any transparency behind final decision. i'm deeply disturbed what steams to be a clear pattern of discrimination coming from people in position of power. based on what i heard, s.h.p. seem to be creating a working environment where people of color voices and ideas are not heard or not values. please reconsider the non-reelect. thank you. >> clerk: meredith? >> hi. my name is meredith. i have two kids at sfusd.

i graduated from -- [indiscernible] my daughter want to share something. hold on a second. in less than two weeks look like

the bars will be open but the schools won't be. >> clerk: thank you. whitney? >> hi. i've been a teacher at sfusd for 13 years. i wanted to speak to the fact that hr and benefits department it has been for the last 14 years almost impossible to contact and get help from. now we're working remotely, these departments have disappeared further. they will only respond by e-mail and they claim they do not have access to district phone and cannot speak to staff members on the phone. we as teachers don't have access to district phones we've been tasked to make wellness calls. i think it's a disservice to our district to only have one or two individuals in charge of hr benefits and leads for thousands of teachers. i know so many teachers who had

to go down to 555 to get an answers. now that's no longer an option. >> clerk: thank you. tina? >> good afternoon members of the board. my name is tina. i'm s.f. state faculty and alumni t-12 schools. i'm asking you to vote non-reelect to allow our colleague to continue to serve the district. what you're seeing here is -- those of us who grew up in the city who made the decision to stay and to fight for the lives of our young people include education work. it's made decisions for how the education degree we get so we can come whack and -- back and

show up for the young people. we understand what students looks like. >> clerk: heather? >> hi. i like to see better communication from principals and the district. our principals only communicated with parents three times in the past year. other families are receiving communication once a week. families are frequently confused by communications that leave many questions unanswered.

there's great inequity regarding school specific communication. communication is everything. please do better. please require principals to communicate with families at least once a month. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. mark? >> good afternoon sfusd board of education and community. i'm asking the board to vote to rescind the non-reelect status to allow a long time and dedicated sf educator to continue to work at sfusd. my name is mark baptista. i'm a community member in the san francisco community. long time colleague to this individual through the metro college success program at s.f.u. i urge you to rescind the non-reelect status of this individual and she's a critical

pedagogue for our young people. i urge you to be transparent about the decision-making like this one. it came as a surprise that her position was terminated. i hope that you're able to see how invaluable she is as a critical, home grown latino educator. we need more health and wellness educators and services to our students. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. charlie? >> hello. i'm a parent of three sfusd students. i'm calling to express my support for home grown teacher, born and raised in san francisco mission and excelsior district. this teacher has been on special assignment with school help programs. she was previously tenured.

after completing her masters in public health, she returned to the district where she worked in multiple school sites. last month, this teacher was terminated with a non-reelect status. with approximately 12 staff, this teacher will be the fourth latino educator to leave within the last two years. we need to support and retain teachers of color from the community with a track record of excellence at sfusd. i urge the school board to reverse the non-reelect status and reinstate this teacher to the district to continue to make a meaningful impact, especially now as sfusd gears up for reopening. thank you. >> clerk: hello, eduardo?

>> hello. i also like to support the particular educator that was talked about earlier. reversing the non-reelect status. i would like for us to consider -- concern which is about the data that is being harvested by mega companies, which is google. i'm concerned this is public and private partnership that's done. >> clerk: that concludes the allowable 30 minutes for general

public comment. >> president lopez: thank you. there will be more opportunities throughout the meeting on all items to make public comment. moving on to section d, advisory committee report and appointments. report from p.a.c. >> i'm the coordinator for the parent advisory council to the san francisco board of education. i will be joined to presenting this report by our p.a.c. secretary, michelle delaney who will introduce themselves later in the report. before we begin, we would like to give a special appreciation for board of education secretary esther casto for her dedication

to detail and to the students, family and staff of sfusd. thank you esther for all that you do. i like to take a few minutes to address what happened at the february 9th board of education meeting. are you -- we sought to recruit and appoint candidates. to bring our unique experiences and perspectives and energy to this work. it is important to note it's more challenging. not only as an excuse but as a point of understanding. we recognize that we need to pull back, rethink and update our systems and strategies for outreach, vetting and presentation of candidates to

the board of education. we also see the need for deeper understanding about where our work intersect. as well as the needtor stronger connections to community base groups outside of sfusd who are have stronger and much more trusting relationships with families. this work began immediately following last month's board meeting. i would like to take a moment to appreciate all the parents, guardians and caregivers who reached out to the p.a.c. to inquire about what we do and how to apply and those of you who i haven't to responded to, i will get to you right away. i like to appreciate the community organizers and those who supporting families who reached out and had conversations with us how to support access to this group for all sfusd families. i would like to appreciate the board of education commissioners who have reached out. i have had really great

conversations about creating deeper understanding and strategizing on outreach opportunities. it is my hope as we continue to work forward, we'll develop structures that allow for meaningful dialogue between the board and the p.a.c. creates space where we can ask questions and work towards greater understanding and not make assumptions, that we can work together. primarily for the sake of all our parent volunteers, not just for the p.a.c. but across all advisory groups. i hope we can acknowledge and appreciate the work of all parent leaders and volunteers whether at the school site or district level, whether on the parent advisory council or other advisory groups or in collaboration with the community-based organizations that help to support our students and families in our district and city. i continue to invite anyone who

like to support this work. we welcome your partnership. thank you and will turn it over to naomi and michelle for the p.a.c. report. >> thank you, sorry about that. i'm naomi, i'm chair of the p.a.c. this year. i'm going to speak a little bit off the script for a moment and just -- i want to acknowledge and appreciate all the hard work that the commissioners have done with president lopez's leadership with the difficult conversations i'm sure she's had to have with many people. the work with all the union partners. it's almost like when you binge

watch the tv show, you think you know the tv show. i kind of feel that way with the board and all the people participating in this very complex situation. you start to feel like you have these relationships, even though i haven't met to any of you. i feel like i know you. it does get harder to have objectivity. that being said, i will read our report. i have a seventh grader at aptos and 11th grader an jewish community high school. before we get into the business of our report, i want to add on to michelle's comment about board of education february 9th. i'm upset about nomination ended up. i do not want to open up a new can of worms. i was disappointed how things were handled.

that the board of education e-mailed us to request a more diverse candidate instead taking up two hours of the public's time. i have been voluntarily for -- volunteering for the district since my older child was in kindergarten. i always felt respected. that was the first time i ever felt disrespected in a volunteer role. it was difficult evening for me. i'm not letting this incident take the wind for my sails. i want to continue to advocate for public school children. many parents are not able to do so. the role of the parent advisory council is to represent parent voices and perspectives in order to inform the board of education policy discussions. this is our report for march 9, 2021. as a reminder, our top three priorities for this school year are, communication between the school district and families, between school sites and families and between the district and site

administrators. number two, all things related to instruction and learning during the global pandemic including distance learning return to in-person learning and hybrid learning model. number three, issues of equity which permeate all aspects of education and access to services including the ability to have one voice heard. tonight's report will focus on our recent p.a.c. meeting, the proposed return to in-person learning and ongoing initiative which the p.a.c. is actively involved in. in our march 3rd mack -- p.a.c. meeting we did work to examine the system through anti-racist lens. we started with reflection values that we hold. values that p.a.c. members held up included being open to possibilities, trust lived experience and wisdom, make

power more accessible, emotions are good information, conflict, normalized failure and center rest and relaxation. we discussed prioritizing meaningful dialogue over rushing through a p.a.c. agenda. we have decided to separate our formal items of business such as administrative updates, budget items and meeting minutes approval from our monthly meetings where we focus on current issues. business meetings will be held quarterly and will remain open to the public as required by the sunshine ordinance. the majority of our meeting was spent discussing current events related to the priorities of our communication, learning during the pandemic and equity. p.a.c. members shared their experiences with most relating that their school sites are doing a pretty good job. the information from the district will be better broken down into shorter e-mails with more bullet points and less

jargon. p.a.c. members had questions, frustrations and concerns related to the district's distance learning update from february 23, 2021 including wondering about plans for middle and high school, which i know is going to be later on. a lack of clarity around scheduling, use of outdoor space and continuity of service for students with i.e.p.s -- i.e.p.s. are we doing the right kind of

research for those families that are not wanting to go back and helping them support them better. is it a lack of information about what's going to happen in school or a trust in the vaccination process. inability of essential worker to adapt their schedule to a partial school day or lack of information when out of school programs will resume operations at their children's school so they can have full day of school and after school program. parents are wondering what will be available in terms of covid testing, vaccinations and information for families. i know it's not the job of the board to fix these things, p.a.c. expressed concerns that so many students are identified experiencing homelessness. in regards to communication, we

are addressing these points all together that they are deeply interconnected especially as we look to return to wave of studee returning to in-person instruction on april 12th. we hope this will ripple out the positivity and we'll see the return of more students following in succession. we greatly appreciate everyone who spent long hours in negotiation that resulted in this moving forward. we also acknowledged the hard work and dedication of our teachers who continue to respond and adapt to the conditions that year brought. we have heard the teachers and they are concerned about the proposed schedule of teaching students in distance learning before and after teaching students in-person for four and a half hours a day.

we hope teachers will be provided with a reasonable schedule to make this transition. now i'll turn it over to michelle. >> thank you naomi. hi, my name is michelle delaney. i'm a parent of two public school students. i like to echo what my fellow parents mentioned. we ask the district to communicate with families about the updates and changes. as you heard from the parent during public comment, lack of details led to increased confusion on parts of parents. >> maybe slow down a tiny bit

for our interpreters. >> oh, thank you. parents need clear and concrete information in order to plan for the time. in addition, getting through the remainder of the school year, parents are wondering what the district's plans especially those in middle and high school. providing an answer now allows parents time to plan accordingly, questions of an extended school year further complicates and creates anxiety for students and families. we need to have support for students and families and educators. we need to ensure we as a district, actually provide each and every student with an

appropriate education. key areas of the p.a.c. collaborates with the sfusd staff, family and community partners to improve the educational experiences to students and participation and inclusion of families include, one, the ongoing collaboration of the various family advisory groups, next advisory alignment meeting is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on monday march 15th, local control and accountability plan or lcap task force. the task force meetings are held the first thursday of each month. the next meeting will be april 8th from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and the student assessment committee which brings together staff, educators and parent advocates to explore the ways we evaluate and communicate. remaining committee meetings are scheduled for wednesday march 17th and may 12th from 10.

the p.a.c. is actively reciting new members for the 2021-2022 school year. we held the first session on wednesday february 24th. pathoordin,ndp.a.c. president gabriel lopez, participated with parents and guardians as well as community advocates who support sfusd families. we share information about the p.a.c. and the application process and fielded questions from participants. as part of our updated timeline and recruitment process, we are scheduling more informational sessions and looking for community-based organizations who like to partner with us. we are updating our website.

interviews will be conducted in may and proposed candidates will be presented in june. the next p.a.c. meeting, attending the meeting is a great way to see firsthand what we do. p.a.c. meetings are held on the first of each month. our next .a from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. via zoom. p.a.c. meetings are open to the public. we encourage everyone who's interested to join us. translation and interpretation can be provided. if you're interested, or if you have questions or comments, please contact p.a.c. coordinator pac@sfusd.edu. this concludes our report. we thank you for this opportunity and welcome your questions and comments, thank

you. >> president lopez: thank you for that report. before we have discussion, we want to open up to public comment. >> clerk: we have about five hands president lopez? >> president lopez: let's do two minutes each. this is on the item that we just discussed. >> clerk: reminder, you can speak now to the parent advisory council presentation. hello, david? >> my apologies. my request for public comment is on a separate agenda item.

>> clerk: okay, thank you. betty? are you there? maria? carla? >> hello everyone. i'm the membership chair for the community advisory committee for special education. another parent and educator advisory for the board of education. i gat

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