it is complicated to implement language pathways in the context of the system. when schools are under unrolled, it is usually because parents believe they are not high quality. now the recommendations regarding student assignment. do not implement feeder patterns. strengthen the quality of all middle schools. strengthen the mechanisms for choice in middle schools, and improve communications for families about ways different schools can address students' economic and in richmond and nevis -- enrichment needs, and hence art, science, and technology. -- enhance art, science, and technology. established pathways for programs putnathat combine with special needs, including english learners and special education students. focus on these tiebreakers for middle school assignments. open a high quality middle school in the bayview. communicate this plan right away including steps and a timeline. nannett>> the district is facint of challenges. in one of them is communication. parents simply do not trust the district is really listening to them or will relate implement its

what i would like to see our pathways. not everyone will become a doctor, lawyer, or journalist, fantastic tv host. what can we do? we live in a society where we need engineers. we need sound engineers. we need graphic designers. there are people who prefer to learn with their hands. they like mechanics. we need to bring back some shop back in schools and allow people an opportunity for a different pathway. nursing is a pathway. validating the hair and makeup industry. there is a lot of money in that industry, and you don't need a college degree. you just need a passion, an art form, an outlet. invalidating it and creating pathways for young people to go down those paths, you want to become a nurse, here is a course at the southeast college to take you down that course. you introduce these ideas to students while they are in high school, when they are still engaged, when they have not disassociated. we will see more african americans becoming more involved in education. he used to be the police chief. now he is the distric

quality middle schools, language pathways, student assignment, how parents felt about the process. quality level schools. people have different priorities, but these schools where the principal and staff have a clear vision about how to meet different needs of diverse student populations. while the district described a list of factors related to quality schools, no real information was presented about what the challenges are, what is working and specific plans for improving schools. where is the research for what is the effective bowman -- affective? and what are they doing? can we replicate that bowman -- can we replicate that? the district is changing how special education services will be provided but did not talk about fat and how patterns could meet the needs of students and -- did not talk about that and how parents could meet the needs of students. special education needs are not being addressed. we need resources. there is not a lot of talk about special education. what is the theory about how to meet the needs of struggling and high achieving students, whether through hono

. #2, expanding language pathways'. #3, student assignment. number four, communication with parents. >> now i'm going to talk about the challenges of school quality. we are losing students during middle school years. schools have different approaches. . some schools have honors tracks, and many schools do not. there is uneven access to curriculum and electives among different schools. here are some recommendations. school quality -- address issues related to differentiation and honors programs. ahold principals and teachers accountable to higher standards of support and to meet these needs. place highly effective, culturally competent principals and teachers in schools that are struggling. ensure all students have access to high-quality electives in all middle schools, including english lernearner and special education students. >> now we are going to move on to the challenges related to language. there is a legal and moral obligation to serve the needs of students who speak many different when richards. the districts has invested finan and --

you are not just taking ownership and responsibility for your own pathway, but for all our futures. one person who's pathway i want to celebrate today is my daughter, who is also graduating from college this month, and is here with me today. lydie makes live look easy with her contagious laughter and energetic personality, but few know she has faced great adversity. lydie was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was just eight years old, and she has spent every day since giving herself numerous insulin shots. there were times when she wanted to give up and call it quits, when life seemed so unfair, yet her courage and determination kept her going. i want to dedicate my comments to her today. she is an inspiration and a hero to me. [applause] so before you officially stepped foot in the real world, let me leave you with just a few thoughts i have collected over the years. number one -- be you. find the genius that is uniquely your own, nurture it. is your passion. don't let anyone brownout your inner voice. take that leap of faith and trust your instincts. your uniqueness can chan

and the desire to meet the language pathways. people give feedback about feeder patterns and we said the next question we asked people, we came -- are there other options for students in middle school that would do a better job of reaching those goals? that is how we framed it. what would you rather have? are there other options? we heard many different kinds of options which we tried to synthesize in our report. we recognize the challenge of the incoming student population and the desire to plan more coherently and the desire to expand capacity for language needs. we heard from people a lot of different ideas about how to do that. i am trying to be careful about what we have agreed are our talking points. it was more about -- it sounds like it was more about this is what we think could change but not necessarily, let's not change anything and keep it the way it is because we like to apply to any school. the parental choice sounds like that came out strongly but how does that happen if you are feeding? i was curious if that was p

i do not feel that this new middle school pattern will address the language pathway issue. the issue will be haphazard as long as elementary school kids have the ability to choose emersion or english. as an educator, i do not think that is going to solve the issue and the immersion is supposed to be sort of a golden key for some parents who might not -- they might not want to attend a school they have because of immersion. that is the case with alvarado. my kids are not in immersion. i feel i am concerned about my daughter. i do not feel -- i am concerned with all the students in san francisco. i see there is always good students and i see there are students who prefer to be at a different school and get a good education in some ways and experience a lot of other things. i am concerned about my daughter and i believe that she should have an opportunity to participate in a programs because she has been de- identified. she will not able to have that opportunity to continue the instrumental education she has been getting. as she was not in emersion, i think it is disappointing

second, we have not really talked about language pathways very much this evening. cristina has been sipping her this whole time, but we have not talked about it much. but appreciative commissioner -- i appreciated commissioner murase talking about our language students. in the previous system, they got a programmatic preference. i was not always a big fan of that. i think some of those programs were placed at certain middle schools in order to give people a free pass into certain schools. "we'll not talk about is a real issue, the elected issue. it really is the resources to do that. i would prefer that we -- i think this is something we have an obligation to do before we tell people, "that is the middle school you are going to because you are in this language pathway. what the middle school immersion program might look like -- we do not have the money to make it what we think is an actual program. if you choose that, you are not want to get any elective. that is one of the reasons people do not go to a them now. the have to give up one of the main reasons the ligh

and not limiting the pathways. we want to make sure that whatever it is we are giving them a chance to do that and be the most successful there. for some the university is the place to do that. i think ideally it is a way to include the trades in collaboration with the university so that there is an academic structure. >> you think we have broken down the stereotypes that trade school people are not as educated as college educated students. >> we are highly educated. we have education and in fact we need to build high rises, golden gates, big dams and different infrastructure for the citizens so we have to have a knowledge to do that. we have to be able to communicate with higher level representatives, architects. if somebody gives us a blueprint we have to be able to read it and implement it. that takes some skill and knowledge. that is what we do. i have to say that because we don't have a college degree that doesn't mean that we are uneducated. >> i think one of the advantages of a college degree is that a littl

it is full of turns, alleyways, clips, lots of speed bumps and potholes, some pathways are by design, others are more random. some stick to the script and others like to improvise. everyone of you sitting here today could tell a different story about how you arrived here at the commencement exercises today and for most of you, you are just beginning the first chapter of your life. what do you want your book of life to look like? how do you want it to read? how many chapters will there be? will it be fiction or willoughby nonfiction? heroic or romantic? comedy or tragedy? it starts the minute you wake up tomorrow, it is totally up to you. wonka i have learned is that your life will never be complete until you find your most deep-rooted passion. you will never find your passion until you learn to follow your heart, the one thing that drives you and inspires you and motivates you. promise me this -- starting today, quit asking others what they think you should be. ask yourself and follow your heart. it will never let you down. my initial passion in life was to be a rock-and-roll musician

through both of these programs, i am excited to say that we have been able to create a lot of pathways for people from unemployment or from businesses that are underperforming or people who have ideas to people who are actually self-employed, hiring other folks in the community and being able to be leaders among small businesses in the small business community. i implore you to think about the and the importance. rebecca mentioned it, and i'm sure most of this room understands that the lgbt community is not one that is best described as well the overall. in fact, that this is a community where there is often significant need. 7% of folks that are transgendered are unemployed. the% live below the poverty line. this is an important group, an important set of programs to be able to support, so thank you for your commitment to seeing this process through. i would love to see that there is an increase of funding to our development services as a result of this process. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. and my final speaker card for this topic. go ahead. >> i am the director

my four children have found their own pathways to recovery, and their children, my six grandchildren, i'm proud to say, are addiction free. (applause) it looks like the cycle has been broken in my family. so, our stories have power, my story has power. the more that policymakers, our neighbors and friends and employers understand and know that we can and do get well, the more people will seek help that they and their loved ones need in order to recover. everyone has a right to recover from addiction and to find a life in the community. as we leave here today, celebrating the 21st anniversary of the national alcohol and drug addiction recovery month , let's rededicate ourselves to using our stories to speak with one voice about the reality of recovery and build strong recovery-committed communities across the country. your stories and efforts are more important than before, gaining access to treatment and peer and other recovery support services doesn't mean that people will seek them. you will help them seek them, you will help professionals and primary care and other aspects of the h

republicans call it a pathway to a compromise with democrats. >> this is a pathway, okay. this pathway is not exclusive. there is certain things on it. there is certain new things that could come on it again. to that pathway is still wide open. it is a point for negotiation. >> the governor is scheduled to release an update the version of his budget monday. he wants to balance the budget and avoid education and social services cuts by extending current sales and income taxes and vehicle fees. and on the subject of budget woes, the state of washington has canceled its presidential primary for 2012 in order to save taxpayers $10 million. instead it will rely on caucuses just like they do in iowa. washington state has a $5 billion budget short fall. we are all still feeling the pinch at the pump and as we pay more to fill up the tanks the big oil companies continue to get huge tax breaks. the ceos of the five giants oil companies were called before congress to answer one question, why do they get the big tax breaks even as their profits soar? in just the first three months of

one person is pathway i want to celebrate today is my daughter. who is also graduating from college this month and is here with me today. she makes life with easy with her contagious laugh and energetic personality, but few know she has faced great adversity. she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was just eight years old, and she has spent every day sense giving herself numerous insulin shots. there were times when she wanted to give up, and call it quits, when life seemed so unfair. yes, her courage and determination kept her going. i want to dedicate my comments to her today. she is an inspiration and a hero to mean. [applause] so before you officially stepped foot in the real world, let me leave with you a few thoughts. number one, the year. find the genius that is uniquely your own. nurture it. it is your passion. and do not let anyone drown out your inner voice. take that leap of faith, and trust your instincts. your uniqueness can change the world. do not stand in front of a near and try to look like everybody else. b u. number two

one person is pathway i want to celebrate today is my daughter. who is also graduating from college this month and is here with me today. she makes life with easy with her contagious laugh and energetic personality, but few know she has faced great adversity. she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was just eight years old, and she has spent every day sense giving herself numerous insulin shots. there were times when she wanted to give up, and call it quits, when life seemed so unfair. yes, her courage and determination kept her going. i want to dedicate my comments to her today. she is an inspiration and a hero to mean. [applause] so before you officially stepped foot in the real world, let me leave with you a few thoughts. number one, the year. find the genius that is uniquely your own. nurture it. it is your passion. and do not let anyone drown out your inner voice. take that leap of faith, and trust your instincts. your uniqueness can change the world. do not stand in front of a near and try to look like everybody else. b u. number two

were a forum for clarifying questions from various forums regarding the middle schools, language pathways and we have addressed many of those questions. also there is a document attached in the appendix. a common theme is that patterns are a good concept in families want quality schools. some questions that linger are what is the district's plan to develop quality middle schools and what is the connection between the quality middle school and feeder patterns? what we would like to do is give you some information along that regard. the outcomes for this presentation are to first and foremost discuss what the district's vision in developing quality middle schools, what that vision is, review and discuss inventory, you'll see a chart, it is very small print. we also want to discuss the district's plan to improve middle schools and review how a feeder pattern affects quality middle schools and a staff proposal -- what are the characteristics of quality middle school? at this point ilt like to ask superintendent to take us through the next few slides and then i'll come back. >> thank you depar

all we want is a pathway to be able to have the opportunities to work and give back to the community. so thank you so much for this award. we are working to hold the first ever conference everapi -- conference for api students in california. thank you so much, and thank you to the supervisors. thank you. thank you. [applause] [applause] supervisor chiu: our next commendation will be offered by our colleague from district 7, supervisor sean elsbernd. supervisor elsbernd: my awardee today is someone i think we all know very well. mary, if you could come forward. i can see you hiding over there. a little brief bios, some things were even a little new to me. i did not realize the great extent of her contribution to the city and county of sanford cisco as a public servant. currently, she is working for pdt, but prior to that, she was commissioned secretary at the puc, prior to that work at mocd, prior to that worked at moh. that is as far as i got, but i bet you could tell she probably did a little more work. win over work with the democratic california central committee, her work with the

have qualified for the dream act, a piece of legislation that would give undocumented students a pathway to legalization, but his story was important in putting a face to the broader injustice of deporting undocumented students. also, the many people that were involved in the campaign to release him easily with transition to work on the dream act when it faced a critical vote in december. since this time, since his release, steve has not stopped his advocacy purity has continued to advocate and speak out on any rights issues. many it -- much of his work included participating in press conferences and on my party's right before the dream that boat in december 2010, making himself available to other youth, dreamers have not come out yet, and speaking about his experience in giving them the courage to speak out, and advocating directly to obama during the state of the union speech and got an answer from obama himself on whether he would support a moratorium to stop the deportation of dream accidents. his hobbies include the giants and snowboarding -- dream act students. his hobbies include

and we need to calm that traffic down and make sure that we have state pathways, and then we went to the widow. that is a fun part. i know andy wanted to go directly on the hills. we pulled him back. but i know he is in shape. he is going to speak in a minute, but there are a lot of people in shape, and then there are people like me. we need that we go. and then market street, those really dedicated bike lanes. i am definitely in favor of expanding it from octavia all the way to the very building. we should have dedicated bike lanes there. [applause] we are experimenting with turn lanes so we can dedicate more sequential use of that street. and then there is an economic part of it. as you know, we have worked hard with the supervisors to make sure that we have amid market change. all of those employees i know -- you are going to see more than 25% of them riding and to work. there will probably be 50% or 60% of the workers we encouraged to locate and beyond big-market. they will be riding to work a lot. we need to expand those lines to make sure we work with it. i know that each of th

home country including those who are here illegally despite campaigning on promises to provide a pathway to citizenship for immigrants many of whom have lived here since childhood the obama administration has instead bent to pressure from the right by ramping up immigration enforcement in the two years that he's been president. three times three hundred percent in other words. this entire term. the higher rate of deportations is leading many in the latino community to view the president's renewed calls for your form as more and. he promises to sway the recently important like you know bill as two thousand and twelve approaches normally since you want more legalization election so that's a basis to get him a credit party promises were made in a bid to show he is serious about immigration reform the president recently about it a group of latino celebrities to what was called a brainstorming session those who do not support comprehensive immigration reform will hopefully pay for it in those elections eva longoria and the white house hope the republican party's opposition to immigration refo

the first pathway of a called the suppression part. it is a counternetwork approach, a counter-terrorism approach. it is about destroying the insurgency ability to threaten the transition for the future stability of the afghan state. it requires a lot of special forces, intelligence surveillance, and a constant effort, but it is the one area of the campaign where i think we are doing particularly well. the second element or part is a stabilization part. that is essentially at the district level identifying all the inputs into what makes a stable district and carrying out insurgency operations to clear, hold, and then transition in each district. i think many members of the committee are very familiar with that part of a campaign. the third pathway is reconciliation, not just at the senior level with high-level taliban, but at a local level, and not fundamentally between the insurgency and the population, but among different power brokers at the district level leading to instability environment when we pull out of the districts which re

through the process of bringing on academies or lateral hires, we are still doing it through that pathway, as well. if those were positioned that could be assigned in other locations, a sort of pressing or priority position. that is all i was looking for. >> i think that is a good point, and the fact that there is flexibility on both sides of the equation, i did there is some ability to look at what is most cost-effective, so to the extent that we have that flexibility, it is absolutely a good point. supervisor mirkarimi thank you, thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. why do we not open this up to public comment? other members of the public who would like to comment on this item number two? >> ♪ the sheriff's department has been budgeted, all around the town, when there is budget money love they have been made blue, and i thought you knew when will the budget for the sheriff's department be loved? ♪ supervisor chu: is there any other public comment on this? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor wiener: i want to thank you for your years of service. 31? >> it will be 32. super

this should require it to remain viable through elevated pathways, and we will show you thsome of the sections of how about access will be maintained. -- some assessment of how the access would be maintained. finally, that would be updated with new regulatory agencies and no less than every five years, and in terms of some of their strategies that are recommended to address or mitigate future sea level rise. coastal armory -- we are doing that through improvements of the sea wall, elevated and development by raising the sea wall 36 inches, and finally, the living shoreline's or wetlands. you will walk through in detail the northern shoreline and how it could actually accommodate new wetlands in the future to accomplish this objective. >> can i ask you a question about the wetlands? there are three sets of what land already, but an official and one for climate change issues -- an additional one for climate change issues. we would have to reassess its, right? >> you would essentially be moving the armored sea wall back, and it could wrap around the existing facility. they will be requir