a 54-passenger bus. there was cost for school districts but there was a lot of support from the school districts where they have had accidents to go forward with it. >> thank you, ma'am. ms. poland, let me ask you as part of a special report examining school bus safety the ntsb recommended that all new large school buses be equipped with lap and shoulder belts. you probably remember that from my opening statement. i'm sure everybody does. in addition the american academy of pediatrics' long standing position that new school buses should be equipped with seat belts. why is it so important that this common sense safety equipment that has already saved thousands of lives in passenger motor vehicles be placed in all large school buses? >> as i mentioned in my opening statement, we know that school buses are extremely safe, but they are vulnerable in certain types of crashes and over and over again we're seeing children that are injured and killed in these types of very severe crashes. the technologies have changed over time. we initially recommended occupant protection systems, but now we're seeing that lap/sh

few words for himself. >> new school is a great school or yet why? if you have a child just like me, i have. [inaudible] why new school helps there are reading teams and they are outstanding amazing. new school not only if you have challenges like me, the teachers on the class help you for a lot of reasons. new school is a great school. >> right now we are navigating leo's iep process. it also includes double vision, he has challenges that impact his spine, motor skills from everything from buttons and zippers. his challenges would qualify him for a special day class. as his teachers echoed we don't feel that that would be the right fit for our son. his accommodations give him support, have helped him improve and also celebrate his strength and what makes them unique. i grew up in a low income community where people of color where the majority. however, there was a lack of diversity in teaching methods, and resources for people like myself who needed extra support for my learning challenges. that is why it is crucial to make sure my son is in a school

child with disability to a middle school is a difficult experience for many students. we have to acknowledge that. i wish more schools to be like new school instead of separate and unequal charter schools. thank you. [applause.] >> i am julie roberts speaking on behalf of the san francisco families union. i like the idea of listen to learn. as equity minded school i imagine the new school is familiar with impact over intent. i don't doubt the intent. we have to look at the impact. if we are asked to vote on whether or not they will implement the program put forth. in 2014 they said diverse by design k-through 12. the board of education thought they would be unable to implement. the board -- implement. they have created a majority white school with 52% white families. there are only five public schools in sfusd. they serve a fifth of the percentage of low income students and third of percentage of english language. if what they are asking for it would cap at 33%, one of the most affluent schools in the city. the impact on the students that is new school is not serving.

180 day school -- in a 180-day school year. sometimes pictures speak louder than words. at this time, i would like you to review a short clip of an illegal passing that occurred with one of our members in new jersey last summer. [video clip] >> this child walked away with a few broken bones, but sometimes, illegal passing has tragic consequences. last october in rochester, indiana, three children from one family were killed by an oncoming driver who failed to stop for kids crossing the road to board the school bus. these tragedies can be prevented. we believe this is the most important issue facing the school bus transportation industry, eclipsing all others. this is why we are supporting a bipartisan bill introduced in representatives were mirsky and brownlee, the stop for school bus act. i would like to ask for a fromed support letter additional associations, to be inserted to the record. if we are serious about saving children's lives, this is the issue to tackle. regarding seatbelts, we believe this issue is most appropriate

i was a school bus monitor many years ago. i also had the privilege of serving my community in duluth, minnesota as a police officer. one of the worst things we can do is respond to a crash of a student getting on or off a bus. unconscionable that we see drivers do this every single day in this country. it is uncalled for. i have been in a fully marked squad car. the second car had a stopped school bus. the lights are on, the gate is out. right in front of me. it is unconscionable. and so for me, to see it, i've cited it, i have testified in court, for me, we are in this together. when we put our kids at the end of the sidewalk or a corner, we expect them to arrive safe to and from school. we from my perspective, talked about the greatest concern is the crossing of the roads. are we putting enough emphasis ivers education classes in each of our states? because they are all about -- a bit different. what does your state require for drivers education total hours, and what did they put for the subject, or do they not specify the s

a chartered bus, not a school bus. it was a terrible accident, with some fatalities, and my niece was injured. i think they have implemented in the state of texas, seat held, because of that -- seat belts, because of that one accident. could you talk about some of the recent actions you he seen states and school districts in order to increase the safety of students traveling to and from school or school buses? i know we have talked about that already, but if you would elaborate a little further, i would appreciate. ms. poland of course. : we are very pleased to see so much movement on occupant protection. there are so many states that are now looking at passenger lap shoulder belts for large school buses, and we think this is a critical move. we are also seeing a lot of motion in the school bus manufacturers, where they are looking at some of the technologies for preventing crashes and they are implementing these in some buses as standard equipment. we also think that is very critical for the crash avoidance aspect. so

i am a junior in high school. i'm simply a concerned student who just wants to survive high school both metaphorically and literally. i have this testimony isn't efforts to protect students from all zip codes in all races and going through what myself and my classmates have in the wake of school shooting. my testimony i am staying that i am honored to be here, i would not be here if not for the horrendous events that took place on february 14th, 2018, at my high school marjorie stoneman douglas. thirty-four of my classmates and my friends and my teachers and coaches were injured and 17 of them fatally shot with an ar 15 in our hallway. additionally off of i am here today using my own experience of evidence against the military of schools. i am here not to thanks for your sympathy. i am here to thanks for your consideration and direction. i was more effort combine and i was nine years old sn hook. but for most of my live i have been enforced the importance of school security. a summary member the perspective week ba

school. i can't imagine the pain of losing a child or surviving a school shooting. as a parent in addition to our researcher, i share my commitment to ensuring that our schools are safe. the tragedies at parkland and elsewhere shocked our system. we can't and we must do more. i have dedicated my career to improve schools health and safety. through that i have three recommendations. maintain decades long of school safety initiatives encourage states and communities to stress the full spectrum that contributes to violence. keep students safe at school. we must prioritize our overall well-being. building a positive climate as well as building skills to form healthier relationships. schools are built on research and shows significant -- >> this includes expansion under the every student succeed act to i include in students success and academic enrichment forming of grant program. school violence has gone down over the past 20 years. the percentage of 9 to 12 graders carrying weapons significantly decreased from about 7% in 1999 to under 4% in 2017. for this group over th

i'm a student at mlk middle school. i just wanted to say black history class is a good education for me, and fellow students at my school. we go to learn about what we had been through back in the day, and what we are going through now. it is good for us now, and in the future for our kids, for us, and our parents and stuff. [applause] >> good evening to everyone. my name is nadine boyd, i am the aunt of shot low. i want to talk about how the resources that martin luther king -- i went there as well, back in the early 90s. [laughter] i'm just amazed at the trajectory of where they're going, and i hope we continue to push forward in the right direction for the youth. i want to thank all of the use for coming and speaking out, it is very, very important, and i'm proud of all of you guys. i'm proud of you, too, sean. i heard someone talk about transportation, you know, sometimes, you know, we come from from a low income family, you know, it's hard, you know, for kids getting to school. it's good for my nephew to get to scho

i don't hear school shootings going on a private schools. they don't have to deal with these policies and i made a mistake and i have to live with it. she would be alive. if i read this book two years ago my daughter would be alive i didn't touch on another person. he's on my target list and the district attorney in florida in broward is actually trying a murder case against the murderer. his name is mike sass and has been there 30 or 40 years. he is trying the case when i started doing my research into policies his signature is on this restorative justice document. so i set a meeting up with the district attorney and i want to know the facts per i set up a meeting with myself and my attorney and other parents to give him a chance of accepting accountability to have a role in my daughter getting murdered. what he told us was so despicable, and i will tell you and i had my lawyer with me and he said he has never heard a public official say this. so for all the years he knew they had this restorative justice program, he know the school district

school board. i felt like it was enough. so, i asked a few teachers if i could come here and actually speak to the school board, and actually prevent $300,000 of ours from being lost. a lot today we talked about peer resources, and at our school we have peer resources, too. but, if we lose all of our money, like us of our budget, then how will we be able to keep up with peer resources and keep on doing that? so, in class, i went around asking teachers, how can i stop this? when i got my feedback, i was like yes. so -- by the end of this meeting , i hope that the school board, and everybody that knows about this can figure out a way to stop this. i know there is not enough enrollment. but, just because there is not enough enrollment doesn't mean you can take away from the school budget. [applause] [speaking native language] >> my name is susan, and i'm a parent at mlk. i am here tonight to ask that the board of education help keep the 300,000-dollar funding that will be taken away from mlk's budget due to an -- decrease enrollment at the s

if you had asthma, you went to a special school. lsy, you went to a special school. now, we try to be an inclusive society. and they do fantastically, but you need to put the support in place, in order for them to do that and for that not to be taking away from the education of the other children. and to do that you need tas in the classroom. norfolk county council recently adopted the government's new national funding formula for schools. it's led to significant cuts in per pupil entitlement for north denes. debbie is discussing priorities with the school governors. this year has been taken up with looking at ways of trying to solve the budget problem. we'd budgeted for £3,100, rounded, per pupil and then in the actual budget it was ofjust over £2,700, so if you multiple that up over not far short of 400 children, it's quite a lot of money. we've got people donating food for the food bank, we've had donations which mean we won't be buying tea, the toast and the drinks out of school budget. as governors, obviously, we would like to s

a normal classroom. they tried to put him with tutors because in high school you only have two choices in the system, a normal school or super max facility. there are detailed records. he talks about them every day he's in the class he's talking about guns and pulling the fire alarm, throwing his desk by jumping out from behind kids. he required a security escort to walk from one class to another and required his mother to accompany them. teachers tried to bar their door against him and when i spoke to one staff member when they heard of the shooting and that it was him they didn't believe it, not because they didn't think that he could do that they didn't understand how he was ever sent to that high school. every single adult and kids in the school knew that it needed to be done because in order to respect the rights of a student with disabilities, you have to go through this profound checklist process that defies the judgment and makes everybody suffers so they sent him to a specialist school so they sent a letter to the private psychiatrist at the end of the first school year and from october to may he's g

we have not proposed a single cut from your school. the rest of you can continue, we will continue to listen fred i need you to understand the facts. it saddens me that it has taken on this mushroom like a, and spread all out that we. go to your school tomorrow and ask him if he has received anything from my office regarding we are taking $300,000 from his school. or, if we proposed a cut at all? you ask him tomorrow morning. i wasn't going to, we had heard so much, what i don't want to d- >> we can't have a discussion. >> board members, we have to be really careful. while you do have to legally hear from members of the public, and i know you want to, you cannot legally have a discussion about their comments, unless it is noticed on the agenda. >> continue, if you still want to speak your in line. >> i did prepare something. as an art teacher at mlk, we really do focus on student voice to what you've heard today. whether it is true or not, it's not the first time something like this has happened. i think the fact that just the thought c

it's been my dream to start is a valley school since i was a little girl.ing a lot of fun with it (clapping) the biggest thing we really want the kids to have fun. a lot of times parents say that valley schools have a lot of problems but we want them to follow directions but we want them to have a wonderful time and be an affordable time so the kids will go to school here. we hold the classes to no longer 12 and there's 23 teachers. i go around and i watch each class and there's certain children i watched from babies and it's exciting to see them after today. the children learn how to follow directions and it ends up helping them in their regular schooling. they get self-confidents and today, we had a residual and a lot of time go on stage and i hope they get the bug and want to dance for the rest of their

a fence. chabot elementary school, the first one was found 3 weeks ago and then on friday, a second rope in a similar fashion was found right by the door by the school's batting cages. now district officials are saying the fbi is involved. kron four's gayle ong joins us now live with details kale. >>when justine we're told the fbi doesn't believe these cases are a hate crime. but the school is taking this very seriously and we're also hearing the first case was apparently an accident. >>it's a shocking image of possible news reportedly found at the baseball field next door to chabot elementary school in oakland, the rope was found friday tied to a fence on the batting cage, the baseball field is on city property. but the discovery comes 3 weeks after another rope was found tied on offense in front of the school but it turns out that was an intentional we are family come forward and and mentioned that their child came to them and said that they found the rope. >>the day before it was found hanging on the sense and tossed it probably trying to get it over the fence to get back on the schoolyard

child going to primary school in a deprived area then going on to school in a deprived o a secondary, the primary school has done well. if they then go on toa school has done well. if they then go on to a secondary school where the progress is not as good as it should be, we need to highlight that. ofsted is a national body and it reports nationally on major issues that the government and department for education need to ta ke department for education need to take into account. how particular minority ethnic groups are doing, how the most able children are doing, how special needs are doing, how different parts of the country are doing. who will do that if the inspection comes about? good to talk to you. thank you for is, the former chief inspector of ofsted, sir michael wilshaw. let's go back to the troubles facing the travel company thomas cook. the firm could fall into administration within days unless it finds an extra £200 million. the company says "all our package holidays continue to be fully atol—protected and our flight operations continue to operate as normal."

it's the beginning of a new school year. for the education secretary to unveil what he calls a raft of new measures for schools in england. high performing schools will receive funding to provide more support for ones that are struggling. top—rated schools will no longer be exempt from routine ofsted inpections. some have not been inspected for a decade. and to turn around the most challenging schools, a new specialist academy trust is to be piloted. this will help those that have been underperforming for some time. this comes just after the pm's announcement of millions of pounds of extra spending for primary and secondary schools in england over the next three years. the government says it will now focus on standards in education, and supporting the teaching staff. labour says this is an embarrassing admission, but the education policies of successive tory governments have failed. and too many of its offered solutions just offer more of the same. five people have been killed and many more injured after a mass shooting in t

a piece of cheese? >> reporter: she said she told the school the day before she would send a check. >> he didn't owe you anything. i did. he is 9. how can he owe you anything? >> reporter: the school district changed its policy now every child will get the same lunch the principal stopped by to apologize. >> she was terribly sorry and she spoke to the cafeteria staff. >> reporter: 75% of schools nationwide reported cafeteria debt in 2018 the amount of debt ballooning since 2012 these lunch shaming stories keep popping up from rhode island to pennsylvania to new jersey as for jefferson's birthday, the 9-year-old says it was the worst one ever stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york >>> we are back in a moment with the controversial call at a high school swim meet, causing the winner to be disqualified. >>> and all the new bells and whistles in places as apple comes out with its new iphones, and a lot more so that early retirement we planned. it's going ok? great. now i'm spending more time with the kids. i'm introducing them to crab. crab!? they love it. so, you mentioned that that money we set aside. yeah. t

commissioner chapman will speak in a moment, to how the school is and always has been a k-12 school, one is building up and adding a grade per year. so, therefore, even if these additions are not considered part of the normal expansion. this will not be considered a material revision by law. i submitted legal opinion today to legal counsel. i have separate copies for the whole board here as well, if you like to review it. thank you very much. >> good evening, commissioners. thank you for your review of our petition for renewal, including our program development to middle school and the revision of our lottery to families who qualify for free and reduced price lunch. there continues to be confusion about our request to extend our grades, i would like to use this opportunity to clarify for the public record are and continued intention. creating a school her families and students to beginning kindergarten and extends through 12th grade. five years ago, sfusd denied our k-12 predicts addition that we would be unable to carry out that specific plan. at the state level, unanimously approved

a risk taker. there she was. my high school teacher tracked me down to support me for running for mayor in my hometown a lot of decades later. trust me, my young friends, when i went to high school, i took typing class. there were no computers. there was no internet, no facebook, no snapchat, no fortnite, none of that stuff. and yet, when i became the mayor and visited my old high school campus, it didn't look a lot different. now sales force has changed that with a deep investment in computer science. you all probably don't know what a type-writer is, do you? do you know who a type-writer is? i see a blank look right there. it's all right. it's all right. you don't need them anymore. yeah, you. i am also truly excited in our investment in our newcomer population. i am extremely proud to be possibly the most unapologetic city mayor in america. [ applause ]. >> we know that our region thrives because of its commitment to inclusive diversity, and we recognize that while everyone in this expensive bay area is struggling, there is

any school thatis happens within a school. to know. if you're given a blanket standing, that masks and hides what could be real problems in the skill as has been the case when a school has been given outstanding and then find that there is massive safeguarding issues three months later. we need to get parents much better information about their skills than the current one size fits all and actually fits nothing system fits all and actually fits nothing syste m tha n fits all and actually fits nothing system than ofsted promotes —— they need to be given much better information about their schools. thank you very much. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hello, although we had some time to start for some eastern parts of the uk, it has all changed today. we had a series of weather fronts sat across the uk. with thundery showers are followed across the uk. with thundery showers a re followed by across the uk. with thundery showers are followed by more persistent rain and yet more showers. at the far north

the options were and many white parents and did this was to send their child to a parochial school, a catholic school. there are a lot of catholic schools, that became such a big option that the archbishop had to declare that they wouldn't accept transfer students , if you started in kindergarten that was okay , but you cannot transfer in that fifth grade. the other thing is that a lot of white students just left and moved to the suburbs. they moved elsewhere in the boston area but to this larger implementation have an effect on the resurgence of interest in the confederacy? but perhaps in some ways. the number of people that were affected by busing was pretty small >> just say it's a mentation of affirmative action? >> i think that was part of it i don't think it played a direct relationship, it was more like a broad cultural. one of the things that was interesting about the anti- busing movement. was how much the groups used civil rights tactics to oppose busing , they used citizens in protest. there's a great photo of a protester with a piece medallion . they had this anti-authorit

small school a very tight knit. i anticipate that everyone in our school community, students, staff and families will be deeply affected. >> reporter: it is not just the school affected but the entire community of santa cruz. one of the co-owners of the dive shop that charted the but was also on board the ship. >> within the past 15 minutes we have learned the identity of one of the victims, the family of 41-year-old kristy finstad confirming that the veteran diver and former city of santa cruz employee was among the missing and presumed dead. the mayor of santa cruz releasing a statement a short while ago saying the horrific incident is being felt deeply bauer community and we are in disbelief at what has happened and the hearts go out to the families of all of those who are waiting for news on their loved ones. much more on the story coming up on the channel 5 news at 5 pm and online at kpix.com. >>> a busy street in san jose is back open following it deadly hit and run. driver struck a pedestrian story road near p

this is what builds a strong school and a strong community. our approach is different now back.t perhaps was years we are needing to be more creative in how we make those connections. we also recognize it is important to have school , academic in place counseling as well as those who can provide crisis counseling, or refer students and families to support through other community resources. rep. allen: do have the flexibility? teachers,n i talk to they are pretty limited in some regards legally what they can do and what they can share with their students about their life iseriences, which i think one reason we are losing teachers. like they are just being observed and criticized at every step, yet it sounds like they are actually becoming the family unit. ms. hofmeister: this is very true. we actually know that in oklahoma we are looking to teachers often to be kinship beingent family for those placed in foster care. rep. allen: are there limits to what a teacher can share with the student in oklahoma? ms. hofmeister: certainly there would be so

my experience at the school has been amazing. i had a nephew there that just graduated two years ago and he's attending california state university or bakersfield. my son is attending the school and currently as a junior. i support the application because the whole community has begigiven my nephew and son a br opportunity. any son socially engaged in this opportunity that is different from what he will see another school. i have also seen first-hand, how this community is something everyone wants to be a part of. my son is eagerer day to go to school. something as a father, i did not think i would ever see. for these reasons, i support the application and hope to see more students have the same opportunity as my son and my nephew did. thank you for your time. >> good afternoon. i'm terry mcguire, president of the resident's association or phra. phra has held numerous meetings over the past six months to negotiate an agreement that would allow our organization and neighbors to support this application. our board approved the agreement an

i represent a congressional district that has been designeda by tragedy. in my own school district we did extensive work on trauma training all of our social workers on childhood experiences and hosting a symposium church, and early childhood. all of our teachers and faculty members went through professional development on social and emotional learning. one of the presenters i remember this very clearly told us as a group of her children weregh scoring just as high as veterans on the scale. and i know personally that once educators begin to see students through this lens they can shift from blaming them to begin to understand the root causes of those behaviors. what i want to talk about today is the fact that it extends beyond the point of impact. grief counseling happens the day after something happens at a school, but the grief resulting from those tragedies extends communities, and i see that everyday. one of the parents of a student aof sandy hook tragically took his own life 90% of kindergartners reported experiencing visa offense but only 23% for explaining symptoms

this was a middle school in oakland, california, a mainstream public school. so i was attending classes with nondisabled students. it was a nonspecialist school. and after the teacher for the blind talk to the mainstream teacher, they realize the teacher was writing assignments on the board and i wasn't seeing them. so i was missing homework because i didn't see that it was assigned. and sometimes instructors would read the assignment from the back of the room, and i wouldn't hear him. i i did no homework was being assigned. so i realized if i just tried to be a student, i'll never be successful. i had to both the student and my own teacher advocate. that's when things change. i started advocating for my rights. i started checking in, what are the strategies to get up close to the assignments if you can't see or hear the assignments? i would go to the teacher after every class and ask, what did i mess? what assignments are there? and and i continued doing that o high school. my grades went up. i started getting straight a's when i i took responsibility fr my ed

a wonderful thing. >> welcome to pricidia middle school. i am emma dunbar and i had the enormous privilege to be the principal in this community. thank you all for joining us. [ cheering and applause ]. >> i want to give a very warm welcome to my students, to our staff, to elected officials, board members, mayor appliappli and our trusted partners at sales force. i couldn't be happier to host you all on this yard just opened for our new school year after four years in the making. it is a prime example of what investment in our public schools can look like. four years ago, mark benniof, along with the mayors and superintendents from oakland and san francisco, stood on this very same yard to celebrate the third year of the sales force grant. at that time, there was success to celebrate. wifi in every middle school, computers and ipads available to every school, the established of the principal's innovation fund. we may not have appreciated how much more celebrating there was to come. to date, we've now seen over $40 million invested in the stu