i had two duties at buena vista horace mann. i have a fifth grader there as well. nted to thank supervisor ronen for calling this hearing. i wanted to say that, the staff and the teachers at buena vista horace mann are truly amazing. not only is that our students deserve better, teachers and staff really deserve so much better. it's an amazing community there. i wanted to give little bit background on these complaints parents mentioned. if you're not familiar with the procedure, it's actually that has aces ending in segregation. there was lawsuit file on behalf students in san francisco and across california. the williams decision is a settlement that made to properly educate our students that everyone has to have adequate teachers, adequate textbook and facilities. the facilities have not been what they needed to be we started at the school. it's dejecting for me for somebody working as a parent volunteer for four years when we first started trying to get a meeting with the district. we've already been working on this for so long. i know that the city of san franci

i had two duties at buena vista horace mann. i have a fifth grader there as well. nted to thank supervisor ronen for calling this hearing. i wanted to say that, the staff and the teachers at buena vista horace mann are truly amazing. not only is that our students deserve better, teachers and staff really deserve so much better. it's an amazing community there. i wanted to give little bit background on these complaints parents mentioned. if you're not familiar with the procedure, it's actually that has aces ending in segregation. there was lawsuit file on behalf students in san francisco and across california. the williams decision is a settlement that made to properly educate our students that everyone has to have adequate teachers, adequate textbook and facilities. the facilities have not been what they needed to be we started at the school. it's dejecting for me for somebody working as a parent volunteer for four years when we first started trying to get a meeting with the district. we've already been working on this for so long. i know that the city of san franci

so, first, buena vista horace mann. i want to just start off by saying that nothing that i've seen at buena vista horace mann that those conditions do not meet our standards of what we should be providing as care for any school sites within sfusd. my hope today is that with $15 million we are more than able to complete design for a modernization project, but that design process will take somewhere between 12 to 18 months to complete and will be around $7 million to $8 million to just spend that -- i'm sorry. it will take 12 to 18 months to expend that $7 million to $8 million and then also leaving another half, $7 million to $8 million to expend on immediate near term improvements to the site. i feel good about that amount in that a lot of the issues that have been surfaced are not necessarily requiring major system replacements at this point, but often times, again, the result of deferred maintenance that has accumulated and that with $7 million to $8 million invested over the next few months, we will be able to deliver

folks from the buena vista horace mann and the folks who spoke out and the arts community as well. i want to thank commissioner alexander. i appreciate you and the work you've been doing with our families out there at buena vista horace mann. my comments are very straight forward and direct and hopefully simple, you know. i would love to support the current recommendation that's on the floor by staff and for a couple of reasons. you know, we're in a situation right now where we have an opportunity to make immediate impact on our school sites across the district which for me generally, this reallocation does. so, you know, everything from buena vista horace mann to the southeast to protecting our schools from possible columbine, you know, the gun locks and also our hvac systems and also mission bay. i've been down to mission bay. it was one of the places i went to and i appreciate the site visit that the community took me on a tour. it's a growing community. they're building more housing out there, it's very diverse. you know, there's affordable housing, you know, and there's kids o

hello, maribell. >> i'm a first grade teacher at buena vista horace mann. i want to talk you about an experience last april. i came in in the morning to get started with my day and found my sink in my classroom full of sewage water and thankfully it was plunged and we hoped it would be the end of it but it wasn't. that afternoon when i was teaching a small reading group it happened again. the putrid disgusting smell forced us outside in the hallway. this is one example of all the things that happen in our school that this is not an appropriate learning environment for my students. they need a safe school where they look forward to going to and not having to deal with sewage water in their classroom. please, vote yes. >> thank you. >> hello. my name is bob armstrong the coordinator at buena vista horace mann and ask you to support commissioner alexander's amendment. i'm calling attention to the conditions our teachers work under at our school and the substandard conditions our children have to endure. our middle school art teacher teaches in a classroom with

hillary ronen is calling for a hearing on the safety conditions at buena vista horace mann elementary school in the city's mission district. that's right. there have been reports of gas leaks, a student receiving an electric shock from a school outlet. >> and other injuries because of the poor conditions on that campus ground. in a statement, the district says, quote, we recognize that the rundown nature of the facility and challenge in addressing day today. conditions such as peeling paint. >> cracked floors and overheating rooms contributes to a feeling of neglect in the school community. the district is working to remedy this through our request for funding from the san francisco board of education. let's just say, though, thes is not the first time this particular school has gotten attention for its poor conditions in fact, 2 years ago we received these photographs from buena vista. horace mann. they show trash everywhere. a water leak peeling floor, tiles and even read droppings. we reached out to the school that time. officials responded then saying the district focuses most of

hillary ronen is calling for a hearing on the safety conditions at buena vista horace mann elementary the city's mission district. that's right. there have been reports of gas leaks there, a student receiving an electric shock from us. will outlet. >> and some other injuries due to the poor conditions of the campus grounds at that school. in a statement the district says, quote, we recognize the rundown nature of the facility and challenge in the dressing day today. conditions such as peeling paint, cracked floors and overheating rooms all contributes to a feeling of neglect in the school community. the district is working to remedy this through our request for funding from the san francisco board of education. now, this is not the first time this particular school has gotten attention for its poor conditions just 2 years ago we received these pictures from buena vista, horace mann. they show trash everywhere a water leak peeling floor tiles and even some rat droppings on campus. we reached out to the school district at that time. officials responded back then saying the district focu

the supervisor called a hearing focused on the point of vista, horace mann community school she's heard in their classrooms. she was also told about a student who received an electrical shock from an outlet at the school. the school serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade teachers say they've been complaining about conditions for at least five years now, and supervisor ronan is now calling for a full renovation of that school. this week, marin county is easing its mask mandate in limited indoor settings with fewer than 100 people. those locations include gyms, offices, religious meetings and college classes. everyone though, must be fully vaccinated, and these locations cannot be open to the general public. the host employer organizer must also maintain a list of everyone present. the city of san jose has plans to begin to take action against city employees who have not been vaccinated for covid-19. the city's director of communications, tells ktvu that notices about plans for discipline will begin to go out this week to employees have who have not shown proof of getting sh

horace mann. i've worked at that school 11 years, 10 years previously at buena vista. i want to speak up to not only make it a safe place for our students, with the electric shock and gas leaks, but in favor of the renovations so badly needed. we have an art teacher who is currently holding her classes in one-third of the old girl's locker room. and she has had to, herself, renovate that space to make it sort of semi-habitable. we need the board's support for making that school much better, much safer and renovated for our students. thank you. >> thank you. hello, meredith. >> thank you. this is meredith with the parents coalition. and now that we're six weeks into the school year, i want to congratulate the district on the incredible work it's done. the data is clear. now you've done keeping everyone safe if school. thank you. and also work with the air purifier distribution, thank you for that, too. we want to note that many families are contacting us for improvements on the online learning program. so just wondering what we can do to strengthen the quality of that p