. >> thank you superintendant carranza recognition of consumption, there is none tonight. and student delegate report don't believe there is one tonight they're off to college that's good and item e advisory committee report a few the first one is a report from the parents advisory council and a representative from there. >> good evening superintendent and all the members of the board i'd like to say thank you for letting us be a part of this year-end report to the board of education decrews a parent of betsey carmichael have three children at betsey carmichael elementary school and i'm a member of the president of the school p t o i like to remind everyone to represent the parents voices to to the board of education discussion and implementation the report summarizes the pass during the 2015-2016 year and named the challenges and identifies projects we'll continue on working on, on the last page of our report there is a had a right that provides the apac specific goals the apac is in line with the shaped learning from what we hear in families across the city and apac memb

ringing). >> >> (clapping.) >> i think that means it's time to eat. >> thank you very much superintendent carranza the next item. >> is the recognition and resolutions for accommodations superintendent. >> thank you president murase i'm very, very excited we were able to honor many of the school communities as you may know maternity know the voters of san francisco in 2008, accepted an education act that provided amongst an opportunity for our schools to submit plans and submit a project for followed up through the impact and innovation awards this evening we'll honor the schools that received and gone through the vetting process and hesitate a close partnering with the partners in the united educators i'll turn this over to my colleague for the recognition. >> good evening prior to this evening boards meeting we had the opportunity to recognize a number of school teams to develop the application were selected and ref thanksgiving this year's impact and 23450gs awards with made possible by the act of 2008 i also want to thank the q ta panels that read the applications and selected those sit down o

ringing). >> >> (clapping.) >> i think that means it's time to eat. >> thank you very much superintendent carranza the next item. >> is the recognition and resolutions for accommodations superintendent. >> thank you president murase i'm very, very excited we were able to honor many of the school communities as you may know maternity know the voters of san francisco in 2008, accepted an education act that provided amongst an opportunity for our schools to submit plans and submit a project for followed up through the impact and innovation awards this evening we'll honor the schools that received and gone through the vetting process and hesitate a close partnering with the partners in the united educators i'll turn this over to my colleague for the recognition. >> good evening prior to this evening boards meeting we had the opportunity to recognize a number of school teams to develop the application were selected and ref thanksgiving this year's impact and 23450gs awards with made possible by the act of 2008 i also want to thank the q ta panels that read the applications and selected those sit down o

. >> good evening commissioner president haney and commissioner and superintendant carranza joann will present this earning report she had a family emergency i'm the coordinator for the advisory committee and will have a brief presentation we're share about our collaborative work with the department recently we were invited to participate on navigating special services and advocating for students with disability one way or another one of our member will be sharing her navigation for the support as a spanish speaking parents and this is part of a larger workshop for practitioners and providers to learn about the experiences of families naefrt outside support this is workshop is sponsored by the san francisco support network and will think facilitated by the special education depended and support for families of children of families with skablts disabilities that will take place on friday april 15th from the 9 and in this board room and work with the special education staff around the family survey around the i p process tools to provide for families to provide feedback for school sites

. >> good evening, commissioners superintendant carranza i'm georgia i cooperate the advisory committee to the board of education and the mission of the pack is to bring parent voices to the board of education to inform their discussions and decision making police radios this evening report is and just want update of the activities of development of the annual accountability plan. >> members of the esl have scheduling community conversations for with the community groups for the engagement caption to reach 200 focus groups with the conversation with will aim to help the approach to equality for public schools and connect the score card with the esl with the alignment of work, communication how previous the input has an impact and shaping the esl by the recommendations that were included. >> so one after concept we hope to be able to share the future is how the allocation of concentration grant fund vary from year to year we want to be able to share with stakeholders where we are prioritizing and allocating for the english language learners for those who quality for the reduced lunch and

. >> good evening, commissioners superintendant carranza i'm georgia i cooperate the advisory committee to the board of education and the mission of the pack is to bring parent voices to the board of education to inform their discussions and decision making police radios this evening report is and just want update of the activities of development of the annual accountability plan. >> members of the esl have scheduling community conversations for with the community groups for the engagement caption to reach 200 focus groups with the conversation with will aim to help the approach to equality for public schools and connect the score card with the esl with the alignment of work, communication how previous the input has an impact and shaping the esl by the recommendations that were included. >> so one after concept we hope to be able to share the future is how the allocation of concentration grant fund vary from year to year we want to be able to share with stakeholders where we are prioritizing and allocating for the english language learners for those who quality for the reduced lunch and

steel to list those items. >> thank you superintendent carranza we have one correction in the last line the requested addition for the requested 2016-2017 not 2015-2016 we're also withdrawing if the consent calendar one six 4 plus on page one hundred 15 and 16. >> thank you, mr. stole any items reformed if first reading by the board. >> any items severed by the board or superintendant for discussion and vote if no. we'll - >> entertain a roll call vote under section o superintendents proposals. >> moved and seconded on april 12th can we get a report if rules committee community rigs the rules committee gave a positive recommendation recommended the board passes well - do - never mind the second item was withdrawn but also recommend the board as part of rules committee this the assault and bullying policy was forward with a positive recommendation but amendments were made and forth coming with the amendments that's why this is not on the agenda this evening. >> thank you commissioner wynns superintendent someone read the resolution. >> into the record. >> like to ask the general council

leader for the past 4 years and really a wonderful colleague for the last seven years to superintendant carranza has been - it's hard to believe many the last time we'll be in the room together and we'll try to spare the emotion we worked up a friday night superintendent but we do finds it hard to belief this is the last time we'll be together we know that houston independent unified school district has it's meetings during the day when you finish you can tune in into sfgovtv going into the hours and on behalf of all the staff we wanted to make a special presentation of a little token of our appreciation. >> any successful organization is really clear about what it stands for these core values are what guide policies, practices our goals what we're striving for this past spring members of the broader district and community educators support staff and central office leaders came together over several sessions to define and many to contentious; right around our own core values we wanted to make sure that as you go off to take on challenges in a new setting that we know those are values you pose an

. >> good evening commissioner president haney and commissioner and superintendant carranza joann will present this earning report she had a family emergency i'm the coordinator for the advisory committee and will have a brief presentation we're share about our collaborative work with the department recently we were invited to participate on navigating special services and advocating for students with disability one way or another one of our member will be sharing her navigation for the support as a spanish speaking parents and this is part of a larger workshop for practitioners and providers to learn about the experiences of families naefrt outside support this is workshop is sponsored by the san fraisco support network and will think facilitated by the special education depended and support for families of children of families with skablts disabilities that will take place on friday april 15th from the 9 and in this board room and work with the special education staff around the family survey around the i p process tools to provide for families to provide feedback for school sites so

. >> good evening commissioner president haney and commissioner and superintendant carranza joann will present this earning report she had a family emergency i'm the coordinator for the advisory committee and will have a brief presentation we're share about our collaborative work with the department recently we were invited to participate on navigating special services and advocating for students with disability one way or another one of our member will be sharing her navigation for the support as a spanish speaking parents and this is part of a larger workshop for practitioners and providers to learn about the experiences of families naefrt outside support this is workshop is sponsored by the san francisco support network and will think facilitated by the special education depended and support for families of children of families with skablts disabilities that will take place on friday april 15th from the 9 and in this board room and work with the special education staff around the family survey around the i p process tools to provide for families to provide feedback for school sites

motion and second on the 2016-2017 from sfusd so seiu local 10 to one. >> so moved second. >> superintendent carranza we would like to call the ever so presents and prepared chief labor negotiations officer mr. carr lot thank you once again superintendent and the board i'd like to read the requested action for this subject which is that the board of education adopts the 2015-2016 initial proposal for the successor contract for the instead of to seiu local 1021. >> no public speakers any comments from the board? >> take a roll call vote. >> thank you ms. chin mr. totiano ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns mr. haney 7 i's. >> thank you and with an appointment of 5 members to the community advisory committee for special education. >> thank you permeating like to call forward your chief of special education to please read into the record for the recommendation please good evening our chairperson katie is joining me have her introduce the patterns with us from your cac board. >> hi one of our nomination appointees right there and linda tongue is here she did most of

we appreciate that. >> superintendent carranza. >> the next item on the calendar slowly losing in anyoice is our just want on the african-american achievement and to present special superintendent and dr. christopher lee department to come down and lead the presentation. >> okay good evening commissioners superintendent deputy superintendent and sfusd representatives in celebration of black history month and the women's history month and superiorly women's day i'd like to start off with a quote from planning commission destine barker a human rights activist that worked for the naacp for southern christian leadership the non-violate corresponding committee i quote in for the record orders for us as poor and oppressed people to be part of a society under the system has to be rapidly changed it means facing a system that didn't lend itself to device the mean but of you change that system thank you for the opportunity to provide an opportunity for the african-american achievement initiative about you all and the public here together e.r. tonight to share the means to device do change the

>> moved and seconded. >> deputy superintendent lee >> thank you president haney and superintendent carranza how do step away some filling in for the remainder of the meeting. at this point, we like to ask special assistant to the superintendent christina long to comment on the item. >> good evening commissioners. i'm going to first provide some brief historical context that led us to this resolution and the opposition. it would please the board to lead the requested action background into the record. so, in 1998 the california voters passed proposition 227 which was in english only initiative that basically decimated a number of the multilingual pathways and educational programs brought the state. i do not have an impact in san francisco across the state we knew there was a decline in multilingual programs due to this initiative. 2014 sen. laura introduce bill senate bill 1174, which actually started the process of repealing almost proposition 227. what was required since that proposition 227 was about an initiative it basically was signed by the governor and directed that there would be a

>> moved and seconded. >> deputy superintendent lee >> thank you president haney and superintendent carranza how do step away some filling in for the remainder of the meeting. at this point, we like to ask special assistant to the superintendent christina long to comment on the item. >> good evening commissioners. i'm going to first provide some brief historical context that led us to this resolution and the opposition. it would please the board to lead the requested action background into the record. so, in 1998 the california voters passed proposition 227 which was in english only initiative that basically decimated a number of the multilingual pathways and educational programs brought the state. i do not have an impact in san francisco across the state we knew there was a decline in multilingual programs due to this initiative. 2014 sen. laura introduce bill senate bill 1174, which actually started the process of repealing almost proposition 227. what was required since that proposition 227 was about an initiative it basically was signed by the governor and directed that there would be a

. >> good evening president haney and superintendent carranza and commissioners my name is sophia i'm student at yes and no burger elementary my studeistert early can i have her time i want to speak about of the fact people are thinking about reinventing tracking that is bad if kids are separated into groups consisting of the alerted pla class they may feel sad and some maybe the subject of blullying and kids that are taught at the other class lovely will stay at that level and alerted to another level they'll go to that level when students are spirlitp they dislike school that interferes with the leaping those reigns the tracking is bad i hope that conspiracies you to not reinstate tracking in schools. >> may i read a poem sophie has a hopoem she want to read look at me look at my hair, it is different the face but i'm not you and you're not me look at any skin do you think that as sin we're all different we are i didn't know and yank look at me what do you see evil or so hope that i see in you to make a new life begin oh, can't you see the world would be different if people would lo

steel to list those items. >> thank you superintendent carranza we have one correction in the last line the requested addition for the requested 2016-2017 not 2015-2016 we're also withdrawing if the consent calendar one six 4 plus on page one hundred 15 and 16. >> thank you, mr. stole any items reformed if first reading by the board. >> any items severed by the board or superintendant for discussion and vote if no. we'll - >> entertain a roll call vote under section o superintendents proposals. >> moved and seconded on april 12th can we get a report if rules committee community rigs the rules committee gave a positive recommendation recommended the board passes well - do - never mind the second item was withdrawn but also recommend the board as part of rules committee this the assault and bullying policy was forward with a positive recommendation but amendments were made and forth coming with the amendments that's why this is not on the agenda this evening. >> thank you commissioner wynns superintendent someone read the resolution. >> into the record. >> like to ask the general council

a great partner in education superintendent thank you for being here today all right. richard carranza and i want to welcome yet another great partner in addition to superintendent on the mayor's education leadership council that's charter schoncellor i want to thank to our state senator by way of there is football being played there is games games on the field but another field sometimes you have to play serious games someone who has been made tackles in sacramento who is game manship made us proud because senator leno has been making don't plays up that to mr. chaprotect the accreditation senator leno thank you. >> (clapping.) i told you, i like mayors i also like restortired mayors mayors know what i am going introduce because they went through the same thing and good advice but a great mayor as a matter of fact, one of the greatest mayor a mayor, i had explained to other newer mayors walking through your beautiful city hall who knew who did that with the gold trimming the mayor i yet to know other mayors with a bridge named after them former mayor willie brown thank you. >> (clappi

. >> good evening commissioner president haney and commissioner and superintendant carranza joann will present this earning report she had a family emergency i'm the coordinator for the advisory committee and will have a brief presentation we're share about our collaborative work with the department recently we were invited to participate on navigating special services and advocating for students with disability one way or another one of our member will be sharing her navigation for the support as a spanish speaking parents and this is part of a larger workshop for practitioners and providers to learn about the experiences of families naefrt outside support this is workshop is sponsored by the san francisco support network and will think facilitated by the special education depended and support for families of children of families with skablts disabilities that will take place on friday april 15th from the 9 and in this board room and work with the special education staff around the family survey around the i p process tools to provide for families to provide feedback for school sites

.) >> good evening commissioners students and superintendent carranza i'm a family liaison at a community course and here to urge you to invest in the extort of staff to insure the students success and to fully support the safe and supportive resolution in our unified school district and most parents earn an average of $25 a year half to rent a two bedroom apartment currently the average rent for a two bedroom apartment is $4,700 it is imperative to give the monitoring and groernl growth for us to provide quality education and the appointees low wage salaries has an negative impact in the community and informs us to leave our unaffordable city and the work we love as a champ a high percent the latino rely on the relationship not only with their teachers but with they're the parents and support staff remember the personalities are and support staff the last line of defense tonight, you have the opportunity to fully support our students and educators so the sfusd can confront the quality that our city is facing thank you. >> my name is lisa i'm the secretary of sfusd i'm going to reader a s

. >> good evening, commissioners and superintendant carranza and san francisco unified school district community members my name is robert daniel the director of professionalism arts for san francisco unified school district i had the pleasure of introducing the resident mr. peter period of time is a phenomenal eliminator professionalism arts the elementary school art program for 8 years peter has the unique ability to create a culture of excitement and love for performing with all the students and communities peter wholly involves the students from an hatch of an idea the perform work to song to production period of time will begin within an idea of a historical figure and work with the students along with the songs letter rick's and ouch to perform betsey carmichael students have performed open the stages of the geary, and the strand theatres opening conservatory man in the course for 5 years a model for integrated arts at the highest level and the unique ability to teach classes of one and 200 students in large is the and earned him the name i've given the pied piper of instead of h

. >> members of the board superintendent carranza i'm victor issues chair the chinese-american democratic club i'll pass out a memory on the condoms the club buildings this undermines the authority of family the low one percent squall pharynx rate in middle school is due to month small part for the asian family the programs message says that sex is normal and acceptable but disease is bad condoms are legal and can be purchased anyway effective education needed needs no be kument appropriate that goes for health education parents and family are the strongest shakers of early behavior that's strengthen the family and not wale that, please give right and recognize to the family and let's work in a cooperate partnership thank you. >> (clapping). >> good evening, everyone i'm hannah i'm here to want to let you know that our parents does need to have a right to know all the things of school especially for the kids first of all, have a condom free for a 6 grader i think that is good early and as for high school i think accepted but for middle school too early and i would think that educating our

. >> good evening, commissioners and superintendant carranza and san francisco unified school district community members my name is robert daniel the director of professionalism arts for san francisco unified school district i had the pleasure of introducing the resident mr. peter period of time is a phenomenal eliminator professionalism arts the elementary school art program for 8 years peter has the unique ability to create a culture of excitement and love for performing with all the students and communities peter wholly involves the students from an hatch of an idea the perform work to song to production period of time will begin within an idea of a historical figure and work with the students along with the songs letter rick's and ouch to perform betsey carmichael students have performed open the stages of the geary, and the strand theatres opening conservatory man in the course for 5 years a model for integrated arts at the highest level and the unique ability to teach classes of one and 200 students in large is the and earned him the name i've given the pied piper of instead of h

strong people in our community and they are leaders and future leaders to pave the way but superintendent carranzand superintendant guerrero and the board you gave us a mission you gave us a place we now have a foundation for our people our culture we take those responsibilities serious you know we plant and grow and spread and continued 40 that for generations and generations i'm here because someone pass on to me we're passing on to our children i'm giving it back tatoui you maturity have a responsibility to grow to grow our children to grow with our strength we have a list of priorities here but they are common simple priorities that i'm sure you here among the students and many of the people but we take the responsibility of our architecture and growing things and our plants very serious you see those are your responsibility and we ask more than ask that you continue to support us so we can have more successes thank you. (clapping.) >> good evening board i'm rachel i i am an gold member of the communities i just wanted to point out one of the priorities this morning i had an assessment with on

superintendent carranza, president painter haley, rather i'm sorry. other members of the board thank you for listening to me. my daughter was in-for 3 years. she described waited last year and is now in 9th grade. she was doing well enough to where we decided she was mature enough to look around at lowell, at lincoln, the other high schools there. she got a sliding the way. she was also in that other charter school located with de soto. she chose flex. because it presented the opportunity for her she liked. she is nearly all straight a's, if not stated she's coming out of her shell. she's doing very well at flex academy. she liked the attention she gets good considered been turned into a school with 2500-3000 students, not so much personal time with teachers she gets a lot of personal attention with the teachers due to the small class size. no, i understand that there are issues around p 39 granting of facilities. i also understand, though, we have enough interest, parents names and numbers were provided to fulfill some of the prop 39 records for numb

that's what we're going to spend quality time doing and i kind of agree with superintendent carranzahat the presentations by the departments is pretty refreshing to hear because it's usually only discussed in the daily work of the school district strategic plan in this room, and now we're able to hear from departments what their intent is or what they want to do and in holding everybody accountable we wanted to make sure we have a framework to discuss our goals as an entire city of all the participants and tonight we want to also put life into these frameworks by beginning with real life stories, stories like reggie danielson's story and how he grew up in the city and what he encountered as someone who went through the entire touching of different parts and how maybe through his story suggests that we can do even better and more and use these words like integration and alignment with some real life stories ahead, and then followed by reggie's presentation we will have does sca laurie again to point us in the right direction and her focus will be to keep us in the right direction, but

elite school. >> reporter: but bringing more people of color into lowell is not simple, says superintendent carranzawe knew that, we'd have already figured it out, and so would stuyvesant and boston latin. if you see students in your school, are they made to feel they're welcome? or do students of color feel like, well, they're just a quota? >> reporter: lowell's principal has tried to dispel that feeling-- and boost academic performance-- by meeting occasionally at lunchtime with black freshmen and sophomores and a special consultant, to go over grades and problems. >> how did you guys do last spring? >> first semester, i really did great in algebra two. even though i was doubling up. i would fall behind, but i did it. >> so have you come down here for tutoring? i've seen you guys down here. >> i come down here to get a few >> you know, my spanish grade was really bad, it was like an f. now it's a "b," because i worked really hard to get it there. >> reporter: addressing the issues of diversity frankly is a major goal of an elective class in critical thinking and social change. >> a lot of people d