my name is alita fisher. i look forward to working with you in the future. if there is anything i can do as an advocate, as a parent, i look forward to working with you. i only brought five copies of the flyers, but i'd be willing to spread additional information. just say the word. >> any other public comment at this time? >> no other cards. >> co-chair senhaux: i'll close public comment and move on to information item number 4. which is the co-chair report. so the mayor's disability council schedule has changed and we're going to have a monthly meeting every other month. the month we're not meeting, we're going to be doing outreach for public meetings. we're going to go out to agencies, community-based organizations, depends where we're needed and as our schedule permits, because we have our own individual contacts. so one of the meetings that i was able to attend that i'd like to give information on, was the community alliance of disability advocates. i've only had the opportunity to meet twice. so i want to give you a little description about who they ar

my name is alita fisher. i'm a parent of four students within sfusd. one is a graduate of mission high school. we're in our 13th year in the school district. i'm also the chair of the community advisory committee for special education and i sit on the task force. and i'm here to talk to you today about the power of our schools as intervention. the foundation released a study a few years. it's called early warning. students not reading at grade level bit end of third grade are four times less likely to graduate from high school. for students from low income families, not reading at grade level by the end of third grade increases the rate to six times less likely to graduate. my personal story, i'd love to share with you all. my husband and i are former foster parents, we're adoptive parents and that recent high school graduate i talked about, she started measure a loma elementary school in first grade as a foster kid who was through multiple foster homes and a lot of trauma and had attachment disorder. where we got our support was actually through our s