the fair act, which alita fisher was referring to, i think it doesn't address ethnicity, and i think that's why the fair act -- i think maybe if we could incorporate in the whereas section a reference to the fair acts, because i think it is important to acknowledge that the lgbtq community and the disability community are also groups. and the native-american community, which is also referenced in that act, are also groups that deserve recognition, in the way we talk about them in schools. but i wouldn't want to -- there is a specific fight that is going on that we aren't experiencing in san francisco -- [audio is breaking up] >> but there are folks who are trying to -- basically it is like they're trying to insert themselves into the work that is going on at state level in order to basically make it not exist. it is like the mandarin groups -- [audio is breaking up] >> gabriel, are you okay with adding a "whereas" clause? >> yeah. >> maybe, allison, if you want to just shoot something off, we can add it in. >> i would want to reference -- i don't know -- can we agree on it, saying we

. >> this is alita fisher, past chair of community advisory committee for special education. i want be to thank deputy superintendent, the chief academic officer, jill our interim chief of special education. directors of special education jenny and the president susie for participating in the chc membership meeting this past thursday night. we had 71 meeting attendees, that is a record hi, who participated in the zoom call. we offered breakout rooms for interpretation to spanish and chinese to make the meeting inclusive. we had robust feedback about distance learning and how that is going and great conversation. we would like to thank commissioner sanchez for joining us during the meeting. it is great to see how the district prioritized parent engagement and focused on including families of students requiring special ed services in the inclusion practices around equity. thank you very much. there is ongoing work to do. the fact we are collaborating with families openly and honestly is much appreciated. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> this is julie. it is appropriate we

i am alita fisher and i'm the past chair of the advisory committee for special education.st of all, thank you everyone, but particularly thanks to all of the special education teachers, case managers, service providers, related service's providers and everybody who has reached out to families receiving special ed services for learning plans. this has been a huge effort and as we hear often, we're building the plane as we're flying it. but the amount of collaboration here as been immense and we really -- teachers are building websites as they're reviewing iaps and as they're talking to families and it's a huge, huge list and we're so grateful for it. but we're hearing a lot from families who are concerned about what's offered in the distance learning plans and we have a whole a lot of question. for example, what i does specialized economic instruction look like? we're not seeing a lot of individualized service with families and there's a lot of questions about the roles that paras fill in ieps? do they have all of the information they need and how service providers will off

i am alita fisher and i'm the past chair of the advisory committee for special education.st of all, thank you everyone, but particularly thanks to all of the special education teachers, case managers, service providers, related service's providers and everybody who has reached out to families receiving special ed services for learning plans. this has been a huge effort and as we hear often, we're building the plane as we're flying it. but the amount of collaboration here as been immense and we really -- teachers are building websites as they're reviewing iaps and as they're talking to families and it's a huge, huge list and we're so grateful for it. but we're hearing a lot from families who are concerned about what's offered in the distance learning plans and we have a whole a lot of question. for example, what i does specialized economic instruction look like? we're not seeing a lot of individualized service with families and there's a lot of questions about the roles that paras fill in ieps? do they have all of the information they need and how service providers will off