the program is currently being hosted at balboa high school. today, we did our first orientation with about 50youth and the principal and responsible open it up for us to do another presentation tomorrow and one on monday. the schedule fluctuates, but the program is set up to serve 100, and they have an opportunity to receive up to at $590 that it, so it is a $50 gift card, depending on attendance, depending on summer school attendance, and we developed a rubric to determine how that they scale would work in terms of their seven. first orientation was today. that went over very well. we had about 50 something youth. they have all been given intake forms for the program. we will probably have a more finalist as of monday. part of our strategy as well is possibly working with bringing some of the youth over from philip burton. they have a credit recovery program being operated, as well as lowell high school. we working up some transportation issues because we want to try to get as close to 100 as possible. so there are already enrolled in summer

right now, you take the 14 bus 2 balboa station, and it will take you 40 minutes just to get to balboa station. that is one thing i am looking at, making muni more effective. san francisco, we talk about it being a transit first city, but it does not mean a lot of options for transit are not well thought out in places further from downtown. my district is one place where we need to create better options. >> you mentioned muni and the changes that are happening. what about parking, traffic, is the area safer for pedestrians? >> there is always a lot of work to do with pedestrians. making sure the department of parking and traffic is painting along alemany. along balboa park station, geneva, san jose, pushing hard to get a ramp for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street, especially if you are pushing a stroller or are in a wheelchair. you have to go further than you but typically have to. there is so much more to do. we have to figure out how to calm the traffic. a lot of cars, speeding through and make it unsafe for pedestrians. sidewalks are not very convenient for

i see zero, abraham lincoln, zero balboa, zero at galileo, zero at washington. i see two at lowell. i see zero at mission high school and zero at burton. so a lot of these class sizes are very, very small. i'm looking at also, let's see, i could look at another class here. naval science one, i see zero at lincoln, zero at balboa, zero at washington, zero at lowell, zero at mission and 84 at burton. so it's sort of the same numbers across the board here. so i'm sort of wondering, even with these class sizes, how many sections does a teacher teach or how many sections of jrotc are there in a school day , how many students are instructors actually teaching and, you know, we're not including students who participate after school. we are actually just including students who are currently enrolled with the master schedule and this is where we get our data from. so i think your numbers might show a higher number and a head count maybe and also, you know, we're also looking at a 10-day count but things change, too. so these numbers quite possibly could even be high. again, i don't see how t

at balboa working over the summer. and so we're going to offer filipino i and ii and we are working with city college to do filipino iii and iv. so thank you, united way. we have -- thank you for during that period any more announcements? the report on a closed session actions. this is the closed session from june 28, 2011. the board vote dd and maufas approved. item -- other items in the agend a are the following staff reports. acceptance of gifts for the month of may, 2011. our adjournment is in memory of a couple of folks that have been part of san francisco unified high school district. in memory of korea gonzales -- gloria gonzales. she was buried at sea. she was a mother, grandmother, and friend. working 26 years in various roles. as a homebound teacher with a special ed services department. the principal at the center. she was born during the depression as one of 12 children to mexican laborers and farmers. she spent her life working toward achieving a better education and educating the next generation. she was

special express buses will transport vans directly to candlestick from balboa park to the nineteenth avenue corridor. route 86, nonstop to the park and the light rail station. regular muni fares are accepted. special express bus fares are $12 for adults at $10 for seniors, youth, and disabled customers. i particularly want to draw your attention to sunday, september 11. they will play host to several games and the ceremonies. at this juncture, it is a pleasure to report that the pilot program to relieve overcrowding has exceeded expectations. i would ask john to step up to inform you about this program. >> i want to briefly walk through the first 6 1/7 weeks of the service. i have had the upper to the key to be involved with a lot of startup services. this is the first one that has had no learning curve. this is something that has worked very well in the first six weeks from day one. you may remember back when we talked about doing this, the principal reason we wanted to do a was to provide a predictable and alternative routes to the subway line. we have gotten one of the things that

we started at my school and it's moveed to balboa. to help a lot of kids who are victims themselves of the system. we have kids now who used to hate to come to school and now they are there everyday. they are getting what they need done and moving on. that's a good program. and secondly, the beacon program which, we have 8? >> yes >> we have 8 beacons around the city. they are really wonderful and lead the way to helping us with all of our kids. and i commend the mayor and margaret for help us out with those. >> mr. garcia? >> also, i need to add the wellness centers. >> around thing we need to build on is restored advocacy. we are pilots jane kimberly. she educated me.

i live on 27th avenue and balboa. i'm talking about some of the abuses we've had as a result of this concert. i was the victim of a home invasion last week. that's the way it felt. it was an invasion. it was not an invasion from these people. it was an invasion from another planet. from friday evening until sunday night, i was insulted by rally concertgoers, litter, and worst of all, the enlist noise of a thumping bass and other instruments. simply put, i was trapped and it was awful. one woman measured the sound level at her house at 23rd and california, which is almost a mile from the epicenter of the concert. 106 decimals in her house. this is twice the allowable sound level during and the noise in the city of san francisco. most importantly, there was not any community outreach. rec and park had a party in our neighborhood and everybody showed a callous disregard for our hospitality. i'm here to make what i hope is a productive request. i'm here to ask that the outside lands producers and rec and park sit down wit

balboa pool. the planning is complete. that work will start in september of this year when the poll closes for its annual maintenance. mayor llama clubhouse, the roofing is almost complete. a bit of a cost increase out of the contingency for hazmat and asbestos removal. union square. the replacement of the failed light fixtures in the pavement has been planned out. the department has, at the request of commissioner harrison, identified an alternative funding source. the downtown park fund can fund this work, rather than having it come up for a meet its budget. work will proceed from the downtown park fund, so that money will fall to the available balance as well. terderloin recreation center is open to the public. that is the update on the projects you had authorized for us in the past year. we are close to completion on all of those, with the two editions of the new square project and the park. the available contingency budget is about $213,000. if you add the drop in vero funding to that, union square funding, that will

i live on 27th avenue and balboa. i'm talking about some of the abuses we've had as a result of this concert. i was the victim of a home invasion last week. that's the way it felt. it was an invasion. it was not an invasion from these people. it was an invasion from another planet. from friday evening until sunday night, i was insulted by rally concertgoers, litter, and worst of all, the enlist noise of a thumping bass and other instruments. simply put, i was trapped and it was awful. one woman measured the sound level at herse

the first project is the balboa park station east side connection project, a request for approximately $270,000 in prop k funds to leverage a $1.1 million lifeline transportation program grant, which was also programmed by the authority in july 2010. this is a joint effort between bart and mta for station accessibility improvements. this would fund the mta's version of the project. the scope of work includes a new boarding area, accessible key stop on san jose between geneva and ocean. it is the circle on the far right. it also has associated 8 curb ramps with that element of work. there is also utility pole relocation and demolishing of an existing key stop, which is the center most circle. that work will be done once bart has completed its portion of work and constructed a new platform. the larger east side connection project is a joint effort, as i said. bart's improvements include its ability to the west side station will quite entrance project. this is recently completed scope of work. this will also include a new canopy over the bridge walkway, as well as a new bridge path to a n

gray who did phenomenal work at balboa, all the teachers who are present, mr. cabana and others, nurse judy, and our students. every day i learn something new from our students. they come to me but i'm learning from them, also. it was amazing to me last year when school began when i was presented with a list of students, 1 african-american seniors, of that number, i was told only nine qualified for u.c.'s and c.s.u.'s. i knew something wasn't right. i wasn't sure what it was because i knew these students' plans. i knew what they wanted to do. so i worked and found ways to connect with our c.s.u.'s and hbcu's to find alternatives for these students. at the end of the year of the 31, 17 have gone for four-year colleges. but it's not only me. [applause] >> because that's the part you've got to understand. they've gone there because of the work that's being done at mission with everyone. i'm accepted the award but it's really for all of us. because it wouldn't happen without all of us. the kids always say, you know, you're always in my business, you're doing too mu

ron erickson graduated from balboa high school in 1960. ed lim credit from galileo academy of science and technology in 1966. he was smart enough to marry a wonderful woman named and that who served for many years as a principal of our school district. one of the important jobs i had this year was launching a new scholarship program. thank you so much. the nations of california grant about $1.30 million in scholarships every year. we were caused to stop and think about what we are doing and to make a more profound district. we were able to carve off this year $157,000 for a new program called investment success. no longer was it just about gpa and financial need. it was about understanding students and their circumstances and who could use a hand up. the students we recognize tonight were referred by guidance counselors and principles. we interviewed each of them to understand them. they have shown character and a willingness to support our community that is exemplary. i am reminded of a "buy my angelou -- of a quote by maya angelou. "if y