. >> the next presenter is the principal at carmichael. >> and good evening, commissioners. i have been given this opportunity to recognize a fabulous member of the team. our learning support professional has been with us for close to four years. she has shown nothing but dedication and commitment to the wonderful and beautiful students. she goes over and beyond the call of duty. i can go on and on, but i am very pleased to have to, by the way, was at halftime. i know that the other principal supervising her has been very pleased with her work. i am so honored to present to you our learning support professional. [applause] >> i wanted to thank everyone for the award. the learning support professionals, the counselors, everyone that works with our students, i hope it will be appear in the future. >> we would also like an opportunity to honor our students. i will invite virginia marshall. >> good evening. @t7nópresident mendoza, board commissioners, superintendent garcia. [unintelligible] i have some good news to share. on behalf of the san francisco alliance of black school

we had a lot of discussions around the educational needs around the carmichael community and outlying area, and what is happening with rec and park, and how we can ensure quality and safety for our students in the community. i want to thank supervisor kim for providing the opportunity. item t is the report of closed section -- closed session actions. the board approved the expulsion of a middle school student. a public employee was dismissed. the board acted pursuant to the code to authorize the superintendent answer to fund managers -- and certified managers to offer their release for the school year. there was the appointment of one principlal, four site managers, 18 assistant principals, and four supervisors. there were classified personal transactions and the acceptance of gifts for the month of january, 2011. before our adjournment, we are very sad to have to adjourn our meeting with three wonderful people that have been in our lives. i would like to start by asking jill wynns to honor carolyn marks. commissioner wynns: a political figure in her own right, she died on february 12

for k-8 access to bessy carmichael. the proposal does include. they also have a c-tip one. we had to make sure they had language to pathways and citywide schools. again i want to thank the principals and all of the c.b.o. 0's at treasure island because -- because they actually beep very proactive in these discussions. >> so the last comment is i do hope that we keep the district six supervisor in the loop. and she most recently is very familiar with perspective. treasure island i with with -- perspective. treasure island is within her jurisdiction. com misser? >> focom misser? >> for you this presentation. this is tough mo me. my younger daughter attends rosa parks and my older daughter graduated from that program. the reason we chose it is because of the diversity of kids from all over -- all over the city representing different public schools. i wanted to touch on five issues. first, what enrollment impact this may have. working families in san francisco can't pick up their kids in the middle of the afternoon. i know many of them rely he have loin the service to pick up t

groups in several of the public schools including tenderloin community elementary school, betsy carmichael, redding and buena vista. i became fack with the work of la voz. they are hugely active in helping improve communication for our parent-teacher communications and to work to ensure we are bringing bilingual staff to the schools and to keep our students in our communities ensuring safety transfers and working on not expeling kids. and the group is working on a plan to improve pedestrian safety and cleany -- cleanliness in our parks. they are very strong, outspoken women who not only work full time and raise families but dedicate their hours outside to take leadership roles in their communities, to fight for integrated and successful and affordable housing, transit and jobs. i also wanted to acknowledge today a woman that has been a huge part of holding up this program. it's a woman that i have worked very closely with, a colleague and friend who has dedicated her life to serve and organize as a tenant rights activist and organizer for the tenner lyon affordable housing clinic and s.e.i

i'm a physical education teacher at betsy carmichael middle school. in september of 2010 i gave an order of p.e. equipment to the

carmichael, dr. george carter, george chaves, drew, guadalupe, francis scott key, malcolm x, john muir, tenderloin, and others. i think it is important that the community know which schools are eligible, and i am so pleased that 311, if you dial 311, you should be able to get information about this service. 311 is the city-wide number for any kind of cities service, and then on the website, says that school secretaries are also the contact, so i just want to make sure that has happened -- citywide number for any kind of cities service -- city cervic -- service. >> we have netratings for teachers. we have that training is also for the clerical staff -- we have had trainings for teachers. we have met with the principles. also, we have maur outreach to do. the trash were met with the assistant superintendents to enlist their support. about 54% of the consent forms have come back. i do want to commend sanchez elementary for being 100% enrolled. it might say 96% on the website, but the doctor informed me

i'm a physical education teacher at betsy carmichael middle school. in september of 2010 i gave an order of p.e. equipment to the secretary. she said they want to know what happened to the volley balls you lad -- had last year. i told her the kid kicked them on the roof and the rest were stolen. she came back and said they'd order the equipment but not the volley balls. i went and bought the volley balls plus a few other items with my own money. i have receipts right here. they told me to ask josie about the money for p.e. i asked four times between october and december. she said there's no more money for p.e., just for athletics. in january, i put in an order of $3,500 for equipment. wendy told me to write it up anyway. josie said there's now $800 for p.e., the rest is for athletics. i asked in december and january about the prop h money. i have copies of the emails between the group regarding the fund. i ordered about -- worth of equipment. i asked josie where is the rest of the money that's left and she said there's nothing left. i kept quiet about

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