we also received a report from sfusd staff and once again i do want to say that christina wong and jennifer fong have been just great in helping us with our duties at the bbc -- bcc, and finally we have -- their guidance. that also helps us. they have quite -- i mean the report is like this thick, so they just keep us updated on what's going on and of course we go out and do visits so those are some of the things we have been able to do this year, and my colleagues are each going to address another portion of this. >> hi. i am abe [inaudible] and with the group with 2011 to 2012. our focus was on time in elementary and middle school. we particular focus on long-term el's and include fifth grade. we started kinder as potential student as defined by sfusd and the ioc. we request [inaudible] general schedule, and then allow us to make situation and speak with staff, students and families with ioc representation. we have five we can have more [inaudible] without ioc representative present. in our situation bcc a part of appropriate teaching strategy during instruction time. we note that many ha

. >> >> cindy and troy and i and the co-chair were present at the meeting where they asked christina wong to give a presentation of the action plan and we asked that her presentation be included in your packet today. we are very happy that finally we have been asking for data regarding our different path ways for many years and we are excited and we have it now and starting to look more effectively how our pathways are doing. we really are very thankful that data is out there and again it's a move forward for the district and the families and the students. we are very interested in how this data is going to be used, and the way that we are going to continue to use this data to improve the pathways, take hard looks at the pathways, where we're doing great and where we're not doing so great. one of the signs i was particularly interested in how the spanish language, english language students were doing in our pathways. if you could see on that slide you can see how our students, spanish students are doing and in all the different pathways and frankly what we're doing as a district is not li

on january 15, 2012, the pac will host our next community briefing with christina wong, a special assistant to the superintendent, who will provide an overview of the plan and service supporting english language learns in sfusd. and second we hope to hear how the district is addressing challenges and the plan. and third how the pac and our community partners might support the district to improve the remote better communication with our english language learners families and students. thank you. >> any questions or comments? vice president fewer. >> thank you, for your presentations. i wanted to know when you are addressing the pta with the restorative practices. do you have a date and location for that? >> good evening, and congratulations to president norton, vice president fewer. and welcome aboard commissioner haney. yeah, we do have a date set for monday, january 28. we don't have a location yet. but i can forward that once that is established. >> do you know the time? their meeting convenes at 6:30 and i think our spot will be at 7 or 7:30. >> thank you very much. all right, we will mo

on january 15, 2012, the pac will host our next community briefing with christina wong, a special assistant to the superintendent, who will provide an overview of the plan and service supporting english language learns in sfusd. and second we hope to hear how the district is addressing challenges and the plan. and third how the pac and our community partners might support the district to improve the remote better communication with our english language learners families and students. thank you.