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they go to district 6 and then they go to district 5 and in district 3 in district 9 and they go throughout the city. you can tell by the heat index map that it's there. it does have a positive impact on every other part of the city, even though you may have a number that's reported greater in one specific district. >> i certainly look forward to working with you in how we bring some of the strategies that have worked in district 62 bernal heights because i do believe that the number of incidents reported is not -doesn't view the full pressure because i do think there's a lot of people in places like bernal heights that has stopped reporting these crimes. i'm not saying that's a good outcome either. we want people to report them but i think that i look for to working with you in making that happen. colleagues, supervisor avalos >> we have both police department thank you for your presentation and your work. this a very very challenging problem and it has increased, and i know there's been a lot of work trying to prevent break-ins and try to catch people in the act i'm wondering what the da'
they go to district 6 and then they go to district 5 and in district 3 in district 9 and they go throughout the city. you can tell by the heat index map that it's there. it does have a positive impact on every other part of the city, even though you may have a number that's reported greater in one specific district. >> i certainly look forward to working with you in how we bring some of the strategies that have worked in district 62 bernal heights because i do believe that the number of...
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the 6th street lodging h district, the south end district, and townsend district and two additions to the kearney market sutter district. the remaining 26 properties were determined ineligible for listing on the register nor assigned a status code. the recommendations for article 10 and 11 designations were included in your packets. that information has always been posted as part of the area plan. however for today they're only to be considered as future recommendations. the issue before the commission today is adoption of the context statement and the survey findings. later in the area as the area plan moves forward for adoption staff will bring the eir and article changes back to you for discussion. i did have one last note which we discussed about the one submitted for 633 folsom. staff had previously determined that building was a 3cs with arg's report we have changed the findings to a 6c making it not a resource. this concludes my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. commissioner pearlman. >> yeah, i have one question about the flower market building. >
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they go to district 6 and then they go to district 5 and in district 3 in district 9 and they go throughout the city. you can tell by the heat index map that it's there. it does have a positive impact on every other part of the city, even though you may have a number that's reported greater in one specific district. >> i certainly look forward to working with you in how we bring some of the strategies that have worked in district 62 bernal heights because i do believe that the number of incidents reported is not -doesn't view the full pressure because i do think there's a lot of people in places like bernal heights that has stopped reporting these crimes. i'm not saying that's a good outcome either. we want people to report them but i think that i look for to working with you in making that happen. colleagues, supervisor avalos >> we have both police department thank you for your presentation and your work. this a very very challenging problem and it has increased, and i know there's been a lot of work trying to prevent break-ins and try to catch people in the act i'm wondering what the da'
they go to district 6 and then they go to district 5 and in district 3 in district 9 and they go throughout the city. you can tell by the heat index map that it's there. it does have a positive impact on every other part of the city, even though you may have a number that's reported greater in one specific district. >> i certainly look forward to working with you in how we bring some of the strategies that have worked in district 62 bernal heights because i do believe that the number of...
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they go to district 6 and then they go to district 5 and in district 3 in district 9 and they go throughout the city. you can tell by the heat index map that it's there. it does have a positive impact on every other part of the city, even though you may have a number that's reported greater in one specific district. >> i certainly look forward to working with you in how we bring some of the strategies that have worked in district 62 bernal heights because i do believe that the number of incidents reported is not -doesn't view the full pressure because i do think there's a lot of people in places like bernal heights that has stopped reporting these crimes. i'm not saying that's a good outcome either. we want people to report them but i think that i look for to working with you in making that happen. colleagues, supervisor avalos >> we have both police department thank you for your presentation and your work. this a very very challenging problem and it has increased, and i know there's been a lot of work trying to prevent break-ins and try to catch people in the act i'm wondering what the da'
they go to district 6 and then they go to district 5 and in district 3 in district 9 and they go throughout the city. you can tell by the heat index map that it's there. it does have a positive impact on every other part of the city, even though you may have a number that's reported greater in one specific district. >> i certainly look forward to working with you in how we bring some of the strategies that have worked in district 62 bernal heights because i do believe that the number of...
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districts currently. it doesn't contain any modern style buildings. the area around is well represented by existing landmarks with three near by and none of the buildings within the proposed district have specific historical or cultural or ethnic associations. however the research indicates they were originally occupied by working class families, first generation california families to immigrant parents rcht the department seeks input from the commission as whether a final application should or not be requested or whether or not the proposed landmark district warrants this to the program. the san francisco historic preservation commission may add or not add woodward street to the landmark designation program. whether concurrently or separately ask staff for additional information. this concludes my presentation and happy to answer any questions and he is here to also answer questions for you. >> any questions for ms. ferguson? >> i have one question. in the report you alluded to another area close by on s
districts currently. it doesn't contain any modern style buildings. the area around is well represented by existing landmarks with three near by and none of the buildings within the proposed district have specific historical or cultural or ethnic associations. however the research indicates they were originally occupied by working class families, first generation california families to immigrant parents rcht the department seeks input from the commission as whether a final application should or...
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the 6th street lodging h district, the south end district, and townsend district and two additions toistrict. the remaining 26 properties were determined ineligible for listing on the register nor assigned a status code. the recommendations for article 10 and 11 designations were included in your packets. that information has always been posted as part of the area plan. however for today they're only to be considered as future recommendations. the issue before the commission today is adoption of the context statement and the survey findings. later in the area as the area plan moves forward for adoption staff will bring the eir and article changes back to you for discussion. i did have one last note which we discussed about the one submitted for 633 folsom. staff had previously determined that building was a 3cs with arg's report we have changed the findings to a 6c making it not a resource. this concludes my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. commissioner pearlman. >> yeah, i have one question about the flower market building. >> yes. >> there was so much
the 6th street lodging h district, the south end district, and townsend district and two additions toistrict. the remaining 26 properties were determined ineligible for listing on the register nor assigned a status code. the recommendations for article 10 and 11 designations were included in your packets. that information has always been posted as part of the area plan. however for today they're only to be considered as future recommendations. the issue before the commission today is adoption...
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english learner district committee the district advisory committee is a committee of parents of english language learners that are elected by english learner families at the school sites and come together 5 time a year to talk about the programs and services for english learners tonight i would like to begin by thanking our board that served with us from 2013 to 2015 their names are nadia jack chris and elaine and louis and quan, carla and others i have the proud honor of naming our new delake executive committee the district commonly known as the delake they represent is commonly known as delake i want to say our board has put together this report with the recommendation in 3 hours please stand if you're the room (calling names) so without any more time i'm going to turn it over to our district executive committee delake. >> good evening i represent the school we as delack board we're here in support of recommendation number one professional development and curriculum we recommend allocating the fund to buy room for every classroom it is aligned with the planners in english learn arts
english learner district committee the district advisory committee is a committee of parents of english language learners that are elected by english learner families at the school sites and come together 5 time a year to talk about the programs and services for english learners tonight i would like to begin by thanking our board that served with us from 2013 to 2015 their names are nadia jack chris and elaine and louis and quan, carla and others i have the proud honor of naming our new delake...
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some of the problems at the school district is having the school district is focused on. it might be civil rights issues or might be a society problem, but this is not a civil rights issue or a society problem. this is a san francisco unified school district problem. no classroom doors and walls is not equitable. there are 2 schools in the unified school district and those 2 schools are in hunters point and bayview. that's really unfortunate good everyone knows that and bayview has the highest crime rate in san francisco. it's just not equitable. i remember reading about a school in atlanta with the teacher was able to prevent her students from being shot because she was able to close the classroom door and locked the door with the desk. that's not wait for a tragedy to happen. we definitely need classroom doors and if not now, then when? no doors impact learning because of the constant noise of the students -50s headphones for reading and trying to concentrate. several of our students suffer from severe trauma. can i just go a couple more? okay. we have a high teacher to
some of the problems at the school district is having the school district is focused on. it might be civil rights issues or might be a society problem, but this is not a civil rights issue or a society problem. this is a san francisco unified school district problem. no classroom doors and walls is not equitable. there are 2 schools in the unified school district and those 2 schools are in hunters point and bayview. that's really unfortunate good everyone knows that and bayview has the highest...
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it starts with our school districts and i'm so glad that our school districts have been a partner and working on this vision and it also takes responsibilities. it is not just up to our schools to change that. our schools alone don't have the capacity the do that. as a community we can send those kinds of message to help students know we believe in their future and willing to work with them, with their families to get them to school to help them realize our future. thank you very much. >>supervisor norman yee: as you have gone from one place to another beyond san francisco, how are you seeing other school districts prioritize this issue and are there lessons learned from other places where we can apply this in san francisco. i'm not just talking about this school district, but i'm talking about this city as a whole? >> yes, first of all it's about using our data in a way that we are strategic and targeted. chronic absence is not a problem everywhere. i know that our district will talk more about this. it's about some schools and some neighborhoods. we need to get the information and f
it starts with our school districts and i'm so glad that our school districts have been a partner and working on this vision and it also takes responsibilities. it is not just up to our schools to change that. our schools alone don't have the capacity the do that. as a community we can send those kinds of message to help students know we believe in their future and willing to work with them, with their families to get them to school to help them realize our future. thank you very much....
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of the school district. presenter: thank you supervisors for allowing me to speak right now. i'm from the san francisco board of education. i would like to thank you for bringing up this topic. it's a call for action for us and how it's so directly related to the academic achievement of our students. we had a presentation on the african american achievement and chronic absenteeism as one of the challenges. i'm glad that we are getting better data and i want to . that it disproportionately affects a certain group of children, and we are talking about our african american and latino children. it's a few things that are in common. it is the responsibility of our district and the city to address it in those terms. we are talking about schools and how it's concentrate in certain schools. we look at those schools and they have the highest concentration of those populations and uncredentialed teachers and the highest concentration of turnover of teachers. they also have the highest concentration of students that do
of the school district. presenter: thank you supervisors for allowing me to speak right now. i'm from the san francisco board of education. i would like to thank you for bringing up this topic. it's a call for action for us and how it's so directly related to the academic achievement of our students. we had a presentation on the african american achievement and chronic absenteeism as one of the challenges. i'm glad that we are getting better data and i want to . that it disproportionately...
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the regular meeting of the board of education of the san francisco unified school district for tuesday, march 8, 2016, is now called to order roll call ms. fewer mr. reiskin o ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton vice president walton ms. wynns mr. haney ms. chin mr. totiano thank you please me the pledge of allegiance please join me the pledge of allegiance. >> (laughter). mr. vice president i think you have awning announcement around the agenda >> at the commissioner president haney i'm wroou resolution encouraging the students to exercise in their voting rights and be brought back at the march 22 regular board meeting. >> i want to welcome the members of the public thank you for being here if i want to address the board please fill out a speaker card the hallway and submit the speaker card before the item is called in front of the board mr. superintendent. >> thank you, very much president haney and good evening to everybody that is here and listening the saturday the san francisco unified school district and our board commissioner led by sandra fewer and attended by emily mu
the regular meeting of the board of education of the san francisco unified school district for tuesday, march 8, 2016, is now called to order roll call ms. fewer mr. reiskin o ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton vice president walton ms. wynns mr. haney ms. chin mr. totiano thank you please me the pledge of allegiance please join me the pledge of allegiance. >> (laughter). mr. vice president i think you have awning announcement around the agenda >> at the commissioner...
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superintendent there are no recognized or resolution or accommodations tonight school districts mr. gibner and mr. totiano. >> thank you as for sfusd report we'll be having the retreat training camp out our goal for to weekend blackberry go ov go over your leadership without ward bound california we're excited about this opportunity to work as a team and build a strong student voice even though first time to camp together too as of the sfusd student engagement that will be the spread of the involvement the industry as for the encouraging students to exercise their voelt rights we're currently finalizing the language of in your own words with ms. fewer and commissioner norton and - >> thank you want. >> i also want to wish everyone a happy witness international day yep. >> (laughter). >> i have a lot of women in any family so but i'm very happy for them. >> as for the continuation on the - student advisory committee report the annual review synonym we've been working on in are last couple of makes march friday next week from exciting working groups mr. haney e mraepts a student worki
superintendent there are no recognized or resolution or accommodations tonight school districts mr. gibner and mr. totiano. >> thank you as for sfusd report we'll be having the retreat training camp out our goal for to weekend blackberry go ov go over your leadership without ward bound california we're excited about this opportunity to work as a team and build a strong student voice even though first time to camp together too as of the sfusd student engagement that will be the spread of...
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the lines of the district.hey say they were drawn based mainly on race. they argue that violates the voting rights act and the equal protection clause there say they packed black voters infl ininfluencing virginia's republican representatives in congress have now appealed to the u.s. supreme court and one of the issues the justices -- remember, there are just eight of them -- have to decide is whether these lawmakers who don't live in the district, don't represent it, actually can even bring this case. what the court has to decide is whether the lower court was right in tossing out the district and designed mainly based on race or whether the old map and the district are just final village is holding its primary on june 14th. >> lisa stark, thank you. the third and fourth districts are being contested and here is why: more than 50% of the voters in the third district are african-americans who mostly vote democrats. in the fourth district, african-american voters may up 31%. one of district has the greatest chan
the lines of the district.hey say they were drawn based mainly on race. they argue that violates the voting rights act and the equal protection clause there say they packed black voters infl ininfluencing virginia's republican representatives in congress have now appealed to the u.s. supreme court and one of the issues the justices -- remember, there are just eight of them -- have to decide is whether these lawmakers who don't live in the district, don't represent it, actually can even bring...
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english learner district committee the district advisory committee is a committee of parents of english language learners that are elected by english learner families at the school sites and come together 5 time a year to talk about the programs and services for english learners tonight i would like to begin by thanking our board that served with us from 2013 to 2015 their names are nadia jack chris and elaine and louis and quan, carla and others i have the proud honor of naming our new delake executive committee the district commonly known as the delake they represent is commonly known as delake i want to say our board has put together this report with the recommendation in 3 hours please stand if you're the room (calling names) so without any more time i'm going to turn it over to our district executive committee delake. >> good evening i represent the school we as delack board we're here in support of recommendation number one professional development and curriculum we recommend allocating the fund to buy room for every classroom it is aligned with the planners in english learn arts
english learner district committee the district advisory committee is a committee of parents of english language learners that are elected by english learner families at the school sites and come together 5 time a year to talk about the programs and services for english learners tonight i would like to begin by thanking our board that served with us from 2013 to 2015 their names are nadia jack chris and elaine and louis and quan, carla and others i have the proud honor of naming our new delake...
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the 6th street lodging h district, the south end district, and townsend district and two additions to market sutter district. the remaining 26 properties were determined ineligible for listing on the register nor assigned a status code. the recommendations for article 10 and 11 designations were included in your packets. that information has always been posted as part of the area plan. however for today they're only to be considered as future recommendations. the issue before the commission today is adoption of the context statement and the survey findings. later in the area as the area plan moves forward for adoption staff will bring the eir and article changes back to you for discussion. i did have one last note which we discussed about the one submitted for 633 folsom. staff had previously determined that building was a 3cs with arg's report we have changed the findings to a 6c making it not a resource. this concludes my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. commissioner pearlman. >> yeah, i have one question about the flower market building. >> yes. >> th
the 6th street lodging h district, the south end district, and townsend district and two additions to market sutter district. the remaining 26 properties were determined ineligible for listing on the register nor assigned a status code. the recommendations for article 10 and 11 designations were included in your packets. that information has always been posted as part of the area plan. however for today they're only to be considered as future recommendations. the issue before the commission...
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jose and [inaudible] on district 8 on elk street and district 6 to look at [inaudible] in district 9 we have been able to kick off the alameda interchange improvement project with commissioner campos and his staff this is in effort to improve the safety, pedestrian bike safety near farmers market [inaudible] more nrgz on those outreach meetings about the concepts beginning to emerge, visit sfcta.org/alameda change. the crooked street is shared with community members in the area of the crooked street. options are a full range of visitor access and circulation and physical treatments to deminsh the high level of vehicle and pedestrian visitors and avoiding the spill over effects to ajaistant streets. one of the findings we made is there as many visitors here as in the key locations in the city but the lack of management cupsty, so unlike the golden gate bridge and other places with a organization we think that is something that will be helpful to sustain the benefits of the short term programs that are tried. we'll come to the plans and programs exhibit no. 3 was committee and folks ca
jose and [inaudible] on district 8 on elk street and district 6 to look at [inaudible] in district 9 we have been able to kick off the alameda interchange improvement project with commissioner campos and his staff this is in effort to improve the safety, pedestrian bike safety near farmers market [inaudible] more nrgz on those outreach meetings about the concepts beginning to emerge, visit sfcta.org/alameda change. the crooked street is shared with community members in the area of the crooked...
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it starts with our school districts and i'm so glad that our school districts have been a partner and working on this vision and it also takes responsibilities. it is not just up to our schools to change that. our schools alone don't have the capacity the do that. as a community we can send those kinds of message to help students know we believe in their future and willing to work with them, with their families to get them to school to help them realize our future. thank you very much. >>supervisor norman yee: as you have gone from one place to another beyond san francisco, how are you seeing other school districts prioritize this issue and are there lessons learned from other places where we can apply this in san francisco. i'm not just talking about this school district, but i'm talking about this city as a whole? >> yes, first of all it's about using our data in a way that we are strategic and targeted. chronic absence is not a problem everywhere. i know that our district will talk more about this. it's about some schools and some neighborhoods. we need to get the information and f
it starts with our school districts and i'm so glad that our school districts have been a partner and working on this vision and it also takes responsibilities. it is not just up to our schools to change that. our schools alone don't have the capacity the do that. as a community we can send those kinds of message to help students know we believe in their future and willing to work with them, with their families to get them to school to help them realize our future. thank you very much....
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the 6th street lodging h district, the south end district, and townsend district and two additions to the kearney market sutter district. the remaining 26 properties were determined ineligible for listing on the register nor assigned a status code. the recommendations for article 10 and 11 designations were included in your packets. that information has always been posted as part of the area plan. however for today they're only to be considered as future recommendations. the issue before the commission today is adoption of the context statement and the survey findings. later in the area as the area plan moves forward for adoption staff will bring the eir and article changes back to you for discussion. i did have one last note which we discussed about the one submitted for 633 folsom. staff had previously determined that building was a 3cs with arg's report we have changed the findings to a 6c making it not a resource. this concludes my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. commissioner pearlman. >> yeah, i have one question about the flower market building. >
the 6th street lodging h district, the south end district, and townsend district and two additions to the kearney market sutter district. the remaining 26 properties were determined ineligible for listing on the register nor assigned a status code. the recommendations for article 10 and 11 designations were included in your packets. that information has always been posted as part of the area plan. however for today they're only to be considered as future recommendations. the issue before the...
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it starts with our school districts and i'm so glad that our school districts have been a partner and working on this vision and it also takes responsibilities. it is not just up to our schools to change that. our schools alone don't have the capacity the do that. as a community we can send those kinds of message to help students know we believe in their future and willing to work with them, with their families to get them to school to help them realize our future. thank you very much. >>supervisor norman yee: as you have gone from one place to another beyond san francisco, how are you seeing other school districts prioritize this issue and are there lessons learned from other places where we can apply this in san francisco. i'm not just talking about this school district, but i'm talking about this city as a whole? >> yes, first of all it's about using our data in a way that we are strategic and targeted. chronic absence is not a problem everywhere. i know that our district will talk more about this. it's about some schools and some neighborhoods. we need to get the information and f
it starts with our school districts and i'm so glad that our school districts have been a partner and working on this vision and it also takes responsibilities. it is not just up to our schools to change that. our schools alone don't have the capacity the do that. as a community we can send those kinds of message to help students know we believe in their future and willing to work with them, with their families to get them to school to help them realize our future. thank you very much....
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before tonight the school board meeting kicked off the district headquarters said district headquarters said the chances of them at with the district superintendent. he told me as a result of all the fallout from my investigative report detailing the abuse about cystic children at lauren elementary school he installed in clover spooled their school district special-education questions in the future. he said he is to do research first but he believes he will have a recommendation to get to the school board before the start of the next school year. >> at last month's school board meeting we had a number of parents speak to us about concerns they had about our special ed program and a number of parents requested specifically who put cameras in the classrooms. >> he tells me he wants to make a crystal-clear look clover school district heard the request for cameras and now they're acting on it. >> we researched it and i've learned some things. bill: we were at the school board meeting in february when several parents spoke out days before our investigative report aired. >> as we reported ro
before tonight the school board meeting kicked off the district headquarters said district headquarters said the chances of them at with the district superintendent. he told me as a result of all the fallout from my investigative report detailing the abuse about cystic children at lauren elementary school he installed in clover spooled their school district special-education questions in the future. he said he is to do research first but he believes he will have a recommendation to get to the...
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women of the year for district 9.>>[applause] >> thank you supervisor campos honorable supervisors, madam clerk, my family, friends and colleagues who are here, thank you so much for this honor. david, i beg to differ. it wasn't it was never just me. there many people, some of whom are in this room, go been there from the very beginning. this was never just been about a virus. this epidemic has been about the perfect storm bringing together a virus, with all the forces of racism, sexism, homophobia, a horrible drug war, and poverty and that is what has fueled this epidemic around the world and fueled it in san francisco until millions of people, tens of thousands of san franciscans and continue to this day. your leadership, your predecessors and your leadership is--has been key to all the progress that we've made over the last we are in the 35th year of this epidemic and will continue to be absolutely critical. my hospital, your hospital san francisco general hospital has been really key in this epidemic. we continue
women of the year for district 9.>>[applause] >> thank you supervisor campos honorable supervisors, madam clerk, my family, friends and colleagues who are here, thank you so much for this honor. david, i beg to differ. it wasn't it was never just me. there many people, some of whom are in this room, go been there from the very beginning. this was never just been about a virus. this epidemic has been about the perfect storm bringing together a virus, with all the forces of racism,...
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reporter: schools all used to be in one district with elementaries in one district and all other schools in another. >> is highly frustrating to parents. reporter: and highly frustrating to school board members. they spent the majority of tonight's work session trying to make sense of district lines. the new districts are here on the screen. the old are outlined in black. members say the new lines split communities. and elementary student is in one district. a middle school student would be in a different district. the lines also split board >> in the past, they knew their local board members and attended school in that district. reporter: the board has power to do some readjusting. >> we are trying to find a practical solution. reporter: it will not come without some changes to policies. what they will be, they do not know yet. the members hope to come back with plans to put in place by july. another thing to watch out for is bell schedules. there are considering changing start and end times by 45 minutes. we will have those schools on abc11.com. steve: could be an early wake-up call fo
reporter: schools all used to be in one district with elementaries in one district and all other schools in another. >> is highly frustrating to parents. reporter: and highly frustrating to school board members. they spent the majority of tonight's work session trying to make sense of district lines. the new districts are here on the screen. the old are outlined in black. members say the new lines split communities. and elementary student is in one district. a middle school student would...
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of the school district. presenter: thank you supervisors for allowing me to speak right now. i'm from the san francisco board of education. i would like to thank you for bringing up this topic. it's a call for action for us and how it's so directly related to the academic achievement of our students. we had a presentation on the african american achievement and chronic absenteeism as one of the challenges. i'm glad that we are getting better data and i want to . that it disproportionately affects a certain group of children, and we are talking about our african american and latino children. it's a few things that are in common. it is the responsibility of our district and the city to address it in those terms. we are talking about schools and how it's concentrate in certain schools. we look at those schools and they have the highest concentration of those populations and uncredentialed teachers and the highest concentration of turnover of teachers. they also have the highest concentration of students that do
of the school district. presenter: thank you supervisors for allowing me to speak right now. i'm from the san francisco board of education. i would like to thank you for bringing up this topic. it's a call for action for us and how it's so directly related to the academic achievement of our students. we had a presentation on the african american achievement and chronic absenteeism as one of the challenges. i'm glad that we are getting better data and i want to . that it disproportionately...
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he was a graduate of san francisco unified district atty. jim parker elementary school average junior high any graduate from mission high school. he began 34 year career in san francisco unified school district in 1961 as a teacher and counselor at junior high and in 1969 he became the voice dean of san francisco followed by his appointment a year later at the assistant principal at -and then he served as the principal from 1974-1981 and was assigned by superintendent robert elio drove to the principal george washington high school from 1981-1995. i will say that the whole time my kids were in school and through most of it and when i even when i was elected to the school board he was always regarded as the dean of the superintendents or the administrator score in san francisco. he was the person that everybody looked up to, but he was sort of larger-than-life person i think . commissioner windows mcdonald said he was the principal of washington when she went there. i also want to say this. he for many years he was a coach and one of the thin
he was a graduate of san francisco unified district atty. jim parker elementary school average junior high any graduate from mission high school. he began 34 year career in san francisco unified school district in 1961 as a teacher and counselor at junior high and in 1969 he became the voice dean of san francisco followed by his appointment a year later at the assistant principal at -and then he served as the principal from 1974-1981 and was assigned by superintendent robert elio drove to the...
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of the school district. presenter: thank you supervisors for allowing me to speak right now. i'm from the san francisco board of education. i would like to thank you for bringing up this topic. it's a call for action for us and how it's so directly related to the academic achievement of our students. we had a presentation on the african american achievement and chronic absenteeism as one of the challenges. i'm glad that we are getting better data and i want to . that it disproportionately affects a certain group of children, and we are talking about our african american and latino children. it's a few things that are in common. it is the responsibility of our district and the city to address it in those terms. we are talking about schools and how it's concentrate in certain schools. we look at those schools and they have the highest concentration of those populations and uncredentialed teachers and the highest concentration of turnover of teachers. they also have the highest concentration of students that do
of the school district. presenter: thank you supervisors for allowing me to speak right now. i'm from the san francisco board of education. i would like to thank you for bringing up this topic. it's a call for action for us and how it's so directly related to the academic achievement of our students. we had a presentation on the african american achievement and chronic absenteeism as one of the challenges. i'm glad that we are getting better data and i want to . that it disproportionately...
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superintendent there are no recognized or resolution or accommodations tonight school districts mr. gibner and mr. totiano. >> thank you as for sfusd report we'll be having the retreat training camp out our goal for to weekend blackberry go ov go over your leadership without ward bound california we're excited about this opportunity to work as a team and build a strong student voice even though first time to camp together too as of the sfusd student engagement that will be the spread of the involvement the industry as for the encouraging students to exercise their voelt rights we're currently finalizing the language of in your own words with ms. fewer and commissioner norton and - >> thank you want. >> i also want to wish everyone a happy witness international day yep. >> (laughter). >> i have a lot of women in any family so but i'm very happy for them. >> as for the continuation on the - student advisory committee report the annual review synonym we've been working on in are last couple of makes march friday next week from exciting working groups mr. haney e mraepts a student worki
superintendent there are no recognized or resolution or accommodations tonight school districts mr. gibner and mr. totiano. >> thank you as for sfusd report we'll be having the retreat training camp out our goal for to weekend blackberry go ov go over your leadership without ward bound california we're excited about this opportunity to work as a team and build a strong student voice even though first time to camp together too as of the sfusd student engagement that will be the spread of...
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african american students make-up only 9% of our school district but currently represent 45% of our district suspensions. pausing on that slide to make sure mr. bogus see's it because that's what you have been here all night for. expulsions are down, but i want to . -- point out there has only been one expulsion but you will see more coming soon. the arrest of school report. this is the year to year. you saw this one at the beginning of this school year when i presented this summary of 14-15. what you are seeing tonight is the total of fall only for semester 2015 fall semester. as you can see our first semester 27 school arrest, 11 at the middle school and 16 at the high school. as you can see from last year there were 90 total. so we are on track to have the lowest number of arrest of any school year on record. but let's wait until that happens that we say that. the breakdown shows boys are six times more likely to be arrested than girls. the arrest data shows that latino students currently have the highest arrest rate in san francisco unified. that distinction was african americans for the
african american students make-up only 9% of our school district but currently represent 45% of our district suspensions. pausing on that slide to make sure mr. bogus see's it because that's what you have been here all night for. expulsions are down, but i want to . -- point out there has only been one expulsion but you will see more coming soon. the arrest of school report. this is the year to year. you saw this one at the beginning of this school year when i presented this summary of 14-15....
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before tonight the school board meeting kicked off the district headquarters said district headquarters said the chances of them at with the district superintendent. he told me as a result of all the fallout from my investigative report detailing the abuse about cystic children installed in clover spooled their school district special-education questions in the future. he said he is to do research first but he believes he will have a recommendation to get to the school board before the start of the next school year. >> at last month's school board meeting we had a number of parents speak to us about concerns they had about our special ed program and a number of parents requested specifically who put cameras in the classrooms. >> he tells me he wants to make a crystal-clear look clover school district heard the request for cameras and now they're acting on it. >> we researched it and i've learned some things. bill: we were at the school board meeting in february when several parents spoke out days before our investigative report aired. >> as we reported ro been records or question the te
before tonight the school board meeting kicked off the district headquarters said district headquarters said the chances of them at with the district superintendent. he told me as a result of all the fallout from my investigative report detailing the abuse about cystic children installed in clover spooled their school district special-education questions in the future. he said he is to do research first but he believes he will have a recommendation to get to the school board before the start of...
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district 2, 3975. ink2k' district 3, 4787. district 4, 6052. district 5, 919395. in district 612,667 responded. >> the district in any way from your expert opinion chan howge we should look at this. >> i didn't expect the numbers to be as widely divergence in terms of the number of people from each district that took the time o do the survey. >> rorter: the answers are also getting attention. is diversity important? 34% of parents in low income district 2 say it is extremely important but in district 6, where there is a higher income, diversy is extremely important. one parent said he belves the vair w poorly> designed. >> it forced difficult responses that made peopl uncomuxfortable. >> reporter: when it comes to neighborhood schools and not0d taking long bus rides, less than half of district ii parents say it is extremely important to have schools close to home and again, that is a low income area. whereas, 78% of parent in district 6 look at neighborhood schools as extremely iortant. those are a couple of responses members of the policy committee say obviouslyh
district 2, 3975. ink2k' district 3, 4787. district 4, 6052. district 5, 919395. in district 612,667 responded. >> the district in any way from your expert opinion chan howge we should look at this. >> i didn't expect the numbers to be as widely divergence in terms of the number of people from each district that took the time o do the survey. >> rorter: the answers are also getting attention. is diversity important? 34% of parents in low income district 2 say it is extremely...
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even though it's not in district 7, it borders district 7, and i've had the opportunity on i -- and iuppose other supervisors have had the opportunity to visit the car barn, and when i went to visit it, i was just using my imagination, whatever the people that were giving me the tour wasn't telling me, and i looked at it as such a humongous asset, not only for district 11 or 7 but i think throughout the city, it's a great building to make something happen there, some of the plans, some of the discussions that was taking place when i was on the tour made so much sense in terms of what it could be. i really saw the potential there, and i'm glad you're taking a lead to try to push this because it's been in discussion for years and i would like to strongly support supervisor avalos in trying to realize this project in the near future, so i will be supporting a continuance and i would like to hear what the mayor's office will be doing with this. thank you. >> so, if there are no other questions or comments, maybe we'll go to mr. rose first. >> yes, madam chair and members of the committee,
even though it's not in district 7, it borders district 7, and i've had the opportunity on i -- and iuppose other supervisors have had the opportunity to visit the car barn, and when i went to visit it, i was just using my imagination, whatever the people that were giving me the tour wasn't telling me, and i looked at it as such a humongous asset, not only for district 11 or 7 but i think throughout the city, it's a great building to make something happen there, some of the plans, some of the...
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outside of the school district. i don't think this is a school district stand-alone problem. i think it's a city problem. i'm hoping that we'll do a better job when we look at the resources that we have to address the citywide problem. no. 1, are we sharing data. >> thank you, supervisor yee, i represent the district on the shared use data base committee. we do have an mou still going back and forth to the city attorney's office. we eventually that data, it's a shared data base within each district. juvenile probation. there are triggers, each of the institutions of certain triggers that will red flag when a family and individual triggers that agency and support. or triggers is one of the indicated in attendance. when a student is 10%, that student will be red flagged and we'll alert the other agencies . we are not using it yet. we are still meeting. this has been years and years in meeting but we are on the homestretch and we'll address that soon. >> let me press on this one a little bit now. the homestretch is around the block? >> i don't know. your guess is as good as mine
outside of the school district. i don't think this is a school district stand-alone problem. i think it's a city problem. i'm hoping that we'll do a better job when we look at the resources that we have to address the citywide problem. no. 1, are we sharing data. >> thank you, supervisor yee, i represent the district on the shared use data base committee. we do have an mou still going back and forth to the city attorney's office. we eventually that data, it's a shared data base within...
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tragedy of tray have been martin this nonsense is not just happening if florida but this school district those officers had inform business coming to that school and didn't have the respect to go the principle office and to let him know that they were there thank you very much . >> (clapping.) >> good evening i'm mark i'm a parent of a first and third grader and monroe elementary school i'm here to call your attention to a situation that is occurring at my daughters school my youngest daughter since the first month of kindergarten has been a victim of violation vision and has seen her fellow students attacked many, many times many missed opportunities for the district to tale with that situation not thoorl record to the district when it was we didn't get the resources we expected to help the students be a better member of the classroom this situation has continues throughout this year the severity wanted incidents has increased and the students is more capable ever ingo flicking damage we're asking the district to please bring whatever resources to the classroom to help the student to pr
tragedy of tray have been martin this nonsense is not just happening if florida but this school district those officers had inform business coming to that school and didn't have the respect to go the principle office and to let him know that they were there thank you very much . >> (clapping.) >> good evening i'm mark i'm a parent of a first and third grader and monroe elementary school i'm here to call your attention to a situation that is occurring at my daughters school my...
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this is what school district employees saw monday morning. ktvu has blurred out the most offensive parts. in addition to the words, there are satanic symbols spray painted. it's next door to an elementary school. parents say they're first learning about it from facebook. >> that's really sad, especially somewhere at an educational place, facility, for kids to maybe see that. it's really ignorant and sad. >> reporter: police say they were called to the area saturday night, but officers didn't see the graffiti until the school district called monday. we saw officers in the neighborhood today. investigators say there are few leads right now. >> this is very, very disturbing not only for the police department here but for this community in general. what was written on the doors here is not what represents the city of san leandro. >> reporter: the school district issued a statement saying it takes hateful messages very seriously. police say they're unaware of any racial tensions in town. >> we need to get to the bottom of this to ensure safety of
this is what school district employees saw monday morning. ktvu has blurred out the most offensive parts. in addition to the words, there are satanic symbols spray painted. it's next door to an elementary school. parents say they're first learning about it from facebook. >> that's really sad, especially somewhere at an educational place, facility, for kids to maybe see that. it's really ignorant and sad. >> reporter: police say they were called to the area saturday night, but...
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come to district 3 and district two and districts 6 and 10 when the america's cup comes to town and see what type of influx of economic activity these events drive to us. i think that is something that is not talk about enough. both the community aspect, the intangible fact of who we are as san francisco, coming together around sports teams, that is an incredible opportunity, but then, the economic drivers in our neighborhoods is very real, and i think something that we are lucky right now, certainly in district 2. we have the blue angels every year, but the america's cup will become a large economic boom, and we need to pay attention to how much that benefits us as a city. >> it looks like we are just about out of time, and it sounds like there is a lot happening in city hall today, so we are going to wrap this up. >> there is. >> always. are there any other issues or things you would like to share briefly with respect to your new position as supervisor, or thoughts you have about san francisco before we wrap up our conversation? >> i touched on it earlier. for me, personally, especial
come to district 3 and district two and districts 6 and 10 when the america's cup comes to town and see what type of influx of economic activity these events drive to us. i think that is something that is not talk about enough. both the community aspect, the intangible fact of who we are as san francisco, coming together around sports teams, that is an incredible opportunity, but then, the economic drivers in our neighborhoods is very real, and i think something that we are lucky right now,...
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his state of the district address. is what he said the district has accomplished this past year. fox5's les krifaton joins us live from the newsroom with more on the story. what was the highlight of his speech? for a school district that doesn't rank very high nationally there has been plenty of progress under the leadership of superintendent pat skorkowsky. his state of the district address gave him plenty to brag about today. i am going to bring out the newest edition of the cimarron- memorial memorila family and that is the queen of hearts so can we bring out the queen of hearts? if this robot built by cimarron students is any indication things are looking up for the school district. pat skorkowsky was more than excited to brag accomplishment to start his state of the district address. out of 646 teams and 34 countries we had the number 2 robotics team in the country. his theme this year is leaping forward and that's what he said happened over the past year. 3 ccsd schools were named by the u.s. department of educat
his state of the district address. is what he said the district has accomplished this past year. fox5's les krifaton joins us live from the newsroom with more on the story. what was the highlight of his speech? for a school district that doesn't rank very high nationally there has been plenty of progress under the leadership of superintendent pat skorkowsky. his state of the district address gave him plenty to brag about today. i am going to bring out the newest edition of the cimarron-...
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the 6th street lodging h district, the south end district, and townsend district and two additions tohe kearney market sutter district. the remaining 26 properties were determined ineligible for listing on the register nor assigned a status code. the recommendations for article 10 and 11 designations were included in your packets. that information has always been posted as part of the area plan. however for today they're only to be considered as future recommendations. the issue before the commission today is adoption of the context statement and the survey findings. later in the area as the area plan moves forward for adoption staff will bring the eir and article changes back to you for discussion. i did have one last note which we discussed about the one submitted for 633 folsom. staff had previously determined that building was a 3cs with arg's report we have changed the findings to a 6c making it not a resource. this concludes my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. commissioner pearlman. >> yeah, i have one question about the flower market building. >>
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thank you. >>> the future is now for the philadelphia school district. next in a live report at 5:00 a.m. they're looking to hire hundreds of new teachers. find out what they're looking for and when applications are due. >>> also next, reason to celebrate at the please touch center in philadelphia. learn why they're so excited about something they no longer have. your heart loves omega-3s. but the omega-3s in fish oil differ from megared krill oil. unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. megared. the difference is easy to absorb. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boynton with a check on your first alert forecast. this is around cottman avenue where you can see road crews and penndot crews removing the restrictions from the ramp to cottman avenue. we'll have full updates when i come back in the 5:00 hour when crews are out of the way. a little bit dangerous spot as they're moving, but at least right now things are improving. i'll have updates for you. >>> jessica, thank you. a few minutes before 5:00 a.m. happening today, the 76ers and
thank you. >>> the future is now for the philadelphia school district. next in a live report at 5:00 a.m. they're looking to hire hundreds of new teachers. find out what they're looking for and when applications are due. >>> also next, reason to celebrate at the please touch center in philadelphia. learn why they're so excited about something they no longer have. your heart loves omega-3s. but the omega-3s in fish oil differ from megared krill oil. unlike fish oil, megared is...
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as mentioned, even though it's in district 11, importers district 7 and many of our residents in district 7 will benefit from it also. it is something that it's really true that there's many different projects to come up to the board of supervisors that have supported that isn't in our district and it seems to be a very rare time when we can actually support something that's sort of on our side of town and i am hoping that my colleagues on the budget committee will see the need of this project. so i will be supporting it. >> supervisor kim >> i'm sorry that was a mistake >> okay. but is that my comments here first by one of thank everyone for coming out and supervisor avalos, i love this project. i doubt there to the geneva car barn that he is an amazing project. i look forward to hopefully turning that into a reality i however do feel the same way a supervisor tang around doing this is a supplemental during the budget process. will be happy to support during that period time. so, that being said, dropping a deuce board a motion saying this forward with no recommendation to the full board
as mentioned, even though it's in district 11, importers district 7 and many of our residents in district 7 will benefit from it also. it is something that it's really true that there's many different projects to come up to the board of supervisors that have supported that isn't in our district and it seems to be a very rare time when we can actually support something that's sort of on our side of town and i am hoping that my colleagues on the budget committee will see the need of this project....
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been made in the district and let them know what the actual disposition of the case is. the sheriff's department has empty bed space and everyone is pointing fingers about who is to blame. i heard a commercial yesterday but a lot depends on having the cases prosecuted. i live in the marina and we had a burglary right in front of my house, they were proud of the disposition, he got 3 months and he had a gun in the car. so i think that maybe captains ought to put out there the arrest, went to disposition, you can't delete some of the problems are the judges. and i think you should report who the judges are and what dispositions are given and it's very important because this is a very unique meeting for me i want to come back next week and the week after and i generally am pro-police department. your voices are not being heard. if the captains start tracking dispositions, track the judges, they are all politicians and they react. >> captain, to that point what i think you have done an excellent job of and led the way is the communications piece. the joke was, we had a meeti
been made in the district and let them know what the actual disposition of the case is. the sheriff's department has empty bed space and everyone is pointing fingers about who is to blame. i heard a commercial yesterday but a lot depends on having the cases prosecuted. i live in the marina and we had a burglary right in front of my house, they were proud of the disposition, he got 3 months and he had a gun in the car. so i think that maybe captains ought to put out there the arrest, went to...
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abowill do a ber job of keeping the parents informed especially in the school district over 40 percentsian students i want to - i find o found out the survey less than 5 percent of the middle school students are sexually active to the skubtd should consider the parents at this point thank you. >> (clapping). >> good evening my name is tennessee i can't changing i have two daughters if 7th grade i'm concerned about the direction of the san francisco unified school district taking now, first the proposal of giving out condoms without the parents consent we have illegal responsibly for the children until 18 and now you're giving the message it is okay to give out condoms behind the parents back and without parents knowing about it like the parents we have to find a sign a consent to go on a field trip but don't center to know about condoms this is a wrong message to the children, and, secondly, i'm concerned about the removal removal of algebra from the school like ever parents have great concerns they're old enough to get condom but not old enough to get algebra we are competing against
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women of the year for district 9.>>[applause] >> thank you supervisor campos honorable supervisors, madam clerk, my family, friends and colleagues who are here, thank you so much for this honor. david, i beg to differ. it wasn't it was never just me. there many people, some of whom are in this room, go been there from the very beginning. this was never just been about a virus. this epidemic has been about the perfect storm bringing together a virus, with all the forces of racism, sexism, homophobia, a horrible drug war, and poverty and that is what has fueled this epidemic around the world and fueled it in san francisco until millions of people, tens of thousands of san franciscans and continue to this day. your leadership, your predecessors and your leadership is--has been key to all the progress that we've made over the last we are in the 35th year of this epidemic and will continue to be absolutely critical. my hospital, your hospital san francisco general hospital has been really key in this epidemic. we continue
women of the year for district 9.>>[applause] >> thank you supervisor campos honorable supervisors, madam clerk, my family, friends and colleagues who are here, thank you so much for this honor. david, i beg to differ. it wasn't it was never just me. there many people, some of whom are in this room, go been there from the very beginning. this was never just been about a virus. this epidemic has been about the perfect storm bringing together a virus, with all the forces of racism,...
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district. you know, i have more great lakes frontage than any other district in the country. i have three great lakes in my district. over 1,500 miles of frontage on three of the great lakes. we have more shoreline than any district in the country other than the state of alaska, but that's all saltwater up there. so i don't think there is a person in my district who doesn't consider the lakes a vital part of their lives, whether it's fishing or swimming or sailing or kayaking, just plain sitting by the water. we love our lakes. it's a pure michigan experience, and i encourage you all to visit. since coming to congress, one of my top priorities have been working to keep the great lakes clean so that future generations may also enjoy them. i want my grandkids and their kids to experience the joy of their first local fishing derby on a summer day or going ice fishing with their buddies in the winter. the joy of living on or near the great lakes inspire us all to ensure they stay clean for future g
district. you know, i have more great lakes frontage than any other district in the country. i have three great lakes in my district. over 1,500 miles of frontage on three of the great lakes. we have more shoreline than any district in the country other than the state of alaska, but that's all saltwater up there. so i don't think there is a person in my district who doesn't consider the lakes a vital part of their lives, whether it's fishing or swimming or sailing or kayaking, just plain...