dr. matthews. >> and i believe mr. steel will read the item or turn it over -- [laughter] >> thank you, superintendent. so tonight proposals for action, the first item are two board policies, 5101, student assignment, not to be confused with commissioner haney's resolution, and board policy 5120.1, lowell high school admission policy. staff, in reviewing this item, we are concerned that we did not accurately capture the feedback and amendments from the rules committee. so the recommendation from staff will remain the same, but the language we would like to clarify, so we'll postpone until october 9, the next regular board meeting. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: just so there is no confusion, it's section e, board policy 5101 -- >> right. this pertains to the first proposal for action, which is two board policies. board policy 5101, student assignment. and board policy 5120.1, lowell high school admissions policy. both of those items will be heard on the 9th for a second reading instead of this evening. >> president me

dr. matthews? >> tonight, we are proud and excited to present to the board an update on the middle grades redesign. the presenters this evening are our chief academics officer, miss brynn stevens, melissa dodd, and our assistant superintendent of middle schools, tom fung. >> thank you, commissioners. from this perspective, it looks dazzling. so we're pleased to present an update on the board this evening on the middle school redesign. my name is brent stephens, and i'm joined by two colleagues who will copresent this evening. >> melissa dodd, chief technology officer. >> good evening, commissioners, and department superintendent. my name is fong sung, and i am the assistant superintendent of middle schools, and i'm here to let you know that i will be participating in the middle school age redesign. i'm super excited and right now, i'm here to learn and listen and my colleagues are going to be showing me the way. >> so what we hope to do by way of this presentation is bring the board and the public

dr matthews? >> thank you presidents. good evening, everyone. we had a great opening up schools last week and i have the pleasure, on the first day of visiting three schools,, the willie brown junior middle school, hillcrest elementary school and francisco middle school. i welcome students to willie brown in the morning and then went to hillcrest. it is one of the first schools in our district to begin using a japanese methodology called teaching through problem-solving during meth -- mathematics class this methodology focuses on student solving novel problems in which no solution is known in advance and this builds critical thinking and mathematical understanding. over the past school year, francisco middle school has dramatically improved its culture, climate, among teachers and students, by using encouragement and constructive feedback. as a result, suspensions have dropped over all but the fight -- highest dropout rate by 15 percentage points. there was a wonderful visit at all three sites and the great to see amazing work being done by our

dr. matthews and his team for putting that together. i know people worked hard, long hours to get that off the ground. i wasn't able to attend because i was not in the country. but you were all working hard and i really appreciate that. and i'm excited about the year ahead. finally, i just wanted to briefly -- about another loss that we had. i wanted to briefly acknowledge nia wilson who was tragically taken from us due to an incident of violence on one of our public transit lines on bart. she wasn't a member of our school district, but a member of the bay area community, one of our children. and i'm really focused on, i think we all do believe in keeping our children in safe. so i wanted to say her name. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you vice president cook. i think this is symbolic of the children we care for in our own district, so thank you for acknowledging her. so the calendar committee meetings, that's on me. and i am actually passing around the committee request, so if you could please complete that and i'll announce the

. >> dr matthews? >> i wanted to tell you how much i appreciate you. i have the opportunity to watch when dennis was superintendent of oakland and jerry brown was mayor. it doesn't benefit the city or the school district when there is conflict and when there is a wall between the two. and the fact that you, you know, with the team, were able to break down the wall and make sure there is good communications and the ability to work together, is really a testament to who you are and what you believe in and the importance of partnerships and doing work in a collaborative manner. i want to thank you. my first introductions were introduction to mayor lee. and a big mickey mouse. i have a thousand mickey mouse is upstairs. there was that partnership right away. even before starting as superintendent. the opportunity to come in and establish partnerships that will banish it -- benefit the district. finally, i think the biggest way that you have assisted in keeping my household together and not having me throw a brick through the television, is half time of war

dr. matthews and the general public for the opportunity to speak tonight. my name is margaret reyes, and i'm a teacher here in san francisco unified, and my employer i.d. is 18505. the investigation was conducted by the law firm vandermite and maddox. the investigator at the law firm has ruled that the matter is closed and no corrective action is needed. i'm here to request that the board keep the matter open and investigate sfusd par. while the attorney did take careful note and put considerable declare ative weight into my use of the word "huh," h-u-h, they failed to investigator several key witnesses. most importantly, the investigator made no mention of the par whistle blower letters and the par data. i am certain that the investigator had this information. i'd like to briefly review for the board and the public my interpretation of the data that was supplied to me by uesf from labor relations. here is a few highlights. sfusd teachers age 46 and above account for about 40% of the population in sfusd. while those referred to par for the same age group ac

dr. matthews can't visit me as often to see the learning happen if my students' mental health is not addressed. we are a staff that really believes in community-based organizations. we believe in supporting our family immigration attorneys, workshops around their rights, and the ask is that we find a way to provide our site with a community school coordinator position so that these relationships can be maintained, because right now we're at capacity holding so many different relationships, that won't be there once the certain personnel leave or won't be able to meet the needs of every student and their new needs as more things come up. and so the ask is that we love that folks visit us. you know our demographic, you know our population. we're hope sf school, and i don't think it's a ridiculous ask, we come humbly in hopes you can support us and provide us the type of support that our students need to interrupt systemic barriers to equity and give them the skills they need to succeed. i appreciate it. thank you. [ applause ] >> hi, my name is abby woodworth. you don't have a card for me, but ca

dr. barnes, this is the right resolution? and mark aaronson, matthew fano, kim tavaglioni, and dr. palmer. please. in any order would be fine. >> okay. thank you. thank you, mr. chairman, commissioners. i'm mark aaronson. i'm a professor emeritus at u.c. hastings college of the law and associated with our community development clinic which provides legal counsel to san franciscans for health care, housing, jobs, and justice. i am speaking on behalf of the coalition. we ask you to find contrary to the recommendation of the director that these transfer of services overall will have a detrimental impact on san francisco. the reason is -- one of the reasons is that the transfer may result in a loss of proposition q oversight, what you are doing today. proposition q clearly covers hospitals. it is not as clear in terms of its coverage of the sutter pacific medical foundation, which is an arm of sutter health. this loss of public oversight would have a detrimental impact. the proposition q hearings do not result in follow up enforcement action, but they do serve a very important function

dr. vincent matthews. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. and i also want to thank you all for being here and joining us. on monday morning, monday the 20th, over -- we're standing in front of everett middle school. over 750 students will return to this school and it is important that we do everything we can to keep them safe and the number one way of keeping them safe is slowing down. reducing speed saves lives. 750 students will return here, but throughout the city, 56,000 students will be returning to our schools along with 10,000 staff moebs and coming to these schools will be anywhere from 75,000 to 100,000 parents dropping them off and picking them up. we want to make sure that all of our people who are associated with our schools in any way, shape or form are kept safe. so once again, we want to encourage you to know that we're starting school on monday and we need you to slow down. what we're also excite about is that we're training the next generation of safe walkers. we are partnering with so many organizations. and what that does

dr. matthew blumstead, he's led the statewide effort to create the nebraska every student succeeds act state plan, working to find input from thousands of nebraskans. prior to becoming commissioner, he served as executive director of the nebraska rural community schools association. our next witness is dr. susan bunting. she makes it a priority to visit 100 schools statewide every year. i think there are only three counties in delaware, aren't there? that's a lot of schools for three counties. prior to her time as secretary, dr. bunting served as indian river school district superintendent. she was a middle school language arts teacher and elementary school gifted and talented teacher. our third witness, senator scott, is hoping to introduce -- oh, excuse me. our third witness i will introduce. mr. jeffries, president of education reform now, welcome. mr. jeffries' commitment to improve education stems directly from his personal experience. he was raised by his grandmother in the southward of newark, new jersey. his grandmother, a public school teacher, instilled in him a deep respect for th

dr. ford. >>> matthew mueller returns to court as his trial begins on new state charges. he was convicted on federal charges of kidnapping a vallejo woman after drugging her and her boyfriend. mueller, a harvard educated lawyer, is defending himself by using an insanity defense and in an exclusive jailhouse interview with nbc bay area, mueller says he will plead guilty if the couple donates half their settlement to a non-profit that helps people who are wrongfully convicted. the couple got $2.5 million after vallejo police did not believe them initially. >> it is 6:05. as california copes with another devastating year of wildfires, investigators can't figure out a cause for many of them. associated press revealed state data on the ten largest and most destructive wildfires since 2008 and investigators couldn't find an exact cause about a third of the time. lightning accounted for a quarter of the fires and power lines. among those where no cause has been determined are the tubs fire that devastated santa rosa now about a year ago. >>> a brand new study regarding the effec

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matthews. in washington, dr.is going to have an appearance for next week. at this hour her lawyers are working with the judiciary committee to come up with a plan. according to an email, her e-mail, her lawyer deborah katz wanted to discuss conditions under which she would be pr

matthews. in washington, dr. christine blasey ford, the doctor who has accused brett kavanaugh is going to have an appearance for next week. at this hour her lawyers are working with the judiciary committee to come up with a plan. according to an email, her e-mail, her lawyer deborah katz wanted to discuss conditions under which she would be prepared to testify. katz goes on to say, quote, she wishes to testify provided that we can agree on terms that are fair and which ensure her safety. wow. she said the deadline of monday imposed by the committee's chairman, senator chuck grassley was not possible and the committee's insistence that it occur then is arbitrary. however, in a letter sent to the judiciary committee, judge kavanaugh reaffirmed his wish to testify on monday. dr. ford said brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the '80s. an allegation kavanaugh has called completely false. sorry. senate republicans seem to be counting on her failure to appear. >> ultimately we'll have to move forward based on wha

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if you see the dad, you are urged toal loc a potentially dr courtroom drama has been averted. convicted kidnapper matthew muller will not be verying denise huskens and aaron quinn in court. he has decided not to act as his own attorney. he moved to have a public defender appointed for him even though he has a harvard law degree. pleaded guilty in federal court last month, but he said he's going to fight the upcoming state charge that he raped huskens and assaulted quinn, his then boyfriend. relieved the couple will not be questioned by the man they say tormented them. >>> this woman was last seen mid-august driving on university avenue. family and friends were so concerned they offered a reward. a minor car accident yesterday on 84 in newark led to the discovery of her car. sadly with her body inside. she was an active member of a senior's program at a local she be badly missed. >> she helped serve food, she helped cook food. she was always pushing for diversity and inclusion and finding ways to make people feel welcome. >> reporter: chp said she ran off the road and down an embankment and had been there

dr. price m. cobbs. >> thank you very much. at this time i'd thank our friends at sfgov-tv and matthew ignow for assisting with today's broadcast. ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. (♪) >> we are approving as many parks as we can, you have a value garden and not too many can claim that and you have an historic building that has been redone in a beautiful fashion and you have that beautiful outdoor ping-pong table and you have got the art commission involved and if you look at them, and we can particularly the gate as you came in, and that is extraordinary. and so these tiles, i am going to recommend that every park come and look at this park, because i think that the way that you have acknowledged donor iss really first class. >> it is nice to come and play and we have been driving by for literally a year. >> it is kind of nice. >> all of the people that are here. here. ♪ - working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city that's on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. after all, we're at

dr. blasey ford. enter the floods in north carolina. happened,t time this it was matthew. and now i believe the worst is yet to come.e. this is the water rising to another 20 to 25 feet. amy: is the death toll from hurricane florence reaches 32, some undocumented immigrants in faceegion fear they will immigration enforcement if they seek help. this comes as the trump administration has shifted to million dollars from fema to ice . this week marks the 10th anniversary of the collapse of u.s. investment bank lehman brothers that trigger the onset of the global financial crisis. it is also the seventh anniversary of occupy wall street. >> what they're doing here is the assembly. the court demands, i think, seems to be, the right to organize, to have a political conversation in a public space, to show wall s street, so t to spspeak, what t democracy y loos like. amy: we will speak with nathan schneider, an activist with occupy, his new book outlines an alternatative economic model bad on cooperative ownership. it is called "everything for everyone: the radical tradition that i

dr. blasey ford's wishes and delay this hearing." joining us kirsten powers, political canadien eight tater matthew carpenter, also a supporter of kavanaughef counsel and policy director of the judicial crisis network. carrie, let me start with you. i apologize for that. it's been a long day. what do you make of this desire by the attorney for professor ford and clearly professor ford to essentially say look, no matter what, monday is a no go. there should be an investigation and even if there is an investigation that started, it's going to take more time than monday? >> i think what we've seen is a pattern of delay. this seems to be a moving of the goal posts again. the democrats are the ones who seem to be doing it the most. we were talking about the normal process and the regular process is, you update the background file with the background investigation call. they've done one you have those to update it. the democrats boycotted the call. they say we want this process. senator grassley has bent over backwards to offer every possible thing they want. would you like to have a hearing in front of cameras or a phone call? would you liking

dr. price m. cobbs. >> thank you very much. at this time i'd thank our friends at sfgov-tv and matthew ignow for assisting with today's broadcast. ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. (♪) >> good afternoon everyone. on the mayor of the city and county of san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: i'm really excited to be here with some of our city's most incredible leaders. members of the board of supervisors, and including the person who has led the efforts for each and every one of us that brought us here to this day thank you so much. [applause] for farm too loan, survivors of sexual harassment and assault of how to navigate through tangled web of city departments and resources as they fight for justice and accountability. but thanks to the leadership of everyone here, we are helping those survivors receive the help and the support that they truly need. recent surveys have shown that more than 80% of women and 40% of men and have experienced some form of sexual harassment. nearly two thirds of those assaults are not even reported to authorities. so why is that klee because time after time -- why is that? time af

dr. price m. cobbs. >> thank you very much. at this time i'd thank our friends at sfgov-tv and matthew ignow for assisting with today's broadcast. ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. (♪) >> i strive not to be a success but more of being a valued person to the community. the day and day operations here at treasure island truth in family is pretty hectic. the island is comprised of approximately 500 acres, approximately 40 miles of sanitary sewer, not including the collection system. also monitor the sanitary sewer and collection system for maintenance purposes, and also respond to a sanitary sewer overflows, as well as blockages, odor complaints. we work in an industry that the public looks at us, and they look at us hard in time. so we try to do our best, we try to cut down on incidents, the loss of power, cut down on the complaints, provide a vital service to the community, and we try to uphold that at all times. >> going above and beyond is default mode. he knows his duties, and he doesn't need to be prompts. he fulfills them. he looks for what needs to be done and just does it. he wants this place to be a nice place to l