dr. merase for that detailed update. commissioner cook? >> yes. we had a ad hoc personnel matters and labor relations affordablity meeting on november 30th. the next meet be will be january 25th, and we went over four very important items. we're going to upgrade our on-line hiring system. it's called the human capital system transformation, and everyone's really excited about it. i am, too. it's a lot of great changes in terms of improving the process. we've got to update on the teacher pathway for next year. an update on our paraeducator staffing, and the changes that we're making to the civil service, and classify these examinations. i just also want to highlight that staff highlighted through a conversation with a conversation with vice president men toes amcconnell with the city, those conversations have been accelerated since they've been stalled, so thank you for her leadership on that. >> thank you so much. anymore updates? >> i just wanted to announce that the next meeting of the curriculum and program commitly will be on january 17th. nor

dr. merase, or expanded form to some of our selected high schools, so how we could expand this preference to school of the arts and low ell. i know that's not the recommendation that's before us tonight, but i think that we should explore it. >>president walton: commissioner sanchez. >>commissioner sanchez: yes, and it's been some kind of a preference for willie brown. >> so thank you. so i support this policy, as well, and i support commissioner norton's suggestion that we -- in our student assignment, ad hoc committee that we explore this option of having it include lowell, and just explore that option. and also, i think president walton had mentioned in some other forum the -- the notion of exploring having certain elementary schools having a preference, as well, for middle schools, so that certain vastly under enrolled elementary schools that almost yearly come up for discussion about being closed, if we can look at those elementary schools and give them up coming kindergarten schools, for example, if they go through the entire school through 5th grade, and go to middle schools, that