i'm francis phillips. i'm actually last on the list, but nobody else was getting up, so i thank you for this opportunity to speak briefly. i work as a grant maker at the walter lee hodge fund in san francisco. so i wanted to raise two experiences and echo a few things that were said. one is i worked as part of an arts education funder for two years. near the end of our time working together, we gave carte blanche grants to four sites in the district and evaluated them to see what would happen. and we did not tie any guidelines around quality or curriculum. we wanted to let the sites make their decisions. and it worked at one of the sites, john sweat, a school the school district soon after closed. but most campuses floundered because they had been deprived of the arts too long, they didn't know who they would appoint and what they would do. my second experience is i was on the peace c.a.c., so the mention of the financial resources come up, i also ask about the resource of time and scheduling for the prese

thrilled to sit on the advisory committee for five years and in the last two years as cochair with francis phillipswe are at an exciting time, at the end of a lengthy process, the refresh is here and i am enthusiastic about its focus on ensuring equity and excellence, rating clarity and coherence, at increasing accountability. the plan for the vision of creativity and excellence in the arts for all students that is rooted in equity and transparency and grounded in data collection. the refresh speaks to me as a principal, as an artist, and as a parent. the refresh is written in a way that allows for flexibility. i want to call out that the plan makes room for individualized problem-solving along with implementing brought initiatives item -- the items as to provide targeted support to schools and students most in need. for example, after further analysis, the department might decide to support a cohort of schools with additional arts staff and professional development. the refresh allows for that kind of flexibility design specific and equitable solutions for the school communities that need them mos

greg pennington, peter govorcin, todd berman, peter socra, francis phillips, lily robinson, troy van, reed villanova, brandy markman, alice mosley, and julia martin. if you heard your name called, just make your way to the podium. you have two minutes. okay. >> hi. hello. my name is todd berman. i'm the executive director of the arts education alliance of the bay area, which that organization sent in a letter about this resolution, but i'm going to talk also about my experience. i was a long-term substitute teacher in the school district, and i'm also a provider of arts education through the where it lives program. so i think we've also seen there's been such a meeting -- we've seen a lot of student voice here, so the arts prioritizes student voice and student expression, and we can see how powerful that can be. so i've been -- as an arts advocate, i've been connected with some state advocacy, and the california collaborative campaign because i want to see sfusd be an art leader and join the statewide movement, and also affirm that arts are a right and essential to education of the wh

phillip, thank you for your time. >> bill: busy morning already. it will continue in a few moments. "outnumbered" is coming up next. melissa francis big mistake shooting down a u.s. drone. a top general warns the u.s. reserves the right to respond with military action. is iran trying to goad the u.s. into a conflict? and joe biden refusing to apologize for touting his past work with segregationist senators despite heavy blowback from fellow 2020 democrats. the former vp standing apart from the democratic pack on the issue of reparations. all that plus our #lucky guy. "outnumbered" at the top of the hour. >> bill: russian president putin weighing in on iran. he has a message to washington we're the slowskys. we like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. what we don't like is relying on fancy technology for help. snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party... uh, didn't that happen, like, 20 years ago? oh, look, karolyn, we've got a mathematician on our hands! check it out! now you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. today's xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i'd rather not.