i'm helen -- commissioners and members of the board of supervisors i'm helen ying, executive director for the high school division. and along with brent stevens, who is the executive director of the elementary division, we have been charged with coordinating summer school for this school year. and so i will be maybe talking about the secondary portion and the dcyf funded program for this school year. and although we realize that summer school is not the only vehicle for students to meet the a-g requirements, we realize that it's also an important option for students to make up those courses that they have failed for those a-g course requirements. so when we were planning the summer school, it is all in the context of students meeting the a-g requirements. so we have to take a look first of all at the picture. and notice that we're not -- not just looking at the english and algebra. we're also looking at geometry and biology. and you should also note that a big effort this year at the high schools has been to ensure that students who have taken algebra in the middle school have access

at this point in time, i'm going to turn this over to helen ying who is going to go with the same pattern with our ninth grade students for this year. what they looked like, first semester. and what our -- what our inputs will be this summer and then hopefully we will come to you with a greater number next year than actually 93%. and a reduced number of students that are actually failing our courses is where we eventually want to go. helen? supervisor campos: thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm helen -- commissioners and members of the board of supervisors i'm helen ying, executive director for the high school division. and along with brent stevens, who is the executive director of the elementary division, we have been charged with coordinating summer school for this school year. and so i will be maybe talking about the secondary portion and the dcyf funded program for this school year. and although we realize that summer school is not the only vehicle for students to meet the a-g requirements, we realize that it's also an important option for students to make up those courses that they hav

at this point in time, i'm going to turn this over to helen ying who is going to go with the same pattern with our ninth grade students for this year. what they looked like, first semester. and what our -- what our inputs will be this summer and then hopefully we will come to you with a greater number next year than actually 93%. and a reduced number of students that are actually failing our courses is where we eventually want to go.