coming months as we prepare for our curriculum and our budget hearing to talk with you about this high school. we would love for you to come visit our schools if you have not done so, either our middle school or are two high schools, so thank you, and on behalf of our students and parents, we really appreciate your support for kipp high school. thank you. president yee: thank you. item r. introduced by commissioners murase, norton, and yee, where the board will have to vote on considering a previous action. may we have a vote to reconsider 118-9a1? which is a reconsideration a115 -24sp2. i will keep reading. and the amendment of resolution no. 95-26a2, allowing students to obtain physical education credit for j r a t c students -- jrotc students. so this is to reconsider. ok? roll call, please. secretary: thank you. [rollcall] that is five ayes. president yee: emotion and second for a resolution to amend? -- a motion? i need a motion and a second. second? this is referred to the ad hoc committee for personnel matters and labour relations. commissioner: is it going to be referred to budget, as

but i'm a junior at balboa high school. at our school we've noticed that ever since the establishment of the advisory board, the scores have risen. we contributed to because of peer to peer networking and we have a stronger infrastructure in terms of health education. i am appreciative that you are approving of this policy so that more students can further improve in their education and become healthy high school student. >> i am a senior at balboa high school and a member of the student advisory council. in the beginning, health education in high school seemed like it was repeating information i have learned from previous glasses. i did not think of eight -- i did not link it was important felt i was actually in the class during the second semester of my freshman year. this class taught me about the topics that are not openly talked about. we learned about the responsibility that came with having sex, the consequences of drug use, and all of the other advice about being healthy. entering high school, students do not have th

we had that curriculum designed to help students in their selection of high-school. as you saw with our programs, the programs are dispersed throughout the district. however, they are not in every school. we try to make students aware of what programs are available and where they are available, so when they are making their selection they can end up in a school where they have that opportunity if they are interested in engineering or architecture. again, in the ninth grade, we have a sign ahead curriculum which really helps students plan out a six-year plan, making sure they meet requirements, making sure they are able to purchase debate in their elective courses, and they are then able to have contracts with professionals in the industries they are interested in. the 10th grade starts when a few of our academies start as well. that is when we have this first year where they are taking the elective class, at intro to engineering, intro to architecture. carpentry programs, intro to carpentry. so, these three years, it is really an awareness, and exploration, and in 12t

these are students who did not get credit for algebra in high school -- in middle school. and they moved object to high school to take algebra in their ninth grade year. of those 2,000 students, 411 of them had an f. 8% of those were chinese. 39% of those f's were african-american. 30% were latino. 26% english language learners. and 28% special education. so it is really -- this is the reason why the funding that we received from the city last year that we focused on these areas for students that had just completed their first semester of ninth grade. it was very clear to us that we needed to address that. so the pattern that you will see the presentation today is that we will take a look at what the problem is, how we address the problem last summer, and then what were the results from that action that we took. >> mr. sanderson, before you continue, i think that supervisor kim had a question for you. >> actually, i just had a quick clarifying question. so when you say 8% of chinese students, i mean, 8%, 39% of african-american, you mean 8% of the entire chinese american s

we have excel operating in our high schools. is a grant-related programming, and very much at the discretion of each school community as to how to deploy these resources. you see a broad range of programming across our high schools making use of these funds. supervisor campos: before you continue, commissioner? commissioner maufas: i want to just ask a quick question, based on something commissioner mendoza said earlier around schools having a comprehensive program besides the academics. the secondary summer program fits in that the category of questions. you may not have the answer today, but i would like to know. number one, does grant funding gives too -- give schools gives too -- give schools flexibility to do their ow

thurgood marshall high school industrial design and outreach is having an event on may 18 at the museum. i want to recognize the artists from the balboa city art, school of the arts mission, and lincoln academy of arts and sciences, who participate in the youth arts center. they have their final exhibition last weekend. there are at summer internships outofsight-sf.org. >> a wanted to make certain i spoke correctly around the commission that is meeting tomorrow. it is going to be at the metropolitan committee. the program and allocations recommends requests to the commission for approval. this is adoption of a pilot program. we need their approval to go forward. it begins at 10:00 a.m. at 101 a street in oakland at the metro center. anyone in san francisco who is available, hopefully commissioner fewer and i will be able to get across the bay and to provide -- support supervisor campos. >> i was able to judge a championships last friday. the winner was not from san francisco. she was lovely nonetheless. it will be hosting their big grand slam in berkeley this year. we have a jobs fair f

, and more important, would you be willing to defend everything you did in high school? that's what mitt romney was facing today, and spent much of the day trying to explain and apologize. our chief white house correspondent political director chuck todd with us tonight from the d.c. newsroom with that part of the story from the trail today. chuck, good evening. >> good evening, brian. the question is, what is fair game in presidential politics? today, mitt romney learned that running for president means every aspect of your life is open to inspection, including incidents from high school days nearly 50 years ago. campaigning today, mitt romney found himself having to respond to a washington post story posted online this morning about his high school years at the prestigious cranbrook school outside of detroit. this article quotes some of romney's classmates describing his history of high school pranks including an incident from 1965 when romney was a senior. where he and a group of friends allegedly accosted a boy with bleach blond hair, draped over one eye, tackled him

where are his college grades and if he didn't attend high school on a regular basis how did he get into the ivy league schools? fair question? >> yes. look, but let's get beyond it. the media is never going to cover that. this is exactly where he wants us to go it into this kind of stuff. let's keep focused on the thing that's american people know a lot about. >> sean: the economy. >> and are willing to judge him on which is the economy. this guy told us, he waved around that memo from kristine roamer and jared burnstein, he said if you want to know exactly what is going to happen look at this. it says unemployment topped out at 8% at the end of the summer of 2009 and it would be 6% today. he said we will have a great recovery. if we had the average recovery, the per capita gdp would be $4,500 per person bigger and there would be 13 million morn more americans working. let's go at him on the things that happened in the last three or four years. let's let the media go out there and make themselves irreelection rant by going out and examining -- i thought the family today. hats off to the

we also develop chinese programs in the fairfax high school pyramid which gives students in grades 1 through 12 an articulated program of studies. and we support chinese and arabic programs at eight additional elementary schools and four high schools by providing professional development and materials. we also partner with georgetown university and george mason university for student mentoring, seminars, guest speakers, and summer language camps. we now have ample research that proves what all other countries have known for a long time. we must start language learning at an early age when the brain is most receptive to language acquisition. mastering a foreign language takes time, sequential study and practice. when language supervisors propose starting a language program, they are often denied due to already stretched district and state budgets. policymakers view them as a want and not a need for students. federal funding is the only way we can initiate programs that will prove to the taxpayers and policymakers that the money is well spent once people can see what these children can

i am a nine-year math teacher at the high school, and i want to talk about the case of keeping the department heads. a serious issue. it would almost be laughable that a school could operate without department chairs. what are we all here for? we are here for the students, and at galileo, we have some of the best math scores, and we do it because we have dedicated math teachers, and we put students in classes where they are going to 60. putting students in classes where they succeed involves working with the master schedule, which is in a public high school like building a submarine, it is so complex, and along with that, we have to manage the staff of 13. we have 14 different classes, and replace 2000 students every year. we put them in the right place so they succeed. a lot of this is done by the coordination of the department heads, not just the mathematics department at, but all of the departments, because they have to work the master schedule. if there is no common planning time, there will be no master schedule. it will be chaos, and it will affect the students, and that is what we are

a high-school diploma is no longer enough. it is very important that you get your degree or you get your certificates. it is absolutely necessary in today's economy, and especially in san francisco. by the time you leave college, and around the age of 22, it is projected that 63% of the jobs will require a college degree. that means a majority of you need a degree, especially to stay in this wonderful city of san francisco. you need a college degree or a certificate. that is why i decided to get my college degree. it was not only getting my ticket out of cleaning toilets, but it was my ticket out of poverty. my mom could not help me to tell me how to get to college. that is what today is about. we are here to support you, help you understand how to best transition out of high school into college successfully. we need to to take advantage of this day. visit their resources affair. we have workshops happening all day long. all designed to kill to get motivated about attending college -- all designed to help you get motivated abo

and you have both washington high school and presidio junior high. the same situation has occurred over the years periodically on balboa, the other end of washington high school. the merchants in that area, particularly food merchants, have had to get together and literally pound on the door of the high school principal and that staff in order to get anything done and at times, have actually had students get out and do the cleanup. i would make a suggestion. i cannot enforce it, but i would make a suggestion. if you would talk to your clients and have them get together with the other fast- food restaurants that are directly adjacent to them, and call on washington high school, as a group, and tell them their students are causing a problem. it has to be done periodically. the school does something -- you have to do it again. it would be an indication that there are students, over which the schools do have some immediately -- and needed control, are causing problems for the neighborhood. the kids want the restaurants. the schools want the restaurants.

i am an uprising senior at third good marshall high school. it is my greatest honor to be appointed by school to represent my school and the students of the advisory council. i know of the successful resolution is from last year and i can't wait to see what we can bring to the table this year. >> next, i would like to introduce andrew wang. [applause] >> hello, my name is andrew wang. i look forward to working with the s.a.c. >> next i'd like to introduce jessica suyen. >> i will be a senior next year. of afford to making all the schools better by working with you guys. >> next of like to introduce a car when -- darwin velasquez. >> good evening, and i will be a senior next year. i go to george western high school and i am excited to be here working with the student advisory council next year. thank you. >> angelina weh. >> hi, i'm angelina weh, and i will be a junior at thurgood marshall academic high school. i look forward to seeing things change. >> next, i'd like to introduce chaophan wu. >> i will the a rising junior and i emigrated here w

>> did you or did you not graduate from high school? >> yes! >> no! >> jimmy: wait a minute. are you saying yes? let's find out. >> no, i did not graduate from school. i dropped out in the ninth grade. >> jimmy: all right. who else? >> did you graduate from high school? >> yes. >> jimmy: most of the audience says yes. >> yes, i did. >> did you go to college? >> yes. currently in college. >> studying? >> graphic design. >> jimmy: oh, all right. >> did you or did you not graduate from high school? >> jimmy: little mr. t. did he graduate high school? >> of course i did, fool. >> what's the highest degree you received? >> i got a ph.d. in popping ass. >> jimmy: what else do we have? >> did you or did you not graduate from high school? >> yes! >> jimmy: everyone was very certain on that. >> yes, i did. >> i did not. the public school system failed me. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: all right. who else? >> did you graduate from high school? >> no! >> yes! >> jimmy: all right. >> yes, i graduated a long time ago. >> and did you go to college? >> yes. >> to study? >> nursing. [ che

the incident sparked an all-day lockdown at independence high school on wednesday. lice surrounded the school after someone said that is all i man talk a handgun into his clothing and lock onto campus. the student has been cited. >> the navy is out with a new look at the impact of sonar on marine life including dolphins and whales. pastor tells us that the effects are much worse than previously reported. >> that is the sound of sonar. and this the release by earth's justice, the group says you can see the direct effect on these purposes as they're driven to the shore to try and get away. the u.s. navy laid study says that sonar, as well as explosive testing, candescent and even kill up to 1600 marine mammals premier. >> i'm very surprised at the camera with a number and that is that's just the tip of the iceberg. the impact on marine mammals is much more dramatic than we ever thought. >> his environmental compares the testing areas to a war zone and says that actual harm is far greater than the navy and mets. >> 40 million instances of harm to marine animals. tempora

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 to geometry, to high school. so they have a head start into actually starting getting into higher level math classes. so if you look at the breakdown of the subgroups, how many students are actually placed into these classes, so, for example, the chinese students, 40% of the total number of students who are enrolled in english are chinese. 8% are african-american. these are ninth graders. just ninth graders. we're only looking at the ninth grade data. so as you will look at all across the subject matters, you will see the percentage and the breakdown of those students. ok. so now we get into some hard data about -- that focuses on the total number of apps of the ninth graders broken by subgroups and the number of students who receive those grades. if you looked at the previous slide, this is actually a slight improvement from the number of f's. so, for example, the african-american students, last year, 29% of african-americans re

as a freshman coming into high school, but did not have the help i need it. i did not have to drink. i did not have any of that. when i failed a class and there was no summer school, i did not have credit recovery options. i do not know if i could even make of those classes. as a junior today, i am left not knowing if i will have to take more classes next year or pay my way through summer school this summer. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker. >> i share a similar story to jessica. as a junior this year, i had to make up classes my first and second sodbusters. instead of giving us the support we needed and be able to make of the class is on the spot when we missed them, we have to make them up later, which is not fair. we feel the class of 2014 have a better advantage, because they have better requirements than we did. if they do not get the support they need, they will be in the same position we are in when they are juniors. that is not fair to them either. we want all the young people and the people who come after us to try to br

at galileo high school, we allocated $10,000 as startup money for the grab and go breakfast. i wanted to know what that's about and whether or not we're still charging schools to start their own grb and go or is this being funded by your department? >> i think there are a couple of grab and go program that was gone on for a long time. the question is about how funding is happening. balboa's was first for a long time. ingall lay low joined balboa as one of the first schools. we expanded that to the rest of the comprehensive high schools this year with a grant from think california expanse -- expansion grant funded by c.d.e. we also have money from the breakfast expansion grant for middle schools for next year and the cost that's involved in doing the expansion is basically just the carts and the point of sale mobile devices so that we can do the accountability things that we need to do as children take meals at the doors. that sort of thing. there's not a charge out of the site fwouget participate. >> i think originally there was. originally there was a startup money of $0,000

in high school. you lie awake at night and you say i can't believe i did that. >> i can't believe the awful things you did before lunch today. >> there were times i went to volunteer at the soup kitchen and i would be late 10 minutes. remember when i helped out the orphans and i forgot one of them and i had to pick them up. >> remember how mad you were? you were late so they were eating all of the soup you were going to steel. >> there is a special hell for you. >>> from playing a prank to emptying your tank. you are going to love this story. should we throw a bone to those who pee alone? according to a federal agency, sufferers of shy bladder syndrome may have an official disability. the daily caller reports that the equal employ meant opportunity commission issued a letter that says it could qualify as a disability under the 2008 amended americans with disabilities act. the question arose over claims that thousands of people have been unfairly fired because they couldn't your nate in a public bathr

where are his college grades and if he didn't attend high school on a regular basis how did he get into the ivy league schools? fair question? >> yes. look, but let's get beyond it. the media is never going to cover that. this is exactly where he wants us to go it into this kind of stuff. let's keep focused on the thing that's american people know a lot about. >> sean: the economy. >> and are willing to judge him on which is the economy. this guy told us, he waved around that memo from kristine roamer and jared burnstein, he said if you want to know exactly what is going to happen look at this. it says unemployment topped out at 8% at the end of the summer of 2009 and it would be 6% today. he said we will have a great recovery. if we had the average recovery, the per capita gdp would be $4,500 per person bigger and there would be 13 million morn more americans working. let's go at him on the things that happened in the last three or four years. let's let the media go out there and make themselves irreelection rant by going out and examining -- i thought the family today. hats off to the

romney apologized for what he described as stupid high school pranks and said there was no harm intended. jan crawford has our report. >> reporter: as first reported by "the washington post," romney and other students, 46 years ago at the prestitigious cranbrook school teased a student and hatched a plan. they held him down as romney clipped his blond hair. phillip maxwell, a classmate involved in the incident, told cbs news he believes it was an assault and battery. now a lawyer in michigan, maxwell said, i've carried this story with with me a long time. it was just a black mark on my character that i didn't stop it. four other classmates confirmed the incident to "the post" saying the student john lauber was nonconformist. lauber revealed he was a homosexual and died eight years ago of liver cancer. romney was first asked about the incident on a radio show. >> you know, i don't remember that incident. and i'll tell you, i certainly don't believe that i or -- i can't speak for other people, of course, thought the fellow was homosexual. that was the furthest thing from our minds back in