in the mission, chavez, flynn, horace mann which is buena vista horace mann k-8 school. nine were funded by sig. all were funded with school improvement grant dollars and in the bayview, two schools are funded with sig dollars. the two zone offices that were created to support this town are led by dr. patricia gray and in the mission. i have the small staff of fiscal analyst and as secretary. there is a supervisor of professional learning in the mission and in the offices there are content and professional development specialists in the area of special ed and literacy and math. we also have attendance liaisons' and of the secretarial support. -- liaisons and office secretarial support. this is based on national research in the -- based on the chicago school study. there are five essential elements indicated in the study that need to be attended to. if you want to transform schools. creating a clear instructional batons and coherence, making sure they have a clear curriculum, focus on professional capacity, creating student center of learning and garments -- learning clim

he was a principal at horace mann middle school. under his leadership, for the first time, for three years in a row, we were able to narrow the achievement gap rather than widen the gap as had been what the data had been showing previously. i think a lot of that was due to his leadership but also due to a strong team of educators that he has been able to strengthen and bolster their work and i do appreciate his service. i am sad to see carlos leave but i am confident that our deputy superintendent will be able to continue that work and that decision and hopefully, we can continue to narrow the gap. it is not where we should be. we should be further along. at least some progress is being made in our school district. >> thank you. seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes roll-call for introductions. president chiu: why don't we go to general public comment. >> now is the time to address the board within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board including those items on adoption. excluding items that have already been con

by the fact that the teachers that were there for buena vista last year and that were there for horace mann were returned to the site. that created that stability for our students. again, begging for continuity. i believe the 28 points earned last year on the api are because of that. as we strive to create a model dual immersion school in the nation, because that is what we are striving for, we need to keep our teachers as they are. the specialty of our program demands that we have that continuity, as teachers collaborate to insure construction for all students. thank you. >> good evening. i am the supervisor of professional learning. i am going to talk quickly about the adult practices of professional learning that is happening, what roger calls the special training to meet the needs of students. we have put in place a robust system of professional support for teachers. it is based on the best practices of professional learning. it takes place on site. it is collaborative. it fosters collegiality and leadership. i know you have gotten a list of some of the professional learning that happen

charles drew, everett, george washington carver, horace mann, john o'connell, leonard flynt, malcolm x elementary commission elementary, paul revere, and thurgood marshall academic high. employees may not be teaching under the credential or authorization listed above during the 2011-2012 school year. in order to be awarded points under one-five as described above. criterion no. 6 shall be used in the event that is necessary to apply the same date of hire criteria to certificated -- employees assigned to the superintendent zone school. any time this occurs after application of these criteria shall be resolved by lottery. i have already read the paraprofessional services resolution. i will now read the early education department resolution. this is a short one so i will read all that. where is due to lack of funds in san francisco unified school district, the board of education under the authority of section 8366 hereby finds unnecessary and in the best interests of the district to eliminate the full- time equivalent fte of the employees in the early education program as specified belo

with horseman -- horace mann, what is happening with them next year? >> they are continuing with buena vista. the school is becoming bilingual immersion school. k-eight. you often grow it year by year. they had it through fifth grade. they grew it -- they will grow into the sixth grade and into the seventh and eighth grade. as they did that, we are phasing out a general education strand within the program. we are having a fully immersion bilingual school. supervisor campos: in terms of the leadership, the continuity going forward. >> i should let the assistant supervisor speak to that. >> good afternoon. what i think makes the zone work is is a collective effort. there are key set of high leverage priority areas. there is capacity building that is happening at the central level as well as the school site level. each of our schools have to undergo any assessment. we have to scaffold the improvement that is happening there with -- that is happening there. that is a new school that came into the zone a year later than anyone else -- everyone else. what yo

the united states to resolve the are the political issues before we can actually move ahead said horace mann a research officer from the institute of peace and conflict studies thank you. thank you very much still ahead the land of blacksmiths. in a few minutes we'll travel to the urals region and central russia to see how the ancient krauts of the forests are still very much alive today. thousands of illegal immigrants who come to britain in search of a better life have found their dreams of a good job and money becoming quite a nightmare many pay big bucks to traffickers to make the journey but end up in destitution bennett has met some living on the streets who find themselves stranded with no means of returning home. it looks like nothing more than a dumping ground or squalor plain to see harder to spot other signs of life this is what forty illegal immigrants call home under a motorway bridge in london's outskirts penniless and without sanitation the place is infested with drugs disease and destitution many risk their entire families fortune to get here dreaming of the riches that await

horace mann elementary school is san jose's oldest elementary school. for families here and in public schools around the state, the educational experience is changing. jane's son was one kindergartner in a class of 20. four years later -- >> now i have a daughter that's in kindergarten, and she's 30-1. >> reporter: parents tell us they have to buy more basic supplies like paper and do without some of the programs they had when they were in school. >> it seems like a lot of programs are being cut. >> reporter: in the last four years, public schools along with colleges and universities lost $20 billion in funding, and another round of mid year cuts are looming. even before that, california ranked 46th in per-pupil spending. the california teachers association is active in trying to hold that funding line. the union representing preschool teachers through college professors along with janitors and bus drivers say they don't just rally, they spend. 2011 saw record spending in lobbying in sacramento. $286.6 million, nearly 7% more than the year before. the c