and i will call your name and line up to the podium. >> josh davidson. again. evan johnson miller, and jane ley. >> public comment. welcome. and will commence in one second. >> just press the button and identify yourself. are you mr. leuy? >> you have two minutes. >> yeah. my name is gang and i am a union rep, and i am here to speak on behave of our members and we urge the board to direct the district in a fair and contract with us we have not had a raise in six years and we also took furlough days and sacrificed more to help out the district. and now that the district revenue is healthy and part because of prop 30 which we volunteered for hundreds of hours and we are asking the sacrifice be awarded with a fair contract including the wage increases, to catch up with the cost of living which we have fallen far behind, in addition to wages we hope to come to an agreement on improved health benefits and opportunities for advancement and a strengthen voice at wo*rk. >> one second. >> could i have quiet in the room for respect for the speaker? you know, i would like

>> i am josh davidson, and in the education department and our members work every day with the members of uesf and very closely and we see the dedication and we see the concern for the students and i am here in solidary with my brothers and sisters tonight because they deserve a raise and the paras deserve and the teachers need the support time to prepare for the students properly and you can't expect the people to do all of the work at home and come and do another full day's work with the students during day. >> teachers? >> hello my name is lesser and i came up here with a slew of things to speak about, but after hearing about all of the speakers this paper goes down and in particular what is to say is what is relevant and what is important and what is vital and what is essential, when all of you go out you are like the big engine and you step out and among this crowd, and you go to start your car, you can be the big engine but without the battery, where do you go? without it, the car does not move. and want to go to it quick and i want to make it quick because i only have a few minu

i am josh davidson and a member and an early education house parent. and we are going back into bargaining next month with our colleagues and labor relation and looking forward to selecting a contract on wages and health benefits. and like, so many other of your employees, we are being chased out of san francisco by these skyrocketing cost of living and we would like to get a little tractioner on that and we know that we are not going to catch up with that and we are realists and we would like to not be quite so far behind, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> so i missed an item which was item k and tonight, we have two tea oversight committee annual report and it was heard earlier in the meeting is there any other appointments to be made this evening? >> i have a appointment, lina karu, lena tarew. >> thank you. commissioners, anyone else? commissioners, none. okay. >> and let's go on to item m, discussion of other educational issues superintendent, i think that your designee bill san did her son has a report for us on the status of graduation require

i was told there were not speakers just children singing >> so joshua davidson first. >> i'm josh the f ti member tonight i need to express any frustration with colleagues and management we made an agreement to move our cafeteria workers in various departments and unfortunately after months of delay very this information has fallen apart. i want to tell you about our workers our cafeteria workers reflect the diversity of our community in san francisco they provide front line to students and prepare thirty percent of the meals. even though years ago and eliminated the cooking classifications. they do this on a schedule of 3 and a half hours a day many don't have sick days and due process rights and this has gone on for 10 years and in some cases 20 years people have left after 25 years with the district with no retirement. my friends would have to pass a lengthy examine in english with no credit to the years of service dozens of workers could be replaced outside the district by people who can take a written test in english and they don't reflect the diversity of san francisco they're n