it is with that that i bring up miss karen bishop. [applause] >> i wanted to interrupt. i am dennis. many decades ago, about 13 or 14 superintendents' ago, karen and i started off at a junior high school together. karen came straight over from high school where she worked as a library tech. we have been working together since that time in all of the things we have done together in the school district. whether you want to blame the middle school for it, the water that runs under the school, or whether it is just some shared interest? she has been active in sciu since it only had four digits in its number. it was a great pleasure. i want to get out of the way so that she can call karen to the microphone and take her picture. >> not yet. any comments for the board? yes, no? yes, no? >> i have one comment. i would like to add to this. karen bishop is so well respected in the district. those of us on the other side of the bargaining table, i can speak for all of us that she represented her members very well. she is a very, very fine person and we wish her the best. [applause]

karen bishop served as president of the local 790 in 1992. she served as a chairman for the end -- served as the separate cisco unified chapter president until she retired. she was voted the unionist of the year for going beyond the call of duty to protect worker'' rights. it has been resolved that the board of education and the unified school district commence her and thanks report for many decades of service to

karen bishop served as president of the local 790 in 1992. she served as a chairman for the end -- served as the separate cisco unified chapter president until she retired. she was voted the unionist of the year for going beyond the call of duty to protect

bishop. she began working in the san francisco unified school district, and i know that supervisors campos and kim and a number of other colleagues know karen well, but ms. bishop was a library technical assistant when she began in the school district in 1968, and she was a co-founder of the technical association in the district and served as its president for several years. she became the vice president of the san francisco unified school district chapter of local 791 local 400 merged with local 390 in 1982, and that was quite a while ago, karen. she has also been the chair of a civil rights committee and a number of other positions, too. she was on the working committee that gave workers pay equity and served on the local city-wide negotiations in 1988 and continuously through 2006. she also became president of the s&p nine you local in 1992 -- of the seiu local in 1992, and they went through the merger and transition in 2007. that has been four years now. karen was awarded an award and officially retired. congratulations from the san francisco city and county, 2011, concluding her term as the chapter president and as a member of the seiu

and karen bishop, who has worked in this district for many years.he will be recognized for all of the contributions she has made throughout the school years. when we look at these two individuals, i hope that everybody stopped a moment to think about all of the unsung heroes, people like the two that are being highlighted. we cannot have such a great environment in san francisco if that were not for great people like this. let's start concentrating on all of the great things that people do here. the random acts of kindness that make the school district a much better place for everybody. >> members of the board had received the report on the tdap, the update on the shots. some of it looks like it is going to be a big challenge. a school that has 35% compliance is going to be pretty empty. could you give us this electronically so that we know what these numbers mean? 85% means that there are 20 kids or 400 kids would be good to know. >> item c is our recognitions and resolutions. there are several people that we will be recognizing. we are going to th

today is karen bishop day so kudos go out to her. and i want you to know that later on this evening we have a great presentation. we're going to talk a little bit about facilities and it's kind of interesting. this last week, you know, several board members, myself, we attended two hundredth anniversaries, schools, including glen park and last week, cleveland elementary school had their hundredth anniversary. tomorrow, jean parker is having their 100th anniversary and george washington high school is celebrating their 75th anniversary and we'll honor them this evening and when you look at that and you look at the presentation that will take place later on in the meeting about our facilities. david golden will update us on our facilities and when you have schools over 100 years old and you look at the work put into them to make sure kids feel valued when a walk into a school that's nice and clean, shiny, and looks marvelous. i think it's a tribute to this community of san francisco stepping forward and caring so much about their child

there is an imperative item declaring september 27, 2011 to be karen bishop day in san francisco. president chiu: supervisor mar has made a motion to adopt. seconded by supervisor avalos. any public comment on this item? with regard to motions of the commendatory of finding, could we do that without objection? those motions are made. could we take the underlined item and to do that same house, same call? without objection, this is passed. clerk calvillo: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of mr. jerry palsman. president chiu: is there any other business in front of this body? clerk calvillo: that concludes the business for today. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned.

i will be honoring along with supervisor jane kim one of our city labor and community leaders, karen bishop, the president of san francisco unified school district chapter of sci you -- seiu. president chiu: i will be introducing legislation to help our city small businesses comply with our americans with disabilities act. when i served on the small business commission i heard from hundreds of small businesses as we have around our districts in the city that have been sued allegedly for ada violations. since 2005, there have been five dozen lawsuits in california, and over 300 businesses in san francisco have been sued, some of the multiple times and some have closed their doors because of the suits. the proposal i am putting forth is about ensuring that we are encouraging full compliance with our accessibility laws in doing this in a way that is transparent, fair, and hopefully bring about more cooperation between small- business is and landlords and building owners. this proposal does four things. it prioritizes building permit applications that involve work on accessibility complaints --

there is an imperative item declaring september 27, 2011 to be karen bishop day in san francisco. president chiu: supervisor mar has made a motion to adopt. seconded by supervisor avalos. any public comment on this item? with regard to motions of the commendatory of finding, could we do that without objection? those motions are made. could we take the underlined item and to do that same house, same call? without objection, this is passed. clerk calvillo: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of mr. jerry palsman. president chiu: is there any other business in front of this body? clerk calvillo: that concludes the business for today. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. gentlemen, we are adjourned. make the switch! [ female announcer ] call to get at&t u-verse -- now with free hd -- for only $29 a month for six months. or get $300 back via promotion card with a qualifying u-verse bundle. [ male announcer ] u-verse tv lets you record up to four shows at once on a single dvr. and you can record and play back your shows from any room. plus with u-verse, you ge