president yee: this is for the kipp? i thought, the end of the meeting. ok. come on up anyways. this is april, right? ok. >> good evening. my name is april, and i am a san francisco resident and a member of staff, and i just want to speak very briefly on what we are submitting a charter and seeking your approval in san francisco. our team first approached the board one decade ago for a preparatory middle school option in the traditionally underserved communities, and thanks to our parents, community members, the district, and this board, we launched the kipp academies in the fall of 2003. we are really proud of our track record in san francisco, and both of our schools have been made california distinguished schools, and won academy has just earned a second achievement award this year. our students are 77% of them with free and reduced lunch, and over 83% of them are african- american or latino students, and we make a commitment at kipp to them through college. we are proud that 85% of the first quarter -- cohort entered college when only 40% of low- income students nationally e

lunch, and over 83% of them are african- american or latino students, and we make a commitment at kipp to them through college. we are proud that 85% of the first quarter -- cohort entered college when only 40% of low- income students nationally enter college. we really valued partnership. our community has been grateful to receive the unanimous support of this board for our renewals over the years, and we have been good neighbors and good citizens, as evidenced by the letters and testimony you will receive, so i want to thank those of you who have come out to see our schools both this year and in the past, and we look forward to meeting with you all individually in the 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 mur

president yee: this is for the kipp? i thought, the end of the meeting. ok. come on up anyways. this is april, right? ok.

president yee: this is for the kipp? i thought, the end of the meeting.

this is on 125-8sp1, the authorization to grant or in the alternative denied the petition for kipp high school. this would be referred to the committee and the budget committee. i am going to move back into the layoff. it was my fault. there is two people on the bottom of the page here, which i did not call. james and patrick. ok. so it is just patrick. >> button. sorry. hello, i am done. a nine-year veteran -- president yee: i am sorry. what is your name again? >> doug page. i called you on the phone. president yee: is there a patrick here? >> yes, i am here. president yee: right, right. i have got your name. patrick? ok. president yee: hold on. give me a chance to figure this out. is james here? he left. you called in? >> yes. president yee: i do not have your name here. go ahead. >> my name is doug. 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,