commissioner maufas: is it keith? and i think you very much for presenting. -- thank you very much for presenting. thank you for sharing that you were looking through the summer for employment and found employment through this but also participated in helping make it come about. you can speak first him to -- firsthand to what the program needs. i am sure you have many friends who have needs as well. that is something i experienced. my daughter is around that age. i hear from people beyond the age of 18 and there are not a plethora of programs of summer employment for young people who have not finished college, who are still in school, who are trying to live on their round or with friends, or are still with family, and being a contributor. i hope this program can figure out how to nuance itself, after you do the evaluation and see how it runs, on how to incorporate young people who you may not know are undocumented. they may be your friends, but that is something in your background that exists. you may know many folks.

commissioner maufas: here. commissioner murase: here. commissioner wynns: here. elvina fan: here. >> please join me for the pledge of allegiance. president mendoza: thank you. item a is the approval of board meetings -- board minutes. any corrections tax roll call, please. -- any corrections? roll call, please. [roll is called] >> 5 ayes. president mendoza: the next item is a presentation by the superintendent. superintendent garcia is out of town and we are blessed with the presence of the deputy superintendent. >> you did that well. you have practiced. thank you, president mendoza. superintendent garcia is out of town and unable to make the meeting tonight. he has asked me to share the following thoughts with all of you. regarding the 20112012 budget, the board will be taking action tonight on the budget for the 2011-2012 school year recommended budget. we may be close to having a state budget. all school districts must submit a three-year budget to the state by july 1. the one we are recommending is based on the governor's proposed budget. our recommendation i

commissioner maufas: what can be done about that? as quickly as possible. >> for this program, it is a work experience program. young people are paid a wage. we cannot get around federal labor laws. there are other program designs that could be looked at, paying a stipend or looking at a day labor program model. this model is set up as a work experience program. we have no way of working around that. commissioner maufas: i would like to encourage you to take that back to the table. >> there is a large group that i think would be happy to speak to you about that. commissioner maufas: if they can answer questions, i would be happy. supervisor cohen: if we have a representative who would like to speak? >> good afternoon, madam chair and the committee. first of all, my name is carl alexander. i served as the pastor of technology for the true love church. i am honored to address the fact that san francisco is a world- class city. that makes the board of supervisors a world-class body of supervisors. i would like to personally thank the ch

commissioner maufas: i agree with commissioner fewer. i hope we have this dialogue sooner rather than later so the executive staff can work with our recommendation and what we have come to consensus about, so you are not waiting until the last minute and then having to do with other information coming from the state. you can figure out how to work with what we recommend and then work that into a bigger discussion. i want to again support what commissioner fewer is recommending. the investment helps us in other areas, the investment around summer school and the possibility of saturday school, and the credit recovery helps ninth and 10th graders passed the test. building them up in that way helps in other areas where we are doing makeup work when they do not pass. how do we down continue to support those more senior students before they graduate, where it becomes urgent and they have to attend summer school in a different way? that is an assessment which can make that will benefit as in other areas. the same thing regarding the current eng

commissioner maufas: do you want to share with us what you are doing for the summer? elvina fan: i have a bank of america leadership internship. basically, the partner with the boys and girls club of san francisco. they are giving me a trip to washington, d.c. i am excited. president mendoza: how long will you be in washington, d.c.? >> one week. president mendoza: item e is the current advisory council pac report. we have michelle. >> good evening, commissioners and deputy superintendent. i am the proud parent of two public school students, the coordinator of an after-school program, and a member of the parent of kaiser accounts will. -- parents advisory council. we appreciate the california masonic council supporting our students. this is the last pack report -- pac report for this school year, and i conclude my term at the end of this month. it has been an honor to serve, although i did not know what i was getting myself into when i signed up. i have had the opportunity to hear from and represent parent concerns and perspectives from across the district. observing

commissioner maufas: even if it is a small technical change. >> can you confirm we are able to do that? i do not know exactly. >> i can get that in the memo form that a change was made or there was a modification. i just want to be aware after our support that if anything occurs you would send the information to us, and just information. i would appreciate it. thank you. commissioner wynns: i just want to ask -- a memo we got, since the state budget is totally up in the air. we will soon come before school starts, have another review of the budget based on the state budget once it is passed, including if it is passed just as we expect now and the revenue looks the same. we will review that. you will report it to us. commissioner fewer: a clarifying question. if we did the opposite, if we decided as a board to look over the budget, and we change the allocations from certain departments to another department, that could also take place after the adoption of the budget. >> thank you. sorry about that. public speakers have two minutes each. come on up. state your name and go ahead. >> my n

the board vote dd and maufas approved. item -- other items in the agend a are the following staff reports. acceptance of gifts for the month of may, 2011. our adjournment is in memory of a couple of folks that have been part of san francisco unified high school district. in memory of korea gonzales -- gloria gonzales. she was buried at sea. she was a mother, grandmother, and friend. working 26 years in various roles. as a homebound teacher with a special ed services department. the principal at the center. she was born during the depression as one of 12 children to mexican laborers and farmers. she spent her life working toward achieving a better education and educating the next generation. she was a graduate of pomona college and the university of california, berkeley. she valued for work and education and had a special passion for helping disadvantaged children pursuing an education regardless of their race, gender, or religion. she dedicated herself to education and the benefit of society. also we're closing in memory o

commissioner murase:-- commissioner maufas: in reading the report, i found it everything i had heard from me-- the pac in board meetings and offline. i appreciate that you were able to memorialize it in a report to us. it is an interesting but concise summary of the year. if anybody wanted to understand the pac and get the level of how important you are to us, i think they could see it in this one report. it is incredible. i just do not think the public understands the commitment to the volunteering and being able to be the buffer of some of that heat that i witnessed at those meetings, the community conversations. i am really in off of the graciousness of pac members in not engaging in the anger, but really taking that information in and of passing it on to the board. i am grateful for that. that really does speak to the years of buildup and trial and error and how you have been able to find your footing and move well within the district. i want to thank you all for that. i also want to talk about the bit of push back that happened. i think it is great. i also felt empowered enough