mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns dr. murase. >> thank you ms. sonata. >> yes. >> thank you. >> okay item q superintendent first reading we have one approval of public education expenditure plan for school year 2015-2016 is p there a motion and second to refer to committee as a whole. >> don't need to vote there; right? that will be referred that will take place on august 17th and r the first reading creating aerobic and vietnamese public health in san francisco unified school district authorized by ms. fewer and commissioner shamann walton and have this a there is a motion and a second. >> i didn't call for public comment open the first item was there public comment on the public education combrsht fund no one signed up all right. 0 that will be referred to the curriculum and budget committee and we'll have a hearing on both board members report item s standing committee reports i have the first one that is the curriculum and program committee that meet on march second a busy one we have two chapter petitions from kip renewal petitions both were

. >> thank you scomploern a report from the city and select committee commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> you're on. >> thank you so we had two items we converted our last committee meeting the i didn't want on pre k and transitional kindergarten we've heard from the office of the education from the city side and then the team shared their transitional kindergarten programs it was really great to get an update awhile currently we're going or we're going to be doing going forward the second item the transportation agency program vision zero program that is thinking about how we not only calm traffic but where are the traffic centers where we have pedestrian and bikes that are visible and we would like to consider adapting a vision zero initiative that means not necessarily requires us to do anything but this board will be currently knowing about the traffic cadging we'll continue to talk with the staff about that. >> thank you commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> if any. i may the next meeting will be on thursday march 24th anothers 3:30 summer programming that means jobs and also other o

mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and dr. murase. >> where's dr. murase thank you that's 5 i's all right. so i'm stepping in here moving on 0 sshlgs board member's reports standing committee do we have a report from any of the board dlblts or board organizations? no other reports by board members a report by the committee as a whole february that's me one informational item our digital learning framework we heard really existing work in our district has been doing around extending a number of things one extending computer science standards k through 12 and developing those are standards and presenting a plan that will could. to the full board as to how we'll go about or about doing that and extending work around digital literacy and introduction technology into destruction and greater levels and the overall approach to keep that in mind how we make sure our students have access to the digital learning it's happening all over the school reports if the legislation committee ms. wynns >> we have already recorded and taken care of the items two were on

mendoza-mcdonnell ms. mendoza-mcdonnell and ms. wynns and dr. murase it's a 6 i's. >> the committee may be seated on february 8th so review the applicants i'd like to call on simmons for the report and the reading of the recommendations from last week's move. >> thank you commissioner president murase so all the members of the board you're aware we have to our appetite to the election commission resigned and we filled the vacancy for the last 5 year term we posted the position and received 3 playgrounds or letters of intent inadequately and also all of you received the information in a document that looked like this though if you weren't a member of the committee the members of the with committee got a black document so and so we on the last wednesday night interviewed the candidates and the committee makes the recommendation that we at the board rotate for our selected candidates dominique paris and i don't know if am i required to read - okay so the last photograph the city charter recommended the one member a former appointee resigned may 17,

mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns that i dr. murase 5 i's congratulations this paris we look forward to your service on the elections commission and look forward to hearing from you once a year you're on our service community myths. >> thank you very much next item on the agenda is a m discussion of other educational issues no one and the n the previous items second reading and o vote on the consent calendar that was moved and seconded seconded. >> ms. sonata mr. chin ms. fewer planning ms. mendoza-mcdonnell excuse me. ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and dr. murase 6 i's thank you very much. next item think on the agenda is consent calendar resolution for the board discussions and immediate action there are non-and item 2 superintendent proposal for first reading is there a motion and second to the wellness thoughts policy? thank you very much this will be referred to the rules and budget committee is there a month to month on the authorization to grant on the petition or deny it for the charter >> is there a second. >> move to

mcdonnell told mr. mcdonnell that the watch was a gift from santa. she did not want him to know it was bought by johnny williams." she would testify that mr. williams filled a void that she was filling in her life and he gave her both gifts and attention. now, the mcdonnells, of course were tried together which is why maureen mcdonnell never took the stand and why we are just now learning about what she would have said in court. affidavit was unsealed as a -- excuse me at the request of the defense team for bob mcdonnell and it will now be filed as part of his appeal to the conviction. live in the newsroom, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. kimberly: very interesting indeed. you're right. let's turn to the weather now. unfortunately, you really needed a coat all day. the cooler temperatures are back. chief meteorologist doug hill has a look at what to expect tonight. doug? doug: plenty of sunshine today. so chilly and so much cooler than yesterday. let's get you started right now, bright sunshine and upper 40's outside of the belfort furniture weather cente

mendoza-mcdonnell rachel norton ms. wynns and dr.urase that's 5 i's thank you very much clapping we have one more item for approval authorization to grant on the or deny the petition for san francisco bayview charter schools it was moved and seconded we've heard from matt haney on the recommendation and commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> yes. mr. davis commissioner president murase i want to note a correction on the kill switch bayview in the therefore, be it resolved i want to make that clear the recommendation is that the petition be approved thank you very much and actually, the superintendent if you could get mr. davis to read the presentation. >> mr. davis please read the recommendation. >> i will thank you superintendent recognize for the bayview charter school petition authorization to grant the alternative deny the san francisco bayview charter school whereas pursuant to the education code if bayview not limited to a application and whereas pursuant california education code the board of education district is in receipt of th

district court case and case no. 3 lasalle versus sfusd by a vote of 6 i's one commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell the board approved the settlement in the amount not stipulated with all possible claims that concludes items the closed session reporting item u another informational items post in the agenda and the staff report the acceptance of gifts and january 2015 meeting adjourned >> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through m. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you d

district court case and case no. 3 lasalle versus sfusd by a vote of 6 i's one commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell the board approved the settlement in the amount not stipulated with all possible claims that concludes items the closed session reporting item u another informational items post in the agenda and the staff report the acceptance of gifts and january 2015 meeting adjourned >> good evening and welcome to the regular meeting of san francisco ethics commission february 23, 2015, calling the roll arrest commissioner hayon commissioner keane commissioner andrews and chair commissioner hur has been excused item 2 on the agenda public comment on matters powering or not appearing on the agenda within the jurisdiction of the ethics commission anyone have my public comments before we move to the next item hearing none i'll turn to the third item a presentation by san francisco stanford university students regarding their campaign finance project for the 2014 election and welcome and look forward to our presentation. >> thank you. >> you can come up. >> yeah. >> steven macy the technical officer w

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. >> just in bob mcdonnell files an appeal to his conviction. tonight why he says he's innocent of corruption. >> and protests over the purple line. tell you why some people say that project is a waste of money. >>> news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >>> we begin tonight with the fact that we are all sick and tired of it but there's nothing we can do about it is there? we're talking about more winter weather on our way. good evening. i'm jim vance. >> i'm erica gonzalez in for doreen gentzler. tonight we're tracking not one but two very different storms. let's get right to doug kammerer. we can expect a winter weather advisory tomorrow morning, right? >> that goes into effect at 9:00 i understand you guys everybody is saying the same think. we're done with winter but not just yet. i think we have another week of it. then things change a little bit. here's the winter weather advisory goes in effect at 9:00 a.m. all the way till 10:00. for all of the region. i don't think we're going to see all that much. i think many of these areas might not see much at

. >>> bob mcdonnell isn't the first politician to face prison time for gifts.ther received nearly the same sentence for the same crime. >> scott macfarlane sat down with the former congressman and revealed secrets when the powerful go to prison. >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: two guys named bob, powerful popular, political rising stars, until it came tumbling down in court, for both. >> bob mcdonnell sentenced for trade trading for gifts. bob ney for trading government action for gifts. bob mcdonnell is appealing and no man knows what he could be facing than bob ney. they would benefit from coming to the terms he's going to prison. >> you can stave it off. when you are found guilty you can plead i didn't do anything wrong. well there must be something there. that he has to come to terms with. >> reporter: he represented this area in ohio near the ohio river. he was famous in the steel mills and industrial plants he wasn't known like a governor would be. when you walk into prison an elected official you immediately become the most famous man in that pr

murase. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell director saltzman and our fabulous principle of the former mayor willie brown principle determining tries hobson and myself we toured the construction process of the new willie l. brown middle school i have to say it's a sight to behold the tour we experienced hands on technology and engineering and math and it is steam we'll have focused curriculum and part of the mayors leadership initiative that will be the site for the beacon center in over 20 years as part of beacon initiative under wror we'll enjoy a rich initiative i we want to mayor ed lee for expanding the former mayor willie brown beacon we be the hub for the san francisco bayview neighborhood for the children and families and celebrate one another so so watch out the former mayor willie brown is on its way and associated the willie l. brown middle school determining trust held the acceptance for the willie l. brown middle school at third marshall school many of us have seen when medical school they have a celebration to get they're white coats they're being welcomed into the family

mendoza-mcdonnell polluting. >> minnesota. >> no. >> dr.urase thank you very much we're now on oh, yes one big applause for the vote (clapping) so if folks would quietly excuse themselves continue conversations in the hall we're on public comment on content items i don't see public comment on content items. >> there are not any item g if people can exit quietly we'll appreciate it item g is the consent calendar motion and second of the consent calendar or second we need a motion and motion is there a second. >> second. >> thank you very much any items withdrawn or corrected by the superintendent? i'm sorry we're going to have to ask people to be quote we've got a lot of other business to consultation any items corrected or withdrawn >> yes. mr. steel. >> yes. commissioner fewer we have two items 3 b d resolution on page 67 under distribution please changes in making ken to visitacion valley elementary school and the second resolution on page 122 under amendments to resolution at the top of the page language should read - 910 k-27. >> thank

a judge sentenced mcdonnell to two years in federal prison. he does not have to go as long as his appeal case is pending. >>> coming up on 6:51. 33 degrees outside our studios. and i guess a lot of people are right on that line. >> and we'll stay this way for about another hour and a half or so. maybe around 9:00 that's when we'll likely be getting above freezing. between now and then watch out for treacherous conditions. in addition we have fog to deal with. ice and fog on this monday morning, all the counties in gray under a dense fog advisory until 9:00. includes northern virginia, nearby suburb southern maryland eastern shore. fog visibilities under a quarter of a mile. temperatures are still steady right near freezing in prince george's county a little below freezing this montgomery county. right at freezing being as i don't much of fairfax county. a few locations northern virginia manassas down to warrington there the temperatures are a little above freezing. look at this tree looking like a giant crystal chandelier. this is in leonard t

mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton no polluting >> dr. murase. >> 6 i's. >> thank you, very much. to staff and to the peace k ak a rich decision we'll be back april 14th and our superintendent carranza >> just for clarity for all of the community and for staff then we will we will be submitting the budget without the board approval for the applying for the requirements and understanding we will come back on april 14th not august april 14th with version 3.0 but sorry folks i know everybody has been here a long time next week is spring break i want to be clear i've directed my staff to take spring break no one will be here that's one less week to work on version. >> can we add when we submittal that the board had been month to month on april 14th. >> i'm sorry director lee. >> thank you commissioner president murase that's fine commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell for us to say a little bit more than there's will be an amendment to say the timing exactly so i think that is not he'll done i want to say in terms of what happened the superintendent alludes to now and the 14th alike lecturer

. >> thank you commissioner president murase that's fine commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell for us to say a little bit more than there's will be an amendment to say the timing exactly so i think that is not he'll done i want to say in terms of what happened the superintendent alludes to now and the 14th alike lecturer what i've heard we had a lot of boos to construct and modify the plan it is less clear at least to me what amendments would make sense based on the feedback that was provided tonight we heard questions we can follow-up open the additional questions but in terms of of version 3.0 and how it differs from 2.0 but speaking for myself didn't hear clear direction to you know that we should move in a certain direction on certain line items there were comments made and individual commissioners but it's less clear what modifications will be made than last week our main direction or follow-up to answer our questions and maybe that will illuminate things but as far as the boards feedback the spending plan could look similar in two or three weeks than what was presented. >> i'm urge my

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today mcdonnell's lawyers will deliver opening briefs. if he loses mcdonnell will have to spend two yea >>> a 19-year-old from southeast d.c. is facing charges for shooting another teen. d.c. police say woods shot a teenaged boy friday near the d.c. scholars charter school. police say the victim was under than 18 but would not give his exact age. wood is facing charge ever assault with intent to kill. the victim is expected to survive. >>> this morning mayor bowser will nominate a new fire chief. we're told former seattle fire chief gregory dean is the mayor eye top pick. dean was the seattle fire -- with that department for more than 40 years. he will replace interim chief eugene jones. jones has led the fire and ems department since kenneth ellerby resigned. jones is credited with improving morale as well as increasing training after metro's deadly smoke incident in january. mayor bowser set to announce dean at 10:30. as soon as that happen we'll send a push alert to your phone using the nbc washington app. >>> i'm angie goff at the liv

. >> thank you commissioner president murase and commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell for representing for us on the east coast other comments or questions for the board members. >> i want to mention the rules committee will meet in this room and after the meeting we're going to have the bills all the bills we've been reviewing all the perspective proposals that our legislation advocates recommended on which our legislators recommend everybody is welcome and i urge you all to be there this committee will take positions for the district if you want to be in on that discussion you're not a member of the committee this will be a big legislation. >> any other board member's reports seeing none, report of closed session actions of mayor third 2015 and in a matter of chin versus sfusd the board by a vote of 7 ids gives the district to pay up to the amount and we approved the contract by a votes of 7 i's gave the superintendents agreement and certifying the board by a vote of 7 i's for one senior executive director and 7 executive director and by a vote of 7 for 11 directors and by a vote of 7 fo

maureen mcdonnell was sentenced to one year. alison: former frederick county maryland fire chief tom owens has his old job back. today, owens was tapped to once again lead fire and rescue services. he led that department from 2010 to 2013 before leaving to spend more time with his family. owens now replaces denise puget. she said she was forced out along with two of her deputies. last year the head of the frederick county career firefighters association expressed dissatisfaction with her management style. and an overturned fire truck shut down a road in frederick county this morning. here's the photo there from the frederick news post. the truck slid off and into a ditch filled with water. amazingly, nobody was hurt. let's get a check on our traffic situation. bob emler in the wtop traffic center with the details. hi, bob. bob: hello, alison. southbound traffic on i-95 not doing too badly this afternoon. heaviest as usual at the 23. usually not that heavy as later in the week. on 270, northbound, we do slow down a bit as you mov

in new filings prosecutors say it is clear mcdonnell took steps to benefit a wealthy vitamin executive. they received more than $165,000 in gifts and loans. confidence in metro transit money skills is growing. the washington business journal reports moody will downgrade the moderate transit bonds from stable to negative the restrictions placed on spending. the downgrade could hobble metro as it tries to piece together funding for next year's budget and for capital repairs. the copilot in the german wings plane crash may have hidden and illness from the airline. police searched his home and found a doctor's note excusing him from working the day of the crash. he tore the note up. the nature of his illness isn't known. he crashed the plane on purpose. peta people remain unaccounted for. three buildings collapsed. a 22 people were hurt. one of the buildings at the time. police are trying to find six other people who have altered it. -- alter the path. send in your stink bugs be apply the university of maryland collect's the critters and the reason why you may want to help them. an emotion

what you ought to be thinking about is mcdonnell-douglas. in other words, this provides -- and says an employee can find a class of people who are being given an accommodation, notwithstanding that those people are similarly situated with respect to work and employee points to that class and in a typical mcdonnell-douglas fashion, the employer comes back and says, no, there is a good reason why i'm treating that class differently and has nothing to do with pregnancy and has to do with i treat more senior employees differently. and at that point, if the employer makes his case, the employee gets to come back and says no that is pretext in just the way we deal in every discrimination case. it is identifying the comparative in order to shift the burden to the government to come back with the reason. ms. halligan: it is highly relevant but not in the way you are suggesting. what the second clause does has laid out is to explain when you are making those comparisons, you don't look at women and menace this court did in gilbert and sets discrimina

mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton ms. wynns and dr.urase. >> thank you before i call the next item i'd like to remind the members of the public if they wish to address the board of education an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called and pretty bad to the clerk according to the speaker cards will not be submitted for the item on the agenda. >> thank you commissioner vice president haney and good evening to everyone listening or watching on tv just a few comments they're more extended commissioners by i do want to thank all our parents and students and staff for an absolutely wonderful school planning summit that took place at the elementary schools we have over 5 hundred individuals that were present in the school community groups looking their balanced scorecards and looking at the of him as it relates to the priorities of the school and the school district and thank you our mistress of sermons that did a fabulous job and thank you deputy superintendent mr. lee he delivered good news and lupe and all the

he came in with governor mcdonnell. like mcdonnell but at that time he showed that he can win in a blue state. a lot of republicans have one in reliably blue states so there is nothing particularly unique about chris christie. he does not have a particular set of policies on a national basis that voters can identify with like governor walker does with getting rid of union contracts. bill: do you think it is his unique style? a guy that will tell the heckler to sit down and shut up. will that work? is that part of the reason he is drawing so much fire? >> it is tough to no whether southern ladies coming out of church on sunday want to see that. >> what would your mother say? >> we like politeness. [laughter] bill: thank you. appreciate you being here. ♪ >> farmers call them rats with wings. plus, is your kid overloaded with homework? one scccc ♪ this is a fox 29 news update. hi everyone i'm fox 29's chief meteorologist scott williams. the snow has moved out but look at some of the totals. 10.4-inches king of prussia. way

this comes after the conviction or former governor bob mcdonnell and his wife on federal corruption charges. the new rules apply to lawmakers and candidates at all levels. government employees are also included. russian president vladimir putin is condemning the murder of one of his chief critics. there are many in russia and elsewhere who believe that putin played a role in the killing. he was gunned down on a bridge near the kremlin. those who knew him said he was aware of the dangers and speaking out against government corruption. >> we feel more and more extreme expressions against us. kimberly: the white house calls for an impartial and transparent investigation into the shooting. president putin said he had personally taken charge of the investigation. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will address congress tuesday. this comes amid increasing tension between the two allies. abc 7 and news channel 8 are taking an in-depth look at u.s.-is really relations. the national town hall takes place tuesday night at 7:00 following president netanyahu's address. you can watch online at wj

mcdonnell? that's hard to say. everyone has seen their lives play out in this case. the gifts they took the kind of things they got into. i think most people are disturbed by the amount of gift that he took and the amount of time was spent on this guy that was selling this health stuff and also the fact that mrs. mcdonnell seemed -- the governor's wife seemed allegedly distracted seemed to be a hard person to work with, her character has come out, his character has come out. how can they ever restore that? >> they did leave the court separately. i think what was interesting, the former governor said we are innocent. these charges should not apply to us. he did use the collective here. but they did leave separately. it does sort of look a little different than the way the trial went when they said the wife was the one pushing all this and mcdonnell seemed to separate himself from the wife. we may have some sort of public imaging thing going on here as the appeal moves forward. >> talking to local politicians when this thing first broke, the idea that it wasn't a great

mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns. >> and dr. murase. >> 6 i's. >> thank you very much and thank you to the mr. haney and ms. mendoza-mcdonnell the next is j request to speak general matters a lengthy list i'll be limiting public comments to one minute i'll be reading names in group as people if we could hold the applause to the end we'll hear from more speakers on the item of 8th's grade algebra (calling names) if i could please come up and press the button. >> yes. one minute per person. >> press the button. >> again commissioner president murase and commissioners and superintendent carranza i'm alison collin in the last week i've heard about parent reinstating the honors in our middle school as someone that taught forlism 20 years in and out of the district and a parent of two children i've heard something that has made me concerned bhoi experience when we have a two tier system kids get tracked into low-level classes a two-track system is boys no matter what is fair the schools have ended up 106r9 the students by in case and

. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> it's getting late isn't if i've been called many things togetherlaughter). >> so thank you. i'm curious a second what commissioner fewer's kwae question she asked can be explained two things eir things why such a huge differential with our numbers we're honing in on how to make the improvements and secondly, on the reclassification the numbers on the reclassification how do we move those numbers up that's part of the elements maybe i'm curious how is it our students are getting reclassified anyway and when a who thinks are being reclassified are there 0 sowing some that are to the point of those that are in our bilingual programs or our emerging programs or early or late exits what's the most helpful for our kids to be reclassified sooner or later. >> i will respond to the first question whether or not we have an improvement plan i'm sure you're aware of the 2012 the new california el standards were adapted we really working hard to transition into a really align our eled with the canyon core but this year is the first the eled the transition into

. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell and commissioner norton. >> i actually don't have questions i want to comment particularly as the chair of buildings and grounds and having worked with you david this is such a treat and really grateful for your leadership and your springs around the bond program have an opportunity to be and willie brown's last week reminded me we have the voters to do the wonderful improvements and growth in the school district and every time we get a chance to drive by one the schools that's backseats been modernized or the improvements i'm grateful for your leadership thank you for that and thank you for supporting the efforts and keeping a close ice eye on the work and david you have a great staff to oversee the bond thank you and congratulations. >> i just wanted to echo commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell and i'm sure the rest of the board thanks for this again, it is so amazing to find this on our desk no finding and you know, i want to thank you, david for spoiling me all the years that's not been an ax last week, we have there's been 10 years api i've been on th