commissioner moliga, and then vice president lopez? i already made my decision on how i'm going to vote, and you'll be able to see that later, but i just want to say i had the opportunity to meet with the staff that work at the kalw, and i just want to say that there's a bunch of amazing people that work there, people that really care about what they do. they really want to be a part n of -- you know, they really want to be there, people that just care about the job, and i have a lot of respect for all of them. one of the things that i just wanted to put out there was, you know, there may need to be some -- in addition to building up, you know, the capacity of the program but also, like, you know, being open to, you know, how to you build the culture, you know, back in kalw so there's, you know, trust and cohesion and, you know, so they all feel supported? you know, but i just wanted to put that out there, and i just, you know, appreciate talking to all the staff. they're all really, really good people, and they want to just do their j

you know, i see myself as the leader of the entire staff, and to commissioner moliga's comments about moving that community together, of course, that's a priority. thank you for recognizing our amazing staff and the work that they do. >> there has been the comment that there's been a covid exposure, so what's been the protocol around that? >> we have what's called a post contact situation, and we immediately reported it to h.r. the person is already at home, so they didn't have to be sent home. they're quarantining for the number of days that's recommended, and that person is under leave afforded to people that have exposure to covid. when that happens, it hasn't happened a lot at kalw, but i believe when that happens, we go right into action. we have great protocols around keeping people safe, having people on-site, so we had done, i think, all that we can, and we are dedicated to keeping people safe. if they need to be quarantining at home, it's a priority that they're there, and that their paycheck remains stable if that happens. >> and i'd just add, i'm sorry, president sanchez, t

. >> my sentiments actually align with what commissioner moliga just said especially on the point of expanding what we mean by suffering and trying to get a sense of what urgency looks like by family and who we can accommodating so many considerations and the spirit of what i want to see happen obviously not violating any of the compliance with as much as possible related to life around public-health guidelines. we try it get as many people back as want to be back as possible and at this point we don't actually even know the real answer to that and based on a lot of the public comment, it's so interesting with these meetings and what i hear from people doing the work and how varied the responses are, hearing from educators that are doing home visits because they can't get a hold of people and i'm sure that's not like i'm sure they're doing that, right. and hearing folks that we heard tonight that are really concerned about returning to school so this is such a hard problem and i know what we hear isn't isn't completely representative of people's willingness to go back and restart and

commissioner moliga. >> thanthank you for the commen. i wanted to get back to the mental health discussion. i know supervisor yee brought it up a few committee meetings ago. i think, you know, it is a real conversation to be had. dr. bardach, we are planning to re-open schools. my question around that is the doctor quotes there is going to be a huge need for mental health services especially when the kids come back. it is going to double. you know, the majority of like what is it 80% of black and brown kids are medical. i am saying that because there is a huge need for partnership with s.f.u.s.d. and city and county. we wrote a resolution, coordinated care resolution back in march or may, and they had language in there to begin to plan what a transition would look like coming back to school in terms of wellness. i say this. as we are going to get these kids back in school one of those days. are we ready and is the infrastructure in place to provide the medical care, mental health services, and all around wraparound services to support th

. >> commissioner moliga, moliga not present. commissioner collins. >> i'm present. >> sorry, i apologize. moliga present. commissioner collins. >> present. >> trustee randolph. >> present. >> trustee williams, williamses not present. trustee selby. selby not present. you have corium. >> we're also joined by supervisor lopez and supervisor ronen. are there changes to the agenda? >> there are no changes to the agenda. >> thank you madam clerk. will you please call the first item. hearing of the impacts of covid-19 on san francisco quiet fied school district and city college of san francisco. for those wishing to provide public comment should call the number streaming on your screen, 415-655-0001, access code: 146-414-8285. press star 3 to line up to speak. the system prompt will indicate that you raised your hand. wait until you have been unmuted when we get to public comment. mr. chair. >> thank you madam clerk. since today we are hearing what has been a standing item for us, for the last number of meetings, and it is an item tha

so we have to wait until he's not in class or commissioner moliga is working with families. so all of us are juggling multiple responsibilities, and i feel that the active and dynamic nature of this challenge is something that requires us to be more actively involved and supportive of and i think that it would help for us to have a staff member that would help us connect the dots and make sure that we can be more cohesive. i have been bringing up, even in previous meetings, relative to the various initiatives or priorities we put forward, you know, things have been changing so quickly that it's really important for us to have someone to help us even make sure that we are aligned when we have set priorities that we're working better as a team. so, i will read the proposed amendment to the resolution and it would read as follows. be it further resolved, the monumental task of addressing the pandemic requires the board of education to set priorities and provide support to the superintendent and staff as they work tirelessly to meet the needs of students and families. the board

commissioner moliga? >> thank you, president sanchez. thank you, chief smith.preciate the work on this. a couple questions. have we rolled this out already or is this something that that is in the works? >> no, we have begun moving towards this process since the beginning of the school year and i think that where we are probably working on it best is with the family wellness check-ins. so a group of folks whether they call themselves the coordinated care team or maybe they called themselves something else previously are the ones that are working and coordinating those wellness check-ins. and many are social workers and counsellors that are leading it so we work closely with them on the follow-up. that's part of the answer to the other comment from this about how this is all connected to the family wellness check-ins. so that data goes back to the coordinated care teams so they can do follow-ups with families and reach out if they need to. so we certainly have begun it. we have still our muscle to keep building on it. and to think about as we return to the schoo