mr. matthew haney. [applause] and the other is student delegate windy ly who is not here tonight but windy was one of the members last year. we also want to give a shout out to four people that were on the peace kag last spring and moved onto other projects but we want to acknowledge their time. i am not sure if they're here tonight but carolyn granner. steve cook. [applause] steven was co-chair for quite some time providing some great leadership. all right. and another student, hannah lee. i'm not sure she's here tonight so that concludes our certificates of recognition. let's give them a hand for their hard work please. [applause] thank you very much. >> as a point of personal privilege later in the meeting we have the moment where we announce new people to our committees and mine is in the audience and mark will be joining the sac and mark will you stand up. [applause] any other comments from the board? >> yes. so as a past member of the kak for many years i know the time and dedication it takes. i w

. >> mr. haney. >> here. >> ms. maufas. >> here. >> ms. mendoza. >> here. >> [inaudible] >> thank you. [inaudible] >> here. >> [inaudible] >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag to the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> superintendent carranza. >> thank you president norton. good evening ladies and gentlemen and by the way you're rolling your r's better and better every meeting. i am very impressed so ladies and gentlemen welcome this evening. i would like to share a few thoughts and they're some letters that parents and students have receiving at home. as you're aware the graduation requirements are more rigorous. due to the changes many of the students are missing one or more classes to graduate. while we have every confidence the students will make up the classes we through the support of the city of san francisco have received credit for earning options for the affected students which include

. >> mr. haney. >> yes. >> ms. maufas. >> yes. >> dr. murase. >> yes. >> ms. wynns. >> i'm sorry. did you hear me? i said aye. >> ms. norton. >> yes. >> seven aye's. >> all right. item i board members proposals. there are none tonight and it's everybody's favorite part of the meeting. item j, request to speak for general matters. i have a number of cards. i'm going to read your name. i tried to group them by -- there are some groups here tonight. first card eric smith when i believe just spoke out of turn but i'm not sure. was that mr. smith? okay. i don't believe there is another eric -- >> [inaudible] >> reverend smith. okay. eric smith doesn't seem to be getting to the podium. all right. (calling speakers). you will each have two minutes to speak. >> steve seldz swrer. we on a little out burst today about what is going on at martin luther king school and this board has covered up criminal activity from the staff of the school. he makes a joke about psychological testing and pearson to evaluate the students here in san francisco. pearson is under investigation for corruption in

. >> mr. haney. >> yes. >> ms. maufas. ms. mendoza. >> yes except on k1. >> thank you. >> dr. murase. >> aye. >> ms. wynns. >> aye. >> ms. norton. >> yes. >> thank you. >> okay. now we have item p, consent calendar discussion severed for board action and discussion. we had three and listed at j, k, and l but they're 10, 11 and 12. >> thank you president norton my apologize for not listing them correctly so i just have a question. i know that the city has had difficulties in getting their own projects done based on the confusion of who will actually do the work so i wanted to know how we're addressing that in the contracts who actually install the solar panels and are they on track to do it and i think there has been a huge delay 18 months or more on city projects already? >> good evening commissioners. i am david goldman chief f officer. you know that we have a strong relationship with the puc and receive the water and power at 1/3 the cost everybody pace for in their house they fund our sustainability and sponsor a number of projects. they have some funding to come in and do

. >> mr. haney. >> yes. >> ms. maufas. ms. mendoza. >> yes except on k1. >> thank you. >> dr. murase. >> aye. >> ms. wynns. >> aye. >> ms. norton. >> yes. >> thank you. >> okay. now we have item p, consent calendar discussion severed for board action and discussion. we had three and listed at j, k, and l but they're 10, 11 and 12. >> thank you president norton my apologize for not listing them correctly so i just have a question. i know that the city has had difficulties in getting their own projects done based on the confusion of who will actually do the work so i wanted to know how we're addressing that in the contracts

mr. haney: attention, boys and girls.ll plastic garbage should..." wrong announcement. ( chuckles ): where is that thing? ah, singing at bartleby hall! it almost makes repeating third grade worth it. really? i'm nervous singing to all those people. i'm not talking about the concert! i'm talking about finkelmeyers the place ms. krasny takes us to afterwards. it's the best deli in crown city! the pastrami sandwiches are so big you need to sit on a telephone book to eat them! after half of one, you think you'll never be able to eat again but when they bring the cheesecake... ( sighing ) you make room. ( dreamily ): finkelmeyers. ah! here we go. "ms. krasny will not be able to take you to crown city this year." oh, the humanity! but we've managed to find you a replacement. both: dr. fugue?! yee-ha! fugue: who am i? dr. frederique fugue-- pianist, private tutor musicologist. what is my goal? to make sure you're ready to sing at bartleby hall at 4:00 p.m. this friday. questions? dr. fugue? i have a... ( in raspy voice ): a sore

mr. steve cook from the sf ed fund and we will talk about their participation which is crucial to sfusd's success in this event, and we also have commissioner haney who will chime in with us as well, so i will let mr. cook take it away. >> good evening commissioners, superintendent. happy new year. i haven't gotten a chance to speak to many of you yet and congratulations on the recent election victors commissioners. we're back again to kickoff this incredible event. last year with the collection of a number of community partners we were able to mobilize over 300 volunteers to read in hundreds of classrooms across the city and this year we will be back february 4 at 9:00 a.m. we have hundreds of volunteers reading in elementary schools across the city. i believe you all got a list of participating schools. the list goes on and on and we have as of today have hit our mark, so every classroom at these schools will receive a reader. [applause] thank you last year for participating commissioner mendoza was out and all of you all that spread the word and helped out. we really appreciate it. we have a number of elected officials reading and supervisors

a hearty congratulations, and welcome to new commissioner haney and welcome back to commissioners fewer, wynn and nort norton. >> thank you, mr. superintendent. now we will begin this evening as we do on the first meeting of every year with a special order of business, as stipulated in series 9000, the board will read out their rules and procedures, and may i hear motions on this item. >> so moved. >> second. >> any speakers? >> no. >> is there any comments or questions on the rules of procedure? yes, commissioner wynn. >> i wanted to point out that the board, the rules committee and the board of education it remains in the process of re-examining all of our policies. on which the rules of board is one section. that's why the format looks change. and not throughout here, and we are still in the process of doing that, and just to reiterate there are sections that we assigned to various committees not the rules committee. and the grounds commission and the curriculum section to the curriculum committee, etc.. and we hope to complete that this year. >> thank you, any other comments from the board? roll call. >> ly. >> yes. >> wo

a hearty congratulations, and welcome to new commissioner haney and welcome back to commissioners fewer, wynn and nort norton. >> thank you, mr. superintendent. now we will begin this evening as we