ms. wynns. commissioner wynns: aye. ms. mr.ee. vice president yee: aye. ms. mendoza.resident mendoza: aye. >> we'd -- president mendoza: we'd like to invite mr. martin up to accept your commendation and say a few words. >> i don't want to stand in the way of commissioner mendoza, having the shortest meeting ever, but i do want to thank the board, leading this station at this time, which is not only the 70th anniversary a great time to think about the role the station has played in the community but also what had been a challenging time for the station, obviously people around this community in so many ways, i want to thank the board for your support and thank you for your work as liaison and the superintendent for his support, it has meant a lot to us to know that the district wants to continue supporting this station as a community resource. with a visionary educators who began the station in 1941 when believe me, no one was listening to fm radio they didn't know what was going to happen in the future. we're in a time of changing technology that will be at least as c

ms. wynns. those in favor say aye. ms. mendoza. those in favor say aye. >> six ayes. president mendoza: item i, board member's proposals, none tonight. item j a request to speak regarding general matters. i have a list of folks who wanted to speak. come on up as your name is called. r.t. choice. jerry, we're going to hold you. pam rah rouse, elaine meriwether, sharon kennedy, elizabeth conley, chantae rogers, betty robinson harris, and alyssa, do you want to speak at this point? ok, come up. >> my name is archie choice. i live here in san francisco for about 50 years and i've been having a problem with you -- your lottery system for placing kids in schools from junior high, elementary, and it just seems like it's not a fair system and doesn't seem like it's really effective, relying on somebody to wait on a lottery system. it's like going to the store and buying a ticket to see if you're going to win some money for your kid to get an education. i filled out a form and it had six different schools for my kid to pick to go to. i filled out three. you didn't give him any

norton, ms wynns, ms mendoza, mr. yee. president mendoza: item s, the board members reports. you already commented. commissioner: we had a very interesting presentation from the information technology department on the information systems. this is going to cost us a little over $8.50 million, and so, we looked at the budget. we looked at what it was going to be spent on. everyone i think on the committee agreed that this is needed, because we needed a new information system, but, however, it is going to be a very expensive one, a little over $8.50 million, and if other board members would like a brick out of it, i think it is actually fairly interesting -- if other members would like a break out of it. i think we can get a copy. oh, and then we had a very dismal report, yes, and, in fact, actually, i think it is worth spending may be about three minutes now so that the deputy superintendent can give us sort of the bleak outlook for our school district in the next coming years. would you mind? it does not have to be really fancy. >> i will keep it short for tonight, because i

marawsy, ms. wynns, ms.men doza, ms. thomas, thank you. >> if you'd like, please join me for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] thank you. item a is the approval of the board minutes of the regular meeting on september 13. i need a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> any corrections? >> i have one. allison collins name is spelled with one l. >> with those changes, roll call, please. [roll call vote was taken] president mendoza: item b is the presentation to the board from the superintendent. superintendent garcia? superintendent garcia: thank you. it's been a little warm here since the air conditioner hasn't worked all day. if everybody seems shiny, it's probably due to that. anyway, i wanted to point out that -- and it's hot before the meeting, so, anyway. i want the public to know that this -- on september 18, which was a gorgeous, beautiful day, kind of like today, we had a board retreat with the executive team and it was really to sit around and talk about what our priorities would be for this year as

ms. wynns? >> aye on august 16, and abstain on july 19 and august 2. >> thank you. mr. yee? >> aye. >> ms. mendoza. ms. fan and ms. tom aren't in the room. ok. thank you. >> so let's move on to item b, which is the presentations to the board of education superintendent's report. superintendent garcia? >> good evening. it's really exciting to start another school year, a rip roaring opening of the school year again. i want to congratulate all the administrators, teachers, staff, and parents of all our great schools for a smooth opening of schools last week. i also want to thank our facilities department for ensuring that our schools's moves that took place during the summer were really efficient and also what a great job they did in cleaning up our schools and getting them ready to open up for a brand-new school year. on the first day of school, i had the privilege of visiting several schools and i have to say, wow, what a difference our facilities bonds have made. that the public here in san francisco has passed in 2003 and 2006. if you look at our facilities, really knocks y

i sent an email to ms. wynns because the last time i was here, someone asked her to get my name so she replied with a generic email back to you, well, as many of you in your neighborhood are experiencing the same thing.i would like to n my neighborhood would be able to attend a school so far away. i responded in a heartfelt e- mail explaining many things. one thing was why was i given such of generic response to my medical appeals. i feel like a faceless number, and i am coming to prove i am not. it is upsetting. i feel like no one is listening. we are trying to put people on this or that, and some families are being shut out of the system, and i do not know what to do. i just feel the people who have gone through the rounds, that have already gotten a chance of selection, i am going against them because they did not do the. i hope you will consider it his term next year when you devise a new system, and because this is not working. thank you >> item k is appointments by board members. >> i want to thank linda, m

ms. wynns. >> no. >> that was the most positive comments i have heard from commissioner wynns. despite her vote. commissioner wynns: there are those charters i wholeheartedly support. that is where they belong. >> as you are clearing the board room, we're still meeting. if he could leave quietly. students, go home and get rest and continue to work hard. -- if you could leave quietly. item j. i have a few speaker cards. thank you for those of you who have waited to speak on general items. i will call your name and just come out. linda rovano, yvonne durkley, tiffany wong. come up and you will get two minutes. >> i am here on behalf of some fellow parents i met in the waiting room at the school district office. it could be quite a while so you start talking. i am here to ask that you make the system, i have a kindergartner going into kindergarten. the system should be more transparent and user-friendly. we went through the first two rounds and got nothing. the reason we did is also another matter. the schedule does not work for families. our work issues, we send our kids to grand

ms. tom. miss wynns, ms. norton, ms. murase, mr. yee, ms. mendoza. >> yes except on items k 1, 12 and 19. >> item p, we have one item. >> on page 113, k-22. the reason i pulled this actually, i have already spoken to the folks submitting it but the reason i pulled this was because i wanted to just discuss, not discuss but highlight, i think, the need for our parent engagement department to actually review and at least review the curriculum that is being presented to our students, our parents to make sure it is aligned with our overall parent engagement plan and aligned to the goals of our strategic plan. i would hope we would have evaluations for training such as this that we would hold our own selves accountable to which is really the impact and are we moving our parents from a dependency model to an empowerment model. also hopefully once we have the capacity ourselves as a district to do these type of workshops ourselves we will have our folks doing it also. to make sure that everything is aligned to our strategic plan and also to our over