ms. maufas. commissioner maufas: aye. ms. wynns. commissioner wynns: aye. ms. mr.ee.ice president yee: aye. ms. mendoza. president 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

ms. maufas, dr. murase? >> aye. >> ms. norton? >> yes. 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 fra

ms. maufas, dr. 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. maufas? >> go ahead. >> procedurewise, there's been a motion to amend, so let's -- >> so it's around the date, right? i understand that. >> ok. >> that's what my discussion is about so i thought i'd ask him to come and sit if that's ok. ok. so if i understand it correctly, and i want to make sure i clearly understand. so there is someone who can come right away and join our program before the september 1 deadline, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> just one, though? >> there's actually two of them here at this point. one has been funded by the alumni association at lowell and he's ready to start on september 1. there's another individual who has retired. he's in the area. he is past his threshold as far as the government is concerned to be hired. he's the one i am waiting on funding for. he's available on september 1 but my funding is not. the other person is a navy program and he's not available until october 3. >> ok. >> there are some technical things with the date of retirement and wh

ms. fewer, maufas, doctor, ms. 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

ms. wilson happy birthday to you and many more ♪ [applause] >> brains of the operation, if i might add. vice president yee: commissioner maufas real brave. she left her microphone on to be word recorded. any other reports? commissioner murase: i just want to announce that the green school yard conference is happening here in san francisco , september 16 to 18 and many of our schools will be featured as part of that conference. last week vice president yee and i were at the benefit and there was a really lovely performance by school children and it makes us very proud of our school children who are engaged in that project. and i also received materials about parent-teacher home visit project that i'd like to explore with staff in terms of how we can make use of that which is considered a best practice. that concludes my report. commissioner norton: i just wanted to say that i have successfully made the transition to middle school parenthood and we have gotten through our first week and are well into our second, very successfully. commissioner fewer: i would like to mention that i forgot in the last meeting to mention that i wa