ms. maufas? ? >> yes. ms. mendoza? >> yes. >> ms. wynns? >> aye. >> mr. yee? >> aye. >> six ayes. >> is there a motion for a second introduction? >> can i second my own resolution in >> sure you may. reads reading of resolution by superintendent or designee? i must have misread that. commissioner norton? commissioner norton: thank you, in support of the center of sustainable gardening. as the school district has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the botanical society working together to teach students about conservation and where over 10,000 school children 90% are from san francisco have a unique opportunity to visit the botanical garden free of charge to participate in educational programming and where as the educational activities of the san francisco botanical garden society provides at no cost to the school district include botanical, horticulture that includes science and teaches students about water conservation and appreciation for environment and where as the botanical garden society was built in the 1906's and impairs the garden's ability to

ms. maufas? >> yes. >> ms. mendoza? dr. murase? ms. norton, >> aye,. mr. yee? >> it's five ayes. >> the superintendent's proposal, none tonight. board member's proposal, first reading for in support of the center for sustainable gardening by commissioner rachel norton. is there a motion? ok. so there's -- there's been a request to suspend the rules. so there a motion? >> motion to spped the rules. >> roll call please? >> thank you. ms. fewer? >> yes. >> ms. maufas? ? >> yes. ms. mendoza? >> yes. >> ms. wynns? >> aye. >> mr. yee? >> aye. >> six ayes. >> is there a motion for a second introduction? >> can i second my own resolution in >> sure you may. reads reading of resolution by superintendent or designee? i must have misread that. commissioner norton? commissioner norton: thank you, in support of the center of sustainable gardening. as the school district has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the botanical society working together to teach students about conservation and where over 10,000 school children 90% are from san francisco have a unique opport

ms. maufas? >> i don't need the information tonight but if i could get further information around the k.l.w., if i could just get that? >> sure. roll call vote will take place under section o. item h, superintendent's proposal, none tonight of item i, board members proposal, none tonight. j requested speak regarding general matters. got plenty of speakers tonight. so we're going to start with -- with the u.s. department of education civil rights data report and there are six speakers that have -- that i have here. greg johnson, gayle meadows, al williams, karen johnson, john williams templeton. you have two minutes each for this part of the comments. >> first, i'd like to say thanks for the opportunity. by the way, my former live i was sciu. my name is greg johnson. i'm co-owner of larkis group which is the oldest bookstore in the nation. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. i saw the statistics that the secretary of the district released regarding the san francisco unified school district. 50% of

ms. maufas when your truth was not favored by others.

ms. maufas when your truth was not favored by others. when it is ok to protect the teachers in the zone and i happen to be a teacher in the zone. so i applaud you for your bravery. secondly, i would like to speak to -- as a teacher in the early education school, the proposal to address the budget dilemma by cutting over 200 educators, para professionals and teachers would greatly compromise our program and put it out of compliance as well as the teachers our students will once again be subject to turnover. in the last 15 years that i have been there, there has been constant turnover. and that makes me sad. not only does that make me sad, but it also it belies the truth -- your statement that you are in the best interest of the child. that you make decisions based upon that. that is incongruent according to your actions. last year, i lost an innovative, intelligent creative paraprofessional and chose not to wait around until the layoff notice was rescinded. i'm forced to provide the same level of education without that intelligent, creati

miss maufas? ms. mendoza? dr. murase? mr. yee? >> present. >> ms. chong. >> here.

miss maufas? ms. mendoza? dr. murase? mr. yee? >> present. >> ms. chong. >> here. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the plag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible with justice for all. >> some day! >> we're going to go with the approval of the board minutes for february 28th, 2012. it will take place at the next meeting. so we're not going to have any approval. item b, presentation of the superintendent's report. superintendent garcia. >> thank you. first of all, good evening and i want to welcome everybody for being here this evening. i wanted to report back to the board on a meeting that we had on february 29th with the governor. we thought it was going to be a one-hour meeting. we actually stayed three hours. eight other superintendents and myself the largest school districts and the state of california met with the governor to talk about the budget and to talk about his initiative and what would results be if it passed and if it didn't pass. just so the publi

miss maufas? ms. mendoza? dr. murase? mr. yee? >> present. >> ms. chong. >> here. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge