ms. maufas, aye. nsms. norton. yes. ms. wynns, aye. mr. yee, yes. that is seven ayes. >> the superintendent's proposal for first reading. kate-8 english language arts instructional materials adoption. is there a motion? >> we moved and seconded it. >> one quick announcement related to that. it is these instructional materials, k-5 and 6-8 language arts materials are available to the public for review in the board office between now and the next board meeting. in room 106. >> is there a motion? >> second. >> it has gone through the committee. we will be back for action at the next board meeting. ok? let's move on. item r. proposals for first reading. this would be a request for reconsideration of the amendment of 118-9 a1. reconsideration of 115-24 sp2 will be pulled tonight, withdrawn. item s, board members' report. board delegates to membership organizations? >> i want to say one thing from the last roll-call, maybe. >> this will come with board members reports later. >> i am under item s. reading it straight through. standing committees. and any b

ms. maufas, yes. dr. murase, yes. ms. wynns, aye. president yee: i call the public hearing of 2011-2012 proposal for the assessor agreement from the international union of operating engineers. local 39 to san francisco unified school district. there is no public speakers on this item. this public hearing is over. item m. discussion of other educational issues. report on the british case movement looking forward. superintendent or designee, karla bryan. >> thank you, commissioners and superintendent. we're pleased to present the results of the community summit that took effect -- place in late february. sitting with me are the people who did the work and that is melissa linnik -- luke, the director of program called the pri were lucky to have one of our committee friends here, the director of san francisco child care providers association and the chair of the cpac child care advisory committee. amanda and melissa are the she-roes. i will set the tone and sit back and let them go through the presentation. you had received the final dra

ms. maufas, ms. mendoza, ms. nortaon, ms wynns, mr. yee. that is unanimous. [cheers and applause] president yee: incoming superintendent carranza, you have the floor. incoming superintendent carranza: i think this will be the last time i will have this. i want to thank you for this honor, and i want to thank the gentleman who has been a mentor to me, because my father is no longer here, like a second father, superintendent garcia, who has absolutely demonstrated that you lead by being a servant leader, and how you lead. our superintendent has started this. and leading into the future. and i'd probably say that i spent one decade in the classroom, teaching young minds and helping to shape the world that they view. as a superintendent principal and now as a superintendent in the future, it will be the focus of a teacher. how do you shape and help provide opportunities? in many instances, a world that we do not even know what it is going to look like in the future. that is what is wonderful about this opportunity in san francisco. san francisco never settles for

ms. maufas, dr. murase, ms. norton, mr. yee, ms. zhang, ms tom? thank you. president yee: please join me for the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance, to the flag, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. president yee: so the first item is the approval of the board minutes. a first and second for the special meeting board minutes of may 1, 2012. commissioner: 2nd. president yee: any changes? roll call, please. secretary: [reading roll] five ayes. president yee: presentations to the board of education, superintendent's report. superintendent garcia? superintendent garcia: thank you. unfortunately, tonight is the board meeting from hell, which all of us hate going through, because every year, it does not make sense that we are put in a position with the may 15 deadline, and for some weird reason, it always seems to be the week that is the teacher appreciation week in the state of california, and we are involved in giving out layoffs. that is just an absurd state that we live in. that really goes to the heart of our communi

ms. gibson, and commissioner maufas for calling this hearing. madam secretary, i wonder if you could call item three out of order. >> thank you. it is the hearing on transitional kindergarten, sponsored by you. supervisor campos: great. thank you. what happens at the kindergarten level is something that is very important to the success of any child. we wanted to hear from the school district and, as i understand it, we have chris from the school district but we also have the honor of seeing carlos, the associate superintendent for early education for the san for cisco unified school district. we welcome our associate superintendent. >> thank you. i have to say this has turned out to be one of my favorite conversations, wink. [laughter] this has been probably the most interesting ride for the last four-seven months around implementation of transitional kindergarten. what i am hoping to do is provide some context as to why this ride has been interesting, due to the governor's budget that, quite honestly, was not very helpful. but also how we have