commissioner murase? commissioner murase: i'd like to sever k3, k5, k11 on the child aide issues. >> they're all pulled. president mendoza: we're just pulling k22 and then we'll do the vote under section o. any comments from the board or superintendent? item h is the superintendent's proposal. there are no one tonight. item i is the board member's proposal, there are no one tonight. item j is request to speak regarding general matters and i have a few cards so when i call your name, if you'd please come up, please. jeff dubois, leann loung and linda plack and you each have two minutes. we have a new timer that we've installed. we've resurrected so you will know when your time is coming to a close so we'd appreciate it if you'll stay close to -- stay within your time frame. thank you. >> i was hoping there would be a time check here. does it beep,atic like -- my name is jeff dubois, my daughter attends mckinnell. she's a first grader. and i guess foremost speaking for my experience as a parent, i can only

commissioner murase? commissioner murase: ruth asal school of the arts had a decation ceremony on september 14 and i wanted to congratulate that community and tonight actually comcast is going to present sort of with donation, they're having a precedent tonight, announcing new asian-american media content so we're very proud of soda and the contributions they're receiving and support from the community. president mendoza: commissioner yee? vice president yee: wherever these schools have celebrations, especially the 100th anniversary celebration, one of the most difficult things to do is find alumni, because we don't have a list. if anybody know of somebody actually went to school at gene parker at any time, let them know that there's going to be a 100-year celebration of gene parker tomorrow night at 6:00. so please join us there. president mendoza: i also wanted to share that the college track did their groundbreaking for their new facility site on third and gerald which is really exciting so it will hav

president mendoza: commissioner murase? commissioner murase: i wanted to congratulate the community and make a couple of announcements related to their celebration. friday, october 14, at 2:00 p.m., retired faculty and staff are invited to retired teachers' luncheon. on friday, october 14, there is a 66th annual game, football. friday october 14, 5:30, a bell game party at the janet pommerony center and on saturday, october 15, at 3:00, there's a public walking tour of art on washington and later there will be a gala celebration and it's an event bright event and you can find information at the washington high school alumni association web site. president mendoza: i want to give my heartfelt thanks to washington high school, also. as an army brat, i went to four different high schools, my last four years of schooling before going on to college and we lived on the practice -- presidio so i ended up going to washington because of where we were located and i came in a couple of months after cool had started and it was one of t

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

commissioner norton, commissioner murase. commissioner murase: i would like to commend you, i remember this hearing last year, we sat stunned at the report you had to give so actually this is much better. it's not perfect, obviously but it is much better system of thank you for the work you've done over this past year to get us starting the year with fewer shortages. >> commissioner murase, the wins and then fewer. commissioner murase: you give some of the response from the schools in terms of insufficient materials, principals of 54 elementary schools, did you hear from 100% of the schools? >> yes, we always do. commissioner wins: i'm glad we do -- commissioner wynns: i'm glad we do this. i'm interested in what you can tell us, it doesn't have to be now, but if there's information about the postponement of curriculum adoptions by the state over time, so we've been talking about, you know, since we're spending a serious amount of money replacing textbooks anyway, getting some that are better for the state -- even if the state

commissioner murase: aye. commissioner norton: yes. commissioner wynns: aye. vice president yee: aye. >> that's six ayes. vice president yee: thank you. i think that was it for that piece. ok, good. we are in q, first reading tonight. can i have a motion, a second? ok. this is for reconsideration of -- i'm sorry. what are you moving? [laughter] i'm trying to move it. >> commissioner fewer's resolution. vice president yee: ok. just going to -- commissioner fewer's resolution. reconsideration of resolution number 108-24-a-1, recommitment of the san francisco unified school district for student protection and progress from military recruitment. so it's been moved and seconded. this can be referred to the curriculum activity. >> marme, just for clarity we hasn't indicated, the board will need to vote, to take a vote and five members voted to reconsider the motion. so it can be done at this point or it can be done as the first action when it comes back at the second reading. vice president yee: i think we can do it right now. >> i'm going to move to reconsider the

commissioner murase: aye. commissioner norton: yes. commissioner wynns: aye. vice president yee: aye. that's five ayes. vice president yee: ok. so on the resolution itself, comments? commissioner maufas: major, i had a couple of questions, just as we saw yesterday about how there is a commission's officers and enlisted personnel at each site, is that correct? one of each? and that's in compliance? >> the program is designed to have an officer, commissioned officer, generally someone who would have already done it and then an n.c.o., a lower ranking individual as an assistant. and the requirements over the years have never been for the n.c.o. to qualify for the program through the government, to get the government credential, to have a college degree. that's slowly changing as the army and military changes their requirements. so that's the way it was set up. we don't all have that in every place because we've lost some folks, general powell left, we lost lieutenant colonel over at washington through retirement, etc., etc. so we haven't been able to replace peop

commissioner murase: yes. commissioner norton: yes. commissioner wynns: yes. vice-president yee: yes. president mendoza: yes. >> it is unanimous. president mendoza: if we could add at them as members of this. >> superintendent garcia, president mendoza and the board of education commissioners, i have always told people i have been in school my whole life because i went to the school district, graduated, went to community college and then started working at the middle school. i have always been in schools. i always felt that it was a honor to work in schools. schools and do what you call a good works. they not only prepared children, they do not just educate them, but they prepare them to be responsible adults in this society. it was always an honor to be a small part of that. then i accidentally got a calling to be in the union. the reason i want my sisters and brothers to stand here with me is from the time i got involved, i knew it was not an i thing, it was a we thing. my involvement in the union was always for the members. they were the workers that were b

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

commissioner murase: i also want to thank all the members of your committee. i know it's a big time commitment, it's a lot of work. and thank you in particular for your recommendations. i want to follow up on senator fewer's suggestion about getting an inventory. i would like to know where the elacs are functioning, where there is none. but also whether it's been delegated to the s.f.c. or not. because i think there is this issue of once it's been delegated how do you get it back? by school. because there's some accountability here, right? principals are responsible for complying with this requirement and i think it's up to us to really make sure that that's happening. finally for members of the audience, if you could please announce your meeting time and place because your meetings are presumably open to the public with translation, so we want to make that an opportunity for folks to participate in. >> we do send out our information to each school. when we have the meeting, time and place and location. the problem is some of the school principal is not passin

commissioner murase:. here. >> if you like, please join us for the pledge of allegiance. thank you. the approval of board minutes from the regular meeting. any corrections? seeing none, roll call, p lease. >> yes. commissioner fewer: yes. commissioner wynns: yes. vice-president yee: yes. president mendoza: yes. >> six ayes. >> for the last few meetings all of you a separate hearing that we keep mentioning the state law that requires 7-12 grade students to show proof of a whopping cough and booster shots or they will not be able to attend school. the deadline for the booster shot is this week. that is this thursday, september 14. our middle school and high- school students will be turned away from school if they do not have proof of the booster on file. there are a lot of kids that do not have that brewster. they have received several phone calls and letters. we sent another notice that was sent to every 7-12 grade student that did not have the shot on record. we also called homes. if your 7-12 grade student does not have this, you need to get on this right away. you need to contact

murase: i have two questions. i have to say while this is a positive story, 10th year of improving test scores, we're operating in funding crisis where the state is not funding public education in the way they need to. i find it remarkable we're able to make these gains despite the fact that we're delivering a nine month school year and day -- in a seven month school year budget. the state has decided to spend $5,000 on a student when other states are spending three times as much. you do not want to make projections but i feel like we could be doing so much more, and we could be much more in the advanced category if the state were fully funding our public education system. with these positives, albeit incremental improvement, it is a testament to the hard work of our teachers. blood, sweat, and tears in a and ferment that is not advocate -- adequate. the elephant in the room is one will california start funding public education adequately. i wondered how our district fares in terms of overall test scores among urb

murase, ms. norton. 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

murase. present. ms. norton. ms. wynns. here. mr. yee. >> here, he's here. >> ms. mendoza.resident mendoza: here. and ms. tom. here. >> join me for the pledge of allegiance. item a, approval of the board minutes, we have none. item be, presentations to the board of education by the superintendent. superintendent, welcome back. >> for those of us who -- superintendent garcia: for those of us who stayed around -- no, that's not true. i was gone, but we got a lot done. starting the school year today, last week, we've been looking at a lot of training, professional development going on in the schools, it's fabulous. it's great to see the entire district talking about special education, talking about how kids learn to read, how kids do math, how we can improve in those areas. i don't know, i kind of feel like a kid going back to their first day of school all over again. it's exciting time. so i want to thank all our administrators, teachers, staff, everybody who works in this wonderful school district. i welcome you back. i know the teachers start technically on friday. we'll ha