commissioner morosity -- murase. commissioner murase: it is called lemonade alley dog,. the deadline has been extended for kids to participate in that program. i want to congratulate the five keys community. they are having an art show, and open gallery, on june 14 at the main library beginning at 5:30. they are having their spring graduation on friday at 10:00 a.m. for in custody students and 1:30 p.m. with community partners at the hall of justice. that concludes my report. >> thank you. commissioner mendoza. commissioner mendoza: i wanted to congratulate our principal of the year award recipient. we have the pleasure of honoring them at the annual administrators breakfast. it was allen for our pre-k program. andy from a high school. congratulation for receiving the mayor's principal of the year award. [applause] i want to congratulate their annual scholarships ceremony. they had 40 students receive scholarships and awards at their annual event. i wanted to congratulate superintendent garcia for a festive event on june 5. the neighbor farewell, and he is on his farewel

commissioner murase: the question is, why did i bring this forward together with the authors? because it is about the students. i have talked to a lot anof jrotc students and they tell me this program keeps them in school. they connect with the instructors and the other kids. it is very meaningful to them. i visited a class where they teach the kids how to manage their time, get scholarships, and it seems to be a very valuable program. i want to reiterate we are the only school district to require that our instructors get a credential precisely because we did not want unqualified people teaching our kids. the school board voted to make a requirement that our instructors -- of all of the high schools in california, 77% to allow pe to be fulfilled by jrotc without the pe crenshaw. several commissioners have expressed concern about supervising more than one site, my question is if we're required to an instructor for each, would now put more pressure on school budgets? i do not want to second-guess budgets. i feel like councils are elected bodies and they decide what is best for t

commissioner murase: aye. vice president norton: yes. commissioner wynns: aye. president yee: aye. i would like to say that, although we passed this year, i am hearing enough interest on the board for next year, we may consider bidding again to see what kind of results we can get. then we can have a better dialogue around that. i would like to pass the facilities committee. to have some discussion on this issue. >> i know this was brought up in the building and grounds committee. i attended one of the meetings were this was the topic. it was just those committee members. it was and augmented meeting. maybe with a little more emphasis, this topic is coming. we are all very aware that this is the time to speak up and offer your suggestions. i think i might have been rolling through but i decided to sit and stay for the meeting. commissioner mendoza: i think it would be worth having this discussion, buildings and grounds. one of the things we want to consider is not necessarily reopening the position we cut, but to think about what position we do need. i do not think it necessarily ha

commissioner murase, you have opened so many doors for us, we can hardly say thank you enough. to all of you who have supported us, thank you. this banquet was held on thursday evening, may 17. a short walk from us, the african american community and cultural complex. we are so proud this young woman who loves the -- who runs the community, she got started with us and if a galileo graduate. now to present our 2012 scholarship recipients. i am pleased to introduce our president, and our scholarship chair person. >> thank you, vice-president. i wanted to say we had the opportunity to give out 17 $500 scholarships. we partnered with 2 organizations, the hannibal lodge number one and the beta nu chapter. that made a wonderful evening with three organizations making a presentation. the v the valerie bell to come up and have our recipients introduce themselves. thank you. >> good evening. good evening. i guess i haven't offered two weeks of school without you guys. you are actually refreshed her it i am feeling very honored to stand here to introduce our scholarship awards. they too

commissioner murase: i had three points of want to make. first, could you repeat the dates and times of the public community meetings on june 18 and june 21? >> yes. those are the dates. monday, june 18 is at thurgood marshall high school, 45 conklin st. the june 21 is at everett middle school at450 church st. both meetings begin at 6:00 and are advertised to end at 7:00. we will see to it it might take longer than one or two hours to wrap up those meetings to it is and the budget office hours are on june 18. we need whoever is interested in that to contact us at budget@sfusd.edu to make an appointment. commissioner murase: and that website is also the e-mail address where suggestions for additional cuts or revenue- generating ideas should be sent, is that correct? >> that is correct. commissioner murase: within the city, the mayor issued a challenge where people were encouraged to think about, what are things that can be cut? where is their waist? where are their revenue- generating opportunities? i would encourage parents, faculty, admini

commissioner murase: aye. president yee: aye. congratulations. we are going to go back again. item f, public comment on consent items. one public comment from dennis kelly. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen of the board, superintendent garcia. the one item i wanted to comment on that you have before you is a matter of a $15,000 allocation to the risk management department for support and assistance in getting the para- professionals out of the para system and the reason we're sort of interested in what this is actually going to do is because we just had a number of professional who is retired contacts us and we're told they would have no retirement money released to them. now that isn't the understanding we have. that is not when we looked into it -- that is not what is going to happen. but somehow, whoever is to be in charge of this has dropped the ball so that retirees have been panicked about the idea that they will retire in the next month and have no money for rent and nothing at all. now the reality is that the benefits the people have accumulated should be released

commissioner murase: with your permission, it is currently 11 paragraphs. this went through the labor committee and received a positive recommendation. beginning with the perilous that our change -- be it resolved that the board of education required that an adequate number of instructors must obtain the ability to provide general supervision of the independent study program, as required by an education code which requires a valid teaching credential by the commission, pursuant to section 4.300, registered and required by law. the certification must be obtained by the beginning of the 2013/2014 school year. if the instructors do not obtain the necessary certification by the beginning of the school year, the physical education independent study program shall terminate immediately. but each school site that does not is certified to perform general supervision of independent study. the physical education may be offered at school site only if the school has an instructor to provide supervision. once the -- one instructor can provide instruction for a maximum of

commissioner murase: aye. vice president norton: aye. president yee: aye. the next item is the superintendent's report. what are your thoughts tonight, superintendent garcia? superintendent garcia: not good thoughts. tonight, we are bringing forward the 2012-2013 budget. i wish i could be here to give you some great news. later on this evening, there will be a presentation on it. no matter how we try to slice this, how we try to make it better, the reality is that with the economy the way it is an with the governor's proposal, even if it does not pass, it goes from bad to worse. we are still working with our labor partners, trying to see what we can come up with. it is going to be a real tough year, the next two years, when you look at our budget. no matter what is going on, i think we have cut about everything we can. it makes a really difficult -- it makes it very difficult to balance the budget. hopefully our legislators, by the end of this week, they have to have a balanced budget, one that gives us a clue about how much money we get to spend. it looks

commissioner murase: i want to thank the community food bank. they really do a wonderful job of not reaching to the community -- outreaching to the community. it is a great way to get graduates come back and held on wednesday afternoon. the donations received get out to the community, and helped the school building community. commissioner fewer: the idea of writing this commendation came when i was visiting schools and so many that i visited i saw the food bank delivering food and i saw our parents getting food. the parents said they would not be able to make ends meet if the court not for this food. it is through the generosity of the food bank and of the donors which i encourage everybody to donate to. and also for the food thbank to have the vision. we serve moderate to low-income families. a number of families have been struck by this horrible crises that happens where our economy is. the struggle every day to feed their families. on behalf of everyone here and the families, i want to say thank you so much for thinking about us, making it so

elected officials, jeff adachi, the public defender, the recorder assessor, hydra mendoza, and emily murasel for the chief of police, thank you. i would like to also acknowledges someone that has been a very special friend of mine, someone that has given me a lot of support and advice over the years. and also someone who has not missed one of these asian pacific heritage month associations, mayor willie brown. >> this evening, we are celebrating our communities from all over the world. i am so lucky to be the mayor of an international city. we talked a lot about diversity, but we also celebrates in so many ways. it is marvelous to hear the names of all these council generals from all around the world. we also have some invaluable participants that represent the city relations. from osaka, singapore, shanghai, taipei, and seoul, korea. they're working with our offices and communities to promote education, trade, allow ourselves to educate ourselves continuously about the need to have a more advanced, smarter immigration policy for our country. and also one that we enjoy celebrating because w

emily murase. >> thank you so much. how is everybody doing? a great, a joyous occasion.ed on the board of education and i am pleased to announce the finalists and the awardee, all engaged in events in education. the criteria is described in the program, i want go through it here. it is important for us to recognize community leaders with a commitment to the educational needs of our community to ensure that the next generation of pacific and asian americans are here to address the concerns. the finalists in the community leadership category are -- program director of asian american community for education. soca mao, the juvenile justice prevention commissioner. and steve no. their achievements are detailed in your program. all three are very deserving of this award, and the judges have had a hard time selecting just one winner. the recipient of the 2012 apa heritage award it is emelin.

elected officials, jeff adachi, the public defender, the recorder assessor, hydra mendoza, and emily murasel for the chief of police, thank you. chief of police, thank you. i would like to also