>> yes. >> miss murase? >> yes. >> miss mendoza? >> yes. >> dr. murase? >> yes. >> miss norton. >> mr. yee. >> seven ayes. >> i would like to bring up laura, who is going to be traveling to bangladesh and is the project coordinator on this and also amy, who is here based here in san francisco. and i would also like to ask the students to come up and join them. they have four days before they leave for bangladesh. they leave saturday morning to washington, d.c. to meet their other colleagues, 30 other students out of the 120 that applied. and they will go from d.c. to -- you guys are flying into -- to dubai and om

>> yes. >> miss murase? >> yes. >> miss mendoza? >> yes. >> dr. murase?yes. >> miss norton. >> mr. yee. >> seven ayes. >> i would like to bring up laura, who is going to be traveling to bangladesh and is the project coordinator on this and also amy, who is here based here in san francisco. and i would also like to ask the students to come up and join them. they have four days before they leave for bangladesh. they leave saturday morning to washington, d.c. to meet their other colleagues, 30 other students out of the 120 that applied. and they will go from d.c. to -- you guys are flying into -- to dubai and from dubai into dhaka. and they will spend four weeks in bangladesh, two weeks with a host family. a week in the man groves in the forest on a boat and a week doing service learning. congratulations. dana, or laura, if you would like to come up and say a little something. >> hi. i am the international program manager at world savvy. i

. >> commissioner murase? >> i have a question. does this resignation in any way impact our ability to reapply for another position within the district? >> it does not. >> any other comments? mr. kelly, you have crept up closer and closer so say something. >> i think we have initial confusion. if you look at the footnote on the letter, you will see that the initial resignation was submitted november 7th. which proposed the 16th, but the principal received her resignation and then the rescission for that. so the timeline that mr. bushman gave you would apply if that were the only thing, but she then submitted a rescission for that that doesn't show up in his timeline. then again when she was frustrated with the job again submitted a resignation, which she then again rescinded. so she has gone through this cycle twice. and what mr. bushman is giving you is action based on the first time that she did it and what we're following up is action based on the second. we thought the first one was already rescinded and that is why we didn't p

>> commissioner murase. if you look at the january -- sorry, the june first day in june, june 2. we have reached an agreement with united educators for a two-year agreement. and both years have one-and-a-half of forced closure days. the half closure day is on the last day of school, noted on may 30. and then june 2 is the professional development day which also is a forced closure for our teachers. that's a furlough day. so we are pleased that in the school year is 179.5 days for the 13-14 year. and again those forced closure days may be revisited in the course based on the district and finances. >> okay. it's very timely as i got an e-mail today from someone asking me when the first day of school was in august. thank you for being so timely. >> thank you, madam president, this it will be the district website tomorrow. >> great, assuming we pass it. roll call please. >> ly. >> yes. >> wong. >> yes. >> fewer. >> yes. >> haney. >> yes. >> maufas,>> yes. >> murase. >> yes. >> wynns. >> yes. >> unanimous. >> thank you. next item is -- let's see, informational items. initial proposals

murase. >> aye. >> ms. wynns. >> aye. >> ms. norton. >> yes. >> thank you. >> okay. now we have item p, consent calendar discussion severed for board action and discussion. we had three and listed at j, k, and l but they're 10, 11 and 12. >> thank you president norton my apologize for not listing them correctly so i just have a question. i know that the city has had difficulties in getting their own projects done based on the confusion of who will actually do the work so i wanted to know how we're addressing that in the contracts who actually install the solar panels and are they on track to do it and i think there has been a huge delay 18 months or more on city projects already? >> good evening commissioners. i am david goldman chief f officer. you know that we have a strong relationship with the puc and receive the water and power at 1/3 the cost everybody pace for in their house they fund our sustainability and sponsor a number of projects. they have some funding to come in and do solar installations at certain sites in our district that they deem to be appropriat

. >> murase. >> yes. >> wynns. >> yes. >> unanimous. >> thank you. next item is -- let's see, informational items. initial proposals. i announce the signing of the following two proposals. 2012-13 initial proposal for a successor collective bargaining agreement from the san francisco unified school district, and 2013-13 initial proposal for a successor collective bargain agreement, both will be held on january 22, 2013. discussion of other educational, issues none. and item n, none. item o, we will vote on the calendar for one item that was severed. roll call. >> ly. >> yes. >> wong. >> yes. >> fewer. yes. >> haney. >> yes. >> maufas. >> yes. >> murase. >> yes. >> wynns. >> aye. >> item p, consent calendar resolutions, this our audit, 2-c, and our auditor is in the audience. >> i first want to congratulate president norton and vice president fewer, on your new titles. we have with us tonight leonard dana, to give you a short presentation on our 2011-12 audit. the company has done our audits for six or seven years now. and mr. dana has been a partner

. >> murase. >> yes. >> wynns. >> aye. >> item p, consent calendar resolutions, this our audit, 2-c, and our auditor is in the audience. >> i first want to congratulate president norton and vice president fewer, on your new titles. we have with us tonight leonard dana, to give you a short presentation on our 2011-12 audit. the company has done our audits for six or seven years now. and mr. dana has been a partner on this for three years now i think. >> i am on my second go around. >> exactly. >> usually when we present the audit reports, we usually have a lot to talk about. because of the findings. but i went back and looked at prior reports. and i didn't find one that didn't have one comment in them. and some comments if you go back in time, they are more than ticky-tack items, they were fairly serious items. and it shows from my perspective where the district has been and where it is now. and this leads up to the basic issue and comment, for those of you that are astute at looking at district audit reports. you look at the back of the report first, because that's where the findings

. >> commissioner murase. >> yes, i had a couple of questions. just this guide is so very useful and important because we take pride in the multitude of languages that our school offers but it gets very confusing. my first question is is it only available in english and my second question is where can people go to get this guide? >> that guide is in chinese as well as in spanish and it's epc has them and distributes them -- >> [inaudible] >> oh we do? yeah. do we have these? here we go. so we have them in arabic. >> spanish. >> spanish, korean and to gala. >> [inaudible] >> so it's available in english, chinese, spanish, vietnamese, and to gala and the way it's distributed in november it's the release day and distributed to all parents that go through the post counseling session after they do primary language assessment at the educationals placement center. we also send out one copy to every english learner in the district. >> and other questions? >> any other comments or questions from the board? mr. superintendent. >> thank you president norton

commissioner murase. >> the curriculum committee will remain on the first monday at 6:00 p.m. and planning to meet on february 4. the ad hoc committee on student assignment -- i requested the third wednesday at 6:00 p.m.. i'm not sure if there is a conflict but that's what i requested. >> okay. that is building and grounds. commissioner mendoza have you determined a date for buildings and groupeds? >> our plan was to keep it on the same monday but i believe we were having challenges with it this month because of the holiday, so but it will be the -- we want to try and keep it scheduled for the third monday of the month. >> okay. so would that conflict with student assignments? >> yeah. >> okay. but you don't necessarily intend to have a meeting every month of student assignments or do you? >> i do but i will poll my committee members for another night. >> okay. okay. so we're -- so then buildings and grounds will remain as is. commissioner fewer. >> that's fine. personal labor will meet on a as needed basis . the chief of human resources requested that perhaps we have a meetin

murase. >> aye. >> ms. wynns. >> aye. >> ms. norton. >> yes. >> thank you. >> okay. now we have item p, consent calendar discussion severed for board action and discussion. we had three and listed at j, k, and l but they're 10, 11 and 12. >> thank you president norton my apologize for not listing them correctly so i just have a question. i know that the city has had difficulties in getting their own projects done based on the confusion of who will actually do the work so i wanted to know how we're addressing that in the contracts

murase. >> here. >> mrs. -- ms. ly. >> ms. wong. >> join me in the pledge of allegiance if you like. >> mr. superintendent. >> thank you, vice president norton. good evening, everyone. i would like to announce that commissioners, wynn and norton and hany were sworn into office for four year terms by representatives and attorney general. the swearing-in ceremony took place last friday at tenderloin community school. a hearty congratulations, and welcome to new commissioner haney and welcome back to commissioners fewer, wynn and nort norton. >> thank you, mr. superintendent. now we will begin this evening as we do on the first meeting of every year with a special order of business, as stipulated in series 9000, the board will read out their rules and procedures, and may i hear motions on this item. >> so moved. >> second. >> any speakers? >> no. >> is there any comments or questions on the rules of procedure? yes, commissioner wynn. >> i wanted to point out that the board, the rules committee and the board of education it remain

murase. >> aye? >> miss wynns? >> aye. >> mr. yee? >> aye >> seven ayes. >> thank you. the second special order of business would be the recommendation that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district review and adopt the developer impact fee amount and five-year reports for the five year ending june 30, 2012. is there a motion and second? >> so moved. >> second. >> reading by commission designee. >> good evening, commissioners, it's that time for the most exciting report that you will hear. i thought i had the monoply until i heard the last item identified and i figured there was some competition for this report. there has been a lot of great news tonight, i guess in a funny sort of way buried in this rather droll report. for those of you who may remember that there were a couple of sections in the government code that require every school district in california, every year to provide the following information on what is called "developer impact fees," which are essentially the fees that a school district collects from developers that build with

murase. >> aye. >> president norton. yes. >> seven aye's. >> commissioners, if you will do the honors with the certificates. thank you. >> all right. the next item we have recognition of mentoring for success. mr. superintendent. >> thank you president norton. i would like to ask kim coats and the staff of mentoring for success to please come forward. [applause] and mr. kevin [inaudible] >> good evening superintendent, commissioners, i am can i havein trin from the support department and i promise said we would be quick today so my reputation is on the line so we have two programs in the department we are very proud of. yes peer resources. thank you very much for honoring peer resources. they're a great part of my department and also parenting with them is our mentoring for success programs. we have four grants. we had a [inaudible] with the district attorney's office and this is one of the projects we're partnering with the district attorney on. we currently have 640 mentors in the city mentoring 740 students but there

murase. >> yes. >> ms. wynns. >> i'm sorry. did you hear me? i said aye. >> ms. norton. >> yes. >> seven aye's. >> all right. item i board members proposals. there are none tonight and it's everybody's favorite part of the meeting. item j, request to speak for general matters. i have a number of cards. i'm going to read your name. i tried to group them by -- there are some groups here tonight. first card eric smith when i believe just spoke out of turn but i'm not sure. was that mr. smith? okay. i don't believe there is another eric -- >> [inaudible] >> reverend smith. okay. eric smith doesn't seem to be getting to the podium. all right. (calling speakers). you will each have two minutes to speak. >> steve seldz swrer. we on a little out burst today about what is going on at martin luther king school and this board has covered up criminal activity from the staff of the school. he makes a joke about psychological testing and pearson to evaluate the students here in san francisco. pearson is under investigation for corruption in new york state and will be investiga

murase. >> aye. >> norton. >> aye. >> wynns. >> seven ayes. >> now we proceed to the annual election of officers for the board of education. as a reminder to the board and public, this election is by voice vote. and we do not need a second, and it's permisable for a member to vote for themselves. good to know. board members you will vote by name. if only one nomination, or more than you vote by aye or nay. i declare that the floor is open for the nomination of president for board 2013. >> i would like to nominate our current vice president, rachel norton. >> any further? if no more, i declare the nomination closed. >> commissioner norton, i would like to move that we elect commissioner norton by acclimation. that needs a second. >> second. >> any other discussion? okay, we are good. thank you very much. [applause] i have the pleasure to announce that i have been elected president of the board. [laughter] i am now declaring nominations open for the office of vice president of the board of education for the year of 2013. any nominations? commissioner mendoza. >> it would be my honor to

murase. >> aye. >> wynns. >> aye. >> there are no board member proposals this evening. we come to item j, that i suspect many of you have been waiting for. i have a number of speaker cards first and foremost from members of the creative art charter community. through prearrangement, we have agreed to give your community 20 minutes of public comment time. you may use that time however you wish. i have speaker cards from fernando aligar. elson brook. greene. stones. pavalar. yes, please. we will start timing at 20 minutes and let you know when time is up. >> good evening, am fernando agliar, the interim director of the charter school. i have been at ccsss for four years, and i am here to talk about the proposal to relocate golden gate middle school to the golden gate campus. this move will show what we have worked hard to build. in my opinion and many opinions you can't place a school on a campus with already 320 students. the majority k-5 students without many impacts. before i was an administrator, i was a teacher for five years. and every time that a student turned in

now commissioners murase or haney may read the commendation. >> yes, i would ask the commissioner to read the commendation for peer review. >> i would be happy to. whereas this has been national mentoring month and the school of health and program launched the program to highlight the mentoring and the development of young people and has gained the support of u.s. presidents and congress and such luminaries as myue angelou and peer resources offer a variety of programs for our students including retortive mediation on a peer to peer basis to promote academic achievement with student and prevent conflict and mitigations and healthy liching habits and empower students as agencies of change and whereas after participating in peer resources students reported statistically significant increases in school engagement, connectedness to school, school as a community, leadership, self efficacy, optimism, ability to make a difference in the community and relationships with peers and these are outlined with the strategic plan and the score card and whereas peer resources operate in 13 schools an

murase. >> here. >> mrs. -- ms. ly. >> ms. wong. >> join me in the pledge of allegiance if you like. >> mr. superintendent. >> thank you, vice president norton. good evening, everyone. i would like to announce that commissioners, wynn and norton and hany were sworn into office for four year terms by representatives and attorney general. the swearing-in ceremony took place last friday at tenderloin community school. a hearty congratulations, and welcome to new commissioner haney and welcome back to commissioners fewer, wynn and nort norton. >> thank you, mr. superintendent. now we will begin this evening as we

. >> murase. >> yes. >> wynns. >> yes. >> seven ayes. >> norton. >> while yewe're on the good jo and there were no retro actives. i want that thank the staff for that, i appreciate it. >> and i want to mention we have two more audits in the near fut -- future. one is on partial tax, and the elustrous bond program. >> great. and thank you, commissioner mendoza pointing that out. okay. item q. superintendent's proposals for first reading. we have item 131-8 sp 1, approval of a public education enrichment fund expenditure plan for the school year, 2013-14, that will be moved to the meeting on the whole. >> you need a motion? i am sorry, yes i do. >> so moved. >> second. >> now it's referred to the committee as a whole on january 15. item r, board members' proposals for first reading none. item s, board members' reports, standing committees. i am sorry, do i do committees first or read it off. standing committees. we have a report from the buildings and ground committee. >> yes, the buildings and ground committee met on december 17th on two informational items. the first was an update on