to become president of the pta. colleagues, for those of you who don't know, mckinley is one of the most amazing turn around stories in our unified school district. not so long ago, mckinley was on the closure list. last year, mckinley won the distinguished school award which is only awarded to 5 percent of schools in california. this turn around happened because of amazing schools in the community, great schools and teachers and staff and also because of the involvement of incredible and passionate parents like aaron who worked tirelessly to ensure this school succeeded and it's a great school and provides a great education and terrific and welcoming school community. aaron was a major contributor in the infant -- for providing all schools for education. he provided events and loved to play irish music. after nearly 25 years of higher education, aaron and his family relocated to a year to switzerland and he made a tremendous impact to not only many of the families but everrett where his son now attends. aaron is su

my wife is the pta treasurer and she's formerly the president of the pta we're here to share with the board of education that the parents and the teachers at our school are really struggling with the leadership at our school the teachers and parent want to request a community meeting with the central office as quickly as possible to discuss our concerns thank you. >> i'd like to ask mr. steel justin steel to connect with the speakers so they can follow-up. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello my name is mr. and i levies a teacher at the high school as well as a community member if the mission and i'm here out of concern for the safety of our ask the you may or may not know there was an incident at our school where a student with the gun cause a lock-down at the school fortunately nothing happened and meeting was held with the community afterward but meier my concern is the lack of transparent and i want to share with the board that inform the parents number one there is no permanently or tainting for the staff or students regarding a lock-

students are served by the filipino currently community centers bans in selma and the excelsior the pta had their founders dinner and the president and commissioner murphy attended and there were several pta people 15 we're celebrating over 50 years between having and 97 were the oldest years and loose saturday was the after school conference acquit a representative representations from the excelsior i want to thank all the staffer that went out and tap all we're doing in our after-school programs. >> i want to thank richard the music temper at cob eliminators for a performance of his students two weeks ago and have one announcement i've received inquires from students concerned about sex all harassment major event one million rising from 11:30 to one i want to notify any colleagues to take a stand against domestic violence against women seen we'll move to item t report ever february closed session action the board by a vote of 6 i's approved one administrator in the matter of san francisco unified school district for the case the board by a vote of gives the authority to pay up to the

you a may or may not know at national level the ptas insisted a food program and fought for that and we're continuing to do them proud thank you you'll u. >> for your support this makes a difference in the lives of our children (clapping.) thank you very much for your services. >> the next item on the agenda is f public comment on content items. >> commissioner shamann walton i have two appointment to make. >> let's go ahead and take the appointment now commissioner walton. >> so to the bev have you community council jack and maryanne melgar. >> thank you very much commissioner. >> if i may was this the wellness item and shouldn't that be? yeah but don't we move into - >> we haven't gotten there. >> this is a report and action will be taken under item 20 next will be public comment on content items oh yes. i'm sorry student delegates on the previous food and fitness. >> thank you commissioner president murase last night at our fac meeting we proved the wellness policy so two kids we need to go more in depth by going into more meetings and have the sf that can help us to project that.

i want to acknowledge kimberly pta president that worked with the family and many friends to develop that profile in connecticut he lived in the bay area and demonstrated is a lifelong work in education and master in personnel administration and a ph.d from the university of michigan and began his career at cal policy and his true passion of to and from was the intellectual am excellent instructor to the students and aspireed and fostered crafty if his students expert in behavior change and engaging rnsz how to champion change and served as an administrator with the college he is survived by his wife and 20 two sons his parent and it's his two siblings and their families his family and friends the communities have an amazing person who was a devoted father and son his came passion and energy by his prints will be missed two memorial fund be dedication to education have been established to the memorial fund for education by sending a check to the arisen foundation with the section for obama at wwwhorizon foundation and attracts the memorial fund to support the graduate business studen

happening in the neighborhood after hours and also on weekends a lack of communication when i was a pta president there was a lack of communication between the police officer and the school sites so it looks at as though it was years before i was president it was something we can work on better and also we've had a lot of violence in our neighborhoods i know that we enter into this mou in order to handle the predicament and secondary what's the plan outside of school where the families live i feel liquor it is sort of a check list attended and meeting but what happens during the meeting are we working collaboratively as a group and then i also just want to ask if any of the sro's are attended any of the restore practice meetings. >> let me start by answering the first question calls for service the number of calls for service after a few minutes i'll enter it and i get the mostly report. >> what's nice we check against and own records police call the sites we motive not known of we want to know if a school called the police 15ments over one student why and why is that happening and real

the president of the pta supports starr. his future in question though this morning and again, today is the deadline for superintendent starr to notify the school board whether he wants his contract renewed. live in montgomery county, kristen wright news 4. >> of course a lot of people interested to know how that will turn out. important stuff. >>> 4:41 is our time. and the picture behind will us looks like -- i was going to say hazy. >> and it's also 39 degrees. i will tell you, i think it's warmer than i expected. >> i like it. your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> we're in the mid and upper 30s, that's good news because we did get some snow and sleet overnight, but that is melting as we have temperatures before freezing. there is one batch of moderate showers now in west virginia that will be getting closer to us but that won't be until maybe around 8:00 9:00. so we'll stay above freezing. mid and upper 30s. and then jump to near 40. by then we will be drying out by noontime as we'll get a little sun breaking out. but th

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is active in pta and works several jobs to pore her kids.er 10 years, she almost gave up calling for help. >> i'm in the witness protection programme and do not have a passport. marshals are not answering my calls, and no one nose what to do. >> reporter: they would not provide al jazeera with information, citing witness safety. after an al jazeera inquiry, montana's senator said they'd help her to navigate the red tape. . >> second generation and third generation witness protection programme people are struggling. and, you know it's an issue that they did not foresee. the more they ignore me the louder i'll get. it needs to get figured out. i'm not going away until it is. >>> it's carnival time. it's the day when the dancers strut their stuff in rij, that's where we -- rio de janeiro. that's where we find lucia newman right in the heart of festivities. how is this celebration different to previous ones? >> they are similar in the sense that 12 samba schools parade. 12 of the rio de janeiro's best. this year the thing is ged kated to an impo

we should note that the president of the montgomery county school pta does support superintendent starr again, very important day and we'll stay on it for you. kristen wright news 4. >>> it will be a busy day for starr. he's expected to testify in front of a montgomery county council in just a few hours. he faces tough questions about why the district waited weeks to tell parents about several recent sex assault incidents. the incidents allegedly involve staff and middle school students raising questions both about vetting an communication. a middle school principal has already apologized to parents. >>> and today president obama is expected to release his budget proposal. we went truthhrough to pick out some of the highlights. the president is expected to propose a $4 trillion budget that includes a pay raise for federal workers and our military service members. he also plans to make upgrades to transit, bridges and highways. the "washington post" reports the budget also includes a one time tax on foreign profits kept overseas by corporations. there is also a tax credit for middle clas

she now coaches her daughter's basketball team, active in pta and works several jobs to support her kids. after ten years of roadblocks she almost gave up calling government officials for help. >> i'm on the witness protection program and i do not have a passport. >> okay. >> marshals are not answering my calls. nobody seems to know what to do. >> a lot has happened two weeks ago, since we aired our report. jackie taylor is headed for a meeting with the u.s. marshals 13 years in the making. >> i'm gathering up some information my children were denied medicaid because i do not have a birth certificate. >> loaded up with a lifetime of classified documents and letters she has no idea what to expect and is afraid to hope. >> this day came as a complete shock to me. i'm really nervous. >> jackie, somewhere inside this federal courthouse building, pleating with the u.s. marshal's office. an agent who only called himself dave and wouldn't give her any contact information told her he would hand her paperwork that would allow her to prove her u.s. citizenship. no media could cover it. we're outsi

. >> we get some money from the pta. and such.r in the classroom. go out of pocket for a lot of different things. >> reporter: they get an extra $100 to spend books. >> every little bit helps. >> reporter: the windfall came after mrs. dallaway's bookstore applied for a grant by james patterson to support pendent bookstores. instead making physical improvements she wanted to encourage a love of reading in the youngest viewers. she couldn't believe it when the grant came through allowing her to give a $100 credit to every student and teacher at berkeley unify. >> we want to thank james patterson. we are grateful to him. >> reporter: she plans to buy books that teach empowerment. >> it is something we are working on as a school in terms of, you know, building self- esteem. helps friends when nay are hurt. and you know, standing up for people and what is right >>> the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 starts now. >> friends and family insisted he had nothing to do with a string of fires set in alameda but it is what police found during their ar

. >> reporter: and coaches her daughter's basketball team and active in pta and works several jobs toids after ten years of roadblocks she almost gave up calling government officials for help. >> i'm on the witness protection program and i do not have a passport and marshals are not answering my calls and nobody knows and nobody seems to know what to do. >> reporter: the u.s. marshal service wouldn't provide al jazeera assistance with specific information on the witness protection program citing witness safety but after an al jazeera inquiry montana senator's office said they would help her navigate the red tape. >> we will work with the state department on this end and see what we can do to help. >> okay. >> second and third generation witness protection program people are really struggling and, you know it's just an issue that they did not foresee. the more they know me the louder i'm getting and it needs to get figured out and not going away until it is. >> reporter: she is not going to go away as for the paperwork from john's office she tells us this week she finally got it at her

with a concentration of low income kids not only have greater needs, but they don't have parents or a ptaoney to make up for shortages. here is a look at how that plays out at fremont high in oakland. the library of fremont high has been closed for more than six years. that's because there is no librarian. >> so you can't use the library. >> no. >> reporter: we talked to a group of students at fremont and got a tour from william varner, a student rising above and an alum here. >> this is the college center. used to be the music room which we don't have no more. >> reporter: the college center has only been open for three years run by alum jalisa collins. when she went to school here there was none. why did it take so long to get a college center here? >> because the school did not have money. >> bring it back to me. >> reporter: even now, there is only one college counselor. the kids see the shortages everywhere. >> you don't have labs? >> we don't have the supplies for labs. labs are in classes because we don't have, um, french, we only have spanish. >> reporter: they say they don't have

history working on an oral history teacher project right now among other things and was on her child's pta during the 2,013 _-dash 2014 school year. education historian and professor emeritus. sigh. scratch that from the video. and professor at at new york university. the former us assistant secretary of education and the author of the book reign of error, the hooks of privatization and the danger to america's public school. okay. lastly, we will here from jesse. he's a teacher of history at garfield high school in seattle and the codirector or co- advisor to the black student union at that high school. he was in 2,013 the winner of secondary teacher of the year by the education association of arts and sciences and most importantly for our purposes the leader, one of the leading figures in the 2,013th math test test boycott. that was national news. and before we start off we would be remiss if we did not acknowledge that they're are other in the audience and contributors to the book. somebody just testified in the u.s. senate. an elementary school teacher parents, and in the upper deck ove

working on an oral history teacher product right now among other things and she was on her child's pta during the 2013-2014 school year. after dao will be diane ravitch and education historian and professor emeritus at -- not emeritus. >> i'm still working. [laughter] scratch that, but if you. and professor at new york university. diane was the former u.s. assistant secretary of education. and the author of the book reign of error. and lastly we'll hear from jesse hagopian. jesse hagopian is a teacher of history a garfield high school in seattle and the codirector of, co-advisor to the black student union at that high school. he was in 2013 the winner of a secondary teacher of the year by the education association of arts and sciences, and most important for our purposes him was one of the leading figures in the 2013 map test boycott that was national news in that year. [applause] and before we start off with dao we would be remiss if we did not acknowledge there are other resisters in the audience and contributors to the book. somebody who just testified in u.s. senate is over here. [

by 6:00 some spotty activity, the south of sonoma ptacounty, getting that rich moisture up there. i take you into the 9:00 hour tonight, just looking towards green at that point, but still could see some good aftermath from the storm system, it's going to dump rain and bring us fierce winds. you do want to keep that in mind. scott and laura have been paying attention to the forecast, because hey, just getting home today could be problematic for us, but you want to get home. you want to get into that weekend. saturday looks good for your outdoor plans and the heavy rain returns for the first part of sunday. everything should clear out of here, though, as we head through about 12:00 on sunday through the rest of the night, just some light activity lingering for sunday night into monday and we'll have all your storm totals and we meet back here on monday, expecting to tally up potentially seven inches to 12 inches of rainfall in the high elevations of the north bay. we will keep up you updated. >>> good morning, folks. we'll look at the san mateo bridge, two things. first of all the

she is one of them and working on the world history teacher project right now and is on the pta. then we have to a man who is a historian. >> i am still working. [laughter] >> scratch that a professor at new york university former assistant secretary of education in the danger to america and lastly we will hear from jesse hagopian a teacher of history at garfield high school in the co-director or call adviser to the black students you did at that high school. in 2013 the winner of secondary teacher of the year by the education association of arts and sciences and was one of the leading figures in the 2013 boycott that made national news that your. [applause] we would be remiss if we did not acknowledge there are others in the audience said contributors to the book someone who just testified that the u.s. senate is over in here. [applause] and indeed upper deck heavily and rosie are here who led the boycott last year. >> and racial asia and who else? and the other bulldogs? >> tell us your story. >> my daughter if you want to send your child to a public school you have to start th

she became one of america's greatest philanthropist, the co-founder of the pta, the builder of free kindergartens, she built the national cathedral girl's school here in washington. william away in 1863 he had an indulged childhood. his father george bought up land to the california coast exactly equi distant between san francisco and los angeles. this large ranch in san simian. and 1865 california had only been a state for 15 years and he was buying up mexican land grants. this is the valley of the cross. and the slide on the left is san simian bay. when william was a boy, the family would take the steamers down from san francisco which they would dock at the bay and the family would make a habit to come up to top of the hill to camp on a high prominence, 1600 feet up above the coastal fog. william joked later in life he was so young the first time he made the trek, he only managed it by hanging on the the tail of his pony. there they set up a spot called camp hill. but phoebe had a lot of cultural aspirations and travelled abroad with him. the first time he went to new york, he was 10. phoebe w

starting out at the pta. >> eight years ago. >> then joined the north carolina board of commissioners. 2006 house of representatives in north carolina. he was chosen to be the speaker of the north carolina house and served from 2011-2014. there is a passion for public service and an ambition the country needs. we welcome you to the bipartisan policy center. i want to spend about 20 minutes asking questions and then we will turn it over to the audience. i think i would like to get started with an issue you spoke about in the campaign and that is what you were hoping to get into. the obstructionism in washington that i think it standing in the way of public interest. how would you turn this place around? >> i guess i can look back to what i did as speaker of the house. in 2007 i ran against the two-time republican incumbent in 2006 when was the award getter of all of the conservative organizations in the state. but he wasn't very effective and that is why i decided to run against him. it wasn't people getting ribbons but people getting results. going into the legislature, i spent a lot

started out at the pta. then he joined the cornelius -- >> eight years ago. [laughter] >> -- north carolina board of commissioners. 2006, house of representatives in north carolina. he was chosen by his colleagues to be the speaker of the north carolina house and served from 2011-2014. so there is a passion for public service and an ambition that i think the country greatly needs, so we welcome you here to the bipartisan policy center. i want to spend about 20 minutes asking some questions, and then we're going to turn it over to the audience. and i think i'd like to get started with an issue you spoke quite a bit about in your campaign, and that is what you were hoping to get into. that there is kind of obstructionism here in washington which is, i think, standing in the way of a lot of the public interest. you were a management consultant, so how would you turn place around? turn this place around? >> i guess the thing i can look back to is what i've done as speaker of the house, and when i came in as a freshman in 2007 i actually ran against a two-term rep

started out at pta. then joined the -- >> eight years ago. >> and then joined the cornelius cornelius, and then chosen to be the speaker of the north carolina house and served until 2014. so there is a passion for public service and an ambition that the country greatly needs so we welcome you here to the bipartisan policy center. i'm going to spend 20 minutes and then we'll turn over the audience and i would like to get started with about an issue you spoke about in your campaign and that is what you hope to get into and there is an obstructionism here in washington standing in the way of the public interest. you were a management consultant so how would you turn this place around. >> i guess the thing i can look back to is what i've done as speaker of the house and when i came in as a freshman in 2007. i ran against a two-term incumbent in 2006 who was the award getter of all of the conservative organizations in the state but the fact of the matter he wasn't effective and that is why i decided to run ag

the -- his public service career started out in a similar path at the pta. >> eight years ago.ughter] flex then he joined the north carolina board of commissioners. 2000 six, house of representatives and the state of north carolina was chosen by his colleagues to be the speaker of the house and serve there from 2011 to 2014. so there is a passion and ambition for public service that i think the country greatly needs. we welcome you, sir. i want to spend about 20 minutes asking some questions and then we will turn it over to the audience and i think i would like to get started with an issue that you spoke about quite a bit in your campaign, which is what you hoped to get into. that there is an obstruction in washington that is getting in the way of a lot of public interests. you were a management consultant, how would you turn this place around? >> i guess the thing i can look act two is the thing i have done as speaker of the house when i came in as a freshman. iran against the two-term republican incumbent in 2006 who was the award get her of all of the conservative organizati