we want to thank you on behalf of all the 65,000 san francisco unified school district students. thank you to pg&e for giving us an opportunity to introduce the sport of golf to the students of san francisco. as a san franciscan and a father, i will come out here and continue to train and practice and try to get that hole in 10 down to maybe of hole in five. i want to introduce a supervisor in the physical education department -- thank you. and her name is michelle. michele, could use that up, please? -- could you step up, please? >> i have a humble gift for pg&e from the physical education department of san francisco unified school district. we want to present you with this black for -- plaque for everything you're doing for the students of the san francisco unified school district. [applause] and we have one last plaque we would like to give to first tee of san francisco. this would not be possible if it were not for the folks who are doing a great deal of work to coordinate with our departments so all of you young adults here, please remember that today is your day, and a great

and san francisco unified is one of those six districts. why is this important? in san francisco, approximately 16.2% of the students have been diagnosed with asthma so in a class of 30, approximately six students have asthma and there's an enormous financial cost. in california each year approximately 1.2 million students miss school each year as a direct result of asthma. and that means that approximately 39 million dollars in a.d.a., average daily attendance revenue, is lost, because of asthma-related absences. now, it causes one to wonder how many teachers could be put in the classroom for $39 million or school nurses, how many facility staff could keep classrooms clean and ventilation systems in good repair. and what's the cost in lost income when a parent stays home with a child who's ill? also, asthma is a distraction for teachers. when a child is in class but can't breathe or was awake the night before with asthma symptoms and is half asleep or a behavior problem in class as a result and then there's the effect on the district health staff. what other impo

i am the director of budget services for the san francisco unified school district. i am here to give you a brief update on our -- not just the governor's budget proposal for the state k-12 education, but our status and where we are with our district's budget development. this presentation was provided to our own board members a few weeks ago at one of our committee hearings. so it might be repetitive for you, but bear with me. let me start by giving you a very brief overview of where we were in january when the governor proposed his budget for 2011-2012. in january, the state was looking at a projected deficit of $25 billion -- $26 billion, sorry. at the time when the governor came out with his proposal in january for the k-12 budget, he proposed bridging this $26 billion gap with a combination of $12.5 billion of cuts mostly to the uc's and state colleges. and a $13 billion augmentation or proposal to augment revenue. let me just get to the right slide. i'm sorry. at the time, governor brown acknowledged that k-12 education -- or k-14 education, ashley, had won mor

the bridge to success initiative is a partnership between city college, the city of san francisco, san francisco unified, and san francisco state, and we're working together to reach an exciting goal of doubling the numbers in san francisco will get a degree or certificate. how many of you are going to get a degree? raise your hands. or a certificate? raise your hands. we should have every hand up in this room. if you are not convinced you are coming to college, you will be convinced before you leave today. i just want to tell you a little bit about myself. in the first in my family to go to college -- i am the first in my family to go to college. anyone else? for me, my first year of college was really intimidating for me. i was really overwhelmed. i did not know how to get the financial support i needed. my mother never even went to kindergarten. i could not even go to my mother for help, so i did not know where to turn. my transition was overwhelming. we want to make sure you have a smooth transition of college. that is why we have created this important day for you. that first year in college, i fel

the san francisco unified school district is determining where. you are merely providing educational support. and providing a stipend for the students, right? >> correct. >> as an incentive to continue to move down a positive path in education. for me as a point of clarification, is it mandatory that the students attend this summer program, or are they able to opt in or out if they are failing? it is mandatory? >> it is not mandatory. that is why we offer -- that is what the stipend is for, as an incentive to encourage them to enroll. >> this type and amount was $599 for the total summer or a month? >> $599 for the total five-week summer school experience. they could earn up to that. >> how is it broken down? by attendance? how do you account for the site in? >> we have a rubric in place that works on summer school attendance in their regular summer school portion of the day. this summer academic attendance, which is the program we are sponsoring. then positive attitude and summer completion. the numbers are actually broken down in the rubric. >>

today, we are partnering with the san francisco unified school district, the sanford cisco education fund to help provide new tools for college-bound students -- the san francisco education fund. today, we are donating $5,000 of software and $15,000 in cash that will be used to purchase these fantastic laptops you see so the students that will be attending and are enrolled in the bridge to success program for the summer. [applause] destination really demonstrates microsoft's-ticket -- dedication to focusing on allowing use this to improving your learning outcomes through the effective use of technology in your learning and also to gain access to all that dynamic digital information that is truly essential for you to be successful in your careers and be a lifelong learner. with that, we would like to make sure that we continue to partner and use this partnership as a role model to further this kind of partnership to enable all education community members to have access to 21st century skills and technology that will enable you to be successful in your college and future careers, so tha

i am a physical educator with the san francisco unified school district. i am here because i and many of my colleagues are greatly concerned about giving pe credit for jrotc. it does not fulfill the state requirement. unfortunately, the contract set forth with independent study. most schools is not being followed. these students are not hitting all of the content standards that they are supposed to, and they should not be getting physical education credit for doingrotc. now more than ever comepe wrote -- more than ever, pe has changed. we have tests that students need to pass, just like in the academic classes. i believe in a physical education, but i do not believe that these should be combined. they are different curriculums. now more than ever, with childhood obesity, diabetes, all sorts of adult, adult diseases that are happening, 30% of our children are facing supposedly adult diseases, lifestyle diseases. it is important for children to be visibly agitated. thank you. a comprehensive education they can get by credentialed as education teachers. thank

we have the san francisco unified school district. we have marked as bookstores, who will be selling this -- ms. colvin's book, written about her, by philip house. we have sponsorship from the african diaspora, and the friends of the san francisco public library. i serve as part of the african- american interest committee that helped put this program together, and i want to thank all of you for coming, and i want to thank sfgtv for taking the program today. we want to thank the department here at san francisco public library, and we are having a reception in l58, and we want to thank read your catering for providing some delicious food for us to nibble on today, so will you please join us and say thank you again to mrs. colvin and also to byrin bain for telling his story, but thank you for coming so that we can say thank you to miss colvin for being a living history maker. join us. thank you. ♪ lift every voice and sing

appointment of three members to the san francisco board of education parent advisory council so the recommendation is that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district appoint to the parent advisory council three regular members to serve from july 2011 to june 2013. the members recommended for appointment are scott falcon, miranda martin and gloria molt. a recommendation and a second? thank you. a reading by the -- beyond what i've already read? o.k. so what i read will go into record. and then i don't have any public speakers at this time speaking on this matter. do you have -- on this item? no, that's not what we're talking about. and then any comments from the board or superintendent? no? commissioner fewer? commissioner fewer: thank you, president mendoza. as a parent who wrote the resolution to have the parent advisory council and created it, i'm thrilled we're getting new parents to be on it and i didn't envision it would be as successful and last as long and be funded for such a long time but as a parent advocate, thrilled whenever i see a friend that steps up for this volunteer service so, scott, pleasure to see that you've j

the 4 were the mtap with muni, the youth services with san francisco police department and the security guards through the san francisco unified school district and d.c. yf. we rolled out responsibilities and it was within the scope of work we were doing and to form what that looked like. they are going to be the primary lead but have support of m tap to deal with interventions outside the perimeter the school. and the police department was a supportive roll if it escalated. previous to this, there had been incidences almost riots at different schools. lots of arrests and last year there were minimal, if none. >> this was last summer? this was the first time you had this in place. >> what did you do? were the teams on the campuses when school let out? >> yes. there were level assignments where there were reps from those 4 entities. they checked in and talked about what that particular day brought. >> that's going to happen again this summer. >> i want a concrete example where this worked where you went in and diffused. concrete example. >> at burton last year, in the first week of summer school. there was a gun related alterca

san francisco unified -- their money is part of that state part of money. even though in theory it is going to the state, it is coming back to the city. the cost of the additional workers, my recollection -- i think it is under $1 million. the city spends $1 million to go get $30 million. it is a pretty good return. even wall street would think that. >> [inaudible] >> the beginning of the year, yes, that is right. >> [inaudible] >> i think the nine-month report was -- i will have to go back and double check, but i think it was, like, $55 million. but we can get that. yes. we are very happy because part of the reason there's a little bit of lag time is we do the assessments, and the other side is the one who collects the money. part of it is making sure we are constantly seeking up, and we are ecstatic that we can help cut out almost 20% of the $300 million deficit, save a lot of jobs. great. the only thing i was going to say was [inaudible] oh, yes. the only thing i would hold out is obviously, we have worked about 12,000 appeals this year, but we did hand

san francisco unified -- their money is part of that state part of money. even though in theory it is going to the state, it is coming back to the city. the cost of the additional workers, my recollection -- i think it is under $1 million. the city spends $1 million to go get $30 million. it is a pretty good return. even wall street would think that. >> [inaudible] >> the beginning of the year, yes, that is right. >> [inaudible] >> i think the nine-month report was -- i will have to go back

i'll continue to support the students in san francisco unified school district because that's my job. but i am extremely disappointed in the adults that have negotiated on their baff for a program that quite frankly i feel they were hoping they were going to change at the state level and they didn't. i think that you have jeopardized this program. i think that you've created additional tensions that were really unnecessary and i think it's unforgenafment it's taken me a lot of thought about whether or not i'm going to support this resolution tonight. but now i want to talk to you students about holding your teachers accountable about pushing them to stick their decision just as they ask you to stick to yours. to get behind them and say have you signed up for the classs that you said you would sign up for? because we want you to be better instructors as well. weapon want you to be high qualify instructors just as we ask any teacher that we have in the san francisco unified. so i'm asking you as students to hold your teachers accountable just as you have asked me to be accountable to yo

i very clearly understand that our physical education teachers working in the san francisco unified school district have a credential, and they get ongoing professional development, and a further go to get national board certification while they are working, so it is not impossible. it is hard. that is true. but it is not impossible, and how badly do you want to stay working with kids in this school district prove that is your testimony. that is your testimony. i want to work with kids so badly. i want to mentor kids so much, i want to impact their lives and have them go and do good things in the world, and yet i have been in the military for so many number of years, but by the way, i understand this is what is required here in the san francisco unified school district, that i need more education, so, yes, i have to go back to school, and i may be with people of what young bear with me and who do not have gray hair. so what? i want to work with kids, and this is the requirement. i know it has been said before, so i am not saying anything new. kids are here to say that they want to work wit

this year, in the mother of an eighth grader in the san francisco unified school district.the freshman class will be the first graduating class to meet the new graduation requirements that ensures access to california state university and university of california approved courses, otherwise known as a through g. this is one of the many ways the san francisco unified school district is keeping its promise to access and equity to all the students in the city. the commitment of city leaders like the mayor, the board of education, the board of supervisors, to increase summer programming and access to summer school is the strongest sign of keeping a promise to the next generation of san franciscans, providing the summer program for ninth graders -- about 900 students -- who otherwise would be off track and could not continue is just amazing. i am so excited about it. this year makes the 20 anniversary of the children's fund -- the 20th anniversary of the children's fund, and i am happy about having leaders who put the children's fund in impacting lives through the after-school p

we will be in conversation with the san francisco unified school district to look at communities where arts have been pulled out of the curriculum and find opportunities to partner with the school. and also, the community arts and education program that would really maximize our opportunity. as far as implementation, we have been thinking about this quite a bit. our best thinking today is we will be creating an arts committee in house that would have representation across each of the enterprises. the idea is that at the beginning of each fiscal year, the arts committee, made up of staff and representatives from the arts commission as well, would identify our priority as we think about those dollars each year. we would be able to hear from, for example, waste water. can you think about arts enrichment in these particular districts? the idea would also be that as we are building facilities, we are building an environmental interpreted center -- that staff would be able to say we will need arts money to hire local artists. we can partner with the local school and the neighborhood. governm