the the petition to the san francisco unified school district whereas the san francisco unified school district has for many years led the nation in creating and implementing the school programs and whereas the san francisco unified school district has allowed the diplomacy to revitalize and encourage the dual language in the kindergarten through 12 grade and whereas the san francisco unified school district currently has highly emerging programs in cantonese and vietnam neutrons and whereas students enrolled in the clamors are enrolled with only 20 on teacher. and whereas the 7 accounting and 8th grade students receive no education in korean and for teaching outline envied school classes is combined in the fourth and fifth classes and the korean pathway in kidnap doesn't match that emerge programs elsewhere in the school district >> thank you that's time next speaker please. hi, i'm amy we the undersigned parents in the korean program respectfully ask that you provide alternative korean program in addition to current 2013-2014 staffing with one additional bilingual teacher along with

hearing - update on the 2012 supplemental appropriation to fund a credit recovery program for san francisco unified school district]sponr: kimhearing to receive an update on the 2012 supplemental appropriation to fund a credit recovery program for san francisco unified school district sfusdd students at risk of not graduating in school year 2014-2015; and requesting sfusd to present a progress update on how many students participated, current graduation rates, and how funding was spent. 2/25/14; received and assigned to the city and school district select committee.pending introduction at the board of supervisors meeting on february 25, 2014 sf 11234 thank you. this hearing is on a follow up on a supplemental appropriation in the previous year to fund a credit recovery program at san francisco unified school district and to learn a little bit more about the progress of this program. in the appropriation of course these are funds that were previously dedicated to the school district. i think that both bodies are interested in how the credit recovery program went and the incoming classes with the gra

understood] the variety of health and community agencies to san francisco commission, the san francisco small business commission, san francisco unified school district, breathe california, ucsf, american heart association, vietnamese youth development center, lung association, san francisco medical society, and other groups. we urge you to support this ordinance to protect the quality of health for all residents both young and old in san francisco. thank you very much for your [speaker not understood] and thank you very much, supervisor mar, for bringing this to our attention. >> and thank you to your leadership and the coalition as well. >> thank you. >> through chair yee, can we open this up now for public comment? and i've asked if we could limit comments, because we have about 60 cards. so, we're going to have to limit it to 1 minute per person. there's a soft bell that goes off with 15 seconds to gi would ask people if you could try to stay within your time limit. we have a number of youth that are here with us from organizations and i'd like to ask if the young people could speak first and i'm going to start calling other names

. >> the san francisco unified school district urges the san francisco municipal transportation agency to expand to muni discounted youth rate to include 18-year-olds. whereas the agent currently offers discounted fares for youth, 75 cents for single riders and zero to 23 dollars for unlimited use, monthly passes and whereas, the sfmta currently defined the youth as being between the ages of five and 17, despite 18-year-olds making up approximately 3,000 of 4,014 high school seniors in the sfusd and whereas there are also approximately 418-year-old high school students in sfusd county schools and even more 18-year-olds enrolled in private schools in san francisco. and whereas 18-year-old high school students do not qualify for the aforementioned discounted fares and must pay $2 for single transfers and additional $1.25 per ride. 66 dollars for passes and additional 43 dollars to 66 per month. and whereas the sfmta youth rate is designed to encourage the youth riders to use the public transportation and whereas there are many low income young people in san francisco, for example, of the

the requested action that the san francisco unified school district supports s b-1164 and engage in the passage of the bill anonymous limited to public testimony and press for the support of the legislation >> comments from the board or superintendant that is. vice president dr. murase >> the number of the language programs is very important that we commit to having all our kids speak a second language to honor heritage languages so i'll be supporting this. >> any other comments from the board. i think we're ready for roll call >> commissioner haney. commissioner maufas. commissioner norton. commissioner wynns. and president fewer. 6 i's. thank you. item m discussion of other educational issues. superintendant. thank you president fewer so as our presenter come up and get ready to present i think that's very, very important it seems like the theme of the evening that we're very, very fortunate but very strategic in san francisco that we have not only embraced but actually supported language development and probably one of the most robust pathway initiative no california but particularly

but i was very saddened by the fact that san francisco unified school district did not have an i talk class, but i knew that my child wanted to communicate. but after he was at bridge school for 4 years san francisco unified got an i talk class. and my son was transferred back up into district. and i just wanted to thank you for allowing my son to go from i talk at frances to an toss to mission high and he's doing very well. he's currently working 2 days a week at ucsf. he's a greeter. he uses his talker. if it were not for him getting the basics at frances scott, i don't think he would be where he is now. a lot of parents have stopped me over the years, after my son left bridge school he didn't talk anymore, what did you do? it wasn't what i did. i had support from san francisco i talk class every step of the way. i'm just asking that you not get rid of the i talk class because it's v e very important. my son is 21 years old and he will be graduating this year and i'm happy to say, he's done very well with i talk from elementary up to high school. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you

now i'm serious about college after going to san francisco unified school district i want to transfer to ucla i want to learn about politics and this summer i'm to represent gateway in washington, d.c. thank you (clapping.) hi, i'm here at gateway for 3 years i'm proud to stand here today to talk about how gateway has changed any education and life. gateway has provided me with a lot of resources to help me build my personality. gateway showed me that the main things are to dream big i'm dreaming big i want to became a police officer that. i joined the pals cadet program i'm helping my school out by being here today. when i entered daily doors i had a hard time reading and spelling out words so they provided me in ethnic and 10th grade they put me in the reading skills classes and taught me though how to spell out words and read. she gave me the encourage to read out loud i get practice reading book out loud with other kids who are getting better at reading. gateway high school provides me with = see it stand for learning center this is where my education comes to me and it's where i

interest of the students, there for be it resolved that the student advisory council urges the san francisco unified school district to urge the municipal agency to expand the youth rate to include 18-year-old and further be it resolved that the council urges the san francisco unified school district to urge the san francisco municipal transportation agency to look into ways in which the population of high school students, older than 18 years age and transition age could be approved for the reduced fares. >> we have a few public speakers. bashi, wo ng and persk, and please come to the podium. >> and you have two minutes each, please, thank you. >> sir? sir, thank you. >> hello, everyone, my name is amid amabashi and i am a senior at mission high school and i have been, you know, i support this resolution to extend it to 18 years old and because the students like me low income have been impacted by this decision because a lot of when i turned 18 this past january, the way that my transportation has changed differently because i can, you know, pay $2, twice, a day, because it is financially difficult

>> thank you. >> the san francisco unified school district urges the san francisco municipal transportation agency to expand to muni discounted youth rate to include 18-year-olds. whereas the agent currently offers discounted fares for youth, 75 cents for single riders and zero to 23 dollars for unlimited use, monthly passes and whereas, the sfmta currently defined the youth as being between the ages of five and 17, despite 18-year-olds making up approximately 3,000 of 4,014 high school seniors in the sfusd and whereas there are also approximately 418-year-old high school students in

her through her work as a elected official and elected member of the board of education for san francisco unified school district [inaudible] sworn into office in the year 20 of 7 and elecktded to serve another 4 years by the people of the city and countee of san francisco in 2010. she has been since she was alected to the board of education, the chaimpian for a-g grjuation requirement frz all student of the school district. this was a crucial policy change that meant all young people in the pub lb schools can graduate from our system and can now be edgeable to attend a 4 year yineversity. thank you for making that happen. she was also a author of the district wide [inaudible] initiative, which is a critical part of the districts disciplineary process. the impact of this initiative is very profound in terms of impacting the lives of young people. the initiative paved the way for discussions that are happening now on how to limit in school suspensions. i can tell having been a attorney for the school district many disciplineary actions are against the poor kids and kids of color. we see a discussi

>> it has gone national. >> that is amazing and that is all started here in san francisco unified school district and so congratulations to us and congratulations to the cni team and the deputy superintendent. >> thank you. >> commissioner haney. >> also i attended an event where commissioner wynns and were at the spamalot musical and the school of the arts and blown away and it was incredible and yeah, commissioner wynns and i took a self-ie as well. and so, no it was a incredible, performance of the folks out there and i don't think that they are performing any more. but, they have a number of other performances throughout the year and they have a musical every year and commissioner mendoza was there as well. and so just had a great time. and it was nice to spend the evening with commissioner wynns as well. >> thank you. >> great and i just wanted to report that i participated in read allowed day this week and inthraled or terrified the children with the greek mythology and also i attended a lovely dinner, and the long table dinner that is a fund-raiser for the culinary arts program an

this ordinance with the support of the san francisco small business commission ~, unanimous support by the small business commission and the san francisco unified school district will give our city agencies, departments, our local businesses and individuals clear guidelines for enforcement to protect the public's health. while the primary purpose of the legislation is to protect bystanders from the secondhand exposure to nicotine and other chemicals like formaldehyde and various metals and other volatile organic compounds as well that come from e-cigarette aerosols, like i just blew in front of commissioner yee's face, it will also support enforcement of san francisco's current smoke-free law. because e-cigarettes often look almost exactly like regular cigarettes, allowing people to smoke them in restaurants, bars, schools, and workplaces would complicate and confuse potentially drive up the cost of enforcing existing laws. we're not the first. san francisco, i'm proud to say, has been in the lead of many efforts, but we want to reestablish ourselves as a strong lead among cities throughout this country. but we're joining the lead of other citi

. >> that's student advisory council from the san francisco unified school district? >>> correct. >> yeah. >>> many high school students don see e-cigarettes as a risk to their health [speaker not understood]. close friends have told me they see e-cigarettes more like candy or a harmless casual thing to do. from personal experience i'm comfortable saying the vast majority of teens who smoke these colorful flavorful e-cigarettes are not smoked cigarettes and have no interest in smoking. however, while it makes sense intuitively these e-cigarette are healthier than cigarettes, the harmful effect are widely unknown. e-cigarettes are appealable to teens due to [speaker not understood]. while i'm not convinced of the toxicity or harmful effects of e-cigarette at this time, i do believe we should err on the side of caution so i endorse this legislation. >> great, thank you. next speaker. >>> hello, my name is alison [speaker not understood] sip attend [speaker not understood] high school. i am also part of the student advisory council. i'm here to provide my support for the

keeping our promises to the folks and right now the school the hunter view is owned by the san francisco unified school district and i thank you for having your people recently cleaning it you received a notice from sfoifgs for a violation we ask you to make the change in this historical movement and thank you for having this on the agenda and helping our kids, too. thank you >> your name, again please, sir. >> rodney i wasn't on the list so next time will you please submit a card. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening my name is millie please consider fixing up a and bs park. >> hi, in hunters point we need swings for my little brother. >> good evening. i'm reggie i'm also on the chair of the activity committee on hunters point. i mentioned a couple of weeks ago for the professional and dedicated and qualified people to run this park. it's no good with the malcolm x academy but to have a after school program and to get along with the neighborhoods not only for the hunters point but for the malcolm x school. we're looking forward to hearing from you all. thank you very much and you

and san francisco unified school district has the highest proportion of their enrollment in kaiser with 60 percent of their members there. san francisco unified school district and city college have higher average age than other employers. i love this next slide. lots of pretty pictures. i get the breakout from all the other employer groups there. we are showing you proportions by gender and age and top open enrollment numbers for each of our employer groups by the various health plans. over all cfs does have 80 percent of our lives unified school district, 15, community college district 4 percent and court's 1 percent and what remains again is some additional tables. just a note as you look through information at a later point in time when you are looking at our city college numbers, 2010 and 11 the period course and we have administered that separately. are there any questions with the demographic report? >> i noted that our overall employees is around 36,000. looks like we have not quite 3,000 enrolled in fsa. is that where we want to be or should be? it seems relatively low to me. m

international unions, 2013-2014 initial proposal for union of operating engineers local 39 to the san francisco unified school district. 2013-2014 initial reopen proposal from the sheet metalworkers union local 04 to the san francisco unified school district. 2013-2014 initial reopener proposal from the common class workers, interlocking smith, local 22. united association of journey men of the plumbing and pipe fitting industry. local 38. union union of roofers. local 40. shop hands. local 66. sheet metalworkers. local 104, local 718. teamsters, local 856 auto marine and speciality painters. local 176, machinist union, local 1414. we have one speaker signed up to speak tonight on this topic. well allen lowe but you don't look like him. are you speaking for him? okay. 2 minutes. >> very briefly, allen had to leave because of other commitments but we are here to speak on his behalf who is represented as the chief negotiator for united administrators of san francisco. i am jenny horn and this is pat armedia of san francisco. we would just like to say that we represent 250 administrators at the school sit