the san francisco unified school district says it will likely have to eliminate 535 positions. the goal is to cut $113 million from the budget by the end of the 2025 2026 school year. one paraeducator, who works with special needs students, says there is already a shortage of educators. >> it's a scary it's a it's abysmal that they would even be considering this. these students are not getting the support that they need. >> superintendent maria icu says she's committed to not closing any schools for the 2025 2026 school year, with 80% of the budget going to staffing. the district says it will be cutting the workforce before the meeting. su spoke to us about what will be cut first. they include consultant contracts, central office, administrative staff and department of technology. >> the cuts are going to come from all areas of the district. what i want to do is keep the cuts as far away from our students as possible. >> dozens of people spoke during public comment at the board meeting. some teachers say there is also a proposal to combine classes, putting two grades together,

san francisco neighborhood seem to be spilling over into another. an unexpected consequence of the crackdown on drug use in one part of the city. and san francisco unified school district might not be closing schools, but now we're learning that hundreds of jobs could be eliminated. want to say good morning to you? it's saturday, february 22nd, i'm zach fuentes. let's start with a look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning. >> good morning zach. we have had some really nice mild days and plenty of sunshine. we're starting out with some cloud cover. you can see the rain up to the north in the pacific northwest, where partly cloudy and 43. palo alto, fremont, 42, in san jose. good morning. sonoma dropped a degree there at 39 as well as santa rosa. and compared to yesterday, it's a little cooler in spots and a little milder. from morgan hill to half moon bay. we have some fog along the coast quarter mile. half moon bay up in novato. and as we go through the next couple of hours, 9:00 in the low 50s. partly cloudy throughout the afternoon, 1:00 well into the 60s to near 70. increasing high clouds or some showers to the north. we'll talk about those mor

school leaders in san jose and san francisco are facing multi-million dollar deficits with few easy solutions. san jose's franklin mckinley school district is putting off school closures. san francisco unified took them off the table. abc seven news reporter tim johns explains the other options. >> at a meeting tuesday night. the superintendent of the san francisco unified school district, laying out her plan to cut almost $114 million from the district's budget. >> if we make these cuts now, we will be in a much better place in two years time, where this district will be fully solvent. >> the district's budget crisis has been years in the making. it stems mainly from declining enrollment and the loss of one time funds. >> so we're looking at all of our spending throughout the district to make sure that we can submit a balanced budget by june. >> laura dudnik is an sfusd spokesperson. she says the district is focused on keeping the impact on students as minimal as possible. >> about 80% of s.f. usd's $1.3 billion budget is staff, and so unfortunately, there will need to be some positions that are reduced for next year. >> superintendent su has vowed not to touch school closures back in 2024

school leaders in san jose and san francisco are facing multi-million dollar deficits with few easy solutions. san jose's franklin mckinley school district is putting off school closures. san francisco unified took them off the table. abc seven news reporter tim johns explains the other options. >> at a meeting tuesday night. the superintendent of the san francisco unified school district, laying out her plan to cut almost $114 million from the district's budget. >> if we make these cuts now, we will be in a much better place in two years time, where this district will be fully solvent. >> the district's budget crisis has been years in the making. it stems mainly from declining enrollment and the loss of one time funds. >> so we're looking at all of our spending throughout the district to make sure that we can submit a balanced budget by june. >> laura dudnik is an sfusd spokesperson. she says the district is focused on keeping the impact on students as minimal as possible. >> about 80% of s.f. usd's $1.3 billion budget is staff, and so unfortunately, there will need to be some positions that are reduced for next year. >> superintendent su has vowed not to touch school closures back in 2024

well, happening today, leaders with the san francisco unified school district will tell us about theirthan $110 million from the budget. it's dealing with declining enrollment as well as money problems. ktvu is ali rasmus explains what the school district wants to cut. >> the district wants to focus on cutting administrative positions, not shutting down school sites, but as student advocacy groups we spoke with this morning. point out, it is a budget tradeoff. on the one hand, sfusd will have the same number of schools, but with less staff in each of them. the plan is to cut 114 million in the district's budget by making cuts at the administrative level, part of a plan. sfusd superintendent maria su is expected to outline at tonight's school board meeting. the district must eliminate 535 positions. the plan is to do that through layoffs and buyouts, not just at the district's central office, but also by eliminating some administrative positions at various school sites. >> more will be revealed tonight, so we're not entirely sure. but from the plans that they posted online on friday, it

well, leaders in the san francisco unified school district will explain a plan to cut more than $110illion from the school budget. the school district is dealing with money problems as well as declining enrollment. ktvu is ali rasmus is here now with those details. good morning ali. >> good morning dave. well, we know what they won't be doing this time around to make cuts to the budget. they won't be closing school sites. that's an option that district leaders abandoned late last year after tremendous pushback from the community, parents, students and teachers. this time around, the options are to cut from the central office and show you the video right now. of this, the district must eliminate 535 positions. the plan is to do that through layoffs and buyouts, not just at the district central office, but by eliminating some administrative roles at various school sites. it's part of a plan. sfusd superintendent maria su is expected to outline at tonight's school board meeting in the next month. the district is expected to finalize some sort of buyout plan to encourage workers, adminis

[ambient noise] >>> the san francisco unified school district is meeting the superintendent with the dget crisis. it would cut hundreds of jobs across more than 100 schools. and jobs at the district's office. this comes after the superintendent withdrew the district's plan to shut down 11 schools last year. it is still facing a deficit of more than $100 million. the new board approved fiscal plan calls for the district to shed 535 positions through pink slips. early retirement and leaving vacant posts unfilled. in san jose tonight, parents and teachers are protesting a proposal to close three of the 16 schools in the franklin mckenny school district. they are calling on the board to delay any closures and faculty layoffs as they face a budget shortfall blamed on declining student enrollment. the school district has about 6,000 students. >>> it is not just eggs and high demand. apparently, chickens are >>> bird flu has driven egg prices to a record high. now some stores are reporting egg shortages and limiting how many people can actually buy. the problem has gotten so bad many m peopl

the district to get more clarity on what teachers and san francisco school district staff should expect. >> all eyes are set on the san francisco unified school district's meeting with the board of education. >> we're in the process right now of closing $113 million deficit for next year. and so we're looking at all of our spending throughout the district to make sure that we can submit a balanced budget by june. >> as the school district works to tackle the multi-million dollar budget deficit, closing schools now is off the table, but laying off staff later is not likely. >> will have to issue layoffs down the road. and there's a process that we go through to make sure that we follow state law for that. and it's a process that all school districts in california follow. >> according to s.f. usd, 80% of the budget is spent on staff. the school district tells me they will likely have to reduce workforce in a closed session. maria sue, s.f. usd's new superintendent, is set to update the board of education on the district's effort to develop a 2025 to 2026 budget. the teachers union wants transparency, despite sue's team confirming no layo

san jose, parents and teachers are planning to protest a proposal to close five schools when lay off dozens of teachers as the franklin mckinney school district faces a significant deficit. in the meantime, san francisco unifiedool district dr. maria suh will cut more than $100 million from the district's budget. more than 500 positions will be eliminated as a result, but no schools would close. >>> in oakland, city workers rallied in front of city hall to protest their own layoff notices. oakland facing their own budget shortfall of about $130 million. >> this is not city workers fault. we didn't mismanage money. we did not collect revenue that needed to be collected. we have done nothing, but come to work every day and do our best for the citizens of oakland. >> layoffs scheduled to take effect at the end of the month. oakland has already temporarily closed two fire stations to deal with that budget deficit. >>> up next at 5:00, the redwoods and state parks, were severely damaged during lightning fueled wildfire. already, new hope is starting to emerge. the plan to protect the thousand year old trees far into the future. >>> i would love to be around another few thousand to see what's going to happen to it.

san francisco neighborhood seem to be spilling over into another. an unexpected consequence of the crackdown on drug use in one part of the city. and san francisco unified school district might not be closing schools, but now we're learning that hundreds of jobs could be eliminated. good morning to you. it's saturday, february 22nd, i'm zach fuentes. let's start with a look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning. >> hey zach good morning to you. it's not as cold as it has been out there. a couple degrees milder. we have some clouds and no fog really to speak of, but there are some patchy low clouds along the shoreline. it's 43 in fremont, 50 in los gatos, with 41 in livermore. and even up in the north bay. we've got low 40s from napa to sonoma at 40. so compared to yesterday, a couple degrees milder, four degrees milder today. and we'll continue with that theme as we go through the afternoon. 9:00 we're in the low 50s. it's a partly cloudy day with some increasing clouds in the north bay. 1:00 look at the numbers. 60s to near 70. low 70s in the south bay. increasing clouds in the north bay could see a few showers throughout the weekend in the north

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deletion from the assessor recorder's filers and on page 39 there's an addition for the san francisco unified school district. these amendments are substantive so once you make them you'll have to continue to the next week's meeting. >> thank you so much. deputy city attorney rusty, i don't see any other colleagues on the roster. >> would you please call for public comment, mr. clerk? yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this matter should line up to speak at this time each speaker will be allowed two minutes. are any speakers on this matter? >> there are no speakers. >> thank you senior speakers public comment on item number two is close. >> president amendment would you like to make a motion? yes i'll move the amendments that have been circulated and described by by our deputy city attorney on a motion to adopt the amendments. vice chair cheryl shaw i remember man woman and a miniature walton high walton i. the motion passes without objection. >> thank you. amendments are passed without objection and present amendment and then i'll move that we continue this one week till our or till our next me

so i continue to work really hard with them to close that gap and work with the san francisco unified school districto juniors and seniors come to our program, so kids come to our stem hub and be exposed to all those things. it's a big challenge. >> we have a couple of other providers here on site, but we've all just been trying to work together and let the kids move around from each department. some kids are comfortable with their admission, but if they want to jump in with city of dreams or hunter's point, we just try to collaborate to provide the best opportunity in the community. >> devmission has provided services on westbrook. they teach you how to code. how to build their own mini robot to providing access for the youth to partnerships with adobe and sony and google and twitter. and so devmission has definitely brought access for our families to resources that our residents may or may not have been able to access in the past. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the succ

second, san francisco public schools san francisco unified school district will always be a safe place our students to learn and to thrive a period san francisco has always been the gateway for opportunity and innovation and cultural exchange. san francisco's public school provides through our fantastic dig educators, our site leaders and all of our staff. the foundational structure to nurture our youngest residents. >> we are here to ensure that all students have access to consistent quality education as well as build their sense of safety and emotional wellness. once again our schools must be and will remain a safe place for all of our children to learn and for our staff to support them. we are proud to serve thousands of students who come to us from all over the world. in s.f. usd we are committed to providing a safe, inclusive environment for all of our students regardless of immigration status. we do not collect that information. we want every student to feel empowered and knowing that they have a right to attend our school and that their safety dignity and well-being are our high

we've known about san francisco unified school district's budget troubles for a while and have learned it's going to vote on tuesday on moving forward with layoffs. this is the first step in the process and could lead to hundreds of jobs being eliminated. staffing accounts for about 80% of the district's budget. the proposal would send out preliminary notices to 395 certified positions or certificated positions, and 164 classified positions. the district would then have to determine which employees to send notices to by march 15th. it does have the ability to rescind notices. the final notices would go out by may 15th. california college of the arts in san francisco has successfully raised nearly $45 million to help to secure its future. half the money came from nvidia's co-founder and ceo jensen huang. he's the world's 11th richest man, and it's the first time he's helped the college c.c.a. was facing a budget shortfall. layoffs and declining enrollment. huang's donation is the largest in the school's history. >> new developments tonight, with a school closures in santa rosa as the di

he's confident and financial pressure, forcing san francisco unified to make painful budget cuts, a decision that's familiar to bay area school districtsn francisco and tell you about a key meeting tonight, and what officials may decide to cut. [music] >> tech executives and parents are all going to get together to talk about how to empower young people. >> it's a day set aside and designated to encourage the use of the internet in a responsible way. we'll tell you how you can join this free seminar, bringing together experts from across the country. >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> good morning and welcome back. i'm gasia mikaelian. >> and good morning i'm dave clark. it is tuesday. it's february 11th. a beautiful day it looks like for now. here's steve paulson. he knows all about your weather. >> well, morning sun will give way to a lot of clouds here, you guys. it's already knocking on the door here so it won't take long, but it will be dry. we'll probably get some light rain later this evening. that looks like it wants to skirt about the golden gate bridge, southern marin county down to santa cruz. that won't

. >> and the san francisco unified school district is also preparing for big cuts. our media partners at the san francisco standard report school staff and administrators jobs are at risk. superintendent maria su is expected to lay out a detailed plan for the possible cuts on tuesday. the cuts would take place instead of school closures. the district says it needs to eliminate 535 jobs to save $114 million. >> still ahead. the rain is gone in time for the weekend. wow, look at this live. look outside at the conditions. that is spectacular. we're going to check in with abc seven news weather anchor yeah. yeah. people are cleaning up, starting to rebuild or walking away from all that was lost. >> abc seven news reporter sid garcia has the details. >> this burned down neighborhood in altadena is where a number of residents called home and also housed their businesses. this group of child care providers is asking the state to extend the aid to them. it expired this week, along with the thousands of residents who lost everything in the fire. they're also trying to rebuil

new details now about how the superintendent of the san francisco unified school district plans to balance the budget. more than 500 jobs would be cut to slash $113 million from the budget by the end of the 2526 school year. the district says 80% of its budget is spent on staffing. the first cuts will target consultant contracts, central office administrative staff and the department of technology. school superintendent maria su said she is committed to keeping all schools open. >> the cuts are going to come from all areas of the district. what i want to do is keep the cuts as far away from our students as possible. >> and critics of the plan say they fear students and staff will be hurt by these budget cuts. >> it's scary. it's a it's abysmal that they would even be considering this. these students are not getting the support that they need. >> we know what your agendas ar. and to that we all say no cuts, no combo classes, no compromises and no school closures. >> nothing is final yet. california state law requires the school district to notify employees by march 15th. they could be laid

we've known about san francisco unified school district's budget troubles for a while and have learned it's going to vote on tuesday on moving forward with layoffs. this is the first step in the process and could lead to hundreds of jobs being eliminated. staffing accounts for about 80% of the district's budget. the proposal would send out preliminary notices to 395 certified positions or certificated positions, and 164 classified positions. the district would then have to determine which employees to send notices to by march 15th. it does have the ability to rescind notices. the final notices would go out by may 15th. california college of the arts in san francisco has successfully raised nearly $45 million to help to secure its future. half the money came from nvidia's co-founder and ceo jensen huang. he's the world's 11th richest man, and it's the first time he's helped the college c.c.a. was facing a budget shortfall. layoffs and declining enrollment. huang's donation is the largest in the school's history. >> new developments tonight, with a school closures in santa rosa as the di

speaking with you this evening on behalf of the dedicated members of ifp local 21, the san francisco unified school district employees in the professional and technical bargaining unit truly the backbone of student attendance, teacher support achievement assessments and the district's department of technology. our members are essential to s.f. ucsd's success ensuring classrooms run smoothly and student learning remains uninterrupted. whether working behind the scenes or on the front lines, our members provide and maintain the technology that students and teachers rely on daily. when students need computers for instruction, homework or testing our members ensure they are available and functioning when connectivity fault fails. when devices breaks or teachers face tech issues or are locked out of district online portals, they step in immediately because every moment lost to a malfunction is a moment lost to learning without their expertise. standardized testing now fully online would be impacted. thank you. our members are not just important to the essential daily functions inside the classroom. they're vital

san francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school district, we have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. compost helps farms get through these difficult times. how is that? compost is a natural sponge that attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of droug

so i continue to work really hard with them to close that gap and work with the san francisco unified school districtthose things. it's a big challenge. >> we have a couple of other providers here on site, but we've all just been trying to work together and let the kids move around from each department. some kids are comfortable with their admission, but if they want to jump in with city of dreams or hunter's point, we just try to collaborate to provide the best opportunity in the community. >> devmission has provided services on westbrook. they teach you how to code. how to build their own mini robot to providing access for the youth to partnerships with adobe and sony and google and twitter. and so devmission has definitely brought access for our families to resources that our residents may or may not have been able to access in the past. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some of those kids that have been able to take the opportunity and continue to

so i continue to work really hard with them to close that gap and work with the san francisco unified school districto juniors and seniors come to our program, so kids come to our stem hub and be exposed to all those things. it's a big challenge. >> we have a couple of other providers here on site, but we've all just been trying to work together and let the kids move around from each department. some kids are comfortable with their admission, but if they want to jump in with city of dreams or hunter's point, we just try to collaborate to provide the best opportunity in the community. >> devmission has provided services on westbrook. they teach you how to code. how to build their own mini robot to providing access for the youth to partnerships with adobe and sony and google and twitter. and so devmission has definitely brought access for our families to resources that our residents may or may not have been able to access in the past. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the succ

school closures and teacher layoffs. the district has a total of 16 elementary and middle schools. tonight, san francisco unified superintendent is sharing an update with the board of education on the budget deficit, something that could lead to layoffs. abc seven news reporter louis pena went to the district to get more clarity on what teachers and staff should expect. >> all eyes are set on the san francisco unified school district's meeting with the board of education. >> we're in the process right now of closing $113 millionht deficit for next year. and so we're looking at all of our spending throughout the district to make sure that we can submit a balanced budget by june. >> as the school district works to tackle the multi-million dollar budget deficit, closing schools now is off the table, but laying off staff later is not likely. >> will have to issue layoffs down the road. and there's a process that we go through to make sure that we follow state law for that. and it's a process that all school districts in california follow. >> according to sfusd, 80% of the budget is spent on staff. the school distric

the san francisco unified school district is preparing to fire hundreds of employees to save $114 million. according to our partners at the san francisco standard, the proposed job cuts will affect administrative and school staff and could eliminate entire departments. the district is looking to remove more than 530 positions. the superintendent is expected to present the plan during the board of education meeting on tuesday. the city of antioch has begun its search for a new police chief. the city held its first community forum today, allowing residents a voice in picking who will lead their police department. but whomever is hired comes into a department reeling from a racist texting scandal. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has the story. >> the police department hasn't had a permanent chief since 2001. >> antioch city manager bessie marie scott is leading the search for antioch's next police chief. the city held the first of three community forums on saturday. >> i think past conversation has been kind of trauma based with what occurred, but today everyone kind of came together. >

happening today, the superintendent of the san francisco unified school district will outline a plan to cut close to $114 million in the district's budget. san francisco unified faces financial pressure amid declining enrollment. ktvu ali rasmus sat down with the superintendent to learn more about the plan. >> san francisco unified superintendent maria icu is relatively new to the job. she just started this role about four months ago. she's committed, she says, to not closing down any schools for the 2025, 2026 school year. but even so, balancing the district's budget deficit will come with some tradeoffs. >> the cuts are going to come from all areas of the district. what i want to do is keep the cuts as far away from our students as possible. >> superintendent maria icu says that means cutting consultant contracts and central office administrative staff first. >> things like maybe our department of technology, our budgeting department. the other tranche of layoffs are for school facing layoffs, which are essentially our teachers, our assistant principals. >> the goal is to cut $114 m

the san francisco unified school district says it will likely have to eliminate 535 positions.he goal is to cut $113 million from the budget by the end of the 2025 2026 school year. one paraeducator, who works with special needs students, says there is already a shortage of educators. >> it's scary. it's a it's abysmal that they would even be considering this. these students are not getting the support that they need. >> superintendent maria su says she's committed to not closing any schools for the 2025 2026 school year, with 80% of the budget going to staffing. the district says it will be cutting the workforce before the meeting. su spoke to us about what will be cut first. they include consultant contracts, central office, administrative staff and department of technology. >> the cuts are going to come from all areas of the district. what i want to do is keep the cuts as far away from our students as possible. >> dozens of people spoke during public comment at the board meeting. some teachers say there is also a proposal to combine classes, putting two grades geth, which te

the san francisco unified school district is preparing to fire hundreds of employees to save $114 million. according to our news partners at the san francisco standard, the proposed job cuts will affect administrative and school staff and could eliminate entire departments. the district is looking to remove more than 530 positions. the superintendent is expected to present the plan during the board of education meeting on tuesday. the city of antioch has begun its search for a new police chief. the city held its first community forum, allowing residents to weigh in on the choice. here's abc seven news reporter anser hassan. >> the police department hasn't had a permanent chief since 2001. >> antioch city manager betsy marie scott is leading the search for antioch's next police chief. the city held the first of three community forums on saturday. >> i think past conversation has been kind of trauma based with what occurred, but today everyone kind of came together. >> porsha taylor chairs the antioch police oversight commission. she says topics focused on accountability, community policing

the san francisco unified school district is preparing to fire hundreds of employees to save $114 million. according to our news partners at the san francisco standard, the proposed job cuts will affect administrative and school staff and could eliminate entire departments. the district is looking to remove more than 530 positions. the superintendent is expected to present the plan during the board of education meeting on tuesday. well, the city of antioch has begun its search for a new police chief. the city held its first community forum, allowing residents a voice in picking who exactly will lead their department. but whomever is hired comes into a department reeling from a racist texting scandal. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has the story. >> the police department hasn't had a permanent chief since 2001. >> antioch city manager betsy murray scott is leading the search for antioch's next police chief. the city held the first of three community forums on saturday. >> i think past conversation has been kind of trauma based with what occurred, but today everyone kind of came toget

the superintendent of the san francisco unified school district is expected to outline her plan at tonight's board meeting. now, this plan will address bridging a $114 million budget deficit without having to close any schools. it is a tall task for superintendent maria icu, who has only been on the job here for four months. she's telling us that in order to balance the budget, 535 positions must be eliminated through early retirement buyouts and layoffs, including eliminating consultants and administrative staff. >> like maybe our department of technology, our budgeting department. what i want to do is keep the cuts as far away from our students as possible. >> this budget must be balanced by june to avoid a state takeover. the district already has a state appointed fiscal advisor with the power to veto or approve any and all budget decisions. >> to retain that full control, we have to make really deep cuts, i think. so it's like a necessary evil that we see some of these cuts, but still it doesn't make it any easier to swallow. >> student advocacy groups say they are relieved school closur

it's san francisco unified school district spring break. okay my kids don't go to s.f. usd anymore but we have 42% of our operators who live in the city and county of san francisco and it's a popular week to sign up for. >> and so that just doesn't work for us. so what i did is i brought the city charter so you can see that we are 9163. it's just like any other employee gets two weeks, three weeks or four weeks. >> our contract says the city seniority will prevail in determining the length of a vacation and the preference of the sign up. so can you have it for three weeks? four weeks? five weeks? six weeks if you roll it over. >> like the charter says you can. the s.f. mta is trying to tell our operators that they can only use 13 sick days if they use 14 sick days they're brought in for a conference. >> now it's like you can only i could only use my three weeks and that's just not working for us. >> i brought these in for you for each for each of you to have one. >> and i just wanted to tell you we should be able to sign up for our vacation days on floating holidays and

so i continue to work really hard with them to close that gap and work with the san francisco unified school districto juniors and seniors come to our program, so kids come to our stem hub and be exposed to all those things. it's a big challenge. >> we have a couple of other providers here on site, but we've all just been trying to work together and let the kids move around from each department. some kids are comfortable with their admission, but if they want to jump in with city of dreams or hunter's point, we just try to collaborate to provide the best opportunity in the community. >> devmission has provided services on westbrook. they teach you how to code. how to build their own mini robot to providing access for the youth to partnerships with adobe and sony and google and twitter. and so devmission has definitely brought access for our families to resources that our residents may or may not have been able to access in the past. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the succ

san francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school districtors throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. compost helps farms get through these difficult times. how is that? compost is a natural sponge that attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of drought in you farm naturally with compost. farms

we have some new details about how the superintendent of the san francisco unified school district plans to balance the budget. more than 500 jobs would be cut to slash $113 million from the budget by the end of the 20 2526 school year. the district says 80% of its budget is spent on staffing. the first cuts will target consultant contracts, central office administrative staff and the department of technology. school superintendent maria icu says she is committed to keeping all schools open. >> the cuts are going to come from all areas of the district. what i want to do is keep the cuts as far away from our students as possible. >> critics of the plan say they fear students and staff will be hurt by the budget cuts. >> it's scary. it's a it's abysmal that they would even be considering this. these students are not getting the support that they need. >> we know what your agendas ar. and to that we all say no cuts, no combo classes, no compromises, and no school closures. >> nothing is final yet. california state law requires the school district to notify employees by march 15th if they co

. ♪ grocery outlet bargain market of the san francisco unified school district plans to balance the budget than 500 jobs would be cut to slash $113 million from the. budget by the end of the 20 2526 school year. the district says 80% of its budget is spent on staffing. the first cuts will target consultant contract, central office. administrative staff and the department of technology. school superintendent maria su said she's committed to keeping all schools open, but critics of the plan say they fear students and staff will be hurt by the cuts. >> it's scary. it's a it's abysmal that they would even be considering this. these students are not getting the support that they need. >> we know what your agendas are and to that we all say no cuts, no combo classes, no compromises, and no school closures. >> now nothing is final. yet the california state law does require the school district to notify employees by march 15th that they could be laid off. final notices would be issued may 3rd. well, more rain is heading into the bay area. we're gearing up for another storm. what one family's exper

as far as i know, ali still has not been part of the baseline budget of san francisco unified school district. >> it only exists in grants. thank you. good evening, board members. my name is nicholas chen and i'm the principal at san francisco international high school. i'm here to speak on the staffing model and to respectfully request more base allocations for assistant principals, counselors and social workers or to allow school sites to use discretionary or grant funds for these positions. >> san francisco international high school is 100% newcomers emerging multilingual and recent immigrants. our students come to us with amazing life experiences a wealth of knowledge and absolutely no cumulative files that work false to us. our school model is based on high leverage practices from schools across the country like ours that serve recent immigrants. and in a time when our students face eviction and deportation, we have built out a staffing model with counselors, with social workers, with our community schools coordinator who's here tonight in order to build the relationships that we need to

san francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school districtwe have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. compost helps farms get through these difficult times. how is that? compost is a natural sponge that attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of drought

so i continue to work really hard with them to close that gap and work with the san francisco unified school districts come to our program, so kids come to our stem hub and be exposed to all those things. it's a big challenge. >> we have a couple of other providers here on site, but we've all just been trying to work together and let the kids move around from each department. some kids are comfortable with their admission, but if they want to jump in with city of dreams or hunter's point, we just try to collaborate to provide the best opportunity in the community. >> devmission has provided services on westbrook. they teach you how to code. how to build their own mini robot to providing access for the youth to partnerships with adobe and sony and google and twitter. and so devmission has definitely brought access for our families to resources that our residents may or may not have been able to access in the past. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some

san francisco. nearly 2000 bay area kids got hands on coaching today at basketball clinics hosted by the junior nba and junior wnba. elementary and middle schoolers from san francisco and from oakland unified school districtsere treated like young stars. this happened at the moscone center in san francisco, so they got to run drills and get personal coaching tips from the pros and the kids. you can see they were all smiles telling us how grateful they are for this unique opportunity. >> it's like an amazing experience. just come out and like, learn new things, meet new players and just learn how they take care of themselves.

mentoring program for 473,520 and this is an initiative that's collaborate ation with the san francisco unified school district juvenile probation department and dcf and this is designed to identify and track school violence, campus incidents and gun violence at schools as well as provide case management support for young people and with their families. the second contract excuse me is with bay area community resources for the career pathways for undocumented youth for 650,000 for this is part of our youth workforce development task strategy the reset justice collaborative for 700,740 and this is part of our justice service care coordinator strategy which is a new strategy with our department and programs that are funded under this supports justice involved and system impacted youth and tia and they're responsible for providing the case management and the connection and referral of services for education, workforce and enrichment. sunset media waived for 200,000 which is under our arts and creative expression strategy opening up young people from middle to high school interested in the arts youth technology pa

san francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school districte a sustainability office and educators throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. compost helps farms get through these difficult times. how is that? compost is a natural sponge that attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of drought in yo

so i continue to work really hard with them to close that gap and work with the san francisco unified school districto juniors and seniors come to our program, so kids come to our stem hub and be exposed to all those things. it's a big challenge. >> we have a couple of other providers here on site, but we've all just been trying to work together and let the kids move around from each department. some kids are comfortable with their admission, but if they want to jump in with city of dreams or hunter's point, we just try to collaborate to provide the best opportunity in the community. >> devmission has provided services on westbrook. they teach you how to code. how to build their own mini robot to providing access for the youth to partnerships with adobe and sony and google and twitter. and so devmission has definitely brought access for our families to resources that our residents may or may not have been able to access in the past. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the succ

my mother was a teacher with the san francisco unified school district for over 30 years and was part of the health service system then united health care. and recently late last month or last year we learned that united health care was no longer going to be providing health care to both my mother and my father who's over 100 years old. my mother is 86. i am an attorney. i have navigated the irs code i have navigate it criminal law proceedings was a former public defender in san francisco and i can tell you without a doubt that the rollout and the conversion from united health care to the blue shield that my mother and father are currently dealing with has been a complete disaster. my father is over 100 years old like many other world war two veterans, has a lot of injuries and ailments. i cannot now receive a 5% white cane patch for my father which he was receiving without any problems before under united health care. >> it would be easier for me and for francisco right now to go and get sentinel to blocks from where you are sitting than from what i am having to deal with to try to j