this psoa does not affect seiu positions. approximate it's any comfort to commissioners, even if the district tried to, you know, send our seiu employees to this nonprofit, the labor relations act that governs school districts, it wouldn't allow us to do that, so we certainly are not trying to do that, and they will remain separate. seiu will remain district employees. >> and then, regarding the issue if we don't do it? >> right. so i'm always hesitant to share -- >> yeah. >> legal advice in open session, but suffice it to say that recent case law and recent staff are calling attention to the relationship between agencies and independent contractors, and that classification is being looked at closely and differently. so what you've heard tonight, this would resolve any concerns around how these independent contractors are classified. >> okay. and first, i want to piggyback on commissioner moliga's commendation on the folks that work at kalw. i've talked to many of them, both contractors and seiu employees and have been super

. >> my name is raphael nicazio, press of the seiu school district chapter. we represent frontline workers, clerks, warehouse workers and transportation workers and other classified staff, our number one concern is safety for all: students, teachers, i.t. workers, and all classified employees. we all want the schools reopened, but not at the risk of getting our workers sick. we understand the students need to be in the classroom for proper learning experience and to be around their peers, but not at the risk of exposing our workers to covid-19 and shutting down the schools again. i reviewed the district's plan to reopen the schools, and it's a pretty good plan, but it leaves some gaps in terms of osha. can the administrators to -- >> clerk: thank you to the caller. thank you. operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. we have about 20 in the queue to provide comment and about 35 listening. welcome, caller. >> thank you. my name is adam keats. i have two kids in san francisco elementary. i'm very concerned about the impact school closures are having