let me see. >> pa c@sfusd. >> thank you. i'm looking at the list here and this is a partial list of what the p.a.c.'s priorities are going to be? is that right? >> these were the priorities that we discussed at our most recent meeting. i think it's a work in progress as issues come up or as interest arises and other issues, i'm sure we could add to that list. >> of course, of course. so i had a sort of a clarification question. and i'm trying to understand or maybe i'm reading it wrong and you can help me with the intent. this year, the p.a.c.'s priorities are to engage families and represent parents' perspectives to inform the district's focus on restorative practices to improve student climate and reduce student suspensions. are you informing us or are you informing other parents? >> i think it's a little bit both ways. i think parents certainly, we'd like to find a way to explain what restorative practices is to parents and make it something that is just more accessible but i think that as we get parent feedback, perhaps

the life -- a day in the life of an sfusd student and to promote events at our individual schools.voted for the collaboration and look forward to spreading the word about our schools. we also discussed the free muni for sfu's idea and we voted to support the program and will be writing a resolution with the help of commissioner fewer and asking the board to support this resolution for free muni for sfu's. president mendoza: thank you so much. on the note from jason, he's helping to coordinate the walk to school day, also, which is october 5. we hope all of the schools are able to participate, october 5, the walk to school day. item e is the parent advisory council report. do we have p.a.c. representative? >> i'm miranda martin, a new p.a.c. member. i have two children at grotten elementary school. >> my time is vatina. >> we spent our first couple of meetings talking about board priorities and our priorities as a p.a.c. we've had an opportunity to speak with deputy superintendent richard grunsa and to hear from board commissioners hydra mendoza and sandy fewer and we've also heard

are going to summarize some of the partner learning that will help us consider some of the work that sfusd will need to do. and we will look at the activities that we were in the middle of as we start to talk about it internally and talk about it with the community of around how we can prepare for next year. and then we have time for questions. at any time, darlene or nancy will jump in and answer questions. we are learning. what is transitional kindergarten? there are five parts. here is the first part. it simply states that these are the times that a child can be entered into kindergarten. here are the dates. this year, as long as you were born on or before this date, you can be in kindergarten. they go through this each year until 2014. the second part, if you are a kindergartener, this is nothing new. this is part b of this law that talks about transitional kindergarten. it says that once you enter a child as a kindergartener, with the parent, you can determine how you had met a child into kindergarten. this becomes important when we talk about the designation of a tk'er. the first two

lough's -- >> sfusd, not board of ed. it joins municipal, blah, blah, blah. we need motion and a second to amend the resolution. >> so moved. i move to except the proposed amendment. >> great. do we have to vote on general consent? adding the language of the idea of designing and securing funds, that was noted in supervisor campos's, urging to work together and taking out the board of ed. and joins the work of the mayor's office, etc.. ok, so any other comments? commissioner fewer: can you make sure that everybody gets a clean copy of that, particularly student advisory council? >> if the authors are agreeable, if you would be able to add everybody on the board's name to the resolution. >> that sounds great. welcome to the process, ladies. that was good. roll call, please. >> [roll call vote] five ayes. >> nice job. [applause] >> thank you for coming out, you have to go home now. we are going to go back to item p severed for board discussion and immediate action. several items were pulled. >> during comment on this particular item, k4 about professional devel

the sfusd, regarding the hazard of genetically engineered food. [applause] a couple weeks ago was gmo awareness week put on by places around the state. many other os organized for the dangers of the children and the elderly. i also join a panel of activists that were highlighting this global report on the dangers of genetically engineered food. scientific research has shown that materials could have serious impacts on the level of toxins in our food. and maybe particularly threatening to people and the elderly. her will have more information, and the city to make every choice possible. genetically modified food represents the corporate and industrial food system that we need to change. these goals are not new, and the commission on the environment has unanimously adopted many of these principles in july of 2000. i want to urge my colleagues to support this. and supervisor mirkarimi as well. the rest i will submit. thank you. >> president chiu? president chiu: thank you. i have a couple of items for today. first, i have an in memoriam request for h

in the existing litigation case of jh versus sfusd oah case 2011060553 the board approved settlement in the amount of $3,000. in a public employee discipline release matter the board resolved by a vote of seven aye's to accept the resignation of a classified employee and to waive certain damage claims against the employee in exchange for the employee's agreement to reimburse the district the sum of $14,300.34. we also have -- do you have a question? >> i was at that meeting. i arrived late. president mendoza: you were absent for that vote. yes, thank you. and then we also had a closed session action on today this evening september 27, 2011, the board by a vote of seven aye's approved joining the california school board association's los angeles unified school district turlock unified school district and association of california school administrators in initiating litigation against the state of california, anna j. monte santos and her capacity of director of finance, director of public instruction and john chang as state comptroller. item u are other informational items, there are n