in celebration of sfusd's early education department's 70th anniversary whereas sfusd early education department's preschool programs were established in 1943 by president franklin eleanor roosevelt work projects administration to provide the city's families with care and education for preschool age children during world war ii. whereas eed began with four sites. today eed has grown to 43 sites that serve over 4,000 students including infants, toddlers, preschool opportunities, transitional kindergarten, other students and tk as well as fifth grade students during non school hours. over 90% receive completely free or subsidized care based on their family income and more than 75% of families served a language other than english at home. whereas sfusd's strategic plan contains three main goals: access and equity, student achievement and accountability, and calls out the achievement gap as one of the greatest civil rights issues facing the district. whereas decades of research has shown that providing children with early education opportunities can have significant positive impact on the

we started kinder as potential student as defined by sfusd and the ioc. we request [inaudible] general schedule, and then allow us to make situation and speak with staff, students and families with ioc representation. we have five we can have more [inaudible] without ioc representative present. in our situation bcc a part of appropriate teaching strategy during instruction time. we note that many have after school programs and emphasis on tutoring and assist for el students. we also note that working to improve communication to non english [inaudible] and el students. participation in this access to translation, access to the computer lab. many have after school program that provides tutoring for el students. we hear from some administrator regarding frustration around planning for fluctuating student population. many planned for more than in the enrollment. we see more than that originally anticipated. [inaudible] situation create planning and implementation difficulties. both middle school and administrators express need to have more communication [inau

and sfusd staff members say they can fill the staff with more students than what is currently proposed? is that really what we think about our students? our children? our future? that they will be fine, that they will survive? i think we can all agree when we began our careers in education, we did it because children deserved better. to thrive and placed in situations to be successful. our jobs. mine, yours, are to remove those obstacles in front of them. and to do our best to give them that path to success. moving this will place a major obstacle in their way. these are students that have dealt with years of ada construction. and last year there was a fire and they were without a cafeteria and not to mention lost every book in the library. they have had to endure so much. and those who could help, and you are about to throw a huge obstacle in our way. i ask is this the best you can do? have you consulted with all parties? are you proud of the work you have done, and the decisions you are about to make? in my opinion unless you have received the answers that you are satisfied with, the

superintendent, who will provide an overview of the plan and service supporting english language learns in sfusd. and second we hope to hear how the district is addressing challenges and the plan. and third how the pac and our community partners might support the district to improve the remote better communication with our english language learners families and students. thank you. >> any questions or comments? vice president fewer. >> thank you, for your presentations. i wanted to know when you are addressing the pta with the restorative practices. do you have a date and location for that? >> good evening, and congratulations to president norton, vice president fewer. and welcome aboard commissioner haney. yeah, we do have a date set for monday, january 28. we don't have a location yet. but i can forward that once that is established. >> do you know the time? their meeting convenes at 6:30 and i think our spot will be at 7 or 7:30. >> thank you very much. all right, we will move on to public comment on consent items. i don't have any speaker cards for public comment on consent items. and you do

in the matter of bs versus sfusd. [ laughter ] sorry. the board of education by a vote of 6 ayes and one absent, yee, who didn't deal with bs, [ laughter ] authorized the district to attempt to negotiate a settlement of specified term. board of education approved by a vote of six ayes and one absent yee a settlement agreement and certified discipline case in which the district dismisses the accusation and the employee agreed to specified discipline. other u, other informational items? no other staff reports and in adjournment tonight -- . one more information -- i can't end yet. >> sorry president yee, we just want to extend your last meeting. [ laughter ] i just want to -- i would be remiss if we didn't mention that this thursday december 13th, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at city hall, we will be celebrating with all of our schools and school communities, teachers, parents, principals, the fact that sfusd is one of only two large urban school systems in the state of california to have surpassed the 800 api mark. [ applause ] so we're tremend

three of the students chosen nationally came from sfusd. . ( listing students ) i just wanted to acknowledge amanda, who was a recipient last year and jasper, a teacher at mission high school, also known as jay. so i would like to -- well, therefore be it resolved that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district recognized world savvy for its contributions to san francisco unified school district and the global community. and we congratulate our youth leaders and teacher and wish them a safe and exciting journey to bangladesh. and we have to vote on this first and then i will introduce who is going to come up. >> roll call. >> miss lee? >> yes. >> miss wong? >> yes. >> miss fewer? >> yes. >> miss murase? >> yes. >> miss mendoza? >> yes. >> dr. murase? >> yes. >> miss norton. >> mr. yee. >> seven ayes. >> i would like to bring up laura, who is going to be traveling to bangladesh and is the project coordinator on this and also amy, who is here based here in san francisco. and i would also like to ask the students to come up and join them. they have four days before they

we want to provide to the teachers and paraprofessionals and to get the word out that sfusd meals are fresh and tasty. and with that, i would like to say bon apetite. >> thank you, we have item c. superintendent. >> thank you, we would like to call firsti a seventh grader atg yu, and i am peer mediator. afy is an amazing school. the chinese i learned there has been helpful in so many situations. if not for me being able to speak chinese, i would not be able to communicate with people that can only speak chinese. and it will definitely help me in the later years. i am so happy that alice fong yu has the national blue ribbon award. it definitely deserves it. [applause] [speaking chinese] [applause] >> good evening, i am may, i was born in raised here in san francisco, and i live in bay-view hunter's point. i am an eighth grader attending ali alice fong yu, we are given a great experience to learn chinese. in my grade we have seven subjects, math, social studies and candnies -- cantonese and mandarin. the help and support i get from the teacher and staff. when i have problems with homewo

also the sfusd action plan to presented the plan at the previous financial meeting showed that it was money wisely spent. hundreds of students in danger of not graduating. when the school district passed it edg requirements and 2009, the state budget cuts after that really jeopardize a lot of the great work done by the school district. hopefully with a better budget season we will be able to get back on track so that as many students as possible graduate. this is absolutely crucial that we support this. it's a crisis of horrible magnitude if we do not supported in many students will not get their diplomas. i am strongly supportive and i want to thank supervisor kim and many of the parents and school leaders as well. >> president: supervisor yee. >> i want to thank supervisor kim, avalos, campos mar. i wish you were here when it was introduced in the part of the robust discussion. as you know i just came from across the street, spending eight years of seeing cuts and devastation to the school district and the other schools in san francisco. although we knew about the cuts, our kids des

we want to provide to the teachers and paraprofessionals and to get the word out that sfusd meals are fresh and tasty. and with that, i would like to say bon apetite. >> thank you, we have item c. superintendent. >> thank you, we would like to call first to the microphone. we would like to recognize alice fong yu as being a national blue ribbon recipient. as you know the blue ribbon -- [applause] alice fong yu joins a very select group of schools nationally to be recognized as national blue ribbon schools. alice fong yu in the san francisco school district has the distinction of being the first chinese emergent school in the nation, and in san francisco. and here is their fabulous leader, principal seto, my first language is spanish. i apologize, to share a few words. and i understand that we have some of our constituents from alice fong yu as well. >> well, thank you. superintendent carranza. president norton. vice president fewer. commissioners. i am honored to receive this recognition on behalf of the parents, the students and the staff at alice fong yu. at this time i would like t

superintendent, who will provide an overview of the plan and service supporting english language learns in sfusd. and second we hope to hear how the district is addressing challenges and the plan. and third how the pac and our community partners might support the district to improve the remote better communication with our english language learners families and students. thank you. >> any questions or comments? vice president fewer. >> thank you, for your presentations. i wanted to know when you are addressing the pta with the restorative practices. do you have a date and location for that? >> good evening, and congratulations to president norton, vice president fewer. and welcome aboard commissioner ha.

superintendent, who will provide an overview of the plan and service supporting english language learns in sfusd. and second we hope to hear how the district is addressing challenges and the plan. and third how the pac and our community partners might support the district to improve the remote better communication with our english language learners families and students. thank you.

today is my last day with sfusd and i wanted to rescind about two weeks ago, which would have been the 14th, if she, in fact, did. we have no evidence that she submited it then, but it would have been too late. principal in question does not choose to -- no. 1 we have replaced her. no. 2 the principal does not choose to rescind it, nor do we.

today is my last day with sfusd and i wanted to rescind about two weeks ago, which would have been the 14th, if she, in fact, did. we have no evidence that she submited it then, but it would have been too late. principal in question does not choose to -- no. 1 we have replaced her. no. 2 the principal does not choose to rescind it, nor do we. >> is seems that the first notification was november 7th, is that correct? >> she submitted on the 5th of november. >> 5th of november. the first resignation was november 5th? >> yes. >> and we're not hearing about revoking the resignation until late in november, is that correct? >> the 30th of november. >> the resignee sent out an email stating to staff that she resigned, is that correct? >> yes, she did. >> so when she put into motion wanting to revoke her resignation, she was actually past the timeframe of the parameters of when she could revoke? >> yes, she was. >> commissioner mendoza? >> i was wondering why we moved it from the 17th to the 30th? >> she submitted that and it was con [srao-epbts/] for us as well. con convenient for us as well

today is my last day with sfusd and i wanted to rescind about two weeks ago, which would have been the 14th, if she, in fact, did. we have no evidence that she submited it then, but it would have been too late. principal in question does not choose to -- no. 1 we have replaced her. no. 2 the principal does not choose to rescind it, nor do we. >> is seems that the first notification was november 7th, is that correct? >> she submitted on the 5th of november. >> 5th of november. the first resignation was november 5th? >> yes. >> and we're not hearing about revoking the resignation until late in november, is that correct? >> the 30th