here in sfusd. we have found that charters who come into the schools and colocate impact our most marginalized students, our students with disabilities by displacing our intervention room and supports. so we would actually encourage the mary l. booker family who's here to consider joining the san francisco unified school district scpa and make yourself available to the families of sfusd and provide the same accountability and oversight and parent involvement and parent oversight that we do as sfusd schools do. thank you. [applause]. >> good evening. i'm susan solomon, executive vice president of united educators of san francisco. first of all, we also have concerns about colocating. we've heard that might happen. you heard from malcolm x community members last time, and we do have concerns, especially colocating six to 12th graders with elementary school. i have a couple of other concerns that i'll try to cover tonight. one is that the school specifies that because of the charter school's specific t

the sfusd wants to limit exposure students to cannabis. the reading of this resolution will take place at our next s.a.c. meetings on april 23rd. >> we want to reduce our carbon footprint and provide alternative protein diets for the admin to consider, and we would like to support a coresolution in the making. we would like to thank kristin thank you very much andly michaels for supporting this. another voice for student input is out and live. on the survey, students can provide student input on our school district budget plan. s.a.c. will spread and promote this survey to get the best information for our students. >> we also have updates on the extracurricular activities board policy 6145. we've created a student survey, and we'd like to distribute the survey and gather student input. if you want to see where students stand on the issue and use the info we get on the survey to conduct a focus group. we will follow up with our representatives at the distribution process at the april 23rd s.a.c. meeting. as i said our next meeting will be o

and so how does spark sf support sfusd. as we mentioned before, we are the fund raising arm for the district, so 96% of our fund raising efforts are funded directly back to the district. accountablity. spark is governed by people from both public and private sectors. they monitor the use of its private and philanthropic investments. additional ways that spark supports the district is by making sure that these strategic alignments are with the district's priority. this is why we have a hybrid model here where the district also supports spark sf. lastly, we have impact. we apply the private and philanthropic investment in strategic and targeted ways to address integral student outcomes. one key example comes from our largest funder, salesforce.org, where a targeted investment to stem in our middle schools have made a strong impact in sfusd. we have seen dramt changes in math and computer science, particularly at the middle school level, algebra d's and f's drop by 33%. additionally, computer science was virtually nonexistent

and dc versus sfusd. the board authorized the general counsel to initiate litigation. so those are the closed action items this even. item p is adjournment. this hearing is adjourned. thank you. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i want to welcome you back to the budget and finance committee. it's 10:02 a.m. i want to thank the broadcast of sf governor tv. the clerk is linda wong. thank you for being here. i have supervisor stefani on my right and supervisor fewer on my left. call items 7 and 8 together, please. >> yes. [ agenda item read ] i pledge allegiance to the flag >> thank you. just procedurely, we have to take public comment on this item. >> correct. >> is there anyone would like to comment on items seven and eight? items seven and eight? all right. seeing none, public comment is closed. i would like to make a motion to continue the call to the chair. without objection, the motion passes unanimously. thank you. all right. madam clerk, call one, two, and three. >> clerk: [ agenda item read ] r

we have yet to encounter a teacher with this quality in our experience in sfusd. at eight years old, my son can recognize how lucky he is to have had this teacher, and he says that often. you have a responsibility to retain teachers who excel in this regard. i'll end my comments here in the interest of giving others a chance to speak. thank you. [applause]. >> hi. my name is dori, and i have two sons in san francisco. i'm speaking today of my younger son, who's a second grader. he is hard of hearing, has an iep, requires acoustical modification and support in his mainstream classroom, and he proudly displays his hearing aids every day. he's excelling academically, reading the aa level that this school district would place in upper middle school. a few weeks ago we passed by an open car window and heard music. this seven-year-old deaf kid said oh, he must like jazz. this morning e he shared with me that he is playing the lead role in the opera that other parents have mentioned, but he'll be performing with his classmates at the wilsy center for opera. i'm sharing t

readiness programs designed to meet nhpi student needs in a culturally competent way, and expand sfusd's partnership with the oceana and star supports. further be it resolved, san francisco unified school district shall provide community space for nhpi community partnerships, including but not limited to, involving community partnerships for practicable to advance nhpi disproportionalities and inequities in san francisco unified school district and to supporting culturally relevant curriculums for nhpi at all grade levels. these should seek to preserve preserve and pass on traditions with parent and community involvement where practicable. three, exploring all options to ensure the samoan community development center to continues to operate within sfusd, including facilitating a joint use agreement or other legal instrument to share facilities with scdc and exploring all options to facilitate the creation of an nhpi wraparound services center in the building currently housing scdc with the goal of addressing nhpi health disparities including but not limited to nhpi focused youth services

a -- sfusd. and as i said, our pace of spending has increased, something that we are pleased about. so the impact and innovation award is something that's been one of the strongholds of the qta. it was written into the ballot measure as well. it was really intended to do two critical things. one is really do school wide have brought impact areas for schools, as well as help innovate initiatives at various schools around the city. the critical thing around the innovation grants around the time of kiem is they have evolved, mo evolve -- kind of time is they have evolved, and their impact have been much more around sort of the core impacts that the school district has outlined, and your vision and charter statements that you have put forward to your schools and leaders and educators, and that is a list of the schools that have been awarded as grants over the course of time. one of the things that we looked at in the prior years, is sort of the number of times a singular school receives a grant to make sure they're equitiablely being distributed throughout the school district. it also h

and dc versus sfusd. the board authorized the general counsel to initiate litigation. so those are the closed action items this even. item p is adjournment. this hearing is adjourned. thank you. . >> neighborhood in san francisco are also diverse and fascist as the people that inhabitable them we're in north beach about supervisor peskin will give us a tour and introduce is to what think of i i his favorite district 5 e 3 is in the northwest surrounded by the san francisco bay the district is the boosting chinatown oar embarcadero financial district fisherman's wharf exhibit no. north beach telegraph hill and part of union square. >> all of san francisco districts are remarkable i'm honored and delighted to represent really whereas with an the most intact district got chinatown, north beach fisherman's wharf russian hill and knob hill and the northwest waterfront some of the most wealthier and inning e impoverished people in san francisco obgyn siding it is ethically exists a bunch of tight-knit neighborh

we urge that sfusd to move forward with the plans. we believe this resolution and work with community groups such as a rock will develop occur you can limb and pathways -- curriculum and pathways that will serve sfusd and we'll all be proud. >> next speaker, please. >> hi. i'm speaking on behalf of students. growing up, i was never able to have these type of a rock programs, so it should be implemented in our schools. we shouldn't go another school year without having these programs for students. a rock really focuses on social justice and provides programs that really demonstrate the strength and build our future leaders. so we should -- you guys should put the mou on the next agenda and we shouldn't go another school year without providing mou in our thing. thanks. [ applause ] >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is robert roth, and i've been a teacher in san francisco unified for the past 30 years. i have 4 children, all of whom graduated from the san francisco unified school district, and i'm currently social studies ch

a -- sfusd. and as i said, our pace of spending has increased, something that we are pleased about. so the impact and innovation award is something that's been one of the strongholds of the qta. it was written into the ballot measure as well. it was really intended to do two critical things. one is really do school wide have brought impact areas for schools, as well as help innovate initiatives at various schools around the city. the critical thing

investment -- chief treasurer for the city and county of san francisco, so i invest these funds for sfusd on a daily level, as well. and then finally, i volunteer on qtea making sure it's consistent and well spent, so i am focus and a bit crazy. so let me just say a little bit about the parcel tax that you have ahead of you. it has been growing steadily as you have seen on the bar chart in front of you. that is primarily due to cpi. we are a population of property owners that are ageing, so the majority growth factor that you have head -- heard of. about 71% of the funds that come in through the negotiated mou with the united educators of frisk and the remaining 29% of the revenue supports outside of that mou portion. the 2008 ballot measure covers a list of areas primarily obviously are salaries for our teachers and our staff as well as professional development, technology, and recognition of schools. the parcel tax is $244 perparcel, and as i said earlier, indexed towards inflation or cpi, and we have accepted nathan's audit findings and appreciate that there are no findings this fiscal

there are now to meet clubs in six african countries they were set up by the un sfusd and agricultural organization we went to senegal to find out more. it's a big day for these young residents of sari village they're going on air for the first time at the community radio station in question are. they've been invited to take part in a chat show everyone here speaks pool are a regional language in eastern senegal. and her colleagues are the leaders of the village discussion group part of the demitra network of clubs connoted demick speaks about the brief rainy season and his dried up corn fields. a mother of four explains how the rain swept garbage into their homes and how they had to clean everything in the village. she hopes that local radio stations will help spread their ideas and efforts to other villages. our discussion groups have carried out a lot of important projects most of them concerning climate change what we're doing affects the whole community but one person on their own can't solve the problems. these clubs have become a vital part of how we put our plans into effect be

prestigious fulbright teaching ard with a, so i believe candy holds the distinction of being one of the sfusd has traveled the furthest to receive this honor because she just came back from taiwan for this. i nominated candy for the rave award because she is above and beyond outstanding. in the service that she provides our students and families, the leadership and mentorship she shares with our staff, the dedication and commitment she holds for our district and cec, and the love and enthusiasm that she brings to teaching and learning each and every day for each and every one of our students. ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honor to present miss candy lee. [applause]. >> you're not going to say anything? >> thank you, everybody. it is a great honor to be up here. as mr. tan said, i was a student in csi, and to the student delegates to say, even in taiwan i'm using this gun violence as part of my curriculum to teach not only about the english language abroad but the american culture, and hopefully we can bridge this sort of gap between cultural knowledge and bring this awareness to people

translation, and we still could benefit from more support to make sure that all of our things going on in sfusd reach parents and families. today i just wanted to ask about at the last reading, there was .6 allocated for the new vietnam yees and chinese language pathways. i wanted to reallocate the need to be dedicated to teachers to get those programs off the ground. i wanted to make sure that those move forward, whether in the peef or another portion of the budget. thank you. >> all right. thank you. commissioners, any further questions or comments? no? look at that. yes, commissioner merase? >> yes. i am disappointed that we won't be allocating any new moneys for a pilot on -- [ inaudible ] >> -- but i'm looking forward to working with staff in terms of an overall budget analysis for the school year. i also wanted to acknowledge -- [ inaudible ] >> thank you, commissioner merase. commissioner sanchez, and then, commissioner haney. >> can peef pay for a new sound system for our -- for the board of education? this thing is, like, 25 years old, at least. so last year, i had a recommendation. i'

. >> good evening, everyone and welcome to another evening, another meeting of the sfusd board of education. miss casco, roll call, please. [ roll call. ] >> clerk: thank you. >> great, thank you. if you would, please join me for the pledge of allegiance. [ pledge of

however denying a campaign contribution due to someone not filling out sfpd or sfusd made our task more onerous. because in the small amount of time, reaching out to over 200 people was a great task. i believe given the additional four days we will be able to meet the 50,000 goal and receive additional financing. i want to thank you esteemed commissioners for hearing our claim today and thank you for your time and consideration. >> thank you. >> honorable commissioners, my name is susan horstval. please accept my thanks for your service here today. i was a commissioner on a different commission here in the city, and i know it is challenging. choosing a candidate to support for mayor is a thoughtful and serious choice. the ethics commission is tasked with reviewing their information, to confirm that indeed they are san francisco residents, and those efforts are important. equally important is the voters' ability to use their first amendment right as confirmed by our highest court to voice their support with their hard earned dollars with the candidate of their choice. that's a deliberate