sfusd students pr pro efficient. our graduation rates two out of every three students who are we look forward to working with the districts to improve these outcomes. i know many people we work with are in the room. thank you all for your hard work and tough decisions. thank you. thank you. >> section g special order of business. approval of appointments to the childcare planning and advisory council. superintendent matthews, you have a recommendation for the record. >> yes. we will have the chief of early ed department. >> good evening, commissioners and dr. matthews. i'm the chief of the early education department. i'm going to read the recommended action that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district appoints the following applicants to the childcare planning and advisory council cpac. owen valez and michelle henley. they're our two new a pointies. >> thank you, any comments from the board? >> mr. graham dobson is here if you'd like to hear from him. >> i see him in the audience. >> [laug

as mentioned before, we the parents of african-american students in sfusd want a seat at the table. thank you to the many partners and the community. here is the running list of some, but there are so many more, and we would like to thank you. >> so our aapac and family affinity group. along with our central office and community partners, we're seeing a rise in our site based partners and affinity groups. there are over 20 identified site based groups serving african-american families. [applause] >> according to latisha the parent advisory council coordina coordinator, there are several schools reaching out for support to develop more. we even have partner organizations like mission graduates, parents for public schools, and some of our beacons are tributing their time, their funding, and personnel to help further these efforts. >> tonight we have the pleasure of calling up a few sites to share about their history, journey, and success of their group. here they will present to you an abbreviated presentation from sunny side elementary, jose, ruth school of the arts, and john o'conne

one a proud graduate from sfusd. and one a policymaker. i come here you might think because i graduated from lowell that i'm here to try to preserve the lowell admissions process to as some people try to characterize as keeping it segregated. that's not the case. i share your goal in wanting to make lowell a diverse school and wanting to make sure that everyone from every community succeeds when they attend lowell and they can get into lowell. and so i want it hone in on one particular point that i had in my letter that i sent about two weeks ago, which is that, why i'm opposed month the policy is not because of the goals that wore all trying to achieve. i want to see more discussion and more in terms of how we're going to evaluate whether what you will be doing will have a huge impact on the middle school students that want to attend lowell, for example. i want to know the criteria, the metrics. how do we know that maybe if this policy does succeed, do we need to adjust it, readjust? do we need to think about other ways? even tonight, i h

your job is to oversee the district and defend your constituents, the children of sfusd. they are waiting, and they need you. and now i'd like to introduce the rest of the parents. the following few will be in spanish with an interpreter. thank you. [ speaking in spanish ]

we are currently and have always been locally authorized by the sfusd board. cacs was founded by local parents and teachers who wanted an innovative arts-integrated school option for their children. at our last renewal in 2014, the board unanimously approved our charter petition. >> nonprofit charter school that operates in california only -- [inaudible] -- thanks. our governing board is locally elected by parents and guardians and staff. we allocate two board members seats for community members and one for sfusd representative. you have not exercised your right to this seat, but you are welcome to do so. cacs complies with the records act, the privacy act and the -- all held here in san francisco and are open to the public. cacs is unique in that our staff is unionized by uesf. under this arrangement, 11.4% of our entire school population comprised of students with disabilities which closely mirrors that of usfsd. we track and publicly report all student data on a regular basis as required by california ed code. this data is submitted to both usfsd to ensure

that's double the rate of any in sfusd. to wrap it up, the council is what we need. >> thank you. >> if it's implemented our voices will be heard. thank you very much. >> superintendent matthew and the commissioners of the board of education. i'm an educator and also a parent of alumni who are now part of the workforce. and our proud alumni. filipino education center. i am speaking in support of the formation of the world languages council because it will help expand the districts to multilingual and it also supports our culturally diverse sfusd classrooms. this will promote the overall development of students, not only academic, but social and emotionally, because it addresses that critical piece of identity. so that identity is important so they grow up to be successful students. i can vouch for that because my kids are fortunate to have have a bilingual pathway program and they're now part of the job force. that is an important part of being part of the 21st century workforce. because of that, i wish to expand our reach

education students. >> so just a little bit more detail about special education here in sfusd. we have about 8,000 students receiving special education services in sfusd, 12% of our population. and this chart is a little bit hard to read, especially for anyone with a handout where it's not in color. but what we wanted to point out here in this chart is that we have sfusd student enrollment by ethnicity and race next to students with i.e.p.s by race and ethnicity, next to california data and then california students with i.e.p.s. and you can see the blue and the red bars in particular. the point we wanted to make there -- it's off the screen, so you can't see the indicators at the bottom. but both our around american students and latinx students, we have a significantly higher proportion of students receiving special education services than we have population overall in the district. so we're still overidentifying our students of color for special education services. but we're making progress, especially under our new -- the court case decided 1 1/2 years ago and we have departm

board members proposal 189 developing a community-based assignment system for sfusd commissioners. number 3, board members proposal 1892582 in support of languages. number 4, board policy of 30 to 30, federal grant funds and board policy 290. number 5, board policy 3320 claims actions against the district. number 6 pack policy 3514, environmental safety and board policy 3514.1. we do have public comment on this item. joshua davidson? >> hello again. josh davidson. we represent the environmental health workers called asbestos worker who are charged with implementing the policies around hazardous materials providing professional development to other stuff that may interact with hazardous materials and overseeing contracts of vendors that remediate asbestos and lead things of that nature. i am glad you are advising and updating the policies around this important work. i would encourage you to fund the department that oversees the work. right now, there are three people in this department. it used to be 16. those three people are literally unable to visit all of the sites to do things

your job is to oversee the district and defend your constituents, the children of sfusd. they are waiting, and they need you. and now i'd like to introduce the rest of the parents. the following few will be in spanish with an interpreter. thank you. [ speaking in spanish ] >> translator: good evening, i am a mother from fifth grade, esther cardona, and i'm here with all the parents from monroe to let the board know we need you to take action and that we need a teacher for our school. for our classroom of fifth grade. [ speaking in spanish ] >> translator: so, my daughter, who's in fifth grade, is really sad, because she's seen a lot of her good friends leave the school. and what affects my daughter is affecting me, too, because i see how it's affecting her emotionally and it's affecting me emotionally also. [ speaking in spanish ] >> translator: and this is all i wanted to tell you. i think you have the solution. i think if you listen to us, you know what needs to be done. we need a teacher in the fifth grade. this is all i need to say. thank you. [ speaking in spanish ]

stem leadership initiative, which salesforce just this week announced another $8 million going to sfusd to add to the 33.7 million that they've already invested. and that is in addition to some of the the work that he's done for our teachers and our principals, continuing to do his teacher and principal of the year awards. we've honored 81 teachers and 35 principals over the course of several years. he's invested in educator housing. we are building 105 units of educator housing out in the sunset so that our teachers can stay here in san francisco. and it was through his investment and his advocacy that we're going to be able to accomplish that and cut that ribbon in 2022, when i'm back, so i'm excited about that, too. but one of the things that i wanted to, as it relates to the work that we're doing here today, is ed gave over $225,000 in scholarships through his i am the future schol orsharship awa but there was also $40,000 through the kyung cha -- kung chao scholarship awards to help build cultural relationships and friendships that will last a lifetime. and that is what we are talk

i don't see a future here for the sfusd's youngest students unless we take it back. we need an independent hard nosed legislator who's not connected to city hall, who's not connected to the machine, and i'll be that lejs laytor. >> thank you. -- legislator. >> thank you. mr. win? >> san francisco is a first world city with third world problems. bureaucrats love to have excuses in the city. and i grew up in the city, went to holy, went to s.i. it's a different san francisco now. it's always been a changing san francisco, but we've got to fight for the every day people in san francisco, which we're losing. middle class families can't afford to live here anymore, and i want to be a part of leading san francisco to ensure that we are still diverse. we can't continue to give break to see lyft and uber -- breaks to lyft and uber, and hopefully we can continue to build a better san francisco with everybody involved. >> thank you very much. mr. tom? >> my family first came to san francisco in 1851. i'm born in san francisco, i'm a native. i live here, and i moved here after

the joint committee for city college, sfusd is tuesday, october 30, at 6:00 p.m. >> i'm sorry. the ad hoc committee on student assignment is not on thanksgiving day. that's -- >> i have thursday, november 8 is what i have. >> yes, november 8. >> yes, november 8. thank you. section m, other informational items. let's see...we have no informational items tonight. number two is our peer assistance and review. at this time, we have two minutes from miss reyes. she is not here. section n, memorial adjournment, there is none tonight. at this time, we will take public comment for items on closed session. do you have any public comment on items for closed session? there's none tonight. section o, closed session. the board will now go into closed session. thus, i call a recess of t i'm going to take the items out of order. we have a vote on the employee contract for superintendent strategic partnerships and communications. i move to approve the employment contract between the district and the deputy superintendent. at grade 28, effective october 23, 2018 through june 1, 2019. can i have

we discussed resolution number 185-22 a 1 in support of making college more affordable to sfusd students, which is authored by president cook and myself. we had a healthy discussion with that resolution. some of the aspects of it were discussed at length, and we really need to, i think, meet with city college trusties and others in city college to hammer out some of the details of the resolution, so my proposal would be that that resolution, which is being waylaid any way have a hearing at that committee. rules has been reported out already. >> rules. >> okay. >> president cook? >> yes. >> i just want to announce the budget -- i keep doing that. the curriculum committee will meet on monday, the 22nd, at 6:00 p.m. i thought that's what we decided. it's what's on my calendar is the 22nd. okay. well, hold that thought. we'll check. >> okay. buildings and grounds, is scheduled for monday, the 22nd, at 6:00 p.m. i have the -- was curriculum is for the 15th? is that? >> i'm told from the back of the room that it's the 15th now. >> for curriculum. >> i'm wrong. >> let's see...the next rules mee

we spend millions of dollars on transportation in sfusd. and the majority of it is for special education and special needs programs. we're not spending the same level of money and resources for trancesportation for isolated, disenfranchised communities. we know the data. we know who is truant. we know how it happens. we need to provide the opportunity to get our young folks to school. so it's transportation. it's the resources and basic needs for families that has a deep-seeded, deep-rooted issue that are keeping our children from going to school. we're seeing some success in that. as a board of supervisor, i will make sure that part of our $11 billion budget goes into our school system. people think that our of the school district has enough resources to sustain itself. we don't. we're in the bottom half across this country. it's ridiculous and we need to use some of that $11 billion budget to take care of our students as well. [applause] >> it's 7:35. we've wanted to conclude before 8:00 tonight. and so we have a couple housekeeping thing

so that what we are doing in the title i sfusd classrooms get supported in the community and at home. we do school date programming and we have weekend and after school programs for whole families to come back and explore. we also do special events. i wanted to make a quick shout out. we have a haunted house coming up next week. so all families, students everyone is welcome to attend and this is natalie. she managed the event and she can tell you a little bit about it. >> we wanted to share a little bit about the haunted house coming up next week and especially i heard a lot of ui parents. it is a free event for the students that we serve along with their families. we try to keep all of our events as accessible to the population that we serve as much as possible. it will be on the night of halloween, october 31st from 5:50 pm until a pm at our location in mission high school. it is an opportunity for families who would normally be out trick-or-treating or staying at home to engage with the science activities that we have at the workshop. we are going to be doing some dissections, taki

they focus on preparing kids for college and career readiness and they work with sfusd and make sure kids show up at school ready to learn and everything outside of their lives is supportive of that. >> what do you think the greatest challenge for our high school youth would be? >> i heard you ask that questions earlier and thought it was hard. there are so many. obviously housing. i think violence. in my work, i see a lot of kids with special needs. as i mentioned i'm an education lawyer and i represent school districts. i attend i.e.p. meetings and that is a group that i see that i think is consistently under served and misunderstood. so that personally is what i see as a great area of need and it's hard to say if it's the greatest. >> you have a child add edson. >> i am a board member at edson. >> ok. you are a board member. >> i'm the vice president of the board at edson. >> you don't have a child? >> i do not have a child at all. >> ok. [laughter] >> i didn't mean to ask that. >> that's interesting. >> the edson board has certain seats for parents but i am not filling one of tho

>> i teach preschool at sfusd. i'm an eco instructor for the district.'ve seen our enrollments dropping. san francisco, we have the smallest population of youth of any major city in the country. the reason for this, again, is the destablization of our neighborhoods. i would like to see a vacancy tax on the books. i would like to see a tax on out of town ownership of our properties. we need to take away the housing stock that could be used by families, take it away from the real estate investment trusts and the corporate landlords, take ownership of that, stablize our neighborhoods. and we need to have safe environments for our children to play in. i was a principal of the action to protect golden gate park from toxic turf. that's a hazard. our drinking water is now being polluted by toxins in our groundwater. we need a strong legislator who will standup to that. >> thank you very much. mr. win? >> i support having neighborhood schools. [inaudible] >> sure. i support having neighborhood schools for our neighborhood kids. in particular, i'm not supportive