and department superintendant as well. so i'd like to point to the second slide which reviews once again what the children's reluctant timeline has been we've been intentional about the process with key components being stakeholder engagement in a process facilitated by the timeline we're now at the third step of finally policies and we're envision in may we'll finalize the measures and november 2014 is when we have planned on having this on the ballet. in the next slide the findings from the community outreach. there was a resounding call to do it more and better. we heard this loud and clear the finding were sobering our families have basic needs unmet in the city and on top of they're having trouble navigating the services in the boarder community as well. families don't know where the services come from they only want them to be available and high quality. it's music to our ears that equality remains an issue throughout the city. we also would like to call your attention to the next slide where we have aligned recommen

with that, thank you for being here president fewer back to you >> thank you superintendant. >> item c recognitions and accommodate shuns none. >> on march 28 we had our 4th of july forum and we have a lot of thank you's to give out because people in the district helped make this possible. so for outreach and the assistance we want to send out a thank you to superintendant janet for getting all the questions for the youth isn't senate and helping us to transport them and the secretary for student family martha you guys put the legs on the youth summit to help us get off the ground and we would like to thank our special guests commissioner joe on the board of president thank you for your commitment and we would like to say thank you to commissioner matt hastening i didn't for the workshop and for sharing how students can be effected and be heard in the school district. we would like to thank society kevin for giving us the necessary tools and the staff to make sure we were able to have the whole thing going and for your key net speech called disney and legacy you told us to never stop

superintendant. reading of the recommendation. >> thank you president fewer i'm i'd like to call of executive director carmen. thank you superintendant and board members it is the contract for the international local 2 61 the recommendation is it the board of education of the san francisco unified school district adapts the tentative agreement and the related public documents. >> no speakers have signed up comments for the board or the superintendant. i just have one comment i'm gloo glad we have the agreement with the local 61 roll call. commissioner haney. commissioner maufas. commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. dr. murase. commissioner norton. commissioner wynns and president fewer. we have a motion and second in support of s b authorized in the california state senator by the proposition for 227 and the district prohibition. i have a brief report from the rules committee. oh, can i have a motion and a second. >> so moved. i was at the rules committee so if you want to have me report on them >> okay.

please thank superintendant carranza as well. i'm going to start to call public comment cards there are a number of parents that have to pick up your kids you are limited to 2 minutes and you'll hear a hard bell and your time is up. there's the gentleman from the soft beverage industry (calling names) i'm going to call up a few more names we ask people to line up on the right side of the room. (calling names) and commissioner a youth commissioner. >> good morning, everyone. thank you. i'm leah i've been a registered dietician for 25 years i'm a member of the academic of nutrition and also the american society for nutrition. i'm here to testify

please thank superintendant carranza as well. i'm going to start to call public comment cards there are a number of parents that have to pick up your kids you are limited to 2 minutes and you'll hear a hard bell and your time is up. there's the gentleman from the soft beverage industry (calling names) i'm going to call up a few more names we ask people to line up on the right side of the room. (calling names) and commissioner a youth commissioner. >> good morning, everyone. thank you. i'm leah i've been a registered dietician for 25 years i'm a member of the academic of nutrition and also the american society for nutrition. i'm here to testify on behalf of the american association. this will do nothing to prevent obesity obesity and related diseases like diabetes they have factors including lack of exercise and lack of sleep they're not driven by a food or beverage. this is a means to combat obesity highlights the perils of target any single element of diet. it's important to put the calories from food in prospective active. suga

superintendent. when he gets fired up. and i support you mr. superintendent. i just have a couple of questions, the first question is that so i mean, one question that occurred to me when you are talking about the kc result and also just the on track and off track and the superintendent referred to it and this is better data than we have had ever and do we have any defense as to how these statistics might have look td last year and you know the class of 2013, and 2012, what percentage were off track at this point in their graduation area year? the different requirements do you have any idea? >> commissioner, norton this is the third time today that i have had this conversation. if there is a mile on my face, that is the reason why. as you know, we did not have this particular process, in place for the class of 2013, one of the things that i continued to caution folks about is that when we start to compare apple and bananas or apples and orange its can be a slippery slope sometimes, and we have many d

and associate superintendant kevin for also providing us whatever we need, for anything. and executive assistant to the board of education, miss casco for helping us with a resolution and giving us all of the advice that we need to write a great resolution, i mean proposal. and donna for helping us connect with all of the school health programs, that around sfusd, thank you. >> so, the sac has been growing in recent years and we are currently collaborating with commissioner haney to expand the sac's goals and sort of continued to expand the student leadership council, and it is also campaign season at the sac. the school site representatives and the student delegates are student delegate all running for the office right now and so, sac welcomes anyone who would like to help the sac campaign and create the posters and write buttons to contact salvador bar and the next meeting is april 28th at 5:00, thank you. >> yes, superintendant. >> yes, president fewer, would i like to congratulate the two student delegates who are seniors and are still studying and ramp up for finals.

sprirpt carr response deputy superintendant lee. president fewer. commissioners. why do i feel like i'm preaching to the choir i'm a proud parent of the two koreans in the program. 5 years ago i stood before this board in support of the seal of literacy and overwhelmingly supported that every student in san francisco should have the opportunity for pre k through 12 grade prelit education. thank you it's not easy working with the budget and we've not been sitting on our hands we've formed nonprofits and worked with within the community and outside the community and partnered with our principle mr. hawk and the administrators to put together as much of a program as we could. now i look at the agenda for this evenings goal under accountability. keep our promises to students and families we ask only one thing that our board of education fully fund the commitment as of 4 years ago >> we have more speakers when i call your name come up. (calling names) . two minutes each please. first speaker press the bottom. please identify yourselves and tell us our name. >> hello. a

any items that are corrected by the superintendant. i see no one reading from by the board any items severed by the board of superintendents seung roll call vote will take place under section o and item i proposals none together. with the class speakers we've having had quite a few of the speakers as i call out your names you may come up to the podium and identify yourselves and i'll give he everybody two minutes we have a long list. (calling names) you may begin now. >> good evening cuffing board members and sprrntd i'm john wells i'm a parent of a korean student at the school and some of my fellow parents are here i'll read the recitals that will exhaust my time. the the petition to the san francisco unified school district whereas the san francisco unified school district has for many years led the nation in creating and implementing the school programs and whereas the san francisco unified school district has allowed the diplomacy to revitalize and encourage the dual language in the kindergarten through 12 grade and whereas the san

deputy superintendent lee. thank you for being here. >> thank you, madam chair for holding this initiative which i know you're intimately familiar. supervisor kim and yee did a good job of giving half of the presentation i was going to given. i wanted to give an over view of the investments that have been made through the voters of the charter amendment. slightly more than ten years ago. this is -- i'm about sure if i'm operating this device properly but we have a presentation. so -- >> sfgovtv, if you can help with the presentation. speaker: as supervisors kim and yee mentioned, this measure has been in place for slightly more than ten years. we are in our ninth year of implementation of the resources that the voters approved and the current level of funding is for all three parts of the public education enrichment fund is slightly over $80 million, 2/3 of which comes to sfufd which is administered through the first five commission. the general theme is that this set of resources really has transformed what ed

the superintendent our divisional supervisory officers. today the association welcomed the establishment of an independent pc no car seat on the commission of investigation. they insisted that most of them did not know that non emergency calls were being recorded because the stations and they've rejected the assertion that the garbage can on a scroll we have made mistakes. but this book to be living abroad the three difficult to take the throne the numbers represent a minimum the organization is a whole the commission of investigation is to examine the garda investigation into the death of sophie tossed on the rta. today ian bailey sister said the government should no longer cooperate with the french investigation into the murder. they should be told not to come here the minister and the guardianship of them there are no longer welcome here that they have no business here. gotta be at issue is one for the irish authorities. natural fact at this point in time. his approach taken in turnover by the government has set up a commission of inqui

afterwards is len in a brooke from the san francisco unified school district and bob from the superintendant of neighborhood serves for the rec and park department. i also wanted to acknowledge that school board commissioners joe and rancho norton are here i'll be ask them to come up as well >> good afternoon. supervisors sorry for the delay i have to load my preparations i'm paula jones i'm with the public health department and staff our security task force i've been asked to speak about food access and also what the recommendation for improving food access are from the city level so let me see if i can get this. and i've given you all copies. thank you. thank you chair farrell and supervisor mar and supervisor breed. this task force is a citywide task force that is concluding the human service agency and the department of aid and the wick office and the food system office the department of the environment and youth and families and it includes this school district and sf general a dr. from the vulnerable populations and other good times and st. anthony and community living campaign and the

the superintendant report superintendant coronas thank you. i just was at a safe way and two people said i listen to the board of education meeting going good evening to them i will be joining with gordon jay school to kickoff the month of april for those who don't know they provide the sclirp for high school seniors that demonstrate character especially by overcoming fences they support various languages and are are placed in 15 emergency rooms the mason in california will present a check for $16,500,000. (clapping.) >> and the ceremonial check see to support the schools. also more than 2 thousand students mostly from san francisco school district will be part of the bio obliterates they'll volunteer scientists will fan out to identify amens and species and other organicisms harassing as possible within twenty-four hours. i know most mill school parents will say look at the my kids they'll implore the backyard a great example of our stem learning in fenway if i can. i want to congratulate or gone emergency room that will hoist they're first s

superintendent? >> as a school community, our focus is on our students and staff, as well as their families. our thoughts and prayers are with the injured, and all of those affected by this awful tragedy. as a school community, and as your superintendent, i pray, and we pray every day that this doesn't happen in any school. today our school community experienced a terrible tragedy. the actions and response of our staff, students, and local law enforcement officers saved many lives. our emergency responders provided critical support, and medical assistance. we will continue to work in cooperation with the local law enforcement in the coming days and weeks ahead. our high school, as mr. stephens noted, will be closed over the next several days. however, our elementary schools and our middle school will remain open. tomorrow, as we know that our school family and system can provide strength and support to our students. counseling services will be available for the entire school community. if parents ele

and i just want to comment, on the staffing and the funds that we as the district and superintendent and the staff believe go to this work and i am a supporter of that and i always have been, and i think that you know, it can't happen by magic, and or else it would have been done. so, it needs to be supported with the funds for the appropriate people doing the appropriate work. and i have not seen anybody in that department slacking, so i appreciate the work that is done, and i think that it is really, and i at least i will say it, i know that you have staff and in the curriculum that have been work og this since we began, the board resolution and they are actually, they have worked themselves sick, literally, and we can't have that. but that is speaks to the dedication, and the desire to see us do better for our students. and so, you have to say, what you need. because we can't have folks working themselves sick because this is a monday umental task and so many years it is a hurtle that we cannot overcome, and i do not believe that. and so, please communicate that, so that we are su

superintendents recommendation rewarding the gateway chart petition authorization to grant or in the alternative deny the gateway chapter whereby the are gateway high school submitted a petition for reluctant to the san francisco unified school district my whereas pursuant to california code b the board of education is in receipt of the petition effective february 14th and whereas the district shall continue with the timeline of the petition and whereas the board of education shall consider the level of support and review the petition and all information where aren't including the documentation and whereas the board of education shall be guided by the intent of the california legislator and should it become a part of the education system and the establishment which the charter school they shall issue a report and recommendation to the brown paper bags rewarding the petition therefore be it resolved this petition has received fremgsz the budget and the services committees. also like to add that we have a unique situation this year with our charter renewal petition and any petitions we

consent calendar resolutions for discussion noun tonight eat superintendents proposals none together and boards proposals so motion to second been through the committee what committee? it went straight to rules oh, i was going to have it go to cripple so it's recommended that's the proposal in support of the unified school district student guardian handicap book standards and board member's reports. i think committee of the whole march 18. >> yes. the theme for the committee as a whole for march 18 is an informational item of the early education department i want to recognize martin and others. we were able to review a school by school analysis of how many are kindergarten rode and it was role detailed very rigorous analysis. a secondly, that analyze was presented by race and gender that's helpful to look at. achievement gaps and thirdly, it was discussed that the gaps that arises monk 4 years old are the gaps that persist throughout the upper grades so it's very, very valuable information. it was tough information to review because our schools are not doing as well, as we want but a

thank you for this presentation superintendent lee. i agree this has been an outstanding gift from the city of san francisco to fund these programs at a time where we had great, great need and also -- for example, in the example of the libraries that we had no librarians in our schools and we had no elementary pe department at all whatsoever, and so it has completely transformed those two programs and now they're robust and on their way and as you can see from these photographs, our libraries aren't in good condition and we have weeded out books from the 1950s and we have staffed our libraries with credential so that's taking a step to improve the education of our students. in reference to what commissioner wynns has mentioned, we as the board has decided that one ballot verses two was something that the majority of the board has agreed on. she's right about finalizing the governance structure and we haven't had actual legislation, written legislation brought to us for approval but we're narrowing it down. what the board has said, this

. >> wow, my kids will not have a that >> superintendent wants to protect the students. >> we have a couple of students who did come and report they knew other students might have. we have contacted the parents. >> parents say their kids do have instagram accounts but they are confident they would not respond to a stranger. >> she is pretty good, i trust her, it is all, basically, the parent and child relationship. too. ought superintendent says that is good, we should trust kids and give them the tools they need to navigate social media but talking to them about internet safety is not a one listen time deal. >> you could say something about a specific. social media outlet and tomorrow it would change, it is just another opportunity to say "in case this happens...." >> the superintendent is very proud of the students who came forward and they did the right thing. she is working with the police department to try and figure out who is sending the messages. tax bill? the warriors could be giving up on the fans as they are in the playoffs. >> the move is not a slam dunk but the controver

yes superintendents proposals. no one board members first reading none let's make that brief. can we have a report from april 7, 2014. >> thank you and i will be brief i just wanted to talk about the tops we had at yesterday's curriculum program meeting we have an action item for the san francisco unified school district student and parental handicap book resolution on dress and apparent standards we kept this resolution in committee because we really feel there are a lot more areas to deceive into to have more staff that need to address the issues but to make sure our next meeting is may fifth and the next regular board meeting is may 14. you have a timeline you're interested in meeting i want you to be aware of those dates commissioner haney and is that fine with you >> the only timeline is the issue the handbook we'll have to follow up with the superintendant about that. >> thank you, very much very much. the other tactics were informational there they are the school district improvement system and the follow-up to the city skuthd that happened on february 27th. and it was

. >> and superintendent's proposals first reading. move and seconded has already been through the committee and back to action the recommendation for amending board of education policy on the use of tobacco alcohol and other drugs to update its current version to include changes and include additional language. , r, board members proposals, none tonight. >> so moved. >> sorry. >> second. >> thanks. >> board members reports. can we have a report please, from the committee meeting of the whole on april 15, on special education? >> commissioner murase? >> yes. >> we received a very thorough and comprehensive report from our special education division. and i had it here. entitled needs not labels, service not programs, and names not numbers. by dr. liz dranco and assistant superintendent and shaw, director and it really gave the committee an overview of the shifts fundamental shifts in special education and a way from service delivery type of model, and really much more focused on out comes. and so i really wanted to congratulate dr. blan

. >> good evening, superintendent carranza and president fewer, and members of the board, and all of the members of the public and the educate ors and my name is norman and i am a teacher, and i live in san francisco and i am a proud home boy teaching and living in the community that i grew up in. earlier, in the report, it was mentioned that as it is a teacher's responsibility to provide the students with opportunities and i asked myself, i wonder, who were those teachers going to be to provide those opportunities and more and more of my brothers andcyss sister to leave the city and who is left to give the responsibilities. and they will come in and it is enough for the folks right now, to be in this and try to get an education and that is a struggle and then to come here, and struggle with how expensive it is here, and what you will get paid and it does not make any sense, when you come to the district and we have better place to go, and i am a teacher, because i love the teacher in the audience believed in me, and he knew who i was, he helped me to become a teacher and i think to

things began to improve under mayor emanuel, and city superintendent gary mccarthy.rs declined 20% or so we had thought. new reports say that the chicago police department has been cooking the books about violent crime stats. fox news correspondent mike tobin has our report. >> by all appearances vendettas had been on ice over the winter. brakes and bullets eight shootings the other night. distinction of 36 shootings in 36 hours. this as chicago magazine publishes an investigation claiming that city leaders manipulated at that cities ticks to -- statistics to look like rapidly decreasing in violent crime. >> this is violation of public trust that mayor emanuel and superintendent gary mccarthy are public servants. they are paid by our tax dollars. we deserve the truth from them. >> cops claim the report is patently false and slam reliance on anonymous sources. >> i'm troubled about it hurts our credibility while trying to build credibility so it is really troubling. >> following last night's flair of gun violence and mayor rahm emanuel and superintendent gary mccarthy

. >> the police superintendent does have a public event today. we are expected to hear from him and we are expecting that he will talk about the weekend violence. back to you. >> taking a look at the other top stories. police are looking for the driver who struck and killed a 13-year-old boy in gary. malik herron and another boy were walking when the car left the road and hit them saturday night. the other boy was able to go home and tell his parents, who called police. herron was later pronounced dead at the hospital. police say the dark-colored vehicle has damage to its front passenger side. a man is being held without bail, after prosecutors say he led police on a high speed chase, eventually crashing and killing his passenger. police officers tried to pull over 27 year old glen jones for driving without a front license plate thursday evening. he sped off down south state street-- at one point hitting 70 miles-per-hour. 23 year old dalila smith died after being thrown from the car when it crashed into another car then hit a tree. three people

at south park, the police superintendent throws out the first pitch before the cops take on the firefightersn their annual showdown. >> we might lose in football, we might lose in boxing, but we ain't going to lose in this. >> off the field, you could say the police are ahead in the count. there have been fewer shootings lan that is summer. and he knows with school opening soon, there's still a tough test ahead. over on the west side in hubble park, the mayor joins principal dozier and some lucky fenger students at a play "comedy of errors." around the corner, liz is worried about the budget shortfall. the mayor promises to look into it, but he's got bigger things to deal with. in the spring, the mayor approved the largest school -- >> the first day of school is august 26. >> august 26. >> the countdown begins, and with less than two weeks to go, principals get ready to welcome students displaced by school closings. >> i want to welcome all of our students. one united school, one bundle of love. >> alex haley is one of so-called welcoming schoolsing accepting students from schools closed in

and that decision is not the superintendent, it is not the youngs and it is the elected board members and we believe that the people of san francisco are watching very closely and are demanding and will demand that you do the right thing, thank you. >> public comment is now closed. >> i now call the public hearing, for 2013, 14, initial prosal for the contract, to the international federation of professional technical engineers, local 21 the 13, 14, initial proposal for the contract for the international federation of professional and technical engineers local 21, and the 2013, 14, initial proposal for the service employees international union, seiu local 1021, the 2013, 14, initial reopener proposal from the service employees international union seiu, local, 1021, to the san francisco unified school district. and i have a couple of speakers signed up to speak on this item tonight. and i will call your name and line up to the podium. >> josh davidson. again. evan johnson miller, and jane ley. >> public comment. welcome. and will commence in one second. >> just press the button and ide

it's always basically the parent and child relationship, too. >> the superintendent says that is goodhould trust kids and equip them with tools they need to navigate social media. she says talking to them about internet safety is not a one-time deal. >> changes so rapidly. today, you can say something about a specific outlet, tomorrow, it would change. another opportunity to say in case this happens to you, you might want to think about this >> the superintendent says she's proud of the students saying they did the right thing she's working to tray to figure out who is sending these messages. >> thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00 >> thank you the spring storms causing cars to spin ought over the bay area the rain isn't overyet. >> yes. live doppler 7 is tracking showers. what part of the weekend is looking damp. >> 53 seconds of fear. a scary robbery. this is just the beginning. >> today's mission of mercy for thousands. >> santa rosa a driver crashed into a fence on the off ramp near highway 101. in marshal, a car plunged about 40 feet. >> a lot of tricky driving. let's get

huddles with superintendent mccarthy and deputy chief. >> we are going to be fine.ppens we will be all over it. they are the most important thing in the world, kids. >> today about 10,000 elementary students will attend new schools. >> you guys good? i'm wearing my uniform. you know what it is? >> rahm said he ran for mayor to improve chicago schools and if anything goes wrong today he will take the blame. >> good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> welcome back to school. >> good to see you. have a good day. >> if something bad goes down school security chief will be among the first to know. >> how is it going? >> it's my job to worry about children and things going wrong. that's what i do for a living. i'm sure i will find out what that is about. we will find out what that is about in one minute. >> everything cool? i didn't know what the lights were. >> how are we doing, guys? >> joel burns and firefighters all across chicago do their part for safe passage. >> you are interrupting operation safe passage for me to call you. this is the plan while we watch the schoo