next speaker, please. >> susan solomon again, uesf. i first want to say thank you for bringing forth the proposition g m.o.u. we did some good work last week, and let us all hope for the best that the bill that's in the state senate passes on thursday. this will change the landscape, and we won't have to worry as much as we're worrying right now. in terms of the budget, just in general terms as we go through the year and expenditures are happening, it's important to keep our eye on the prize, the priorities that are set in the budget are laudatory around multitiered systems of support, around professional department, safe and secure schools, and performance gaps. we also should note that the majority of the funds that are expended should be expended at the school sites, and that's where we want to see that happen. we want to make sure that we are student centered, and that is one way to make sure of that. and then in compensation of our members, which has been increasing due to some hard and excellent negotiations, it helps students if

. >> let's see...for public comment, we have susan solomon, alda finic -- >> sure. >> okay. aleta fisher, kevin bogis, ally kopp. >> first, i'm a member of the african american parent advisory committee, so i'm going to read some comments on behalf of the aapac. we are excited to see the work being done at m.l.k. was highlighted in the data tonight. however, when you look beyond the number, m.l.k. has built a culture in partnership with staff to address the racism and barriers that prevent our students from achieving. to highlight m.l.k., we must also address the unspoken issues that many of our students and families feel unsafe as they first enter the schools. the district's own data show that 25% of our students don't feel safe in their schools. in addressing the data around suspension, we would like to know what data has been collected around students being sent out of the classroom, voluntary home suspension when the parents are being asked to keep a student home, how many times have police been called to sites for students? how can we capture the entire picture of what'

i'm susan solomon, executive vice president of united educators san francisco, and i just wanted to sayesf are so much in alignment of the goals of the c.a.c. that i look forward for the opportunity to working together, so thank you. >> great. thank you. any other comments by commissioners? commissioner walton and then commissioner merase? >> so of course, again, i just want to thank you for your time dedicated to this work. i know it's all volunteer, and i know you do it for the love of your children, but for all of our children, so thank you. on slide 5, i guess this question is more so to the district, in terms of -- have we cost out any of the recommendations on slide 5 around reading interventions or just for all the recommendations in general or is that something that we're going to work on just to see what the recommendations would cost us as a district? >> at this point, i know we don't have that fully costed out. i know with have a budget associated around the dyslexia curriculum and others for implementation next year, but these additional recommendations will need more work.

susan solomon, uesf. this is a topic i'm looking forward to have the public forum on because when we as a union are in negotiation with the district, one of the things that becomes a difficult point at the bargaining table is why the reserves are typically higher than the mandated reserve because what we often see, unfortunately, is a crisis such as the affordability crisis and the housing crisis, and it makes us wonder when we're at the bargaining table what the money is being held in reserve for when it seems like an emergency. it sounds like that -- this topic is in contemplation of seeing crises coming up, and so since we -- just feels like we just finished negotiations, and it feels like they're practically around the corner, i look forward to having a deep discussion about what additionally these means in terms of salaries, wages and benefits for employees of the district and members tof uesf. thank you. >> thank you. comments from the board or superintendent? seeing none, roll call vote, please. >>

in response to -- i wanted to mention, in response to susan solomon's inquiry, she is absolutely correct. if we call it a cult -- we will fix the language of culture and climate change. it could -- it should be the safe and supported schools team. we cannot provide a whole school professional development to every single school in this district. we can't. and our teams are finding that the culture climate, we can discuss this with you in more detail. we have found that that culture and climate team, or the safe and supportive schools team, we need to get clear with the language, are the most effective people as feeling the pulse of what is happening at that school and telling us what is happening. that was an approach to actually penetrate more schools with a significant team. saying that we will train a whole schools, all schools, every year and with the turnover we have, is crazy. we have also had several professional development trainings and the number that we shared tonight, the 1,051 for de-escalation and safety care, that is just this year. it was 2,000 the year before and 1500 the