the san francisco unified classified workers. i have negotiated many contracts at the service of several unions but no negotiations have been, i would say, so clearly defined as the one we've entered with the san francisco unified school district. it's really a shame what has happened here. let me outline what that means on our end in. the first place, the san francisco unified refused to bargain furloughs. literally refused and then it hit impasse and at the time you hit impasse, in order to avoid not being certified for impasse, you are returned to the table to bargain again. at the time you have to certify that both parties negotiated in good faith. and then you have to certify it again a second time. as soon as you got out of impasse and went into a fact finding you filed charges for failure to bargain in good faith. go figure. if it wasn't for the fact to thour ever you're attempting to that he we go do not have rights on a strike. so a document was filed and targeted both myself, targeted the negotiations team. and other th

i teach to the unified school district. i'm handicapped now because they never teach the people how to manage things and i'm still working because i can't afford the working compensation because i lost my house six years ago. my car. i didn't lose my wife because she's still with me. but for me, it's ridiculous. we're working so hard with a lot of kids and we have to do everything. and the school i work in right now is the bol

by the san francisco unified school district. ms. marshall has taken it upon herself to bear much of the burden of organizing and getting messages out to teachers and getting responses back from teachers, and really fund- raising for this event. as she indicated, it started off at a memorial church, and then it grew to third baptist church, and much larger facility. it is now graciously being hosted at st. mary's cathedral. i just want to thank her and pat womack for the tireless hours they do volunteering and putting this on for students. they have found the pathway to being self aware and finding their future lies in the work they do now. i just wanted to acknowledge her and ms. womack, and the volunteers that helped her. anyone who is interested in participating can contact me. i will direct them to her. president mendoza: i wanted to bring up two items. i want to congratulate the superintendent and his staff for a successful school-site council summit we had a week after our last board meeting. we have a lot of workshops and

well done to san francisco unified school district. now, we will read your names, and if you will come up here? martha martinez from the school health programs. [applause] terrance, from june jordan high school. [applause] congratulations. darlene, from hoover middle school. [applause] congratulations. kathy bradley from jose ortega elementary school. [applause] i am sorry. she is from francis scott key's. thomas, from school of the arts high school. [applause] congratulations. susan from john o'connell high school. congratulations. chrities from guadeloupe elementary school. -- christie. congratulations. elizabeth fortier from peabody elementary school. [applause] and grace from downtown high school. congratulations. and another from the student program. congratulations. jacqueline hunt from an elementary school. congratulations. teacher wang. from gateway high school. [applause] congratulations. christine from hillcrest elementary school. [applause] congratulations. christina, sorry. christin. and another is not here tonight, so we w

the want to welcome everyone to the regular board meeting of the san francisco unified school district. commissioner fewer: here. commissioner maufas: here. commissioner murase: here. commissioner norton: here. commissioner wynns: here. vice president yee: present. president mendoza: here. elvina fan: here. athena creer here. president mendoza: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> item a is the approval of board minutes. there are nine tonight. item b -- there are none tonight. item b is the superintendent's report. >> i am not superintendent garcia. he is representing san francisco unified school district at a meeting of all california superintendents, where they are talking about lots of matters of importance to our budget. he wanted us to send his salutations this evening. i would like to remind everyone in the superintendent's said that we want to wish you a happy and prosperous lunar new year, in celebration of this year of the hare. schools

we are now a unified voice providing this programming. employ us in an equally meaningful way to give san francisco unified school district families what they need and deserve from the work we do. we are dedicated to working alongside you. thank you for your time. >> i applaud their efforts. we have issues with after-school we have to look at seriously, but we are fortunate to have the caliber of people we do. i feel very fortunate to have the relationship we are building with them. second, i would like to introduce sandra dunn, who is going to share in the after- school council. that is the council i code-chair alongside natasha -- co-chair alongside natasha haynes. they have been working on ways to enhance partnerships between schools and cbos. the want to enhance the quality of programs, in terms of building a citywide infrastructure to support equality of partnerships. the cbos have benefited from working collaboratively around this table. sandra will tell you a little more about the work. he received a folder with important and conci

i've worked for san francisco unified for two years. this year i was placed at marina and i've provided individual counseling to students, met with parents and staff, etc., i'm a highly qualified counseloror, i have a license in family they are pi. this morning i met with the a.p. who offered me this felon re-elect notice and he told me he'd decided to rescind my notice. i asked for proof in writing and he was unable to give it to me. he told me he mailed it to r. -- h.r. and i'm hoping he's telling the truth. president mendoza: thank you. last speaker. >> cindy. i'm here to speak in support of cindy berenstein sibley. she has done a great job at our school. she has made great contributions to our school community. she has gotten satisfactory reviews. despite this being jerked around back and forth, you're nonre-elected. we're taking it back and there's no evidence that it's been done. she continues to come in every day and make really life-changing contributions to the students she works with, changing their lives in very concrete ways

wynns is president-elect of the california school boards association, in which the san francisco unified school district is a member. she assisted us with the wording in this. as the president-elect, i ask my colleague to please honor us with the reading of this into the record. commissioner wynns: thank you. i do want to make the point the a -- that we hope as many school boards as possible will pass the resolution. it is a no-brainer. please help us support the revenue initiative that would keep our schools from falling further behind than they are today. but thank you, commissioner fewer. this is in support of placing a revenue extension movement on the june 2011 ballot. governor brown's budget proposal is a balanced approach between revenues and new cuts to solving the deficit and provides for an extension of time for revenues to support programs for students to serve. over the last several years, education funding has taken a disproportionate amount of budget cuts. state and local funding for schools has been cut by more than $18 billion, or about $1,900 per student in the past thre

we have the san francisco unified school district. we have marked as bookstores, who will be selling this -- ms. colvin's book, written about her, by philip house. we have sponsorship from the african diaspora, and the friends of the san francisco public library. i serve as part of the african- american interest committee that helped put this program together, and i want to thank all of you for coming, and i want to thank sfgtv for taking the program today. we want to thank the department here at san francisco public library, and we are having a reception in l58, and we want to thank read your catering for providing some delicious food for us to nibble on today, so will you please join us and say thank you again to mrs. colvin and also to byrin bain for telling his story, but thank you for coming so that we can say thank you to miss colvin for being a living history maker. join us. thank you. ♪ lift every voice and sing >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building i

in answer to questions about feedback from the school district, there has not been a unified voice as to how people would like to see this amendment go forward. there have been several different perspectives, but also a look at how we could make this palatable for voters as well. some of the amendments, such as allowing the district to set the compensation and putting in a maximum, so if the district wanted to be flexible about compensation they could decide that at the board -- i heard general support for that. there was also a strong, for some folks -- a strong messaging linked this would be linked to first-year teacher salary, kicking out the cpi indexing. i am open to keeping subsection . -- subsection d. this was put forward because there were concerns from supervisors about this coming out of the general fund. the school district offered to put this in their budget. if folks want to keep subsection d, that is something i would continue to support. i would still support the second draft of this measure as well. thank you so much for your flexibility on this. if you have any quest

i teach to the unified school district. i'm handicapped now because they never teach the people how to manage things and i'm still working because i can't afford the working compensation because i lost my house six years ago. my car. i didn't lose my wife because she's still with me. but for me, it's ridiculous. we're working so hard with a lot of kids and we have to do everything. and the school i work in right now is the bolton. i'm the manager, the janitor. i collect everything and i working everywhere. we don't have no people. the most people there is as needed, and they call in any time they want because they say she can't work them because they only have a few hours. my brothers belong to the union the we want a contract now. not tomorrow. i am too old now, they are behind me, and they need work. thank you very much. >> you have two more minutes to wrap it up between the four of you. >> hi. i am vernell guthrie, and i work for the middle school, worked for the district for 26 years. i started out at a 2615, worked my

the conference and said that this story is a result which could have only been achieved having a unified approach and a similar view on global issues. that are only mutually movies of course with this with the start treaty has been agreed on the understanding between russia and the us that unilateral views on global security lead nowhere it would be clear the basis of strong russia u.s. relations in many areas must be equal participation we assure stance will have a positive effect on global security. hillary clinton the state secretary also said that it was quite symbolic that this exchange of the ratification documents happened in munich since germany was the country divided after the second world war and during the cold war in iraq and it now that this exchange of the ratification documents happened here the two sides are russia and the united states or have chosen this location to move closer to each other as well it's quite important that the treaty was a ratified by all sides in its initial original version nothing was changed although as ratification went on on both sides both sid

chu from the san francisco unified school district. i understand the hardship about how to implement this. as a youth commissioner, i would love to work with the board of supervisors, sfmta, sfusc, and community organizations to make this happen. >> my name is judy. i am here to speak about the youth passes. >> my name is rosa. i go to washington high school. >> i go to lincoln high school. we are youth leaders from chinatown [unintelligible] i take three buses to sunset district. it takes one hour to get to school. i need to be in school by 7:30 am my family does not have a car. public transportation is important to us. the main importance for us is that muni is there. you must have a pass. but the rate to keep increasing. just make 20, 2009, increased 100%, from $10 to $20. it caused economic hardship for families. furthermore, the school district cut transport on the school bus. please encourage munich and the school district to follow through on the city's promise to provide transportation to low- income youth. thank you. superviso

>> long beach unified. a typical urban school district with 86,000 students, 72% live in poverty and 28% don't speak english as a first language. this district wasn't making the grade in the 90s. >> hundreds of parents were leaving our school system. mostly white parents. we were a system that consistency was not good. >> more than a third of their students were not graduating. fast forward to today. long beach unified turned itself around. it was the first public school district in the country to require school uniforms and students are free to attend any school in the district. elementary math scores have gone up 75%. the high school dropout rate is 17%. below the state average. and last year, 74% of graduating seniors enrolled in college. the reform agenda has gained international attention. it's one of the most improved school systems in the world. exceeds state standards and meeting needs for the hispanic and low income students. how did they do it? >> one issue that is unique to long beach is we have

i know these children have influenced me over time while i have been at san francisco unified. from what i can tell, i have been lucky ones who have also influenced them, and have distinct honor of being their very first formal teacher. this is a special event in my life which could not have come in at a time. i will always remember this recognition and kindness shown to me in order to make this happen on my behalf. [applause] that up congratulations, trudy. she joins us at our home plate ceremony with the giants on wednesday, so we need to take the teacher awards ceremony with the san francisco united institute. thank you for coming out to the ball game. >> tickets to the asian art museum. >> asian art museum vip tickets during wonderful. thank you. our october teacher of the month is karen from galileo academy of science and technology. she is our map and academy hospitality tourism. susan's fired by one of her students who was missing class, not connected to school, and did not seem to care. she joined her academy of hospitality and tourism class and stay connected to her, e

the criminal defense bar, public or private, needs to be unified.when you are unified, it increases your numbers and increases your financial base with which to try to do the kinds of media efforts, contribute to the media like you are talking about. >> i wanted to pick up on something. i agree entirely with jerry. i agree with your focus in the blank case -- blake case. although we try to get the interview and tried to distract you in the cause, you are right to focus on the case. in the end, we had a conversation after verdict. in the end, it is important to be concerned about the image, not during the case, but in general, of public defender offices and criminal defense attorneys. i think it is also important to make a distinction. while i agree an effort should be made to show the difference between criminal attorneys and public defenders for this reason. when we would ask people about this distinction -- first of all, people can recite law-and- order language in the criminal justice system -- and they can recite that but not the sixth amendment

it's a unifying goal that everybody wants. i think finding a unifying goal is important in community building. i think and then all of what the other panelists have said are very useful. >> thank you. >> we heard from our exerts a lot about the successes and the tools and strategies that they use to really engage their communities. a lot of us in the beginning raised our hands and said we were very actively engaged in the community already. it's a good time to talk about the challenges that come up. i'd love to hear from you in the audience what you see as challenges. what you would like to hear our panel give advice to or just hear your concerns and see what we can do to offer you support. anybody have a question? yes. >> i have a question about [inaudible] what techniques do you suggest from revitalizing a neighborhood association and get people become on the positive track [inaudible]. >> okay. i know that the film crew needs us to repeat questions. the question is what do we do about burn out in the community when we have

wynns is president-elect of the california school boards association, in which the san francisco unified school district is a member. she assisted us with the wording in this. as the president-elect, i ask my colleague to please honor us with the reading of this into the record. commissioner wynns: thank you. i do want to make the point the a -- that we hope as many school boards as possible will pass the resolution. it is a no-brainer. please help us support the revenue initiative that would keep our schools from falling further behind than they are today. but thank you, commissioner fewer. this is in support of placing a revenue extension movement on the june 2011 ballot. governor brown's budget proposal is a balanced approach between revenues and new cuts to solving the deficit and provides for