commissioner wynns: in the narrative. it does not make clear to people that it is one of the major cuts we made and we are not proposing to add it back. by having no reference there, in the budget pages, in the exhibits, you see that cut. the reason you see it is because last year's line is in there as well. those are significant budget- cutting strategies which i hope we will not be doing any more, but we know we will. a thing by leaving those out in some places we are leaving out a vital piece of information. i do want to talk a little bit and ask some questions about the special education budget, some of the same questions i asked last week. again, by my numbers, a little repetitious -- as i understand it, what we are talking about is increasing the general fund support to special education by $8.40 million. i would kind of like to know why. we discussed this at the committee as a whole, but i do think for budget purposes i want to know what we are spending that on. i think we should, for the public and ourselves, take

commissioner wynns: we should look at that. the last thing is i brought this up before and have been thinking about this since the committee as a hall meeting. i want to put this on the table for us as a structural budget issue. i think we need to get to a point where all the teachers to teach in classrooms, who were special ed teachers, should be in the school budget, even if they are whatever -- the fact that we are the county office of education should not mean that we have to see all the special ed teachers in a centrally allocated budget. men because it distorts our own perception and the schools perception, and in fact, it reinforces the program, and the more they changed that, -- the more they change that, we need to find a way -- if somebody tells us we still have to be responsible for the county budget, that does not mean we could not have something that recognizes that during your -- recognize that. that ought to be part of the model, to get all the people who worked at school sites recognized in the school site budge

i need a report from the student ad hoc committee, commissioner wynns. commissioner wynns: thank you. the ad hoc committee on student assignments met yesterday evening. present were the three members of the committee, plus commissioner fewer and commissioner norton. and there were three items on the agenda but i'm only going to talk about this one and we'll do the rest later. so the middle school, k-8 feeder patterns is the item at issue now. i would like to ask whether the materials given to the committee last night have been made available already to the whole board, is that true? so, hopefully you all in particular have seen that there were, after the last meeting that we had, which was only two weeks ago, of the ad hoc committee, where the whole board, i think, was present, there were some questions asked, including about the working of the c-tip preference this year, even though it's only preliminary information, because no one has yet actually showed up for school. it's only offers that have been made and now accepted. that still doesn't mean they'

wynns? >> yes. >> mr. yee? >> yes. >> ms. mendoza? >> yes. >> we are now with the new amended, amended resolution. ok. so now we are open for broad discussion on the amended amended. commissioner maufas did you want to start your -- all right.

wynns? >> yes. >> mr. yee? >> yes. >> ms. mendoza? >> yes. >> we are now with the new amended, amended resolution. ok. so now we are open for broad discussion on the amended amended. commissioner maufas did you want to start your -- all right. stay with us. we're almost there. so thank you, president mendoza. my comments are really for the superintendent. superintendent, i think a few years ago when this discussion was really at its height in san francisco politics, you had made a promise to us that you would stay out of this conversation. so i don't know why i'm looking at a superintendent's proposal. i mean, i think -- no, you've told me. but i -- i -- i think any of the board members would have brought this forward. and if it didn't come forward then the action that the board had taken would have taken effect. so again, i think board members here are savvy enough to write an amendment to an extended resolution. we've done it before. we'll do it many more times in

wynns? >> yes. >> mr. yee? >> yes. >> ms. mendoza? >> yes. >> we are now with the new amended, amended resolution. ok. so now we are open for broad

vicky wynn, nbc bay area news. >>> man, we're getting our tickets.nd a bunch of people are heading to britney spears? >> yes, she's in town. >> at the hg pavilion? >> yes. >> hope you have the proper tickets. >> the weather looks good for that. >> yes, it does. >>> a little bit of low clouds moving inland right now. father's day looks are warmer. the seven-day much warmer. we're talking 90s in the forecast. >>> the giants are looking for pay back. we'll preview game two of the battle of the bay. and also, how about those cal bears. >>> it wasn't long ago that it was snowing in tahoe. >> sure, two weeks ago. >> and now, totally different. >> totally changed, you can see these pictures in northstar. they have the bike park opening up. >> that looks fun. >> that part. maybe not the next shot. going off the trail there, you can see, we're in giantse color. kind of a change of sans, we get all the snow the last couple weekends.s things are warming up and it's opening up more real estate for the bike park. pretty good exercise out there. >> hopefully not t

commissioner wynns: i agree with that, but i have a different take on its. i am going to tell you one of the questions on my list is to say whether changes are we making -- what changes are we making to the expenditure when we have cut some of its, and wht about the green school money? when we talk about the budget, it is a good time to bring up some of these questions. i do not want to say, do not do this. to live instead. -- do that instead. when we see the numbers of the money and how we are spending it, it brings of the questions we should be discussing at other times of the year, and i hope we will do that, and i agree philosophically that we are fortunate in that we have fairly large amount of money comes from a former desegregation, and not all districts have thought, so we have a more significant portion of here three money that we could use but do not want to, because that is how we focus on our issues of low achievement, etc., so i am glad we are not looking at all of our dollars or what we used to be related to the authority and access rules us so

commissioner yee: i want to make it, after the roll call in response to commissioner wynns. separate:. -- secretary: [reading roll] that is five eyes. president mendoza: did you want to finish your comment? commissioner yee: what i was looking for was any attempt to even get there. i could be wrong. my own knowledge, because nobody stepped forward to tell me anything, from my understanding, there was no attempt to even take any courses, so that is what makes the difference for me. if they had said to me, "oh, yes, we have really tried and took these courses." mysak -- my daughter is going to school for her master's. she is taking time to have courses after work, but she is not going to finish in two years, her master's program. i know that. "i have taken courses a, b, and see, and i need more time." i am hoping people will make an effort to honor a resolution. president mendoza: thank you. commissioner norton? commissioner norton: i can only speak for myself, but i do not think at the time i support this resolution that i was clear on what credential they would need to acqui

have gone through this year after year, last year we talked about the equity report and commissioner wynn suggested we do a different process in budget. i really want to continue to urge you that over the next seven days as you all look into your budget that you really be able to answer some really critical questions and really be able to answer the question that i haven't heard enough discussion about this year in the board. what are we spending money on that does raise the achievement of our lowest achieving students? it is by far shameful that our african-american students do worse than any other students in the state. this is not something that you can just sweep under the table and not talk about. you're spending a lot of time in the board talking about issues but are you talking about the right issues? we spent two hours tonight talking about jrotc. we didn't ever spend two hours talking about african-american achievement in this district this year. not once. and you ask us to be critical of partners but you're not making it easy for the community to be critical partners when you ho

commissioner wynns: i also want to thank you for your service. i particularly want to thank you and all of the pac members. i want to make two points. i think the process you have largely played a significant role in developing, that we have used for community outreach in a number of ways, including this year, related to the development of this component of the student assignment plan, is outstanding. i think the partnership with community-based organizations and departments inside the school district, really having a strong foundation which ripken use as a model for community input -- it has improved each time we have done it and i think the continue to. i want to acknowledge that and tell you how much i appreciate it. second, i should say i was the person who authored the resolution to form the pac. i wanted such an entity at the district level for parents to have input in policy making at the district level. it was sort of the third iteration. we tried a couple of other things that did not work as well as we like. i think all the members who h

commissioner wynns: here. elvina fan: here. >> please join me for the pledge of allegiance. president mendoza: thank you. item a is the approval of board meetings -- board minutes. any corrections tax roll call, please. -- any corrections? roll call, please. [roll is called] >> 5 ayes. president mendoza: the next item is a presentation by the superintendent. superintendent garcia is out of town and we are blessed with the presence of the deputy superintendent. >> you did that well. you have practiced. thank you, president mendoza. superintendent garcia is out of town and unable to make the meeting tonight. he has asked me to share the following thoughts with all of you. regarding the 20112012 budget, the board will be taking action tonight on the budget for the 2011-2012 school year recommended budget. we may be close to having a state budget. all school districts must submit a three-year budget to the state by july 1. the one we are recommending is based on the governor's proposed budget. our recommendation is that we schedule a meeting of the full board after the meeting t

commissioner wynns: in the narrative. it does not make clear to people that it is one of the major cuts we made and we are not proposing to add it back. by having no reference there, in the budget pages, in the exhibits, you see that cut. the reason you see it is because last year's line is in there as well. those are significant budget- cutting strategies which i hope we will not be doing any more, but we know we will. a thing by leaving those out in some places we are leaving out a vital piece of information. i do want to talk a little bit and ask some questions about the special education

vicky wynn has a new player in the social media game.e say it's cool and privacy experts call it downright creepy. >> it turns out there are at least two things that just about all of us have. a cell phone and a license plate. >> and mitch thrower, the ceo of bump.com is betting you're going to like an idea he says is sort of facebook and four square meets low jack. >> a communication platform around your vehicle, which you're going to spend five years of your life in. >> reporter: here's how it works. bump.com has entered an astounding 250 million license plates. that's every registered vehicle in the u.s. into its database. you can go to the website and claim their plate. this is my license plate, you can send me messages if you see me anywhere. >> reporter: courtney has signed up and thinks it's a great idea. >> i think it's practical. i mean, especially living down in the mission beach area, parking gets a little tricky, sometimes you get boxed in. it would be great to send somebody a bump. >> reporter: the company has partnered with

i am sorry, commissioner wynns. it has been foremost on my mind. i wanted to express that in particular. thank you to staff for this complex work. the whole breadth of everyone that we have here, ready to answer questions, ready to discuss. i am supportive. the work is happening simultaneously. every facet of the school is here and which are working on all of the areas that we are still struggling with. it may not be perfect to date, but it is as perfect as we can possibly get it and i appreciate that. the areas that you work and are now here together, that all overlaps. >> i wanted to say that there is a lot of conversation going on out there. it seems like not much, but it is very hard for us to hear. commissioner fewer, did you want to say something? commissioner fewer: i have to say that at first, when we started discussing this, i thought it was rather complex. now we are seeing what the dilemma is for folks. really, it is i think that the feeder pattern is one thing. the state of our middle schools is another. it is a vote of confidence on wh

they made an effort to recall councilman wynn. >>> some homeowners rolled up their sleeves, not for yardwork but to do paperwork in the hopes of saving their homes. people showed up with their documents and financial history to work with counselors on lowering interest rates, their mortgage payments or perhaps the amount of principal on their home loans. suppose sponsored by neighborhood assistance corporation of america. the event continues through wednesday. if have any questions or want to attend you can visit their website which is www.naca.com. >>> let's check in right now with comcast sports net newsroom and henry wofford with a look at what's coming up in sports. >> hello, diane. perfect time of the season. bragging rights are on the line, the champs are looking for pay back after losing to the oakland a's last night. we'll have a preview of game two of the battle of the bay. hang with us. >>> welcome back. we're closing in on the first pitch over at the coliseum where jonathan sanchez is set to face guillermo moscoso for help. let's welcome in jamie sire. there's a lot going on in th

wynns? >> aye. >> mr. yee? >> aye. >> ms. mendoza? are >> yes. >> thank you everyone for joining us this evening. we do not want to see this back. so if you could -- we still have a board meeting going on and we still have quite a bit of the agenda to follow so if you could please exit quietly so that we can continue. ms. medina, so public comment should have happened some time back. i'd like to go back to public comment or should we -- what do we need to do in order to because we're past the time for public comments to have happened. >> under your board rules you do have the ability to move items out of order. >> ok. ok. so we actually -- general manager are up now. item nine is the board members proposal and there's none tonight. i have quite a few speakers i'm going to invite to the podium. so eileen chen. monique -- i'm sorry. i already have her. sandra sandoval. jose esetera. robert clothier, shadeck, maria flow rezz, -- flores, alejandra vieda. jacqueline reyes, theresa mcgwire and haste use. -- jesus. if you would please, to th

schools initiate i ever went out to a lot of middle schools and put together a chart that commissioner wynns referred to tonight. he hasn't scrutinized that chart. it is very interesting to see all of the different programs that are available. p pack members gave their perception about what programs were out there and what needed to be improved. we also heard a very interesting report on our strategies that we have to serve high achievers in middle school because part of the middle school debate has been about honors, availability at some schools. not at other schools. what are we doing to support high achievers at schools that don't have a separate honors track. what are the achievement differences between the two? we need a complete report on that. they were not available that evening to give us a more complete report so we're going to bring this back at a later date to look into those issues. i think it is something that the board should be talking about. about whether our strategies -- are working for our students whether there are better ways to serve our high achievers and all of our a

the recovery is precarious, vulnerable to jill wynns. >> in more business news, sony has suffered another hacker attack. this time a group claims to have gained names and information of customers entered into the companies web site. still to come on tonight's program, dreaming of london in 2012. gymnast shawn johnson is training hard in hopes of capturing the podium once again. he was the doctor who helped further the right-to-die debate. today dr. jack kevorkian passed away at age of 83. >> detractors called him dr. death. qualified physician who helped in the lives using a homemade contraption. >> then the patient reaches over and just touches that switch. >> he said of the drugs, the patient activated the lethal injection, and those who saw him were videotaped to make clear they were acting under their own free will. [unintelligible] >> there is no turning back. i want to die. >> i will continue to assist humans to alleviate their agony and interminable suffering. if that means they have to kill themselves to do it, yes. >> the medical establishment was aghast, and as kevorkian assiste

commissioner wynns: i just want to ask -- a memo we got, since the state budget is totally up in the air. we will soon come before school starts, have another review of the budget based on the state budget once it is passed, including if it is passed just as we expect now and the revenue looks the same. we will review that. you will report it to us. commissioner fewer: a clarifying question. if we did the opposite, if we decided as a board to look over the budget, and we change the allocations from certain departments to another department, that could also take place after the adoption of the budget. >> thank you. sorry about that. public speakers have two minutes each. come on up. state your name and go ahead. >> my name is oxi and i would like your undivided attention. my poem is called "the word." i see all of you taking your time, sipping her coffee. you already have their education. achieve your job. the ones after will suffer. no way to back them up with summer school. that is too expensive. we don't have the money. why not donate it out of your pocket. you can afford nice suit

he is john wynn from san jose killed on tuesday.ide in the city so far this year compared to 20 in all of last year. we find out what police are doing to fight the violence. >> it started one hour into the new year when a 15-year-old was shot three times in front of his house. and that topped the police list of homicides. 25 people killed so far this year, 1 4 gang related. >> the question is, what is causing it. and it is difficult to put our finger on. >> a trend, gang homicides have more than doubled from six last year to 14 this year. investigators say in the last month there have been six homicides all gang related. the crimes enforcement unit merged with the generalised metro unit. 20 viewer positions. >> we have a 38-member team, they will be spending time on gang suppression. and the directive is to conduct gang suppression 100% of the time. >> they will revert to measures in operation crackdown in the 1990s by being more industry believe by increase pag trolls. the mayor said other crime numbers are coming down. this year w

. >> that was jeff wynn reporting. bryan stow remains at san francisco general hospital in a coma. >>> three days of searching and no sign of the 26-year-old nursing student that disappeared three weeks ago. police are calling it a case of homicide but michele lai family believes she is alive. her father says he only wants one thing for father's day. >> i want nothing. just for her to be here right now. right here with me. that is going to be my biggest father's day that i would ever, ever have. >> the weekend searches were focused on the niles canyon area. >>> a close call for some homeowners. a grass fire broke out around 3 p.m. this afternoon. it quickly spread to about two acres and threatened a half dozen homes. but firefighters knocked it down quickly. no one was hurt. >>> a major wildfire burning tonight in central california. the antelope fire started in an oil field and has grown to more than 3000 acres. one structure has burned. others are threatened but it is a remote area with a few homes. hundreds of firef

way we can put in paren just so that buena vista is included in the language is what commissioner wynnis talking about. >> the working title has been buena vista/horace mannk-8. we knew we would have this discussion. but for the purposes of submitting this c.d.s., it is just the code. there is a space in state application whatever name the board deems is appropriate at this point. >> i ask personally i think that once the two communities merge that is the time to speak about the name change, quite frankly. we have heard from parents. it doesn't make sense that the school side council then should make the decision. >> we had both names. they can choose whatever they want. nobody is going to say you already did it by taking out our name. >> so can we just figure out what is appropriate for the application so we don't jeopardize our funding and we ensure that all of that is in place and then if we're able to include buena vista in there in some capacity because i think it is an important acknowledgment for the community and now if we're not able to do that for legal reason or for applicat

as nbc bay area's vicki wynn shows us, one program taking an unusual approach from healing wounds fromnside out. >> reporter: soldier jeremiah ridgeway can shoot, but not just with his gun. his images captured at the front lines of war landing in a national geographic documentary. >> i told the story, not only for myself, but everybody that i served with at that time. >> reporter: that time was 2006, jeremiah was 23, and he spent a year and a half in the dusty air rid mountains of afghanistan. when he came home to college life, it wasn't the same place because he wasn't the same person. here at gilroy's california stables, jeremiah found something he didn't know he was looking for. the program is called horses for heroes, led by therapist martha mcneil and david halely. >> there are injuries you can see, some you can't. >> reporter: david is a veteran himself. here, there's no couch or office. it's in the saddle where the vets open up. >> you can't force therapy but you can observe and then take advantage of situations when they come up. >> reporter: >> they live through iraq, i don't

. >> i'm michael wynn.y personable. >> i'm a student veteran. >> let's think about those who would love to be sitting in the chairs you occupy today. the entire time you've been here at fordham there have been young men and women in uniform over there serving in two wars. >> my time in iraq is really, really hard to put to words. >> you were young children when you watched planes hit the world trade center world trade center. you quickly understood what it was like to feel out of control. >> i was in seventh grade. from the window we could see the smoke coming from the towers. >> the shooting brought to my front yard things that i thought i had put away a long time ago. this is a beloved member of this community. >> the country's most powerful earthquake -- >> the massive earthquake and tsunami hit my home town, sendai city, japan. everything was gone. >> i looked out, and i couldn't see the end of the tornado to left or right. it's an awe-inspiring terror. >> i can report to the american people -- >> we ra

they have confirmed from multiple sources that congressman wynne ewynner and h are expecting their first child. abidine is an official with secretary of state, hillary clinton. she was not by her husband's side maenonday when he confesseo years of ludz behavior with women online. the couple was married last suppsu sumger in a celebration officiated by bill clinton. >> democrats in congress are pulling for his resignation. they say it's not a real concern right now. >> thank. >> the record-setting heat wave spread east today. ten cities set new high records for this day. 102 in wichita. 97 in st. louis. 99 in washington, d.c., and a steamy 94 here in new york. >>> now to the wildfire in arizona which has grown to 600 quer miles, an immediate danger to local residents and a potential threat to a big section of the country. nasza images shows smoke from this fire pouring over the rocky mountains and kansas to the great lakes region. george lewis joins us now, it looks like mars is where you are, george. >> it is surreal, lester. the sun is blautded out by thick smoke, and this play, summerv

i am sorry, commissioner wynns. it has been foremost on my mind.i wanted to express that in particular. thank you to staff for this complex work. the whole breadth of everyone that we have here, ready to answer questions, ready to discuss. i am supportive. the work is happening simultaneously. every facet of the school is here and which are working on all of the areas that we are still struggling with. it may not be perfect to date, but it is as perfect as we can possibly get it and i appreciate that. the areas that you work and are now here together, that all overlaps. >> i wanted to say that there is a lot of

. >> that was jeff wynn reporter. bryan stow remains at san francisco general hospital in the a coma. >>> volunteers in the east bay today wrapped up three days of searching for a missing nursing student michelle lai. she disappeared three weeks ago. her disappearance was classified from a missing persons case to a homicide but michele's family believes she is still alive. this weekend searches were focused on the niles canyon area. his father says he only wants one thing for father's day. >> i want nothing. just for her to be here right now. here with me. that's my biggest father's day present i would ever have. >> organizers say volunteer searches will continue next weekend and for as long as nest. >>> some scary moments along a county highway today. take a look at these flames. the fire broke out near interstate 780 and east 5th street on ramp around 3 p.m. this afternoon. >> there was a fire that most likely came from the freeway up. burned in behind these houses. got into the trees. torched the trees and threaten