president yee: ok. i want to say that the most important job for this body, the board of education is to agree to hire the most person -- the person we want to. that is the most important decision we can make. i was so happy to come up with a conclusion that for the last several years, ever since superintendent garcia has come into the district, we have been real focused on what we wanted to do about helping our school districts, closing that achievement gap, to get us there. at the same time, we know there is a lot of work to do. we did not want somebody coming in that did not understand what we were doing. we did not want someone to come in and try to take us down another path. we would have wasted another year, and the kids could not afford this. we could not do that to them. within our school district, we have found a superintendent to continue what we have been working on for the last years. it is a tough decision, a tough discussion. we've debated, very intentional. we wanted the best for our stud

president yee: will give you an answer. it is something you need to hear. -- we will give you an answer. it is something you need to hear. >> i think as the deputy superintendent mentioned last time with respect to the services, the stops from the bayview, we intend to -- the broader question of transportation changes in services, we realize we are -- is taking longer, frankly, that we had originally planned. we are very close to being able to announce what the changes will be. we have letters drafted to principles and the family members and the after-school program providers. nahyan-sfusd after-school program providers. we have tried to take into account all the different concerns that have been raised and i think the effort to try to address as many concerns as possible has led, unfortunately, to a timeliness issue. we're late but i think the news that will go out is not as bad as we had thought earlier in the spring. if we could just have a little more time. i do not have-specific information to share tonight. -- route s

president yee: good evening. welcome to the regular meeting of the board of education of the san francisco unified school district for april 10, 2012. it is now called to order. roll call, please? [roll call was taken] president yee: please join me for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee: so, if it's ok with my colleagues on the board, i'd like to move item m today up to -- up to right after g, the consent calendar. is that ok? that's ok. item a, approval of the board minutes. motion and a second to the regular board meeting minutes of february 28, 2012. >> i move adoption of the minutes. >> second. president yee: any questions? roll call, please. [roll call vote was taken] [motion passed unanimously] president yee: item b, presentation to the board of education superintendent's report. deputy superintendent? >> thank you, president yee, and good evening, everyone. as you can see, i'm not superintendent garcia. the superintendent is unable to make tonight's meeting. his daughter was act

thank you president yee? president yee: any last comments? >> no. president yee: thank you. thank you -- is it aisha and jasmine? >> keona. president yee: moving on. we're going to go to calendar and consent resolution of item o vote on consent calendar. ms. casco, roll call please? >> thank you, commissioner. ms. fewer? ms. maufas? >> yes. >> ms. mendoza? dr. murase? ms. norton, >> aye,. mr. yee? >> it's five ayes. >> the superintendent's proposal, none tonight. board member's proposal, first reading for in support of the center for sustainable gardening by commissioner rachel norton. is there a motion? ok. so there's -- there's been a request to suspend the rules. so there a motion? >> motion to spped the rules. >> roll call please? >> thank you. ms. fewer? >> yes. >> ms. maufas? ? >> yes. ms. mendoza? >> yes. >> ms. wynns? >> aye. >> mr. yee? >> aye. >> six ayes. >> is there a motion for a second introduction? >> can i second my own resolution in >> sure you may. reads reading of resolution by superintendent or designee? i must have misread that. commissioner norton? comm

president yee: any questions? roll call, please. [roll call vote was taken] [motion passed unanimously] president yee: item b, presentation to the board of education superintendent's report. deputy superintendent? >> thank you, president yee, and good evening, everyone. as you can see, i'm not superintendent garcia. the superintendent is unable to make tonight's meeting. his daughter was actually married this weekend in southern california, so we want to congratulate the father and mother of the bride. [applause] >> but in his absence, he's asked me to provide you with this report. we are extremely proud and honored to announce this evening that nine of our schools were designated as california distinguished schools and we'd like to congratulate all nine of the schools and they are alice fong alternative school, dianne feinstein elementary school, e.r. taylor elementary school, frank mccoppin elementary school, john chin elementary school, lafayette elementary school, new traditions elementary school, shermin elementary school and a

president yee: thank you, ms. cook. next speaker, please. thank you. >> i am here again due to the violence of the school. the principle is not doing anything about it. i was there today from 11:00- 2:00. i had to call the police at the school. this is so embarrassing how the school is a zoo and there is no authority. the principal is not even there. there is no one to talk to about my child to writ i send my child there to learn. whenever i have to do to get your attention, i will. i am sick of it. the teachers, i love the teachers, but when it comes to the principals, they have no authority to carry their needs to be something done. next step, we are going to be outside of that school. [applause] >> good evening. as you know, i have been an advocate for the bay view community, he gave you students, i have been a voice for them. important dates for the bay view community and the naacp. 1969, 1972, 1978, the naacp filed a lawsuit. from that lawsuit came a court order, mandate for the consent to creed. 48 years later, guess what? we are back

president yee: aye. >> seven ayes. >> the general obligation bonds, 2012 and authorizing the submission of such actual cost information to the california debt and investment advisory commission. is there a motion? >> second peri. >> the resolution in connection with the sale, general obligation bonds, proposition a, series a 2012, authorizing the submission of such actual cost information to the california debt and investment advisory commission. let it be resolved by the board of education of san francisco unified, section one, all of the above are true and correct and this board of education finds and determines represents. section 2, the actual cost information. the board receives the summary of the cost of the sale as set forth on exhibit a here to the actual cost information. section 3, submission of the actual cost information. this board ratifies and approves the submission of the actual cost information in connection with the report of the final sale filed on behalf of the district. section 4, ot

president yee: last speaker. >> i'm michael rose. i have two students at san francisco public unified right now. i've got a fourth grader at star king and kindergartener at daniel webster. i can tell you from my experience that daniel webster is a successful school and we have a plan for success. stacy tried to fit it all in there in a short period of time but there is a plan for success. i encourage you to review that if you haven't already done so. we would like you to continue to support the successful program. i think you can see both by the community's involvement, by the administrators, the test scores i know are there but we see signs that cracks are starting to form. i.s.a. is a huge barrier for people what they come to school and tour. we hope you'll reconsider and create a daniel webster k through 8 program. thank you. president yee: thank you very much. i'm going to call up the next grouping now. i gave 17 minutes. paul revere group. kelly lee smith, allen alvarez, floritas barias, shelly shakira. guadelupe. actually, you

president yee: aye. >> that is unanimous. >> let's hope the money is still at the state. >> don't say that. [laughter] let's move onto the next item. a motion and a second to the cost information to connect the sale and issuance of san francisco unified school district. the 2012 general obligation, refunding bonds and authorizing the submission of such actual information to the california debt and investment advisory committee. ok. a reading of the recommendation by a deputy superintendent. >> i would like to call on our chief financial officer. >> thank you, sfpd -- deputy superintendent. it is a wonderful thing to have happen. a lot of savings per year. that goes into the general fund. it is wonderful. $875,000 a year. that is what we pay on the debt service. we have two resolutions. they have to do with the cost of issuance. one is for a the series a 2012. the other one is for refunding. both of those you are approved in prior months. resolution receiving actual cost information in connection with the

elvia, ebolo and a teacher at best yee carmichael. she speaks several languages and she has taught at english language development as well as in the filipino bilingual program and over 20 years of service. i would like to apoint her to the bilingual council. president yee: m, discussion of other educational issues. would you like to introduce your crew and also the topic. this is the peer resources in san francisco. ok. >> just to introduce the group, i'm director of peer resources. and this is my group. and we have morgan here. and everybody will introduce themselves later. somewhere there is a young person thinking of committing suicide. who is this young person going to speak to? most likely it's a friend, another young person. imagine if this young person has the skills to help their friend. way back in 1979, this was the premise that peer resources was founded on. go forward 33 years and here we are today and here we are with young people and students who are skilled who have the learning and experience to listen to and talk to t

commissioner ortiz-cargagena: yes. >> commissioner yee riley? commissioner yee riley:. where he yes. >> that passes 7-0. president adams: great. >> commissioners we're going back to item number 5, discussion and possible action to make recommendations to board of supervisors onboard board file number 120083, planning code and zoning map, 9th street power retail special use district, 555 9th street. in your packets is your list of questions, some data for you, the legislative sponsor provided a list of square footage and then there is a description of the district, a map and picture just for any of you who need to become familiar with it. we have legislative digest and lastly we have the ordinance. supervisor kim's office was scheduled to present. they regret that they had a last-minute thing come up and they're unable to be here. if you would like to move forward, they did advise me that there is a representative of the property owner here. i don't know if you would like to begin with a presentation from them or if you would like to take that during public comment? pres

president yee: there is no public speaker cards from this. any comments from the board backs will call, please. >> ms. fewer, yes, ms. maufas, yes. dr. murase, yes. ms. wynns, aye. president yee: i call the public hearing of 2011-2012 proposal for the assessor agreement from the international union of operating engineers. local 39 to san francisco unified school district. there is no public speakers on this item. this public hearing is over. item m. discussion of other educational issues. report on the british case movement looking forward. superintendent or designee, karla bryan. >> thank you, commissioners and superintendent. we're pleased to present the results of the community summit that took effect -- place in late february. sitting with me are the people who did the work and that is melissa linnik -- luke, the director of program called the pri were lucky to have one of our committee friends here, the director of san francisco child care providers association and the chair of the cpac child care advisory committee. amanda and melissa a

commissioner yee riley? >> mr. president, all commissioners are present and before we go to the next item would you like to make some comments? president adams: i want to welcome monetta white and william ortiz-cartagena. welcome to your first small business commission and welcome to the commission and this is exciting. we have some really good people with mark dwight now on the commission so i'm looking forward to working with each and every one of you so thank you very much. and i want to apologize to regina -- and i'll get to this. but regina and i were in a meeting just now dealing with small business impact for the new -- not new but payroll versus gross receipts tax that's being floated around. so thank you all for accommodating us and scheduling this meeting an hour late. that's it. >> all right. >> president? can we ask the new commissioners to tell us something about themselves. president adams: absolutely. thank you, commissioner riley. commissioner bhite: i'm owner of 1300 on selmore. we've been i

president yee: the regular meeting of the san francisco school board for april 24, 2012, is called to order. please read the roll. clerk: [reading roll] thank you. president yee: please join me but the anniversary of the great earthquake was remembered. >> i would like to ask for a minute of silence. >> let's have a moment of silence. >> they meet for the annual reflating ceremony. he was joined by winnie for an afternoon celebration. we are here to commemorate all that it signifies. at each anniversary the leaders meet to prepare for the next great quake. bob welcome everybody to the anniversary. i got to say, the mayor gets it done. gooa round of applause for our e chief's wife. you look terrific. do we have sydney close five? -- close by. we will pass the microphone to the mayor for a couple of quick words. we have a fire chief and the police chief. >> good morning, everyone. 106 years since our earthquake. we do have a grandson? she was with us in 2009. goopublic works is here. this reminds us of the 3000 people but passed away in 1906 from the devastating earthquake, but the rebi

president yee: other reports by board members? commissioner murase. dr. murase: i attended a conference on april 19. i want to recognize the hard working families that make that organization work. one of their signature events, access to a venture where kids with special needs are afforded the opportunity to go to a bouncy house and other things challenging will be held saturday at the golden gate and chill. -- bandshell. he emceed the music festival, he also played the piano as an accompanist. it was just beautiful. it was a wonderful location for that event, and i want to thank the faculty and students. it is pretty amazing to see over 200 violence on a stage, so that was great, and i want to thank her rosa parks committee. they always invite school district staff to march with them, and finally, if is the listening audience, and if they have any time, 200 judges will be required for the state championship, so to see the top of baker's -- top debaters, improvisation folks, congress, you will not be born. please go to the website for the california state

president yee: i'm sorry. there's a lot of chattering right now. the the acoustics in here makes it difficult to listen to the speaker so if you need to have a conversation, please go outside. go ahead. >> thank you. we are a small, culturally diverse school with many children under underserved communities. 75% of our kids participate in the free and reduced lunch program. 35% are english language learners. 50% of us are latino and 20% are african-american. we are also a fifth year program improving school with young spanish immersion program with growing interest in our general education program. >> i'm leah vetsle with a kindergartener and second grader at daniel webster. some of you are familiar with the history of the school but wanted to provide a brief synopsis. in 2005, the school was slated for closure and the community rallied and got together, rolled up their sleeves, got together with the staff at the school, and made something happen that a lot of people said wouldn't happen and that is, they kept the school open, they established a spa

president yee: i do. and it is not even a wig dance competition, because you are going to be one of the judges there. i would really like to share my thoughts on this quickly. we started this program last year. it is a great program. we had four schools participating to the end of last year, and 300 people came and saw them compete and be part of a showcase, and so this year, we actually increased it by 39%. 12 elementary schools are involved. this week alone, they are doing the semifinals before they get to the event, and the first time i found out, it semifinal was ts afternoon. you should have seen them, they were so cute. i wanted to take the opportunity for a few minutes to show what we did last year. we have a four-minute clip. you will be really proud of the kids involved. susan? ♪ >> the program is to introduce social dancing to fourth and fifth graders, so they know what it takes to be applicable. many students have not been exposed to dancing. it was a 10-week program where we introduced the fiv

president yee: i guess that is all of the announcements. other informational items, information on notice of classified personnel transactions. acceptance of gifts for the month of january and february 2012. in adjournment, we will be adjourning in memory of two of our educators, marsha and thomas ryan. i would like to have vice- president norton do the honors in the speaking about these educators. commission norton: adjournment in memory of marcia and started as a teacher on a special assignment in 1967 and succumbed to breast cancer on april 1, 2012, after a courageous struggle. she worked for more than 40 years. she started as an elementary school teacher and worked at several schools. for over 20 of those years, she ran the environmental sciences center where she and her staff supported environmental education for sfusd students, families, and teachers. she earned her degree to become a teacher for our district and believe in the ability of all children to learn and contribute. she devoted her laughter promoting excellence in education

commissioner yee riley: can you review some of the discussions from businesses that happened outside and transport products and goods inside and around the difficulty of the city, capturing that payroll tax? i thought was an interesting discussion that we had, that if we moved to a gross receipts tax, that is what we would be able to do. >> i would be happy to, to the extent i can speak to it. any business doing business in san francisco has to pay our payroll tax. you do not have to have a physical office here to be responsible for our payroll tax. if you are making deliveries into the city, you owe us a payroll tax because you have a physical nexus that allows us to tax you. the issue of a physical nexis continues to apply in a gross receipts world. however, it is slightly different because if you have a physical nexus in sentences go -- in san francisco and are selling tangible property, you may be some -- apportioning more gross receipts into the city than you are payroll. let me give you an example of a retailer that delivers hardware across san mateo and san francisco counties

president yee: yes. >> seven ayes. [applause] >> item j, general matters. i will be dictating in the limited time we have. the first group i will call will be on transitional kindergarten. there are four speakers. cindy, maggie,. again, for translation purposes, we have to be well. -- two. >> first, the feel we should have more resources. second, sfusd should allocate resources equally to the schools. due to the financial hardships, we commend canceling transitional kindergarten for good. use september 1 as the cut off for kindergarten. locations should be in chinatown and north beach. last one, a mission. thank you. >> [speaking foreign language] good evening, everyone. my name is maggie and this is my girl and she was born on november 22, 2007. we applied to attend transitional kindergarten. we were disappointed by the transitional kindergarten this time. we feel we were deceived. when my girl saw that her other classmates received assignment letter to kindergarten, she was very upset. she asked me why i do not receive any letter? i also took the language

president yee: good evening. welcome to the regular meeting of the board of education of the san francisco unified school district for april 10, 2012. it is now called to order. roll call, please? [roll call was taken] president yee: please join me for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance]

yes. >> thank you, president yee. tonight you heard a lot about consistency and continuity. it is something to ponder that the last three academic deputies in san francisco moved on to become superintendent of a fiscal deputy has served under three or four superintendents. some things deserve to be continued. something should not be continued. they office is one. -- layoffs is one. that has become a game. another thing is confrontation. it is one thing about working with the the union. it is another thing to go into negotiations and face the kind of confused confrontation we are working with the there. if you looked out your windows this afternoon, you saw hundreds of teachers and supporters saying enough is enough. enough of this kind of behavior. this is not what you need to continue. this is not where you need to spend your consistency. make the effort to start off a the next superintendent see what you are this one. -- superitendency as you are this one. >> susan solomon, secretary of educators of san francisco. we are hearing about a lot of problems tonight. we also hav

president yee: thank you, folks from the paul revere community. i have a stack of other folks here but i'm not too sure they're here. >> we're here. president yee: you're here. ok. i was hoping you would be here. ok, so here's the names. mary bevins, rachel brooks, monica swartzalander, justin sutton, nevett, wendy wan, erin qataris. come up on, go to the podium. you have one minute each. >> i pressed the button. my name is mary bevins, the resource and literacy specialist at visitation valley school and a member of the council. >> can you wait a minute. i can't hear anything you're saying. >> boys and girls, please be quiet. show good listening. men and women, grown-ups. my name is mary bevins. i am the resource and literary specialist at visitation valley elementary school and a member of the school site council. i'm here to speak on behalf of the students for whom there is no achievement gap. the children with disabilities who are joyiously achieving, the children who traditionally have wide achievement gaps, the childrens whose lives are riddl

president yee: >> the meeting is adjourned. when a resident of san francisco is looking for health care, you look in your neighborhood first. what is closest to you? if you come to a neighborhood health center or a clinic, you then have access it a system of care in the community health network. we are a system of care that was probably based on the family practice model, but it was really clear that there are special populations with special needs. the cole street clinic is a youth clinic in the heart of the haight ashbury and they target youth. tom woodell takes care of many of the central city residents and they have great expertise in providing services for many of the homeless. potrero hill and southeast health centers are health centers in those particular communities that are family health centers, so they provide health care to patients across the age span. . >> many of our clients are working poor. they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards gett

yee? >> present. >> ms. chong. >> here. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the plag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible with justice for all. >> some day! >> we're going to go with the approval of the board minutes for february 28th, 2012. it will take place at the next meeting. so we're not going to have any approval. item b, presentation of the superintendent's report. superintendent garcia. >> thank you. first of all, good evening and i want to welcome everybody for being here this evening. i wanted to report back to the board on a meeting that we had on february 29th with the governor. we thought it was going to be a one-hour meeting. we actually stayed three hours. eight other superintendents and myself the largest school districts and the state of california met with the governor to talk about the budget and to talk about his initiative and what would results be if it passed and if it didn't pass. just so the publi

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don't mention commissioner leroy king, sit -- sitting with former redevelopment commissioner benny yeeto working with kim to get students to come visit the kinsey exhibit. just one second. and also supervisor scott winer -- weiner is here also. let's welcome him. newly elected schedule. we're back on schedule and graced with the presence of our new mayor. we, as i mentioned earlier, we had the pleasure of working well. are city administrator at the time ed lee and supervisor ross mirkarimi in connection with the adoption of the slavery disclosure ordinance a couple years ago. and we look forward to working with him on many issues to come. please welcome mayor ed lee. >> hello, everybody. you know i don't like to read speeches. i've been doing that in the past, so i want to have a chance to speak from the heart. this is our celebration of black history month. and i am so happy to see all of you come to city hall to recognize this and to recognize the great work that pat williams is doing because about the stories that need to be told. and i, as my life becomes unfolding in front of a lo

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