Claudia would come back because she is a kind and nice person. She is the reason that the stay over program is still open. You will hear from me and my family and many of my friends. Thats why i think claudia should get her job back. Hi, myself and i have five kids, three of which are students. I was asked to leave from where i used to live, and thanks to claudia, she was able to do a speedy process to we were able to get in as soon as possible. It kept us from staying on the streets. If it wasnt for her, then where would we have been that night. [ applause ]. Hi, my child is a kindergartner in this school and this is my first time going to any school for any of my kids. My job has a lot of transitioning issues. She lashed out. She lashed out at children and teachers. Instead of having cps called or my child 5150ed, claudia stood up and said lets find as many resources as we can for you and your family. I said, lets do this, im tired of my kid lashing out. She would take my kid out of school within bring her around, give her highfives, and send her back to class so she would have more of being close to somebody. I think my child felt alone there and didnt know anybody. I think the teachers and ms. Claudia made my child feel comfortable. We are getting an i. E. P. For her. We need claudia. Shes our leader. She went over backwards for my family. She is family to this school. God forbid, if one of your family members were out of trouble, you would stand up and try to get them out of trouble or whatever is going on with her. We need claudia back, please. My child is doing so much better with behavior modification. Please, bring her back. Good evening. Am i speaking loud enough . I am a teacher with my second year teaching here, but i have began with claudia several years ago. I have been looking up to her ever since. Claudia has been a key figure in the implementation in the safe and supported schools implementation. Her role allowed her to coach and coordinate climate initiatives at ten elementary schools. Claudia intensively coached staff and had intensive conversations between staff, parents, and students. She was entrusted with this delegate role, because she always brings her roles in ways that are respectful and inclusive. These retoive practices are used districtwide because of claudia. We have faith that every Single Person in this room and in this district cares about our community and wants to find the best solution that will help the most people, and we already know what that is. The district has said when a Student Makes a mistake or a bad decision, we should use Restorative Practices when individuals are being isolated. What is true for our students should certainly be true for a highly regarded leader who has not harmed any of us and who has devoted ourself to teaching these principles that you and i embrace. We have a moment to demonstrate that we are serious about these principles. Thank you, that was your time. [ indiscernible ] thank you. [ applause ]. Good evening. I am one of the leastqualified people to speak on claudias behalf. I would like to offer what little i can in her support. As my perspective who worked at a school that was not hard to staff on the west side of the city that has easy access to the resources and easy access to the attention sp experience that the students needed. It was a place i felt attracted to work in large part because of claudia care and her leadership. I want to offer just this one fact. In the entire nineyear history of these schools as being combined, we have been taken off the hardtostaff list. Our teachers and staff want to work there. They want to work with and under claudia. We do this because she does what it takes to make this a safe and supportive school. This action under whatever reason, under whatever circumstances, that are not revealed to us, are undoing all the work she is doing. I ask this board who is making these decisions, factor in the idea that claudia is trusted and has earned her place in our community, hearts, and thank you very much. With the balance of my time, i wonder if i could submit to whoever is in charge of this a petition on behalf of claudia, signed by most of the staff yeah, that is your time. Next speaker, please. Good evening, honorable board. I am the president of sciu 1021. Im not here for union stuff. Im here as a Community Member of the Union District and advocate for claudia, who i knew very little about until recently, how strong she is and most of the things i learned about claudia i learned earlier today. These people i heard that claudia helped them. The teachers that spoke that say they want to work there and want to be there teaching the children of that community. Claudia has done a lot for the community from what im understanding. One of the biggest things shes done is support the shelter of horseman. The people who stay there get a lot of respect from the people who are working there. Thats way better than any of those Navigation Centers there. I have to give it to claudia, the leadership roles that shes played in our community, dont take that from us. We need more stronger leaders to stand up for people like claudia. Whatever reasons shes being removed on administrative leave, is it really worth losing everything shes built for the community and for the school . Please, if you can find it within the powers that be, let them know, is it really removing her when youre going to lose a lot of positive things shes done . I doubt anyone you put there can fill her shoes and find the love of the community for her. Lets do the right thing and bring claudia back. Thank you. [ applause ]. Good evening, commissioners and superintendent. So my name is megan adams. Im a San Francisco school bus driver. I know that other members of mine have been speaking on the other issues that we are facing and our upcoming contract we have with the School District, but thats not why we showed up. Before we argued about the safety of our drivers and we are wanting to ensure the safety of the community, staff at this school. So we are here tonight standing with the staff, families, and the community, to ask for the reinstatement of the beloved principal. She fights to make the school the best and helps root the school in the community. We hope you have listened to all the comments made by the school, community, parents, teachers, and the community that we consider ourselves a part of to demand that the students have the best education in the safe and stable schools of San Francisco. Thank you. [ applause ]. Good evening. I am with the James Town Community center. Our executive director asked me to speak today and read the letter that we have in front of reinstating the principal as the principal. As Community Partners with a long and deep history working with this community, we were deeply distressed to linear of the news that the principal was placed on administrative leave this last week. We ask you to reconsider this decision and see how she has unified this community. Her support and leadership has led to the key alignment of key partners. The families we just heard who are using the many programs are a testament to the service offered by this school. The meetings are well attended and parents are engaged and resolved. These movements have been a direct result of claudia determination to create an includive Community School that creates opportunities for all students and their family members. This school embraces the goals that are actualized because of claudia strongly. This is a community that has gone through a significant number of leadership changes that has been challenged that are hard to heal from. Thus, making the decision to thank you, kevin. Also, kevin, you didnt have a speaker card. Im going to move on to the Climate Change folks after this. I am a. J. And i am a parent of three children who graduated from this school. I am also a Community Member. Im also one of the organizers that put together the safe to september. Many parents and children and students support our action. We work with the parents and children at this school. As you all know, we had a tremendous turnout. We were very successful and it was important for us to educate our children about whats going on at the border. At that time there were shootings in el paso. As you know, over 22 people were shot. We have had a bulls eyeon our back and weve had to endure many things that targeted us. There was no cause of action for claudias dismissal. Whats bothering us is on the one hand when School Districts ask parents to get involved, you get it. What do we get in return . Nothing. The School District continually says theyre going to be accountable, transparent. I see transparency in a lot of your literature. Where is the transparency now . We dont know why claudia is being released. We understand there are personnel issues and relative humidity fi casings, but the injury is not just for claudia, but to the community. We have waited for a principal there that brings up how many of our people relate, and yet we get nothing. Reinstate here. Thats what we want. We want community control. Thank you. [ applause ]. Yall have to turn the mic back on. I am a parent at buena vista. I have children that were being rowdy, so they were escorted out. When we had a rally with the community to engage everyone, both parents, the Community Members that have spoken, and the teachers, if you look around here right now, there are about 34 staff from buena vista here supporting their leader. Thats what parents are looking for. Were looking to you as our leaders, elected officials, to do what we need as a community to be accountable to us and our children, most important to our children. This is the first time either of my kids have been to this building and i tried to explain what you do here. For the kindergartner it was a little more challenging, but the sixth grader got it. I as a parent feel hike you have failed our students taking claudia away. We feel like we won the lottery that our kids are educated by claudia. When you removed her, you injured my kindergartner. My sixth grader has gotten more lip by being educated by these people. He understands what you do and dont do as elected officials and appointed people. Hes looking to you to make a decision so that our community can be a whole. We cant have additional leaders. Theres been so many different principals at this school. Thank you for your time. [ applause ]. [ chanting ] [ chanting ] [ chanting ] [ chanting ]. Id like to thank everyone for their patience. I have a number of names im going to call up related to the Climate Change. If you hear your name called, make your way to the podium. You have two minute. Megan kalzua. Han hanna astrada. Ruan francis tailor. Maya picadly. Also claudia dee. Im not speaking on Climate Change, but you called my name. Should i not speak . Is it a general public matter . It is. Go ahead. Just checking. Thank you. Hi, i am a behavioral analyst with the district. Im also formerly a teacher with the sore program. Although its not on the agenda tonight, we are going to be creating a fiveyear plan for special education. Its been bumped quite a few months, but its a long time in coming, as many of you may know. Even though its not on the agenda tonight, i did want to speak to keep it in everyones mind that we actually need to think about resourcing our mo mostneedy programs, in that when we serve students who need a lot of resources, we need to provide a lot of resources to the staff that serve them. I actually got a phone call from one of my students that i taught in second and third grade thats going to be needing to go into high school. Im looking to those in high schools who have any ideaing. It brought me back to when i thought my students, theyre smaller classrooms and i got to know my students really well. It was a magnificent moment in my life. My clam was in the former p. E. Closet. I had no desks, no curriculum, and no staff on the first day of school. Im just going to let you know that it hasnt got much for for our teachers and professionals. This is after five years. We need to do better for our students and programs. Our fiveyear plan as it comes to you eventually hopefully soon needs to include resources for these programs. Thank you. [ applause ]. Good evening. Miy name is nadia and im a junior at the school of the arts. Im here to talk to you about student activism and student participation in climate strikes. I organize the climate strikes in march and septembered. Im here to encourage you to encourage the strikes. At some schools, students were physically stopped from leaving campus. At some schools students were told that their names would be reported to the districts. We need to tell students that missing schools for a strike is a justifiable personal reason which in the handbook is an excusable absence. At some schools administrators were not supportive. This is not fair. As im sure you all are aware of, immediate Climate Action is needed. At school were taught often to prepare for the future to get good grades and get into college, but for us when we look into the future, we see this impending disaster. Teacher teachers cannot help students in this area. Climate change is a huge part of our future, and fighting for Climate Justice is also a way that were fighting for our future, the same way as getting good grades is a way of fighting for our futures. Hello, my name is Rowan Francis tailor and im a junior at George Washington high school. Im here to discuss how sf bec could support us. During this past strike, students were discouraged to participate. Staff members often referred to the sfusc handbook to assert their authority about walking out. Yet, according to the handbook, students are excused for being absent for justifiable reasons including to processes that could be interpreted to be a climate strike. We want the board to recognize that a climate strike is a justifiable reason. We also want it to be easier for students to promote and share information about upcoming strooims about class announcements or flyers and assemblies. In my case i was told to put up flyers in the bathrooms because i couldnt do it in any other way. So we want the Climate Crisis and everything to be educated more and have the district behind that. Thank you. It is by not allowing the students here to participate that they are allowing corporations to get away with using these areas as dumps grounds. These issues are affecting them now. Theyre not just fighting for their future but also their present. A lot of youths dont have clean air and shelter. Its not a coincidence by big corporations and these corporations get away with this. You cant not let our youth get away with this. Its affecting their lives. Sometimes i forget to breathe. [ laughter ]. There are a lot of youths that want to be a part of this and benefit their communities. Be not allowing them to take this chance in their classroom, youre doing a disadvantage to them. A lot of these youth might decide to be Something Different and theyre not saying anything because they dont have the space in the classroom. There are a lot of parents that maybe arent ready for that for their kids. There are a lot of families that want their kids to be the first to go to school. We have to give them the space to think about the thinks that might affect them or they feel are wrong. Thats all i have to say. Thank you. [ applause ]. Hi, im a parent in oakland. I wanted to speak to say that given the state law and given whats already in your handbook, no policy changes are needed for you to be a very supportive group to student strikes. Within the handbook it already says it can be a justifiable personal reason. The school board previously read that and said that students have to go with their parents. If parents have to decide to say that my parent is sick, thats not equitable. Not all parents have the same ability to figure that out. I know that there were more privileged students whose parents were able to excuse them. More most students felt that they were intimidated and not able to go. We want the students to be engaged in civic and organized ways. This is one of the biggest movements that can guarantee safety for my children and all people. We want to encourage you all not to change your existing policies, but to communicate those policies that are more fair and equitable, so that everyone has a chance to take that reason and participate in something that has such a big impact on their present and their future, so thank you. [ applause ]. We are calling for climate strikes because Climate Change is one of the biggest issues of our time. How can we dream of a future where we might not have it . How can we know about the Climate Crisis affecting many and not doing anything about it. When all climate educators teach about this, why should we sit in the class and listen to the next lecture, where we can stand up, strike, and speak up. It is our future. Right now the educators hold a lot of power to our future. Educators and administrators, if you care about our future, let us strike. What was the previous speakers name . Hello, my children attend San FranciscoCommunity School. Im also here representing mothers out front thats working to ensure a livable planet for future generations. Back in 2017, sf government passed a plan for combanfrernled schools. A few days ago, italy became the first country to mandate Climate Change education. American kids should also be learning about the Climate Crisis and justice. This is an issue that will continue to affect everyone on the climate for our lifetimes. We owe it to our students to prepare them. Omitting it from their education now is doing a great disservice. Parent climate liaisons would be equitable in distributing the information if an equitable manner. Additionally, we would like to see the district policies reflect the crisis by prioritizing zerowaste plan and climatefriendly services. Our next youth climate strike is december 6. We would like to see the district support this by not penalizing students who take part of this engagement. We should be supporting students to understand that collective action and powerful and request drive great change. Thank you. Plurebs [ applause ]. Hi, my name is claudia deeg and i am a Public Health associate at the statewide Interest Group and im working to get lead out of our Drinking Water. This is a toxin that has been linked to many health issues. Recent testing found lead with the Drinking Water at over 50 of our schools. Currently we follow the federal standard allowing 15 parts per billion in the water, however, this level is extremely outdated. In 2016, the American Academy of pediatrics made an official statement that there is no safe level of lead for kids. That is why i want you to adopt a healthbased standard. Many other areas have taken initiative on that issue. Here in San Francisco, more than 20 organizations have signed on to a letter, including the california chapter, the American Academy of pediatrics, the San Francisco families union, and many others. I also want to thank the councilors who have met with me to discuss this issue. I would ask you to protect the kids exposed to lead to adopt the healthbased option adopted my doctors. The Advisory Committee reports and appointments. Number one, report from the parent advisory council. [speaking spanish]. Good evening, president , commissioners, superintendent, staff, delegates, and Community Members. I have two kids, one is at Hoover Middle School in seventh grade and the other is in prek at brian elementary school. [speaking spanish]. The role of the parent of the advisory council, the p. A. C. , is to inform the board of education policy discussions. Due to the timing of the board of education meeting, the p. A. C. Has not met since our last report to the board in october of 2019. This report includes updates on funding, the involvement fair, the alignment summit, and projects that p. A. C. Members has prioritized for this years school year. [speaking spanish]. Celebrating successes. The p. A. C. Is proud to announce that we have received a oneyear grant in the amount of 60,000 to support the work of this council in elevating the voices to shape the School District policies. Program director for education expressed the fond appreciation for the good work you are doing to build a local gauge of engagement in the local source of support. [speaking spanish]. Parent engagement at this years involvement fair was a great success. Our pacement changed from previous years. This was the community Advisory Committee for special communication. While this location was a bit hect hectic, it also meant that those that entered the building saw our tables. We wanted to express our thanks to those who made our request come to many responses. We will just have to bring more materials. We hope that the exposure to the p. A. C. And the work that we do will result in more parents attending and encourage more parents to attend in the future. [speaking spanish]. Planning is well underway for the third annual advisory summit. Planning erts here are being led by a former p. A. C. Coordinator and the newest member of the empowerment office. She is representing advisers and key stakeholders, including many partner groups, this years summit will be on saturday, january 8, 2020, and the enemy is sharing our stories. [speaking spanish]. N. The asterisk School District update. Since 2014, the San Francisco unified School District staff, district level group, labelled partners, and Community Organizations have worked collaboratively as the force with an explicit focus on the use of resources and hear from stakeholders who reflect represented youth for San FranciscoSchool District for school populations. The park has played a lead role to nate and lead this board since the beginning. A major part of the task force is leading the engagement to enforce the districted control and accountability plan. Were Getting Started on planning that process, which including developing content, developing outreach, facilitating conversations, and presenting our conversations at the regular meeting of the board of education in the spring. These are being presented jointly because we are working together to understand the voices of many in the San Francisco unified district. This task force has been meeting since the start of this school year. Our next meeting is this thursday from 4 30 to 5 30 p. M. Here in this building. Our meeting on thursday, december 12, will be diving into reviewing the San FranciscoSchool District data to inform our data to the rest of the year. We want to encourage folks who are interested to attend the meetings. Information about the district can be found at www. Sfusc. Uscu. Budgen. [speaking spanish]. N [ please stand by ]. [speaking spanish] one of the priorities of the members this year is Student Health and wellbeing, including food and nutrition. On october 16th, the members met with the Student Nutrition Services to disclose ways to reach out and meet with families to share plans to expand the breakfast after the program. It is to make School Breakfast more accessible so students can start the day with a full stomach and all of the benefits that provides. They make breakfast Items Available for students to take as they walk to classrooms, there by removing the barriers that get in the way of students accessing Healthy Foods in the morning. They have identified 51 San Francisco unified schools to implement the program. Those interested in supporting the district efforts to have breakfast available in the classrooms can go to sfus sfusd breakfast to sign the pledge. [speaking spanish] this year we are interested in helping to determine the San Francisco unified School District for the 20202021 school year. These decisions are being offered for students, parents, teachers, administrators and district staff to sample eight different dishes and evaluate on appearance, taste and texture. Four sessions are scheduled around the city. [speaking spanish] the dates and locations for those stations. November 18 from 3 30 to 430 at independence high school. November 18 from 4 00 to 5 00 at the elementary school. In north beach. November 20 from 12 30 to 1 30 Downtown High school. 693 vermont street. November 20 from 3 00 to 4 00 p. M. At paul revere school. [speaking spanish] rsvp student tasting. Com by november 8th to reserve your spot. Space is limited. The chair has signed up to join us and add your voice. [speaking spanish] our next meeting is tomorrow, wednesday, november 13, 2019 from 5 45 p. M. To 8 00 p. M. It is the planning and Assessment Department to review the San Francisco unified School District grade reports from transition