Transcripts For SFGTV Full Board Of Supervisors 121316 20170113

Plan is the intent of the supervisors broad policy for different tops that is a transportation element and other documents and policies that the mta uses and follows in the implementation of their measures and things like that i think the reason that we are proposing to update the general plan previously no language and when we reviewed that an application we always referred the general plan the most important it acknowledges vision zero were doing tremendous work around the policy i think that you know this ordinance is not going to address everything related to vision zero and the corridor it is supposed to reference the broader policies the city has and other documents that and programs that the city can use to help to implement those ideas. As much as it is broad in thinking i still to me it is broad and narrow at the same time one percent document it is broad thinking and we dont say to focus on the other neighborhoods so it seems we need to have language thats one piece the other piece is mta has adapted having a lens on equalities and that should be included in vision zero piece of it and no mention of that at all any reason why we dont have that. So i think under 18 a new policy achieving Street Safety for all thats trying to hed the inclusiveness in terms of how we deliver and design our streets and then in regards to the timing of this what will happen if you have to bring it back if we vote it down and need to come back including those language i just if this is voted down it goes back to the Planning Commission and to the board. What impact does it have. It is just a timing delay i think weve been working on this to quite a few of the proactive thing the Planning Department and the mta took on other cities across the country have adapted this and the Planning Department thought that was appropriate to look at the general plan and make sure the draft larger city policy it is really a timing question the other thing ill note the Planning Department is updating the transportation element that is along the process but the idea there to reenvision how the transportation element looks at transportation and lavatories Community Engagement everything. Thank you as a chair of the Vision Zero Committee on the ta board i really appreciate then this is proactive i just wish maybe we had sat down with my office just so we could have had a discussion earlier. Thank you supervisor yee supervisor tang. I thank you very much to the Planning Department staff for their work one of the things i want to point out is policy 23. 10 starts on the bottom of page 7 it states well maintain a presumption against the use of signals i know that is supposed to be a broad document and general in nature one of the concerns is the fact there are some major arteries for example, for my own 19 avenue or great who highway we want to have cars slowing along those corridors and have act waited signals but when pedestrians are not 4r0u9d free flowing traffic that is important otherwise well have cars to the local streets and causing other issues i think that if for some reason the contradiction direction of the board to make amendments to the policy ill say this one i dont know if it is a way to amend it for the general presumption for the signals. And did you need clarity on that supervisor tang. Because my understanding that unfortunately and this is been a presumption. If i think of many members of this body we cant necessarily make any amendments to this plan on this level im there have been back and forth confident with the staff with my staff in particular about certain concerns i believe from the board had serious concerns you know that this is a general plan plan but general concerns in terms of getting to zero and make it safer for pedestrians if there is real concerns we should consider whether or not we want to move this general plan out of this body and make sure that the appropriate amendments are made to our satisfaction ultimately we have to deal you know with the impacts on the district because of our only experiences with what we know happens on the ground level so wanted to know if youre interested in getting any additional clarity as it relates to our concerns. Sure so perhaps if Planning Department staff will talk about how we would work with mta when we do install some of the Traffic Signals for their consideration that they make to decide whether their pedestrian signals that was written with the traffic engineers i am guessing. We the idea of goal of the vision zero to make the streets safer for everyone in many cases with the actuated signals they have priority so the idea were trying to emphasis around the notion of Street Safety and mta has standards in place they required concern engineering plans in practical ill be happy to provide that. I want to make sure we are case by case certain arteries that require things and others that dont i want to make sure that this blanket statement didnt impact us. Thank you commissioner tang. Supervisor kim. Thank you i scanned through the general plan amendment i was looking at to see if you included the new review protocol for the Pedestrian Safety within the general plan amendments. Thats not referenced here specifically but that procedure is now in place at the Planning Department and that was the updated general plan as well as our review the streets plans for the implementation action that came from the Planning Commission in response to the vision zero policy. So i know that supervisor peskin and i represent the two district for the pedestrian vehicular collisions and supervisor yee chairs our Vision Zero Committee im surprised that the Planning Department doesnt contact any of the offices before coming to the full board and seeing the number of questions that different supervisors have and ultimately you get support of members of the board i dont feel comfortable supporting this today im not sure why they didnt approach us this is one of the major photos in that a general plan amendment it not necessarily selfwe pass something and board pass something with all our input especially this board raise one of my concerns around the review we worked with the particular around the blind project where we knew we were putting in open space to not include that in the general plan amendment is a big gap we are increasing the development particularly in the districts that i represent along with the southeast corridor i would like to see some greater e in your possession in terms of how the Planning Department will approach that systematically so were not doing ad hoc this is what were doing around vision zero but in the district i represent and so i would feel itch more comfortable bringing this back to the Planning Department and having our staff brief our offices on this issue getting our feedback and bringing this back ill not be supporting this today. Thank you, supervisor kim can i get clarity on who i think i want to make sure from our deputy City Attorney mr. Gibner if we dont act on this i understand it goes into effect in terms of our ability to have input im not 100 percent certain well be able to address some of the issues that supervisor kim and myself and supervisor tang are mentioning here and supervisor yee are menls today and john gibner, deputy City Attorney. Youre right the board as supervisor peskin said at the outset has 90 no power to amend the general plan their initiated with the Planning Commission and come to the board for an up and down vote the board votes up and down within 90 days of the general plan amendment moindz that 90 period expires on january 25th the day after the next Board Meeting you have generally two options one is to voted it down today by 6 no votes in which case the Planning Commission could come back with a new proposed general plan amendment reflecting some of our concerns you can vote up and down the other option to pass it on fdr to giver yourselves for future general plan amendments and then decide on the 24 where you want to pass it on second reading or vote it down have the effect of being more or less a stuns give yourselves time to talk over the issues i dont know if it solves anything and okay. Thank you. Supervisor safai. Oh, im sorry supervisor kim were you done. He would clarify on that point in turning this down today, the Planning Department will come back to the board of supervisors after the feedback from the general plan amendment. Okay thanks. Supervisor safai. Sorry about that just wanted to add to some of the comments that were made i know in our district some pedestrian fatalities theres been a lot of conversation about the Mission Geneva and alameda corridor significant areas of our district where Pedestrian Safety is very important and have the time to weigh in and shape it in a positive manner along with echoing supervisor yee and supervisor peskin say with their input im, comfortable voting for this today. Supervisor peskin. Thank you madam president despite chair cohen and my attempts to accommodate the department i think im reversing myself from. Yes. Vote to i make a motion to send it to the full board with a positive recommendation. Theres no real times constraint for us and can get it done right. I think that is a larger issue between two institutions for law making body the board of supervisors and the Planning Department which has to be i think more i too am actually yesterday actually over the weekend when i read the document was a little bit taken auerbach there had been i see a member of the Land Use Committee no affirm outreach when 24 was initiated or when that was transmitted to the board the department comes in on specific projects in as far as that is a hostile button issue that were expressed by me and organization and chinatown i think we should send a message to the commission and staff that we can improve this process as it relates to all general plan amendments and that we take it seriously so ill be joining those of you in voting no and look forward to work in good faith with staff to iron out the details the crux is all were in agreement with but fine tuning it were having a collaborative relationship two the two bodies is important enough to send a message well vote it down today. Thank you supervisor peskin supervisor yee. So given the fact that is some questions before this augment and, yes clean up legislation my prefer lets get it right the first time and not worry about it. Given the fact that is not time sensitive and i appreciate that the Planning Commission has brought this up to once to vision zero to the general plan i prefer today and i wont be supporting this knowing that we can have a much better document that we all can support in the near future thank you. Thank you supervisor yee seeing no other names on the roster, on the item before us madam clerk call roll. Supervisor breed. No supervisor cowen supervisor farrell no supervisor fewer no. Supervisor kim no. Supervisor peskin no supervisor ronen no supervisor safai no. Supervisor sheehy no. Supervisor tang no. Supervisor yee no. There are one i and 10 nos with supervisor breed Public School supervisor farrell supervisor fewer accept supervisor peskin supervisor safai and supervisor sheehy and supervisor yee in the descent. The item fails madam clerk items. New bills madam president submit. Thank you supervisor cowen. Thank you very much happy new year everyone colleagues we have a couple he means it to share with you first, the roll call im making a i couldnt on the eastern neighborhoods plan monitoring report the ordinances that infected the eastern neighborhood area plans were approved by the board of supervisors required that the Planning Department produce a 5 year report monitoring residential and commercial development in the eastern neighborhoods in those neighborhoods as well as impact fees generated and private and Public Benefits and infrastructure the report tracks all Development Activities that has occurred to the planned area between 2011 and 2015 the pipeline in 2016 as ive discussed at previously here at the board of supervisors and my main focus is for the potrero hill and the portion of eastern neighborhoods and also understand the eastern neighborhoods cac has issued a report i like to hear from the cca about their feedback and progress and the plan on the report. The next item is a roll call for introduction im introducing a resolution urging the city and county of San Francisco to join the depreciate up initiative that has a simple role to reduce the number of people with mentally illness it is an issue that touches everyone, everyone has patients seeking Mental Health services intersecond across care that has a marketrate in the form of homelessness hospitals in the criminal Justice System just by way of antidote my Michelle Obama mother is a child consistency was conditioned to be sensitive to the Mental Health state of our citizens here in San Francisco and San Francisco approximately 10 percent of the department of health 25 thousand bafrlt Health Clients had a Health Contact in the jail 2, 3, 4 fiscal year so 20 percent of those clients before having history of criminal justice contact between 7 and 14 percent of our jail population that is 13 thousand plus in the year of 2015 of this population many of them have serious Mental Health this is schizophrenia it includes bipolar and includes manic depression and San Francisco is known for the generosity of our social services this led other cities to send their folks a oneway ticket to San Francisco this is not a substantial position in the countrys especially for a system of care is not as effective as it could be. So what are were going to do as weve discussed we cant solely focus on funding for more jails it Small Business our goal to give people in the humane jails are simply not substantial and no a place to treat people with mentally illness not only are they unproven to improve the health of individuals with mentally illness they also cost a Cost Effective expense on taxpayers that does not necessarily improve Public Safety so we cant simply lock people up and think their conditions will improve we noted compassion and appropriate care to accurately address those serious illnesses theyre experiencing that ultimately can lead to crime rather than exacerbating we should be helping three hundred counties have passed resolution simple to say one im asking for today that will id like to before traveling to miami day county to get a better understanding of the way this program is a unrolling out and on the ground and highway how it is working and how the county will significantly reduce their incarcerated population i hope youll join me and next board of supervisors meeting in approving this resolution i want to take a moment and thank commissioner borden and supervisor kim are supervisor sheehy supervisor farrell supervisor safai for their cosponsorship on this critical measure and finally a brief in memoriam i want to reduce mr. Todd louis passed away on december 31st he was born and raised in richmond, california and spent 3 years at the San Francisco State University before we tried auto as a walk on San Francisco 49ers he had a Bright Future ahead of him became a independent consultant involved in mavsht Companies Across the United States helping them create a network in the United States as well as Canada Europe companies during that time his mother would recruit him for the electrical business and vufb he changed his mind he served as ceo and he dramatically changed the peoples told us on the importance of energy and the proposal of hazardous wastes now, throughout the bay area mr. Louis lights are shining bright and for those of you who dont know some of the projects is the light go installation around the city hall where the 49ers used to win. laughter okay. Well, he was the person responsible for the light installation he also was responsible for not only city hall but all the United Airlines plaza with the San Francisco International Airport with the San Francisco sf light rail and the bridge mr. Louis strived to produce the most efficient products and during his time with the pacific the company was recognized by the sufficient company in the United States department of commerce as the first green firm of year the California Department of General Services so for outstanding chouchlts in closing i want to recognize mr. Losing a dreary friend and a pillar of the community hell be solely missed a minority contractor across the state of california and with that, i ask we close the entire Board Meeting out in his memory madam president. Thank you and colleagues, can we close the meeting out for mr. Louis on behalf of the whole boards without objection, without objection well close the meeting out on behalf of the whole board and supervisor cowen at 3 00 p. M. Well cut away to the special orders. Supervisor farrell for two consequences nights a strange rotten egg smell has nothing to do with with politics i had concerns of the anxious cause of the smell and left for questions for weeks recently investigations from the bay area officials have shown hydrogen caused the sulfur smell cheven details for more than 13 hours before reporting to district officials the districts officials are asking before about the extreme delay and cheven fails to take responsibility but the commitment and independents we have air quality on the books for a reason and cheven haves has not answered the question im asking for direct answers the public needs to know why they occurred in the first place. What procedures against toxic embarrass and what the implementations could be for the residents i plan to host the hearing well be asking chevron to report i look forward to make sure those toxic gas leaks never happen again in San Francisco the rest i submit. Commissioner fewer. Yes. Thank you we spoke yesterday about a woman editor on the board of supervisors with angle Incoming Administration to protect the rights of women im proud to be joining women and all will i from district one and my two adult daughters i invite any colleagues for those of you who dont know for the womens market from the website the womens march is unified to stand for human rights civil liabilities as social justice for all we get the street through tolerance and compassion and ask all people to join us january 21st, 2017, 3 to 5 00 p. M. A rally of speakers art and music at Service Center and 5 00 p. M. A candle light march so if youre interested in joining me and my clearances and friends and family please contact my office and madam president is now just after 3 00 p. M. Okay. Well return to roll call at a later time but at this time we will turn to our 3 00 p. M. Special orders today, we have 3 and we will start with the first 3 00 p. M. Special or the madam clerk call items 12 through 15. Item 12 through 1 comprise the public hearings continued open from december 13th for persons interested in the proposed proximate o project on fundamentally so allow the expansion of 3, twostory structures and construction of a 4 story residential building and the determination of exemption from Environmental Review under the surknown as ceqa on december 26th and issued as a exemption by the Planning Department on the 27 of june and september 22, 2016, item 13, 14 and 15 the emotions with the public hearings. Supervisor ronen. Yes. Colleagues you may recall that late last year the board of supervisors directed the Planning Department to analyze the potential Economic Impacts on the project on 1515 south van ness that is close to the project on appeal today i have been working with both the project sponsors and the appellants who are in agreement to continue this item to the march 21, 2017 Board Meeting at that point we expect the planning will have a deeper analysis looking at the impacts not only on the 1515 south van ness but also on the project at 2675 fulsome street so i will be making the motion to continue item 13 through 15 to the march 21st, 2017 Board Meeting. Madam president thats item 12 through 15. Supervisor ronen has made a motion to continue and seconded by supervisor peskin is there any Public Comment on the continuance seeing none, Public Comment is closed. All right. On the motion to continue the items 12 through 15 to the meeting of march 21st, 2017. Supervisor ronen did you have any further remarks. The appellants withdrew their conditional use appeal. Well get to this next can we take the continuance without objection it be continued to the meeting of march 21st, 2017 a madam clerk call items 16 through 19. Have been continued for a public hearing for a conditional use authorization so for a proposed project at the 2675 fulton street dated september 22nd and item 17, 18 and 19 associated with that public hearings. Supervisor ronen. Yes. The appellants have withdrawn their conditional use appeal i pack a motion to adopt item 17 and there is a motion on the table 18 and 19. Okay supervisor ronen has made a motion seconded by supervisor peskin any Public Comment on the items seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Colleagues without objection without objection the motion passed unanimously all right. Madam clerk go to the next 3 00 p. M. Special orders items 20 and 21 are pursuant to a resolution on december 13, 2016, the board will queen a committee as a whole for a public hearing to consider the the subject property the proposed vacation of certain San Francisco public works public easements. Supervisor yee. This is part of the Development Plan that was passed in 2011 i believe so i ask my colleagues to just for their support of this item. Thank you supervisor yee. All right. This hearing is now open and lets see one second okay. Colleagues were sitting as a which he as a whole to discuss the Public Utilities Commission Public service easement weve open this at this time colleagues, any more questions. Okay. Are there any members of the public that want to comment on this hearing at this time seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Seeing no members of the public that wants to comment this hearing is held and filed and now reconvene as the board of supervisors all right. Lets go to the items seeing no other names on the roster, madam clerk please call roll. Item 21. Supervisor breed supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor fewer supervisor kim supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai supervisor sheehy. Commissioner tang supervisor yee. There are 11 is. Okay. This ordinance passes unanimously on the First Reading madam clerk reinforcement. Next for new business supervisor kim. Thank you, madam clerk i didnt get an opportunity to welcome the newest members to the board of supervisors a chief suhr commissioner cavanes and supervisor sheehy that is exciting to see new faces on the board so thank you for running thank you for serving this is a great job and i believe well be doing great work on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco together today colleagues im requesting the budget analyst to look at the improvement at penalty since 2000 itch often joked that one of the things ive learn on the board of supervisors if either that a Property Owner and didnt understand the zoning or use of any building ill not bother to look it up because interest guess so little enforcements we estimate negotiating and up to date together we have the acts like the academy of art we often see smaller actress not asking for if anythingness this is how we lost our pdr and aorta spaces to office and other more profit uses here in San Francisco enforcement has been a point of debate in the land use ordinances from legalization of legal unit and shortterm rentals the board has questioned the ability to force new regulars on land use and the Planning Department has not limited to not having the resources to enforce the laws if a breeder recent land use hearing last month i learned that exceeded the fact that one of the Property Owners has been violating the restrictions of special use district since 2008 planning has not taken any action and not a pencil scheme when it takes 8 years to examine a violation of laws im not upset at the Property Owners i look at the Planning Department im asking the b l a what actions this department has taken over the last 16 years and look at the penalty schemes in place i look forward to the future discussion and call for a hearing once the board i want to acknowledge supervisor cowen i believe that Mental Health is one of the biggest issues that i hope we can tackle and confront we see in our prisons and homeless shelter population and one we absolutely need to look at resources for and best practices without seeing how we can better address this issue and birth acknowledge the dignity informative individuals that are suffering thank you very much its third reading. Thank you, supervisor kim. Supervisor peskin. Thank you mr. Clerk. Colleagues. Today, im introducing a hearing at the government audit and Oversight Committee award to the recent and frankly dismal findings the road trip report raisons in november of the 25 urban areas in the cio country with a population of one half million or more San Francisco and oakland jointly rank number 1 in poor Road Conditions we top that chart with a whooping 71 percent of roadways visually everyone in the city has been ref end of a rough ride whether ours is a driver or cyclist as a member of the Government Audit Committee we know how many lawsuits because of that i know that every one of our offices receives frustrated calls about gapping potholes and the patchwork from consecutive road topics it is not the sexiest project but working with planning and mta to analyze the findings and see what strategies to pursue obviously we have done go bonds in the past buses participate revisit the vehicle license fee to make sure theyre on track to get us off this list and in addition im looking forward to our support on prevention my office has been working on thank you to my aid lee to make sure that the doubt has a consistent set of best practices regarding the retention of the critical permit and safety documents drushgsz of the 3 hearings on academic hearing with the emphasis on 31 Mission Street as the Memorial Tower that became apparent the records need to be updated it is not acceptable that critical documents were lost particularly the significance of one of the first highrises the public has a right to know the circumstances the schematic vulnerable projects and the extent of our safety review processes finally colleagues id like to adjourn todays meeting with my dear friend one and only mar, i had the prestige of marrying them at the theyre beautiful reception reception at the north beach restaurant called dpe e deflower for the pass past 20 years proceeded over the Family Restaurant with no budget and no real experience quickly became a corner of north beach neighborhood with m b baking up r up pastries selling her trademark so it is a terrible lose any condolences to her family for her brother Patrick Marks and his husband the rest i submit. Thank you supervisor peskin. Supervisor ronen. Colleagues he couldnt be more excited the first piece of legislation im introducing the quatro special use district it is a its been a Long Time Coming and want to recognize members of the quatro council that are in the audience you can stand up today thank you very much for being here. We have been working on this legislation for over two years especially eric and i had the pleasure of working as a legislative aide to develop the special use district and really wanted to start out by thanking supervisor campos for starting and making this work i feel grateful i get to introduce it as my first legislative act the mission is the heart of Latino Community in San Francisco quatro is definitely the center of that heart it is a special place where parents drop off their daughters after school where people are on tours the incredible murals where friends gather for brunch at the fountain and legacy business and where artists exhibit their cuttingedge work at the place those are a few examples of why the board of supervisors in 2014 dedicated the area surrounding 24th street quatro as the latino cultural district that body recognizes the latino chief scott and why it is a special place an area facing the brunt of the affordable crisis we talk about affordability we think about housing but Small Businesses are displaced at the rapid pace that is changing the neighborhoods the legislation that mayor ed lee and i want to thank the mayor and his incredible staff for working with us to develop that legislation that legislation were introducing is a critical tool in helping preserve the character and have i been vibrancy of the quatro district for the first time were using the land use tool to tashlg what characteristics and there been in turmoil because of widespread so the quatro didnt just become restaurant row introduce the legislation we are laying how out the welcome mat for businesses that will do 4 thought or meet 4 of the 6 criteria one of products and services assessable to all residents protecting and middleincome to support local hire, 3 develop partnerships with the new and existing institutions along the corridor and 4 support local and latino art and the design chafgz of the corridor and 6 preserve the legacy businesses those are thirty plus year businesses that have been offline dedicated as making significant contributions to San Francisco community the legislation requires businesses to obtain is a conditional use authorization and another layer of review for in two instances when the business want to merge or when replacing what was formally a legacy business this legislation also works to maintain a unique system along the corridor so that not only serves as a designation location but all neighborhoods serving the corridor it limits restaurants and bars if theyre in three hundred foot dynamic which restaurants and bars make up more 35 percent of the businesses i want to give a to develop that legislation with us starting with lisa and others but especially recognize see shes getting a hand to my new colleagues working incredible city in every department gems there are super stars that are brilliant that cares deeply about their work and were lucky on this board of supervisors to get to work with and at the office of Economic Workforce Development one of the person next to erica she know more about it street that anyone in the world and been an amazing advocate and all will i to work with so if youre watching thank you so much for your work and recognize has nothing to do with on my formal colleagues and now moved to any offices and sheila in case you didnt hear that and for the quarreling council thank you for fighting so hard to prevent displacement of the Beautiful Community in the quatro and mission it will be very fun to see this legislation implemented after so much thoughtful work being put into that ill say this is really cuttingedge using land use tools to address displacement of business is it might be one of the first in the country were using this tool to make that happen were dpw is a model in this sense i know we want to recognize supervisor jane kim who is looking at something similar for both the tenderloin support the instance district the Lgbt Community in the tenderloin as well as the Filipino Community in soma so we are experimenting here in San Francisco this is something we like to do and really expect to have a great impact with that legislation thank you very much the rest i submit thank you supervisor ronen. Supervisor safai. Thank you, colleagues. I want to as part of my introduction today keep a promise that we made while we campaigned for office on the issue of childcare so i would like to call for a hearing to evaluate the equality and affordable childcare in district 11 including the analysis of the number of children age 5 and under living in my district and a place privately operated and city funded we ask to attend the department of children, youth the office of early childcare and education the first 5 San Francisco and the San Francisco Unified School District to talk to compile a report and attend this committee. We as many of you know maybe you dont know our district in district 10 and supervisor cowen have the most children under the age of 18 and in many cases children under the age of 5 without access to affordable childcare and overtime you cant go to work i can speak from personal externals our childcare was adopted from district 11 and relocated into the mission we were fortunate to help to find a home for them we through the archdiocese but good Quality Childcare and the diversity of childcare in our instance is the Spanish Immersion Program not many of them that are affordable in San Francisco and all types of childcare working families for families and so i introduce this today in regards to so many different families in need to assess for accountable childcare i welcome and look forward to overseeing departments coming in and providing the information to us so we can grasp the policies and help to address the short come livable city. Thank you supervisor safai. Supervisor sheehy. Colleagues a great honor of years being an advocate of issues i care deeply about on the house side now in 2, 3, 4 chamber with the opportunity to introduce legislation that will have a elementary impact on those issues today my first roll call 3 first and foremost im a District Supervisor with the responsible to the people in district 8 one of the most pressing issues is neighborhood crime car breakins and petty theft and the likes in front of my house there have been car break ins twice between the last three to four months and nothing you know our neighbor next door has two little kids i have two little kids i see literally in front of our houses kids youve babysat as they shakes broken glass off the car seats down the street someone in broad daytime robbed with a gun i talked with someone that experienced home break in and not that the neighborhood matter this is an indemnification across the city so many efforts to set a crime policy a ballot measure weve yet to find a consistent policy we need to fight against crime that is thoughtful and compassionate so today, im calling for a hearing to begin to scope the Crime Fighting strategy for the city i understand this is an issue that supervisor yee also cares about ill be happy to work with you in this effort this is a problem that effects owl San Francisco. I mentioned previously ive dedicated my life for mostly hiv people the trump lead Human Services worries me the Affordable Health care is immediately threatened and the impact of the policy will effect us dramatically so today, im introducing a resolution to encourage congress to maintain the Affordable Health care act and its entirety to provide health care to the 39 Million People and for the 200 and 50 thousand people in San Francisco whos lives have been enhanced by having Health Care Coverage and finally to this end calling for a hearing on the tax we expected that will come on health care that will effect undocumented and lgbtq the homeless and programs that helped other people in the city in the case theyre built by the Trump Administration im aware that mayor ed lee has been at the forefront and removed out to a number of mayors and held strategic round tables with the City Department heads to make sure that the San Francisco residents are taken care of in the case of the repeal of the Affordable Health care act this hearing will be an opportunity to talk about this 2, 3, 4 open forum i look forward to working with the mayor and all Board Members to identify the strategy so for those disaster cuts and finally supervisors have supported transgender san franciscans i continue that work with the inquires to the Sheriffs Department the treatment of transgender people in the custody of the Sheriffs Department is a subject ive heard much about transgender people last year more ways to sure proper treatment someone says this subject is complicate but your values are simple San Francisco must treat every individual into custody with dignity and respect regardless of their transgender er Sexual Orientation this is crucial to know that is the sheriffs duty to treat people with the respect they deserve this letter of inquires is the first small step and look forward to the sheriffs rely. Thank you chief Financial Officer supervisor sheehy. Supervisor yee. Im going to be calling an audit of the which was published by the bust in july of him in july of 2015 i introduced an audit on all Senior Services in San Francisco. In september of 2015 the board of supervisors adapted this motion and in july of 2016 the b l a published a report evaluating the vision of Senior Services and in light of the dignity fund passing last november we set aside a baseline of dedicated fund for over 20 years for programs for seniors and adult disabilities it is time to call a hearing on the findings and recommendations from this report so the city resources especially the staffing and budget at the department of aging Adult Services can be deployed strategizing and effectively to reach the seniors that needs the services the most in the b l a performance report it identified 4 findings and 16 recommends regarding ways to improve the needs of assessment to contain a gap analysis how to make contract awarding more transparent and consistent, how to monitor contracts more consistently, how to improve the evaluations of Case Management providers and also ways to reduce the wait list for nutrition programs for businesses the purpose of this hearing to make sure our city resources will be used wisely to maximize the quality and deliver the services to our seniors. I will call on many agencies that provide Senior Services including the department of aging Adult Services, the Mayors Office of housing and community development, the department of health, the San Francisco mta, and also the rec and Park Department to report their services what kind of services their providing for seniors. I want to thank my colleagues malia cohen, who also supported the dignity fund and supervisor sheehy and jane kim who are agreeing to cosponsor this hearing with me and he look forward to more of my colleagues joining as joining us in this hearing the rest i submit. Thank you supervisor yee. Madam president that concludes the introduction of new business. Madam clerk please read Public Comment. As a whole and not to matter. Speakers using Translation Services get up to twice the time. Sump as the case with the new and Unfinished Business or the Committee Report pursuant to the boards rules pleases direct tour remarks to the board as a whole speakers using interpretation will be allowed twice the amount of time and if you want to display our documents on the overhead please take it down after the meeting. Sir, i need to stand in line like Everything Else mr. Yip please come forward not in front of everyone. Good afternoon andrew yip the world is full of good hope we have good lives with certain imperfection we must rescue our hearts that requires us to engage on personal cultivate shotgun a marketrate into the universe political leaders with good virtues should be on the zoology of world peace platforms in extension to foresee good teaching of true principles for the resolutions fore. Of civil today is order having virtues of loyalty and justice for civil out rightness one can maintain the holy peace and love and protection for our people being close to the people and joyfully with the people political leaders can help the people and manage the people with good works of cultiva cultivation tok to the integrity of holy ways and virtues for unidentified passion and wisdom and destiny amen thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Herbert wiener district one. Im requesting the boards undivided attention thank you the need for an mta watchdog the mta is out of control with practices for these seniors and the disabled to walk a quarter of a mile to the bus stop if in their unrealistic and Inadequate Solutions and deleting Parking Spaces that causes congestion and harm to businesses and customers of our city for these the seniors and disabled and seriously ill to walk long distances on increasing bus speed is irrational it is part and parcel for muni forward that takes Public Transportation at great public expense for decades muni and mta have never solved the problems of Public Transportation muni forward is the backward example it is powerless to address that mattered with mayor ed lee and the Administration Assistant overall the mayor Administration Assistant are a checks and balances for the collective departments mta must abide by this board. The asserted will be there to pick up that in a moment. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Supervisors. I watched the inauguration you all called is an inauguration and like to this city the city and county of San Francisco has its first people the Muwekma Ohlone to the newcomers ill urge to you go to the website so youll understand what that means i represented San Francisco one thousand 6 hundred miles to north dakota to be with the sioux nation but we have real, real problems here in San Francisco. And our young nativeamericans are ready to come to city hall and as weve done before brought to your attention that you all can have all the hearings you wanted to but have to address quality of life issues it is a shame that in this great city named after distance we have the homeless dying on our streets our children dont get the best benefit youre bringing this up but our mayor a fast asleep at the cockpit we embrace the straights, we embrace the chinese and embrace Everything Else it is time to embrace the Muwekma Ohlone thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Thank you supervisor president london breed ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls my name is a christophers i live on 6 and howard less than 40 years from Sea Level Rise i rise to comment on vision roll call our beloved harvey rose with the report on the number of pedestrians killed in our beloved county by all drivers over the past several years the average is 20 vehicular o levitations per year mr. Rose said a process is in place to reduce this to zero the socalled vision zero ill note if your vision is at zero our blind if thats the goal of board it is already blind mr. Rose represents 42 signifies were written by sfpd for the 5 most dangerous moving violations 6 thousand were for running a red light inch demonstrated in previous safeguards one fails every Light Cycle Oil assert that someone runs the red light at every intersection San Francisco soma during daytime hours as a at a minimum 50 intersections times 12 or 10 hours a day times two hundred and 50 days for onehundred 5 million violations at a minimum just four soma and work days that makes the count of 6 thousand sifgsdz written by sfpd over a year feeble to the point of contempt payroll sfpd has vision zero thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Thank you supervisor president london breed and board of supervisors. My name is a curiosity im in district 4 today, i want to speak in opposition to establishing a public fund in support of Legal Defense services for immigrants i dont object to a but no public money used for the purposes it is a violation of the law i dont want my people to be engaged in illegal activity im sure they dont want to break the law give you a little bit of background in our federal constitution the 6th amendment that guarantees each of citizen a right to an interest in my criminal case or criminal trial or criminal Court Procedure we have public defenders that provide the Legal Defense free of charge to clients the jurisdiction of San Francisco is unique and only monk a handful of jurisdictions in the nation where the public defender are currently jeff adachi is an elected office in Crystal Court no right to an attorney the defendant must pay for his own attorney in an immigration the immigration natural shotgun states the rights and procedures in procedure to this section under regulations of the attorney general the alien should shall have the prestige of being represented with no fees who authored the practice is a jeff adachi our public defender is attorney an attorney and he knows it is the law and this is is the way is it is and many supervisors are attorneys im wondering why thank you, sir. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Just so you know mr. Yip said i could go before him, i was listening to leon on the. Com and talking about is a matter of fact, cruise defended in proving he basically destroyed the Consumer Price index Consumer Price index Consumer Price index theyre trying to paint him is a absolute lie okay in regards to provecy i was meeting of the on the fact that president elect was elected on a sabbath year were in the is an biggest until march how many times he was the 9 president elected on the sabbath year if by 200044 a president elected on a is an biggest year that precedes of jubilee years that guy didnt do anything of notoriety the last time a president was elected on a is an biggest year what bush and previous to that censured that was epic i never thought that would end like it im not putting my faith in government but if christ he that rules should consider what got says rule in the fear of god think about that we acknowledged were one nation under god one nation under god and the revelation is not the koran hell put his hand on the bible not the koran so it is quite interesting jesse is coming soon in the three hundred years it ended in 1776 the reason why month chilgz dont understand this gives us when Yosemite National park was destroyed by the babylons. Good afternoon supervisor breed and board of supervisors my name is a iris thats my aunt sitting over there in the chore over one hundred years old and expects to be homeless this coming week shes been in a two major battling battle of the office of Economic Workforce Development development awhile he had an application in the Public Utilities commission for condo conversion the District Attorneys Office is looking at this theyve really not got to it not come to her home and peter owens have pulled out their application, however, a clrltd for him to be a public official have the Publics Trust and b be in San Francisco for his own personal gain every member of that building 670 you page street she was hospitalized and because the investigation the department of aging Adult Services have treated us with dismissal and im saying that kindly the department of aging Adult Services wrote me me an email hes not at liability to speak about that jennifer in the agency has come to her home seeing shefrsz under various by the other owners that is illegal my aunt paid 100 percent and not miss a payment they were able to raise a lawsuit they attached fraudulent documents to her deed of trust shes a resident of this city and should be protected by the agency that looks after those agencies your department of aging Adult Services contacted the sheriff and told the sheriff that two other relatives of hers would be taken in. Im sorry i dont want to go over time but we were thank you, maam ill have someone come over and take a statement from you thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, im robin i want to welcome the people on the board the new people i decided to come and thank San Francisco for declaring its a sanctuary city when i saw that i thought i want to say thank you were proud of that and we may have the state of california join you in being declared a sanctuary this is important as youre aware our city went into action right after the election people on the street i went to the green festival and asked for the environmental organizations what was happening they were getting more donations and i recall 12 though new members it is covering up in manipulating people are ready to fight with the has one and 20 attorneys ready to hit the ground running and San Francisco bar organized a attorneys conference last friday at the bill graham auditorium theyre ready to go and a lot of street action at the owe Federal Building a rally in the rain for the nomination and im aware of dozens of people that left San Francisco who are in washington, d. C. And i want to give a shout out to those who were in washington, d. C. On this special day the public got arrested thank you to San Francisco for its wonderful response keep it up. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors welcome to the new supervisors and hello to the returning ones. Im peter executive director of Library Users association we are an independent of any library and library vendors so were not selling anything to folks and our opinions are independent as well our writing have been published in many local newspapers like the sfoirl weve published in the New York Times and the college and research and news and Public Libraries and so on we will be talking with you as the month goes by about a variety of library issues particularly concerns with the privacy for patrons and currently the library it looks like that will install expenses and dysfunctional and hive privacy threatened to patrons technology called r f i d Radio Frequency Identification Technology will 10 years ago the board of supervisors rejected funding two years in a row thanks to the efforts of our group and the American Civil Liberty Union and the forgiven foundations i hope youll be petitioning to some of the things we say independently about this department of technology and its inappropriateness for use in my library a number of other issues well be talking about with respect to the library if you have any questions or interesting in line matters well be happy to provide you with background weve been to Commission Meeting for more than 20 years. Best of luck in our effort for the city of San Francisco thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. My name is jack davis i want to say thank you to the people who were in my mind somewhat crazy enough to run for elected office i know a lot about running campaigns and candidates and tip my hat to these of you who went out there and put up with all the sacrifice that go with running for elected office and say thank you. The second thing i wanted to comment about is the sanctuary city i maybe an oldtime eerie cant believe im 70 i came here in the city when i was a young kind of cute 25yearold as part of the gay migration to the city harvey milk was a friend of mine he was and you know sanitary city i love the concept what i cant get is why we protect felons violent felons who have committed acts of violence repeatedly repeatedly against fellow human beings. And that were going to beacon hill pay the price and i would like you to have a hearing on how san franciscans feel about that as a prelude to people like me who would go out and collect signatures to see if this is something that san franciscans really want to consider as part of a sanctuary city thank you very much. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Madam president , congratulation on our reelection and congratulations to the new members i come from the north beach planning area which is the neighborhood off towards polk street from here. Basically, i wanted to get up and talk about jack davis i usually complain about something there is a lot of issues in the south of market. Want to start off by commenting people in term limits that is as i sometimes been up here more than a once in a year and come up here something ive been living in fear for 8 years a supervisor campos he on several occasions asked followup questions to Public Commenters and destroy them character industry them for that reason im glad hes not here i hope youre a little bit softer i took the Progressive Side i think i did that to avoid being questioned by supervisor campos anyway good luck to all of you. Are there any other members of the public that are interested in speaking in general Public Comment madam president. Thank you madam clerk and welcome to the chamber mr. Davis thank you for stopping by. All right. With that, Public Comment is closed. Madam clerk please read the next item. Madam president todays meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor cowen on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the late mr. Todd louis and on behalf of the supervisor peskin for mary beth marks. Okay. Colleagues this brings us to the end of our agenda is there any further business before us today . That concludes our business for today thank you everyone we are San Francisco is known worldwide for its atmospheric waterfront where spectacular views are by piers and sight and sounds are xhanl changing we come to the here for exercise relax ball games entertainment, recreation market, exhilaration a wide variety of contributions easily enjoyed look up the bay the waterfront is boosting for activities boosting over 25 visitors every year the port of San Francisco manages 7 may have Million Dollars of waterfront from hyde street and Fishermans Wharf to the cargo terminals and name shoreline the architecture like pier 70 and the Ferry Building is here for the embarcadero and a National Treasure the port also supports 10 different Maritime Industries alongside with the recreational attractions making San Francisco one of the most viable working waterfronts in the world but did you think that our waterfront faces serious challenges if earthquake to damage the seawall and the embarcadero roadway rising seawalls will cause flooding at high tides and Major Repairs to a safe many of the piers the port is at a critically turnl point time to plan for the future of San Franciscos waterfront this year the port is updating its marts plan the Plan Working Group to invite a wide variety of poichdz from the city and bayview and other advisory teams to share their expertise if intense and Maritime Operations the waterfront Land Use Plan has guided the use and development of the lanes for the last 20 years major physical changes take place along the waterfront and now is the time to update the waterfront plan to continue improvements that will keep our waterfront vibrate, public and resilient the Biggest Challenges facing the waterfront are out the site an aging seawall along the embarcadero roadway and seawalls that will rise by 21 hundred to provide and productivity of tides seawall is built over weak soils and mud the next earthquake will cause it to settle several feet without the urgent repairs that will damage the promenade and other things weve been fortunate over the last hundred years less than one foot of seawall over the next hundred years Scientists Say well have 6 feet of seawall rise imagine the pier 30 32 will be floated, the embarcadero will be flooded our Transportation System is fog to be heavy impacts unfortunately, the port didnt have the Financial Resources to repair all the deteriorating piers let alone the adaptations for Sea Level Rise. It is clear that the port cant pay for the seawall reinforcement or deal with the Sea Level Rise on its own needs to raise money to take care of the properties at take care of the maintenance on the properties no way absent anti funding the issues of Sea Level Rise or the schematic conditions of seawall can be development. As studies talk about the seawall challenges the working group is look at the issues please come share our ideas about recreation, pier activities, shoreline habitat, Historic Preservation and transportation issues and viral protection. We know this planning process will not have one question and one answer we need the diversity of the opinions how people feel about San Francisco waterfront and want to hear all the opinions. The challenges call for Big Decisions now is the time to explore now and Creative Ideas to protect and preserve San Francisco waterfront. Now is the time to get involved to help to shape the future of our waterfront. We need the debate please come forward and engage in the process. This is your waterfront and this is your opportunity to get involved be part of solution help San Francisco create the waterfront we want for the future. This is really to dream big and i think about what our waterfront looked like for all san franciscans today and generations to come. Get involved with the planning process that will set the fraction for what is coming at the port. Find for in upgrading dates on the ports website. ship blowing horn in distances [gavel] width all right. The regular meeting of the board of education of the San Francisco five School District for january 10, 2017 is now called to order. Roll call please thank you cook, here. Haney, here. Mendozamcdonnell, here. Murase [inaudible] [off mic] thank you norton, here. Mr. Sanchez, here. Thank you mr. Walton, here. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] we have one special order of business. As stipulated in series 9000 the board shall we adopt its rules the first regular meeting at that year. Thus my promotion and second for annual we adoption of board of education rules and procedures series 9000 second. Thank you commissioner. Those speakers signed up. No comments i believe from the board. Roll call cook aye haney aye mendozamcdonnell haight dr. Murase, here. Norton aye walton spirit six aye so our next item is the election of officers of the board of education. Before i do that and still might meaning to chair for couple of minutes. I have a few things i want to say very quickly. The first is 01 wish everyone a happy new year. This is our first Board Meeting back after the new year we hope you all had a joyful and restful holiday and new year. The second thing i want to say is i want to welcome and wish they were both here were all were here for this but i want to welcome you want to ask you all to join us in welcoming our new and returning commissioners could there is right on time commissioner cook commissioner sanchez. Welcome those commissioners. [applause] that was good timing. That was good. Of course, commissioner norton congratulations to you as well. Thank you. We are very excited to have our full board here and to get to work this year. I also want to say thank you to the board and to the district for allowing me the opportunity to serve this year is the board president. It was an incredible privilege and honor. I think that there are some boards that people chair and for those you had this experience it can be very challenging. It can be a difficult experience and that actually was not the case for me this year. I think this is a group of people who even though we spend long nights together and dont always agree, was never a moment in which we questioned each others commitment to the work, to our students, to our schools. The integrity of the people who are on this board and the commitment that all of you have i think inspired me every day and really made it so i did not have to fear coming here and sharing these meetings. Im incredibly grateful to have the opportunity that this was a year of tremendous change in significant challenges for us as a School District. Our superintendent left over the summer. We had an election and the affordability crisis in our city continues to place tremendous strains on our families come out on our students, on our educators and schools. I think it is not an understatement to say this a critical time for our School District and for Public Education. Some of you may have seen that earlier today the governor announced that he would be giving less money than expected to schools to Public Education in slowing the increases even as we continue to be near the bottom in perpupil funding. The new president of the United States will be inaugurated. One who has a at times question the very existence of Public Education. And spent much of his campaign attacking and belittling communities and values that we hold dear. Now more than ever. Local leaders, we as leaders in Public Education, have to stand up for our schools, our students and our families. Especially the most honorable and especially those who continue to be left out of the incredible prosperity in the city. I think its incredibly powerful that before this Board Meeting and some of you may have been part of it or may have seen itit was a rally put on by our students led by her student delegates [applause] that had over 100 people that pack a lobby in the pouring rain rallying for the passage of the undocumented unafraid and united resolution that was offered by her student delegates. I think they are setting the tone as they often do for us in the sort of courage that we need to have as your allies as people who stand with you and who are elected on his for to servitude we actually have to act swiftly to raise staff salaries and adjust access to housing. We have to fight against the forces that would push San Francisco students to the margin property homelessness and segregation. We are going to have to work even harder to ensure the values of equity, opportunity, and innovation are actualized in our schools. We are also going to have to hire a fulltime superintendent. With that it was an honor to serve as a board president this year. I have full confidence in her new leadership whoever they are. Because i have full confidence in all the people were sitting up here and im happy and excited to go back to the other end of the dais to a regular old troublemaker. So with that we will move on now to the election of our Board Officers for the coming year. As a reminder to the board and the public, this type of election is by voice vote. Second is not needed for nomination and it is permissible for member nominated to vote for him or herself in this election. Board members, youll be voting by name. Theres more than one nomination only one home nomination you be voting by saying, aye or nay i declare nominations now open for the office of president the board of education for the year of 27 injured are there any nominations . Commissioner ronen thank you. I have the honor to nominate someone that in the two years that he joined this board is emerged as very thoughtful and hardworking leader. He is a gentleman. He does not lose his cool even under the toughest of discussions and yet he ishe holds his convictions very clearly and he is very committed to equity and to the work that we are collectively doing and for that reason its my honor to nominate commissionerto be president in 2015. If theres no further nominations for the office of president , i declare nominations close. We have one nomination for president that is commissioner walton get can you please call the roll call on the nomination commissioner walton, mr. Cook aye haney aye mendozamcdonnell aye murase aye norton spirit sanchez spirit walton [laughing] aye that is seven aye four commissioner walton [applause] you will get the chair in a minute. Im not hanging on it. Now for the office of the Vice President of the board of education. For the year 20 syndicate any nominations . Yes. I would like to come forward to nominate someone who is also thoughtful and on this board of education. Someone who has played a major role in making sure that the city does it share to educate our students make sure that we have the resources and the support that we need to Work Together as a city family. Because as i often share with some of our counterparts in city hall, the education of our students it the responsibility of all of us here in San Francisco, not just the board of education, not just our families. Here in the audience and their administrators and teachers but all of us in the city particularly our sf leaders in the subject i will economic someone whos thoughtful caring , who is a leader in this fight for equity, commissioner mendozamcdonnell i like to move we take this domination by affirmation. That works for me. Without objection by acclamation commissioner mendozamcdonnell will be the Vice President of the board of education for 2017. [applause] congratulations to both of you. Now you can take over this thing again good luck. [laughing] first of all i do is take a brief moment just to say thank you to pres. Haney for his work and dedication this past year. Its definitely not easy keeping all of us on the same page making sure that we Work Together as a unit. So i want to thank you for that and thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve as your Vice President in that role. I also want to congratulate commissioner mendozamcdonnell on her election as Vice President. This is going to be an exciting year. I just got a few words prepared to put move through these faster but i do want to apologize for not being a president and i know some of you wish you could be listening to him right now. We promise that this is going to be a exciting and insightful meeting as we are plenty of Public Comment lots of things to move forward tonight. So with that said, all of our efforts have been focused on continuing to increase equity within our schools and ensure all of our students are successful in achieving high levels. As this years president of the San Francisco board of education i will continue to work with everyone to focus on addressing the achievement gap that is so prevalent for black Latino Pacific islander English Learners and children with special needs. We will focus on improving the lives of our educators and School Personnel and push strategies for Affordable Housing on district property and define specific recruitment and retention policies that are aggressive and robust. So that sf ust can bring in the most qualified and educated educators available. We will also fight hard to are the most dynamic equity focused and caring superintendent. So that sf ust will the leader that can increase achievement among all students and ensure all students graduate with the opportunity of Higher Education or an opportunity at a living wage job. Because of the skills gained while in our district. In addition in 2017 we will be fighting to develop for parity in programs and increase quality of education in our lowest performing an isolated schools in the district. We will work to develop strategies that provide more predictability for families when selecting schools. Over the course of this year we will also witness the full implementation of the Career Pathways of resolution i drafted in 2014 and provide quality internships in the area of teaching, building and grounds and tech, along with adequate compensation for students within these pathways. Students participating in these pathways will also be opportunity to interview for positions within sf ust as they wish upon graduation. In closing, we will spend this year realizing the graduate student profile for sf usts vision for 2025 plan for all of our students. To dedication and commitment and support im looking forward to working with all of you to accomplish these goals. Take you for this opportunity. [applause] with that said, if theres no approval Board Meeting minutes tonight. As its been announced at the past few meetings members of the public are reminded that if they wish to address the board of education an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called. Presented to the executive assistant. Importantly, according to board rules and procedures, speaker cards will not be accepted for an item already before the board. Presentations to the board of education we now have our superintendents report item b good superintendent leigh thank you so much president walton at congratulations to you to stepping up to this extremely Important Role of president of the board of education. Congratulations also to Vice President commissioner mendozamcdonnell. Thank you for your service as well. Its an important year i did i also want to thank immediate past president of the board of education, president haney could you have done a fantastic job meeting the board and the leading all of us as the staff during an equally or Bernie Pennell 20 important year in 2016 and i will miss sitting next to you on these second tuesday nights. I will say i think president walton by dr. By a little less space with his stuff. President haney a lot of stuff [laughing]. Anyway, the roasting will continue. But definitely, it was really important [inaudible] [off mic] yes, president haney check any luggage over here lets give it back to them. Definitely look for to working with the two new commissioners who are in the case of commissioner sanchez returning commissioner sanchez after eight years and certainly commissioner cook as well. We had a really enjoyable and celebratory evening last week at Tenderloin Elementary School and it was great to welcome all of the that tori is commissioners either back to the board or to the board and we want to thank the elected officials who administer the oath of office did so just for folks that were not able to attend that evening, i wanted to it knowledge several individuals who are important that evening. So administering the oath of office to commissioner cook was our public defender jeffgood for commissioner sanchez supervisor jane kim and for commissioner norton president of the board of supervisors london breed and for commissioner haney our bart directorsimon. So all of our friends and the elected family of San Francisco that were part of the proceedings that evening, we appreciate you could we appreciate their support and everyone elses support who was able to attend. We definitely feel as your staff very proud of all of you for serving on the board and we note as i said that evening, that its a very difficult and in some ways torturous process to seek a post on the board of education and we acknowledge that in another itself takes a lot of heart and a lot of effort and a lot of them so thank you for the efforts you put in so far and look forward to the work ahead. Before leaving the topic of swearing and i also think theensemble. Thelatin combo and the global jr hughes c, guard as well as many the adult staff and supporters who made that evening possible and certainly last but not least, mr. Castro jessica executive assistant to the board of education really hold all the very many details together for the swearing in every other year. So with that i also want to echo president haneys welcome back to the second semester. Classes been in session for over a week but we do have a very busy semester ahead. Staff students, families and certainly the commissioners did so happy new year to everybody. We have in the next few days some important milestones that are coming. So for our student enrollment process our annual student in rome and process applications for the first round of enrollment, that deadline is happening this friday and please dont take this as a foreboding omen anybody but it is friday, january 13 and that is for the march recent period for the 201718 school year. Applications for kindergarten, middle school, high school or really any rate, should be submitted by this friday and can be turned into the Educational Placement Center or btc at 555 frequency room 100 and i believe there are also some satellite locations where applications can be submitted. If your children are currently sf ust students you can turn in applications at their respective schools that they attend and if you have any questions you can come talk to you placement counselor or email. Its enrolled in school sfusd. Edu and almost this information is available on our website. In case people have not seen the new environment over at the epc, there has been a upgrade, a rumble we model, we hope that space is now much more hospitable for our families and guardians who are seeking enrollment information were in womans or change in enrollment. The city county of San Francisco partnership with sf usd and San Francisco alliance of black School Educators 100 college prep, more magic and many other Community Partners proudly present the spring biannual black family day on saturday january 21. Week from saturday. From 9 30 am3 pm at Willie L Brown Junior Middle School and that is that 2055 silver avenue and that day will feature a southern buffet brunch the Community Resource fair for students and families prek through 12, student and staff facilitated some activities, student performances, and a series of workshops focusing on family apartment and advocacy. There will also be raffles at black family day the we raffles of amazing poses such as tablets, and warriors tickets. This event is free and open to families in San Francisco and participants can register by calling 415 401 2555 or emailing the Contact Information in the number in their group, the size of the group that will be attending to a eight pac sfust. Edu. Of coarse that stands for our aipac. Its january 21 saturday. So we from this saturday. 9 30 am i can 3 pm. Finally i would like to remind the community that all sf ust students and offices will be closed next monday, january 16 in observance of Martin Luther king junior day. Thank you president walton thank you superintendent leigh item c recognitions and resolutions accommodation. None of this evening. D student delegates report. Thank you. Good evening everyone. Superintendent leigh, first of all before i begin with i think the report i want to start with congratulating the new commissioners and Vice President and president looking forward to looking with you guys the rest of you unless a happy belated birthday to commissioner Vice President let me take that backvp mendozamcdonnell and superintendent leigh. Im also happy new years to everyone. Also i want to congratulate the College Students and i want to tell those of our still in the process of applying to keep pushing hard get the deadlines [inaudible] and dont forget to to submit your presentday applications. [inaudible] after that just keep going. Really looking forward knowing what friends and our schools are getting accepted [inaudible] starting to report back at the documented united students resolution is going to be sent to review for committee and one i want to thank everyone who came tonight and the board and the district for supporting [inaudible] they are for the people. [inaudible] im really glad people came out and supported that is just one view of how many more steps are going to be taken in the future not only with documented students but every single student that will be affected. I know in a couple of next years and am really looking forward to being next to the students to stand next to them and support them. I note that student delegates will be even taking better steps. We are hoping and looking forward to eating with a whole board of education and district to set up meetings and discuss what is going to happen next. Thank you a lot everyone andsorry before i begin my report i want to say kudos to berea and all the other students i spoke to was very courageous and are deftly and inspiration for lots of students in the district i want to commend him on that. Another thing is that we have an sec curriculum updated by now the sec is talking about the results from theand also the Health Curriculum. Students at the next meeting will be looking over the current dress code and Health Curriculum is specifically looking at how consent training is being taught in schools and we are already talking with the sf of programs. Thats 20 or really interesting to another thing is that the essay c is partnering with Youth Commission and other Community Organizations on the second part of the young and future voters form. The forum is on to zurich january 24 at the next which of the San Francisco Public Library and will be hosted from five7 30 pm but essentially what it is is it free event comprised of eight open microphone that will focus on helping youth going through scary times and there will be arts and crafts an expression that i would definitely check that out if youre interested. If final update for committees is the sec Health Committee update the last time i was here we talked about [inaudible]. Since then we sold over 172 tshirts. Total that is 2600 raised for this nonprofit and was all spearheaded by students good thats really amazing. Right now im wearing one of the tshirts. From the fundraiser. It had a really great turnout am really happy. The person who is leading it she is not here today but it was a Vice President christine child and i also want to congratulate her on that. All the students working on. So this thursday some of the students from that and we are going to go to a conversation called clinical conversations educating and empowering homeless students. Its this thursday again from 5307 30 pm the 20 cooks st. And we will learn more about district initiatives and policies regarding helping homeless students in sfusd. Finally, i will finally i want to remind you guys on march 17 9302 30 pm will be having our annual youth summit could this years theme is all board leadership. Save the date just looking for for it is seen student leaders in the [inaudible] for how its going and what theyre looking for to get i want to invite you guys were next sec meeting will be on january 23 on monday at 5 pm here in the board room and everyone is welcome to come. Its an open and Public Meeting and if you would like to come or be part of our agenda please contact salvador lopez are sec[inaudible] and wish you the best for the rest of the week. Thank you. Thank you Student Government kids. I do have to do that i want to send a went to commend our student delegates and our students across the district for taking the leadership and writing a resolution. The one exciting thing about living in San Francisco is that we have a very informed student populace. They are unafraid to fight and unafraid to step up and make sure that their voices are heard. So i commend you for your leadership on that and making sure that you influence policy and taking your role so zero. So thank you both for that. [applause] item e advisory Committee Report report from the Parent Advisory Council. Ms. Giorgio williams brak and her team could we are ready. Good evening commissioners, superintendent and having my name iseither eightyearold daughter studying at waterloo bay Elementary School in second grade and im glad i can represent the report. He was good evening and happy new year commissioners. My name is jo annaattitude i am the chair of the pack but i have a sevenyearold daughter in second grade at flynn Elementary School in special education. The role of the Parent Advisory Council is to represent parent voices and perspectives to inform the board of education policy discussions and decisions. This report provides a brief update on the pacs work with sf usts task force. To sport this years Stakeholder Engagement campaign. First, pat wanted to welcome the new elected commissioners gave on cook and mark sanchez welcome and congratulations good we also wanted to recognize and congratulate as well returning commissioners met haney and Rachel Norton and congratulations on your reelection to serve another term. Were happy to have you guys. We look forward to working with all of you and congratulations to our new president and Vice President as well. So the Community Conversations to inform local control and accountability plan the outcome the packet has been working with Districting Committee partners from the task force to develop the Stakeholder Engagement plan for this Years Community outreach campaign. This is the fourth year that were working and engaging stakeholders in conversations about the budget process to help informed that a moment the district 3 year plan. We recognize the need for a different approach this year and they are using Lessons Learned over the past few years to shape this years conversation. In the past because weve not been able to provide information about concrete dollar amounts were specific examples with actual tradeoffs families and Community Members generate a long list of resources they would like to see expanded across the district. Which is notset real cars this approach has been chomping his heart for families to give feedback in a vacuum and return difficult for district leaders to use family input to meaningfully inform the budget. The result can choose to families sometimes feeling they have not been heard. This year we want to improve the process and manage expectations about the limited resources we have is a district. By providing concrete examples of resources and tradeoffs on the table for discussion. Helping families and Community Members understand bridget tradeoffs is crucial for them to authentically engage in this process. Provide meaningful input and make informed decisions regarding limited resources both that site and district levels. We recognize there are some critical factors that are driving the district budgeting process this year. First the data of Student Outcomes currently we are not leading meeting our goals but identified in theespecially our local students intended to benefit under the states forming format and prioritize by district. This Year Contract negotiations are taking place between district leaders and our labor partners because implications for the actual tradeoffs. It requires establishing clear priorities. District leaders are assessing the effectiveness of various strategies to determine benefits and tradeoffs and discussing how to start and to implementation of others to improve Student Outcomes. Over the years weve heard from the thousands of families and Community Members about the specific resources promising practices and support that are making a difference in Student Outcomes. At the same time we have also heard about the challenges on the ground and the fact that it is not always evident how these issues are being addressed and practiced in the way that connects with the actions and goals identified in theive conjured for this reason the members thought the task force met with the district Strategy Management and allocation Resources Team readership to highlight what we have learned over the past three years throughStakeholder Engagement. Here were the priorities and tradeoffs they are considering as they begin the Budget Planning process. Understand the districts plans to strengthen implementation of key initiatives and priorities Services Detail in theto address these changes. Members of the task force will need with smart leadership again later this month to continue our dialogue. And budget,. Last year we were able to start the Stakeholder Engagement and link it to find funding and [inaudible] this year we will continue to build upon this approach including an earlier time on. One major shift in the district timeline for the overall Budget Planning process is that Central Office Department Budget process will now align with the timeline of school sites. This alignment makes it possible for district staff to [inaudible] in april almost a month earlier and for the year pastor this change is an improvement and we hope it will increase level of Stakeholder Feedback reflected in the first draft. For more detailed information about the overall project, and for the Budget Planning process, see the appendix 0. The following outline provides an overview of the project projected timeline of activities to support Community Engagement for the 201720 2020 local control and accountability plan of the San Francisco Unified School District. Thank you you can see we are timeline and we are trying to work really hard especially on getting our forms. He would be really great to see some of our commissioners and district leaders that some of the forums you can directly hear from our communities and we can support in the process. We are in the process putting those dates together so we can let you know as we have finished. Thank you. Thank you so much appreciate you taking a lead on this and please to remember to send an email with the dates when you get them because i would do my best to make sure i can at least one got any questions or comments from colleagues . Know. Thank you so much. Item f im sorry we doing obama stood by three committees under this item as well . I have an appointment. My apologize its okay. I like to point janet jeter the Public Education Enrichment Fund cac. Any other appointments this evening . Thank you, sorry about that commissioner norton item p Public Comment on consent items would the one signed up tonight. Consent calendar. Can i get emotions and second on the consent calendar please will set spiros at any items withdrawn by superintendents yes. Is to steal please thank you review of two corrections versus 217 to 1 on page 57. Correct Contact Number from 0 to 1 through 7202192. The second is 17110 the whiskey on page 65 in background second paragraph contract modification is for additional project management not Construction Management support. Thank you. Thank you. Any items removed for First Reading by the board . Any items severed by the board of superintendent for discussion . Roll call will take place on supersession of joe will of a question no one consent item. Just to give you a heads up. Superintendents proposals . There are none tonight. Board members for both good none tonight as well. Now we are on item that are j Public Comment on general matters. Just going to read a few rules real quick speaker shall be ruled out of order for failing to speak on the subject matter for which the privilege of the fort was granted. No speaker at a meeting of the board Words Committee joe make any abusive threatening or harassing personal remarks were charges against any officer or employee of the district. Were against any board member. With a consequence of first, a verbal warning and second, loss of speaking rights on the matter under discussion. Charges or complaints against any officer or employee of the district it be made in writing and by the person making the charge submitted to the districts legal office. Pursuant to Government Code Section 549 57. 9, the president may order the Board Meeting room cleared if violence or verbal harassment disrupts the orderly process of the meeting. I also want to remind everyone that we want to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to be heard. The ones to speak tonight. So we do of a twominute , but for speakers so respect the twominute time limit so other people may have an opportunity to speak and be heard as well tonight. With that said, [calling Public Comment cards] good evening to adam. We teachers are here today to follow up on the two emails sent from [inaudible] we have copies of the emails to present to you in case you have not received them. Er taylor has a long tradition of being a Collaborative School where they success of the school was built on trust and Mutual Respect between staff and administration. That tradition has all been all but disappeared in the last year and a half since Barbara Berman has become the principal. Her noncollaborative leadership [inaudible] [off mic] i can refrain from mentioning names at this meeting. Or position. Sorry. [inaudible] [off mic] correct. Okay. Administrator or noncollaborative leadership and without three actions resulted in 25 of the staff leaving the school and in her first year as principal, which is the largest turnover in the last 30 years. Currently, 60 of the current staff is considering leaving this year. This continued decentralization of creates an environment thats not conducive to academic learning and essentially accentuates an atmosphere already physically and emotionally unsafe. The hostile Work Environment that has developed under this administration has caused staff to feel threatened. Teachers have been targeted for merely raising concerns were asking questions in a meeting. This stifling of voices salting and topdown policies put in place that are counterintuitive to what students often really need. Thank you. Okay. [calling Public Comment cards] thank you for the privilege for being here and instructions how to work him in all of what goes into Public Education. Grateful both as a parent of a first grader and part of the community for the work that you are teachers and or administrator sue. I special appreciation for your leadership and courage and am glad to be here just a regular troublemaker tonight. Along those lines, i am here to ask that you direct superintendent lee to reconsider the Decision Point the current sub aquatic park elementary first grade as a longterm supper the rest of the year. Ive written down some notes as hr professional enters in the risks of making an exception and know that it is within the boards discretion to do so. I also understand this level of probably seems like this decision is clear and an exception may not be warranted but the parents of glen park who are here tonight with us feel otherwise. For three primary reasons that one is putting students first and the students have already expressed a great deal transition. While there is a solution for new potential teacher we feel that another transition being persuaders, sixyearold through another transition will they cost. The risk for not receiving a quality education during a foundational year. He also feel this is a social justice issue is in equity issue is the Reading Specialist will be pulled from her role where shes working with students often come from bowls honorable parts of our community into into this class. Finally, we feel that during this Teacher Shortage, this crisis, we need to be making exceptions were began to support our teachers, to support administrators and be providing with Current Situation is one that [inaudible] thank you so much. Real quick before our next speaker i just want to clarify a point that i was informed by people. So we cannot force you to not say names or positions, but we will not tolerate abusive language in this meeting. Keep that in mind as we move for. He will clarify our rules and make sure we make the appropriate announcement in the future and thank you counsel them. With that said, next speaker. My name is kerry parkpto and i want to speak on behalf of the teacher will be placed in the first grade classroom. I would like to address the hardship that this sudden transition presents for her. Sholl is an exceptional educator who has worked for our district for many years. So many children have benefited from her commitment to provide the best learning environment our School District is very fortunate to have such a qualified individual is part of the teaching team. After years in the classroom this individual was ready to switch gears and work as a Reading Specialist. She double down to earth her certification and has happily been hired for this position at glen oak school. The position she is now in is a much better fit for her both professionally and personally. She is held herself to the same rigorous work standards that she was always in. In this new role in establishing Excellent Program for our school. Many of the children that she works with are in families who are is enfranchised and they are not able to be here for many reasons. To speak on this issue. I bring the message from them, from each one of those parents that they value her work and cannot afford to lose the support she gives to their children should paying for this the services she offers out of pocket will be thousands of dollars that is impossible. Great a lack of respect for the work she does and the program that she has built. Furthermore, shes committing from haywood with her son could now that are sponsored always have shifted the trip is far worse than it was before. The stress it puts on her family is not sustainable and could easily result in her decision to leave our School District altogether. We are not in a position to drive more of our valued teachers out of the school system. I request you please reconsider removing her from the position she is in. Hi. Im josh freed a parent atelement to out. Sashas letter and shes decided to read it herself. Dear School District it this is sasha from. Right now im feeling sad, mad anxious and scared that [inaudible] last year in kindergarten bart out the way it was supposed to be in i learned a lot. This year it was too much. I did not learn anything because so many teachers. Everything was copied. This test was a great teacher and very helpful when things went wrong and she made him better. Now with these changes i feel like i do not belong in this class anymore that i cant handle this anymore. Thank you for listening to me. [applause] tomorrow is sashas seventh birthday and she decided to come here tonight. It was her choice to thank you sasha. [applause] hi. I am konstin im very lucky to be sashas grandmother but in my other life i am also a licensed ecologist and a Certified School psychologist with over 40 Years Experience in school. There are three things i would like you to consider as you consider the decision you make. The first is , there is a huge body of research about the importance of attachment in learning. Especially with children this young. This research has been established since the 60s and is currently followed up at 90 university reiki learning california. Without solid attachment to teachers kids dont learn. In addition without solid attachment they develop a level of anxiety that disrupts the ability to attach to their classmates as well. The second piece has to do with academic achievements pure any study that you look at stresses the importance of time on task to facilitate achievement. In order to facilitate time on task kids need to know what the systems are that are in place. They need to know where to sit they need to know where to get equipment they need to know which bathrooms are allowed to use. As this is disrupted academic time is also disrupted which creates, again, boston education and finally without consistency teachers have no way of understanding kids in eventual needs and cant program a variety of learning styles. Finally, research out of New Haven School suggests over and over again that the importance of parent participation in schools cannot be overlooked that you have a group of active parents committed to Public Education who are making a request that you consider the consistency of their childrens programming during this critical year. Thank you. [applause] hi. My name is elias , parent of the student in [inaudible] much like a piece evil will be talking shortly after birth by one of the huge supporter of Public Education lead him to also understand [inaudible] with staffing and understand that something you always have to juggle these issues. While maybe aware of a decision that happened in her classroom but it was in the chronicle today. I would encourage the board to allow reinstatement of tests for our classroom. Our classroom has been soaked through so much this guitar signed teacher left midway through the first app and since then weve had 13 different teachers in the classroom and its reallyiits unfair to the children. I feel like the parent and the School Committee found a solution that creative swift and given the circumstances, and i would just encourage the board to go back and think about this another way to reinstate this test. I feel like this solution for the board is offered to robbing peter to pay paul situation had taken from the learning services to cover for the firstyear classroom and putting all those other children any more help at risk. Our class is suffering. Does not just affecting the students but the parents in their work and their employment as well with the fallout of how theyre doing with the situation. Services will be severely, my stem the core values as of usd not been demonstrated. The decisions like these that make private education all the more alluring that a shame for the Public Education establishment. Thank you for hearing my concern. I would encourage you to look at this issue again and keep students and committees at the heart of your consumer is their success that ensures your success. Thank you. [applause] hi. Im superintendent leigh board of education or think of a given opportunity to speak. My name is christy wong maclennan park school and him on the council and pto board. For all the reasons that been spoken about and for more, there also sorts of reasons this is important to our community and most important way to the childreni do not have a child in the effective cost but also the parents and staff. I just want to highlight one particular reason why we mightyou might want to exercise discretion and that is the housing shortage and the resulting Teacher Shortage we have and are secured in my day job i work on housing policy and i talked endlessly about the need for more housing affordable moderate middle income people in the region and specifically in the sink their incomes are not rising at the same rate as housing costs are and this is a problem not only for workers but for their families and for the Overall Community because we need a Broad Spectrum of people to make a Healthy Community i know what not the only school that had to do with the effects of Teacher Shortages i plot the district for the effort is making to work on Affordable Housing, to work with the state and figure out ways to enable more teacher housing to be built but that will benefit future teachers and future subject we need to keep good teachers we have right now enjoy them we value them and i just ask you to exercise good common sense and not be a faceless bureaucracy and figure out a way to make this possible. Thank you. [applause] [calling Public Comment cards] [foreign language] hi. Good evening everyone. I representon behalf of the er taylor i would encourage the highest person in er taylor administrator. [foreign language] [nonenglish speaker] everyday students feel the safety is threatened. Principle cannot take proper action to handle the situation causing the students to be physically and emotionally disturbed it also affected their learning and makes parents feel unsettled during their work. Second, the principal refused to accept the suggestion from teachers and parents leading students to be [inaudible] academic also the pencil is neither cooperating were being flexible with parents to give more meeting opportunities. Third, due to this [inaudible] with a pencil many Staff Members have decided to quit next year. This will put a great negative impact on student learning. On behalf of ert retailers a limited school and community im presenting the impingement petition letter to the board of education where thewe are [inaudible] the principal petition collected more than 400 signatures from the Community Members and dispensable and impeachment action is ongoing. Thank you. [applause] i had submitted a card to speak on behalf of ert look at may i speak quick sure. Thank you good evening im lisa blount is of united educators of San Francisco and personality one of graduate new commissioners returning commissioners and tell everyone we all look forward to working together this year its a time more than ever when we need to listen to each other and collectively find solutions for the good of our kids, or are educators in the whole community. So i just want to give a little bit of a perspective from the union as far as the situation of er i am here basically to support the staff and the parents were coming to ask for a possible change in leadership at er taylor for next year. Since last september, not this past but a year and half now we have been receiving as you have, relatively constant stream of emails about a variety of issues. Often the folks on School Safety and the bin grievances filed on even a valuations and in general general deterioration of School Climate in which staff not feel respected what had been a very strong and stable staff was basically decimated last year within the parts are of many veteran teachers and we really want to support this staff paraprofessionals and teachers alike in seeking and being able to find a leader who is able to move them forward i think theres been a goodfaith effort on the part of the staff to find a path toward restorative justice, practices, and it has been coming too late in the game truly be effective and i feel they have been the staff has been very articulate with district administration, usf d staff and officers have been involved in numerous meetings with which we try to air the issues and get some resolution it is in part intent on the district to it resolve the situation but i think [inaudible] in the plea for new leadership i request you take seriously. Thank you. [applause] hi. My name is renee gonzalez. Im here for Glen Park School. I have a son in second grade that. Ive been Community Members for 16 years and watched Glen Park School involved. To this magnificent neighborhood scooped up with a lot of support from parents. I son max, is diagnosed with adhd on the autistic spectrum and we were told he was not going to be mainstream. Thanks to outstanding leadership a principal robertson and all the resources has in place that is not the case could use for thriving there because of everything thats in place. [inaudible] transitions and change his using the literacy specialist now regularly. Very behind in reading and speaking. Years behind sasha did an amazing job. So he would be ashamed to have ms. Redding go somewhere else to cover this class. I feellets seei wholeheartedly trust the decisions made by principal change and i think the world of her. I know she has the best interest of the glen Park Community at heart and start always the easiest decision but its usually the best decision and also back to test robertson. Fantastic teacher but she is bonded with max outside of the classroom on the playground and in other areas after School Program in the cafeteria its allowed to choose, and help them. So i just think it be great to have things in place asking the district to use at their discretion common sense, to us allowed test robertson to maine in the teaching of the persuading for the first year and the Reading Specialist they were she is aware she wants to be. I think thats it. Thank you for listening. [applause] could ask staff to report back to us about how students are getting their [inaudible] met in the different staffing changes . Good evening my name is riley only. My riley [inaudible] and glen park scooped it as one of your personal perspective on how this is affecting my family directly. Earlier this year after leaving the First Teacher city was asked [inaudible] she fell behind in her learning. She was super emotional home she cried at top of every month she told me she hated school. With test robertson and her classroom things started to get back to normal. The stomach aches disappeared and was able to stay in the classroom where she needs to be good reading skills picked back up and so maybe more poorly her willingness to read and are interested in learning. That came back. By the end of the winter break she was literally counting the days till she could go back to school. Is a huge change for good with the news that test is leaving her cost cd is distraught and her stomach aches have come back again. I fully anticipate more missed hours of school for and more setbacks in her learning. I know there are some hypothetical concerns about having a principles Family Member teaching at the school but the impact of removing ms. Test from his classroom was in the hypotheticals of those are good we seen what those impacts for our kids a window with a mean brother students as well. Some asking you to reconsider using your discretion in the hiring policy and please keep test robertson in the classroom for the remainder of the school year. Thank you. [applause] the ayes have it. Hi. My name is nick murray. Im a parent of a first grader at glen park Elementary School. I live in glen park neighborhood of San Francisco. I want to respectfully express my frustration at how long will process has taken. The primary teacher left in midoctober and just this week the district is implemented with a think be the longterm solution which is over the Reading Specialist in reverse. Those 2 months which were taken over by the principles under test robertson we lost a 2 months of continuity and of momentum and i have request you reconsider your decision but i think its a mistake to take the Reading Specialist away from her needs, from other students in the school and lastly, i want to say this hold up and this decision was most likely made because of the disagreement between our administrator in the district as to whether or not you provided them with qualified candidates. Daytoday subs candidates you provide her with not satisfactory and if you would reconsider and agree to these candidates are not satisfactory you might reconsider your decision to implement this personal relationship policy. So thank you for your time. [applause] my name is leo mclachlan. I have imo should. I actually dont have any children in the classroom of a kindergartner the second grader. I is part of my Parent Involvement at the school mates were dyed all the incoming students. I am here to provide context for what our School Looks Like and how it is and the fact that test is amazing and shes not just a good teacher. Shes amazing. I would never have taken my towards into her classroom like before i skipped right on by. This is a tough group of get this a highly achieving and underserved class at the same time. Its rather combustible. This a very unique group of kids. If you were to go in that class last week they are happy. They are engaged good test has full command and they respect her. What im worried about is our school is in transaction and yes, we are in glen park and we are gentrifying quickly but we are not there yet. The school is fragile. I would encourage you to use your decision discussion ability to support our school and support our families. We have a solution that works. Test more than worse. Shes a great solution by taking her out, taking her out and forgive me for bringing his name of, the same week that trump allows his soninlaw to be in the office to be in the office the white house and we wont allow a principles daughter to serve 19 weeks in that classroom providing consistency for the students. I would like you all to think about the students in a more compassionate way. Im not saying its not compassionate right now but in vision is redding who will be replacingim sorry im using isshes leaving avoid also. Thank you. [applause] hi. Good evening superintendents abort management my name is amanda freed my daughter sasha is room six at glen barker i know at this point youre all quite similar to the situation i just want to thank those of you whove taken the time to learn about the situation offline and spend some time with parents and are principle we all know this and really appreciate it. Ive heard you when you said this isnt an issue for the school board. This is an administrative decision that you must respect the staffing decisions made by the superintendent. With all due respect, i agree thats why first reach out to the superintendent the first week of november and i still not got a response. Ive heard you when you said test how it should not have been placed in room six good and ready when you told me the solution in place a 13th teacher for my child is actually a good plan under the circumstance. I want to assure you that this situation is not resolved and it isnt okay. This is precisely why we have elected school Board Members are kids need a voice. Even the best policies and the most carefully made decisions look very different when you view them from the perspective of six and seven euros. I know that everyone involved is doing what they think is best for the school. I respect the leadership. I also understand its unusual to overrule the superintendent on a personal issue but again with all due respect superintendent is an adult. Hes a professional. If you ask him to reverse his position he is going to be okay. These kids are not. They have been traumatized by the changes and uncertainty as youve heard to have nightmares, stomach aches, theyre biting their nails could have lots of tears. Note, there is no learning going on on that list. I know you think so get over it and be okay with this new teacher in place and i really wish i could believe that. But they trust ms. Test. They love ms. Test and most importantly, theyre thriving and bonding and finally feeling secure. I really think it is your job weighin on these issues and prioritize our kids learning over lawyers to solve problems with principles in tow. Thank you. [applause] hi. My name is of a lease apologized to him to it my daughter Ellery Stover was a sixyearold first grader. In room six of glen park elementary did she like to read part of a letter that you wrote to you. Please keep ms. Test. Ms. Test is a good teacher. We dont want to switch teachers again because we already had 11 teachers already. [applause] width i also about stack of other letters written here. We you mind if i have my separate 2 min. . That was for 2 min. Thank. I do stack of other letters which inhibited from students in the classroom i was a normally i love speaking at this kind of event. I love public advocacy and Public School. Much a menace support your time and energy. I feel comfortable standing here today because ace on some of the conversations that ive understood happening am afraid your decisions are already made in your minds are closed on this and i really want to implore you to listen to the families that are here also to note there many many voices of families in our 370 students who cant be here tonight. Those are the families who are struggling. Those of the families four point our literacy specialist will have a huge impact and as you can guess, those students come from families who are in large part, traditionally marginalized. So im concerned about that. I want to be a great we iterate through we understand this on a legal risk having ms. Test report, the one of things i hope our child nro committee learns ms. Is that adults can Work Together to find creative problems create Greater Solutions to problems that arise in the best interest of our kids. I can only imagine would be like for you if your leadership had changed 13 times in the past several tons. For six and seven old that is profound. So i so just want to name for myself and the pto and other parents at this point we are gettingwe party burnedout charges for the kids in the classroom. Please the we are disheartened and parent volunteers have been cannibalized by this. So i want you to hear me say that i cannot imagine a more educationally sound reason to use your discretion and to keep this test in the classroom and i urge you to order your state by putting students first. Thank you. [applause] [calling Public Comment cards] [nonenglish speaker] good evening my name is karen and im here because of the need to ask that you remove principal er taylor. [nonenglish speaker] the reason is that in my experience she is protecting a teacher who was abusive and humiliating to students. [nonenglish speaker] my son who is five years old is very Serious Problems with this i personally have spoken to the principal and are perceived no response. Instead she chooses not to hear our opinions were address our problems. [nonenglish speaker] i appreciate your time. I ask that you consider my personal experience so that you can help these children. Many are refusing to speak because they feel threatened by the teacher and the principal is not doing anything about it. [nonenglish speaker] thank you and good evening. [applause] good evening. My name is Maria Escobar could either sixyearold first grader at er taylor. For karina kirschs expense a lot of [inaudible] at the beginning of the year weve been talking to the administrator regarding the street we met several times and the sometimes we met weve never gotten any agreement on anything. Anything i gotten told but i have not heard any support from her or from basically the staff. Specifically the administrator said. We tried our best to get together as parents as Community Come and talk to her and we were turned down since the beginning. Every civil meeting we were turned down. We were turned on to express ourselves and i felt myself discriminated and i witnessed how the Asian Community has been discriminated as well. By shutting them down on the whole way screaming not even talking to them in a nice manner. I am here today because i am concerned. I am concerned about my dog on talking on behalf of my daughter i want her to receive a good education the fact that im hearing double teachers are leaving especially from the bilingual Program Economic bilingual personand him and permits, want my child to get the best education in the education i never had the fact that some of the teachers are leaving is concerning for me and my daughters teacher had an incident with this kid whose bowling. My daughter has been several subsequent teachers i told her what are you doing about because i want make sure i got her start falling behind. The trimester and a testament my daughter could not take it she said the test is not important it is just a first grader tested it offended me because my daughters education by firstgraders education is not less viable [inaudible] to me when i brought up the bullying situation you can have a form and you can sign a safety move. Shes actually asking to my daughter out of school. I got offended. Be please do something about it. Thank you very much. [applause] hi. My name is sharon thurman. I was born and raised in vinton at bayview and bayview area. I went to virgin but im coming as an alumni. Sfusd but also i am coming as a part of representing innovative Public Schools. We are volunteer parent leaders and Community Leaders innovative Public Schools innovate is a Nonprofit Organization Whose Mission is to build the parent and community demand for worldclass Public Schools in the bay area. Innovate works to support the growth of excellent new schools particularly for lowincome students and students of color. We are concerned about the achievement gaps between low income students particularly africanamerican students and latinos. We would like to collaborate with you on this issue. Thank you. [applause] good evening. My name is [inaudible] and the parent. A parent leader with innovate. Our organization has to do the candidates [inaudible] some of you attended in october but we are happy to meet individually with each of you to talk what the needs of the schools and your plans. We have contacted the reelected and new Board Members first and then we will followup with everyone else. So we want to thank say thank you to all those who responded to our emails. Please let us know when you can meet with our group soon. Thank you and congratulations. [applause] good evening. My name is marcoim part of the second grade [inaudible] Elementary School. I want to say first of all congratulations to the new members of staff the board, the superintendent. I know a few faces here. But i want to talk in my own language. Please. [nonenglish speaker] good evening everybody got this night i would like to talk about opposition m and the support from the board to implement in order to help thethe election of the members help with the selection of the members out of our school. [nonenglish speaker] the second part of my comment is that now you are in the search for new superintendent would love to have someone that doesnt have the higher titles that actually someone that is willing to work the grounds and talk to the people and work with parents and students and staff. [nonenglish speaker] someone that is willing to work with the parents and the reality of the schools and really really hook up with the parents and the reality of San Francisco and not to be involved in politics or bureaucracy. Thank you very much. [applause] hi. My name is marianne cramer, 22 are old spanish bilingual veteran teacher id er taylor Elementary School. Which was a highly functioning school in the Southeast Quadrant of San Francisco. Due to several principles and leadership they had a positive broad vision for the school built on true Mutual Respect for Student Teachers and parents. A dedicated staff who generally used to work until lease six7 pm every night if not seven8 pm daily and gravelly. Since our new principal arrived a year and a half ago er taylor just the opposite has occurred. Theres been no apparent vision that theres been no apparent vision for the school but rather in management style micromanagement that is topdown, disrespectful and disregarding of parents and teachers input as youve heard. We would hear more of. This is led to severe issues of safety at our school. The large waiting list of parents and students, as you heard. They are being asked to leave and many want to leave as do the teachers. Again this school since ive been there theres a waiting list to get into the school as a teacher. Now get about 25 last year and according to the survey is send you about 70 more are looking for jobs elsewhere and i am one of them. I thought this was my community and most of us thought this was literally our family and communities. I dont want to go into too much more detail about the principal did i think others will speak about that. Suffice it to say weve had many grievances against dr. Berman and problems continue good im here to ask and beg you to not renew her contract for next year. Our students and staff deserve better. Thank you. Good evening. Ive appoint quick point accreditation i sent to speak on the item l. Mia cookies okay to speak out or should i come back . Come back. Thank you good evening student commissioners, commissioners and superintendent leigh and promotions to the new commissioners and those newly elected look for to working together on all the work we will have to do. The first thing i would like to do together is on january 19 which is a national day of action through the lines to reclaim our school. Im wearing our shield key search not as a fashion statement. Its hardly that but because our intention on january 19 is to be standing there hands around our schools to shield our students and families from what we see coming once january 19 comes and we have a new person in charge of the national level. So these are thethese action will be taking place before school all around the country. Many cities it is a Community Effort of educators, unions, parent groups and communitybased organizations. Student delegates in particular, i hope to see you at your school. You can lead the way in we be honored to follow. These are the demands for that day. Our schools and campuses the main centers of learning that are protected against threats of bullying, racism, and deportation. We demand that the Senate Support Public Schools by rejecting education secretary nominee betsy the boss who spent millions of our family fortune to destroy Public Education. [applause] lastly, we demand that policy makers increase investment in Public Schools take wall street billionaires pay their fair share and tech title i funds. If anybody is listening here in the room were anywhere else want to find out where, which schools are participating on january 19 and its increasing number at this pointyou can call the new esf office at 415956 8373 or look at our website which is it you esf. Org. Take you very much. Seeing no more public items we are misquoted item k social order visit the next item is information we now present the 20162017 initial proposal from the district to united educators of San Francisco certified and classified unit. Also public hearing on this proposal be held at the redwood Board Meeting on january 24 2017. Superintendent leigh thank you pres. Walton presented that in this item is our chief of neighborhood relations. Thank you, board and superintendent. The requested action is that the board of education presents the initial proposal from San Francisco unified the strict to united educators of San Francisco at the public hearing on this proposal will be held at the regular Board Meeting of january 24th 2017. Thank you. Any comments or questions . Colleagues . Thank you mr. Scarlett oh. Item l discussion of other educational issues. We are going to discuss the sfusd pathway to teaching. Superintendent leigh thank you once again pres. Walton this is going to be a Team Presentation i believe good at presenting tonight are dr. Bret stephens our chief academic officer. Chris tingley, i believe our executive director of our office of professional learning and leadership. I believe iris olsson from our Human Resources department will be part of the team as well. Is that it dr. Stevens . That is correct and will be joined by two other members Jennifer Steiner and helen. They are making away here and weve got a slide deck to microscopy of you to make way for the visuals. Commissioners and members the public we appreciate the opportunity to present on a program that is due to San Francisco in a fight. That program is called San Francisco pathway to teaching. The brandnew Teacher Credentialing Program and for the First Time Ever San Francisco unified will become a credential issuing agency. Essentially authorized by the state of california to grant teaching credentials to prospective teaching candidates. Weve had an opportunity to be before some members of the board to present months ago this was prior to our knowledge that the state was going to approve the program could we have now got approval for two of the three subject areas could were confident about the third so essentially we have a green light to launch the program so this is intended to be an update on the status of that involvement of the program. To say just a couple of words as a preface to the presentation by the team, we know like many other districts in california that we are in the midst now the Teacher Shortage. All indications are that Teacher Shortages going to continue on some number of years. Given challenged by the superintendent and by the board to be careful and thoughtful about designing a portfolio of options that expand the pipeline of potential teachers when entered to San Francisco serve our students and families. So this really sort of headlines while this presentation is that we are adding to our repertoire, our portfolio, pipeline opportunities by the sense of being able to issue credentials to new teachers in our district. At the leadership level, weve taken a number of moves just in the last half year or so is the extent of the teacher Teacher Shortage has revealed itself to us. That includes much tighter coordination between seeing eye the office of professional leadership and learning and Human Resources. It includes making shifts within the seeing eye budget to emphasize the support from our portfolio options and includes entry into a few Strategic Partnerships with organizations accepting grant dollars with a make good strategic sense to plan our portfolio. So you will hear in his presentation reference to an organizing gold key ntp reference to a federal grant that we excepted in order to build out this program make it our own. We also been challenged to think carefully about contemplating the full set of perspective teacher candidates would enter San Francisco so we have been think about folks who are drawn to University Rooms together traditional teacher credential did you been thinking hard about folks who are interested in a residency style extras are entering the profession and then getting close talk to prospective teacher candidates in our own community. Talk about folks who currently serve as her professionals, who are classified staff and other members of our community for whom sometimes going through a Traditional University program is cost prohibitive and time prohibitive. We specifically with that audience that we set about design pathway for teaching could pathway to teaching. To attract locals to serve in our School Communities and these are very often folks who work in our schools the board he exhibited a longstanding commitment to our schools. So having said that we designed a program that we hope you will see is both local. It emphasizes San Francisco, our values, our curriculum our efforts. Israel logically orientated that tries to stand people up relatively quickly if they take on their teaching role and that builds in from tip to stem from the start of the springs all the way to the end of the experience i have the emphasis on culturally sponsor practices. So having sort of setup problems like to introduce the team to my left. Executive director kiss he might leave the opposite professional leadership and learning into his left family of director Jennifer Steiner with the supervisor helen had afford an director of certificated management iris olsson from hr. So we will tag team and they would jump into the presentation you thank you dr. Stephen hilbert said about being you did appreciate the time to talk about this new program. This is both challenging and rewarding to be building on teacher preparation program. The exciting venture and we are bringing together our best thinking in the School District about the essence of best practice and pedagogy in teacher preparation. A lot of great minds are coming together in the process has been exciting. Tonight you will be hearing from you little bit about that portfolio of this its in the portfolio. I will hand off to a lesbian ringing together sfusd resources and stakeholder groups to build this program. She will talk what the intended audience of the Design Principles. Iris olsson who is our beating the hr team on developing this project is going to talk about the targeted credentials the applicants and selection criteria and then jim steiner our new director is going to be talked about the training timeline and the overview of the learning for our new teachers. I will talking a little bit about the credentialing authority and then handed back to brent. Just to take a look at the list here, we have ayoull see San Francisco pathway to teaching the second to last bullet in this list. We havewhat we feel were building a strong portfolio of different types of options for different types of people to become teachers in the School District we can rely on this to happen without our support. Swift High School Academy for students which is undergoing great level of expansion with Lincoln Balboa and mission. We have the parent to teach a program around for many years which is expanding and strengthening just today we met with our university partners. If over 30 universities that prepare teachers for this will district we meet with them on a gun monthly basis and strategize for student teacher placement and for credentialing and hiring. We had those same universities we have over 140 intern teachers in place in the School District right now. The pathway to teaching role which sits in this portfolio will bring forward 75 teachers and the San Francisco teacher residency prepares in the neighborhood of 3040 teachers annually. So this is our portfolio. With that we are confident the pathway is going to fit into this powerful. As another opportunity to be focusing on a particular demographic that we think will be effective in the School District with that i will pass it on to helen who will talk little bit about population. Good evening commissioners all assembled. We would like to share with you that we have already begun to recruit Diverse Talent from our community. Those who are serving as paraprofessionals have the option of coming to this path would classified staff at schools who are interested in coming forward showing that interest. Of course, we are many many emergency teachers right now and in the last two years that has really climbed from about 20 emergency credentialed teachers , to 200. That is facing many teachers now in classrooms that are not prepared. Then, we also go to our substitutes. We also recruit from that pool and from our afterschool staff. Our aim really is to recruit people who are already here in San Francisco. People who are diverse and the alternatives enter into credentialing. Actually been our focus. These images you see here were at our first recruitment events but many of them were emergency teachers. Were going up another recruitment event this month as well inviting more of the candidates to come forward and learn and apply and encourage those who are interested in need of alternative way to commit to teaching. Last year we designed this pathway to teaching with four Design Principles that we are really except that all of this because, for us, so exciting, really a dream, that we would prepare our teachers there would not be that gap between what they came from their teaching credential programming and having to learn or relearn once they get to us. We are so excited to prepare them with the content, the curriculum that we designed here in San Francisco and those priorities in terms of instruction and the use of resources. So they will have valuable practical springs that his infield practice in that opportunity to develop as teachers in the future here with us. Culturally and then was strictly sponsored teaching is also a focus in which we will make sure its rooted in history and culture of San Francisco. So people are well he acquainted with all our diverse populations in the city and then finally the credentials granted to teachers who complete the pathway and make those checkpoints. I would like to now pass it on to iris to my left and she is going to continue with some of the targeted information. Thank you commissioners for having us here tonight. What youll see on this slide is our objective numbers for the first year of this project as chris mentioned, are high and total projectionist of 75 participants in the program get the when production is 55. You will also see there are three different credential areas we are targeting. Special education, mild to moderate bilingual spanish multiple subject which are Elementary School teacher good you will notice the numbers are waited on high and toward special education and this is in direct response to three years of historical vacancy data aware we have the highest in need of teachers. So you will see that the weight is between 39 and 53 professional education to pick bilingual spanish is between eight and 11 multiple subject is also between eight and 11. Just to give you some context for momentum for this program may recruitment standpoint there off to a very strong start. We had as mentioned 100 participants at our inhouse recruitment which of the turn stopovers were trying to target interested in the program without over 120 participants in our first q a webinars on the program and to date we have 560 applications that are been started and we have 92 applications been submitted which is actually already exciting exceeding our first target for first obligation deadline which is january 15 as chris mentioned this is resigned to a strong need and give a population of candidates were very interested in this from excited to pursue it. The next thing i will talk about is the essential cop and sees that her cancer being assessed on. One thing to note here is that through the Program Design process we have aligned these competencies with the competencies that standard teaching candidates are assessed on when we are considering him for any teaching position within the dutch. So pathway to teaching candidates will be assessed on high expectations, cultural competence, critical thinking, teamwork and collaboration wishing ship and growth mindset. The final piece i will talk about is the actual screening process or entrance into the pathway program. This process is already starting with our official launch with her first application deadline is january 16 we will have rolling application deadlines as the need progresses. For step of the process is a general application screen into a prescreening process for those essential, these are just until next up is a phone interview prospect also assessing those essential competencies the final piece of the assessment process is an in person interview with San Francisco Unified School District employees also aligned to those competencies and offering acceptance into the program. I will. Over to jen steiner to talk more about the candidate experience. Good evening commissioners. Thank you for having us your ticket going to talk a little bit about that, and we have. As you heard iris vegan robbery in the middle of the first [inaudible] about probably last into the middle of this figure we will be selecting candidates asserting actually doing initial interviews and fabric. January sorry. Selecting candidates until we meet the 5575 candidates we would like to see. And after we select those candidates they will go on to cite interviews good the web interviews with principals as well in order to be proactive building rolled in april through may process [inaudible] and once they are both accepted into the program and also hired they will enroll in their preservice trinket piece of this training will be six weeks in the summer so much with a student teaching experience is good they we matched with a teacher at the credential in teaching a Summer School session and during that time theyll get some coaching at field placement also be participating in some course work which ill talk about in a minute. At the end up from the weird checkpoint for interim placement to make sure everything is going as planned. During the first year theyll continue on in their coursework online and also in person and then they will also be teaching kids to be a second checkpoint at that point at the end of the year when we recommend for pulmonary conventional then for the next two years, as they are under credential we will also be providing them with coaching earnings are credential sections. There are a number of supports for pathway at this point. The first two i want to talk about our spark. Spark sf is provided Financial Support for cameras. The Service Training sissies cant become interns the week paid off. the year would have summer we had opportunity to vote [inaudible] spark sfs been able to secure 75,000 toward that effort. In addition they provided a Hardship Fund and we are thinking about ways to support people both in the pathway and also in [inaudible] as they go through the program. Ctc offers test fee reimbursement. Hrsorry hr offers fee reimbursement for all the safety requirement test. If you think my tuition the tuition is 5000 for working with [inaudible] to become the credentialing agent. That is far below what a University Credential would cost candidates have the option to either pay the 5000 were taken out of their salary the pro rated fashion at times because the we interns they will have a both salary and better switch will help retain more tables while supporting them. I talked a little bit about this before but i want to talk more about their coursework will look like and how we are going to support them through the years. As i mentioned, during their preservice time which of the summertime therell be doing a field experience similar to a student teaching they will also be doing a lot of expiration of the community looking at learning more about the community in which the quantity working from exploring San Francisco and showing that were giving them an opportunity to ramp up to the sfusd core curriculum and strategies we use here in San Francisco making sure they are aware how [inaudible] so important vinton were bringing apart the groups to work on the curriculum. So humanities in math and sfusd tool are all working together to make sure their Curriculum Committee kind of curriculum we want our intern teachers to be off and running at the start of the. Throughout the year to be getting blended coursework. Somewhat what we want you teachers to learn from the respective of usf sfusd in order to render [inaudible] to be able to reflect on what they are learning to get small bits of what they need to learn justintime coaching be will to apply that. Finally we hope the coaches will work closely with the principles so that we make sure that what the coaches are giving the new candidates are in line with the cycle. Good handed back to chris to talk what the district goals. Thank you, judging him and a toggle little bit about the firewall between San Francisco Unified School District and the credentialing agency and is employing agency. Early on in this cases when we brought stakeholders together we reckon is when the greatest concerns was this very firewall. How does a School District act both as an employment agency, an employee agency, and the credentialing agency. So im going to attempt to walk through this a little bit today. The credentialing agency function through curriculum and instructional be overseen training content and delivery. The piece of his teaching checkpoints that will allow these candidates into the interim placement and then the intern checkpoint for the pulmonary [inaudible] that will be in a position to recommend at the conclusion of their interim teaching here. Finally theim sorrythe induction checkpoint for the induction of thewhich will happen over the next following two years. Our Hr Department will act independently as the employer in the interim Selection Process and placement. The hiring and contract, evaluation and managing the probationary staff. To we talked with other districts and county agencies that work through this process and we are confident we will be able to overcome that challenge although we recognize [inaudible]. With that were to pass it back to dr. Stevens. Talk little bit about sustainability. So my thanks both to the team and all the hard work theyre putting into the program we still the law of in front of us in the coming was to make sure this a Quality Program [inaudible] and we have some things to think about as we maintain this program over time. We were strategic in our early stages about partnering with key ntp who came with a large federal grant that supporting a good portion of the staffing costs associated with launching this program. You will have administrative cost good wealth coaching costs that are curriculum related costs that were defraying right now for a period of three years two through dispersed good at the end of the three years the program is meant to be entirely ours. We will be responsible both for the crooklyn, staffing and all other expenses. As we work towards ownership we will have a series of conversations, i imagine, but how to assume that ownership was from christendom perspective and a financial perspective. Youre in Good Standing right up you would get everything covered window we will have to continue conversation about sustainability as we go. Were we to know though, all signs appeared to be that we are sort of hitting an audience thats eager to move from current positions into teaching positions doing in a way potential to make that career transition much more accessible to a larger group of people. So our thanks for your attention over the course of this presentation we are looking for to questions and comments after Public Comment. Thank you. Thank you so much for your presentation dr. Stevens and the entire team. Before we ask questions and make comments, we do have a couple of people for Public Comment. Mr. Randy [calling Public Comment cards] i do apologize. He did put on your comment card went to speak on item f so my policy. 2 min. Thank you president ronen good evening commissioners and superintendent, staff and Community Good congratulations to commissioner cook commissioner sanchez and president walton and Vice President mendozamcdonnell. We applaud the district for rolling out this initiative. Its yet another tool to populate our classrooms with a talent needed to lead our young people but as we do at urban education. To focus on one group of young people a voice of color. In brief, we implore the district to take this Teacher Shortage and this recruitment opportunity to short gaps in representation between our voice of color and the teachers needing needing their educational choice and equitable prices our priorities are tickled by the district by the city and by the state. As a flagship School District of california sfusd should be a leader district responsiveness to the Teacher Shortage. We should be exhausting all opportunities at all options to hire more qualified than a color to these positions with a large number of vacancies projected in the years. We really cant afford to miss when its opportunities to prove upon for example the less than 3 representation we have of African American men in front of our classrooms. Evidence strongly supports the cultural competency cultural reflection mattered in the educational process digitally for voice of color and we are happy to hear those things are held in believe here at the district. But we are very much looking forward to seeing the results of this initiative. As the district makes its efforts over the next few months to populate these positions. Thank you. So usf that supporting the goals of the program is to leave the program has significant flaws as presented in the most glaring flaw is the bb did preparation permit. The following are some of the questions we have which weve shared some of the people who spoke this evening to the program. How can someone be sufficiently trained during only four or five weeks of classroom experience over the summer . I is and would ask any of you or parents or the young people who are the on the verge of becoming teachers, would you want your nephew, son or daughter or neighbor child to receive the program has presented this evening . At the conclusion of the portionwe are concerned about the checkpoints. Checkpoint at the end of the summer training what will it consist of queen will be consistent with best evaluation practices as currently we have in the district . Without the coaches were all participants receive . In person coaching when last thing we heard oclock about blended coach. Has the notion of virtual coaching been dropped . If not what is the ratio of Online Coaching to wield in person coaching kids who is doing the coaching . What will they be paid . We are also very concerned with how and wherehow you are placing people at schools and what a great year for placing participants during the school year for success especially knowing that the largest number of participants will be training to be special education. It will be subsumed education teachers as of the first day of school. We have very serious questions about there being a possible conflict of interest in having the employee pay the employer for tuition good items up there as a the word firewall but it just rings makes me think of Company Towns where youre going to the Company Store and paying the company with the giving you. One more question. This is actually at the court of where we split ways last winter which is with the district and the board of education be willing to take a deeper rest pushed the possible of him and see if we can scale down the program to see if theres fewer participants but deceiving top holy support . That we think is going ahead program, can you stop, considerate and said this is what our students if its adequate to meet the needs of our students. Thank you. Thank you commissioner haney thank you for your work on this. Its been a long time in development and they came and allow people who are not here. So thank you for your hard work and your creativity. We obviously need to think about other approaches and this is one we been talking up for some time i think we all agreed that going to need an inhouse program of some kind. I have a couple of questions. Some of which ms. Long brought forward. One of them was interested to see that the pathways really targeted at a certain set of population when its really arty here and working in our schools. I wonder if that has been in some way actually included or rolled into the application process itself. So if we are going to say that theres six weeks of preparation which i think many of us agreed is not ideal to say the least, but if people have been in the classroom already a certain number of Service Hours or are paraprofessional for certain number of years, makes a little bit more sense to me. So would we actually memorials that some way to say you actually have to have a certain Level Preparation even before entering. Because i see we see it taps into buddhas that formalized in any sort of way and you actually have to have a requirement for some level of preparation which to me stands out as something we might want to consider like to know why if we have not. The other piece of it is in the amount of preparation, as ms. Blanche would forward, these are some of our highest needs classrooms and we want to make sure that on day one the person is prepared to be successful. Thats not just about the time but thats about substance of the preparation and also with a done before hand. Which to me makes sense bawscas obviously it for preparing people were not wasted and ready to take over the classroom thats not good for the kids. Its not good for the schools and alternately they wont stay so we will have to replace them anyway. One of the things were about that if we consider other types of models where perhaps they were not on day one taking over crushing on their own. I know with sft audio for your review student teaching is a mavis like a model and see a lot of success and that. Why not do that with this . When not have a productive time where you are the classroom the mentor teacher teaching or something where we are actually making sure that theres a handoff over certain period of time when someone has had more time in the classroom. Then, a couple of other quick things. We have any sort of sensei see the sort of general subject areas but to we have a sense of perspective where exactly these teachers will be placed if we are clustering teachers in schools with a lot of other new teachers with a limited amount of preparation, we know the challenge that creates. So i would like to have them thought around that because we want to put them in places where they have more experience. Teachers there beckons for them. How do we set that up as a model so theyre going to schools with those other folks beckons for them. Then i guess the question is, i realize, but part of a National Model national program. Is this the same in every School District . Can we design our own or are we part of some larger than things happening around the country that are adopting ourselves and would like a little more input on to that and this model because i think this other School Districts that do things like this and i wonder what perspective is on the level of success those programs and of those teachers. They staying for longer periods of time . Much higher rates of turnover . But to bring metal thing we are long conversation about about tfa. Not such a dissimilar model into the amount of preparation and so there are some things that stick out to me that make it different but we had huge problems with the amount of turnover is wrong oh very well. From those teachers and other questions about that. Those are some things that stick out for me and then lastly this is around the wool of us ues effort and early on its board of directors table in helping develop it at some point that stopped happening at some level and so it just for us to understand because it was very important to us as a board with two wool has been and what it will continue to be moving for. Thank you. Thank you love the opportunity respond briefly to some of the questions. In terms of the question about the weather or not four or five weeks over the preService Training can adequately compare a person to become a teacher, the answer is quite clearly, no. We are not conceiving of this essay 45 week program to Yearlong Program of these to a credential at the end of the successful completion of the year. Whose first 45 weeks are mastering about essential skills that stand the teacher to begin successful. The kind of common sees their emphasize developing a classroom present. Developing a knowledge of your students are understanding the effect of engagement looks like an understanding how you essentially create what we call a warm commander role. Glycerol Service Foundations but theres many other skills that a successful Teacher Needs to master over the course of view. He ideas that inept 45 weeks we are creating a set of candidates to stand up on their own in classrooms and continue visa ported. The screening criteria will although we have a not formalized i like ada will naturally i think advantage folks who already working in our School District judge in terms of their commitment to our community, in terms of their longevity of their service. Glycerol aspects of the screening process that we think are going to hike the advantage folks who are already with us and indeed we designed the program to capture that very audience. Weve not at this point considered a coteaching model to we been designed with scale in mind. We know very well at this point that the scale of our teacher openings is now numbering in the thousands, not in the Single Digits as we had to design a program that number in mind. I think you will see thats what we have done at this point nothing entertaining a notion we would scale back for the purpose of creating something more like sft are sft are generates about 30 teachers. Good your aiming something more like 100 teachers per year once this program is fully operational its a very different model but its essentially what we are facing in terms of the Teacher Shortage. Theres a very Strong Research base attached to this particular kind of support model. Were aware of the researchbased it we would be happy to present at some time in the future and what the Research Says about this type of model and we would love though to point out that one point of comparison at one point helen had afforded mention in the last two years weve gone from having 20 emergency teachers in our district to 200 thats an astronomical change in the type of credentials in our district. Those emergency teachers are required to seek a credentialing program during the year there emergency teachers or otherwise ineligible to continue to be employed with desperate each year in fact a number of folks might otherwise be Great Teachers are required to leave the district is that havent found a program lead to a credential. This is the kind of program. As opposed to someone seeking an Online Program or other private program with the quality is questionable, this now becomes the alternative of choice in fact its much cheaper alternative and even those alternative programs out there. So we want to try out the point of comparison ought to be naturally to the University Program or folks are doing student teaching but also to the point of comparison twitter emergency teachers currently face which is essentially a market of programs and questionable quality that we are able to step in and fill a real gap. Commissioner norton yes. Im interestedi mean i will be very interestedit sounds like youve got off your amount of interest so far. But youre just starting recruiting. I really would like to get a report as soon as the application process closes for how many applications did you get, how making from you sft woodchuck classifications were they in. I cant think i dont want wait another thing six monthsone year for a report on the peer i want to see what was the interest level and did in fact, as you say, want to do and have designed a program to do, capture folks who were already working in the district to see this is a great option for them that would be persuasive to me that its a good model of reaction we are capturing a lot of current emergency credentialed teachers. That does seem to be a convenience for them. Unless expensive than trying to seek out credentialing program elsewhere. That again is persuasive. Thank you want to hear a little bit more about kind of the coaching and visa court and the mentoring that theyre going to get because i thinki mean its the same issue as commissioner haney pointed out we hire our concerns with pfa. That these folks are going into some of our most vulnerable schools, most honorable student populations. Schools with the highest needs. Personally, it is troubling to think of special education teachers come out and serving students right on the first day of school with only four weeks of preparation over the summer. So how are we can you talk more about what that might look like because i think those concerns stand. The same concerns we verify with steve they know stand with this model as well. So wed be happy to provide with the board with an update with a month. An update that report as we continue with rolling deadlines. I neglected in respond to commissioner haney to talk with the placement process for folks in the pathway. Their presentation we describe the screen password pathway to become a member of the credentialing program. That was the phone interview the inperson interviewing bauer got the screening criteria lined up with our own values. Thats entirely distinct from the process that an applicant of the district would follow through hr to become a teacher. So they would apply to the program that they would also then apply to the district for implement much like anybody who is seeking a district job would get in our district principles serve as our hiring agents. So we dont place candidates sensually through hr is not our intention to place pathway candidates through hr either. They would essentially be approved by hr for employment and principles would be accessing list of eligible candidates could include pathway candidates anybody else whos applied. They would interview at the site and be selected or rejected by the principal for employment at that particular site. So were not envisioning that the scoring to be a central placement for any of the pathway candidates that applies to special ed teachers is what applies to bilingual teachers in general at teachers as well. In terms of coaching, we are intending to maintain same coaching ratios in this program with you and our Induction Program so thats approximate 1215 applicants per coach. Thats the ratio that we use for all our fulltime fte coaches. These would be employees of sfusd. These we trained on our coaching model. Which we have developed a great deal this year as part of our expanded and option program. So we are not envisioning that this is anything distinct from the coaching that we provide to pull one teachers to teachers seeking their credential. If i can just follow up. Though, i mean i think we have to recognize release it seems to meit we dont have to recognizeit seems to me we have to draws a distinction between a teacher who has an interim teachers come through four or five weeks of training and then in the classroom versus one thats come out of a University Program is done a year or two of course. The coaching that teacher might need to make from a University Program to me would look very different and would maybe need to be less intensive than somebody coming out of a five week summer program. I mean the concern i guess i have a fear saying that the ratio of coaches is the same for one or the other, thats a little bit troubling. Do you have an answer for that . Yes. My team is eager to jump into the fray so all picture Jennifer Steiner. I meant the comparison of the ratio coaches to be a statement of quality not [inaudible] you are concerned commissioner norton. What effective coaching with cisco set different wall the pathway teachers are engaged in a full year of teaching the number getting teaching could also engaged in blended learning experience another in person experiences that shore up their Knowledge Base and its not just that its only coaching to the its coaching closes other pathway experiences that we are counting on will create a full learning environments for them and of course will be playing close attention is the goat adjusting as we need to the weird thing about these multiple components as providing race all base of support for these folks in the program. Only pitch it over to jen center want to say a word or two about this. I want to situate in terms of the candidates that we are serving this year and how this relates that if you think about the new teacher serving this year the number of teachers induction in the 300s and the number of interns currently this year are about 140. Those interns though not credentialed by us are in similar situations. Theyre currently in University Programs that out to student teaching extent there simultaneously getting their credential while in the classroom i happen to be supporting two of them directly it so i know what their background are to coming get what is been a paraprofessional for number of years. When discussion are the doctors to be an interested in teaching and got and Internship Program at this happens frequently whether we greatest program on a get result 200 emergency teachers i mean emergency credentialed teachers this year those teachers are anywhere from teachers of a bachelors degree something and then can work on getting into an Intern Program for the following year to other folks that have a credentialed one area one of the credentialed in the secondary [inaudible] i think when we think about who we are trying to tap into first work trying to tap into this emergency teachers who cant figure out how to get their credentials. Sometimes its one year and review some. Times that they teach with us on emergency credentialed waiver of shortterm interim [inaudible] all these different shortterm credentials we give them and in the fourth year after the not able to get into and onto program we lose some. Thats truly unfortunate and his previous pencil i that experience a number of times and other pencils can speak to that, too. In terms the coaching given in terms of production candids this would change the way we do coaching this year. We provide weekly onsite coaching to all interns and induction candids this program will be no exception we do accommodation code teaching observations analysis of student work. Helping them to go when observed better veteran teachers. If they need more an hour minimum of an hour a week is whats required in by t cpc. Its not something designed by us. Its a minimum required by the cpc for all interns and for induction candids trying to earn their clear. There actually is an essential made by the cpc although we both dont a distinction is needed. I supported induction candidates. I definitely spend more time with my interns. I think thats what the coaches will have to do is think about their schedule it fulltime coach that is 15 candidates on their schedule has more than our week to spend with those candidates. Thats what we would like to try to figure out how to redefine those pictures coaches to school and if we have multiple schools in an area country comercio the nocturnal run the city so they can concentrate in the sport to their interns as needed. I would just finish by sayingand appreciate thati just want to make surei know you know this but i want to make sure that its less about numbers and more about success. Thats why were in the pics were in because we knew so many new teachers after a year or two. If weso im all about the numbers. We need the numbers but we really really knew him to be successful. I would beim really interested to see who pies and where do they come from. I hope we are doing targeted outreach to our emergency teachers. Success numbers i guess but thank you for the presentation. Commissioner sanchez thank you for the presentation and can you talk a little more about you ess role in the design process thus far . And into the future . So early in this process we can essentially as a Stakeholder Engagement process. We designed an Advisory Board that would inform eventually the broad direction of the program in all its details. We were able to partner with tnt p lien on their content but all that content as we go has been revised by us. Over the course of the three years were envisioning the content is entirely our sinfully reflective art district but we will swear work towards that in steps that would simply impossible for our staff to design a program from scratch. So the invitations you ess a went out at the early stages of the design of the program and tv were participants in the Advisory Board for number of sessions. Pres. Blanche describes some of the concerns they surface to us at early in those discussions. They had to do with the nature of the checkpoints. They had to do with the potentially cloudy relationship between credential issues and employment decisions. Had to do overall width of what they perceived as the speed of the program and so at that point case were decided they would rather step aside from the program can be continued forward under the direction of the superintendent knowing we had a directive to meet and that is the designed a program that supports local candidates to become teachers. So recently within the last six weeks or so we begun conversations again in the hope to continue those conversations want to be sensitive to the point they raised while also queuing to some of the central decisions about made about the fundamental design of the program. So we value the relationship that we want to go stronger and acknowledged we had to swerve the client in communication over the last few months. Questions . So the folks would be in this program we are to have the special ed program in the summer correct. So iva concert about that because i personally dont think its that havent i like to hear more about that later. I think that is concerning. Also i think we look at why were in this pass even having this conversation about this type of program is because weve not been able to offer salaries girl are appropriate to our competitive and will attract teachers to art district that summation using we have a shortage and made reasonable going down this pathway looks like. I would like if we couldi know its a cost factorbut i went to a twoyear program at uc santa cruz and i was not prepared to go into an urban classroom. One full year in the classroom with a Master Teacher. One year of coursework as well. Have we looked at having this program be a oneyear paid opportunity to the with a Master Teacher . In other words the candidates in the program they succeed in getting in the program would be with a Master Teacher and getting paid as a teacher . Very early in the design process that was a conversation that took place in the Advisory Board into proposal from ucsf and others pitched it as all. Everyone at this table is a fan of fs trp would love the residency model. Residency model pairs essentially studentteacher the practicing teacher where through americorps theyre able to pay those residents who in modest stipend. Its not enough to live off its a modest stipend. At the end of the day, when we start to think about the balance we dont want to be a balance but how do we achieve quality and build a program that meets will be known out based on data that are shortage actually begins to really address the gap that exists in the dozens of openings. Had to set aside that model because some frequently cost prohibitive to offer essentially again to teachers to be in one classroom. Commissioner mendozamcdonnell thank you. I just have a couple of questions with regards the amount of the grant that was provided and what the budget you anticipate will be needed in order to sustain it. Three years will go by quickly. I want to start thinking about that now. Yes. Could essentially the cost of the program has to do with mr. In of costs and real to make those efficient as possible and so we are being thoughtful about how our portfolio programs that [inaudible] can be made similar and administered by us also to people. We will of coaching costs and we know we will be leaning in part on some district funding but on this grant to create those coaching positions and then theres the cost of administering the program as well. Some of which will be recouped in the modest tuition we are charging candidates that those are essentially the cost will bit of the revenue could grant helps us a great deal around i get the specific numbers two because i dont recall quite what is on annual basis what it is but we areweve got at this moment sort of draft organizational charts would look like to sustain this program in three years and working rainouts convert those organizational charts into Something Like an annual budget for the program. To a ballpark for the grant is a 2 million grant or is it like eight 300,000 or grant . It was in the millions. It was Something Like many hundreds of thousands of dollars per year for San Francisco. The grant partially covered working three districts. San francisco was one of them but its hundreds of thousands dollars for the year wilbur the other two districts . Boston and dallas. Interesting. The 5575 candidates, i thought i heard you say when we reach our 75 we will cut off that we will work with. I would hope you take more than 75 units is patient that some may drop off some may not stay. I just want to kind of say that out loud. Then i am curious. I have the same concerns some of my other colleagues as mentioned in terms of program itself. And i want to just appreciate the comment fromllong we should be thing about this growing smaller and having a lot more support provided to these new teachers. But im just curious on emergency credential should what is that im how does that compare . I dont know what emergency credit israel choir . And emergency credential teacher the main requirement are they have a bachelors degree they pass a series of content knowledge exams. So to put this in context, oftentimes emergency teachers are working in classrooms without the support of any type of program were credentialing agency in associate with the emergency credential provides is the cc tasting you can teach for your Internet Time you need to find a credentialing agencies to become qualified to teach in the classroom. From a benefit perspective the differentiation with this program is that candidates will be similar to an intern model with a working with university working with us in getting the full support of the Program Author in the classroom. So theyll essentially have more support and expensive emergency teachers significantly more how many emergency teachers to have in our district . 200 rainouts be was so we actually wouldve more emergency credentialed teachers than we would in terms that come through this program . Not necessarily. Part of the pipeline we are targeting our emergency credentialed teachers who they dont enroll in the program are forced to leave us. That creates a retention issue and an attrition issue. Ideally if we hit our numbers we hit our numbers with our emergency credentialed teachers and we are retaining oh staff and providing the program a Quality Program. Thank you. I look for to hearing more about this. Its good to hear you have already are at a mark you have not expected to hit. Thank you. Thank you commissioners. Just a couple of followups. One, i do want to commend the team for working hard to try to pull local talent into the district developing a provincial program. The development pushing very hard for this to happen. I do have some of the similar concerns that were shared sweat wont go to all of them but briefly because you made mention this. I know i was talking to the superintendent. Whos providing the training . So right now its a blended model. We have the team here and we have every department and see a night actively involved in creating course content. That involves work with our Language Arts curriculum, our math program all the signature pedagogy. The Racial Equity Movement Team involved as well in developing modules about implicit bias but identity stereotype threat and we are leaning on some content that tmg p brings. Some of the work i talk to are related to engagement establishing presence existing on when i percent presentation that some of the content team tp is bringing. Its been a work of this group to blend the two sets of content into something we think is meaningful. Than one team tp is gone after three years, then what . Correct. Its meant to just as a scaffold towards completely district owned program that was the allure in the partnership is that there was never an attempt at the program requiring ongoing relationship with ken tp. The design was sort of a scaffold support with an exit strategy