Thank you. Thank you. Section a, general information, accessibility information for the public, teleconference information, there is none tonight. Do you want to do that . Okay. Go ahead. We are going to have an announcement about accessibility right now. Good evening, everyone. San Francisco Unified School District provides free cantonese and spanish interpretation tonight for this meeting. So if you know anyone that needs a cantonese or spanish interpreter, please have them find us. We have signs up right here. We also have childcare provided over at the e. P. C. Center. So if you need childcare, please head over to the e. P. C. Center. And the interpreter will repeat this in cantonese and spanish. [speaking Foreign Language] [speaking spanish] thank you. Section b, opening item, approval of the board minutes of the regular meeting of february 11, 2020. We need a motion and a second. So moved. Second. Are there any corrections . Roll call. Thank you. [roll call] speaker cards for the
Right now. Good evening, everyone. San Francisco Unified School District provides free cantonese and spanish interpretation tonight for this meeting. So if you know anyone that needs a cantonese or spanish interpreter, please have them find us. We have signs up right here. We also have childcare provided over at the e. P. C. Center. So if you need childcare, please head over to the e. P. C. Center. And the interpreter will repeat this in cantonese and spanish. [speaking Foreign Language] [speaking spanish] thank you. Section b, opening item, approval of the board minutes of the regular meeting of february 11, 2020. We need a motion and a second. So moved. Second. Are there any corrections . Roll call. Thank you. [roll call] speaker cards for the regular agenda and closed session are necessary if you wish to address the board of education. Members of the public are reminded an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called and present it to the assistant. Members
Places you on item number four. Approval of minutes for the march 5th regular meeting. Secretary, id like to make some opening remarks, if thats all right, before we get into minutes, i wanted to just thank everyone for being here today, and i just feel that i need to open up this meeting with an acknowledgment of the tragic events that occurred at west portal station over the weekend. Im imagining, but i dont know. But im imagining that many people are feeling anger, rage, a sense of powerlessness, hopelessness. I know that ive cycled through these feelings myself over the past 72 hours, and this happens whenever i hear of any fatalities or serious injuries on our streets. It shouldnt happen in our city or anywhere, and our hearts are with the family. I also know that when these kinds of things happen, there is a natural tendency to want to make sense of the situation very quickly by finding a villain to blame, pointing a finger and demanding action and i understand that. I think that
Here for those commendations. So as a compliment or alternative to that, my legislation officially recognizes that january is restaurant month in california, and establishes the last ten days of january as Restaurant Week in the city and county of San Francisco. I wanted to thank gwyneth from the Golden Gate Restaurant Association for their support and colleagues, thank you for helping me ensure we are doing the peoples business efficiently, effectively and in a way that respects the publics time. And with that, it is now 2 31, and madame clerk, we will return to roll call at a later time, because we have a 2 30 special commendation by our own district 2 supervisor, mark farrell. Thank you, madame president. So colleagues i have a great honor of bringing someone forward today before the board of supervisors. Were going to be voting on an imperative item to declare it father brenan mcbryde day in San Francisco. We have San Franciscos home to thousands of irish immigrants here in our gre
St. Patricks day father mcbride come before us on st. Patricks day. Just to give you a bit of background on father brendon, as he is known to everyone. He has committed his lifes work to help our irish immigrants. He is a native of ireland and been in in countries in the world, to eventually here in San Francisco. He has been especially formative in the Irish Immigration Pastoral Center here in our great city of San Francisco and everybody identifies father with the center. He has grown it into a thriving hub, helping irish immigrants in our city. It is a Nonprofit Community organization, assisting all irish immigrants in the bay area. I would call his style working quietly and behindthescenes one of the most humble people you will ever come across. He is both a teacher and a student to so many people. He has offered citizenship advice, Job Interview consultation, just working with our irish immigrant families here in San Francisco. He is a leadbyexample type of person and i have the g