[ applause ] over the last ten ceo councils right at the top of your priority list, first has been tax reform and right after that, education. What you have meant by that is developing the skills and skills training to make sure that you have the workforce you need for the next decade. Finding people who bring into your companies that can execute the type of work that you need done in a new technological world. So how does the white house plan to address your concerns . Matt murray, the executive editor of the wall street journal is going to interview betsy devos, the u. S. Secretary of education, who is very much focused on this particular aspect of your agenda. So please join me in welcoming them. [ applause ] secretary, good to see you. Nice to see you, matt. I think its fair to say, first of all, that education for this audience over the years is probably always the number one concern for many people whenever we poll our executives. So i know theyre keenly interested always in the
Administrations trade policy, including renegotiating nafta. Over the last ten ceo councils, at the top of your priority list, first tax reform, then after that, education and what you meant by that is developing the skills and skills training to make sure you have the work force you need for the next decade, finding people to bring into your company that can execute the type of work that you need done in a new tech know logical world. How does the white house plan to address your concern . Matt murry, the editor of the wall street journal is going to interview betsy devos, the u. S. Secretary of education, who is focused on this aspect of your agenda. Join me in welcoming them. [ applause ] secretary, good to see you. Nice to see you, matt. I think its fair to say, first of all, education for this audience over the years is probably the number one concern for many people when ever we poll our executives. I know they are keenly interested in the state of education. And we have already
We want the students to have the best professionals teaches and supporting them and this is important to retain the talented i see you indicators. I would like to acknowledge the School Health program and social worker volunteers who helped reopen the santa rosa schools following the Northern California fires. Following the call to action the San Francisco School District School Social workers stepped forward to provide support to students, families on the first day of reopening schools. Over friday october 27 and the 30th, 25 School Workers carpooled to santa rosa and assisted 12 school to welcome students back to school. The social workers partnered with staff and Community Volunteers to provide drop in support and to help out where ever needed. In all 25 staff who volunteered were able to lend expertise to support our santa rosa neighbors. I would like to celebrate recent accomplishments of our School District employees and departments. Congratulations to flores who is a local warri
Your priority list, first taxi from right after that education and what you meant by that is developing the skills and skills training to make sure that your workforce you need for the next decade, finding people to bring into your companies that can execute the type of work you need that any new technological world. So how does the white house plan to address your concerns . The executive editor of the wall street journal is going to interview betsy devos, the u. S. Secretary of education who is very much focused on this particular aspect of your agenda. So please join me in welcoming them. [applause] secretary, good to see you. Good to see you, matt. I think its fair to say first of all that education for this audience over the years is probably always been one concern for many people whenever we pull our executives. I know there came interested always in the state of education. We both had a lot of talk over the last day and a half on things like ai, things like the digitization of
roll call thank you. Thank you. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Good evening. Is great to see so many people this fight with education. We are excited to have a packed house. What i want to do is let everyone know what i want to do is let everyone know that i know we have a lot of young people here tonight. Ordinarily i would be able to accommodate to make sure people can speak. There is a lot of people in here tonight. I will do the best i can to get to the agenda and try to get the young folks out as early as possible. If you look around the room you may see constraints. I love you, some will text me to speak earlier. That is why i want you to know there is a reason why that may not happen. With that said, section 8 has accessibility information for the public. Section b approval of board minutes. None this evening. As announced at the past few meetings, members of the public are reminded if they wish to address the board they can complete the speaker card prior to item b