Announcements . Yes. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, city employers and members of public, the board of spo ifs sortss legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. Committee meeting will attend the meeting during Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item of this agenda. For both channel 26 and sfgov tv and the numbers are streaming across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Call in for opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone by calling 4156550001. The access code is 1457195549. Then press pound and pound again. Once connected, you will hear the meeting discussion, but you somebody muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, please press star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Call from
Schoolwide coronavirus tests to make sure students and staff are safe when they return to the classroom. Widespread testing not only helps contain the virus, it builds confidence that the schools are safe. U. S. Assistant secretary for health told our committee that there will be 40 to 50 million diagnostic tests available per month by september. Thats four to five times the number of todays tests and todays number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And dr. Francis collins who led the human genome project and leads the National Institutes of health, leads a shark tank enterprise at the nih to discover new ways to create tens of millions of quick and accurate and inexpensive diagnostic tests. School covid plans should let the plans last for at least a year. The government is pursuing vaccines at what it calls warp speed, faster than weve ever done that before, but no one expects a vaccine this august. And the second half of the school year, schools should be bet
Meeting of the joint City School District and city college select committee. Im supervisor haney, chair of the committee. Our clerk stood erica major. Madame clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, city employers and members of public, the board of spo ifs sortss legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. Committee meeting will attend the meeting during Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item of this agenda. For both channel 26 and sfgov tv and the numbers are streaming across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Call in for opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone by calling 4156550001. The access code is 1457195549. Then press pound and pound again. Once connected, you will
Order. Before w we get started. I am gratified by the work that is being done throughout the district from our Virtual School at home to the admin working diligently, our teachers are amazing. Our families are teachers as well. The Leadership Team is amazing. These are unusual circumstances. It is a crisis and people are feeling it. I think our school board as well has risen to the challenge. We want to thank everybody and show our appreciation. With that. General information. Items of approval of board minutes of the regular meeting of april 14. So moved. Second. Any corrections . Roll call vote, please. Ms. Collins. Yes. Mr. Cook. Ms. Lam. Yes. Ms. Lopez. Yes. Mr. Sanchez. Yes. Thank you. Item 2. Is superintendents report. Thank you for the opening remarks. Tonight i want to highlight three of those areas that president sanchez was giving accolades to. I want the community to know the San Francisco School District resource link is a new service to navigate the resources during the Di
Our Virtual Meeting is called to order. Before w we get started. I am gratified by the work that is being done throughout the district from our Virtual School at home to the admin working diligently, our teachers are amazing. Our families are teachers as well. The Leadership Team is amazing. These are unusual circumstances. It is a crisis and people are feeling it. I think our school board as well has risen to the challenge. We want to thank everybody and show our appreciation. With that. General information. Items of approval of board minutes of the regular meeting of april 14. So moved. Second. Any corrections . Roll call vote, please. Ms. Collins. Yes. Mr. Cook. Ms. Lam. Yes. Ms. Lopez. Yes. Mr. Sanchez. Yes. Thank you. Item 2. Is superintendents report. Thank you for the opening remarks. Tonight i want to highlight three of those areas that president sanchez was giving accolades to. I want the community to know the San Francisco School District resource link is a new service to nav