Will go from there, i do not know. I know with your help you will help us. We must raise about 10,000 to put forth this event and so we will take your donations the checks made to the black School Educators and you can call us and we will give you the address of where to send your donations. We look forward to saying you next wednesday at saint marys cathedral. [ applause ] school is still in session. Mrs. Virginia marshal. To the board members, proper protocol has been established, thank you, thank you, and thank you thank you thank you for being so supportive of the San Francisco alliance of black School Educators my name is Brenda Jackson and i am the chair person of the musical and this year we added on step contests. I was told that i was only given two minutes i will yield, i will yield the floor to mr. Matthew garrett, who will come up and present his original poem to the board of education. And if you on february 23rd at Thurgood Marshal high school from grades k12, please come
Give the student of not having a time limit, so if we can make sure that the timer does not interrupt him. My name is Matthew Garrett and i would like to say thank you for the board of education for letting me speak. My poem. My school is kip bay view academy. And the bay view district. And very glad to attend there. This is my poem. I am different. Can you see me . Can you hear me . Do you know me . Yes, im smart. A bright kid, they say. Yes, i get good grades. Yes, i dress well. Yes, i am well mannered. But i am different. Im different from what you see, im different from what you believe. Oh, i know sometimes i cant sit still. I know sometimes im a little loud. I know sometimes i lose my temper, i know sometimes i forget to comb my hair or iron my clothes, but i am different. I am different from what you see, i am different from what you believe. No i may not be the best basketball player. So please, i do my best. I love sports, playing games on the wii. I like to read. I have a gre
[horns honking] [siren wails] announcer big dreams and goodrades arent enough to get into college. There are actual steps you need to take. Finding someone who can help is the first and most important. For the next steps, go to knowhow2go. Org. The meeting is now called to order. Roll call . Miss, fewer . Here. Mr. Hani. Here. Dr. Morasi. Here. Miss wynns . Here. Miss ly. Here. And miss wong . Here. Please join me for the pledge of allegiance. Thank you. The first item is approval of the board minutes, there are none, tonight. Before i hand it over to the super intent ent i would like to issue a reminder on the board rules, both the brown act and the Unified School District mandate the inclusion and we take this very seriously, our board policies and the law of california gives me the authority and obligations to enforce board policies and procedures to ensure that all individuals who sign up to speak are given an opportunity to have their position heard and at the same time we are all
Forget to comb my hair or iron my clothes, but i am different. I am different from what you see, i am different from what you believe. No i may not be the best basketball player. So please, i do my best. I love sports, playing games on the wii. I like to read. I have a great imagination. But, im different. Im different from what you see. Im different from what you believe. They say i have add, or adhd. Whatever that is. I know im not a very good listener. And i may not remember what you said the first time, i may not do what you asked me to do the first time. But i am different. I am different from what you see. Im different from what you believe. I deserve to be loved, i deserved to be heard. I deserve to be represented and i deserve patience and the right to be me without a label. Can you see me . Can you hear me . Do you know me . I am different. Im different from what you see. I am different from what you believe. Thank you. [ applause ] nicely done. Nice to get a little poetry. Ne
District staff and strengthen the Initiative Design to support achievement. One of the clear out comes was the need to generate greater visibility for the pac. Many parents are unaware of what the Parent Advisory Council is and let alone the work that we do to bring the voice and perspective to inform the policy discussion and decisions,. To this end, we will have as a pac, an informational table set up at the School Planning summit on march second. And in doing so, we hope to increase pac visibility, high lie the work that we are doing and to help recruit new pac members for the following school year. At the end of this school year, we will have three vacant seats and three seats reserved for alternates for the term that will begin this summer. And as we begin that out reach and recruitment effort, we are actively seeking Early Childhood education, parent or guardian representation, and additional representation of our nonenglish speaking parents on the pac. We have a Diverse Group al