At the end of the reading, everyone is happy. Much. Good afternoon. Im supervisor yee representing district that. I want to thank you all for being here today, were here today unified for children and families yes clapping we are honored to have not only mayor ed lee but Assembly Member tom who is on his way to join us today. Thank you. clapping. this is a special day for San Francisco children well be introducing the final version off our legislation the children and Families First initiative today at the board of supervisors meeting the final result was much, much input. From mire colleagues and from mayor lees office the reward for working together is a strong, strong piece of legislation supported by not only by me but all 11 members of the board of supervisors and mayor ed lee. clapping. San Franciscos population totaled children population is approximately one hundred and 9 thousand children. 56 thousands of those attend our publics schools theres about 35 thousand children betwe
You to warren around the k3wrish9 program prop h, you know, clapping i was the lion tamper the guy who inherited the cats. He would curse and scream and showed me a to the once he got other activist tans to go neutral or support the willingly he was the bank we had a stunning victory on this sports and aortas and preschool it was a wonderful thing in San Francisco the town that time forgot e and the Rainy Day Fund i knew what it was like to get a pink slip i said id rather wear one then get one kids related to a certain teacher and the teacher was begun were one of the few places in california that really didnt have large layoffs so its been a great journey without the board of supervisors and the School District working no partnership now and then none of this could happen once a teacher also a teacher i knew there was a difference between the city and school governs when the supervisors got elected to a certainly district all of a sudden the parents are asking for a crossing guard th
School supports i want to ask several the commissioners to come up im here to talk about the importance of the Public Education Enrichment Fund for over 5 years weve been strufrg in the face of 25 percent of budget kits they december matted cuts in music and Student Health Centers Anything outside the core subject but in San Francisco we proximately caused protected those programs as a result of the peek vachlts theres librarians in every school and book circulation has topped one million books a year and every student has access to physical activities and robust activities. And just a few example of the peace impact Rashawn Jones is an outreach worker at the Wellness Center that has helped dozens of peers with issues lets hear it for ray. Esmeralda a graduate of burdening Ton High School is heading to San Francisco State University this fall as a result u insulted u result of the Peace Program and calling la Mission High School graduate was recruited for the sand Volleyball Team earne
I was going to photo bomb the mayor well wait on this. I was talking to commissioner 1915 i state plan hcbc about 24 or 25 years ago this women and men came in and presented this no idea and i said well, i like it ive taught school i say this was many, many deficiency on resources so sometimes under the reagan bush years theyll take all the money away from the School District and have a Skeleton Crew but we needed to prioritize well kids are worth it weve got push back you, you know, its a carve out but to me it was a compensation for all the years there were no money nor education and parks and libraries this was quite gifrt im glad to be here to start the engines on our School District system the Business Community has the criticism but superintendant cosponsor random has done a good job so when businesses is this this and that when you want a Worldwide School system to produce worldclass folks we need you to be helpful and to understand that thats why i want to say a big thank you t
Educated over 78 children out of 9 we believe this should be the best place but california ranks last in larcenies to student ratio and ranges last in guidance kournld and in 2008, california was ranked the 8 in pre k schools and 2012 california wagner was ranked 47. In San Francisco weve seen the impact of those state and federal policies things the implementation of our new graduations weve seen 77 million in cuts from the state and nearly half of our sf sophomores were not on track to graduate its why the public Enrichment Fund in San Francisco is important we is if the state and federal government will not take care of our our children city and county of San Francisco well, this is what weve done 84 professional art teachers that work in our k through 1259 librarians. 2 hundred and thirty athletic coaches and 44 support professionals and peer resources in our high school and constitute nutrition and Wellness Centers and Transmission Services for our parents so first, i want to than