Tonight, i would like to open this meeting in owner of carmichael, who said our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation is out of breath. We aint running no more. Section a, general information, number one, information for the public. Number one, teleconference information for there is none tonight. Number one approval of board minutes. The approval of minutes for the meeting for august 27, 2019. Can i have a motion to second . So moved. Speaker cards for the regular agenda, roll call. [roll call] speaker cards for the regular agenda and closed session unnecessary if you wish to address the board of education. Members of the public are reminded that individual to complete a speaker card, prior to the item being called. Presented to our executive assistant, members of the public have two minutes to address the board, as set by the president. Speaker cards will now be accepted for an item already before the board. The superintendents report. Doctor matthews . Good evening everyo
The cancer nowadays and ptsd more common nowadays. We will be one of the first ones, after boston, doing this in the west coast. Supervisor mandelman okay, thank you. Supervisor fewer supervisor stefani. Supervisor stefani thank you, chair fewer, and thank you, chief nicholson, for the explanation. Just knowing two incidents in my district lately, the drowning two weeks ago and hearing through friends on the Fire Department the toll that it took on those that were assisting in that rescue, and then, of course, the clay fire on Christmas Eve in Presidio Heights and the toll it took on the firefighters that went through that, and hearing, again, through the grapevine that theres not that support. There is somewhat, but as you described it, i feel like there could be a step up, and i feel Like Mental Health is something that at all levels needs to be focused on, and i feel moved and persuaded by the need. And again, it goes back to me feeling that your new department head, your designing
Cultural and Institutional Knowledge to make this program effective. Weve seen the impact that boston Fire Department, we often compare ourselves to boston, were a similar size department, but weve seen the work that boston has done, and theyve really reduced their workers comp, theyve made a lot of Behavioral Changes within their department, and are seeing an overall improvement in worker behavior and health. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. Supervisor mandelman. Supervisor mandelman yeah, thank you, chief. Im trying to wrap my brain around sort of i guess now that were focused on it, exactly what this position will do, and its helpful to have you sort of describe it. Is it modelled on this boston there is a similar, identical position in boston . I guess my broader question is, is this sort of a proven best practice that exists in Fire Departments around the country . And because the function that you initially described almost sounded like a counselor, which could be a much che
More common nowadays. We will be one of the first ones, after boston, doing this in the west coast. Supervisor mandelman okay, thank you. Supervisor fewer supervisor stefani. Supervisor stefani thank you, chair fewer, and thank you, chief nicholson, for the explanation. Just knowing two incidents in my district lately, the drowning two weeks ago and hearing through friends on the Fire Department the toll that it took on those that were assisting in that rescue, and then, of course, the clay fire on Christmas Eve in Presidio Heights and the toll it took on the firefighters that went through that, and hearing, again, through the grapevine that theres not that support. There is somewhat, but as you described it, i feel like there could be a step up, and i feel Like Mental Health is something that at all levels needs to be focused on, and i feel moved and persuaded by the need. And again, it goes back to me feeling that your new department head, your designing your department in a way that
Would love to see us. To your point, take more of the bright spots and whats working and build on that. So do we. What else do we have that could be that foundational Building Blocks to move us forward . Sure terme. So we dont have to wait for a brand new curriculum. Um, so just so a couple of things is one, i feel like were building great anticipation for the schools to present. Um, and i think one of the things i just want to name is just the degree to which theyre being highlighted for the strength of their sight based practices. And i think one of the things youre going to hear from them is theyve really different staffing models. And so were going to hear about the range of instructional practices that we can learn from based on Different School types. Um, some of the bright spots i want to lean on a little bit more outside of just curricular, um, in addition to that, um, are some of the structures that have been put in place, um, within the district, both related to math, but out