So it looks like were all here. So welcome, everybody, for being here today for our school Board Meeting. Welcome, everybody, and superintendent matthews. I think you have an announcement regarding todays agenda. Yes, thank you, president sanchez. Good afternoon, Board Members and members of the public. Being withdrawn from the agenda today in section g is item 1. Its board policy 6142. 7, physical education and activity. That is being withdrawn, and in section h, items 3, Second Amendment to the Instructional Calendar 20202021. Both items will be heard at a future meeting of the board. Thank you, dr. Matthews. We are going to vote on the approval of the board minutes for september 8. We need a motion and a second. So moved. One one moment. Could everybody whos a panelist please mute your screen while youre not speaking at the meeting, please . Thank you. Motion and a second, please, for the board minutes. So moved. Second. Thank you. Any corrections . Okay. Seeing none, roll call vote
Sfdph to test all residents in an s. R. O. Within 48 hours of a single case. I would like to be clear that we are not asking to waterdown the legislation or relax rules for s. R. O. S. Our team, who exists to advocate and protect these residents, will continue to deploy onsite testing to a building, when there is concern for interbuilding transmission. And we do a lot of onsite testing in s. R. O. S. At the same time i want to try to explain again why this particular provision is just not an effective strategy. I know that testing is a hotbutton topic. Its a politicized topic, unfortunately, at the national level. And i really want to reiterate if we thought this particular testing strategy, testing all residents in a building after a single case, if we thought that would be effective at preventing outbreaks, we would be all for it. We are aligned in prioritizing and working to protect s. R. O. Residents. The challenge, though, is that s. R. O. S are not closed settings, like a Skilled
Supervisor ahsha safai. Our clerk is miss erica major. Ms. Major, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 health emergency, and to protect Board Members and employees in the public. The Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. All local, state and federal orders, declarations and directives. Committee members will attend the meeting through video conference, participating as if physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda both channel 26, 78 or 99 depending on your provider. And sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments are opportunities to speak. During the Public Comment period, are available by phone by calling 415 6650001. Again the number is 415 6650001. The meeting i. D. Is 146 466 4627. Again thats 146 466 4627. Press pound and pound again. When connected youll hearing the meeting discussion and be
Members and employees in the public. The Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. All local, state and federal orders, declarations and directives. Committee members will attend the meeting through video conference, participating as if physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda both channel 26, 78 or 99 depending on your provider. And sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments are opportunities to speak. During the Public Comment period, are available by phone by calling 415 6650001. Again the number is 415 6650001. The meeting i. D. Is 146 466 4627. Again thats 146 466 4627. Press pound and pound again. When connected youll hearing the meeting discussion and be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, please press star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practices are to call from a quiet loc
In this election. So, the answer is yes and regarding demographics and when people register to vote, dem demographic information is optional. But when it comes to knowing where the high turnout parts of the city are, we know that each election because we provide by default, extra support for those locations every year, every election cycle. And so, we still expect people to go to polling places and we still expect them to want to capacity a ballot, but i think covid is going to also reduce the number of people that go to polling places. And i think the ballot lanking g in peoples mailboxes are reducing the people in polling places. But having i voted sicker on the insert will reduce the number of people going to polling places. Thats one of the largest statements is that they want their i voted sticker. Thats why they go and drop off ballots. Now they can get the sticker and mail it back to us. I know a lot of voters, my family included, tend to drop off or ballot on election day and t