This meeting will come to order. And welcome to the september 25th special meeting of the joint city, School District, and city college select committee. Im supervisor haney, chair of the committee. Our clerk today is erica major. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect the City Employees and the public, the elective chamber and Committee Room are closed. Members will be participating remotely. This precaution is taken to the local state and orders and directives. The members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if physically present. However, Public Comment will be available on each item of the agenda. Cable channel 26, 78 or 99 as well as sfgovtv. Org are streaming the callin number across the screen. Each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. And comments are opportunities to speak during the comment public via phone by calling the number 1 415 6550001. Again, that n
First a few administrative matters. We have gotten advice from the sergeant at arms, the health and Human Services centers for disease control, individuals in the hearing room will he at least 6 feet apart. There is no room for the public and therefore but this is all streaming and therell be an unedited version of it that anyone can watch later. Witnesses are participating by videoconference today and some senators are as well. I like to Say Something about mask. The office of attending physician has said since we are 6 feet apart we dont need to wear masks although some may. Thats why my mask is off. Although i have one and i wear it outside because as dr. Redfield reminded us yesterday its extremely important tool for stopping the spread of covid. Im grateful to the rules committee, sergeant at arms the press gallery and the Capitol Police and chung check in the Evan Griffith r. Staff, all their hard work in helping to keep us safe in helping us do these conferences by video with wh
As the action ultimately turned negative today down. S p declining. 80 and believe it tech and 234nasdaq plunging 1. 6. This month the market is led by the covid winners, the names that do fine when the economy is frozen those are not the stocks that lead us higher when times are good but as we saw today, covid plays could lead lower when the economy is improving are we finally emerging from the trough lets consider the case here first, you need to know. Were in a dangerous place its dangerous to be where we are because you can never tell if the economy is really at an Inflection Point until after and even if it is, covid stocks make up the average and drag down everything were now in the third day of this rotation with the Fastest Growing covid winners, industrials, travelers, retail these groups struggled to find their footing because they are covid losers but now in the morning today but the last two days, they are on fire i mean, did they give up the ghost at the end of the day . I
On this. Reporter good morning. Yeah, i cant help but look at this sign behind me and think about what the first day of school is supposed to look like here in these hallways filled with excitement and nerves. But of course no one will be here, everyone will be at home. Orinda, San Ramon Valley and la fayette all starting Distance Learning today, all those districts sending out messages about how this will be different but they plan to get through it together. School Officials Say they have worked hard on preparing Distance Learning and that it will be an improvement from what parents and Students Experience in the spring. They will mostly be in front of their computers receiving real time alter it em based especially b the age. Well be making sure that we have a balance so kids arent on a computer screen all day long. And the biggest thing is that it is looking at what developmentally is appropriate for a student. So well have less time on a computer with the young than we would a fif
Childhood elementary and secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I know that a quorum is present, and i note for the subcommittee that mr. Courtney from connecticut, ms. Mcbath of georgia, ms. Underwood of illinois, ms. Lee of nevada, ms. Trahan of massachusetts, mr. Walberg of michigan. Mr. Johnson of south dakota and dr. Murphy, north carolina. They are permitted to participate in todays hearing with an understanding that there questions will come after all members of the early childhood, elementary and secondary education subcommittee on both sides of the aisle who are present, have had an opportunity to question the witnesses. The committee is meeting today for a hearing to hear testimony on underfunded and unprepared examining how to overcome obstacles to safely reopen Public Schools. As this is a hybrid hearing with members participating both here in the hearing room and remotely i would ask all microphones for participants remotely be kept muted to eliminate b