Vice president sanchez thank you for your commitment to the program. I can attest to your handson when i was principal at cleveland, you came to the school. Toward the end of your presentation you talked about lowincome families. Can you go into that . Does that mean there is going to be more of an initial deposit for those families . Well still describing what the incentives are going to look like. Were still trying to figure out how to get the data we need and distribute them as a equity measure. Were still working and having conversations with the School Districts about what we can do moving forward. There is funding we might be able to place into the students. So we initiated for this year in our student formula that we were going to support more students who reside in Public Housing. So i think if you havent already gone down that road, i think that would be worth while endeavor to see if the students who reside in Public Housing merit having an extra amount deposited into their a
We offer field trips for grades kindergarten through grades 3. And id love to have each and every one of you come on one of those field trips with me. Im telling you, there is no better time to be had. Its such a great event that the pbs news hour a few months back came on one of the field trips and did a piece they put on the news hour and will be forwarding a clip of that to you so you can see it for yourself. But you got to come on one, i promise you. K2c is designed to equity in mind. I want to do everything i can to get those people who face barriers to the starting line. Organizations including felten institute, mission graduates, parents for Public Schools of San Francisco, family connections, 100 college prep, and the urban ed academy. Other partners like meta, and richmond promise neighborhood have been instrumental in getting students and families to engage with the kindergarten to college accounts. Some of the organizations are here with us this evening, but many are with us
Campuses and the programs they develop for families to contribute. Im a designated deposittaker, so i can ive been trained to take deposits and hold onto them and get them to the bank for my families, but not every school has that capacity. Thank you. Vice president sanchez thank you for your commitment to the program. I can attest to your handson when i was principal at cleveland, you came to the school. Toward the end of your presentation you talked about lowincome families. Can you go into that . Does that mean there is going to be more of an initial deposit for those families . Well still describing what the incentives are going to look like. Were still trying to figure out how to get the data we need and distribute them as a equity measure. Were still working and having conversations with the School Districts about what we can do moving forward. There is funding we might be able to place into the students. So we initiated for this year in our student formula that we were going to
Im interested in keeping them safe not only as a get on and off school buses but in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively safe safety record. It is also true that children are injured every day or every year in bus related crashes. More than, i believe, and most accidents, we owe it to our children, to these students, to examine why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them. There are school buses in my own district. Most take other modes of transportation, including walking, biking or riding in a car, going on public transportation. Children are often at greater risk outside the school bus than inside it. We have figure showing 264 students who died in School Transportation related accidents in the last 10 years. 97 were struck by a vehicle while walking near the bus. We are going to hear today from what congress can do to stop violations by drivers who illegally Pass School Buses loading or unloading pa
Local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. A look now at the federal role in improving School Bus Safety. The house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on highways and transit heard from brenda sue fulton, among others. Today is a timely hearing with children out of school. To be done toeds keep them safe. Im interested in keeping them safe not only as a get on and off school buses but in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively safe safety record. Thatulton it is also true children are injured every day or every year in bus related crashes. More than, i believe, and most accidents, we owe it to our children, to the still dunes, to examine why these fatalities occur. Two these students, to examine why these totalitys occur, and what can be done why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them. There are school buses in my own district. Oft take other modes transport