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 Being withdrawn from the agenda today in section g is item 1.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 That is being withdrawn, and in section h, items 3, Second Amendment to the Instructional Calendar 20202021.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
Noon. Then at 5 00 p. M. And 6 00 p. M. , all along the day we have different activities. They can see what we said transmissionable illnesses, how to talk to your children about this covid19. Mainly, how to deal with all the stress and all the emotional impact that these pandemic has had on us. Different presentations of emotional and mental health. Police connect and benefit of all these videos. Thats wonderful. Another topic, trying to expant ste expand the study of stem. We see latino population of the United States are not so keen to go to science and technology study. We want to start incentivizing children and parents. Last year, the Mexican Consulate is part of the bay area festival of science. We are the only party in spanish because we want the parents are involved and that they help us to stimulate our children if they have facilityto go to science. Thats why we want our community doesnt miss that. Its a threeday event at the consulate for the science project. You are going
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 Being withdrawn from the agenda today in section g is item 1.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 That is being withdrawn, and in section h, items 3, Second Amendment to the Instructional Calendar 20202021.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
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
Hocum, lisa. Thank you. Lets just jump right in and ask you, what is gbs . Jv as, we believe in the power of work to transform lives. We are a nonprofit, non sectarian were First Organization that serves the whole bay area community. Our mission is to create access to opportunity for those that have left behind. It has a beautiful vision statement. I want to give a couple of examples about how does that actually find it to the ground . Of course. We work closely with employers in sectors that are showing very strong growth, particularly sectors that have a large percentage of what we call jobs one of the things that has happened since the Great Recession has been a hollowing out of the metal of the labor market. What that means is that the growth that has been happening has been happening in the highestpaid, highest skilled jobs. Unfortunately, also in the lowest skilled, lowest paid jobs with a shrinking pool in the middle. Onve deecoti eloyer sectors that doill ofmiddle sche j anbuil