mr. haney ms. chin and mr. totiano thank you if you'll please join me the pledge of allegiance. >> all right. can i have a emotion and second for this approval of the minutes the regular meeting of february 23rd, 2016, so moved second any corrections mr. totiano ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and mr. haney, 5 i's. >> we want to thank everyone who is joining us in person if anyone want to address the board of education there are cards out in the hallway if you can fill them out and give them to ms. casco before the item is called mr. superintendent. >> thank you president haney i want to welcome everyone that is joining us in person and rnsz in the communities or watching on tv good evening at our last board meeting i wished the culinary arts program by chief and teacher daniel the teacher he wish them equal to compete in the educational pro start competition well, this evening i'm proud to announce that tonight we won actually, they sweat swept the awards competition (clapping.) proud to announce they've received the management sxhur of year to achieve dan schooerd the california award to john o'connor school that he the california's pro start spirit award which of the the pro start of beyond the call of duty this is given one and 37 high schools that are teaching the pro start curriculum and one and 75 chief and sxhur over 8 hundred plus students that is incredibly significant and over 5 thousand schools settlement united states with the pro culinary and over 12 hundred thousand students it is supported by the national restaurant by the called restaurant association and foundation and in addition to giving kutsdz to ore students and attentive chiefs we want to thank the chair of argue advisory committee for gary for the golden gate routine association for support of our students we know that san francisco is in particular is world-class foodie city so to have our students now prepared at the highest levels to not only work but thrive if that industry is a particular point of pride and privilege for us this thursday more than one hundred students from the tourism service will be the hospitality industry as career options beyond high school approximately, one hundred of the students from galileo and george washington high schools will be the community and for the first time in the academy and sfusd history at least 26 molts and restaurants and tourism organizations will play host to our students at the same time they'll found out what work basis matt haney is and under the wimps of our h.r. restaurant and executives our students will learn from and work with and actually get on opportunity to dine with their mentors this is really, really world-class experiences and education students in alignment with vision 2025 and i also am proud to announce that brad hart fifth grader was served our one million school breakfast for this year and charles congratulations and everyone, in fact, more and more of the students are eating breakfast at school and the breakfast of the school year came a month earlier than last year more and more students with a nutritional school we have breakfast in the classroom ever student has a meal at the their desk we know this eliminates the stigma social with eating a school breakfast the cafe ambassador more importantly, this insures with every students get to start the day that way at bret hart the one million breakfast 80 percent of the students eats breakfast so thank you for everyone and for our teachers and paraprofessionals you are custodian and principals that are working beyond the contract working to make sure they're keeping the students need for the most part in their minds and the million accounting breakfast one month earlier than the year previous is a testament your marking a difference and let's have a great meeting this evening president haney. >> recognized of accommodation 3 tonight mr. superintendent. >> thank you president haney all of our favorite part of agenda recognize and resolution we're very, very proud this offering to have 3 resolutions the first two are the traditional rave special service award the rave service award that will be present by the principal of extraordinaire of lincoln high school barbie that presents the sdpishtd award to one of our teachers rosemary. >> thank you i'd like to introduce the students at lincoln high school come on up (clapping.) and hi, i'm home share rod a senior in this year's bs a coordinator i know her for 4 years it is funny how time flies i walked to her third period time if i am being honest i didn't want to be b there but i grew closer and made me feel i was in a place i was loved - it was surprising to me how she make sure i was doing well in school and not only that she also cared about me she cared by my motions and what was happening outside of school something that most teachers don't do i would see her work hard everyday even though she had a lot of work she made time for her students and that was something i wouldn't see most of time from teachers she saw her students more than just students doesn't see them as what they struggled for about their backward she saw them as kids with a bright future didn't see them as students with disabilities she is is a really strong woman thoughtful and kind and hard working and character this last year with you has been a great journey i have my ups and downs and you would stay by my side i never thought i'd meet someone just like her she's like a second motto me she stuck by my side when the things were tough and she became any second mother i want to thank you for push me hard and thank you for believing 2, 3, 4 me when no one else did and thank you for all you've done for our kroshgz thank you, ms. cam debar you're an amazing teacher an, an men and women mother i see you as my own mother (clapping.) >> can i just say that i love these kids standing behind me i'm so lucky because the last 3 two years i'd be able to get up and go to work at lincoln high school it is an amazing place but this is the number one reason always thank you (clapping.) >> we're going to squeeze for a picture all right. (laughter). >> i just want to know if anyone is not crying we've got an issue. >> okay full disclosure i'm an emotionally mess congratulations it is special. >> applicant before that i want to add my congratulations and is that special student delegates the reintroduction of student delegates that lapsed for 10 years really the teacher had a lot to do with that and they are son shawn was the asking and helped he want or time to usba and helped the ask the citizens advisory committee to get it's legs and had a extraordinary impact only the school district and rosemary was largely responsible for that effort and not forget she's the person not alone but responsible for the brotherhood and sisterhood of the families at lincoln high school thank you (clapping.) sew ms. wynns and congratulations again ms. cam car our next is the right of way special award by our professionalism art robert daniels presented to one of the incredible teachers. >> good evening, commissioners and superintendant carranza and san francisco unified school district community members my name is robert daniel the director of professionalism arts for san francisco unified school district i had the pleasure of introducing the resident mr. peter period of time is a phenomenal eliminator professionalism arts the elementary school art program for 8 years peter has the unique ability to create a culture of excitement and love for performing with all the students and communities peter wholly involves the students from an hatch of an idea the perform work to song to production period of time will begin within an idea of a historical figure and work with the students along with the songs letter rick's and ouch to perform betsey carmichael students have performed open the stages of the geary, and the strand theatres opening conservatory man in the course for 5 years a model for integrated arts at the highest level and the unique ability to teach classes of one and 200 students in large is the and earned him the name i've given the pied piper of instead of hesitate take the over 5 thousand students in the last 8 years willie brown academy and sunny side and fairmont and el dorado middle school and carve and betsey carmichael k through 8 a prolific songwriter that involve the students in meaningful expressions they would reminder remember their whole lives i'd like to read the names the songs that peter sometimes has written on the years specifically for the students of stanford university performing arts classes the title they speaks for itself parts of speech the noun song the verb song the preemption song and sin anonymous that's how you make a sentence the vowel song andes you will the thump song and place values balance in life the philippines natural carnivores and obama volunteers the reflection on hitter, branches of governments, golden gate for the 75 anniversary the golden gate bridge and one hundred years for cleveland citizen neglect ceremonies and kindness and the weather the order of operations odd or even, education can happen anywhere the story of abraham lincoln the last farewell the stories of jose and citizen the universe the story peter come on. >> good evening (clapping.) i'm grateful for the choice of learning really grateful he get to share an experience with any communities daily i'm grateful for their acceptance and support and love i'd like to toss this rave back to the arm of artists who make up the virtual and performing art department and the classroom and teachers and school administrator that embrace our arts connection to knowledge for many years i was the classroom each and every teacher by day and art by night and what they need to learn but now it is muscle time cake and instead of one grade level he get to work with all of them it is the best cake ever and i thought that was on sesame street and feinstein thank the citizens the san francisco who funded the master plan they made my position an implementation is making the arts an integral part of children's education so thank you very much, everybody (clapping.) >> a picture. >> so one more recognize so ladies and gentlemen, i can't say i know the board has expressed their admiration the past but one of the promises we've given to the community our community is support us with public education replenish fund the resources will be targeted and used in correspondence what the voter asked us to use them to further the academic prostitutes the are enrichment so we were many school systems across the state cut back on science and libraries and physical ed in san francisco even in the dire it of the economic straights we continue to grow and continue to grow was because we've had a strong voice the replenish fund advisory committee so this evening the board of education i'd like to recognize the members of the public replenish fund advisory committee and i'm going to ask the director of the piece kathy fleming to do the honors i'm the correct director of the public education fund one of the responsibility to serve as liaison to the community advisory committee for the public education replenish it is not going to honor all the members over the past year to make the budget what they are today so i'll call you folks up and please accept over certificate and stay for a photo the first person our student co-chair cyrus quan (clapping.) next person is another student with iris morrell (clapping.) thank you. >> next person is four-year veteran this is his last time before you folks let's give them a great hand mark murphy (clapping.) a new member serving a second year francisco marquis. >> paul rodriquez (clapping.) leslie lacoscio (clapping.) thank you. >> francis phil's and stuart dick (clapping.) thank you carolina sink letter (clapping.) and (calling names) and other folks that couldn't be here are the 0 other co-chair jenny lamb working hard to contribute to peace and esther and lee sue and andrea torres and eric, shannon and another student jeffrey tang and had a student alternate priscilla thank you to the student delegates we've been working hard with southern california lopez to cultivate and the student delegates for the leadership on the peace cca we're happy and psoriasis is part of work and thank you to the commissioners for making our appointments i'd like to personally thank all the members of peace cca i appreciate your working relationship thank you all (clapping.) >> vice president walton. >> year by year i didn't can you take the picture. >> we have to wait a little bit. >> vice president walton. >> again, i wanted to say thank you to the cracking we had an opportunity to thank you. the ones we related to the public it is one thing for the resources to get the work but figure out what to prioritize you did a gastrogreat job and thank you ms. fleming we appreciate the work to make the decision so thank you. >> congratulations to the award winners and the student delegate report. >> thank you president haney i want to excuse terra had an emergency had to set out i want to do a recap on the youth summit we've had earlier we broke our record as students attending three hundred plus students a big number for students. (clapping.) >> i want to give a thanks to the working group president haney and turf our sfpd and lieutenant carolina and ms. mendoza-mcdonnell was amazing to have her there and a lot of students entering acted a great knowingable submit that was amazing i wanted to give recognize to some of the keynote speakers mr. hewitt (clapping.) he had a lot of students off as myself facing the wall it was a moving story we actually unfortunately, he had to leave early we couldn't have given i am had a beggar recognize he's the back i know you're here stand up mr. hewitt thank you (clapping.) another keynote speaker a former student delegate sheriff's amazing and had a lot of words to share as well her own story this wednesday as thursday and friday sf will be participating the convention and union square downtown so of us will be production documenting the event and others will be back stage providing technical and other support services as far as the retreat training that happened about less than a week ago we went camping i don't know if you knew it was raining the city that was raining harder over there we were very wet the quote of weekend hey look it is a puddle it identifies everyone our shoes and socks and tents but it was an amazing experience to have and be with all the representatives about the youth synonym an amazing thing especially is saul so i think want to thank salvador that is the first time we did this and couldn't give him enough recognize he's like uncle sal for us (clapping.) we also like to encourage the students to exercise they're voting rights last night our student advisory committee team provided the details of our student voices for the commissioner fewer and commissioner norton on behalf of the constituents we would like to thank the commissioners for real partnering up with us and the students we love to work with all of you commissioners and latest always mentioned our next meeting is april 11th anyone is invited to attend and dinner is provided. if you would like to attend and make a presentation or would like a copy contact mr. salvador. >> thank you palmprint. >> (clapping.) thank you mr. totiano advisory committee reports appointments mr. superintendent. >> yes. i'm going to ask justin steel to take us through this. >> we have two siresy reports with the council report so come >> no is, yes good evening board members and superintendant i'm have the distinguished honor of being the chair of bilingual accountant the san francisco unified school district we're here to present the annual report before we do i'll let the other members of the public introduce themselves. >> i'm a teacher and i'm a b cc member i didn't get to do it the first time i wasn't present but thank you to dr. murase for appointing me i appreciate that very much thank you. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> member - >> (speaking foreign language.) >> my name is lee even though i'm a member of the b cc a mother of two children in this district. >> so we wanted to start with a couple of preshlsz from outgoing members we wanted to thank drizzling and others for the extraordinarily work over the last couple of years and shout out to all the board members if you have not yielded postponed year two or only appointed one we have a couple of possible applicants for you guys to look at it and you can nominate them to the b cc a huge thank you to transmission and interpretation unit they do so much work at our meetings and several interpretations directing the meetings with parents comments and have to deal with me a bilingual person that seize someone else in. >> (speaking spanish.) >> and they're like stop it only in english they really keep me in check and an amazing job the focus of the report is based on the school visits we did in march of 2015 the b cc members voiftdz 9 school sites lermentsz and middle school and holidays with high percentage of esl students and conducted team interviews search warrant the eli parents and able to do classroom observations we were looking for specifically was parent engagement for el families my colleague about took you to the recognized and the second half and i'll comment at the end. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i will be talking about communication participation with parents within the school >> (speaking foreign language.) >> in regards to put the outreach of participation of parents we saw several schools that are doing a good job in doing so and outreaching to families especially the families of a newcomer family. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> we also saw a school that had a summer institute for parents especially those interested in being part of elax they're well organized but not all of them. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> we also saw there were schools collaborating with community-based organizations that is provided support additional support for families that were in need. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> the new working group talking for el families must be used in all of the schools consistent manner to insure that information is equitable for everybody. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> to insure services are being implemented structure of other for central office with the side based leadership should be developed. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> the district should request feedback real feedback from students in how to best support or provide services for the english learners. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> the way we sell communication happening with the parents was valuable depending on the school we were visiting some schools do it very well and some schools need more support the way they communicate in more than one language. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> so for those the schools that are a larger representation of other languages besides english there is a need to have more than one parent's liaison or family liaison to serve the families and that these parents liaisons speak both languages. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and last one insure that the documents that go the interpretation and transaction office are expensiveable for all than >> page 2 the professional development as a teacher b cc went to different schools and observed el d - so we saw many best practices that are done from the classroom and observed the classrooms were divided two two groups of teachers were pro-active with the curriculum and it is designed by them as well and students were engaged and fully participated as b cc recommendations we want to provide a cross the department training to build the capacity moopthd the staff and support the parents during enrollment and rental for example, our parents liaison and secretary and p pi i u and also when you provide literature please provide it in our target language and then there is a program during recess we're during lunch that is called cal works if you provide training for them to help to integrate the students across languages and then the fourth one is educational plummet center the spc we appreciate how helper positive with the parents experience as far as the integration in helping the parents navigate the choice system and the o that mp c does through the mobile continentals and buses the bayview and their support for the transition we recommend the beginning of the school year provide the school a list of students if languages other than english on the home language survey so that these schools what prepare orientation and outreach materials to those families and then i'm not going to read all the bullet it is you on page 3 and a b cc recommendation i've read the first believability the second believability to list the schools for the students that needed orientation and lastly to promote the school towers for the el families you know we take pride in our schools especially, as we know the increase of el scores and then lastly provide a list of newcomers to the liaisons thank you. >> and then lastly we have sort of a conclusion other recommendations and concerns those came out of school site visits and the presentations at the b cc and the discussions we have after them the first thing the b cc is concerned count lower clarification of spanish speaking students as compared to other ervin learners we ask you share the scores to close this achievement gap the b cc is concerned not enough families know or understood the allow plan that was very much show ton true we have two or three additional parents that came to the b cc meeting and some issues of confusion will allow plan came up and some families know that but most families the district don't know about the allow reclassification in general the b cc recommends that all school sites with the population host one workshop on effective supporting the tool in the tool kit but this presentation in your packet is the what i'll call the.org it breaks down absolutely everything particular all the questions that parents have and in using the same presentation across the schools that everyone is getting the same information and lastly we again continue to be concerned about the lack of awareness parents have around lack of reclassification and a process not something that happens the next year parents need to better understand to help their children we clarify for example, the south is taken early in the year after the summer the b cc recommend all city hall sites with b cc host workshops those workshops should i be assessable and meet the needs of el families in terms of scheduling and are interpretation additionally as the b cc we discussed the defendant lake recommendations and not only do we fully support all of them but the one that supports the families and combrfrment support the recommendations this evening thank you. >> (clapping). >> thank you president haney we want to thank the bilingual council for their annual report one of the hallmarks of the engagement in san francisco we do listen to the feedback of our community and the b cc is an integral part thank you for your feedback and working closely with the district staff we've noted the concerns and recommendations you've put forward in evening argue commitment to follow up on the concerns i have to say the quote of the nicest to the bomb.org chris teen we want to use that. >> everyone did they working hard on bomb.org is thank you, again for your presentation. >> if no discussion one more presentation this evening that is the annual district english learn the d lake report i want to invite of the members of the defendant la come forward. >> good evening thank you very much supervisor haney or president haney and commissioners student delegates and san francisco unified school district staff and deputy director and the public i'm louie here with any colleague selena kari milton and fernando we have the honor to support our district english learner district committee the district advisory committee is a committee of parents of english language learners that are elected by english learner families at the school sites and come together 5 time a year to talk about the programs and services for english learners tonight i would like to begin by thanking our board that served with us from 2013 to 2015 their names are nadia jack chris and elaine and louis and quan, carla and others i have the proud honor of naming our new delake executive committee the district commonly known as the delake they represent is commonly known as delake i want to say our board has put together this report with the recommendation in 3 hours please stand if you're the room (calling names) so without any more time i'm going to turn it over to our district executive committee delake. >> good evening i represent the school we as delack board we're here in support of recommendation number one professional development and curriculum we recommend allocating the fund to buy room for every classroom it is aligned with the planners in english learn arts and the development designated and integrated the led with the teacher guides common core the language of program offered at the school the students need curriculum reading the program language with engaging and vocabulary provide the necessary professional development to insure teachers are able to use the new curriculum in classes with their students central office should fund the office of curriculum for the students at school sites should not be used we want the district to respect and protect fund that are entitled for english learn students and sitting set up a system that restricted the el fund if a system exceeds is verified the effectiveness allocate more fund to support programs and services for english learners in bilingual and other programs allocate more fund for purchase and assessment keys like funding things to make sure that the teachers want a detailed evolution of reading and writing for el students have the information to fund the structural support, provide hi quality relevant training to teachers to expand their language of instruction to the dual language program thank you. >> hi >> (speaking foreign language.) >> thank you. >> good evening i represent a hoover middle school today i'll talk about class size reduction class size reduction now prioritize for the eight grade math begins the fourth grade 25 to one student teacher ratios we want to follow up to learn what it takes financially to make it a reality in san francisco unified school district especially with the high number of english learn in immersion and bilingual categorize this language program should not combine grades to create oversized classes instead creates for class size combination classes especially in fifth and fourth and fist grade have high number of long term everyone learners that is needing the support with already 56 classes in fourth and fist combination classes the district san francisco unified school district continues to increase the number of fourth and 5 combination classes city hall's that has those classes fifth graders are not equipped for middle school thank you. >> good evening i represent martin luther king we will be discussing the classroom quality to see fund allocated to expand the classroom libraries instruction all materials and ipads other resource the students have various classroom libraries and teacher needs structural materials that el students relate to and of the dependent reading level in english assess and investment in the additional materials and activities for bilingual do allow it in the language programs teachers need support teachers that are teaching the el dfshgs should receive additional training the fluency and writing and reading and expensive assessment allow the flexibility to regroup students and make the performance students optimize the learning and students that have similar needs teachers must come together to discuss in groups with similar needs and/or reading levels leadership should provide the teachers to assist with analyzing the data to make improvement programs to meet the needs of low performance students support every el d with resources with multiple folks giving the teachers smaller instruction to help the students strengthen the waemgss this allows the teachers to focus on the structural and need of english thank you thank you. good evening i'm business owner i didn't i'm representing monroe elementary school our fourth recommendations is el d specialist we thank you for providing many literacy coaches that has helped the teachers, however, we find that many teachers are in need of el d training over english learners need it by skilled teachers with specialization we recommend all students with high numbers of english learners to say a el d specialist with the teachers the el d specialist provide the staff with training by approaching teachers to provide the instruction for els that need the support the teachers need the time to via assess and analysis and create instructional plans the class teacher or el d specialist should check in english learners students are on track and provide a position to oversee and guide the curriculum and provided professional development for teachers providing instruction and require the el d teachers to be transparent for the listcy assessment thank you. >> i'm represent the recommendation number 4 we know the importance as a positive research that supports the family involvement at school families who does not speak english are of a disadvantage when communicating about their child's education with the person didn't speak that language san francisco unified school district provides many excellent services for families who speak the language other than english but the district employees bilingual and multiple lingual language we want to share some experiences and off recommendations to advance the goals of empowering the families schools needs families liaisons that speak and write the families language all schools with high numbers of english learners students should have a fund liaison to communicate with families family engagement needs to be supported the district encourage the parents of english families to be involved in the budget process the parents will be provided the information about the recreation and assistants for the allocation of funds also inform parents of their voting rights to participate in planning activities, training and request for the parents involvement programs the delack will advise the parents of planning and implementing partners affordability regarding the funds for the following higher level of services and programs and activities we ask this district provide the information monthly updates regarding the el d program and student achievement and school engagement and school access to curriculums and basic services also to require all schools to hold community meetings to advise their - including budget informs and provide a summer academic program for all students with retention and who don't need the go fifth grade level accreditation thank you. >> thank you for your presentation i want to open up to the board for questions or comments. >> yeah. ohoh - i don't have any public comment no dr. murase >> i want to thank both groups for presenting 24 as really, really important priority for the school district i know you've spent hours at long meetings away from our families to present those recommendations so i will definitely review them alcohol and they're important as we develop the budget for the coming year thank you very much. >> commissioner wynns thank you to the members of the brother committees for dr. murase said it is important to us i want to family say that i'm really happy we finally got the rotation working i know that both delack and the council we are every year getting a report after school was out or at the end of the school year and after the planning for the following school year had took place so the board working hard to make sure we have a schedule we will get those reports in a this way every year it took a while to get the system to work as you expect when our doing something new i appreciate the staff that worked with those committees and all the staff that worked with the board and the where had leadership for the superintendant for doing something that will be effective and get us the report as we should be getting thank you very much. >> commissioner vice president walton. >> i want to echo commissioner murase in manning both groups one of the hardest things for the students for language barriers not feeling supportive i have a question either group or both groups feel do you feel supported in our effort from the district. >> we don't feel sponsored we're here to look for that support. >> thank you commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> thank you i too wanted to step up my thank you to all of you the work is important and he has helps us to understand the work at the site i had a question with the reclassification i don't know if chris teen is around but i want to better understand the reclassification phase and why we're unable to do more and is that is an issue of progress for us can you help me to understand the reclassified. >> we heard a lot of feedback from parents and actually members from the clarification it was really highly recommended we develop that workshop tool kit since then we've been introducing it we train the parents liaisons on the tool kit it goes to the reclassification and all of the critical assessments that are associated with reclassification as well so this is definitely on our radar not really happen overnight in developing the capacity for every school sites for all the parents to have the information we are open of ways for parents feedback and input just some strategies key strategies that makes a difference and to make sure the parents understand there was a lot of suggestion there was a long term goals but a lot of creation around videos that are assessable and the el program guide is one of the tool in the toolbox but people are looking at multiplied strategies different ways to get that information out. >> okay. thank you and then he had a question for the delack in terms of the participation with the school councils and in insuring our councils are coming to the delacks and getting a better understanding the needs of students and how that gets incorporated to the school process get a sense from the members if this is happening or it feels like one of the steps for developing the budget for each sites that delacks are brought both that conversation. >> i can only speak from my own experience i'm now a representative from d lake he say that is a hard process there's no recommendation of delack of the district this year because i've been working with the delack members last year we were involved and i think that is why it has been possible to make some process in terms of our recommendations being listening and hopefully met but i think that is - it is just the same on the information side needs to be educated parents need to be informed that is not happening at schools they don't know how important to get involved in the process of the budget discussion and what the things we need and the services the learners and teachers base the teachers are needed the support and students by getting involvement that that we'll be able to know what had happened and what they need and the support the teachers and the students need that's not happening so i can tell you by my own experience. >> and do you find are there things you know that will work that we're not doing that would be helpful. >> just the same as they're recommending information needs to be available for the families and i think that from the district level and school level the administrative staff needs to insure the information is reliable available for families and make them said right now for example the school where i'm recommending we don't have information for the supplemental funds so they don't know and understand it is exclusively to serve the students the el students so therefore they don't know they have that resources for the kids so they're not involved in the process. >> okay thank you i just add one more a couple of more things one of the things i've found over the years that is critically important is to keep the information that delacks need online they can understand over the years that the district has posted budget when i first started in 1906 sorry i really date myself 2006 with the delack started with the budget were not posted online and now budgets are posted preliminary budget should be posted when the principals receive them information how to designate the supplemental entrants all that information should be available to delack elax have a so we need to find ways to be systematic working by the information they need and their understanding the process that is a little bit xhaktsd sometimes they can engage at the right time their recommends are appropriately wanted to influence the budget and influence new plans but we do have a rotating parents with - new parents and all that you know needs to be take into consideration. >> okay thank you. >> you know both of my kids went to 9 spanish program at first and last name and linking those were problems back then we say to be better and figure out how we can maybe it is on the persistent empowerment side and better training and thinking about how we you know post information and get more information out so thank you so much for bringing up this to our attention and sort out the issues you've brought to your attention and the english learners have the same assess as the english learners and thank you for your forest and time and bringing the information to us. >> i want to echo the gratitude for your hard work i know that takes a lot of energy and i know all of you obviously have children and work to be doing for you to be spending your time open thorough recommendations and reports is really a huge help for us and the entire district i guess in in light of that certainly a lot of pieces i'd like to see us pursue and look further and analysis in greater depth i wonder if there's a couple that of things some sort of responses we give as a district i'm looking at ms. wong and the rest of the staff how to follow up on the questions and recommendations i think the worst thing for all of you to do the work as experts putting this forward to us and feel like nothing came of that or no response or recognize was given around some of the ideas in here so in general how will we respond to these - what i feel are very important in both reports very important recommendations points of clarity, etc. one of the things i'll put out there one of the things seem she should be under k or incorporating into our el cap process and thinking about how we think incorporate some of the ideas into the budget so wanted to get a sense of next steps from the district side we make sure we take advantage of the hard work that is represented in front of us. >> thank you parapet and thank you, commissioners for your comments staff is active taking note of recommendations that have been brought forth and actually have started the process taking that information into account how we're staffing and looking at the budget process but i think the common theme we're hearing is communication so how are we communicating to the community particularly our english language learn community wire one of the fuse districts that invested in a full-time position to work with the parents with the delack they have a long list of things i'm sorry lou sea has a long list of - to insure we are addressing the concerns brought for the record the lou sea it making sure you're getting the information notwithstanding commissioners bring back to the board an updating update how the concerns are addressed what is the long term and short time plan and again part of the long very, very clearly articulated issue is how are we communicating effectively with our communities so they understand what is actually in place. >> great. >> well, thank you again, we appreciate for into committees all your hard work the committees thank you (clapping.) >> all right. all right. do we have admitted appointment from board members? >> seeing none, public comment on content items, there is none tonight. consent calendar can i have a motion and second on the consent calendar. >> so moved. >> second. >> any items withdrawn or corrected by the superintendant. >> yes. parapet mr. steel will you read those. >> thank you one correction as to resolution 163 k 2220 on page six the original dates are 1115 as well as on the service 1115, 16 should be 111515. >> okay any items removed for first reading by the board. >> any items severed by the board or superintendent for vote okay roll call will take place under section all right. superintendent proposals the first one we'll talk that the interrogation to grant the renewal petition for city arts and tech high school superintendent you want to introduce the regulation. >> thank you parapet i'd like to ask director michael to read into the record. >> that's correct superintendant michael davis director of charter schools the recommendation superintendents recommendation regarding the charter renewal the authorization to grant the renewal for city arts and tech toil i high school wras whereas to the california section envision incorporated submitted a petition for the renewal to the san francisco unified school district and whereas pursuant to california education code the board of education of the district received the renewal petition on january 16, 2016, and whereas district should comply with the timelines for the petition as required by law and whereas the board of education shall consider the level of public support for the charter school and review the petition and all information with respect to the petition including supporting the documents and whereas the district superintendant and district staff have completed a report and recommendation to the board of education regard the review of the petition therefore, be it resolved the board of education shall grant the petition subject to law. >> to we have a committee report on this is there a report from t the - and they were given at the last meeting i'll call of public speakers i'll call all the names and going to do give a block of 15 minutes to speak on this you're welcome to take less so balance our time accordingyoy (calling names). >> good evening commissioner i'm in my first year at principal at art technical high school before i begin i want to thank ms. fewer and others for visiting i know your busy that was a great pleasure to share our school tonight, i'm joined by a room full of students and parents and support that came out in support of cat can you all stand (clapping.) i'd like to acknowledge you for acknowledging our support by being here and start by cat is in it's go 12 year we get better and better and supporting the mission and get the students graduate if. college over 80 percent of students of color a black population and over 40 percent of students quality for the free lunch and over 80 percent will graduate from college the first the family not an option that is a transformative experience that changes the trajectory of their lives and their families lives awhile i'd like to say i has to do with with the incredible result with the kids over the past 10 years i'm new to cat and be lying but i'll honored to lead cat and barbara garcia brag at every opportunity when i review this information we graduated 95 percent of senior class last year our integration rate is 92 percent and african-american students is 100 percent not only do our students congratulate at a higher percentage rates 100 percent of the graduates mediating met their requirements for c seiu and over 90 percent of the students are been accepted to two or four-year colleges many are speaking i could gone about that but i'll invite of environment i invite them we're working to a paragraph move our discipline data and work to improve the parents community involvement we're excited and ask you give us the opportunity to improve in those areas by renewing our petition thank you (clapping.) and. >> hello, i'm a high school students i'd like to start with my background in other schools and the need today and opine thought my middle at kidnap academy i struggled with shyness and struggled with keeping my grades in check after my father died july 24th, 2008, we left any siblings to learn about the world for ourselves i didn't focus on school more on my family and kept to myself and not speaking to anyone the 7 grade i remember my father said he wanted me to be greater and stand tall and realizing that i had to turn things around and focus on any grade i had to listen to my fathers advise and enroll in larkin high school i was shy i didn't know what to expect in the teachers and students but i grew i expected the students and teachers and build relationships and realized that i actually can read faster and you know i'm still here - as it came closer for me to like do beverage marks and present my peace and what i learned throughout the entire year i got nervous and didn't know what to do so i riled on any teachers and the people around me to help break my shyness when it came to the day i had to present well what happened was i can't explain. >> but i've been i was really nervy couldn't stand or speak for myself i stood and can't remember what my teacher did he let me present in front of his class instead of actively teaching one day and yeah. when it came to that day i stood at all i remember saying my name boldly and he presented i succeed i passed you know i was worried for nothing and stressed for nothing yeah. most of my friends told me i did a great job that even though he stuttered a little bit and struggled with getting my words together he did the best he could and moved on so - >> after i passed the beverage portfolio i was lead to literacy for justice which is a place that i was recommend for my internship and i actually was very interested in that it lead me to believe i can go to collecting college and do great things and still strengthen me being like i was nervous around people focus more on school, focus more on things i have to do around the house and also what literacy for environmental justice did for me they helped me build strong relationships not just friends like literally walking up to strangers and connecting with them so - >> yeah. i guess i'm done >> (clapping). >> hello, i'm a to tell you the truth grader at cat since being at cat i've learned relationships the only relationships that are important teacher student relationships are equally as important in any nifbt grade benign my teacher introduced me to my favorite course to help to talk about coming to america something i wouldn't have done i came to second place not bad for in your first time i had two teachers my art and chemical teachers to push me something my teachers are benchmark presentation my teacher is helping which is how we see ourselves as students i see myself as someone with roof potential potential that is helping me in my sophomore class identifying my academic identity we are looking at the ourselves and things we can do to improve my chemical teacher is helping me and we're doing something that is explaining with mask tricks we need to present a slide scale in front of the class and it is scary that was terrifying i was shaking but i really do think this will help me be a stronger presenter thanks to the teacher relationships at cat i'm proud i'll be ready for the benchmark presentation and please vote for charter benchmark thank you. >> (clapping). >> so good evening superintendant carranza and commissioners i'll kindly ask you extend 5 minutes for that the speakers as high school students they've been waiting and come out came out in members i'm veronica my daughter is a ferry building in technology you may remember she came and presented landlord her peers on behalf of the rooftop swlz continentals with a better campaign she's smoothing be contributes into cat i'm proud her freier of school she's strived and thanks to the support of cat she's increased here living but has been an environment that embraces up lifts and support her a number of things i can highlight it cat does well infuses the interference technology for her skills in here career cats sensitivity is what i as a single parents and the congratulate of usf presenter having teachers that challenge and for her to talk about the social issues coaches to an administrative staff that listens and meets with the class they thrive in embracing her names and addresses a young woman of color the fact they assess the programs like making a program of youth highlights the youth he hope as you consider this he'll consider my feedback as a graduate of u.s. d specifically a second generation something that is a rarity at this time in san francisco is a true privilege and blessings thank you. >> hello board members my name is caring rene senior at city architect i'll share my cats being a college student makes me want to proof i'm a teenager i'm a scholar ready to defend my school my parents rife journey has on a motivation since i started to think about college i knew i was going they came to the united states at a young age any mom 2k3wr5i89d at balboa park and my dad came in with an elementary schools education when they talk about the lack of opportunities it makes me time to work harder towards my dowels i have a after-school program and financial aid and spend 10 to 12 hours in my college center and grateful for a counselor she'll not let me leave until i have a change for a conceive future i have university to look at uc berkley and riverside and cat is more than a high school but shaped hi appreciation for the community to seek resources and celebrate my academic achievement had not have cat environment i may not have the skills and the confidence he hope my story is a representative of cat and thank you for the time to represent the students thank you (clapping.) good evening my name is bill i'm the vice principal at city architect i want to talk about myself i was 4 years old and left the state at hunters point anothers a teenager my point with the education as an adult an opportunity to work to allow to give back to the community this is my second year at city architect my role promotes the culture and celebrating successes and management discipline systems i have experience in growing up in san francisco for the students and families i came late to the challenges and raising a child many of the barriers any students encountered i encounter through my family's with that understanding i maintain the higher expectation for the school community to have a recognition of success from sending home letters for hour role students we're committed to the academic culture we restore the practices for the - to find ways to repair the relationships the clamp in my second year i've reduced the suspensions we're working with the schools to realign the champs in conjunction with the people services i'm using the restore to justice to build changes so that leads to less people out of class and less student suspensions many of our families are attracted to the project based model at cat we want to insure the responsibilities for the students awhile aligning with the policies and procedures of sfusd's we believe we'll continue to move forward with the students for a college thank you. >> (clapping.) >> good evening. i'm minor brown i'm a parent and a grandparent and like most parents here tonight, i'm also a san francisco native and my alma mater is a - proud to be a graduate sometime g ago i credit myself a professional volunteer especially, when that comes to volunteering at my children and grandchildren's and three children that are under my legal guardianship i need to go as often as possible and feeling welcomed and my gut is important to the staff teachers and everyone work at cat for any kid's my expectations at cat have been met and so have the expectation that i have for my children under any care the last time i spoke he told you i had or had 2 children left at cat to graduate one the 11 my galvanized and the other one the 12 under my guardianship i'm very, very careful of how i'm handing situations with cat and one of them has an i e p happy to say working with the learning specialist teachers and staff and the way they give the support to all my students whether on p p plummets or not i'm been having very, very happy with the results the opportunities as a parent and a volunteer to be able to be part of most of all pros in cat it comes in as so important that when it comes time to have schools meeting and the hiring of teachers and administrators i'm right there and i can see what the input will be that my students will take awe w. >> from it cat prepared me and my students in probation officer processes like the w l e a with work or work experience i have a lot of and my college portfolios where confidence and growth in presentations is vital in the work they've included me in valued my gut to help and encourage any students and help them to thrive for excellence for the future and to finish strong in life thank you. >> (clapping). >> hello, i'm spending sole purpose i'm a senior at city architect high school as a senior i've dealt with the college circulation process i have personally applied to columbia and stanford university and the university of chicago more than at that time i've been september into some amazing schools like exaggerate state and uc san diego and ucla have a bragging i'm excited but most importantly it is me giving credit to my high school temp to programs like the portfolio defense where in we go tloven of the panes of teachers and defend why we're ready to move on to college we prepare ourselves for the adjourned with other things like the workload we as the students find jobs and hand in resumes and conduct interviews that prepares us for college and applications for the real world beyond that so without a shadow of a dough i'm more than prepared to move to college and the technologies has gotten me to a place i feel comfortable thank you. >> (clapping) ape hello board i'm matt i work with cat for 10 years and teach the visible arts at cat we welcome the students and decade our lives to support them we nutritious the anybody else needs to help the students realize tare greater than they ever thought they'd be our portfolio model after the dock i don't like real occupational and divorcing to feed people in homeless shelters we've been lucky to pay over thirty students in the excelsior district in the loophole boys and girls club and had an art show in the supervisors office where the students present their art because we have we provide big opportunities you know our college resource center is topnotch they return to cat getting help with filling out their face if a we were awarded the achievement gold blue ribbon school award i'm glad to be part of this cat academy to please allow us to continue our work argue we're over 19 minutes so i'll let the young person speak. >> good evening, members i'm south of market person i'm from the pennies in 2014 and met my dad for the first time i started at cat as a ninth grader i didn't know money and not - i'm glad he choose cats because thanks to the teachers helping me to teach the lessons and catch up i was able to about how long bank they believed many in my abilities i know how much they appreciate my hard work and may have had me they didn't only support me academyly but it was a difficult adjustment i felt from my teacher that introduced me to other students and helped me to make friends he texted me to see how i was doing this why i gained more confidence every single day when did school year was ending my parents gave me a change to decide whether i wanted to go back to the philippines are stay and katie choose cat this year i'm taking advantage of the counseling services they have more handing my personal situations in an effective way to continue to improve in my cat cameras that's why i'm here telling you any story what cat meant to me i was not alone that is more than a school my second home where i found any second family please consider cats charter school renewal thank you. >> (clapping). >> thank you to all the speakers i'm going to open up from questions or comments from the board. >> commissioner wynns. >> thank you i want to thank everyone for coming out tonight i have a question so i'm concerned because the suspension rate is very high at cat and also, we have a report - i need to ask the question whether or not any student to your knowledge has been or their family given the choosing choice of transferring are getting expelled because the law requires that charter schools follow all the provision of the law that recommend to x public utilities commission's it is not allowed under the law. >> so i'll glad answer that question when it comes to underline we involve the family we have students with complex issues and work with the families to find the best solution most recently, we viewed the sfusd services to make sure our policies are aligned so we're familiar with the big 5 and we realized that we understand that we need to be aligned to those big 5 so we always involve the families and talk about different options and most of our students and families decide to stay and sometimes the students and families decide to leave but we don't threaten them with expulsion so if there is a concern i'm happy to talk to you. >> when you say we explore options that's the question is the option you often for trouble leave the school or we'll discipline you. >> we have lots options including for them to be on a contract to basically give back to the community i've harmed. >> is one of the options ever leave the school or you'll be disciplined. >> no. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i'm concerned because we've gotten people that said that's what happened you know full disclosure you'll not vote but this discipline issue a big deal that has recently come up. >> i can also respond if it is okay i just add reiterate that families are brought into the process and deciding what make sense for that the students there's a lot of things we look at discipline and the history of intervention what has not work those decisions are not made within the room families are definitely part of conversation if a family was not or feel there was some sort of a threat we're happy to engage with that family and move forward. >> i appreciate you're saying that but i want to point out families if disciplinary actions is not something you do by choice i mean, i'm glad you do that that is a requirement under the law so it is you know good you're following the law that is basically, what you're telling me some have said i think you're not foreperson the law people the school so - >> thank you students for couple of to the microphone i had the opportunity to visit the 11 and get a fortunately feel for the community and i really was very, very impressed with the project based learning approach and all the students were engaged i think you have talented teachers at the school i was impressed with the benchmark portfolio and it reminded me of my own dedication defense that the kids are mclaren valuable skills and finally the program does have a lot of value for the young people that are learning the crazy i'll be supporting this charter school. >> first of all, thank you to the students for being encourages and speaking on behalf of the city hall tonight i had the opportunity to visit cat and i had an opportunity to speak with great students that definitely recommend themselves well i was hard for me when i visited the charles i know when you visit they'll put the best in front of you i'll do that as well but the issue i'll bring up and the fact that charter schools top spaces from typically schools and puts us in a binds we continue to grow our student population continues to grow and make the decisions on do we place the traditional schools and having to expedite for resources 0 with the charter schools and again, this system will not be sustainable to be able to have more charter schools and have - continue to have the ability to support our traditional schools that will be become a bigger problem at some point we don't have the resources to sustain a charter school system and traditional school system no way for that that be possible and the issue of suspension rates and what's happening in terms of the suspension that is tarnishy within a district and how we work with the students and families understanding working with children everyday some of the most challenging 24/7 and bloipd but understanding our students should feel and have the support they need to be successful even with the issues they bring in our students first frustrated and at the same time, we choose those can wes to provide the opportunities for them to drive and be successful she shouldn't feel threatened when they come to school and because of minor incidents they maybe thrown out of school or told to pick another school system personally i get excited when we get children from charter schools but she shouldn't feel forced out with that said, i do want to say i was impressed by the students that had the opportunity i spent time with i know they're learning and they're excited about their school experience but this charter school system is not good for public schools and has to stop and change. >> commissioner norton. >> thank you so i want to say i as have liked cat i've spent time there and, of course, i'm impressed by the students and by the showing at all the meetings how people and the students feel about the school it is clearly working for a number of students i'm really worried about the discipline data that as surfaced i appreciate the addendum you gave us and you made candidates i appreciate how you'll reduce the suspension rate i want to ask the staff i'll watch closely i'll vote in support of chart but ask the staff to report back to us next year the commitment you're going to cut our suspension rate in half in the next academic year want a report back on that monitor that closely thank you. >> excuse me for arriving late thank you president haney so i had an opportunity to go to katie liked everyone every single everything that is engaging all the students were engaged in the instruction on pathway you know i asked about the suspensions and i appreciate that you're very forthcoming saying yes there are some things we want to work on that is a positive i think i think everything he saw i really liked loved puc to the students and walked into a lot of classrooms i like the classrooms and yeah, he want to say thank you for the time you took to show me around the schools and introducing me to sf some of your students. >> (clapping.) commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> all right. thank you i've the parts supported katie will be supporting you tonight again but i have some issues as my colleagues do around the sprungs rate is concerning and actually a question my question what has typically - is there a theme that is happening on the suspensions last year what are the top 3 types of suspensions you've been dealing with and you know i'm confused that bumgdz up so quickly and if you could we are. >> so i want to speak to that her first year at cat she was a teacher previously one of the reasons we hiring ms. wynns because she as a teacher has lead a lot of student groups around exhibit and culture xez competence how to focus on restorative justice i want to say not a reflection on ms. wynns she's making a great, great difference i think that the past we had a policy that now we're are we looking at and not using that is around the track record of students and how many reversals they've gotten it leads to a suspension we're not using that that will considers a lot of the suspensions. >> but what are the kinds of suspensions what is causing - what are the students doing to create you know a spike in suspensions. >> i think that is if fluctuates a lot of gun recommended suspensions this year is different alterations we student conflicts one of the things transparent we're trying to work on we don't a lot of restorative practices it is entering personal so our support council students i've pushed in hard circles we try to really build relationships and a restore discipline the next step for cat bringing the teachers and advisors likely at u.s. d for the intervention so when we met with john a few months ago we remember existed to talk about that process and systemize the work on an individual basis. >> i appreciated that comment by the way, part of the challenge we often have between charters and our more traditional schools no shared learning he appreciate over learning from what is happening in some of the more traditional schools and our staff is helping you so the comment i want to be able to say all the appreciation for all the students great to hear our stories and the challenges you've gone through and i really wanted to kind of push on the suspension piece when you're in a charter situation you have to come to us every 5 years to renew the chart so really critical things we look at we not a very - we're not a large charter supported school district we're unique in that from other districts the state we have high is it so for charter schools as students you have to recognize that your reflection is how oftentimes we'll take all that into consideration when you have board members that go to cu and we hear the stories how you made connections with our teachers are going on to college or have so many options to choose from those are the things as a school board member i consider your is it so i want to take the moment to remind you as students the work you do and cut down on suspensions and recognizing your job to be in school and performing well contemplating so you can go on to to the next level our responsibility and that we keep an eye on and that determines of the future of cat going forward and want to appreciate veronica who has her kid with all of the legacy pieces that gone with that the supervise volunteer kids and kids and kids have gone you continue to do that to be there those make a difference that makes a different our building the community so thank you for coming out tonight and for the young people came out to speak about our school i wanted to appreciate that. >> (clapping). >> yes. i wanted to add one thing that that vision schools in a history of council students out of the school i want to make sure that we have a commitment also, if envision that practices that you're changing that model of students we're not council students out of the school your school is actually for the benefit for the many students thank you. >> i also want to echo the gratitude to all the students and parents would came out and spoke that was powerful testimony it to hear our stories and as always we're incredible proud and consider you san francisco unified school district part of our school districts and to hear over successes and feeling there is angeles environment you thrive is something that makes us proud that your students the city you feel that you have a future in college and beyond so we want to thank you for that i think there is a couple of points and questions i have you know the point will stungsz suspension is an important one and people are saying forgive us it is not just the number it is what that tells us what is happening the school and to hear that some of the suspensions are could by fight and sort of different types excavations and referral without the supervision this is a sense of what is happening and whether it is reflective of values we have the school district around being the student center and creating ms. wynns in a pro-active way a culture where those things are not happening and where students feel safe and supported and strong connections with each other and the cults he appreciated in one of the points i was going to bring up how you think about creating that culture in a more pro-active way so those things are not happen to begin with a level of trust and support and that you know reflected in the comment there is not a culture some students are pushed away or out some of the hearsay is about compound with the suspension is there something there around picking and choosing who defeats to be supported at cat that is not what you want to see and not we want to see one piece the last sorts of data point around the suspension that is helpful to me is whether you have data from the fall or around suspension numbers and whether you've begun to see a drop over time this year already under our leadership we're looking at the numbers from last year and again, this is something we struggle with and have a lot of sprungz under district schools we're you know committed to that and seeing that year to year a huge drop i understand but i want to better understand the successes of the things your implementing. >> we don't have the schizophrenic numbers but looking at it is closely a significant drop this year it started with ms. win was the principal she and her staff planned an overnight trip to berkley so this focusing on positive college culture there's been a lot of communities meetings around pride and celebrations so all of those things helped and a significant drop we're happy to bring back reports monopolizing like scomploern q's requested and share with the board. >> to add one of the things we look at as the staff data referrals when you refer a student out they're leading to other things we're critical and thoughtful around the data and why we're writing referral and better intervention so our suspension numbers are going down in terms of the student population positive recognize so celebration of academic success and exhibiting score values and shifting to where the focus is around celebration and pride and not a negative culture the combination of that student work and the priorities with the adults. >> i also wanted to say we recognize as an area we are commitment to taking action to make sure that less students are suspended and wear reducing those recreates. >> i'll appreciate the regular update to the board the one question he was going to raise potentially that is hopefully, some positive success to report i share commissioner vice president walton concerns as it relates to the charts and space and facilities ando so i wonder if you could speak to how the shared space with june gordon and i feel like potentially that is a positive experience for both the school communities in any conversations with june gordon they have expressed that i've not heard in general i don't want to speak for them but strong concerns sometimes we're heard the other co-locations i wonder if you can speak to that certainly a very serious question for us how we make sure when there's a co-location the district school is a support and collaboration. >> we're proud to share the principal a matt as twins and his in coming ninth grader will be attended the other son goes to balboa park and one wanted a big school and the other a school based learn we have a stronger relationship with june gordon and do professional development the kids go on college trips together we use each other's resources a very, very positive relationship we learn from each other also. >> i just echo that being my first year i think with the bell schedule and the way we cooperate that spaced a wonderful relationship and very supportive. >> mr. totiano. >> yes. we do want to thank all the students that came out as well as everyone that spoke today this is a big thing presented for you guys i do believe that ever student did this the city throughout the world does have the potential to be successful, however, that is up to you to put yourselves to the plate i'll be supportive of this resolution i want to say i like it (laughter) i am happy to support this i'm so sorry good job to everyone. >> all right. roll call vote please. thank you mr. totiano ms. fewer commissioner cohen's dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns no mr. haney this is a of i's >> thank you so much thank you, thank you (clapping.) >> (yelling) (cheering). >> thank you. >> now you see we're open if he scotland the folks leaving to quell exit we'll continue with the meeting. >> so the next item conferred personnel can i have a report from the rules committee. >> okay who think are we on the first. >> so this do we have the updated policy. >> and they've updated it. >> in this case all the policies rules committee is recommend with a positive recommendation one we asked for changes the language that is forthcoming they're all positive. >> i'll ask for a report from the personnel committee. >> i'm happy to diverse that report the personnel labor committee reviewed that and voted to move it forward with a positive recommendation. >> all right. deputy superintendent. >> thank you. i'm asking the chief personnel. >> the requested the board death penalty the policy 4 a hundred certify as part of districts effort to organize the policies designed to have a positive climate it consistent with the collective bargaining and in conformance with the state laws and regulations. >> no public speakers comments from the board? >> roll call vote. >> thank you mr. totiano ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns praen 6 i's. >> board policy 4200 there is a motion and a second can i have a report from rules. >> i gave you the report they're all positive recommendations. >> personnel also all positive commissioner. >> thank you president haney and coming down the pike danielle hope the requested action the policy adopt the clarified personnel as part of organization for the positive climate it is consistent with collective bargaining agreement the civically and in conformance with the state laws and regulation regulations. >> roll call vote. >> mr. totiano ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and mr. haney 6 i's. >> board policy 4 three hundred moved and seconded on march, 2016 argue general council that the board adopt the policy 43 personnel clarified management and clarified supervisory personnel as part of districts effort to organize their policies for the positive climate that is consistent with collective bargaining agreement and doesn't conformation with the state laws and regulations. >> comments none. >> mr. totiano ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and mr. haney 7 i's. >> oh, one 53 dash sp 4 personnel management and supervisory staff organization will be second an march 8. >> general council daniel hope the requested sex our the personnel management and supervisory staff organization part of the district update of the design for the positive climate this is consistent and in xhofrp with the state laws and regulations. >> roll call vote and. >> mr. totiano ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and mr. haney 7 i's. >> one of 3 dash 8 board policy recruitment for election there is a motion that has been seconded. >> hit it general council hope. >> (laughter). the requested action is the board adopt the personnel recruitment selection to update and organize the policies for positive compliment and consistent with the collective bargaining in conform with the state laws and regulations >> roll call. >> mr. totiano ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton and ms. wynns and mr. haney 7 i's. >> one of 3 sp 7 board policy board of representation there is a motion that has been seconded on march 18 mr. superintendent. >> our general council daniel hope this requested action the bio law representatives and this adequately reflective it is by the board president the bylaw. >> roll call. >> mr. totiano ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton and ms. wynns and mr. haney 7 i's. >> all right. so this is something new 163 sp 8 approval of a expenditure plan for 2016-2017 there is a motion that has been seconded on march 8 can we have a right from the committee >> thank you president haney just in the case you missed that a wonderful public education replenish fund expenditure approval meeting at the xhes committee as a whole and recommend to move forward with a positive recommendation from the committee of the whole and we had, of course, thank the chief cat for their work and mr. fleming and her team for the work and also talked about the development and increase strengthening the relationship between the cat and district and appreciate that and with that said, superintendent what are we are doing. >> i have exist news thank you before we pitch it to the director kathy with the education fund and over co-chairs of the community cvs and on behalf of the district thank to the voter and citizens of the san francisco others skuktsd cross the state of california are been cutting their arts and libraries and and sports san francisco has not only been doubling down but growing the fireman's in support of rishlt education funds we're proud of staff to bring to the board for your consideration is a strong return think investment report we can tell you the monies are invested strategize specific to grow the programs and that the voters approved that board has authorized so it give me me great pleasure to recommend this budget and in that vein i'm i'd like to ask the director kathy fleming to make the short presentation and answer any questions you may have. >> thank you superintendant with our permission commissioner president haney i'll skip to the therefore, be it resolved therefore, be it resolved that the board of education and the san francisco unified school district comprehends the hard work and recommendations from the community advisory committee on peace arts confession steering committee the library advisory committee and the physical ed sheering committee and all the staff members that involved therefore, be it resolved the board of education of the san francisco unified school district proved a spending plan for after examining the elements from staff and the siding think peace and be it therefore resolved this spending plan maybe amended during the budget process based on availability of state funning and/or subsequent adjustment made by the city and county of san francisco the president is requested the superintendent is requested to to the board of education and the city and county of san francisco mayor's office that such amendments may occur so commissioners before you updated materials for a second reading two packets tonight one is the expenditure plan that has the blue fonts you'll be voting on to approve that is the full native narrative and full budget of plan for next year the second document is what i recommend you combine with the superintendents supporting materials an orange font and it contains it included a summary of information that has been updated for second reading just to you're aware the beginning the documents includes if pages 2 to 7 staff information provided in response to many of the comments or questions by commissioners at the committee as a whole megan the 15 ever mark last week so that is priority as additional information and on page 8 is a summary of some good news we received confirm from the controller's office we can submit a budgeted with an increase allocation and the amount of increase is the first reading budget we received reviewed is $87,000 for the whole allocation for sfusd, of course, that is split in half dedicated to the slam program 4 willed and 35 thousands and the other spent to on the programs the following pages contain a summary of changes since last week and those changes a highlighted in yellow the 3 housing unit $17 million and last week, we rectified the n reviewed the allocation for the sports libraries to music use to absorb the salaries and benefits that we discussed last year, we've been relying on the chair over funds and additionally approximately for supplies and materials and purchase equipment for the expansion of the girl's sports also a one .0 middle school arts teach has been added in order to maintain the course class sections awhile the multiplied e multi lingual packet are the middle school other general new allocations first to support the pier resources program 90 thousand for 8 ftes to support martin luther king exist programs to continue at the same level of services they enjoy this year and to expand to every middle school had been a peer resources this bring the total next year to for peer resources programs 6 middle schools and 8 high schools the schools with listed on page 10 additionally the source report that s o ar supports the programs added to the budgets for the first time will allocate $345,000 and that increase will support the current cohort of elementary schools that are receiving the support to expand two additional 6 middle schools to priority supports for the general population in order to maintain a climate site and this provides additional 5 ftes for the 6 middle schools and superintendant truest is here so the changes since the first reading i'm going to turn it over to president haney thank you. >> thank you mrs. fleming and commissioner mendosa-mcdonnell i have a clarifying we think page 15 there was an additional 44 thousand or $45,000 provided to athletic equipment and repairs and i wanted to just wanted to understand what the facilities pieces was, you know, the past we moved the facilities monies out of athletics and put it back into the facilities department if does that make sense that the athletic department was dealing with appliances and repairs and facilities so what's the other $035,000 dollars going towards specifically. >> those are funds dedicated to ongoing basic maintenance and repairs not facilities construction projects so, yeah this is basic repairs and appliances it is not dedicated to major projects. >> can you give me an example of what a repair facility is. >> so we recently had a mat overhead hauled hello mr. truett i'm sure kevin truett don't give me a hard time i was going to be professional you started me on the road so (laughter) they all enjoyed that okay. so one of the works the matt over hauled we had to replace and repair matt's i know that displacing had to dig a general wear and tear on the theoretically equipment on the other hand, and facilities for those repairs that took place on an ongoing basis generally, the schools dig into their own budget this provides the direct schools with a cushion the equipment repairs in need the weight rooms go through a lot of repairs high school kids are hard on stuff. >> that's the basic maintenance and repairs to facilities if it is not what it is let's not put it in there if it is repairs to equipment i understand i want to be clear who is - >> some of the facilities are considered a scoreboard which facility it is the equipment it is a facility charge the backboard of the facilities court those things are countered facilities a type of building equipment not moveable equipment. >> can we note it somewhere i just want those dollars used for facilities that's not the appropriate place a but understand if it is the category of all under i want it to say, i.e., basketball or backboards so it is clear. >> i'll prepare a list you've been clear so we actually that's why i stood up here he had a sit-down with commissioner collins we spoke about this. >> thank you. >> absolutely (laughter) oh, stop it. >> commissioner fewer thank you vice president i'm thrilled the resources is getting an additional $90,000 to expand to another millionaire moifld it is fab is academy support one and 14 thousand so mr. truett is that enough because we had a cow in that and all those ideas and so maybe you can respond i - i'm sorry but one and 14 thousand is enough for one fte if even. >> the main thing for the personnel we as we implement and asking yes you'll have a timeline of when the academy will be implemented perk up there by the end of may so you'll have it for sure so you raised a good point here's the thing about the peace funds a level of specific outlet if you need this for materials or conspiracy what exactly do you need those those are the types of answers we don't need we really need we need the salesmen let's ask for the full amount of staff as a materials extra hours we know facilities charges and food and events stuff when we have to those meetings we'll use to the funding and get a better sensed we be able to put together a budget the problem because we've not done it putting a budget with the specifications that people need is not possible the one thing we know we need it staff okay. >> i was wondering one question is that reviewed by the cat and the cat given approval the second reading version has not been reviewed it is finalized today and yesterday we received the confirmation of the allocation, however, we have the two co-chairs presents. >> i'd like to hear from the co-chair of the additional funds this was to the included in the original execution around the budget. >> thank you landmarking it over the past couple of hours this was given to me today - oh, thank you so much and sorry about that since i received those with only a couple of hours it falls within the preserves of what peace cat has established following the trends and guidelines to capture over the work on peace cca and also i've seen especially at galileo and other high schools they've sewer planned a personnel fund for peace cca money and for the increases in the athletics increases i find that credible important because now more the pots for the schools to be able to take for their repairs and maintenance for the repairs to equipment it is very important other increases such to the pier resources and middle schools i know at any schools i've visited peer resource has a direct co-restriction of acceptance at their school and see one more school site to have an opportunity at it site it captures the rec services as well. >> wow, i think that you're here a snapshot you want to actually play on our website gnaws that's great. >> (laughter). thank you. good evening commissioners superintendent as co-chair my co-chair mentioned that i think slufl with the new budget locations is in aligned with keeping the resources and reaching the students first and foremost our peace cca spoke of the reours and particularly looking how to further strengthen the programs at middle schools and this fund reaching the specific sites >> thank you co-chair. >> commissioner norton. >> so my question i'm really pleased to see the additional resources in story this is a great i see that positively but i'm - i kind of want to understand how we prioritize what investments we're make with new money i mean it is great we've got a lot more money than we thought 8 hundred odd thousands but it has been applied to things we didn't identify at cow and so while again, it is positive and i support the investment i want to understand the process of how we prioritize and define those are the things to invest in not a lot of input from the board of cat. >> so commissioner i'll take the first stab and if mr. fleming or deputy city attorney there is an ongoing dialogue with the board and our communities around district priority work that has been captured the el cap and captured the resolutions the board has supported the environment around restoring the compliefk cultivate it is supporting the capacity and the direction to the lifetime vision zero we actually have a list of strategy work strains the board as articulated not only during the community members of the committee but an ongoing conversation of the direction of the district we regularly touchback to the list of priority work strands and the prelims of the work to create capacity and build capitalized in the district we also are cognizant of the feedback we've received from the board not only the committee as a whole but the budget committee and the exciting meetings curriculum meeting so what we try to continue to do as staff weave a narrative around the priorities that the board identified and we have heard from the board and from our communities quite frankly and continue moving the pride work forward quite frankly i think that as we get a few more peeps the coffers it really is for us as staff to bring the recommends to the board bans those previously identified priority stance those input from the various committees that voices the board as well i wouldn't see a scientific prosper say but i will say an eir active process that is very much ground on the input of community, the various siding and most definitely on what the board has articulated in terms of direction of the district. >> okay. well, i appreciate that i want to drawing your attention i mean, i mean that is the last hoivent of the priorities we've talked about in budget committee and i am expressing a little bit of concern here not because i don't think your investing the wrongs things but certainly is under the list ever supportive schools i want to express some concerns a number of provided we've spent a lot of the time if budget committee talking about the new monies i don't remember hearing from staff that was the priority and again, i'm not criticizing but it feels like a big church of money without any discussion about how to spend it by the board. >> so again totally finds that that's why we bring the elements to the board and we can justifies that in our current experience priorities will shift and right now that is an area that needs port so we have a responsibility to prioritize that spending based on the need that is maneuvered in the schools as we speak we're happy to describe a little bit more why that happens but this really is strategize aligned with the school seats and educators it is not going to go through the vetting process but that's why you hire us to bring the feedback and recommendations to you. >> i have one other question specifically which schools elementary schools and which middle schools will be receiving the support. >> sure as mr. truett elaborates to builds on the superintendents comment under the realm of safe and supportive one of the areas from the school communities clearly to continue focusing on a strong core academic and core program with the tier two support particularly in schools that are actively working towards a universal role we want to maintain some of the support that were put in place and maintain those not on and the elementary but support the middle schools as well. >> commissioner vice president walton. >> hey. >> yep. >> the elementary schools are tenderloin feinstein and flint and provider and dead man and lick and however off i'm sorry you're writing them i'm sorry so elementary tenderloin e r taylor and feinstein and flipt and francisco and gunman and lick, hover, and to be determined. >> as yet undetermined okay one of the things i want to say perhaps at this time you know right now the school sites are going to the budget process okay and their determining what they can actually afford to fund themselves last year, i partnered with dr. blanco and said we need to at some of the schools the tier one supports are not strong my concerns some of the schools when our tier 3 or your high needs students are exhibiting the niece and your tier one is not in place there is fingerpointing one program and kids with unfairly targeted for creating some disharmony it is the whole tier one the school needs to be strong we're not blaming one classroom so my sense of urgency with dr. blanco do so let's make sure we are committed to showering up the tier one and elementary for this year and have a chunk of money to move to memorial day we can't do all the programs and have to develop a program with the board certified and so built a program of development and shore up but with the emergency room and the shore elementary said what about us this year we're moving to the middle the plan is move to the million dollars and the elementary school is wait, wait, wait don't go yet in their turning in their site budgets and asking for support that's where the volume way turned up as this time right now so when you say we didn't hear the plan to move the support to middle and the elementary school and wait a second we can't use this yet this communication to both the deputies was what rachet up and put me in a place wait a second what shall we do they said oh, let's do this bans volumes. >> to make sure i understood it is really tier two support moving into tier 12 support for the elementary and the middle school. >> it is a combination of factors some of the schools are solidify phil ginsberg their coerce we want to make those our school environments as welcoming as you know, making sure the to and from and learning is meeting the diversity and helping the educators but behavorial for some of the students in the programs. >> superintendant. >> sorry president haney if i can make one comment to address scomploernz reference to the chart we appreciate our paying attention to the chart. >> yes. we love that and that's okay for the rest of the budget process but in light of the last couple of comments that were made i also want to make another connection to. >> couple of items on the chart in case it was a little bit obscured we mentioned the safe and charter schools we see a strong nexus between safer schools and as superintendent truett mentioned a nucleus between the school sites budget as we've said they're going through the planning process and the budgets are due friday the first two items direct school locations and the process for for is resources are not f t 19tare part of information that the support they ask rile on as they develop their plans in your mind we saw the connection to the priorities the context of site planning that was clear we understand that the timing has been challenging because literally mr. fleming and i were checking in hourly and did we get the official word from the controller's office have we gotten it have we gotten it we're uncertain it will come in time for the second reading we read we regret the timing didn't leave the ideal amount of time to clarify all this we wanted to reinforce that we do think this is the clerk will take the roll connected with the multiple of the priorities on that chart thank you. >> commissioner vice president walton. >> thank you president haney just a few things first, i think that one that is a testament as to what happens when you practice positive thinking (laughter). >> and that's why we are not enjoying accepting the words i can't when you work hard and $80,000 falls out of the sky i think that is relevant in terms of was there as big chunk of people money and will not think of it as extra money but this will help us do a better job the classroom. >> just one i'm definitely excited by the peer ours and e resources and be able to maintain the level of services that martin luther king and also being someone that sat in programs over the past year and hearing from the educators and hearing from the administrators and walk through being disheartened by some of the comments and statements of individuals that want to blame the students for what is happening the schools we adult need to find strategies to support our students they can be successful this will definitely help us and understanding the inexhibits that kind of across the programs so again, this is definitely something that i'm in support and excited to see the most vulnerable students happen to be from certain democrat grachz will get the support i'm excited where we've chosen the resources to provide the environment we're decided the district so thank you for taking the time to listen to the feedback and make those quick decision i know that is not ideal over the course we'll like to weigh in and talk about where the resources go but i appreciate and want to reiterate what happens if we work towards we'll come up with a solution verse that is something we can't see are figure it out and work together to make things happen sometimes the work will be blessed so thanks. >> commissioner wynns. >> i wanted to go back i'm happy about the more investments of peers i think that those are we actually think the on this way i can think about that that i find out a couple of hours ago we're asked to make a decision those are probably good recommendations, however, i would like to have a better way and one the things this is not the first time this as happens and the same as respectfully to all the staff the same thing is initiated the budget reviews and it seems like we have the budget process with recommendations that are good recommendations are the beginning budget recommendations and have board members that is a i like this and that and the next thinning the next thing i know those things are not in there what are the suggestions and traffics in what order to prioritize and weigh in and all of a sudden we're going wait as you can see the report one board member asked for this and all of a sudden is it shows up and i don't you know we're in an odd position of having to say well, i kind of like those things but not the way to do it so i'm hoping that both the budget process and as we do this for next year i want to say about the vaping pa discussion i find it nervous making that basically, we're redoing rear reviewing the master plan until we kind of are not ready to decide forever investments we'll make which i know is true but you know i'm still as i've been saying for a couple of years state your name for the record, sir by this idea we've hired all those teachers and we don't have any more things available to students well i'm reading here that just the give-up of someone saying they don't center room we have cola's classes are not room and take the schedule for the classes to repeat what we've put in place and essential we go back if washington we're sewer planting and the schools are cut from their school budget we were able to cut their own investments in art and musk teachers by the way, they were getting the peace money and kids don't have time to take the classes anyway so that all seems to has to shack out i think we need to side training with the principals and say what things have you cut you've for the restored by fund like pete to we'll need to be and aligned with the discussion we're looking how kids can possibly take all the things we want them to take or on the verge saying you have to take those things so i think that i'm hoping when i can suggest we have a talk about the design of a process based on the processes we've gone through this year and prior years to make that budget better it seems to me we can have the peace cca and the board have a list of things we wanted to fund and what order we'll fund if we end up up getting more money this is our first priority and the siding we'll comment but i'm sure there are plenty of other ideas about how we could get in workable knowing this situation we're in not always one day yesterday's or today you find out u found out find out but, in fact, every year it is been speaking many or something that was so time sensitive not to have the deliberate process now a routine we'll look at it and discuss how to prepare and anticipate the way we know the funds is likely to happen and i'm i instance for example, will be convinced that we need to make more investments in things that are on the board list of priorities we've pass resolutions about we're not investing enough in so not that i want us to ignore those things i want those things to be clearly integrated into the budgeting and thinking i don't think we have a process to do that it is kind of oh, yeah by the way, we did those things i'm hoping e hoping we can learn i have to say i'm kind of still - and last i will want to say i'm sort of when the master plan is updated we go through the process i'm presuming that will have budget demands in that and not only more which is kind of what we, of course, hear that if everyone, everyone does noted more but more in a targeted way when we get more and maybe move don't invest but put it here instead so i do feel like the - discussion here about the vaping pa we're not ready but i want us to be reabe ready i hope that what's-her-name my questions how can we keep on hire lots more teachers and not structural time available to students and again in this we're redesigning and working on the middle schools schedules and the high school projects going on so i'm kind of supportive of this but also want to just sound a little warning we have to plan the upcoming years and not plan for exactly this to happen because we just know we're not - we know we won't know how much money we'll get before we make the decision so we all plan for things like this is our contingency plan and thank you to everybody for the work we just came back back if talking to people around the country and some in our own state we are saying to us question don't have this and that they're looking for basic things to make school more effective for all their students and it is very hard we were quiet about that but for ourselves we feel so privileged and grateful we can say we have all those things because the jeopardy reiterate of the people of san francisco so thank you very much. >> dr. murase. >> permanently patrol officer fte where multi lingual complifrgs the three is wonderful and but i starred talking i'll say a little bit and if dr. stevens want to elaborate but several years as you may know there were in any pathways that were launched into the mr. pilpal middle schools and we're starting to see them going to high schools mr. starr particularly with the middle schools we saw happening in a number of sites is that given that their sites budgets were no did changing aside as a result specifically of the pathways per say they were creating additional sections they were expected to create additional sections of the language pathways at the same time, they had same funding to cover their existed electives for music we saw in some cases the sites had to sort of trade off they had to in order to create the sections the languages pathways had to reduce some sections for visual and professionalism arts as we saw that pattern took place in a number of sites we were also seeing increases in the funding from peace for the virtual of professionalism arts in a limited number of cases not across the board but a selective basis we saw some of the spending plans for peace was for the p funding to priority protected fund for the arrested sections to the sites would not have to you know in a way can only whether i see their art sections to - cover the section added 3 sites. >> may i ask when sites. >> marina and martin luther king. >> i support that i really would like to see more entry points to lack at the middle schools so i'm very glad about that doesn't the assistant spending plan i want to read for the listening public what the middle schools language classes are superbly at jim's and marijuana at roosevelt and minor and cantonese at ramon hotel i said to emphasize sxinz point it is great to offer music and language but not allowing the students to take both rights this is really we're if i had league of women but at the same time not time to take advantage the amazing sources so like commissioner wynns how to get to a 7 course week to allow students to take advantage of the many invests that we're making a thank you. >> commissioner murase we agree we don't consider to be sufficient to be sustaining under enrolled classes but provide assess for the students since our comments last week we are getting back to the board before the end of the year and able to lay out the challenges associated with creating the 4 sections during the period of time whether a day of the week or something else. >> all right. seeing none, no more comments from the board say anything but thank you very much i'm happy to see the additional funds and support the uses i think that assess a lot about the district when we get additional funds we choose to spend our money on the expansion of future resources and i'm supportive and on the support of schools for the relationship to the schools makes a lot of sense but i understand how the inputs we know that the board wants to feel that which i think i want us to feel there is a plan a sense of a large priority we understand and we're sort of working on the same list to the extent that folks feel that is not the case but think about the future with that said, i'm happy about the overall project and a great student co-chair again impressive and, of course, a great fellow co-chair i'm call a roll call vote and thank you, everyone for your hard work that is an entire district undertaking not on this mr. ms. fleming does extraordinary every year but we worked on together. >> ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns mr. haney 7 i's. >> thank you all right. moving on to board members, there is none tonight. moving on to public comment on general matters we want to apologize >> thank you everyone for who has so much patience to wait to speak there evening if there are i'll call up in groups of issues came up i call up the folks from carve first students to make sure they have the opportunities to come up and speak and call flex after that i believe there are students in f that group (calling names). >> that's what i have from carver twoiness there are any is it so that are here they are welcome to go first in any or r order. >> i'm exhausted i'm okay landing >> i have to be here hesitate a disgrace why would you put this the newspaper it hurts i'm coming to fight for my child you'll tell me i'm not a good parents not a suburban parents the board of education you have everybody give eastbound a copy it is out there hello it hurts my stomach ever since i read this i want to puke i never understand the board of education because i come from the black community the bloipt and it is mission rock come now coma now that is not cool i hope you sleep good baby don't let them read the article they'll be mad. >> first of all, i'm going to say i'm not anger my name is rodney and then two grandchildren that are going to the elementary my fourth grader an honor roll student and the first grader a bright child i know the common core some system is needing focus i'm in a school with no walls and the interference from one classroom to another one is interference they don't have the change to be a focus i know there is a lot of bright kids at the school i want to be able to look forward to the ideas of doors won't be replaced they'll have their individual privacy to move on and be prosperous all i'm asking for and i don't know how much the budget we're not asking for much not asking for $2 million not all of that we're asking our children to be protected children to be able to have the privacy of from one room to another one not hearing the teachers from the other rooms awhile your teach in this classroom i guess that maybe is enough for me to say not that much in the gieshthsz and skwaimz my children are good children >>my ms. curtis lee and i to ban kids to go to carver and i take them to school every morning. i have sort of stain around the school to help the staff around there and mine the kids. you know the drill and, you know it's a good school. the good staff members there. good teachers. i know most of them, you know and i call all of them mrs. or mr. but we need doors. we need walls. the kids need doors and walls. they're in a pod is setting. this voice all over the place. they can't -they don't have a door to close for themselves from the noise and the teachers can't teach the kids can't learn under those conditions. you've got good teachers there. now, it's also a safety security issue. because we all hear in the news about some clown that runs up in the school shooting up the place, but at least the teachers should have somewhere to shelter the kids in case something like that happens. so, i think it's a very very important issue that carver with no-you can't close the classrooms off. and the kids can't focus because they don't have a classroom setting to focus in. so, i have some things written down but there's no need for me to read it because it just a reiteration of what everyone is going to talk about. carver needs doors and walls separating the classrooms so the kids, so that teachers can teach and the kids can learn. it's hard for them to focus with commotion going on outside the classroom. they can focus on the teachers can't teach because she's distracted. kids are sneaking out of the classroom running through the hallways. >> sir, your time is up >> it's not good. >> thank you. >> so this is what our concern is that we like your artless consideration. thank you very much. >>[applause] >> good evening superintendent and board of education. thank you. my name is donna smith. i'm the proud family dr. george washington carver elementary school. i'm here to discuss very serious problem. we have no classroom doors or walls to dr. george washington carver. is this equity? this is a cave. separate an unequal. the school was built with an open door plan style in the 1970s. now everyone realize that it makes it really loud and hard for students to focus on one. for years families have asked for more permanent solution. some of the problems at the school district is having the school district is focused on. it might be civil rights issues or might be a society problem, but this is not a civil rights issue or a society problem. this is a san francisco unified school district problem. no classroom doors and walls is not equitable. there are 2 schools in the unified school district and those 2 schools are in hunters point and bayview. that's really unfortunate good everyone knows that and bayview has the highest crime rate in san francisco. it's just not equitable. i remember reading about a school in atlanta with the teacher was able to prevent her students from being shot because she was able to close the classroom door and locked the door with the desk. that's not wait for a tragedy to happen. we definitely need classroom doors and if not now, then when? no doors impact learning because of the constant noise of the students -50s headphones for reading and trying to concentrate. several of our students suffer from severe trauma. can i just go a couple more? okay. we have a high teacher to because of the additional stress that we put on our teachers due to poor physical conditions. the staff consular report the difficulty dealing with the noise pollution , the ventilation there's a problem also. it's cold in the winter and hot in the summer and some of the teachers have to leave the exterior [inaudible] to ventilate the room and that's another security risk from people on the outside. please do what is right and please do this as soon as possible and help our children out in bayview. thank you very much. appreciate it. >>[applause] >> hi. my name is bonnie copeland. i am an honors student. we need doors for our school. why i think this is is because we can be safe and do our work peacefully. thank you for listening. >>[applause] >> hi. my name it is celaya copeland. i'm the grandmother and the first time i stepped into carver elementary school i was very curious about how they-not having no doors at all to so, i turned around and i told my significant other, i'm not safe here. i don't buy children are safe here. he is like, just calm down and we will see about it. because on the outside have doors but when i walked inside it bothers me a lot that i see these children do not have no doors and i tell myself is this a lunatic running loose have a gun climb over a fence. what are we going to do? there's no way for these children to hide, cover,, because they're used to coming from san jose unified school district where there are doors all the way around. if they're not safe what about us adults and the teachers? you know. so, i thank you for your guys help. we want walls and doors for our students good thank you very much. >>[applause] >> hi. my name is [inaudible] and we need doors. hi. my name is [inaudible] and we need doors and walls for our school. thank you for listening. >>[applause] >> hi. my name is roscoe and mice school needs doors and walls. pretty please. thank you. my name is marco. >>[applause] >> hi. my name is janine clemens and i'm a parent of 3 children that carver elementary school and also a monitor and recently we sent out petitions for us to have walls and to doors and received over 200 of those petitions signed. i would like to pass them for you guys. also, safety concern. the lock of closable doors in customs trade a safety issue. students move in and out of classrooms, sometimes without teachers knowledge. there have been no altercations and even fights in the unsupervised open spaces between classrooms, which are difficult for teachers to resolve without interrupting instruction. the instructional impact. students learning is impaired due to consistent noises resulting from a lack of separation between classrooms. noises flow from one classroom into another. students must use headphones while reading in order to concentrate. teachers avoid potentially-potential loud classroom activities and evolving multimedia interactive games were classroom discussion and, instead, and, instead, and, instead, and, instead,prioritize by their tears. that lack of separation between classes makes teachers focus on compliance rather than engaging in instruction. [inaudible] insulated drywall partitions, exacerbating noises, pollutants in and between classes. now, the teaching and learning environment. school community members attribute high teacher turnover's. one third of the teachers league each year to additional stress on teachers because of poor physical conditions. staff consistently reports great difficulty in dealing with the noise pollution. additionally, school ventilation systems do not function properly. customs are overly cold in winter and too hot in summer. some teachers report they leave exterior classroom doors to ventilate rooms which create additional security risk. thank you. thank you. >>[applause] >> hi. my name is jenny and [inaudible]. we need doors so we won't get distracted. [inaudible] thank you. >>[applause] >> hello. my name is [inaudible] and we need doors for our school because it's hard to pay attention without doors. thank you. >>[applause] >> i'm area on his grandmother and i really really really want you all to please please please take a serious look to consider this. right now you're able to hear [inaudible] dear gunshots. you all [inaudible] it's a great here and here some racket coming into the door you're going to run to cover. they don't have that option. we have plenty of high-speed chases and gunshots over there. they have nowhere to hide. i'd appreciate if you all would take that into consideration. if it were any other school spirit were so-called better district it would have been done. we need your help train and simple. we had an incident with a parent my so-called parents of crazy lady yesterday that's not in in disguise, mind you, and poured -it was either gasoline or i don't know. threatened to burn because she was angry because she wanted to try to get the next tobacco food. still, mind you [inaudible] we need your help, plain and simple. we need you to please it's not a hard thing to do. you all are capable. we just need walls to protect our babies without being told we are shutting down the school. it's not necessary. we need all the schools over there we can get. you know just as i do. we need our children educated so to break the cycle. it starts right here. thank you. >>[applause] >> hi. hello. superintendent and commissioners. my name is allie collins and i just want to speak on behalf of carver staff as well as families. i taught in a school in oakland at an inpatient school that was out of control. we were in the temporary building that was similar in the sense that i had partitions. "rooms. this is a high school, but i got to governor and witness students moving in and out of customs and it's really hard as a teacher could teach it about you to decide whether to stop teaching or to attend behavior. additionally, todd at thurgood marshall where there were fights and sometimes parents would come in going after teachers or students, and i in her stand as a staff under how scary that is. when i heard about the incident yesterday at carver, i understand why parents are concerned. i also want to ask is david golding in the room? is he here see. i want to know why-it upsets me when i see people on their cell phones when we have families that are waiting here since 9:00 am with very young children. i feel like that's really disrespectful. i feel like it's-i appreciate a lot of times when the district has children come up early but that i could these families had to wait until 9 and a lot of them are in kindergarten, it upsets me and i feel that needs to be names and if you like these families need to feel like they're being heard and into the body language, i don't see that happening right now. so, please do what you can to help these help them to feel they are visible in our district and they are important to our school. >>[applause] >> good evening. to pres. cheyney vp walton, superintendent carranza, i would ask [inaudible] ominous speak quickly into items did i support the parents want walls within our school at carver. in the early 60s that was the plan have an open pot but now that's not conducive to the children's learn. i know the district should do something about that but i'm also speaking as a mother. when i sit here at board meetings is who we are public comment comment about 9:30 pm is much too late did years ago you had the public comment at 7:30 pm. i hope you will consider going back to having public comment at 7:30 pm. these are our children. these are our families. without these families we have no job. we will need a commission. so i hope you will consider going back to public comment at 7:30 pm to get the children home. many of us will get an out cars and drive home. many of these will get on the bus and take 2 buses to get to bayview hunters point hope you'll consider that and work with you to get the answer to these parents to get dividers put real walls in those schools. thank you so much. >>[applause] >> superintendent >> yes i think the next group is around flex academies. is that correct? a couple of comments. we don't usually comment to public comment that is your opportunity to give us feedback but in this particular case i think it's important in light of the fact with so many students in summary parents hear from carver to tell you that your voice has been heard. with all due respect, the text that mr. roland and i were exchanging was an update to let you know he's working with principal stuart at carver. they begun the design process for what walls and doors will cost. it's going to be close to $1 million but, we've also heard this evening that there are ventilation issues at george washington carver. there are electrical issues of george washington carver. so to put up walls isn't just putting up shame she rock and framing it. if the movie ventilation will be electrical in a further move the frame movie electrical we want to be redesigning so the be functioning classrooms with functioning doors for the students. so the good news is you been hurt. so that work is already starting. mr. golden and his team is working with principal stewards. we are going to update unity as what timeline when the construction will start. the other good news were not waiting for another bond issue. we are rearranging bond monies to be able to make this happen immediately. so you have been hurt. i want to thank you for the efficacy of your community. >>[applause] >> esther richard gonzales, [inaudible] cool sellers, darren, charleston brown. [calling names] >> good evening. all those in favor say, aye lexicography is one issue to troubleshoot continued to be a productive school the 20 1617 suite. 2 secondary issues. the primary issue is is the facilities in top 30 on. myself and several stakeholders are here to ask that you reconsider the prop 39 rejection at sf flex has received it as a principle of san francisco flex academy of your honor to note we have families who believe in the school and what it can do for all students looking for alternatives to traditional schools. i support all the parents and students here tonight who will be speaking on behalf of sf flex and to push for us to be granted facilities for the 2016-17 school year. o2 thank you in advance for your time and consideration. >> hello. my name is the mere montagu. i'm an 11th grader at sf flex academy. when i started high school i previously went to lowell and i felt that it wasn't the right fit for me. derisively to many people. i have anxiety issues, depression . i was suicidal at a point. dealing with that through the first half of my high school career was troubling. after i finished my first year and a half i simply was stopped did i do not know what to do get i did not know where to go. all i could think of is what school is small enough for me to, for me to have a community to thrive in. first thought that came to my head was go to my best friends school. so, i did. when i first came to flex i realized that-i realized that it was more than my ability to cope with large groups and large areas. it was my ability to understand-not understand, but coexist with kids because of their-coexist with kids. yes. and i think of really thrived at this community because it helped me. i've been inspired by the kids to strive to newer heights, get better grades, and be a better person. yes. these consider more facility space for flex academy. >>i'm an 11th grader, 2. i've been here for flex for 3 years. i'm the only person in this room has. [inaudible]. we've tried to shut us down before and, like, what do i want to say here? it's just like it just annoying because we've always, like, because you have done this like so much and constantly challenged us-not just you but it's also like k-12 because of what we are charter school it's annoying because a lot of the kids who bring your while having demoralized. it's just like-i'm not good at talking as you can see. it's a charter school thing. i'm going to leave now. >> hello. my name is devin-i recently transferred to flex this school year. it was at balboa for 2 years of high school. the learning environment, to me, i just couldn't quite do it in my first year. i completely flunked both semesters because i just couldn't handle having that many classes of that size. the teachers had immense trouble focusing on individuals because of their large class size, and since i've transferred to flex all of these issues have been solved, but this staff is so involved. they're so committed to helping . the integrated online system is something that very few other schools that i could go to offer, and it's something that's helped me a lot academically. it lets me do work at my own pace. yes. i just want to say this is the only place i really think i can go to thrive and i want to ask for you to grant facilities for the 2016-17 school year. thank you. >>[applause] >> my name is lois-my friends cause sophie. students, you'll see. i'm a parent of an 11th grade student at event flex academy and he would tell the same story you just heard from those 3 are 11th graders. at sf flex his grades went from dns albany to a's and b's. one poorly, he says things to me like i love learning. i love my school. my teachers inspire these are things he did not say before. and these music to a single-parent years. he likes he calculates the experiments he cares about other people. he works hard. he plays hard. i can see that his self-confidence has released gone very high, gone way up. his confidence and other people as a other people as well. his confidence in life. i am extremely grateful for san francisco flex and the teachers that are there. they are extremely dedicated and it shows in the relationships with the students. clearly, you add >> president unified school district care about students, but not all schools that all students. charter schools, good charter schools, help a population of students in need. maybe an at-risk population in some cases. so, i am asking you not to operate san francisco flex again, but rather, i'm asking you to consider the special population of students who require tailored education and who have found a home. by approving please i review proving, that the state per sf flex notches for 16-17 but it provides a service to the san francisco bay area and i really i ask you please reconsider. i believe sf usc loses nothing by providing funds to this very good very important school. thank you. >>[applause] >> hello. thank you for letting me speak. my name is as audio alaska academic cognitive san franciscan. born and raised. i'm up here to discuss the potential displacement of sf life that i'm a parent of a junior at sf flex. my daughter transferred this year from another school because she was failing, because of her [inaudible]. she was immediately welcomed by the staff, by the teachers, and by the students. she is thriving academically and she's driving socially. this is in direct result of the flexibility to teacher with her special needs. excuse me. to lose this facility can negatively impact my daughter and the students there. i ask that you reconsider your decision regarding flex. i can only assume that each of you are on this board because you believe in education, but notches cookie-cutter education. we need to teach our kids in the way that they can learn. please, make the right decision by ensuring that flex remains at independence high school, to ensure they get the education they deserve and need. thank you. >> could even get minus richland wallace. superintendent carranza, president painter haley, rather i'm sorry. other members of the board thank you for listening to me. my daughter was in-for 3 years. she described waited last year and is now in 9th grade. she was doing well enough to where we decided she was mature enough to look around at lowell, at lincoln, the other high schools there. she got a sliding the way. she was also in that other charter school located with de soto. she chose flex. because it presented the opportunity for her she liked. she is nearly all straight a's, if not stated she's coming out of her shell. she's doing very well at flex academy. she liked the attention she gets good considered been turned into a school with 2500-3000 students, not so much personal time with teachers she gets a lot of personal attention with the teachers due to the small class size. no, i understand that there are issues around p 39 granting of facilities. i also understand, though, we have enough interest, parents names and numbers were provided to fulfill some of the prop 39 records for number of students. we do have a facility there that is cold-locate with independent. what can happen w facility when flex is gone? are you actually going to do something with it or would sit there idle again? i understand that flex is that to move 3 times in 6 years since it's been in existence. they had a facility that we were going to start attending in bayview hunters point. for us, it was a godsend at independence academy cassettes closer to the side of, we launch of bob boston budget student that were on the roles that could do with a one-hour commute time across town. from the bayview hunters point district. so that district lost its resources themselves. so, i would request that you reconsider your decision not to grant space to the school. >> thank you. >> let it continue serving the students. >> thank you. >>[applause] >> hi. i'm sarah and the mother of an 11th grader at flex san francisco flex and or thank you all for your stamina tonight. i know these are long nights for you, as on the rosters would appreciate your attention to our cause. i also want to acknowledge the san francisco unified school district for all of the amazing facilities that it provides san francisco because it does. it provides diverse facilities for diverse populations and excellent education to prepare our children for college and beyond. i know you've heard a lot of pleas from parents and students from charter schools and each having our own reasons . flex has a particularly important reason tonight, and i just there's so many children in san francisco that fall between the cracks of these beautiful institutions. we do have beautiful institutions. my son did great awfully through middle school and started his high school education in public system. but he fell between the cracks and i was worried for his safety and his health and his sanity. so, he represents a larger group of people that of children that are disenfranchised or they have exceptional abilities or sensitivities are sometimes easily overlooked in these larger institutions that possibly have undiagnosed dysfunctions impairments or challenges. that don't necessarily show up in standardized testing. their parents are flat and search for safety and stability for these children and that's what flex provides. they enrich the rich learning environment with a lot of camaraderie in connection with the cheaters and so it's an oasis for the students to offer addendum that winded learning platform so the parent of such a unique child who was boston i recognized him i really implore you to reconsider this decision and to continue giving the space at independence. thank you. >>[applause] >> 52 last carcinoma think everyone for your patience in waiting with us tonight. [calling names] >> good evening, commissioners. we have a president you a sf. i'll try to be brief because of the hour. ie am feeling optimistic this evening because i heard immediate response by the school board, the school district to the issue at carver . that's an instance of getting your priorities straight and taking care of a problem right away. i'm here on behalf of our members the 3000+ members who do not get the january raise. i know it's on the school board to take care of the problem and the district to take care of the prompted that state care of it now. the teachers are getting impatient. some of you got letters at least from some schools. i know of for schools that are working to contact this week as a way of making visible their exasperation with the nonpayment of a monism out of money though as teachers that san francisco when he wrote those 60-$80. my not seem a big deal it's a matter of respect for educators that do the work in the classroom especially during the affordability crisis ranges out of control. i believe in the golden rule. treat others in the way you wish to be treated if you're expecting a pay raise however they rate your and you do not get it you would feel very very disappointed and upset and disrespected. that's what teachers are feeling and i can tell you of 3 teachers this week coming there leaving the district that's on you. you've got to take care of it. you've got to take care of it now. these do. thank you. >> hi. i just want to quickly speak to [inaudible] i been doing with the situation for over a year now where having trying to make sure our families jean parker have access to the amazing program you provide. we got applications for this awesome summer program at middle school at everett. it's free and if i had to pay for it to you would be about $800. the district is offering for free-for-all middle school students. unfortunately, they sent applications to our school in a motion spanish were mostly chinese speaking school. when i contacted them they were said they were on the liquor we end up getting him a week later. that's the kind of thing that i think consistently demonstrates to families, especially chinese taking families, that are not as important. i have access to all the programs. i would make sure that my daughter's peers also of access. so, i brought some specific examples in the arts in education master plan. it faces a lot of things that are supposed to be happening could the plan was approved i think 10 years ago and they're not evidence at our school. even though we have amazing teachers in our district they're doing amazing work and even in the department, it's systemically is not happening across the board. so i'm going to share some screenshots of that as well as this is the website which basically has no information on it. specifically, there's a packet for parents and it's another example. it's available for download in english and spanish, but not in chinese. that's just-these are consistent examples that i'm hoping to continue to work with the superintendent and with mr. stevens to make sure we provide access for all of our students in the district. the tango thank you. >> thank you and thank you everyone for your comments. special order of business. we have 2 action items. can i have a motion and 2nd on the levee of a special tax within the community facility >> moved and seconded. >> mr. superintendent. >> so, i'm here to speak to the chief is always opposite mr. david golden. >> good evening wonders of the board of education on david golden chief facility officer. as you may remember, we are on round 2 of the belarus fire life safety seismic safety parcel tax. the statute and the language of this parcel tax requires the board of education to validate the levying of the tax each year and so it's time to bring forward that resolution to the board. this will happen every year of the 0 life of the parcel tax. so, the subject is a resolution of the board of education of the san francisco unified school district letting the special tax within community facilities district number 90 one for fiscal year 2016-2017. now, only read the final therefore cause, which is the operative clause. which is, now, therefore, the board of education of the san francisco unified school district does hereby resolve, determine an order, as follows: the board hereby levies the special tax within cfd number 90 one for fiscal year 2016-17 pursuant to the act and is set forth in resolution number 103 pursuant to the act and is set forth in resolution number 1039s01, which resolution, including the exhibits thereto, is attached by this reference incorporated herein. thank you. >> no public speakers. any comments from the board? will call both. >> >>[roll call vote] >> this is hard for a board -21st but this is a first for us. the next item is a request when the public. can i have a motion and a 2nd on the extension of the st 272 deadline? superintendent. >> thank you pres. haney. as you may realize there is no staff ready to present on this. this is not a staff recommendation it is not a superintendent's recommendation. it's not a board recommendation or a proposal, so this came from the public. the commissioners on a copy of it. though, if there is entertainment for a motion, great, and if not- >> the only thing i would say we need to receive any the public >> nope public comment lined up for this. so unless there's any comments from the board of superintendents, we will [inaudible] an no motion. it dies for lack of a motion. a lack of emotion. all rights. >> a lack of a motion moving on. >> thank you, public discussion of the issues. none can i consent calendar could none tourniquet boat on the concerned over which was seconded under section f. >> >>[roll call vote] >> consent calendar resolution report discussion and action and there were none. there no superintendents or board members or committee proposals assigned to committee. we do have one proposal for immediate action, and notice of suspension of portables. can have a motion and a 2nd for suspension of the rules to hear a first reading in support of proposed ordinance preventing school your educator >> moved and seconded. >> will call vote >> >>[roll call vote] >> another motion and 2nd to formal introduction? >> moved and seconded. >> in support of the proposed ordinance preventing school your educator eviction whereas the frequency of no-fault evictions in san francisco combined with the steep lines market rents have despite many lower and middle incomes pronounce and wears many of these household expense considerable dislocation as a result upon eviction they can no longer afford to remain in the city, and whereas impact no-fault evictions are in the school year on school staff with teachers and others also raise serious concern and whereas school staff could meet establishing loanable to this button to do salary limitations make it difficult to quickly or easily locate a place with housing and eviction school staff during the school year can cause significant harm and whereas children need strong mentoring relationships to succeed and often turn to school staff vertically when i cannot find stability in their homes or in their communities, and whereas the broad consensus that academic performance suffers with teachers we were repeatedly absent during the school year, and whereas the loss of school staff is also harmful not only because nonteaching staff support teachers in the classroom but also because lots of nonteaching staff result in teachers having to go more time and energy to nonteaching duties, and wears evictions of schools that disrupt relationships important to children interfere with the learning process and partner schools be it resolved that the san francisco unified school district supports the proposed board of supervisors ordinance 160100 preventing no-fault evictions condo conversion removal of rental units capital improvement and substantial rebuild patient during the school year if a child under 18 or person works at a school in san francisco resides in the rental unit is attendant as a custodial family relation with a tenant in the tenant has reside in the unit for 12 months or more. >> we have no people look signed up although we give that privilege to our ues of partners. so, yes you are up. >> good evening. commissioners and superintendent, you esf works very closely with supervisor campos and tenant activist groups to craft some city legislation that will at least present, provide, modest protections for the people who do the work in our schools throughout the city. that includes everyone from those in early education and childcare, private schools and of course more public schools. when i started in sf ust in 1985 i rented a very nice studio with the garage at 15th and guerrero. when i want to move up in the world i moved over to 24th and guerrero and paid $300 a month for a very nice studio and a garage. i think if any of the commissioners with a superintendents visited any school faculty room, lunchroom, and talked with folks you would realize the kind of anxiety, desperation people feel and the number of our educators who feel that there's no place here in san francisco and they're looking for the best exit out. you have heard stories from teachers and paraprofessionals in the last number of months with testified to that. there is a crisis in san francisco. there's a crisis statewide and national in terms of being able to recruit enough teachers and school workers to staff the work that we need to do for the children. it is

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