Ms. Fewer ms. Mendozamcdonnell dr. Murase per ms. Norton mr. Walton ms. Wynns ms. Wynns . Here thank you mr. Haney ms. Wing and please join me in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Can i have a motion and second on approve the minutes on august interest so moved. And second. Corrections roll call vote. Thank you ms. Sang ms. Fewer ms. Mendozamcdonnell dr. Murase ms. Norton mr. Walton ms. Wynns mr. Haney 7 is. I want to welcome everyone that joined us in the chambers that evening for those who want to address the board please fill out a speaker card according to the board rules speaker cards will not be accepted for items before the board were going to do something unusual we have a i think a bit of a bittersweet evening honoring someone that the record will show to our Unified School District so ill skip over item b and go to c resolutions and accommodation and start with commissioner mendozamcdonnell. So richard our last evening on in the boards meetings we wanted to just take a moment to thank you and honor you for all youre amazing work on behalf of mayor he asked me to represent him together and to wish you the very best i know youll see him next week but he wanted to do another proclamation on your behalf i was looking at the clock you have time to have free parking and but i think that is note worthy to raise some the proclamations because the impact aha on the School District has been tremendous i know that he really appreciates the partnering that the two of you had over the last several years and we get a lot of visits from a lot of cities with a lot of marries how partnerships library yours and mayor lees are developed has to do with the belief you as an education leader knows what the best and hes been following our leads in the initiatives weve done together and hes grateful so tonight proclamation is from the city and county of San Francisco and we want to honor you richard fewer seven years of serving as our deputy superintendent and as our superintendent since september of 2016 our dedication and commitment to the Public Schools has helped the High School Rate increased the enforcements and dropped the suspension since 2012 and supermarket an ambitious plan to make sure our students graduate with the skill and living of the post secondary education and productive and members of society and where superintendant championed the enrichment funds for funding for Early EducationWellness Centers and Family Services through 2041 and whereas superintendant carranza was chief executive officer for the our children, our Family Council and citywide collaboration as City Education business and Community Leaders to develop and implement an institutionalize policy agenda agenda for all youth and families in San Francisco and whereas, he cultivated a strong and full partnering with the philanthropic to combrn our young people and support our educators through initiatives such as the mayors middle grad and kindergarten to college and the mayors job plus and cooling and pathway my brothers Keeper Initiative and whereas superintendant carranza will always be known and sfauftsd first mariachi superintendent in the city and county of San Francisco whorled appreciates him a supporter of our 58 thousand Public Schools students therefore, be it resolved the mayor ed lee wishing him all the best in his future endeavors of the 1ri7b8d Unified School District pro claims tuesday, august 23, 2016, the city and county of San FranciscoRichard Carranza day. Thank you youll be missed clapping. deputy City Attorney lee and yes mraens and letting us shoe horn our way into our meeting we want to say a little bit to honor superintendant carranza to superintendant guerrero on behalf of all the colleagues on the staff brought a little bit of something we wanted to take our turn to thank and celebrate our leader for the past 4 years and really a wonderful colleague for the last seven years to superintendant carranza has been its hard to believe many the last time well be in the room together and well try to spare the emotion we worked up a friday night superintendent but we do finds it hard to belief this is the last time well be together we know that houston independent Unified School District has its meetings during the day when you finish you can tune in into sfgovtv going into the hours and on behalf of all the staff we wanted to make a special presentation of a little token of our appreciation. Any Successful Organization is really clear about what it stands for these core values are what guide policies, practices our goals what were striving for this past spring members of the broader district and Community Educators support staff and Central Office leaders came together over several sessions to define and many to contentious; right around our own core values we wanted to make sure that as you go off to take on challenges in a new setting that we know those are values you pose and bring to a new community and feel confident those are core values that will continue to guide your work here we have for you a little frame of our core values students centered united, social justice and diversity driven our core values and many of our leaders signatures to remind you. Oh, wow. I want to open up from k34789s from the board commissioner norton. I wanted to thank you, richard for all of your years here you you know your first year as the superintendent was my first year as copresident we sporptsd each other im grateful for your championing of our disabilities and all say things you provided on that issue and wish you well and well always be your friend. Commissioner fewer. Thank you. This is a superintendent when we taught in tucson and not allowed to teach mexicanamerican study he instituted sf studies in every single one of the high schools this the boldness and i think we always knew that perhaps he may move on but we knew you were a larger big part of Public Education for the nation and you know, i always say in San Francisco we do things first and then people think were a little bit crazy and follow because were right. I think richard will lead the way in the nation around the education for our children richard i know that houston you might have ups and downs that is not san franciscans but i think as someone that knows you as a leader i think youll be just fine and you will open some eyes there and hopefully, this hearts as youve done here thank you richard. Dr. Murase. I want to echo the thanks from my colleagues for the amazing tenure and deduct there are no vision zero a productive path we know exactly where we header in the near and long term and thank you also for really creating a renaissance in the School District so that folks who had a very low opinion of our district have come to know it is as one of the Top Performing urban district in the state thanks to our leadership and that of our team we have enjoyed a really period so for of a lot of goodwill if unprecedented relationships with different sectors of the community and the private city because of our leadership im not going to say Governor Brown but see you soon i know you left our heart here and will be back at some point. Commissioner mendozamcdonnell. So richard i had a unique position as the mayors advisory and colleague of many of the wonderful people supporting the work youve lead it has been such a pleasure to be able to come into a district being lead by someone with who has been as courageous. Thank you for that but the areas ive been really focused on youve always been supportive whether there have the innovation and the computer survives or the college and careers all the real estate and the Development Office that has people invested in us because of our leadership because of you and because of beverage we have in the Unified School District so out of fostered those relationships youve guided the staff to be strong leader and you transition out you know i have the utmost confidence in the staff to carry us out so we until we find your replacement we are very, very lucky to have had you for so long having lived in texas for 6 years i hope you have a pool and air conditioning and that your skin gets thicker there will be things you, you dont hear youll hear there you know we had this very odd interaction with the trustees from houston Public Schools and you know we had to pass the baton and talk about what we did in our district were proud of but makes you look at great they hired you but we couldnt help users were really proud and on a personal note a true friends you know moments weve talked about a variety of things we feel your were your farther child youve been fair that means a lot but the more importantly one thing with me and for me when any husband came and proposed you helped with that and allowed for that time to happen this is a place that is really important for me but important because of the people that come into the board room we wish you the best of luck love you and will miss you. Commissioner wynns. We want to commend say first, im very, very sorry im not able to be there to this special night richard and for the district only true family emergency that keeps me away so i want to give you my sincere thanks for the leadership to our district it is you are the first superintendent that i have worked with who has not been a superintendent before he came to San Francisco and i think that is an important thick to note that has been our pattern in San Francisco that we hired experienced superintendents from other urban executes it was a really good departure and appreciate this the whole board was willing to take a chance on that and you were willing to serve San Francisco in our first superintendent position so i do want to say i think all of the things mentioned here are important i so appreciate our leadership of so many things but truly the relationship that you have nurtured and developed and actually have inspired and produced i did leadership to flourish weve had with the community outside of the School District is something unique and extremely important to the future the San FranciscoUnified School District so i want to give you the highest praise for the work youve done in communities leadership and also that includes the works that youve done with our city partners, with the extracoronally demanding huge number of community communitybased organizations that we both in our Community Expect our superintendent to develop and keep and positive relationship with that is something that is much more demanding in San Francisco than anywhere else in my opinion youve done a stellar job and the more important work in the future and the last thing i have to mention i think that the ability it you had to clearly articulate to the internal and external audience that we have our collective commitment to the entity agenda that weve made true progress and everybody being together on pursuing what we are committed to which is all children will have what they need to achieve those are different i want to be clear i wish you all the best i dont have to say goodbye and will labor day look forward to the professional leadership in the future. Thank you, very much. I wish you only the best thank you. Thanks Vice President walton ill keep this short and succinct i want to say you could have chosen to focus on the population in the schools with the highest numbers of ask the you have chosen to focus on the schools and the students doing well but you choose to focus on the populations that need it the most for that i want to say thank you and thank you for putting up with all of us i know that is not always easy. You descend who below the Mason District line remembered us in the equity for the students houston a lucky to have you well remain focused and initiative and strong thank you. I guess like Vice President walton youre the only superintendent ive worked with i dont know to work with anyone else this is a difficult time for our board we are incredibly thankful and ive sat beside you and learned from you and see your leadership first hand you know more than anything when we think about our superintendent but think about the person who is the embodiment of who we are as a Unified School District who everyone can look to and is whether our core values or violation or every conversation in the boards chambers that youre the person that lives it they lock to you and say i disagree with him but i know more than anything he cares and know that is fighting for every single kid so it is hard it been losing you because youve been that for so long in the School District and i want to say this is a very difficult job you had many many boards have very contention relationships with the superintendent have a superintendent that works with some and not on the way you collaborated with us has been extraordinary a model where a School District is lucky to have you and any School District should strive youve mad made that a priority the vision of what education can be in San Francisco and the fact were in this together has been so much that has driven you, you theres no turning back San Francisco has so much incredible potential when the city is involved and the community that engages the function youve laid down internally and extraordinarily to do that is just for us now just the way things will be so i think that has a Unified School District we are grateful and thankful and proud of our staff and everyone who has supported you and continue to lead in the model youve left us here and we are confident and proud of vision of this district and where well go in the future because of the function youve laid and were excited for our future and existed for the future of houston im trying to think of a some sort of thing houston you have a problem joke but not try to do that laughter houston has a probing problem they have San Francisco values coming their way thank you, richard we were grateful for your services and good luck. Student delegates. Hello so, yes echo everyone has said i want to personally thank you. The sfusd students for having the service and helping out in the Community Youth and families but also i want to say for me personally is that im not going to serve next to you next year but take with me a lot of your values and many of them and also how my school goes be the change you want to be and sorry were the ones that you showed us strongly and as im very happy and i think it is important that showing them the change and make the most of your time over there and looking and learning from your legacy we have left. Id like to extend a big thank you to superintendant carranza for your dedication to youth and names in San Francisco ive been in Public Schools my whole life and witnessing what you done for the district heartwarming and honored to serve right now as the vw on your last meeting and hope you dont a lot of great things in the future. Item c student delegate report. Oh, laughter okay. Were over it richard. Moving on laughter all right. Superintendant carranza. You know i dont blame you a bit were going im a little bit of a weepy mess im sorry but i want to thank you sincerely for all your kind words everyone that shared a little piece of your heart with me i have absolutely loved being part of the Unified School Districts and the community of San Francisco and im extremely proud of work we did together this is really not about me this is really about the work that is happening in the community and the ability to come together eastbound when we disagree to keep the Bigger Picture in mind. 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