i mentioned last meeting that this month we lost toni morrison , she passed on august 5 th of this month. in her memory, i was going to start the board meeting for the month of august with a quote from toni morrison. tonight i have what i think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. the definers want to the power to name, and the defined are now taking that power away from you. section a, general information number one accessibility information for the polk, public , number two, teleconference information section b., opening items. number one, approval of board minutes of the regular board meeting for august 13th, 2019. can i have a motion or a second? so moved. second. roll call vote on the minutes [roll call] speaker cards for the regular agenda are if you wish to address the board of education, members of the public are reminded that an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called. members of
we are glad you are here. this is the regular meeting of the board of education of the san francisco unified school district. today is august 27th, 2019, roll call, please. thank you. [roll call] i mentioned last meeting that this month we lost toni morrison , she passed on august 5 th of this month. in her memory, i was going to start the board meeting for the month of august with a quote from toni morrison. tonight i have what i think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. the definers want to the power to name, and the defined are now taking that power away from you. section a, general information number one accessibility information for the polk, public , number two, teleconference information section b., opening items. number one, approval of board minutes of the regular board meeting for august 13th, 2019. can i have a motion or a second? so moved. second. roll call vote on the minutes [roll call] speaker cards fo
political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. the definers want to the power to name, and the defined are now taking that power away from you. section a, general information number one accessibility information for the polk, public , number two, teleconference information section b., opening items. number one, approval of board minutes of the regular board meeting for august 13th, 2019. can i have a motion or a second? so moved. second. roll call vote on the minutes [roll call] speaker cards for the regular agenda are if you wish to address the board of education, members of the public are reminded that an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called. members of the public have two minutes to address the board and/or time as set by the president, importantly according to board rules and procedures, speaker cards will be accepted for any item for the board. number two, superintendent s report. dr. matthews?
i mentioned last meeting that this month we lost toni morrison , she passed on august 5 th of this month. in her memory, i was going to start the board meeting for the month of august with a quote from toni morrison. tonight i have what i think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. the definers want to the power to name, and the defined are now taking that power away from you. section a, general information number one accessibility information for the polk, public , number two, teleconference information section b., opening items. number one, approval of board minutes of the regular board meeting for august 13th, 2019. can i have a motion or a second? so moved. second. roll call vote on the minutes [roll call] speaker cards for the regular agenda are if you wish to address the board of education, members of the public are reminded that an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called. members of
and to thrive. they ve been doing it for 20 ye years. over the years i worked with young people at the african-american culture complex and as soon as i had a child that was in and out one of the schools like, i ve had kids who sadly went to almost every high school sometimes in san francisco. the person i would call and ask, can you please take my baby because he needs structure, he needs support, terry without hesitation always tried to make a way for any kid at the life learning academy because she knew if she got her hooks on them they were going to graduate and they were going to go on and succeed in life. now she s probably going to move into this dormitory because this is going to be an incredible place so that we can make sure that despite the circumstances that some of our young people are facing in their home environment, they have a home right here at the delancy street life learning academy. this is one of the most and i m not crying. my allergies are killing