our community is a divided mind. it is starting to get really ugly. teachers, professionals, and parents. there are those who are pleased with the interim principal. there are those who are confused. there are those who think she is not a good fit for our school. we need to fix things quickly. the main division is the stellar lack of communication and transparency. i ask the board for two things. facilitate in mediation, we need an effective process. we need to conduct an open and transparent interviewing process. i hope she will be part of this process. [applause] thank you for listening to our concerns tonight. i am a parent of a third grader. can i have everyone from harvey milk stand up tax-cut [applause] stand-up? [applause] can come here together with a unified message. [applause] i am the parent of a fifth grader. i am also the chair of the friends of harvey milk, the nonprofit organization that raises money for the schools. we are the cbo for the after- school
i am the parent of a fifth grader. i am also the chair of the friends of harvey milk, the nonprofit organization that raises money for the schools. we are the cbo for the after- school program. we are a group of volunteers. i have never been treated in a more disrespectful manner than this you re working with this and from principle. i have never seen, from the district, and i will say their names because they said mine. margaret chu has treated me in the most appalling behavior. their behavior is a reflection i knew. i urge you to read the letter in that package. it is very detailed. they passed out a letter that used my name seven times. in every single thing that they said, it was an absolute lie. i can back up with evidence. it has been of scene. the principal, there are some serious learning issues happening at the school. she does not address ieps. she makes fun of kids in the office. we have had union people, and to talk about this. she told me last night at this mee
we want to be balanced by thinking of what might happen if the taxes do pass. i think we will continue to operate on both tracks. president yee: thank you. we will move on to the next item. request to speak regarding general matters is up now. 7:30, right on the spot. i have quite a few cards again. i just want to remind the audience that if you are coming up and will be talking about a situation, and we did not mention staff names and we do not make this hearing bad remarks on anybody. i want to have the first group, up. you have a total of 10 minutes. this will be the harvey milk group. kevin paulson, john, sean, kelly , michael, dara peters, carmen morrison, rich bennett, wendy lee, david, fred, laura smith, rebecca, stephen. the group itself will have 10 minutes. use it anyway you want. 10 minutes total. not individual. [laughter] nice try. are you ready? ok. go ahead. turn on the microphone. i came to this board a month ago and asked for a fair and transparent proc
office. we have had union people, and to talk about this. she told me last night at this meeting that if the friends of harvey milk can defer a decision on whether they can make up the budget deficit, she will let us know if we will be the one minute. it is an unrelated issue. [applause] i am a parent of a fifth grader. almost two years ago, a group of our faculty expressed concerns about their inability to work with the principle. instead, the district did nothing and fire tore the fall in may. no support and fired her the following may. no support. they provide a promise they would provide us with an interim principle that was well suited for us. what we got instead it was a school that took 17 years of love and effort to build. the principle has failed us, the school district has failed us, and you, the board, has failed desperate if we continue on this path, one of san francisco s best elementary schools made a logger be. [applause] [applause] president yee: