is from it comes from from united san francisco and i want to thank them for their support in partnering on this and they want more development, they want to help their students and they don t want to walk away from their students and so that s the commitment we are making and we recognize tlg there is a lot of hard work to go. i want to thank my colleagues and everyone for their work on this and how we got to this point. there is a long way to go. i truly believe that we are on the right side of history here. that we are moving way from punishment and we are moving towards understanding, empathy, compassion and support and everything should be informed by data. even though we are on the right side of history, it s not going to happen without a lot of work and without a lot of history. we have a long way to go thanks to the leadership from the superintendant who has been supportive from the beginning. we have a long way to go. let get it down. thank you. any other comment
the reason i m here is because i want to talk to you about not the benefits to these kids, but the benefits to the rest of the kids in the school. the way to really think about it is that this i talk program is doing the best to make the best the children can be, but it s all the children and it instills a sense of empathy and i guess just an acceptance of differences . this is really tearing our kids apart. if you come to see the level of integration, it s amazing. our school is one of the bigst participants in the special olympics and it s because of these kids. they are the heart and soul of our school. the school district has treated them as a liability. they make our kids and themselves better through this program. you need to come to the school. our pta president, raise your hand, she s ready with times for you to come to this school and see how amazing it is. has anybody heard of the bridge school? like the concert like carlos santana and steve matthews come. they all
district for a number of years now. it was a resolution at the time it was mentioned and not everyone was familiar with and now they are embraced and demanding more of. now this is from it comes from from united san francisco and i want to thank them for their support in partnering on this and they want more development, they want to help their students and they don t want to walk away from their students and so that s the commitment we are making and we recognize tlg there is a lot of hard work to go. i want to thank my colleagues and everyone for their work on this and how we got to this point. there is a long way to go. i truly believe that we are on the right side of history here. that we are moving way from punishment and we are moving towards understanding, empathy, compassion and support and everything should be informed by data. even though we are on the right side of history, it s not going to happen without a lot of work and without a lot of history. we have a lon
frances school is an elementary school with 540 kids. the affected members of 5 kids. it s a rounding error almost subsequently about the it not for these families. the reason i m here is because i want to talk to you about not the benefits to these kids, but the benefits to the rest of the kids in the school. the way to really think about it is that this i talk program is doing the best to make the best the children can be, but it s all the children and it instills a sense of empathy and i guess just an acceptance of differences . this is really tearing our kids apart. if you come to see the level of integration, it s amazing. our school is one of the bigst participants in the special olympics and it s because of these kids. they are the heart and soul of our school. the school district has treated them as a liability. they make our kids and themselves better through this program. you need to come to the school. our pta president, raise your hand, she s ready with times for
accountable in a we know that walking away from students and suspension and expulsion is not the answer. i want to echo the words about the fact that this is really something that has been embrace d by our district for a number of years now. it was a resolution at the time it was mentioned and not everyone was familiar with and now they are embraced and demanding more of. now this is from it comes from from united san francisco and i want to thank them for their support in partnering on this and they want more development, they want to help their students and they don t want to walk away from their students and so that s the commitment we are making and we recognize tlg there is a lot of hard work to go. i want to thank my colleagues and everyone for their work on this and how we got to this point. there is a long way to go. i truly believe that we are on the right side of history here. that we are moving way from punishment and we are moving towards understanding, empathy,