With us. And today, as you know, we are going to examine the president s department of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget materials, madam secretary, this much was clear to me. That you are seeking to privatize Public Education. I believe, and ive had this conversation before with you, i believe its the wrong direction for our students and for our country. Instead, we ned to be moving toward expanding Public Policies, lake Early Childhood education, that we know helps students to succeed. We see this in our countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support, but in fact, are expanding it. Ill get more into the consequences of the cuts that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false premise on which it is built, and the research that it ignores. Contrary to your claims, the nations Public Education system, which 90 of our children attend, has witnessed significant progress for all
Going to go to districts with a city carved up into seven districts. Despite Public Opinion being overwhelmingly against this, or to fight the lawsuit and take on legal uncertainty and financial risk. Burbank is fighting its slavery lawsuit and has set aside 1 million for it, but that may not be enough. Santa monica has spent 9 million, and after years of litigation, the case is still in the courts or three. Find a compromise that both the school board and mr. Rafferty can live with. With mr. Rafferty being open to a compromise and given the other two bad options, it seems like it might be worth having a discussion with him about it. Thank you very much. Thank you. John hi. My name is john palmer. I am a 30 year San Francisco resident and voter, and i understand that you guys. Have sort of had a gun put to your head in terms of making big changes to how you elect people to the board. And i just think this is a real opportunity to make lemonade from lemons, because the proportional rank
Withhold have thought that after the 89 quake when everyone thought the city was destroyed things were over the waterfront is the most sought after death of the nations of san franciscans and people who visit who would have thought. San francisco, san franciscans we would have thought. We know what we are capable of. We know what we can do. We than when we come together anything is possible. So lets transform San Francisco and lets make magic happen [applause] thank you. [applause] 23 and 2. Order roll call mr. Steel. Commissioner alexander. Commissioner fisher. Here. Commissioner lamb. Commissioner sanchez. Here. Vice president ward. Here. President bog us. Here. Thank you. With that we will move to our next item going to be calling for Public Comment on closed session items. Thank you. None in person. All right. With that we will recess this meeting and go to closed session. There are none virtual either. Thank you, commissioner fisher for catching that. We have 91 virtual we will re
Would love to see us. To your point, take more of the bright spots and whats working and build on that. So do we. What else do we have that could be that foundational Building Blocks to move us forward . Sure terme. So we dont have to wait for a brand new curriculum. Um, so just so a couple of things is one, i feel like were building great anticipation for the schools to present. Um, and i think one of the things i just want to name is just the degree to which theyre being highlighted for the strength of their sight based practices. And i think one of the things youre going to hear from them is theyve really different staffing models. And so were going to hear about the range of instructional practices that we can learn from based on Different School types. Um, some of the bright spots i want to lean on a little bit more outside of just curricular, um, in addition to that, um, are some of the structures that have been put in place, um, within the district, both related to math, but out
Comment for agenda and non agenda items. A speaker card must be turned in to staff in order to speak. Please write. If youre a student, please write student at the top of the card. Child care will be provided from 6 to 9 for childrens ages three through ten, and it is available just across the hall. And the Enrollment Center, for general information, an accessibility information Translation Services and the information to observe the meeting and participate virtually can all be found online for Public Comment. We have new protocols that are linked on our board of education web page at sfusd and provide more detail about Public Comment. Lets see. Already noticed that commissioner alexander or Vice President alexander will be participating remotely. And at this time, before the board goes into closed session, i call for any speakers to close session listed on the agenda for Public Comment. Should i pause here or are there any others online for sure . Okay there arent other people outside