COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER I HEAR COMMISSIONER FISHER COMMISSIONER GUPTA HERE VICE PRESIDENT HEALING HERE COMMISSIONER RAY. >> COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WEREN'T HERE AND PRESIDENT KIM HERE ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION TRANSLATION SERVICES AND INFORMATION TO OBSERVE THE MEETING IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AS OPPOSED TO YOU WILL PROVIDE CHILD CARE FOR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS AND MONITORING MEETINGS ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE ENROLLMENT CENTER AT 555 FRANKLIN FROM 630 TO 9 P.M. OR THE CLOSING THE MEETING WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. CHILD CARE IS FOR FAMILIES WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE REGULAR AND MONITORING BOARD MEETINGS. SPACE IS LIMITED AND WILL BE PROVIDED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS FOR CHILDREN'S AGES 3 TO 10. QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT THE BOARD OFFICE AT (415) 241-6427 OR BOARD OFFICE AT AS IF YOU POSTED AT EDU. AT THIS TIME BEFORE THE BOARD GOES INTO CLOSED SESSION I CALL
FOR ANY SPEAKERS TO THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS LISTED IN THE AGENDA. THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR SPEAKERS. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NOT AT THIS TIME. I NOW RECESS THIS MEETING AT 5:05 P.M. AND BE S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION GROUP S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION AND I KNOW YOU S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION AND S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION GROUP S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION I KNOW YOU
S.F. GOV TV SAN SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION . >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD LASTS FOR ONE HOUR TODAY WILL SEE UNTIL 7:45 P.M.. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE CONDUCT BOARD BUSINESS. BLESS YOU. OUR GOAL IS TO CONDUCT BOARD BUSINESS IN AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE MANNER. DURING REASONABLE HOURS WE AIM TO RESPECT STAFF, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TIME BY ENSURING A MOVE TO SUPPORT BUSINESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. EACH PARTICIPANT MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE. STAFF WILL TAKE TO PARTICIPATE AT THE ONE MINUTE MARK AT ONE MINUTE AND FIVE SECONDS. I HAVE ASKED MR. TRUJILLO TO PLEASE TURN OFF THE MIC AND TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. I ASK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE RESPECT THE ONE MINUTE LIMIT SO THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM AS MANY SPEAKERS AS POSSIBLE. I ENCOURAGE SPEAKERS WHO ARE SPEAKING ON THE SAME TOPIC TO COLLABORATE AND COMBINE THEIR COMMENTS SO THAT THE BOARD CAN HEAR ALL VIEWPOINTS DURING OUR LIMITED TIME.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPTS WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA EMAIL AT BOARD OFFICER SFO SD.EDU. WE WILL HEAR FIRST FROM STUDENTS IN PERSON. THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PERSON BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEMS THEN MOVING TO NON AGENDA ITEMS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT IS COMPLETE. WE WILL SAVE 15 MINUTES FOR REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END TAKING COMMENTERS IN THE SAME ORDER AS IN PERSON. TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON YOUR RIGHT YOU'LL SEE SIGNS THAT OUTLINE EXPECTATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND MEETING CONDUCT. WE ASK THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MODEL THE KIND OF TONE, LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOR THAT WE HOPE TO SEE FROM OUR YOUNG PEOPLE RESPECTING DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND ALLOWING FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE. AS I REMEMBER AS A REMINDER BOARD RULES IN CALIFORNIA LAW DO NOT ALLOW US TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR ATTEMPT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME. IF APPROPRIATE, THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL ASK THAT STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH SPEAKERS. MR. TRIO. >> SORRY WE'RE FIXING SOMETHING
WITH A ZOOM FOR A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION. ONE SECOND FOR THE INTERPRETERS . THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM. WE HAVE 41 ADULT SPEAKERS AND 19 STUDENTS. WE'LL START WITH STUDENTS AS I CALL YOUR NAME PLEASE LINE UP LARRY MATTHEWS AMELIA COOK, ALEJANDRO RAIMONDO NADER JOCELYN TIRADO. MY NAME IS AMELIA COOK AND I'M CORA MATTHEWS AND WE'RE SEVENTH GRADERS AT JAMES THEM IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE BUDGET CUTS I WAS SAD. I WAS SAD ABOUT HOW I MIGHT NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BOTH PUBLIC SPEAKING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE ELECTIVE NEXT YEAR BOTH ELECTIVES THAT WOULD HELP ME LEARN SKILLS THAT WOULD AID ME THE REST OF MY LIFE AND TAUGHT BY SOME OF MY FAVORITE TEACHERS. PERSONALLY I DON'T LIKE MY ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES BEING TAKEN AWAY AND EVERY STUDENT DESERVES A SEVENTH PERIOD DAY AS I LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CUTS I BECAME MORE WORRIED ABOUT MY SCHOOL AND MY EXPERIENCE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. CUTTING SECURITY MEANS MAKING SCHOOL LESS SAFE AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A LOT OF ANXIETY ABOUT
THAT, THE THOUGHT OF DENTON BEING EVEN LESS SAFE MAKES ME LESS ENCOURAGED TO BE AT SCHOOL. IN ADDITION, IN EIGHTH GRADE THERE ARE TONS OF END OF THE YEAR EVENTS SUCH AS THE PICNIC AND CAMPING TRIP THAT MAKES STUDENTS LAST YEAR MIDDLE SCHOOL THE BEST. IF THESE BUDGET CUTS HAPPEN OTHER STUDENTS ME AND THE STUDENTS AFTER US WILL BE STRIPPED OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. THAT FOR ONE MAKES ME MAD. I SINCERELY ASK YOU TO NOT PASS A BUDGET CUTS SO THAT OTHERS AND I CAN FINISH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. FEELING SAFE, HAPPY AND FULLY EDUCATED DON'T STABILIZE THE BUDGET BY DESTABILIZE AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES IN MY OPINION I FEEL LIKE IT'S WRONG TAKING AWAY OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE SINCE ONE OF MY SCHOOLS IN THE LIST OF TAKING AWAY OUT OF 22 THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE 14 TEACHERS AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S NOT FAIR BECAUSE WE GOT NEWCOMERS EVERY TAKE OF NEWCOMERS THAT COULD AFFECT A LOT OF US BECAUSE A LOT OF IMMIGRANTS IN THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND AS TO WHY AS STAY PRESIDENT AND SOON CANCEL I'VE STARTED TO FEEL WORRY FOR MY OWN COMMITTEE AND SCHOOL SO I WILL TRY TO HOPE AND ATTEND MORE MEETINGS. >> THANK YOU.
HI. HI. MY NAME IS NADA. I'M SEVEN. GREAT AND WILL TEACH IN MOSCOW. I'M PART OF THE NEW COME UP. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN MY FEELING ABOUT THE REJECTION OF MY PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY ILLEGAL AS I LEARN HOW TO READ AND WRITE IN ENGLISH. I MEET FRIENDS IN MY PROGRAM AND WE PRACTICE IN ENGLISH TOGETHER. MY TEACHERS MY TEACHER ARE IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONE WHO TEACHES ENGLISH . >> PLEASE KEEP OUR PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. OH OH MY NAME IS JASON. I'M I'M A SEVENTH GRADER. I VISITED YOUR VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I I AM HERE BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH THE BUDGET YOU GAVE TO OUR SCHOOL. AT FIRST OUR NEWCOMER PROGRAM WAS TAKEN AWAY BUT THANKFULLY IT WAS GIVEN BACK. HOWEVER, THE BUDGET STILL CUTS IMPORTANT TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF. NEXT YEAR WE WILL ONLY HAVE ONE TALENTED ONE SOCIAL WORKER, SOCIAL WORKER, TWO SECURITY STAFF AND NO ASSISTANT
PRINCIPALS. WHEN STUDENTS HAVE PROBLEMS AT SCHOOL THESE ARE NOT TOPAS SO CUTTING THEM IS NOT FAIR TO STUDENTS. OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MR. AND MS. WOULD HELP OUR PRINCIPAL MISS BAKER MANAGE THE SCHOOL EACH DAY AND SUPPORT STUDENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, MS. G ALWAYS CHECKS ON STUDENTS BY ASKING HOW WE ARE DOING AND MAKING SURE WE ARE GOOD. ALSO WHY ARE YOU STILL TRYING TO PUSH A SIX PERIOD DATE? I AND MANY OTHER STUDENTS ACROSS THE CITY SPOKE OUT AGAINST THIS LAST MONTH. OUR STUDENTS NEED ELECTIVES REGARDLESS OF THE LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK OR IF THEY CAN SPEAK ENGLISH CORRECTLY. >> PLEASE KEEP OUR SEVENTH PERIOD SCHEDULES AND GIVE OUR SCHOOL THE FUNDS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF EVERY STUDENT AND KEEP OUR TEACHERS SUPPORT STAFF. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE LIGHTEN UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME DELSEY MARIE TRAN GENO ROMINA GOMEZ. >> JULIA MACKEY.
MELANIE SABAHI WHO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK WELL, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. DELSEA IS TRYING TO MORELLO YOU FOR A PORTRAIT THAT PROMOTES LITERACY IN THE IS WHY I KEEP ASKING ME WAS IN CONTROL WHAT ELSE YOU KNOW THE JANITORS AT THE PARAMUS BURGER CONTROLS BETTER NOTICE ROSARIA ALSO PALATAL PREMIERES ON IF PERKY EYEBALLS ATLANTIS YOU GOT SAMANTHA UP AND I AM PASANDO UP AND THAT ENGLISH LETTER VICTORIA APPLEGATE AND THE YANKEE OUTRIGHT CRUELLA DE JONG EAT AND DRINK AND BESIDES AMERICANS CANOSA AND THE LAW PROFESSOR IS E AMIGOS ELECT ON THOSE THAT I LEARNED TOLD ME ATLAS JACKIE GWEN THANK MOTHER BOIL THE PARANA EATING OISEAUX AMIGOS IMPROVISERS DE CONFIANZA E POWER NO LOST KITTEN OR STOP BENEFICIOS ILLNESS CAUSE OF CANCER STOMACH AS OPPOSED TO SAY HELLO MY NAME IS MARY AND SEVEN GREAT OH OH THAT YOU CAN WE HAVE THE TRANSLATOR COME UP AND INTERPRET THANK YOU.
OKAY GO AHEAD. >> OKAY. HELLO MY NAME IS MARY. LET HIM TRANSLATE AND THEN SHE SAID GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DARCY AND I'M A SEVENTH GRADER AND I'M HERE AS PART OF THE GROUP OF THE NEW STUDENTS THAT ARE NEWCOMERS THAT HAVE COME TO SCHOOL. AND I JUST WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR YOU GUYS FOR YOU NOT TO CUT OUT THE PROGRAM. WE THE NEWCOMERS WE BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THIS PROGRAM SO WE CAN LEARN ENGLISH IN A BETTER WAY. >> AND IF WE CUT THE PROGRAM AND OUR SIDE THEN WE'LL BE SUBJECTED TO MOVE TO ANOTHER SCHOOL AND START OVER AGAIN TO NEW OTHER PEOPLE AND TEACHERS AND AND THAT ISN'T REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR US. I'M JUST HERE TO BEG YOU TO KEEP OUR PROGRAM AT OUR SCHOOL THAT IT BENEFITS US ALL. >> THANK YOU. HELLO MY NAME IS MARY. >> I'M SEVENTH GRADE AND I
DRIVE IS VISITATION VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM A NEWCOMER STUDENT. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY DESIRE A PREVIEW OF THE SCHOOL BUDGET FOR NEW HERE BECAUSE I LOVE THE CURRENT NEW COLLEGE SO MUCH I LEARN ENGLISH HERE AND I LIVE SO CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS VALLEY TO IS ASKING FOR OUR SCHOOL TO CALL TEACHER A RESOURCE IN YOUR GRAMMAR PROGRAM. MY TEACHER HELPED ME SO MUCH IN EVERY SUBJECT AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY TEACHER HELP ME IN EVERY DIVISION EVEN IF IT'S HARD FOR ME TO MAKE IT EASIER. I WANT YOU TO TAKE ME AWAY FROM MY TEACHER AND ME AWAY FROM THEM. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING OR LET ME KNOW. ROMINA GOMEZ DO YOU KNOW WHAT I LOST YESTERDAY? YES. HE STOLE CITATION MOLLY ESTONIA KEEP KEEPER UP AND YOU CAN ALMOST KEEP AN AUSTRIAN MAESTROS IN ORDER HELLO SCHOOL BUS AND I STOP DRAMA BUT ARMY IS MORE IMPORTANT TO THE PROGRAMMER YOU LOVE MAESTRO SPORT IN MY YOU THAN IN ME
APPRENTICE OKAY SCHOLAR IMAP OR YOUR NAME IS TREVOR WHO'S A YOUNG MAN. ARE YOU THERE THOUGH I SENTIR COMO COMODO IN A SCHOOL THIS WAS THE YEAR YES THOSE ONLY THOSE INCLUYENDO LA OPORTUNIDAD DE PETITE BUTTON IN A FOOTBALL GAME. YEAH YOU KNOW SO LET ME PHYSICAL YOU ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO DISCIPLINE ME WE MUST CALL NOW YOU THE THE LENDER NOT ALREADY LOATH PROFESSORS UP OR YOU'RE NOT MATTER YES IT TRABALHO AND EQUIPO CANNOT SELL YOU BUT NO FUTURO I GET CAUGHT SO IT'S SO MEAN BUT IF YOU TO THE MUTUAL ATTENTION GO AHEAD INTERPRETER THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AMELIA GOMES AND AM A SEVENTH GRADER AT THIS VALLEY. PLEASE I JUST WANTED TO BEG YOU NOT TO TAKE AWAY ANY OTHER PROGRAMS AS YOU KNOW, I'M A HOMEOWNER HEADING OUT OF THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE I CAME FROM OTHER COUNTRY AND I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I GET ALL SUPPORT
AND THEY MADE TEACHERS AND STAFF WORKING FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE AND SINCE WHEN I ARRIVED THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY IS I ALSO BENEFITED OUT OF PRACTICING SOCCER. I LIKE THIS SPORT MAKES ME FEEL THAT I'M MORE RESPONSIBLE AND THAT YOU HAVE MORE DISCIPLINE. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT WITH ALL MY TEACHERS AND MY COACH I CANNOT DO ANY OF THIS TEAMWORK EFFORT AND IF YOU TAKE AWAY END OF THIS PROGRAMS IT WILL IMPACT NOT ONLY MY FUTURE BUT EVERYBODY'S FUTURE. >> THANK YOU. IS IT ALL IS IT OKAY? >> HI, MY NAME IS JULIE MACK AND I'M A STUDENT AT VISITATION VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPROVAL OF THE BUDGET GIVEN TO MY SCHOOL FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. CURRENTLY THIS BUDGET WILL CUT OUR SUPPORT STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS FROM 21 TO 14 WHICH MEANS LOSING SEVEN TEACHERS. THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA BECAUSE IT WILL LEAD TO MUCH LARGER CLASSES AND LESS ATTENTIVE TO PEOPLE WHO NEED EXTRA SUPPORT.
I WOULD FEEL VERY SAD AND UPSET IF I WERE TO LOSE MY FAVORITE TEACHER TO SECURITY GUARDS BECAUSE THEY KNOW ME AND HELP ME THROUGH MY PROBLEMS OR IF I'M HAVING A HARD DAY THIS YEAR . AND LAST YEAR I MADE THE GIRLS SOCCER TEAM AND MADE SO MANY FRIENDS MANY OF THEM WHO ARE NEWCOMER STUDENTS. I DO NOT THINK IT IS FAIR FOR THEM TO LOSE OUR ELECTIVE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE YOU HAVE DECIDED TO CHANGE OUR SCHEDULE TO A6A DAY ALL STUDENTS AND AS A FIELD YOU DESERVE AND DESERVE TO HAVE AN ELECTIVE AND THIS IS OH I'M SORRY. AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE AT MY SCHOOL BECAUSE ELECTIVE ARE BOTH FOR BOTH. OH, I'M SO SORRY. BOTH WE'RE GEN Z AND NEWCOMERS SOON TO SHARE SPACE AND INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. ELECTIVES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO BUILD COMMUNITY ACROSS DIFFERENCES BE CREATIVE AND LEARN NEW FUN THINGS TOGETHER. I URGE THE DECISION MAKERS OF THIS BUDGET TO DO BETTER AND CHANGES BUDGET TO OH I'M SO SAD TO SEE OUR TEACHERS INSTEAD HAVING TO TRULY SUPPORT AND SERVE OUR STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. I RECOMMEND. >> MY NAME IS NATALIE HONEST
WARRIOR AND I GO TO VISITATION VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE BUDGET CUTS PLANNED FOR MY SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. EVEN THOUGH THE NEWCOMER PROGRAM WAS BROUGHT BACK, TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF LIKE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS COUNSELORS INSECURITIES ARE STILL BEING CUT. >> THESE ADULTS HELP US KEEP US SAFE AND SUPPORTED THE BUDGET WILL GET REDUCED OR TEETH THE BUDGET WOULD REDUCE OUR TEACHERS FROM 21 TO 14. THIS IS NOT FAIR TO US. WE ARE TEACHERS MEAN BIGGER CLASSES AND LESS HOPE. WHEN CLASSES ARE CROWDED IT IS HARDER FOR US TO LEARN AND SUCCEED. I SPOKE LAST I SPOKE HERE LAST MONTH AGAINST THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF OUR SCHEDULE TO SIX PERIOD DAY. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS IS STILL AN ISSUE. ELECTIVE CLASSES ARE IMPORTANT AND OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THE CHANCE TO HAVE AN ELECTIVE ESPECIALLY OUR NEW OUR NEWCOMER AND EOD STUDENTS. PLEASE RECONSIDER THE BUDGET AND GIVE OUR SCHOOL THE FUNDING WE NEED TO SUPPORT EVERY STUDENT, EVERY VMS. THANK YOU.
PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME ANDREA THIS IS THE ONES WHO UNDRESS OR FEEL BENEATH US. DIANE WADHAM IS STACY. WE ARE HERE. >> ALEJANDRO RIOS FREIRE I YOU TO JOIN US NOT JUST ME NUMBER TWO OFFICERS TWO AND THREE AND RESEARCH ON BALLET MIDDLE SCHOOL IF I AM A NEWCOMER ONE DAY YEAR THIS WILL LEARN ALL ABOUT BEING ENGLISH I'M DIFICIL PARA ME IT MUST BE THE ANKLE MAN AND THEN THE ANOTHER IT BUT I'M A NEWCOMER MIGHT LOOK AT MAYBE I DON'T HAPPEN THERE ARE SOME THERE MIGHT SAY WATER YEAH ME MISS MY MOST OF MY EXTRA NATURAL SINCE AGAIN WHAT AREAS AIMLESS ARE YOU LONG A PANACEA LOPEZ OWN ONALASKA VILLA YOLANDA VILA THERE'S A MECHANICAL PASSENGER NOT A COACH I USE A POISON CONTROL CENTER SO TREES THIS SECRET ON MY ROMANTIC GOMER MUCHO TALENT THIS COMO YOUR BINOCULARS I SEE NOW YOU ARE GOING INTO SEDAN WAS PUTTING THE LEXINGTON BOMBERS UP AND THEY MUST LISTEN TO US AND MY SOLDIERS YEAH THEN THERE MIGHT BE DIFFICULTIES IN A SQUARE TO APPLY MY NEW COMMERCIAL EXTRA.
YES, I'M GOING TO SAY SORRY. YOU SEE ME AS DOES MY ASTROS MOTOR TROJAN. THERE'S NOT ANDREA MOZART ME MY OPORTUNIDADES GO OUT ROWS AND CLUSTERS OF YOUNG ON BASE ABIDJAN MANUS ISLAND BE YOU CITY I MUST BE PARENTS BUT ON A HIGH SCHOOL BUT IF I WANT TO KEEP THEM MY STORY BUT I'M A NEWCOMER IN MENTAL ILLNESS THE ADDRESS IS IN BOLIVIA AND MOST OF WHAT I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ACQUITTED OF ME SO INTERPRETER PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SOFIA AND I'M A STUDENT HERE AT VISITATION VALLEY. I'M THE NEW PILOT PROGRAM AND IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO ASSIST THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING OF COMING HERE I DIDN'T ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH AND I'VE BEEN LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH REALLY WELL. YOU KNOW, I AND WHEN I WHEN THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WAS FEELING LOST I HAD THE SUPPORT OF MY TEACHERS AND THE STAFF TO MAKE ME FEEL THAT I BELONG HERE . AND THEY ALSO TELL ME HOW TO FEEL THAT I BELIEVE THEY CAN BELIEVE IN ME AND WITHOUT THE HELP OF THESE TEACHERS IF YOU
TRY THE PROGRAM EVERYTHING IS GOING TO JUST BEING SLOW. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR ME TO LEARN ENGLISH AT THE PACE THAT I'M DOING THERE. SO I'M DOING THERE RIGHT NOW AND ALSO TO HAVE SUCCESS WE NEED ALSO THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AND ANYBODY ELSE TO KEEP HAVING SUCCESS IN THIS PROGRAM. IF YOU CUT OUT THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE DEVASTATING FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU ALL I WANT I KNOW TO BE NUMEROUS. ALESSANDRA HOW IS THE SWISS VISITATION VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS DOING TO GROW YOUR BINGO? OKAY, GO UP A LITTLE CARE AND LOOK. YOU THINK I MIGHT THROUGH A YEAR? I MEAN I CAN NOW YOU'LL SEE. I THOUGHT I WAS NOT OKAY, MILOS KEEP THEM POOR YOU SON OF MY SON. NO WORRIED AND I SAID OKAY. YOU GOT ANY YOU YOU PRETTY GOOD OKAY USE LISTENING OUTROS NINOS GAGING IN THIS PLACE GIVE ME MY YEAH BUT AND THEN WE JUST GO SO SCREW UP RANDY OR M.K. YOU'RE SO CLOSE MY EYES TO THIS MOVIE. EXCELLENT. THIS IS HAVING CAMILLE AS IS. OH MY STRIPPER KILLER OR KILLERS IN UTERO ETC. THING AND AS ME OPPORTUNITIES CAN YOU LIKE IT THE NEEDLE IS THIS GIRL ON WHICH I COULD ASK FOR QUESTION ME HELLO EVERYONE MY
NAME'S ALESSANDRA AND I'M AN EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT AND THIS VALLEY PLEASE DO NOT TAKE AWAY ANY OF MY TEACHERS. I HAVE THE BEST TEACHERS THAT I EVER HAD BEFORE AND THEY HAD TEACH ME ALL THE BEST AND THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THEIR JOB AND THEIR JOB IS EXCELLENT AND I ALSO WANT YOU NOT TO TAKE THEM AWAY BECAUSE I WANT THIS ALL THE STUDENTS FROM THE SEVEN SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE TO LEARN THE WAY TO BE LEARNING AND THIS IS AND THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THEIR JOB AND PLEASE DON'T TAKE THEM AWAY AND I WILL BE TAKING AWAY OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOT JUST ME FOR FUTURE STUDENTS. THANK YOU SO WE'RE NOT NOT YOU AND ME. NO STACY SO IS TO YOUR VISITATION BOTHER ME? THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO KEEP US BUT A SAMPLE OF COMPASSION FOR THE POSSIBLE ELIMINATION OF MAESTROS ABDURRAHMAN A NEWCOMER IS THAT IS YOUR VICTORIA DIRECTOR MEANT THEY ARE CLOSEST TO YOU AND ESPECIALLY ME AND THAT GUINNESS'S THUMBS UP AND IN ENGLISH ROSE MATTER IS GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR SONG ESSENTIAL IT'S APPARENT IN THE LAST CLASSES PARTICIPATE IN THE
EXIT ACADEMY GO SING AMATEUR MOTTO TO AND THEN THE DIFFICULTIES IS A CENTRAL IMPERATIVE ARE THOSE IN MAESTROS THAT MEANS SIGNIFICA GLASSES MUST GROUND THIS IMAGE ATTENTION INDIVIDUAL LOOK AFFECT A LA CALIDAD IN NEUTRAL CASUAL ARE THEY MUST DEMONSTRATE NO SOLO INSIGNIA THAT MAY NOT APPEAR YOUNG ENOUGH MOTIVES INWARDLY MAY NOT OF MAESTROS THEY WERE MOST FERTILE ETC. TO SUPPORT YOUR CSA WILL NOT GET ALL OF THIS TO UNDERSTAND LATIN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THE PRINTER LET'S BE OKAY CONSIDERING AN IMPACT IMPACTO REAL GUEST ASSISTANT ANDREA CASSIAN YET ANOTHER FUTURO GRACIOUS PERSECUTION NOT IMPORTANT SAY THAT I WAS GO AHEAD AND TOMORROW. >> HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS STACY AMA THESE VALID STUDENTS IS IF YOU ELIMINATE THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR US THE ENGLISH LEARNERS STUDENTS AND WE IF YOU ELIMINATE THIS THEN OUR CLASSES ARE GOING TO BECOME BIGGER AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR US TO LEARN ANYTHING AND WHAT WE NEED IT'S MORE QUALITY EDUCATION. IF YOU ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM THE QUALITY WILL IT WILL BE WITH GOOD QUALITY AS AS WE HAVE A RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE REALLY GOOD TEACHERS THEY CAN TEACH US
ALL A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ARE ALSO INSTEAD OF ELIMINATING PROGRAMS LIKE THE NEED FOR MY PROGRAM YOU SHOULD CONSIDER TO ACTUALLY POSSIBLY HIRE MORE PEOPLE AND ACTUALLY MAKE A STRONGER COMMUNITY AND A STRONGER PROGRAM FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU. WELL, I WANT TO NOMINATE DIANA AS I LOOKED OUT OH, YES. WELL OBVIOUSLY TITIAN VOLUMINOUS WILL GET UP TO REPRESENT ME THIS AQUEDUCT ON APOSTLE NATIONAL PROGRAM A PROGRAM ON NEWCOMER L PERSONAL APPAREL PROGRAM ON APOLLO BUT ARMY YELLOW CYLINDER CAMPER IMPROVEMENT OF A HORSE THAT BUYS MUCH OF DINOSAUR TYRANNOSAURUS WITH ALMOST YOU KNOW KETAMINE AND I SOME OTHER PANEL I WENT ON A TOUR I NEVER YEAH WHEN I'M A FORMER APPRENTICE I COME FROM COMPLETAMENTE DIFFERENT A PROGRAM I KNOW COMMON OSLO MARIN DOESN'T HAVE BUSSES SO WHAT RODE ON THE POPE IN THAT ENGLISH A PUZZLE PUZZLE FOR ME. I BELIEVE THAT BICYCLE CANNOT CONFIANZA SEE NOT THEM BEING UPON US WE ARE THE GESTAPO AND AND THE WINGLESS SPIRIT AMONG IN CONTINUOUS REPETITION GRASSES.
HELLO MY NAME IS DIANNA AND I'M AN EIGHTH GRADER AT VISITATION VALLEY. IF YOU ELIMINATE THE POSSIBLE ELIMINATION OF OUR PROGRAM THE NEWCOMER PROGRAM IT WILL IMPACT TERRIBLY ALL THE STUDENTS AND ACTUALLY NOT TO HELP THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, FOR ME IT WAS LIKE LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE BUT IT'S EASIER TO LEARN DIFFERENT WAYS TO IT TO LEARN A NEW CULTURE. AND THIS IS VERY POWERFUL FOR STUDENTS. PLEASE CONSIDER NOT TO ELIMINATE THE NEWCOMER PROGRAM. >> THANK YOU. YES. >> OKAY. UM. >> SAY YOUR NAME. MY NAME IS FREYA AND I AND I GO TO SLC COMMUNITY SCHOOL. SCHOOLS ARE FOR LEARNING, NOT FOR CLOSING DOWN OR ACQUIRING FEATURES. WE SO THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WITH OUR TIME VERSUS NOT WORKING. SO YEAH, PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME.
VALERIA. GO. GOTCHA. CHEERING GO! ISAAC MARIA AMENA SAID OVERSHADOW THE MANCO DAVID MARTINEZ DOESN'T PLAY OKAY. >> GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS VALERIA. I'M IN 11TH GRADE AND I AM FROM SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. EVER SINCE I STARTED STUDYING AS IF I'VE NOTICED THE DEDICATION OF AS OF MY TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS IS AMAZING BY THE WAY THEY SUPPORT STUDENTS BY MAKING US FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE IN COLLEGE. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VIRTUES OF THE SCHOOL IS THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO GET SUPPORT FROM YOUR COUNSELOR. BUT ACTUALLY ANY ADULT IN THE SCHOOL IS WILLING TO HELP YOU WITH WHAT YOU NEED AND WE GET ALL THE HELP WE NEED AS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SUCH AS IMMIGRATION STATUS AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND OTHER THINGS. OVERALL WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS WE CAN GO TO SCHOOL EVERY
MORNING KNOWING THAT IF WE HAVE ANY ISSUE OR WORRY THERE WILL BE SOMEONE THAT WILL HELP US GET THROUGH IT. SO PLEASE SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. MY NAME IS TRON AND I'M 11TH GRADE I SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF MY OWN EXPERIENCE. SO ON THE FIRST DAY THAT I COME TO THE SCHOOL IN THE U.S., EVERYTHING DOES MAKE ME FEEL SO OVERWHELMING BECAUSE I COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AND THE CAUSE AND SOMETHING ELSE AND THE TEACHERS HELP ME TO FIND THE ARTICLES SUITABLE FOR ME OVER MY ENGLISH LEVEL AND ALLOW ME TO USE, TRANSLATE AND UNDERSTAND AND HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND INDIVIDUALLY. AND I REALLY HELPED ME IMPROVE MY ENGLISH AND ALSO THERE ARE SOME THE PROGRAM THE PROGRAM OUR SCHOOL HOW ME UP AND ALSO THE LAST YEAR I FEEL SO STRESSED BECAUSE OF MY SOCIAL AND ALSO INDUSTRIAL LIKE AROUND ME AND JUST SO I THOUGHT WITH THE SCHOOL WELLNESS AND MY SCHOOL WELLNESS IS VERY. SO THEY HELP ME TO FIND A THERAPY TO SPEAK CHINESE
AND TALK WITH ME ARABIC AND I REALLY HELP ME SO PLEASE SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHER OF SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. >> UM GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS PSYCH. I'M FROM NICARAGUA AND MY LIVING ON 12TH GRADERS ARE FROM SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. AS A NEWCOMER I GET THE SUPPORT FROM COUNSELOR TEACHERS AMPARO AFTER SCHOOL TO ADJUST TO THE U.S.. WHICH HELP ME TO FEEL CONFIDENT WITH PEOPLE IN AVOID THE CRISIS IN MY HOME COUNTRY. WE'RE ASKING FOR A ONE YEAR PASSPORT TO SECONDARY NEWCOMERS BORROWING WHILE WE FIGURE OUT A PLAN TO BEST SUPPORT OR NEWCOMER POPULATION WITH THE VOICE AND EXPERT EXPERT TO SAY OF A FAMILY A STAFF TEACHER AND THE TAX ON NEWCOMER A NEWCOMER EDUCATION PLEASE SUPPORT THE STUDENTS A TEACHER OF SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL THANK YOU. HI AND MEMBER BOARD MEMBERS MY NAME IS AMEENA I'M 12 GRADER IN SEARCH OF SECOND NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL FROM UKRAINE. AS A NEWCOMER I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES BUT COUNSELORS, TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF IN MY SCHOOL TAUGHT ME EVERY SINGLE DETAIL ABOUT HOW TO GET AND GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. NOW I KNOW WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO AND WHAT ACTIONS TO TAKE TO BE A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT. PLEASE SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. >> THANK YOU ALL. MARCO WHEN I KNOW WHEN I KNOW IT'S SO IT WHEN THE GOES YET THE. YES IT'S THE VISITATION BUT I MEAN THE SCHOOL IS LOYAL TO THE GIRLS EVEN TO THE MAESTROS YEAH NOT ONLY IMPORTANT BUT ON THE TRA LA CASA ON HERE I LET ONE OF MY RETROS KNOW. YEAH BUT YOUR SON YOUR DAD SAYS HE YOU KNOW HOW YOU ARE MUCH MORE DECIDED THAT LESS IN CONTORTION BEING THE NO NO SO YEAH NOTHING LESS BUT BUCKLE MISHKA AND THEN THE MUSCLEMEN HOWLING LET YOUR APRON DIVA
STAND A TOPIC THAT I WAS LOST MY AUSTRIA YES TO ONE OF MY I WENT ON I WENT TO NOTRE AMIGOS SO AND EQUAL AS A REAL SERIOUS TO THE ANTIS AS WE TURN OUR THE FOOTBALL GAME NO HUIZENGA IN THOSE NINE TRAINA. >> HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS MARCO AND I'M A SECOND SEVENTH GRADER STUDENT SO INTERESTED IN THIS VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I AND PART OF THE NEWCOMER PROGRAM THINGS AND HERE TO ASK YOU NOT TO ELIMINATE OUR PROGRAM AND IF YOU FIRE IF YOU FIRE THE TEACHERS THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'VE BEEN TEACHING FOR YEARS FOR MANY YEARS AND I'VE BEEN LEARNING A LOT WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS COUNTRY I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH AND THEN I'VE LEARNED ENOUGH TO MORE OR LESS HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE LANGUAGE AND ALSO IF YOU ALSO FIRE OTHER TEACHERS LIKE GO SOCCER COACH OF THE HE'S BEEN VITAL FOR US BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN LEARNING A LOT YOU THIS IS THE LAST GROUP OF STUDENTS PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME
DYLAN RODRIGUEZ BELLA GUZMAN KILL MARTINEZ ANTONIO KEVIN MARTINEZ YOU HAVE I WAS ON ITS OWN. WELL, I MEAN WHETHER OR NOT YOU AND ME NO PRESIDENT WELL, MY NAME IS BARBARA GOODMAN FROM FROM LIVE THERE MENTARY SCHOOL WE NEED I READY TO LEARN BECAUSE WE NEED TO LEARN MATH AND READING IF WE DON'T LEARN MORE WE CAN'T GET SMART. THANK YOU OR OR WE WOULD IMAGINE WE NORMALLY DIDN'T NOTICE WE YOU SAY TO THE OTHER IS EDITION VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL SAFETY MOTO IN THE CLASSROOM BENGALI PETER POR FAVOR IN MY THIRD OR SKIPPERED AND IT WAS I DOES NOT KNOW ACCORDING TO THE UNITY REDUCTION IN MY EDUCATION SOME PART IMPORTANT IN THOSE ULTRAS BUT IS IMMUNE TO YOUR PLAN IS OKAY BUT ONLY FOR PHOTO OPERATORS. THOSE ARE YOURS AND THE MOST ILL COMPROMISE FOR THE YEARS THIS WAS CAPACIDAD DE EXPERIENCIA ACA NOSOTROS BUT AS YOU SEE I READ THE THANK YOU.
HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DYLAN AND I'M A SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT OF HIS FAMILY AND CALLING YOU I'M HERE TO TELL YOU PLEASE NOT IN THE NAME OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY NOT TO START FIRING TEACHERS. IF YOU FIND THE TEACHERS THEN WE WILL HAVE A FUTURE AND HAVING OUR TEACHERS WILL HAVE A BETTER FUTURE FOR US. SO AND OUR TEACHERS THEY DO HAVE THE COMMITMENT TO BE WITH US AND TO HELP US TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE AND BE WITH GOD. THANK YOU. YOU AND WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO ALLOW ME KNOW WELL NOT JUST ME NUMBER THIS GATHERING IS TO SET THE EASY STORY THE SCHOOL YOU SAY THAT IN SAN DIEGO THOSE LET US TO PURSUE WELL LOOKING GO TO THE AS COURSE THE SCHOOL A LOT OF LAW BOOK EMAIL YOU ARE MOOCHING CLASS SAYING MEANINGLESS ENGLISH THEY WENT ON TO CONDEMN YOU ARE TO THEM TOTALLY MEANT THE USA NOT ONLY GOT OUR HOUSE STUPIDLY HOPE BUT YOU GO TO SCHOOL A GOOD GIRL
NOW THEY DON'T REALLY WELL EITHER ON THE CAPITOL EARLIER MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER AND THE GIRL I JUST LOOKED SEE THAT AS I HAVE TO STAY HERE YOUR YOUR MY BROTHER YOUR WELL YOUR TEACHER MICHAEL MIGUEL A COUPLE WHO I WILL NOT I I'M LIKE YEAH TO GO TO US OH INTERPRETER GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS KAREN AND I SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AND PART OF THE NEWCOMER PROGRAM I BELIEVE AND WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY WE'RE DEFINING AMAZING THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS CAUGHT THE BUDGET IN OUR SCHOOL AND THAT MEANS THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE CUT AND THIS PROGRAM HAS HELPED ME GREATLY AND NOW IF YOU CUT THE PROGRAM THEN I HAVE TO COMMUTE AND THE COMMUTE IS IT WILL BE ABOUT AN HOUR FROM MY HOUSE WHICH IS ALSO FEEL THAT A PART OF THE CITY WILL BE THERE FOR ME I NOW I HAVE TO WAKE UP AT SIX IN THE MORNING IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET READY TO GO TO THE NEWCOMER PROGRAM. I, I KNOW THAT THESE VALUES A
LOT CLOSER FROM MY HOME. PLEASE DO NOT HAVE THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR HER TO GO FIRST AND THEN FOR ME TO TALK JUST GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ELLEN TELLO AND I'M A SENIOR JUN JORDAN SCHOOL FOR EQUITY. DO YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR MY EDUCATION AND EDUCATION OF THE OTHER 50,000 STUDENTS AND SO FEW OF OUR TEACHERS GO ON STRIKE TO FIGHT FOR A FAIR CONTRACT. I WAS AN EIGHTH GRADER ORGANIZING IN APTOS WHEN THE WALKOUTS WERE HAPPENING TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE OF OUR EFFORTS WE WERE ABLE TO GET A NEW WELLNESS CENTER ALONG WITH MORE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. I WAS NOT AFRAID TO FIGHT THEN AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO FIGHT NOW ALONGSIDE MY EDUCATORS WHO DESERVE A FAIR CONTRACT. I'M ALSO NOT AFRAID TO FIGHT WITH MY PEERS AT THIS VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL SFI OR EVERY OTHER SCHOOL FACING CUTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KEEP THEIR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND OTHER STAFF THAT ARE BEING CUT. THIS PROPOSAL IS CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR NOT ONLY UNDER ENROLLMENT FOR YOU ARE CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE SCHOOL CLOSURES. LISTEN TO ALL OUR STUDENT VOICES HERE TONIGHT. OUR STORIES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONES WHOSE EDUCATIONS ARE ON THE LINE AND WE ARE AFRAID.
WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO STEP UP AND FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. I AM UPSET THAT WE ARE HERE YET AGAIN AND THAT MY PEERS HAVE TO SPEND OUR EVENING HERE. BUT I AM SO PROUD OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY PEERS WHO IS HERE TONIGHT FOR SPEAKING UP AND ADVOCATING FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> HI, MY NAME IS LUNA. PLEASE DON'T CLOSE THE PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT FOR ME AND FOR MY SCHOOL. LUPE THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT, MS.. PRESIDENT. THAT CONCLUDES STUDENT WE WILL NOW MOVE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS I CALL YOUR NAME PLEASE LINE UP RUBBING CROP LAUREN SCHWARTZ LAURA SIMMONS JULIE LERNER REVEREND BROWN IT'S A SONG OR VIDEO. >> OKAY. HI MY NAME IS ROBIN KROP, SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY'S TESTIMONY TODAY. IT'S AMAZING. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR RIDERS OF THE 49 BUS WHO CANNOT GET ON THE BUS WHEN KIDS ARE RIDING IT TO GO TO GALILEO IN THE MORNING AND COMING BACK FROM GALILEO IN THE AFTERNOON
NOBODY IN A WHEELCHAIR, NO SENIORS, NO DISABLED, NOBODY CAN GET ON THESE BUSSES AND EVERYBODY IS BEING LEFT ON THE PLATFORM SO THESE BUSSES GO BY. I PERSONALLY THINK THE SOLUTION IS A SHUTTLE BUS AND I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE TOO HARD TO ARRANGE WHETHER IT'S DONE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT OVER THERE STAY WITH MUNI OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE A WIN WIN SOLUTION FOR EVERYONE WHERE THE STUDENTS CAN TRANSPORT TO SCHOOL AND FROM SCHOOL AND EVERYBODY IN THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A BUS DRIVER THIS AFTERNOON WHO SAID IT'S TERRIBLE, HE SAYS OUR PEOPLE CANNOT GET ON THE BUS AND I'M SAYING IT MUST BE A WIN WIN SOLUTION FOR EVERYBODY. >> MY EMAILS CAN I GET THE CONTACT INFORMATION? HOW CAN I GIVE CONTACT INFORMATION? I DON'T KNOW. BUT JUST VERY QUICKLY OKAY S F R B I N K@AOL.COM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EMAIL ME ABOUT THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU. >> HI, MY NAME IS LAUREN SCHWARTZ. I'VE BEEN A MUSIC TEACHER AT WEST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS.
OUR CORE VALUES A BIG BEGINNER'S ARE LOVE LITERACY AND LIBERATION THE SEARCH FOR YOUR DOCTOR SUE AFTERWARDS. LAST WEEK WE PROPOSED CUTS THAT YOU MADE TO OUR SCHOOL WERE DEVASTATING IF YOU ACTUALLY CAME TO OUR SCHOOL AND SAW THE AMAZING THINGS THAT GO ON EVERY DAY AND MET OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND ADMIN YOU WOULD LOVE US INSTEAD YOU MINIMIZE AND DISMISSED US AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO ELIMINATE OUR NEWCOMER PATHWAY PROGRAM AND CUT OUR TEACHERS FROM 21 TO 14. YOU ELIMINATED OUR APP AND GAVE US ONLY ONE COUNSELOR. YOU ALSO TOOK AWAY TWO OF OUR SECURITY POSITIONS. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? WE ARE A SCHOOL THAT SERVES THE MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND YOU CUT US OFF AT THE KNEES. WHAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP IS THAT? I WILL CONTINUE TO GO TO WORK EVERY DAY AND GIVE ALL THE LOVE I HAVE TO OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY. IT'S HARD TO LEARN IF YOU DON'T FEEL LOVED. IT'S HARD TO GO TO WORK WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR SUPERINTENDENT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU.
MY NAME IS LAURA SIMON AND I HAVE BEEN THE ART TEACHER AT VISITATION VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR 13 YEARS. TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS DR. SUE AND HER CABINET BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT MADE THESE BUDGET CUTS EVEN AFTER THE BOARD VOTED AGAINST THEM. I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT BLATANT INEQUITY IN THESE CUTS. THE DISTRICT LOVES TO TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE BUT CLEARLY IT IS ALL TALK. THESE BUDGET CUTS TARGET SMALL SCHOOLS AND HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. MY SCHOOL SERVES SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT AND YET WE SEEM TO HAVE BEEN HIT HARDER BY THESE CUTS THAN ANY OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU ARE TAKING AWAY SUPPORT, SAFETY AND JOY FROM STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. AND THEN YOU TELL US TO GET THEIR MATH AND READING SCORES UP LIKE WHAT? AND WE DON'T HAVE A PIZZA THAT CAN PAY FOR ELECTIVE TEACHERS, COUNSELORS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. LIKE SOME SCHOOLS ONCE AGAIN THE STUDENTS WHO NEED THE MOST WILL LOSE THE MOST. THIS IS WHAT SYSTEMIC RACISM LOOKS LIKE. HOW DARE YOU SIT THERE AND TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND THEN PULL THIS? MAYBE YOU THOUGHT THAT MARGINALIZED AND VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES WOULDN'T SHOW UP AND CALL YOU OUT. WELL, YOU SURE WERE WRONG. THIS SHOWED UP AND WE AREN'T
GOING ANYWHERE. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MADAM SUPERINTENDENT, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THIS ILLUSTRIOUS CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. LADIES MANDELMAN, MY NAME IS DR. AMOS KLIN OF BROWN, SENIOR . >> AND I HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF BEING PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. AND I'M ALSO VERY HUMBLED AND PROUD TO HAVE ACHIEVED HALF A CENTURY AS PASTOR OF THE HISTORIC THIRD BAPTIST CHURCH OF SAN FRANCISCO THAT HAS BEEN IN THIS TOWN FOR 173 YEARS. MY FRIENDS, WE'VE ALWAYS MADE EDUCATION IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR ALL CITIZENS AND ALWAYS MET ALL FOR WHEREVER YOU HAVE AND IGNORE OUR LEARNED UNTRAINED POPULATION YOU BETTER REST ASSURED THAT'S GOOD GROUND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FASCISTS ,DICTATORS AND EVIL PEOPLE TO MARGINALIZE THE LEAST OF THOSE . >> I THANK GOD FOR THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE AND SPOKE FOR A WHILE THEIR THEY HAVE GIVEN TESTIMONIES TO THE FACT THAT THEIR PARENTS LOVE THEM AND THEY HAVE PUSHED THEM. BUT WHEN THEY GET TO THE SCHOOLHOUSE AND TO THE BOARD MEETING THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PLEAD FOR EQUALITY OF EDUCATION AND IN BUT HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THAT NOBLE GOAL FIRST OPENING OUR EYES TO THE FACT THAT THE ENEMY IS NOT JUST IN SAN FRANCISCO THE ENEMY AT THE HIGHEST POINT EXTREMIST IN WASHINGTON DC BAD MAN'S CUTTING PROGRAMS AND RISK EDUCATION FOR ALL PEOPLE AND NOT BEEN POLITICAL. >> I'M JUST BEING PROPHETIC. THOMAS JEFFERSON SAID EDUCATION IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR FREEDOM. SO MY FRIENDS, WE'RE ALL THE STRENGTH THAT I HAVE LEFT IN THIS FRAME AND IN FOUR AND GOING ON 85 FEBRUARY THE 20TH COME ON, I'M GOING TO STAND WITH THESE FAMILIES UNTIL WE SEND A MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON
THAT YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED FOR YOU DO NOT SUPPORT EDUCATION. YOU'VE CUT SCIENCE. YOU HAVE CUT EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY. >> BUT NOW'S THE TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LIBERATING OURSELVES BECAUSE WE CAN THINK FAST, DOCTOR BECAUSE TO ME LIFE IS THE LAST OF THE GREAT SCHOOL MASTERS AND THE SPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUAL MENTOR OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DR. KING'S BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. MY PRAYERS MAY HAVE NOT TOLD THE WHOLE STORY. THERE MIGHT NOT BE IN THE MOREHOUSE COLLEGE AT THE AGE OF 15 IN 1944 HE WAS AN EARLY ADMISSIONS STUDENT BUT THE RECORD OF MOREHOUSE AND MEETING YOUNG BLACK MINDS WHO'VE BEEN TRAINED AND PUSHED BY PARENTS AND OF WHITES AND FOR A COMMUNITY FOR JUST THIS NIGHT. THANK GOD FOR TECHNOLOGY. HMM. THERE'S A YOUNG MAN TAKING HIS ROLE WAS JUST ADMITTED TO
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE AND HE BROUGHT DR. KING'S RECORD. YEAH. COME ON. HEY. GOD. COME ON. IF YOUR MIND HAS STAYED ON THE ACHIEVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITIES UNITED AND A PASS ARE WITH US WE CAN BREAK EVERY RECORD AND MAKE SURE THAT NO TOWN WILL HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FOR WHERE HE OR SHE CAME FROM. BUT THEY WILL BE LEARNED. MM HMM. ELOQUENT SCHOLARS, SCIENTISTS, DOCTORS AND LAWYERS HAD BEEN HERE SAVE OUR WE SAID I'M BLACK AND I'M PROUD. I'M BROWN AND I'M FINE. I'M YELLOW AND A MELON COME ON AND RED. BUT I DIDN'T COME HOME. I'M WHITE AND I'M ALL RIGHT. COME ON. I'M A LION. BUT I WAS NO MOM. I'M GAY. BUT I'M GONNA GO. MOM, I'M STRAIGHT. COME ON. I AM AN IMMIGRANT BUT I'M INDUSTRIOUS. COME ON. >> GOD.
TONIGHT. COME ON. HANG IN THERE. GO. THANK EVERYONE. LET'S KEEP GOING. BASELINE UP. >> OH, YEAH. ONE MORE, PLEASE. LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME. YOU DON'T KNOW KALEKA. LATISHA IRVING. JOE DREW. SEDALIA KAZEMI. CHRISTOPHER PEPPER AND CASSANDRA CORYELL. WE WANT TO GET MY NAME IS MS.. >> SAUDIA AND I'M AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT TEACHER AT JAMES DENMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I REPRESENT MY MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS FROM WHOM YOU ARE TAKING OVER $21,000 BOTH OF THEIR ELD TEACHERS AND THEIR FAVORITE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. >> THEY ARE DEVASTATED THAT WITH A SIX PERIOD DAY THEY WILL NOT GET AN ELECTIVE. THEY ARE TERRIFIED OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEIR LPAC PROGRESS IF DUTCHMAN'S L.D DEPARTMENT IS GUTTED AND YOU SAY YOU CARE ABOUT TEST SCORES. >> THEY ARE UPSET THAT OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WHO GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SUPPORT OUR D STUDENTS BOTH WITH BEHAVIOR AND RECLASSIFICATION WILL HAVE
TO LEAVE. >> THIS YEAR OUR L D DEPARTMENT IS FOCUSED ESPECIALLY ON SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS IN BOTH L D AND SPED. THIS WORK FEELS POINTLESS IF OUR KIDS CAN'T HAVE BOTH L D AND STUDY SKILLS NEXT YEAR. IT FEELS POINTLESS IF OUR YIELD DEPARTMENT WILL GET GUTTED AND A CORE TEACHER TEACHING ELD AS ONLY ONE ELECTIVE CLASS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS THE COMPREHEND AND SUPPORT THEY DESERVE. >> PRESIDENT KIM YOU ARE SHOWING THAT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR MOST MARGINALIZED STUDENTS BY ALLOWING THE DISTRICT TO DO THIS. AS ONE OF MY SIXTH GRADERS SAID, WE DON'T APPRECIATE YOU BEING SO SELFISH. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS IRINA AND I'M A PARENT OF TWO SIXTH GRADERS AT SUFFUSE D. I URGE THE BOARD AND DR. SU TO RECONSIDER MAKING BUDGET CUTS TO OUR SCHOOL SITES. THESE PROPOSED CUTS VIOLATE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S GUARDRAILS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WILL LEAD FAMILIES WHO CAN AFFORD PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO LEAVE AS FEW AS D WHICH WILL RESULT IN A FURTHER DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT THUS EXACERBATING FUTURE BUDGET SHORTFALLS RATHER THAN SOLVING THEM. >> MY CHILDREN GRADUATED FROM A AS A FEW AS D PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I HAVE SEEN
FIRSTHAND HOW A THRIVING NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL CAN DECLINE WHEN IT DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO SOLVE ISSUES. WHEN FAMILIES WHO CAN AFFORD TO DO SO START TO LEAVE CREATING A DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF SCHOOL UNDER ENROLLMENT AND A DWINDLING NUMBER OF CLASSES AND TEACHERS, I URGE DR. SU TO RECONSIDER. PLEASE DO NOT DEFUND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M CHRISTOPHER PEPPER. I'M A TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT AND I SUPPORT OUR AMAZING HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM. I'M COMING TO YOU. I'M COMING TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT OUR ABOUT THE PROPOSED CUTS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION AFTER A FULL DECADE OF GROWTH WE HAVE STEADILY WHERE WE'VE MOVED STEADILY CLOSER TO OUR GOAL OF HAVING HEALTH CLASSES IN EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL. OUR TEACHERS LAST WEEK STARTED SENDING ME EMAILS. THEY SAID I GOT THE CHOP. MY POSITION IS BEING ELIMINATED FROM NEXT YEAR. MY PRINCIPAL SAID I NEED TO START LOOKING FOR A NEW JOB. THIS IS A HUGE MISTAKE. WE NEED TO KEEP HEALTH EDUCATION IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU INTENDED TO CUT MIDDLE SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION BUT THAT IS THE MESSAGE OF GOING OUT TO SCHOOLS. AND IF THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU INTENDED, I NEED YOU TO BE VERY CLEAR WITH SCHOOLS THAT YOU WANT THEM TO KEEP HEALTH EDUCATION, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HAVE A CLEAR PLAN FOR HOW TO DO IT. HEALTH EDUCATION SHOULD BE A RITE OF PASSAGE FOR ALL STUDENTS. INSTEAD OF CUTTING HEALTH EDUCATION, I RECOMMEND MAKING THIS CLASS A REQUIRED CLASS FOR ALL SEVENTH GRADERS. PLEASE SAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION. >> GOOD EVENING. I AM HONORED TO STAND BEFORE YOU WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT IN LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE TEAM AND PROUD TO SERVE AS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. >> TODAY OR THIS MONTH WE CELEBRATE A DECADE OF SERVICE TO S.F. USD. YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER ON TODAY.
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE BEGAN BY HONORING OUR FOUNDING DIRECTOR LANDON DICKEY. I WANT TO HONOR HIS VISION, HIS COURAGE, THE GROUNDWORK THAT HE LAID TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS WERE SEEN, THAT THEY WERE NAMED AND THAT THEY WERE CENTERED IN THIS DISTRICT. I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE FORMER ALI DIRECTORS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE SAN FRANCISCO ACP, THE SAN FRANCISCO ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS AND THE MANY CHAMPIONS WHO BELIEVE IN THIS WORK AND WHO HELPED TO SUSTAIN IT TO OUR FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS, THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND FOR PARTNERING WITH US AND LOVE, CARE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND AT A TIME WHEN EQUITY HAS BECOME A DIRTY WORD IN S.F. USD AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFICULT BUDGET DECISIONS IMPACTING OUR DISTRICT, I REMAIN PROUD TO WORK FOR A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT CONTINUES TO NAME EQUITY AS A CORE VALUE AND TO FIGHT FOR EACH AND EVERY STUDENT TO SUCCEED AND GRADUATE CAREER AND COLLEGE READY. THANK YOU FOR TEN YEARS OF SUPPORT AND SERVICE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING AND SERVING YOU ALL FURTHER.
HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DESANTO MCALLISTER. I'M A STUDENT AT MISSION HIGH SCHOOL. AND I JUST CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH ALI AND THE BSR PROGRAM. SO ALI BSR PROGRAM IS FOSTERING AN EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT MINDSET THAT PUSHES STUDENTS TO THRIVE WITH THE SUPPORT OF ADULTS WHO HAVE FACED SIMILAR EXPERIENCES IN SITUATIONS THAT STUDENTS LIKE ME HAVE AND WILL EVENTUALLY ENCOUNTER. I'VE BEEN IN A PART OF THE BLACK STAR RISING FOR THREE YEARS AND IT HAS HELPED ME TO CHERISH MY ACADEMIC ABILITIES AND TO STRIVE FOR SUCCESS. IT ALLOWS ME TO RESONATE WITH THE STAFF AND FEEL ENCOURAGED TO PUSH HARD FOR MY EDUCATION IN ACADEMICS, SHE SAYS. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. CASSANDRA CREEL, PRESIDENT OF UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO. AMONGST THE MYRIAD OF ISSUES
THAT EXIST FOR OUR ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES BEYOND BUDGET CUT ISSUES THAT NOW ARE FORCING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO HAVE DEBATES WITH WHICH IMPORTANT LIMB TO REMOVE FROM WHAT IS A LIVING ECOSYSTEM A SCHOOL SYSTEM OF OURS THIS LARGE REQUIRES FULLY FUNCTIONING, FULLY STAFFED SCHOOLS AT EVERY SINGLE GRADE LEVEL FOR FOLKS TO GET A BUDGET ALLOCATION BASED ON ESTIMATIONS FOR WHICH WE HAVE SPENT YEARS DESCRIBING THE ENROLLMENT SYSTEM AS PROBLEMATIC IN THE FUNDING AND DEFUNDING PARTICULARLY OF VARIOUS SCHOOLS FOR ESTIMATION IS IN THE COMING YEAR TO LOOK LOWER DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE DISTRICT WILL BE ENROLLING IN A NEW SCHOOL IS PROBLEMATIC AT BEST LET ALONE THE STAFFING FOR A NEW SCHOOL. >> WHILE OTHER SCHOOLS ARE SITTING TO DEBATE WHICH TEACHER IS UNNECESSARY IS NEITHER APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME. BUT ALSO STUDENTS ARE STILL COMING TO SCHOOL. I HAVE YET TO HEAR ONE VERY
DEEPLY INVOLVED FAMILY MEMBERS SAY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE MORE STUDENTS IN THEIR CHILD'S CLASS THAT THEIR KID DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH CLASSMATES. THIS THIS IS NOT THE FORWARD GOING BEST PRACTICES LET ALONE SCIENTIFIC ON WHAT INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO RAISE MINIMUM EXPECTATIONS FOR MATH AND LITERACY STANDARDS AT ANY GRADE LEVEL. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT SCHOOLS ARE FACING AT THIS MOMENT OVERALL, WE SPENT THE LAST TEN MINUTES IN THIS TEN MONTHS IN A STALEMATE OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR WHICH WE COULD HAVE BEEN HAVING PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS THAT SHAPE THE VISION OF THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE THE MEMBERS OF OUR BARGAINING TEAM HAVE A VISION FOR A FULLY STAFFED, FULLY FUNDED, ROBUST SCHOOLS. >> OUR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS DESERVE. WE HAVE A VISION FOR WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING. THERE'S MORE GROWTH.
IT'S NEEDED AND I BELIEVE ACTUALLY THAT WE ALL SHARE A COMMON GOAL HERE THAT THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THIS COUNTRY WORLD GLOBE IF YOU WILL ,SHOULD BE FUNDING PUBLIC EDUCATION AT A FAR GREATER EXTENT THAN IT ACTUALLY DOES. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT. AND THOSE EFFORTS DON'T STOP BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONFLICT THAT'S STILL NECESSARY BECAUSE DESPITE ANY POLITICAL ALIGNMENTS ARE ENTIRELY MAJORITY DEMOCRATIC STATE GOVERNMENT HAS YET TO FULLY FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION IN VARIOUS FORMS. >> SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTINUES TO BE AN ONGOING CONCERN AND RETAINING SPECIAL EDUCATORS AT SCHOOLS ASKING THEM TO DO FAR MORE WITH FAR LESS. AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR SPECIAL EDUCATORS THE TEACHERS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR IEP MEETINGS WHO YOU'VE MET CONDUCTING SCHOOLS IN CLASSROOMS WHERE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES ARE PROVIDE THAT'S EVERY EDUCATOR IN HERE
EVERY SINGLE EDUCATOR AT A SCHOOL UNDERSTANDS THAT. SO THERE'S NO LEVER HERE WHERE ONE IS IS LESS IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER BECAUSE IT'S A WHOLE CHILD THAT COMES TO SCHOOL NOT PART OF A KID. >> AND AND WHEN THAT STUDENT ARTICULATE THAT THEY NEED MORE WE HAVE SUPPORT STAFF IN THE IDEAL SITUATION TO HELP THEM IN THAT SCENARIO TO GET THEM BACK INTO CLASS FEELING LIKE THEY CAN LEARN AND IT IS ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS SURROUNDING THAT EVERYONE FROM THE PARENT EDUCATOR ON THE BUS IN THE MORNINGS WITH OUR STUDENTS TO ENSURE THEY GET THERE SAFELY ALL THE WAY TO THE T10 WHO IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE SECURE. EVERY TEACHER NO MATTER WHICH SUBJECT THEY'RE TEACHING IS DOING SO BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED FOR A SCHEDULE THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF EVERY SINGLE STUDENT NO MATTER IF THEY CAME TO OUR DISTRICT MONOLINGUAL NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING OR IF THEY
DESIRE TO TAKE AN EXTRA ELECTIVE IN IN HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR AMAZING STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVERS IN THAT WAY RIGHT? >> THERE'S A WHOLE BROAD SPECTRUM HERE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE AND CONTINUING TO HAVE DELAYS IN NEGOTIATIONS ONLY FURTHERS OUR ISSUES WITH SOLVING SO MANY OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS WE'VE GOT IN FRONT OF US. WE ARE AT A STALEMATE IN THIS NEGOTIATIONS AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING. WE ARE AN HOUR TO MIDNIGHT AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT. SO WE NEED TO SEE MOVEMENT. WE NEED TO SEE ACTION. WE NEED TO SEE NOT JUST CONVERSATIONS, NOT VIRTUE SIGNALING, NOT ANY PERFORMANCE. THE HOMEWORK IS DUE AND NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS ARE ACCEPTED. RIGHT. IF WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND PUT THE GRADES IN LATER THERE'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM AND WE WON'T BE THE ONLY ONES ISSUING THE GRADES BECAUSE COMMUNITY COMES OUT. EVERYONE IN HERE WANTS THE SCHOOLS OUR STUDENTS DESERVE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGHT FOR AND NEGOTIATE FOR. SO WE NEED TO SEE SOME REAL FIRE ON.
THANK YOU, MR. TRIO. LET'S START LET'S ALLOW FOR A FULL 15 MINUTES OF VIRTUAL COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM STUDENTS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON ZOOM. IF YOU ARE A STUDENT AND WISH TO COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE A STUDENT. AND ON ZOOM PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. TRANSLATION WHEN A NOTICE MOST COMMENTS ARE SUBMITTED AS PUBLIC CITIZEN THE STUDENT WONDERS WHAT MINUSES THEY SEE INSTEAD STATUS WHEN A STUDENT SOLOS IS INTESTINAL ONLY NUISANCE ELEMENT IF THIS IS A COMMENT THAT RAISES CHINESE SO YOU YOU LISTEN YOU IF YOU ENJOY HOW YOU GOT EMOTIONAL OR LIKE A ROUTINE SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR DAY TO DAY YOU'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR DOCTOR THANK YOU . OKAY WE'LL BEGIN WITH ALEC HOLLY BUTTON. ALEC HOLLY GO AHEAD, ALEC WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. LET'S GO TO MONEY. I'M HERE. GO AHEAD, ALEC. YEAH, SORRY TO HEAR THAT. YOU WANT TO SPEAK?
I HAVE MY DAUGHTER TALLULAH HERE. YEAH, THIS IS STUDENT TIME. HELLO. MY NAME IS TALLULAH HOLLY. I AM FROM ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM SERIOUSLY AFRAID THAT WITH BIGGER CLASS SIZES IT WILL BE TOO HARD FOR OUR TEACHERS TO HELP US. >> AND MY CLASSES ARE ALREADY VERY CHAOTIC AS IT IS RIGHT NOW . I ALSO KNOW THAT MANY KIDS AT MY SCHOOL LOVE OUR TEACHERS AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THEM. I LOVE MY TEACHERS IN CLASSES OBVIOUSLY BUT I ALSO LOVE MY CLUBS. I AM THE HEAD OF A WRITERS WORKSHOP THAT HELPS KIDS EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH WRITING. AND MY ELECTIVES LIKE BAND AND ART THEY HELP ME AND MY FELLOW CLASSMATES EXTEND OUR LEARNING AND BECOME MORE WELL-ROUNDED, WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS AND FUTURE LEADERS. WITHOUT MY TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, CLUBS AND ELECTIVES. I KNOW SOME FAMILIES INCLUDING MY OWN WILL STRUGGLE AND MOST LIKELY LEAVE OUR CITY.
THIS WILL DROP ENROLLMENT MORE AND FURTHER DAMAGE OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES YOU HAVE SWORN TO HELP AND PROTECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. THANK YOU MUNYA. PLEASE GO AHEAD. I'M A STUDENT AT THE MS.. I'M IN EIGHTH GRADE. MY NAME IS MONIA AND SO ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS FROM MY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE TEACHERS GETTING CUT OFF AND THE SECURITY AND BECAUSE AND LIKE STAFF STAFF BECAUSE WITHOUT SECURITY OR AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OR OR ANY TEACHERS BEING LIKE CUTTING OFF IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY IT'S JUST A HUGE IT'S JUST CUTTING OFF TEACHERS WHICH MAKES IT WORSE FOR THE STUDENTS . AND NOT ONLY THAT, I WOULD WITH TEACHERS MOSTLY GUIDE STUDENTS . SO WHEN YOU REALLY DO THINK ABOUT IT, YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT IT BEING GOOD TEACHERS HELPING LIKE STUDENTS IF YOU'RE TO COME FROM THIS YOU WOULD SEE TEACHERS HELPING STUDENTS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU WILL NOW GO TO STEPHANIE STEPHANIE'S IPHONE HI MY NAME IS NEBO SHEA AND I I I AM FROM DENMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M IN SIXTH GRADE AND I HATE THE FACT THAT ONE OF MY ELECTIVES ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY. I LOVE LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS IN MY ELECTIVES OR MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE DAY. ONE OF MY FRIENDS HAVE AUTISM AND I WANT THEM TO GET AS MUCH SUPPORT AS THEY CAN. I'M A LOT OF KIDS AT MY SCHOOL SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND THEY NEED SUPPORT TO TO LEARN ENGLISH AND THEY AND I JUST FEEL SO BAD FOR THEM BECAUSE LIKE LIKE WHY CAN'T YOU JUST TAKE BUDGET CUTS, TAKE IT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE? LIKE WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO IT FROM THE SCHOOLS? THANK YOU. >> WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM LOAD UP. LAURA, YOU'RE A STUDENT JUST IN TIME 2025. WHAT HAPPENS LOUDER THAN A STUDENT? >> SORRY NOT OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES STUDENT COMMENT
WILL NOW GO TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY. WE'LL BEGIN WITH LAURA. LAURA, GO AHEAD. HELLO, BART. HELLO, COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS LAURA FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT MY KIDDOS GO TO THE LOWE'S AND HOOVER ELEMENTARY GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME AND SO AMAZED AT ALL THE VOICES THAT ARE IN THE ROOM TODAY. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO IS THERE PRESENT IN PERSON I ASK THE BOARD TO PLEASE BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT FORMULAS THEY ARE USING FOR FULL STUDENT POPULATION, WHAT FORMULAS ARE USING FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS . I AM SEEING NO CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS FOR ONE SCHOOL TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER AGAIN JUST WHAT FORMULA, WHAT WHERE? JUST JUST LET US KNOW. I THINK FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING WE UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I UNDERSTAND THAT CUTS WILL NEED TO HAPPEN IN THE STATEWIDE
BUT JUST CLARITY ON HOW WE'RE PRODUCING THESE NUMBERS IT REALLY FRUSTRATES ME WHEN WE GET STATEMENTS THAT SAY OH WE FOUND THE MONEY, WHERE IS THIS MONEY BEING FOUND AND HOW OUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. WELL NOW HEAR FROM STAR CHILD STAR CHILD STAR CHILD. HELLO. HELLO. IT KEEPS TELLING ME THE HOST HAS MUTED ME. NOBODY WAS ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS IN THE Q&A ON ZOOM THERE'S NO INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT OR WHEN PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PROCESS NEEDS FIXING AND ALSO I WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO POST AN IMAGE DURING MY COMMENT. THERE'S NO INFORMATION ON THAT . MY NAME IS STARCHILD. I'M CHAIR OF LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF SAN FRANCISCO LPS SELF TALK WE NEED TO RETHINK PUBLIC EDUCATION. IT SHOULD BE FUNDED VOLUNTARILY NOT WITH MONEY TAKEN FROM TAXPAYERS WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT UNDER THREAT OF STATE VIOLENCE PUBLIC DOES NOT NEED TO MEAN GOVERNMENT RUN. MOST INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ARE PUBLIC NOT PRIVATE LIKE PUBLIC RESTAURANTS, SHOPPING CENTERS
AND OTHER FACILITIES AND SERVICES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THEY ARE SERVING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS OPTED OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL SYSTEM EVEN THOUGH THEIR FAMILIES MAY STILL HAVE TO PAY EXTRA AND ARE STILL BEING TAXED TO PAY FOR USED SCHOOLS THEY AREN'T USING. CONSEQUENTLY, THE CITY HAS TOO MANY SCHOOLS FOR ITS DECLINING NUMBER OF STUDENTS. THESE UNDERUTILIZED SCHOOL CAMPUSES SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND HOMESCHOOL THAT ARE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC WITHOUT STEALING FROM TAXPAYERS. INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND HOMESCHOOLING PARENTS ARE ACHIEVING BETTER EDUCATION RESULTS ON AVERAGE THAN THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AT A LOWER COST PER STUDENT. THANK YOU FOR A COMMENT THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. WELL NOW HEAR FROM M.S. KAY M.S. KAY. PLEASE GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KIND OF HAZLET I'M THE DISTRICT 42 FOR LGBTQ STUDENT SERVICES. I WAS REALLY SHOCKED
AND DISMAYED WHEN I LOOKED AT THE SCHOOL STATE COUNCIL MEETING LIST AND UNDER THE FOUR SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOCUSED ON THE DIFFERENT VOCAL POPULATIONS LGBTQ STUDENTS WERE NOT INCLUDED. IF YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU CARE ABOUT OUR POPULATION, IF YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ONE FIFTH OF THE TOTAL REST OF YOU IS EASTERN POPULATION IDENTIFIES AS LGBTQ ARE BEING SEEN AND CENTERED AND SHOULD FEEL SAFE ON A DAY WHERE LITERALLY THEIR VERY ABILITY TO JUST PLAY A GAME WAS BEING DEBATED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL THEN YOU ARE NOT FULFILLING YOUR DUTY TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND ARE NOT UPHOLDING OUR VISION VALUES, SCHOOLS AND GUARDRAILS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. WILL NOW HEAR FROM COURTNEY HELLAND COURTNEY HEBERT. GO AHEAD AND MUTE. HELLO THERE. MY NAME IS COURTNEY HELLAND. I HAVE THREE STUDENTS AND I SERVE USD. I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY SAY TO DR. SUE WHAT THE HECK IN THE DECEMBER BOE MEETING YOU SAID
WITH A STRAIGHT FACE THAT THE AT THE TIME POTENTIAL BUDGET CUTS AND STAFFING MODEL WERE ONLY A WORST CASE SCENARIO AND THAT WE WERE NOWHERE NEAR WORST CASE SCENARIO. YOU BASICALLY TOLD EVERYONE IN THE ROOM TO CALM DOWN DON'T WORRY. AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER YOU GUTTED OUR SCHOOLS. SOMEHOW WE WENT FROM NOWHERE NEAR WORST CASE SCENARIO TO ABSOLUTE WORST CASE IN JUST TWO WEEKS. I KNOW WE NEED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET BUT THESE CUTS TO STAFF AND TO CRITICAL FUNDING AT OUR SCHOOLS ARE COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. AND YOU KNOW THAT THIS WILL DRIVE PARENTS AWAY FROM OUR DISTRICT WHEN WE DESPERATELY NEED TO BE ATTRACTING THEM BACK TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. >> PLEASE RECONSIDER THESE CUTS . >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM HARBOR KELLY HARBOR. SORRY YOU DIDN'T LET ME ON MUTE RIGHT AWAY. MY NAME IS FATHER KELLY AND YES, I'M CALLING FOR CLARITY, TRANSPARENCY
AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ESPECIALLY WITH THE COMMITTEE AND ALL THE ADVISORIES ON THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN AS WELL AS THE BUDGET. WE ARE HEARING REPORTS OF 20% CUTS TITLE ONE FUNDING WITHOUT EXCEPTION ATION. WE ARE HEARING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION ON FOCUS GROUPS. WE NEED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE NEED INFORMATION. THIS IS NOT HOW IT SHOULD BE UNFOLDING. IT'S PROBLEMATIC. PLEASE RESPOND. LIKE YESTERDAY STARTING WITH THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WILL NOW HEAR FROM KAITLYN KAITLYN. >> HI THERE JALEN HERE. I'M A PARENT AT SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY SCHOOL. I WANT TO ECHO THE LAST FEW COMMENTERS. WE SAW ON SATURDAY THAT I GUESS THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS MADE THE
CALL THAT LOCAL FUNDING GROUPS NO LONGER DUPLICATE. SO IF SOMEBODY IS BOTH NEEDS AN IEP AND IS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER AND NEEDS SOME OTHER KIND OF SUPPORT, WE ARE ONLY GETTING THAT ONE ALLOCATION FOR THAT STUDENT. SO WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT STUDENT WITH THREE LEVELS OF SUPPORT. BUT YOU'RE ONLY GIVING US FUNDING FOR ONE. THAT IS INSANE. AN ACCEPTABLE. THIS IS CONTINUING A PATTERN OF DIVESTMENT. SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ARE ONLY K-8 WITH NO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PAID FOR BY THE DISTRICT. AND WE'RE THE ONLY ONE WITH NO COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER A CHILD. AND AS THE PHILOSOPHY HAS CONTINUALLY CUT FROM OUR SCHOOL EVERY YEAR THAT MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN THERE THERE WERE 16 TEACHERS WHEN WE STARTED FOUR YEARS AGO AND YOU'RE TELLING US THAT NEXT YEAR WE HAVE TO RUN ON 12.
WHEN THANK YOU FOR COMING. THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. WELL NOW HEAR FROM RIHANNA ABOUT THIS RIHANNA. GOOD EVENING FOR COMMISSIONERS AND SUPERINTENDENT TO I WANTED TO CALL FOR TWO REASONS AND I'M TRYING TO GET OUT AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE ALI TEAM AND FOR THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS AND THEIR UNDYING DETERMINATION AND YIELDING DETERMINATION TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN THEIR ACHIEVEMENT. HUGE SHOUT OUT TO LENNY DICKEY AND EVERYBODY WHO WAS THERE AS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS. I AM VERY, VERY PROUD OF ALI AND ALL OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENT COMING FROM MY PARENTS AND ALSO TONIGHT I'M REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE I HAVE A LITTLE ONE WHO'LL BE STARTING KINDERGARTEN AFTER HAVING THREE ALUMNI AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE I'M GOING TO BE STARTING MY BABY IN THE FALL. I NEED YOU GUYS TO DO BETTER AND I SHOULDN'T AS A PARENT NOW BE AFRAID OF WHERE TO ENROLL MY
CHILD BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXIST. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS NEW SCHOOL AND HOW IT IS GOING TO BE IMPACTING OTHER SCHOOLS AND YOU ALL SWORE FROM THE BOARD FROM THEIR BEGINNING UP UNTIL NOW THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT. BUT IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT A NEW SCHOOL IS COMING AND YET OTHER SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE CLOSED. THAT'S NOT EQUITABLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WELL NOW HEAR FROM YVETTE NELSON. YVETTE NELSON GO AHEAD, YVETTE. >> HI, MY NAME IS YVETTE NELSON HERNANDEZ. I AM A PARAPROFESSIONAL AT JAMES, A MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'VE BEEN AT THE SCHOOL FOR 17 YEARS. I ALSO HELPING OUT WITH OUR ATHLETICS AS PARENTS DO NEED THAT EXTRA INCOME. THAT'S WHY I HELP WITH ATHLETICS FOR THE EXTRA INCOME FROM WHAT WE COME FROM. BUT I'M MAINLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT AT OUR SITE YOU GUYS ARE CUTTING FIVE TEACHERS TO TEN WHICH IS THE SECURITY GUARD. >> TWO OF OUR COUNSELORS PLUS BOTH OF OUR STUDENT ADVISORS AND AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF
STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL. WE HAVE OVER 800 STUDENTS THAT NEED THAT SUPPORT. THEY DEPEND ON OUR STUDENT ADVISORS AND THEY ALSO DEPEND ON OUR TECH TENS AND THEY LOOK FOR THEIR COUNSELORS WHEN THEY NEED HELP. WE ARE ALL HERE TO SUPPORT THEM. PLEASE DO NOT CUT THEM. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED TO $140 MILLION THAT YOU GUYS DEPOSITED INTO A SAVINGS? WHY CAN'T YOU USE THAT MONEY TO HELP OUR SCHOOLS? THANK YOU. >> >> THANK YOU. WILL NOW HEAR FROM CHARITA GARRETT. GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE. GARRETT, ARE YOU THERE? OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO DEB. DEB, GO AHEAD AND THEN UNMUTE. >> HI, I'M A DENMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT WHO'S DEEPLY ALARMED BY THE STAFFING AND BUDGET ALLOCATIONS. THESE ACROSS THE BOARD CUTS WILL HIT HIGH NEED TITLE ONE SCHOOLS LIKE DENMAN THE HARDEST. THAT DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENTS TO EQUITY, SAFETY AND STUDENT SUCCESS. A DENMAN AS EVENT SAID STAFF CUTS TRANSLATE TO REAL HARM. ONE FEWER AP MEANS DAILY OPERATION SAFETY AND TESTING WILL ALL SUFFER. CUTTING SECURITY FROM 3 TO 2 MEANS ONE OF OUR THREE FLOORS
WON'T HAVE IMMEDIATE COVERAGE MAKING STAFF AND STUDENTS FEEL LESS SAFE. WITH FOUR AND A HALF FEWER TEACHERS, A SEVEN PERIOD DAY BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE. THAT MEANS FEWER ELECTIVES HITTING ENGLISH LEARNERS AND STUDENTS WITH IEP IS THE HARDEST SINCE ONE ELECTIVE IS USED FOR TARGETED SUPPORT LEAVING THEM WITH NO ENRICHMENTS. CUTTING OUR COUNSELING STAFF IN HALF WOULD LEAVE A SCHOOL OF 800 STUDENTS WITH JUST TWO COUNSELORS NOT EVEN ONE PER GRADE. THAT'S DEVASTATING FOR A COMMUNITY WITH SUCH HIGH SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC NEEDS. THE FUNDING CUTS ARE JUST AS TROUBLING WITH A TOTAL LOSS OF 21 GRAND FOR MULTI-LINGUAL LEARNING AND TITLE ONE FUNDING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO DROP BY 20% YET IT WAS CUT BY 38% ALMOST DOUBLED. I URGE YOU TO REVISIT HOW THESE CUTS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED. DON'T BALANCE THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF STUDENTS WHO ALREADY NEED THE MOST. THANK YOU FOR A COMMENT THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM BRIE PICKFORD.
BRIE HI MY NAME IS AVERY PICKFORD AND I'M A PARENT OF TWO STUDENTS. ONE OF IS TWO HORACE MANN. AND I'M JUST DEEPLY WORRIED BY THE BUDGET PROPOSAL SENT TO OUR PRINCIPAL THIS WEEK. THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDED DEEP CUTS INCLUDING CUTS BASED ON A LOWER ANTICIPATED ENROLLMENT EVEN THOUGH WE WERE PROMISED THAT THAT WE WOULDN'T BE PUNISHED FOR BEING DISPLACED FROM OUR HOME CAMPUS ON VALENCIA FOR A THREE YEAR RENOVATION. I URGE THE BOARD TO WORK WITH SUPERINTENDENT SU AND FULLY FUNDING ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT ALSO URGE S.F. USDA TO WORK WITH LOCAL AND STATE POLITICIANS TO FIND A WAY TO FULLY FUND OUR SCHOOLS. WE LIVE IN ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST CITIES AND ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. AND ANYTHING LESS THAN POORLY FUNDED ROBUST PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS JUST SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KIM. WE HAVE REACHED THE BUTTER BREAKFAST AND IT'S A LITTLE BURN BUT LIKE AFTER WE BURN IT IT DIDN'T TASTE BURNT AND THE COOKING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WHO'S BEEN WAITING IN PERSON WHO HAS NEVER GIVEN A CHANCE TO SPEAK? SHE DESERVES TO SPEAK BECAUSE SHE TRIED TO FILL OUT A PARTY. THEY WOULD NOT LET HER SPEAK. WE WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES. WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO BE WITH US HERE IN PERSON AND IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. SHOWS HOW YOU'RE TREATING US. YOU'RE PUTTING US THROUGH FIVE TRULY. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT TO SHOW US? I'M A STUDENT HERE. I'M SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING PRIORITY HERE. BUT KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW US LIKE INSIDE LIKE EVERY SINGLE TIME I TRY TO LOOK AT YOU AND BE I TELL YOU WHAT I NEED BUT NO, YOU WILL SHOW ME TO THE SIDE. I HONESTLY DO NOT KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING HERE FOR YOUR MONEY OR THANK YOU. >> HELLO. I'M COLLEEN, AN EIGHTH GRADER FROM BBH AND DID YOU KNOCK YOUR ARE IS THE FIRST TIME. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THIS IS A
GOOD IDEA? MY COMMUNITY IS BEING RIPPED APART. THIS IS A BUDGET. IT'S REALLY A COMMUNITY'S TAKING AWAY RESOURCES FROM OUR STUDENTS TO GIVE AWAY CREATIVITY. DO YOU TRULY THINK THIS REPRESENTS A SUBSIDY? BECAUSE MY PARENTS SIGNED ME UP JUST SO I COULD BE SHOVED TO THE SIDE. THEY SIGNED ME UP HERE BECAUSE THEY SAW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO LEARN ENGLISH. I AM A SPANISH SPEAKER. SPANISH IS MY FIRST LANGUAGE. IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR ALL OF THAT MONEY THAT YOU INVESTED INTO THE OPEC IT HAD I WOULDN'T HAVE LEARNED ENGLISH. I WOULD STILL BE LEARNING SPANISH AND HAD NO IDEA HOW TO SPEAK IN ENGLISH. >> BUT STILL YOU'RE HERE. I AM. I HAVE TO FIGHT FOR MY OWN RIGHTS. DO I TRULY NEED TO FIGHT FOR YOU TO EVEN LOOK AT ME IN THE EYE? DO I TRULY NEED TO DO THAT? DO I DID I HAVE TO FIGHT FOR WHAT 20 YEARS DID MY TEACHERS FIGHT FOR A RENOVATION OF OUR SCHOOL? YEAH, WE DID AND WE WON.
SO GIVE US A BUILDING. GIVE US THE EDUCATION TO SERVE AND TO BE HONEST WITH THE STAFF MUCH MORE SO DO MY TEACHERS. SO IT'S MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OH THE SUPERINTENDENT HER TEAM ARE TASKED WITH PROVIDING A DRAFT OF EACH AGENDA 12 DAYS IN ADVANCE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO REVIEW ONCE THAT DRAFT IS MADE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO SUBMIT CLARIFYING AND TACTICAL QUESTIONS AND STAFF HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE OF EACH BOARD MEETING. THIS Q&A IS LINKED INTO EACH BOARD AGENDA ON BOARD DOCKS TODAY LISTED IN ITEM TWO WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW THOSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALONGSIDE OUR DISCUSSION TODAY ITEM D REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION IN ONE MATTER OF ANTICIPATED LITIGATION CONCERNING THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SEVEN EYES AND ZERO NAYS GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL IN THE MATTER OF SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT CASE NUMBER 3-24-619887 THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SEVEN EYES ZERO NAYS. THE BOARD GIVES DIRECTION TO
THE GENERAL COUNSEL IN THE MATTER OF SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT CASE NUMBER CJC DASH 22-602608 THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SIX EYES WITH COMMISSIONER GUPTA VOTING NAY, THE BOARD GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL. THAT'S IF YOU SEE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS COMMITTED TO EFFECTIVE SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNANCE THAT CENTER STUDENT LEARNING BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT. WE HAVE ADOPTED OUR VISION VALUES, GOALS AND GUARDRAILS AND IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE PORTION OF BOARD MEETING TIME WE SPEND OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES. EVERY OTHER MEETING IS A MONITORING WORKSHOP. OUR BOARD CALLS OUR APPROACH CALLS TO GOVERNANCE ALSO CALLS ON THE BOARD TO EMPOWER THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE FULL OWNERSHIP OF THE STRATEGIES USED TO REACH THOSE GOALS WITHIN THE GUARDRAIL SET BY THE BOARD. AS WE IMPLEMENT OUR GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK, THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO ADOPT NEW SYSTEMS, ROUTINES AND POLICIES AIMED AT IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES. WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO FOLLOW THIS WORK ON OUR WEBSITE AT AS A FEW IS DATA EDU SLASH GOVERNANCE AS WE COMMIT TO FINDING NEW AND IMPROVED WAYS TO MORE MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE
WITH STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. ITEM OPENING ITEMS ACKNOWLEDGMENT WE THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF EDUCATION ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE RAMAKRISHNA LONEY WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA AS INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TRADITIONS THE RAMAKRISHNA LONELY HAVE NEVER CEDED LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY AS GUESTS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING ON THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELAND AND WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THEIR AMATEUR'S COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES NEXT ITEM STUDENT DELEGATE REPORTED CALLING STUDENT DELEGATES CREWS IN MIND TO SHARE A REPORT IF YOU HAVE ONE. >> HI SO RECENTLY WE WERE INVITED BY THE SUPERVISOR AND TO THE AD HOC MEETING
AND THAT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS REALLY FUN AND ENGAGING FOR THE SIAC REPRESENTATIVES THAT CAME WAS WERE PRESIDENT LINKS IN MONTGOMERY AND ME OVER HERE STUDENT DELEGATE SHE AND MYSELF AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE. I FELT LIKE AS FOR MYSELF SPEAKING FOR MYSELF I FELT REALLY CONNECTED AND I, I WAS PART OF BEST TEAM BY THE WAY AND AND I SAYS WELL I'LL KEEP ON SAYING THAT BUT IT WAS REALLY ENGAGING. I FELT LIKE YOU GAVE ME A BIT LIKE A DEEPER INSIGHT OF WHAT A LOT OF PARENTS FELT LIKE AND SOME THINGS THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF AS WELL. SO JUST KIND OF GAVE ME MORE OF A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE I DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE AND IT ALSO KIND OF BACKED UP CONTACTS I ALREADY FELT AND KIND OF FELT CONNECT WITH A LOT OF PARENTS AND GOT A LOT OF IDEAS AND WAS ABLE TO BRAINSTORM. WE DID PRESENT THIS AS I SEE OUR MEETING THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY AND WE ARE ADVOCATING
FOR MORE STUDENTS TO COME SO WE WILL BE KEEPING YOU GUYS UPDATED, KEEP INVITING US AND WE WILL BE THERE. YEAH YEAH. OH MY ORDER. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. IT WAS AN AMAZING MEETING. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE FOR A MORE LIKE SAFETY FOCUSED UPDATE. WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR YESTERDAY RIGHT THERE AND WE FIRST HAD A PRESENTATION FROM THE DISTRICT'S COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR LAURA AND MEDIA RELATIONS COORDINATOR CATRINA FOR PROVIDING LIKE A LITTLE SHORT TRAINING ON A COMMUNICATIONS ONE ON ONE HOW TO LIKE PROFESSIONALLY RESPOND TO EMAILS AND LIKE TEXT AND LIKE STUFF LIKE THAT. AND WE'RE ALSO TRAINED LITTLE ON LIKE MEDIA INTERACTION AS WELL IF LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA DON'T THEN DO'S AND DON'TS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO LAURA TRINA FOR THE TRAINING AND THEN WE'RE STARTING TO PLAN FOR OUR YOUTH SUMMIT WHICH IS WE'RE PLANNING FOR AN APRIL WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR CHOOSING COUPLE OF DATES ASKING
RATHER THAN THOSE FROM OUR SCHOOLS TO SEE IF THERE'S LIKE ANY CONFLICTING ISSUES ON WHAT THEIR SCHOOL IS, WHAT THEIR SCHOOL SCHEDULES SO IT DOESN'T CONFLICT. WE'RE ALSO WORKSHOPPING THEMES AND THEN LIKE WORKSHOP A MORE WORKSHOPPING IDEAS FOR WORKSHOPS AND WE'LL BRING THEM BACK TO OUR NEXT MEETING ON JANUARY 26TH. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO CAME AND SHARED THEIR FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS AS I SHARED EARLIER, I WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BUT OBVIOUSLY OF COURSE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR CAN WE HAVE MY SLIDES UP PLEASE? SLIDES OKAY. SO AS WE GET MY SLIDES UP I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THEIR SCHOOL PLANNING SUMMIT THIS SATURDAY AS MANY FAMILIES HAVE REFERENCED WE DID KICK OFF OUR SCHOOL PLANNING SUMMIT THIS SATURDAY AND I KNOW THAT MANY
SCHOOL COMMUNITIES HAVE STARTED DIVING DEEP INTO THEIR SCHOOL DATA INTO THE BUDGET INFORMATION, THE BUDGET ALLOCATION AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR EACH SITE LEADER, FAMILY MEMBER AND STUDENTS FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING TO STAY ALIGNED WITH THE DISTRICT'S PRIORITIES AND TO UNDERSTAND OUR CURRENT BUDGET LANDSCAPE. THESE FACTORS ARE CRITICAL IN SHAPING THOUGHTFUL, REALISTIC SCHOOL PLANS. SITES ALL RECEIVED THEIR ALLOCATION LAST WEEK AND THEY'RE DEEP IN THE PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING IT. THE BUDGET CONTEXT REALLY MATTERS HERE BECAUSE BUDGET IS NOT THEY'RE NOT JUST NUMBERS. IT REALLY REPRESENTS THE VISION OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE BOARD'S VISION FOR OUR VISION VALUES, GOALS AND GUARDRAILS.
HOWEVER, IN RESPONSE JAY IN RESPONSE TO BOARD AND COMMUNITY INPUT MY TEAM AND I REVIEWED EACH SCHOOL ALLOCATION LINE BY LINE TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION PLAN DID NOT UNDERMINED OUR SCHOOLS ABILITY TO DELIVER ON HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION AS WELL AS CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS. WE HAVE POSTED THESE SCHOOL ALLOCATIONS ON OUR WEBSITE SO ANYONE IS FREE TO GO ON AND SEE WHAT YOUR ALLOCATIONS ARE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY. THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO HIDE AS OF FROM DECEMBER TO WHERE WE ARE NOW I HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DECEMBER STAFFING MODEL ALLOCATION. WE HAVE RESTORED OUR SOCIAL WORK, OUR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK ALLOCATION. WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT TARGETED REDUCTIONS TO OUR SECURITY GUARDS WERE NOT TAKEN. THERE ARE NO SCHOOL COMMUNITY AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME THAT WILL BE EXPERIENCING COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF THEIR SECURITY GUARDS. WE HAVE INCREASED SITE
DISCRETIONARY FUNDING FOR OUR FOCUS STUDENTS AND WE ARE VIEWING SITE BY SITE. WE'RE DOING SITE BY SITE REVIEW OF ALL PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT APPROPRIATE STAFFING LEVELS ARE PROVIDED ACCORDING TO CURRENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND SITE PROGRAM NEEDS. WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE THE NATION WIDE TREND OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT WHICH THEN OF COURSE IMPACTS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE GET. I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE BROADER CONTEXT FOR THESE BUDGET DECISIONS AND REDUCTIONS ARE REALLY HARD. THE DISTRICT IS FACING A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT AND IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO DISARRAY AND WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SET THE DISTRICT UP FOR FUTURE SUCCESS . HOWEVER, THIS STAFFING ALLOCATION IS NOT ABOUT REDUCING OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY NOR OUR COMMITMENT TO
OUR STUDENTS. IT IS ABOUT MAKING THAT MAKING SURE THAT THE ALLOCATION THAT WE ARE PROVIDING MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE WILL HAVE. I ALSO RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH WITH CHANGE AND IT IS HARD TO MAKE REDUCTIONS. THAT IS WHY I HAVE JOINED LARGE URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SUPERINTENDENTS ACROSS THE STATE TO ADVOCATE IN SACRAMENTO FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE ARE ADVOCATING OUR SUPPORT AT THE STATE LEVEL TO HELP CHANGE THE WAY THEY CALCULATE FUNDING FOR US. WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT OUR STATE OFFICIALS, OUR STATE LEADERS KNOW THAT OUR BUDGET SHOULD BE ALLOCATED BASED ON ENROLLMENT NOT ON AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE WHICH IS THE CURRENT WAY THEY ARE CALCULATING OUR BUDGET THAT OUR STATE OFFICIALS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT POVERTY LEVELS WITHIN LARGE URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOOK DIFFERENT FROM POVERTY LEVELS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. SO WE SHOULD USE A DIFFERENT CALCULATION BY DOING THAT. IT ALLOWS US TO RECOUP ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. WE ARE ALSO ASKING THE STATE TO FULLY FUND THE COSTS TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT. AS WE REVIEW THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS HERE LOCALLY. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO REVISE OUR BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND IN MARCH YOU WILL HEAR A REVISED UPDATE OF OUR CURRENT BUDGET. I COMMIT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO STAY ENGAGED. I WANT TO READ ALL OF YOUR PLANS, ALL YOUR YOUR SCHOOL SIZE SUMMIT PLANS. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AS WE DEVELOP A BUDGET THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE OUR FISCAL SOLVENCY FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE GO ON OUR WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SCHOOL PLANNING SUMMIT 2026 AND YOU CAN OF COURSE ALWAYS TALK TO YOUR SCHOOL LEADER TO
LEARN MORE. I DON'T THINK I WENT THROUGH ANY OF THE SLIDES THERE. MARYN CAN YOU. OH, THEY ARE BEHIND ME. OKAY. SO I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO IS IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING TO SFI USD TO PLEASE APPLY TO SAVE USD. THE DEADLINE IS FAST APPROACHING. WE ARE ONLY TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AWAY FROM THE DEADLINE OF JANUARY 30TH. AND IF YOUR CHILD IS ENTERING TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN KINDERGARTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR THEY WILL NEED TO APPLY FOR A NEW SCHOOL WITH THE WITH THE WITH US ELIMINATING ALL OF THE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF OF APPLICATION. WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO STREAMLINE AND SIMPLIFY THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR FAMILIES. AGAIN IF YOU ARE IN THE PROCESS OF OF OF APPLYING TO US PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION BY
THE END OF JANUARY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AS YOU HEARD EARLIER FROM OUR AMAZING DIRECTOR OF THE ALI PROGRAM, LETICIA IRVING THIS MONTH WE HONOR WE ARE HONORED TO MARK THE TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE, ALSO KNOWN AS ALI A DECADE OF INTENTIONAL DISTRICT WIDE ACTION TO IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCES AND THE OUTCOMES OF OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN JANUARY OF 2015, ALI HAS GROWN INTO A COMPREHENSIVE PRE-K 12 SYSTEM OF SUPPORT GROUNDED IN CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PRACTICE STRONG FAMILY PARTNERSHIP AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS. THIS WORK REFLECTS OUR BELIEF AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT BLACK EXCELLENCE IS INHERENT AND THAT WHEN AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE KNOWN AFFIRMED CHATTEL, ENJOYED AND SUPPORTED THEY THRIVE. OVER THE PAST DECADE, ALI HAS STRENGTHENED STUDENT ENGAGEMENT ,ACADEMIC PROGRESS AND SENSE OF BELONGING WHILE ALSO DRIVING
SYSTEMWIDE CHANGE IN HOW WE PARTNER WITH FAMILIES, SUPPORT OUR EDUCATORS AND USE DATA FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. AND AS WE ENTER ALI'S NEXT DECADE, S.F. USD REMAINS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO BUILDING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE OUR BLACK STUDENT BRILLIANCE IS SHINING AND IT'S IT'S FULLY FULLY RECOGNIZED IN THEIR MOST BEAUTIFUL FORM. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I AM PROUD TO SHARE A NEW STEP OUR SCHOOLS ARE TAKING TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE LUNCH ONE DRIVEN BY STUDENT VOICE ACROSS 95 OF S.F. SCHOOLS. STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES HAS BEGUN A COMPOSTABLE LUNCH TRAY PILOT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MEAL PROVIDER. BY REPLACING PLASTIC TRAYS WITH COMPOSTABLE TRAYS MADE FROM A SUGARCANE BY PRODUCT, S.F. USDA WILL PRODUCE A WILL REDUCE UP TO 3,000 POUNDS OF PLASTIC WASTE EACH MONTH. THIS EFFORT WAS INSPIRED IN LARGE PART BY STUDENT ADVOCACY. EARLIER THIS SCHOOL YEAR OUR
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT WROTE THOUGHTFUL LETTERS CALLING FOR LESS PLASTIC IN OUR SCHOOL MEALS AND MORE CARE FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT. AND WE ARE SO PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND AND BE ABLE TO INSTITUTE THIS PILOT AND THEN IN CLOSING, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY IS ON MONDAY, JANUARY 19TH. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO REVEREND BROWN FOR REMINDING US THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING COMMITTED AND HONORING OUR HISTORY. SCHOOL SITES AND OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED IN HONOR OF DR. KING'S MEMORY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT KIM. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. THANK YOU, DR. SUE. >> I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO DURING THIS POOR LEADERSHIP REPORT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A TRAGIC AND DEEPLY TROUBLING EVENT THAT HAS AFFECTED PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND RIGHT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO LAST WEEK IN MINNESOTA, RENE NICOLE GOODE, A 37 YEAR OLD MOTHER,
WRITER AND MEMBER OF HER COMMUNITY WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY ICE DURING A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION. HER LIFE IS NOT THE FIRST TAKEN BY ICE AMONG MANY. HER DEATH HAS SPARKED PAIN PROTESTS AND CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE. RENE WAS A U.S. CITIZEN, A MOTHER OF THREE AND SOMEONE WHOSE MATTERED WHOSE LIFE MATTERED TO HER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY. HER DEATH HAS RAISED GRIEF, FEAR AND SERIOUS CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS PARTICULARLY FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WE SERVE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS. TONIGHT WE HOLD SPACE FOR THOSE WHO ARE GRIEVING, THOSE WHO ARE AFRAID AND THOSE WHO SEEK SAFETY AND BELONGING. AND WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO LEADING WITH CARE, DIGNITY AND HUMANITY IN OUR WORK. LAST WEEK I ASKED VICE PRESIDENT HULING TO PARTNER WITH COMMISSIONERS WISEMAN WARD AND COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER TO EXPLORE WAYS THAT WE AS A BOARD THROUGH POLICY OR RESOLUTION CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD SAFE AND INCLUSIVE SPACES ESPECIALLY
FOR IMMIGRANT AND UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THIS SOON. WE ARE PROUD TO BE A CENTURY DISTRICT. WE WANT ALL FAMILIES ESPECIALLY OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS TO KNOW THAT SCHOOL REMAINS A SAFE AND WELCOMING PLACE FOR THEM. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AND THIS BOARD STANDS FIRM IN OUR COMMITMENT TO SERVING EACH AND EVERY YOUNG PERSON WHO WALKS THROUGH OUR DOORS. THANK YOU AND MOVING TO ITEM F ANNUAL ORGANIZATION MEETING. AS WE BEGIN THIS NEW TERM WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT PROCEDURAL FIRST STEP TO COMPLETE AS REQUIRED BY BOARD POLICY 91 100. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE ADOPTION OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. BY ADOPTING THESE RULES WE REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO GOVERNING EFFECTIVELY AND TRANSPARENTLY CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW AND OUR OWN POLICIES. CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? SO MOVED. I MOVE TO RE ADOPT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES AND PROCEDURES. >> SECOND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY
MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS ITEM RE ADOPT FOR THE RE ADOPTION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES AND PROCEDURES. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? COMMISSIONER THANK YOU PRESIDENT. CAN I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT ? I WILL BE VOTING TO RE ADOPT OUR BOARD RULES AND PROCEDURES BUT WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT GIVEN THAT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS I'VE REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE SUPERINTENDENTS PROPOSED HIRE HIRES FOR HIGH LEVEL POSITIONS AND ASKED FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION VOTE. I UNDERSTAND THAT BOARD LEADERSHIP WILL AGENDA THIS ISSUE IN THE NEAR FUTURE BEFORE THE SUPERINTENDENT BRINGS ANOTHER CANDIDATE TO A BOARD TO THE BOARD. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT THAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE US. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ? >> DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE RE ADOPTION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES AND PROCEDURES. >> ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
MISS LINDA MISS MUNN? >> YES, MISS CREWS. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HULING. YES. COMMISSIONER RAY. YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD. YES. AND PRESIDENT KIM. YES. A SEVEN EYES APPROVING ITEM TO NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 2000 2026 IN THE BOARD ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION . SO WE WILL WE WILL ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES ANY COMMISSIONER MAY NOMINEE ANOTHER COMMISSIONER OR THEMSELVES IF A COMMISSIONER IS NOMINATED BY A COLLEAGUE THE COMMISSIONER MUST ACCEPT OR REJECT THEIR NOMINATION. NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND AND A COMMISSIONER MAY VOTE FOR THEMSELVES. ONCE ALL NOMINATIONS ARE RECEIVED AND ACCEPTED, COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE NOMINEES IF THEY WISH TO DO SO. PURSUANT TO THE BOARD'S RULES AND PROCEDURES, THE NOMINEES WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR ELECTION TO THE RESPECTIVE BOARD OFFICE IF NO COMMISSIONER RECEIVES A SUPERMAJORITY OR FIVE VOTES. THE BOARD WILL HOLD A SECOND ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING ON JANUARY 27TH AND I DECLARE NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE
POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE YEAR 2026. ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? COMMISSIONER WISE AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE YOU PRESIDENT KIM TO SERVE A SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT. I HAVE LIKE A SENTENCE OR TWO BUT SHOULD I SAVE IT FOR AFTER THE. YOU CAN. OKAY. OKAY. YES. >> WE DON'T NEED A SECOND. SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE YOU TO SERVE A SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF EDUCATION. OVER THIS LAST TERM YOU HAVE PROVEN TO BE A STEADY HAND TO THIS BOARD. WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT YOU ARE A SKILLED AND ADEPT FACILITATOR. YOU DON'T JUST LEAD MEETINGS. YOU WORK TO BUILD CONSENSUS AND I FOR ONE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY I FOUND THAT YOU LEAD WITH A RARE COMBINATION OF COMMUNICATION AND KINDNESS AND YOU LISTEN GENUINELY AND YOU'RE NOT AFRAID TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND EVEN WHEN THAT INVOLVES CHANGING YOUR MIND SOMETIMES. AND I BELIEVE THAT YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND THE CONTINUITY OF YOUR LEADERSHIP
IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR DISTRICT NEEDS AT THIS POINT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS OR COMMENTS? TWO MINUTES TO MAKE A STATEMENT . I WILL. I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER WESTMAN WARD FOR THE. FOR NOMINATING PRESIDENT KIM AGAIN AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE I I'VE GOTTEN COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT OH MY GOSH YOU KNOW YOU AND PRESIDENT KIM AND YOU GUYS LIKE SNIPE AT EACH OTHER UP THERE AND I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JUST THANK YOU FOR I FEEL LIKE SOME OF OUR WHAT MAY SEEM OVERLY FAMILIAR IS THIS COMING FROM A PLACE OF RESPECT AND CAMARADERIE AND ALMOST LIKE SIBLING NATURED TYPE OF COMMENTS? AND SO I JUST I WOULD JUST LIKE TO APPRECIATE YOU FOR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND AND YOUR CAMARADERIE OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT'S 15 YEARS BUILDING UP RIGHT THERE KIND OF SPILLING IN THE PUBLIC EYE. VICE PRESIDENT HILLING. >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN WORD FOR HER NOMINATION AND PRESIDENT KIM AND JUST SAY THAT IT'S REALLY BEEN AN HONOR AND AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE SERVING AS YOUR VICE PRESIDENT AND I SEE SO MUCH WORK THAT YOU PUT IN BEHIND THE SCENES. FIRST STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS EVERY DAY AND THAT WELL, YOU MAY BE A BOARD MEMBER BY APPOINTMENT. >> YOU ARE AN EDUCATOR THROUGH AND THROUGH AND THROUGH AND YOU KNOW, I JUST APPRECIATE THIS AS THE LIKE YOU YOU'RE JUST BORN TO BE AN EDUCATOR AND YOU BRING THAT EDUCATORS APPROACH TO FACILITATING OUR MEETINGS TO LISTENING TO PEOPLE TO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AND I AGREE THAT YOU'RE EXACTLY WHAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS AT THIS MOMENT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. JUST PILING ON THE SO I WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW
WE HAVE TO KEEP ME THE MEETING MOVING BUT I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN WORDS. NOMINATION OF YOU PRESIDENT KIM VERY SIMILAR SENTIMENTS. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALLOW SPACE FOR ALL OF US TO SPEAK AT TIMES I'M SURE THAT THAT MUST BE A LOT SO BUT BUT BUT THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND I APPRECIATE THAT BOTH YOU AND VICE PRESIDENT HULING SIGNED UP FOR THIS KNOWING FULL WELL THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN AND HAVE THROWN YOURSELF IN FULLY INTO THIS AND ARE CONTINUING TO DO AND WILL HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO DO SO THIS YEAR. I REALIZE YOU HAVE NOT YET ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION SO I WILL I WILL SHUT UP NOW BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING ELSE I SUPPOSE I SHOULD FORMALLY ACCEPT THE NOMINATION. THANK YOU. I WILL ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION BY COMMISSIONER BY SEND WORD ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.
I NOW DECLARE NOMINATIONS IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT DECLARE NOMINATIONS CLOSED THE NOMINATIONS ARE FOR B FILL AND ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE ON THAT NOMINATION. PLEASE MS. LET OFF FOR PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD MS. MONTH YES. MR. CRUZ YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. UM VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. AND PRESIDENT KIM YES. YES. SEVEN EYES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DECLARE NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR YEAR 2026. >> ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS LIKE COMMISSIONER GUPTA? >> SORRY. HEY, NICE TO MEET YOU. >> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER HULING OR VICE PRESIDENT HULING RIGHT NOW
AND I HOPE CONTINUING VICE PRESIDENT HULING. I HAVE HAD THE REAL PLEASURE OF SEEING COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT SAY VICE PRESIDENT HULING WORK DILIGENTLY FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW AND HER TREMENDOUS ABILITY, HER TREMENDOUS TENACITY. I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR HER STEPPING UP TO SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT EVEN MEANING THAT SHE HAD LEFT HER HER DAY JOB TO TO BE ABLE TO DEDICATE HERSELF QUITE FULLY TO THIS POSITION WHICH JUST TO BE CLEAR DOES NOT PAY ANYTHING A SMALL, SMALL SMALL STIPEND. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I AM INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW MUCH YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ABSORB BE A SPONGE AND THEN JUST NATURALLY FIT INTO THIS POSITION TO BE ABLE TO LEAD DURING AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TIME FOR THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT ALONGSIDE PRESIDENT KIM AND I REMAIN VERY CONFIDENT THAT THOUGH WE HAVE DARK DAYS THAT WE WILL EMERGE FROM THIS
AND IT IS DUE IN MUCH PART TO YOUR LEADERSHIP ALONGSIDE PRESIDENT KIM ALONGSIDE SUPERINTENDENT SEO. SO THANK YOU. TECHNICALLY SHE NEEDS TO ACCEPT AND THEN WE'LL OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION SO SORRY WE WERE OUT OF ORDER LAST TIME. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT AND NOMINATIONS CLOSED. VICE PRESIDENT HULING HAS BEEN RENOMINATED. DID IS THERE NOW COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I MEAN SHE ACCEPTS OH, I MEAN SHE DOES HAVE A CHOICE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCEPT? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GUPTA ACCEPT I'LL BE BRIEF IN MY COMMENTS. IT MAY BE NO SURPRISE THAT AN EDUCATOR AND A LAWYER SOMETIMES GO BACK AND FORTH IN WHAT SHE CALLS A SPARRING. AND I WILL SAY I THINK THAT THAT DYNAMIC AND YOUR EXPERTISE AND BACKGROUND HELP TO BRING OUR WORK FORWARD IN A IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN LEADERSHIP VICE PRESIDENT HULING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU
IN 2026. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION MS. LIN OFF A ROLL CALL, PLEASE RESPOND. YES. MS. CRUZ. YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HILL. YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARRANT YES. AND PRESIDENT KIM YES. IT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. YEAH. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER, YOU JUST SAID THAT. CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S A THANK YOU. ITEM G APPROVAL OF BOARD MEETING MINUTES. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF BOARD MEETING MINUTES, REGULAR MEETINGS OF DECEMBER 16TH, 2025. CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND PLEASE? >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 16TH 2025 MEETING. SECOND, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? SEEING NONE. DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. SILENT ON MISS SMITH. YES, MR. GROSS. YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING. YES. COMMISSIONER RAY. YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD. YES. AND PRESIDENT KIM. YES. THAT'S NICE. UM OKAY. WE'LL JUST. HELLO. WE WILL SWITCH UP ITEMS. WE CAN GO TO FISCAL AN OPERATIONAL UPDATE TO FIRST. UM, THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT. I CALL ON DR. SUE TO READ TO BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD. THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM AND THANK YOU FOR SWITCHING THE ORDER HERE. I THINK IT'S OKAY. THEY'RE VERY ANXIOUS TO TELL YOU ALL THE ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE
DOING. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT AGAIN . WE ARE WORKING WE WELL WE WE THE TEAM ARE WORKING EVERY SINGLE DAY TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES, PARTICULARLY RESTRICTED SOURCES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ALL THE ADVOCATES OR THE AUGMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL BUDGET ALLOCATION. AND AS I SHARED, WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT SAN FRANCISCO IN PARTICULAR BUT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS UP AND DOWN THE STATE BUT PARTICULARLY IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE APPROPRIATE ALLOCATION THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOL, THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON AND TODAY I JUST ASKED THE TEAM TO GIVE US A VERY QUICK
SNAPSHOT AND UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR FINANCES, PARTICULARLY WITH THE RECENT RELEASE OF THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. SO I WANT TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES CHRIS MONEYPENNY TO US. >> THANK YOU, DR. SUE. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AND PUBLIC. YES. WE WEREN'T ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY GOING TO DO THE UPDATE EXCEPT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SHARE SOME INSIGHTS INTO THE GOVERNOR'S JANUARY BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT. THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALL RECEIVED A SUMMARY FROM CAPITAL ADVISORS BUT I WILL MAKE THAT SUMMARY A BIT MORE EXPLICITLY CLEAR AS TO POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON THE DISTRICT. >> BUT A COUPLE OF OTHER UPDATES BEFORE WE GET STARTED. TYPICALLY BY THIS TIME THIS YEAR YOU WOULD HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE AUDIT REPORT FOR LAST YEAR. WE WILL BE DOING THE AUDIT AT THE FINAL MEETING IN JANUARY. IT WAS DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN SOMETHING THAT WE CALL THE FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDELINES COULD NOT BE RELEASED BECAUSE THEY WERE DUE TO BE RELEASED DURING THE SHUTDOWN.
THEY WERE NOT RELEASED UNTIL AFTER WHICH CAUSED ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE TO HAVE TO MOVE THEIR FINAL AUDITS. WE ARE GOING THROUGH FINAL AUDIT FINDINGS RIGHT NOW. I'M USED TO A LOT FEWER FINDINGS BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THEM. THERE ARE FINDINGS THAT WILL COME TO THE COMMISSIONERS THAT DO HAVE A FINANCIAL IMPACT IN FINES AND PENALTIES TO THE DISTRICT. AND WE WILL GO INTO DETAIL WITH THOSE WITH THE AUDITOR AT THE SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY. POSITION CONTROL UPDATE. SITTING TO MY RIGHT MOST OF YOU HAVE MET TO MY LEFT NEAR TO OUR CFO TO MY RIGHT THIS EVENING IS DANIEL MUNOZ, OUR DIRECTOR OF POSITION CONTROL. BOTH POSITIONS WERE CALLED OUT BY BOTH MATT AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS POSITIONS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL AND NEEDED TO BE FILLED FOR THE DISTRICT. SO WE'RE PLEASED TO SAY BOTH OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE FILLED. THE ONLY ONE THAT'S REMAINING THAT'S REQUIRED IS AN INTERNAL AUDITOR. WE HAVE BEEN RECRUITING A LONG
TIME FOR THE INTERNAL AUDITOR AND STILL TO DATE HAVE ZERO QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AND SO WE ARE REPOSTING IT AGAIN LATER THIS MONTH TRYING TO CHANGE THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND TRYING TO UP THE PAY A LITTLE BIT. THAT IS THE FINAL POSITION THAT IS BEING REQUIRED FOR US TO SOURCE. HOWEVER POSITION CONTROL IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO AT THE END OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS AT THE END OF JANUARY DO OUR FIRST IN DISTRICT WIDE RECONCILIATION OF ALL POSITIONS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND LINE BY LINE BE ABLE TO AN ASSOCIATE A POSITION CONTROL NUMBER WITH EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL THAT WORKS HERE NO MATTER HOW LITTLE OR HOW MUCH THEY WORK OR IN WHAT CAPACITY. AND IT'S PRETTY AMAZING THAT SAN FRANCISCO ACTUALLY HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET BY FOR SO LONG WITHOUT THAT RECONCILIATION. THIS IS A KEY IMPORTANT POINT FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANY BUSINESS OR OPERATION TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY WHICH IS WHY IT WAS CALLED OUT AS A HIGH NEED FOR THE DISTRICT. SO WE WILL FINALLY HAVE THAT RECONCILIATION DONE AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY AND IN THE INTERIM TIME THE BOARD WILL
BE RECEIVING FIRST READINGS OF BOARD POLICIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT POSITION CONTROL FULLY FOR THE SYSTEM. >> MR. MUNOZ IS ALSO WRITING A HANDBOOK SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND THE RULES ASSOCIATED WITH POSITION CONTROL THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THAT BOARD POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION. IT WILL BE COMING TO YOU FOR FIRST READ IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS SO LOTS LOTS TO COME IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO DEVELOP AND THEN OF COURSE MARCH 10TH IS OUR SECOND INTERIM SECOND INTERIM COVERS ALL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY EVERY YEAR AND WE CLEARLY HAVE A VERY SHORT TURNAROUND TO GET THAT TO YOU BY MARCH 10TH. THAT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF BUSINESS DAYS BETWEEN THE CLOSE OF FEBRUARY AND GETTING YOU AN UPDATED REPORT. AND WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TRANSITION INTO THAT JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR JUST AS AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE, I DO MEET ACTUALLY BOTH FOR LEGISLATIVE
ADVOCACY AS WELL AS FOR SHARED UNDERSTANDING WITH A LOT OF CBOS AND CFOS AROUND THE STATE HAVE A NICE NETWORK AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS THOROUGHLY. IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. THIS WAS A VERY UNUSUAL JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL. IT WAS UNUSUAL IN THAT IT WAS COUCHED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF TIME WHICH THE CURRENT GOVERNOR HAS SERVED IN HIS OFFICE, WHICH IS WHY THERE'S SO MANY REFERENCES OF 2017 TO PRESENT AND A LOT OF CREDIT BEING TAKEN AND SORT OF BROADCAST FOR THE AMOUNT THAT PER PUPIL FUNDING HAS GONE UP IN THAT TIME. THAT IS LARGELY A FUNCTION OF THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE STATE HAS DECLINING ENROLLMENT SO MUCH BUT YET THE PROP 98 GUARANTEE CONTINUES TO GUARANTEE US 40% OF STATE REVENUES AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE FUNCTION WE ARE NOT STILL GETTING A LARGER PORTION THAN PROP 98 GUARANTEES 40% BUT THE AMOUNT THAT EQUATES TO PER STUDENT HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY AND SO MUCH SO THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL GRADE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA WHICH IS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT.
THE ADDITION OF TC IF THIS GOVERNOR WERE STAYING I WOULD I WOULD ACTUALLY PROPOSE TO YOU THAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ADDING A A PRETTY K AT SOME POINT BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE THE TREND IS GOING. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE ON COLLEGE. THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN COLAS AND COLAS ARE REALLY MISUNDERSTOOD IN PUBLIC EDUCATION SO JUST FOR THE COMMISSIONERS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARE REALLY, REALLY AN ODD DUCK. WE ARE NOT GIVING COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES BASED ON COLA OR CPI INCREASES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WE ARE GIVEN AND AND AND ACTUAL AVERAGE OF ALL THE FEDERAL SERVICES COLA INCREASES FOR THE NATION WHICH IS WHY THE COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET HAS BEEN SHIFTED DOWNWARD TO 2.4% IF WE WERE GIVEN COLA IS BASED ON CALIFORNIA CPI OUR AVERAGE CAUSE WOULD BE BETWEEN 6 AND 8% AND IF WE WERE GIVEN REGIONAL COLAS IN SAN FRANCISCO THEY WOULD BE DOUBLE DIGITS, RIGHT? SO COLAS ARE GIVEN TO US BASED
ON A NATIONALLY REFERENCED INDEX AND PEOPLE ASK ALL THE TIME WHAT DOES IT MEAN? >> IT'S THE AMOUNT THAT THEY INCREASE OUR LCF AND BASE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR COSTS THAT GO UP YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER RIGHT OUR CURRENT COSTS IN SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED GO UP BETWEEN 6 AND 8% A YEAR SO A 2% OR A 2.4% COLA MEANS THAT WE ARE ONLY TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR BETWEEN 4 AND 5% IN THE WHOLE. SO A COLA DOES NOT ACTUALLY PROVIDE FOR OUR AVERAGE INCREASE IN COSTS YEAR OVER YEAR AND IN A DECLINING ENROLLMENT ENVIRONMENT IT COMPOUNDS THE ISSUE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE ADVOCATE FOR AND I'M PROBABLY YELLING IN AN EMPTY HOUSE ENROLLMENT IS ONE OF THEM BUT THAT WE ACTUALLY GET A REGIONAL COLA RIGHT JUST LIKE THE STATE IS BROKEN UP INTO REGIONS THOSE REGIONS ARE VERY CLEAR AND EACH ONE DOES HAVE A DIFFERENT CPI ANNUALLY THAT WOULD BETTER COVER THE COSTS FOR THOSE DISTRICTS PARTICULARLY THOSE LIKE US THAT ARE IN EXPENSIVE
URBAN AREAS RATHER THAN A 2.4% COLA WHEN OUR COSTS GO UP BETWEEN 6 AND 8% A YEAR OF COURSE THE LARGEST DRIVERS OF THOSE COSTS ANNUAL INCREASES IN INSURANCE ANNUAL INCREASES IN BENEFITS SUCH AS RETIREMENT, OUR CONTRIBUTION TO RETIREMENT, OUR PURCHASING OF INSURANCES AS WELL AS EVEN THINGS LIKE ANNUAL INCREASES TO COSTS AND UTILITY BILLS BECAUSE SCHOOL DISTRICT YES WE PAY UTILITY BILLS AND OUR COSTS GO UP THE SAME PERCENTAGE AND THE SAME AMOUNT THAT USERS DO AT HOME ANNUALLY BECAUSE WE ARE A PUBLIC UTILITY CONSUMER. SO THAT GOES INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH WAS THAT THE 2627 COLA HAS BEEN DECREASED FROM 3.02 WHICH WAS THE PROJECTION PROVIDED LAST YEAR. IT IS NOW DOWN TO 2.41. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN DOLLARS FOR SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED IF THAT CONTINUES THAT IS A $3.7 MILLION REDUCTION IN WHAT WE HAD BEEN TOLD AND THAT IS AN EVERY YEAR REDUCTION. SO THAT'S $3.7 MILLION PER YEAR. THE OTHER THING THAT WAS HIDDEN IN THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT
WAS THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2728, THE YEAR AFTER THAT THE COLA IS BEING REDUCED FROM 3.42 TO 3.06 AND THAT MEANS THAT THE TOTAL COINATION OF THOSE TWO YEAR OVER YEAR MEANS THAT WE WILL HAVE A $9.8 MILLION ANNUAL LOSS IN REVENUE THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATE AND AND WHICH WAS INCLUDED BOTH IN YOUR BUDGET ADOPTION AS WELL AS YOUR FIRST INTERIM. SO WE HAVE TO ADJUST FUTURE REVENUES DOWNWARD BY THAT AMOUNT. SO THAT IS THAT IS THE LOSS WHEN YOU REDUCE COLA. THERE WAS SOME GOOD NEWS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING EQUALIZATION STATEWIDE HOWEVER WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR SAN FRANCISCO? THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL BE GETTING $2.4 MILLION MORE THAT IS BEFORE THEY SET LOCAL SELF-PAY RATES. BUT THAT IS THAT IS THE AMOUNT SO THE NUMBERS ALWAYS SOUND REALLY EXCITING AND REALLY GOOD AND THEN YOU SEE WHAT WHAT WE GET NOT TO MAKE IT ALL ABOUT WHAT WE GET BUT THAT IS MY JOB. WHAT DO WE GET? WHAT DO WE HAVE TO SPEND? HOW DO WE COVER OUR EXPENSES? SO IT'S ONLY A $2.4 MILLION
PROJECTED INCREASE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING? I WILL TAKE IT BUT IT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. THE ADDITIONAL $2.8 BILLION STATEWIDE THAT WAS PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS FOR DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WILL BE $9.2 MILLION FOR SAN FRANCISCO AND IT IS ONE TIME FUNDING. IT IS NOT ONGOING. THE ADDITIONAL ONE TIME FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE LEARNING RECOVERY EMERGENCY BLOCK GRANT WE ESTIMATE IT BEING ABOUT $6.3 MILLION. SO JUST TO RECAP HERE, $9.8 MILLION YEAR OVER YEAR LOSS IN ONGOING FUNDING, RIGHT WITH A $2.4 MILLION ADDITION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION ONGOING AND THEN ONE TIME FUNDING TOTALING ABOUT $15.5 MILLION RIGHT SO NET NET AND A BUDGET OF $1.4 BILLION. THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT WAS ESSENTIALLY THAT WE ARE GETTING THE SAME AS WE WERE GIVEN LAST YEAR RIGHT? SO IT WAS A GREAT DEAL OF CELEBRATION THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT CAME OUT AFTER THE BUDGET ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO. THIS IS BEING REFERRED TO AS A WORKHORSE OR WORKFORCE FOCUSED
BUDGET. ALL THAT MEANS IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO MAKE THE PREDICTION ANY MORE ACCURATE THAN CURRENTLY IS IN THAT THAT'S BASICALLY TELLING US TO WAIT FOR ME AND THEY'LL TYPE THE NUMBERS UP BUT THAT'S THE LOCAL IMPACT. >> THAT'S WHAT THE LOCAL IMPACT WOULD BE FOR SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED. UPCOMING ITEMS TO LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR THAT ARE VERY OPERATIONALLY ORIENTED WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND PLAN ON HAVING IN PLACE FOR NEXT YEAR A REAL TIME CREDIT CARD BASED PROCUREMENT SYSTEM FOR USE BY ALL MANAGERS AND PRINCIPALS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. THIS WILL MAKE PROCUREMENT AS WELL AS ON DEMAND DELIVERY TO SCHOOL SITES MUCH MORE UP TO DATE WITH THE REAL WORLD WITH PRINCIPALS AND ONE OTHER STAFF MEMBER AT THEIR SITE BEING IDENTIFIED AND TRAINED ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HAVING A CREDIT CARD AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE PURCHASES. BUT THIS ALSO MEANS THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO ON DEMAND WHEN THEY NEED IT WITH ARRIVAL
TYPICALLY WITHIN 24 HOURS WHICH IS THE STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY . WE ARE ALSO MOVING TO WHAT WE CALL ACH PAYMENTS WHICH IS ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS OF FUNDS. YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THIS IS ALSO THE STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY. IN FACT I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN IN A DISTRICT THAT CUTS CHECKS ANYMORE. WE'VE MADE A DECISION SOME TIME AGO WHEN I SAY SOME TIME AGO DECADES AGO TO NOT USE ACH AND TO CONTINUE TO CUT PAPER CHECKS WHICH IS EXTREMELY LABOR INTENSIVE. SO WE LITERALLY CUT A PAPER CHECK FOR EVERY SINGLE TRANSACTION IN THE DISTRICT STILL. SO WE ARE MOVING TO AN ACH SYSTEM. THIS IS ELECTRONIC TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN BANKS PAYERS AND PAYS. YOU'RE PROBABLY DOING IT ON YOUR PHONE. WE HAVE NOT BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE DISTRICT SO THAT'S IN LINE FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL AND CHECK CHECK CUTTING WHEN NEEDED IS TYPICALLY A COUNTY OFFICE FUNCTIONS. WE WILL BE MOVING THAT FUNCTION TO THE COUNTY OFFICE. YOU MIGHT IT MIGHT BE VERY APPARENT TO SOME OF YOU WHY DEPARTMENTS SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CUT CHECKS AND WHY IT IS USUALLY RESERVED FOR A DOUBLE CHECK BY A COUNTY OFFICE WHICH
IS WHY I WILL BE MOVING THAT FUNCTION THERE IN THE FUTURE AND IN THIS SPRING COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE WILL BE GETTING THE BEST USE ANALYSIS FOR NON-SCHOOL PROPERTIES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. ANOTHER ONE OF MY FUNCTIONS REAL ESTATE AND THE MANAGEMENT I'LL BE THEN BRINGING THAT OR SHARING IT WITH THE BOARD. I'M NOT GOING TO BRING IT TO YOU. I'LL SEND IT TO YOU AND WE SHOULD THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION OF WHAT IS THE BOARD'S WILL MOVING FORWARD BASED ON THAT REPORT WHETHER IT'S TO DIRECT STAFF TO HAVE A 7-ELEVEN COMMITTEE, WHETHER IT'S TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW BEST USE GUIDELINES ETC. THE BOARD HAS HEARD THAT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I CERTAINLY HAVE HEARD IT HERE AS WELL THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTY THAT SITS AND IS NOT UTILIZED IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY FOR THE DISTRICT. SO THAT WILL BE AT THE TIME NOT THAT WE SNAP OUR FINGERS AND THAT HAPPENS OVERNIGHT BUT THAT THE BOARD CAN PROVIDE DIRECTION ON WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE AND AS WELL AS HAVE DATA
IN FRONT OF THEM TO SEE WHAT THE BEST USE FOR THOSE POTENTIAL PROPERTY DECISIONS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DISTRICT. SO WITH THAT THAT'S OUR UPDATE ON FINANCE AND OPERATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL OPEN IT FOR COMMENTS QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER GUPTA THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY THOROUGH REPORT. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MATT BENITEZ I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON THE COLA THAT WAS ACTUALLY VERY EDUCATIONAL. I HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE'S THAT DISCREPANCY BETWEEN HOW CLOSE CALCULATED I ALWAYS WONDERED THAT AS A SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL CHAIR IN TERMS OF WHY WE WERE NEVER ABLE TO OR IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO SQUARE THAT IN TERMS OF INCREASES IN COLA, I HAVE A QUESTION IN TERMS OF IF THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE AND I'M ASSUMING THAT REGIONALLY WE'VE ALWAYS HAD HIGHER INFLATION OR GENERALLY I'M CURIOUS WHAT WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT AND WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT WHEN WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE RETIREMENT PENSION I MEAN ARE WE ARE WE ARE OSTENSIBLY SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR A HUGE AGE BALLOON KIND OF I DON'T KNOW JUST JUST SOME FINANCIAL CLIFF BECAUSE OF THIS ACCRUING OVER TIME IT'S IT'S THE COST OF MONEY WE CALL IT I KNOW YOU'RE
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH FINANCE THE SAME MONEY THAT WE GET BY FAR LESS EVERY YEAR AND TRYING TO SPREAD THAT TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF STUFF AND THAT STUFF COULD BE HUMAN RESOURCE IT'S PEOPLE SUPPLIES KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON THERE'S ONLY SO FAR YOU CAN STRETCH IT WHEN YOU'RE GETTING LESS AND YOUR COSTS ARE GOING UP MORE THAN WHAT YOU'RE GETTING IN ANNUALLY. RIGHT? AND THAT'S ACTUALLY I THINK WHEN YOU HIT DECLINING ENROLLMENT IF YOU WERE TO USE IT AS A GRAPH WHEN THOSE TWO THINGS CROSS ON THE GRAPH AND THAT'S SORT OF THE POINT WE'RE AT RIGHT? WE'RE AT DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND CERTAINLY WE HAVE VERY GOOD REVENUES COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS OUR SIZE BECAUSE WE ARE IN A WEALTHIER AREA BUT WE'RE AT THAT POINT WHERE IT'S HARD TO KEEP EVERYTHING GOING WITH THE REVENUES THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVES. >> MR. FISHER I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER GUPTA. THERE WERE A LOT OF REALLY HELPFUL NUGGETS IN THERE AND THANK YOU FOR THE ANALYSIS. I KNOW THAT THE YOU KNOW WE JUST GOT THE GOVERNOR'S REPORT
AND SO THANK YOU. I MEAN EVERYTHING HAS BEEN COMING AT US A MILE A MINUTE AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR THE FLEXIBILITY IN THE THE QUICK RESPONSE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. I ACTUALLY WHEN I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY FOLLOW UP ON THE FSP FROM DECEMBER AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE HEARD HERE FROM COMMUNITY TONIGHT AS WELL LIKE THE CALL FOR MORE CLARITY AND TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE FORMULAS WE WERE USING WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT FORMULAS ARE WE USING, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AROUND TITLE ONE EL CAP YOU KNOW, SOMEONE SAID IS IT TRUE THAT SOMEONE ASKED ME EARLIER IS IT TRUE WE'RE CUTTING 20% ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL TITLE ONE? RIGHT. AND JUST THE FACT THAT I REALLY WANT TO ECHO ONE OF THE THE THE POINTS MADE IN PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE FSP WAS FRAMED AS A WORST CASE SCENARIO AND YET NOW IT'S BEING FRAMED AS OUR REALITY.
AND SO I'M JUST FOR MYSELF AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC I'D LIKE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE, HOW THIS BUDGET IS BEING PUT TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW WHERE CAN FOLKS GO FOR MORE INFORMATION LIKE REGULAR COMMUNITY MEMBERS? I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROCESS FOR PRINCIPALS TO REACH OUT TO LEAD OR TO FILL OUT THE APPEALS PROCESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US IN THE COMMUNITY WHO FEEL LIKE THE RUG HAS BEEN PULLED OUT FROM UNDER US, HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? >> THERE WAS A LOT IN THERE SO THERE'S PROBABLY I KNOW I DID THAT IN LIKE 40 THE MINUTE BUT THAT WAS PROBABLY LIKE AN HOUR'S WORTH OF RESPONSES. REMIND ME WHAT I'M MISSING. SO I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THE FSP AND THE ALLOCATIONS NOT RELATED REMEMBER SO WE DID A BASELINE ALLOCATION BASED ON ENROLLMENT AND BASED ON THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT WORKING WITH THE ENROLLMENT CENTER AND THE ENROLLMENT CENTER CENTER NOT TO I DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM UNDER GLASS SO I'LL SAVE HIS NAME BUT THEY HAVE A VERY GOOD DATA
ANALYST. THE OTHER GOOD DATA ANALYSTS ARE IN MY SHOP ACTUALLY TWO OF THEM ARE SITTING NEXT TO ME. THEY'RE BOTH BETTER AT IT THAN I AM QUITE FRANKLY. AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO DO REALLY GOOD ACCURATE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. TWO OF THE THREE MONTHS OF OF OPEN ENROLLMENT ARE COMPLETE AND THEN IT WAS BASED ON ON CURRENT ENROLLMENT NOW AS ENROLLMENT CHANGES SO WE'VE ALREADY SEEN ONE SCHOOL I THINK DURING OPEN ENROLLMENT THAT FOR EXAMPLE GAINED THE TC. SO AS WE SEE THOSE CHANGES WE ADD TO THE TO THE ALLOCATION. >> BUT BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR SO THERE'S THERE'S TWO PARTS OF THE PROCESS. SO WE DO THE MATHEMATICAL PART TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT. SO WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT FORMULAS THAT SPECIFICALLY IS ACTUALLY NEARER SHOP SHE WORKS ON THAT AND THEN WE DON'T NECESSARILY MAKE THOSE FINAL CALLS SO I THEN TURN THAT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES IN THE CABINET AND SAY HERE'S THE BASELINE MATHEMATICAL ALLOCATIONS AND THEN THEY TAKE THE TIME TO GO THROUGH EVERY SCHOOL SITE AND EVERY PROGRAM AND SAY WHAT MORE DO WE ADD?
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LETTERS YOU'LL SEE THE BASE ALLOCATION WHICH IS THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDES THROUGH ITS CENTRAL ALLOCATION AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ALL THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT THEY MADE AND NOTE THAT LAST YEAR'S ALLOCATIONS AND THIS YEAR'S ALLOCATIONS ARE BOTH POSTED. SO IF FOLKS WANT TO COMPARE I MEAN IF FOLKS ARE INTERESTED WE DID POST BOTH AND THEN YOU'RE RIGHT THERE'S AN APPEAL PROCESS BUT WE WILL STILL ALWAYS AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST FOR ENROLLMENT AS IT AS IT CHANGES THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE BASELINE FOR ENROLLMENT OR FOR THE STAFFING ALLOCATION EXCUSE ME. I APPRECIATE THE FRAMING THAT THE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND THE FSP ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND THE WAY THEY WERE PRESENTED FEEL COMPLETELY INTERTWINED AND DEPENDENT TO STATE TO STAFF ,TO COMMUNITY. I MEAN WHAT I'M HEARING FROM FOLKS IS WHAT THE HECK YOU VOTED SEVEN OH AGAINST THIS. WHY ARE WE SEEING EVERYTHING THAT YOU VOTED AGAINST IN OUR SCHOOL SITE BUDGETS?
THAT'S LITERALLY I'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION ACROSS AT LEAST A HALF A DOZEN SCHOOL SITES. I'VE BEEN INVITED TO MORE BUDGET MEETINGS THIS YEAR THAN EVER IN THE PAST. SO SO I'M HAVING A HARD TIME SQUARING THOSE. I KNOW THAT MIGHT BE THE INTENT BUT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT HOW IT IS PERCEIVED IN THE PUBLIC. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING BACK TO THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE SITUATION AND SO THE APPEALS PROCESS FOR SCHOOL SITES FOR THE PRINCIPLE ITSELF I GUESS WHAT I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR A SUPERINTENDENT AND DEPUTY SUPERINTEND IS WHAT CAN WE DO TO BETTER ENGAGE FAMILIES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHY WE'RE DOING IT AND WHAT OTHER MECHANISMS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE IN PUSHING BACK ON THIS WHERE WE'RE THERE THEY WANT TO I MEAN LIKE WE HEARD IT TODAY LIKE THERE'S THERE'S HUGE CONCERNS ABOUT OUR HOW SOME OF OUR MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES ARE GETTING HIT THE HARDEST AND THAT IS AGAINST EVERYTHING
THAT WE STAND FOR AND IT'S AGAINST ALL OF OUR GUARDRAILS. SO HOW DO WE CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION OUTSIDE OF BOARD MEETINGS I GUESS IS THE REAL ASK? ABSOLUTELY. AND AGAIN WHAT I SHARED WAS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ENGAGING WE ARE ENGAGING ACTUALLY ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS ARE ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR LEAD STAFF WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY THEIR PRINCIPAL SUPERVISORS AROUND THEIR BUDGET. I KNOW THAT OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF ED SERVICES THERESA SHIPP HAS MET WITH SEVERAL PRINCIPALS ALREADY AND HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME OF THEIR REQUESTS AND APPEALS AND SO WE'RE HAVING MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH PRINCIPALS BECAUSE PRINCIPALS ARE TRULY THE KEY TO THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A MECHANISM TO TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE AND TALK AND AND WORK WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AS AS AS WE BUILD THIS BUDGET.
I WILL SAY FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUDGET THE THE SCHOOL ALLOCATION THAT WE SHARED JUST LAST WEEK IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE FSP WORST CASE SCENARIO THAT WAS PRESENTED IN DECEMBER VERY, VERY DIFFERENT IN THAT PARTICULAR YEAR IN THE DECEMBER ALLOCATION WE HEARD THINGS LIKE TITLE ONES ONLY FUNDING SOCIAL WORKERS OR THAT WE WERE PROJECTING 50% REDUCTION TO ATTEND WHICH ARE SECURITY GUARDS OR WE WERE REDUCING COUNSELORS AND SO THERE WERE AND APPS SO SO THAT THE DECEMBER ALLOCATION IS VERY VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHERE WE ARE NOW VERY IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT. AND THE OTHER THING IS TITLE ONE I'VE HEARD THAT TOO SO IT'S A WEIRD THING HERE. I ACTUALLY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BOARD OF OVERSIGHT OVER YOUR TITLE ONE BUT I ACTUALLY DON'T MANAGE IT RIGHT SO NOT NOT THE TITLE ONE DEPARTMENT BUT THE BUDGET, RIGHT? SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY TALENTED FISCAL PERSON THERE. HER NAME IS IS YOU ALL KNOW HER CHRISTINA WONG.
AND SO IF PEOPLE WANT HER TO WRITE A SUMMARY OF OF WHAT SHE'S DOING BUT SHE IS DOING THE ALLOCATIONS CORRECTLY SHE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. TITLE ONE POPULATION AND THE WAY IT'S MEASURED DOES GO UP AND DOWN. AND BY THE WAY, IT IS ALSO ONE OF OUR AUDIT FINDINGS RIGHT IS THAT WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING TO DO IT ACCURATELY AND SO WHICH WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN JANUARY BUT THAT'S PRELIMINARILY ONE OF THE ONE OF THE BIG ONES ON THE LIST BUT SHE'S SHE'S VERY COMPETENT. TITLE ONE ALLOCATIONS DO NOT CHANGE WITH BUDGET THEY COME TO US AND THEY GO OUT TO SCHOOL SITES SOMETIMES WITH STAFF SPECIFIED MEANING THAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR STAFF. SO FOR EXAMPLE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS WE RESTORED ALL OF THE SOCIAL WORKERS THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING THAT THE FIRST PIECE SUGGESTED THAT WE NOT DO SO AGAIN NOT DID NOT VERY REALITY TO THAT BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT TITLE ONE SITES INSTEAD OF GIVING A HALF OF ONE THEY GOT A FULL TIME ONE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT TITLE ONE IS DOING AND WE FOUND A RESTRICTED RESOURCE FOR THE REST THAT DOESN'T INTERFERE
WITH TITLE ONE'S ABILITY TO DO SO. BUT AS FAR AS WHY THE SITE ALLOCATIONS EACH SITE IS GOING UP OR DOWN ANYBODY ANY OF THOSE PRINCIPALS CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO CHRISTINA AND IF THE BOARD WANTS SOMETHING MORE I'M SURE SHE WOULD BE HAPPY TO WRITE A SUMMARY. ALSO KEEP IN MIND TITLE ONE BUDGET CYCLE IS NOT THE SAME AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS RIGHT? SO THEY RUN OCTOBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER WHICH IS WHY THEY HAVE EXTRA TIME TO CONTINUE THEIR SYMPTOMS WHICH IS WHAT CHRISTINA ANNOUNCED AT BUDGET KICK OFF THIS PAST WEEKEND. BUT SHE RUNS ARE REALLY AND I SAY THIS FINANCIALLY BECAUSE THAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY AND I LOOK AT THESE THINGS SHE SHE RUNS A VERY TIGHT SHIP FINANCIALLY FOR FOR TITLE ONE AND ALL THE TITLE PROGRAMS AND THEN JUST WHAT IS NOT INSIDE THE SCHOOL ALLOCATION ARE THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS. SO A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE THEIR STUDENTS SUCCESS FUND AND OTHER GRANTS THAT THEY BRING IN TO THEIR SCHOOLS AND THAT'S HOW A LOT OF OUR
SCHOOLS USE THOSE DOLLARS TO BRING ON ADDITIONAL STAFF. SO THE ALLOCATION THAT WE SENT ON MONDAY WAS REALLY ALLOCATION THAT WAS COMING FROM CENTRAL OFFICE TO OUR SCHOOLS. A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS AUGMENT THAT ALLOCATION WITH FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE THROUGH STUDENT SUCCESS FUND AND OTHER GRANTS OR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AT SCHOOL SITES, CORRECT. AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOCATIONS THAT'S ALSO DONE SEPARATELY, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S DONE BY SERVICE LEVELS FOR STUDENTS WITH IEPS. AND SO SOME FOLKS HAVE ASKED WELL WHY AM I NOT SEEING THOSE TEACHERS BECAUSE SPECIAL ED ACTUALLY HAS TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER UNTIL THOSE ARE FINALIZED AND THEN THEY DISPERSE THEIR STAFF SO THAT THAT STAFFING IS DONE IN A SEPARATE SEPARATE SLIGHTLY LATER PROCESS. I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO STUDENT DELEGATES JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THE TIME IS SHORT FOR YOU ALL. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ASK AT THIS TIME OR COMMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE BEFORE YOU WERE DISMISSED, I DON'T REALLY HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND THEN THANK COMMISSIONER FISCHER FOR THAT QUESTION. I WAS WONDERING THE EXACT SAME THING SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THEN THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSES. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING I'M JUST THINKING I DON'T HAVE REALLY ANY QUESTION THAT I'VE MADE AT THE MOMENT BUT IF I DO I WILL ASK YOU LATER ON. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STUDENT DELEGATE THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING. UM, WE'LL GO COMMISSIONER RAY AND THEN COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER I THINK COMMISSIONER FISCHER EXPRESSED IS VERY MUCH ON THE MARK ABOUT WHAT I FOR INSTANCE HAVE BEEN HEARING AS WELL SO I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT ANY OF THAT BUT THERE IS A HUGELY WIDESPREAD PERCEPTION THAT THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN AND THE ALLOCATIONS ARE INTERTWINED AND RELATED AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY REFERENCES IN THE FCP TO THE STAFFING MODEL AND SO FORTH. SO THERE ARE REASONS FOR PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE INTERTWINED TO THE EXTENT WE WANT TO DISTINGUISH THEM WE HAVE TO DO A LOT BETTER JOB EXPLAINING THIS TO THE PUBLIC
AND ALONG THOSE LINES ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK AND THIS IS PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATELY DIRECTED TO SUPERINTENDENT SU IS FOR INSTANCE TAKING A LOOK AT THE MESSAGE THAT WAS SENT OUT TO STAFF AND FAMILIES. RIGHT. YOU JUST MENTIONED DISCRETIONARY FUNDS WHICH SEEMS LIKE AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF WHAT SCHOOLS CAN RELY ON TO DO THEIR STAFFING BUT THERE ISN'T A SINGLE MENTION OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDS IN THE YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMUNICATION THAT WENT OUT TO STAFF AND FAMILIES. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I FOUND MYSELF TRYING TO EXPLAIN OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT THIS SAYING THAT IT'S NOT LIKE THE ALLOCATIONS RELEASED ARE NOT THE ONLY STAFFING THAT A SCHOOL WILL HAVE BECAUSE THEY CAN OBTAIN ADDITIONAL STAFF THROUGH THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS. SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN PROVIDE SOME MORE YOU KNOW, JUST EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT HOW THAT'S BEING DETERMINED FOR SCHOOLS WHO THEY CAN HIRE. YOU KNOW WHAT GUIDELINES THEY
SHOULD BE FOLLOWING TO DO THAT AND SO FORTH AND A FIRM IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THAT LITERALLY THE SITE ALLOCATIONS ARE THE STARTING POINT. THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER, YOU KNOW, REALM OF STAFF THAT CAN BE HIRED THROUGH THIS OTHER MECHANISM. WE HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR THAT QUESTION. ACTUALLY PRINCIPALS ARE EXPERTS AT THIS. THEY ARE GENIUS JIGSAW PUZZLE CREATORS AND THEY ARE VERY, VERY USED TO BUILDING THEIR MASTER BUDGET SIMILAR TO THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE I BELIEVE IN THE MEMO I SHARED WITH OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO OUR PRINCIPALS I ALLUDED TO THE REVISED AND UPDATED SUPPLEMENTAL HIRING GUIDELINES WHICH WHICH WHICH IS DICTATES OR PRESENTS THE GUIDELINES FOR HOW SCHOOL COMMUNITY WAS GOING TO USE THEIR DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS. NOW I MAY NOT HAVE MADE IT CLEAR BUT I WILL GO BACK AND REVIEW THAT BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF.
JUST TO CLARIFY, I READ BOTH THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT EMAIL TEMPLATE FOR SCHOOLS AND THE EMAIL SENT TO STAFF AND FAMILIES AND THE STAFF AND FAMILIES. ONE DOESN'T MENTION THE DISCRETIONARY STUFF FOR THE HIRING. I SHOULDN'T SWEAR OF THE HIRING GUIDANCE BUT I THINK NOT THAT AS WELL. HOWEVER THE OTHER ONE THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT EMAIL TEMPLATE DOES REFERENCE THAT BUT WHAT MOST PEOPLE READ WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS STAFF AND COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES EMAIL I, I APPRECIATE THAT AND WE'LL GO BACK AND CHECK WE DO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE OUR FAMILIES TO GO AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR SCHOOL SITE COUNSEL SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE BUDGETING BOTH THE ALLOCATION THAT THE CENTRAL OFFICE IS ALLOCATING BUT THEN ALSO OTHER FUNDS THAT OUR SCHOOL LEADERS ARE BRINGING INTO THEIR SCHOOLS. >> AND JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION, NEERA JUST REMINDED ME FOR FOR TITLE ONE THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER. RIGHT. TOO MANY THINGS IN MY HEAD. SO FOR TITLE ONE BECAUSE THEY ARE ON A DIFFERENT FISCAL YEAR THEY GAVE 80% OF THEIR SITE
ALLOCATIONS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE TITLE ONE BUDGET DOES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO ALLOCATE WHAT IS TYPICALLY THE OTHER 20%. SO BECAUSE THEY'RE ON A DIFFERENT CYCLE SHE HAS TO WEIGH IN TO UP HER BUDGET BEFORE SHE MAKES SURE THAT SHE THEN HAS ENOUGH TO GIVE ADDITIONAL TO EACH SITE AND THAT'S SORT OF TYPICALLY HOW THEY RUN IT. SO 8020 SPLIT. THANK YOU. I WANT TO COME BACK TO THIS ISSUE OF THE CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE SEVEN ZERO BOARD VOTE AND THE SCHOOL STAFFING MODELS BECAUSE I HAVE RECEIVED COUNTLESS CALLS AND MESSAGES AND EMAILS IN THE LAST WEEK SUGGESTING THAT THE BOARD VOTED SEVEN ZERO AGAINST THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT SENT OUT STAFFING MODELS BASED ON IT. ANYWAY, I GOT A CALL FROM A PRINCIPAL YESTERDAY WHO SAID WENT BACK EVEN FURTHER AND SAID SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP HAD A MEETING WITH PRINCIPALS, ASKED
FOR OUR FEEDBACK, IGNORED OUR FEEDBACK. THEY BROUGHT IT FORWARD IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN THE BOARD VOTED SEVEN ZERO. THEY IGNORED THE BOARD AND THEN THEY SENT OUT THE STAFFING MODEL. SO THAT'S THAT'S FROM A VETERAN PRINCIPAL WHO HAS NEVER CALLED ME IN FIVE YEARS BEING ON THE BOARD WHO'S BEEN IN SFD MOSTLY A REALLY LONG TIME. SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT REALLY ON THE TABLE AND ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT LIKE WHAT WHAT IS YOU TAKE AS THE MESSAGE FROM THAT SEVEN ZERO VOTE AND HOW DID IT ADJUST THE STAFFING MODELS TO SCHOOLS IN A REAL WAY ? SO AGAIN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT THAT IS CONNECTED TO FIRST INTERIM. IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS THAT WE AS A GOVERNANCE TEAM ARE WILLING TO AND ARE ABLE TO MAKE REDUCTIONS. IN WORST CASE SCENARIO I WILL SAY THAT BECAUSE WE DID NOT PASS A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN UNFORTUNATELY CHRIS AND I ARE NOW IN THE VERY UNFORTUNATE SITUATION OF EXPLAINING TO CDE
THAT WE ARE STILL WE WE SHOULD STILL BE CERTIFIED AS QUALIFIED RIGHT NOW IN OUR BUDGET AND THAT WE SHOULD BE STILL MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION. AGAIN, FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN TECHNICAL DOCUMENT THAT WILL THAT DEMONSTRATES HOW AND THE WILLINGNESS OF THIS BODY TO MAKE REDUCTIONS TO MEET WORST CASE SCENARIO BUDGETS IN TERMS OF THE SCHOOL ALLOCATION, WE DID TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE KNEW AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH PRINCIPALS IN ALL OF MY PRINCIPAL ROUNDTABLES, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS PARTICULARLY USF, WE SHARED THAT. WE SHARED THAT WOULD IT BE GOOD? WOULD IT BENEFIT YOU AS A AS A SITE LEADER TO GET YOUR BUDGET EARLIER? IF WE COULD GET A BUDGET OUT TO OUR SITE LEADERS TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY EARLIER, IT WILL ALLOW MORE TIME TO HAVE THESE VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS
AND IT WILL ALLOW US TIME TO REVIEW ALL OF OUR RESTRICTED SOURCES AND DETERMINE HOW BEST TO USE THEM TO REALLY MEET OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOL NEEDS WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DEMONSTRATING NOW WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO USE RESTRICTED SOURCES TO NOW FULLY FUND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS, WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY OTHER SOURCES TO NOW HAVE SECURITY GUARDS ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES. WE ARE NOW ABLE TO IDENTIFY RESTRICTED SOURCES TO HAVE COUNSELORS TO INCREASE NOT FULLY BUT TO INCREASE A FEW APS AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD OUT THE BUDGET AND THIS IS WHY WE'VE BEEN NAMING IT OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT MONTH BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DONE YET. WE HAVE MANY MORE WEEKS TO GO. THE BUDGET WILL NOT BE DONE UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY WHERE WE'RE HAVING CONTINUING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH SITE LEADERS. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, I WAS
LOOKING AT INTERIM ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT TERESA SHIFTS CALENDAR OF JUST ALL THE PRINCIPALS THAT SHE'S MEETING WITH WHERE SHE'S HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND I KNOW THAT PRINCIPALS ARE ALSO MEETING WITH THEIR COMMUNITY. I MEAN SHE JUST TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY THAT SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH ONE OF OUR KEY PRINCIPALS AND AND THE PRINCIPAL IS HAVING MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH YOU ALL AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S THERE'S THIS CONSTANT RESCHEDULING BUT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY WHERE WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND WE'RE DOING THIS EARLIER THAN EVER BEFORE BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR FEBRUARY. WE HAVE VERY STRICT STATE GUIDELINES AND DEADLINES FOR NOTICING OF OUR OUR EMPLOYEES FOR REDUCTION AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE TIME TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT AND TO DO IT RIGHT. OKAY. I THINK THE YEAH AND MAYBE IT'S JUST SO I GUESS THE THE I STILL THINK THERE'S THIS
MISPERCEPTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT IS THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD. I MEAN PEOPLE CAME TO PUBLIC COMMENT THE BOARD THEN VOTED IN A PARTICULAR WAY AND I THINK THERE'S A STILL A DISCONNECT SO I JUST WANT TO NAME THAT AND IF I CAN MAYBE SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A IMPORTANT QUESTION OF LIKE WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE BOARD VERSUS WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT? JUST TO BE REALLY CLEAR AS A BOARD PER OUR OWN GOVERNANCE PRACTICES WE DO NOT HIRE AND FIRE INDIVIDUAL STAFF, RIGHT? THE SOLE EMPLOYEE THAT WE HAVE IS THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING THAT THE STAFFING MODEL THAT IS TRULY A PRODUCT AND DELIVERABLE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT NOW I ALSO GET FRUSTRATED WHEN I HEAR THAT THE STAFFING MODEL IS TOTALLY UNRELATED TO THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN BECAUSE VERY CLEARLY THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THE STABILIZATION PLAN THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO STAFFING WHICH IS TRUE. IT IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT WE NEED TO SUBMIT. IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THAT STABILIZATION
PLAN THAT DIRECTLY SPEAK TO THE STAFFING MODEL SO THAT CONFLATION I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY A CONFLATION IT THERE IS A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS AND YES IT IS A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT THAT WE NEED TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE AND DIFFERENT COMMISSIONERS MAY HAVE HAD DIFFERENT MOTIVATIONS FOR VOTING IT DOWN BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD AS THE ZERO SIX COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WANTED TO GO TO PARTIES AT THAT TIME. BUT JUST TO BE REALLY CLEAR WHAT I HEARD IN THAT EVENING WAS THAT AND MAYBE I'LL JUST SPEAK FOR MY OWN SELF THE REASON I VOTED THAT DOWN WAS BECAUSE I DID NOT THINK THE BOARD WAS PREPARED WITH THE RIGHT INFORMATION AND CONTEXT TO BE ABLE TO TO CONFIDENTLY VOTE ON THIS DOCUMENT AND WHAT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR WAS THAT COMMUNITY HAD IT THEN ROBUSTLY ENGAGE ABOUT SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS PRIOR TO COMING TO THE BOARD. NOW THERE MAY BE OTHER REASONS WHY COMMISSIONERS ALSO VOTED AGAINST THAT FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN BUT AT THE END OF THAT EVENING I VERY CLEARLY REMEMBER MAKING A STATEMENT AFTERWARDS THIS WAS
LESS OF A STATEMENT AROUND US UNWILLING TO MAKE DECISIONS AROUND WRITING OUR FISCAL SHAPE . IT WAS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR US TO BE PREPARED IN OUR DECISION MAKING AND FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE PREPARED THAT DECISION MAKING SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S VERY CLEAR. WE MAY NOT HAVE A DIRECT AUTHORITY OVER THIS TABLE OR OVER THE STAFFING MODEL THAT IS THE SUPERINTENDED DELIVERABLE. THE DECISION THAT WE HAD IN THAT MOMENT WAS DO WE APPROVE AND PASS THE STABILIZATION PLAN TO SEND TO THE STATE AS PART OF OUR BUDGET OR NOT RIGHT. AND SO JUST TO ADD SOME CONTEXT THERE, THE YEAH, I'LL JUST KIND OF SEGMENT THE THE CHALLENGE I'M STILL EXPERIENCING I THINK IS SOMEWHAT GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED FOR THAT DECEMBER MEETING OF HOW DOES THE PUBLIC AND HOW DO WE AS COMMISSIONERS UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING AS THEY GO SO IN DECEMBER AS THOSE DECISIONS WERE MADE BY THE BOARD, CLEARLY THINGS HAVE CHANGED BASED AROUND THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WERE BEING
TALKED ABOUT AT THAT TIME WITH WHAT STATES RECEIVED IN JANUARY . SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHERE IS THAT DOCUMENTED FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THEN AND NOW? RIGHT. BECAUSE I'M HEARING THAT OH, WE DID NOT ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WERE NAMED IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. NOW JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE MAY NOT HAVE APPROVED THAT DOCUMENT BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT STILL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME THINGS. BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT TO MOVE FORWARD AND WHAT HASN'T FROM DECEMBER TO TODAY AND THIS KIND OF CARRIES FROM A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAT COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER AND I HAD IN A FINANCE BRIEFING FOR CITES. HOW DO THEY KNOW LIKE THAT? I CALL IT A GAP ANALYSIS AND IT'S NOT REALLY THE RIGHT TECHNICAL TERM FOR IT. BUT HOW DO THEY KNOW FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR WHAT HAS CHANGED FROM THEIR BUDGET? RIGHT. AND THEN AS COMMISSIONERS HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THOSE CHANGES
FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR IF WE I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR AND THAT DELTA AND IF THAT MEANS THAT ONE, TWO PLUS MORE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE AT A SCHOOL SITE FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR? CLEARLY THERE I MEAN I DON'T THINK EDUCATORS AND STAFF ARE HOLDING NOTHING AT SCHOOL SITES THEY'RE HOLDING THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING WHAT IS THAT LOSS? RIGHT. LIKE AND I THINK THAT ANALYSIS IS HELPFUL NOT ONLY TO KNOW BY A SITE BUT AS A DISTRICT TOO AND AS THE BOARD WHO NEEDS TO ULTIMATELY PASS THIS BUDGET. UNDERSTANDING THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT IS CRITICAL FOR US TO BE INFORMED ON THE IMPACT OF THAT DECISION. SO SO THAT IS I THINK PART OF MY CONFUSION STILL AND I WILL SAY THIS JUST TO THE FINANCE TEAM AND TO YOUR LEADERSHIP MR. MOUNTAIN NEEDS LIKE I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE LENS AND REFRESHING PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR
FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND I VERY MUCH CAN APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE KIND OF CALCULATED NATURE OF A OF OF OF LIKE A MODEL THAT ONE THAT YOU'RE CREATING VERSUS THE INPUTS THAT GO INTO THAT AND THE INPUTS THAT COME OUT OF THAT. I ACTUALLY THINK THAT MY REFLECTIONS AND FEEDBACK ARE LESS SO FOR YOUR TEAM AND THE KIND OF MECHANISMS OF IT ALL AND MORE FOR HOW WE ARE TAKING THAT INFORMATION AND TRANSLATING IT FOR OUR SCHOOLS, TAKING THAT INFORMATION, BRINGING IT TO THE PUBLIC AND TAKING THE MESSAGES THAT GO AROUND THE KIND OF MODELS THAT YOU'RE CREATING. AND FOR US TO MAKE SENSE OF THAT INFORMATION. AGAIN, I DON'T I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANY COMMISSIONER HERE A LACK OF DESIRE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS AND THE FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE AS A BOARD. BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT CHANGE AND THAT IMPACT IS CRITICAL TO OUR OWN GOVERNANCE AND THAT'S I THINK THE PART THAT I'M MISSING IN THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION AND THAT'S THE PART I STILL DON'T QUITE REALLY KNOW AND THAT'S PARTLY WHY THAT
DOCUMENT I VOTED AGAINST IN DECEMBER. YES, I HAD SOME I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING PRESIDENT KIM JUST SAID AND I, I JUST AND I HAD A LITTLE TIME LEFT TOO SO WHEN HE WENT OVER TO BUT SO I JUST WANTED TO I THINK MY OTHER QUESTIONS AND I JUST TO YOUR POINT 100% AGREE THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY IS NOT TO MICROMANAGE THE STAFFING MODEL. HOWEVER, THE BOARD YOU KNOW WHAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN WAS TO MAKE $26 MILLION WORTH OF CUTS TO SCHOOLS ROUGHLY IT WAS ITEMS THREE AND FOUR WHICH WERE THE THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF ALL THE DISCUSSION. RIGHT. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE IF ANY DISCUSSION OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. THEN THERE WAS THIS SIX ZERO SORRY I THINK I SAID 7060 VOTE AGAINST IT. SO I MEAN THAT WAS THE NATURE OF MY QUESTION. YOU WOULD EXPECT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TEAM WOULD SAY OH, THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION THE BOARD WANTS TO GO IN. LET'S GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, FIGURE THIS OUT. CLEARLY THAT WASN'T THE RIGHT APPROACH. LET'S CONSULT WITH OUR SCHOOL
COMMUNITIES AND CONSULT WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AS CONSULT WITH OUR TEACHERS, PARENTS FAMILIES AND FIGURE OUT ANOTHER APPROACH RIGHT. AND AGAIN THAT MIGHT WE MIGHT COME BACK WITH A BUNCH WE MAY INCLUDE CUTS TO SCHOOLS. I WASN'T YOU KNOW, AGAIN I THINK WE CAN GET AWAY WITH NO CUTS TO SCHOOLS GIVEN OUR THE AMOUNT OF $430 MILLION FUND BALANCE. SO MY COLLEAGUES MAY DISAGREE BUT THAT'S A DEBATE WE OUGHT TO HAVE. BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT APPROACH IN DECEMBER WAS NOT THE ONE WE WANTED TO TAKE. >> THAT APPROACH WASN'T THE ONE WE WANT TO TAKE AND THEN SCHOOLS GET MORE OR LESS SOMETHING QUITE SIMILAR IN JANUARY WITH AS PRESIDENT KIM SAID, NOT ANY CLEAR MESSAGING ABOUT WHAT THE CHANGES WERE. SO THEN IT'S SORT OF LIKE WELL WHAT'S GOING ON? SO I THINK IT RAISES THIS KIND OF GOVERNANCE QUESTION. I THINK FOR ME THEN THERE'S ALSO SUBSTANTIVE QUESTIONS AROUND THE IMPACT. IT LOOKS LIKE SCHOOLS SERVING LOW INCOME STUDENTS AND PARTICULARLY IMMIGRANT STUDENTS HAVE FACED THE DEEPEST CUTS WE HEARD TONIGHT FROM THIS VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE HEARD FROM S.F. INTERNATIONAL ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS SERVING IMMIGRANT STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, WE WE MAY YOU MADE AN ELOQUENT STATEMENT, PRESIDENT KIM, ABOUT PROTECTING OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES IN THE IN THE WAKE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH ICE. WE CAN'T DECIMATE THEIR EDUCATORS AND SAY THAT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE LIKE WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT. RIGHT. DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE CAN'T MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO PROGRAMS SERVING IMMIGRANT STUDENTS? OF COURSE NOT. BUT WE NEED TO DO IT WITH FAMILIES, WITH EDUCATORS. >> VIEW VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL GOT A BUDGET WHERE THEIR A NEWCOMER PROGRAM HAD BEEN ELIMINATED AND NO ONE AT THE SCHOOL EVEN KNEW THIS WAS HAPPENING. THAT DECISION GOT MADE BY SOMEBODY IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE OVER THE WINTER BREAK APPARENTLY AND THEY JUST INCLUDED IT IN THE BUDGET THAT THAT'S UNEXCUSABLE. I MEAN THAT'S MORALLY FOR ME THINKING ABOUT HOW WE SERVE OUR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS THAT'S IT'S EMBARRASSING. AND SO I THINK JUST I MEAN WE NEED TO DO MUCH, MUCH BETTER AND IT FEELS CAPRICIA IS IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S NOT EXPLANATION. I JUST WE CANNOT CONTINUE LIKE THIS AND I JUST I DON'T KNOW I
JUST WANT TO SAY I DON'T MEAN TO BE TO OVERSTATE IT BUT I THINK IT'S WE CAN'T JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THESE CUTS WITHOUT DOING IT IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS AND HONORS THE FOLKS IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED. THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS COMMISSIONERS. SO SO WHATEVER THAT TAKES AND I THINK THAT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE IN THE BOARDROOM, RIGHT? THAT CAN'T HAPPEN IN PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S YOU ARE A STAFF NEED TO GO TO THE SCHOOLS YOU TALK TO THE PRINCIPALS, TALK TO THOSE FAMILIES AND MAKE A PLAN. AND AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MEAN NO ONE'S GOING TO OBJECT. BUT BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOME LEVEL OF REAL ENGAGEMENT. I'M SORRY BEFORE WE GO BACK TO COMMISSIONERS, CAN WE JUST SEE OTHERS HAVE OTHER COMMENTS TO MAKE AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AROUND IF SUPPOSING HUMAN I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ANALYSIS THAT YOU GUYS YOU PROVIDED ON THE IMPACT OF THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET ON OUR BUDGET OR I SUPPOSE LACK THEREOF SINCE IT IS NOT THE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
HEADLINE AND TRANSLATING INTO NUMBERS THAT ONE WOULD HOPE FOR . BUT JUST TO ECHO THE COMMENTS TODAY OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW THE BOARD MEETINGS JUST CANNOT BE THE PLACE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING THINGS TO THE PUBLIC AND SO I DO HOPE THAT THERE ARE SUPERINTENDENTS SO THAT THERE'S ACTIVE COMMUNICATION TO SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WHO I'M SURE SOME OF WHOM HAVE SEEN THE NEWS ABOUT ALL OF THIS EDUCATION MONEY THAT'S ALLEGEDLY FLOWING TO US ABOUT WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ARE AND AREN'T ON THE DISTRICT AND ALSO THEREFORE WHAT THEY ARE AND AREN'T ON OUR LABOR NEGOTIATIONS. AND JUST TO ECHO WHAT EVERYONE HAS WHAT MANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE SAID, I THINK THAT FOR ME MY CONCERN WITH THE FSP WAS REALLY AROUND THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION AROUND IT AROUND THE THE KIND OF LACK OF TRANSPARENT AIRING OF WHAT WAS ENDED UP IN THE FSP DURING THE BUDGET TOWN HALLS
AND ENGAGEMENT AROUND SPECIFIC ISSUES AND I JUST WOULD AS SUPERINTENDENTS DO WHAT IS THE PLAN TO CHANGE THE COMMUNICATION WITH OUR SCHOOLS LIKE I AM STILL GETTING EMAILS YOU KNOW ABOUT IT FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE NO MIDDLE SCHOOL HEALTH AND THAT TEEN PREGNANCY AND STI RATES ARE GOING TO GO UP WHERE IS THE COMMUNICATION TO EVERY FAMILY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT THERE IS STILL GOING TO BE MIDDLE SCHOOL HEALTH EVEN THOUGH THE GRANTS FROM A PUBLIC FUND FOR PRIVATE FUNDER FOR THESE SPECIFIC DEDICATED HEALTH POSITIONS ARE ENDING AND THE STATE IS NOT GIVING US MONEY TO BACKFILL, WHERE ARE THE COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT HOW ZERO PERIODS IN THE SEVEN PERIODS CAN HELP PROVIDE ACCESS TO ELECTIVES? BECAUSE WHILE I THINK A LOT OF THE PROPOSALS COMING FROM THE CENTRAL OFFICE ARE CAN BE ALIGNED WITH REACHING OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES AND SERVING
OUR STUDENTS NEEDS THERE'S I CAN'T EXPECT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THINGS THAT HAVE LITERALLY NEVER BEEN COMMUNICATED TO THEM SO THAT THAT'S REALLY MY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE DIFFERENT IN THE COMMUNICATION AROUND THESE BUDGET DEVELOPMENTS TO FAMILIES AND TEACHERS DIRECTLY AND EDUCATORS AGAIN? SO WE SHARED THE BUDGET TO OUR SITE LEADERS AT THE REQUEST OF SITE LEADERS IN EARLY JANUARY. WE WANTED TO GIVE SITE LEADERS THE TIME TO WORK WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALLOCATE STAFF AND RESOURCES TO MEET THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. WHAT I ACTUALLY SHARED WITH COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WAS THAT WHEN WHEN WHEN THERESA SCHIP AND I WERE GOING LINE BY LINE THROUGH EACH OF THESE SCHOOLS AND LOOKING AT THEIR STAFFING ALLOCATIONS, WE STARTED TO TO REALIZE THAT THERE WERE TEACHER ALLOCATIONS THAT WERE NOT SHOWING UP IN OUR BUDGET SYSTEM BUT THEY WERE SHOWING UP ON
SCHOOL SITES. WE MADE A DECISION AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A MESSAGE TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY THAT WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL TIME TO UNDERSTAND THE ALLOCATIONS THAT THE SCHOOLS ENDED UP HAVING. BUT WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR THEM. IT IS A SYSTEMS PROBLEM THAT UNFORTUNATELY THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE ALLOCATIONS WERE MADE PARTICULARLY TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE DO NOT SEE THIS ANOMALY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. >> BUT WE SEE IT IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE ADDITIONAL TEACHERS WERE BUDGETED. THEY MAY HAVE SHOWED UP IN AT THE SCHOOL BUT WE CAN'T TRACE THEM BACK TO A BUDGET NUMBER THAT IS CONNECTED TO THEIR SCHOOL NUMBER. IT TAKES TIME AND THANKFULLY WE HAVE THE TIME TO SIT DOWN WITH
OUR SITE LEADERS TO DO THAT I WOULD JUST GENTLY REMIND FOLKS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF A BUDGET PROCESS THAT CULMINATES IN JUNE. DURING THAT TIME YOU STILL HAVE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT ARE STILL UNKNOWN. WE DON'T HAVE THE MAY REVISE WHICH IS GOING TO BE PRETTY KEY ALTHOUGH I DON'T ANTICIPATE A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES TO BE QUITE HONEST NOT NOT WITH THE CURRENT STATE GOVERNMENT BUDGET . THE BIGGEST DRIVERS FOR US THAT ARE STILL UNKNOWN ARE BARGAINING. WE SIMPLY DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO END UP AND MOST OF OUR UNITS AND MOST OF OUR OUR STAFF STILL HAVE NOT SETTLED RIGHT AND THAT'S FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL AS THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. >> SO NONE OF THOSE PIECES ARE GOING TO COME TO LAND. THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN COME TO LAND UNTIL AFTER A SECOND INTERIM, RIGHT. SO THEIR SECOND INTERIM IS STILL GOING TO BE DEVOID IN ON MARCH 10TH OF ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS. IT'S THE BIGGEST DRIVER OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET TO WHAT DR. SUE IS SPEAKING TO. WE CAN DO OUR BEST THE THREE OF US HERE AS WELL AS THE FOLKS WE'RE NOT A LARGE STAFF BY THE
WAY. IT'S A PRETTY SMALL STAFF TO TRY TO RECONSTRUCT WHAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST WITH NO EVIDENCE GIVEN US WE ALL WE CAN DO IS OUR BEST. WE WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE UNKNOWNS. RIGHT? THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S ONE OF THE ONE OF THE LACKS HERE AS FAR AS TRANSPARENT SYSTEMS IS THERE WAS NOTHING TO START WITH OTHER THAN LAST YEAR'S ALLOCATIONS BUT THEN TO FIND OUT THAT THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THAT DON'T EVEN SHOW UP ANYWHERE AND WE AREN'T GOING TO KNOW BY THE WAY UNTIL THE END OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT WHEN WE DO THAT FIRST POSITION CONTROL RECONCILIATION WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE DELTA OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY HIGHLY CONCERNING WHEN YOU LOOK AT A SYSTEMS ASPECT OF RUNNING SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT MOVING FORWARD. THAT'S EXCITING TO ME. RIGHT AND GIVING TRANSPARENCY TO THE PROCESS AND THE BASELINE WE DEVELOPED FOR THE FUTURE THAT'S EXCITING TO ME BUT WE
CAN'T NECESSARILY FIX THE PAST, RIGHT? WE CAN SEE THE PROBLEMS BUT UNTIL WE HAVE THE TIME TO SEE THE DATA THAT COMES IN WE CAN'T JUST FIX IT SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE BOARD ASKED ME EARLIER THIS YEAR HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET IT IN GOOD SHAPE? AND I SAID TWO BUDGET CYCLES WE'RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIRST AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK MY CONCERN IS THAT IT WASN'T COMMUNICATED IN TO SITE LEADERS THAT YOU KNOW, THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE A SUPPLEMENTAL HIRING. IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNICATION TO SITE LEADERS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS MAJOR DISCREPANCY AND MANY MORE PEOPLE MAY BE ADDED IN AND SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE THE APPROACH OF THE DISTRICT IS TO DO THE HARSHEST THING AND THEN SEE WHO YELLS TO GET THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING AND THAT JUST SHOULD NOT BE HOW IT WORKS AND IT SHOULD BE COMMUNICATED TO COMMUNITIES TO NOT CAUSE UNNECESSARY HARM AND CONCERN AND FOR THEIR STUDENTS LEARNING
AND WELL-BEING THAT THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A SIX MONTH PROCESS THAT WE EXPECT THAT MANY MORE POSITIONS WILL BE ADDED IN THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THESE UNKNOWNS THAT YOU KNOW MAYBE YOU HAVE FEWER TEACHERS BUT YOU'LL HAVE LESS ENROLLMENT AND THAT MESSAGE IS NOT BEING RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY. THEY ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT AND SO THAT MEANS THAT IT'S ON INCUMBENT ON THE DISTRICT TO COMMUNICATE EITHER THROUGH DIFFERENT AVENUES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGE MORE TIMES NOT REQUIRING PEOPLE TO GO TO A THREE HOUR IN PERSON WEEKEND SUMMIT TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO BE REASSURED ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS. WELL LEARNING I'M GOING TO MOVE TO COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN WORD AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I ALSO THINK THIS QUESTION IS PROBABLY FOR YOU, DR. SUE AND I JUST WANT TO SORT OF IT'S REITERATING VICE PRESIDENT HEALINGS POINT ON THE COMMUNICATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S THE NUMBERS ARE WHAT THEY ARE OR AREN'T TO BE
DETERMINED. I THINK THERE'S THE COMMUNICATION TO THE SITE LEADERS AND I JIMMY THE VICE PRESIDENT YOU MADE THIS POINT BUT I WANT TO SORT OF PUSH ON IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. I THINK THE UNDERSTANDING OF NOT JUST THE WHAT BUT THE WHY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX VERSUS SEVEN PERIOD DAYS AND WHEN IT FIRST CAME UP IT WAS IT TO ME FELT LIKE IT WAS IN THE CONTEXT OF MONEY SAVING THEN AFTER LEARNING MORE AND HEARING MORE IS LIKE ACTUALLY NO. THIS IS ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES FOR CORE CLASSES AND IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS WITH SEVEN PERIOD DAYS WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT TEACHING THE NUMBER OF MINUTES WE NEED TO BE TEACHING FOR MATH AND THE LIKE. THAT'S HUGE AS A PARENT THAT'S SOMETHING I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING. I'M ALSO REALLY INTERESTED IN THE FACT THAT MY KIDDO GETS TO TAKE ALGEBRA AND JAPANESE. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THOSE AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU ALL ARE I KNOW YOU ALL ARE BRAINSTORMING WHAT
ARE OTHER OPTIONS? >> YOU MENTIONED THE ZERO SEVEN PEER TO UNTIL AND UNLESS ALL OF THAT IS SHARED ALL FOLKS HERE AS WE'RE DOING THIS AND IT CAME UP IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS BUDGET CONVERSATION AS SO IT'S ABOUT MONEY AND IF IT'S NOT ABOUT I MEAN IT CAN IT'S NOT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE IT MAY ALSO HAVE SOME SLIGHT IMPACT ON BUDGET. BUT IF THE FOCUS IS WE NEED TO HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES HAPPENING IN THESE CORE SUBJECTS BUT ALSO WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS IN EXPLORING HOW THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE DOING IT ARE STILL ABLE TO OFFER MULTIPLE ELECTIVES IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND SO I THINK THAT'S SORT OF THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF I THINK WHERE THAT COMMUNICATION IS REALLY LACKING AND IF FOLKS HAD MORE WE COULD HAVE A I THINK A MORE NUANCED AND BETTER INFORMED CONVERSATION THERE WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE I WAS GOING TO GIVE THAT WAS SIX VERSUS SEVEN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS NOW BUT IT'S AN IT'S THAT COMMUNICATION THAT ISN'T JUST IT'S WHY ARE WE DOING THIS AND ALSO HOW ARE WE HOW ARE WE BEING CREATIVE
AND HOW ARE WE TALKING TO THE SCHOOL SITES WHERE THERE'S A SCHOOL SITE THAT'S REALLY DOING SOMETHING REALLY WELL WITH THE SEVEN PERIOD DAY HOW IS IT WORKING? LET US SEE YOUR MASTER SCHEDULE AND THEN SHARING THAT WITH THE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT MAYBE THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE ISN'T QUITE UP TO PAR. SO AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON IT BUT BUT NO YOU'RE NOT TELLING PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON IT IN THE WAYS THAT ARE IMPORTANT. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. YES, WE ARE WORKING ON IT BECAUSE YES, THAT WAS AND I THINK I'VE SHARED THIS BEFORE IT WAS A MISTAKE TO CONNECT AND LINK THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN PRESENTATION WITH THE ALLOCATION OF THE STAFFING ALLOCATION BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LINKED. AND I ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE WAY THAT WE PRESENTED THE STAFFING ALLOCATION MADE IT SOUND THAT IT WAS MORE FINANCIAL FISCAL BUDGET ORIENTED AS OPPOSED TO A STUDENT ENROLLMENT NEEDING TO CONTRACT TOWARDS OUR OUR CBR,
OUR LABOR AGREEMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING TOWARDS RESTRICTIONS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF MONEY AND WE SHOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB AT THAT. WE'VE LEARNED OUR LESSON BUT WE ARE MEETING WITH ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT HULING WE CAN'T JUST DO A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL AND AND THEN CALL IT A DAY WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE SCHEDULED MEETINGS WITH ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS. CHRIS AND I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH LOTS OF PRINCIPALS ALONG WITH AMY FROM H.R. ARE OUR ASSOCIATE SUPER OF H.R . AND THERESA SO THAT WE CAN JUST HEAR FROM THEM HOW THEY ARE PERCEIVING THE ALLOCATION. WHERE DO THEY WANT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES BECAUSE I JUST HEARD A PRINCIPAL SAID WELL INSTEAD OF THIS POSITION CAN WE GET THAT POSITION AND WE SAID JUSTIFY WHY AND THE JUSTIFICATION MADE SENSE AND SO WE MADE THE CHANGE AND THAT'S WHAT A BUDGET DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE. THAT'S THE PROCESS. THE PROCESS IS TO REALLY ALLOW TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO TO GATHER AND BUILD IT AND THAT'S THE POWER OF THE
SCHOOLS THAT COUNCIL NOW SHOULD WE DO MORE? YES. DO WE NEED TO HAVE MORE MEETINGS? ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'RE COMMITTED AND WE STILL HAVE TIME ACTUALLY AS A MATTER OF FACT, I KNOW THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOLS. I'M GOING TO JUST SAY THIS HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK AND A HALF AND SO I SEE MY STAFF BACK THERE. PLEASE MAKE THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE I WANT TO SIT IN FRONT OF OUR PRINCIPAL AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH THEM ON THE SAME WELL I'LL BE BRIEF. NO I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING BUT I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON. OH NO, NO. I MEAN HERE'S OUT TO SAY QUICKLY I THINK THAT MY I APPRECIATE THE NUANCE. I APPRECIATE THE DESIRE TO SIT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION AND MAKE CHANGES GIVEN RATIONALE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS RECEIVED IT SOUNDS LIKE BY SITES, BY EDUCATORS, BY
PRINCIPALS. I CERTAINLY DIDN'T PERCEIVE THAT THAT WAS THE INTENTION BY ROLLING OUT OF THE STAFFING MODEL AND SO YOU KNOW THERE'S THIS QUESTION OF LIKE WE BELIEVE I THINK THAT ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, RIGHT? I THINK OF A CONVERSATION I HAD JUST RECENTLY ABOUT A CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT THEIR ENROLLMENT ACTUALLY CHANGES FROM DAY ONE OF SCHOOL TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. RIGHT. SO THEN IF WE KNOW THAT THAT SCHOOL GROWS AND THEIR ENROLLMENT BECAUSE IT'S A CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL AND BY DEFINITION THEY WILL HAVE MORE STUDENTS THAT THEY RECEIVE THAT THE YEAR WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THEN FOR THEIR ALLOCATIONS MOVING FORWARD RIGHT AND AND SO I THINK THESE THESE ARE NUANCED QUESTIONS. I THINK I CONTINUE TO GO BACK TO WHERE HOW IS THAT COMMUNICATED? WHAT IS IT WHAT IS BEING SAID IN THAT IN THAT CHANGE AND HERE'S THE CHALLENGE I THINK IS THAT THAT WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF LOST THE NARRATIVE BECAUSE THE MESSAGE HAD GONE OUT IN DECEMBER AND PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT. SO AS WE TRY TO CHANGE
AND PIVOT BETWEEN LAST MONTH AND NOW TODAY AND ONWARD, WE HAVE TO ALMOST REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS TO TO KIND OF GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS THAT WE ARE THAT WE HAD NOT INTENDED TO DO X, Y, Z, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE AND WE OR THAT WE YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU HEARD US RIGHT. WE DO PLAN ON DOING THIS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS FINE TOO. >> WE JUST NEED THAT CLARITY. I THINK. RIGHT AND THIS KIND OF RESONATES FROM OUR AT OUR COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE WE YOU KNOW, WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY TELL US THE HARD NEWS WE CAN DEAL WITH IT. RIGHT. TELL US WHAT'S MOVABLE AND WHAT'S NOT MOVABLE AND SURE WE ARE GOING TO DISAGREE ESPECIALLY EVEN ON THIS BOARD. THERE'S SEVEN OF US WHO ARE PROBABLY GOING TO SEVEN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON HOW TO CUT 100 WHATEVER MILLION DOLLARS AND HOW HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE THEN HAVE A STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE AROUND THAT. I THINK OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO GO TO COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER COMMISSIONER RAY AND WE'LL COME BACK AROUND THIS WAY AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF THIS. ONE OF THE I'VE GOTTEN ALL THESE CALLS FROM PRINCIPALS
IN THE LAST WEEK AND AGAIN THEY SHOULDN'T BE CALLING ME. I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THEY SHOULD BE CALLING YOU ALL AND THERE'S SOMETHING BLOCKING THAT SYSTEM. I THINK PART OF IT IS YOU KNOW, ONE THING I HEARD WAS THAT THE STAFFING MODEL ALLOCATIONS WEREN'T SHARED EVEN WITH ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS BEFORE THEY WENT OUT. SO I THINK THERE'S SOME KIND OF SOMETHING HAPPENING WHERE THERE'S A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS AND CENTER OFFICE THAT AREN'T EVEN CONSULTING WITH OTHER FOLKS IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THE PRINCIPAL SAID TO ME WHEN HE OR THEY SAY I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID HE CALLED ME WAS WAS THAT THEY HAD AT THEIR SCHOOL YOU KNOW A THIS I THINK IT WAS A I'LL PROBABLY GET THE DETAILS WRONG BUT ANYWAY SO I'LL PROBABLY YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHO IT IS BUT IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A I THINK IT WAS A MATH INTERVENTIONIST MAYBE BUT THEN NOW THEY WERE BEING THAT WAS BEING TAKEN OUT OF THEIR BUDGET EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD DATA THAT SHOWED THAT IT WAS IT WAS IMPROVING BUT THEN THEY WERE BEING TOLD THEY NEEDED TO HAVE A READING COACH ALL THESE READING COACH FOR THEIR TEACHERS.
SO AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT YOU WERE SAYING THAT NUANCE BECAUSE THAT WAS A STUDENT OUTCOMES CONVERSATION LIKE THIS PRINCIPAL THING I HAVE A STRATEGY AROUND STUDENT OUTCOMES. I'M ACTUALLY WORKING ON IT. THE DATA SHOWING IMPROVEMENT AND NOW I'M BEING TOLD THAT I HAVE TO ABANDON THAT AND I JUST THINK THAT CONVERSATION NEEDED TO HAPPEN BEFORE THEY GOT A BUDGET ALLOCATION THAT THEY THEN HAD TO GIVE TO THEIR FAMILIES. >> I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM, RIGHT? IT'S THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. ONCE THESE COME OUT IT'S LIKE OH THEY CLEARLY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MY SCHOOL WHEN THEY GAVE ME MY ALLOCATION, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE BEHIND THE BALL ON THIS ENGAGEMENT PIECE AND IT'S AN EXAMPLE, RIGHT? >> USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE OF LET'S SAY MATH INTERVENTIONISTS WAS GOING TO BE SWAPPED OUT FOR A READING COACH RIGHT. WHAT I WOULD WANT TO HEAR IS IS DOES THAT MEAN THAT OUR STRATEGY AS A DISTRICT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN ON READING COACHES LIKE THERE'S A
QUESTION HERE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DO THAT RIGHT THAT'S RIGHT THAT'S RIGHT AND BECAUSE THEN WE COULD DEFEND THAT AND SAY WELL ACTUALLY OUR OUR DISTRICT WIDE STRATEGY IS THIS WHICH MAKES SENSE AS TO WHY THIS IS GETTING PULLED OVER HERE. BUT THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE THAT RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF QUESTION THAT I HAVE AROUND. YEAH. AND IF THEY'RE GETTING DATA WITH THEIR MATH INTERVENTIONS MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO FUND BOTH RIGHT AND NOT FIND SOMETHING ELSE. I MEAN AGAIN I THINK THAT THE NUANCED USE OF RESOURCES AND AGAIN THAT'S NOT OUR JOB AT ALL LIKE WE SHOULD BUT I THINK OUR JOB AS A BOARD IS TO SAY ARE YOU STAFF DOING THAT KIND OF PROCESS THAT ACTUALLY ENSURES THAT THIS RESULTS IN SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY DOES IMPROVES YOUR OUTCOMES BECAUSE WE IT'S NOT IF WE JUST SIT UP HERE AND SAY OH OUR STRATEGY IS READING COACHES THAT'S NOT DATA, RIGHT? PRINCIPALS HAVE ACTUAL DATA ABOUT WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT WORKING IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND THIS IS A POINT THAT VICE PRESIDENT HOLLINGS MADE A LOT WE CAN'T HAVE A ONE SIZE FITS
ALL APPROACH BECAUSE KIDS ARE DIFFERENT IN EVERY SCHOOL AND YES, WE NEED A STRATEGY BUT WE ALSO NEED SPACE FOR IF THEY HAVE CAN SHOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING IS WORKING THEN WE NEED TO SUPPORT IT. AND I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER PIECE THAT THIS JUST THAT'S MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THAT'S NOT INCLUDED THEN THIS PROCESS UNDERMINES OUR ABILITY TO ACHIEVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. I THINK WE'VE MADE IT CLEAR THAT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES ARE NON-NEGOTIABLES. LITERACY COACHES ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON OUR LITERACY OUTCOMES AS DIRECTED BY THIS BOARD IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ARE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES THAT LEAN TOWARDS MATH. SO IT'S NOT BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING I'M ASSUMING THAT MAYBE THIS IS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PERSON BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN THEY HAVE A MATH COACH INSTEAD OF A LITERACY COACH. SO WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT THAT SHOULDN'T BE RIGHT. SO FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL WE WANT WE
WANT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO REALLY DOUBLE DOWN AND FOCUS ON MATH BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF OUR VGS ACTUALLY EVEN EVEN WHAT VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMISSIONER WISEMAN BOARD WAS SAYING AROUND HER HER STUDENT HAVING ELECTIVES AND ALGEBRA. I ALSO KNOW THAT HER STUDENT HAS MATH IN ALGEBRA RIGHT BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO PRESERVE THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. INCREASING INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES FOR STUDENTS WILL INCREASE THOSE OUTCOMES. SO YES, WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND YOU KNOW, THE OTHER DAY I DID MEET WITH A HANDFUL OF PRINCIPALS AND AND I WAS WALKING THROUGH THE LOGIC OF SHARING THEIR ALLOCATION THIS EARLY AGAIN EARLIER THAN THEY'VE EVER RECEIVED BEFORE BECAUSE THEY ASKED FOR IT TO BE THIS EARLY. NOW WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE WAS THAT BECAUSE WE ALSO THEN SCHEDULE THE SCHOOL SIZE SUMMIT EARLY IT DIDN'T GIVE OUR PRINCIPALS TIME
TO THEN WORK WITH US ON BUILDING OUT THE THE ALLOCATION. NOW IN JANUARY THERE IS THIS PRESIDENT DAY WEEKEND AND AND SO WE WERE THEN FACED WITH ALL OF THESE SCHEDULING ISSUES. HOWEVER KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW NEXT YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT BUT I THINK I STILL THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOR OUR SITE LEADERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR ALLOCATION SPEND TIME WITH US WITH CENTRAL OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH ALL THE NUANCES BECAUSE EACH SCHOOL IS VERY DIFFERENT AND THEN DO THE SCHOOL SIZE SUMMIT AT A LATER TIME. COMMISSIONER RAY AND THEN COMMISSIONER FISHER JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST ON IMPACT THAT'S COME UP HERE AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT WE LOOK AT THE IMPACTS ON SCHOOLS PARTICULARLY AS THEY RELATE TO STUDENT OUTCOMES AS COMMISSIONER ALEXANDRA WAS MENTIONING, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAD ASKED ABOUT IN THE Q&A FOR THE DECEMBER 16TH MEETING AND THE ANSWER THAT WAS RETURNED WAS UNBELIEVABLY GENERIC WHEN I WAS
ASKING ABOUT LIKE FOR INSTANCE AS A DISTRICT DONE ANY ANALYSIS BEYOND COST SAVINGS TO ASSESS THE IMPACTS OF THESE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS IN THE STAFFING MODEL AND THE INFORMATION WAS SO GENERIC AS TO JUST BE ESSENTIALLY USELESS. I MEAN IF OUR ANSWER IS SIMPLY THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN ENGAGING WITH SITE LEADERS TO EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE UNRESTRICTED ID AND RESTRICTED RESOURCES ETC. ETC. THAT DOESN'T TELL ANYBODY ANYTHING AND IT DOESN'T GIVE FOLKS CONFIDENCE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY ASSESSING THE IMPACTS. I, I HAVE TO KEEP WONDERING DID WE ASSESS THE IMPACTS? DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW THAT THAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACTS OR TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THOSE? SO I THINK IT WOULD HELP A LOT IF WE WERE ABLE TO TO PROVIDE THAT SORT OF ANALYSIS AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE ARE UNDERTAKING IT IN SOME FASHION BEFORE WE'RE JUST SUGGESTING OR YOU KNOW, ALLOCATING THINGS IN PARTICULAR WAYS. THAT WAS ONE THING I WANTED TO
ASK ABOUT LIKE WHAT DO YOU HAVE THAT YOU CAN SHOW US OR SHOW SCHOOLS AROUND IMPACT ANALYSIS AND PARTICULARLY HOW HOW THAT AFFECTS OUTCOMES. AND THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO GO BACK TO AGAIN WAS COMMUNICATION BECAUSE JUST SITTING THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION HERE HAS MADE ME FEEL AGAIN THE DISCONNECT THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY OFTEN FELT BUT ALSO FEEL IS WIDELY SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AROUND LIKE COMMUNICATION WITH SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES AND SO FORTH. AT ONE POINT COMMISSIONER HULING ASKED WHAT IS THE PLAN TO COMMUNICATE YOU KNOW, WITH WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND WHEN YOU WERE ANSWERING SUPERINTENDENT SUE YOUR ANSWER WAS ABOUT SHARING THE BUDGET WITH SITE LEADERS IN EARLY JANUARY BECAUSE THEY REQUESTED THAT WHICH I MEAN IT WAS JUST IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR HEALINGS QUESTION ABOUT THE PLAN TO COMMUNICATE WITH WITH YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE LIKE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH EACH OTHER AND AND
SHOW THAT WE'RE RESPONSIVE AMONG OURSELVES AND WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND SO FORTH. AND WHEN I WE NEED TO DO FAR, FAR BETTER AND I GUESS I WOULD ASK THAT WE TRY TO DO THAT THAT WE TRY TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE QUESTIONS PEOPLE ARE ASKING AND THAT WE TRY TO YOU KNOW THAT WE DO OUR BEST THAT WE CAN WITH THAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE FIXES FOR IT BUT WE NEED TO DIRECTLY BUT MY VIEW IS THAT WE NEED TO DIRECTLY ANSWER QUESTIONS. WE CAN'T JUST PROVIDE VERY GENERAL STATEMENTS THAT DON'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ANYBODY AND WE SHOULD DIRECTLY ANSWER WHAT PEOPLE ASK TO THE EXTENT WE POSSIBLY CAN. IF WE CAN'T ANSWER IF WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE SHOULD, IT'S BETTER TO SAY THAT THANKS I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION AND I KNOW I TOOK IT OFF THE RAILS WHERE WE WEREN'T EXPECTING TO GO BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR DIGGING IN AND ACTUALLY HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TRANSPARENTLY. I ALSO REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE BETWEEN THE THREE OF YOU SITTING HERE YOU'VE GOT WHAT
LIKE MAYBE THIS YOU'VE GOT LESS THAN A YEAR EXPERIENCE IN THE DISTRICT BETWEEN THE THREE OF YOU, RIGHT? SO I MEAN LIKE DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR WE'VE COME? I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY HERE ABLE TO HAND DATA TO SUPER OR TO TO PRINCIPALS IN JANUARY RATHER THAN THE END OF FEBRUARY LIKE SO YES, WE NEED TO DO BETTER. AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU KNOW, FIRST YEAR OF FIRST YEAR FRONT RIGHT AND RED ROVER AND LIKE SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK AND THE PIVOT AND THE WORK THAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND WE ALL HAVE VERY HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE OF SUCH A NEW TEAM IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME BEFORE US RIGHT? LIKE WHEN COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER AND I WERE AT THIS VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL LAST NIGHT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS JUST HOW MANY CUTS YEAR OVER YEAR OVER
YEAR OVER YEAR HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED TO THEM LIKE BACK IN THE EARLY 2000S THEY HAD THIS AMAZING LIKE THE WELLNESS PROGRAM AND THE MEDITATION PROGRAM, THE MINDFULNESS PROGRAM THAT THEY HAD WAS HUGE. THEY HAD LIKE THE HIGHEST THE LOWEST LEVEL OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF IT THEY HAD I MEAN THEY HAD A HUGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE GETTING INTO AND QUALIFYING FOR LOWELL I THINK HIGHEST PER CAPITA BACK AT THE TIME. RIGHT. LIKE AND THAT GOT CUT IN PREVIOUS ROUNDS OF BUDGET CUTS AND SO IT'S IT'S A DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR WHICH IS PART OF THE TRAUMA. SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE WHEN WE TALK HERE TO COMMISSIONER FISHER, MAY I JUST ADD REAL QUICK THAT THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE TIME FOR GETS POSTURE. YEAH, IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE THE DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS OF THE SCHOOL BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE THE NEWCOMER PROGRAM THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE TEACHERS IN THE NEWCOMER PROGRAM WORK TOGETHER REALLY WELL. THEY'VE GOT A TEAM, RIGHT? SO IF YOU JUST SAY OH WE'RE
GOING TO CUT THE PROGRAM OR NOW WE'RE GOING TO CUT A THIRD OF THE PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY WILL TOTALLY DISRUPT THEIR TEACHING TEAM AND ALL OF THESE PROCEDURES THEY HAVE IN THE SCHOOL, RIGHT? >> SO IS THERE A SOLUTION WHERE YOU MOVE SOME NEWCOMER STUDENTS THERE? I KNOW WE HAVE FEWER NEWCOMER STUDENTS BUT THAT'S A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT FOR A YEAR. SO JUST TO SAY OH WELL NOW THERE'S BEEN FEWER NEWCOMER STUDENTS LET'S ALL OF A SUDDEN CUT EQUALLY FROM EACH NEWCOMER PROGRAM. THAT'S NOT A THAT'S NOT AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS YOU'RE GOING TO END UP LOSING THAT EXPERTISE THAT THEY'VE SO THAT'S THE PROGRAM THEY HAVEN'T LOST. THEY STILL HAVE IT. BUT OUR CUT IS NOW ABOUT TO TO DESTROY THAT PROGRAM IF WE DON'T SIT WITH THEM AND FIGURE OUT THE IMPACT. AND THIS GOES TO I REALLY APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER RAY'S POINT AROUND IMPACT ANALYSIS. SO JUST TO ADD TO THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, SEE WE'RE ALL SO MUCH STRONGER WHEN WE'RE TIBET TOGETHER, RIGHT? WE BUILD ON EACH OTHER. I LOVE IT. SO KEEP BUILDING AND THAT TOO I WILL BUILD ON THAT EXAMPLE OF
DISMANTLING PROGRAMS. THAT WAS EXACTLY THE CONVERSATION I HAD AT BUENA VISTA. MANN YESTERDAY TOO WAS AND THEY LOVE THE IDEA OF THE CREATIVITY OF A ZERO PERIOD. THEIR CONSTRAINT THERE IS THAT 75% OF THEIR STUDENTS TAKE THE FEWEST TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THEY'RE AT THEIR NEW SCHOOL. SO THEY AND THEY HAVE STUDENTS THEY HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WITH IEPS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE THE IDEA AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW THEY ABSOLUTELY COULD EQUITABLY IMPLEMENT A ZERO PERIOD WHEN SO MANY OF THEIR KIDS ARE CONSTRAINED BY OUR TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES. RIGHT? SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS AND OTHERS HAVE SAID THIS THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING AT THE HIGH LEVEL ARE GREAT BUT LET'S USE THE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES FRAME. LET'S NOT DO THINGS TO FOLKS WE'VE GOT TO DO IT WITH NOT FOR WE'VE GOT TO DO IT WITH FOLKS. AND SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE STRUGGLE THAT A LOT OF US ARE HAVING HERE IS THAT THESE ARE GREAT IDEAS AND REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT WITHOUT THE FULL BUY IN OF THE
COMMUNITY. SO THE LAST POINT I MAKE AND THEN I'LL STOP OKAY STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUS GOVERNANCE OUR FRAMEWORK, OUR JOB IS TO GO OUT AND AND REFLECT AND LEARN FROM THE COMMUNITY AND REFLECT THE VISION AND VALUES AND WE'RE HEARING A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT'S OUR JOB, NOT THE SUPERINTENDENTS JOB. THAT'S OUR JOB AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE. SO THANK YOU CHAIR GUPTA BUT I LOOK AT LIKE WHERE ARE MY LEVERS TO IMPACT AND NOT STEP INTO MICROMANAGEMENT? SO WE HAVE UPCOMING VOTES ON FOR EXAMPLE, LAYOFF NOTICES, RIGHT? THAT'S I THINK OUR NEXT VOTE THAT COULD REALLY IMPACT THE STAFFING MODEL AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT KNOWN TO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM HERE IF YOU WANT ME TO VOTE ON LAYOFF NOTICES THAT ARE DUE TO THIS STAFFING MODEL, YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW ME THE IMPACT ANALYSIS LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW IF YOU WANT ME TO VOTE TO LAYOFF MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS SO THAT WE CAN GO TO SIX PERIODS
IN SEVEN SEVEN PERIODS YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW ME THAT THE ACCESS LEVEL IS STILL THERE, THAT IT'S NOT BEING DONE IN A DISCRIMINATORY WAY RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE MY VOTE FOR LAYOFFS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS AND IF THAT MEANS I VOTE NO ON EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF THE PLANT THEN SO BE IT. BUT THAT IS MY GOVERNANCE LEVEL LEVER RIGHT NOW AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR HERE I WANT TO SET THAT EXPECTATION HERE AND NOW THAT SHOW ME THAT THIS IS BEING DONE IN AN EQUITABLE AND NONDISCRIMINATORY WAY AND I ,I VALUE MY FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT HELP ME HELP YOU. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE LAST POINT . >> COMMISSIONER GUPTA VICE PRESIDENT HULING, DID YOU HAVE A QUICK COMMENT OR DID YOU JUST ADD TO WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE? >> FISHER SAID UNDER OUR OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE MODEL WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DELEGATE BASICALLY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ACHIEVE THE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS WITHIN THE GUARDRAILS HOWEVER SHE SEES
FIT AND SO WE HAVE HEARD THAT THERE IS DATA THAT OUR SCHOOLS WITH SIX PERIODS ARE DOING BETTER IN REACHING OUR SOUND OUTCOME GOALS BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE CORE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT DATA SO IT IS INCUMBENT UPON THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM TO BRING THAT FORWARD IN ORDER TO SECURE OUR VOTES TO SHOW US HOW THIS PLAN ACTUALLY MOVES US TOWARD REACHING OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS. THANK YOU VICE PRESIDENT. ACTUALLY I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT SO I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT INSTEAD IT IS ABSOLUTELY INCUMBENT THAT WE SEE THAT IMPACT DATA. YOU KNOW AND I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING OVER HERE WHAT I WHAT I'M HEARING ACROSS ALL MY MY COLLEAGUES IS WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND IT'S AMAZING HOW SIMILAR THEY ARE ACROSS ACROSS ALL OF THEM. RIGHT. I MEAN ACROSS THE CITY REALLY YOU KNOW AND I THINK YOU KNOW, THE THE HEADLINE IS IN THE ABSENCE OF INFORMATION WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD AND I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THIS IS NOT A BUDGET.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS NOT A BUDGET ISSUE. THE NUMBERS WERE BEAUTIFUL IN TERMS OF THE WAY IN WHICH WAS LAID OUT EVEN IN EVEN TO THE RESERVES WHICH ACTUALLY ARE BEING USED AS I UNDERSTOOD FROM IT IN FISCAL YEAR TWO AND THREE TO GET US TO A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION SO THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE THE CDC ON OUR BACK. SO THEY'RE LIKE I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT TO REST BECAUSE THERE THERE WAS ARTISTRY IN THAT I'M SORRY I'M GEEKING OUT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY WAS YOU KNOW, SAYING OKAY, HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR RESERVES AS A LAST PUSH TO GET US INTO FISCAL POSITIVE CERTIFICATION. THIS IS THIS IS A FAILURE OF COMMUNICATION IN TERMS OF IN THE ABSENCE OF THE INFORMATION WHEN PEOPLE JUST GOT SHEETS OF THIS IS A SAVINGS AND THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET CUT WITH NO NARRATIVE THEY'RE FORCED TO CREATE THEIR OWN AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN IF I TAKE WHAT VICE PRESIDENT HULING WAS SHARING EARLIER, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE ALL DO BETTER IN TERMS OF SHARING THAT INFORMATION UP FRONT? AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. HEALTH CONTINUES TO COME UP
RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? WHAT DO WE HAVE HEALTH ARE WE NOT ARE IS THAT FUNDING BEING TAKEN AWAY? IS THERE A RESTRICTED GRANT TOWARDS US THAT STILL IS CLEARLY NOT CLEAR AND WE ARE NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY. I WAS HERE IN THE CONVERSATION WITH EDUCATORS AND I, I EXPLAINED THAT PART OF THE REASON THAT WE WERE GOING TO SIXTH PERIOD WAS NOT FUNDING RELATED BUT RATHER FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES AND THE THE TEACHERS THAT WAS THE FIRST THAT THEY HAD HEARD OF IT. RIGHT AND SO THIS THIS TO ME IS COMMUNICATION THAT CLEARLY HAD TO GO OUT BEFORE THIS CAME OUT . I DO APPRECIATE THE INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS THAT THEN HAPPENED AS A FOLLOW UP AFTER THAT BROAD COMMUNICATION GOES OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THERE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS THAT ABILITY TO SORT OF INDICATE WELL HERE'S THE BROAD INSTRUCTION AS FAR AS WHY WE ARE GOING TO SIX PERIOD. HERE'S THE IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT BACKS THAT UP AND IF A SCHOOL IN AN INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATION CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY ARE MEETING THOSE OUTCOME GOALS,
YOU KNOW, IS THERE ROOM FOR FLEXIBILITY? I MEAN OKAY, I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE. SO I UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS I WAS SPEAKING WITH THEY INDICATED WELL THEY LEARN BETTER WITH CBT, THEY UNDERSTAND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BETTER WITH SOME OF THAT PEER LEARNING. SO YOU KNOW JUST JUST BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND BEING ABLE TO MEET OUR SCHOOLS WHERE THEY ARE ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE THE OUTCOMES TO BACK IT UP. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION WHICH IS REGARDING I AM ALSO APPRECIATIVE OF THE JANUARY YOU KNOW BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION IN JANUARY NOT AT THE LAST MOMENT BEFORE WE HAVE TWO YEARS AND I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS AND CREDIT TO OUR TEAM FOR FOR DOING THAT GETTING US IN THAT POSITION. I DO HAVE A QUESTION WHEN WE LOOK AT THE IMPACTS TO OUR COMMUNITIES SO AS I UNDERSTAND OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE TO COME FORWARD WITH THEIR POTENTIAL LAYOFFS BY THE END OF JANUARY. IS THAT CORRECT? I'M NOT KNOW WITH WITH ESPECIALLY WITH THE LACK OF DATA IN OUR DISTRICT WHAT WE'RE
DOING IS WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A DATA SET THAT WHEN THE PRINCIPAL IN SAME THING I GUESS I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT'S BEEN A PRINCIPAL HERE SO IT'S A THAT WAS A PRINCIPAL TOO. SO IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR YOU YOU GET YOUR CENTRAL ALLOCATION AND THEN YOU PUT TOGETHER ALL YOUR OTHER RESOURCES, SEE WHAT ELSE YOU CAN BUY. I THINK THAT'S WHAT DR. SU WAS REFERENCING AS FAR AS PRINCIPALS ARE SORT OF MASTERS OF PUTTING THOSE PUZZLES TOGETHER AND GETTING THE STAFF THAT THEY WANT BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A DELTA POTENTIALLY OF WHAT CAN'T YOU GET BETWEEN WHAT YOU GET ESSENTIALLY IN BETWEEN YOUR RESOURCES IN BETWEEN PTA PTO GRANTS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COME IN TITLE ONE AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE DELTA . WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DELTA IS UNTIL THE PRINCIPALS FINISH AND THEN WE CAN RUN AND RECONCILE POSITION CONTROL TO SAY EXCUSE ME HOW MANY POSITIONS COME OUT OF THE BOTTOM THAT THAT WEREN'T EITHER AFFORDED BY CENTRAL ALLOCATION OR BY SCHOOL SITES AND THEY'RE DISCRETIONARY OR TITLE ONE OR GRANTS, RIGHT. WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT YET BECAUSE WE ARE AT A
BAD POINT IN DATA WHERE WE CAN'T EVEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT HOLISTIC PICTURE GOING INTO THIS PROCESS RIGHT? SO THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE DIFFICULTY IN DOING A BUDGET SEASON WITHOUT THAT WITHOUT THAT DATA HISTORICALLY AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED OUT SO SPECIFICALLY IN THE CD IN THICK MAT REPORTS THE LACK OF POSITION CONTROL AND THE ABILITY TO EVEN KNOW SOMETIMES HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WE HAVE ON PAYROLL THAT'S NOT AN EXAGGERATION. THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE REPORT AND SO WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL JANUARY. >> AND TO YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER FISHER'S POINT, IT WON'T NECESSARILY EVEN BE A LAYOFF. YOU LOOK AT OUR TURNOVER HERE YEAR TO YEAR IN POSITIONS THE BOARD WAS ABLE TO DO ALL OF ITS REDUCTIONS LAST YEAR WITHOUT ANY TEACHER LAYOFFS JUST BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WE RECRUIT EVERY YEAR. WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE ANY DISSIMILAR SITUATION BUT AGAIN WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE HAVE THE RECONCILIATION NEGOTIATIONS AND PUT IT ALL TOGETHER WITH WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE DELTA OF POSITIONS AND THEN WHAT'S THE
DELTA IN THE BUDGET AND WHAT'S THE OVERLAP THERE. SO IT'S A PRETTY COMPLEX PROCESS BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND WHENEVER WE CAN GET A BUDGET TOGETHER QUITE FRANKLY. SO I GUESS MY MY QUESTION IS IS THE SO SO OUR SITES ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR BUDGETS PRESUMABLY THOUGH I MEAN SAY FOR EXAMPLE IF THEY'RE BEING TOLD YOU NEED TO LAYOFF OR YOU POTENTIALLY WILL HAVE A REDUCTION IN THREE TEACHERS, THEY HAVE TO KIND OF IDENTIFY WHO THAT MIGHT BE. AND AS I AS I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE TO THEN SUBMIT THAT TO CENTRAL BY JEN. >> THAT'S ALL THAT'S ALL DONE BY RULES, RIGHT? SO THERE ARE RULES LARGELY SET BY LAW AND THE UNIONS THAT THAT ARE ESTABLISHING THINGS LIKE SENIORITY AND BUMPING RIGHTS AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO IT'S ACTUALLY NOT UP TO THE PRINCIPAL OR ME OR ANYBODY ELSE TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE. THEY'LL SEE A DELTA IN THE FTE OF DIFFERENT TYPES THAT THEY HAVE AND THEN IT'S A FUNCTION
TO THEN COME IN AND RECONCILE. YOU KNOW, CLEARLY A VACANT POSITION WILL GO OUT FIRST, RIGHT? SO SO THEY THEN RECONCILE WHAT IS THE ACTUAL LOSS IN POSITIONS AT THE SCHOOL SITE. SO THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SO I GUESS THE WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS WHEN WILL THEY HAVE CLARITY, WHEN THEY WOULD OR WOULD NOT HAVE TO POTENTIALLY LAY OFF A POSITION ? SO OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO GET TO YOU. THIS IS ALL SET BY STATUTE. SO IN CALIFORNIA IT IS NOW FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. IT USED TO BE JUST CERTIFICATED IT'S NOW ALL EMPLOYEES BY MARCH 15TH THE BOARD HAS TO ACT. SO YOU YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD LIST OF FIRST OF ALL WHO'S NOT BEING CONTINUED. RIGHT. SO THAT HAS TO DO WITH PROBATIONARY ONES AND TWOS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. COMMISSIONERS ARE PROBABLY PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AND THEN BEFORE MARCH 15TH WHAT WHAT IS THAT DELTA PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET? THE THE PROBLEM WITH THAT HERE'S AN INTERESTING THING TO CONSIDER IS THAT IF YOU STILL
DON'T HAVE AND WE LIKELY WON'T HAVE BASED ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE CALENDAR RIGHT NOW YOUR NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE POSITION THAT YOU WERE IN LAST YEAR WHICH IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THEN OVER NOTICE AND THEN PULL BACK ONCE YOU SETTLE. RIGHT. BECAUSE THERE'S NO PREDICTABILITY WHEN YOU'RE IN NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION OF OF JUST TAKING A STAB AT IT. SO THE CITY IS GOING TO BE WATCHING THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY FOR THE BOARD THAT YOU OVER NOTICE AND THEN YOU RESCIND THOSE NOTICES ONCE YOU ACTUALLY SETTLE YOUR NEGOTIATIONS. I ACTUALLY WILL PAUSE HERE BECAUSE I THINK THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY A CRITICAL CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT OVER THIS COMING SPRING. AND SO MAYBE THE REQUEST HERE IS ACTUALLY IF WE CAN IF WE CAN CARRY ON THIS CONVERSATION AND GET SOME CLARITY ON EXACTLY THE PROCESS FROM HERE ON OUT FOR THE SPRING. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT FROM A BOARD GOVERNANCE CALENDARING PERSPECTIVE BUT I
THINK FROM A JUST BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE AS AN EXPERIENCE THIS SPRING, I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY SIMILAR CONVERSATION WE HAD THIS TIME LAST YEAR AROUND WHAT IS IT THAT SITES WILL EXPERIENCE? WHAT IS IT FROM A BOARD GOVERNANCE LEVEL THAT WILL EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT I KNOW THERE'S A GENERAL TIMELINE THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT THERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS ONE LEVEL DEEPER HERE OF UNDERSTANDING KIND OF WHEN ARE THOSE DECISIONS EXPECTED OF SITES THAT WILL THEN IMPACT HOW WE ARE THEN GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING THIS FROM A DECISION MAKING STANDPOINT? YES. AND I JUST WANT TO I DO NEED TO SAY PARTICULARLY AROUND BECAUSE THE BOARD VOTED DOWN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN I MEAN NORMALLY IF THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS APPROVED THAT SETS THE TEMPLATE FOR FOR ANY POTENTIAL LAYOFFS. SO IN SOME WAYS IT FEELS LIKE THE BOARD HASN'T AUTHORIZED YOU TO BEGIN PREPARING FOR ANY LAYOFFS. I MEAN I KNOW YOU STILL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S I THINK THAT'S THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK FROM A GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE IT'S THAT'S WHY I KEEP ASKING ABOUT WHAT'S CHANGED AND WHEN DO WE COME BACK TO THAT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T EXACTLY IF THE BOARD HASN'T SAID HERE'S THE DIRECTION IT BECOMES CHALLENGING. >> SO I'LL I'LL PAUSE US THERE BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT OF A CONVERSATION TO HAVE PAST 10:00 AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO STAFF AND THE FINANCE TEAM AND WE WILL PICK THIS CONVERSATION BACK UP AND MUCH APPRECIATION TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE FINANCE DIVISION HERE IN BRINGING US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. PRESIDENT CAN MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING PAST 10 P.M. RELUCTANTLY. THANK YOU AND I WILL SECOND ROLL CALL VOTE QUICKLY PLEASE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER? YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. WISEMAN COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORK YES. AND PRESENT YES. THE SEVEN I THANK YOU. AS WE MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ITEM HERE, I ACTUALLY
APPRECIATE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD OUR FISCAL OPERATIONAL UPDATE BEFORE THIS PART OF THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE I DO THINK A LOT OF THE TAKEAWAYS HERE CARRY FORWARD INTO THIS CONVERSATION AROUND UPDATES FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AROUND HER SHORT TERM EVALUATION METRICS AS I TURNED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PRESENT AND INTRODUCES ITEM I, I, I WILL JUST ENCOURAGE US TO NOW REFLECT ON THINGS THAT ARE NOT THE CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD AS WE JUST HAD A VERY THOROUGH CONVERSATION AROUND THINGS LIKE COMMUNICATION, ENGAGEMENT WITH SITES, ENGAGING WITH EDUCATORS AND SO SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE MESSAGE WAS LOUD AND CLEAR. AND SO LET'S LET'S TURN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THIS NEXT ITEM ON UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS AT THE SUPER TEN SHORT TERM METRICS. THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM AND NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. SUE TO TO BRING THIS FORWARD. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KIM. AND YES, THAT WAS A VERY LIVELY CONVERSATION AND AND IT JUST SO
HAPPENS THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE A MEMO ABOUT OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE THAT WE DID NOT I HAVE NOT SHARED YET BUT I WILL DEFINITELY SUBMIT I'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SUBMIT THIS INTO THE RECORD SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN SEE THE THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE THAT WE ARE SHARING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET OUR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN REGARDS TO TO MY SHORT TERM METRIC, I JUST I JUST AGAIN THANK THE BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR CHILDREN AND STAFF AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY JUST VERY QUICK HIGHLIGHTS. I ALSO HAVE A MEMO THAT I WILL SUBMIT INTO THE RECORD SO THAT SO THAT FOLKS CAN CAN SEE THIS BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT LAST YEAR WAS A COMBINATION OF A REALLY ROUGH YEAR WHERE WE HAD TO MAKE A LOT OF REALLY HARD DECISIONS DECISIONS AROUND OUR BUDGET, DECISIONS AROUND CHANGES AND AND DECISIONS ON HOW WE WERE GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD TOGETHER. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WERE ABLE TO TO MAKE SOME REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS TO PRIORITIZE OUR STUDENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUED TO HAVE HIGH QUALITY STAFF IN OUR SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS EVEN WITH A REDUCTION OF $114 MILLION WITHIN OUR BUDGET LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT LAYING OFF OUR TEACHERS. WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WHILE WE CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT OUR CLASSROOMS, OUR SCHOOLS WERE STAFFED WITH SUPPORTS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED PROVIDING THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS FOR OUR TEACHERS SO THAT THEY COULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORTS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED . ACTUALLY I BELIEVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY, MANY YEARS THE DISTRICT STARTED THIS SCHOOL YEAR AT A 95% TEACHER STAFFING RATE AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME WE ARE AT 97% NOW IF YOU ARE PART OF THE UNFORTUNATE 80% CLASSROOM OF COURSE THIS
DOESN'T FEEL GOOD FOR YOU AND OF COURSE WE DO WANT TO BE FULLY STAFFED AT 100% AND WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. BUT I WILL SAY ACROSS OTHER LARGE URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS MOST DO NOT ACTUALLY FILL THEIR CLASSROOMS AT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO 95% I WOULD DARESAY EVEN SOME OF OUR SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS STRUGGLE TO GET TO A 95% FILL RATE. SO I AM VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT OUR TEAM HAS DONE WHILE WE PRIORITIZE HAVING AND MEETING THE STAFFING CAPACITY WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE TRAININGS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT OUR TEACHERS NEEDED AND IT PROVED TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL. SO WE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE WELL FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS THAT'S AS LONG AS I WENT BACK WE SAW AN EIGHT DISTINCTLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS LITERACY RATE AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S A COMBINATION OF
ENSURING THAT WE HAVE TEACHERS IN THOSE CLASSROOMS THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE TRAINING AND THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS THAT OUR TEACHERS NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE CLASSROOMS AND THAT'S HOW WE ARE SEEING THIS INCREASE. WE ALSO CHANGED OUR MATH CURRICULUM AND WE ARE SEEING WE'RE SLOWLY SEEING THE ADOPTION OF THOSE MATH CURRICULUM. I'VE SPENT MANY DAYS GOING TO VISIT SCHOOLS WHERE WE'RE SEEING TEACHERS EMBRACING THE CURRICULUM AND USING THE MANIPULATIVES OF THIS NEW MATH OUR MATH TOOLS AND IT'S WONDERFUL OUR STUDENTS ARE ARE ENGAGING. THEY'RE REALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME SEE THEIR THEIR COMPETENCY IN REAL TIME BECAUSE WE'RE INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO THE LESSON PLAN AND IT'S YIELDING THAT TYPE OF SUCCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS AGAIN ,WE DID A LOT OF WORK LAST
YEAR IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES. WE TRANSITIONED FROM A VERY WELL DOCUMENTED BROKEN SYSTEM A PAYROLL SYSTEM, A FINANCE SYSTEM CALLED EMPOWER TO NOW A SYSTEM CALLED FRONTLINE AND RED ROVER WHERE YES, THERE ARE BUMPS AND HICCUPS ALONG THE WAY BUT WE ARE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE PROBLEMS IN IN IN OURS AS OPPOSED TO MONTHS WE ARE ABLE TO BE EVEN FORWARD THINKING ABOUT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND ADDRESSING IT SOONER. SO WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BRING OUR ERROR RATES DOWN TO ZERO BECAUSE AGAIN YOU DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THE 1% THAT IS GETTING THE INCORRECT PAY STUBS BUT WE ARE ABLE TO CUT CHECKS IF WE DO SEE THE ERRORS. SO WERE MAKING REAL IMPROVEMENTS, REAL OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY IS AND YES WE HAVE TO DO MORE AS WE JUST SHARED IN THE CONVERSATION JUST NOW WE ARE SEEING IN OUR SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE STAFF THAT ARE NOT ACCURATELY AND CORRECTLY
ALLOCATED TO SCHOOL SITES OR TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND WE NEED TO RECTIFY THAT AND AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD GREATER OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN THEN TELL THE MORE ACCURATE STORY. WE ALSO SPENT LAST YEAR BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR CITY LEADERS WHERE WE ARE WORKING AND WITH SAN FRANCISCO STATE WHERE DEEPENING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CITY COLLEGE TO HAVE MORE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASS OPTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE'RE REESTABLISHING AND DOUBLE DOWN OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH STANFORD UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS WITH BERKELEY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE LEADING EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION GUIDING US AND PROVIDING SUPPORTS TO US. AND OF COURSE WE NEED TO DO MORE TO SUPPORT TO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'LL NEVER A NOT IT'LL NEVER BE ENOUGH UNLESS WE CAN TALK TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR
STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAFF AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH TOWARDS HAVING DIFFERENT WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR FAMILIES, TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR STAFF SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE THE PROBLEM OF NOT KNOWING AT A MINIMUM IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO TO FIND THE INFORMATION. SO WE'RE BUILDING THOSE SYSTEMS AT THE SAME TIME I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTUALLY GETTING AND I KNOW OUR CDE FRIENDS ARE LISTENING WE WILL GET TO A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS. WE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND THE RESTRICTIVE SOURCES TO THEN MEET THE NEEDS THAT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES. WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET TO A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION. WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO HAVE DEEP CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO THEN COME TO A
SCHOOL REORGANIZATION MODEL THAT WILL REALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL EXCELLENCE IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL COHERENT FROM CLASSROOM TO CLASSROOM SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN SEE THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL IS THE BEST OPTION OR IF THEY WANT THEY CAN GO TO THE CITYWIDE SCHOOL. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE SEES THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR SFD SD SCHOOL IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEM IS THE PLACE THAT THEY WANT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO. I'M I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OF COURSE WITH THE BOARD ON THAT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS SO THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM IN IMPLEMENTING OUR ELA, OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM, IN IMPLEMENTING OUR MATH CURRICULUM AND IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE RIGOROUS HIGH QUALITY MATH PROGRAMS
AND CURRICULUMS AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS PARTICULARLY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND OF COURSE WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT WE STAND UP SOME OF THESE REALLY EXCITING INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE ALREADY SHARED. WE'RE GOING TO BE OPENING A MIDDLE A MISSION BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STARTING OUT SMALL. WE'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM, A T K CLASSROOM AND A KINDER CLASSROOM AND AS THE COMMUNITY GROWS, OUR SCHOOL IS GOING TO GROW WITH THAT COMMUNITY. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN A KINDER A T K TO EIGHT MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR AND SOMETHING THAT I'M SO EXCITED TO WORK WITH THIS BOARD AND MAKING THAT INTO A REALITY AND OF COURSE MAKING SURE THAT WE MEET THE GOALS THAT THIS BOARD HAS LAID OUT FOR US IN TERMS OF OUR LITERACY RATE, OUR MATH RATE AND OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER RATES BECAUSE WHAT
ELSE IF NOT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE EDUCATED, TO READ, TO WRITE, TO DO MATH THAT IS WHAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ALL ABOUT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK, CONTINUING TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, CONTINUING TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OF COURSE PARTNERING WITH THIS BOARD TO MAKE ALL OF THESE THINGS A REALITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL OPEN UP FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS. I'LL KICK US OFF HERE IF THERE WAS A BANNER TO BE HELD OVER THE WORK FROM LAST YEAR I WOULD SAY WAS GET A TEACHER IN EVERY CLASSROOM AND I WILL SAY I THINK THAT IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THIS DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT WE'VE SURPASSED OUR GOAL OF REACHING 95% OF EDUCATORS IN THE CLASSROOM ON DAY ONE OF SCHOOL GRANTED THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT FOCUS ON CLOSING THAT LAST GAP, I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION AROUND JUST WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT BANNER FOR US THIS YEAR
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT A PART OF THAT WOULD TOP WOULD SPEAK TO THE WORK FOR US TO BE TRANSPARENT AND HONEST ABOUT THE HARD CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AHEAD AND TO BRING OUR OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITIES ALONG IN THAT WORK. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN GETTING US TO THIS POINT. I, I THINK IT'S I THINK BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE UP UNTIL THIS POINT, IT ENABLES US TO MAKE THIS INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY INVEST IN THE WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR STAFF, OUR EDUCATORS, OUR FAMILIES. I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR AND I THINK COMMISSIONER GUPTA, YOU MENTIONED THIS IN YOUR DIRECT COMMENTS TO STAFF AROUND THE NUMBERS. WE HAVE GREATER CLARITY TODAY THAN WE EVER HAVE AS A DISTRICT AND WE SHOULDN'T BE ASHAMED OF THAT. WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THAT . BUT THAT OPENS UP A WHOLE SET OF OTHER QUESTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR US THAT
WE REALLY DO NEED TO LEAN INTO AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE GREAT PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE OPERATIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY AS A DISTRICT TO NOW LEAN INTO THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO LEAN INTO AROUND OUR INSTRUCTION AND OUR VISION AND THE DIRECTION OF THIS DISTRICT. AND SO SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I THINK IT MAKES IT ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE IN THE REALLY CHALLENGING WORK FRANKLY AND AND I THINK THE PERPETUAL WORK OF CONNECTING THE FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL WORK OF OUR DISTRICT WITH NOW THE INSTRUCTIONAL AND ACADEMIC WORK OF OUR OF OUR DISTRICT AND AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THAT REGARD AND THANK YOU FOR KICKING OFF PRESIDENT KIM. I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE HOW FAR WE'VE COME FROM THE START OF YOUR TENURE. DR. SU I MEAN LIKE IT THE COMMUNITY WAS REELING FROM RTI WHEN YOU STEPPED IN AND YOU WERE REALLY ABLE TO BRING A WHOLE LOT OF GRAVITAS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY KNOWS YOU THE
COMMUNITY RESPECTS YOU. YOU HAVE SUCH A LONG HISTORY IN THE CITY OF GOING TO BAT AND FIGHTING FOR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT FRAME TO US AND APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE, YOUR STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY. I THINK WERE A BIG STRENGTH AND PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE ALL SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER I WON'T REVISIT READ OVER IT YOU MENTIONED IT FRONT LINE BUT ALSO I THINK IT DOES YOU A DISSERVICE TO NOT EVEN MENTION THE THE THE HUGE AMOUNT OF YOU'VE HAD A HUGE BRAIN DRAIN THIS YEAR. I MEAN WE HAD A HUGE NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONAL LEADERS TAKE THE SURVEY LAST YEAR RIGHT YOUR SECOND IN COMMAND LIKE WE LOST A HUGE NUMBER OF OF FOLKS WITH A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE FEELING NOW. I APPRECIATE YOUR HIRING YOUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, MA'AM BENITEZ AND THE EXPERTISE HE'S BRINGING AND YOU KNOW THAT JUST SEEING WHERE WE ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, IN SOME OF THE OTHER LEADERS YOU'VE BROUGHT IN, I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING TO STABILIZE LEADERSHIP.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD FROM CDE IS JUST HOW IMPORTANT STABILITY IS TO OUR GETTING BACK TO A POSITIVE FISCAL SORT OF A CERTIFICATION. SO AS MUCH WORK AS WE HAVE TO DO AND I KNOW YOU'RE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE I JUST ALSO AND ESPECIALLY AS MUCH AS IT FELT LIKE WE WERE POUNDING ON YOU AND YOUR STAFF IN OUR LAST CONVERSATION I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE HOW FAR WE'VE COME SO SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP. >> I APPRECIATE YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER GUPTA LIKEWISE. I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW, I'VE I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR AND YOU HAVE MAYBE MEETING DISCRETION. I KNOW WE'RE RIGHT THERE. SO YOU HAVE A FEW MONTHS FOR ME. I KNOW YOU KNOW THERE YOU GO. THAT WAS JUST SORT OF LIKE A MIC DROP, YOU KNOW, BAM. >> NOW THE SO YOU KNOW BUT BUT TO ME IT CERTAINLY HAS FELT LIKE A BIT OF AN ICEBERG WHERE THERE IS WHAT ONE SEES ON THE SURFACE BUT THEN AS WE GO
DEEPER AND DEEPER THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU ARE FUNDAMENTALLY FIXING AND THOSE ARE ALWAYS PRESENT DAY TO DAY IN TERMS OF WHAT PERHAPS THE PUBLIC SEES. BUT WE DO APPRECIATE THAT AND THAT IS THAT DOES NOT GO UNRECOGNIZED IS FROM EMPOWER RED ROVER BEING ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE CURRICULAR PILOTED APPROVED WITHIN THE TIME THAT THAT THAT WE'VE WE'VE HAD BEING ABLE TO HIRE A STELLAR FINANCIAL TEAM AS COMMISSIONER FISHER SAID SO WE KNOW THAT FUNDAMENTAL WORK NEEDS TO GO ON AND AND THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT WE ALL HAVE TO PARTNER ON WITH THINGS LIKE ENROLLMENT WITH MAKING SURE WE HAVE FULLY STAFFED SCHOOLS FOR OUR FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WE'RE THE I WILL SAY I AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR FOR THE BOARD IF I MAY WE ARE ALL UP FOR THAT CHALLENGE AND AND WORKING TOWARDS THAT. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD VICE PRESIDENT? ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME FROM THE UPDATE OF ABOUT OUR FINANCES WAS THE UPDATE JUST ON THE VERY BASIC SYSTEMS THAT ARE
NOW BEING PUT INTO PLACE TO BRING US INTO THIS CENTURY AND WE'RE IN THE 2020 SIXTH YEAR OF THE CENTURY LIKE HAVING CREDIT CARDS AND ACH AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I, I DEFINITELY YOU KNOW, A THEME I THINK FOR US HAS BEEN THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THE PLANE AS WE FLY IT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE TO REPAIR THINGS AND YOU KNOW DO ESSENTIALLY DEFERRED MAINTENANCE TO BRING US UP TO PRESENT WHILE ALSO TRYING TO REALLY PUSH US TOWARD THE FUTURE. >> AND IT IS HARD TO DO EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE AND I KNOW THAT THIS CITY DEMANDS A LOT OF OF US AND OF THE DISTRICT OF OF OUR LEADERSHIP AND YOU KNOW, THEY DESERVE THAT. AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON THE VERY UNGLAMOROUS THINGS LIKE JUST FIXING BROKEN SYSTEMS, JUST GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF VERY BASIC THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, ANY LEADER SHOULD HAVE IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO MEET INFORMED DECISIONS BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, I
TALK A LOT ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND SO I WON'T RETREAD THAT BUT I THINK PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO COME ALONG AND SUPPORT THE DISTRICT AND I THINK IT'S REALLY INCUMBENT UPON YOU AS THE DISTRICT LEADER TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE THE BANNER THAT PRESIDENT KIM TALKED ABOUT AND TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY COMMUNICATE THE VISION OF THE AS A FEW SD OF THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IN EDUCATION WHEN WE GET THOSE BASICS RIGHT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND STICK WITH US LONG ENOUGH TO REACH IT. AND SO YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE SHORT TERM METRICS INVOLVE THINGS LIKE ARTICULATING INITIATIVES, YOU KNOW, GETTING KEY STAFF INTO PLACE AND I THINK THERE'S STILL WITH A GREAT APPRECIATION ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND THE MANY KEY HIRES THAT YOU'VE MADE I THINK THERE'S
STILL WORK TO DO AROUND THAT AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING INVESTMENTS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED STRATEGICALLY TO HELP US GET TO OUR DESTINATION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YEAH, I, I THINK COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD HAS SAID THIS IN THE PAST BUT THE THE JOB OF SUPERINTENDENT IS BASICALLY AN IMPOSSIBLE ONE RIGHT. THE THE THE ASKS NOT JUST FROM US YOU'RE SEVEN BOSSES WITH VERY VERY DISTINCT PRIORITIES. OKAY PRESIDENT KIM I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. I KNOW, RIGHT? OKAY. YOU BOTH I'M RIGHT I PUT YOU BOTH IN A GET ALONG SURE. AND YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHO SAID IT FIRST. HOW ABOUT THAT? DON'T MAKE ME TURN THE CAR AROUND. JUST TRYING. SO THE THE POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE REALLY WAS I THINK IN SOME CASES WE WE HAVE SET MULTIPLE SUPERINTENDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT UP FOR FAILURE
WITH THE IMPOSSIBLE ASKS AND SO MY ASK OF YOU MOVING FORWARD KNOWING THAT WE ALL VERY MUCH DO WANT YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL, PUSH BACK ON US YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN YOU NEED TO AND HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT WHERE YOU NEED MORE SUPPORT, WHERE YOU NEED MORE STAFF, WHERE YOU NEED YOU KNOW US TO WHATEVER YOU KNOW I THINK WE VERY MUCH FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE SUCCESSFUL WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND WE ALL HAVE TO BE IN ALIGNMENT AND THAT DOESN'T AND SO I THAT'S WHAT I LOOK FORWARD TO IS MORE OF THAT THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. WE WILL DO A LIGHTNING ROUND OF ACTION ITEMS HERE AND CONSENT CALENDAR BEFORE YOU CALL IT AN EVENING ITEM I THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 261-13P1 APPROVAL OF PIPS AND WAIVERS. >> CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ACTION ITEM 261 DASH 13 ESP ONE APPROVAL OF SLIPS AND WAIVERS SECOND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY
MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE ITEM 826113 AS P ONE. ARE THERE ANY UH I TURN IT OVER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT AMY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. SO THE FIRST ITEM IS TO APPROVE PROVISIONAL INTERNSHIP PERMITS FOR FIVE TEACHERS TO MULTIPLE SUBJECT ONE ART AND TO EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD FOR QUESTIONS? SPEAKING OF IMPOSSIBLE JOBS, DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 8261-13P1 APPROVAL OF PETS AND WAIVERS. ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. BESLAN COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER? YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALEY. YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORK YES. AND PRESIDENT KIM YES. SO NICE. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 261-13. SP2 APPROVAL OF LOCAL
ASSIGNMENT OPTIONS. >> CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM I TO ACTION 261 DASH 13 SB TO APPROVAL OF LOCAL ASSIGNMENT OPTIONS. >> SECOND IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS ITEM ANY OR I'LL TURN OVER THE SUPERINTENDENT TO INTRODUCE THEM. >> SORRY JUST TO COMMENT THAT THIS WILL MAKE COMMISSIONER FISHER EVEN MORE EXCITED BECAUSE IT'S A LOCAL ASSIGNMENT OPTION FOR EIGHT. SPEECH THERAPIST IS SO THAT I'M SO HAPPY. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES I DO JUST APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE REDUCING OUR DEPENDANCE ON OUTSIDE AGENCIES. WE'RE HIRING MORE STAFF AND HOPEFULLY MEETING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS IN A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE WAY. >> SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 261-13 SPEED TO ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE . MS. LANA COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES.
COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORD YES. AND PRESIDENT KIM YES. SEVEN EYES. PRESIDENT KIM HAS A STANDING RECUSAL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR DUE TO HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO WHICH IS A FREQUENT CONTRACTOR WITH S F USD IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT. SUPERINTENDENT ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR ? THERE ARE NONE. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CALENDAR? >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER BY COMMISSIONER FISHER? YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA? YES. VICE PRESIDENT HALEY. YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD. YES. THAT'S EXCISE. >> OKAY. WOULD ANY COMMISSIONERS LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS AN ITEM CABLEGRAM A REPORTS COMMISSIONER GUPTA I'LL BE BRIEF. >> WE HAD OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE
ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THE BEST COMMITTEE AND AND AND I WILL SAY TO YOU WE HAD OVER WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE OVER 50. I BELIEVE IT WAS OVER 50 PARTICIPANTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS. >> CLARIFICATION HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO THE OTHER AD HOC I THINK THAT'S OUT OF ORDER. >> PRESIDENT OH AND A RULE THAT OUT OF WORK HEY JUST WANTED TO KNOW I WAS CURIOUS ENOUGH SAID . SO SO SO WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT PARTICIPATION AND VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OF THAT. YOU KNOW WE STARTED OFF WITH A BIT OF A REVIEW OF WHAT WE HAD DONE IN THE PAST, WHAT SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES WERE BUT THEN WE JUST REALLY TURNED IT OVER TO OUR COMMUNITY TO TELL US WHAT WERE CRITICAL ISSUES THAT THEY SAW. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON AND WHAT WAS THE METHOD BY WHICH THEY WANTED TO ENGAGE. AND WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE AS WELL TO TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK THAT WILL THEN ALSO INCORPORATE INTO THE SECOND MEETING. SO AND IN THE SECOND MEETING I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL ALSO WORK ON IS BEING ABLE TO GET MORE PTA.
SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES WERE THRILLED THAT WE HAD OUR STUDENT DELEGATES COME AND BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. WE WOULD LOVE MORE STUDENTS TO COME. SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL LISTENING AT 1032 I WILL SAY PLEASE DO COME. IT IS OPEN TO EVERYONE. WE WILL FIGURE OUT THE LOCATION BUT IT WILL LIKELY BE IN THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY AS WE SEEK TO MOVE IT AROUND SO THAT IT IS ACCESSIBLE AND WE CAN ENGAGE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT IS FEBRUARY 5TH AT LIKELY 6 P.M. SO PLEASE DO KEEP THAT IN MIND. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING FORTH WITH CHILD CARE AND INTERPRETATION AND FOOD YES CHILD CARE INTERPRETATION AND FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED SO WE ARE AGAIN VERY APPRECIATIVE AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THE STAFF BECAUSE THE STAFF DID A TREMENDOUS JOB
NOW BEING AND WE WILL LIKELY INCLUDE EVEN MORE STAFF IF WE CAN BUT THANK YOU TO HONG MADE TO LORD DUBNYK TO CHRISTINA WANG FOR ALL OF THEIR TREMENDOUS WORK ON THAT AND WE APPRECIATED YOU COMING AS WELL . SUPERINTENDENT TO TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT SO AND THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM AND COMMISSIONER FISHER AND IF I MISSED ANYTHING PLEASE. >> ALL RIGHT IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME NEXT TIME AS WELL. >> IT'S A GREAT SUMMARY FOR THE BEST AD HOC COMMITTEE WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMPANY COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER I SHOULD GIVE A BRIEF REPORT ON THE THE BORING AD HOC COMMITTEE THE LESS EXCITING AD HOC COMMITTEE IS HAPPENING. THE NEXT MEETING IS NEXT WEEK IS THAT NEXT TUESDAY THE 20TH? YEAH THAT'S NEXT TO SEPARATE THE 20TH 6:00 I PROMISE IT WILL BE LESS INTERESTING THAN THEN COMMISSIONER GOODMAN DOES THAT AD HOC BUT IT IS WELL AND WE'RE IT'S PART OF THE EFFORT TO MAKE SCHOOL BOARD BORING AGAIN WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A GOOD THING AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT NERDY BUT BUT I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S A IT IS A GOOD WE'VE BEEN HAVING
SOME REALLY GOOD MEETINGS AND. DEFINITELY WANT TO ECHO I WOULD APPRECIATE. SUPERINTENDENT SUE DEVIN KRUGMAN JUST RAISE AND MOON HOCK KIM AND TERESA SHIP WHO'VE ALL BEEN KEY PARTICIPANTS IN THAT SO AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ACTUAL IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT LIKE YOU KNOW HOW AFTER A FOOTBALL GAME THE COACHES REVIEW VIDEO WITH THEIR PLAYERS SO WE'RE GOING TO GET VIDEO OF OTHER BOARD MEETINGS AND AND BE DOING SOME ANALYSIS OF QUESTION ASKING SO IT'LL BE YOU KNOW I THINK IT'LL BE INTERESTING. HANDS SO EXCITING. YEAH THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. SORRY I FORGOT TO SAY MARYN THANK YOU AND ALSO LAURA. LAURA AS WELL HER SONS SONS SONS. YOU SAID THAT WE DID HAVE MORE PEOPLE ON ZOOM AS WELL FOR THAT COMMITTEE. YES, SAME FOR BOARD MEMBERS I KNOW HAVE BEEN ASKING AROUND UNDERSTANDING BETTER WHAT COMMITTEES THAT WE CAN APPOINT TO I WANT TO THINK HUNG ME AND THE BOARD. OFFICE WHO ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP US IDENTIFY WHO WE CAN APPOINT TO TO WHICH VACANCIES AND AND THROUGH WHICH PROCESS SO JUST KNOW THAT THAT IS COMING FOR THE BOARD AS WELL BEFORE WE ADJOURN AS A PROUD
KOREAN-AMERICAN I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE TODAY AS KOREAN AMERICAN DAY OBSERVED JANUARY 13TH OF EACH YEAR WHICH COMMEMORATES THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST KOREAN IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1903. TONIGHT. TODAY WE HONOR THE RESILIENCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND ENDURING LEGACY OF KOREAN AMERICANS WHOSE LEADERSHIP, CREATIVITY AND COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY HAVE PROFOUNDLY SHAPED OUR CITY, OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR NATION. AND FROM EDUCATORS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO ARTISTS AND CAREGIVERS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS, KOREAN AMERICANS HAVE STRENGTHENED OUR SHARED CIVIC LIFE WHILE CARING FOR THE RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE ROOTED IN PERSEVERANCE, FAMILY AND SERVICE. AND WE REFLECT ON THIS HISTORY AS WE REFLECT ON THIS HISTORY WE ALSO RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO STANDING AGAINST ANTI-ASIAN HATE AND TO ADVANCING EQUITY AND DIGNITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR KOREAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TODAY AND EVERY DAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT MOMENT AND WITH THAT I WILL ADJOURN AT 10:36 P.M.