IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:12 P.M.. WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE. >> YES COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. COMMISSIONER FISCHER HERE. COMMISSIONER GUPTA HERE. VICE PRESIDENT HULING HERE. COMMISSIONER RAY HERE. COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN WARD HERE . PRESIDENT KIM. >> COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD AND COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER WILL BE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY TONIGHT AS IF YOU SD WILL PROVIDE CHILDCARE FOR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS AND MONITORING MEETINGS ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN THE ENROLLMENT CENTER AT 555 FRANKLIN STREET FROM 6:30 P.M. TO 9 P.M. OR THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. CHILDCARE IS FOR FAMILIES WILL BE ATTENDING THE REGULAR AND MONITORING BOARD MEETINGS. SPACE IS LIMITED AND WILL BE PROVIDED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS FOR CHILDREN AGES 4 TO 10. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OFFICE AT (415) 241-6427 OR BOARD OFFICE AT SFO USD.EDU. AT THIS TIME BEFORE THE BOARD GOES INTO CLOSED SESSION I CALL
FOR ANY SPEAKERS TO THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR SPEAKERS. MS. CHANG ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> THERE ARE NOT. ARE THERE ANY VIRTUALLY JUST ONE MOMENT. THE PUBLIC WHO ARE ON VIRTUALLY ARE YOU COMMENTING ON THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. NO ONE HAS RAISED THEIR HAND SO NO ONE VIRTUALLY THANK YOU. I NOW RECESSED THIS MEETING INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 5:15 P.M. AND S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV'T TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION AND S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION GROUP S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION
S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION SYSTEM S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION SYSTEM S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION IT IS A BIG NUMBER. THIS MESSAGE WILL BE REPEATED IN SPANISH AND CANTONESE WHEN A SERVICE IS LISTED AS NECESSARY TO INTERPRET AS WE WILL MEET ALL OF OUR MARKETS AND THE NUMBER OF TELEFONICA CELLULAR LIMITED ACCESS OWNER TRACFONE AND WILL THE RESULTS OF THOSE NOTICES HIT THE SALE ON OUR INTERVIEWS? LET ME SAY A SINGLE MOMENT I WOULD SAY NO. I WOULD SAY TO SAY THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. >> GRACIAS. CANTOR'S INTERPRETER PLEASE. THANK YOU. YOU THAT ONE SEASON HOW HOW QUICK COME AND GO WE KNOW HOW YOU ARE GOING TO GO MONITORING YOUR PROMOTE YOUR CONDO WATCHING YOUR PROMOTING DADDY MONTOYA. SO IF I SAY AND SAY SOMETIMES YOU BACK YES YEAH MY MOM SAID
YEAH LOOK I DIDN'T GO BACK HOME TANNHAUSER WITH ENZO CONDO I'M WHITE THANK YOU. >> >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO OUR REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AT THE SAME SCHOOL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR JUNE 23RD 2026. OUR PUBLIC COMMENT LASTS FOR ONE HOUR TODAY UNTIL LET'S SAY 645 750. TODAY WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE CONDUCT BOARD BUSINESS. OUR GOAL IS TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE MANNER DURING A REASONABLE HOURS. WE AIM TO RESPECT STAFF, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TIME BY ENSURING AND MOVE TO BOARD BUSINESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. EACH PARTICIPANT MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE. STAFF WILL THINK THE PARTICIPANT AT THE ONE MINUTE MARK AT WOMEN AND FIVE SECONDS I'VE ASKED CLERK CHANG TO PLEASE TURN OFF THE MIC AND TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. I ASK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE RESPECT THAT ONE MINUTE LIMIT SO WE CAN HEAR FROM AS MANY SPEAKERS AS POSSIBLE. THANK HEARD SPEAKERS WHO ARE SPEAKING ON THE SAME TOPIC TO COLLABORATE AND COMBINE THEIR COMMENTS SO THAT THE BOARD CAN
HEAR FROM ALL VIEWPOINTS DURING OUR LIMITED TIME. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPTS WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA EMAIL TO BOARD OFFICER AS OF JUSTINA EDU WE ALSO HAVE I THINK UCSF AND SEIU WHO WILL AT 750 COME UP AND SPEAK FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE UNIONS. 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 A REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT OR TAKING COMMENT WHICH IS THE SAME ORDER AS IN PERSON TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. ON YOUR RIGHT YOU'LL SEE SIGNS TO OUTLINE EXPECTATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND MEETING CONDUCT. WE ASK THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MODEL THE KIND OF TONE, LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOR WE HOPE TO SEE FROM OUR YOUNG PEOPLE RESPECTING DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND ALLOWING FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE. 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 WISHING I WILL CALL UP FIVE STUDENTS ALAINA FARR TO TORY CHARLES GARDNER, MARLON ARRIOLA, COLLEEN AMELIA YANA. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT DR. SUE MY NAME IS ELEANOR FLATOW AND I'M A SIXTH GRADER APGAR LILY MIDDLE SCHOOL I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M I'M HERE BECAUSE DR. FRANKLIN HAS KNOWN MY FAMILY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND SHE HAS ALL ALWAYS BEEN SOMEBODY WHO WE COULD TRUST. SHE HAS SUPPORTED MY GRANDMA MOM, MY SIBLINGS AND SO MANY FAMILIES THAT DREW SHE MADE DREW FEEL SAFE, WELCOMING AND FULL OF LOVE. >> EVEN AFTER I LEFT MIDDLE SCHOOL SHE STILL CARED ABOUT HOW I WAS DOING. THAT'S THE KIND OF PRINCIPAL SHE IS AND SHE IS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T FORGET HER STUDENTS. DR. FRANKLIN HAS MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY AND LOSING HER HAS HURT A LOT OF STUDENTS OF FAMILIES. I'M STANDING UP FOR HER BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS STOOD UP FOR US. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR. SHU MY NAME IS
CHARLES GARNETT AND I'M A FOURTH GRADER AT DR. CHARLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. DR. FRANKLIN SHE IS DEIDRA WE KNEW HER AS OUR LEADER FOR YEARS. SHE LOST US ALL HER THIS SHOWS SHE'S DEDICATED TO HELPING US AS PEOPLE NEXT WE SHE PROTECTS US WITH ALL HER HEART AND WE'LL NEVER FORGET EACH ONE OF US. SHE GOT US TO TOUGH TIMES. THIS SHOWS SHE'S SHE LOVES US THEN SHE STANDS UP FOR US. IT TAKES CARE OF US FINALLY WITHOUT DR. FRANKLIN OUR SCHOOL WON'T STAY GREAT. BAYVIEW NEEDS DOCTOR FREE CLINIC HELLO. >> I'M GOING TO BE READING THREE SEPARATE STATEMENTS FROM DR. CHARLES DREW AS STUDENTS. THE FIRST ONE IS FROM A MILLIONAIRE BROWN DR. DREW NEEDS DR. FRANKLIN BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES IN US. FOR EXAMPLE, ON STAR RATING 53% OF MY THIRD GRADE CLASS IS AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL UNDER DR. FRANKLIN WE GET A GOOD EDUCATION. SHE MADE THE DREW STAR FOR GOOD
BEHAVIOR. FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE DREW STORE WE CAN USE DREW DOLLARS TO BUY SQUISHIES SLIME FIDGETS AND STANLEY CUPS. >> SHE CARES ABOUT US BEING OUR BEST SELVES. SHE PROVIDES SUPPLIES TO HELP US LEARN PROFESSIONALLY. PLEASE DON'T TAKE OUR AMAZING LEADER AWAY. WE LOOK UP TO HER BEHAVIOR NEEDS DR. FRANKLIN THAT'S FROM THIRD GRADE EMILY ON A BROWN SECOND GRADE KALIA DREW NEEDS DR. FRANKLIN BECAUSE SHE TAKES CARE OF US FOR EXAMPLE, SHE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS. SHE CREATED A SCHOOL WHERE I CAN BE A SCHOLAR. THIS SHOWS THAT SHE KNOWS WE ARE BRILLIANT. SHE MAKES SURE OUR TEACHERS KNOW HOW TO TEACH AND GROW. THIS SHOWS SHE ONLY LETS THE BEST PEOPLE WORK CARE PLEASE KEEP DR. FRANKLIN AT DREW AND FINALLY FROM MARLIN ARRIOLA, A THIRD GRADE STUDENT. >> DREW IS AN IMPORTANT SCHOOL BECAUSE OF DR. FRANKLIN. WHEN WE DO THE THREE B'S BE RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE AND SAFE. SHE REWARDS US WITH THE DRUGSTORE.
SHE MADE THE DREW STORE WITH FALSE MONEY OR DREW DOLLARS AND SHE SENDS A SHE SPENDS HER MONEY ON US WHEN WE LISTEN SHE MAKES US LAUGH WHEN WE ARE SAD. DR. FRANKLIN CARES ABOUT OUR FEELINGS. >> WITHOUT DR. FRANKLIN WE WILL BE DEPRESSED AND I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD 12 OTHER LETTERS WRITTEN BY SECOND AND THIRD GRADE STUDENTS FOR SUMMER LEO NASH, LIBERTY HARRIS, TORI SCALES. TYLER GATLIN. HELLO MY NAME IS LEO AND I AM A THIRD GRADE STUDENT AT THE LORD'S WORD THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MY DAD WORKS AT THE GARDEN AS A GARDEN TEACHER DR. CHARLES DREW, DR. FRANKLIN AND MY DAD STARTED A GARDEN PROGRAM FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE BAYVIEW WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO NATURE. THE NEW GARDEN HELPS STUDENTS TRY NEW FOODS, TOUCH INSECTS AND RELAX AT SCHOOL. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE THIS IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF LOVE AND CARE DR. FRANKLIN ADDS TO THE SCHOOL NOW SHE IS BEING FORCED TO RESIGN FOR HER MANY SUCCESSES. WHICH OTHER SHE IS FAILURES. THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU FIND THE COURAGE TO CORRECT THIS GRAVE MISTAKE.
I HAVE RECORDINGS FROM THREE FIFTH GRADE TEACHER I MEAN FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS. THIS IS LIBERTY HISPANICS OR MY NAME IS MARY AND I AM THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENT I AM WRITING TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT DUE PROCESS FOR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND TEACHERS. DUE PROCESS MEANS THAT EVERYONE GETS A FAIR CHANCE TO SHARE THEIR SIDE AND BE HEARD BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE. IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS PEOPLE FEEL RESPECTED AND TREATED FAIRLY. WHEN PEOPLE KNOW THAT RULES ARE FOLLOWED FAIRLY THEY CAN TRUST THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD BE PLACES WHERE EVERYONE FEELS SAFE, VALUED AND RESPECTED. DUE PROCESS HELP THIS HELPS THIS SURE THAT DECISIONS ARE BASED ON FACTS AND FAIRNESS NOT JUST OPINIONS ARE ASSUMPTIONS. FOR THIS REASON I ASK THAT DR. FRANKLIN BE GIVEN DUE PROCESS AND FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD BEFORE ANY FINAL FINAL DECISIONS ARE MADE. THE FIRST OH MY SORRY.
NEXT I HAVE TYLER CHILD. >> MY NAME IS TYLER AND I AM A FIFTH GRADER AT CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WHILE I THINK DR. FRANKLIN IS A GREAT PRINCIPAL, DR. FRANKLIN CARES ABOUT ALL STUDENTS SHE AND WORKS WORKS HARD TO MAKE SURE TO MAKE OUR STUDENTS IS TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL A SAFE AND WELCOMING PLACE. SHE LISTENS TO STUDENTS TEACHERS AND FAMILIES AND TRY TO HELP WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM . SHE WANTS EVERYONE TO DO THEIR BEST AND ENCOURAGE. ENCOURAGE ENCOURAGES US TO WORK HARD AND BE KIND TO OTHERS. DR. FRANKLIN HELPS CREATE A POSITIVE SCHOOL COMMUNITY WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SUPPORTED AND RESPECTED. SHE CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESS. IT REMINDS US THAT WE LEARNING IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF OUR BECAUSE OF HER LEADERSHIP, MANY STUDENTS FEEL PROUD TO BE A PART OF OUR SCHOOL. AND THEN LAST ONE I HAVE TORI STORY. I AM A FIFTH GRADE JUDITH I AM WRITING TO SHARE WHY BLACK LEADERS ARE IMPORTANT IN OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. BLACK LEADERS HELP SHOW STUDENTS THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL
BACKGROUNDS CAN SUCCEED AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THEY BRING DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCES, IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES THAT HELP MAKE SCHOOLS STRONGER AND MORE WELCOMING FOR EVERYONE. WHEN STUDENTS SEE LEADERS WHO LOOK LIKE THEM, IT CAN INSPIRE THEM TO BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES AND WORK HARD AND REACH THEIR GOALS. BLACK LEADERS ALSO HELP TEACH US ABOUT FAIRNESS, RESPECT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT CULTURES. OUR SCHOOLS ARE MADE UP OF VERY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND HAVING DIVERSE LEADERS HELP EVERYONE FEEL SEE AND VALUE AND AND INCLUDED. I HOPE OUR DISTRICT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE BLACK LEADERSHIP MAYBE THANK BUT THAT CONCLUDES OUR STUDENTS MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC BERNIECE CASEY HAVA COWLEY KIM NANCY PARROTT ERIN LANG HI MY NAME HI MY NAME IS BERNICE CASEY. I'M A PARENT OF CURRENTLY ONE CHILD AT SFE. STEVE MY OLDEST GRADUATED
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THREE ISSUES BUT FIRST I WANT TO APPLAUD THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO LAST MEETING SAID THEY WOULD NOT APPROVE A BUDGET THAT DIDN'T CLEARLY ALIGN WITH SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF BODIES LIKE THE CAC AND THE CAP AND I HOPE YOU WILL ACTUALLY DO THAT. I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE FOR THE SOPA PLAN THERE IS NO DYSLEXIC CURRICULUM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLERS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE DISTRICT WOULD CONTINUE THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO TURN THE TIMER ON AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS THERE ARE SO MANY OF THE RESPONSES IN HERE THAT I, I WANT TO BE AS PROFESSIONAL AS POSSIBLE SO I'M NOT GOING TO ADDRESS ALL OF THEM. BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE L CAP DID IS THEY TOOK THINGS FROM THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE D LIKE THE CAC SO YOU WOULD HAVE A HOLISTIC REQUEST OF WHAT PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR AND SOME OF THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS
RESPONSES ARE WHEN THE L CAP SAID YOU SHOULD CONSULT SCHOOL SITES BEFORE MAKING SITE BASED CHANGES, THE DISTRICT SAID THEY CAN'T DO THAT. >> REALLY YOU CAN'T REACH OUT TO A SCHOOL AND SAY HEY, WE'RE GOING TO CUT YOUR PROGRAMS BEFORE YOU DO IT. ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO BATHROOMS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE. NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT AND I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PIECES IN SECTION THREE WHEN L CAP IS ASKING YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. WE'VE HEARD FROM DRU SANCHEZ YOU'RE NOT DOING IT SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THESE RESPONSES FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ASK THEM WHY THEY CAN'T FOLLOW THE LAW. GOOD EVENING DR. SUE AND BOARD. MY NAME IS KIMBERLY BROWN. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR TIME TO THIS DAY A DECISION THAT HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON A
BELOVED SCHOOL COMMUNITY REMAINS LARGELY AND EXPLAINED. THIS RAISES IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW COMMUNITY VOICE IS INCORPORATED INTO DECISIONS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT STUDENTS, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS AND SCHOOLS . I'M CONCERNED NOT ONLY ABOUT THE FORCE X RESIGNATION OF OUR PRINCIPAL BUT ALSO ABOUT WHAT THE SITUATION SUGGESTS REGARDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR DISTRICT STRONG SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE WHEN DECISIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE MADE WITHOUT AN EXPLANATION TO STUDENTS STAFF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TRUST IS WEAKENED AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION IS LOST. DR. FRANKLIN IS A MODEL EDUCATOR. SHE IS AN EXCELLENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR WE NEED HER PLEASE REOPEN HER INVESTIGATION AND ALLOW FOR NECESSARY DUE PROCESS. >> HI, MY NAME IS NANCY PERRETT. I'M A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST WITH SFE USD AND I AM FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK AT DR. CHARLES DREW WITH DR. FRANKLIN. THE TREATMENT OF DR. FRANKLIN HAS BEEN ABUSIVE, DECEPTIVE AND BLATANTLY RACIST.
THIS IS TRULY SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOR FROM A DISTRICT THAT TOUTS INCLUSION AND EQUITY AS A BADGE OF HONOR. SEGREGATION IS ALIVE AND WELL IN S.F. USD. I WORKED AT A CHARTER SCHOOL FOR ONE YEAR AND WAS DISGUSTED BY THE LEVEL OF PRIVILEGE I SAW THERE. A SMALL SCHOOL LIKE DREW PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT I SAW AT ANOTHER SCHOOL IN THE EXACT SAME CITY. WHILE NON BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS SEEM AWARDED EVERY RESOURCE AVAILABLE, OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING SCRAPS. >> IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT I AM A WHITE PERSON MAKING THESE STATEMENTS AND HISTORICALLY ALL WE HAVE DONE IS TAKE FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY FROM SLAVERY TO LAND TO REDLINING PRISON LABOR IN SEGREGATED SCHOOLS WE TAKE, TAKE, TAKE AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE OF THE GREATEST RESOURCES DREW HAS. >> IF YOU WANT TO PROMOTE ANTI-RACISM, HERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE IT. TIME OVER HERE. COME OVER HERE. OVER HERE. YEP.
THERE WE GO. A PERFECT GOOD EVENING AS RELATED TO EL CAP GO FOR COMMITMENT TO ANTI-RACISM ON JUNE 17TH IN REGARDS TO THE REMOVAL OF DR. FRANKLIN AND MISTREATMENT OF BLACK LEADERS AND SFI USD DR. SUE YOU STATED I AM NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THIS AND I NEED TO STEP UP AND MAKE IT BETTER. >> HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE TONIGHT I'M ASKING TO DO THAT. DR. SUE IN OUR MEETING YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DR. FRANKLIN RESIGNED UNDER DURESS AND THE THREAT OF TERMINATION AND SINCE OTHERS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO RESCIND THEIR RESIGNATIONS THEN FAIRNESS REQUIRES THAT DR. FRANKLIN BE GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTS THAT SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS WERE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION WITHOUT PROPER NOTICE OR DUE PROCESS PER THE RALPH BROWN ACT WE DEMAND A CURE AND CORRECT DR. SUE YOU HAVE SAID YOU WANT BLACK LEADERS TO FEEL WELCOMED, VALUED AND HEARD. NOW IS THE TIME TO SHOW IT. REINSTATE DR. FRANKLIN IMMEDIATELY AND REOPEN THE INVESTIGATION SO THAT ANY
PROCEDURAL CONCERNS CAN BE FULLY REVIEWED WITH URGENCY. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HARPER KELLY AND I'M I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE CBC AND I WROTE THIS DOWN TO TRY TO GET IT RIGHT WHICH IS NOT LIKE ME. >> SO THE CAC APPRECIATES THE DECISION TO DELAY THE FINAL VOTE ON THE SUPER LOCAL PLAN. THAT ADDITIONAL TIME RESULTED IN CHANGES THAT ADDRESS SOME OF OUR CONCERNS. >> MOST NOTABLY WE HAVE NINE ADDITIONAL FULL TIME PSYCHOLOGISTS STAFF AS WELL AS FIVE ADDITIONAL TO FULFILL THE ASSESSMENT BACKLOG. SORRY I'M REALLY EXHAUSTED. >> OKAY. AS A RESULT WE WILL SIGN AN AGREEMENT AS LONG AS THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE FINAL BUDGET BEFORE IT'S SUBMITTED TO THE CDE. >> IN ADDITION, WE HAVE RAISED CONCERNS WE'D LIKE TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS MOVING FORWARD. FIRST OFF I WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THE
DECISION OR THE PROPOSAL TO MOVE THE FISCAL AND DATA TEAM UNDER FINANCE OBAMA. THAT'S A CONCERN. AND THE OTHER IS FOR OPERATIONAL COHERENCE. WE NEED TO HAVE A PROCESS THAT IS BETTER MOVING FORWARD. PLEASE READ OUR LETTER AND GET BACK TO US. I'M SORRY I RAN OUT OF TIME . GRACE DEL TORO. KATE WEISS. ROBERTO GUZMAN RIVERA BLANCA CATALAN. ASHLEY. HERNAN HARMON. ASHLEY HARMON. IT'S TOO LATE. I'LL JUST. HELLO BOARD MEMBERS AND DR. SU, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR MEETING WITH US THE PAST WEEK. I'M HERE TODAY AGAIN DEMANDING FOR DUE PROCESS AND A HEARING. CORRECT? WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED AND SIT BACK WHILE YOU CREATE CHAOS AND DAMAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY. >> DR. SUE, IN OUR LAST MEETING YOU STATED AND I QUOTE WE SHOULD HAVE PUT ANOTHER LEADER TO WORK WITH DR. FRANKLIN. MY QUESTION IS WHY IS THAT TOO
LATE? WHY CAN'T YOU HOLD YOURSELF TO THAT RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU CLAIMED? DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HOW THE DISTRICT MISUSED HER OWN MONEY FOR SOCIAL WORK? DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH CLOSING EMERGING SCHOOLS? >> HAVE YOU SEEN THE INVESTIGATION REPORT? >> YES. YES. IT'S THE SAME SET. OKAY. HELLO, BOARD MEMBERS AND DR. SUE. MY NAME IS KATE WEISS. I'M A PARENT THAT WORKS AT CHARLES DREW. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. I AM HERE TODAY DEMANDING FOR DUE PROCESS AND A CURE AND CORRECT WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED AND SIT BACK WHILE YOU CREATE CHAOS AND DAMAGE TO OUR SCHOOLS. DR. SUE, YOU STATED AND I QUOTE WE NEED TO DO BETTER AT RECRUITING AND RETAINING MORE AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS INTO THE DISTRICT. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT AND THEN LET GO OF OUR BLACK AND BROWN LEADERS? >> HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE FOR US AND AT THE SAME TIME WORK AGAINST US? GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS BLANCA CATALAN AND I
WORK IN MY DAYTIME JOB AS A COMMUNITY PARENT ORGANIZER WITH CLERMONT ADVOCATES AND IN MY VOLUNTEERING JOB I SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE LATINX COMMUNITY COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO URGE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TO NOT APPROVE THE BUDGET UNTIL THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OTHER PARENT ADVISORY BODIES ARE CLEARLY REFLECTED AND FUNDED. FAMILES STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS PARTICIPATING IN THIS ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT SYMBOLIC. THEY ARE THE FORMAL VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY. IF THE BUDGET DOESN'T SHOW HOW THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THEN SWC IS NOT HONORING ITS OWN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. WITH 12 POINT FIVE MILLIONS IN NEW FUNDING AVAILABLE, THIS DISTRICT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT COMMUNITY VOICE MATTERS. BEFORE VOTING YES, WE ASK FOR
TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND A CLEAR COMMITMENT TO FUNDING THIS SOLUTION FAMILIES HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED. THANK YOU. >> WHEN THEY BECAME BOARD THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MY NAME IS ROBERTO GUZMAN RIVERA AS A U.S. PARENT. >> YEAR AFTER YEAR THEIR BUDGET COMMITTEE SUBMITTED RECOMMENDATIONS GROUNDED IN THE BOARD GUARDRAILS AND INFORMED BY THE VOICES OF OUR COMMUNITIES. YET AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR INSTABILITY WE FALL SHORT OF FULLY IMPLEMENTED THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. >> EVERY YEAR BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES US FOR GREATER FOCUS AND OUR FOCUS IS TODAY IN GROUPS. >> EVERY YEAR WE HEAR ABOUT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM EVERY YEAR. THESE TWO REPORTS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ESPECIALLY LATINO, AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LEARNERS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE STILL FAR BELOW GRADE LEVEL AND READING AND IN OTHER ACADEMICS OUTCOMES . WE KNOW WHAT WORKS HISTORICALLY AND OUR BILINGUAL
TEACHERS INVEST IN ENGAGING IN SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT MAKE THEIR STUDENTS WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL. PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY TUTORING IN SMALL GROUPS AND IN 1 IN 1 SETTING ENSURE THAT THEIR SERVICES PROMISE AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY DELIVERED TO STUDENTS. OUR STUDENTS CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER YEAR OF PLANNING WITHOUT IMPLEMENTATION. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONER. >> I AM INCREDIBLY CONFUSED BY THE PRIORITIES OF THIS DISTRICT. LAST BOARD MEETINGS ELKHART BUDGET REVIEW WAS VAGUE ABOUT HOW THE BUDGET MONEY WOULD ACTUALLY CARRY OUT THE KEY INITIATIVES. REMOVING DR. FRANKLIN DIRECTLY DISMANTLES SUPPORTS AND PROGRESS FOR BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS IN THE BAYVIEW A COMMUNITY THAT HAS REPEATEDLY EXPERIENCED DISINVESTMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL HARM. IT SENDS A PAINFUL MESSAGE ABOUT WHICH STUDENTS ARE VALUED AND INVESTED IN OVER AND OVER AGAIN AS ABUSED IN SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS HAVE STATED THAT THEIR TOP PRIORITY IS IMPROVING ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR
UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS. UNDER DR.. UNDER DR. FRANKLIN. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. TEST SCORES FOR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED STUDENT GROUPS IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY. SHE ACHIEVED THE EXACT GOALS THAT THIS BOARD CLAIMS TO CARE ABOUT. YET SHE WAS FORCED OUT OVER ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING ALLEGATIONS. THIS TELLS THE PUBLIC THE SUPPOSED CARES ABOUT RIGID INEQUITABLE BUREAUCRATIC PROCESSES. YOU ARE SACRIFICING AN EFFECTIVE EDUCATOR ON THE ALTAR OF ADMINISTRATIVE PAPERWORK. ROBERT SCHNEIDER SCHNEIDER. KIRSTEN SARA. STEFANIE FALCON STEIN. ASHLEY AHERN. HI EVERYONE. >> I'VE BEEN AN EDUCATOR IN S.F. FOR 24 YEARS. >> YET STANDING BEFORE YOU STILL BRINGS ME A LITTLE FEAR. I STARTED TEACHING IN THE EARLY AUGHTS BEFORE SMARTPHONES WERE A THING. NOTEBOOKS AND PENCILS ARE WHAT OUR STUDENTS WOULD BRING
DEVICES IN SCHOOLS HAVE ADDED EXTRA DISTRACTION. I SAW FIRSTHAND THE DECLINE OF STUDENT SOCIAL INTERACTION. ATTENTION SPANS ARE DWINDLING. STAYING FOCUSED IS HARDER THAN EVER. HOW CAN WE EXPECT REAL ATTENTION WHEN DEVICES HAVE STUDENTS SO TETHERED? DISTRICTS ABOUT BELTS ABOUT DEVICE POLICIES IN PLACE ALL INCREASE THEIR LEARNING THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS FACE TO FACE. WE ARE TECH IN CHECK. WE'RE FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS FROM 35 SCHOOLS ALL OVER TOWN WILL BE HERE EACH MONTH. YOU'LL SEE US AROUND. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROBERT SCHNEIDER. SECOND TIME ADDRESSING THE BOARD. I'M HERE WITH TECH IN CHECK. I'M A PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER WITHIN THIS DISTRICT BUT I'M ALSO HERE AS SOMEONE WHO HOPES TO BE A PARENT ONE DAY. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS TECHNOLOGY AND AI IN OUR SCHOOLS, I CONTINUE TO ASK
MYSELF THE SAME QUESTION GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY WOULD I WANT TO SEND MY CHILDREN TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GIVEN WHERE WE'RE AT AND WANTING TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN FAMILIES? I THINK THIS IS A QUESTION WE SHOULD ALL BE ASKING. CHILDREN NEED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, LEARN, PLAY. TECHNOLOGY SHOULD SUPPORT THIS NOT REPLACE IT. >> HI, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE FALKEN STINE AND I'M A PARENT OF A RISING FIFTH GRADER AT YAKO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. >> I'M ENCOURAGED THAT SFI USD IS FINALLY MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING A BELT TABLE PHONE POLICY AND ENGAGING PARENTS IN THE PROCESS. THIS SHOULDN'T BE CONTROVERSIAL 88% OF RESPONDENTS TO S.F. USDA'S OWN SURVEY SUPPORTED A MORE RESTRICTIVE POLICY AND SCHOOLS AS DIVERSE AS ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WILLIE BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL ALREADY HAVE SUCCESSFUL POLICIES IN PLACE. >> HOWEVER, A LOT OF WORK STILL
HAS TO BE DONE TO MEET THE JULY 1ST DEADLINE. S.F. USDA DRAFTED A CELL PHONE POLICY WITHOUT SITE TO CITE CONSISTENCY WITH NO PLANS FOR ROLLOUT AND NO PLANS FOR ENFORCEMENT. IT WAS ALSO BURIED THIS POLICY AND ALONG WITH 70 OTHER ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I AM ASKING THAT S.F. USD FOLLOW ITS PROPOSED CELL PHONE POLICY ENGAGEMENT PLAN STARTING WITH THE OUTREACH TO THE OVER 400 PLUS PARENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY DEMANDED A POLICY. I ALSO ASK THAT AS OF US DO YOU COMMIT TO FULLY ROLLING OUT THIS POLICY BY THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR? THANK YOU. >> WHEN AS MUCH AS MEMO CARLA PERRY SENATOR SO BY THE TIME NOTRE INVESTIGADOR RANKING IS TO THE EL EFECTO DE LA CONNECTION TO SOCIALIZE EL SALVADOR WILL BE IN A STATE ME FAMILIAR SKAHILL ESCUELA PUBLICA. IN JUNIPERO SERRA NO SOLO PARALLEL LOCATION THE MEDIANA SEE NO TAMBIÉN PARA LA OPPORTUNITY. THEY COULD I SAID BRING THEIR E
FOR MARCO NEXT JONAS CON OTROS NINOS WHO CANNOT CONTROL VIVEK MURTHY NO SINDICATO GATOR MENDEZ RÉPERCUSSIONS A CIRCLE GARRULOUS ONLY THAT HE LOST EFECTOS DE LA TECHNOLOGIE AND IN YOUR AREA LLANSANNAN SO THEY MAY HALFWAY KNOCK ON MY STRESS YOU KNOCK ON BANTER? YES UNO DE LOS MOMENTOS SPECIALIST PARA GIANNA ME HOW THEY KILLED THEIR WORK ONE RECIBIO SU PREMIO THIS TO ENTER THE LA SEMANA WHAT ARE YOU THAT OUTRAS STUDENTS ARE PARENTERAL LAYER IS THE PEOPLE THAT BUT IN THESE UNKNOWN NO YOU KNOW NO NAP THEY WERE THE OTHER SAID LOOKING FOR MENTAL DISTRITO NO SEP WEATHER IN PLAZA DE LA CONNECTION MANA CONAN APP ECON TECHNOLOGY CARACAS HI I'M AN EDUCATOR AND PARENT ADVOCATING FOR INTENTIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE SCHOOL LEADERS AND DISTRICTS ARE DECREASING SCREEN TIME IN THE CLASSROOM AND RECALIBRATING 1 TO 1 DEVICE MODELS TO SUPPORT CHILDREN'S HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT
IN OUR DIGITAL WORLD. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS REMOVING 1 TO 1 DEVICES FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES PRE-K THROUGH TWO AND PROVIDING SCREEN TIME GUIDANCE FOR TEACHERS. LAUSD SCREENTIME POLICY INCLUDES REMOVING YOUTUBE FROM STUDENT DEVICES AND PROHIBITING RECREATIONAL AND PASSIVE SCREEN USE IN SCHOOLS. IT IS TIME FOR S.F. USD TO JOIN THIS CULTURAL SHIFT TO START SEEK OUT INDEPENDENT RESEARCH BEFORE ADOPTING STUDENT FACING DIGITAL PRODUCTS. GIVE PARENTS OPT OUT AND MANDATE ONLY APPROVED APPS ARE USED IN CLASSROOMS. >> TO QUOTE DR. SANTA LISA BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE PROTECTING THE ATTENTION SPAN AND THE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CHILDREN. >> TO IGNORE THIS IS AKIN TO NEGLECT. >> OKAY. I'M GOING TO READ MY REMARKS IN ENGLISH. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CALABRESE NOTO. I'M A PARENT AND A PHYSICIAN. I STUDY SOCIAL CONNECTION AND ITS IMPACT ON HEALTH. I CHOSE PUBLIC SCHOOL NOT ONLY
FOR MY DAUGHTER'S EDUCATION BUT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, GROW AND CONNECT WITH OTHER CHILDREN. OUR SURGEON GENERAL VIVEK MURTHY HAS RAISED SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT LONELINESS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY ON YOUNG PEOPLE. I WANTED MY DAUGHTER TO BE TAUGHT BY TEACHERS AND NOT BY SCREEN. ONE OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS WAS WHEN MY DAUGHTER RECEIVED A STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARD FOR HELPING ANOTHER CHILD LEARN TO READ. THAT KIND OF PEER TO PEER LEARNING MENTORSHIP AND HUMAN CONNECTION IS WHAT SCHOOLS SHOULD FOSTER. I'M ASKING THE BOARD FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY REGARDING HOW MUCH TIME STUDENTS SPEND ON DEVICES, WHY DEVICES ARE BEING USED INSTEAD OF TEACHER LED INSTRUCTION AND THIRD, WHAT GUARDRAILS WE HAVE IN PLACE TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM THE RISK OF. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. CARLA PEREZ, CMO. >> I'M GOING TO GO A THIRD TIME NOW. OH, THAT WAS YOU. OH, OKAY. I'M WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ASHLEY A'HEARN. OKAY, PERFECT.
HI. GOOD EVENING. I'M ASHLEY. I AM A PARENT OF A RISING FIRST GRADER AND AS OF USD. AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO FIRST THANK THIS BOARD FOR MAKING A RECENT COMMITMENT TO REVIEWING AND UPDATING THE CURRENT POLICY AROUND STUDENT USE OF CELL PHONES AND PERSONAL DEVICES. >> WE URGE THE DISTRICT TO FOLLOW THE RECENT EXAMPLES OF LAUSD AND SAN DIEGO UNIFIED AMONG MANY OTHERS AND PLEASE ADOPT A DISTRICT WIDE BUILDABLE POLICY REQUIRING REQUIRING REQUIRING ALL PERSONAL DEVICES PHONES, EARBUDS, SMARTWATCHES, GAMING CONSOLES BE TURNED OFF AND STORED OUT OF SIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DAY WITH CLEAR AND CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS AND ALL CAMPUSES. >> AS IT STANDS NOW STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS EXPERIENCE INCONSISTENT EXPECTATIONS AROUND THIS AND THEREFORE THEY EXPERIENCE UNEQUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. >> SOME STUDENTS EXCUSE ME SOME SCHOOLS ALREADY HAVE AND ENFORCE A CLEAR BELT ABOUT POLICY BUT MANY OTHERS EITHER DO NOT HAVE SUCH A POLICY OR
ARE NOT CONSISTENTLY ENFORCING IT. THIS IS AN EQUITY ISSUE. >> ALL OF OUR STUDENTS DESERVE ACCESS TO A DISTRACTION FREE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT NOT JUST THOSE WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ENROLLED AT SCHOOLS WITH A STRICTER ENFORCEMENT. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. ABBY CHILDS SO LEE YOUNG HONG WONG MAYOR CAO LOVE EVERYBODY CALLOWAY. NOAH RAJAVI HI, MY NAME IS ABBY CHAO AND I'M HERE FOR THE MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL. >> I AM THE MOM OF THREE YOUNG KIDS THREE AND UNDER AND I'M ALSO AN ORGANIZER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE S.F. MANDARIN SCHOOL ORGANIZATION. WE REPRESENT OVER 800 FAMILIES AND OVER 1000 STUDENTS WHO REALLY WANT THIS SCHOOL. DR. SUE, THANK YOU FOR THE VISION AND COMMITMENT TO OPEN THIS SCHOOL BY NEXT FALL. HOWEVER, WE ARE ALARMED THAT YOU RECENTLY TOLD THE BOARD THAT YOU WON'T FINALIZE A SCHOOL SITE UNTIL SPRING 2027. THAT MEANS THAT FAMILIES WILL NEED TO ENTER THE LOTTERY FOR THIS SCHOOL AND MAYBE EVEN DECIDE WHETHER TO ACCEPT ADMISSION INTO THIS SCHOOL WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE IT IS.
NOT TO MENTION THIS IS OF COURSE WAY PAST THE DEADLINE OF THE OCTOBER ENROLLMENT FAIR WHICH PREVIOUSLY WAS WHEN WE WERE EXPECTING THAT DECISION. I URGE YOU TO DO THIS EARLIER IF YOU HAVE A SHORT LIST OF SCHOOLS PLEASE SHARE IT AND GAUGE THE COMMUNITY IN THE EARLY FALL AND THEN ANNOUNCE THAT TEMPORARY SITE BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS AT THE LATEST. THANK YOU. >> HI, I'M A PARENT SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MANDARIN SCHOOL OF A FIVE YEAR OLD AND HE'S ENTERING KINDERGARTEN TWO MONTHS. PRIOR TO THAT HE WAS AT A MANDARIN PRESCHOOL. OF ALL OF HIS GRADUATING FRIENDS, A FEW LUCKY ONES GOT INTO PUBLIC MANDARIN. >> OF THE REST A FEW WHO COULD AFFORD IT WENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOL IN MANDARIN. BUT EVEN THOSE WHO ARE IN PRIVATE SCHOOL WHO ARE GOING TO PRIVATE SCHOOL THEIR PARENTS TOLD ME THAT IF THEY EVER GET OFF THE WITNESS THEY WOULD GO TO PUBLIC MANDARIN AND IT WOULD SWITCH TO PUBLIC. >> IT IS VERY, VERY HARD TO GET INTO PUBLIC MANDARIN SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND. THIS IS A SOLUTION FOR OUR
DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND WE EFFECTIVELY ONLY HAVE ONE MANDARIN SCHOOL THROUGH A HOUSE OF TWO SCHOOLS. AND IF THE SCHOOL OPENED TOMORROW IT WILL STILL BE VERY HARD TO GET IN. >> BUT I'M HERE HOPING THAT BY THE TIME THE SCHOOL OPENS MY SON WON'T BE TOO OLD. HE WILL BE IN THE FIRST GRADE OR SECOND GRADE. SO PLEASE DON'T DELAY. >> MY FAMILY'S ACTUALLY AT A GIANTS GAME RIGHT NOW BUT I'M HERE. I HOPE THAT THIS WORKS OUT. THANK YOU. HI. EMIL HUANG, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR UNITY USU ENRICHMENT CENTER. SEEING THE WORST PART OF STUDENTS GROW IN CONFIDENCE AND TO SUCCEED IN MENTORING YEAR AFTER YEAR HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE PROTECTING THE MOMENTUM. WHEN WE LEARNED THAT THE PREVIOUS MENTORING AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IN THE FALL, A DEDICATED GROUP OF OUR YOUTH STRUCTURE CAME TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH THE NONPROFIT TO UNITY MENTOR ENRICHMENT CENTER TO ENSURE THAT STUDENT'S
EDUCATION COULD CONTINUE WITHOUT THIS DISRUPTION. WE HAVE OFFICIALLY SECURED OUR AS A 4 USD VENDOR ID FOR MORE THAN 50 OF OUR SUPPORT OR FAMILY. HOW EXPRESSED THAT THE SUPPORT FOR UNITY MENTORING AND THE WISH TO MAINTAIN THE CONSISTENT FAMILIAR LEARN YOU WANT ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR CHILDREN. >> THANK YOU. OH HERE WE GO. HI MY NAME IS MS. EPICAL LOBBY AND I SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE SC I DREW AND I'M A PROUD PARENT OF A RISING TECH. >> TONIGHT I'M HERE TO SPEAK PLAINLY ABOUT DUE PROCESS AND THE URGENT NEED FOR A CURE AND CORRECT WHAT HAS HAPPENED AT DREW IS NOT JUST A PROCEDURAL FAILURE IT IS A BREACH OF TRUST. OUR COMMUNITY WAS TOLD THAT THE SITUATION WOULD BE REVIEWED ,ASSESSED AND HANDLED WITH INTEGRITY. INSTEAD DECISIONS WERE MADE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY, CONSULTATION AND WITHOUT REGARD FOR THE
IMPACT ON OUR CHILDREN. >> DR. SUE ON MONDAY, MAY 4TH YOU TOLD ME AND SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT YOU DID NOT WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES YET WE'RE MOVING OUR PRINCIPAL WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, WITHOUT EVIDENCE SHARED AND WITHOUT ANY MEANINGFUL FOLLOW UP HAS TAKEN FAR MORE THAN A LEADER HAS TAKEN STABILITY, SAFETY AND CONFIDENCE FROM OUR SCHOOL. >> WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED AND SIT BACK WHILE HARM IS DONE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE SEC IS DEMANDING A CURE CORRECT BECAUSE THE PROCESS WAS FLAWED, THE COMMUNITY WAS EXCLUDED AND THE CONSEQUENCES HAVE BEEN DEEPLY DAMAGING. >> BIGGER. HELLO MY NAME IS NOAH. I'M A SFI USD ALUMNI FROM EVERY GRADE I'VE BEEN IN A LIFELONG CARE OF CHILDREN FROM BABYSITTING TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN AFTERSCHOOL AND NOW GARDEN EDUCATOR I DREW HAVE MY OWN TO STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT A THIRD GRADER AND A KINDERGARTNER AND I'D LIKE TO FRAME THIS WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH OUR SCHOOL
AND DR. FRANKLIN AS AN ATTACK AND A THEFT AND ATTACK AND THEFT AND IT DOESN'T ADD UP. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CANDY MONEY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THINGS THE WRONG WAY THAT WOULDN'T APPLY TO ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. IT MADE ME THINK THERE MUST BE ANOTHER AGENDA. YEAH. ARE YOU PLANNING TO GENTRIFY A SCHOOL WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF STUDENTS? WAS DR. FRANKLIN JUST AN OBSTACLE IN THE WAY WHO NEEDED TO BE REMOVED? >> OUR SCHOOL SITE IS BEAUTIFUL. NOW WE GET ATTENTION BEFORE NOT A SINGLE NOT A SINGLE PERSON WOULD TALK TO US OR LISTEN TO US BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF ATTENTION. ONCE IT LOOKS GOOD THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENING. JEREMIAH JEFFRIES, PHIL DORCAS ,TARA RAMOS, MEGAN BLOOM, SHIVANGI. >> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS JEREMIAH JEFFRIES. I'M A FIRST GRADE TEACHER IN SAN FRANCISCO. I READ IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I'VE BEEN TEACHING IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR 27 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN AT READING FOR 18. I COME TO YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE CAC, AS A MEMBER OF THE ELAC AND AS A MEMBER OF THE UBC AT MY SCHOOL SITE. YOUR BUDGET PROCESS DID YOU KNOW THAT SAN FRANCISCO HAS TWO SCHOOLS? ONE THAT SERVES PROVIDES VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE TO EVERY STUDENT IN A SCHOOL. >> THEY HAVE TWO TEACHERS THAT PROVIDED THIS LANGUAGE TO EVERYONE IN A SCHOOL AT TINDAL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT READING WE HAVE TWO TEACHERS THAT SERVE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL AND EVERYONE LEARNS ARABIC. IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM. IT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2017 WHEN THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED IT IN 2015 FOR IT TO BE IMPLEMENTED. >> IT WAS IMPLEMENTED AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A PATHWAY FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL THERE WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM WITH ONE TEACHER SERVING MARINO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THERE WAS A ONE TEACHER IN MISSION HIGH SCHOOL SERVING ARABIC TEACHING ARABIC TO THE STUDENTS AT MISSION HIGH SCHOOL. HOWEVER, NOW WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A BUDGET THAT HAD TO HAVE THOSE TEACHERS REMOVED BOTH IN BOTH PROGRAMS THE MISSION HIGH TEACHER ELIMINATED COMPLETELY. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER ELIMINATED COMPLETELY WITH NO DISCUSSION WITH THE SCHOOL SIDE AND YOU GAVE US A BUDGET THAT WE SUBMITTED THAT WE HAD FULL OF ERRORS. YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE CORRECTIONS IN AN APPEAL PROCESS. WE DID THAT. WE WERE TOLD RATHER FLIPPANTLY OR JUST NOT THE COMMUNITY, JUST THE PRINCIPAL THAT CHANGES WERE MADE BUT THINGS WERE NOT APPROVED. CHANGES WERE NOT APPROVED, ERRORS WERE NOT CORRECTED AND THEN WE NEVER RECEIVED ANOTHER FINAL BUDGET. >> THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP. YOU WERE NOT FOLLOWING YOUR GUARDRAILS. >> YOU HAVE NOT FOLLOWED YOUR GUARDRAILS. WHAT'S THE POINT OF THEM OTHER THAN TO GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AND DR. SUE MY
NAME IS PHILIP DORCAS. I'M A PARENT AND SASSY MEMBER AT SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY. LAST MEETING WE HEARD FROM THE MARSHAL COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS OVER LOSING THEIR DEDICATED SUB ALLOCATION COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER AND OTHERS ASKED GREAT QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW CHOICES LIKE THIS WEIGH BUDGET CONCERNS AGAINST REAL WORLD OUTCOMES AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE TRANSPARENCY IS A CHIEF CONCERN OF OUR GUARDRAILS AT SANCHEZ OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR WAS UPDATED OVER SPRING BREAK DAYS BEFORE THE SUBSIDY WAS DUE AND UNEXPECTEDLY CUT THREE CLASSROOM TEACHERS. >> WE'VE BEEN ASKING SINCE APRIL FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THESE CHANGES AND UNFORTUNATELY THE MOST WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IS THAT THIS CHANGE FOLLOWED A CONSISTENT PROJECTION PROCESS. >> THE REORG ROADMAP WE'LL HEAR ABOUT LATER AIMS FOR PREDICTABLE, EQUITABLE AND STABLE RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS THE CAPS, THE ALL CAP COMMITTEES FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS ABOUT HOW CONSISTENT STAFFING LEADS TO STUDENT SUCCESS, HOW CHANGES SHOULD INVOLVE STAFF AND FAMILIES AND HOW CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE
EARLY ON. SANCHEZ HAS EXPERIENCED NONE OF THESE AND NO ONE CAN POINT TO THE STRATEGY AT PLAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MEGAN HURTADO BLOOM I'M ALSO A PARENT AT SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY. >> WE THE PARENTS OF SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY DEMAND AND DESERVE GREATER TRANS PARENTS FROM OUR DISTRICT. I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY COMMON THEME TO ALL THE COMMENTS YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT. WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS AT A CROSSROADS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT BUREAUCRACY IS LONG, CHILDHOOD IS SHORT AND PARENTING IS HARD. WE DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT IS BEHIND THE DECISIONS THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR CHILDREN EVERY DAY AND UNTIL WE SEE A MUCH MORE COHERENT DATA DRIVEN VISION FOR OUR SCHOOLS, THE DECISION TO CUT FUNDING PRESENTS AS A STRATEGIC CHOICE TO SEND ALREADY STRUGGLING CAMPUSES INTO SURVIVAL MODE THUS WEAKENING TEST SCORES AND ULTIMATELY PROVIDING JUSTIFICATION FOR FUTURE SYSTEM INDUCED ATTRITION. WE ASK THAT THE DISTRICT RECONSIDER THE CONCERNS WE HAVE
ALREADY RAISED AND WE ASK THAT RESERVE FUNDING BE RELEASED TO MAINTAIN STAFF LEVELS UNTIL THE DISTRICT CAN PASS A BUDGET THAT TRULY SUPPORTS THE BEST OUTCOMES FOR ALL STUDENTS. THANK YOU. >> HI, I'M TERRY RAMOS. I'M A TEACHER AT SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY. THE LETTER THAT PHIL DUNCAN SENT TO DR. SUE PRESIDENT KIM AND ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ON JUNE SECOND CLEARLY SHOWS THAT WHAT S.F. USD IS DOING TO SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY GOES AGAINST OUR DISTRICT VISION VALUES GOALS AND CARDWELL GUARDRAILS. YOU ARE SHRINKING OUR SCHOOLS SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY AND HAVE PUT THE EXISTENCE OF OUR SPANISH BILINGUAL PROGRAM IN DANGER. IN FACT THE ENTERING KINDERGARTNERS AND ANY FUTURE KINDERGARTEN THERE'S ALL LATINOS IN THE SPANISH BILINGUAL PROGRAM MAY FACE BEING IN COMBO CLASSES THEIR ENTIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAREER . WE HAVE ASKED AND ASKED FOR A MEETING WITH DR. SUE AND HAVE
NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE FROM HER. >> WE HAVE SENT LETTERS TO ALL OF YOU AND HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE FROM ANY OF YOU. IF YOU AND THIS IS OUR THIRD TIME COMING OUT TO A BOARD MEETING TO ASK FOR A RESPONSE, PLEASE READ THE LETTER AND RESPOND TO US. IF YOU ARE GO IF YOU AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WOULD BE MORE RESPONSIVE WE WON'T HAVE TO COME OUT A FOURTH TIME. >> HI MY NAME IS SHIVANGI. I'M A MIDDLE OF MY PARENT. >> MY KID GOES TO KINDERGARTEN THERE. HE IS A NEW NEURODIVERGENT KID ALMOST NON-VERBAL AND HE'S BEING TARGETED BY BULLIES AND THERE HAS BEEN INCIDENTS OF HITTING TEASING MAKING HIM SAY BAD WORDS LIKE THE F WORD. >> OKAY. AND THEY ALSO VERY RECENTLY JUST BEFORE SCHOOL CLOSURE. KIDS PULL HIS PANTS DOWN AND YOU KNOW, THEY THEY LAUGHED. THEY DID THEIR THING. OKAY. MIND YOU, ALL OF THESE KIDS ARE SIX YEARS OLD, JUST SIX YEAR OLDS. THE PARENTS NOT EVERYBODY APOLOGIZED.
THE PRINCIPAL WAS ON IT, YOU KNOW, AND THERE WAS NO WAY I WOULD HAVE KNOWN HAD ONE OF THE PARENT NOT TOLD ME. SO THE AFTERCARE NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED THEN WE NEED TO SEE WHAT THE AFTERCARE IS DOING. IF THEY'RE NOT LETTING PARENTS KNOW. SECOND IS WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE INVESTIGATION ON ALL BULLYING ADMIRAL OMAR AND THERE SHOULD BE A POLICY TO REPLACE STUDENTS WHO ARE ATTACKING KIDS THE SEVERELY. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY THANK YOU THIS CONCLUDES OUR IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT. MOVING TO ONLINE IF THERE ARE ANY STUDENTS IN THE VIRTUAL. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE NOT A STUDENT. >> PLEASE DROP YOUR HAND. OKAY. I WILL CALL ON YOU IF YOU'RE NOT A STUDENT BE AWARE THAT I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR THE ADULTS TO SPEAK. OKAY. >> HARLEM KELLY. YES. >> YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TALK TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. >> I'M IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT I CAN JUST CALL IT AND THEN GO TO APPLY TO FRANKLIN.
I KNOW DR. FRANKLIN AS A PRINCIPAL. I KNOW HER AS MY MOM. I WANT TO SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS SUPPORTING STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND FAMILIES AND AT HOME SHE WAS STILL IN AND OUT HOW TO MAKE A BETTER PLACE FOR CHILDREN. WHAT HAS BEEN THE HARDEST SITUATION HAS TAKEN ON HER? I HAVE ONE SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF TO SCHOOL COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE. BATTEN DOWN TIME FRANKLIN AND ME BECAUSE BECAUSE SHE CONTINUES TO GROW. BECAUSE I WAS GOING MEMBERS IN MAY BE DISCUSSING POLICIES AND DECISIONS. FOR ME THIS IS PERSONAL. THE PERSON WHO I TALK ABOUT IS MY MOTHER. SHE'S SOMEONE WHO IN THE 48 YEARS OF HER LIFE TO HELPING CHILDREN SUCCEED. I ASKED HER TO REMEMBER THE HUMAN BEING BEHIND THE DECISION AND CONSIDERING THE YEARS OF SERVICE COMING IN STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF COLOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. READY TO RAISE HER GUESS AND TELL HER TO JUST READ IT.
HARLEM CAN YOU? THERE YOU GO. OH ME? >> EARLIER THAT EVENING MY NAME IS YOU IMAGE BUT ONLY THE SECOND AND I AM A THIRD GRADE STUDENT AT BROWN. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT DR. FRANKLIN AND HOW MUCH SHE MEANS TO DREW OUR COMMUNITY AND MY FAMILY. DR. FRANKLIN CARES ABOUT STUDENTS AND IT MAKES US FEEL IMPORTANT. SHE WORKS HARD EVERY DAY TO HELP YOU BE A SAFE, HAPPY, SUCCESSFUL PLACE TO LIVE. SHE LISTENS TO FAMILY SUPPORT TEACHERS AND ALWAYS WANTS TO WANT THE BEST FOR ALL OF US. MY FAMILY HAS SEEN HOW JUST HOW DISTINCTIVE SHE SHE IS AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING SHE HAS DONE FOR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. HER LEADERSHIP MAY HAVE MADE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN MANY LIVES. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO KEEP DOUGLAS LIKE LYNNE AND ANDREW. SHE IS A WONDERFUL LEADER AND AND INCOME AND OVER
COMMUNITY IS STRONGER BECAUSE OF HER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR LISTENING. THAT'S MY PLAN. >> CAN YOU HUNTER KELLY AND EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM A SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT. I CAN'T AFFORD MY CHANCES FOR IT AND ALSO FRANKLIN'S DAUGHTER. MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT OFTEN FRIENDS AND AS A PRINCIPAL I KNOW HER AS MY MOM. I HAVE WATCHED HER SPEND A LONG HOURS WORKING TAKE CELL PHONE CALLS LATE AT NIGHT AND DEDICATE HERSELF TO SUPPORTING STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND FAMILIES OUT OF WHAT HAS BEEN HARD ASSESSING THE IMPACT THE SITUATION HAS HAD ON HER. I HAVE WATCHED SOMEONE WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT HIS OWN COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE STRESS AND HEARTBREAK. SHE MISSED FAMILY TIME FOR WEEKENDS AND MADE SACRIFICES BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED THIS GIRL CHILD DESERVES THE BEST. AS BOARD MEMBERS YOU MAY BE DISCUSSING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES BUT FROM USERS AND PERSONAL THE PERSON YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS MY MOTHER.
SHE IS SOMEONE WHO DEVOTED HERSELF TO HELPING CHILDREN SUCCEED. I ASKED THEM TO CONSIDER NOT ONLY THE DECISION BEFORE YOU BUT ALSO THE YEARS OF COMMITMENT CARE AND FAMILY SHE GAVE TO YOU AND STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> OKAY. AS A REMINDER THIS IS THE STUDENT SECTION. THANK YOU. JUSTIN TALBOT OH EIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR DROPPING YOUR HANDS. THAT CONCLUDES THE STUDENTS AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO GENERAL VIRTUAL. AGAIN, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> OKAY. WE'LL BEGIN WITH TYLAN LEWIS. >> YES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TYLER LEWIS. I'M HERE BECAUSE THE DECISION TO REMOVE DR. FRANKLIN IS UNFAIR FOR OUR DREW COMMUNITY. SHE HAS WORKED SO HARD TO PROTECT AND SERVE OUR SCHOOL. DR. FRANKLIN HAS DEDICATED HER TO HERSELF TO UPLIFT OUR BLACK AND BROWN BABIES CREATING
OPPORTUNITIES, BUILDING TRUST AND HELPING SCHOLARS SUCCEED IN THIS RACIST SOCIETY. THIS DECISION IS RACIALLY, RACIALLY UNJUST. DR. FRANKLIN FIGHTS TIRELESSLY FOR OUR UNJUST COMMUNITY. SHE IS FACING GREAT SCRUTINY INSTEAD OF SUPPORT BY THE DISTRICT WILL BE REMOVING A PRINCIPAL WHO HAS POURED HER HEART INTO OUR CHILDREN SENDS A WRONG MESSAGE. YOU SAY S.F. USD VALUES EQUITY AND PUTTING STUDENTS FIRST. THOSE VALUES SHOULD INCLUDE SUPPORTING OUR LEADERS WHO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR SCHOLARS DESERVE THE ABILITY OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY DOES. KRISTEN COLEMAN HIGH. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M A MEMBER OF TECH IN TECH AND I URGE AS A POLICY TO ADOPT A DISTRICT WIDE POLICY THAT PROHIBITS AI BASED INSTRUCTION AND ELIMINATE SCREEN TIME IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHILE SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITING IT FOR
OLDER STUDENTS. AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING I SPOKE ABOUT THE GROWING BODY OF RESEARCH SHOWING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SCREEN USE ON CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT. AND TODAY I WANT TO SHARE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE FOR MY CHILDREN. MY KINDERGARTEN DAUGHTER WAS TAUGHT READING THROUGH AN AI PROGRAM CALLED A MIRROR WHICH I FOUND OUT ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR. SHE TOLD ME SHE SPENT TIME ALONE WITH AN IPAD STRUGGLING TO GET IT TO HEAR HER VOICE. THE GLITCHES LEFT HER FRUSTRATED AND WITH HEADACHES. WHEN I SPOKE WITH HER TEACHER ABOUT IT SHE TOLD ME SHE WOULD MUCH RATHER TEACH READING DIRECTLY BUT FELT REQUIRED BY THE DISTRICT TO USE THE PROGRAM. >> MY SECOND GRADE SON SPENT 30 MINUTES EVERY FRIDAY ON DOJO ISLAND A GAMIFIED LEARNING PLATFORM. HE CAME HOME DYSREGULATED AND ASKING FOR MORE GAME TIME SOMETHING HE HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE. BEING INTRODUCED TO IT AT SCHOOL. TECHNOLOGY SHOULD NOT REPLACE HUMAN TEACHING IN OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD PRIORITIZE TEACHING CRITICAL THINKING IN RELATIONSHIPS BUILDING SCHOOLS WHICH ARE SKILLS WHICH ARE NOT DEVELOPED ONE EDUCATIONAL APPS. THE EVIDENCE IS IN AARON AND CLIFF OF. HI MY NAME IS AARON CLIFF.
I AM THRILLED THAT THERE'S SO MUCH EXCITEMENT AND DEMAND FOR THIS NEW MANDARIN SCHOOL IN S.F. BUT I WAS A BIT DISCONCERTED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND EVIDENCE OF THOUGHTFULNESS AROUND THE PROCESS FOR DECIDING ON A SCHOOL SITE. WHEN WE'RE GOING TO EFFECTIVELY REPLACE AN EXISTING S.F. US SCHOOL. SO I THINK PROBABLY WHAT WILL END UP HAPPENING IS THAT WE WILL DISPLAYS A SCHOOL THAT WE'RE CALLING UNDERPERFORMING AND WE'LL SAY IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THOSE STUDENTS. WE SHOULD PROBABLY CALL THAT SCHOOL UNDER-RESOURCED AND SEGREGATED BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT TOPIC. I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS WE SHOULD ACTUALLY FOLLOW IT THROUGH. SO IF WE'RE SAYING WE'RE WINDING DOWN A SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S UNDER ENROLLED AND UNDERPERFORMING, THEN WE SHOULDN'T JUST SHIFT ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS TO ANOTHER UNDER ENROLLED UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOL. WE SHOULD ACTUALLY FIND A PLACE THAT IS BETTER OR THAT HAS A BETTER ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT SOME IDENTITY AFFIRMING AND WELCOMING CULTURE THAN IT ACTUALLY IN A YEAR OLD A HIGHER RATE OF SATISFACTION BY THE FAMILIES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY
THIS MOVE. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESOURCES I'M NOT JUST MEAN IN DOLLARS. I ALSO MEAN IF A SCHOOL IS MOSTLY STAFFED BY SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS OR HAS HAD OPEN POSITIONS FOR SUPPORT STAFF FOR MANY YEARS OR HAS NO PTA BECAUSE THERE ISN'T AN ABUNDANCE OF PARENTS WITH TIME, MONEY AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TO LEND TO SUPPORT THAT SCHOOL THAT'S NOT GOING TO SHOW UP IN A BUDGET. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SCHOOL QUALITY, LET'S NOT JUST TALK ABOUT DOLLARS, LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE OTHER INTANGIBLE RESOURCES AS WELL. AND LET'S THINK ABOUT CARROTS AND NOT JUST STICKS. I THINK THIS WILL HELP HELP THE COMMUNITY PROCESS GO A LOT MORE SMOOTHLY IN THE NEXT YEAR AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FINDING A PERMANENT SCHOOL SITE FOR THIS NEW K TO EIGHT MANDARIN SCHOOL. THANK YOU. >> FOR PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS DR. MAURER CALLING FROM PETER CERF. I'M CALLING WITH A REALLY PROFOUND CONCERN REGARDING AN UNLAWFUL AND UNJUST ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN BY THE BOARD ON MAY
12TH REGARDING PRINCIPAL FRANKLIN ON THAT NIGHT THE BOARD CHOSE TO ACT IN SECRET, VIOLATING CALIFORNIA'S OPEN MEETING LAWS. >> YOU CONVENED A CLOSED SESSION TO REVIEW SEVERE UNFOUNDED CHARGES OF EMBEZZLEMENT AND FUND MISAPPROPRIATION AGAINST PRINCIPAL FRANKLIN. UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE 549757B2 YOU HAVE STRICT OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE THE PRINCIPAL WITH A WRITTEN NOTICE OF THOSE CHARGES AT LEAST 24 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING. FURTHERMORE, YOU CHOSE TO FORCE THE RESIGNATION AND TERMINATION OF A DEDICATED ADMINISTRATOR DESPITE ZERO EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING COMPLETELY BYPASSING THE PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE REQUIREMENTS EXPLICITLY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACT. >> WE HAVE SERVED YOU WITH A CURE AND CORRECT DEMAND LETTER TODAY. CHERYL THESE CHERYL DID YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M I AM SORRY HERE I AM. OKAY.
GO FOR IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CHERYL SEE'S, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AT SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. I URGE YOU NOT TO PLACE THE SELF A DIRECTOR UNDER LEADERSHIP WHOSE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS FISCAL OVERSIGHT RATHER THAN EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. IN 2024 A SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING CRISIS LEFT OVER 250 POSITIONS UNFUNDED STUDENTS MISSED SERVICES AND FAMILY TRUST IN THE DISTRICT WAS ERODED. AT THE TIME, SUPERINTENDENT SUE LATER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE DISTRICT HAD QUOTE PRIORITIZED BALANCING THE BUDGET OVER OUR STUDENTS NEEDS UNQUOTE. WHO HELPED UNCOVER THE REASON FOR THE FISCAL CRISIS AND HARM? MUCH OF THAT LEGWORK WAS DONE BY VOLUNTEERS SERVING ON THE SELFLESS COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THAT'S WHY INDEPENDENT SPECIAL EDUCATION OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY MATTER. BUDGETS MATTER. LEARNING MATTERS. THE PROMISE OF IDEAS IS INCREASINGLY UNDER THREAT. WE KNOW ALL CHILDREN CAN LEARN. PLEASE MAKE THAT YOUR FIRST
PRIORITY. KEEP THE FIREWALL INTACT BETWEEN FISCAL AND EDUCATIONAL FOCUS. THANK YOU. >> RAJ SHARMA. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. YES. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS. AND DR. SUE MY NAME IS RAJ SHARMA. I'M A PRINCIPAL AT GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY AND I WANT TO SPEAK FROM THE HEART ABOUT THE DOCTOR FRANKLIN AND THE IMPACT OF HER WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS. I HAVE BEEN DEEPLY INSPIRED BY HER COMMITMENT TO BLACK STUDENTS AND HER LEADERSHIP IN IMPLEMENTING TIER TWO SUPPORT DURING A TIME WHEN SCHOOLS ARE BEING ASKED TO DO MORE WITH FEWER RESOURCES. >> IN HER WORK I SEE A SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL BELIEF THAT EVERY CHILD CAN GROW. BUT WE REFUSE TO GIVE UP ON THE WE ARE A DISTRICT THAT HAS FACED DIFFICULT MOMENT. AND WE HAVE ALSO EXTENDED GRACE TO OTHER SITUATIONS INVOLVING LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES.
THAT REALITY CALLS US TO REFLECT ON WHETHER OUR SYSTEM OUR CONSISTENTLY FAIR AND EQUITABLE FOR BLACK AND BROWN LEADERS WHO ARE DOING THE DAILY DIFFICULT WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS. >> WITH THAT, JUSTIN TALBERT GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. >> MY NAME IS JUSTIN'S HABIT AND I'M ALSO HERE TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM SVOD FOR JR ELEMENTARY AND DR. FRANKLIN. I GREW UP IN S.F. AND ATTENDED AS OPPOSED ALL THROUGHOUT. I NOW WORK AT AN IMMIGRATION NONPROFIT IN S.F. WHERE MANY OF MY CLIENTS ARE UNACCOMPANIED MINORS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND U.S. STUDENTS OF COURSE. I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND JUST HOW NEGLECTED THE SCHOOLS IN THE BAY YOU ARE AND DREW ELEMENTARY IS NO EXCEPTION. DR. FRANKLIN WORKED HARD TO GIVE HER STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED IN SPITE OF THE LACK OF DISTRICTS AND FORCING THEM TO RESIGN FOR FINDING WAYS TO USE RESOURCES THAT SHE COULD NOT MEANINGFULLY ACCESS THROUGH S.F.. HE IS SPITEFUL AND DOESN'T ADDRESS ANY OF THE UNDERLYING ISSUES FACING DREW OR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. NOW THAT THIS IS ALL PUBLIC YOU HAVE A CHOICE YOU CAN KEEP GOING DOWN THIS ROAD OR SWEEPING THE ISSUES FACING BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS
AND THE BABY UNDER THE RUG. OR YOU CAN WORK WITH PASSION AND CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS LIKE DR. FRANKLIN AND THE TEACHERS I DREW TO BUILD A BETTER LASTING SYSTEMS THAT WORK FOR OUR STUDENTS. I URGE YOU TO DO THE LATTER FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THOSE THAT DREW . THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. I AM GOING TO REQUEST SEIU AND USSF TO COME FORWARD FOR THEIR COMMENT. PRESIDENT KIM IF I MAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO CALL YOU IN ORDER IF THAT'S OKAY. SPIRULINA. MASON FROM USF FIRST. JENNIFER POND FROM SEIU. AND THEN, UM, UH, TIANA TILLERY AND JOSH DAVIS ARE. >> THANK YOU. HELLO. BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS AND DR. SUE. MY NAME IS SPIRULINA MASON AND I'M AN ACCESS TRANSITION PARA EDUCATOR AND AS A PARA EDUCATOR. I'M VERY WELL AWARE THAT THERE WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS RETAINING PARA EDUCATORS
THROUGH A LOT OF UNFILLED PARA EDUCATOR POSITIONS. AND WHAT I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT RIGHT NOW ARE PAYROLL ISSUES THAT ARE STILL HAPPENING A YEAR AFTER A TWO MILLION DOLLAR RED ROVER SYSTEM WAS IMPLEMENTED AND WE ARE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT. I JUST GOT MY NOTIFICATION ABOUT MY PAY STUB FROM THE LAST FIVE DAYS AND THEY'RE MISSING. THEY'RE NOT ON IT. AND I KNOW THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER EDUCATORS THAT WERE PAID INCORRECTLY FOR THE LAST FIVE DAYS OF SCHOOL. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GETTING THE PROBLEM FIXED WITH THE SUMMER SAVER PROGRAM EFFECTIVELY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OTHER PROBLEMS GET FIXED THAT FAST. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE STILL HAPPENING. >> PLEASE DO THE MINIMUM EXPECTED OF ANY EMPLOYER AND PAY US CORRECTLY AND PAY US ON TIME. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JENNIFER PON AND I AM THE SEIU AS OF USD FIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND A CLERK OR AT SANTIAGO IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
I'M HERE BECAUSE THE DISTRICT SENT OUT A LAST MINUTE NOTICE ABOUT A DELAY IN THE SUMMER ASSISTANCE PAY OUT PROGRAM. BASICALLY OUR MEMBERS ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST PAID STAFF IN THE DISTRICT AND AND MISSING A PAYCHECK IS OR A PAYMENT IS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR THEM IN SOME CASES. AND SO WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS IS A PAYROLL ISSUE OR THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDERSTAFFED WHEN WE FAIL TO INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR STAFF AND BREAK PROMISES TO THEM, IT AFFECTS THE FACTS JUST DON'T END HIRING MORALE AND AND RETENTION IMPACT STUDENTS SERVICES AND SAFETY. SO PLEASE DO WHAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF ARE PAID ON TIME AND CORRECTLY. YEAH I MEAN JUST THE I THINK THAT TAKING A MACHETE TO STAFF AT SOME POINT WE'RE STRETCHED SO THIN THAT IT'S JUST NOT OPERATIONALLY FUNCTIONAL FOR THIS AND WE NEED STAFF TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF AS WELL.
SO AND THEN TO HELP US SUPPORT THE KIDS. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT. SO I'M JOSH DAVIDSON. I COME TO YOU TONIGHT FOR THE VERY LAST TIME AS THE CHEF OF SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> I'M SORRY I'M HAVING SOME FEELINGS ABOUT THAT. >> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PAY PEOPLE ON TIME THAT WE PAY THEM CORRECTLY. IT'S THE LEAST LITERALLY THE LEAST WE CAN DO TO RETAIN STAFF. >> IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT IN WHICH LIKE OKAY, DOLLARS FOR THOSE STUDENTS SPENDING ON CLASSROOMS COMES FIRST. WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. WE ALL AGREE ABOUT THAT. BUT THERE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THE DISTRICT THAT MUST BE FILLED FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO GET THEIR JOB DONE. WE HAVE TO HAVE STAFF IN PAYROLL. WE HAVE TO HAVE STAFF AND HUMAN RESOURCES. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS CLEAN. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FEED THE KIDS RIGHT. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY STORY IS TAKEN CARE OF IN SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE
VENTILATION AND NO LEAD IN THE WATER AND NO ASBESTOS IN THE WALLS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. BY THE WAY, DID YOU KNOW THAT WE USED TO HAVE A FULLY STAFFED ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT? EVERY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE RETIRED AND WE DID NOT REPLACE A SINGLE ONE OF THEM. >> THEY'RE ALL GONE. INFRASTRUCTURE IS IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE MUST INVEST IN MAKING SURE WE CAN MAINTAIN OPERATIONS OVER THE LONG TERM. SOME OF IT IS EXPENSIVE. SOMETIMES IT'S INCONVENIENT. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO HIRE PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO DO IT. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 170 YEARS. I THINK WE INTEND TO GO ON FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. >> AND SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOLS AND HOW THOSE THINGS IMPACT STUDENT SERVICES. >> THINK ABOUT HOW A NEW STUDENT COMING INTO A SCHOOL PERCEIVES THE DIRTY BATHROOM AS TRASH IN THE HALLWAYS DOORS THAT DON'T OPEN CORRECTLY. FOOD SERVED OUT OF SMALL PLASTIC PACKAGES. THESE ARE THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE FEEL UNWELCOME.
THEY MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T BELONG AND THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM AND THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM. I KNOW THAT'S NOT HOW YOU FEEL. THAT'S NOT HOW WE FEEL. BUT AS A CHILD YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GIVEN. YOU KNOW HOW YOU'RE TREATED AND YOU LEARN FROM THOSE EXPERIENCES. THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT EXPERIENCES AND WE DON'T GET A SECOND CHANCE. IT'S REALLY CRUCIAL THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS. FROM THE MOMENT THEY STEP IN THE DOOR SO THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF SERVING THE STUDENTS OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS. >> PLEASE DO BETTER. THANK YOU. >> WE COOK IT. WE CLEAN IT. WE SECURE IT. WE TEACH. WE CARE. WE ARE CLASSIFIED. YOU LITERALLY COULDN'T EVEN GET IN THIS BUILDING WITHOUT US. >> IT IS NECESSARY ANYWAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER. SUPERINTENDENT SU DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND MOST OF ALL TO
ALL OF YOU. I'M SEA ARTILLERY THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED EDUCATOR EDUCATORS WITH THE UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO. I WANT TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING TWO POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT FOR RESCINDING THE LAYOFF NOTICES THAT WERE SCHEDULED TO GO OUT EARLIER THIS SEMESTER TO ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 45 PARA EDUCATORS. I CAME HERE TONIGHT EXPECTING TO SPEND MY TIME EXPRESSING GRATITUDE FOR THAT DECISION BECAUSE IT'S LIFTED AN ENORMOUS BURDEN OFF THE SHOULDERS OF EMPLOYEES AND FAMILIES WHO HAD SPENT MONTHS WONDERING WHETHER THEY WOULD HAVE A JOB NEXT YEAR. >> SECOND, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DISTRICT THAT THE DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP EXCUSE SCUSE ME WAS ABLE TO RESOLVED THE SUMMER SAVERS AS WE CALL IT PAYMENT ISSUE THIS AFTERNOON. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE IN BENEFITS PAYROLL LABOR RELATIONS AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP INCLUDING THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SITTING IN FRONT OF ME WHO WORK TO MAKE THIS
HAPPEN. THE EMPLOYEES WHO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM ARE COUNTING ON THOSE FUNDS TO GET THROUGH THE SUMMER AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE SOLUTION WAS FOUND. BUT WHY? BUT WHILE I APPRECIATE BOTH OF THESE OUTCOMES, I CANNOT IGNORE HOW WE GOT HERE. THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING YEARS I'VE EXPERIENCED AS A UNION LEADER. I THINK I SAY THAT EVERY TIME I GET UP HERE. >> NOT BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE UNWILLING TO MEET. NOT BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE UNWILLING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS. IN FACT I SPENT THIS YEAR BEING INCREDIBLY COLLABORATIVE WITH DEPARTMENT AFTER DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT AS I HAVE USD. I HAVE MET WITH HUMAN RESOURCES. I HAVE MET WITH PAYROLL. I HAVE MET WITH BENEFITS. I HAVE MET WITH LABOR RELATIONS. I'VE EVEN MET WITH THE CABINET INCLUDING YOU, DR. SUE. I'VE ANSWERED COUNTLESS EMAILS, ATTENDED COUNTLESS MEETINGS AND SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS HELPING SOLVE PROBLEMS
THAT WERE NEVER MINE TO SOLVE. >> AND THROUGH IT ALL I HAVE ASKED OUR MEMBERS TO BE PATIENT . WHERE FRONTLINE AND REAL ROVER WERE ROLLED OUT AND PROBLEMS OCCURRED, I ASKED OUR MEMBERS TO BE PATIENT WHEN VACATION ACCRUALS WERE WRONG. >> I ASKED OUR MEMBERS TO BE PATIENT WITH SICK LEAVE BALANCES WERE INACCURATE. I ASKED THEM TO BE PATIENT WHEN PAYROLL TICKETS WENT UNANSWERED. I ASKED OUR MEMBERS TO BE PATIENT. >> I HEAR YOU OVER THERE, KATIE . >> WHEN COMMUNICATION BROKE DOWN I ASKED MEMBERS TO BE PATIENT AND OUR MEMBERS WERE PATIENT. BUT PATIENCE DOESN'T ERASE HARM . >> THE REALITY IS PEER EDUCATORS HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT HARM THIS YEAR. WE STARTED THIS YEAR FIGHTING FOR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR VACATION TIME THAT THEY HAD ALREADY EARNED. THINK ABOUT THAT. >> EMPLOYEES HAD TO FIGHT TO USE BENEFITS THAT THEY HAD ALREADY AND THROUGH THEIR
LABOR. >> THEN WE SPENT MONTHS DEALING WITH PAYROLL ISSUES, ACCRUAL ERRORS, COMMUNICATION FAILURES AND SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION. AND JUST AS WE WERE PREPARING TO CLOSE OUT THE SCHOOL YEAR WE FOUND OURSELVES FIGHTING OVER OUR SUMMER ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS MONEY THAT EMPLOYEES VOLUNTARILY SET ASIDE FROM THEIR OWN PAYCHECKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO THAT THEY CAN SURVIVE THE SUMMER MONTHS. FOR MANY OF OUR MEMBERS THIS IS RENT MONEY, GROCERY MONEY, CHILD CARE. THIS IS NOT EXTRA MONEY. THIS IS SURVIVAL. >> WHAT WAS PERHAPS THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART ABOUT THE SUMMER ASSISTANCE ISSUE WAS NOT THE DELAY ITSELF. >> IT WAS THE FACT THAT EMPLOYEES LEARNED ABOUT IT THROUGH THEIR UNION RATHER THAN THROUGH THEIR EMPLOYER. >> AGAIN, THAT HAS BECOME A RECURRING THEME THIS YEAR. FAR TOO OFTEN USF HAS BEEN THE COMMUNICATION PLAN. >> FAR TOO OFTEN OUR MEMBERS HAVE LEARNED CRITICAL INFORMATION FROM US BECAUSE INFORMATION WAS NOT COMMUNICATE IT CLEARLY DIRECTLY OR IN A TIMELY MANNER BY THE DISTRICT. >> AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT
THE ISSUES WHERE WE'RE ULTIMATELY RESOLVED IT SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PUBLIC PRESSURE AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS BEFORE EMPLOYEES RECEIVE ANSWERS ABOUT THEIR OWN MONEY. THERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT ILLUSTRATES WHAT HAS HAPPENED THIS YEAR. >> FOR YEARS THE EDUCATOR INSTITUTE HAS PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEARLY 1100 PEER EDUCATORS. IT IS EQUIPPED BOTH NEW AND BETTER EMPOWER EDUCATORS TOOLS STRATEGIES AND BEST PRACTICES. DIRECT THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT STUDENTS. THIS YEAR THE DISTRICT WAS NOT GOING TO OFFER THE PEER INSTITUTE MANY PEER EDUCATORS. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION. >> BUT HERE COMES USF ONCE AGAIN AND WE STEPPED UP. WE TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY ON OF CONTINUING WITH THIS TO OURSELVES. WE'RE ORGANIZING IT. WE'RE RECRUITING THE PRESENTERS, WE'RE BUILDING THE WORKSHOPS. WE'RE ENSURING THAT PARENT EDUCATORS CONTINUE TO ACCESS TO MEANINGFUL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE KNOW IS
IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENT SUCCESS. WE STEPPED UP BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS DESERVE IT. BUT I HAVE TO ASK WHY DOES IT KEEP FALLING ON THE EDUCATE MORE THAN THE UNION MEMBERS TO FILL IN THE GAPS? WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING? EXCUSE ME? WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME SOMETHING BREAKS DOWN EMPLOYEES ARE EXPECTED TO CARRY THE BURDEN? >> WE WILL ALWAYS STEP UP FOR OUR STUDENTS. >> WE'LL ALWAYS STEP UP FOR OUR MEMBERS. BUT PARTNERSHIP CANNOT MEAN THAT LABOR IS CONSISTENTLY CLEANING UP PREVENTABLE PROBLEMS. >> PARTNERSHIP REQUIRES COMMUNICATION. IT REQUIRES ACCOUNTABILITY. PARTNERSHIP REQUIRES ACKNOWLEDGING WHEN HARM HAS OCCURRED AND THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN MISSING. NOT SOLUTIONS BECAUSE EVENTUALLY SOLUTIONS ARE FOUND NOT MEETINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE PLENTY OF THOSE. WHAT HAS BEEN MISSING IS ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE IMPACT THESE ISSUES HAVE HAD ON REAL PEOPLE.
BECAUSE BEHIND EVERY PAYROLL ERROR IS A WORKER BEHIND EVERY DELAY PAYMENT IS A FAMILY BEHIND EVERY COMMUNICATION FAILURE IS A PERSON LEFT WONDERING HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THEIR BILLS. TONIGHT I AM ASKING THE BOARD IN DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TO DO MORE THAN RESOLVE PROBLEMS AFTER THEY OCCUR. >> I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO BUILD SYSTEMS THAT PREVENT THEM FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. I'M ASKING YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH EMPLOYEES BEFORE A CRISIS DEVELOPS AND I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE TOLL THAT THIS YEAR HAS TAKEN ON OUR EMPLOYEES. BECAUSE DESPITE EVERYTHING POOR EDUCATORS THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW UP AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE PATIENT. THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS. THEY CONTINUE TO DO THEIR JOBS OF PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION. THEY DESERVE SYSTEMS THAT WORK. THEY DESERVE COMMUNICATION. THEY CAN TRUST. THEY DESERVE ACCOUNTABILITY. AND THEY DESERVE A DISTRICT
THAT VALUES THEM AS MUCH AS THEY VALUE THE STUDENTS THAT THEY SERVE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. AS A REMINDER, BOARD RULES IN CALIFORNIA LAW DON'T ALLOW US TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR ATTEMPT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS DURING THIS TIME. BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US HERE TODAY IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY. THE SUPER SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM ARE TASKED WITH PROVIDING A DRAFT OF EACH AGENDA 12 DAYS IN ADVANCE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO REVIEW. ONCE THAT DRAFT AGENDA IS MADE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE, BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO SUBMIT CLARIFYING TACTICAL QUESTIONS. AND STAFF HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE OF EACH MEETING. TODAY'S Q&A DOCUMENT IS LINKED IN INTO BOARD DOCS IN ITEM E TO MOVE INTO ITEM D. >> RECONVENING TO OPEN SESSION CLOSED SESSION READ OUT FOR ITEM STUDENT D FIRST AS A FEW AS D THE BOARD BY BY A VOTE OF SIX EYES AND COMMISSIONERS ONE VOTING NAY THE BOARD AUTHORIZES THE GENERAL COUNCIL ON ONE
MATTER TO INITIATE LITIGATION BASED ON FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES NOT YET KNOWN TO THE OPPOSING PARTY AND I BELIEVE THAT ANY VOTE WAS COMMISSIONER FISHER FOR EXISTING LITIGATION STUDENT G B STUDENT MJ OH I THINK I NEED TO READ THE WHOLE THING. STUDENT GB VERSUS IF YOU SD OR EACH CASE NUMBER (202) 603-1089 STUDENT MJ VERSUS S OF US D OR H CASE NUMBER 2026031211261. STUDENT MEMBERS AS A FEW AS D O H CASE NUMBER (202) 604-0101 STUDENT HB VERSUS A FEW SD OR EACH CASE NUMBER (202) 604-0257 AND STUDENT AS H S A FEW SD OR H CASE NUMBER (202) 604-0888. THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SEVEN EYES GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL IN ONE MATTER REGARDING STUDENT MATTERS THE BOARD BY VOTE OF SEVEN EYES VOTED TO CONTINUE THE ITEM. >> MOVING TO ITEM E OPENING ITEMS LINE ACKNOWLEDGMENT WE THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF EDUCATION ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE DRAMATIST ALONI WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA AS THE
INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TRADITIONS THE RAW MATERIAL AND WE HAVE NEVER CEDED LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS 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. WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLE. I MOVE TO ITEM FIVE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT FOR DR. SUE. GREAT. THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM I HAVE A FEW SLIDES TODAY. GREAT. FIRST I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED THIS SCHOOL YEAR SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2020 SIX. YAY. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE JUST THE AMAZING WORK OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THEY PUT IN THE HOURS THEY PUT IN THE ENERGY THEY PUT
IN THE TIME AS WELL AS OUR AMAZING EDUCATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO HELPED SUPPORTED THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS AND OF COURSE THEIR AMAZING FAMILIES. SO THANK YOU FAMILIES. THANK YOU. AUNTIES AND UNCLES AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND GRANDPARENTS AND FOREVER HOME FOLKS. EVERYONE FOR JUST COMING IN AND SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO PROUDLY WALK ACROSS THE STAGE IN EARLY JUNE AND MOVE ON TO AMAZING PLANS. WE'VE GOT LOTS OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE MOVING ON TO POST-SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOUR YEAR COLLEGES TO YOUR COLLEGES, CAREER TECH PATHWAYS AND MANY OF OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE FANTASTIC SCHOLARSHIPS. SO JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEN AGAIN JUST THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY FOR ALLOWING US TO USE ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR SPACES TO HOST OUR WONDERFUL GRADUATION. SO THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, TO REC AND PARK DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO WATCH ANY OF THOSE GRADUATION CEREMONIES, PLEASE GO TO THE DISTRICT'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND YOU CAN WATCH THEM ALL. AND FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THE DISTRICT HOSTED A UNITY DAY . IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT FOR STUDENTS, STAFF, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CELEBRATE PEACE, UNITY AND WELLNESS TOGETHER. THIS YEAR'S YOUTH CENTERED UNITY DAY EVENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY HELD AT BALBOA BARTON AND SF INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS EVERETT AND WILLIE BROWN, MIDDLE SCHOOL . EACH EVENT IS CREATE WAS CREATED WITH THE STUDENT IN MIND SO THAT WE CAN BUILD CONNECTIONS AMONG EACH OTHER. BUILD A STRONGER PARTNERSHIP AND CONNECT AND TRIBE OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR EDUCATORS, OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY LEADERS AS
WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAME TOGETHER TO REALLY SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE THIS WONDERFUL EVENT HAPPEN. AND I AM REALLY, REALLY PROUD TO SHARE THAT. SINCE APRIL, THE ENROLLMENT CENTER HAS MADE ALMOST 2500 OFFERS FROM OUR WAITLIST AND AND IN INCLUDES MANY OF OUR MOST REQUESTED SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF WAITLIST OFFERS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED SO FAR SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO FAMILIES AND WELCOME TO SDF USD. JUST TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT LAST YEAR WE LAST YEAR DURING THE AUGUST WAITLIST POOL WE WERE ACTUALLY MADE FEWER OFFERS AND FEWER PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WERE ACCEPTED. SO WE WERE ABLE TO TO BRING IN MORE STUDENTS THIS YEAR AND I AM SO EXCITED TO WELCOME ALL THOSE FAMILIES TO SCHOOLS THAT THEY WANTED AND WILL I KNOW THRIVE IN THEM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU AND SEEING YOU ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SOON. AND THEN JUST WANTED TO GIVE A
MAJOR SHOUT OUT TO OUR ACCESS AS OF USD. THE AAC HOSTED THIS YEAR ANOTHER WONDERFUL ART SHOW AT THE ACT THEATER. THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE FOR OVER MANY, MANY DECADES NOW AND CELEBRATE NOT ONLY VISUAL ARTS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE CREATED BUT ALSO PERFORMING ARTS AND A SPECIAL SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO MY DEAR DEAR BUDDY ANTHONY LEE FOR BEING NAMED TRIPLE A'S SCHOOL SAFETY PATROLLER OF THE YEAR AT THE SHOW. AND THAT'S A PICTURE OF ANTHONY BEING VERY, VERY PROUD OF BEING GIVEN THIS AMAZING AWARD. AND OF COURSE THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COMMISSIONER FISHER FOR REPRESENTING ALL OF US THERE. AND COMMISSIONER GUPTA AND COMMISSIONERS. I AM SO SORRY. SO WE WERE WELL-REPRESENTED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND MOVING RIGHT ALONG. SO THROUGHOUT JUNE AND JULY AS OF SD WILL CONTINUE STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES WILL BE OFFERED IN MEALS TO OUR
STUDENTS. SO ONE BREAKFAST AND ONE LUNCH AT NO COST TO ANY YOUNG PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AT 40 SCHOOLS THAT IS CURRENTLY HOSTING SUMMER PROGRAMS. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ENROLLED IN THE SUMMER PROGRAM TO ACCESS ANY OF THE MEALS AT THESE SITES. ALL MEALS MUST BE EATEN AT THE SCHOOL SITE SO UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE NO GRAB AND GOES. BUT PLEASE COME IF YOU NEED A MEAL TO ANY OF OUR SCHOOL SITES. AND PLEASE TAKE ONE AND HELP YOURSELF TO FIND A LIST OF SCHOOL SITES OFFERING FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH DURING THE SUMMER. PLEASE GO ON TO OUR WEBSITE USD.EDU/SCHOOL FOOD. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER BIG CELEBRATION THAT WE HAVE SUPPORTED STUDENTS, FAMILIES, ALUMNI, STAFF AND NEIGHBORS CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP AND COMMUNITY AT ELMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. THEY TURNED 23RD AVENUE BETWEEN CLEMENT AND CALIFORNIA INTO A VIBRANT GATHERING SPACE OF LOCAL FOOD SCHOOL HISTORY, STUDENT PERFORMANCES, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES, MUSIC
AND REALLY, REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE VIBRANT NESS OF OUR RICHMOND DISTRICT COMMUNITY BUT THEN ALSO JUST THE AMAZING ALAMO COMMUNITY. SO JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SCHOOL AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS THERE. AND THEN JUNE IS SO EXCITING. SO IF YOU SD COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO CELEBRATE, ART IS INVITED TO CELEBRATE LOVE, DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY AT THE ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE PARADE. YES, THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE OUR FIFTH ANNUAL CONTINGENT OF VOLUNTEERS WALKING IN THE PARADE. THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF US OF THE U.S. COMMUNITY. OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN A LEADER IN PROVIDING LGBT Q PLUS SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS FAMILIES AND STAFF AND WE HAVE BEEN PROMOTING INCLUSIVE PRACTICES FOR THE PAST. IT SAYS HERE 35 YEARS BUT I ASSUME MANY, MANY MORE YEARS BEFORE THAT.
THE PARADE TAKES PLACE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 20TH EIGHTH. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, PLEASE SIGN UP BEFORE JUNE 26TH. YOU CAN SIGN UP BY FILLING OUT THE FORM IN THE MOST RECENT FAB . SO THE FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENT BULLETIN AND IN THE LINK YOU'LL SEE ON THE WEBSITE YOU'LL CLICK ON THE LINK AND IT TAKES YOU TO THE WEBSITE OR AROUND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS TO LEARN HOW TO BUY JUSTER. OR YOU CAN JUST EMAIL LGBTQ AT SF USD.EDU. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER ZOOM WHOSE CELEBRATED PHASE ONE OF THEIR ELECTRIC ELECTRIFICATION EFFORTS AND HELD A GROUNDBREAKING EVENT ATTENDED BY SEVERAL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS HERE AND ALSO LOCAL AND STATE LEADERS. THEY WILL BE TRANSITIONING TO AN ALL ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS FLEET THIS FALL. IT'S AMAZING. YES. AND IT'S A LOT IT'S BECAUSE YOU
KNOW, WE KNOW THAT ONE STUDENTS ARE SITTING ON THE SCHOOL BUS AND IT'S LOUD AND IT'S JUST IT'S DRAINING. SO WHEN WE WHEN STUDENTS ARE NOW RIDING FULL ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSSES, IT'S QUIETER. IT'S CALMER FOR OUR STUDENTS AND IT IS WITH THIS NEW FLEET WILL BE THE LARGEST ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS DEPLOYMENT IN THE COUNTRY WITH 104 BUSSES AS PART OF THIS NEW FLEET FOR US EV USD. THIS INVESTMENT REFLECTS THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE DAILY EXPERIENCES OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING SAFER, QUIETER, CLEANER BUSSES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. >> AND THEN FINALLY S.F. US SCHOOLS AND OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY JULY 3RD IN OBSERVANCE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY. AND I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AWAY BUT I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR IS MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH MONDAY BUT A MONTH AWAY A MONTH AWAY. SO NOT THIS MONDAY THE MONTH
AWAY AUGUST 17TH. ACTUALLY I'M MORE THAN A MONTH AWAY. TWO MONTHS. OKAY. AND PRESIDENT KIM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU, DR. SUE. MOVING TO ITEM F ACTION ITEMS. >> COMMISSIONERS IN FRONT OF US WE HAVE FIVE ACTION ITEMS EACH WITH THEIR OWN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT FROM THE BOARD. IT IS 8:18 P.M.. I WILL DO MY DUE DILIGENCE IN TRYING TO KEEP US FOCUSED ON THE ITEMS. I ASK THAT YOU COMMENT AND ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY DIRECTLY INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF YOUR DECISION HERE. OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE PROVIDE A STATEMENT PLEASE DO SO BRIEFLY SO THAT WE MAY MOVE ON. >> WE'LL START WITH ITEM. THIS IS A STATEMENT FOR ALL COMMISSIONERS EQUALLY NO ONE PERSON TO POINT OUT COMMISSIONER FISHER ITEM 12666-23 STEP FIVE ADOPTION OF THE SUP A LOCAL PLAN AND THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR THE SAM SCHOOL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION. >> CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND I MOVE ITEM 266 DASH 23 SB FIVE SECONDED. IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE ITEM 266-235. I WILL ASK DR. SU TO BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM AND THANK YOU TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CAC FOR YOUR INPUT AND FOR WORKING WITH OUR AMAZING STAFF. JENNY, JULIA AND NERO AND TO HELP US REFINE AND ENHANCE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SIMPLE PLAN TRULY REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. >> AS A DISTRICT WE ARE COMMITTED TO MEETING OUR OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDING A FREE AND APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, SPECIAL EDUCATION IS AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO. WE ARE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM FIGMENT. I AM EXCITED TO LAUNCH THE NEW COUNTY PROGRAM AT THE ED AND ANITA LEE SCHOOL NEXT YEAR . I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR ENTIRE SPECIAL ED COMMUNITY TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN NEXT YEAR BUT THEN ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT AROUND SPECIAL EDUCATION. I WILL NOTE THAT IF THERE IS A DELAY OR FAILURE TO ADOPT THE SUPER LOCAL PLAN THIS WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE
TIMELINESS OF THE DISTRICT RECEIVING SUPER FUNDS AND IT WILL IMPACT THE CALPERS ABILITY TO APPLY FOR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO JEN. TO JULIA MARTIN OUR WONDERFUL OMBUDSMAN WHO IS GOING TO GO QUICKLY TO THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IF THE CONTENT IS SIMILAR FROM LAST TIME THERE'S NO NEED TO REPRESENT THAT MATERIAL JUST IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES OR ANY ADJUSTMENTS MADE SINCE THE LAST . THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I AM NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION BECAUSE MUCH OF THE SLIDES ARE THE SAME. THE ONLY UPDATE THAT WE DO WANT TO GIVE IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY AND MOVING FORWARD ON OUR SALT BAGELS. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS REMAIN THE SAME. IF YOU WOULD MOVE US THROUGH TO THE NEXT SLIDE WE ARE GOING TO GO AND JUMP RIGHT TO SLIDE SIX. WHAT WE THINK YOU. THANK YOU. SO ACTUALLY IF YOU COULD STEP BACK ONCE A SECOND. THERE WE GO.
SO THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON DILIGENTLY IS IMPLEMENTING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS ALIGNING WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED THROUGH THE ADVISORY AND THE CAC. AND SO OUR BIGGEST TASK OVER THE SUMMER IS REALLY REACHING OUT AND DEVELOPING OUR SCOPE AND SEQUENCE AROUND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HOLDING TRUE TO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO. AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT IS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE OTHER STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT COME THROUGH OUR BUDGET AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT STAFF. I'M SORRY TO PASS TO JENNY PAYNE WHO WILL PASS OVER TO ME. SO WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THERE WE GO. SO WE ARE AT SLIDE SIX. >> THANK YOU, JULIA. SO AFTER THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM MET WITH NERO AND THE FISCAL TEAM TO REFINE OUR
BUDGET WHICH MEANT THAT WE WILL LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT OUR NEEDS AND OUR ASSESSMENT NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. WE HAVE UPDATED OUR FULL TIME POSITIONS FOR OUR PSYCHOLOGIST BY ADDITIONAL NINE FTE AND PENDING JULY ONE THAT WHEN WE CAN OPEN THE BUDGET WE ARE GOING TO ADD FIVE NONPUBLIC AGENCY PSYCHOLOGISTS BECAUSE IT'S A SHORT TERM NEED TO SUPPORT OUR BACKLOG. SO THOSE ARE THE KEY CHANGES IN OUR SUPER BUDGET PLAN AND WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING THIS IN SERVICE OF OUR STUDENTS. I'LL PASS IT TO NERO. >> SO THE BUDGET SO WE JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THE SUPER PLAN THAT IS SUBMITTED IS A PROJECTION AS OF MAY 31ST. THE SAMPLE PLAN NEEDS TO ALSO TIE BACK DIRECTLY TO OUR ADOPTED BUDGET. SO WE ARE COMMITTING WE'VE OPENED THE NINE POSITIONS AND WE'RE ALSO COMMITTING TO UPDATE THE BUDGET AGAIN IN JULY TOO BASED ON STUDENT NEED. SO WE ALSO JUST WANT TO REMIND
EVERYONE THE SUMMER BUDGET IS NOT LOCKED IN STONE, RIGHT? THE IEP NEEDS COME IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE STAFFING NEEDS SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE INCREASE WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO MEET NEED. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO DOING AND WE JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE 352 IS NOT A CEILING. >> IT IS A STARTING POINT FOR THE YEAR. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BEFORE I OPEN UP FOR COMMENT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE INTENT OF CONTINUING THE ITEM TO TODAY WAS TO ALLOW FOR THERE TO BE GREATER COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION AND INCREASED ALIGNMENT BETWEEN FOLKS INTERNALLY AND I'M PLEASED TO HEAR FROM CAC. I THINK THE BOARD RECEIVED A LETTER EARLIER TODAY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THAT PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THAT COLLABORATION. I ALSO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ELIOT IS ON AND WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A QUICK COMMENT BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER TO
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD. ELIOT THANK YOU. PRESIDENT KIM, CAN YOU HEAR ME VERY LOUD AND CLEAR? OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. >> I JUST WANT I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THERE WAS HAVE BEEN MEETINGS BETWEEN STAFF AND THE CAC AND I'M HOPING RESOLVED TO THE POINT WHERE THE BOARD FEELS COMFORTABLE PASSING UP A PLAN. I WANT TO REITERATE THAT SUPERINTENDENT SUSAN SAID THAT THERE IS A CONSEQUENCE AND THAT IT CAN DELAY SELF FUNDING WHICH WOULD IN FACT IMPAIR THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO REALLY IN TAKE CARE OF THE IEPS AND SERVE THE STUDENTS DURING THAT TIME. SO JUST I WANTED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND ALSO BE COMMENTING ON OTHER ITEMS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. >> QUESTIONS. MR. CEILING AND APPRECIATE THE CAC AND DISTRICTS COLLABORATIVE WORK SINCE OUR LAST MEETING AND I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE LETTER THAT THE CAC SENT THE BOARD TODAY.
THE CAC SAYS THAT IT WILL SIGN AN AGREEMENT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF THE SUBPAR PLAN COMPLIED WITH THE DISTRICT'S LEGAL OBLIGATIONS PROVIDED CERTAIN CHANGES ARE REFLECTED IN THE FINAL BUDGET PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION TO THE CDE. I JUST WANT TO ASK FROM THE CAC PERSPECTIVE AND FROM THE DISTRICT'S PERSPECTIVE HAVE THOSE CHANGES BEEN REFLECTED IN THE VERSION OF THE BUDGET THAT IS COMING BEFORE US FOR A VOTE TONIGHT? SO UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO TIMING WE RECEIVED SOME UPDATES THURSDAY. WE NEEDED TIME THAT THE SALT WILL PAN DIRECTLY TO OUR ADOPTED BUDGET RIGHT WHICH INVOLVES HUNDREDS OF TAX FORMS SO WE I DID CHECK WITH ELIOT TO MAKE SURE THIS OC THAT WE ARE OPENING POSITIONS NOT REFLECTING IT HERE. HE SAID YES THAT IS GENERALLY EXPECTED SO THE POSITIONS ARE OPEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO FILL. UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO TIMING AND THE SHORT TURNAROUND TIME
OF THE INFORMATION WE AT THE TAX FORMS ARE NOT SET UP FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE UPDATES IN REAL TIME WITHIN MINUTES OR HOURS OF DOCUMENTS BEING DUE. SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO UPDATING THIS BUDGET IN JULY 1ST WE SAW THAT MANY TIMES THAT THAT IS THOSE UPDATES WILL HAPPEN DUE TO TIMING. WE CAN'T WE COULDN'T FEASIBLY DO IT RIGHT BEFORE SUBMITTING TO THE BOARD. >> WOULD THE BOARD HAVE A ROLE IN PROVIDING ACCOUNTABILITY TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY ENTERED IN JULY? >> YES. SO WE GET TO THE BOARD FOR AUGUST OR WHAT IS THE MECHANISM THERE? >> YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT. WE'VE ALSO PROMISED THE CLERK THAT WILL GIVE REGULAR UPDATES ON THE BUDGET AS SOON AS THE BUDGET RE-OPENS THAT WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE THOSE NUMERICAL UPDATES. WE'RE LOOKING AT A $2 MILLION VARIANCE OUT OF 352 MILLION. SO FROM A FINANCIAL REPORTING PERSPECTIVE IT'S LESS THAN 1% PERIODS AT THIS TIME. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO OBSTACLE OR IMPEDIMENT TO COMING INTO COMPLIANCE AND OUR BUDGET DOCUMENTS WITH WHAT CAC IS ASKING FOR BY THE BOARD VOTING TONIGHT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S
NOTHING WE'RE SETTING IN STONE THAT WE WANT TO CHANGE. YEAH. SO AS FAR AS PROCESS THE NEXT STEP IF AND WHEN THE BOARD APPROVES THE BUDGET THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN? AND AS IT WILL COME TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO SIGN OFF ON THE APPROVED BUDGET AND THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS ON JUNE 30TH. IT ALSO GOES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THE CAC AND TO THE SUPPORT DIRECTOR. THIS YEAR WE ARE VERY, VERY LUCKY AND THAT THE SOFA HAS A NEW SYSTEM THEY'RE USING FOR US TO UPLOAD THE BUDGET AND THEY'VE GIVEN DISTRICTS AN EXTENSION ON THAT DATE. SO IF IT'S AMENABLE TO ALL OF YOU WE CAN WORK WITH NERO TO HAVE THAT UPDATED BUDGET GIVEN TO YOU SO THAT YOU'RE ASSIGNING THE UPDATED BUDGET DOCUMENT IF THAT WORKS INSTEAD OF SENDING YOU SOMETHING NEXT WEEK WAITING FOR AN UPDATE SO IT'S UP TO YOU WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO SIGN WHAT'S THE THANKS I APPRECIATE
IT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO YOU KNOW ISSUE WHERE LIKE WE APPROVE ONE BUDGET AND THEN HAVE A PROBLEM SUBMITTING MODIFIED BUDGET. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. KNOW THAT THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS NO YOU APPROVE A BUDGET FOR WHAT IT IS TODAY WE MAKE UPDATES EVERY SINGLE DAY ALL THE WAY BETWEEN JULY 1ST AND THE FIRST INTERIM WHICH WE THEN AGGREGATE INTO THE FIRST INTERIM. SO WHAT YOU ARE PROVING IS INCLUSIVE OF THE INTENT OF THE KALPA AND IT WILL BE CHANGED ON JULY 1ST AS STATED ALL THOSE CHANGES WILL COME BACK TO YOU IN DECEMBER FOR YOUR FIRST INTERIM UPDATE. IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT IT HAPPENS. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> SEEING NONE OH, JUST CHECKING. MAKING SURE EVERYONE'S AWAKE. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. I JUST VERY MUCH WANT TO THANK THE CAC FOR THEIR CONTINUED ADVOCACY. I THINK OUR BUDGET TEAM AND OUR SUPPORT TEAM EXCUSE ME FOR THE COLLABORATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MUCH MORE
CONTINUED COLLABORATION THROUGHOUT THE UPCOMING YEAR. SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU NERO AND DANIEL IN PARTICULAR FOR ANSWERING ALL MY QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE IT. AMAZING SEEING OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 266266-233 SUPERINTENDENTS PROPOSAL AND YOUR UPDATE. OH. NOPE. I LIED. SO THE DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 266-23 SB FIVE ADOPTION OF THE SUP A LOCAL PLAN AND THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR THE SAME SCHOOL ABOUT A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION WILL COVER PLEASE. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. >> COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. >> VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE SEA AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM AND THE FINANCE TEAM I
THINK MOVING TO ITEM 2 TO 6 6-23 SB THREE PERCENT NUMBERING RATE SP5SP53 SUPERINTENDENTS PROPOSAL ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE 2024 TO 2027 LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN AND CAP FEDERAL ADDENDUM FOR THE SAME SCREEN ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION THE SAME SCHOOL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND I MOVE ITEM F TO 266 DASH 23 ESP THREE A SECOND AND JUST TO CLARIFY I BROUGHT BOTH ITEMS FORWARD RIGHT? IT'S THE BUDGET ONE SECOND ONE SECOND JUST SAID THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE BOTH UNDER ITEM F TWO. YES THAT'S WHAT YOU BOUGHT CORRECT AND THAT'S WHAT I MOTIONED CORRECT FOR THE OUTCOME FOR THE L CAPTAIN? CORRECT. OKAY DR. SU THANK YOU PRESIDENT AND KIM, BEFORE I START I JUST WANT TO THANK THE L CAP ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT THE AMAZING PARENT VOLUNTEERS, THE STUDENTS, EDUCATORS AND STAFF FOR THEIR YEARLONG WORK TO HELP US CREATE WILL TO HELP US INFORM AND CREATE THE L CAP. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR
AMAZING STAFF CHRISTINA WONG AND OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF THE L CAP TEAM ADRIANNE AURORA. AURORA AURORA MORE FOR FOR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND AND IN CREATING THIS BIG DOCUMENT I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY BUT THIS THE L CUP HOPEFULLY IS A TRUE REFLECTION OF OUR VALUES AND CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE ACADEMIC RIGOR AND SUPPORT TO EACH AND EVERY STUDENT SO THAT WE ARE SETTING THEM UP FOR SUCCESS. THE L CAP IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AS A DISTRICT TO OUR COMMUNITY'S VALUES AND GOALS AND WE ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL L CUB BY JULY 1ST. I RECOGNIZE THAT THE BOARD HAS RAISED MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE ARE ALIGNING OUR RESOURCES WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES AND AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING AND I KNOW THAT STAFF HAS WORKED OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO TO PUT TOGETHER A CROSSWALK TO REALLY MAP OUT HOW WE ARE ALLOCATING RESOURCES WITHIN THE
L CAP TO THE OUR CURRENT GOALS AND GUARDRAILS WITHIN OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK OF STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK. SO I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THAT CROSSWALK IS HAS HELPED ALLAY THE WORRIES AND CONCERNS OF HOW WE ARE ALLOCATING RESOURCES IN ALIGNMENT TO OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. SO AS A REMINDER WE LAST YEAR STABILIZE THIS DISTRICT'S BUDGET BY CUTTING $114 MILLION FROM OUR BUDGET WE SEPARATED WITH 375 EMPLOYEES. WE CLOSED OVER 150 POSITIONS. ACTUALLY YOU HEARD SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS TODAY IN PUBLIC COMMENTS OF THERE WERE STRATEGIC DECISIONS THAT WE MADE SO THAT WE COULD PRIORITIZE HAVING INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS IN OUR CLASSROOM, HAVING TEACHERS IN OUR CLASSROOM BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WAS WHAT WAS GOING TO HELP US MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR OUR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WE DID NOT LAY OFF AN
EDUCATOR. >> WE HAVE HELD KEY STRATEGY ALLOCATIONS TO SUPPORT AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR GOALS. ONE, TWO AND THREE WITHIN THE VISION, VALUES, GOALS AND GUARDRAILS WHICH IS THE EL CAP GOAL ONE AND WE WE COMMITTED TO HOLDING THE FUNDING FOR GOALS ONE, TWO AND THREE HARMLESS BECAUSE WE KNEW AS WE WERE CUTTING AROUND THE EDGES OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE PROTECTED THE THE THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM AND WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. WE ADOPTED HIGH POTENTIAL PLUS SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CLASSROOMS OUR SCHOOLS THAT WERE ALLOCATED AS HIGH POTENTIAL SCHOOLS GOT FIRST DIBS TO HIGHER HIGH QUALITY EDUCATORS INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS . AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE DESIGNATION
THIS CURRENT YEAR AND I COMMIT TO WORKING WITH SCHOOLS AROUND THAT CONCERNS THAT WE CAN RESOLVE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHAT WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS IS ENOUGH TO GET US TO A PLACE OF GREAT STABILITY AND THIS IS WHERE AND THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO BE BECAUSE IN THE NEXT ITEM YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT A THREE YEAR BALANCED BUDGET. HOWEVER, THE L CAP HAS TO BE ADOPTED BY JULY 1ST BECAUSE IF WE DON'T ADOPT THE EL CAP WE WILL AS A DISTRICT INCUR FINANCIAL PENALTIES FOR NOT ADOPTING AN EL CAP. MY LATEST PROJECTION OF THE PENALTY WILL GET WILL WILL BE UPWARDS OF $62.9 MILLION IF WE DON'T ADOPT THE EL CAP FOR EVERY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS DAY WHERE WE DON'T ADOPT THE EL CAP WE WILL INCUR A 1% PENALTY WHICH TRANSLATES OUT TO AROUND A $3 MILLION ADDITIONAL PENALTY. AND IF THE EL CAP IS NOT ADOPTED A BUDGET CANNOT BE ADOPTED AND VICE VERSA WHICH MEANS THAT THE STATE IS THEN
REQUIRED TO COME IN AND CONTINUE TO OVERSEE OUR BUDGET WHICH WE'VE WORKED SO HARD TO GET OUT OF STATE OVERSIGHT. SO I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE WORK THAT THE STAFF HAS DONE OVER THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF HAS HELPED ALLAY THE CONCERNS THAT THIS BOARD HAS HAD AND HAS ALSO HELPED THE BOARD SEE HOW WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF STRATEGIC DECISIONS TO ABANDON CERTAIN THINGS WHICH CLEARLY HAS HURT AND IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. BUT WE DID IT TO PRIORITIZE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD THOSE EDUCATORS WE HAD THE NEW CURRICULUMS IN OUR CLASSROOMS, WE HAD THE TRAININGS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR FOR OUR EDUCATORS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO AGAIN, I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CONVINCE THE BOARD OF THAT AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO APPROVE THE EL CAP AND THEN IN THE NEXT ITEM THE BUDGET. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO CHRISTINA TO HIGHLIGHT ANY CHANGES TO THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. AND I ALSO WANTED TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE OUR NEW EL CAP MANAGER DR. AURORA MOORE. SHE JOINED US 20 1520 DAYS AGO AND SO SHE'S CERTAINLY HAS GOTTEN HER FEET WET. AND THEN I'M ALSO JOINED BY OUR COLLEAGUES FROM BOTH ED SERVICES AND BUSINESS SERVICES THAT ARE SITTING BEHIND ME JUST IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO ANY OF THE GOALS OR GUARDRAILS. >> SO I WILL IN TO EXPEDITE AND JUST GO TO THE HIGHLIGHTS IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE FIVE. SO I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT HOW THE EL CAP THE 2627 EL CAP UPDATE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT INCLUDED THE APPLICABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS. IT ALSO INCLUDED THE DISTRICT DEPARTMENT UPDATES AND REFLECTIONS AND ALSO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FEEDBACK AND WITH THAT CAME THE 2627 EL CAP UPDATE AS THE SUPERINTEND HAS MENTIONED NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD BY JULY 1ST. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO I WANT TO AGAIN ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE EL CAP ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THEY WORKED YEAR LONG AND THEN WITHIN EACH OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THERE'S THERE WERE ALSO DELEGATES FROM ALL OF OUR PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES. THEY THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. WE REVIEWED EACH RECOMMENDATION AND CHECKED OFF THE EL CAP ALREADY INCLUDED SIMILAR LANGUAGE THAT COULD BE UPDATED THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT ALSO REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATION DETERMINES IT'S VISIBILITY AND INCLUDED A DIGITAL LANGUAGE IN THE EL CAP AS APPROPRIATE. WE ALSO ATTEMPTED TO COST EACH RECOMMENDATION WAS BECAUSE SORRY WE ALSO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATION COST SOME RECOMMENDATIONS WERE COST NEUTRAL WHILE SOME WERE CONSIDERED AS ADDITIONAL FUNDS . WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER AS ADDITIONAL FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF STAFF RESPONSES. JUST TO KIND OF GIVE ALMOST LIKE A DASHBOARD EFFECT OF LIKE HOW MANY WERE INCLUDED IN THE
EL CAP, HOW MANY WERE THAT WE WOULD REALLY NEED FURTHER CONSIDERATION NEEDED AND ALSO SOME THAT WERE PERHAPS NOT APPROPRIATE TO INCLUDE IN THE ACCOUNT WE ARE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS FOR US. >> WE YOU KNOW WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK ALREADY FROM THE DIFFERENT RESPONSES AND WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EL CAP ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN AND LEARN FROM THEM. AND I MEAN WE SEE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST THE FIRST STEP THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADJUST AND RESPOND AND FIGURE OUT WAYS TO BE ABLE TO TO RESPOND TO THEIR PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> AND THEN ALSO JUST TO POINT OUT THAT IN THE MATERIALS FOR EL CAP WE HAVE THE STRATEGIC ACTIONS COMPANION DOCUMENT TO ACCOMPANY BOTH THE EL CAP AND THE BUDGET FOR 2627 THE INITIATIVES OF EACH OF OUR INTERIM GOALS AND GUARDRAILS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS STUDENT
OUTCOMES ARE INCLUDED SO THAT INCLUDES GOALS ONE THROUGH THREE AND GUARDRAILS TWO AND FOUR AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE ARE CONTINUING ADAPTING AND ABANDONING FOR EACH INITIATIVE IS INCLUDED. IN SOME CASES IF WE'RE NOT ABANDONING THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTED A FOCAL AREA FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD IN 2627. THERE IS ALSO A COMPARISON OF THE INVESTMENTS FOR EACH INITIATIVE COMPARING THE INVESTMENTS FOR 26 TO 27. >> I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE BUDGET COMPARISON INCLUDES THE COSTS SPECIFIC TO EACH INITIATIVE ITEMS THAT DO NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO INITIATIVE WERE NOT INCLUDED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY SO THESE ARE JUST THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE JUST EXAMPLES SO WE CAN JUST THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE. NEXT SLIDE AND THIS IS THE OTHER EXAMPLE THIS IS A COMPARISON FROM 2627. NEXT SLIDE THIS IS A NEW SLIDE THAT JUST ADDS UP SUMS UP ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WITHIN EACH OF THE GOALS THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING.
NEXT SLIDE AND THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE THE BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS. AT THE BOTTOM IS A LINK TO THE CDE TEMPLATE. SOME OF THE THESE ARE SOME OF THE GRAPHICS THAT WE JUST WANTED TO PULL OUT SO THAT FOR CLARITY. SO THIS IS FOR SFI USD AND THEN NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> THIS IS FOR. THIS IS FOR THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOR SAN FRANCISCO. NEXT SLIDE. AND LASTLY WE HAVE THE ELKHART FEDERAL ADDENDUM. THIS IS THE LINK TO THE DOCUMENT. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE ELKHART FEDERAL ADDENDUM NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SUBMITTED TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SO THAT WE ARE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR ISA FUNDING BY JUNE 30TH OF EACH YEAR. SO THIS IS THIS IS IMPORTANT SO THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR TITLES ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS OR ENTITLEMENTS I SHOULD SAY FOR EACH OF THE
TITLE GRANTS THAT'S COVERED UNDER THE FEDERAL ADDENDUM. NEXT SLIDE. >> AND LASTLY MANY MANY APPRECIATIONS TO ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE EL CAP UPDATE ARE OF COURSE THE EL CAP ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR COMMUNITY PARTNERS BUDGET OFFICE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION, HUMAN RESOURCES ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING BEHIND ME LEAD RPA SPECIAL ED AND AND ALSO OUR S.F. SD DIVISION. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS . UH, COMMISSIONER GUPTA. SO YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE TEAM'S EFFORTS IN PUTTING TOGETHER A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING PRESCRIBED IN THE STUDENT OUTCOME FOCUSED GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS I THINK A GREAT FIRST STEP. AND CHRISTINE, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT YOU DO FOR THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT AND THOSE OF OUR PARENTS AND PUTTING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. THAT HAVING BEEN SAID, THIS IS A GOOD START TO THE CONVERSATION THAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN ASKING FOR FOR AT LEAST A QUARTER. SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW IF NOT LONGER AND IT STILL DOES NOT HAVE THE GOALS FOR THE 2027 SCHOOL YEAR. SO WHAT I WOULD HAVE HOPED TO HAVE SEEN IS WHAT IS IT THAT WE EXPECT TO DO WITH THE INVESTMENT FROM THE EL CAP FOR THE STUDENT OUTCOME FOCUSED GOALS THAT WE SEEK SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND IF THOSE ARE THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT TO BE ABLE TO REACH THOSE FIGURES WITHOUT THAT FIGURE OF YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE STRIVE TO SEEK WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OR THE TARGET CHANGE WE EXPECT TO SEEK? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THOSE ARE THE RIGHT LEVEL OF INVESTMENTS TO REACH THOSE TARGETS FOR GOALS ONE,
TWO AND THREE. AND SUPERINTENDENT, I MEAN YOU INDICATED IN THE BRIEFING THAT STAFF HAVE ALL BEEN TRAINED 2 TO 3 TIMES ON THEIR STUDENT OUTCOME FOCUSED GOVERNANCE AND SO YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE COULDN'T GET THIS DOCUMENT EARLIER BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WE'RE RUNNING UP AGAINST THAT DEADLINE. BUT IT'S OUR JOB AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING WE'RE HOLDING THE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE TO REACH THE GOALS THAT WE SEEK TO REACH, ESPECIALLY FOR VOCAL POPULATIONS. UM, SO DO YOU DO YOU BELIEVE WE CAN INCREASE STUDENT OUTCOMES? YOU KNOW, IF I LOOK AT OUR GOALS ONE, TWO AND THREE YOU KNOW IF WE WERE TO JUST TAKE IT ON A YEAR BY YEAR BASIS, YOU KNOW, CAN WE INCREASE A GOAL ONE BY THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS BETWEEN OCTOBER 20TH 6 TO 27 IS A GOAL FOR TO TO INCREASE IT BY 3.8 PERCENTAGE POINTS IN THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME OR GOAL THREE BY 1.6 PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM JUNE 20TH JUNE 2026 TO JUNE 2027. CAN YOU SHARE TARGET TARGET NUMBERS?
SO WE BELIEVE THAT THE CROSSWALK SHOWED OUR ALLOCATION BY THE GOALS. HOWEVER, IF STAFF CAN SPEAK MORE ABOUT THIS BUT WE DID SHARE IN THE CROSSWALK. AM I AM I CORRECT THAT WE SHARED IN THE CROSSWALK THE ALLOCATION OF GOALS BY GOALS AND I YOU KNOW WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF PROCESSING HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING IN THIS FOR THIS YEAR. WITH ALL THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE DONE RIGHT SO THE INVESTMENTS OF NEW CURRICULUM, THE INVESTMENTS OF ADDITIONAL TRAININGS FOR OUR EDUCATORS, THE INVESTMENT OF HAVING EDUCATORS IN OUR CLASSROOM AND WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME VERY PROMISING RESULTS FROM OUR STUDENTS. AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY SOON THE RESULTS OF OF THOSE THOSE TEST SCORES SOON. BUT TEAM CAN YOU TELL CAN YOU HELP ME ANSWER COMMISSIONER GUPTA'S QUESTION HERE? >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GUPTA FOR YOUR QUESTION. YOU ALL MIGHT RECALL FROM LAST SUMMER THAT THE PROCESS OF SETTING ANNUAL TARGETS NUMERICAL TARGETS FOR THE INTERIM GOALS ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN ABOUT JULY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE GET THE MOSTLY COMPLETED ASPECT RESULTS FOR WHICH WE RELY ON TO DETERMINE OUR PROGRESS ON GOAL ONE AND GOAL TWO RIGHT? SO ONCE WE RECEIVE ALMOST OFFICIAL DATA FROM THE STATE THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO DETERMINE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THE OUTCOME FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE'RE CLOSING OUT AND THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH IN THE PAST IS THAT ONCE WE HAVE THAT DATA WE CAN DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE AND BASED ON THAT SET NEXT YEAR, NEXT SCHOOL YEAR TARGET FOR DISTRICT WIDE AND ONCE WE HAVE THE DISTRICT WIDE TARGET THEN WE TRY TO CALCULATE IT KIND OF BACKWARD BACKWARDS PLANNING TO TRY TO USE THE SAME APPROACH SIMILAR APPROACH TO DEVELOP SITE LEVEL TARGETS SO THAT AS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THE MODELS SUCH THAT IF EVERY SCHOOL MEETS THE SCHOOL LEVEL TARGET AND THE DISTRICT WIDE WILL BE ABLE TO
MEET THAT TARGET AND ALL THAT WORK ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN ABOUT MID-JULY. I KNOW THE TIMING IS NOT QUITE ALIGNED WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE LIKE TO ENGAGE IN. >> WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO PUSH UP THE TIMELINE BY WHICH THEY RETURN THE RESULTS BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. BUT THERE IS A TIME CONSTRAINT AND THE DATA CONSTRAINT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH I MEAN I APPRECIATE THAT BUT IT'S YOU KNOW THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO DO MY JOB IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY SAYING THIS IS THE RIGHT LEVEL OF ALLOCATION BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE DID SET THE GOALS SAY FIVE FOR FIVE YEARS. SO YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE SQUARE THAT CIRCLE AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR PERSPECTIVE BUT AT THE SAME TIME I MEAN, YOU KNOW YEAH. AND THIS IS WHY THIS CONVERSATION WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO HAVE A FEW MONTHS AGO BECAUSE NOW IT'S SORT OF GUN TO THE HEAD KIND OF YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO GET THIS APPROVED OR WE LOSE THIS MONEY BUT OUR OUR CONCERN IS I DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'M APPROVING FOR. YOU KNOW, IF YOU TELL ME TOMORROW FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, SUPERINTENDENT VEER TO SAY WELL WE'RE JUST GOING TO HOLD STEADY BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO. I WOULD ACTUALLY VOTE NO ON THIS BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. WE OUR STUDENTS DESERVE MORE THAN JUST SAYING WE'RE GOING TO HOLD OUR GOAL STEADY OR WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO KIND OF LANGUISH WHERE WE ARE. RIGHT? I MEAN SO SO I JUST I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN VOTE YES ON THIS IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME SORT OF GOALS THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, MEASURING OURSELVES AGAINST IN TERMS OF WHY WE'RE MAKING THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT DR. KIM JUST SHARED THAT WE WON'T HAVE THE FINAL PUBLIC RESULTS OF SE BACK SCORES UNTIL MID JULY. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT WE DO HAVE A CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL THAT IS WE SENT IT TO BOARD MEMBERS TO SHARE CONFIDENTIALLY WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN OUR BACK SCORES SO WE ARE USING SOME OF THAT
KNOWLEDGE TO HELP US AND HELP GUIDE US IN THE ALLOCATION OF THE EL CAP AS WELL AS THE BUDGET LATER. DR. KIM I APPRECIATE YOUR LOGIC AND I THINK IT'S THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE ON THE BOARD AND DR. SUE I THINK THIS IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE THE EXISTING TEST SCORES, THE EXISTING DATA AND BACKWARDS MAP HOW LIKE WHAT ARE APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, INTERIM GOALS, WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS IF WE EXPECT BETTER THAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW, IF WE WANT TO EXPECT DIFFERENT WHAT RESOURCES DO WE THINK NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE IN ORDER TO GET THERE? >> I THINK THAT'S THE CONTINUED DISCONNECT WE SEE NONE OF US WANT MORE OF THE SAME. NONE OF US WANT MORE OF THE SAME. WE WANT TO TAKE THE DATA AND WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW DO WE ACCELERATE IT AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE RECOMMENDATION TRACKER AND THE RESPONSE TRACKER, I'M WHEN I AS A FORMER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER OPENING THAT I HAD
VISCERAL PTSD. I LIKE I MEAN SEEING THAT LIKE SITTING IN ACUTE PAC MEETING WHERE THEIR TOP PRIORITY IS SAFE BATHROOMS AND THEN TO READ IN HERE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS NOT FEASIBLE AND IT'S NOT EVEN BEING CONSIDERED BY STAFF. I THINK THAT IS NOT ONLY DISRESPECTFUL TO THE WORK OF THE T PAC BUT IT'S ALSO AN ABSOLUTE DISHONOR OF GUARDRAIL ONE AND THE SAME THING LIKE AND SO CHRISTINA, I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU FRAMED IT AS THIS IS THE STARTING BUT WHAT WE'RE PUTTING ON PAPER IS NOT THE WORD THAT DOESN'T MATCH THE WORD YOU'RE TELLING US HERE TONIGHT AND WHAT WE'RE APPROVING HERE ARE THE WORDS I'M ANGRY TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU KNOW, LIKE RESEARCH BASE WE SEE ALL THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IF WE WANT TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES AND IF WE WANT TO TEACH KIDS HOW TO READ AND OUR CURRICULUM ISN'T DOING IT IN HIGH DOSAGE TOTAL TUTORING THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT RESEARCH BACKED PRACTICES AND IT'S WHAT WE'VE
BEEN HEARING FROM MULTIPLE ADVISORY COMMITTEES YET WE'RE SAYING IT'S NOT FEASIBLE LIKE THESE ARE THE DISCONNECTS THAT I AM REALLY, REALLY ANGRY ABOUT STILL CONTINUING TO SEE AFTER SO MANY DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING MONTH AFTER MONTH, WEEK AFTER WEEK, YEAR AFTER YEAR. SO I NEED TO COME DOWN BECAUSE LIKE I SAID PTSD. BUT I THINK THAT'S THE DISCONNECT. DR. KIM, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE AND THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING BUT I FEEL LIKE THE TAIL IS WAGGING THE DOG HERE AND SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE FLIP TO THE STRATEGIC CONVERSATION OF HERE'S WHERE WE WANT TO GO, WHAT RESOURCES ARE WE ALIGNING? I THINK THAT'S THE CONTINUED TASK THAT IS STILL MISSING HERE. SO I'D LOVE SOME CLARIFICATION UM, AND FRANKLY TO SEE OUR DOCUMENTATION MATCH OUR WORDS. MICHELLE ALEXANDER YEAH, MAYBE BUILDING ON MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS I TOO LIKE THAT I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANGES IN FORMAT SINCE THE LAST MEETING AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A HUGE HELP BECAUSE WE CAN REALLY
SEE PARTICULARLY THE INTERIM GOALS AND GUARDRAILS BUDGET ALIGNMENT DOCUMENT. BUT LIKE HE SAID WHEN I LOOK AT IT WHAT IT SHOWS ME IS FOUR GOALS ONE, TWO AND THREE RELATIVELY LEVEL FUNDING FROM YEAR OVER YEAR FROM THIS SCHOOL YEAR TO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. >> SO THAT IMPLIES NOT THAT THERE AREN'T SOME GREAT THINGS IN THERE. I MEAN THERE'S THERE'S CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION, THERE'S INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES BUT IT IMPLIES THAT WE'RE SORT OF CONTINUING WITH THE SAME STRATEGIES AND WE HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING MORE OR LESS. I MEAN THERE ARE SOME SLIGHT CHANGES BUT BUT IT'S VERY SLIGHT AROUND THE EDGES BUT OTHERWISE WE'RE JUST STAYING WITH THE STATUS QUO AND I THINK THAT'S SORT OF THE CONCERN BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT SEEN DRAMATIC INCREASES IN STUDENT OUTCOMES AND WE'RE GOING TO FALL FARTHER AND FARTHER BEHIND OUR GOALS. I MEAN EVEN IF WE HAVE SLIGHT INCREASES IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH. SO I THINK THE BOARD HAS BEEN SAYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN WE WANT SOME DRAMATIC CHANGES IN PRACTICES AND ADULT PRACTICES IN ORDER TO CHANGE STUDENT OUTCOMES AND THAT REQUIRES MOVING RESOURCES
AROUND AND WE'VE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN WE'RE WILLING TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS ABOUT CUTTING BUT THERE'S NOT EVEN ANYTHING ON THE TABLE TO CUT. SO I MEAN TO GIVE THE EXAMPLE OF HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING I HAD THE SAME REACTION. YOU KNOW THE EL CAP COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IT. THERE'S A SORT OF ROUGH COSTING OF 8 TO $40 MILLION BUT IT SORT OF SAYS WELL, IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. WHY NOT TO $40 MILLION? WE'VE GOT $12.5 MILLION OF NEW MONEY. >> WE ALSO COULD CUT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER 10 MILLION THAT'S $2,025 MILLION WORTH OF HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING. WHAT WOULD THAT DO? AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE ANSWER BUT TO ME TO JUST SAY WE'RE NOT EVEN CONSIDERING IT, IT HASN'T BEEN PUT ON THE TABLE. IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. THAT'S MY CONCERN. RIGHT. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO SAY WHAT THE ANSWER SHOULD BE BUT IT IS OUR JOB TO SORT OF DEMAND OF STAFF THAT YOU ENGAGE IN THAT RIGOROUS ANALYSIS AND THEN MAKE IT TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC. >> AND I THINK THAT'S THE PART THAT'S ALSO QUITE IMPORTANT OR TO USE ANOTHER EXAMPLE FROM THE FROM THE THE THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECOMMEND THE FIRST
RECOMMENDATION WAS ON STAFFING STABILITY. RIGHT? SO EVERYONE AGREES WE NEED THAT IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES IF YOU HAVE MORE EXPERIENCED STABLE STAFF SO ON GUARDRAIL FOR ON THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION INTERIM GOALS AND GUARDRAILS SLIDE IT SAYS YOU KNOW WE'RE SPENDING $3.4 MILLION ON ENSURING STUDENTS HAVE QUALIFIED STAFF THIS YEAR WHICH IS THE CREDENTIALS AND STAFFING TEAM NEXT YEAR THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS IN STUDENTS HAVE QUALIFIED STAFF CREDENTIALS AND STAFFING TEAM 3.5 MILLION SO IT'S A SLIGHT INCREASE BUT THERE'S NO CHANGE IN STRATEGY. IT'S JUST THE SAME TEAM IN H.R. THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT. THERE'S NO SHIFT TO IMPROVE STABILITY OF STAFFING SO I GUESS I DON'T TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE WERE VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THEN BUT WHAT I DON'T SEE IS THE STRATEGIC ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN ORDER TO TO MEET THOSE COMMISSIONERATE. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE VERY MUCH FOR CREATING THIS
CROSSWALK. I MADE SOME REQUESTS OR SUGGESTIONS IN THE QUESTIONS THAT I SUBMITTED ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHICH STAFF INDICATED THEY WOULD PROVIDE GOING FORWARD. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I WISH WE HAD IT NOW BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION GOING FORWARD . I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS BY IN SOME SENSE DOUBLING DOWN IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT THAT WAY ON THE CONCEPT OF LOOKING TO WHERE WE CAN MAKE CUTS I HAVE SEEN VERY LITTLE HERE IN TERMS OF ABANDONED BENT AND IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE MAYBE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM ARE THINKING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK WITHIN A NARROWER WINDOW. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD ASKED ABOUT IS SAYING LIKE, YOU KNOW, LOOK, IF WE NEED TO REDUCE OR ABANDON POLICIES OR PROGRAMS OR STRATEGIES OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, EVEN OUTSIDE OF WHAT SPECIFICALLY TIED TO OUR GOALS, WE COULD LOOK AT THOSE THINGS. WE DON'T JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT LIKE MONEY THAT SOMEHOW CURRENTLY BEING SPENT RELATED
TO GOAL ONE GOAL 2 OR 3 WE CAN GO ELSEWHERE IN OUR BUDGET AND LOOK FOR YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR THINGS THAT WE CAN PARE DOWN OR GET RID OF ENTIRELY EVEN IF THAT'S A LOSS IF WE FEEL IT CAN DO GREATER GOOD IF WE ALLOCATED THOSE RESOURCES TOWARDS OUR GOALS WHICH ARE THE THING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THIS FOR TO HELP OUR STUDENTS READ TO MATH AND BE READY FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER SO IT FROM THE STAFF RESPONSES JUST SEEMED TO ME THAT FOLKS WEREN'T NECESSARILY CONSIDERING THE BROADER VIEW OF OUR BUDGET WHICH IS THAT I THINK WE CAN AND SHOULD LOOK AT WHATEVER WE NEED TO TO FIGURE OUT OPTIONS FOR BETTER RESOURCING OUR GOALS. SO I WANTED TO JUST TO RAISE THAT TO THANKS FOR FOLKS FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ADD VARIOUS DATA GOING FORWARD AND ALSO TO NOTE WITH REGARD TO ABANDONMENT. NOBODY LIKES TO LOSE THINGS BUT WE MAKE CHOICES ALL THE TIME AND WHEN WE CONTINUE TO RESOURCE SOME THINGS IT MEANS WE'RE NOT RESOURCING OTHER
THINGS LIKE I WISH THERE WAS AN INFINITE PIE BUT THERE ISN'T AND AS FOLKS HAVE SAID I THINK THAT WE ARE WE'VE MANY OF US HAVE SAID THAT WE'RE WILLING TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS SO PLEASE TAKE US YOU KNOW, TAKE US AT OUR WORD FOR WHAT WE SAY . >> AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO COMMENT ON FOR THIS. THANK YOU. I ECHO WHAT MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE SAID. WE APPRECIATE THE YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNINGS OF THIS CROSSWALK. BUT AND I DO THINK IT'S A USEFUL EXERCISE. I THINK TO ME IT WAS A USEFUL EXERCISE IN IN SOME WAYS CONFIRMING SOME THINGS THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT CONFIRMING THAT I DON'T SEE NEW STRATEGIES FOR INSTRUCTION BEING RESOURCED AND DEVELOPED. IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE ARE IN LARGE PARTS CUTTING AND PASTING FROM THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE STARTED WITH THAT HAVE GOTTEN US THIS FAR. BUT I DON'T HEAR FROM ANYONE INCLUDING THE SUPERINTENDENT, A BELIEF THAT THOSE STRATEGIES ARE ENOUGH TO GET US TO MEET OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS AND I'M HEARING A VERY UNIFIED
BOARD THAT IS READY TO MAKE REALLY BIG CHANGES TO LEAD S.F. USD INTO ITS NEXT PHASE TO BRING US UP IN IN TERMS OF OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES TO BECOME A WORLD CLASS DISTRICT THAT IS SERVING THE WORLD CLASS STUDENTS WE HAVE HERE THAT IS INVESTING IN SCHOOLS I THINK EARLIER DESCRIBED AS UNDER-RESOURCED AND SEGREGATED WHERE WE YOU KNOW WE'VE HEARD FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT WHILE THERE'S ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM LCF FOR STUDENT SUCCESS FUND THAT GOES TO SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS BUT THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH TO MAKE THOSE SCHOOLS PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT STUDENTS HAVE IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO WE NEED TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY IF WE WANT DIFFERENT RESULTS AND I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT I THINK DESPITE HAVING VERY CLEARLY DEFINED GOALS A VERY UNIFIED BOARD ON THIS, IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS A LACK OF
INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AROUND HOW TO GET US TO WHERE WE AS A BOARD AND I THINK AS A CITY AND A COMMUNITY WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE SO I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THIS WAY. >> I THINK WE'RE FINALLY STARTING TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM A STUDENT OUTCOMES LENS BUT THAT IS INTENDED TO CREATE CHANGE. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST SAY WE DID THIS EXERCISE. THE POINT OF THE EXERCISE IS TO ACTUALLY HELP PUSH THE DISTRICT INTO A NEW WAY OF RESOURCING SCHOOLS INTO A NEW WAY OF PRIORITIZING SO THAT OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES COME FIRST. I JUST WANT TO AGAIN SAY WE ARE WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF THE SCORES FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR . I SHORT OF VIOLATING ANY TYPE OF STATE RULES HERE I WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE USED OVER THIS PAST YEAR IS YIELDING THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE HOPING
FOR. I WANT I FULLY RECOGNIZE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR EDUCATORS CANNOT TURN ON A DIME. WE HAVE TO INVEST IN STABILITY . WE HAVE TO INVEST FOR THE LONG RUN. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT JUST CONSTANTLY CHANGING THE RULES, CHANGING THE PROGRAMS, CHANGING STAFF THINGS WITHIN CLASSROOMS YEAR TO YEAR. OUR TEACHERS NEED STABILITY. OUR TEACHERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS THE CURRICULUM THEY'RE TEACHING. THESE ARE THE TYPES OF TRAININGS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH OUR EDUCATORS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE RESOURCES AND THE CONFIDENCE NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE CURRICULUM TO FIDELITY THAT ALL TAKES TIME. THE FIRST STEP OF US GETTING HERE WAS THAT WE WENT FROM A 70 TO A 75% FILL RATE OF TEACHERS AT THE START OF EVERY SCHOOL
YEAR OVER THE LAST SEVERAL SCHOOL YEARS TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR STARTING WITH 95% FILL RATE OF TEACHERS IN IN IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THAT IS A HUGE STRATEGIC STEP THAT ALSO REQUIRED US TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ELSE WE COULD CUT INSTEAD OF CUTTING IN THE CLASSROOM. THAT TAKES TIME TO DEMONSTRATE IMPACT AND OUTCOMES. I, I WISH I CAN SHARE THE DATA IN A FEW MORE WEEKS WE WILL KNOW IN A WHILE WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE THE RESULTS OF THESE EFFORTS. THE RESULT OF US STAYING FOCUS IS OF US CREATING STABILITY IN THIS DISTRICT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 18 MONTHS. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT STATE TAKEOVER. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE LOSING JOBS EVERYWHERE. WE'RE ACTUALLY SAYING WE'RE WE'RE STAYING FOCUSED ON WHAT MATTERS MOST GOALS ONE, TWO AND THREE MAKING SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM, MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM, MAKING SURE THAT WE
STAY FOCUSED ON STABILITY IN THE CLASSROOM. AND SO I UNDERSTAND AND I'M HEARING THE FRUSTRATION OF THE BOARD IN THEIR DESIRE TO SAY WELL WHERE ELSE CAN WE CUT? WE JUST HEARD FROM PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT HOW WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY PRIORITIZING INFRASTRUCTURE HERE WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHERE YOU'RE YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT HOW CAN THE DISTRICT DO MORE BUILDINGS HER GROUNDS RESPOND FASTER TO OUR BUILDING ISSUES? WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY POOR KATIE HAS LOST A LOT OF STAFF IN HER DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PRIORITIZE THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR A TEACHER IN A CLASSROOM. YOU KNOW, DEVON, LIKE YOU LOST A WHOLE BUNCH OF STAFF IN CNI BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ALL OF THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES BACK IN THE CLASSROOM. WE MOVED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM AND WE
DID THAT BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO . SO I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THE THE STRATEGIES IN HERE THAT IS NOT MOVING THE NEEDLE FOR OUR STUDENTS EXCEPT I JUST FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO STAY THE COURSE THAT IT ISN'T JUST A YEAR TO YEAR CONSTANT CHANGE. WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THE HOW THE RESULTS WILL YIELD AND AND STOP THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE GIVING ME COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORD. THANK YOU. I'M ON THE EAST COAST THIS PAST BEEN NICE I'M GOING TO TRY TO STAY COHERENT THANKS TO TO THE EL CAP TEAM FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHARED IN THE MOST RECENT PRESENTATION I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR I HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS AND TO NOT HIDE THE BALL I INTEND TO VOTE FOR THE EL CAP BECAUSE I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEGATIVE FALLOUT ON THE DISTRICT GLOBALLY AND IN OUR CLASSROOMS IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT. THAT BEING SAID AND SO I'LL
JUST I'LL PUT THAT OUT THERE I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT I MEAN THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I CAN REMEMBER THAT WE ARE SEEING A DOCUMENT START TO LOOK MORE LIKE WHAT I THINK THE BOARD HAS BEEN ASKING FOR. IS THERE PROGRESS, IS THERE ROOM TO GROW? ABSOLUTELY A LOT. BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE SEEING INITIATIVES WITH A COLUMN. THIS IS STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE CONTINUING, STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE ADOPTING. I KNOW COMMISSIONER REY NOTED THAT WE DIDN'T SEE THE STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT CATEGORY WHICH I FEEL LIKE I SAW IN A BRIEFING AT SOME POINT BUT DON'T SEE IT ON IN THIS SLIDE DECK. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AND I WOULD SAY WHERE WE'RE SORT OF I REMAIN CONCERNED AND WHERE I WOULD WANT MORE IS UNDERSTANDING THE WHY AND THE RATIONALE. SO FOR EXAMPLE ON SLIDE NINE FOR ONE POINT TO FOR EXAMPLE IT SAYS WHAT STRATEGIES ARE WE ADOPTING SHIFTING FOCUS FROM CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION TO
ENABLING CONDITIONS? I THINK MORE OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT IS WHERE ARE THE DATA POINTS, WHAT IS THE WHAT ARE THE SOURCES THAT TELL US THAT THIS IS WHAT WE THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD BE ADOPTING THIS STRATEGY. THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD BE INVESTING HERE. I BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE. IT MAKES SENSE. BUT IF WE'RE PASSING A BUDGET AND PASSING AN EL CAP I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WHY AND THEN MOVING TO TO SLIDE TEN FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT IF WE LOOK HERE AT 1.3 GO 1.3 AND EVEN GO 1.3 AND FOR EXAMPLE UNDER OUR FISCAL YEAR 27 INITIATIVE D MEASURES ANALYSIS WHAT WHAT IS THAT I MEAN I KNOW I'VE ASKED IN SORT OF BRIEFINGS AND OTHER SESSIONS OF ASK WHAT THIS IS BUT I DON'T THINK THAT JUST MEASURES IN IN THE HOUSE THIS IS CLEAR WHAT THAT INITIATIVE IS AND WHY WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN IT INVESTING IT 20 K MORE AND WHY FOR EXAMPLE THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND SCHOOL SUPPORT WHY IS IT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT SAY THE SAME SO I THINK HAVING
MORE OF THAT DATA AND UNDERSTANDING THE WHY AND RATIONALE IS GOING TO BE REALLY REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD AND I THINK THAT WE SPEAKING FOR MYSELF WILL WILL HELP SORT OF ALLOW ME TO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THE INITIATIVE THAT THERE IS IN FACT REAL ALIGNMENT AND INTENTIONAL ALIGNMENT THAT FOLKS KNOW ABOUT IT AND CAN ARTICULATE WITH THESE INITIATIVES I INTEND TO VOTE YES. I'LL SAY MY SAME THING THAT I PLAN ON SAYING DURING THE BUDGET CONVERSATION I, I WANT TO VOTE NO. I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE NOW I WILL VOTE YES IN PART BECAUSE OF THE CONSEQUENCES THAT I DO BELIEVE ARE VERY REAL THAT COME FROM VOTING THIS DOWN. I THINK PART OF THE THE FEELING THAT I'M IN EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY ASKING FOR MATERIALS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND IT'S AND IT'S NOT UNTIL THERE'S THIS THREAT OF SOMETHING NOT PASSING THAT WE THEN START TO SEE DOCUMENTS THAT START TO ALIGN AND THAT'S
JUST FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCE AND AND HERE'S WHAT I WOULD SAY RIGHT? LIKE I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING IN. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS AGAIN IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT HOW WE ARE STRATEGICALLY USING OUR RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT CUTS REPRESENTS A HUGE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE AS A DISTRICT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT ANY SORT OF CHANGE IN STUDENT OUTCOMES REALLY SHOULD NOT BE TIED TO JUST HAPPENSTANCE BECAUSE WE'RE JUST CONTINUING WHAT WE'RE DOING BUT WE REALLY WANT TO SEE RATIONALE TIED TO THE STRATEGIES THAT THEN LEAD TO THOSE OUTCOMES. RIGHT? AND LAST WEEK I ASKED TWO DOCUMENTS GET ATTACHED TO OUR BOARD MEETING, ONE OF THEM CALLED EFFECTIVE BUDGET ALIGNMENT AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ WHAT IT SAYS HERE FOR BUDGET ADOPTION PART THREE ONCE THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS DRAFTED THE BUDGET THEY ARE NOW RESPONSE FOR PERSUADING THE
BOARD THAT THE FIRST PRIORITY OR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IS ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE GOALS AND THAT THE BUDGET ACCOMPLISHES THIS WHILE HONORING THE GUARDRAILS. TO BE CLEAR, IT'S THE SUPERINTENDENTS JOB TO CONVINCE THE BOARD IT IS NOT THE BOARD'S JOB TO BE EASILY CONVINCED BECAUSE THE BUDGET MUST BE A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE COMMUNITY'S VISION AND VALUES AS REVEALED BY THE BOARD ADOPTED GOALS AND GUARDRAILS. THE BUDGET MUST MUST MAKE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE GOALS THE FIRST PRIORITY FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION BY HONORING THE GUARDRAILS IN GENERAL A STATUS QUO APPROACH TO BUDGETING IS UNLIKELY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS AFTER THE BOARD HAS SET GOALS AND GUARDRAILS, A SUBSEQUENT BUDGET WOULD BENEFIT FROM A ZERO OR NEAR ZERO BASED BUDGETING APPROACH TO ENSURE MAXIMUM ALIGNMENT AFTER THE CALIBRATION YEAR BUDGET TO INITIATE THE GOALS A NORMAL BUDGETARY PROCESS IS REASONABLE. BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD BE SUSPICIOUS OF BUDGET PROCESSES THAT HAVEN'T TAKEN A ZERO OR NEAR ZERO BASED BUDGETING APPROACH IN DECADES. ALIGNMENT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY
IN THIS SCENARIO AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE I THINK WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IS NOT JUST THAT WE WANT TO BETTER INTERNALIZE AND HAVE CLARITY AROUND THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE BEING USED BUT TO BE CONVINCED THAT THOSE ARE THE RIGHT STRATEGIES AND IF NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY SHIFT RESOURCES TO MEET DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND I THINK THAT'S THE CHALLENGE I THINK THAT WE'RE IN AND I WANT TO AGAIN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE EL CAP IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT WE NEED TO FORMALLY SUBMIT TO THE STATE. MY ACTUAL CONCERN IS ACTUALLY NOT REALLY WITH THE EL CAP NOR WAS IT IS IT WITH THE SACS FORMS THAT NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO SACRAMENTO. WHAT I DO THINK WHICH WE'RE CHALLENGED WITH IS INTERNALIZING OUR RESOURCE ALLOCATION NOT JUST MONEY BUT OUR PEOPLE WHICH IS WHY I THINK OUR STAFFING MODEL'S A HUGE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION TO TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY BUILD CONFIDENCE AROUND WHAT WE ARE DOING AT THE DISTRICT AND THAT THAT TO ME IS OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW. THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF COMMENTS.
WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN WHEN THE BUDGET COMES AROUND. AND SO IF IT'S APPROPRIATE AND IF FOLKS KNOW WHERE THEY STAND WITH THIS VOTE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO ACTUALLY JUST GO AHEAD TO A VOTE AND WE ARE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVERSATIONS WHEN THE BUDGET ITEM COMES UP RIGHT NEXT WHAT I SO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS NOT COMMENTS BUT IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WILL HELP TO CLARIFY OR CHANGE SOMETHING PLEASE LET ME KNOW. COMMISSIONER FISCHER AND THEN COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CLARIFYING QUESTION BECAUSE LIKE AGAIN I THERE ARE HUGE RAMIFICATIONS FOR NOT PASSING THIS AND I REALLY DO WANT TO HONOR THE HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY STAFF RIGHT? >> LIKE IT AMAZING WORK, RIGHT? WE'VE COME A VERY LONG WAY BUT I SO I GUESS LIKE WHAT'S NEXT IF WE DO PASS THIS RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO
BE FROM SHOWING THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND LIKE I'M NOT COMFORTABLE JUST I DO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO PASS THIS AND I'M STILL NOT COMFORTABLE PASSING SOMETHING THAT COMPLETELY IGNORES AN ADVISORY RECOMMENDATION AND DOESN'T SHOW THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN THE LIKE. HOW HOW DO WE RECONCILE THOSE TWO THINGS AS A BOARD LIKE WHAT WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS THEN UNLESS THE SUPER STAFF WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT? I MEAN WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IT'S EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US ARGUABLY IS A LIVING DOCUMENT AND I THINK PART OF I THINK WHAT COMMISSIONER GUPTA WAS NAMING AT THE BEGINNING HERE IT IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE BACKED UP TO A WALL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE NO FINANCIAL WE HAVE NO WIGGLE ROOM HERE BUT TO VOTE. RIGHT. AND THIS IS I THINK INHERENTLY PART OF THE CHALLENGE WITH THE TIMING OF THIS CONVERSATION. RIGHT. AND I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT OUR MAJOR DECISIONS CONVERSATIONS RIGHT.
THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE TODAY IS THAT WE WHETHER WE LIKE TO OR NOT, WE ARE FORCED TO HAVE A VOTE RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. SO THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. THIS IS FOR A FORMAL APPROVAL OF THE EL CAP AND AND SO THAT IS THAT RIGHT? I DON'T THINK WE CAN CHANGE THAT. WE HAVE TO VOTE. I THINK THE CONVERSATION MAY CONTINUE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR AS WELL. I THERE ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS HERE FOR THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR AND HOW WE AGENDA CERTAIN DISCUSSIONS AND TOPICS. >> ALL OF THAT IS REAL BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS DOCUMENT. YES, COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER AND THEN COMMISSIONER RAY, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT SORT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN OUR CAP AND BUDGET. >> SO IF IT'S OKAY I'LL JUST ASK THEM NOW AND I WON'T ASK THEM IN THE NEXT ROUND. BUT BUT SO THEY'RE REALLY AROUND THE EQUITY STRATEGY TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS WHO NEED THE MOST SUPPORT GET GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO ACTUALLY MEET THE GOALS AND THIS CAME UP A LOT AT THE LAST MEETING TOO. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES TO ADDRESS THEM. YOU KNOW, ONE THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GROUP OF HIGH POTENTIAL PLUS SCHOOLS LIKE THERE WERE A BUNCH OF
PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM MARSHALL ELEMENTARY WHO SAID THAT THEIR CORE SUB WAS CUT AFTER THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH NO OPPORTUNITY FOR APPEALS. AND SO I'M I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THOSE IF THERE'S BEEN ANY CHANGES AROUND THAT. WE HEARD SOMETHING SIMILAR FROM SANCHEZ ABOUT REVISIONS AFTER THE BUDGET PROCESS WE HEARD ABOUT TONIGHT ABOUT REDDING AND PERHAPS THERE BEING THE ARABIC PROGRAM BEING CLOSED WITHOUT AN APPEALS PROCESS. >> SO I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AROUND SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC POINTS I HAVE THOSE BEEN ADDRESSED? >> IS THERE AND AND OR WHAT IS THE SORT OF EQUITY OR WHAT IS THE THE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE EQUITY BASED CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MEETING? YES, THANK YOU. AND AS I SHARED DURING MY OPENING COMMENTS, WE WE DID WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PRIORITIZE HAVING A QUALIFIED TEACHER IN EVERY CLASSROOM BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS
GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS ACHIEVING GOALS ONE, TWO AND THREE WHICH ARE THE GOALS THAT THE BOARD HAS LAID OUT FOR US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TRY TO ACHIEVE. WE'VE TALKED MANY TIMES ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS TO GET TO A THIRD GRADE READING LEVEL OF 70% AND THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS A LOT OF OUR ENERGY, A LOT OF OUR RESOURCES ON TRYING TO GET AND ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. SO AGAIN THAT THAT IS WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARDS IN THIS BUDGET AND PART OF THE STRATEGY WAS WAS FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IDENTIFIED SOME SCHOOLS THAT NEEDED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS WHICH IS WHY WE CREATED THE HIGH POTENTIAL PLUS SCHOOLS ALBEIT WE SHOULD HAVE USE A DIFFERENT WORD A DIFFERENT NOMENCLATURE HERE BUT IT WAS IDENTIFYING SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN REALLY HARD TO STAFF FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS HAVE HISTORICALLY STRUGGLED WITH STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS SO WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THOSE SCHOOLS HAD ACCESS TO TO BE ABLE TO TO HIRE THE HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS FIRST. SO THAT WAS ONE ONE DIRECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE HAVE TIME WE'VE ALSO IN THE LAST ROUND OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT WE WORKED WITH EACH OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND REALLY HEARD THEM OUT ABOUT THEIR APPEALS FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING. WE USE CERTAIN DATA POINTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT LIKE ON DUPLICATED PUPIL COUNTS. SO THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAVE VERY HIGH POPULATIONS OF OF OUR VOCAL STUDENT POPULATION AND SO FOR ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS THAT REQUESTED ADDITIONAL STAFFING WE APPROVED THOSE REQUEST. WE LOOKED AT CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS LIKE THE SENSE OF SAFETY IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL PERHAPS TENS OR ADDITIONAL COUNSELORS OR ADDITIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS. SO WE DID TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATIONS STUDENT NEEDS, COMMUNITY NEEDS AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. SO AGAIN I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I DID NOT PUT THAT ONTO A PIECE OF PAPER SOMEWHERE BUT WE DID USE THAT THOSE LENS, THAT LENS DURING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. >> SO JUST TO CLARIFY SO SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE THE MARSHALL COURSE POSITION IS BEING RESTORED OR SOME VERSION OF IT WE WERE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE BUDGET TEAM IN THE H.R. TEAM WHAT WE BELIEVE THE MARSHALL COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR IS AN INTERVENTION TEACHER BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THEY'RE USING THIS PARTICULAR PERSON AND AND QUITE FRANKLY TO CALL IT THE PERSON OF COURSE JOB DOESN'T REALLY POINT TO THE REAL WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT AND THEN THE THE OTHER EXAMPLES LIKE SANCHEZ AND AND REDDING WERE THERE WERE THOSE RESOLVED IN SOME WAY. >> SO THE SANCHEZ AND REDDING
SITUATION WELL, THE REDDING SITUATION WE'RE NOT WE WERE NOT CUTTING THE ARABIC TEACHER SO THAT'S I DON'T KNOW MAYBE THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING. I DO KNOW THAT WE STRUGGLE TO FIND A CERTIFICATED ARABIC INSTRUCTOR SIMILAR TO A WE STRUGGLE TO FIND A SPANISH EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE SPANISH EDUCATOR. SO A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN'T FILL THOSE POSITIONS BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND THE CERTIFICATED TEACHER FOR IT BUT WE ARE YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT AMY BAER, OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF H.R . AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE PROVIDE SUPPORTS TO THOSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT FOR A LOT OF OUR BILINGUAL EDUCATORS THEY ARE SITTING ON OR THEY ARE IN OUR CLASSROOMS BECAUSE OF EMERGENCY CREDENTIALING AND SOME OF THOSE EMERGENCIES OR EMERGENCY CREDENTIALING HAVE EXPIRED. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN EXTEND BUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THOSE EDUCATORS TO FAST TRACK THEIR CREDENTIALING.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE COMMISSIONERS TO ASK YOUR TEACHER QUESTIONS AND TO CLARIFY I THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM FOR THAT REMINDER AND JUST TO BE CLEAR I WAS USING THOSE AS SPECIFIC EXAMPLES TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT EQUITY BECAUSE WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM STAFF IS THAT THERE ARE LIMITED EQUITY FACTORS IN THE FORMULA AND THE WAY THEY'RE ADDRESSING EQUITY ISSUES IS THROUGH APPEALS. AND SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THESE APPEALS. SO I HOPE THAT NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE A MORE STRATEGIC FORMULA AROUND EQUITY SO THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THESE ONE OFFS. SO THAT'S I WAS JUST KIND OF ASKING BECAUSE THOSE WERE THE ONES WE HAD HEARD ABOUT. >> BUT I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU AND I ACTUALLY THINK PART OF MY FRUSTRATION WAS THAT IT WASN'T TO ME IT DIDN'T SEEM SUPER STRATEGIC. RIGHT. AND THEN AND THEN MARSHALL WAS COMING AFTER THE FACT AND SAYING WELL OUR SUB GOT BROUGHT IN LATE AND BUT ALL THESE THINGS SO SO I'M GLAD THEY'RE BEING ADDRESSED AND I HOPE THAT NEXT YEAR THAT THERE CAN BE A MORE STRATEGIC FOCUS ON ON THESE EQUITY STRATEGIST AS WELL. >> YEAH SO AND I JUST I JUST
AGAIN WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YES WE SHOULD WE SHOULD WRITE THESE THINGS DOWN. WE SHOULD HAVE THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS TO SAY THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ALLOCATION WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE SCHOOLS WITH HIGH TITLE ONE POPULATIONS WE'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW SO I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO TO IF WE'RE STARTING SOONER AND YEAH OUR NEW DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF AT SERVICES HAVE ALREADY TOLD ME THAT HE'S GOING TO WANT TO EVEN START SOONER SO SO IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT BUSINESS SERVICES THEY ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO START THE BUDGET PROCESS SOONER AND AS WE ARE DOING THAT SOONER MEANING WE WILL THEN HAVE TO ARTICULATE HOW WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE THE ALLOCATIONS, HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE THE THE THE EQUITY ALLOCATION THAT THIS BOARD IS PRIORITIZING. >> COMMISSIONER REY THANK YOU. I DIDN'T ACTUALLY USE ALL MY TIME ON THE FIRST ROUND BUT WE'RE GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL TIME SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ABOUT MTC AND THE
QUESTION ABOUT A NEW DOCUMENT THAT WE JUST RECEIVED TODAY. SO MY QUESTIONS ABOUT MTC ARE IS THE STAFF RESPONSE ON OUR NEW MTC SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS WHICH SAYS IT'S A WHOLE CHILD OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DO THE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS THE THREE LEVELS OF INTERVENTION CORRESPOND AND ESSENTIALLY TWO TIERS ONE, TWO AND THREE AS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME TIERS AND DOES MTC BEYOND TIER ONE ONLY ADDRESS STUDENTS WITH IEPS OR DOES IT COVER ALL STUDENTS? IT'S MY FIRST QUESTION. THANKS. IN ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION, MTC IS A SYSTEM THAT DESCRIBES SUPPORTS FOR SOME FEW OR ALL STUDENTS IN THE PAST. A FEW YEARS BACK THE DISTRICT APPLIED THAT TO SCHOOLS SO THEY HAD SUPPORTS FOR ALL SCHOOLS, SOME SCHOOLS AND A FEW SCHOOLS. >> THIS EMPTIEST IS REFERRING TO STUDENTS WITHIN SCHOOLS SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT AND SO
THAT IS IS WHAT WE'RE BUILDING OUT NOW. OKAY. SO THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE TIER ONE, TIER TWO AND TIER THREE AS BEFORE. BUT CAN YOU JUST ALSO CLARIFY DOES TIER TWO AND TIER THREE, DOES THAT APPLY? COULD THAT APPLY POTENTIALLY TO ALL STUDENTS OR JUST TO STUDENTS WITHOUT IPPIS THAT'S RIGHT. >> IT'S FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ALSO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT? A STUDENT MIGHT BE A TIER THREE BECAUSE THEIR ATTENDANCE BUT AT GRADE LEVEL. >> SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. >> COMMISSIONER REY IF YOU HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BECAUSE THAT IT I KNOW MY QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT THE NEW DOCUMENT SO DOING CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON THIS AND THEN NEW QUESTION IF THERE'S STRATEGIC QUESTIONS I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO BRING THOSE FORWARD. IF THERE'S CLARIFYING QUESTIONS TO KNOW MORE I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUBMIT THOSE ARE BY OKAY SO MY NON CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ARE TO THE NEW DOCUMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY THAT WE RECEIVED A CDE
WROTE A LETTER THE PREVIOUSLY BUT WE ONLY RECEIVED THAT TODAY AND IT INCLUDED A LISTING OF CONSEQUENCES. I'M ABOUT TO HAVE ELIOT SPEAK IF YOU OKAY ADDRESSES YOUR QUESTION. >> OKAY SO PART OF MY QUESTION WAS WHY WE DIDN'T GET THIS TOTAL TILL TODAY WHICH I'LL HAVE PROBABLY CAN'T ANSWER. SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHY THIS WASN'T SENT TO US EARLIER. I'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT CONSEQUENCES CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND THE SECOND QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE IN THE CDE LETTER THERE'S A REFERENCE TO OUTSTANDING UNRESOLVED FEDERAL PROGRAM MONITORING FINDINGS WHICH WILL IMPACT OUR CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION, OUR ABILITY TO RECEIVE AND EXPEND VARIOUS TITLE FEDERAL TITLE FUNDS. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT THOSE FINDINGS ARE AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO ADDRESS THIS. THANK YOU. IF I COULD ACTUALLY BRING THAT AGAIN I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO THE CAP SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO BRING THAT QUESTION TO EARTH THROUGH THE RFI PROCESS UNLESS THERE IS A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP HERE THAT CAP AND OTHER CONSEQUENCES LETTER THAT'S WHY
THAT'S YEAH WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS IS WHILE WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT OR NO I JUST APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO GET THROUGH CONSEQUENCES OF NOT APPROVING THE THE EL CAP, THE SOPA AND THE BUDGET. AND THEN COMMISSIONER, AGAIN I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO KIND OF SUBMIT THAT CLARIFYING QUESTION . BUT IF THERE IS ONE THAT'S RELATED TO YOUR DECISION ON THE EL CAP, PLEASE DO ASK THAT RIGHT NOW AND THEN I'M GOING TO BRING IT OVER TO ELLIOTT. >> CAN I JUST KNOW IF THE UNRESOLVED FEDERAL PROGRAM THINGS DOES THAT RELATE TO THE EL CAP IN SOME WAY OR NOT? >> I, I CAN QUICKLY ADDRESS THAT. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. SO THE FEDERAL MONITORING PROCESS WE HAD TWO FEDERAL AUDITS BASICALLY THIS PAST YEAR . OUR SECOND ONE WITH COUNTY ACTUALLY CLEARED COMPLETELY. WE ARE WORKING ON THE REMAINING FINDINGS FOR OUR OUR DISTRICT FEDERAL PROGRESS MONITORING. SO WE'RE IN PROGRESS. WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR REVIEWERS. WE'VE CLEARED ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM WITH WITH THE HOPES IN MIND THAT KNOWING THAT WE
ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT TO APPLY FOR OUR APPLICATION FOR OUR TITLE FUNDING OR OKAY. THANK YOU, ELIOT. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT KIM A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY. FIRST OF ALL, THE EL CAP IS A VERY SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED DOCUMENT. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY THE STATE TO SHOW HOW THE DISTRICT WAS INCREASING AND IMPROVING SERVICES TO YOUR FOCUS STUDENTS NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS. IT DOES NOT ENCOMPASS EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING. YOUR VGS ARE MUCH BIGGER THAN THE EL CAP. THEY'RE ASPIRATIONAL INTENTIONAL. THE EL CAP IS A TRACKING DOCUMENT. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE THIRD YEAR OF YOUR EL CAP AND I RARELY DENIES THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THE LETTER. I DON'T THINK A PART OF THE REASON IT CAME LATE TO THE DISTRICT BECAUSE CD AS WELL AS MYSELF WERE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT THE BUDGET MAY NOT BE PASSED OR THE EL CAP MAY NOT BE PASSED. SO THERE'S SOME RESEARCH NEEDED TO BE DONE SO IT YOU KNOW
AND IN THE PAST YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS AS DISTRICT STAFF OF OURS, WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCE SOURCES AND I'VE SAID WE DON'T DEAL WITH HYPOTHETICALS BUT SO THIS IS BASICALLY THE LAW. THE LAW IS IF YOU DON'T PASS THE THE EL CAP AND DR. SUE REALLY SAID IT VERY ELOQUENTLY THERE IS A PENALTY AND IT WOULD BE ASSESSED AND THEN YOU CANNOT PASS THE BUDGET. SO NOT ONLY WOULD YOU BE ASSESSED THE PENALTY, YOU MAY NOT GET YOUR PORTION OF IT AT ALL. AND TO COMMISSIONER GUPTA'S SPECIFIC QUICKLY, I KNOW THAT THIS FEELS LIKE A GUN TO YOUR HEAD THIS IS WHAT EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT IN THE STATE HAS TO DO AND THE EL CAP REALLY IS AND SHOULD BE AN ITERATIVE ITERATIVE PROCESS AND GET THE WHOLE WORLD IN WHERE YOU HAVE THE KIND OF EXACTLY THE KIND OF DIALOG THAT YOU'RE HAVING TONIGHT AND IT'S WELL WITHIN THE ROLE OF THE BOARD TO SET ACCOUNTABILITY TO REACH BOTH
THE EL CAP GOALS AS WELL AS YOUR VGS SO AGAIN I AND NOT THIS BOARD BUT IN THE PAST CTE AS WELL AS THE YOUR ADVISORS NOW EXPERTS HAVE BEEN ALSO ASKED WHY WE DIDN'T MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WERE SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I FELT COMPELLED TO SPEAK SO THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO AMBIGUITY IN TERMS OF OF WHAT THE ACTIONS OF THE BOARD WILL RESULT IN. I THINK THAT'S I'LL JUST RESTATE WHAT I SHARED EARLIER. I THINK THIS WAS IN THE LAST MEETING I, I AGREE WITH YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS EVEN AN EL CAP OR A BUDGET ISSUE DIRECTLY PER SE. WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT WE ARE A STUDENT FOCUSED ALIGNED DISTRICT. OUR OWN TRAINING, GOOD GOVERNANCE EFFORTS, DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON OURSELVES ARE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE ASKING AND WHETHER
THAT SHOWS UP IN THE EL CAP OR THE BUDGET I THINK IS SOMEWHAT BESIDES THE POINT. THE BIGGER QUESTION IS ARE WE ABLE TO BE OR DO WE HAVE WE INTERNALLY OURSELVES AS COMMISSIONERS AND I THINK COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YOU PHRASE THIS I THINK IN THE LAST MEETING I THOUGHT QUITE WELL FRANKLY ANYONE IN THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE BE SHOULD BE ASKED THE QUESTION OF DO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE INVESTING IN AND WHAT OUR MAJOR STRATEGIES ARE AND THERE SHOULD BE CONSISTENCY IN THAT RESPONSE. AND AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASPIRING TOWARDS, RIGHT? AND AND I THINK THAT THE AGAIN, I'LL JUST NAME THE FRUSTRATION THAT I FEEL IS IS AGAIN IN THE 11TH HOUR SEEING KIND OF MOVEMENT HAPPEN AND AGAIN DEEPLY APPRECIATE THAT MOVEMENT VERY GRATEFUL FOR STAFF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER RESOURCES THAT ARE I THINK WHAT I SHARED IN THE BRIEFING WAS IT FELT LIKE Y'ALL STARTING TO MEET US WHERE WE WERE AND I APPRECIATED THAT DEEPLY AND IT'S WEEKS BEFORE WE'RE VOTING ON A BUDGET. WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND SO I THINK
THERE'S THAT DISCONNECT THERE WITH WHAT'S BEING RECEIVED AND WHEN. AND SO I JUST WANT TO NAME THAT HERE I'M GOING TO MOVE US FORWARD ONCE I FIND THE SCRIPT AND MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT THING UP. UH, DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 266-23 ESP THREE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSAL ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE 2427 LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN AND L CAPITAL ADDENDUM THE PASCO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND STAFF SCHOOL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL COVER PLEASE COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER A RELUCTANT YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA NO. VICE PRESIDENT HULING NO. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. >> PRESIDENT KIM YES. THANK YOU TO THE OUR CAP TEAM. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO MOVING TO ITEM
3 TO 6 ACCESS TO THREE FOR SUPERINTENDENTS PROPOSAL FISCAL YEAR 2627 RECOMMENDED BUDGET ADOPTION CAN HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM F3266 DASH 23 ESP FOUR IS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS ITEM DR. SU THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM AS THE TEAM IS MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE DAIS I'M VERY PLEASED TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2627 BUDGET FOR THE BOARD'S ADOPTION OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER TO ADDRESS A SERIOUS FISCAL CRISIS IN OUR DISTRICT AS IF U.S. WAS ON THE BRINK OF FISCAL INSOLVENCY AND WE AS A TEAM WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD TO TO ENSURE THAT WE FOUGHT THAT AND ADDRESSED IT HEAD ON DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF THE STAFF AND BOLD ACTIONS BY THIS GOVERNANCE TEAM AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CDC. THANK YOU ELIOT AND OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND FAMILIES WE WERE ABLE TO TURN THE CORNER TO STABILIZE THE DISTRICT. THIS PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES
FOR THE FIRST TIME A THREE YEAR BALANCED BUDGET. THIS MEANS THAT OUR FINANCES ARE STABLE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. WE HAVE MOVED FROM A NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION BY THE STATE TO A SELF-CERTIFY AS BEING POSITIVE . WE HAVE SINCE ESTABLISHED AND IMPLEMENTED IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM FIGMENT SUCH AS POSITION CONTROL DANIEL IS HERE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE. I WANT TO THANK DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES CHRIS BENITEZ, OUR CFO NEHRU CHAIR OF MINE. GOT IT. I WILL GET THIS RIGHT JENNIFER SCHUSTER AND OF COURSE DANIEL MUNOZ AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE FISCAL AND BUDGET TEAM FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. LASTLY AGAIN I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH ELLIOTT TO SHINE AND TINA FROM KDDI FOR THEIR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP. AS I STATED IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM FOR EL CAB I AGAIN WANT TO ASK THAT THE BOARD PLEASE ADOPT
THIS BUDGET BECAUSE IF WE DO NOT ADOPT THE BUDGET THERE ARE SERIOUS FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES. THE DISTRICT WOULD NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE FUNDS TO OPERATE AND WE WOULD HAVE TO OPERATE UNDER THE LAST APPROVED BUDGET. SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ADOPT THIS BUDGET IF THE BUDGET IS NOT ADOPTED AND IS NOT SUBMITTED WITHIN THE 14 DAYS AFTER JULY 1ST THE THE STATE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO WITHHOLD STIPENDS SALARIES, BENEFITS AND OTHER EXPENSES OF THE DISTRICT FROM FUND REIMBURSEMENT. SO AGAIN I, I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE STAFF HAS AGAIN SHARED AND HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONVINCE THE BOARD THAT THIS BUDGET IS THE APPROPRIATE BUDGET, THAT THE BUDGET IS MOVING THE NEEDLE TOWARDS OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES AND THAT WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PASS THIS BUDGET. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO CHRIS AND YOU ROUTE TO RUN THROUGH PRESENTATION QUICKLY.
I'M GOING TO TAKE MY CUE FROM PRESIDENT KIM AND HE CAN CORRECT ME SUPERINTENDENT OR YOU CAN IF YOU'D LIKE TO THAT THE PRESENTATION THEN REMAINS THE SAME THE SIX FORMS REMAIN THE SAME. THEY ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE EL CAP THAT WAS REVIEWED THIS EVENING WHICH THE BOARD JUST APPROVED AS WELL AS THE CELL PHONE WHICH WAS APPROVED PRIOR TO THAT AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER BUDGETING EXERCISES THAT WE WENT ON EARLIER THIS YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO REFLECT BACK TO THE BOARD. I DO LISTEN TO LOTS OF YOUR CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL OF YOU AND SOMETHING THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND A NUMBER OF YOU POINTED OUT TO SEE THE TYPE OF OF ENDEMIC CHANGE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HAS TO START MUCH EARLIER IN THE YEAR THAN WHEN WE ARE GETTING READY TO PASS REQUIRED GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS FOR THE STATE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT AND WE DO HAVE A NEW PARTNER COMING IN ON THE ED SERVICES SIDE WHICH I'M EXCITED FOR
THOSE CHANGES NEED TO BE CONTEMPLATED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR FROM JULY 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AT THE STATUTORY DEADLINE IS THAT DISTRICTS HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES BECAUSE OF COURSE BIG BUDGETARY CHANGES HAVE TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE END OF JANUARY AND HAVE TO BE PROJECTED OUT. AND SO YOU'RE CORRECT IN SAYING THAT THAT TYPE OF CHANGE NEEDS TO BE PLANNED FOR IN ADVANCE TO BE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET. BUT ALSO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A RELATIVELY NARROW PORTION OF YOUR BUDGET RIGHT OVER 85 ROUGHLY IN THIS DISTRICT AROUND 87% TO 89% DEPENDING UPON WHICH ARGUMENT YOU FOLLOW OF OUR BUDGET ACTUALLY GOES TO STATUTORILY REQUIRED EXPENSES, RIGHT? SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY NARROW PORTION AND MUCH OF IT ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE. SO JUST SOME SOME PERSPECTIVE. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT THAT THAT PROCESS HAS TO HAPPEN FAR IN ADVANCE OF THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS WHEN CHANGE ACTUALLY IS IS NOT TAKING PLACE. IT'S JUST WE ARE ACTUALLY CONTEMPLATING AND ENCAPSULATING
ALL OF THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE YEAR INTO A INTO A BUDGET AN EL CAP DOCUMENT SO SO YOU HAVE THAT TIMELINE CORRECT. BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE ASKED US TO REVIEW IN PUBLIC. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER SO LAST AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD A SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE COMMITMENT OF 12.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT STRATEGIES FOR STUDENT AND STAFF AND THERE'S A LIST OF POSSIBILITIES THERE. I'M CURIOUS WHY THAT HASN'T WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A BUT WHY HAVEN'T WE INVESTED THAT MONEY? WHAT'S STOPPING US FROM USING THAT? NO CUTS. IT'S SITTING THERE. WHY HAVEN'T WE MADE A PLAN ALIGNED TO THE INVESTMENTS AROUND THE GOALS FOR THAT? AS YOU'VE HEARD STAFF SAY THE BUDGET IS A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON ENHANCING OUR BUDGET AND ADDING AND UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE AWAY WE STILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE STATE TO TO FINALIZE THE
BUDGET. SO NUMBER ONE, WE CANNOT BE BUILDING ANYTHING ON MONEYS THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED. BUT BUT HAVING SAID THAT, WE ARE VERY EXCITED. WE DON'T PARTICULARLY FORESEE THAT THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AT LEAST WE HOPE NOT. I HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR NEW DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SERVICES AROUND HOW WE COULD PRIORITIZE THE FULL $12.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT MOVING THE NEEDLE FOR ED SERVICES. THERE ARE ALREADY SIGNIFICANT IDEAS THAT JOHN DAVIS HAS ALREADY SHARED WITH ME LIKE DEEPER ADDITIONAL SUPPORT STAFF IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING WHERE SUPPORT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT STAFF COULD BE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY ENSURING THAT WE HAVE MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAININGS FOR OUR TEACHERS. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT JOHN HAS SHARED WITH ME BUT IN A FEW LITERALLY A FEW MORE WEEKS WE WILL KNOW FOR SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS IN OUR BUDGET AND BY THAT TIME JOHN DAVIS WILL BE HERE AND WE WILL
WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE EXECUTIVE TEAM TO THEN ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS. >> JUST JUST TO CLARIFY THIS 12.5 MILLION IS NO MORE OR LESS CERTAIN THAN ALL OF THE REST OF THE BUDGET. SO I MEAN IT'S NOT THERE'S NOTHING THAT COULD HAVE WOULD HAVE STOPPED US FROM PLANNING ALREADY. I GUESS I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY IT'S A COMMITMENT AND NOT JUST BUDGETED FOR INITIATIVES AND INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GOALS TOO. SO SO IT IS BUT REMEMBER IT'S ITERATIVE SO WHEN WE GOT THE MAY REVISE AND WE ENDED UP WITH WITH SOME MORE MONEY YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE L CAP DOCUMENT IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS LAID OUT TONIGHT DID HAVE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS. I THINK THE TOTAL NET DIFFERENCE WAS AROUND THE BIGGEST CATEGORY THAT WENT UP WAS ABOUT $12 MILLION. SO THAT HAD BEEN HAD BEEN CONCEIVED OF AND ADDED TO THE BUDGET SIX DOCUMENTS. BUT AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO STOP CHANGING THE DOCUMENTS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE TIME TO SUBMIT THEM TO THE STATE BUT WE DON'T ALSO WANT TO ADD THINGS
HAPHAZARDLY. SO THE DELTA OF WHAT'S LEFT TO INVEST RATHER THAN BEING HAPHAZARD ABOUT IT WE PUT ASIDE AS A COMMITMENT KNOWING THAT WE WANT TO INVEST THAT FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND THE END THINGS ARE ITERATIVE. SO FOR EXAMPLE I JUST WORKED WITH H.R. WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HARD TO STAFF POSITIONS AND WE'VE ACTUALLY FOUND A SOLID PARTNER IN THE J VISA CATEGORY TO HELP US RECRUIT FOR FOR SHORTAGE POSITIONS IN THE STATE SPECIFICALLY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS. SO WE'VE WE'VE FOUND A PARTNER THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO THEN RECRUIT THROUGH GSA WHICH IS GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL PARTICULARLY TO POTENTIALLY OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. THAT'S A TWO YEAR COMMITMENT OF BETWEEN 2 AND $2.5 MILLION A YEAR. WE NOW HAVE A PLACE TO TAKE THAT FROM. BUT BUT THE DOCUMENTS ARE SO DETAILED AND CUMBERSOME THAT WE CAN'T JUST CHANGE THEM WITH A DROP OF A HAT. SO AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO STOP ADDING WE SET IT ASIDE AND WE HAVE A PLACE TO DRAW FROM WHICH IS WHAT ALL OF OUR COMMITMENTS ARE. >> SO MAYBE THIS IS THE TECHNICAL QUESTION FOR YOU THEN IF WE THEN BUDGET THAT MONEY
AND THEN END UP WITH I MEAN JUST HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE THE RESERVE CAP REQUIREMENT? >> SO RIGHT NOW THE COMMITMENTS ARE IN EXCESS OF A RESERVE CAP REQUIREMENT. IT IS THAT IS THE VEHICLE TO TO DO THAT. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER? IT MEANS THAT ANYTHING THAT COMES IN ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS AS LONG AS WE DON'T GO OVER 12.5 MILLION WE HAVE A PLACE TO THEN BUDGET THEM BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER RIGHT WHEN WE DO THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE SACS FORM. SO I JUST SHARED WITH YOU THAT IN MY WORK WITH H.R. JUST THIS LAST WEEK WE SPENT 5 MILLION OF THAT TO START DOING RECRUITMENT OF THOSE HARD TO FILL POSITIONS WHICH ALSO IS ALIGNED WITH OUR NEW NEW E BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND THE GOALS OF THE DISTRICT AND SO IT GIVES ME A PLACE TO PUT THAT NOW LET'S SAY THAT WE END UP INVESTING 17 MILLION THEN WE'LL BURN THROUGH THAT WHOLE COMMITMENT AND A LITTLE BIT MORE AND IT'LL SHOW UP IN THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE TAX DOCUMENTS. WE HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY BECAUSE LIKE I SAID IT'S A
FAIRLY COMPLEX SYSTEM AND SO WE JUST DO IT ITERATIVELY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. >> SO THE INTENTION IS TO SPEND THESE WHICH I GUESS IS YES THAT IS THE POINT ALSO OF OF THE RESERVE I MEAN OF OF THE RESERVE CAP WE ARE MEETING THE RESERVE CAP AS LONG AS WE IN FACT BUDGET AND SPEND IS IS THAT JUST THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT AND THOSE COMMITMENTS ARE ALL THOSE THAT ARE CALLED OUT NOT THE 12.5 THAT WAS THE EXTRA THAT I SAID IN MY CONVERSATION WITH MARIA CAN WE DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN PUT TOWARDS THIS? I SAID YEAH, WE STILL HAVE 12.5. THE OTHER COMMITMENTS WERE THOSE CALLED OUT BY THE STATE AS BEING LIKELY LIABILITIES THIS YEAR THAT THEY DIDN'T THEY CAN'T DIRECT US TO PUT IT IN THERE BUT THEY WERE TELLING US YOU REALLY NEED TO PUT IT THERE BECAUSE THESE THINGS MIGHT MATERIALIZE. THAT WAS THE PREGNANCY LEAVE REQUIREMENT AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL PROTECTIONS. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL I'LL JUST SAY I REMAIN WITH SORT OF MAYBE MY FINAL COMMENT IS JUST SIMILAR
CONCERNS AS WITH THE CAP AND YEAH I DON'T THESE ARE REALLY TOUGH VOTES BECAUSE IT DOES PUT US WE'RE SORT OF BACK AGAINST THE WALL AND I THINK IT'S IT'S FRUSTRATING TO HEAR HONESTLY THAT YOU KNOW, ALL THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT APPROVING THE BUDGET WHEN AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED THE THE THE BOARD HAS BEEN ASKING FOR A STRATEGIC BUDGET FOR A LONG TIME AND WE'VE BEEN USING CERTAIN OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE AND WE KNEW LAST FALL THAT THIS WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO START EARLY AS YOU SAID. I MEAN THERE'S NOT IT'S NOT A SECRET THAT TO BE STRATEGIC YOU HAVE TO PLAN FAR IN ADVANCE SO AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION NOW FOR FIVE YEARS ON THE BOARD OF BEING ASKED TO APPROVE BUDGETS WHICH AREN'T PARTICULARLY STRATEGIC. SO I'M STILL NOT SURE HOW I'M GOING TO VOTE ON THIS BUT IT'S IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO BE TO HAVE THE ONLY POINT OF LEVERAGE BE THE BUDGET VOTE AND AS I THINK PRESIDENT KIM SAID, IT'S THEN IT'S LIKE WE HAVE TO YOU KNOW THE BOARD THEN THEN WE SEE THE ACTION AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE LIKE OKAY LET'S LET'S TRY TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD IS HAPPY WITH THIS BUT THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT STRATEGIC AND THAT'S NOT HOW TO RUN A SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO BE CLEAR
AS A BOARD WITH OUR INTENTIONS SO THAT WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO BE STRATEGIC TO SERVE OUR KIDS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO WHEN HOWEVER WE ALL VOTE, I JUST THINK WE WANT TO BE CLEAR TO STAFF AND EVERYBODY THAT THAT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF UNITY ON THE BOARD AROUND THAT. COMMISSIONER FISHER AGREED I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY UNIFIED AND I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER LEADERSHIP TEAM PROPS FOR I DON'T THINK THINGS WERE NECESSARILY OUTLINED AS STRATEGY BUT THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE AND IN SOME CASES THEY WERE MULTIPLE CURRICULA ADOPTIONS YOU KNOW HUGE BUDGET CUTS TO GET US TO POSITIVE FISCAL CERTIFICATION IN DECEMBER POSITION CONTROL I APPRECIATE THE NAMING OF THE HIGH CLASSROOM STAFFING RATES, YOU KNOW, GETTING US TO PLACES WE HAVEN'T BEEN. YOU KNOW THE THE WORK YOU DID TO CREATE HIGH POTENTIAL SCHOOLS AND ALL THIS WITH THIS A LOT OF BUMPS AND HURDLES ALONG THE WAY YOU KNOW I MEAN IT'S IT HASN'T BEEN THE EASIEST YEAR AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT FRANKLY
THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLANS THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THOSE HAVE BEEN OUR STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT RIGHT? SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR PUSH TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT CLASSROOMS ARE FULLY STAFFED, ONE OF THE STRATEGIC THINGS THAT YOU ABANDONED WAS OUR ARTISTS WHICH FRANKLY WAS TIER TWO INTERVENTIONS AND RIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY HARD CUTS THAT WE'VE MADE. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT. SO I THINK MY QUESTION MOVING FORWARD IN THE IN THE ALLOCATION PROCESS, IN THE RESOURCE ALIGNMENT PROCESS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THIS IN A BRIEFING LAST WEEK I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE TERRITORY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, YOU GIVE US THIS AND WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO ASK HIM WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO PUSH FOR MORE AND THAT'S OUR JOB AS COMMISSIONERS. I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT HONORS THE WORK OF STAFF THE ELKHART FOLKS WHO ARE HERE, ALL THE FOLKS WHO ARE SITTING AT THE TABLE IN FRONT OF US BEFORE AS WELL. >> THANK YOU FOR THE WORK.
I THINK MY QUESTIONS ARE ALIGNED IN IN THE EQUITY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RIGHT LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT WAS TIER TWO. RIGHT NOW WE'RE HEARING THAT'S A HUGE PRIORITY TO BRING BACK. SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME MORE ANALYSIS HERE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE ADVISOR RE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AND HOW HOW DO WE MARRY ALL OF THIS INTO ONE MORE COHESIVE THOUGHT PROCESS? I THINK THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M BECAUSE AGAIN BACK TO THE WALL I WILL VOTE FOR THIS BUT I REALLY REALLY REALLY STARTING JULY FIRST WANT TO SEE MORE OF HOW THIS IS ALIGNED AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD IN A WAY THAT IS EQUITY FOCUSED, ALIGNED WITH COMMUNITY INPUT AND AND TAKES US TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THAT WAS MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION BUT JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND HEALING THEN COMMISSIONER RAY I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S KIND OF A TENSION IN THE CONVERSATION THAT THE BOARD IS
HAVING AROUND THE BUDGET BECAUSE THIS IS A COMPLIANCE DOCUMENT AND IT'S A LEGAL DOCUMENT AND I THINK FROM A COMPLIANCE PERSPECTIVE THIS IS A WONDERFUL BUDGET. THIS IS A MUCH IMPROVED BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR AND NONE OF THE FOLKS SITTING AT THIS DAIS WERE SITTING IN THEIR POSITIONS LAST YEAR WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET . AND SO A LOT OF PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE BY THIS TEAM TO GET US TO THIS POINT TO GET US TO A BALANCED BUDGET, TO GET US TO A POSITIVE POSITIVELY CERTIFIED BUDGET AND THROUGH OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE LENS WE ALSO AS PRESIDENT KIM READ YOU KNOW IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENTS JOB TO CONVINCE THE BOARD ON THE BUDGET AND NOT OUR JOB TO BE EASILY CONVINCED AROUND WHETHER IT IS STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED AND MR. ROMNEY AS I THINK YOU SAID IT EXACTLY RIGHT IF WE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT THAT TYPE OF CHANGE NEEDS TO BE PLANNED FOR EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND WE DID PLAN FOR IT NOT JUST EARLIER IN THIS YEAR BUT EVEN GOING BACK TO LAST YEAR WE HAD
A TRAINING IN JANUARY OF 2025 ON STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TOP STAFF ATTENDED. WE HAD OUR GOVERNANCE CONSULTANT COME OUT IN MAY OF 2025 TO SPECIFICALLY TRAIN ON STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUS GOVERNANCE TRAINING IN THE BOARD DEADLINE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT ANNOUNCING MAJOR INITIATIVES THAT WERE ALIGNED TO STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE FOR THE COMING YEAR WAS JUNE OF 2025. IN THE FALL BUDGET OUTREACH STARTED AND THE BOARD CHARGED THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH MAJOR DECISIONS OF MERGING SCHOOLS AND GETTING RID OF THE SCHOOL LOTTERY IN APRIL AT A PROGRESS MONITORING MEETING WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE OUR PLAN TO ADDRESS CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM UNDER GUARDRAIL TOO WAS TO RELY ON AN OUTSIDE GRANT. I SAID I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR THIS BUDGET IF WE WERE RELYING ON PHILANTHROPY FOR MEETING OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY GOALS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID WELL WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON THAT.
AND IN MAY WE REQUESTED A BUDGET STUDY SESSION ON EL CAP IN JUNE I NOTIFIED THE SUPERINTENDENT MULTIPLE TIMES THAT I THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE POTENTIAL THERE WAS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE BUDGET NOT TO PASS AND ENCOURAGED HER TO REACH OUT TO THE BOARD AND TO DISCUSS AND I DO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER GUPTA THAT IT DOES FEEL LIKE A GUN TO THE HEAD. I THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE NOT HAPPENED FOR ME THAT OUTRIGHT REACH HAS NOT HAPPENED FOR ME A REQUEST FOR MY VOTE HAS NOT HAPPENED FOR ME AND SUPERINTENDENT CONFIRMED THAT WE ARE STILL RELYING ON OUTSIDE FUNDS TO FUND A CENTRAL OFFICE POSITION FOR OUR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM WHICH WE KNOW IS A BIGGER ISSUE FOR OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES ACHIEVEMENT AND FOR OUR BUDGET THAN NEARLY ANY OTHER FACTOR. KIDS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT ARE NOT LEARNING AND WE ARE NOT GETTING FUNDING FOR THEM TO TEACH THEM. AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE A TEACHER IN EVERY CLASSROOM BUT I FEEL THAT THAT IS THE BASELINE THAT EVERY
SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TO ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE THAT IS THE CORE FUNCTION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE IN THIS ROOM BELIEVES THAT IT'S SUFFICIENT TO MEET OUR VERY AMBITIOUS DO NOT COME GOALS AND SO I THE ONLY REASON I WOULD VOTE FOR THIS BUDGET IS TO PREVENT OUR STUDENTS FROM LOSING $62 MILLION TO IT JUST AGAIN IT'S JUST WILL SAY THAT THE GOALS THAT THE DISTRICT IN THIS BODY HAS APPROVED IS GOALS ONE THIRD GRADE READING GOALS TO EIGHTH GRADE MATH AND COLLEGE CAREER READINESS IF WE WANT TO MOVE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM INTO A GOAL AND MAKE THAT A FOURTH GOAL, THEN WE CAN. BUT IF I HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WITH LIMITED RESOURCES AND WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES THEN THAT WAS THE STRATEGIC DECISION THAT I MADE WHICH IS TO MOVE OUR FUNDS TO PRIORITIZE MOVING THE NEEDLE FOR THIRD GRADE LITERACY AND EIGHTH GRADE MATH AND COLLEGE CAREER READINESS.
SO I KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE OUR VGS SOON AND MAYBE THAT IS A TIME WHERE WE COULD CHANGE AND MOVE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM TO A GOAL. WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS VERY THING ABOUT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. I, I APPRECIATE HEARING THAT. I THINK THE STRATEGIC CONVERSATION AMONG THE BOARD WOULD BE TO TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU SHARE THAT WITH ME I THINK IN A CHECK IN EARLIER THIS WEEK I SHARED WITH YOU THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD YOU SAY THAT SO CONCRETELY OUT LOUD THAT YOU ARE PRIORITIZING THIS AND NOT PRIORITIZING THIS. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE NEVER HEARD THAT RIGHT. I CAN APPRECIATE THAT. I CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. I CAN TRY TO UNPACK THE STRATEGY AND RATIONALE FOR THAT. I CAN ASK FOR DATA ABOUT THAT. BUT IF YOU DON'T SAY IT SO CONCRETELY LIKE THAT IT'S I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO BE ASKING FOR AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU NAMING THAT.
I DO. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IF THAT'S BEEN SO CLEARLY SAID LIKE THAT IN THAT WAY FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AND I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF STRATEGIC CONVERSATION THAT I THINK WE CONTINUE TO ASK FOR. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO YOU CAN COME BACK IF YOU NEED TO. >> COMMISSIONER RAY, THANK YOU. I ALSO AM I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE ALL DONE IN BUDGET LIKE THIS IS AN AREA WHERE I FEEL WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS STRIDES AND IS A REAL SUCCESS FOR THE DISTRICT AND WE OFTEN FACE MANY, MANY HUGE CHALLENGES. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB GETTING US TO A MUCH BETTER PLACE IN TERMS OF OUR STABILITY AND OUR COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW WHICH WE SHOULD BE DOING AS JUST LIKE BASELINE MEASURES SHOULDN'T BE A QUESTION. I ALSO WANT TO STRONGLY CONCUR WITH COMMISSIONER HOLLINGS COMMENTS AND FRUSTRATIONS AROUND AROUND WHAT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING AND TO NOTE AS COMMISSIONER FISHER AND COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER MENTIONED I ACTUALLY THINK IS VERY REMARKABLE HOW UNIFIED THE BOARD IS ON THIS. YOU KNOW, THIS INTEREST ALTHOUGH WE MAY DISAGREE ON MANY THINGS ON THIS INTEREST IN HAVING STRATEGIC CONVERSATIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STRATEGICALLY RESOURCING OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS. I PERSONALLY THINK THAT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO DOING THAT. I DON'T SEE THAT WE MEET ANY OF OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS WITHOUT ADDRESSING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. >> SO FOR ME THAT A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING TO HEAR IT FRAMED IN THAT WAY BUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANTED TO COMMENT ON IS THAT SUPERINTENDENT SUE, WHEN YOU WERE COMMENTING EARLIER YOU SAID YOU HOPE STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONVINCE THE BOARD THAT THE BUDGET DOES WHAT IT SHOULD AND I I'M DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF STAFF'S WORK AND WE'VE BEEN TRAINED IN STUDENT OUTCOME FOCUSED GOVERNANCE THAT IT IS YOUR JOB TO CONVINCE US, YOU KNOW AND THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED
TO BE TALKING TO YOU. YOU ARE OUR EMPLOYEE IN THAT SENSE. >> SO I, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ENGAGE WITH US AND DON'T JUST SHIFT THE BURDEN OVER TO STAFF CERTAINLY LIKE I APPRECIATE WHAT STAFF DOES. I APPRECIATE LIKE THE ANSWERS AND SO FORTH BUT ULTIMATELY WE CAN'T DIRECT STAFF THAT IS WHAT YOU DO. IT'S IT'S YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONVINCE US AND TO SPEAK TO THESE ISSUES IN MY OPINION AND I CERTAINLY HOPE OUR DIRECTING STAFF TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE BOARD'S CONCERNS LIKE WE ARE UP HERE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST BY THE COMMUNITY AND TO REFLECT WHAT WHAT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED FOR WHICH IS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS SO THEY HAVE CHOICES IN THEIR LIFE AND AREN'T ARE CONSTRICTED THAT THEY CAN EXPAND AND HAVE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE. SO IN TERMS OF LIKE VOTING I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS BUDGET. I AM DEEPLY, DEEPLY CONCERNED BY THE MANY CONSEQUENCES THAT
HAVE BEEN OUTLINED INCLUDING IN THE CDE LETTER AND I DON'T THINK LIKE I RESPECT A VOTE THAT ANYBODY TAKES HERE BUT I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT IT WOULD YOU KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE VERY DAMAGING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SO I WILL VOTE YES FOR FOR THE BUDGET WHILE CONTINUING TO PUSH FOR MORE STRATEGIC WORK THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GUPTA YEAH, I MEAN SORRY BEFORE WE DO THAT CAN WE MOVE TO EXTEND OUR MEETING PAST TEN SOME OF SECOND ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE? COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YUP. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HULING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. >> PRESIDENT KIM YES. SORRY COMMISSIONER GUPTA GO AHEAD. NO PROBLEM. SORRY. I JUST WANT TO NAME THAT THERE'S A TENSION HERE. I MEAN THE TENSION OF COMPLIANCE VERSUS WHAT WE SEEK AND I THINK IT'S VERY LOGICAL TO TRY TO MARRY WHAT WOULD BE STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS, WHAT WOULD BE GOOD PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
AROUND WHAT WE SEEK TO SEE, WHETHER THAT BE THE STAFFING MODEL THAT THAT PRESIDENT KIM HAS NAMED THAT WOULD GO HAND IN HAND WITH THAT SO THAT OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GETTING OUT ,WHAT IS NOT AND HAVE THAT CLARITY OR SOME OF THE CLARITY THAT COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER WAS ASKING THE THE IDEA THAT WE MUST APPROVE SOMETHING AS LONG AS IT IS TECHNICALLY COMPLIANT BACK AGAINST THE WALL EVEN IF THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO US BY THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT THIS WILL MOVE THE NEEDLE, MAYBE IT WILL MAYBE IT WON'T. BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO MAKE THAT JUDGMENT TO ME THAT THAT IS THAT IS I WOULDN'T BE DOING MY DUTY IF I WERE TO SAY OKAY, I AM GOING TO JUST TAKE ON BLIND EVIDENCE ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN MAJOR MOVEMENT ACROSS THESE OUTCOMES FOR AS LONG AS WE HAVE. RIGHT. MAYBE THERE IS A CASE BUT THAT CASE HAS NOT BEEN MADE AND AS WE SEE AND DO NOT FOCUS GOVERNANCE THAT IS THE DUTY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO AND IF THAT IS CONVERSATIONS WITH
STAFF SO BE IT. DIRECT US TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS STAFF AND VICE VERSA. HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. HAPPY TO HAVE THAT BRIEFING BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT EVIDENCE. YOU KNOW IN AND I THINK PART OF THIS CONVERSATION WHAT WOULD BE A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION IF WE DID HAVE THIS EVIDENCE WOULD BE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND MAYBE WE WANT TO PUSH OUT WHEN WE GET TOO FISCAL POSITIVE CERTIFICATION BECAUSE THEN WE CAN INVEST MORE. I MEAN AS YOU MENTIONED AS I SAY, CHRIS OR CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER WHATEVER DECORUM BUT DECORUM BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND WELL YOU ONLY HAVE 10 TO 15% AND THAT'S WHAT ROUGHLY 130 TO 200 MILLION TO TO TO UTILIZE THEN MAYBE WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN LOOKING AT GOAL ONE THIRD GRADE LITERACY AND WE SEE AN INCREASE OF 580,000 TOTALING IN FISCAL YEAR 27 YOU KNOW 15.3 MILLION. RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IF THERE IS A STRATEGY BEHIND IT AND SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO THEN PUSH OUT, YOU KNOW, FISCAL POSITIVE
CERTIFICATION, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT CONVERSATION. SO TO ME I RECOGNIZE YOU ALL HAVE DONE YOUR JOB BEAUTIFULLY YOU ALL AGAIN I THINK AS MAYBE VICE PRESIDENT HULING HAD MENTIONED HAVE YOU KNOW YOU WEREN'T HERE A YEAR AGO. SO I LAUD THE TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE PART OF THIS AND I REALLY WISH WE WERE HAVING THIS DEEPER CONVERSATION TO SAY HOW ARE WE GOING TO MOVE THESE NEEDLES AND SHOW US EVIDENCE OF THAT AND HOW STAYING THE COURSE WOULD MOVE THAT NEEDLE OR WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT NECESSARY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TO STAFF TO SAY HERE'S WHERE WE NEED TO GO OR EVEN WHEN WE THINK ABOUT STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT IF WE THINK THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE OR WE CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE FASTER TO CATCH UP, THEN MAYBE YOU KNOW, WE THEN NEED TO SAY LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON GOAL ONE OR GOAL TWO OR RECOGNIZE THAT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO MOVING THE NEEDLE ON SOME OF THESE GOALS OR NOT. BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY OF
THOSE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW. IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING. I'M SORRY. CAN I JUST I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO MOVE TOWARDS A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION. IT'S ACTUALLY IN MY SHORT TERM METRICS WE'VE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MOVING AND CHANGING THE THE THE GOALS METRICS ACTUALLY WHEN WHEN WHEN WE AS A BOARD GOVERNANCE TEAM TOOK ON THE DECISION TO EXTEND THE VGS OUR GOALS FOR ONE MORE YEAR WE HAD THE BACK AND FORTH AND I BELIEVE EVEN A.J. CAME ON AND SAID THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD FOR THE DISTRICT TO MEET THE 70% GOAL OF THIRD GRADE READING THE 65 OF OF EIGHTH GRADE MATH AND AND I THINK WE ALL AGREED THAT WE WANTED TO STAY THE STAY THE COURSE AND NOT MAKE CHANGES. SO I DO I WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH AND DEEPER BUT WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND AND AND SO I
AGAIN WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PERHAPS WE COULD SPEND MORE TIME AND DIG DEEPER INTO INTO THOSE. I APPRECIATE THAT AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU NAMING THE POINT WHERE WE DID HAVE THE CONVERSATION ON GOAL EXTENSIONS . I MEAN JUST TO BE CLEAR THOUGH, THAT CONTEXT AROUND THE GOAL EXTENSION WAS BECAUSE WE HAD NAMED THE TWO MAJOR DECISIONS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED THIS COMING YEAR AROUND SCHOOL REORGANIZATION AND MERGERS WITH ENROLLMENT CHANGES. SO I THINK THERE WAS THIS CONVERSATION AROUND YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO TACKLE THIS YEAR AND AND ALL OF THAT WAS SOMEWHAT IN THE CONTEXT OF WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND WE NEED UNDERSTANDABLY CAPACITY TO DELIVER ON THOSE THINGS AND SO I THINK THE CONDITIONS HAVE JUST CHANGED A LOT SINCE THEN. RIGHT. AND SO I MEAN IF THERE'S A QUESTION RIGHT NOW ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND AGAIN JUST A PART OF THIS WAS THAT EXTENDING AND ACTUALLY CHANGING MEANINGFULLY OUR VAGUE OR AT LEAST OUR GOALS WOULD HAVE REQUIRED US TO GO BACK OUT INTO COMMUNITY AND REENGAGE IN A WAY THAT WE AGAIN DID NOT HAVE PLAN FOR AND TIME FOR BECAUSE WE EXTENDED THAT TO BE A YEAR AWAY FROM NOW BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO PLAN ON DOING OTHER WORK AROUND MAJOR DECISIONS. RIGHT? SO SO I THINK AGAIN THE CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY SINCE THAT CONVERSATION AND AND I THINK THAT'S PARTLY THAT THE DISCONNECT HERE I MEAN I'LL JUST USE MY TIME HERE JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE EFFECTIVE BUDGET ALIGNMENT DOCUMENT AROUND ADOPT BUDGET ADOPTION PART FOUR ONCE THE BOARD IS FULLY CONVINCED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S DRAFT BUDGET PRIORITIZES ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE GOALS WHILE REMAINING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES CREATED BY THE GUARDRAILS, THE BOARD IS THEN READY TO PROCEED. WE KNOW IT'S TIME TO PURSUE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET WHEN THE MAJORITY OF BOARD MEMBERS VOICE IN THE NEGATIVE ON THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THE BUDGET DOES NOT ADDRESS THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF OUR GOALS? AND ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THE BUDGET VIOLATES OUR GUARDRAILS WHEN THE MAJORITY OF BOARD THE BOARD MEMBERS ANSWER NO TO EACH OF THESE QUESTIONS THEN THE BOARD CAN PROCEED WITH BUDGET ADOPTION. THE BUDGET SHOULD HINGE ON ALIGNMENT, DIVISION AND VALUES NOT ON WHETHER THE BOARD MEMBERS LIKE THE BUDGET AGREE WITH THE BUDGET OR HAVE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET THAT THEY WANT. IN ADDITION, THE BUDGET OPTIONS SHOULD BE ALL OR NOTHING. BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD NOT TRY TO DO LINE ITEM EDITS RIGHT LIKE I ,I CONTINUE TO GO BACK TO I THINK PART OF THE WHOLE ORIENTATION AROUND OUR GOOD GOVERNANCE EFFORTS HINGES ON OUR ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TOWARDS OUR GOALS IN THE MOST STRATEGIC WAY POSSIBLE RIGHT. AND IS THERE A DEMONSTRABLE PLAN AND THIS IS WHY I THINK I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PROGRESS MONITORING RECOMMENDATIONS GET IMPLEMENTED NEXT YEAR IN PART
BECAUSE THE IDEA AND PREMISE BEHIND VOTING ON THOSE IS TO PUT FORMALLY A VOTE TO WHETHER OR NOT THESE PLANS ARE ACTUALLY GIVING US CONFIDENCE THAT WE ARE MEANINGFULLY GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS OUR GOALS AND AND SO YOU KNOW IN MANY WAYS I'M EXCITED TO KIND OF BRING THOSE KIND OF OPERATIONALIZE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY PART OF THIS LIKE NEXT PART OF A CONVERSATION AND COMMISSIONER FISCHER, YOU ASK LIKE WHAT'S NEXT FROM THERE? AND I THINK THIS IS PART OF WHAT COMES NEXT IS IN OUR PROGRESS MONITORING MEETINGS CAN WE SEE IN ARI INSPIRED BY AND DO WE HAVE CONFIDENCE AROUND BASED ON THE EVIDENCE THE PLANS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD? AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHERE WE NEED TO GO FROM HERE. >> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION PRESENTED? OH YES. I DON'T KNOW. >> SO SO MY QUESTION BECAUSE THIS DOES FIGURE INTO HOW I MAY VOTE IS IT POSSIBLE TO SEEK FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF TO PRESENT A BUDGET AND AN OWL CAP
DOCUMENT OR CROSSWALK DOCUMENT IF YOU WILL, THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OR PERHAPS THE REQUIREMENTS YOU JUST NAMED IN THE STUDENT OUTCOME FOCUSED GOVERNANCE MANUAL? WELL BEFORE THEN WE WOULD PROCEED TO FURTHER BUSINESS. I THINK SO. I MEAN AGAIN PART OF THE LAST I MEAN GRANTED IT WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN ITS FORMAT BUT PART OF WHAT THE PREVIOUS BOARD DID IN 2024 WAS HAVE AN AD HOC THAT ENDED UP JUST BECOMING PART OF A STANDING ITEM FOR EVERY BOARD MEETING. BUT AGAIN I THINK THE QUESTION HERE IS LESS AROUND ARE OUR NUMBERS ADDING UP AND MORE ABOUT HOW ARE WE RESOURCING THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHICH TO ME WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE IN A MONITORING CONVERSATION AROUND ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SAYING WITH OUR GOALS AND THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING ACTUALLY BEING LIVED OUT AND RESOURCE APPROPRIATELY. AND I THINK WHAT WE WHAT WE HAVE TRIED TO DO IS TALK ABOUT IT FROM LIKE AN ACADEMIC INSTRUCTIONAL LENS
AND PERSPECTIVE WHICH I THINK IS RIGHT. WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IS NECESSARILY TIED THAT TO RESOURCES, RIGHT? SO THERE IS A QUESTION HERE OF LIKE DO WE TAKE THAT STEP AND ACTUALLY ASK OURSELVES IN OUR MONITORING MEETINGS ARE WE RESOURCING THESE APPROPRIATELY AND DO WE SEE EVIDENCE OF THAT RIGHT THAT THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. RIGHT. AND JUST JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE HERE AND I KNOW ELLIOT HAS YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP HERE TOO BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS ARE WE APPROVING A SACS DOCUMENT? SACS FORMS TO GO TO SACRAMENTO? I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE NUMBERS IN OUR BUDGET. RIGHT. WHAT I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IS THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT. ALL RIGHT. AND WHAT THAT MEANS THEN IN TERMS OF OUR ROADMAP TO MEETING OUR GOALS. RIGHT. THERE'S A DISTINCTION IN THERE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT AND I AM PERSONALLY TRYING TO WORK ON NOT CONFLATING THOSE RIGHT BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE THERE AND THE CONSEQUENCES ARE REAL.
I'M I'M GOING TO CALL ELLIOTT UP BUT THEN WE'LL DO GO AHEAD. OH, JUST BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS RELEVANT TO THIS PORTION OF THE CONVERSATION THE REASON THAT I'M BRINGING UP CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS FOR EXACTLY THAT REASON WHEN THE BOARD SET SHORT TERM METRICS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, ONE OF THOSE METRICS WAS FOR HER TO CHOOSE WHAT HER INTERIM GOALS AND GUARDRAILS WERE THAT SHE WOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO AND WE DID A LOT OF WORK WITH THE BOARD AND WITH AJ LAST SUMMER TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SUPERINTENDENT WAS READY TO PRESENT INTERIM GOALS AND GUARDRAILS THAT TRACKED OUR GOALS AND GUARDRAILS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT CHOSE AS HER GUARDRAIL INTERIM GUARDRAIL 2.1 THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM RATE AND THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP IN THE BUDGET CONTEXT IS BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BUDGET THAT MEETS THE GOALS WITHOUT VIOLATING THE GUARDRAILS AND AT OUR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, PROGRESS MONITORING WE WERE OFF TRACK AND THE REASON GIVEN BY STAFF WAS THAT WE HAD DEFUNDED CERTAIN POSITIONS AND THAT IS WHY I ASKED WHAT THE STRATEGY
WAS FOR FUNDING THOSE POSITIONS . SO TO ME THAT IS JUST THE LARGER CONTEXT OF THIS. IT'S NOT TO SET AN ADDITIONAL GOAL FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT. THE SUPERINTENDENT CHOSE THE SCHOOL. ELLIOTT ARE YOU READY? AND WE SO I WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING THERE'S AN UNDERLYING ASSUMPTION TO AB 1200 THAT WHEN A DISTRICT IS NOT SOLVENT IT REALLY ISN'T IT'S IT'S NOT ABLE TO SUFFICIENTLY SERVE ITS CHILDREN. IT'S ABOUT KIDS EVERY EVERY BIT AS MUCH AS YOUR GOALS AND TO BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT ITS GOALS IF IT CAN'T MEET ITS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAT'S THE REASON THE TEEN IS HERE. THAT'S THE REASON I'M HERE THAT'S THE REASON WE STARTED IS EXPERTS THEN GOT ELEVATED TO ADVISORS WHERE FORTUNATELY WE NEVER HAD TO USE STAY AND RESCIND AUTHORITY BUT THE DISTRICT CAME AROUND TO BECOME INSOLVENT. THIS IS THE BEST BUDGET I'VE SEEN IN THE ALMOST FIVE YEARS
I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT. YOU SHOULD ALL BE COMMENDED. IT IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE THAT YOU AIM TOWARD YOUR GOALS THAT YOU YOU CAN'T BUILD THE HOUSE UNLESS YOU HAVE A SOLID FOUNDATION AND YOUR BUDGET IS YOUR FOUNDATION AND IT'S A FISCAL SOLVENT BUDGET. IT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT WRITTEN IN THE VAGUE REGS OR MAYBE IT IT IS IS PROBABLY FUNDAMENTAL TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE. SO I WANT TO I THINK YOU'VE ALL READ THE LETTER YOU KNOW THE CONSEQUENCE BUT I THINK THE FUNDAMENTAL POINT THAT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT BY BALANCING YOUR BUDGET YOU ARE MAKING GREAT STRIDES TO MEET YOUR GOALS. ALL THE OTHER GOALS REST ON THAT BUDGET. YOU NEED TO BE COMMENDED FOR IT AS A BOARD, AS A STAFF I WON'T LIST ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE. IT'S A VERY LONG LIST. BUT THE OTHER THE OTHER POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS THE BUDGET IS DYNAMIC. I THINK YOU'VE BEEN TOLD THAT MANY DIFFERENT WAYS IT WILL CHANGE WHEN THE LEGISLATURE PASSES THEIR BUDGET IT'LL CHANGE. YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR PRIORITIES EVEN THROUGH THE YEAR CHANGE SOME OF YOUR CURRICULUM SO YOU
HAVE THAT ABILITY TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION AND IT CAN BE ONGOING. SO AGAIN IF YOU'VE READ THE LETTER YOU KNOW THE CONSEQUENCE . BUT THIS IS AS MUCH ABOUT I WOULD HOPE CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET TO APPROVE. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE COMMISSIONER GUPTA'S POINT SORT OF IN RESPONSE TO WHAT ELIOT IS SAYING BECAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST THE IT'S THIS TENSION BETWEEN THE TECHNICAL PART OF THE BUDGET WHICH IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. >> RIGHT. AND I THINK AS AS ELIOT SAYS, LIKE YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR FIVE YEARS AND I'VE SEEN THE DISASTER THAT WAS WE'RE BUDGETS IN FACT I VOTED FOR ALL OF THEM I THINK RIGHT SO I MEAN BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE SAME THING WHERE IT WAS LIKE AT THE LAST MINUTE IT WAS LIKE IF WE DON'T VOTE FOR IT, WE'RE THERE'S ALL THESE CONSEQUENCES RIGHT? SO SO I THINK I VOTED FOR ALL OF THEM BUT BUT BUT AND AND
WE WERE PROJECTING MASSIVE DEFICITS AND THEN WE ENDED UP WITH SURPLUSES BECAUSE THE TRACKING WAS SO BAD WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE OUR MONEY WAS AND I THINK THAT'S THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE AND I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT'S SORT OF GREETED I THINK DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND THE WHOLE TEAM DESERVE TONS OF CREDIT THIS YEAR FOR FOR HAVING DONE THAT AND I THINK YOU KNOW, I THINK PART OF FOR ME WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CONTINUE TO RAISE THE BAR AND TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS OTHER PIECE WHICH IS THE STRATEGIC ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IS ALSO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND WE CAN'T JUST SAY OKAY, NOW THAT WE HAVE A TECHNICALLY SOUND BUDGET WHICH IS I MEAN THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A GIVEN RIGHT AS OBVIOUSLY IT WASN'T UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE DIGGING OURSELVES INTO RIGHT? IT WAS NOT IT WAS NOT SO DO I DO I JUST WANT TO SAY LIKE I THINK HOWEVER PEOPLE VOTE HERE I THINK THERE IS I WANT TO SAY LIKE I THINK OF RECOGNITION ON THE WHOLE BOARD THAT THAT'S A HEROIC ACHIEVEMENT AS ELIOT SAID. AND I THINK YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK ANYONE WANTS THE
BUDGET TO NOT PASS. BUT IF BUT IF SOME OF US VOTE NO, IT MAY BE BECAUSE WE'RE HOLDING A HIGHER STANDARD AND WE'RE SAYING LOOK, NEXT YEAR THIS NEEDS TO BE BETTER. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S TO ME IF I VOTE NO I STILL DECIDED I'M GOING TO VOTE BECAUSE I'M REALLY ON THE FENCE. BUT IF I VOTE NO, THAT'S THE MESSAGE I WANT TO SEND. IT'S NOT THAT THIS IS BAD. IT'S ACTUALLY THAT THIS IS GREAT AND NOW WE CAN GET TO THE POINT OF RAISING THE BAR AND SAYING IF WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR KIDS WE ACTUALLY NEED TO BE REALLY STRATEGIC AND AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER WITH THAT WITH EL CAP I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME GREAT WORK IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF PUTTING OUT SOME DOCUMENTS AND BEGINNING TO HAVE FRAMEWORKS BUT THAT HAS TO DRIVE EVERY SINGLE DECISION WE MAKE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THIS CAN'T HAPPEN IN THE BOARDROOM HONESTLY THIS IS A SENIOR STAFF, THIS IS EXECUTIVE CABINET. I MEAN Y'ALL ARE FULL TIME HIGHLY PAID PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES AND I THINK WHAT THE BOARD IS SAYING IS WE THINK YOU'RE AWESOME AND YOU NEED TO
DO BETTER LIKE IN SOME WAYS LIKE IT'S LIKE WE NEED TO STEP IT UP AND IF YOU NEED MORE RESOURCES TELL US LIKE IF YOU NEED MORE STAFF OR WHATEVER IT IS WE'VE GOT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE DOING BETTER BY OUR KIDS AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S WE'VE COME SO FAR WE CAN'T STOP HERE. I THINK IS IS SORT OF AT LEAST HOW I'M SEEING IT SO I DON'T KNOW I JUST I JUST WANT TO LIKE NAME THAT TENSION AND SAY I DON'T THINK THAT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OF COMMON THREADS HERE AND THAT I HOPE THAT EVEN IF I HOPE FOLKS DON'T EVEN DON'T TAKE THE NO VOTES AS A CRITIQUE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE WAY THEY'RE INTENDED THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE WE BELIEVE IN YOU AND THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER. I KNOW. I'M SORRY. I APPRECIATE THE PUSH. I REALLY DO. I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION AND I DO FEEL THAT WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO STABILIZE THE BUDGET TO GET US TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN NOW REALLY STRATEGICALLY FOCUS ON MOVING THE NEEDLE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THAT IS WHAT I AM HOPING THAT THIS BUDGET REFLECTS. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE BUT THIS BUDGET THE
INTENT OF THIS BUDGET IS TO REFLECT OUR DESIRE TO STAY FOCUSED ON MOVING THE NEEDLE FOR OUR LITERACY RATES FOR STUDENTS, OUR MATH RATES, OUR COLLEGE CAREER RATES AND THAT IS ABOUT US BEING STRATEGIC STAYING THE COURSE SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN FULLY REALIZE WHAT THIS DISTRICT CAN PROVIDE FOR THEM IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR EDUCATORS TO BE IN THE CLASSROOMS, IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS THROUGH SOCIAL WORKERS AND COUNSELORS AND SCHOOLS LIKE OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER SUPPORT FOLKS THAT THAT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES RELY ON WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS BUDGET. THEN THE HYPOTHESIS IS OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO DO BETTER BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THAT TEACHER IS GOING TO BE THERE FOR THEM. THEY KNOW THAT THAT STAFF IS GOING TO BE THERE FOR THEM AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN THERE IS CONSISTENCY AND STABILITY THAT'S HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO IMPROVE. THAT WAS MY HYPOTHESIS IN BUILDING THIS BUDGET AGAIN,
I WILL JUST I'LL READ AGAIN THE EFFECTIVE BUDGET ALIGNMENT DOCUMENT IF IT JUST IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. LEE SAYS IF THE BOARD IS NOT CONVINCED THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS FIRST PRIORITY FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IS ACCOMPLISHED OF BUT THE BOARD'S ADOPTED GOALS DON'T APPROVE IT INSTEAD SEND IT BACK TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS SO THEY CAN EITHER ONE MAKE THE APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS TO DEMONSTRATE ALIGNMENT WITH THE GOALS OR TO DO A BETTER JOB OF PRESENTING THE ALIGNMENT RIGHT AND I NOT I DON'T KNOW WHICH OF THOSE TWO IT IS RIGHT LIKE IS IT THAT THIS IS A COMMUNICATION GAP AND WE JUST NEED TO BETTER FRAME HOW THE EXISTING BUDGET AND STRATEGIES ARE FULFILLING OUR GOALS OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE FUNDAMENTAL THERE BUT BUT AGAIN I THINK WHAT I HEARD FROM COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER IS WE ARE SO GENUINELY TRYING TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN FOLLOWING OUR GOOD GOVERNANCE EFFORTS IN THE WAY THAT WE WERE TRAINED, IN THE WAY THAT WE WERE TOLD AND THAT SOMETIMES COMES INTO CONFLICT WHICH TONIGHT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF
THIS. AND SO THAT TENSION I THINK THIS BOARD IS WILLING TO LEAN INTO AND UNDERSTAND, UNPACK AND TALK THROUGH. WHAT WE SHOULDN'T DO IS DO THAT ON JUNE 23RD THE DAY THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE. RIGHT. AND I THINK THIS INHERENTLY IS THE FRUSTRATION. RIGHT? WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION MONTHS AGO AND I THINK THAT'S THE CONTINUED ASK OF THIS BOARD IS LET'S MAKE THE TIME IN SPACE TO DO THIS WITH A VERY LONG RUNWAY SO THAT WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES IN THIS POSITION AGAIN. AND I THINK ALL OF US WELCOME THE EFFORTS TO TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT BEING SAID, I, I I, I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS BUDGET. I WOULD HOPE COMMISSIONERS WELL I WON'T EVEN CONTACT COMMISSIONERS DO WE NEED TO DO BUT I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS BUDGET I WOULD LIKE TO NOT VOTE YES ON THIS BUDGET BUT WE ARE HERE WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WITH THAT I WILL JUST CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER NO.
COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA NO. COMMISSIONER HEALING NO. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. >> PRESIDENT KIM YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FINANCE TEAM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE SITTING UP FOR THE NEXT ONE BUT APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. MOVING TO ITEM 4266-23 S.P. ONE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION DECLARING THE PROPERTY AT 865 MARKET STREET AS EXEMPT SURPLUS LAND CAN HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND I MOVE ITEM A FOR 266 DASH AS 23 ESP ONE I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECONDED IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS ITEM AS DR. SU BRINGS THIS ITEM FORWARD. COMMISSIONERS I JUST FOR ADDED CONTEXT WE DID ASK WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS REQUIRED TO BE VOTED ON AS A STANDALONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA WE HAD INTENDED FOR THIS TO BE ON CONSENT BUT ALAS THE LAW DOES REQUIRE US TO VOTE ON THIS AS AN INDIVIDUAL
ITEM SO WITH THAT STAFF YOU ARE SUPERINTENDENT PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. WE'RE SEEKING BOARD APPROVAL TO DECLARE THIS PROPERTY AS EXEMPT SURPLUS LAND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW. SO BOARD ACTION ON THIS ITEM IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO IN ORDER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO PROCEED. I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO WHERE A NEW IS BRIGHT AND SHINY . HEAD OF OPERATIONS KATIE BOYLE YEAH. YEAH. DON'T MAKE ME REGRET IT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. SO BEFORE YOU AS A RESOLUTION TO DECLARE THE PROPERTY AT 865 MARKET STREET AS EXEMPT. SURPLUS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SAN FRANCISCO CENTER. THIS IS A PROCEDURAL STEP IN ORDER FOR US TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS AROUND A GROUND LEASE AMENDMENT WITH ANY PROSPECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT OR PURCHASERS BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN THE SURPLUS LAND ACT BETWEEN THE LAST TIME WE DECLARED THIS
PROPERTY EXEMPT SURPLUS OR SURPLUS IN 1980 AND TODAY WE HAVE TO DO THE SECOND DECLARATION. THERE ARE NEW RESTRICTIONS AROUND THAT. I DO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THIS ACTION DOES NOT APPROVE A SALE OR A LEASE OR ANY TERMS OF A LEASE. THIS IS REALLY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLY AND SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS AND HAVE CONVERSATION AROUND THE GROUND LEASE ANY FURTHER DEAL TERMS AMENDMENTS WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL FOR CONVERSATION AND APPROVAL. WE DO PLAN ON COMING IN AUGUST TO BRING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATUS BECAUSE THERE'S NO PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE SALE. I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE THAT TONIGHT BUT WE WILL BE BRINGING INFORMATION TO YOU IN AUGUST AND ANYTHING FURTHER WOULD BE VOTED ON BY THIS BOARD. >> COMMISSIONER FISHER AND FIRST OF ALL, NO TAKE BOXES SO JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. BUT IN THE Q&A DOCUMENT I HAD ACTUALLY REQUESTED THAT THE WORD SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION
BE REMOVED. I HAD SPECIFICALLY MADE THAT ASK AND THE RESPONSE WAS THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT INTENDED TO DEFINE WHAT THE DISTRICT WILL DO WITH THE PROPERTY BUT WHAT IT HAS THE LEGAL RIGHT TO DO. THEREFORE THE DISTRICT DOES NOT RECOMMEND REMOVING THESE REFERENCES AND THAT'S TRUE BUT IT IS OUR JOB AS A BOARD TO SET THAT THAT BOARD POLICY OF WHAT WE ARE WILLING AND I'M NOT WILLING TO VOTE FOR A RESOLUTION THAT AUTHORIZES A SALE OF THIS PROPERTY. SO IF WE'RE WILLING TO MAKE THAT CHANGE I WILL VOTE FOR THIS OTHERWISE I WILL NOT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS DOES AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY. I BELIEVE THAT THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF SURPLUS LAND IS LAND THAT THOSE THINGS IS THE ONLY ELIGIBLE LAND THAT ANY OF THOSE THINGS CAN HAPPEN TO AND THERE ISN'T A WAY TO DECLARE SOMETHING SURPLUS WHILE BEING LEASED WITHOUT BEING ALSO THEORETICALLY ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD. SO I UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION OF SURPLUS AND THE OPTIONS. I'M SAYING THAT WE AS A BOARD ALSO HAVE COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE THE TAKE THE AUTHORIZATION
AND THE AUTHORITY AND SAY WE'RE WILLING TO LEASE IT AND SET THOSE PARAMETERS AS A BOARD ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE STATE SURPLUS AUTHORITY IS. YOU KNOW, BUT SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS YES, THE STATE YOU KNOW, ONCE A PROPERTY IS SURPLUS DUE THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS WE CAN DO WITH IT. I'M SAYING THAT WE AS A BOARD SHOULD BE MUCH MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WE'RE AUTHORIZING STAFF TO DO WITH THIS IF FOR NO OTHER REASON. IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE HAD THE CONVERSATION EARLIER ABOUT EL CAP, WHAT WE SAY IN OUR DOCUMENTS THAT WE APPROVE VERSUS WHAT WE SAY HERE AT THE DYESS WHAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT IS WHAT'S MEMORIALIZED. AND SO I IN ORDER TO APPROVE IN ORDER TO VOTE YES ON THIS, I'M NOT WILLING TO VOTE YES ON ANYTHING THAT SAYS IN OUR POLICY WE AS A BOARD AUTHORIZED SALE OF THIS EVEN IF IT IS JUST BRINGING US INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ED CODE. I THINK WE AS A BOARD NEEDS TO BE MUCH MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT
WHAT WE ARE VIRTUE SIGNALING TO THE COMMUNITY. I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY SO YES AND 100% HERE YOU SO THIS IS LEGAL LANGUAGE AND SO IT'S NOT AT CODE. THIS IS ACTUALLY GOVERNMENT CODE AND SO THE LEGAL LANGUAGE DOES LIKE SAY WE ARE SETTING THIS UP IN ORDER THAT YOU CAN DO THESE CERTAIN THINGS WITH IT. IT DOES NOT GRANT STAFF THE AUTHORITY TO SELL. IT DOES NOT GRANT US THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO GROUND LEASES. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I'M SAYING THAT WE AS A BOARD SHOULD BE MUCH MORE PRESCRIPTIVE TO BE MUCH MORE ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY IS DON'T SELL PROPERTY. AND SO YEAH, SO SO TO JUST MAYBE CLARIFY THAT KATY SO IS THERE SO IF WE WERE TO PUT INTO THIS POLICY YOU KNOW THIS CANNOT BE SOLD, WOULD THAT STILL SUFFICE AND MEET THE REQUIREMENT FOR SO WHAT YOU NEED TO TO BE CLEAR THIS IS ONLY THIS IS ACTUALLY ALLOWING YOU AS THE BOARD TO MAKE THAT
DETERMINATION THIS DOES NOT ALLOW STAFF TO MAKE ANY OF THOSE DETERMINATIONS. RIGHT. THIS IS AUTHORIZING YOU AS THE BOARD YOU'RE SAYING THIS PROPERTY IS NOT JUST SURPLUS WHICH IS THE OLD LAW BUT NOW WE HAVE TO CALL IT EXCESS SURPLUS SO THAT YOU AS A BOARD CAN RECEIVE OPTIONS OF WHAT TO DO WITH IT, ANY OPTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE UNIVERSE. RIGHT? STAFF CAN'T DO ANYTHING ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF YOUR REAL PROPERTY MUST COME BACK TO YOU IN OPEN SESSION TO BE VOTED ON. WE WE CAN'T EVEN PREDICT WHAT THAT MIGHT BE IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? SO RIGHT NOW THIS IS ONLY SAYING THAT YOU OR YOU ARE WILLING TO RECEIVE OFFERS BECAUSE IT IS X X SORRY SURPLUS EXEMPT WHICH IS THE NEW DEFINITION THE STATE SO YOU HAVEN'T CONTEMPLATED THE SALE OF ANYTHING YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ACTUAL BUILDING WHICH SITS PARTIALLY ON OUR LAND BEING SOLD SO THAT WE CAN THEN RENEGOTIATE A LONG TERM LAND LEASE. THIS JUST SAYS THAT YOU HAVE
THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE THOSE OFFERS WHATEVER THEY MAY BE. CURRENTLY THOUGH YOU ARE NOT CONTEMPLATING THE SALE OF THIS PROPERTY. >> TWO MINUTES 46 APPRECIATE THAT. SO FIRST OF ALL, KATIE, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS FOR ME AND YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF BRING EVERYONE ALONG. YOU KNOW WHAT I HAD SUGGESTED WAS THAT WE RECEIVED SOMETHING OF A ROADMAP FOR THIS PROCESS BECAUSE I KNOW I WAS JUST NOT NECESSARILY CLEAR ON WHERE THIS WAS. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL RECEIVING THAT FEEDBACK AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IF THERE'S THE NEXT CONTEMPLATED ACTION AND I GUESS PERHAPS RECEIVING A ROADMAP OF WHAT THIS WHAT WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE STEPS FOR THIS SO THAT WE CAN REACH AGREEMENT AND YOU KNOW EVERYONE'S AMENABLE IN AUGUST AS I UNDERSTOOD AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG PART OF THE REASON THAT WE SEEK TO DO THIS NOW IS NOT ANY CONTEMPLATED SALE BUT TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPER OR WHOMEVER MAY CONTEMPLATE PURCHASING THE PROPERTY THAT SITS ON THIS LAND TO BE ABLE TO
OR SORRY CLARIFY PLEASE. WE ARE NOT OFFERING THE LAND FOR SALE. THAT'S NEVER BEEN WHAT THE BOARD ASKED US TO CONTEMPLATE. >> SORRY THE THE AS I UNDERSTAND WE'RE LEASING AND AND THE PERSON OR THE DEVELOPER WOULD THEN TAKE THAT AND BE ABLE TO RENOVATE IT OR DO WHAT THEY NEED WITH THE BUILDING ON TOP OF IT. SO THIS IS NECESSARY FOR THAT RENOVATION, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. AND YOU CAN'T RECEIVE OFFERS ON WHAT THAT LEASE MIGHT BE MODIFIED TO UNTIL THIS EXEMPT STATUS IS PASSED? >> OKAY. AND DO WE HAVE CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER IT'S RETAIL ON GROUND FLOOR OFFICE SPACE, RESIDENTIAL SPACE? WE DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF OFFICIAL PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR ANYTHING SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OFFICIAL TO SHARE. OKAY. THE REASON I ASK IS I WAS LOOKING AT THE AT THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS REFERENCED AND IT SAYS IF YOU KNOW IF IT IS RESIDENTIAL SPACE AND FIVE FOUR 2 TO 1 POINT F ONE CAPITAL F ONE RESTRICTS 100% OF
RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO PERSONS AND FAMILIES OF LOW OR MODERATE INCOME WITH AT LEAST 75% OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS RESTRICTED TO LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. I WON'T GO THROUGH I HAVE ALL THE LANGUAGE IN THERE BUT WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS IF WE DO DECLARE THIS EXEMPT THEN ARE WE TAKING AWAY THE NECESSITY OF WHOEVER WOULD DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY ON THIS LAND FROM DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE UNITS THEY WOULD HAVE TO ABIDE BY BY STATUTE. BUT AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WILL BE OR WHAT TERMS OR WHAT THEIR INTENT FOR THE PROPERTY WOULD BE. THAT WON'T COME TO US UNTIL AFTER THIS STEP AND THEN THE THE BROKER AND THE LENDER WILL TRY TO COME TO TERMS WITH WHOEVER THE SUCCESSFUL PURCHASER OF THE PROPERTY IS. PART OF THAT PURCHASE WILL INCLUDE THEM PUTTING TERMS FORWARD TO THE BOARD OF THE OF THE NEW LEASE OF THE LAND THAT WE OWN UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING . SO I GUESS MY QUESTION THOUGH IS IF WE DECLARE THIS AS EXEMPT
SURPLUS LAND WOULD THAT RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS LAND TO HAVE SOME PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE UNITS OR UNITS DEVELOPED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR WORKFORCE HOUSING AND I'M WONDERING IF US DECLARING THIS EXEMPT SURPLUS LAND THEN TAKES OUT THE NECESSITY TO CREATE THOSE UNITS NOT THAT EITHER OF US ARE AWARE OF BUT BUT HONESTLY WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT LAWYERS. I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD ANSWER THAT LEGAL QUESTION BUT WE WE COULD ASK FOR CLARIFICATION FROM FROM OUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO GET BACK TO YOU AS A PART OF AN RFP. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE I CAN'T VOTE ON THIS UNLESS I KNOW A DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO THAT. I THINK WHAT I CAN SHARE IS FROM THE PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE SHOWN AN INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERING RESIDENTIAL IT THE BUILDING AS IT IS RIGHT NOW IS A RETAIL SPACE AND SO THERE WOULD BE SOME CONFIGURE ATION OF RETAIL. SO I UNDERSTAND THE THE
HYPOTHETICAL I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL COME TO THAT BUT EVEN EVEN IT SAYS EVEN IF IN FIVE FOUR 2 TO 1 POINT F1H4 IT SAYS IF NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS INCLUDED AT LEAST 25% OF THE TOTAL PLANNED UNITS AFFORDABLE TO LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR LEASE OR SALE AND PERMITTED FOR USE AND OCCUPANCY BEFORE OR AT THE SAME TIME WITH EVERY 25% OF NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT MADE AVAILABLE FOR LEASE OR SALE AND PERMITTED FOR USE AND OCCUPANCY. HONESTLY I'M HAVING A REALLY TOUGH TIME UNPACKING EXACTLY WHAT THAT STATEMENT IS BUT IT DOES MENTION NONRESIDENTIAL SO IT DOES SEEM THAT THERE'S SOME CLAUSE FOR AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING OF SOME SORT IN EITHER CASE IF IT'S RESIDENTIAL OR NONRESIDENTIAL WHICH IS WHERE I SEE CLARIFICATION. YEAH, I CAN TALK TO OUR I HEAR YOUR QUESTION SO I CAN SPEAK TO OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO GET CLARIFICATION. MICHELLE ALEXANDER YEAH, I HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION AS COMMISSIONER GUPTA AND SO AND LET ME JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ASKING THE SAME QUESTION.
BUT SO IS THAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SURPLUS LAND AND THE EXEMPT SURPLUS? SO THE SURPLUS LAND ACT IS WHAT YOU WERE QUOTING? EXACTLY. YEAH. SO I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION. >> SO LIKE WHAT'S IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SO WE WOULD REMOVING AS AUTHORITIES SURPLUS SO WE'D BE MOVING IT TO EXEMPT SURPLUS AND SO I THINK THAT IS THE SAME LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OVERALL WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES LIKE WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE WE ALLOWING THAT THAT ISN'T YOU KNOW OR WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE NOT PRESENT FOR EXAMPLE SURPLUS AND PARTICULARLY AROUND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CASE THE THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR THE DISTRICT IS THIS IS YOUR ONLY LAND LEASE WHERE WE ACTUALLY DON'T OWN THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE LAND NOR DO WE ACTUALLY OWN WE OWN ABOUT HALF OF THE IMPROVEMENTS OR HALF THE BUILDING RESTS ON OUR LAND FOR WHICH WE'RE PROVIDING THE LEAST RIGHT. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLAIM TO THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE SO WE ARE JUST LOOKING TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SELL
AND GET YOU NEW TERMS FOR THAT LAND LEASE PER THE BOARD'S EARLIER INSTRUCTION THEY WERE NOT LOOKING TO SELL IT BUT WE NEED TO CLEAR THE WAY BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IT'S SITTING WITH THE LENDER AND THE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN BUYING IT FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND THEY CAN'T OFFER US TERMS UNTIL IT'S CONSIDERED EXEMPT SURPLUS RIGHT . THE EXEMPT SURPLUS WHY? I THINK THAT'S THE KEY TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE THE EXEMPTION FOR FOR THIS IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IF IT WAS JUST A SCHOOL PROPERTY THAT WE WEREN'T USING ANYMORE OR IF IT WAS A VACANT PROPERTY THAN RESIDENTIAL HOUSING IF THAT WAS THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THEN THAT COMES INTO PLAY. THIS IS NOT A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE AND SO THEY NEEDED TO BE EXEMPT SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW BECAUSE THAT'S THE CURRENT STATUTE THAT'S ENFORCED FOR FOR MUNICIPAL PROPERTY AND THAT IF THEY WANT TO MODIFY IT IN ANY WAY SO IF THE DEVELOPERS INTERESTED IN MODIFYING THE PROPERTY IN ANY WAY IT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED EXEMPT SURPLUS WE SO WE JUST FOUND OURSELVES OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEED BUT WHY COULDN'T THEY MODIFY IT UNDER A SURPLUS? >> BECAUSE THE LAW HAS CHANGED
THAT IF IT'S MUNICIPAL IT HAS TO BE EXEMPT SURPLUS NOT JUST SURPLUS. >> THAT'S BECAUSE THEY LITERALLY A COMPLIANCE PIECE IF IT'S MUNICIPAL. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? SO THAT'S WHY IT'S OPERATING UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE. SO WHEN WHEN MUNICIPALITIES MEANING CITIES OR COUNTIES OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS HAVE THIS SITUATION RIGHT EVEN WITH THE LAND LEASE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MODIFY THE STRUCTURE UNLESS IT'S DECLARED EXEMPT SURPLUS. >> NOW THAT'S THE NEW THAT'S THE NEW STATUTE. >> YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT I GUESS BUT BUT AGAIN I WENT OKAY I WON'T BEAT A DEAD HORSE BUT I THINK I WOULD WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN SURPLUS AND EXEMPT SURPLUS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE BECAUSE BECAUSE IT'S YOU YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE CAN'T HAVE SURPLUS LAND ANYMORE. >> IT HAS TO ALL BE EXEMPT SURPLUS IT DEPENDS UPON THE INTENDED USE. THIS ONE IS JUST TO LAND THESE SO THAT'S THE ONLY INTENDED USE. >> THIS IS A VERY NARROW ONE FOR US. OKAY.
WELL YEAH I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION AROUND THE HOUSING BECAUSE AGAIN IF IF WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS YEAH I JUST THINK IT'S NOT TOTALLY CLEAR I GUESS WHAT'S THE IT'S NOT TO ME IT'S NOT TOTALLY CLEAR THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS SWITCH AND SO I IT'S NOT THAT I'M NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO IT. I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING FOR IT WITHOUT THAT EXPLANATION. >> CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION DOES THIS HAVE TO BE VOTED ON TONIGHT OR CAN IT WAIT UNTIL AUGUST? >> THERE'S THERE'S NEVER A HAVE TO THIS IS STILL PENDING THE SALE IS STILL PENDING AND IT'S NOW PENDING THIS ACTION RIGHT. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING UNTIL AUGUST. UH, THIS WAS EXPLAINED TO US BY BY BOTH OUTSIDE AND INTERNAL LEGAL IS JUST A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT'S CHANGED SINCE THE SURPLUS DECLARATION FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD SO AGAIN WE CAN'T COMMENT ON WHAT THAT WILL DO TO THE POTENTIAL DEAL. WE DON'T KNOW. RIGHT.
THIS IS THIS WAS JUST A COMPLIANCE REQUEST THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS COMPLIANT WITH GOVERNMENT CODE . OKAY. SEE CAN I MOVE TO CONTINUE TO AUGUST 2ND? WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT? AGAIN, WE JUST DON'T KNOW RIGHT. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO MOVE THIS THROUGH THE COURTS AND THE LENDING SYSTEM AND TRYING TO BE COMPLIANT WITH CURRENT LAW. SO ASKING US TO PREDICT WHAT THIS WILL DO TO A POTENTIAL DEAL OR NOT. WE JUST WE JUST DON'T KNOW. WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS HELPFUL AND MOVE IT THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO AS NOT TO MISS ANY OPPORTUNITIES. BUT THAT'S WE CAN'T PREDICT THAT AT THIS POINT. ARE THERE CONTINGENCIES OR RELATIONSHIPS IN PLACE THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF? LIKE DOES THIS HAVE AN IMPACT ON SOMETHING ELSE? SO WITHOUT SAYING THINGS LIKE PUBLICLY THAT CAN'T BE SAID PUBLICLY, RIGHT THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE BEING HAD. THERE ARE PROSPECTIVE BUYERS AND SO THERE ARE REAL RISKS IN AND NOT DOING IT WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL JEOPARDIZE THE ENTIRE SALE LIKE I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER I CAN
SAY THAT THIS PROCESS TO FILE THIS WITH THE HCD TAKES ABOUT 60 DAYS. SO IF WE HAVE A PROSPECTIVE BUYER WHO IS INTERESTED THINGS CAN MOVE VARIOUS SLOWLY OR VERY QUICKLY AND I THINK GIVEN THE ENTHUSIASM FOR MID-MARKET REDEVELOPMENT AND IT'S VERY LATE I CAN'T THINK OF OTHER WORDS AND THE INTEREST IN THE REVITALIZATION OF MID-MARKET IT WE DO NOT WANT TO BE PUTTING OBSTACLES IN PLACE. THIS COULD THIS COULD PUT AN OBSTACLE IN PLACE. I 100% HEAR THE CONCERNS ABOUT ARE WE TAKING AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO HOUSING HERE? I WILL JUST REITERATE WE OWN A VERY SMALL SLIVER OF THE LAND UNDERNEATH THIS BUILDING AND HAVE MANY SMALL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT HERE AND SO MY INTENT HERE IS TO PRESERVE THE INVESTMENT OF THE DISTRICT TO PRESERVE THE PROPERTY OF THE DISTRICT AND TO GET THE MOST FOR THE DISTRICT THAT WE CAN.
I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE NEGOTIATING TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT AND DOING IT IN A WAY THAT WE CAN ENSURE LONG TERM STABILITY AND REVENUE THAT WILL GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE WE CAN USE IT FOR OPERATIONAL SERVICES. SO THAT'S WHAT I CAN SHARE RIGHT NOW WITH RESPECT TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD OPPOSE ANY MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS MATTER GIVEN THAT WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING UNTIL AUGUST 11TH ESPECIALLY I KNOW THAT THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN A VACANT BLIGHT ON A CORE HEART OF DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO AND I WOULD NOT WANT ANYTHING THAT THIS BOARD DOES TO JEOPARDIZE THE ABILITY OF THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN RECOVERY TO PROCEED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IF THERE WERE YOU KNOW, A DEAL THAT WERE TO FALL APART BECAUSE IT COULDN'T BE COMPLETED ON TIME WITH THE FINANCING WINDOW OR HOW INTEREST RATES ARE MOVING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL. >> AND I ALSO HEAR THE CONCERNS
OF COMMISSIONERS. I WAS SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION ABOUT WHY THE LANGUAGE NEEDS TO INCLUDE ALL POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES AND OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. TO ME HEARING THAT RESPONSE AS A LAWYER IT'S VERY COMMON FOR THERE TO BE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT SAY THIS LAW NEEDS TO BE YOU KNOW, COMPLY WITH THIS STATUTE. AND IF WE WERE TO SAY ACTUALLY YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE OF THE THREE THINGS WITH THIS STATUTE ,THEY WOULD SAY THAT'S NOT COMPLIANT WITH THAT STATUTE AND SO ACTUALLY THE RESOLUTION IT WOULDN'T BE SETTING A HIGHER BAR NECESSARILY. IT WOULD BE SAYING WE'RE NOT MEETING THE FLOOR AND WE ACTUALLY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE THEN TO ENTERTAIN ANY OFFERS FOR A LEASE. AND SO THAT I THINK AGAIN COULD POTENTIALLY DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OF THE RESOLUTION WHICH IS TO JUST BRING US INTO LEGAL COMPLIANCE SO THAT WE CAN THEN HEAR WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE BOTH TO HELP SUPPORT THE
REGENERATION OF DOWNTOWN AND ALSO TO BRING IN RESOURCES AS WE TALKED ABOUT AD NAUSEUM TONIGHT WE DO NEED TO HAVE MORE RESOURCES TO PUT TOWARD OUR STUDENTS AND MEETING OR TO OUTCOME GOALS. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD DO EVERYTHING THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER TO PRESERVE ANY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF CONSIDERING THAT IN THE FUTURE. I'LL JUST COMMENT ON THIS. I APPRECIATE WHAT FACE PLEASANT HEARING IS SAYING. I'LL TACKLE THIS FROM A GOOD GOVERNANCE STANDPOINT WE EXPLICITLY REMOVED FACILITIES FROM A MAJOR DECISION FRAMEWORK. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. THE ONLY REASON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE WE LEGALLY HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS. AND SO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT NEED CLARIFICATION, WE SHOULD HAVE SENT THAT IN ADVANCE. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE ABOUT THIS BUT BUT I THINK THAT IF THERE ARE CLARIFICATIONS THAT REQUIRE LEGAL REVIEW, WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED THOSE IN ADVANCE. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US I
MEAN I KNOW WE DO STILL NEED A MOTION RESPOND TO THE MOTION SO WE WILL BUT THAT THAT'S JUST MY PERSPECTIVE HERE. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT GENERALLY OR A COMMENT ABOUT THE MOTION TO VOTE? >> SO YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY ALSO AS A LAWYER I WAS SATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSE AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE RAISING CONCERNS BUT IT MADE SENSE TO ME SO I DON'T IF I TOLD ANYONE THAT I WANTED TO YOU KNOW, SUPPORT ALSO WHAT JAMIE WAS SAYING I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION SO WE DO NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THE RESPONSE TO POST OR THE MOTION TO PROPOSE POSTPONING BLAH BLAIR THE MOTION TO POSTPONE TO A FUTURE MEETING AND SO CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THAT PLEASE. OKAY SO MOTION TO POSTPONE VOTE. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HULING NO. COMMISSIONER RAY NO. COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN WARD NO. >> PRESIDENT KIM NO. MOTION FAILS GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE THE
ITEM IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I'LL BRING THAT TO A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER NO, COMMISSIONER FISHER NO COMMISSIONER GUPTA I'M SORRY NO . VICE PRESIDENT HULING YES, COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. >> I HOPE YOU STAY IN THE JOB. MOVING TO ITEM ITEM 5426-23 SPEAK TO BOARD OF EDUCATION GOVERNANCE CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2627. CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND I MOVE ITEM F5266 DASH 23 SB TWO SECOND THIS PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS ITEM DR. SU YES THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM I'M SORRY I IT'S LATE SO EVERY YEAR AS REQUIRED BY THE BOARD BY EVERY YEAR AS REQUIRED BY LAW THE BOARD ADOPTS THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR TO ESTABLISH THE BOARD'S MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR THIS YEAR IN COLLABORATION WITH BOARD
LEADERSHIP AND BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PROGRESS MONITORING WE HAVE ENHANCED THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR TO REFLECT MULTI YEAR PLANNING IN ADDITION TO THE UPCOMING BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING DATES. THE PROPOSED CALENDAR INCLUDES SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PROGRESS MONITORING WHICH SPANS BOTH THE SO SO THIS GOVERNANCE CALENDAR SPANS BOTH SCHOOL YEARS SCHOOL YEAR 2627 AND 2728 WITHIN THE CURRENT VG GOALS CYCLE GOALS AND GUARDRAILS ARE SCHEDULED IN LINE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE AD HOC . THE CALENDAR DOES NOT YET DEVOTE DOES NOT THE CURRENT CALENDAR CURRENTLY DOES NOT DEVOTE HALF OF OUR BOARD MEETING TIMES TOWARDS PROGRESS MONITORING BUT WE ARE MOVING CLOSER TO 50% OF OUR BOARD TIME TOWARDS PROGRESS MONITORING. WE ALSO INCLUDE BOARD TRAINING CALENDAR AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE
MAIN CALENDAR. AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO HOMI PANG TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE CALENDAR. GREAT. THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT SO BUILDING OFF OF WHAT YOU HAD SHARED THE CALENDAR IS IN FRONT OF YOU ARE ALIGNED ACROSS THE TWO SCHOOL YEAR TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION DISTRICT HOLIDAYS AND SCHOOL ACADEMIC CALENDARS AND ALSO BASED ON CONSULTATION WITH BOARD LEADERSHIP WE HAVE DEVOTED SPECIFIC MEETINGS TO ADVISORY REPORTS TO HAVE A MORE STRATEGIC AND FOCUSED WAY TO ENGAGE WITH BOARD AND PARENT ADVISORIES AND AS THE PLANNING IS ONGOING WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE BOARD TO UPDATE AND REVISE THE CALENDAR. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS NOT PERFECT. IT IS DEFINITELY AN ITERATIVE PROCESS. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO FOR EXAMPLE FLESH OUT DATES AROUND MAJOR DECISIONS FOR EXAMPLE
THAT'S TIED WITH ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD AND ALSO TO JUST SAY THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE MILESTONES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY INTEGRATE THE PROGRESS MONITORING RECOMMENDATIONS SO I APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S INTEREST AND CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT ON THIS CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT TWO SCHOOL YEARS. THANK YOU. HUNG MAY COMMISSIONERS I INTEND TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM INTO THE NEXT MEETING. SO THE FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THIS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR COUNCIL WHO IS ON ZOOM? I BELIEVE TO ASK IF THERE IS ANY IMPACT ON US CONTINUING THIS ITEM INTO AUGUST. THE REASON I'M WANTING TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM IS BECAUSE THE BOARD LEADERSHIP HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS UNTIL THE AGENDA. WE DIDN'T GET THE ITEM UNTIL THE DRAFT WAS POSTED AND SO AS HUNG NAMED FILE THIS IS
ADDRESSING MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP. THERE ARE STILL MANY THINGS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING. I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO NOT VOTE ON THIS UNTIL WE HAVE A BIT OF A FULLER CALENDAR. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH STAFF IN ADVANCE. I THINK THERE IS A YEAH SO COUNCIL IF YOU'RE ON ON RIGHT NOW I DO HAVE A QUESTION AROUND JUST THE IMPLICATION OF NOT VOTING ON THIS BY JULY 1ST AND ARE WE ABLE TO VOTE ON THIS IN THE FIRST MEETING OF AUGUST ? I THINK THAT SHORT ANSWER IS THAT YOU DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM. BOARD OF EDUCATION GOVERNANCE CALENDAR FOR THE STARTING PERIOD I BELIEVE IS IS WHEN SCHOOL IS BACK IN THE NEW TERM STARTS SO ANY TIME BEFORE THAT. SO I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE ACTUAL NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SO DEPENDING ON THAT DATE WE MAY BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, BORROW
SOME TIME. >> OKAY. I BELIEVE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS AUGUST 17TH. OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR IS AUGUST 11TH AND SO MAYBE I'LL JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD WE INTEND TO HOLD THAT MEETING ON AUGUST 11TH WHICH IS ALIGNED TO OUR SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH BEGINNING IN AUGUST AND AT THAT TIME LIKELY WHAT WILL HAPPEN COMMISSIONERS, IS THAT THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD BE SCHEDULING ANY OTHER MEETINGS UNTIL WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE WE MAY BRING FORWARD MAJOR DECISIONS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY I MEAN I CONTINUE ON WITH THE TREND OF OUR FEEDBACK HERE OF LIKE WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE A HIGH BAR FOR WHERE WE WHERE WE ARE AND SO THE THE SPIRIT OF THAT IS THAT WE HAVE OUR MEETING ON AUGUST 11TH THE STANDING THE ONLY ITEM THERE BEING GOVERNANCE CALENDAR AND WE WE NEED ONE SO PRESIDENT YES JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO AGENDAS THE GOVERNOR'S
CALENDAR AS THE ONLY ITEM FOR THE AUGUST 11TH MEETING. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE PROPOSED GOVERNANCE CALENDAR THAT HAS TO DO WITH FOR EXAMPLE, BOND SALE AND THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THE BOND PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS AND LOCAL HIRING POLICY ISSUES THAT ARE SOMEWHAT TIME SENSITIVE AND TIED TO OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS FOR FOR THE DISTRICT. WHAT ARE DO YOU DO YOU INTEND TO HAVE THOSE BE AGENDAS FOR AUGUST 11TH OR DO YOU WANT US TO YEAH, I MEAN AGAIN AS I SHARED IN LEADERSHIP I WE SHOULD NOT BE STARTING THE YEAR WITHOUT A CLEAR GOVERNANCE CALENDAR IN PLACE THAT LAYS OUT THE CADENCE OF THE MEETINGS AND THE TOPICS THAT WE'VE INTENDED TO COVER. THAT INCLUDES THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVING AROUND MAJOR DECISIONS BEING ALLOCATED ACROSS THE MEETING ACROSS THE YEAR AND ETC. FOR ALL THE REMAINING ITEMS. AGAIN MY MY CURRENT POSITION RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE WE SHOULD NOT BE AGENDA IZING ANYTHING UNTIL WE HAVE A GOVERNANCE CALENDAR IN PLACE THAT REFLECTS
WHAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN REQUESTING AND AGAIN I APPRECIATE STAFF AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING TO PLAN AHEAD. AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS A GOVERNANCE CALENDAR WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SINCE LAST YEAR AND SO I SAY SORRY THIS IS COMING HERE. CAN I ACTUALLY TERM I JUST PULLED UP THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED'S POLICY 19 100 SORRY I WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO LOOK AT THAT PROPERLY BUT YOU HAVE A HARD END AS PER A NINE MONTH POLICY WHICH SAYS THAT IT MUST BE APPROVED BEFORE JUNE OF EACH YEAR BUT THAT IS OUR OWN POLICY NOT STATE CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I CONTINUE THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER FISHER IT'S JUST ANOTHER POINT OF CLARIFICATION. >> ONE OF THE THINGS ON THE PROPOSED GOVERNANCE CALENDAR IS A PUBLIC HEARING AROUND CHARTER SCHOOLS I THINK ON THE 11TH WHICH IF WE DON'T HOLD THAT PUBLIC HEARING MIGHT PUT US INTO STATUTORY COMPLIANCE ISSUES. SO I SEE SOME TENSION THERE.
WOULD YOU BE I THINK THERE'S TENSION EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW WITH NOT HAVING A GOVERNANCE CALENDAR IN PLACE. I HEAR THAT. LET LET ME I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS CONFER WITH STAFF AND COUNCIL ON WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE. >> AGAIN, THE SPIRIT HERE IS NOT TO TRY TO THROW US OFF TRACK FROM ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. IT'S IT'S JUST A VERY PRACTICAL MATTER OF WE JUST NEED TO KNOW A PLAN FOR THE YEAR AND WE SHOULD HAVE HAD IN PLACE BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT. I UNDERSTAND BUT IF TABLING THIS UNTIL JUNE AND MAKING THIS THE ONLY AGENDA ITEM THAT WE DO ON JUNE 11TH OR AUGUST 11TH 1058 IF IF TABLING THIS AND MAKING THIS THE ONLY ITEM ON THAT AUGUST 11TH AGENDA PUTS US INTO A STATUTORY COMPLIANCE PROBLEM, I'M NOT WILLING THAT'S WHY I WANT TO KNOW I WANT TO I WANT I WILL VOTE YES IF LEADERSHIP WILL COMMIT TO ME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET OUR OTHER STATUTORY COMPLIANCE OBLIGATIONS IN THAT SAME TIME IN THE TIMEFRAME NECESSARY YEAH SOME WAY SOME LAW NOT LOCAL RIGHT SO WE WE SHOULD DO WHAT
WE NEED TO DO FOR A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT. YES. SO AGAIN I THINK THIS IS THE CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE WITH STAFF AND WHAT IS POSSIBLE. I THINK MY POSTURE STILL IS FOR ALL OTHER NON LEGALLY REQUIRED NON BINDING NO DEADLINE PURPOSES. WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING ANYTHING UNLESS WE HAVE A GOVERNANCE CALENDAR IN PLACE. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION COMMISSIONER GUPTA. >> COMMISSIONER RAY THEN VICE PRESIDENT OKAY. YEAH I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AGAIN, I MEAN I THINK WE'RE JUST SEEING THE CONSTANT TREND OF UNTIL WE'RE OUR BACK IS AGAINST THE WALL WE'RE NOT RECEIVING, YOU KNOW, NECESSARY THINGS LIKE BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND I KNOW I WOULD CERTAINLY BENEFIT FROM A FULL GOVERNANCE CALENDAR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IS WHERE OUR MAJOR DECISIONS ARE ALONGSIDE THIS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FROM COMMUNITY AS WELL IN TERMS OF WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT T K THROUGH A MANDARIN IMMERSION, WHETHER
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL MERGERS, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FINALLY ELIMINATING THE LOTTERY SYSTEM. THESE ARE ALL MATTERS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL THE COMMUNITY FRONT AND CENTER THAT WE ARE WE DO HAVE A PLAN FOR THIS SO I WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE REALLY VOTING ON ANYTHING UNTIL WE FINISH AND GET THIS DOCUMENT SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN DO THE SAME. I HAD SIMILAR CONCERNS AS A LEADER BECAUSE I TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TOO AND SAW THAT IT SAID THE PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS AND I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE ASSOCIATED WITH IT WE COULDN'T GO PAST SO THAT ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES THAT WE HAVE TO DO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO I ABSOLUTELY THINK WE SHOULD COMPLY WITH THE LAW. I ALSO WANT TO SAY I'M REALLY TROUBLED. I'M JUST GENERALLY TROUBLED BY THINGS THAT GO AGAINST OUR POLICIES. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. WE HAVE AS PRESIDENT KIM HAS INDICATED, LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR AT LEAST AT LEAST SIX MONTHS IF NOT MORE.
AND WE HAVE ALL I AT LEAST I HAVE CERTAINLY ALSO ASKED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON LIKE WHY WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY IN THIS PATTERN OF ALMOST GOVERNING BY CRISIS WHERE JUST ONE CRISIS AFTER ANOTHER AND THAT IS NOT HEALTHY FOR US AS A DISTRICT SO SO WHILE I AM VERY UNHAPPY AND DISAPPOINTED THAT WE ARE IN THIS POSITION, I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW, PRESIDENTS PRESIDENT KIM'S DESIRE LIKE WHAT COMMISSIONER GUPTA HAS HAS MENTIONED ABOUT WANTING TO PUSH THIS FORWARD UNTIL WE HAVE MORE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WELL THOUGHT OUT, YOU KNOW, TIMELINE THAT WE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE AND UNDERSTAND AND HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE TO. SO BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. >> THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE WITH FELLOW COMMISSIONERS THAT PRESIDENT KIM AND I HAD SEVERAL WORKING
MEETINGS WITH DISTRICT STAFF A YEAR AGO LAST JUNE TO TRY AND GET A WORKING MULTI-YEAR GOVERNANCE CALENDAR. WE ONLY GOT A PARTIAL GOVERNANCE CALENDAR. THAT CALENDAR ACTUALLY ESSENTIALLY RAN OUT THIS SPRING WHICH IS WHY THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR WAS AGENDA IZED THIS SPRING BECAUSE WE LITERALLY JUST NEEDED A GOVERNANCE CALENDAR TO MAP OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND ONLY A PARTIAL GOVERNANCE CALENDAR WAS BROUGHT THAT JUST GOT US TO THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A MULTI YEAR GOVERNANCE CALENDAR FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND YOU KNOW HAVE OFFERED RESOURCES TO HELP THAT OCCUR. AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER RAY. YOU KNOW WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT BEING STRATEGIC AND PLANNING AHEAD, YOU KNOW, PART OF ENABLING STAFF TO PLAN THEIR WORK IS KNOWING WHEN THEIR DEADLINES WILL BE AND THAT IS REALLY PART OF THE EXERCISE OF SETTING THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR IS KNOWING WHEN THINGS NEED TO COME TO THE
BOARD SO THAT WE CAN BACKWARD PLAN EFFECTIVELY AS A DISTRICT FROM THAT AND AVOID THOSE KINDS OF CRISES AND EMERGENCIES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE DOING THINGS LIKE CONSIDERING CURRICULA WHEN THE BOOKS WON'T GET HERE IN TIME FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR YOU KNOW THINGS THAT WE NEED TO AVOID. >> THAT SAID, I APPRECIATE THAT ADDITIONAL STAFFING HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THIS. I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A MEANINGFUL EFFORT RECENTLY. I THINK THE DRAFT IS A MUCH IMPROVED DRAFT FROM THE PREVIOUS DRAFT THAT WE HAD. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. UM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO OUR NEXT MEETING ON AUGUST 11TH AND JUST FOR THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE ELSE THIS IS A WE DO HAVE A MEETING ON AUGUST 11TH THAT IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR. >> MAY I COMMISSIONER FISCHER SO I GUESS I'M STILL HELP ME UNDERSTAND AND I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR SUPERINTENDENT EXECUTIVE COMMIT TO LIKE I THINK WE'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS ON THIS CALENDAR WHAT IS THE
OFFICIAL ASK FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT WHAT WHAT ARE WE ALIGNED AS A BOARD ON ASKING IS THE NEXT THING TO COME IN FRONT LIKE WHAT WHAT DO WE EXPECT TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS GOVERNANCE CALENDAR THAT'S NOT ON THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA CURRENTLY? DO WE HAVE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE RECORD RIGHT HERE NOW PUBLICLY FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM LIKE WHAT WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR THAT ISN'T HERE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER FISCHER AND WHAT I'LL DO IS MAYBE JUST ARTICULATE WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED . SO WHAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS. THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE ITERATIONS OF THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH AND THIS ONE THAT YOU SEE HERE WAS A VERSION THAT WE HADN'T YET SEEN UNTIL IT WAS POSTED THE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IS IN ADDITION TO THE STATUTORILY REQUIRED DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE BY THE BOARD WHAT ARE CAN WE OVERLAY ON TOP OF THAT A NEW
STRATEGY FOR ENGAGING OUR ADVISORY COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES AND IN ADDITION TO OVERLAYING ON OUR GOVERNANCE CALENDAR WHEN WE CAN EXPECT CERTAIN MILESTONES TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR EITHER DISCUSSION OR APPROVAL REGARDING MAJOR DECISIONS RIGHT THEN ON TOP OF THAT WE'VE ASKED QUESTIONS AROUND STRATEGIC TIMING OF STUDY SESSIONS AND WHAT THOSE ARE BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE TWO DECISIONS MIGHT BE. WE'VE ALSO ASKED FOR AN INCORPORATION OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND OUR COMMITTEE ON PROGRESS MONITORING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR AS WELL A PART OF THIS WAS A TECHNICALITY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE OR THE AD HOC ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT NOW AND SO TODAY AND SO THAT HADN'T YET BEEN INCORPORATED BUT THE PROGRESS MONITORING WHAT HAS AND THEN OTHER MAJOR TOPICS THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO COME TO THE BOARD. SO FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TO ADD OUR COMMITTEES AND WHEN THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING TO THE BOARD WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OTHER PRIORITIES THAT WE KNOW ARE RELEVANT FOR THE DISTRICT. SO YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO CALENDAR OUT WHEN A CHANGE
TO FOR EXAMPLE OUR FINANCIAL LITERACY PLAN IS COMING TO THE BOARD, RIGHT. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION ON. WE DON'T WANT TO FIND OURSELVES IN A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS AGAIN, IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF ARE WE ABLE TO THOUGHTFULLY LAY THIS ALL OUT? RIGHT? THERE WAS A VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT WHERE WE WORKED WITH CHRIS TO SORRY CHRIS KATRINA COMPANY DON'T NEED US TO LAY OUT SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED AND POSED TO STAFF BUT AGAIN WE HADN'T YET MET TO GO THROUGH THOSE RESPONSES FROM STAFF ON WHY CERTAIN THINGS WERE LAID OUT THE WAY THAT THEY WERE. SO PART OF THIS IS ALSO TIMING. I MEAN THERE WAS UNDERSTANDABLY A EVENT IN DC THAT HAPPENED IN ADDITION TO A STRIKE AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF FOR SURE. SO SO I THINK THERE'S A PART OF IT THAT'S JUST WE NEED TO MEET TO TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR AND WE HAVE WE HADN'T DONE THAT PRIOR TO THE DRAFT COMING TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS PULLED AWAY FROM HER JOB FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS
BECAUSE OF FORCES BEYOND HER CONTROL THAT WERE POLITICAL IN NATURE AND NOT STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS DISCUSSION IN AUGUST. ABSOLUTELY. AND AS PER THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE BUDGET, THIS IS I THINK WHY WE BROUGHT THE ITEM FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION VERY, VERY EARLY ON. SO WE HAD A LONG RUNWAY AND WE ARE WE ARE WE ARE SO YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER FISHER I'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE AUGUST 11TH MEETING. THANK YOU MATE FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD AND WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO DISCUSSION ITEMS ITEM G ONE MAJOR DECISIONS WE NEED TO MAY I MAKE A POINT OF ORDER? YES IT'S 2:08 A.M. FOR ME. OH AND SO I'M GOING TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT I BE EXCUSED SHORTLY SO IF YOU SEE ME HOP OFF THAT'S WHY. BUT I WILL MAKE SURE TO WATCH THE RECORDING OF THE FUTURE DISCUSSION ITEMS YOU'RE ACTUALLY REQUIRED BY FOR POLICY TO STAY UNTIL AT LEAST THREE.
I THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD CAN I ALSO MAKE A BIG WITH THE LAST ACTION ITEM YOU TABLED IT BUT BECAUSE YOU TABLED IT AS PRESIDENT DON'T DON'T WE STILL NEED TO VOTE ON TABLING IT? >> NO, NO. SO I CAN CONTINUE AN ITEM TO A FUTURE MEETING CONTINUED OR POSTPONED. I THINK THE LANGUAGE IS WITHOUT A VOTE OR THERE CAN BE A REQUEST TO VOTE YES. WE HAVE A HANDY DANDY LAMINATED HALF PAGE FOR YOU. YES AND JUST ANOTHER POINT OF SOMETHING INFORMATION I. I HAVE TO DRIVE BACK TO SANTA ROSA TONIGHT SO I'M NOT GOING TO STATES TOO MUCH LONGER THERE SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH SOME OF THE DOING. SORRY JUST TO KIND OF LAY OUT THE TIMELINE FOR ITEM G DISCUSSION ITEMS I IT DEPENDING ON HOW LONG ITEM G1 GOES I INTEND TO ENGAGE IN THIS CONVERSATION ON MAJOR DECISIONS. WE'LL SEE ON TIMING TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT JUST SO WE CAN GET
AN AFFIRMATION THERE AND MOVE THAT WORK FORWARD. IT MAY BE THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE ITEMS AROUND BOARD OF EDUCATION MID-YEAR SELF-EVALUATION AND SHORT TERM METRICS AND MAYBE THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COME UP ON THE FIRST MEETING. AGAIN IN AUGUST. I THINK IT'LL JUST BE HOW WE GO THROUGH THIS WORK SCHOOL YES, SURE. I MEAN AGAIN I THINK THESE ARE THE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE GIVEN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. I'M GOING TO ITEM ONE MAJOR DECISIONS UPDATE SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT POLICY DR. SU OKAY. AND SEE OKAY SO THANK YOU US STAFF ARE COMING UP TO THE DAIS . I JUST WANT TO I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE JEFF KAHN AND JOSEPH OF MINDORO WHO'S WHO'S ACTUALLY ON HOPEFULLY HE'S DELAYING BECAUSE HE'S IT'S ALSO VERY LATE FOR HIM RIGHT NOW WHO ARE BOTH FORMER LEADERS AS IF UCSD'S ENROLLMENT CENTER JOINING US ALONG WITH LAUREN KOEHLER AND OF COURSE YOU ALREADY KNOW THE OTHER TWO ESTEEMED GUESTS CHRIS BENNETT
AND AND HOW AM I PAYING I'M SORRY. OKAY. >> I'M TRYING TO PULL UP MY SLIDE. SORRY, GUYS. OKAY. SO I KNOW WE'VE TRIED WE'VE HAD A LONG DAY. SO THE GOAL FOR TODAY FOR THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION IS TO BUILD SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGE AND WHY PORTFOLIO AND POLICY NEEDS TO MOVE TOGETHER SO PORTFOLIO CHANGES AND STUDENT ASSIGNMENT POLICY CHANGES NEED TO MOVE TOGETHER. WE ARE GOING TO SHARE THE ROADMAP WHICH INCLUDES WHEN THE BOARD WHEN WE ARE PROPOSING THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION AND WHERE WE HOPE TO CONSULT WITH THE BOARD AND OBVIOUSLY WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN OF COURSE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE BOARD YOUR PRIORITIES AND SEEK GUIDANCE FROM YOU FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS WORK. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO AGAIN, EVERY DAY WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE EACH AND EVERY STUDENT THE QUALITY, INSTRUCTION AND EQUITABLE SUPPORT REQUIRED TO THRIVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
THIS IS OUR MISSION. THIS IS WHAT WE HOLD TRUE AND NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO CENTER THE WORK AROUND SCHOOL REORGANIZATION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE AND CENTER OUR STUDENTS ON ALL OF OUR DECISIONS THAT WE ARE MAKING. AND THEN OF COURSE AS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THESE THE SCHOOL REORGANIZATION WORK, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE ARE DOING IS NOT GOING TO BE OVERLY BURDENSOME TO OUR FAMILIES BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HEAR ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A FUTURE STATE FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR FAMILIES, FOR OUR STAFF THAT REALLY MEETS THE NEEDS AND REALLY FULFILLS AND LIVES UP TO THE VISION AND GOAL OF US BEING A WORLD CLASS SCHOOL DISTRICT. NEXT SLIDE. SO I THINK YOU'VE AT THIS POINT
SEEN THIS ROADMAP MANY TIMES NOW SO JUST WANT TO REORGANIZE AND RE ORIENT EVERYONE TO THIS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF NECESSARY AND FOUNDATIONAL WORK TO BALANCE AND STABILIZE THE DISTRICT. ONE OF THAT WORK TODAY WAS TO APPROVE THE SOPA, APPROVE THE L CAP AND APPROVE THE BUDGET. EACH STEP THAT WE TAKE TOWARDS STABILIZING THE DISTRICT PUTS OUR STUDENTS CLOSER TO THE POINT OF STABILITY, ENSURES THAT WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE OUR STUDENTS FIRST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE VERY IMPORTANT STRATEGIC DECISIONS AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS THAT WE ALL KNOW OUR STUDENTS NEED AND WANT. SCHOOL REORGANIZATION IS NOW THE NEXT STEP AFTER WE HAVE STABILIZED THE DISTRICT WE NOW CAN MOVE INTO A MORE STRATEGIC CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO GO TO. SO SCHOOL REORGANIZATION IS THE NEXT STEP AND IT REALLY
COMPRISES OF TWO PARTS WHERE ONE IS AROUND THE ALIGNMENT OF SCHOOL PORTFOLIO AND THE OTHER ONE IS TO REALLY ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ENROLLMENT POLICIES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES. SO THIS IS NOT A DEPARTURE FROM THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND THIS IS NOW JUST A CONTINUATION ON THIS PATH OF TO THE NEXT THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE WORK AS WE ARE DOING THE WORK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD THESE PRIORITIES TRUE THAT TO TO CENTER AGAIN THE WORK WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY STABILIZING THE THE THE WORK BUT IS ALSO ENSURING THAT WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE EXCELLENT TEACHING AND LEARNING ENSURING THAT AS WE STABILIZE WE HAVE TO ADD WHAT COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN STATED STATING THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITABLE RESOURCES AS WELL AND OF COURSE IN IN TRUE ALIGNMENT WITH GUARDRAILS ONE WE ONE AND FIVE WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY WITH ALL OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS BECAUSE AGAIN WE ARE NOT JUST
JUST FUNCTIONING ALONE IN OUR SYSTEM. WE ARE PART OF MULTIPLE ENTITIES MANY MANY KEY STAKEHOLDERS OBVIOUSLY OUR FAMILIES AND AND STAFF AND LARGER COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS AND AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS WHAT WE STRIVE TO ENSURE IS THAT OUR STUDENTS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE IS AGAIN TOP OF MIND BUT NEEDS TO WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT IT IS HIGHEST QUALITY ACADEMIC RIGOR AND THAT OUR STUDENTS TRULY FEEL THAT THEY ARE SEEN, HEARD, LOVED AND WELCOMED IN OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT IS WHAT WE'RE STRIVING TO DO IS CREATE WELCOMING AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS BOTH THROUGH A PORTFOLIO ALIGNMENT AS WELL AS A POLICY ALIGNMENT WORK. NOW I'M HANDED OVER TO HOMI. THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT. SO GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS COMMISSIONERS JUST WANTED TO REALLY GROUND US IN THE PURPOSE FOR TONIGHT. THERE ARE NO MAJOR DECISIONS.
THERE ARE NO ACTIONS THAT WE ARE ASKING FROM THE BOARD TONIGHT. THIS IS REALLY A CRITICAL JUNCTURE AS WE GO INTO THE SUMMER INTO DEEP PLANNING MODE, THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE SEEK FROM YOU TODAY IS TO FIRST ALIGN ON THE PRIORITIES THAT WILL GUIDE THE WORK. THIS IS A COMPLEX SET OF DECISIONS AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD IN TERMS OF WHAT PRIORITIES WE SHOULD BE HOLDING AS WE CONTINUE INTO THE PLANNING MODE. SECOND TO CONFIRM THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND TIMELINE WITH YOU TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MOVING IN A PACE AND ALSO CADENCE THAT WORKS FOR THE BOARD AND ALSO TO GIVE CLEAR DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE ON WHAT THE NEXT PHASE MUST ADDRESS. SO THESE ARE THE DESIRED OUTCOMES FOR TONIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I DID WANT TO JUST OVERVIEW WHAT ARE SOME OF THE METRICS THAT DEFINE SUCCESS BY 2829 SCHOOL YEAR SUCCESS IS ONE RESOLVE SYSTEM THAT IS CLEAR FOR FAMILIES IS SHAPED BY COMMUNITIES GUIDED BY THE BOARD FOR FAMILIES SUCCESS WOULD LOOK
LIKE AN ADOPT A POLICY WITH CLEAR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO APPLY A CLEAR PICTURE OF NEARBY AND CITYWIDE OPTIONS AND ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR EXPERIENCE. FOR OUR COMMUNITY IT'S REALLY BUILDING ON EXISTING INPUTS DATING BACK TO 2010 WHEN THE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT POLICY IS BEING PUT INTO THE SORT OF PUT INTO POLICY REFORM QUESTIONS WITH A DIFFERENT BOARD, DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATION BUT WITH A MIX OF BROAD AND FOCUS ENGAGEMENT FOR COMMUNITIES MOST AND AFFECTED BY ANTICIPATED CHEFS WHO ARE CURRENTLY A PERSPECTIVELY ENGAGE WITH THE WITH THE DISTRICT FOR THE BOARD SUCCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE AN ALIGNMENT AS THE BOARD BUT ALSO AS A GOVERNANCE TEAM WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ON PRIORITIES POLICY FRAMEWORK IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND ALSO TO STAY CURRENT ON PROGRAM AND PORTFOLIO DECISIONS. I DID WANT TO JUST LIFT UP THERE WERE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BUT ALSO
INHERENTLY SUCCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE TEAM HERE AND STAFF WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO BE OWNERS AND ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR SYSTEM DESIGN AND EXECUTION. THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO DELIVER ON PLANS AND ANALYSIS ON SCHEDULE, HAVING CLEAR OWNERS AND REPORTING PROGRESS TO THE BOARD AND SET A SET INTERVALS JUST TO KIND OF RECOGNIZE THAT YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VERY RAPIDLY INCREASE OUR CAPACITY WITH JEFF AND JOSEPH JOINING THE WORKING GROUP AND WE'RE MAKING SOME REALLY YOU KNOW, INTENSIVE EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EFFECTIVELY RESOURCING THIS EFFORT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO JUST TO LEVEL SET, I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF PERHAPS CONFUSION PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, CROSS WIRES AROUND NOMENCLATURE . I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE SUBMITTED QUESTIONS ABOUT WELL, WHAT IS OUR ARE WE DOING PORTFOLIO CHANGES OR NOT? WHAT IS ACTUALLY THE SCOPE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED? SEEMS LIKE THERE IS SOME BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THAT AND TO JUST LEVEL SET I WANT TO BE
VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE TAKING A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO BUILDING STRONG SCHOOLS AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO ADDRESS SCHOOL PORTFOLIO AND STUDENT ASSIGNMENT AT THE SAME TIME IN ORDER FOR FOR THIS TO WORK. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT FOR US TO DEFINE SOME KEY TERMS OF PORTFOLIO MEANS WHAT MIX OF SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS DO WE NEED AFTER THE EFFORT INITIATIVE IS DONE AND WHERE? SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS IS PART OF THE PORTFOLIO WORK SUCH AS EXPANSION OF MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL K EXPANSION, YOU KNOW NEWCOMER PROGRAM REDESIGN ETC. THESE ARE OUR DECISIONS TO YOU KNOW, EXPAND TO START WITH BUT THAT THERE MAY BE EFFORTS TO CONSOLIDATE AND OR CO PROGRAM SCHOOLS AT SCALE SEQUENCE TO FOLLOW THE NEW ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM THAT PRECEDED SO IN TERMS OF PROGRAM PLACEMENT THIS COULD INCLUDE YOU KNOW WHICH PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE CITYWIDE, WHERE DO
THEY SIT? HOW WOULD THAT INTERACT WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD BASIS ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM SUCH AS LANGUAGE PATHWAYS AS WELL AS KEY AIDES ETC. THESE ARE THE WAYS THAT WE ARE GOING TO OFFER AND DELIVER ON STUDENT PROGRAMING AND YES THERE'S A DEEP CONNECTION TO HOW THAT AFFECTS STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS AND THE RULES THAT WILL COME OUT OF THE PROCESS. ON THE OTHER SIDE WHICH IS THE STUDENT AS I'M A POLICY SIDE, THE POLICY REFORM THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR'S TEAM AND THE BOARD IS POLICY REFORM AND GOVERNING OUR STUDENT ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM AND THIS REFORM MUST BE PAIRED WITH INVESTMENT IN OUR PORTFOLIO ACROSS THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT EVERY FAMILY, EVERY STUDENT HAS AN ACCESSIBLE AND EQUITABLE ABILITY TO QUALITY TO HAVE QUALITY SCHOOLS NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN THE CITY. SO REALLY THE POINT HERE THAT WE WANT TO DRIVE IS THAT SOLVING ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER WILL CREATE A SPIN AND THAT THIS TEAM IS REALLY AIMED AT PRODUCING AN INTEGRATED APPROACH. IT IS MORE CHALLENGING BUT
CRITICAL TO SUSTAIN SUCCESS ALIGNED TO OUR VGS HIGH COMMISSIONER'S SO WORKING TOWARD ONE RESOLVED SYSTEM AS YOU GUYS KNOW CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO POLICIES ON THE BOOKS NOT ONE. THE ONE THAT WE ARE USING IS BOARD POLICY 5101 WHICH WAS PASSED IN 2010. THIS IS A DISTRICT WIDE CHOICE SYSTEM. WE'VE MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS PROCESS OVER TIME AN ONLINE APPLICATION, A VERY STREAMLINED WAITLISTS WHERE THERE'S ONLY ONE TIME TO APPLY NOT MULTIPLE AND MUCH BETTER CHOICE OUTCOMES THAN IN THE PAST. IN 2020 THE BOARD VOTED ON A51 01.2 WHICH IS THE ZONE BASED SYSTEM. IT WAS ADOPTED BUT NEVER IMPLEMENTED. WE HAVE PREPARED ZONE MAPS, WE'VE DONE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS FROM 2021 TO 2023 BUT BECAUSE OF LEADERSHIP CHANGES, FISCAL PRESSURES, RTI WE HAVE REPEATEDLY DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY. OUR GOAL HERE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A SINGLE SYSTEM THAT MEETS ALL OF THE CURRENT PRIORITIES AND NEEDS OF OUR
FAMILIES. >> NEITHER OF THE TWO POLICIES THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE ENROLLMENT AND FISCAL REALITIES THAT WE ARE FACING TODAY. SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS WEIGH ALL OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AGAINST THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU THE BOARD SHARE WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMING TO A CLEAR INFORMED CHOICE AND REPLACING THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS WITH THE ONE THAT WE WANT TO USE. NEXT SLIDE. >> SO ANY OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE LOOK AT WILL BE AGAINST THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE PREFERRING. SO IN 5101.2 THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES LISTED DIVERSITY PREDICTABLE AND PROXIMITY DIVERSITY IS WHERE SCHOOLS AND ZONES REFLECT THE MAKEUP OF S.F. USED STUDENTS AS A WHOLE. PREDICTABILITY MEANS THAT FAMILIES HAVE A CLEAR IDEA OF WHERE THEY WILL BE ASSIGNED TO SCHOOL PROXIMITY MEANS SCHOOLS CLOSE TO HOME AND ONE THAT WE'VE INCLUDED HERE THAT IS NOT CALLED OUT EXPLICITLY IN 51A 1.2 IS CHOICE.
THIS IS WHERE FAMILIES GET TO HAVE A VOICE AND WHERE THEIR CHILD IS GOING TO SCHOOL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FAMILIES HAVE REPEATEDLY TOLD US IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM AND SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR ANALYSIS OF WHO ACCEPTS THEIR ASSIGNMENTS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO WHETHER FAMILIES ACCEPT THE ASSIGNMENT OR DO NOT ACCEPT THE ASSIGNMENT THROUGH THE DESIGN WORK THAT WE'VE DONE ON ZONES WE'VE LEARNED THAT YOU CAN'T MAXIMIZE ALL FOUR OF THESE THINGS AT ONCE AND IN FACT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MAXIMIZE THE FIRST THREE TOGETHER AT ONCE. THERE'S SORT OF OPPOSED AND I THINK THAT IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN'T GET EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT LIKE ONE CLEAR ONE IS CHOICE AND PREDICTABILITY. THE MORE CHOICES YOU HAVE THE LESS PREDICTABLE IT IS WHICH CHOICE YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED TO BECAUSE YOU ARE SUGGESTING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT THINGS. >> OUR QUESTION FOR YOU THAT WE WILL COME BACK TO LATER IN THE PRESENTATION IS ABOUT THESE PRIORITIES. WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD MOST FROM
THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT YOU MOST WANT TO SEE IN OUR NEW SYSTEM. NEXT SLIDE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK REALISTICALLY AT THREE OPTIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TOGETHER. THE FIRST ONE IS CHOICE AND TIEBREAKERS. THE SECOND ONE IS ZONE BASED CHOICE AND THE THIRD ONE IS SOME LOCAL ASSIGNMENT WITH CHOICE. EACH HAS A DIFFERENT PRIORITY THAT IS FOCUSED ON AND IT HAS SOME REAL BENEFITS AND REAL DRAWBACKS. SO WE UNDERSTAND HOW THE CHOICE AND TIEBREAKER SYSTEM WORKS. THIS IS BEST FOR MAXIMIZING FAMILY CHOICE SO IT IS BEST FOR GETTING THE MOST FAMILIES. THE THING THAT THEY MOST PREFER. THE RISK IS THAT BECAUSE DEMAND IS DRIVING WHERE WE'RE ENROLLING KIDDOS WE HAVE VERY LOW ABILITY TO SAY PREDICTABLE PATTERNS OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SCHOOLS AND A LOW ABILITY TO
SHAPE FAMILY PROXIMITY OR DIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS ZONE BASED CHOICE. THIS WOULD BE FAMILIES ARE ASSIGNED TO A ZONE AND THEY CHOOSE AMONG THE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE ZONE PLUS CITYWIDE PROGRAMS YOU CAN MAKE ZONES PRETTY SMALL OR LARGER AND LARGER ZONES ARE BEST FOR DIVERSITY AND FAMILY CHOICE. SMALLER ZONES FAVOR PROXIMITY AND PREDICTABILITY. >> YOU CAN'T OPTIMIZE FOR ALL FOUR OF THOSE THINGS AT ONCE. SO BY CHOOSING THE SIZE OF THE ZONE YOU'RE CHOOSING WHAT THING YOU'RE PRIORITIZING. THE BIGGEST RISK HERE IS THAT THIS IS A REALLY LARGE OPERATIONAL LIFT AND IT'S PRETTY COMPLEX. THERE'S SOME RISKS WITH TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION ON THE TIMELINE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SEATS FOR THE STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. THE FACILITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT MATCH TO THE POPULATION. AND THEN LASTLY, ONCE WE DRAW ZONES IT'S PRETTY HARD TO SHIP THEM. SO THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN HERE
. >> THE LAST OPTION IS LOCAL SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT WITH CHOICE. THIS WOULD BE HAVING STUDENTS ASSIGNED TO THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL BY DEFAULT WITH CHOICE PRESERVED THROUGH THE OPTION TO APPLY TO OTHER CITYWIDE SCHOOLS OR PROGRAMS. >> THIS IS BEST FOR PROXIMITY AND PREDICTABILITY. BOTH STUDENTS WOULD END UP WITH AT LEAST THE DEFAULT OF BEING VERY CLOSE TO HOME. THE MAIN RISK HERE IS AGAIN THAT WHERE STUDENTS LIVE AND ARE PHYSICAL FACILITY FOOTPRINT IN THE CITY ARE NOT EXACTLY LINED UP SO SOME AREAS DON'T HAVE CAPACITY FOR ALL OF THE KIDDOS WHO LIVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS SO WE WOULD NEED TO DO SOME SHIFTING OF CITYWIDE AND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS TO MAKE SPACE FOR EVERYBODY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT'S WHY THE PORTFOLIO IS A KEY COMPONENT HERE. YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP THAT THERE'S THE POLICIES HERE 5101 DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY BOARD ACTION IF WE CHOOSE TO MOVE TO ZONE BASED CHOICE THIS WOULD BE A BOARD ACTION AND THEN MOVING
TO LOCAL IN CHOICE WOULD ALSO BE A BOARD ACTION TO REVISE 5101 TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. NEXT SLIDE AGAIN WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PORTFOLIO IN THE POLICY TO BE A COMPLETE PACKAGE AND SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SPACE TO EXECUTE THE POLICY BY MAKING PROGRAM SPACE SO THAT CAN BE ABOUT CITYWIDE PROGRAMS. IT'S ABOUT K-8 MODELS AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT MULTIPLE TIMES IT'S LOOKING FOR SPACES FOR T K CLASSROOMS AND SO IF WE ANY POLICY THAT WE ADOPT IF WE HAVEN'T SET THE PORTFOLIO TO MATCH THAT POLICY WILL NOT NECESSARILY WORK. SO IF WE WERE SAYING WE WANT NEIGHBORHOOD TECH ASSIGNMENT IN OUR CURRENT SETUP OF TECH IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THERE BECAUSE OF THE FACILITY SPACE BUT WE COULD PLAN FOR A PORTFOLIO THAT ACCOMPLISH THAT AS LONG AS WE'RE CONSIDERING BOTH OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER. SO IN THE PORTFOLIO WE WOULD START WITH AN INSTRUCTIONAL VISION AND LOOK AT HOW WE WANT
THESE THINGS TO LOOK LIKE FOR FIVE CLASSROOMS CITYWIDE PROGRAMS IN K. S AND THEN IN THE POLICY WE WOULD LOOK FIRST AT THE PRIORITIES THROUGH THE LENS OF PRIORITIES TO CHOOSE WHICH OF THESE SYSTEMS WE WOULD LIKE AND THEN SORT OF CONTINUALLY BE ANALYZING THE INTERPLAYS BETWEEN THOSE TWO. SO WHAT WE WOULD END UP WITH IS A UNIFIED POLICY ASSIGNMENT POLICY AND PORTFOLIO DECISION THAT MAKES SENSE TOGETHER, THAT WORKS FOR THE PRIORITIES THAT THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY SELECT REALLY EVERY. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS HOW THIS ALL COMES TOGETHER IN A TIMELINE. SO TO THE BEST EXTENT THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU THIS IS HOW YOU WOULD TAKE THOSE TWO STRANDS THE PORTFOLIO STRAND AND THE POLICY STRAND AND HAVE IT THIS IS A BACKWARDS MAPPING INITIAL EXERCISE TO GET TO AUGUST OF 2028 FOR THAT SCHOOL YEAR TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UNDER A NEW AND REVISED POLICY THAT REFLECTS THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. >> MOVING BACKWARDS FROM THERE
THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS ON THE PAGE HERE BUT I'LL JUST NOTE THAT IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT DATE WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THE NEW SYSTEM AND BE READY TO LAUNCH THAT IN OCTOBER OF 27 TO OPEN THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND EDUCATE FAMILIES AND COMMUNICATE TO THEM PRIOR TO THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S IMPLEMENTATION IN PLACE ALL THE OPERATIONALIZING OF OF THE ALGORITHMS, THE BACK END, THE FRONT END, THE COMMUNICATIONS, ALL OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND OUR FAMILIES ARE WELL EDUCATED ON THE NEW SYSTEM AND THEN IN THE RED BOX THERE WE HAVE LIKE THE KIND OF TWO REALLY CRITICAL THINGS THAT TOPICS THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING TO THE BOARD IN APRIL NO LATER THAN APRIL OF 27 PERHAPS BEFORE THEN BUT BY APRIL OF 27 WE WILL NEED A FINAL PROPOSED SORRY FINAL ADOPTION OR REVISION OR REVOKE OF THE POLICIES BASED ON THE OPTION THAT WE CHOOSE. >> SO THAT WILL BE LIKE THE FINAL POLICY OPTION THAT WILL HELP TO TO SET THINGS INTO
MOTION AND THEN MOVING TO GET TO THAT POINT WE WILL HAVE TO START WITH IN SEPTEMBER IT SAYS SEPTEMBER THERE BUT I BELIEVE THE UPDATED GOVERNANCE CALENDAR HAS US IN OCTOBER OCTOBER 13TH TO REALLY SET THE POLICY DIRECTION AND MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER CHOICES WE ARE PRESENTING AND CONSIDERING IS OPTIONS THAT IT'S BEEN AT THAT POINT IT'S BEEN REALLY CLEAR WHAT THE TRADEOFFS ARE, WHAT KIND OF THINGS WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING AND THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING I THINK THROUGH STUDY SESSIONS AND DIFFERENT FORMATS THAT WE'RE REALLY EXPLORING. BY THAT OCTOBER TIME WE WOULD REALLY NEED A POLICY DIRECTION SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY START BUILDING IF IT'S A ZONE BASED POLICY DIRECTION WE WOULD GO THAT DIRECTION. IF IT WAS A NON ZONE BASED THEN WE COULD KIND OF CONTINUE TO BUILD IN THAT DIRECTION AS WELL . JUST NAMING THAT EVERYTHING THAT LAUREN HAD MENTIONED AROUND PORTFOLIO WAS IS REALLY CRITICAL. IT'S BOTH TOP DOWN AND BOTTOM UP IN TERMS OF I THINK WHAT WE'RE NAMING IS THAT IT HAS TO START FROM THE INSTRUCTIONAL VISION EVERYTHING THAT ALIGNS TO THE GOALS BUT IT ALSO HAS TO
MATCH THE CAPACITY NEEDS OF WHATEVER OPTION WE'RE CHOOSING. SO IT IS A VERY ITERATIVE PROCESS. THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED TO BE STAGED, PLANNED, COORDINATED AND LIKE DECISIONS MADE IN THE FALL AROUND OUR PORTFOLIO AND PROGRAM PLACEMENT ETC. SO THAT IT CAN INTEGRATE WITH THE POLICY WORK. AND THEN AGAIN AT THE END WHAT WE'VE NOTED WHICH IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE INITIAL SLIDES AROUND PORTFOLIO WORK IS ONCE THOSE KIND OF CRITICAL DECISIONS ARE MADE WITH THE POLICY THAT THEN SETS THE STAGE FOR LARGER SCALE SCHOOL FACILITY DECISIONS AND KIND OF MORE ANALYSIS ONCE THE NEW ENROLLMENT SYSTEMS IN PLAY. SO AS PART OF TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION THE TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER FOUR PRIMARY GUIDING QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD TO ENGAGE. I JUST WANT TO REALLY HONE THAT. WE WANT TO SURFACE AND HEAR FROM THE BOARD YOUR PRIORITIES TONIGHT AND YOUR KEY INPUT SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK IN THE
FALL WITH RECOMMENDED OPTIONS AND TRADEOFFS AND WE'RE NOT RESOLVING THE POLICY TODAY. >> SO JUST TO KIND OF WALK US THROUGH THE FOUR AREAS. FIRST IS AROUND PRIORITY AS WE EVALUATE OPTIONS WHICH ONE OF THE PRIORITIES SHOULD WE BE PUSHING THE HARDEST? THE SECOND AREA IS AROUND PROCESS AND TIMELINE. DOES THE PROPOSED PROCESS AND TIMELINE GIVE THE BOARD CLARITY ON ROLES AND ENGAGEMENT? WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO SEE SO THAT WE CAN GET TO THAT CLARITY? THIRD IS AROUND ENGAGEMENT. YOU KNOW WE HAVE GUARDRAIL ONE IN PLACE AND I KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING QUESTION THAT THE BOARD HAS HAD WHAT MUST BE TRUE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WE PRIORITIZE MOST EFFECTIVE FAMILIES AND STAFF AREAS THAT WE MAY NEED TO ENGAGE COULD RANGE FROM PROGRAM SHIFTS TO DRAWING OF ATTENDANCE AREAS TO THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AROUND THE SYSTEM AND POLICY SHIFTS.
SO WHAT IDEAS OR SUGGESTIONS DO YOU HAVE AROUND ENGAGEMENT AND THEN LASTLY WHAT AROUND EXECUTION? WHAT CAN WE BUILD FROM AND IMPROVE UPON FROM PRIOR EFFORTS TO ENSURE CONFIDENCE? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY IMPLEMENTATION MILESTONES THAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING FOR IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THIS PROCESS? >> SO JUST WANT TO POSE THESE FOUR AREAS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND TO GET YOUR INPUT. >> I WILL KICK US OFF SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO TALK LATER. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> YOU KNOW I THINK MY INITIAL REFLECTION HERE IS I'VE SHARED THIS IN THE IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS OF THE LAST FOUR MEETINGS WE SPENT THE LAST FOUR TALKING ABOUT EXPANSION AND BUT I'LL REITERATE I JUST THINK THOSE WERE THE WRONG TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT. THEY WERE NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THEY WERE NOT A SURPRISE.
WE WERE 100% INVESTED AND IN SUPPORT OF EACH OF THOSE STRATEGIES. WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE DO IN THIS FALL AND THE BOARD ACTION TO CONFIRM A POLICY DIRECTION THAT IS ALREADY A POLICY. >> AND SO WHAT I WOULD HAVE MUCH DESIRED WAS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE MAPS, LOOKING AT THE DATA, GETTING TO SEE WHAT YOU SEE IN TERMS OF THE RATIONALE FOR WHY THIS IS COMING FIRST AND AND MOST IMPORTANT FOR ME IF THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WE GO DOWN WITH ENROLLMENT FIRST WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE OTHER SCHOOL? I THINK THIS QUESTION CAME UP TWO MEETINGS GO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO SUPPORT THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WE KNOW ARE UNDER RESOURCED AND UNDER ENROLLED BETWEEN NOW AND 2028? RIGHT. LIKE WHAT EXACTLY IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING WITH THEM? AND WE HEARD FROM SANCHEZ WE'RE HEARING FROM OTHERS COMBO CLASSES, TEACHERS GETTING LAID UP LIKE I THINK IS A GENUINE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO TOUCH PORTFOLIO PER SE AND MAKE CHANGES AROUND MERGERS. WHICH LEADS ME TO THIS QUESTION OF LIKE I'M STILL NOT CONVINCED THAT THIS IS THE PROCESS
AND TIMELINE AND THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT PATH FORWARD AND WE DON'T SEEM TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT WHICH IS WHY I KIND OF COME BACK TO THIS QUESTION OF OF WHAT WHETHER THIS IS ACTUALLY THE RIGHT PATH FORWARD. AND I HAVE LIKE THINK TWO PRIMARY CONCERNS. ONE IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONES AS IF IT'S STILL A HYPOTHETICAL BUT IT IS A POLICY AND WE JUST HAVE AN OPERATIONALIZED IT AND HAVING BEEN ON STAFF I KNOW THAT THERE ARE FACTORS AS TO WHY WE ARE NOT OPERATIONALIZING IT BUT MY PUSH IS WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT AS A BOARD. RIGHT? SO LIKE WHAT WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT WE CANNOT OPERATIONALIZE THE POLICY AS IT STANDS AND WHY DO WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD? WE STILL HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THOSE MAPS. WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THOSE THINGS. AND BEFORE WE CREATE A NEW POLICY DIRECTION WE NEED TO UNPACK THAT A BIT. RIGHT AND SO I REALLY WANT TO PUSH US TO NOT TALK ABOUT ZONES AS A HYPOTHETICAL BUT ZONES ARE THE POLICY RIGHT NOW. >> RIGHT. AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TO TALK ABOUT THAT TO MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY? >> AND THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY GOING BACK TO THIS QUESTION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT OUR STRUGGLING SCHOOLS THAT WE KNOW ARE COMING TO US TODAY EVEN IS JUST YOU KNOW, I THINK IN ORDER FOR ME TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT ENROLLMENT IS WHAT WE NEED TO TACKLE FIRST IN THIS WAY, I REALLY NEED TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT OUR PORTFOLIO AS IT STANDS TODAY WITHOUT THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD SOUGHT TO MAKE IN THE LAST OCTOBER WHEN WE SET THIS AS OUR TWO MAJOR PRIORITIES OF THE BOARD THAT THOSE ARE BEING ADDRESSED IN SOME WAY AND I ACTUALLY DON'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR SCHOOLS AT THE PERIPHERY HERE WHO WE KNOW ARE COMING TO US WITH SOME CHALLENGES. I MEAN I WILL JUST QUICKLY END BY JUST SAYING I THINK PART OF OUR BRIDGES OVER TO CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE MOST RECENT MEETINGS WHERE NOW WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL NOT BEING ANNOUNCED IN THEIR LOCATION UNTIL THE SPRING WHICH I THINK IS A VERY CONFUSING TIMELINE ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING ABOUT THE NEED TO LAND A PLACE BEFORE ENROLLMENT OR THE IDEA THAT FAMILIES AREN'T GOING TO NEED TO TAKE A BET AND AND THEN DO SO POTENTIALLY KNOWING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT MAY BE DISPLACED IN TERMS OF THEIR PROGRAM LIKE I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT PART. AND SO AGAIN, I THINK IN ORDER FOR ME TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN THIS PLAN FORWARD WHICH AGAIN I'M STILL NOT NECESSARILY INVESTED IS THE RIGHT PLAN FORWARD, I THINK I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA AND LOOKING AT THE MAPS AND TALKING ABOUT THE WORK AND THE DATA AS OPPOSED TO JUST TALKING ABOUT THE PLAN TO TALK ABOUT THE PLAN IN TERMS OF THE I WAS JUST BECAUSE BECAUSE I IT TOOK ME OFF GUARD TO WHEN I THINK A PUBLIC COMMENT OR SAID THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO SHARE THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL UNTIL SPRING THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT WHAT WAS SHARED IN OUR PRESENTATION ON JUNE 9TH. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD SHARE FOR THAT.
I DON'T WE CAN PULL UP THE PRESENTATION FOR THE FACILITIES TIMELINE SAYS THAT WE'LL ANNOUNCE SHORTLISTED SITES IN SEPTEMBER 2026 AND THAT THE FINAL LOCATION ISN'T ANNOUNCED UNTIL SPRING 2027 AND SO CAN WE UNPACK THAT A YEAH WE COULD. KATIE HELLO AGAIN. I I'M SO CLOSE TO LEAVING. YES. SO SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION AROUND THIS SO I WILL BE VERY TRANSPARENT AND I THINK THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS THAT GIVEN FROM WHAT I HEARD LAST TIME THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND HAVING LIKE REALLY THOUGHTFUL MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH ANY COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THIS BY IMPACTED BY ANY POTENTIAL RELOCATION MOVE OPENING A NEW SCHOOL OF MANDARIN IMMERSION THE IMPACTED SCHOOL IN THE FACILITY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT I DO NOT THINK WE CAN ANNOUNCE A PERMANENT LOCATION THIS FALL. WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME BEFORE THE ENROLLMENT FAIR TO PROPERLY ENGAGE WITH THE
COMMUNITY OR TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE RAMIFICATIONS. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS WE HAVE DONE AN ENTIRE CLASSROOM COUNT. WE HAVE DONE WE ARE GOING THROUGH AND LIKE TRIPLE CHECKING ALL THE FACILITY CODE REQUIREMENTS. THE BUILDINGS THAT I MENTIONED TO YOU LAST TIME. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT LAUREN WAS MENTIONING THE ENROLLMENT IMPACTS TO SURROUNDING SCHOOLS GIVEN POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THESE OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU GUYS ARE HAVING. GIVEN THAT IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MOVE TO A SHORT TERM LOCATION SO THAT WE DO NOT SLOW DOWN THE OPENING OF THE MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL SO FALL 2027 MY RECOMMENDATION IS FOR A SHORT TERM FACILITY FOR THE FOUR CLASSROOMS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING BECAUSE THEY ALL NEED TO BE CODE COMPLIANT WHILE WE STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY WHILE WE ENGAGE
AND FIGURE OUT IS THERE ANY CONSTRUCTION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS AND IMPACTS TO SURROUNDING SCHOOLS SO THAT WHEN WE OPEN A FACILITY PERMANENTLY IN FALL 2028 WE DO SO KNOWING THAT IT IS WE HAVE FULLY VETTED IT AND IT IS THE RIGHT CHOICE AND WE CAN GROW INTO IT AND WE HAVE LAID OUT THE MAP FOR IMPACTS AND THINGS TO COME. I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANT TO ADD ON JUST SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AS TO WHY THAT'S SOMEWHAT FRUSTRATING TO HEAR AND I'LL JUST NAME LIKE I THINK WHEN MAJOR DECISIONS WERE ANNOUNCED PART OF WHAT WHAT I LAID OUT IN A JUST A PRETTY BASIC INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING TIMELINE WAS JUST WHEN IS THE LATEST BY WHICH INFORMATION WOULD NEED TO COME TO THE BOARD SO THAT WE CAN AVOID THE LAST MINUTE PLANNING OF ENGAGEMENT AND THEN DELAYING INFORMATION OR PLANS FROM COMING OUT. AND I THINK YOU KNOW, JUST TO DOVETAIL THIS INTO A CONVERSATION ON GOVERNANCE CALENDARING, THIS IS WHY WE'VE BEEN INSISTING ON A GOVERNANCE CALENDAR TO KIND OF LAY ALL OF THIS OUT SO WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE
WE RUN OUT OF TIME AND WE TO MAKE A DECISION. AND SO A LOGICALLY THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE. >> I MEAN AGAIN I THINK I SAID THIS IN THE SAME MEETING AS THE MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THE PRESENTATION AROUND THE MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL OF BACK WHICH JUST A PLAIN BACKWARDS PLAN FROM OCTOBER THERE'S FOUR MEETINGS IN THE FALL RIGHT TO IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. I DON'T KNOW HOW ENGAGEMENT WOULD ADEQUATELY HAPPEN IN THAT MOMENT WHICH IS WHY WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR SO LONG. >> RIGHT? SO SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT ALL ADD UP A BIT AND I THINK THAT COUPLED WITH THE CONCERNS THAT I JUST NAMED HERE, I THINK I CONTINUE TO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING CONFIDENCE UP IN THE PLAN SO THAT WE CAN ALL STAND BEHIND IT AND SAY YES, I THERE ARE JUST OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS AND KIND OF THINGS THAT I'M REALLY DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT MAKE ME CONTINUE TO QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE RIGHT PLAN FOR US RIGHT NOW. >> RIGHT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD 100% IN ON ZONES, RIGHT? LIKE I AND I THINK WE'VE SAID THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN I THINK THERE WAS A MEETING THREE MEETINGS AGO. RIGHT. I EVEN POKED ON THIS QUESTION OF LIKE WE WE KEEP SAYING IF AMENDMENTS NEED TO BE MADE TO THE POLICY AND I'M LIKE UNLESS OTHER INFORMATION IS GIVEN TO US THIS IS THE POLICY. RIGHT? SO SO YES TO THAT BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST THE TENSION THAT I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW TO YOU KNOW, JUST TENSIONS GENERALLY TODAY THAT I'LL JUST STOP TALKING BECAUSE IT'S BEYOND MY TIME. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT RIGHT BECAUSE I HEAR YOU BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO NOW ADD IT ALL UP TO LIKE WELL WHEN IS ALL OF THIS GOING TO HAPPEN AND AND HOW SHOULD QUICK POINT OF INFORMATION I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE CORRECT WAY TO DO THIS BUT IT'S 11 45. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS THIS IN A REASONABLE FASHION WITH NO. MR. WEISSMAN WE'RE LEAVING. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER LEAVING. I JUST I WANTED TO ASK THAT TOO TOO.
LIKE JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING HERE. I I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. I MEAN THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. I MEAN THIS WAS A CONCERN WHEN IT WAS LAID OUT OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN ACROSS THE FOUR MEETINGS WAS I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW. AND SO I THINK THERE'S A VERY REAL QUESTION OF WHAT THE IMPLICATION IS HERE IF WE JUST CONTINUE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM INTO AUGUST. AND AGAIN THE SENSITIVITY I FEEL IS THAT IT WAS SHARED WITH US THAT IN THIS MEETING WAS THE LAST MEETING BY WHICH WE NEED TO GIVE FEEDBACK TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE PLANNING HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL TRUE OR WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE IF WE MOVE THIS TO A MEETING IN AUGUST BUT I THINK EVERYONE IS STARTING TO FEEL THE PRESSURES OF OUR TIME AND AND AND SO I, I DON'T KNOW . GO AHEAD. >> I'LL JUST ECHO YOUR COMMENTS. PRESIDENT CAME ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING BECAUSE I JUST THINK IT'S I MEAN I'M TIRED AND I HAVE TO DRIVE FOR OVER AN HOUR RIGHT NOW SO I AM GOING TO GO BUT I BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND EVERYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION OF 1145 AT NIGHT. SO I JUST THINK IT'S LIKE I ALMOST FEEL LIKE EVEN IF WE COULD STAY ALL NIGHT WE SHOULDN'T, YOU KNOW? AND I JUST THINK WE'VE GOT TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE DO THIS AND JUST BE REALISTIC. I MEAN THERE WAS A LOT OF MEETING STUFF TONIGHT. WE HAD TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AND AGAIN I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOVERNANCE COUNTER. TO ME THIS THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY REASONABLE THOUGHTFUL PIECE OF THIS PLAN. >> BUT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REALISTIC IF WE IF WE CAN'T HAVE THE SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATIONS AND I THINK THAT'S THE I THAT IS MY CONCERN. >> I'LL JUST SAY I'M WILLING TO COME TO MORE MEETINGS. I THINK WE MAY NEED TO MEET MORE OFTEN. I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE MORE MEETINGS FROM 6 TO 9 ON A TUESDAY AND BE DONE RATHER THAN THIS KIND OF THING. SO I THINK THAT IS A THAT IS A RESPONSIBLE WAY OF GOVERNING IF THERE'S THINGS THAT WE NEED TO
DO BUT JUST JUST SO THAT THE BOARD IS AWARE THAT THE STUDY SESSION CONCEPT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND I THINK YEAH, THAT IS A PERFECT VEHICLE FOR ALL OF THESE VERY MEATY TOPICS WITH ONLY 1 OR 2 ITEMS AND I AND I AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT I'VE ASKED STAFF TO SCHEDULE STUDY SESSIONS FOR ON YOUR NEW BOARD GOVERNANCE CALENDARS AND WE'RE TRYING TO THINK OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL. >> I IF I MAY JUST ALSO ADD AS PART OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED WORKED IN THE PAST, THERE WAS ALSO A LIMITED TIME BOUND AD HOC STOP WORK COMMISSION THE LAST TIME THIS EFFORT WAS COMMISSIONED THAT SERVED AS A VERY FOCUSED WAY THAT YOU KNOW, A, YOU KNOW, BODY THAT WAS YOU KNOW, AN EXTENSION OF THE BOARD COULD PROVIDE STAFF WITH THE KIND OF DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ENGAGE THE FULL BOARD IN THE DECISION MAKING MILESTONES TO GET TO CLARITY. SO JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT AS PART OF BEST PRACTICES LESSONS LEARNED.
CAN I FOLLOW UP ON THAT ACTUALLY BECAUSE THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS WE HAD OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT MET FOR 5 OR 6 MONTHS. EACH MEETING WAS THREE HOURS AT LEAST THERE WAS AN INSANE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN YOU KNOW, WORK WITH DEMOGRAPHER LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THIS DONE IN I RESPECT THE IDEA OF STUDY SESSIONS BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN ENOUGH IF WE REALLY WANT TO DO THIS WORK AUTHENTICALLY AND EVEN WITH THAT WHOLE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THAT WHOLE STRUCTURE WE GOT TO THE POINT OF WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH THE RESOLUTION NOT BEING ABLE TO BE IMPLEMENTED LIKE THE RESOLUTION AS IT'S WRITTEN COULDN'T BE IMPLEMENTED. WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT LANGUAGE PATHWAYS. WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT SPECIAL EDUCATION. YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THAT RESOLUTION. SO WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE DO TAKE BOARD ACTION TO FIGURE OUT LIKE HOW DO WE PUT SOMETHING WORKABLE IN FRONT OF STAFF. >> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY OUR OBLIGATION IN THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICIES ARE
WORKABLE FOR STAFF RIGHT NOW OR NOT. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU COMMISSIONER FISHER AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE WHY WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS LAST FOUR MEETINGS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TIME BECAUSE THERE'S NOT HAVE TIME LIKE TO DO THIS WORK WITH AUTHENTIC WITH THE AUTHENTICITY I'M TALKING ABOUT AGAIN I'LL SAY WHAT I SAID AT THE VERY FIRST MEETING THIS ISN'T ABOUT COMPLETELY REENGAGING IT'S US UNDERSTANDING UNPACKING WHY OUR CURRENT POLICY AS IT STANDS TODAY CANNOT BE OPERATIONAL AS WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION. IT'S A LOT OF IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE BRIEFING DOCUMENT WE HAVE THE MAPS ARE READY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER WE HAVE THE MAPS ALREADY. RIGHT. THESE ARE OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPENING TO GET US TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN ALL BE UNIFIED IN UNDERSTANDING WHY WE'RE GOING DOWN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. >> RIGHT. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AT ALL. I THINK THEN THERE'S THIS WHOLE OTHER ASPECT OF HOW ARE WE
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY RESHAPE THESE THINGS. THAT'S A TOTALLY FAIR QUESTION TOO, RIGHT? WHAT I'M VERY COGNIZANT OF IS COME FALL WE HAVE NEW SETS OF PROGRESS MONITORING EXPECTATIONS COMING OUT. WE HAVE NEW PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRUCTURES THAT ARE COMING OUT FOR THE BOARD. >> WE HAVE STUDY SESSIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN OUT. WE HAVE ALL OF THIS WORK RIGHT? SO IT'S IT IS ALL PILING UP AND THIS IS I THINK PART OF WHAT WE NEEDED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT IN ADVANCE SO WE CAN PREPARE OURSELVES FOR COMES IN THE FALL. SO TO FINISH THE COMMENT THAT I WAS MAKING EARLIER I THINK THE BOARD HAS WE HAVE AS MUCH WORK HERE TO DO TO DECIDE OUR PRIORITIES AS THE DISTRICT STAFF DOES AS WELL FRANKLY. RIGHT. I THINK WE NEED TO WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO ARTICULATE THIS WELL AT 11:52 P.M. AND WE HAVE
AN ALARM GOING OFF OUTSIDE. I KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO HEARS THAT BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE WORK THAT WE ARE WILLING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE WORK THAT WE ARE GOING TO PUT ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF AS WELL. RIGHT. SO I THINK WE SHOULD WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO ON OUR OWN. I CAN BETTER ARTICULATE THAT PROBABLY AT OUR NEXT MEETING WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS. BUT YOU TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE AD HOC I MEAN YES, THE INTENTION WAS TO LAUNCH AN AD HOC AND FALL. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED IN THE BRIEFING WAS HOW DOES THE STRATEGY THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING COME FALL ACTUALLY OVERLAY WITH THE AD HOC THAT WE'RE INTENDING TO LAUNCH? I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY DISCUSS BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT. SO AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE FEELING ALL THE PRESSURE OF TIME RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE WHERE WE ARE, RIGHT. SO SURE. SO A YES SHOULD WE HAVE SPENT MORE TIME DISCUSSING WITH THE BOARD? YES, ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS A VERY MEATY TOPIC. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT MY TIME AND UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF OUR
STAFF'S TIME WAS WAS PRETTY DRAINED IN THE MONTH OF MAY AND JUNE AND SO YES, I'M I DO APOLOGIZE THAT I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT I WISH YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH OTHER POLITICAL STUFF. >> I KNOW THAT WE WERE SUGGESTING DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUDY SESSION JUST TO DO THE DEEPER DIVE. I REMEMBER COMMISSIONER GUPTA ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST TO HAVE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE DATA THE ENROLLMENT DATA AND I THINK IT WAS JUST REALLY HARD FOR US TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SLOT THE STUDY SESSION IN AND UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NOW AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND I IN TERMS OF IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE WITH THIS AND DELAY THIS, I DO THINK THAT THERE IS SOME QUESTION WITHIN THIS WITHIN THIS TIMELINE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE DEEPER CONVERSATIONS MAYBE DO THE STUDY SESSION IN AUGUST. BUT I DO BELIEVE HAVING THE AD HOC ON THIS WORK IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. COMMISSIONER FISH ARE RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I, I AM EXPERIENCING INCREDIBLE FRUSTRATION RIGHT NOW AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF FRUSTRATION FROM THE COMMUNITY BUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING NO MATTER HOW TERRIBLE OR DIFFICULT THEY ARE WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THROUGH THOSE. WE CAN'T ALWAYS BE SAYING SOMETHING HAPPENED AND SOMETHING HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE MONTH AND AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS STUFF. THIS IS NOT THIS ENROLLMENT THING HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS, YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND AS A BOARD LAST FALL WE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED MAJOR DECISIONS INCLUDING ENROLLMENT BOTH OF THESE THINGS COMMUNITY ENROLLMENT AND SCHOOL PORTFOLIO WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THIS SPRING SO THAT THE BOARD COULD VOTE ON WHATEVER THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED IN AUGUST AND WE ARE NOW AT A POINT WHERE THIS IS BEING BROUGHT TO US ON THE VERY LAST
DAY THAT WE HAVE AT AN HOUR WHEN LIKE I'M WILLING TO STAY UP TILL FOUR IN THE MORNING BUT THIS IS NOT A REASONABLE WAY FOR US TO CONDUCT BUSINESS THIS CONSTANT CRISIS AFTER CRISIS AFTER CRISIS WE CAN'T DO IT FOR THIS BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO BECAUSE OF THAT. >> WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY GOT TO STOP DOING THIS. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS BEING BROUGHT TO US ON THE VERY LAST DAY OF THE YEAR WHEN THE CALENDAR IS ALWAYS ALREADY FULL AND THERE'S HUGE CONCERNS AND CONTENTIONS AROUND THE BUDGET AND LIKE I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE PUSHED OUT AT ALL FURTHER BECAUSE IT ONLY GETS PUSHED OUT BUT I LITERALLY CANNOT SEE HOW WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE I THINK AT LEAST TWO OF OUR MEMBERS HERE. >> IT JUST IS IT'S SO SO CONCERNING TO ME AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE TRY TO SET DOWN SOME DEADLINE OR STATE SOMETHING IT GETS PUSHED OFF WHICH ONLY COMPOUNDS THE PROBLEM. SO LIKE AS A PRACTICAL MATTER WHAT CAN WE DO LIKE SUPERINTENDENTS DO WHAT CAN WE
DO SO THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS CYCLE AND SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SOMEHOW STILL MANAGE TO HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW, MEET THE TIMELINES IN THIS ROADMAP LIKE WE CANNOT KEEP DISAPPOINTING AND PUSHING OFF OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR STUDENTS LIKE THIS. THIS IS JUST COMPLETELY LIKE I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE. >> IT REALLY, REALLY BOTHERS ME AND WE'VE HAD MANY MEETINGS WHEN SOMEBODY COULD HAVE BEEN TALKING TO US ABOUT THIS. WE'VE HAD MONTHS AND MONTHS SINCE LAST FALL AND THIS IS BEING BROUGHT TO US ON THE LAST DAY I JUST I'M FRANKLY VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS. SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, BOTH OF THESE POLICIES WERE PASSED 120, TEN, 15, 13 YEARS AGO IN 2010. THE OTHER ONE WAS PASSED IN 2020. WE ARE NOW MAKING ATTEMPT TO FIX THE THING THAT PARENTS HAVE TOLD US FROM IN MY TENURE THE 18 MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE THIS IS THE ONE THING THAT THEY ARE REALLY FRUSTRATED ABOUT AND WE ARE MAKING CONCERTED EFFORT TO TO TO TRY TO FIX IT.
SO SO THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT. THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE BUT I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME WE ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES TO START WORKING ON IT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S AN EMERGENCY. DID SHOW UP AS WE WERE TRYING TO GET GOING AND WORK ON THIS IN EARLY JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WE ENDED UP HAVING A STRIKE AND THEN WHEN WE RECOVERED FROM THE STRIKE WE GOT PULLED INTO WASHINGTON, D.C. POLITICS. I AM SORRY THAT THAT THOSE TWO BIG THINGS DID TAKE UP A LOT OF OUR STAFF TIME AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THAT EXCEPT TO JUST STATED AND STATE THAT I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE STILL WE HAVE VERY COMMITTED EMPLOYEES, VERY COMMITTED STAFF WHO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS AND IF WE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO EXTEND IT FOR IT TO EXTEND I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE BOARD IS FOR US TO CREATE PERHAPS ONE STUDY SESSION WHERE WE CAN GO DEEPER INTO THE DATA, SHOW THE MAPS SO THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS CAN SEE WHAT WE THE DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
AND WHY WE'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING SO THAT YOU CAN THEN HELP US GUIDE US ON THE DECISIONS THAT YOU WOULD WANT FOR US TO TO GO DEEPER IN AND THEN WE CAN CREATE AN AD HOC SO THAT WE CAN THEN DO THAT DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THEN BE READY BY APRIL TO PRESENT A PROPOSAL THAT CAN BE VOTED ON AND THAT IS SUPPORTED AND ENDORSED BY OUR COMMUNITY. >> I ALSO RESPECTFULLY THE DC THING AS TERRIBLE AS THAT WAS LIKE WE HAVE MANY, MANY, MANY FOLKS AND MANY CAPABLE FOLKS AND I IF USD WE DID NOT HAVE EVERYBODY GOING TO DC OR BEING INVOLVED IN THE DC THING IT'S PRETTY LIMITED. >> WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WE YOU TOOK A TON OF YOUR TIME. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT. I RECOGNIZE THAT BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF OTHER FOLKS AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON OTHER THINGS. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. YES IT WAS ONLY MYSELF IN A STAFF PERSON WHO WENT TO DC HOWEVER, I HAD THE ENTIRE LEAD TEAM. I HAD THE LOT OUR LEGAL TEAM. I HAD OUR FISCAL AND OPS TEAM
SUPPORTING ME BECAUSE THE DEPTH AND BREADTH THAT WAS OF OF THE OF THE THAT SUMMON WAS VERY VERY BROAD WIDE IT WENT FROM GENERAL LEGAL POLICIES TO BACKROOM POLICIES TO TO BATHROOMS STRUCTURES TO LOCKER ROOM STRUCTURES. SO IT REQUIRED A LOT OF OUR STAFF. SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE STAFF HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD THE INFORMATION TO BE EXTREMELY PREPARED FOR WASHINGTON DC SO THAT I COULD CONTINUE TO DEFEND SAN FRANCISCO'S POLICIES. SFI USD COMMITMENT TO ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. >> AND DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? YEAH. I MEAN I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY I JUST WANT TO CENTER WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT. I THINK WHAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET AT IS HOW DO WE IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES AND ALL OF THIS IS IN SERVICE THE MAJOR DECISIONS SHOULD BE IN SERVICE OF OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES. THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS I MEAN EITHER INCREASING THE ENROLLMENT OF OUR STUDENTS SO
PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE SENDING THEIR KIDS HERE. WE WE ARE BRINGING IN STUDENTS WE'RE BRINGING IN THAT FUNDING THAT COMES WITH IT. GIVEN THAT WE DO HAVE 14,000 EMPTY SEATS, WE ARE CREATING RESOURCES SUCH AS A MANDARIN IMMERSION PROGRAM AND I WOULD JUST ON THE MANDARIN IMMERSION PROGRAM I WAS HOPING I REALLY WAS HOPING THAT WE HAD NARROWED IT DOWN AND WE'D ALREADY BEEN ENGAGING OUR OUR SCHOOLS POTENTIAL SCHOOLS I WOULD REQUEST I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THIS BUT IF THERE IS A WAY BECAUSE I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE WHEN I ENROLLED MY CHILD AT CHINESE IMMERSION SCHOOL THERE WAS A REASON I DID NOT LOOK AT STAR KING. THERE WAS A REASON I DIDN'T LOOK AT JOSE ORTEGA. THEY WERE JUST TOO FAR FROM ME AND WHERE I LIVED AND SO LOCATION GEOGRAPHY PLAYS A HUGE ROLE AND SO TO SAY TO TO SAY TO FOLKS HEY, WE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO POTENTIALLY
EVEN NARROW IT DOWN TO A PARTICULAR PART OF OUR GEOGRAPHY OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE YOU KNOW, MAYBE MEET WITH THE PARENTS WHO ARE REALLY ENGAGED WITH THIS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO BECAUSE I JUST I'D HATE I'D HATE FOR US TO GIVE SHORT SHRIFT TO THE PROGRAMING. I KNOW OUR STAFF IS WORKING REALLY HARD ON IT. I KNOW OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE IF WE DIDN'T SEE THE ENROLLMENT WE SAW BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THAT RISK IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT POTENTIALLY WOULD MEAN WITH THE LOTTERY SYSTEM. BUT YOU KNOW, WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO GET RID OF THE LOTTERY SYSTEM. WE NEED TO WE NEED TO DO THAT AND FRANKLY I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINANCIALS, I'M NOT CONVINCED WE CAN YOU KNOW, I NEED TO SEE EVIDENCE AS PART OF OUR DUTIES AS BOARD MEMBERS. I NEED TO SEE EVIDENCE THAT WE CAN HAVE UNDER UTILIZED SCHOOLS WHERE WHERE OUR STUDENTS AREN'T RECEIVING ALL THE FULL RESOURCES THEY SHOULD AND WE
CAN CONTINUE THAT. I MEAN THIS IS AN OUTCOMES ISSUE BUT THIS IS ALSO YOU KNOW, HOW WHAT ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIALS THAT WE'RE THEN PUSHING TOWARDS OUR SCHOOLS AND SO IF WE CAN'T SAY WITH DEFINITIVE CERTAINTY THAT WE CAN KEEP THIS UP AND WE CAN PROVIDE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE SEEK WITH UNDERUTILIZED SCHOOLS WITH HALF FILLED CLASSROOMS WITHOUT PROVIDING THE STAFF, I JUST I CANNOT SEE HOW WE PUSH THAT DECISION AROUND OUR SCHOOL PORTFOLIO OUT THAT FAR LIKE THAT. THAT TO ME IS THE DEFINITION OF KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD WHEN YOU HAVE A BOARD WILLING TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES TO DO THIS AND I'VE SEEN NO EVIDENCE AS TO WHY WE WOULD DO THAT WHEN WE KNOW THAT SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY DESERVE. SO SUPERINTENDENT, I'D REALLY REQUEST YOU YOU YOU KNOW, WHEN WE COME BACK IN AUGUST, DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWERS THAT WERE REQUESTING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING THE STUDENTS WITH THE OUT WITH THE OUTCOMES AND THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THOSE OUTCOMES? IT'S 1205. I'M HOPING TO JUST WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO A CONCLUSION
TODAY OR ANY SORT OF SO HERE'S WHAT I WILL JUST END WITH I, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ALL ROWING WANTING THE SAME THING WHICH IS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR OUR KIDS. CAN WE NOT I'M JUST I'M GOING TO I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE ON THIS ITEM THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO AN ANSWER ANY CAN YOU ASK IT RIGHT NOW THEN? WELL YEAH I MEAN I SORRY THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE CONSENT COUNTER I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS BUT THE WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. YEAH I MEAN ONE THING THAT I SEE JUST SPECIFICALLY ON THE SCHOOL REORGANIZATION TIMELINE IS THAT IN SEPTEMBER 26TH CONFIRMED POLICY DIRECTION IS COMING TO US AND TWO OF THE OPTIONS ARE PROCEEDING UNDER BOARD POLICY 5101 WHICH IS THE EXISTING LOTTERY POLICY AND TO MY MIND WHEN THE BOARD TASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH THE MAJOR DECISIONS IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR WE TASKED THE BOARD THE BOARD TASKED THE
SUPERINTENDENT WITH ENDING THE LOTTERY SYSTEM AND IMPLEMENTING THE ZONE SYSTEM WITH MAGNET SCHOOLS WHICH IS BOARD POLICY 5101.2 TO MY MIND AND AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY DIFFERENT FROM ANY ANYONE ANY BOARD MEMBER I'M I'M VERY CURIOUS WHY WE WOULD BE SPENDING TIME ESSENTIALLY ASKING THE QUESTION ARE WE GOING TO GO BACK ON THE ZONE POLICY WHEN THE ENTIRE POINT OF MAKING THAT A MAJOR DECISION WAS TO SAY PLEASE FINALLY IMPLEMENT THE ZONE POLICY WITH THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION WAS AROUND THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE TECHNICAL AND FEASIBILITY WITH IT AS IT IS WRITTEN AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER TO ILLUMINATE WHAT THOSE TECHNICAL AND FEASIBILITY ARE AND TO HAVE DEEPER CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY AROUND TWEAKS TO THAT POLICY SO THAT IT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. >> BUT TO ME AS PRESIDENT KIM
SAID, IT IS ASKING THE WRONG THE WRONG QUESTION. YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO STAY WITH THE LOTTERY OR DO WE WANT TO GET RID OF THE LOTTERY? I, I THINK THAT THE ANSWER IS WE WANT TO GET RID OF THE LOTTERY AND MOVE TO ZONES WITH MAGNET SCHOOLS AND AND I DO YOU KNOW THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE THAT FLOW FROM THAT WHICH YOU KNOW THAT THAT INVITES THE DISCUSSION OF OKAY WELL IF WE CAN'T PRIORITIZE DIVERSITY PROXIMITY AND PERFECTIBILITY AT THE SAME LEVEL THEN WHICH OF THOSE DO WE PRIORITIZE BUT TO TO ACT AS IF WE'RE COMING ON JUST A COMPLETE CLEAN SLATE AND WE MIGHT ACTUALLY KEEP THE LOTTERY TO ME IS SOMEWHAT DISINGENUOUS AND JUST DOES NOT I DON'T THINK IT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY ONCE AND FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM WHAT THE BOARD WANTS. >> CAN I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? >> I THINK THAT THE IDEA OF GETTING RID OF THE LOTTERY ZONES ARE PARENTS ARE CHOOSING AMONGST SCHOOLS IN A ZONE AND SO THAT WILL ALSO FEEL LIKE A LOTTERY JUST PERHAPS A LOTTERY THAT IS MORE BOUNDED BY
THE THINGS IN YOUR ZONE THAN THE FACT THAT YOU CAN NOW CHOOSE SCHOOLS ACROSS TOWN FROM YOU. I THINK LIKE THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE THERE IS NO LOTTERY IS THE THIRD CHOICE THAT WE LOOKED AT WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSIGNMENT AND THEN CHOICE ON TOP OF THAT. SO YOU HAVE LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO A LOTTERY. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AND THEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE AS MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE TO HAVE YOUR CHILD ATTEND A LANGUAGE PROGRAM OR A K-8 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN YOU CAN APPLY FOR THOSE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES. I THINK THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. YEAH, I MEAN I MEAN TO MY MIND THOUGH THAT DISCUSSION WAS HAD BY THE BOARD THAT ADOPTED THIS NEW POLICY AND THAT DECISION WAS MADE AND THE BOARD'S DIRECTION WAS TO FINALLY IMPLEMENT THAT AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO I DON'T REALLY SEE IT QUITE AS A LOTTERY TO MOVE TO ZONES BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE LITERALLY 8% OF KINDERGARTEN APPLICANTS DON'T GET A CHOICE WHICH MEANS THAT LITERALLY THAT'S 11% THAT IS OR
NOT 1% BUT IT'S IT'S CLOSE TO APPROXIMATELY LEAD TO KINDERGARTNERS PER CLASSROOM OF 22 KIDS LIKE THAT IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF UNPREDICTABILITY TO HAVE SOMETHING TOTALLY OFF YOUR LIST AND SO TO THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS I I'M SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THERE'S THAT UNDER THIS THE APPLICATION OPEN IS IN OCTOBER 27TH AND SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS ARE GENERATED IN MARCH 28TH. AGAIN, I THINK PART OF THE POINT OF THIS IS THAT THINGS ARE QUICKER, THERE'S MORE PREDICTABILITY THAT WE'RE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH FAMILIES THAT ARE APPLYING TO PRIVATE SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE THEIR ANSWERS FASTER IF THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF OPTIONS THAT ARE AND YOU'RE GUARANTEED ONE OF THEM, WHY WOULD IT TAKE SO LONG? >> AND GENERALLY I ALSO JUST HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS THE WORK PROPOSED THAT'S CALLED LAKEWOOD PROGRAM STABILIZATION. I LITERALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORK IS PROPOSED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AROUND CHANGING LANGUAGE
PROGRAMS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FISHER YEAH I WANTED TO GO TO THAT SLIDE WHERE YOU ASKED US THE QUESTIONS SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE GUIDING QUESTIONS TO HELP PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK HERE AND RESPECTFULLY TO VICE PRESIDENT HULING. I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE ALL IN ALIGNMENT ON IMPLEMENTING 51 A 1.2 AS IT'S WRITTEN AND IN FACT I HAVE BEEN A VOCAL OPPONENT OF ZONES AS HAVE MANY OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES SINCE 2018. WE HAVE MEMORIALIZED THAT FOR ALMOST A DECADE NOW THAT AND PRESIDENT KIM YOU MENTIONED THIS OUR SCHOOLS IN THEIR CURRENT FORM FORCING FAMILIES INTO ZONES AND BASED ON GEOGRAPHY FORCES INEQUITY WE HAVE WE HAVE INEQUITABLY RESOURCED SCHOOLS IN CLASSROOMS IN VARIOUS ZONES AND IT IS WILDLY UNETHICAL OF US TO FORCE FAMILIES INTO JUST CERTAIN SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY LIVE. THAT'S MODERN DAY REDLINING
FRANKLY AND NOT OKAY AND SO THAT'S WHERE SEEING THESE TWO DIFFERENT MAJOR DECISIONS COME MORE INTO ALIGNMENT IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE UNTIL AS YOU SAID, UNTIL WE ADDRESS THE RESOURCING OF OUR CLASSROOMS IN OUR SCHOOLS WITHIN THE ZONES, WE CAN'T DO RIGHT BY ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND IT'S NOT FAIR. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR AND IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT. SO TO ME IT'S WE HAVE AND THAT'S WHERE LIKE ALL THESE OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD EARLIER TONIGHT ARE SO VERY IMPORTANT. SO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES AND STAFF LIKE GO BACK TO GO BACK TO WHAT THE FAMOUS IF I CAN PULL UP THE LETTER FROM 2018 THAT ALL THE ADVISORIES WROTE IF ANYONE WANTS AND THAT COULD BE A NICE ROADMAP FOR US BUT BUT I REALLY DO THINK THIS LIKE AS WAS STATED BY COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER NOW AFTER MIDNIGHT IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE US FORWARD.
WE NEED IT'S 1215 AND I JUST SENSE ONE THING I, I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THESE THE INEQUITIES BETWEEN THE ZONES AND THAT IS WHY I THOUGHT THAT THE CONVERSATION THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS SAID SHE WAS GOING TO BRING TO THE BOARD WAS WHETHER THE BOARD AGREED WITH THE PROPOSAL FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CHANGING THE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM FOR MERGING SCHOOLS. I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER THE BOARD AGREED WITH THAT AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT CONVERSATION AND I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK WE NEED TO MERGE SCHOOLS NOW IN ORDER TO FREE UP THE RESOURCES TO INVEST IN ALL OF OUR ZONES BECAUSE I HAVE LOOKED I HAVE READ THE ENTIRE PACKET ON THE HISTORY OF ALL OF THE MANY ASSIGNMENT STUDIES THAT WE'VE DONE AND ALL OF THE ATTACHED LINKED DOCUMENTS AND THEY SHOW THAT WE THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE WE UNDER ESSENTIALLY ANY TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD GEOGRAPHIC ZONE PLAN WE HAVE EXCESS CAPACITY AND THERE IS NO THOSE STUDENTS ARE NOT COMING BACK EVEN IF WE WERE TO FILL UP THAT MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL THAT WOULD TAKE NINE YEARS ON THE PROPOSED
TIMELINE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ONLY BRING IN 600 STUDENTS EVEN IF THEY WERE IF THEY WERE ALL NEW STUDENTS. WE'RE LOSING 500 A YEAR. SO I DO THINK THAT THE CONVERSATION WE SHOULD HAVE IS WHY ARE WE NOT AT LEAST MERGING SCHOOLS IN AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE STUDENTS TO FILL THEM UNDER A NEW ASSIGNMENT POLICY SO THAT WE CAN REINVEST IN ALL OF OUR ZONES AND MAKE ALL OF OUR ZONES EQUITABLY RESOURCED? CLEARLY THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHTS ON THIS AND WE NEED MORE TIME TO DISCUSS. I THINK THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO REVISIT OUR GOVERNANCE CALENDAR AND JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHEN THESE CONFERENCES ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT OVERLAYS WITH THE CURRENT PLANNING AND THIS IS I THINK MY CONCERN RIGHT AND SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO A FUTURE MEETING. I DON'T KNOW WHEN BECAUSE WE'RE NOW JUST CONTINUING EVERYTHING ON BUT I WILL JUST UNDERSCORE I WAS ON STAFF. I UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WORK THIS GOES GOES INTO ALL OF THIS. >> I THINK WE ALL DO. BUT I THINK THE QUESTION IS HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ALL ARE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALL THERE.
RIGHT. AND SO WHATEVER DATA THAT IS WHATEVER MAPS THOSE ARE HELP US UNDERSTAND TO HELP US SEE WHAT YOU SEE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE SEE IT RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE ASK RIGHT AND AND SO WITH THAT I'LL JUST I'LL THANK YOU TEAM I I IT'S 1218 SO NO IT'S NOT IT'S 216 I GOT TO TWO MINUTES OF MY LIFE BACK THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS LATE I APPRECIATE YOU AND WHAT I'M AND THANK YOU HERE'S WHAT I WILL RECOMMEND IF THERE IS NO COMMENT FOR REVISIONS TO THE AT OUR COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OR RECOMMENDATIONS, I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE THAT WORK BY STARTING TO EMBED THAT IN OUR GOVERNANCE CALENDAR. >> WONDERFUL SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT I WILL NOW DO IS MOVE ITEM G3 AND G4 TO A FUTURE MEETING AND WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM H CONSENT CALENDAR AND THEN THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE TONIGHT WE MAY NEED TO CONSULT WITH MISS BEAR AND I CAN WE MAY NEED TO RECESS FOR A MINUTE TO CONSULT WITH
COUNCIL AROUND A MATTER ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR SO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO RECESS I BELIEVE TO CONSULT WITH COUNCIL ABOUT NEXT STEPS. >> I DON'T THINK WE NEED COUNCIL ON THIS IS SIMPLY OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CERTIFICATES. OH NEVER MIND. OKAY SORRY. SO IN 2015 WE ARE DISCUSSING ITEM 15 SPECIFIC TO THE RESOLUTION ENDING IN THE NUMBER FOUR. JUST I JUST YEAH YEAH BUT THAT I WILL ASK HER TO CONTINUE THIS . I ALSO HAVE AN ITEM YES WE'RE GETTING TO CAN WE RECESS FOR JUST ONE MOMENT AND I'M GOING TO JUST DID YOU SEE YEAH THE FIRST THING IS I HAVE A PROPOSED VERSION. WE WOULD JUST NEED TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT WE'RE UPDATING THE REVISED VERSION OF THE CERTIFICATE. IT JUST DOES NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THEM. YEAH. SO SO WE'RE ABLE TO CORRECT IT IN THE MOMENT. OKAY. I DO KNOW FROM THE DOCUMENTS.
OKAY. WELL STAY AWAY FROM PRESIDENT KIM IS RECUSED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. HE HAS A STATED RECUSAL DUE TO HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO WHICH IS A FREQUENT CONTRACTOR WITH US IF USED IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY AND THAT IS WHY HE IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE ROOM AT THIS MOMENT. SO SUPERINTENDENT, CAN I ASK DO YOU HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR BEFORE WE MOVE IT? >> YES, I HAVE A CORRECTION AND A WITHDRAWAL SO I NEED TO PULL ITEM 18 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTS. OH JUST THE CONTRACT. SORRY WE'RE PULLING JUST THE CONTRACT. >> CAN WE PLEASE IDENTIFY BY NAME THAT YES AND IT'S CALLED THE LIBERATORY VISION VISIONARIES CURRICULUM LLC CONTRACT FROM FROM ITEM 18 AND THEN I HAVE A CORRECTION FOR ONE OF OUR H.R. ITEMS IS BEAR. RIGHT. SO FOR ITEM 15 CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL ACTIONS WE HAVE A NEW
LIST OF EMPLOYEES THAT'S A REVISED LIST AND THAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA SO THE BOARD WILL JUST NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THE REVISED PERSONNEL ACTION FOR CERTIFICATED STAFF AND SO A CORRECTED THERE'S A NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS UNDER ITEM 15 JUST TO CLARIFY THE CORRECTED PORTION OF THE ITEM WILL BE THE RESOLUTION NUMBERED 26623 FOUR AND THE BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT. >> THE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO COMPLETE THIS FIX AT THE NEXT CONSENT AGENDA, IS THAT CORRECT? >> NO, THAT THAT WILL AVOID HAVING TO BRING THIS BACK TO A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. THIS IS JUST SIMPLY WE ARE REMOVING THE LIST OF EMPLOYEES THAT WERE ON THE POSTED AGENDA AND REPLACING IT WITH A NEW LIST OF EMPLOYEES THAT HAS ONE CHANGE. SO IT'S JUST YOU'RE JUST APPROVING THE REVISED CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL ACTION. >> OKAY. THIS IS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. THIS IS WE'RE CHANGING ONE THE IT'S A RETIREMENT AS OPPOSED WE'RE CHANGING TO A RETIREMENT STATUS. CORRECT. >> ONE EMPLOYEE WAS LISTED AS
BEING SEPARATED FROM THE DISTRICT RATHER THAN THE WORD RETIRED. SO IT'S JUST A CLARIFICATION THAT SHE'S RETIRING FROM A DISTRICT AND THAT WILL BE UPLOADED TO BOARD DOCS TODAY. >> OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WITH THE TWO CORRECTIONS, THE TWO CHANGES TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR LISTED SORRY VICE PRESIDENT HEALING. JUST ONE MORE NOTE WE IDENTIFIED AN ERROR WITH THE MINUTES THAT WERE UPLOADED WITH THE FINAL AGENDA ON FRIDAY. STAFF HAS CORRECTED AND REVISED AND UPLOADED A CORRECT SET OF MINUTES TO THE AGENDA EARLIER THIS EVENING AND PRINTED COPIES WERE AVAILABLE TODAY FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE HERE IN PERSON. SO THE MINUTES THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SHOULD BE UP TO DATE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. SO TO CLARIFY WITH THE REMOVAL OF ONE CONTRACT UNDER ITEM H 18 AT THE REVISE ISD NAMES TO
CORRECT A CLERICAL ERROR UNDER ITEM H 15 AND THE REVISED MINUTES THAT ARE POSTED I WILL MOVE THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. >> IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. >> VICE PRESIDENT HULING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD PRESIDENT KIM THANK YOU THAT THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 24TH AT 12:23 A.M.. NO NO I'M