COMMISSIONER FISCHER HERE COMMISSIONER GUPTA HERE VICE PRESIDENT HEALEY COMMISSIONER RAY HERE COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORD HERE AND PRESIDENT KIM. THAT'S IT. ROLL CALL. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME DO WE NEED TO DO THE 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 PUBLIC COMMENT. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN ONLINE? AT THIS TIME WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS. VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. I NOW RECESS THIS MEETING TO CLOSE SESSION AT 5:07 P.M. 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 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 AND S.F. GOV TV. >> SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION FOR DECEMBER 16TH, 2025. WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM C PUBLIC COMMENT. OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD LASTS FOR ONE HOUR TODAY UNTIL WE'LL GIVE SOME ROUNDED UP TO 6:45 P.M.. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE CONDUCT OUR BOARD BUSINESS. OUR GOAL IS TO CONDUCT BOARD BUSINESS IN AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE MANNER DURING REASONABLE HOURS AND WE
AIM TO RESPECT STAFF, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TIME BY ENSURING MOVE TO PORT BUSINESS IMMEDIATELY AFTER OUR COMMENT PERIOD. EACH PARTICIPANT MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE STAFF WILL THINK TO PARTICIPATE AT THE ONE MINUTE MARK AT ONE MINUTE AND FIVE SECONDS I'VE ASKED MR. TRUJILLO TO PLEASE TURN OFF THE MUSIC. TURN OFF THE MUSIC, TURN OFF THE MIC AND TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. I ASK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE RESPECT THAT ONE MINUTE LIMIT SO THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM AS MANY SPEAKERS AS POSSIBLE. I ENCOURAGE SPEAKERS WHO ARE SPEAKING ON THE SAME ITEM TO COLLABORATE AND COMBINE THEIR COMMENTS SO THE BOARD CAN HEAR ALL VIEWPOINTS DURING OUR LIMITED TIME. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPTS WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA EMAIL AT BOARD OFFICE AS OPPOSED TO YOU. WE WILL HEAR FIRST FROM STUDENTS IN PERSON. THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PERSON BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEMS AND MOVING TO NON AGENDA ITEMS. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT IS COMPLETE WE WILL SAY 15 MINUTES AT THE END
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. TAKING COMMENTERS IN THE SAME ORDER AS IN PERSON TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON YOUR RIGHT YOU'LL SEE SIGNS THAT OUTLINE EXPECTATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND MEETING CONDUCT. WE ASK THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MODEL THE KIND OF TONE, LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOR THAT WE HOPE TO SEE FROM OUR YOUNG PEOPLE RESPECTING DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND ALLOWING FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE. AS A REMINDER BOARD RULES AND CALIFORNIA LAW DO NOT ALLOW US TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR ATTEMPT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TIME. IF APPROPRIATE, THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL ASK THAT STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH SPEAKERS. MR. TRUJILLO. THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM WE HAVE 27 STUDENTS IN PERSON SO I CALL YOUR NAME AS I CALL YOUR NAME. PLEASE LINE UP ANDREA SOPHIA BENITEZ. ANDREA SOPHIA BENITEZ MY APOLOGIES. JOCELYN. MELANIE JULISSA. ANGELICA JONES AND MANAS NOTCHES ME NUMBER TWO HUNDREDS
OF US OR JUST WENT THROUGH OUR PROGRAM A NEWCOMER AND CITIZEN BALLYMENA SCHOOL COMPARE THIS PERSON PERSON'S TRIP TO SAMANTHA STREET AND NEED A CLASS LIKE THE US BY THE END OF THE PROGRAM A NEWCOMER COMMITTED TO MOLECULAR SELECTIVITY MUSICA LA ON IMPACT AND WE POSITIVELY MISS ACADEMIC PERSONNEL AND IS DÉCLASSÉ UPON THE DOCK AND TWO METERS APART EVERY CITIZEN IS A KEEPER I MUST MERIT I WAS IN DIFFICULTY I MEANT THE EFFORTLESS LISTENING MEDIUM ENGLISH I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE PUBLIC EYE CONSTANTLY JUDGE I WENT TO A CLASS I COULD THINK ON A PORT ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20TH NO COMMENT UP AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON WITH LESS GLASSES KNOWN NOT COMMENTING ON IF THAT MUST BE SUN RECOGNIZE CAPACITY IS THE IDEA OF AN ACTIVIST BUTTON KNOWS THAT AND WHAT THAT DOES HAPPEN IS THE AHEAD OF YOUR MA IS WHEN TO THE LESS PEOPLE CONSIDERING A POLITICAL CAPITAL AND MOST OF THE CLASS ELIGIBILITY EXAMS PERMIT AND CONTINUE ARE ACTUALLY IN DAY YES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT APPROACHING POTENTIAL AND NEVER GOING TO PREVENT US FROM ANTAGONIZING UNINTERESTED THEM HOW DO YOU THINK OKAY EMAIL ETC. AND THE
REST OF YOU. OKAY MY NAME IS ANDREA SOPHIA GOOD. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M A STUDENT IN THE EIGHTH GRADE AT THE NEWCOMER PROGRAM IN VISITATION VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TO ASK YOU TO RESPECTFULLY WE AS A DISTRICT NOT ELIMINATE THE ELECTIVE CLASSES FOR STUDENTS IN THE NEW COMER PROGRAM I AM CURRENTLY TAKING A MUSIC ELECTIVE CLASS AND IT'S HAD SUCH A POSITIVE IMPACT ON MY ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IN ME BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH INSTRUMENTS, PARTICIPATING IN PRESENTATIONS AND WORKING AS A TEAM. IT'S ALSO HELPED ME SIGNIFICANTLY SIGNIFICANTLY TO IMPROVE MY ENGLISH LANGUAGE ABILITIES SINCE IT'S ONE OF THE FEW CLASSES WHERE I CAN SPEAK WITH GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS . THIS IS NOT JUST A SIMPLE CLASS THAT WE LEARN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN BUT IN ALL OF OUR CLASSES AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHOW OUR ABILITIES DAY AFTER DAY ELIMINATE THESE ELECTIVE CLASSES BASED ON THE
STATUS OF LEARNING OF A SINGLE LANGUAGE IS AN UNJUST DECISION. I ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE VALUE IN EDUCATION EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL WELLBEING IN THESE ELECTIVE CLASSES THAT CONTINUE HELPING US TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. MY NAME IS WHERE CAN I GO NOW? MY NAME IS JOCELYN AND I'M A STUDENT WITH VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM AGAINST A PROPOSED STAFFING MODEL ESPECIALLY AGAINST ESPECIALLY ABOUT CUTTING ELECTIVES BECAUSE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO LEARN AND TAKE ELECTIVE CLASSES. EVEN STUDENTS WHO ARE LEARNING ENGLISH ELECTIVES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY HELP STUDENTS LIKE ME DISCOVER WHO THEY ARE THROUGH CLASSES LIKE OUR ETHNIC STUDIES AND MUSIC. THESE CLASSES GIVE STUDENTS A WAY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AT SCHOOLS AND FEEL INCLUDED WHEN STUDENTS ENJOY WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT, THEY DO BETTER IN SCHOOL AND FEEL MORE MOTIVATED TO TAKE AN ELECTIVE CLASSES AWAY. WE WOULD MAKE SCHOOL AS ONE
LESS MEANINGFUL FOR MANY STUDENTS WHICH IS WHY I THINK ELECTIVE CLASSES SHOULD BE PROTECTED AND NOT CUT. I AM A STUDENT MISS LAUREN'S MUSIC CLASS AND I THINK YOU SHOULD COME AND CHECK IT OUT. >> MY NAME IS MELANIE AND I'M. I'M A STUDENT FROM WEST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM AGAINST THE STAFFING MODEL THE DISTRICT IS TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE. I THINK ELECTIVE CLASSES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY HELP STUDENTS LEARN MORE ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY ENJOY. WHEN STUDENTS GET TO CHOOSE ELECTIVES LIKE ETHNIC STUDIES, MUSIC, ART AND OTHER CLASSES, IT MAKES MORE IT MAKES SCHOOL MORE INTERESTING AND MEANINGFUL . ELECTIVES HELP STUDENTS LIKE ME FEEL CONNECTED AND EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING. TAKING ELECTIVES SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE THEY ARE A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY ARE A BIG PART OF WHAT MAKES SCHOOL A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS CAN GROW AND FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG. >> SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE LET THIS AWAY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JULISSA. I'M A STUDENT AT WEST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M A GUESS AGAINST THE
PROPOSED STAFFING MODEL BECAUSE I THINK ALL STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE ELECTIVE CLASS INCLUDING MY PEERS WHO ARE STILL LEARNING AND MASTERING ENGLISH. I WAS ONE ONCE OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAD TO TAKE IN THE CLASS BUT THANKFULLY BECAUSE WE HAD SEVEN PERIODS I WAS STILL ABLE TO HAVE ONE ELECTIVE. WE CHANGED TO SIX PERIODS MY FRIENDS AND PEERS WHO ARE STILL UNEMPLOYED OR NEWCOMERS WHO WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE AN ELECTIVE ELECTIVES ARE IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO FIND THEIR PASSION IN LIFE. THEY HELP STUDENTS FEEL INCLUDED, CONFIDENT AND EXCITED TO COME TO SCHOOL. TAKING ELECTIVES AWAY WOULD MAKE SCHOOL LESS FAIR FOR STUDENTS WHO ALREADY HAVE EXTRA CHALLENGES AND I BELIEVE EVERYONE DESERVES THE CHANCE TO EXPLORE THEIR INTERESTS. ALSO AT OUR SCHOOL ELECTIVE CLASSES ARE THE ONE PLACE WHERE NEWCOMERS AND GEN ED STUDENTS COME TOGETHER TO SHARE SPACE, LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER, HELPING TO BUILD COMMUNITY AT OUR SCHOOL BABIES. SO PLEASE DO NOT CUT AND TO GO WHERE ELECTIVES, CLASSES AND TEACHERS THINK YOU.
HELLO ALL. I HOPE THIS MESSAGE FIND YOU WELL. MY NAME IS ANGELINA JONES. FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS I HAVE ATTENDED WILLIE BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I HAVE HEARD ABOUT YOUR RECENT BUDGET CUTS AND ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE CERTAIN STAFF FROM PROGRAMS LIKE CHOW'S ELECTIVE TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, COUNSELORS, ETC. FROM SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOLS AND NOT ONLY I BUT MANY OTHER STUDENTS ALIKE FEEL LIKE THIS IS VERY UNFAIR. SCHOOL SHOULD BE A SAFE AND FUN SPACE WHERE KIDS ACTUALLY ENJOY THE PROCESS OF LEARNING AND THE REMOVAL OF SAID THINGS CAN AND WILL DISRUPT THAT. MY SCHOOL VALUES OUR STEAM PROGRAM SO MUCH IN FACT IT IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST VALUES. OUR STUDENTS ARE PROMISES MADE TO US AND OUR RESOURCES SHOULD UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE TAKEN AWAY UNNECESSARILY. WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S CONFLICTS AND NOBODY TO SOLVE THEM? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A KID FEELS UNSAFE OR UNHAPPY IN THEIR HOME ENVIRONMENT AND THEY NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO? >> NOT ONLY WILL THIS AFFECT CHILDREN BUT ALSO THE STAFF THEY'RE BEING LET GO. SOME PEOPLE REALLY DEPEND ON THESE JOBS TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. >> WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM? I SPENT ALL OF MY EDUCATIONAL YEARS AND AS FUZED AND SORRY I
SPENT ALL MY EDUCATIONAL YEARS AND AS OF JUST STARTING AT LAKE SHORE. >> AND THESE LIKE OPPORTUNITIES ARE IMPORTANT. PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME DANIEL MONROY. ALLAN TAYLOR MARCOS HODGE. MIKAYLA LOGGINS. REASON AND AM I ALLOWED TO GO NOW? ALL RIGHT. HELLO. MY NAME IS DANIEL MONROE. I HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IN SFE U.S. SINCE FIRST GRADE. GRADUATED FROM BRET HART AND HAS SPENT THREE YEARS AT WILLIE BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL. ADDITIONALLY I AM THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT OF MY SCHOOL. I HAVE RECENTLY HEARD OF THE BUDGET CUTS SPECIFICALLY AT MY SCHOOL. I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ELECTIVES AND WHY THEY ARE NEEDED AT MY SCHOOL. I HEAR THE PROPOSED PLAN IS TO TAKE FROM A SEVENTH DAY TO A SIX PERIOD DAY. THIS WOULD LIKELY MEAN WE'D LOSE TEACHERS. THOSE TEACHERS WOULD MOST LIKELY BE THE ELECTIVE TEACHERS . >> WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED AT WILLIE BROWN I WASN'T SURE WHAT I WANTED TO DO WITH MY FUTURE. BUT REASON I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY
AND WHAT TRULY MAKES ME ME WAS BECAUSE OF AN ELECTIVE PROGRAM. HERE I HAVE TAKEN ROBOTICS FOR THREE YEARS AND IT'S COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE FOR THE BETTER. I NOW KNOW THAT I WANT TO BE A MECHANICAL ENGINEER. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD THE BUDGET CUTS INCLUDES THERAPIES FOR REMOTE. I'VE HAD THERAPY FOR A TOTAL OF TWO YEARS THERAPY AND MY VISIT IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY. THERAPY HAS BEEN THERE WHEN I THOUGHT THAT NOBODY WAS CUTTING THAT FUN WOULD MAKE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS. MANY STUDENTS AND THOSE OF YOU TO STUDY HAVE HAD OR HAVE SEVERE MENTAL REMEMBER CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. WAIT, WAIT. GO. OH, GREETINGS. MY NAME IS MARCUS. I'M A CURRENT STUDENT ATTENDING WILLIE BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL. LIKE I SAY, LIKE OTHER STUDENTS, I ALSO HEARD ABOUT THIS DISCUSSED ARRANGEMENT. I FEEL LIKE THESE ATTEMPTED ACCIDENTS ARE QUITE UNPLEASANT AND VERY DISAGREEABLE AND I WILL LIST MY OPINION AS I END THE SENTENCE. GROWING UP I WAS ALWAYS ENROLLED IN CIVICS DISTRICT GRADUATING. I MEAN GRADUATING FROM GLEN
PARK ELEMENTARY TO NOW ALMOST GRADUATING REALLY BAD MIDDLE SCHOOL. FOR ALL MY THREE YEARS ATTENDING WILLIE BROWN I HAVE TAKEN THREE YEARS OR TWO YEARS OF VISUAL AND ONE YEAR OF TEXTILE ELECTIVES. MEANT A LOT TO ME OVER THESE YEARS I LIKE THIS GIVES ME AND OTHER KIDS THE ABILITY TO CREATE AND EXPLORE FROM FROM OTHER PERSPECTIVES. ELECTIVES ARE ALSO A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO INTERACT AND TRY OUT NEW THINGS AND TO CREATE HOBBIES. >> WITHOUT THIS, HOW DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO AFFECT KIDS NEXT YEAR? WILL THEY EVER WILL THEY EVER HAVE THE SAME FREEDOM AS WE DO? WILL THEY BE ABLE TO EXPLORE THEMSELVES AND GET INTO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES? THESE ARE SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO CONSIDER BEFORE YOU PROPOSE TO THIS DEAL. ALONG WITH THE LIKE THIS ONE THIS PLAY IS A BIG WASTE OF MY TIME. >> HI, MY NAME IS MIKAYLA LONG AND I'M AN EIGHTH GRADER AT WILLIE BROWN JUNIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. DURING MY TIME AT THIS SCHOOL I HAVE TAKEN I REALIZED THAT MY SCHOOL HAS TO OFFER ROBOTICS PERI SAUCES, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ART, MUSIC AND HEALTH.
THESE CLASSES ARE NOT EXTRAS. THESE CLASSES GIVE STUDENTS PURPOSE AND A REASON TO STAY ENGAGED. THEY SUPPORT DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES AND HELP STUDENTS TO DISCOVER WHO THEY ARE AND RESOURCES WE LEARN CONFLICT RESOLUTION, LEADERSHIP SKILLS, PROBLEM SOLVING AND JUST MANAGEMENT. STUDENTS OFTEN FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TALKING TO TRAIN PEERS ABOUT ISSUES SUCH AS STRESS, BULLYING OR FRIENDSHIP PROBLEMS. THIS HELPS PREVENT ISOLATION AND PROMOTE MENTAL WELL-BEING. AND ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE WE LEARN CAREER PREPARATION AND CRITICAL THINKING. THIS ENABLES STUDENTS TO GAIN EARLY EXPERIENCE IN STEM FIELDS ,FIELDS AND BUILD SKILLS THEY WILL USE IN SCHOOL LIFE AND IN FUTURE CAREERS. >> MUSIC AND ART. HI MY NAME IS RICHARD. >> I'M A STUDENT FROM APG MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EPIGENETIC MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK UP ABOUT SAVING WELLNESS. WELLNESS HAS HELPED ME THROUGH ALL THREE YEARS AND I TALK ABOUT WELLNESS DURING AVID SCHOOL TOURS BECAUSE I REALLY, REALLY WANT KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOING INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL TO KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A PLACE YOU CAN GO TO TALK TO SOMEONE LIKE OUR SOCIAL WORKER MISS DEAN. WHEN MY FRIEND AND AP STUDENT ALEX DIED I FELT THAT THE ONLY PLACE I COULD TURN TO WAS MY WELLNESS CENTER. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS REALLY BUSY THERE'S ALWAYS SPACE MADE FOR ME. I ALSO LOVE GOING TO WELLNESS GROUP WHERE I GET TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING THAT'S BOTHERING ME. I ALWAYS FEEL COMFORTABLE IN MY GROUP SPACE BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS CONFIDENTIAL. I ALSO ALWAYS GO TO WELLNESS TO VENT AND TALK ABOUT TRAUMA AT SCHOOL WITH OUR CHILD DANNY. WHEN I'M TAKING A BREAK, WELLNESS HAS HELPED ME SO MUCH LIKE GIVING ME A SPACE SAFE SPACE TO VENT OR WHEN I HAVE A SORE THROAT I CAN GO AND GET TO YOU AND SNACKS I WANT TO HAVE. >> I WANT TO HAVE KIDS BE ABLE TO GO AND HAVE THE SAME MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AS ME AND KNOW THAT SOMEONE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR THEM. WELLNESS IS ALWAYS BEING USED AND INUS THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. >> HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ELLEN TELLO. I'M A SENIOR GENDRON SCHOOL FOR EQUITY. THE PROPOSED STAFFING MODEL LOOKED AT 56 FULL TIME CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND 45 SOCIAL WORKERS. IT WOULD CUT CAMPUS SECURITY IN HALF AND ELIMINATE OTHER CENTRAL POSITIONS. THESE STAFF ARE NOT EXTRA. THESE ARE THE ADULT STUDENTS RELY ON EVERY DAY TO FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED AND ABLE TO LEARN. WHEN THESE WILL DISAPPEAR, TEACHERS ARE FORCED TO DO MORE WITH LESS BURN OUT INCREASES AND PUSH THE SCHOOL BACK INTO SURVIVAL MODE. IF THE BOARD BELIEVES THESE CUTS ARE NECESSARY THEN YOU SHOULD BE WILLING TO COME TO OUR SCHOOLS AND EXPLAIN DIRECTLY TO OUR STUDENTS WHY THEY ARE LOSING THE ADULTS THEY TRUST AND THEN TELL THEM IF THESE CUTS ARE WORTH IT. IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DO THAT THEN YOU SHOULD BE VOTING NO ON THE STAFFING MODEL AND ASKING FOR EQUITY. OUR SOCIAL WORKER MISS ERIN HAS BEEN WITH OUR SCHOOL SINCE ALMOST SINCE ALMOST OPEN. SHE IS KIND FUNNY AND IS PERSONALLY SUPPORTING ME DURING MOMENTS THAT COULD HAVE THE SORRY DERAIL MY EDUCATION. SHE IS NOT REPLACEABLE. MISS ERIN PROVIDES. AT YOU JORDAN IS THE SAME CARE,
STABILITY AND SUPPORT THAT STUDENTS ACROSS THIS DISTRICT GET FROM THEIR SOCIAL WORKERS EVERY DAY. THAT'S WHY WE ARE CALLING FOR A FIVE YEAR MORATORIUM ON SCHOOL CLOSURES. OUR SCHOOLS ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM A 1.0. SCHOOLS CANNOT IMPROVE WHILE CONSTANTLY BRACING FOR LOSS. TONIGHT I AM ASKING YOU TO CHOOSE STABILITY, EQUITY AND STUDENTS SCHOOL CLOSURES REJECT THE STAFFING MODEL. INVEST IN THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS WORK. OUR SCHOOLS DESERVE A FAIR CHANCE AND WE ARE NOT BACKING DOWN. THANK YOU. PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME. >> SABRINA ME ISLAM A. JAMILA WANG LINO SERGEANT ALONZO DIAZ HI MY NAME IS SABRINA AND I'M FROM ABIDJAN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY OWN EXPERIENCES TODAY WHILE GOING INTO WELLNESS. I HAVE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS WITH MY SOCIAL WORKER. MS.. DEAN AND I ALSO PLAY LOTS OF SPORTS WHERE I GET LOTS OF INJURIES SO I GET A WELLNESS. TO SEE NURSE JUDY, OUR NURSE WHO HELPS ME TEN WITH MY
INJURIES EVERY SINGLE DAY. ALSO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS LIKE WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITHOUT WELLNESS AND LIKE HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIKE WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO GO WHEN I LIKE BREAK AN ARM? >> ALSO WHEN SECURITY GUARDS ARE LIKE NO WHERE HERE LIKE HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL LIKE THE SECURITY GUARDS ARE LIKE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO LIKE THEY'RE ALSO LIKE IMAGINE HAVING YOUR OWN KID GO TO SCHOOL KNOWING THAT THERE'S NO SECURITY GUARDS AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN SAFE. >> ALSO JUST LET THAT SINK IN FOR A MOMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HELLO MY NAME IS SAM IN MY HEAD AND I'M FROM AP IN MIDDLE SCHOOL I CAME TO TALK ABOUT HOW WELLNESS HAS IMPACTED ON MY LIFE WHEN I FIRST CAME TO AP MIDDLE SCHOOL I HAD A HARD TIME TRANSITIONING FROM COUNTRY SCHOOL TO MIDDLE SCHOOL TO MY SIXTH GRADE YEAR. I WAS STRUGGLING WITH MY CLASSES AND I WANTED SOMEONE TO BE THERE WITH ME. I TURNED TO US IN THE MOST INTERESTING INNER CITY. THIS HELPED ME BECAUSE I WAS STRUGGLING WITH MY CLASSES
AND OVERALL SIX CORE EXPERIENCE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT I WANT TO BE AS CONFIDENT AS I AM RIGHT NOW THIS YEAR I WANT TO STEP OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND DEVELOP MY LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE WITH HELP FOR MY CHILD. MS. DANNY I GET TO BE A PART OF SNACK CLUB AND BE INTERESTED IN MINE. WITHOUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES I WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THE FRIENDS I HAVE TODAY OR GET TO TEACH OTHERS ABOUT PEER PRESSURE, NUTRITION AND ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. I COULD NOT IMAGINE ALL OF YOU AS A FEW OF THESE STUDENTS HAVING THE SUPPORT FROM SCHOOLS ,SOCIAL WORKERS, NURSES AND WELLNESS CENTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS TAMARA WANG. I'M AN EIGHTH GRADER APTLY NINI MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WHY WELLNESS IS SO IMPORTANT. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A BIT SINCE MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL BUT I'VE BEEN GROWING UP WITH THIS EXTREME PRESSURE TO BE MATURE AND TO BE PERFECT AND PRODUCTIVE AND FOCUSED AND THAT IS AN OVERSTIMULATE AMOUNT OF STRESS. I AVOID A LOT LIKE WHEN SCHOOL GOT HARDER IN SIXTH GRADE I AVOIDED IT AS MUCH AS I COULD. I WOULD PULL THE LITTLE HAIRDRYER AGAINST THE
THERMOMETER AND SUCH AND I WOULD MAKE EXCUSES RESULTING IN EVEN MORE STRESS AND THEN EVEN MORE AVOIDANCE AS IT ALWAYS GOES. THAT CYCLE WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL I HAPPENED TO FIND A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY IN WELLNESS LIKE WHEN I STRUGGLED WITH SELF-HARM AND UNAVOIDABLE DRAMA IN OUR SCHOOL. OUR SOCIAL WORKER MISS DEAN WOULD BE THE ONE TO HELP ME THROUGH THAT. SHE WOULD BE THE ONE TO COME FOR ME WHEN I NEEDED IT. SO AS I GOT TO KNOW ALL OF THE MORE MY TENANTS INCREASED MY GRADES GOT UP AND I PERSONALLY GOT HAPPIER. AND NOW AS I APPLY FOR OR FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND DEAL WITH ALL LIFE HAS FOR ME THEY ARE MY BACKBONE. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. HELLO. MY NAME IS LIONEL AND I'M A STUDENT FROM A.P. GENEVIEVE MIDDLE SCHOOL. I CAME HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT WHY WE NEED VIOLENCE CENTERS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THEY BUILD COMMUNITY AND HELP MY PEERS TO CONTINUE WORKING HARD AND STAY DEVOTED TO THE FUTURE THEY WISH TO HAVE. WELL, IT'S AND IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE FELT JUDGED, DISRESPECTED AND ARE
CRITICIZED BY OTHERS. ROUGHLY 10% OF STUDENTS FROM MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOLS IN SAN FRANCISCO HAVE CONSIDERED ATTEMPTING SUICIDE. AND IN MAY 2025 IT WAS REPORTED THAT 244 PEOPLE DIED FROM SUICIDE IN CALIFORNIA. I'VE SEEN MY OWN CLASSMATES WALK UP TO THE STAFF AND ASK TO TAKE A BREAK FROM ACADEMICS TO TAKE A BREAK FROM ALL THE PRESSURE AND EXPECTATIONS THEY FACE FROM NOT ONLY TEACHERS BUT FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY. YOU'RE ALL ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND AWARENESS. YET SUDDENLY IT'S A WERE IGNORED AND PUSHED ASIDE. SO TAKING AWAY WEALTH CENTERS, CHILES AND SOCIAL WORKERS IS LIKE TAKING AWAY A PIECE OF SOMEONE. AND YOU DON'T REALIZE THE RISK OF HARMING YOUR STUDENTS. WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO THEM? SUICIDE RATES CAN INCREASE NUMBERS CAN INCREASE. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. AND YOU'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT THAT RISK. YOU WHAT DO YOU CARE MORE ABOUT THE STUDENT OR THE PERSON INSIDE THAT SHELL? >> THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS ALONZO DIAZ. AS A STUDENT FROM APG MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE WELLNESS CENTER IS A VITAL RESOURCE FOR EVERY
STUDENT. IT NOT ONLY PROVIDES FIRST AID HELP FOR ANYTHING FROM A SCRAPE TO A BLOODY NOSE. IT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT ANCHORING POINT IN OUR SCHOOLS COMMUNITY. THE WELLNESS CENTER IMPACTS EVERYONE IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY THROUGH EVENTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CREATING A STRONG COMMUNITY. BRINGING TOGETHER STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT GRADES AS WELL AS FAMILIES. OUR CHILD MS.. DANNY HAS ORGANIZED EVENTS LIKE HIGH SCHOOL NIGHT INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS WEEK AND RESOURCE FAIRS. THESE EVENTS CREATE A FUN AND CONNECTED ASTHMA'S ATMOSPHERE THAT EVERYONE CAN BE A PART OF. ANOTHER EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SERVICE THAT WELLNESS PROVIDES IS A FREE CONFIDENTIAL THERAPY WITH OUR SOCIAL WORKER MS. DEAN AND OTHER THERAPISTS. I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL COMES WITH A LOT OF DRAMA AND IT CAN ALWAYS FEEL LIKE TOO MUCH. IT'S ALSO REASSURING TO TALK TO A TRUSTED ADULT WHO'S TRAINED IN HELPING KIDS RATHER THAN JUST TALKING ABOUT HARD TOPICS WITH THEIR FRIENDS WHICH CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE. >> BY TAKING AWAY WELLNESS CENTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO MIDDLE SCHOOLS, YOU'RE TAKING AWAY A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL STUDENTS TO FALL BACK ON WHEN THEY'RE IN A ROUGH SPOT. >> YOU'RE ALSO BREAKING APART STRONG BONDS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL EXPERIENCES ACROSS THE CITY. >> THANK YOU.
PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME A ACB ALUMNI JUSTIN CHEN LANGSTON M MAX VANCE. FRIDA OR FREDDY JOHAN AND THUNDER. DON'T LET ME CALL THEM AGAIN. AQUI ALUNA JUSTIN CHAN LANGSTON M MAX VANCE AND I THINK IT'S FREDDIE. >> GOOD EVENING, DISTRICT LEADERS. MY NAME IS JUSTIN CHEN. I AM AN AS OF USDA STUDENT AT LAW HIGH SCHOOL. I AM HERE TO REPRESENT AS OF USDA MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE CHEN FOUNDATION AND TO DELIVER A QUICK STATEMENT REGARDING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL A MATTER OF CHANGING THE SCHOOL DAY FROM A SEVEN PERIOD DAY TO SIX PERIOD DAY AS A STUDENT WHO HAS EXPERIENCED BOTH SCHEDULES, I BELIEVE IT MAKES THE SCHOOL DAY HARDER TO FOCUS BECAUSE WITHOUT TRANSITIONS TO DIFFERENT CLASSES THE CLASSES BECOME LONGER. WE HAVE SEVEN PERIODS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS STUDENTS CAN TAKE THEIR ELECTIVES, LEARN MORE AND HAVE FUN LONGER CLASSES
LONGER CLASS PERIODS WITHOUT TRANSITIONS CAN FEEL OVERWHELMING AND REDUCES ENGAGEMENT. I HOPE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WON'T REMOVE A PERIOD FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHEDULES. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU AND I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME DR.. GOOD EVENING S.F. USD BOARD OF EDUCATION AND CABINET MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MAX VANCE AND I'M A FOURTH GRADER AT NEW TRADITIONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A MEMBER OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO SHARE OUR THANKS FOR SAVING OUR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER MADELINE LENASIA SEE SHE HELPS STUDENTS WHEN WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS AT SCHOOL OR AT HOME AND SHE TRULY UNDERSTANDS US. SHE LEADS THE RAINBOW CLUB AND THE CROCHET CLUB TEACHES US HOW OUR BRAIN WORKS AND HELPS OUR SCHOOL BE A SAFE AND WELCOMING PLACE. MISAEL ANISHA MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT KEEPING SOCIAL WORKERS IN OTHER SCHOOLS AS WELL. ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL, I ALSO WANT TO ASK MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO TO BE ABLE TO KEEP TO
ELECTIVES. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN LEARNING A LANGUAGE PLAYING IN A BAND OR TRYING SOMETHING NEW. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO STUDENT VOICES. WE HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER OUR REQUESTS AND I INVITE YOU TO OUR STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING TIME ON TUESDAYS AT 130. >> THANK YOU. HEY EVERYONE MY NAME IS LINKS TO MONTGOMERY AND BACK IN MY SECOND HOME. I'M A SENIOR AT WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, A FORMER STUDENT DELEGATE AND NOW PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. SO ABOUT A MONTH AGO THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL HAD A MEETING WITH BOARD PRESIDENT KIM AND WITH VICE PRESIDENT HULING. AND WHAT WE HEARD OVER THIS HOUR AND 15 MINUTE LONG MEETING WAS COUNSELORS THE LINES THAT ARE 30 MINUTES LONG OR MORE AROUND ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS CONCERNS ON THEIR SCHEDULING ON COLLEGE AND EVERY OTHER ISSUE HAVE THEIR COUNSELOR AND NOW WE'VE ALREADY DEALT WITH DEVASTATING CUTS AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE DEVASTATING CUTS COME IN FOR OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, THIS POSITION IS SOLELY FOCUSED ON
THE WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS AND CUTTING THEM FURTHER AFTER DEVASTATING CUTS LAST YEAR IS NOT STUDENT CENTERED. IT'S NOT FOCUSED ON TEACHERS AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A STUDENT OUTCOMES MODEL. SO I REALLY HOPE THAT THIS ISSUE BECOMES FIXED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COUNSELORS ARE STRUGGLING AND RIGHT NOW YOU'RE TELLING THEM THAT NO HELP IS COMING. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS FRIEDA AND I GO TO JAMES LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. IF WE TAKE AWAY THE SECURITY GUARDS, KIDS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE ON THEIR PHONES DURING CLASS OR BE SKIPPING CLASS ENTIRELY. THE SECURITY GUARDS ARE NOT JUST SECURITY GUARDS. THEY ARE OUR COACHES AND OUR FRIENDS. MANY KIDS FORM TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SECURITY GUARDS. THE SECURITY GUARDS HELP SUPPORT KIDS AND ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO GO TO CLASS AT GYMS LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> THE SECURITY GUARDS DO MUCH MORE THAN WATCH OUR HALLWAYS. THEY COACH OUR SPORTS TEAMS AND LEAD CLUBS AND HELP FIND SUPPORT AND MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SAFE IN CLASS. IF YOU CUT OUR SECURITY GUARDS IT WILL NOT ONLY MAKE US FEEL LESS SAFE, IT WILL MAKE TAKE
AWAY OUR COACHES AND OUR FRIENDS. THANK YOU. >> PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME. >> I THINK THIS IS MABEL MINA JOHNSTON. MEGAN ANGELO. CODY SANO. ALEJANDRO GOLISANO GO. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MABEL BRENNAN AND I'M AN EIGHTH GRADER AT JAMES LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND I COME FROM THE DEBATE TEAM. OUR DISTRICT IS FACING HISTORIC FINANCIAL CHALLENGES. I THINK YOUR CITY IS BALANCING A BUDGET BY PLANNING MORE THAN 113 MILLION IN REDUCTION FOR 2025. THESE CUTS ARE ALREADY HITTING THE CORE OF OUR STUDENT SUPPORT. THE LATEST PROPOSALS WOULD ELIMINATE COUNSELORS CLASSROOM TEACHERS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER ASSIST STAFF IN ONE PLAN ONE STOPPING PLAN 45 OF 90 NINE STUDENT SCHOOL SITE. SOCIAL WORKERS COULD BE CUT ALONGSIDE 56 TEACHERS AND 15 COUNSELORS SEVERELY REDUCING THE SUPPORT STUDENTS RELY ON FOR ACADEMIC AND EMOTIONAL SUCCESS. I'M ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT CUTS TO AP AND OTHER ADVANCED COURSEWORK. >> ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES
ARE NOT MORE NOT ONLY ELECTIVE OPTIONS ARE MORE THAN ELECTIVE OPTIONS. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT 85% OF COLLEGE REPORTS THE AP EXPERIENCE POSITIVELY INFLUENCES ADMISSION DECISIONS AND AP COURSEWORK INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD STUDENTS WILL PERFORM WELL AND COMPLETE COLLEGE DEGREES. REMOVING OR SCALING BACK AP CLASSES DISADVANTAGES AS FEW SD STUDENTS WHEN COMPETING TO GET INTO COLLEGES. AP CLASSES HELP LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR FIRST GENERATION AND UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS BY GIVING THEM ACCESS TO ADVANCED COURSEWORK AND SOMETIMES COLLEGE CREDIT BEFORE THEY EVEN STEP ON CAMPUS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT THAT CONCLUDES YOUR THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM THAT CONCLUDES STUDENT COMMENT. OH I'M SORRY. NO IT DOESN'T. >> MY NAME IS NINA. I AM IN FOURTH GRADE AT LEONARD AH, FLYNN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE SOCIAL WORKERS WHO HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED US. OUR SOCIAL WORKER MISS ALISA IS THE ONE WHO HOLDS OUR SCHOOL TOGETHER. WELLNESS CENTERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS HELP ALL AROUND THE
SCHOOL MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS INCLUDED AND HAS A PLACE WHERE THEY KNOW THEY'RE SAFE A PEACEFUL MIND IS A STRONG MIND AND LETTING GO OF THE SOCIAL WORKERS WILL BE DEVASTED WAITING FOR ALL THE STUDENTS. THERE'S STILL TIME TO FIX YOUR WRONGS. NOW WHEN STUDENTS NEED IT ALL STUDENTS DESERVE TO BE EQUAL. JUST BECAUSE SOME FAMILIES HAVE LESS OR MORE MONEY DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY NEED SOCIAL WORKERS MORE THAN OTHERS. >> WE ALL NEED SOCIAL WORKERS. THANK YOU. >> YOU GOT IT. HELLO. MY NAME IS ANJALI GALLO. I WILL BE REACHING SCHOOL AND I WAS WONDERING WHY YOU GUYS DO THIS. BECAUSE WE NEED TEACHERS AND STAFF BECAUSE IT'S CHAOS IN THERE AND IT TAKE IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE SECRETARIES IT TAKES A LOT OF GUTS TO GET IN THERE. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO CO-DESIGNER AND I GO TO SCHOOL. I ASKED YOU NOT TO CUT POSITIONS IN MY SCHOOL OR ANY
OTHER SCHOOL BECAUSE THE MORE THE LESS PEOPLE WE HAVE THE THE LESS STUDENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SAFE AT SCHOOL AND LESS THOSE SUCCEED IN LIFE AND SCHOOL LIFE. AND I THINK THAT HIGH I'M WHY I CUT SCHOOL BASED IT'S BECAUSE LIKE ARE YOU EXPECTING US TO DRIVE LIKE 12 MILE JUST TO GET TO OUR SCHOOL YOU KNOW LIKE IF YOU'RE THINKING THAT YOU LIKE LOSE A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE OF KIDS AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO KNOW SCHOOLS BY OKAY PRESIDENT KIM NOW THAT CONCLUDES THAT COMMENT. I'M SORRY. >> OH BUT WE CALL ALL THE NAMES OF STUDENTS I DO YOU WANT ME TO GO GET THEM? YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH. I IF STUDENTS HAVE SUBMITTED CARDS THEY SHOULD COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM OF THEIR PARENTS BECAUSE THEY CAN ALL BE THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT. >> I THINK THAT AS YOU SPEAK
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME. OKAY BEFORE YOU START. BUT GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BLOOM EXCITER. I'M A SENIOR AT ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL HERE TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOL CLOSURES AND FUNDING CUTS TO CUT AS MANY TEACHERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS AS THIS PLAN PROPOSES TO LEAVE STUDENTS LIKE MYSELF WITHOUT VITAL SUPPORT. IF IT WERE NOT FOR MY TEACHERS ,SECURITY GUARDS AND WELLNESS STAFF, I WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE TODAY ALIVE AND WELL ENOUGH TO ADVOCATE FOR MY COMMUNITY IN A WORLD WHERE OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO TEAR APART FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT NO DOLLAR AMOUNT JUSTIFIES DOING THE SAME TO OUR STUDENTS. THESE BUDGET CUTS WILL KILL STUDENTS. I AM ASKING YOU TO CHOOSE THEIR LIVES AND STOP THESE CUTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HELLO WISHES MY NAME IS RAVEN JENKINS. >> I AM A FORMER ACADEMY CHEF AT MARRIOTT YOUR STUDENT FOR FIVE YEARS I HAD A FAMILY AT ACADEMY FOUR. I WAS TRANSFERRED AGAINST MY WILL BETWEEN LIFELONG FRIENDS, TEACHERS AND THE TAUGHT AND CULTURE UPLIFTED ME WHEN I NEEDED IT MOST.
I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY OF YOU DO NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS AND NOT UNLIKE ALL OF YOU. MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT SAY WHAT WAS BEST FOR ME DID NOT KNOW ME IN THE PLACE EITHER AS A STUDENT OR AS A PERSON AND THUS UNDERESTIMATED HOW IMPORTANT ACADEMY WAS TO MY LEARNING EXPERIENCE. BUT AT THE COMMUNITY THAT I HAD HERE I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TODAY TO RECONSIDER CLOSING DOWN SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY ACADEMY. MY STORY IS THE PAIN THAT YOU ALL WILL BE INFLICTING TO HUNDREDS OF KIDS WHO WILL BE LEFT WITHOUT ANYWHERE ANY OTHER SAFE PLACE TO GO AND DOZENS OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF WILL YOU HAVE TO WONDER DO YOU TAKE YOUR KIDS AWAY FROM THEM IF YOU GO FORWARD CLOSING THESE SCHOOLS AN IMPORTANT CHOICE THAT LIES IN FRONT OF YOU. PLEASE DO NOT TELL THESE YOUNG STRANGERS SOULS APART LIKE MY FAMILY DID MINE NO STUDENT NEEDS TO MAKE DO LIKE I HAD TO. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS TENZIN NANCY AND I'M AN EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT AT JAMES LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. HEARING ABOUT THE PROPOSED CUTS THAT WOULD AFFECT THE ARTS, AP CLASSES, COUNSELORS AND MORE SHOCKED ME. >> BUT IN PARTICULAR THE
SECURITY STAFF BEING AFFECTED MAKES ME REALIZE THE SEVERITY OF THIS. >> IN MY YEARS AT JAMES LAKE, A SCHOOL IN A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD I'VE GONE THROUGH THREE LOCK INS. I NEVER FELT SAFE IN ANY OF THEM EVEN IN MY SCHOOL WITH A FULL SECURITY STAFF. IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE WITH A HALF FULL SECURITY STAFF. >> THIS CAME UP WITH THIS INCREASED SECURITY IN THE WAKE OF A SCHOOL SHOOTING AT BURTON HIGH WHICH HAS CAUSED MELISSA TO SUGGEST HEIGHTENED SECURITY. BUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND LYCANS AREN'T THE ONLY WORRY. FIGHTS ARE COMMON AND ESCALATE QUICKLY WHICH CAN END BADLY WITHOUT SECURITY STAFF NEARBY. AND WE CONSIDER EDUCATION A TOP PRIORITY. THEN WE CAN ENDANGER STUDENTS OR MADE THEM FEEL UNSAFE. IN THE END THE TRADEOFFS OUTDO THE BENEFITS OF THIS. AND I KNOW THAT THERE AREN'T MANY WAYS TO PLUG THIS DEFICIT . BUT THIS PARTICULAR SOLUTION IS WAY TOO DETRIMENTAL TO STUDENTS . >> THANK YOU. WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY TODAY IS PRETTY SHORT AND IT'S VERY SHORT. WHAT DO I SAY TODAY IS DON'T DO IT. THAT'S IT. THAT'S REALLY IT. HI, MY NAME IS CYRUS AND I'M A
STUDENT AT JAMES OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THE PROPOSED STAFFING CHANGES THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS GO FROM HAVING SEVEN PERIODS IN A DAY TO HAVING SIX PERIODS. STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE AS MANY ELECTIVES AS THEY DO NOW. ADDITIONALLY, STUDENTS IN THE MATH SUPPORT YALE THE NEWCOMER OR SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAMS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE ANY ELECTIVES. AS A STUDENT IN THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM, I THINK THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE DENIED AN ELECTIVE JUST BECAUSE THEY SPEAK TWO LANGUAGES OR THEY HAVE A DISABILITY. ELECTIVES LIKE ART BAND DANCE AND DRAMA TEACH STUDENTS REAL LIFE SKILLS AND HOW TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES. >> ALTHOUGH ONE SOLUTION IS TO HAVE A ZERO PERIOD BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, HOW WILL THIS SAVE MONEY? IF YOU STILL NEED TEACHERS TO TEACH THOSE CLASSES THE PROPOSED FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN SHOULD NOT INCLUDE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PERIODS IN A DAY. >> DON'T SACRIFICE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS EDUCATION TO SOLVE THE DISTRICT'S PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. >> HI, I'M MINA AND I'M ELLIANA. >> WE'RE SIX GIRLS APG MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE LOVE OUR SCHOOL THE TEACHERS
AND STAFF. OUR TEACHERS DESERVE A BETTER CONTRACT. >> WE NEED THEM AT SCHOOL. THE CUTS ALSO AFFECT SECURITY AND COUNSELORS AT OUR SCHOOL. OUR SCHOOLS EXPERIENCE A RECENT TRAGEDY AND A SECURITY INCIDENT. WE COULD NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS YEAR'S EVENTS AT SCHOOL COMMUNITY WITHOUT OUR WELLNESS STAFF AND OUR SECURITY STAFF. >> WE HAVE LEARNED THAT ERRONEOUS STUFF HAS HAD OVER 1800 VISITS VISITS IN JUST THREE AND A HALF MONTHS. >> WHAT HAPPENS TO STUDENTS IN NEED WHEN THE STAFF ISN'T THERE TO HELP THEM? KIDS BEING SAFE AT SCHOOL BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE SCHOOL BOARD'S PRIORITY. LEARNING CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT IT. AS 212 YEAR OLDS WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO STAND BEFORE A SCHOOL BOARD ASKING THAT YOU KEEP US SAFE AND THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF KIDS. >> PLEASE DON'T MAKE THESE CUTS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HI, I'M SIENNA AND THIS. >> I'M MARGO AND I'M WITH YOU. WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE TEA TENT ADMIN.
THEY ARE OUR SECURITY GUARDS AND THEY'RE MORE IMPORTANT. I MEAN, I'M SORRY. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY GIVE US RESPONSE. THEY CARE FOR US. THEY ARE COACHES TO OUR SPORTS TEAMS. ALSO PLEASE DON'T CUT OUR COUNSELORS WELLNESS CENTERS, SCHOOL LEADERS, TEACHERS EVERYONE DESERVES TO HAVE ALL OPPORTUNITIES AT SCHOOL. STABILIZE THE BUDGET WITHOUT CUTTING MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF. >> THANK YOU. HELLO. I'M A FLORIST, COLLEEN AND I'M AN EIGHTH GRADER. I HAVE TO SAY I'M DISAPPOINTED THIS LEAST BHM IS A CLOSE COMMUNITY. EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYONE AND BY TAKING AWAY THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS YOU'RE TURNING OUR SCHOOL INTO ASHES. WE ARE NOW IN A NEW CAMPUS THAT IS IN MCLAREN PARK. WE'RE ISOLATED. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE HALF THE TIME WITH IS FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO ICE. MY MY SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE THE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR TURNING MY COMMUNITY APART. YOUR JOB IS TO KEEP ME SAFE. YOUR JOB IS TO KEEP MY CLASSMATES UP SAFE.
SO LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND TELL ME THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WHAT YOU ARE TAKING AWAY THE PERSON WHO HAUNTED ME WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO BREAK DOWN LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND TELL ME YOU'RE DOING THE BEST FOR ME FOR MY CLASSMATES, FOR MY FRIENDS, FOR MY TEACHERS, FOR MY GUARDIANS. PLEASE LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND TELL ME THAT YOU WENT AFTER THEM. REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENING ON PLANET EARTH. EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW YOU WILL WILLIE BROWN SO UNLESS YOU RATHER THAT THEY FIGURE IT EVERYTHING AROUND THEM LIKE IT'LL HAVE TO WRAP UP I FIGURE I'LL TEACH IT TO THE LENGTH OF IT THEN ENOUGH WATER TO IT INTO AND CAN YOU GIVE TO OPEN LONG TERM THEN APPARENTLY THERE ARE PEPSICO SO LET'S TIME IN BLOOM PARK LIKE I DON'T LET THEM DOWN TO ONE HOUR LET ME GRAB IS THE IMMEDIATE MOTTO IS SEE MY MOVIES YOU'LL GET A PRETTY COOL ME I WILL TRAIN WITH LISTEN TO WHAT I WORLD IN MY ECON DRONE WHICH IN THE REALM A REASON FOR THE MOVE HELICOPTERS GIVE US A GOOD IDEA DOESN'T LIKE THAT I
MEAN THIS LITTLE CHARACTER COMING OUT OF PAKISTAN TO PULL OUT US. GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS ROSA. I'M 11 YEARS OLD AND I'M IN THE SIXTH GRADE AT WILLIE BROWN. I'M A STUDENT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND SINCE I WAS IN THE SECOND GRADE I STOPPED DOING PHYSICAL THERAPY EVEN THOUGH I STILL NEEDED IT. I'VE HAD SOME SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AT SCHOOL THAT HAVE WHERE I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SUPPORT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY. WHEN I WAS AT GLENN PARK SCHOOL I FELT SO HARD THAT I STILL HAVE A KNOT IN MY HEAD AND IT HURTS A LOT. >> IF I HADN'T HAD THERAPY TAKEN AWAY FROM ME I WOULD HAVE IMPROVED SO MUCH AND I WOULD HAVE FELT SO MUCH MORE SECURE AT SCHOOL. AND LIKE ME THERE ARE MANY OTHER KIDS WHO HAVE LOST SERVICES DUE TO THE CUTS THAT YOU'RE PLANNING. HOW I AM TOO. >> AND TODAY I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE OUR HOPE AND AWARENESS AND WHY YOU
SHOULDN'T GET RID OF IT. >> TO BEGIN UM OUR HEALTH TEAM IS REALLY NICE AND THEY ALWAYS ARE THERE FOR US WHEN WE NEED IT. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DON'T GET RID OF IT. >> OUR OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AND WE NEED HELP THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR US AND SHOWING SUPPORT FOR US. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS LIKE US IN THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED HELP. HELLO MY NAME IS AND I'M AN EIGHTH GRADER AT WILLIE BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS ABOUT THE BUDGET CUTS WHICH SHOULD DRASTICALLY AFFECT MY EDUCATION. WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS REMOVING OUR HOUSING WELLNESS PROGRAMS. IT IS NOT OKAY BECAUSE HOW TO MANAGE PROGRAMS HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, INSTITUTE WITH STUDENTS AND TALKING ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS AND TALKING ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS IN A WAY TO FIX IT. IT IS ALSO A RELAXING PLACE TO TAKE A BREAK. IT IS IMPORTANT AND IT SHOULD NOT BE REMOVED. >> THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS GARCIA. I GO TO JUNIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM AN EIGHTH GRADE. YOU GUYS CUTTING WILL HELP AND ONE IS A HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER IS WRONG. EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN THERE HAS SOME TYPE OF ISSUE EITHER ANXIETY FROM DOING ALL THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO OR JUST HAVING ANGER ISSUES WHICH IS NOT FAIR AND YOU GUYS CUTTING THAT OUT IS NOT RIGHT. EVERY SINGLE STUDENT NEEDS HELPING ESPECIALLY. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HI, I'M AMELIA COOK AND THIS IS LAURA HAND AND WE'RE SEVENTH GRADERS AT JAMES DUBLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I THINK WE SHOULDN'T LOSE AN ELECTIVE ONE WAY THESE BUDGET CUTS WILL NEGATIVELY AFFECT STUDENTS IS IT WILL CUT FUNDING FOR ELECTIVES IN OUR SCHOOL. IF WE LOSE THIS MONEY ONE ELECTIVE WILL BE CUT ELECTIVES LIKE ART BANDS, HEALTH COMPUTER SCIENCE, COLLEGE FORNIA HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY ELECTIVES LET STUDENTS EXPLORE A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WHEN THEY GROW UP. IN SIXTH GRADE WE HAD A LOT OF COLD WILL THE SELECTIVE WAS
REALLY FOR LIFE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE ART, HEALTH, MDMA. WE HAD EACH OF THESE ELECTIVES FOR A QUARTER LETTING US TRY OUT DIFFERENT THINGS WITHOUT THE COMMITMENT OF A SEMESTER OR A YEARLONG ELECTIVE. I HAD THE WILL WHEN IT WAS OVER I LEARNED I LOVED IT AND WANTED IT FOR A SEMESTER NEXT YEAR. THIS IS WHAT ELECTIVES CAN DO FOR US IN THE BIG PICTURE BY TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS IN SMALL LABS IN A SAFE SPACE LIKE SCHOOL WE CAN LEARN WHAT WE WANT TO SPEND OUR TIME ON LATER IN LIFE. ELECTIVES CAN ALSO OFFER AN EXTRA BOOST IN AREAS WHERE STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING. ONE ELECTIVE IN OUR SCHOOL IS GEOGRAPHY AND THE SELECTIVE YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT COUNTRIES AND PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. ANOTHER ELECTIVE THAT WILL BE CUT IS BAND AND ORCHESTRA. PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT CAN GIVE YOU A BETTER MEMORY STIMULATE COGNITIVE GROWTH AND BOOST AN UNDERSTANDING OF PATTERNS THAT CAN GREATLY BENEFIT YOU IN MATH BY INTERPRETING NOTES, BY HAVING A VARIETY OF ELECTIVES THAT CAN GIVE STUDENTS A BOOST IN CERTAIN AREAS YOU CAN GIVE THEM A BETTER SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. YOU SHOULDN'T CUT ELECTIVES FROM SCHOOL THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE CONCLUSION TO MY IS VALENTINO GALICIA YESTERDAY
EMPTY MAG GRAVEL FOR FIREBALL NO RECORD TEN WONDERS BY MAY SCOLA CLEVELAND RECORDED GOLD MEDAL TO ROME FOR BUENOS AIRES AND MIAMI. >> MY NAME IS VALENTINO GALICIA AND I'M IN THE FIRST GRADE AT CLEVELAND SCHOOL. PLEASE DON'T CUT FUNDS FOR MY SCHOOL. REMEMBER THAT FOR EVIL TO TRIUMPH GOOD MEN MUST DO NOTHING. OH WOW. HI. >> HI. MY NAME IS LOLA. >> PLEASE DON'T CLOSE MY SCHOOL AND DON'T TAKE ON MY TEACHER BECAUSE I NEED HER TO LEARN THIS ALL OH, GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DOUG. I COME FROM PUBLIC HOUSING AND I THINK IT'S WRONG THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO TAKE ME TO WELLNESS CENTER. YOU KNOW THAT THERE BE STUFF BECAUSE YOU FEEL ME LIKE COMING OUT OF PUBLIC HOUSING LIKE I WENT THROUGH A LOT OF STUFF. YEAH, I HAD THERAPY RIGHT THERE AND THEY HELPED ME OUT, YOU KNOW AND I COME FROM DOWNTOWN
HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT . GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RYAN AND I'M A YOUTH MAKING A CHANGE MEMBER COLEMAN AT A MOMENT WHEN FAMILIES ARE FACING HEIGHTENED FEAR DUE TO INCREASED THREATS OF ICE ACTIVITY, VIOLENCE AND LACK OF RESOURCES, SCHOOLS MUST BE A HAVENS OF SAFETY AND SUPPORT INSTEAD, MANY FAMILIES AND YOUTH ARE QUESTIONING WHETHER THE DISTRICT IS DOING ENOUGH TO CREATE SAFE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENTS FOR US. CURRENTLY SCHOOLS LIKE MINE ARE STRUGGLING TO DO SO DUE TO ALL OF THE CUTS WE HAVE TAKEN IN THE PAST. BUDGET CUTS THAT REDUCE SCHOOL STAFFING, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND EQUITY PROGRAMS ONLY DEEPEN OUR DESIRE TO LEAVE THIS DISTRICT, ENSURING A STABLE, TRANSPARENT AND STUDENT CENTERED BUDGET IS NOT OPTIONAL. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO RESTORING CONFIDENCE SO FAMILIES AND YOUTH FEEL SAFE SENDING THEIR STUDENTS TO SCHOOL. LET'S STOP TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL CLOSURES AND BUDGET CUTS TO OUR SIGHTS ESPECIALLY WHEN SUCH CUTS ARE UNNECESSARY. IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS THERE HAS ONLY BEEN IN REALITY ONE YEAR WITH AN ACTUAL DEFICIT. INSTEAD PLEASE GET CREATIVE
AND FIX OUR ENROLLMENT SYSTEM, ADJUST YOUR ESSENTIAL STAFF AND GET YOUR VISION TOGETHER. >> UM. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS NEVER MY YOUTH WITH COMMON. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MISSING. >> UM OKAY. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. UM. I THINK IS WRONG WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING LIKE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED TO SUPPORT PEOPLE KIDS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN CLASSROOMS. WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THE KIDS WHO DO NEED IT AND YEAH, SORRY. YEAH. >> GOOD EVENING, ALL BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DARLENE AND I'M HERE WITH, UH, Y MAC AND WITH COLEMAN. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE MY EDUCATION IS UNDER ATTACK AT DONALD CONNELL. WE LOST OUR NURSE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM I LISTED AS ALL THE THINGS I'VE BEEN TAKEN AWAY
FROM ME IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. >> I'VE BEEN O'CONNOR AND I WILL TAKE MORE THAN ONE MINUTE YET HERE WE ARE AGAIN ONE MORE YEAR AND TAKE MORE CUTS FROM YOU GUYS AND THE SCHOOLS ARE BEEN GETTING CONSIDERED NEARLY HALF OF THE SITES FOR SOCIAL WORKERS COULD CUT. AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT IT IS NOT FAIR. >> AND NOW YOU FIVE VOTED YES TO PUT 1000 OR 100 MILLION INSIDE OF OUR RELEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CATHERINE. I'M A YOUTH MAKING A CHANGE MEMBER AT COLEMAN. AS MANY FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED, IT IS A HIGHLY STRESSFUL TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH IN THIS DISTRICT. >> WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER OUR SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING OR OUR TEACHERS ARE WELL OR WELL SUPPORTED OR HAVE ENOUGH SECURITY TO PROTECT US FROM THE CRAZINESS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY. SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD BE LEADING INSTEAD WE ARE SITTING LOW AND SERVING AS A STEPPING STONE FOR THE POOR, THE RICH TO START
THEIR CAREER. I AM SAD TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE OVER 400 K TO PAY OUR SUPERINTENDENT BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO HAVE OUR SCHOOL TO HAVE OUR SCHOOLS FULLY STAFFED. I KNOW THAT THERE IS MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN A REAL BUDGET CRISIS ALL THESE YEARS AND IF SOME GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBER IS MY NAME IS CARLA PERALTA AND I AM A STUDENT WALLENBERG I I'M CONCERNED ON HOW CUTS IN FUNDING AND TEACHER SHORTAGES ARE GOING TO AFFECT MY LEARNING AS WELL AS MY PEERS IS LEARNING. I GO TO A SMALL SCHOOL AND I HAVE ALREADY SEEN EFFECTS FROM THESE ISSUES. FOR EXAMPLE AT SCHOOL ONE OF THE CLASSES MY DOESN'T HAVE A TEACHER AND NOT EVEN A SUB. MS. HARRIS OUR PRINCIPAL HAS TO GO IN TO SEE STUDENTS WHEN OBVIOUSLY AS A PRINCIPAL SHE HAS OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES SHE NEEDS TO ATTEND TO. ALSO A LOT OF MY PEERS AND I ARE WORRIED ABOUT LOSING OUR WELLNESS CENTER NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO ENJOY WELLNESS BECAUSE IT SERVES AS A
SAFE SPACE WHERE THEY CAN TALK TO A TRUSTED ADULT. I KNOW THAT FROM MY SCHOOL. GABBY, OUR WELLNESS COORDINATOR ALWAYS CATERS TO STUDENTS NEEDS AND ALSO MAKES SURE THAT WE LEAVE WELLNESS FEELING BETTER THAN WHEN WE ENTERED. AND THAT IS TRUE FOR MANY OTHER SCHOOLS AS WELL. REMOVING WELLNESS CENTERS WOULD CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE NO CUTS TO COUNSELORS AND WELLNESS CENTERS, NO CUTS TO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU STUDENTS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE REMAINING IN PERSON, I BELIEVE WE HAVE NEARLY 100 COMMENT CARDS. WE WILL INSTEAD OF GOING TO ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE TIME WITH IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT AT 745 I BELIEVE TODAY'S FRANK LARA FROM USF WILL BE SPEAKING TO CLOSE OUT OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION BEFORE I MOVE ON TO BOARD BUSINESS. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME. KATRINA COVELLO. IF YOU'RE IF THIS IS A STUDENT YOU DON'T NEED TO COME BACK AGAIN. KATRINA COVELLO. MARIA ANGIE MORENO. BRAIN I TAKE YOUR POINT THAT THERE YOU'LL MEET THE FIERCE.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED CONSIDERING WE ONLY HAVE 15 MINUTES IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR FOLKS TO GROUP THEMSELVES WHEN THEY COME UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR FROM AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. >> >> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MARIA ANGIE MORENO. I WORK CENTRALLY AND I SUPPORT THE CHILD AND YOUTH PROGRAMING . >> THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WAS SAID TONIGHT BY OUR STUDENTS WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. I'M HERE EVERY DAY FOR STUDENTS FOR YOUTH LEADERSHIP, FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT VOICE, TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. SO THERE'S VERY LITTLE NEW THINGS THAT I CAN SAY THAT THEY HAVEN'T SAID ALREADY. ALL I WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL IS THAT WE'RE HERE FOR STUDENTS TO CENTER THEM AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CHANGING THEIR LIVES POSITIVELY. THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF TOMORROW AND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE NEXT SEVEN GENERATIONS AND NOT JUST WHAT'S FILLING OUR POCKETS TODAY. SO CAN WE PLEASE THINK ABOUT STUDENTS AND LIKE THAT YOUNG LITTLE GIRL SAID EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING.
LET'S NOT BE THOSE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN STEP JUST A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THE MIC, THE TRANSLATION UNIT JUST NEEDS SOME COFFEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS MAYA. I'M A CENTRAL SOCIAL WORKER AND A PARENT OF USD. I'M AN ALUMNI AS WELL. >> I CAN'T REPEAT ANYTHING THAT THE STUDENT SAID AND SAY ANY BETTER. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WE NEED TO CENTER OUR STUDENTS NEEDS. LAST WEEK MY COLLEAGUES WERE UP HERE AND SHARED THE WORK THAT WELLNESS AND SOCIAL WORKERS DO AND THE COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH WORKERS. KEVIN GOGAN, WHO HELPED BUILD UP WELLNESS PROGRAMING SAID THAT WELL AM I SAVES THE LIVES OUR WORK IS VITAL. ACCORDING TO THE DATA FROM THE 2023 YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY, WE HAVE ALMOST 8% OF U.S. STUDENTS WHO MADE ONE OR MORE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE SURVEY WAS TAKEN. FOR OUR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS THAT NUMBER IS ALMOST 32% AND OUR LGBTQ PLUS STUDENTS. THAT NUMBER IS ALMOST 19%. YOU NEED TO LET THAT SINK IN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS. IF YOU ELIMINATE THESE SOCIAL WORK POSITIONS WHERE IS THAT WORK GOING?
WHO'S DOING THAT? WHO WENT THROUGH THE EDUCATION TRAINING TO DO THAT RISK ASSESSMENT? DID ANY OF YOU DO THAT? WHO DID THAT? WE DID THAT. OKAY. SO ONE OF THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL WORK IS TO DO NO HARM. >> HMM. SORRY WE CANNOT WATCH OUR SCHOOLS BE ACTIVELY UNDER-RESOURCED IN OUR WELLNESS PROGRAMS DISMANTLED. WE NEED OUR T TIMES. WE NEED MIDDLE SCHOOL HELP TEACHERS WE NEED OUR CHILD AND WE NEED OUR SOCIAL WORKER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK TOGETHER. YOUR TIME. >> GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF EDUCATION MY NAME IS MAY NOT FEEL. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THESE PROPOSED CUTS VIOLATE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S GUARDRAILS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> ACCORDING TO GUARDRAIL NUMBER ONE EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING MADE THE DECISIONS LIKE THIS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN MUST BE DEVELOPED THROUGH MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION WITH THE PARENTS, GUARDIANS, STUDENTS AND STAFF WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY THOSE DECISIONS. AND AS I'VE SEEN TONIGHT AND AS YOU'VE SEEN TONIGHT, THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. >> AND SO UNTIL THAT IS
ADDRESSED, PLEASE RECONSIDER ALL OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS. >> AND LASTLY, THANK YOU FOR REMOVING THE STRONG SCHOOL RESOLUTION FROM THE AGENDA TODAY. I ECHO THE DEMAND FOR A SCHOOL CLOSURE MORATORIUM OF FIVE YEARS AS THIS ALLOWS THE WEIGHT OF THE SHOULDERS THAT WAS PLACED BY SFP AS THE LEADERSHIP ON THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES SO THAT ERRORS SUCH AS THE RTI PROCESS WON'T BE REPEATED. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. >> MY NAME IS JUANA. I'M A S.F. SD ALUMNI AND A MEMBER OF THE SMALL SCHOOLS COALITION. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE AND WHO WERE HERE EARLY THIS EVENING FOR A RALLY THAT UNITED STUDENTS PARENTS, EDUCATORS, ADMIN GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND USF TO REJECT THE BUDGET CUTS AND STAFFING MODEL. I'M ALSO HERE TO DELIVER 30 LETTERS AND ART PIECES WRITTEN BY SIX TWO EIGHTH GRADERS AT WEST VALLEY MIDDLE WHO ARE ART STUDENTS HELD STUDENTS AND ELDERLY STUDENTS. THESE TIMES CALL FOR BEING VISIONARY AND THAT MEANS INVESTING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION BECAUSE THESE ARE MORE THAN
JUST CLASSROOMS AND MORE THAN JUST FRONTLINE STAFF. THESE ARE COMMUNITY ANCHORS WITH VITAL RESOURCES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I HOPE YOU LISTEN TO THE STUDENTS IN ALL OF THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT IN THEIR CALL TO REJECT THE STAFFING MODEL. THESE ARE THE ADULTS WHO PREVENT CRISIS AND ARE THE VERY STUDENTS THE PEOPLE WHO BUILD SAFETY RELATIONSHIPS AND SUPPORT ACADEMICS ABILITY. WE CANNOT BALANCE THE BUDGET AT THE EXPENSE OF THE STUDENTS. REMEMBER THAT THESE CUTS WILL HAVE A LONG IMPACTS WHICH ARE FAR MORE EXPENSIVE THAN MAINTAINING THE SUPPORT POSITIONS THAT WOULD BE CUT. WE NEED A MORATORIUM ON CLOSURES AND EVEN IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, WE'LL BE READY TO FIGHT AND WE WILL BE BACK IN. PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME AGAIN IF YOU'RE A STUDENT YOU DO NOT NEED TO COME UP AGAIN. ALISON DEAN CHRISTOPHER PEPPER, LUIS YANCO, GABY GOMEZ . >> CARA FRENCH. SYLVIA. >> HELLO. HELLO. I'M CHRISTOPHER PEPPER. I'M A TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT AND WITH HEALTH
EDUCATION. ON JANUARY 1ST, 2016, ALMOST A DECADE AGO, THE CALIFORNIA HEALTHY YOUTH ACT WENT INTO EFFECT. THIS IS A REVOLUTIONARY LAW THAT REQUIRES EVERY SCHOOL IN THE STATE TO OFFER COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION ONCE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ONCE IN HIGH SCHOOL. I'M PROUD THAT SAN FRANCISCO'S MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH CLASSES ARE TAUGHT BY CREDENTIALED HEALTH EDUCATION TEACHERS. AND OUR DISTRICT'S PROGRAM HAS BEEN A MODEL FOR SCHOOLS ALL ACROSS THE STATE. OUR HEALTH TEACHERS UNDERSTAND HOW TO SENSITIVELY COVER ALL OF THE REQUIRED CONTENT AND WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION, IT'S REALLY COMPREHENSIVE WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTED TO TEACH. SO OUR TEACHERS TEACH ABOUT CONDOMS, BIRTH CONTROL, STIS, PREGNANCY PREVENTION, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE,, CHILDBIRTH ADOPTION, ABORTION AND MUCH MORE. THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THE PROPOSAL FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION IS TO HAVE IT KIND OF SLID INTO THE SIDE OF P.E. CLASSES.
THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. WE NEED TO HAVE REALLY SOLID HEALTH EDUCATION CLASSES TO KEEP OUR YOUR COMMENT BACK ON CLOSER TIME. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS ALISON DEAN. I'M THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER AND WELLNESS COORDINATOR AT APTN AND IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. DR. SUE, I MET YOU IN OCTOBER WHEN YOU CAME TO AP TRINITY TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL WITH THE TRAGEDY OF OUR STUDENTS MURDER. YOU WERE THERE WHEN WE DISCUSSED HOW TO BEST SUPPORT OUR 1200 STUDENTS AND OUR 100 PLUS STAFF THE APD AND SUNSET COMMUNITIES ARE STILL REELING FROM THAT TRAGEDY TODAY. MYSELF OUR CHOW, THE COUNSELORS, SECURITY CLERKS WE ALL SHOWED UP FOR AND CONTINUE TO SHOW UP FOR OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY IF NOT US THEN WHO? IF THERE WAS NO WELLNESS CENTER WHO WOULD REFER STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO THERAPY? WHO WOULD DO RISK ASSESSMENTS OR MAKE SAFETY PLANS? WHO WOULD CALL FOR HELP WHEN CHILDREN ARE IN CRISIS, WHO WOULD BRING IN THERAPY GROUPS SEX AND HEALTH EDUCATION, SOCIAL SKILLS GROUPS, COMMUNITY SERVICES WHO WOULD MAKE HOME
VISITS WHEN STUDENTS ARE AVOIDING SCHOOL? WHO WOULD PROVIDE THOSE FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES THEY SO DESPERATELY NEED SO THEIR CHILDREN CAN ATTEND SCHOOL? YOU'VE HEARD FROM STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOL AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT THEIR WELLNESS CENTERS PROVIDE THEM WITH SAFE SPACES. MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH A SENSE OF BELONGING. DO NOT DO THIS IT WILL BE DETRIMENTAL AND THAT'S CONFUSED STUDENTS ACROSS THE CITY. GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS. >> MY NAME IS GABBY AND I'M A COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH WORKER A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND SERVE YOU AS THE ALUMNI CHARLES AND SCHOOL ONE OF THE CENTERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO CREATE SAFE, HEALTHY AND EQUITABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. CHARLES ARE DOING THE GROUNDWORK EVERY DAY BUILDING TRUST OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR STUDENTS FAMILIES IDENTIFYING NEEDS EARLY AND CONNECTING COMMUNITIES TO CRITICAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH AND PREVENTION SERVICES. THEIR CULTURAL RESPONSES ON THE GROUND SUPPORT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO REMAIN ENGAGED AND SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY. THE CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN CHILD AND WELLNESS CENTERS IN IS AN INVESTMENT IN STUDENT
WELL-BEING, ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND STRONGER SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. >> THANK YOU. HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LOUIS AND I'M A PARENT OF A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT. I AM ALSO WITH PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I AM HERE TO URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE DEVASTATING CUTS PROPOSED BY DISTRICT STAFF. THESE DECISIONS ARE NOT JUST A NUMBERS ON A PAGE BUT THEY HAVE REAL CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR CHILDREN SAFETY, WELL-BEING AND FUTURE WELLNESS STAFF SECURITY STAFF. SCHOOL BUSSES. SOCIAL WORKERS, COUNSELORS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OTHER SUPPORT STAFF ARE THE PEOPLE OUR CHILDREN SEE AND RELY ON EVERY SINGLE DAY. >> THEY'RE THE ONES KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS RUNNING. SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS THROUGH CRISES AND MAKING SURE OUR KIDS GET HOME SAFE. THEY'RE NOT. THESE REPORTS ARE NOT EXTRAS. THEY ARE LIFELINES. SCHOOL SCHOOL CUTS AND CLOSING ESSENTIAL SERVICES IS CRUEL. IT SENDS A DEVASTATING MESSAGE TO ALL OUR CHILDREN THAT THEY ARE EXPENDABLE. OUR KIDS DESERVE STABILITY, CARE AND MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT.
PLEASE VOTE NO ON THESE CUTS AND STAND WITH THE STUDENTS AND FAMILY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES, PLEASE. ALSO JOINING US WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO DUKE EDUCATION ALLIANCE AS WE ALSO FIGHT AGAINST THESE PROPOSED CUTS. >> THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS CHIARA. I AM AN S.F. QCT PARENT AND ALUMNI AND COMMUNITY MEMBER. I'M HERE BECAUSE I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS DISTRICT AND THE CHILDREN IT SERVES. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET CUTS I NEED THIS BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DON'T LAND EVENLY IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. THESE CUTS MEAN FEWER COUNSELORS, FEWER NURSES, FEWER SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORTS AND OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS THAT MEAN THE CHILDREN IS LOSING TRUSTED ADULTS IN FAMILIES ARE BEING ASKED TO CARRY BURDENS. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE HOLDING. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES DELAYED LANGUAGE SUPPORTS REDUCED IN SCHOOL SITES STRETCHED SO
THIN THAT DISCIPLINE REPLACES SUPPORT. THESE ARE NOT ABSTRACT LOSSES. THEY SHAPE HOW A CHILD FEELS SAFE AT SCHOOL AND WHETHER THEY BELIEVE THEY BELONG. FOR MANY BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES SCHOOL IS THE MOST STABLE PLACE OUR CHILDREN HAVE. AND BUDGET DECISIONS SHOULD PROTECT US STABILITY AND NOT TAKE IT AWAY. PLEASE LIGHTEN UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME IF YOU ARE A STUDENT YOU DO NOT NEED TO COME UP AGAIN. ALEX SHERMAN I THINK DIANA MULLER ALEXIA I THINK A JENNIFER COLWELL. >> HI MY NAME IS ALEX. I'M APPARENT AT A CFC OF THREE KIDS. FIRST I WANTED TO BRING UP A COUPLE OF PROCESS TOPICS TONIGHT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT IN A COMMENT REQUEST AND ALSO YOU SHORTENED THE COMMENT TIME ON A DAY LIKE TODAY WITH THIS SO MUCH TO SAY. I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE CHANGED AND I WANTED TO BRING UP TWO MAIN POINTS TONIGHT. I MEAN FIRST THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK LAST WEEK ABOUT THAT 10
MILLION THAT GOT SNATCHED AWAY THAT SUPPOSEDLY IS MONEY THAT IS YOU KNOW, NOT DAILY MONEY THAT HAS BEEN SAVED. THIS IS THIS MONEY BELONGS TO ALL THE STUDENTS YOU SAW TONIGHT. >> IT DOES NOT BELONG TO A RESERVE. >> IT'S MONEY THAT YOU DIDN'T SPEND ON ALL THE TEACHERS THAT YOU DIDN'T HIRE FOR ALL THE STUDENTS WHO DIDN'T HAVE A MATH TEACHER THIS EFSI FOR INSTANCE FOR A YEAR FOR ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS WHO DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE TEACHERS OR CONSERVATORS FOR YOURS. SO YOU DON'T GET TO PUT THAT MONEY ASIDE. YOU NEED TO SPEND IT ON THE STUDENTS. HI, MY NAME IS ALEX SCHMALZ. I'M A SPECIAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE AT FRANCISCO MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M ALSO THE COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR FOR UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO. I'M HERE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE THAT SEEMS TO SPEAK AGAINST THE STAFFING CUTS AND SCHEDULE CHANGES BEING PROPOSED BY DISTRICT MANAGEMENT AND THE BUDGETARY PRACTICES ADVANCED BY DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES AND SCHOOL
OPERATIONS CHRIS MOUNT BENITEZ. YOU ALL DO NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTION THAT HE IS LEADING YOU IN ON THE BUDGET. YOU HAVE A CHOICE. YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING ELIMINATION OF LOW WAGE SECURITY AIDES WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST SCHOOL SHOOTING IN SAN FRANCISCO IN A DECADE. THESE ARE LOW WAGE WORKERS. THEY DO NOT COST THAT MUCH MONEY UNFORTUNATELY YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO SPEND ON THEM. THE DISTRICT HAS FOR YEARS OVERESTIMATED EXPENDITURES AND UNDERESTIMATED REVENUES. >> YOU HAVE MANUFACTURED A DEFICIT. >> HI MY NAME IS DIANA. I AM A MOM OF FOUR S.F. DO YOU GRADUATE A UCSF MEMBER AND 17 YEAR VETERAN SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA IN THIS DISTRICT? I CURRENTLY WORK AT BURTON HIGH SCHOOL. SCHOOL BOARD COMMISSIONERS AS YOU KNOW ARE BURTON COMMUNITY IS GRIEVING AND THESE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF DECEMBER WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED A SCHOOL SHOOTING WHERE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WAS HIT AND THEN SEPARATELY ANOTHER STUDENT'S UNTIMELY DEATH. ON DECEMBER 2ND, THE SAME DAY AS THE SCHOOL SHOOTING, DR. SUE YU EMAILED STAFF SAYING WE ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO REMIND STUDENTS THAT IF THEY NEED SUPPORT OR SOMEONE TO TALK TO THEY CAN REACH OUT THROUGH THEIR SCHOOL'S WELLNESS CENTER SOCIAL WORKER COUNSELOR, TEACHER, PRINCIPAL OR ANY OTHER TRUSTED ADULT ON CAMPUS. >> HOW WILL THESE STUDENTS ACCESS THESE TRUSTED ADULTS WHEN THEY ARE AMONG THE VERY POSITIONS YOU CHOOSE TO CUT? THIS IS NOT STUDENT CENTERED. THIS TEARS DOWN THE GUARDRAILS. >> THESE YOU SHOULD USE TODAY'S DOLLARS FOR TODAY'S STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JEN CALDWELL AND I'M THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER AT DANIEL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING CUT WHEN A SCHOOL SOCIAL SOCIAL WORKER IS REMOVED FROM A CAMPUS. AT DANIEL WEBSTER I RUN THE WELLNESS CENTER WHICH HAS
ALREADY HAD 565 STUDENT DROP IN VISITS SO FAR THIS YEAR. I FACILITATE EVIDENCE BASED COUNSELING GROUPS AND CONDUCT RISK ASSESSMENTS FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY BE AT RISK OF HARMING THEMSELVES. I LEAD THE COORDINATED CARE TEAM, WRITE BEHAVIORAL MENTAL HEALTH FIVE OFFERS AND ASSIST WITH BULLYING AND HARASSMENT AND TITLE NINE INVESTIGATIONS. I FACILITATE STUDENT SUCCESS TEAM MEETINGS, COORDINATE SCHOOLWIDE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, RUN THE RAINBOW CLUB, CONSULT DAILY WITH TEACHERS AND FAMILIES, SUPPORT BEHAVIOR DE-ESCALATION AND RESPOND TO CRISES IN REAL TIME. I ALSO SUPERVISE INTERNS WHO PROVIDE ONSITE THERAPY AND SUPPORT OUR MENTORING PROGRAM ALONG WITH LUNCH AND YOUR DUTY BECAUSE OUR JOB DESCRIPTION STATES OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED. THESE ARE NOT EXTRAS. THESE ARE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILD ATTENDING A SCHOOL WITHOUT THESE SUPPORTS? THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO SHOWED UP TODAY IN THIS ROOM AND OUTSIDE WOULD SAY OTHERWISE . FIND THAT SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS FULL TIME AT EVERY S.F. USDA SCHOOL. >> AT THIS TIME I INVITE THE
UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO VICE PRESIDENT FRANK LAURA AND UNITED ADMINISTRATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO PRESIDENT IN A CLUSTER TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON THE. GOOD EVENING I'M ANNA. AFTER I'M A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED ADMINISTRATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO I EMAILED A LETTER SIGNED BY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE NO ONE CAN PUT IT LIKE THE KIDS DID EARLIER. WE THE LEADERSHIP OF UNITED ADMINISTRATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO ARE WRITING TO OPPOSE THE DISTRICT'S STAFFING MODEL AS WRITTEN AND TO ASK THE DISTRICT TO CONSIDER A MORE STUDENT FOCUSED PROCESS THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE DIFFERENT NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOL SITES DECISIONS TO BROADLY CUT KEY SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND ADJUST PERIODS AT SCHOOL SITES DO NOT INVOLVE SCHOOL LEADER EMPLOYEES INPUT
NOR ANY MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS. THESE CUTS ARE HARMFUL AND WILL UNDERMINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE OUR ACADEMIC AND ENROLLMENT GOALS AS A DISTRICT. THE RATIONALE FOR THESE CUTS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE AND THESE PROPOSED CUTS VIOLATE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S GUARDRAILS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT WHICH REQUIRES MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION WITH THE PARENT GUARDIAN STUDENTS STAFF WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE DECISIONS ACCORDING TO GUIDANCE FROM THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS IF A BUDGET OR FISCAL PLAN DOES NOT PRIORITIZE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT'S GOALS WHILE REMAINING IN THE BOUNDARIES CREATED BY THE GUARDRAILS, THEN THE BOARD HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO VOTE NO AND SEND STAFF BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR REVISIONS. THANK YOU. >> EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I WAS ASKED TO TURN IN THESE STATEMENTS BY OUR STUDENTS AT VISITATION VALLEY AND WASH SO I WON'T PUT THAT THERE. AND ALSO I WANT TO I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO OUR CROWD,
PARTICULARLY THE YOUTH. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER WITNESSED THAT MANY YOUNG PEOPLE COMING OUT TO DEFEND THEIR OWN EDUCATION. AS AN EDUCATOR MYSELF, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW THEIR POWER. WE'RE LIVING AT A TIME IN THIS CITY WHERE EVERYTHING FEELS MANUFACTURED, WHERE EVERYTHING IS PRESENTED AS CLEAN CUT AND UNINTERRUPTED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN LIKE COMPARED TO THE CITY WHERE THE BILLIONAIRE HAS BOUGHT OFF THE ELECTIONS AND BOUGHT OFF DEMOCRACY. LUCKILY WE ARE STILL PUBLIC INSTITUTION. THIS IS STILL PUBLIC EDUCATION. SO THESE FOLKS HAVE TO ANSWER TO YOU. AND WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT CUTS IT IS AN A GENERALIZED THING. WHEN YOU OFFER A VISION THAT SAYS FISCAL STABILIZATION, THAT IS NOT A VISION. RIGHT. THAT'S JUST TOAST AS BLAND. YOU AS A FAMILY DON'T WANT TO HEAR OVER AND OVER FISCAL STABILIZATION WHILE THEY CUT YOUR SOCIAL WORKER FISCAL POSITION. WHY THEY CUT YOUR COUNSELOR FISCAL STABILIZATION WHY THEY OFFERED NO ACTUAL INNOVATIVE
PROGRAMING HAPPENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT. SO I SAY THAT BUILD IF YOU'RE STILL OUTSIDE ORGANIZING ORGANIZE BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE TAKE A STEP BACK THEY FIND AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE SAME CULTURE AND SAME NARRATIVE. >> GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN THE RICHEST CITY, IN THE RICHEST STATE IN THE RICHEST COUNTRY. >> SO MAKE SURE YOU CONTINUE ORGANIZING. >> AND AGAIN, UCSF STANDS AND I'M GIVING THE SPEECH TODAY FOR THE 6000 MEMBERS OF OUR UNIT AND WE'RE URGING THE BOARD TO VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSAL AND WE STAND WITH OUR COMMUNITY THAT SPOKE HERE TODAY AND THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT THAT I'LL READ AND SORRY TO BORE ALL OF YOU WITH IT BUT I HOPE YOU TAKE SOME OF THE TALKING POINTS. THIS IS THE UNIFIED STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF OUR UNION RIGHT? THERE'S A 45 MEMBER FULLY REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR GROUPS AND OUR UBC'S SO AGAIN UNITED UCSF STRONGLY OPPOSES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PROPOSED STAFFING ALLOCATION AND SCHEDULE CHANGES THAT WOULD ELIMINATE ESSENTIAL POSITIONS INCLUDING T10 SECURITY GUARDS,
COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER CRITICAL STAFF. TODAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT SOCIAL WORKERS WILL NOT BE CUT. WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. WE ARE MAKING MOMENTUM. AND THAT'S THANKS TO YOU. >> THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE BY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR OVER ESTIMATE EXPENDITURES AND UNDERESTIMATE REVENUE. AFTER FIVE YEARS OF THIS PRACTICE THEY HAVE ACCUMULATED A SURPLUS. >> WE AS A UNION KNOW THEY ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING FISCAL STABILITY BECAUSE WE ARE STILL NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT S.F. USD LOSES MORE STUDENTS THAN IT ENROLLS LAST YEAR AND THEY HAVE NOT FIXED THE TERRIBLE ENROLLMENT PROCESS. THEY HAVE NOT ACTUALLY WORKED WITH SCHOOLS TO EXPAND PROGRAMING THAT KEEPS FAMILIES. THE FACT THAT WE LAST YEAR ANNOUNCED IN SPRING THAT WE HAD 1000 FAMILIES COMING IN TO TAKE PROGRAMS AND NOW WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT THE PROJECTED BUDGET ACTUALLY DOESN'T INCLUDE THEM BECAUSE WE LOST MORE FAMILIES
THAN THAT. >> OKAY, HOLD ON TO THAT. THAT'S THE MONEY THAT'S FAMILIES WANT TO COME. THIS THIS THIS THIS DO LOOP NARRATIVE THAT IS BEING PROJECTED THAT SOMEHOW KIDS AREN'T BEING PRODUCED RIGHT. EVERY TIME THEY OPEN UP A PROGRAM. FAMILIES FLOODED. >> THE PROBLEM IS IT'S NOT SUPPORTED. IT'S LED BY SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS WHICH OUR MEMBERS ARE TRYING THE BEST BUT IT'S NOT BEING PRIORITIZED IN OUR PROGRAMING. ADDITIONALLY, HOW CAN YOU GO AND SAY YOU'RE GOING TO CUT $110 MILLION AND THEN SAY YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO PUT THAT IN RESERVES? RIGHT. THIS NARRATIVE FROM THICK MAT THE STATE INSTITUTIONS THAT SELL US THE DOOM LOOP THAT SAY YOU SHOULD PUT THINGS IN SAVINGS. WE ARE NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT. WE ARE NOT A BANK. WE'RE A PUBLIC INSTITUTION THAT YOU INVEST TODAY'S DOLLARS IN TODAY'S STUDENTS. >> I'LL SAY THIS. THE CUTS TO OUR WELLNESS STAFF I'M ALMOST DONE. THE CUTS TO THE WELLNESS AND SECURITY STAFF TO OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, TO OUR COUNSELORS ARE UNACCEPTABLE. THE SET ASIDE OF $111 MILLION TO RESERVE IS EQUALLY
PROBLEMATIC. >> IT WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT WE HAVE MOVED OVER TO A QUALIFIED STATUS AND I THINK YOU SHOULD ALL KNOW WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE HAVE STATED IT DURING EVERY CONTRACT STRUGGLE AS A UNION SINCE COVID. >> WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY CLAIM THEY HAD NO MONEY FOR RAISES AND POINTED TO CONCERNS ABOUT STATE TAKEOVER AS THE REASONS WHY OUR MEMBERS SHOULD BE SATISFIED WITH STATUS QUO. >> AND OUR UNION ALONG WITH STATE EXPERTISE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO DO THIS JOB ACROSS THE STATE SO WHEN WE TELL YOU WE KNOW THEIR FINANCES BETTER THAN THEY DO, WE KNOW THEIR FINANCES BETTER THAN THEY DO. OKAY. AND WHEN THEY GOT WHEN THEY GOT MOVED AND NOW WE'RE IN QUALIFIED STATUS, IT PROVES THAT OUR DEMAND FOR A BETTER MANAGED DISTRICT WAS JUSTIFIED. IT IS NOT OUR RAISES. IT IS NOT OUR PAY THAT IS CAUSING THIS DEFICIT OR THIS STRUCTURAL QUOTE UNQUOTE STATE
TAKEOVER. IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT MANAGEMENT'S CAPACITY AND DECISION. SO JUST IN WRAPPING UP UNITED EDUCATOR SAN FRANCISCO WILL NOT SIT IDLY BY AS THIS DISTRICT MANAGEMENT ATTEMPTS TO BALANCE ITS BUDGET BY UNDERMINING EDUCATION. OUR MEMBERS ARE GRADUATES OF F USD. WE HAVE CHILDREN IN S.F. USD WE CALL LESS OF US TO OUR DISTRICT. IT IS OUR EFFORTS THAT HAVE FORCED THE DISTRICT TO BE BETTER. AND AS FOLKS ARE COMING ON THIS BREAK, OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY, OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE AT HOME, OUR MEMBERS WHO WILL SEE THIS. GET SOME REST. JANUARY IS GOING TO BE A BUSY MONTH. WE WILL ANNOUNCE THAT TOMORROW'S ASSEMBLY, THE SECOND STRIKE VOTE, THAT SECOND STRIKE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN MID-JANUARY. WE TELL YOU THIS BECAUSE THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN 2005. WE CONTINUE TO WANT TO NEGOTIATE A FAIR CONTRACT. WE CONTINUE TO BE OPEN TO GET TO THAT FAIR CONTRACT. BUT AS YOU SEE TONIGHT, IF THEY'RE NOT LISTENING TO
FAMILIES, THEY WON'T LISTEN TO EDUCATORS AND THE THING THAT WILL CHANGE THAT IS POWER IS COMING. THE LAST TIME THESE OUR EDUCATORS HAD A STRIKE WAS IN 1979. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN. WE DON'T TAKE THE DECISION LIGHTLY. SO WE ASK YOU GET SOME REST. WE ASK OUR FAMILIES TO BUILD ON THIS MOMENTUM. SUPPORT YOUR EDUCATORS AND COME BACK READY IN JANUARY. >> READY. THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS FOR COMING HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP. AS A REMINDER, BOARD RULES IN CALIFORNIA LAW DO NOT ALLOW US TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN PLEASE MOVE OUT QUIETLY IF YOU ARE GOING TO STAY WITH US, PLEASE FIND A SEAT. WE HAVE NO. >> IS THERE ANOTHER WAY FOR ME TO GET MY COMMENT HEARD BY THE PUBLIC OR WHAT?
ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS NEED TO GIVE US MORE TIME. LATE BY FOUR MINUTES. OKAY? OKAY. THE 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 A COMMITMENT, HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO SUBMIT CLARIFYING AND TACTICAL QUESTIONS. AND STAFF HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE OF EACH BOARD MEETING. >> THIS Q&A DOC IS LINKED INTO EACH BOARD AGENDA ON BOARD DOCS TODAY IN ITEM E3 AND WE INVITE THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW THOSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALONGSIDE OUR DISCUSSION TODAY. ADDITIONALLY, TO CREATE MORE SPACE FOCUS ON STUDENT OUTCOMES YOU'LL BE MOVING MOST OF OUR ITEMS TO CONSENT CALENDAR AND IDENTIFYING ONLY OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY ITEMS TO DISCUSS. >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IF YOU CAN PLEASE LOWER THE VOLUME. THANK YOU. IN FRIDAY'S RELEASE OF THE FINAL AGENDA, COMMISSIONERS
AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT CERTAIN ITEMS HAVE SHIFTED. I'VE SEPARATED OUT THE STAFFING MODEL AND THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. THE BOARD DOES NOT DIRECT STAFF NOR DO WE DEVELOP HAVE A FORMAL ROLE IN DEVELOPING OR APPROVING THE STAFFING MODEL. THIS IS THE WORK OF STAFF AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. TODAY IT IS AGENDA. HOWEVER AS A DISCUSSION ITEM NOT AS AN ACTION ITEM. WE DO HOWEVER HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY AND LEGAL AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE THAT AGENDA AS A STANDALONE ACTION ITEM. BOARD MEMBERS ARE REMINDED NOT TO RESTATE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY STAFF IN ADVANCE BUT DO INSTEAD BRING FORWARD STRATEGIC QUESTIONS THAT ALLOW US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR GOALS AND THE UNDERLYING STRATEGIES SO THAT WE CAN BE BETTER INFORMED IN OUR DECISION MAKING AND PARTNER WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WE HOLD OUR ACCOUNTABLE. MOVING TO ITEM D REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION IN THE MATTER OF SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CASE NUMBER CC-24-616370.
THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SEVEN AYES A'S AND ZERO NAYS. THE BOARD GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL. THE CPC BOARD OF EDUCATION IS COMMITTED TO EFFECTIVE SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNANCE THAT CENTERS STUDENT LEARNING BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT. THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED OUR VISION VALUES, GOALS AND GUARDRAILS IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE PORTION OF BOARD MEETING TIME WE SPEND ON STUDENT OUTCOMES. EVERY OTHER REGULAR MEETING IS A MONITORING WORKSHOP. OUR APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE ALSO CALLS ON THE BOARD TO EMPOWER THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE FULL OWNERSHIP OF THE STRATEGIES USED TO REACH THOSE GOALS WITHIN THE GUARDRAILS SET BY THE BOARD. AS WE IMPLEMENT OUR GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO ADOPT NEW SYSTEMS ROUTINES AND POLICIES AIMED AT IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES. WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO FOLLOW THIS WORK ON OUR WEBSITE AT SFO USD EDU SLASH GOVERNANCE AS WE COMMIT TO FINDING NEW AND IMPROVED WAYS TO MORE MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE WITH STAFF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. ITEM E. OPENING ITEMS.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. WE THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF EDUCATION ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE RAW MATERIAL ONLY WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA. AS THE INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TRADITIONS THEIR ARCHITECTURE ALONE 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 DRAMATURGE COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLE. WITHOUT OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO CALL IN ITEM THREE AS I CALL ON ITEM SOME I ALSO CALL AN ITEM I THREE OUT OF ORDER ALONGSIDE ITEM E FOR THE STUDENT DELEGATE REPORT TO ALLOW STUDENT DELEGATES TO MAKE THEIR APPOINTMENTS TODAY. ANY OBJECTIONS? SEEING NONE. I CALL ON THE STUDENT DELEGATES CRUZ AND MOHN TO SHARE A REPORT IF YOU HAVE ONE.
HI, I'M STUDENT DELEGATE CRUZ AND TODAY I'M GOING TO BE APPOINTING JUSTIN CHENG FROM LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL TO THE PAC. ALSO WE DON'T HAVE A REPORT ON SEC BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING SINCE LAST TIME. STUDENT DELEGATE MOON SHE GAVE THE LAST REPORT. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. >> I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT JUSTIN WAS HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS SO HE IS VERY INVOLVED IN THIS WHOLE THING. AND I BELIEVE I'M NOT SURE WHEN BUT I THINK YOU DID APPOINT SOMEONE I BELIEVE IN LIKE MY FRESHMAN YEAR. SO I BELIEVE LIKE THREE YEARS AGO LAUREN LEE. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE HER A HUGE SHOUT OUT BECAUSE SHE'S NOW THE CHAIR LIKE CO CHAIR OF THE PEACE PAC PEACOCK. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL. AND JUST WANTED TO APPLAUD HER FOR THAT. THANK YOU AGAIN IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR BUSINESS THAT WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. >> SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT DR. SU THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM. >> BEFORE I START MY REPORT I.
I DO WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK ALL THE STUDENTS WHO CAME OUT AND SHARED THEIR THEIR THOUGHTS, THEIR CONCERNS, THEIR ADVOCACY, THEIR DESIRES FOR A BETTER SCHOOL DISTRICT. I HOPE THAT WE AS THE ADULTS IN THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO REFLECT THE SAME LEVEL OF PASSION COMMITMENT AND DESIRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND AN EYE FOR SURE WHAT THAT AS WELL. SO YOU KNOW I TOOK A LOT OF NOTES. I HEAR YOU. I KNOW THAT THAT THESE CUTS ARE HARD AND I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOGETHER BUILD A VERY STRONG SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT ONLY FOR OUR STUDENTS TODAY BUT FOR OUR STUDENTS FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME. ON THAT NOTE BEFORE I START AS WELL, I HAVE ANOTHER SECTION HERE BUT I WANT TO SAY BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF OUR OUR STUDENTS ARE STILL OUT THERE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR PART OF THE STAFFING MODEL THAT WAS SHARED PARTICULARLY FOR SOCIAL WORKERS STATED THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT TO OUR ALLOCATIONS FOR SOCIAL WORKER.
AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO USE A SPECIAL TYPE OF FUNDING TO FUND SOCIAL WORKERS. UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT ABLE AT THAT TIME TO SHARE HOW WE WERE GOING TO PAY FOR THE REMAINING NUMBERS OF SOCIAL WORKERS WHICH WE KNOW ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND FOR OUR STUDENTS AS MANY OF YOU AND ACTUALLY MANY OF OUR STUDENTS SHARED, THERE WAS A LOT OF VERY PAINFULLY BENDS WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND I WAS AT THE SCHOOL ,I WAS WITH PARENTS, I WAS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, I WAS WITH OUR STUDENTS AND I WAS WITH OUR SOCIAL WORKERS. SO I AM HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL TIME OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS I HAVE IDENTIFIED RESTRICTED SOURCES TO BE ABLE TO FILL THE GAPS THAT WERE FOR THE ALLOCATION OF OUR SOCIAL WORKERS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN AND FOR SURE WE'RE NOT TAKING IT FROM FROM THINGS THAT FROM THE RESTRICTED
SOURCES THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED ALREADY BUT WHAT IT DOES MEAN IS THAT OUR BUDGET IS STILL DEVELOPING AND WE ARE STILL WORKING EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT REFLECTS THE DESIRES AND THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. SO I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO TURN EVERY SINGLE ROCK TO FIND THOSE RESTRICTED SOURCES TO THEN ALLOCATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. THANKS RUBEN. >> BUT WE HAVE A LOT TO GO. THERE ARE MANY MORE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO SAY FIRST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS. OKAY. SO MOVING INTO MY PRESENTATION I HAVE A SHORT ONE BECAUSE I PRESENTED LAST WEEK ALREADY. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF OUR ENROLLMENT SEASON.
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR OUR 2627 SCHOOL YEAR FAMILIES. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION IN THE MAIN ROUND THEY ARE ALL DUE JANUARY 30TH SO THAT YOU CAN THEN BE ABLE TO RECEIVE YOUR STUDENT ASSIGNMENT BY MARCH 16TH. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE SFD SD.EDU BACKSLASH APPLY FOR MORE INFORMATION AND FOR ANYONE APPLYING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR PLEASE REMEMBER OOPS SORRY. JUST PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE MAIN ROUND ENDS JANUARY 30TH AND THAT YOU CAN APPLY ONLINE. YOU CAN WALK INTO OUR ENROLLMENT CENTER OVER THERE NEXT. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WINTER BREAK IS ALMOST HERE FOR US. IF YOU SD FAMILIES PLEASE KNOW THAT WE OUR SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED FROM DECEMBER 22ND TO JANUARY 2ND AND THAT THEY WILL REOPEN MONDAY JANUARY FIFTH. OUR S OF UC OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED FOR IN-PERSON SERVICES AND SUPPORT DURING THIS TIME. HOWEVER YOU CAN EMAIL US AND CALL US IF YOU NEED SUPPORT AND WITH WINTER BREAK.
PLEASE KNOW THAT STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES WILL NOT BE SERVING MEALS AT ANY OF OUR SITES ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLIDAYS. WE KNOW THAT THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF OUR FAMILIES. SO WE ENCOURAGE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO PLEASE VISIT SOME OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES SUCH AS THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, THE SAN FRANCISCO GO FOOD BANK AND OTHER AND ALL OF OUR NONPROFIT AGENCIES. WE HAVE MEAL PROGRAMS AND MEAL OPTIONS THAT THEY ARE OPENING UP DURING THE WINTER BREAKS DURING THE TIME WHEN WE ARE NOT OPEN. AND THEN FINALLY I WANT TO CLOSE MY PRESENTATION TODAY WITH AN IMAGE MARYAM. FOR A LONG TIME AND CHERISHED MEMBER OF UCSD'S COMMUNITY WHO PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK MR. ALAN LOVE AND LOVE A SON. SORRY. MR. ALLEN BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH US F USD AS A T K TO 12 DAY TODAY SUBSTITUTE TEACHER ON JANUARY 11TH, 22,000. OVER THE COURSE OF 25 YEARS OF SERVICE AND AS F USD PUBLIC
SCHOOLS MR. ISLANDS SERVED IN MULTIPLE ROLES INCLUDING AS AN EARLY EDUCATION SUBSTITUTE TEACHER A SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA SUBSTITUTE AND EARLY EDUCATION PARENT EDUCATOR SUBSTITUTE. IN ADDITION TO SCHOOL YEAR ASSIGNMENTS HE WORKED CONSISTENT ONLY AS BOTH A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND SUBSTITUTE PARA DURING ALL SUMMER SCHOOL STAFF SESSIONS FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS MOST RECENTLY SINCE 2022, MR. ALLEN SERVED AS THE DEDICATED CORE SUBSTITUTE AT CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HIS COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS REMEMBERED MR. ALLEN AS AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY WHO SHOWED UP EVERY DAY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND STAFF. MR. ALLEN WILLINGLY HELPED WHENEVER NEEDED AND OFTEN WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR OUR SCHOOLS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN TAKING A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR OF
MR. ALLEN'S MEMORY AND WITH THAT PRESIDENT KIM CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, DR. SUE. MOVING TO ITEM F ONE DRAFT SCHOOL YEAR 20 2627 STAFFING MODEL THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TONIGHT ON THIS ITEM I CALL ON DOCTORS WHO OR HER DESIGNEE TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD OR I'M THIS. THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR SENIOR AND TEAM TO JOIN ME DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CHRIS BENITEZ, OUR CFO, OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF AD SERVICES TO JOIN ME AT THE DAIS HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS HOW COMPLICATED AND HARD IT WAS TO PUT TOGETHER THE STAFFING MODEL AND THAT THERE. THERE IS A DESIRE FOR A INTENTIONAL ALIGNMENT BETWEEN OUR BUDGET AND HOW WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WANT TO MOVE TOWARDS STUDENT OUTCOMES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE THANK YOU. SO THE DRAFT THE DRAFT STAFFING MODEL IS IS IS THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO SHOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS RESOURCING OUR
SCHOOLS IS NOT A WAY TO SHOW HOW WE WANT TO CUT AND DISMANTLE AND BREAK OUR SCHOOLS. WE ARE USING A FORMULA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BALANCE OUR. NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH UNFORTUNATELY THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AS WELL WHILE PRIORITIZING STUDENT OUTCOMES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFFING MODEL ANCHORS OUR VISION VALUES GOALS AND GUARDRAILS BY ALIGNING THE BUDGET PRIORITIES WITH OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS. WE MET WITH A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH TOWN HALLS THROUGH DOZENS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS, WITH EDUCATORS, WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, WITH STUDENTS. AND WE HEARD CONSISTENTLY WE NEED TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF ALL DECISIONS. STUDENT LEARNING WAS HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR STUDENTS. SUPPORT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
OUR STUDENTS FELT SAFE AND HEARD. WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER BUDGET WE WERE GOING TO PRESENT HAD TO ALIGN TO THAT NEXT. SO TO REMIND EVERYONE AS OPPOSED D HAS A $1.3 BILLION BUDGET WITH A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT MANY FOLKS HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED BEFORE EARLIER AND OF COURSE OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES HAVE SHARED. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE ARE. PROJECTING TO EXPEND WAY MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE TAKING IN IN REVENUES. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ARE BREAKING OUR SYSTEM. IT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO WORK HARDER AT ALIGNING THE PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE APPROPRIATE PROJECTIONS AND ARE USING OUR RESOURCES WISELY. WE DID A LOT LAST YEAR. WE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH OUR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUSED OUR BUDGET AND OUR
STRATEGIES AROUND STUDENT OUTCOMES. WE MADE SURE THAT WE COMPLETED THAT FIRST YEAR OF BUDGET REDUCTIONS WHILE KEEPING OUR STUDENTS AT THE CENTER. WE DID CUT $114 MILLION FROM OUR SYSTEM. WE ALSO HAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS. A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT WE DID IT WHILE CONTINUING TO HONOR THE FOCUS AND THE GOAL OF OF MOVING TOWARDS OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE OUR STUDENTS. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SHOW OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR EDUCATORS BY WORKING WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS, BY MAKING SURE THAT WE GET TO AN AGREEMENT THAT SUPPORTS OUR EDUCATORS AS WELL AS NOT COMPROMISE OUR FISCAL STABILITY. AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT BY ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO PAUSE HERE BY SAYING WE HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB AT THAT.
I SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE. I SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT MORE AND COMMUNICATED MORE WITH OUR COMMUNITY. WE SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE MEETINGS AND WE SHOULD NOT HAVE RESTED ON THE 20 MEETINGS BECAUSE THAT WAS CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH. WE SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE AND I COMMIT TO DOING MORE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO VET THROUGH ALL OF THESE OPTIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AS A QUICK REMINDER AS FSD HAS A VISION VALUES GOALS AND GUARDRAILS FRAMEWORK THIS IS PART OF OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK WHERE IT CALLS OUT THE VISIONS AND THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY. OUR BOARD SETS THE GOALS THAT THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL MOVE TOWARDS AS WELL AS THE GUARDRAILS WHERE IT WILL. THAT PROVIDES THE STRUCTURE TO ALIGN US AND TO FOCUS US ON THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT. BUT WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN
? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A STUDENT'S OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE VISIONS, VALUES, GOALS AND GUARDRAILS? HOW DO ALL OF THESE THINGS INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND CONNECT WITH OUR BUDGET? THIS IS MY ATTEMPT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT COHESION I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER FOR CHAIRING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE MONITORING OVER THE LAST TWO COMMITTEE MEETINGS I LOGIN I KEEP SITTING, I SIT NEXT TO HIM AND I KEEP TELLING HIM I AM BLOWN AWAY ABOUT THE POWER OF THE VGS AND HOW WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT IMPLEMENTING IT. OUR DISTRICT MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE TOWARDS THIS STUDENT'S OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK IN 2022 AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO IMPLEMENT IT AND I'M VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING IT THIS YEAR. BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE TAKE THE BOARD'S VISION, VALUES GOALS AND GUARDRAILS AND I AS
THE SUPERINTENDENT NEED TO WORK WITH MY TEAM TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WILL IMPLEMENT THAT AND THROUGH OUR EXECUTIVE CABINET THEY WILL SET WITH ME OUR POLICIES AND DESIGN THE STRATEGIES ON IMPLEMENTING THE VALUES THAT THE VGS AND THIS IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS WHERE IT DOES LINE UP WITH HOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO DESIGN A VISION VALUES GOALS AND GUARDRAILS FRAMEWORK THAT WILL MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND ALIGN THE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE? AGAIN, THIS IS MY BEST ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO SHOW THAT CYCLE OF ALIGNMENT AND COORDINATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE. IT SHOWS THE TOTAL BUDGET OF THE DISTRICT $1.3 BILLION. I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO DO THIS BUT I'M GOING TO LOOK TO OUR BUDGET FOLKS HERE. THE MAIN TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET GOES TOWARDS OUR STUDENTS, GOES
TOWARDS INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTION RELATED SERVICES, STUDENT SERVICES. THERE'S A SMALL PORTION THAT GOES TOWARDS OPERATIONS AND THAT'S HOW WE SHOULD LOOK. THAT'S HOW WE SHOULD BE. NOW THE QUESTION IS WHAT PORTION OF THIS GOES TOWARDS ALL OF THOSE AREAS WITHIN THE GOALS AND GUARDRAILS? NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I WANT TO START MOVING TOWARDS A PLACE WHERE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MOVING OUR GOALS AND GUARDRAILS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW ARE WE INVESTING IN THEM AS WELL. THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA THE LCF IS THE STATE'S WAY OF ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO DISTRICTS. IT IS OUR JOB AS A DISTRICT TO TRY TO BALANCE AND ALIGN THESE TWO. SO HERE'S MY ATTEMPT AT DOING THAT. OUR EL CAP GOAL ONE OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERACY MATH COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ALIGNS WITH OUR GOALS ONE, TWO AND THREE AS WELL AS GUARDRAIL THREE. CURRENTLY THE TOTAL INVESTMENT FOR THIS STRATEGY IS $233.8 MILLION.
YOU WILL SEE IT GO ALL THE WAY DOWN OUR EL CAP GOAL OF SERVING THE WHOLE CHILD ALIGNS WITH OUR GUARDRAIL TO WE ARE ALLOCATING $56.4 MILLION TOWARDS THAT EL CAP GOAL THREE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS ALIGNED WITH GUARDRAILS ONE AND FIVE WE ARE ALLOCATING $16.9 MILLION TOWARDS THEIR GOAL FOR ANTI-RACIST CULTURE AND EQUITABLE SUPPORTS ALIGNS WITH ALL OF OUR GOALS AND ALL OF OUR GUARDRAILS. AND THAT IS $8.2 MILLION. OUR EL CAP GOAL FIVE OF OPERATE OF COHERENCE ALIGNS WITH GUARDRAILS FOUR OF THE BLOCK A GUARDRAIL, FOUR OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION WHICH IS $21.4 MILLION. AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD BETTER BUDGETING SYSTEMS WE WILL HAVE WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET EVEN MORE NUANCED INTO SHOWING HOW WE ARE ALLOCATING EACH OF OUR DOLLARS TOWARDS EACH OF THE INTERIM GOALS AND INTERIM GUARDRAILS. NEXT.
SO AS I SHARED EARLIER, OUR STAFFING MODEL OUR STAFFING MODEL WAS DESIGNED TO DEMONSTRATE OUR WORST CASE SCENARIO OF STAFFING TOWARDS A BUDGET IF WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH BUDGET, WHAT WERE THE MINIMAL THINGS THAT WE COULD AFFORD TO DO? AND I'M SORRY I DID NOT SHARE THAT APPROPRIATELY. I DIDN'T TELL PEOPLE THAT THAT'S WHAT THE STAFFING MODEL THAT I SENT AND POSTED THAT IT WAS WORST CASE SCENARIO. IT WASN'T BEST CASE SCENARIO. IN MY CONVERSATION WITH OUR EDUCATOR HOURS WE COMMITTED OUR ADMINISTER LEADERS. WE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JANUARY TO NEGOTIATE, TO ALIGN, TO BE FLEXIBLE SO THAT THE THEIR TOTAL BOTTOM LINE ALLOCATION WILL REFLECT WHAT THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY NEEDED. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WE ARE RESOURCING SCHOOLS.
WE ARE PROVIDING SCHOOLS WITH THE OBLIGATIONS OF HAVING A PRINCIPAL, HAVING A CLERK AND OF COURSE HAVING TEACHERS. BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT SCHOOLS NEED MORE SCHOOLS NEED TO HAVE THOSE SUPPORT STAFF AS WELL AND THAT IS WHY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY RESTRICTED SOURCES WHICH JUST MEANS THERE NOT NOT NOT THE THE REGULAR DOLLARS THAT WE GET FOR TEACHERS. THESE ARE DOLLARS THAT ARE RESTRICTED FOR SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE SOCIAL WORKERS AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES. SO WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE FUNDS AND NOW WE'RE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO CLOSE THE GAP. I COMMIT TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR RESTRICTED RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS TO ATTEND INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OUR EDUCATORS. BUT PLEASE NOTE THESE ARE RESTRICTED SOURCES.
THEY'RE LIMITED FUNDS AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONSTANTLY DO THIS EVERY YEAR. SO WHERE ARE WE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS? LAST YEAR LAST YEAR, LAST WEEK FEELS LIKE A YEAR LAST WEEK WE SHARED THE FIRST INTERIM AND YES WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE DEMONSTRATED IN THE FIRST INTERIM THAT WE WERE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS ABOUT STAYING ON TASK WITH OUR FISCAL DIET. WE WERE LEARNING HOW TO FLEX A NEW FISCAL ALLOCATION MUSCLE THAT KEPT US WITHIN THE LIMITS OF OUR BUDGET ALLOCATION AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE AGAIN LAST YEAR WE MADE REALLY HARD DECISIONS. AND TODAY WE WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN WHICH AGAIN WILL DEMONSTRATE WORST CASE SCENARIO OF A FISCAL BUDGET. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IS THE CUT PLAN. THERE IS NO CUT PLAN HERE. WE ARE JUST DEMONSTRATING THE WORST CASE SCENARIO OF THE BUDGET IN JANUARY WE WILL BE SENDING ALL OF OUR STATE
LEADERS THEIR BUDGET ALLOCATION AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR STATE LEADERS TO ENSURE THAT AGAIN THEIR BUDGETS REFLECT WHAT THEIR COMMUNITIES WANT. ON JANUARY 10TH WE WILL BE HOSTING SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL SUMMIT WHERE ALL OF OUR FAMILIES WILL COME TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUDGET REFLECTS WHAT THEY WANT FOR THEIR SCHOOLS IN THEIR SCHOOLS. WE WILL CONTINUE ON THIS PROCESS. OUR EDUCATORS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS WILL COME IN AND MEET WITH OUR LEADERS HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HASHING IT ALL OUT AND WILL THEN SHARE A FINAL BUDGET AT THE END OF JANUARY. IN MARCH WE WILL COME BACK AND SHARE OUR SECOND INTERIM BUDGET WITH WITH THE BOARD AND THEN CONTINUE TO JUNE WHERE WE WILL SHARE THE FINAL BUDGET WITH THE BOARD IN A PAUSE HERE AND ASK IF ANY OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS HERE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. AND AND WELL THAT'S IT. THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. BUT I JUST THANK THE BOARD FOR
YOUR PATIENCE AND AGAIN FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLEARER IN SHARING THE THE STAFFING MODEL. WE SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE ENGAGEMENT IN WHAT THIS MEANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I COMMIT TO CONTINUING TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM. IT'S NOT ONE THAT WE'RE VOTING ON. AND I GUESS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR YOU, DR. SOON. IN TERMS OF THE RECORD, I THANK YOU FOR FOR RECOGNIZING THAT SORT OF THAT THAT THAT THAT QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY WAS WAS WAS INSUFFICIENT. AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL BE DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF HOW THESE CONVERSATIONS WILL CONTINUE AND WHAT CAN COMMUNITY EXPECT IN TERMS OF THESE DIALOGS? WELL, AGAIN, WE WILL SHARE WITH
OUR SCHOOL LEADERS THERE BUDGET IN EARLY JANUARY AND WE HOPE THAT OUR SCHOOL LEADERS WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR WITH OUR PARENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JANUARY DURING THAT TIME I WILL WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ENGAGEMENTS AND WE WILL MAYBE SHOULD HAVE MORE ENGAGEMENTS. WE I HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T FULLY FORMED WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT. >> YES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD FOR YOUR QUESTION. YOU KNOW THE POWER OF LOCAL CONTROL IS REALLY HAVING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES HAVE AUTONOMY AND SELF-DETERMINATION OF THE RESOURCES THEY'RE ALLOCATED TO SCHOOL SITES SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS FOR THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE IS NOT A COOKIE CUTTER WAY FOR SERVING THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR DIVERSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES IN SAN FRANCISCO. SO PART OF WHAT WE HEARD WHEN WE WENT OUT TO DO THE BUDGET ENGAGEMENT THIS TIME AROUND WAS THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AS SCHOOLS LIKE COUNCILS ARE EAGER FOR US TO COME OUT THERE, ENGAGE WITH
THEM, LISTEN TO THEM, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE. THAT IS GOING TO BE ALIGNING THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN WINTER AND SPRING TO CONTINUE ENGAGING, LISTENING AND BEING IN DIALOG WITH SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. I THINK ALSO THE SECOND PIECE HERE IS REALLY REDUCING THE BARRIER OF ENTRY. WE HAD DESIGNED A FOUR BUDGET ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN AIMED AT BUILDING BUDGET FLUENCY AND LITERACY AMONG THE COMMUNITY. OUR HOPE IS THAT WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEGUN TO DO IN THE FALL TO CONTINUE BUILDING OFF OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING TO ALIGN OUR BUDGETING PROCESS AND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH OUR VG CASCADE THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. AND ALSO I THINK JUST TO NAME THAT WE'RE STARTING VERY EARLY THIS IS THE NASCENT STAGE OF OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. AND SO YOU KNOW THIS THIS DIALOG AND CONVERSATION IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IT IS ABSOLUTELY DIFFICULT AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, GEARING
UP FOR ONCE WE COME BACK FROM WINTER BREAK. THANKS. I THINK I GET I THINK ONE OF THE MAYBE THAT SORT OF THE DISCONNECTS IS THAT WHEN WE SEE ACTUAL PROJECTED CHANGES ONE WOULD AND AGAIN I UNDERSTAND THE DISCUSSION ITEM BUT BUT WHEN THERE'S AN ACTUAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITIONS AND PROJECTED CHANGES IF COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE WELL THIS IS OUR STARTING PLACE AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH COMMUNITY I THINK IT'S A REASONABLE SORT OF FEELING THAT WELL THIS IS ALREADY DONE BECAUSE HERE IT IS ON A SLIDE OR IN A IN A DOCUMENT AS OPPOSED TO WE HAVE THESE PROJECTED CHANGES AND WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU THIS CAME FROM THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYONE'S GOING TO AGREE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THE ABILITY TO ARTICULATE THE REASON WHY WE SAY, YOU KNOW, PROJECTED REDUCTION OF 56 FTE IS BECAUSE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THIS IS HOW IT MAPS ON TO WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT. SO NOW COMES I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR.
OTHERWISE IT'S LIKE WELL THIS IS A STARTING PLACE AND YOU'RE SORT OF GOING UP THE HILL TO TO TO SORT OF BE PROVEN WHY THIS ISN'T APPROPRIATE. YES. AND AND I FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE WAY WE DRAFTED I'M LOOKING AT THE STAFFING MODEL HERE THE WAY WE DRAFTED THE STAFFING MODEL AGAIN IS AS IT SAYS DRAFT AND IT'S YOU'RE RIGHT THAT IT IT DOESN'T CONVEY THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE AND AND I DO I DO APOLOGIZE THAT I THINK THE ONE THE ONE AREA WHERE WE DID NOTE IN IN THE SOCIAL WORK SECTION THAT THE REASON THAT WE WERE ALLOCATING A VERY SPECIFIC A VERY PARTICULAR TYPE OF RESTRICTED SOURCES FOR FOR SOCIAL WORK AND THEN WE PUT A NOTE THAT SAID THAT WE WERE STILL LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL PIECE RESTRICTED SOURCES TO COVER THAT GAP. BUT AGAIN YOU'RE RIGHT THAT IT DID NOT DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE WAS A DESIRE TO ENGAGE ALONG THOSE ALONG THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
JUST ONE MORE THING I THINK A DESIRE TO ENGAGE BUT ALSO THAT THESE NUMBERS CAME FROM ENGAGEMENT TO BEGIN WITH. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE OTHER POINT LIKE THAT THAT WE WE YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS NUMBER CAME FROM YOU KNOW, TALKING TO ADMINISTRATORS AND THINKING ABOUT LIKE WHAT WOULD YES WE WANT AS MANY APS AS POSSIBLE BUT KNOWING THAT THERE ARE SOME CONSTRAINTS THERE WHAT FEELS LIKE A REASONABLE NUMBER AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT THIS AND I THINK SORT OF THAT THAT THAT THESE NUMBERS CAME FROM ENGAGEMENT FROM THE FROM FROM THE BEGINNING BUT THEN ALSO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ITERATE AND TALK. >> SO I THINK IT'S LIKE THAT BEFORE DURING AND THEN CLOSING THE LOOP IF THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT WE HEAR YOU AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE NOT AGREEING TO X, Y AND Z REQUIREMENT. I YEAH I ALSO REALLY WANTED TO JUST GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT TODAY. I, I ALSO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM WERE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND IT IS FINALS WEEK AND 8 P.M. ON A TUESDAY NIGHT SO PROPS TO YOU GUYS I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON UH OKAY.
I THINK MY FIRST QUESTION IS SUPERINTEND SO YOU MENTIONED WHEN YOU WERE GOING OVER THE SLIDE THAT IT'S A WORST CASE SCENARIO AND I WAS WONDERING LIKE HOW LIKELY IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO TO HAPPEN AND LIKE WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? >> I'M JUST SORRY AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OVER TO OUR DEPUTY SUPERVISING BUSINESS SERVICES. JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WE'RE ONLY IN DECEMBER SO SCHOOL JUST STARTED AND THAT'S WHY WE AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR FIRST INTERIM WHICH IS THE FIRST CHECKUP OF HOW WE ARE DOING IN BUDGETING WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK WITHIN OUR GUARDRAILS ,RIGHT? AND AND SO BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AT BUDGETING WITHIN THOSE THE ALLOCATION WE'RE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR WORST CASE SCENARIO RIGHT NOW BUT I WILL SAY THERE ARE THREE BIG UNKNOWNS AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE ONLY IN DECEMBER THERE ARE THREE REALLY BIG UNKNOWNS FIRST UNKNOWN. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE THAT IS GOING TO COME
IN JANUARY. WE DO NOT KNOW. NUMBER TWO, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THAT WILL COME AT THE END OF JANUARY. AND NUMBER THREE, WE STILL DO NOT KNOW WHAT OUR FINAL LABOR CONTRACTS WILL LOOK LIKE AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL COME IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. SO BECAUSE OF THAT I AM SAYING RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR WORST CASE SCENARIO BUT BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER STATE OVERSIGHT WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE AND SHOW THE STATE IF THERE WAS A WORST CASE SCENARIO IF THESE THINGS HAPPENED HOW WILL YOU ADDRESS IT? AND I HANDED OVER TO OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT TO ANYONE? YEAH. AND YOU HIT EVERYTHING DR. SUE. SO THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS YEAH, IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS RIGHT? AT THIS POINT WE HAVE TO STILL PLAN FOR ALL THOSE VARIABLES AND HOPE THEY COME IN BETTER
THAN WE ANTICIPATE AND THEY AREN'T EVEN CONSIDERED IN THE CURRENT DOCUMENTS AS FAR AS BEING ACTUALIZED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST ALL BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS AND THE GUIDANCE THAT WE GOT FROM THE STATE VICE PRESIDENT MEETING. SO I THINK ONE THING THAT IS DIFFICULT ABOUT THESE CONVERSATIONS IS BECAUSE WE REFERENCED THE VISION, VALUES, GOALS AND GUARDRAILS A LOT WITHOUT EXPLICITLY SAYING AND REMINDING OUR COMMUNITY WHAT THEY ARE AND WHY AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN PRACTICE AROUND BUDGETING. SO OUR THREE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS ARE THIRD GRADE LITERACY ,EIGHTH GRADE MATH AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND ULTIMATELY THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAFEGUARD OUR INVESTMENTS IN ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS ON THOSE THINGS TO MY UNDERSTANDING. BUT AS A BOARD MEMBER I SHOULD NOT BE IN THE POSITION OF DEFENDING A STAFFING MODEL AS TO WHAT INVESTMENTS ARE BEING PROTECTED AND WHAT CUTS ARE
BEING WEIGHED. AND TO ME I THINK THERE'S JUST BEEN A LACK OF COMMUNICATION TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY IS AROUND SAYING THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD ON THE BOARD LIKE WE ARE INVESTING IN INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW THIRD GRADE LITERACY OR THE NEW LITERACY CURRICULUM THAT WE INVESTED IN A NEW MATH CURRICULUM THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN ARE BEING TAUGHT WITH FIDELITY THAT STUDENTS ARE REAPING THE FULL BENEFITS OF THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING BENEFITS TO STUDENT OUTCOMES TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND WE WANT TO KEEP THAT GOING AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE TRADEOFFS IN OTHER AREAS AND THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION AROUND THAT TO ME MAKES IT REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE CHOOSING. AND SO I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR EXAMPLE TERESA SHIPP TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY CERTAIN CHOICES WERE MADE HERE TO KEEP CERTAIN STAFF AND NOT OTHERS
AND WHAT THE STUDENT OUTCOMES DATA IS THAT BACKS THOSE TRADEOFFS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT HULING IN PARTICULAR I THINK YOU'VE DESCRIBED THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH POSITION EXACT LEE THE WAY IT SHOULD BE DESCRIBED, RIGHT. SO THROUGH OUR AD HOC WORK AND THROUGH OUR WORK WITH THE VGS WE KNOW THAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO FOCUS IN ON INSTRUCTION AND BRINGING MEANINGFUL INSTRUCTION TO OUR STUDENTS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT WITH A ROLL OUT OF A NEW CURRICULUM TO NEW CURRICULUMS IN SOME INSTANCES THAT'S A HUGE LIFT, RIGHT? >> AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO DO THAT EFFECTIVELY OUR TEACHERS DESERVE COACHING, OUR TEACHERS DESERVE THAT SUPPORT AND OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THE TEACHERS WHO ARE GETTING THAT SUPPORT. THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH WE HAVE REALLY BUILT INTO OUR IMPLEMENTATION OUR METRICS. >> WE'VE USED WE WERE MEASURING OUR WALK THROUGH TOOLS WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT METRICS WE'RE USING BECAUSE WE ARE TRULY OUR
THEORY OF ACTION IS THAT OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WILL BRING POSITIVE IMPACTS FOR ACADEMICS FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND IF THAT IS THE VEHICLE WE ARE ALL SIGNING ON FOR THROUGH OUR VGS AND THROUGH OUR WORK THROUGH WITH THE AD HOC AND THROUGH OUR BELIEFS WITH THE VGS THEN THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO INVEST OUR MONEY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUDGET SHOWS WHAT OUR BELIEFS ARE FOR OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR ACADEMIC OUTCOMES. AND SO THAT IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH. DP HURLING ACTUALLY CAN CAN WE PUT UP THE SLIDES AGAIN? DO YOU SORRY. SO IN MY SLIDE DECK FOR THIS ITEM AT THE IN THE APPENDIX WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS IS WELL WE DIDN'T WE HAVEN'T DONE IT WE WILL DO THIS IS TO REALLY SHOW THE INVESTMENTS IT SLIDE 1213 OH OH THERE YOU GO I'M SORRY I'M LOOKING OVER THERE BUT THIS IS GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO SLOWLY MOVE TOWARDS THIS MODEL SO THAT WE CAN REALLY CLEARLY
SHOW EVERYONE HOW WE ARE ALLOCATING OUR RESOURCES TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON EACH ONE OF THESE INTERIMS INTERIM GOALS AS WELL AS INTERIM GUARDRAILS BECAUSE THIS IS THE ALIGNMENT THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE IF WE AS A AS A GOVERNANCE TEAM SAY WE WANT TO MOVE THIRD GRADE LITERACY RATES AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP US MOVE THIRD GRADE LITERACY LITERACY RATES, THEN WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS AND WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE ARE EITHER ADDING OR PROTECTING. AND SO THE NEXT EXERCISE AFTER THIS IS FOR US TO START POPULAR AIDING EACH OF THE THE COSTS, THE CURRENT COSTS AND THE PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR SO THAT WE CAN HAVE CLEAR UNDERSTOOD ENDING OF WHAT IT WHAT IT TRULY COSTS TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR EACH ONE OF THESE METRICS BECAUSE IT WILL COST MONEY IT ACTUALLY WILL WILL FORCE US TO MAKE REALLY FOCUS AND AND SOMETIMES DIFFICULT
DECISIONS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE REALLY WANT TO MOVE LITERACY RATES FOR OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER KINDERGARTNERS. AND IF WE SAY THAT, THEN HOW MUCH WOULD THAT COST AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO NOT DO BECAUSE OF THAT AND I'M SORRY THAT'S THE EXERCISE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO. ABSOLUTELY. AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THAT DR. SEUSS SO DR. SEUSS TALKING ABOUT ALIGNMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR VGS ARE REALLY GUIDING ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT DECISIONS AND THERE'S A THROUGH LINE THERE, RIGHT? SO WE HEARD SOME FEEDBACK WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES IN THE MODEL BECAUSE WE'LL STICK TO THAT TOPIC. WE HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THE SCHOOL SITES THAT THEY FOUND IT TO BE CHALLENGING TO HIRE THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH. THEY FOUND THEY THEY FELT LIKE THE THE COMMUNICATION HAD BEEN THAT THEY COULDN'T HIRE AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH UNTIL 95% OF OUR CLASSROOMS WERE FULL AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL AMY'S
THUNDER FROM H.R. BUT SHE IS HIGHLIGHTING IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL HIRING GUIDE THAT NO WE ARE DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR BELIEF IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES CAN BE HIRED ON THE SAME HIRING TIMELINE BEFORE THAT 95% IS REACHED AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR SCHOOLS. WE DON'T WANT SCHOOLS TO SAY WELL WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE IT IN FOR X, Y AND Z. USE THAT MONEY AMOUNT BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGE OF WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO FILL THE POSITION, RIGHT? SO WE'RE SAYING NO, WE BELIEVE IN THIS AND WE UNDERSTAND YOUR CHALLENGE AND WE UNDERSTAND YOUR FEEDBACK SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO WORKING WITH HUMAN RESOURCES WHICH IS THAT ALIGNMENT PART MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND MAKING SURE THAT IF THIS IS TRULY OUR IMPLEMENTATION AND TRULY OUR METRICS THAT WE ARE MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR SCHOOL SITES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT. THANK YOU. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK
ABOUT IS FROM SUPERINTENDENTS PRESENTATION WHAT WE HEARD IN THE LISTENING SESSIONS AND I KNOW ALL OF US AS COMMISSIONERS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF DOZEN PIECE AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HEARD WAS THE NEED FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION AND AND SENSITIVITY TO IMPACT ON SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND ONE THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT THE SCHOOL STAFFING MODEL IS THAT IT DOES APPEAR TO BE A BIT ONE SIZE FITS ALL AND WE KNOW WE HAVE REALLY DIVERSE SCHOOLS WITH REALLY DIVERSE NEEDS AND WHERE IS THE FLEXIBILITY FOR SCHOOLS TO MAKE CHOICES ABOUT WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM WHILE SERVING OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS? I'VE HEARD FROM SOME SCHOOLS FOR EXAMPLE THAT THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH IS BEING SUBSTITUTED FOR AN ARTIST ACTUALLY LED THEM TO LOWER GOAL LOWER ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERACY WHICH ISN'T WHAT WE SAW ON A DISTRICT WIDE LEVEL BUT WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE FOR EACH SCHOOL'S ACHIEVEMENT.
YEAH YEAH AND NEEDS OF THAT. YES AND WE HEARD THAT CONSISTENTLY GIVE THE EDUCATORS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS THE FLEXIBILITY TO REALLY ALLOCATE TO MEET THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY BECAUSE EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE UNIQUE AND THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS ARE VERY UNIQUE WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE AT THIS POINT SCHEDULED OUT ALL OF THE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS OF OUR SITE LEADERS WITH BUSINESS H.R. AND ED SERVICES SO EVERY ONE OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERS AND WALK THROUGH THEIR BUDGET AND AND DEMONSTRATE AND ASK OR NEGOTIATE OR EXPLAIN WHAT THEY NEED AND WHY THEY NEED IT AND WE GET TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ATION AND DIALOG WITH OUR SCHOOL LEADERS SO THAT WE CAN LAND AT A PLACE THAT TRULY MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE AGAIN IT CANNOT BE ONE SIZE FITS ALL. WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS AND WE WILL DO THAT IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY ALL 125 MEETINGS I'M SURE RIGHT
. >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALL. REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT IN BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS SIGNIFICANT AND ALSO THERE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND CONCERN SURROUNDING THINGS IN PART AS I THINK FOLKS HAVE ALLUDED TO BECAUSE OF HOW THEY WERE PRESENTED AND IN THE SENSE THAT THERE REALLY WASN'T OR ISN'T AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMMUNITY INPUT AND FEEDBACK. SO WE HOPE THAT WE WILL BE SURE TO PROVIDE IT AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE ARE DOING SO. THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I WANTED TO CHECK ON AND SORT OF COMMENT ON THE STAFF EXCUSE ME THE Q&A PART, THE COMMISSIONER Q&A WITH REGARD TO QUESTIONS AROUND AFFECTED SCHOOLS FOR INSTANCE, WHICH SCHOOLS ARE AFFECTED BY PARTICULAR CHANGES, WHAT THE OVERALL IMPACT IS ON VARIOUS SCHOOLS? THE ANSWERS THAT WERE PROVIDED INDICATE THAT THE DISTRICT CAN'T CAN'T PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
ENROLLMENT AND ALLOCATIONS OR THAT WITH REGARD TO IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, THERE ARE SORT OF A VERY GENERAL ANSWER ABOUT ENGAGING WITH SITE LEADERS BUT I THINK THESE ARE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY HAS AT THE AT THE HEART OF THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR SCHOOLS WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOL? HAVE PEOPLE THOUGHT ABOUT MITIGATING THOSE IMPACTS AND SO FORTH. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK WHAT OUR WHAT OUR PLAN IS TO ADDRESS THOSE SORT OF FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I BELIEVE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AS WELL SO I CAN TAKE THE FIRST PART. SO THE ALLOCATIONS ARE NOT COMPLETE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT INFORMATION BECAUSE THE THE STAFFING ALLOCATIONS ARE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLING AND WE'RE TWO MONTHS INTO THE ENROLLMENT PERIOD. IT ENDS IN JANUARY. WE WILL BE WORKING OVER THE BREAK TO DEVELOP THE
ALLOCATIONS BASED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION THAT'S IN THE ENROLLMENT SYSTEM AS WELL AS BASICALLY THE SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECTION OF WHAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO OCCUR THROUGH THE REST OF JANUARY. BUT ACTUALLY ALLOCATIONS WILL STILL BE PRELIMINARY BECAUSE WE WILL NEED THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THEM IF THERE'S ANY SURPRISE IN THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A SCHOOL GAINS 20 MORE TCRS THAN WE ANTICIPATE THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO REALLOCATE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES FOR THOSE STUDENTS. SO WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS THROUGH THE WINTER BREAK WE WILL HAVE ALLOCATIONS OUT IN EARLY JANUARY. AT THAT TIME WE CAN SHARE THEM, BUY UNTIL THEY'RE DONE. WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE AS FAR AS HOW THEY COMPARE TO THE PAST. I THINK THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT I'VE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS COMMISSIONERS AND THAT IS THE QUALITY OF DATA AND THE TRANSPARENCY OF DATA IN THE PAST HAS NOT BEEN HIGH RATE. SO WE WILL WE WILL SHARE WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR. THE ONLY ITEM THAT WE HAVE FROM LAST YEAR ARE THE ACTUAL
ALLOCATION LETTERS AS INDIVIDUAL PDFS. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE KEPT THE MASTER ALLOCATION SCHEDULE OR METHODOLOGY IN IN A SOURCE DOCUMENT. SO WE WILL SHARE LAST YEAR'S PDFS AS WELL AS NEXT YEAR'S ALLOCATION PRELIMINARY ALLOCATION PDFS FOR FOLKS EXCUSE ME FOR FOLKS THAT WANT TO TO LOOK BUT WE HAVE TO GET THE WORK DONE BEFORE WE HAVE IT FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS THE IMPACTS THAT I'M I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THAT ONE DOES ANYONE WANT TO ADDRESS IMPACTS WHAT ANALYSIS FOR INSTANCE THE DISTRICT HAS OR CAN DO TO DETERMINE WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE BEYOND JUST THE COST SAVINGS FROM TAKING A PARTICULAR ACTION? SO WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ARE OF PROPOSED REDUCTIONS? YES. AND ESSENTIALLY LIKE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE TO FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS OR ALLOW FOLKS TO DO AT SCHOOL SITES? SO I THINK YOU MIGHT NEED TO HAVE MORE CLARIFICATION.
SO AN ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY THE IMPACT WOULD WOULD BE BASED ON ENROLLMENT. SO IF ENROLLMENT GOES DOWN IT MIGHT MEAN THAT THERE'S ONE FEWER TEACHER OR TWO FEWER TEACHERS IF ENROLLMENT GOES DOWN THAT AMOUNT. THAT'S ALL THE ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY DOES. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT MAY BE MORE RELATED TO THE FSP. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE IMPACT THAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT HERE IS I'M ASKING MORE ABOUT THINGS LIKE FORTUNATELY WE KNOW THAT WE NOW HAVE ABILITY TO YOU KNOW, TO RETAIN SOCIAL WORKERS WHICH IS FANTASTIC. BUT YOU KNOW, IF SCHOOLS NEED TO END UP CUTTING 50% OF THEIR SECURITY, WHICH IS A MASSIVE CONCERN FOR ALMOST EVERYONE AT THEIR SCHOOL SITES ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE TERRIBLE INCIDENTS, THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR. WHAT, IF ANYTHING WILL THE SCHOOL BE ABLE TO DO ABOUT THAT ? YES. SO SO AGAIN, THE STAFFING MODEL THAT WE SHARED AND POSTED ONLINE RIGHT NOW IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
SO HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO GET THERE. WE HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE BUT HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS IF WE WERE TO REDUCE YOU KNOW, WORST CASE SCENARIO 50% OF THEIR T TENTS, THEIR SECURITY AIDE SECURITY GUARDS WHAT WOULD THAT IMPACT LOOK LIKE? WHAT I HAVE DONE IS ALSO ASKED OUR CITY PARTNERS, OUR CPO NONPROFIT AGENCIES IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF OUR CBOS TO COME IN AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IN SOME WAYS OPEN UP OUR ARMS AND SAY PLEASE COME AND HELP US AND A LOT OF OUR CBOS AND OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS ARE SAYING YES WE CAN WE CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT AND NOT TO SAY THAT WE ARE TAKING OVER OR SUPPLANTING ANY JOBS OR ANY ROLES BUT IT'S TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS . AGAIN, WE WON'T KNOW FINAL NUMBERS UNTIL WE HAVE GREATER
CLARITY ON SOME OF THOSE OPEN REMAINING UNCERTAINTIES RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. I ALSO HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE STRATEGIES BEYOND JUST PARTNERING WITH CBOS BECAUSE WHILE THAT'S CERTAINLY GREAT I WOULD LIKE THERE BE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE FOR SCHOOL SITES TO BE PROACTIVE, FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE PROACTIVE IN MITIGATING IMPACTS. I SO YES AND THANK YOU FOR REPLYING TO ME IT ALSO MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND AND LOOK AT OTHER RESTRICTIVE SOURCES RESTRICTED FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN EITHER GO AND LOOK AT GRANTS OR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE BUT THOSE ARE THOSE ARE NOT THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL THINGS AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING IN THAT. THANK YOU. I THINK THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT TODAY IS AGAIN ABOUT THE THE PROPOSED
SHIFT TO A SIX PERIOD DAY WHICH I THINK WAS IT CAUSED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CONSTERNATION AND CONFUSION AMONG PEOPLE. I STILL FEEL UNCLEAR ON WHAT THAT PROPOSED SHIFT ENTAILS AND WHETHER WHETHER IT IMPACTS MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS IN BOTH OR BOTH. I DON'T THINK OUR ANSWERS OR OUR DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN CONSISTENT ABOUT WHAT THAT IS INTENDED TO COVER. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. I'M GOING TO SEPARATE IT INTO TWO KIND OF CONVERSATIONS IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT THE HIGH SCHOOL CONVERSATION AND THE MIDDLE GRADES CONVERSATION. SO I'LL START WITH HIGH SCHOOL FIRST. SO CURRENTLY WE FUND OUR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AT A SEVEN PERIOD STAFFING DAY MODEL, RIGHT? THAT MODEL. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO FOLLOW THE USSF CONTRACT. THE CONTRACT SAYS TEACHERS CAN ONLY TEACH FIVE CLASSES NOT IN YOU KNOW THEN WE TAKE AWAY
APS OR DEPARTMENT HEAD PERHAPS I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO ALL OF THAT BUT LET'S USE THE BASICS RIGHT? SO WHEN WE EXPANDED FROM A SIX DAY TO A SEVEN PERIOD DAY, TEACHERS STILL REMAINED TEACHING THE FIVE CLASSES WHICH MEANS WE HAD TO WE HAD TO ADD MORE TEACHERS TO COVER THE COURSES. RIGHT. WE KNOW THAT OUR NINTH AND 10TH GRADERS ARE ABSOLUTELY ACCESSING SEVEN PERIODS A DAY CURRENTLY 16% ONLY 16% OF OUR 12TH GRADERS HAVE A THROUGH G COURSES FOR SEVEN PERIODS A DAY. >> NOW SOME OF YOU THINK OH MY GOODNESS, WHAT ARE 12TH GRADERS DOING RIGHT? IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE DOLAN ROLLMAN WE HAVE MISSION BAY HUB, WE HAVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE INTERNSHIPS, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT CLASSES BUT YET WE'RE FUNDING FOR A SEVEN PERIOD DAY, RIGHT? >> SO IF WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO FUND FOR A SIX PERIOD DAY BUT I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL AND I KNOW THAT MAYBE MY JUNIORS WHICH ARE ONLY AT 47%
OF STUDENTS TAKING A THROUGH G SEVEN PERIOD CLASSES RIGHT SO IF I KNOW MY 11TH IS ONLY 47%, MY 12TH IS ONLY ABOUT 16%, I KNOW THAT I PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO REALLY COVER MY AFTERNOON CLASSES AS MUCH BECAUSE MY STUDENTS ARE GOING TO CITY COLLEGE OR MY STUDENTS ARE GOING TO AN INTERNSHIP OR A JOB OR WHATEVER THEY MAY BE GOING TO. SO I'M REALLY GOING TO PACK MY CLASSES IN THE MORNING WHICH MEANS EVEN THOUGH I'M FUNDED FOR A SIX PERIOD DAY I CAN STILL OFFER A SEVEN PERIOD DAY THROUGH MANIPULATION OF THE MASTER SCHEDULE TO MY NINTH AND 10TH GRADERS WHO ARE ACCESSING THOSE CLASSES, RIGHT? >> SO IT'S REALLY A FUNDING MODEL AND BRINGING IT DIFFERENTLY TO THE MASTER SCHEDULE SO YEAH, GO FOR IT. >> I'M HEARING THE TERMINOLOGY AND IN REAL TIME AND JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FUNDING FOR A SIX PERIOD DAY MEANING FUNDING THE STAFFING ALLOCATION FOR A SIX PERIOD DAY DOES NOT MEAN THAT A SCHOOL SITE CAN'T OFFER A 7 OR 8 PERIOD DAY SO THREE OF US UP HERE ARE FORMER HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS. THAT'S THE COMMON MODEL IN CALIFORNIA. SO YOU RECEIVE YOUR NUMBER OF STAFFING BECAUSE OF THE BASE FIVE CLASSES PLUS A PREP. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T HAVE A ZERO PERIOD WHERE SOME TEACHERS LIKE TO START EARLIER AND THEIR DAY EARLIER. THAT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T DO AND I MEAN AN ACADEMIC ZERO PERIOD NOT JUST NOT JUST SORT OF A A HOMEROOM OR AN ADVISORY BUT AN ACTUAL ACADEMIC PERIOD. IT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T DO ONE THAT'S AFTER AND MAYBE SOMEBODY STARTS LATER AND ENDS LATER BASED ON ON THE SCHOOLS. AND SO WE HAVE THOSE MODELS HERE. THEY EXISTED WHEN WE FUNDED ON THE SIX BASE ALLOCATION THEY CAN CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AFTERWARDS. SO I JUST WANT TO DECOUPLE THE IDEA OF ALLOCATION VERSUS TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE LIMITED TO A PARTICULAR SCHEDULE. THAT'S THAT'S NOT THE CASE. RIGHT? SO SO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS WERE DOING SEVEN AND EIGHT PERIODS HERE PRIOR TO MOVING FROM THE SIX TO THE BASE SEVEN AND THEY CAN DO SO AFTER AS WELL.
NOW THE PROGRAM IMPACT THAT'S JUST THAT'S WHERE THERESA SAYS ADJUSTING BUT JUST PROVIDING BASE SIX VERSUS BASE SEVEN DOES NOT CHANGE THAT FLEXIBILITY JUST TO I JUST WANT TO ALSO FURTHER CLARIFY BECAUSE WE KNOW WITH OUR VGS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REACHING OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER GOALS. WE ARE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT A THROUGH G ELIGIBILITY IS THERE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. I'M ALSO PULLING EACH HIGH SCHOOL MASTER SCHEDULE INDIVIDUALLY AND REALLY LOOKING SO WE HAVE ONE HIGH SCHOOL WHO'S OVER 65% OF THEIR CURRENT 12TH GRADERS ARE ENROLLED IN A SEVEN PERIOD DAY AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE A REALLY STRONG CTE PATHWAY. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE CTE FUNDING THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STILL ALLOWING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. RIGHT. BUT IF WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL THAT HAS LESS THAN 10% OF THEIR SENIORS IN SEVEN PERIODS, AGAIN THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE ACCESSING DUAL ENROLLMENT AND ALL THESE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT FUNDING MODEL AND REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT MODEL. ALSO. >> SO ALSO FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS YES I WAS GOING TO GO THERE. I JUST I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO ASK IT OTHER QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK. SO FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AGAIN WHAT WE DID WAS AND I THINK IT WAS INCREDIBLY WELL INTENTION TO MAKE A SEVEN PERIOD DAY BUT WE DIDN'T EXPAND THE ACTUAL DAY AT ALL. WE ADDED A CLASS INTO THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME FOR OUR STUDENTS WHICH ACTUALLY THE IMPACT LED TO LESS CORE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. SO THE CDC RECOMMENDS 300 MINUTES A WEEK FOR OUR STUDENTS IN ENGLISH ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS IN A SEVEN PERIOD DAY UNLESS THEY HAVE AN ACCELERATION PERIOD WHICH I PULLED THE M.SC SCHEDULES AND WE DON'T HAVE MANY SITES OFFERING THAT WE ARE NOT MEETING OUR MINIMUM RECOMMENDED MINUTES FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL
CORE AND AGAIN GOING BACK TO OUR VGS WE KNOW THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE DRIVEN BY OUR VALUES, OUR VISION VALUES, GOALS AND GUARDRAILS AND IF WE'RE NOT OFFERING THE RECOMMENDED MINUTES FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL CORE THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING THIS IMPACT AGAIN, I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE DO HAVE SEVERAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS CURRENTLY THAT DON'T HAVE A SEVEN PERIOD DAY. >> THEY HAVE A SIX PERIOD DAY AND THE WAY THEY ARE STILL CONTINUING TO OFFER A SEVEN DAY PERIOD FOR THEIR STUDENTS IS THEY'VE STAGGERED THE TEACHER SCHEDULE SO THEY HAVE A TEACHER STARTING AT ZERO PERIOD SO MAYBE THE PE TEACHER STARTS AT ZERO PERIOD BECAUSE WE KNOW EVERYONE NEEDS TO GO INTO P.E. SO P.E. STARTS AT ZERO PERIOD. STUDENTS ARE ACCESSING IT. THEY'RE THEN ANOTHER TEACHER STAYS THROUGH SEVENTH PERIOD. THEY START AT SECOND PERIOD. RIGHT? SO WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY BUT IT'S STILL FUNDING IT ON A SIX PERIOD DAY AND ALLOWING FOR OUR
STUDENTS TO GET THEIR RECOMMENDED MINUTES IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL CORE. AGAIN IT'S A FLEXIBILITY MODEL BUT THE FUNDING MODEL WOULD STILL BE A SIX PERIOD DAY. ONE MORE INTERJECTION SORRY PEOPLE NEED TO BE CLEAR WRITE EVERYTHING THAT TERESA JUST SAID IS CORRECT. HOWEVER IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED. IT'S REQUIRED AND AS YOUR COMPLAINT PERSON WE ARE REQUIRED TO OFFER THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES. OKAY BUT WE ARE HITTING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OKAY SO LET ME JUST CLARIFY WHAT CHRIS JUST ABOUT READY TO I KNOW NO NO, NO. WE HAVE A TOTAL REQUIRED INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTE WHICH WE ABSOLUTELY HAD THAT IS A REQUIREMENT. THEY WILL PULL ALL OF OUR FUNDING WE'VE WE HIT THAT. WHAT WE DON'T HIT IS THE RECOMMENDED INDIVIDUAL CORE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A SEVEN PERIOD DAY WITHOUT ACTUALLY EXPANDING THE DAY WE ADDED ANOTHER CLASS IN THERE WHICH IS WONDERFUL BUT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE THE BELL TIME THE START OR END THE WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS THROUGH A STAGGERED DAY FOR THE TEACHERS.
THE STUDENTS MAY NOT SEE ANY DIFFERENCE BUT WE CAN STAGGER IT FOR THE TEACHERS. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. STUDENT DELEGATES I KNOW IT'S 9:00. STUDENT DELEGATE CRUZ IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD BEFORE YOU KNOW? YEAH, I WANTED TO ASK SOMETHING ABOUT SO I GOT CONFUSED BY A LOT OF POINT OF VIEWS. I FELT LIKE A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT WAS TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL WORKERS AND THOSE RESOURCES THAT SCHOOLS HOW DID THAT EVEN COME INTO CONSIDERATION AS YOU CAN SAY THE FUNDING OF A BUDGET BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT FOR IT TO POTENTIALLY BE A WORST CASE SCENARIO I FELT LIKE IT SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED AT ALL BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE MARGINS OF HAVING OUR S.F. U.S. STUDENTS STAY IN SCHOOL, LET'S NOT REMOVE WHAT KEEPS THEM IN IT. I FELT LIKE THAT FOR ME WAS LIKE WHAT ARE WE WHAT LIKE WHAT IS THE PLAN BECAUSE WE CAN'T PREACH SAFETY OF SCHOOLS AND YOUR STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH IF WE'RE OUR ACTIONS AREN'T ALIGNING TO IT.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED AT ALL OR BROUGHT UP AT ALL. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT BECAUSE THAT KIND OF LIKE HIT ME TO A CERTAIN EXTENT BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM THAT SO LET'S LIKE KEEP THAT NOT IN CONSIDERATION ,FIND DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES AND LET OUR PUBLIC YOUR COMMENTS BE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC. I FELT LIKE THAT'S REALLY ESSENTIAL BECAUSE WE ARE DISCUSSING A LOT OF CONFUSIONS BUT IT'S ALSO THE MESSAGE YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO GIVE AREN'T CLEAR ENOUGH. SO HOW DO YOU WANT PARENTS OR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO SAY WHEN YOU GUYS AREN'T MAKING IT CLEAR ENOUGH? SO THAT WAS JUST MY COMMENT OVERALL. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALSO JUST WANT TO TOUCH ME BEFORE I LEAVE. YEAH. SIMILARLY VERY WANT TO ECHO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT I HEARD A LOT OF A STUDENT FROM APG WHICH IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL I WENT TO AND LIKE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WELLNESS
CENTER AND EVERYTHING AND I WAS I REALLY RESONATED WITH THAT AS WELL AS LIKE THE WILLIE BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE I GO TO LAW AND WE HAVE LIKE A PROGRAM WHERE WE TUTOR KIDS FROM A WILLIE BROWN AND MY FRIENDS ARE PART OF IT AND I GO VISIT EVERYONE'S DAY AND I JUST AGAIN WANTED TO ADD ABOUT HOW THE YOUTH ARE SO AMAZING TONIGHT AND FROM WHAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE SEVEN PERIOD TO SIX PERIOD THING, WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS LIKE THERE IS A SHIFT BUT THERE IS NO REAL SHIFT THAT LIKE THE STUDENTS WILL EXPERIENCE AND THEREFORE THE CONCERNS AROUND THE ELECTIVES THAT A LOT OF US DO A LOT OF THE STUDENTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT LIKE WILL THEIR ELECTEDS BE AFFECTED BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE OR DOES IT NOT MATTER HOW? >> YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK FROM BOTH OF YOU AND IT'S ALWAYS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HEAR THAT AND IT REALLY DOES RESONATE. SO THANK YOU. THE SHIFT AND I'M GOING TO SMILE WHEN I TELL YOU THIS BUT CLASSES WILL BE LONGER.
YOU WILL BE SPENDING MORE TIME CONCENTRATING IN ON YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL CORE. AND SO ALTHOUGH YOU YOU KNOW AT YOUR SCHOOL IF YOU DECIDE TO TAKE THE ZERO PERIOD OR THE SEVENTH PERIOD HOWEVER YOU STRUCTURE IT OR YOU'RE IN DUAL ENROLLMENT I'M NOT SURE BUT YOUR YOUR CORE CLASSES WILL BE LONGER, THE MINUTES WILL BE LONGER. YOU WILL SPEND MORE TIME IN SCHOOL AND SO THE ELECTIVE CLASSES IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WOULDN'T WOULD THEY BE AFFECTED SO IT WOULD IT WOULD BE ALL ACCORDING TO THE MASTER SCHEDULE, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE IN THE LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND THAT IS YOUR DECISION, RIGHT? LET'S SAY YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE SPANISH IMMERSION CLASS THAT WOULD BE YOUR ELECTIVE DURING THE PERIODS ONE THROUGH SIX BUT YOU CAN STAY FOR ZERO PERIOD AND ACCESS SOMETHING ELSE OR STAY FOR SEVENTH PERIOD AND ACCESS SOMETHING ELSE THERE. >> COULD YOU I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS HIGH SCHOOL FOLKS I KNOW THERE'S THREE OF US HERE BUT ALSO FOR ALL SCHOOLS TALK ABOUT HOW LOCAL CONTROL IMPACTS
THAT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHEDULING AND SO THE LOCAL CONTROL WE ALLOW IN SAN FRANCISCO IS TRADITIONALLY THAT WE ALLOW THAT CONTROL LOCALLY. >> ABSOLUTELY WE DON'T HAVE TO DO KIND OF JOIN YOU KNOW OKAY ONLY BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCE BUILDING MASTER SCHEDULES. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO JUMP IN EXACTLY. SO BELL SCHEDULES YOUR SCHOOL SITE WILL DECIDE ON THAT. YOUR SCHOOL SITE WILL DECIDE ON IF IT'S A ROLLING BLOCK, IF IT IS WHAT DO THEY CALL IT FLASH MONDAY WHERE YOU GO TO EVERY SINGLE CLASS AND THEN YOU GO TO THE BLOCK THE NEXT DAY. ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT ASPECTS ARE DECIDED THROUGH NORMALLY A UBC, YOUR UNION, YOUR UNION BUILDING COMMITTEE, YOUR SC, YOUR FACULTY AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. STUDENT DELEGATE YEAH. GOODNIGHT. GOODNIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER AND GOOD LUCK YOU HAPPY HOLIDAYS. YEAH HOLIDAYS. GOOD LUCK WITH FINALS.
YEAH. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO THANK YOU ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT CHIP I WAS GOING TO SAY I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY MAKE A REQUEST THAT ALL OF US FORMER PRINCIPALS NOT BE THE ONES TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT SOME ACTUAL CURRENT PRINCIPALS COME AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I'VE WELL AND I'M JOKING A LITTLE BIT BUT I'M ACTUALLY QUITE SERIOUS BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN A MOUNTAIN OF FEEDBACK IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS FROM PRINCIPALS. I HAVE RELATIONS WITH A LOT OF PRINCIPALS AS A FORMER PRINCIPAL IN THE DISTRICT THAT'S ALL NEGATIVE LIKE I HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE PRINCIPAL THAT SUPPORTS THIS PLAN SO SO I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE IT FEELS CONFUSING I THINK TO HEAR THIS KIND OF IDEA WELL WE CAN FUND OUR SCHOOLS AT SIX PERIODS AND THEY CAN REALLY HAVE SEVEN. >> I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S TRUE BUT MAYBE I MEAN I CAN GET THAT THERE'S LIKE SOME CREATIVE THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE BUT BUT I WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR FROM OUR PRINCIPALS AND PARTICULARLY AROUND GUARDRAIL FOUR. >> RIGHT WE'VE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT GOT TO ONE AND I APPRECIATE THAT CONVERSATION BUT GUARDRAIL FOUR SAYS THAT OUR ALLOCATIONS TO SCHOOLS MUST BE QUOTE BASELINE SUFFICIENT TO OPERATE ALL SCHOOLS WHILE ADDRESSING INEQUITABLE INPUTS AND CREATING MORE EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO I'VE HAD PRINCIPALS COME AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I HAD OUTREACH FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WHO SAID THE IMPACT ON SCHOOL SERVING LOW INCOME STUDENTS WAS OF THE STAFFING MODEL WAS MUCH GREATER LIKE SOME SCHOOLS WERE LOSING 15 STAFF AND OTHERS WERE LOSING ONE STAFF AND IT WAS SCHOOL SERVING LOW INCOME STUDENTS THAT WERE LOSING 15 FOR EXAMPLE. SO IT FELT LIKE THAT AND ANOTHER PRINCIPAL SAID TO ME IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE TO RUN A SCHOOL AT THIS STAFFING LEVEL. ANOTHER ONE SAID THESE THESE ARE JUST QUOTES. IT HONESTLY FEELS LIKE THE STAFFING MODEL PROPOSED WAS MADE BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY WORKED IN A SCHOOL. SO THESE WERE JUST THESE ARE SVOD PRINCIPALS THAT REACHED
OUT TO ME. >> I HAD TEACHERS REACH OUT TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT ON EAL STUDENTS OF TAKING AWAY THE SEVEN PERIOD DAY THE OH ANOTHER TEACHER SAID THE SEVENTH DAY IS WHAT ALLOWS FOR OUR COMMON PLANNING TIME IF YOU HIRE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES BUT DON'T HAVE A SEVEN PERIOD DAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME TO MEET WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH. SO THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WHO MAY BE SITTING IN THE STAFF ROOM WITH NOTHING TO DO IT'S SO OH IN THE SEVENTH PERIOD DAY WAS PUT IN PLACE AS A STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE OUR ACADEMIC GOALS TWO YEARS AGO ACCORDING TO ONE TEACHER WHO REACHED OUT TO ME. SO WHY ARE WE PULLING THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER IT WITHOUT A REAL DATA BASED ANALYSIS DECIMATING OUR SCHOOLS WOULD ONLY DRIVE FAMILIES AWAY, ANOTHER TEACHER SAID. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE THESE WERE JUST COMMENTS THAT THAT WERE UNSOLICITED THAT I RECEIVED THAT SEEMED TO INDICATE THAT GUARDRAIL FOR WAS NOT ACTUALLY BEING MET. AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS LIKE DO WE HAVE ANY PRINCIPALS THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORT THIS STAFFING MODEL? DO WE HAVE ANY TEACHERS THAT SUPPORT IT?
DO WE HAVE ANY FAMILIES THAT SUPPORT IT? IS THIS LIKE I GUESS I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM. YEAH. AGAIN SO I TOO HAVE HAD MANY, MANY DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WITH VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS MAKING SURE THAT WE TRULY ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP RIGHT? THAT WE REALLY ARE THERE. AND I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS THAT WE'VE NOT DONE A GOOD JOB COMMUNICATING WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. RIGHT. AND WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO TO DO A BETTER JOB THERE. NORMALLY THOSE PRESENTATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS COME OUT AT THE SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL SUMMIT MEETING. WE ARE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING SO MUCH EARLIER AND REALLY BE TRANSPARENT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK. I HAVE COMMITTED ABSOLUTELY TO MEETING WITH EVERY SINGLE PRINCIPAL IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO TO REALLY GO OVER THEIR ALLOCATION, LOOK AT THEIR LOOK AT THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE, LOOK AT IMPACTS TO STUDENTS IF IT IS WHAT WHAT IS THE ACTUAL IMPACT TO A STUDENT AND LET'S GO THERE
THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL. >> YEAH BUT I THINK I GUESS MY QUESTION I APPRECIATE THAT ONE ON ONE MEETINGS BUT AGAIN I THINK IT'S A MORE OF A SYSTEMIC QUESTION AS TO HOW DID THIS HOW WAS THIS PLAN DEVELOPED AND DOES IT HOW DO WHAT IS OUR EVIDENCE THAT IT ACTUALLY IS QUOTE BASELINE SUFFICIENT TO OPERATE ALL SCHOOLS WHILE ADDRESSING INEQUITABLE INPUTS AND CREATING MORE EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT OUTCOMES? SO I WAS JUST GIVING THOSE EXAMPLES OF FEEDBACK FROM PRACTITIONERS IN OUR DISTRICT. I HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE PERSON SAY THAT THEY THOUGHT IT MET THAT STANDARD. SO I GUESS I GUESS IF YOU ARE ASSERTING THAT IT MEETS THAT STANDARD I GUESS I'M SAYING KIND OF WHAT'S WHAT'S THE EVIDENCE? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER AND I THINK NO ONE WANTS CUTS, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST THE FIRST THING NO ONE WANTS TO BE A LEADER DURING A TIME WHERE WE HAVE TO BE MAKING THESE CUTS. SO I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT NO ONE COMES HERE EVERY DAY AND THINKS I WANT TO CUT SOME CHANGE SOME THINGS UP TODAY.
RIGHT. BUT WHAT WE DO WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING POSITIVE IMPACTS FOR STUDENTS. SO IF WE DO HAVE TO CUT, WHAT IS OUR BASIS FOR THAT AND HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUE GOING TO DO THE VGS SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES AND WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR RECOMMENDED INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES THAT IS A VERY HARD CONVERSATION TO HAVE. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF WE'RE SITTING HERE AND WE'RE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, EIGHTH GRADE MATH IS OUR GOAL AND WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR BASIC INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH, I HAVE SOME MAJOR CONCERNS BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAN WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE REDUCTIONS, RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS. IF YOU'RE SAYING WHAT'S OUR STRATEGY TO MEET OUR GOALS AND YOU WANT TO INCREASE MATH INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THAT'S THAT ACTUALLY PROBABLY REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, RIGHT? YOU'RE WE'RE TALKING HERE ABOUT MAKING REDUCTIONS AND I'M
SAYING HOW HOW DO WE IN THE REDUCTIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED I MEAN WE VOTED THE BOARD VOTED LAST WEEK TO PUT $111 MILLION IN A RESERVE THE APPROXIMATE TOTAL OF THE SCHOOL BASED CUTS IN ITEMS THREE AND FOUR ON THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS 26 MILLION. WE COULD DECIDE TO TAKE $26 MILLION A YEAR OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND AND NOT MAKE ANY OF THESE CUTS. SO YOU ALL AS STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING THE SUPERVISOR RECOMMENDING THESE CUTS. AND SO I'M JUST ASKING HOW DOES THAT HOW ARE WE SINCE WE DO HAVE A CHOICE? RIGHT. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE BANKRUPT BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE WE'VE BEEN BUILDING UP THIS SURPLUS SO SO WHAT HOW DOES IT ALIGN WITH GUARDRAIL FOR SO THAT IT'S BASELINE SUFFICIENT TO OPERATE ALL SCHOOLS WHILE ADDRESSING INEQUITABLE INPUTS AND CREATING MORE EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT OUTCOMES AND IT'S RECOGNIZED THAT SORRY THE TIMER WAS RUNNING BUT I KNOW I REALLY LOVE THAT ACTUALLY. THANK YOU. THAT'S JUST LIKE I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU THAT'S MY I'M DONE. I'M LIKE I WAS RUNNING THE CLOCK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY HE
DIDN'T STOP. >> I ACTUALLY I FEEL BAD. I ACTUALLY DID I DID NOTICE THAT YOU'RE TAKING TAKE ADVANTAGE TAKE ADVANTAGE. SO TWO THINGS I'M IN I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTION. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE THAT THE ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY IS BASED LOCALLY ON WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST PRIMARILY AS CODIFIED IN OUR VARIOUS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. RIGHT. WHICH ARE LOWER AS FAR AS MEANING THAT IT'S MORE STAFF OR LOWER STUDENT TO STAFF RATIO THAN ANY OF THE STATE RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT? SO WE ARE EXCEEDING THAT AND SO WE USED AS A BASELINE WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS USED AS A BASELINE WHICH IS PROVIDING ALL OF THE STAFF THAT OUR CBAS CALL FOR AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL AND I WOULD TELL THE BOARD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE AND I HAVE SOME MORE FOLKS NOW INCLUDING ME FROM OTHER DISTRICTS WE'RE USED TO DOING STAFFING THROUGHOUT THE STATE BECAUSE OF OUR LOCAL RESOURCES. WE ACTUALLY ALLOCATE FAR MORE BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE LOCAL
RESOURCES THAN THAN MOST DISTRICTS ENJOY. SO IT IS IT IS FAR AND ABOVE ANY MINIMUM STATE RECOGNIZED AND IT IS MEETING AND EXCEED ING IN ALMOST ALL CASES ARE CBA RIGHT SO THAT'S THAT'S THE BASELINE THAT THE DISTRICT AND THAT'S WHAT THE ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY IS AND SO NOW HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT MEET OR EXCEED THE GUARDRAIL THAT YOU'RE CITING? I MEAN IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE CBA OR SAY THAT WE NEED MORE SO AND I ALSO WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THIS IS NOT A CUT CONVERSATION. I HEARD THE WORD COME UP THREE TIMES IN THAT EXCHANGE. THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING IS WE KEEP USING THE WRONG LANGUAGE FOR THE WRONG ITEMS. CUTS DON'T HAPPEN FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT UNTIL NO LATER THAN MARCH 15TH AS THE BOARD IS ALL AWARE. RIGHT. SO THIS IS JUST A STAFFING ALLOCATION FOR NEXT YEAR. IT IS NOT A CUTTING CONVERSATION AND THE ONLY DELTAS YOU SEE HERE ARE IF FUNDING HAS EXPIRED OR ENROLLMENTS PROJECTED DOWN AND I WILL NOTE FOR THE BOARD
THAT ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN GOING DOWN FOR FOUR YEARS AND WE HAVE NOT REALLY ADJUSTED THE MODEL. SO SO WE'VE BEEN ALLOCATING MORE THAN THE MODEL CALLED FOR. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THOSE POINTS NOT TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFICS BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE BASIS OF NO, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK IT'S A FAIR OPINION THAT OUR STAFFING MAY BE AS YOU'RE SUGGESTING IT'S GENEROUS BUT I'M NOT SURE THE PUBLIC AGREES. BUT BUT I THINK THAT I GUESS JUST AGAIN THE EQUITY POINT AGAIN IF IF WE'RE THE IF THE STAFFING MODEL PROPOSAL RESULTS IN CUTTING 15 STAFF FROM ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THAT AS A CUT. SO JUST YES, I WANT TO SAY THAT SO COMMISSIONER FISCHER, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION AND I DO WANT TO THANK ARE VERY NEW BUSINESS AND BUDGET SERVICE OFFICE STAFF. I MEAN LIKE WE'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY, YOU KNOW I MEAN WITH WE'VE GOT A NEW BUNCH OF NEW SYSTEMS THAT ARE GIVING US A WHOLE BUNCH OF DATA. I WASN'T CALLING ANYONE BABY THAT WAS THE JUST GREAT YOU KNOW IT'S 930 THAT WAS THAT
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY IS WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ANYWAY. OKAY. I JUST FOR HAS SOME JUST YEAH NEED TO CLARIFY MUCH BETTER FISCAL PRACTICES THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING SO THANK YOU AND I MEAN AND WE'RE HAVING MORE DETAILED CONVERSATIONS THIS YEAR THAN WE COULD LAST YEAR SO REALLY JUST THANK YOU ALL. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON COMMISSIONER RAY'S CONVERSATION WHERE YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT IMPACT. RIGHT. AND I WANT TO REFRAME IT AS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND WE'LL USE THE T10 MODEL AS AN EXAMPLE. SO IF WE DO NOT I RECOGNIZE WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT BASELINE THERE ARE OTHER FUNDING STREAMS FROM WHICH TENS COULD COME AND THESE ARE VERY VALUABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. >> BUT FOR THIS PERSPECTIVE RIGHT HERE IF WE DO NOT HAVE THAT T10 AND IT ESSENTIALLY WOULD FEEL LIKE A CUT TO THE TEAM WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT TO THE SCHOOL STAFF IT FEELS IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE A CUT. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE GOT KIDS ROAMING THE HALLS, KIDS HIDING IN BATHROOMS LIKE AND WE
DON'T HAVE KIDS. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE ADD MORE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES TO GET TO THE POINT OF ACTUALLY MEETING THE STATE RECOMMENDATIONS THE KIDS AREN'T GOING TO BE IN SIGHT. SO THIS IS WHERE LIKE HAVE WE DONE THE TRADEOFFS OF UNDERSTANDING THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THESE CUTS AND THE REAL IMPACTS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AT THE SCHOOL SITES. SO THAT'S QUESTION ONE IN THE SAME THING WITH BUSSES LIKE HOW MUCH IS THAT $5 MILLION CUT TO BUSING GOING TO ACTUALLY COST US IN REDUCED ATTENDANCE AND $88, RIGHT LIKE SOME OF THESE WE NEED TO KNOW THIS DATA BEFORE WE SAY YES TO SOME OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE THE CONSEQUENCES ARE REAL AND I JUST GOING BACK TO TRANSPARENCY. RIGHT. AND I REALLY DR. SUE I'M GOING TO QUOTE YOU FROM A COUPLE WEEKS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO PROGRESS HAPPENS AT THE RATE OF TRUST. RIGHT. AND SO AND YOU JUST SAID A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO WE FOUND FUNDS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ALLOCATE AND WE WERE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THEM TO SOCIAL WORKERS. I THINK YOU ARE A MASTER AT COMING UP WITH MONEY AND AND FINDING LOOKING UNDER EVERY COUCH CUSHION IN BASEMENTS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD.
BUT I THINK THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE STRUGGLE IS THANK YOU FOR FINDING THE MONEY AND WHERE THE HECK DID IT COME FROM. RIGHT. AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND BECAUSE UNTIL WE GET TO THE POINT OF OF TRUSTING THE PROCESSES, THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MEETINGS LIKE WE DO TONIGHT. I HAVE SIX SECONDS. NO, NO, NO. I KNOW. SORRY. THIS IS NOT ME TRYING TO CORRECT YOU. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND US RIGHT NOW THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE STAFFING MODEL. I WAS GOING TO DO ONE ROUND OF THE STAFFING MODEL AND THEN INTRODUCE THE FSP JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT FSP AS WELL. SO I JUST I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE BECAUSE THE TRANSPORTATION IS NOT IN THE STAFFING. >> NO. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CORRECTION. SO THEN MY FINAL COMMENT WILL BE AROUND THE SIX DAY FRANKLY IS DISCRIMINATORY. WE HAVE ESPECIALLY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN STUDY SKILLS CLASSES AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CLASSES WHO WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO AN ELECTIVE AND THAT IS DISCRIMINATION THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IT IS PART OF WHY WE WENT TO THE SEVENTH PERIOD DAY AND A LOT OF GROUPS FOUGHT FOR IT AND WE CAN SAY
THAT YES, WE'LL ADD A ZERO PERIOD BUT IT'S NOT LOCAL CONTROL WHEN THE SCHOOL AND THE FAMILIES ARE DEPENDENT ON CENTRAL OFFICE FUNDED TRANSPORTATION AS A RELATED SERVICE AND UNLESS WE'RE WILLING TO ADJUST ALL THE BUS SCHEDULES TO GIVE ALL THE KIDS ACCESS TO THOSE EXTRA PERIODS, IT'S DISCRIMINATION YET SO BECAUSE WE TRANSITION INTO MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS WITH THAT SO A COUPLE OF THINGS REMEMBER AND THE BOARD'S BEEN TOLD THIS BEFORE AND THE BOARD NEEDS TO KEEP IN MIND SO THE PURPOSE OF THAT FSP IS TO IDENTIFY THINGS THAT THE BOARD DOES HAVE CONTROL OVER. SO FOR EXAMPLE, TAKING THE IDEA OF TRANSPORTATION IT WAS IN YOUR FSP LAST YEAR I WAS ASKED TO KEEP IT IN THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS PUSHED TO FURTHER DISCUSSION. I REMEMBER WHEN I COST AN ITEM FOR THE BOARD RIGHT I'M COSTING THE ITEM BUT WITHOUT HAVING TO PUT MY OWN BIAS BECAUSE I'M
YOUR FIDUCIARY, RIGHT? I'VE ALSO SHARED WITH THE BOARD I HATE THAT IDEA. I THINK I BELIEVE I BELIEVE I SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT SOCIAL WORKERS BUT AGAIN I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO COST THINGS ABOUT MY BIAS. I AM SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU THE COST AND WHAT THE SAVINGS OR THE ADDITIONAL COST WOULD BE. THAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY, RIGHT? AND THAT IS THE PART OF THE FSP, THE FSP CALLS OUT CATEGORIES THAT THE BOARD THE BOARD HAS AUTHORITY OVER. RIGHT? SO I KEEP REMINDING THE BOARD OF THIS THE BOARD IN THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE WE ARE SO HEAVILY RELIANT ON RESTRICTED FUNDING HAS VERY LITTLE PORTIONS VERY FEW PORTIONS OF OUR STAFFING MODEL IN OUR DISTRICT THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE. RIGHT? SO LET'S USE THE SOCIAL WORKER CONVERSATION THERE FOR A SECOND. SO THE REASON OF RETURNING TO THE BASE ALLOCATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS WAS THAT WE WERE PREVIOUSLY USING OUR TITLE ONE FUNDS. IT'S OUR LARGEST PORTION OF FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE AS A DISTRICT AND WE WERE STRUGGLING ANNUALLY TO EXPEND
OUR TITLE ONE FUNDS BECAUSE AS TITLE ONE HAS AND THIS IS YOU CAN SEE THIS HISTORY IN THE DISTRICT BY THE WAY IT'S SORT OF INTERESTING TO LOOK AT AS TITLE ONE HAS COME UP WITH AN INNOVATIVE IDEA TO FUND THAT THEY PROVIDE TO TITLE ONE SCHOOLS IT BECOMES POPULAR ENOUGH THAT THE DISTRICT MOVES GRADUALLY OVER TIME TO PROVIDE IT TO ALL SCHOOLS AND THAT TRIPS THE SUPPLEMENT VERSUS SUPPLANT TRIGGER IN TITLE ONE AND THEN MAKES THOSE THINGS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY TITLE ONE ON FUNDABLE BY TITLE ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY MOST RECENTLY THE ACTUAL STORY OF OUR SOCIAL WORKERS. RIGHT? AND THEN TITLE ONE STRUGGLES TO SPEND THEIR MONEY AND IT PUTS US IN THE SITUATION OF POTENTIALLY HAVING TO RETURN MONEY THAT I DESPERATELY WANT TO SPEND FOR OUR STUDENTS LOCALLY NOT RETURN IT. I KNOW THAT WE ALL AGREE ON THAT CONCEPT. I'M NOT SAYING ANYBODY DOESN'T. HOWEVER, TO GET BACK TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPLEMENTING WE NEED TO CARVE THAT OUT FOR TITLE ONE AND THEN WE HAVE TO READ THE TITLE ONE REGS
CAREFULLY TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE CAN USE THAT DON'T TRIGGER THAT SUPPLANT FUNCTION. RIGHT? SO I COULD I COULD DO IN THE TIME THAT WE HAD I COULD SAY YES WE CAN GET BACK TO TITLE ONE PROVIDING SOCIAL WORKERS BUT IT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR ME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TERMS OF ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT RESTRICTED FUNDING TO SEE WHICH OF THOSE ITEMS WOULD POTENTIALLY NOT TRIGGER THE SUPPLANT AND NOT BE ABLE TO USE THAT MONEY EFFECTIVELY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I'VE DONE THAT. I'VE IDENTIFIED A SOURCE I WILL NOT BY THE WAY SHARE IT BECAUSE I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CONSTRAINTS OF THAT FUNDING SOURCE AND GET PERMISSION FROM THAT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE BEFORE BEFORE I ACTUALLY PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET. BUT THAT TAKES TIME. IT TAKES EFFORT, IT TAKES RESEARCH AND ACTUALLY IT WAS A CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH YOUR NEW CFO AND I THAT WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO THAT EFFECTIVELY BUT THAT TAKES TIME AND SO WE HAVE SOLVED IT. I TOLD DR. SUE THAT I FIGURED IT OUT.
I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S BEEN A WEEK YET AND NOW WE HAVE TO GO TO THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH THERESA BECAUSE SHE HAS SOME FOLKS IN THAT IN THAT GROUP TOO AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH THAT USE OF FUNDS BECAUSE IT IS A RESTRICTED RESOURCE. SO THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO GET THAT FLEXIBILITY. AND I WILL TELL YOU NOW I'M REALLY GOOD AT FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR YOU BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M GOING TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SO THE BOARD JUST NEEDS TO KEEP KEEP THAT IN MIND. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT CONTEXT AND THIS LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT THE PUBLIC IS CRAVING. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT OUR PRINCIPALS ARE CRAVING. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT OUR FAMILIES ARE CRAVING. IT'S IT'S WHAT WE NEED. AND SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE FIND OUT WHERE ELSE TO HAVE THAT OTHER THAN HERE IN THE BOARD ROOM AT 930 AT NIGHT? >> RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A FOLLOW UP QUESTION NOT TO BE ANSWERED TODAY BUT DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT.
SO THANK YOU, MR. GUPTA. SO I'LL I'LL BE QUICK BECAUSE A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SHARED A LOT OF MY OWN SENTIMENTS. >> SO FIRST OF ALL, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE STUDENTS THAT CAME OUT. I WILL MAKE A SHAMELESS PLUG AND SAY PLEASE DO COME OUT TO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETING THAT WE WILL HAVE ON JANUARY 8TH BECAUSE WE NEED STUDENT INPUT ON HOW THE BOARD DOES PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE IT'S AS GREAT AS GREAT AS POSSIBLE TOO. >> I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE IF IF FOLKS REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR I REMEMBER IN MARCH OUR SITES OUR SCHOOL SITE COUNCILS WERE FREAKING OUT UNDERSTANDABLY SO BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE BUDGETS YET WHEN WE DID COME OUT WITH THE STAFFING MODEL WAS INCREDIBLY CONFUSING. IT WAS UNCLEAR TO WHAT PEOPLE COULD COULD NOT USE MONEY FOR. AND SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT WHERE HOPEFULLY BY JANUARY WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING FOR OUR SCHOOL SITES WOULD BE A DREAM. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS SCHOOL SITE CHAIR I WOULD BE HAPPY IF I GOT SOMETHING BY THE
BEGINNING OF MARCH. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS EARLIER I, I, I WILL SAY THAT WHAT I'M HEARING OVER AND OVER IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE TEACHERS TELL MY DAUGHTER ALL THE TIME WHICH IS SHOW THE WORK. IT'S JUST IT FEELS LIKE YOU KNOW IF IF WE'RE SAYING THINGS LIKE STAFFING IS GENEROUS AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT. YOU KNOW, LET'S SHOW THE PUBLIC LET'S SHOW THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, WHERE HOW WE COMPARE COMPARED TO OUR OUR FELLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS. YOU KNOW, L.A. I CAN HAPPILY BE CONVINCED, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, WITH THE ARGUMENT FOR SIX PERIODS IF IT MEANS THAT WE'LL HAVE GREATER INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES FOR ELA AND MATH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD I WOULD RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE IN THAT YOU KNOW, TO ME IT'S DISCRIMINATORY TO STAND BY WHEN OUR FOCUS POPULATIONS HAVE SOME OF OUR LOWEST SCORE. SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IMPROVES THAT I WOULD LOVE TO
SEE IT BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT WORK. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATED AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, HOW IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REFLECTED IN THE CONVERSATIONS AND IT GOES BACK TO WHAT VICE PRESIDENT HULING WAS SHARING IN TERMS OF HOW I THINK AS VICE PRESIDENT HEALING HOW ARE WE HOW ARE WE SEEING WHAT HAS BEEN THE INPUT OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OF OUR TEACHERS IN WHAT WE SEE HERE AND HOW IS THAT YOU KNOW, THE PRACTICALITY OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING REPRESENTED? THE LAST THING IN MY 20S THAT I'LL ASK IS I SEE THEIR SITE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS AND I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT CAN OR CANNOT BE USED TOWARD US FOR OUR SCHOOL SITE COUNCILS THAT OUR SITES RIGHT? >> YES. SO THE PRINCIPALS REQUESTED IN MY TIME WITH THEM WITH WITH DR. SUE THAT THEY HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE LIFTED THE RESTRICTIONS. SO THERE'S THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF MONEY DISCRETIONARY THAT GOES OUT TO SITES.
THERE'S UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS RESTRICTED MONEY THAT GOES OUT AND THAT DOES NOT COUNT ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL GRANTS THAT A SCHOOL SITE MIGHT HAVE OR PTA OR PTO MONEY. >> BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE SAID WE WILL LIFT THE RESTRICTIONS ON THAT TO GIVE THE MAX ON ALL OF THOSE TO GIVE THE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY POSSIBLE TO THE SCHOOL SITES. WE'RE ACTUALLY ALSO NOW ENGAGED JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE REACH OUT AND SAY HEY THAT'S COOL I'LL HELP IS ACTUALLY NEW IS GOING TO HELP ON THIS SHE JUST DOESN'T KNOW YET BUT BUT HOW DO WE GET THE FUNDS FROM OUR VARIOUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS PITAS AND PEATOS CONSIDERING THEIR BUDGET CYCLE SO THAT THE MONEY IS THERE TO BE USED AS SOON AS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL OR THAT CONTRACTS GOING TO BE PRE-BOOKED. SO THAT THINGS ARE READY TO GO DAY ONE. AND SO IT'S EVIDENTLY BEEN A LONG TIME PAIN POINT FOR THE DISTRICT. IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT BY THE WAY WE JUST NEED TO SIT DOWN AND DO IT. AND SO WE WE'RE DOING THOSE INTERACTIONS AS WELL. SO SO WE'RE WORKING ON MULTIPLE
FRONTS. I KNOW IT FEELS LIKE A LOT OR SLOW AND IT CAN BE IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND YOU JUST FOUND OUT ONE OF HER NEW TASKS SHE'S SUPER EXCITED AND BUT WE ARE TAKING THOSE THINGS AND WE'RE WE'RE CREATING SYSTEMS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN DO THAT YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR, RIGHT? SO WE ARE PROVIDING THAT FLEXIBILITY. CAN I ADD SOMETHING I LIKE YOUR ENTHUSIASM BUT LIFTED THE RESTRICTION SOUNDED A LITTLE TO YOU KNOW JOYOUS FOR ME. SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THE SUPPLEMENTAL HIRING GUIDE, THE MUCH BELOVED SUPPLEMENTAL HIRING GUIDE WILL BE BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS TO SITES AND DEPARTMENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN USE THEIR RESTRICTED DOLLARS ON WHAT THE TIMELINE IS. AND AGAIN WE'LL BE PRIORITIZING CLASSROOM TEACHERS STAFFING SO WE WILL BE ALLOWING MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HIRING ONCE WE REACH THE 95% THRESHOLD FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS. THANK YOU FOR DAMPENING MY ENTHUSIASM.
WHAT I MEANT BY THAT WAS THAT LAST YEAR WE TOLD THEM THAT THEY COULD NOT USE SOME OF THEIR FUNDING SOURCES FOR STAFF . RIGHT. AND AND THAT AND WE ACTUALLY DID IT SO STRICTLY THAT SOME OF THE GRANTS AND RESTRICTED MONEY WE HAVE OUT THERE WE LOST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ALLOW THEM TO SPEND IT IN A TIMELY MANNER AND I'M NOT GOOD AT LOSING MONEY SO SORRY ONE CLARIFICATION ON THAT. SO HAVE WE REACHED DO WE KNOW HAVE WE REACHED THE 95% THRESHOLD? YEAH, WE STARTED THE YEAR AT 95% AND SO OUR GOAL WAS 92%. SO FOR NEXT YEAR WE WILL ADJUST THE GOAL FROM 92 TO 95%. I WILL HOPEFULLY BE BRIEF IN MY COMMENTS BECAUSE I THINK MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ARE ACTUALLY MORE GEARED TOWARDS THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. I THINK MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID MUCH OF WHAT I WAS WANTING TO SHARE. I'LL JUST FIRST I CANNOT UNDERSCORE ENOUGH HOW DIFFERENT OF A POSITION WE ARE IN TODAY THAN WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND EVERYONE
IN THE DISTRICT. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK THIS EARLY ON ABOUT BUDGETS AND STAFFING PLANS AND STAFFING MODELS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS WORK AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALSO RELATIVELY NEW HERE HALF OF YOU SO THANK YOU. I THINK MY TWO BIGGEST AREAS ARE ONE ONE LIKE WHAT IS THE PLAN AND TO WHERE DO YOU FOLKS GO TO UNDERSTAND IT AND AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A REOCCURRING THEME OF MY MY PUSHES HERE BOTH ON THIS ITEM AND THE NEXT. I APPRECIATE THE OUTLINING OF VGS AND GROUNDING IT IN THE BIGS THAT IS THE ROLE OF THE BOARD AND SETTING THOSE VGS THE INTERIM GOALS AND GUARDRAILS ALIGNED TO THAT IS THE ROLE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM AND SO THOSE HAVE BEEN ARTICULATED LAST SPRING AND EARLY FALL. WHAT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS COMING BASED ON THE WHAT WAS JUST FLASHED UP MOST RECENTLY WITH THE SCREEN IS JUST WHAT THE STRATEGIES ARE AND THE
RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO FUND THOSE STRATEGIES THAT GO TO FULFILLING OUR INTERIM GOALS AND GUARDRAILS THAT ARE EVENTUALLY WE LIKE SUPPORT OUR VGS I THINK THERE'S AN ORDER OF OPERATIONS HERE THAT I'M CONFUSED BY MOSTLY OF HOW DO WE KNOW THEN WHAT WE ARE FUNDING IN OUR STAFFING MODEL IF WE HAVEN'T YET GONE THROUGH THAT EXERCISE? AND I THINK THAT'S MY CONCERN. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE COMING OUT WITH THE STAFFING MODEL IF WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THOSE CYCLES AND ACTUALLY SHARED THAT WITH THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHERE OUR RESOURCES GOING TO SUPPORT WHICH INTERIM GOALS AND GUARDRAILS THAT ULTIMATELY SUPPORT OUR GOALS AND GUARDRAILS AND YET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A STAFFING MODEL AND A STABILIZATION PLAN. SO I THINK THERE'S A THERE'S A THERE'S A QUESTION AROUND WHAT IS I HEAR THAT IT'S COMING. I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION OF WHEN IS IT COMING SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT AND THEN THERE IS AN ORDER OF OPERATIONS QUESTION AROUND THAT. THE SECOND IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION FOR THE BOARD AS I HAVE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
IS WHERE DO WE GO TO UNDERSTAND IT? I MEAN IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT YOU ALL HAVE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THIS THAT YOU ALL ARE MEETING A LOT ABOUT THIS. AND I THINK AS WE GET SO MUCH OUTREACH FROM FOLKS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND I STILL DON'T I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHERE TO POINT THEM TO AND SAY I HEAR YOUR QUESTION. I HEAR YOUR FRUSTRATION. THIS IS ALL REALLY HARD GO HERE . AND AND SO I THINK THAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH RECONCILING THAT AND SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I WILL BRING A VERY SIMILAR SENTIMENT INTO THIS NEXT ITEM IS AS WELL BUT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF COMMENTS OR REFLECTIONS ON THAT BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WELL I CAN I CAN START I AM I THINK THE REALITY IS THAT WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO BUILD THIS MUSCLE OF OF INTEGRATING OUR VISION VALUES GOALS AND GUARDRAILS INTO OUR BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO THIS AGAIN. THIS DISTRICT STARTED OUR SOFT PROCESS IN 2022 AND I WAS
LOOKING THROUGH OUR OLD DOCUMENTS AND WE WENT AS FAR AS DEVELOPING THE INTERIM GOALS AND INTERIM GUARDRAIL BUT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET TO THE LAST PART WHICH IS STARTING THE BUDGET ALLOCATION PROCESS AND AGAIN I THINK COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER FOR FOUR FOUR FOR DOING AND YOU KNOW FOR PRESIDENT KIM FOR FOR HAVING THE AD HAWKS ON PERFORMANCE MONITOR POLICY MONITORING BECAUSE IT IT ALLOWED ME TO REALLY THINK THROUGH AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE START DOING THAT. AND SO YES YOU'RE RIGHT WE HAVEN'T DONE IT BUT WE ARE GOING TO START DOING IT AND YES WE'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OFF SCHEDULE AND BACKWARDS BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO MAP IT BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION IN OUR CLASSROOMS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE KNOW THAT INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES ARE YIELDING THE RESULT
THAT WE WANT TO SEE. WE KNOW THAT THE THE TRANSITION TO A NEW CURRICULUM IS YIELDING THE RESULTS THAT WE WANT TO SEE . WE KNOW THAT HAVING A FOCUSED ONE ON ONE TUTORING ARE DOING THAT. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE KNOW AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO ALLOCATE TOWARDS. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS STILL A LITTLE BIT NOT ALIGNED BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO IT. JUST JUST TO HELP CLARIFY FINANCIALLY HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TRACK IT? RIGHT. SO THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO FIRST OF ALL, YOUR TRACKING IS TYPICALLY DONE THROUGH THE MODEL OF THE EL CAP AND SO I'VE DISCUSSED WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT THE VGS CONCEPT I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH FROM COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS BUT THE EL CAP IS WHAT WE'RE USED TO TRACKING BUDGETARY AND SO IF THERE'S ALIGNMENT THERE YOU HAVE BRILLIANT PEOPLE IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION THAT MANAGE THE EL CAP AND IF THEY ARE CLEAR ON WHAT THE
GOALS AND ACTIVITIES ARE THEN WE CAN PICK THOSE ITEMS OUT OF THE BUDGET AND WE CAN REPORT ON HOW MUCH THEY'RE BUDGETED FOR AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE SPENT ANNUALLY AS A PORTION OF THE OVERALL BUDGET ALLOCATION AND WE CAN GET DOWN TO A REALLY, REALLY CLOSE NUMBERS OF WHAT'S BUDGETED IF NOT EXACT. THAT'S A THAT'S A STANDARD PRACTICE FOR DISTRICTS. SO THAT'S THE ALIGNMENT THAT COULD HAPPEN THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO DO THAT BETTER BETTER FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND IF I MAY ADD ON TO THAT, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. PRESIDENT KIM AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT WORK AROUND ALIGNING OUR VGS WITH THE EL CAP HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE IN THE EL CAP THAT WAS PRESENTED TO AND AND ADOPTED BY THE BOARD THIS PAST JUNE IN THE YEAR THAT WE ARE IN I WANTED TO ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK A.J. FOR SUPPORTING US IN THIS PROCESS OF SHOWING UP AND ALIGNING THESE EFFORTS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WORK THAT IS ONGOING AND ALSO JUST AN APPRECIATION FOR THE PROGRESS MONITORING AD HOC COMMITTEE.
IT REALLY IS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO INSTILL A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE WE ARE CASCADING OUR INITIATIVES, OUR INPUTS AND OUTPUTS AGAINST RESOURCES BUT ALSO AGAINST THE MOST IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. OUR PERSONNEL, OUR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND DELIVER ON STUDENT OUTCOMES. AND SO YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. THERE IS A LOT THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS BUT I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JUST ALSO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO AS WELL. THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT THIS NEXT ITEM WILL CARRY FORWARD IN SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED AND SO I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ITEM 2512-165P1 FISCAL YEAR 2526 FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN KEVIN MOTION AND A SECOND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE UH READ THE NUMBERS IS FINE TO FIVE ONE TO DASH 16SP1
FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 FISCAL STABILIZATION PLANT SAID I REMEMBER AND I READ AGAIN THAT WAS MOTION DO WE HAVE A SECOND EVERYONE'S COURTESY SECOND HE DO BREAK SECOND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED AT THE BOARD APPROVED ITEM TWO FIVE 1 TO 161 FISCAL YEAR 2526 FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN I CALL ON THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER STAFF TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM. THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM. WE HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION AS WELL. OH OH IT'S IT UP. SORRY I KEEP LOOKING OVER THERE. THAT'S WHY. NO, IT'S FINE. IT'S FINE NOW IT'S UP OVER THERE. OKAY. SO ACTUALLY THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE ACTUALLY SIMILAR TO MY SECTION SO I'M GOING TO LET'S WE CAN GO THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY AND I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR AMAZING BUSINESS AND SERVICES TEAM. OH, OKAY. I WILL TAKE THIS ONE. YES, YES, YES. AGAIN AS OF USG HAS A $1.3 BILLION BUDGET AND WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE THE DISCUSSION WE JUST HAD TELL THE STORY OF HOW WE'RE ALLOCATING TOWARDS SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS . AND JUST AS A REMINDER FOR EVERYONE THESE ARE THE GOALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARDS THIRD GRADE LITERACY, EIGHTH GRADE MATH COLLEGE CAREER CAREER READINESS ALL SUPPORTED BY SERVING THE WHOLE CHILD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND NOW I WILL HAND IT OVER TO OUR AMAZING BUDGET TEAM BUSINESS SERVICES TEAM. CAN YOU TURN YOUR MIKE PLEASE? HERE, MIKE SORRY. >> MY COORDINATION OF FINGERS AND BUTTONS AND COMPUTERS I'M BEHIND A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THESE FAIRLY QUICKLY. THESE HAVE BEEN PART OF OUR STANDARD REPORTS SO I'M NOT GOING TO LINGER ON THEM VERY LONG. THIS IS JUST OUR SOURCES AS A PERCENTAGE OF OUR VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN OF COURSE OUR LCF ALLOCATION WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND PER STUDENT ASSUMING 100% ATTENDANCE AND THEN OF COURSE THE NEXT SLIDE OUR STUDENT
ENROLLMENT TRENDS. THIS IS THE MOST SALIENT SLIDE . YOU SEE THIS IN A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS NOT JUST MINE. WE ARE THE ONES THAT I THINK MOST RECENTLY UPDATED THIS BUT YOU'LL SEE IT IN A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. THIS JUST SHOWS THE ISSUE OVER TIME WE CONTINUE TO HAVE FEWER AND FEWER STUDENTS OVER ROUGHLY THE SAME NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WHICH IS IS PART OF THE STRUGGLE AS FAR AS SPREADING RESOURCE AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE FEWER AND FEWER STUDENTS AND SUPPORTING ALL OF THE STAFF . NEXT SLIDE JUST IS THE THE BAR GRAPH AGAIN ABOUT OVER TIME REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES VERSUS FUND BALANCE. OF COURSE THE ONLY SALIENT BAR IN HERE IS THE MIDDLE ONE THAT SAYS 2425 THAT'S THE LAST YEAR OF ACTUALS WE HAVE. THAT'S LAST YEAR AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE RED BAR BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALIZED FROM THAT POINT MOVING TOWARDS THE LEFT X AXIS THAT IS THAT LITTLE BIT OF ORANGE YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE OVERSPENT THIS PAST YEAR. THE PROJECTION IS HOW MUCH WE'RE CURRENTLY STILL BUDGETING OVER THE REVENUES RECEIVED KNOWING THAT OF COURSE WE DON'T FULLY EXPEND THOSE BUT WE DO HAVE TO ADDRESS IT BEFORE THE ORANGE RUNS OUT. NEXT SLIDE IS STATE BUDGET CERTIFICATION. WE JUST WENT OVER THIS AT THE LAST PRESENTATION WITH THE
BOARDING COMMUNITY. OF COURSE WE HAVE WE ARE CURRENTLY AT NEGATIVE AT FIRST INTERIM WE SELF CERTIFIED AS QUALIFIED. WE ARE WAITING FOR CONCURRENCE FROM CDC BEFORE THAT'S A GENUINE CERTIFICATION. OF COURSE THE BOARD'S GOAL GUARDRAIL FOR IS GETTING BACK TO THAT POSITIVE CERTIFICATION FOR 2526. NEXT SLIDE THIS IS THE SLIDE THE SUPERINTENDENT ALREADY ALREADY REMINDED FOLKS OF WHERE DO WE SPEND THE MONEY THIS REPRESENTS 86% DIRECTLY IN THE SCHOOLS AND IN THE CLASSROOMS. THE PORTIONS THAT ARE NOT DIRECTLY IN SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS ARE THE GREEN, ORANGE AND THE TWO LITTLE SLICES AT THE BOTTOM WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THOSE ARE. WE PRESENTED THESE AT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY SESSIONS AND IN MULTIPLE BOARD INTERACTIONS SO I'M NOT GOING TO AGAIN LINGER THE MULTI YEAR PROJECTION. NEXT SLIDE THIS IS THE MULTI YEAR PROJECTION THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST INTERIM LAST WEEK WITH ALL OF THE ASSUMPTIONS AND ITEMS THAT WE MENTIONED TO THE BOARD AND THE NEXT SLIDE WHICH IS THE RESTRICTED MULTI YEAR PROJECTION AND THEN IT GETS DOWN TO SLIDE 13 WHICH IS THE DRAFT FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN
FOR THE FIRST INTERIM FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. SO TYPICALLY AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS ACTUALLY A PART OF THE FIRST INTERIM REPORT. IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW. SO STATUTE SAYS THAT AS LONG AS THE DISTRICT IS IN A NEGATIVE OR QUALIFIED CERTIFIED STATUS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. AND WHAT THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN DOES IS IT OUTLINES ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND WHEN I SAY WE I MEAN THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD HAS THE ABILITY TO CUT AND THE AMOUNT OF SAVINGS THAT COULD BE YIELDED OUT OF MAKING THAT CUT, IT IS NOT A CUT PLAN AND CUTS DON'T OCCUR UNTIL THE BOARD TAKES ACTION IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF THAT YEAR. >> THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS ALSO A PLAN WHICH IS WHY IT'S CALLED THAT AND YOU HAVE TO CHANGE IT AT EVERY SINGLE REPORTING PERIOD TO
REFLECT THE CURRENT STATUS OF YOUR BUDGET. AND SO THAT'S WHY IF WE GO MARINE IF YOU COULD ADVANCE ONE MORE SLIDE PLEASE AND YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM WHAT WE'RE TRACKING IS THE CURRENT PROJECTED BUDGET DEFICIT IN THE UNRESTRICTED UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND AND IN A THREE YEAR PERIOD WHAT WOULD BE THE SAVINGS TO THAT TO TRY TO EVENTUALLY GET THE DISTRICT TO A BALANCED BUDGET? SO THAT'S THE CONCEPT THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW. IT'S REQUIRED BY THE CITY. IT IS TECHNICALLY A PART OF YOUR FIRST INTERIM REPORT AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE LAST TUESDAY. WE GOT PERMISSION TO DO IT THIS TUESDAY THINKING IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVERYBODY TO ABSORB IN ONE MEETING IT WAS AND YOU HAVE PASSED IT IN THE PAST IT WAS JUST INCORPORATED PROBABLY PRETTY FAR IN THE BACK OF A MUCH LONGER SLIDE DECK PRESENTATION BUT YOU HAVE PASSED THEM MULTIPLE TIMES. YOU ARE NOT PASSING CUTS,
YOU'RE JUST PASSING OR THE CONCEPT OF A PLAN AND WHERE YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN CUT FROM IN THE VALUES THAT YOU CAN CUT FROM RIGHT SO THAT IS THE CONCEPT OF A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN AND WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT THANK YOU. OPEN UP FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER OKAY I'LL KICK US OFF. OH AND BEFORE I DO I WANT TO NOTICE THAT BEAUTIFUL BANNER THAT I'VE BEEN NOTICING ON TV BEHIND YOU ALL WAS APPARENTLY MADE BY JAMES DEAN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO SHOUT OUT TO JAMES DENMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR PROVIDING THEIR FEEDBACK SO I WANT TO GO TO THIS QUESTION OF WHETHER THE CUTS ARE NECESSARY OR THE POTENTIAL CUTS. HOWEVER WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEM BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S CONFUSING I HEARD THIS IN PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'VE HEARD IT FROM OTHERS GIVING ME FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS IDEA OF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO AND LAST YEAR WE LAST USED IT LAST WEEK WE SET ASIDE THIS MONEY IN RESERVES WHICH THEORETICALLY WE COULD USE TO PAY FOR SOME OF THIS.
BUT ANOTHER CONFUSING THING IS THIS NOTION OF DEFICIT SPENDING . YOU KNOW WHEN THE TRUTH IS THAT WE'VE THAT REALLY WE'VE WE'VE HAD PROJECTED DEFICIT SPENDING FOR THE MOST PART AND IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE OKAY IN THE END AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THESE SURPLUSES AND BUILT UP THIS $430 MILLION FUND BALANCE. AND SO I'VE ASKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE BUT I GUESS IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET OR THE SUPERINTENDENT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND SOME OTHER YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW BUT WE DO KNOW THAT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH WE HAVE ACTUALS, WE'VE UNDER PREDICT DID REVENUE AT THIS TIME IN DECEMBER THE PREVIOUS YEAR FOR 2223 BY $219 MILLION WE WERE TURNING 19 MILLION WAS UNDER PREDICTED REVENUE 2324 $85 MILLION UNDER PREDICTED REVENUE IN 2425 $82 MILLION UNDER PREDICTED REVENUE IN THE PREVIOUS DECEMBER WHEN WE WERE SITTING HERE. SO IF WE DO THE SAME THIS TIME AND HAVE 80 MILLION MORE
DOLLARS COMING NEXT YEAR, WE REALLY DON'T NEED TO MAKE THESE PROJECTIONS. AND SO AGAIN, NOT TO SAY THAT WE MIGHT NOT WANT TO REDUCE SPENDING IN CERTAIN AREAS STILL BUT BUT WE'RE NOT UNDER THE GUN IF THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS ARE ANYTHING LIKE THEY WERE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS BASED ON THIS IDEA I MEAN IN SOME WAYS SOMEBODY SAID TO ME MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT YOU HAVE STRUCTURAL DYSFUNCTION IN HOW YOU DO YOUR BUDGET. SO I THINK I THINK THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, ARE THESE PROJECTIONS REALLY ACCURATE? RIGHT. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE 2627 REVENUE PROJECTIONS THAT ARE LEADING TO THIS PLAN COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS THAT HAVE LED TO THESE WILDLY INACCURATE PROJECTIONS. SO AT THE OBSERVATION YOU MADE IS EXACTLY WHAT I ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN OCTOBER IS THAT THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES IN THE DISTRICT HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THE PAST AND I GAVE THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC A DETAILED PRESENTATION CALLED THE BUDGET
TO ACTUAL VARIANCE REPORT WHICH THE DISTRICT HAD NEVER ENGAGED IN BEFORE. IT SHOULD BE STANDARD PRACTICE AND IT'S BASICALLY A WAY OF SEEING HOW WELL THE BUDGET PROCESS IS WORKING AND I THINK I WAS PRETTY CLEAR WITH THE BOARD THAT IN THE PAST IT HAS NOT WORKED WELL AND THAT IS PART OF THE FISCAL PROBLEM THAT THE DISTRICT IS CONTINUING TO SUFFER FROM. RIGHT. SO I KNOW TIME MACHINE HAD BUT WE CAN CHANGE THAT MOVING FORWARD. I'M SURE YOU'VE NOTICED AND I POINTED OUT AT THE FIRST INTERIM THAT YOU'RE ALREADY NOT SEEING THOSE SWINGS. RIGHT. SO YOU DID NOT SEE A HUGE ADVANCE ADVANCEMENT IN UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND REVENUES. BUT I ALSO WOULD CAUTION THE COMMISSIONER AND THE ENTIRE BOARD THE BUDGET CYCLE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DOES NOT ALLOW FOR AND THE REASON THAT THEY ALWAYS MAKE US USE THE WORD PROJECTION IS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ON THE SAME FISCAL CYCLE AS THE STATE FOR WHICH WE HAVE TO PASS A BUDGET, RIGHT? SO FOR EXAMPLE LAST JUNE YOU VOTED ON A BUDGET AND YOU HAD
TO ADOPT A BUDGET BY LAW BEFORE THE STATE ADOPTS ITS BUDGET AND ACTUALLY GIVES US OUR ALLOCATIONS. SO WHAT YOU ADOPTED IN JUNE RIGHT. AND IT SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR TO YOU EVERY YEAR SO THAT EVERYBODY'S REMINDED IS THE PROJECTION BASED ON THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THE STATE GIVES US TO GIVE TO YOU. AND SO IF YOU SEE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU ADOPT IN JUNE AND THE FIRST INTERIM, IT'S BECAUSE AFTER THEY PASSED THEIR BUDGET YOU'VE ALREADY PASSED YOURS. AND SO THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT WE UPDATE IT FOR YOU IS AT THE FIRST INTERIM AND WE SHOW YOU ANY DIFFERENCES OF WHAT HAS MATERIALIZED VERSUS WHAT THEY TOLD US TO ASSUME FOR YOUR JUNE ADOPTION. THAT IS ACTUALLY THE PURPOSE OF AN INTERIM REPORT. I WILL ALSO SAY THIS THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE. YES. IF THEY DON'T CHANGE SOMEONE'S NOT DOING THEIR JOB BUT THEY SHOULD CHANGE AND BE ABLE TO BE LABELED WHICH IS WHAT WE DID FOR THE FIRST INTERIM. RIGHT. SO HERE IS HOW THE UNRESTRICTED CHANGED BOTH THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES AND THIS IS WHY THEY CHANGED IN THE AMOUNTS THAT THEY CHANGED AND THE SOURCE OF THAT CHANGE. RIGHT. THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE TRACKING
THINGS CORRECTLY. RIGHT. SO YOUR PROJECTIONS ARE GETTING BETTER. YOU'RE ALREADY NOT SEEING THE HUGE VARIANCES NOW A VARIANCE CANNOT BE AVOIDED MEANING POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. SO IF ANYBODY IS GOOD ENOUGH IN YOUR HOME BUDGET THAT IF YOU GET $100 YOU ONLY SPEND $100 AND IT'S EXACTLY $100 AND CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A AN ANOMALY, RIGHT? PEOPLE BUDGET $100 THEY FREQUENTLY SPEND 102 OR THEY BUDGET 100 AND THEY ONLY SPEND 90. THAT'S WHAT A VARIANCE IS. IT'S SPENDING LESS OR MORE THAN WHAT YOU ACTUALLY PLAN ON. HOWEVER BY LAW WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERYBODY BUDGET THAT THEY SUBMIT TO ME I CAN'T TAKE A BUDGET IF IF COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YOU WERE STILL A PRINCIPAL AND YOU GAVE ME YOUR BUDGET. I DON'T GET TO SAY NO I'M NOT PUTTING IT IN. I HAVE TO PUT IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU GIVE ME WHETHER YOU END UP SPENDING IT OR NOT. I DON'T GET TO MAKE THAT DECISION RIGHT BUT I HAVE TO PUT THAT IN AS THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT THAT THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET RIGHT?
SO WE'VE PUT MORE CONTROLS IN SO THAT THAT VARIANCE DOESN'T GO UP AND DOWN. SO FOR EXAMPLE WE USED TO LET ANYBODY BUDGET AND CHANGE THEIR BUDGET ENTIRELY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. EVERYBODY SCHOOLS OFFICES IF YOU HAD A BUDGET YOU COULD CHANGE IT. WE DON'T ALLOW THAT ANYMORE RIGHT? YOU GET YOUR ALLOCATION, YOU BUDGET, YOUR ALLOCATION. WE MONITOR IT AND WE WILL ACTUALLY BE TAKING WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE SECOND INTERIM IS WE'LL BE TAKING SAVINGS BECAUSE WE PROVIDE WE ARE NOW APPLYING A BURN RATE AND SORT OF WHAT WE CALL A PREDICTABILITY TREND. >> SO IF WE GET TO THE SECOND INTERIM AND YOU'VE SPENT 60% OF YOUR BUDGET RIGHT WE KNOW YOU ONLY HAVE BY THE TIME WE PRESENT THE SECOND INTERIM, WE KNOW THAT YOU ONLY HAVE TWO MONTHS LEFT TO SPEND. I CAN LOOK AT YOUR SPEND ANALYSIS AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO SPEND ALL OF THAT MONEY SO I WILL BE INCLUDING THAT IN SAVINGS FOR THE BOARD SO THAT THEY GET A MORE ACCURATE PICTURE OVER TIME OF THE ACTUAL SPEND. ALL OF THAT IS JUST GOOD FISCAL MANAGEMENT. IT'S CLEAR BASED ON WHERE THE DISTRICT IS RIGHT NOW AND HAS
BEEN THAT HAS NOT EXISTED RIGHT. I DON'T I KNOW THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE WAS LOST. WE ARE TEACHING STAFF THE BASICS OF ENTERING BUDGETS INTO SYSTEMS RIGHT NOW RIGHT SO SO THE OTHER THING I WOULD CAUTION EVERYBODY ON IS IS POINTING OUT THAT THERE WERE BIG ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE ADS DURING COVID WHEN WE WERE GETTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FEDERAL MONEY THAT WAS RATHER UNPREDICTABLE AND THEN NOT SPENT WELL, THAT IS NOT JUST THE STORY OF SAN FRANCISCO. THAT'S THE STORY OF EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE MAJORITY OF RESERVES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN K-12 SCHOOLS COME FROM COVID FEDERAL DOLLARS. RIGHT. AND THAT'S TRUE FOR SAN FRANCISCO, BY THE WAY AS WELL. >> AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE FISCAL TRACKING AND THE ACTUALS THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED AND I THINK I SAID AT THAT AT THAT LAST MEETING THAT I'M SUPER GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT. I THINK MY QUESTION WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT WAS REALLY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND SO
WE'VE PROJECTED REVENUES INACCURATELY INCLUDING FOR AN UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND NOT JUST FOR OTHER FUNDS BY AT LEAST $50 MILLION IN UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHAT'S DIFFERENT NOW ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU KNOW FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR YOU DIDN'T MAKE THE PROJECTION PREDICT PROJECTIONS SOMEONE ELSE DID. BUT HOW MUCH WAS THAT LIKE WHAT WHAT IS DIFFERENT IN HOW WE PROJECT REVENUE NOW THAT MEANS THAT IT'S THAT WILL ASSURE US THAT IT'S NOT UNDER PROJECTING I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ASKING THE QUESTION RIGHT BECAUSE I PART YOU DIDN'T SO I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE IT THE REASON THAT THEY WERE SO OFF IN YOUR PRIOR YEARS IS NO ONE KNEW HOW TO DO IT RIGHT. SO WHAT YOU SEE AS A DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW IS LESS THAN $3 MILLION IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS. RIGHT. SO THAT THAT WAS A THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST DAY BUT WE NEVER GOT THOSE REPORTS BEFORE. SO I DON'T I MEAN I GUESS I HAVEN'T SEEN TO I DON'T THINK IT'S TO JUST SAY I WAS I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT AND I DO KNOW HOW TO DO IT DOESN'T SHOW I WANT TO KNOW WHAT DID THEY DO WRONG AND WHAT ARE WE DOING
RIGHT TO SORT OF PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT THOSE REVENUE PROJECTIONS ARE IN FACT ACCURATE CAUSE OTHERWISE AGAIN ,WE'RE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO MAKE CUTS WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THEIR NEED IS SO SO IT'S NOT ABOUT DOING IT RIGHT OR WRONG. IT'S HAVING THE KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW HOW TO MAINTAIN IT RIGHT. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THAT NUMBER. WE GET ALL THE FORMULAS FROM THE STATE RIGHT? WE HAVE TO GO ALL OVER ALL OF OUR LOCAL PROPERTY TAX RULES. IT'S A VERY LENGTHY, SOMEWHAT TEDIOUS PROCESS AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FOLKS THAT THAT HAVE LEARNED THAT PROCESS. SO WE'VE TAUGHT THAT PROCESS. SO THE KNOWLEDGE IS HERE NOW. WE'VE TAUGHT FOLKS HOW TO DO IT AND WE WILL WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. WE ARE MAINTAINING THOSE REVENUE WE NEED IS I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE NEED TO SEE IT PUBLICLY. YEAH. YEAH I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE US TO YEAH FOR SURE. I JUST HE JUST I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY WHAT I'M ASKING FOR BECAUSE WHAT HE'S SAYING IS WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT AND TRUST US AND I'M SAYING WE NEED THAT EVIDENCE PUBLICLY SO SO JUST HELP US UP AS HELP US OUT AS FOLLOW UP AND DEFINE WHAT THE IT IS FOR US BECAUSE IT'S NOT
CLEAR WHAT'S BEING ASKED FOR. BUT IF YOU MAKE IT CLEAR I WILL I WILL TRY TO GET IT FOR YOU. >> OKAY? OKAY. I'LL TRY TO CLARIFY. OKAY. OH, AHEAD COMMISSIONER GUPTA SO I MISSED MY COMMENTS WERE WERE PROVIDED BEFORE AND I ACTUALLY DON'T REALLY HAVE QUESTION I MEAN I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN AND AS I UNDERSTAND WE ARE OBLIGATED BECAUSE WE'RE CURRENTLY NEGATIVE CERTIFIED TO ADOPT A FISCAL CERTIFICATION PLAN IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S THE STATUTE AND THAT IS FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. >> IT'S ACTUALLY AN AD CODE BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS OUR OVERSIGHT AGENCY. THAT'S THAT'S MAKING US COMPLY WITH THE ED CODE. CORRECT? GOT IT. I WILL SAY I MEAN I CAN'T ACTUALLY SAY ANY BETTER THAN THE WAY MS.. CLOUTIER PUT IT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE THE CONTRA INDICATION OF BEING OBLIGATED TO DO IT BY CODE AND AT THE SAME TIME I DON'T
FEEL LIKE WE'VE MET THE CRITERIA THAT WE'VE SET FORTH FOR OURSELF BY YOU KNOW, OUR VISIONS, VALUES, GOALS AND GUARDRAILS AND I WILL I WILL JUST SAY THAT MY MY ASK AND THIS ACTUALLY ISN'T OF THE FINANCIAL TEAM THIS IS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT YOU KNOW WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR THE LONGEST TIME WAS JUST TWO TABLES ONE THAT HAD TO DO WITH STAFF AND STAFFING COSTS AND ONE THAT HAD TO DO WITH FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN THAT WAS CENTERED ON WHAT CUTS WOULD BE MADE. AND I THINK THE COMMON THREAD THAT'S BEING EXPRESSED HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITIES AND IF WE CAN COMMUNICATE IT AND SUCH. AND I KNOW YOU'VE RECEIVED THAT MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR FROM VARIOUS PUBLIC COMMENTS AS WELL AS COMMISSIONERS BUT MAY I ASK YOU KNOW SO THAT I HOPE THAT I CAN FULFILL MY DUTY AS A BOARD MEMBER TO WHAT'S REQUIRED OF US FROM THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT MEETS OUR VISIONS, VALUES, GOALS AND GUARDRAILS SO THAT WE CAN VOTE ON THIS YES AND YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA I'VE HEARD
THAT VERY LOUD AND CLEAR. I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT FEEDBACK FROM ACTUALLY ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS HERE IS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO BETTER AT SHARING INFORMATION AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH OR APPROPRIATE TO JUST SAY YEAH, WE CHECKED A BOX, WE TALKED TO SOME FOLKS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENGAGING AND AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT IT MEANS THAT I NEED TO WE NEED TO HAVE STAFF THAT HAS THE TIME AND THE BANDWIDTH TO DO IT. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REEVALUATE MY OWN TEAM'S TIME AND BANDWIDTH AND AND REALLY MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE PRIORITIZE CERTAIN THINGS AND AND WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY LET'S PRESS PAUSE ON BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO THIS THING AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME BECAUSE THIS IS ALL WE'VE GOT. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO BUILD ON THAT QUICKLY. >> I THINK EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THIS BOARD HAS SAID VERY CLEARLY TO YOU WHATEVER YOU NEED TO MOVE OUR DISTRICT FORWARD, ASK FOR IT.
AND I THINK WE HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO TRY TO RESOURCE THAT FOR YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I SEE YOU IN FRONT OF STAFF, SIT IN FRONT OF YOU IN FRONT OF THE BOARD IN PUBLIC. WE WANT TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE ARE STRUCTURED IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS AND DUTIES THAT WE THAT WE HAVE FOR OURSELVES AND I THINK IT'S A QUESTION OF JUST WHAT IS THAT ASK RIGHT? I GO BACK TO WHAT I BROUGHT UP IN THE LAST ITEM AND MAYBE I'LL SIMPLIFY EVEN FURTHER OF JUST WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND AND AND AS I REFLECT ON THE CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER, THERE IS A LOT OF THINKING IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS GOING ON INTO HOW SOME OF THESE DOLLARS ARE BEING DETERMINED. I THINK THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS AGAIN WHERE OUTSIDE OF THIS BOARD WHOM DO WE GO TO TO UNDERSTAND THAT? AND I YOU KNOW, WE AS A BOARD HAVE CONTINUED TO SAY THAT THE BOARDROOM IS NOT THE PLACE FOR TWO WAY ENGAGEMENT AND IF IT'S
NOT GOING TO BE THE BOARDROOM THEN WHERE DO WE GO? WHERE DO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GO? WHERE DO OUR CONSTITUENTS GO TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING INTERNALLY TO BE ABLE TO DIGEST SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF SHOCKING AND JARRING TO SEE A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS WHERE AND I THINK THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD EVEN AS A BOARD PRESIDENT HAS BEEN HEARING NEW TALKING POINTS AND CONTEXT BEING ADDED RIGHT UNTIL THE 11TH HOUR AND I THINK THAT'S MY PRIMARY CONCERN AS A BODY HERE AND OUR POSITIONING TO ACCEPT A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS AND I THINK THAT THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I REITERATE AS I'VE SHARED WITH WITH ELLIOTT WHO I KNOW IS LISTENING THIS BOARD I KNOW IS INCREDIBLY DEDICATED TO BRINGING OUR DISTRICT TO FINANCIAL SOLVENCY THAT COMMITMENT HAS NOT CHANGED. I THINK THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE ASKING ARE LARGELY AROUND
HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE BRING OURSELVES AND THE PUBLIC ALONG IN THAT JOURNEY BECAUSE IF WE IF WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT THROUGH ALL THE BRIEFINGS THAT WE HAVE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE THAT OUT AND FOR OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND I THINK THAT THAT IS WHERE I THINK I HAVE MOST OF MY FRUSTRATIONS IN IN IN UNDERSTANDING THIS. AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU, CHRIS. I THINK WE'VE MOSTLY INTERACTED WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR FOR BRINGING US ALONG. I THINK WHEN WE HAVE SIT DOWN WITH YOU WHERE YOU DO WALK US THROUGH WE DO UNDERSTAND BETTER . I THINK THAT AGAIN MY FRUSTRATION IS AROUND THE TIMING OF ALL OF THIS OF OF OF EXPERIENCING THAT IN THE MOMENT WHEN IT SHOULD BE THINGS THAT ARE BEING COMMUNICATED EXTERNALLY. CAN I JUST I'M SURE I JUST I AND I HEAR YOU PRESIDENT KIM AND AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS AS WELL WHO'S PROVIDED THE SAME THE SAME FEEDBACK TO ME AND SO
SO FIRST THIS IS THIS IS THE EARLIEST WE'VE EVER SHARED THE THE WELL THIS THE STAFFING MODEL WE'VE SHARED THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN PREVIOUSLY BUT NOT TO THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL AND I THINK BECAUSE WE DID IT SO EARLY WE NEED TO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE OUR FAMILIES EVEN EARLIER AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD IN THAT INTO OUR MUSCLE. AND YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY WITHIN OUR TEAMS HERE IS WE'VE GOT AMAZING ADVISORY BODIES. WE'VE GOT MANY, MANY COUNCILS WE NEED TO LEAN IN AND AND AND WORK WITH OUR PARENTS AROUND HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE CLEARER, HOW DO WE ENGAGE OUR OUR DELUXE AND OUR L CAPS SOONER OR EARLIER SO THAT WE ARE NOT RUSHING TO THE END TO TRY TO SHARE INFORMATION AND YOU KNOW VERY TECHNICAL INFORMATION JUST LOTS OF THINGS I HAVE LOTS OF FEELINGS INSIDE AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT BUILDING THAT ENGAGEMENT TIMELINE AND I HEAR THE FRUSTRATION OF THE BOARD AND I,
I FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'D LIKE TO PUSH BACK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE THE ENGAGEMENT DID START REALLY EARLY. I BELIEVE THE FIRST ENGAGEMENT THAT I WENT TO IS IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PROBABLY INTERNALLY A LOT OF THE IDEAS THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THIS FSP WERE BEING DISCUSSED AMONG STAFF AND THE INSTRUCTION BASED RATIONALES AND THE BUDGET BASED RATIONALES WERE BEING DISCUSSED AMONG THE STAFF AND TO ME IT FEELS VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO THEIR TIME, TO THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR BUSY SCHEDULES. MANY OVERWHELMINGLY WORKING PARENTS WHO SHOWED UP AT SCHOOL SITES WHO LOGGED IN ONLINE TO NOT HAVE TOLD THEM WHAT WE WERE ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT IN SO MANY WORDS AND WHY TO NOT SHARE OUR RATIONALE FOR A SIX PERIOD DAY TO NOT SHARE THAT WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY PLACES TO CUT ONE WILL INEVITABLY BE SECURITY. AND SO WHAT IS OUR PLAN TO KEEP YOUR STUDENTS WHO YOU ENTRUST
TO US SAFE AND TO ME THIS FEELS VERY MUCH CART BEFORE THE HORSE AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS FIRST INSTEAD OF HEARING FROM NOT OUR NOT OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT BUT FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT, FROM OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, FROM COMMS AROUND THIS IS HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE CONSTRAINED. THIS IS HOW THEY'RE ALIGNED TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS. THESE ARE THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING AND OUR PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS DON'T SUFFER BECAUSE OF THEM AND WE RECEIVED A LOT OF COACHING ABOUT OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE AND AT THE CORE OF THAT IS THAT WE CANNOT VOTE FOR BUDGET DECISIONS UNLESS THE RATIONALE FOR WHY THEY'RE STUDENT CENTERED IS THERE THAT WE START BUDGET CONVERSATIONS AT UNO AND IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENTS JOB TO PROVE TO US THAT WE SHOULD BE A YES AND SO FOR ME THERE WAS ENGAGEMENT. IT JUST WAS NOT MEANINGFUL
IN THE SENSE THAT IF WE WERE THINKING ABOUT MAKING A MASSIVE CHANGE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHEDULES THAT MIGHT IMPACT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS STUDENTS WITH IEPS, STUDENTS IN DUAL IMMERSION THE ABILITY TO TAKE AND ANOTHER ELECTIVE LIKE WHY WAS THERE NOT A DESIGNATED MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT AROUND THOSE ISSUES TO HEAR FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND SO I REALLY STRUGGLE WITH JUST NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IS HERE BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO BRING PEOPLE ALONG AND TO ACTUALLY ITERATE LIKE IT CONCERNS ME THAT OTHERS WHO'S BEEN ENGAGED AROUND SOME OF THESE DECISIONS BUT THAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEIR FEEDBACK IS NOT REFLECTED IN THESE PLANS. I SAID A LOT OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY BEFORE AND BUT I DO WANT TO I MEAN WE HAVE MUCH SMALLER CENTRAL OFFICE THAN WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME. WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW FOLKS AND SO LIKE I DO I DO
APPRECIATE LIKE THANK YOU. THIS IS A HARD CONVERSATION BUT LIKE WE'VE GOT FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING TWO AND THREE JOBS AND SO THANK YOU FOR DOING IT AND AND TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME RIGHT YOU KNOW LIKE WE NEED BETTER ENGAGEMENT AROUND THIS AND THE FOLKS WHO ARE THERE WHO ARE DOING THE WORK ARE WORKING THEIR BUTTS OFF TO DO IT. SO SO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS CAN BE TRUE AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. I JUST HAVE ABOUT THE YOU KNOW, FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN GENERALLY LIKE A LOT OF WHAT I NOTICE HERE, REALIGNMENT YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY FOCUSED ON REDUCING ALLOCATIONS NOT CUTS REDUCING ALLOCATIONS. BUT I'M WONDERING DO WE EVER GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON INVESTMENT? RIGHT. LIKE I'M WONDERING LIKE FOR EXAMPLE MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO CAN CHECK THE MEDI-CAL BOX ON THEIR IEP SO WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF LIKE CAN WE WRITE THAT IN HERE LIKE THAT AND LIKE MAYBE LIKE WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS THAT.
I DON'T I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S LEGIT TO DO IN AN FSP. I DON'T KNOW IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD MAYBE FOCUS ON SOME OF THE REVENUE GENERATING THE LOW HANGING LIKE WE'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR X NUMBER OF DOLLARS OF STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS WE'RE GOING TO LIKE CAN WE DO MORE ASPIRATIONAL MONEY ATTAINMENT INSTEAD OF REDUCTIONS? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART SO THAT'S JUST ONE QUESTION. AND I'M ALSO WONDERING PRE ALL OF THIS YOU KNOW, WE JUST HISTORICALLY TO OVERSIMPLIFY WE HAD A WEIGHTED STUDENT FORMULA AND WITH WHEN WE WENT UNDER SEGMENT CONTROL WE WE SWITCHED FROM OUR WEIGHTED STUDENT FORMULA TO A MORE CENTRALIZED STAFFING MODEL. HAVE WE DONE ANY EQUITY ANALYSIS OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WEIGHTED STUDENT FORMULA AND WHAT WAS PROVIDED UNDER THE WEIGHTED STUDENT FORMULA? IT HAD ITS PROBLEMS BUT IT WAS VERY EQUITY BASED AND THAT VERSUS THE NEW YOU KNOW, THE NEW STAFFING MODEL LIKE DO WE HAVE ANY COMPARISONS YEAR OVER
YEAR FOR THAT? JUST THOSE ARE MY REALLY TWO FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. NO, I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW YOU'RE THE ONE THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING. WE'RE STRUGGLING EVEN TO FIND DOCUMENT EVIDENCE AS I SHARED WITH THE BOARD EARLIER OF HOW HOW IT WAS DONE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. PEOPLE DIDN'T LEAVE A LOT OF GUIDES JUST JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS EVERY EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE IN EITHER DECEMBER OR JANUARY ENGAGES IN AN ALLOCATION MODEL THAT'S USUALLY BASED ON THEIR LOCAL CBA. IT'S THE SAME HERE, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF BUILDING A BUDGET WHICH IS WHY WE'RE WORKING ON THE STAFFING MODEL SO EARLY BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THE BUDGET THE BROAD STROKES OF THE BUDGET DONE BY LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE WAY THAT THE STATE DOES BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. AND THEN TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN MEET YOUR STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS. RIGHT. THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE ARE MOVING IT UP SO MUCH BECAUSE WE HAVE LONG BEEN OUT OF STEP WITH WHAT DISTRICTS ARE TOLD TO DO AS FAR AS THEIR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE
PUSH AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS SO EARLY AND THE STAFFING MODEL IS HOW WE START THAT BY LOOKING AT THE ENROLLMENT AND THIS DISTRICT DOES ACTUALLY IT'S REALLY INTERESTING WE DO A GREAT JOB ON ENROLLMENT DATA. KUDOS TO THE ENROLLMENT DEPARTMENT BUT FOR SOME REASON WE'VE NEVER STARTED THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT WHICH SHOULD BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS TOGETHER. I DON'T KNOW WHY I JUST I WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME BUT IT IS INTERESTING AN FSP DOES NOT ANTICIPATE A NEW REVENUES. AN FSP IS REFLECTIVE OF THE FIRST INTERIM MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION AND ANY NEW REVENUES ARE IN THE FIRST INTERIM WHICH WOULD THEN LESSEN THE AMOUNT OF NEED THAT THE FSP WOULD REPRESENT. I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU HAVE MORE REVENUES THAN YOU THEN THE POTENTIAL DELTA WORST CASE SCENARIO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO CUT IS SMALLER RIGHT? SO AND I ALSO HEARD A COUPLE OF FOLKS SAY WELL YOU'RE TRYING TO CUT $103 MILLION DEFICIT. PLEASE NOTE THE FSP DOESN'T
CALL FOR $103 MILLION OF CUTS. IT CALLS FOR LESS THAN 50. SO SO NO ONE'S EVER SAID THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE OR THAT WE SHOULD DO BOTH THE UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED. SO THE GOAL OF AN FSP IS VERY SPECIFICALLY THE UNRESTRICTED TYPE COMMISSIONER RIGHT. THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT TO DELIVER SORRY EXCUSE ME BELABOR THE POINT TOO MUCH BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE STILL HAVE THINGS TO DO AND FOLKS HAVE VERY WELL EXPRESSED I THINK CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HAD AS A BOARD. I JUST WANT TO STRONGLY, STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE INCORPORATION OF FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITIES IN A REAL WAY IN THE DEMONSTRABLE WAY AND TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT A COMMUNITY WANTS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THAT AND EXPLAIN WHY SOMETHING THAT WAS PARTICULARLY TELLING TO ME
IN THE VARIOUS TOWN HALLS THAT I ATTENDED LIKE ALL OF US AS JAMIE BUT AS COMMISSIONER HULING MENTIONED ATTENDED A NUMBER OF THESE AND ONE THING THAT CAME UP OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN WAS THE CONCERN THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THOSE MEETINGS HAD FOR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND YET YOU KNOW AND YET WE SEE THAT SOCIAL WORKERS WERE IDENTIFIED ESSENTIALLY FOR, YOU KNOW, AS A POTENTIAL THING FOR REDUCTION AND DONE SO IN A VERY, VERY BARE WAY WITH NO CONTEXT OR EXPLANATION WHATSOEVER. LIKE ON ITS FACE IT LOOKS LIKE WE DIDN'T IT LOOKS LIKE WE JUST FLATLY IGNORED THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THERE. SO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE SORT OF OWN GOALS FOR US THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY TO AVOID IN THE FUTURE AND THAT IF WE ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S CONTRARY TO OUR COMMUNITIES PRETTY CLEAR PREFERENCE THAT WE ARE EXPLAINING WHY WE CAN'T DO THAT . I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE TAKING THE STEPS AS I UNDERSTAND OF ACTUALLY CLEARLY IDENTIFYING OUR STRATEGIES
AND INITIATIVES AND COSTING THOSE OUT. THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE ACTUALLY ASKED ABOUT IN A FEW OF THE PAST MEETINGS. SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT BEFORE. I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT INFORMATION AND I JUST WANTED TO CONCUR WITH WHAT SOME FOLKS HAVE SAID LIKE IT DOESN'T ABSOLUTELY TOP PRIORITY FOR ME TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND FOR OUR DISTRICT TO BE SOLVENT FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH IS HAVING A STABLE FUNCTIONING SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WORKS FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR STAFF AND OUR BROADER COMMUNITIES. BUT IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO BE FACED WITH A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVEN'T HAD THE INFORMATION WE NEED AND THAT YOU KNOW WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN THE DARK IN MANY WAYS OR SURPRISED TO SEE THINGS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING OR WHAT YOU WERE
SAYING ABOUT MOVING TOWARDS MORE TRANSPARENCY AND EXPLANATION. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER DO YOU WANT ME COMING ME KNOW OKAY UM ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER OR VICE VERSA HEALING I JUST WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS FOR CLARITY FOR THE PUBLIC. ONE IS THAT THE APPROVAL OF THIS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN DOES NOT MEAN THAT THESE CUTS WILL BE ENACTED. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S IT'S TO MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND IF WE DON'T MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT, THE CONSEQUENCE IS THAT WE REMAIN IN NEGATIVE FISCAL CERTIFICATION AT THIS TIME. THAT'S THAT'S THE WORST POTENTIAL OUTCOME. RIGHT. THE OTHER OUTCOME IS THAT THEY'RE SILENT ON IT. HOWEVER, IN THE LETTERS FROM THE CDE THEY HAVE SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE BOARD THAT THEY EXPECT THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN
APPROVED AT EACH INTERIM PERIOD . THANKS. BUT TO CLARIFY THEY DIDN'T GIVE US A TIMELINE PER SE DID THEY? WITH EACH INTERIM REPORT? OKAY. WELL I'M GOING TO JUST CONTINUE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF COMMISSIONER GUPTA RETURNS SO QUICKLY ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW THAT MR. DESHON ELLIOTT, YOU ARE LISTENING AND IS THAT CORRECT? YES, I AM HERE. YEAH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT? WELL, I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT CDE WILL RESPOND TO IF YOU DON'T GIVE THEM A FISCAL STABILIZATION REPORT OR PLAN. THE RESPONSIVE WHOLE THING TO DO IS TO GIVE THEM A PLAN IF THERE'S PART OF THE PLAN THAT YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH AS A BOARD YOU CAN EITHER MODIFY IT OR MAKE A PROVISO IN YOUR MOTION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COMMIT IT AND SOME OTHER WAY THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE LANGUAGE IN THE LETTER THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM CDE SAID THAT THEY WILL REQUIRE YOU TO PRODUCE AN FSP. IT'S RIGHT ALONGSIDE OUR FSP.
IT'S RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE INTERIM REPORT. THEY SHOULD GO HAND IN HAND. THEY LOSE MEANING IF THEY'RE NOT PAIRED TOGETHER. I MEAN THE THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU WERE TO WANT TO NEGOTIATE SOME KIND OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THEM, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH THE PEOPLE THAT SIGN OFF ON THE INTERIM REPORT IN THE FSP. SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM PASS IT IN AT LEAST CONCEPT AND COMMIT TO MAKING THE CUTS AS NEEDED NOT NECESSARILY THE CUTS IN THERE YOU CAN REPLACE ONE CUT FOR ANOTHER. I MEAN IT'S IT REALLY HAS GOT TO BE AND WE'RE TALKING I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT MOST OF THE PLAN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IF NOT ALL OF IT IS IN YOUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. SO IT'S THOSE NINE POINTS IT'S WHAT'S FUNDED IN UNRESTRICTED AND THE THE MONEY YOU GET FROM THE STATE BASICALLY UNDER YOUR
LCF AND THAT'S IT. IT'S NOT YOUR IT'S NOT YOUR FEDERAL FUNDS IT'S NOT OTHER STATE GRANTS, IT'S NOT PIF IT'S NOT ALL THOSE OTHER MULTIPLE FUNDING AND YOU HAVE LOTS OF PLACES ULTIMATELY WHERE YOU COULD MOVE MONEY OUT OF THE UNRESTRICTED FUND. I KNOW THAT WAS PART OF THE INTENT HERE BUT YOU COULD STILL IN AND LIKE ANY BUDGET IT'S DYNAMIC. IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. YOU KNOW I THINK THIS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT BEFORE WHICH YOU PASSED IN JUNE CAN CHANGE IN JULY WHICH YOU PASSED IN JULY CAN CHANGE IN OCTOBER IN THE STATE COMES BACK YOU HAVE DIFFERENT INFORMATION AND YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MODIFY IT AS TIME GOES ON. IF ENROLLMENT COMES UP YOU GET MORE MONEY. IF IT GOES DOWN YOU TRIM YOUR VOTING NOT YOUR VOTING BUT THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS YOU HAVE THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU THANK YOU FOR THAT. ELLIOTT SUPERINTENDENTS DO IF IF WE WERE TO VOTE DOWN THE
FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN AND THE DISTRICT WERE TO BRING ON A REVISED FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN BACK AT THE SECOND INTERIM, CAN YOU TELL ME ANYTHING YOU'VE LEARNED ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND HOW IT MIGHT CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN? BOTH THE COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT AND THE ACTUAL SUBSTANTIVE PLAN IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? SURE. WELL FIRST BY JANUARY WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION FROM THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AS WELL AS BY THAT TIME WE WOULD HAVE SHARED OUR BUDGET ALLOCATION TO OUR WITH OUR SITE LEADERS. SO WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION WHICH WHICH THEN MEANS THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE ABSTRACT. SO I WOULD GO BACK TO AND START WITH TALKING TO OUR SITE LEADERS ENGAGING WITH OUR SCHOOLS SAY COUNCIL WE WILL HAVE A SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL SUMMIT IN JANUARY 10TH.
I'VE ALREADY SEEING A LOT OF INVITES IN MY BOX HERE FOR FOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS SO JUST CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES. I THINK COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER SUGGESTED TO TALK TO THE CURRENT PRINCIPALS ABOUT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR US TO CHANGE A YOU KNOW, A MASTER SCHEDULE IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND REALLY THINK ABOUT IMPACT. SO I WILL COMMIT TO HAVING MORE MEETINGS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. I WILL SAY THAT I'VE HAD MANY MEETINGS ALREADY. WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE MEETINGS. I THINK AGAIN THIS TIME AROUND I WILL HAVE MORE CLARITY AROUND WHERE THE BUDGET IS AND SO THEREFORE WE CAN BE MORE REFINED ABOUT THAT. I YOU KNOW SHORT OF SAYING THAT I WOULD GO BACK AND AND CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR WITH OUR FAMILIES THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WILL DO. I WILL ALSO GO BACK AND TALK TO OUR OUR TEAM HERE INCLUDING ALL OF OUR SITE LEADERS AND CENTRAL
OFFICE LEADERS AROUND HAVING SOME MORE BECAUSE PART OF THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN INCLUDES REDUCTION PROPOSED OPTIONS FOR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF AS WELL. SO THERE'S MULTIPLE FACTORS MOVING IN THIS IN THIS IN THIS PLAN. SO I WILL HAVE TO THEN GO BACK WITH OUR OWN CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO WITHIN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS WE WILL HAVE A LOT MORE CONVERSATIONS. YEAH. COMMISSIONER GUPTA THEN COMMISSIONER RAY GOING TO START WITH COMMISSIONER RAY. THANK YOU. I JUST LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON COMMISSIONER HEALINGS QUESTION. YOU REFERRED TO HAVING A CONTINUING TO HAVE MORE MEETINGS. I'M WONDERING IF THERE ARE OTHER FORMS OF ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER DOING THAT COULD REACH A LARGER NUMBER OF PEOPLE. IT'S IT IS DIFFICULT FOR MANY PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO THESE MEETINGS AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE
WE NECESSARILY GET A REPRESENTATIVE CROSS-SECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO ARE THERE OTHER WAYS THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER A WHETHER IT'S FOR EXAMPLE SURVEYS GOING TO OR HAVING FOLKS GO TO SCHOOL SITES TO ACTUALLY MEET WITH PEOPLE THAT THOSE DIFFERENT SITES SO THAT THERE CAN BE A MEETING THERE JUST OR OTHER THINGS SOME OTHER MEANS? YES AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS ALLUDING TO WHEN I WAS SAYING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ADVISORY BODIES, A LOT OF PARENT COUNCILS, THE D DELUXE, THE LACKS. I WILL DEFINITELY GO BACK AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AT THOSE COMMITTEE LEVEL AND OF COURSE OUR SCHOOLS COUNCILS I CAN YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE SUMMIT COMING UP IN JANUARY AND WE CAN WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DEPLOY OURSELVES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE FOCUS MAYBE A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT HOW A PLAN LIKE THIS COULD IMPACT THEM. WE CAN BE CREATIVE LIKE THAT. >> THE ONE CONCERN I HAVE
AROUND THAT IS THAT WE OFTEN HAVE SORT OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE MOST ENGAGED AND CAPABLE OF BEING ENGAGED IN THOSE SORTS OF FORA AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY REACH FOLKS, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE SORT OF MORE JUST KIND OF MORE ORDINARILY ATTENDING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND I JUST I WONDER IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW BEST WE COULD DO THAT. BUT WHETHER IT'S A SURVEY OR NOT BUT MAYBE IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY NOT NECESSARILY STAND UP BY EMAIL BUT STAND AROUND AT SOME SCHOOLS AND YOU KNOW, OFFER YOU KNOW, TO JUST SAY LIKE HERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN FILL OUT AND LET US KNOW JUST IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO REACH PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU. MAYBE WE SHOULD COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF YOUR IDEAS AND THEN SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE. I CAN SEE WHERE MAYBE COMMISSIONER RAY IS ASSIGNING ALL OF US JOBS. >> I HOPE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ARE TAKING THEM SO SO I ALSO
JUST WANT TO TOUCH UPON, YOU KNOW, THE SAME IDEA OF A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE I THINK AS VICE PRESIDENT HULING WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER, IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF MORE I DON'T KNOW IF MORE OF THE SAME KIND OF MEETINGS WE'VE BEEN HAVING WOULD GET US TO THE ANSWERS THAT WE NEED. AND SO YOU KNOW, I'M CURIOUS HOW DO WE COLLABORATE WITH I MEAN RIGHT NOW IT FEELS LIKE A LOT OF INFORM ON THAT SPECTRUM AS OPPOSED TO COLLABORATING IN POWER. SO HOW DO WE ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY COLLABORATES AND EMPOWERS OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR EDUCATORS, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT DOES REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT WAYS LIKE COMMISSIONER RAY IS SUGGESTING AND THEN ALSO I MEAN WHAT KIND OF DATA ARE WE PROVIDING? I MEAN WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND I THINK THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE DIFFICULT CHOICES.
AND SO WHAT INFORMATION WHAT DATA ARE WE PROVIDING? I MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE WE FINALLY HAVE GOOD DATA THAT WE CAN PROVIDE WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE TRADEOFFS AND ALLOW FOR OUR SITES, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES AND WE CAN TRUST THEM WITH BEING ABLE TO DO SO. I MEAN NO ONE'S GOING TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING BUT CERTAINLY IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO BETTER ENGAGE . YEAH, YEAH. YES. AND AGAIN I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO COMMISSIONERS ABOUT SOME OF YOUR OWN IDEAS ABOUT HOW YOU ARE ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES. AGAIN, OUR INITIAL THINKING WAS TO TO REALLY START WITH TALKING TO OUR SITE LEADERS THAT ADMINISTRATOR TOURS AND AND HAVE AND LEAN INTO THEIR EXPERTISE AROUND THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE SEC IS ABOUT. THE SEC IS REALLY ABOUT BRINGING TOGETHER THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND HAVING
THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED AND SO I AGAIN WE CAN BRING OUR OUR OUR ADMINISTRATORS TOGETHER OR SITE LEADERS TOGETHER TO TO TO SHARE WITH THEM THE PROPOSALS AND THEN GATHER THEIR FEEDBACK AND THEN SUPPORT THEM AND THEN AND IN ENGAGING THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AROUND HOW WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE LIKE WHAT ARE THEIR WHAT ARE PARENTS AND FAMILY'S FEARS OR WHAT THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO GATHER THAT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT CHRIS WANTS TO FINISH THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT WITHIN WITHIN JANUARY BUT MAYBE WHAT WE COULD DO IS EXTEND THAT PROCESS FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER SO THAT WE COULD HAVE DEEPER ENGAGEMENT, ALLOW FAMILIES A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME A WEEK OR TWO, A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT DEEP ENGAGEMENT SO THAT FAMILIES ARE NOT FEELING RUSHED SO THAT OUR SITE LEADERS ARE NOT FEELING RUSHED.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO HONOR THE THE FACT THAT OUR SITE LEADERS ARE TRULY THE LEADERS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS AND AND REALLY LEAN INTO THE EXPERTISE AND QUITE FRANKLY THE ROLE OF THE SEC. AND JUST AS A FOLLOW UP, I'M CURIOUS WHAT HAS STOPPED WHAT STOP THE TEAM FROM DOING THAT ALREADY BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN HONESTLY WHEN WE TALKED THIS SUMMER ABOUT START IT WAS I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN WE WERE LIKE OH WE'RE GOING TO DO OUTREACH SUPER EARLY LIKE WE HAD A PLAN AROUND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND SO I THOUGHT THAT THIS PLAN WAS GOING TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF INPUT AND THAT'S WHY I WAS HONESTLY SURPRISED TO GET THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN FROM PRINCIPALS THAT WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW WE HAD ONE MEETING AND THEY JUST TOLD US AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT WAS A DONE DEAL AND SO WHAT DO YOU THINK STOPPED THAT THAT AND AGAIN I'M NOT NECESSARILY EVEN US SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE IT'S THIS IS DONE BY FOLKS AT LEVELS BELOW YOU LIKE WHAT WHAT STOPPED THE TEAM FROM BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE WITH PRINCIPALS AND SAY COUNCILS UP
TO NOW DO YOU THINK YEAH THAT'S I MEAN THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME DEBRIEFING WITH OUR TEAM. I DO KNOW THAT WHEN WE STARTED THE ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY IN OCTOBER WE WE HAD WHEN WE STARTED WITH A VISION OF LIKE WE WANTED EVERYONE TO HAVE LEVEL SETTING FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF BUDGETING AND IN THAT FIRST TOWN HALL MEETING THE FEEDBACK IMMEDIATELY WAS NO WE DON'T WE DON'T WANT TO ENGAGE IN THAT WAY. WE WANT TO ENGAGE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND SO THEN IN OUR SECOND TOWN HALL MEETING WE PIVOTED AGAIN AND CHANGED THE WAY WE ENGAGED AND TALKED TO FAMILIES AND THEN IN OUR THIRD MEETING BECAUSE THEN THEN THEY WERE LIKE NO, NO, NO YOU CAN'T TALK TO US AND THEN WE I THINK BY THE TIME WE HAD OUR FOURTH OR FOURTH MEETING OR EVEN OUR FIFTH MEETING WE WE CONTINUED TO ITERATE AND AND WENT DEEPER AND DEEPER IN THE WAY WE WERE ENGAGING AND SO I REALLY DO BELIEVE IF WE CONTINUE TO
ENGAGE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS I THINK WE WILL GET TO A PLACE WHERE THERE IS THERE WOULD BE MORE CLARITY . I WILL SAY IN ALL OF OUR ENGAGEMENTS THAT THERE WERE CONSISTENT CONSISTENT THEMES OF YOU NEED TO PRIORITIZE TEACHING AND LEARNING. THAT IS WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT TO SEE YOU DO THAT. WE WANT TO SEE YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ALLOCATING RESOURCES THROUGH THE LENS OF EQUITY AND AND THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S YOU KNOW SCHOOLS HAD FLEXIBILITY. SO SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT BUBBLED UP THROUGH THOSE ENGAGEMENT AND AND AGAIN I, I FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHEN WE POSTED THESE TWO SPREADSHEETS THERE WERE NO EXPLANATION BEHIND IT. AND AND SO ALL OF THAT ENGAGEMENT AND WE JUST DIDN'T CONTINUE THE LOOP AND AND DIDN'T GO DEEPER. SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS CONTINUE PICK UP THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND GO DEEPER AND CONTINUE TO HAVE NOW THE IMPACT CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE WILL PRETTY SOON HAVE CLEARER PICTURE AND UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT THE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE AND AS WE'RE NOW SAYING OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW AND NOW WE'RE YOU KNOW, PROPOSING SOME OF THESE CUTS, LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. I'M GOING TO BRING US TO A ROLL CALL VOTE. BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS A COMMISSIONER I FEEL LIKE WE'RE KIND OF STUCK WITH A STATUTORY LEGAL REQUIREMENT DOCUMENT THAT WE ARE NEEDING TO FACE BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN A AND A DOCUMENT THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE NECESSARY ENGAGEMENT LEADING UP TO IT TO ACTUALLY INFORM US AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH A WITH A I THINK A LOUD DESIRE FOR THERE TO BE IMPROVED ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE BOARD AND AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TENSION AND THAT FRUSTRATION AND AND SO HERE'S WHAT I WOULD SAY.
I WOULD SAY REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS OR WITH THIS CONTRACT WITH THIS FSP, I THINK IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS BOARD HAS AN AND AN EXPECTATION THAT LET ME JUST SAY IT THAT WAY THAT WE SEE A STABILIZATION PLAN COME FORWARD FROM STAFF THAT INCORPORATE AND KIND OF JUST EXPLICITLY CALLS OUT AREAS IN WHICH YOU SUPERINTENDENT HAVE HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON ON WHAT THEY VALUE. I MEAN ULTIMATELY OUR JOB HERE IS TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THE PUSHBACK THAT YOU ARE HEARING FROM US IS BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE STATED AND REMINDED US FRANKLY OF THE VALUES THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY AND NOT TO SUGGEST THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE EITHER, BUT WE'RE ALL KIND OF IN A TOUGH PLACE RIGHT NOW AND AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO NAME YOU KNOW, AS THE ELIOT AND TIM ARE LISTENING, WE ARE INCREDIBLY COMMITTED TO BUILDING A SOLVENT DISTRICT
AND WE HAVE TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS WE ENTER INTO THIS VOTE HERE ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE LET OFF COMMISSIONER RAY NO COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER NO COMMISSIONER OR VICE PRESIDENT OF HEALING SORRY NO PRESIDENT KIM NO. UH COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORD UM OR COMMISSIONER GUPTA NO. AND COMMISSIONER FISHER NO 66 NAYS. THANK YOU. THAT IF I MAY JUST BEFORE I MOVE ON I WANT TO JUST REMIND STUFF THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY YOUR REFLECTION OF THE WORK I KNOW THAT OUR DISTRICT IS PUTTING FORWARD TO GET CLEANER BETTER OUTLOOKS FOR OUR OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION. I THINK WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IS A DEEP CALL FROM COMMUNITY AROUND UNDERSTANDING WHAT EXACTLY THIS IS AND HOW THIS PLAYS OUT FOR OUR DISTRICT AND FOR OUR STUDENTS AND SO I JUST I WANT TO RE COMMIT TO WANTING TO ENSURE THAT THIS BOARD PARTNERS WITH YOU
SUPERINTENDENT ON BRINGING FORWARD A PLAN THAT WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND AND AND AGAIN JUST AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO WANTING TO BUILD A SOLVENT DISTRICT TOGETHER SO THANK YOU . >> MOVING TO ITEM TWO PRESIDENT KIM FIRST, MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND OUR MEETING PAST 10 P.M. SINCE IT'S 1035 WHY DO WE HAVE THIS SECOND? WE HAVE IT FOR GOOD REASON. ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. GOT IT. AND I'M GOING BACK TO THE GREGG TO GO BACK TO THE REGULAR ORDER. YES. JUST WE'RE GOING TO DO THE RULE. >> YEAH. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. SORRY TO EXTEND THE MEETING. YES, IT COULD BE COMMISSIONER FISHER. YES, COMMISSIONER GUPTA? YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALEY. YES. COMMISSIONER RAY. YES. AND PRESIDENT KIM? YES. SORRY. SIX EYES. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 2512-16 AS TO UPDATE ON PROGRESS OF SUPERINTENDENT
SHORT TERM METRICS CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE MOTION TO 512-6 ESP TWO SECOND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THE ITEM THAT THE BOARD APPROVE ITEM 251216 ESP TO UPDATE ON PROGRESS OF SUPERINTENDENT SHORT TERM METRICS I CONDUCTOR TO WELL LET ME SORRY IF WE CAN WITHDRAW THAT MOTION AND ADD A CORRECTION TO THIS ITEM. THIS IS ACTUALLY MORE A OF A DISCUSSION UPDATE ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROGRESS MONITORING AND SO THAT THAT JUST WAS AGENDA JUST IN ACCURATELY APOLOGIES. NO NO NO NO SO SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE TWO MOTIONS. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM SO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY MOVE THIS UNTIL AFTER THE APPROVAL OF HIPS AND WAIVERS AND THEN WE'LL JUST RESUME A DISCUSSION AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE OUT FOR THAT. BUT DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE A MOTION TO JUST POSTPONE IT OR DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION TODAY? I MEAN ACTUALLY WHILE THE ITEM IS OUT THERE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION TODAY. >> WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION
IN JANUARY UNLESS SUPERINTENDENT SO YOU NEEDED SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY FROM THE POINT NO WE CAN POSTPONE OKAY THEN I MOVE TO POSTPONE TO A FUTURE MEETING. WELL I CAN JUST PULL THE ITEM FROM THE AGENDA. OKAY. THE NEVER MIND. OKAY SO WE'LL PULL IT. YEAH. THERE WE GO. >> OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 2512163 APPROVAL OF 15 WAIVERS . CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THAT PLEASE? SO MOVED SECOND IT'S BEEN PROBABLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT BOARD APPROVE ITEM 251216 ESP THREE APPROVAL OF PAPERS AND WAIVERS I CALL ON DR. SUE TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. GREAT. THANK YOU AND I'M JUST GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF H.R. AMY. GOOD EVENING. I'M SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE BOARD TO OFFER FIVE PROVISIONAL INTERNSHIP PERMIT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE WORKING ON THEIR CREDENTIAL IN THE CLASSROOM FOR MULTIPLE SUBJECT AND ONE MILD MODERATE CREDENTIALS. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE BOARD? THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUOUS RECRUITMENT AND FOR WE
APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO'S COMING IN TO WORK IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 25 1216 AS P THREE APPROVAL OF PITS AND WAIVERS ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES, COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALEY YES. RIGHT. YES. UM AND PRESIDENT KIM YES. SIX EYES. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT KIM HAS A STANDING RECUSAL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR DUE TO HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO WHICH IS A FREQUENT CONTRACTOR WITH S.F. USD TO AVOID ANY APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY. >> SUPERINTENDENT, DO YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR? I DO NOT. BUT I BELIEVE YOU MAY HAVE IN IN THAT EVENT I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SEVER ITEM H 26 WHICH IS AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A MASTER CONTRACT WITH ALPINE
ACADEMY IN S.F. USD FOR PROVISION OF INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES SO IT CAN BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY. SECOND WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. POINT OF INFORMATION. ISN'T THAT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN? ACCORDING TO OUR RULES BEFORE THE AGENDA IS POSTED I THOUGHT IT WASN'T ALLOWED TO PULL THINGS DURING THE MEETING. I CHECKED EARLIER TODAY IT WAS TOLD I COULD SUFFER FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST I WASN'T ALLOWED TO SEVER DAY OF OR EVEN IT HAD TO THE PROCESS WE'VE USED IN THE PAST HAS BEEN ONCE WE GET THE Q&A YOU KNOW WE HAVE UNTIL LIKE THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO SEVER OR FRIDAY AND SO FRIDAY MORNING SO FOR CLARITY I'M NOT ASKING TO MAKE THIS A DISCUSSION ITEM. I'M JUST ASKING TO MAKE IT A SEPARATE VOTE SO I'M NOT ASKING TO OPEN A PROCESS. >> I DON'T KNOW EVERYONE WITH IT. I WAS SORRY. MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE OBJECTED. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE RULE. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT BUT I JUST IT WOULD BE GOOD TO
KNOW WHAT THE WHETHER WE'RE STILL ADHERING TO THAT PROCESS OR NOT. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONTINUED IN TERMS OF CUSTOM. BUT THERE'S NOTHING FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PRECLUDES SOMEBODY FROM MAKING A MOTION TODAY TO SEVER SOMETHING. BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT IN THE FUTURE. THERE'S NO OBJECTION TO VICE PRESIDENT HULING REQUEST TO SIMPLY HAVE THIS ITEM NUMBER 26 SEPARATELY VOTED UPON. YES, SORRY. YEAH, I'M NOT OBJECTING BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LET'S LOOK UP IF WE COULD JUST MAKE A NOTE TO LOOK UP THE WORD POLICY AND I'M ACTUALLY FINE WITH CHANGING THE POLICY IF IT'S NOT CONSISTENT I JUST THINK IT MIGHT BE A VIOLATION OF BOARD POLICY AND SO I DIDN'T WANT TO LIKE DO IT AND THEN HAVE IT COME UP LATER I GUESS. BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY SUBSTANTIVE OBJECTION BECAUSE I
CAN WE MOVE TO A ROLL CALL VOTE AND FOLKS CAN VOTE HOW THEY WANT OH THERE IS SECOND ROW BUT BUT WE THIS IS TWO VOTES, CORRECT? YEAH. IT'S JUST A MOTION TO SEVER. OKAY, COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER ALL RIGHT. YEAH. YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER WELL OKAY, POINT OF CLARIFICATION ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO DISCUSS THE CONTRACT OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN VOTE JUST A STRAIGHT UP A NO VOTE THE NO BECAUSE YOU'RE. GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. UM OKAY. THAT'S IT THAT'S FOR US TO SEPARATE THE VOTE. THANK YOU. I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM H 26 AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A MASTER CONTRACT WITH ALPINE ACADEMY AN SFI USED FOR PROVISION OF INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES. IT'S EACH 26 26 OH, YEAH, WE DID JUST JUST IF I WE DID JUST VIOLATE OUR WORD RULES. OKAY SO I'M I'M MOVING TO JUST VOTE ON H 26 FIRST POLICY 9322 THAT VOTE THAT I JUST TOOK THAT WAS TO SUFFER AND AND THEN THIS
IS A MOTION TO JUST VOTE UP AND DOWN ON THAT ITEM OKAY IS THERE A SECOND VIOLATED OUR RULES I'M SECOND 26 YES COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA NOW COMMISSION VICE PRESIDENT HALEY NO. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. UH, IT FAILS. IT'S ONLY THREE EYES. >> THANK YOU. AND I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IT'S OUR SECOND SECOND MR. ALEXANDER? YES, COMMISSIONER FISHER. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA? YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALEY. YES, COMMISSIONER RAY SORRY. >> JUST TO CLARIFY THIS IS ON THE REST THE CALENDAR. YES AND THAT'S FIVE I THANK YOU. >> SO JUST A FOLLOW UP. SO JUST SO BECAUSE I THINK THERE MIGHT BE CONFUSION ABOUT THIS LATER. WE DID JUST TECHNICALLY VIOLATE OUR RULES THAT WHICH SAY ANY MOTIONS DURING THE BOARD
MEETING TO ADD REMOVE OR MODIFY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT COUNT CALENDAR OTHER THAN A MOTION TO TABLE AN ITEM TO A FUTURE MEETING ARE OUT OF ORDER. SO LIKE I SAID I DON'T HAVE A THAT'S UNDER BOARD POLICY 9322I DON'T OBJECT TO THE CONTENT OF THIS AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S LEGALLY A PROBLEM BUT I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE IF THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT LET'S JUST CLARIFY THE POLICY AND I WOULD SUPPORT CHANGING IT IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT JUST SO THAT WE'RE CLEAR AND THAT THE BOARD POLICY IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE WHAT OUR PRACTICES ARE. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY. I DID CONTACT DISTRICT TODAY TO SEE IF IT WAS IN ORDER AND THIS IS THE COUNCIL THAT I GOT SO I APPRECIATE YOU FOLLOWING UP WITH THE DETAILS AND PULL THE FORWARD ACCORDINGLY IN THE FUTURE. MOVING TO ITEM I HAVE A REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONERS TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING THREE ITEMS. UH FOR DELEGATES TO MOVE ORGANIZATIONS REPORTS BY BOARD
MEMBERS FOR DISCUSSION AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS ANYONE. COMMISSIONER FISHER RIGHT. I MEAN TOTAL PICK ME ENERGY RIGHT NOW WE HAD A LOVELY CISPA CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION MEETING IN THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER I WAS HONORED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND IS ONE OF OUR DELEGATES ALONG WITH VICE PRESIDENT HULING AND COMMISSIONER GUPTA WHO ARE ALSO OUR DELEGATES. WE GOT A LOT OF KUDOS WITHIN REGION FIVE FOR HAVING FINALLY A FULL DELEGATION AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR REAPPOINTING ME WITH CONSENT ITEM NUMBER 39. APPRECIATE THAT. SO WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT UPDATES IN THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES IN THE LEGAL UPDATES WE GOT A GREAT UPDATE ON THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AND THERE WERE A BUNCH OF GREAT SESSIONS AT THE EDUCATION CONFERENCE AS WELL. SO THERE WERE SOME REALLY
INFORMATIVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND BRAIDING FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH STAFF. WE MADE A LOT OF GREAT CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO BENCHMARK AND SHARE BEST PRACTICES ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING AND IT WAS I THINK VERY PRODUCTIVE FOR ALL OF US. SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR ATTENDING WITH US IN SACRAMENTO AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FISHER COMMISSIONER RAY THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY SHARE THAT I PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR IN THE STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE COHORT TRAINING FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT'S PARTICIPATION IN THIS AND FOR SENDING YOU KNOW, SENDING ONE OF US IN IN ORDER TO GO THROUGH THAT TRAINING AND BE ABLE TO MEET OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND NOT JUST BOARD MEMBERS BUT ALSO YOU KNOW, STAFF AND PEOPLE WHO ARE
TRAINING TO BE COACHES SO WE CAN GET A VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED MODEL IS ALL ABOUT AND HOW TO TACKLE THE SORT OF EVERYDAY MATTERS THAT WE ENCOUNTER. SO I FOUND IT EXTREMELY HELPFUL. I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATED BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH BOARD MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HEAR ABOUT WHAT CHALLENGES THEY WERE FACING AND HOW THEY WERE ADDRESSING THOSE CHALLENGES AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A DELEGATE AND THEY ARE AS I UNDERSTAND OFFICIALLY CONSIDERING ME THE DELEGATE BECAUSE I WAS IN THE PROGRAM. BUT IF WE WANT TO SPECIFICALLY NAME SOMEBODY ELSE I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD SO THAT THEY CONSIDER ME TO BE OUR DISTRICT NOMINEE COMMISSIONER RAY AS THE DELEGATE TO COUNCIL GREAT CITY SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION. >> MY PEOPLE WILL SPEAK WITH YOUR PEOPLE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, UPDATES? >> YES.
YEAH. JUST A FOLLOW UP ON OUR REQUEST TO RECEIVE A LIST OF OF APPOINTEES OR APPOINTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE. I ATTENDED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GROUPS AND THE NUMBER ONE FEEDBACK I RECEIVED WAS WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO APPOINT PEOPLE? AND SO HAVING THAT LIST TO BE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE AS BOARD MEMBERS ARE DOING OUR DUTY. >> YEAH I KNOW THAT BOARD OFFICE STAFF ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HONGWEI AND HER TEAM AND CHRIS TO FINALIZE THAT LIST. I THINK THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF LISTS TO RECONCILE. SO LIKE YOU EVEN ON THE WEBSITE LIKE THE CAP LIST IS NOT UPDATED AND THERE'S A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE AND WHEN YOU CLICK THROUGH THE ROSTERS IS OLD. YES OH GO FOR IT. I HAVE A LIST THAT HAS ALL THAT WE DO THAT I SHARE WITH YOU THAT I DO SHARE IT AGAIN BUT I THINK CHRIS IS DOING SOMETHING MORE. YES. SO WHAT LIKE EVERYTHING?
YEAH WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS IDENTIFYING QUITE A LOT ABOUT EACH OF THE ADVISORY BODIES AND APPOINTMENTS. SO YES, THAT'S COMING. THANK YOU. OKAY WITH THAT ITEM GERMINATE DURING TODAY'S MEETING AT 10:51 P.M.