MONITORING BOARD MEETINGS. SPACE IS LIMITED AND WILL BE PROVIDED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS FOR CHILDREN AGES 4 TO 10. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OFFICE AT FOUR AND 52416427. OR BOARD OFFICE AT AS OPPOSED TO YOU AT THIS TIME BEFORE THE BOARD GOES INTO CLOSED SESSION I CALL FOR ANY SPEAKERS TO CLOSE SESSION ITEMS LISTED IN THE AGENDA THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR SPEAKERS. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO I KNOW RESOURCES MEETING AT 4 OR 5 P.M.. SORRY NO KNOW JUST LET ME SEE IF DEBORAH'S BACK HERE AND NO TIME S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION OH NO, NO S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION
AND S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION GROUP S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION AND S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION GROUP S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION SYSTEM DISTRICT OUR PUBLIC WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM C PUBLIC COMMENT OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD LASTS FOR ONE HOUR LET'S
SAY TODAY UNTIL 7:45 P.M. BEFORE I RECITE MY STANDARD LANGUAGE BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE DISRUPTION WE EXPERIENCED AT THE END OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT TIME AT THE LAST MEETING ON APRIL 28TH, 2026. FIRST AND FOREMOST I WANT TO APPRECIATE THOSE WHO JOINED US AND HELPED TO DE-ESCALATE AND SUPPORT IN THE MOMENT. I ALSO WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE FRUSTRATED FROM THAT EXPERIENCE. OUR GOAL DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TIME IS TO ALLOW FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND FOR ALL TO HEAR THE PERSPECTIVES OF OTHERS. DISAGREEMENT IS INEVITABLE BUT WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT WE ALLOW FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK IN THE ALLOTTED TIME DURING THE SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WHEN A DISRUPTION OCCURS I AM REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TWO VERBAL WARNINGS BEFORE AN INDIVIDUAL CAN BE ESCORTED FROM THE ROOM. THE BOARD ALSO HAS THE RIGHT IN THE CASE OF EXTREME DISRUPTION TO CLEAR THE ROOM OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
IN THE EVENT OF A DISRUPTION. WE ASK THAT YOU CALL THE ATTENTION OF A MEMBER OF US IF YOU SEE STAFF OR SECURITY WHO CAN SUPPORT. UNFORTUNATELY GIVEN THE SET UP OF THE ROOM THE BOARD CANNOT HEAR MUCH OF WHAT IS BEING SAID ON THE FLOOR. SO WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CALL THE ATTENTION OF A MEMBER OF SECURITY STAFF WHO CAN BEST SUPPORT YOU. OUR BOARD IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME AND ENSURE EVERYONE CAN BE ACTIVE LISTENERS DURING THAT MEETING. DURING THIS MEETING THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN ENSURING WE BUILD A SPACE THAT IS SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU BEFORE WE CONDUCT BOARD BUSINESS. OUR GOAL IS TO CONDUCT OUR WORK IN AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE MANNER DURING REASONABLE HOURS. WE AIM TO RESPECT STAFF, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TIME BY ENSURING THEY MOVE TO BOARD BUSINESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. EACH PARTICIPANT MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE. STAFF WILL THANK THE
PARTICIPANT AT THE ONE MINUTE MARK AT ONE MINUTE AND FIVE SECONDS. I ASKED CHRIS WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? ARMSTRONG. MR. ARMSTRONG. PLEASE TURN OFF THE MIC AND TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. I ASK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE RESPECT THAT ONE MINUTE LIMIT SO THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM AS MANY SPEAKERS AS POSSIBLE. I ENCOURAGE SPEAKERS WHO ARE SPEAKING ON THE SAME TOPIC TO COLLABORATE AND COMBINE THEIR COMMENTS SO THAT THE BOARD CAN HEAR ALL VIEWPOINTS DURING OUR LIMITED TIME. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPTS WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA EMAIL TO BOARD OFFICER AS OPPOSED TO YOU. WE WILL HEAR FIRST FROM STUDENTS IN PERSON. THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PERSON BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEMS THEN MOVING TO NON AGENDA ITEMS. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT IS COMPLETE WE WILL SAVE 15 MINUTES FOR REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT OR AT 6:30 P.M. OR SORRY 7:30 P.M.. TAKING COMMENTERS IN THE SAME ORDER AS IN PERSON TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. EXCUSE ME. ON THE 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 THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME. IF APPROPRIATE, THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL ASK THAT STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH SPEAKERS. MR. TRUMP. THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM. I WOULD ASK FOR IF THERE'S ANY OUTSTANDING CARDS TO PLEASE BRING THEM UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE YOU IN TONIGHT'S PUBLIC COMMENT . >> I SAW A CARD OUT THERE IF YOU COULD BRING IT UP NOW PLEASE. THANK YOU. WE BEGIN WITH AS PRESIDENT KIM MENTIONED, WE WILL BEGIN WITH STUDENTS. WE HAVE ONE CARD FROM STUDENTS AND I APOLOGIZE TO ANYONE WHOSE NAME I'VE MISPRONOUNCED HERE TONIGHT. COULD WE PLEASE HAVE TOTO HANNAH HANNIBAL'S PLEASE COME AND PRESENT. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. MY NAME IS TOTO HANNIBAL. I HAVE SPOKEN NUMEROUS TIMES THIS YEAR ABOUT ACADEMY'S DEVASTATING CLOSURE AS THE YEAR
COMES TO AN END AND OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FIND OUT THEIR PLACEMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR. THE DISTRICT MOVES ON TO PLANS THAT CONTINUE TO SCREW OVER UNDERPAID UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS IN LIEU OF THESE PLANS. I'D LIKE TO LIKE THE MOVE TOWARDS A CHANGE IN THE ENROLLMENT SYSTEM I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE BUS FOR. CAN YOU PLEASE FOR ONE SECOND? MR. RAHMAN? I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU ABOUT THE TIMER. OKAY. SORRY. YOU CAN GO AHEAD, SIR. PICK UP WHERE YOU ARE. I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE BOARD A FIRM REMINDER OF THEIR INCORRIGIBLE FAILURE THIS YEAR. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FAILED EACH AND EVERY STUDENT AT ACADEMY. >> ALTHOUGH WE HAD VERY FEW STUDENTS THIS YEAR THAT IS STILL NEARLY 100 CHILDREN WHOSE LIVES AND FUTURES YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR UPENDING. GROUPS OF CLOSE FRIENDS HAVE HAD TO SPLIT UP AS THEY ENROLL AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. SEVERAL OF OUR STAFF STILL DON'T HAVE JOBS FOR NEXT YEAR AND EACH DAY THAT PASSES UNTIL SUMMER BREAK IS NOT A HAPPY COUNTDOWN FOR WARM WEATHER, BEACH DAYS AND VACATIONS BUT A BITTER AND IMPENDING TICKING TIME BOMB UNTIL OUR COMMUNITY CEASES TO HAVE A PLACE TO EXIST. WHEN YOU BEGAN TO DECREASE OUR ENROLLMENT AND CUT DOWN ON OUR STAFF, THAT GRADUAL DESOLATION
WAS WHAT YOU WERE PUTTING INTO PLACE. SCHOOLS AREN'T AS SIMPLE AS STATISTICS ON A SPREADSHEET OR A MEASURE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND. THEY ARE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING THE LIVELIHOODS OF MULTITUDES OF STUDENTS, STAFF AND TEACHERS THAT RELY ON EACH OTHER EVERY SINGLE DAY. I URGE YOU TO ACT IN THE INTEREST OF THESE COMMUNITIES AND THE INDIVIDUAL AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THEM RATHER THAN PRIORITIZING MONEY AND CAPITAL. STOP THESE BUDGET CUTS AND ENROLLMENT CHANGES. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE NOT THE WAY. THEY ARE SHAMEFUL AND ONLY BRING HARM TO THOSE WHO YOUR JOB IS TO SERVE. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS FINNEGAN. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT ACADEMY. I'M HERE TODAY WITH MY FRIEND TOTO TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. I WANT TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING AND APPRECIATING ALL THE STUDENTS AND ADULTS WHO HAVE COME TO THESE BOARD MEETINGS TAKING TIME OUT OF THEIR BUSY DAYS TO REPRESENT ACADEMY AND ALL OF US STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THESE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE FOR ACADEMY STUDENTS. THE AVERAGE SUPPOSED STUDENT RIGHT NOW IS TAKING AP EXAMS, FITTING FINISHING UP LATE WORK AND FINAL PROJECTS, MAKING PLANS FOR THE SUMMER AND MAYBE APPLYING FOR JOBS, INTERNSHIPS
AND CCF CLASSES. THE AVERAGE STUDENT ACADEMY ON TOP OF ALL THESE THINGS IS WORRYING ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEW SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE LIKE. MANY OF THEM NEVER HAVE. HAVING EVEN TOURED THEM, THEY'RE WONDERING IF THEY WILL GET THE SAME ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THAT THEY GET AT ACADEMY. THEY'RE WONDERING WHERE THEIR FAVORITE TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE GOING TO END UP BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVEN'T BEEN MAKING IT EASY FOR THEM EITHER AND HAVE EVEN AND SOME ARE EVEN CONSIDERING LEAVING THE DISTRICT. >> ALL OF THESE ALL OF THIS IS EXTREMELY STRESSFUL AND OVERWHELMING ESPECIALLY FOR TEENAGERS AND KIDS LIKE ME WITH ANXIETY ESPECIALLY SURROUNDING WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD. WE SHOULD BE OUT PARTYING, GOING ON PICNICS, PICKING OUT CUTE CLOTHES FOR THE SUMMER INSTEAD WE'RE WORRYING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY YOUR TIME IS UP. THAT WAS A MINUTE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WELL, WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH AGENDA ITEMS. COULD THE FIRST FIVE PLEASE COME UP?
BERNIE BERNICE CASEY. >> KURT BELLAIRS EXCUSE ME. MEGAN WALKS. LAURA KENNEDY. JENNIFER FINLEY. PLEASE BEGIN. HELLO. >> MY NAME'S BERNICE CASEY. I'M A PARENT OF TWO. I HAVE JUST CHILDREN AND I AM HERE TO URGE YOU TO STOP CUTS AT MISSION HIGH AND TO MAKE SURE THAT MY EXTRA SORROW STAYS WITH THAT COMMUNITY. YOU TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ATTENDANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU NEED TEACHERS THAT ARE TIED TO THE COMMUNITY SO STUDENTS WILL SHOW UP. MY SISTER HAS BEEN IN THE MISSION COMMUNITY FOR ALMOST A DECADE AND TO GET RID OF HER IS GOING TO HARM MISSION HIGH AND HARM AS A FIRST AND HARM THE COMMUNITY. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID TO ACADEMY AND THAT I FEEL YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TWO SCHOOLS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE THAT HAVE SPANISH IMMERSION. YOU ARE TRYING TO SILENCE COMMUNITIES.
YOU ARE NOT LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE WHO COME HERE AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR FACES EXCEPT THESE TWO PEOPLE IN THE END AND THE TWO STUDENTS ARE ON A COMMERCIAL FOR THE FRIENDS OF MANDARIN SCHOOL. SO YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE SOME COMMUNITIES TO HAVE A VOICE BUT YOU'RE SILENCING OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> HI, MY NAME IS KURT COLORS. I AM AN S.F. PARENT AND AN IMMIGRANT. I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE TEACHERS THAT CAN CONNECT WITH STUDENTS. MY SISTER AT MISSION HIGH NEEDS TO STAY AT THE SCHOOL. SHE HAS ALL ALMOST A DECADE OF COMMUNITY CONNECTION IN THE MISSION. THE THE KIND OF CONNECTION KEEPS KIDS LIKE MINE IN SCHOOL. I'M ALSO HERE TO URGE TO MAINTAIN THE NEWCOMER PROGRAM IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY. THANK YOU. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS MEGAN WALKS. I'M A PARENT OF A SECOND GRADE STUDENT AT JACQUOT ELEMENTARY. WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO HELP
WITH TRANSPARENCY AND CONSISTENCY IN CLASS COMBO DECISIONS. WE KNOW THAT SFR U.S. CREATES COMBO CLASSES. WE'VE HAD 4 OR 5 COMBO CLASSES FOR YEARS WITH MUCH SUCCESS IN A BOARD Q&A. FROM JANUARY 2025. FS USD MADE IT CLEAR THAT FOR YOUNGER GRADES CAN GO THROUGH THIRD WHICH HAVE 22 STUDENT CLASS CAPS. THE COMBO CLASS HAPPENS IF A IF IT FALLS BELOW 14 STUDENTS. WE APPRECIATE THAT CLEAR STANDARD AND WE'RE ASKING THAT IT BE APPLIED CONSISTENTLY ACROSS EVERY SCHOOL SITE INCLUDING OURS. YOU WILL HAVE 37 STUDENTS IN EACH OF OUR SECOND AND THIRD GRADE CLASSES NEXT YEAR WHILE ABOVE THAT THRESHOLD YET WE'RE BEING ASKED TO COMBINE 74 STUDENTS ACROSS THREE CLASSROOMS NEXT YEAR. UNDER THE BOARD'S OWN CLASS SIZE CAPS AND U. S F CONTRACTS, THREE CLASSROOMS CAN SEAT NO MORE THAN 66 STUDENTS. WE EXCEED THE CAP BY EIGHT STUDENTS AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW NEXT YEAR'S SECOND AND THIRD GRADE CLASSES BY AT LEAST TWO MORE STUDENTS WHO ARE STILL ON THE WAITLIST.
IF NOT FOR UC BLOCKING THEIR ADMISSION. THE SOLUTION IS STRAIGHTFORWARD FOR CLASSROOMS BY APPLYING THE SAME FORMULA CLASS COMBO THRESHOLD IN CLASS. THANK YOU. EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT. HELLO MY NAME IS LAURA KENNEDY AND I'M A PARENT WHO FIRST GRADE STUDENT AT JACQUOT ELEMENTARY. YESTERDAY WE CELEBRATED THE LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE JACQUOT VERSUS HOPKINS WHERE 160 YEARS AGO THE COURT RULED THAT LAWS APPLIED UNEQUALLY ARE UNJUST REGARDLESS OF HOW NEUTRAL THEY APPEAR ON PAPER. WE BELIEVE THE BOARD SHARES THIS VALUE. WE'RE SEEING INCONSISTENCIES AT OUR SCHOOL ACROSS THREE AREAS THE CLASS CAPS COMBO CLASS THRESHOLDS AND ENROLLMENT DECISIONS FOR WAITLISTED FAMILIES. WITH FOUR CLASSROOMS NEXT YEAR FOR OUR SECOND AND THIRD GRADE STUDENTS WE COULD ADMIT WAITLISTED STUDENTS AND BE AT 76 STUDENTS AT LEAST. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL PROPOSAL HAS A SHRINKING TO 66. WE THINK IT'S A MISTAKE AND NOT AN INTENTION AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO CORRECT IT. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT CLASS
CAPS, SIZE CAPS, THRESHOLDS AND ENROLLMENT DECISIONS ARE APPLIED CONSISTENTLY AND TRANSPARENTLY ACROSS EVERY SCHOOL SITE SO NO FAMILY HAS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD TO ASK FOR WHAT THEIR PEERS RECEIVE AUTOMATICALLY. PLEASE INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS, INVEST IN ENROLLMENT, GROW EQUAL. >> THANK YOU. HELLO MY NAME IS JENNIFER FINLEY. I AM A PARENT OF A KINDERGARTNER. ALSO EQUAL AND IS READY TO GROW. WE'RE ASKING THAT THE BOARD MAKE THIS POSSIBLE NEXT YEAR. SECOND AND THIRD GRADES WILL HAVE 74 STUDENTS AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED UNDER THE BOARD'S OWN CLASS SIZE CAPS AND USAF CONTRACTS. THREE CLASSROOMS CAN SEAT NO MORE THAN 66 STUDENTS. HOW DOES THIS WORK? FOUR CLASSROOMS SEEM TO ME MANDATED UNDER YOUR OWN POLICIES AND CONTRACTS. THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHETHER WE CAN USE THAT FOURTH CLASSROOM TO ALSO ADMIT MORE FAMILIES THAT ARE ON THE WAIT LIST. >> WE SAY YES.
LOOK, IF WILL GROW YOUR OWN STRONG SCHOOLS RESOLUTION WARNS AGAINST SCHOOLS IN HIGH DEMAND TURNING STUDENTS AWAY. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. I LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WALK TO THIS SCHOOL. IT IS IN HIGH DEMAND AND I SEE IT EVERY DAY. THIS RESOLUTION CALLS FOR ALIGNING FACILITIES TO MEET STUDENT DEMAND, FOCUSING RESOURCES WHERE THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON STUDENT OUTCOMES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND FORGIVE ME I'M TRYING TO SORT BETWEEN AGENDA AND NOT AGENDA. IT'S SOMEWHAT CONFUSING. COULD THE NEXT FIVE PLEASE STEP UP? SARAH MCCAFFERY FOX MIDDLE. HEZBOLLAH. HEZBOLLAH. SARAH KOSEFF. CHRISTINE MAUREEN BROWN. >> STEPHEN. I JUST GO OKAY. >> MY NAME IS SARAH MOKHTAR FOX THE CONSOLIDATED TEACHER AT MISSION HIGH. HERE TONIGHT TO REMIND YOU THAT TEACHERS ARE HUMANS AND NOT JUST NUMBERS ON A SPREADSHEET ALTHOUGH THAT'S HOW I'VE BEEN
TREATED AFTER EIGHT YEARS IN THIS DISTRICT EVEN THOUGH I FILLED OUT ALL OF MY PAPERWORK CORRECTLY, THE DISTRICT'S DISORGANIZATION RESULTED IN ME HAVING ONLY ONE HOUR TO FILL OUT MY FIVE PREFERENCES FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND UNABLE TO DO SO. I WAS PLACED IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGAINST MY WILL. I TRIED TO APPLY FOR A YEAR OF ABSENCE BUT I WAS DENIED SOLELY BECAUSE I WAS INFORMED OF MY CONSOLIDATION FOUR DAYS AFTER THE DEADLINE AND I'M ASKING TO BE RECONSIDERED FOR MY LEAVE OF ABSENCE BECAUSE AGAIN I'M A HUMAN. MOKHTAR THAT LAST NAME THAT MANY OF YOU CANNOT PRONOUNCE IS IRANIAN. MY FAMILY IS LITERALLY TRYING TO SURVIVE A WAR RIGHT NOW AND THIS IS HAVING AN IMMENSE EXTRA GRIEF. I DO NOT HAVE IT IN ME TO START AT A NEW SCHOOL OR A NEW SUBJECT BUT I AM WILLING TO PUT MY CAREER ON PAUSE IF IT MEANS I'M ABLE TO RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY. I BUILT DEEP ROOTS IN. >> I BROUGHT OVER 90 TESTIMONIALS FROM PARENTS COWORKERS AND STUDENTS AND I WILL CONCLUDE WITH A MESSAGE FROM ONE OF MY KIDS. WE ARE IN A DROUGHT OF GOOD TEACHERS IN THIS DISTRICT AND THE LESS WE LISTEN TO TEACHERS THE LESS THERE WILL BE AND MISS MUKHTAR ABSOLUTELY DESERVES TO KEEP HER DESIRED
JOB BECAUSE SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT SHE DOES AND PASSION IS WHAT WE NEED IN TEACHERS NOT EXHAUSTION AND MISERY. PLEASE DO NOT ADD TO MY MISERY. PLEASE APPROVE MY YEAR OF ABSENCE AS I AM A HUMAN NOT A NUMBER IN A SPREADSHEET. THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS. IT IS A LAW. I AM A RETIRED TEACHER. WHAT WOULD MISSION? HIGH SCHOOL AND HAD THE HONOR TO WORK WITH MISS MOODY AND I WANT TO. IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE TO START BY SAYING THAT MY ANGELO SAID THAT IT'S NOT. PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED BUT THEY DO REMEMBER HOW THEY FEEL. MOST IMPORTANT VOICES IN THE DISTRICT IN THE SCHOOL ARE THE STUDENTS. >> SO I AM GOING TO READ A FEW REMARKS FROM THE STUDENTS OF MR. MUKHOPADHYAY. MS. MUKHTAR IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT TEACHING HEALTH AND VERY GOOD AT TEACHING HEALTH. TEACHERS WHO TEACH WHAT ARE THEY PASSIONATE ABOUT WILL MAKE THE BEST CLASSES FOR STUDENTS.
THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WILL BE SO MUCH BETTER IF THE TEACHER IS INVESTED IN WHAT THEY TEACH. I THINK THANK YOU. >> OKAY I'M GOING TO ASK WHAT I ASKED MY STUDENTS TO DO PUT YOUR COMPUTERS AT HALF MAST PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR ATTENTION. I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL I GET THAT JUST LIKE SLIDE YOUR COMPUTER DOWN HALFWAY. YEAH. YEAH. PERFECT. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS ERIC ROSOFF. I'M A HEALTH TEACHER AND PE TEACHER AT MISSION HIGH SCHOOL. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO USE MY VOICE AND SPEAK UP ABOUT THE CHAOS THAT THE CONSOLIDATION PROCESS IS CAUSING OUR SCHOOLS . WE HAVE HAD THREE CONSOLIDATIONS AT MISSION ALL OF WHICH WERE DONE WELL PAST THE APRIL 20TH DEADLINE. WHEN YOU CONSOLIDATE SOMEONE AT A NEW SCHOOL YOU ARE COMPLETELY UNDERNEATH AND ENDING THEIR LIVES. THEY MUST REBUILD THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH STAFF STUDENTS, FAMILIES LEARN A NEW COMPUTER. YOU LEARN HOW THE PRINTERS WORK ,WHO TO ASK WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF PENCILS. IT'S SUCH A BIG DEAL TO BE CONSOLIDATED AND OUR DISTRICT
HAS REALLY MESSED IT UP THIS YEAR. WHAT I TEACH IN MY CLASS IS WHAT I WANT TO TEACH HERE. WHEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE YOU TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY. I ASK THAT YOU LISTEN TO THE EDUCATORS WHEN YOU ARE CONSOLIDATING AND HEAR THEM AND WHAT THEY NEED OFI I T10 WANTS TO STAY IN SCHOOL STRAIGHT AS WELL. MARK TANI WANTS TO BE GIVEN A LEAVE OF ABSENCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE AND I'M ALSO FROM YORK. WHOA WHOA. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT ISSUE THOUGH. >> BUT I AM IN SUPPORT OF THAT ISSUE AS WELL. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CELL PHONE POLICY ISSUE. THERE IS NO CELL PHONE POLICY AS SUCH USD. THE POEM FREEZE ACT REQUIRES US FOR USD TO ADOPT A CELL PHONE POLICY DISTRICT WIDE BY JULY FIRST. >> BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE SO LARGE DISTRICTS JUST AS LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO AND SANTA CLARA HAVE ALREADY DONE SO. >> SO I ENCOURAGE US OF USD TO ADOPT THE POLICY TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AGAINST PROLIFIC CELL
PHONE USE DURING THE DAY TO IN CYBER BULLYING AT SCHOOL. SO WE WOULD LIKE CELL PHONE OFF AND AWAY BUILD A BELL. THANK YOU. >> I'M MAUREEN BROWN. I'M A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST AT GALILEO AND I CAME HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT OUR LEADERSHIP, OUR PRINCIPAL BEING WITH TAKEN OUT OF THE SCHOOL MID-SEMESTER WHICH IS CREATED EXTREME SAFETY HAZARDS AT OUR SCHOOL. THE STUDENTS ALL KNOW THAT SHE'S NOT THERE. THEY'RE ACTING OUT. A LOT OF MY AUTISTIC KIDS ARE TRAUMATIZED AND A LOT OF THINGS ARE NOT GETTING DONE SUCH AS IEP MEETINGS THAT REQUIRE AN ADMINISTRATOR. WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE THERE SO WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE LEADERSHIP. WHOEVER MADE THE DECISION TO REMOVE HER IN THE MIDDLE OF A SEMESTER TO THINK ABOUT THAT IN FUTURE AND WHAT KIND OF CHAOS IT CREATES AT A SCHOOL SITE. THANKS. >> CAN I ASK THE NEXT FIVE PLEASE TO STEP UP AND AGAIN MY PARENTS MY APOLOGIES FOR ANY
MISPRONUNCIATIONS ON TREND. DARRIUS BASHIR DANNY LYNCH. HOLLY COOMBS. ALICE MYERS. I'M A PARENT OF TWO AS A FEW AS THESE STUDENTS AND I'M HERE ALSO TO ADVOCATE FOR THE NO CELL PHONE POLICY IN LIGHT OF CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 3216 PHONE FREE SCHOOL ACT SIGNED IN SEPTEMBER 2024 REQUIRES ALL CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CHARTER SCHOOLS AND COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT A POLICY LIMITING OR PROHIBITING STUDENT SMARTPHONE USE BY JULY 1ST, 2026. THIS LEGISLATION AIMS TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH, ACADEMIC FOCUS AND SOCIAL INTERACTION AND AS A REMINDER THE LEGISLATION SEEKS TO REDUCE CYBER ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AND CLASSROOM DISTRACTIONS SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND THINK OF OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. THANK YOU. >> HELLO EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. BOARD. MY NAME IS DERRIUS OM. >> I PUT IN A STORY FOR MY MAYA IS A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. RECENTLY SHE HAS BEEN FALLING BEHIND IN MATH AND READING.
SHE COMES FROM AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY. SOMETIMES SHE HELPS HER PARENTS RUN THEIR TACO STAND. SHE JUST NEEDS TWO EXTRA CLASSES TO CATCH UP. AND WE ALL KNOW YOU'RE WORKING HARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR HER. >> BUT BEHIND THE SCENES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE QUIETLY GOING TO OLD SYSTEMS CONSULTANTS AND ADMIN OVERHEADS . TONIGHT ALONE WE ARE RATIFYING TENS OF MILLIONS TO OUTSIDE VENDORS NOT TO OUR TEACHERS. AND MY QUESTION IS DO WE WANT TO INVEST IN NEW SOLUTIONS THAT DIRECT FUNDS TO MY MATH CLASS OR I'M SORRY YOUR TIME IS THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING BOARD MY NAME IS DANNY LYNCH 12 YEARS AGO LEO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. IN THE LAST 12 YEARS WE'VE HAD SEVEN PRINCIPALS. FIVE IN THE LAST SIX YEARS. THIS WILL BE THE FIFTH.
IT FEELS LIKE REGIME CHANGE AFTER REGIME CHANGE AFTER REGIME CHANGE. >> EVERY TWO YEARS WE GET CHANGE AND THERE'S NO CONTINUITY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. WE NEED TO START THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND THINKING ABOUT GIVING NEW STRUCTURES TO DEANS DEPARTMENT HEADS, ABSORBING ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES ,COUNSELING, TAKING ON MORE STUDENT FACING LEADERSHIP. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THREE THINGS FROM YOU ALL THAT ONE YOU GUYS COME TAKE A VISIT TO GALILEO RIGHT NOW IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS TO SEE WHAT ADMINISTRATIVE TURNOVER LOOKS LIKE TO COME UP WITH NEW LEADERSHIP POLICIES TO GIVE STRUCTURES LIKE GALILEO OR OTHER SITES THAT ARE GOING WITH PRINCIPAL TURNOVER WHERE WE CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF ALTERNATIVE MODEL WHEN PRINCIPALS LEAVE. AND THIRD, AUTHORIZE SOME KIND OF PILOT PROGRAM WHERE STAFF MEMBERS OR ALTERNATIVE MODELS FOR LEADERSHIP AT THE SITE CAN DEVELOP. THANK YOU, SIR. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M HOLLY COOMBS, AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH AT DR. WILLIAM CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT ABOUT LESSONS STUDY A POWERFUL PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND SUFFUSED LED BY THE TEACHER LEADER FELLOWSHIP. I WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THIS AMAZING PROGRAM HERE. IT'S A FEW C AND I HOPE YOU CAN OBSERVE THE PROCESS SOMETIME. EDUCATORS ATTEND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TWICE A MONTH THROUGH T F AND ARE ALSO COACHED TO LEAD LESSONS STUDY GROUPS AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. IT'S BEEN REALLY TRANSFORMATIVE LESSON STUDY IS NOT ABOUT CREATING A PERFECT LESSON. IT IS ABOUT KNOWING OUR STUDENTS AS LEARNERS AND GETTING CLOSE TO STUDENT THINKING. WATCHING CAREFULLY NOTICING PATTERNS, LISTENING FOR MISCONCEPTIONS AND ADJUSTING OUR TEACHING BASED ON WHAT STUDENTS ACTUALLY DO. LESSON STUDY GIVES TEACHERS AGENCY AND PURPOSE. IT BUILDS PROFESSIONAL TRUST AND COLLABORATION THAT LEADS TO RICHER LESSONS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, LESSON STUDY KEEPS THE FOCUS WHERE IT BELONGS ON STUDENT OUTCOMES. IT SHOWS US HOW SMALL SHIFTS IN A LESSON CAN INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALICE AND I'M AN S.F. U.S. PARENT. I HAVE AN EIGHTH GRADER AT ROOSEVELT AND AN INCOMING ROOSEVELT SIXTH GRADER. THEY HAVE A SIMPLE CELL PHONE POLICY OFTEN AWAY. BELL THE BELL KIDS AT ALL S.F. S.F. SCHOOL NEEDS THIS SIMPLE ENFORCEABLE POLICY. >> THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT FIVE PLEASE STEP UP BLANCA CATALAN ROBERTO RIVERA PAULA E RANDY MARKMAN JOANIE TATTOO TATAR. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTEND AND MY NAME IS BLANCA CATALAN I'M A MOTHER OF THREE STUDENTS IN S.F. JOSE AND ALSO I'M A PARENT ORGANIZER WITH LEMON ADVOCATE. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AROUND PROGRAMS CLOSURES ESPECIALLY PROGRAMS THAT SERVE NEWCOMER STUDENTS AND BY LITERACY STUDENTS HAPPENING WITHOUT MEANINGFUL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS WE ALREADY KNOW ARE BEING IMPACTED INCLUDE INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL VISITATION VALLEY MIDDLE
SCHOOL MISSION EDUCATION CENTER, YOUNG JORDAN AND OTHER THAT PRIMARILY SERVE THESE STUDENTS. THIS DISTRICT CONTINUES TO JUSTIFY THESE DECISIONS BY SAYING FAMILIES ARE NOT CHOOSING THOSE SCHOOLS. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT AS A FEW AS ITSELF IS SHAPING THESE OUTCOMES BY FAILING TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES INVESTMENT AND SUPPORT THIS SCHOOL NEEDS TO THRIVE. WHAT FAMILY ARE SAYING IS ARE PUTTING PROGRAMS IS THIS DESTABILIZE FIRST AND THEN LATER THAT IS CLAIMS THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH STUDENTS TO KEEP THESE SCHOOLS OPEN. OUR FAMILY DESERVE HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY RIGHT NOW MY NAME IS ROBERTO GUZMAN RIVERA AND I HAVE THREE KIDS WHILE I LOOK ELEMENTARY WHEN I'M NOT JUST MIEMBROS DE LA JUNTA BOLANOS LA FAMILIA THEY SERVE JOSE AND THE CHOCOLATE EASTER STEPMOTHER LOTERIA. THE INSCRIPTION IS CALLED FOOTBALL HISTORY SANTA INEQUITABLE AND PER LDC TO STUDY SEE THE END OF CAMP HERE COMPLETAMENTE THAT HE STEPMOTHER IS KEPT AND ESTIMATE MENTAL POOR CAMP WHICH HAS FAMILIAR SANTA CLAUS TO SOME BUT THAT THERE ARE REFORMAS SANTAS THE SCHOOL AS PARACELSUS .
GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS FOR YEARS FAMILIES ACROSS F USD HAVE COMPLAINED THAT THE ENROLLMENT LOTTERY SYSTEM IS CONFUSING, STRESSFUL AND NOT EQUITABLE. SO WHY IS THE DISTRICT CHOOSING THIS TIME TO COMPLETELY OVERHAUL ENROLLMENT? BECAUSE MANY FAMILIES FEAR THAT THESE AREN'T REAL REFORMS. THEY ARE SOFT SCHOOL CLOSURES IN DISGUISE. >> THE MLB STORE IS THE PATRON 90S AT LEAST TO THIS GUY BARCA THE AMANDA HE LIVED THIS OPENNESS AND SHALLOWNESS SAID RICOTTA PERSONALITY HE LOVES AS SO THIS ESTABLISHES SON PERSONA IN HARVEY MILK CIVIL RIGHTS ACADEMY OUR ALLIES FAMILIAS ENEMIES MORE BUT AT SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL LOS HERE IS DANNON ON MISTRESSES TO THE ANTIS ROMPER LA CONFIANZA THE WILLIE THOMAS TRUST COMPANY THAT IS EXPULSION ALLIES FAMILIA ZEL EDUCATION PUBLICA WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE THE DISTRICT CLAIMS THERE IS LOW DEMAND AND THAT AND THEN CLASSROOMS DISAPPEAR.
STAFF IS CUT AND SCHOOLS ARE DESTABILIZED. IT HAPPENED AT HARVEY MILK CIVIL RIGHTS ACADEMY AND FAMILIES NOW FEAR THAT THE SAME WILL HAPPEN AT INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CLOSURES HURT CHILDREN THEY BREAK TRUST. THEY WEAKEN COMMUNITIES AND PUSH OUT FAMILIES FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION SO IS HE REALLY MEANT TO KILL THEM? INTERNALIZED CORRUPTION AND TOXICITY BURTON IN LA SQUARE CASA REMAIN A LARGE COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES LATINAS IMMIGRANT PAYS IT ALL RIGHT SIR SIR YOU SIR WE DOUBLED THE TIME FOR YOU WITH THE TRANSLATION BUT WE CAN'T GO FURTHER HOW CAN YOU GET ONE MINUTE? NO SIR. YOU'VE ALREADY HAD TWO MINUTES TO ALLOW FOR TRANSLATION. THANK YOU. YOU CAN YOU CAN YOU ALLOW HER TO FINISH THE TRANSLATION AND THANK YOU. OKAY. IF USD WANTS TO GROW ENROLLMENT, INVEST IN SCHOOLS THAT YOU'RE THAT ARE SERVING IMMIGRANT BLACK, BROWN AND WORKING CLASS FAMILIES WITH SPANISH TECH NEWCOMER SUPPORTS BILINGUAL ED AND FULLY STAFF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS HI MY NAME IS
PAULA AND I HAVE TWO KIDS IN AS A FEW AS D AND I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THEM IN S.F. USD BASED ON THE LACK OF SUPERVISION AND RESTRICTIONS THE SCHOOLS HAVE WITH THE CHROMEBOOKS AND SEEING KIDS AND WORK AROUNDS TO ACCESS GAMING. I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE AS A FEW A YOU TO FOCUS ON A CELL PHONE OR A DEVICE POLICY WHERE THEY'RE ALL IN A WAY BELL TO BELL MY NAME IS BRANDI MARKMAN. >> I'M A PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT AT ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE RICHMOND DISTRICT. I STAND IN FULL SOLIDARITY WITH PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND STUDENTS HERE TONIGHT FROM MCATEER, YORK WILL AND MANY OF THE SCHOOLS IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT YOU HAVE TRIED CLOSING OR THAT YOU HAVE CLOSED I DON'T HAVE TO GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE HARMS OF SCHOOL CLOSURES BUT ALSO SCHOOLS CLOSE. SCHOOL CLOSURES DON'T SAVE MONEY. THERE WAS A STUDY OUT FROM STANFORD SAYING THE FISCAL CONSEQUENCES OF SCHOOL CLOSURES IN CALIFORNIA DO NOT AND LIKE MANY DO NOT IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK AT THE SCHOOLS. THEY ARE A WEAPON IN THE
ARSENAL OF CHARTER SCHOOL PROLIFERATION AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE MANY I USED TO LIVE IN CHICAGO WHEN SCHOOL CLOSED THERE WE SAW CHARTER SCHOOLS COME UP, WE SAW LUXURY CONDOS GOT UP AND I JUST RUN AROUND REMIND YOU THAT THESE ARE NOT YOUR SCHOOLS. THESE ARE THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS IF YOU ESTEE IS THE SECOND LARGEST LANDOWNER IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> I KNOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT YOUR MONOPOLY BOARDS. THANK YOU SO HI EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOANIE. I'M A MOM OF A FIFTH GRADER. I'M ANOTHER YEAR GO MOM AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CELL PHONE POLICY FROM A BIG COMMUNITY E AND A LOT OF US PARENTS ARE REALLY HOPING FOR A STRICT CELL PHONE POLICY. WE KNOW THIS DECISION HAS TO BE MADE SOON AND WE'RE HOPING THE KIDS CAN BE KIDS AND NOT WORRY ABOUT CELL PHONES AND WE ALL KNOW ALL THE THINGS YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS OF WHY THEY'RE NOT GREAT FOR THE KIDS. SO I'M HERE TO PUSH FOR A
STRICT POLICY NO CELL PHONES BELT A BELL OFF AND AWAY WOULD BE LOVELY. TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WORK HARD. THANK YOU. THE REMAINING FOUR SPEAKERS IF THERE ARE ANY OUTSTANDING SPEAKER CARDS THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE TO BRING THEM UP. KELLY TAGGART LESLIE WHO? STEPHEN CADET LEE SCHIMMEL I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ALL MY COMMENTS AND SINCE I'M NOT SURE WHO'S READING MY EMAILS OR THE EMAILS FROM MY COLLEAGUES MY NAME IS KELLY TAGGART. I'M A TEACHER AT FRANCISCO MIDDLE SCHOOL. THERE'S A LEGACY HERE OF YAKU FRANCISCO AND GALILEO AND ALL THE DESTABILIZATION OF OUR SCHOOLS. >> I WANT TO GO ON RECORD AND PUBLICLY ASK YOU, DR. SUE, TO REVERSE YOUR DIRECTIVE TO MEET YOUR 220 MINUTE PER CLASS PER WEEK REQUIREMENT FOR MY SCHOOL FRANCIS GO GIVEN OUR SCHOOLS UNIQUE PROGRAMS BUILDINGS IN HISTORY YOUR DIRECTIVE DEFIES LOGIC AND CD GUIDANCE BECAUSE OUR START AND END TIMES HAVE BEEN DETERMINED CENTRALLY. THE ONLY WAY FOR A SEVEN PERIOD SCHOOL TO MEET THIS MINIMUM IS EITHER TO MAKE OUR LUNCH SO
SHORT THAT WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH CALIFORNIA LABOR LAW OR MAKE OUR PASSING PERIOD SO SHORT THAT STUDENTS CANNOT GET SAFELY TO CLASS. >> OUR CURRENT BUS SCHEDULE ALLOWS FOR 200 MINUTES 28 MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION PER CLASS PER WEEK WHICH IS 1456 TOTAL MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION PER WEEK. THAT'S MORE THAN ANY OTHER S.F. U.S. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL EXCEPT ONE THAT'S EQUIVALENT OF SIX PERIOD SCHOOL HAVING 242 MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION TO BE TOLD WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR MINUTES EVEN FURTHER AT THE EXPENSE OF STUDENT SAFETY AND LABOR CODE COMPLIANCE WITHOUT CONSIDERING FRANCISCO'S UNIQUE CAMPUS AND MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE PAST DECADE. THANK MS.. MS. TIGER THANK. HURTFUL TO OUR STUDENTS AND IT'S JUST PLAIN WRONG. HELLO. >> HI. I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO WHAT HAPPENED ON AT THE BOARD MEETING ON APRIL 28TH DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
STUDENTS WERE HARASSED IN THE AUDIENCE IN THIS ROOM. THIS WENT ON FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE TIME PUBLIC COMMENT WAS HAPPENING. >> ADULT MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WERE SAYING DISRESPECTFUL AND HATEFUL THINGS DIRECTLY TO THEM AND THEY WERE ONLY SITTING A FEW FEET AWAY. >> THE STUDENTS WERE ANGRY, CONFUSED AND THEY WERE AFRAID THEY WERE LOOKING TO US TO STOP THE HARASSMENT AND TO PROTECT THEM FROM HARM. AND WHEN I MEAN US AND I MEAN NOT ONLY YOU ALL ON THE DAIS BUT ACTUALLY I'M NOT LETTING THE OTHER ADULTS IN THE AUDIENCE OFF THE HOOK EITHER BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. THE OTHER WE'RE ALL ON THE HOOK FOR THIS ONE. ANYONE COULD HAVE STEPPED UP TO STOP IT. AND THIS HAPPENED ESPECIALLY DURING A MEETING WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CURRICULUM THAT WAS DESIGNED TO UNDERSTAND AND THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THE LEWD HISTORY OF FOLKS OF COLOR TO UNDERSTAND WHY BIGOTRY AND RACISM HAS EXISTED IN OUR WORLD FOR DECADES. SO SORRY. THANK YOU. WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
LADIES MANDELMAN, I ALSO WANT SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE SCHOOLS. TODAY I SAT ON OUR BLEACHERS AT GALILEO. I DID NOT GET SPLINTERS IN MY BECAUSE THEY HAVE RECENTLY REPLACED THE BLEACHERS AT COST OF SIX MILLION DOLLARS. SO I HAVE SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE BLEACHERS AT MY SCHOOL. WE HAVEN'T HAD AN ELEVATOR IN ALMOST TWO YEARS THAT CUTS OFF ACCESS TO THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT. >> IT CUTS OFF ALL ABILITY FOR OUR CUSTODIANS TO REMOVE GARBAGE. SO YOU KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITHOUT ELEVATORS? WE'VE HAD ARMED ROBBERIES. >> I ALSO WANT SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE SCHOOLS. >> DON'T YOU? MY NAME IS LEE SCHIMMEL. I'M AN ENGLISH TEACHER AT GALIL HIGH SCHOOL AND THE FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE TAUGHT AT GAO WE'VE HAD A NEW PRINCIPAL NEARLY EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
IT'S VERY DISRUPTIVE TO OUR STUDENT BODY AND STAFF. WE NOW HAVE AN OPERATING WITHOUT A PRINCIPAL FOR ABOUT A MONTH WHICH HAS EXACERBATED THE ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH FOR YEARS. >> TRUANT STUDENTS IN THE HALLWAYS. HAVING A PRINCIPAL HAS MAGNIFIED THIS ISSUE RESULTING IN CHAOS. BEFORE I WAS EVEN HIRED AT GALLO THE STAFF FILED A GRIEVANCE ABOUT HALLWAY MISBEHAVIOR AND THE DISTRICT AGREED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. >> BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED. WE TEACHERS CARE DEEPLY ABOUT ALL STUDENTS. THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS AT GALIL REGULARLY ATTEND CLASS BUT OUR MOST MARGINALIZED ARE STRUGGLING DUE TO A LACK OF CONSISTENCY IN LEADERSHIP AND CONSEQUENCES. HALLWAY WANDERING IS A CRY FOR HELP. THESE STUDENTS NEED MORE STRUCTURE. WE NEED FULLY STAFFED SECURITY . WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS TWO INCIDENTS INVOLVING A FIREARM. >> 2 IN 2 WEEKS. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. THIS IS NEGLECT. WE NEED ACTION NOW AT GALLIO HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KIM. THAT CONCLUDES THE IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE NOW MOVING OVER TO THE
ZOOM COMMENT. >> FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ON THE ZOOM AS GUESTS PLEASE PUT UP YOUR HAND AND WE WILL CALL IN THE ORDER THAT WE ARE RECEIVING YOU. THANK YOU. I WILL BEGIN FIRST WITH ERIC MORRELL. PLEASE BEGIN. HELLO. HI EVERYONE. I'M CALLING IN BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO SEE ENROLLMENT INCREASE AS HAVE USD. HERE'S A PARENT FROM YORK. HAVE A DAUGHTER IN FIRST GRADE WHO IS GOING TO BE JOINED BY HER SISTER NEXT YEAR. AND TWO YEARS LATER HER BROTHER. IF YOU PLAN WELL. SO THERE ARE CURRENTLY 74 STUDENTS AS WE HEARD EARLIER IN FIRST AND SECOND GRADE AND NEXT YEAR THERE ARE ONLY THREE CLASSROOMS IN AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT YOU'RE CAPPING THAT AT 66. I'M SURE IT'S NOT YOUR INTENT FOR EIGHT STUDENTS TO HAVE TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL LEAVING A CLASSROOM EMPTY. BUT THAT'S WHAT'S BEING PLANNED FOR. I KNOW THESE STUDENTS. I KNOW THEIR FAMILIES. >> WE WALK TO SCHOOL TOGETHER.
THEY'RE NOT CHANGING SCHOOLS AND IT MAKES NO SENSE TO PLAN ON ENROLLMENT DECREASING WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS ON THE WAITLIST. PLEASE DON'T ELIMINATE TEACHERS WHEN WE HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS ACCORDING TO YOUR GUIDELINES. PLEASE DON'T CREATE AN ENROLLMENT CAP WHEN STUDENTS AROUND THE WAITLIST FOR OUR SCHOOL. THANK YOU, LILLIAN LIM. PLEASE BEGIN. HELLO EVERYONE. >> OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION HAD A MEETING WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT LAST NIGHT. YESTERDAY REGARDING THE 2026 AND 2027 LOCAL PLAN BUDGET. AND DURING THE MEETING THE DRAFT 2000 2627 SPECIAL EDUCATION BUDGET PRESENTED TO CSC WAS APPROXIMATELY 10% LOWER THAN THE PRIOR YEAR ABOUT OF 27 MILLION AND ALSO IN THAT INFORMATION WITH U.S. SPECIAL EDUCATION CURRENTLY UNDERSPENDING COMPARED TO THE YEAR TO DATE PLAN. YEAR TO DATE AT YOUR EXPENSE IT'S APPROXIMATELY 90% BELOW BUDGET ABOUT 1242 MILLION LOWER IN SPENDING.
SO SO WE SEE THE NOTE IN THE INTERIM REPORT REGARDING LIKE EXPECTED GROWTH IN SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION BUT HOWEVER THAT THANK YOU MISS LYNN. I'M SORRY THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE NOW. NEXT UP PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HI. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THIS IS DR. MORROW CALLING IN. >> THERE IS A NUMBER OF ISSUES I THINK ON ON THE TABLE TODAY THAT PARENTS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AND SO I'M GOING TO LIST THEM TO YOU. ONE IS SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION OR CLOSURE WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL. THE NEXT IS A SILENCE ON STUDENTS RELATED TO HARM DONE LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. WE DO NOT THINK PRESIDENT KIM'S COMMENTS EARLIER ARE SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER. AND THE LAST IS WITH GOVERNORS MAY REVISE WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE INCREASES TO THE SCHOOL BUDGETS
SO THAT YOU CAN GET THESE EDUCATORS BACK IN THEIR SEATS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, MISS VIRGINIA MARSHALL WAS I MISS MARSHALL DROPPED. NEXT UP MISS ERIN DUMONT. HI. MY NAME IS AARON DUMONT. I'M A PARENT OF A FIFTH GRADER AT SUNNYSIDE. I AM ALSO ON THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR SAN FRANCISCO EDUCATION ALLIANCE. I SEND SOLIDARITY WITH A LOT OF THE CAREGIVERS AND PARENTS THERE THIS EVENING JUST IN REGARDS TO SCHOOL CLOSURES OVERALL AS WELL AS THE PLAN THAT WAS PUT FORTH BY THE SUPERINTENDENT LAST WEEK. THESE ARE JUST SCHOOL CLOSURES IN DISGUISE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING SEPARATELY WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR NEWCOMER STUDENTS IS ACTUALLY APPALLING. THESE ARE EVEN WORSE OFF BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL. SO I WOULD JUST IMPLORE AND ENCOURAGE OUR BOARD TO DO RIGHT BY OUR FAMILIES AND NOT DISINTEGRATE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL
INSTITUTIONS IN THIS CITY AND WE WILL NOT STAND FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS MARSHALL, I SEE YOU'RE BACK AND I DIDN'T SAY I'D MEET NOVICES ON ME BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT KIM COMMISSIONERS SUPERINTENDENT'S ROOM AND LAST BOARD MEETING. LAST BOARD MEETING SHOWED US HOW MUCH HEAT THERE IS IN A CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. BUT MANY OF FOLKS UP HERE TO THE BOARD MEETING WHO I'VE NEVER SEEN IN A BOARD MEETING IN ALL MY 36 YEARS. ARE YOU GOING TO GO UP TO HELP THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM PROTECT OUR CHILDREN? WE MUST ALWAYS PROTECT OUR STUDENTS. DISRUPTIVE ADULTS MUST BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY. DON'T GIVE THEM TWO MORE CHANCES PRESIDENT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IMMEDIATELY HAVE THEM LEAVE THE ROOM. EVEN IF YOU HAVE A CLOSED STAFF MEETING. ALSO WE MUST OFFER EACH STUDENT AN S.W.A.T. ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS A REAL CURRICULUM.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU NEED TO FIND A WAY NOT TO CLOSE SCHOOLS AND HAVE BUDGET CUTS WHEN THE SCHOOLS BUT IT'S HARD TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENED AT MY FORMER SCHOOL GALILEO ROMAN BROWN. I WILL MAKE OUR WAY THERE BEFORE THE WEEK'S END OR OVER THE NEXT WEEK. AND LASTLY AND MY GRAND CHILDREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE WAS ONLY THERE IS ONLY ONE BLACK A BROWN TEACHER. AT ONE AFTERNOON WE WERE PERFORMING TEACHER THANK YOU MISS MARSHALL AND SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO BE CUT NEXT ELLIOTT KENT CAN'T RETURN TEN MONTHS ALREADY WE SEND HIM OFF TO HELLO COMMISSIONERS. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF S.F. PARENTS REGARDING TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS THE DISTRICT MOVES INTO A MORE STABLE FINANCIAL POSITION, FAMILIES WANT TO SEE A CONTINUED FOCUS ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AND RESTORING TRUST. THE COMING PERIOD WILL REQUIRE DIFFICULT DECISIONS AROUND ENROLLMENT SCHOOL CLOSURES, STAFFING AND LONG TERM STRUCTURAL CHANGES. IT IS CRITICAL THAT DISTRICT
LEADERSHIP AND THE BOARD WORK IN ALIGNMENT AND KEEP STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF EVERY DECISION . REACHING A PROJECTED POSITIVE CERTIFICATION IS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE AND REFLECTS REAL EFFORT ACROSS THE SYSTEM TO STABILIZE S.F. FINANCES AFTER YEARS OF INSTABILITY AS THIS NEXT PHASE IS MOVE FORWARD WILL ONLY MAKE MEANINGFUL MEANINGFUL PROGRESS IF EVERYONE WORKS TOGETHER AND THIS MOMENT SO WE CAN BUILD THE STABILITY AND TRUST OUR FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS NEED. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, CHRIS KLAUS, PLEASE . I'M CHRIS KLAUS, THE SPY DEPARTMENT HEAD AT WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. I'D LOVE TO GIVE IN-DEPTH THE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE RE-ORGANIZING PLANS BUT THE SLIDE LACKED DETAIL WHICH FEELS LIKE AN INTENTIONAL LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN A DISTRICT THAT HAS STRUGGLED TO SEEK AND LISTEN TO COMMUNITY INPUT. THERE SEEMS TO BE AN IDEA ABOUT EXPANDING SAID PROGRAMING WHICH IS GREAT AS LONG AS STAKEHOLDER INPUT IS COLLECTED AND ACTUALLY CONSIDERED.
I WORRY BECAUSE THIS YEAR THE DISTRICT TRIED TO OPEN A NEW PROGRAM AND PRESENT IT WASH WITHOUT CONSULTING ANYONE IN THE SCHOOL. WE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HOST THAT PROGRAM BUT BARELY HAVE ENOUGH CLASSROOMS. APPARENTLY I WAS MUTED IN THE MIDDLE. SORRY. CONTINUE. SORRY. AM I GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF TIME? YES. WORKS ON YOUR TIME. >> WE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HOST THAT PROGRAM BUT BARELY HAVE ENOUGH CLASSROOM SPACE FOR OUR CURRENT SPREAD PROGRAMING. SO IN MID-MARCH THE PROGRAM WAS SENT TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL BUT APPARENTLY AS OF APRIL 20TH THERE WERE STUDENTS ON A WAITLIST FOR THE NON-EXISTENT PROGRAM AT WATCH. PLEASE EXPAND, SPEND SPEND SERVICES BUT DO IT THE RIGHT WAY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS ACTUALLY HAVE SPACE TO LEARN BEFORE MAKING EMPTY PROMISES. SPEAKING OF EMPTY PROMISES. STOP IGNORING OUR CONTRACTS CONSOLIDATION, VOLUNTARY TRANSFER AND PAYROLL DEADLINES. THESE ACTIONS PUSH STRONG EDUCATORS OUT OF THE DISTRICT
WHICH HARMS THOSE OF US WHO STAY AND OUR STUDENTS ESPECIALLY THE ONES MOST IN NEED OF SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GET IT TOGETHER GUYS. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS HAVA. PLEASE BEGIN. HELLO. MY NAME IS HAVA KELLY AND I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE IT REALLY STRANGE TO SAY APPARENTLY THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION LESS NOT A PERCEIVED INCREASE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHEN PRESENTING TO THE BOE CAN YOU PLEASE BE TRANS PARENT, PROVIDE CONTEXT, PROVIDE THE DATA WHEN YOU ARE INDICATING THAT THERE IS OR WAS AN INCREASE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION MOVING FORWARD? THE SECOND THING IS DESPITE THE DECREASE WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH IEPS IT HAS JUMPED FROM 14 TO 17%. SO I AM CONCERNED WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE BUDGET THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS IN ALIGNMENT AND THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME
PAGE AND WE ARE ALL RECEIVING ACCURATE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU. THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM ARE TASKED WITH PROVIDING A DRAFT AGENDA 12 DAYS IN ADVANCE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO REVIEW ONCE THEIR DRAFT AGENDA IS MADE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE. BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO SUBMIT, CLARIFYING AND TACTICAL QUESTIONS AND STAFF HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE OF EACH BOARD MEETING. THIS Q&A DOC IS LINKED INTO THE BOARD AGENDA ON BOARD DOCS TODAY IN ITEM TWO WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW THOSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON SET OUR DISCUSSIONS TODAY ADDITIONALLY TO CREATE MORE SPACE FOCUSED ON STUDENT OUTCOMES WE ARE MOVING MOST ITEMS TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR AND IDENTIFYING ONLY OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY ITEMS TO DISCUSS. BOARD MEMBERS ARE REMINDED NOT TO RESTATE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY STAFF IN ADVANCE BUT 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 PARTNERING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WE HOLD OUR ACCOUNTABLE. MOVING TO ITEM D REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION. ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM B TO THE BOARD BY THE BOARD VOTED SIX ZERO TO APPROVE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN THE MATTER OF STUDENT MF VERSUS SFP MR.. WITH COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD ABSENT. ALSO AN ITEM B TO THE BOARD VOTED SIX ZERO TO APPROVE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN THE MATTER OF STUDENT C.R. VERSUS OF USD WITH COMMISSIONER WISEMAN BOARD ABSENT. ON CLOSED SESSION ITEM B THREE THE BOARD VOTED SIX ZERO TO APPROVE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE IN THE MATTER OF STUDENT CG FOR SE OF US D IN CASE NUMBER (202) 602-0836 WITH COMMISSIONER WISEMAN BOARD ABSENT. ON CLOSED SESSION ITEM AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM B SIX THE BOARD VOTED SIX ZERO TO RELEASE AND OR REASSIGN 29 INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATED ADMINISTRATORS EFFECTIVE AT THE END OF THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE SECTION 44951 WITH COMMISSIONER WISEMAN AWARD
ABSENT B S OF U S C BOARD OF EDUCATION IS COMMITTED TO EFFECTIVE SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNANCE THAT CENTER STUDENT LEARNING BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED OUR VISION VALUES, GOALS AND GUARDRAILS. 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 ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO FOLLOW THIS WORK ON OUR WEBSITE AS OPPOSED TO EDU SLASH GOVERNANCE ITEM E OPENING ITEMS WE THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF EDUCATION ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE ROMA TO JELANI WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE SAME SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA AS THE INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TRADITIONS THE ROMA SHOULD ONLY HAVE NEVER CEDED LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO
RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY AS GUESTS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING ON THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELAND. WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THEIR ARMITAGE COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES UM MOVED TO ENFORCE STUDENT DELEGATE REPORT ON STUDENT DELEGATE MUN AND CREWS TO GIVE THEIR REPORTS. >> HI GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE ONLY A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY. THE FIRST THING IS THAT OUR NEWLY ELECTED SUPERDELEGATE IS HERE. HER NAME IS NELLIE AND NELLIE. FOLKS WHEN SHE IS A RISING SENIOR AT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE'S CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE CAC, RAN A GREAT CAMPAIGN AND HER TERM WILL OFFICIALLY START IN AUGUST . >> SO THAT I MEAN AMAZING FOR HER BUT OBVIOUSLY AMAZING FOR HER. BUT YEAH, BIG CLAPS AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LAST FASB MEETING ON MAY 26 SO THERE'S THAT TOO. AND THEN AND YEAH GOOD EVENING. WE ALSO ARE OPENING AS A SEE APPLICATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING
SCHOOL YEAR WHICH APPLIES TO ANYBODY IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO IF ANYBODY IN THE CROWD HAS ANY STUDENT THAT IS ATTENDING AS A FEW A C AND MONSTER KID OR IF THEIR KID IS INTERESTED IN BEING MORE INVOLVED I HIGHLY, HIGHLY WOULD SAY TELL THEM TELL THEM TO APPLY FOR SSI IS A REALLY DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE A LOT OF THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE BROADER ASPECTS SUCH AS LITERALLY OUR LAST MEETING THE FIRST LADY OF CALIFORNIA CAME AND TALKED TO US AND IT'S THOSE TYPE OF EXPERIENCES A LOT OF STUDENTS DON'T HAVE SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING MYSELF. SO YES, IT WILL ALSO BE POSTED THIS FRIDAY ON THE NEWSLETTER. IT WILL ALSO BE SENT OUT TO HIGH SCHOOLS. SO WE ARE MAKING SURE WE GET AS MANY APPLICATIONS AS POSSIBLE AND YEAH, IF THERE IS ANY IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS WE DO HAVE JUDSON STEELE WHO IS OUR CURRENT SEC ADVISOR FEEL FREE
TO EMAIL HIM HIS EMAIL US AS HE EJ1 AS A USC THANK YOU. THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT REPORT GREAT THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM AND BIG CLAPS TO ALL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE LEARNING NEW WORDS HERE THAT DIDN'T WORK IT DIDN'T OKAY NEVER MIND. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE LEARNING NEW WORDS. >> I'M LEARNING NEW WORDS, BIG CLAPS. THAT'S WHAT I JUST LEARNED EARLIER THIS YEAR. OKAY. MISUSE I DON'T KNOW. >> NO. WELL, COMMISSIONER FISHER CAN HELP ME LEARN. I'M GOING TO GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT CREDIT. YOU KNOW THAT MY PROFESSIONAL SPACE AS THE PARENT OF MANY YOUNG ADULTS YOU HAVE. >> OKAY, SO OKAY. OKAY. SORRY. SORRY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KIM THANK YOU. STUDENT DELEGATES AND I JUST HAVE GREATLY APPRECIATED SERVING WITH YOU. IT'S NOT YOUR LAST MEETING BUT I KNOW YOU ALL ARE SENIORS SO OKAY. >> I HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO SHARE
AND LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. IN MAY WE PROUDLY CELEBRATE ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH A TIME TO HONOR THE RICH HISTORIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR AAPI COMMUNITIES DURING THIS MONTH AS EDUCATORS HAVE ALIGNED LESSON PLANS AND MANY SCHOOLS HOLD ASSEMBLIES CELEBRATING THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT AND IN OUR COMMUNITY. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AP HERITAGE AND ACCESS RESOURCES TO CELEBRATE AND LEARN ABOUT OUR AAPI COMMUNITIES, PLEASE GO ON OUR WEBSITE AT SURF USD.EDU BACKSLASH AAPI WE ALSO JOIN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND CELEBRATING JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE VIBRANT CULTURE, TRADITIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR JEWISH AMERICAN STUDENTS, STAFF, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. JEWISH HERITAGE REFLECTS A
DEEPLY ROOTED AND RESILIENT CULTURE THAT SPANS THOUSANDS OF YEARS ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN JEWISH POPULATION PROJECT, AN ESTIMATED 7.6 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE JEWISH AS OF USD WE HONOR OUR JEWISH STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF. OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS WE CELEBRATE OUR AMAZING EDUCATORS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK WAS MAY 4TH TWO TO THE A'S YAY! WE ALSO CELEBRATE YES LET'S WRAP IT UP. SORRY. OKAY. OKAY. I'M GOING TO START I HOPE OUR EDUCATORS HAD A WONDERFUL WEEK EXTRA WONDERFUL WEEK. I KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES HONOR AND CELEBRATE YOU ALL EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE YOU GIVE SO MUCH TO OUR STUDENTS. BUT HOPEFULLY LAST WEEK WAS EXTRA SPECIAL FOR YOU. WE ALSO CELEBRATED PRINCIPAL APPRECIATION DAY ON MAY 1ST AND SCHOOL NURSE DAY ON MAY 6TH. >> SO AGAIN HOPEFULLY OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES JOINED FORCES AND CELEBRATED OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR PRINCIPALS AS WELL AS OUR NURSES FOR
EVERYTHING THEY DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. I AM SO GRATEFUL TO OUR AMAZING STAFF WHO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES SO WELL AND I JUST I JUST GREATLY THANK EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR US. SO EVEN AS WE'RE GEARING UP FOR THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, IT'S TIME TO BE THINKING ABOUT ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT YEAR. SO FAR MORE THAN 1500 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN OFFERED A SEAT ON OUR WAITLISTED SCHOOLS SO MORE WAITLIST OFFERS WILL BE AVAILABLE EVERY MONDAY. STUDENTS NOT CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SAVE USD ARE WELCOME TO PLEASE ENROLL FAMILIES CAN JOIN A WAITLIST FOR ANY SCHOOL THEY PREFER AND SHOULD REACH OUT TO OUR ENROLLMENT CENTER FOR IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENTS AT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SPACE AVAILABLE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GO ON OUR WEBSITE AT USD.EDU OR COME TO PHI PHI PHI FRANKLIN OR GIVE US A CALL.
SO I HAD SO MUCH FUN CELEBRATING BIKE AND ROLL TO SCHOOL WEEK LAST LAST WEDNESDAY WITH THE STUDENTS AT JOHN MUIR ELEMENTARY ALL ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS. LAST WEEK STUDENTS JOINED IN THE FUN OF RIDING BIKES, SCOOTERS, SKATEBOARDS, WHEELCHAIRS AND OTHER MOBILITY DEVICES OR WALKING OR STROLLING OR SKIPPING OR TAKING TRANSIT. CARPOOLING AND AT THE END OF THE DAY COMING TO SCHOOL. THANK YOU TO OUR CAMPUS PARTNERS, TO OUR CITY PARTNERS INCLUDING THE S.F. MTA FOR KEEPING OUR STREETS SAFE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THANK YOU TO DRIVERS FOR REMEMBERING TO HONOR ONE OF THOSE CALLED STREET RULES AND SLOWING DOWN AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SO THAT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES STAY SAFE . AND I AM ALSO INCREDIBLY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OUR 2026 SUPERINTENDENTS 21ST CENTURY SCHOLARSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS. SO ALAN SAHAR, CYNTHIA GAVIN
OSMOND AND DENISE THESE ARE OUR AMAZING SENIORS WHO GRADUATED THIS YEAR WHO WILL BE GRADUATING THIS YEAR WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP OF RESILIENCE, CREATIVITY AND COMMITMENT TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TRULY TRULY MAKE S.F. USD PROUD. THESE OUTSTANDING SENIORS EMBODY OUR GRADUATE PROFILE AND REMIND US EVERY DAY OF THE TALENT AND AMAZING PROMISE THAT OUR STUDENTS COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY TO TO DELIVER SORRY THE PROMISE THAT WE PROVIDE TO STUDENTS IN TERMS OF HAVING AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION AND THE COMMITMENT AND HARD WORK THAT THEY DO EACH AND EVERY DAY TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULLEST DREAMS. OF NOTE WE ACTUALLY HAD WE PARTNERED WITH A A NONPROFIT AGENCY THAT PROVIDED EACH ONE OF OUR RECIPIENTS WITH A FREE LAPTOP. SO AN APPLE LAPTOP. SO IT WAS WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP ALL AROUND. YES.
SO FINALLY I AM PLEASED TO SHARE THAT S.F. USDA WILL ONCE AGAIN PROVIDE OUTDOOR GRADUATION FOR ALL CELEBRATIONS FROM JUNE 1ST THROUGH JUNE 3RD AT KEZAR STADIUM. JERRY GARCIA AMPITHEATER AND THE GOLDEN GATE BANDSHELL. THESE EVENTS ARE AND ARE AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CELEBRATE EACH AND EVERY S.F. UNDERGRADUATE WITH THE JOY, RECOGNITION AND COMMUNITY THEY DESERVE. I ENCOURAGE FAMILIES AND STAFF TO VIEW THE FULL GRADUATION SCHEDULE ON THE S.F. USD WEBSITE AS THE USD DE EDU. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK OUR S.F. USD HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAMS AND STAFF FOR THE TREMENDOUS WORK THEY PUT INTO PLANNING AND DELIVERING A SUCCESSFUL GRADUATION EVENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. I AM ALSO DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE SAN FRANCISCO REC AND PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR HELPING US MAKE THESE CELEBRATIONS POSSIBLE THANKS TO GENEROUS DONATIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. WE ARE ABLE TO CREATE MEMORABLE AND MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES FOR OUR GRADUATES EVERY YEAR. AND THEN FINALLY I WANT TO SHARE THE AS IF SD SCHOOLS AND OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, MAY 25TH IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY. AS A REMINDER THE LAST DAY OF THE S.F. OF THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH. AND WITH THAT MY REPORT I CONCLUDE MY REPORT. THANK YOU DR. SU. MOVING TO ITEM F ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS AND APPOINTMENTS AT ONE ASIAN PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRESENTATION DR. SUE. YEAH I'M REALLY EXCITED TO INVITE OUR AMAZING PARENTS VOLUNTEER PARENTS TO COME TO THE DAIS AND SHARE THEIR REPORT WITH US. >> I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OFF TO IT. OKAY GREAT. AND HE WILL INTRODUCE THE PANEL. THANK YOU. >> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO THE SUPERINTENDENT . CAN YOU TURN ON THE MIC IN FRONT OF YOU? BIG TEST. >> PERFECT. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BOARD PRESIDENT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR HAVING ASIAN PAC HERE TODAY AND ALLOWING US TO PRESENT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THAT NEXT SLIDE. >> I WANT TO GIVE A BACKGROUND TO OURSELVES WHO WE ARE. FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS WHO WE TAPPED HIM THROUGH AND EVERYONE CALLS ME VID. I AM THE ASIAN PAC STAFF LIAISON ALSO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COORDINATOR AT YOLO AS WELL. WITH THAT I WANT TO INTRODUCE KIMBERLY CHANG WHO IS OUR ASIAN PAC CO-CHAIR AND WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TO YOU ON OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ALONG WITH ORLANDO LEON WHO IS OUR ASIAN PAC SECRETARY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> SO JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND ON ASIAN PAC. >> ASIAN PAC IS REALLY FOUNDED BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023. BEFORE THAT THERE WAS NO ASIAN
REPRESENTATION IN TERMS OF PAC OR ANYTHING IN S.F. USD. THAT HAS BEEN PROBABLY OVER 80 YEARS IN THE MAKING. WITH THAT, THE ASIAN PAC'S MISSION STATEMENT IS THAT THE ASIAN PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADVOCATES FOR THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF ASIAN STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE PARTNER WITH SFD USD TO ENSURE EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE BY STRENGTHENING INCLUSIVE, INCLUSIVE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE EVERY STUDENT CAN THRIVE ACADEMICALLY AND HOLISTICALLY. AND THE VERY FIRST MEETING THAT ASIAN PAC HAD WAS BACK IN MAY 28, 2024. SO JUST ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO . NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS SLIDE HERE IS ACTUALLY REALLY TO SHOW YOU THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHAT ASIAN ACTUALLY MEANS IN SF USD. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS VERY CAREFULLY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT ASIAN STUDENTS MAKE UP 28%
ROUGHLY 28% OF S.F. USD STUDENTS. WITH THAT YOU SEE A LIST OF TEN ASIAN ETHNICITIES GOING FROM CHINESE WHICH IS THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LAOTIAN. >> WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT THERE IS THIS THE THIRD HIGHEST ETHNICITY LISTED HERE IS OTHER ASIANS. WHAT PEOPLE FORGET IS THAT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ASIANS AS A WHOLE THAT ASIAN MEANS THAT'S 48 RECOGNIZED COUNTRIES IN ASIA NOT INCLUDING THREE THAT ARE PARTIALLY RECOGNIZED. BUT WHAT'S EVEN MORE INTERESTING IS THAT OF THOSE 48 COUNTRIES OR 51 OF YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT IS THAT THERE ARE OVER 2300 UNIQUE ETHNIC GROUPS. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ASIAN, YOU'RE ACTUALLY YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT ASIAN IS NOT LUMPED TOGETHER, THAT THERE ARE UNIQUE ETHNICITIES AND ETHNIC GROUPS. WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OFF TO KIMBERLY CHANG WHO IS GOING TO PRESENT THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION.
HI. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M KIMBERLY CHANG. I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF ASIAN PAC SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT WITH RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE AND TWO FOR YOU. SO THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION FROM ASIAN PAC A SUSTAINED AND STRENGTHENED LANGUAGE PROGRAMS WE WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO STANDARDIZE AND ALIGN THE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AND CURRICULUM ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS. OFFERING LANGUAGE PROGRAMS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SETS AND MAINTAINING SAME STANDARDS, GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY AND TEACHING MATERIALS INCLUDING TEXTBOOKS. WE DEFINITELY ALSO NEED MORE PUBLICITY ABOUT LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN THE ENROLLMENT PROGRAM OR LIKE PACKETS OR THE WEBSITE. THE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE IS THEY ARE REALLY GREAT PROGRAMS AND A LOT OF STUDENTS CAN BENEFIT FROM IT AND ALSO WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THINK ABOUT REALLY
SIMPLIFYING THE AND HIGHLIGHTING THAT THE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN NON-WOVEN PACKET AND MAKE IT EASY TO NAVIGATE FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES. WE ALSO OBSERVED THAT SOME SCHOOLS HAVE LONG WAIT LISTS FOR LANGUAGE PROGRAMS WHILE SOME SCHOOLS ACTUALLY HAVE LOTS OF OPEN OPEN SPOTS AND EVEN THEY HAVE TO DO COMBO CLASSES. SO THERE'S APPARENTLY SOME DEMAND AND SUPPLY MISMATCH THAT WE WOULD LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REALLY REVIEW AND SEE WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YEAH, I TALK ABOUT THAT TOO IN HIGHLIGHTS. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND NEXT IT WILL BE THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION FROM US WILL BE BUILDING LOCAL PIPELINE FOR ASIAN LANGUAGE EDUCATOR TALENTS THERE HAVE BEEN WE OBSERVE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LACK OF CREDENTIALED BILINGUAL EDUCATORS. THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH OF THEM. SOME SCHOOLS THEY CANNOT FIND SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS WHEN THEIR PROMINENT TEACHERS ARE ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE. AND ALSO SOME SCHOOLS DON'T EVEN HAVE PERMANENT TEACHERS TEACHING THE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS TO ADD ON TO THE SITUATION IS THERE THERE ARE SEPARATIONS AND THERE RETIREMENTS OF
TEACHERS WHO ARE REACHING RETIREMENT AGE THAT REALLY STILL ACCELERATE THE SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS IN THE LANGUAGE PROGRAM. SO WE RECOMMEND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CONTINUE AND STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SUCH AS SAN FRANCISCO STATE U. AND OTHER COLLEGES IN THE IN THE IN THE BAY AREA OR EVEN IN CALIFORNIA OR EVEN OUR STATES POTENTIALLY AND ALSO WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE PAST CREDENTIALING PROCESS CAN BE A LITTLE BIT LENGTHY AND COMPLICATED. SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO KEEP STREAMLINING AND SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEIR TALENTS FROM COLLEGES LIKE COLLEGE STUDENTS TO TO BE CREDENTIALED IN AN EASIER AND FASTER WAY. FINALLY, WE ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THINK ABOUT MORE INCENTIVES FOR TALENTS TO SIGN UP FOR TO BECOME BILINGUAL TEACHERS. NEXT I'M GOING TO PASS ON TO ORLANDO FOR THE THIRD
RECOMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU. CAN GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME . A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND I AM AN SFI USD ALUM ALL K THROUGH 12 SO I BENEFITED FROM A PREVIOUS GENERATION OF OUR DISTRICT HERE AND REALLY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THE EDUCATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE. I HAVE ONE CHILD IN HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW IN SFI USD. SO LOOKING AT RECOMMENDATION THREE PRIMARILY IT'S TALKING ABOUT STRENGTHENING TIERED SUPPORTS BOTH FOR OUR TEACHERS AND IN THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND OFFERINGS FOR OUR KIDS. THE KEY THEME YOU'LL HEAR THROUGHOUT THIS RECOMMENDATION IS HOW DO WE HELP ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THRIVE TO MEET THEIR FULL POTENTIAL? >> IF I MAY HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO THREE SUBSECTIONS. AND ONE THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IF YOU RECALL WITHOUT GOING TO THE SLIDE ABOUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT 20 8% OF OUR STUDENT BODY ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT, OVER 17,000 STUDENTS.
AND RIGHT NOW IN MANY OF THE REPORTS THAT WE SEE, MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE PUT INTO ONE CLASSIFICATION OF ASIAN AND THAT LOOKS GOOD IN SOME CASES. BUT WHAT WE DON'T SEE IS THEN WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE DIG DOWN INTO DISAGGREGATING THAT DATA? SO THAT LEADS TO THE FIRST RECOMMENDED ACTION HERE IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE MORE VISIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOWARD OUR PLANNING CYCLES. SO CAN WE INTEGRATE DISAGGREGATED ASIAN SUBGROUP DATA INTO ALL THE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL PLANNING CYCLES? THIS DOESN'T JUST MEAN THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS THAT WE SAW THE TEN THAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW BUT BEYOND THAT THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS NEWCOMER STATUS ENGLISH LEARNER STATUS WE DO SOME OF THAT TODAY BUT LET'S LET'S KEEP BREAKING IT DOWN AND INTEGRATE IT INTO OUR PLANNING CYCLES. >> I'VE BEEN ON TWO SCHOOL SITE COUNCILS SO FAR ONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ONE IN HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW I ACTUALLY HAVE NOT SEEN I'VE SEEN ASIAN CALLED OUT
IN LET'S SAY THE TESTING DATA, THE STANDARDIZED DATA BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN US RECOMMEND IT AS A FOCAL GROUP AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS AGAIN THE SUBGROUP DEMOGRAPHICS ARE NOT DOING VERY WELL BUT NOT RECOGNIZE AS A FOCUS GROUP IN THE CIP. SO NOT SPECIFICALLY THE SECOND RECOMMENDED ACTION IS THAT WE SUPPORT OUR EDUCATE IS TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THEN WHAT ARE THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUBGROUPS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE ASIAN STUDENT POPULATION. HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND SO THEY CAN DELIVER BETTER INTERVENTIONS, BETTER GRADE LEVEL SUPPORTS LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, BELONGING AND WELLNESS. AND THEN THE THIRD RECOMMENDED ACTION IS HOW CAN WE ADVANCE EQUITY FOR ALL STUDENTS AND THAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT WE DO HAVE ASIANS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEEDS DEPENDING ON THEIR GRADE LEVEL, DEPENDING ON THEIR EXPERIENCES AND IF WE CAN HELP ALL STUDENTS ALL ASIAN STUDENTS TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE CHALLENGING ALL OF THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND HELPING THEM AGAIN TO THRIVE TO MEET THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I WILL OPEN UP TO COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS AND I'LL GET. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KIMBERLY. THANK YOU ORLANDO. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK HERE. ALSO JUST A SHOUT OUT TO CHRISTINA WHO HAS LIKE 20 DIFFERENT HATS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES EVERYTHING BUT SHE IS AMAZING. >> SO ON THIS I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO, I'M CURIOUS I MEAN DO YOU DO YOU ALL RECOMMEND TRACKING VACANCIES SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THIS SAY THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR VACANCIES ARE NOW AND WHETHER WE'RE WILLING WHETHER WE ARE ABLE TO FILL FILL THEM, I THINK THEY WILL BE HELPFUL. WE DEFINITELY LIKE FROM A PARENTS POINT OF VIEW WE WE DO SEE THAT A LOT OF SCHOOLS ARE FACING THIS ISSUE LIKE A LOT OF TEACHERS ARE REALLY RETIRING IN LIKE MAYBE LIKE TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS AND NATURAL SEPARATIONS OCCUR, YOU KNOW, OCCASIONALLY AND THEN WE DO
NEED A STRONG PIPELINE TO SUSTAIN OUR LANGUAGE PATHWAYS ESPECIALLY NOW WE ARE ROLLING OUT A NEW MANDARIN IMMERSION K-2 8TK TO EIGHT SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. SO WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO STRENGTHEN THE PIPELINE. SO WHAT YOU SAY IS TRACKING HOW MANY TEACHERS AND SPOTS LIKE HOW MANY VACANCIES ARE THERE OR LIKE POTENTIALLY IN 2 OR 3 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL. I THINK WE NEED A LONG TERM PLANNING ON THAT. GREAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE RECOMMENDATION ON ON WHAT THE METRICS ARE BECAUSE I THINK IN ALL OF THESE REPORTS IT'S ALWAYS REALLY USEFUL TO HAVE SOMETHING THEN THAT SAY A YEAR FROM NOW WHEN YOU COME BACK WE CAN SORT OF SAY OKAY, ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS AGAINST THIS? ARE WE NOT AND JUST HAVE THAT DASHBOARD AND I LOVE THIS FOCUS ON ON THESE PROGRAMS WHEN MY DAUGHTER IS A GRADUATE OF THE CHINESE IMMERSION SCHOOL AT AVILA AND BENEFITED GREATLY, THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT WE CAME TO S.F. US
AND IT IS A CROWN JEWEL IN WHAT WE DO ONE OF THE CROWN JEWELS THAT OF MANY THAT WE HAVE AT S.F. USD. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT DID YOU ALL LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE AN APPLE CERTIFICATION OR A CERTIFICATION OF BI LITERACY? YOU KNOW OFTEN THERE ARE THESE CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE GLOBAL SALES THAT THEN CAN BE APPLIED AND YOU KNOW KIND OF STAND OUT FOR OUR STUDENTS. I'M CURIOUS IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED OR YOU ALL MIGHT DISCUSS NOT ONLY AT AT THE ASIAN-AMERICAN PACK BUT I MEAN IT I IMAGINE WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO OTHER PARKS AS WELL. DO YOU MEAN CREDENTIALING THE TEACHERS OR THE STUDENTS GETTING CREDENTIALED FOR THE SEAL OF LITERACY? THE STUDENTS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED I THINK AT THE CONFERENCE THAT SOME OF US ATTENDED. YES. YEAH, WE DEFINITELY ARE OPEN TO TO THAT KIND OF CREDENTIALING OR THE LIKE CREDITING THOSE
STUDENTS BECAUSE I THINK RIGHT NOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL WILL GIVE THE STUDENTS COMPLETING FIFTH GRADE THE SEAL OF PILOT OR C AND THEN FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES AS WELL. SO I THINK IF IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN ADD ON TO LIKE THE APPLE CREDENTIALING OR OTHER I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL. AND THEN ON THE TEACHER'S SIDE ,I THINK WE WE ACTUALLY HAD PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WITH DR. SUE DURING ONE OF THE ASIAN POP MEETING ABOUT STREAMLINING THE CREDENTIALING. I THINK THAT PART IS VERY ESSENTIAL TOO BECAUSE THAT WILL REALLY LIKE GIVE MORE INCENTIVES FOR TALENTS LIKE STUDENTS OR QUALIFIED TEACHERS FROM OTHER PLACES TO REALLY TO BE MORE WILLING TO JOIN AS OPPOSED TO TEACHING A PROGRAM. AND COMMISSIONER GUPTA, YOU DID MENTION THAT YOU IMPLIED THAT SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE CROWN JEWELS OF OUR DISTRICT AND I KNOW OF PARENTS AND ALSO STUDENTS BUT MORE OF THE PARENTS ARE VERY PROUD OF THEIR STUDENTS AND WHAT THEY CAN
ACHIEVE. AND SO IS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR ATTRACTING MORE POTENTIAL STUDENTS IN THE FUTURE? EXACTLY. I COMPLETELY AGREE AND I ACTUALLY I UNFAIRLY WAS ASKING YOU ABOUT A BY LITERACY CERTIFICATION BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY SHOULD THE SUPERINTENDENT OR STAFF HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT ? YES. SO NUMBER ONE, WE WERE SUPER HONORED TO BE THE THE CITY THAT HOSTED COB, WHICH IS THE STATEWIDE BI LITERACY CONFERENCE WHERE WE HAD LOTS AND LOTS OF EDUCATORS HERE JUST COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND THAT WAS AMAZING. AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CERTIFICATION AS OF USD WE DO PROVIDE A THE STATE SEAL WHICH FOLLOWS THE STATE GUIDELINES ON HOW WE CERTIFY A YOUNG PERSON TO BE BI LITERATE AND THEN IN TERMS OF JUST RECRUITING
MORE FOR TEACHERS NUMBER ONE RECRUITING TEACHERS IN GENERAL IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT RECRUITING TEACHERS THAT HAVE THE BE CLOUD CERTIFICATION IS IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT BUT ALSO VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. WE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASIAN PAC. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY TRYING TO RECRUIT MORE TEACHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE BY D CLYDE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AS WE PREPARE FOR THE TCA MANDATE IMMERSION SCHOOL BUT ALSO AS WE PREPARE FOR TEACHER ATTRITION AND RETIREMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO YES, WE ARE ACTIVELY RECRUITING. I DO LIKE YOUR SUGGESTION OF JUST YOU KNOW, JUST BEING OUT THERE MORE POUNDING THE PAVEMENT, IDENTIFY I KNOW IN ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD ASIA-PAC WAS IDENTIFYING SOME TEACHERS WHO WE KNOW ARE BILINGUAL AND AND REALLY SAY TO THEM DO YOU WANT TO BE A B CLOUD CERTIFIED TEACHER AND AND INVITE THEM INTO THE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE A REALLY
GREAT JOB IN PARTNERSHIP IN PARTNERING WITH AS STATE WHERE TEACHERS CAN ACTUALLY JOIN THE PROGRAM FOR FREE BECAUSE WE WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A SCHOLARSHIP FOR TEACHERS SO THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM BECAUSE SOME BE CLOUD CERTIFIED AND THE GRANT PAYS FOR FOR THE TEACHERS SO THERE'S REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS WHO ARE BILINGUAL IN ANY LANGUAGE NOT JUST CANTONESE OR MANDARIN THEY'RE SPANISH AS WELL. SO IF YOU ARE A BILINGUAL TEACHER THAT'S AS CERTIFIED IS CERTIFIED RIGHT NOW AS A TEACHER BUT I WANT TO GET ONE MORE LEVEL OF CREDENTIALING WHICH IS THE BI LITERACY CREDENTIAL. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TALK TO ONE OF OR SEND US TALK TO H.R AND H.R. CAN HELP YOU BE ENGAGED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO STATE PROGRAM. MAY I JUST ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I
UNDERSTAND THERE'S THE CLOUD AND THEN THERE'S THE B CLOUD. RIGHT. BUT TO EARN THE B CLOUD YOU HAVE TO BE BI LITERATE TO EARN THE CLOUD. IT'S NOT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT BI LITERACY COMPONENT. BUT DO WE HAVE THE SAME SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE FOR TEACHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN EARNING THE CLOUD PART AS WELL AS THE B CLOUD THAT HELP US EXPAND? I DON'T I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW. CHRISTINA DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT? I THINK THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM THAT DR. SUE IS SPEAKING OF IS A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT TO TRY TO RECRUIT MORE BILINGUAL TEACHERS AND BASICALLY TEACHERS THAT ALREADY HAVE A CLOUD WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT WE WANT. WE KNOW THAT MANY OF THEM ARE BILINGUAL, BI LITERATE AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE TIME OR BANDWIDTH TO EARN A BILINGUAL AUTHORIZATION. SO THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM WAS TARGETED FOR THAT EFFORT. NOW NOW AND I'M GLAD YOU ASKED
THAT QUESTION. IT'S CERTAINLY RELEVANT AND JUST FINALLY JUST APPRECIATION FOR CALLING FOR THE FURTHER DISAGGREGATION. I MEAN WE SEE THAT ACROSS ALL OUR PARKS IN GENERAL JUST BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT INFORMATION BETTER SO THAT WE CAN BETTER WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS ENHANCE LEARNING, ENHANCE THAT SENSE OF BELONGING IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL IN A FROM A FROM A CONTINENT THAT ENCOMPASSES 5 BILLION PEOPLE MORE THAN HALF OF THE WORLD I MEAN THE EQUIVALENT OF HAVING AN ASIAN PAC IS YOU KNOW, THE EQUIVALENT OF SOMETHING LIKE YOU KNOW, THE NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE, AFRICA, OCEANIA, ANTARCTICA PAC YOU KNOW, ALL IN ONE RIGHT? SO ABSOLUTE DISAGGREGATION IS IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL AND I HOPE THAT WILL HELP TO ENHANCE THE WORK WE DO WITH OUR LEARNERS SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK SO ACTUALLY COMMISSIONER GUPTA, THE LAST POINT WAS SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO START WITH BUT I THINK I'LL ALSO SAY YOU KNOW THAT TO THE TO THE IDEA THAT YOU KNOW SOME
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
THE PUBLIC DASHBOARD, HE DID RECOGNIZE THAT HE WANTS TO CREATE SOME CONSISTENCY AND ADD SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS ASIAN ETHNIC GROUPS ACTUALLY AS MANY AS WE CAN CAPTURE BASED ON THE ETHNIC GROUP IDENTIFICATION THAT HAPPENS AT THE ENROLLMENT FORM APPLICATION PERIOD AND THAT'S HOW WE GATHER THE DATA FROM THE ENROLLMENT FORM TO INTO OUR SYNERGY SYSTEMS. >> SO BE MORE COMPREHENSIVE. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? >> YES, IT'LL BE MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS RIGHT NOW DOESN'T QUITE INCLUDE EVERY GROUP SO THAT'S THE GOAL. YEAH. AND IS THERE A TIMELINE FOR THAT GOAL? >> I BELIEVE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT IN THE BEGINNING OF 2627 THAT IS THE GOAL. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE OTHER SORT OF I GUESS COMMENT MAYBE A QUESTION
FOR YOU IS RELATES TO TO THE PILOT MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S THERE'S A PILOT PROGRAM THAT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A WAY FOR FOLKS TO GET INTO THE DISTRICT. I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOME TYPE OF PATHWAY RIGHT. AND WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OUR YOU KNOW, HIGHER ED PARTNERS THIS ACTUALLY THIS CONVERSATION CAME UP AT OUR LAST MEETING WITH PAC AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IS INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT PATHWAYS IN SILOS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU AND ARE THINKING ABOUT SORT OF FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE PIPE WAY PIPE PIPELINE IT'S BEEN A REALLY LONG DAY. IT WAS A LONG NIGHT LAST NIGHT AND PATHWAY PIPELINE PILOT BUT YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING OUR IP, RPA ALL THE THINGS IS OUR IP TO ME IS THAT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THAT FOLKS ARE
TALKING ABOUT OUTSIDE OF OUR INDIVIDUAL SILOS? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR H.R. I KNOW THAT AMY BAER, OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF H.R . IS LISTENING AND SHE'S UPSTAIRS BUT I DO KNOW THAT H.R. WORKS EVERY SINGLE DAY TO RECRUIT AN EXAMPLE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS THAT THEY DO WAS ACTUALLY SET UP A STAND AT COB JUST COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHERE THEY WERE ACTIVELY RECRUITING POTENTIAL TEACHERS. YES SHAMELESSLY WE WERE STEALING THEM FROM OTHER DISTRICTS BUT IT'S OKAY. WE DESERVE THE BEST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OH NO PLEASE COME TO THE DISTRICT. WE ACTUALLY OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE FULLY FUNDED HEALTH BENEFITS FOR YOUR FAMILY. CHOOSE US CHOOSE US. BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS WHAT H.R. DOES EVERY DAY. IT IS THEIR JOB TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE OUT THERE RECRUITING AND FILLING ALL OF
OUR VACANCIES. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL KEY AREAS THAT HAVE VACANCIES LANGUAGE PATHWAYS IS ONE OF THEM. THE OTHER ONE IS SPECIAL ED AND TECH. SO WE ARE WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY WORKING ON BUILDING THAT PIPELINE AND AND HONESTLY WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING AN EDUCATOR AND HOW WONDERFUL IT IS SO THAT WE CAN START BUILDING THAT PIPELINE WHEN THEY ARE STILL STUDENTS. SPEAKING OF STUDENTS, I JUST GOT A TEXT SAYING THAT 308 OF OUR STUDENTS OF OUR SENIORS WILL BE RECEIVING THE BI LITERACY STATE SEAL NEXT WEEK. THAT'S AMAZING. YES. >> SOON THEY'LL GET MINE. I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT'S ALWAYS REALLY NICE TO SEE ADVISORY COUNCILS AND GROUPS PRESENT TO US AND REALLY I HAVE TO SEE LIKE THE PASSION AND THE CARE THAT PARENTS HAVE FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND THE DISTRICTS. I REMEMBER LIKE AIPAC WAS HERE LAST MEETING AND I, I BELIEVE I THOUGHT THE SAME THING TO THEM.
THAT IS REALLY ADMIRABLE TO SEE LIKE PARENTS STANDING UP FOR THEIR STUDENTS. >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND I ALSO WANTED TO COMMEND THE PA ABOUT RECOGNIZING DIFFERENT GROUPS UNDER OTHER ASIAN I'M BURMESE. I'M ALSO MOVED HERE WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG AND I ALSO FALL APART. I MEAN I ALSO FALL UNDER OTHER ASIAN SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT RECOGNITION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY QUESTION AND THEN MY THOUGHTS REALLY GO WITH THE WHOLE HIGH SCHOOL CREDENTIAL THING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. I REMEMBER I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE STUDENT CREDENTIALS FOR OR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CREDENTIALS FOR LIKE LANGUAGES AND I GO TO LAW I'M A SENIOR AND I KNOW WE HAVE LIKE AP CLASSES LIKE MY FRIENDS TAKE AP CHINESE AND IF THEY GET A FIVE OR EVEN I THINK PERHAPS THEY GET THE FOR THE FIELD BY LITERACY AND I'M WONDERING WHAT THE STANDARDIZATION THAT FOR THAT IS FOR SCHOOLS THAT DON'T OFFER AP CLASSES AND LIKE ALSO FOR LANGUAGES THAT DON'T
BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE LIKE ITALIAN AND JAPANESE AND KNOW KOREAN AND ITALIAN BUT DON'T HAVE AP CLASSES AT ALL. AND SO I'M WONDERING LIKE DO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT LAW WHO ARE NOT TAKING THE CLOTH THAT I GOT CONFUSING WHO ARE NOT TAKING THE AP THAT OFFER LIKE THE LIKE WHO ARE NOT TAKING THE LANGUAGES THAT OFFER APPS OR PEOPLE AT OTHER HIGH SCHOOL THAT DON'T OFFER LANGUAGE AP AT ALL LIKE WHAT IS THE PROCESS LOOK LIKE FOR THAT? I SO IF THERE ISN'T AN AP ACTUALLY IF A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TAKES THE AP COURSE THAT IN ITSELF THAT COMPLETION ACTUALLY QUALIFIES. SO IT'S ACTUALLY EVEN BETTER THAN HAVING TO PASS THE AP TESTS OR GET A 4 OR 5. >> BUT IF THERE ISN'T A LANGUAGE PER SE THAT'S OFFERED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, MULTILINGUAL PATHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP A SYSTEM FOR THE STUDENT TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR PROFICIENCY AND IN THE PARTICULAR LANGUAGE SO THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES THE WHOLE GOAL OF
THE SYLLABI LITERACY IS TO IF IS TO REALLY AWARD AND HONOR A STUDENT'S BILINGUALISM. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO BOTH DEMONSTRATE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AS WELL AS THE TARGET LANGUAGE. WOW. THIS GOT ME THINKING ABOUT THAT. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN AN AP LANGUAGE CLASSES BECAUSE I DIDN'T NEED TO TO GET A FIVE TO GET THE FEEL OF VIOLENT WHILE I DON'T KNOW THAT SO VERY GOOD TO KNOW I'LL BE SURE TO PASS THE MESSAGE ALONG TO MY LITTLE SISTER MY SECOND AND THE LAST QUESTION IS JUST I'M WONDERING ABOUT RECOMMENDATION THREE ABOUT LIKE THE LAST POINT THE LAST RECOMMENDATION OR THE LAST PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION ABOUT ADVANCING EQUITY WITH LIKE THE RANGE OF NEEDS AND STRENGTHS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR LIKE ACCESS TO SUPPORT AND LIKE ACADEMICS AND LIKE OPPORTUNITIES AND EXTRACURRICULARS. >> I'M JUST WONDERING LIKE IF IT'S LIKE ACTIVELY MONITORED AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN SUPPORT OF THESE AREAS OF FOCUS AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THESE SERVICES AND LIKE
THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE BEING MEASURED FOR ASIAN STUDENTS LIKE HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING LIKE WE'RE GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO ACHIEVE OR LIKE HOW THE RESOURCES ARE BEING EMPLOYED AND AN EFFECTIVE WAY OR IF WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING TABLE AND THAT LIKE TRY TO FIND MORE WAYS TO GET LIKE MORE EFFECTIVE RESOURCES THAT REALLY HELP THEM INSTEAD OF JUST ONES THAT ARE IT IS THERE. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. LET ME LET ME TRY TO FIRST MAYBE SHARE AN ACTUAL EXPERIENCE FROM MY MY CHILD WHEN HE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL OUT OF IT FOR JUST A MOMENT. >> HE WAS HE WAS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP TO KEEP ORGANIZED AND WE KNOW HE'S A REALLY SMART KID WHEN WE APPROACH THE TEACHER AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATION THE COMMENT THAT HE RECEIVED WAS BECAUSE HE'S NOT FAILING, HE'S DOING OKAY. AND SO BASICALLY THERE'S NO SUPPORT AND THERE'S ALSO KIND OF THE WHAT IFS SO UNLESS HE
HAD A FIVE OR LIKE A 5 OR 3 IEP, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN HE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET MORE SUPPORT. BUT BECAUSE HE'S NOT FAILING HE'S NOT GOING TO GET THE SUPPORT. TO ME THAT ANECDOTE THAT STORY IS IS I DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HELP THEM ALL TO SUCCEED. SO I THINK I PUT THAT OUT THERE. >> DO I HAVE AN ANSWER? THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DIVE INTO AND TO COMMISSIONER WISEMAN OR AND ALSO COMMISSIONER GUPTA THE ASIAN PAC HAS BEEN ASKING FOR A LOT OF DATA AND DOCTORS TO IN SOME CASES WE WE SEE THAT THERE'S BITS OF IT BUT WE CAN'T REALLY PUT IT TOGETHER VERY WELL. SO WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WELL WHAT IS IT EXACTLY THAT WE NEED? SO I'LL KIND OF PUT THAT OUT THERE. >> ANYTHING TO ADD MY COLLEAGUES HERE JUST HAVE I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD ON TO WHAT ORLANDO SAID AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT I SEE THAT WE'VE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN EQUITY WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL VALUE ABOUT BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE ALSO VALUE ACADEMIC RIGOR. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING STUDENTS SHOULD FOCUS ON
AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHOULD REALLY STRIVE IN THAT SO EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE CAN GO HAND IN HAND SO IT SHOULDN'T BE EQUITY GOAL FIRST IF EQUITY CANNOT BE ACHIEVED WE DON'T CARE ABOUT EXCELLENCE. I THINK THEY CAN GO HAND IN HAND. THEY CAN THEY CAN ACHIEVE TO GET TO BE THEY CAN BE ACHIEVED TOGETHER HAND IN HAND INSTEAD OF SACRIFICING ONE FOR ANOTHER AND WE WE DEFINITELY DO AGREE THAT LEAVING NO KIDS BEHIND BUT FOR KIDS WHO ARE ON TRACK OR FOR KIDS WHO ARE ACTUALLY MORE IN ADVANCED, THEY DON'T GET ENOUGH SUPPORT FROM THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FEEL LIKE THEY ARE NOT FAILING. SO WHY GIVE THEM SUPPORT? WE SHOULD SUPPORT THE STUDENTS WHO ARE FALLING BEHIND BUT I THINK WE AS SCHOOL DISTRICT WE CAN STOP WE CAN SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS. SO DEFINITELY WE WILL WE SHOULD FOCUS ON STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING DEFINITELY WE SHOULD GIVE THEM A HAND.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE ON TRACK OR STUDENTS WHO ARE REALLY ADVANCING, THEY SOME STUDENTS MIGHT GET BORED IN CLASSROOM BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKE THEY REALLY LEARN ALL THIS STUFF ALREADY AND BUT THEY NEED TO WAIT. SO I'M GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THIS WITH YOU. I THINK IF WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THOSE STUDENTS LONG TRACK OR ABOVE AND BEYOND A LOT OF KIDS LIKE ALL THE FAMILIES WILL DECIDE TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS A WE THIS IS LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING ALREADY AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN LIKE WE WANT TO REALLY TELL ALL THE FAMILIES THAT ASAF YAZDI IS THE PLACE TO BE IS THE A REALLY GOOD THIS REALLY CARES ABOUT ALL STUDENTS IT DOES ON CYCLICAL STUDENTS. IT CARES ABOUT ALL OF YOU SO I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD MESSAGE ALSO TO THE STUDENTS, TO FAMILIES, TO COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR BIG CLASS. OH YEAH. >> BIG CLUB. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THE CLARIFICATION FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS VERY THOUGHTFULLY AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU SHARED.
THIS OBVIOUSLY VERY RESONATES VERY WELL WITH ME PERSONALLY AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT DISCUSSION THUS FAR AND IT'S ALWAYS VERY NICE TO HEAR THESE PRESENTATIONS SO AND THAT IS LIKE WHAT OUR SECOND TO LAST MEETING SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT EXTRA SPECIAL. >> SO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THE PRESENTATION WAS REALLY CLEAR AND I WAS JUST KIND OF GOING OVER IT AGAIN. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE BEHIND HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN TAUGHT BY THEIR OWN PARENTS AND THEY WANT TO LEARN THAT LANGUAGE THAT THEY GREW UP BEING AROUND IN THAT CULTURE THAT THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN. SO HAVING THOSE RESOURCES GIVEN TO THEM AT SCHOOL JUST KIND OF RESONATES WITH A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO FEEL LIKE AP COURSES ARE TOO HARD BECAUSE FOR ME AT MY SCHOOL I GO TO BIR AND WE DON'T OFFER ANY WE HAVE AP SPANISH AND AP CHINESE SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY NON ADVANCE COURSEWORK THAT AUTOMATICALLY HELP STUDENTS WHO JUST WANT TO TAKE THE CLASS TO TAKE IT. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T TAKE
THOSE CLASSES BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE IT'S TOO HARD OR IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, GETTING THE ACTUAL LIKE TEST SCORE AFTERWARDS AND SEEING ALL THAT EFFORT AND ALL THAT WORK WAS WORTH IT. SO FOR ME I FELT LIKE THIS IS A REALLY GOOD THING. IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY PROVIDING ALL STUDENTS WHO MAYBE DIDN'T GET THIS CHANCE AND THEN MONETARY SCHOOL I MEAN A LOT OF SCHOOLS DON'T PROVIDE SPANISH OR CHINESE OR OTHER IMMERSION PROGRAMS SO HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT GIVES A LOT OF STUDENTS AND REASSURANCE TO FAMILIES THAT THEY STILL GET THE ABILITY TO LEARN IT IN HIGH SCHOOL EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T GET IT BEFOREHAND IS REALLY GOOD AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD AND AMAZING AND I LOVE THAT WE'RE GIVING THIS ABILITY TO A LOT OF INCOMING TEACHERS SO THEY RECONNECT AND KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH STUDENTS AND I THINK IT'S AMAZING. SO KEEP IT UP. I'M SO SO EXCITED FOR EVERYBODY WHO CAN GET THIS RESOURCE AND HAS THIS OPPORTUNITY
BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WOULD APPRECIATE THIS AS WELL. >> SO THANK YOU. I'D LOVE TO ALSO BUILD ON THIS AND I'M CURIOUS SO I APPRECIATE THE RECOMMENDATION THREE AROUND STRENGTHENING TIERED CLASSROOM SUPPORTS AND AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IS FOR DR. SHU AROUND WHAT WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY AROUND MULTI TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT AND AND OR ACCELERATION PATHWAYS AND THAT'S IT FOR US. I CAN IMAGINE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO COME UP WHEN SPEED PRESENTS NEXT MONTH. IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGH PREVIOUS REPORTS AROUND FROM OTHER ADVISORY COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES AROUND AROUND TIERED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORTS. DO WE AND THEY KIND OF REFLECT BACK ON THAT WITH I THINK COMMISSIONER RAY AND COMMISSIONER FISHER. WE WERE AT SUNSET ELEMENTARY. WE WERE LOOKING AT THEIR SCHEDULE AND ASK THIS QUESTION OF LIKE SO WHEN DOES MTS WHEN
DOES INTERVENTION TAKE PLACE? AND THEY'RE LIKE WELL WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE AN INTERVENTION BACK IN OUR SCHEDULE SO WE DON'T AND AND SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY AS A DISTRICT AROUND PROVIDING BOTH ACCELERATION PATHWAYS AND INTERVENTION PATHWAYS. YEAH THAT'S THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM FOR THE QUESTION AND THANK YOU STUDENTS FOR BRINGING THIS UP. I WAS ACTUALLY JUST GOING THROUGH MY HEAD ABOUT JUST HOW DO WE HOW BRING OF THE ACADEMIC RIGOR AND OVER THE LAST YEAR WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS IS ADOPTED A NEW CURRICULUM THAT WAS STATE ALIGNED THAT ACTUALLY HAS METRICS THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO TO MONITOR AND AND AND SEE STUDENTS ABILITIES TO PERFORM AND TO CATCH UP OR SOME STUDENTS ARE MOVING FASTER AND SO THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PROMPTS THAT TEACHERS CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT TEACHERS CAN PROVIDE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO WANT TO JUST CONTINUE. SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE CURRICULUM THAT IS MODERN, THAT
IS STATE ALIGNED THAT WILL ALLOW US THAT LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY. I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC RIGOR IN OUR SCHOOLS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS CLASSES THAT WE ARE OFFERING THOSE OPTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HEAR THAT LOWELL HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT AP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND THAT YOU KNOW, MAYBE OTHER SCHOOLS COULD HAVE MORE OF THAT WHICH IS WHY WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO EITHER BUILD MORE AP OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL OR BUILD THE PARTNERSHIPS FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT AT CITY COLLEGE SO THAT STUDENTS HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THOSE CLASSES IF THOSE CLASSES ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THEIR SCHOOL AND AND THROUGH CAREER EXPLORE EXPOSURE AND AND INTERNSHIPS THEY'RE ALSO GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE REAL APPLICATIONS OF WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM AND REALLY
CRYSTALLIZE ALL OF THIS ALL THE CONTENT INTO REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES. >> SO I THINK ALL OF THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO CONTINUE TO PUSH AND AND KEEP MOVING. SHOULD WE DO MORE? ABSOLUTELY. CAN WE DO MORE? WE SHOULD WE SHOULD LOOK INTO DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO MORE SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO ARE READY ON THE OTHER SIDE, SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS WHERE WHERE CAN WE PROVIDE THAT AND AND I THINK TO BE HONEST, THIS IS WHERE WE WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB. WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB AT PROVIDING THE SUPPORTS FOR OUR EDUCATORS SO THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO USE THE CURRICULUM TO USE EXTERNAL SUPPORTS LIKE A MIRROR OR OTHERS OF OTHER PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH WITH THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO CATCH UP AND TEST THE MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT IS A STRATEGY THAT THE DISTRICT USED TO USE AND HAVE SLOWLY VEERED AWAY FROM.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE ENDURED AWAY FROM IS THE RECOGNITION THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS AND THOSE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS COME IN THE FORM OF PERHAPS ADDITIONAL MINUTES IN OUR CLASSROOMS PERHAPS HAVING A SPECIAL SMALLER GROUP SESSION WITH THEIR TEACHERS SO THAT THEY SO THAT TEACHERS CAN SPEND TIME WITH STUDENTS WHO NEED THAT EXTRA ATTENTION TO TO STAY ON TRACK OR OR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUTSIDE PARTNERS LIKE SPRINGBOARD OR CHAPTER ONE WHICH IS A HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BROUGHT INTO OUR DISTRICT AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE OTHER OTHER TOOLS THAT WE USE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY THAT LEVERAGES WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR WITH OUR TEACHERS. >> BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE WE NEED MORE WE NEED TO DO MORE AND WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME THINKING THROUGH WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. UNFORTUNATELY OUR GOALS CURRENTLY STILL WE'RE NOT
MEETING OUR GOALS OF THIRD GRADE LITERACY, EIGHTH GRADE MATH AND COLLEGE CAREER READINESS. SO SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO STAY FOCUSED ON. >> IT IS I MEAN THE THAT THE CURRICULUM ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN THAT SPEAKS SO MUCH TO I MEAN JUST TO USE THE LANGUAGE OF AS AS TIER ONE INSTRUCTIONAL WORK I MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE FOR OF COURSE ACCELERATION WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SIMPLY MAKING MORE COURSES AVAILABLE. BUT I THINK I'M STILL I MEAN WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IS WHAT IS WHAT IS EXACTLY OUR SYSTEM WIDE STRATEGY AND THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING OR USING OR ADOPTING TO ACTUALLY OPERATIONALIZE SOME OF THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS IN OUR SCHOOLS. RIGHT. IS IT AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EMPTY ASSETS. IT COULD BE AN RTI PROGRAM. IT COULD BE. BUT BUT I, I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS YOU KNOW, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORTS AND INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN ADDITION
TO PROVIDING ACCELERATION PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE EXCELLING LIKE WHAT IS I GUESS WHAT IS THE SYSTEM WIDE STRATEGY FOR THAT AND HOW ARE WE RESOURCING IT RIGHT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE QUESTION THAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING AS WE CONTINUE TO CONTEMPLATE SOME SIGNIFICANT BUDGET QUESTIONS BECAUSE WITHOUT A CLEAR SYSTEM WIDE STRATEGY OR FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE KIND OF ANCHORING TOWARDS I GUESS I'M STILL LEFT WONDERING JUST HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY OPERATIONALIZE IN PRACTICE, RIGHT? AND AND WHAT DOES THAT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO OPERATIONALIZE IS OUR EDUCATORS DELIVERING ON THE CURRICULUM BUT CURRICULUM IS TIER ONE INSTRUCTION RIGHT SO YEAH SO YOU KNOW AGAIN I'M KIND OF WONDERING WHAT EXACTLY IS IT THAT WE ARE DOING AS A SYSTEM TO ACTUALLY BUILD THE SPACE THE TIME IN OUR SCHEDULING THE THE
ACTUAL INTERVENTION SUPPORTS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND I MEAN THAT'S JUST ON THE INTERVENTION SIDE. AND THEN ON THE ACCELERATION SIDE, IS IT JUST THAT OUR STRATEGY IS TO OFFER MORE COURSES IN HIGH SCHOOL SO STUDENTS WHO ARE EXCELLING BEYOND THEIR COURSEWORK ARE JUST TAKING MORE CLASSES LIKE I GUESS I GUESS THERE'S I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT EXACTLY IS AND WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW BUT I THINK THAT'S MY QUESTION RIGHT? LIKE WHAT IS THE SYSTEM WIDE STRATEGY HERE THAT WE'RE SAYING IS THE FRAMEWORK FOR US TO PROVIDE ACCELERATION PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS AND FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CONCRETE STRATEGY FOR HOW WE'RE BRINGING INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS OF FOR STUDENTS RIGHT TO ACCESS THE VERY IMPORTANT TIER ONE CURRICULUM THAT WE HAVE. RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION I'M WONDERING AND I WILL JUST END BY SAYING THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR ALL YOUR WORK HERE AND AND DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT AND ENJOYED COMING TO SOME OF YOUR MEETINGS AND ENJOYING THE FOOD. >> ALWAYS GOOD. OH WELL JUST I MEAN I JUST I REALLY WANT TO SAY THAT OUR
EDUCATORS ARE PROVIDING THE DISAGGREGATE TEACHING IN OUR CLASSROOMS. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE WE HAVE WE ARE PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING EDUCATORS TO DELIVER THE CURRICULUM AND AND THAT YES. CAN WE DO MORE? ABSOLUTELY. SHOULD WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS GOING TO BE KIND OF THE THE THE THE STILL SAFETY NET FOR OUR STUDENTS? ABSOLUTELY. WE DESERVE THAT AND OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THAT. WHAT WE HAVE NOW ARE AMAZING EDUCATORS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN TRAININGS ON DELIVERING THE SYSTEM, ON DELIVERING CURRICULUM AND THEY ARE EXPERTS AND WELL VERSED IN PROVIDING DISAGGREGATED LEARNINGS TO OUR STUDENTS, IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WHO NEED THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, FIGURING OUT HOW TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS AND IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WHO ARE READY TO EXCEL NOW WHICH SHOULD WE BUILD OUT MORE OF THAT AND SO THAT MORE STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PATHWAYS? ABSOLUTELY UNTIL WE GET THERE WE THAT THAT IS THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND I WOULD LOVE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES TO TO FIGURE OUT OTHER STRATEGIES
IN BUILDING OUT SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. IF I MAY SHARE SOMETHING, THIS IS NOT REALLY AN ANSWER BUT REALLY JUST MY OWN EXPERIENCE. I WOULD SAY OUR TEACHERS AND YOU'VE INDICATED THE SAME DR. SU AND I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE WE NEED TO INVEST MORE IN OUR TEACHERS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN PRACTICALLY? I SOMETIMES HAVE A BAD MEMORY BUT I REMEMBER MY SECOND GRADE TEACHER I'M SORRY FIRST GRADE MISSED THEIR THIRD GRADE THIS BROOKS FOURTH GRADE MISS MR. AND MRS. B CHELI FOURTH AND FIFTH AND SIXTH. WHY DO I DO THAT? BECAUSE THEY LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION IN MY LIFE AND I DON'T KNOW IF OUR KIDS WILL SEE THAT TODAY. MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST CHECK IN WITH THEM AS PARENTS. BUT MY MY MY SON WILL COME BACK EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE BUT PRETTY OFTEN AND SAY MY TEACHER JUST DOESN'T CARE, DOESN'T GRADE MY ASSIGNMENTS UNTIL THE END OF THE SEMESTER ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT HEAR AND SO PROBABLY GOES DOWN TOO. WE NEED EXCELLENT EDUCATORS. OF COURSE WE KNOW WE NEED TO PAY THEM WELL. WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AND THEN HOPEFULLY IN TURN
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY TURN OUT THE FUTURE GENERATIONS AND GIVE THE EDUCATION OUR KIDS DESERVE. UM, BEFORE I ASK MY QUESTION TO THE PAC WHICH I SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND PURSUE YOUR WORK, I WANT TO JUST FOLLOW UP ON DR. SUE. YOUR RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT KIM'S QUESTION ABOUT MTC BECAUSE WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY WAS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS MADE A CONSCIOUS CHOICE TO MOVE AWAY FROM EMPTY ASSETS AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE HAVE TO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR TIER ONE INSTRUCTION. WE HAVE OUR TIER THREE SUPPORTS AND THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REALLY ENSURING THAT WE HAVE TIER TWO SUPPORTS AND ENSURING THAT THOSE ARE INTEGRATED YOU KNOW, PERHAPS AS PUSH INS INSTEAD OF PULL OUTS AND THAT TEACHERS RECEIVE APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON HOW TO BEST OFFER TIER TWO SUPPORTS. BUT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS
DIFFERENT FROM THAT IS NOT THAT WE'RE KIND OF REBUILDING TIER TWO OF OUR MTC IT'S THAT THE DISTRICT HASN'T MADE IT A CONSCIOUS CHOICE TO NOT USE MTC AS A MODEL FOR INTERVENTIONS AND I'M WONDERING IF I HEARD THAT CORRECTLY AND IF SO WHAT THE ALTERNATE STRATEGY WOULD BE TO PROVIDE THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED THEM. SO IT'S GREAT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A VERY STRONG WAS STRONG AS A RELATIVE WORD. WE ARE BUILDING OUT A VERY STRONG TIER ONE MODEL MEANING ALL OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE THE TRAININGS THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM SO THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. WE HAVE A VERY AGAIN STRONG AS A RELATIVE WORD BUT WE HAVE A TIER THREE MODEL WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING MANDATED SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR FOR FOR DISABILITIES, FOR SPECIAL ED WHAT WE HAVE WE NEED TO DO BETTER AT IS BUILD OUT OUR TIER TWO STRATEGY WHICH IS THAT MIDDLE AREA THE INTERVENTION AREA, THE INTERVENTION STRATEGY
AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER AT DOING THAT NOW IN ORDER FOR US TO DO AND BUILD OUT A TIER TWO STRATEGY WE REALLY NEED TO BUILD A STRONG FOUNDATION. >> I BELIEVE FIRST WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE THOSE THE TRAININGS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM AND AS WE'RE AUGMENTING TIER TWO ACTUALLY WE I'VE JUST TALKING TO OUR ASSISTANT SOUP OF STUDENT FAMILY SERVICES ABOUT BUILDING OUT TIER TWO BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS WOULD NEED THOSE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS AND TIER TWO SUPPORTS COULD LOOK LIKE A SOCIAL WORKER COMING IN TO PROVIDE SUPPORTS TO A YOUNG PERSON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE MAY BE AN ATTENDANCE INTERVENTIONIST SO THOSE ARE OTHER STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY EMPLOYED AND DEPLOYED WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF YOUR TIER TWO STRATEGIES AROUND LITERACY SUPPORTS, MATH SUPPORTS AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OUT AS WE'RE
BRINGING IN LITERACY COACHES AND READING COACHES OR MATH COACHES INTO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. SO YES WE ARE WE ARE WE THERE YET KNOW DO WE HAVE A LOT TO DO? ABSOLUTELY. BUT WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO GETTING THERE SO SO WE'RE NOT MOVING AWAY FROM MTC WE'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING TOWARD HAVING MORE ROBUST MTC. >> YEAH APOLOGIES FOR MISSPEAKING THINGS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IN ON THIS AND FOR THE RECOMMENDATION ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THE ASIAN IMPACTS RECOMMENDATIONS WAS ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT RECOMMENDATION ONE AND RECOMMENDATION THREE THAT THE RESPONSE FROM STAFF WAS YOU KNOW, VERY ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE PAC IS ASKING FOR AND IN SOME CASES WAS SAYING THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING THIS OR THIS IS ALIGNED WITH DISTRICT POLICY OR WITH EXISTING DISTRICT PROGRAMS AND I THINK
IT'S GREAT THAT ASIAN PAC AND THE DISTRICT ARE ALIGNED AND YOU KNOW, AGREEING ON WHAT THE END GOAL IS. BUT MY GUESS IS THAT IF THESE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS THERE MIGHT BE SOME GAP BETWEEN WHAT THE DISTRICT IS ALREADY DOING AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEKING. AND SO I WANTED TO JUST PROBE THAT A BIT MORE AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IF THERE ARE YOU KNOW, PERHAPS YOU KNOW THE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS ARE ALIGNED WITH THERE'S AN IMPLEMENTATION GAP THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE GROUND OR IF YOU FEEL THAT THERE NEED TO BE MORE ROBUST PROGRAMS AND KIND OF WHERE IT COMES FROM THAT THESE ARE THE TOP THREE PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE MY GUESS IS THAT YOU'RE FEELING LIKE THESE ARE NOT THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IF YOU'RE BRINGING THEM TO US AS YOUR TOP RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER HOLDING FOR THIS PROBE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, WE GAVE OUT THESE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF OBSERVATIONS AND THAT'S WHY WE COME UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS HOPEFULLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN REALLY FOCUS ON IMPROVING IT SO I CAN TALK ABOUT OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION. I THINK ORLANDO CAN FOCUS MORE ON THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION. SO FOR FIRST COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION THE REASON WHY WE GAVE THAT OUT IS WE ACTUALLY WE CALL ON FEEDBACK FROM FAMILY STUDENTS ABOUT FOR LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OFFERED AND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THE GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCIES THE STANDARDS CAN BE CAN HAVE A LOT OF DISCREPANCIES. FOR INSTANCE MY SON IS THAT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL HE'S AT THE CHINESE IMMERSION SO THEY TEACH CANTONESE AND MANDARIN DURING MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THERE ARE FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FEEDING INTO HOOVER AND HOOVER HAS BOTH SPANISH AND CHINESE IMMERSION. SO MY SON IS AT THE CHINESE IT'S CHINESE IMMERSION AND HE HE TOLD ME AND ALSO LIKE HE
ALSO TOLD ME FROM HIS TEACHER TALKING ABOUT THAT STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, THEIR LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ARE SO MUCH DIFFERENT LIKE THE TEACHER HAD HAD TO START FROM LIKE TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MATERIALS AND ALSO LIKE THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT ARE REALLY ADVANCING VERY WELL LIKE SUCH AS LIKE ALICE FONG KNOW THE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS ARE REALLY GOOD AND THE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IS VERY MAYBE LIKE AT A VERY ADVANCED OF THE SPECTRUM. SO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF DISCREPANCIES ACROSS AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT MAY BE HAPPENING ON OTHER LANGUAGE PROGRAMS TOO LIKE OTHER ASIAN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OR SPANISH OR OTHER LANGUAGES. AND WE WE STRONGLY THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE A CENTRAL LEADERSHIP IN REALLY LIKE MAKING SURE THE CURRICULUM AND GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY IS ALIGNED AND STANDARDIZED ACROSS ALL SCHOOL SITES OFFERING THE SAME PROGRAMS THIS THIS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT NEEDS TO REALLY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO LIKE INCREASE THE BUDGET. I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS MORE LIKE WE DID REVIEWING AND RESTRUCTURING THE PROGRAMS, MAKING SURE EVERY THE SCHOOL SITES ARE REALLY USING THE SAME STANDARDS WHEN THEY DECIDE TO DESIGN THEIR CURRICULUM OR DESIGNED TEACHING MATERIALS AND ALSO TRAINING THE TEACHERS . YEAH. SO I WE THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY HUGE, HUGE NEED FOR THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'LL PASS ON TO ORLANDO FOR THE RECOMMENDATION. YEAH THANKS KIM SO I WOULD SAY I TRULY DO BELIEVE I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SPEAK WITH DR. SUE, HEAR FROM HER AND FROM ANY OF OUR STAFF FOR THE COMMITTEE WORK THAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. SO I'M GOING TO ROLL IN A LITTLE BIT VERY BRIEFLY MY PROFESSIONAL DAY JOB I TALK A LOT ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND TRYING TO BUILD TEAMS TO DO GREAT WORK
AND PART OF THAT IS WHEN WE THINK OF A STRATEGY. SO THINK OF OUR DISTRICT STRATEGY. WE CREATE THE STRATEGY THAT'S THE VISION AND THEN THE NEXT REALLY IMPORTANT STEP IS ALIGNING PEOPLE TOWARD THAT VISION OR STRATEGY AND THEN THE REALLY IMPORTANT STEP AFTER THAT IS THE EXECUTION. >> SO I DO FEEL LIKE WE ALL HAVE GENUINE INTENT TO DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR OUR TEACHERS, FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR THE FAMILIES IN THE IN THE DISTRICT WHERE WE ARE AT NOW IS THAT EXECUTION PHASE. SO WE ARE ALIGNED THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD GO FOR A LOT OF THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES BUT WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO EXECUTE AND SUSTAIN AT THE SAME TIME. SO PRACTICALLY I THINK WE HAVE WE CAN SAY MAYBE HOTSPOTS OF EXCELLENCE ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE DUPLICATED IN SOME WAYS BUT WE KNOW THERE'S A RESOURCE CONSTRAINT SO PART OF OUR DISCUSSION IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS WHAT CAN BE KIND OF COST NEUTRAL FOR EXAMPLE AND STILL THAT WE CAN THEN EXPAND TO BE A SUCCESS STORY ACROSS THE DISTRICT. >> SO I THINK ALIGN STAFFING
ALIGNED IS THE CORRECT STATEMENT IS JUST WHAT DO WE DO NOW TO EXECUTE AND SUSTAIN? AND A FOLLOW UP QUESTION I HAD IS WITH RESPECT TO RECOMMENDATION THREE AND ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE ACADEMIC CHALLENGE IS ASIAN PAC SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR MORE AP CLASSES OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE? AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MORE KIND OF SPECIFICALLY ARTICULATE WHAT YOU FEEL THAT MEANS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS. YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LANGUAGE FOR LANGUAGE PATHWAYS ACROSS SCHOOL SIZING. I HAVE USED WE'VE SEEN LIKE SCHOOLS WITH LIKE IN HERE IN HIGH DEMAND AND WE HAVE SEEN SCHOOLS THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND ENOUGH STUDENTS TO FILL ALL THE VACANCIES. SO WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE'S SOME LIKE A BETTER PLANNING BETTER RESOURCE PLANNING AND MAYBE DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENT POPULATION ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REALLY CATER TO THAT THAT THOSE PLACES
OR SCHOOLS WHERE THERE'S A HUGE DEMAND IN FOR THE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AND THEN MAYBE FOR THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE REALLY STRUGGLING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY THINK ABOUT WAY TO EITHER WAY TO SUSTAIN THE PROGRAM WHILE MAYBE WE THINK THINKING STRATEGICALLY HOW TO GATHER ENOUGH INTEREST FOR FOR OTHER PROGRAMS FOR THOSE SCHOOLS AND WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SMALLER HIGH LEVEL PLANNING FOR LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AS A WHOLE MORE LIKE A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO TO REALLY WE SOLVE THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE LIKE WHICH PROGRAMS ARE REALLY GREAT PROGRAMS FOR NOT JUST ASIAN LANGUAGE BUT LIKE ALL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS SUSTAINABLE BEING SUSTAINABLE AND BEING ONE OF THE LIKE THE CROWN JEWELS LIKE ONE OF THE GREAT SELLING POINTS FOR TO CONVERT STUDENTS FROM LEAVING THOSE DISTRICT TO LIKE KEEPING THEM BACK IN THOSE TWO
DISTRICTS IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS OPEN, GET ENOUGH FUNDING FROM THE STATE AND SUSTAIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. >> I'M SORRY FOR PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT. CAN I WAS I BRINGING THAT TO THE POINT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT AP PROGRAMS. WE KNOW THAT NOT ALL STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE THERE'S A ROBUST PORTFOLIO. NOT EVERYONE WILL GET TO GO TO A GREAT SCHOOL LIKE LOWELL FOR EXAMPLE, BUT THEY CAN STILL HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE WHEREVER THEY GO. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THEN PRACTICALLY? SO I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST ABOUT EXPANDING THE AP PROGRAMS . IT'S FINDING WHAT WORKS AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE I THINK A LOT OF DATA BUT WE ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW I'M NOT SURE IF WE MAKE GOOD USE OF THAT DATA AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO BUILD ON AT FIRST AS WELL. ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THAT WHEN WE I THINK COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN WHERE YOU BROUGHT UP PILOTS EARLIER I DON'T KNOW IF WE DO A GREAT JOB OF ACTUALLY MEASURING SUCCESS OF PILOT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES BROADLY WE MIGHT LOOK AT SOMETHING FOR
A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME AND SAY THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF X, Y, Z BUT NOT REALLY MEASURE IF THAT EXPANDS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DISTRICT OR IF IT COULD SO MAYBE IT'S AP EXAMS BUT IT'S CERTAINLY MUCH MORE THAN THAT AND TO AN EARLIER POINT WE MADE SOMETIMES OUR STUDENTS JUST NEED TO BE ENCOURAGED AND SO IF THEY'RE IN THAT MIDDLE OF THE PACK, IF THEY'RE NOT GREAT AND SELF STUDY AND SELF INITIATIVE AND THEY'RE NOT AT THE I DON'T I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE AT THE BOTTOM BUT IF NOT AT THE BOTTOM GETTING DIRECT SUPPORT AND THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE THEY'RE GOING TO GET LOST. HOW DO WE HELP THOSE STUDENTS ESPECIALLY I THINK YOU GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. REALLY GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE AND JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME AND THE EFFORT AND THE HEART THAT YOU'RE ALL PUTTING INTO THIS AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THAT BOTH FROM THE FAMILIES AND THE STAFF. MY QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY AROUND RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE ABOUT ALIGNING CURRICULUM LANGUAGE STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS ACROSS ALL ASIAN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS.
THIS WAS SOMETHING, MR. YANG, THAT YOU HAD SPOKEN TO EARLIER BASED ON COMMISSIONER HEALINGS QUESTION AND I GUESS IT'S NOT REALLY CLEAR TO ME FROM THE STAFF RESPONSE HOW THE RESPONSE WHICH REFERS FOR INSTANCE TO ESTABLISHING STRUCTURED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES FOR EDUCATORS TO FOSTER COLLABORATION AND SO FORTH WOULD REALLY GET AT THIS ACROSS PROGRAMS. SO I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE STAFF OR SUPERINTENDENT SUE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ISSUES OF KIDS AS YOU DESCRIBE BEING AT VERY DIFFERENT LEVELS WHEN THEY COME TO THE SAME GRADE, THE SAME SCHOOL AND HOOVER FOR INSTANCE, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE FOSTER THE ALIGNMENT OF CURRICULUM STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS ACROSS THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT THAT THAT WE HAVE IN US OF U.S.? I WILL START AND IF STEPH WANTS TO JOIN IN I THINK IT GOES BACK TO WHAT ORLANDO AND KIMBERLY WAS TALKING ABOUT. WE NEED TO TO INVEST OUR TIME AND ENERGY INTO TRAINING OUR TEACHERS. >> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
OUR EDUCATORS HAVE THE APPROPRIATE TRAINING. IT HAS TO BE ON A REPETITIVE ROTATING CADENCE NOT JUST ONCE IN A WHILE. I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON BUILDING THE CULTURE THE CULTURE OF HOLDING OURSELVES AND OUR STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE AND AND MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO THAT WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING THE RESOURCES GOING BACK TO BUILDING I.T OR TO PROVIDING THOSE RESOURCES SO THAT OUR STUDENTS DO NOT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE STRUGGLING ALONE THAT WE DO NEED TO BUILD THAT TOGETHER SO IN ORDER FOR US TO TO NOT SEE THE DISCREPANCY AND I THINK THE SAD PART IS THAT WE SEE THE DISCREPANCY PERHAPS FROM CLASSROOM TO CLASSROOM WITHIN THE SAME SCHOOL AND SO THAT IS WHERE OUR TRAINING IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT AND AND WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND SITE LEADERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WALKING INTO THE CLASSROOMS AND MONITORING THE CLASSROOMS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CLASSROOMS ARE OUR ARE ARE BEING TAUGHT THE WAY THAT THE CURRICULUM IS ASKING THEM TO
TEACH SO THERE'S ACCOUNTABLE ABILITY ON BOTH SIDES ON THE STUDENT SIDE AND ON THE TEACHERS AND ON OUR PRINCIPLES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL IN ALIGNMENT WITH DELIVERING THE CURRICULUM. I I'M MAYBE MISUNDERSTANDING HERE I THOUGHT THAT PART OF WHAT THE ASIAN PAC MEMBERS ARE SAYING IS THAT THE CURRICULUM FOR INSTANCE ISN'T EVEN NECESSARILY THE SAME OR THE OR THE LANGUAGE STANDARDS. SO IF THEY ARE TEACHING DIFFERENT OR IF THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT PERHAPS I'M MISUNDERSTANDING THOUGH AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAN THE CURRICULUM HOW COULD YOU WE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO ALIGN THE CURRICULUM ACROSS THE THE PROGRAMS MAYBE SOMEBODY COULD ELABORATE. >> YEAH I MEAN I ASKED MS.. KRIEGMAN TO HELP ME WITH THIS. SURE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. SO I WANT TO FIRST BY JUST CATEGORIZING AND MAKING SURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME LANGUAGE PROGRAMS BECAUSE THERE ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS
IN PLACE DEPENDING. SO WE HAVE LANGUAGE PATHWAY PROGRAMS WHICH ARE MEANT TO SUPPORT BI LITERACY FOR EXAMPLE. THOSE PROGRAMS ARE SEPARATE FROM OUR WORLD LANGUAGES OR LOW TECH PROGRAMS LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH WHERE THE LANGUAGE IS TAUGHT AS A SEPARATE CONTENT AREA AND TO SPECIFICALLY I'M GOING TO NAME THE CANTONESE AND MANDARIN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR AND THOSE PROGRAMS EXIST PREDOMINANTLY AT THE ELEMENTARY BUT CERTAINLY WE DO HAVE INTO THE K-8 LEVEL AND I'LL NAME A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. SO ONE IS THAT IN THOSE INSTANCES THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE A SEPARATE CLAY OR CHINESE LANGUAGE ARTS SUBJECT AREA. WE HAVE NOT RECENTLY DONE AN ADOPTION OF CLAY CURRICULUM AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL AND IT IS DOES NOT FUNCTION IN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SAME WAY FOR EXAMPLE SPANISH AND ENGLISH IS SO IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SAY HAVE AN IMMEDIATE OPTION THAT COVERS ALL THREE CONTENT AREAS. IT DOES SERVE DIFFERENTLY
IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES A DIFFERENT ADOPTION PROCESS. HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT STANDARDIZATION OF THAT LANGUAGE PATHWAY WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF TRANSLATING THE DISTRICT'S ADOPTED CURRICULUM IN OTHER CONTENT AREAS IN BOTH SIMPLIFIED AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE BECAUSE IT IS NOT PUBLISHER AVAILABLE. SO OUR MULTILINGUAL PATHWAY DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO STANDARDIZE MATERIALS GOES THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WE'VE DONE IT IN SCIENCE, WE HAVE DONE IT IN MATH. WE'RE ABOUT TO DO IT IN HISTORY SOCIAL STUDIES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE BALANCE OF LANGUAGE IN THE CANTONESE AND MANDARIN PROGRAMS. I JUST WANTED TO CHECK WITH WITH YOU WHAT DO EITHER OF YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON OR PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU SEE AS A NEED FOR ALIGNMENT IN CURRICULUM STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS AND THANK YOU MS. GOODWIN YEAH. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER RAY FOR RAISING THAT QUESTION. I DON'T GET A CHANCE TO WE WILL LIKE THE TEXTBOOK SORT OF
TEACHING MATERIALS ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS BUT I, I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT A LIST BETWEEN LIKE LAST FALL YOU AND YOUR LOWER ELEMENTARY AND THEY USE DIFFERENT TEXTBOOKS, DIFFERENT TEACHING MATERIALS AND AND BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE EACH SCHOOL LIKE THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS GET TO JUST KIND OF LIKE THEY PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT THEY WHAT KIND OF TASK FORCE OR WHAT KIND OF THINGS THEY WANT TO TEACH FOR THE LANGUAGE ARTS LIFE ALTHOUGH TARGET IMMERSION LANGUAGE AND ALSO AS USD HAS DIFFERENT LIKE EVEN FOR LIKE CANTONESE LIKE MANDARIN THEY HAVE LIKE SEVERAL PATHWAYS ALREADY TO HAVE IMMERSION THAT BY LITERACY THEREFORE ALLOWS FOR YOUR UNIQUE IMMERSION AND SO THEY'RE LIKE SOFT IMMERSION OR LANGUAGE PATHWAYS JUST FOR ONE SINGLE LANGUAGE AND WE AS THE ASIAN PACK WE WE DO SEE THAT THIS IS ANOTHER POTENTIAL ISSUE IS LIKE IT'S JUST CREATING OF CONFUSION FOR FAMILIES LIKE WHO WANT TO
ENROLL THEIR KIDS INTO THE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS THEY THEY FEEL LIKE WHY ARE THERE SO MANY LANGUAGE PATHWAYS JUST FOR ONE SINGLE LANGUAGE? SO THAT IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE GAVE LIKE NOT JUST ALIGNING THE CURRICULUM BUT ALSO STREAMLINE, SIMPLIFY THE LANGUAGE PATHWAYS SO FAMILIES FEEL EASIER TO MAKE DECISION LIKE WHAT THEY WANT TO ENABLE THEIR KIDS THAT AND ALSO LIKE FOR LANGUAGE LIKE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT LIKE SOCIAL STUDIES OR HISTORY OF MATH THAT TRANSLATION FROM ENGLISH TO THE TACKLE LANGUAGE I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LANGUAGE ARTS ITSELF LIKE THE LANGUAGE IT HAS TO HAVE A VERY STANDARDIZED GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY LIKE FOR EXAMPLE BY THIRD GRADE THEY NEED TO LEARN 200 CHINESE CHARACTERS OR BY FIFTH GRADE. THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY IN CHINESE SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT CAN BE VERY THAT CAN BE VERY ROBUST AND MEASURABLE.
UM, I GREW UP IN HONG KONG. I TAUGHT CLASSES IN HONG KONG ALL THE WAY TO COLLEGE AND LIKE BACK IN HONG KONG LIKE ALL THE CURRICULUMS ARE STANDARDIZED ALL SCHOOL TEACH AT THE SAME STANDARD BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO IT'S VERY EASY LIKE FOR STUDENTS TO TRANSFER FROM ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER THEY THEY ALREADY KNOW THEY HAVE GOOD EXPECTATION WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GOING TO LEARN. THEY DON'T HAVE SURPRISED LIKE IF I GO FROM THIS SCHOOL TO ANOTHER SCHOOL OH MY GOODNESS THE CHINESE TEST BOOKS AND THE PERIODS LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND THEN IT WILL CREATE PROBLEMS TOO. AND WHEN THE STUDENTS GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHEN ALL THESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS MARCHING TO ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN AND THEN THEY FACE AN ISSUE OH NO, LIKE I LEARN ALL THIS BUT THESE STUDENTS FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL DIDN'T GET TO LEARN ALL OF THOSE. SO THE TEACHERS NEED TO RETEACH EVERYTHING FROM YOU KNOW, FROM TEACHERS AT THE LOWER LEVEL. SO IT'S JUST CREATES A LOT OF UNNECESSARY DELAYS IN ACADEMIC ADVANCEMENT.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT CENTRAL LEADERSHIP. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REALLY RELATE TO TRAINING OF THE TEACHERS. IT COMES FROM THAT IT COMES FROM THE CENTRAL LEADERSHIP GOING DOWN SAYING THAT HEY YOU GUYS AS SUBWAY YOU SHOULD BE ABLE YOU SHOULD TEACH KIDS TWO HUNDRED CHARACTERS BY FIFTH GRADE. >> I SHOULD BE ABLE TO WRITE A 200 CARAT MINIMUM 200 WORDS ESSAY IN CHINESE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN OUR RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE KIND OF WITH THAT CONTEXT OR UNDERSTANDING ARE WE ADDRESSING THIS OR ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS? >> I CAN SPEAK TO TWO PIECES OF IT AND SO I THINK JUST AS A BASELINE I WOULD SAY IN TERMS OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION. SO THIS IS JUST IN TERMS OF THE MATERIALS AND THE GUIDANCE WE ARE IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT. WHEN I WAS SPEAKING TO HAVING NOT YET DONE THE LANGUAGE ARTS ADOPTION, IT'S SPECIFICALLY TO THAT SPECIFIC ISSUE OF BOTH THE MANDARIN AND CANTONESE PROGRAMS LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM WHICH
IS A SEPARATE CURRICULUM. WE HAVEN'T RECENTLY DONE AN ADOPTION IN AND I THINK IN THAT WAY WE SEE THE SAME PATTERN OF TEACHERS USING THEIR OWN MATERIALS SELF-CREATED MATERIALS PULLING FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. SO I DO WANT TO NAME THAT AS ONE ISSUE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE ARE AWARE OF AND WE DO HAVE TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING STRUCTURES, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES OR PLACES FOR THEM TO COLLABORATE BUT WE DO NEED LIKE IN OTHER CONTENT AREAS NEED TO DO AN UPDATED ADOPTION IN THAT AREA IN PARTICULAR. AND THE OTHER PIECE I'LL SAY IS AROUND SOME OF THE PIECES WITH LANGUAGE PATHWAYS AND THE BALANCE OF LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION . THE MULTILINGUAL PATHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED VERY MUCH ON THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WE HAD A LONG HISTORY OF SOME SCHOOL BASED AUTONOMY IN TERMS OF BALANCE OF INSTRUCTION. >> SO IF I'M A PARENT AND MY CHILD IS AT SCHOOL X I MIGHT EXPECT YOU KNOW A 70 30 BALANCE OF LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION BUT AT SCHOOL Y MAYBE THAT LOOKS
LIKE A 5050 AND SO PART OF THE WORK OF THAT TEAM HAS BEEN STANDARDIZING THE LANGUAGE BALANCE IN THE LANGUAGE PATHWAYS SO THAT THERE IS A CONSISTENT EXPECTATION ON THE PART OF FAMILIES OF WHAT THEIR STUDENT WILL EXPERIENCE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS SOME IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON IN TERMS OF OUR NEXT CURRICULUM ADOPTION CAN I JUST ASK ONE OF MY YOU CAN START MY TIME OR IF YOU WANT CHRIS JUST ONE OF THE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO THAT. I MEAN I KNOW LIKE WE HAVE COMMON CORE STANDARDS FOR ELA FOR MATH FOR P DO WE HAVE THEM FOR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND AND LEARNING IN OTHER LANGUAGE LIKE ARE THERE COMMON CORE STANDARDS FOR A K THROUGH 12 EITHER CANTONESE OR MANDARIN CURRICULUM OR SPANISH CURRICULUM LIKE IS THERE SOME WAY TO STANDARDIZE BASED ON STATE OR STANDARDS? SO WE DO HAVE STANDARDS THAT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT DEPENDING IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LANGUAGE PATHWAYS. OH, SORRY OR LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH WHERE THAT LANGUAGE SERVES AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE.
SO STUDENTS EXPERIENCE FOR EXAMPLE ELA AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE. SO WE DO HAVE A SET OF STANDARDS. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THERE IS NOT YOU KNOW THERE IS BEST PRACTICE ASSOCIATED WITH FOR EXAMPLE I'M TRYING TO NOT USE TOO MUCH EDUCATOR SPEAK BUT THE BALANCE OF LANGUAGE OVER TIME. SO FOR EXAMPLE WHETHER WE USE A 5050 MODEL OR A 9010 IN KINDERGARTEN OR 5050 1050 50 OR 90 10 OR 8020 SO THERE IS SOME BEST PRACTICE IT DOES FUNCTION A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE STATE DETERMINING AND GUIDING EXACTLY WHAT THE PATHWAY WOULD LOOK LIKE AT EVERY SINGLE GRADE LEVEL AND WHAT THE EXACT STANDARDS WOULD BE FOR THE LANGUAGE IN EVERY SINGLE GRADE LEVEL. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ASIAN PACKET SO GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT POINTS THAT I'D LOVE TO HIGHLIGHT AND I RECOGNIZE IT'S TIME TO THE POINT ABOUT PILOT PROGRAMS. >> I THINK WE DO HISTORICALLY DO A VERY BAD JOB OF TAKING THE LESSONS LEARNED AND ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING WITH THEM AND SO THAT'S NOT JUST TRUE ACROSS
LANGUAGE THAT'S TRUE ACROSS ALL IT LIKE HOW MANY LIKE DYSLEXIA PILOTS DID WE DO BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GOT TO THE POINT OF A STRUCTURED LITERACY CURRICULUM FOR CRYING OUT LOUD BUT I HEAR A LOT OF THE SAME THING. YOU KNOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THROUGH AP REPORTS AND OTHER REPORTS BUT AND ALSO MR. ON YOU ALSO SAT ON THE HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE, YOU KNOW, AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE THERE. BUT I HEAR SOME SIMILARITIES IN THE HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU KNOW IN ALIGNING BELL SCHEDULES SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO LANGUAGE ACROSS SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, WHERE SOME OF OUR SMALLER SCHOOLS MIGHT NOT OFFER AS MANY COURSES OFFERING POTENTIALLY HYBRID AND ONLINE. SO I'M WONDERING YOU KNOW AND I THINK THAT THE QUESTION WAS RAISED ABOUT MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT WORKING IN SILOS BUT YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE TAKE SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AND STRATEGICALLY IMPLEMENT? I THINK THAT'S SOME OF THE WORK THAT I'M HOPING TO SEE YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO OVER THE NEXT YEAR. SUPERINTENDENT TO HEAD A COUPLE
OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THOUGH ABOUT SOME OF OUR RECRUITING AND RETENTION PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW THE SAN FRANCISCO URBAN TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM, CHINESE BILINGUAL ADDED AUTHORIZATION PROGRAM, MULTIPLE SUBJECT TEACHING CREDENTIAL PROGRAM LIKE WE HAVE . I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT ARE WE LIKE? HOW ARE WE FULLY UTILIZING THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE THE DATA THAT WE SAW LIKE ABOUT YOU KNOW LIKE WE HAVE TWO SPANISH BILINGUAL CANDIDATES, THREE SPANISH CANDIDATES IN THE URBAN TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM THE THE DESIRE I THINK IS GREATER IN THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT. AND THE NEED IS DEFINITELY MUCH GREATER. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO ALIGN APPROPRIATE RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY GET FILL THAT PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS I HAVE AND BECAUSE THE NEED IS THERE YES, THE NEED IS CERTAINLY THERE. >> THE DEMAND IS THERE. WE HAVE CLASSROOMS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT NEED A CERTIFICATE
IN HIGH QUALITY TEACHER AND AGAIN WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO RECRUIT. I THINK THAT WE DO BRING AND OF COURSE I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN BECAUSE OF OUR SOCIAL SERVICES SUPERINTEND OF OUR IS IS LISTING IN THE AIRWAYS BUT WE DO DO OF WE TRY REALLY HARD TO RECRUIT WE DO DO A GOOD JOB AT RECRUITING SO WE DO BRING TEACHERS ON ON EMERGENCY CREDENTIAL STUDIES AND WE WORK WITH THEM WE TRY TO SUPPORT THEM TO TO GET ALL OF THEIR CREDIT SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR CERTIFICATE. >> SO WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE TRY TO USE TO SUPPORT OUR EDUCATORS. YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY WE USED TO HAVE A VERY ROBUST INTERNATIONAL MODEL, AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH OTHER COUNTRIES TO BRING EDUCATORS INTO THIS COUNTRY TO HELP US. UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS SLOWLY DWINDLING WITH THE WAY THE DIFFERENT DIFFERENT FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS NOW OF EDUCATORS OR ANYONE TO COME IN TO WORK
IN AMERICA. SO THAT HAS CHANGED AND THAT HAS SHIFTED OUR HIRING POOL AND THAT IS QUITE UNFORTUNATE I THINK JUST ARE YOU FOLLOWING UP CAN I JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT REAL QUICK AND JUST ASK ARE WE GETTING STATE TEACHER RESIDENCY MONEY RIGHT NOW AND OR ARE WE PLANNING ON GETTING IT ON THAT POINT JUST TO TO FOLLOW UP ON THE THE TEACHER RESIDENCY QUESTION YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNT BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE AND WHEN ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT AMY BURKE COMES DOWN WE CAN ASK HER THANK YOU. OKAY. SO MY GO AHEAD. THANKS VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYTIME. SO WITH MY LAST 15 SECONDS I THINK I'LL MAKE MORE OF A STATEMENT THAN A QUESTION BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE DETAILS THAT ARE IN THE STAFF RESPONSES. BUT BUT HONESTLY, MS.. KRUGMAN, YOUR ANSWERS HERE YOUR SPECIFIC ANSWERS I THINK WERE A
LOT MORE HELPFUL LIKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS KIND OF FELT VERY VAGUE AND TO STEAL MS.. KRUGMAN'S WORDS EDUCATOR SPEAK . AND SO I THINK IN MY EXPERIENCE AS A MEMBER OF A PAC, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS IS SOME MORE SPECIFICS IN HERE LIKE WE'VE HEARD THROUGH OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE. COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH, RIGHT? YOU KNOW IF WE HAVEN'T DONE SOMETHING JUST WE WE REALLY OWE IT TO THEM TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST HAD A LOT OF CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS LIKE WE'VE WE'VE REALLY BITTEN A LOT OFF A LOT OF WORK FOR OUR CITY AND OUR DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE. THERE IS ALWAYS MORE SO IF THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE CAN GET TO RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW NAME IT AND WE CAN WORK TOWARDS IT BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE DETAILS IN WHAT WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY
DOING NAMED SPECIFICALLY IN THE REPORT AND MORE TIMELINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF THAT'S MY ASK SO THANK YOU TWEET IT IS 9:00 AND THIS IS OUR FIRST ITEM SO I'M JUST GOING TO NAME THAT AND IF THERE ARE VERY QUICK QUESTIONS I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO ASK THEM QUICKLY. >> I DIDN'T USE ALL OF MY TIME. THAT'S FINE AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN A VERY QUICK ONE. >> I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE $62,000.60 2000 STUDENT NUMBER THAT WAS PROVIDED BECAUSE IT'S SO DIFFERENT FROM THE NUMBER WE NORMALLY HEAR. THIS ISN'T A STAFF RESPONSE ABOUT 62,827 STUDENTS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT THIS COVERS. WE OFTEN GET TOLD THAT WE HAVE 48,000 OR 49,000 STUDENTS SO CAN YOU JUST JUST SO I CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT NUMBER IS COMING FROM IS THIS COUNTY PLUS DISTRICT INCLUDING ALL OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS OR SOMETHING LIKE WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT? SO IN THE STAFF RESPONSES TO THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION I DID INCLUDE A CHART OF ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT IT INCLUDES AND SO
IT DOES INCLUDE S.F. USD AND ALSO OUR COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION. IT'S A MIX OF I THINK THERE'S A FEW CHARTER SCHOOLS NOT ALL OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALL WITHIN AS OF USD. SO HOPEFULLY THAT LIST IS HELPFUL. IT DOES BREAK IT DOWN BY SCHOOL AND ALSO BY THE DIFFERENT ASIAN ETHNICITIES. >> SO IT IS A MUCH LARGER NUMBER BUT IN THIS DAY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO INCLUDE BOTH A SUB USD AND THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION I JUST WANTED TO BE INCLUSIVE. >> I JUST WANTED TO CHECK BECAUSE IT'S JUST YEAH IT'S NOT THE NUMBER WE NORMALLY HEAR. YEAH. SO THE CHARTERS THAT IT READ IT ALSO INCLUDES CHARTERS. THE ONES IT INCLUDES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE WITHIN OUR COUNTY BOUNDARIES. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND THANK OUR STUDENT DELEGATES FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU TO ASIAN PAC FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR
BEING HERE THIS EVENING. >> WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN SOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PRESIDENT KIM CAN I TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE? I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE STUDENT DELEGATE CRUZ ON HER WINNING OF A LOT LATIN AMERICAN TEACHER ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP LAST FRIDAY AND EVERY OTHER SCHOLARSHIP WINNER. SO FREE SPEECH. JUST KIDDING AT 10:00 I ALSO WON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SHE ALSO WON A CRANK START SCHOLARSHIP WHICH WHAT HOW MUCH WAS THAT LIKE 50,000 DOLLARS. >> AMAZING. FIVE ZERO FIVE FOR FOUR YEARS IT'S FOR SIX YEARS. AMAZING. AMAZING. I KNOW. YEAH. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM G. ONE MAJOR DECISIONS DISCUSSION DR. SUE ,I KNOW YOU'VE GREAT. OH, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO ACTUALLY JOIN THE TABLE? >> RIGHT. OH, YES. >> THE WHOLE THE WHOLE TEAM.
OKAY, OKAY. >> I KNOW, I KNOW. SO GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT KIM AND COMMISSIONERS STAFF FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TONIGHT I WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME ACTUALLY KRIS, CAN YOU PLEASE BRING THE SLIDES UP PLEASE? YES. TONIGHT I WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AS A DISTRICT, WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS AND WHERE WE WANT TO HEAD TOWARDS NEXT AS WE PLAN FOR THE LONG TERM FUTURE OF SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT VERSUS THE DO YOU HAVE THE SLIDE? OH, YOU DO? OKAY, GREAT. COME BACK ONE. NOT YET. FIRST THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE TO STABILIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE DISTRICT AND THE BROADER VISION WE ARE BUILDING TOGETHER. AND THEN I WILL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR WORK AROUND STUDENT ASSIGNMENT AND LONG TERM SCHOOL PORTFOLIO PLANNING . SO WHEN I STEPPED INTO THIS ROLE 18 MONTHS AGO I WAS VERY CLEAR THAT OUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY WAS AROUND STABILIZATION. WE COULDN'T NOT PLAN EFFECTIVELY FOR THE FUTURE OF
THE DISTRICT WITHOUT FIRST ADDRESSING THE IMMEDIATE OPERATIONAL FISCAL AND ACADEMIC CHALLENGES FACING OUR DISTRICT. AND OUR STUDENTS. >> SO OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS WE HAVE FOCUSED RELENTLESSLY ON STABILIZING AS F USD AND REBUILDING A STRONGER FOUNDATION FOR OUR STUDENTS, STAFF FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY. THAT WORK HAS NOT BEEN EASY. IT HAS REQUIRED ALL OF US TO MAKE VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND TO HAVE VERY DISCIPLINED FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF EFFORT FROM OUR EDUCATORS, OUR STAFF, OUR SCHOOL LEADERS, FAMILY AND THIS BOARD. BUT WE HAVE MADE REAL PROGRESS AND ONE YEAR WE STABILIZED THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES. WE MOVED FROM NEGATIVE INTO QUALIFIED STATUS IN OUR FIRST AND SECOND INTERIM BACK IN DECEMBER AND IN MARCH. AND TONIGHT AFTER THIS PRESENTATION YOU WILL HEAR US
MOVING INTO POSITIVE STATUS WHEN WHEN WE PRESENT THIRD INTERIM AND LATER WHEN WE PROJECT YES, I SEE OUR FISCAL TEAM BACK THERE AND LATER IN JUNE WHEN WE PRESENT THE 2627 BUDGET. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FROM AGAIN NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE IN A YEAR'S TIME. WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED STRONGER FISCAL CONTROLS AND OVERSIGHT AND BETTER MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICES OVER OUR BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAVE OUR DISTRICT BETTER FOR OUR FUTURE. AT THE SAME TIME, WE BEGAN MODERNIZING OUR CURRICULUM. AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD. SORRY I'M HAVING A HARD TIME NAVIGATING MY SCREEN HERE. UM, THE SAME TIME WE BEGAN MODERNIZING OUR OUR CURRICULUM SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE THAT WE KNOW THEY DESERVE. UM, SORRY.
HERE WE GO. THIS PAST YEAR WE MADE IMPORTANT STRIDES IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION. WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT A NEW ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM ADOPTED A NEW MATH CURRICULUM, BROUGHT ALGEBRA BACK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE AND ADOPTED A MODERN HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM. THESE ARE NOT ISOLATED ISOLATED CHANGES. THEY ARE PART OF A BROADER VISION FOR US AS F USD WHERE EVERY STUDENT HAS ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE WHERE FAMILIES CAN TRUST THE SYSTEM AND FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE SCHOOLS WE OFFER. >> WHERE WE HAVE GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS ALONGSIDE STRONG COMMUNITIES CITYWIDE PROGRAMS THAT MEET THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF OUR STUDENTS AND WHERE OUR DISTRICT IS SUSTAINABLE FOR THE LONG TERM. THAT IS WHY WE ARE NOW ENTERING A MORE STRATEGIC PHASE OF OUR WORK. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
LET'S START BY CLEARLY STATING OUR GOALS. WE WANT TO DELIVER SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDE EVERY CHILD REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR ZIP CODES WITH ACCESS TO STRONG ACADEMICS, ARTS AND MUSIC SOCIAL SUPPORTS AND MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO WANT DECREE CREATE VIBRANT FULL CLASSROOMS WHERE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING AND GROWING IN EVERY CORNER OF OUR CITY. TO ACHIEVE THAT WE MUST ATTRACT MORE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO S.F. USD. BY RESPONDING TO WHAT FAMILIES WANT AND NEED WHILE ALSO BETTER ALIGNING OUR SCHOOL PORTFOLIO AND PROGRAMS TO ENSURE WE ARE DELIVERING ON THAT PROMISE. OUR PLAN IS TO BUILD A STABLE AND SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL PORTFOLIO BY SCHOOL YEAR 2030 THAT REFLECTS THE REALITIES OF ENROLLMENT TRENDS, FAMILY PREFERENCES, ACADEMIC NEEDS AND OUR FISCAL REALITIES.
THIS IS ABOUT DOING THE WORK THOUGHTFULLY, RESPONSIBLY AND IN THE RIGHT ORDER. OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS MY TEAM YOU CAN SEE HERE AND I HAVE BEEN LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS WORK BY ANALYZING DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS ,REVIEWING LESSONS LEARNED FROM PRIOR EFFORTS AND STUDYING HOW WE CURRENTLY UTILIZE SCHOOLS AND OUR DISTRICT FACILITIES ACROSS S.F. USD. IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT FAMILIES AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, THOSE DECISIONS MUST BE GROUNDED IN DATA AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE OUR DISTRICT IS HEADED AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS WORK. OUR FIRST MAJOR FOCUS WILL BE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT. THIS IS NOT NEW TO ANYONE. ALL I HEAR FROM FAMILIES WHEN I AM OUT TALKING TO OUR IN OUR SCHOOLS AND TALKING TO PARENTS IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE
FRONT DOOR OF SDF USD EASIER TO GET IN. IT IS TOO DIFFICULT NOW TO NAVIGATE. IT IS COMPLEX AND CONFUSING AND IT SHOULD BE SIMPLIFIED. PARENTS WANT A PROCESS THAT IS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. A PROCESS THAT IS MORE TRANSPARENT, MORE PREDICTABLE AND A PROCESS THAT STILL PROVIDES MEANINGFUL CHOICES FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND I AGREE IF WE WANT PARENTS TO CHOOSE SDF USD THEN WE HAVE TO BUILD SYSTEMS THAT FAMILIES CAN TRUST. WE ALSO NEED A STUDENT ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM THAT GIVES US A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF ENROLLMENT PATTERNS AND FAMILY PREFERENCES SO WE CAN BUILD ALIGNED PROGRAMS AND INVESTMENTS WITH WHAT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE ACTUALLY SEEKING. THAT IS WHY STUDENT ASSIGNMENT MUST COME FIRST BEFORE WE CAN RESPONSIBLY MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT LONG TERM SCHOOL PORTFOLIOS. >> WE NEED A MORE ACCURATE
PICTURE OF ENROLLMENT DEMANDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE FAMILIES WANT TO BE. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHICH PROGRAM TEAMS ARE WORKING WELL AND WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO EXPAND ACCESS. AND WE NEED TO ENSURE WE ARE CREATING A SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS BOTH EQUITY AND LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY. OUR TIMELINE REFLECTS THAT SEQUENCING INTENTIONALLY. YEAR ONE WAS FINANCIAL STABILITY. WE WORKED REALLY HARD AS A TEAM OF SCHOOL LEADERS AND BOARD LEADERS AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO STABILIZE THE DISTRICT YEAR TWO. WE FOCUSED ON CURRICULUM, MODERNIZE ATION. WE BROUGHT IN AND UPDATED OUR ELA CURRICULUM, OUR MATH CURRICULUM. WE BROUGHT EIGHTH GRADE ALGEBRA BACK. WE MODERNIZE HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO CONTINUE.
BUT WE STARTED THAT WORK YEAR THREE WHERE WE'RE MOVING INTO NOW WILL FOCUS ON PROGRAM EXPANSION AND STUDENT ASSIGNMENT WORK. WE WILL THEN MOVE INTO IMPLEMENTATION OF ENROLLMENT POLICY IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE FOLLOWING YEARS. MY GOAL IS TO BRING A STUDENT ASSIGNMENT PROPOSAL TO THE BOARD BY APRIL OF 2027 WITH IMPLEMENTATION BEGINNING SCHOOL YEAR OF 2829. IN THE NEAR TERM WE ALSO SEE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND PROGRAMS AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR SO THAT WE CAN HAVE BETTER WAYS TO MEET OUR FAMILY'S DEMANDS AND STUDENTS NEEDS. NOW I WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE ISSUE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDABLY FOCUSED ON SCHOOL CLOSURE, MERGERS, CO-LOCATION. THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL COME LATER IN THIS PROCESS. THEY WILL HAPPEN AFTER WE REDESIGN OUR STUDENT ASSIGNMENT PROGRAM POLICY AND AFTER WE HAVE A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF ENROLLMENT TRENDS AND LONG TERM
DEMANDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WE NEED TO DO THIS IN THE RIGHT ORDER. UNDER THIS PROPOSAL THE EARLIEST WE WOULD BEGIN IDENTIFYING PRETEND SCHOOL MASS CLOSURES AND MERGERS OR CO-LOCATE ACTIONS WILL BE AFTER WE IMPLEMENT THE FIRST YEAR OF STUDENT ASSIGNMENT WHICH WILL BE IN 2029. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WILL BE TRANSPARENT. FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, STAFF AND SCHOOL LEADERS WILL BE INCLUDED AS WE DEVELOP AND BUILD OUT THIS WORK. WE WILL COMMUNICATE CLEARLY ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE ARE STILL EVALUATING AND WHAT DECISIONS ARE OR ARE NOT BEING MADE. THERE WILL BE NO SURPRISES. WE WILL PROVIDE REGULAR PUBLIC UPDATES AT BOARD MEETINGS BEGINNING THIS MONTH SO THAT THIS WORK HAPPENS OPENLY AND WITH ONGOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND I WANT OUR COMMUNITIES TO KNOW THAT MY DOOR IS OPEN. I WANT TO HEAR CREATIVE IDEAS FROM FAMILIES, STAFF, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT HOW WE CAN STRENGTHEN SFD SD FOR THIS GENERATION AND THE NEXT. BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THIS WORK IS ABOUT BUILDING A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT FAMILIES BELIEVE IN A DISTRICT WITH STRONG ACADEMICS, STABLE FINANCE IS CLEAR OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS THAT ARE POSITIONED TO THRIVE FOR YEARS TO COME. THAT IS THE WORK AHEAD OF US AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THIS BOARD AND WITH THE BROADER SD COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN FULLY REALIZE THIS PROMISE TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. WITH THAT I'M GOING TO HAND OVER THE NEXT TWO SLIDES TO HOMEMADE PAINT. THANK YOU, DR. SUE. WE'RE GOING TO STAY ON THIS SLIDE, CHRIS. JUST WANTED TO DO A DOUBLE CLICK INTO THE ROADMAP THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD LAID OUT.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. WE ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGING IN A MULTIYEAR PROCESS TO STABILIZE OUR SCHOOL PORTFOLIO BY FIRST GROWING EXISTING PROGRAMS IN HIGH DEMAND. SECOND, STRENGTHENING OUR ENROLLMENT SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PROGRAMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. AND THEN THIRD, RIGHTSIZING OR REALIGNING OUR SCHOOL PORTFOLIO THROUGH ANY CLOSURES OR MERGERS OR CO-LOCATION IF NECESSARY AFTERWARDS. SO IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS LEADING INTO 2627 BUT ALSO 2728 THE THREE PROGRAM AREAS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS AREAS FOR EXPANSIONS INCLUDE EARLY EDUCATION AND TECH EXPANSION BECAUSE BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED UPDATED IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS WE ARE STILL SEEING A SMALL BUBBLE OF FOUR YEAR OLDS WHO ARE LOOKING TO ENTER INTO SCHOOL AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THEY PLAN TO STRENGTHEN THE ENROLLMENT PIPELINE. WE ARE ALSO ENGAGING IN ONGOING WORK TO LAUNCH THE NEW K-8 MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL THAT IS IN HIGH DEMAND
AND WE KNOW THAT PARENTS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I ACTUALLY MET WITH ASIAN PAC LAST WEEK TO TALK THROUGH WHAT THE PLANS ARE AND THEN ALSO DELIVERING A COUNTY NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STRENGTHENING THE CONTINUUM OF EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS SO THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SEEING HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO ASSESSING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT ALSO AS AN EXTENSION OF THE MAT RECOMMENDATIONS IDENTIFYING STRATEGIC WAYS FOR US TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE AT OUR RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. WE ALSO HAVE TO ENGAGE IN LONG TERM PLANNING THROUGH THOUGHTS TOWARDS A THRIVING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND ALIGNING OUR RESOURCES SIMILAR TO WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD PRESENTED. THIS MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO EVALUATE OUR ENROLLMENT SYSTEM AND ALSO CREATE A BALANCING THAT WILL INVOLVE THE BOARD.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR PROGRAMS ACROSS DIFFERENT GREAT LEVELS. AS YOU HAVE JUST HEARD AT THE ASIAN PAC PRESENTATION, THERE'S A NEED FOR US TO REALLY AUDIT, EVALUATE AND THINK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THE LANGUAGE PROGRAM DELIVERY, BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO HOW NEWCOMER STUDENTS HAVE EVOLVING NEEDS. GIVEN THE SHIFTING FEDERAL CLIMATE AND ALSO THINKING THROUGH MORE STRATEGIC WAYS THAT WE CAN DELIVER CITYWIDE PROGRAMS SO THAT WE ARE STRENGTHENING ENROLLMENT ACROSS TRANSITIONAL GRADES, WE HAVE TO BALANCE PRIORITIES BETWEEN FAMILY PREFERENCES YOU KNOW, CHOICE, PROXIMITY, DIVERSITY AND PREDICTABILITY. THESE ARE ALL CRITERIA THAT WERE SET FORTH IN PRIOR EXISTING BOARD POLICIES THAT WE ARE AS A DISTRICT LOOKING TO DIG INTO TO CREATE A BALANCE BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND CITYWIDE OPTIONS BUT ALSO CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A LONG TERM INVESTMENT. SO THAT WE HAVE A STRONG
OFFERING IN EVERY SINGLE PART OF THE CITY THAT DELIVERS ACADEMIC RIGOR AND EXCELLENCE BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT PARENTS REALLY WANT, WHAT FAMILIES REALLY WANT. AND LASTLY, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS WE GO INTO THIS PROCESS OF DESIGN THAT WE ARE KEEPING OUR EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF IN MIND TO SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS SO THAT THEY CAN DELIVER HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS AND EDUCATION AT OUR SCHOOLS. FOLLOWING THIS PROCESS, THE NEW STUDENT ASSIGNMENT POLICY WILL THEN TAKE PLACE TAKE EFFECT IN SCHOOL YEAR 2829 AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO THROUGH THIS PROCESS GATHER DATA TO HELP US MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT OUR SCHOOL PORTFOLIOS. IF MERGERS COLLOCATIONS OR CLOSURES ARE NECESSARY AND BASED ON POLICY DECISIONS AND GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEQUENCE OUT THESE DECISIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE ALSO HEARD STRONG FEEDBACK OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS ABOUT PROVIDING MORE CLARITY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN TAKE ON STUDENT ASSIGNMENT REDESIGN AND LARGE SCALE SCHOOL CLOSURES AT THE SAME TIME. OUR PRIORITY IN THIS DESIGN PROCESS REMAINS TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION TO LEARNING TO PROVIDE STABLE AS STABLE AS POSSIBLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR EXISTING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND STAFF WHILE ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT HAVE COMPOUNDED OVER THE YEARS AS A RESULT OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES. >> THIS ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU WAS ADDED AS PART OF THE FINAL AGENDA IN ORDER TO ILLUSTRATE HOW THE TIMELINES WOULD COME TOGETHER AND SOME OF THE TRADEOFFS THAT THE BOARD WOULD ,YOU KNOW, MEET TO PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION ON. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW IS THAT IF WE COUPLE SOME OF THESE WORKSTREAMS WE WOULD AS A RESULT OF THIS BEING A MAJOR
DECISION HAVE CONFLICTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS IN SCHOOL YEAR 2728 AN ADDITIONAL TRADEOFF THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THAT THE ENVIRONMENT, THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND THE ENROLLMENT EXPERIENCE FOR FAMILIES WOULD BE VERY CONFUSING AND CHALLENGING. WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO ENGAGE IN ROLLING SCHOOL CLOSURES IN SCHOOL YEAR 2829 AND SCHOOL YEAR 2930 IN ORDER TO ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACTS OF NEW STUDENT ASSIGNMENT POLICIES AND ALSO PARENTS WOULD NEED TO LOGISTICALLY ENGAGE WITH US TO REENROLL TWO SCHOOLS AND THERE WOULD BE YOU KNOW, SOME CHALLENGES RELATED TO THAT. AND LASTLY, THERE ARE SOME REAL PLANNING IMPLICATIONS WHERE IF WE ARE TO COMPRESS THE TIMELINES WE WOULD BE USING DATA THAT WOULD BE OUTDATED BY THE TIME WE ARE SET FOR THE ENROLLMENT FAIR IN OCTOBER 2027 FOR THE 2829 SCHOOL YEAR AND WE
WOULD BE USING THAT OUTDATED DATA TO MAKE DECISIONS OF OUR SCHOOL PORTFOLIO FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. WE WELCOME DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE AND ENGAGEMENT FROM THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT. THAT CONCLUDES MY SECTION. SO SO SO MY HOPE HERE IS TO OPEN UP A DIALOG OR A CONVERSATION WITH WITH THE BOARD AROUND THE PROPOSAL FOR US TO START THE SCHOOL, REORGANIZE ATION PROCESS WITH TACKLING STUDENT ASSIGNMENT FIRST SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS WE CAN SEE WHERE THE DEMANDS ARE. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WILL WE WILL THEN BE ABLE TO DETERMINE HOW WE CAN ADJUST OUR SCHOOL PORTFOLIO TO MEET THAT TO MEET THE DEMANDS. I DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS ENGAGED IN PLANS FOR EXPANSION AND THIS IS REALLY BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM FAMILIES IS A NUMBER OF THINGS. ONE, THERE'S SO SO MUCH
EXCITEMENT ABOUT OUR MANDARIN IMMERSION PROGRAM AND SCHOOL AND WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE READY TO OPEN THAT SCHOOL BY SCHOOL YEAR 2728. AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE HEARING A LOT OF DEMAND FOR T K PROGRAMS IN TAX SEATS. WE LITERALLY CANNOT OPEN ENOUGH SEATS IN TIME FOR FAMILIES AND THERE IS A THREE YEAR ROLLOUT OF EXPANSION FOR T K CLASSROOMS. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE IN ORDER TO OPEN UP T K CLASSROOM WE ACTUALLY NEED TO DO RETROFITTING TO A CLASSROOM SO THAT IT WOULD MEET THE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE AND THE REALLY EXCITING PART THE THE OTHER REALLY EXCITING THING IS THROUGH A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH OUR SPED KARK LEADERS AND SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ENGAGING WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION EDUCATORS IS THAT WE NEED TO BRING OUR STUDENTS BACK. WE ARE A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN NON PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH ARE SCHOOLS THAT
ARE NOT WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THEY'RE PRIVATE PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND STATE CERTIFIED. NO, I'M SORRY. YEAH BUT THEY'RE NOT PUBLIC AS AN S F USD SCHOOLS BUT BUT WE DO PUT OUR STUDENTS ON A BUS TO TRAVEL TO THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL SOME STUDENTS TRAVEL FOR AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF EACH WAY TO RECEIVE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS BUT THAT MEANS WE'RE TAKING THEM AWAY FROM THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR THEIR COLLEAGUES, THEIR FRIENDS AND IN THEIR CLASSROOM, IN THEIR HOME SCHOOL. AND WE ARE LEANING INTO OUR COUNTY OFFICE OF ED SIDE OF OUR DISTRICT TO REALLY BUILD OUT A COUNTY NONPUBLIC SCHOOL. I KNOW, I KNOW. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO SAY THIS BUT ALREADY WE ARE SEEING WE HAVE A WAITLIST BECAUSE FAMILIES ARE SAYING OH MY GOODNESS, IF I CAN HAVE MY SERVE MY CHILD SERVED HERE IN THE DISTRICT WHERE THEY DON'T NEED TO TRAVEL AN HOUR OR AN HOUR AND A HALF EACH WAY, OF COURSE I WOULD WANT MY CHILD THERE. SO THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO EXPAND AND THEN AGAIN IF WE REALLY
THIS TIME TRULY TACKLE THE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT POLICY AND EFFORTS AND AND REALLY CREATE PREDICTABILITY IN OUR STUDENT ASSIGNMENT WORK, THEN WE CAN HAVE SCHOOLS WHERE FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO IF YOU MOVE INTO A LOCATION YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S YOUR SCHOOL AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO GO AND PARTICIPATE IN A LANGUAGE PATHWAY SCHOOL OR IN A K-8 SCHOOL OR IN A SPECIALIZED SCHOOL, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENROLL IN THAT SCHOOL. THAT'S THE VISION. THE VISION IS FOR US TO GROW BECAUSE I KNOW WE CAN THERE ARE SO MANY FAMILIES WHO WANT TO JOIN S.F. USD AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT FRONT DOOR IS GOING TO BE OPEN WITH WORK. SO WE'RE GOING TO ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES TO COME AND JOIN US. THAT'S THE PLAN. ALL RIGHT. UM, COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN, WE'RE THANK YOU SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I APPRECIATE THAT THE CONVERSATION IS GOING TO BE ONGOING AND ITERATIVE AND WITH COMMUNITY NOT JUST HERE AT THE DYESS. I HAVE A I GUESS A QUESTION AND I THINK THAT SORT OF THE SEQUENCING MAKES SENSE.
IT MAKES SENSE TO ME AND I THINK THE TIMELINE GENERALLY MAKES SENSE AS WELL. THE ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE. MY QUESTION IS I GUESS I WANT TO DIG IN A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF THE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT AND THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND DEMANDS AND TRENDS LIKE YES, I AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK MY CONCERN IS THAT THE DEMANDS AND THE TRENDS THEN DECIDE WHERE WHERE WE HAVE OUR SCHOOLS AND RIGHT NOW AND RIGHT NOW WE KNOW WHERE THE DEMANDS ARE. THEY'RE MOST THERE OFTEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. AND SO MY WORRY IS THAT IF WE SAY OH, HERE'S THE DATA, IT'S THE WEST SIDE, THEN THOSE DEMANDS AND TRENDS WOULD SAY OKAY, WELL THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS OUR ENERGY. AND I THINK WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW, VERSION 1.0 COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IS THAT I THINK THERE'S THERE NEEDS TO BE A MANNER IN WHICH WE CAN DISRUPT THAT NARRATIVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO ONLY STICK WITH THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING OR THAT ARE ALREADY WHERE FOLKS WANT TO BE.
WE NEED TO BUILD UP ALL OF THE SCHOOLS SO THAT IT'S NOT YOU KNOW THAT THE TREND ISN'T JUST THIS SIDE OF TOWN OR JUST THIS SIDE OF SCHOOLS BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD SCENE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE STUDENTS ARE AND WHERE STUDENTS ARE AND IF WE'RE USING THAT DATA TO THEN DECIDE WHAT GETS CLOSED OR CO-LOCATED EMERGE I KNOW THAT'S WAY DOWN THE ROAD BUT I GUESS I JUST I WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE DEMANDS AND TRENDS NOT BEING THE MAIN DRIVER FOR THOSE NEXT STEPS AND INSTEAD HOW CAN WE LOOK AT MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE DEMANDS AND TRENDS FOR MANY OTHER SCHOOLS NOT JUST THE ONES THAT HISTORICALLY BEEN DEMANDING AND TRENDY DESIGNED THE ADJECTIVES BUT SO I GUESS YEAH. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORD WE AGREE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WE'VE BEEN THINKING THROUGH IS AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION HOW DO WE NOT JUST LOOK AT ENROLLMENT DEMAND AND TRENDS BUT REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS THAT WE WANT TO SET AT EVERY SINGLE
SCHOOL. TO YOUR POINT EARLIER SO THAT EVERY SCHOOL IS YOU KNOW, A GREAT SCHOOL, RIGHT? IS THE SCHOOL TRENDING NOT TRENDY BUT TRENDING TRENDING SCHOOL? YES. EVERY SCHOOL MUST BE A TRENDING SCHOOL AND I THINK PART OF THIS PROCESS IS NOT IT'S I MEAN THERE IS SORT OF LIKE THE QUESTION AROUND SUPPLY AND DEMAND. BUT YOU KNOW, TO THE POINT THAT WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING ON WITH THE STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK TO ALIGN THIS WORK WITH THE VISION VALUES GOALS AND GUARDRAILS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS AND ENVIRONMENTS AND INPUTS AT A SCHOOL THAT MAKES IT GREAT SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER ON THE AUDACIOUS GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET UP THAT THE BOARD HAS SET FOR US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THAT IS THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD WITH OUR PARENTS WITH OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, WITH EDUCATORS, WITH THE PUBLIC AND SO THAT THAT IS THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGING IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN. YES, THERE IS THIS VERY COMPLEX COMPLICATED IN MY MIND
MATHEMATICAL PUZZLE RELATED TO SOLVING FOR THE ENROLLMENT ASIDE THE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT PROCESS AND HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT ZONES AND HOW DO WE REPRIORITIZE AGAINST PROXIMITY PREDICTABILITY AND DIVERSITY AND CHOICE? BUT I THINK THERE IS ALSO A PROGRAMMATIC EDUCATIONAL CONVERSATION IN THE PLANNING PROCESS AROUND WELL WHAT SHOULD A SCHOOL LOOK LIKE AND HOW DO WE ESTABLISH THOSE STANDARDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A STABLE PORTFOLIO AS AN EXTENSION OF AS A RESULT OF THIS PROCESS? I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT DATA AND LOOKING AT HOW OUR LOTTERY SYSTEM HAS PRODUCED RESULTS FOR US AND WHERE STUDENTS ARE LANDING BASED ON THE LIBRARY SYSTEM AND WHEN WE CREATED THE LOTTERY SYSTEM SO DECADES AGO IT WAS WITH A DESIRE TO CREATE MORE DIVERSITY IN OUR SCHOOLS. BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT
WE WELL WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT. WE HAVE NOT CREATED MORE DIVERSITY. IF YOU WALK INTO A SCHOOL AND A NEIGHBORHOOD I WOULD JUST SAY IF YOU WALK INTO A SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHEAST YOU WILL SEE THAT IT'S PRETTY MONOLITHIC. THERE IS ONLY CERTAIN GROUPS OF FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO THAT SCHOOL. IF YOU WALK INTO A SCHOOL OVER ON THE WEST SIDE THERE ARE ONLY CERTAIN NUMBER OF THERE'S A MAJORITY OF OF ANOTHER GROUP. SO WE'RE NOT DIVERSE AT ALL. AND SO I DO FEEL THAT IT IS TIME FOR US TO PRESS THE RESET BUTTON AND QUITE FRANKLY AS WHAT COMMISSIONER GUPTA SAYS, BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES AND REALLY LOOK AT WHAT WHAT THE THE LOTTERY WAS GOING TO CREATE FOR US AND DELIVER FOR US. >> IT DIDN'T AND SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT WAY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND ENGAGING IN THIS PROCESS WITH OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO HOPEFULLY GET US TO THAT PLACE. CAN I JUST ASK A CLARIFYING
QUESTION ABOUT THE PROPOSED SCOPE OF THE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT REDESIGN? IS IT ONLY LOOKING AT T.K. THROUGH FIVE OR K THROUGH EIGHT ASSIGNMENT OR IS IT ALSO LOOKING AT REIMAGINING HOW HE ASSIGNS STUDENTS TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND TO HIGH SCHOOLS AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME? EVERYTHING ALL ALL OF OUR GRADES ARE ARE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT PERHAPS LANGUAGE PATHWAYS, THEN WE REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE JUST HEARD FROM OUR PARENT PAC THAT WE'RE VERY INCONSISTENT IN SOME SCHOOLS IN DELIVERING CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND CERTAIN CURRICULUMS. WE HAVE TO CREATE A CONTINUUM IF WE REALLY HONOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE NEWCOMERS AND AND CREATE PATHWAYS FOR THEM, THEN WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT PATHWAY WOULD LOOK LIKE AND AND ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY ON DESIGNING AND BUILDING OUT THAT PATHWAY AND THAT PATHWAY HAS TO BE A TECH PRE-K TO 12TH GRADE STRATEGY.
COMMISSIONER FISCHER BEFORE YOU GO, COMMISSIONER, ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION JUST BECAUSE ARE WE IS IN ARE WE GIVING FEEDBACK ON THE ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE OR ARE WE GIVING FEEDBACK ON THE INITIAL PROPOSAL OR IS THIS A QUESTION OF WHICH ONE IS THE ONE THAT'S PREFERRED OR IS THE ALTERNATIVE TAKING PRECEDENT NOW IF I MAY? >> SO THE INITIAL TIMELINE IS THE PROPOSAL FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT. THE ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE IS MEANT TO ILLUSTRATE THE TRADEOFFS. >> OH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT YEAH, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE I HEARD YOU SAY YOU LIKED THE ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE. >> I THOUGHT WHEN I WENT SORRY WHEN YOU WERE DISCUSSING THE DIFFERENCES I WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE THE RECOMMENDED WAS THE ALTERNATIVE BASED ON THOSE TRADEOFFS. BUT THAT'S I UNDERSTOOD WRONG. YEAH. SO JUST TO REITERATE THE INITIAL PROPOSED TIMELINE IS THE ONE THAT WE HAD LAID OUT THE MULTIYEAR PROCESS AND IT WAS SEQUENCE GROWTH ENROLLMENT CLOSURES IN THAT CLEAR SEQUENCE THE ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE IS
WHAT WE HAD GENERATED AND IF WE ARE TO IMPLEMENT THIS TIMELINE THERE WOULD BE TRADEOFFS THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT EXPERIENCE FOR FAMILIES, CONFLICTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TIMELINES. OKAY. I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT. SO APOLOGIES FOR ANY CONFUSION. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE I HADN'T I GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> SO WE ARE SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS NOT THE ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE. YES, THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE INITIAL PROPOSAL TIMELINE WE WE ADDED THE ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE BECAUSE WE HEARD THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. THERE WERE THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS ON WHY CAN'T WE DO BOTH OF THESE AT THE SAME TIME? >> IS THE ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE AN OPTION TOURSUE IF THE BOARD DIRECTS AND PREFERS THAT OR ARE YOU TELLING US THAT THIS ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE IS REALLY JUST ONE EXAMPLE PROPOSED TO DEMONSTRATE WHY IT'S NOT POSSIBLE AND IT IS NOT A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE I THINK
THERE'S BEEN A BIT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHETHER THE TIMELINE THAT WAS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED WAS A AN OPTION OR A RECOMMENDATION OR WHETHER IT IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY PATH BEING CONSIDERED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> ACTUALLY YOU CAN THIS THIS WHOLE THING CAN BE CHANGED BY THE BOARD. THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM ME ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO CHANGE OUR ENROLLMENT SYSTEM WHICH IS THE ONE THING THAT I'VE HEARD FROM FAMILIES THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE IMPROVED WHEN WE INITIALLY SHARED THE FIRST DRAFT OF THESE SLIDE DECKS WE HAD PROPOSED THAT WE WERE ONLY TACKLE FOR THE NEXT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS TACKLE THE EXPANSION OF PROGRAMS AND THE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT REDESIGN. BUT WE HEARD THAT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO TACKLE EXPANSION AND SCHOOL CAUSED SCHOOL CLOSURES AND STUDENT ASSIGNMENT REDESIGN? SO WE WE PRESENTED THIS AS AN ALTERNATIVE. AGAIN, THE BOARD HAS THE THE
FINAL SAY ON BOARD ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT US TO MOVE . THAT'S A VERY HELPFUL CLARIFICATION AND I THINK ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I APPRECIATE SEEING IN THE STAFF RESPONSES IS THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THIS A LOT MORE ON JUNE 23RD BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A MUCH MORE DETAILED PLAN COMING. RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT I WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS ITEM EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEETING UNTIL THE END OF JUNE. SO AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING THREE MORE JUST TO BE MORE BEAR WITH US FOR THREE MORE OF AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WE WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU OUR EXPANSION PLANS FOR OUR T K PROGRAMS AND AT THE FOLLOWING SO THE FIRST BOARD MEETING IN JUNE WE WILL BE I MEAN OKAY I KEEP GETTING THIS ALL MIXED UP. I KNOW WE HAVE AN EXTRA BOARD MEETING THIS MONTH SO THAT'S WHAT VERY GLAD TO BE HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS SORT OF INITIAL CONVERSATION TODAY ON THE 19TH AND YOU AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE SEEN ON THE DRAFT AGENDA WE WILL BE SHARING INITIAL PROPOSALS FOR
DISCUSSION AROUND EARLY ED AND T K EXPANSION ON THE 26TH WE WILL BE SHARING INITIAL PROPOSAL RULES AROUND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COUNTY PROGRAM. VERY EXCITING. AND THEN ON JUNE 9TH WE WILL BE SHARING INITIAL PROPOSAL AND PLANS AROUND ATK8 MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL AND THEN ON THE 23RD WE HAD HELD TIME ON THAT MEETING TO BE ABLE TO SHARE INITIAL SCOPE AND SEQUENCE FOR STUDENT ASSIGNMENT POLICY SO THAT WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR THE NEW YEAR I SUPPOSE AFTER THE BOARD RETURNS FROM RECESS. >> DID YOU WANT TO DO A FOLLOW UP ON THIS? OKAY THEN I'LL KEEP GOING. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME MORE DETAILED PLANNING AROUND THIS. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT GOING ON THIS YEAR. WE'VE HAD SO MUCH I'M EXCITED ABOUT AN UPCOMING ITEM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT GETTING BACK TO POSITIVE FISCAL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS COMING AND I THINK VERY MUCH STUDENT ASSIGNMENT AND OUR SCHOOL PORTFOLIO IS STILL LIKE
WE REALLY HAVE TO TACKLE THESE AND SO I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD SAID EARLIER IN THE DESIGNING OF PROGRAMS EQUITABLY EQUITABLY RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, BEING DRIVEN BY THE DATA THAT WE HAVE IN ALL THE WAYS BECAUSE I SAW SOME OF THIS IN THE Q&A SECTION AS WELL LIKE WE'RE HEARING FROM A LOT OF FAMILIES AND THIS WAS PART OF WHAT THE ALL OF THE PACKS WERE SAYING BACK IN 2018 IS LIKE THE ZONES CANNOT WORK THE WAY THAT THERE IS IN AN EQUITABLE RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. I MEAN AND THINKING ABOUT IT AS A PARENT IF ALL THE SCHOOLS IN MY ZONES HAVE COMBO K ONE CLASSES THE HECK TO THE NO IF I'M LOOKING ACROSS TOWN AND SEEING THAT THEY HAVE THREE KINDERGARTEN CLASSES PER SCHOOL THAT SO I THINK IT'S TO ME IT'S A YES AND LIKE HOW DO WE FORCE FAMILIES INTO ZONES WITHOUT ADDRESSING THOSE UNDERLYING RESOURCING ISSUES AND THE ANSWER TO THE K ONE QUESTION IN THE IN THE Q&A DOCUMENT WAS WELL WE'LL TALK ABOUT MAYBE
MERGING OR CO-LOCATING BUT BUT FOR THE EXAMPLE OF SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHEAST LIKE THAT'S WHERE WE ALSO DEMOGRAPHICALLY KNOW HAS THE BIGGEST EXPANSION. YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW OF FAMILIES SO LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF WHERE I STRUGGLE WITH UNDERSTANDING HOW IT CAN'T BE BOTH TOGETHER LIKE WE DO HAVE TO EXPAND AND RESOURCE SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS IF WE WANT TO CREATE EQUITABLE ZONES. SO I THINK THAT'S SOME OF MY WONDERING IN MY THINKING AND WE HAD A BRIEFING PACKET THAT CAME OUT FROM ENROLLMENT AND THE TWO STATISTICS THAT STUCK OUT TO ME IN THERE WERE THAT 64.3% OF SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN ATTEND AS A FULL CITY SCHOOLS THAT'S LESS THAN TWO THIRDS, RIGHT? SO WE'VE GOT A THIRD OF OUR KIDS HERE THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY PULL BACK IF IF WE WON MADE ENROLLMENT EASIER INTO HAD THE PROGRAMS ALIGNED APPROPRIATELY THAT WHERE FAMILIES WANTED THEM. AND THE OTHER STATISTIC THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME WAS THAT ONLY 27% OF K TO FIVE STUDENTS ATTEND THEIR HOME ATTENDANCE AREA SCHOOLS GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. ONLY 27% OF OUR STUDENTS PICK THEIR HOME ATTENDANCE AREA.
SO THAT TELLS ME WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF WORK TO DO THERE AS FAR AS EQUITABLY RESOURCING THOSE HOME ATTENDANCE AREA SCHOOLS AS WELL AND THAT WAS PART OH WHEN DO YOU STOP THE CLOCK THOUGH BECAUSE THAT WAS MORE THAN CHRIS YOU'RE TOO KIND TO ME. >> THANK YOU. JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE AND I DON'T THINK I'M BREAKING ANY CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY HAS COME TO THE BOARD MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAVE GIVEN MULTIPLE TESTIMONIES DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH IS GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY HAS SAID MULTIPLE TIMES PLEASE HELP OUR FAMILIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS UNDERSTAND HOW AMAZING WE ARE AND TO CHOOSE US CHOOSE US BECAUSE THEY ARE AMAZING. GUADALUPE HAS SEEN I MEAN SINCE I'VE AGAIN A YEAR AND A HALF IN I HAVE SEEN AMAZING DEMONSTRABLE GROWTH IN THEIR LANGUAGE ARTS DATA AND CONCRETE DATA. I SEE JUST HOW THE TEACHERS WRAP AROUND THESE STUDENTS AND SUPPORT THEM AND AND AND YOU SEE A COMMUNITY THAT THAT JUST IS THE ANCHOR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO
BUILD WE WANT TO BUILD THESE AMAZING HUBS WHERE FAMILIES SAY THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS WHERE I BELONG. THIS IS THIS IS FOR ME AND AND WE WILL HAVE TO BUILD TOWARDS THAT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME. IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME FOR FAMILIES TO TRUST BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK. IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME FOR US TO BUILD THAT TRUST WITH FAMILIES SO THAT FAMILIES WILL SEE THAT YES, MY CHILDREN WILL HAVE THAT HIGH QUALITY ACADEMIC RIGOROUS EXPERIENCE THAT I HOPE FOR THEM TO HAVE AND I DON'T NEED TO TRAVEL ACROSS TOWN TO GET IT. AND AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT TALKING ABOUT HOW AMAZING OUR SCHOOLS ARE IN ALL AREAS OF OUR DISTRICT. BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE THE LARGEST GROWING NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN THE CITY WE'RE SEEING THEM IN OUR SOUTHEAST AREAS AND WE NEED TO CREATE SCHOOLS THAT REALLY WILL MEET
THE NEEDS AND THE DEMANDS OF OUR FAMILIES LIVING OUT THERE. MICHELLE ALEXANDER, I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THIS PLAN. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATIONS. I THINK FOR ME I'VE BEEN REFLECTING ON ON THIS TIMELINE AND I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY FULLY SUPPORT THE APPROACH OF CREATING A POSITIVE VISION FOR YOUR CITY AND ATTRACTING MORE FAMILIES AND THAT'S REALLY CLEAR IN THE PLAN AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH TAKING A SCHOOL CLOSURE FIRST APPROACH IS THAT IT CAN LEAD TO SORT OF A DOOM LOOP ATTITUDE, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE IF ALL WE'RE DOING IS CLOSING BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING ENROLLMENT, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT A STRATEGY TO IMPROVE A DISTRICT, RIGHT? BUT IF WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A BETTER SOUTHWEST, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN SOME NEW PROGRAMS AND THEN YEAH, WE MAY END UP MERGING SOME PROGRAMS BUT THE FOCUS ISN'T ON THE CLOSURE. IT'S REALLY ON BUILDING THE NEW SYSTEM AND I THINK NOT JUST IN TERMS OF RHETORIC BUT IN TERMS OF REALITY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THE SEQUENCING MAKES SENSE AND SO SO DOING THE OPENING NEW PROGRAMS AND THEN THE ENROLLMENT WHICH DRIVES EVERYTHING LIKE I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS THAT WE NEED TO DO THE ENROLLMENT FIRST BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE MAY END UP CLOSING A SCHOOL, CHANGING THE ENROLLMENT SYSTEM AND THEN NEEDING TO REOPEN IT RIGHT AFTERWARDS. RIGHT. SO IF BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET KIDS IN THE BAYVIEW GOING TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE BAYVIEW WE MAY NEED TO ADD WE MAY NEED TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS IN THE BAYVIEW YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? >> SO I THINK WE FIRST GOT US GOT TO START MAKING THOSE ENROLLMENT SHIFTS AND DOING THE INVESTMENTS AND THEN SAYING OKAY WHERE DO WE NEED TO DO MERGERS AND THE MERGERS NEED TO BE DONE WITH SCHOOL COMMUNITIES LIKE WE'VE LIKE WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT HOW SECRET SCHOOL CLOSURES BREAK TRUST PUSH OUT WE CAN COMMUNITIES PUSH OUT FAMILIES AND SO I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO DO MERGERS THEY'VE GOT TO BE DONE WITH SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND SO THEY SEE THE ADVANTAGES .
AND I THINK THE OTHER THING IS I, I AM TO ME THE TIMELINE IT'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WANTING THIS EVER SINCE I GOT ON THE BOARD. >> I MEAN THE BOARD PASSED THE ENROLLMENT REDESIGN IN 2020 SO IT'S SIX YEARS LATER, 2018 THEY STARTED IT AND THEN THEY FINALLY PASSED THE RESO IN 2020. >> SO IT'S TO ME I'M LIKE INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATED THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IT YET. I'M INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATED WE HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I MEAN IT FEELS LIKE GIVEN OUR CAPACITY THAT THIS TIMELINE FEELS RIGHT THE THE THE INITIAL PROPOSAL TO ME I MEAN I WOULD LOVE TO RUSH IT FASTER BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY COLLECTIVELY TO DO IT AND I DO APPRECIATE THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO SAY THAT LIKE I BECAUSE AGAIN I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF US ARE LIKE WAIT WAIT, WE NEED TO DO IT FASTER, YOU KNOW? BUT AGAIN GIVEN THE ACTUAL REALITY OF OUR CENTRAL OFFICE THAT HAS DRAMATICALLY REDUCED BECAUSE WE WANTED TO PROTECT SCHOOL CUTS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS AND THE STAFF TURNOVER
THIS FEELS REASONABLE TO ME. THE LAST THING I'LL SAY I ONLY HAVE NINE SECONDS LEFT SO MAYBE I'LL JUST TAKE A FEW EXTRA SECONDS AND SAY MY MAJOR CONCERN WITH THE SORT OF LONGER TIMELINE IS WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON UNDER ENROLLED SCHOOLS IN 2627 AND 2728 LIKE HOW DO WE SUSTAIN THIS UNTIL WE GET TO THAT THE NEW ENROLLMENT SYSTEM AND THEN THE RIGHT SO IT'S LIKE 2 TO 3 YEARS RIGHT? >> WHERE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE COMBO CLASSES AND ALL THOSE SCHOOLS ARE WE GOING TO HAVE UNDERSTAND LIKE THAT'S THE PART THAT FEELS TROUBLING TO ME AND THEN IT ALSO IS GOING TO MOSTLY IMPACT SCHOOLS SERVING LOW INCOME KIDS SCHOOL SERVING IMMIGRANT KIDS SCHOOL SERVING OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SPACE. >> RIGHT AND WE SAY THEY'RE UNDER ENROLLED BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T CHOOSE THEM AND YEAH THERE'S LOTS OF COMPLICATED I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A MUCH LONGER CONVERSATION BUT BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE PLAN WHAT'S THE BRIDGE TO GET THOSE SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR FROM HERE TO 20 29, 2030 THANK YOU. AND I JUST JUST TWO THINGS.
ONE IS I AGREE THAT AN EXPANSION PLAN AND A REIMAGINING OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN S.F. USD IS WHAT WE WE AND I AS A 50 NEED RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN BRING FAMILIES BACK AND THIS WAS JUST PROVEN TO ME WHEN WE OPENED MISSION BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IT WAS THE SECOND MOST CHOSEN SCHOOL IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOL IN THIS LAST CYCLE. SO THERE IS A DESIRE THERE. THERE ARE FAMILIES THERE WHO WANT TO COME AND AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT JUST ALL THE OTHER EXPANSION OPTIONS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TONIGHT IN TERMS OF SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE RIGHT NOW UNDER ENROLLED OR ARE STRUGGLING. I HAVE SHARED THIS WITH OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, OUR PRINCIPLES THAT I AM OPEN I'M OPEN TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND WITH OUR STATE LEADERS ABOUT IDEAS. PERHAPS THEY COULD IDENTIFY SPACE WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL FOR
AN EXPANSION OPTION OR THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, ALREADY PARTNERING WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER THAT PERHAPS WE WE COULD USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT A PARTNERSHIP COULD LOOK LIKE. THERE ARE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WHO'VE ALREADY APPROACHED ME SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUT WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE TURNED INTO A K-8 SCHOOL AND THERE'S THIS OTHER OPTION HERE I SEE IT'S LIKE NO I BUT BUT I THINK THAT THAT FAMILIES AS WELL AS SCHOOL LEADERS ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE CREATIVE NESS AND OPEN DOOR NESS OF THIS APPROACH WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING AND SAYING I'VE GOT THIS IDEA I DON'T I DON'T KNOW BUT WHY DON'T YOU COME ON SITE? WE CAN DO IT. WE CAN DO A WALK THROUGH AND WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT. I ACTUALLY WENT ON SITE AT A SCHOOL RECENTLY AND WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT USES OF THE SPACE AND PERHAPS EVEN BUILDING
A A BUS A BUS ROUTE TO ANOTHER A NEIGHBORING NEARBY SCHOOL. AND SO I THINK IT IS CREATING A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT AMONG OUR SITE LEADERS FOR A POSSIBILITY. YES. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I DO. I AM I AM YOU KNOW, I DO RECOGNIZE THE REALITY OF THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE LOOKING AT THEY HAVE COMBO CLASSES. THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORTS FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND WE ARE WE ARE I AM GOING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THOSE SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM AND AND ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ABOUT WHAT WHAT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE DISTRICT IS FINALLY TACKLING STUDENT ASSIGNMENT REDESIGN AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN I THINK SOMETHING THAT MOTIVATED ME TO DECIDE TO RUN TO BE ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT, YOU KNOW, COME TO FRUITION . BUT I DO SHARE MICHELLE ALEXANDER'S CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THE REALITY OF THIS TIMELINE
MEANS FOR OUR ABILITY TO SERVE THE STUDENTS WE HAVE IN THE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE OVER ESSENTIALLY A FOUR YEAR LONGER TIMELINE GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT IS LOOKING AT PORTFOLIO CHANGES TWO YEARS AGO THIS IS KICKING THAT DOWN THE CAN ESSENTIALLY SIX YEARS FROM WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED AND IN THE Q&A THERE WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE EXPECT BECAUSE OF DEMOGRAPHICS TO LOSE AN ADDITIONAL 2600 STUDENTS BY 2030 WHICH WOULD MEANS WE WOULD HAVE 16,600 SEATS MORE THAN WE HAVE STUDENTS. AND SO I'M WONDERING THAT COUPLED WITH ADDITIONAL LABOR AGREEMENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, HOW WILL WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO INVEST IN MAKING ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN ALL OF THE ZONES THAT WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT YOU KNOW, WE FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING AWAY FROM A CHOICE SYSTEM THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO BE EQUALLY
SERVED IN THEIR COMMUNITY. YEAH, I JUST WONDERING KNOWLEDGE ACTUALLY WHAT COMMISSIONER FISHER SAID EARLIER THAT WE ONLY CAPTURE CAPTURE BY NOT BE THE RIGHT WORD WE ONLY HAVE 65% OF THE ELIGIBLE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE CITY, 65% OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN THE CITY COME TO S.F. USD. THAT MEANS THERE'S A LOT OF MORE THERE A LOT MORE KIDS THAT CAN COME TO S.F. CITY AND I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WHEN WE CREATE PROGRAMS THAT FAMILIES WANT AND AND THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES WILL COME BACK. THEY WILL NOT COME BACK. THEY WILL COME THEY WILL COME TO US BECAUSE I AM HEARING THAT THERE IS A DESIRE FOR FOR MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL IS THE FIRST THING I HEARD WHEN I ACTUALLY CAME INTO THE DISTRICT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO BUILD THE BUILD THE MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL AND AND QUITE FRANKLY I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A FANTASTIC MANDARIN IMMERSION
SCHOOL BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE GOT A FANTASTIC LEADER OVERSEEING THAT PROCESS. AND SO THAT ALONE IS GOING TO BRING A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO MODERNIZING OUR CURRICULUM. I'M DOING THE DOUBLE DOWNS ON ON SUPPORTING OUR EDUCATORS AND REALLY DOING THE WORK OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION BECAUSE WE HAVE A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WE I MEAN I'VE ATTENDED WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH OUR LABOR FOR SALARY INCREASES. WE ARE NOW ONE OF THE HIGHER ACTUALLY IF NOT THE HIGHEST PAID PROVIDER AND IN THE AREA WE'RE PROVIDING HEALTH FULLY FUNDED HEALTH BENEFITS. THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO COME TO S.F. USD BOTH TO WORK HERE WHICH MEANS WE LIFT THE QUALITY OF OUR STAFF BUT ALSO TO BE A PART OF S.F. USD BECAUSE WE'RE CREATING PROGRAMS THAT FAMILIES WANT. AND SO YES, I BELIEVE THAT AS WE START THE EXPANSION PROCESS WE'RE GOING TO START BRINGING MORE AND MORE FAMILIES BACK
AND THE BUZZ ABOUT THAT IS GOING TO REALLY HELP ENERGIZE OUR COMMUNITIES MORE. DO YOU HAVE DATA ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE YOU THINK IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT BASED ON HISTORIC ENROLLMENT TRENDS IN SAN FRANCISCO? I DON'T HAVE THAT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF DATA SHARING. ARE OUR DATA SHARING STRATEGIES UNLESS YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU. I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION BUT I DO HEAR THIS PIECE AROUND PREPARING THAT AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND STUDENT ASSIGNMENT IN RELATION TO A BRIDGE PLAN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALSO BEGUN DOING IS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SCHOOL MARKETING CAMPAIGNS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS, YOU KNOW, INVESTED IN IN THE PAST WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND SOME OF THE OTHER PARTNERS AROUND THE SCHOOL PART OF THIS IS REALLY AROUND PERCEPTION AND BEING ABLE TO GENERATE EXCITEMENT AROUND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND THE
DIVERSE SCHOOLS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR PORTFOLIO AS WE ADDRESS SOME OF THESE STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED. SO SO AS PART OF THAT IT WILL INFORM SOME OF THE STRATEGY AROUND SCHOOL MARKETING AS WELL TO TO INCREASE THE CONVERSION RATES. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ENROLLMENT PLACEMENT CENTER LIFTED ANY ARTIFICIAL CAPS ON SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FOR HIGH DEMAND SCHOOLS THIS YEAR IN PREPARATION FOR MAKING PORTFOLIO CHANGES WHICH THEN LED TO ENROLLMENT DROPS IN OTHER SCHOOLS. GIVEN THE TIMELINE HERE, ARE YOU PLANNING ON REINSTATING THOSE CAPS IN ORDER TO STABILIZE ENROLLMENT AT SMALLER SCHOOLS? IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ENGAGE IN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK THROUGH AND THAT COULD WE CAN BRING THAT BACK AND WE CAN BRING OUR DIRECTOR OF THE ENROLLMENT CENTER TO TALK THROUGH THE DATA AND TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE TRENDS WITHIN
THE DATA. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT IF FAMILIES GET THEIR FIRST CHOICE OR ONE OF THEIR TOP CHOICE SCHOOLS THAT THAT AWARD CONVERTS TO AN ENROLLMENT AND AGAIN IT'S A GROWTH STRATEGY AND SO WE ARE SEEING THAT CONVERSION AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT CONVERSION. I EARLIER SHARED THAT WE STILL HAVE ALMOST 2000 PEOPLE ON THE WAITLIST LEFT SO THERE IS A STRONG DESIRE TO COME TO S.F. USD. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CREATE THE SEATS FOR THESE FAMILIES. PRESIDENT KIM CAN I POINT OF PRIVILEGE CAN I MOVE TO EXTEND THE MEETING PAST 10 P.M. PLEASE? >> I'LL SECOND SORRY I'LL SECOND GIVE ME A ROLL CALL PLEASE. SORRY, MR. ALEXANDER. YES, MR. FISHER? YES, MR. GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HULING? YES. COMMISSIONER RAY. YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD. YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. SEVEN EYES. THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IS JUST THESE
THIS IS A VERY BROAD TIMELINE AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DIRECTION FROM BOARD LEADERSHIP THAT ANY CHANGES TO SCHOOL PORTFOLIO OR TO ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM WOULD NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD BY BY NO LATER THAN THE OPENING OF THE ENROLLMENT FAIR TO ALLOW FAMILIES TO HAVE CERTAINTY OF WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE AND HOW TO APPLY. AND SO I JUST WOULD APPRECIATE CLARITY AROUND IF THE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT REDESIGN IS PROPOSED FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2027 2028, DOES THAT MEAN BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD FOR A VOTE IN AUGUST SEPTEMBER OF 2027 OR SOME OTHER TIME FOR A LATER YEAR IMPLEMENTATION? AND IF THAT MEANS THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL BE OCCURRING IN 2026 2027 IF IT IS GOING TO COME TO A VOTE OF THE BOARD IN EARLY IN THE 20 2728 SCHOOL YEAR. YES. SO THE PLAN IS FOR US TO DO DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
STARTING IN NOW FOUR FOR A YEAR SO WE WILL BE WELL BEFORE I START THEIR SCHOOLS FUNCTION IN NINE MONTHS CYCLES AND SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO ENGAGE FAMILIES WHEN THEY'RE WHEN FAMILIES ARE NOT IN SCHOOL. SO WE ARE LIMITED BY THESE NINE MONTH CYCLES AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT IT'S IT'S IT DOES STRETCH OUT OUR TIMELINE ON ENGAGEMENT BY TWO AND A HALF MONTHS. SO THE PLAN IS FOR US TO ENGAGE FOR THE NEXT FULL YEAR AND THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING A PROPOSAL TO THE BOARD FOR A VOTE IN APRIL OF 2027 AND OKAY, KEEP GOING. YES, GO AHEAD. YES. SO WE WILL BE BRINGING PRELIMINARY PROPOSALS TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION IN APRIL 2027 FOLLOWING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK THAT WE WILL BE DOING. WE ARE BACKWARDS MAPPING FROM THE OCTOBER 2027 BOOKEND SO THAT THERE IS ENOUGH TIME TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN PLANNING
AND IMPLEMENTATION. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE PLAN AND THEN IN THE ADVANCE BOARD QUESTIONS THE IT WAS DESCRIBED THAT THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO BRING SCHOOL PORTFOLIO CHANGE DECISIONS TO THE BOARD IN IT SAID WINTER OF 2028 AND I WAS CURIOUS WHETHER THAT MEANS JANUARY OF 2028 OR DECEMBER OF 2028 BECAUSE THOSE ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SCHOOL YEARS AND I CURIOUS HOW THAT ALIGNS WITH IT FOR THE CALENDAR AND REQUIREMENTS. >> IT WOULD BE JANUARY WHEN WE ARE WHEN WE HAVE IN HAND OUR MAIN ROUND ASSIGNMENT DATA FROM THE ENROLLMENT CYCLE. THANK YOU. I'M SO THANK YOU FOR THIS PLAN. I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE TACKLING ENROLLMENT SUPER EXCITING AND WE'LL DOUBLE DOWN ON TWO THINGS THAT COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER SAID AROUND SETTING A VISION FOR IT THAT SHAPES THE KIND OF BOTH MESSAGING BUT BUT ACTUAL STRATEGY OF OF THE WORK AHEAD AND THEN THE CONCERNS AROUND WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE KNOW ARE ALREADY UNDER ENROLLED. WE HAVE 14,000 SEATS ACROSS THE
DISTRICT. WE KNOW THAT 40% OF OUR FACILITIES ARE UNDERUTILIZED. IT JUST CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE AND CONCERN IF WE'RE GOING TO I MEAN WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM FROM COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR ABOUT THE CONCERNS AROUND COMBO CLASSES AND STAFFING SHORTAGES AND ALL OF THAT. MY QUESTIONS ARE ACTUALLY MORE AROUND THE BOARD POLICY 5101 IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO READ THE HISTORY OF THE LONG TRAJECTORY. I MEAN IT DATES BACK TO DECEMBER 2008 WHEN THE POLICY WAS CREATED IT MENTIONS SO I'M CURIOUS HAVE WE DONE A FULL ASSESSMENT OF THE BOARD POLICIES AND WHAT'S BEEN DONE? WHAT HASN'T BEEN DONE? I MEAN IT'S KIND OF IT IS KIND OF MESSY. SO HAS A HAVE WE JUST TAKEN A FULL ASSESSMENT OF OF WHERE WE ARE AT RELATIVE TO THE BOARD POLICIES THEMSELVES? THANK YOU. PRESIDENT KIM IN THE PACKET THAT COMMISSIONER FISCHER HAD REFERENCE EARLIER, WE DID INCLUDE YOU KNOW I BELIEVE A SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT POLICY AND VERY MUCH OF WHAT YOU HAVE
DESCRIBING HINGES ON A PREVIOUS CONSENT DECREE THAT SFI USD WAS UNDER AND THAT WAS THE GENESIS OF 5101 IS REALLY CREATED SO THAT WE CAN DIVERSIFY AND INTEGRATE OUR SCHOOLS. AND SINCE THEN BECAUSE AS THERE HAS BEEN EFFORT TO ADDRESS FAMILY DEMAND OF QUALITY SCHOOLS AROUND BETTER INSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY, IMPROVED SAFETY AND CREATING A MORE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT, THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ELEMENTARY STUDENT ASSIGNMENT POLICY THAT WAS MADE IN THE LATER 20 TENS THAT CULMINATED INTO THE ZONE POLICY AND SO THERE IS A RICH LONG HISTORY OF THIS WORK AT SWC. I JUST ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL THE LEADERS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PROCESS TO THIS DATE. I'M ACTUALLY THE GOAL HERE IS TO PICK UP THE REALLY IMPORTANT I THINK ALSO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALL OF THE INPUTS THAT WE HAVE GATHERED FROM FAMILIES OVER THE YEARS SO THAT WE ARE NOT JUST HITTING THE RESET BUTTON WITH
THIS EFFORT BUT REALLY LEANING ON THAT AS AN ASSET TO GUIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN THIS POLICY CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. AND 51 A 1.2 THERE'S A MONITORING AND EVALUATION SECTION. IT MENTIONS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF THE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM AND DEVELOP AN ANNUAL REPORT. I DON'T THINK WE RECEIVED ONE LAST YEAR. I DO WE HAVE ONE COMING. THIS REPORT IS PRODUCED EVERY YEAR THROUGH THE ENROLLMENT CENTER. WE HAVE HISTORICALLY PROVIDED THAT THERE WAS A SUSPENSION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW STUDENTS. I'M A POLICY THAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING AND IN THAT PERIOD WE HAVE NOT PROVIDED THE THE REPORT TO THE BOARD. HOWEVER, THE ENROLLMENT CENTER DOES PUBLISH THE ANNUAL ENROLLMENT DATA ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ACTUALLY A GROUP OF PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL IN HELPING US THINK THROUGH HOW TO VISUALIZE SOME OF THAT DATA SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS MORE
NOT JUST TRANSPARENT BUT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. AND MR. ARMENTROUT, WE JUST WANT TO NAME THE TIMER. I'M TRYING TO MONITOR MY OWN SELF HERE FOR A SECOND SO SO WE KNEW FROM PRIOR ENGAGEMENTS I THINK SPECIFICALLY THROUGH RIGHT THAT THE ZONES POLICY WAS NOT OPERATIONAL USABLE RIGHT? THE KIND OF THREE DIFFERENT GOALS AROUND PROXIMITY, PREDICTABILITY, DIVERSITY THERE WERE MAPS THAT WERE CREATED I'M I'M ASSUMING THAT THOSE MAPS WE'RE GOING TO BRING FORWARD HERE IS I KNOW THAT THEY EXIST. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THOSE MAPS SO FAR THAT THAT IS PART OF THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT IT MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND ACTUALLY INTEGRATING THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO REDESIGN PROGRAMS. WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE CRITERIA THAT WAS SET FORTH IN THE PREVIOUS BOARD POLICY AND ONE OF THE DECISION POINTS THAT WE WILL BE TEEING UP FOR THIS BOARD IS ARE THESE THE RIGHT PRIORITIES BECAUSE THE MAPS DID LOOK REALLY WONKY AND YOU KNOW,
IS THIS IS THE STUDENT CENTER IS THIS BEST FOR FAMILY EXPERIENCES AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DESIGN CRITERIA THAT WE AS THE DISTRICT SHOULD REALLY BE LOOKING AT THAT REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY'S VALUES AS WE HEAD INTO THIS MAJOR DECISION? AND SO YES, WE CAN RESURFACE THAT JUST FOR A PUBLIC INFORMATION THIS IS ALL POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU CAN TRACE THE HISTORY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ZONE ASSIGNMENT POLICY BUT THAT IS A BIG QUESTION DOES THE BOARD WANT TO CONTINUE PURSUING THE ZONE POLICY? IF NOT WE COULD PROPOSED REFORMS TO EXISTING POLICY. IF YOU DO THAT WE DO NEED TO KIND OF ARRIVE AT A SET OF PRIORITIES THAT WOULD REFLECT THE COMMUNITY'S VALUES AND THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THAT WE WANT TO ENGAGE THE BOARD IN AND GET DECISION FROM YOU BUT ALSO IN REFLECTION OF THE COMMUNITY'S VALUES. THANK YOU. AND I GUESS MY QUESTION THEN IS WHAT IS WHAT ARE THE ENGAGEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY ABOUT? IS IT ABOUT ZONES? IS IT ABOUT ENROLLMENT PLACEMENT? IS IT ABOUT BECAUSE I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS
THAT WE ARE CLEAR ON LIKE WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE SOLVING FOR RIGHT NOW? NOT THAT THERE ISN'T ONE. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES WITH ENROLLMENT BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME LIKE WHAT POLICY IS GUIDING THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW IN THE REVISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING AROUND OUR ENROLLMENT SYSTEM BECAUSE IF WE KNOW THAT OUR EXISTING POLICIES AREN'T ARE ALREADY INSUFFICIENT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT OPERATIONALIZED WELL I MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO MAKE WE NEED TO HAVE SOME LIKE INTENSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS IT IS IT IN THE POLICY THAT THAT WE ARE SAYING IS THE NEW DIRECTION? >> RIGHT. YES. AND A VERY WISE DISTRICT LEADER FROM THE PAST TOLD ME THAT THE BEST POLICY IS ONE THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. >> AND SO I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IS ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A PUBLIC CONVERSATION TO EMERGE SO THAT WE CAN NAME THE
CONSTRAINTS RIGHT BECAUSE WE COULD YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BOARD COULD PROVIDE DIRECTION AND YOU COULD CODIFY POLICIES BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IF IT'S IF WE CANNOT IMPLEMENT IT ,IT IT WOULD UNDERMINE TRUST. WHAT WE ALSO LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IS THAT AGAIN THERE IS A HUGE SWATH OF DATA THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FROM PREVIOUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS INCLUDING I WILL NAME I IN TERMS OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A GREAT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS AND WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT ENABLE OUR STAFF TO BE SET UP FOR SUCCESS SO THAT THE SCHOOL IS A GREAT PLACE AND A GREAT ANCHOR FOR EVERY COMMUNITY AND THAT MAY VARY DEPENDING ON WHICH COMMUNITY YOU GO TO IN IN OUR CITY. AND SO FIRST WE WANT TO BUILD OFF OF THAT KNOWLEDGE SO THAT WE ARE CREATING AS A PROCESS POINT THAT TWO WAY FEEDBACK TO CAPTURE WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SHARED AND THEN AS
PART OF THE WORK IN THE UPCOMING YEAR ACTUALLY DOING DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH SCHOOL COMMUNITIES IN EACH CORNER, EACH AREA, EACH REGION AND NEIGHBORHOOD OF OUR CITY THAT MEANS REALLY BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THE SOUTH, THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITIES AND SAY WHAT WOULD HELP BRING PRIDE AND JOY TO OUR SCHOOLS IF WE ARE TO REIMAGINE IT AND REDESIGN IT TOGETHER. THERE IS A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PAST THAT I THINK WE CAN BUILD OFF OF AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE IN A MORE TRANSFORMATIONAL CONVERSATION AROUND THE COMMUNITY'S VISION FOR THEIR SCHOOLS AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO AND THAT IS OUR JOB. WE HEARD THAT DURING BUDGET ENGAGEMENT IT'S OUR JOB TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THERE. AND SO THIS IS A LEVER AND THE END GOAL IS ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO GET TO THAT BETTER EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE KIND OF
COMMUNITY DRIVEN. GO RIGHT TO THE SOURCE QUESTION. I THINK THERE IS THIS QUESTION THAT I STILL HAVE OF WHY CAN'T WE IMPLEMENT THE POLICY AS IT IS? ARE WE CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDING THAT LIKE I'M SURE THERE'S DATA THAT WE I MEAN NOT I'M SURE I KNOW THAT THERE'S DATA THAT WE HAVE THAT TELLS US WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT IMPLEMENT. SO I'M ACTUALLY REALLY CURIOUS WHAT IS IT ABOUT OUR EXISTING POLICY BECAUSE IT IS ACTUALLY QUITE THOROUGH THAT WE CANNOT DO AS A KIND OF A STARTING POINT IN UNDERSTANDING WHY WE CAN'T OPERATIONALIZE WHAT WE WANT TO OPERATIONALIZE BECAUSE AGAIN THERE'S POLICIES THERE. I MEAN IT'S BEEN WRITTEN AND DONE SO I THINK THAT'S ONE BODY OF QUESTIONS AND THE NEXT I THINK WOULD BE THEN NOW COMMISSIONER GUPTA, WE JUST FINISHED OUR OUR AD HOC ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND ONE BODY OF WORK THAT WE ENDED UP PARSING THE BEST AD HOC ARGUABLY BUT NOT THE MOST STUDENT CENTERED ARGUABLY. AND SO THERE'S THIS QUESTION
THAT I HAVE AROUND WHERE I MEAN WE HAD INTENDED TO HAVE THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION AROUND HOW TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AROUND DECISIONS OF THE BOARD AND AND THEN I GO BACK TO 51 TO 1 AND THERE'S WELL-DOCUMENTED BACK IN 2008 AROUND THE WORK THAT THAT BOARD DID TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE ON STUDENT ASSIGNMENT. >> I THINK I JUST HAVE A QUESTION OF WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY THAT I BECAUSE I HAVE THIS LIKE WONDERING OF DO WE NEED TO ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AS STUDENTS? I MEANT IS IT IS THAT OUR KIND OF VENUE BY WHICH WE GATHER FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS AND ACTUALLY BRING SOME DATA OUT? IS IT WITHIN THIS BODY HERE? WHAT DO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY SET UP SOME MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE GOING OUT THERE? RIGHT. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS OUR ROLE IN RESHAPING THIS POLICY BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM PRETTY FOUNDATIONAL THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE AS A BOARD A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS INFORMED BY SOMETHING THEN AND WHETHER THAT'S THAT SOMETHING IS BECAUSE IT'S A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING AND THEREFORE WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THESE THINGS OR WE'RE GOING TO
REBUILD THIS POLICY THROUGH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND ENGAGING THE PUBLIC. I JUST HAVE SOME SOME IDEAS AROUND THAT RIGHT. >> I THINK WHAT WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF I COULD MAYBE JUST CHIME IN ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AROUND WHY ISN'T THE CURRENT POLICY IMPLEMENTED? AND BEAR WITH ME FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR MANY YEARS WE CANNOT IMPLEMENT THE ZONE POLICY 51 OR 1.2 WITHOUT ANY CHANGES BECAUSE AS PART OF OUR WORK WITH STANFORD IN ACTUALLY SIMULATING THE ZONES WE CANNOT GUARANTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN THE ZONES THAT BASED ON HOW THE POLICY IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN BUT ALSO THE POLICY ITSELF DOESN'T MATCH WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT IN THE 2020 ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WE WANT TO JUST BE VERY CLEAR THAT IF THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE DIVERSITY, PROXIMITY AND PREDICTABILITY AFTER RUNNING THE SIMULATIONS, THE CURRENT POLICY DOES NOT ACTUALLY CREATE MATERIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CURRENT AGAINST THE CURRENT
STATUS QUO AND ACTUALLY COULD COSTS AND ROLLMAN DECLINE AND JUST TO SAY WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO BRING THE DATA AND THE ANALYSIS TO THE BOARD IN WHATEVER VENUE IS APPROPRIATE SO THAT WE CAN REALLY SHARE OUT SOME OF THESE LESSONS AND DATA TO HELP FACILITATE THE CONVERSATION. YEAH, I THINK DRAWING THAT CONVERSATION OUT AND ACTUALLY SEEING ALL OF THAT WOULD BE HELP. I MEAN I THINK IT WOULD BE INFORMATIVE FOR ME. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE AND QUITE LITERALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT ABOUT THIS POLICY IN AND OF ITSELF IS SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE OPERATIONALIZED OF ALL IS I MEAN I DON'T WANT TO THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER HERE AND KIND OF WE HEARD IN OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT GOING OUT AND ASKING THE SAME QUESTION YEAR AFTER YEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS ALSO NOT HELPFUL. AND SO IF WE KNOW SOME THINGS ARE TO BE TRUE RIGHT, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT INFORMATION AND AND FOR BOTH KIND OF NEW IDEAS BUT ALSO WHAT WE KNOW ISN'T WORKING RIGHT SO AND AND I THINK I DON'T THINK WE'VE I THINK ACTUALLY THE COMMITTEE
BEFORE DURING ARI I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INFORMATION FROM STANFORD BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT AS A BOARD. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ACTUALLY LIKE TALK ABOUT THAT. AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD REAL BRIEFLY THAT THE PREVIOUS LIKE IN 2023 AND 2024 THERE WERE BOARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS TOPIC AND WHY? BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF FRUSTRATION AS TO WHY IT HADN'T BEEN DONE. WE HEARD THIS FROM STAFF AND THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST AT THAT TIME IN THIS IDEA OF WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO JUST HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS LIKE MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY HAVE WHERE YOU HAVE A ZONE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FEED INTO MIDDLE SCHOOLS WHICH FEED INTO HIGH SCHOOLS WHICH WOULD DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF PREDICTABILITY AND PROXIMITY AND FRANKLY WOULD PROBABLY RESULT IN SCHOOLS THAT WERE JUST ABOUT AS DIVERSE AS THEY ARE NOW. >> SO I MEAN THERE WAS THIS THAT WE WERE KIND OF SAYING WHY NOT TRY THAT OR AT LEAST LOOK AT THAT AS A AS A POSSIBILITY AND THEN HAVE THE ALTERNATIVES RIGHT? >> THE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS, THE
EIGHTH THE ALTERNATIVE SOME ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, THE FOR THE YOU KNOW, I THINK WE KEPT ASKING BACK THEN WHY NOT AT LEAST LIKE DO AN ANALYSIS OF THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IT'S LIKE YEAH, WHY NOT HAVE A VERY SIMPLE PREDICTABLE SYSTEM RATHER THAN LIKE THIS HUGE CONVOLUTED ZONES AND LOTTERIES AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND I, I AGREE AND WHILE I APPRECIATE US HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE TCA EXPANSION AND IN CASE SCHOOL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION IT IS JUST I LOVE THAT BUT IF WE HAVE THE TIME RIGHT NOW TO LIKE TALK ABOUT THIS AND WE THE INFORMATION'S THERE IT WOULD BE GREAT. OH NO IT SAYS 9 A.M. AND NINE MINUTES. YEAH BUT ANYWAY I WAS DONE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER IF YOU'D RATHER GO FIRST PLEASE HAVE AT IT. OKAY. SORRY I ALWAYS HAVE TROUBLE GETTING THIS MICROPHONE OVER HERE. I HAVE A NUMBER OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS AND MANY CONFLICTING THOUGHTS IN MANY WAYS I DO WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME COMING AND I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE DOING THIS AND DOING THIS OPENLY. I'VE ALSO AS HAS BEEN REFERENCED BY FOLKS AND ENROLLMENTS BEEN BOILING OVER FOR YEARS. IT'S JUST IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT CONSISTENTLY. I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS THE LOTTERY SYSTEM SINCE SINCE MY FAMILY JOINED US FOR USD IN 2014 AND OUR EXPERIENCE FOR FOR SO MANY FOLKS IN THE SYSTEM INCLUDING OUR OWN FAMILY IS THAT EVERYTHING MOVES VERY, VERY SLOWLY IF IT EVER HAPPENS AT ALL. I THINK THAT WE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE EFFECTIVELY BUT ALSO QUICKLY IT'S JUST IT'S EASY TO TO GIVE INTO A PATTERN OF ALWAYS PUTTING THINGS OFF AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE SEE US DOING. THEY SEE US KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. I DON'T THINK THAT INSPIRES TRUST AND IT DOESN'T IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T CREATE CHANGE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO PROVIDE SOME CERTAINTY FOR FAMILIES AND SHOW RESPONSIVENESS TO WHAT PEOPLE WANT. SO I'M FULLY ON BOARD WITH THE IDEA OF BEING RESPONSIVE TO FOLKS BUT BUT DOING THAT AS QUICKLY AS QUICKLY AND COMPETENTLY AS WE POSSIBLY
CAN IN TERMS OF ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITIES. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF STRUGGLES WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE PAST. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE GROUND LEVEL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTUALLY GOING TO SCHOOLS AND ASKING WHAT FOLKS WANT. YOU KNOW REAL OUTREACH TO A BROAD IS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN POSSIBLY GET WHAT WE TEND TO GET IS YOU KNOW, CERTAIN CERTAIN VOICES HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND NOT SO MUCH A BROAD SWATH. I KEEP COMING BACK TO TO SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED HERE BEFORE WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF EMPTY SEATS, THE 14,000 GOING UP TO 16 PLUS THOUSAND. AND I WORRY THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE OPERATING ON HOPE RATHER THAN REALITY AND I, I HAVE MYSELF MANY, MANY TIMES TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING THINGS THAT WILL ATTRACT MORE STUDENTS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT'S CRITICAL. I'M ALL FOR EXPANDING PROGRAMS DOING THAT'S FANTASTIC. I DON'T SEE HOW THAT GETS US 14 TO 16,000 KIDS AND THAT REALLY
WORRIES ME. I THINK THAT LEADS US TO UNDER RESOURCING ALL OF OUR KIDS. THAT'S TRUE FOR KIDS AT SMALL SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY ARE DEALING WITH MULTIPLE COMBO CLASSES. THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO AS MANY THINGS AND SO FORTH. IT'S ALSO TRUE FOR KIDS AT ALL OF OUR LARGER SCHOOLS BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT THEY ARE GETTING LESS. WHEREAS IF WE WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THINGS TOGETHER WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE EVERY CHILD MORE OPPORTUNITIES, MORE STAFFING, MORE CLASSES AND LIKE THIS IS JUST GENERALLY A CONCERN FOR ME THAT WE'RE UNDER-RESOURCING EVERYBODY WHEN FOLKS TALK ABOUT PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR OTHER ENROLLED SCHOOLS, THOSE KIDS ARE ARE LOSING OUT AND SO OUR KIDS IN LARGER SCHOOLS WHERE THERE ARE FRANKLY LARGER NUMBERS OF KIDS WHO ARE SOCIALLY WELL-CONNECTED WILL BE DISADVANTAGED BY POOLING OUR RESOURCES. I FEEL WE COULD DO BETTER BY EVERYBODY AND I WORRY THAT BY WAITING WE'RE GOING TO END UP UNDER-RESOURCING ALL OF OUR KIDS FOR A VERY EXTENDED PERIOD
OF TIME AND FRANKLY NOT EVEN LIKE WITH NO PARTICULAR CERTAINTY OR GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO REACH A RESOLUTION. JUST LOOK AT HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN TO DO ENROLLMENT SO I PERSONALLY AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIMELINE AND WHAT'S BEEN LAID OUT BUT I FULLY SUBSCRIBE TO AND BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO COLLABORATE. THAT'S THE PUBLIC THE SUPERINTENDENT, HER TEAM, THE BOARD WE CANNOT MOVE THIS FORWARD WITHOUT ALL WORKING TOGETHER. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE IN PART BECAUSE I MY ENTIRE EXPERIENCE THE WHOLE TEN YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE IS THINGS BEING PUSHED OUT KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD SO I WOULD I WILL HAVE SOME FURTHER QUESTIONS DOWN THE ROAD. I UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT MAKING A DECISION TODAY IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY THAT IS A DISCUSSION ITEM BUT I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO BE GROUNDED IN REALITY AND I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS PLAN WILL NOT GET US THERE. >> THANK YOU.
CAN I JUST VERY QUICKLY TO RESPOND TO THAT AGAIN BECAUSE WE ARE A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT FUNCTIONS IN NINE MONTH CYCLES AND THE ENROLLMENT TEAM NEEDS I FORGOT WHAT LAUREN SAYS AT LEAST 6 TO 7 MONTHS TO GET THE SYSTEM GOING. WE ARE WE ARE FACED WITH YOU WE ARE FACED WITH ACTUAL CONCRETE DEADLINES THAT IS IS REALLY HARD FOR US TO MOVE. SO IF WE ARE GOING TO COMMIT TO HONESTLY THE THE THE GUIDELINES THAT COMMISSIONER GUPTA AND FISHER AND PRESIDENT KIM DID IN THEIR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AD HOC MEETINGS OF TRULY ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITIES, GOING INTO THE COMMUNITIES, HAVING ON THE GROUND CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY. IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME AND UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NOW IN MAY SO WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENGAGE AND DO THAT LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY UNTIL AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. SO BY THAT TIME AND THIS IS PURE LOGISTICS BY THAT TIME
WE'RE ALREADY HITTING INTO ENROLLMENT PERIODS AND SO THAT TAKES LITERALLY SCHOOL YEAR 2728 OFF THE TABLE AND THAT IT'S JUST IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT IS THOSE ARE THOSE ARE CONCRETE LOGISTICAL FACTORS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. SO THAT'S WHY WE WILL PROPOSE IN APRIL OF 27 A NEW POLICY AND WE WILL TAKE THE TIME TO WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, GET SCHOOLS READY FOR AN INFLUX OF STUDENTS, SUPPORT SCHOOLS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WHEN THESE MOVEMENT AND ENROLLMENT PATTERNS CHANGE SO THAT WE CAN THEN BE READY FOR THE ENROLLMENT CENTER TO INSTITUTE WHATEVER CHANGE THEY NEED TO MAKE IN TIME FOR SCHOOL YEAR 20 829. ALL RIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED SO FAR. I'M JUST PICKING UP ON STUDENT ASSIGNMENT. YOU KNOW, I SEE HOW OTHER CITIES DO THIS AND THEY SEEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I MEAN I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT ZONING IN BERKELEY AND SO
FORTH. I MEAN I WONDER I DO WANT TO YOU KNOW, IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE MORE DATA BECAUSE I DO WONDER WHY WE CAN'T DO THIS. I MEAN WE'RE NOT A WEIRDLY SHAPED CITY. WE'RE A VERY SMALL SEVEN BY SEVEN SQUARE. >> SO AND SO I THINK EXACTLY SO CLEARLY THERE'S SOMETHING HERE I APPRECIATE PRESIDENT KIM'S COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS AROUND IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE AT THE BOARD NEED TO TACKLE AND NEED TO DO SO QUICKLY, THEN LET'S DO THAT SO THAT WE SET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT UP FOR SUCCESS IN IN CARRYING THIS FORWARD. BUT YOU KNOW I WILL GENTLY BUT FIRMLY ASK YOU KNOW HAVING THAT DATA AND MY ASK TO STAFF AND TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SPECIFICALLY IS TO HAVE MORE DATA. I MEAN THIS IS A MAJOR TO SAY THESE ARE TWO MAJOR DECISIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WILL AFFECT 50,000 STUDENTS IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY FILLING THE 16,400 EXTRA SEATS THEN WE WANT A VERY WELL-INFORMED SCHOOL BOARD AND HAVING TWO PAGES ON THESE
VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS IS IS CONCERNING. I THINK I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THAT DATA THAT CLEARLY MEAN HOW MAY YOU REFERENCE IT VERY VIVIDLY IN TERMS OF THIS DATA THE POLICIES AND SO FORTH. SO I MEAN WE CAN START WITH THERE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S ALREADY INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT WILL THEN BETTER INFORM US AS A BOARD YOU KNOW AS STEWARDS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY THAT ELECTED US TO BE ABLE TO REALLY BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN IN A THOUGHTFUL MANNER ON THESE WEIGHTY TOPICS THAT YOU BRING BEFORE US. YES, AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR THAT FEEDBACK . WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE SURE THAT IN UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS AND YOU KNOW YOU CAN PROBABLY ALREADY OBSERVE WITH THE EARLY EXPANSION AND TCA PRESENTATION THAT WE ARE INTEGRATING A LOT MORE DATA IN OUR PRESENTATION. THIS IS MEANT TO BE THE FIRST PUBLIC TOUCHPOINT FOR THE WORK THAT WE ARE ROLLING OUT. I WILL SAY THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF DATA AND SLIDES AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE INCLUDED OVER THE
COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS CONTENT AND PACKETS FOR THE BOARD'S REVIEW AS WELL. SO WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION AS PART OF JUST GENERALLY STUDYING RIGHT? LIKE I THINK WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH BOARD LEADERSHIP AROUND DO WE DO A STUDY SESSION TO GET EVERYBODY SORT OF TEED UP TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN DECISION MAKING SO THERE IS A LOT OF DATA. WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM WHO ARE STEWARDS OF THIS PROCESS AND CAN HELP TO YOU KNOW AND I JUST WANT TO EVOKE DR. KARNA RIGHT DATA IS A FLASHLIGHT AND SO WE HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THAT INFORMATION AS A WAY FOR US TO AS A AS A GUIDE GUIDEPOST FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY MUCH THE SPIRIT OF HOW WE WANT TO ENGAGE IN THIS CONVERSATION. I WILL I WILL ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW THE YOUR YOUR EARLIER QUESTION ABOUT WELL, WHY WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR US TO DRAW THESE ZONES? >> IT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE NOT
JUST ON A SCHOOL LEVEL WE'VE SPREAD OUR RESOURCES SO THIN ON A PROGRAMMATIC LEVEL WE'VE ACTUALLY SPREAD OURSELVES PRETTY THIN TOO NOT JUST IN STAFFING BUT HOW WE HAVE LEVERAGE OUR FACILITY FOOTPRINT FOR LANGUAGE PROGRAMS ALMOST 40% OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPACES ARE BEING DESIGNATED AS PART OF A SPECIAL PROGRAM WHETHER IF IT'S LANGUAGE K-8 SPECIAL EDUCATION. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALSO DIG INTO THAT DATA AND BE ABLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AND I THINK THIS WAS IN ONE OF THE Q&A QUESTIONS REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW DO THESE FACTORS WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES, WHAT ARE THE CONSTRAINTS SO THAT THE BOARD CAN REALLY PROVIDE US WITH THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A STABLE PORTFOLIO LEADING INTO THE NEXT FEW YEARS ? COMMISSIONER GOOD. BUT CAN I JUMP IN HERE REALLY QUICKLY JUST TO BUILD ON THAT? I MEAN I DO HAVE AN HONEST QUESTION OF OF LIKE I DON'T THINK T K K MATTER AND SPECIAL EDUCATION OF PROGRAM ARE ARE
CONTROVERSIAL AMONG THIS BOARD. I THINK WE WE'RE ALL VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT DO WE WHAT IS PLANNED FOR THE NEXT FOUR MEETINGS THEN BECAUSE I DO THINK ONE OPPORTUNITY HERE THEN IS TO JUST ACTUALLY BRING THAT INFORMATION HERE SO WE CAN DO ONE PART PROCESSING, ONE PART ACTUALLY JUST GIVING FEEDBACK ON THE THINGS THAT WE SEE THAT MAY ACTUALLY BE A HIGHER LEVERAGE OF OUR TIME ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE CRUNCHED WITH OUR NUMBERS HERE OR WITH TIME HERE. RIGHT? SO I MEAN IF ENGAGEMENTS ARE STARTING IN THE FALL I'M JUST TRYING TO LIKE BACKWARDS MAP FROM A ENGAGEMENT STARTING AUGUST. SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO OVER THESE NEXT FOUR MEETINGS THEN TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THAT? YEAH, WE BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND I WOULD JUST SAY THE STELLAR GROUP OF PEOPLE WE MEET EVERY MONDAY AND WE HAVE TEED UP WRITE A SET OF INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF IN RELATION TO THE GROWTH AND EXPANSION PLANS LEADING UP TO NEXT YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AND SO WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF PREPARING FOR THAT AND IF WE ARE TO PIVOT WE WOULD NEED TO REASSESS AND READJUST OUR
INTERNAL TIMELINES. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALSO HOPING TO REALLY BRING ON SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AS PART OF THIS WORK TO BE ABLE TO MORE EFFECTIVELY CHARTER AND SCOPE AND INTERNALLY SORT OF SEQUENCE. AND WHEN I SAY INTERNALLY I MEANT HERE WITH THE BOARD WITH BOARD LEADERSHIP TO ENGAGE IN SORT OF A PROCESS OF TEEING UP WHAT THE PROGRESSION OF CONVERSATIONS SHOULD LOOK LIKE SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED WITH AD HOC COMMITTEE ON STUDENT ASSIGNMENT PRIOR SO THAT WE ARE CLEAR ON HOW MANY MEETINGS WHAT ARE THE INTENDED OUTCOMES OF THE MEETINGS AND WHAT ARE THE DATA INPUTS THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THERE? SO THERE IS A DESIGN COMPONENT OF THIS TO THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BOARD AND I WOULD HATE TO YOU KNOW, NOT BE PREPARED BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO DO IT FASTER. YEAH AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING NEW. IT'S JUST THE INFORMATION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE THAT YOU ALL HAVE REFLECTED ON TO GET TO THIS POINT. I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP ACTUALLY BRING US ALONG
AND UNDERSTANDING YOU KNOW, WHAT ACTUALLY LED TO THIS PROCESS HERE AND THE DETERMINATION. RIGHT. BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK I CAN LOGICALLY IN MY HEAD RATIONALIZE WHY WE WOULD DO CLOSURES CONSOLIDATIONS AFTER ENROLLMENT BUT THEN UNDERSTANDING ALL THE DATA THAT WERE UNDERNEATH THAT I THINK IS HELPFUL. >> AND AGAIN SOME JUST YOU NO, NO, NO. AND I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY ON POINT IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, HOW MAY YOU REFERENCED WORKING ON THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS. SUPERINTENDENT, YOU MENTIONED LOOKING AT THE DATA FOR A YEAR SO CLEARLY YOU'RE SOMEWHERE BESIDES WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER. >> SO WE WOULD LOVE TO BE BROUGHT ALONG ALONGSIDE THAT DID LEARN WE DID WE SEND THE EPC PACKET WE DID. SO YEAH YOU MAY YOU MAY RECALL . >> YOU MAY RECALL. SO SINCE THE END OF FEBRUARY WE HAVE BEGUN TO ON A WEEKLY BASIS THROUGH THE WEEKLY PORT BULLETIN SHARE DATA POINTS INFORMATION INCLUDING BACK IN MARCH, EARLY MARCH THE NEW
DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT THAT WAS COMMISSIONED TO HAVE THE LATEST PROJECTIONS. WE ALSO AND LATE MARCH SHARED A I THINK HEFTY PACKET OF MAYBE WAS 15 PAGES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER YOUR YOU REFERENCED THIS PACKET EARLIER SO SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU AND REALLY BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE EQUIPPED AND HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE AND I DO APPRECIATE SHARING THAT AND I DID READ THE ABC PACKET BUT IT WAS REALLY JUST A DATA DUMP OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN LOOKED AT. IT DIDN'T REALLY PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS USED THAT DATA TO INFORM HER THINKING AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT IS WHAT CONCLUSIONS ARE YOU DRAWING FROM THAT HISTORIC INFORMATION ? EXACTLY. SO SAY FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT SIX SORRY, 14,000 EMPTY SEATS, 2600 EXTRA SEATS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE BUT THEN YOU'RE SAYING WE CAN
POTENTIALLY MAKE THOSE UP THROUGH GETTING CURRENT PEOPLE IN INDEPENDENT SECTOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS. I MEAN THEY'LL BE MOVING ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL . SO IF THAT'S BACKED BY DATA I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT DATA THAT SEEMS TO CONTRADICT WHAT WAS THEN SHARED WITH US IN TERMS OF THE ENROLLMENT FIGURES THAT THAT HAVE BEEN SAT THROUGH THROUGH THROUGH THE WEEKLY SUMMARY. SO THAT'S THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> YEAH. YEAH WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT PROJECTIONS IN PLACE SO THAT AGAIN THE ENROLLMENT DATA THAT WAS SHARED TO THE BOARD IN THE BULLETIN WAS WAS JUST CURRENT DATA DATA THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS TREND DATA THAT WE ARE PROJECTING OUT THE ENROLLMENT DATA DID NOT INCLUDE ALL OF THESE EXCITING EXPANSIONS AND SO WE WILL DEFINITELY DO A PROJECTION ON EXPANSION. I KNOW THAT THE ASIAN PAC AND MANY OF OUR FAMILIES ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS GOING TO
GENERATE A VERY HIGH NUMBER OF STUDENTS INTO BACK INTO OUR DISTRICT OR TO OUR DISTRICT AS I SHARED EARLIER WITH OUR COUNTY SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL ED, WE'RE ALREADY SEEING A VERY LONG AND LARGE WAITLIST FOR IT. SO I THINK THAT THERE IS THAT I MEAN WE'RE PROPOSING I THINK OPENING TEN T K SCHOOL TO T K CLASSROOMS. SO SO THESE ARE THESE ARE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YES, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE ARE WE HAVE THAT WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE I'M USING TO INFORM MY DECISION. I'M DOING THIS GREAT. ON AN UNRELATED NOTE, I THINK UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF PUSHING OFF SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION WOULD BE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TRADEOFFS AND I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK TO FIRST PRINCIPLES. I MEAN I THINK YOU KNOW, WE APPROACH THIS WHERE CERTAINLY WHEN I WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO
BECOME A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WE HEARD WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO KICK DOWN THE CAN KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THERE ARE HARD DECISIONS TO BE MADE AND THEY WANTED AN HONEST CONVERSATION AROUND THAT. SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S CHANGED IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS OR PERHAPS THIS IS NOT AS YOU KNOW WE DON'T NEED TO CONSOLIDATE SCHOOLS AND I THINK WHAT I'M PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON IS WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STAFFING MODEL SPECIFICALLY FOR BOTH STUDENTS THAT WE MAY NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE POTENTIALLY PUT CAPS BACK ON OR OTHERWISE FOR OTHER SCHOOLS WHERE YOU KNOW, I'VE CERTAINLY HEARD FROM PARENTS WHERE THEY SAY I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE ONCE WE LOST THAT MEMBER OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO TAKE MY MY CHILD OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. SO YOU KNOW, IT CAN GO BOTH WAYS AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THOSE TRADEOFFS AND WHAT IS THE PLAN IF WE ARE EXTENDING THIS BEYOND YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING THIS OUT, HOW ARE WE NOT JUST KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD BUT RATHER ABLE TO DO
SO IN A SUSTAINABLE MANNER FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CUTTING EVERYONE TO THE BARE BONE? AND I THINK THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE BIG POLICY QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH IN THE COMING MONTHS. THE REALITY IS IF WE SAY MOVE FORWARD WITH A SCHOOL CLOSURE PROCESS WHERE WE ARE CLOSING SCHOOLS THAT ARE EITHER UNDER ENROLLED OR DO NOT MEET WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE A STRONG SCHOOL HAVE HAVE ALL THE CLASSROOMS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS, HAVE ALL THE SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT A HANDFUL OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN OUR SOUTHEAST SECTOR OF THE CITY AND IF WE WERE TO THEN CLOSE THOSE SCHOOLS AND THEN CHANGE OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT POLICY WE MIGHT FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO OPEN UP THOSE SCHOOLS AGAIN BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE BUSING ALMOST 3000 STUDENTS, 2007 HUNDRED STUDENTS OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AREA OF OUR CITY INTO OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY. AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE DATA, I DO NOT WANT TO BE IN A PLACE
WHERE I CAUSED SO MUCH CHAOS SO MUCH PAIN IN OUR SCHOOLS COMMUNITY FOR FOUR WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER HAVING TO REOPEN THOSE SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE'VE CHANGED OUR ENROLLMENT POLICY AND SO THE SEQUENCING OF THIS WORK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I THINK WELL, I THINK THAT'S IN LINE WITH THE QUESTION I WAS ASKING AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALSO A BUDGET AROUND THAT. SO I MEAN IF WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS MAYBE SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO OVERSTAFFED BASED ON THEIR ENROLLMENT BUT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO DO IT FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS OR WHATEVER IT IS LET'S COST IT OUT AND THEN AS A BOARD SAY OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $5 MILLION $10 MILLION WHATEVER IT IS I DON'T KNOW. I'M MAKING UP NUMBERS WHICH I SHOULDN'T BE DOING BECAUSE IT'S LATE AT NIGHT BUT WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE'RE SPENDING THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO SAY TO EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW WHAT? THESE SCHOOLS WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO OVERSTAFFED A LITTLE BIT. SO MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY COMBO CLASSES OR THEY HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER OR WHATEVER IT
IS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT'S THE MINIMUM THEY NEED TO SURVIVE UNTIL 2030 WHEN THE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN SO THAT WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL AND NOT JUST ALLOWING FOR LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS IT'S JUST LIKE WE'RE ALLOWING THESE SCHOOLS TO LIKE DISINTEGRATE AND THEN AS CHRIS HUGHES SAID, PEOPLE LEAVE PEOPLE MAKE CHOICES LIKE WE NEED TO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE MINIMUM IS TO SUSTAIN THEM AND RECOGNIZING THAT THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT FOREVER AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THIS OTHER STATE. >> AND I THINK IF WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN IT'S A ONE TIME INVESTMENT, IT'S NOT AN ONGOING INVESTMENT. IT'S LIKE A GETTING US IT'S THE BRIDGE TO THIS NEXT PLACE. AND I THINK THE QUESTION THEN I MEAN SORRY I THINK YOU'RE DONE BECAUSE I THINK MY QUESTION THEN WOULD BE WHAT WHEN IS WHEN WILL WE KNOW THAT INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FINAL FEEDBACK ON THE PLAN? RIGHT. SO YEAH, IF OUR TARGET IS IN APRIL, IF THE CURRENT PLAN RIGHT NOW IS IN APRIL I MEAN I'M SORRY I'M TRYING TO MAP THIS OUT OF MY HEAD BECAUSE WE
HAVEN'T SEEN A PLAN IF IF THE CURRENT PLAN IS APRIL TO BRING A NEW POLICY TO THE BOARD AT WHAT IS THE DROP DEAD DEADLINE BY WHICH WE WOULD NEED TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON A PLAN SO THAT THAT CAN BE HONORED? IF SO AND THEN WHAT IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO GET TO SEE INCLUDING A BUDGET INCLUDING INFORMATION ABOUT ENROLLMENT HISTORICALLY AND TODAY AND PROJECTIONS INTO THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO TO ACTUALLY OPINE ON THAT RIGHT. SO I THINK BECAUSE THERE'S SOME KEY INFORMATION I THINK THAT WOULD NEED TO BE KNOWN IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY WITH CONFIDENCE, HEY, WE AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH ANY PLAN THAT'S BROUGHT FORWARD. SO A COUPLE OF POINTS AND THANK YOU FOR THIS FEEDBACK. ONE IS IN TERMS OF THE BRIDGE PLAN THAT REALLY IS ABOUT RESOURCE PLANNING FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2728 AND SO WE WOULD WANT TO LINE UP THAT CONVERSATION FOR THAT SCHOOL YEAR TO BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPLICATIONS OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT SLASH SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AS
PART OF THE ALIGNMENT CONVERSATION AROUND OUR GOALS AND GUARDRAILS. SO I THINK THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO IS WE HAD SHARED THIS IN THE Q&A DOCUMENT AS WELL. WE INTEND TO BRING THE PLAN TO THE BOARD IN THAT LAST MEETING IN JUNE ON THE 23RD, WHICH MEANS THAT BY JUNE 11TH IN THE DRAFT AGENDA WE WILL BE PROVIDING MORE IN DEPTH INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. I THINK WHAT I'M SAYING IS I'M WELL, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IS THAT TOO LATE FOR US? RIGHT? LIKE IF WE KNOW THAT IN THE FALL ENGAGEMENTS ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN FOR A PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING TO THE BOARD IN APRIL, THEN MY QUESTION IS IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A POINT OF VIEW ON WHETHER THE PLAN IN JUNE IS ALIGNED OR MISALIGNED, WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING BEFORE THEN, RIGHT? SO I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION. I SHOULD ALSO CLARIFY THERE ARE PARALLEL PROCESSES THAT ARE
HAPPENING BOTH IN THE COMMUNITY AS WE GATHER INPUT AND SYNTHESIZE EXISTING DATA AND ALSO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BOARD IN WHATEVER FORMAT YOU KNOW AT YOUR CORE CHAIR THAT WOULD NEED TO OCCUR AS PART OF THE POLICY AND GOVERNANCE CONVERSATION WE WOULD THEN BRING THE TWO PROCESSES TOGETHER SOMETIME IN THE SPRING APRIL THROUGH MAY SO THAT WE COULD FACILITATE A CONVERSATION AND THAT IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH OUR GUARDRAILS BUT ALSO RESPONSIVE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE TAKING ON. SO THERE ARE PARALLEL PROCESSES AND THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO SCOPE OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS BROUGHT ALONG. HOWEVER, I ACTUALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF CREATING AN AD HOC AS YOU HAD SUGGESTED SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A FORMAL LOCATION, A FORMAL PLACE WHERE OUR COMMISSIONERS CAN CAN COME IN AND HELP JOIN US IN LEADING THE WORK. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE WERE PROPOSING TO CREATE STANDING
MEETINGS, STANDING UPDATES AT BOARDS SO THAT WE CAN ALSO SHARE. >> I JUST I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE ENROLLMENT ISSUE BECAUSE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS EXPANSIONS I JUST DID A QUICK ROUGH CALCULATION. YOU MENTIONED ADDING TEN TICKS. IT'S ABOUT 200 STUDENTS A FULLY ENROLLED MANDARIN IMMERSION K EIGHT ASSUMING YOU HAD THREE CLASSES AT EACH LEVEL IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 650 FOR STUDENTS. I COULD YOU KNOW YOU KNOW ROUGHLY SPEAKING I THINK IT SO FAR WHAT I'VE UNDERSTOOD IS THAT WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT ROLLING IT OUT IN A VERY LIMITED BASIS AT FIRST WITH THE NPS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 16 STUDENTS THE FIRST YEAR 30 THE SECOND EVEN IF YOU ADD UP EVEN IF YOU ASSUME FULL MANDARIN IMMERSION ENROLLMENT AT THREE CLASSES WHICH WOULDN'T HAPPEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME THAT'S LIKE 3233 CASE THREE YOU KNOW CASE ETC. IT GOES DOWN THE LATER YEARS. THIS IS UNDER 1000 STUDENTS AND THE REASON I'M RAISING THIS IS BECAUSE LIKE BASED ON WHAT'S
BEING SET FORWARD, WHAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT THERE JUST SEEMS TO ME TO BE A VERY BIG GAP BETWEEN THAT AND EVEN ITS HIGHEST NUMBERS AND THE NUMBER OF SEATS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THIS IS WHAT REALLY WORRIES ME IN A LONG TERM SENSE FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO RESOURCE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHICH IS WHAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO DO. WE SHOULD BE RESOURCING EVERYBODY AS BEST WE CAN. I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE GETTING 15,000 PLUS STUDENTS LIKE I WOULD LOVE FOR STUDENTS TO COME BACK TO US OF USD BUT AMONG OTHER THINGS WE'D REALLY NEED TO SOLVE FOR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES WHAT'S GOING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME BACK OR TO COME TO OUR DISTRICT ASIDE FROM EASIER ENROLLMENT IS GOOD STUDENT OUTCOMES AND THAT HASN'T REALLY BEEN PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. I MAYBE I'VE MISSED A REFERENCE BUT THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO ATTRACT PEOPLE SO I JUST I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE GROUNDED IN REALITY AND LOOKING AT WHAT OUR ACTUAL YOU KNOW, THE KIDS THAT ARE HERE, THE KIDS THAT AREN'T HERE WHO'S LIKELY TO COME, HOW WE
GET THEM TO COME AND HOW MOVING FORWARD WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. I THINK IT'S SUCCESS THAT WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR DISTRICT. I DON'T FOLKS ARE GOING TO MAGICALLY APPEAR SO HOW WE FIGURE THAT IN IS SOMETHING I THINK WE TO TALK ABOUT AS WELL . I 100% AGREE AND YES IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A MAGIC PANACEAS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO OVERNIGHT BRING IN 14,000 STUDENTS BUT WE WE HAVE TO START WE HAVE TO START IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE CURRICULUM IN PLACE. WE'RE TRAINING TEACHERS. WE'RE WE'RE CREATING PROGRAMS THAT FAMILIES WANT. SO THERE'S THERE'S THAT IN TERMS OF STUDENT OUTCOMES, YES, I AM LOOKING AT THE STUDENT OUTCOMES BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY DEMONSTRATING GROWTH. WE'RE SEEING THAT YOU'RE HEARING IT DURING OUR OUR PROGRESS MONITORING REPORTS. >> YOU'RE SEEING THAT THAT STUDENT'S SENSE OF BELONGING HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANCE. LEE YOU'RE SEEING THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS OUR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERACY RATE HAS BUMPED UP. SO WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT PROGRESS. WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT MOMENTUM. AND I KNOW THAT A SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION LIKE SCHOOL CLOSURE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THAT AND IT'S NOT BASED ON ALL THE RESEARCH, ALL THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH WITH SUPERINTENDENTS UP AND DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ACTUALLY THEY KEEP SAYING BE PREPARED WHEN YOU ANNOUNCE SCHOOL CLOSURE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT STUDENT OUTCOME DROP AND THEN YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO COME. SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. AND SO I JUST FEEL THAT WE ARE AT A PLACE WHERE WE ARE ON THE TRAJECTORY TO TO EXPAND AND TO INCREASE AND I WANT US TO CONTINUE TO HOLD ON TO THAT MOMENTUM. I AM NOT NAIVE TO THE FACT THAT WE STILL NEED TO FIND AND FILL 14,000 SEATS BUT I AM VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE HAVE ONLY RECAPTURED 65% OF THE CHILDREN
WHO LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO. I KNOW THAT WE CAN BUILD A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WILL ATTRACT EVEN MORE CHILDREN TO COME TO SAN FRANCISCO. THAT'S THE VALUE PROPOSITION HERE. THAT IS THAT IS WHAT I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO SUPPORT ME ON SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT AND WE ALL DO THAT WITH OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO IT. I KNOW IT'S POSSIBLE SO SO SUPERINTEND IT JUST ONE LAST THING PERHAPS ON ON THAT NOTE YOU KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THIS IS WORK THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ASKED YOU TO TO CARRY FORWARD EIGHT MONTHS AGO AND I UNDERSTAND AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE ARE VARIOUS THINGS THAT CAME UP AND TO THE SCHOOL BOARD'S CREDIT ACTUALLY I'D SAY THE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT WAS ONE THAT WE RECOGNIZED WAS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY REALLY, REALLY SOUGHT AND WANTED A DECISION ON PREFERABLY AND SEPTEMBER OF 26 SO THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT IN SEPTEMBER 27TH. NOW WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH LABOR NEGOTIATIONS AGAIN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO
THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS. SO MY QUESTION ACTUALLY IS WHAT SUPPORT DO YOU NEED SO THAT WE DON'T DELAY THIS ANY FURTHER THAN WE ALREADY HAVE? >> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. FIRST I WOULD LOVE TO THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. I ALREADY LOVE THE SUGGESTIONS OF MAYBE A DEEPER DIVE STUDY SESSION, MAYBE AN AD HOC BUT I THINK WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY. LET'S DO THIS TOGETHER. I KNOW WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER AND AND AND THE REALITY OF NEEDING TO CONTINUE TO STABILIZE THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE KEY AND THE PRESENTATION AFTER THIS WE'RE SHARING WITH YOU THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE ARE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS AROUND OUR BUDGET AND SO HOPEFULLY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE WILL BRING ON WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING ON ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS IN TERMS OF CONTRACTED PARTNERS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE ADDITIONAL HUMAN CAPITAL AND RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE DO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT ACTUALLY WILL DO YOU PROUD AND DO OUR OUR AD HOC ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROUD BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THE GROUND WITH OUR FAMILIES HAVING THOSE REAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT DOES THE LANGUAGE PATHWAY LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN WE SAY WE WILL SERVE YOUR STUDENT WHO IN OUR SPECIAL ED PROGRAMS WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR US TO TO REALLY TRULY SERVE OUR NEWCOMER STUDENTS SO THAT THERE IS A CONTINUUM OF CARE AND CONTINUUM OF SERVICES? SO I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BRING ON THE CONSULTANT TO HELP OUR TEAM. I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MESSAGE OUT THAT THIS IS THE WORK OF EXPANSION AND CHANGE TO OUR STUDENT ASSIGNMENT WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE PARTNERSHIP AND AND CONTINUING THE DIALOG ON THIS. TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, WILL WE SEE LIKE ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUDGETING FOR IN THE COMING BUDGET TO BUILD OUT YOUR TEAM INTERNALLY ? I MEAN THIS IS REALLY MAJOR WORK THAT THE BOARD IS TASKED WITH LIKE IT COULD EVEN YOU KNOW, BE LIKE AN ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES OR LIKE REALLY MAJOR SUPPORT BEYOND JUST KIND OF OUTSIDE FOLKS ESPECIALLY THAT'S CONTINUING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION AND AGAIN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS THERE ARE THEY HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THERE ARE LIKE THREE CORE STRANDS THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THIS WORK. ONE IS A COMMUNICATION STRAND SO WE WOULD NEED A VERY DEDICATED COMMUNICATIONS LEADER TO TAKE ON THIS WORK. WE WOULD NEED A HIGH LEVEL PROJECT MANAGER SO LIKE A STRATEGIC INITIATIVES LEADER TO TAKE ON THIS WORK AND I IMAGINE WE WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL POLICY SUPPORTS AND DATA SUPPORTS. SO YES THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT WE WOULD NEED AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND I
WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD ON ON THAT. THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. THANKS. I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. MAKE SURE GENUINELY THAT I UNDERSTAND THE WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS. SO EARLIER IT WAS SAID THAT JANUARY 2028 IS WHEN IT WOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR A VOTE ON SCHOOL PORTFOLIO CHANGES. >> SO MY QUESTION THERE IS THEN IS THAT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CLOSURES IN THE 2829 SCHOOL YEAR OR WOULD IT BE A YEAR AND A HALF AND THOSE CLOSURES WOULDN'T BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL 2930? I'M SORRY IT'S GETTING LATE AND I'M GETTING THE YEAR MIXED UP SO MAYBE WE'LL START FROM THE TOP SO FOUR 2627 IS EXPANSION OCTOBER 2027 IS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE LANDED ON ANY POLICY CHANGES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OCTOBER 2027 FOR THE 2829 SCHOOL YEAR. BASED ON THAT DATA WE WOULD THEN DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT ANY CLOSURES MERGERS LOCATIONS
WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THE 2930 SCHOOL YEAR BY WINTER OF 20 2829 WHICH MEANS IS LIKE JANUARY 2029 SORRY BEFORE YOU SAID JANUARY 20TH, 28 AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING JANUARY 2029 BUT THAT WOULD BE AFTER FOLKS HAD ALREADY STARTED ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2930 SCHOOL YEAR. CAN I SUGGEST MAYBE WE CAN AT THE NEXT MEETING OR I CAN SHARE WITH WITH THE BOARD A PROPOSED TIMELINE SO THAT WE CAN JUST SKETCH THIS OUT WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL? THE PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW IS TO HAVE THE FIRST ENROLLMENT CYCLE UNDER THE NEW POLICY IN SCHOOL YEAR 2829 DURING THAT TIME WE WILL BE EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF THIS NEW POLICY ON OUR SCHOOLS WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE FILLING UP, WHERE THEY'RE NOT AND AND IN DURING THAT TIME WE CAN THEN START THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PART FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES. AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT YOU KNOW EARLIER WE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD THERE WAS A RESOLUTION TO EXTEND VGS AND A LARGE MOTIVATING FACTOR
IN THAT WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO USE DISTRICT CAPACITY FOR LISTENING AROUND READ YOUR DECISIONS IN 2627 AND DIDN'T WANT TO RUN SIMULTANEOUS MAJOR LISTENING SESSIONS AROUND REVISING THE V JIGS AND AT THAT POINT IT WAS PROPOSED TO BE I BELIEVE PORTFOLIO CHANGES BUT NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE ENROLLMENT CHANGES. HOW DOES THIS INITIAL PROPOSAL TIMELINE FIT IN WITH THE NEW DEADLINE AND THEN REQUIRED LISTENING SESSIONS FOR 27 TO 8 FOR V G REVISIONS IS AND WILL YOU HAVE CAPACITY FOR THAT? THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT HULING YES AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT THOSE SHOULD NOT BE SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD OPERATE IN SERVICE AND BE DESIGN IN SERVICE OF US GETTING TO OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS. SO THE WAY THAT WE ARE SKETCHING OUT THE ENGAGEMENT ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SIDE IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT WELL WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR US TO GATHER COMMUNITY INPUT AROUND A
TRANSFORMATIONAL, YOU KNOW, SET OF OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE BOARD TO ALIGN THESE EFFORTS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING PARENTS MANY OF WHOM YOU KNOW ARE PARENT LEADERS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN ENGAGED IN MANY OF OUR DIFFERENT SPACES BUT ALSO THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT REALLY SHOULD INFORM ONE ANOTHER. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO GET ALIGNED WELL IF YOU'RE PROPOSING NOW TO DO COMBINED LISTENING SESSIONS ON VGS AND MAJOR DECISIONS THEN WOULD THERE NO LONGER BE A RATIONALE FOR EXTENDING THE VGS AND SHOULD WE JUST PIGGYBACK ON THE LISTENING SESSIONS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED FOR 2627 TO DO THAT COMBINED LISTENING SOONER RATHER THAN LATER AND KEEP TO OUR ORIGINAL SCHEDULE BECAUSE THE RATIONALE WAS THAT THEY SHOULD BE SEPARATE AND SO IF THAT'S NOT IF THAT'S NO LONGER HOW THE DISTRICT IS THINKING ABOUT IT THEN PERHAPS WE WANT
TO JUST MOVE FORWARD AND REVISIT THAT ITEM. SO JUST TO CLARIFY THERE, I THINK YOU KNOW WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF BOARD WORK VERSUS SUPERINTENDENT WORK AND THE LISTENING SESSIONS AROUND THE VGS AND ANY UPDATES TO THAT IS FORWARD WORK AS OPPOSED TO OPERATIONALIZING ANYTHING STUDENT ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM ENROLLMENT CHANGES, SCHOOL PORTFOLIO CHANGES THAT WOULD BE A SUPERINTENDENT WORK AND SO I THINK HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO DISCUSS THIS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL BUT OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE TO THIS POINT LIKE MAJOR DECISIONS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TIMELINE YET WASN'T IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE COULD FULLY TACKLE BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TALK THROUGH AS A BOARD WHAT IS OUR WORK VERSUS THE SUPERINTENDENTS WORK IN THIS PROCESS TOO. >> AGREED AND I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE THEN CLARIFYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM
SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM ON WHAT YOUR CAPACITY IS AND HOW YOU SEE VG LISTENING FITTING IN WITH THIS AND ALSO THE ROLE OF THE BOARD AND LISTENING BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THESE ARE BOARD DECISIONS AND BOARD POLICIES AND SO I THINK TO OUR EXISTING POLICY 511.2 THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BOARD LISTENING ROLE AND INFORMING THAT BOARD POLICY AS WELL. THE OTHER QUESTION I'M SORRY I DO HAVE THIS QUESTION IS THAT YOU'VE REPEATEDLY REFERRED SUPERINTENDENT TO LARGE SCALE SCHOOL CLOSURES BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY SCHOOL CLOSURES AND PROGRAMMATIC CLOSURES OR MERGERS HAPPENING THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IN LINE WITH THE BOARD DIRECTION AROUND GUARDRAIL ONE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR DECISIONS AND YOU KNOW, WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO BRING THOSE TO THE BOARD AND IF THERE ARE YOU KNOW ,TWO SUPERINTENDENT OR TWO COMMISSIONER GUPTA'S POINT ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND JUST
TELLING THE COMMUNITY WHAT IS HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE CONTEMPLATE MEETING OTHER PORTFOLIO CHANGES OUTSIDE OF ANY LARGE SCALE CHANGES IT'S YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC NEED TO MAINTAIN WHAT IS CURRENTLY EXCESS CAPACITY BUT MAYBE NEEDED CAPACITY IN THE SOUTHEAST. THAT'S ONE THING. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE HAVE LOWER ENROLLMENT THAT ARE IN AREAS THAT ALSO HAVE LOWER AND SHRINKING NUMBERS OF STUDENTS WHERE THERE MAY NOT BE A NEED TO MAINTAIN THAT CAPACITY. WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR COMPLYING WITH GUARDRAIL ONE AND BRINGING THOSE DECISIONS TO THE BOARD? ACTUALLY THE CHANGES IN SCHOOL PORTFOLIO IS IS WHAT WE'RE PREPPING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS AT THE BOARD. SO EXPANSION OF TC IS A EXPANSION I'M SORRY LATE LOSING WORDS FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON THE 19TH WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT OUR TWO K EXPANSION PART OF THE T K EXPANSION REQUIRES US TO CONSOLIDATE MERGE CLOSE CERTAIN
PROGRAMS IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THE EXPANSION. THE SUBSEQUENT ONE IS A OUR OUR SPECIAL ED A COUNTY OFFICE OF COUNTY SPECIAL ED PROGRAM WHICH REQUIRES US TO TAKE OVER A SCHOOL FACILITY AND WILL THEN WE'LL BE OPENING UP THAT PROGRAM THERE AND THEN OF COURSE FINALLY WITH OUR MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL AND THE PLAN FOR US AROUND THAT . SO WE WILL BE PRESENTING AND BRINGING TO THE BOARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT AN AGENDA I MEAN AGAIN I GO BACK TO THIS QUESTION OF I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE DROPPED OUT DEADLINE IS TO GIVE FEEDBACK FOR A PLAN TO CHANGE AND SO AND THEN WHAT INFORMATION IS NEEDED TO MAKE THAT DECISION. AND SO I DON'T I DON'T REALLY HAVE CLARITY ON EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THESE NEXT FOUR MEETINGS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE SET UP TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. AND SO WE SHOULD WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST STAFF I SEE EVERYONE'S HEADS BOBBING A LITTLE BIT SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR THE UPDATES. THANK YOU DR. SU AND WE WILL
MOVE ON TO ITEM G TO 2026 UPDATE ON SCHOOL FACILITIES. THIS IS OUR LAST DISCUSSION ITEM COMMISSIONERS BEFORE WE HAVE FOUR ACTIONS TO TAKE COMMISSIONERS IN SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND US OF THE TIME COMMISSIONERS. IT IS 11:04 P.M. COMMISSIONERS AND SO THIS MAY BE THE FASTEST UPDATE ON SCHOOL FACILITIES THAT WE MAY EVER EXPERIENCE BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPECT OUR PRESENTERS HERE WHO HAVE STAYED UP FOR THIS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. OH, THEY WERE THEY THEY LOVE GOING TO BOARD MEETINGS. >> IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR AMAZING FACILITIES AND FACILITY IS TEAM SLATE KATIE TAKE IT AWAY. >> YES. THANK YOU DR. SUE SO WE ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FACILITIES TEAM. >> I'M KATIE. I'M THE INTERIM HEAD OF OPERATIONS. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KAREN SULLIVAN WHO'S OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PLANNING AND THE SENIOR
AVERY WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF BOND. I WILL GET STARTED. SO OVERALL THE GOAL OF OUR TEAM IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE AND INSPIRING SPACES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. SO CHRIS, YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. >> THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING 155 FACILITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT'S PORTFOLIO. THE AVERAGE AGE OF THESE PROPERTIES IS 73 YEARS AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE IN TERMS OF REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE AREAS OF WORK ARE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS TEAM WHICH DOES PREVENTATIVE AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS PRIMARILY THE FACILITIES DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTRUCTION THAT IS THAT DOESN'T UTILIZE BOND FUNDING WHICH LISTENING AS TEAM OVERSEES AND THEN OUR BOND PROGRAM WHICH LISTENING IS THE
DIRECTOR OF AND WHICH OVERSEES LARGER SCALE MORE TRANSFORMATIVE MODERNIZATION PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS WE THE WAY THAT WE PRIORITIZE WHERE AND HOW WE MAKE INVESTMENTS IS BASED ON THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN WHICH INCLUDES 12 EMERGING PRIORITIES WHICH GUIDE THE WORK AND OUR INVESTMENT DECISIONS. NEXT SLIDE THE PURPOSE OF THIS SLIDE IS JUST TO ILLUSTRATE HOW WE WORK TOGETHER THESE THREE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT WHICH ALSO INCLUDES OTHER PROGRAMS BUT KNOW THE PURPOSE HERE IS TO ILLUSTRATE THAT WE WORK IN CLOSE COMMUNICATION SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EFFICIENTLY ALLOCATE THE SCARCE CAPITAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND ALL OF OUR DECISIONS YOU KNOW OFTENTIMES BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AND FACILITIES DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE RELATED JUST TO LIFE SAFETY AND OR PROJECTS THAT HAVE A HIGH URGENCY WHEREAS THE BOND ALLOWS US TO MAKE SOME MORE TRANSFORMATIVE LARGER INVESTMENTS IN SCHOOL SITES THAT HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT ON THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE.
NEXT SLIDE IN TERMS OF FUNDING THE BOND FUNDING IS OUR LARGEST FUNDING SOURCE BY FAR ON AVERAGE ANNUALLY WE GET ABOUT 13 MILLION IN CAPITAL FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO ALLOCATE ACROSS THE 120 SCHOOL SITES. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE AROUND WHAT WHAT INVESTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE IMMEDIATELY AND WHAT CAN BE DEFERRED AND MAINTAINED BY OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS TEAM. I THINK ONE THING TO HIGHLIGHT HERE THAT WE'VE STARTED TRYING TO DO IS SINCE ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE DO YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHEN YOU COME BACK TO SCHOOL IN THE FALL LIKE YOUR ROOF IS FIXED BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT RIGHT? THE WINDOWS DON'T LEAK ANYMORE BUT MAYBE YOU DON'T REALLY NOTICE THAT WHEN YOU GO INTO YOUR CLASSROOM. AND SO AS WE'RE SCOPING OUT PROJECTS, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WHEN WE GO TO A SITE FIND ONE THING EVEN IF IT'S A LITTLE THING THAT MAKES STUDENTS AND STAFF FEEL LIKE SOMETHING HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE THERE. SO LOOKING AT REPLACING CEILING TILES THAT MAY HAVE WATER STAINS OR LIGHTING LOOKING AT PAINT SO THE MORE WE CAN ADD A LITTLE EXTRA SCOPE JUST TO MAKE
IT FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN THERE AND ENHANCE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE. WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN ON THE FACILITIES SIDE. NEXT SLIDE THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF EVERYWHERE WHERE WE MADE INVESTMENTS IN 2025. WHAT WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT WITH THIS MAP IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REACH 100 UNIQUE SITES THROUGHOUT THIS ONE UNIQUE SCHOOL SITE THROUGHOUT OUR PORTFOLIO. SO WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS AT NEARLY EVERY SITE IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR WHICH WE FEEL LIKE IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. NEXT SLIDE LOOKING ON THE FACILITIES DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SIDE, THE MAJORITY OF FUNDING AND PROJECTS WERE FOCUSED ON WHAT WE CALL CORE FUNCTIONALITY. YOU CAN SEE THOSE ARE INVESTMENTS IN THE BUILDING ENVELOPE THAT PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING STRUCTURE. HOWEVER, WE'RE ALSO IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN MAKING INVESTMENTS IN WATER QUALITY OUTDOOR LEARNING SPACES AND SUPPORTING TO THE EXTENT WE CAN THE ROLL OUT OF TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN FROM THE FACILITY SIDE. >> NEXT SLIDE.
AND IN THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENTS AND PRIORITIES IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR WE'RE ENHANCING OUR SECURITY SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT OUR BUILDINGS, EXPANDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND THEN ALSO WE'VE BEEN PRIORITIZING HEATING SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF GO TO SCHOOL THEY ON A COLD DAY THEY CAN FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL BE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. AND YOU KNOW, ONE THING OF NOTE HERE I THINK I WANTED TO MENTION FOR THE TEAM IS THAT WITH THIS INCREASED ATTENTION TO HEATING SYSTEMS BOTH PREVENTATIVELY AND ON A RESPONSE BASIS WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THE TIME THAT IT TOOK. WE WERE WE IMPROVED THE TIME WE FOUND OUR BUILDINGS IMPROVED RESOLUTION AND TIME OF HEAT RELATED ISSUES BY ABOUT 70%. SO AN ISSUE THAT TOOK 80 DAYS LAST YEAR TO RESOLVE TOOK AN AVERAGE OF SEVEN DAYS TO RESOLVE THIS YEAR. THANKS KATIE. OKAY. AND WITH THAT I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO THE SENIOR WHO WE'LL
TALK ABOUT THE WORK OF THE BOND PROGRAM RIGHT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE BOND PROGRAM. WE'RE GOING TO START JUST WITH THE MENTION OF THE SCHOOLYARDS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH IS A DOCUMENT AND MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT COMPLETED BY BOND STAFF ON BEHALF OF THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. THIS PLAN IS A STRATEGIC VISION FOR CAPITAL UPGRADES TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLYARDS TO PROMOTE OUTDOOR LEARNING, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AGE APPROPRIATE PLAY AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. THE PLAN IS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT CALENDAR FOR ADOPTION BY THE BOARD AND WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR FIRST PROJECTS INFORMED BY THE PLAN INCLUDING JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY AND VIZ VALLEY. BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE GO AHEAD. A MAJOR PROGRAMMATIC FOCUS FOR THE BOND PROGRAM IN THE LAST YEAR HAS REALLY BEEN ON OUR SECURITY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTING PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN OVER 30 SCHOOLS. WE ALSO JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE 2016 MODERNIZATION PROGRAM WHICH IS CLOSING OUT INCLUDING
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AT MISSION BAY SCHOOL AND WEST PORTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PACKAGE ONE AND ALSO SUCCESSFUL RELOCATION SORRY GO BACK REAL QUICK. SUCCESSFUL RELOCATION OF THE ONE OF US TO HORACE MANN K-8 COMMUNITY TO THE LUTHER BURBANK CAMPUS TO ENABLE CONSTRUCTION AT THE BPH SITE. WE'VE ALSO INITIATED OVER $50 MILLION IN CORE FUNCTIONALITY IMPROVEMENTS DISTRICT WIDE AND THEN CONTINUED OUR PARTNERSHIP ON SCHOOLYARD IMPROVEMENTS WITH OTHER LEVERAGED FUNDING SOURCES. I WANT TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT FOR MISSION BAY. THE BOND PROGRAM IS PROUD TO REPORT THAT WE FINISHED THE SCHOOL. >> IT'S OUR THANK YOU. IT'S OUR FIRST IT'S THE LARGEST SINGLE INVESTMENT OF THE 2016 PROGRAM AND THE FIRST NEW S.F. USD SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION IN MORE THAN A DECADE. WE'VE ALSO JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION AT MISSION BAY HUB WHICH IS THE FOURTH FLOOR HIGH SCHOOL LINKED LEARNING HUB SPACE ALSO LOCATED AT THAT CAMPUS MISSION BAY
SCHOOL WILL OPEN TO SUMMER PROGRAMING SHORTLY. THE MISSION BAY HUB HAS JUST STARTED OPERATING AND THEN TO PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS IN THE FALL. JUST SOME FACTS HERE ABOUT THE PROJECT REALLY CULMINATING IN THAT THE THE CURRENT DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT AMOUNT IS 104 MILLION. YOU WILL STILL CONTINUE TO SEE A FEW CHANGE ORDERS AS WE FINALIZE THE PROJECT AND CLOSE IT OUT. >> UM IN TERMS OF ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION THE PROGRAM HAS OVER $200 MILLION IN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION NOW. THE PROJECTS ARE SUMMARIZED HERE ON THIS SLIDE AND THIS LAST YEAR IS AN UPDATE TO THE FACILITIES. >> OUR PRESENTATION LAST YEAR WE SAID ALL THE THINGS WE WERE GOING TO DO, ALL THE PROJECTS WE WERE GOING TO LAUNCH AND THEN WE LAUNCHED THEM. SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECTS WE LAUNCHED THIS YEAR AND REALLY REPRESENTS NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES IN ALL INVESTMENT CATEGORIES THAT WE COMMITTED TO IN THE 2024 BOND
REPORT. THE MAP ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT SHOWS THAT WE HAVE MET OUR COMMITMENT TO GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PROJECT PROGRAM COMMITMENTS THAT WE MADE IN THE 2024 BOND PLANNING PROCESS. AND THIS IS A BRIEF FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT OF THE 2024 BOND YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT OF BAR CHART. THE REPRESENTS OUR CURRENT ISSUANCE WE'VE DONE ONE BOND ISSUANCE IN THE IN THE GREEN THE DARK GREEN BAR $160 MILLION LAST YEAR. WE ARE PLANNING TO A NEW $270 SERIES B ISSUANCE WHICH YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THE BOARD WE'LL HEAR ABOUT AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING. AND THAT LEAVES US $360 MILLION TO ISSUE LATER AS OUR PROJECT NEEDS TO ARISE FOR THOSE FUNDS. WE ALSO HAVE COMPLETED OUR FISCAL YEAR 25 BOND AUDIT AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO THE CITIZENS BOND OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE TOMORROW. IT WILL ALSO APPEAR ON THE UPCOMING CONSENT CALENDAR AND WE ARE PRETTY MUCH SPENT DOWN ALMOST COMPLETELY ON 2016 AND REALLY STARTING HEAVILY TO SPEND 2024 FUNDS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S COMING UP. I'M GOING TO GO OUT OF ORDER JUST SO I STOP TALKING BEFORE I GIVE IT BACK TO KAREN. WE HAVE A NEW FINANCIAL ADVISOR ADVISOR IN THE BOND PROGRAM ASSISTING US WITH OUR SECOND ISSUANCE. WE HOPE TO COMMENCE WHILE WE WILL COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION ON THE S.A.S. HUB AND SHOPS OR CENTRAL KITCHEN PROJECT THIS YEAR. THIS UPCOMING ACADEMIC YEAR JUST TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND WE WILL ADVANCE THE DESIGN ON THE FIRST ROUND OF MODERNIZATION PROJECTS THAT YOU SAW IN THE LUNCHES ON THE PRIOR SLIDE. >> OKAY. THANKS. IN OUR FACILITIES DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE PRIORITIZING LIFE SAFETY AND CORE FUNCTIONALITY PROJECTS. IN ADDITION, WE ARE LOOKING AT
SCOPING AND PHASING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UPGRADES TO OUR THEATER RIGGING SYSTEMS. WE HAVE DONE ASSESSMENTS OF ELEVATOR SYSTEMS AND WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON WE HAVE SIX ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION AS PLANNED AND WE'LL CONTINUE LOOKING AT THE CONDITION OF ELEVATORS TO SEE IF WE NEED TO ROLL OUT MORE PROJECTS IN THAT AREA. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN ON THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS SIDE. WE ARE I THINK ONE BIG THING THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IN THE COMING YEARS WE'RE PLANNING TO ISSUE AN RFP TO LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL OF SELECTING A NEW WORK ORDER SYSTEM. THE GOAL OF THIS WOULD BE TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND INTERNAL OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE OUR IMPROVEMENTS AROUND BEING MORE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE AROUND OUR BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND SYSTEMS. AND I THINK WITH THAT THAT IS ALL WE HAVE TO SAY OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE . I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK THAT WENT INTO THE OPENING OF THE MISSION BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS I KNOW A HUGE UNDERTAKING AND JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE. I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS BUT IT'S REGARDING BOND STUFF AND ASK FOR ANOTHER MEETING SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. IT'S COMING. >> COMMISSIONER FISHER, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK YOU DO. I MEAN AND WELL ONE ALSO THANKS TO THE VOTERS OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR AUTHORIZING THE BONDS SO THAT WE HAVE THIS MONEY AND CAN HELP AUGMENT OUR FACILITIES IN SUCH GREAT WAY. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION OR A COMMENT BUT JUST I APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON ELEVATORS, THE MODERNIZATION AND ALL THE WORK THERE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT FOR A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ELEVATOR NONFUNCTIONAL ELEVATORS MEANS THEY DON'T GET TO ACCESS THEIR EDUCATION. RIGHT? AND SO IT'S NOT JUST A NUISANCE TO HAVE A NOT FUNCTIONING ELEVATOR. IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL ACCESS ISSUE WHICH NOT ONLY IS BAD FOR
STUDENT OUTCOMES BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A LEGAL LIABILITY FOR US FOR A LOT OF. SO ARE THERE. AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK AS FAR AS DOING ADDITIONAL SCOPING, SEE WHAT ELSE WE NEED? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, REPRIORITIZE THAT I KNOW EVERYTHING IS URGENT IN THE WORK YOU DO BUT ELEVATOR ACCESS SEEMS TO BE KEY IN WHAT WE HEARD TONIGHT, WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN PUBLIC COMMENT, WHAT WE HEAR FROM A LOT OF FAMILIES. YES. AND I THINK STAFF RECOGNIZE AS WELL THE IMPORTANCE OF IT AND HOW DISRUPTIVE IT IS. WE HAVE 167 ELEVATORS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. TEN ARE CURRENTLY COMPLETELY OUT OF SERVICE RIGHT NOW. ONE FOR ONE DAY IS UNACCEPTABLE, RIGHT, BECAUSE IT IMPACTS PEOPLE. SO WE I PERSONALLY RECOGNIZE THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE WE HAVE WE HAVE VERY AGING ELEVATORS THAT HAVE AN EXTENDED EXTENSIVE
AMOUNT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE IS ESTABLISHED THRESHOLDS FOR HOW FAR WE'RE GOING WITH OUR REPAIR CONTRACT. WE'VE SPENT WE SPENT ABOUT $2 MILLION IN REPAIRS ON A $360,000 $2 MILLION IN YES IN REPAIRS ON A $360,000 MAINTENANCE CONTRACT. SO THAT IS UNSUSTAINABLE. SO WE'RE ESTABLISHING THRESHOLDS OF WHEN ARE WE STOPPING TRYING TO REPAIR THIS AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO MODERNIZE WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE SIX ELEVATORS NOW BEING MODERNIZED INSTEAD OF CONTINUING THE CYCLE OF REPAIR. THE OTHER THING WE'VE DONE IS WORK WITH OUR LEGAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PARTNERS TO SAY WHEN OUR ELEVATORS ARE OUT AND THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE GAP IN SERVICE, WHAT ARE OUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO CONTINUE A CONTINUITY OF SERVICE? AND SO WE HAVE INVESTED IN STAIR WALKERS AND CHAIR CLIMBERS TO AT LEAST MEET THAT GAP REALLY FULLY RECOGNIZING
THAT IT'S NOT THE SAME AS HAVING THOSE SYSTEMS. SO I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT STAFF HAS BEEN DOING TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT THAT AND JUST KNOW THAT IT'S IT'S A LONG AND PAINFUL ROAD. OKAY. SEEING OH SO CAN I SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THE STUDY SESSION THAT WE I WAS LIKE WHAT IS IT BRIEFING WITH THIS STUDY SESSION THAT WAS LAST WEEK THE LAST WEEK. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND FOR THE RECORD I WAS NOT THERE BUT I DID LISTEN SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS IN THE PRE DOCUMENT AND A LOT OF THEM YOU KNOW REFERENCE THE 2023 FACILITIES MASTER PLAN AND HOW THAT IS REALLY GUIDING THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT AND ITS PRIORITIES. AND I'M WONDERING IF THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO UNDERTAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO ENROLLMENT
AND WHERE STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING SCHOOL ALL STUDENT ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM IF THAT IS SOMETHING WHERE WE NEED DISTRICT WIDE COHERENCE IN FACILITIES TO INVEST IN CERTAIN AREAS AND IT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WARRANTS REVISITING THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN FOR EXAMPLE WITH MISSION BAY ELEMENTARY THAT A NEW BUILDING CAN DO A LOT TO MAKE A SCHOOL OR A YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT FAMILIES ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND WHETHER WE NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN INVESTMENT IN AREAS WHERE WE ANTICIPATE STUDENTS MORE STUDENTS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD STAYING WITHIN THE MASTER PLAN. >> ONE OF THE EMERGING PRIORITIES WAS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THERE WAS A PLAN TO HAVE A CHANGE TO THE ZONE BASED TO HIS OWN BASED ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM AND THAT WHAT WE SAY IN THE PLAN IS THAT DEPENDING ON HOW THAT CONVERSATION PROGRESSES AND WHAT THE BOARD DECISIONS ARE THAT WE WILL EVALUATE WHAT
INVESTMENT DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE BASED ON FLUCTUATIONS IN ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOLS THAT MAY BE HISTORICALLY DID NOT HAVE AS HIGH OF AN ATTENDANCE. AND SO THAT'S CONTEMPLATED IN THE PLAN AND I THINK AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE FACILITY SIDE, WE CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW WE LOOK AT ALLOCATING OUR RESOURCES. >> THANK YOU. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE ESPECIALLY AS SOMEBODY WHO'S RAISED LITTLE KIDS IN THE MISSION IS FOR THE SCHOOL YARDS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WHAT ARE THE PLANS TO CLIMATE PROOF SOME OF OUR OUTDOOR AREAS IN OUR SUNNIER NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE LITTLE KIDS ON BLACKTOP WITHOUT SHADE CAN GET VERY, VERY HOT IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS JUST BEYOND THE THE TREE CANOPY. BUT CLIMATE PROOFING TO MAKE OUR SPACE OUR OUTDOOR SPACES USABLE AND SAFE FOR MORE DAYS OF THE YEAR. >> SURE. SO ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE SQUARED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THANKS FOR ASKING. COMMISSIONER HERTLING IS THE POLICY ALIGNMENT SECTION AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT KIND OF
GOES THROUGH ALL ACTIVE CITY LAND USE SORT OF CITY AND ANYTHING THAT IMPACTS SAN FRANCISCO AND OVERLAYS THOSE ON ALL OF OUR SCHOOL SITES. SO OBVIOUSLY THE MISSION AND AND ALSO MANY OF OUR SOUTHEAST NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE MORE SUN THAN MAYBE SOME OF OUR, YOU KNOW, HILLSIDE AND WESTERN NEIGHBORHOODS DO. AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT RAMIFICATIONS BOTH IN TERMS OF APPROPRIATE PLANTING AND THEN TREATMENTS FOR OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS AND THE POTENTIAL USE OF FIXED SHADE STRUCTURES IN ADDITION TO TREE CANOPY AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SHADED PLAY STRUCTURES AND THINGS LIKE THIS THAT ARE WOVEN INTO THE PLAN. AND THEN MY SECOND FAVORITE PART OF THE PLAN IS THAT AT THE END THERE'S AN APPENDIX THAT HAS A REALLY A SITE BY SITE SUMMARY THAT THEN WHEN WE HIRE A DESIGN TEAM TO SUPPORT THE SQUARE PROJECT AT A SITE WE BASICALLY HAND THEM THE SHEET AND THIS SHE HAS ALL OF THE
SORT OF SITE CHARACTERISTICS THAT THE PLAN IDENTIFIES TO MAKE IT SORT OF MORE OF A ONE STOP SHOP FOR YOU KNOW AT THIS SITE IT'S IN THE SUN BELT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, MANAGING STUDENTS ACCESS TO SHADE AND LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF HEAT GAIN FROM THE SURFACING THAT WE MIGHT USE AND THIS IS A GOOD SITE TO MAYBE PICK A LIGHTER COLOR SURFACE PAINT OR VARY THE PLANTING TO TRY AND MANAGE SOME OF THESE HEAT GAIN ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU. OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND AGAIN MUCH APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. HAVE A GREAT EVENING. GET HOME SAFELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING TO ITEM H ACTION ITEMS ITEM H1265-12 ESP ONE FISCAL YEAR 2526 THIRD INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE SAME
SCHOOL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND. SECOND IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVES 265121. WHAT'S THAT? OH, I'LL CALL ON THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD. I WILL REMIND COMMISSIONER THAT WE HAVE A BUDGET ADOPTION STUDY SESSION JUST AROUND THE CORNER NEXT WEDNESDAY. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO LIMIT OUR QUESTIONS THIS EVENING ON A REPORT THAT SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY FOR US TO QUESTIONS THAT MAY INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF YOUR DECISION. >> AND ONLY THOSE QUESTIONS PLEASE. AND ACTUALLY I'LL ADD A CAVEAT TO THAT SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP SINCE WE HAVE TALKED TO C.D. AND HAVE GONE POSITIVE EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT A SELF-CERTIFICATION PERIOD. >> THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE STUDY SESSION NEXT WEEK WAS TO DISCUSS THE REQUIRED FSP WITH
THE BOARD CD HERE. CD HAS NOTIFIED AND AGREES WITH US THAT AN FSP IS NO LONGER NEEDED AND SO THEY HAVE ASKED US TO DEVELOP A NARRATIVE FOR ADOPTION OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE TO GET US TO THIS POINT. SO THE BUDGET TEAM WILL BE DOING THAT AND ADDING A COUPLE OF SLIDES OF ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO GET US TO THIS POINT FOR BUDGET ADOPTION. SO NEXT WEEK'S STUDY SESSION IS ACTUALLY NO LONGER NEEDED. >> CAN WE SAY THAT LOUDER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK? >> SORRY. AND I MUMBLING IS IT LATE? I'M JUST SAYING IT'S IT'S FANTASTIC NEWS BECAUSE IT IS FANTASTIC NEWS SO. SO NO LONGER EVEN THOUGH TECHNICALLY AN FSP IS STILL REQUIRED BY LAW BECAUSE WE ARE STILL UNDER STATE OVERSIGHT AND HAVE MORE THAN ONE QUALIFIED BUDGET CERTIFICATION IN A ROW, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE POSITIVE EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T DECLARE WE'RE POSITIVE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT'S NOT A
CERTIFICATION PERIOD. >> BUT THAT AN FSP WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR BUDGET ADOPTION. WHAT THEY ARE ASKING IN ITS PLACE IS THAT WE CREATE A BUDGET NARRATIVE TO EXPLAIN TO THE BOARD AND TO COMMEMORATE FOR C.D. AND THE PUBLIC WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO GET THE DISTRICT BACK TO A POSITIVE STANDING AND CERTIFICATION FOR ADOPTION . I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THAT. YES. I MEAN WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING AND I DO THINK WE'RE IN A MUCH BETTER SECURE FINANCIAL PICTURE THAN WE ARE NOW THAN WE WERE A YEAR AGO. THE QUALIFICATION STATUS IS PRIMARILY SOLELY BASED ON OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. AND MY MY ONE QUESTION CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE SHIFTING JUST A LOT OF OUR MOST CHALLENGING PRESSING BUDGET ITEMS OUR DEFICIT FROM OUR ENERGY TO GENERAL FUND TO OUR RESTRICTED SIDE. I MEAN FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS WE SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT GAPS THERE.
CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THE THE PLANNING THERE? WE'LL DO THAT FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION THAT'S THAT'S PERTINENT. YOU'LL NOTICE IN ALL OF THESE PRESENTATIONS THEY HAVE BEEN ITERATIVE I BELIEVE LONG IT FEELS LIKE NINE YEARS AGO BUT IT WAS ONLY NINE MONTHS AGO WHEN I ARRIVED I TOLD THEM I TOLD THE BOARD IT WOULD TAKE ME A SOLID GOOD 2 TO 3 YEARS TO GET THE BUDGET INTO A SUSTAINABLE FASHION. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ITERATIVELY IS FIRST OF ALL WE'RE AHEAD OF THAT SCHEDULE. IT'S STILL GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS AND A COUPLE OF CYCLES BUT WE ARE CONSTANTLY SHIFTING THINGS TO WHAT WE CALL THE FIRST DOLLAR PRINCIPLE WHICH I WILL COVER WHEN WE GO TO THE RESTRICTED SIDE OF THE OF THE MULTIYEAR PROJECTION THAT IS THAT IS STANDARD PRACTICE AND WE HAVE A METHODOLOGY THAT WE USE. >> YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN BOTH BUDGETS THAT THE THIRD YEAR OUT HAS A LARGER DEFICIT. THERE'S ALSO REASONS FOR THAT THAT WE CAN GO INTO. IT'S COVERED IN THE ASSUMPTIONS BUT IF YOU NEED US TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE BOTH FOR THIRD INTERIM AS WELL AS ADOPTION WE
CAN DO SO BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS HERE. SO REMEMBER IT'S YES, YOUR CERTIFICATION IS BASED ON YOUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND AND THE THE CONCEPT IS IS THAT FOR ALL THREE YEARS YOU HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH OF A REMAINING FUND BALANCE TO PAY FOR A DEFICIT IF THERE IS ONE. HOWEVER, IF ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE YOU HAVE A LARGE ENOUGH DEFICIT THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUND BALANCE ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE TO PAY FOR IT, IT ALSO DOES FALL TO THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE. SO YOU'RE SEEING THAT WE'RE BALANCING BOTH AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. THE THIRD YEAR IS ALWAYS THE THE WACKIEST IT'S THE FURTHEST YEAR OUT. >> WE HAVE SOME CONSERVATIVE PROJECTIONS IN THERE AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO BUT WE WILL ALWAYS MOVE THINGS TO THAT THAT HARDEST TO SPEND MONEY FIRST BECAUSE IT IS ALSO THE MONEY THAT WE TRADITIONALLY UNDERSPEND BY THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE. OKAY. SO I WILL I CAN GO INTO THAT MORE BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE REASON THAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT AND THAT'S STANDARD PRACTICE FOR DISTRICTS WE PAY FOR ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WE CONSIDER VOCAL CLASSROOM TEACHERS ALL
THE STUFF THAT WE GET UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND FOR FIRST AND THEN ALL THOSE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS THE RESTRICTED SIDE WE PAY FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, RESTRICTED IN NATURE SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION, ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMATIC AUGMENTATIONS, EVERYTHING FROM SOCIAL WORKERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, COUNSELORS, ETC.. BUT WE SHOULD PROBABLY GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO LOSE FOLKS. BUT CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION BEFORE JUST TO BE COMPLETELY CLEAR SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO NEXT WEEK FOR A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN PURPOSE BUT ARE WE STILL GOING TO HOLD THE MEETING AND WALK THROUGH THE NARRATIVE OR ARE WE NOT? >> THAT'S ALL THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD. THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE OF THIS STUDY SESSION WAS TO DISCUSS AS I DID WITH YOU LAST TIME WHAT SHOULD BE OR WHAT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO THE BOARD TO HAVE IN A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN AND I HAD THAT SCHEDULED BEFORE I WAS UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE I'M UNAVAILABLE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS IN THERE AND SINCE THEN IN OUR ITERATIONS
AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH CDC SOME OF WHICH YOU'VE BEEN CLUED IN ON WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE FSP IS NOT REQUIRED IN THE TRADITIONAL FORMAT. SO IT'S CHANGED IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO JUST GET TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET ADOPTION WE CAN DO THAT. BUT THE MAIN TOPIC OF DISCUSSING AN ACCEPTABLE FSP IS NO LONGER A PERTINENT TOPIC. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND I'M SO SORRY I THINK I MIGHT HAVE JUMPED THE GUN HERE YOU ARE PRESENTING SOMETHING I JUST STARTED TO JUMP RIGHT INTO QUESTIONS. I APOLOGIZE. KNOCK YOURSELF OUT FOR THESE MEETINGS. GET LATE AND I LIKE HOW WE GET MORE SORT OF CASUAL TO LATER WE GO SO SO WE ARE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN HERE. CHRIS I KNOW YOU'LL KEEP UP WITH WITH ME. I AM GOING TO GO QUICKLY FOLKS. HOPEFULLY AT THIS POINT YOU'VE SEEN ENOUGH OF THESE FROM MYSELF AND THE TEAM THAT YOU'RE GETTING USED TO THE FORMAT SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN FOLLOW ALONG SORT OF QUICKLY. >> THIS IS A THIRD INTERIM
REPORT. A THIRD INTERIM REPORT IS ONLY REQUIRED FOR DISTRICTS THAT ARE UNDER OVERSIGHT, MEANING THAT THEY'VE HAD AT LEAST TWO QUALIFIED OR NEGATIVE IN A QUALIFIED CERTIFICATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR. SO THIS WILL HOPEFULLY BE IF WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR DISCIPLINE THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST THIRD INTERIM AT LEAST IN ALL OF YOUR ELECTED PERIODS AND PROBABLY IN IN MY USEFUL LIFE PERIOD. AND SO THIS WILL INCLUDE NEXT STEPS FOR BUDGET HEALTH AS WELL AS YEAR PROJECTIONS AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO FOR THE GENERAL FUND BOTH RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THE NEXT ONE. SO THIS JUST OUTLINES ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO. WE DO NOT SELF-CERTIFY DURING A THIRD INTERIM IT IS NOT A SELF-CERTIFICATION PERIOD HOWEVER IF WE WERE TO SELF CERTIFY WE ARE POSITIVE. I WILL REMIND THE BOARD AS WELL THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY POSITIVE WHEN I GAVE YOU THE FIRST INTERIM AND THE SECOND INTERIM
REPORT. HOWEVER, WE HELD OURSELVES TO A QUALIFIED STATUS BECAUSE OUR LARGEST LIABILITIES WERE OUTSTANDING AND THAT WAS OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND OF COURSE WE HAVE SOLVED THAT ISSUE BY COMING TO AGREEMENT WITH ALL OF OUR LABOR PARTNERS NOT JUST FOR THE CURRENT YEAR BUT FOR NEXT YEAR AND IN SOME CASES UP TO THE NEXT THREE YEARS. SO WE HAVE A PERIOD OF LABOR STABILITY AND THAT ALSO MEANS COST STABILITY. WE CAN PREDICT THOSE COSTS AND THEN PLAN FOR THEM. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS JUST WHERE WE ARE IN THE TIMELINE. THIRD INTERIM OF COURSE THE MAY REVISE COMES OUT LATER THIS WEEK WHICH MEANS WE GET THE THE NUMBERS THAT WE ACTUALLY BASE YOUR BUDGET ADOPTION ON WHICH IS COMING UP IN JUNE. THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE OF COURSE IS THE HEARING. THE SECOND ONE IS THE ADOPTION . BUT THAT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR BUDGET FOLKS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY GET THE ASSUMPTIONS TO BASE YEAR BUDGET ADOPTION ON NEXT SLIDE PLEASE LOOK AT BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND INTERIM AS I MENTIONED WE SELF CERTIFIED AS QUALIFIED UNTIL LABOR LABOR NEGOTIATIONS HAD COMPLETED
AND BECAUSE THE COUNTY OFFICE HAS MAINTAINED ITS POSITIVE STANDING THIS IS JUST FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT IS NOT FOR THE COUNTY WE USUALLY PRESENT THEM AT THE SAME TIME BUT TONIGHT IT'S JUST THE DISTRICT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. MAJOR UPDATES SINCE THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT WHICH WAS JUST A SCANT TWO MONTHS AGO. I'M SURE YOU ALL REMEMBER IT FONDLY. CHANGES IN REVENUES ESSENTIALLY ELSEIF REVENUE RECONCILIATION OF CURRENT YEAR EDA AND THREE YEAR ADA FOR UPDATE TWO. I LOVE HOW WE USE ALL THE ACRONYMS AND I KNOW OUR COMMISSIONER READY YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ARE DUPLICATED PUPIL PERCENTAGE P2 ADA UPDATE IS FORTHCOMING FOR BUDGET ADOPTION ROUTINE RESTRICTED MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT INCREASE OF 4.2 MILLION BECAUSE OUR EXPENDITURES ARE A LITTLE BIT UP ROUTINE RESTRICTED MAINTENANCE WE'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE 3% OF ALL OF OUR EXPENSES IN THE GENERAL FUND AND CONTRIBUTE IT TO FACILITIES MAINTENANCE. THAT'S A REQUIREMENT OF STATE LAW. IT HAS TO BE A MINIMUM OF 3%. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S REFERENCING.
SO IT'S GONE UP BY 4.2 MILLION BECAUSE OUR OVERALL EXPENDITURES HAVE GONE UP. CHANGES IN EXPENDITURES WE HAVE $32.3 MILLION IN SAVINGS FROM VACANT POSITIONS. SO WE HAVE MADE THE ASSUMPTION WHICH WE THINK IS A SAFE ASSUMPTION AT THIS POINT THAT IF IT HAS NOT BEEN FILLED AT THIS POINT THAT IT WILL NOT BE FILLED UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE ARE TAKING ALL OF THE REMAINING MONEY BUDGETED IN THOSE VACANCIES. WE'VE CAPTURED $5.2 MILLION OF SAVINGS TO ALIGN BUDGETS TO ACTUALS FOR THOSE FILLED POSITIONS. WE'VE INCORPORATED $5.9 MILLION OF A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT COST. THESE ARE ALL OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE RATIFIED AS A BOARD SEIU LOCAL 21 LOCAL 39 AND UNREPRESENTED MANAGEMENT FOR A TOTAL OF 5.9 MILLION INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES AND WE CAPTURED AN ADDITIONAL $69.7 MILLION OF SAVINGS FROM UNDERSPENT UNUSED SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS BUDGETS SO THAT WE COULD ADD THAT TO OUR FUND BALANCE WHICH IS HOW WE ARE
HITTING A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION FOR THIS AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS STRAIGHT COSTS WERE BUDGET NEUTRAL. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THAT. HOW IS THAT BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A STRIKE BECAUSE WE WERE MAKING THE DAYS UP IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND IT ADDS BACK IN TO THE NUMBER OF INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS THEN WE STILL GET THE SAME FUNDING FROM THE STATE AND THAT FUNDING REMAINS STABLE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS OVER AFTER WHAT WE CALL P2 AND SO IT WILL NOT IMPACT OUR THREE YEAR AVERAGE FOR ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO. >> WHAT ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'RE USING? WE GET ASKED THIS QUITE A BIT SO WE'VE LISTED THEM HERE FOR YOU THERE THE STANDARD ASSUMPTIONS THAT DISTRICTS USE WE'RE USING THE COLA FOR FY 27 AND 2.4 28 3.06 29.3 .34. WE ARE SEEING A 500 STUDENT ENROLLMENT DECLINE ANNUALLY BASED ON THE CURRENT DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS. SO THAT IS THAT IS ASSUMED IN OUR CALCULATIONS HERE WE ARE USING STRATEGIC BUDGETING TO REDUCE BUDGET TO ACTUAL VARIANCE.
SO YOU'LL REMEMBER THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT REPORT I DID FOR THE BOARD WE HAD VARIANCES AT OUR DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF THE BUDGET THAT WERE NOT JUST DOUBLE DIGITS BUT SOMETIMES TRIPLE DIGITS AND I SAID THAT WHAT WE SHOULD BE SEEING IS THOSE SHOULD BE GOING DOWN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE WHEN WE DO FISCAL CLOSE REPORT ON THE YEAR THAT WE JUST FINISHED IS WE GOT MUCH BETTER AT THAT MORE ROOM TO MAKE UP BUT THAT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT SO THAT CLOSING THAT VARIANCE GIVES US MONEY TO CLOSE THE GAP OF OUR DEFICIT AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW WE'RE DOING IT. SO WE'RE NOT DOING MAJOR REDUCTIONS TO THE TUNE OF WHAT WHAT WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO. WE ARE JUST LITERALLY CLOSING THE VARIANCE BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AND WHAT THEY'RE SPENDING AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, RIGHT? SO THAT'S REALLY HELPING US A LOT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WE WILL EVERY INTERIM REDUCE VACANT POSITIONS THE SAVINGS OF SALARIES AND BENEFITS TO YIELD ADDITIONAL MONEY TO PAY FOR ANY PREDICTED DEFICIT SPENDING AND WE ARE GOING TO BE REDUCING SUPPLIES AND SERVICE BUDGETS TO ACCOUNT FOR HISTORICAL SPENDING
TRENDS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT'S A FANCY WAY OF SAYING IF WE'VE BEEN ALLOCATING $100 TO YOU FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND YOU'VE ONLY SPENT 70 OF IT, WE'RE NOT GIVING YOU $100 ANYMORE. WE'RE ONLY GIVING YOU THE 70 RIGHT? THAT IS YIELDING SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS FOR THE DISTRICT. THAT IS WHY WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION ON OUR BUDGET INSTEAD OF JUST ALLOCATING MONEY TO PEOPLE AND THEY HOPE TO SPEND IT. WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING WHAT YOU ARE SPENDING AND WE'RE LOWERING YOUR ALLOCATION TO THAT AMOUNT. NOW IF YOU NEED MORE IF SOMETHING COMES UP THAT ALSO GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOCATE MORE TO YOU OR TO CHANGE IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO WE'RE DEVELOPING MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE BUDGET AS WELL. THIS ALSO INCLUDES ALL OF OUR NEGOTIATED SALARY AND BENEFIT AGREEMENTS FOR A 1% ANNUAL BUDGET INCREASE FOR STEP IN COLUMN A 10% ANNUAL BUDGET INCREASE FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE RATES THIS IS SIGNIFICANT. THIS WAS PART OF THAT PART OF OUR BARGAINING WITH YOU AS WELL AS LOCAL 21 BECAUSE WE ARE PAYING FOR A LARGER IN MOST CASES NOW 100% OF THOSE PLANS STARTING IN 2027 WE HAVE TO
CALCULATE THE ACTUAL INCREASE EVERY YEAR AND THAT'S AVERAGING 10% A YEAR. SO THAT MEANS THOSE PLANS ARE GOING UP 10% A YEAR WHICH THE BUDGET NOW HAS TO ABSORB AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU, CHRIS. SO OUR RECOMMENDED CERTIFICATION IF WE WERE SELF CERTIFYING RIGHT NOW WOULD BE POSITIVE. WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP SAYING THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S DOWN TO SELF CERTIFICATION PERIOD WE'LL BE SAYING IT FOR ADOPTION AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE RESTRICTED GENERAL FUND FIRST. THIS IS THE CURRENT YEAR OF COURSE OUR ABCD AND F HAVE STAYED THE SAME. YOU'RE USED TO SEEING THIS THE THING TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE SECOND COLUMN WAS WHERE WE WERE AT SECOND INTERIM TO TWO MONTHS AGO AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN ARE OUR REVISED PROJECTIONS HAVING TAKEN ALL THE SAVINGS THAT WE'RE DESCRIBING MEANING THE VACANCIES AS WELL AS THE UNDERSPEND IN PEOPLE'S MOSTLY THEIR SUPPLIES OF MATERIALS BUDGETS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY
LOWER OUR EXPENDITURES IN THE LAST TEN MONTHS BECAUSE IF YOU HAVEN'T SPENT IT AND THERE'S ONLY TWO MONTHS OF SCHOOL LEFT, GUESS WHAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND IT. BUT THAT ITSELF SHOWS YOU A 10% SAVINGS. SO THAT TELLS YOU THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY OVER BUDGETING AND UNDER SPENDING. IT'S DEFINITELY A PATTERN IN THE DISTRICT. >> THIS ALSO MEANS THAT WE'VE GONE FROM A 44.5 MILLION PROJECTED DEFICIT IN THE SECOND INTERIM, THE THIRD IN ROOM. WE ARE NOW SEEING A SURPLUS OF 25.2 MILLION BECAUSE WE ARE NOW AGAIN ELIMINATING THOSE THOSE EXPENSES THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE ARE NOT ARE NOT MAKING. AND SO IT PUTS US IN A POSITIVE TERRITORY. THAT MEANS OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE WILL GO FROM $163 MILLION TO $232.9 MILLION AND SO OUR RESERVES IN OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS ARE UP. THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD NEWS BECAUSE THAT MEANS IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE HAVE A DEFICIT PLAN DEFICIT SPEND, WE NOW HAVE MORE MONEY TO COVER THAT PLANNED DEFICIT. SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND LOOK AT A THREE YEAR VIEW RIGHT WE DO SEE THAT WE WILL BE
AT THIS POINT NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVEN'T THAT WE'VE STOPPED WORKING ON IT BUT AT THIS POINT WE ARE GOING TO ADOPT A BUDGET WITH ABOUT A $10.6 MILLION PLAN DEFICIT THAT'S GOING TO GET SMALLER BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW FOR ADOPTION. BUT NOTICE THAT THIS IS SHRINKING. HOWEVER, WHAT'S DRIVING THAT DEFICIT? SO IF WE ARE TAKING AWAY PEOPLE'S TRADITIONAL UNDERSPEND AND WE'RE NOT OVER ALLOCATING THEM, WHY DO WE SEE A DEFICIT STILL DEVELOPING HERE? IT'S VERY SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF BENEFITS, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THE LARGE DRIVERS. YOU CAN READ THAT THROUGH IN MORE DETAIL IF YOU'D LIKE. BUT REALLY NOW THAT WE'VE TAKEN ON THE MAJORITY OF BENEFITS FOR THE DISTRICT, IT IS AN UNCONTROLLED COST FOR US MEANING WE DON'T CONTROL THE HEALTH CARE MARKET SO WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR AND 10% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING FROM OUR HEALTH CARE BROKERAGE WHICH IS BASICALLY THE THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. SO THE CITY THE COUNTY THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WE ALL SHARE THE SAME HEALTH CARE CONSORTIUM
AND OUR COST HAVE BEEN GOING UP 10% YEAR OVER YEAR. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT DEFICIT IS DEVELOPING. SO WE'RE BALANCING THE BUDGET BUT WE DO HAVE AN UNCONTROLLED COST IN THERE THAT IS CAUSING A DEFICIT. HOWEVER, NOTICE THAT FUND BALANCE IS NOW LARGE ENOUGH. THIS IS WHERE YOU GET TWO POSITIVE FUND BALANCES NOW LARGE ENOUGH THAT IT WILL COVER THAT DEFICIT IN A PLANNED MANNER FOR THE CURRENT AND THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT POSITIVE MEANS. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE PART THAT THE STATE REALLY LIKES TO LOOK AT WHICH IS OUR UNRESTRICTED NOW WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT A DEFICIT HERE FOR THE YEAR SO PEOPLE HAVE ASKED IN THE PAST LAST YEAR REMEMBER WE HAD IF WE LOOKED AT BOTH SIDES OF THE GENERAL FUND ABOUT A $37 MILLION DEFICIT. WE ARE ON TARGET THIS YEAR ON THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND STILL FOR ABOUT $21.5 MILLION OF DEFICIT. THAT'S FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS MOSTLY FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW MUCH THAT WE'VE SHRUNK THAT THROUGH GOOD BUDGET WORK. >> HOWEVER, WE'VE STILL GIVEN A
LOT OF INCREASES THIS YEAR AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT DEFICIT IS COMING IN. WE CAN'T SHRINK IT ENTIRELY. WILL IT GO DOWN MORE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR? THE ANSWER IS YES BECAUSE EVEN WHEN WE CLOSED THE BOOKS MY ACCOUNTING TEAM WILL THEN GO TO WORK AND THEY WILL TRANSFER EVERY SINGLE THING ON THE UNRESTRICTED THING SIDE THAT THEY CAN FIND THAT'S AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE FOR THE RESTRICTED SIDE AND WE WILL MOVE IT OVER BECAUSE THIS IS OUR MOST FUNGIBLE MONEY, THE MOST FLEXIBLE MONEY SO WE WILL MOVE EVERYTHING OFF OF IT WE CAN TO THE RESTRICTED SIDE SO THAT OUR MOST FLEXIBLE MONEY IS LEFT SO WE WILL INTENTIONALLY SHRINK THAT NUMBER AND I'M POINTING THAT OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT BIG DEFICIT? WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OBLIGATION IN ACCOUNTING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. SO THAT WE LEAVE THE BOARD IN THE DISTRICT WITH THE MOST FLEXIBLE FUNDS LEFT. BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT COMPARISON THIS YEAR. SO JUST SORT OF POINTING THAT OUT. BUT AGAIN, NOTICE HOW MUCH WE'VE SHRUNK THE DEFICIT JUST
IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS WENT FROM 49.4 TO ABOUT 21.5. AGAIN, THIS IS BY TAKING OUT THE VACANT POSITION SAVINGS BECAUSE IF IT HASN'T BEEN FILLED NOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FILLED AND TAKING OUT THE SUPPLY AND MATERIALS MONEY IF YOU HAVEN'T SPENT IT YOU AREN'T GOING TO SPEND IT. WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND I WANT TO JUST NOTE WHAT A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS THAT IS. RIGHT? IF WE LOOK AT A THREE YEAR PICTURE OF THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. CHRIS SO THIS GIVES A REALLY INTERESTING PICTURE NOTICE I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT LINE C TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS ,RIGHT? >> THOSE TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE PROJECTED FOR TWO THINGS. THAT'S LARGELY OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION. I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH THAT HAS GONE DOWN THIS YEAR AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO REALLY WORK ON THE CONTRIBUTION AND CAPTURING REAL COSTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. IT IS GOING UP STILL YEAR OVER YEAR AND IF YOU ASKED ME WHAT THE BIGGEST DRIVER OF THAT IT'S
THE BIGGEST DRIVER NOW IN OUR BUDGET PERIOD WHICH IS THE COST OF BENEFITS OVER TIME, RIGHT? SO SOMETHING I CAN'T REALLY CONTROL AS MUCH FOR NOW WHAT HAPPENS IF BENEFIT COSTS COME IN LESS THAN 10%? THEY COME IN 8% AND WE WILL IMMEDIATELY ADJUST THAT NUMBER DOWN TO REFLECT THE COST OF ACTUAL BENEFITS. >> HOWEVER, THE BIG NEWS HERE IS THAT THIS YEAR EVEN WITH OUR PROJECTED DEFICIT OF $21.5 MILLION WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING FOR ENDING FUND BALANCE LINE F TO COVER THAT DEFICIT AND STILL HAVE UNASSIGNED AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT LEFT BIG NEWS 2627 AND 2728 NOTICE THAT LINE E SURPLUS DEFICIT HAS NOW BEEN CLOSED AND PRESIDENT KIM TO YOUR POINT THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE MOVED ENOUGH OVER TO THE RESTRICTED SIDE WHILE BALANCING AS MUCH AS WE CAN ON THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE THAT AFTER THIS YEAR WE HAVE TWO PROJECTED YEARS OF NOT DEFICIT SPENDING THAT MEANS FOLKS THAT WE ALL ARE BREATHING A LITTLE EASIER. >> I KNOW THAT MY TEAM IS WE'VE
WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS AND THAT'S MEANS ALL OF YOU SHOULD AND THE COMMUNITY SHOULD AS WELL. NOW IN THAT THIRD YEAR OUT WE SEE A PRETTY BIG DEFICIT OPENING UP ALMOST $35 MILLION. WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? WELL THAT IS AGAIN BENEFITS SO BENEFIT COSTS ARE GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, IF THIS IS A THREE YEAR PROJECTION AND WE HOPE THAT WE ARE HIGH ALTHOUGH WE'RE WE'RE BOOKING THE AVERAGE OF 10% A YEAR, THAT MEANS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS WE'RE BOOKING A 30% INCREASE IN IN HEALTH BENEFITS AND IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT COSTS BESIDES SALARIES. SO THAT'S WHAT CAUSES THAT BENEFIT SO OR THAT DEFICIT WHAT CAN CAUSE THAT TO GO DOWN HOPEFULLY THEY COME IN AT ONLY A 7% INCREASE OR AN 8% INCREASE AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A AN EFFECT OF WHAT THAT DOES OVER THE YEARS. BUT THAT IS REALLY THE MAIN DRIVER THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THAT THIRD YEAR AT THIS POINT AND THAT ALSO BY THE WAY, GO BACK ONE MORE TIME THOUGH, CHRIS. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THIS IS ALL BEEN DONE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BOARDS LOCAL
RESERVE WHICH IS THE 8% THAT'S IN FUND 17 WHICH IS LISTED SEPARATELY UP THERE AS WE'VE COMMITTED TO. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE TAKE AWAYS AGAIN WE DON'T HAVE A SELF-CERTIFICATION I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'RE SAYING IT BUT WE ARE CERTIFYING AS POSITIVE THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE ON TRACK THIS THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE CAN SAY THIS WE ARE NOW ON TRACK FOR THE CURRENT AND NOT PLUS TWO BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE YEARS PROJECTED OUT HERE FOR YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TRACK FOR THE CURRENT PLUS THREE OF BEING ABLE TO PAY ALL OF OUR BILLS WHICH COVERS THE ADOPTION PERIOD. SO WE'RE JUST PREVIEWING FOR YOU THAT THE ADOPTION WILL BE POSITIVE AS WELL AND THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I HAVE OF COURSE OUR CFO NAIRU AND OUR NEWLY PERMANENTLY APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BUDGET JENNIFER SCHUSTER HERE TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT MOVEMENT AND BUDGET. THANK YOU FOR THIS AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR COLLECTIVE WORK ON GETTING US TO A POINT WHERE WE ARE NOT
TECHNICALLY SELF CERTIFYING BUT WE ARE KIND OF CERTIFYING A POSITIVE. I DID HAVE A QUESTION THAT I WROTE IN THE COMMENTS AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE BETTER DIRECTED TO AMY. APOLOGIES FOR DRAGGING YOU UP. I MEAN SO THE QUESTION WAS ON SLIDE SEVEN CAPTURES 32.3 MILLION OF SAVINGS FROM SAVINGS FROM 334 FTE VACANT POSITIONS. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT POSITION CONTROL COULD ANSWER. BUT I AM JUST CURIOUS I MEAN USUALLY WHEN I SEE THAT IN BUDGETS AND SOMETIMES THAT IS THE SAVING GRACE OF A LARGE ORGANIZATIONS BUDGET AND AS SOMEONE WHO USED TO SERVE ON THE IMPACT SIDE OF A LARGE ORGANIZATION I'D SEE THAT AND I'D GRIMACE BECAUSE IT MEANT THAT WE WERE LIKELY FALLING SHORT POTENTIALLY OF OUR IMPACT AND WHAT WE SEEK TO DO IN TERMS OF OUR MISSION. AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS THE SPARE HELLO IF IF YOU CAN SHED ANY LIGHT ON THE 334 FTE VACANT POSITIONS SPECIFICALLY WERE
THESE INTENTIONAL OR DUE TO HIRING FREEZES OR WAS THERE A PATTERN AROUND THERE THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF? I DON'T FIGURE AND I'M SORRY. OKAY. I CAN SHED A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT ON IT FOR YOU. RIGHT. SO WHAT ARE THOSE POSITIONS? THERE'S IT'S AN AMALGAMATION I BELIEVE THAT WE SAID AND WE WILL FOLLOW THROUGH. I'M BETTING DANIEL MUNOZ IS SOMEWHERE BEHIND ME IN THE AUDIENCE. HE WILL SEND YOU A LIST OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT BUT THEY'LL GO ALL OVER. SO FOR EXAMPLE I HAVE AN INTERNAL AUDITOR THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HIRE FOR TWO YEARS BY THE WAY WE FINALLY JUST FOUND ONE WHERE WE'RE MAKING AN OFFER TO BUT IT'S BEEN VACANT. IT'S ON THE BOOKS WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO RECRUIT FOR TWO YEARS INTENSIVELY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. WE'VE AND WE WERE FINALLY FILLING IT BUT IT'S WE'RE REQUIRED TO BOOK IT IN THE BUDGET AND IT'S VACANT ALL YEAR. >> WE ALSO DO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION POSITIONS
THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FILL BEFORE. RIGHT. AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO THEN FILL THOSE USING AND P NPAS NON PUBLIC AGENCY CONTRACTS WHICH ARE FAR MORE EXPENSIVE BUT WE STILL HAVE THE POSITION BOOKED IN THE BUDGET AS REQUIRED RIGHT ANY ANY ALSO PARTIAL FTE SO SOMEBODY THAT'S LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR BUT WHEN YOU GET THE LIST YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PROBABLY THE GREATEST PERCENTAGE IS IS SPECIAL EDUCATION NOT JUST TEACHERS BUT PARA EDUCATORS AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE JUST VARIOUS AND SUNDRY FOLKS THAT WE TRY TO FIND AND WE JUST HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING THEM. SO FOR EXAMPLE A MOMENT AGO ONE OF MY FAVORITE STAFF MEMBERS, KATIE BOYLE WAS JUST UP YOU'RE NOT THAT I HAVE FAVORITES BUT KATIE FINALLY JUST AGREED TO AND SUCCESSFULLY INTERVIEWED FOR OUR HEAD OF OPERATIONS A POSITION WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FILL FOR TWO YEARS SO THAT APPOINTMENTS COMING TO YOU AT YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING. SO I'VE DESPERATELY BEEN TRYING TO FILL POSITIONS THAT WE'VE NEEDED BUT THAT'S WHAT ALL THE VACANCIES ARE ABOUT. SO OF 9000 EMPLOYEES I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY 334 IS YOU
PROBABLY TELL ME PRETTY QUICKLY BUT THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD FOR DISTRICT THIS SIZE. IT'S NOT ALARMINGLY LARGE. YOU WILL GET THE LIST. WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU. WE WILL SHARE IT WITH AMY. SO THAT'S NOT A SURPRISE. BUT WE WILL WE WILL SHOOT THE LIST TO YOU. >> DID I COVER ENOUGH FOR THAT? YEAH. I WANT TO ADD ONE THING THAT YOU TOUCHED ON WITH 3.7 WHICH IS ACTUALLY A VERY LOW VACANCY RATE. >> YEAH, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE WHEN WE HAVE TO BACKFILL SPECIAL EDUCATION POSITIONS WITH NPAS WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP THOSE POSITIONS OPEN ON THE BOOKS SO IT'S LIKE WE'RE DOUBLE CHARGE AND SOME IN YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT THE YEAR UNTIL THE BOOKS ARE CLOSED AND RECONCILED AT THE END. BUT THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO KEEP THOSE POSITIONS OPEN. >> SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND IS THERE ANY AMY, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD WITH REGARD TO GENERAL STRATEGY AROUND SOME OF THE SOME OF THE SPECIAL ED VACANCIES? >> SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN THIS TO BE A PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. NO, I MEAN I THINK THAT'S
PROBABLY A DIFFERENT TOPIC. I MEAN I THINK THAT THE VACANCIES YOU KNOW THAT THAT NUMBER YES, I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION BUT THE BEST STRATEGY AND WHICH SPECIALIZED POSITIONS ARE EASIER TO FILL AND AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS I THINK WOULD BE A DIFFERENT TOPIC. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO BRING THAT TO RFI SO WE CAN ANSWER SEPARATELY. JUST SENDING A REQUEST TO STAFF TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS SEPARATELY WE'LL DO THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS YOU KNOW, YOU SPOKE A LOT ABOUT THE BENEFITS BEING THE LARGEST PIECE THAT'S INCREASING THAT'S INCREASING 10% A YEAR. I'M CURIOUS IS THAT THEN COVERED? WILL THAT BE COVERED OR IS THAT CURRENTLY COVERED BY TO AND WILL THAT IF SHOULD THE VOTERS APPROVE IT IN THE FUTURE WILL THAT WILL THAT COST INCREASING THE ANNUAL INCREASE BE COVERED BY THAT THAT CUTS AS WELL? >> I. YES AND NO. SHORT TERM ANSWER IS YES
IN 2028 TO COMES UP FOR ELECTION AGAIN BY THE BY THE COMMUNITY AS A PARCEL TAX FOR 20 YEARS AND WE ARE ALSO ASKING THAT THAT AMOUNT BE INCREASED BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT BENEFITS ARE ALREADY GOING TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GOING TO YIELD AND REVENUES THAT WE HAVE TO TO PAY TOWARDS HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR OUR MEMBERS. >> AND SO THAT SHOULD COVER 100% OF IT MAYBE FOR A YEAR OR TWO BEFORE IT AGAIN EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEING GENERATED. SO WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT INCREASES YEAR OVER YEAR AT THAT RATE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TOTALLY COVER WITH YOU TO BUT THAT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PORTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO COVER. THANKS. >> AND WE'LL WE'LL SEE. WE BASICALLY HAVE CONCERNS WITH OUR SELF-CERTIFY CREATION FOR THE PROJECTED YEARS OUT RELYING ON AN ASSUMPTION THAT YOU TO PASSES. ARE WE ALLOWED TO INCLUDE THAT WE PUT IT IN AS OUR ASSUMPTION WHICH I'M SURE YOU SAW IN THE PRESENTATION. HOWEVER, DO THEY HAVE CONCERNS?
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM. I'M SURE THEIR JOB JUST JUST LIKE MINE IS TO BE CONSERVATIVE AND CONCERNED FOR THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL WELL-BEING. THERE'S THIS TO BE CONCERNED RIGHT? WE ARE ASSUMING THAT IT PASSES BECAUSE SAN FRANCISCO HAS A HISTORY OF PASSING IT NOT JUST THAT PARCEL TAXES BUT ALL OF OUR PARCEL TAXES, ALL OF OUR SPECIAL REQUESTS INCLUDING BONDS AT A MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN IS REQUIRED BY LAW. AND SO WE THINK IT'S A RELATIVELY SAFE ASSUMPTION. SO WHEN WE CREATE IT AS AN ASSUMPTION WE ARE SUPPOSED TO CREATE IT BASED ON REASONABILITY AND A LOVELY FISCAL MADE UP WORD REASONABILITY. AND SO GIVEN THE HISTORY WE THINK THAT THAT IS A REASONABLE ASSUMPTION THAT IS SUPPORTED BY THE DATA AND THE HISTORY THINKS THIS IS VERY EXCITING NEWS AND I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO CHRIS, ANDREW AND THE WHOLE TEAM FOR FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. I MEAN IT JUST HAVING BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR THE TIME THAT I HAVE THIS IS REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN TERMS OF HOW WE DO OUR FINANCES AND IT'S AND IT'S
REALLY SIGNIFICANT. SO THANK YOU. SO I WANT TO ASK A MAYBE CHALLENGING QUESTION ALTHOUGH YOU ARE GOOD AT ASKING ANSWERING CHALLENGING QUESTIONS. >> SO I THINK THE THE THE ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THIS AND I ACTUALLY GOT THIS QUESTION FROM A NUMBER OF EDUCATORS WAS A SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD A STRIKE AND SO I HAD EDUCATORS KIND OF ASKING ME LIKE WAIT, WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO ON STRIKE TO FORCE THE DISTRICT TO GIVE US THESE RAISES WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAD PLENTY OF MONEY FOR THE RAISES IN THE FIRST PLACE? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO LIKE IT WAS KIND OF THIS REACTION OF LIKE WELL IF WE WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH SURPLUSES WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO TOUCH OUR RESERVE. AND SO THEN I WAS LOOKING BACK AT THE NUMBERS AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE WAS A PATTERN THIS YEAR WHERE WE ESPECIALLY IN THE FOUR THOUSANDS AND FIVE THOUSANDS WHICH IS SUPPLIES AND SERVICES THERE WERE THESE BIG REDUCTIONS THAT ARE INDICATED IN THIS PRESENTATION BUT BUT THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS CLOSE TO WHAT WE'RE NOW PREDICT PROJECTING TO SPEND, RIGHT? SO IT WAS SO IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR LIKE IN THE FOUR THOUSANDS
WE WERE BUDGETED AT 46 MILLION AT FIRST INTERIM WE BUMPED BUDGET UP TO 66 MILLION AND NOW IT'S BACK DOWN TO 42 MILLION. RIGHT. AND IN THE 5000 SERVICES CATEGORY WE WERE AT 219 MILLION IN THE JUNE BUDGET FIRST INTERIM WENT UP TO 287 MILLION AND NOW WE'RE BACK DOWN TO 250 MILLION WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM THE BUDGET BUT NOT AS MUCH SO SO IN OTHER WORDS IN DECEMBER AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE TIME LEADING UP TO THE STRIKE WE THOUGHT WE HAD NO MONEY BECAUSE WE HAD INCREASED THOSE BUDGETS DRAMATICALLY DURING THE YEAR AND NOW WE'RE SAYING WE ACTUALLY GOT ALL THIS MONEY. SO I JUST YOU KNOW BECAUSE AGAIN THIS IS THE QUESTION I'VE BEEN GETTING SO WHY DID WE INCREASE THEM SO MUCH MID-YEAR AND THEN DECREASE THEM? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. SO COUPLE OF THINGS. SO FIRST OF ALL, JENNIFER WAS HERE FOR BUDGET ADOPTION SO I CAN'T SAY NONE OF US WERE HERE FOR BUDGET ADOPTION BUT IN GOING BACK OVER THE BUDGET TO ACTUALS IT'S A AND I'M NOT JUST DRIVING THAT POINT HOME FOR MYSELF BECAUSE I WON'T ALWAYS BE HERE BUT ALL OF YOU NEED TO REMEMBER THAT IS ACTUALLY THE KEY THING TO PAY ATTENTION TO IN FINANCE, RIGHT? THE DISTRICT HAS LONG BEEN OVER
BUDGETING BECAUSE THERE'S A POSITIVE MINDSET IN THE DISTRICT. IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE A CULTURE OF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SO YOU ASK FOR AS MUCH AS YOU CAN GET AND THEN YOU DON'T SPEND IT ALL AND THAT'S JUST A POOR WAY OF BUDGETING, RIGHT? I SAW THAT IMMEDIATELY. I PRESENTED IT VERY TRANSPARENT TO THE BOARD AND I SAID WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THAT AND ACTUALLY IT WAS THE STRIKE AND THE RAISES WHEN I SAW THE IMPACT ON THE BUDGET I ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH RYAN. I SAID I LIKE CAN'T KEEP WAITING. WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT IN AS GENTLY AS POSSIBLE OF A WAY TO SAY LISTEN, YOU AREN'T SPENDING THE MONEY. WE AREN'T GOING TO GIVE IT ALL TO YOU. AND I SAID WE CAN'T WAIT ANYMORE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE RAISES. SO INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SORT OF CAJOLE YOU, HEY, WE'RE GIVING YOU A THOUSAND YOU'RE ONLY SPENDING 700. BUT BUT IT'S MY THOUSAND. I'M GOING TO SPEND IT NEXT YEAR. I SWEAR WE AREN'T HAVING THAT CONVERSATION ANYMORE. RIGHT. WE JUST ARE SAYING NO YOU'VE ONLY SPENT 700 YOU'RE ONLY GETTING 700 MET. SO THAT'S THAT IT'S BECOME JUST A MUCH MORE DIRECT CONVERSATION AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE BUDGETING NOW AS WELL.
WE'RE BUDGETING AT WHAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING NOW THE OTHER THING THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS WE'VE DEVELOPED AND I WANT TO GO TOO DEEP INTO THE WEEDS WE'VE DEVELOPED PREDICTABLE ENOUGH MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS THAT I CAN TELL YOU WITH A DEAL OF ACCURACY HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO SPEND EVEN IF I DIDN'T REDUCE THEIR BUDGET. IT'S A REALLY, REALLY WEIRD ACCOUNTING THING I JUST SAID IN A VERY AWKWARD WAY. SO NOT ONLY AM I TAKING THAT $30 BACK AND NOT BUDGETING IT FOR YOU BUT I'M ALSO NOTICING THAT YOU'RE NOT SPENDING YOU'RE ACTUALLY ONLY SPENDING 64 YOU'RE NOT SPENDING 70 BUT I'M LETTING YOU KEEP THE 70. BUT IN THE BUDGET I'M PREDICTING THAT YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO STILL SPEND 64 RIGHT. AND SO I'M ABLE TO BAKE THAT INTO THE ACCOUNTING WHICH BALANCES OUT SMOOTH THAT SORT OF TREND AND WE CAN ACTUALLY BOOK THAT AS A AS A GOOD TREND ANALYSIS TO SEE WHAT WHAT WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON WITH THE BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SAY ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THAT.
WE'VE REALLY TAUGHT THE BUDGETING DEPARTMENT NOW THAT ALSO PUTS DANGER IN THERE. I'M GOING TO SAY THERE'S A LITTLE VOLATILITY IN THERE THAT MEANS THAT WHEN SOMEBODY BUCKS MY TREND WHICH PEOPLE BUCK MY TRENDS SOMETIMES THEN WE MIGHT HAVE A DEFICIT IN A YEAR THAT I DIDN'T PLAN FOR IT. NO AND I LOVE ALL THAT. >> THAT SOUNDS AMAZING AND IT'S THE KIND OF STUFF I WAS REFERRING TO WHEN I WAS BEING COMPLIMENTARY EARLIER. I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF WORK THAT WE REALLY HAVE NEEDED AND AND IT'S FANTASTIC. I GUESS WHAT I WAS MORE ASKING ABOUT THE INCREASES IS AT FIRST INTERIM BECAUSE WE WENT UP BY A LOT AT FIRST INTERIM WERE THOSE REQUESTS COMING FROM DEPARTMENTS OR SO WHY WAS AND ARE WE GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN NEXT YEAR? I GUESS THAT'S MY MY CONCERN IS IN DECEMBER AT FIRST INTERIM WE ALWAYS GET INFLATED NUMBERS AND THEN THEN THEN THEY TURN OUT TO NOT BE TRUE. >> SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. GO AHEAD. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. GREAT QUESTION. SO I DO WANT TO KNOW I WANT TO THANK CHRIS AND NERO FOR INTRODUCING REALLY
REVOLUTIONARY BUDGETING BEST PRACTICES. SO I WILL ADMIT OUR ADOPTED BUDGET DID NOT REFLECT THOSE PRACTICES AND SO THAT ACCOUNTS FOR SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU'VE SEEN. >> ALSO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE FORM ONE AND THIS FORM YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THERE'S THE FIRST SECTION IS OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO SEE BIG INCREASES FROM ADOPTED FIRST TO SECOND TO THIRD INTERIM IN OUR OBJECTS FOURS AND FIVE THOUSANDS. YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO SEE THAT ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE LARGELY DUE TO MULTI GRANTS AND CARRYOVER. SO ONCE THE BOOKS CLOSE REALLY WE WANT TO GET THOSE FINAL NUMBERS AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A BUDGETING PROCESS. WHAT IS YOUR SPENDING PLAN SO THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT BIGGER INCREASE ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE . BUT BUT SO THIS YEAR THEY WENT UP TAKE THE FIVE THOUSANDS THEY WENT UP BY LIKE I DON'T KNOW WELL I DON'T HAVE THAT I
HAVE THE TOTALS I DON'T HAVE THAT UNRESTRICTED BUT THE TOTAL WAS 219 MILLION BUDGETED BY FIRST INTERIM WENT UP TO TO 97 MILLION AND NOW WE'RE BACK DOWN TO 250 MILLION. SO THERE WAS LIKE A HUGE INCREASE IN THE BUDGET BETWEEN JUNE AND DECEMBER AND NOW WE'RE BACK DOWN AND A SIMILAR TREND WITH THAT. SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND IF IT'S AND IT'S OKAY I DON'T WANT TO KEEP ASKING THE SAME QUESTION BUT I GUESS I JUST WHEN I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN SO MUCH BETTER AT THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL STUFF BUT THAT WAS THE SORT OF OUTLIER IN MY VIEW IS THIS BUMP UP AND BUMPED DOWN AND THAT'S WHAT AND LIKE I SAID PEOPLE WERE ASKING ME WITH THIS KIND OF SUSPICIOUS SORT OF LIKE WAS THIS WERE THEY TRYING TO HIDE MONEY ON THIS? I'M REALLY TRYING TO GET AN EXPLANATION TO CLARIFY WHY WHY IT HAPPENED SO THAT FOLKS DON'T FEEL SUSPICIOUS. YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS HAPPENING AT ONCE. RIGHT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING YOUR
FINGER ON DO YOU REMEMBER THE BIG EXPENSE THAT CAME IN AT FIRST INTERIM THAT NO ONE SEEMED TO KNOW ABOUT? IT WAS A $30 MILLION INCREASE IN OUR TRANSPORTATION BUDGET SPECIAL EDUCATION BECAUSE THEY HAD ONLY PARTIALLY BUDGETED THE CONTRACT THINKING THAT IT LOOKED LOOK LESS BAD TO ONLY BUDGET PART OF THE YEAR AND NOT BOTH THE TOTAL COSTS. AND SO WE ACTUALLY POINTED THAT OUT AT FIRST INTERIM THAT COST HAS ACTUALLY COME THROUGH. >> HOWEVER WE'VE REDUCED ALL OF THE UNDERSPEND ON THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE AS WELL AS THE OTHER RESTRICTED AREAS. SO EVEN THOUGH ONE COST GOES UP, IF WE CAN BRING THE REST OF THEM DOWN MORE IT STILL LOOKS LIKE AN OVERALL DECREASE. DOES THAT MAKES SENSE? SO BUT WE CANNOT SAY AND WE WILL WE WON'T SAY BY THE WAY JUST BECAUSE WE'RE REDUCING BUDGET TO SPEND WHEN AN UNEXPECTED COST COMES IN WE CAN'T SAY WELL WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY IT RIGHT. WE HAD TO ACCOUNT FOR IT. WE HAD TO PAY FOR IT AND NOW WE'RE TAKING BACK THE UNDERSPEND FROM PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T SPEND BUT WE DID SPEND THAT EXTRA $30 MILLION AND TRANSPORTATION THIS YEAR.
SO SO IT'S NOT EVEN IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S ONLY ONE BANKING ACCOUNT WE'RE DOING WE'RE BALANCING THOUSANDS OF BANKING ACCOUNTS OVER THE ALL OF THE DISTRICT. RIGHT. THAT HAPPENS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT ONE THAT I'M SURE WE CAN ALL REMEMBER AND THAT COST DID COME THROUGH. WE DID SPEND ANOTHER $30 MILLION ON ON SPECIAL EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION THAT WAS UNDER BUDGETED BUT EVERYBODY ELSE UNDERSPENT ENOUGH THAT WE COULD MAKE IT UP AND TAKE IT BACK OUT OF THE AGGREGATE IF THAT MAKES SENSE. >> THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL AND I HOPE IT'S I KNOW IT'S LATE BUT I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES FOR INDULGING THE QUESTIONS AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE. >> TO ME THIS IS SO HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO THEN BE TRANSPARENT AROUND THE KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT COME UP AND TO BE ABLE TO SAY OKAY THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ANSWER GO QUESTIONS. THIS IS NOT THE QUESTION TO ASK IT AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT I I GUESS I WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR FOLKS FOR US TO KEEP THE BUDGET STUDY
SESSION ON BUT TO HAVE IT ON ACTUALLY LIKE THE PREPARATION OF THE BUDGET AND HOW INVESTMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO AND TARGETED TO ACHIEVE OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS AND MEET OUR GUARDRAILS AND FULFILL THE EQUITY COMMITMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE BOARD MEETINGS WHERE VARIOUS COMMISSIONERS HAVE SAID YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A BOARD ARE REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY IN ALIGNMENT WITH TARGETED INVESTMENTS TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS AND WHETHER THAT WOULD BE WORTH HAVING A STUDY SESSION ON TO PREP US FOR BUDGET ADOPTION THERE THERE'S SIMILAR BUT NOT THE SAME THING RIGHT? SO WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THAT AND I'VE HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE IS THAT WE HAVE TO ALIGN THE BUDGET WITH THE EL CAP. SO WHAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING IS ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE DESCRIBED AND CALLED OUT IN THE EL CAP WHICH WE THEN FUND AND THEN WE TRACK THE EXPENSES OVER THE YEARS OR THE MANY YEARS. BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO THE BUDGET THE NUMBERS SIDE OF THE
HOUSE WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE WE'RE I GUESS JUST BEING COUNTERS STILL WE DON'T ASSIGN IT THAT WAY BUT WE DO TAKE THE EL CAP TRANSLATED INTO ACCOUNT CODES AND TRACK IT. SO THAT SHOULD BE SHOWING UP IN THE EL CAP AS FAR AS THE DISTRICT'S PRIORITIES WHICH WE THEN TRACK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE FUNDED. I CAME I BRING THAT CONVERSATION TO THURSDAY'S AGENDA REVIEW MEETING AND WE CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WEDNESDAY'S STILL APPLICABLE AND WE ARE HAPPY TO STILL DO WEDNESDAY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S HELPFUL FROM THE FISCAL SIDE OF THINGS. >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WILL IMPACT THE OUTCOME OF YOUR DECISION? YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER THANK YOU. I AGREE I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS VERY, VERY POSITIVE NEWS. I DO WANT TO RAISE THE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE SPENT RAISED IN PUBLIC COMMENT THOUGH AND SPECIFICALLY THEIR REQUEST TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTRIBUTIONS BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND HOW THESE FIGURES ALIGN WITH THE REPORTED
UNDERSPENDING. AND I THINK THE SPEAKING AS A PARENT OF A CHILD WITH AN IEP LIKE WE'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT GAPS IN REPORTING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THIS IS A YOU KNOW WE HAVE THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION LIKE VICE PRESIDENT HOLLINGS SAID TO HAVE AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT DO WE NEED TO HAVE IT THEN? >> YES, WE DO. WE DO KNOW I MEAN LIKE TRULY LIKE IF IF THIS INTERIM BUDGET LIKE IF WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR OUR OBLIGATIONS TO SPEND THEN ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. SO I SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANSWERS TONIGHT IN THAT VEIN BUT I AM LIKE WE DO ABSOLUTELY NEED A FULL ACCOUNTING. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO ASK FOR IS A I'VE MENTIONED THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES WE USED TO GET A LIST OF CONTRACTS AND OUR CURRENT YEAR TO DATE SPEND ON CONTRACTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THERE WAS JUST A PDF OF THE EXCEL SHEET THAT'S BEEN GONE FOR YOU KNOW AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER TRANSPARENCY MECHANISM THAT
COULD HELP. I THINK RECONCILE SOME OF THIS FOR FOLKS. >> YEAH. SO WE CAN ADDRESS THAT ACTUALLY. SO UNTIL YOU I GUESS IT WAS YOU THAT PUT THAT IN THE QUESTION NO ONE'S ASKED US FOR IT AND IN THE NEW SYSTEM IT'S IT'S NOT AS EASY TO GET SO WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP SOMETHING IT'S NOT AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST BUT WE NEED TIME NOW THAT WE HAVE THE REQUEST TO DEVELOP SOMETHING IN THE NEW SYSTEM ON THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SO SO I KNOW I HAVE I WAS HERE EARLIER TONIGHT IF YOU TALK TO HER ON THE SIDE SHE WILL TELL YOU THAT BUDGET IS NOW PRESENT AT ALL MEETINGS AND THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN BUDGET ACTUAL REPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT AS WELL AS GETTING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE BUDGET WHICH THEY'VE THANKED US FOR NOW THE THING THAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT'S DIFFERENT LET ME GIVE YOU A QUICK SUMMARY OF THOSE MEETINGS REALLY QUICKLY. THEY HAVE NOTED THAT THE BUDGET THAT'S BEEN PUT IN THE BUDGET IS FAR GREATER THAN WHAT THEY'VE BEEN RECOMMENDING AND BUT THEIR ACTUAL SPEND IS FAR LOWER THAN WHAT THEY'VE
BEEN RECOMMENDING. SO THAT BEARS CONVERSATION. BUT AT THIS POINT THERE'S NOTHING FUNNY GOING ON. IT'S THAT PEOPLE ARE OVER BUDGETING RIGHT? AND ALL THE EXPENSES ARE STILL BEING PAID FOR IT. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR IT'S THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK OF JOINING THE SPED CLERK IN THERE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETINGS WE HAVE A LACK OF TRUST BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IS SO VERY IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU AND NEEDS TO CONTINUE AND SHOULD NOT CONTINUE AT 12:09 P.M. AND RIGHT RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MY ONE QUESTION WAS RATHER DO WE STILL OPERATE WITH A COST REIMBURSEMENT MODEL? THAT'S THAT'S A MAYBE SO THERE'S TWO TYPES OF ACCOUNTING THERE'S ACCRUAL RIGHT AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING FOR SOME SOME TYPES OF GRANTS THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY FIRST AND THEN WE GET IT BACK THE COST BASE. SO IT DEPENDS UPON THE FUNDS SOURCE ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE
BUT SOME OF THEM ARE DONE THAT WAY BECAUSE THEN MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE IS THERE ANY CONCERN THAT THESE NEXT TWO MONTHS WE ACTUALLY WILL NEED TO REIMBURSE TO A SCALE THAT WILL ACTUALLY NO, NO, NO. WE ARE IN FUND 12 HAVING TO RETURN BETWEEN FIVE AND $6 MILLION BUT WE ARE PUTTING CONTROLS IN PLACE. I DON'T LIKE GIVING MONEY BACK. I HOPE THAT DOESN'T SOUND TERRIBLE BUT THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN AND WE ARE TAKING FOLKS INTO OUR SHOP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THEIR BUDGETING AND ACCOUNTING CORRECTLY. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE 265121 WILL COVER PLEASE. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER? YES, MR. FISHER. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HULING? YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD. YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. THANK YOU. SEVEN EYES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUDGET TEAM FINANCE. FINANCE.
BUDGET. BUDGET FINANCE TEAM MANY PEOPLE THANK YOU MANY PEOPLE. MOVING TO ITEM H 2 TO 6 5-1232 LEGISLATIVE OVERVIEW CONSIDERATION AND ACTION OF DISTRICT POSITION AND SELECTED LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS CAN I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND? OH EIGHT IS THIS IS ACTION? YEAH IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND SO MOVED SECONDED. THIS ITEM IS PROBABLY MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE 265-1 TO SPEAK TO CALL THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BRING THESE ITEMS FORWARD. THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM IS OUR MEMBERS OF CAPITAL. OKAY PERFECT. SO WE HAVE MEMBERS OF CAPITAL ADVISORS ON THE LINE. YEAH. >> WHO WILL WALK US THROUGH SOME KEY LEGISLATION KEY BILLS THAT WE SHOULD BE TRACKING. YEAH. CAN I JUST ACTUALLY PROPOSE IF COMMISSIONERS HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THEM THE MATERIALS IF WE CAN JUST SKIP RIGHT TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE THAT WE HAVE IF THAT'S OKAY. CAPITAL ADVISORS I WANT TO RESPECT YOUR TIME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO DO THAT. OKAY OKAY. WE GIVEN THE LATE HOUR. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FISHER I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE REPORT ACTUALLY TO MOVE AB 1861 FROM THE RECOMMEND WATCH TO THE RECOMMEND SUPPORT LIST. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT IN THE REPORT CAPITAL ADVISORS SAID THEY DIDN'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT. IT WOULD JUST REQUIRE A MOTION HERE TODAY SO THAT'S ABOUT I THINK SPEED COMPLIANCE AND A DASHBOARD IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. >> OKAY. CAN YOU JUST REREAD WHAT IT IS AND EXPLAIN WHAT WHY AND WHAT WHY YOU WOULD MAKE JUST THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT. >> THANK YOU SO 1861 SPECIAL EDUCATION PUBLIC COMPLAINT DATABASE SO IT'S IT'S ON THE IT'S ON THE RECOMMEND WATCH LIST NOW AND I'M REC WHAT I'M REQUESTING MOVING IT TO THE SUPPORT IT'S A IT'S A
TRANSPARENCY ISSUE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT DISTRICTS ARE TRACKING COMPLAINTS SPECIAL EDUCATION COMPLAINTS. I THINK FOR US IT WOULD BE A GREAT MECHANISM TO ALLOW US TO DO SOME CORRECTIVE ACTION IN A MORE CONSISTENT WAY AND I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. >> IS THIS A REQUIREMENT ON CD OR IS THIS REQUIREMENT ON A'S OR COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION ? >> I'M WONDERING IF KATHY, YOU COULD PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE BILL. SURE. SO THIS IS KATHY MCBRIDE WITH CAPITAL ADVISORS. THANKS FOR HAVING US JOINED TONIGHT OR I GUESS THIS MORNING WITH MY COLLEAGUE NICK ROMLEY. SO THIS BILL WE INITIALLY JUST PUT ON THE WATCH LIST BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT STUDENT DATA. THE BILL HAS BEEN AMENDED COMING OUT OF ASSEMBLY EDUCATION AND THE REQUIREMENT IS ON THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CREATE OR CONTACT CONTRACT TO CREATE A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ONLINE AGGREGATE DATABASE OF COMPLAINTS ALLEGING IDEA IDEA VIOLATIONS BY JANUARY 1ST, 2030
AND THIS WOULD BE FOR ALL COMPLAINTS THAT COULD HE RECEIVES ON OR AFTER JULY 1ST 2027. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO MOTION TO AMEND THAT'S WHAT I DID YES AND SOME ONLY TO SECOND SECTION OKAY SO IF WE CAN DO A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE ON THAT AMENDMENT. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. YES. MR. FISHER. YES. MR. GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. THANK YOU. ARE GOING TO OTHER ITEMS ANY QUESTIONS JUST FOR A MOMENT NEED CORRECT I'M JUST THIS AS I SAID GOING TO OTHER ITEMS SEEING NONE. DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE 265-12P2 WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY APPROVED. ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES.
VICE PRESIDENT HULING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. THANK YOU CAPITAL ADVISORS. THANK YOU. MAY MAY I? PRESIDENT KIM YES. JUST TO SAY THANK YOU TO KATHY AND NICK AND CAPITAL ADVISORS FOR THEIR VERY DEEP ENGAGEMENT THIS YEAR AS WE ENGAGED IN ALSO BUDGET ADVOCACY IN THE CAPITAL AND THE ADVOCACY THAT POOR LEADERSHIP HAS DONE IN ENGAGING OTHER LEADERSHIP IN THE AREA AROUND OUR BUDGET. BUT ALSO I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND THANK JULIA MARTIN AND OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION AMBASSADOR SELF AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CHC FOR CONSULTING WITH US ON THIS RECOMMENDED LIST THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED. >> SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND YES THANK YOU HUNG MAY THANK YOU CAPITAL ADVISORS FOR ALL YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT WITH THE BOARD WORK AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. AND KATHY, WE HAVE TO UPDATE YOU ON STUDENT DELEGATE CRUZ'S EXCITING COLLEGE DECISION LATER ANOTHER ONE I CAN'T WAIT TO
HEAR ABOUT IT IF YOU'RE LISTENING SINCE 6 P.M. YOU WOULD HEAR BUT I KNOW THEY LEFT IT BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THANK YOU. MOVING TO ITEM THREE EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS FOR DISTRICTS ACTIVE EMPLOYEES ITEM 265-12 SPEED THREE IS THERE MOTION SOME OF SECOND AND PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS ITEM? >> UM MISS BEAR GOOD EVENING. AFTER TWO VERY SUCCESSFUL SEARCHES I AM PLEASED TO RECOMMEND EXECUTIVE CONTRACTS ONE FOR MY SUCCESSOR THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT H.R. JAMES HARRELL AND ONE FOR THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF ED SERVICES AND THAT'S JOHN DAVIS . >> BEFORE I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE I NOTICE ON THE ON THE SALARY TABLE THERE'S A GRADE NINE IS THAT NEW AND WHY IS IT LABELED SUIT SO THE GRADE NINE IT'S IT'S THE NTR STANDS FOR NON TABLE RATE AND THAT IS THE DEPUTY SO THIS IS THE REVISED SALARIES SCHEDULE AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT SAYS DEPUTY AND NOT TO CUT IT OKAY
SO IT'S BASICALLY JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONTRACT AT THAT AMOUNT. >> EXACTLY. IT'S NOT THAT IT WAS SO OKAY YEAH IT'S A NON TABLE RATE SO I SEE I SEE YEAH YEAH THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS YES WE GOT THANK YOU . SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. >> DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE. OH IS THERE A REQUIREMENT TO READ KEY ELEMENTS OF THE CONTRACT INTO THE RECORD THAT THE OTHER THAN THE LENGTH AND THE SPIRIT BUT THE LINK. OH WE DO. OKAY. CAN WE PLEASE READ THAT INTO THE RECORD? YES YOU JUST NEED TO I DON'T HAVE IT. OH YOU HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TO PRESENT SORRY I THOUGHT YOU WERE DOING THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE PART OF THE EXECUTIVE CONTRACT THE SO THE CONTRACT FOR THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES WOULD BE GRADE SCUSE ME. SORRY. NO, IT'S GRADE GRADE EIGHT AND I BELIEVE IT'S STEP FIVE FOR A SALARY OF $270,865.64. IT'S A TWO YEAR CONTRACT WITH A SIX MONTH BUYOUT. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT IS A
SALARY OF $340,752.85 THE TWO YEAR CONTRACT ALSO WITH A SIX MONTH BUYOUT WILL COVER PLEASE . MR. ALEXANDER. YES. MR. FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HULING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS AMY AND TEAM THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK BUT YOU'RE NOT LEAVING YET. LAST ITEM 265-12 S.P. FOR APPROVAL OF SHIPS AND WAIVERS IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE SECOND FROM PROBABLY MOVED AND SECONDED TO THE BOARD APPROVES THIS ITEM CALL THE SUPERINTENDENT OR MISS PERRY I JUST HAVE ONE WAIVER FOR THE BOARD'S APPROVAL AND THIS IS TO ALLOW A JUNIOR ROTC TEACHER TO TEACH AT MISSION HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU. DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON ITEM TWO ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE . COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. YES, MR. FISHER. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES.
COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT KIM HAS A STANDING RECUSAL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR DUE TO HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO WHICH IS A FREQUENT CONTRACTOR WITH AS OF USD IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT BEFORE WE MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SUPERINTENDENT, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR ? YES. I NEED TO PULL A A AN M A CONTRACT FROM ITEM 17 PARTNERS IN SCHOOL INNOVATION. THANK YOU WITH THAT CHANGE I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS OUR SECOND SECOND WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE MR. ARMENTROUT MARSHALL ALEXANDER? YES, MR. FISHER? YES. MR. GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. PRESIDENT KIM BUT I'M SAYING THAT BACK AND GET NOW I'D LIKE TO GIVE A VERY LONG REPORT ON THE MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS ASK WE HAVE REPORTS NO WE'RE DONE. NO, NO, NO BUT REMEMBER REPORTS CORRECT EXCELLENT I DURING THIS MEETING AT 1221 12:22 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY MAY
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