HEAR VICE PRESIDENT HULING HEAR PRESIDENT KIM HEAR. COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN WERE HERE COMMISSIONER GUPTA COMMISSIONER FISHER HERE SIX PRESENT AS IF YOU SIMPLIFIED CHILD CARE FOR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS AND MONITORING MEETINGS IN THE FIRST FLOOR AND ENROLLMENT CENTER AT 555 FRANKLIN STREET FROM 630 TO 9 P.M. OR THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. CHILD CARE IS FOR FAMILIES WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE REGULAR MONITORING BOARD MEETING SPACE IS LIMITED AND WE PROVIDE IT ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS FOR CHILDREN AGES 3 TO 10. FOR QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT THE BOARD OFFICE AT (415) 241-6427 OR BOARD OFFICER ESA-PEKKA EDU AT THIS TIME BEFORE THE BOARD GOES INTO CLOSE SESSION I CALL FOR ANY SPEAKERS TO THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS LISTED IN THE AGENDA. THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR SPEAKERS. >> ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> NO I KNOW THIS IS MEETING AT 5:04 P.M. AND S.F. GOV TV. SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT
TELEVISION SYSTEM S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION GROUP S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION NON OBJECTION I WOULD LIKE TO REORDER THE AGENDA BY MOVING SECTION C AFTER SECTION D SO WE CAN HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC FIRST. ANY OBJECTIONS? >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. SORRY FOR THAT OVERSIGHT. APOLOGIES FOR THAT, MISS. I WILL ALSO JUST NAME DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THIS MEETING WE MAY RECONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION. I WILL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION AT THE END OF OUR MEETING JUST
DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF IT ALL. OKAY. ITEM D WHICH IS NOW C PUBLIC COMMENT. HELLO AND WELCOME TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AT THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD LASTS FOR ONE HOUR. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THESE CLOCKS ARE OFF. SO TODAY RIGHT NOW AT 641 WE'LL STAY UNTIL 7:45 P.M.. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE CONDUCT BOARD BUSINESS. OUR GOAL IS TO CONDUCT MORE BUSINESS IN AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE MANNER DURING REASONABLE HOURS. WE AIM TO RESPECT STAFF, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TIME BY ENSURING WE MOVE TO PORT 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'VE ASKED MR. TRUJILLO TO PLEASE TURN OFF THE MIC AND TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. I ASKED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE RESPECT THAT ONE MINUTE LIMIT SO 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 THE BOARD CAN HEAR ALL VIEWPOINTS DURING OUR LIMITED TIME. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPTS WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA EMAIL TO BOARD OFFICE AT ANY BOARD OFFICE AT S.F. USTED EDU. >> WE WILL HEAR FIRST FROM STUDENTS IN PERSON THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PERSON BEGINNING WITH THE AGENDA ITEMS AND MOVING TO NON AGENDA ITEMS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT IS COMPLETE WE WILL SAVE 15 MINUTES FOR REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT OR 7:30 P.M. TAKING COMMENTERS IN THE SAME ORDER AS IN PERSON TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON YOUR RIGHT YOU'LL SEE SIGNS THAT OUTLINE EXPECTATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND MEETING CONDUCT. WE ASK THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MODEL THE KIND OF TONE, LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOR THAT WE HOPE TO SEE FROM OUR YOUNG PEOPLE RESPECTING DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND ALLOWING FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE. AS A REMINDER, BOARD RULES AND CALIFORNIA LAW DO NOT ALLOW US TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR ATTEMPT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME. IF APPROPRIATE TO
SUPERINTENDENT WILL ASK THAT STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH SPEAKERS. MR. CHAIR. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM WE'LL START WITH STUDENTS AND STUDENTS. PLEASE LINE UP TO THE RIGHT AS I CALL YOUR NAME OR TO THE LEFT. VALERIA SEQUOIA CAMILA MARTINEZ . >> I'M SORRY I WAS. HELLO. OH, HI. GOOD EVENING. >> MEMBERS OF THE BOYS HEART. OH, SORRY. >> GOOD EVENING. I CAN'T REACH IT. I'M SO SORRY. WHOO! I'M VERY NERVOUS TO DO THIS. UM, GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. MY NAME IS VALERIA. I'M A FIFTH GRADER STUDENT IN GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I LOVE MY SCHOOL AND MY COMMUNITY. WELL, THE LOOP IS A PLACE WE'RE MEANT WHERE MANY STUDENTS LEARN, FEEL SAFE AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER. I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE SOME DECISIONS BEING MADE WILL AFFECT OUR SCHOOL IN OUR SCHOOL IN OUR STUDENTS. FIRST THE SPRINGBOARD SUMMER PROGRAM WAS NOT APPROVED FOR
GUADALUPE EVEN THOUGH OUR SCHOOL WORKED WITH FACILITIES TO FIND A WAY TO RUN IT IN THE IN THE BUNGALOWS DURING CONSTRUCTION. THIS PROGRAM HELPS MANY STUDENTS CONTINUE LEARNING AND READING DURING THE SUMMER. SECOND SPANISH TEACHER WAS NOT APPROVED EVEN THOUGH OUR SCHOOL HAS A STRONG BILINGUAL PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS MANY FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. >> AT THE SAME TIME THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO BUS STUDENTS FROM OUR FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO SCHOOLS ON THE WEST SIDE. WHILE OUR SCHOOL IS LOSING ENROLLMENT. I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT GUADALUPE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS CLEAR AND I KNOW HOW STUDENTS LEARN WITH SPRINGBOARD BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS. I AM HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO STOP PROVIDING SPRINGBOARD TO MY SOUL, TO MY SCHOOLMATES WHO TRULY NEED THE SUPPORT TO SUCCEED IN THEIR READING SKILLS. LEARNING HOW TO READ BY UNDERSTANDING PHONICS IS IRREPLACEABLE.
WHEN STUDENTS BUILD STRONG FOUNDATIONS IN READING, THEY GAIN CONFIDENCE AND THE ABILITY TO SUCCEED IN EVERY SUBJECT. I ALSO WANT TO ASK THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE A SPANISH SPEAKING T.K. TEACHER OUR YOUNGEST SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS NEED THIS SUPPORT SO THEY CAN BE FULLY PREPARED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THEIR EDUCATION. AND PLEASE STOP BUSING OUR COMMUNITY STUDENTS AWAY IN THE NAME OF THE LAKE OF LANGUAGE PROGRAMS INSTEAD BRING THOSE LANGUAGES LANGUAGE PROGRAMS TO GUADALUPE SO STUDENTS CAN LEARN IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY CLOSE TO THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR SCHOOL. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE TO STRONG LITERACY INSTRUCTION, LANGUAGE SUPPORT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN WHERE THEY BELONG IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. THANK YOU. >> ALLOW ME SCOTT MILLER. WHEN I STARTED THIS COMMUNITY IS PERCEIVED LIKE A LOOP WILL PROVIDE A SPRINGBOARD BETTER SEE WHETHER THAT SAYS ME YOU'RE HONEST BUT YEAH WHAT I MEAN THERE ARE COMMUNITY THAT WAS PUERTO LITTLE QUANDO DON'T LEARN IS THE MONSTROUS KILLER
ISTHMUS QUANTAS BASES MUST IN THEIR MOSQUE WE NEED BUT A LAW AND MEANS COMPANEROS YOUR NECESSITY ARE MOST IS THE PROGRAM WE INCLUDE GOD THE WAY WE INTERPRET THAT TO FILL OUR HOSPITAL CARETAKING. HI MY NAME IS CAMILLA AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR SPRING BOARD BUT WE HAVE $6 MILLION TO PAY FOR KIDS TO GO TO WESTPORT OIL WHEN THE NEEDS AT OUR SCHOOL AT OUR SCHOOL ARE MUCH GREATER. >> HOW MANY MORE TIMES DO WE NEED TO COME HERE AND SPEAK SO THAT YOU'LL LISTEN TO US? MY CLASSMATES AND MY SCHOOL NEED THIS PROGRAM FOR BOTH TO ADULT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOW PLEASE LINE UP IF I CALL YOUR NAME MS.. CURRY IN GENEVA CURRY ROSS SHARMA. JENNY GARCIA. ISMAEL GARCIA. RENE GOMEZ. OKAY. THIS IS MY THIRD TIME
ADVOCATING BEFORE ALL OF YOU BUT NOT MY THIRD TIME MEETING INDIVIDUALLY WITH MANY FACES IN THIS ROOM AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS BEFORE YOU THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAD WEATHER LOOP IS CLOSE TO MY HEART BUT I'M ALSO PART OF THAT COMMUNITY. I AM FEELING VERY DISMAYED BY THE LACK OF SUPPORT TO OUR COMMUNITY BUT I'M HERE TO REITERATE THE CONCERNS THAT BRING ME BACK TO THE TABLE WITH THE HOPE TO BE HERE AND BE SEEN. >> FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS THE YELLOW BUS PAID BY THE DISTRICT WITH A COST OF $6 MILLION HAS AND I AM A TAXPAYER HAS BEEN BUSING AN APPROXIMATELY 50 STUDENTS FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO THEIR WEST SIDE. IF THIS WASN'T ENOUGH THE SAME AS STUDENTS THAT GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL COMMONLY USED TO OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THAT'S IT. THAT'S A NO. OKAY. >> MORE DISMAY PRESIDENT KIM OH I GRABBED THE WRONG PILE. I CALL THE NON AGENDA ITEM FIRST LET ME GO TO AGENDA ITEM FIRST. YEAH OKAY YOUR TIME IS UP SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKERS.
GOOD EVENING MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DAVE SHARMA AND I'M DEPARTMENTS OF QUALITY ELEMENTARY. EVERY MORNING I STAND UP AT OUR SCHOOL GATE AND SEE MORE THAN STUDENTS. I SEE HOPE. FAMILIES WHO BELIEVE THAT CHILDREN BELONG, TEACHERS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY AND COMMUNITY THAT REFUSES TO THAT DAY. IF WE JUST DO GIVE UP WHEN CONSTRUCTION CAME WE FOUND A SOLUTION. SO IT'S BEEN BOUGHT COULD CONTINUE IN OUR BUNGALOWS ALSO DIDN'T NEED THEIR SUMMER TREES FOR LITERACY BUT ANSWER WAS NO. WE ASKED FOR A SPANISH DECAY SO OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS COULD BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY IN TWO LANGUAGES BUT ANSWER WAS NO. AT THE SAME TIME BUSSES CONTINUE TO TAKE CHILDREN FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY WHILE OUR CLASSROOM GROWS QUIETER IT OUR COMMUNITY KEPT WORKING. EVEN OUR FAMILIES EXPERIENCED ICE RAIDS SEPARATION THEY BUILT BELONGING CHRONIC CHRONIC
ABSENTEEISM DROPPED AND IMPROVED AND OUR THIRD GRADERS SHOWED THE HIGHEST LITERACY GROWTH IN A DISTRICT OUR TEACHER DID THE WORK. OUR FAMILY DID THE WORK. OUR CHILDREN DID THE WORK. YOU KNOW, I ASK YOU PLEASE SEEK OUT LUPA. >> HE HAD OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF THIS DO THAT YEAH HELLO MY NAME IS JENNY. >> HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON AND I HAVE A DAUGHTER ME. SHE IS CURRENTLY IN PEKIN AND GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR A SPANISH TEACUP PROGRAM BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER'S CLASSES IN ENGLISH MY DAUGHTER IS STRUGGLING TO MEET HER LEARNING GOALS. IT IS A SHAME TO CUT A PROGRAM THAT WILL ONLY HELP STUDENTS WHO HAVE A DISADVANTAGE IN LEARNING BECAUSE THEIR LANGUAGE IS IN SPANISH. IT IS UNFAIR THAT THERE IS AN ENGLISH ONLY TKI GUADALUPE BUT NOT A SPANISH BILINGUAL TIKI. A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS ARE GUADALUPE COME FROM A HOME THAT SPEAKS SPANISH. THE STUDENTS IN THE ENGLISH KINDERGARTEN ARE MORE PREPARED THAN THE SPANISH BILINGUAL KINDERGARTEN BECAUSE THE
ENGLISH ONLY SPEAKING KINDERGARTEN WERE ABLE TO ATTEND A T IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE WE HAVE THE POPULATION AS WE HAVE OVER 60 STUDENTS IN OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM IN SPANISH WE ALSO HAVE A SPANISH BILINGUAL TEACHER WHO HAS MANY YEARS TEACHING TECH AND IS WILLING TO TEACH SPANISH BILINGUAL K THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M ISMAIL GARCIA. THIS IS SANDY. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S VERY UNFAIR FOR THERE FOR THEM TO CUT SPANISH TECH NEXT YEAR. >> MY DAUGHTER IS APPARENTLY STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE BARRIER. I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A SPANISH SPEAKING TEACHER AT OUR SCHOOL AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU GUYS WOULD SUPPORT US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> DO HAVE TO BRING IN. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RENEE GOMEZ. I'M A PARENT OVER TIME FROM
WHERE THE LOOP ELEMENTARY. WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL AND THEIR COMMUNITY WITH THE EDUCATION THAT OUR CHILDREN DESERVE AND FAMILIES. >> IT'S OUR AIR. IT'S OUR TAXES. WE KEEP ASKING FOR HELP. AS A MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY WE NEED SPANISH T.K. SPRING BALL. WE NEED OUR TEACHERS ALSO. PLEASE STOP THE BUS. WE DON'T WANT IT. WE DON'T NEED IT. AND BRYNHYFRYD IS BACK. DON'T CUT MORE PROGRAMS. IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR KIDS WITH THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE SEEN BIG PROGRESS. CALIFORNIA ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL STATES. WHITE. CAN WE BE A TOP TEN IN EDUCATION? WHY NOT BE AN AMBITIOUS FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN'S? >> THANK YOU. PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME. ROBERTO RIVERA. COREY ROBINSON. VENETIA COLEMAN. CAL WOODWARD. COURTNEY HEIGHT. >> MENOMINEE.
ROBERTO GUZMAN RIVERA. >> TANGO TRICYCLES AND LESS CLAPPING MARIA WITH A LOOP. >> A CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DODGEBALL HAS MORE CULTURAL SOUL BUT I DON'T THINK QUENTIN WAS TREATED TO THE ANTICS AND NOT THE DYLAN WALKING ANY LESS. LOSSES TO LATINOS STANDS AT THE ENTIRE POINT OF SINGAPORE NEVERTHELESS STANDOUT LOSSES TO THE ENTIRE SOCIOECONOMIC I'M INTO THIS POVERTY SEE THOSE HAS DONE QUITE ENTITLED PUNTO CUATRO BARCO DE LA STANDER LOSSES TO THE CONTEXT CAPACITY OF THIS IS OBVIOUS POOR DEVIL THEY LOSSES STANDOUTS LOSSES TO THE ANTI SUPER AMERICANOS ESTANCIA AT THE PUNTO UNO DEBACLE THE LOSS OF STANDARDS ESTO NUMERO NOT ON SOLO SADISTIC US ON STRONG SEAHORSE . >> MY NAME IS ROBERTO GUZMAN GARCIA AND I HAVE THREE KIDS AT GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHERE OUR STUDENTS STAND IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. LATINO STUDENTS ARE 78.6% BELOW STANDARD SOCIOECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS 42.4 BELOW STANDARD STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES 110 BELOW STANDARDS AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS 107 BELOW STANDARD. THESE ARE NOT JUST STATISTICS. THEY ARE CHILDREN, HE SAYS, ALMOST ON THEIR TOES. I YOU KNOW RATON POLLACK MIDDLE SON TIMBALES POOR MARTIAL ARTS BEST AS STEADY STREET TALK NOT BORGIA LA COMUNIDAD CAMAS LITTLE NECESSITA LA SCALA PRIMARIA WHERE I LOOK VERY SOON THEY LOOK LIKE DONATELLO'S ULTIMO STREET TANYA'S NUESTRA COMUNIDAD TRABAJADORES. WHEN I MEANT TO BUT I DEPENDED ON MOST RESTAURANTS ESPECIALLY EL MONTE AND EDUCATION A SPECIAL PROGRAM AS THE HEAD OF HABITATION ON PARRAMATTA NARROW MOTORCYCLES, UPPER INDEPENDENT SUBURBIA COMIDA AND ALUCARD LUGARD DESIGNED AND BUILT THOSE OUTRAGEOUS SCHOOLS AND NOMBRE DE PROGRAMAS LINGUA IDO THE TITLE TRACK TREASONOUS AND MUST BE PROGRESO REAL. AND IF WE'RE HONEST THERE IS ONE REASON FOR THESE NUMBERS BEING SO LOW BECAUSE TOO OFTEN
THIS DISTRICT FAILS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT THE MOST. GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE. FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS OUR COMMUNITY HAS WORKED HARD TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS ESPECIALLY SPECIAL ED SERVICE LITERACY AND KEEPING OUR CHILDREN IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY TO LEARN INSTEAD OF BUSSING THEM IN THE NAME OF LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. AND DURING THESE YEARS WE HAVE SEEN REAL PROGRESS IN MOST FATALITIES ALL SENTIMENTAL THE PERMANENT HERE ENTRANCES TO THE ANTIS EMERALD OR SEEDLESS AND DISMAL CHRONICLE AND MOST IN INCREMENTAL DOLLAR PARTICIPATION DE LA FAMILIA EL ALPHABET SALESIAN NOSER COME WITH NO COMING THERE THAT I ACTUAL TROUBLE BETTER THAN YOU TO THEIR MOST CHARACTERISTIC TO ANTARES TO COME TO BABYLON MEANS MORE SUPPORTERS BASICALLY LUNA YOUR TRAVERSE BROKEN OUT BIRD EATING ORCHESTRAL NEST ALL
INSTILLED IN US AND THIS A PERSONAL WE HAVE STRENGTHENED OUR STUDENTS SENSE OF BELONGING REDUCE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND INCREASED LITERACY ENGAGEMENT AMONG FAMILIES AND STUDENTS. OUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE THE WORK BUT EVERY YEAR WE FIND OURSELVES BACK AGAIN BEFORE THE BOARD ASKING FOR THE SAME BASIC SUPPORTS TIME AND AGAIN. AND THEN WE IF WE'RE HONEST IT'S STARTING TO FEEL PERSONAL . >> AS THE ANNUAL EL DISTRITO MOSQUITO NUESTRA THAT OPERATES THE BLOODY BILINGUAL ELLA WREN PLUS PROVIDER MONOLINGUAL REDUCES TOTAL ACCESS OPERA PROCESS TO THE ANTIS KAPLAN ESPANOL IS THE ANNUAL EL DISTRITO ELIMINATE READY WILL NOT PLATAFORMA EDUCATIVE STABLE UGANDA NOT TO THE ANTIS I'LL MAKE COROLLA LECTURER WHO'S SILENT ONTO ZEALOUS PERCUSSIONIST IN BERNAL SINABI SA ALAS FAMILIAS. >> THIS YEAR THE DISTRICT REMOVE GUADALUPE AS BILINGUAL SPEECH THERAPIST AND REPLACE
THEM WITH A MODELING WILL PROVIDER REDUCING THE ACCESS FOR SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS. >> THIS YEAR THE DISTRICT REMOVED I READY THE LEARNING PLATFORM THAT WAS HELPING STUDENTS IMPROVE IN LITERACY RIGHT BEFORE THE WINTER BREAK. AND WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE FAMILIES BEFOREHAND OUR EL DISTRITO HISPANIC AND NOSTRA FAMILIA CELL ACCESS SO I PROGRAM A SPRING BORE JUDAS RA BREACH HAS THE UPPER THIS YEAR AND TOTAL THING WILL ENTIRE PAQUETTE PARASITE CANNABIS CAN RESTORE COMMUNITY RAMPS UP ON SARK ALGUNOS KITTEN POR IT DOES A MASSIVE PHYSICAL AS COMUNIDADES LATINAS DEBACLE SEEING RESULTS ACCENT LOSS APOLOGIES JUST GIVEN UNDER STRATEGIC AT TEN THEIR ÉXITO NO SERVICES TO THE ENTERS MEDICINE ESTABLISH THAT NO STAFF FAMILY HAS MEDICINE RISPETTO NO SARCOMA DE MEDICI EL OPORTUNIDAD THEY SAY YOU MAKE RANDALL GRACIOUS AND NOW THE DISTRICT IS DENYING OUR FAMILIES ACCESS TO SPRING THE SPRINGBOARD PROGRAM WHICH HELPS STUDENTS WITH THEIR LEARNING GAPS.
SO I ASK WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME OUR COMMUNITY STARTS TO MAKE PROGRESS SOMETHING IS TAKEN AWAY? WHY DOES THE DISTRICT MAKE IT HARDER FOR LOW INCOME LATINO COMMUNITIES TO ACCESS THE VERY SUPPORTS THAT HAVE HELPED THEIR CHILDREN SUCCEED? OUR STUDENTS DESERVE STABILITY. OUR FAMILIES DESERVE RESPECT AND OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP IMPROVING. >> THANK YOU. HELLO, DR. SUE AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS COREY ROBINSON AND I AM THE PROUD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COORDINATOR OF GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MANY OF US HAVE MET BEFORE AND MANY TIMES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF LISTENING SESSIONS, FAMILY MEETINGS AND HERE IN THE SAME ROOM WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE PLEADED FOR YEARS THAT THE NEEDS OF OUR BUILDING BE MET. GIVEN THAT FACT, I WAS EXTREMELY DISMAYED TO LEARN THAT YOU HAVE RENEGED ON YOUR DECISION TO DISCONTINUE THE BUSSING ROUTE THAT TRANSPORTS MANY OF OUR LOCAL STUDENTS TO WEST SIDE SCHOOLS. I'M DISAPPOINTED AND FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE THIS DISTRICT PREACHES EQUITY WHEN IN REALITY WHAT THIS DECISION IT IS CLEARLY WILLING TO FINANCE SEGREGATION AMONGST OUR SCHOOLS AND THE DIVESTMENT OF RESOURCES FROM OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. WHILE SCHOOL CHOICE SEEMS EQUITABLE ON THE SURFACE AND SUPPOSEDLY ENRICHES THE DIVERSITY OF SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, IT IGNORES SEVERAL TRUTHS THAT NOT ALL FAMILIES HAVE THE MEANS TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM ESPECIALLY OUR HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHIZED THAT THE BUSSING OF STUDENTS FURTHER DRAINS THE ENROLLMENT CAPABILITIES AND RESOURCES OF ALREADY STRUGGLING INSTITUTIONS AND THAT BUSSING AND CHOICE ACTUALLY AT LEAST IN ITS CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION SEPARATES THE INHERENT DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL WELLSPRING ALREADY PRESENT WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THE LIKES OF WHICH CAN ASSUREDLY FLOURISH IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS. COMMISSIONER GUPTA, WHEN WE SPOKE LAST YEAR HOW GREAT IT WOULD BE IF STUDENTS COULD FLOURISH WHERE THEY ARE. I BELIEVE DISBANDING THE BUS CAN BE A CRITICAL INVESTMENT IN THIS FUTURE. PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR DECISION. OKAY. GOOD EVENING BOARD AND DR.
MARIA SUE. I AM FUNDING MY DAUGHTER'S ONLINE TUTOR THROUGH MY HEALTH CARE FUNDED POCKETS. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOU GUYS THE ATTENTION THAT ROSA PARKS RAFAEL IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS ENGAGED IN FOUR DISTINCT ACADEMIC PROGRAMS EARLY EDUCATION, SPECIAL DAY CLASSES, JAPANESE BILINGUAL BI CULTURAL PROGRAM AND STEVE. THE DISTRICT MANDATES THESE PROGRAMS BUT REQUIRES SCHOOLS TO USE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS TO FUND THEM. >> THE STRUCTURAL LACK OF SUPPORT MEANS WE DO NOT HAVE THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS TO COVER OUR ESSENTIAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND RSP POSITIONS. OUR PROGRAMS DESERVE INSTRUCTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO MATCH THEIR MANDATES. THE NUMBER OF OUR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND IEPS IS GROWING. THE DISTRICT IS LEGALLY MANDATED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARA EDUCATOR SUPPORT. SO I SAY THIS TO SAY THAT WE NEED ADVOCACY.
MY KID IS SCORING BELOW LEVEL AND SHE'S ACTUALLY READING VERY WELL SO LOOK INTO THAT. >> HELLO MY NAME IS COURTNEY HITE AND MY SON IS IN KINDERGARTEN AT ROSA PARKS AND I HAVE ANOTHER KIDDO THAT WILL BE THERE IN T K NEXT YEAR. ROSA PARKS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL SHOULD BE. AS I MENTIONED, IT'S EXTREMELY DIVERSE ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE IN THE CITY. WE ALSO HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST IEP RATES IN THE CITY. >> ALMOST A THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE AN IEP THAT'S VERY HIGH. AND SO WE NEED THE SUPPORT TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE KIDS FOR OUR STAFF, FOR OUR TEACHERS AND FOR THE FAMILIES. >> MY KINDERGARTNER DOES NOT CURRENTLY NEED THOSE SUPPORTS BUT MANY KIDS IN HIS CLASS DO AND HE MAY 1ST DAY NEED THAT. >> SO WE ARE WE HAVE COME AS A COMMUNITY AND WE ARE REQUESTING A FULL TIME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL BECAUSE THAT'S THE PERSON THAT YOU KNOW DOES ALL THE IEP MEETINGS. WE NEED TWO FULL TIME RSP TEACHERS AND THREE RSP PARAS AND THAT WILL HELP US MAKE SURE
ALL OF OUR KIDS CAN SUCCEED AND ALSO MEET OUR LEGAL MANDATE. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I'M KYLE WOODWARD. I'M A PARENT OF A FIRST AND FOURTH GRADERS AT ROSA PARKS. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING THAT COURTNEY AND ANITA ALREADY SAY WE NEED FOR FUNDING FOR OUR SYSTEM PRINCIPAL AND RSP SUPPORT STAFF. WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE LARGEST IEP POPULATIONS IN THE DISTRICT AND FULL TIME SUPPORT STAFF ARE ESSENTIAL TO THEIR SUCCESS. WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE LOSE OUR APP, WHEN WE LOSE OUR RRSPS AND THE ANSWER IS TRUANCY SKYROCKETS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE CRATERS AND OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY SUFFERS. AS OPPOSED HE EXPECTS OUR SCHOOL TO COVER THESE POSITIONS WITH DISCRETIONARY FUNDS BUT THESE FUNDS ARE ALREADY DEDICATED TO OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS INSTALLED BUT IS NOT FUNDING INCLUDING FOR EXAMPLE OUR JAPANESE AND STEAM PROGRAMS. WE NEED DEDICATED FUNDING FOR THE SUPPORT STAFF NECESSARY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SUCCEED. SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN IEP. THANK YOU. >> PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL
YOUR NAME. AUDREY NORTON. MELANIE GILBERT. KATHY O'BEIRNE. MICHELLE JACK. >> KIYOMI TAKEDA. OKAY. TESTING. OH YEAH. THIS THING'S ON. I AM A PARA EDUCATOR AT FRANCISCO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR THE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF THEIR BUDGETING. >> BUT THEY'RE FINDING EXCUSES . >> I AM DEALING WITH BUDGET CUTS IN SUPPOSED WHICH ADVERSELY COULD AFFECT MY POSITION AS WELL AS OTHER POSITIONS EDUCATORS AND STAFFS AND STAFF ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTED AS OUR FAMILIES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY STUDENTS. THEY ARE ALL ESSENTIALLY PAWNS IN A VERY COMPLEX GAME OF CHESS. BUDGET CUTS ALWAYS CREATE MORE PROBLEMS THAN THEY SOLVE WHEN BUDGETS ARE CUT, STUDENTS LOSE ACCESS TO PROGRAMS THAT HELP THEM MEET THEIR NEEDS. THEY LOSE STAFF WHO BUILD TRUST AND BONDS WITH STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE REMAINING STAFF ARE STRETCHED BEYOND CAPACITY AND THE SCHOOLS CAN'T OPERATE THE WAY THAT THEY'RE EXPECTED
TO. THE DISTRICT ADVOCATES FOR SAFE ,STABLE AND FULLY STAFFED SCHOOLS BUT RELIES ON DAMAGE CONTROL AND FINANCIAL REPAIR. CITY THE CYCLE KEEPS ON REPEATING ITSELF AND IS LONG OVERDUE TO BREAK THE BUG. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS MY FIRST BOARD MEETING SO I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS BUT I'M A PARENT OF A KID AT ROSA PARKS ELEMENTARY AND I LOVE THE SCHOOL. THE COMMUNITY IS AMAZING. IT HAS THE RAFAEL WHEEL PRESCHOOL AS WELL AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. I JUST LEARNED AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS ON SITE BUT WE JUST HAVE ONE ADMINISTRATOR TO DO ALL OF THE IEPS AND THEN OUR SCHOOL HAS IS IN LIKE THE TOP TEN OF SCHOOLS WITH NUMBER OF IEPS KIDS WITH IEPS AND AS AN AUDIOLOGIST I HAVE ATTENDED IEP. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATOR THERE WHO CAN SUPPORT THE PARENTS AND THE FAMILY AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AND I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD FUND A FULL POSITION. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ROSA PARKS THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING.
I'M KATHY O'BYRNE. A POWER EDUCATOR FROM BALBOA HIGH SCHOOL. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF A SPECIAL DAY CLASS ROOM 141 CHAPEL HILL HIGH SCHOOL. WE ARE VERY UPSET AND DISAPPOINTED WITH SFD WITH THIS DECISION AND OUR SDC STUDENTS WILL LOSE THEIR TEACHER AGAIN FOR THE FOURTH TIME AND THE POWER EDUCATORS SAY THAT THEY HAVE BUILT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. THIS WILL CAUSE MORE ANXIETY AND INSTABILITY FOR OUR ALREADY EXTREMELY HIGH NEEDS STUDENTS. I HAVE BEEN A POWER IN ROOM 141 FOR 20 PLUS YEARS AND NOW AND HAVE SEEN HOW THE CLASSROOM HAS GONE THROUGH MANY MANY TEACHERS SINCE I BEGAN 2006 THE FIRST SIX YEARS I WAS IN ROOM 154 THERE WAS ONE TEACHER AND THE SAME FOR POWER AND SAME FOR POWER EDUCATORS. OVER THE NEXT 14 YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY EMERGENCY TEACHERS AND EXPERI IT'S SUCH I'M TRY AGAIN. THERE WE GO. I'M MICHELLE ZAK. I AM A COMMUNITY SCHOOL
COORDINATOR AT GROTON PEAK 85 SCHOOL WHERE I SUPPORT SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF SEIU. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REMIND THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD THAT WE ARE STILL IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DISTRICT AND HAVE BEEN FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR. OUR UNION REPRESENTS CUSTODIANS, NUTRITION WORKERS, CLERKS AND COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATORS AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ALL YEAR WITHOUT A CONTRACT AND WE ARE GETTING IMPATIENT AND SCHOOLS DON'T RUN VERY WELL WITHOUT US. >> I'M HERE TO URGE THE DISTRICT TO PLEASE PRIORITIZE OUR CONTRACT RESOLUTION. WE DESERVE NO LESS. >> OUR MEMBERS RECENTLY STOOD IN SOLIDARITY WITH TEACHERS AND PARENTS EDUCATORS ON PICKET LINES AND IN THE STREETS AND I WILL REPEAT THEIR REFRAIN. WE CAN'T WAIT. I ALSO URGE YOU TO FULLY FUND AND STAFF SPECIAL EDUCATION. >> THIS IS YOU TALK ABOUT BEING STUDENT CENTERED AND EQUITY DRIVEN. THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE TO FOCUS ON THAN SPECIAL EDUCATION
RIGHT NOW ESPECIALLY AS CLASSROOMS THINK YOU. GOOD EVENING DR. SUE AND BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. MY NAME IS KM KARA AND I AM A PROUD PARENT AT ROSA PARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE ARE TRULY THE MOST DIVERSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE IN S.F. USD AND WE ARE SO PROUD AND WE EMBRACE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. >> WE ARE HOME TO FOUR DIFFERENT PATHWAYS INCLUDING OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION, OUR STEAM AND OUR JAPANESE BILINGUAL BI CULTURAL PROGRAM. EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS MAKE OUR SCHOOL INCREDIBLE. THEY INSTILL A CULTURE OF VALUES AND HELP OUR STUDENTS THRIVE AND SUCCEED. >> BUT WE'RE AT A CROSSROADS AT OUR SCHOOL BECAUSE WE'RE NEEDING TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FUNDAMENTAL SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE IEPS. >> WE ARE CURRENTLY IN DESPERATE NEED OF A FULL TIME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, TWO RSP TEACHERS AND RSP PARENT EDUCATORS TO HELP ALL OF OUR STUDENTS LIVE ABLE TO LEARN AND THRIVE.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR OUR PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE WHEN OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS DON'T HAVE THE FUNDAMENTAL SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. HELPING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH IEPS HELPS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THRIVE. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME. ANDRE SPEARMAN. PATRICIA BOLEN. RORY ABERNATHY. JAMES TESS. TESTING. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ANDRE SPEARMAN. >> I'M WITH SEIU 10 TO 1. WE KNOW WHAT THRIVING SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE SAFE CAMPUSES MANAGEABLE WORKLOAD AND STAFF WHO EARN LIVABLE WAGES. STABILITY FOR WORKERS IS ALSO STABILITY FOR STUDENTS. YOU CANNOT HAVE THRIVING CLASSROOMS WITHOUT CLASSIFIED PROFESSIONALS. >> LET ME SAY IT AGAIN. YOU CANNOT HAVE THRIVING CLASSROOM WITHOUT THRIVING PROFESSIONALS TO BE IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FOR A YEAR. THAT MEANS THAT THEY CAN HAVE A BABY AND BE ON THE WAY FOR ANOTHER PREGNANCY. >> FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO HAVE A FAMILY. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR YOU
TO DECIDE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO COME TO THE TABLE AND REALLY TRULY NEGOTIATE AND PROVIDE WORKERS WITH THIS STABILITY SO THEY CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT HIGH QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT ALLOW YOU AS A DISTRICT TO RECRUIT AND RE TRACK AND DEAL WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT. >> THRIVING STUDENTS. THRIVING WORKERS. >> HELLO MY NAME IS PATRICIA BOLEN AND I AM A PARENT AT ROSA PARKS. I HAVE A FIRST GRADER AND A FUTURE KINDERGARTEN COMING IN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. >> AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DEMONSTRATING LONG TERM INVESTMENT IN THE BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE OF ROSA PARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WITH THE BOND MONEY THEY WILL BE MODERNIZED ING THE BUILDINGS AT ROSA PARKS. SO IT'S CONCERN OWNING THAT THERE'S NOT AN EQUAL INVESTMENT IN THE LONG TERM SUPPORT IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS OF ROSA PARKS. >> IN ORDER FOR ROSA PARKS
BUILDINGS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, WE NEED THE STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT THROUGH. AS OTHER FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED, A FULL TIME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TO OUR ESPEY TEACHERS AND THREE RSP PARAS DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF KIDS WITH IEPS AND TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR KIDS. THANK YOU. >> HELLO RORY ABERNATHY JAMES TO ME MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH TEACHER. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CONTRACT BEING RATIFIED IN SUPPORT OF THAT AND ALSO TO GET RID OF ALL PRELIMINARY LAY OFFS. >> I TAUGHT IN OAKLAND FOR 13 YEARS AND ONE OF THE THINGS I SAW I SAID OAKLAND CAN FEEL YOUR HEART OR YOU CAN BREAK IT . BECAUSE WHEN THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE YOU SAW TRAGEDY ALL THE TIME. AND AS IF USD IS MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION BY CUTTING MORE STAFF. THERE WAS A RECENT INCIDENT AND AS OF TUESDAY I CAN'T GO INTO DETAIL BECAUSE OF CONFIDENTIALITY BUT I WILL SAY THIS THE CHILD FEELS SAFE GOING TO HER SCHOOL AND PEOPLE AT THAT SCHOOL MADE IT SAFE. >> IT WASN'T THE BUILDING. IT WAS THE PEOPLE AT THAT SCHOOL.
WHEN AND IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THEY HAVE REDUCED CLASS SIZES STATEWIDE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT CHILDREN NEED MORE TIME WITH ADULTS AND MORE TIME WITH PEOPLE. SO WHEN YOU CUT PEOPLE WHEN YOU DO PRELIMINARILY LAYOFFS AND YOU CUT PEOPLE, YOU PUT CHILDREN AT RISK, THIS IS LIFE OR DEATH. AND SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING THESE CUTS, CONSIDERING THE SAFETY OF ALL OUR CHILDREN I ASKED IF YOU THINK YOU PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME MASON WALLER OH MY GOODNESS. THE DOUBLE DOUBLE RECKONING SCREECH NO, SORRY. VALERIE CARP ROARING ABERNATHY THOUGHT YOU WERE ALREADY HERE. JOSH DAVIDSON FROM SO OTHERS HAVE SHARED DETAILS ALREADY THAT WILL ECHO BUT I'LL JUST NAME NEWCOMER PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION AS TO WHAT I DO THINK NEEDS SAYING TONIGHT THOUGH IS THAT YOU ARE STRESS TESTING THE SYSTEM AND IT MAY BREAK. >> OTHERS HAVE SAID IT IN LOTS OF WAYS BUT THE CALL TO DO MORE WITH LESS IS LITERALLY THE MOST
CONSISTENT MESSAGE WE ALL STUDENTS, TEACHERS, FAMILIES, STAFF GET IN THIS DISTRICT, DO MORE WITH LESS. BUT YOU SEEM TO HAVE SOME KIND OF BIZARRE EXPECTATION THAT THIS FORMULA WILL ACTUALLY WORK, THAT IT WILL GET YOU THE RESULTS THAT YOU WANT. I HAVE SERIOUS DOUBTS ABOUT THIS BUT MAYBE EVEN IF IT DOES THOUGH IT WILL BE THROUGH THE ATTENTION AND IMAGINATION AND CARE THAT STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS AND STAFF BRING TO THE EFFORT THROUGH THEIR OWN RESOLVE. AND THERE'S A DILEMMA IN THIS KIND OF SUCCESS AND THAT'S IN MAKING IT SEEM LIKE GETTING SOME DESIRABLE RESULTS MEAN THAT WHAT YOU ARE DOING ACTUALLY WORKS OR IS SOMEHOW GOOD. SO THE UNDERLYING TRUTH OF ALL THIS IS THAT YOU SEEM TO CARE FAR MORE ABOUT THE RESULTS THAN YOU WANT THAT YOU WANT THAN ABOUT HOW MISERABLE YOU MAKE PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY. HI MY NAME IS DAVID BERKELEY SRIKRISHNA I'M A PARENT OF TWINS AT APTOS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ALSO A LOCAL ENGINEER.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE BLACK BOXES THAT ARE SITTING ON EITHER CORNER OF THIS ROOM THERE. THE THE BOARD FUNDED GENEROUSLY FUNDED ONE OF THOSE BOXES FOR EVERY CLASSROOM IN SAN FRANCISCO. HOWEVER, THAT WAS IN 2021 AND IN 20 2324 THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS UPGRADED OUR STANDARDS TO MUCH HIGHER LEVELS AND THOSE ARE NOW OUTDATED, COMPLETELY OUTDATED. SO THEY PROVIDE ABOUT 150 CFM CAPACITY WHEN THE WHAT REALLY NEED IS 750 CFM IN EVERY CLASSROOM AND THERE'S A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING FUNDING FOR THIS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. THERE'S A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY ON APRIL 15TH TO APPLY FOR A E.P.A. GRANT THAT MIGHT FUND PART OR IF NOT ALL OF THIS. SO I URGE THE BOARD TO TO MAKE SURE THIS THAT WE PUT IN A GRANT A GRANT APPLICATION. VALERIE KARP, PARENTS AND UCSF CARDIOLOGY MANAGER BREATHE IN. WILDFIRE SMOKE IS BAD.
CEDARS-SINAI RESEARCH HAS RECENTLY PRESENTED UNPUBLISHED DATA AT THE UCSF THAT SHOWED LAST YEAR'S L.A. FIRES RELEASED EIGHT TIMES THE AMOUNT OF SMALL PARTICULATE MATTER. THEN THE TWIN TOWERS DISASTER. THEY SHOWED MARKED INCREASE FOR RESPIRATORY FAILURE, HEART ATTACK AND ABNORMAL BLOOD CHEMISTRY WHICH ACTUALLY REMAINED ABNORMAL AT THE 90 DAY MARK. DATA SHOWS THAT THE CDC STANDARD OF SIX HOUR CHANGES PER HOUR IN CLASSROOMS WILL SCREW UP THE AIR OF THE WILDFIRE SMOKE BUT IT WILL ALSO SCRUB FLU COVID, RSV, WHOOPING COUGH, TB AND MORE WHICH WILL DECREASE ABSENCES, INCREASE TEST SCORES AND IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. YOU CAN LITERALLY BALANCE THE BUDGET WITH CLEAN AIR. >> THANK YOU. OKAY, I'M BACK. >> OKAY. I WAS GIFTED CLEAN BOXES BY VALERIE ASHLEY AND IT HAS BEEN
LIFE CHANGING. STUDENTS ARE MORE ALERT AND AWAKE AND I PERSONALLY HAVE SO MUCH MORE ENERGY AT THE END OF THE DAY AS AN EDUCATOR. LINCOLN, COMMODORE SLOAT, APGAR AND MYSELF AT DENMAN ALL HAVE TESTIMONIALS ABOUT CLEAN AIR. DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THERE WAS VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED MONEY FOR CLEAN AIR IN CLASSROOMS. MOST CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS APPLIED AND USED THIS MONEY. SAN FRANCISCO DID NOT APPLY. THE ENTIRE STATE OF MICHIGAN USED THE MONEY TO PURCHASE CLEAN BOXES FOR EVERY SINGLE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE STATE TO MEET THE FEDERAL STANDARD OF FIVE AIR CHANGES PER HOUR WHICH I FOUND. IT IS NOT TOO LATE FOR SAN FRANCISCO. AS THE TWO PREVIOUS SPEAKERS MENTIONED, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS A GRANT THAT'S DUE APRIL 15TH, 2026. LET'S NOT MISS OUT. THIS IS FREE MONEY AND BECAUSE CLEAN AIR IS BRIGHT MINDS AND ALL STUDENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO DESERVE CLEAN AIR IN THE CLASSROOMS. >> THANK YOU. HI THERE. I'M JOSH DAVIDSON, SEIU TEN
ONE. I'M ALSO THE CHEF FOR SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S REALLY NECESSARY THAT WE INVEST IN OUR STAFF AT THIS TIME. WE'VE BEEN IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ALL YEAR. OUR CONTRACT EXPIRED JUNE 30TH OF LAST YEAR. IT'S TIME TO GET IT DONE. >> YOUR TEAM CAME TO OUR LAST BARGAINING SESSION WITH ZERO PROPOSALS NOTHING OF ANY KIND. IT WAS DISRESPECTFUL. IT'S TIME. GET IT CLOSED. MEANWHILE MY MANAGERS HAVE ASKED ME TO INCREASE MY WORKLOAD AND MY TEAM'S WORKLOAD BY 60% NEXT YEAR WITH NO ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME. AND NOT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER FOR US TO MAKE THE MEALS THAN IT IS FOR US TO BUY THEM FROM AN OUTSIDE VENDOR. >> BUT BECAUSE WE CAN'T HIRE ANYBODY TO FILL THE NEED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT. >> PLEASE GET IT FIXED. THANK YOU. >> PLEASE LINE UP OUTSIDE. CALL YOUR NAME RACHEL AND I'LL BRING OTHELLO. TIANA TILLERY CASSANDRA CREOLE .
WHAT I DID I HAD THIS. >> OKAY. HI, MY NAME IS RAE GONDO. I'M THE PARENT OF A FOURTH GRADER AT ROSA PARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I'M ALSO A FORMER US YOUR TEACHER WHO ALSO HAS WORKED AT ROSA PARKS AND A LOT OF MY CHILDREN MY CHILD'S EDUCATORS ARE MY FORMER COLLEAGUES WHO I TRUST DEARLY. WE SAW OUR SCHOOL SITE SAW HOW CATASTROPHIC IT WAS WHEN WE LOST OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL BACK DURING THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR AND AS A LOT OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY HAVE ALREADY NOTED, WE HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH IEPS WHO NEED SUPPORT FROM OUR ADMINISTRATOR AS WELL AS FROM OUR SPACE. WE NEED OF I MEAN RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A POINT FIVE AP WE NEED HER TO BE FULL TIME. WE ALSO NEED RSP AND PARISH SUPPORT AT OUR SCHOOL SITES SO THAT WE CAN SERVE OUR SCHOOLS. >> I MEAN WE CAN SERVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, DANA. YOU'LL HEAR I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE REVERSE THOSE PRELIMINARY LAYOFFS. WE NEED AS MUCH STAFF SUPPORT AND I SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID BEFORE ME. OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THE BEST EDUCATION THAT THEY CAN GET AND THEY CAN ONLY GET THAT IF THEY HAVE FULLY STAFFED PROGRAMS. CUTTING THE NEWCOMER PROGRAM BY HALF. I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THAT MEANS IT'S REALLY CUT A WHOLE YOU CAN'T HAVE HALF OF A PROGRAM AND SERVE A STUDENT AND WHAT YOU'RE POTENTIALLY DOING OR WHAT YOU ACTUALLY ARE DOING IS YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE KIDS THROUGH THE SYSTEM THEY CAN'T READ. YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE KIDS THROUGH THE SYSTEM THAT NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE KIDS THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND GRADUATE THEM OUT INTO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT THE SAFETY NET BEING IMPOSED IN THE CITY. AND SO BASICALLY YOU'RE CREATING A PROBLEM THAT WE DON'T HAVE YET OR A GROWING PROBLEM THAT WE COULD GET BIGGER. SO I'M ASKING YOU PLEASE YOU NEED TO REVERSE THOSE LAYOFFS AND YOU NEED TO REALLY INTENTIONALLY GO TO THE SCHOOLS
AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE POSITIONS ACTUALLY DO BECAUSE THEY SERVE A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. I'M BLACK AND WHITE. >> THANK YOU. THEN. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT KIM COMMISSIONERS SUPERINTENDENT SUE AND TO OUR COMMUNITY HERE. MY NAME IS T.A. TILLERY AND I'M I'M ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED AND I AM DISAPPOINTED. TONIGHT YOU ARE GOING TO RECONSIDER SENDING PRELIMINARY LAYOFF NOTICES TO EARLY EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES, ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIALISTS INCLUDING ELEMENTARY AND STUDENT ADVISORS AND OUR SECURITY TEAMS. >> BUT LET'S TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. WE'RE CONTINUING TO ATTACK THE LOWEST PAID WORKERS OF THE DISTRICT THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS THE PEOPLE WHO BREAK UP FIGHTS, COSTUMES DOWN, HELP THEM READ HELP THEM WRITE IT.
HELP THEM BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES. THE PEOPLE WHO OFTEN LIVE IN THE SAME COMMUNITIES AS THE CHILDREN THEY SERVE. AND YET WHEN IT'S TIME TO MAKE CUTS WE'RE THE FIRST ONES ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. I UNDERSTAND SCHOOLS ARE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT RESOURCES THEY THINK THEY NEED TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. BUT WHAT IS PLAINLY CLEAR IS THAT MANY ARE OVERLOOKING THE ONE MOST ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM PEER EDUCATORS. I RECENTLY VISITED SCHOOL SITES FOR PEER EDUCATOR MEETINGS AND HAD THE HONOR OF SITTING SITTING IN ON A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION AT DR. CHARLES DREW ACADEMY. WHAT I SAW THERE WAS POWERFUL PEER EDUCATORS LEARNING AND DEMONSTRATING HOW TO PROVIDE SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION AND ONE ON ONE SUPPORT TO STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING STUDENTS WHO ARE DESPERATELY
WHO DESPERATELY NEED MORE ATTENTION, MORE CARE AND MORE ACADEMIC SUPPORT. PEER EDUCATORS ARE OFTEN ARE EVEN RUNNING THEIR OWN SMALL GROUP LEARNING CENTERS. THEY HAVE WELL DEVELOPED LESSON PLANS SIGHT WORDS PREPARE FOR LITERACY DEVELOPMENT AND INTERACTIVE BOARDS THAT HELP STUDENTS STAY ENGAGED AND EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING. THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE SIMPLY ASSISTING IN THE CLASSROOM. THESE ARE EDUCATORS DOING INTENTIONAL MEANINGFUL INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS. AND YET THE DISTRICT EXCUSE ME YET ACROSS THE DISTRICT UP HERE EDUCATORS ARE NOT BEING UTILIZED TO THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. AND FAR TOO OFTEN THEY ARE TREATED AS THOUGH THE WORK IS LESS THAN. AND WHAT I WANT TO SAY OH, SORRY. AND I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE TONIGHT. I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO HEAR THIS IS NOW THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW THAT I HAVE STOOD AT THIS PODIUM SAYING THE SAME THING.
EACH YEAR WE COME HERE EACH YEAR PRELIMINARY LAY OFFS GO OUT. EACH YEAR WE FIGHT TO SAY THE POSITIONS AND EACH YEAR MANY OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE RESTORED AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DAMAGE THIS CYCLE IS CAUSING THE CONSTANT THREAT OF LAYOFFS IS CREATING PRELIMINARY NOTICE FATIGUE AMONG UP HERE EDUCATORS HIGHLY QUALIFIED, DEEPLY COMMITTED EDUCATORS ARE LEAVING OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT CONTINUE TO LIVE WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHETHER THEY HAVE A JOB EVERY SPRING. >> THESE ARE PEOPLE OUR STUDENTS TRUST. THESE ARE RELATIONSHIPS THAT TAKE YEARS TO BUILD AND EVERY TIME WE LOSE ONE OF THESE EDUCATORS OUR STUDENTS LOSE SOMETHING TO DOING BARGAINING THIS YEAR THE DISTRICT FINALLY AGREED TO CORRECT A WRONG THAT WAS DONE TO OUR SECURITY AIDES MORE THAN A DECADE AGO WHEN OUR HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM EACH SECURITY AIDE TO PREVENT TWO FEMALE SECURITY AIDES FROM BEING LAID OFF WITH THE PROMISE
THAT THE HOUR WOULD BE RETURNED . AND MORE THAN TEN YEARS LATER THAT HOUR HAS FINALLY BEEN RESTORED. >> BUT AT THE VERY SAME TIME WE ARE CORRECTING THIS WRONG. 21 SECURITY AIDES ARE NOW FACING PRELIMINARY LAY OFFS. >> YOU CANNOT LET'S CELEBRATE CORRECTING A WRONG WHILE CREATING A NEW ONE. LET ME SAY THIS PLAINLY. OUR SCHOOLS CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT PARENT EDUCATORS BALANCING BUDGETS BY THREATENING THE LOWEST PAID WORKERS IN THE DISTRICT YEAR AFTER YEAR IS NOT LEADERSHIP. IT IS NOT EQUITY. AND IT IS NOT JUSTICE. SO TONIGHT I CHALLENGE YOU AS I DO EVERY YEAR I CHALLENGE YOU TO BE BRAVE. BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO VOTE NO ON THESE PRELIMINARY LAYOFF NOTICES. >> PREPARE EDUCATORS. THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY. OUR STUDENTS JUST DESERVE STABILITY. OUR EDUCATORS DESERVE DIGNITY AND JOB SECURITY. AND WILL CONTINUE TO SAY LOUDLY
AND CLEARLY NOT ON THE BACKS OF OUR EDUCATORS, NOT ON THE BACKS OF OUR PARENT EDUCATORS. >> NOT ANYMORE. THANK YOU. >> HI FOLKS. CASSANDRA CORYELL, PRESIDENT OF UCSF. I WAS PLANNING TO COME TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE REALLY CLEAR ON THE FACT THAT WE ACHIEVED AN AGREEMENT THROUGH HARD WORK OVER FOUR DAYS TRYING TO GET TO THAT END RESULT AND THAT THAT WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE BUDGET SEASON WHICH IS LATER THAN NORMAL AND GO THROUGH OUR UPS AND DOWNS. >> INSTEAD I'VE GOT A WHOLE LIST OF PROBLEMS TO COME FORWARD THAT AREN'T EVEN RELATED TO THIS BUT NONETHELESS PART OF THE SAME ECOSYSTEM. AND THE REASON THAT I COME TO THE BOARD IS BECAUSE YOU ARE IN THE FOR BETTER OR WORSE HOW YOU TAKE IT POSITION TO NOT BE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT PUBLIC SERVICE AND BE ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OUTCOMES OF THIS ISSUE. MANY OF THE ITEMS ON MY LIST HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE PAST AND LOOK LIKE THEY WERE UP ON THE ON THE RESOLUTION SIDE OF THINGS. WE WERE ABLE TO POINT TO A
CRISIS LEVEL AT EMPOWER THAT IT WAS A SYSTEMS ISSUE AND ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A SYSTEMS RESPONSE. AND AT THIS POINT I HAVE A LITANY OF ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING FOLKS THAT AREN'T EVEN RELATED TO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT I WISH I WAS UP HERE TALKING ABOUT. SUBSTITUTES HAVE BEEN MOVED PAY MULTIPLE TIMES OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT AS A VIOLATION. AND TODAY WE GOT WORD THAT THEY WEREN'T PAID YESTERDAY WE KNEW THEY DIDN'T GET PAID YESTERDAY. THESE ARE SUBSTITUTES WHO HAVE BEEN COVERING IN CLASSES FOR THE OVER CLOSE TO TWO 300. BUT LET'S JUST GO WITH 100 CLASSROOM TEACHER VACANCIES NOT INCLUDING THE CLASSIFIED WHO HAVE BEEN COVERING STUDENTS CLASSROOMS RIGHT IN FRONT OF STUDENTS. A SUBSTITUTE DOES NOT GET CALLED IF WE DON'T HAVE WORK TO DO WITH STUDENTS. THOSE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOLS WORKING AND WHO HAVEN'T BEEN PAID FOR THOSE DAYS. RIGHT. WE HAVE RENT DUE ON THE FIRST FURTHER TICKETS. >> ALL OF OUR PAYROLL ISSUES WE WE AS EDUCATORS AND THOSE OF US WORKERS IN SCHOOLS WE ARE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. AND SO THE BASIC ASSUMPTION
HERE IS THAT WE'RE GETTING PAID FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND THEN IN THE OFF CHANCE WHICH HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST WHEN WE PUT ON A RATIONAL MOMENT HERE, ERRORS CAN OCCUR. THERE'S SOMETIMES A HICCUP IN THE SYSTEM OR PERHAPS WE PUT IN FOR SOMETHING OR UNDER WE PUT IN A CORRECTION IN A TICKET FORM AND THOSE AREN'T GETTING ANSWERED ON A SCALE THAT IS ASTRONOMICAL AT THIS POINT CONSIDERING THAT WE RESOLVED A SYSTEMS ISSUE. AND WHEN I'VE GOT A CLASSROOM EDUCATOR, A CLASSROOM MEMBER OF OURS WHO IS A MONTHLY SALARIED EMPLOYEE GETTING A $30 CHECK AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BELOW. THIS IS A BIGGER ISSUE. AND LET'S RECALL THE LAST TIME THAT THIS OCCURRED. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIDN'T RECEIVE A CHECK. RIGHT. WE HAVE MOVED TO A BOX SYSTEM THAT WORKS IN EVERY OTHER DISTRICT. THIS CANNOT BE THE ONLY ONE. IT CANNOT. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT IT CANNOT OCCUR. DEDUCTIONS ARE BEING MADE FOR SFA AND HSA ACCOUNTS THAT
AREN'T BEING DEPOSITED INTO OUR ISSUES ARE CALSTRS DISCREPANCIES WHICH IS OUR STATE RETIREMENT PENSION SYSTEM. THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING. AND THERE IS A LEVEL OF IN DECISIVENESS THAT I HOPE GETS RESOLVED AS A RESULT OF THIS MEETING SO THAT WE CAN BALANCE OUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I HEARD A DECISION WAS MADE LOUD AND CLEAR. WE CLARIFIED THAT THAT DECISION WAS MADE SO THAT FAMILIES AND STUDENTS COULD PLAN EVERY TIME THAT THERE IS EDUCATION OCCURRING IN THE CLASSROOM. AN EDUCATOR IS WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO DEAL WITH THAT CALENDAR ISSUE, WE NEED DECISIONS NOT WHAT IFS. >> WE HAVE TO MANAGE THIS IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE EVEN IN OUT WE'RE A PARTNER TO THIS ISSUE NOT IN RESPONSE TO WHEN PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED ONE AT A TIME INSTEAD OF TAKING A SYSTEMS
LEVEL APPROACH WITHOUT HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE IN AN ECOSYSTEM. TEACHERS DO NOT WANT TO BE WORKING IN CLASSROOMS WHERE OUR JANITORIAL FELLOW COLLEAGUES HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING RIGHT. EVERYTHING IS AN ECOSYSTEM. WE ARE ALL RELATED. WE NEED THEM TO HAVE A CLOSE CONTRACT. WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON BOARD FOR THE CALENDAR AND WHATEVER IT GETS DONE. WE HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF SOLVING THIS ISSUE ONE AT A TIME. THERE WILL BE A DOMINO EFFECT AND WHEN WE AREN'T TREATED AS PARTNERS THEN WE GROW INTO THE TYPE OF PROBLEM THAT WE ALL JUST EXPERIENCED. IT SHOULD NOT TAKE TEN MONTHS TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT. IT SHOULD NOT TAKE LEVELS AND LEVELS OF BARRIERS IN ORDER TO BE THE SOLUTION WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTIONS AND NOT TAKING AN ACTION IS AN ACTION. WE NEED ANSWERS. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PLAN SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND GET THEM READY AND PREPPED UP FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN WE'LL DO IT ALL AGAIN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING. POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIRES RESPONSIBILITY.
TAKE IT. >> WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ZOOM AND WE'LL HEAR FROM STUDENTS FIRST. IF YOU ARE A STUDENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK. IF YOU ARE A STUDENT OR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY. WE'LL START WITH JARED BOGAN. IF YOU'RE A STUDENT MISS MARSHALL. NOT YET. IF YOU'RE A STUDENT I SEE NO STUDENTS. WE'LL GO TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ZOOM. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. >> WE'LL START WITH ANIKA ELRICH. >> GO AHEAD, ANIKA, CAN YOU HEAR US? ANIKA OKAY. WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. WE'LL GO TO PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE. HI, GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU. >> DR.. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. HEY GUYS.
THIS IS DR. VANESSA WE'RE CALLING AND THANK YOU ONE TO THE BOARD FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. I KNOW THIS IS MOSTLY VOLUNTEER WORK AND I'M GOING TO JUST COME TO YOU WITH TWO QUESTIONS. ONE IS HAVE YOU ALL DONE AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT TO DECIPHER WHICH PROGRAM AIMS OR POSITIONS TO CONSOLIDATE? AND IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE THAT, IF STAFF HASN'T DONE THAT, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD NEXT STEP. THE SECOND IS IN SAN FRANCISCO THE MEDIAN INCOME IS $128,000 TO $146,000. LOW INCOME IS CONSIDERED $104,000. OUR PARAS DON'T MAKE A FRACTION OF THAT. SO HOW HOW CAN SOMEONE LIVE ON $30? THAT IS NOT AN ERROR THAT IS EXCUSABLE. OKAY. SO THOSE THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I HAVE TO LEAVE YOU WITH . HAVE A GOOD TIME. >> THANK YOU. WE'LL GO BACK TO ANIKA RICH. ANIKA, CAN YOU UNMUTE.
>> WE CAN'T HEAR YOU IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SPEAK. WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT PERSON. CHRIS CLASS GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE . >> I'M CHRIS CLOUSE, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD AT WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS A MEMBER OF THE USF BARGAINING TEAM FOR NEARLY A YEAR AS OPPOSED TO YOU FAILED TO LISTEN AND RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS DISTRICT WIDE. HOWEVER, AFTER A FOUR DAY EDUCATORS STRIKE WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL HELP SO MANY EDUCATORS TO STAY IN THE DISTRICT, EASE SOME OF THE OVERBEARING WORKLOAD ON SPECIAL EDUCATORS MAKE OUR SECURITY GUARDS WHOLE AND HELP TO ENSHRINE REAL PROTECTIONS AND SUPPORTS FOR SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. I COULD GO ON AND ON WITH REASONS TO SUPPORT THIS AGREEMENT BUT MY TIME IS LIMITED. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER SPECIFICALLY FOR LISTENING TO YOU AND COMING OUT DURING THE DEMONSTRATIONS TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS OF HISTORY. IT IS MY SINCERE HOPE THAT AS A POST HAS LEARNED TO LISTEN TO STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS AND THAT SUCH DRASTIC MEASURES NEED NEVER BE
TAKEN AGAIN. I ALSO HOPE THAT THE DISTRICT IS LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS I HEARD ABOUT THE NEED TO DECLINE THE LAYOFFS. >> WE NEED THE SUPPORT IN OUR SCHOOLS ACROSS THE AGREEMENT AND VOTE NO ON THE LAYOFFS BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND BE READY TO LISTEN AND RESPOND AS REAL COLLABORATE WAS WHEN NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN AGAIN IN ABOUT A YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO NOW TO JARED BOYDEN. JARED, GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE. HELLO. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME HERE TALKING ABOUT UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 14 ONE OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDES A CONTRACT WITH IRAQ WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS UNDER FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION FOR PROMOTING VIOLENT AND EXTREMIST RHETORIC IN OUR SCHOOLS OF DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS CONTRACT IS BURIED DEEP IN ITEM G 14. I WOULD ASK BOARD MEMBERS TO PULL IT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER CONTRACTS WOULD BE
AFFECTED BY PULLING THAT ITEM. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT I BET EVEN SOME BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT AWARE THAT THIS CONTRACT IS INCLUDED. OF COURSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE ADEQUATE SERVICES IN OUR SCHOOLS FOR ARABS ARABIC SPEAKING REFUGEE IMMIGRANT STUDENTS. BUT THIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION HAS A HISTORY OF INTRODUCING VIOLENT RHETORIC IN OUR SCHOOLS AND CREATING AN UNHEALTHY AND HARMFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR OTHER STUDENTS . AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO FIND OTHER VENDORS WHO CAN PROVIDE THIS SERVICE WITHOUT CREATING A HARMFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR OTHER STUDENTS. SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO PULL ITEM G 14 I WOULD REQUEST THAT. AND OTHERWISE I WOULD DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR A COMMENT. >> THAT CONCLUDES OUR TIME WITH THIS ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU VIVIAN. GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE VIVIAN. >> WE CAN'T HEAR YOU IF YOU'RE TALKING SO WE'LL GO TO MS. MARSHALL. MS. MARSHALL GO AHEAD. AND A NEW I THINK THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE TWO QUICK THINGS WITH MY
ONE MINUTE. ONE I WANT TO TALK FIRST ABOUT THE AMAZING EDUCATOR RUTH TAYLOR WHO'S A FULL TIME PHENOMENAL EDUCATED NURSE OF USD. SHE PASSED AWAY AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT HER AT THE END OF THE MEETING. BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING A FULL TIME JOB AND GETTING ON YOUR COMPUTER AT NIGHT ON WEEKENDS TO CREATE A MALE USING CERTIFICATES FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS AND PROGRAM BOOKLETS? SO THANK YOU SISTER TAYLOR THE NEXT ON BEHALF OF THE END OF ICP WE ARE SO CONCERNED SO CONCERNS OF INTERN AND BOARD MEMBERS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO DO THE LAYOFFS TONIGHT AND WHEN YOU DO THE LAYOFFS, WHO WILL BE AFFECTED MOST BLACK AND BROWN EDUCATORS THE LAST ONE HIRED WILL WILL BE THE ONES WHO POSSIBLY WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS AND THAT'S THE START OF OUR ROSA PARKS. IT IS NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR MY CHURCH. OUR CHURCH HAS ADOPTED THAT SCHOOL SO PLEASE HELP THEM AS WELL. BUT PLEASE CONSIDER DOING ALL YOU CAN DO.
MADAM SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD MEMBERS TO KEEP THESE EXTRA FOUR I'VE HEARD TODAY HEARD LAST WEEK FOR TWO WEEKS AGO BUT ALL THESE NEW STILL THE INDICATORS COULD NOT WORK FOR US D PLEASE DON'T LET THEM LOSE THEIR JOBS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. MARSHALL WE'LL GO TO IVY IVY GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE IVY AND I REALLY CANNOT SPEAK CANTONESE AND YOUR YES ME TRANSLATE I HEAR YOU GO DON'T WALK IT AND GO OKAY UH AT THAT MOMENT THAT I HOPE YOU AGREE TO ON MY MIDDLE SCHOOL COMING UP TO LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL COMING TO THE KODJOE COME WANT TO READ ON OKAY SO I THINK I'LL WAIT I DON'T TELL YOU RECRUITING JESSIE LET ME TRY DAMIEN WHEN YOU GO TO SEE SONIA GANDHI PHOTOCOPYING LOOK ON HER FACE. SO WE'LL GET SONIA AT THE PUMP SO HAVE SOME KIND OF HOCHELAGA 14 HOUR ABSENCE OUT YET. NOW YOU CAN TALK AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE HALL QUITE STRONGLY ONE THEN COME DOWN TO HELP SANG
AND SO JESSIE HARPER GO TYPE OF CAN THEN ALLOW YOU HOSANNA SO PUTTING ITEMS YOU IF YOU GOT AN AGENDA OKAY THAT'S IT I'LL HOT THAT WILL HAVE GOGGLES YOUNG ITALIAN HOMILY FUNNY ABOUT A HOT CLIP FROM JUDY THE HOUSE OUT SOMEBODY WHO SOUNDS DIET EATING MORE TO CATER SOUP ON YOUR WAY THEY NOT PUT A FACE ON SO YOU SOON YOU GO YOU GOT SO YOU CAN SEE GOD'S EASY SO HE GOES TO A CRITICAL HOGA HOOKED UP SING JUMP ON SINGLE ENGAGE ON HOW GOOD HOW TO TELL YOU MICHEL IT WAS DANCING DANCING TALK CALL RIGHT WELL YOU WERE A MODEL SHOWING IT I SEE NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO SEE ME OUT IF I GOT THANK YOU SO MUCH. I GOOD. OH, GO AHEAD. I'M POLITICAL. I DON'T THINK ALL THE GOOD WE THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. >> I AM MY NAME IS IVY. I AM A MARINE, A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PARENT AND AT LINCOLN HIGH
SCHOOL NINTH GRADE PARENT WANT TO TELL THE BOARD BEFORE YOU DO THINK ABOUT DOING LAY OFF PLEASE DON'T LAY OFF OUR BILINGUAL OUR BILINGUAL STAFF A BILINGUAL STAFF IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR FAMILIES AND WE NEED THEM TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN. HAVING BILINGUAL STAFF ALLOWS FAMILIES TO CHOOSE SCHOOLS AND WHEN THEY CHOOSE OUR SCHOOLS THEN THEY WILL SUPPORT THIS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. OTHERWISE THESE FAMILIES THEY WILL END UP CHOOSING CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. SO WE AND SO BY SAVING BILINGUAL STAFF HERE WE SAVE OUR STUDENTS TO KEEPING OUR STUDENTS HERE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND FOR MY CHILD SPECIFICALLY MY CHILD NEEDS BILINGUAL SUPPORT AND THEY AND BILINGUAL SUPPORT TO HELP THEM LEARN. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LAYOFFS, PLEASE SAVE OUR BILINGUAL STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL HEAR NOW FROM AC C R E ZOOM TO GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE. >> I KNOW.
HI THIS IS ACTUALLY EMILY FROM CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO OPPOSE LAYOFFS BY LAYING OUT BILINGUAL EDUCATORS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO OUR LIMITED ENGLISH FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY HELP CHILDREN ACCESS GRADE LEVEL CONTENT FASTER AND OUR BILINGUAL EDUCATORS ALSO MOTIVATE ENGLISH LEARNER STUDENTS TO LEARN AND GROW BUILDING THE TRUST AND CONTINUITY THE STUDENTS NEED TO SUCCEED WHEN BILINGUAL TEACHERS ARE CUT, FAMILIES LEAVE FOR PRIVATE OR CHARTER OPTIONS. KEEPING THESE PROGRAMS HELPS TO STABILIZE OUR ENROLLMENT AND OUR DISTRICT'S BUDGET. AND FURTHERMORE, IF BILINGUAL TEACHERS ARE HARDER TO PLACE AND WITHOUT THEM ABSENTEEISM IS GOING TO CONTINUE GOING UP IN OUR IMMIGRANT STUDENT POPULATION. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT LAST WEEK WE SAW DR. SEUSS SPEAK AT COPY PROUDLY HAILING OUR HOMEGROWN BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO TURN AROUND AND ROLL BACK THESE PROGRAMS OR LAY OFF OUR EDUCATORS IN PRIVATE. SO PLEASE PUBLISH ANY IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT YOU'VE DONE TO
CUTS TO THESE PROGRAMS AND KEEP THE DISTRICT FROM CUTTING BILINGUAL EDUCATORS ON MARCH 15TH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE'LL HEAR FROM CAA PROGRAMS. GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE. HELLO COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME'S ANTHONY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND THE CANTONESE SPEAKING PARENTS WE SUPPORT. WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO PUSH US OBVIOUSLY TO KEEP LAYOFFS AWAY FROM BILINGUAL EDUCATORS. ON MARCH 15TH BILINGUAL EDUCATORS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO OUR FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY TRANSLATE SCHOOL RULES, EXPLAIN ENROLLMENT AND SPECIAL EDUCATION PROCESSES AND ALSO REASSURE PARENTS WHO ARE LEARNING TO NAVIGATE AN UNFAMILIAR SYSTEM. WHEN THESE TEACHERS ARE IN THE CLASSROOM, FAMILIES SHOW UP. STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOOL AND CHILDREN'S ACADEMIC PROGRAMS WHEN THEY ARE CUT, FAMILIES WITHDRAW OR AVOID SCHOOL ENTIRELY OUT OF FEAR. IN OUR CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT IMMIGRANT FAMILIES FOR OUR STUDENTS SAFETY AND SUCCESS. >> PLEASE DO NOT LAYOFF
BILINGUAL TEACHERS ON MARCH 15TH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO VIVIAN. VIVIAN, I SEE YOUR CELL PHONE. GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE VIVIAN YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE YOUR CELL PHONE NOW. >> HELLO? YES, GO AHEAD. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VIVIAN SAFRAN AND I'M THE FOUNDER OF SFE SCHOOL AND A PARENT IN USC. WE'RE DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT SFE USFDA IS DIRECTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO IRAQ, AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES VIOLENT EXTREMISM AND HANDING THEM A PIPE LIKE PIPELINE TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. IRAQ'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THEN NAMED CONTACT ON THE CONTRACT CALLED THE OCTOBER 7TH MASSACRE OF THOUSANDS OF ISRAELI CIVILIANS AS JUSTIFIED, STATING THAT THE ONLY THING THAT CAN OVERCOME ISRAEL IS A FLOOD. IRAQ HAS REPEATEDLY USED ITS ACCESS TO U.S. CAMPUSES TO RECRUIT STUDENTS INTO EXTREMIST POLITICAL ACTIVISM, RECOMMENDING ALPHABET BOOKS WAR I STANDS FOR INTIFADA FOR OUR KINDERGARTNERS AND DISTRIBUTING
PROTEST TOOLKIT, TALKING POINTS AND MOBILIZATION INSTRUCTIONS CONDUCT THAT HAS LED TO A FEDERAL OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION. IT'S EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. U.S. MADE THE DECISION TO PAY A ROCK TO UH THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. >> I DO WANT TO MAYBE NOT ADDRESS THE COMMENTS BUT JUST TO NAME THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA REGARDING ANY LAYOFF NOTICES FOR TODAY. WE ALSO HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED OR DO NOT INTEND TO EITHER LAYOFF ANY BILINGUAL EDUCATORS SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE WHERE THE CONFUSION IS AND AND PERHAPS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY AND WHERE THE CONFUSION MAY BE COMING FROM BUT I DID WANT TO JUST NAME THAT BEFORE WE WRAP INTO OUR NEXT PORTION OF THE AGENDA. OKAY. THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR COMING OUT AND VOICING YOUR CONCERNS AND SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES. WE APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU AND WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM WHICH IS A
REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION IN THE MATTERS OF ANTICIPATED LITIGATION CONCERNING GW AND WSF THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SEVEN EYES GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL IN THE MATTER OF ANTICIPATED LITIGATION CONCERNING EASY THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SIX EYES AND COMMISSIONER FISHER VOTING NAY GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL REGARDING TWO MATTERS OF EXISTING LITIGATION IN THE MATTER OF LH AND ADD CLAIM NUMBER 23006202 THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SEVEN A'S GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL. THE BOARD 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 IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE PORTION OF BOARD MEETING TIME WE SPEND ON STUDENT OUTCOMES. EVERY OTHER MEETING IS A MONITORING WORKSHOP SORRY I'LL SLOW DOWN FOR INTERPRETATION. >> OUR APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE ALSO CALLS ON THE BOARD TO EMPOWER THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE FULL OWNERSHIP OF THE STRATEGIES USED TO REACH THOSE
GOALS WITHIN THE GUARDRAILS SET BY THE BOARD. AS WE IMPLEMENT OUR GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO ADOPT NEW SYSTEMS, ROUTINES AND POLICIES AIMED AT IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES. WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO FOLLOW THIS WORK ON OUR WEBSITE AS A US DIRECTLY TO SLASH GOVERNANCE. >> UM THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM ARE TASKED PROVIDING A DRAFT OF EACH AGENDA 12 DAYS IN ADVANCE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO REVIEW ONCE THAT DRAFT IS MADE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE THE BOARD HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO SUBMIT CLARIFYING AND TACTICAL QUESTIONS AND STAFF HAVE COMMITTED TO RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE. THIS DOCUMENT IS LINKED IN TO BOARD DOCS ITEM E TWO WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW THOSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALONGSIDE OUR DISCUSSIONS TODAY. UM DUE TO DO SORRY WE'VE MOVED THINGS AROUND UM ITEM E OPENING ITEMS LANDING ACKNOWLEDGMENT WE THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF EDUCATION ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE RAMAKRISHNA LONEY WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL
INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA AS THE INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR TRADITIONS THE RAMA TO CHILDREN WE HAVE NEVER CEDED LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY AS GUESTS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING ON THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELAND AND WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE ARMITAGE COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES. I CALL ON THE STUDENT DELEGATE CRUZ IN MIND TO SHARE A REPORT IF YOU HAVE ONE FOR THE STUDENT DELEGATE REPORT. HI. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'LL START. YESTERDAY WE HAD AN SEC MEETING WHERE WE GOT INTO FULL PLANNING MODE FOR THE YOUTH SUMMIT ON FRIDAY APRIL 10TH FROM 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M.. AT OUR MEETING WE WORKED ON OUR MARCH DESIGN FOR LUNCHTIME ACTIVITIES. WE'RE THINKING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STARTING A MURAL AND ALSO
CREATING SOME SORT OF LIKE TREE WHERE WE CAN ADD LIKE OUR OWN PERSONAL LIKE NOTES TO IT. AND ALSO SPEAKERS WERE LOOKING FOR ONE STUDENT AND THREE ADULTS AND WE'VE BEEN LIKE GETTING THE BALL ROLLING ON THE OUTREACH AND THEN WE ALSO MIGHT HAVE A PHOTO BOOTH. >> SO FUN. YEAH WE HAD ONE LAST YEAR AND IT WAS REALLY NICE THAT THERE'S LIKE PHYSICAL COPIES SO IT'S A NICE MEMORABLE THING TO HOLD ON TO. >> ALL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS ARE INVITED SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT YOUR PRINCIPAL OR YOUR LEADERSHIP TEACHER OR JUDSON OUR COORDINATOR AND YOUR SCHOOL SITES WILL HAVE THE PERMISSION FORMS AND THEN WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON OUR WORKSHOPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AT THE YOUTH SUMMIT. AGAIN, THOSE WORKSHOP THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT DISTRICT BUDGET UCSF FOCUSING ON MENTAL HEALTH BUILDING BRIDGES I THINK THEY'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING LIKE A PHYSICAL BRIDGE. SO THAT'S EXCITING. >> AND THEN A CULTURAL ART WORKSHOP AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. >> WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. YEAH. AND IF WE ALL KNOW ABOUT YOUTH
SUMMIT WE ALSO HAVE OUR STUDENT DELEGATE DEBATE. THE STUDENT DELEGATE APPLICATION IS OPEN AS OF FIRST UP TILL MARCH 20TH I MENTIONED AT IT AND LOOK AT US NOW IT'S ONE OF THE LAST EXPERIENCES WE MOTIVATED EACH OTHER AND WE'RE BOTH HERE SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO AND YOU KNOW WHAT? LIKE FOR ME IT WAS MY FIRST DAY AND HONESTLY IT WAS REALLY NERVE WRACKING BUT ON INSIDE OUT OR ANYTHING I DID AND YEAH IT WAS REALLY FUN. I ENCOURAGE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO JUST JUMP FOR IT AND GO FOR IT. APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME SOON OR AT LEAST LIKE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN FOR ANY TYPE OF QUESTIONS AND YEAH SO WE DO HAVE THAT OPEN. SO THERE'S ANY HIGH SCHOOLERS OR PARENTS WHO WANT THEIR KIDS TO BE A STUDENT DELEGATE PLEASE LET THEM KNOW THANK YOU, THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT REPORT THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM AND AGAIN I ENCOURAGE ALL YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PLEASE GO TO THE YOUTH ADVOCACY DAY BECAUSE IT'S FANTASTIC.
OKAY SO STARTING OFF MY MY REMARKS I JUST MARCH IS A MONTH FULL OF MEANINGFUL CELEBRATIONS AND I LIKE TO BEGIN BY WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. YAY. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE TRAILBLAZING WOMEN WHO CAME BEFORE ME AS LEADERS WHO ARE AMONG OUR DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW WHO ARE COLLEAGUES ON THIS TABLE RIGHT NOW WHO REALLY ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO LIFT UP ALL OF OUR YOUNG WOMEN AND YOUNG LEADERS IN OUR DISTRICT ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS. WE ARE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE INCREDIBLE WOMEN AND GENDER DIVERSE LEADERS FROM PRINCIPALS TO TEACHERS TO SUPPORT STAFF WHO INSPIRE AND GUIDE THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS EVERY SINGLE DAY. MARCH IS ALSO ARTS EDUCATION MONTH IN CALIFORNIA. THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE ROLE THE ARTS PLAY IN OUR SCHOOLS. IT REALLY HELPS ROUND OUT THE EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS
OUR SWC PROGRAMS IN VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC, THEATER, DANCE AND MEDIA ART GIVES OUR STUDENTS MEANINGFUL WAYS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND TO HELP THEM THINK CREATIVELY AND CONNECT ALL THEIR LEARNINGS ACROSS ALL ACROSS ALL SUBJECTS . >> I WANT TO THANK OUR EXTREMELY DEDICATED ARTS EDUCATORS AND STAFF WHO INSPIRE CREATIVITY IN OUR CLASSROOMS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS AS THEY BE VULNERABLE AND SHOW OFF THEIR ART. I KNOW THAT THAT'S REALLY HARD AS WELL. ALSO THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH ALSO MARKS NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK WEEK AND NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK. I WANT TO EXTEND MY SINCERE THANKS TO OUR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS AND OUR STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICE STAFF FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT THEY DO TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE SERVING THE WHOLE CHILD. LOOKS LIKE THIS SATURDAY VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
MARCH 14TH FROM 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M. IS THE 25TH ANNUAL SPECIAL EDUCATION INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CONFERENCE. IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT JOHN O'CONNELL HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS THERE LAST YEAR. THERE IS SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING AND MEET ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE DOING THE WORK TOGETHER WITH US. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE OUT CONNECTING, LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER, BUILDING SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND THAT REALLY, REALLY PRECIOUS SUPPORT NETWORK THAT WE KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS NEED PARTICULARLY OUR STUDENTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. SO PLEASE COME AND JOIN US IN LEARNING BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILDING OUT THAT SUPPORT NETWORK FOR OUR STUDENTS. >> LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO FAMILIES AND THERE WILL BE LOTS OF COMMUNITY SPACES FOR
FAMILIES TO TAKE BREAKS FROM EACH OTHER AND TO BE GROUNDED IN THE WORK. WE WILL HAVE PROGRAMS IN LANGUAGE SPECIFIC SPACES SO SO WE WILL HAVE PROGRAMS IN ENGLISH, IN SPANISH AND IN CANTONESE THERE WILL ALSO BE SENSORY ACTIVITY ROOMS SO THAT ALL YOUNG PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE AND ENGAGE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM AND STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS ON. I KNOW IT'S A VERY, VERY HEAVY LIFT BUT THEY DO IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND THEY DO IT WITH SO MUCH GRACE AND SO MUCH COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. SO THANK YOU. THIS MONTH FROM MARCH 2ND THROUGH MARCH 19TH WE ARE ASKING OUR COMMUNITIES TO FILL OUT OUR ANNUAL ALL SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING CULTURE CLIMATE SURVEY. THESE SURVEYS PROVIDE REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON HOW OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD BE PLANNING AND EVALUATING OUR WORK AND HOW
WE CAN SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS BETTER. THERE ARE THREE ACL AND CULTURE CLIMATE SURVEYS ONE FOR STUDENTS FROM GRADE FOUR, ONE FOR STUDENTS FOURTH TO 12TH GRADERS, ONE FOR STAFF AND ONE FOR OUR PRE-K 12 FAMILIES. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS ALREADY FILLED OUT THE SURVEY SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO FILL IT OUT. IT'S A GREAT SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR US AS WE PLAN AND BUILD OUT THE WORK FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE IT'S THE OUR ENROLLMENT ANNOUNCEMENT. >> THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION. THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT JULIE OH AND YES. YES. COMMISSION. SEE THIS IS WHY I DON'T START NAMING NAMES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORD AS WELL. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR ASSIGNMENT. >> AS FOR THE 20 627 SCHOOL
YEAR WILL BE SHARED WITH FAMILIES ON PARENT REVIEW AND BY MAIL ON MONDAY MARCH 16TH. FAMILIES WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR POSITION SEE THEIR POSITIONS FOR UP TO THREE WAITLISTED SITES ON PARENT VIEW. >> STUDENTS NOT CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN OF US WILL NEED TO ACCEPT OR DECLINE THEIR MAIN ROUND ASSIGNMENTS BY MARCH 26TH. CURRENT S.F. STUDENTS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE ENROLLED IN THEIR ASSIGNED SCHOOL AND DO NOT NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION. ANY FAMILIES WHO HAVE NOT APPLIED YET FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. DO YOU STILL HAVE TIME? SO PLEASE DO IT AND GO TO OUR WEBSITE S.F. USD.EDU/APPLY AND YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT HOW YOU CAN APPLY FOR YOUR STUDENT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. >> AND THEN I RECENTLY HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO BOTH SANTA ELEMENTARY AND GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY FOR THEIR RITA LONG DAYS.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY WEEK WHENEVER I GO AND VISIT OUR SCHOOLS TO ENGAGE WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, TALK TO OUR EDUCATORS AND OUR SITE LEADERS BECAUSE IT REALLY, REALLY CONTEXTUALIZES THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING HERE IN THE BOARD ROOM. BUT THEN OUR STAFF EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND IT'S JUST IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AND SEE HOW WE ARE DOING THIS AND AND HOW OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE REACTING TO WHETHER OR NOT IT'S THE NEW CURRICULUM OR IN THIS CASE I'M READING A STORY TO OUR STUDENTS AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT WHAT I DO ON A DAILY BASIS AS THE SUPERINTEND IT. BUT IT'S AGAIN BUILDING THE STRONG FOUNDATION FOR LITERACY AND ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS. AND THEN I THINK SHE'S SOMEBODY I THINK EMILY FROM CAA MENTIONED THIS I HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY WHILE WE AS A USED WE HAD THE WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY TO HOST KOB WHICH IS THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD SEVERAL THOUSAND EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO LEARNING FROM WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND FROM EACH OTHER. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME THE ASSOCIATION TO SAN FRANCISCO AND WE HAD MANY, MANY STATE LEADERS AS WELL AS EDUCATORS PARTICIPATE IN EITHER LEADING WORKSHOPS HERE YOU ACTUALLY SEE OUR ADMINISTRATORS LEADING A WORKSHOP ALONG WITH JOSE PAULA ANTRIM, OUR ONE AMAZING PRINCIPAL AT JOSE ORTEGA. AND I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER FISHER WAS THERE BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR STATE LEADERS TO TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, TO MEET WITH EACH OTHER AND TO ENGAGE AND OUR AMAZING HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO THERE TO RECRUIT BILINGUAL TEACHERS. >> AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
WE HAD MANY, MANY PEOPLE SIGN UP BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND SAN FRANCISCO WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO WORK. SO I REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP WILL EVENTUALLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND BECOME BILINGUAL TEACHERS HERE IN THE DISTRICT. SO IT WAS AMAZING AND WONDERFUL AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF OUR OUR WONDERFUL SFD . AND THEN NEXT I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE SPRING BREAK IS HERE. SPRING BREAK WILL HAPPEN ON MARCH 20TH 7TH TO APRIL 3RD. ALL TECH TO 13 GRADES S.F. CITY SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED THAT WEEK ALL EARLY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OUT TO SCHOOL TIME AND YEAR ROUND PEAK PROGRAMS ARE OPEN DURING SPRING BREAK EXCEPT FOR TUESDAY MARCH 31ST WHICH IS CESAR CHAVEZ DAY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING OUR STUDENTS BACK ON MONDAY, APRIL 6TH. >> AND THEN FINALLY I HAVE AN IN MEMORIAM TO SHARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SAN
FRANCISCO ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS. WE SHARE IN THE SADNESS OF THE PASSING OF OUR BELOVED STELLAR EDUCATOR RUTH TAYLOR. MS. TAYLOR WAS MENTIONED EARLIER WHEN MRS. MARSHALL MADE HER COMMENTS. RUTH WAS BORN TO TEACH. SHE HAD THAT UNIQUE GIFT AND CONNECTION TO ALL OF HER STUDENTS AND FAMILIES CONNECTING TO THEIR MIND, THEIR HEART AND SPIRIT, LETTING EACH OF HER HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS OVER THE YEARS KNOW HOW MUCH SHE CARED FOR THEM AND HOW MUCH SHE SEES THEM AS INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARS AND POTENTIAL LIGHTS. RUTH WAS AN EXCELLENT EDUCATOR, DEVOTED SISTER, AUNT, FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE WHO SHOWS HER STUDENT EXCELLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM EACH DAY WITH HER GIFT OF PREPARING STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE, THE WORLD OF WORK AND BEYOND. THEREFORE IT IS MY HONOR TO CLOSE MY REPORT AT TONIGHT'S
BOARD OF BOARD MEETING IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED RUTH TAYLOR. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, DR. SUE. MOVING TO ITEM F ACTION ITEMS. COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS FOR ACTION TODAY. ALL SOMEWHAT RELATED TO EACH OTHER. WE'LL START WITH ITEM F1263-10P1 TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO. CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? >> I MOVE ACTION ITEM 263 DASH TEN UP ONE. >> SECONDED. THERE'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS ITEM 263-10 AS P ONE. DR. SU THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM IT IS MY HONOR TO SHARE THESE BOTH OF THESE TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS THAT WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CONTINUE TO HONOR OUR
EDUCATORS IN THIS CASE OUR EDUCATORS AND AND AS WELL AS CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN FISCAL STABILITY IN THE DISTRICT. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO THE TEAM TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT. >> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT KIM, COMMISSIONERS OF THE BOARD AND DR. SUE. TONIGHT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO. A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REPRESENTS THE TERMS NEGOTIATED BY BOTH BARGAINING TEAMS AND IS SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION BY THE UNION MEMBERSHIP AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD. THE UNION MEMBERSHIP HAS RATIFIED THE AGREEMENT AND IT IS NOW BEFORE THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION. IF APPROVED IT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. AND WITH THAT THE STAFF IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> I'LL OPEN IT FOR CONVERSATION OR CONVERSATION QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER RAY I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK ONE QUESTION TO START. I MAY HAVE MORE LATER ON. MY QUESTION RELATES TO HOW IF THE PARCEL TAX THAT IS
CURRENTLY PLANNED TO BE USED TO FUND THE FULLY FUNDED HEALTH CARE FOR TEACHERS IF THAT PARCEL TAX IS NOT RE-UPPED, WHAT WILL THE IMPACT BE ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WILL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BE BOUND TO COVER THE ONGOING COSTS OF HEALTH CARE EVEN IF THE PARCEL TAX IS NOT RIPPED SO THE SPECIFIC PARCEL TAX IS CUT A FOR CERTIFICATED AND OTHER EDUCATORS SPECIFICALLY MEMBERS OF YOU AND YOU. A SO THERE IS AN ACCOMPANYING MOU AND IN THE AB 1200 IT CALLS THIS OUT AS THE SOURCE FOR THE FUNDING WHICH YOU'RE DESCRIBING THERE IS TRIGGER LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT IF IT IS NOT PASSED THAT IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO BARGAINING MEANING THAT THERE'S TRIGGER LANGUAGE THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE IN THE EVENT THAT THAT THAT DOES OCCUR. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THAT BARGAINING OF COURSE IS DETERMINED AT THE TABLE. >> COULD YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC OR CLARIFY IS THE DISTRICT ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO PAYING
FOR THE HEALTH CARE COSTS IF THE PARCEL TAX IF THE VOTERS DO NOT PASS THE PARCEL TAX? >> OR ENTIRELY UP TO NEGOTIATION FROM THAT POINT? >> YES. IT'S A CONDITIONAL CLAUSE THAT IF THAT FUNDING SOURCE CEASES THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE AND IT'S SUBJECT TO BARGAINING. COMMISSIONER GUPTA SO FIRST I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE. I KNOW NEGOTIATIONS NEGOTIATIONS ARE LONG AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THIS TEAM TO TO GET THAT DONE. QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT IS THE ANNUAL COST OF THEIR HEALTH BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE OFFERED FULL YEAR OR PUT ANOTHER WAY, IS IT ABOUT 14 MILLION? >> IF I'M IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY LIKE THINK YOU COMMISSIONER THANK YOU. SO THE FIRST YEAR 20 627 SINCE THE HEALTH CARE AGREEMENT ONLY GOES INTO EFFECT JEFFREY FIRST AND THEN WE ALSO PAY PARTIALLY BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2026. THE FIRST YEAR COST IS 20,000,020.7.
THE SECOND YEAR IT GOES UP TO 42 POINT 3 MILLION AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAD PHASED IN THE COVERAGE 50% AND 50% FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE 20 627 SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN IT EVENTUALLY TRANSITIONS TO 100%. SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LARGE INCREASE IN THE SECOND YEAR. GOT IT. SO THESE COSTS. YES. AND SO THE END OF THERE'S ALSO WE ALSO ADDED IN THE 10% INCREASE IN COST ALSO 10% MIGRATION. SO WE INCLUDED THAT ALSO AS A FACTOR. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THE HEALTH CARE COSTS NOW IS THAT IS THAT FLOATING AS IN BY WHATEVER IT'S INCREASED WE WILL COVER 100 PERCENT OF THAT. YES. >> DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH HEALTH CARE COSTS INCREASE PER YEAR OR WHAT'S BUDGETED IN IT'S BEEN FLUCTUATING PRETTY DRAMATICALLY RECENTLY. SO FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS IT'S BEEN UP ALMOST 10% PER
YEAR YEAR OVER YEAR AND THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN FAIRLY TYPICAL THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. HEALTH CARE COSTS HAVE BEEN RISING RAPIDLY AND ANNUAL TYPICAL INCREASE PRIOR TO THE LAST THREE YEARS WAS USUALLY BETWEEN SIX AND 7%. SO THE COSTS HAVE ESCALATED. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE SHORT TERM OR A LONGER TERM TREND. SO THE ESCALATION THAT CFO JAYARAMAN JUST MENTIONED IS INCLUSIVE OF OF A 10% ESCALATION FOR THE TWO YEARS WE PROJECTED IT. GOT IT. THANK YOU. AND THEN WITH REGARD TO THEN THE TO AND THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THAT PARTIAL TAX CLIFF THAT ENDS AT 2020 AT THE END OF 2028 AS I UNDERSTAND IS THE IDEA THAT WHATEVER PARCEL TAX WE WOULD THEN TRY TO IMPROVE NEXT WOULD COVER EVERYTHING INCLUDING THAT FLOATING PART AND INCLUDE THE FLOATING HEALTH CARE COST. >> SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO GET THE RENEWAL PREVIOUSLY RENEWALS FOR PARCEL TAXES IN THE DISTRICT HAVE BEEN FOR A 20 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME AS WELL AS GET AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT ADDED TO THAT RENEWAL TO COVER NOT
JUST ONE YEAR OF ESCALATION BECAUSE THE PARCEL TAX ITSELF ONLY ESCALATES AT LOCAL CPI WHICH IS PEGGED BETWEEN 2.4 AND 2.7% A YEAR FAIRLY STANDARD . AND YES, OUR COSTS GO UP FASTER THAN THAT. SO I KNOW THERE COULD BE AN ARGUMENT ABOUT WHAT CPI IS BUT BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT'S PEGGED. SO INITIALLY THE THE AMOUNT WOULD HAVE TO GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE FACT THAT COSTS WILL GO UP FASTER THAN THE BUILT IN ESCALATION. >> CAN YOU BE A LITTLE MORE SORRY JUST TO DOUBLE CLICK ON THAT A LITTLE HOW HOW IS THAT DONE OR HOW TO I MEAN IF IT'S INCREASING SAY AT 10% PER YEAR AND TYPICAL CPI IS 2.4 TO 2.7%, HOW WOULD WE EVEN DO THAT AND WHAT WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPLICATION FOR THE PARCEL TAX THAT WE'D SEE? >> GREAT QUESTION. SO THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE FISCAL ENTITIES SO THE PARCEL TAX CPI GOES UP BUT LET'S JUST CALL IT 2.5% A YEAR. AND IF THE BASE IS 108 MILLION THAT INCREASES 2.5% A YEAR.
BUT IF THE 10% INCREASE ASSUMED ON A $40 MILLION IS ONLY 4 MILLION, THEN ACTUALLY WE WOULD WE WOULD HAVE MOST OF IT COVERED BY THE CPI. SO YOU WANT TO START OUT BY ASKING FOR A BIT MORE PER PARCEL SO THAT THAT 2.5% WOULD KEEP UP WITH THE 10% ESCALATION IN COSTS YEAR OVER YEAR. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT IT DOES. I'M JUST IF IT'S 20 YEARS I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK THROUGH WHAT THAT WHAT THAT IS FOR YOU. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WE HAVE TO WE DO A LOT OF MODELING IN FISCAL AND SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY MODEL IT OUT OVER 20 YEARS. AT THAT POINT WE WOULD LOOK AT A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE IS TYPICALLY A 5 TO 7 YEAR AVERAGES FOR THAT LONG OF A MODEL IS WHAT WE WOULD LOOK AT AND WE WOULD MODEL THAT OUT FOR THE LIFE OF THE PARCEL TAX. GOT IT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS ALSO AS I UNDERSTAND AND I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON A Q&A QUESTION THAT WAS IN THERE ALSO AS I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A $654 MILLION UNDERFUNDED LIABILITY
AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. AND FROM THE Q&A AND MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL THAT THAT CONTRIBUTES ABOUT 38 MILLION A YEAR TO OUR COSTS OR SO AM I UNDERSTANDING AS WELL THAT THERE ARE 6% OF THE COSTS OF THIS CONTRACT THAT ARE NOT FUNDED OR HOW AM I TO READ THE OPEB LIABILITY OF THIS CONTRACT AND WHETHER THAT'S FUNDED OR NOT? SURE. OUR OPEB LIABILITY IS ENTIRELY UNFUNDED IN THIS DISTRICT. WE WRITE THERE ARE OPTIONS TO PREFUND AND OPEB JUST SO EVERYBODY OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WHICH MEANS BENEFITS THAT YOU RECEIVE AFTER YOU SEPARATE FROM THE DISTRICT IN OUR CASE THAT MEANS LIFETIME RETIREE HEALTH CARE FOR MEMBERS THAT HAVE SERVED THE DISTRICT LONG ENOUGH PER THEIR CONTRACT. AND SO THERE ARE OPTIONS IN THE STATE TO PREFUND THAT FOR A DISTRICT A DISTRICT CAN INVEST WITH CALPERS AND PREFUND THAT UP TO THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY. WE HAVE NO FUNDING AS A PREFUNDING SO THAT IS A COMPLETE LIABILITY FOR US WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE WHAT WE CALL PAY AS YOU GO, PAY AS YOU GO DISTRICTS LITERALLY GET THE BILL HANDED TO THEM EVERY MONTH
FOR ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE LISTS THAT ARE RECEIVING THAT BENEFIT AND SO CURRENTLY THAT'S BETWEEN 35 TO $40 MILLION A YEAR OF OUR REVENUES THAT WE PAY FOR THAT RETIREE BENEFIT. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER THANK YOU. SO I HAD I THINK TWO QUESTIONS. ONE IS AROUND THE COST OF THE AGREEMENT. I DID ASK THIS IN THE WRITTEN QUESTION BUT I'M I THOUGHT IT WAS WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ASK FOR THE PUBLIC AND I'M NOT SURE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSE EITHER. THE QUESTION BASICALLY WAS THAT THE THE ANNOUNCED COST OF THE AGREEMENT WAS 183 MILLION. THAT'S WHAT WE SAID PUBLICLY. BUT IN THE AB 1200 THE THREE YEAR COST ADDS UP TO 156 MILLION OVER THOSE THREE YEARS WITH A FINAL YEAR TOTAL OF ABOUT 7076 MILLION. SO WHAT'S THE DISCREPANCY THERE ? >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. SO ONE VARIANCE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT THE AB 1200 IS ONLY FOR THE GENERAL FUND SO WE DO HAVE U E MEMBERS THAT ARE PAID OUT OF OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE PAID OUT OF OUR FOR EXAMPLE
MOSTLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN COUNTIES. SO WE DON'T INCLUDE THOSE COSTS IN THE AGREEMENT. THAT'S ONE VARIANCE. THE OTHER VARIANCE IS THE WORK AROUND THE SPECIAL ED AND PAY CONTRACTS THAT WE HAD MENTIONED LAST WEEK. >> WE WHEN WE WERE CROSSING THE INITIAL AGREEMENT WE FACTORED IN THE COST OF RECRUITING AND ONBOARDING THOSE CONTRACTORS INTO VACANT POSITIONS AND THE COST OF PAYING FOR HEALTH CARE FOR THOSE NEWLY IMPORTED EMPLOYEES. BUT BECAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL STEPS THAT HAVE TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE WE CAN RECORD THAT AS A COST, THAT PORTION WAS ALSO NOT ASSUMED AT THE TIME AFTER TALKING WITH OUR KEY ADVISORS WHETHER THAT WAS A VALID ASSUMPTION TO INCLUDE IN THE B 1200 AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION KIND OF LEADING UP TO THE STRIKE AND AND BEFORE ACTUALLY AROUND RESERVES AND KIND OF THE THE DESIRED SIZE OF RESERVES. IN FACT THE BOARD VOTED ON THIS BACK IN DECEMBER AND AND ONE OF
THE QUESTIONS THAT I STILL AM NOT CLEAR ON IS THERE'S BEEN THIS CLAIM THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING PUBLICLY THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RECOMMENDS A 17% RESERVE FOR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE SOURCE OF THAT IS. I HAVE NOT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT. >> SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A PART OF YOUR BOARD RESOLUTION AND AND BY LAW THAT YOU PASSED AND IT ACTUALLY CITES THE CITY REFERENCE. RIGHT. AND THAT'S BASED ON THE CONCEPT THAT MOST SCHOOLS AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS IN YOUR ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE WE'VE BEEN COMPLAINING WHERE WE'RE POSTING ALL OF OUR PAYROLL AND VENDOR WARRANTS AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS ALL MONEY THAT'S OUTGOING EVERY MONTH. IF YOU WERE TO ADD THAT UP FOR THE WHOLE YEAR AND AVERAGE IT OUT FOR THE 12 MONTHS YOU WOULD SEE THAT TWO MONTHS OF EXPENSES IS ABOUT 17.5%. RIGHT? SO SO BUT THE CITY LANGUAGE WHICH WE PROVIDED TO YOU IN THE BOARD ITEM SAYS THAT THE
RECOMMENDED GUIDANCE IS FOR DISTRICTS TO KEEP RESERVES NOT IN EXCESS OF 17.5%. NOW REMEMBER THE 2% LOCALLY YOU CAN'T SPEND SO ROUGHLY THAT FOR EMERGENCIES OR FOR UNFORESEEN COSTS WHICH WE DO GET WE JUST ABSORBED THEM INTO THE BUDGET THAT THAT'S THAT THAT'S A RECOMMENDED NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER. NOW IF YOU LOOK AT RESERVES IN THE STATE THEY VARY GREATLY AND THEY VARY SPECIFICALLY BY THE TYPE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT SO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACTUALLY HAVE THE LOWEST RESERVES BUT THEY SIT AT ABOUT 22% AS AN AVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE STATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THE LOWEST THEY SIT BETWEEN 6 AND 818% ON AVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH ARE JUST HIGH SCHOOLS. WE HAVE ACTUALLY QUITE A FEW OF THEM SOUTH OF US IN SAN MATEO. IT'S A RATHER UNUSUAL STRUCTURE. WHAT THEY DO HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM. THERE USUALLY ARE AROUND 28 TO 30% AND HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ACTUALLY THE WEALTHIEST
DISTRICTS IN THE STATE. >> SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE 17% NUMBER IS A RECOMMENDED MAXIMUM. IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? >> YEAH, IT'S THE RECOMMENDED DO NOT EXCEED IT DOES NOT SAY MAXIMUM. THEY'RE VERY CAREFUL WITH THEIR LANGUAGE BUT YES THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS BECAUSE THE WAY WE'VE PUT IT OUT IS KIND OF AS A RECOMMENDED OR IT SEEMS TO READ AS A RECOMMENDED MINIMUM AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR IF WE'RE SAYING THAT THE STATE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IT'S A RECOMMENDED MAXIMUM, I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO A STATE 10% CAP SOME YEARS, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AND SO WHAT YOU DO IN THOSE CASES. RIGHT. SO WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT OUT OF THOSE TEST YEARS SO YEARS THAT WE ARE IN TEST ONE WHICH I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO VARIOUS FINANCIAL TESTS BUT WE HAVE BEEN IN TEST ONE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS THE STATE CAPS RESERVES AT 10%. HOWEVER WHAT IT DOES NOT DO IS
IT DOES NOT LIMIT THE ABILITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THEN APPROPRIATELY PUT ASIDE MONEY THAT WE SHOULD BE PUTTING ASIDE TO PAY FOR FUTURE LIABILITIES SUCH AS OPEB DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OR OTHER COSTS THAT WE TYPICALLY JUST PUT OFF BECAUSE WE TEND TO PUT OFF A LOT OF DIFFERENT COSTS THAT ARE OPTIONAL TO GET AROUND TO THEM SOMEDAY. AND AS IS TRUE WITH SAN FRANCISCO AND MANY OTHER DISTRICTS WE JUST SIMPLY NEVER GET TO THEM. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> UH. STUDENT DELEGATE MAN HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THEN THANK YOU TO SUPERINTENDENT SO AND US OF EVERYONE INVOLVED FOR THIS WHOLE THING. >> IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN AN UNEXPECTED PROCESS FOR A LOT OF US AND I'M SPEAKING FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE IT'S BEEN YEAH, LIKE UNEXPECTED LIKE I'D NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD GO THROUGH THAT AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED FOR COLLABORATING AND WORKING TO
GET STUDENTS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM. MY QUESTION I'M READING THE COMPANION RESOLUTION AND IT SAYS THAT THE AS OF YOU HAVE BUDGET IS CURRENTLY IN HAS CURRENTLY HAS A NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION. IS THAT TRUE BECAUSE I READ I REMEMBER HAVING I'M ALSO ON THE YOUTH COMMISSION IT'S LIKE MORE OF A CITY TYPE OF THING AND WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM THAT'S A FEW ISSUES BUDGET OFFICE LAST WEEK AND THEY SAID WE WERE IN QUALIFIED CERTIFICATION AND THEN OH YEAH QUALIFY FOR VACATION MOVING TO POSITIVE. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THAT LIKE WHICH CERTIFICATION STAGE ARE WE REALLY IN AND AND ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT HOW THE DISTRICTS ADOPTED BUDGET AND THE AUDIT ACTUALS AND SUCH CANNOT SUSTAIN THE AGREED TO INCOME INCREASES WITHOUT MAKING SOME SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS AND SO I'M WONDERING LIKE WHAT ARE THOSE REDUCTIONS AND DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE LAYOFFS THAT WERE MENTIONED
EARLIER OR CUTTING PROGRAMS OR CLOSING SCHOOLS, ETC.? IT'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I WILL I WILL TRY SO I WANT TO DECOUPLE A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS REFERENCES THE PEAKS OF LAST WEEK. NO, THAT'S JUST FROM DECLINING ENROLLMENT IN A DISTRICT IN DECLINING ENROLLMENT WHICH WE HAVE BEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME SHOULD BE DOING ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THEIR STAFFING ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE LOSING WHAT EQUATES TO IN THIS DISTRICT YOU KNOW, A FULL SCHOOL OR MAYBE A COUPLE OF FULL SCHOOLS WORTH OF STUDENTS A YEAR WHICH IS THE SITUATION THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN. YOU'RE ASKING A LOT OF THE FINANCIAL QUESTIONS WHICH ARE GOING TO BE IN OUR FINANCIAL PRESENTATION TONIGHT. HOWEVER, THERE'S AN INTERESTING THING WITH CERTIFICATION. SO WHAT WE DID AT FIRST INTERIM WAS WE GOT BACK TO A QUALIFIED CERTIFICATION AND WE SELF CERTIFIED AS QUALIFIED. SO WE ARE SUPPOSED TO RECOMMEND A CERTIFICATION FOR THE BOARD TO PASS AT BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND INTERIM AND WE RECOMMENDED QUALIFIED AND THEN BECAUSE WE ARE IN OVERSIGHT BY CDC WE NEEDED TO WAIT TO
RECEIVE THEIR REVIEW OF OUR FIRST INTERIM AND TO EITHER DISAGREE OR TO PROVIDE THEIR CONCURRENCE. CDE TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET THROUGH AND WE RECEIVED THAT JUST LAST WEEK AND WE RECEIVED IT BY IT BEING POSTED ON THE WEBSITE BEFORE WE WERE NOTIFIED AND SO IT HAS NOW BEEN CONCURRED TO BUT WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH CDE AND THAT ABOUT FASTER AND MORE RESPONSIVE OVERSIGHT AS WELL AS FASTER COMMUNICATION AND IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE THAT WELL BEFORE WE'RE MOVING INTO SECOND INTERIM REPORTING WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS EVENING. SO IT WAS CONFUSING AND FOR US AS WELL BUT THEY DID CONCUR THAT QUALIFIED IS THE CURRENT CERTIFICATION. >> THANK YOU. JUST THAT LAST PART OF STUDENT DELEGATE MAN'S QUESTION WAS IT ALSO SAID UNDER NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION THEN WE WILL HAVE TO I BELIEVE SOMETHING SOMETHING OF THE EFFECT OF THIS IS UNSUSTAINABLE AND WE HAVE TO MAKE LOTS OF YEAH SO THAT'LL BE IN THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. SO THE REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT AND I DON'T WANT TO MIX THINGS
BECAUSE SOMETIMES THIS HAPPENS AT THE BOARD AND THEN THEY CONFLATE TWO ITEMS. SO THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE HB 1200 IN THE TO THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AB 1200 IN THE TO IS THAT WE CAN PAY FOR THE AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS. RIGHT SO THAT MEANS JUST FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS PAST THIS YEAR IT BEGS THE QUESTION FOR THE BOARD THIS YEAR IS ALMOST OVER. THAT'S SORT OF A SHORT YEAR TO BE LOOKING AT AND ESTIMATING IT ON WHICH IS WHY IN THE FISCAL PRESENTATION WE ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE DID AT OUR BUDGET STUDY SESSION. WE'LL BE SHARING WITH THE PUBLIC AND THAT IS WE'VE ADDED ON A FOURTH YEAR BECAUSE THAT WILL BE OUR NEW THIRD YEAR IN JUNE AND THAT IS WHEN YOU'LL SEE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE BILL COMING DUE AND THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT THE BUDGET THAT WE ADOPT. SO TO YOUR QUESTION THAT MEANS YES THAT THE DISTRICT WILL NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SOLVENT FOR THE CURRENT PLUS TWO YEARS
STARTING IN JUNE SO NOT THIS YEAR PLUS TWO BUT NEXT YEAR PLUS TWO THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO HAVE A REDUCTION PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO STUDENT DELEGATE MAN FOR HER VERY CLOSE READING. DOES THAT MEAN BECAUSE SHE'S RIGHT IT SAYS ONE OF THE WHEREAS CLAUSES SAYS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE A NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION SO IN ORDER FOR US TO VOTE ON THIS WOULD WE NEED TO AMEND IT HERE TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACCURATE? MY MY OPINION IS NO CITY IS IN THE ROOM TONIGHT AND I WON'T PUT TINA ON THE SPOT. SO HERE'S MY READING WE DID NOT RECEIVE THEIR CONCURRENCE IN TIME TO PUT THAT IN THIS DOCUMENT. I DON'T BELIEVE IT HAS TO BE AMENDED BECAUSE IT IS POSTED TO THEIR WEBSITE AND THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED THE COMMUNICATION FROM THEM THAT WE ARE NOW IN QUALIFIED I RECOGNIZE THAT CAME VERY LATE. THE RECOGNIZES THAT CAME VERY LATE. LIKE I SAID I TALKED TO THEM BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IMPACTS MATERIALLY YOUR ABILITY TO PASS THIS AS WRITTEN BECAUSE WHEN WE WROTE IT WE WERE STILL
TECHNICALLY UNDER NEGATIVE. >> THAT MAKES SENSE BUT WE'RE VOTING ON IT TODAY AND WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION. I MEAN IS THERE IS THERE TO I GUESS TO GENERAL COUNCIL IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH US DOING AN ORAL AMENDMENT AND JUST I WOULD THINK THAT IF WE'RE VOTING ON SOMETHING AND THERE'S A WAREHOUSE CLAUSE THAT WE KNOW THAT'S NOT TECHNICALLY ACCURATE, WE WOULD WANT TO CORRECT IT IF WE CAN. I THINK THAT HAVING IT THE WAY IT IS AS IT WAS SUBMITTED AS IT WAS SIGNED AS IT WAS REVIEWED IS PROBABLY MORE CONSERVATIVE. I DON'T LIKE I THINK TO AS TO THE EARLIER POINT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY PROBLEMS. THAT'S THE BIGGER ISSUE I THINK AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT CITY IS SAYING THEY WILL NOT HAVE A PROBLEM FROM IT. THEY'RE WAVING IT OFF IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. I GUESS IN TERMS OF GRADE THAT THAT THIS IS FINE IF WE VOTE ON IT BUT WHY WOULD WE NOT AMEND IT? SO IT'S AN ACCURATE DOCUMENT AS OF THE DATE THAT WE'RE VOTING
ON IT. IT'S SWAPPING IN ONE WORD IF YOU WISH TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT YOU CAN. I'M JUST HYPERSENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS BEING SUBMITTED. SOUNDS LIKE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM IF THE BOARD WISHES TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT YOU ARE FREE TO DO SO. >> THE CITY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US MAKING THAT AMENDMENT EITHER SO THEY DON'T CARE BECAUSE SHE'S RIGHT. >> HEY. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. TELL ME WHEN IT'S TIME TO MAKE A MOTION YOU ARE WELCOME TO OKAY. >> I WOULD MOVE NOW WITH THAT STAFF QUESTIONS. GUYS, I WANTED TO GO BACK AND ASK MY QUESTIONS. >> NO, I I WE HAVEN'T VOTED FOR THEM. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS IS THAT IT DOES INTERRUPT. WE CAN QUICKLY VOTE ON IT AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WE CAN RESUME DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE WOULD NEED TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON THE WHOLE ITEM ITSELF. SO I WOULD QUICKLY MOVE ON. OKAY. SO I WOULD MOVE TO THANK YOU. CAN CAN SHE DO IT FORMALLY OR NO BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T DELEGATE
QUITE HOW THAT WOULD BECAUSE SHE COULD MAKE THE MOTION. I MEAN IT'S SHE'S LIMITED WE APPRECIATE HER GUIDANCE EAGLE EYES I WOULD THEN MOVE TO AMEND THE COMPANION RESOLUTION TO AB 1200 CERTIFICATION TO STRIKE OUT THE SECOND TO STRIKE OUT THE WORD NEGATIVE IN THE SECOND WHEREAS CLAUSE AND REPLACE IT WITH QUALIFIED SECOND AND WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. OKAY WHO'S WHO SECOND IT I'M SORRY. OKAY THANK YOU. AND IT WAS MOVED BY GOING TO WORK. OKAY. I SIT AND DELEGATE MINE. YES. SO IN DELEGATE CRUZ YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER? YES. VICE PRESIDENT HULING. YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. WELL WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO SAY? OKAY. DID YOU WANT TO HAVE. >> I DO. THANKS. I HAD LEFT A FAIR AMOUNT OF MY
TIME BUT I ACTUALLY HAVE A SIMILAR QUESTION TO WHAT STUDENT DELEGATE MINE WAS ASKING. SO BUT SO I'M GOING TO ASK IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAY. SHE WAS SHE YOU KNOW, SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT OF YOU KNOW, THE REDUCTIONS WERE ESSENTIALLY CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN IN LAYMAN'S TERMS WHAT YOU KNOW HOW WE'RE DETERMINING TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN LIKE SORRY, I'M NOT EXPRESSING AS WELL CAN YOU EXPLAIN IN LAYMAN'S TERMS WHAT THE AB 1200 IS SHOWING VERSUS WHAT THE FSP WHICH WE'RE TAKING UP LATER SHOWS? >> YES. AGAIN, TOTALLY DIFFERENT ACTIONS. THE FSP IS NOT UP FOR DISCUSSION UNTIL WE DO OUR FINANCIAL REPORT. >> RIGHT. SO THE AB 1200 SIMPLY IS THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT AND THE FINANCIAL CERTIFICATION CREATED BY MYSELF AND STAFF THAT WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PAY FOR IT FOR THE CURRENT AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND OF
COURSE THE CURRENT YEARS THIS YEAR AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS. BUT THAT DOES NOT SET OUT A PLAN FOR JUST THAT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE MONEY OVERALL IN OUR BUDGET SOMEHOW IT MAY BE COMMITTED TO SOMETHING ELSE BUT WE TECHNICALLY HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. CORRECT? WHEREAS WE'RE A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS A PART OF AN INTERIM DOCUMENT THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW IF WE ARE UNDER NEGATIVE OR QUALIFIED CERTIFICATION TO PUT FORWARD A REDUCTION PLAN IN SPENDING TO REDUCE OUR SPENDING SO THAT WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS A BALANCED BUDGET THAT OF COURSE HELPS TO PROVIDE MONEY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PAY FOR THINGS. BUT IT IS NOT THAT THE TWO AREN'T RELATED DIRECTLY THEY'RE INDIRECT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WILL IMPACT THE OUTCOME OF YOUR DECISION? SORRY I HAVE NOT EXACTLY BUT I DO HAVE ONE. >> SORRY I HAVE NO NO I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THAT I FORGOT TO ASK EARLIER. I APOLOGIZE. I'LL BE QUICK. PLEASE. >> I HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT. THE THIS IS RELATED TO THE T.A BUT IT'S ACTUALLY IT'S LOOKING
BACK TO THE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION WE PASSED ON FEBRUARY 3RD A CONCERN WAS RAISED WITH ME THAT THAT RESOLUTION SAYS THAT THE RESOLUTION SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS ADOPTION AND SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL REPEALED BY FORMAL BOARD ACTION. IS THAT EMERGENCY RESOLUTION STILL IN EFFECT? IT IS IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION IS NOT IN EFFECT NOR IS IT BEING USED. BUT WE DO WE I THINK WE'VE BEEN ASKED AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC BUT JUST TO MAKE IT QUICK, THERE IS A FULL INTENT TO KIND OF SUM UP THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE TAKEN AND REPORT THAT TO THE BOARD AND THERE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL A SUBSTANTIAL COLLECTION OF THAT INFORMATION AND THAT INFORMATION IS MAKING ITS WAY ABSOLUTELY TO THE BOARD FOR ALL THE THINGS TO WRAP THAT UP AND IN SO IN SUMMARY WHAT WAS DONE SO IT'S NOT IN EFFECT BECAUSE THE STRIKE IS OVER AND IT WAS AT ONE TIME IT WAS ENTIRELY UPON THE STRIKE UPON THE STRIKE BASED ON THE NEED TO
RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS REAL COVER PLEASE. SORRY. JUST TO NAME DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WILL COVER POLICE SIT IN DELEGATE MINE YES SIT IN DELEGATE CREWS? YES. COMMISSIONER RAY? YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEARING YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER YES. MOVING TO ITEM 2263-102 TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT INCOMING CRAFTS IP W LOCAL SIX CAN HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND I MOVED TO ACCEPT MOTION 263-102 IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THE SECOND HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY SECOND BUT NOW IT IS. APOLOGIES I WAS JUST READING TOO QUICKLY THANK YOU. IT IS NOW BEEN PROPERLY MOVED
AND SECONDED. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WISEMAN AWARD FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. THE BOARD HAS APPROVED TO APPROVE ITEM 263-1022 DR. SU AND STAFF AGAIN I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR TEAMS FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR OUR AMAZING EMPLOYEES. >> I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO THE TEAM. OKAY. PRESIDENT KIM, COMMISSIONERS OF THE BOARD AND DR. SUE AGAIN ALSO TONIGHT BRINGING FORWARD A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT IN OUR COMMON CRAFTS REPRESENTING TEN OF OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL SIX. THEIR TENTATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THESE UNITS REPRESENT THE TERMS NEGOTIATED BY THE BARGAINING TEAMS AND ARE SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION BY UNION MEMBERSHIP AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD. >> THE UNION MEMBERSHIP FOR EACH UNIT HAVE RATIFIED THEIR AGREEMENTS AND THEY ARE NOW BEFORE THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION. IF APPROVED THEY WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. AND AGAIN STAFF IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? >> COMMISSIONER RAY HI, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ME TWO CLAUSES IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN FOR THE PUBLIC WHAT ME TWO CLAUSES ARE AND WHETHER SORT OF WHAT THE DISTRICT PRACTICE HAS BEEN IN THE PAST AND THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL ALSO IF YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS OR IF THEY'RE BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE INCLUSION OF THE TWO CLAUSES. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION COMMISSIONER RAY. SO THE ME TOO CLAUSE IS A WAY IN WHICH THE UNION ASKS FOR PROTECTION SO TO SPEAK. SO IN THAT THE EVENT DURING BARGAINING WITH ANY OF OUR OTHER LABOR PARTNERS IF THEY ARE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE SOMETHING HIGHER THAT THEY TOO WOULD THEN QUALIFY FOR THE DIFFERENCE. IN THIS CASE THE COMMON CRAFTS AND LOCAL SIX WE CLOSED THEIR NEGOTIATIONS IN LATE JANUARY SO THEY INCLUDED A ME TO CLAUSE. AND AS YOU'RE AWARE USF SECURED A 4.5% AND A 4% INCREASE OVER TWO YEARS OR I'M SORRY EACH
YEAR FOR THOSE TWO YEARS. THEREFORE THE COMMON CRAFTS AND LOCAL SIX RECEIVED THE DIFFERENCE. AND SO FOR THEIR FIRST YEAR THEY'RE RECEIVING A 2.5% ME TWO. AND THE SECOND YEAR THEY'RE RECEIVING THE DIFFERENCE OF THE 2% FOR THEIR SECOND YEAR. THE HISTORY OF ME TWO CLAUSES FOR THE DISTRICT UNFORTUNATE LATELY I CANNOT SPEAK TOO MUCH ON THAT ONLY BECAUSE OF MY OWN TENURE HERE IT'S I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT OR DISCUSS MEETINGS PRIOR TO THESE CONTRACTS. MAYBE SOMEONE HERE AT THE TABLE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY DO HAPPEN FREQUENTLY AND IN TERMS OF BEST PRACTICES MOVING FORWARD. I KNOW THAT'S JUST COMPLETELY UP TO THE UNION TO ASK FOR IT AND THEN THE BARGAINING TEAM TO NEGOTIATE WHETHER WE CAN MAKE THAT POSSIBLE OR NOT. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION OR I JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY INFORMATION ON IF THERE ARE BEST PRACTICES AROUND B TWO CLAUSES WHETHER
THEY YOU KNOW WHAT THE GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IF THERE ARE ANY REGARDING THE USE OF THOSE CLAUSES. I THINK ME TWO CLAUSES ARE COMMONLY USED ACROSS THE STATE IN BARGAINING AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT AT EACH TABLE AND THEN REQUIRES PORT AUTHORITY BEFORE REACHING AN AGREEMENT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ? >> COMMISSIONER GUPTA? YEAH, I MEAN I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY JUST GENERALLY ABOUT THESE CONTRACTS. I MEAN YOU KNOW I MEAN IT'S ABSOLUTELY INCUMBENT UPON US OR IT'S IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EDUCATORS AND OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HEALTH CARE. I MEAN IF HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE RISING 10% I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR THAT. I'D ADD HOUSING IN THERE AS WELL. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THING IS THOUGH THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS OUR DUTY IS TO ENSURE THAT THE PROMISES WE MAKE TODAY DO NOT COME ON THE BACKS OF LAYOFFS FOR TOMORROW. AND THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY CONCERNING THAT THIS COMES AT A COST.
AND SO TO ME I MEAN IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN IN TWO YEARS, THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE . THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR US. THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. I IMAGINE FOR EDUCATORS, FOR OUR STAFF. AND SO YOU KNOW, I REALLY HOPE WHEN WE LOOK AT YOU KNOW, AS I UNDERSTAND AND WE'LL GET TO THIS BUT WITH THE $49 MILLION SHORTFALL IN OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR ALONE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE 654 MILLION IN NET UNFUNDED LIABILITY THAT WE HAVE TO FACE AND I REALLY HOPE THAT OUR EDUCATORS, OUR VARIOUS OUR VARIOUS LABOR PARTNERS IN OUR DISTRICT CAN WORK TOGETHER TO REALLY TACKLE THIS AT THE SACRAMENTO LEVEL WHETHER THAT BE THE PROP NINE, THE PROPOSITION 98 MANEUVER AND REALLY UNDER YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GET THAT FUNDING BACK MOVING TO ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING OR REFORMING PROPERTY TAX ALLOCATION AND EVEN FROM OUR CITY GETTING 28% OF ACCESS ERAP INSTEAD OF THE 18% WE'RE
AT NOW. AND SO I'D WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS MS. CURIEL OVER THERE AND UEE TO REALLY, REALLY, YOU KNOW, COME TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW, MEET IN SACRAMENTO, MEET AT CITY HALL AND REALLY DO THIS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE UNLOCK MORE FUNDING RATHER THAN TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS SOPHIE'S CHOICE BETWEEN WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE AT OUR SAFE USD CURRENTLY. SO AGAIN I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND I REALLY HOPE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS WE CAN GET TO SOMETHING MORE SUSTAINABLE. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTION NOT COMMENTS QUESTIONS THAT MAY CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF YOUR DECISION SEEING NONE PLEASE. SEVEN DELEGATE MAN YES. STUDENT DELEGATE GROSS YES. COMMISSIONER RAY. YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HULING YES. PRESIDENT KIM. YES. COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER. YES. THANK YOU.
I DO WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND WORK DURING A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND THE ONGOING SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE TO BOTH OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND OUR STAFF TO GET TO AN AGREEMENT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR FOR YOUR HARD WORK. >> ITEM 3263-103 FISCAL YEAR 20 2526 SECOND INTERIM REPORT. CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? >> I MOVE ITEM 263-10 SB THREE SECOND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS ITEM. >> I WILL PASS IT OFF TO DR. SUE. >> BEFORE I DO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THE SPECIAL MEETING STUDY SESSION THAT WE HAD LAST WEDNESDAY WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GO DEEP INTO SOME QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAD AROUND OUR BUDGET AND OUR BUDGET CONDITIONS. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THAT TIME . FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY AND COMMISSION SORRY WHO LAUGHING AT ME COMMIT. I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONERS
FOR THEIR QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE. HOPEFULLY WE DON'T NEED TO REPEAT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEDNESDAY AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD ON THAT CONVERSATION TO COME TO END WITH THIS SECOND INTERIM REPORT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH STUFF AND I'LL PASS IT OVER TO HER. I'LL PASS IT OVER TO TO WHOEVER'S WILLING TO TAKE THE TIME. >> THANK YOU. PRESIDENT KIM. I ALSO WANT TO I APPRECIATE STAFF I KNOW THAT WE ARE SHORT STAFFED AND THAT THE BUDGET TEAM AND THE FISCAL TEAM AND OUR ENTIRE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER TO MEET DEADLINES IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. SO JUST GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR OUR STAFF WHO STOOD UP AND REALLY HELPED US. I ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE OUR FISCAL ADVISORS FOR HELPING US ALONG THE WAY. I KNOW THE TIGHTNESS IN THE
BACK AS WELL AS ELLIOTT WHO IS ON LINE JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US. I KNOW THAT WE DID A LOT OF WORK LAST YEAR TO MAKE THOSE REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS AND MADE THOSE CUTS AND WE ARE NOW WHERE WE ARE NOW BECAUSE THIS BOARD WAS ABLE TO DO THAT. OUR COMMUNITY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO DO IT AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE TEAM HAS DONE. SO I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES CHRISTINA BENITEZ AS WELL AS OUR CFO NERO JAYARAMAN. WHEN I KEEP GETTING IT AS I DO EVERY SINGLE TIME I SAY I'M GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER IS SAYING IT. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. YOU AND COMMISSIONERS AND COMMUNITY. I AM GOING TO IT IS THE IT IS THE SAME PRESENTATION IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MODIFICATIONS WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING ON REFINING THINGS BUT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH IT FAIRLY QUICKLY. I AM GOING TO PAUSE AND GO AND DO A COUPLE SLIDES MORE IN DEPTH PARTICULARLY THE MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S BEEN POSTED. I KNOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALREADY ASKED QUESTIONS AND HAD SOME SOME ROBUST DISCUSSIONS.
I'M GOING TO BE MOVING FAIRLY QUICKLY. AMARIN HAS ASSISTED ME IN THE PAST IT MOVING QUICKLY SO WE'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO GO RIGHT THROUGH THIS. SO IF WE CAN ADVANCE PLEASE TO KEEP GOING AND KEEP GOING. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT AND IF YOU CAN GO BACK ONE SLIDE PLEASE AND THANK YOU. INTERIM REPORTS WE ARE REQUIRED TO PRESENT A FIRST AND SECOND INTERIM BECAUSE WE ARE STILL UNDER OVERSIGHT. THERE ALSO WILL BE A THIRD INTERIM WHICH WILL BE VERY BRIEF JUST GIVING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. HOWEVER, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND INTERIM AND THIS IS WHEN WE PASS A LOCAL CERTIFICATION. CERTIFICATIONS ARE ONE OF THREE TYPES OF POSITIVE CERTIFICATION MEANS THAT WE WILL MEET ALL OF OUR CURRENT AND PROJECTED EXPENSES FOR THE CURRENT PLUS TWO YEARS QUALIFIED MEANS THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT MEET THE OBLIGATION AND NEGATIVE MEANS THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET. SO EARLIER THIS EVENING WE SAID THAT WE ARE OFFICIALLY IN THE QUALIFIED STATUS NOW UP FROM THE NEGATIVE AND I AM AND STAFF
IS RECOMMENDING TO THE BOARD THAT WE CONTINUE AND THAT TONIGHT'S CERTIFICATION WILL BE QUALIFIED. SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE BECAUSE WE PASSED THE 2A2 TO US ALREADY AND THAT WAS INTENTIONAL THE COSTS OF THOSE TWO TAGS AS FAR AS THE IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND ARE INCLUDED IN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATIONS AND THE MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WE OF COURSE ARE AT THE SECOND INTERIM PROJECTION AND YOU SEE THAT NEXT WILL BE COMING BACK. WE WILL BE DOING A THIRD INTERIM IN MAY AS WELL AS INCORPORATING THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISION BUDGET NUMBERS AND WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD FOR THE BUDGET HEARING AND PASSING NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IN JUNE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> THE FIRST INTERIM REPORT WE ARE RECOMMENDING A QUALIFIED CERTIFICATION FOR THE DISTRICT AND A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION FOR THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. MAJOR UPDATE SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE HERE GIVING A BUDGET REPORT IN DECEMBER REDUCTIONS IN REVENUES WE'VE
INCORPORATED CHANGES FROM THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET. WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR THE DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT IN ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE BOTH LEADING UP TO THIS YEAR WHICH HADN'T BEEN FULLY ADJUSTED AS WELL AS IN YEAR. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY A LITTLE BIT LATER. INCREASES INCREASES IN EXPENDITURES WE'VE INCORPORATE TO THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT COSTS FOR USF COME AND CRAFTS AND LOCAL SIX TONIGHT AND WE DO HAVE SOME BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS FOR OUR OPEN UNITS MOSTLY LOCAL 21 AND SKU REDUCTIONS IN EXPENDITURES. WE HAVE CAPTURED SAVINGS FROM POSITIONS THAT HAVE REMAINED VACANT SO IF A POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT UP UNTIL THIS POINT THIS YEAR WE HAVE TAKEN THE SALARY AND BENEFIT COSTS THAT WERE BUDGETED AND WE'VE REMOVED THEM FROM THE BUDGET WHICH MEANS LOWER EXPENDITURES, LOWER DEFICIT. THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN REAL TIME MOVING FORWARD. IT'S A STANDARD PRACTICE THAT WE CAPTURE ANY SAVINGS THAT WE CAN SO YOU'LL SEE US CONTINUE TO CAPTURE SAVINGS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DISTRICT. WE'VE MOVED ELIGIBLE EXPENSES TO RESTRICTED FUNDING FOR BOTH 2627 AND 2728. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT.
I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE FOR A SECOND. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME SLIDES OUR MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS THAT LOOK LIKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT FROM FIRST INTERIM IT IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT. WE'VE CAPTURED A LOT OF SAVINGS BUT WE HAVE ALSO MOVED A LOT OF ELIGIBLE EXPENSES TO THE RESTRICTED SIDE OF OUR LEDGERS AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THIS. NUMBER ONE, THE FIRST DOLLAR PRINCIPLE THE FIRST DOLLAR PRINCIPLE IS THE FIRST DOLLAR YOU SPEND IS THE HARDEST ONE TO SPEND, RIGHT? LEAVE THE DOLLARS THAT CAN BE SPENT MORE FLEXIBLY FOR LATER. AND SO THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND WE ALWAYS TRY TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE THERE BY SPENDING THE RESTRICTED DOLLARS FIRST WE HAVE A LOT OF RESTRICTED RESOURCES IN SAN FRANCISCO PROBABLY THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE AND DOLLAR AMOUNT OF ANY BUDGET I'VE SEEN BECAUSE OF LOCAL SUPPORT SUCH AS OUR PARCEL TAXES AND PIF THE BIGGEST EXAMPLES OF THOSE AND SO WE'VE MOVED ELIGIBLE EXPENSES OVER THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DEVELOP A CARRY FORWARD ON THE
HARDER TO SPEND SIDE OR THE RESTRICTED SIDE WE WANT TO CARRY FORWARD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO BE ON THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE THAT IS ALSO MOVING US TOWARDS A MORE POSITIVE CERTIFICATION BECAUSE THAT UNRESTRICTED IS WHAT THEY LOOK AT FOR OUR CERTIFICATION. WE'VE ALSO ACCOUNTED FOR CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS THAT WE'VE BEGUN AND ARE UNDERWAY INCLUDING A REDUCTION IN CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTORS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> SO THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED A BUDGET WHICH DID LOWER COLA. THE SECOND BULLET IS REALLY WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO. SO THE 2627 COLA WAS LOWERED FROM 3.02 TO 2.41 WHICH MEANS THAT NEXT YEAR WE WILL RECEIVE $3.7 MILLION LESS IN REVENUE 2728 WAS ALSO CHANGED AND AND LOWERED FROM 3.42 TO 3.06 AND IN 2728 THE REVENUE IMPACT WILL BE A LOWERING OF REVENUE BY A LITTLE OVER $6 MILLION. NOW THESE ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE YEAR OVER YEAR THESE COMPARED ONCE WE GET FOR EXAMPLE THAT 2627 COLA THAT'S $3.7 MILLION EVERY YEAR LESS THAN WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AND LIKE AND THE
SAME IS IN THE 2728 THE REVENUE IMPACT IS $6 MILLION LESS EVERY YEAR MOVING FORWARD. SO SIGNIFICANT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> THIS IS JUST ADDRESSING THE IN-YEAR ENROLLMENT SO WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ENROLLMENT FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND IN THE STUDY SESSION WE LOOKED AT ENROLLMENT TRENDS AS WELL AS AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE TRENDS IN THE IN THE DISTRICT. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE'VE ALSO LOWERED PROJECTED REVENUES BECAUSE IN YEAR ALTHOUGH WE AREN'T SEEING A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT ONLY 68 STUDENTS IN THE YEAR IN THE DISTRICT. WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING AND STOOD OUT TO US AND ACTUALLY LOWERED OUR REVENUES SLIGHTLY IS THAT OUR UN DUPLICATED PUPIL PERCENTAGE WHICH IS THE STUDENTS WHO ARE AND I'M DUPLICATED PUPIL INCLUDE FOSTER YOUTH, HOMELESS YOUTH, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND LOW INCOME STUDENTS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING A MORE RAPID DECLINE IN THOSE STUDENTS. THE REASON THAT WE'RE POINTING THAT OUT IN A FINANCIAL REPORT IS THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS WHICH MOST SIGNIFICANTLY EXPERIENCE BARRIERS TO SUCCESS IN PUBLIC
EDUCATION AND WE'RE THEREFORE GIVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE ARE LOSING THOSE STUDENTS FASTER THAN OUR OTHER STUDENT GROUPS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND RECOMMENDED CERTIFICATION QUALIFIED. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND WE'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS TIME AND IT'S QUITE INTENTIONAL WE'RE DOING THE RESTRICTED SIDE FIRST BECAUSE WE MENTIONED THAT WE MOVED A LOT OF EXPENSES TO THE RESTRICTED SIDE AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THE CHANGES. SO THIS IS JUST THE SINGLE YEAR THIS IS THIS YEAR RESTRICTED AND WE'RE SHOWING YOU WHERE WE WERE AT THE FIRST INTERIM IN DECEMBER AND WHERE WE ARE NOW OF COURSE AND THIS IS THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY. NOTICE THAT WHERE WE STARTED AT A $55 MILLION DEFICIT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE WILL LET IT DOWN WHITTLED IT DOWN TO ABOUT 51 IN DECEMBER AND WE ARE NOW DOWN TO 44.5. THAT'S AS A RESULT OF IDENTIFYING SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ADJUSTING IT SO THAT WE ARE PROJECTING LESS OF A DEFICIT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER THING WE'VE PUT ON HERE IS THE
PERCENT CHANGE. WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT BUDGET TO ACTUALS AND HOW MUCH THINGS CHANGE. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE BOARD IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE NOT SEEING THOSE BIG SWINGS. THIS HAS TO DO WITH MAKING SURE THAT EXPENSES AND REVENUES ARE CONSTANTLY CAUGHT AND CATALOGED. SO THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER YOU SEE UP HERE IS THAT OUR DEFICIT WENT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY 12% AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AND THEN WE LIST HERE THE COMPONENTS OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SLIDE IN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT BOTH PUBLICLY AS WELL AS A LOT OF US ONE ON ONE. IT'S OKAY FOR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES TO GO UP OR DOWN. BUT WHAT A BUDGET OFFICE SHOULD DO IS THEY SHOULD BE GIVING THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC THE COMPONENTS OF WHY THOSE REVENUES ARE EXPENDITURES ARE GOING UP OR DOWN AND THAT'S WHAT'S LISTED UP THERE ON THIS SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS THE RESTRICTED SIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND, THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION AND NOTICE THAT THIS IS FOR COLUMNS. WE WILL BE DOING FOUR COLUMNS MORE OFTEN IN THE FUTURE
AND THE REASON THAT WE PUT THE FOURTH COLUMN UP THERE ARE 2829 PROJECTION IS THAT IN JUNE THIS WILL BE YOUR NEW THIRD YEAR AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS WHAT WE WILL ALL HAVE ON THE BOOKS. >> NOTICE THAT THIS YEAR WE'VE GOTTEN THE DEFICIT DOWN TO ABOUT 44.5 MILLION PROJECTED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON THAT FOR THE THIRD INTERIM AND FOR FISCAL CLOSE OR IMPROVE THAT PERFORMANCE. HOWEVER, NEXT YEAR THE DEFICIT IS NOW UP TO ABOUT 67 MILLION 2728 PROJECTED DEFICIT IS ALMOST 96,000,028 29 WHICH WILL BE OUR NEW THIRD YEAR AND ADOPTION IS NOW AT $126 MILLION IN DEFICIT AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE MOVED A LOT OF EXPENSES OVER HERE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WILL BE ACCRUING EACH ONE OF THOSE YEARS FOR THE VERY AGREEMENTS THAT WE VOTED ON THIS EVENING. THE IMPORTANT NUMBER TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS LINE F ARE ENDING FUND BALANCE SO IT THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION RIGHT THERE'S A LOT OF FUND BALANCE ON THE RESTRICTED UNRESTRICTED SIDE SO NOTICE THAT THAT FUND BALANCE
IS GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH THE REST OF THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR AND AT THIS POINT IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING ZERO IN YEAR 2728. NOW THAT ASSUMES THAT ALL OF EVERYBODY'S EXPENSES ARE SPENT AND WE KNOW THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE 100% IS VERY UNUSUAL IN THE FISCAL WORLD. HOWEVER, IT IS SHOWING US THAT WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO HAVING NO RESERVE IN ABOUT TWO YEARS. THE OTHER NUMBER TO PAY ATTENTION TO HERE IS THAT -125 ALMOST 126,000,000 IN 28 AND 29 . AND WHY AM I POINTING THAT OUT? BECAUSE THERE'S NO LONGER PROJECTED AT THAT POINT. NOW REMEMBER WE WILL ALWAYS WORK TO IMPROVE THIS. THAT'S WHAT A FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT DOES TO CONSTANTLY IMPROVE YOUR FISCAL STANDING. BUT IN 2829 THAT'S MORE THAN WE'RE GOING TO GET JUST ON NATURAL IMPROVEMENT AND TRIMMING AROUND THE EDGES AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL PROBLEM. IF YOU RUN OUT OF MONEY FUND BALANCE TO PAY FOR EXPENSES IN THE RESTRICTED SIDE OF THE BUDGET, THOSE EXPENSES COME OVER TO THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP THAT
IN MIND AND THAT'S WHY I'M PRESENTING THE RESTRICTED SIDE FIRST. SO WE'VE PROVIDED A GREAT DEAL OF RELIEF TO THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE OF THE BUDGET ALL LEGITIMATELY DONE SO VERY CAREFULLY DONE. IT TOOK US SIX MONTHS THIS YEAR TO GET ALL THAT WORK DONE AND MORE APPROPRIATELY BUDGETED BUT WE HAVE TO SOLVE FOR THAT DEFICIT SO WE WILL BE SOLVING FOR THAT NEXT YEAR OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS BECAUSE WE CANNOT HAVE THAT $126 MILLION OF EXPENSES PROJECTED GOING OVER TO THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE BECAUSE THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH MONEY THERE RIGHT. SO I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. THAT'S WHY WE STARTED WITH RESTRICTED THIS EVENING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE OF THE LEDGER AND OF COURSE THIS IS SHOWING CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT AS WELL AS WE SHIFT THOSE COSTS AND ALL OF THE COSTS THAT WE'RE INCLUDING HERE. SO FOR THE CURRENT YEAR YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WHITTLE DOWN THE DEFICIT AS QUICKLY. WE STILL ASSUME THAT WE WILL
OVERPERFORM THE BUDGET AND WHEN I SAY THAT THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL HAVE WE WILL NOT SPEND ALL OF THE BOOKED EXPENDITURES BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T SPEND EVERY PENNY THAT THEY ASK FOR. WE HAVE LOTS OF THOSE THAT WE COLLECT BACK AT THE END OF THE YEAR BUT OUR PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR THIS YEAR IS NOW UP TO ABOUT $60 MILLION AND OF COURSE THAT KEEPS INTACT THE 8% BOARD LOCAL RESERVE IN FUND 17. ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS ARE LISTED UP THERE. WHAT THE BOARD WANTS TO SEE IS LOOKING AT IS YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THAT UNASSIGNED UNAPPROPRIATED AMOUNT. THAT NUMBER ALWAYS HAS TO BE ZERO OR HIGHER ZERO OR HIGHER IF IT EVER GOES BELOW ZERO. THAT MEANS THAT WE'VE GONE BANKRUPT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK FOR IS YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT NUMBER ABOVE ZERO BECAUSE BANKRUPTCY OF COURSE IS NOT ALLOWED IN CALIFORNIA. IT JUST MEANS THAT A STATE RECEIVER IS APPOINTED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> SO THIS IS THE YEAR
PROJECTION AGAIN FOR YEARS BECAUSE THAT FOURTH YEAR WILL BE YOUR THIRD YEAR AT BUDGET ADOPTION IN JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS HERE. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SHORTFALL BECAUSE OF ANTICIPATED INCREASES IN REVENUES AS WELL AS FRANKLY EVEN IF WE HAVE FEWER STUDENTS WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE FEWER STAFF LIKE THIS YEAR WE'VE LOST ABOUT 500 STUDENTS AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT AS WE TRY TO NATURALLY NARROW THAT DOWN OVER TIME THAT WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT ON THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE. HOWEVER, IF I LOOK AT WHAT'S LEFT IN THAT 2829 YEAR WE'RE DOWN TO $14 MILLION $14 MILLION IN A $1.4 BILLION BUDGET IS NOT MUCH OF A MARGIN AND REMEMBER THERE'S OVER $100 MILLION ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE THAT'S COMING OVER TO BE PAID FOR SO SO THE 2829 YEAR IS IS A DANGER YEAR FOR THE DISTRICT FINANCIALLY AND THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO TO BE SOLVED FOR HOWEVER I NOTICE THAT IF WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE WE NOW ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY OUR
EXPENSES FOR THE CURRENT NOT JUST PLUS TWO BUT PLUS THREE YEARS. SO WE NEED TO REALLY WHITTLE DOWN THOSE EXPENSES ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE OF THE LEDGER. OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO MOVE ON BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SOME ON THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS SORT OF PAUSE AND ABSORB THAT IF YOU NEED SOME MORE TIME. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN OR AN FSP IS A PART OF AN INTERIM REPORTING AND IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW WHEN A DISTRICT IS IN A NEGATIVE OR QUALIFIED CERTIFICATION, IT PROVIDES A PLAN TO REDUCE SPENDING TO BALANCE THE DISTRICTS BUDGET ON THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND. WE HAVE UPDATED THE PLAN FOR THE SECOND INTERIM TO REFLECT REDUCTIONS UNDERWAY AS A PART OF THE 2627 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT WE'VE BEEN ALIGNING STAFF WITH PROJECTED ENROLLMENT WHICH HAD NOT BEEN DONE FOR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THAT'S BEEN DONE WITH POSITION CONTROL WHICH IS NOW FULLY IMPLEMENTED AND WE'VE DONE OUR FIRST POSITION CONTROL
RECONCILIATION AND I THINK EVER IN THE DISTRICT WHICH IS GREAT WE'VE RELEASED STAFF FUNDED WITH EXPIRING FUNDING SOURCES. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS INCLUDING CONTRACTS AS WELL AS STAFF. WE'VE REDUCED RELIANCE ON CONTRACTS INCLUDING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND NPS THAT'S NONPUBLIC AGENCY NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS WHILE DEVELOPING A PLAN TO PROVIDE THESE PROGRAMS IN DISTRICT. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WE HAVE TWO PAGES OF FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. THIS FIRST PAGE IS ONLY TWO ITEMS AND IT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY AND SO THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THOSE MULTIYEAR PROJECTIONS WHICH WE'VE ALREADY GONE OVER WITH YOU NUMBER ONE, ALIGNING STAFF WITH PROJECTED ENROLLMENT BETTER BUDGET CONTROLS, BETTER STAFFING MODEL, BETTER BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND WE MOVED $17 MILLION FROM THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE TO THE RESTRICTED SIDE. THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF THAT SAVINGS TO THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. SO THAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY AND IT IS ALREADY REFLECTED
IN YOUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS REDUCED POSITIONS AND CONTRACTED SERVICES IN CENTRAL OFFICE. SO WE'LL SEE THAT SAVINGS STARTING IN JULY AND THAT ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT IS FOR A SAVINGS OF $15.264 MILLION. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PARTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY ALREADY. >> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE OTHER TWO ITEMS ARE THE MINIMALLY REQUIRED WE CALL THIS THE THE BABY FSP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN START WHITTLING AWAY AT SOME OF THOSE DEFICITS BY THE THIRD INTERIM AND BUDGET ADOPTION. WE DO ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL FSP MEASURES AT BUDGET ADOPTION SO THAT WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE BUDGET INTO ALIGNMENT AT THAT TIME. BUT FOR TONIGHT TWO ADDITIONAL FSP ITEMS NUMBER ONE ALIGN SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCES WITH IEPS, REDUCE CONTRACT SERVICES BY ONBOARDING CONTRACTORS TO EXISTENT VACANT POSITIONS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE CONTRACTORS THEMSELVES THEY MIGHT NOT BE INTERESTED BUT ACTUALLY FINDING EMPLOYEES RATHER THAN CONTRACTING OUT SERVICES MORE AGGRESSIVELY. THIS COST SAVINGS SHOULD NOT IMPACT SERVICE TO STUDENTS IT'S
JUST REPLACING CONTRACTORS WHO ARE NOT TECHNICALLY EMPLOYEES WITH EMPLOYEES THAT DO THE WORK . WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FISCAL YEAR 2728 SAVINGS AND DOING THIS OF ABOUT $6 MILLION AND THEN CONTINUED CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS. SO THIS IS IN ADDITION TO PAGE ONE WHICH WAS A COMBINATION OF CONTRACTS AND STAFF. THIS IS REDUCTIONS IN MORE CONTRACTS, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS PROVIDED TO CENTRAL OFFICES. NOW I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO AT CENTRAL OFFICES IS ACTUALLY CONTRACT ING OR PROVISION FOR SCHOOLS. BUT THIS WOULD BE ASKING FOLKS TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND REDUCE THOSE BY ANOTHER $8 MILLION SO THE TOTAL ON SLIDE TWO IS ABOUT $14 MILLION IN SAVINGS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> SO WHAT WOULD OUR MULTIYEAR PROJECT IN LOOK LIKE AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION? AND WE ADD IN PAGE TWO OF THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN YOU CAN SEE THAT NOW ALL FOUR YEARS WOULD BE IN POSITIVE TERRITORY ON THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND.
NOW PLEASE NOTE I'M STILL GOING TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO 2829 BECAUSE I KEEP FOCUSING ON THAT. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE STILL DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUND BALANCE TO PAY FOR THE DEFICIT ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE BUT THE FSP CERTAINLY MOVES US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THAT WORK AND I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. DID I MISS MISREMEMBER SOMETHING AND THIS JUST ILLUSTRATES THE DEFICIT MOVING MOVING FORWARD AND WITH THAT ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU. ANY. COMMISSIONER GUPTA AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER STUDENT I'LL GET MINE. OH AND IT'S ALSO NINE SO WE'LL HAVE YOU WRAP UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE AND I'M SAD I HAVE TO MISS THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOU ALL JUST AS VERY INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME. >> MY QUESTION I HAVE TO. WE TALKED ABOUT NOTIFICATIONS EARLIER AND I'M SEEING THERE'S LIKE A DISTRICT ONE A COUNTY ONE THE STATE ONE AND I'M NOT
VERY IN THE WORLD OF ALL THIS. >> I'M JUST WONDERING LIKE WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL THOSE NOTIFICATIONS BECAUSE I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT I THINK EARLIER THERE THERE'S LIKE FOR THE DISTRICT IT'S A QUALIFIED CERTIFICATION WHEREAS FOR THE COUNTY IT'S A POSITIVE ONE. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT IS A CERTIFICATION AND HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT BASED ON THE THREE THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE SAME BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND SO WE HAVE TO WE HAVE THE DISTRICT AND I JUST WENT THROUGH THE DISTRICT PRESENTATION. THERE'S MORE SLIDES THAT GO OVER THE COUNTY AND REMEMBER THESE ARE JUST SUMMARY SLIDES THAT REFLECT ALL THE SACS FORMS THAT WE ATTACH SO WE TRY TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF THEM FOR YOU AND JUST GIVE YOU A SUMMARY AND THE COUNTY ONES WE'VE WE'VE GONE OVER BEFORE THERE THEY'RE LAID OUT IN THE SAME FORMAT AND THE COUNTY IS POSITIVE SO OUR COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION IT'S IT'S FUND FIVE IT HAS ITS OWN OPERATING FUND IT RUNS A LOT OF OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AS WELL AS SPECIAL FUNCTIONS THAT EXIST IN ACCOUNTING OFFICE SOMETHING LIKE CERTIFICATION
ASSISTANCE CLASS AND COMPENSATION A LOT OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS ETC. SO THEY GET THEIR OWN CERTIFICATION BECAUSE WE DO RUN OUR OWN COUNTY OFFICE AS WELL A MUCH SMALLER BUDGET AND THERE WAS THAT INFORMATION'S IN THERE SO THEY'RE POSITIVE WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ARE DEFINITELY MEETING THEIR CURRENT EXPENSES FOR THE CURRENT IN TWO YEARS AND QUALIFIED MEANS THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT MEET OURS FOR THE CURRENT AND NEXT TWO YEARS IT IS AN IMPROVEMENT FROM NEGATIVE. >> THANK YOU. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION WAS ON SLIDE 19 THE LAST SLIDE WE ENDED ON FOR EACH SCHOOL YEAR THERE IS A NUMBER LIKE FOR EXAMPLE 2025 TO $2649 MILLION SHORTFALL AND THEN 26 TO 2727 MILLION SHORTFALL. >> AND I'M WONDERING HOW ACCURATE AND LIKELY ARE THESE NUMBERS? THEY'RE ACCURATE. THEY'RE ACCURATE. ALL WE DO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. WE JUST FINISH THIS WE GET EVERYBODY'S BUDGET AND WE JUST ADD IT UP AND THAT'S THE PLANNED EXPENDITURES NOW LET'S
PLAY THEORETICAL FOR A SECOND, RIGHT? HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT YOU SPEND 100% IT'S IT'S PRETTY UNLIKELY UNLESS YOU HAVE A LARGE UNEXPECTED EXPENSE. SO IN OTHER WORDS IF YOU ARE RUNNING A DEPARTMENT AND YOUR BUDGET IS $10,000 AND YOU BUDGET FOR 9000 OF IT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN YOU ONLY SPEND SEVEN YOU DON'T GET TO KEEP THAT MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT A BANK. >> SO WE TAKE IT BACK AND THEN WE REALLOCATE YOU $10,000 NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU SUBMIT A BUDGET FOR IT AGAIN. AND SO DO PEOPLE SPEND ALL OF THEIR ALLOCATIONS? THE ANSWER IS NO, RIGHT? WHAT IS THE TOTAL THAT WE GET BACK EVERY YEAR OF UNSPENT FUNDS? IT'S BEEN GOING DOWN. LAST YEAR WE SPENT MORE THAN WHAT WE BROUGHT IN IN REVENUE. WE STILL DIDN'T BUDGET EVERYTHING PEOPLE PLAN BECAUSE THAT NUMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BIGGER. BUT WE WE STILL SPENT MORE THAN WE BROUGHT IN. SO PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE NOT ALLOCATING YOU MORE THAN WE GET AND NOT YOU AS A PERSON BUT YOU AS A DEPARTMENT OR A DISTRICT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS WE'RE TRYING TO STAY OUT OF DEFICIT SPENDING. >> THE BIGGER ISSUE HERE BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE FOCUS TOO MUCH ON THAT HOW MUCH OF HOW MUCH OF OUR PROJECTED BUDGET ARE WE GOING TO SPEND GET OUT YOUR CRYSTAL BALL. WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, RIGHT? WE LOOK AT TRENDS, RIGHT? AND LAST YEAR WE BROKE THE TREND AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A DEFICIT BECAUSE BEFORE WE WERE PROJECTING THEM AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM THIS YEAR IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE AGAIN. >> THE BIGGER PIECE THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE PLAN THAT YOU SUBMIT AND HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR IT. SO FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU HAVE A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND YOU OVER BUDGET BY $100 MORE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE, WE HAVE IT IN THE SAVINGS ACCOUNT BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU PLAN ON SPENDING FOR THE CURRENT PLUS TWO YEARS. SO IF YOU NOW SPEND PLAN OVER THREE YEARS ON SPENDING $1,500 MORE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND IT'S JUST A PLAN.
IT'S JUST ON PAPER. BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT GOT US INTO NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION. WE WERE ACTUALLY PLANNING TO SPEND MORE THAN WE WERE GETTING IN EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T SPEND IT ALL. SO THE NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION WAS A WHAT I CALL A PAPER NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION IS THAT OUR BUDGET PLANS FAR EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN OR THE MONEY THAT WE HAD LEFT OVER EVEN IF PEOPLE DIDN'T SPEND IT. SO WE WENT TO NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION BASED ON A PLAN NOT ACTUAL OVERSPENDING WHICH IS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT BUT YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE I WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL TO LEARN ABOUT ALL OF THIS. I THINK I DROPPED THIS IN THE FALL SEMESTER. I WROTE MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT SOME I WROTE ONE OF MY ESSAYS ABOUT THIS AND MARCH IS THE VERY EXCITING WELL NO I TALKED OF IT WAS LIKE A MOMENT WHERE LIKE YOU LIKED LEARNING LIKE SOMETHING ABOUT AN EXTRACURRICULAR AND I DID TALK ABOUT THIS AND MARCH OF THE SCARY MONTH WHERE EVERYTHING COMES OUT SO I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED. >> GOODNIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STUDENT DELEGATES APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS THIS EVENING. UM, COMMISSIONER GUPTA THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ON PAGE 13 OF THIS WE HAVE CHANGES FROM I THINK THE MOST EXCITING COLUMN TO ME ON PAGE 13 IS THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM FIRST TO SECOND IN TERM AND IT'S ALL WITHIN 5% NEGATIVE 4 TO 4% IS THE RANGE AND I JUST WANT TO COMPARE THAT TO PAST YEARS WHERE WE'VE HAD SWINGS OF 40% PLUS WHICH IS IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THOSE CHANGES SO KUDOS TO YOU AND THE TEAM THAT IS HUGE WITHIN THE TIME THAT YOU'VE HAD TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT I JUST WANT TO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ONE QUESTION ON PAGE 13 WHILE WE'RE ON IT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS SO IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS B PLUS C MINUS D ON THIS PAGE IS EQUAL TO F AND THEN IS IT A PLUS E MINUS THE BOARD LOCAL RESERVE GETS US TO YOU. >> I MEAN IT'S IT'S IT'S I'M
SORRY. >> I'M JUST TRYING TO LIKE WHAT UNDERSTAND THIS SO IS IT TOTAL REVENUES LIKE TOTAL REVENUES PLUS TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS MINUS THE EXPENDITURES IS EQUAL TO THE SURPLUS OR SHORTFALL. YES SO SO WE LITERALLY LINE THIS UP LIKE A LEDGER SHEET SO THAT YOU COULD GO DOWN AND DO THE MATH FOR YOURSELF WHICH IS WHAT YOU JUST DID. RIGHT. SO BEGINNING FUND BALANCE IS WHAT'S LEFT OVER FROM PRIOR YEARS. THE REVENUE IS WHAT WE'RE GETTING SO WE ADD THOSE TWO TOGETHER THAT'S HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO POTENTIALLY SPEND THAT YEAR. A CONTRIBUTION COMES OFF THE TOP OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND MOVES TO THE RESTRICTED FUND. THAT'S OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION COST IN OUR DISTRICT. AND TO GIVE YOU A CONCEPT IN THE LAST TEN YEARS THAT'S GONE UP FROM 140 MILLION TO NOW 225 MILLION WITH FAR FEWER STUDENTS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CATCHING YOUR EYE AS BOARD MEETING AS BOARD MEMBERS AND THEN YOUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES. SO THE CONTRIBUTION JUST COMES OFF THE TOP AND MOVES TO THE RESTRICTED SIDE AND THEN THERE'S THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES
THAT'S ALL OF THE PLANNED EXPENSES THE 570 MILLION. AND SO YES, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST STRAIGHT FORWARD MATH FROM THERE, RIGHT? SO ALL OF THAT MONEY MINUS ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES IS YOUR PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE THAT 58 MILLION AND THEN WE TELL YOU BELOW LINE F THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ADD UP TO THAT 58 MILLION RIGHT SO FROM THE THEN YOU SO THE COMPONENTS OF THAT 58 MILLION ARE THE STORES INVENTORY AND PREPAID THE RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY ETC. THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T GO INTO THAT MATH IS WE'VE CALLED OUT SEPARATELY YOUR LOCAL RESERVE AND FUND 17 SO THAT YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF THE BALANCE OF YOUR 8% LOCAL RESERVE WHICH IS WHAT KIND OF CONFUSED ME WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY THEN BEGINNING FUND BALANCE PLUS THE NET SURPLUS OR SURE'S SHORTFALL MINUS THE BOARD LOCAL RESERVE IS THEN EQUAL TO THE ENDING FUND BALANCE CORRECT? YES. OKAY.
AND I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL TO I DON'T KNOW SOMEHOW CALL THAT OUT BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO MAKE THAT AT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE THAT ADD IN IN A WOODEN SO I HAD TO KIND OF PLAY WITH IT AND THEN F THE THE ENDING FUND BALANCE EQUALS EVERYTHING BELOW THAT EXCEPT FOR THAT BOARD LOCAL RESERVE WHICH IS WHAT YOU JUST YEAH AND IF YOU WILL MAUREEN COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE ? THE REASON WE DID THAT IS SO THAT YOU CAN TRACK HOW WE'RE KEEPING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT INSOLVENCY SO WE'RE USING BALANCES BUT THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY SHOWING DOWN BELOW NOW NOW WE'VE MOVED FUND 17 BELOW THE BLUE LINE WE'RE SHOWING YOU THAT WE'RE TAKING THE DEFICITS THE PLAN DEFICITS OUT OF FUND 17 IN ORDER THAT YOU HAVE A ZERO OR BETTER IN THAT UNASSIGNED UNAPPROPRIATED. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY DRAWING DOWN WE'RE BALANCING THE BUDGET ON YOUR RESERVE NOW THE RESERVE POLICY SAYS WE WILL NOT BUT WE WILL NOT BALANCE THE BUDGET ON A RESERVE. SO THAT'S NOT A LONG TERM PLAN THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. BUT THERE IS NO OTHER SOURCE OF FUNDING IN THE BUDGET AT THIS TIME TO PAY FOR THE DEFICITS. >> GOT IT.
AND SO AND IF YOU CAN ALSO CLARIFY SO I SEE 2829 PROJECTION FOR RESTRICTED ON PAGE 12 AND ENDING FUND BALANCES -125 BASICALLY -126 MILLION AND THEN I SEE ON PAGE 14 THEN YOU KNOW ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR 2829 IS 120 IN THE UNRESTRICTED ID SO IS THAT IS THAT BASICALLY I MEAN THERE ARE ARE THE DIFFERENT FUNDS COMING TO A WASH THEN OR IS THERE STILL SORT OF A NEGATIVE HUNDRED AND 26 MILLION THAT IS JUST NOT DEALT WITH? >> SO SO YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN AND STILL DO THE MATH AND SO THE ENDING FUND BALANCE YOU THEN HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COMPONENTS AND ONE OF THEM IS STILL AN ASSIGNMENT OF $89 MILLION. THIS IS FOR UNKNOWN EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH WITH BARGAINING THAT WE'RE STILL ENGAGED IN AND COSTS OF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS. THAT NUMBER WE HOPE TO RESOLVE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO IT'S A PLACEHOLDER BUT CURRENTLY IT READS ACTUALLY THAT THE FUND BALANCE IN 2829 AFTER PAYING ALL EXPENSES IS $14 MILLION. >> SO WE'RE NOT WHAT WE'RE NOT
GOOD AT THAT POINT SO IS THIS JUST SORT OF LIKE GAMING THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE ARE OSTENSIBLY IT'S ALL ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE AND YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT COUNTING TOWARDS FISCAL CERTIFICATION AND SO OUR YEAH IT IT'S IT'S SO SO I WOULD NOT I WOULD NOT CHARACTERIZE IT AS GAMING THE SYSTEM I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU'VE HIRED TWO EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE WHO ARE MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE IN THE BEST FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT WE CAN PUT THE DISTRICT IN IN A VERY TOUGH FISCAL SITUATION. RIGHT. SO IS OUR JOB TO GIVE YOU THE MOST FLEXIBILITY ON YOUR UNRESTRICTED SIDE? IT IS ABSOLUTELY AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE US DO THAT NO MATTER WHAT. BUT YES, THAT THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING. ALL RIGHT. MY LAST 19 SECONDS, THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN ASSUMES 6 MILLION IN SAVINGS BY MOVING SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTRACTORS INTO EXISTING VACANT PERMANENT POSITIONS. GIVEN THAT THE DISTRICT'S OWN METRICS SHOW A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE IN FILLING HARD TO STAFF VACANCIES AND THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTRACTS,
COSTER RECENTLY I BELIEVE ABOUT 20,000,019.4, WHAT IS THE STRATEGY TO FILL THESE POSITIONS WITH STAFF RATHER THAN CONTRACTORS TO ACTUALLY REALIZE THESE SAVING? DHARNA AMY'S NOT HERE. IT'S ALL ABOUT H.R. NO THAT'S NOT FAIR. THIS IS A VERY MODEST SAVINGS SO CURRENTLY THE FIGURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON CONTRACTORS IS IT'S IT'S FAR LARGER THAN $6 MILLION. SO THIS IS GIVING US A PRELIMINARY TARGET OF LET'S REDUCE THAT AMOUNT BY 6 MILLION. IT IS NOT THE ENTIRE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR CONTRACTORS. IN FACT IT'S IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL PORTION OF IT. >> IF I MAY I WOULD ALSO WANT TO JUST ADD THAT UNDER JENNY HERMANUS PAINE'S LEADERSHIP, OUR HEAD OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, SHE IS WORKING REALLY HARD TO REVIEW ALL CONTRACTS TO TRY TO FIND GREATER EFFICIENCIES IN THE CONTRACTS, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ALIGNMENT REGARDING AROUND STUDENT NEEDS AND ALLOCATION OF OF STAFF AND SERVICES. SO THROUGH THAT PROCESS IT'S THIS IS WHERE WE'RE FINDING GREATER EFFICIENCIES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER THANKS.
I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS ON THE CONTRACTING QUESTION, IT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS SO I'VE BEEN SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE 5000 SERIES WHICH IS KIND OF THE SERVICES AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES WHICH INCLUDES CONTRACTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS 219 MILLION ROUGHLY THE REVISED BUDGET WAS ABOUT 275 MILLION. THE PROJECTION OF ACTUALS IS NOW 298 MILLION ALTHOUGH WE'VE ONLY SPENT ABOUT 90 MILLION AND SO SO THE CONTRACTS MEAN REALLY THE CONTRACT COSTS. OH AND THEN FOR THE NEXT IN THE YEAR PROJECTIONS ARE ABOUT 300 MILLION A YEAR SO THE CONTRACT COSTS HAVE REALLY GROWN AND I THINK IN THE RESPONSE TO THE WRITTEN QUESTION IT SAID THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS SPECIALIZED CONTRACTING. SO I GUESS THAT WAS FOLLOWING UP ON THIS QUESTION. I GUESS I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHY ARE WE ONLY PROJECTING 6 MILLION IN SAVINGS WHEN I MEAN WE'RE INCREASING IT BY LIKE I DON'T KNOW FROM A BUDGET TO NOW PROJECTED ACTUALS. IT'S LIKE THAT'S LIKE AN $80 MILLION PROJECTED INCREASE JUST
FOR THIS YEAR ALONE AND YET WE'RE ONLY NOW WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE IT BY 6 MILLION WHEN WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO REALLY FILL THESE FED POSITIONS I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT DISCREPANCY SO THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THAT, RIGHT? SO I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THE CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN GOING UP AT RELATIVELY RAPID PACE FOR A DISTRICT FOR THE SIZE OF CONTRIBUTION AND THAT'S VERY SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THAT LINE THAT YOU'RE CALLING OUT WHICH IS WHY AS DR. SUE MENTIONED, SPECIAL EDUCATION IS WORKING ON THAT CONTRACT. SO REMEMBER CONTRACTS ARE A COMBINATION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND PIECES AND PPAS AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE. HOWEVER, WHAT WE NEED TO GET A LOT BETTER DOING AND I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO THE BOARD BEFORE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAST TOUGH NUT TO CRACK IS THAT WE HAVE TO STOP OVER BUDGETING, RIGHT? SO WE ASSUME PERHAPS FAR MORE THAN WE NEED AND EVEN YOU'RE POINTING OUT THE ONE AREA OF THE BUDGET THAT IS CONTINUING TO GO UP DOUBLE DIGITS IN BETWEEN DIFFERENT INTERIM
REPORTS AND IT'S BASED ON ASKS FOR CONTRACTS BUT YET THE EXPENSES DON'T MATERIALIZE IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO THAT SHOULD POINT TO AND I'M BEING AS FRANKLY AS BLUNT AS I CAN BE THAT POINTS TO A LACK OF EFFICIENCY IN ACCURATELY PREDICTING WHAT WE NEED WHEN WE NEED IT FOR OUR STUDENTS BUT YET WE'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICES RIGHT? SO SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO FAR MORE CAREFULLY THERE AND THIS IS WHERE AND I THINK OUR OUR LABOR PARTNERS ARE AWARE OF THAT AS WELL BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CALL OUT IN NEGOTIATION. THERE'S CONTRACT MONITORING SO THE PEOPLE THAT DO CONTRACT MONITORING ARE IN MY OFFICE BUT IT'S BEEN LEFT ON ITS OWN TO BE HANDLED AND SO WE ARE PULLING THAT FUNCTION OVER AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S DONE WELL. SO TO YOUR POINT, MIGHT THERE BE MORE SAVINGS AND $6 MILLION TO BE HAD THERE JUST BY RECONCILING WHAT'S GOING ON? I WOULD I WOULD HAZARD A GUESS TO SAY YES BUT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO GET INTO THE DATA AND ACTUALLY RECONCILING EVERYTHING WHICH WE'RE JUST STARTING LITERALLY NEXT WEEK LIKE AS WE'VE STARTED TO MAKE THIS THIS PROGRESS, I JUST
DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GUESSING FOR YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID AND I JUST I MEAN BECAUSE I LOOKS TO ME I WAS I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT WE'VE ONLY SPENT 94 MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT $300 MILLION BUDGET. I WAS LIKE ARE WE REALLY GOING TO SPEND BY THE END OF THE YEAR $3 MILLION? >> AND THAT'S MONEY AGAIN THAT WE'VE TAKEN OFF THE TABLE FOR OTHER USES BY SAYING IT'S BUDGETED OVER THERE BECAUSE WE NEED IT FOR THESE CONTRACTS RIGHT SO THAT'S REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WORK. I HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION AROUND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES AND MAYBE THE ANSWER IS THE SAME BECAUSE THERE'S A SIMILAR PATTERN. THE NUMBERS ARE SMALLER FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES THOUGH BUT WE'VE ONLY SPENT 12 MILLION BUT OUR PROJECTED ACTUALS IS 66 MILLION. IS THAT A SIMILAR DYNAMIC OR SIMILAR SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN THIS CASE. SO IN THIS CASE IT'S AN AGGREGATE OF ALL THE UNSPENT MONEY THAT ACTUALLY IS MORE AT SCHOOL SITES. >> SCHOOL SITES TEND TO BE PRETTY GOOD. YOU WERE A PRINCIPAL? I WAS PRINCIPAL. WE SAVE OUR MONEY AND THEN WE
TRY TO SPEND IT REALLY FRUGALLY AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR SOMETIMES WE GET A LITTLE LESS FRUGAL, MAYBE A LITTLE EXTRAVAGANTLY SO BUT SO FOLKS TEND TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO LAST FOR THE YEAR. THE BIG CHUNK OF THAT THOUGH IS THAT FOR ADOPTIONS WE'VE BEEN OVER ASSUMING HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO GET DONE OR ADOPTED AND THAT MONEY DOESN'T CARRY FORWARD. RIGHT. SO IT NEEDS TO BE REALLOCATED EVERY YEAR. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION. DEVON'S A GREAT PARTNER TO SAY I WANT A TEN YEAR TEXTBOOK ADOPTION AND BECAUSE I'M REALLY GOOD AT ESTIMATING WHAT TEXTBOOKS COST AND INSTEAD OF ALLOCATING YOU $40 MILLION AND YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO SPEND 12 OF IT, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO ALLOCATE 12 BECAUSE ON THE SCHEDULE THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. SO THAT'S ABOUT BETTER BUDGET PRACTICES BECAUSE WE WILL ALWAYS ALLOCATE THE MONEY TO BUY THE TEXTBOOKS OR THE THAT TYPE OF SUPPLY THAT WE NEED DISTRICT WIDE BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE OVER ALLOCATING IT INTO YOUR APT DESCRIPTION LIKE YOU JUST HAD WITH OTHER CONTRACTS THEN
LEAVING THAT MONEY ON THE SIDE . YEAH AND JUST FOR I REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND THIS IS WHY I'M GLAD I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE PROGRESS YOU ALL ARE MAKING AROUND THESE SORT OF TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS AROUND OUR BUDGETING AND PROCESSES BECAUSE AGAIN THAT'S WE HEARD PEOPLE COMPLAINING AND PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT STAFF CUTS WE'RE MAKING STAFF CUTS BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF WE FIX THESE THINGS WE'LL HAVE MORE MONEY AVAILABLE TO HIRE STAFF AT SCHOOLS FOR EXAMPLE. SO IT'S LIKE A BECAUSE WE OR BALANCE THE BUDGET ALL THOSE THINGS RIGHT? SO THAT'S MY LAST QUESTION IS AROUND ADA PROJECTIONS. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK AT THE AT THE STUDY SESSION AND THE QUESTION I ASKED LAST WEEK WHICH WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ENROLLMENT FOLKS THERE BUT WAS OUR ENROLLMENT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PRETTY STEADY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. THERE WAS A DECLINE AFTER COVID THEN IT WAS PRETTY STEADY. THIS YEAR WE LOST ABOUT 390 STUDENTS AND YET FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE'RE PROJECTING 500 STUDENT DECLINE PER YEAR. SO MY TWO QUESTIONS ARE WHY WHY WHY WE THINK THAT'S NOT A BLIP
LIKE WHY DO WE THINK IT'S GOING TO KEEP GOING DOWN? AND SECONDLY IS THAT REDUCTION THE 2.8 MILLION DECLINE THAT'S ON SLIDE 13 IS THAT THE 500 STUDENTS MORE OR LESS MAYBE THAT'S THE EASY PART OF THE QUESTION. THAT'S THE EASY PART. THE ANSWER IS YES. TO ANSWER THE OTHER PART WE DON'T DO OUR OWN DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND SO I BELIEVE AT THE STUDY SESSION WE WE SENT A REQUEST THAT THE DEMOGRAPHER SHARE THEIR PROJECTIONS WITH YOU AND THAT GOES THROUGH THE ENROLLMENT CENTER. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET IT. WE'LL KEEP ASKING OTHER WORDS BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE SEEING A CONSISTENT DECLINE IN THE PROJECTING THOUGH BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR I MEAN THE LAST THREE YEARS WERE ALMOST STEADY. ONE YEAR WENT UP A LITTLE DOWN A LITTLE AND THEN THIS YEAR WE LOST ABOUT 400 KIDS. BUT THAT'S THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT'S HAPPENED. SO I GUESS I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO SEE THOSE PROJECTIONS AND UNDERSTAND WHY WE THINK THAT'S JUST NOT LIKE A ONE YEAR BLIP. RIGHT. HOW WHY DO WE THINK IT'S GOING TO KEEP GOING?
I THINK IT'S MY QUESTION SO I WILL GIVE YOU AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC HERE. WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT DATA IN THE ENROLLMENT. WE HAVE SOME GOOD DATA TALENT I THINK I'VE MENTIONED IN MY NAME A FEW TIMES BEFORE SO THE BENEFIT THAT OUR OUR DEMOGRAPHER HAS IS WE HAVE NOT JUST A SINGLE YEAR WORTH OF REALLY INTERESTING ENROLLMENT DATA WE HAVE DECADES. IT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY KEPT REALLY GOOD DATA IN AND SO THE DEMOGRAPHER HAS ACCESS TO THAT AND IS VERY VERY GOOD AT PROJECTING WHERE WE'RE GOING UP AND DOWN. WE'RE ALSO GOOD AT GETTING IT DONE EARLY SO ENROLLMENT PLACEMENT LETTERS I KNOW PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT THEY'RE GOING OUT SOON THAT MEANS WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA ALREADY OF WHAT NEXT YEAR'S ENROLLMENT IS BETTER THAN MOST DISTRICTS. THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY INTERESTING. SO WHEN THAT COMES OUT WE SHOULD ALL BE LOOKING CAREFULLY . YEAH AND ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD AT POTENTIALLY CHANGING THE STUDENTS I MEANT SYSTEM. OTHER THING IS I THINK THAT JUST HAVING ALL THAT MAYBE WE CAN DO A STUDY SESSION ON THAT OR SOMETHING THAT'S PART THANK
YOU JUST TRYING TO MOVE ON OKAY THAT'S RIGHT COMMISSIONER FISHER THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE IT. THE THE MATH BY THE WAY, COMMISSIONER GUPTA, THAT WAS THAT WAS A FUN EXERCISE AND LAST WEEK'S BODY SET BUDGET STUDY SESSION I GUESS IT WAS A BUDDY SESSION TOO WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE AND TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER WAS JUST SAYING ABOUT ADA TRENDS, ONE OF THE AHA MOMENTS THAT YOU POINTED OUT TO US, MR. MOUNT BONITA WAS THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT THE ENROLLMENT DROP THAT'S SO IMPACTFUL. IT'S THE FACT THAT OUR ACTUAL ATTENDANCE COMPARED LIKE WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 92% ATTENDANCE WHICH IS VERY VERY LOW YOU KNOW COMPARED TO THE STATE. SO THIS ISN'T A QUESTION FOR NOW BUT THIS IS A QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANSWERED WAS SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? I THINK THIS IS AN AREA WHERE A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTMENT COULD ACTUALLY BRING BIG RETURNS. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO
ACTUALLY INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE? SO THAT'S A QUESTION ONE ALSO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IMPACT ASSESSMENTS WE HEARD THAT MENTIONED IN PUBLIC COMMENT A FEW TIMES LIKE ARE WE ACTUALLY DOING IMPACT ASSESSMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE MAKING CUTS WERE NOT CUTTING OFF OUR NOSE DESPITE OUR FACE FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM RIGHT . AND I ALSO APPRECIATE ON SLIDE 17 HOW YOU CLARIFIED COMPARED TO LAST WEEK SLIDES THAT THE THE WAY THAT THE THE SPEED REDUCTIONS ARE ARE LISTED HERE THAT IT'S THE I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE REDUCING OUR RELIANCE ON CONTRACTING AND YOU KNOW WE'RE FILLING EXISTING VACANT POSITIONS BUT THAT ALSO IS GOING TO NEED MORE FOCUS IN H.R. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING YOU KNOW WHAT AT THE SAME TIME AS WE'RE CUTTING CENTRAL OFFICE HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT OUR H.R. DEPARTMENT IS APPROPRIATELY STAFFED AND WE HAVE THE RESOURCES THERE TO ACTUALLY BRING FOLKS IN AND ALSO MS. JAIRAM AND I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SAID LAST WEEK ABOUT MAXIMIZING
SPREAD FUNDS YOU KNOW LIKE WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ADVANTAGE OF THE STATE'S CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, RIGHT? AND SO WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING ADDITIONAL REVENUES IN AND SO WHILE I DON'T EXPECT THAT WAS A LOT YOU KNOW SO BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE OF A DETAILED PLAN OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAXIMIZE POTENTIAL INCOMING REVENUE IS HOW WE'RE SPECIFICALLY BUT I ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIAL EDUCATION IT REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IN POSITION CONTROL AND BUDGETING. WE TALK ABOUT THE STATE'S PROP 98 BUDGET MANEUVER BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT THERE'S BEEN A HUGE LACK OF CLARITY IN OUR OWN BUDGET MANEUVERS INTERNALLY AND HOW THAT'S IMPACTED SPEND YOU KNOW IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT CONTRACTOR VERSUS EMPLOYEE MEANS. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HUGE DIFFERENCES IN SPEED, WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF BUDGET
ACCOUNTABILITY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO SO THIS BUDGET TRANSPARENCY AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS GOING TO BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE ONE, WE'RE APPROPRIATELY STAFFED AND NOT GETTING OURSELVES INTO COMPLIANCE ISSUES BUT TO REALLY REBUILDING TRUST WITH FAMILIES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ACTUALLY SERVING OUR STUDENTS THE GREAT DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION I ASKED LIKE TEN QUESTIONS DID YOU WANT TO LIFT UP ONE OR A HANDFUL TO PRIORITIZE? WELL, I, I WOULD I WOULD PIVOT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT IF YOU I WILL LET YOU. DO YOU NEED ME TO RESTATE ANY OF THEM BECAUSE THAT WAS A QUITE THE MONOLOGUE BUT IF YOU NEED ME TO RESTATE I'M HAPPY TO I THINK IT'S THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FISHER. WHAT I HEARD IS MAYBE PERHAPS CREATING ANOTHER I MEAN NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING USED TO STUDY SESSIONS WE COULD DO A STUDY A STUDY SESSION THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON ENROLLMENT BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY COMPLICATED, NEEDLESSLY COMPLICATED PROCESS. >> OH, I JUST DON'T WANT TO OVER PROMISED THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OVERFULL GOVERNANCE CALENDAR INCLUDING ADDITIONAL EXTRA
MEETINGS WE EXPECT TO COME UP. SO BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR BRIEFINGS ON ENROLLMENT OR WE COULD DO BOARD BRIEFINGS ON ENROLLMENT AND AND THEN WE COULD ALSO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OUR ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGN. SO OUR BE HERE CAMPAIGN WHICH WAS FUNDED THROUGH OUR PHILANTHROPIC ARM IN TERMS OF TRYING TO SUPPORT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO COME TO SCHOOL THE IMPORTANCE OF COMING TO SCHOOL, THE IMPACT OF LOSING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION PER YEAR AND THEN OF COURSE TRANSLATING OUT TO THE DISTRICT LOSING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS WELL. BUT WE COULD DO MORE OF THAT IN TERMS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, I THINK THAT AS YOU ALREADY ALLUDED OUR HEAD OF SPECIAL EDUCATION JENNY HIM AND IS PAYING IS DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF TRYING TO ALIGN SERVICE TO STUDENTS WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH H.R. OR TO IDENTIFY THE TYPES OF
SERVICE A YOUNG PERSON NEEDS THE INDIVIDUAL, THE STAFF THAT THE YOUNG PERSON WOULD NEED AND WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH H.R. TO SEE HOW QUICKLY WE CAN HIRE A PERSON TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND WHEN WE CAN'T AND HAVE EXHAUSTED THAT AVENUE THEN THEN WE WOULD GO TO A CONTRACTOR AND I KNOW THAT H.R. THROUGH AMY'S SHOP IS WORKING REALLY HARD TO TRY TO RECRUIT MORE SPECIAL EDUCATION EDUCATORS AND THAT'S REALLY REALLY HARD TO TO BRING ON. HOWEVER NOW WITH THIS NEW TA WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING MORE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS TO THE DISTRICT BECAUSE WE ARE OFFERING BENEFITS TO TO OUR EDUCATORS. SO SO I THINK THAT WE ARE REALLY FORTUNATE NOW TO TO HAVE BETTER RECRUITING MECHANISMS TO BRING PEOPLE IN. I APPRECIATE THAT FOLLOW UP . THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE
HEARD A LOT LAST YEAR WAS THE FACT THAT IT TOOK SO LONG TO ONBOARD PEOPLE THAT WE JUST SAW AND I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PARTLY A REFLECTION ON OUR SYSTEMS, YOU KNOW, BUT ARE WE GETTING BETTER ACCEPTANCE RATES WITH LIKE SO THESE ARE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A STUDY SESSION AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE AS A BOARD MIGHT GET BRIEFINGS BUT THAT DOESN'T HELP BRING THE PUBLIC ALONG RIGHT AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO WHATEVER INFORMATION WE'RE GETTING THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO AS WELL. >> RIGHT. SO OUR OUR IMPROVED SYSTEM LIKE WHAT IS IT EXACTLY THAT'S GOING TO HELP US DO THAT I THINK WOULD BE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION NOT NECESSARILY TO ANSWER HERE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON . BUT LAST YEAR THROUGH APRIL WE SPENT $6.7 MILLION WITH OUTSIDE PSYCHOLOGISTS. SOME OF THAT WAS IEEE, SOME OF THAT WAS CONTRACTORS. WE SPENT 15.8 MILLION WITH NON PUBLIC AGENCIES LIKE THERE'S A SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT $6 MILLION I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE THAN THAT TO BE SO I APPRECIATE THE CONSERVATIVE
EFFORT AND HOPE WE ACTUALLY COMMISSIONER FISHER I'M JUST TRYING TO LOOK SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE DETAIL HOW ABOUT THAT TOO TOO YEAH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER RAY HI. >> I JUST WANT TO ASK A VERY FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL QUESTION WHICH IS THIS IS LISTED AS AN ACTION ITEM THE FISCAL YEAR 25 TO 26 SECOND INTERIM REPORT. SO WHEN YOU TAKE ACTION ON IT, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN YOU KNOW IN VERY LAYMAN'S TERMS LAYPERSON'S TERMS WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON HERE YOU I'LL TRY THAT AGAIN FEEDBACK STARTED I THINK IT'S GONE. >> SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY VOTING THE PRESENTATION IS THE OVERVIEW. IT INCLUDES YOUR YOUR SUMMARY FISCAL STATEMENTS AS WELL AS YOUR REQUIRED FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. SO YOU'RE VOTING ON THAT AND YOU'RE VOTING ON ALL OF THE HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF ACCOUNTING DOCUMENTS THAT WE'VE ATTACHED WHICH ARE THE BACKUP THAT ACTUALLY AGGREGATE UP TO THE SUMMARY REPORTS LITERALLY LINE BY LINE AND SO AND THAT'S REQUIRED. SO EVERY TIME WE DO A REPORT THOSE ARE CALLED THE SACS FORMS, THE STANDARD ACCOUNTING
FORMS THAT WE USE AND ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE. SO YOU'RE APPROVING ALL OF THAT. OKAY. IS ALL OF THAT CONTAINED WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT AND THIS DOCUMENT? YES. OKAY. YES. >> SO THE ENTIRETY OF THESE IS YES. YES. I ACTUALLY I, I DIDN'T KNOW. SO IT'S ACTUALLY CARTER IN OUR OFFICE THAT USED TO PRINT THOSE. I DIDN'T REALIZE WE WERE PRINTING THEM ANYMORE. SO GOOD TO SEE THEY'RE STILL BEING PRINTED. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SEE? OKAY. SEEING THAT ROLL COVER? NOPE. YEAH. NOPE. IT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE. YES. NO, I JUST SEE THIS DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM ROLL CALL VOTE POLICE COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HULING. YES. PRESIDENT KIM. YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORK YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER. YES. SEVEN. 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 S.F. USD. IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT IN HIS ABSENCE, I ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT DO YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR? >> I HAVE NONE. WE IS OUR MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SECOND COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE? I'M SORRY. MAY I ASK THE QUESTION? IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE A BRIEF POINT FIRST OR NOT? NO, IT'S NOT A DISCUSSION ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RAY. YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER? YES, VICE PRESIDENT ME YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. DID IT DO IT RIGHT? YEAH. UM OKAY. SO SO UM REALLY QUICKLY ON BOARD MEMBER REPORTS ARE THERE ANY REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING THREE ITEMS UNDER SECOND CAPE OR REPORTS PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU COULD. >> I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S
THERE'S A MEETING THIS THURSDAY FOR THE BEST AD HOC COMMITTEE THERE IS AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT HAPPENING AT THE OLD HARVARD. PLEASE COME. WE WOULD LOVE TO ENGAGE YOU ALL. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR PERSPECTIVES AS WE ENGAGE IN FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE AS A BOARD TAKE ACTION ON MAJOR DECISIONS AS WELL AS ROUTINE ENGAGEMENT. SO THAT'S WE'LL HAVE OUR 6 P.M. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE EITHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE. ALL INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE. THANK YOU. AND THE SECOND BEST AD HOC COMMITTEE HAS RESCHEDULED HASN'T BEEN RECOGNIZED YET. I'M I'M QUITE AWARE I'M QUITE AWARE THE SECOND AD HOC COMMITTEE ON ON PROGRESS MONITORING HAS REACHED OUT AT ITS MEETING TO TUESDAY, APRIL 21ST. AND SO IF YOU WANT TO COME AND JOIN THE OTHER TWO AUDIENCE MEMBERS FOR THAT ONE YOU'RE WELCOME TO BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR WORK. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ALEXANDER I KNOW THAT I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THIS MEETING THAT WE MAY BREAK INTO CLOSED SESSION.
MY COMMITMENT HERE IS THAT WE WILL KEEP IT SHORT TEN 15 MINUTES UM IF THAT IS AND IF THAT IS AMENABLE TO THE BOARD I WOULD LOVE TO TO TO RECONVENE AND TO CLOSE SESSION BRIEFLY. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE TO GO I MEAN WE WE WE ARE FORCED TO BECAUSE WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND VOTE TO EXTEND IF WE WERE TO ANYWAY SO WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK REGARDLESS AT THAT AMAZING THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WE WILL RESUME INTO CLOSED SESSION 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