MR. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER HERE. COMMISSIONER FISCHER. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. VICE PRESIDENT HEALEY HERE. COMMISSIONER RAY. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARNED AND PRESIDENT KEMP HERE. ITEM A GENERAL INFORMATION ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION TRANSLATION INTERPRETER, INTERPRETER SERVICES AND VIRTUAL MEETING INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ONLINE. AT THIS TIME THE BOARD OF 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 CLOSE SESSION? >> THERE ARE NONE IN PERSON OR ONLINE. GREAT SEEING NONE. UH WE WILL CONVENE FOR CLOSE SESSION AT 4:06 P.M. S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION WILL UH UH UH UH NO NO . S.F. GOV TV. SAN FRANCISCO GO. >> GOVERNMENT TELEVISION
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SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION . >> S.F. GOV TV. SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION . UH S.F. GOV TV. SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENTAL DIVISION IN IN ONE MATTER OF ANTICIPATED LITIGATION THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SEVEN EYES GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL IN THE MATTER OF STUDENT S.W. FIRST S.F. US CASE NUMBER (202) 502-0436 THE BOARD BY VOTE OF SEVEN A'S GIVES DIRECTIONS TO GENERAL COUNCIL SIX. PRESIDENT KIM I THINK THOSE ARE THE CORRECT ITEMS TO JUST CORRECT THE RECORD VERY QUICKLY IN THE ONE MATTER OF ANTICIPATED LITIGATION THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SIX EYES WEIGHT RIGHT? YES. YEAH YEAH YEAH THAT'S THE WORD CRAZY WAS OH SO SORRY IT WAS
THE SUN. LET ME SEE YOU KNOW IT JUST SAY FINE. I DON'T KNOW EACH MATTER. IS IT THIS ONE? YEAH. THAT'S REAL. OKAY. IS MY SCRIPT ACCURATE THOUGH? SORRY. >> MY APOLOGIES FOR THE CONFUSION. UH, I NOW HAVE THE RIGHT READ OUT IN FRONT OF ME IN THE RIGHTS GROUP WHICH IS OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM C IN ONE MATTER BUT DISSIPATED LITIGATION THERE YOU GO I BOARD BY A VOTE OF SIX I'S WITH COMMISSIONER GUPTA ABSENT GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL IN ONE MATTER OF REAL REAL PROPERTY IN NEGOTIATION THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF FIVE EYES AND TWO NOS BY COMMISSIONER GUPTA AND ALEXANDER GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL. APOLOGIES FOR THAT. I'M GLAD WE CAUGHT THAT. OKAY. THAT'S IF YOU SEE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE STUDENT ACTIONS FOCUS GOVERNANCE MODEL 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 OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES EVERY OTHER REGULAR MEETING IS A MONITORING WORKSHOP. THIS MODEL ALSO CALLS ON THE BOARD TO EMPOWER THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE FULL OWNERSHIP OF THE STRATEGIES USED TO REACH THOSE GOALS WITHIN THE GOLD GUARDRAILS SET BY THE BOARD. AS WE IMPLEMENT THIS NEW GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK, THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO ADOPT NEW SYSTEMS, ROUTINES AND POLICIES THAT IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO FOLLOW THIS WORK ON OUR WEBSITE AND SO IF YOU SEE THAT EDU SLASH GOVERNANCE AS WE COMMIT TO FINDING NEW AND IMPROVED WAYS TO MORE MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE WITH STAFF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. ITEM D PUBLIC COMMENT TO ALIGN WITH OUR EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE MODEL THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL LAST FOR ONE HOUR SO LET'S SAY 7:45 P.M.. WE AIM TO RESPECT STAFF, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TIME BY BEGINNING BOARD BUSINESS AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME. OUR HOPE IS TO CONDUCT BOARD BUSINESS IN AN EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT AND ACCESSIBLE MANNER DURING REASONABLE HOURS EACH PARTICIPANT MAY ASK 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. STEELE TO PLEASE TURN OFF THE MIC AND TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. I ASK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE RESPECT THAT ONE MINUTE LIMIT THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM AS MANY SPEAKERS AS POSSIBLE. I ENCOURAGE SPEAKERS WHO ARE SPEAKING ON THE SAME TOPIC TO COLLABORATE AND COMBINE THEIR COMMENTS SO THAT THE BOARD CAN HEAR ALL VIEWPOINTS DURING OUR LIMITED TIME. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPTS WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT VIA EMAIL AT BOARD OFFICE AT AS USD EDU. WE WILL FIRST HEAR FROM STUDENTS IN PERSON ON AGENDA ITEMS THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PERSONAL AGENDA ITEMS FOLLOWED BY STUDENTS IN PERSON ON NON AGENDA ITEMS AND THEN IN GENERAL PUBLIC IN PERSON ON NON AGENDA ITEMS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT IS COMPLETE WE WILL SAVE 15 MINUTES FOR REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH ACCORDING TO OUR TIMELINE WILL BE AT 7:30 P.M. TAKING COMMENTERS IN THE SAME ORDER AS IN PERSON IF ANY TIME REMAINS WE WILL RETURN TO IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT AS A REMINDER BOARD RULES AND CALIFORNIA LAW DO NOT ALLOW US TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR ATTEMPT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME IF APPROPRIATE THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL ASK THAT STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH SPEAKERS. OKAY MR. SEAL THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT KIM WE'RE GOING TO START WITH STUDENTS. I WILL CALL I'LL CALL ALL EIGHT OF YOU UP TOGETHER. SO PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM. WE HAVE ONE MINUTE EACH AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE YOU DON'T NEED TO BE RIGHT UP ON THE MIC AND NOT TOO FAR AWAY JUST LIKE MAYBE 3 OR 4IN PERFECT. SO JAYDEN KNUTSON, FINNEGAN KELLEY AND I THINK IT SAYS DOLLEY I'M SORRY I CAN'T READ IT BUT IF YOU FILL OUT A CARD YOU CAN COME UP PLEASE, CONNIE ,COME BACK TO THAT AND PEREZ WATERS IS THE LAST NAME MORRIS SLATER SLATER TURTLE HANNIBAL AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE THAT I'M SORRY I CAN'T QUITE READ IT BUT IF YOU FILLED OUT A CARD CAN COMES A LINEUP PLEASE. THANK YOU AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD. HELLO. MY NAME IS JAYDEN AND I'M THE ACADEMY'S STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AND I'M HERE TO ADDRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PLANS TO CLOSE OUR SCHOOL NEXT YEAR DURING MY JUNIOR YEAR THE DISTRICT IS THREATENING TO
CLOSE THE ACADEMY FOR THE THIRD TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE. SO I TRANSFERRED TO A BIGGER SCHOOL. THEN I REALIZED HOW UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT ACADEMY SMALL TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY IS. AFTER I TRANSFERRED MY GRADES DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY. I FELT ISOLATED AND INVISIBLE. I WAS NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT I NEEDED AND I FELT LIKE STAFF DID NOT CARE ABOUT ME SO I RETURNED TO ACADEMY. NOW MY GRADES, MY GRADES HAVE IMPROVED NOT ONLY BECAUSE I'M MORE MOTIVATED WHEN I'M SURROUNDED BY PEERS WHO KNOW AND CARE ABOUT ME BUT ALSO BECAUSE THE TEACHERS AND ACADEMY TRULY SEE THEIR STUDENTS IN A WAY I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED AT ANY OTHER SCHOOL. THE FACULTY REALLY CARES AND MAKES A GENUINE EFFORT TO HELP US SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ONLY ABLE TO DO BECAUSE THEY KNOW EACH OF US ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. EVERY TIME THAT I TRY TO GET CONCRETE ANSWERS ABOUT THE CLOSURE CLOSURE AND HOW I FEEL THAT THE DISTRICT'S BEEN TARGETING ACADEMY SINCE I WAS A FRESHMAN, I'VE ONLY GOTTEN THE RESPONSE. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION . I FEEL IGNORED. THE ACADEMY STUDENT BODY AND OUR FAMILIES ARE BEING DISMISSED. >> I WANT TO KNOW ONCE AND FOR ALL WHY THE DISTRICT BELIEVES THAT THIS CLOSURE IS JUSTIFIED BECAUSE IT ISN'T. I HOPE THAT YOU HOPE MY
CONCERNS WILL BE ADDRESSED. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HI. I'M FINNEGAN KELLEY AND I'M CURRENTLY A SOPHOMORE AT ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL. I COME HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS MY CONCERNS AROUND MY SCHOOL'S CLOSURE IN A BIGGER SCHOOL LIKE WALLENBERG WHOSE STUDENT BODY AFTER THE MURDER WILL BE SIX TIMES OUT OF THE CURRENT ACADEMY STUDENT BODY. I WILL HAVE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO A WHOLE NEW POPULATION AS A TRANS STUDENT I AM WELL AWARE THAT THIS WILL LIKELY EXPOSE ME TO TRANSPHOBIA, BULLYING AND DISCRIMINATION OF MANY FORMS. TO AN EXTENT BULLYING AND CONFLICT ARE PART OF THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE BUT AS A TRANS STUDENT ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW MY FEAR OF THESE EXPERIENCES IS GREATLY ENHANCED . >> HISTORICALLY TRANS STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO SOME OF THE MOST CRUELEST AND VIOLENT BULLYING EVEN IN PLACES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO. I KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT HAS POLICIES IN PLACE TO PREVENT SUCH OCCURRENCES BUT GIVEN THAT I'VE HAD PAST EXPERIENCE OF DISCRIMINATION FROM PEERS AND ADULTS ALIKE AND IN LARGER DISTRICT SCHOOLS I KNOW THAT SUCH THINGS TEND TO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. MY CONCERN IS THAT IN A BIGGER SCHOOL WITH LESS TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY AND LESS INVOLVED
WELLNESS STAFF THESE ISSUES WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR AND MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO RESOLVE ONCE I DO. IF THIS MERGER DOES HAPPEN I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND WALLENBERG AND I WILL BE PULLING OUT OF SFO USD COMPLETELY BECAUSE MY TRUST IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL HAVE BEEN LOST AND I KNOW THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THESE CONCERNS. I HOPE THAT MY MINE AND MY PEERS VOICES WILL BE GENUINELY LISTENED TO AND TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS DOLLY. I'M A JUNIOR IN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL. PEOPLE ARE FORGETTING THAT WE HAVE A CHOICE. EVERY STUDENT KNOWS HOW SMALL CUTTING IS AND WHAT THEY OFFER AND WILL DO STILL DECIDED TO STAY. THE CADEMY IS NOT A SCHOOL IS A FAMILY. I CAME AS A FRESHMAN FOLLOWING CLASS WITH THE MOST TERRIBLE ATTENDANCE A STUDENT COULD HAVE. BUT BECAUSE ACADEMY IS A SMALL SCHOOL THEY NOTICE ME. AS SOON AS I WAS NOTICED TEACHERS STARTED REACHING OUT TO ME TO HELP ME. I SAW IT AS A PLACE WHERE THERE
WAS PEOPLE WHO LOVED ME AND SUPPORTED ME. BUT I ALSO NOTED IN A BIG SCHOOL I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NOTICED. ACADEMY CLOSES IS NOT A FEAR. THE DISTRICT IS MAKING IT SEEM THAT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BUT REALITY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOSE FRIENDS. MY SUPPORT SYSTEM AND SCHOOL MY GOOD GRADES AND ALSO LOSE MYSELF THE ACADEMY HELP ME FIND A PATHWAY TO EDUCATION BUT ALSO FOR MY LIFE IN GENERAL. EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE THROWN AWAY JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDS. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT THE DISTRICT SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT UNIFIED MEANS MORE USED TO AND THE REST OF THE DISTRICT. DO YOU CARE ABOUT EDUCATION AND OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEEM TO THINK YOU. >> MY NAME IS PLENTY TOO AND I AM A SENIOR AT THE ACADEMY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. UH. THE EMAIL REGARDING ACADEMY'S CLOSURE THAT OUR FAMILIES RECEIVED PUT AN EMPHASIS ON HOW MERGING WITH A BIGGER SCHOOL WOULD OFFER MORE AP CLASSES, SPORTS AND CLUBS TO THE CURRENT STUDENTS ACADEMY. HOWEVER, WALLENBERG WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR ACADEMY STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN THOSE AP
COURSES UNLIKE OUR SCHOOL. AS FOR CLUBS BEFORE THE ACADEMY SWITCH TO FOCUS MORE ON COLLEGE AND CAREER WE DID HAVE CLUBS LIKE CHESS CLUB YEARBOOK AND CREATIVE CREATIVE WRITING FRUSTRATING AND MORE SO IF THE DISTRICT DIDN'T DECIDE TO IMPLEMENT THIS UCSF PROGRAM WE WOULD STILL HAVE THESE EXTRACURRICULARS. LASTLY, WHEN IT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE SPORTS BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES TO OUR SCHOOL, MANY OF OUR STUDENTS TRANSFERRED OUT AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THIS WAS FALSE AND MANY OF OUR ATHLETES SAID THAT THEY WOULD HAVE STAYED IF THEY HAD KNOWN THERE WOULD STILL BE THEY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO PLAY SPORTS ACADEMY SPORTS WOULD THEREFORE NOT HAVE DECLINED FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. THESE REASONS CAME FROM DATA THREE YEARS AGO, CAME FROM DATA THREE YEARS AGO AND DO NOT CURRENTLY REFLECT HOW ACADEMY STUDENTS FEEL ABOUT OUR SCHOOL. IT IS AN OVERSIGHT OF THE DISTRICT TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL BASED ON OUTDATED INFORMATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> ALL RIGHT. I'M AT EXPRESSWAYS. I GO TO ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL
AND ONE THING THAT I DON'T SEE TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH IN THIS CLOSURE IS THE CAMPUS. THE MAX TO YOUR CAMPUS ITSELF IS MASSIVE WITH OVER 80 ACRES OF LAND. IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY CAMPUSES THAT SERVES FRESH FOOD INSTEAD OF PACKAGED FOOD SOME OF IT GROWN FROM A STUDENT RUN FARM DIRECTLY ON CAMPUS. WHAT YOU'RE DOING BY CLOSING THE SCHOOL IS TAKING ALL THE THINGS ON THIS CAMPUS AWAY FROM LESS PRIVILEGED STUDENTS AND GIVING IT TO A SCHOOL NOT ONLY WITH A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF WHITE STUDENTS BUT A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF LOW INCOME STUDENTS. I KNOW THE DISTRICT IS UNAWARE OF HOW MUCH WE LOVE OUR CAMPUS . I KNOW THAT THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT THEY'RE RESCUING US FROM A SO-CALLED LIFELESS BASEMENT BUT THAT JUST ISN'T TRUE. ACADEMY LOVES OUR CAMPUS AND WE'VE WORKED HARD TO FILL IT WITH LIFE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NEWSLETTER AND I'M A JUNIOR AT ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL. FIRSTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT LAST YEAR WE WERE THREATENED TO HAVE OUR SCHOOL SHUT DOWN AGAIN. MARIA SUE CAME TO ME TO APOLOGIZE FOR HOW THE DISTRICT WAS TREATING THE ACADEMY
COMMUNITY. >> LIKE WE DIDN'T MATTER OR WE AREN'T HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE REAL FEELINGS AND ARE FIGURING OUT LIFE ON THE TOPIC OF MEANING. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP ON HOW THIS DECISION IS GOING TO BREAK US ALL APART. THE PEOPLE I AM CLOSEST WITH WILL NOT BE ATTENDING LONG BURIED BECAUSE IT IS NOT CONVENIENT WHICH IS VERY CONSERVATIVE FOR INCONSIDERATE FOR MOST PEOPLE THAT ATTEND ACADEMY MOVING US IGNORES THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND BONDS WE HAVE MADE WITH EVERY ONE EVERYONE HERE WOULD BE LEFT WITH NO MEANINGFUL ADULT OR SUPPORT WHICH IS EVEN MORE DEHUMANIZING . YOU GUYS NEED TO STOP TREATING US LIKE STATISTIC TICKS OR RATS USED FOR TESTING. SORRY YOU GUYS ARE NOT SORRY. YOU GUYS NEED TO START TREATING US LIKE STATISTICS OR RATS THAT ARE USED FOR THE TESTING IN A LIFELESS BASEMENT. MANY OF US DO NOT HAVE A GOOD HOME LIFE. THE ACADEMY MAKES UP FOR THAT. WE ARE ALL FAMILY THAT SUPPORTS EACH OTHER THROUGH OUR HARD TIMES. EVER SINCE MY FRESHMAN YEAR I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A
STURDY FOUNDATION OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN LIED TO AND THREATENED BY THE DISTRICT. BUT THE DISTRICT ACADEMY WAS THERE FOR ME THROUGH THOSE TOUGH TIMES. WE ARE HUMAN. WE MATTER. WE NEED OUR SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND PEOPLE ONE CANNOT AFFORD CANNOT OFFER PEOPLE THE SAME COMFORT. SORRY LONGER CANNOT OFFER PEOPLE THE SAME COMFORT THAT WE FEEL AT ACADEMY DUE TO THE SIZE WE CHOOSE THE ACADEMY BECAUSE OF THE SIZE BECAUSE THERE ARE 99 PEOPLE NOT 500 BECAUSE OF HOW THE SCHOOL OPERATES AND THE CLASSES IT OFFERS. ONE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING WITH ICE RIGHT NOW IS FEELS THE SAME WAY IN THE SITUATION BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM OUR HOME AND SENT AWAY FROM PEOPLE THAT WE LOVE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. >> HI MY NAME IS BLOOM EXCITER CIDER AND I'M A CURRENT SENIOR AT ACADEMY. I FEEL THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF MISCOMMUNICATION AND LACK OF UNDERSTANDING FROM THE DISTRICT IN REGARDS TO THIS CLOSURE. I DON'T THINK THAT YOU FULLY
UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE THAT THIS CLOSURE IS IMPACTING AND I'VE HEARD A LOT FROM THE DISTRICT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND OUR FRUSTRATION BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IS TRUE. FRUSTRATION DOES NOT BEGIN TO ENCOMPASS WHAT WE ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW. WHAT WE ARE FEELING IS GRIEF AND LOSS OVER WHAT ACADEMY HAS PROVIDED FOR US IN THESE YEARS. OUR ACADEMY ACADEMY SERVES A LOT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND 5 OR 4 PLANS AND IEPS AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE RECEIVED HOLLOW ASSURANCES FROM DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ABOUT OUR 5 OR 4 PLANS TRANSFERRING WINGO GO TO WALLENBERG WHAT ACADEMY DOES FOR THE INCLUSION OF DISABLED AND DISABLED STUDENTS LIKE MYSELF IS MUCH MORE THAN WHAT IS ON PAPER AND WE HAVE RECEIVED LITTLE TO NO INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE SERVICES AND TO OUR WELLNESS STAFF IF THIS MERGER OCCURS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR ME. >> MY NAME IS TARA HONEYBOY. I'M A SENIOR AT ACADEMY AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL. THE PLAN TO CLOSE ACADEMY NEXT YEAR IS A SHAMEFUL ATTEMPT TO RECTIFY AN EXTENSIVE SERIES OF
ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHTS AS A FEW AS D HAS NOT TAKEN ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE REPEATED FAILURES THAT HAVE CULMINATED INTO THE DECLINE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT UNDERSTAFFING, A DIALOG OF FUNDING AND NOW THE DESTRUCTION OF MY COMMUNITY. ACADEMY IS BEING MADE TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE SYSTEMIC NEGLECT AND BEING LIED TO THAT IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS MY BLACK AND BROWN PEERS AND THOSE OF US WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY A MERGER WITH WALLENBERG, A SCHOOL THAT IS MUCH LESS EQUIPPED TO SERVE OUR UNIQUE STUDENT BODY SOMETHING THE DISTRICT HAS FAILED TO DO AND CONTINUOUSLY DEMONSTRATED ITS APATHY TOWARDS. LET US NOT FORGET THE FRESH CLOSURE OF THE JUSTICE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND BROWN AND SPECIAL NEEDS JUDGE AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL AND THE LATER FRANKLY RACIST EXCLUSION OF THE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES FROM SO DOES DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH ART PROGRAMS. DESPITE THEIR USE OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND SPORTS TEAMS, THIS NEGLECT OF THE SMALL AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY ON THE MILITARY CAMPUS BY SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS PERSISTENT AND HISTORIC. IT IS NOT EQUITY. IT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE AS A FEW AS DO YOU SCHOOL. WHAT THE AS OF YOU DO YOU CLAIMS TO BE AGAINST.
I DEMAND THAT YOU STOP THIS CLOSURE. I DEMAND THAT MY COMMUNITY IS RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WERE THERE. WERE THERE ANY OTHER STUDENTS WHO FILLED OUT A CARD THAT OCCURRED TO SPEAK? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE ONE CARD SUBMITTED FOR THAT. DARIUS, YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE. >> ONE MINUTE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DARIUS. I USED TO WORK FOR US. IF YOU SEE, UM, HELPING WITH MY SUPPORT FOR TAXES AND DATA ENGINEERING, SOME OF YOU GUYS MIGHT MIGHT KNOW ME. UM, AS A PERSON WHO WORKED HERE, I KNOW YOU GUYS WORK DAY AND NIGHT TO FIX THE PROBLEMS HERE AND I KNOW YOU'RE DEALING WITH A LOT. UM, AND WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS HERE. UM, AND THESE PROBLEMS MIGHT COME OUT AT SOME POINT AND PEOPLE MIGHT GET TAX ISSUES ,RETIREMENT ISSUES. WE HAVE BUDGET DEFICIT. >> AS A PERSON WHO FACED THESE PROBLEMS. I RECENTLY STARTED A TECH COMPANY, PUT A TEAM TOGETHER AND REACHED OUT TO OTHER COUNTY
OFFICES IN CALIFORNIA AND WE BUILT A NEW SOFTWARE FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE FOR COUNTY OFFICES AND WE DON'T CHARGE $50 MILLION. WE CHARGED 1% TO THAT. WHAT WE THINK OR READY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OKAY WE'LL MOVE ON TO NOT AGENDA ITEMS. UM RECALL FIVE PEOPLE AT A TIME. PLEASE LET UP AT THE PODIUM OF ONE MINUTE EACH. JUDITH GIFTS NANCY PETER COOPER. MARILYN LAIDLAW AND LAUGHTER AND CHRISTINA KASSEBAUM. I WAS FORGIVE ME IF I'M MISPRONOUNCING THAT. MY NAME IS JUDITH GIPS. I HAVE WORKED AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN VARIOUS CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE LAST 27 ALMOST 28 YEARS. >> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT I LIKE AS IF USD IS MY FAVORITE PLACE THAT I HAVE WORKED DOING THIS KIND OF WORK. A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE
UNION REALLY STICKING UP FOR US AND INSISTING THAT WE BE TREATED AS PROFESSIONALS. >> I WILL ALSO GIVE A NOD TO AS JEFF USD TO SAY THE YOU KNOW I REALLY LIKE BEING SOMEWHERE WHERE SOCIAL JUSTICE IS PART OF THE CURRICULUM, PART OF THE VALUES THAT DRIVE US. >> IT'S TIME TO LIVE UP TO THEM. >> WHAT'S HAPPENED TO SOME TEACHING THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ADOPTED THE RED ROVER ABSENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS JUST A MESS. OKAY. IT USED TO BE THAT I REALLY FELT I WAS BEING TREATED AS A PROFESSIONAL. I COULD CHOOSE AMONG MANY JOBS TO SEE WHERE I FIT IN BEST . OH, THAT'S NEAR ME AND I LIKE THE PRINCIPAL THERE OR WHATEVER ELSE WAS GOING ON. I NO LONGER HAVE THOSE CHOICES. I BROUGHT MY PHONE TO SHOW YOU HOW I HAVE TO FIND TIME TO LIVE . >> MY TIME'S UP. SORRY. OH, OKAY. YEAH, I, UM. >> I'M ALSO A SUB AND I WANT TO VOICE MY DISAPPROVAL OF RED ROVER. IT'S NOT WORKING. UM, I MIGHT HAVE PICKED UP ONE JOB FROM THAT SYSTEM, UM, WHICH THEY HIRED TOO MANY SUBSTITUTES
IS AN AVERAGE OF MAYBE 400 SUB JOBS A DAY AND THERE MUST BE ABOUT 1500 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS RIGHT NOW. AND PARTICULARLY THE VETERANS PEOPLE WITH CREDENTIALS. I HAVE TWO CREDENTIALS. UM, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE SHOULD BE PRIORITY BECAUSE SOME OF THIS I HATE TO SAY THIS WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT THE NEW HIRES ARE LIKE DEERS CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS THEY CANNOT HANDLE THE STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS I GO TO. AND I WAS HOPING AND MAYBE THE BOARD WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT RED ROVER AND SEE HOW IT COULD BE IMPROVED. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARILYN LAIDLAW. I AM A TEACHER IN SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 31 YEARS AND I AM NOW SUBSTITUTE. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO DISCUSS THE SUBSTITUTE SITUATION. >> SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED IS OVER HIRED SUBS LAST WINTER TO DEAL WITH THE SUB SHORTAGE.
WE HAVE 1100 SUBS APPROXIMATELY FOR 350 TO 400 JOBS. VETERAN SUBS ARE HAVING A VERY HARD TIME GETTING JOBS WHEN WE USED TO WORK EVERY DAY. >> THE LARGE POOL OF UM CREDENTIALED AND EXPERIENCED SUBS THAT ARE FLOODING THE DISTRICT THE SCHOOL STAFFS ARE OVERWHELMED SHOWING THE NEW PEOPLE HOW TO DO THE JOB AND CORRECTING ERRORS ON ATTENDANCE AS THIS HAPPENS WITH QUITE A BIT REGULARITY. STUDENTS DESERVE QUALIFIED EXPERIENCED TEACHERS AND THEY ALSO DESERVE QUALIFIED EXPERIENCED SUBS. REGULAR SUBS KNOW THE STUDENTS IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND HAVE FAR FEWER PROBLEMS. I KNOW THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL I MEAN AND I HAVE VERY FEW PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M ANNA. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ADMINISTRATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR USF COLLEAGUES AND UNION SIBLINGS.
SECOND OF ALL, OCTOBER IS PRINCIPAL MONTH SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE IT UP TO ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND SCHOOL LEADERS. AND I'M GOING TO SHARE A PIECE OF A PRESS RELEASE THAT WE'RE RELEASING TONIGHT. ON OCTOBER 29TH THE UNITED ADMINISTRATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO USF WILL ENGAGE IN A COLLECTIVE LABOR ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE DISTRICT'S REFUSAL TO GRANT US OUR RAISE AND THE CONTINUED DETERIORATION OF OUR WORKING CONDITIONS. WE WILL BE BOYCOTTING A MANDATORY ADMINISTRATOR MEETING AT BURTON HIGH SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 29TH FROM 3 P.M. TO 5 P.M. AND HOLDING A RALLY OUTSIDE ON THE SIDEWALK INSTEAD . OVER 220 THANK YOU. OF OUR 250 MEMBERS HAVE RSVP THAT THEY WILL BE JOINING THE BOYCOTT AND RALLY AS WELL AS FELLOW UNIONS COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND LOCAL LEADERS AND OTHER SUPPORTERS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK. I'M HERE TODAY AS AN ADMINISTRATOR TASKED WITH ENSURING OUR SCHOOLS RUN SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY. AND YET WE'RE DOING SO WITH SHRINKING RESOURCES AND GROWING RESPONSIBILITY OR SUPERVISING MORE STUDENTS WITH FEWER STAFF COORDINATING AND OVERSEEING FACILITY ISSUES AND NAVIGATING COMPLEX BUDGETING ALL WHILE ABSORBING THE DUTIES OF ELIMINATED ROLES LIKE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, CLERKS AND PARENT LIAISONS. LET'S BE CLEAR IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE TO KEEP ASKING US TO DO MORE WITH LESS. OUR WORKLOADS HAVE INCREASED WHILE OUR RESOURCES HAVE BEEN SLASHED. THAT'S NOT INNOVATION. THAT'S EXPLOITATION. IF THE BUDGET IS BEING REDUCED, THE WORK LOG THE WORKLOAD MUST BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. PERIOD. AND LET'S TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION. WE DESERVE PAY THAT REFLECTS THE VALUE OF OUR WORK ALIGNED WITH OUR TEACHING COLLEAGUES AND SUFFICIENT TO KEEP US IN THIS CITY. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
KEVIN CALL THE NEXT GROUP. PLEASE LINE UP. DIANE LORI. DEENA EDWARDS. SAM MURPHY. >> JENNIFER WALLACE. MYRA QUADRO AND MY. >> GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT. COMMISSIONER. MY NAME IS DIANE MCGEE, PRINCIPAL OF STEVENSON ELEMENTARY AND A PROUD USD EDUCATOR FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. I RARELY SPEAK OUT SO PLEASE HEAR THIS AS A SERIOUS CONCERN. FOR OVER A DECADE I'VE LED THROUGH CRISES BUILT TRUST AND SHOWN UP EVERY DAY FOR MY COMMUNITY. THE TOLL IS REAL. WE WORK 13 TO 14 HOURS A DAY OFTEN SACRIFICING OUR HEALTH AND OUR FAMILIES. WE ARE ASKED TO GIVE EVERYTHING. YET WE OFTEN GO UNSEEN AND UNHEARD. OUR PAY DOESN'T REFLECT THE EXPERTISE OR DEMANDS OF THE JOB. THIS MAKES IT HARD TO RECRUIT, MENTOR AND RETAIN FUTURE LEADERS. IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT LEADERSHIP DOESN'T MATTER. IF WE WANT THRIVING SCHOOLS WE NEED SUPPORTED LEADERS. WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE ELSE. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF US.
APPROVE THE RAISE AND IMPROVE CONDITIONS SO WE CAN CONTINUE SERVING STUDENTS WITH EXCELLENCE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DINA EDWARDS AND I'M THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF SHERIDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I'VE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT FOR 30 YEARS AND THROUGHOUT THAT TIME I'VE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD THAT EVERYONE HAS A HARD JOB. I'VE MADE IT A POINT TO GIVE OTHERS GRACE BUT THAT GRACE IS NOT ALWAYS RETURNED. INSTEAD WHAT WE OFTEN RECEIVE IS MORE WORK, MORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND LESS RESPECT. AS A PRINCIPAL FOR 16 YEARS I CAN SAY WITHOUT HESITATION THAT THE WORKLOAD HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED. WE DESERVE BETTER BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS, BETTER COMPENSATION AND RECOGNITION FOR THE VITAL ROLE WE PLAY. PRINCIPALS ARE THE HEART OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THE DISTRICT'S SUCCESS. IT IS TIME THAT WE BE ACKNOWLEDGED. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE BOARD THAT YOU ARE ASKING ALL EDUCATORS TO ACCEPT A PAY
CUT. OUR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS ARE RISING MORE THAN 40% IN JANUARY I'LL BE PAYING OVER $1,000 A MONTH FOR TWO PEOPLE TO GET BAREBONES HMO COVERAGE. A 2% RAISE DOESN'T COME CLOSE TO COVERING THIS, LET ALONE PROVIDING EDUCATORS WITH SALARIES THAT WILL LIVE AND THRIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> I HAVE NEARLY 20 YEARS IN THIS DISTRICT. I'VE WON MULTIPLE AWARDS FOR TEACHING INCLUDING MARY'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR. I HAVE TURNED DOWN JOBS IN OTHER DISTRICTS THAT PAY BETTER AND OFFER BETTER BENEFITS BECAUSE I WANT TO WORK IN MY HOME CITY. I CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP MAKING THIS CHOICE. IT'S NOT A CHOICE. I WANT TO MAKE. WHEN YOU TREAT EDUCATORS WITH SUCH RANK DISRESPECT WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO TELL YOU TO DO BETTER, DO BETTER OR PREPARE TO BE THE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT PRESIDES OVER THE FIRST TEACHERS STRIKE IN 50 YEARS AND THE FIRST ADMINISTRATORS STRIKE IN THIS DISTRICT'S HISTORY. >> ALSO I GUESS THIS MAKES IT CLEAR BUT LAST YEAR WE MADE IT OBVIOUS THAT CLOSING SCHOOLS AND THIS ASSAULT ON OUR COMMUNITIES YOU PURSUE CLOSURE AT YOUR PERIL AND GUARDIAN WORKED HARD TO RECALL THE
SCHOOL BOARD. HE'S BEEN RECALLED. WE CAN DO IT TO YOU TOO. >> THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE I REMIND EVERYBODY THEY JUST KEEP A FEW INCHES AWAY FROM THE MAKE ME SPEAK. YOU CAN GO AHEAD. THANKS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MYRA QUADROS AND I'M THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF NEW TRADITIONS ELEMENTARY. AND VICE PRESIDENT OF USF. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CRITICAL ISSUE AFFECTING ADMINISTRATORS OUR WORKLOAD. YOU WANT US TO DO MORE WITH LESS? >> WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? WE WOULDN'T KNOW BECAUSE YOU NEVER INCLUDE US IN ANYTHING. WE WERE NOT INVITED INTO ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT FRONT. RED ROVER THE STAFFING MODEL BUDGET REDUCTIONS, THE NURSING COHORT MODEL BEST TIMING FOR MANDATORY TRAININGS FOR US. JUST TO NAME A FEW WHICH IS IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION OF GUARDRAIL FOR RESOURCE TRANSPARENCY THAT INCLUDES ALL STAKEHOLDERS. THE ONLY WAY THIS WORKS IS IF
YOU MAKE THESE DECISIONS WITH US AND NOT TO US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ENGAGING IN EUGENICS. THE DEVASTATION OF EDINA IS AN EMERGENCY. I WILL BE ADVOCATING FOR THE STATE AND CITY TO FILL THOSE. THESE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL HOLES I'M PLANNING. I AM PLEADING FOR SMART GOVERNANCE OF OUR SPREAD OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TO HELP US GET THAT MONEY AND COMMUNICATE TRUST IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> THE HEAD OF SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS TO BE ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD DIRECTLY COMMUNICATING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. NO DEPUTY IN BETWEEN STABILIZATION OF OUR CENTRAL OFFICE SPREAD AND DISCLOSURE OF STAFF OPENINGS AND THEIR IMPACTS. >> TRANSPARENCY OF DATA ON SPREAD DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE IMPACTS AND PROGRESS OF ALL. ALL CONTRACTS NEED TO BE ANALYZED. FINANCIALS, STABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY OF THE SPREAD BUDGET. A FULL ACCOUNT OF SPENDING FROM
THE PREVIOUS YEAR SOBER TO THE PUBLIC WARTS AND ALL. STABLE AND SUPPORTIVE PIPELINE FOR SPEED EDUCATORS PARAS AND THERAPIST. SHARING INFORMATION OF OPENINGS WITH LABOR PARTNERS AND COLLABORATIVE NEGOTIATIONS. WE NEED THESE EDUCATORS AND STAFF TO FEEL APPRECIATE TOUCH SO THEY STAY. >> THANK YOU. YOU CAN CALL THE NEXT GROUP. >> ERIC PEREZ RYAN HIGHTOWER MESSI OR MR. ERIC JENKINS. JOSH DAVIDSON AND PATRICIA WILLIAMS. I'M SORRY FOR YOU PATRICIA. I'M THE SCIENCE TEACHER AT THE ACADEMY. THE STUDENTS HAVE TALKED ABOUT OUR PAST TRANSGRESSIONS BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE WE CONFRONT. A FUTURE WHERE SUCCESSFUL MODELS THAT SERVE A DIVERSE POPULATION LIKE THE ACADEMY WILL BE DISSOLVED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE RICHEST AND LEAST DIVERSE SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT THAT PREVENTS THE ENROLLMENT OF THE EXACT STUDENTS IT DISPLACES. WE'RE CONFRONTED WITH THE FUTURE VISION OF AN S.F. USDA THAT NO LONGER CONSULTS ITS COMMUNITIES BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS THAT DEEPLY IMPACT
THEM DIRECTLY CONTRADICTING OUR DISTRICT'S VISION TO INVEST IN FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND A FUTURE WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROMISE SUCH AS THE PROMISE TO NOT CLOSE SCHOOLS CANNOT BE TRUSTED. THERE'S A FUTURE WHERE WE HAVE YET TO SEE THE EVIDENCE THAT THE CLOSURE ALIGNS WITH THE SUPPOSED SLATED COMMITMENTS TO RACIAL EQUITY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. IT IS IN YOUR CAPACITY TO CREATE A FUTURE FOR S.F. YOUR CITY THAT ALIGNS WITH THE EXACT VISION NOT ONE THAT UNDERMINES IT. TONIGHT I URGE THE BOARD TO STOP THE CLOSURE OF OUR SCHOOL AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON OUR COMMITMENT TO A TRANSPARENT COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND STUDENT CENTERED DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. >> HI. MY NAME'S RYAN HIGHTOWER. I AM AN L.A. TEACHER AT ACADEMY IN DEPARTMENT HEAD. I WANT TO GIVE BIG KUDOS TO OUR STUDENTS FOR COMING TODAY AND LEAVING THEIR STATEMENT TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL.
WE'VE BEEN PROMISED TRANSPARENCY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. I WAS PART OF DESIGN TEAM PROCESSES THAT WERE OVERSEEN BY THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND ANYTHING BUT TRANSPARENCY HAS BEEN THE NORM OVER THE COURSE OF THOSE LAST THREE YEARS. WE'VE BEEN HIT THREE YEARS IN A ROW WITH NOTICES OF CLOSURE OR OF PROGRAM THINNING RIGHT AT ENROLLMENT TIME FOR OUR JUNIOR HIGHS. WE'VE HAD THE REMOVAL OF OUR TABLE AT THE UPCOMING ENROLLMENT FAIRS NOT TO MENTION LAST YEAR KIND OF BACKTRACKING ON DECISIONS AROUND SCHOOL CLOSURES AT THE EXACT SAME TIME THAT ENROLLMENT FIGURES ARE GOING ON. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT CLASSES THAT ARE DIMINISHING IN SIZE AND TRYING TO FORCE THAT CONVERSATION AROUND PROGRAM MODELING, NOT ALIGNING WITH WHAT STUDENTS WANT DOESN'T SEEM LOGICAL TO ME. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU GET THE SPEECH TOGETHER. NAMASTE Y'ALL. HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES ARE SAFE. MY FROEMMING NAME IS MISI, A
PRODUCT OF S.F. USD K THROUGH 12 AND I'LL PROBABLY SUBSTITUTE OR AS I LIKE TO SAY A GUEST TEACHER. SERVING IN OVER 30 LOW RESOURCE SCHOOLS ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CAREERS. A WIN WIN WIN FOR STUDENTS TEACHERS AND ADMIN ALIKE AND I'M THANKED EVERY DAY FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES OF EXCHANGING CULTURE AND KNOWLEDGE WITH BRILLIANT STUDENT STUDENTS FROM ALL LIVED EXPERIENCES. YOUTH WHO FLED WAR, GENOCIDE, POVERTY AND FAMILY SEPARATION YET STILL LAUGH AT MY JOKES. TAKE THREE BUSSES TO SCHOOL. HAVE TO WORK DURING OR AFTER SCHOOL AND SHOP READY TO LEARN. THEIR RESILIENCE INSPIRES ME EVERY DAY BUT TO SERVE THEM FULLY WE NEED SAFETY CARE TRAINING AND PROPER SUPPORT. I'VE SEEN STUDENTS BANG THEIR HEADS ON WALLS THEIR IPADS, CHROMEBOOKS AND DESKS. I SAW BRUISES FROM ONE INCIDENT LAST WEEK AND IN SPECIAL EDUCATION ROOMS I'VE SEEN TEACHERS SO COVERED IN BRUISES THEY LOOK LIKE TATTOOS. SOME ARE NOW PERMANENTLY DISABLED, NO LONGER ABLE TO WORK. >> WE LOVE OUR STUDENTS. WE SHOW UP BECAUSE WE CARE. BUT CARE REQUIRES ACTION.
WE'RE DOING OUR PART. PLEASE DO YOUR BEST TO ENSURE WE HAVE SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS THAT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS DESERVE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> HI, I'M ELSA, PART OF THE SUBSTITUTE COHORT. I WAS LOOKING AT THE AGENDA FOR TODAY AND AN ITEM 33 ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS A FUTILITY RESOLUTION FOR THE DISTRICT TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH RED ROVER . >> I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT REALLY SOUNDS FUTILE. SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN READING ESPECIALLY DAY TO DAY SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS WITH RED ROVER. IT HAS BEEN A TRAGEDY FOR VERY SEASONED AND TEACHERS WHO ARE USED TO SOME CLASSROOMS. THEY ARE NOT BEING ABLE TO BE ASSIGNED TO THOSE POSITIONS. BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SICK LEAVE. I HAD COVID I HAD TO GO TO WORK WITH COVID BECAUSE RED ROVER FORGETS WHO IS FROM PENNSYLVANIA, FORGETS THAT CALIFORNIA WORKERS HAVE A RIGHT TO SICK LEAVE EXCEPT FOR
SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS AT USD FOR A FULL MONTH RED ROVER HAS BEEN IN OPERATION AND THEY STILL DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT WE CANNOT LOG IN FOR OUR SICK LEAVE. PLEASE SOLVE THAT. >> THANK YOU. HI EVERYBODY. I'M JOSH DAVIDSON, CHEF FOR SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE MCATEER CAMPUS COMMUNITY FARM IS HARVESTING PUMPKINS AND KALE THIS MONTH. WE HAVE THE LAST SEASON TOMATOES VERY FEW OF THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T GET A LOT OF SUN UP ON THE HILL BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW THERE. >> I GOT TWO STRAWBERRIES. MANY, MANY WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING THANKS TO THE STUDENTS OF ACADEMY AT MCATEER . I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> MY NAME IS PATRICIA. KIDS OVER THERE MIGHT KNOW ME AS MISS W ACADEMY KIDS. YOU'RE ALL AMAZING AND I AM SO PROUD TO SUBSTITUTE TEACH TO SUPPORT THE INCREDIBLE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF S.F. USD. BUT I DON'T DO THIS JOB FOR FUN.
MY RENT IS DUE ON THE FIRST JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE'S ALTHOUGH I'M NOW PAID ON THE FIFTH FOR SOME REASON MY HEALTH CARE DOESN'T PAY FOR ITSELF AND SINCE THE SUB JOB SHORTAGE CUT MY HOURS SO MUCH THAT I'M LOSING MY DISTRICT HEALTH INSURANCE IT'S ABOUT TO GET A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE. SUBBING USED TO BE A LIVELIHOOD NOT A LOTTERY. SOME MORNINGS WE STAY UP UNTIL 3 A.M. OR WAKE UP AT FIVE REFRESHING RED ROVER OVER AND OVER FOR JOBS AND THE DAYS WE DO GET JOBS WE GET NEARLY NO INFORMATION ON THEM WHICH IS HOW I TAUGHT P.E. TODAY JUST LIKE THIS SUBS CANNOT GIVE SCHOOLS OUR BEST WHEN WE'RE UNPREPARED, SLEEP DEPRIVED AND CONSTANTLY WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER WE'LL HAVE A JOB FROM DAY TO DAY OR ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE. THE WHOLE SUBSTITUTE SYSTEM IS UNSUSTAINABLE AS IT STANDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KIM. CALL THE NEXT GROUP. BRANDI BACHMANN, LAURA KENNEDY, FIONA TILLERY AND NATALIE HERE THAT HELLO MY NAME IS BRANDI BACHMANN. >> LAST YEAR OUR CURRENT SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT CAME UP WITH A PLAN THAT TRIED TO CLOSE CLOSE
12 SCHOOLS. ONE OF THOSE WAS MY MY SON'S FORMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO ELEMENTARY WE FOUGHT THAT PLAN AND WON AND I STAND IN FULL OPPOSITION WITH THE AMAZING STUDENTS AND STAFF AT THE ACADEMY AT MCATEER. THEIR SCHOOL SHOULD NOT BE CLOSED. WE NEED TO HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES AND 60 SCHOOL CLOSURES DO NOT SAVE MONEY. THEY ARE AN ATTACK ON OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEY ARE UNFAIR. >> AND IF YOU BELIEVE WE GOT A LOT OF UNION PEOPLE HERE THEN AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL. YOU ARE ALL JOINED AS A COMMUNITY, AS A CITY AND FIGHT THIS BECAUSE THIS TIME IF THE ACADEMY NEXT TIME THEY'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE HARVEY MILK MALCOLM X THIS IS A PLAN AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STOP SO WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT BACK. I WORKED WITH STAFF AT THAT SCHOOL TO COME UP WITH THE PETITION. IT'S ON MY ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE THE SAN FRANCISCO EDUCATION ALLIANCE. PLEASE EVERYONE FILL IT OUT AND LET THESE STUDENTS KNOW THAT WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY
WITH THEM AND THEY'RE NOT ALONE . HELLO, MY NAME IS LAURA KENNEDY. I AM A PARENT TO A FIRST GRADER AT JACQUOT ELEMENTARY. ONE YEAR AGO WAS MY FIRST BOARD MEETING AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF YELLOW BEING ONE OF THE POTENTIALS TWO SCHOOLS TO CLOSE THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE. THAT'S NOT WHAT KEEPS ME HERE. TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE BOARD MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT THE FISCAL INSOLVENCY AND THE BUDGET PLAN AND THE TIMELINE AND THE NEED TO HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SOON. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT SINCE ONE WEEK AGO WE HAD OUR SEC MEETING. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PRINCIPAL SANCHEZ AND A QUOTE THAT HE SHARED WITH US AT THAT SCC MEETING WHATEVER THE PROBLEM COMMUNITY IS THE ANSWER WHEN PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS AND SCARED WE WITHDRAW FROM ONE ANOTHER. LISTENING HELPS US LEAN IN AND HOLD EACH OTHER. THAT'S A QUOTE FROM MARGARET WHEATLEY. I JUST WANT TO ASK US TO HEARING FROM THE STUDENTS AT
THE ACADEMY, HEARING FROM OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SCHOOL STATE LEADERS IT SEEMS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ENGAGEMENT AND DECISIONS HAPPENING IN A VACUUM. PLEASE LEAN IN AND GAUGE WE WANT TO SOLVE THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HEY. YEAH. HEY, HEY, HEY. >> YOU WAKE UP A LITTLE BIT FINE. HEY, Y'ALL. HI. I'LL DO IT. I'M TRYING TO HYPE MYSELF UP FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS TIANA TILLERY. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PEER EDUCATORS WITH USF AND AN EMPLOYEE OF SFI USD FOR 26 YEARS. >> OH DANG THAT'S A LOT. OKAY. OH FOR THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS WE'VE BEEN BARGAINING AND ASKING FOR WHAT EVERY EDUCATOR DESERVES A FAIR WORKLOAD, A LIVING WAGE AND HEALTH CARE THAT COVERS OUR FAMILIES, OUR PARENTS EDUCATORS ARE THE BACKBONE TO SAVE USD DESPITE HOW WE TREATED WE
SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, PROVIDE SMALL GROUP ACADEMIC SUPPORT, TRANSLATE FOR FAMILIES AND CREATE SAFE SPACES IN EVERY SCHOOL. WE DO ALL THIS WITH LITTLE TO NO TRAINING AND LIMITED RESOURCES FROM THE DISTRICT YET WE CONTINUE TO GIVE EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO OUR STUDENTS ALMOST ALMOST OVER 4000 MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED OUR STRIKE READY PETITION AS YOU CAN SEE DECORATED ON YOUR WALLS. THAT IS NOT A THREAT. THAT IS A REFLECTION OF OUR UNITY IN OUR FRUSTRATION. WE WANT A PARTNERSHIP NOT CONFLICT. BUT PARTNERSHIP STARTS WITH RESPECT ACT WITH URGENCY. OH NO NO, NO, NO. WHERE DO YOU INVEST IN THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE SFD WORK? >> OUR STUDENTS CAN'T WAIT AND NEITHER CAN WE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NATALIE RIZZI. I SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF SUBSTITUTES AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM THEM TODAY OF UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> YES, WE REPRESENT ALL SUBSTITUTES CLASSIFIED AND CERTIFICATED. I'D LIKE TO START BY SALUTING THE STUDENTS AND MCATEER.
IT TAKES A LOT TO STAND UP AS YOU DID AND YOU MODEL FOR US WHAT COMMUNITY REALLY LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE STRIVING FOR. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO STAND WE STAND WITH OUR SIBLINGS IN USF AND WE'LL BE THERE. >> BUT WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT TODAY IS THE SUBSTITUTES RIGHT NOW. SO EDUCATORS WHO WERE RELIED ON WHEN THERE WAS NO ONE TO COVER THE SCHOOLS JUST TWO YEARS AGO TO COVER THE CLASSES ARE SUFFERING. >> PEOPLE CALL ME CRYING BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT FOUR IN THE MORNING JUST TO TRY AND FIND A JOB AND THEN THEY GET TO THE JOB AND IT'S CANCELED THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION THAT ARE SUBSTITUTES ARE BEING SUBJECTED TO IS UNIMAGINABLE AND THERE ARE SOLUTIONS BUT THEY NEED TO BE ENACTED RIGHT NOW AND WE NEED PARTNERSHIP IN ORDER TO ENACT THOSE SOLUTIONS AND FIX WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR OUR SUBSTITUTES. WHAT PATRICIA SAID ABOUT THE SICK TIME IS DEEPLY URGENT. IT IS CALIFORNIA LAW THAT THEY HAVE SICK TIME AND THAT IT
ROLLS OVER FROM LAST YEAR AND THERE IS NO WAY FOR OUR SUBSTITUTE EDUCATORS TO ACCESS THEIR SICK TIME. THE LAW IS BEING BROKEN EVERY SINGLE DAY. THE HEALTH BENEFITS ARE BEING DENIED NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET WORK BUT THE HOURS ARE MISCOUNTED. WE'RE IN CONSTANT CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE THINGS BUT WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AREN'T WORKING. THE SUBSTITUTES CAME OUT TODAY IN OUR RALLY AND OUR PICKET AND THEY'RE SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY FROM THEIR HEARTS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN IN S.F. USD. THEY WANT TO STAY IN S.F. YOUR CITY AND RIGHT NOW DISTRICT MANAGEMENT IS MAKING THAT UNTENABLE. IT'S NOT JUST RED ROVER. IT'S THE HIRING OF HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF SUBS AND THE COMPETITION THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW AND IT HAS TO END. SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU ALL TO HELP US TO MAKE THAT WORK TO IMMEDIATELY ENACT THE SICK TIME THEY'RE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO FIX THE SYSTEM WITH THE HEALTH BENEFITS AND TO ENACT SOLUTIONS THAT MAKE THE WORK MORE SUSTAINABLE FOR OUR KIDS, OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT KIM. THAT CONCLUDES IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO VIRTUAL? THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH STUDENTS THIS EVENING. STUDENTS CAN SPEAK ON AGENDA OR NON AGENDA ITEMS AGAIN THIS TIME IS ONLY FOR STUDENTS SO IF YOU'RE A STUDENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU CARE TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT COULD THAT BE REPEATED IN CHINESE AND SPANISH PLEASE? WHEN A NOTICE IS THE MOMENT IS BUT I THOUGHT IT IS PERILOUS AS TO THE ANTICIPATED QUESTION IS DE LA HONDA YOU CANNOT STAND UNTIL THE STUDENT IS IN AND ONE MINUTE OF CLASS IS NOW GALLEGOS HI MONSTER SO SONG FIGHTING INCIDENT HOW YOU CAN WHAT IF THEY USE INTERNET YOU GOT A HIT SONG HEY HEY HEY HOW ARE YOU GUYS OUT TODAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN HERE TO SPEAK ANY STUDENTS PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, CITIZEN FIVE YES. HELP!
HELLO? >> HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. ARE YOU STUDENT OR ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS? NO, I'M NOT. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK NEXT SO PLEASE LOWER YOUR HAND. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY STUDENTS OUT THERE? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEMS IF YOU CARE TO SPEAK TO AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND ADULTS CAN DO THAT NOW AT THIS POINT SO IT CANNOT BE REPEATED IN SPANISH AND CHINESE. PLEASE WHEN A NOTICE IS PUT ON US YOU CAN APPLY TODAY AS SOON AS THE STANDARD ATTENDANCE IS A MOMENT OF PARLIAMENT ELEMENT BECAUSE IT'S YOU GOT TO GO FIND MEETING SO I'M GOING TO YOU THERE ANYTIME ENTERTAINMENT I'M FINDING ABOUT TEN DEGREES OUT THANK YOU THANK YOU AGAIN ONE MINUTE EACH CITIZEN FIVE YOU CAN GO AHEAD. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE MINUTE. YES. IS THIS ON GENERAL OF THE COMMENT FOR A SPECIFIC ITEM?
THIS IS FOR AGENDA ITEMS WOULD BE FOR A SPECIFIC ITEM. CAN I SPEAK JUST IN GENERAL YOU MAY NOT TO THE NEXT SECTION THEN WHAT ITEM IS IS UP AGAIN SO THIS IS FOR AGENDA ITEMS SO AFTER WHEN I SAY WE'RE SPEAKING I'M NOT AGENDA ITEMS THAT'S WHEN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU. SO I JUST SEE A NUMBER HERE IT'S 632722 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AGAIN THERE'S A NUMBER HELLO. HI, THIS IS MARCIA CLARK, RIGHT? I'M THE FORMER PRINCIPAL OF MIRA LOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I REVIEWED TONIGHT'S AGENDA SPECIFICALLY NUMBER 12 ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS THERE A REASON ONE OF THE ATTACHED REPORT OF TONIGHT'S CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL ACTION IT'S MISSING. CAN THIS BE APPROVED WITHOUT PUBLIC TRANSPARENT AC THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS YOU'VE BEEN ASSIGNED ME. THANKS JUSTIN. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. THIS IS RELATED TO BOARD DIRECTION AND AGENDA ITEM.
I'M HERE TO ADDRESS SOME CRITICAL CONCERNS THAT WE'VE RAISED IN THE PBS REPORT CARD. I SENT THAT TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS. IT'S ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE. FIRST I WANT TO INDICATE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN BOARD DECISIONS AND COMMUNITY VALUES. WE APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE COMPLEXITIES AND THE DISTRICT AND BALANCING OPINIONS BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. EVIDENCE BASED DECISIONS. PLEASE EVERYBODY GO ON OUR WEBSITE READ THE REPORT. I THINK IT'LL HELP YOU BUILD TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VERONICA. VERONICA. ONE MORE TIME. VERONICA, ARE YOU THERE? OKAY. VIRGINIA MARSHALL THANK YOU. MR.. STILL TO PRESENT HIM AND BOARD COMMISSIONERS SUPERINTENDENT'S SOON. FIRST I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE AMAZING FOR ALL THE
TEACHER URBAN AND THE ALI TEAM OUR REVEREND BROWN ARTS AND A SATURDAY SCHOOL LAST SATURDAY IT WAS ACTUALLY THE HERON BAY SESSION IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE PARENTS THERE WITH THEIR CHILDREN. THE CHILDREN HAD DELICIOUS BREAKFAST, NUTRITIOUS BREAKFAST FIRST AND THEN WENT TO THEIR SESSIONS AND WE COMMEND YOU ON THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MRS. URBAN AND THE ALL 18 OH WE SUPPORT UNIONS ALWAYS. IT IS REALLY HEARTENING DISHEARTENING TO HEAR ABOUT THE SUBSTITUTE DEBACLE AT THE MOMENT AND ALSO WE SUPPORT WE HOPE THAT BEFORE OCTOBER 29TH THAT WE ALL WILL SIT DOWN WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND GET THAT CONTRACT GOING AND ALSO TO OUR JUST HELP US OUR COMMUNITY TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS. WE FIGURED A GREAT ROLE WAS GOING TO HAVE SOME ISSUES. NOW WE'RE HEARING THE ISSUES AND WE HOPE TO MEET THOSE. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS THAT THE N-WORD IS BEING MISSED AGAIN. SOMEONE TRYING TO STEAL THE SUBWAY WAS PARTIALLY REMIND
PRINCIPALS TO REMIND THEIR ESPECIALLY NOT TO USE THE N-WORD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. CITIZEN FIVE WE'RE MOVING ON TO EXCUSE ME. LET ME LET ME MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE YOU GO. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NON AGENDA ITEMS SO IF YOU CARE TO SPEAK TO A NON AGENDA ITEM PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. CAN THAT BE REPEATED IN SPANISH AND CHINESE PLEASE? WHEN A NOTICE IS TO KNOW THAT IT PRESENTS A LINEAR E COMPONENT COMMENT THAT A CONTROVERSY CANNOT SEND SILENCES UNLESS THERE'S A ONE MINUTE OR TWO SOLOMON COULD ASSIST YET YOU CARRY A TUNE PATTERNS YOU CAN FOR 18 SECONDS AND YOU TAKE FIVE YOU WANTED TO TAKE IT BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FOR HIS HELP. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU CITIZEN FIVE AND GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. THIS IS CHILD CHAIR OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF SAN FRANCISCO HELPS AFFORD I'M HERE TO REMIND FOLKS THAT ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE ELIGIBLE KIDS
IN SAN FRANCISCO GOES TO AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL OR HOMESCHOOLS. AND IF EDUCATORS ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL SYSTEM YOU MIGHT CONSIDER THOSE AS AN ALTERNATIVE. I KNOW THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS ARE TREATED BADLY BUT THE PUBLIC IS ALSO TREATED BADLY AND HAVING TO PAY FOR ALL THIS AND REALLY WE NEED SEPARATION OF SCHOOL AND STATE FOR THE SAME REASONS WE NEED SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE BECAUSE IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE GOVERNMENT INVOLVED IN TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO BELIEVE ESPECIALLY YOUNG IMPRESSIONABLE CHILDREN. SO SCHOOLS SHOULD REALLY BE VOLUNTARILY FUNDED AND RUN BY THE COMMUNITY NOT BY THE GOVERNMENT. SO ENCOURAGE EDUCATORS AND OTHERS PROFESSIONALS TO CONSIDER CAREERS OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL SYSTEM AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL SYSTEM, PLEASE DON'T JUST RELY ON SOAKING THE PUBLIC LOOK AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE STAFFING THAT'S OVERPAID AND BECOMING MORE AND MORE BLOATED OVER THE YEARS. THANK YOU. THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THAT'S YOUR TIME. >> VANESSA THANK YOU.
THIS IS A NON AGENDA ITEM RELATED TO ACADEMY IN CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD PAINTS A PICTURE OF STRANGE FOR THE ACADEMY THERE'S INCREASED L.A. SCORES HIGH RATE OF COLLEGE PREPAREDNESS. THIS IS TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK OF TEACHERS, STAFF, PARENTS AND STUDENTS. THE COMPOSITION OF THE ACADEMY IS 60% OF STUDENTS WHO ARE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED AND 11% WHO ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. AND SO GIVEN THE OBVIOUS SUCCESSES, I'M HOPING THAT THE DISTRICT LOOKS AT HOW IT'S GOING TO SUSTAIN THE RESOURCES OF THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SARA AM ENOUGH. HI MY NAME'S SARA. I'M AND OFF I AM AN EXPERIENCED 25 YEAR EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTE I SAID THE SOLIDARITY WE JUST ARE SPEAKING TODAY RED ROVER IS NOT WORKING NOT JUST FOR THIS DISTRICT MANY OTHER DISTRICTS IT'S BASICALLY HUNGER GAMES FOR TEACHERS THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. VETERAN TEACHERS ARE NOT GETTING ANY SLEEP.
IT'S WE CAN'T GET JOBS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS WE RISK LOSING HEALTH INSURANCE AT A TIME WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS GOING TO BE DOUBLING THIS YEAR . THE DISTRICT NEEDED THE REQUEST OR SECRETARY PUT IN SUMS DIRECTLY AT SCHOOLS WHERE THEY KNEW THE STUDENTS AND STUDENTS NEED THE TEACHERS. STUDENTS NEED TEACHERS. THEY KNOW YOU NEED TO RE-INSTITUTE THAT RED ROVER IS NOT WORKING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. CHRIS CLOSE I'M I'M CHRIS PLOWS SPED DEPARTMENT HEAD AT WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AS OF TUESDAY HAD SPENT MONTHS COMPLETELY REJECTING OUR UNION'S PROPOSALS AT THE BARGAINING TABLE PROPOSALS THAT THE DISTRICT SAYS THAT THEY AGREE WITH THAT ARE IN LINE WITH THE SUPPOSED STATED VALUES BUT THEY STILL REJECT THEM IN FULL WITHOUT PROPOSING THEIR OWN SOLUTIONS TO THE ISSUES THAT WE KEEP TRYING TO SOLVE.
I SUPPOSED HE TALKS A GOOD TALK BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT OUR LEADERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN WALKING THE WALK. SPEAKING OF WALKING MY ONE YEAR OLD IS WALKING AND RUNNING NOW BUT MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH TEACH FOR US OF JUST PULLING TEN PLUS HOUR DAYS SO WE MISS TIME WITH HIM. NOT THAT THE DISTRICT CARES SINCE WE'RE BOTH WAITING ON RESPONSES TO PAYROLL HELP TICKETS. WHY IS IT THAT WE DEDICATE SO MUCH OF OUR TIME WHEN THIS DISTRICT CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO COME PREPARED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AT THE BARGAINING TABLE? >> WHY ARE THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AT ACADEMY PUTTING IN SO MUCH TIME WHEN THE DISTRICT CAN'T EVEN BE BOTHERED TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR COMMUNITY BEFORE DECIDING TO SHUT DOWN THEIR SCHOOL? IT'S BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DO THINGS THAT SHOW THAT WE CARE. WE DON'T STOP AT WORDS LIKE THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. WELL, GLORIA. HI, THIS IS GLORIA MESSAGES PARENT WITH THE DISTRICT FORMER EMPLOYEE I BEGAN WORKING IN 1997 FOR THE DISTRICT UNDER
DEAN AND WITH DEAN EDWARDS FATHER WHO WORKED FOR THE DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS. YOU'VE GOT SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE WORKING WITH YOU THROUGH ALL OF THE SYSTEM MATIC FAILURES OF ADOPTIONS OF THINGS LIKE EMPOWER HER WITH THROUGH EMPHASIS AND RED ROVER IT IS DISCO TESTING TO HEAR ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT ON BROKEN SYSTEMS THAT BREAK THE LAW. IT'S SHOCKING GIVE THE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS WHAT THEY NEED AT THE BARGAINING TABLE IMMEDIATELY DO NOT SHUT DOWN THE ACADEMY. PLEASE STOP STRANGLING SCHOOLS UNTIL YOU REACH A CLOSURE POINT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HORMEL THANK YOU. I AM A PARENT OF A STUDENT AT THE ACADEMY SS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FIRST OF ALL THAT LISTENING TO THE STUDENTS SPEAK SHOULD BE ENOUGH EVIDENCE RIGHT THERE THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE ACADEMY IS A SUCCESS
AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO RECONSIDER CLOSING IT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THE DISTRICT ITSELF ASKED THE ACADEMY TO COME UP WITH A NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAM TO SAVE THE SCHOOL FROM CLOSURE. JUST A YEAR AGO THE DISTRICT CAPPED ENROLLMENT ON THAT PROGRAM AND THAT ADMITS OPENLY THAT THE CSUF ENROLLMENT DEADLINES PROHIBITED ADEQUATE ENROLLMENT AND THE SCHOOL TO KEEP THE SCHOOL OPEN. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS THAT THE DISTRICT IS SETTING THE SCHOOL UP FOR FAILURE AND THEN BLAMING THE SCHOOL FOR THAT FAILURE. I THINK THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD GIVE THE ACADEMY ENOUGH TIME TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THIS PROGRAM TO ALLOW PARENTS TO EVEN HEAR ABOUT IT SO THAT ENROLLMENT CAN RAISE TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS TO KEEP THE SCHOOL OPEN. YOU HAVE NOT DONE A GOOD JOB OF SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM. YOU HAVE NOT DONE A GOOD JOB OF SUPPORTING THIS SCHOOL. PARENTS WOULD GO CRAZY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KIM THAT CONCLUDES A VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU. >> TO ALIGN WITH OUR AFFECT THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP TODAY ESPECIALLY TO THE STUDENTS WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON YOUR SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH US AT THIS TIME. >> TO ALIGN WITH OUR EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM ARE TASKED WITH PROVIDING A DRAFT OF EACH AGENDA 12 DAYS IN ADVANCE. ONCE THAT DRAFT AGENDA IS MADE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE FOR MEMBERS HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO SUBMIT, CLARIFYING AND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AND STAFF HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE OF EACH BOARD MEETING. THIS COMMUNITY IS LINKED INTO EACH BOARD AGENDA ON BOARD AND WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW THOSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALONGSIDE OUR DISCUSSIONS TODAY. ADDITIONALLY TO CREATE MORE SPACE FOCUSED ON STUDENT OUTCOMES, YOU'LL BE MOVING MOST ITEMS TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR AND IDENTIFYING ONLY OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY AGENDA ITEMS TO DISCUSS. BOARD MEMBERS ARE REMINDED NOT TO RESTATE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY STAFF IN ADVANCE BUT INSTEAD
TO BRING FORWARD STRATEGIC QUESTIONS THAT ALLOW US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS GOALS AND THE UNDERLYING STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN BE BETTER INFORMED IN OUR DECISION MAKING PARTNER WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WE HOLD HER ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITEM OPENING ITEM LINDA ACKNOWLEDGMENT WE THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF EDUCATION ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE DRAMATIST COLONY WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA AS INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TRADITIONS THE RAW MATERIAL ONLY OF NEVER CEDED LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY AS GUESTS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING ON THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELAND. WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE RAMAKRISHNA COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES. MOVING ON TO ITEM FOR APPROVAL OF BOARD MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE REGULAR MEETING ON MAY 13TH, 2025 THE
SPECIAL MEETING OF AUGUST 24TH 2025 THE REGULAR WORKSHOP MEETING OF AUGUST 26TH 2026 THE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST NINE IT SHOULD SAY 2025 I'M SORRY 2625 REGULAR MEETING IS THAT HER NINTH 2025 AND THE REGULAR WORKSHOP MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 30TH 2025? >> YES, I THINK YOU SHOULD. MAY I MAKE A MOTION? YES, COMMISSIONER RAY. THANK YOU. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO POSTPONE THE MINUTES SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF AUGUST 24TH 2025 UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING. IS THERE A SECOND? OH, I'M SORRY I SAID I SECOND THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST OR SORRY SEPTEMBER 9TH AUGUST 24TH. THE SPECIAL MEETING SORRY AUGUST 24TH SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES TO A FUTURE MEETING. IT HAS BEEN PROBABLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE OR CORRECT IT HAS PROBABLY MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE MOTION TO POSTPONE TO A FUTURE MEETING THE SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA OF AUGUST THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 24TH 2025. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OH SORRY. ACCORDING TO OUR MOTION DETAILS CAN'T HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT BUT WE WOULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE MISS LYNN OFF STUDENT DELEGATE MONTH YES. STUDENT DELEGATE CROSS YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALEY NO. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORK NO. AND PRESIDENT KIM YES. THAT IS FIVE EYES. THANK YOU FOR THE REMAINING APPROVAL OF BOARD MINUTES AGAIN FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 13TH, 2025 THE REGULAR WORKSHOP MEETING OF AUGUST 26TH 2025 THE REGULAR MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025 AND THE REGULAR WORKSHOP MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MAIN THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETINGS LISTED BY PRESIDENT KIM SECOND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE MINUTES I JUST LISTED. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS FROM THE BOARD SEEING NONE. DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM OR THE MINUTES AS STATED. ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE MISS LENNON SUSAN DELEGATE ONE YES. STUDENT DELEGATE CREWS YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. AND PRESIDENT KIM YES. SEVEN EYES MOVING TO ITEM FIVE. OUR RESPONSES IS COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA CAN BE FOUND HERE ITEM SIX STUDENT DELEGATES REPORT I CALL THE STUDENT DELEGATE ELECTION AND SCHEUNEMANN AND STUDENT DELEGATE MELANIE CRUZ FILL IN THE WAIVER TO GIVE THEIR REPORT. SO AT A RECENT SEC MEETING WE KIND OF FELT LIKE FINALIZE OUR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND WE SELECTED OUR COMMITTEE
CHAIRS AS WELL. SO WE HAD WELCOMED A YOUTH LED SPEAKER FROM BERKELEY, BRIAN WHO IS CURRENTLY STUDYING AT THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH WHO IS CURRENTLY PURSUING A DOCTORAL RESEARCH SO HE SHOWS LIKE A LOT OF HE'S BASICALLY DID THIS SLIDE AND HE KIND OF SHOWED LIKE VALUABLE INSIGHTS ABOUT WHAT HE'S TRYING TO YOU CAN SAY INVOLVE US AND ALSO KIND OF INVEST US IN A WAY SO HE KIND OF FOCUSED ON IMPROVING A LOT OF STUDENT ATTENDANCE ACROSS IF YOU LIKE AS IF FEW AS HIGH SCHOOLS AND DISCUSS WAYS THAT HE WOULD PLAN ON SUPPORTING OUR COMMITTEE THROUGH IT. SO MOVING ON FROM THAT WE KIND OF ALL GOT INTO OUR COMMITTEES AND AFTER THE PRESENTATION WE KIND OF AIM TOWARDS DISCUSSING WHAT WE WERE ALL TRYING TO AFTER WE HAD BRIAN COME IN, WHAT WERE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND A LOT OF OUR COMMITTEES WANT TO JUST KIND OF ADDRESS THE LACK OF ACADEMIC SUPPORTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT SOME CERTAIN SCHOOLS AS WELL AS SOME
ARE FEELING THAT THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON PROMOTING SCHOOL SAFETY SO MAKING STUDENTS FEEL SAFE IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND PROMOTING THAT WHAT WAYS WE CAN HELP OR AS A STUDENT BODIES AT SCHOOLS TO DO THAT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THAT BUT AS WELL RIGHT WE WERE ALSO KIND OF GOING IN DEPTH ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET THAT DATA SO WHAT WAYS WE CAN KIND OF OUR STUDENTS WHAT THEY'RE FEELING WITHOUT BEING LIKE ALL IN THEIR FACES SO KIND OF MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE SAFE AND SAYING WHAT IS ACTUALLY BOTHERING THEM IN SCHOOLS AND JUST KIND OF ASKING THEM. SO WE KIND OF ARE RELYING ON SURVEYS SOMETHING THAT OUR PAST YEAR AND ALSO SEE WE DID WHICH WAS REALLY AFFECTIONATE AND WE GOT A LOT OF ANSWERS SO WE ARE PROCEEDING AND PROBABLY DOING THE SAME METHODS WE DID SOMETHING THAT WAS ALSO KIND OF DISCUSSED WAS THE UNDERSTAFFING. A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE KIND OF EXPRESSING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY AP CLASSES AS OPTIONS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN KIND OF SHOWN THROUGH SMALLER SCHOOLS.
SO THEY WANT TO ALSO KIND OF DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF STUDENT AND TAKE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO DON'T USUALLY KIND OF EXPRESS THAT THEY WANT MORE OPTIONS SO THEY WANT TO DISTRIBUTE A SURVEY ABOUT THAT AND KIND OF GO IN DEPTH ABOUT IT. SO BASICALLY IN SUMMARY OUR COMMITTEES HAVE CHOSEN WHAT THEIR GOAL IS AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT AS WELL AS FINDING WAYS AND HOW WE CAN ALL GET AS MANY STUDENT VOICES TO BE REPRESENTED WITHOUT MAKING THEM FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICES WON'T BE HEARD. SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING IT ANONYMOUSLY AND JUST BASING IT OFF OF GRADE LEVEL SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THE RATIO IS AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 11TH GRADERS OR 10TH GRADERS HOW NINTH GRADERS ARE FEELING AND JUST KIND OF OVERALL IN THAT ASPECT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON AND OUR NEXT SCC MEETINGS TOMORROW SO ARE RESEARCH WILL BE DISCUSSED AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER TOMORROW. SO I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO STUDENT DELEGATE MOON THANKS.
OKAY. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE A COUPLE OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR CABINET MEETING LAST FRIDAY OUR CABINET MET AND OUR MAIN GOALS FOR THIS YEAR IS TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATING IT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS I BELIEVE I'VE WE'VE LIKE THE PICTURES AND EVEN LIKE THE CABINET LIKE IF FROM LIKE 2022 TO 2023 IT'S KIND OF INSANE. SO WE WE'RE WORKING WITH LIKE STAFF HERE TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE, THE MEETING THE AGENDA AND LIKE WHO'S PART OF SEC AND THE CONTACT INFO FOR IT JUST IN CASE ANYONE WANTS TO REACH US AND YET THE MAIN THING IS ALSO WHAT MELANIE COVERED ABOUT THE COMMITTEE IS WE WANT TO UPDATE THE PUBLIC ON LIKE WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON ON OUR COMPANIES AS WELL. SO THAT KIND OF GOES WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE WEBSITE AND THEN ALSO A LOT OF OUR OUTREACH IS THROUGH INSTAGRAM. SO JUST HAVING THAT LIKE COMMUNICATION WITH LIKE STUDENTS AND BETWEEN STUDENTS AND AS THEY SEE FOR COMMITTEE WORK AND THE LAST THING IS I BELIEVE LANGSTON THE PRIOR
STUDENT DELEGATE AND THE CURRENT SEC PRESIDENT HE IS TRYING TO WORK WITH JUDSON AND OUR STAFF TO INCORPORATE AS I SEE LIKE DETAILS AND SHOUTOUTS INTO THE NEWSLETTER THAT WE SENT OUT AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE FOR THE FALL, ONE FOR THE SPRING. SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF PREPPING OF A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT WE WANT IN THOSE NEWSLETTERS. YEAH, THANK YOU. SO I WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING SO WE ARE WORKING ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AND WE ARE ALSO PLANNING ON POTENTIALLY POSTING THE SURVEY ON IT AS WELL. SO A LOT OF STUDENTS SOMETIMES DON'T PAY IT LIKE YOU CAN SAY ADVISORY THEY GET THE SURVEY BUT THEY YOU CAN SAY THEY TAKE A PICTURE OF THE SURVEY AND THEY LOSE THE LINK OR THEY DON'T GET ACCESS TO IT AFTER. SO I THINK IF WE INVOLVE SOCIAL MEDIA THEY CAN GET THAT SECOND RESOURCE WHERE THEY CAN JUST GO TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT, FILL OUT THE SURVEY WHICH IS ALSO A WAY THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTING IT AS WELL. YEAH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I KNOW
THAT MR. STEELE IS WORKING WITH US ON FINDING A TIME TO MEET WITH BOARD LEADERSHIP AND I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU BOTH. >> THANK YOU. MOVING TO ITEM SEVEN SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KIM. I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT TODAY. FIRST BEFORE I START, I DO WANT TO JUST THANK THE STUDENTS FROM ACADEMY FOR COMING AND SHARING THEIR VOICE AND THEIR FEELINGS AND I'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, OUR FAMILIES ABOUT THIS MOVE AND AT THE END OF THE DAY I GREATLY APPRECIATE THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN THIS DIFFICULT PROCESS. SO NEXT SLIDE I WILL SAY THAT THIS MONTH IS FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. SO YAY S.F. USD JOINS THE NATION IN HONORING THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY THIS MONTH AND ALL YEAR LONG. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CHECK OUT OUR S.F. USD PHILIPPINE
NEXT HISTORY RESOURCE GUIDE WHICH INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS ON CLASSROOM LESSON PLANS, RESOURCES READING LISTS AND EVENTS AND MORE AND YOU CAN DEFINITELY FIND OUT MORE AT OUR WEBSITE S.F. USD.EDU AND OF COURSE IT'S TIME TO START THE ENROLLMENT CYCLE AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR. YAY FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2627 THE ENROLLMENT CYCLE BEGINS THIS FRIDAY WHEN THE MAIN ROUND OF APPLICATION EVENTS ARE OPEN. YOU CAN FIND PAPER APPLICATIONS RIGHT HERE AT THE ENROLLMENT CENTER OFFICE OR YOU CAN COMPLETE THE APPLICATION ONLINE AT OUR WEBSITE. PLEASE SUBMIT THE MAIN ROUND APPLICATION BY JANUARY 30TH IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT ON MARCH 16TH. AS YOU'RE MAKING YOUR LIST AND CHECKING OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, PLEASE JOIN US AT THE ENROLLMENT FAIR WHICH WILL BE THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18TH AT BALBOA HIGH SCHOOL. >> WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE SO THAT YOU CAN ALSO MEET YOUR SCHOOL LEADERS AS WELL AS
PARENT LEADERS WHO ARE PUTTING TOGETHER PRESENTATIONS AND OUR POSITIVE ARE WELCOME ARE OPEN TO WELCOMING NEW PARENTS AND STUDENTS INTO THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. SO PLEASE JOIN US THIS SATURDAY AT BALBOA HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN THIS WEEK ALL OF US DE SCHOOLS WILL TAKE PART IN THE GREAT CALIFORNIA SHAKEOUT, AN ANNUAL EARTHQUAKE DRILL HELD ACROSS THE STATE EACH OCTOBER. >> I'M EXCITED TO JOIN THE GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMMUNITY AS THEY PRACTICE THEIR DRILL LATER THIS WEEK. DURING THE DRILL STUDENTS WILL PRACTICE DROP COVER AND HOLD WHICH IS THE SAFEST RESPONSE DURING AN EARTHQUAKE. EVERY SCHOOL HAS AN EMERGENCY PLAN IN PLACE AND I AND OUR STAFF ARE TRAINED TO RESPOND QUICKLY. WE ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH CITY LEADERS AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS STAY SAFE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
I ASK ALL FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY TO PLEASE GO ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. S.F. 70 2.0 RG TO FIND EVERYTHING YOU MAY NEED TO PREPARE YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY . AND THEN SPEAKING OF CELEBRATIONS WE ARE CELEBRATING NATIONAL CUSTODIAL WORKER RECOGNITION DAY ON OCTOBER 7TH. WE ARE YES. >> I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE APPRECIATE OUR WONDERFUL FANTASTIC CUSTODIANS WHO WORK DAY AND NIGHT AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BUILDINGS WHO GREET US WITH A SMILE EACH AND EVERY DAY AND AND WHO HELP KEEP OUR FACILITIES CLEAN, WHO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CLASSROOMS, OUR OFFICE SPACE, OUR BUILDINGS ARE PREPARED TO WELCOME OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND EMPLOYEES EVERY DAY. SO PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR WONDERFUL CUSTODIANS AND JUST APPRECIATE FOR APPRECIATE THEM FOR EVERYTHING
THAT THEY DO FOR US. YES. AND THEN LAST WEEKEND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF JOINING STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF AT AIR TAYLOR FOR THE WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY. IT WAS WONDERFUL. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE STUDENTS OBEYING TRAFFIC SIGNS AND TRAFFIC RULES. >> IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE OUR PARENTS OUT AS WELL AS JUST OUR SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL AMBASSADORS AND OUR SAFE CROSSING GUARDS OUT AND ABOUT HELPING OUR STUDENTS. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO TO JOIN THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN IN THIS REALLY GREAT DAY TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE WALKING TO SCHOOL AND RIDING OR IN ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF MODES RIDING MUNI AND ON THEIR BICYCLES AND SCOOTERS. SO PLEASE DRIVE SLOWLY AROUND OUR SCHOOL ZONE SCHOOL AREAS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE STUDENTS TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL OR ON A BUS OR TO A CAR THAT'S CARPOOLING FOR THEM. SO JUST EVERYONE REMEMBER OUR OUR KIDS ARE ON THE STREETS. SO TAKE IT SLOW.
TAKE IT EASY. AND THEN FINALLY I DO WANT TO CLOSE MY REMARKS TODAY IN HONOR OF THE MEMORY OF TWO FEW SD STUDENTS MCKENZIE AND ALEXANDRIA WHO AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WHOSE LIVES WERE TRAGICALLY LOST THIS WEEK. PLEASE KNOW THAT OUR PRIORITIES AND OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO EVERYONE WHO IS SUFFERING FROM ANY TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THAT AS OF TUESDAY CONTINUES TO REMAIN A SAFE PLACE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES. FOR ANYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, PLEASE, PLEASE TALK TO SOMEONE. PLEASE CALL THE FREE 988 SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFE LIFELINE 24 HOURS A DAY. YOU CAN TEXT HOME TO 741741 TO REACH A CRISIS COUNSELOR ANY TIME. TO OUR STUDENTS PLEASE TALK TO AN ADULT. TALK TO YOUR WONDERFUL EDUCATORS. TALK TO ANY CARING ADULT THAT'S ON YOUR SCHOOL CAMPUS OR TALK
TO SOMEONE AT HOME. IT'S NEVER OKAY TO FEEL ALONE. IT'S NEVER OKAY TO FEEL THAT THE WORLD IS INSURMOUNTABLE. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE THERE WHO CAN HELP YOU. I ASK THAT ANYONE WHO NEEDS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO PLEASE CALL ANY OF THESE TALK LINES. >> THERE'S ALSO SAFE AND SOUND WHO CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AS WELL. YOU CAN CALL THEIR TALK LINE AT 415441. KIDS K I D S WHICH TRANSLATES OUT TO FIVE FOR THREE OF IT. I SPENT ALL DAY THURSDAY WITH MY STAFF AT THE SCHOOLS THAT MACKENZIE AND ALEX WENT TO. AND I CAN'T SAY THAT EVERYONE IN BOTH OF THESE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TRULY LOVED THESE STUDENTS. AND IT'S NEVER OKAY THAT CHILDREN PASSED BEFORE IT'S SUCH A YOUNG AGE. BUT THEIR MEMORIES WILL LIVE ON IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND AS WELL AS HERE AS OF USD. SO THANK YOU. >> IF YOU CAN JUST TAKE A
MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE STUDENTS LIVES. I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF WHO HAVE MADE THEIR TIME AND MOVED SCHEDULES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE AVAILABLE FOR THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONERS. I KNOW THAT WHEN WE GET PHONE CALLS LIKE THIS IT IS NOT EASY BUT I APPRECIATE US ASKING HOW WE CAN SUPPORT AND THANK YOU TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM FOR THEIR RAPID RESPONSE AND SUPPORTING THOSE FAMILIES AND THE FAMILIES SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. MOVING TO ITEM EIGHT BOARD LEADERSHIP REPORT. I AM EXCITED TO SHARE THAT COMMISSIONERS WILL BE JOINING THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THIS THURSDAY LOWELL PRESIDIO AND BALBOA. THIS IS A DAY THAT I CHEEKILY CALLED SHADOW A STUDENT DAY WHICH I HAVE SAID I HATED THAT TERM BECAUSE IT SOUNDS A LITTLE CREEPY BUT THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN A SCHOOL COMMUNITY FROM START TO MID-AFTERNOON TO FOLLOW STUDENTS INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS AND EXPERIENCE WHAT
IT MEANS TO WORK THROUGH SOME HARD PROBLEMS AND JOYFUL INSTRUCTION. AND FOR US TO REALLY BE PROXIMATE TO THE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF OF GOVERNING IN OUR SYSTEM HERE, THESE THREE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ARE WELCOMING THEIR DOORS AND THEIR ARMS TO US TO ALLOW US TO HAVE LUNCH WITH STUDENTS AS WELL. WE'LL START THE DAY WITH HAVING COFFEE WITH SOME FAMILIES AND AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. AND I HOPE TRULY IS TO COME OUT OF THIS DAY HAVING A CLEAR PICTURE AND UNDERSTANDING AND SOME CONTEXT FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO BOTH BE A STUDENT AND BE A MEMBER OF A SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND TRULY AND EXPERIENCE THE INSTRUCTION THAT OUR STUDENTS EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE REFLECTIONS FROM STAFF. I WANT TO THANK STAFF WHO HAVE HELPED TO ORGANIZE THIS DAY. HUNG MAY YOU DON'T GET FLOWERS
OFTEN BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT SHIPP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT IN COORDINATING THIS DAY. I REALLY DO HOPE THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN AND NOT OPINE BUT TO LEARN AND EXPERIENCE. SO THANK YOU FOR CLEARING YOUR SCHEDULES AND MAKING THIS TIME AVAILABLE FOR OUR SCHOOLS. LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING HOW IT GOES. MOVING ON TO ITEM F ACTION ITEMS. AND JUST TO QUICKLY NAME WE HAVE TWO ITEMS PRIMARY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. ONE IS AN ACTION ITEM. ONE IS A DISCUSSION ITEM. FOR THE SAKE OF EXPEDIENCY I'M GOING TO PUT MAYBE 30 MINUTES OR SO AS A BIOMARKER FOR US ON THE ON THE CLOCK. JUST TWO PEOPLE NOW ON THE CLOCK BUT I'LL KEEP TRACK OF IT JUST TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING. ITEM F ACTION ITEM. ITEM 12510-14 SP ONE. APPROVAL OF THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL REPORT.
AND THE ADOPTION OF THE GAIN LIMIT RESOLUTION FOR THE SAME SCHOOL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425. IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE YOU CAN SEE JUST IF CODE IS FINAL ON ITEM 2510 DASH 14 SB ONE. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THAT. >> SECOND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVES ITEM 2510-141 CALLING THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. >> GREAT. I'M GOING TO WELCOME DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CHRIS BENITEZ TO WALK US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD EVENING. SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS IS WHAT I AFFECTIONATELY CALL THE POSTMORTEM OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. AND SO THAT IS AFTER WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR, CLOSED THE BOOKS AND WE KNOW WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPENT VERSUS WHAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THE PRIOR YEAR AS WELL AS DO A COUPLE OF STATUTORY ITEMS SUCH AS APPROVING THE GANN LIMIT. I'VE BEEN ASKED WHAT THE GANN
LIMIT IS THAT IS ACTUALLY APPROVING WHAT WAS SPENT AND ASSUMING THAT WE WILL SPEND APPROXIMATELY THE SAME RELATIVE TO THE AMOUNT BUDGETED THIS COMING YEAR. OKAY. >> SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE THIS EVENING IS THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS. SO RATHER THAN THE BUDGET WHICH IS TYPICALLY WHAT IS PRESENTED ON THE BUDGET IS JUST AN AGGREGATION OF EVERY SCHOOL SITE AND EVERY OFFICE AND EVERY DEPARTMENT'S PLANNED SPENDING FOR THE YEAR. THAT'S WHAT THE BUDGET IS. IT'S OUR PLANNED SPEND VERSUS THE ACTUAL SPEND. WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPENT IN ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE EXPECTED OUTCOME IS JUST TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT OUR PLAN IN AGGREGATE YIELDS EVERY YEAR VERSUS WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPEND AND TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE NUMBERS IN OUR MAJOR CATEGORIES AND THAT'S CALLED A VARIANCE. SO THE PLAN VERSUS WHAT WE SPEND IS A VARIANCE IT'LL BE PRESENTED TO YOU AS A PERCENTAGE SO THAT YOU CAN COMPARE HOW WELL WE DO IN PLANNING OUR SPEND VERSUS ACTUALLY SPENDING.
THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL REFLECTION. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I KNOW THAT SAN FRANCISCO IS LOOKING AT IT THIS WAY. THIS IS FAIRLY STANDARD IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE LOOK FOR WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE A HEALTHY VARIANCE. I'VE BEEN ASKED WHAT IS A HEALTHY VARIANCE? WELL, TYPICALLY IN A BUDGET THIS SIZE WE LOOK AT A VARIANCE OF ABOUT 10% OR UNDER TO DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR FISCAL SYSTEMS ARE OPERATING WELL, THAT CONTROLS ARE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T OVER PLAN OR UNDER PLAN COMPARED TO OUR SPEND AND THAT SIMPLY PRODUCES A PERCENTAGE OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PLAN AND THE SPEND. IT CAN BE A GENERAL INDICATOR OF THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THOSE FISCAL STRUCTURES AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO AHEAD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> JUST A COUPLE ITEMS OF NOTE THE PRESENTATION IS JUST A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY. THE BOARD IS ACTUALLY APPROVING ALL OF THE ATTACHMENTS WHICH WHICH ACTUALLY PRESENTS TO YOU EVERY EVERY PENNY. WE ACTUALLY GO DOWN TO THE PENNY IN THIS DISTRICT. WE DON'T AROUND WHAT WE'VE SPENT IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR.
THE VARIANCE ANALYSIS DOES SHOW YOU THE VARIANCE BETWEEN THE BUDGET AND ACTUALS AT VARIOUS POINTS IN TIME THROUGHOUT LAST SCHOOL YEAR. IT SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU ADOPTED IN JUNE, YOUR FIRST INTERIM IN DECEMBER, YOUR SECOND INTERIM IN MARCH AND HOW THEY COMPARE TO THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES. WE ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU WILL SEE A VARIANCE THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT BUDGET. SO JUST LIKE AT HOME WHEN YOU PLAN OUT YOUR HOUSEHOLD BUDGET IF ANYBODY CLAIMS TO GET IT 100% CORRECT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR PROJECTING 12 MONTHS YOU PROBABLY TELL A GOOD STORY. THE VARIANCE JUST DEMONSTRATES HOW CLOSE OR HOW GOOD OF A PLANNER VERSUS AN ACTUAL FOLLOWING THAT PLAN A HOUSEHOLD IS AND IT'S VERY SAME THING FOR A SCHOOL BUDGET. SO WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT IT. IT WILL NEVER BE 100% ACCURATE, RIGHT? IT'S ALWAYS A PLAN VERSUS ACTUAL IT JUST GIVES AN IDEA OF THE GENERAL HEALTH OF OUR FISCAL CONTROLS IN THE DISTRICT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS FIRST SLIDE ILLUSTRATES
ALL OF OUR MAIN OPERATING FUNDS THE OPERATING FUNDS DEFINED AS THOSE THAT PAY THE MAJORITY OF OUR COMPENSATION AND THAT'S OUR SALARY AND BENEFITS AS WELL AS NON COMPENSATION EXPENSES. THIS LISTS ACTUALLY ARE ALL OF OUR MAJOR OPERATING FUNDS IN THE DISTRICT. IT ALSO DOES INCLUDE OUR COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION. SO THE MAIN OPERATING FUND OF THE DISTRICT GENERAL FUND WHICH IS FUND ONE THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION FUND FIVE OR THE ADULT EDUCATION FUND 11 THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND 12 AND THE CAFETERIA FUND 13 I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE GENERAL FUND IS USED FOR ALL OF OUR GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES AND THAT THOSE OTHER FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE FUNCTION THAT THEY SERVE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE CAFETERIA FUND ONLY PAYS FOR EXPENSES FOR OUR NUTRITION SERVICES PROGRAM OR OUR STUDENT SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAM. THIS CHART IS LAID OUT THE SAME WAY FOR EVERY FUND. SO I'M GOING TO RUN JUST DO A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE SO WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE READING IT.
SO THE GENERAL FUND ONE AS WE READ ACROSS THAT ROW THE BOARD ADOPTED A BUDGET IN JUNE OF 24 THE PLANNED BUDGET SPEND WAS ABOUT $1.3 BILLION AND THEN YOU SEE A 3% IN THE NEXT COLUMN WHICH REFLECTS ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT WHAT DID WE ACTUALLY SPEND? SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS WE ACTUALLY SPENT 1.279 BILLION. AND SO THAT TELLS YOU FROM OUR ADOPTED TO ACTUAL SPEND THE VARIANCE WAS VERY REASONABLE FOR A BUDGET OUR SIZE IT WAS ONLY 3%. WHAT'S INTERESTING HERE IS THAT AS WE READ ACROSS THE RIGHT IN A TYPICAL VARIANCE ANALYSIS SO UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN POINT TO SPECIFICALLY AS AN OCCURRENCE THAT CHANGES THIS, YOU SHOULD LOOK AT YOUR VARIANCE TO MAINTAIN OR TO GO DOWN. AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE AND IT'S SORT OF UNUSUAL AND YOU DO SEE IT IN IN ALL OF OUR FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT OUR VARIANCE ACTUALLY INCREASES WHICH IS UNUSUAL BECAUSE A SCHOOL BUDGET IS A ONE YEAR BUDGET AND WE TRY TO BUDGET ALL
OF OUR EXPENSES IN THE IN THE WINTER AND WE DON'T CONTINUE TO TYPICALLY ADD UNLESS WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC ACTION THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND . BUT WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE VARIANCE GO FROM 3% IN JUNE TO THE FIRST INTERIM REPORT. IT EXPANDS TO 9% WHICH MEANS THAT IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT WAS ADDED TO THE BUDGET AND YOU CAN SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THAT THE FIRST INTERIM PRESENTED A PLANNED SPEND OF 1.4 BILLION BUT WE STILL ONLY SPENT 1.279 BILLION. YOU SEE IT GO UP AGAIN IN THE SECOND INTERIM AT 1.4 BILLION WHICH MEANS OUR VARIANCE WENT UP TO 11%. SO WHY IS THIS UNUSUAL? BECAUSE TYPICALLY YOU ONLY ADD WHAT YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND. REMEMBER IT'S YOUR BUDGET SO YOU'RE GIVING IT AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU REASONABLY THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND. AND THE IDEA THAT WE ACTUALLY WERE REASONABLY CLOSE BUT THEN WE ADDED THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND ACTUALLY SHOWS A LITTLE BIT OF LACK OF FISCAL CONTROL
AND PEOPLE SAY WELL WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THAT MEANS PEOPLE IN THE FINANCE POSITIONS IN THE DISTRICT ARE EXERTING SOME CONTROL OVER A THOUGHTFUL SPEND THAT WE DON'T ADD SOMETHING TO THE BUDGET THAT WE DON'T THINK WE'RE VERY HIGHLY LIKELY TO SPEND. AND SO IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THAT AT SECOND INTERIM RIGHT THAT WE ADDED AGAIN EVEN THOUGH SECOND INTERIM DOESN'T COME OUT UNTIL MARCH AND WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MONTHS LEFT TO SPEND IT. SO THAT'S THAT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL. WE SHOULD SEE THAT VARIANCE STAY THE SAME OR DECREASE. SO WE NEED TO REALLY EXERT MORE CONTROL AND THOUGHTFULNESS OVER WHAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE BUDGET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THAT'S ALL THAT INDICATES. COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION WE SEE THE SAME PATTERN. HOWEVER WE'RE STARTING OUT WITH A DOUBLE DIGIT VARIANCE IN THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED THIS SPEAKS ACTUALLY TO ADDITIONAL PLANNING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE'VE STRUGGLED SINCE WE HOLD THE DUAL IDENTITY OF BOTH DISTRICT AND COUNTY AND CONSTRUCTING A BUDGET THAT HAS A LOT OF FIDELITY AT THE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL THAT IS A GOAL OF MINE THIS YEAR THAT WE PLAN
ON HAVING DONE BY THE SECOND ENROLLMENT IN PLACE FOR ALL OF OUR FORTHCOMING YEARS ADULT EDUCATION FUND. THIS IS INTERESTING AS WELL. THIS ACTUALLY ILLUSTRATES THE POINT REALLY REALLY WELL. SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ADULT EDUCATION FUND VERY TIGHTLY BUDGETED AT 473,000 VERY CLOSE TO THEIR ACTUAL ANNUAL SPEND. THAT TELLS ME THAT THAT PROGRAM WAS WAS DOING A GOOD JOB AT PREDICTING WHAT THEY WOULD SPEND AND PUTTING IT INTO THE BUDGETARY SYSTEM FOR THE YEAR. HOWEVER, YOU SEE A BIG SPIKE IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS AND WE SUDDENLY ARE BUDGETING OVER $900,000 WHICH MEANS OUR VARIANCE WENT UP TO A DOUBLE DIGIT 50%. >> NOW VERY SPECIFICALLY LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED SOME CTE ADULT EDUCATION FUNDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. >> BUT KNOWING THE WAY THAT A SCHOOL CIRCUIT CYCLE AND A SCHOOL BUDGET WORKS, WHAT WE LIKELY SHOULD BE DOING IS INSTEAD OF BUDGING IMMEDIATELY WHICH SEEMS VERY RESPONSIVE. RIGHT. BUT IF WE KNOW WE CAN'T HIRE OR ACTUALLY FULFILL THOSE PURPOSES, WE SHOULD BE WAITING UNTIL BUDGET DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE
IMMEDIATELY ADDED BUDGET TO COVER ALL OF THE MONEY WE GOT EVEN THOUGH THE LIKELINESS OF US SPENDING IT WAS NOT HIGH. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY BETTER FISCAL CONTROL AND THOUGHT IT'S A GREAT JUST LITTLE ILLUSTRATION AGAIN NO ONE DID ANYTHING WRONG. NO ONE DID ANYTHING WITH MALINTENT BUT IT'S JUST A GOOD MANAGEMENT OF YOUR BUDGET CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND FUND 12 FAIRLY CONSISTENT AS WELL AS CAFETERIA FUND 13 DOUBLE DIGIT VARIANCE. IT DOES EXPAND A LITTLE BIT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AGAIN SHOWING THAT WE'RE ADDING MORE TO THE BUDGET WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY ALREADY NOT SPENDING EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE BUDGETING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> THAT'S AN OVERALL THAT WAS AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF OUR OPERATING FUNDS. WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND. THE GENERAL FUND IS OF COURSE WHERE ALL OF THE I WOULD DIRECT ALL THE BOARD'S ATTENTION PARTICULARLY TO THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE AS WELL AS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS IS EACH OF THESE IS GOING TO BE A GENERAL FUND SLIDE BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT WHAT WE CALL A DIFFERENT VIEW OR
PERSPECTIVE. SO THIS FIRST ONE IS ALL OF OUR FUNDS RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED FOR THE YEAR AND YOU CAN SEE NOW WE'RE GOING TO SORT OF LOOK AT THE SAME VIEW BUT GOING ACROSS AS WELL AS DOWN SO YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR JUNE ADOPTED BEGINNING BALANCE OUR THOUGHT OF WHAT WAS GOING TO BE LEFT FROM THE PRIOR YEAR WAS ABOUT 335 MILLION. WE ANTICIPATE DID ABOUT 1.175 BILLION IN REVENUES AND WE PLANNED FOR 1.3 TO 4 BILLION IN EXPENSES WHICH WOULD THEN JUST USING STRAIGHT MATH LEAVE US WITH 187 MILLION AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO I'M GOING TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE INTERESTING WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THAT FIRST COLUMN THE JUNE ADOPTED BUDGET YOU'RE SEEING WHAT IS FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO AS THE DEFICIT OF THE DISTRICT. THIS IS WHAT I CALL A PLANNED DEFICIT OR A PAPER DEFICIT. SO THE PLAN WAS TO SPEND $1.3 BILLION EVEN THOUGH WE KNEW WE WERE ONLY GETTING 1.175 BILLION IN REVENUES. THAT'S CALLED A PLANNED DEFICIT ,RIGHT? IT'S A PAPER DEFICIT. IT'S NOT REAL UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY SPEND THROUGHOUT YOUR YEAR. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE VARIANCE LEVELS WERE FAIRLY HIGH AND OR LOW.
SO THIS IS INTERESTING OUR BEGINNING BALANCE COMPARED TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAD AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THE VARIANCE IS DOUBLE DIGITS, IT'S 39% BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE VARIANCE YOU'RE SEEING IN THE BUDGETING. SO IF WE ARE PLANNING SO MUCH MORE THAN WE'RE SPENDING REMEMBER IT'S A STRAIGHT LINE ANALYSIS. SO THE ASSUMPTION IS YOU SPEND 100% OF YOUR BUDGET, IT LEAVES LESS OF A PROJECTED BEGINNING BALANCE. RIGHT? SO TIGHTENING THE BUDGET UP FIXES THAT 39%. THE OTHER INTERESTING THING IS THAT LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS IN FIRST INTERIM AND SECOND INTERIM. THERE'S NOW A 0% VARIANCE. WHAT THAT'S TELLING YOU IS THAT THE ACCOUNTING TEAM IS DOING A VERY GOOD JOB AT FISCAL CLOSE AND THAT ONCE THEY CLOSE AND ACTUALIZED THE PRIOR YEAR'S EXPENDITURES ARE OUR ACTUAL BEGINNING BALANCE DOES NOT CHANGE AND BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY CLOSING THE BOOKS AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY TRUING UP EVERY DOLLAR THAT SPENT IN THE DISTRICT. SO THE ACCOUNTING TEAM IS DOING A GOOD JOB THERE. OUR REVENUE LINE IF WE LOOK ACROSS YOU CAN SEE THAT IT DOES
VARY A LITTLE BIT BUT AGAIN AT THE END OF THE AT THE END OF FISCAL CLOSING FOR FIRST INTERIM OUR REVENUES ARE VERY, VERY STABLE WITH LESS THAN A 1% VARIANCE WHICH AGAIN SHOWS YOU THAT THE ACCOUNTING AND BUDGET TEAM ARE WORKING IN OUR REVENUES. WE'RE VERY GOOD AT PROJECTING AND MAINTAINING EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS. THIS IS WHERE YOU SEE THE UNUSUAL VARIANCE AGAIN THAT OUR EXPENDITURES GO UP BUT THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE SPENDING IS ACTUALLY NOT GOING UP FROM WHAT'S PREDICTED. SO THIS AGAIN IS BACK TO THIS STORY OF THE FISCAL CONTROL ENDING BALANCE IS ACTUALLY A VERY SIMILAR STORY TO BEGINNING BALANCE. IF THE ENDING BALANCE IS CREATED OUT OF THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE ARE GOING TO SPEND 100% OF WHAT'S BUDGETED BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY BUDGETING FAR MORE THAN WE SPEND AND IT ARTIFICIALLY REDUCES WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO HAVE NOW IN THE KEY LETTERS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED OR THE OVERSIGHT LETTERS THEY'RE JUST DOING STRAIGHT MATH. AND PART OF THE MESSAGE THERE IS THAT IF YOU DON'T EXERT BETTER FISCAL CONTROL AND YOU
DON'T GET YOUR PLAN BUDGET UNDER CONTROL WHETHER YOU'RE SPENDING IT ALL OR NOT, IF WE JUST DO IT A CURRENT PLUS TWO YEARS ON PAPER YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LEFT. THIS RESULTS IN A NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT OUR NET NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION IS BASED ON IS LARGELY OUR OWN LACK OF FISCAL CONTROL AND CONSTRAINT. NOW WHERE IS THE REAL DEFICIT? WHERE'S THE REAL DEFICIT? SO I SAID THE BEGINNING WAS THE PAPER DEFICIT. LOOK OVER AT YOUR UNAUDITED ACTUALS AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND YOUR REAL DEFICIT. SO WE TOOK IN $1.24 BILLION. WE SPENT $1.279 BILLION. SO ABOUT A $38 MILLION DEFICIT. SO THAT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PLANNED DEFICIT OF TRIPLE DIGIT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS VERSUS WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPENT AS A DEFICIT WHICH IS ABOUT $38 MILLION. SO THIS THIS ACTUALLY ILLUSTRATES THE POINT VERY WELL FOR REALLY NEEDING TO DO BETTER WITH OUR BUDGETING AND OUR CONTROLS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. JUST LOOKING AT THE RESTRICTED SIDE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER
NOW THERE IS SOME INTERESTING MATH GOING ON HERE SO THERE'S NO NEW TREND IN THIS SLIDE SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY LINE LIKE I JUST DID HIGH LEVEL FOR FOR THE UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED BUT THERE IS SOMETHING INTERESTING HERE AND THAT IS THAT THE EXPENDITURE FOR OUR RESTRICTED SIDE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE SKEWED BY FISCAL CLOSE AND THAT'S BECAUSE ONE OF THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT'S JOBS IS TO MOVE ANYTHING THAT WE SPENT ON THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE BECAUSE THAT'S THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE BOARD'S MOST FUNGIBLE MONEY WE MOVE THOSE EXPENSES TO THE RESTRICTED SIDE THE HARDEST MONEY TO SPEND BECAUSE OUR FIRST DOLLAR PRINCIPLE IS WE ALWAYS BEEN THE HARDEST MONEY TO SPEND FIRST. AND SO YOU'LL SEE ACTUALLY THAT THE PLANNED EXPENDITURES THERE'S ONLY ABOUT A 12% VARIANCE HERE WHICH IS ACTUALLY CLOSER TO TWO NORM OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK AT THE END OF THE YEAR THE ACCOUNTING TEAM IS TO MOVE IT FROM THE UNRESTRICTED OVER TO THE RESTRICTED SIDE SO IT'S A
LITTLE ARTIFICIALLY SKEWED THERE BUT THIS ALSO SHOWS YOU YOUR PAPER DEFICIT. SO LOOK AT YOUR PLAN DEFICIT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR BUDGET ADOPTION, RIGHT? WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GETTING ABOUT 647 MILLION IN REVENUES AND WE PLANNED FOR 719 MILLION IN EXPENSES. SO THAT'S THE PLANNED DEFICIT. THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO AWAY WITH TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUALS. SO WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED AND MY EYES ARE NOT AS GREAT AS THEY ONCE WERE WITH YOU WITH MY GLASSES ON 695.8 MILLION AND WE SPENT SEVEN THANK YOU SO MUCH WHOEVER JUST DID THAT AND WE SPENT 726.7 MILLION SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE REAL DEFICIT NOW YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WHEN WE SAY REAL IT WAS ACTUAL DEFICIT. THE PROBLEM WITH HAVING A BUDGETED A PLANNED SPEND THAT SO MUCH HIGHER IS IN THE YEAR THAT YOU DO HAVE FEWER VACANCIES OR YOU DO TIGHTEN IT UP AND THERE ISN'T AS MUCH WIGGLE ROOM THERE, THAT'S WHEN YOU COULD GET IN A LOT OF TROUBLE BECAUSE YOUR PLAN IF IT
ACTUALLY MEANS YOU COULD SPEND A LOT MORE MONEY THAN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE. SO THAT'S THE DANGER AND THAT'S PART OF THE NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION AND THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. SO LET'S LOOK AT THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS WHAT THE STATE LOOKS AT IS A LOT OF OUR FISCAL HEALTH. NEXT SLIDE THIS IS THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE, RIGHT? SAME PROCESS, SAME ANALYSIS. THIS JUST GIVES YOU SOME NOTES ON THE CALCULATION SAME SAME CONCLUSION BUT A AN EVEN LARGER VARIANCE ON THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE. NOW THAT IS ALSO PARTIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING EXPENSES AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO THE RESTRICTED SIDE TO SAVE AS MUCH OF THIS MONEY AS POSSIBLE. BUT IT DOES REALLY SKEW THE BUDGET. I MEAN WE'RE LOOKING IN THIS ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT TRIPLE DIGIT VARIANCES IN SOME OF THESE OR HIGH DOUBLE DIGIT AND IT JUST AGAIN SPEAKS TO THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO REALLY GET THIS IN BETTER SHAPE FOR THE HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS AS OUR EMPLOYEES AND STABILITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THESE ARE JUST A LIST OF WHAT
WE CALL SIGNIFICANT OR MAJOR VARIANCES THAT WERE BUDGETED. AND SO THIS JUST TELLS YOU SOME THAT WERE THAT WE WERE OVER BUDGET OR UNDER BUDGET THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS. THIS IS CLEARLY NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST TO DO THAT YOU'D HAVE TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THE FORMS BUT IT GIVES YOU THE ONES THAT STICK OUT AS AS RELATIVELY HIGH BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WAS BUDGETED VERSUS ACTUALLY SPENT, IT'S SIGNIFICANT AND IT'S SKEWING THE BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF THIS YEAR AND OUR CURRENT BUDGET, OUR KEYSTONE DATES THAT WERE GOING UP THROUGH NOTICE THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STARTS THIS MONTH AND THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AND THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER TO START DISCUSSING IN TOWN HALLS AND OTHER VARIOUS LOCALES AND SPACES THE FISCAL SITUATION FOR THE DISTRICT AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CORRECT IT. SO LOOKING AHEAD WE NEED TO START MORE DYNAMICALLY MANAGING OUR BUDGETS FOR NOT JUST ADOPTION BUT FIRST AND SECOND INTERIM WE NEED TO ACCOUNT MORE CORRECTLY. WE NEED TO START ASKING THE QUESTIONS OF IS THIS A REALISTIC PLAN AND PART OF THAT
WE CAN TELL BY LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST, RIGHT? SO IF WE KEEP PUTTING IN THE SAME THING BUT NOT SPENDING IT IT REALLY DOES BEG THE QUESTION IS THAT PORTION OF THE PLAN REALISTIC? WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES AWAY FROM THE GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED TO RESTRICTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AND WE SHOULD ONLY BE LOOKING TO ADD NON-STATUTORY POSITIONS TO OUR BUDGETS AFTER ADOPTION IF THEY CAN REALISTICALLY AND LIKELY BE STAFFED. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT'S SORT OF A COMPLICATED THOUGHT. WE DO GET SOME POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHICH ARE STATUTORILY REQUIRED. SO FOR EXAMPLE THE EASY ONE THAT EVERYBODY CAN PROBABLY UNDERSTAND VERY QUICKLY IS A SPECIAL EDUCATION POSITION, RIGHT? SO IF WE ADD A SERVICE TO A CHILD'S IEP AND THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE FOR THAT SERVICE AND WE NEED ADDITIONAL FTE TO PROVIDE FOR THAT SERVICE THEN WE CAN'T WAIT TO ADD THAT TO THE BUDGET. WE IT'S REQUIRED THAT WE DO IT AND THAT WE ADVERTISE THE POSITION. HOWEVER IF WE GET A NEW GRANT SOURCE LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT
WITH THE ADULT EDUCATION FUND BUT NONE OF THE PLANS GO IN PLACE UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND WE ARE LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND ANYBODY OR ANYTHING TO ENACT THAT PLAN. MIDDLE SCHOOL YEAR THEN WE SHOULD HAVE THE DISCIPLINE TO WAIT TO BUDGET IT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR. RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO IMPROVE THOSE BUDGET CONTROLS. WE ALSO NEED TO GET JUST BETTER AT BUDGETING. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BECOME VERY CLEAR I HAVE A VERY EARNEST AND VERY THOUGHTFUL AND HARDWORKING STAFF THERE'S NOT THAT MANY OF THEM ANYMORE. A LOT OF THEM HAVE HAVE SORT OF BEEN DISPERSED OVER THE YEARS. BUT WE'VE LOST A LOT OF THAT KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO BUDGET AND HOW TO MAINTAIN A BUDGET AND HOW TO ACTUALLY CONDUCT A BUDGET. SO WE'RE DOING THE BASICS THIS YEAR I'VE GOTTEN SOME HELP IN THAT IS TEACHING PEOPLE FRONT LINE AS WELL AS HOW TO DO THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING MUCH MORE RESPONSIVE SO WE WILL SEE IMPROVEMENT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF BUDGET CYCLES WHICH WILL ALSO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THE OVERSIGHT FROM CDF FOR THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR OH OH SORRY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I'LL OPEN UP TO THE BOARD FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WHICH ARE ALWAYS MORE. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT WHEN WE SEE AN INCREASE VARIANCE IT'S UNUSUAL AND IN IN THAT ONE SLIDE THERE WAS INCREASED VARIANCE IN EVERY CATEGORY AND YOU SAID THAT IT REFLECTS A LACK OF CONTROL SORT OF FISCAL CONTROLS. AND SO I'M WONDERING WHAT ARE LIKE DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW TO MINIMIZE OR STOP THAT INCREASE AND ACTUALLY HAVE IT LEVEL OR DECREASE? AND SO WHAT WOULD SOME EXAMPLES OF HAVING BETTER CONTROL LOOK LIKE SO THAT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE'RE SEEING DIFFERENT NUMBERS? YEAH, I DO EXPECT FAIRLY QUICK IMPROVEMENT. IT WILL HAPPEN BY NEXT YEAR SO WHAT DO I MEAN SO GOOD BUDGETING PRACTICES THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGETING
PRACTICES RIGHT NOW ARE OUT OF DATE. I USED TO SEE BUDGETING LIKE THIS WHEN I FIRST STARTED AS A FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL IN THE STATE THAT WERE SORT OF LEFTOVERS FROM THE STYLE OF THE 80S AND 90S PRE LCF WHERE WE WOULD THEY CALL IT ROLL BUDGETING OVER AND THEN JUST TWEAKING IT WE REALLY NEED TO DO BETTER THAN THAT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY DEPARTMENT IN EVERY SCHOOL MAKE SURE THAT THEIR BUDGET IS REALISTIC THAT THEY DO SPEND WITHIN THE PATTERN THAT THEY'RE ASKING TO SPEND BUT ALSO SOME COMMON SENSE ONES LIKE YOU'LL SEE THE IDEA OF A PAPER DEFICIT THAT INDICATES THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SUBMIT A BUDGET FOR MORE MONEY THAN THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVE TO SPEND. >> RIGHT? SO JUST LIKE YOUR HOUSEHOLD IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT THEN YOU NEED TO EITHER HAVE THE MONEY IN YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR YOU NEED TO CUT EXPENSES. BUT JUST SUBMITTING A BUDGET FOR MORE THAN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE ALLOCATED TO YOU TO SPEND INDICATES A LACK OF A BASIC FISCAL CONTROL. WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING IN THE BUDGET SYSTEM, A
LOT OF FOLKS WITHOUT CENTRAL CONTROL OR OVERSIGHT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S USUALLY CONDUCTED BY MY POSITION OR THE CFO WHICH WE OF COURSE HAVE A CFO COMING BUT MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE, MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE CALL THE RESOURCES ARE BALANCED REVENUES AND EXPENSES IN THE RESOURCES SO THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE ENTERING IN MORE EXPENSES THAN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO SPEND RIGHT. HOW HAS THAT HAPPENED OVER TIME A LACK OF THAT CONTROL AND OVERSIGHT? RIGHT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TURNOVER. WE'VE HAD A DEARTH OF TRAINING. SO I'VE BEEN OFFERING TRAINING FOR EXAMPLE TO ALL THE FISCAL STAFF AND THEY'VE INDICATED INCLUDING SOME OF OUR LONG TERM EMPLOYEES THAT IF YOU WEREN'T A MANAGER WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T PROVIDE TRAINING VERY OFTEN RIGHT? SO THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE SHOULD GET TRAINING AND THAT WE ENCOURAGE THAT AND YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR PRACTICES UP TO DATE AND YOU NEED TO BE COMFORTABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION TO VET A BUDGET WHEN IT'S SUBMITTED TO YOU TO ASK IF IT'S REALISTIC AND TO POINT OUT SOME SUGGESTIONS. WE SHOULD BE ACTING AS ADVISORS AND SAYING YOU'RE DOING BETTER AT SPENDING X, Y, Z SO CONSIDER
PUTTING MORE OF YOUR RESOURCES OVER THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT STRUGGLING TO SPEND THEM VERSUS YOU'VE STRUGGLED FOR THE PAST 3 TO 5 YEARS AT SPENDING ANY OF WHAT YOU'VE PUT OVER IN THIS CATEGORY. WE'VE LOST THAT SKILL. WE'VE WE'VE ACTUALLY NOT BEEN DOING AN INTERACTIVE PROCESS LIKE THAT AS MUCH. AND SO MY STAFF HAS A LOT OF LEARNING TO DO AND THE BUDGET SHOULD BE MUCH MORE DYNAMIC AND CHANGE SO THAT THAT VARIANCE ACTUALLY GOES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. CAN I ASK ABOUT SINCE I STILL HAVE THE TIME AMAZING. OKAY. THANKS. THAT'S THAT'S HELPFUL. AND I GUESS ONE YOUR RESPONSE NOW PROMPTED ANOTHER QUESTION IS THERE ANYTHING IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO UNDERSHOOT AND AND SEE THESE TRENDS IN A WAY THAT IS NOT SUPER SUPER TIME INTENSIVE? I MEAN IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME BUT WHAT YOU KNOW NOW IT'S REALLY IT SEEMS REALLY VALUABLE TO BE ABLE TO SAY LIKE WE CAN SEE THESE TRENDS AND THEY'RE HAPPENING AGAIN. IS THAT IS THAT AN OPTION? AND I GUESS THE OTHER THING IS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MONEY LIKE
A BUDGET COMING IN THAT IS OVER WHAT HAS BEEN ALLOTTED IS THERE IS THERE AN ALERT THAT SORT OF A RED BOX THAT SAYS ACTUALLY THIS NUMBER IS NOT APPROPRIATE LIKE WHO? HOW DOES THAT GET FLAGGED AND MAYBE THAT'S A TRAINING THING BUT LIKE WHERE DOES THAT COME IN THAT SORT OF THAT MEASURE TO SAY ACTUALLY THIS IS THIS IS A CONCERN AND SO LET'S DEAL WITH IT NOW UNTIL AND NOT WHEN WE'RE GETTING OUR OUR INTERIM NUMBERS. >> GREAT QUESTIONS TO TAKE YOUR SECOND ONE FIRST IN THE PRIOR SYSTEM NO THERE WAS NOT THAT WAS ALL DONE MANUALLY ALL BY MANUAL CONTROL, ALL BY MANUAL ANALYSIS MEANING THAT PEOPLE HAD TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES AND AND CODES TO SEE WHETHER THEY WERE BALANCED AND THAT WAS NOT BEING DONE AND THE SYSTEM DID NOT DO IT FOR YOU. AND IN A DISTRICT OUR SIZE AND WITH SUCH A SMALL FISCAL TEAM IT FRANKLY WASN'T POSSIBLE . THEY HAVE THEIR DAY TO DAY WORK TO DO LET ALONE MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ARE ALL BALANCED. THE OTHER ISSUE I THINK WITH THE TRANSITION SO I'M TRYING TO
ACTUALLY TEACH THE TEAM WHAT I CALL A 3 TO 5 YEAR TREND ANALYSIS TO COME UP WITH WHAT WE CONSIDER A REASONABLE BUDGET FIGURE AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS JUST A 3 TO 5 YEAR AVERAGE OF A SPEND IN A CATEGORY JUST TO SEE IF A FIGURE THAT'S BEING SUBMITTED MEETS A REASONABILITY TEST. THE PROBLEM IS IS BECAUSE THE OLD SYSTEM IS CLOSED AND IT WAS SO MANUAL THAT NO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT UNLESS WE ACTUALLY GO BACK IN AND LOOK MANUALLY WHICH TAKES AN AWFUL LOT OF TIME GOING BETWEEN SYSTEMS WE WILL DEVELOP THAT IN FRONTLINE AS WE USE IT FROM YEAR TO YEAR BUT RIGHT NOW THE WORK THAT IT TAKES TO DO THAT IS PRETTY PRETTY ONEROUS JUGGLING MULTIPLE SPREADSHEETS LOOKING BACK IN A SYSTEM TRYING TO TRANSPOSE FIGURES CORRECTLY ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF. I'VE BEEN DOING IT AT A HIGH LEVEL TO SEE WHETHER FOR EXAMPLE THE REPORT THAT I JUST PRESENTED TO YOU WHETHER THERE'S ANYTHING THAT STICKS OUT AS A SIGNIFICANT ONE TIME DISCREPANCY. SO THE ONLY THING IN THE REPORT THAT THAT DID STICK OUT WAS THAT ONE TIME FUNDING THAT WE
GOT IN ADULT EDUCATION LAST YEAR. ALL THE OTHERS ARE ACTUALLY WITHIN OUR NORM AND I LOOKED BACK THREE YEARS JUST MANUALLY BUT THAT INDICATES AGAIN THAT IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A WHILE THAT THIS HAS A HAS OCCURRED THAT IT'S SORT OF BECOME THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS AND WITHOUT ACTUALLY KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT AND TRAINING FOLKS UP AND GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S A TOUGH THING TO FIGHT WHICH IS WHY WE NEED TO SORT OF GET THAT TRAINING IN PLACE AND THOSE SYSTEMS THAT WE I WILL JUST BUILD ON THAT QUESTION I HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION TO COMMISSIONER WISEMAN NO, BUT SPECIFICALLY I'M LOOKING AT THE LOOKING HEAD SLIDE AROUND. THE BUDGETS WILL BE REVIEWED BY DEPARTMENT SCHOOL AND SCHOOL AND COMPARED TO PRIOR ACTUALS WITH ADJUSTMENTS TO MATCH REALISTIC SPENDING PATTERNS THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. UM THAT IS INTERESTING TO KNOW . SO IN THAT KIND OF INSTANCE THERE BECAUSE THAT REQUIRES A WHOLE HUMAN CAPITAL COMPONENT OF HOW WE MOVE ADULT BEHAVIORS
TO BE ABLE TO MATCH A PRACTICE LIKE THIS. CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING INTO THAT WORK TO ENSURE BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS MAINTENANCE OF OF OUR OUR BUDGET REQUIRES OUR SITE LEADERS FOR EXAMPLE OUR LEAD PRINCIPAL MANAGERS ETC. TO BE BROUGHT ALONG IN THIS WORK. I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION JUST AROUND WHAT ARE THE KIND OF TOOLS AND STRATEGIES AT YOUR DISPOSAL THAT YOU'RE LEVERAGING? IS IT A LITERAL DROP IN PD THAT THEY HAVE OR ARE IS YOU AND YOUR TEAM WORKING DIFFERENTLY WITH THEM? HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY CHANGE THE PRACTICE TO WHATEVER IS TAKING PLACE NOW TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE? WELL, SO FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE TO TRAIN OUR STAFF MEANING THE FISCAL STAFF, RIGHT TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT FISCAL STAFF RIGHT NOW I ACTUALLY WISH THEY WERE WITH ME. I THOUGHT ONE OF THEM WAS GOING TO BE HERE. BUT I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE. THEY'VE THEY'VE FELT SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERPOWERED. RIGHT? THEY THEY HAVE CONSIDERED THEMSELVES AND THEIR JOB HAS BEEN REDUCED TO BASICALLY PUSHING BUTTONS AND MOVING
TRANSACTIONS AROUND IT AT REQUEST RATHER THAN HAVING A CONSULTATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING BUDGETING AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES TO. THAT ALSO SPEAKS TO A LACK OF A LACK OF TRAINING AS WELL AS EMPOWERMENT OF THE STAFF TO TO ACT IN THAT MANNER AND TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT MAKE SOMEBODY SAY HUH MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE BEST PLACE TO TO BUDGET OUR FIGURES. IT ALSO SHOWS SORT OF AN EROSION OF WHO'S MAINTAINING THE YEAR TO YEAR PROCESS EVEN THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE'RE A SINGLE YEAR BUDGET WE'RE VERY UNUSUAL THAT WAY AND THERE'S FINANCIAL ISSUES. IT'S TOUGH TIME SOMETIMES TO DO A ONE YEAR BUDGET INSTEAD OF A OF A MULTI-YEAR BUDGET. BUT WHAT IT ALSO HELPS WITH IS AFTER BUDGET DEVELOPMENT THERE ACTUALLY SHOULD BE RELATIVELY FEW INSTANCES. THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT IS THE HEAVY LIFT. AFTER THAT THE STAFF SHOULD BE MOSTLY ACTING IN A CONSULTATIVE MANNER AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT BUDGETS AND SEEING WHETHER SO FOR EXAMPLE WE'RE ALMOST THROUGH THE MONTH OF OCTOBER DARE I SAY THAT HALFWAY THROUGH BY THE END OF OCTOBER WE'VE PASSED A THIRD
OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR AND SO A LOGICAL QUESTION THAT'S ASKED IN MOST DISTRICTS IS GREAT. LET'S LET'S LOOK FOR BURN RATES AND SEE WHETHER EVERYBODY'S SPENT ABOUT A THIRD OF THEIR BUDGETS. RIGHT. OR WHETHER THEY'VE ENCUMBERED 0% OF A BUDGET IN SOME CATEGORY. AND IS THERE A REASON WHY THAT'S WHERE THE CONSULTATIVE APPROACH COMES IN AND IT SIMPLY JUST HAS NOT BEEN OCCURRING AT THIS POINT. RIGHT. IT'S A LACK OF TRAINING BUT IT'S ALSO A LACK OF STAFF. REMEMBER WE HAVE VERY FEW FISCAL STAFF REMAINING AND SOME OF THAT EXPERTISE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN DISPERSED FROM THE FISCAL DEPARTMENT AND HAS BEEN ALTHOUGH PEOPLE HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR ACCESS TO BUDGET ACTIVITY AND SO IT'S BECOME DECENTRALIZED AND IT NEEDS TO ALL REPORT UP TO A CENTRAL FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WHICH IS WHAT WE WOULD HOLD OUR CFO RESPONSIBLE FOR. THANK YOU SO I THINK AS WE GO INTO CONVERSATIONS FOR FISCAL STABILIZATION PLANNING FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND BEYOND, I THINK THIS IS THE KIND OF GUIDANCE THAT I LOOK TO YOU AND SUPERINTENDENTS TO OF WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE
PROTECTING AT CENTRAL OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT THESE SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES THAT YOU ARE WORKING TO TRAIN UP AND BUILD ON DON'T GET LOST IN THIS NEXT PHASE OF OUR RECONCILING OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ONE THANK YOU FOR ARTICULATING IN THAT WAY AND AND JUST REMIND OURSELVES THAT THIS IS THE VERY MUCH THE KIND OF CONVERSATION THAT I THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO HAVE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE KIND OF TRADEOFFS WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE IN THIS NEXT PHASE OF OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. SO THANK YOU. NEXT, COMMISSIONER FISHER SURE. >> MY QUESTION IS ACTUALLY VERY SPECIFIC TO WHAT YOU SAID AT THE END ABOUT SOME OF OUR OVER BUDGETING PRACTICES. YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE AND YOU USE THE EXAMPLE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IF WE ADD SERVICES YOU KNOW BUT WE KNOW WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIRE SOMEONE MIDYEAR THEN WE NEED TO WAIT TO BUDGET FOR THAT POSITION. HOW TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THAT HELPS US MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES WITH TWO KIDS WITH IEPS BECAUSE IT'S AS SOON AS THE FAMILY SIGNS THE IEP, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. >> SO WE CAN'T JUST PUT OUR HANDS UP AND SAY OOPS SORRY YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR.
SO I REALLY THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION IN WHAT YOU SAID BETWEEN BEST BUDGETING PRACTICES AND OUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO STUDENTS. SO WHERE DO THE TWO MEET? ALL RIGHT, MY APOLOGIES, COMMISSIONER FISHER, I THINK YOU MISUNDERSTOOD ME. I USED A SPECIAL EDUCATION AS THE EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO WAIT VERSUS THOSE THAT ARE NON-STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS WHERE I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DO WAIT KNOWING THAT WE'RE OUT OF A HIRING PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO NOT REALLY INITIATE STRONGLY UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR. OKAY. BUT IF THE BUDGET BEST PRACTICES NOT TO DO THAT ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE DO MAKE THE EXCEPTION THEN FOR A STATUTORY OBLIGATION LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION? >> CORRECT. CORRECT. AND SO AND WE DO THAT NOW SO THAT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED NOW WE ADVERTISE FOR IT AND EVEN IF WE CAN'T FILL IT, IT THEN GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MAYBE CONTRACT OUT OR PROVIDE IT IN A DIFFERENT MANNER. THAT'S WHY IT WOULD BE MORE OF A STATUTORY OBLIGATION VERSUS A DISCRETIONARY ONE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I APPRECIATE THAT. COMMISSIONER GUPTA SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS REPORT AS WELL AS THE EXPLANATION. THIS IS EXCITING. IT'S VERY CLEAR SO I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHICH PROGRAMS, POSITIONS OR CONTRACTS ARE CONTRIBUTING THE MOST TO COST ESCALATIONS OR IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE PAST DATA SO NO, I MEAN WE HAVE THE PAST DATA IN THE CLOTHES THAT WE JUST DID BUT THAT'S A POSTMORTEM RIGHT? IN EVERY DISTRICT, SCHOOL DISTRICT OR EVERY BUDGET EVERY YEAR IS DIFFERENT. SO PART OF THE ANALYSIS ONCE OCTOBER CLOSES SO WE ACTUALLY CLOSE EVERY MONTH TO IT USUALLY CLOSES THE 15TH OF THE MONTH AFTER SO ON NOVEMBER 15TH I'LL BE ABLE TO GET AN IDEA ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'LL HAVE A CFO HERE AT THAT POINT TO HELP ME WITH THE LIFT IS TO SAY LET'S LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE NOT BURNING AT AN APPROPRIATE RATE AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO IT'S SPENDING A THIRD OF WHAT WE ENCUMBER, RIGHT?
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL START TO BE ABLE TO REALLY LOOK AT SOME CURRENT YEAR DATA TO SAY WHERE ARE WE UNDERSPENDING WHERE ARE WE POTENTIALLY OVERSPENDING WHAT OUR GENERAL SPEND INDICATES IS WE ACTUALLY AREN'T OVERSPENDING IN A WHOLE LOT OF AREAS. WE ARE STILL WE STILL HAVE A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, RIGHT? OUR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THIS PAST YEAR WAS ABOUT $38 MILLION BUT THAT'S FAR BETTER THAN THE 150 MILLION THAT WAS PLANNED. SO WHERE ARE WE SPECIFICALLY OVERSPENDING? CAN I THEN GO BACK AND CAN I MATCH IT UP WITH THE LAST TWO YEARS? IS THERE A TREND THERE SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO START GETTING BETTER DEFINITION AT THAT POINT AS WELL AS WHAT ARE WE JUST NOT SPENDING AT ALL? THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF LITTLE CATEGORIES THAT I HAVE FOUND THAT WERE I CALL THEM LEGACY THEY WERE BUDGETED AT ONE TIME AND I'M NOT SURE THAT FOLKS REMEMBER THAT THEY WERE BUDGETED BY MAYBE SOMEBODY IN THE PAST OR SOMETIMES WHAT THEIR INTENT EVEN WAS. SO THAT GOES AGAIN TO THE MAINTENANCE WHEN YOU ROLL A BUDGET OVER TO LONG YOU START TO LOSE THAT INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY OF WHAT WAS THAT FOR AND ACTUALLY THAT'S A GREAT
SEGUE INTO THE NEXT QUESTION WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE OVER BUDGETING OR IF I LOOK AT PAGE EIGHT I SEE A LARGE SET OF VARIANCES DUE TO VACANCIES VACANCIES, VACANCIES ACROSS THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES WHICH IS WORRYING OBVIOUSLY ON TWO FRONTS WHICH YOU KNOW VERY WELL BOTH IN TERMS OF THEN HOW SHORT STAFFED WE ARE BUT THEN ALSO IF WE WERE TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES I MEAN JUST COUNTING THE NUMBERS JUST ON THIS PAGE WE HAVE OVER 50 MILLION THEN THAT WE'D BE SPENDING IN ADDITION AND SO THAT WOULD THEN CREATE EVEN A LARGER DEFICIT DEFICIT SPENDING THAN THAN WE CURRENTLY ARE. SO I'M CURIOUS HOW DO YOU APPROACH THAT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE STRATEGY MIGHT BE PARTICULARLY I MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE THEN STAFFING HAS TO ALIGN WITH STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND NEEDS BUT YOU KNOW, SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS GOING FORWARD.
YEAH. SO THIS IS THIS IS THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF OF A POSITION CONTROL IN A DISTRICT SO WE DO HAVE A DIRECTOR OF POSITION CONTROLS STARTING IN NOVEMBER THAT'S OUR OTHER RECENT SUCCESSFUL RECRUITMENT BUT THE MAIN TASK OF THAT PERSON OR THAT TEAM OURS WILL BE A SINGLE PERSON SO IT'LL BE A BUSY A BUSY JOB IS TO BASICALLY VET EVERY POSITION THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS AND BE ABLE TO MATCH IT UP. RIGHT? SO HERE'S AN INTERESTING THING IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF WORK IN THIS DISTRICT RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE SYSTEM THAT WE USE AND HOW WE USE IT TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHO IS ASSIGNED TO EVERY SITE, WHAT THEIR POSITION IS. AND FOR EXAMPLE, THERE CLASSIFICATION AND THEIR POSITION NUMBER LET ALONE ALL OF THE VACANCIES THAT WE'RE CARRYING ON THE BOOKS WHEN THEY WERE CREATED WHAT THEIR PURPOSE WAS AND WHETHER IT'S A WHAT WE CALL A TRUE VACANCY RATE, WHETHER THEY'RE STILL AN EXPRESS NEED THAT WE'RE SEARCHING FOR THAT FIDELITY IN OUR SYSTEM WAS LOST. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN IT WAS CLEARLY LONG BEFORE I ARRIVED. RIGHT. AND SO I'M GUESSING IT GOES BACK SOME TIME THAT IS A BIG PART OF WHAT'S DISTORTING OUR
BUDGET. SO LAST YEAR THERE'S IF YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT ON THERE'S OVER A $50 MILLION VARIANCE IN BUDGETED VERSUS ACTUAL POSITIONS IN TOTAL COMPENSATION AND THIS YEAR WE'RE ON TRACK FOR ABOUT THE SAME. SO THAT TELLS YOU THAT THAT'S NOT AN UNUSUAL PICTURE FOR SAN FRANCISCO. SO THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES WHO'S GOING TO SIT DOWN AND COMB THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS AND FIND THE HISTORY AND THEN ALSO BE IN A POSITION THAT IF WE NEED SOMETHING RELATIVELY QUICKLY THAT WE CAN GET IT APPROVED AND POSTED RELATIVELY QUICKLY. RIGHT. BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE OF POSITION CONTROL BECAUSE THEY BECOME THE GATEKEEPER TO SAY NO, YOU HAVE THAT OVER HERE, YOU DON'T NEED ANOTHER ONE. YOU STILL HAVE ONE HERE THAT YOU CAN FILL OR YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE AND YOU HAVE A NEED FOR IT RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE TO OPEN SOMETHING RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF FIDELITY IN OUR SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF VACANT POSITIONS AS WE DID LAST YEAR AND FOLKS AREN'T SURE ABOUT WHICH ONES ARE REAL AND WHICH ONES AREN'T
WHICH IS A REALLY TOUGH PLACE TO RUN A BUDGET FROM. GOT IT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER, THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS INFORMATION IS VERY CLEARLY PRESENTED. MY QUESTION IS HOW ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT HOW AS YOU MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN BUDGETING ABOUT IT RELATES TO STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH RESPECT TO THE GOALS ACADEMIC GOALS AND HOW WE ENSURE THAT THE THE CHOICES WE MAKE ARE ACTUALLY ALIGNED WITH MAKING MORE LIKELY THAT MORE STUDENTS MEET THOSE GOALS. >> I WILL BE CAREFUL BECAUSE I GAVE UP THE EDUCATIONAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE A LONG TIME AGO. RIGHT? SO I DON'T WANT MY MY OPINIONS TO CREEP IN ON THAT SIDE BUT THE ALIGNMENT OF RESOURCES HAS TO BE DONE WITH FIRST OF ALL FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO CLEARLY ARTICULATE WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE RIGHT. AND IT HAS CHANGED INTO A COMPLIANCE DOCUMENT.
BUT THAT USED TO BE THE PURPOSE OF OUR OF OUR OUR CAP RIGHT BACK WHEN IT WAS 13 PAGES AND VERY SUCCINCT AS FAR AS WHAT WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. IT'S NOW CREPT INTO A MULTI-HUNDRED PAGE DOCUMENT THAT'S MOSTLY ABOUT COMPLIANCE BUT THAT WAS WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO TO BE FOUND AND THESE DAYS IT HAS TO BE FOUND IN WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT THE DISTRICT IS FINDING THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR STUDENTS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FULLY INVESTED IN THOSE PRIORITIES. HOWEVER, WITHOUT THAT LIST OF PRIORITIES, HOW DO WE MATCH UP TO BUDGET? YOU DON'T WRITE SO THE PRIORITIES THE BUDGET HAS TO MATCH THE PRIORITIES. IT SHOULD BE A STATEMENT OF PRIORITIES BUT WITHOUT A STATEMENT OF WHAT'S IMPORTANT THEN IT BECOMES EVERYTHING IMPORTANT WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THAT NOTHING IS A PRIORITY. COMMISSIONER WE MR. ALEXANDER ALREADY DID MY FIRST QUESTION SO NOW I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE. THANK YOU. SO I'M WONDERING IS THERE ANY TYPE OF INTERNAL SYSTEM OR TEMPLATES THAT FOLKS ARE USING OR HAVE ACCESS TO WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING OR YOU KNOW
DETERMINING WHAT THE BUDGETS SHOULD BE AT DIFFERENT SITES? WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY WHICH IS A STAFFING ALLOCATION SO FROM THE CENTER INCLUDING RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED RESOURCES WE ALLOCATE WHAT WE CONSIDER AS A DISTRICT TO BE ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATION TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOL SITES, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A NUMBER OF TEACHERS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS AT WHAT GRADE LEVEL THAT YOU'RE RUNNING OR WHICH REQUIREMENTS IF YOU'RE A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL THAT YOU'RE RUNNING OR THE NUMBER OF PERIODS AUGMENTATIONS SUCH AS STIPENDS AND ADDITIONAL PERIODS FOR AP COURSES OR ELECTIVES OR ON OUR RESTRICTED SIDE WE PROVIDE COUNSELORS AND WE PROVIDE GOODNESS ARTS EDUCATION AND ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION FOR P FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHICH IS NOT REQUIRED BY THE STATE. USUALLY THAT'S A GENERAL REQUIREMENT UNTIL YOU GET TO THE SECONDARY LEVEL BUT WE DO ALL OF THAT IN IN SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY GENEROUS ALLOCATION MODEL THAT SHOULD BE SUSTAINED AND THEN WE ALSO GIVE DISCRETION AERIS RESOURCES WHICH FOLKS GET TO
SPEND IN WHATEVER MANNER THEY FEEL FIT AND SO WE SORT OF DO BOTH AND IN THE DISTRICT IT'S A VERY GENEROUSLY RESOURCED MODEL . OKAY. THANK YOU. MY LAST QUESTION RELATES TO JUST WHAT WE HEAR A LOT FROM FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY OR AT LEAST THAT I'VE HEARD A LOT FROM FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THESE HUGE SWINGS OR VARIANCE YOU KNOW, HUGE VARIANCES IN WHAT WE THOUGHT YOU KNOW, WE WOULD SPEND WHAT WE ACTUALLY END UP SPENDING AND I'VE OFTEN HEARD FOLKS ASK, YOU KNOW, LIKE ISN'T THIS MONEY AVAILABLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO OTHER THINGS SUCH AS RAISES? SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN COMMENT ON THAT. SURE. MY ST LINE OF THINKING IS WE STILL HAVE A DEFICIT, A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT'S 38 MILLION THIS PAST YEAR. THE TOTAL POTENTIAL DEFICIT WAS UP TO 150 MILLION. IF WE HAD SPENT EVERYTHING OR POTENTIALLY HIGHER IF WE HAD OVERSPENT OUR PLAN RIGHT. I DO SEE SOME BUDGETS THAT AT TIMES IN SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE OVERSPENT. IT'S A BIT MORE UNUSUAL BECAUSE OF THE CONTROLS IN PLACE BUT IT
DOES HAPPEN. SO IF YOU'RE ALREADY SPENDING MORE THAN YOU'RE GETTING IN, OF COURSE YOU CAN GIVE RAISES BUT THAT MEANS YOU THEN NEED TO CUT MORE THAN YOU ALREADY ARE PLANNING ON CUTTING TO GET BACK TO A BALANCED BUDGET. SO IF THE CURRENT MINIMUM IF WE WERE JUST TO BALANCE BRING THE GENERAL AND FUND BACK INTO BALANCE THAT WE ARE BUDGETING NO MORE THAN THE REVENUES THAT WE GOT IN THAT'S THE $103 MILLION CURRENT PAPER OR BUDGETED DEFICIT RIGHT? THAT'S ON OUR RADAR. THE UNRESTRICTED SIDE OF THAT IS IS ABOUT 48 MILLION. THE RESTRICTED SIDE IS ABOUT 53. I'M DOING THIS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT I LOOK AT IT A LOT SO I THINK I'M PRETTY CLOSE RIGHT. AND THAT 50 I'M SORRY 55 ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE AND SO IF WE WERE TO BALANCE THAT OUT AND GET RID OF SOME OF THAT THAT NOISE THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE OURSELVES MORE PLANNING TIME TO PROVIDE RAISES AND THAT WOULD BE A MORE NORMAL POSITION FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
RIGHT NOW WHAT WE FIND OURSELVES TRYING TO DO WHILE STILL UNDER STATE OVERSIGHT IS TO ELIMINATE THE PLANNED DEFICIT, ELIMINATE THE REAL DEFICIT AND THEN TRY TO ELIMINATE EVEN MORE TO PROVIDE FOR SOME SORT OF COMPENSATION INCREASE IN THE FUTURE. RIGHT. THAT'S A THAT'S A TRIPLE THREAT AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY. RIGHT. SO THAT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IS FOR FOLKS TO TRY TO FOCUS ON AND USUALLY A DISTRICT IS ONLY FOCUSED ON ONE OF THOSE WHICH THEY HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. SO THEN THEY'RE JUST FOCUSED ON OKAY, IF WE INCREMENTALLY GIVE MORE WHAT DO WE TRIM AROUND THE EDGES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE IN SALARIES TO OUR STAFF? RIGHT TO DO ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS AT ONCE IS VERY PRECARIOUS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S THE BOARD'S CLEARLY YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THE DISTRICT FINANCIALLY SOLVENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR KIDS. RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE TOUGH PLACE TO BE AND WE DO HAVE A VERY CLEAR DIRECTION FROM FROM OUR ADVISORS THAT WE HAVE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH ANY MOVE THAT WE MAKE. THANK YOU VICE PRESIDENT HEALY YOU ARE ALREADY ONE. >> YEAH, THE FIRST SLIDE SAYS
VARIANCES ARE NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD BUT OBVIOUSLY HAVING A LARGE VARIANCE CREATES A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN OUR ABILITY TO BUDGET AND PLAN INCLUDING AROUND RAISES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. >> WHAT IS THE IDEAL RATE OF VARIANCE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK TO GET TOWARD? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR A BUDGET OUR SIZE THAT IT'S NO LARGER THAN 10% IN ANY IN ANY POINT IN TIME. SO FOR EXAMPLE IF WE WERE AS FAR OFF AS 10% FOR ADOPTED I WOULD WANT TO SEE THAT BE THE STARTING POINT AND THEN WE DECREASE THE VARIANCE OVER TIME AND THIS ALSO COMES INTO LIKE GOOD BUDGETING PRACTICES, RIGHT? SO AT THE FIRST INTERIM WE SHOULD BE RELEASING SAVINGS FROM ALL POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED THAT WE HAVEN'T FILLED. THAT'S NOT BEEN A COMMON PRACTICE IN THE DISTRICT, RIGHT? THAT WOULD ACTUALLY REDUCE YOUR VARIANCE FROM ONE POINT IN TIME TO ANOTHER. SO AGAIN BACK TO GOOD GOOD PRACTICE. IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO MAINTAIN
A BUDGET AND IT SHOULD BE FOR ONE OF OUR SIZE TO DO IT WELL. BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL. >> DO WE EXPECT THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AN AUDIT THE FIRST UNAUDITED ACTUALS NEXT YEAR THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE LIKE HOW LONG WOULD THAT TYPICALLY TAKE TO GET FROM WHERE WE ARE INSTITUTIONALLY TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO? I MY STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWER IS IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN THIS YEAR BUT LESS THAN TWO RIGHT NOW I'M TRYING TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO BUDGET. MY NEXT STEP IS TEACHING THEM HOW TO MANAGE THE BUDGET THROUGH DIFFERENT INTERIM AND THEN BEYOND TEACHING ACTUALLY SEE THE SERVICE MODEL GO INTO PLACE AND AND I'M ALSO HIRING TRYING TO HIRE UP AT THE SAME TIME WITH YOU KNOW TWO DOWN IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET US THERE BUT WE ARE WE NEED THE STAFF THAT HAS THE EXPERTISE THAT THEY CAN THEN TRANSITION THAT EXPERTISE IN THAT KNOWLEDGE TO OUR STAFF. RIGHT BECAUSE THEY'LL BE A PART OF OUR STAFF AT THAT POINT TO FOLLOW UP ON I THINK COMMISSIONER FISHER'S QUESTIONS IN SOME PLACES SPENDING LESS MONEY THAN YOU BUDGETED IS A
SUCCESS. YOU'VE SAVED MONEY MAYBE ON NOT PAYING FOR EXPENSIVE POWER CONSULTANTS ANYMORE BUT SOME PLACES IT'S A FAILURE BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FILL NEEDED VACANCIES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION EDUCATORS. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET NUMBERS WHERE OUR VARIANCE IS REPRESENTING A SUCCESS AND WHERE IT'S REPRESENTING FAILURE DUE TO UNDERSPENDING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS ? NOT AT THIS POINT I. I WOULD BE GETTING IN OVER MY SKIS TO TO SPECULATE RIGHT. I TEND TO LIKE TO LOOK AT THE DATA. HOWEVER JUST THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE THAT KIND OF A VARIANCE SPEAKS TO A DISTORTION THAT'S NOT HEALTHY FOR THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THEN WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FINANCIALLY, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE THAT HUGE SWING BASE OF WHAT WE BELIEVE BECAUSE REMEMBER THE BUDGET IS OUR PLAN OF WHAT WE BELIEVE. WE'RE GOING TO HONESTLY SPEND THAT EVERYBODY'S JUST SUBMITTING THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THIS YEAR. BUT IF IT'S THAT FAR OFF THEN CAN WE HONESTLY STAND BY IT?
THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO. >> THE VARIANCE IS TOO LARGE. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE TO MY NEXT QUESTION WHICH IS WHEN WE'RE NEGOTIATING LABOR CONTRACTS FOR EXAMPLE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO STAND BEHIND OUR NUMBERS AND SAY WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T AFFORD HERE ARE ENDING BALANCE WAS 240 MILLION OR SO MORE THAN WE EXPECTED IT TO BE. DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE HAVE AN EXTRA $240 MILLION MORE THAT WE CAN SPEND ON RAISES? >> SO I WOULD DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION AT THE UNRESTRICTED ENDING FUND BALANCE RIGHT THAT IS YOUR FUNGIBLE MONEY BUT IT IS ONE TIME MONEY, RIGHT? SO RAISES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BASED ON ONGOING MONEY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE DEAL THAT WAS STRUCK WITH A NUMBER OF OUR UNITS THAT I BELIEVE THE BOARD I THINK YOU JUST APPROVED AT THE LAST MEETING APOLOGIES IF IT WAS TWO MEETINGS AGO IT WAS ONE OF THOSE TWO BECAUSE I WROTE THE AB 1200 FOR IT BUT WE CAN AFFORD THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY TAKING THAT ONE TIME
MONEY OUT OF ONE TIME RESERVES. IT'S FUND BALANCE. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT EVEN TECHNICALLY A RESERVE YET YOU'RE TAKING IT OUT OF ONE TIME FUND BALANCE AND WE KNOW THAT THE CASH IS THERE TO PAY FOR IT BUT YOU CAN'T GIVE ONGOING RAISES OUT OF ONE TIME MONEY RIGHT? THAT'S THE PROBLEM AND THAT ACTUALLY IS WHAT WE'RE LIVING WITH RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE GAVE RAISES WITH THE THINKING THAT WE WOULD MAKE CUTS QUICKLY ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE FOR GETTING OURSELVES IN THE HOLE. >> AND CLEARLY THE SYSTEM IS NOT THAT AGILE BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT. AND SO OUR CURRENT DEFICIT OF $38 MILLION A YEAR IS THAT $38 MILLION MORE OF ONGOING MONEY IN TERMS OF WE'RE STILL ESSENTIALLY OVERSPENDING YEAR OVER YEAR ONGOING MONEY OR WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT REPRESENTS PLANNED DEFICIT OF LIKE SPENDING DOWN COVID FUNDS OR ONE TIME FUNDS THAT WE YOU KNOW ,THAT AREN'T GOING TO IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO MAKE ONGOING COMMITMENTS THAT ONE'S ALL ONGOING, RIGHT? SO 38 MILLION IS THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT'S
ONGOING MONEY AND THAT TOOK OUT OF YOUR ENDING FUND BALANCE, RIGHT? WHICH IS YOUR IS YOUR FUNGIBLE MONEY. THIS IS ALSO CONFUSED A LITTLE BIT BY THE LACK OF A RESERVE POLICY IN THE DISTRICT WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL BE INTRODUCING TO YOU AT THE FIRST INTERIM WE SHOULD HAVE A RESERVE POLICY AND WE SHOULD HAVE OUR RESERVES SEPARATED OUT SO THAT THE BOARD SPECIFICALLY KNOWS WHAT IT'S SETTING ASIDE AS A RESERVE VERSUS WHAT IS ACTUAL FUND BALANCE THAT CAN BE APPROPRIATED FOR AN UNANTICIPATED EXPENSE OR THAT CAN FUND THE DEFICIT THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN TERMS OF OUR ENDING BALANCE OF ABOUT $428 MILLION LIKE WHERE DOES THAT STACK UP AGAINST WHAT AND DISTRICT OF OUR SIZE SHOULD HAVE IN TERMS OF RESERVE I CAN'T ANSWER THAT ON THE FLY. I'M SORRY. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS THIS ANALYSIS SHOWS TO GIVE YOU A CONCEPT OF WHAT DISTRICTS IN THE STATE HAVE, DISTRICTS ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE BUCKETS UNIFIED WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE ELEMENTARY DISTRICTS WHICH ARE TYPICALLY K THROUGH EIGHT AND SECONDARY AND SECONDARY DISTRICTS WHICH
ARE WHICH ARE JUST HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS MOST OF WHICH ACTUALLY ARE LOCATED TO OUR SOUTH IN SAN MATEO COUNTY. BUT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE USUALLY HAS THE LARGEST RESERVES CURRENT RESERVES THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE BETWEEN 24 AND 26%. HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS USUALLY HAVE BETWEEN 18 AND 20 AND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS USUALLY FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 16 AND 20 DEPENDING UPON ECONOMIC TIMES. JUST TO GIVE YOU A RULE OF THUMB, 18% IS TWO MONTHS OF EXPENDITURES. >> IT SEEMS LIKE OUR ACTUAL ENDING BALANCE IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IS LIKE CLOSER TO 30%. SO IN AN INSTANCE LIKE THAT IF WE CAN'T SPEND THAT MONEY ON ONGOING EXPENSES LIKE RAISES BUT IT'S MORE THAN WE NEED IN RESERVES LIKE WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE MIGHT SPEND THAT ON TO BEST PUT THAT MONEY TO USE FOR STUDENTS SO THAT WE'RE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY ALL OF OUR RESOURCES ? IT DEPENDS ON THE BOARD'S PERSPECTIVE. SO FIRST OF ALL WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT REMAINING FUND
BALANCE, JUST LOOK AT THE UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED DOES NOT COUNT AS FUND BALANCE, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY COMMITTED IN THE TERMS THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON IT WHAT WE CAN SPEND IT ON. SO JUST THE UNRESTRICTED THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER FUND BALANCE. AND SO AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD EQUATE TO TO TO THAT TYPE OF RESERVE FOR THE DISTRICT. I'D HAVE TO DO THAT ANALYSIS WHAT CAN YOU SPEND IT ON? SO FOR EXAMPLE WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING TEXTBOOKS AND ADOPTION THAT WAS MADE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TEXTBOOKS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO BUY A DOUBLE DIGIT MILLION DOLLAR ORDER THAT NEEDS TO BE PLACED WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIND THAT MONEY? THAT'S WHAT FUND BALANCE IS FOR SOME DISTRICTS INVEST IN SPECIFICALLY PENSION LIABILITIES OR RETIREE HEALTH CARE LIABILITIES WHICH ARE CALLED OPEB OR OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS SUPPORT ACCOUNTS SET UP WITH WITH CALSTRS OR WITH CALPERS TO
OFFSET THOSE COSTS SO THAT IT TAKES THOSE COSTS OVER TIME OUT OF OUR BUDGET WHICH PROVIDES MORE GENERAL FUND MONEY FOR FOR CURRENT USE ONE TIME EXPENSES THAT YOU DO ACTUALLY WANT TO DO A SPECIAL INITIATIVE OR A CONSULTANT BUT THAT THEIR TIME LIMITED AND THEY'RE FINANCIALLY LIMITED SO SETTING ASIDE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT OCCURS ONCE THOSE ARE GOOD USES FOR ONE TIME MONEY VERSUS ONGOING EXPENSES YOU DON'T WANT TO BE PAYING FOR YOUR RENT OR YOUR POWER BILL OUT OF YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT. THANK YOU. STUDENT DELEGATES DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO POST? COMMISSIONER FISHER ONE MINUTE I BELIEVE YOU HAD TWO MINUTES REMAINING. THAT'S RIGHT. WELL AND I JUST APPRECIATE THAT THE STUDENT DELEGATES DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS HARD TO FOLLOW THE STUDENT DELEGATES QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY ASK SUCH GOOD QUESTIONS. >> QUESTION PLEASE. QUESTION OFFICIALLY, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
SO FIRST THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF. I MEAN AND I KNOW YOU YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER BUT YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN A HUGE AMOUNT OF TURNOVER AND STAFF FEELS UN EMPOWERED. QUESTION PLEASE. COMMISSION FOR SURE I'M YES THANK YOU. THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM SO I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON COMMISSIONER GUPTA'S QUESTION ABOUT THE SLIDE EIGHT VACANCIES AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED WAS YOU KNOW ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION AND YOU KNOW, DOES WHEN SPENDING ON CERTIFICATED TEACHERS DECREASES AND B COSTS BALLOON IS THAT RECOGNIZED HERE AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT YOUR CODES 4005 THOUSAND WHICH IS IN WHICH IS VERY SPECIFICALLY LISTED IN OUR ALPA BUDGET. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T SEE IN ANY OF THESE DOCUMENTS AND YOU MENTIONED TRUING UP QUARTERLY WE'RE A SINGLE DISTRICT SOBER SO DO WE EVER DO ANY SELF TROOPS OR DO WE HAVE ANY REPORT FOR OUR I MEAN OUR SELF A BUDGET IS $283 MILLION.
THAT WAS OUR PROJECT. THAT'S NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT MONEY. SO DO WE EVER DO THIS SAME ANALYSIS FROM A SELF PERSPECTIVE TO SEE YOU KNOW WHAT OF THOSE VACANCIES I THINK TO SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS WHICH ONES ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION WHERE ARE WE UNDERSPENDING IN CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED SALARIES VERSUS OVER SPENDING IN I THINK IT WOULD BE UP TO CODE 5000 SERVICES IN OPERATIONS. WHEN DO WE SEE THAT REPORTING FROM A SELFLESS STANDPOINT? >> YOU KNOW, I CAN'T HISTORICALLY SPEAK TO THAT. SO IT IS A STANDARD OF A SELF TO DO THAT ANALYSIS PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OUR SELF BUT WE ARE A SINGLE SINGLE DISTRICT SELF BUT THERE'S A FEW OF THEM IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA . THE SELF IS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT TO PROVIDE THEIR MEMBER DISTRICTS THAT ARE PURCHASING THE SERVICES FROM THEM TO SEE THE ACTUAL SERVICE THEY'RE GETTING VERSUS WHAT THEY'RE COMMITTING FINANCIALLY TO THE SELF-PAY. AND SO IN A SINGLE DISTRICT IT'S WHAT ARE YOU COMMITTING TO YOURSELF AND WHAT SERVICES ARE YOU GETTING OUT OF IT WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. SO I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ANALYSIS. I DID THOROUGHLY READ THE THICK
MAT REPORT BUT I DON'T RECALL THEM MENTIONING IT EITHER UNLESS IT'S SKIPPING MY MIND RIGHT NOW BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN DONE. IS IT POSSIBLE? YES. BUT I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. WELL TWO YEARS AGO WITH BUDGET CUTS WE REMOVED OUR FINANCIAL PERSON FROM THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ENROLLED THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INTO YOUR DEPARTMENT. SO SURPRISE THAT FALLS TO YOU NOT SURPRISE. SORRY I DON'T MEAN TO BE FLIP BUT SO I PUT IT BACK AT YOU RATHER THAN THE SPED DEPARTMENT I MEAN SO OR PUT IT ON THE SUPERINTENDENTS NOT HERE RIGHT NOW BUT WITH FIVE SECONDS LEFT WHO SHOULD WE EXPECT TO DO THAT AND WHEN CAN WE GET IT? OH YEAH. SO SO THAT IS THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM. RIGHT? SO ALTHOUGH THE RESPONSIBILITY I BELIEVE WAS PUT IN TO MY DEPARTMENT AND ALL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD BE RIGHT JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE HAVE NOT HAD A WE JUST LOST OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION FINANCE PERSON. WE HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE TEMPING IN IT. AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I RECRUITED THE CFO THAT WE DID IS SHE'S A STATEWIDE SPECIALIST
AT SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING. SO SHE'LL BE ABLE TO GET HER HER ARMS AROUND IT A LOT EASIER AND FASTER. IF I HAD TO SAY WHO WAS BETTER, SHE'S MUCH BETTER AT IT THAN I AM. I'LL DO THE BOND FUNDING ALL DAY AND NIGHT. WE ALL HAVE ONCE WE GET INTO FISCAL STUFF WE ALL HAVE OUR SPECIALIZATION BUT THAT'S NOT AN UNREASONABLE THING. BUT I ALSO THINK THERE'S A NEED TO ACTUALLY CORRECTLY STRUCTURE THE COUNTY AND THIS HELPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REPORT ON IT AND THAT IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND. >> YES. THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM I RECOGNIZE YOU YET BUT YEAH. CAN WE PUT ONE MINUTE ON THE WAY ON THE CLOCK? WE'D LIKE TO TAKE LESS TIME THAN THAT. SO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, YOU JUST MENTIONED OPEB A SECOND AGO AND IT JUST REMINDED ME WHERE WHERE WOULD THAT SIT IN THIS? AS I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ABOUT A 650 MILLION UNFUNDED AND OPEB AND I'M CURIOUS THAT WE'RE ABOVE THAT. OKAY GOT IT. I THOUGHT WITH INTEREST RATES IT HAD GONE DOWN.
BUT ANYWAY WHERE WHERE DOES THAT SIT AND WE'RE WE'RE WHERE DOES THIS ACCOUNT FOR IT SO JUST SO EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THAT'S OUR COMMITMENT TO FOLKS THAT HAVE RETIRED FROM HERE WITH A COMMITMENT THAT THEY GET EITHER TEMPORARY OR LIFELONG HEALTH BENEFITS WITH THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE DISTRICT REMAINING STABLE OR GOING UP OR DOWN TO WHATEVER OUR AGREEMENT IS CURRENTLY WE'RE IN WHAT WE CALL A PAY AS YOU GO WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE USING FUNDS GENERATED BY THIS YEAR'S STUDENTS TO PAY FOR RETIREE THE RETIREE BENEFITS THE WAY THAT THE STATE WOULD LIKE US TO DO IT IS TO INVEST IN A SUPPORT FUND WHICH IS AN INVESTMENT ACCOUNT WITH CALPERS TO FULLY FUND THAT OVER TIME WHICH WOULD THEN PAY THE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION FOR OUR RETIREES FOR THE COMMITMENT THAT WE MADE TO THEM IN THE PAST TO CONTINUE THEIR BENEFITS. THAT REQUIRES A BOARD OR A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE THE DISCIPLINE TO CONSISTENTLY
INVEST IN THAT ACCOUNT OVER TIME AND THEN WHEN THAT KICKS IN WHEN IT'S FULLY FUNDED THAT MEANS THAT THE GENERAL FUND FOR TODAY'S STUDENTS IS NO LONGER CARRYING THE BURDEN OF WHAT WAS PROMISED ON BASICALLY YESTERDAY'S MONEY AND THAT THAT SEEMS PRUDENT GIVEN THAT WE KNOW URBAN CENTERS ARE REDUCING AND IN TERMS OF OVERALL STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN GENERAL. SO IT'S SORT OF A DOOMSDAY CLIFF IT WOULD SEEM I WOULDN'T BE THAT DRAMATIC. WE ARE CAREFUL HYPERBOLE. WE ARE WE ARE CURRENTLY I DON'T ANYTHING WITH THE PHRASE DOOMSDAY IN IT I TEND TO AVOID WHEN I'M HAVING A FINANCIAL CONVERSATION OVER A BEER THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAT BUT BUT IT IS NOT DOOMSDAY. MANY DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARE PAY AS YOU GO FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. NUMBER ONE THE AMOUNT THAT THEY NEED TO INVEST IN THEIR SURPLUS TO BE FULLY FUNDED IS SIGNIFICANT. SO IF WE SAID THAT WE HAD A $500 MILLION ANNUAL LIABILITY OVER TIME WE WOULD NEED TO INVEST PROBABLY CLOSE TO $1 BILLION TO BE ABLE TO TO TO COVER THAT OVER TIME. RIGHT? SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT OUTLAY
OF MONEY MOST DISTRICTS THEREFORE ARE PAY AS YOU GO OR THEY'RE INVESTING RIGHT NOW HOPING TO COVER THAT EXPENSE IN THE FUTURE. YES, NOT A QUESTION I THOUGHT I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING THIS REALLY LONG ON GOING LINE BY LINE AND EXPLAINING IT BECAUSE I WOULD NOT HAVE UNDERSTOOD IT IF YOU DIDN'T WANT IF YOU DIDN'T GO LINE BY LINE AND EXPLAINED IT AND THEN THANK YOU GUYS FOR ASKING VERY INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS. I WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT AND THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS WERE ALSO VERY HELPFUL AND UNDERSTANDING AND I THINK A HUGE PART OF BEING A STUDENT DELEGATE THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IS TO BE HERE EVEN THOUGH I AM HERE AT NINE TILL 9 P.M. ON A TUESDAY NIGHT ON A SCHOOL NIGHT WHEN I WAS SCHOOL THE NEXT MORNING IS JUST LEARNING MORE ABOUT LIKE SO MUCH MORE THAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES. I THINK THIS IS SUCH LIKE A COOL EXPERIENCE THAT I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE AND I'M WRITING MY COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AND THERE'S A SUPPLEMENTAL ABOUT LIKE REFLECTING ON THE MOMENT THAT LIKE YOU'RE ACTUALLY THAT YOU'RE VERY
GENUINELY INTERESTED IN LIKE LEARNING AND LIKE BEING CURIOUS ABOUT LEARNING AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MOMENTS I WRITE ABOUT WHEN MY COLLEGE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I THINK THERE'S JUST SO MUCH TO KNOW AND I THINK I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND LIKE EVERYTHING. BUT I THINK THAT'S THE REALLY FASCINATING PART OF IT AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AND LIKE FOR EVERYONE OF YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN ALL THIS SO YEAH, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STUDENT DELEGATE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE AS A DISTRICT CBO IN THE MAKING OVER HERE SO VERY EXCITING. WE NEED A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE FIELD. YES WE DO. WE DO ABSOLUTELY. IT IS 9:00 SO I WANT TO THANK THE STUDENT DELEGATES FOR BEING HERE THIS I THINK STUDENT DELA CRUZ OH, I'M SORRY. YEAH DIDN'T QUITE IF YOU CAN TURN TO MY COUNTRY SO THERE YOU GO OKAY I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU I'M STILL GETTING MY HEAD LIKE WRAPPED AROUND ALL THE MATH VERY CONFUSING BUT I'M SO LIKE I'M JUST REREADING IT AND HONESTLY LIKE IT IS A LOT SO JUST HONESTLY THANK YOU FOR LIKE THE TIME THAT YOU TAKE
INTO THIS BECAUSE IF I HAD TO DO THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY I THINK I WOULD GET REALLY BAD HEADACHES HONESTLY. SO YEAH BUT OVERALL LIKE SEAN SAID, I'M JUST JUST BEING IS REALLY IT'S REALLY A GOOD EXPERIENCE AND HONESTLY I WOULDN'T SPEND AND AN INDIFFERENT TYPE OF EXPERIENCE UNTIL NINE ON THE TUESDAY EITHER. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD FULFILLMENT AND YEAH YOU'RE DOING IT HONESTLY YOU'RE DOING GOOD IF IF THIS CAME UP IN AN AP STATS QUESTION I WOULD SAY TAKE A MINUTE ON IT. SO YEAH IT'S REALLY GOOD. >> YEAH. HIGH PRAISE, HIGH PRAISE. THANK YOU. DID THE DELEGATES APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND POINT TAKEN YOU DO HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW SO THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW AS WELL. >> I I AGREE WHICH IS WHY I LOOK TO MY LEFT AND RIGHT AND SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. MOUNTAIN. HE DOES? OH, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. PLEASE DON'T LEAVE YET. I WANT THERE YOU GO. IT'S ALREADY BEEN YES IT HAS
BEEN MOTION TO READY OKAY DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE 2510-1 FOR ESP ONE ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE LET OFF DUE TO DELEGATE MY YES STUDENT DELEGATE CREW YES COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALEY YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. AND PRESIDENT KENNEDY YES. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. BENITEZ AND THANK YOU. STUDENT DELEGATES RIGHT. OKAY, Y'ALL YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST. IT IS A SCHOOL NIGHT SO AND WE HAVE SOME BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO AFTER THIS. SO ITEM G DISCUSSION ITEM TYPES OF BOARD DECISIONS GIVEN THIS IS A SOMEWHAT OF A PARTLY A BOARD PRODUCT I'M HOPING THIS CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVERSATIONAL AND SHORT BUT AS THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE OUR LAST OUR FIRST AND ONLY CONVERSATION THIS WAS JUST THE FIRST OF SEVERAL I WANT TO BEGIN INTRODUCE THIS ITEM AND BY ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS
JUST A DISCUSSION WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HEAR DIRECT FEEDBACK AND REFLECTIONS AND REACTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS AS VICE PRESIDENT HULING AND I WORK TO OPERATIONALIZE MORE AND MORE OF OUR GOOD GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK THIS TABLE AS YOU SAW IN THE MEMO OUTLINED REFLECTS OUR FIRST STEP ALIGNED TO THE INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE GREATER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS NEEDED THAT INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK WHICH IS LINKED INTO THE MEMO ARTICULATES ESSENTIALLY FOUR STEPS TO IDENTIFYING RATHER FOUR STEPS TO BUILDING A MORE INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING MODEL FOR FOR THE BOARD. THE VERY FIRST STEP OF THAT IS TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF DECISIONS THAT THE BOARD WILL MAKE. MOST OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS IS THAT THERE ARE NO THERE IS NO CONTENT IN THE BOXES THEMSELVES. TODAY'S CONVERSATION IS JUST AN
INTRODUCTORY CONVERSATION ON DO THESE TYPES OF DECISIONS MAKE SENSE? DOES THIS TABLE COMMUNICATE WHAT WE NEED? AND AT THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL COME WITH SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE CONTENT OF THIS AND WILL ENGAGE IN ANOTHER CONVERSATION AT THAT TIME. IF YOU FOLLOWED THE Q&A RESPONSES, STAFF DID FOLLOW UP WITH SOME EXAMPLES TO PROVIDE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE CONTENT IN THEIR. BEFORE WE GO INTO DISCUSSION I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THIS THIS TABLE FOCUSES ON TYPES OF DECISIONS THE BOARD MAKES AND THIS IS FOCUSED PRIMARILY TO THE BOARD. IDEALLY THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS OUR OWN VERSION OF THIS THAT ARTICULATES THE TYPES OF DECISIONS DECISIONS THE SUPERINTENDENT WANTS TO MAKE. THIS IS PRIMARILY GEARED FROM THE LENS AND PERSPECTIVE OF A BOARD MEMBER. THIS IS NOT A FRAMEWORK INTENDED TO DESCRIBE OUR LEGAL PURVIEW AS A BOARD. AS YOU KNOW OUR LEGAL PURVIEW IS QUITE BROAD AND WIDE. IT IS INTENDED TO SET NORMS
AND DEFINE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE DECISIONS THAT THE BOARD WILL MAKE ALIGNED TO OUR GOOD GOVERNANCE PRACTICES. THE EVENTUAL HOPE IS THAT ONCE WE IF AND WHEN WE GET TO AN AGREEMENT ON THIS FRAMEWORK AND THE TYPE OF CONTENT THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO USE THIS TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS IN THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH PHASES OF OUR INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK AND THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT FOR EXAMPLE A FUTURE AD HOC AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MAY LEVERAGE TO HELP IDENTIFY THE TYPES OF ENGAGEMENT WE WANT TO HAVE IN SERVICE OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE NAMING HERE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST THIS DOES NOT LIMIT BOARD INPUT FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEING ARTICULATED RIGHT THERE IS THIS JUST SIMPLY NAMES WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF DECISIONS IT DOES NOT SAY HOW INPUT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED NOR DOES IT DEFINE OR EXCLUDE THE WAYS IN WHICH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF BUILD ROUTINES AND SYSTEMS TO BRING
OUR BOARD ALONG. AGAIN, THIS IS SIMPLY TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF DECISIONS AND JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT, HONEST, FORTHRIGHT, CLEAR AND FOCUSED ON WHAT EXACTLY IS IS IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TACKLING AS A BODY. THAT BEING SAID I WOULD I'LL I'LL OPEN IT UP JUST FOR DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS. WE'LL FOLLOW JUST A ROUND ROBIN STYLE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS FRAMEWORK HERE. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER WELL I THINK THIS IS A REALLY HELPFUL FRAMEWORK BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT'S BOARD RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT'S NOT BOARD RESPONSIBILITY. >> I THINK WHAT'S CONFUSING TO ME MAYBE IS IS SORT OF WHAT GOES IN THE BOXES, YOU KNOW, I MEAN TO USE AN EXAMPLE THAT CAME UP TONIGHT, THE ACADEMY THE DECISION AROUND THE ACADEMY TO ME FEELS LIKE THE BOX IT FEELS LIKE A STRATEGIC DECISION IN THE SUPERINTENDENT LED BOARD
DECIDED DECISION AND YET THE BOARD WAS NOT ASKED TO VOTE ON THAT. I THINK THE BOARD ACTUALLY SHOULD VOTE ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK NOW WE'RE HEARING THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE NOT CONSULTED AND FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW AND HAVE SOME OPPOSITION TO IT. SO I THINK AT A MINIMUM THERE SHOULD BE A PUBLIC PROCESS PUBLIC COMMENT THE BOARD SHOULD HAVE TO VOTE YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK THAT'S THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS FOR MAJOR DECISIONS LIKE THAT. SO I GUESS THAT'S FOR ME IT'S MORE LIKE THIS THIS FRAMEWORK MAKES SENSE AND IT'S MORE ABOUT QUESTION OF LIKE WHAT GOES WHERE AND THEN HOW DOES THAT DECISION GET MADE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD PRESIDENT SET THE AGENDA BUT IT'S IT'S FEELS LIKE THERE MAY BE SOME LACK OF CLARITY AS TO WHAT WHERE WHERE DOES IT COME TO THE BOARD AND WHERE DOES THAT NOT COME TO THE BOARD IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. SO IN SERVICE OF THAT QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE Q&A DOC THERE WAS A DOCUMENT THAT WAS ATTACHED BY STAFF THAT ARTICULATE SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT WORK AND AND SO MAYBE IT'S
WORTH JUST KIND OF GROUNDING THIS IN SOME EXAMPLES THAT MAYBE ARE ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE KIND OF CONTENT THAT WOULD GO INTO THIS FOR STRATEGIC DECISIONS AND I'LL JUST KIND OF WALK WALK US THROUGH THIS FOR STRATEGIC DECISIONS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A OF A BOARD LED DECISION WOULD BE FOR EXAMPLE THE BAGS RIGHT WE DEFINE WHAT THOSE ARE. WE ACTUALLY NEED TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ASK FOLKS WHAT THE VISION AND VALUES SHOULD BE AND DEVELOP GOALS AND GUARDRAILS BASED ON THAT VISION AND VALUE THAT IS ALL BOARD WORK, RIGHT? WE OWN IT. WE HAVE TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO IT. WE SHOULD BUILD SYSTEMS TO ENGAGE ANNUALLY FOR IT AND THAT WOULD BE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE PROGRESS MONITORING OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SHORT TERM METRICS, RIGHT? SHE IS DOING THE WORK BUT WE HAVE TO OPERATIONALIZE THAT EVALUATION CYCLE AND WE OWN THAT EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER PROGRESS TOWARDS THOSE METRICS.
RIGHT. AN EXAMPLE OF A STRATEGIC DECISION THAT A SUPERINTENDENT LED BUT BOARD DECIDED WOULD BE FOR EXAMPLE THE SHAPING OF OUR BUDGET. RIGHT? WE DO HAVE A FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET TO APPROVE OR DENY THE BUDGET BUT WE ARE NOT MAKING THE BUDGET RIGHT. WE ARE NOT IN EACH LINE ITEM DECIDING WHAT GOES WHERE. RIGHT. AND SO WE SHOULD JUST BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT THE ONES LOOKING AT EACH CELL ROW AND IDENTIFYING WHERE THINGS SHOULD BE SPENT OR OVERSPENT OR UNDERSPENT WE'RE SAYING THAT PLEASE PROVIDE THE WORK TO US AND WE WILL THEN APPROVE OR DENY THAT DELIVERABLE WHAT I'M ADDING IN THERE IS THIS TERM MAJOR INITIATIVES. NOW WE HAVE NOT HAD A CONVERSATION AS A BOARD TO MY KNOWLEDGE TO A FULL EXTENT OF DEFINING WHAT A MAJOR INITIATIVE OR MAJOR DECISION IS . RIGHT. AND SO WHAT WE ARE POSITING HERE IS THAT IN ORDER THAT ALL MAJOR INITIATIVES OR DECISIONS ARE STRATEGIC DECISIONS AND THAT WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR FROM THE ONSET ON WHAT THOSE
DECISIONS ARE RIGHT? IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN'T JUST NILLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SAY NOW THIS IS A MAJOR DECISION NOW WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT. RIGHT? LET'S JUST BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE. GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION ON THAT AND JUST BE FOCUSED ON THOSE THINGS RIGHT FOR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS. A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A MANAGEMENT DECISION THAT IS SUPERINTENDENT LED BUT BOARD DECIDED WOULD BE FOR EXAMPLE FACILITIES CONTRACTS, RIGHT. THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY DECISIONS THAT WE AS A BODY ARE ALWAYS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT. THEY'RE USUALLY FOUND IN CONSENT. THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY BROUGHT TO THE BOARD UNLESS IT'S AN ACTUAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AROUND OUR FACILITIES AS A GREAT EXAMPLE. BUT WE'RE NOT APPROVING FOR EXAMPLE, THE COLOR PAINT THAT GOES ON THE WALL OF BUILDINGS. RIGHT. THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THE SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD DECIDE AS AN OPERATIONAL COMPONENT OF HER WORK ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. RIGHT. OF COURSE THOSE NEED TO BE APPROVED TECHNICALLY AND LEGALLY BY THE BOARD BUT THOSE ARE TYPICALLY FOUND IN OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. IF YOU GO TO A MANAGEMENT
DECISION AROUND SUPERINTENDENT LED WE PROVIDE A LOT OF FEEDBACK FOR EXAMPLE ON LANGUAGE PATHWAYS I KNOW THAT MANY HAVE A LOT OF OPINIONS ABOUT LANGUAGE PATHWAYS. THAT IS A PROGRAMMATIC DECISION THAT SHOULD BE UP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AS IT IS AN OPERATIONAL DECISION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE AND THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE AND TIMES WHERE THAT DECISION WILL NEED TO COME TO THE BOARD AND AND IT MAY COME TO THE BOARD. WHAT YOU'LL SEE UNDER MANAGEMENT DECISIONS IS THAT THERE'S SOME SPACE FOR THAT, RIGHT? SOME DECISIONS COULD BE AGENDAS AS A DISCUSSION ITEM AS IN LIMIT AND IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES OR WHERE LEGALLY REQUIRED MAY BE ELEVATED AS AN ACTION ITEM. >> RIGHT. SO WE MAY NEED TO TAKE ACTION. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES THAT IS NOT A STRATEGIC DECISION, RIGHT? IT IS A MANAGEMENT DECISION THAT WE ARE CHOOSING TO ACT ON. RIGHT. AND THAT'S FINE. WE CREATE THE SPACE FOR THAT WE LEGALLY HAVE THAT WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY.
BUT WE SHOULD JUST AGAIN WHAT I DON'T WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IS THAT WE'RE HONEST ABOUT HOW WE'RE SETTING STRATEGIC DECISIONS AND WE STICK TO THAT RIGHT. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE. CAN I CLARIFY WHAT I WAS SAYING THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL I THINK AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC. I ACTUALLY HAD LOOKED AT THAT DOCUMENT. IT WAS MAYBE SHORT SHORT CIRCUITING THE CONVERSATION A BIT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS DOCUMENT I THINK I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT FRAMEWORK AND I THINK THE EXAMPLES GIVEN HERE WERE REALLY GOOD. I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS LIKE IN IN OPERATIONAL REALITY IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WORKING IN THAT WAY. SO AGAIN I'M NOT I DON'T WANT TO HARP ON THE ACADEMY EXAMPLE BUT JUST TO USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. TO ME IT FEELS LIKE IT WAS PUT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT BOX WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT MADE THAT DECISION AS A SUPERINTENDENT DECISION WITHOUT CONSULTING THE BOARD. I THINK IT SHOULD BE IN THE TOP MIDDLE BOX WHICH IS SUPERINTENDENT LORD LED BOARD DECIDED SO I GUESS TO ME IT FEELS LIKE YEAH THIS FRAMEWORK MAKES SENSE BUT IT FEELS LIKE MAYBE THE SUPERINTENDENT
AND THE BOARD OR SOME OF US MAY HAVE REALLY DIFFERENT IDEAS OF WHAT GOES IN WHICH BOX. >> YEAH I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS OH TOTALLY. >> AND HERE'S WHAT I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS MEANT TO BE A FUTURE FOCUSED FRAMEWORK TO TURN THIS RETRO WOULD BE AN AWKWARD SITUATION RIGHT? SO BECAUSE DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND THEY HAVE BEEN DONE AND SO PART OF THIS IS HOW DO WE DEFINE WHAT THE TYPES OF BOARD DECISIONS ARE FOR THE SAKE OF US HAVING A CLEARER FRAMEWORK AND DEFINITION MOVING FORWARD. NOW THAT DOESN'T QUITE MEAN THAT FOR THINGS THAT ARE ACTIVE AND LIVE RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T DO OR SAY CERTAIN THINGS. BUT THE SPIRIT OF THIS WELL ONE SOME OF THE WORK AROUND THIS PREDATES THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE. BUT TO THE SPIRIT OF THIS WAS TO BE ABLE TO BE CLEAR MOVING FORWARD ABOUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SAYING AND DOING SO THAT WE CAN BE AGAIN HONEST AND CLEAR, CONCISE
AND DIRECT ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE. SO YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A UNIQUE SITUATION HERE WITH THE ACADEMY WHERE I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AROUND COULD THIS BE A MAJOR INITIATIVE OR A MAJOR DECISION WE NEVER GAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT DIRECTION EXPLICITLY ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE ACADEMY RIGHT. SO THAT I THINK IS JUST A IT'S AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THIS CURRENT MOMENT RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, VICE OR SORRY COMMISSIONER RAY OR MY GOSH COMMISSIONER WISEMAN BOARD AND THEN VICE PRESIDENT HEALEY I JUST GOT CALLED ALL THE NAMES THAT WERE UP THAT'S OKAY THANK YOU FOR TO TWO FOR LEADERSHIP FOR FOR WORKING ON THIS AND I THINK JUST TO SORT OF FOLLOW UP ON COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S I THINK SOME OF HIS POINTS I THINK THAT THE DOCUMENT IN THEORY COULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE AND I WORRY EXACTLY ABOUT OPERATIONALIZING IT BECAUSE LET'S BE REAL EVERYONE NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO STAY IN THEIR LANE OR IT'S REALLY HARD AND NOT BECAUSE WE'RE BAD PEOPLE OR THERE'S ILL INTENT.
WE JUST WE HAVE STRONG FEELINGS. WE HAVE STRONG THOUGHTS ALL OF US. AND SO WE MAY IT MAY BE THAT I, I WILL SAY I ACTUALLY REALLY THINK THIS IS A STRATEGIC DECISION AND THERE'S DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THAT OR YOU KNOW WHAT? YES, I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS A MANAGEMENT DECISION BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES THAT SHOULD GO IN THAT MIDDLE COLUMN. AND SO I JUST WONDER IN TERMS OF HOW TO OPERATIONALIZE SOMETHING WHERE WHERE IT IS GOING TO A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SORT OF THESE SELF OR BOARD OR SUPERINTENDENT INTERESTS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO PUT IT IN A SPECIFIC COLUMN. AND SO EVEN IF WE'RE EVEN IF I SAY YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS ISN'T A STRATEGIC DECISION AND I'M OWNING THAT I MIGHT STILL ENGAGE IN BEHAVIOR THAT'S NOT HELPFUL AND SAY BUT I WANT IT IN THAT MIDDLE MANAGEMENT BOX BECAUSE I STILL WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A DECISION ON IT. SO I, I MEAN I THINK JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW TO HOW TO HOW DO WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE WHEN IS THERE FLEXIBILITY, WHEN IS OR NOT IS MY QUESTION. MY WE WERE TRYING TO BE REALLY
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU USED IT TO FIND THESE THINGS WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE MANAGEMENT'S DECISIONS. OUR DECISIONS THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDS THESE DECISIONS DO NOT RISE TO A LEVEL STRATEGIC FOR DECISIONS REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL. MOST OF THESE ITEMS SHOULD GO TO CONSENT. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT HAS TO OR MUST BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING IN THAT SPACE FOR THERE TO BE KIND OF THESE EXCEPTIONAL MOMENTS WHERE WE HAVE ITEMS THAT EITHER INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS OR THE SUPERINTENDENT DO WANT TO BRING IT FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION. SO I THINK THOSE CAVEATS ARE BUILT IN HERE. TOTALLY HEAR THAT FEEDBACK THOUGH. BUT THAT WAS KIND OF THE SPIRIT BEHIND ADDING IN THAT LANGUAGE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCLINATION TO SAY WELL THIS IS EXCEPTIONAL AND THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL EXCEPTIONAL AND THIS IS EXCEPTIONAL AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SORT OF OUR HABIT AND INSTINCT. OKAY. OKAY. AND JUST TO ADDRESS THAT POINT, I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE THIS ITEM ON FOR DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW IS SO THAT AND WHY PRESIDENT KIM HAS DEVELOPED THIS FRAMEWORK FOR
DECISION MAKING IS ESSENTIALLY SO THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW, WE'RE VOTING ON THIS BUT SO THAT WE CAN GET TO A PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT AS A BOARD THAT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO DO. THIS IS WHAT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT OUR BOARD DECISIONS AND THEN THESE ARE THE THINGS WE ARE GOING TO ACTIVELY DECIDE TO BE HANDS OFF ON IN ORDER TO CREATE THE ROOM FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO LEAD. AND SO PART OF THAT IS ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THIS MAJOR DECISIONS INITIATIVES PART OF THE BOX SO THAT THOSE MAJOR DECISIONS AND INITIATIVES ARE THINGS THAT WE EXPECT THAT WE AS A BOARD WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IN OPEN SESSION AND WILL PUBLICLY IN ADVANCE CHARGE THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH MAKING WHETHER THAT IS YOU KNOW IT COULD BE ANYTHING I THINK SIGNIFICA WHETHER IT WOULD BE RELATED TO LARGER SCALE SCHOOL CLOSURES, WHETHER IT WOULD BE
RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, LARGE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, WHETHER IT WOULD BE RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, ANY NUMBER OF POTENTIAL THINGS. SO THAT WE AS A BOARD COME BACK AND FILL IN THIS BOX IN SOME WAYS AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE VOTED ON, THIS IS WHAT WE CHARGE THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH AS THE MAJOR DECISIONS AND THE OTHER THINGS ARE NOT THAT I THINK WHERE I AGREE WITH YOU IN TERMS OF ALSO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ABOUT WHERE THINGS ARE IN THE SAME LANE IS THAT LIKE I WOULD PUT THE CLOSURE OF A SINGLE SCHOOL THAT YOU KNOW OR THE CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS IN THE ABSENCE OF BOARD DIRECTION IF IF WE DON'T IDENTIFY THAT AS A MAJOR DECISION I WOULD PUT THAT IN THE MIDDLE SQUARE OF THE TIC TAC TOE BOARD UNDER BOARD BEING DECISION MAKER AND THE SUPERINTENDENT BEING THE RECOMMENDED OWNER BECAUSE OF THE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE AS A BOARD AROUND CLOSING SCHOOL CLOSED CODES AND I THINK I ACTUALLY MIGHT I HAVE A QUESTION TO PRESIDENT KIM AROUND WHY IT IS THAT
CURRICULUM IS IN THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN WHEN WE AS A BOARD HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO ADOPT CURRICULUM ALTHOUGH THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDS AND YEAH, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE DRAFTS AND DISCUSSIONS AND AND SO WELL YEAH NOTED. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE I KNOW THAT AJ'S ON THE CALL RIGHT NOW SO AJ IF THERE IS EVER A MOMENT WHERE YOU WANT TO CHIME IN PLEASE LET US KNOW. COMMISSIONER FISHER THANK YOU AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THIS DOCUMENT AND JUST HAVING THIS INFORMATION IN THE SPIRIT OF GUARDRAIL ONE I'M HOPING THAT EVENTUALLY ONCE YOU KNOW AND I'M VERY EXCITED THAT COMMISSIONER GUPTA IS GOING TO LEAD THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. BUT I'M HOPING THAT ONCE WE DO SOME OF THAT WORK WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD A COUPLE OF EXTRA COLUMNS HERE, MAYBE AT LEAST ONE. BUT WHAT LEVEL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR US TO HONOR GUARDRAIL ONE IN THE SPIRIT OF AND TO
RECOGNIZE BOARD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS DIFFERENT THAN DISTRICT AND LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SO I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME INFORMATION TYING IN HERE HOW WE CAN DO THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING PROCESS WHICH THAT DOCUMENT WAS ALSO LINKED IN THE Q&A. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE THAT TIED TOGETHER AND FURTHER ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT INFLUENCE OR VERSUS DECISION MAKER VERSUS FLESH THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE. RIGHT? SO AGAIN PART OF THIS IS RESPONDING TO THE VERY FIRST ACTION STEP THERE WHICH WAS TO DEFINE WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF DECISIONS THE VERY NEXT STEP WOULD THEN BE OKAY HOW ARE WE GOING HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND BEING REALLY INTENTIONAL AND CLEAR ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO WE NEED TO DECIDE AND BUILD FOR AND ACTUALLY PLAN FOR WHEN THOSE ENGAGEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE AND WITH WHOM. SO I TOTALLY AGREE.
COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER I JUST WANT TO SECOND COMMISSIONER FISHER'S POINT BECAUSE I THINK PART OF WHAT'S COMING UP FOR ME AROUND JUST AGAIN TO USE THE SCHOOL CLOSURE AS AN EXAMPLE MAYBE MAYBE SCHOOL CLOSURES COULD GO IN THAT MIDDLE BOX THAT IN THAT AND VICE PRESIDENT HULING WAS TALKING ABOUT IN MY VIEW THEN THE CRITERIA I WOULD WANT TO BE USING AROUND A VOTE WAS SOMETHING AROUND GUARDRAIL ONE LIKE KNOWING THAT THE SUPERINTEND HAD GONE THROUGH A PROCESS RIGHT. SO AGAIN FOR ME THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE. SAME WITH CURRICULUM LIKE CURRICULUM SHOULD I THINK GO IN THE MIDDLE BOX AS YOU SAID. BUT BUT I ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE HAD BEEN A PROCESS RIGHT? THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID WELL I'VE PICKED A CURRICULUM AND I DIDN'T TALK TO ANYONE AND DIDN'T TALK TO ANY OF THE EDUCATORS AND DIDN'T PILOT IT. >> I WOULD PROBABLY VOTE NO, YOU KNOW, BUT NOT AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THE GUARDRAILS MATTER IN TERMS OF THIS BECAUSE I THINK FOR FOR THE STRATEGIC DECISIONS I THINK WHAT WE'RE IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THAT THE BOARD HAS ESPECIALLY THE UPPER LEFT ONE THE BOARD HAS A MUCH MORE HANDS
ON ROLE. BUT EVEN WITH THE BUDGET I THINK IN SOME WAYS LIKE WE SHOULD BE APPLYING THE GUARDRAILS LIKE WE SHOULDN'T JUST BE FREELANCING YOU KNOW FOR THE UPPER MIDDLE BOX WE SHOULDN'T BE SAYING OH WELL I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT. WE STILL OUGHT TO BE USING THE GOALS AND GUARDRAILS AS OUR CRITERIA. YEAH. >> AROUND JUDGING HOW WE VOTE ON THOSE THINGS YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 100% AND JUST TO BE REALLY CLEAR AGAIN THIS OUR GOALS AND GUARDRAILS THIS DOES NOT SUPERSEDE OUR GOALS AND GUARDRAILS GOLDEN THE GUARDRAILS THEMSELVES APPLY TO EVERYTHING REGARDLESS RIGHT? IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT THE GUARDRAILS ARE MEANT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT THERE IS A WORTHY CONVERSATION TO BE HAD AROUND WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO SET GUARDRAILS FOR OURSELVES WHICH I THINK IS A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE IS JUST NOT THE CONVERSATION HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. BUT YEAH I MEAN THAT ALL OF THE GUARDRAILS JUST TO BE CLEAR IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHERE ANYTHING IS IN ANY GIVEN BOX THOSE GUARDRAILS SHOULD STILL BE HONORED REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE ON THIS ON THIS TABLE. AND THAT'S I THINK A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT PART OF I THINK
WHERE WELL, THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY IS AGAIN THIS IS MEANT TO BE DIRECTED WELL THE PRIMARY AUDIENCE FOR THIS FRANKLY IS FOR THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE SAYING THAT BECAUSE IF WE ARE MAKING STRATEGIC DECISIONS WHAT I WOULD PUSH US TO SAY IS LIKE IF THAT'S GOING TO IF THESE ARE THE STRATEGIC DECISIONS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN THE STRATEGIC DECISIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE? AND THAT TO ME IS NOT JUST THE BOARD LED TYPES OF DECISIONS BUT THERE'S A QUESTION TO BE MADE AROUND WHAT THE TYPES OF DECISIONS AROUND SUPERINTENDENT LED BOARD DECIDED THAT WE NEED TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE ON AS WELL. RIGHT. AND SO IT'S ACTUALLY THAT WHOLE ROW OF STRATEGIC DECISIONS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER NOT JUST THE BOARD LED ONES. >> COMMISSIONER GUPTA YEAH, I MEAN JUST TO BUILD ON THAT PRESIDENT KIM THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT. COMMISSIONER FISCHER IN THAT ONE. ABSOLUTELY. THIS THIS THAT INFORMS HOW WE
ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IF WE DO IT WELL TOO IT'S IT'S WE ARE THEN ALSO TELEGRAPHING OR I HOPE WE TELEGRAPH EXACTLY HOW WE DO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC SO EVERY TIME IF WE HAVE A SCHOOL CLOSURE, IF WE CAN SORT OF SAY UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS THIS IS HOW WE SEEK TO ENGAGE PUBLIC THE PUBLIC ON THIS THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IN THREE TO BE ABLE TO NAME WHAT DECISIONS WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON SO WHETHER IT'S CURRICULA THIS IS HOW WE ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IF IT'S A SCHOOL, YOU KNOW CONSOLIDATION OR CLOSURE THIS IS HOW WE ENGAGE THE PUBLIC SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT PROCESS WILL BE A HUGE I THINK DELIVERABLE TO CONSIDER HERE IS IS IF WE CAN GET TO AN AGREEMENT ON THIS, HOW DOES OUR BOARD GOVERNANCE CALENDAR GET IMPLICATED BY THIS AS WELL? RIGHT. BECAUSE WE SHOULD ASK OURSELVES IF THESE ARE STRATEGIC DECISIONS THEN WE SHOULD SEE THESE DECISIONS COME IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AT SOME POINT AND IF WE KNOW WHEN THOSE DECISIONS ARE GOING TO GET MADE, WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES
WELL WHAT ENGAGEMENT DO WE NEED TO DO WELL IN ADVANCE? RIGHT? SO THERE'S A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS THAT CAN COME FROM AGREEING WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR OPERATIONALIZING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND I THINK FROM AGAIN FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THAT IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS BEING STEP ONE OF THAT DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK COMMISSION ARRAY AND THEN VICE PRESIDENT JULIE THANK YOU. SO MY QUESTION I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THIS BUT FIRST I WAS WONDERING SORT OF FUNDAMENTALLY WHAT ARE IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DRAWING ON IN IN THIS THIS MATRIX HERE? LIKE ARE WE DRAWING IN A PARTICULAR THEORY OR A BEST PRACTICE OR YOU KNOW, A FRAMEWORK SORT OF LIKE WHAT IS UNDERLYING WHAT IS UNDERLYING THIS IF ANYTHING? >> SO AGAIN PART OF WHERE WE ARE GROUNDING THIS IS IN THE FIRST STEP OF THE INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK SO THAT FRAMEWORK EXPLICITLY SAYS BEFORE YOU THINK ABOUT WAYS TO INCLUDE FOLKS IN A DECISION YOU
NEED TO ACTUALLY DEFINE WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAKING. >> AND SO I MEAN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS WE CAN GO ABOUT DEFINING A TYPE OF DECISION. ONE EXAMPLE IS IT COULD AND YOU SEE THIS IN THE INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK. ONE EXAMPLE IS YOU DO IT BASED ON PERCENT OF STUDENTS IMPACTED OR NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IMPACTED. ALL OF THAT IS FAIR. I THINK WHAT I TRY TO DO IS TACKLE KIND OF LIKE TWO DIFFERENT LENSES TO THIS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO WAS ARTICULATE WHO IS THE DECIDER BECAUSE WE SHOULD JUST BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND WHO IS BUILDING THE RECOMMENDATION OR WHO'S BUILDING THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD THEN NEEDS TO DECIDE ON THE OTHER LENS TO THIS WAS YOU KNOW WE WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT MAJOR DECISIONS BUT HADN'T AS A BOARD LANDED ON A SINGLE WAY TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS THAT AND IT BEGS THE QUESTION IF WE IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE ARE WHAT DOES IT LEAVE EVERYTHING ELSE RIGHT AND SO THIS MATRIX WAS IN PART INTENDED TO HELP AGAIN GET CLEARER AND CLEAR ON WHAT THAT DEFINITION IS OF A MAJOR
DECISION. AND HERE'S THE REALITY, RIGHT? LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF DECISIONS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM MAKE EVERY SINGLE DAY. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO CAPTURE EVERYTHING FOR ALL THINGS RIGHT . WHAT YOU SEE HERE THOUGH IS THAT FOR STRATEGIC DECISION IS TONIGHT. BUT THE THING HERE WHAT THE INTENTION HERE IS FOR STRATEGIC DECISIONS IS THAT WE GIVE DIRECT EXPLICIT GUIDANCE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. RIGHT. SO THIS IS GOING BACK TO WHAT VICE PRESIDENT HULING WAS SAYING. ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COMES FROM THIS KIND OF FRAMEWORK IS THAT WE CAN BE CLEAR PUBLICLY AND THROUGH THIS FRAMEWORK WHAT IS THE MAJOR INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE DIRECTING THE SUPERINTENDENT ON INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF RISK HERE OF THE GOALPOSTS CONSTANTLY SHIFTING ON THE THINGS THAT WE WANT HER TO ACCOMPLISH OR WANT HER TEAM TO ACCOMPLISH. RIGHT? AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THIS IS THAT THE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS,
THE SUPERINTENDENTS THE DECISIONS THAT CANNOT BE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S GOING TO BE A FOREVER LIST. HOWEVER FOR THE STRATEGIC DECISIONS WE CAN BE VERY CLEAR AND DIRECTIVE ON WHAT THOSE ARE THAT WE WANT TO DO BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE GIVING DIRECTION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INSTANCES THIS YEAR WHERE EITHER COLLECTIVELY OR AS INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS WE HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED OR FRUSTRATED WITH THE LEVEL OF ADVANCED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WHETHER IT'S YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK FROM SITE LEADERS, WHETHER IT'S REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEIR SCHOOL OR TO THEIR LEARNING PATHWAY OR PROGRAM. BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND ALL OF US AS A BOARD THAT GUARDRAIL ONE DOESN'T APPLY TO BY WHAT THIS BOARD ADOPTED OR NOT THIS BOARD BUT THE ASSOCIATE CITY SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTED IT DOESN'T
APPLY GUARDRAIL ONE TO EVERY SINGLE DECISION. IT SAYS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL NOT MAKE MAJOR DECISIONS WITHOUT UTILIZING A PROCESS THAT INCLUDES MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION WITH PARENTS, GUARDIANS, STUDENTS AND STAFF WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY THOSE DECISIONS AT THE INCEPTION ADOPTION AND REVIEW AND I THINK AS A BEST PRACTICE TOO WE SHOULD FOLLOW THAT AS A DISTRICT MORE OFTEN AND THAT SHOULD JUST BE ROUTINIZED AND INSTITUTIONALIZED. BUT INITIALLY WHEN THIS WAS ADOPTED THERE WERE FIVE MAJOR DECISIONS THAT THE BOARD CHARGED THEN SUPERINTENDENT WAYNE WITH AND THOSE WERE THE FIVE DECISIONS TO WHICH GUARDRAIL ONE APPLIED. AND SINCE SUPERINTENDENT WAYNE HAS LEFT THE DISTRICT AND RBI HAS BEEN STOPPED ESSENTIALLY THERE WE HAVE NOT AS A BOARD ADOPTED NEW MAJOR DECISIONS. AND SO THIS FRAMEWORK IS ESSENTIALLY AN INVITATION FOR US TO GIVE CLEAR DIRECTION IN PUBLIC TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ON WHAT ARE THE YOU KNOW, ONE THROUGH FIVE MAJOR DECISIONS
THAT WE CHARGE HER WITH AND EXPECT HER TO MAKE AND TO WHICH GUARDRAIL ONE THEN EXPLICITLY APPLIES AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF WAYS THAT WE CAN DEFINE THOSE. BUT I THINK IT IS ALSO US EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGING THEN THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WILL FALL OUTSIDE OF THOSE THAT WILL BE BIG, THAT WILL BE IMPACTFUL, THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT BUT THAT ESSENTIALLY ARE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS OR ARE LOSING THEIR FOUR OR SUPERINTENDENT DECISIONS. AND SO THOSE LIKE SUPERINTENDENT DECISIONS MIGHT INCLUDE FOR EXAMPLE THE MOVE FROM 9010, 80, 2050 50 PROGRESSION IN SPANISH IMMERSION TO 5050 MODEL AND WHILE WE MIGHT THINK IT'S IDEAL TO IN ADVANCE REACH OUT TO ALL OF OUR DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION SPANISH SCHOOLS TO DISCUSS THAT IN ADVANCE IT WOULD REPRESENT US ESSENTIALLY SAYING WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT IS YOU KNOW NOT ONE OF THE FIVE MAJOR DECISIONS THAT WE'VE
CHARGED HER WITH IS REFORMING DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PATHWAYS. IF YOU KNOW IF INDEED WE DON'T END UP DOING THAT THAT IT'S NOT A DECISION WHERE THE SUPERINTEND IS THE RECOMMENDER AND OWNER. BUT BY LAW THE BOARD IS THE DECISION MAKER AND THUS IT GOES IN THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN OF A SUPERINTENDENT. A DECISION RECOMMENDED AND OWNED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND SO THAT IS A PLACE WHERE AS A BOARD LIKE THAT WILL HELP US HAVE CLARITY THAT LIKE WE ALL HAVE OUR FEELINGS, WE ALL HAVE OUR IDEALS, WE STILL WANT TO STRIVE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND FOR RESPONSIVENESS TO THE COMMUNITY BUT WE HAVE THINGS WHERE WE'VE EXPLICITLY APPLIED THESE GUARDRAILS AND THEN THE REST WE DO AT SOME LEVEL AND MUST NECESSARILY AT SOME LEVEL LEAD TO SUPERINTENDENT DECISION MAKING AND THAT INCLUDES YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE
LIKE EXECUTIVE CONTRACTS AT LEAST FOR NON BOARD EMPLOYEES. YEAH GO FOR I'LL SAY ANYTHING I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT VICE PRESIDENT HEELING WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE IN TERMS OF THAT EXPLANATION I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY ONE SMALL POINT WHICH WHICH WAS THAT WHEN THE GUARDRAIL ONE WAS FIRST WRITTEN WE DID NOT THE BOARD DID NOT DESIGNATE THE MAJOR DECISIONS. THOSE WERE CHOSEN BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AS THE INTERIM GUARDRAIL. AND SO THERE WAS SO IT'S OH, IT'S ACTUALLY THIS HAS BEEN A POINT OF CONTENTION EVER SINCE THE GUARDRAIL WAS WRITTEN BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF US INTERPRETED THE GUARDRAIL MORE BROADLY TO MEAN THAT AND I THINK I STILL BELIEVE THIS IS THAT TO ME IT WAS ALWAYS LIKE SORT OF A CULTURAL IT WAS INTENDED TO INDICATE A VALUE OF THE COMMUNITY RIGHT? SO IT WAS SORT OF A CULTURAL THING AND IT WASN'T LIKE THE IDEA WASN'T THE BOARD IS GOING TO PICK THREE DECISIONS AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO MEASURE THOSE. IT WAS MORE LIKE AS SUPERINTENDENT YOU CAN'T MAKE
MAJOR DECISIONS WITHOUT FIRST CONSULTING WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED. NOW YOU DECIDE WHAT THOSE WHAT WHICH ONES YOU WANT TO MEASURE FOR INTERIMS RIGHT BUT THAT BUT THAT REALLY THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT YOU TAKE THAT ETHIC INTO ALL THAT YOU DO AND AND I WOULD SAY LIKE THAT IT SHOULD TRICKLE DOWN THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM RIGHT? IF A PRINCIPAL IS MAKING A DECISION THAT'S A MAJOR DECISION AT A SCHOOL THEY OUGHT TO CONSULT THEIR COMMUNITY. I THINK TO ME IT WAS MORE OF A VALUE STATEMENT THAN IT WAS LIKE A TECHNICAL STATEMENT. AND THEN I THINK WE TRIED AS A BOARD TO MAKE IT MORE TECHNICAL AND I MEAN I THINK THIS IS IN SOME WAYS THE HARDEST ONE BECAUSE IT IT'S LIKE THIS THING OF LIKE HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL YOU KNOW OFTEN WHEN A DECISION THEY DON'T AGREE WITH IS BEING MADE, DO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY WERE CONSULTED AT A MINIMUM? RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY LIKE I THINK THERE ARE SOME COMPLEXITIES HERE AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE EVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO JUST PUT IT ALL IN THE BOXES. BUT I THINK IT'S A VALIANT ATTEMPT AND I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE TO BE AS CLEAR AS WE POSSIBLY CAN BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT OUR JOB IS TO REPRESENT THE VISION AND VALUES
OF THE COMMUNITY. SO LIKE LIKE ONE OF THE VALUES THAT I HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR WHEN WE BEFORE WE WROTE THE GUARDRAILS WAS COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE FOCUSING TO BE CONSULTED BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE ABOUT THEM. SO I'M GOING TO KEEP PRESSING THAT AND EVEN IF I'M NOT LIKE I DON'T KNOW LIKE EVEN IF IT'S NOT A TECHNICALLY ONE OF THE THREE MAJOR DECISIONS I THINK IT'S OKAY IF WE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT EVEN IF WE DON'T IF AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT LIKE STEPPING OUT OF OUR LANE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO MICROMANAGE THE SUPERINTENDENT BE LIKE OKAY, I RESPECT THE FACT THE SUPERINTENDENT MADE THAT DECISION. I THINK SHE COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ON MEAN. I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING I THINK MAYBE AS LONG AS WE CAN BE CLEAR I THINK THIS HELPS US MOVE FORWARD. >> YEAH AND I JUST WANT TO SAY LIKE IT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE NOT ASKING THIS TO BE A POLICY. WE'RE ASKING THIS TO BE A FRAMEWORK THAT WE USE, RIGHT? >> BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME KIND OF WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO. BUT I DO WANT TO JUST BE CLEAR LIKE THIS IS MEANT TO FOCUS THIS THING RIGHT AND TO BE CLEAR AND DIRECTIVE RIGHT
BECAUSE THE LAST THING THAT WE WANT IS TO CALL EVERYTHING A MAJOR DECISION AND THAT THAT CAN'T BE THE CASE. BUT WE DO WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DIRECTING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DO AS A BOARD ,RIGHT? WE EACH CAN HAVE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT BUT WE NEED TO BE CLEAR AS A BOARD WHAT ARE WE GIVING DIRECTION ON SO THAT SHE AND HER TEAM HAVE CLARITY AND THAT'S WHAT'S THE SPIRIT BEHIND CREATING THIS TABLE RIGHT. COMMISSIONER RAY AND THEN A.J., I KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE ON THE LINE HERE. YOU'VE BEEN VERY PATIENTLY WAITING SINCE THE TIME THAT I PROMISED YOU WAS GOING TO BE A LONG TIME AGO. WE'RE GOING TO BE DONE WITH THIS CONVERSATION. SO I'LL TURN TO COMMISSIONER RAY. I THINK I'M GOING TO BRING THAT TO YOU SOONER RATHER THAN LATER BECAUSE MY QUESTION WAS WHETHER AJ HAS ANY COMMENTS SO FAR IN OUR DISCUSSION AND WHAT IF ANYTHING HE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK PROPOSED FRAMEWORK, YEAH. AJ AND THEN ALSO SUPERINTENDENT'S VIEW IF YOU WANT TO ALSO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO CHEW ON THIS FOR A BIT. HAPPY TO BE OF SERVICE. THE BOARD IS HERE BECAUSE YOU CAPTURED A COMMUNITY VALUE AND YOU GUARDRAIL AND YOUR SUPERINTENDENT ATTEMPTED TO INTERPRET IT WHICH IS THEIR JOB. YOU ALL FOUND THAT THAT INTERPRETATION WAS NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR INTENTION WHICH IS YOUR JOB AND THEN YOU WENT BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH EVENTUALLY MY ADVICE TO YOU WAS THAT YOU ALL NEED TO LEAD ON THIS ISSUE SINCE YOU'VE SHOWN A PERSISTENT DISINTEREST AND THE SUPERINTENDENTS INTERPRETATION WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY YOUR RIGHT AS A BOARD TO DO BUT TO BREAK OUT OF THE STALEMATE YOU AS A BOARD HAVE TO NOW STEP UP AND LEAD AND TO NOT DO SO ON THIS ISSUE MEANS THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO FAIL AS A BOARD TO DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP ON WHAT ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE. AND SO THIS IS NO LONGER A SITUATION WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT IS FALLING DOWN . YOU'RE AT A POINT WHERE THE BOARD IS FALLING DOWN BY NOT
PUTTING IN A SYSTEMIC PROCESSES FOR WHEN AND HOW DO WE ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S WHAT'S AT STAKE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL COME UP WITH IS LARGELY PAST REALLY AS A BOARD YOU NEED TO NAIL DOWN AND WHETHER IT IS THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS THAT YOUR BOARD OFFICERS HAVE BROUGHT TO YOU OR A DIFFERENT ONE, I DON'T THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. I THINK THIS IS A REASONABLE APPROACH. LISA, YOU KIND OF NAILED IT ON THE HEAD THAT WHAT IS EXPECTED NOW IS THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY HAVE TO PUT A STAKE IN THE SAND AND YES, THAT IS NECESSARILY GOING TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE AND NONE OF YOU ARE GOING TO BE PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH IT BUT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE ACTION AND START MOVING IN A DIRECTION SO THAT YOU CAN SHOW LEADERSHIP TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND TO YOUR SONS AND TO YOUR SUPERINTENDENT THEN TO CONTINUE IN THIS ONGOING STALEMATE THAT HAS YOU ALL NOT ATTENDING TO A CORE FUNCTION OF YOUR JOB WHICH IS TO BE
ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY ON MAJOR DECISIONS. AND SO IF THERE IS ANOTHER FRAMEWORK THAT BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO CONTINUE WANT TO CONSIDER INSTEAD THAT THAT'S PERFECTLY REASONABLE IF YOU WANT TO USE THIS ONE THEN MY COACHING TO YOU IS MAKE A HARD CALL, PUT THE PEN TO PAPER AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING RECOGNIZING IT WILL BE IMPERFECT BUT IT WILL BE LESS DYSFUNCTIONAL THAN DOING NOTHING. >> INSPIRING WORDS. THANK YOU, A.J. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PRETEND TO THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KIM. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE MIKE DROP WORDS THAT A.J. JUST JUST DROPPED THERE. I I JUST GREATLY APPRECIATE THIS FRAMEWORK BECAUSE IT DOES PROVIDE A GREATER LEVEL OF CLARITY BOTH TO MYSELF AND TO OUR TEAM AS WELL AS TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DIRECTION THAT THIS GOVERNANCE TEAM IS MOVING IN. AND SO FOR US FOR ME IT DEFINITELY PROVIDES GREATER
GREATER CLARITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER BUT SPECIFICALLY JUST TO RESPOND TO COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S POINT ABOUT THE ORIGINAL MAJOR DECISIONS HAVING BEEN IDENTIFIED BY SUPERINTENDENT WAYNE, I ALSO WOULD REMIND THE BOARD THAT WHEN WE ADOPTED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S SHORT TERM METRICS METRIC ONE INCLUDES IDENTIFYING THE MAJOR DECISIONS AND SHARING THOSE AND SORRY AND AND THE SUPERINTENDENTS RESPONSE TO THE SHORT TERM METRICS SHE SET FOR HERSELF A DEADLINE OF JUNE TO IDENTIFY AND SHARE WITH THE LARGER COMMUNITY 1 TO 3 OR 1 TO 5 MAJOR DECISIONS THAT THE DISTRICT WAS GOING TO MAKE AND WE AS A BOARD HAVE NOT SEEN IT PUBLICLY COMMUNICATED WHAT THE 1 TO 3 OR 1 TO 5 MAJOR DECISIONS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT INTENDS TO MAKE ARE. AND SO UNLIKE SUPERINTENDENT LANE, WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITHOUT IDENTIFIED MAJOR
DECISIONS SHARED WITH COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT IS IN PART WHAT A.J. IS GETTING AT THAT THEN IT FALLS TO US AS A BOARD TO IDENTIFY THOSE MAJOR DECISIONS AND TO GIVE DIRECTION TO OUR SOLE EMPLOYEE, THE SUPERINTENDENT ON WHAT WE EXPECT THE MAJOR DECISIONS OF THE DISTRICT TO BE AND WHAT WE EXPECT CARVER L ONE TO APPLY TO RATHER THAN HAVING IT JUST LINGER UNRESOLVED SO THAT WE CAN ALSO THEN HAVE A CONSENSUS AND DIRECTION AS A BOARD OF THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SAID AS A BODY IS OUR LANE AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE OTHER PROCESSES FOR AND OTHER STANDARDS FOR BY WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED AS OUR VISION VALUES GOALS AND GUARDRAILS AND AS OUR CHARGING WITH MAJOR DECISIONS AND SHORT TERM METRICS. SO BECAUSE WE ALL DO HAVE OUR OWN I THINK THOUGHTS ON WHAT THOSE SHOULD BE BUT THE SUPERINTEND IT AND THE DISTRICT CAN'T OPERATE WITH EACH OF US HAVING A DIFFERENT SET OF IDEAL
MAJOR INITIATIVES WE NEED TO ACT AND WE CAN ONLY LEGALLY ACT AS A BOARD AS A BODY IT IS 943 SO I'M GOING TO BRING US TO A CLOSE HERE. SO JUST IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS COMMISSIONERS, WHAT YOU'LL SEE FOR THE OCTOBER 28TH BOARD MEETING WILL BE AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE TYPES OF BOARD DECISIONS DOCUMENT THAT INCLUDES KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND WHAT THE CONTENT IS OF THESE DECISIONS AND SO WE WILL COME BACK AT THE END OF OCTOBER TO DO THAT AND CARRY ON THE CONVERSATION AT THAT POINT. OKAY. OKAY. ALREADY MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM ITEM EACH CONSENT CALENDAR I WILL TURN IT TO VICE PRESIDENT HULING. PRESIDENT KIM AS A STANDING RECUSAL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT BASED ON HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO WHICH IS A FREQUENT CONTRACTOR WITH US OF USD AND THEREFORE
OFTEN APPEARS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SO IN HIS ABSENCE I WILL ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR? THERE ARE NONE AND IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR? >> I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE MISS LANA? COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT AND YOU? NO COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES THAT IS FIVE EYES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WELCOME YOU BACK. PRESIDENT KIM UM AWESOME. MOVING TO ITEM I WANT TO MOVE REPORTS ITEM ONE REPORT FROM BOARD DELEGATES TO MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS. ARE THERE ANY REPORTS FROM DELEGATES? COMMISSIONER FISHER THREE SECONDS ON THE CLOCK. >> OKAY. IN AUGUST WE USED 0% OF OUR TIME ON STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED THINGS AND IN SEPTEMBER WE USED 102 MINUTES ON STUDENT CAM FOCUSED THINGS FOR A TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF 0% IN AUGUST AND 13% IN SEPTEMBER. >> THAT'S IT GOT A LOT OF WORK
TO DO RIGHT? THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FISHER I'VE ALSO PROMISED HER THAT WE WILL SHARE THE BURDEN OF TAKING THESE TIME USAGE REPORTS AND SO IT IS COMING FROM OTHER BY BOARD MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER REPORT? OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE SECOND. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE BOARD AND DISTRICT FOR ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE IN GEORGETOWN'S DYNAMICS LAB ON CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION FINANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGETING. I, I WENT TO C AND I DID THE FIRST TWO DAYS IN PERSON AND I'M CONTINUING TO DO THE CLASSES REMOTELY THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER. IT'S FUN BEING A STUDENT AGAIN AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF LESSONS THERE FOR HOW WE CAN DO STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED BUDGETING AND KEEP OUR EYES ON SPENDING OUR DOLLARS TO BEST BENEFIT STUDENTS INCLUDING THROUGH HOW WE ALLOCATE FUNDS TO OUR LABOR PARTNERS BECAUSE THEY ULTIMATELY SERVE OUR STUDENTS SO THANKS SO MUCH. BOTH OF THOSE WERE PART OF ALL OTHER REPORTS BY BOARD MEMBERS BUT WE WILL TAKE IT IN STRIDE AND GO TO ITEM THREE ITEMS AND DISCRETIONARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS BY
COMMISSIONERS. ARE THERE ANY APPOINTMENT? COMMISSIONER YES, I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT. JUST GOING TO TAKE UP A MOMENT BRIEFLY TO SAY I'M APPOINTING ALIZA SCHNEIER TO THE CHIEF CLERK. I'M REALLY THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT. ELIZA IS A WORKING PARENT OF TWO KIDS AND AS OF USD ONE WHO'S IN SPANISH IMMERSION AT MONROE EXCUSE ME AND THE OTHER WHO IS AT JOHN MCLAREN. YES. SO SHE'S GOT YOUNG KIDS AND MANY YEARS AHEAD OF HER IN THE DISTRICT SHE IS ALSO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE DESTINY ARTS CENTER IN OAKLAND. SO I THINK SHE WILL REALLY BRING VERY VALUABLE EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE WITH ARTS EDUCATION AND SHE IS SO COMMITTED THAT SHE ACTUALLY ATTENDED ALL OF THE BOARD MEETINGS IN THE PAST SCHOOL YOU KNOW IN THE PAST YEAR VIRTUALLY . SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW YOU KNOW, HOW THRILLED I AM TO BE ABLE TO APPOINT HER AND HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS SHOWN SUCH INTEREST ALREADY AND DEDICATION TO OUR DISTRICT.
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