. ORDER AT 5:01 P.M. COPIES COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER HERE COMMISSIONER FISHER COMMISSIONER GUPTA VICE PRESIDENT HEALING COMMISSIONER RAY HERE COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORK HERE AND PRESIDENT KIM HERE. >> THAT'S FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESSIBILITY TRANSLATION SERVICES AND VIRTUAL MEETING INFORMATION MAY BE FOUND ONLINE ON BOARD DOCKS UNDER ITEM A GENERAL INFORMATION AT THIS TIME BEFORE THE BOARD GOES INTO CLOSED SESSION I CALL FOR ANY SPEAKERS TO THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS LISTED IN THE AGENDA. THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR SPEAKERS. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE ARE NONE. I NOW RECESS THIS MEETING AT 5:02 P.M. S.F. F GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION AND S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION SYSTEM S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION GROUP
S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION SYSTEM S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION OPEN SESSION TO REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION ITEM C ONE VOTE ON EXPULSION MATTERS AND MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF A STIPULATED EXPULSION AGREEMENT FOR ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT MATTER NUMBER 2025-2026-05. SUSPENDED EXPULSION STATUS FOR THE SPRING 2026 SEMESTER DURING THE SUSPENDED EXPULSION PERIOD THE STUDENT WILL RETURN TO WILLIE BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL CAN HAVE A SECOND SECOND ROLL COPIES MUST LET OFF STUDENT DELEGATE OH NO I'M SORRY YOU GUYS CAN QUESTION COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALEY YES. COMMISSIONER RICE YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORK YES.
AND PRESIDENT KIM YES. SEVEN NICE. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE STIPULATED EXPULSION AGREEMENT FOR ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT MATTER NUMBER 2025-2026-206 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FALL 2025 AND SPRING 2026 SEMESTERS DURING THE SUSPENDED EXPULSION PERIOD THE STUDENT WILL ATTEND CARE BAYVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. CAN I HAVE A SECOND SECOND ACCOMPLISHMENTS RUNOFF COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALEY YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORD YES. PRESIDENT KEMP YES. SEVEN EYES I MOVE APPROVAL TO STIPULATED EXPULSION AGREEMENT FOR ONE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MATTER NUMBER 2025-2026-07 DURING THE SUSPENDED EXPULSION PERIOD THE STUDENT WILL ATTEND AN ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT WITH CREDIT RECOVERY FROM TWO SCHOOL OPTIONS PROVIDED BY S IF YOU CAN HAVE A SECOND SECOND PLEASE MS. LAMA OR COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES.
COMMISSIONER FISCHER. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORK YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. NICE. >> I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE STIPULATED EXPULSION AGREEMENT FOR ONE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MATTER NUMBER 2025-2026-08 DURING THE SUSPENSION SUSPENDED EXPULSION PERIOD, THE STUDENT WILL ATTEND A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL FROM TWO SCHOOL OPTIONS THAT OFFER SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AS REQUIRED BY STUDENT'S INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN OR IEP. I HAVE A SECOND SECOND MORE COPIES MS. LET OFF COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEELING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. >> AND PRESIDENT KIM YES. THE SEVEN EYES I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE STIPULATED EXPULSION AGREEMENT FOR ONE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MATTER NUMBER 20252026-09 DURING THE SUSPENDED EXPULSION PERIOD THE STUDENT WILL ATTEND A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL FROM
TO SCHOOL OPTIONS PROVIDED BY US. IF YOU ASK CAN I HAVE A SECOND? >> YES PLEASE JUST LET OFF COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. YES COMMISSIONER FISCHER? YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. AND PRESIDENT KIM YES AS SEVEN EYES ITEM C TO REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION WE HAVE THREE MATTERS OF ANTICIPATED LITIGATION STUDENTS THE PROCESS OF US D STUDENT R.K. PROCESS OF US D STUDENT Q E FIRST AS OPPOSED IN TWO MATTERS OF ANTICIPATED LITIGATION CONCERNING C F AND R.K. THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SEVEN EYES AND ZERO NAYS THE BOARD GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL IN ONE MATTER OF ANTICIPATED LITIGATION CONCERNING QE THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SIX EYES IN ZERO NEEDS WITH COMMISSIONER FISCHER ABSTAINING THE BOARD GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL IN THE MATTER OF STUDENT OVER SFI USD CASE NUMBER (202) 509-0066 THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SEVEN EYES ZERO NAYS GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL IN THE MATTER
OF JANE DOE FIRST AS OF USD AS OF SUPERIOR COURT CASE NUMBER CC-22-603551 THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SEVEN EYES ZERO NAYS. GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL IN THE MATTER OF CASE NUMBER 202508075 FOR THE BOARD BY A VOTE OF SEVEN EYES ZERO NAYS GIVES DIRECTION TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL. THE U.S. BOARD OF EDUCATION IS COMMITTED TO EFFECTIVE SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNANCE THAT CENTERS STUDENT LEARNING BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT. THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED OUR VISION, VALUES, GOALS AND GUARDRAILS IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE PORTION OF BOARD MEETING TIME WE SPEND ON STUDENT OUTCOMES EVERY OTHER REGULAR MEETING IS A MONITORING WORKSHOP OUR WORKSHOP, OUR APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE ALSO CALLS ON THE BOARD TO EMPOWER THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE FULL OWNERSHIP OF THE STRATEGIES USED TO REACH THESE GOALS WITHIN THE GUARDRAILS SET BY THE BOARD AS WE IMPLEMENT OUR GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK, THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO ADOPT NEW SYSTEMS, ROUTINES AND POLICIES AIMED AT IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES. WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO FOLLOW THIS WORK ON OUR WEBSITE AT SFO USD EDU SLASH GOVERNANCE
AS WE COMMIT TO FINDING NEW AND IMPROVED WAYS TO MORE MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE WITH STAFF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AT THIS TIME. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM H TO ACTION ITEM 2511-18 ASP TO APPROVAL OF 15 WAIVERS OUT OF ORDER TO FOLLOW PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY OBJECTIONS THAT MY HOST AS DID MINE SO I'M TRYING TO RESET IT. PRESIDENT KIM IN THIS INSTANCE WE ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO PAUSE UNTIL WE CAN GET THE WEBCASTING UP. OKAY MY APOLOGIES RIGHT NOW I'LL GET COMMISSIONER FISHER. >> DAVID, DO YOU HAVE A JOKE YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US? OKAY, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO DEFER TO COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN WORD. THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS A POINT OF JOKE. OKAY, WELL, I HAVE A CHICKEN JOKE. IT'S NOT I'VE SHARED IT WITH ALL OF YOU BUT I HAVEN'T SHARED IT WITH THE AUDIENCE. >> PLEASE.
OKAY. >> YES, THERE ARE THERE ARE KIDS HERE. >> IT IS DEFINITELY G-RATED IF NOT PG RATED. I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO WAIT. OKAY. WHY DOES THE CHICKEN ONLY MAKE COUPLE? OH, NEVER MIND. I'M GOING TO SCREWED UP. LET ME LET ME THINK AND I'LL GET IT THOUGH. >> WOW. WOW. >> OH, COMMISSIONER WISEMAN. OKAY, THE POINT OF JOKES. >> YES. RECOGNIZE POINT OF ORDER. THANK YOU. JOKE. >> DO YOU KNOW THAT DOGS CAN'T GET X RAYS BUT CATS CAN AND CAN'T THEY BOTH GET PET SCANS? WOW. OH, WE'RE BACK. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> SAME PREMISE BUT I THINK THE SAME. >> OKAY. NO MORE LAUGHTER OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I AM THE PUBLIC COMMENT TO LINE WITH OUR EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE EFFORTS PUBLIC COMMENT WILL LAST FOR ONE HOUR OR UNTIL 8 P.M.. WELL, IT WAS 8 P.M. WHICHEVER
IS EARLIER. WE AIM TO RESPECT STAFF, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TIME BY BEGINNING BOARD BUSINESS NO LATER THAN EIGHT. OUR HOPE IS TO CONDUCT BOARD BUSINESS IN A EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE MANNER DURING REASONABLE HOURS EACH PARTICIPANT MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE STAFF WILL THINK THE PARTICIPANT AT THE ONE MINUTE MARK AT ONE MINUTE AND FIVE SECONDS. I HAVE ASKED MR. ARMENTROUT TO PLEASE TURN OFF THE MIC AND TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. I ASK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE RESPECT THAT ONE MINUTE LIMIT SO THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM AS MANY SPEAKERS AS POSSIBLE. I ENCOURAGE SPEAKERS WHO ARE SPEAKING ON THE SAME TOPIC TO COLLABORATE AND COMBINE THEIR COMMENTS SO THAT THE BOARD CAN HEAR ALL VIEWPOINTS DURING OUR LIMITED TIME. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPTS WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA EMAIL AT BOARD OFFICE THAT AS OPPOSED TO YOU WE WILL HEAR FIRST FROM STUDENTS IN PERSON THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PERSON BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEMS AND MOVING TO NON AGENDA ITEMS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT IS COMPLETE WE WILL SAVE 15 MINUTES FOR REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO AT 7:45 P.M. TAKING
COMMENTERS IN THE SAME ORDER AS IN PERSON TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON YOUR RIGHT YOU'LL SEE SIGNS OUTLINING EXPECTATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND MEETING CONDUCT. WE ASK THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MODEL THE KIND OF TONE, LANGUAGE OR BEHAVIOR THAT WE HOPE TO SEE FROM OUR YOUNG PEOPLE RESPECTING DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND ALLOWING FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE AS A REMINDER BOARD RULES BOARD RULES AND CALIFORNIA LAW DO NOT ALLOW US TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR ATTEMPT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TIME IF APPROPRIATE, THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL ASK THAT STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH SPEAKERS. MR. ARMENTROUT THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM WE WILL START WITH STUDENTS FIRST. STUDENTS CAN SPEAK TO AGENDA ITEMS OR NON AGENDA ITEMS IN THIS SECTION WE HAVE FIVE CARDS SUBMITTED. PLEASE LINE UP AS I CALL YOUR NAMES AND PLEASE EXCUSE ANY MISPRONUNCIATIONS ON MY PART. FIRST UP TOTO HANNIBAL CONNIE CHARLIE TOW PRESIDENT KELLERMAN APOLOGIZE. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE ANOTHER TECHNICAL ISSUE IN ITS CLOSING TO TO WHOEVER STOLE MY GLASSES.
I WILL FIND YOU. >> I HAVE CONTACTS. YOU ARE ALL IN FOR A VERY SPECIAL TREAT TODAY WITH ONE LINE I GOT TO HEAR YOUR LAWYER VOICE BECAUSE I LIKE THE ONLY JOKE I HAVE IS WHEN IS THE MOON THE HEAVIEST? WHEN IT'S FULL. OH, COME ON. THAT WAS FUNNY. YEAH. SO WHICH FRUIT HAS THE MOST FUN AT THE PLAYGROUND? THE KEY WE I WAS AND FOR THANKSGIVING I WAS CONSIDERING MAKING ALLIGATOR AS OUR MAIN DISH FOR THANKSGIVING BUT I REALIZED I ONLY HAVE A CROCKPOT . YEAH. WHY DOES THE CHICKEN COOP ONLY HAVE TWO DOORS? >> BECAUSE IF IT HAD FOUR IT'D BE A SEDAN AND WE'RE BACK ALREADY. >> OKAY. WHAT WE ARE GOING TO RESUME PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE. IF WE CAN COME BACK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. ARMENTROUT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KIM PICKING OFF LAST PERSON WE CALL WAS CHARLIE TO NEXT CARD IS RED VISA LUCAS MAX AND NICO I'M SORRY WE'VE VERY SORRY PUBLIC COMMENT OKAY THE LAST ONE IS MIA JANELLE EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE UP TO ONE MINUTE. CAN WE PLEASE BEGIN WITH TOTAL HANNIBAL HI. >> I'M A STUDENT AT THE ACADEMY AND THE MAIN REASON THAT WE WERE GIVEN FOR A CLOSURE OTHER THAN THE FALSEHOOD THAT IT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS IS THAT WE ARE BOTH OVERFUNDED AND UNDER ENROLLED. THIS IS ALSO AN ISSUE PRESENT WITHIN SOTA AND WITH THAT IN MIND I'D LIKE TO CALL ATTENTION TO A MEETING HELD BETWEEN THE SOTA FACULTY AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT DIVINA GOLDWASSER ON OCTOBER 28TH WHERE THE PLAN TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE WAS OUTLINED. >> THIS PLAN IS TO EXPAND SOTA A CONTRADICTION OF WHAT IS SLATED TO HAPPEN TO ACADEMY
AND IT WAS STATED PER GOLDWASSER SLIDES THAT SHE WISHES TO PROVIDE GREATER ACCESS TO AS OF UCD STUDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND BENEFIT FROM SO DOES PROGRAM. THIS IS YET ANOTHER CONTRADICTING REASON THAT WAS GIVEN FOR WHY ACADEMY MUST CLOSE. I WANT TO POINT OUT HOW HYPOCRITICAL IT IS TO EXPAND SOTA WHILE CLOSING ACADEMY AND ALLOWING THEM TO TAKE OVER OUR CAMPUS THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED MANY RESOURCES FOR THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE WHILE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE ANY OF THEIRS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT HOW THE SCHOOL WITH MUCH LESS SOCIOECONOMIC NEED AND A MUCH WIDER STUDENT BODY IS BEING PRIORITIZED OVER OUR STUDENT BODY WHEN HISTORICALLY WE HAVE NOT BEEN SERVED IN THE SAME WAY. >> THANK YOU. HI MY NAME IS CONNIE AND I AM A SENIOR AT THE ACADEMY. I LIKE TO QUESTION WHY WE WEREN'T TOLD THAT THE SCHOOL WAS GOING TO CLOSE ANY EARLIER. AT THE STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH MARIA SUE AND DAVINA GOLDWASSER, WE WERE TOLD THAT WHEN THEY WERE DEVELOPING THE COLLEGE
AND CAREER PROGRAM THAT THEY KNEW THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS NEVER GOING TO STAY OUR ECONOMY. THIS COULD MEAN A LOT OF THINGS BUT THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT IS THAT THEY KNEW THAT ECONOMY WAS GOING TO CLOSE AND MY PEERS AND I FEEL LIKE WE WERE TREATED AS GUINEA PIGS. IT'S VERY MESSED UP THAT WE WERE USED TO TEST THIS PROGRAM OUT ESPECIALLY SINCE OUR SOPHOMORES AND FRESHMEN CHOSE TO GO TO ACADEMY AND WE'RE EXCITED, INTERESTED AND COMMITTED TO DO OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER PROGRAM AT THE ACADEMY. AND NOW THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE OUR SPACE AND THE SAME CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE JUNIORS AND SENIORS THAT CHOSE TO STAY OUT OF SCHOOL DESPITE THE PREVIOUS THREATS OF CLOSURE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN ECONOMY AND ITS FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> HI MY NAME IS CHARLIE TOH AND I AM A STUDENT AT LAW HIGH SCHOOL CURRENTLY AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO ASK YOU TO CREATE A J V GIRLS SOCCER SOCCER PROGRAM FOR ALL AROUND 50% KIDS SHOWED UP FOR TRYOUTS THIS YEAR AND AND ONLY THERE ARE ABOUT 25 SPOTS ON THE TEAM THIS YEAR I MEAN 50% OF STUDENTS WOULD BE. >> THIS IS INCREDIBLY
DEMORALIZING AND IS INCREDIBLY THIS IS INCREDIBLY DEMORALIZING AND IT IS AND IT LOWERS YOUR CONFIDENCE AND WHEN YOU SEE ALL YOUR CLUB TEAMMATES PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER BECAUSE THOSE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE A J.V. SOCCER LEAGUE WHEN WE CANNOT AND WE ARE A BIG SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE CAN DO THAT THIS I LIKE HAVING A J.V. PROGRAM SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM AS MANY OTHER SPORTS LIKE FOOTBALL WHO HAS A BIGGER ROSTER THAN US HAS A D V PROGRAM. >> THANK YOU. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING INTO US TODAY. WE BELIEVE IT IS UNFAIR THAT THERE IS NO J.V. SOCCER LEAGUE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND FC SD CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT SFP SD IS THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T HAVE J.V. SOCCER. MANY STUDENTS LOVE SOCCER AND DESERVE MORE PLAYING OPPORTUNITIES. PLEASE OFFER A JV SOCCER LEAGUE . HI MY NAME IS MIA AND I GOT AN I GO TO HOOVER HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IN MY OPINION I THINK A JUNIOR
VARSITY SOCCER TEAM. I THINK WE NEED A JUNIOR VARSITY SOCCER TEAM BECAUSE IF YOU'RE JUST STARTING IN SOCCER AND YOU WANT TO BE PLAYING WITH YOUR SCHOOL BUT THEN YOU SEE THAT THERE ARE MORE ADVANCED PLAYERS THAN YOU. SO I THINK THAT IT CAN BE UNFAIR SOMETIMES IF YOU CAN GET ON THE TEAM BUT THEN YOU DON'T GET TO PLAY OR DON'T GET SUBBED IN WE SHOULD HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY. PLEASE CONSIDER A J.V. SOCCER TEAM AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND I'M VERY IF HE WANTS TO SPEAK HE CAN SPEAK. HE CAN SPEAK AT THE DAIS HERE. >> I KNOW. OKAY. GO AHEAD. SPEAK UP. OH, HE CAN USE THAT THOUGH. ONE RIGHT HERE. GO HERE. GO OVER HERE ME YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS GREG ABBOTT. I'M VERY PROUD AND I DESERVE A TEACHER PRESIDENT KIM THAT'S ALL THE STUDENT SPEAKERS WE HAVE. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE 12 CARDS AGAIN PLEASE LISTEN FOR YOUR NAMES AS A CALL
YOUR NAME PLEASE LINE UP OUR FIRST ONE IS MELANIE BOSON. BERNICE CASEY, CARLA ROBERT DILLA, KATHERINE BECK MACNEE, ALEXIS PANZER. >> OH WOW. MY SON ATTENDS ELDORADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I'M JUST HERE I AM THE CAC ADVOCACY ADVOCACY CHAIR. I'M JUST HERE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING TO WARMLY WELCOME AND CONGRATULATE OUR NEW CAC MEMBERS AMBER BERNIECE BRIDGET, CHERYL AND MIKAYLA. LASTLY, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE NEW TO SPECIAL THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROCESS TO ATTEND ECAC MEETING. THIS IS A PLACE TO LEARN, ASK QUESTIONS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY FIND YOUR PEOPLE. >> THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS CARLA BOBADILLA. THAT'S A HARD HARD WORD. I HAVE MANY HATS IN AS IF YOU ASK MY FIRST HAT AS A PARENT. SECOND HAT IS A PARA IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND A SPECIAL DAY CLASS AND ONE OF MY OTHER HATS IS IN THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION . >> I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION TO COME TO A MEETING.
IT'S ON ZOOM BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE OUR BOARD TO WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE APPROVED TONIGHT. IT IS A GROUP OF PARENTS AND STAFF THAT COME TOGETHER AND GET TO MEET WITH DISTRICT LEADERS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. >> THERE'S NOT ALWAYS A LOT OF MOVEMENT BUT WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF VOLUNTEERING WITH YOUR HEART AND PRESSURE, THINGS DO CHANGE AND THINGS DO MOVE. SO PLEASE LOOK UP CAC SPED AT SPEED ISF I'M LOOKING AT SAM AS IF SHE'S GOING TO TELL ME THROUGH MENTAL TELEPATHY BUT ANYWAY PLEASE LOOK THAT UP. >> WE APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO . MY NAME IS KATHERINE BEACH RHYMES WITH AGE AND I AM THE PTA PRESIDENT AT CHINESE IMMERSION SCHOOL. DAVILA AND I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE STRONG SCHOOLS RESOLUTION IN OUR FOURTH GRADE KIDS PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE YESTERDAY THE TEACHER SAID THAT MY KID WAS GREAT AT DOING
COMPETITIONS BUT NOT GOOD AT SHOWING HIS WORK AND I WAS PRETTY DISAPPOINTED BY THE TOWN HALLS THAT WE HAD WHERE ALL NUMBERS WERE PRESENTED. OLD TABLES WERE SHARED AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING NEW UNTIL HALFWAY THROUGH THAT PRESENTATION AND I'M ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO SHOW BETTER WORK AROUND THESE NUMBERS THE BUDGET DEFICIT NUMBERS AND ALSO THE ENROLLMENT EXPECTATIONS BEFORE WE MAKE THESE BIG DECISIONS. >> THANK YOU. HI, I'M ALEXIS PANZER AND I'M A PARENT AT HARVEY MILK CIVIL RIGHTS ACADEMY AND I'M SPEAKING ON THE STRONG SCHOOL'S RESOLUTION. LET'S BE HONEST THIS IS A REBRANDED SCHOOL CLOSURES AND FOR MANY FAMILIES FIND IT DEEPLY INSULTING. >> WE ALL KNOW THAT CLOSING SCHOOL SALES SAVES ALMOST NO MONEY. AND YET IN JUST SIX MONTHS SOMEHOW THE DEFICIT HAS THAT NEEDS TO BE CUT HAS GONE FROM 13 MILLION TO 102 MILLION. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT'S HAPPENED. PLEASE EXPLAIN. AND ALSO WHY ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT CLOSING SCHOOLS AND PUTTING CAMPUSES ON STARVATION BUDGETS NEXT YEAR WHILE CENTRAL OFFICE SALARIES GROW AND WE CONTINUE TO PAY FOR A SUPERINTENDENT WHO'S NOT EVEN QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION. >> TOO MANY OF US THIS FEELS LIKE A RACKET. >> FAMILIES ARE BEING ASKED TO SACRIFICE LEADERSHIP AVOIDS ACCOUNTABILITY AND I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO HOLD THE DISTRICT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE. WE VOTED FOR YOU TO DO THAT AND WE CAN HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE TRANSPARENCY, NOT REBRANDING EXERCISE. >> THANK YOU. I NOW CALL IT THE NEXT SET. >> THE FIRST ONE IS BRANDY MARKMAN. EVER DON'T YOU DON'T JOKER ALEXIA GALEN SPORE. JOY JONES AGAIN AS A REMINDER YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I'M A PUBLIC SCHOOL MOTHER COMMENTING ON THE STRONG SCHOOL'S RESOLUTION. I ACTUALLY THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE CALLED A WEAK SCHOOLS RESOLUTION. AND BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T TALK TO ANY OF OUR FAMILIES ABOUT THIS. >> OUR SCHOOLS BELONG TO THE PUBLIC. THEY BELONG TO OUR FAMILIES.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT YOUR MONOPOLY BOARD TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO WITH THEM. >> I'M FROM CHICAGO AND I SAW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY CLOSED SCHOOLS. THEY PUT UP LUXURY CONDOS. THEY PUT UP CHARTER SCHOOLS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT FIVE MEMBERS OF THIS SCHOOL BOARD GOT TO THEIR SEATS BY BEING BANKROLLED BY BILLIONAIRE ASTROTURF. AND I REALLY WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE SHUT DOWN THIS SCHOOL CLOSURE PROCESS A YEAR AGO AND WE WILL SHUT IT DOWN AGAIN . WE NEED WHAT THEY HAVE IN CHICAGO. CHICAGO IS TO SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS DISTRICT. THAT MEANS THEY HAVE SCHOOLS WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES. THAT MEANS THEY HAVE SCHOOLS WITH SOCIAL WORKERS AND NONPROFITS IN THERE. AND THAT ALSO MEANS THAT FAMILIES HAVE A SAY THE IN CHICAGO BECAUSE OF THEIR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY ROLE MODEL. THEY DON'T HAVE RESOLUTIONS LIKE THIS ON THEIR SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA. THIS NEEDS TO BE SEVERED FROM THE AGENDA. >> THANK YOU. HELLO. I AM A PARENT AT SAN FRANCISCO
COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS GRANTS. STRONG SCHOOLS RESOLUTION. >> I'M SADDENED AND FRUSTRATED TO HEAR THAT CLOSING SCHOOLS IS BACK ON THE TABLE. FIRST OF ALL, SCHOOL CLOSURES TAKE MORE THAN A YEAR AND I'M HOPING THAT IF THIS HAPPENS IT'S NOT DONE THAT IN THAT RUSHED AMOUNT OF TIME. I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT GUARDRAILS MEAN PRIMARILY WHAT ARE THE GUARDRAIL AS THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE SPECIFIC EXPLICIT EXPLANATION OF THAT. AND MY MAIN POINT IS THAT SCHOOL CLOSURES DISRUPT RELATIONSHIPS. THEY DISRUPT COMMUNITIES, THEY DISRUPT NETWORKS OF SUPPORT THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT OVER DECADES AND AS A PROFESSIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WHO WORKS IN THE CITY WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, I SEE HOW IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITIES ARE TO SUPPORTING PEOPLE AND I WANT THIS SCHOOL BOARD TO PUT THE RESOURCES UPFRONT TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. NOW SO THAT THEY DON'T END UP IN THE SITUATIONS THAT MY CLIENTS ARE IN THAT THE CITY DOESN'T LIKE MY CLIENT. >> SO LET'S PREVENT THAT. YEAH. >> THANK YOU.
HI. MY NAME IS THAT OCTOBER AND I HAVE THREE KIDS A SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE STRONG SCHOOL RESOLUTION AS WELL. >> WHAT COMES TO MIND IS WHY WHY ARE WE BACK HERE AGAIN? >> WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO THAT IS NEW FROM LAST YEAR? >> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? AND AGAIN YOU DON'T CLOSE SCHOOL IN ONE YEAR. JUST PUTTING THAT IN THE RESOLUTION OR TALKING ABOUT IT IS INSULTING TO THE COMMUNITY. >> CLOSING SCHOOL IN ONE AREA IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY TRAUMATIZING FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S THE FAMILIES AND ESPECIALLY THE KIDS INVOLVED AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT AGAIN. WE NEED STABILITY. WE NEED TO NOT BE WONDERING IF WE HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL NEXT YEAR FOR OUR KIDS AND THE AND WE NEED TO FOCUS ON BUDGET. >> THANK YOU. HI, I'M GALEN. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARENT ACTION COUNCIL AT SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY SCHOOL. I BROUGHT MY DAUGHTER'S SIGN FROM LAST YEAR AND I'VE GOT A FRESH ONE FOR YOU. I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES
AND SPEECHES FROM LAST YEAR AND I'M FEELING SO VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT WE ARE BACK HERE AGAIN. FILL AS I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE, WE DID NOT VOTE YOU INTO THIS BOARD. YOU DO NOT REPRESENT THE WILL OF THESE PEOPLE. SO HOW DARE YOU? AS THE ARCHITECT OF THE FAILED OUTREACH PORTION OF THE RBI LIKE THAT WAS YOUR JOB. >> THAT WAS YOUR JOB. YOU GOT PULLED OUT FROM UNDER YOUR MAT, WAYNE AND PUT IN THIS POSITION AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE TABLE WITH A ONE YEAR DEADLINE FEELS ORWELLIAN AT BEST WITH THE NAME STRONG SCHOOLS RESOLUTION IT'S ESSENTIALLY PULLING THE RUG OUT FROM EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLEASE NOT PASS THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT WITHOUT MUCH MORE COMMUNITY INPUT AND TIME TAKEN AND I'M SORRY, DR. SOO. >> I LIKE YOU SO MUCH AS A PERSON BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN AFFORD TO OF YOU LIKE PAYING FOR SOMEBODY WITH THE DEGREE THAT YOU NEED. IT'S TOO MUCH. WE CAN'T PAY FOR CLASSROOM
TEACHERS. >> MY NAME IS TROY JONES AND I AM PART OF THE PTA BOARD AT MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY AND I HAVE TWO KIDS AT MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY AND I'M COMING HERE TONIGHT TO DO THE SCHOOL RESOLUTION AS WELL. IT'S SHOCKING THAT WE ARE STILL HERE. YOU'VE HEARD THE LINE OF PEOPLE STANDING HERE TO SHARE THEIR DISREGARD, THEIR DISGUST. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THESE NUMBERS THAT ARE BEING PASSED AROUND, NONE OF THEM ARE SHOWING ANY GROWTH. NONE OF THEM ARE SHOWING ANY TYPE OF HIGHER ARCHAEAL MOVEMENT IN ANY WAY. THEY ARE FLAT LINED. SO WHEN YOU COME TO THE TABLE CONSTANTLY BRINGING OUTNUMBERS AND THEY ARE FLAT LINED, WHERE IS ANY OF THIS HELPING OUR STUDENT COMMUNITY, OUR TEACHING COMMUNITY, OUR SUPPORT STAFF COMMUNITY, OUR SPECIAL ED COMMUNITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR PARENT COMMUNITY, OUR PARENT COMMUNITY WHO SENDS THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOLS HERE AS IF YOU USD TO MAKE NUMBERS GROW AND WE ARE NOT GROWING AND WE'RE NOW MINIMIZING AND I
HOPE TO SEE THESE NUMBERS GROW IN SOME SORT OF FASHION IN SOME WAY NOT JUST ME BUT I THINK EVERYBODY HERE OUR FINAL TWO SPEAKERS FOR THE AGENDA PORTION. EMILY GALLO AND LAWRENCE LEE, PLEASE. MY NAME WAS BEEN CALLED AND I SUBMITTED IT FOR FOR FOR AGENDA ITEM TO I KNOW I CAN WAIT UNTIL. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNOW OKAY. WE ARE LIVING IN AN AGE NIGHTMARE. THE MAYOR'S FOCUS ON HIS TECH BRO BUDDIES WITH TAX CUTS AND FULL PRISONS WHILE WE'RE OVER HERE BEGGING YOU TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS OPEN. >> HOW IS THAT NOT BLOWING YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW? THE AIR INDUSTRY THIS YEAR ALONE IS WORTH $224 BILLION. WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING HERE? SERIOUSLY? AND MARIA SUE DOES NOT HAVE A TEACHING CREDENTIAL AND IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO ELIGIBLE TO BE THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> I THINK YOUR HEART IN YOUR HEART YOU WANT TO BE GOOD AT YOUR JOB BUT I FEAR THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE THE BACKBONE TO FIGHT FOR US IN PUBLIC EDUCATION
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACK. YOUR LOYALTIES ARE CLEAR BY CLOSING SCHOOLS YOU'RE CHOOSING VIOLENCE AND WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE PREPARED FOR A BATTLE NO ON THE MARIA SU APPOINTMENT. >> TAX THE RICH AND GO CLOSED SOME PRIVATE SCHOOLS. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU FOR CLOSING THE ACADEMY. THIS MEETING STARTS AT 630 AND AT 645 VG IS SILENCING THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU DEANGELO MCGILL I'M CHUCK SAY MY NAME IS LAWRENCE LEE. I'M AN EXCESS OF USDA ALUMNI AND A MEMBER OF THE SUSAN BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE PRESENTING LATER TODAY. >> I'M SPEAKING TODAY AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATE ASIAN FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ASIANS AND WE ARE WE ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF HAVING THE CONTRACT APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION FOR DR. MARIA SU AS SUPERINTENDENT SHE HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB THIS YEAR AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORK THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE DOING. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RAINA THIEL. I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT I'M ALSO A
PARENT OF TWO KIDS. AND AS I'VE USED AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW DISAPPOINTED I AM TO SEE THE REBRANDING OF THE SCHOOL CLOSURES COME ON THE AGENDA WITHOUT TALKING TO PARENTS. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DIDN'T LEARN YOUR LESSON ABOUT THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW HOW MANY TEACHERS WE LOST, HOW MANY STUDENTS WE LOST WITH JUST THE IDEA OF PLANTING THE SEED OF CLOSING SCHOOLS AND NOW HERE WE ARE AGAIN A YEAR LATER AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN. AND MR. PHIL KIM WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND WE SAID THAT SCHOOL CLOSURES OR WHATEVER THE REBRAND IS IT STARTS WITH TALKING TO THE PEOPLE AT SFD CHRISTI AND SO THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENS. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS OFF THE AGENDA BECAUSE NOW THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF JUST HAVING THIS ON THE AGENDA WE WON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IMPACT IS FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS. HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR STABILITY ELSEWHERE AND WE KNOW WE NEED THOSE TEACHERS HERE. MY KID IS 13 AND WAITING TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL AT JORDAN AND HAS ONE MESSAGE FOR YOU AND IT'S ON THE BACK OF MY T
SHIRT SOME OLD SCHOOL START TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU DO NOT KNOW EVERYTHING YOU ARE THERE IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO KNOW EVERYTHING AND THERE'S A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE WAITING TO HELP YOU MAKE THESE DECISIONS SO PLEASE TAKE THIS OFF THE AGENDA. >> MARIA SUE I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M SO YOU KNOW GOOD JOB OR NOT THE PROMISE WAS THAT YOU WERE GOING TO GO BACK TO D.C. WITH AND WE WERE GOING TO GET A QUALIFIED CANDIDATE TO COME IN AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT QUALIFICATION. >> I'M SORRY YOUR TIME IS UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CAC WHO'S SPEAKING TONIGHT, THE DISTRICT ADVISOR COMMITTEES ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE MY TIME. >> WHEN I WAS A MEMBER OF THE CAC FOR YEARS THE CAC WARNED OF A STAFFING STABILIZATION PROBLEM AND WE ARE NOW IN A CRISIS. THE CAC HAS ASKED FOR A WORKLOAD MODEL FOR SPED TEACHERS. THE DISTRICT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT AND NOW THE TEACHERS UNION IS ASKING FOR THE WORKLOAD MODEL AND THE CONTRACT AND THERE IS NOW A
DECLARED IMPASSE. WE CANNOT HAVE A STABLE DISTRICT WITHOUT A STABLE STEADY SPREAD STAFFING, LISTEN TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY AND MOVE THE HEAD OF SPECIAL ED INTO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. THAT WOULD BE A SIGN THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT NOW LAST TIME YOU ALL TRIED TO CLOSE SCHOOLS YOU HAD ZERO PLANS FOR SPECIAL DAY CLASSES. THERE WERE NO APPROPRIATE FACILITIES, NO PLAN THAT'S INHUMANE. >> LISTEN TO US. THANK YOU, KYLE. MY NAME IS JULIE MARTIN. A SPECIAL OMBUDSPERSON AND OUR NEW ONE OF OUR NEW CC APPOINTEES WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE SO SHE ASKED ME TO READ ON HER BEHALF. SO THESE ARE HER WORDS FROM THIS IS FROM MS.. BERNIE'S CASEY. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. UNFORTUNATELY I AM UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT'S MEETING BASED ON OTHER COMMITMENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF MY APPLICATION TO THE COMMITTEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL ED YESTERDAY. MY ELDEST CHILD IS SENIOR TURNED 18 WHEN KURT AND I REFLECT ON THE 13 YEARS THUS FAR OF PUBLIC EDUCATION WE'VE NAVIGATED AS PARENTS OF TWO CHILDREN WE SEE MANY DIVIDES
WITHIN A PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM AS A FEW AS STATES TO PROVIDE EACH AND EVERY STUDENT QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND EQUAL SUPPORT REQUIRED TO THRIVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. OUR ELDEST CHILD IS NEUROTYPICAL AND HAS MADE AMAZING STRIDES SINCE EDUCATION BASED ON STAFF AT BOTH LOWELL AND WHAT IT IS TO OUR YOUNGEST CHILD IS NEURODIVERGENT AND AS WE HAVE NAVIGATED HIS EDUCATION WE HAVE SEEN A DEEP DIVIDE WITHIN A SYSTEM THAT IS UNDERSTAFFED AND APPEARS TO BE ILL EQUIPPED TO EDUCATE CHILDREN LIKE HIM. OUR FAMILIES SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON TUTORING HIM AS WELL AS USING PRIVATE INSURANCE. THIS IS A BURDEN TO OUR FAMILY BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT HIS ENGLISH SPEAKERS HOW IS AN EMPLOYED I'M SORRY TIME IS UP IS AT AN ADVANTAGE. SO ANYWAYS I JUST WANTED TO SHARE HER WORDS AND I THINK SHE SHARED THEM WITH ALL OF YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM THAT IS ALL THE AGENDA ITEM CARDS THAT WE HAVE AND WE MOVE ON TO NON AGENDA. THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE FIRST FIVE DENNIS FOX SARA AMNESTY OR
I'M ENOUGH JUDITH GIBSON TO MARILYN LAIDLAW GIANNA TILLMAN I'M DENNIS FOX A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SEASON SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS ARE BEING TREATED VERY POORLY THERE ARE EXPERIENCED SUBSTITUTES REPEATEDLY HITTING THE REFRESH BUTTON ON THE RED ROVER SCREEN LOOKING FOR SUBSTITUTE JOBS TO ACCEPT AND ONLY GETTING ONE DAY'S WORK AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER PER WEEK. THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, SAM FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS OVER HIRING OF SUBSTITUTES IN COMBINATION WITH ABUSIVE RED ROVER SUBSTITUTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS HAVE TURNED SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS IN THE GIG WORKERS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE AND FEW CAN LIVE ON ONE DAY PER WEEK SALARY. WE SPEND HOURS AND HOURS HITTING THE REFRESH BUTTON ON THE RED ROVER SCREEN LOOKING FOR WORK. THERE ARE FEW JOBS AND WHEN ONE APPEARS IT DISAPPEARS BEFORE YOU CAN ACCEPT IT AND IF YOU DO LUCK OUT AND ACCEPT A JOB WITHIN AN HOUR IT GETS CANCELED
AND YOU'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE REPEATEDLY HITTING THE REFRESH BUTTON LOOKING FOR WORK. >> HI, I'M SARAH. I AM SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AS WELL. I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT 25 YEARS, ALSO TAUGHT AT CITY COLLEGE COLLEGE FOR TEENS AND VARIOUS COLLEGES. THIS IS MY MACBOOK. >> IT DOES NOT WORK ON RED ROVER. MY 2024 PC DOES NOT WORK ON RED ROVER APP. >> NONE OF THEM DO. SO I DON'T GET REAL TIME NOTIFICATIONS. SO BASICALLY THE RED ROVER HAS BEEN CRITICIZED AS A DUMPSTER FIRE RED ROVER JOBS DISAPPEAR IMPOSSIBLY FAST. THEY DON'T CALL OUT FOR ONE TEACHERS AT A TIME LIKE FRONTLINE DID. >> PUSH NOTIFICATIONS ALERT 1000 OTHER SOBS ALL AT ONCE FOR THE SAME SCHOOL JOB. DID A VIDEO GAME DESIGNER DESIGNED RED ROVER? PEOPLE ARE CALLING THIS HUNGER GAMES FOR TEACHERS SUBSTITUTES ADMIT TO GETTING JOB ASSIGNMENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHILE TAKING A SHOWER WHILE BRUSHING TEETH AND TEXTING WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU MUST
REFRESH IT EVERY TWO SECONDS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY IN ADDITION TO TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS AND EQUITABLE ACCESS, HOW DOES S.A.T. ENSURE THE JOB ACCESS IS NECESSARY AND SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGY? >> I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE APP. >> MY NAME IS JUDITH GIBBS. I'VE BEEN A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 28 YEARS OR MORE NOW AND I'VE WORKED FOR THIS DISTRICT FOR SEVEN. AS IF USD HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE PLACE TO WORK BECAUSE OF THE PROFESSIONALISM BECAUSE THIS IS THE PLACE THAT SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN CONSIDERED PROFESSIONALS IN THE LEARNING COMMUNITY. AND I FEEL THAT THE PRESENCE OF NOTIFICATION SYSTEM IS UNDERMINING THAT. IT'S LEADING TO A LEVEL OF COMPETITION. >> I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL THESE OTHER LABS ARE WHO JUST GOT HIRED, WHAT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS ARE, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHILDREN. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS SO MUCH COMPETITION FOR THESE JOBS THAT IT IS UNDERMINING OUR ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY WITH THE TEACHERS WHO
ARE ON CONTRACT WITH THE PARAS, WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS. IT'S GOT TO STOP. I'M THE ONE WHO'S UP AT 430 IN THE MORNING AND I SEE A JOB BUT SOMEBODY ELSE PUSHED THE BUTTON A SECOND BEFORE ME. TODAY I DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM MY HOME IN NORTH OAKLAND IN SAN FRANCISCO PART TIME TO GO. YEAH. COULDN'T FIND A JOB. I'M OUT LOOKING FOR ONE HOPING THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WOULD HAVE ONE. I HAD TO GO BACK AND SEE A FRIEND WHO JUST WENT INTO HOSPICE. THIS IS MY LIFE. I'M PROFESSIONAL. I'M SORRY. TIME IS UP. OKAY? YES, I'LL. GOOD EVENING. SUPERINTENDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS MARILYN LAIDLAW. I HAVE BEEN IN THEIR 60 FOR 32 YEARS AND SERVING FOR THE LAST 12. THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR VETERAN SUBS IS THE IMPOSSIBLE JOB SEARCH ON RED ROVER. I'VE SPENT HOURS AND HOURS ON RED ROVER CONSTANTLY PUSHING THE REFRESH BUTTON TO FIND A JOB. THIS IS ANXIETY PRODUCING AND DEMORALIZING A LARGE
CONTINGENT OF EXPERIENCED VETERANS SUBS HAVE DEDICATED SCHOOLS TO WHICH THEY FOCUS THEIR WORKDAYS. DEDICATED SUBS AT A SCHOOL SITE RESULT IN GREATER STUDENT COOPERATION AND MORE RELIABLE DELIVERY OF LESSON PLANS. THESE VETERAN SUBSTITUTES WERE PREVIOUSLY ON A PREFERRED SUB LIST FOR THEIR SCHOOL SITES. >> THE SUBSYSTEM OFFERED THE THOSE SITE JOBS TO THE PREFERRED SUBS FIRST AND THEN TO THE GENERAL POOL. THE RED ROVER SETUP MANUAL AVAILABLE ONLINE CLEARLY STATES RED ROVER WILL ALLOW YOU TO CREATE A LIST OF YOUR FAVORITE SUBSTITUTES. I ASKED ABOUT THE PREFERRED SUB LIST OPTION AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE. LAST WEEK I LEARNED THAT THE PREFERRED SUB FEATURE DOES EXIST IN OUR VERSION OF RED ROVER BUT THE FEATURE IS TURNED OFF. WHY IS IT TURNED OFF? I CANNOT FIND AN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. >> PERHAPS YOU CAN. HEY I. >> MY NAME IS TOM.
UNTIL THE VICE PRESIDENT OF EDUCATORS WITH UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> I'M HERE BECAUSE THE DISTRICT DECISION TO DELAY EXTRA WAGES TO THE 10TH OF THE MONTH IS NOT JUST INCONVENIENT ,IT'S HARMFUL. LET ME BE CLEAR CALLING THE PAY THAT SUBSTITUTES RELY ON AS EXTRA WAGES IS AN INSULT. THERE IS NOTHING EXTRA ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO THERE IN THE CLASSROOMS EVERY SINGLE DAY SUPPORTING AN INSTRUCTION SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND STUDENT SAFETY. SCHOOLS JUST COULDN'T FUNCTION IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE SUBSTITUTES . THEY ARE QUITE HONESTLY CHANGING THEIR PAY DAY AGAIN WITH BARELY ANY NOTICE RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS. SHOWS A DEEP DISCONNECT FROM THE REALITY OF YOUR EMPLOYEES AND HOW THEY'RE LIVING. MANY PARENTS AND SUBSTITUTES AND SUBSTITUTE PARENTS SURVIVE OFF THE PAYCHECK TO SURVIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. FIVE DAYS IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN PAYING RENT ON TIME AND FACING LATE FEES. BETWEEN KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON AND GOING INTO DEBT WE THEY'RE ALREADY CHANGING THEIR FINANCES OUT THERE. THE LAST CHANGE THERE'S NOTHING LEFT LEFT TO REARRANGE. WE'RE NOT EXTRAS. >> WE ARE EDUCATORS. PLEASE CHANGE IT. THANK YOU. THE NEXT CARDS BETH CLENDENIN. >> GABRIEL LAVELLE. NANCY. PETER COUPLE. NATALIE GARCIA AND FORGIVE ME FRIEND FRANK LA LA. ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR COMMENTS. I AM BETH CLENDENIN. I AM A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AS WELL AS A PARENT AND AS UP USD. AND I HAVE AGREEMENT WITH WHAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT THE RED ROVER SYSTEM AND A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS. IT IS A VERY EXHAUSTING EXPERIENCE TO TRY TO GET JOBS ON THERE WHEN YOU ARE AVAILABLE TO WORK. BUT I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF OTHER ISSUES.
AGAIN, WITH THE PAY CHANGING THE DATE OF PAY IS A BIG PROBLEM. AND THE NOTIFICATIONS ON CHANGES TO PAY ARE ALSO VERY CONFUSING. WE'VE BEEN NOTIFIED OF BONUS PAY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THAT WE WOULD NEED TO COME DOWN HERE TO PHI PHI PHI FRANKLIN TO PICK UP OUR BONUS PAY FOR OUR TEN PLUS DAYS OF A BONUS AND THAT THE CHECKS WOULD NOT BE MAILED OUT. SO HAVING TO COME DOWN TO HERE IN PERSON TO RECEIVE THE PAY THAT WE'VE EARNED IS NOT RIGHT. ADDITIONALLY I WAS TOLD THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO SOME SICK PAY FOR SUBS. AND YET WHEN I WAS SICK AND HAD NOTIFIED THE SUB OFFICE THEY SAID THERE'S NO WAY FOR THEM TO ACCESS THAT PAY. SO SICK PAY IS NOT AVAILABLE TO US AS SUBSTITUTES. >> HI MY NAME IS GABRIELLE LAVELLE. BESIDES THE GAMES WE PLAY TRYING TO PICK UP OUR JOBS AND NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WE'RE GETTING WHEN WE GET A JOB ON RED ROVER. I AM I FEEL VERY DISRESPECTED AND UNAPPRECIATED AFTER 30 YEARS OF SUBBING WHEN WITH LESS THAN A MONTH NOTICE WE FIND OUT NOT ONLY NOT GETTING OUR EXTRA PAY UNTIL THE FIFTH IS NOW THE
10TH AND IT'S NOT EXTRA PAY. IT'S MY ONLY PAY. SUBBING IS MY ONLY JOB AND I'M DEPENDING ON IT. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS TO BE DONE ON THE PROCESSING THEN BUT THERE MUST BE SOME WAY JUST BECAUSE IT'S A HOLIDAY DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE NEED TO GET DELAYED PAID. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS BUT I HOPE WE FIND ONE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF RED ROVER AND THE FACT THAT EACH SCHOOL HAS PREFERRED LISTS OF SUBS THAT KNOW THEIR STUDENTS AND KNOW THEIR SCHOOL PROGRAM AND RED ROVER OR AS SOME OF US REFER TO IT AS RED ROTTEN HAS A FEATURE THAT COULD ALLOW SCHOOLS TO PUT IN A LIST OF I THINK TEN PREFERRED SUBS BUT THE SUB OFFERS OR THE SOFTWARE WILL NOT ENACT ENACTED. SO I WISH THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE IMPROVE IT BECAUSE IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS AT THE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. >> WE WOULDN'T HAVE NO.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NATALIA GARCIA MANIC. >> I'M THE MOTHER OF NICHOLAS LINCOLN, A T K STUDENT AT MISSION EDUCATION CENTER. I UNDERSTAND KEEPING THE MOOD LIGHT BUT I HAVE TO SAY I FEEL TOTALLY INSULTING TO HEAR YOU LAUGHING AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING. >> WELL, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE SO CONCERNED THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN NEEDLESSLY PLACED INTO AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS DEVELOPMENTAL, HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE UNDERSTAFFING ON OUR SCHOOL SITES WE STILL DON'T HAVE A PRINCIPAL AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE TEACHERS. WE HAVE 3 TO 5 YEAR OLDS IN CLASSROOMS STAFFED BY UNTRAINED AND SUBSTITUTES AND WE ENROLLED IN BY APPLYING FOR FIVE OR WE ENROLLED IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION ARE ENROLLED OUR CHILDREN UNDER THE PROMISE THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE BILINGUAL EDUCATION. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN DISHONEST WITH US AND SAID THINGS LIKE HAVING PEREZ IN THE CLASSROOM SPEAKING SOME SPANISH DURING THE DAY QUALIFIES AS BILINGUAL EDUCATION. THIS WOULDN'T BE ACCEPTABLE AT OTHER SCHOOL SITES AND IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR OUR KIDS. >> PLEASE DO RIGHT BY OUR
CHILDREN AND SET A PRECEDENCE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. PLEASE. IT FEELS TO ME TO FEEL TO BE MADE TO BEG. >> THANK YOU. NO WHEN I NOTICE. >> WHEN I NOTICE. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS FRANK LARA. I NORMALLY SPEAK UP HERE AS THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED EDUCATOR OF SAN FRANCISCO TONIGHT AND SPEAKING AS A PARENT BECAUSE I HAVE PUT SKIN IN THE GAME LIKE MANY OF OUR TEACHER EDUCATORS WHO HAVE PUT OUR CHILDREN WHERE WE WANT WHICH IS PUBLIC EDUCATION AND UNLIKE RIGHT THE TENDENCY IN SAN FRANCISCO WHICH IS THAT WE CAN MOVE TO PRIVATE OUR CHOICE AS FAMILIES IS TO DEFEND THE PUBLIC INSTITUTION AND MAKE IT BETTER BY PEOPLE WHO ARE UNACCOUNTABLE. AND IT'S CRAZY TO BE HAVING THE COMMENT OF HOW UNDERSTAFFING HAS AFFECTED MY OWN SON IN THE PROGRAM WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL CLOSURES WE KEEP TELLING THIS BOARD THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO VISION, BECAUSE THERE'S NO FUTURE BEING
PLANNED, BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLANNING AND PROGRAMING YOU HAVE THIS SITUATION LIKE AT MSE WHERE YOU HAVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FILLED TO THE MAX THAT FAMILIES WANT TO COME TO BUT YOU HAVE OFFERED THEM NOTHING FOR KINDERGARTEN. YOU HAVE NOW CONSOLIDATED CLASSROOM BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY'RE IN. SO DON'T TELL US ABOUT THE BUDGET CUTS THAT YOU HAVE TO PLAN BECAUSE YOU'RE OFFERING NOTHING AND NO FUTURE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT OR NEXT GROUP. JEREMIAH MAYFIELD, MARIEL REID, COHEN, MAYA CARR, WANDA GREG DALE, ALEXIA MARTINI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JEREMIAH MAYFIELD. I'M THE PARENT OF A BRIGHT BILINGUAL FOUR YEAR OLD SCARED AND MESSY. >> LIKE MANY FAMILIES WE FOLLOWED EVERY RULE THE DISTRICT SET OUT IN FRONT OF US. >> THEN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ARRIVED AND THE TRUTH WAS REVEALED. THE DISTRICT MADE THE INTENTIONAL DECISION TO TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF T K CLASSROOMS AT MSE WITHOUT SECURING
PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS OR AIDES TO STAFF THEM. THERE HAVE BEEN NO STABLE EXPLANATIONS SINCE THAT DAY NOT ONE CONSISTENT STORY. INSTEAD WHAT WE HEAR IS SHIFTING EXCUSES AND FINGER POINTING. H.R. IS ON IT BUT WE'RE WAITING ON THE STATE. OH, WE HIRED SOMEONE. THEY'RE ONBOARDING. OH, THEIR CREDENTIALING DIDN'T WORK OUT AND DARN IT, PARENTS ACROSS THE CITY GET TO DEBATE SCREEN TIME RECESS MINUTES, PTA ENRICHMENT. >> OUR KIDS OUR KIDS ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE BASIC DIGNITY OF A STABLE ADULT IN FRONT OF THEM EVERY DAY. >> OKAY, THIS ISN'T A STAFFING SHORTAGE. >> THIS IS A FAILURE OF YOUR PLANNING. IT IS A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP AND IT IS YES, A FAILURE OF CARE. SO I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ANSWER ME BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW. RHETORICAL, RIGHT? WHO WOULD YOU WANT YOUR FOUR YEAR OLD? MY KIDS CLASSROOM. IF YOUR ANSWER IS YES, THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST ALL GET OVER IT LIKE SOME OF THE DISTRICT STAFF HAS SEEMED TO
THINK WE SHOULD. NO, NO, NO, I'M NOT DONE YET. BUT IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THEN YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING. >> SO DO IT. GET CREATIVE TO BE BOLD. FIGURE OUT CREDENTIALING BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING IT FOR YOUR SUPERINTENDENT. SO DO IT FOR OUR TEACHERS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MAYA CARBONE AND I AM ALSO A PARENT OF A FOUR YEAR OLD MEAC SPANISH IMMERSION TEC CLASSROOM 202. MY DAUGHTER DOESN'T HAVE A PERMANENT TECH TEACHER, DOESN'T HAVE A PRINCIPAL AT HER SCHOOL AND HASN'T SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. THE SITUATION AT THE SCHOOL IS CURRENTLY THAT THE EARLY EDUCATION CLASSROOMS ARE 25% STAFFED. THAT MEANS ONE OUT OF THE FOUR CLASSROOMS AT THE SCHOOL HAS A PERMANENT TEACHER. IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND IT HAS. >> THERE'S BEEN NO IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF THE PERMANENT STAFFING OF THE TEACHER.
THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS THAT THE DISTRICT'S SUPPORT THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES HAS GOTTEN WORSE. WHAT HAS SHOCKED ME THE MOST THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS THE DENIAL OF THE PROBLEM FROM THE DISTRICT. IN THIS TIME THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS SENT OUT TWO DIFFERENT EMAILS BRAGGING THAT THE CLASSROOMS WERE FULLY STAFFED. PLEASE WORK TO FIX THIS PROBLEM . HELLO, I'M GREG DIAL, A FATHER OF A TECH STUDENT IN THE 25% OF THE MVC THAT DOES HAVE A TEACHER. SO IN MANY, MANY, MANY REGARDS WE ARE MUCH LUCKIER AND MORE FORTUNATE THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS WHO ARE SPEAKING. BUT I DID WANT TO ADD IT'S SORT OF A TEST TOO AND ADD COLOR AROUND EVEN IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT SORT OF LEADERSHIP FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF STABILITY THROUGHOUT THE SITE OF DISABILITY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL THAT THERE'S THIS CONSTANT UNCERTAINTY ABOUT SAFETY, CONSTANT UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT AS CLASSES GOING TO OUR CLASSES GOING TO BALANCE OR YOU KNOW JUST SORT OF YOU KNOW, REALLY DON'T KNOW
KIND OF WHAT'S COMING EVEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SORT OF SOMEBODY THAT GOT LUCKY, YOU KNOW, SO TO SPEAK IN THE LOTTERY. SO I DO WANT TO SPEAK AND I WANT TO LET OTHERS TAKE MOST OF THE TIME GIVEN THAT I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT COLOR AND THANKS FOR CONSIDERING THOSE. OKAY. HI EVERYONE. I'M MARIELLE REED COHEN. I AM ALSO A PARENT OF A STUDENT RIGHT HERE, HENRY COHEN AT MCCUBBIN CLASSROOM 108 WHO HAS ALSO BEEN WITHOUT A PERMANENT TEACHER AND HAD A ROTATING CAST OF SUBSTITUTES SINCE BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. AS A FORMER CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO EMPLOYEE AND AS SOMEONE THAT HAS BUILT A COMPANY DEDICATED TO SERVING PUBLIC AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, I FEEL EXTREMELY STRONGLY THAT I WANT YOU TO SUCCEED. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO INSTEAD OF OPTING OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND PUTTING MY SON INTO PRIVATE SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN OUR INSTITUTIONS WHICH IS WHY I AM HERE TODAY. I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DISHEARTENED AND DISAPPOINTED BY THE REACTION OF THE S.F. SCHOOL BOARD AND AS I'VE USED
USD IT'S TAKEN FOUR MONTHS TO GET ON THE AGENDA AND I ACTUALLY DON'T CARE THAT THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN PREPARED FOR THIS CRISIS. I KNOW THAT WAS NOT THIS BOARD AND NOT THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION BUT I AM EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD AND HAVE USED NEW LEADERSHIP ON THE REACTION AND I HAVE YET TO BE IMPRESSED. I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU TO FIX IT BUT I NEED TO SEE SOME ACTION AND SOME URGENCY WHICH OUR CHILDREN OR FAMILIES DESERVE. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. >> MY NAME IS ALEX JOHN. I'M ALSO PARENT OF A2K STUDENTS AT MSU. AS YOU UNDERSTOOD WE ARE NOT STAFFED. BUT BEYOND THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS BECAUSE I THINK THAT EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT STAFFING THE CLASSROOM OR YOU ARE STILL WORKING ON THE HIRING OF THE TEACHER YOU ARE NOT DOING THE BARE MINIMUM WHICH IS GIVING US THE TRANSPARENCY OF WHO IS IN THE CLASSROOM WITH OUR KIDS. MY SON IS ASKING ME WHO IS THERE TOMORROW? I HAVE NO CLUE. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE
TRY TO RECOLLECT AMONG PARENTS WHO WAS WITH THEM. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING TOMORROW. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TODAY OR YESTERDAY. WHEN I READ NEWS ABOUT KEVIN OR THESE KIND OF CASES I'M SCARED . SO HURRYING IS TOP PRIORITY. BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY YOU GIVE TRANSPARENCY WHO IS IN THE CLASSROOM? WHO ARE THE TEACHERS? WHO ARE THE POWERS WHEN THE PERMANENT ONES ARE NOT AROUND? YOU SEND AN EMAIL AND YOU SAY WHO IS IN THE CLASSROOM THAT DAY? I'M SORRY I WASN'T TOLD THAT I HAD A COMMENT ON THE TECH. IS IT OKAY FOR ME TO SPEAK? OKAY. >> A PRESIDENT CAN BE MINDFUL OF THE TIME. MAY I CALL UP TWO MORE SPEAKERS? MOVE ON TO THE USF SPEAKER AND THEN WE'LL TRANSITION TO ZOOM. OH, YES WE CAN. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY THEN WE HAVE TIME FOR MORE MORE IN-PERSON NEXT GROUP. MOLLY CIRCLE AMY LESLIE. >> JOE MATHEWS.
SUSAN G. PLEASE LINE UP IN ORDER. AND REMINDER YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MOLLY CIRCLE AND I HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND HAVE BEEN IN A FOSTER PARENT FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND STAFF UCD STAFF FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO MAKING S.F. A WONDERFUL CITY. AS A FELLOW PUBLIC SERVANT I KNOW PUBLIC COMMENT CAN BE PASSIONATE SOMETIMES HARD TO HEAR BUT ALSO SOMETIMES IMPACTFUL. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT. I TOO AM HERE TONIGHT TO APPEAL TO YOUR INTEREST IN EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR CITY STUDENTS. >> AND I ASK YOU TO FIND A CREATIVE BUT CERTAINLY ACHIEVABLE SOLUTION THAT FUNDS JUNIOR VARSITY SOCCER TEAMS AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL. THE LARGEST SCHOOL SHOULD ALSO HAVE FRESHMAN TEAMS. AN IMPORTANT WAY TO MAKE THIS USD BUDGET MORE SUSTAINABLE IS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN MORE FAMILIES INTO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. >> THE S.F. CHRONICLE ESTIMATES
OVER 35% OF STUDENTS ARE OPTING OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE CITY ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THERE ARE MANY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED BUT I ASK S.F. WHO IS DUE TO WORK WITH PARENTS AND HELP FIND A WAY TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY LESS THAN $100,000 TO HELP ALL FAMILIES KNOW THAT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL HAVE SPORTS OPPORTUNITIES WHETHER THEY GO TO PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE AS A PARENT TO URGE AS OPPOSED TO AT A JV SOCCER LEAGUE BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITY AND EQUITY FOR OUR STUDENTS. SOCCER IS THE MOST POPULAR SPORT IN SAN FRANCISCO ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORLD CUP COMING TO OUR CITY NEXT SUMMER. YET S.F. USD IS THE ONLY PUBLIC DISTRICT IN THE REGION WITHOUT A JV SOCCER LEAGUE. THIS LEAVES YOUNGER ATHLETES, NEW PLAYERS AND LATE BLOOMERS WITHOUT A FAIR PATHWAY TO PARTICIPATE AND GROW A J.V. SOCCER PROGRAM DIRECTLY SUPPORT STUDENT DEVELOPMENT PHYSICALLY SOCIALLY AND ACADEMICALLY.
AFTER COVID STUDENTS NEED MORE CONNECTION MOVEMENT AND SCHOOL SPIRIT. STUDIES SHOW TEAM SPORTS IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH GRADES AND ATTENDANCE. ADDING JV SOCCER ALSO KEEPS FAMILIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MANY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS LEAVE FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT OFFER MORE ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES DRAINING ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM THE DISTRICT. JV SOCCER IS A SMALL INVESTMENT WITH HUGE BENEFITS FOR EQUITY, STUDENT WELLNESS, ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL PRIDE. ITS TIME AS FSD MAKES IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M LESLIE. I'M ALSO HERE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO EXPAND THE SOCCER PROGRAMS WITHIN THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE JV. I'M A SCHOOL BASED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST. I WORK IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT MY WHOLE JOB IS ABOUT SUPPORTING STUDENTS TO ACCESS THEIR PROGRAM AND PARTICIPATE. AND I'M ALSO A PARENT OF A 14
YEAR OLD AND WE'VE RECENTLY BEEN TOURING HIGH SCHOOLS AND I LOVE WORKING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I WOULD LOVE FOR HIM TO GO TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL. I'M ENJOYING MANY OF THE SCHOOLS LOVE BURTON, LOVE BALBOA BUT I'M ALSO TOURING THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS AND THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO SEE TO EXPLORE OUR OPTIONS AND TO THINK THAT MY SON WHO HAS BEEN PLAYING SOCCER FOR YEARS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ENGAGING IN AN ACTIVITY WHERE HE'S COLLABORATING AND YOU KNOW, SOCIALIZING IS HARD AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MY SON. IT'S ABOUT ALL STUDENTS PURSUING THIS ACTIVITY AND HAVING A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION. SO THANK YOU. >> HI EVERYONE. MY SON IS A NINTH GRADER AND SOPHIA. I'M ALSO HERE TO ASK YOU TO BRING J.V. SOCCER TO S.F. USD FINALS. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS
REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE. >> I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I AM HEARTBROKEN THAT FOR MY SON AFTER BEING IN S.F. USD SINCE KINDERGARTEN PLAYING SOCCER THAT REALISTICALLY HE HAS ALMOST NO CHANCE OF PLAYING IN A HIGH SCHOOL. AND THAT'S BECAUSE ONLY VARSITY SOCCER IS OFFERED AS YOU CAN SEE EVERY SINGLE OTHER UM. BAY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ABLE TO FIGURE OUT VARSITY AND J.V. NOT US. WE'RE THE BIG RED X. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU KNOW VARSITY SOCCER REALISTICALLY IS DOMINATED MOSTLY BY KIDS AND CLUB TEAMS WILL. NOT EVERYONE CAN PLAY. PAY THOSE EXPENSIVE CLUB FEES AND I'M SAD AND FRANKLY FRUSTRATED THAT A SPORT THAT'S SO INCLUSIVE, THAT'S SO LOW COST TO PLAY AND THAT ATTRACTS SUCH DIVERSE PLAYERS. >> I'M SORRY BUT SOMEHOW EXCLUSIVE AT SFA USD IT'S AGAINST SFA USD VALUES AND IT NEEDS TO CHANGE NOW. >> THANK YOU.
OKAY. >> HI EVERYBODY. SO AS THIS VISUAL SHOWS SFA USD IS THE ONLY DISTRICT IN THE BAY AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE A JV SOCCER LEAGUE. THIS ISN'T A NEW PROBLEM AT ALL. FOR MANY MANY YEARS PARENTS HAVE BEEN UPSET ABOUT THIS. SO YOU IN THESE LARGE SCHOOLS LIKE LOL LINCOLN WASHINGTON WHATEVER THE BIG SCHOOLS ARE YOU MIGHT HAVE A SCENARIO WHERE 60 KIDS TRY OUT AND ONLY TWO NINTH GRADERS MAKE IT. >> OKAY THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF REASONS. SPORTS OFFER CONNECTION TEAM BUILDING COMMUNITY BUT IT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING KIDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS. >> THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR OF ADVOCATING FOR THIS. I'VE MET PARENTS WHO AND YOU KNOW WE CAN ROLL OUR EYES AND SAY THEY'RE PRIVILEGED BUT THAT'S JUST LIKE THAT'S A. THAT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. WE CAN'T ROLL MY EYES AND PRETEND THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO LOSE THOSE FAMILIES. >> AND SO WE WERE TOLD INITIALLY THE OBSTRUCTION WAS MONEY. WE WERE TOLD IT'S $45,000 A YEAR. IT'S MONEY WE CAN'T OFFER IT. WE SAID OKAY, WELL WE'LL RAISE MONEY WITH PTA ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS, PARENT DONATIONS, SUPERVISORS MONEY AND THEN WE
WERE TOLD OH NO, IT'S NOT MONEY IT'S THIS. SO IT'S THAT IT'S THIS. SO YOU ARE LOSING MONEY ON PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS IN SOMETHING THAT PTA IS AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS AND PARENTS WERE SAYING TO FUND SO PLEASE PLEASE ADVOCATE FOR THIS. WE NEED SOMEBODY TO COMMUNICATE AND TAKE THIS ON. IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. THIS LIST SHOULD EMBARRASS US ALL. MY HUSBAND AND I TEACH IN THIS DISTRICT AND I'VE TAUGHT YEARS UP AND THIS LIST SHOULD EMBARRASS ME. IT SHOULD EMBARRASS YOU. IT REALLY SHOULD. I'M SORRY, PRESIDENT KIM. THAT'S THE TIME WE HAVE RESERVED FOR OH, I ALSO NEED TO SPEAK A CARD. I ALSO SUBMITTED A CARD FIRST TO SPEAK. MANY DID. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND I'LL BE QUICK. I'LL BE QUICK. HOW MANY SPEAKER CARDS DO WE HAVE REMAINING?
APPROXIMATE DOZEN. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO NEED TWO. WE'LL GO TO ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE HAVE YUSEF WHO NEEDS TO SPEAK AFTERWARDS AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK. ONE MORE COMMENT. COME ON. COME ON. THERE ARE MANY, MANY SPEAKERS AND I'M JUST TRYING TO BE FAIR FOR EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED A CARD. I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. AND I WAS SO RUDE FOR THE ATTENDEES WHO ARE ON ZOOM AND WISH TO SPEAK PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE WILL GO IN THE ORDER THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THOSE. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CAROLINE COCHRAN AND AGAIN A REMINDER YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. HI. MY NAME IS CAROLINE COCHRAN AND I'M A PARENT OF A FOUR YEAR OLD OF FRANK MCCOURT, AN ELEMENTARY ONE OF THE FIVE SCHOOLS WITHOUT A PERMANENT TEACHER. IT'S BEEN THREE MONTHS OF A REVOLVING DOOR OF SUBSTITUTES, SOME WITH OUR SKILLS TO MANAGE WITH THE CLASSROOM. THERE ARE NO CONSISTENT ADULTS WHO EVEN KNOW OUR CHILDREN'S
NAMES. OUR KIDS ARE FACING INCREASED BEHAVIOR ISSUES AND THERE HAVE EVEN BEEN INCIDENTS OF CHILDREN LEAVING THE CLASSROOM UNNOTICED. WE'RE SENDING CIRCLES BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE PRINCIPAL, THE STATE BUT THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY AND NO PLAN. I'VE BECOME INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT MY OWN CHILD SAFETY. AND WHEN I REALIZED I WAS SCARED ON WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HIM DAY TO DAY IN THE CLASSROOM, I DECIDED I HAD TO REMOVE HIM FROM THE ENVIRONMENT. SADLY I KNOW NOT ALL FAMILIES HAVE THAT OPTION. I URGE YOU TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. PARENTS ARE BECOMING DESPERATE AND THESE FOUR AND FIVE YEAR OLDS ARE SUFFERING. THANK YOU. NEXT PERSON IS CLEO TILTON. >> CLEO TILTON IS. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PERSON ERICA. THANK YOU. SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS ARE BEING SUBMITTED TO THE SAME UNUSUAL AND CRUEL CONDITIONS THAT WE SEE HERE HAPPENING TO THOSE FAMILIES. THEY HAVE NOT JUST NO TEACHER
TO CALL THEIR OWN IN THEIR OWN CLASSROOMS BUT THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS ARE NOT THE SAME SUBSTITUTES THAT THE SCHOOLS AREN'T USED TO. THAT'S SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE USED TO WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT 100 1100 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS RIGHT NOW ARE BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY BY A SYSTEM OF SUBSTITUTES CALLED RED ROVER THAT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR PHONE CALLS. THAT REQUIRES SUBSTITUTES TO SET ALARMS AT NIGHT AT THREE IN THE MORNING, FOUR IN THE MORNING AND AGAIN AT 6 A.M. TO HAVE LEFT TO FIND AN ASSIGNMENT THAT DOES NOT MATERIALIZE. >> ON TOP OF THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS OUR SICK LEAVE I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WE STILL DIDN'T GET ANY ANSWER ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTE WORKER RIGHT TO A SICK LEAVE THAT'S GUARANTEED BY CALIFORNIA LABOR LAW. WHEN WE'RE INQUIRED WE ARE TOLD BY H.R. THAT WE'RE WAITING. >> I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE. >> RED ROVER IS NOT MY NEXT SPEAKER IS STARCHILD. GOOD EVENING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YES. THIS IS START CHILD CARE OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. STEP FORWARD FOR SOME HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. PUBLIC COMMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HAPPENS AT YOUR MEETING. SPEAKERS SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO A MINUTE. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO COMMUNICATE MUCH IN GENERAL AND PEOPLE KEEP GETTING DISCONNECTED. THERE WAS PROBLEMS WITH THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. ALSO THE CHAT IS NOT TURNED ON. PEOPLE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER ONLINE AS PEOPLE IN THE ROOM CAN. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. ALSO WE CAN'T HEAR PEOPLE IN THE ROOM IN THE AUDIENCE CLAPPING. I CAN SEE THEM CLAPPING ON MY VIDEO SCREEN BUT WE CANNOT HEAR THEM. THE COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE IS REGARDING I HEARD AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING WHEN IT FIRST START BROADCASTING ON THE RADIO ABOUT EXPULSIONS. NOW IT'S A MYTH THAT GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE TO YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO TAKE ALL COMERS BUT INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS DO NOT. AND PEOPLE SAY OH THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ARE JUST CHERRY PICKING THE BEST STUDENTS. BUT YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE ARE GETTING EXPELLED FROM THE
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AND FORCED INTO OTHER SCHOOLS. THEN CLEARLY THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS ARE ALSO DOING THE SAME THING OF CHOOSING WHICH STUDENTS THEY'RE GOING TO EDUCATE. >> ONE THIRD OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE IN THE DISTRICT CHOOSE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS OR HOME SCHOOLING. >> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONSTITUENCY THAT I'M SORRY THAT'S ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FERNANDO CHOOSER. HI, MY NAME IS FERNANDO JOSE. I'M A PARENT OF A STUDENT AT MISSION EDUCATION CENTER WHERE TWO OUT OF THREE CLASSROOMS HAVE BEEN UNSTAFFED SINCE SEPTEMBER. THIS IS IN ENTIRELY A CRISIS OF THIS BOARD'S CREATION. TWO NEW CLASSROOMS WERE ADDED AFTER LAST YEAR'S LOTTERY DEADLINE SURPRISING ALL THE PARENTS WHO ARE ADMITTED SINCE DAY 1ST MARCH OF 2025 PARENTS FROM MICHIGAN EDUCATION HAVE BEEN ASKING HOW THIS INCREASED CLASS SIZE WILL BE ACCOMMODATED. WE WERE GASLIT STRUNG ALONG PROMISED ANSWERS. NOW WE'RE FOUR MONTHS INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR AND OUR KIDS HAVE A ROTATING CAST OF SUBSTITUTES
WITH NO PATH FORWARD. LET ME BE CLEAR THAT THESE CHILDREN ARE FOUR YEARS OLD. THEY ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE GROUP WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW. THEY ARE BARELY TRAINED. THEY CAN'T WRITE. THEY DON'T KNOW THEIR HOME ADDRESSES. THEY ARE DEVELOPING BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. MY KID COMES HOME WITH FOUR YEAR OLD PANTS EVERY DAY. THEIR SAFETY IS AT RISK. THEY ARE BEING FAILED BY YOU . YOU ARE TOUTING 97% OF CLASSROOMS BEING STAFFED. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. HOW DARE YOU TELL A JOKE IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT? STAFF ARE CLASSROOM CREDENTIALED THOSE SUBSTITUTES I HAVE HEARD. >> I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNA. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. >> HI. MY NAME IS GENERAL LASZLO AND MY SON IS A PRE-K STUDENT AT MISSION EDUCATION CENTER. THAT'S PRE-K WHICH MEANS THESE ARE THREE YEAR OLDS THAT WE ARE SENDING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND COUNTING ON A DISTRICT TO KEEP SAFE. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IT HAS BEEN AN UNCOORDINATED AND UNDERRESOURCED MESS.
WE SHOWED UP ON THE FIRST DAY TO A CHAOTIC SITUATION LED BY MOSTLY INTERIM PROFESSIONALS. SINCE THEN, DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF INTERIM PROFESSIONALS ONSITE, WE ARE STILL WITHOUT PERMANENT TEACHER RESOURCING AND WE HAVE A NEVER ENDING ROTATION OF SUBS THAT I CAN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO KEEPING TRACK OF. THIS CAUSES ANXIETY AND STRAIN FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR OURSELVES. I'M WORRIED EVERY DAY ABOUT THE QUALITY OF PROGRAMING EDUCATION, CARE AND SAFETY THAT MY CHILD RECEIVES EACH WEEK. OUR ROTATING CAST OF SUBSTITUTES ARE USUALLY WARM FRIENDLY PEOPLE BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY'RE AT ALL WELL-MATCHED FOR THIS AGE GROUP OR PROGRAM AS I'VE WITNESSED INEFFECTIVE CONFLICT MEDIATION INAPPROPRIATE DEVICE USE AND MANY OTHER ISSUES. I'M ALSO QUITE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE NOT RECEIVING SUFFICIENT SPANISH INSTRUCTION WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE IN CHOOSING TO ENROLL AT ABC. THE ARMY ISSUES OF THIS YEAR WE'RE ANXIOUS AS WE COMPLETE ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT YEAR AS WE'RE EAGER TO REMAIN AT MSP. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED THAT THESE ISSUES ARE NOT BEING PRIORITIZED. HOW CAN WE BELIEVE THIS WILL BE RESOLVED AND THAT RESOLUTION WILL BE PERMANENT AND FOCUS WILL BE KEPT ON KEEPING THIS SUSTAINABLE.
FINALLY, I ALSO NOTE THAT WHILE TOURING ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I HEARD THAT SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TELLING PARENTS THAT AN ADVANTAGE OF ENROLLING AT MTC IS THAT IT QUOTE UNQUOTE VERY WELL RESOURCED. THAT FELT EXTRAORDINARILY INAPPROPRIATE. PROSPECTIVE PARENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT DESERVE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS WELL AND WE ALL DESERVE FOR IT TO BE RESOLVED. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTIAN LORENZO. HI THERE. I AM THE FATHER OF THREE KIDS THAT ARE IN THE SAME VIEW AS THE SYSTEM AND TWO OF THEM ARE GOING TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW. >> HI THERE. MY NAME IS MARCO. I AM A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE CREATION OF JUNIOR VARSITY SOCCER TEAMS IN SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT WAS VERY HARD TO FIND WAYS TO PLAY SOCCER FOR MYSELF WHEN I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THE VARSITY TEAM AND I HAD SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT DID THE SAME. >> HI MY NAME IS ELENA FORENZA. I'M AN EIGHTH GRADER AND WHEN I GO IN HIGH SCHOOL I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO HAVE THE TEAM MEETING. SO I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF HAVING A J.V. TEAM FOR OUR HIGH
SCHOOLS AND AS A STATE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VIRGINIA MARSHALL. SO MISS MARSHALL, ARE YOU THERE? >> I'M HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDS STABILITY. WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH SUPERINTENDENT SUE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. THE NAACP SUPPORTS DR. SULA BEING NAMED THE PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT. HOWEVER, WE WANT HER FIRST PRIORITY TO BE STUDENT LEARNING. WE WANT TO KNOW HOW SHE PLANS TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMIC PROGRESS OF ALL STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS. IF WE DIDN'T WANT CREDENTIAL AND EDUCATION IT IS FUNDAMENTAL. ALL OF US ATTENDED COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES AT NIGHT AND WEEKENDS TO EARN THE APPROPRIATE CREDENTIAL NECESSARY. NO SCHOOL CLOSURES PLEASE. RED ROVER SUBSTITUTE PAY EVERY STUDENT NEEDS A PRIMARY CREDENTIAL TEACHER. >> THE SEMESTER'S ALMOST OVER. PLEASE GET IT RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN
TRASVINA. GOOD EVENING. YOUR MOST IMPORTANT DECISION IS SELECTING A SUPERINTENDENT. YOU DECIDED THE PUBLIC GETS ONLY THREE DAYS NOTICE, NOT 12 AND IT'S NOT ON GOV TV BECAUSE THIS IS A PROGRESS MONITORING MEETING NOT INTENDED FOR MAJOR DECISIONS. TRANSPARENCY IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THERE'S NO REPORT ON WHY YOU BELIEVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT SHOULD BE EXTENDED. THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA OR HOW THEY EXPECTED 2627 BUDGET GAP BALLOONED UNDER YOUR WATCH FROM $15 MILLION LAST DECEMBER TO $59 MILLION IN JUNE TO NOW $102 MILLION. THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. IF OUR SCHOOL BOARD DOESN'T DO BETTER, HOW CAN WE EXPECT OUR SCHOOLS TO DO BETTER? >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LAST SPEAKER WITHIN THE ZOOM PORTION IS TINA. >> FORGIVE MY NAME BUT MY POSITION HERE PRODUCES. >> YES.
HI. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S MY HONOR TO BE THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION. I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN WITH YOU IN PERSON TONIGHT, BUT I'M SO PLEASED THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE THERE WITH YOU TO HELP WELCOME FIVE OF OUR NEWEST MEMBERS. IT IS OUR HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THEM AND THEY WILL BE CONFIRMED BY THE BOARD THIS EVENING AT AMBER BRIDGES, BRIDGET, CHERYL AND MIKAYLA HAVE ALREADY CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO OUR WORK. WE ARE TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE THEM AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT. WELCOME TO THEM. CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KIM THAT CONCLUDES OUR PORTION OF THE ZOOM PORTION OF PUBLIC COMMENT WITH YOUR PERMISSION. >> TRANSITION OVER TO THE USSF SPOKESPERSON. >> OKAY. SUPERINTENDENT C WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT KIM I ASKED PRESIDENT KIM IF I COULD JUST MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FAMILIES
WHO WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO OUR INTERIM ASSOCIATE SUPERINTEND OF EDUCATION SERVICE TO PLEASE. YOU CAN WALK OUT WE CAN. SHE'LL BE STANDING OUTSIDE THE LOBBY HERE. OH, THERE SHE IS. SO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS PARTICULARLY OUR MSE PARENTS, OUR MAKEUP AND PARENTS PARENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TC ISSUES, PLEASE TALK TO THERESA SCHIP OVER THERE AND SHE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE LATEST UPDATE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW THE HALL COULD WE NOT JUST DO IT HERE? SO AGAIN AS AS THE BOARD IS NOT ABLE TO SPEAK TO ITEMS THAT ARE NOT PREVIOUSLY AGENDA I SEE NOTICE AS PART OF OUR MEETING SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL NEW ITEMS. HOWEVER, AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY CHOOSE TO ALLOW STAFF TO SPEAK AND FOLLOW UP WITH CERTAIN SPEAKERS. THE BOARD UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T RESPOND INDIVIDUALS WHO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY IF FOLKS WANT TO SPEAK TO MEMBERS OF STAFF.
THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS MADE THAT AVAILABLE IN THE LOBBY AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY AND TAKE PART IN THE MEETING CONTINUING. COUNSEL ANYTHING TO ADD? >> NO. PRESIDENT KIM THAT WAS CORRECT. THANK YOU. HI, REVEREND BROWN. DID YOU HAD HAD YOU SUBMITTED A COMMENT CARD AND YOU'RE LOOKING TO SPEAK IS THAT RIGHT? YES. ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON SUPERINTENDENT SU? THAT'S RIGHT. SO UNFORTUNATELY THE COMMENT PERIOD HAS HAS CONCLUDED AT THIS TIME AND WE HAVE THE USF REPRESENTATIVE BEHIND YOU WHO NEEDS TO SPEAK. MAY I CONNECT WITH YOU SEPARATELY ONLINE OFFLINE. WASN'T THERE ABOUT A FEW PEOPLE THAT ALREADY DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK ONLINE? SO THEN WOULDN'T THAT ALLOW. THAT IS CORRECT TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE MINUTE. I'M ASKING DR. BROWN REVEREND
BROWN, IF I MAY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTERWARDS. WOULD THAT BE OKAY SO WE CAN ALL HEAR? WOULD THAT BE OKAY WITH YOU IF I FOLLOWED UP AFTERWARDS? REVEREND BROWN? I WOULD BEG OF YOU THAT I BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK. WE'LL ALLOW FOR A MINUTE. REVEREND BROWN AND THEN I ONLY HAVE A MINUTE SIX OR SECONDS IN IT. I DIDN'T SEEK IT. I DIDN'T CHOOSE IT. I MUST GIVE A COUNT. IF I LOSE IT, I MUST SUFFER. IF I ABUSE IT. I JUST RISE TO SAY MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MR. PRESIDENT ,LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING AND FOCUS ON COMMON TO COMMON GROUND AND IRON OUT ANY CHALLENGE REGARDING THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> SHE HAS PROVEN HERSELF TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL CHILDREN. >> SHE HAS THE RIGHT AND ENTITLEMENT TO TO GET ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALING. DON'T CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM. WE NEED CONSISTENCY IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. >> WE'LL GO TO THE USF RIGHT
NOW. THANK YOU EVERYONE. YOU ALL KNOW ME BECAUSE I HAD TO COME LAST TIME I SERVE AS A VICE PRESIDENT OF SUBSTITUTES FOR UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO. AND I'M ACTUALLY VERY FRUSTRATED TO BE UP HERE AGAIN TONIGHT. BUT I HAVE TO BE BECAUSE WE NEED LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN. WE NEED A VISION THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN. AND FOR THE THOUSAND PLUS SUBSTITUTES THAT SERVE AND YOU KNOW, HAVE USED WE'VE SEEN NOTHING AND FRIDAY IN THE MORNING LABOR WAS TOLD THAT THEIR PAY SCHEDULES WOULD CHANGE FROM THE FIFTH TO THE 10TH AND THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. ALL EMPLOYEES WERE INFORMED THAT SUBSTITUTES PAY WOULD CHANGE FROM THE FIFTH TO THE 10TH BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSIDERED EXTRAS. THEY'RE CONSIDERED ADD ONS. THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED WORTHY OF THE LAW. CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE REQUIRES THAT THEY BE PAID BY
THE FIFTH OF THE MONTH. >> AND OUR CONTRACT IS NOT WORTHY OF RESPECT BECAUSE 11 .9.8 SAYS THAT SUBSTITUTES HAVE TO BE PAID ON THE SAME DAY AS CERTIFICATED LABOR WAS INFORMED FOUR HOURS BEFORE SUBSTITUTE EMPLOYEES WERE INFORMED EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE NO SICK TIME REQUIRED BY CALIFORNIA LAW. EMPLOYEES THAT PAY HAS BEEN MESSED UP AND UNRESOLVED FOR YEARS. I HAVE GRIEVANCES FROM 2324 BECAUSE SOCIAL SECURITY IS TAKEN OUT OF RETIRED SUBSTITUTES PAY SOCIAL SECURITY FROM A YEAR IN WHICH NO EDUCATOR RECEIVES SOCIAL SECURITY. IT'S STILL HAPPENING AND THERE'S NO URGENCY AND NO INTEREST IN FIXING IT. AND MANY PEOPLE CAN SAY OKAY, SUBSTITUTES ARE CONSIDERED AT WILL. >> EMPLOYEES IN IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. MAYBE THEY DON'T MATTER. MAYBE THEY ARE EXTRAS. BUT WHAT S.F. USDA DOES WITH
SUBSTITUTES IS WHAT THEY DO WITH EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. >> AND I'M HERE AS PART OF ALL OF THAT. I'VE TAUGHT SINCE 2007 AND I SERVE U.S. I HAVE A STUDENT AT BALBOA HIGH SCHOOL AND A STUDENT AT SUNNYSIDE. I'M A PARENT IN S.F. USC. I UNDERSTAND HOW THESE ALL CONNECT TOGETHER. SO I'M HERE SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ON THE ISSUE OF SUBSTITUTES BECAUSE SOMETHING IS WRONG IN YOUR PAYROLL DEPARTMENT. >> AND WE NEED TO SEE THE LEADERSHIP REQUIRED SO THAT SOMEONE IS THERE UNTIL IT GETS FIXED FOR US. SPENDS HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS COLLABORATING WITH EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN S.F. USD EVERY SINGLE ONE. THE ONE WHERE WE CAN'T GET ANYWHERE IS THE PAYROLL DEPARTMENT THE ONE IN CHARGE OF THE MONEY THAT WE ARE THEN TOLD YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIND A
SPECIAL EDUCATION WORKLOAD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO FUND FULLY COVERED DEPENDENT CARE. YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO MAKE SURE EDUCATORS CAN STAY FOR THE STABILITY THAT THESE PARENTS SPOKE TO AND TAKE THE STABILITY THAT IS OUR ENROLLMENT THAT WILL GROW OUR ENROLLMENT THAT WILL GROW OUR FUNDING THAT STARTS WITH FIXING THE ISSUE WITH SUBSTITUTES AND FIXING IT NOW. >> AND IT'S NOT ME FILING A GRIEVANCE THREE MONTHS AGO AND NOT HEARING ANYTHING AND THEN GETTING IN THE GRIEVANCE HEARING AND NO JOKE BEING TOLD OH EVEN THOUGH IT'S A VIOLATION OF OUR CONTRACT TO PAY THEM ON THE FIFTH YOU'RE GOING TO BE REALLY UPSET BECAUSE NOW WE'RE PAYING THEM ON THE 10TH. OH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD FRIDAY. SORRY YOU'RE SO UPSET. BUT WE CONSIDER THEM TO BE EXTRAS. >> WE CONSIDER EDUCATORS TO BE EXTRAS. >> >> WE NEED TO SEE ON THE GROUND LEADERSHIP TO FIX THIS NOW.
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE CAN WAIT FOR. WE WANT STABILITY FOR OUR SCHOOLS. WE WANT FULLY STAFFED SCHOOLS. >> WE WANT THE SCHOOLS OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. >> AND THAT STARTS WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US RIGHT. >> THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES. THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM ARE TASKED WITH PROVIDING A DRAFT OF EACH AGENDA ITEM 12 DAYS IN ADVANCE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO REVIEW ONCE THEIR DRAFT AGENDA IS MADE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO SUBMIT, CLARIFYING AND TACTICAL QUESTIONS AND STAFF HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE OF EACH BOARD MEETING. THIS Q&A IS LINKED INTO EACH BOARD AGENDA ON BOARD TODAY UNDER ITEM ONE. WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW THOSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALONGSIDE OUR DISCUSSIONS TODAY. ADDITIONALLY, TO CREATE MORE SPACE FOCUS ON CERTAIN 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 SO THAT WE CAN BE BETTER INFORMED IN OUR DECISION MAKING AND PARTNER WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WE HOLD HER ACCOUNTABLE. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE'VE MOVED ITEM H TWO TO THIS POINT HERE ITEM 2511-18 ESP TWO APPROVAL OF HIPS AND WAIVERS. >> CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? SO MOVED I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ACTION ITEM TO 511-8 ESP TO APPROVAL OF PIPS AND WAIVERS. I HAVE A SECOND SECOND. IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED TO MOVE SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVES ITEM 2511-18 ESP TO APPROVAL OF PIPS AND WAIVERS. I CALL ON THE SUPERINTENDENT TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM. BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF H.R. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE WANT
OUR CLASSROOMS TO BE FILLED WITH A CERTIFICATED TEACHER. WE ARE TRYING REALLY, REALLY HARD TO DO THAT. IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT WE DO HAVE A MISSION ECONOMIC MISSION EDUCATION CENTER MSE THAT IS STILL LOOKING FOR A PRINCIPAL. HOWEVER WE HAVE A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE THAT CANDIDATE IS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND BECAUSE IT IS IN OUR PROCESS WE CAN'T SHARE MORE. WE ACTUALLY ALSO HAVE CANDIDATES FOR T K FOR T K CLASSROOMS OVER IN MC HOPPIN AS WELL AS MSE. AND BECAUSE THOSE CANDIDATES ARE GOING THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS WE CANNOT SHARE MORE. BUT I DO WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT IT IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY TO HAVE QUALIFIED TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM PARTICULARLY TO SERVE OUR YOUNGEST MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF IF ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT AMY BEAR WANTS TO ADD MORE TO THAT.
SURE. SO JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE K VACANCIES AS THE STATE HAS EXPANDED T K ENROLLMENT TO ALL FOUR YEAR OLDS, MANY DISTRICTS ARE EXPERIENCING A SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED T K TEACHERS. T K TEACHERS NEED TO HAVE BOTH A MULTIPLE SUBJECT CREDENTIAL AND UNITS IN EARLY EDUCATION. AS DR. C SAID WE ARE ACTIVELY RECRUITING TEACHERS AND WORKING CREATIVELY TO ASSIST THEM GETTING THROUGH THE CREDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED CANDIDATES FOR THREE OF THE 5TK OPENINGS AND ARE IN THE ONBOARDING PROCESS WITH THE PRINCIPAL AT MBC THAT WE EXPECT TO START IN DECEMBER. WE'RE ALSO REACHING OUT TO NON PUBLIC AGENCIES FOR THESE HARD TO FILL POSITIONS WHICH IS A LAST RESORT FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT. OF COURSE. BUT WE REALLY ARE COMMITTED TO DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FILL THESE POSITIONS. >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. YEAH, I MEAN I HEAR WHAT'S BEING SAID HERE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S
STATEWIDE SHORTAGES. THAT'S REAL AND IT'S TRUE IN SPECIAL ED AS WELL AS AS WELL AS TC. AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD NOW FOR FIVE YEARS AND I ALWAYS HEAR AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT BUT I THINK I ALWAYS HEAR THE SAME RESPONSE. WE'RE ACTIVELY RECRUITING. WE'RE ACTIVELY RECRUITING. WE'RE ACTIVELY RECRUITING. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR CREATIVELY ADDRESSING THESE PROBLEMS AND I GUESS I WANT TO ASK IF WE COULD PERHAPS AGENDA SOME TIME TO REALLY I MEAN WE'VE HAD EVERY SINGLE YEAR I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD WE'VE HAD SHORTAGES. YOU KNOW WE HAD THIS BED SHORTAGES WITH THE T K SHORTAGES AND IT'S ALWAYS LIKE YEAH WE'RE RECRUITING YEAH WE'RE RECRUITING. BUT THEN I'VE ALSO BEEN APPROACHED BY PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT VISAS PROVIDING WORK BASED VISAS FOR YOU KNOW, IMMIGRANTS. BUT I KNOW IT'S HARDER IN THIS ENVIRONMENT BUT THERE'S THERE'S CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THIS AND I'VE FRANKLY NEVER SEEN A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT REALLY LAYS THAT OUT. AND SO I'M WONDERING JUST TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC FINALLY ON THIS IF WE IF WE COULD SCHEDULE SOME TIME TO HEAR IN MORE DEPTH I KNOW
THAT'S NOT THE AGENDA ITEM HERE BUT ON THIS TOPIC AND WHAT ARE WE REALLY DOING TO ADDRESS THESE VACANCIES SUPERINTENDENTS SEE YOU THEN. >> COMMISSIONER FISHER. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I AGREE WE NEED TO BE MORE STRATEGIC. WE NEED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN SEEKING OUT HIGH QUALITY QUALIFIED TEACHERS TO FILL OUR CLASSROOMS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE HAVE BUILT A PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY COLLEGE WHERE WE ARE WORKING WITH CITY COLLEGE TO GET TO HELP OUR TEACHERS GET THE CREDITS THAT THEY NEED. WE'RE ALSO BUILDING A PARTNERSHIP WITH SAN FRANCISCO STATE SO THAT SENSE THAT WE CAN START BUILDING THAT PIPELINE WITH SAN FRANCISCO STATE SO THAT OUR TEACHERS CAN GET THE CREDENTIALS AND THEN COME TO WELL GET THE EDUCATION THEN COME TO US AND GET THE CREDENTIAL. AS A MATTER OF FACT THIS WEEKEND I WAS WITH A BUNCH OF TEACHERS TALKING TO THEM ABOUT
JOINING S.F. USD SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE HIGH QUALITY, HIGH QUALITY FULLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS TO JOIN TO JOIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT I HEAR YOU WE NEED TO HAVE SOME CLARITY AROUND WHERE WE ARE GOING, HOW WE ARE DOING THAT AND AND I KNOW THAT OUR HEAD OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IS ACTUALLY THINKING AND TALKING TO SOME OF THESE INTERNATIONAL PROVIDERS TO SEE IF WE CAN BRING SOME OF THAT EXPERTISE INTO INTO SAN FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU, DR. SUE. I APPRECIATE THAT AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WITH COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S COMMENTS. I'D LIKE TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE THE CHILD CARE PLANNING AND ADVISORY COUNCIL HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT IS WORKING ON BABY PROP C AND AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE INDEPENDENT MANY OF THEM ARE SMALL BUSINESSES, WOMEN OWNED MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES
THAT RUN OUR CHILD CARE CENTERS ,FAMILY CHILD CARE CENTERS HERE IN THE SAME HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO ARE TELLING US IS THAT OUR TECH EXPANSION IS ACTUALLY CANNIBALIZING FROM THE SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THAT IS TROUBLING ON ONE HAND, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE OPENING PROGRAMS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE QUALIFIED STAFF TO STAFF THEM. AND THE THE MESSAGE THAT I'M HEARING PARTICULARLY FROM FOLKS THAT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS IS FAMILIES ARE TELLING THEM THAT AS A FEW A C IS PRESENTING THIS AS IF THE FAMILIES HAVE NO CHOICE BUT COMING INTO SFD PRE-K AND T CASE WHEN THERE IS THE OPTION TO STAY IN THESE HOME BASED CENTERS. SO WHAT COLLABORATION ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE ESPECIALLY WHEN SOME OF OUR FAMILIES NEED LINGUISTICALLY AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT SERVICES THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO PROVIDE? HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH THESE SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE
THE CHILDREN OF SAN FRANCISCO THE EDUCATION THAT THEY DESERVE ? >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FISHER FOR THAT QUESTION. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS ACTUALLY MEETING WITH THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD. I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH DAY NOW BUT SOMETIME THIS WEEK AND AND THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES AND THE HEAD OF THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CREATE A SYSTEM A LOT OF OUR PRESCHOOL AND CHILD CARE PROGRAMS ARE JOINTLY FUNDED BY MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THAT AS S.F. USD AND QUITE FRANKLY THE STATE EXPANSION OF TECH STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO ,IT IS NOW OUR OUR OUR CENTER BASED AS WELL AS HOME BASED PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE TRULY FEELING THE PRESSURE OF THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE FOUR YEAR OLDS ARE COMING INTO S.F. USD AND LEAVING THEIR CENTER BASED AND HOME BASE SITES AND WHICH CAUSES A HUGE ECONOMIC SHIFT FOR A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES AND WE AS A CITY NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
QUITE FRANKLY, SELFISHLY I AM HAVING THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I WANT TO INVITE THOSE TEACHERS TO COME AND JOIN S.F. USD AND HENCE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH SAN FRANCISCO STATE BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE TEACHERS HAVE THE CREDITS ALREADY. THEY DON'T HAVE THE VA AND SO IT WILL TAKE TIME. IT TAKES TIME BUT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. WE'RE MOVING ON IN THE RIGHT PATH TO BUILD THAT TO BUILD THE BANDWIDTH FOR THAT. >> SO WE NEED TO WELL I WANT YOU TO REMIND US OF THIS ITEM AS OUR PETITION WAIVERS THAT THE QUESTION I THINK FROM A CREDENTIALING STANDPOINT MAYBE I'LL I'LL BRING IT TO YOU AS A SUPERINTENDENT BEAR, CAN YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE HERE FROM A CREDENTIALING STANDPOINT AND IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS A BOARD OR INDIVIDUALLY IN THAT REGARD? SO AS DR. SUE SHARED THE THE MAJORITY OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROVIDERS DO NOT TYPICALLY HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
WE CAN WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE EARLY CHILDHOOD UNITS AND THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE. WE CAN GET THEM AN EMERGENCY CREDENTIAL OR AN INTERN CREDENTIAL BUT IT'S REALLY THE COMBINATION OF THE BACHELOR'S THE MULTIPLE SUBJECT CREDENTIAL AND SIX THE MINIMUM OF SIX UNITS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION WE CAN WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT CITY COLLEGE SAN FRANCISCO STATE. THOSE EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSES ARE VERY FULL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THIS DEMAND. SO THAT THAT'S BEEN ANOTHER BARRIER BUT IT'S REALLY THE MULTIPLE SUBJECT CREDENTIAL AND A MINIMUM OF SIX CREDITS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND AND I WILL JUST EXPRESS I THINK THE THE FRUSTRATION THAT I FEEL AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE NECESSARILY AT THIS DAIS OR THERE ON STAFF WERE NECESSARILY THE ONES WHO ARE AROUND WITH THIS TOOK PLACE BUT THE THE REQUIREMENT CAME WHAT ABOUT 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO NOW THEY'VE BEEN FACING T.K. AND FOR MANY YEARS NOW SO I BELIEVE 2015 MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE THE FIRST YEAR OF T.K. SO THIS HAS BEEN WE'VE BEEN KNOWING THIS IS COMING BUT
THE STATE HAS BEEN DELAYING IT KNOW IT WAS DELAYED AGAIN AFTER COVID. SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THESE CREDENTIALS. I MEAN JUST PERHAPS FROM AN HONEST ASSESSMENT, WE WEREN'T PREPARED FOR EDUCATORS TO SUPPORT THEM TO COME INTO A WORKFORCE HERE AND AND I THINK THAT'S I MEAN THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS RELATED TO OUR BUDGET THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE HONEST ABOUT OWN AND JUST ACCEPT THE FACT THAT WE WEREN'T PREPARED TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND AND I, I DON'T THINK THIS IS ANY DIFFERENT IN THAT WE WE AS A SYSTEM WE JUST WEREN'T PREPARED. I MEAN THE THE PIPELINES THAT WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW WITH STATE AND CITY COLLEGE FRANKLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PIPELINES THAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING YEARS AND YEARS AGO THAT WE'VE KEPT MAINTAINING BUILDING GROWING SO THAT WE HAVE A PIPELINE OF YOUR EARLY EDUCATORS READY AS WE OPEN THE FLOODGATE IN A GREAT WAY TO TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR
CITY. AND WHILE THIS DOESN'T ADDRESS THE KIND OF REALITIES OF THEIR CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW, I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE WEREN'T PREPARED AND TO YOUR POINT, COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER LIKE WE NEED TO BE A SYSTEM THAT ACTUALLY ANTICIPATES THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPE ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMETHING STATE LEVEL WHERE THEY'VE GIVEN US YEARS TO PREPARE FOR. AGAIN, I DON'T PUT THIS ON YOUR SHOULDERS NECESSARILY OR THE SUPERINTENDENTS BUT BUT IT IS THAT KIND OF FOR FORETHOUGHT THAT WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF AND AND AND DISTRICTS GENERALLY I THINK DON'T DO A GREAT JOB OF PLANNING BEYOND THEIR NEXT YEAR BUT THIS IS PARTIALLY WHAT GOT INTO OUR FINANCIAL MESS AND CERTAINLY IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE IN OUR CURRENT MESS RIGHT NOW. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING LIKE HANGING AROUND AND IT'S JUST WORTH NAMING THAT CHALLENGE THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND AND AND WE WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. JUST TO SHARE WITH COMMISSIONER AND THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH
THE SUPERINTENDENT TODAY FOR THE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE AFFECTED, THERE IS A DESIRE TO REACH OUT TO THOSE FAMILIES FOR A MEETING THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS PLANNING ON HAVING ON FRIDAY. AND SO I TO AT LEAST PROVIDE A DIRECT UPDATE ON EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS RIGHT NOW. SO JUST SO COMMISSIONERS ARE AWARE WE'LL DO COMMISSIONER RAY AND THEN COMMISSIONER GUPTA THANK YOU. PRESIDENT KIM. I JUST HAVE A BRIEF COMMENT I WANTED TO EXPRESS FIRST HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE PRESIDENT KIM THAT YOU HAVE NAMED A FEELING THAT I THINK SO MANY PEOPLE HAD AND THAT FOLKS HAVE EXPRESSED IN THE PUBLIC THAT WE WEREN'T PREPARED TO THAT THAT IS A FAILURE ON OUR PART AS A DISTRICT AND I WISH IT WERE OTHERWISE. WE CAN'T GO BACK AND CHANGE WHAT'S HAPPENED BUT WE CAN DO OUR UTMOST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO MUCH BETTER GOING FORWARD. AND I DEEPLY, DEEPLY HOPE THAT WE WILL DO THAT AND THAT WE WILL SOLICIT PARENTS KNOW PARENTS INPUT AND COMMENTS
ABOUT HOW BEST TO DO THAT AND ALSO THE NEW INFORMATION YOU JUST SHARED ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT PLANNING TO MEET WITH FAMILIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND THANK YOU, MS.. BAER, FOR YOUR WORK TRYING TO GET THESE POSITIONS FILLED. IF I COULD MAKE ONE COMMENT IN RESPONSE TO BOTH OF YOUR COMMENTS. AS I TOLD YOU IN PREVIOUS YEARS WHEN I'VE REPORTED TO YOU THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR COMING INTO THE DISTRICT THE SYSTEMS IN THIS DISTRICT HAVE BEEN BROKEN FOR SOME TIME. WE ARE FINALLY STABILIZING SOME OF THE AREAS. I MEAN THINGS LIKE A SENIORITY LIST DIDN'T EXIST, RIGHT? LIKE WHEN YOU SAY WE HAVEN'T HAD VISION AND PLANNING COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YOU'RE RIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON JUST SURVIVING. WE ARE FINALLY GETTING SOME SYSTEMS IN ORDER. WE HAVE A COMPETENT FINANCIAL PERSON IN CHRIS MOUNT MINUTOS YOU KNOW I THINK WE'RE IN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE SILOS, STOP FOCUSING ON JUST SURVIVAL AND DO SOME
ACTUAL PLANNING SO THAT OUR BUSINESS AND ITS SERVICES ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO SAY OKAY WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, WHERE SHOULD WE PUT THE LANGUAGE PATHWAYS? WHERE SHOULD WE OPEN TO CLASSES ? RIGHT? THIS ISN'T A CONVERSATION THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO BE HAD IN THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN BARELY SURVIVING. SO I THINK THAT HAS TO BE A FOCUS GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU, MR. GUPTA. IT WAS VERY APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY IN THAT AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THE ASSESSMENT HERE THAT THAT GIVES WORDS TO THE PALPABLE TENSION THAT WE FEEL. AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY DISTRICT FACING THIS. PERHAPS WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT FAIL TO PLAN IN ADVANCE. >> ARE YOU IN CONTACT WITH OTHER DISTRICTS? HAVE YOU SEEN ANY PROMISING SOLUTIONS THAT OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONDUCT OR EXECUTE THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO BRIDGE THE GAP THAT THEY SEE IN AN ACCELERATED PERIOD OF TIME? I THINK WORKING WITH THE PRESCHOOL PROVIDERS HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL FOR FOR OTHER DISTRICTS ALSO PIPELINE PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW WE'VE REALLY GONE AWAY FROM SOME OF OUR PIPELINE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST AND THAT CAN BE A GOOD SOLUTION FOR T K FOR LANGUAGE CLASSES AND ALSO FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT SHOULD CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE AND THAT ACTUALLY SEGWAYS RIGHT INTO THE REASON I RAISED MY HAND A SECOND TIME I WANTED TO POINT OUT BOTH FROM A LACK OF PREPARATION STANDPOINT BUT ALSO STRATEGIC PLANNING WAS THAT IN SHORT SIGHTED BUDGET CUTS WE WE CLOSED ALL OF OUR PARE AT A TEACHER ALL OF OUR PIPELINE PROGRAMS AND WE ARE LITERALLY PAYING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THAT NOW NOT ONLY IN YOU KNOW THE COMPARED YOU KNOW HAVING TO HIRE OUTSIDE INSTEAD OF YOU KNOW SO HOW DO WE UNDO THAT IF WE REALLY LIKE IS THAT PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO BRING THESE PROGRAMS BACK? WHAT CAN WE DO TO UNDO THE SINS OF THE PAST AND FIX SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS IN IN REAL
CONCRETE WAYS? I DO THINK WE WOULD WELCOME A CONVERSATION WITH DIFFERENT DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE LONG TERM PLANNING AND THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO LOOK AT. THERE'S RESIDENCY PROGRAMS, THERE'S VISAS YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH COMPANIES TO DO THIS WORK IN OTHER COUNTRIES H.R. CUT A DIRECTOR OF RECRUITING AS A BUDGET CUT. RIGHT. SO YOU KNOW THIS IS IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY IS A PROBLEM AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE DISTRICT TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION EITHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I'M I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO PLACE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF MORE WORK TO DO. CLEARLY I THINK THE WORST POSSIBLE THING IS THAT WE DON'T ASK THE QUESTIONS AND WE DON'T ACTUALLY GET TO SOLUTIONS AND SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE AT LEAST BEING ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND POSITION CONTROL IS A WAY BETTER POSITION THAT WE'RE IN THAN YEARS PAST. SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO
PREVIOUS BOARDS AND LEADERS, THE REALITY IS IT'S WORSE FOR US TO NOT HAVE THE CONVERSATION . SO I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE SEND OUR THANKS TO YOUR TEAM. >> THANK YOU. I STILL NEED TO DO THE ITEMS YES, THANK YOU. YEAH. SO I'M SEEKING APPROVAL OF TWO PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP PERMITS TO ALLOW ONE MULTIPLE SUBJECT AND ONE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM WHILE THEY COMPLETE THEIR CREDENTIAL ROLL COVER PLEASE. MS. LET OFF STUDENT DELEGATE MINE YES. STUDENT DELEGATE CRUZ YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT OF JULIE COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORK YES. AND PRESIDENT KIM YES. A SIX EYES MOVING TO ENEMY APPROVAL OF PUT ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF BOARD MEETING MINUTES ITEM ONE APPROVAL OF MINUTES SPECIAL MEETING OF AUGUST 25TH 24TH EXCUSE ME 2025
CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND SO MOVED SECOND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVED BOARD MINUTES SPECIAL MEETINGS OF AUGUST 24TH 2025. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD COMMISSIONER RAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN WHY I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THE MINUTES FOR THE AUGUST 24TH MEETING AT THE AUGUST 24TH MEETING WHICH WAS A SPECIAL MEETING ABOUT GOVERNANCE. I RAISED A POINT OF ORDER ABOUT PUBLIC NOTICE SINCE THERE HAD ONLY BEEN 24 HOURS NOTICE OF THE MEETING BUT OUR BOARD RULES REQUIRE 72 HOURS. >> GENERAL COUNSEL INDICATED THE MEETING COULD CONTINUE UNDER STATE LAW AND THAT THE CONFLICT WITH OUR OWN RULES COULD BE NOTED FOR THE RECORD WHEN I REVIEWED THE DRAFT MINUTES FOR THE MEETING I SAW THAT THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE POINT OF ORDER SO I ASKED THAT THIS BE INCLUDED. BOARD LEADERSHIP DECIDED NOT TO INCLUDE IT AND ALSO DECIDED NOT TO INCLUDE POINTS OF ORDER AS A PRACTICE GOING FORWARD. MINUTES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AN ACCURATE REFLECTION OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING A MEETING
AND IT IS STANDARD PRACTICE TO INCLUDE POINTS OF ORDER IN THE MINUTES. OUR CITY'S OWN ELECTION COMMISSION STATES ALL POINTS OF ORDER AND APPEALS MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES I'VE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND FOLLOWING OUR OWN RULES BEFORE AND I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT THESE ISSUES ARE FUNDAMENTAL FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC TRUST. THUS I WILL VOTE NO ON THE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU AND ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. REAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS LINE UP STUDENT DELEGATE MONTH AND I NOTICE THE MINUTES OKAY. OH AUGUST 24TH WERE YOU THERE? OKAY COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES . COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEELING COMMISSIONER RAY NO. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORD YES. >> PRESIDENT KIM YES. WITH FIVE EYES AND E TO RECONSIDER ATION AND CORRECTION OF BOARD MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE WORKSHOP CORRECTED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH 2025.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND SO MOVED SECOND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD HAS RECONSIDERED AND APPROVED THE BOARD MINUTES SPECIAL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 30TH 2025. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? >> I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK ON PROCEDURE FOR THIS PRESIDENT KIM THIS WAS I SAW THAT THE MEETING MINUTES HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. DO WE NEED TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL MOTION OR DO WE JUST GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE MINUTES? >> THIS IS A REVOTE RE ADOPTION OF CORRECTED MINUTES FOR THIS DATE. OKAY. SO NO NO SPECIFIC MOTION IS NEEDED THEN WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND BEYOND THE ONE THAT WAS JUST MADE I JUST CALLED FOR A SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING ADDITIONAL. THANK YOU. YEAH, WAIT TILL WE GET A SECOND. OKAY. SORRY. REAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I DIDN'T DELEGATE. YES. STUDENT DELEGATE CROSS YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER? YES.
COMMISSIONER FISHER. YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. I SUPPOSE IN THE HEALING COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. AND PRESIDENT KIM YES. THAT IS SUCCESS. THANK YOU. ITEM F ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS AND APPOINTMENTS ITEM ONE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SEEK CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS A CONDUCTOR TO TO READ THIS INTRODUCES ITEM THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM I AM SO EXCITED AND HONORED TO INTRODUCE JULIA MARTIN OUR OMBUDSMAN AND YOU'VE ACTUALLY HEARD OF ALREADY FROM SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE NEWLY APPOINTED CAC BUT I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO JULIA TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE SORRY A POINT OF ORDER . >> YES. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE CHIEF CLERK WHERE DOES THAT GO IN THIS SECTION? >> SO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS TYPICALLY HAPPEN AT THE END UNDER ITEM UNDER INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. IS THAT RIGHT? THEY'RE USUALLY GROUPED WITH
IT'S THIS SECTION OF THE AGENDA IS CALLED ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR APPOINTMENT APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE THIS IS A WORKSHOP AGENDA SOME OF THE ITEMS AREN'T ON HERE. SO FOR EXAMPLE THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT WASN'T ON HERE EITHER SO THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE DURING A REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING. >> CORRECT. BUT THE LAST MEETING WASN'T ON THERE EITHER AND I TRIED TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO THE CHIEF CLERK AT THE LAST MEETING AND THAT WASN'T ON THAT ONE. SO I WAITED TILL THIS MEETING AND IT DOES ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS ON APPOINTMENTS AND THIS IS NOT A WORKSHOP ITEM. THIS IS LIKE A REGULAR CAN I POINT OF ORDER JUST THE CAC IS WRITTEN INTO NOISES OUTSIDE BEFORE TOO HIGH. MR. ELLIOTT YOUR MIKE IS ON THIS CAC IS WRITTEN INTO ED CODE IN THE WAY THAT NONE OF THE OTHER ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND THE THE WAY WE HAVE TO APPOINT MEMBERS IS DONE DIFFERENTLY THAN THE REST OF THE OTHER THAN I THINK THE DISTRICT ENGLISH LANGUAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT ARE WRITTEN INTO STATED CODE AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO TAKE YOU KNOW DEFINITELY ON CC'S NO, NO NO THAT'S FINE. >> I'M JUST I JUST WANT TO
APPOINT SOMEONE TO THE CHIEF CLERK WHICH I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO. THERE'S A SECOND MEETING I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IN A ROW AND THERE IS AN AGENDA ITEM. THIS HAS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR PERSON APPOINTMENTS. I JUST I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN AND DURING THIS AGENDA ITEM I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO IT. DO WE NEED DOES IT NEED TO BE NAMED? WE DON'T AT WORKSHOPS THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE A REGULAR MEETING AND YOU CAN DO IT. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD AT THE LAST MEETING. I KNOW BUT THEY DID. NO, I SWEAR I TRIED TO. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO APPOINT SOMEBODY TO THE PEACOCK FOR A MONTH. THEY ONLY HAVING ONE MEETING THIS MONTH? NO, THERE WAS A ONE. SO WHY DON'T I AS PART OF OUR GENDER REVIEW I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING. >> OKAY. WE'LL INCLUDE THAT ITEM. IT'S QUITE FRUSTRATING WHEN WE TRYING TO FULFILL OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS BOARD MEMBERS AND THEN LIKE IT'S IN IT DOES SAY ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS OF WOMEN. >> SO WHY WHY IS THAT ON THE AGENDA IF I CAN'T I APPOINT APPOINTED UNDER THAT OR NO BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY YOU CAN I JUST DON'T KNOW THE
REASONING. >> I THINK THAT WAS EXPLAINED BY COMMISSIONER FISHER IS CORRECT WHICH IS THAT THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF APPOINTMENT AND I THINK THAT FOR THE OTHER KINDS OF APPOINTMENTS IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THIS DISTRICT VACILLATES BETWEEN A WORKSHOP AND A REGULAR MEETING UNDER THE LAW THERE'S NO SUCH DISTINCTION. WELL I'M AWARE THAT'S WHY IT'S FRUSTRATING AND WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THESE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND SO WHEN WE'RE ASKED TO FIND PEOPLE FOR THEM AND A LOT OF BOARD MEMBERS HAVEN'T DONE IT AND I'VE BEEN I DID MY DUE DILIGENCE. I GOT A PERSON THAT I ASKED I'VE SPOKEN TO AND THEY SAID THEY WANT TO VOLUNTEER AND I CAN'T APPOINT THEM SO I'LL STOP TALKING BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE I'M GETTING OVERRULED. BUT IT'S FRUSTRATING. YEAH, TOTALLY NOTED PART OF OUR AGENDA REVIEW WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT BUSINESS MEETING WHICH I BELIEVE IS A THE NINTH THE NINTH WE'LL HAVE THAT AS AN ITEM FOR YOU TO APPOINT. CAN I ASK A POINT OF CLARIFICATION? YES. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO SERVE ON THE CEC IN AN INTERIM CAPACITY UNTIL THEY ARE OFFICIALLY APPOINTED?
DO WE HAVE ANY MECHANISM FOR THAT IF COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER HAS A VOLUNTEER WHO'S READY TO GO, MORE POWER TO THAT PERSON AND THANK YOU TO THAT PERSON FOR WANTING TO SERVE. YEAH WELL I MEAN I WOULD HOPE OUR BUREAUCRACY WOULDN'T GET IN THE WAY OF THAT. >> YEAH, I DON'T QUITE KNOW THE TECHNICALITIES OF HOW I MEAN COUNCIL I. SO NUMBER ONE EVEN IF SUCH AN APPOINTMENT WAS POSSIBLE IT COULDN'T BE DONE ON AN IN THIS AGENDA BECAUSE IT'S NOT AGENDA NUMBER TWO I WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT WHAT THE POWERS ARE, WHAT THE QUORUM REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO ATTEND A MEETING THEY CAN ATTEND A MEETING BUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO EXERCISE POWER I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY BE VESTED WITH THAT POWER PRIOR TO THEM EXERCISING ANY POWER. THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I WAS AT THE LAST PEACOCK MEETING AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS
MEETING IS GOING TO BE A BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PRIORITIES AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PAST AND I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S APPOINTEE TO BE THERE. >> I THINK THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY BE THERE. THE QUESTION IS CAN THEY BE THERE IN A FORMAL CAPACITY FOR PEACOCK? RIGHT. SO WHAT I'M HEARING FROM COUNCIL IS THAT WE NEED TO AGENDA AN ITEM WHICH WOULD BE TYPICALLY STANDING FOR TYPICAL BUSINESS MEETING AND WE WILL DO THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING RIGHT . OKAY. UM RESUMING THE ITEM. HI JULIA. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. SORRY JULIE, I THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. I APOLOGIZE. I GET IT. WE'RE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE IN AUGUST THAT WE'RE DOING THIS SO I APPRECIATE THE FRUSTRATION AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE BEFORE THE BOARD TONIGHT. MY NAME'S JULIE MARTIN. I AM THE SPECIAL EDUCATION OMBUDSPERSON FOR C FOR SFE USD AND I AM THE LIAISON TO THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
AND TONIGHT WE WERE HERE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF FIVE MEMBERS TO OUR COMMITTEE AND WE REQUEST THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED UNIFIED APPOINT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FIVE REGULAR MEMBERS TO SERVE A TWO YEAR TERM BEGINNING AUGUST 1ST, 2025. THAT IS WHY THE DATE AUGUST 1ST BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SHIRK AND THE MEMBERS RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT ARE AMBER ABBY, MY NIECE CASEY BRIDGET BROWN CHERYL THINGS AND MIKAYLA AS DOORS WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SOME OF THEM WITH HERE WITH US HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR EXISTING MEMBERS AND WE PROVIDED BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU COUNSEL DO WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR THIS APPOINTMENT? I BELIEVE SO. OKAY. UM. CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE NAMED INDIVIDUALS I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NAMED MEMBERS TO THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE FOR STAFF. AND WE DO. >> SORRY. WE JUST ALREADY SPOKE SO MUCH ALREADY. YES. OTHER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES PLEASE JUST APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE AND SUPPORT IN THIS WORK THAT I KNOW IS CHALLENGING AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF ROADBLOCKS AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO DISMANTLE SOME OF THOSE AND MAKE THAT ROAD PAVE THE ROAD AND MAKE IT AN EASIER PATH . SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE WORK AND SUPPORT THAT YOU DO FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR KIDS. THANK YOU. BYE. VICE PRESIDENT COMMISSIONER WISEMAN, BOARD COMMISSIONER RAY I JUST WANT TO SECOND THAT SENTIMENT. IT'S WE HAVE SO MUCH APPRECIATION FOR FOLKS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO SERVE ON THESE COMMITTEES. IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE SUCCESS OF OUR
DISTRICT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FISHER I YES, 10S PLEASE. ELLA WELL, YOU'RE FUNNY. >> I WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CAC MEMBERS. OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS YOU HAVE BEEN OUR PROVERBIAL CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE FOR DECADES AT LEAST THE DECADE I WAS ON THE CAC WAS TALKING ABOUT STRUCTURED LITERACY BEFORE IT WAS COOL AND YOU KNOW, GETTING REAL READING CURRICULUM INTO THE DISTRICT WAS A BIG PART OF THE PUSH. YOU ALL HIGHLIGHTED OUR BUDGET BECAUSE TASK ATROPHY AND UNDERSTAFFING AND SPED BEFORE ANYONE ELSE AND IF WE WOULD HAVE LISTENED COULD HAVE PROBABLY SAVED OURSELVES A WHOLE LOT OF HEARTACHE. YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN RAISING 2 OR 2 INTERVENTION NEEDS. I MEAN LIKE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THE CAC TEACHES US IT'S THAT THOSE WHO ARE CLOSEST TO THE PROBLEM ARE ALSO CLOSEST TO THE SOLUTION. AND WE NEED TO FLIPPING LISTEN TO OUR FAMILIES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. PLEASE PLEASE LET OUR STUDENT DELEGATE MAN YES, A STUDENT
DELEGATE CRUZ YES. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HALEY YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WORK YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. SO NICE MOVING TO ITEM TWO PRESENTATION. OH THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> PRESENTATION BY THE S OF YOU ESTEBAN PROGRAMS CITIZENS BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE C BACK ON ITS FISCAL YEAR 2425 ANNUAL REPORT I CALL ON THE SUPERINTENDENT TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM. THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM I AM GOING TO INVITE OUR ESTEEMED PANELISTS TO THE DAIS HERE. I'M GOING TO HAND OVER TO OUR BY MANAGER LISTENING LISTENING AT THE BUREAU WHO WILL INTRODUCE THE CURRENT PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT OF SEE BACK PATRICK THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT TONIGHT PATRICK WOLF VICE CHAIR OF THE CITIZENS UPON OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL
PROVIDE THEIR ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE BOARD. TURN ON YOUR MIKE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. OH, IS IT? I'M TURN IT ON BY PRESSING THE BUTTON. IS THAT BETTER? OH, THERE WE GO. OKAY. SORRY. THANKS. YEAH. SO HERE I AM VICE CHAIR. CHAIR? YOU COULD NOT BE HERE. SHE'S OUT OF TOWN. I WILL BE STEPPING THROUGH OUR ANNUAL REPORT. I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION TO ASK AND THEN I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT . >> I KNOW AT LEAST TWO OF YOU HAVE READ THIS REPORT BECAUSE I'VE HAD INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMISSIONER RAY AND COMMISSIONER GUPTA. HAVE ANY OF THE REST OF YOU READ THE REPORT? OKAY, TERRIFIC. I'M VERY GLAD TO HEAR THAT. WE ALSO PROVIDE OR I SHOULD SAY THE BOND STAFF PROVIDES A QUARTERLY REPORT NOW THAT WAS INSTITUTED TO WORK. WE'VE IN COLLABORATION WITH BOND STAFF OVER A YEAR AGO. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU READ THE QUARTERLY REPORT TO
PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES ON TO THE BOND PROGRAM BEFORE I STEP THROUGH THIS I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT I THINK MAY BE USEFUL S.F. USD HAS TO BUDGET YOU HAVE AN OPERATING BUDGET AND YOU HAVE A CAPITAL BUDGET. THE OPERATING BUDGET IS LARGER THAN THE CAPITAL BUDGET BUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS SIGNIFICANT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING OVER $1 BILLION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. THE OPERATING BUDGET HAS SUBSTANTIAL OVERSIGHT AND POINTS OF TRANSPARENCY. >> YOU HAVE THE CAP PROCESS. YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE INTERIM FORECASTS. YOU HAVE TO AN INTERIM NEXT YEAR BUDGET. YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE MULTI-YEAR FORECASTS. YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU CAN MEET A RESERVE LEVEL IF YOU CAN'T DEMONSTRATE THAT AS YOU'RE ALL VERY PAINFULLY AWARE THE STATE CAN STEP IN AND I'M ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY YOU GET FROM THE STATE. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT OVERSIGHT THAT COMES FROM OTHER STREAMS OF FUNDING THE CAPITAL BUDGET, THE CITIZEN'S BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS LITERALLY THE ONLY
OVERSIGHT THE ONLY POINT OF TRANSPARENCY. SEE FOR THE PUBLIC THAT YOU HAVE I WANT TO MAKE I WANT TO REALLY HAMMER THIS POINT HOME THE CITIZEN'S BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS ESSENTIALLY A TOOTHLESS BODY THAT NEEDS TO WORK IN COOPERATION WITH S.F. USD AND HAS NO POWER WHATSOEVER. ALL WE DO IS OPEN ON THINGS AND WE ONLY WE HAVE NO ACCESS TO INFORMATION BEYOND WHAT THE PUBLIC CAN GET. AND SO I URGE YOU TO INCORPORATE THE THE WORK OF THE CITIZEN'S BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND WORK IN AND REACH OUT TO US FROM TIME TO TIME. WE YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT PERFECT LORD KNOWS BUT WE ARE TRYING AND WE ARE PUTTING IN EFFORT AND THIS ANNUAL REPORT IN PARTICULAR REPRESENTS A QUITE A LOT OF EFFORT. AND SO I'M VERY GLAD THAT A NUMBER OF YOU HAVE READ THROUGH IT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO STEP INTO SOME OF THE BASIC POINTS WITH YOU SO IF I JUST MAY TURN TO THE NARRATIVE OVERVIEW, I WON'T STEP THROUGH ALL OF THIS BUT IF WE BEGIN ON PAGE FIVE
AND I DO APOLOGIZE I DON'T HAVE A NICE SLIDE PRESENTATION. THE REASON FOR THAT IS VERY SIMPLE THE CITIZEN'S BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ONLY READS MEETS FROM TIME TO TIME AND THIS IS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED BY THE CITIZEN'S BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO ADOPT A SLIDE DECK SO I'M ONLY PRESENTING TO YOU INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY THE FULL COMMITTEE. SO WHAT I WOULD SAY HERE IS YOU KNOW THERE WAS A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NOTE THAT THE BOND COMMITTEE THAT THE BOND PROGRAM HAS MADE OVER YEARS AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE IS A SET OF SUGGESTED OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT. I'M GOING TO STEP THROUGH IN A MOMENT AND ON THE PAGE FOR THE BOTTOM THERE WE DO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION WHICH IS THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFY A RECENT TURNOVER IN THE EXECUTIVE OVERSIGHT OF THE BOND PROGRAM IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF UP TO AUGUST 2024. THE EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF THE BOND PROGRAM WAS DON MULLAINATHAN AND THEN IT WAS
MICHELE HUNTOON AND THEN IT WAS MILLIE LAO SMITH AND NOW IS CHRIS BENITEZ WHOM THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS YET TO MEET. AND SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN HERE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT THAT REALLY DO REQUIRE THAT EXECUTIVE OVERSIGHT AND DECISION MAKING AND PARTICULARLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SUPERINTENDENTS WHO SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES NOW THAT HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STABILITY THAT WE BRING BROUGHT TO THAT EXECUTIVE OVERSIGHT. SO THE MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT THAT SEABORG HAS OBSERVED I'LL JUST STEP THROUGH THEM BRIEFLY ON PAGES FIVE AND SIX AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FIRST IN A PERFORMANCE AUDIT THIS IS A DETAIL OF IT'S MUCH LESS STRATEGIC BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NOTED THE METHOD USED BY THE AUDITOR TO SAMPLE TRANSACTIONS BELOW $100,000 IS NOT A METHOD THAT PRODUCES A RANDOM SAMPLE AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE IT'S BIASED IN WAYS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE EXPLOITED BY A
BAD ACTOR. THE RECOMMENDATION IS SIMPLY TO AMEND THE PROCESS TO SELECT TRANSACTIONS FOR REVIEW UNDER $100,000 FOR ANALYSIS IN A RANDOM WAY VERY YOU KNOW, FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD. >> SECONDLY, UNDER DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AS FAR AS WE CAN ASCERTAIN AS A FEW HISTORY DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE OR AT LEAST HAS NOT MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE A COMPREHENSIVE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PLAN WHICH IS SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN. SO THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN IS A TEN YEAR NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHICH IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON CAPITAL EXPENDITURES WHICH IS EXCELLENT, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE BUT THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE BUILT UP ACROSS THE ENTIRE PLANT. WE DON'T THINK AT LEAST THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF COMPREHENSIVE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PLAN THAT WE THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. THE NEXT ONE IS A BIT OF A SORE TOPIC BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION ON CAPITAL
PROJECTS. >> SO I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING SUPER, SUPER CLEAR. THE C BLOCK DOES NOT IN ANY WAY OPINE ON WHAT THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE DOING. WE ARE NOT A POLICY BOARD HOWEVER IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED MANY TIMES THAT YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY YOU WERE LOOK YOU WERE CONSIDERING SCHOOL CLOSURES AS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. >> IT CERTAINLY SEEMS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA NOW IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE CLOSING SCHOOLS AND YOU HAVE A CAPITAL PROJECT, IF YOU DON'T INFORM THE CAPITAL SPENDING BUDGETING, PLANNING BY WHAT YOU EXPECT TO DO THERE, EITHER YOU'LL END UP SPENDING MONEY ON SCHOOLS THAT YOU END UP CLOSING OR YOU'LL END UP NOT CLOSING SCHOOLS THAT YOU OTHERWISE SHOULD BECAUSE YOU SPENT MONEY THERE. >> RIGHT. AND EITHER NEITHER ONE OF THOSE NEITHER ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE GOOD. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THINK NEEDS ATTENTION. THE NEXT IS COORDINATION BETWEEN OPERATIONAL PLANNING AND CAPITAL PROJECT PLANNING. THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE BELIEVE WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHERE INCREASED COORDINATION BETWEEN OPERATIONS AND THE BOND PROGRAM COULD CAPTURE OPERATIONAL
EFFICIENCIES. YOU KNOW AND WE THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT MORE SUCH OPPORTUNITIES EXIST AND SO WE THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY NEXT IN TERMS OF CHANGE ORDERS. SO BASICALLY A CHANGE ORDER IS, YOU KNOW, VERY NORMAL FOR A CAPITAL PROJECT PARTICULARLY AS COMPLICATED AS THE AND YOU KNOW, THE LARGE PLANTS, OLD BUILDINGS, THE MOST NORMAL THING IN THE WORLD TO HAVE CAPITAL PROJECT AND THEN CHANGE ORDERS. HOWEVER, AS FAR AGAIN AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL AND WE GO INTO SOME MORE DETAIL IN THE REPORT IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO US THAT THE BOND PROGRAM HAS A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF CHANGE ORDERS INCLUDING WHY THEY OCCUR AND HOW MUCH THEY COST AND WHAT JUSTIFIED THE NECESSITY AND IS SIMPLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS IS TO JUST UNDERSTAND BETTER HOW THE PROJECTS WERE MANAGED. ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THEM BETTER OR THEY'RE LEARNING TO CAPTURE? AND SO FOR US AGAIN IT'S NOT CRITICISM, IT'S JUST A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY WE THINK
WE SEE THE NEXT ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE QUARTERLY REPORT. THIS IS FAIRLY NITPICKY. IT'S JUST THAT AND BY THE WAY I WANT TO EMPHASIZE I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD WE'RE SUPER, SUPER HAPPY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUARTERLY REPORT. WE THINK IT'S A MAJOR STEP FORWARD BY THE BOND PROGRAM OFTENTIMES AND I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THIS IN MANY AREAS OF US HAVE USED THE REPORTING SEEMS KIND OF AD HOC LOTS OF PRETTY PICTURES BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S SORT OF LIKE HERE'S THIS, HERE'S THIS, HERE'S THIS AS OPPOSED TO A STRUCTURED TEMPLATE THAT CARRIES FORWARD THROUGH TIME. >> THE QUARTERLY REPORT PROVIDES THAT STRUCTURED TEMPLATE CARRIED FORWARD THROUGH TIME WHICH IS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN TRANSPARENCY. THE BOND PROGRAM HAS TOLD US THAT THEY CONSIDER IT VALUABLE TO ACTUALLY REDUCE WORK ON THEIR PURCHASING NO LONGER HAVE TO PRODUCE MORE AD HOC REPORTS. >> ALL THAT IS GREAT. WE JUST THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT YOU KNOW FURTHER IMPROVEMENT DOWN THE LINE
AND THEN THE FINAL THING IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED. WE HAVE HAD SOME BACK AND FORTH ON IT. IT'S POSSIBLE WE DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY BUT I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN TO AS BEST I DO UNDERSTAND AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL PROJECT BUDGETS ARE ESTIMATED USING AND AS WE GO INTO MORE DETAIL INTO THE REPORT AND SO THAT'S JUST A SUMMARY PROJECT BUDGETS ARE ESTIMATED USING GENEROUS GROSS UP FACTORS, ATTACH THE WINNING BID AND THEN ARE EXPECTED TO STAY ROUGHLY WITHIN THOSE ESTIMATES. SO THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ANALYTICS THAT ARE PUT INTO DETERMINING THE PARTY BOND PROGRAM AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ANALYTICS PUT INTO DETERMINING WHAT THE WINNING BID SHOULD BE BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF THE MARKET AND THE TYPES OF CONTRACTORS THAT ARE BIDDING AND WE'RE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO THAT AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK PUT INTO DETERMINING THAT THE BIDS THAT THEY ACCEPT ARE WITHIN THE ACCEPTABLE RANGE AND THAT'S GREAT. BUT FROM THAT POINT ON IN TERMS OF THEN BUDGETING THE
REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THERE'S ESSENTIALLY A GENEROUS GROSS UP FACTORS THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE WINNING BID AND THEN THEY'RE EXPECTED TO STAY ROUGHLY WITHIN THOSE ESTIMATES. SO THE IDEA IS THAT ENSURED SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO COMPLETE PROJECTS BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAXIMIZE EFFICIENT OR EFFECTIVE USE OF FUNDS. SO JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND LIKE IF YOU'VE GOT A POT OF MONEY AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR WINNING BID AND THEN YOU SORT OF LIKE GROSS UP THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU NEED FOR THE PROJECT TO GET IT COMPLETED AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE PROGRAM'S BEEN DOING OVER TIME IS MAKING SURE THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH EACH PROJECT WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS A GOOD THING BUT NOT NECESSARILY MAXIMIZING THE EFFICIENCY OR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE USE OF MONEY. SO THERE MAY BE WAYS TO SAVE MONEY. THERE MAY BE WAYS TO TO PROVIDE TO GET PROJECTS DONE ON TIME OR MORE QUICKLY, MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY, MORE EFFICIENTLY. >> SO WE THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE. AND THEN A COROLLARY TO THAT IS PROJECT SCHEDULES ARE NOT NECESSARILY BEING RIGOROUSLY MANAGE. SO IN OTHER WORDS AS WE UNDERSTAND THE PRIMARY EMPHASIS IS MORE ON ENSURING SCHOOLS ARE NOT UNEXPECTEDLY TAKEN OFF LINE WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY
IMPORTANT THING BUT NOT NECESSARILY HERE IS THE PROJECT WE EXPECT TO BE DONE BY DATE X AND WE'RE SORT OF HOLDING OURSELVES ACROSS ALL THE PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE DONE ON TIME DELIVERY SCHEDULE AND THERE WAS A TIME LAST YEAR WHEN THERE WAS SORT OF A CLAIM MADE THAT PROJECT CAPITAL BUDGETS WITHIN CAPITAL PROJECTS WITHIN YOU HAD CONSISTENTLY BEEN DONE ON BUDGET AND ON TIME AND IN FACT WHEN WE CHALLENGED THAT THE DISTRICT ENDED UP QUIETLY SORT OF REMOVING THOSE CLAIMS BECAUSE IT TURNED OUT ACTUALLY THAT WASN'T REALLY THE THE THE DATA TO BACK THAT UP. SO THAT'S MY SUMMARY AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT MORE IN FRONT OF YOU SO DON'T NEED TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME IF YOU'D LIKE BUT I'M HERE AT YOUR DISPOSAL IF YOU'D LIKE. >> THANK YOU, MR. WOLFE. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. OTHER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD BECAUSE THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. WOLF FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE COMMITTEE PUT INTO THIS REPORT. THIS IS REALLY, REALLY
TREMENDOUS AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT. SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO FOLKS ATTENTION I'M NOT SURE IF FOLKS KNOW IS IN THE PAST WHEN EXCUSE ME WHEN COMMITTEES OR ADVISORIES HAVE GIVEN US RECOMMENDATIONS, THE STAFF HAVE SOMETIMES PROVIDED THEIR RESPONSE TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO I ASKED ABOUT THAT IN THIS CASE AND IF FOLKS TAKE A LOOK AT THE Q&A DOCUMENT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, THERE ARE STAFFERS RESPONSES TO EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MR. WOLFE WENT OVER. SO I JUST WANTED TO DRAW FOLKS ATTENTION TO THAT AND I ALSO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ACTUALLY THAT WOULD BE RELATED TO THOSE RESPONSES BUT I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN ASK THEM HERE OR IF I WOULD NEED TO ASK THEM THROUGH ANOTHER FORUM WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS ARE OKAY. >> SO SO THE RESPONSE TO THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION FOR EXAMPLE WAS ABOUT THE RANDOM SAMPLE AND STAFF GENERALLY WAS AGREEING THAT THE SAMPLE SHOULD BE RANDOM BUT WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THE AUDIT
AND A PLAN TO IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE NARROW THE SCOPE OF THE AUDIT AND SO I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THAT AND SEE IF STAFF ARE PREPARED TO SPEAK. YOU'RE WELCOME TO I THINK THIS ITEM WAS MEANT FOR SYBOK TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD THE REPORT AND SO I CAN TAKE THE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE STAFF PERSPECTIVES ARE. IT WOULD BE A FOLLOW UP EMAIL UNLESS THERE IS COMMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE RIGHT NOW AT THIS TIME. >> SO I DON'T WANT TO TRY TO ADVISE YOU HOW TO USE YOUR TIME BUT I GUESS I GUESS I WILL WHICH IS THAT PROBABLY NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS IN ANY SORT OF DETAIL BUT WHAT I WOULD REALLY STRONGLY RECOMMEND AND URGE IS THAT THE BOARD ESTABLISH SOME WAY OF ESTABLISHING LIKE GAINING OVERSIGHT OR SOME KIND OF INTERACTION WITH THE BOND PROGRAM BECAUSE I'M JUST GOING TO BE PRETTY BLUNT HERE LIKE FROM MY EXPERIENCE OF BEING ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME
DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AROUND PROCEDURE RIGHT IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL SUBSTANCE OF ENGAGING WITH AND OVERSEEING $1 BILLION PLUS CAPITAL BUDGET, WE HAVE BASICALLY NOT SEEN THE BOARD AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU SHOULD BE MICROMANAGING ANYTHING BUT YOU KNOW THIS THIS IS YOUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S PART OF THE FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT AND THERE SHOULD BE I THINK SOME KIND OF INTERACTION AND BUT NOT AT THIS MOMENT. I THINK HERE IS JUST SORT OF TO RECEIVE THE REPORT AND ANY SORT OF HIGH LEVEL THINGS. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD THE STUDENT DELEGATES I JUST WANT TO I KNOW IT'S 9:00 AND ONE OF YOU MY GREAT SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M HAPPY TO SEND THOSE SEPARATELY OR IF WE HAVE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'LL BE ANOTHER MEETING WHERE THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STAFF'S
RECOMMENDATIONS OR NOT BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN I'M HAPPY TO BRING THEM FORWARD THERE. THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR MR. WOLFE IS ABOUT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS AT THOSE THE STATUTORY I BELIEVE MINIMUM OF SEVEN MEMBERS AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OTHER COMMITTEES ALSO BEING ABLE TO HAVE AN APPROPRIATE COMPLEMENT OF MEMBERS IN IT WOULD THE BOARD I MEAN SCUSE ME WOULD THE SYBOK WELCOME ADDITIONAL MEMBERS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN MORE APPLICATIONS THAN CANDIDATES THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD FOR FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE SYBOK AND I'D LIKE TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THERE ARE INTERESTED CANDIDATES. THANK YOU. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO SEVEN IS THE STATUTORY MINIMUM I WOULD SUGGEST IN TERMS OF GETTING WORK DONE. NINE MIGHT BE LIKE AN OPTIMAL NUMBER AND THE REASON I SAY NINE IS BECAUSE THE QUORUM IS THE SAME FOR 8 OR 9 BUT WHEN YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS YOU HAVE
ONE MORE PERSON WHO COULD SHOW UP AT THE MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT QUORUM. SO THAT'S SORT OF A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO GET THE WORK DONE . UM I THINK THERE HAS UNFORTUNATELY BEEN KIND OF LIKE A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE C BLOCK IN TERMS OF ESTABLISHING IN THE BYLAWS AND WHAT THOSE BY HOW THOSE BYLAWS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED AND HOW MEMBERS SHOULD BE SELECTED AND SO FORTH. I WOULD SAY AGAIN PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WE ARE THE ONLY OVERSIGHT THAT YOU HAVE LIKE WE ARE AT AND WE HAVE NO POWER. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE MEMBERS ON THE C BLOCK WHO ARE ENGAGED WHO WANT TO DO THE WORK AND TO ALLOW THEM A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LEEWAY TO GET THAT WORK DONE EFFECTIVELY. I THINK IT I THINK I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE C BAR. I THINK THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE FOR THE BOARD TO BE SELECTING THE MEMBERS OF THE C BLOCK YOU'RE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE APPOINTMENT POWER GENERALLY I THINK THAT
TOTALLY MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD. I DO THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO DO GOOD TO DO THAT, TO SOME DEGREE IN CONSULTATION WITH SYBOK BECAUSE AGAIN LIKE IF YOU WANT TO CUT US OFF SORT OF CUT US DOWN YOU CAN WE HAVE NO POWER BUT LIKE OUR WHOLE FUNCTION IS TO TRY TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY INFORMATION AND I THINK IN SO FAR AS WE CAN WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BOARD THAT WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL . >> SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT. THANK YOU. MR. GUPTA YEAH. >> THANKS SO MUCH, PATRICK FOR BEING HERE AND PRESENTING THESE FINDINGS. I'D ECHO COMMISSIONER RAY'S POINT THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE SYBOK PUTS INTO THIS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK. I, I AM I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE RESPONSES THAT WERE PROVIDED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO SEE THEM. I HAVEN'T SORRY FOR NO PROBLEM AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE
INTERESTED THEY ARE PUBLIC AND AVAILABLE IN THE AGENDA. YOU KNOW I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND I YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AT SOME OTHER POINT BUT ONE OF THE RESPONSES THAT THAT IS PRETTY BRIEF IS THE DISTRICT PRODUCES AN ANNUAL UPDATE ON THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN AND TRACKS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN THE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND YOUR FACILITIES UPDATES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE SYBOK SO IN THE GENERAL GIST OF THIS IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT STAFF HAVE INDICATED IS PROVIDED TO THE SYBOK AND I AND TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SYBOK ONLY RECEIVES INFORMATION THAT IS PUBLIC IN NATURE. >> SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AT PERHAPS WHERE THERE MAY BE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MISCOMMUNICATION OR YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE NOT GETTING THIS DEFERRED EXPENDITURE OR YOU KNOW JUST JUST TRYING TO PINPOINT WHERE THAT THAT MAY BE HAPPENING FROM
THE SYBOK PERSPECTIVE. >> SO I'M GOING TO BE 100% COMPLETELY HONEST ABOUT THIS. >> SO I'M THE PERSON WHO WILL LARGELY PRODUCE THE ANNUAL POUR IT LIKE IT WAS A IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BUT THIS TIME AROUND I PROBABLY PUT IN ABOUT 80 PLUS PERCENT OF THE WORK ON THIS THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE POINT IS THE ONE POINT THAT I HAVE NOT ACTUALLY LIKE IT'S IT'S I CAN TALK MUCH MORE ABOUT PRETTY MUCH THE OTHER POINTS BECAUSE THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE POINT IS MUCH MORE CERTAIN OTHER MEMBERS OF THE C BUT THIS IS JUST THE THIS IS JUST TRUE I THINK THE WHAT MAYBE THE DISCONNECT IS PROBABLY MORE IN MAYBE IS JUST MORE IN TERMS OF THE PRESENTATION JUST IN TERMS OF LIKE WE HERE'S ALL THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT WE ARE TRACKING ACROSS THE YOU KNOW THE FACILITIES ETC. ETC. LIKE BUT THAT I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THIS BUT THIS IS A LONG CONVERSATION THAT CERTAIN OTHER MEMBERS HAVE HAD THAT GOES BACK ACTUALLY SOME PERIOD OF TIME AND I'VE BEEN MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIVELY INVOLVED WITH PRETTY MUCH EVERY OTHER POINT IN HERE EXCEPT THAT PARTICULAR ONE. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE
NON-ANSWER BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE GOD'S HONEST TRUTH. I APPRECIATE HONESTY. SO THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON COMMISSIONER GUPTA'S AND I THINK MY QUESTION IS MORE FOR STAFF AND AGAIN DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANSWERED HERE TODAY BUT THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATION CAUGHT MY ATTENTION TO AND IN GOING BACK THROUGH SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE THE LAST TIME I COULD FIND AND I HAVEN'T SEEN EVERYTHING THAT C HAS I HAVEN'T BEEN TO ANY SEE BOARD MEETINGS. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SAME REPORTS YOU GET YOU SHOULD COME THERE BLAST RIGHT. I MEAN I AM A DATA NERD I'M SURE I WOULD TOTALLY LOVE IT BUT THE I REMEMBER BACK IN 2022 WHEN DON KAMALA NATHAN WAS WAS HEAD OF OPERATIONS WE GOT THE FACILITIES CONDITION INDEXED AS PART OF THE IS PART OF THE MATERIALS THAT WERE SHARED WITH US AND PLANNING FOR THE BOND AND SO I JUST JUST STRATEGICALLY I THINK TO TAKE THAT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
QUESTION I WOULD LOVE TO I THINK I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME TALK ABOUT USING THAT AND TAKING THE READ SCHOOLS AND A LOT OF PLANNING AROUND THAT AND SOME OF THAT LED INTO THE PROJECTS THAT ARE PART OF NOW THE BOND THAT'S PASSED. I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME OF THAT MORE PUBLICLY. I KNOW THAT THE PLAN IS IS THERE IF THE C BACK HAS SEEN IT GREAT. >> BUT ONE HOW DO WE SHARE THAT MORE MORE MORE PUBLICLY AND EFFECTIVELY? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DASHBOARDS FOR OTHER THINGS MAYBE A DASHBOARD FOR FOR SOME OF OUR FACILITIES AND UPGRADES AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT I STRUGGLE WITH HERE AS I STRUGGLE WITH IN MY MY ROLE AS A COMMISSIONER HERE IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR GOVERNANCE ROLE AND OVERSIGHT VERSUS THE ACTUAL OPERATIONAL WORK. AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION IN THE WORK THAT THE C
DOES YOU KNOW, ITS OVERSIGHT. YEAH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF REALLY PASSIONATE COMMITTED ADVOCATES WHO WANT TO DO THE WORK OF REALLY GETTING INTO THE OPERATIONAL WEEDS WITH THE DISTRICT AND SO I KNOW WE SEE THAT IN OUR OTHER ADVISORY COMMITTEES TOO. SO I'M JUST I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE WHEN WE'VE TALKED WE SHOWED OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MATRIX AND I THINK ONE OF THE THE TENSIONS HERE PARTICULARLY AS I SEE IT IN THE C BOOK I SEE IT IN THIS BED KAYAK MANY OTHERS BUT LIKE WHAT IS WHAT LEVEL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHERE WHERE WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN ENGAGEMENT VERSUS COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING? RIGHT. I THINK THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION THERE LIKE HOW I HEAR A BIGGER ASK FROM THE C BACK FOR MORE ENGAGEMENT THAT I THINK A LOT OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES ARE ASKING FOR IN OTHER WAYS TOO. AND SO SUPERINTENDENT I DEFER TO YOU LIKE THAT'S ONE OF THE TENSIONS THAT WE FIND WHERE WHERE DOES WHERE DOES THAT LINE LIE? HOW MUCH DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY ARE WE GIVING OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES?
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BE EXPLORING WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER THROUGH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. BUT I JUST THAT'S ONE OF THE TENSIONS THAT I THINK WE FROM A LEADERSHIP STANDPOINT REALLY, REALLY HAVE TO DEFINE YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS MORE THAN JUST PERFUNCTORY? DO YOU WANT TO PICK THAT SORRY WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SHARE WITH COMMISSIONER FISHER THAT WE ARE WORKING ON A LIST OF ALL OF OUR ADVISORIES AND WHAT WHAT WHAT BERTH THEM WHAT WERE THE THE POLICIES AND THE CHARTER REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. AND SO WE WILL BE SHARING THAT WITH THE BOARD SOON. I THINK THIS WAS THIS CAME AT THE REQUEST OF COMMISSIONER GUPTA. THANKS. AND I CAN PROVIDE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT THERE. >> SO IT USED TO REQUIRE A TWO THIRDS VOTE TO APPROVE A SCHOOL BOND AND THAT WAS CHANGED I FORGET WHEN IN THE EARLY 2000S AND IT MADE IT A 55% THRESHOLD AND SORT OF 66 AND TWO THIRDS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME WITH THAT WAS IT WAS REQUIRED TO HAVE A C BACK AND THAT C
BACK AGAIN IT IT'S NOT A POLICY BOARD RIGHT IT IS TO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT FUNDS ARE CORRECTLY EXPENDED BUT IT IN NO WAY OPINES ON HOW THE FUNDS SHOULD BE EXPENDED AND IT'S ALSO BACKWARD LOOKING, NOT FORWARD LOOKING RIGHT. IT'S WHAT DID HAPPEN NOT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN. >> THERE'S REASON FOR THAT. I MEAN IF YOU LOOK BACK 20 PLUS YEARS AND SFD JUSTICE HISTORY THERE WAS A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL SCANDAL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FUNDS ILLEGALLY SPENT AND THEN IN 2000 I FORGET 17 OR SO 2018 SFD WAS DUE JUST LITERALLY STOPPED PRODUCING AUDITED FINANCIALS FOR SEVERAL YEARS LIKE FOR 1819, 2021 LIKE YOU JUST STOPPED PRODUCING AUDITED FINANCIALS AND THE OVERSIGHT IS SO LAX THAT THERE WAS ESSENTIALLY NO CONSEQUENCES FOR BREAKING THE LAW. >> YOU ALSO STOPPED HAVING C BACK, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE PAST THAT. THANK GOODNESS FOR PRODUCING AUDITED FINANCIALS, C BOX OPERATING SO ON SO FORTH. THERE IS SOME TENSION IN THE
UNDERSTANDING OF C BOX ROLE BECAUSE THOSE BECAUSE ED CODE IS ACTUALLY NOT SUPER CLEAR ON THIS. THERE'S ONE INTERPRETATION OF THE ED CODE THAT SAYS THE C BOARD IS ONLY PURELY ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT FUNDS ARE SPENT FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS ONLY AND NEVER FOR OPERATING PROJECT AND ALSO THERE'S NO MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS AND THEN ALSO THERE'S AN INTERPRETATION IT SAYS AND THERE'S MORE TRANSPARENCY PROVIDED NOW I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IF I WERE IN YOU KNOW IF I'M IN A JOB I PROBABLY DON'T WANT EXTRA SORT OF TRANSPARENCY BROUGHT TO BEAR. BUT AGAIN I MEAN OF COURSE I'M ON THE C BOX SIDE SO I'M GOING TO ARGUE FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY. BUT AGAIN I'M GOING TO EMPHASIZE WE ARE THE ONLY OVERSIGHT YOU HAVE PERIOD. >> PAM AND ELIOT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CAPITAL BUDGET RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT SO LONG AS IT'S A HEALTHY PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP, THE IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY IS JUST GOT TO BE
A POSITIVE THING AND SO I DON'T KNOW IT'S UP TO YOU, ALITA, TO FIGURE IN THE BOARD I SHOULD SAY EXCUSE ME NOT JUST YOU, COMMISSIONER FISHER BUT IT'S UP TO THE BOARD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FOSTER THAT. BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY URGE THAT SORT OF LIKE TRANSPARENT THAT TRANSPARENCY SERVES A REALLY VITAL FUNCTION SO LONG AS IT'S IT'S A PRODUCTIVE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP. IT'S EVERYBODY'S GOT TO BENEFIT FROM THAT ESPECIALLY LIKE HEY MR. WOLFE, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND ALL OF YOUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS IN PREPARING THIS REPORT AND FOR PROVIDING US WITH THIS INSIGHT INTO THE BOND PROGRAM AND THE TRANSPARENCY AND ALSO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MANY OF THE CURRENT C BOARD MEMBERS ARE THOSE WHO REALLY DID THE HEAVY LIFT OF RECONSTITUTING THE C BLOCK AFTER KIND OF IT WAS NOT FUNCTIONING FOR MANY YEARS. >> SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ALSO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY
OVERSIGHT BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S JUST STATED ON THE RECORD THAT IT IS OUR JOB ON THE BOARD ALSO TO PROVIDE THAT OVERSIGHT TOLD ME SO THANK YOU FOR ASSISTING US IN DOING THAT. >> I JUST DON'T WANT ANYONE TO HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE DO NOT ALSO ENGAGE IN THAT AND THAT OVERSIGHT. >> OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS INFORMATION FOR US TO HELP ALSO DISCHARGE OUR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IF I MAY I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY PUT AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID. YOU'RE THE ONES WITH THE AUTHORITY, RIGHT? YOU ARE THE ONES WITH THE ULTIMATE OVERSIGHT, NOT JUST RESPONSIBILITY BUT AUTHORITY. >> ALL WE DO IS PROVIDE INFORMATION SO 100% I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE. COMMISSIONER HULING. >> THANK YOU. AND I'M ALSO GLAD THAT YOU APPRECIATE THAT YOU ENJOYED YOUR VISIT TO THE DENMAN PROJECT AND GOT TO BE AT THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THAT AND IT'S VERY EXCITING AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. I JUST COMMITTED I'M DONE AFTER THIS. YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE TO GO LATE INTO THE NIGHT SO WE'RE NOT DONE. PATRICK THAT'S A THIS IS ACTUALLY A QUESTION MORE TO SUPERINTENDENT TO AND AND OUR WONDERFUL TEAM IS THERE YOU KNOW I SEE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN HERE A LOT OF WHICH ARE AGREED WITH. >> I'M CURIOUS IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FOLLOW UP MUCH LIKE WE HAVE WITH OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES WORKING WITH STAFF TO NOT ONLY GET THE RESPONSES BUT THEN ALSO TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING SAY SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD. I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS REALLY LEANS INTO DEEPER ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION AND ANALYTICS AS WELL. >> ANALYSIS I WOULD ADD TO THAT AND AND DATA AND SHARING OF DATA THE DASHBOARD IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND WORK ON. I WILL TALK TO OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS
SERVICES AND AND AND SEE WHAT WE CAN I'LL TALK TO HIM AND TALK TO THE TEAM ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. UH, VICE CHAIR WOLF, IF YOU COULD PLEASE SHARE OUR GRATITUDE WITH YOUR MEMBERS FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO IN SUPPORTING THIS. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR TIME SPENT AND DOING THIS WORK. THANK YOU. YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE GREAT ACCESS TO OUR STAFF WHO ARE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH YOU ON THE WORK FOR CVAC AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATED APPRECIATE THE THE NICE WORDS AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENT HERE THIS EVENING. >> THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO STAFF AS WELL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. MOVING TO ITEM G WORKSHOP ON STUDENT OUTCOMES ITEM ONE GOAL 11.1 AFRICAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER KINDERGARTNER LANGUAGE AND LITERACY 1.2 GRADE ONE LITERACY LANGUAGE AND LITERACY 1.3 GRADE THREE LANGUAGE AND LITERACY I CALL ON THE SUPERINTENDENT TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD OR TO INTRODUCE
THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT AND KIM STAFF IS MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE DAIS AND JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT THIS EVENING WE ARE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS GOALS ONE AND TWO WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS VISION VALUES, GOALS AND GUARDRAILS THE VGS WISH TRULY ANCHORS AND FRAMES THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN THE DISTRICT AND AT SO OKAY SO SOON THE TEAM AND I WILL WILL SHARE WITH YOU THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE WE'VE BEEN MAKING TOWARDS THESE TWO GOALS AND JUST KNOW THAT IT IS TRULY A CRITICAL TOOL THAT THE WAY THAT WE ARE USING THE PROGRESS MONITORING WORKSHOP TO HELP US CONTINUE TO IMPROVE A I HEAR AN ECHO THAT IS I JUST ME OKAY SO USING THE PROGRESS MONITORING WORKSHOP AS A TOOL FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I RECENTLY LEARNED AT THE PROGRESS MONITORING AD-HOC MEETING THAT COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER CHAIRED IS A WAY FOR US TO STAY FOCUSED
ON THOSE FOUNDATIONAL GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET FOR OURSELVES AND WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO PUSH TOWARDS ACHIEVING THESE GOALS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED THAT'S GOING TO MOVE US CLOSER TO ACHIEVING PARTICULARLY HERE FOUR GOALS ONE AND ANGLE TWO. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO OUR WONDERFUL STAFF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WHICH ONE OF YOU WILL I'M HANDING IT OVER. I'M HANDING IT OVER TO JESS RAISED FROM OUR RESEARCH PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT TEAM THANK THANK YOU DR. SUE AND GOOD EVENING BOARD COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MY NAME IS JESS REYES, INTERIM SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND RESEARCH PLANNING AND ASSESSMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE TEAM HERE WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS GOAL AND PROGRESS MONITORING REPORT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> THE GOAL ONE THEORY OF ACTION PROVIDES A ROADMAP CONNECTING OUR STRATEGIES TO MEETING OUR DESIRED STUDENT OUTCOMES AT EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY. THERE ARE A RANGE OF DATA SOURCES IN WHICH DATA COLLECTION IS CRUCIAL TO MONITORING PROGRESS, IDENTIFYING BRIGHT SPOTS AND OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE AND LEAD IMPROVE. OUR AIM IS TO BUILD OUR DATA COLLECTION IN SUCH A WAY AS TO PROVIDE A MORE HOLISTIC REVIEW OF OUR INITIATIVES AND HOW THAT'S GOING. FOR THIS REPORT WE'LL HONAN SPECIFICALLY ON COACHING LOGS AS A MAJOR INITIATIVE AND INVESTMENT AND TIE THEM TO OUR RECENT FALL STAR RESULTS. AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE MOON HOT KIM. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS DR. SUE AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. I AM HAPPY TO SHARE SOME OF THE INTERIM RESULTS COMING OUT OF OUR STAR ASSESSMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> AND IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT WE
SEE THIS PATTERN OF POSITIVE DIFFERENCES FROM THE YEAR OVER YEAR ASSESSMENT COMPARISON. SO THIS IS SOMETHING DEFINITELY TO CELEBRATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE PRESIDENT HULING AND SCHOOL SITES HAVE ALREADY HAD A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE THIS AT OUR COHORT MEETING ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. POINTING THIS OUT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE VERY WELL FROM THE CHARTS AS SUMMARIZED ON THE BOTTOM. WE HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT GAINS FOR GOAL ONE OVERALL GRADE THREE LITERACY EVEN THOUGH THAT GOAL IS TRACKED BY END OF YEAR ASPECT OUTCOMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE PAY ATTENTION TO THE STAR RATING ASSESSMENT AS A TOOL TO PROGRESS MONITORING THAT AND THAT IS WHAT THE RESULTS ARE SHOWING. GOAL 1.1 THE EACH AND EVERY BY NAME INITIATIVE DRIVEN KINDERGARTEN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER STUDENTS ALSO AFTER A STRONG START WITH THE SLIGHT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR 1.2 IS OVERALL GRADE ONE ALL STUDENTS.
AND THAT IS UP BY ALMOST TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS. AND THE LAST ONE GOAL ONE POINT IN TERM GOAL 1.3 WHAT ARE YOUR STUDENTS IN GRADE THREE? WE TOTALLY RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR PERFORMANCE IS NOT WHERE IT SHOULD BE BUT THEY ARE ALSO UP BY ABOUT ALMOST A PERCENTAGE POINT AS WELL. SO DEFINITELY SOME THINGS TO CELEBRATE AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE THIRD GRADERS ABOUT HOW THEIR COHORT COMPARES IN THE Q AND A SECTION. BUT FOR NOW I WILL JUST WRAP UP THIS PART BY SAYING THAT AS MANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR GOAL ONE AS REPRESENTED ON THE FAR LEFT PANEL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS FALL AND THE COHORT FROM THIS FALL'S PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR IS IN FACT STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANT . >> AND FOR INTERIM GOAL 1.2 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS FALL'S PERFORMANCE AND LAST IS JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CONVENTIONAL LEVEL OF STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IF WE
NEED TO. AND I'LL PASS IT ON TO MS. KRUGMAN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WITH REGARDS TO GOAL ONE, ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS THAT WE MAKE AS A DISTRICT IS IN THAT OF INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WE HAVE A ROBUST NETWORK OF INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WHO ARE NOW IN THEIR SECOND YEAR WITH A HIGH RATE OF RETENTION, WHO SUPPORT SHORT INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATORS. AND IN ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF THAT INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING WE LOOK TO A NUMBER OF FACTORS ONE OF WHICH IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COACHING LOGS THAT COACHES SUBMIT AND THE STAR DATA AT THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS. AND SO AS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE REPORT, THAT ANALYSIS IS MEANT TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN COACHING IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS AND THE IMPACT ON BOTH INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE AND THEN FOLLOWING STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO AS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE REPORT WE ANALYZE THE COACHING LOG DATA FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ANGLES IN ORDER TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SPECIFIC COACHING PRACTICES AND SCHOOLS WHERE THOSE TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS HAD SIGNIFICANT GAINS BOTH IN PRACTICE AND CORRESPONDING STUDENT OUTCOMES. WE LOOKED AT FREQUENCY OF COACHING. WE LOOKED AT LONGEVITY OF COACHING THE BALANCE BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL OR 1 TO 1 COACHING WITH TEACHER COLLABORATION SUPPORT AND WHOLE STAFF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FACILITATION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT CONNECTION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND IN THAT ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED A KEY SET OF TRENDS. SO AT SUBSETS OF SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENT OUTCOMES DEMONSTRATED SIGNIFICANT YEAR OVER YEAR IMPROVEMENT, WE SAW A NUMBER OF TRENDS IN THEIR COACHING LOGS AND COACHING PRACTICES. SO THE FIRST ONE IS WITH REGARDS TO CONSISTENCY AS PART OF THE COACH NETWORK COACHES DO FACILITATE ONE ALIGNED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODULE PER A MONTH THAT'S CENTRALLY DESIGNATED.
HOWEVER SCHOOLS THAT WE MIGHT SAY EITHER CONSISTENTLY IMPLEMENT MONTH OVER MONTH OR GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT WITH A MORE EXPANSIVE OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PLAN AT THEIR SITE DEMONSTRATED OUTSIDE GAINS. >> IN ADDITION, FOCUS WAS ANOTHER AREA SITES WHERE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES MAINTAIN SUPPORT WITH A CORE GROUP OF TEACHERS OVER TIME ALSO HAD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO WE MIGHT SAY THEY DID MULTIPLE COACHING CYCLES WERE FOCUSED ON A SMALL SET SUBSET OF TEACHERS AT THE SCHOOL FOR A LONGER FREQUENCY OF TIME. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE IS FREQUENCY. AND THIS IS A SPECIFIC CONNECTION TO 1.3 WHICH IS GAINS FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. >> SO WHERE SITES HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF WEEKLY COACHING CYCLES SO WE WOULD SEE LIKE A RAPID RATE OF RETURN OF TOUCHPOINTS BETWEEN COACHES AND INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS. WE DID SEE INCREASED GAINS FOR 1.3 WHICH IS THIRD GRADE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> SO IN ANALYZING THIS DATA
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO BOTH RESPOND TO AND CHANGE AND SHIFT AROUND THIS INVESTMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING. AND THE FIRST IS ACTUALLY SORT OF RELATED TO A DATA POINT WHICH IS A SHIFT IN THE COACHING LOGS. SO WHEN THE COACHING LOGS WERE LAUNCHED ACTUALLY LAST YEAR IN THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR THERE WAS A PRACTICE OF REVISING THOSE LOGS OVER TIME IN ORDER TO GAIN A BETTER SNAPSHOT AS TO UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN IMPLEMENTATION AND STUDENT AND IMPACT ON STUDENT OUTCOMES. >> SO BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE LOOKED AT WE HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT SOME OF THESE AREAS ARE PROVIDING CLEAR IDENTIFICATIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL COACHES AND INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS TO BETTER ANALYZE SPECIFIC STUDENT IMPACT ON A CLASSROOM LEVEL AS OPPOSED TO A SCHOOL SITE LEVEL . >> IN ADDITION, THERE ARE SPECIFIC PRACTICES THAT COACHES MIGHT ENGAGE WITH EITHER IN 1
TO 1 COLLABORATION OR IN GRADE LEVEL COLLABORATION. SO WE WANTED A DEEPER DIVE IN UPDATING THE COACHING LOGS WITH GREATER SPECIFICITY SO WE CAN BETTER ANALYZE HOW MUCH OF LET'S SAY DLC TIME IS SPENT WITH LESSON AND UNIT INTERNALIZATION AS OPPOSED TO ANALYZING STUDENT WORK SAMPLES OR WITH 1 TO 1 COACHING. HOW MUCH OF THAT TIME IS SPENT ON INDIVIDUAL PREPARATION VERSUS POST OBSERVATION MEETINGS? SO REVISING THE COACHING LOGS HAS BEEN ONE IMPACT OF THIS ANALYSIS. THE NEXT PIECE IS AROUND TEACHER COLLABORATION. IN LOOKING AT THE COACHING LOG DATA AND IN ANALYZING THE CORRESPONDING SITE PLANS THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE ACROSS SITES IN TERMS OF THEIR STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS AND FREQUENCY OF TEACHER COLLABORATION OR GLC GRADE LEVEL COLLABORATION TIME. SO A KEY PART OF THAT IS ALIGNING SITE EXPECTATIONS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS CONSISTENCY AND ADEQUATE MEETING TIME IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CONTRACT
AS WELL. >> AND THEN THE LAST PIECE IS THIS TIERED COACHING MODEL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COACHES SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS BALANCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF THEIR TIME THAT'S SPENT SUPPORTING TEACHER COLLABORATION VERSUS 1 TO 1 COACHING HOW THEY HAVE A TIERED COACHING MODEL AND IDENTIFYING WHICH TEACHERS THEY WORK WITH FOR WHAT LENGTH OF TIME AND WITH WHAT FREQUENCY. SO ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE A REVISION TO THE GUIDANCE ON IS HOW COACHES GO ABOUT GETTING SUPPORT TO MAKE THOSE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS OF THEIR TIME AND RESOURCES IN TIERED COACHING AND HOW TO TIGHTEN ARE PARTICULARLY TIERED COACHING OR 1 TO 1 COACHING CYCLE SO THAT WE CAN SEE MORE TRACTION WITH INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES TO THE COACHING NETWORK THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON. >> AFTER ANALYZING THE DATA IN RELATIONSHIP TO STUDENT OUTCOMES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL OPEN OH OKAY. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
YEAH. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WE'RE. THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF YOU ALL WHICH IS GOOD. IT MEANS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUTCOMES. SO IT IS NICE TO SEE SOME DIFFERENT TRAJECTORIES IN TERMS OF LINES. AND I WANT TO I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION THAT RELATES TO SOME OF THE LAST SORT OF THREE DIFFERENT PLANS THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING. SO GIVEN THE STILL OFF TRACK OFF TRACK STATUS FOR GOAL ONE DESPITE WHAT IS CLEARLY WE HOPE TO BE AN OVERALL STRONG START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND CONSIDERING THAT THE PRELIMINARY DATA PATTERNS LINKING INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING STRUCTURES LIKE THE WEEKLY PDS AND SMALL GROUP FOCUS TO POSITIVE STUDENT OUTCOMES, WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK IS THE MOST CRITICAL IMMEDIATE ACTION THAT WE CAN TAKE TO LEVERAGE THESE AFFECTING COACHING PRACTICES AND ACCELERATE THE PROGRESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD? AND I KNOW THAT YOU DESCRIBE SORT OF THREE PLANNED ITEMS A
DATA COLLECTION COLLABORATION SUPPORT AND THE TIERED MODEL. BUT IF YOU HAD TO LIKE SORT OF IDENTIFY THE MOST CRITICAL IMMEDIATE ACTION, DO YOU HAVE DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON IF THERE'S ONE? I MEAN I KNOW THEY ALL COME TOGETHER. I THOUGHT SAYING LIKE TAKE ONE AND LEAVE THE REST BUT BUT WE ARE HAVING THIS SORT OF THINK ABOUT SORT OF TRIAGE AND HOW TO FOCUS AND HOW TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT LEVERAGE MORE OR LEVERAGE LESS DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR RESOURCES ARE. SO I SAW THAT AND IF THE ANSWER IS LIKE NO, WE HAVE TO DO THEM ALL THEN I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BUDGET AND AND ALLOCATING RESOURCES. SO ONE OF I'LL SORT OF START WITH THE LESS STRATEGIC ANSWER AND THEN GET TO THE OTHER ONE WHICH IS I THINK DOING ONE DOES NOT PREVENT US FROM DOING THE OTHER TWO IS SORT OF THE SHORT ANSWER. I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE TO DO ALL THREE CONCURRENTLY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL SAY I BELIEVE REALLY FIRMLY IS THAT
SAYING THAT COACHING IS THE RIGHT INVESTMENT DOES NOT MEAN WE CAN'T UPDATE THE SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES FOR THE WAY COACHING IS IMPLEMENTED IN THE SYSTEM. SO OUR FOCUS IS HOW TO IMPROVE THOSE SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES. I WOULD SAY ALL OF THESE HAVE SITE IMPLICATIONS, SITE DIFFERENCES BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT I THINK WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF TRACTION ON AS RULER IS IN REGARDS TO TEACHER COLLABORATION. TEACHER COLLABORATION IS BUILT INTO THE UI CONTRACT. IT'S A SUSTAINED PRACTICE AND WE SEE A HIGH CONNECTION BETWEEN STRONG STUDENT OUTCOMES IN SCHOOLS WITH REALLY STRONG TEACHER COLLABORATION MODELS AND SO I THINK GETTING RIGHT CLEAR CONSISTENT EXPECTATIONS AND OVERSIGHT IN TERMS OF TEACHER COLLABORATION IS ONE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE GET A LOT OF BANG FOR OUR BUCK OUT OF WHEN IT COMES TO SHIFTS IN TEACHER PRACTICE AND STUDENT OUTCOMES AND MAYBE ALSO TEACHER RETENTION. >> I KNOW THAT WHEN I HAVE COLLEAGUES THAT I'M LEARNING FROM AND GROWING WITH I ENJOY MY JOB MORE SO BUT I THINK THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE WERE SO INTENTIONAL IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO NOT CUT INSTRUCTIONAL
COACHES BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT HAVING INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES THERE PROVIDING THE SUPPORT TO OUR TEACHERS WAS WHAT WAS GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR US TO MOVE THE NEEDLE AND IT'S SHOWING HERE BUT WE NEED TO STAY CONSISTENT. WE NEED TO STAY FOCUS. IT CAN'T JUST BE A ONE AND DONE SITUATION. WE HAVE TO KEEP ADDED SO THAT WE CAN HAVE COACHES THAT HAVE THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL SO THAT THEY CAN THEN PROVIDE THE SUPPORTS TO OUR TEACHERS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. COMMISSIONER FISCHER, I APPRECIATE THIS REPORT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THE ALL THE WORK ALWAYS . SO WHERE DO WE FIND THE DISAGGREGATED DATA FOR ALL OF THIS FOR THE DIFFERENT FOCAL POPULATION MEANS AND THE I APPRECIATE SEEING OUR OUR GOAL 1.1 STUDENTS DATA HERE BUT WHERE IS WHERE DO WE FIND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE ACTUAL
FULL REPORT THERE IS A HYPERLINK WITHIN THE I BELIEVE THE INTERPRETATION SECTION IN THE SECOND LINE THAT ACTUALLY GIVES YOU THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. I MISSED THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH I APPRECIATE THAT FOLLOW UP. UM UM SO WHEN WE SAY THAT WE SAW THE STRONGEST GAINS IN I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT THE UM THE UM WHEN WE SAY IN FREQUENCY THE EVIDENCE FREQUENCY STATES WITH THE GAIN THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF WEEKLY COACHING CYCLES SO THE STRONGEST GAINS WITH THE THIRD GRADE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS ARE WE WAS THAT COROLLARY OR IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE PROVIDING TARGETED COACHING TO OUR BILINGUAL TEACHERS? UM, WHAT IS THEIR PARTICULAR COACHING FOR SOME OF OUR TARGETED POPULATIONS LIKE SPED TEACHERS ARE ESPY'S SPECIAL DAY CLASS TEACHERS YOU KNOW BILINGUAL DO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL COACHING FOR THE THE DIFFERENTIATION OR FOR THE THE THE MULTILINGUAL EDGE THE BILINGUAL EDUCATION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IN SOME OF THOSE CLASSROOMS OR OR IS THIS JUST THE COACH IN GENERAL FOR THE
SCHOOL? >> THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT QUESTION. >> COMMISSIONER FISCHER SO I THINK THE PRELIMINARY NESS NATURE OF THE THE ANALYSIS AS IS STATED IN THE REPORT. UM, THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THAT NO WE WE DO NOT MAKE THAT DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN ACTUAL CONTENT OF THE COACHING AND AND THE OUTCOME SO WHAT WE TRY TO THE STEP THAT WE TRY TO TAKE IN THE ANALYSIS IS LET'S IDENTIFY SOME PATTERNS THAT WE SEE SO THAT WE CAN DELVING DEEPER WITH OUR LEAD PARTNERS AND WITH THE SCHOOL SITES TO SEE FOCUSING ON THOSE SITES ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT IS HOW THE COACHING IS TAKING PLACE AND WHAT THE COACHES ARE WORKING ON UM AND THEN WITH THAT I'LL TRY TO GET TO THEM AS QUICKLY. >> SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THE REPORT IN THE ANALYSIS IS BOTH THE FREQUENCY BUT ALSO WHAT THAT MIGHT BE TOO IN TERMS OF THE COMPETENCY OF THE INDIVIDUAL. SO IN THAT SPECIFIC SECTION I THINK WHAT WE SEE IS INDIVIDUAL GIRLS WHO HAVE A HIGH HIGH
FREQUENCY OF TOUCH POINTS WITH A STRONG THEM WITH THE CONSISTENT NUMBER OF TEACHERS. WE CAN MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THEIR INDIVIDUAL COMPETENCY IN COMPARISON TO SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS WHO DON'T HAVE THAT MATCH BETWEEN FREQUENCY AND STUDENT OUTCOMES SUCH THAT WE MIGHT ASSUME THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF MULTIPLE TEACHERS POTENTIALLY HAVE MORE TOUCH POINTS. SO DEEPER COACHING THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION AROUND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF COACH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF COACHING EXPERTISE IN THAT BUT ALL OF THOSE QUESTION MARKS ARE PART OF WHY WE'RE CONNECTING BACK TO REVISING THE COACHING LOGS IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONTENT OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL TOUCH POINTS TO BETTER MAKE THAT CONNECTION. SO WHILE WE SEE SOME TRENDS WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO REVISE OUR DATA COLLECTION TO HAVE A DEEPER ANALYSIS. I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THE DETAILS YOU'RE PROVIDING YOU'RE REFERRING TO SECTIONS OF THE REPORT BUT I DIDN'T READ ANY OF THAT IN THE REPORT AND SO I THINK SOME OF THIS ANALYSIS ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS HERE AT
930 AT NIGHT YOU KNOW IN THIS CONTEXT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A LOT GOING ON. UM, BUT TO GO BACK TO MY SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT YOU KNOW THE COACHING AND THE CO PLANNING WE HAVE. SO FOR EXAMPLE SPECIAL DAY CLASS TEACHERS THAT MIGHT TEACH KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE CLASSROOM, RIGHT? ARE THEY INCLUDED IN THE CO PLANNING TIME BETWEEN THE KINDERGARTEN FIRST AND SECOND GRADE OR ARE THEY COMPLETELY LEFT OUT TO DO BECAUSE THE OUR SCORES ARE SUPPOSED TO FOR THE MOST PART BE TEACHING CURRICULUM ALIGNED MATERIAL AS WELL. SO AND OUR SPECIAL DAY CLASSROOMS VERY OFTEN HAVE OUR OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT FULLY CREDENTIALED OR HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SENIORITY. SO WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THEIR COACHING AS WELL? ARE THEY INCLUDED IN ALL SPECIFICALLY WHERE ARE THEY INCLUDED IN THIS COACHING MODEL ? CAN I MAKE AN OBSERVATION POINT OF INFORMATION OR A QUARTER MAYBE? I DON'T KNOW. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A THAT'S A VERY TACTICAL QUESTION AND IT JUST AS PART OF THE AD HOC I
DON'T I JUST WANT TO LIKE LIFT THAT UP AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU SHOULDN'T ANSWER IT BUT I JUST LIKE I THINK IF THE BOARD IS GOING TO REALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON STRATEGY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A STRATEGY THAT WAS LIKE A VERY, VERY TACTICAL QUESTION AND IT'S OKAY TO ASK IT BUT I JUST WANT TO NOTE TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER THAT IF ARE YOU REALLY DO YOU REALLY WANT TO GO DOWN THAT THAT PLACE OR OR DO YOU YOU DON'T THINK I CAN REFRAME STRATEGICALLY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FROM THE TEACHER RETENTION, FROM THE SENSE OF BELONGING. YOU KNOW, WE HEAR SO THIS IS A TACTICAL QUESTION. THE STRATEGIC POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS SPEED IS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. FIRST OF ALL, SPEED IS NOT RESOURCED THE SAME WAY THAT GEN ED IS RESOURCED AND WE SEE THAT IN THE OUTCOMES IN THE STUDENT OUTCOMES IF WE WANT OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO IF WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE READING LEVELS AND AND AND TEST SCORES OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, MANY OF THEM DO SIT IN AGENDA AND ENVIRONMENT BUT ALSO A LOT OF THEM ALSO DO GET SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION EITHER THROUGH THEIR SPECIAL
DAY CLASS OR FROM THEIR RSP AND IF WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THE SAME LEVEL OF COACHING TO THOSE TEACHERS, HOW THE HECK ARE WE GOING TO SEE THE SAME GAINS? SO IT'S IT'S A IT'S AN EQUITY EQUALITY AND JUST DOING RIGHT BY OUR STUDENTS A STRATEGIC CONCERN. >> SO THAT'S WHERE THE TACTICAL QUESTION IS COMING FROM. >> BUT I THINK YOU COULD APPLY THAT SAME LEVEL OF LOGIC ACROSS EVERYTHING. SO THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. YEAH. NO AND SO I WOULD JUST I DON'T KNOW MAYBE LIKE IF IF THE IF THE QUESTION REALLY IS LIKE THE STRATEGIC QUESTION IS LIKE HOW ARE SPECIAL ED STUDENTS AND STUDENTS WITH AP BEING INCLUDED IN THE IN THE PLANNING AS POINTED OUT BY THE THAT'S KIND OF THIS MORE STRATEGIC QUESTION RIGHT. >> CAN I JUST START AND THEN YOU ALL CAN TALK ABOUT LIKE HOW IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND. I THINK I THINK THAT YOU ARE RIGHT IN TERMS OF US NEEDING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES HAVE
CLEAR DIRECTION NUMBER ONE TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE COACHING ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND THAT ALL OF OUR CLASSROOMS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT ENGAGEMENT. I AM REALLY, REALLY HOPEFUL IN TERMS OF JUST LOOKING AT THE DATA AND I, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S EMBEDDED INSIDE A REPORT THAT WE'RE SEEING ACTUALLY LITERACY IMPROVEMENTS OR LITERACY ATTAINMENT IN ACROSS ALL OF OUR TARGET POPULATIONS. I'M SEEING A 2% INCREASE IN SPEND. I'M SEEING INCREASE IS IN OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE HOMELESS AND IN ALL OF OUR VOCAL POPULATIONS. SO I THINK WE'RE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT IMPROVEMENT IF WE ARE REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT AS WE'RE ENGAGING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE CLEAR THAT A COACH IT HAS TO BE INTEGRATED INSIDE. SO MAYBE DR. HERRERA, YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE GROUND. HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE PERCEIVED AND FELT?
I'M THANK YOU. SO I THINK THERE IS A WE EXPECT OUR COACHES TO SUPPORT ALL THEIR K-5 CLASSROOMS THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING CURRICULUM SO THAT WOULD MEAN A MILD MODERATE STC AND INCLUSION PROGRAM RSP PROGRAM SO SOME OF OUR COACHES HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE IN ADCS THAN OTHERS AND SO IT'S ABOUT US MEETING WHERE THEY'RE AT AND SUPPORTING THEM ON WHAT THEY NEED TO FEEL CONFIDENT TO COACH IN AN STC CLASSROOM. SO THAT'S ON US. SO THE COACHING MODELS OR THE TRAINING THAT WE PROVIDE THEM BUT WE SEE THAT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. WE HAVE PRE-K THROUGH FIVE CLASSROOMS ON OUR CAMPUSES. WE HAVE EARLY ED COACHES THAT TEACH THAT COACH P K T K AND THEN WE HAVE OUR K FIVE COACHES. SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND IS A VARIETY OF AREAS OF MAYBE WE HAVE A35 GLC THAT THEY'RE RUNNING IN THAT THREE FIVE TEACHER IS IN THAT GLC WITH THOSE TEACHERS THINKING ABOUT MAINSTREAM OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUSION OPPORTUNITIES HOW CAN THEY MODIFY THE CURRICULUM SO THAT CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT THEN MAYBE THE COACH MIGHT ALSO RUN AK2 OR ONE TO GLC AT THE SAME TIME THROUGHOUT THE
WEEK TO SUPPORT THOSE TEACHERS. SO WE SEE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS IT'S LOOKING AT ACCOMMODATIONS, MAINSTREAMING INCLUSION, MAKING SURE THAT CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO THE CURRICULUM AND SO OUR COACHES ARE REALLY COACHING OUR TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT'S HAPPENING AND THAT HAPPENS IN A VARIETY OF OUR CLASSROOMS AND OUR SCHOOLS. HOWEVER, THE TRUTH IS IS THAT SOME OF OUR COACHES DON'T HAVE SPEED EXPERIENCE AND SO WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THAT SUPPORT JUST LIKE WE'RE DIFFERENTIATING FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE NEED DIFFERENTIATED FOR OUR COACHES AS WELL. AND IN THE COMMENTS QUESTIONS BEFORE I GO BEHIND VICE PRESIDENT JULIE STRATEGIC OPINING I ONE JUST WANT TO REALLY TAKE A MINUTE TO CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME OUR LITERACY NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP BASICALLY SINCE PRE-PANDEMIC ERA THAT WE HAVE BEEN EITHER ON A FLAT OR NEGATIVE TRAJECTORY FOR SEVEN YEARS SINCE 2018 AND TO TURN THAT AROUND TO TURN THE CORNER TO BE MOVING IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION JUST REPRESENTS A HUGE AND HEAVY LIFT OF SO MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT
FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PEREZ AND EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN WHO INTERACTS WITH KIDS AND EVALUATES CURRICULUM AND HAS BEEN WORKING ON DEVELOPING THESE STRATEGIES. SO IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT ALIGNMENT COMING TOGETHER TO GET PROGRESS FOR OUR KIDS. I ALSO SUPER APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS MY QUESTION IS LIKE IS THIS WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR AND SO THAT IS HUGE. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, IT'S YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE GAINS BUT WE'RE NOT LIKELY TO SEE THEM AT THE RATE NECESSARY TO MEET OUR GOALS. ON THE AMBITIOUS TIMELINE THAT WE'VE SET. AND SO I DID WANT TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR PROGRESS MONITORING COMMITTEE MEETING STRATEGIC QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE SEEING PROGRESS FROM OUR INSTRUCTIONAL
COACHING AND OUR NEW EVIDENCE BASED LITERACY CURRICULUM BEING ROLLED OUT BUT NOT EQUALLY FOR EVERYONE AND IN PARTICULAR WE HAVEN'T SEEN AS HIGH OF INCREASE GAINS IN OUR GOALS 1.14 GRADE K AFRICAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER EARLY LITERACY AND GRADE THREE ENGLISH LEARNERS FOUR INTERIM GOAL 1.3 I LOVE ONE. >> I GUESS A TACTICAL QUESTION I HAVE IS WHEN WILL WE SEE OR CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE A MONITORING REPORT FROM STAFF KIND OF EVALUATING THESE SPECIFIC TARGETED INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE FOR THOSE POPULATIONS SO WE CAN EVALUATE THE WHAT WHAT IS HAPPENING CURRENTLY AND ITS EFFICACY? BUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN CAN WE SEE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN FROM YOU AND FROM THE INTERIM DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS ABOUT WHAT MORE WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT MORE RESOURCES WE NEED TO FREE UP TO INVEST IN TARGETED INTERVENTIONS FOR
AFRICAN POPULATIONS TO HELP RISE THEIR RAISE THEIR SCORES AS WELL. >> THANK YOU VPI HULING FOR THAT QUESTION. I REALLY DO THINK THAT WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A COACH, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO NUMBER ONE STAY FOCUS AND CONSISTENT IN IN HAVING THAT COACH SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE THESE GAINS. WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM ADMINISTRATORS AND AND EDUCATORS IS THAT IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE COLLEAGUES TO TALK TO TO BRAINSTORM, TO REALLY PLAN WITH. AND SO I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE SET UP AND CREATE THOSE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WHICH QUITE FRANKLY WE ARE DOING MORE APS, WE CAN DO MORE OF. BUT IN TERMS OF US CONTINUING TO TO TO FOCUS IN ON OUR FOCAL POPULATION, I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON I'M BEING MORE INTENTIONAL ROLE WITH ALLOCATING OUR COACHING TIME WHICH COULD MEAN NEEDING MORE COACHES IN SOME SCHOOLS BASED ON THE DATA MEETING MAYBE
FIGURING OUT WAYS TO INCREASE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IN SOME SCHOOLS BASED ON THE DATA AS WELL. SO THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO STAFF ABOUT ALREADY EXCUSE ME THIS IS THE ASL INTERPRETER I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE HAD VISUALS ON US FOR THIS MEETING AND CURRENTLY YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT A PICTURE OF MY TEAM THAT IS OH NO, I'M SORRY I'VE HAD A PROBLEM GETTING A HOLD OF MY CONTACT. >> I'M JUST HOPING SHE'S IN. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW. WE'LL HAVE STAFF FOLLOW UP. APPRECIATE IT. I JUST TO STAFF DO WE KNOW WHEN WE'LL GET A MONITORING REPORT ON FOR EXAMPLE EACH AND EVERY BY NAME OR THE IMPACT OF MOVING TO 5050 MODEL OR OTHER SPECIFIC TARGETED STRATEGIES THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LEARNER POPULATIONS. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO CONSULT THE CALENDAR ON WHEN
THE DIFFERENT TOPICS ARE COMING UP. SO GIVE US ONE SECOND. MARCH 24TH FOR FOR GOAL ONE AND GOAL TWO. I JUST OH, GO FOR IT. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, THANK YOU. I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT QUICKER. I HAVE A SOMETHING OF BOTH A FOLLOW ON AND A SEPARATE QUESTION FROM FROM COMMISSIONER HOLLINGS AND IT MAY BE BEST DIRECTED TO YOU, SUPERINTENDENT TO OR IF STAFF IS MORE APPROPRIATE TO ANSWER I'M NOT SURE BUT FROM THE COACHING FROM THE COACHING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THERE'S THIS KIND OF TIERED SECTION OF LIKE BOARD SETS GOALS IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS THE YOU THE SUPERINTENDENT THEN SET INTERIM GOALS FOR EXAMPLE AND THEN SENIOR STAFF BELOW IS SUPPOSED TO SET A SERIES OF YOU KNOW OF OF SMART LIKE SMART STRATEGIES OR INITIATIVES IN ORDER TO REACH THE INTERIM GOALS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS IDENTIFIED. SO IN A SORT OF LIKE A VERY
FUNDAMENTAL WAY WHAT CAN YOU IDENTIFY FOR US WHAT THOSE FOR THE INTERIM GOALS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED FOR THIS INSTANCE WHAT ARE THOSE INITIATIVES OR STRATEGIES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY BY SENIOR STAFF TO YOU KNOW TO LOOK AT AND I I'M GUESSING THAT THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD BE MONITORING OFF OF AS WELL. SOMETIMES I'VE WONDERED HOW DO WE COME UP WITH THE MEASURES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ANY GIVEN REPORT LIKE HOW IS IT DECIDED THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR WHATEVER IT IS. SO JUST DOES MY QUESTION MAKE SENSE TO YOU? >> SO BEFORE I HAD TO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE THAT WAS EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING TO GO DOWN AND BECAUSE I'M HEARING CERTAIN THINGS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT I THINK ARE RELEVANT TO BRING TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY THIS IS I THINK LESS FEEDBACK PER SE FOR STAFF RIGHT NOW AND IT'S MORE OF AN OBSERVATION OF JUST KIND OF OUR MOMENT IN TIME SO LATER ON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR STRONG
SCHOOLS RESOLUTION THAT IN PART ASKS SUPERINTENDENT TO BUILD A STRATEGIC PLAN, RIGHT? IN OUR RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH JAY THAT I THINK MANY OF US HAVE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS OF TOUCH POINTS IN THE THING I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS IS THAT AND WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED OVER THE TIME SO FAR IS A CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON COACHING THAT IS VERY LOUD AND CLEAR AND I APPRECIATE THAT EMPHASIS. I MEAN THE QUESTION THAT I HAD JUST BUILDING OFF OF WHAT COMMISSIONER RAY JUST ASKED WAS LIKE OR IS IT IS THAT THE THE INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE SAYING IS MOVING OUTCOMES FOR KIDS AND WELL YEAH THANK YOU. LIKE IS THAT THE INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE SAYING IS MOVING OUTCOMES FOR KIDS AND THEREFORE IS THE THING THAT WE ARE PUTTING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES TO RIGHT BECAUSE I THINK THE THE QUESTION THAT I'M TRYING TO BUILD FROM IS IF WE HAVE OUR GOALS THESE PROGRESS MONITORING REPORTS BASED ON THOSE GOALS ARE MEANT TO ILLUMINATE WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE SUPPORTING THAT GOAL AND THEN WHEN YOU KNOW WHERE THIS IS
GOING RIGHT THEN IT'S HOW MUCH DO THOSE THINGS COST SO WE KNOW EXACTLY THE RESOURCES THAT ARE GOING TO THEM AND THAT'S I THINK THAT LAST PART IS THE PART THAT THAT'S SOMEWHAT MISSING FROM THIS AND THIS IS AGAIN LESS FEEDBACK AROUND THE ACTUAL PROGRESS MONITORING OF THE INITIATIVE AND THE THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AND MORE OF A QUESTION OF HOW ARE WE BEING HOW CAN WE BE MORE STRATEGIC IN TYING THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR GOALS, THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE SEEING ARE GETTING CONTRIBUTING TO THOSE GOALS WITH WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO UNDERGO WITH A HUGE CONVERSATION ABOUT RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR OURSELVES AND AND THAT THROUGHLINE IS REALLY IMPORTANT, RIGHT? SO SO I DON'T MEAN TO LIKE COMPLETELY TAKE OVER YOUR QUESTION BUT THIS WAS TOTALLY FINE IN EXACTLY THE DIRECTION I WAS TRYING TO I WAS THINKING IN MY HEAD TO GOING DOWN OF WHAT IS THAT AND DO WE HAVE LIKE AN AMOUNT THAT WE KNOW THAT IS GOING INTO SUPPORTING
THESE THINGS AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THAT'S BEING ACCOUNTED FOR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR RESOURCE ALLOCATION WORK THAT WE HAVE? >> YEAH, I KNOW THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS AND FOR COMMISSIONERS AND FOR VIEWERS WHO'VE WHO'VE BEEN FOLLOWING US ON THE BUDGET TOWN HALLS WE HAVE SLOWLY STARTED TO TO TRANSITION TO SHOWING SOME DOLLAR NUMBERS AMOUNTS OF MONEY TOWARDS SOME OF THE KEY PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES THAT WERE WHERE WE WERE FUNDING. SO FOR EXAMPLE MAPPING THE EL CAP FUND, THE EL CAP PRIORITIES OF HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONS TO OUR GOALS ONE TO ONES AND TO ONE AND TWO RIGHT SO WE'RE SLOWLY STARTING TO BUILD THAT BUDGET THAT WILL TELL THE NARRATIVE OF OF HOW ARE WE USING THE MONEY TO MOVE TOWARDS THE VGS SIMILAR TO WHAT COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S BEEN ASKING FOR A BUT BUT I HEAR YOU'RE SAYING AND IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES THAT WE
WANT TO FOCUS IN ON TO MOVE THE NEEDLE IN THIS CASE FOR THIRD GRADE LITERACY YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD WE'RE FOCUSING REALLY HARD ON INTO LITERACY COACHES AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY I'VE I'VE MADE THE COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE FUNDING . THERE IS A QUESTION OF SHOULD WE DO MORE AND WHAT DOES IT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF WE HAD MORE LITERACY COACHING SUPPORTS IN LIEU OF OTHER POSITIONS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REDUCTION AND THAT'S A THAT'S A TOUGH CONVERSATION AND I THINK THIS BOARD WE TOGETHER NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. THE OTHER INITIATIVE THAT WE BELIEVE IN IS HAVING A HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM AND WE DID PIVOT AND PURCHASE A NEW CURRICULUM BUT WE ALSO NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR EDUCATORS WHO ARE DELIVERING THE CURRICULUM. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SAY GREAT YOU GOT THIS CURRICULUM, GOOD LUCK BECAUSE WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO COME BACK AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OUR EDUCATORS HAVE THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S YOU GO TO THIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND YOU'RE DONE. IT'S NOT A ONE AND DONE SITUATION. WE HAVE TO KEEP AT IT. WE HAVE TO KEEP PROVIDING THE SUPPORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE CURRICULUM FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT THERE IS FIDELITY TO THE CURRICULUM? SO THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF OF OF OF GOAL ONE THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS A KEY STRATEGY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THE THE OTHER ONE IS IS OUR EACH AND EVERY STRATEGY MEANING WE NEED TO FOCUS ON OUR FOCAL POPULATION, PARTICULARLY OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS WHO ARE FURTHEST FROM ACADEMIC SUCCESS GETS OUR ATTENTION, GETS TO HAVE HAVE US FOCUSED AND DO ALL THE DATA COLLECTION AND THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE SUPPORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR THEM. HOW MUCH ALL OF THAT COSTS WE
HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT ANALYSIS YET BUT AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME IT IS OUR BEST THINKING IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE MOVE TO THE 70% PROFICIENCY RATE BY 2027. I THAT YES I APPRECIATE THAT. >> I THINK EVEN JUST EVEN THE LAST PART THAT YOU NAMED AROUND OR OR YOU KNOW ONE OF THE INTERIM GOALS IS FROM AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT I ,I KNOW THAT THAT IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ALI AND LEAD AND C AND I AND AND IT AGAIN GOING INTO JUST A SEASON OF TALKING ABOUT BUDGETS IT IT BEGS THE QUESTION OF LIKE FOR US TO DO THAT WELL WHAT IS THE WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THAT IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT ON THAT AND CAN WE SEE THAT IN THE BUDGET PROTECT IT AND SAY THAT THIS HAS TO HAPPEN AND AND I THINK THAT'S MAYBE PART OF THE THE NARROWED OF ELEMENT OF THE REPORT ITSELF THAT I THINK IS JUST HARDER FOR ME TO SEE TRACK AND DRAW A LINE TO AND THAT'S JUST LIKE A MORE OF A FORMAT AND COMMUNICATION THING. >> BUT I JUST WANTED TO BUT I
DON'T THINK I THINK IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT AND WE ACTUALLY JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER TODAY IN OUR PLANNING MEETING FOR THE NEXT AD HOC I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION OF LIKE THE THE LEVEL THERE'S LIKE STRATEGY AND THERE'S TACTICS RIGHT? AND I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION OF LIKE WHAT WHAT LEVEL DO THESE REPORTS NEED TO BE AT? YEAH, RIGHT. LIKE THESE ARE THESE REPORTS HAVE SORT OF PICKED AND PICKED UP PIECE LIKE COACHING AND GONE DEEPER ON THEM BUT MAYBE THEY NEED TO BE MORE STRATEGY LEVEL I DON'T KNOW THAT'S AGAIN THESE ARE THESE ARE I THINK CONVERSATIONS THAT THAT I THINK THE COMMITTEE WILL THINK ABOUT AND STUFF TO THINK ABOUT BUT JUST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE I THINK THERE'S BEEN ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM FROM STAFF THAT LIKE THERE'S SORT OF SOMEWHAT OF A WORK IN PROGRESS OF LIKE WHAT'S THE SWEET SPOT IN TERMS OF US HAVING HERE A STRATEGIC CONVERSATION. OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL AND DEPTH BUT BUT THEN I THINK IT FEELS LIKE THAT STRATEGY PIECE IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE WE WANT TO HAVE MORE OF THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE
SUPERINTENDENT. >> AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I THINK LESS TO BE ABLE TO DICTATE EXACTLY WHAT PROGRAMS ARE THERE IN HERE AND ALL THAT STUFF AND MORE ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE COHERENCE THAT LEADS TO THAT WORK. RIGHT? SO LIKE WHAT WHAT IS THE THROUGH LINE THERE TO OUR THEN RESOURCE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE HAVE AS A BOARD LESS OF LIKE YES THIS STRATEGY KNOW THAT STRATEGY AND MORE ABOUT WHAT TELL US WHAT THE WHAT THE WHAT WHAT IS THE COHERENCE THAT BRINGS ALL OF THAT TOGETHER RIGHT SO BECAUSE THAT I THINK IS THE BIGGER CONVERSATION THAT I WOULD IMAGINE IT YOU KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY INTERNALLY AROUND INFORMING WHAT THOSE STRATEGIES ARE. WE I WOULD IMAGINE HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT STRATEGY OUTWARD AND THEN RESOURCE THAT APPROPRIATELY RIGHT INTO YEAH, SORRY I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER REPORT TO ALSO TALK THROUGH SO JUST WANT TO DO 123 AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. >> COMMISSIONER FISCHER WELL
AND TO TIE INTO THAT ARE OUR JOB AS COMMISSIONERS IN THIS VISION VALUES GOALS AND GUARDRAILS PROCESSES TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY RIGHT? SO TO TAKE THE ALLEY EXAMPLE FURTHER THE THAT IS A HUGE REFLECTION OF THE VALUES OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE SUCH THAT ALLEY IS NOT JUST FUNDED BY SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED DOLLARS IT'S FUNDED BY GRANTS FROM THE CITY YOU KNOW LIKE TONS OF PARTNERSHIPS OUT THERE. A FRACTION OF THE FUNDING ACTUALLY COMES FROM SFD. SD RIGHT. SO HOW ARE WE AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS PLANNING AND PARTICULARLY THE BUDGET PLANNING, HOW ARE WE DOING IT IN A WAY THAT HONORS THE VALUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO UPHOLD AND HEALING? SO ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO CALL OUT ABOUT THIS MONITORING REPORT THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IS THE UPDATED THEORY OF ACTION WHICH I THINK IS MUCH MORE ALIGNED TO LIKE THE SPECIFICS ON THE GROUND OF THIS STRATEGY AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING AND THEREFORE WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE OUT OF IT AND I DO THINK THAT PRESIDENT KIM'S CALL FOR
HOW MUCH DOES THIS COST IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE PART OF THE PURPOSE OF MONITORING IS TO SAY WE'RE TRYING A STRATEGY. WE'VE INVESTED X AMOUNT OF MONEY IN IT. IS IT WORKING? DOES IT NEED MORE RESOURCES TO WORK BETTER OR IS THIS ACTUALLY THEORY OF ACTION NOT WORKING? AND SO WE CAN TAKE THAT MONEY AND JUST TRY A NEW HYPOTHESIS, TRY A NEW THEORY OF ACTION AND NOT JUST SAY WELL WE NEED TO KEEP DOING THIS BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE IT OR WE'VE MADE THIS INVESTMENT BUT REALLY CONTINUE TO PUSH OURSELVES AS A DISTRICT, AS A LEARNING ORGANIZATION TO KEEP LEARNING, TO TRY NEW HYPOTHESIS AND TILL WE GET IT RIGHT. AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW NOT JUST LIKE WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IS BUT ALSO THE FINANCIAL IMPACT PER PUPIL BECAUSE YOU KNOW FOR JUST TO TAKE ONE LIFE FOR EACH AND EVERY BY NAME WE'RE NOT SEEING AT THIS MOMENT INCREASES
IN THAT EARLY LITERACY AND SO DO WE WANT TO TAKE THOSE ALLEY FUNDS AND DO WE WANT TO INVEST THEM IN SOMETHING ELSE TO REACH THAT SAME FOCAL POPULATION MORE EFFECTIVELY AND JUST KEEP TRYING? AND THAT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE OR THE OPPOSITE, RIGHT? DO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY DOUBLE DOWN AND INVEST MORE? YEAH, THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE ARE INSUFFICIENT AND WE KNOW THAT STAFF ARE ALREADY TIGHT. SO TO ME THAT'S THE STRATEGY CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO GET. >> EXACTLY. YES. YES, EXACTLY. COMMISSIONER. OH, SORRY. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO SORRY BUT WE KNOW THE DATA FROM THE STATE CONTINUE TO THE DATA FROM THE STATE SHOWS THAT WELL FROM EVERYWHERE IT COSTS THREE TIMES AS MUCH TO EDUCATE A STUDENT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AS IT DOES IN GENERAL EDUCATION. DOES THAT MEAN WE CUT THE FUNDING AND WE STOP DOING IT? NO, IT'S A MANDATE. NOT ONLY IS IT A MANDATE FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT LEAST FEDERAL FOR NOW BUT IT'S ALSO THE RIGHT THING IS THE EQUITABLE THING TO DO. IT'S PART OF OUR MANDATE TO SUPPORT I'M GOING TO LOVE OUR
KIDS AND I BRING IT UP OVER TO COMMISSIONER RAY JUST IF YOU CAN VERY THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. THANKS I I ALSO APPRECIATE THIS DISCUSSION AROUND FIGURING OUT WHICH THINGS ARE EFFECTIVE, HOW MUCH THEY COST AND WHERE WE NEED TO INVEST OUR RESOURCES BECAUSE WHILE WE WOULD ALL LIKE MONEY TO BE UNLIMITED, IT'S NOT IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN SO IN ORDER TO SORT OF BETTER UNDERSTAND AND THIS FIRST IS THERE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN FIND AN ARTICULATION OF WHAT ALL THE STRATEGIES OR INITIATIVES ARE AT THAT SORT OF LIKE SENIOR STAFF LEVEL THAT SUPPORT THE INTERIM GOALS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS IDENTIFIED AND ARE YOU KNOW, OUR WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TO MEASURE LIKE TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THOSE PARTICULAR MEASURES THAT WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT SOMETHING AND GOING OKAY LIKE IF YOU KNOW PERHAPS IN THIS CASE I THINK FOR COACHING LOGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU KNOW PER CYCLE OR FOR TEACHERS THERE WAS DIFFERENT MEASURES AROUND COACHING BUT TAKE WHATEVER THE PARTICULAR THING IS AND SEE HAVE WE
ACHIEVED THAT? WHAT IMPACT IF ANY DID IT HAD AND LIKE DRAW THE CONNECTION IF WE CAN BETWEEN THE SUCCESS OF THAT PARTICULAR INPUT AND ULTIMATE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS BUT AT LEAST MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF THE INPUT SO SO WE CAN SEE IF WE'RE IF WE'RE GETTING ANYWHERE THERE ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. AND AND AGAIN IF YOU DRILL DOWN INTO THE REPORT AND I APOLOGIZE SO FOLKS NEXT TIME WE LET'S LET'S MAKE SURE WE LIFT THE DATA POINTS EVEN FURTHER UP. YOU WILL SEE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY INTENTIONAL AND FOCUSING ON OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT ALI, YOU'LL SEE THAT ACTUALLY ARE OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS INCREASE IN LITERACY PROFICIENCY BY 5% AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE BEING REALLY INTENTIONAL, VERY FOCUSED. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF ADDITION SUPPORTS FOR OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS LIKE OUR SATURDAY SCHOOLS LIKE ARE INTENTIONAL MENTORSHIPS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS AS
WELL AS INTENTIONAL LITERACY COACHING COMBINED. YOU'RE SEEING THIS THIS INCREASE AND BECAUSE OF THAT I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT WE NEED TO THEN PART PAIR THIS WITH A A NOT A BUDGET PER SE BUT A COST ANALYSIS FOR IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY OKAY WITH THIS LEVEL OF INVESTMENT WE SEE 5% GROWTH IN OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS. IMAGINE THE LEVEL OF GROWTH WE WOULD SEE IF WE DID DOUBLE OR MORE OR WHATEVER. SO THEN WE CAN THEN START PROJECTING OUT THE SAME FOR OUR SPED STUDENTS BASED ON THIS WE'RE SEEING A 2% GROWTH FOR OUR SPED STUDENTS BECAUSE WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL, BECAUSE WE'RE STAYING FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS. >> SO WE'RE LIKE WHERE CAN WE FIND FIND THOSE THAT SORT OF INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT AS A BASE FOR TRACKING THINGS. DO WE HAVE SUCH A COMPILATION OF STRATEGIES OR INITIATIVES THAT SUPPORT YOUR INTERIM GOALS SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE OR USE THOSE AS A BASIS FOR MONITORING?
I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. SO THOSE ARE BASICALLY THE PIECES THAT ARE THAT WERE DEVELOPED IN THE THE THE PROGRESS MONITORING WORKSHOPS IN WHICH WE WERE DEVELOPING AND SHARING THE UPDATED INTERIM GOALS AND THE INTERIM GUARDRAILS IN WHICH THOSE INITIATIVES WERE OUTLINED AS THE MAJOR KIND OF STRATEGIES AND AND PIECES THAT WOULD SUPPORT THOSE. SO THAT IS ACTUALLY FOUND IN THE BOARD DOCS BUT IT'S ALSO WHAT WE'VE HYPERLINKED ON TO THE WEBSITE AND WHAT WE ARE USING AS THE BASIS FOR A LOT OF OUR PRACTICE MONITORING REPORTS. NOW TRUE WE AREN'T PROVIDING BASICALLY A HOLISTIC OVERVIEW OF EVERY SINGLE INITIATIVE AND RATHER ARE CHOOSING THE DEEPER DIVE IN AND COACHING FOR EXAMPLE IN THIS ONE BUT RATHER THERE ARE A WIDE RANGE OF OTHER INITIATIVES THAT ARE SUPPORTING EACH OF THE GOALS AND THE INTERIM GOALS AND THAT IS FOUND AS PART OF THOSE DOCUMENTS PREVIOUSLY TO TRY TO TIE ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER. >> OKAY. SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THEN LIKE THE INITIATIVE OR STRATEGY AND THAT SENSE IS NAMED AS FOR INSTANCE
EACH AND EVERY FOUR COACHING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT'S ON THIS IS PRESENTED TO US IN THE SPRING, RIGHT? SO I'M THINKING BACK TO THAT AND TRYING TO CONNECT THAT WITH WHAT WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM AJ WHICH IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM TALKING TO AJ IS THAT HE WAS ADVISING THAT WE HAVE SMART LIKE THAT SENIOR THAT SENIOR STAFF HAVE DEVELOP THOSE INITIATIVES NOT JUST WITH LIKE A NAME LIKE THAT BUT WITH A SMART FORMAT TO THEM SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MEASURABLY TRACK THE PROGRESS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SOMEWHERE THAT I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN LIKE THAT SORT OF LIKE MORE SPECIFIC THING NOT JUST THE GENERAL NAME OF THE INITIATIVE OR ARE WE GOING TO DEVELOP THAT IT GOES INTO THE LEVEL OF PROVIDING THE SPECIFIC METRICS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND THEN BEHIND THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPLY LIKE WHAT ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? I CAN'T RECALL YES, THE INTERIM GOALS ARE DEFINED IN SMART TERMS BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE THE SPECIFIC INITIATIVE
VERSIONS OF THE OF THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE THAT WERE THE IMPLEMENTATION PIECES THAT I THINK YOU'RE DESCRIBING. BUT THOSE ARE THE PIECES THAT WE'RE BUILDING KIND OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND BASE FOR AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE REPORTING THOSE PIECES AT THIS POINT IN TIME. ALL RIGHT. I'LL FOLLOW UP FURTHER WITH YOU LATER. THANK YOU. CAN WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE TO EXTEND OUR MEETING PAST 10:00 BECAUSE IT'S EARLY PAST TEN SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON A SECOND SO MOVED SECOND JUST EXTENSION ROLL CALL PLEASE. YES. YES, YES, YES, YES, YES YES, YES. OKAY. WHAT'S THAT? NO, NO, NO, NO. RIGHT. OH YEAH WE GOOD? OKAY. IS IT SO WILDLY URGENT THAT YOU HAVE TO ASK IS THAT A HANDOUT? OKAY. YES, COMMISSIONER GUPTA, BRING IT HOME, PLEASE. HEY, I'M AND SPOKEN YET? >> OH, REALLY AT ALL AT ALL? WELL, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN ON THIS ISSUE BUT ACTUALLY I
MEAN I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE TO HAVE TO HOPEFULLY CLARIFY FOR STAFF BECAUSE I MEAN I'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER END AND IT'S CONFUSING AND SOMETIMES FRUSTRATING WHEN IT'S SORT OF LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE. SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE WE'RE HONING IN ON THAT AND GETTING TO A BETTER PLACE AND I DO APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER RAY, YOUR COMMENTS ON HOW DO WE KIND OF CONNECT THIS ALL TOGETHER A BIT MORE? AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT GOES TO VICE PRESIDENT SCHILLING'S PERSPECTIVE OF, YOU KNOW, THE LAST PIECE OF THIS THEORY OF CHANGE IS REALLY KIND OF WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED AND THEN CONNECTING THAT BACK TO INITIATIVES SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE SO WHAT FOR US AS A BOARD SO THEN WE CAN THEN MAKE THE CALLS THAT THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY. DR. HARE, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU UP HERE. I LOVE IT WHEN WE HAVE KIND OF A MIX OF ALL OF OUR STAFF FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT'S HOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHOULD WORK. SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE DATA IS THE
DATA ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD A LONG TIME AGO WAS WITH THE NEW SYSTEM OF TRACKING DATA AND I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THE DATA THEN WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT ONLINE AND MY REQUEST WAS TO HAVE THAT DATA AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AND FOR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND IN GENERAL. SO THAT THEY COULD THEN YOU KNOW, PLAY AROUND WITH THAT. WE SEE A LOT OF CREATIVE FOLKS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. WE'RE FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY OR ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE DATA IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND DEMONSTRATE A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT CURRENTLY WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE AT THE AGGREGATE LEVEL SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ON THE REPORT AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE FORUM IN WHICH WE SHARE THE DATA AT THIS TIME. OKAY. IS THERE A PLAN TO MAKE IT DOWNLOADABLE? I THINK OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO SO IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN INCLUDING OAKLAND. UH MAYBE I HAVE THAT WRONG BUT IT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL
LEVEL DATA YET OR I UNDERSTAND ONCE YOU GET TO A CERTAIN POINT YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY YOU KNOW YOU DON'T WANT IT BECOMES IDENTIFIABLE BUT THAT'S PRETTY DEEP INTO IT AND SO I'M LOOKING AT CAN WE GET THE DATA WHERE ONE CAN DOWNLOAD IT? ANYONE IN OUR GENERAL POPULACE CAN DOWNLOAD THE THE AN AGGREGATE LEVEL OF DATA. >> IT HASN'T BEEN A PRACTICE IN THE PAST TO DO SCHOOL LEVEL DATA FOR OUR INTERIM ASSESSMENTS RATHER THAN IT IS FOR THE STATE LEVEL SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS AS WE KNOW THAT THOSE DATA ARE BASICALLY BEING USED MORE IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT AND PLANNING AT THE SCHOOL SITES AND THAT THE SUBSET THAT WE ARE REALLY HIGHLIGHTING AND SUPPORTING IS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GOAL MONITORING . BUT WE ARE WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK INTO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS PRACTICES ARE IN THIS REGARD. OKAY SO WE ARE NOT YET WELL AND I WOULD JUST NAME I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT AS A BOARD BECAUSE I THINK IT IMPACTS STAFF. I MEAN IT IMPACTS INTERNAL ABILITY TO LIKE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE REALLY ARE ENGAGED IN HONEST REFLECTION LIKE THE MORE GRANULAR THE DATA GETS IF IT'S YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I DON'T KNOW. I JUST THINK THERE'S AT LEAST SOMETHING WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT. >> YEAH, YEAH. I MEAN I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT IT FROM A TRANSPARENCY AND YOU KNOW TRYING TO BE BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT'S GOOD FOR NOW. >> YEAH. I JUST WANT TO THANK DR. SUE FOR RAISING THE INCREASE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERACY SCORES THAT WE'VE SEEN AND I DON'T MEAN TO LIKE BESMIRCH THE WORK OF IT EACH AND EVERY DAY AND I THINK THAT GOES TO COMMISSIONER FISHER'S POINT AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING DISAGGREGATED DATA BECAUSE FOR THIS MONITORING REPORT ALL WE HAVE IS THE INTERIM GOAL DATA WHICH DOESN'T IT'S IT'S THERE THERE'S A SPREADSHEET. YEAH. OH I NEED TO CLICK INTO THE SPREADSHEET APPARENTLY THAT'S
MY BAD. SO I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT BECAUSE I OVERLOOKED THAT. BUT I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT IMPROVEMENT SO I CAN YOU CAN YOU JUST BECAUSE AGAIN YOU KNOW IF WE'RE EXPECTING THE GENERAL POPULOUS TO THEN DOUBLE CLICK IN, CAN YOU CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE COMMENT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY OUT OF 5% INCREASE RATHER THAN I THINK WHAT VICE PRESIDENT HEELING WAS JUST REFERRING TO IS A POINT 3%. WE SEE HERE UNDER THE WELL STAFF GOAL THE DATA THAT WAS SHARED IN THE POWERPOINT IT WAS AN AGGREGATE OF ALL OF OUR POPULATION. IF YOU GO INTO THE REPORT ITSELF AND CLICK ON THE LINK THAT IS I LOST I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS UNDER THE INTERPRETATION SECTION GOAL ONE WORKSHEET OF THIS REPORT YES YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE THE BREAKDOWN BY POPULATION AND YOU'LL SEE THERE'S THE TOTAL AGGREGATE. YOU'LL SEE ACTUALLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN OUR ASIAN STUDENTS ARE FILIPINO STUDENTS LATIN LATIN NEXT STUDENTS MULTIRACIAL.
SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT TARGET POPULATIONS BROKEN OUT AND YOU'LL SEE OVERALL ALL OF OUR POPULATION, ALL OF OUR ETHNIC GROUPS HAVE INCREASED FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING REALLY GREAT TO CELEBRATE AND WHICH I THINK IS WORTH MENTIONING THIS IS COHORT DATA RIGHT NOW IT'S FOR THE FALL. OH I SEE. >> I SEE. I SEE ITS THIRD GRADE YEAH. OH YES I GOT SO EXCITED BUT THIS IS EQUAL BUT IT COULD REFLECT IN THE SECOND GRADERS NOW ARE DOING BETTER IN THIRD GRADE THAN LAST YEAR'S THIRD GRADERS YES RIGHT SO YEAH WE HAVE THIS KNOCK OVER WE'VE HISTORICALLY SEEN REALLY AMAZING DATA FOR OUR KINGDOMS AND OUR FIRST GRADERS AND HAVE STRUGGLED TO TO LIFT THAT DATA ,PARTICULARLY OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS. AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE OUR DIRECTOR OF OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE, LETICIA IRVING HERE. >> LETICIA, DO YOU WANT TO
SPEAK ABOUT THIS? YEAH, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO KNOW WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL STUDENTS WHO CAME IN THE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE LOWER BUT IF WE LOOK AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH EACH AND EVERY YOU HAVE SEEN A CONSISTENT GROWTH RIGHT WHERE OUR STUDENTS STARTED OFF AT 39 POINT SOMETHING PERCENT AND MOVE THEMSELVES UP TO 52 POINT SOMETHING PERCENT PROFICIENCY IN OUR START SO GIVE THEM TIME. THEY ARE BRILLIANT. THEY CAME IN BRILLIANT AND I'LL TELL YOU EVEN MORE SO ABOUT COMING IN BRILLIANT THE HIGHEST GROWTH OF ANY MAJOR SUBGROUP IN KINDERGARTEN READINESS WERE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS AND OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WELL ESPECIALLY EDUCATION HAVE THE LARGEST GAIN DISTRICT WIDE BUT OUR HIGHEST GROWTH AMONG SUBGROUPS AND KINDERGARTEN READINESS WHERE YOUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS I MEAN THEY CAME IN STRONG. GIVE US GIVE THEM A BIT OF GETTING INTO THE CURRICULUM, DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR EACH AND EVERY EFFORTS. WE KNOW THAT IT WORKS. WE'RE MOVING FROM PROOF OF CONCEPT JUST AS MUCH AS ASIAN. WE'RE GOING TO SYSTEMATIZE THIS SO THAT EVERY SINGLE BLACK
AND PACIFIC ISLANDER CHILD WILL GET EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED IN S.F. USD AND WE WILL SEE THOSE NUMBERS GROW. I'M CONFIDENT IN THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MEAN I THINK A HUGE PART OF THIS QUESTION IS LIKE WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF EACH AND EVERY THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM AND AND ACTUALLY JUST ADOPT AS PRACTICES, MINDSETS, BELIEFS, STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR STUDENTS GENERALLY AND AND I THINK YOUR MESSAGE AROUND THE TIME IS CRITICAL HERE WE KNOW THAT I MEAN YOU'RE WITHIN YOUR GROWTH OF STUDENTS WE WILL WE HAVE SUMMER LOSS YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH IS IMPORTANT AND AND LIKE LAYER ON TOP OF THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW CURRICULA TEACHERS WHO HOPEFULLY WE RETAIN AND STAY AND ARE ABLE TO BUILD ON THEIR PRACTICE I JUST THINK THAT THAT TIME COMPONENT IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR US TO CONSIDER ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET OVER MULTIPLE YEARS. WE SHOULD LOOK AT STUDENT GROWTH OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.
YEAH. JUST A QUICK QUICK COMMENT. I JUST I WANT TO APPRECIATE REALLY THE QUESTION AROUND LOOKING MORE DEEPLY AT THE DATA AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT ARE IN THERE AND COMMISSIONER FISHER IT WAS ACTUALLY A COMMENT THAT YOU MADE AND ONE OF THE MORE RECENT WORKSHOP MEETINGS IN WHICH MOON HAWK AND I WERE TALKING VERY DEEPLY ABOUT HOW IS IT THAT WE CAN IN THE CONTEXT OF I THINK OUR OWN LEARNING AROUND THE PROGRESS MONITORING AND THE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES THAT WE SEE WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FOCUS IN SPECIFICALLY ON THE GROUPS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE GOAL AND THE INTERIM GOAL LEVELS. SO THAT TENSION OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REPRESENT THAT LEVEL AS LIKE WHAT IS THE EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF PROGRESS MONITORING YET AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO UPLIFT KIND OF THE MORE GRANULAR ASPECTS OF THE SOME OF THE DISAGGREGATED DATA IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH. SO WE HOPE THAT AT LEAST THIS REPRESENTS A STEP FORWARD IN TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF BUILD AND EVOLVE OUR
WAY THROUGH BOTH KIND OF BALANCING THAT WORLD OF WHAT WE SHOULD WHAT WE NEED TO REPORT ON IN TERMS OF THE GOALS AND THE INTERIM GOALS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ATTENDING TO SOME OF THE MORE DETAILED DATA THAT WE TRIED TO INTEGRATE THOUGH WAS AN A HYPERLINK. I APOLOGIZE BUT IT WITHIN THE REPORT ITSELF SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE IN A IN A STATE OF KIND OF OUR OWN GROWING IN IN THIS WORK AND THAT YOUR COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY HELPED TO SPURN THIS KIND OF LATEST ITERATION OF HOW WE'RE TRYING TO TOE THE LINE AND BALANCE THOSE PIECES. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT AND TARGETED UNIVERSALISM IS IS THE STRATEGY YOU NAME THERE RIGHT MY ONE STRUGGLE WITH HYPERLINKS ESPECIALLY FOR REPORTS LIKE THESE IS WHEN WE WE PRINT THEM OUT AND PUT THEM OUT HERE FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS THOSE HYPERLINKED YOU CAN'T TAP ON THE PAPER AND GET TO THE HYPERLINK SO YOU KNOW HAVING THE HAVING THE DATA AS A YOU KNOW BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU KNOW LIKE GROWTH MINDSET YOU KNOW IT'S ALL OF US HAVE GOT TO
HAVE IT WHY DO PENCILS HAVE ERASERS YOU KNOW BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE ALL ALL OF US NEED THEM. IT'S POINTLESS. >> BUT THIS PENCIL IS NOT BROKEN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S TOO LATE. BUT CAN I JUST SAY ALSO THIS THIS POINT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT AROUND DATA THAT WE'RE ALSO NOT OUR JOB AS A BOARD IS NOT TO LIKE MAKE SURE THAT STAFF GIVES US EVERY LITTLE PIECE OF DATA LIKE IT REALLY IS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A STRATEGY. AND SO I THINK I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE US ALSO TO FOCUS ON QUESTIONS THAT THEY NEED TO PRESENT THE DATA THAT SHOWS THEY HAVE A STRATEGY LIKE WE'RE NOT HERE TO LIKE DIG AROUND AND FIND DATA THAT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY TO THAT. CORRECT. AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT PICKING AND CHOOSING THE INITIATIVES THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE LIKE OR DON'T LIKE. I THINK THE QUESTION IS DOES THE DATA BUILD CONFIDENCE THAT THE PLAN AND AND AND INTERVENTIONS AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE GIVE US A LINE OF INSIGHT INTO THE WORK THAT IS GOING TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR KIDS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE INITIATIVES LIKE EACH AND EVERY AND ALI ARE ACTUALLY DOING THAT
WORK. SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CONFIDENCE BUILDING NEEDS TO COME IN AND WE NEED TO DO THAT NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES BUT FOR THE PUBLIC TOO. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE US ON. THIS IS A VERY RICH CONVERSATION AND TO NOW GO TO SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE TEAM FOR BEING HERE NOW. YEAH IT'LL COME WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL DO YEAH YOU KNOW IT'S JUST WE'RE EASING INTO THE MINDSET THAT'S A GOAL TO 2.1 GRADE SIX AFRICAN-AMERICAN MATH TO 2.2 GRADE SEVEN MATH 2.3 GRADE EIGHT THAT NEXT MATH THE TITLES ARE STRANGE BUT WE'LL GO WITH IT. I CALL ON DR. SUE TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM. >> OH, I AM GOING TO YIELD BACK TO THE AMAZING TEAM. >> THANK YOU AGAIN DR. SUE SLIDES PLEASE IN THIS GOAL TO REPORT THE GOAL AND INTERIM GOAL RESULTS FROM THE FALL STARR ASSESSMENT ARE POSITIVE AS WELL AGAINST THIS BACKDROP WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS MORE
DEEPLY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS, WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR A SUCCESSFUL CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ARE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR NEW MATH CURRICULUM. WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE MOON HOT KIM. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. GOOD EVENING AND SIMILAR PATTERNS AS GOAL ONE THAT WE HAVE JUST REVIEWED. SO EXCEPT FOR INTERIM GOAL 2.1 WE SEE GENERALLY GREEN AND POSITIVE CHANGES YEAR OVER YEAR SO WE'RE OFF TO A STRONG START AND ESPECIALLY GOAL INTERIM GOAL 2.2 WITH OUR SEVENTH GRADERS THEY'RE SHOWING SIGNIFICANT GAIN THIS YEAR COMPARED TO THE LAST TWO PREVIOUS YEARS AND AGAIN VICE PRESIDENT EWING THE DIFFERENCE IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND JUST TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF THE MAYBE IS THIS A COHORT EFFECT? SO I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME DATA LOOKING AT THE TRAJECTORY
OF THIS SPECIFIC GROUP AND TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY IN MANY WAYS THIS COHORT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE COHORT THAT COMES HAS COME BEFORE AND IT STILL COMES AFTER. WHAT SEEMS TO STAND OUT IS THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHERE TRADITIONALLY SOME OF THE COHORTS HAVE PREVIOUSLY DIPPED IN PERFORMANCE DURING THE YEAR BUT WITH THIS GROUP DURING THEIR SIXTH GRADE YEAR WE DID NOT SEE THE TRADITIONAL PATTERN THAT WE HAVE SEEN WITH OTHER COHORTS. OF COURSE WE DON'T YET HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO BE ABLE TO EXACTLY PINPOINT WHY THAT DIFFERENCE OCCURS BECAUSE WE CANNOT YET TELL WHETHER IT WAS THE MATH CURRICULUM THAT WAS BEING PILOTED OR WHETHER IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS SPECIFICALLY TO THE FIFTH TO SIXTH GRADE TRANSITION THAT HAPPENED. WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH OF THE STAR DATA AND THE DATA ARE GOING THROUGH THE TRANSITION
SAME TRANSITIONS FOR US TO MAKE THE COMPARISON BUT THE EMERGING DATA SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT IN MANY WAYS THIS QUOTE IS SIMILAR TO OTHER COHORTS BUT THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT IS STARTING TO EMERGE STARTING LAST YEAR BOTH FOR THE CURRENT SEVENTH GRADERS AS WELL AS THE CURRENT EIGHTH GRADERS. SO WE ARE HOPEFUL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PAY ATTENTION TO HOW THEY EVOLVE AS THE CURRICULUM PRESENTATION PRECEDES THIS YEAR. AND WITH THAT I'LL PASS IT OVER TO THEM AS QUICKLY. >> SO SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT THAN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE JUST SHARED AROUND SIGNIFICANT INITIATIVES RELATED TO GOAL ONE FOR GOAL TO AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL THERE IS NOT AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH MODEL IN PLACE AND SO FROM A CENTRALIZED PERSPECTIVE OUR STRONGEST TOUCH POINT IS BOTH IN THE REALM OF A MONTHLY TRAINING FOR ADMINISTRATORS BUT AN ONGOING SET OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ENGAGEMENTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH TEACHERS THAT INCLUDES BOTH GENERAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION MIDDLE
SCHOOL MATH TEACHERS. AND SO IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH TEACHERS EXPERIENCED AND THE IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH THE SHIFT IN PRACTICE AS WELL AS STUDENT OUTCOMES, WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR EXPERIENCES WITHIN PD IMPACTED THOSE OUTCOMES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WE LOOKED AT THIS FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. THE FIRST IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ATTENDANCE DATA AND SOME OF THE TRENDS RELATED TO THE SIZE OF A MATH TEAM AS WELL AS ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE ATTENDANCE RATE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND WE'VE TOUCHED ON THIS IN VARIOUS WAYS BEFORE SPECIFICALLY JUST NOW WITH GOAL ONE RELATED TO TEACHER COLLABORATION IS THAT WE DO SEE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS IN A SECOND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TEACHER COLLABORATION AND STUDENT OUTCOMES AND SPECIFICALLY WE SEE THIS SHOW UP IN PD ATTENDANCE IN TERMS OF THE ATTENDANCE RATE FOR A SCHOOL IN RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR THE SIZE OF THEIR MATH
DEPARTMENT IF I SET THAT ALL CORRECTLY. AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS THIS IS IMPORTANT JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT AND WE'LL SPEAK MORE ABOUT THIS IN A SECOND IS THAT BECAUSE THERE IS NOT AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING MODEL AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL WE ARE RELYING ON THE TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE THE CENTRALIZED LEARNING AND CARRY IT BACK TO SITE PRACTICE AND SO THAT RATE OF THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TEAM THAT ATTENDS THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER DOES IMPACT HOW IT COMES BACK TO THE SITE. >> WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE . >> THE NEXT THING WE LOOKED AT WAS MORE OF THE EXPERIENCE LEVEL DATA AT THIS POINT THAT THE DATA WAS PULLED. >> THERE WERE THREE FULL DAY OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE TWO OF WHICH ARE HIGHLIGHTED WITHIN THIS DATA. >> SO TEACHERS HAD AN OPTIONAL SUMMER TRAINING. THEY THEN HAD WHAT WE REFER TO A CENTRALIZED BUY BACK DAY ON AUGUST 14TH WHICH IS A VIRTUAL WITH SITE BASED SUPPORT TRAINING AND THEY HAD THEIR FIRST OF FOUR RELEASE DAYS IN OCTOBER. THERE HAVE BEEN SHORTER TOUCH POINTS ACROSS THAT DROP
IN OFFICE HOURS VIRTUAL LEARNING SESSIONS BUT THOSE ARE MORE IN THE 1 TO 2 HOUR VIRTUAL. THESE ARE THE FULL DAY OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE LOOKED AT THE DEGREE TO WHICH PARTICIPANTS BELIEVED THAT THE PD SUPPORTED THEIR ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT CHALLENGING AND ENGAGING STUDENT CENTERED CURRICULUM AS WELL AS SUPPORTED THEIR ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND DIFFERENTIATED CURRICULUM. YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THIS LANGUAGE FROM GUARDRAIL THREE AND HOW THAT QUALITATIVE EXPERIENCE RELATED TO THE CONTENT OF THE TRAINING. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE A COUPLE OF THE PIECES THAT WE DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS RELATIONSHIP OF TEACHER EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CONNECTION WITH SHIFTS IN TEACHER PRACTICE AND CORRESPONDING STUDENT OUTCOMES IS THAT WE DO HAVE A STRONG BELIEF THAT WHEN PD SUPPORT TEACHERS TO IMPLEMENT THESE STRATEGIES THAT CREATE STRONGER PEDAGOGY, STRONGER PRACTICE AND INCREASES IN STUDENT OUTCOMES WE SAW THAT AT A COUPLE OF SITES THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHERE WE SAW A STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE TEAM ATTENDING POSITIVE EXPERIENCE OF THE TEAM AT THE TRAINING. >> ONE OF THE PIECES THAT WE
ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A LITTLE BIT IS THE SHIFT IN THE CONTENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OVER TIME. SO WHEREAS WE DO HAVE ESSENTIALLY TWO COHORTS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY THOSE THAT PILOTED LAST YEAR WHO DO HAVE THAT BASELINE UNDERSTANDING AND THOSE THAT DID NOT WHO ARE ATTENDING TOGETHER WHILE RECEIVING SOME EXPERIENCE AND SOME DIFFERENTIATION BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE. THOSE INITIAL TRAININGS THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS DATA ARE FOCUSED MORE ON INTRODUCTIONS AND BASELINE UNDERSTANDING AND THE THE SHIFT THAT IS HAPPENING CURRENTLY THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER AND INTO DECEMBER IS WHERE THOSE TRAININGS BECOME MORE TARGETED ON THINGS LIKE STRATEGIES FOR INTEGRATED ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT OR YIELD STRATEGIES FOR UDL SUPPORTING DIFFERENTIATE. AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTENT IS RESPONSIVE TO THE TEACHER NEEDS HIGHLIGHTED. BUT WE DO SEE POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN STRONG ATTENDANCE, POSITIVE EXPERIENCE AND STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO GOING TO PASS IT TO MY COLLEAGUE TO TALK ABOUT THE PLAN IN CONNECTION WITH SITE SUPERVISION AT THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL LEVEL. GOOD EVENING DR. SUE PRESIDENT KIM AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS EMMA DUNBAR. I AM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL K-8 LEAD AND I WORK ALONGSIDE DR. STEINER, OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. AND AS WE THINK ABOUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT I JUST WANTED TO GROUND US IN IN THE THREAD THAT IS IS RUNNING BEHIND THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE STRUCTURES THAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR SITE LEADERS EXPERIENCE BY SHARING WITH YOU A LITTLE GLIMPSE INTO MY DAY TODAY ONE OF THE SCHOOLS I VISITED WAS MLK AND I WAS ABLE TO GO WITH THE PRINCIPAL AS I DO FREQUENTLY TO VISIT CLASSROOMS. WE WENT TO SEVENTH GRADE MATH AND A GROUP OF SCHOLARS WELCOMED ME TO SIT WITH THEM AT THEIR TABLE AS THEY WERE DOING THEIR OPENING WARM UP. THREE BOYS VERY KINDLY INCLUDED ME IN THEIR DISCUSSION AND HELPED ME REVISIT
PROPORTIONAL REASONING AND THEY REPRESENT OUR FOCUS STUDENTS BLACK BOY AND TO LOT NEXT BOYS AND THEY TALKED ME THROUGH HOW THE X AND Y RELATED TO EACH OTHER AND WHAT CHANGED AND WHY THAT WAS PROPORTIONAL AND THEN THEIR TEACHER ELICITED INFORMATION FROM THEM SO THAT THEY SHARED THEIR THINKING WITH THE CLASS AND THEY WERE DEMONSTRATING LIKE THEIR ACQUISITION OF OWNERSHIP OF THE CURRICULUM BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONSISTENT CURRICULUM THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING ACROSS ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH THEM CONNECTED ME TO CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE HAD WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS. I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE THREAD OF WHAT I SAW KIDS DOING IN THE FIRST AND SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL AS THEY STARTED PLAYING AROUND AND GETTING INTO AMPLIFIED SMILES AND I WAS LIKE OH WHEN YOU DID YOU GUYS DO THE BALLOON
ACTIVITY LIKE WAY BACK A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND THEY'RE LIKE YEAH YEAH WE DID THAT ONE. THEY COULD TELL ME HOW THE X AND THE Y TODAY CONNECTED TO THAT AND SO WHEN WE ARE WHEN WE HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT A MIDYEAR DATA POINT LIKE OUR STAR DATA THAT WE'VE JUST COLLECTED OR WE'VE HAD A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS WE HAD IN OCTOBER, IT'S IT'S NOT THE ONE TIME ONLY AS DR. SUE SAID EARLIER, IT'S HOW DO TEACHERS TAKE THAT THREAD OF THE ONE DAY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE BACK TO THEIR TEAMS, BACK TO THEIR SCHOOLS? HOW ARE THEY SUPPORTED BY THEIR ADMINISTRATORS TO HAVE TIME TO MAKE MEANING TOGETHER SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE IN FRONT OF THEIR STUDENTS THEY ARE PREPARED TO THINK ABOUT LIKE WHAT IS THE QUESTION THAT I'M GOING TO ASK OR WHAT IS THE MOVE? I'M GOING TO MAKE TO INVITE YOU TO OWN THIS MATERIAL? >> WE'RE SEEING REALLY STRONG IMPLEMENTATION OF ESSENTIAL CONTENT. WE'RE SEEING THAT AMPLIFY DOES MOST CURRICULUM THROUGHOUT CLASSROOMS. WHAT WE'VE REALIZED OVER THESE
FIRST COUPLE MONTHS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IS THAT WE NEED TO REFINE OUR DATA COLLECTION TOOL THAT WE ARE USING WITH OUR SITE LEADERS TO UNDERSTAND THE LINK BETWEEN THE ESSENTIAL CONTENT AND THEN THE ACADEMIC OWNERSHIP PIECE. AND SO AS TEACHERS ARE GOING TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND AND UNPACKING THAT AND THEN COMING BACK AND BEING SUPPORTED BY THEIR PRINCIPALS TO ENGAGE IN PLANNING TIME TO ENGAGE IN DEPARTMENT MEETINGS WHERE THEY DO THINGS LIKE LOOKING AT STUDENT WORK PROTOCOLS, UNDERSTANDING FOCUSED STUDENT EXPERIENCE CONNECTING ALL OF THOSE DOTS. WE NEED A SHARPER TOOL TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM SO WE CAN HAVE THE FEEDBACK AND COACHING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR TEACHERS AND DEPARTMENTS. SO WE'VE ADJUSTED OUR DATA COLLECTION TOOL TO BE ABLE TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT ACADEMIC OWNERSHIP IN A CENTRAL CONTEXT
PIECE IN A MORE REFINED WAY SO THAT AS DR. STEINER AND I AND OUR COLLEAGUES IN CNI JUST PLAN TOGETHER FOR OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS TO COME TO THEIR MONTHLY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, WE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN WHAT TEACHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE INFORMATION THAT PRINCIPALS ARE GETTING SO SO THAT WE'RE CREATING THAT THREAD OF DEEPENING THE EXPERIENCE TO GET CLOSER TO WHAT WE THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THAT INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT SO THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS KNOW FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY ARE DEVELOPING THE SKILLS AND THE CONFIDENCE TO BE MATH PEOPLE. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING AT THIS POINT IN THE SCHOOL YEAR TO SUPPORT PROGRESS TOWARD THIS GOAL ESPECIALLY FOR OUR FOCAL STUDENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. DUNBAR. I'LL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONER GO FORWARD, MR. WEISS. >> MARTIN THANK YOU.
HAVING A MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNER WHO'S LEARNING LOTS OF MATH THIS IS NEAT. HE'S TAKING MATH EIGHT AND ALGEBRA THIS YEAR AND ACTUALLY DOING QUITE WELL AND I WONDER IF PART OF IT IS JUST HOW MUCH MATH HE'S GETTING AND ALL OF THE EXPOSURE. SO I THINK LOTS OF EXPOSURE, LOTS OF MINUTES IS A GOOD THING WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM WHAT THIS IS. SO LET ME ASK THE QUESTION THOUGH AND I CAN'T HELP HIM WITH ANY OF IT SO MAYBE I NEED TO GO BACK, GET AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH OF MY OWN. BUT SPEAKING OF RIGHT NOT OUR JOB SPEAKING OF INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND I WANT US TO THIS SORT OF TIES BACK TO WE JUST HAD A REALLY LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE VALUE OF INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES IN THEIR LITERACY CONTEXT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'M SEEING IN THE REPORT IS ONLY A FEW MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND SO THE PLAN RELIES ON REVISING SUPPORT FOR SITE ADMINISTRATORS TO OBSERVE AND COACH THESE KEY INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES. AND I GUESS I'M WONDERING ONE IS THAT LIKE SHOULD WE BE
THINKING ABOUT HAVING MORE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL? AND IF NOT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE THAT THE ADMINISTRATORS HAVE THE TIME, THE BANDWIDTH, THE SPECIFIC CONTENT EXPERTISE TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT THE COACHING MODEL BECAUSE IT SEEMS YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY COACH UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND AND KNOW HOW TO TALK ABOUT IT AND SHARE AND TEACH AND SO YEAH, I GUESS ONE QUESTION IS LIKE SHOULD WE BE HAVING MORE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES IN THIS SPACE GIVEN THAT WE SEE THAT THEY'RE HELPING A LOT AND TO IF NOT, HOW HOW DO WE ANTICIPATE ADMINISTER JUST TAKING ON THIS THIS ROLE FOR THOSE STRATEGIC QUESTIONS I'D ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE DIRECTED TO THIS TANDEM. YES. SO OKAY UM YOU KNOW SINCE THAT'S SO SORRY I JUST SAY STRATEGIC OR TECHNICAL BECAUSE THAT TECHNICAL AND SORRY JUST OUT OF TWO FOR TRANSPARENCY LIKE ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD IN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS THAT WE NEED TO START DIRECTING OUR CONVERSATIONS IN THE WRITING SESSIONS TO BE
MORE STRATEGIC AND TO BE DIRECTED TOWARD THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH COLLEAGUES WHO THAT'S WHY WE'RE I'M LIKE YEAH, THAT'S WHERE THAT WAS COMING FROM. OKAY. SO I WANT TO I'LL ASK YOU TO ANSWER BUT I ALSO I'M CURIOUS FROM FROM LEAD PERSPECTIVE AND FROM CNN PERSPECTIVE IF YOU'RE SEEING CERTAIN TRENDS OF THINGS WORKING, ARE THERE RECOMMENDATIONS OR INSIGHTS SO WHOMEVER SO THANK YOU. I CAN START AND OF COURSE BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE THAT ON THE GROUND YOU CAN MAYBE ADD MORE CONTEXT TO IT. UM TRUTH BE TOLD WE JUST CHANGE TO A NEW CURRICULUM A NEW MATH CURRICULUM YAY US AND IT'S IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE US TO DO WHAT EMMA WAS JUST SAYING WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS. WE GOT TO DO REGULAR BOOSTERS. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR EDUCATORS FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE CONTENT. I CAN PERSONALLY SAY WHEN I'M WALKING INTO MATH CLASSES AND I'M OBSERVING KIDS PLAYING WITH THE MANIPULATIVES
AND STRUGGLING TRYING TO MAKE THE ANGLES WORK, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT. IT'S ALSO REALLY GREAT TO SEE THEIR THEIR THEIR TEACHERS GUIDING THEM THROUGH THE COURSE AND AND I WILL SAY I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF TEACHERS ACTUALLY THAT THEY LIKE DECIMALS, MATH AND IMAGINE MATH BECAUSE THERE'S ACTUAL CLEAR CADENCE OF OF LESSON PLANS AND THAT THAT THE LESSONS PLANS ARE CONNECTING WITH EACH OTHER. NOW THE QUESTION ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES TO TO KIND OF HELP ACCELERATE THIS UM I DON'T KNOW I, I DON'T AND MAYBE I CAN GO BACK TO STAFF AND AND ASK YOU ARE ARE OUR TEACHERS USING ANY OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND HAVE THEY BENEFITED FROM THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'VE AGAIN BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW CURRICULUM I'M NOT SURE HOW WE ARE ALLOCATING OUR MATH COACHES WE HAVE WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUT NOT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SO CAN I JUST SO I THINK AND MAYBE I CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT IS I GUESS ONE OF THE MAYBE THE REASON FOR THE QUESTION IS IN PART IF WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING IN ONE CONTEXT, DO WE WANT TO IS THAT AM I DOING IT OKAY, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. >> NO, NO, I THINK YOU'RE I WAS SAYING I THINK THAT YOU'RE FRAMING IT AS THE STRATEGIC QUESTION WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. OH, I FORGOT ABOUT THE QUESTION WHAT YOU'RE DOING IF WE KNOW THAT WE'RE WERE IF WE KNOW THAT THE COACHES ARE WORKING IN ONE SETTING I MEAN THIS IS I THINK WHERE WE DON'T NECESSARILY THAT THE DISTRICT HAS NOT DONE A GOOD JOB OF LIKE WE LIKE OH IT WORKS THERE BUT THEN WE DON'T THINK TO APPLY IT SOMEWHERE ELSE IF WE KNOW IT'S WORKING IN THIS IN THIS ONE SETTING ARE WE CONSIDER OR SHOULD WE CONSIDER HAVING MORE OF THEM IN THIS OTHER SETTING? AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE NOT THERE'S NOT VERY MANY OF THEM IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SETTING. I ALL RIGHT. SO I, I BELIEVE THAT DR. STEINER MAY HAVE SHARED THIS LAST TIME AND SHE WHEN SHE WAS IN FRONT OF YOU WE HAVE HISTORICALLY NEVER HAD VERY MANY COACHES ACROSS THE MIDDLE
SCHOOLS AS IN HAVING A COACH SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED TO A SCHOOL AND IN THE STAFFING MODEL LAST YEAR PRINCIPALS FELT VERY NERVOUS ABOUT WAITING TO BE ABLE TO HIRE A MATH COACH LAST KNOWING IT WAS ONLY FUNDED FOR ONE YEAR AND COACHING IS INCREDIBLY DEPENDENT ON RELATIONSHIP. YOU HAVE TO BUILD TRUST WITH A TEACHER IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN A VULNERABLE CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR PRACTICE. NOT EVERY SINGLE TEACHER IS TRYING TO DO THE VERY BEST THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IN FRONT OF CHILDREN AND AND TO SAY LIKE DID I MAKE A MISSTEP OR CAN I HAVE SOME FEEDBACK REQUIRES REALLY COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS . AND SO I THINK SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IS WERE THERE TO BE A MATH COACH IN EVERY SCHOOL LIKE SHOULD THAT BE RESOURCED IN SUCH A WAY THAT LEADERS FELT THEY COULD TRUST THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE THERE FOR LONG ENOUGH TO TAKE EFFECT?
UM THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT MODELS OF COACHING OVER TIME IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS WHERE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN COACHED AND I ALSO THINK THAT THAT'S A KEY DIFFERENCE TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE CONSIDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COACHING VERSUS MIDDLE SCHOOL COACHING. THE MAJORITY OF OUR SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADERS WORK IN DEPARTMENTS AND SO YOU'RE WITH SUBJECT SPECIFIC COLLEAGUES. YOU'VE GONE TOGETHER TO A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. YOU'RE COMING BACK TO THE SCHOOL SITE. MANY OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE DESIGNATED COMMON PLANNING TIME. ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE WEDNESDAY EARLY RELEASE AND OUR PRINCIPALS PLAN VERY INTENTIONALLY TO SUPPORT MATH DEPARTMENTS TO ENGAGE TOGETHER DURING THOSE TIMES PRINCIPALS SIT IN ON THE MEANING THEY CO FACILITATE. THEY CHECK IN WITH A DEPARTMENT LEAD. THEY HAVE A MATH TEACHER SITTING ON THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THEY HAVE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS. ONE OF OUR SCHOOL SITES
IN PARTICULAR THAT HAS VERY STRONG GAINS IN MATH IN THIS LAST STAR THEIR MATH TEAM IS MODELING HOW EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT SHOULD OPERATE IN THE SCHOOL AND THEY THEY THEIR PLAN FOR STUDENT GROWTH IS TO SCALE FROM HOW THEIR MATH TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING TOGETHER SO SO THAT'S SOME SOME NUANCE AND DIFFERENCE TO CONSIDER IN HOW K-5 TEACHERS EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR TEAMS AND MANY OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS MAY OPERATE. IT IS DIFFERENT FOR OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE TEACHING SIX EIGHT IN K EIGHTS. THEY ARE MUCH MORE ISOLATED IN ONE OF OUR KATE'S THERE IS ONLY ONE MATH TEACHER AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW HOW THEY MIGHT BE SUPPORTED THEN THAT TOUCHPOINT WITH THE COACH WHO IS ASSIGNED BECAUSE OUR KIDS DO HAVE COACHES DOES BECOME INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AND I THINK THIS GOES ALONG WITH OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE KIND
OF CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE JUST HAVING EARLIER AS WELL AS DURING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR STRATEGIES IF WE'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS THE STRATEGY THAT IS GOING TO MAKE POSITIVE IMPACTS ON STUDENT LEARNING THEN THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WE NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON IT AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES KNOW THAT WE WILL KEEP THESE PROMISES THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE A ONE OFF INITIATIVE AND THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN IT BACK TO YOUR POINT OF LIKE SO IF WE KNOW THESE INITIATIVES ARE WORKING, WHAT IS THE COST OF THEM AND HOW DO WE PROTECT THAT? AND SO THAT IS REALLY WHERE THE CONVERSATION NEEDS TO GO AND REALLY LOOKING AT THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE INSIGHTS KIND OF ALSO INTO THE HISTORICAL WAY IN WHICH WE'VE GOTTEN HERE KNOWING THAT WE'RE IN OUR SECOND YEAR OF REALLY INVESTING IN THIS OR A LEARNING ORGANIZATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN FROM WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR AND MAKE
IT BETTER FOR YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR AND FUTURE AND REALLY CONSIDERING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT VEHICLES FOR POSITIVE STUDENT IMPACT. >> COMMISSIONER FISHER OKAY. SO IN THIS VEIN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE KIND OF REMINDS ME OF LESSON STUDY, RIGHT? RIGHT. LESSON STUDY SEEM TO BE OUR PREVIOUS MODEL OF COACHING WHICH WAS FUNDED FRANKLY BY HILARY RONAN'S OFFICE. WE GOT CITY FUNDING FOR THAT AND WHEN THAT FUNDING WENT AWAY THAT RIGHT AND WE'RE SORRY SORRY IT WAS DCF MONEY BUT CHAMPIONED BY SUPERVISOR RONAN THANK YOU. THANK YOU DIRECTOR SU AT THE TIME FOR D.C. WHY A FUNDING BUT I IT'S STILL BEING FUNDED THROUGH STUDENTS ACCESS FUND IT HAS NOT GONE AWAY OKAY THANK YOU I JUST THIS IS WHERE I THINK I STRUGGLE YOU KNOW BECAUSE UNDER DR. MATHEWS WE HAD PITCH UNDER DR. WAYNE WE HAD EACH AND EVERY YOU KNOW. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT SUE FOR A DR. SUE FOR FOR KEEPING SOME STABILITY AND CONTINUITY AND NOT DEVELOPING A WHOLE NEW SOMETHING SOMETHING RIGHT BUT I THINK I THINK THAT IS A BIG PART OF MY STRUGGLE HAVING HAVING HAVING WATCHED BOARD MEETINGS FOR ALMOST A DECADE
NOW LIKE WE KEEP THE PENDULUM KEEP SWINGING, YOU KNOW AND I JUST LIKE SO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DATA AND THE COHERENCE AND THE CONSISTENCY I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE NAMING THAT AND LIFTING THAT UP AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO FIND SOMETHING AND STICK WITH IT WHEN WE FIND SUCCESS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ALL MISSED A HECK OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PROGRESS MONITORING. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY FOR THOSE OF US WHO COULDN'T BE THERE BUT THE OTHER PART OF WHAT I'M NOT DOING TIME MANAGEMENT WISE WHEN WE DO GET TO THE POINT OF THIS LIKE WHAT IT WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING FOR PROGRESS MONITORING IS SCRIBING THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ALL ASK AND THEN GRADING THEM BASED ON WHETHER THEY'RE STRATEGY FOCUSED, MEASURE FOCUSED, ASK ORIENTED RESULTS FOCUSED AND TIME BOUND AND THEN GIVING OURSELVES A GRADE AND THEN THAT GOES INTO OUR SELF EVALUATION. SO TODAY IT ALL BACK TOGETHER. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE PART OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AND IF
YOU WANT A COPY OF THIS YEAH I APPRECIATE THAT. I ACTUALLY WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AS THIS DISCUSSION THE LAST DISCUSSION WAS HAPPENING THAT I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO DO THAT MAYBE I CAN VOLUNTEER MY COLLEAGUES BUT MAYBE WE COULD TAKE THAT ON AS THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TOO. AND WHILE THE COMMITTEE IS GOING WE COULD WE COULD DO THAT ANALYSIS BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY SORT OF NATURALLY STARTING TO DO IT BECAUSE WE HAD A CONVERSATION AROUND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FORMALLY BUT WE ALSO THOUGHT IT'D BE HELPFUL TO JUST START TALKING ABOUT IT. I AM HAPPY TO SHARE ALL OF THIS WITH ANYONE ELSE. ANYONE ELSE CAN HAVE IT BE PLUS YOU OR ANYONE ELSE THIS PERSON HEALING I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT KIND OF HOW THE DATA LOOKS LIKE ARE WE CONTINUING TO SEE A BELL CURVE FOR OUR MATH PROFICIENCY OR IS IT MORE BIMODAL AND HOW DOES THAT LIKE DO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE MAYBE PERFORMING FOR UNDER GRADE LEVEL AND A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE PERFORMING ABOVE GRADE LEVEL OR DO WE HAVE KIND OF A CLUSTERED ONE PLACE
AND EVERYBODY'S MOVING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT ACTUALLY INFORMS WHAT STRATEGIES ARE MOST EFFECTIVE TO RAISE SCORES WHETHER IT'S HEAVY INVESTMENTS IN THE YOU KNOW, IF IT'S BIMODAL AND IN THE PORTION OF THE BELL CURVE IT'S UNDER VERSUS LIKE DISTRICT WIDE STRATEGIES WHICH ARE MOSTLY WHAT WE SEEM TO BE SEEING SO FAR AND I DIDN'T ASK THIS QUESTION SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT'S FINE BUT I DON'T KNOW. WELL NO THE DATA QUESTION ISN'T BUT IT'S A STRATEGY BUT THEN THE QUESTION IS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT ONE AND IT'S ONE VICE PRESIDENT YOU'VE ASKED BEFORE WHICH I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT ONE IS ARE WE DOING DISTRICT WIDE STRATEGIES? ARE WE TARGETING PARTICULAR SCHOOLS WITH PARTICULAR STRATEGIES? WHY OR WHY NOT? I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S A REALLY CRITICAL STRATEGIC QUESTION THAT OBVIOUSLY IS BASED ON YOUR DATA QUESTION IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY AND LEVITY, I'M GOING TO SAY I'M EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT AS A PERSON WHO WORKS WITH DATA, I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER CREATED A HISTOGRAM OF STUDENTS
DISTRIBUTION SO THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION AND I CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH DR. SOOD TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. IF I FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE PATTERN LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE STRATEGY COULD BE, YEAH, I WOULD BE REALLY CURIOUS TO SEE THAT IN FUTURE MONITORING BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD THAT IN AT LEAST HIGHER EDUCATION THERE'S INCREASINGLY BIMODAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT WHICH DEFINITELY THEN AFFECTS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO INVEST TO BRING FOLKS UP. AND SO I DO THINK IT'S WORTH IT. IT'S LIKE DIRECTING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE QUESTION OF YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE DISTRICT WIDE STRATEGIES OR ARE WE GOING TO SEE PERHAPS LIKE TARGETED INVESTMENTS IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE LESSONS STUDY IN LIKE FIVE SCHOOLS IF THAT'S WORKING, DO WE WANT TO EXTEND THAT TO TEN? IT IS INVESTING IN OUR K THROUGH FIVE OR P K THROUGH FIVE MATH PART OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE WANT TO
MAKE TOWARD OUR EIGHTH GRADE MATH STRATEGY EVEN THOUGH IT WILL TAKE LONGER TO BEAR FRUIT IN THE EIGHTH GRADE NUMBERS OR DO WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE LESS THAN STUDY INVESTED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL? I THINK THAT OH SORRY I HAVEN'T THERE'S A LOCK ON THIS. THIS IS GREAT. I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW CURRICULUM THAT WE'RE ASKING ALL OF OUR TEACHERS TO ENGAGE AND LEARN AND FEEL CONFIDENT AND COMFORTABLE IN. I DO FEEL THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS TO TO TO REALLY DIVE INTO INTO THE CURRICULUM IN TERMS OF LESSON STUDY, I, I I'M WAITING TO SEE THE EVALUATION BACK ABOUT ABOUT ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND AND THE HOW YOU KNOW BECAUSE THE INVESTMENT INTO LESSON STUDY IS SIGNIFI CANT THERE ARE A LOT OF STAFF
THAT'S CONNECTED TO ED AND AND QUITE FRANKLY I WANT TO SEE IF THE LEVEL OF STAFFING THAT'S CONNECTED TO IT WILL YIELD THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT OR LIKE THE CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD ABOUT LITERACY WHERE YOU HAVE ONE COACH THAT IS ABLE TO MOVE A TARGET POPULATION FORWARD OR ONE COACHING IN A SCHOOL. SO I THINK THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TO DRILL DOWN IN AND AGAIN BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A COACHING MODEL THAT IS ESTABLISHED IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT HONESTLY. WE HAVE STARTED THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE ENSURE A SCHOOL STAFFING MODEL THAT HAS INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE HAVE TAKEN AND SEEN THIS HUGE AMAZING GROWTH IN LITERACY AND WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN EXTRAPOLATE THAT TO TO THE REST OF OUR OUR COHORTS. WE DON'T HAVE IT MAPPED OUT YET AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN START PLANNING ON THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK THINKING ABOUT THE COST AND THE COST PER PUPIL IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF THINKING LIKE IF LESSONS COST X AMOUNT LIKE CAN YOU GET LIKE HIGH INTENSITY TUTORING FOR HOW MANY FOR MORE STUDENTS FOR THAT SAME AMOUNT OR IS THAT A MORE EXPENSIVE STRATEGY JUST THINKING ABOUT AS WE'RE OR CAN YOU GET THE SAME OUTCOME FOR LESS MONEY WITH AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE OUR RESOURCES TO CREATE THE MOST CHANGE FOR THE MOST STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY? WELL YEAH AND WHAT I APPRECIATED ABOUT YOUR STRATEGIC QUESTION WHICH I'M NOT SURE WE TOTALLY GOT TO WAS THE NOTION THAT YOU COULD DO SOMETHING FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT RIGHT AND SAY WE'RE ALL DOING THIS AND OR YOU COULD SAY OR AND ALSO YOU COULD SAY AND WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IN THESE FIVE SCHOOLS OR THESE TEN SCHOOLS WHERE IN A PARTICULAR WAY. RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE JUST I JUST THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT KEEP ASKING LIKE FROM THE FOR THE TO ME THOSE ARE VERY LIKE STRATEGIC LEVEL QUESTIONS THE BOARD SHOULD BE ASKING AND WE'RE NOT SAYING THERE'S A RIGHT ANSWER OR WRONG ANSWER BUT THAT YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A ANALYSIS OF THAT BASED ON THE
DATA THAT IS WHAT LESSONS THAT STUDY IS RIGHT WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND LESSON STUDY COMES IN AND PROVIDES EVEN MORE INTENT YOU KNOW ONE ON ONE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COACHING FOR FOR TEACHERS. SO THE QUESTION IS WITH THAT LEVEL OF INTENTIONALITY WITH A LEVEL OF STAFFING RESOURCES, ARE WE GETTING THE YIELDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION TO HAVE PARTICULARLY AS WE'RE GRAPPLING WITH OUR BUDGET WHICH MR. FISHER SO FIRST OF ALL I NOMINATE COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER TO BE OUR STRATEGIC TRANSLATOR. I'M JUST GOING TO DIRECT MY QUESTIONS AT YOU AND HAVE YOU REWORD THEM STRATEGICALLY, PLEASE. NO, BUT SERIOUSLY GOING BACK TO THE L.A. CONVERSATION WE HAD EARLIER I MEAN FRANKLY AS A DISTRICT SOMETIMES IN THE PAST WE WE TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET UP TO THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE KNOW OTHER DISTRICTS ARE
IMPLEMENTING. IT TOOK US FOREVER TO GET TO THE POINT OF A STRUCTURED LITERACY CURRICULUM EVEN THOUGH THE RESEARCH HAS SHOWN FOR 2020 YEARS THAT YOU KNOW FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS ARE WHAT WE SHOULD BE TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM, WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY ARE ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWS BEST PRACTICES LIKE THINGS THAT WE'RE LEARNING FROM THE DISTRICTS AROUND US HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY TO THE POINT OF BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK? >> YOU KNOW THAT LIKE OUR ALL OF OUR PRACTICES NOW OFFICIALLY RESEARCH ALIGNED YOU KNOW HOW ARE WE MONITORING OURSELVES TO MAKE SURE I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE DIVISION THAT HAS RESEARCH IN THEIR NAME SO I CAN SPEAK FOR CNN BUT I'LL DEFAULT TO RPA TO START MAYBE I CAN SO SO PARTICULARLY FOR LITERACY AND FOR MATH FOR SURE. WE JUST ADOPTED NEW CURRICULUM THAT IS THAT IS ALIGNED WITH STATE STANDARDS THAT IT'S USED WITH A LOT OF SUCCESS IN OTHER
SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT THAT WE ARE SLOWLY SEEING OURSELVES HERE. SO THAT'S HUGE. I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS CONTINUE TO TO JUSTIFY RIGHT. I LIKE THE COMMON PRACTICE STRATEGY MEANS WE JUST DO COMMON SENSE WORK, RIGHT? SO WE CONTINUE TO JUST FOCUS ON SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS, MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HALFWAY THROUGH WE PIVOT TO SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THAT THAT CAUSES THAT LEVEL OF CONFUSION. SO IF WE CAN STAY FOCUSED, IF WE CAN STAY COMMITTED TO TO TRAINING, STAY COMMITTED TO USING THIS CURRICULUM, I THINK WE ARE SEEING THAT THAT YIELD THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN TERMS OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT SOME THAT'S THAT'S BEST PRACTICE I CAN'T SPEAK FOR AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. YEAH I THINK I'LL SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL QUICK WHICH IS AND MAYBE SOME OF THIS IS LIKE PROFESSIONAL OR PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE TOO BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE STRENGTH OF THE RESEARCH PLANNING
AND ASSESSMENT DIVISION AND PARTICULARLY THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY DO IN CULTIVATING RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS BOTH IN TERMS OF OUR ABILITY TO YOU KNOW, HAVE CONNECTION TO RESEARCHERS BUT ALSO THE LEVEL AND JUST THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF RESEARCH THAT'S CONDUCTED WITHIN THE DISTRICT PROVIDES US NOT JUST WITH SORT OF LIKE AN INDUSTRY STANDARD BENCHMARK BUT ALSO PROVIDES US WITH A KEY LEVEL OF INSIGHT INTO OUR PRACTICES AND AN ANALYSIS BEYOND WHAT WE INTERNALLY CONDUCT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO LIFT THAT UP AS ONE PIECE OF THEIR EXCEPTIONAL WORK. I THINK THE OTHER PIECE I'LL NAME THAT YOU KNOW I'LL SAY AT LEAST IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION WE REALLY TAKE AS A POINT OF PRIDE IS I THINK WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO SHIFT THIS CULTURE FROM THIS IDEA OF SAN FRANCISCO AND AS USED AS A VERY ISOLATED SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE INTO A A STANDARD OF LIKE NATIONALLY BENCHMARKED QUALITIES. SO I THINK YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT IS WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO INTRODUCE THINGS LIKE CURRICULUM EVALUATION TOOLS
THAT ARE NATIONALLY NORMED INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE GUIDES WHICH ARE PART OF THE BASIS OF OUR LEARNING WALK TOOLS AND THERE IS A JUST AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF DEPTH AND BREADTH OF RESEARCH NATIONALLY AND SETS NETWORKS OF HIGH PERFORMING DISTRICTS THAT WE ARE A PART OF THAT WE CAN SHARE BEST PRACTICES WITH. AND WE WERE RECENTLY INVITED BY GATES BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE STRENGTH OF OUR CURRICULUM ADOPTION WORK FOR DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE. SO WE PRESENTED WE WERE INVITED BY THEM AND PRESENTED ON OUR CURRICULUM ADOPTION WORK. AND SO I THINK THAT LEVEL OF NATIONAL NETWORKING IN ADDITION TO STATE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS IMPERATIVE. THERE ARE DISTRICTS WHICH WILL HEAR IN THE NEXT AD-HOC PROGRESS MONITORING COMMITTEE MEANING THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO US IN SIZE AND DEMOGRAPHICS WHO ARE DOING EXCEPTIONAL WORK, WHO ARE TACKLING MANY OF THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE AROUND EARLY LITERACY AROUND EIGHTH GRADE MATH AROUND ADOPTING HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IS AND SO I THINK YOU KNOW FOR US BEING MUCH MORE CONNECTED IT HAS BEEN A BIG SHIFT
IN ADDITION TO ALL THE RESEARCH WORK THAT RPA HAS TAKEN ON, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND THAT WAS A VERY DETAILED ANSWER AND I 100% AGREE ON THE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE AND SEEING SOME OF THE NAME BRANDS IN TERMS OF UNIVERSITIES. I WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE QUESTION BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN AS MUCH IS SORT OF WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO THE STUDIES I NOTICED TEND TO BE LONGITUDINAL AND LOOKING AT OUR DATA OVER TIME. BUT I AM CURIOUS IF WE DO LOOK AND MAYBE THIS IS DIRECTED AT RPA IF IF THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT YOU LOOK AT AS PEER DISTRICTS AND YOU KNOW AND THEREFORE WOULD COME FORWARD AND SORT OF SAY HEY, HERE ARE OTHER THINGS AND THIS IS IN THE THE STRATEGIC QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING OTHER OTHER RESOURCES. I KNOW YOU'RE THE POLICE DOWN THAT HAS THANK YOU, MR. ALEXANDER SO YOU KNOW IN THE CONTEXT OF YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN WE LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICTS WHO ARE SIMILARLY FACING THE SAME
CONSTRAINTS, WHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE SOME OF THIS OUT AND HOW TO YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE EVALUATE YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT PEERS. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION NUMBER ONE, I DO AGREE COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER SHOULD BE OUR STRATEGIC QUESTION. POLICE YOU'RE THE YOU'RE THE STRATEGIC ENFORCER. BUT THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE AGAIN AFTER THIS RIVETING AD HOC MEETING THAT WE HAD THAT IT WAS IT WAS AMAZING . IT WAS REALLY GREAT. IT LITERALLY JUST LIKE LIGHT BULB I ACTUALLY STARTED CALLING AROUND FRONTLINE IT WAS IT WAS RECORDED I STARTED CALLING AROUND TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE SIMILAR TO US AND STARTED TO ASK THEM LIKE WHAT WERE THEY DOING AND THEN STARTED TO TALK TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT FOLKS AND ONE OF THE PERSON I TALKED TO SAID YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT WHAT L.A. IS DOING AND THEY DO SOMETHING CALLED THE DATA DIG WHERE THEY THEY DO KIND OF PROGRESS MONITORING LIKE US AND THEY DID WHAT AJ
WAS COACHING US ON WHICH IS THEY HAVE BUT THEY GO FURTHER THEY HAVE PRINCIPALS COME AND PRESENT THEIR DATA AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND AND THEN THEY HAVE THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM SITTING AROUND THE PRINCIPAL TO SAY WELL HOW ARE WE SUPPORT YOU? HOW CAN WE SUPPORT YOU? AND THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM ARE NOT JUST ONLY ON THE ED SERVICES SIDE, IT INCLUDES OUR OPERATIONS AND I'M POINTING BACK THERE BECAUSE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OUR LOAN OPERATION FIRST IMPACT OR KATIE BECAUSE PART OF IT WAS WAS WAS A PRINCIPAL SAYING YEAH I YOU KNOW WE SAW THIS MUCH GROWTH IN LITERACY FOR OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN IF WE COULD DO MORE IF WE COULD GET THE WINDOWS FIXED BECAUSE KIDS CAN'T GET INTO THAT PARTICULAR CLASSROOM AND SO THEY'RE ALL SQUISHING INTO THIS OTHER CLASSROOM AND WE NEED THE WINDOW FIXED AND IN THAT
CONVERSATION THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE LEADER WOULD SAY WELL OPERATIONS, CAN YOU GET CAN YOU GET THE WINDOW FIXED? RIGHT. SO I THINK THERE'S THAT THAT TAKES THAT PROGRESS MONITORING FOR US EVEN INTO THE NEXT STEP AND COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD STRIVE TOWARDS WHERE YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT LEADERSHIP HAS TALKED ABOUT OF WE WANT TO SEE MORE EDUCATORS IN THE ROOM. WE WANT TO SEE MORE PRINCIPALS HERE. WE WANT TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR THEIR EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IS IT LIKE TO EITHER BE OBSERVED BY A COACH, TO BE COACHED BY A COACH AND A YOUNG PERSON. WHAT IS IT WHAT IS IT LIKE TO TO EXPERIENCE THE CURRICULUM THAT WE'RE DELIVERING? SO YES, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE CAN DO AND I'VE AGAIN STARTED TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. I'VE ACTUALLY ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT OF L.A. IF I COULD COME DOWN AND OBSERVE ONE
OF THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL DO A ROAD TRIP IF WE WANT TO IN JANUARY BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT BECAUSE WE WE SHOULD DEFINITELY ADMIRE AND ACQUIRE. THERE'S NO REINVENTING THE WHEEL FOR US. YEAH, SURE. RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, I'M WONDERING HOW EQUIPPED WE ARE TO DETERMINE OR HOW WE COULD DETERMINE WHETHER A STRATEGY LIKE HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING OR PRESSING ON ATTENDANCE OR PRESSING ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR COACHING OR WHATEVER ELSE THAT MAY BE HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY COMPARE THOSE THINGS AND DETERMINE WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST LEVERAGE, YOU KNOW, TO ACHIEVE OUTCOMES LIKE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE ? YEAH. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK THERE'S A DESIRE TO WANT TO DO EVERYTHING AND I THINK THAT'S A
THAT'S A THAT'S A DESIRE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY DISCIPLINED AND TRY TO DO A FEW THINGS REALLY, REALLY WELL AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCIPLINE TO DO THAT. SO YES, WE WE NEED TO DO A GOOD JOB AT ASSESSING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE EMPLOYING AND THEN MAKE THAT VERY DIFFICULT DETERMINATION TO BE FOCUSED AND INTENTIONAL AND TO STRATEGICALLY ABANDON SOME OTHER THINGS SO THAT WE CAN THEN POOL THOSE RESOURCES BECAUSE WE FIRMLY BELIEVE AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME THAT IF WE DOUBLE DOWN ON A LESSON STUDY COACHING OR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THAT'S GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR THIRD GRADE LITERACY, EIGHTH GRADE MATH AND COLLEGE CAREER READINESS. SO SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT THE WORK FOR THE FOR US FOR ME AND THE STAFF WOULD BE TO DO THAT FULL ASSESSMENT OF ALL THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE AND THEN MAKE THE DETERMINATION
ON WHICH ONES WE WANT TO GO HARD INTO DRILL DOWN FOCUS FOR A YEAR AND AND SEE WHAT THAT YIELDS DO. WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO ACTUALLY DO THAT AND WE IDENTIFIED THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMPARE IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS ASSESSMENT. >> YES. WELL, YES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. >> YES. EITHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I THANK YOU SO MUCH VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING AND FOR STAYING UP EXTRA LATE ON SCHOOL NIGHT TO TEACH US. THANK YOU. MOVING TO ITEM H ACTION ITEMS ITEM 12511-8 ONE EMPLOYEE CONSCIENCE REGISTRY EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES CAM EMOTION AND SECOND SO MOVED I NEED A SECOND I'LL SECOND IT IS IMPROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVES ITEM 2511 DASH 18 ESP ONE I CALL ON
THE GENERAL COUNCIL TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER APPROVING AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH DR. MARIA SU FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS AGREEMENT WILL COMMENCE ON JANUARY 5TH, 2026 AND RUN THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028. THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR DR. MARIA SU WILL BE $385,000. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? I DO HAVE A COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO NOTE SOMETHING REALLY QUICK FIRST THE I JUST NOTICED THAT THE CONTRACT HAS IS SIGNED NOVEMBER 14TH, 2026. THAT'S I JUST ASSUME A TYPO BUT I WANTED TO BRING IT TO FOLKS ATTENTION. OKAY. SO I OKAY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A SHORT STATEMENT ABOUT THIS ABOUT THIS ITEM AND HOW I PLAN TO VOTE. I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT BUT I
DO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONCERNS I HEARD FROM FOLKS AND THAT I HAVE YOU KNOW, THAT I'VE HAD AS WELL ABOUT THE PROCESS WITH REGARD TO TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST WHICH I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT AS WELL. THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN ON THIS DECISION APART FROM LEARNING ON FRIDAY THAT THIS CONTRACT WAS UP AND IT IS A CORE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD TO FOSTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE CHOICE OF A SUPERINTENDENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT THE BOARD SOUGHT THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT THE BOARD MAKES. SO WE HAVE I THINK JUST A LONG WAY TO GO TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPERINTENDENT SUE THROUGH NO FAULT OF HER OWN CAME TO THIS DISTRICT UNDER VERY DIFFICULT AND UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. SO THERE WASN'T ANY REGULAR PROCESS THEN AND NOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ESSENTIALLY THREE DAYS NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC WHICH I KNOW HAS BEEN TROUBLING TO MANY PEOPLE. I THINK WE WOULD ALL BENEFIT FROM GETTING BROAD INPUT
AND HAVING TO A DISCUSSION WHICH I RECOGNIZE IS OFTEN MESSY AND TAKES TIME BUT I THINK IT MEETS A REALLY IMPORTANT HUMAN NEED TO BE HEARD. IT HELPS ENSURE THAT WE'RE HEARING A BROAD RANGE OF VIEWPOINTS THINGS WE MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE CONSIDER AND I THINK IT ULTIMATELY BUILDS TRUST SO FUNDAMENTALLY WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY LIKE WHETHER IT'S PARENTS OR STUDENTS OR TEACHERS OR ADMINISTRATORS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OTHER FOLKS TO GET THINGS DONE IN THE DISTRICT AND IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES WHICH IS OUR ULTIMATE GOAL. SO I WISH THAT WE HAD HAD PROCESSES THERE CERTAINLY MANY WAYS THIS COULD BE DONE BUT PROCESSES TO HAVE HAD REAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THIS DECISION. THANK YOU. >> ALEXANDER THANK YOU. YEAH, I SHARE SOME OF COMMISSIONER RAISE CONCERNS AND I ALSO WANT TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT SUPERINTENDENTS WHO NOT BEING
AN EDUCATOR. >> SO I WAS BOARD PRESIDENT WHEN WE HIRED SUPERINTENDENT SUE AND I BELIEVE IN HER AND I BELIEVE IN HER LEADERSHIP AND I STILL BELIEVE IN HER LEADERSHIP. AND WHEN WE HIRED HER 13 MONTHS AGO, WE KNEW VERY WELL THAT SHE WAS NOT AN EDUCATOR AND THAT IT WAS NOT WHY WE HIRED HER AT THE SAME TIME AND IN FACT WE CREATED ANOTHER POSITION THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR SCHOOLS AND APPOINTED CARLENE AGUILERA FOR A VETERAN EDUCATOR IN THAT POSITION TO SERVE ALONGSIDE HER THE OVER THE PAST YEAR SUPERINTENDENT WHO HAS MADE REAL PROGRESS ON A LOT OF ISSUES AND I THINK YOU KNOW AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT BUT I DO THINK THERE ARE CONCERNS AND THERE ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED SORT OF AROUND THE EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP PIECE YOU KNOW, THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HER AND DR. AGUILERA FOR IT DID NOT WORK OUT AS INTENDED AND SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS. YOU KNOW, HE ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT HE WAS LEAVING IN JUNE. WE STILL DON'T HAVE A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT FOR THAT POSITION AND PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY,
I'VE RECEIVED MANY UNSOLICITED COMPLAINTS FROM SCHOOL BASED EDUCATORS, TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS AND OTHERS SAYING THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY NOT BE LISTENING TO EDUCATORS. >> AND I THINK THESE COMPLAINTS MATTER AND I THINK THIS BY THE WAY I WANT TO SAY I THINK THIS TEAM IS TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AND I AND I I KNOW SHE KNOWS ABOUT THEM AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND I THINK THESE COMPLAINTS DO MATTER BECAUSE OUR EDUCATORS ARE THE ONES DOING THE WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND FRANKLY AS COMMISSIONER RAY POINTED OUT AS WELL, A SUPERINTENDENT REALLY CAN'T BE EFFECTIVE WITHOUT THE TRUST OF BROAD, BROAD TRUST IN THE SYSTEM INCLUDING ESPECIALLY I WOULD SAY SCHOOL BASED EDUCATORS. I THINK ALSO AS WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT, WE'RE STILL IN PROGRESS IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING A REAL EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY AROUND HOW TO HOW TO ACHIEVE OUR VERY AMBITIOUS GOALS. AND SO I THINK THE CONCERN AROUND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP IS IS A VALID ONE AND IT'S A
REAL ONE. AND I THINK WE HAVE ALL THESE AMAZING EDUCATORS HERE AND S.F. USD BUT UNLESS WE CAN CREATE A COLLECTIVE STRATEGY AND COORDINATED SUPPORTS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE BOTTOM UP, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO SEE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARD OUR GOALS AND WE'VE SET REALLY AMBITIOUS GOALS, RIGHT? SO WE'VE SAID AS A BOARD WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING BIG HERE AND AGAIN I BELIEVE SUPERINTENDENT WHO HAS THE THE VISION AND THE SPIRIT AND THE KIND OF DESIRE TO DO THAT AS WELL. AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS SHE BRINGS TO THE DISTRICT AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH OUR EDUCATORS. SO I WANT TO ALSO SAY AS AN EDUCATOR I DO NOT BELIEVE SHE NEEDS TO BE AN EDUCATOR TO BE AN EFFECTIVE SUPERINTENDENT BUT I DO BELIEVE SHE NEEDS TO LISTEN DEEPLY TO EDUCATORS AND TRUST THEIR JUDGMENT AND BUILD A STRATEGY BASED ON THAT EXPERTISE AND I HAVE FAITH THAT SHE CAN DO THIS. I THINK I KNOW THAT SUPERINTENDENT TOO HAS HUMILITY AND SHE DEEPLY CARES ABOUT S.F. USD. SHE'S WILLING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN A VERY CHALLENGING ROLE WITH A CONTRACT THAT IS
BASICALLY AN EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT MOU. THERE'S NO EXPENSIVE BUYOUT THAT MANY SUPERINTENDENTS DEMAND, SHE SAID. I WANT TO SERVE THIS DISTRICT AND I'M COMMITTED TO THIS. I RESPECT THAT. I'M GRATEFUL FOR HER SERVICE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE BOARD SUPPORTING HER AND HOLDING HER ACCOUNTABLE TO BUILD STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS AND TO REALLY BUILD OUT THAT EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY AND CREATE THE SCHOOLS OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. COMMISSIONER FISCHER WELL I AGREE. THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID BEFORE AND I UM I SECOND ALL OF IT OR THIRD ALL OF IT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, DR. SUE FOR COMING IN IN A TIME OF GREAT INSTABILITY I MEAN WE WERE REELING FROM THE RTI PROCESS THAT THAT THAT PROCESS DESTABILIZED A LOT OF SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND FRANKLY COMMUNITIES BEYOND THE SCHOOLS AS WELL. IT HAD HUGE IMPACTS. YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN DISTRICT 11
AND FELT LIKE THE WHOLE DISTRICT WAS REELING FROM THE RTI PROCESS. SO AND DID A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK TO HELP GET US BACK ON TRACK AND AT THE SAME TIME WE HAD THREE THREE OF OUR TOP LEADERS IN OUR BUSINESS AND BUDGET SERVICES DEPARTMENT LEAVE OR GO ON LEAVE AND YET YOU AND MELLIE BASICALLY PULLED OFF MIRACLES TO GET US TO THE POINT OF OF BEING ABLE TO PASS A BUDGET BY JUNE. I THINK THERE ARE MAJOR HOLES AND A LOT THAT WE HAVE TO DO AND A LOT DUE TO CUTS WE'VE WE'VE DECIMATED CERTAIN BUDGET OR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE VERY, VERY NECESSARY AS WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE TONIGHT. AND THROUGH IT ALL I THINK YOU'VE BEEN A VERY STEADY AND CONSISTENT VOICE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE CDC IS IN ORDER TO GET BACK TOWARDS TO A POSITIVE BUDGET CERTIFICATION STABILITY IS A HUGE COMPONENT OF THAT AND SO IT REALLY THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY BRINGING YOUR FORTITUDE BUT A LOT OF YOUR CITY PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS AND EVERYTHING TO BEAR TO HELP TO HELP BRING IT TO HELP RIGHT
THE SHIP. >> AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK OVER THE PAST YEAR. THANK YOU FOR NOT RUNNING AWAY AFTER LIFTING THE THE HOOD ON THE CAR AND REALIZING THAT IT'S NOT JUST AN OIL CHANGE BUT A WHOLE TRANSMISSION REBUILD AND GETTING IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND AND DOING DOING THE WORK ANYWAY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU OVER THROUGHOUT THE REST OF YOUR CONTRACT AND BEYOND. THANK YOU. I'LL ECHO AND MAYBE JUST SHARE SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORKING WITH YOU AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE HUMILITY THAT YOU BRING TO THIS POSITION. I THINK WE ALL NEED IT. I THINK THIS IS HARD WORK. I THINK YOU HAVE AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO TO TO CONTINUE AT THE HELM AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORTING YOU. AND I THINK JUST ONE ONE ANECDOTE THAT SORT OF REALLY SHOWED ME THE DIFFERENT WAYS
THAT THAT YOU BRING REALLY INCREDIBLE VALUE WAS WHEN WE WERE WE CONTINUE TO BE UNDER SORT OF GENERAL THREATS OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT SEIZURES BUT WHEN WE WERE REALLY FEELING THE PRESSURE IN THE BAY AREA IN SAN FRANCISCO, I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR LEADERSHIP AROUND COMMUNICATION IN A WAY THAT WAS STEADY BUT PRESENT AND REALLY APPRECIATED HOW YOU IMMEDIATELY ENGAGED WITH ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE NEEDED TO ENGAGE TO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF AND EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES HAD A PLAN AND THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS BECAUSE WE CANNOT DO THIS IN ISOLATION IN TERMS OF PROTECTING COMMUNITIES FROM REALLY PROBLEMATIC AND SORT OF HORRIFIC STATE SANCTIONED VIOLENCE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS TO TO COMMISSIONER FISHER'S POINT, YOUR ARE THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY REALLY SHOWED THEMSELVES
IN THAT MOMENT AND I THINK I LOOK FORWARD TO OTHER DON'T LOOK FORWARD TO YOU HAVING TO TAP INTO THOSE IN THESE TYPES OF CRISES BUT I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU DO THAT. THAT'S A BIG PART OF THOSE ARE ATTRIBUTES AND DIFFERENT SKILL SETS AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT I THINK ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO US IN THIS MOMENT. SO THANK YOU. I WILL BE VOTING YES. WE'RE INTENDING TO. I'M THRILLED THAT YOU WILL YOU ARE WILLING TO CONTINUE YOU I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO THE BOARD BEING OPEN TO FEEDBACK AND STABILIZING THE SHIP AND CONTINUING THAT IMPORTANT WORK. WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT WORK WITH YOU. I KNOW ONE OF THE FIRST EVENTS WE ATTENDED IN THIS TUMULTUOUS TIME TOGETHER WAS REAFFIRMING OUR SUPPORT FOR OUR LGBTQ COMMUNITY ALONGSIDE THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO ALSO AFFIRMING THE S.F. USD STANCE OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
SO ESPECIALLY IN THIS TUMULTUOUS TIME AS COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN WARD HAS NOTED FOR SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE STABLE LEADERSHIP AND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK TO MAKE S.F. USD BORING WITH YOU A YEAR AGO SUPERINTENDENCY WAS IN THIS POSITION BUT I WAS NOT IN LINE AND IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO ME TO THINK HOW FAR THE DISTRICT HAS COME ALREADY IN THIS YEAR. WE HAVE SO SO FAR TO GO. YOU KNOW I THINK THAT TRUST WAS BROKEN BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY DURING COVID AND WE HAVE A LOT TO DO TOO. COMMISSIONER RAY'S POINT ALEXANDER'S POINT TO REBUILD THAT TRUST WITH OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR EDUCATORS. BUT WE DO THAT BY JUST BEING CONSISTENT AND CONSISTENTLY IMPROVING AND LEARNING AND HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO BE BETTER HOLDING THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE TO BE BETTER AND MAKING PROGRESS. AND I KNOW WE CAN'T MAKE ALL OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE NEED TO
MAKE OVERNIGHT AND WE HAVEN'T MADE IT YET BUT I AM REALLY GRATIFIED TO SEE THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH THAT WE YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE ISSUES WITH RED ROVER BUT WE HAVE PUT POWER TO REST DOES NOT EXIST ANYMORE WHICH IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THIS YEAR POTENTIALLY HAVING AND HOPEFULLY HAVING POSITIVE FISCAL CERTIFICATION FROM CDC AND TO BE TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IN A YEAR AND A HALF WE COULD GO FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST FALL TO NOT BANKRUPTCY NOT COMPLETE STATE TAKEOVER, NOT CONTINUING FALLING SCORES BUT INCREASING STUDENT OUTCOMES AND BALANCING THE BUDGET AT THE SAME TIME AND BEING ABLE TO YOU KNOW, BE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT AND THEN ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY I THINK TO HAVE THIS MOMENT OF ALIGNMENT AS A BOARD WITH OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP WHERE WE ARE ALL REALLY CLEAR EYED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK AHEAD AND OF MOVING TOGETHER TO MAKE REALLY PROFOUND INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE OF THE CHILDREN OF SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED AND OF OUR ENTIRE CITY TO REALLY YOU KNOW AND THE DEATH BY A
THOUSAND CUTS AND START MAKING INVESTMENTS AND REALLY SEEING THE FRUITS OF THOSE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OPPORTUNITY IS REALLY IT'S REALLY AN AMAZING CHANCE THAT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LET PASSES BY. SO I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE THAT. UM ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS RECALL PLEASE? ENOUGH. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT EWING. YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. AND PRESENT AGAIN. >> YES. SEVEN EYES. UH THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE KIND WORDS AS WELL. I FULLY RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US BUT THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT KIM, VICE PRESIDENT HULING AND OF COURSE ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS. I DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU ALL ARE GIVING ME WHICH IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO
SERVE OUR OUR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES HERE AT SAFE USD. YOU'VE ALREADY ALLUDED TO I'VE TAKEN A VERY DIFFERENT PATH TO BECOMING A SUPERINTENDENT BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I'VE SPENT OVER 20 YEARS IN THE CITY THAT I LOVE ACTUALLY 25 YEARS IN THE CITY THAT I LOVE VERY MUCH DEDICATED TO CHILDREN, YOUTH, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ISSUES. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO COMMIT TO SFI USD. I WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR EDUCATORS, WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR FAMILIES AND OF COURSE OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE REAL AND LASTING PROGRESS BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES HAVE STALLED OVER THE LAST 1015 YEARS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE STOP. IT MEANS THAT WE WORK HARDER, WE PUSH HARDER. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW KNOW THAT I DON'T GIVE UP. AND SO I AM REALLY EXCITED TO ROLL UP MY SLEEVE AND REALLY DIVE DEEP INTO SOME OF THESE VERY, VERY STUBBORN STUDENT OUTCOMES. EVERYWHERE I GO EVERYONE I
TALKED TO THERE'S CONSISTENT THEMES THAT I HEAR THAT WE NEED A STABLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, A FINANCIAL STABLE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE WE NEED TO FOCUS ON STRONGER INSTRUCTION IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CLASSROOMS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MEANINGFUL FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE NEED TO REBUILD OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FAMILIES AND TO DEEPEN OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY ESPECIALLY FOR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AND HAVE EXPERIENCED THE FURTHEST, FURTHEST ACCESS FROM ACADEMIC SUCCESS. THESE EXPECTATIONS FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS CLEAR AND I WELCOME EVERYONE TO HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE TO ACHIEVING THESE THINGS. I ALSO KNOW THAT PROGRESS HAPPENS AT THE RATE OF TRUST SO EVERY DAY I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO REBUILD THAT TRUST. I ALSO KNOW I NEED TO BUILD A
STRONG TEAM. WE'RE ALMOST THERE BUT I WILL BE GOING OUT AND DOING A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES THAT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF DESERVE BECAUSE WE SHOULD NEVER SETTLE. NEVER SETTLE BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THE BEST. SO IF WE WANT BETTER OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I AM COMMITTED TO THAT CHANGE AND I'M COMMITTED TO OUR STUDENTS. I'M COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE NEEDLE FORWARD. I CAN I AM COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF FROM OUR ADMINISTRATOR HOURS TO OUR EDUCATORS TO ALL OF THE AMAZING CUSTODIANS AND SECURITY GUARDS WHO KEEP US SAFE AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE WELCOMING AND TO OF COURSE ALL OF OUR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF WHO REALLY ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I THINK OUR COMMUNITY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IF IF IT
WAS NOT TO SERVE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD BE DOING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH SUPERINTENDENT TO AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM I DISCUSSION ITEMS OF TWO ITEMS ITEM ONE AT OUR COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. THIS IS MORE OF A FLY I THAT WE ARE BEGINNING OUR AD HOC AND PUBLIC OR RATHER WE HAVE BEGUN OUR AD HOC ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WORK. WHAT WE ARE DOING IS GOING TO LAUNCH OUR FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY BUT THERE IS SOME PRE-WORK THAT THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE HAVE THAT WILL START OR RATHER HAVE STARTED ALREADY. I'VE ASKED COMMISSIONER GUPTA TO STEP UP AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THEN COMMISSIONER FISHER AND I WILL JOIN AS HIS BODYGUARDS, SIDEKICKS AND WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN CONVERSATIONS ON HOW WE CAN BEST OPERATIONALIZE THIS. COMMISSIONER GUPTA, DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? >> YES, I'LL BE BRIEF.
SO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT HAS ALREADY PERMEATED THIS ENTIRE MEETING IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ITEM THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED. AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FROM DISTRICT STAFF AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FROM THE BOARD. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THE BOARD IS MEANT TO REPRESENT THE VALUES OF A COMMUNITY AND MUCH LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TO REBUILD TRUST. WE AS THE BOARD AS A BODY MUST ALSO REBUILD TRUST WITH THE PUBLIC WHEN IT COMES TO THE PUBLIC FEELING LIKE WE ARE TRULY HEARING AND ENGAGING OUR PUBLIC AND THE GOAL IF YOU WILL, THE INFORMAL GOAL OF THIS IS WHEN AND WHERE POSSIBLE. WE DON'T WANT FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO FEEL LIKE THEY MUST COME TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT A BOARD MEETING IN ORDER TO SHARE THEIR POINT OF VIEW. THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE WE ARE IN COMMUNITY, WE ARE AT EVENTS, WE ARE ALONGSIDE OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THEM IN THEIR CONCERNS AND BE ABLE TO TELEGRAPH HOW PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT WILL BE HANDLED SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, KNOW AND TRUST WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS PRESIDENT KIM ALREADY ALLUDED TO, WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN THIS PROCESS. WE AS A BOARD HAVE BEEN COORDINATED BY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND VARIOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, VARIOUS TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND VARIOUS PUBLIC EVENTS AND THERE WILL BE MORE BUT WE'VE IN A WAY ALREADY SOFT LAUNCH BEFORE OUR FORMAL START IN JANUARY. SO THAT WE CAN ALREADY START ENGAGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS START TO BE IN COMMUNITY IN A COORDINATED MANNER THAT THEN HEARS CONCERNS BEING RAISED AND UNDERSTANDS THE VALUES THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPRESSING IN ADVANCE OF STRATEGIC DECISIONS THAT THIS BODY WILL BE TAKING. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. I'M INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE A DREAM TEAM OF COMMISSIONERS. YOU KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHO HAS A BETTER AD HOC COMMITTEE BUT YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE ALREADY KNOW WE'VE HAD A
PRETTY HIGH BAR BUT AND AND WE HAVE SOME PRETTY AMAZING DISTRICT STAFF THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH AND ENGAGING THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THERE ARE SOME DISTRICT STAFF LISTED ON THIS BUT I KNOW THAT THIS PROCESS WILL BE ONE IN WHICH WE'RE ENGAGING DEEPLY WITH OUR DISTRICT STAFF PARTNERS WHO ARE IN COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE ARE NOT LEAVING ANY STONE UNTURNED. SO WE APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC'S TRUST. >> WE KNOW WE HAVE TO REBUILD IT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT . THANK YOU, CHAIR. COMMISSIONER FISHER, DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS OR YOU YEAH. WOW. OKAY. I WILL MOVE ON. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR FOR STEPPING UP FOR THIS. I ALSO WANT TO JUST THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER FOR STEPPING UP AND HELPING TO LEAD THE AD HOC ON OUR PROGRESS MONITORING. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO SEEP A LOT OF YOUR LEARNINGS AND TAKEAWAYS INTO THIS INTO THIS GROUP. THERE IS ACTUALLY THERE IS A
TIMELINE AND A DEADLINE BY WHICH DELIVERABLES ARE DUE. THERE IS NO EXPECTATION THAT NECESSARILY THINGS GET ADOPTED IMMEDIATELY. WHAT WE WANT IS A PLAN RIGHT? A SET OF TANGIBLE ACTIONS THAT THIS BOARD CAN USE AND TAKE DELIVER ADOPT AND MOVE FORWARD. AND SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF CREATING THESE AD HOC IS TO BRING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER THOSE FOR FULL ADOPTION. AND SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. THE BOARD FOR FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THESE COMMITTEES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE. ONE THING THAT WE WILL DO IS TRY TO THINK THROUGH WAYS TO INCORPORATE JUST KIND OF REPORT BACK DURING THE BOARD MEETINGS SO THAT WE COULD STAY ABREAST OF WHAT'S GOING ON. MORE TO COME ON THAT SOON. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHAIR GROUP DOWN. AWESOME. OKAY MOVING TO ITEM TWO THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THE STRONG SCHOOLS RESOLUTION.
I WANT TO BEGIN BY JUST ADDING SOME CONTEXT AROUND WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS, HOW IT CAME TO BE AND WHAT IT IS DOING IN FRONT OF US TODAY. SO THIS IS OUR FIRST READING OF THIS STRONG SCHOOLS RESOLUTION IN THAT IT IS MEANT TO BE A CONTINUATION AND AN AFFIRMATION OF THE CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING ONGOING ABOUT THE TYPES OF DECISIONS THAT THE BOARD MAKES. YOU'LL SEE THAT DOCUMENT AS PART OF THE ATTACHMENTS IN THE AGENDA. ADDITIONALLY THE HOPE HERE IS IS THIS WE HAVE DONE OUR PART IN HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND TYPES OF DECISIONS THAT WE WANT TO BE MAKING AS A BOARD. TWO OF THOSE THINGS WERE AROUND SCHOOL REORGANIZATION AND ENROLLMENT TWO PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE NAMED IN AND KIND OF LIKE IMPLICIT DIRECTION WE HAVE GIVEN THROUGH THIS FRAMEWORK. WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS INTENDED TO DO IS TO ESSENTIALLY BUILD A PATH FORWARD ON WHAT IT MEANS TO ACTUALLY OPERATIONALIZE A PLAN AROUND THIS.
A COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE. I WANT TO THANK STAFF WHO KIND OF CREATED THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION AND THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR HER TIME AND ATTENTION AND KIND OF BRINGING THIS TO US. PART OF THIS EXERCISE WAS VICE PRESIDENT HULING AND I HELPING TO REFINE THE LANGUAGE AND AND AND ENSURE THAT THE LANGUAGE AND CONTENT OF THIS MATCHES KIND OF WHAT WE BELIEVE THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THIS BOARD TO BE WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THIS IS SEVERAL WHEREAS CLAUSES THAT TRY TO LAY OUT WHY WE WOULD HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THAT WHAT YOU SEE IN THE RESOLVED CLAUSES IS AN ASK FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN. RIGHT. TODAY WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT IT MEANS TO MATCH RESOURCE THIS TO THE VERY THINGS INITIATIVES STRATEGIES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM ARE ARE TASKED WITH IN DOING WHAT THIS ASKS IS TO DEVELOP A PLAN THAT WE CAN SEE HOW OUR RESOURCES, HOW OUR ASSETS ALIGN
TO THE THINGS THE STRATEGIES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM ARE DELIVERING ON. AND SO THAT IS THE SPIRIT BEHIND THIS RESOLUTION. THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST READING. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS TIME IS TO REALLY HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS RESOLUTION SO THAT STAFF, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND LEADERSHIP CAN TAKE IT BACK TO MAKE REVISIONS AND COME BACK ON DECEMBER 9TH WITH THE SECOND READING AND CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION. SO I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD PERTINENT TO IF YOU WANT TO ADD PLEASE DO AND WE'LL OPEN UP FOR CONVERSATION. >> I WILL SAY I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN I THINK JUST SOME FEEDBACK AND THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD NOT FROM BOARD MEMBERS BUT FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY MORE GENERALLY THAT YOU KNOW WE MAY WANT TO REVISE THE RESOLUTION TO MAKE AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE THAT THE THE REASON THAT WE WANT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN HERE IS TO
IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. IT IS NOT TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. THE BUDGET WILL BE BALANCED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR BASED ON INPUT FROM THE ONGOING BUDGET TOWN HALLS AND THE BUDGET WILL BE ADOPTED FOR 2627 AND THAT BALANCED BUDGET WILL BE ADOPTED FOR 2627 WITH THE CURRENT SCHOOL PORTFOLIO THAT WE HAVE. >> SO SCHOOL CLOSURES OR MERGER IS ARE NOT KIND OF PART OF A BUT THE BALANCE THE BUDGET BALANCING PLAN. HOWEVER WE DO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME CUTS AND WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE PROMISING STRATEGIES THAT ARE STARTING TO SHOW FRUIT. THEY'RE STARTING TO TURN AROUND OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES AND WE NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT. WE NEED TO INVEST MORE AND MORE IN IMPROVING OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES SO THAT EVERY STUDENT CAN GO TO A SCHOOL IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT WILL SERVE THEM AND WILL SERVE THE WHOLE CHILD AND WILL GIVE THEM EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY DESERVE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WELCOME THOUGHTS FROM COMMISSIONERS ABOUT HOW WE CAN
CONTINUE TO TWEAK THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC TRANSPARENTLY WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS PLAN. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL AN EXCELLENT HIGH ACHIEVING SCHOOL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING THE RESOURCES TOWARD THAT. AND WE'VE ALSO HEARD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS THAT FAMILIES WANT MORE PREDICTABILITY IN SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT, THAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT EXCELLENT SCHOOL, CLOSE TO HOME. AND SO WE ALSO WANT TO REBUILD TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF DELIVERING ON THAT PLAN THAT HAS BEEN DELAYED AND DEFERRED, YOU KNOW, FOR AT LEAST I'D SAY SEVEN YEARS BY MY MAYBE PRESENT COUNT. SO AS I SAID BEFORE, LIKE WE DO HAVE THIS MOMENT OF ALIGNMENT AND FOR ME I FEEL LIKE THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TAKE FOR GRANTED IN GOVERNMENT OR IN POLITICS THAT YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALL REALLY CLEAR EYED MOVING TOWARD THIS GOAL.
AND I THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO TO THE CITY AND TO THE STUDENTS OF S.F. JUST TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN IN THIS MOMENT OF ALIGNMENT TO IMPROVE THEIR SCHOOLS. SURE. SO I THINK AT THE HEART OF THIS RESOLUTION IS REALLY ABOUT HOW DO WE DO EXACTLY WHAT VICE PRESIDENT HULING TALKED ABOUT HOW DO WE CENTER OUR STUDENTS IN ALL THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION THAT IS SUPPORTED IN SCHOOLS THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS. AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE EXPERIENCING A DECLINING ENROLLMENT THAT IS NOT UNIQUE TO SAN FRANCISCO. WE'RE SEEING IT UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE'RE SEEING IT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND WE NEED TO GRAPPLE WITH THAT FACT. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WITH THE DWINDLING NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE WHILE WE WE WORK TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON
ON HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND CENTERING OUR STUDENTS EXPERIENCES SO THIS RESOLUTION IS THE START TO THAT CONVERSATION. THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS US AS A GOVERNANCE TEAM TO WORK TOGETHER TO BRING OUR BRING OUR BEST THINKING TO THE TABLE TO REALLY MAP OUT WHAT THAT SCHOOL PORTFOLIO COULD LOOK LIKE SHOULD LOOK LIKE THAT WILL AGAIN ENSURE US MOVING THE NEEDLE ON OUR THIRD GRADE LITERACY MATH, EIGHTH GRADE MATH AND COLLEGE CAREER READINESS. THIS RESOLUTION IS GOING TO ALLOW US THE FLEXIBILITY TO TO ENSURE THAT FAMILIES HAVE PREDICTABILITY WHEN THEY ENROLL ASF USD SO THERE IS THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AFTER THIS RESOLUTION IS PASSED BUT IT'S NOT JUST WORK THAT HAPPENS HERE. IT'S WORK THAT HAPPENS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO GO BACK OUT, HAVE DEEP CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR
COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT? HOW IS IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BEST SERVE OUR STUDENTS? HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT OUR TEACHERS TRULY HAVE THAT CALL LEARNING CALLED CO PLANNING TIME TOGETHER? HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO SUCCEED? AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING THIS CURRICULUM WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH OUR STAFF OR EDUCATORS AS OUR SCHOOL LEADERS SO THAT WE CAN TRULY SET UP A SAFE USD FOR STUDENTS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER OH FISHER. COMMISSIONER RAY OKAY MY QUESTION RELATES TO THE TO THE DESCRIPTION HERE REGARDING THE ENROLLMENT SYSTEM THERE THE PLAN IS ASKING SORRY IT'S HARD FOR ME TO LOOK BOTH WAYS AT ONE TIME THE PLAN IS ASKING ABOUT DEVELOPING A CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT ENROLLMENT SYSTEM THAT BALANCES PREDICTABILITY, DIVERSITY AND PROXIMITY. AND MY QUESTION BASICALLY RELATED TO THE FACT THAT THOSE
ARE THE SAME THREE FACTORS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AND THAT YOU KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD AT VARIOUS POINTS NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY USE IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH WORKABLE MAPS FOR THE DISTRICT. SO MY QUESTION IS IF IF UNLESS SOMETHING HAS CHANGED, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THESE SAME FACTORS THAT HAVE CREATED UNWORKABLE SYSTEMS FOR EVERYONE WHO'S TRIED THIS? ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE THE FACTORS IN SOME WAY WHETHER IT'S THE ACTUAL FACTORS BEING LISTED? ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE THE PROPORTION IN WHICH THEY'RE WEIGHED? IS THERE SOME OTHER IDEA AROUND THIS? SO KIND OF FOR CLARITY AROUND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO, THIS LOOKS A LOT LIKE WHAT WE ALREADY DID SO I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE CHANGES. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO THE BOARD POLICY EXISTS 5125 1 OR 1.2 AROUND ENROLLMENT POLICY.
IT CURRENTLY EXISTS. I MEAN THAT IS OUR POLICY. WHAT WE HAVE NOT DONE IS BEEN BRIEFED AS A BOARD ON THAT POLICY. WHAT IS IT HOW DID IT HAPPEN? WHAT IS POSSIBLE? WHAT'S NOT POSSIBLE? WHAT DOES THIS DATA SHOW? WE AS A BOARD HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BRIEFED ON THAT. RIGHT. AND SO THIS POLICY OR THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT MEANT TO OVERWRITE POLICY. IT'S MEANT TO SAY WE'RE READY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. RIGHT. SO THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT IT SAYS. THAT LANGUAGE IS ACTUALLY FROM THAT POLICY. WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES IF IF IT'S NOT OPERATIONALLY VISIBLE, WHY IS IT NOT OPERATIONALLY VISIBLE? WE AS A BOARD NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONS AND WHY THAT'S THE CASE. AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT SAYS THAT IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, THIS IS NOT MEANT TO DICTATE. IT'S MEANT TO OPEN THE DOOR.
RIGHT. WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S A PRIORITY FOR US. NOW IT'S A QUESTION OF SUPERINTENDENT. PLEASE BRING THAT TO US SO WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION. OKAY. WELL OKAY. I GOT TO START BY APOLOGIZING FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT OUR ALIGNMENT. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW I DON'T LIKE THIS SO BUT I ACTUALLY THINK WE ARE ALIGNED AROUND THE WAY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT. I JUST HAVE SOME I HAVE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION AND MAYBE I'M JUST THE CRAZY ONE BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT AND THEN LIKE I DON'T SO ONE BIG ONE IS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT ALLOWS. LIKE WHAT DOOR IT OPENS THAT'S NOT NOT ALREADY OPEN. RIGHT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WITH OUR CURRENT GOALS AND GUARDRAILS THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN'T JUST GO FORWARD WITH THESE INITIATIVES AND THEN COME TO THE BOARD WHENEVER SHE NEEDS APPROVAL FOR ANYTHING RIGHT? LIKE SO FOR EXAMPLE TO THE POINT COMMISSIONER RAY RAISE I HAD THE EXACT SAME QUESTION. I WAS LIKE IT LISTS THOSE THREE
FACTORS AGAIN MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE UNWORKABLE. SO THE BOARD'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT. WHY NOT JUST BRING THAT RESOLUTION TO US, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND MAKE A DECISION LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED THIS RESOLUTION. IT FEELS LIKE REPETITIVE. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S I MEAN IT MAY VIOLATE OUR BOARD POLICY ON AGENDA IZING GOVERNING BY RESOLUTION WHICH SAYS WE'RE NOT ALLOWED THE AGENDA AS BOARD MEMBER RESOLUTIONS. SO IT'S LIKE I GUESS THE QUESTION AND THEN IT USES THE OTHER ISSUE I HAD THAT WAS RELATED THAT IS IT USES LANGUAGE THAT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE GUARDRAILS BUT SORT OF SIMILAR. SO I'M LIKE WELL IS THIS OVERRIDE THE GUARDRAILS? LIKE WHY DOES IT USE THIS PHRASING INSTEAD OF THE PHRASING THAT'S ALREADY IN THE GUARDRAIL AROUND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT. LIKE SO I DON'T LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT ADDS THAT THE GOALS AND GUARDRAILS DON'T ALREADY COVER AND THEN IT LIKE AND THEN LIKE I SAID, IT SORT
OF SIDESTEPS SOME OF THESE BIG DECISIONS LIKE THE ENROLLMENT ONE I THINK IT MENTIONS FACILITIES USE AND IT TALKS ABOUT LEVERAGING THE REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN SELLING OUR LAND? DOES THAT MEAN YOU KNOW FOR PROFIT DEVELOPMENT AND DOES THAT MEAN HOUSING FOR TEACHERS? DOES THAT MEAN NONPROFIT COMMUNITY USES LIKE THOSE ARE REAL DECISIONS THAT I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO MAKE BUT I WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND MAKE THE DECISION I DON'T I GUESS I DON'T KNOW WHAT PASSING THIS RESOLUTION EVEN MEANS LIKE WHAT AM I WHAT AM I ASKING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DO THAT SHE CAN'T ALREADY DO ALL OF THAT. AND I THINK TO THE EXTENT THAT RESOLUTIONS I UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE FIRST WE WERE NOT READING ON IT BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT I AGREE WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO THAT BOARD RESOLUTIONS BUT IT'S EXTENT THAT RESOLUTIONS ARE COMING BEFORE THE BOARD THEY ARE SUGGESTING I THINK SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT AND EVEN THOUGH THIS ISN'T SAYING THESE ARE THE
DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING SO IT'S NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT SAYING THERE ARE NOT DECISIONS BEING MADE THAT DON'T YET HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT BUT IT IS SORT OF OPTICALLY IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO SOMETHING IN A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKWARDS FASHION AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO REBUILD TRUST ESPECIALLY BASED ON THE ARIA PROCESS FIRST TIME WHERE COMMUNITY DID NOT FEEL LIKE THEY WERE MEANINGFULLY ENGAGED IN A TIMELY MANNER BUT ALSO SORT OF IN A SUBSTANTIVE AND NON SUPERFICIAL MANNER. I WORRY THAT THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO BE ON THE BACK FOOT AGAIN TRY TO SAY WELL THIS DOESN'T REALLY MEAN THAT WE'VE MADE A DECISION WITHOUT TAKING YOUR INPUT. WELL THEN IT GETS TO COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S POINT THEN WHY ARE WE DOING IT? YEAH IT'S GREAT QUESTIONS AND I THINK FROM MY FROM MY LENS THROUGH MY LENS I KNOW THAT WE'VE WE THE THE GOVERNANCE TEAM HAVE STARTED TO HAVE SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS BUT I THINK WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS
TWO THINGS. ONE IS JUST SAY PUBLICLY THIS IS WHAT THIS BODY IS GOING TO WORK ON FOR THE NEXT YEAR TO TWO YEARS THAT TOGETHER WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE REALLY TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AROUND THESE REALLY TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. AND THEN NUMBER TWO, IT WILL THEN INITIATE THE START OF IT. SO WHAT I WOULD HAVE WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING IN ALL OF OUR BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETINGS IS THAT THE BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETINGS ARE VERY MUCH ABOUT BUDGET AND THAT SCHOOL REORGANIZATIONS AND ALL THESE THINGS ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THAT. THEY'RE DOTTED LINE CONNECTED BECAUSE YES IT COSTS MONEY TO TO OPEN A SCHOOL AND AND YES WE MAY RECOUP DOLLARS WHEN WE CLOSE THE SCHOOL BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REALIZE THOSE DOLLARS RIGHT AWAY. WE REALIZE THOSE DOLLARS A YEAR TO TWO YEARS LATER. SO THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS US TO TO SAY AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO PIVOT AND START THIS SEPARATE PROCESS.
SO THAT TO ME WAS THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THIS RESOLUTION. BUT WELL, I APPRECIATE GOING AFTER THE TWO OF YOU WHO SPOKE LAST. AND COMMISSIONER, I ALSO WANT TO ECHO SOME OF WHAT YOU SAID AS WELL BECAUSE YEAH, I KEEP LIKE THE THE QUESTION THAT I HAD WRITTEN DOWN HERE TO ASK WAS HOW DO WE NOT REPEAT THE SINS OF THE PAST? TALK IS CHEAP. YOU KNOW, WE'VE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BIG HISTORY OF GOING OUT AND AND ASKING COMMUNITY FOR FEEDBACK AND THEN COMPLETELY IGNORING IT. RIGHT. AND SPECIFICALLY GOING BACK TO THE 2018 RESOLUTION, ALL OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES WROTE JOINT LETTERS TO THE BOARD AT THE TIME SAYING PLEASE DON'T PASS OR ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR TO FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CITY TO TO SLOT US ALL INTO ZONES WHERE YOU HAVE HISTORICALLY UNDER-RESOURCED THE SCHOOLS AND THEY'RE THE SCHOOLS ARE NOT OF THE SAME QUALITY. THEY'RE NOT STAFFED THE SAME WAY THE FACILITY BUILDINGS I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDINGS BUT LIKE WHY IF YOU'RE GOING TO FOCUS FORCE
FOLKS INTO GEOGRAPHIC ZONES WITHIN THE CITY WE HAVE A LOT OF EQUITY WORK TO DO FIRST FRANKLY RIGHT. AND ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT FOLKS BACK IN IF WE WANT TO REPAIR AND REBUILD TRUST, WE HAVE TO DO THAT THROUGH A LOT OF INTENTIONALITY. AND FRANKLY, EVEN WHEN WE PUSHED FORWARD WITH THE ZONES, WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT WAS INCLUSIVE OF LANGUAGE PROGRAMS THAT FAMILIES WANT AND SPREAD PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE MANDATED TO TO DO SO LIKE TO EVERYONE'S POINT LIKE OH IN THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY IS IS YOU KNOW, DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND TRYING TO AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME? BUT I DO AND WE'RE WE'RE HEARING THAT THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF PTSD AROUND THE AREA PROCESS. SO I I'M HESITANT TO OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO SET THAT ASIDE BUT I, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT
THINKING STRATEGICALLY I REALLY DO LIKE THE ENROLLMENT IS REAL. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF LOT OF CAPACITY IN OUR SYSTEM THAT IS PROBLEMATIC FOR BRINGING THE RESOURCES TO THE STUDENTS THAT NEED THEM. AND FRANKLY WE ARE MISSING A LOT OF PROGRAMS INTERNALLY AND WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO SEND KIDS OUTSIDE OF THIS DISTRICT AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY TO GET THE PROGRAMING THAT WE NOT JUST AS A AN L.A., NOT AS A DISTRICT BUT AS A COUNTY OFFICE OF ED LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT MARIN OR IF YOU LOOK AT SAN MATEO, THEY HAVE COUNTY PROGRAMS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION THAT WE DON'T OFFER THE SAME WAY WE OFFER OUR COUNTY COURT AND OUR COURT SCHOOLS BUT WE DON'T OFFER ANY OF OUR COUNTY SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND WE WONDER WHY OUR SPEND BUDGET IS BALLOONING. SO SO I THINK THERE IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO TO DO SOME REIMAGINING AND STRATEGIC REVISIONING BUT I'M NOT SURE IF A ZONED ENROLLMENT SYSTEM IS THE WAY TO DO IT. SO SO I THINK THERE'S A VALID QUESTION HERE OF SUPERINTENDENT
IS THIS ACTUALLY HELPFUL FOR YOU? RIGHT BECAUSE I THINK TO EVERYONE'S POINT HERE THE THE IMPETUS FOR THIS RESOLUTION DID NOT ACTUALLY COME FROM BOARD MEMBERS. THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO KIND OF KICKSTART THIS PROCESS. SO THE HOPE OF THIS WAS TO CREATE CLARITY, ALIGNMENT AND CLEAR EXPECTATIONS IF THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY HELPFUL FOR YOU OR FOR THIS BOARD THAT IT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. WELL, IT'S A RELATED CONVERSATION BUT IS IT BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND WHETHER WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE ARE WANTING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DO. RIGHT. SO GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THIS RIGHT, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO SAY BUILD A STRATEGIC PLAN RIGHT? AND AGAIN WHAT GOES INTO THAT? WHO GOES INTO THAT, HOW THE RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED AROUND THAT IS A QUESTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT. BUT IF THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY BEING REFLECTED IN THIS
RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD, THAT'S ONE QUESTION IF IT'S NOT HELPFUL FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND YOUR TEAM, IT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION. THEY'RE ALL RELATED TO EACH OTHER. BUT HERE'S WHAT I WILL SAY I WE JUST WENT THROUGH AN EXERCISE THE LAST THREE MEETINGS OR SO TALKING ABOUT TYPES OF DECISIONS THAT THE BOARD WAS SAYING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE. IT WAS PRETTY UNANIMOUS. I MEAN NOT PRETTY. IT WAS UNANIMOUS THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND PORTFOLIO AND ENROLLMENT. AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST RISKS AND UNDERGOING SUCH SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS LIKE THAT IS THAT WE ARE UNCLEAR IN EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR AND BY WHEN AND THEN ARE UNSATISFIED ABOUT WHATEVER HAPPENS THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS OR THE OPPOSITE. WE'RE INCREDIBLY CLEAR AND THE SUPERINTENDENT DOESN'T DELIVER EITHER WAY. NOT GREAT, RIGHT? AND SO THERE IS AN HONEST CONVERSATION TO HAVE OF HOW HONEST ARE WE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE SAID WERE THE MAJOR DECISIONS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE AND IF THAT IS IF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT IT THEN WE HAVE A
ANOTHER CONVERSATION TO HAVE AROUND MAJOR DECISIONS OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO RIGHT? SO SO I JUST I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IT IS I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE JUST CLEAR ON WHAT IT IS THE BOARD IS ASKING FOR RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S A RESOLUTION OR NOT IS KIND OF SECONDARY TO US MEETING NEEDING TO BE REALLY CLEAR WITH WHAT WE ARE ASKING THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR AND THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES SUPERINTENDENT WHAT DO YOU NEED TO GET CLARITY BOARD WHAT DO WE NEED TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND JUST TO ALSO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT KIND OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH TO GET HERE. LAST WINTER WE ADOPTED THE SUPERINTENDENT SHORT TERM METRICS THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED IN THE SPRING A RESPONSE TO THOSE INCLUDING ESSENTIALLY ASSIGNING HERSELF THE TASKS THAT SHE WOULD COMPLETE AND THE TIMELINE BY WHEN ONE OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS SHORT TERM METRICS WAS TO IDENTIFY MAJOR INITIATIVES.
BASICALLY WHAT IF YOU WERE TO ASK A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHAT ARE THE MAJOR THINGS HAPPENING IN S.F. USD? WHAT'S GOING ON? THOSE WOULD BE THE YOU KNOW, ONE, TWO, THREE THINGS AT THE TOP OF EVERYONE'S MIND THESE ARE THE MAJOR THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO IMAGINE AND DEFINE THE FUTURE OF WHAT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WE WANTED THOSE MAJOR DECISIONS TO BE IDENTIFIED SO THAT WE WOULD BE ALL IN ALIGNMENT AND HAVE CLARITY AROUND WHAT THE MAJOR DECISIONS ARE. THAT GUARDRAIL ONE APPLIES TO AND WE HAD EXPECTED MAJOR DECISIONS TO COME TO THE BOARD AND BE ANNOUNCED TO THE PUBLIC AND ROLLED OUT IN JUNE AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS AMONGST THE BOARD ABOUT THEN WHAT ARE THE MAJOR DECISIONS, WHAT DECISIONS DOES GUARDRAIL ONE APPLY TO? AND WE BROUGHT FORWARD AS LEADERSHIP THE DECISION MAKING MATRIX AND SAID OKAY WELL WE'RE GOING TO SAY THERE ARE SOME BOARD LED MAJOR BOARD
IDENTIFIED MAJOR DECISIONS THAT WE WILL THEN IDENTIFY SO THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT GUARDRAIL ONE APPLIES TO. AND WE ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION IN OPEN SESSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT SUGGESTING WHAT THOSE MIGHT BE. AND AS PHIL SAID, I THINK WE HAD UNANIMOUS ITY THAT SCHOOL PORTFOLIO AND AND ORGANIZATION WAS ONE OF THOSE AND BASICALLY MOVING TOWARD FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF CHANGING THE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM WAS THE OTHER WE ALSO SUGGESTED FACILITIES DIDN'T SOUND LIKE THERE WAS AS MUCH ALIGNMENT ON THAT SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE IT IN THIS RESOLUTION OPEN TO FEEDBACK ON THAT. BUT THAT WAS JUST A CONVERSATION THAT WE DIDN'T TAKE ANY BOARD ACTION. WE DIDN'T DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DO ANYTHING. WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS. AND AS PHIL SAID, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO IF WE'RE ARE GOING TO EMBARK ON THESE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO INVOLVE A LOT OF
COMMUNITY INPUT, A LOT OF GUARDRAIL, ONE ACTIVITY AT ALL LEVELS THAT WERE IN ALIGNMENT ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE AND I THINK THAT WE IT'S HELPFUL FROM IN MY VIEW THE RESOLUTION IS HELPFUL TO COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC ESSENTIALLY A TIMELINE OF AT LEAST WHEN OR WHEN IS THERE GOING TO BE A PLAN, WHEN WILL THE BOARD WHEN WILL THE BOARD TAKE ACTION BY WE DO GOVERN OUR OWN GOVERNANCE CALENDAR AND SO WE CAN'T TELL THE SUPERINTENDENT WHAT TO DO BUT WE CAN SAY IF THERE ISN'T A PLAN BROUGHT TO US FOR A VOTE BEFORE THE ENROLLMENT FAIR WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS CHANGING THE SCHOOL PORTFOLIO OR CHANGING HOW FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO SCHOOLS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US THAT THOSE DECISIONS TO BE MADE BEFORE PEOPLE START MAKING THEIR DECISIONS ABOUT SCHOOLS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS INTENDED TO REFLECT AND I THINK IT'S ALL OF OUR HOPE THAT THIS IS DONE WITH THE SOLE FOCUS OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF OUR
SCHOOLS AND IMPROVING THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT INTO THE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE SO THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS WHAT WE SUCCEEDED IN ARTICULATING BUT THAT IS WHAT WE HOPED TO ARTICULATE AND TO ALSO JUST AS AS PRESIDENT KIM SAID, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL IN ALIGNMENT AND THAT WE HAVE THIS FIRST READING. SO IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU THINK FOR EXAMPLE COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER WHERE THE LANGUAGE DEVIATES FROM THE LANGUAGE OF THE GUARDRAILS THAT'S I THINK JUST BECAUSE OF PARAPHRASING AND NOT INTENDED TO CHANGE OR SUPERSEDE ANY GUARDRAILS JUST TO REFERENCE THEM SO THAT IT'S NOT A GIANT DRY DOCUMENT THAT YOU KNOW, REGURGITATES THE GUARDRAILS THAT ARE ALREADY DEFINED BUT THAT THAT IS THE PURPOSE AND I DO REALLY WELCOME AND ENCOURAGE AND REQUEST THAT COMMISSIONERS PROVIDE ANY EDITS OR CHANGES THAT THEY THINK WOULD WOULD IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY
WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, QUESTIONS UM I THINK I THINK WHAT I'M I AGREE LET ME START WITH THE PLACES I TOTALLY AGREE I TOTALLY APPRECIATE VICE PRESIDENT HULING YOUR RECOUNTING OF WHERE WE'VE COME FROM AND I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD DESCRIPTION OF IT. I THINK THE THE ONLY PLACE I MIGHT DEVIATE IS I THINK WE IDENTIFIED MAJOR DECISIONS THAT IF THEY ARE TO OCCUR NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD BUT WE DIDN'T TELL THE SUPERINTENDENT YOU HAVE TO GO CLOSE A BUNCH OF SCHOOLS RIGHT. WE ALSO DIDN'T SAY YOU HAVE TO DO THE THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT THING. RIGHT. LIKE I MEAN I THINK SOME OF US HAVE SAID THAT BUT WE NEVER ME THE BOARD NEVER MADE A DECISION. SO IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THEN I FEEL LIKE WE'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR THIS MY I WANT TO HEAR THE SUPERINTENDENTS PLAN THAT'S ALIGNED TO THE GOALS AND GUARDRAILS TO DO WHATEVER SHE BELIEVES IS NECESSARY LIKE SHE KNOWS LIKE I YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL. EVERYONE I THINK KNOWS I FEEL THAT THE STUDENTS I'M A SYSTEM I'M LIKE I THINK YOU'D BE CRAZY NOT TO ADDRESS IT BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE ALL THIS EVIDENCE THAT IT'S REDUCING ENROLLMENT
IN THE DISTRICT WHICH THEN REDUCES OUR ABILITY TO AND IT'S ALSO MAKING IT'S ALSO REALLY UNPREDICTABLE. IT'S YOU KNOW BECAUSE IT'S THIS OPEN CHOICE SYSTEM THERE'S ALL THESE THINGS THAT MAKE IT HARD TO ENROLL SCHOOLS AND HAVE STABLE ENROLLMENT AND PROVIDE KIDS WITH THE BEST EDUCATION. SO IF I'M THINKING OF HOW AM I GOING TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS AND ADHERE TO THE GUARDRAILS LIKE GUARDRAIL FOR TALKS ABOUT PREDICTABLE RESOURCE ALIGNMENT, I MIGHT WANT TO ADDRESS THE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT BUT IF IT'S NOT DONE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GOALS AND GUARDRAILS THEN IT'S JUST WHY ARE WE DOING IT RIGHT SIMILARLY WITH ANY POTENTIAL SCHOOL AND I WOULD ARGUE FOR MERGERS LIKE IF THOSE ARE GOING TO HAPPEN THEY HAVE TO HAPPEN WITH COMMUNITY BUY IN AND WITH PEOPLE BEING CONVINCED THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE BETTER TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS AND GUARDRAILS RIGHT IF YOU HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE BEING LIKE NOW THAT'S GOING TO UNDERMINE EDUCATION AGAIN WE KNOW IT DOESN'T SAVE VERY MUCH MONEY AT ALL SO WHY WOULD WE DO IT RIGHT? SO THE I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE AND I THOUGHT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS GOING TO GO BACK AFTER WE SAID WE WERE CLEAR THESE ARE THE DECISIONS YOU NEED TO COME TO THE BOARD ABOUT THAT SHE WOULD COME AND SAY OKAY, HERE'S MY TIMELINE. I WANT TO ADDRESS THE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM SO I NEED TO KNOW BEFORE I DO THAT PREDICTABILITY, DIVERSITY AND PROXIMITY. THANK YOU. WE CAN'T DO ALL THREE BOARD HERE'S THE HERE'S THE BRIEFING WHICH YOU GOT TO PICK TWO OR WHATEVER IT IS NOW GIVE ME A RESOLUTION ON THAT AND MAKE ME MAKE A DECISION RIGHT OR BOARD I WANT TO APPROACH I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO HAVE NO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE SMALLER THE 300 KIDS FOR THIS REASON AND I'VE GONE OUT HAVE CONSULTED WITH COMMUNITY AND I THINK I CAN GET BUY IN ON THIS I WANT YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PLAN THAT ASKS SCHOOLS TO MERGE OR WHATEVER IF THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS. BUT AGAIN I, I, I DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON THAT BEFORE SHE'S HAD A CHANCE TO GO AND DO THAT WORK LIKE IT'S JUST PUTTING US
IN A POSITION OF LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M I GUESS THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS WHAT AM I AUTHORIZING HERE AM I AM I VOTING FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES BY APPROVING THIS? I GOT IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE AND IF THOSE AREN'T LINKED TO THE GOALS AND GUARDRAILS WHY WOULD WE DO THEM? SO I THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT SIT WITH ME AND SO I JUST I'M JUST I'M LIKE I'M NOT CLEAR LIKE WHAT AGAIN THE LIKE SHE CAN MAKE A PLAN. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TELL HER TO MAKE A PLAN. THAT'S HER JOB. SHE'S A SUPERINTENDENT SO YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW. >> I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID AND I. I WANT TO BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM IS THIS RESOLUTION INTENDED TO PRE AUTHORIZE, YOU KNOW, ANY CLOSURES OF SCHOOLS, PRE AUTHORIZE ANY ADOPTION OR CHANGE OF THE ADMISSIONS POLICY. IT REALLY IS JUST TO SAY WE ARE MAKING A DECISION IN PUBLIC, YOU KNOW BEFORE BEFORE THE PUBLIC THAT THESE ARE KIND OF THE MAJOR DECISIONS THAT WE'RE CHARGING THE SUPERINTENDENT
WITH AND WE WANT HER TO BRING US A PLAN FOR EACH OF THESE THINGS THAT WE WILL VOTE ON BASED ON ITS MERITS. AND SO WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, ADOPT ANY PARTICULAR SCHOOL PORTFOLIO BUT WE WANT HER TO COME TO US WITH THE PLAN WITH THE STRONG RATIONALE FOR STUDENT OUTCOMES WITH YOU KNOW, AN EXPLANATION OF WHY IT'S BETTER FOR STUDENTS AND MORE FISCALLY STABLE FOR THE DISTRICT AND SAME HERE LIKE THE REASON THAT WE INCLUDED THAT BALANCES PREDICTABILITY DIVERSITY AND PROXIMITY OF THE EXISTING POLICY ACTUALLY LIKE RANKS THOSE VERY SPECIFICALLY AND DEFINES THOSE VERY SPECIFICALLY SO IT SAYS LIKE DIVERSITY IS NUMBER ONE AND DIVERSITY IS DEFINED AS THE DIVERSITY OF AS OF US STUDENTS WITHIN A PARTICULAR ZONE AND EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL NEEDS TO HAVE LIKE X, Y, Z TYPES OF DIVERSITY WITHIN IT AND THAT HAS PROVED RATHER UNWORKABLE. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY I
THINK THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION IS GENERALLY AS A BOARD WE EXPRESS OUR AGREEMENT THAT WE WANT A POLICY THAT MOVES TOWARD PREDICTABILITY THAT CONTINUES TO VALUE WRIT LARGE PREDICTABILITY, PROXIMITY AND DIVERSITY BUT MAY BALANCE THOSE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AND IF THE EXISTING POLICY IS NOT WORKABLE, BRING US YOUR PROPOSAL FOR THE NEW POLICY THAT YOU ACTUALLY CAN IMPLEMENT FOR US TO EVALUATE AND VOTE UP OR DOWN. >> BUT I THINK THAT DOESN'T QUITE ADDRESS WHAT COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S FOUNDATIONAL QUESTION IS WHAT IS THIS RESOLUTION ACTUALLY AUTHORIZE? RIGHT. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S MY QUESTION. WHAT WHAT I MEAN VOTING THAT'S A TOTALLY FAIR QUESTION BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THAT QUESTION CAN ONLY BE ANSWERED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. RIGHT. LIKE SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED? I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGER QUESTION OF LIKE WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO
THIS WORK GIVEN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER TYPES OF DECISIONS THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO MAKE? WELL AND THAT AND THEN THE LEADER IF YOU WANT TO GO I KNOW YEAH I KNOW I I'M GOING TO LEAVE AT 1215. OKAY SO AGAIN I THINK IT'S IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS OUT IN PUBLIC SO THAT PUBLIC FOLKS UNDERSTAND THESE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE THINK WE'RE HAVING THEM ONE ON ONES OR WE'RE HAVING THEM IN SMALLER GROUP SETTINGS AND AND AND I THINK IT'S IT'S JUST REALLY DIFFICULT WHERE I FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO SIGNAL TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ON THESE REALLY BIG VERY DIFFICULT AND AT TIMES PAINFUL CONVERSATIONS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IF IF IT'S IF IT'S BIFURCATED IT HAS TO BE US AS A UNITED GOVERNANCE TEAM THAT'S GOING TO DO IT TOGETHER. NOW I WILL SAY AND I YOU KNOW,
I KNOW THAT I SEE A YOUNG PERSON IN THE ROOM HERE THAT WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING IS THAT REORGANIZING OUR SCHOOLS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN CLOSING ANYTHING. IT REALLY DOES MEAN HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT WHERE SHOULD WE PUT OUR NEW K EIGHT MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL WHERE AND HOW SHOULD WE SERVE OUR OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS SO THAT WE CAN BRING IN SPECIALIZED SERVICES INTO SFD SD AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THESE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS ALL OVER THE BAY AREA. SO THERE ARE THOSE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS AND QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH THAT I WANT US TO BE CLEAR THAT WE TOGETHER WILL BE MOVING TOWARDS THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN TERMS OF LITERACY AND MATH AND COLLEGE CAREER READINESS. SO THIS RESOLUTION OR MAYBE EVEN JUST THIS CONVERSATION
IN PUBLIC HAS BEEN IS HELPFUL JUST TO GET IT OUT THERE. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YEAH. SO I MEAN IN I APPRECIATE THAT AND I WANT TO SEPARATE OUT THE WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AND HOW WE FOCUS ON IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE KIND OF CONFLATING THE TWO AND TALKING ABOUT HOW SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS AND RE FIGURING OF PROGRAMS MIGHT HAPPEN AND I THINK THAT'S WAY PREMATURE RIGHT NOW ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE HAVEN'T ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AS A BOARD OR AS A DISTRICT STAFF. AND SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT I THINK WE'VE ALL COALESCED AROUND AND I COULD JUST SPEAK FOR WHAT I'VE CERTAINLY HEARD FROM COMMUNITY WHEN I WAS RUNNING WHICH IS A RECOGNITION THAT WE DO NEED TO FIGURE OUT I MEAN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SPECIAL ED, WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE FAIRLY EMPTY AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE INCREDIBLY HARD TO GET INTO. YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST SORT OF WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT. SO IN ADDITION TO NOT HAVING
SKELETON CREW STAFFING OF SCHOOLS THAT THEN AFFECTS OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A STUDENT ROLLMAN SYSTEM THAT IS DRIVING SO MANY AWAY AND SO THE WHAT WE FOCUS ON AND I'D REMIND MY COLLEAGUES TO THAT CONVERSATION WE HAD WHERE AS VICE PRESIDENT HULING POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE EXPECTING KIND OF YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE ALL FOCUS ON INITIATIVES FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT IN MAY AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN THIS KIND OF DANCE AS FAR AS WELL. YOU GO FIRST. NO, YOU GO FIRST OF WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT TO FOCUS ON? WHAT WILL I FOCUS AND AND IT WAS A HELPFUL COMMENT FROM A.J. I THINK A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO WHERE YOU SORT OF LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY THE BUCK STOPS AT THE BOARD IN TERMS OF WHAT WHAT WE ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND WHAT WE HOLD OURSELVES RESPONSIBLE FOR. I FEEL THE PRESSURE OF THE TIME THAT WE HAVE AND WE ALREADY HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT A YEAR TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO RECONFIGURE
PROGRAMS ACROSS SITES, FIGURE OUT HOW WE FULLY STAFFED SCHOOLS TO GET THE BEST STUDENT OUTCOMES IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT IN. AND SO TO ME WE CAN'T HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IN THIS DECISION SOON ENOUGH SO WE CAN ALREADY GET STARTED ON IT AND HERE THE SUPERINTENDENTS PLAN AS FAR AS HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE TO OVERCOME WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ENROLLMENT, HOW DO WE TRY TO STAFF AND TRY TO MINIMIZE IS HARM AND INCREASE OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS? WHEN WE THINK ABOUT RECONFIGURING PROGRAMS ACROSS OUR DIFFERENT SITES? AND SO TO ME IF THIS IS THE CONVERSATION IF THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT HELPS TO GET US ACROSS THAT POINT SO THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS FEELS LIKE SHE HAS THE BACKING SHE NEEDS FROM THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION BUT BACKING TO DO WHAT? I MEAN I THINK THAT'S THE THING I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I'M BEING ASKED AGAIN.
SO BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR LIKE WHAT ARE WHAT IS WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR BECAUSE I DON'T AGAIN I DON'T TO ME YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND IF THERE'S A REAL DECISION TO BE MADE I DON'T THAT'S WHAT I SEE. I DON'T SEE A DECISION POINT IN THIS RESOLUTION. I SEE ALL THE STUFF WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT JUST PUT ON THE PAPER BUT THEN IT'S IT'S LIKE WHAT'S IT WHAT ARE WE SAYING? CAN CAN I REAL QUICK CAN BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING AT WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS I THINK WHERE I'M STUCK THOUGH IS WORDS ARE CHEAP YOU KNOW AND WHAT HAS BEEN LACKING IN THE PAST IS THE ACTION TO ACTUALLY BRING COMMUNITY ALONG. RIGHT. AND SO AND UNFORTUNATELY I THINK THIS RESOLUTION MAKES ASSUMPTION THAT WE'VE HEARD FOR YEARS AND WE HEARD AGAIN TONIGHT COMMUNITY ISN'T READY FOR US TO MAKE. SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS WE START CONVERSATIONS AND COMMUNITY MAYBE WHAT WE NEED TO DO SINCE THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS MET SOME OF THE SHORT TERM OBJECTIVES THAT
WE'VE GIVEN IN THE PAST MAYBE TURN SOME OF THIS INTO SHORT TERM OBJECTIVES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN WORK ON THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ONCE WE'VE DONE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THEN WE WRITE THE RESOLUTION THAT ACTUALLY MAKES THE AUTHORITY OH I THINK THAT MIGHT BE AN ELEGANT SOLUTION AS WE'VE HEARD IN THE PAST. SLATE I WILL JUST SHARE FOR MYSELF THAT WHAT I SEE IS THE VALUE OF VOTING FOR THIS RESOLUTION OR VOTING FOR ANY VERSION OF ANY RESOLUTION IS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT? OF COURSE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO ANY OF THESE THINGS WITHOUT A BOARD DIRECTION. BUT IF SHE IS GOING TO START THIS PROCESS WE WE ALL KNOW WHAT AN INCREDIBLE MINEFIELD IT IS. WE KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ON EDGE ABOUT IT, THAT THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT ONLY A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD CAN DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DO
ANYTHING OR ANYONE IN THE DISTRICT TO DO ANYTHING. AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY VAGUE AND UNDEFINED FOR US TO SAY THE MAJOR DECISIONS OUR SCHOOL PORTFOLIO AND ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM AND I THINK THAT THIS AT LEAST HELPS OUR ARTICULATE SHARED GOALS AND SHARED VISION AND SHARED EXPECTATION IN PROVIDING CLARITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WHERE THE BOARD IS NOW IN TERMS OF WHAT WE VALUE AND WHAT WE EXPECT. AND SO THE YOU KNOW THE WHEREAS CLAUSES ARE REALLY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE LIKE WHAT WHERE WHERE WHAT ARE OUR CONSIDERATIONS IN BRINGING THIS LIKE WHERE ARE WE AS A DISTRICT? WHY DO WE NEED THIS AND THE YOU KNOW THE THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED RIGHT WHAT WE ARE DIRECTING IS WE'RE JUST DIRECTING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN AND WHAT THE SIX ELEMENTS OF THAT PLAN ARE THAT WE'RE BASICALLY BRINGING THIS DRAFT RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD
TO ASK OUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ARE THESE THE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF A PLAN LIKE WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT IS DEVELOPING A PLAN SHOULD THIS PLAN ENSURE THAT EVERY SCHOOL IS FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE ACADEMICALLY EXCELLENT AND EQUIPPED TO SERVE LOCAL CHILD SUPPORT FAMILY TRUST BY CREATING A CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT ENROLLMENT SYSTEM THAT BALANCES PREDICTABILITY, DIVERSITY OF PROXIMITY, ETC. AND THAT THE PLAN SHOULD COME TO US FOR A VOTE UP OR DOWN. WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE IN I MEAN WE EXPECT THAT THIS PLAN WILL BE AND MUST BE INFORMED BY A FULL GUARDRAIL ONE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE TO FINDING THESE AS THE MAJOR GOALS. AND SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE DIRECTING HER TO CREATE ANY SORT OF PLAN BEFORE SHE LISTENS TO COMMUNITY. BUT WE'RE SAYING IS GO OUT AND START THAT PROCESS. OKAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, YOU JUST READ THE FIRST RESOLVED THE ARE THE ONE IS FOR EVERY SCHOOL IS FINANCIALLY STABLE SUSTAINABLE ACADEMICALLY EXCELLENT AND EQUIPPED TO SERVE THE CHILD.
SO THAT TO ME ECHOES THE LANGUAGE OF GUARDRAILS TWO, THREE AND FOUR. SO BUT HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM SAYING LIKE YOU NEED TO MEET THE GOALS AND ADHERE TO THE GUARDRAILS? YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN ALL THIS CONVERSATION IN THE BOARD FROM THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY SAYING ONE WAY TO DO THAT MIGHT BE TO REDESIGN THE ENROLLMENT SYSTEM. OKAY SUPERINTEND WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? OH WELL I NEED TO KNOW I NEED TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS AROUND PREDICTABILITY. THESE THINGS I GUESS I GUESS TO ME I'M LIKE WHY? OR IT FEELS CONFUSING. OKAY, ARE WE REALLY ADHERING TO THE GOALS AND GUARDRAILS PROCESS OR ARE WE DIRECTING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO USE A DIFFERENT SET OF CRITERIA THAT ARE SORT OF PRETTY MUCH RELATED ? THAT'S THE PART THAT'S CONFUSING HERE THAT I ACTUALLY IF I COULD JUST DO IT THOUGHT TEST IF THIS WAS ONE PARAGRAPH AND IT SAID WHEREAS WE ESTABLISH GOALS AND GUARDRAILS FOR THE DISTRICT AROUND THEIR GOOD READING EIGHTH GRADE MATH COLLEGE READINESS WITH THESE FIVE GUARDRAILS THAT WE HAVE
IN PLACE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL PRESENT A PLAN THAT MEETS THESE GOALS AND GUARDRAILS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD AS SOON AS AUGUST 1ST, 26 AND NO LATER THAN NO LATER THAN THE 2026 ENROLLMENT THERE WOULD THAT RESOLVE IT A PLAN FOR WHAT BUT THAT COULD THAT WOULD GET A LOT CLOSER TO WHAT THAT WOULD FEEL BECAUSE IT'S MORE LIKE I KNOW I WE WOULD DEPENDENT I ACTUALLY I'M NOT I'M NOT MAD ABOUT THAT AT YEAH AND PEOPLE KNOW THAT I HAD A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT HOW MANY WHERE CLAUSES THAT WERE FROM THE BEGINNING RIGHT BUT LIKE IF THAT WAS THE RESOLUTION JUST SIMPLY SAYING BUILD IS A PLAN THAT GETS US TO OUR GOALS AND GUARDRAILS BECAUSE THE RESOLUTION JUST TO BE PLANNED AROUND OUR SCHOOL LIKE OUR SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND PORTFOLIO I MEAN WE JUST HAD A WHOLE MEETING TODAY FOR HOURS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE LACK OF A STRATEGIC PLAN OR A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT. FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT. YEAH. WELL OKAY. I MEAN SURE I MEAN THIS IS YEAH, IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS BUT
THAT SEEMS WHAT THAT YEAH. SO FIRST OF ALL LIKE PART OF WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IS IS TO KNOCK AND FOCUS GOVERNANCE WITH ALL OF OUR RESOLUTIONS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO POLICY DIET RIGHT? WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO A RESOLUTION DIET AND FRANKLY, HAVING BEEN THROUGH THE TRAINING AND IF WE WERE TO USE THIS RESOLUTION IN AS AN AS PART OF THE EXERCISE, IT WOULDN'T PASS LIKE WE WOULD BE TOLD THAT GOT IT RIGHT. SO I'M WONDERING LIKE COULD WE RUN THIS BY AJ? COULD WE HAVE HIM HELP DEVELOP A A VERSION THAT TO THAT SO MAYBE TO YOUR POINT BUT I THINK THE OTHER POINT I REALLY I THINK REALLY WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH HERE TO BE SPECIFIC YOU KNOW AND GIVE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK ON THIS RATHER I STRUGGLE WITH THE FACT THAT ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IS NUMBER SIX INSTEAD OF NUMBER ONE. >> I MEAN BUT WE'RE VIRTUE SIGNALING I MEAN LIKE OKAY, WHAT WE INTEND VERSUS HOW THE COMMUNITY READS IT ESPECIALLY BASED ON OUR PAST HISTORY
AND SOME OF THE TRAUMA THAT WE INDUCED LIKE IF WE RANK COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS NUMBER SIX IN HERE DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE INTEND IT'S INTENT VERSUS IMPACT COMMUNITY KIND OF HAPPY TO TAKE THAT AT IT IF YOU'D LIKE THAT TO BE NUMBER ONE. WELL I MEAN THAT WITH MY SAYING THAT THE SPECIFIC BUT AGAIN I'D SAY THIS WOULDN'T PASS THE POLICY GUIDE YEAH SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEND A TON OF MORE TIME ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY I'M I'M LEAVING SO BECAUSE HERE HERE IS THE THING AND AND IF I CAN JUST DO A MOMENT OF JUST HONEST CONVERSATION AMONG US SQUIRRELS HERE LIKE WHAT WHAT I WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS ASK OURSELVES AND JUST HAVE A GENUINE CONVERSATION OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE ASKING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DO JUST LIKE WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT RIGHT? BECAUSE WE JUST HAD A WHOLE MEETING TALKING ABOUT HOW WE LACK THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE DISTRICT AND IF I WERE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WE CAN ASK HER IN A MOMENT BUT LIKE IF I WERE THE SUPERINTENDENT I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS IT DO YOU WANT AND BY WHEN AND SO IF IF IF THE RESOLUTION IF THE
GUIDANCE IF THE FEEDBACK HERE IS LISTEN WE HAVE GOALS WE HAVE GUARDRAILS THIS IS SIMPLY A QUESTION OF HOW DO WE GET TO THOSE GOALS WITHIN THE GUARDRAILS THAT ARE SET BUILD A PLAN AND REALLY THE THING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS BY A CERTAIN DATE THEN I THINK WE SHOULD BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT DATE. RIGHT. BUT BUT WHAT I WHAT I WHAT I WILL SAY AS AS PRESIDENT THAT I EXPERIENCE AND HAVING WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU IS THAT THERE'S SEVEN PEOPLE WITH SEVEN VOICES TALKING ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO'S NOT GETTING ANY CLEAR GUIDANCE ON WHAT ONE OF THOSE SEVEN THINGS AM I SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND AND A BOARD WHO GETS MAD ABOUT ALL SEVEN THINGS THAT HAPPENING RIGHT SO LIKE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO WE NEED TO GET CLEAR ON THAT RIGHT AND THAT IS IS REALLY WHY I WAS INITIALLY AGAINST ANY RESOLUTION TO BEGIN WITH AND KIND OF UNDERSTOOD WHY THEY ASK WAS TO BUILD A RESOLUTION BECAUSE I GET THAT RIGHT. THERE ARE SEVEN OF US WE'RE ASKING FOR SEVEN DIFFERENT THINGS AND OUR OWN GOOD
GOVERNANCE TELLS US SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO ANY OF THEM. RIGHT. SO SO THIS IS THE QUESTION WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND BY WHAT AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE WANT TO PLAN THAT HELPS US REACH OUR GOALS WITHIN THE GUARDRAILS THAT ARE SET BY AUGUST. YES. YEAH. MY CONCERN IS IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT GOVERNANCE MODEL WHICH I THINK WE WERE USING AND TRYING TO MAKE WORK THEN THAT HAS THE ONLY THING WE SHOULD BE ASKING FOR IS A STRATEGIC PLAN TO DO THAT RIGHT? AND WE CAN SAY AS WE HAVE WE THINK AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM COMMUNITY IS THAT THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE THINK THAT YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES MAY FEEL STRONGER THAN OTHERS ABOUT THE SCHOOL MERGERS OR WHATEVER. WE THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO AT LEAST TELL THE COMMUNITY ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT OR NOT? WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR PLAN? THAT FEELS RIGHT TO ME BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THAT.
I DON'T WANT US TO BE DIRECTING THE SUPER INTENDANT YOU KNOW, GO REORGANIZE A BUNCH OF SCHOOLS IF THEN SHE COMES BACK AND SAYS LOOK ACTUALLY I'VE DONE AN ANALYSIS AND THE HARM THAT'S CAUSED BY MERGING SCHOOLS OR FORCING PEOPLE TO CLOSE SCHOOLS IS WORSE AND IS GOING TO REDUCE AND REDUCE STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY SPEND AN EXTRA $5 MILLION TO KEEP THESE SMALL SCHOOLS EXISTING FOR A FEW YEARS AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT. YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING LIKE I DON'T I'M JUST GIVING A HYPOTHETICAL. I KNOW I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT HER TO THINK THAT THAT I AM DIRECTING YOU EVEN WITH STUDENT ASSIGNMENT SOMETHING I FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT. IF SHE COMES BACK AND SAYS LOOK, THAT'S JUST LIKE SUCH A CRAZY THING AND I HAVE I'M GOING TO TRY TO PROVE TO YOU THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY IMPROVE ENROLLMENT WITH IT WITHIN THE EXISTING ENROLLMENT SYSTEM EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW THAT I'M LIKE VERY SKEPTICAL I WANT TO BE OPEN TO BE CONVINCED IF SHE'S GOING TO SAY LOOK, THIS IS MY PRIORITY TO MEET THE GOALS AND ADHERE TO THE GUARDRAILS AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE NOT IF WE'RE DIRECTING HER TO DO SOMETHING SPECIFIC, IT TREADS
INTO THAT TERRITORY OF HOW IS SHE REALLY MAKING A STRATEGIC PLAN. >> BUT I DO WANT TO SEE A PLAN. IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU THINK THAT'S BEING DIRECTED BY ANY PARTICULAR LANGUAGE IN THIS THAT YOU HAVE CONCERN ABOUT? >> BUT JUST YEAH, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT MENTIONS A BUNCH OF STUFF BUT THEN DOESN'T MENTION OTHER STUFF LIKE THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE THIS THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS HERE AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S JUST SO MANY WORDS THAT IT STARTS TO LIKE AND I THINK WHAT VICE PRESIDENT HULING IS TRYING TO ARTICULATE IS THEN WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF SAYING MAJOR DECISIONS? >> WELL, SO WHAT I WOULD SAY HERE IF THERE'S ANYTHING LIKE TO BE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, VICE PRESIDENT HULING I WOULD SAY NUMBER TWO AND THREE ARE OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE WHEN WE SAY SUPPORT FAMILY TRUST BY CREATING A CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT ENROLLMENT SYSTEM THAT BALANCES PREDICTABILITY, DIVERSITY AND PROXIMITY, WE'VE PROVEN THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT OVER RIGHT. >> SO WE WELL WE'VE PROVEN THAT
WE CAN'T IMPLEMENT THE EXACT SPECIFIC MICRO SET OF RANKING MAY FINISH BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MOVE IT BROADER. WELL YOU ASK FOR MY FEEDBACK SO I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU MY FEEDBACK. OKAY. SO MAYBE SUPPORT FAMILY TRUST BY CREATING A CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT ENROLLMENT SYSTEM PERIOD, RIGHT? THAT'S A LOT LESS PRESCRIPTIVE THAN ADDING THE PREDICTABILITY, DIVERSITY AND PROXIMITY. REORGANIZE THE DISTRICT SCHOOL SITE PORTFOLIO I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT ASSUMES AND IS HEADING TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF REORGANIZING BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE AND THAT'S THE TO COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S POINT THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT SHE HAS TO DO COMPLETELY AGREE THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS RESOURCES WHERE THEY MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON STUDENT OUTCOMES AND FIVE I THINK IS VAGUE ENOUGH TO BE TO GIVE HER THE LEEWAY SHE NEEDS TO DO THE JOB. AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, SIX SHOULD BE ONE THAT SO IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT MORE ALIGNED
THAT THAT WOULD BE MY VERY SPECIFIC FEEDBACK TO MAKE THIS WORKABLE WITHIN BUT I THINK IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN AS YOU WERE SAYING TO MAKE IT MORE FOCUSED ON THE GOALS AND MEETING STUDENT OUTCOMES. COMMISSIONER JEFF I KNEW IT WAS YOUR HAND UP. YES THANK YOU. I, I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER FISHER'S SUGGESTION ABOUT ABOUT CHECKING IN WITH AJ ABOUT THIS SOMETHING I HAD BROUGHT UP BEFORE AROUND THE TEARS OF THE GOAL YOU KNOW THE GOALS, THE INTERIM GOALS AND THEN THE SENIOR STAFF INITIATIVES OR STRATEGIES THAT THEY WANT TO ADOPT HAVING A HAVING A CLEAR DELINEATION OF WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE BEYOND JUST LIKE THE NAME OF AN INITIATIVE LIKE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE ACTUAL INPUTS ARE AND HOW THEY'LL BE MEASURED. I JUST I THINK HAVING THOSE KIND OF LIKE THREE CLEAR TIERS THERE WOULD WOULD HELP WOULD HELP DETERMINE HOW AND LIKE WHY WE NEED TO GO ABOUT MAKING CHANGES MAKING SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN THE DISTRICT SO I JUST I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF LIKE VERY CLEAR STRONG UNDERGIRDING AND WE HAVE OUR GOALS WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENTS INTERIM GOALS BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE NEARLY AS MUCH ON HOW WE GET TO THOSE THINGS SO I WOULD JUST I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. SO PEOPLE POST ON THE WEBSITE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT WITH ANYTHING ELSE OR IN SUBSTANCE EVEN MAYBE YEAH AS PART OF A BASIS FOR DOING ALL OF THIS BECAUSE ALL THIS ULTIMATELY IS ABOUT STUDENT OUTCOMES. WE WOULDN'T REORGANIZE THE SCHOOL PORTFOLIO IF IT DIDN'T SOMEHOW BETTER SERVE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS. YEAH SO JUST GIVEN THE TIME DID YOU WANT US TO YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GIVEN THE TIME I'M GOING TO WRAP THIS CONVERSATION AND HERE HERE'S MY ASK IS WE WE NEED AS A BOARD I THINK THIS IS THIS IS GENUINELY BOARD WORK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND WHETHER OR NOT WE AS A BODY OF SEVEN HAVE CLARITY ON EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT
AND I THINK WE'RE ALL ALIGNED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF WANTING TO REACH OUR GOALS AT THE VERY EASY THING TO SAY. BUT THE QUESTION IS I MEAN WE JUST HAD THREE MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT MAJOR DECISIONS FOR DECISIONS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE AND IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME RIGHT NOW FRANKLY WHETHER WE'RE READY TO AND WANTING TO HAVE THOSE DECISIONS MADE. SO I THINK THERE'S A CONVERSATION TO BE HAD AROUND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR US TO SET MAJOR DECISIONS IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON PRODUCING PLANS SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE MAJOR DECISIONS, WHY DID WE SET MAJOR DECISIONS THEN? RIGHT. MAJOR DECISIONS WITH THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID THE MAJOR DECISIONS NO THOSE WERE BOARD DECIDED THE THREE THAT WERE TWO THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING SCHOOL REORGANIZATION AND ENROLLMENT. OKAY. >> AND SO MY GUESS BUT THE SUPERINTEND AND INS ACTIONS AND HOW SHE GETS THERE ARE HERS. >> CORRECT. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT THIS AND MAKE A DECISION AROUND THESE THINGS, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS SO WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE AROUND THESE THINGS BY WAY THAT'S THE CRITICAL COMPONENT RIGHT? IF WE'RE NOT WILLING TO GIVE A DATE THEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE EVEN SAY ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT WHY WE WANT HER TO DO SOMETHING. THAT'S WHY I'M PROPOSING THAT WE DO IT AS A SHORT TERM METRIC INSTEAD OF AS A BOARD RESOLUTION. AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS GOING BACK TO WHAT THE BEST VENUE IS FOR ALL OF US SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT WHAT I'M HEARING IS THERE IS SOME WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THIS MORE ALIGNED TO OUR BIGGEST POINT TAKEN AND SO WE WILL TAKE THAT BACK AND BRING IT BACK. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THIS THOUGH AND I GUESS I'LL JUST SAY I, I WANT TO JUST NAME SOMETHING WHICH IS THAT I THINK THAT IN ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
SUPERINTENDENT THERE'S GENERAL ALIGNMENT FROM THE BOARD AND I THINK THAT ULTIMATELY WE ARE ELECTED TO BE LEADERS OF THIS DISTRICT AND TO TRANSPARENTLY COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE THE DIRECTION OF THIS DISTRICT AND WHAT WE WANT TO SEE AND TO ME I THINK IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING WHEN PEOPLE TALK A BIG GAME IN A ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND THEN AREN'T WILLING TO STAND UP AND SAY IN OPEN SESSION THIS IS WHAT WE WANT DONE AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HAVE A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS. AND I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY I THINK THAT THE THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING THE RESOLUTION IS ACTUALLY TO FOSTER EXACTLY THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE TO BE LIKE WE THINK WE HAVE ALIGNMENT AND LET'S ACTUALLY LIKE LITERALLY ARTICULATE WHAT WE THINK THAT ALIGNMENT IS. SO WE'RE ALL STARTING TOGETHER ON THE SAME PAGE BUT I THINK THAT WE ARE AT RISK OF SETTING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE
DISTRICT UP FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF PAINFUL HEARTACHE THAT WE CAN ILL AFFORD IF WE CAN'T EVEN START THIS PROCESS ALIGNED ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR AND VALUING IN MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. PLEASE DON'T CONFLATE MY DISAGREEMENT WITH THIS RESOLUTION AS MY NOT WILLING TO STEP UP AND MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS. BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS IN THIS DISTRICT NOT I ONLY DIRECTED AT YOU WELL IT FELT PERSONAL THE WAY IT WAS PHRASED AND THE WAY YOU WERE LOOKING AT ME WHEN YOU WERE STATING IT. SO IF I TOOK IT IN A WAY OTHER THAN IT WAS INTENDED IT FELT LIKE A POTSHOT. SO I'M I'M NOT I MAYBE IT'S MY MY ATTITUDE FRUSTRATION OVER I WOULD SAY A NUMBER OF MONTHS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS TO TRY AND ACTUALLY MOVE THEM TOWARD A MORE TRANSPARENT PUBLIC VENUE TO ARTICULATE WHAT WHERE THE DISTRICT IS GOING SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND AND THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION IT'S SO WE ARE LIKE WE WE'RE ABOUT TO LOSE QUORUM BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
WALK OUT OF CONSENT. >> CAN WE CORRECT I'M GOING TO REQUEST TO AN END NOW THANK YOU FOR ALL THE FEEDBACK VERY HELPFUL. THIS IS A REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE MEETINGS PAST MIDNIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM J CONSENT CALENDAR. UM PRESIDENT KIM AS A STANDING RECUSAL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR DUE TO HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO WHICH IS A FREQUENT CONTRACTOR WITH S.F. USED TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF ANY IMPROPRIETY. SUPERINTENDENT SO DO YOU HAVE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR? I DO NOT HAVE ANY. THERE ARE NONE. RIGHT. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE THEN? IS MS. MANOFF CAN WE HAVE A ROLL VOTE ON CONSENT PLEASE? COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER ABSOLUTELY. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HULING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD PRESIDENT KIM'S ABSTAINED THAT IS FOUR EYES MOTION CARRIES ALL
RIGHT. >> TODAY WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE BY HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ALEX WONG, AN ORGANIZER, A CULTURE LEADER AND NOW A DEEPLY RESPECTED DISABLED ANCESTOR. MANY KNEW HER AS THE FOUNDER OF THE DISABILITY VISIBILITY PROJECT BUT TOO MANY OF US AND AS OF TUESDAY SHE WAS MUCH MORE SHARP AND PRINCIPLED ADVOCATE A STRONG VOICE FOR DIVERSITY IN THE DISABILITY MOVEMENT AND DEVOTED CAP MOM TO BERT AND ERNIE AND SOMEONE WHO LOVED COOKING AND AN ANTI GENOCIDE ACTIVIST AND THE CO-FOUNDER OF HASHTAG CRIP THE VOTE AND AS ALWAYS APPRECIATED A GOOD READ LET HER ACTIVISM TOUCH EVERY PART OF HER LIFE AND SHE CENTERED DISABLED PEOPLE OF COLOR LONG BEFORE MOST INSTITUTIONS PAID ATTENTION PUSHING FORWARD CONVERSATIONS LIKE DISABILITY TO WHITE SHE FOUGHT FOR INFECTION CONTROL MASKING AT UCSF SUPPORTED DISABLED JOURNALISTS AT THE SICK TIMES AND CHALLENGED POLICIES LIKE PLASTIC STRAW BANS THAT OVERLOOKED DISABLED PEOPLE'S NEEDS. SHE FUNDED ARTISTS COMMISSION TO SECOND ABLE AS A PEN KIND OF WELL ONE AND URGED ALL OF US TO APPROACH ACTIVISM IN WAYS THAT FELT RIGHT FOR US DURING THE 8830 CELEBRATION SHE REMINDED
US DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO BE AN ACTIVIST PEOPLE SHOULD DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THEM. LOSING ALLIES IS A HUGE LOSS FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND FOR EVERYONE WHO LEARNED FROM HER LEADERSHIP AND GENEROSITY. EVEN AS WE GRIEVE WE ARE GROUNDED BY THE WORK SHE CREATED AND THE COMMUNITIES SHE BUILT HER WRITING HER IMAGINATION AND COMMITMENT TO DISABILITY JUSTICE WILL CONTINUE TO GUIDE US AS WE MOURN THIS PROFOUND LOSS. WE RETURN TO HER WORDS FROM THE YEAR OF THE TIGER. THE REAL GIFT ANY PERSON CAN GIVE IS A WEB OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE WE LOVE FIERCELY. OUR ANCESTORS LIVE AMONG AND SPEAK TO US THROUGH THESE INCANDESCENT FILAMENTS GLOWING FROM THE WARMTH OF MEMORIES ALICE WONG CHAINED TO WHAT MANY OF US BELIEVE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF HER WE WILL KEEP IMAGINING AND KEEP FIGHTING AND KEEP CARING FOR EACH OTHER. MAY HER MEMORY BE A BLESSING AND MAYBE CARRY HER WORK FORWARD IN EVERYTHING WE DO FOR JUSTICE, CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY. WITH THAT I ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING AT 12:37 A.M.