RECORDING PURPOSES WE'LL START FROM THE TOP HERE. THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR JUNE 9TH, 2026 IS NOW CALL TO ORDER AT 5:08 P.M. OR COPIES COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER HERE. COMMISSIONER FISHER HERE. COMMISSIONER GUPTA HERE. VICE PRESIDENT HUEY HERE. COMMISSIONER RAY HERE. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD PRESIDENT KIM HERE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WILL BE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY TONIGHT AS A FEW AS WILL PROVIDE CHILD CARE FOR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS AND MONITORING MEETINGS ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN THE ENROLLMENT CENTER. WHEN WE GET ALL ALWAYS I THINK SORRY SORRY. >> I JUST NOTICED THAT CUT CUT IN THE ENROLLMENT CENTER IF I IF I FRANKLAND STU FROM 630 TO 9 P.M. OR THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. CHILDREN CHILD CARE IS FOR FAMILIES WILL BE ATTENDING THE REGULAR BOARD MONITORING MEETINGS. SPACE IS LIMITED AND WILL BE PROVIDED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS FOR CHILDREN AGES 4 TO 10. FOR QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OFFICE
AT (415) 241-6427 OR BOARD OFFICE AT SUPPORTED EDU. AT THIS TIME BEFORE THE BOARD GOES INTO CLOSE SESSION I CALL FOR ANY SPEAKERS TO THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS LISTED IN THE AGENDA. THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR SPEAKERS. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THERE IS NOT. SEEING THAT I KNOW RESOURCES MEETING AT 5 OR 9 P.M. S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION SYSTEM HAS S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION AND S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION AND NEWS S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION AND S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION
S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION . >> THAT'S JUST FOR TECH ISSUES THAT I CAN SHARE. >> INTERPRETERS CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR TRANSLATIONS PLEASE? THANK YOU. S.W.O.R.D. IS OFFERING INTERPRETATION SERVICES IN SPANISH AND CANTONESE IF AN INTERPRETATION PLAYS OUT THE FOLLOWING PHONE NUMBER AFTER DOWNLINK LISTEN TO THIS NUMBER THIS MESSAGE WILL BE REPEATED IN SPANISH AND CANTONESE WHEN A SERVICE AND VISITORS GOING ON. IF YOU GO TO SAN FRANCISCO THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERPRETED AS A STENOSIS. YOU THINK OF IT AS SYMPTOMATIC . GOOGLE MEET OF OUR MARKETING AND THEN THE TELEFONICA SAY ACCESS OR NO ON VERIZON AND WHETHER THEY'RE IN SEARCH OF THOSE I SAY IS HERE TO SAY ON THOSE BALACLAVA SAY SAY SINKHOLE OR NO NO I WOULD SAY BUT I WANTED TO SAY SAY THAT I THINK MY REAL PARTICULAR APPLE GLASS IS CONTENT ISN'T THAT PRO PLEASE THANK YOU THANK YOU. JUST TO ADD ON THE ITEM FOR INTERPRETATION IS ON YOUR AGENDA AT A DEGREE THAT'S A THREE AND REPEAT THE MESSAGE
CONTINUES LIKE I HOPE TO SEE THERE AND I'LL CLICK A MANGO WE DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO WATCHING IT. I'M GOING TO TAKE ON THE MONITORING PROMOTING THAT THE MONTH OUT YET SAY I SAY AND SAY SOMETIMES YOU BACK UP MY YEAH AND GOT BACK OUT DANIEL DON'T TEND TO GO ON THE MARKET ON BOTH YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GOT IN MIND YOU GO AHEAD LEGAL COW YOU KNOW WHY YOU WE GAY EATING IS UNDER ONE THOUGH THE WHITE THANK YOU OKAY SO JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO CAST UP THE ZOOM AND PRESENTATIONS RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE EVERYTHING PRINTED AND AVAILABLE OUT FRONT SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN THE ROOM AND PRESENT TODAY IN PERSON, YOU CAN PICK UP A HARD COPY AND WE'LL FOLLOW ALONG WITH THAT FOR FOLKS ON ZOOM YOU ALL OF THE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE ON BOARD DOC SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE MATERIALS WITH US. >> WE I BELIEVE THE CLERK IS ABLE TO SEE YOU SO DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AND PARTICIPATION WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO INDICATE YOUR DESIRE TO SPEAK.
WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD WHO IS VIRTUAL BEHIND US BUT WE CAN HEAR AND SEE AND AND SHE CAN PARTICIPATE ALONGSIDE THIS MEETING TODAY. SO I THINK THAT'S ALL THE TECH LOGISTIC CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE FIGURED OUT. COUNCIL ARE WE GOOD ON? >> OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. HELLO AND WELCOME TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD LASTS FOR ONE HOUR TODAY IT'S 642 RIGHT NOW SO WE'LL SAY 755. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE CONDUCT BOARD BUSINESS. OUR GOAL IS TO CONDUCT BOARD BUSINESS IN AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE MANNER DURING REASONABLE HOURS. WE AIM TO RESPECT STAFF, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TIME BY ENSURING YOU MOVE TO BOARD BUSINESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 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 CLERK CHANG TO PLEASE TURN OFF THE MIC
AND TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SPEAKER I AS 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 TO THE BOARD CAN HEAR ALL VIEWPOINTS DURING OUR LIMITED TIME. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPTS WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA EMAIL TO BOARD OFFICER S.F. US DIRECTOR YOU WILL HEAR FIRST FROM STUDENTS IN PERSON THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PERSON BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEMS THEN MOVING TO NON AGENDA ITEMS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT IS COMPLETE WE WILL SEE 15 MINUTES FOR REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT. YEAH 15 MINUTES FROM A PUBLIC COMMENT TAKING COMMENTERS IN THE SAME ORDER AS IN PERSON TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE SIGNS THAT OUTLINE EXPECTATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND MEETING CONDUCT. WE ASK THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PLEASE MODEL THE KIND OF TONE, LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOR THAT WE HOPE TO SEE FROM OUR YOUNG PEOPLE RESPECTING DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND ALLOWING ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE. AS A REMINDER, BOARD RULES
IN 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. I KNOW WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM YOU ESF WHO WILL JUMP AND SPEAK AT THE SEVEN AT 755 AND THEN FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE JUST SIGNS JUST IF YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU BRING THEM DOWN FOR THOSE BEHIND YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND HEAR OTHER COMMENTERS AND IF THERE ARE ANY NEEDS FOR STAFF TO INTERVENE OR YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO OUR STAFF SITTING BY THE DOOR. OKAY. I THINK THAT IS IT. >> THANK YOU. WE USUALLY CALL UP FIVE AT A TIME. THERE ARE SEVEN STUDENTS WHO WILL CALL FOR YOU AND THEN THREE OF YOU LYDIA GUZMAN MORAN ANGEL YOU SEE SHAUNA AND VANESSA THE STUDENTS GROUP DO THEY WANT TO SIT HERE AND DAY YEAH, I DESIRE THEY CAN YEAH THEY CAN COME UP HI MY
NAME IS VANESSA. I AM A FOURTH GRADER AT SANCHEZ. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DELIVER A LETTER TELLING YOU THAT IT IS A REALLY BAD IDEA TO COMBINE SIX OF YOUR OF ALL CLASSROOMS INTO THREE THE MASS YOU ARE USING IS WRONG. PLEASE READ ALL ALL THE RULE TO FIND OUT WHY WE WERE SIX OF A CLASSROOM BACK TO HI I'M ANGEL. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO COMBINE OUR CLASSES IN SANCHEZ BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO DO THE WORK FIRST YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN FOR GRADE STUFF AGAIN AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO LEARN FIFTH GRADE STUFF. PLEASE. OH, HOPE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND AND NOT COMBINE OUR CLASSES. IT'S ALREADY ON TIME. HI, MY NAME IS MIKE. HI, MY NAME IS SHANNON AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT IT WON'T BE FAIR TO COMBINE SANCHEZ CLASSES. WE HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TO BUY SNACKS AND IT IS NOT FAIR BECAUSE COMBINING CLASSROOM WHAT IF PEOPLE NEEDS A LOT OF HELP AND WHO'S GOING TO CONTROL THE OTHER PART OF
THE CLASS IS NOT GOING TO BE FAIR BECAUSE TEACHERS HAVE TO WORK EXTRA HOURS AND SO DO WE ALSO IS NOT GOING TO BE FAIR BECAUSE KIDS WANT TO LEARN AS MUCH WITH LESS TEACHERS AND MORE KIDS. >> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THIS IS THE LETTER THAT THEY WERE REFERRING TO. YOU ALL GOT AN EMAIL LAST ON JUNE 2ND. OKAY. SO ALL THE ALL FOR ME NUMBER ME GET IS GOING IN THIS COLUMN MICHAEL BY ME I MEAN THIS IS A SCHOOL UP WHERE THEY HEAR THE FREE SALE TO ME INCREASE ASSET IT ME SEEING THAT DOWN ONE DON'T MENTION DELAYS GIRARDEAU OLE MISS EMOTION IS ONLY GROUNDED IN THE EMAIL YOU THAT AKAMAI ME AND CALM AND REGALE FOR I DON'T NOT A THING THEY CALL ME A WAKE UP CALLED ME GOOGLE E ME ASSET SALE DEAL MARKET GROUP OF NOT FOR TEN DAYS GET ONE TO THE MINIMUM FOR READ DEAL FOR ME THE THEY LOVE IT DAHLIA FOR FIVE OR THEN MR.
CHRISTIE LET'S GO IN TO REMEMBER IN MY OFFICE TO HELP ME GET. >> HI MY NAME IS MICHAEL AND I SOMETIMES HAVE DIFFICULTY AT SCHOOL MR. CHRIS HELPS ME CALM DOWN WHEN I'M FEELING STRESSED OR WHEN I HAVE BIG FEELINGS. HE HELPS ME TO FOCUS AND CALM DOWN AT RECESS WHEN I DON'T PARTICIPATE HE PLAYS WITH ME AND MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M PART OF THE GROUP WHEN I'VE BEEN HUNGRY HE'S FED ME FROM THE CAFETERIA. >> PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIS JOB AWAY. >> THANK YOU. I CALL ON DONAVAN SARAH DOMINGUEZ AND ALEXIS MORALES. HE CALLED FOR SIR I APPLE YOU IN CHRIS SEE ME IN THE GEAR CARRYING YOU SON I SPEAK BOTH OKAY. SEE ME'S THERE CHRIS MAN IS PETER PAUL WITH A PAIR MEET THEM OKAY IS THERE A BLUE SEGA CONSOLE? YES. WHEN I STARTED THIS CLUB
CONFIDENCE SUPPORT GROWTH AND AFFECTION THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MR. CHRIS INSPIRES . PLEASE LET HIS EXAMPLE CONTINUE GOING FORWARD FOR ALL OF US. >> ME KNOW MISRATA SO MY MOTHER MS. GREENHAM MARSHALL YOU MISINTERPRET COPILOT BURKA MANY HERE DON'T KILL MY STRONG SUBSTITUTE PERSONAL CHARISMA THAT AMAZING MR. SQUIRREL IS SO NICE WHO THOUGHT GORILLAS I USE THEM MORE TRIM TIME MULTICAST MOSQUEDA IN LOW STRICKLER WAS KNOW SILENT BUT HIS DAD SAY WHAT IS IN THE SQUIRREL GRASS YES PLEASE DO KNOW THAT I MY NAME IS SARAH AND I'M A STUDENT AT MARSHALL AND I'M VERY WORRIED BECAUSE MR. CHRIS OUR SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE AT OUR SCHOOL. I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. HE HELPS US WITH MATH. HE TAKES CARE OF US DURING RECESS AND HE MAKES SURE THAT WE ARE SAFE AT SCHOOL. THANK YOU.
HELLO. I AM A MISSION HIGH SOPHOMORE AND I TOOK ETHNIC STUDIES LAST YEAR. IT WAS MY FAVORITE CLASS. >> I LEARNED ABOUT THE GUATEMALAN CIVIL WAR AND THE UNITED FRUIT COMPANY. I BET NONE OF YOU LEARNED IN HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT DID THERE. YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT. IT'S IMPORTANT HISTORY. THESE PEOPLE FIGHTING ETHNIC STUDIES GOT A GLORIFIED VERSION OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND THEIR IGNORANCE SHOWS TO ALL OF US WHO HAVE TAKEN THIS CLASS KEEP ETHNIC STUDIES AS A PLACE THAT GIVES FACTS AND STORIES THAT OUR MEDIA SUPPRESSES TO IGNORE UNTIL IT IS FAIR. OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO MORE STUDENTS WE HAVE NO STUDENTS PARENTS OH NO MORE CARDS DO THEY DIDN'T TURN IN CARS. YEAH BECAUSE THEY GO OKAY WE IT OH THEY DON'T WRITE STUDENT ON THEIR CARDS THEY CAN COME FORWARD NOW IF THEY IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE YEAH YEAH OR LET OTHERS KNOW VICTORIA IS DOING IT MARCIA AND TO REBEL EVEN GLOBAL AIRPORT MS. COMPANEROS GROUP WAS PAID LESS PER WORKER IN HOSPITAL MR. CHRIS ALISON MAESTRO SUPER MOB THEY WERE
STILL IN LUDICROUS KLUGER WAS NOSOTROS BROUGHT THEM INTO SQUARE THEY WILL SHOW YOU THEIR SUPER MONSTROUS PROBLEMAS CUANDO PALERMO'S BUT IT WAS WHEN THE MAESTRO MAESTRO FIRMA ALBACORE MAESTRO SHALOM THE CLASSIC ON WHICH A CARDINAL PERALTA AND AN THEM SO LETO'S MR. CRUZ OUR SECOND MR. SCOLA SOUND ALL RIGHT FELLAS YOU SHOULD ALL OF US A LOS ALTOS DEMAND DECISION IT A LITTLE OMINOUS BUT YOU'RE NOT A TROUBLESOME EL MAESTRO GOING TO STIR IN MR. FELICIDAD? LET'S WORSHIP MRS. SHOOTER. MR. CRUZ, PROSECUTOR SECURITY AT LONE LA GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOARD, HOWEVER, IS QUESTIONABLE AND ALSO THIS IS TO THEM THIS YOU KNOW THEY CAN GUESS WHICH IS GRACIOUS. >> HI. HI. MY NAME IS ANNA VICTORIA AND I'M A THIRD GRADER AT MARSHALL AND I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE KEEP MR. CHRIS AS OUR TEACHER. HE IS ONE OF THE FUNNEST AND KINDEST TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE. >> HE PLAYS BASKETBALL WITH US
DURING RECESS BUT HE ALSO MAKES SURE THAT WE'RE SAFE. HE HELPS US SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS WHEN WE ARGUE WHEN OUR TEACHER GETS SICK HE RUSHES TO OUR CLASS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ALONE AND TEACHES OUR CLASS WITH A LOT OF AFFECTION. SCHOOL SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE WE FEEL HAPPY. SOMETIMES ADULTS MAKE DECISIONS THINKING ABOUT NUMBERS BUT YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT OUR HAPPINESS AND OUR WELLNESS MORE. >> MARSHALL NEEDS MR. CHRIS PLEASE HEAR THE VOICE OF OUR STUDENT OF YOUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU, OLA OLA TOLD ME NUMEROUS ADD ON THE THINKING OF MARSHALL GUMBO YUMMY AND MIKAYLA BUT ON TOP WITH ALL MISSING OUR SUPPORT MR. CHRIS THERE AREN'T THAT TOLD THE IMPORTANT MARSHALL IS IMPRESSIVE BRAZIL MY STRING RAIN GIVING US A POISONOUS SQUEALER HE KNOWS US ISN'T THIS A RUSE? OH YEAH YOU MEAN THE POOR LUCKY
SO POOR ME BUT MY GROUP OPERA'S SIMILAR TO POOR MR. MARSHALL MAY KNOW THIS IS A GIVEN IN THE SCHOOL GEAR. OKAY. AOC TOLD THE NEWS PICK A NEW TENANT OPORTUNIDAD DE NIRO MR. TAN VALUES GOOD MORNING MR. CRUZ. NO CELEBRATE PERKY MARCH ON TO SEATTLE SO YOU SEE THE UNDERWEAR. SO FOR A WHILE YOU'RE NOT I BUOYANT I'M MR. CRUZ AIR MARSHAL MR. AN END. >> HI EVERYONE MY NAME IS ARA RANDY AND I'M A FIFTH GRADER AT MARSHALL. I COULD STAY QUIET BECAUSE I AM GOING TO ANOTHER SCHOOL BUT I COULDN'T LEAVE AND STAY QUIET. >> MR. KRIS IS AN INCREDIBLE SUPPORT ATIVE CARING TEACHER WHO MAKES US FEEL SAFE. I AM THANKFUL FOR WHAT HE DID FOR ME BUT ALSO FOR WHAT HE DOES FOR MY YOUNGER SIBLINGS WHO ARE STILL AT THE SCHOOL. I WANT THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNE TO KEEP HAVING A VALUABLE TEACHER. DON'T LET MR. KRIS LEAVE MARSHALL NEEDS TO SUPPORT MR. KRIS.
WE NEED A TEACHER LIKE HIM. OKAY, NOW WE EXCUSE ME. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ADULTS FOR AGENDA ITEMS. WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME PLEASE COME UP AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE WATCH THE READ COUNTER UP IN THE CORNER. AND FORGIVE ME ANY FOR ANY MISPRONUNCIATION EVANS JIHAN JOYCE ZHENG ABBY KATE CHAO. JUSTIN. UPHOLD ALBERT CHAO YOU FEEL THAT WITH THE FIRST PERSON PLEASE STEP UP TO THE MIC. HI, MY NAME IS JIHAN. I TURN ON MY MIND. OH, HI. MY NAME IS JIHAN. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT AND TAXPAYER IN SAN FRANCISCO SINCE 2012 AND MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 2010. WE FELL IN LOVE. WE MARRIED IN SAN FRANCISCO WHEN WE WERE STARTING OUR FAMILY WE DISCUSSED WHETHER IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE WE COULD GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE. AND ONE OF THE KEY DRIVERS FOR WHY WE STAYED IN SAN FRANCISCO IS BECAUSE THE SHEER NUMBER OF
OPTIONS IN CHINESE BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN THE CITY WE ARE THE ENVY OF SO MANY OF OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE MANDARIN IMMERSION AND CANTONESE IMMERSION. AND ALEX WONG YOU LIKE MANDARIN AND CANTONESE TOGETHER OPTIONS AND WE WERE REALLY PROUD REALLY WANTED IT TO BE ABLE TO AVAIL OURSELVES OF THAT. THESE ARE CONSIDERED GEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR BEING HOW EARLY THEY'D BEEN AND HOW ESTABLISHED THESE DUAL IMMERSION PROGRAMS ARE. AND IT IS HOW I WANTED TO EDUCATE MY MULTIRACIAL CHILDREN IN THE DIVERSE CITY THAT WE LIVE IN. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE ALSO PROUD PUBLIC EDUCATION GRADUATES SO ALL THE TIME. YEAH. OKAY SO WE JUST REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN PROMISED IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. >> THANK THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. >> HI EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS JOYCE SAYING MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR OVER A DECADE.
WE HAVE TWO CHILDREN ONE WHO'S A RISING KINDERGARTNER AND ONE WHO'S THREE YEARS OLD. AND EVEN IF THIS SCHOOL IS NOT READY IN TIME FOR OUR CHILDREN, WE REALLY DO BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSE EDUCATION OF PRESERVING HERITAGE, OF MAKING SURE THAT GIVEN SO MUCH DEMAND AND GIVEN SUCH A LARGE WAIT LIST JOSE ORTEGA AND STAR KING THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES IN SAN FRANCISCO WHO WANT THEIR KIDS TO HAVE THIS AND WHO PERHAPS CANNOT AFFORD PRIVATE EDUCATION AND EVEN AMONG PRIVATE SCHOOLS THERE IS A VERY LARGE WAITLIST. THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES THAT ARE TURNED AWAY. THEIR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS CAN'T COVER THE FAMILIES WHO REALLY NEED A PUBLIC OPTION AND WHO DON'T HAVE THAT. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS A JEWEL OF THE CITY GIVEN OUR DIVERSE POPULATION, GIVEN THE LARGE NUMBER OF CHINESE-AMERICANS AND THOSE WHO WANT TO LEARN CHINESE, IT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE SCHOOL COME OUT EARLIER IF POSSIBLE FOR EVEN ALL THE WAY UP TO FIRST, SECOND, THIRD GRADE. BUT ANY SCHOOL WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS ABBY CHOW. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE MANDARIN IMMERSION TEACHER THROUGH EIGHT. I'M THE MOM OF THREE KIDS THREE AND UNDER. I'M ALSO ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE S.F. MANDARIN SCHOOL WHICH REPRESENTS OVER 800 FAMILIES AND OVER 1000 STUDENTS WHO WANT THIS SCHOOL TODAY. OVER 80 MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE HERE IN THE ROOM OR ON ZOOM. AS YOU KNOW, ALL SEVEN OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THE SCHOOL IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND BY NINE OF 11 SUPERVISORS. SO TO ME THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER THIS SCHOOL SHOULD OPEN. IT IS WHETHER WE CAN OPEN ON TIME IN 2027. SO SCHOOL BOARD, I URGE YOU TO PUSH FOR MORE CLARITY ON A TIMELINE FOR CHOOSING THE LOCATION AND FOR CONDUCTING PROPER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I URGE YOU TO DIRECT THE DISTRICT TO FOCUS ON A TEMPORARY SITE INSTEAD OF A PERMANENT ONE. I COMMEND THE DISTRICT FOR THEIR VISION AND NOW BELIEVE WE NEED A CONCRETE PLAN AND REAL
ACTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> HI EVERYBODY. TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. THAT'S MY WIFE. MY NAME IS JUSTIN APPLE. I'M A LOCAL FIREFIGHTER, FATHER TO THREE CHINESE-AMERICAN CHILDREN, THREE UNDER THREE. AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED MANDARIN IMMERSION TK EIGHT SCHOOL. MY WIFE AND I ALSO FOUNDED FRIENDS OF THE S.F. MANDARIN SCHOOL TO ORGANIZE THE PARENT COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT THE DISTRICT IN ITS EFFORTS TO LAUNCH THE SCHOOL. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT OVER 800 FAMILIES ARE NOW WITH US. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M WORRIED ABOUT S.F. WHO HAS THESE PLANS OR LACK THEREOF TO OPEN A SCHOOL ON TIME FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE OF THE DISTRICT'S RECENT THREE YEAR PUSHBACK OF THE REORG THAT ALL OF YOU WERE TOLD WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. WE ARE TWO MONTHS FROM THE DROP DEAD DATE CREATED BY THE ENROLLMENT FAIR. YET THERE IS NO SITE, NO PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT DELIVERS ON THIS PROMISE AND WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME STAKE HAPPENED TWICE IN A MATTER OF TWO MONTHS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> HI. MY NAME IS ALBERT CHAO. I'M RUNNING FOR DISTRICT FOUR SUPERVISOR. >> I'M ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. A NATIVE SAN FRANCISCAN AND I HAVE ONE SON OF TWO THAT'S ALREADY IN START YOU KNOW, GOING TO START KING RIGHT NOW. SECOND GRADER AND THE NUMBERS WHAT I SEE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 66 SLOTS FOR MANDARIN CLASS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WE HAVE OVER 400 AS SOME OF THESE PARENTS HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED 400 PLUS STUDENTS THAT WANT TO GO IN. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET PROBLEMS OF CAMPUSES CLOSING AND WORRY ABOUT THE BUDGET NOT BEING RIGHT. BUT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO OPEN THIS CAMPUS, I GUARANTEE YOU YOU WILL GET STUDENTS AND STUDENTS WILL FILL YOUR
CAMPUSES. STUDENTS WILL GET BEGET MORE TEACHERS AND WE WILL HAVE A WIN WIN SITUATION. IT IS ALREADY TOUGH ENOUGH FOR US HERE FOR GRANT TO DO PUBLIC PRIVATE SCHOOL IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET INTO THERE. PLEASE HELP. PLEASE VOTE FOR THIS AND SUPPORT THE OPEN TIME. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> SO PLEASE HAVE THE NEXT FOUR SPEAKERS COME UP TO THE STAND HERE. HYUN YANG JUNIUS NICK SANDY CYNTHIA MAO. CAN I PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING? >> OKAY. MY NAME IS HYUNG. I'VE BEEN A SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT FOR 20 YEARS. LAST WEEK MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS A STUDENT AT WEST PORTER ELEMENTARY SHE'S TAKING AFTERSCHOOL MENTORING PROGRAM AND WE LEARNED THAT THE DISTRICT SHUT DOWN THE SCHOOL WHICH HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR MORE 21 YEARS. >> AND THERE'S PENNY PARENTS IN PANIC. >> AND WE NOW LEARNED THAT THE CURRENT ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT IS LEAVING TOMORROW AND THE NEW ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT IS COMING ON
JULY 1ST. >> AND FOR ANY NEW PROVIDER TO PROVIDE AFTERSCHOOL ON CAMPUS A MENTORING PROGRAM, WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP TO FIND A WAY TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE PROCESS SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN CONTINUE THEIR MENTORING EDUCATION IN THE FALL. >> AND THIS IS THE SECOND HINT AFTER TEACHERS STRIKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING. JUNIUS. I'M THE FATHER OF TWO YOUNG KIDS WHO WILL BE ENTERING T K NEXT YEAR. AND EVENTUALLY IN A FEW YEARS. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL. THE DEMAND IS CLEAR. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'M HERE TO OFFER THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT YOU'RE HEARING HERE IS THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE TRANSPARENCY, MORE CLARITY ON THE RISKS TO THIS OPENING.
WITHOUT THAT IN THAT VACUUM OF INFORMATION OR VACUUM OF LOSS OF INFORMATION, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RISKS ARE AND WHERE WE CAN HELP. WHETHER IT'S A FUNNEL OF NEW STUDENT, NEW TEACHERS WHO ARE QUALIFIED AND CERTIFIED TO COME AND TEACH LOTS OF PEOPLE HERE KNOW FOLKS WHO COULD BE ATTRACTED AND PULLED HERE RECRUITED TO SAN FRANCISCO TO HELP WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST EXTENDING AN OLIVE BRANCH TO PLEASE GIVE US THE TRANSPARENCY, GIVE US THE CLARITY THAT WE NEED TO HELP IN AND BE INVOLVED BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU CAN'T DO IT ALONE AND WE'RE HERE TO DO IT WITH YOU TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME'S NICK. I LIVE IN THE MISSION WITH MY WIFE AND TODDLER DAUGHTER. SHE'S GREAT. WE LOVE HER. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE IMMERSION MANDARIN SCHOOL. PREVIOUSLY I SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE DRAGON GATE ACADEMY. IF ANYONE REMEMBERS THAT DIDN'T GO THROUGH. THAT'S FINE. MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT ALL THE MOMENTUM BEHIND THE K THROUGH EIGHT PROGRAM. WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SAY IS THERE IS SO MUCH DEMAND WE'VE
HEARD IT FROM EVERYONE ELSE. I DON'T HAVE A NEW POINT THERE. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS I'M EXPECTING ANOTHER KID IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO I'M DOING A 100% INCREASE IN HEADCOUNT. >> OKAY. AND SO THERE'S AN ENROLLMENT CHALLENGE BUT I'M DOING MY PART. SO IF YOU DO YOUR PART WE CAN SOLVE THIS THING TOGETHER. >> I ALSO ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I JUST REALLY, REALLY, REALLY DON'T WANT TO MOVE TO THE SUBURBS. I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP IN MILPITAS ONE DAY. PLEASE JUST FOR ME. BUT YOU THINK THE LAST CARDS ARE WITHIN THIS AGENDA ITEM? AGAIN CALLING FOR CYNTHIA MA LAST NAME MURPHY. CHERYL. CHERYL TONG. CHERYL TONG. YEAH. DO TEASE EXCUSE ME AND ADAM LOVATO. AND I'M NOT ABLE TO SPEAK ON ME KNOWLEDGE. KNOWLEDGE. UM. YOU CAN SPEAK UP. THANK YOU.
HI. I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY THANK YOU TO THE SPECIAL ED CAC WHO'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING TONIGHT FOR THE SUPER. AND I'D REALLY ENCOURAGE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO LISTEN TO THE SPED CAG. WE HAVE THE EXPERI I USED TO BE ON THE BOARD UH, WELL IN THE GROUP AND UH, THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE LISTENED TO. AND I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS NOT ELEVATED THE THE HEAD OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TO BE IN THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. I FIND THAT THAT'S A SIGN THAT A SPECIAL EDUCATION IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS IT NEEDS TO BE ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW BIG OF A BUDGET ITEM IT IS. AND WE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT BUDGETS. SO PLEASE FULLY STAFF OUR SCHOOLS. THAT IMPACTS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION KIDS DISPROPORTIONATELY. >> THANK YOU.
YOUR NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS DAN THE WEBINAR AND I'M A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST WITH THE DISTRICT. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEM F THREE AND THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST APPLICATIONS FOR THE COMING YEAR. A REQUEST WAS MADE TO INCREASE THE ALLOCATION OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY TO ADDRESS THE BACKLOG THAT WAS CREATED DURING THE QUARANTINE. HOWEVER, THAT DECISION WAS DENIED. WHEN THAT DECISION WAS MADE TO DENY IT, NO INFORMATION OR DATA WAS COLLECTED FROM THE DISTRICT'S SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST. NOR WAS THERE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS. IN SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT I ASKED THE BOARD TO CONSIDER FUNDING THIS INCREASED ALLOCATION SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE BACKLOG OF ASSESSMENTS SO THAT STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES CAN GET THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED AND WE CAN MEET THE STRATEGIC GOALS FOR OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHERYL THIES AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AT
SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES OF DISABILITY OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE ARE THE DESIGNATED PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTER AND FAMILY EMPOWERMENT CENTER. >> I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR LISTENING CAREFULLY AND CREATING STRONG PROTECTIONS FOR AND BOUNDARIES FOR THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION . THE CAC EXISTS TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT ADVICE TO THE DISTRICT ON ITS SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. THAT INDEPENDENCE IS ESSENTIAL. IT'S OFTEN A PARENT VOICE THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD AND PROTECTED AS A COPA THAT OPERATES WITHIN BUT DISTINCT FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. >> THE DISTRICT HAS A PARTICULAR OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THE CASE'S INDEPENDENCE IS PRESERVED FREE FROM THE INSTITUTIONAL PRESSURES THAT CAN ARISE WHEN OVERSIGHT AND OPERATIONS ARE HOUSED IN THE SAME STRUCTURE. >> MEANINGFUL FAMILY ENGAGEMENT REQUIRES RESPECT ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND CLEAR BOUNDARIES THAT PROTECT THE ABILITY TO ADVISE WITHOUT INTERFERENCE OR PRESSURE. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KIM.
THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA SPEAKERS WILL NOW MOVE ON TO NINE AGENDA ITEMS WITH THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS PLEASE STEP FORWARD. >> DR. AMOS BROWN AND HELEN PARKER LEE SARAH SALDANA. NATALIE CRITTENDEN ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ . >> MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD LADIES MANDELMAN, I HAVE BEEN COMING TO THESE BOARD MEETINGS FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY AND I RISE TONIGHT TO APPEAL TO YOU IN OUR TIME TO KEEP FAITH WITH ETHNIC STUDIES TO THE PHILOSOPHER SAYS NO SELF. BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE SELF KNOWLEDGE. WE MUST KNOW OTHERS IN ORDER THAT WE MIGHT LIVE AS CIVIL, HUMANE, DECENT HUMAN BEINGS. >> DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING MY TEACHER ONCE SAID IF WE ALL LEARN HOW TO LIVE TOGETHER AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS WE'RE ALL GOING TO PERISH AS FOOLS AND NO ONE LIKES TO BE CALLED A FOOL. >> BUT AS SOME OF THE GREAT
PHILOSOPHER SAID, A MIRACLE IN 1980 HE SAID IT IS A CALL OF IGNORANCE. THE GOOD BOOKS PASS MY PEOPLE PERISH BECAUSE OF A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND WE DIDN'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT PERSONS FROM DIFFERENT LANDS, DIFFERENT RELIGIONS, DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS FOR DIVERSITY DOESN'T MEAN DEFICIENCY. >> WE ARE THE BETTER AS A SOCIETY WHEN WE BECOME A BELOVED COMMUNITY. SO KEEP ETHNIC STUDIES GOING. >> THANK. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. WE ARE PRINCIPAL COLLEAGUES OF DR. FRANKLIN, PRINCIPAL AT DREW ELEMENTARY AND WE ARE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR STRONGER MORE EQUITABLE SYSTEMS IN S.F. USD. >> WE ARE HERE TONIGHT SO THAT SHE AND YOU KNOW THAT SHE DOES NOT STAND ALONE IN THE CHALLENGES SHE FACED. THIS DISTRICT HAS MADE PUBLIC
COMMITMENTS TO HIRING LEADERS OF COLOR AND TO ANTI-RACIST POLICIES. >> BUT COMMUNITIES NOT SUPPORTED BY EQUITABLE SYSTEMS WILL NOT BRING US TOWARD TRUE EQUITY. >> SO TONIGHT WE ASK YOU DIRECTLY WHAT SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE TO CHECK FOR BIAS AND DISCIPLINARY DECISIONS NOT JUST IN THEORY BUT AS IT PLAYS OUT IN INVESTIGATIONS AND OUTCOMES AND IN WHO RECEIVES THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT? WHAT SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT STATE LEADERS IN THE COMPLEX REALITIES OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT AND TO INTERVENE AND SUPPORT WHEN THEY HAVE CHALLENGES? WHAT SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE VOLUNTEERS TO RUN A PTA? >> WE HAVEN'T SEEN THESE SYSTEMS YET AS PRINCIPALS. WE MUST NOT LOSE PASSIONATE, CAPABLE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS AND COMMUNITY BUILDERS BECAUSE
WE FAILED TO SUPPORT THEM WHEN THEY NEEDED HELP. EQUITY CANNOT STOP AT HIRING. IT MUST EXTEND TO SUPPORT HOW WE CORRECT HOW WE RETAIN OUR LEADERS THAT WE SAY WE VALUE. WE STAND READY TO BE PARTNERS IN THESE SOLUTIONS AND TO DR. FRANKLIN DIRECTLY. WE SEE YOU. WE SEE WHAT YOU DREW AND WHAT YOU GAVE TO THAT COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS NATALIE CRITTENDON AND I'M A PARENT AT MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I'M HERE BECAUSE I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT MARSHALL IS LOSING ITS HIGH POTENTIAL SCHOOL DESIGNATION AND WITH IT OUR CORE SUBSTITUTE POSITION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THREE POINTS. FIRST, WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPENED. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND CLEAR INFORMATION EXPLAINING HOW SCHOOLS QUALIFY AS HIGH POTENTIAL SCHOOLS OR WHY A MARSHALL NO LONGER QUALIFIES. WE ARE ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY AND A CLEAR EXPLANATION.
NUMBER TWO MARSHALL SERVES SOME OF THE HIGHEST NEEDS STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ENGLISH LEARNERS. MANY COME FROM LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER ARE EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY. OUR STUDENTS NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, NOT LESS. THIRD, THE TIMING OF THIS DECISION HAS PUT OUR SCHOOL IN A DIFFICULT POSITION. EARLIER THIS SPRING THE DISTRICT TOLD MARSHALL WE WOULD RECEIVE FUNDING FOR A COURSE SUBSTITUTE. BASED ON THE INFORMATION OUR STAFF AND PARENT LEADERS MADE DIFFICULT BUDGET DECISIONS INCLUDING CUTTING ANOTHER POSITION. MONTHS LATER WE LEARNED THE SUBSTITUTE POSITION MAY BE TAKEN AWAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ. I'M RIGHT HERE WITH MY WIFE SAMARA. WE ARE PARENTS OF A STUDENT AT MARSHALL. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE DECISION TO ELIMINATE MR. CHRIS'S POSITION. OUR SCHOOL SERVES MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE LEARNING ENGLISH
AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE RECENTLY ARRIVED IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS THESE CHILDREN FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND NEEDS ADULTS THAT CAN TRUST. MR. CHRIS HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT AND POSITIVE PRESENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE CHILDREN KNOW HIM, FEEL SAFE WITH HIM AND KNOW THEY CAN TURN TO HIM WHEN THEY NEED SUPPORT IN HIS SCHOOL COMMUNITY WHERE MY MANY STUDENTS ARE ADAPTING TO A NEW LANGUAGE AND NEW CULTURE. THESE RELATIONSHIPS ARE ESSENTIAL. WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE DECISION WAS MADE AFTER THE FINAL BUDGET FOR THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR HAD ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED. AS PARENTS WE BELIEVE THAT DECISIONS THAT MEET THAT ARE DIRECTLY AFFECT OUR STUDENTS SHOULD BE MADE TRANSPARENTLY AND WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE REAL IMPACT OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER THIS DECISION TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF FAMILIES, STUDENTS AND THE STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN WHO HAVE SEEN FIRST HAND THE VALUE OF MR. CRAIG. CHRIS BRINGS TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WE HAVE THE NEXT FIVE STEP UP. MARIA ESTHER DIAZ, TANYA
WEISMAN, MARIANA TEJADA, ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ ORA VICTORIA REY ARREDONDO. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. >> THIS YEAR A TEACHER AT MARSHALL ELEMENTARY OBSERVED A COLLEGE CLASSROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS THAT WAS MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO MR. CHRIS. MY NAME IS MARIA STEAD AND I'M A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AT MARSHALL ELEMENTARY. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO REINSTATE OUR COURSE SUBSTITUTE POSITION BECAUSE OF MR. CHRIS, TEACHERS ACROSS EVERY GRADE LEVEL OBSERVED EACH OTHER, COLLABORATED AND PARTICIPATED IN INQUIRY CYCLES THAT MADE US BETTER EDUCATORS. WE ATTENDED A CARE TEAM MEETINGS AND ADVOCATED FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS. AND MR. CHRIS DIDN'T JUST SUPPORT TEACHERS, HE SUPPORTED KIDS. AS YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, HE COVERED EMERGENCIES. HE GAVE STUDENTS A MOMENT. HE GAVE STRUGGLING STUDENTS A MOMENT TO BREATHE AND REGULATE.
HE SAT ONE ON ONE WITH STUDENTS WHO NEEDED IT MOST. WITHOUT HIM THOSE OBSERVATIONS DON'T HAPPEN. TEACHERS HAVE FEWER OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTEND MEETINGS. KIDS IN CRISIS HAVE ONE LESS PERSON TO LEAN ON. ACCORDING TO YOU, WE DON'T CARRY THE HYPERTECHNICAL LABEL. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. OKAY. HI. I AM TANYA WISEMAN. I'M A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER. I'VE TAUGHT IN THE DISTRICT FOR 30 YEARS. I WORK AT MARSHALL AND MARSHALL IS ON 15TH AND CAP WHICH IS ABOUT A BLOCK FROM 16TH AND MISSION. >> WE DID NOT HAVE ANY MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER THIS YEAR FROM THE DISTRICT WE ARE EMS PROVIDER DIDN'T COME UNTIL ONE MONTH BEFORE SCHOOL WAS OVER. WE HAVE A LARGE SPECIAL ED CASELOAD. WE HAVE A LARGE NEWCOMER POPULATION AND WE HAVE 40% UNHOUSED FAMILIES AT OUR SCHOOL . WE HAVE THREE SPLIT CLASSES. OUR FOUR FIVES ARE ALL SPLIT
CLASSES AND WE LOST OUR HIGH POTENTIAL STATUS FOR SOME REASON WHICH NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO US. WE ARE ALSO LOSING OUR CORE SUBSTITUTE MR. CHRIS WHO IS GIFTED AND BELOVED BY EVERYONE AT OUR SCHOOL ALL ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE. HE IS KEEPING US AFLOAT. THERE'S A LOT OF EMERGENCIES AND THINGS THAT COME UP THAT WE NEED HIM FOR AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER GIVING US HIGH POTENTIAL STATUS BY THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARIANNE AT THE HELLO. I'M THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COORDINATOR AT MARSHALL ELEMENTARY IN MARCH. AS YOU HEARD, MARSHALL WAS ALLOCATED FUNDING FOR A COURSE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN MAY. THAT ALLOCATION WAS REMOVED BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THAT WE NO LONGER QUALIFY AS A HIGH POTENTIAL SCHOOL DESIGNATION WITH NO PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DEFINITION. IF I IF I LABEL DETERMINES WHICH SCHOOLS RECEIVED CRITICAL STAFFING RESOURCES, THE CRITERIA SHOULD BE CLEAR PUBLIC
AND CONSISTENTLY APPLIED. >> I'M MARSHALL. MORE THAN 83 OF OUR STUDENTS ARE LOW INCOME OVER 40 ARE EXPERIENCING OVER 40% ARE EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY AND WE SERVE ABOUT 15 NEWCOMERS STUDENTS. OUR CORE SUBSTITUTE IS NOT A LUXURY MR. CREASE IS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. FILLING CLASSROOM VACANCIES COVERING STAFF ABSENCES AND ENSURING STUDENTS CONTINUE LEARNING WITHOUT DISRUPTION. HE HELPS US MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS WHEN STAFFING GAPS ARISE WHICH IS VERY OFTEN WE RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO RESTORE MARSHALL'S COURSE SUBSTITUTION ALLOCATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS PLEASE COME UP. ROBERT SCHNEIDER ASHLEY AHEARN KIRSTEN AND KRISTEN COLEMAN. >> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS ROBERT SCHNEIDER. I AM ONE OF A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE REPRESENTING A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHIN THE DISTRICT CALLED TEC AND CHECK. >> AND I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORE TO SAY THAN I DO TONIGHT. BUT LARGELY OUR CONCERNS ARE SURROUNDING TECHNOLOGY AND POLICIES THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS IN PLACE. HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ASHLEY A'HEARN. I'M A PARENT OF A KINDERGARTEN STUDENT AS OF USD AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO URGE THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION REGARDING EXCESSIVE AND UNFETTERED SCREEN USE IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE ARE ASKING THE DISTRICT TO FOLLOW THE RECENT EXAMPLE OF LAUSD BY REVAMPING ITS POLICIES AROUND STUDENT TECHNOLOGY USE AND TO INCORPORATE SPECIFIC ENFORCEABLE LIMITS AND EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES FOR DATA AND THIS IS VERY CLEAR. SCREEN BASED LEARNING IS NOT IMPROVING OUTCOMES. IN FACT SADLY TODAY'S KIDS ARE THE FIRST GENERATION WHO ARE TESTING AS LESS COGNITIVELY CAPABLE THAN WE WERE AT THEIR SAME AGE. AND THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO EXCESSIVE SCREEN USE BOTH AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL. THE NUMBER ONE DETERMINANT OF LEARNING FOR ANYONE IS THE
ABILITY OF TO PAY ATTENTION. IT IS NO SECRET THAT SCREEN USE UNDERMINES THIS CRITICAL SKILL FOR ANYONE OF ANY AGE. AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO OUR CHILDREN TO PUT THEM IN FRONT OF DEVICES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE DISTRACTING AND EXPECT THEM TO LEARN. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HELLO. I'M A PARENT AND AN EDUCATOR AND I'M ADVOCATING FOR AN INTENTIONAL TECHNOLOGY RESOLUTION WHICH INCLUDES AN IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF YOUTUBE FROM STUDENT 1 TO 1 ISSUED DEVICES. THE EQUITY ISSUE OF THE NEW DIGITAL DIVIDE IS DEFINED BY PASSIVE DIGITAL CONSUMPTION AND NOT DEVICE ACCESS AND SCREEN BASED LEARNING IS AN IMPROVING OUTCOMES. I HAVE SEEN FIRST HAND STUDENTS FRAGMENTED ATTENTION SPANS FROM HIDING BEHIND AN ACTIVITY ONLINE FROM HIDING BEHIND SORRY. OKAY. SCREEN BASED LEARNING ISN'T IMPROVING OUTCOMES. IT FOSTERS DISTRACTION, DYSREGULATION AND FRAGMENTED ATTENTION RATHER THAN DIGITAL LITERACY. I HAVE SEEN FIRST HAND STUDENTS ATTENTION BEING
FRAGMENTED WHEN THEY ARE LOWERING THEIR BRIGHTNESS ON THEIR DEVICES OR CLOSING TABS ONLY TO RETURN TO SPOTIFY, YOUTUBE SHORTS, GAMING OR PASSING NOTES IN GOOGLE WORKSPACE. WHEN AN ADULT WALKS AWAY, TEACHERS CANNOT MONITOR 22 DEVICES AT ONCE. I MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT AT HOME TO PROMOTE DIGITAL BALANCE ONLY TO HAVE UNDERMINED BY 1 TO 1 DEVICES IN SCHOOLS TO HEAR MY CHILD TELL ME THEY LEARN HOW TO DELETE THEIR BROWSER HISTORY OR THAT THEY SAW CLASSMATES WATCHING THE MOVIE SCREEN DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. IT TRULY BREAKS MY HEARTS. THIS ISN'T ABOUT BEING ANTI-TECHNOLOGY IT'S ABOUT RECALIBRATING 1 TO 1 DEVICE USE IN SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. >> HI. THANK YOU. I'M KRISTEN COLEMAN AND I'M A PARENT AND EDUCATOR WHO IS CONCERNED WITH THE WAY IN WHICH EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IS BEING PUSHED INTO OUR ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS. >> I HAVE TWO MAIN ASKS THAT NO EYE PROGRAMING AND EDUCATIONAL APPS ARE USED BUT IF THEY ARE
PARENTS ARE INFORMED AND GIVEN AN OPT OUT AND NO SCREEN TIME FOR A K-5. I HAVE BEEN AN EDUCATOR FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I HAVE A RISING FIRST AND THIRD GRADER AT LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY. >> AS INDEPENDENCE, PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAVE MADE A CONCERTED SHIFT AWAY FROM SCREEN EXPOSURE, IT SEEMS THAT SFD HAS DONE THE OPPOSITE. THE SCIENCE ON BRAIN DEVELOPMENT IS CLEAR AND I HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND AS A TEACHER AND WITH MY OWN CHILDREN THAT SCREEN TIME HAS NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON CREATIVITY, ATTENTION, EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING, CRITICAL THINKING AND READING APTITUDE. WORSE, THE SCIENCE NOW SHOWS THAT SCREEN TIME HAS IMPACTS ON BRAIN STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO SMOKING CIGARETS BECAUSE THE DOPAMINE HITS FROM TEX ADDICT ADDICTIVE DESIGN FEATURES CAUSED SIMILAR DAMAGE. OUR SCHOOL SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSING OUR STUDENTS TO THESE PROGRAMS. THEY'RE DOING HARM. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE THE NEXT FIVE. PLEASE STEP UP. STEPHANIE FALKEN STONE AUSTIN QUIGG GUITAR GUITAR
AND APOLOGIZE FOR THEM EXPLANATION. BLANCA CATALAN. ROBERTO GUZMAN RIVERA. MIRNA VASQUEZ. HI MY NAME IS STEPHANIE FALKEN STEIN I'M THE PARENT OF A CURRENT FOURTH GRADER AT JACQUOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AS I STARTED TOURING MIDDLE SCHOOLS I NOTICED WILDLY INCONSISTENT ENVIRONMENTS FOR BOTH LEARNING AND SOCIALIZATION DRIVEN BY THE PRESENCE OR LACK THERE OF A LACK OF STUDENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE POLICIES. IN SEPTEMBER 20TH 20 FOR SEPTEMBER 2020 FOR CALIFORNIA PASSED THE PHONE FREE SCHOOLS ACT REQUIRING ALL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT A POLICY LIMITING STUDENT SMARTPHONE USE BY JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR. YET AS EV USD HAS STILL NOT INTRODUCED A COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT WIDE BELT A BELT POLICY FURTHER DELAYED ACTION RESIST RISKS A RUSHED MINIMAL COMPLIANCE POLICY RATHER THAN A THOUGHTFUL EFFECTIVE STANDARD THAT TRULY SUPPORTS OUR STUDENTS. AND FURTHERMORE IT PUSHES CURRENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT
AND ENFORCEMENT TO PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS. DO WE REALLY NEED TO LOAD THEM WITH ANYTHING ELSE? THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AS OPPOSED DOES NOT EVEN NEED TO START FROM SCRATCH. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WEEK OFFERS. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBER MEMBERS BEFORE MY PUBLIC COMMENT I WIN AS A MOM I SUPPORT BOOKS BEFORE BUT GOOD EVENING BY MEMBERS. MY NAME IS BLANCA CATALAN AND I AM A PARENT ORGANIZER AND ADVOCATE. I WORK CLOSELY WITH FAMILIES AT DR. CHA THROUGH ESPECIALLY FAMILIES WHOSE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH. I HAVE SEEN FIRST HAND HOW DR. FLUNKY FRANK BEAN HAS BUILT TRUST WITH ITS STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF. SHE HAS TO PARENT FAMILIES FAITH IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, CONNECT THEM TO RESOURCES AND HELP CREATE A SCHOOL WHERE PARENTS FEEL WELCOME AND VALUE. MANY FAMILIES ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT HER REMOVAL
THROUGH SERVICE THEIR COMMUNITY WITH SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC CHALLENGES. BUT UNDER DR. FRANKLIN'S LEADERSHIP, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT HAS GROWN. STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED AND THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY HAS BECOME STRONGER. ON BEHALF OF THE PARENTS AT DR. CHARLES RUE WHO I WORK WITH, I ASK THE DISTRICT TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF THE FAMILIES MOST AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF EDUCATION. MY NAME IS ROBERTO GUZMAN RIVERA. AS A VIEWER PARENT OF THREE TONIGHT I URGE YOU TO REMEMBER THE PRINCIPALS OF COLOR REMAIN FAR TOO RARE AND SVOD WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING LEADERS LIKE DR. FRANKLIN. NOT I DEMAND OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS MANY FAMILIES BUILD DR. FRANKLIN AS A DEDICATED LEADER EVERY DAY FOR HIS STUDENTS HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. BEFORE REMOVING A PRINCIPAL WITH A PROVEN RECORD OF SERVICE ,THE PUBLIC DESERVES TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE FACTS. THE PROCESS THAT WAS FOLLOWED AND THE IMPACT THIS DECISION WILL HAVING THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF. HE POLICES POLICIES VIOLATED ACCOUNTABILITY MATTERS BUT
ACCOUNTABILITY MUST BE FAIR, CONSISTENT AND APPLIED WITH UNDERSTANDING OF THE REALITIES FACING THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED RESEARCH FOR DECADES. RESULTS, RELATIONSHIPS AND SERVICE TO CHILDREN MUST ALSO MATTER. >> I URGE YOU THIS BOARD TO LISTEN TO DR. JOE COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, BOOKER AND WE ARE IN THE BEST CASE WORK WITH COMMON ADVOCATES AND I'M HERE TODAY SUPPORTING THAT COMMUNITY IN MY WORK I HAVE LEARNED THAT STRONG A SCHOOL ARE BUILT IN RELATIONSHIP AND TRUST THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TAKE YEARS TO BUILD AND ONLY A MOMENT TO BREAK THE TRUTH COMMUNITY WHO ARE HERE TODAY THEY ARE NOT DEFENDING A TITLE. THEY ARE DEFENDING A LEADER WHO HAS TRANSFORMING THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND WHO THEY BELIEVE AIM WHEN PARENTS IS STAFF IS STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS UNITE AND SUPPORT A PRINCIPAL THAT SHOULD BE MATTER. THEY'RE BOTH SO CARING WAY IN THE DECISION I WAS PEPPER AS
THE DISTRICT TO RECONSIDER THE REMOVAL OF DR. FRANKLIN AND WORK WITH IT THROUGH A COMMUNITY TOWARD A SOLUTION THAT KEEPS HER LEADERSHIP IN PLACE. THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN TODAY IN PLEASE FOR THEM. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HELLO MY HUSBAND AUSTIN WAS CALLED BUT HE HAD TO GO HOME WITH A VERY CRANKY TODDLER. MY NAME IS DAPHNE ADAM. MY SON PHILO IS A FIRST GRADER AT MARSHALL. HE IS EDUCATED UNDER AN IEP BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ADHD AND AUTISM. THE BOARD CUT MARSHALL'S ALLOCATION FOR A COURSE SUBSTITUTE AND I'M ASKING YOU TO RESTORE IT. GOOD INSTRUCTION RESTS ON RELATIONSHIP. KIDS LEARN FROM ADULTS THEY KNOW AND TRUST. THAT IS PARTICULARLY TRUE FOR KIDS LIKE MY SON AND FOR KIDS LIKE THE COMMUNITY AT MARSHALL. MR. CHRIS HAS SPENT A YEAR BUILDING THAT WITH THESE CHILDREN. AND FOR A CHILD LIKE MINE IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENGAGEMENT AND SHUTTING DOWN ON A SPREADSHEET. THIS IS A LINE ITEM IN A
CLASSROOM. >> IT'S THE ADULT THE CHILD HAS LEARNED TO TRUST. >> AND WHAT IT SAVES IS NOTHING NEXT TO WHAT IT COSTS THESE KIDS. PLEASE RESTORE THE ALLOCATION. PRESIDENT KIM I'M SORRY WE'RE PAST TIME. WE NEED TO MOVE TO ZOOM. >> MY APOLOGIES TO THE FOLKS WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK. >> I INDEED I SAID 75. WE ALREADY WENT PAST TIME I GAVE MORE TIME FOR IN PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT WE HAVE 15 MINUTES TYPICALLY AT THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT SO WE'LL MOVE TO THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE I THINK NEARLY 40 COMMENT CARDS SO WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO REACH ALL OF THEM. THANK YOU. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ON ZOOM, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND RAISE YOUR HANDS. YOU WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THE THAT YOU ARE LISTED. THANK YOU. >> OH, WITH STUDENTS. SORRY. I'M GOING TO LOWER THE HANDS ON THE ZOOM SO FORGIVE ME. OKAY. AND WOULD RIGHT NOW COULD FOLKS ON ZOOM STUDENTS ONLY PLEASE.
STUDENTS ONLY RAISE YOUR HANDS. OKAY. STUDENTS GOING ONCE. GOING TWICE. ALL RIGHT NOW ADULT ANYONE ON ZOOM PLEASE GO AHEAD AND RAISE YOUR HANDS. WE'LL CALL YOU IN THE ORDER RECEIVED. JUST A REMINDER THAT ZOOM SPEAKERS YOU ALSO ONLY HAVE ONE MINUTE AND WE WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FIRST 15. OKAY. VIRGINIA MARSHALL OH YES. THIS MORNING I GOT IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE PRESIDENT KIM BOARD COMMISSIONERS, SUPERINTENDENT ZOOM. I JOINED REVEREND BROWN IN SUPPORT OF ETHNIC STUDIES. WE ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL SWC GRADUATES ESPECIALLY THE THREE UNDER 50 MORE THAN 350 AFRICAN AMERICAN GRADUATES. WE'RE ALSO HERE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT DR.. TO SUPPORT THE PRINCIPAL AT DR. CHARLES DREW. >> I WILL BRING SOMETHING WITHIN 25 YEARS AND EDUCATION. SHE IS A STELLAR EDUCATOR. SHE HAS TAUGHT THE SYSTEM AND TAUGHT HER STUDENTS HOW TO READ, ESPECIALLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS.
WHATEVER YOU DID BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TONIGHT, IF IT DID NOT REINSTATE MISS FRANKLIN, PLEASE DO SO. THE COMMUNITY WANTS YOU BACK. YOU REQUEST THAT YOU REINSTATE MISS FRANKLIN AS A PRINCIPAL OF DR. CHARLES DREW. SHE MADE SOME MISSTEPS. IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP HER? THE ACP STANDS READY TO HELP MISS FRANKLIN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. DAISY YOUNG. JUST ONE MOMENT WHILE WE UNMUTE YOU. >> GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DAISY YOUNG AND I HAVE A STUDENT IN ROSA PARKS IN THE SPECIAL DAY CLASS FOR MILD TO MODERATE AUTISM. I'M HERE TO ASK THE BOARD TO ADOPT A MAXIMUM CAP OF 12 STUDENTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO ROSA PARKS. IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE EDUCATION CLASSES IS GOING TO HAVE 16 THAT'S LIKE A THIRD MORE THAN WHAT THEY SHOULD BE
HAVING EVERY EXTRA STUDENT ESPECIALLY IN A SPECIAL ED CLASS MEANS THAT THE TEACHERS ARE HAVING A MUCH HARDER TIME. I KNOW THAT THEY GET A STIPEND. YOU CANNOT BUY MORE TIME. YOU CANNOT BUY MORE TIME TO GET TO KNOW THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN YOUR ROOM. I ALSO THINK THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER FOR PREVENTING ANY OF THE SPECIAL ED CLASSES FROM COMBINING FOUR GRADE LEVELS INTO ONE CLASSROOM A SECOND GRADER AND A FIFTH GRADER ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS. AND I WOULD URGE YOU TO AGAIN CAP STUDENTS AT 12 FOR SPECIAL ED CLASSES AND TO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T COMBINE FOUR GRADE LEVELS IN ONE. THANK YOU. MS.. YOUNG. >> NEXT IS SARAH MASKIN. HI, MY NAME IS SARAH MASKIN. I AM A PARENT OF JIM'S LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOLER AND AN OUTGOING DANIEL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT. I'M ALSO AN EDUCATOR IN A NEARBY DISTRICT. I WANT TO ECHO THE VOICES OF OTHER PARENTS AND EDUCATORS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT ADOPTING SOME KIND OF AN EFFECTIVE TECH FREE POLICY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS ON A DISTRICT SCALE. MY DISTRICT IS FACED WITH THE
SAME CONUNDRUM. AND LAST YEAR MY SITE BECAME THE FIRST IN OUR DISTRICT TO ADOPTED APPROACHES AND THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THAT IT HAS BEEN LIKE LIFE CHANGING. IT'S NOT PERFECT BUT IT'S CHANGED THE CULTURE OF OUR SCHOOL. KIDS ARE SOCIALIZING. THEY'RE TALKING TO EACH OTHER. THEY'RE PLAYING HACKY SACK AT LUNCH. MY BIG ASK FOR THE DISTRICT IS TO ADOPT AND DEVELOP A CLEAR, CONSISTENT AND FIRM POLICY THAT WORKS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND THIS IS FOR THE KIDS. THANK YOU, VALERIE PASCAL. IT'S MISS PASCAL. ARE YOU THERE? SHE SAW YOU. OKAY. WELL, COME BACK. I'M HERE. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THE ALL STAR MANDARIN CENTER ASSUMES PROGRAM WAS DISSOLVED WITHOUT MEANINGFUL INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT IT HAS SERVED FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. FOR TWO DECADES ASIMO HAS BEEN MORE THAN JUST A PROGRAM. IT HAS PROVIDED STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, GROW AND CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER. IT HAS BROUGHT IN HORIZONS AND COURAGE, UNDERSTANDING AND CELEBRATED THE RICH
DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH SHARING OF CULTURE, TRADITIONS AND EXPERIENCE. THE IMPACT OF ASSEMBLY CANNOT BE MEASURED ONLY IN NUMBERS IT CAN BE SEEN IN THE CONFIDENCE OF OUR STUDENTS, THE ENGAGEMENT OF OUR FAMILIES AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BUILT ACROSS DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. DECISIONS AFFECTING A PROGRAM WITH SUCH A LONG AND POSITIVE HISTORY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN AND BENEFITED FROM IT. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS BE HEARD AND THE GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND ENGAGEMENT GUIDES FUTURE DECISIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT HAPPENED? >> TINA PURDY'S. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY VIRTUAL COMMENT. MY NAME IS TINA PRETTY AND I AM THE CURRENT VICE CHAIR OF THE CAC WHO WILL PRESENT OUR ANNUAL REPORT TONIGHT. I AM SORRY THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON BUT I AM EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE AND PROUD OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE REPRESENTING US. AS I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT MEANINGFUL PROGRESS IN ANY OF OUR PRIORITY AREAS CANNOT OCCUR
WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO STAFF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE I AM A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST IN THE NEIGHBORING COUNTY AN EXCELLENT FORMER S.F. SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER JOINED MY PROGRAM IN DECEMBER. SHE RECENTLY CONFIDED THAT THE PRESSURE HAD BECOME TOO GREAT AT HER PREVIOUS SCHOOL DUE TO THE STRESS OF COVERING MULTIPLE VACANCIES AND OTHER STAFF CLAIMING ISSUES. WHILE THIS WAS A BOON TO MY WORKPLACE, THIS WAS A GREAT LOSS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. COMPETITION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF IS FIERCE. THE DISTRICT SIMPLY MUST DO BETTER. THANK YOU. RHONDA BATISTA. GOOD EVENING. BOARD COMMISSIONERS AND SUPERINTENDENT STEW AND EVERYBODY INTENDED TONIGHT . I AM JUST CALLING IN AS A PARENT AND A MEMBER OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. BUT TONIGHT MY OWN WORDS WILL BE STATED. I SAID ONCE AGAIN WHOLE HEARTEDLY IN SUPPORT OF ETHNIC STUDIES AND ALSO WITH THE
PRINCIPAL AND I ASK THAT YOU ALL LISTENED INTENTLY TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE CAC AND IMPLEMENT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR PHIL WAS NOTHING I DIDN'T. >> HELLO. HI. HI. THIS IS LAWRENCE. MY APOLOGIES. I DIDN'T SEE THE ON ME. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS PHILLIP LUCAS. I'M A PARENT MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATE CENTERS ELEMENTARY. MARCH 30TH DURING SPRING BREAK THE DISTRICT SENT SANCHEZ AN UPDATED SITE ALLOCATION ELIMINATING THREE OF OUR 12 TEACHER POSITIONS. MOST PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT THIS UNTIL MID-APRIL AFTER THESE CHANGES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED IN THE BUDGET WHICH IS NOT IN THE MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION AT THE INCEPTION THAT GUARDRAIL ONE SPEAKS OF THE ENROLLMENT CENTER KINDLY SHARED WITH US HISTORICAL DATA ALONG WITH PROJECTIONS AND CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR WE FOUND THAT THE DISTRICT'S PROJECTIONS SHOW STEEP ENROLLMENT DROPS IN THESE SPECIFIC CLASSROOMS DROPS OUR ACTUAL ASSIGNMENT NUMBERS DON'T SUPPORT AND THAT HAVE NO
HISTORICAL PRECEDENT IN THESE HIGHER ELEMENTARY GRADES. LAST TUESDAY MORNING I SENT A LETTER TO THE BOARD SIGNED BY MEMBERS OF THE SANCHEZ PTA BOARD, THE CLERK AND THE ASSOCIATE PRESENTING OUR ANALYSIS AND A DISCUSSION OF HOW THIS PROCESS HAS NOT FAITHFULLY FOLLOWED DISTRICT ADDRESS WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REITERATE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A MORE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE OUTCOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER SAMMY GREENBERG HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU WELL. HI. I'M A PARENT WHO SENT HER AUTISTIC CHILD TO CLAIRE LILIENTHAL FOR KINDERGARTEN THIS PAST YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY OUR EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES ARE EMPLOYED AND IMPLEMENTED ACROSS AS OF USD. AS YOU LISTEN TO TODAY'S SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS I URGE YOU TO THINK BEYOND COMPLIANCE ON PAPER AND FOCUS ON ACCOUNTABILITY IN PRACTICE. HOW IS A DISTRICT MEASURING WHETHER IEP ARE ACTUALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED WITH FIDELITY IN CLASSROOMS EVERY DAY FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE REAL ONGOING DATA COLLECTION TIED TO THEIR IEP GOALS SO PARENTS CAN MEANINGFULLY
PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATIONAL DECISION MAKING? HOW MANY IEP MEETINGS ARE HELD WITHIN LEGALLY REQUIRED TIMELINES? HOW OFTEN ARE ACCOMMODATIONS WRITTEN INTO IEPS ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE SCHOOL DAY? FAMILIES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FIGHT TO OBTAIN BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR CHILD'S PROGRESS SERVICES OR SUPPORTS ACCOUNTABILITY METRICS SHOULD NOT ONLY MEASURE WHETHER MEETINGS OCCUR BUT WHETHER STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE TRULY RECEIVING EDUCATION THEY ARE ENTITLED TO. >> THANK YOU FOR LAWRENCE YES, HELLO. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LAWRENCE LEE AND I'M A SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT ALUMNI AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST, 90% SUPPORT MANDARIN IMMERSION PROGRAM AND HOPE WE CAN START ON TIME. AND SECOND, I AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF TRYING TO KEEP DR. FRANKLIN A TRUE ELEMENTARY . I'M A VOLUNTEER THERE AND IT'S AMAZING WHAT SHE'S DONE WITH THE KIDS.
I SEE IT MYSELF EVERY DAY AND IT'S A SCHOOL WHERE IT COULD REALLY USE A LOT OF HELP. LET'S LET'S HAVE A GO FORWARD BUT NOT GO BACKWARDS. THERE'S OVER 800 SIGNATURES TO SUPPORT DR. FRANKLIN COOPER AND THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS I WON I WORK WITH THEY SAID IT THEMSELVES. LET'S KEEP DR. FRANKLIN. THANK YOU, PAM. PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THIS IS DR. VANESSA MILLER WITH PARENTS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE'VE BEEN A LEADER IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR 26 YEARS. MY I'LL BE COMMENTING OVER THE PUBLIC HEARINGS BUT SPECIFICALLY WANT TO SPEAK TO OUR COMMITMENT TO ANTI-RACISM. I DO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PATTERNS THAT ARE DEVELOPING THAT ARE DISPLACING OUR BLACK LEADERS, SPECIFICALLY WOMEN AND IT IS INCUMBENT ON EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEMBER TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO
RESOLVE THIS. >> THANK YOU, CHRIS CLOUD I'M CHRIS CLOUD SPREAD DEPARTMENT HEAD AT WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. I'M RELIEVED THE DR. SUE IS MORE THAN BOTHERED TO DEFEND ETHNIC STUDIES AND THE FANTASTIC SUPPORTS THAT I SERVE USD OFFERS TO OUR MINORITY AND STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THIS IS PERSONAL FOR ME BECAUSE MANY OF MY STUDENTS ARE AND FROM IMMIGRANT FAMILIES. I THINK OF ONE STUDENT IN PARTICULAR WHO WAS ON MY IEP CASELOAD AND NEEDED SCHOOL SUPPORT TO GAIN THE CONFIDENCE TO COME OUT TO THEIR NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING PARENT AS TRANS. THIS STUDENT SPENT ALL OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS BATTLING SUICIDAL IDEATION THANKS TO SUPPORTIVE EDUCATORS THEY LEARNED ABOUT OTHER IMMIGRANTS AND FIGURES IN HISTORY THAT BUILT THEIR SELF-CONFIDENCE IN THE WEEKS BEFORE GRADUATION THEY WERE ABLE TO SAFELY COME OUT TO THEIR SUPPORTIVE PARENTS. I OFTEN CRITICIZED THE DISTRICT BUT THE SUPPORTS THAT HELPED THAT STUDENT LEARN THAT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING A TRANS IMMIGRANT WITH AUTISM KEPT THEM ALIVE SO THAT THEY COULD THRIVE AND DO
WHAT THEY LOVE. THIS IS LITERALLY A FIGHT FOR THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS. >> SO DR. SUE, PLEASE DON'T FAIL THEM. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES WE ARE OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU. I INVITE CASSANDRA CAREY, OUR PRESIDENT OF UCSF, TO PROVIDE REMARKS. GOOD EVENING CASSANDRA CARYL UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO. A COUPLE OF ITEMS I THINK THAT WERE REALLY WELL SPOKEN THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING BUT WOULD BE REMISS WITHOUT HIGHLIGHTING YET AGAIN ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE FIGHT FOR THE SCHOOLS OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THE CAMPAIGNS THAT USF HAS ENGAGED IN FOR YEARS AND THE CONTRACT THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED OUTLINES AND SPECIFIES MANY OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE, DIVERSE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE WHAT IS ON THE STAND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TOMORROW AND EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT WE'RE IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND CHALLENGED WITH ISSUES THAT LIMIT THE FREEDOMS OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES TO BE WHO THEY ARE. I'VE TALKED OFTEN OVER THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF WITH
FOLKS WHO HAVE BROUGHT UP CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING IN SCHOOLS, THE FOLKS THAT ARE ATTENDING SCHOOLS, THE FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING TO SEND THEIR STUDENTS TO SCHOOLS ARE RELY ON EVERY LEVEL OF OUR LEADERSHIP WHETHER WE WERE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS OR STAFF. AND EVERY SINGLE LEADER AT SCHOOL SITES IN CLASSROOMS AND OF ENTIRE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO REQUIRE THE FORTITUDE AND BACKBONE TO DEFEND EVERYONE'S RIGHT TO BE WHO THEY ARE IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS IF WE'RE LUCKY AND VERY LIKELY TO BE YEARS TO BE HONEST. AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR MANY YEARS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FIGHTS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING. THEY SHOW UP IN DIFFERENT WAYS DEFENDING IMMIGRANT STUDENTS AND THEIR SANCTUARY IS A REQUIREMENT IN THE CITY AND IT'S NOW A REQUIREMENT OF OUR CONTRACT TO BE ABLE TO ADVANCE AND PROTECT THAT FOR OUR LGBTQ IDENTIFYING AND THOSE WHO ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT WHEN NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE OR WHO THEY ARE, WHAT SCHOOL THEY'RE AT OR WHETHER THEY'RE
LOOKING TO MOVE TO SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE IT'S A SPACE ,A PLACE AND THIS DISTRICT IS A WELCOMING AND INVITING AND ONE OF THE FREEST LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE IN THIS COUNTRY FREE TO BE WHO WE ARE ALSO REQUIRES DEFENSE ALSO REQUIRES ALL OF US TO STAND UP FOR THAT. AND LUCKILY IT'S IN OUR CONTRACT BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BECOME PRESSURE POINTS THAT EXCEED SHUTTING DOWN EMAILS BECAUSE OF A LITANY OF FLOODED EMAILS. IT'S GOING TO EXCEED WHAT WE HAVE SEEN UNFORTUNATE OUTBURSTS IN SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS OF THE PAST. WE HOPE TO NOT ACHIEVE. IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT WE SUPPORT WHEN WE'RE IN A ROOM OF HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS WHO REPRESENTS AND DURING THE HARD TIMES I'M CALLING IN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FORTIFY OURSELVES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY DESERVES WHETHER THEY'RE IN A CLASSROOM YET OR SEEKING A SAFE PLACE TO GO TO SCHOOL WE CAN BE THE BEACONS FOR HOW S.F. USED AS A WELCOMING AND INVITING LOCATION FOR EVERYONE NO MATTER OUR BACKGROUNDS, OUR LANGUAGE,
NO MATTER HOW WE EXPRESS OURSELVES. THIS SHOWS UP IN SMALL WAYS DAY TO DAY WHERE SCHOOLS IN OUR SYSTEM ARE NOT GETTING SYSTEMIC SUPPORTS AND APPROACHES TO HOW WE IMPLEMENT AND ACHIEVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES. THAT IS THE CHARGE OF OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT. IN ORDER TO DO THIS WELL MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO DEFEND EVERYTHING THAT INVITES STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO ENTERING AND ENROLLING IN OUR SCHOOLS TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A SAFE SPACE TO COME TO THAT THOSE EDUCATORS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE SCHOOL LEADERS ARE GOING TO DEFEND THAT AND BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE BOARD IS GOING TO ENSURE THAT THOSE THINGS REMAIN AS A TENANT OF OUR EXERCISE AS DAY TO DAY IT SHOWS UP IN OTHER WAYS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WHILE WE'RE SITTING AND STANDING IN SUPPORT OF NOT JUST LGBTQ OR TRANS OR NAME NAME ANY NUMBER IN OUR SECTION OF SUPPORTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO UPLIFT AND VISIBILITY BUT ALSO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ATTACKS FOR
ETHNIC STUDIES AND I ARE ALI PROGRAM AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OUTCOMES ARE SMALL IN STUDENT OUTCOMES MANY OF THE PACKS THAT I'VE MISSED ONE ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE THAT REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL CULTURES WHERE WE'RE THE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AND ACCESS AND REPRESENTATION. AND THAT INCLUDES BEING ABLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN EDUCATORS OF EVERY LEVEL THAT INCLUDES DR. FRANKLIN IT SHOULD BE NAMED IT SHOULD BE NAMED THAT THE IDENTIFICATION AND RECRUITMENT OF EDUCATORS FROM EVERY BACKGROUND CONTINUE TO CHURN OUT AT A HIGHER DEGREE IF THEY'RE BIPOC INTO OUR PROFESSION LET ALONE INVITING THAT. AND SO WE HAVE TO DO SOME INTROSPECTION AND SOME INVESTIGATION ON HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE OUR OUTCOMES WHILE ALSO INCLUDING EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER TO BE PART OF OUR SOLUTIONS AND TO BE PART OF THAT ACHIEVEMENT. AND THERE'S WAYS TO DO THAT THAT ARE BOTH PREVENTATIVE. THERE'S WAYS TO DO THAT THAT ARE IN ADVANCE OF KNOWING THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
AND SO I KNOW THAT WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'VE GOT COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SHOW UP IN FORCE MULTIPLE MONTHS IN A ROW ASKING FOR SOLUTIONS, WE NEED SYSTEMIC APPROACHES TO HOW WE ADDRESS THIS MOVING FORWARD SO THAT WE'RE NOT REPEATING PATTERNS SO THAT WE'RE NOT TELLING FOLKS THAT THAT ISN'T HAPPENING AND THAT THIS ISN'T THE ONLY PLACE DURING PRIDE MONTH WHERE WE'RE PROUD, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO BE PROUD EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WE NEED THE GUIDANCE AND THE LEADERSHIP AT EVERY LEVEL TO REFLECT THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE A PARTNER IN TO. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WORK AS WE CONTINUE IN WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE A LONG POLITICAL FIGHT WITH WITH FOLKS THAT WE DIDN'T ASK INTO THIS CONVERSATION TO BE HONEST. >> BUT NONETHELESS EDUCATION IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AND I THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE SEATS THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR JOINING US TONIGHT TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE. AS A REMINDER, BOARD RULES IN CALIFORNIA LAW DO NOT ALLOW US TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US HERE TODAY
IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY UM STAFF ARE TESTED PROVIDING A DRAFT OF EACH AGENDA 12 DAYS IN ADVANCE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO REVIEW ONCE THAT DRAFT IS MADE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO SUBMIT CLARIFYING AND TACTICAL QUESTIONS AND STAFF HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE OF EACH BOARD MEETING. THIS Q&A DOC IS LINKED INTO EACH AGENDA ON BOARD DOCS TODAY AN ITEM E TO AND WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW THOSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALONGSIDE OUR DISCUSSIONS TODAY. >> MOVING TO ITEM D UM PUBLIC ARE RECONVENING TO OPEN SESSION CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. THE BOARD APPROVED A PROPOSED RESOLUTION AND ARTICLE B TO ANTICIPATED LITIGATION OF CLOSE OF CLOSED SESSION BY A UNANIMOUS SEVEN ZERO VOTE. THE BOARD APPROVED THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS IF USED BY UNANIMOUS SEVEN VOTE. THE BOARD APPROVED THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND BEAVERS AS A FOR US D BY SEVEN A VOTE THE BOARD
CONTINUED STUDENT MATTER NUMBER 28 UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND OPENING ITEMS LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT WE THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF EDUCATION ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE RAMAH TO CHALLENGE WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA AS THE INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TRADITIONS, THEIR MATERIAL AND WE HAVE NEVER CEDED LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY AS GUESTS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING ON THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELAND AND WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FAR AS FIRST PEOPLES MOVING TO ENFORCE IT AND DELEGATE REPORT CONSTITUTE NO GOOD SCREWS IN MONDAY'S SHARE REPORT IF YOU HAVE ONE. HI, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO RIGHT NOW AS I SEE IS KIND
OF FOCUSED ON SUMMER. SO JUST KIND OF SETTING UP EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL FOR A TEACHER HELP OUT IF WE DO HAVE ANY TEACHERS IN THE CROWD OR KNOW OF ANY TEACHERS WHO MIGHT NEED ANY ASSISTANCE TO JUST TIDY UP CLASSROOMS BEFORE KIDS COME BACK TO SCHOOL. FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. WE ARE OPEN AND HAVE ONE THAT'S AVAILABLE WHICH WE HAVE A GOOGLE FORM. YOU GUYS JUST SAY THE DATES WHAT YOU NEED HELP WITH. HOW MANY STUDENTS DO YOU THINK YOU NEED? AND WE WILL BE THERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT JUST IN CASE AND YEAH WE JUST HAVE THAT GOING ON RIGHT NOW WE ARE WRAPPING UP AND STUDENT DELEGATE MOON IS GOING TO KIND OF BACK UP ON THAT REAL QUICK. YEAH. SO WHERE ARE YOU FROM? THE FORM IS WE'RE ON INSTAGRAM OF YOUTH FFC GIVE US A FOLLOW LIKE THE POSTER REBIRTH TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW GET TEACHERS TO SIGN UP BECAUSE
IT WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP OUT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE AVAILABLE LIKE EARLY AUGUST RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS TO HELP SET UP CLASSROOMS AND THEN MY LAST SOUND ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT WE'RE DOING INTERIM BOARD ELECTIONS SOON AND WE ALSO SENT OUT LIKE APPLICATIONS FOR ESSAY FOR A WHILE BACK. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT AND THEN ALSO LIKE PREPARE AND SET UP THE NEW BOARD AND THE NEW SCC BEFORE WE ALL LEAVE. YEAH AND THEN THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE A BIG SHOUT OUT AND OH THANK YOU AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR LAST MEETING. >> OH ARE YOU DONE? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THING OH THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD WE WANT TO I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING AT COMMISSIONER CRUZ'S GRADUATION CEREMONY AND WE LOCKED EYES ON STAGE. BUT CONGRATULATIONS. BEST OF LUCK. WE HAVE SOME GIFTS FOR YOU AND I'M GOING TO INVITE COMMISSIONERS TO COME OUT FRONT HERE AND WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO WITH STUDENT DELEGATES AND THEN WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY.
I HAVE GIFTS TO I DON'T KNOW WHEN WAS THE GOOD TIME TO GIVE IT. >> I WAS GOING TO HOPEFULLY THEY'RE 20 CAN YOU CAN YOU CAN YOU SHARE FOR VICE CAN YOU SHARE FOR COMMISSIONER WISEMAN AWARD BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING YES PLEASE COMMISSIONER WISEMAN AWARD THESE ARE GRADUATION PHOTOS OF STUDENT DELEGATE MINE WITH NOTES AND THANK YOU CARD SO YOU WILL SEE THAT IN YOUR MAILBOX. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOOD LUCK TO BOTH OF YOU ALL READY? UM MOVING TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT AS FOLKS ARE AWARE, DR. SUE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. >> SHE WISHES SHE COULD BE HERE BUT SHE IS TESTIFYING TOMORROW IN FRONT OF CONGRESS AND THEREFORE IS IN WASHINGTON DC. WE WISH HER THE BEST. WE KNOW THAT SHE WILL REPRESENT THE DISTRICT WELL AND IN HER PLACE WE HAVE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS ACTING SUPERINTENDENT CHRIS MATHENY THIS THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE JUST A BIG NOTE OF GRATITUDE
FOR STAFF FOR STEPPING UP WHILE WE KNOW THAT DR. SUE IS PREPARING IN DC NOW. OKAY MOVING TO ITEM F PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN 24 TO 27 AND RECOMMENDED BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2627 I'M GOING TO DO A QUICK VOICE OVER FOR COMMISSIONERS SO WE'RE AWARE OF JUST THE PROTOCOL FOR THESE AND SUBSEQUENT ITEMS. I'M GOING TO BE CALLING UP THE ALL TOGETHER SO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALONGSIDE THE SUPERINTENDENTS PROPOSAL FOR OUR CAP WE WILL KIND OF TAKE THEM IN ORDER AND THEN WE'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS TOGETHER OR ASK QUESTIONS TOGETHER AS A BODY. >> THEN WE'LL TAKE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSAL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2627 RECOMMENDED BUDGET AS A STANDALONE ITEM UM NOTE THAT THESE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE NOT HERE FOR ACTION SO WE'RE JUST OPENING IT UP FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. WE WILL ENGAGE IN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO
COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS AND THEN COMMISSIONERS IF YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT AT THIS TIME YOU'RE WELCOME TO BUT KNOW THAT YOU WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TIME TO COMMENT AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON JUNE 23RD I'LL DO A SIMILAR STYLE FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF THE CAC AND SO FAR AND THE CHIEF CLERK AND THE BUDGET EXPENDITURE PLAN WILL I WILL CALL BOTH ITEMS THEY WILL BOTH BE PRESENTED AND THEN WE WILL ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION AND QUESTION AFTERWARDS. COMMISSIONERS, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION HERE I WILL REQUEST THAT WE MOVE ACTION ITEMS UP AND REPLACE IT WITH ITEM H. SO WE'LL START WITH ITEM I ACTION ITEMS. TAKE THOSE AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO DISCUSSION ITEMS AND AS I HAVE PREVIOUSLY SHARED I AM VERY MUCH HOPING TO END AT AN APPROPRIATE HOUR AND SO FOR ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING WE WE MAY NEED TO MOVE BUT MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL GET TO THE MAJOR DECISIONS UPDATE PROPOSED TO COMMANDER IN A MOTION BEFORE WE CLOSE TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON PROCESS CALL? OKAY. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH ITEM F PUBLIC HEARING FOR LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN 2427 RECOMMENDED BUDGET I'LL KEEP ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2627 AND ITEM TWO THE SUPER TENNIS PROPOSAL ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE 2427 LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND THE SELF SCHOOL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. FIRST READING WILL START WITH THE AL CAPP ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEN I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA WONG. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS. I JOIN WITH ME OR THE MEMBERS SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR L CAP ADVISORY COMMITTEE AN INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL AND COMMITTED GROUP THAT HAVE SPENT HOURS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN DEVELOPING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING. SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH I KNOW YOU HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU AND IT'S NOT YEAH. SO OUR OBJECTIVES TONIGHT IS TO
SHARE THE WORK OF THE AL CAPP ADVISORY COMMITTEE. BUT BEFORE THEN I'M GOING TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT AND INFORMATION SO THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF WHAT THE L CAP ENTAILS AND HOW WHEN THEY PROVIDE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THERE IS ALSO ALIGNMENT TO YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE EL CAP UPDATE SO THE EL CAP IS A THREE YEAR PLAN. >> WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE 2427 CYCLE THREE YEAR CYCLE AND NEXT YEAR WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PLANNING FOR NEXT THREE YEAR CYCLE IN THE EL CAP THERE ARE GOALS AND ACTIONS AND ALSO ASSOCIATED EXPENDITURE ORDERS AND THERE'S ALSO ANALYSIS AROUND THE METRICS WHAT'S WORKED REALLY WELL, WHAT HASN'T AND OUR PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT THE ANNUAL EL CAP DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE TAKES THE WHOLE YEAR SO WE START IN THE FALL WHEN WE HAVE THE EL CAP APPROVED BY THE CITY AND SITES BEGIN TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THEIR ACTIONS WITHIN THEIR SIPS. THAT'S ALSO ALSO ALIGNED TO THE V GDS AS WELL AS THE EL CAP
IN THE WINTER WE RECEIVE FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THE DASHBOARD UPDATES THAT'S BASED ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND WE USE THAT DATA TO REALLY HELP INFORM WHAT OUR ACTIONS FOR THE YEAR WILL BE. WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL PLANNING SUMMIT IN JANUARY WHERE SCHOOL SITES BEGIN TO LOOK AT THEIR BUDGETS AND PLAN FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND IN THE WINTER. WE ALSO PROVIDE AN EL CAP MID-YEAR REPORT AND THAT'S USING THE DASHBOARD DATA AND ALSO THE EXPENDITURES AND OUR PROGRESS WITH EVERY ACTION WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO THE BOARD IN THE SPRING IS WHEN IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT HAVE MET THAT HAVE PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD ON ALL OF THEIR DIFFERENT DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS GATHERED AND ANALYZED BY THE EL CAPP ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THERE'S ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMITTEE AS WELL THAT'S SHARING THAT
INFORMATION. STAFF SYNTHESIZES ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND PRESENT A DRAFT EL CAP THAT'S A WORKING DOCUMENT AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE BEFORE YOU AS THE FIRST READING OF THE DRAFT EL CAP AND DURING THE SUMMER JUST TO KIND OF CLOSE UP IN THE END DURING THE SUMMER WE'RE GOING TO START PLANNING FOR THE NEXT THREE YEAR CYCLE JUST TO SHARE ON SLIDE SIX THE EL CAP GOALS AND ALIGNMENT. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE GOALS IN THE EL CAP. THE FIRST ONE THE GOAL ONE IS AROUND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. IT'S AROUND LITERACY, MATH AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND THAT DIRECTLY ALIGNED TO OUR OWN VGS OF GOALS ONE THROUGH THREE AND GUARDRAILS THREE GOAL TWO IS TO SERVING THE WHOLE CHILD THAT DIRECTLY ALIGNS TO OUR GUARDRAIL TO GOAL THREE OF THE EL CAP IS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WHICH ALIGNS TO OUR GUARDRAIL ONE AND FIVE GOLD FOUR IS THE UNDERBELLY OF OUR OF THE WORK THAT WE DO TOWARDS ANTI-RACIST CULTURE AND EQUITABLE SUPPORTS AND THAT
IS BASICALLY ALIGNED TO ALL OF OUR GOALS AND ALL OF OUR GUARDRAILS AND GOAL FIVE IS OPERATIONAL COHERENCE. THIS IS DIRECTLY ALIGNED TO GUARDRAIL FOUR WHICH IS REALLY MOST OF IT IS AROUND OUR FACILITIES HUMAN RESOURCES AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS TO GIVE FOLKS A REVIEW OF OUR EL CAP ADVISORY COMMITTEE IT IS COMPOSED OF TEN OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES. EIGHT OF OUR SCHOOLS SAY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES TO STUDENT REPRESENTED LIVES AND ALSO OUR LABOR PARTNERS. ON SLIDE NINE YOU'LL SEE THE THE DELEGATION REPRESENTATIVES THESE ARE ALL OF THE DELEGATES ARE ALL OF THE COMMITTEES THAT HAVE SHARED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU AND THAT WHERE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN ANALYZE THERE IS A LINK AT THE BOTTOM WHERE WE HAVE MAPPED ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ALIGNED TO OUR EL CAP GOALS AND OUR VIEW IS AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE THE MEMBERS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES ONE BY ONE AS THEY SHARE THEIR RECOMMENDATION. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BERNICE CASEY. I AM THE ONE OF THE CRC MEMBERS ON THE EL CAP. ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION WHICH IS STAFFING STABILITY, STRATEGIC RECRUITMENT AND RETAINMENT. BUT ACTUALLY THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS YOU HEARD FROM TODAY ALREADY SAID WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION IS ABOUT WHEN YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN STAFF, DO NOT MAKE CHANGES TO SCHOOL SITES IF YOU'RE NOT CONSULTING THEM. THIS HAPPENED WITH GARFIELD MOSCONI AND TODAY WE HEARD FROM OTHER MISSION BASED SCHOOLS WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT TEACHERS WANT TO TEACH HERE TO RETAIN TEACHERS YOU NEED TO HAVE MORE STAFFING IN H.R. SO THAT WHEN THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS HAPPENING PEOPLE ARE
GETTING CONTACTED RIGHT AWAY. THEY KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE SFI USD YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF HAVING BOTH SMALL AND LARGE SCHOOLS. HI, I'M JESSICA AGNUS SEIU UNION STEWARD AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COORDINATOR AT STARR KING ELEMENTARY. I WANT TO PREFACE MY STATEMENT BY POINTING OUT THAT THE L CAP RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ESSENTIALLY THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FRAMEWORK. ROUGHLY HALF OF SCHOOL SITES IN S.F. USD ARE ALREADY DOING THIS WORK. SO THIS SEEMS HIGHLY REDUNDANT. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS COMMITTED BILLIONS WITH A B OF DOLLARS TO THIS MODEL BECAUSE IT'S A WELL-RESEARCHED AND SUCCESSFUL APPROACH. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE DISTRICT SHOULD ADOPT THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MINDSET INSTEAD OF DOUBLING THE WORK. GIVEN THAT RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO IS ENSURING SUSTAINED SUPPORT OF BELONGING MENTAL HEALTH, WELLNESS AND WHOLE CHILD SUPPORTS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ACTION ONE SUGGESTED ACTION ONE BEHAVIORAL EMOTIONAL AND WELLNESS SUPPORTS
FOR STUDENTS ARE A CRITICAL NEED WHEN STUDENTS ARE DISREGULATED OR IN CRISIS AND THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH ADULTS IN THE BUILDING IT PUTS EVERYONE IN SURVIVAL MODE. IT SETS UP A VICIOUS CYCLE WHERE SCHOOLS CAN'T THRIVE OR MEET THE GOALS LAID OUT FOR THEM WHICH MAKE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FEEL LESS SECURE WHICH LEADS TO PEOPLE LEAVING AND LESS REVENUE FOR THE WORK OR FOR THE SCHOOL. SO MIDDLE SCHOOL WELLNESS CENTERS ARE CRITICAL BUT IF STUDENTS AREN'T GETTING THEIR NEEDS MET IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THEY MAY LEAVE THE SYSTEM BEFORE THEY EVEN GET TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PRESIDENT KIM I REMEMBER YOU STATING THAT THE DATA SHOWS THIS IS AN EXIT POINT FOR OUR FAMILIES BOTH GOING INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IN HIGH SCHOOL. ACTION NUMBER TWO ALL SCHOOL STAFF NEED NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON WELLNESS INCLUDING A FULL TIME NURSE. WHEN CONSIDERING STAFFING MODELS FOR EACH SITE, CONSIDER THERE MAY BE THERE MAY BE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF NEED BASED ON DATA ABOUT STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND ATTENDANCE. NUMBER SIX CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SENSITIVITY TRAINING MUST
BE REQUIRED FOR ALL EDUCATORS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW CULTURE PLAYS A ROLE IN STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND ATTENDANCE. AND FINALLY, YOU KNOW, I WAS ASKING MY SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST AT STAR KING WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF YOU WERE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND YOU JUST KIND OF CHUCKLED BECAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY THINGS BUT THE THING THAT HE HIGHLIGHTED MOST IS TIER TWO SUPPORT WHICH AGAIN LAYS UNDER ACTION ACTION SUGGESTION NINE THANK YOU LEE ASCENSION YAHOO KITCHEN MALIA I HOPE YOU'RE WELL AND HAPPY AND FOR DR. JESSICA MOSHER TAKE PASS KARAOKE TRY THE MOTHER OF THREE GIRLS SIX FOUR AND TWO WHO ATTEND JEFFERSON IN SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC MONTESSORI AND AN ACTIVE INDIAN EDUCATION PACK MEMBER IN RESPONSE TO THE INITIAL ADMISSION OF AMERICAN INDIAN ALASKAN NATIVE STUDENTS IN THIS REPORT I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE SHOULD EXPAND OUR RESOURCES FOR CULTURAL TRAININGS AVAILABLE FOR EXAMPLE IN ADVANCE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AMERICAN INDIAN ALASKAN NATIVE
CULTURAL HERITAGE MONTH IN NOVEMBER. I WOULD RECOMMEND THE DISTRICT INCORPORATE TRAININGS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFICE OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS. ANOTHER RESOURCE AVAILABLE IS THROUGH MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PLANS THAT HAVE TRIBAL REASONS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SUCH TRAININGS. >> ALSO MANAGED CARE PLANS ARE REQUIRED TO REINVEST IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE SO ANY OF THE ACTIONS COULD POTENTIALLY BE FUNDED UNDER THEM AS PART AS LONG AS IT'S NOT A BILLABLE UNDERCOUNT AIM SO IT'S OUTSIDE OF ACCOUNTING BILLING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPLAIN AND SUGGESTED NUMBER THREE ON THIS LIST AT SOME POINT DURING THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS VALID DATA THAT INCORPORATES INDIGENOUS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS SHOULD BE COLLECTED BASED ON THE DATA THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO CONDUCT OUTREACH INTERVENTIONS TO CHANGE THE PROCESS FROM DAMAGE CONTROL TO GETTING AHEAD OF THE PROBLEM. FOR EXAMPLE IN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY EVERY FOSTER CARE CHILD IN THE HEAD START PROGRAM IS REQUIRED TO ENGAGE WITH A THERAPIST. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO EXPAND ON NUMBER SEVEN. THERE IS A NEED TO UNDERSTAND CULTURAL REASONS THAT A STUDENT IS ABSENT A CULTURAL CEREMONY COMING OF AGE, GERMANYS ETC. IN THE ABSENCE OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FAMILY, MISTRUST MAY EXIST. PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO MEET THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT ESPECIALLY THE HIGH TOUCH COMMUNITIES ALREADY MENTIONED TO BUILD TRUST THERE MUST BE CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION THAT FOCUSES ON RELATIONSHIP BUILDING BEYOND AUTOMATED TEXT MESSAGES AND PHONE CALLS INCORPORATE MORE WHO NEED BASED ORGANIZATIONS INTO THE EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND SORRY AND BE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH RESOURCES CHOCOLATES YOU TEXT ME PLEASE CRY. I LIVE IN MY NATIVE TONGUE OF TONGAN THAT IS HELLO MY NAME IS AS EPISODE NOW FOR NOW AND I AM PART OF THE MID TO ADVISORY COUNCIL IN THIS HAVE THE USD TONIGHT I WILL BE PRESENTING ON MY RECOMMENDATION FOR BUILD STAFF CAPACITY ANCHORED IN CULTURAL AWARENESS
AND INCLUSIVE ACTIVITY TO BUILD STAFF CAPACITY THAT IS ROOTED IN CULTURE AWARENESS AND INCLUSIVE ACTIVITIES AS OF USD MUST INVEST IN CULTURE AWARENESS, RESPONSIVENESS AND COMMUNICATION TRAINING AND REQUIRED FOR ALL TEACHERS. THERE ARE MANY RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED FOR EXAMPLE THE SECOND STEP CURRICULUM BUT THEY ARE ENCOURAGED RATHER THAN REQUIRED RESPONSIVE CLASSROOMS SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT A SEASONED INSTRUCTIONAL COACH SAID IT CHANGE HER ENTIRE WAY OF TEACHING. THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PUT TEACHERS THROUGH THE SAME LEVEL OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TRAINING AS WHAT IS WHAT IS NEEDED FOR LITERACY AND MATH. CHILDREN ONLY KNOW THEIR CULTURE. IN MY OWN PACIFIC ISLANDER CULTURE IF A CHILD IS NOT LISTENING OR TO THEIR TEACHER A TEACHER CAN CALL THE PARENTS AND THE PARENTS WILL ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH THE CHILD. THIS IS BECAUSE THE CHILD
VALUES AND WE RESPECT AND LISTEN TO THEIR ELDERS. I RECALL AN INCIDENT WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS A STUDENT AT SFI USD WHERE SHE WAS SUSPENDED AND I HAD TO TAKE HER BACK TO MEET WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND I WAS SITTING IN THE MEETING AND BETWEEN THE PRINCIPAL AND THE VICE PRINCIPAL THEY HAD STATED THAT MY DAUGHTER IS SUCH A SHE'S LOUD AND AND SHE'S ACTIVE BUT IN THIS MEETING SHE WAS VERY QUIET AND SO THEY HAD INTERPRETED THAT AS A AS HER GUILTY THAT YOU KNOW INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. BUT WHAT THEY DON'T DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IN MY CULTURE WHEN A PARENT IS IN A MEETING WITH OTHER ADULT CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS QUIET NOT AS A NOT AS A TO INTERPRETED AS AS GUILTY BUT TO SHOW RESPECT TO OUR ELDER. SO BY ANCHORING STAFF CAPACITY IN CULTURE AWARENESS AND INCLUSIVE ACTIVITY SCHOOLS CAN CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL STUDENTS FEEL VALUED, SUPPORTED AND EMPOWERED TO
SUCCEED BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY. THIS APPROACH NOT ONLY IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES BUT CAN ALSO STRENGTHEN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. THANK YOU. >> IN CLOSING I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE UPCOMING ACTIVITIES FOR THE DRAFT OF THE 2627 EL CAP HAS BEEN POSTED FOR FIRST READING. THE DRAFT IS STILL A WORKING DOCUMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AND OTHER FEEDBACK ARE STILL BEING REVIEWED AND INCORPORATED INTO THE EL CAP UPDATE SO THERE IS A PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL JUNE 16TH WHEN WE ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FORM LINK IS IN BOARD DOCS AND THEN ON JUNE 23RD THE BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION ON THE FIRST ON THE FINAL 2627 EL CAP UPDATE AS ALONG WITH THE EL CAP FEDERAL ADDENDUM AND THE 2627 BUDGET. ON SLIDE 20 I JUST WANTED TO TO TO BASICALLY SHARE THAT WE THAT THROUGH THE MAY REVISE AND THE
BUDGET OFFICE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SHARING MORE OF THIS BUT JUST WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT WE ARE COMMITTING 12.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF. THIS IS NOT YET IN THE BUDGET BUT WE ARE BEGINNING TO ALIGN SOME POTENTIAL STRATEGIC ACTIONS TO OUR EL CAP GOALS AND THIS WILL HELP SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR EL CAP. I WILL LEAVE IT TO THE BUDGET OFFICE TO PROVIDE MORE CONTEXT BUT I'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO GO TO ITEM TWO AND THEN WE WILL ENGAGE IN A DISCUSSION SHORTLY AFTER THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. MOVING TO ITEM TWO SUPERINTENDENTS PROPOSAL ON THE ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE 24 TO 27 LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. FIRST READING. I NOW OPEN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:33 P.M..
WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. AS REMINDER SPEAKERS HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. MR. CHANG ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? THERE ARE NO SPEAKER CARDS. OKAY. CAN I AM IF YOU'RE IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT YOU CAN COME UP AND MAKE A COMMENT RIGHT NOW. THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE A COMMENT NOW. THANK YOU. AND WE PUT A ONE MINUTE TIMER ON PLEASE. THANK YOU. HELLO. HI. I'M I'M ALSO ON THE L CAP AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CAP FOR PRESENTING. THAT WAS AN AMAZING PRESENTATION. GIVE IT UP. IF ONLY YOU WERE ALL THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT WE WOULD HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DISTRICT. BUT YOUR OPPORTUNITY IS NOT GONE THOUGH YOU COULD FOLLOW ALL THESE AMAZING RECOMMENDATIONS ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE STAFFING STABILITY, STRATEGIC RECRUITMENT AND RETAIN IT. THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
THIS IS IMPACTING EVEN MY SCHOOL SITE. WE'RE THREE WE LOST THREE POSITIONS AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE WERE FORCED TO MOVE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST AND WE HAVE MISSED MAINLY A MISSION SCHOOL. AND SO SINCE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST AT 6.5 MILES FROM WHERE MY HOUSE IS IN THE MISSION, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE FOR SOME OTHER FAMILIES AND SO WE'RE BEING HOLD HARMLESS EVEN THOUGH WE SHOULD NOT BE HELD HARMLESS. SO WE LOST THREE STAFF BECAUSE WE HAVE LESS ENROLLMENT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY AGREE WITH THE STAFFING STABILITY. I KNOW I SUPPOSED WE CAN DO WAY BETTER. THIS IS NOT OUR BEST. WE CAN BE EVEN BETTER. PLEASE LISTEN. I'LL KEEP FOLLOW EVERYTHING THEY SAY THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> I'M ON THE L CAP. THANK YOU. THANKS TO THE GROUP. THANK YOU TO ALL VOLUNTEERS. YES, I ACTUALLY I DO HAVE A QUESTION. WE DON'T HAVE ANY ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT CORRECT FOR THIS ITEM BUT WE DO OKAY. ONE MINUTE PLEASE. MS. MARSHALL, PLEASE SPEAK. PLEASE SPEAK. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION FROM THE COUNT. I HOPE THE DISTRICT IMPLEMENTS WHAT THEY HAVE SAID. I ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY LIKE THE IDEA THAT WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT STAFFING AND CULTURE BECAUSE OF CULTURE PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT PART BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT AND CERTAINLY EVERY ETHNIC GROUP ESPECIALLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN THEY DON'T HAVE THE FEEL OF THE TEACHER NOT LIKE THEM. THEY WOULDN'T EVEN TURN IN THEIR HOMEWORK. THEY WOULDN'T EVEN DO THE WORK. SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL IMPLEMENT ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM EL CAP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MS. MARSHALL PARRISH FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL. >> YOU'RE UP NEXT. OKAY, THANKS. GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO FOCUS THIS ON GOAL NUMBER FOUR WHICH IS RACE IS CULTURE AND EQUITABLE SUPPORT AND GUARDRAIL RELATED TO RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND I'LL EMAIL YOU MY FULL PUBLIC COMMENT BUT IN A NUTSHELL WE FEEL THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY AN EQUITABLE INPUT THAT WE ARE NOT SUPPORTING LEADERS OF
COLORS AND STRATEGIC WAYS COACHING, COLLABORATION, OBSERVATION, FEEDBACK ETC. YOU HAVE BUSINESS RIGHT NEXT TO YOU. WHAT WE NEED WORK AROUND HOW CAN SCHOOLS FUNDRAISE VIA THEIR PITAS IN A WAY THAT IS AN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? I'LL SEND MY ENTIRE PUBLIC COMMENT TO YOU ALL BUT PLEASE IMPLEMENT THIS BECAUSE WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE LEADERS OF COLOR AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO THAT. THANK YOU ANY MORE. NO THERE ARE NO MORE PICK YOU UP. TURN IT OVER TO ACTING SUPERINTENDENT CHRIS COMPANY. YES. I JUST WANT TO JUST QUICKLY INTERJECT TO THANK ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND I KNOW STAFF YOU WORK REALLY HARD WITH VOLUNTEERS AND EACH OF YOU REPRESENT SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE, MANY OF WHICH I'VE MET AND I APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN SUPPORT OF OUR STAFF AND OUR DISTRICT AND I JUST DON'T WANT THAT TO GO UNMENTIONED FOR ALL OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND VOLUNTEERS THIS EVENING. YES. SO WE WILL NOW TRANSITION TO
THE BUDGET HEARING AGAIN THIS ITEM IS NOT A VOTE. IT IS A HEARING. THIS THE SECOND READING AND THE VOTE WILL HAPPEN AT THE MEETING ON THE 33RD. CHRISTINA, THANK YOU. WAIT, REALLY SORRY. JUST I'M SORRY CONFIRM BECAUSE I HAVEN'T CLOSED AS PUBLIC HEARING YET. SO SO THAT WAS ALL JUST ONE PRESENTATION FROM OUR FRAUD CAP. CORRECT. OKAY, GREAT. AT THIS TIME IF THERE ARE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WE HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AS A REMINDER THIS IS THERE IS IS CAN WE JUST CLARIFY IS THERE A THERE'S NO STAFF PRESENTATION HERE. >> WE'RE MOVING IT WAS ALL IT WAS ALL ONE. OKAY. I THINK I THINK IT I HAVE AN OPEN UP BUDGET. YEAH. YEAH. SO THIS IS JUST FOR OUR CAPSTONE COMMISSIONERS IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THREE MINUTES EACH PLEASE NOTE THIS IS THE FIRST HEARING SO YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS BOTH IN HORRIFY AND AT THE NEXT
HEARING AND COMMISSIONERS I I, I THOUGHT THAT THE ELK ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL. WHAT I DON'T SEE OR UNDERSTAND IS WHAT IS OUR STAFF STRATEGY AND ALIGNED INVESTMENTS IN THESE AREAS AND HOW THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET. SLIDE 20 MENTIONS $12.5 MILLION WHICH IS VERY LITTLE IN OUR BUDGET WITHOUT ANY SPECIFICS. SO I GUESS I'M WONDERING FROM FROM OUR ACTING SUPERINTENDENT LIKE WHAT'S FOR THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHAT'S THE STRATEGY AND WHAT ARE THE ALIGNED INVESTMENTS. SO WE HAVE FOLKS SPEAK TO THAT . CHRISTINE, IF YOU WANT TO BRING IN I'M SORRY THERE SEEM TO BE A LITTLE CONFUSION SO THANK YOU FOR DOING BOTH PRESENTATIONS AT THE SAME TIME. IF YOU WANT TO BRING ANY OF YOUR ADVISORY FOLKS UP TO HELP YOU ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU'RE WELCOME TO I THINK MY QUESTION JUST TO BE CLEAR WAS NOT FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IT WAS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF AS TO WHAT IS THE STAFF SUPERINTENDENT, WHAT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S STRATEGY TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHAT ARE
THE ALIGNED INVESTMENTS THAT WE THAT WE THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET? THAT'S THE PART I DON'T UNDERSTAND. SO EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE CAP IS BUDGETED FOR EXCEPT THE AUGMENTATION THAT I BELIEVE MS. WONG SPOKE TO WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL $12.5 MILLION BASED ON SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PROCESS SO THAT WE COULD AFFORD TO IMPLEMENT THOSE REQUESTS FOR THIS COMING YEAR. SO LET ME USE AN EXAMPLE. SO RECOMMENDATION ONE IS STAFFING STABILITY STRATEGIC RECRUITMENT AND RETAINMENT. WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY TO DO THAT AND WHAT ARE THE BUDGET ALIGNED BUDGETARY INVESTMENTS? HOW MUCH ARE THEY WHAT ARE THEY BEING SPENT ON ETC. I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE GROUP SPEAK TO THAT. THAT'S THEIR DOCUMENT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'VE WORKED ON ACTIVELY WITH THEM BUT I'M ASKING SO THAT'S THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS ADVISING YOU RIGHT SO I'M OR WHOEVER YOU WANT TO HAVE ASSIST YOU BUT I'M SAYING IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE JOB TO MAKE A BUDGET SO THE CAP IS WRITTEN OUTSIDE OF BUDGET
AND WE REFLECT ANY OF THEIR REQUESTS IN THE BUDGET SO KRISTINA CAN SPEAK TO IT BUT I DON'T ACTUALLY WORK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAP I BUDGET FOR IT AFTERWARDS. I GUESS I'M ASKING YOU IN YOUR CAPACITY AS ACTING SUPERINTENDENT LIKE I'M ASKING WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT STRATEGY IS ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. I'M NOT ASKING FOR YOU AS AS DEPUTY. I'M ASKING YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE SUPERINTENDENT. THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE WHO CAN EXPLAIN THE SUPERINTENDENT STRATEGY FOR IMPLEMENTING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THAT'S OKAY. I JUST I'M CURIOUS. SO LET ME EXPLAIN THE THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE UNDERGOING RIGHT NOW. SO WE RECEIVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE AL CAPP ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND NOW WE'RE BEGINNING TO MAP SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY EMBEDDED IN THE L CAP SOME WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION IN SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE L CAP AND OTHERS MAY COST MORE MONEY .
SO THAT'S THE ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE UNDERGOING RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT READY BY THIS WEEK SO THAT WE CAN SHARE IT BY THE DRAFT AGENDA. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. BUT SO I WOULD SAY THAT MOST OF IT IS ALREADY IN THE L CAP. THERE ARE SOME NUANCES THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ALSO ENHANCE, PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND ALSO AT SOME POINT SOME OF THE ACTIONS IT'S ABOUT PRIORITIZING AND REALLY CLARIFYING HOW WE'RE PROVIDING LIKE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY. HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING THE DIFFERENT FOCAL POPULATIONS THAT WE HAVE AND BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS. YEAH I MEAN ABSOLUTELY BUT I MEAN AND THIS ISN'T YOUR JOB SO I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR MS.. WONG, LIKE YOU YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME. THESE ARE NOT NEW IDEAS. SO SO STAFFING, STABILITY, STRATEGIC COMMITMENT AND RETAINMENT WAS THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION. THE SECOND WAS THE SUSTAINED SUPPORT OF MENTAL HEALTH, WELLNESS AND WHOLE CHILD SUPPORTS INCREASING ACADEMIC INTERVENTION SUPPORT AND BUILDING STAFF CAPACITY AND CULTURAL AWARENESS. THESE ARE ALL THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS. WHAT I'M ASKING IS IS THERE A
STRATEGY WITH ALIGNED INVESTMENTS IN OUR BUDGET? THAT IS BECAUSE IF THE ANSWER IS NO I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THE BUDGET AND THAT ACTUALLY IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD MEMBER AND THE OUTCOME I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AND I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR FIVE YEARS WE'VE BEEN TALK ABOUT THIS AND SO SO IF THERE'S NO STRATEGY WE'RE NEVER GOING TO MEET OUR ACADEMIC GOALS, RIGHT? THIS IS FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT ACHIEVING OUR OUR ACADEMIC GOALS FOR EVERY KID AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS BOARD MEMBERS IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR BUDGET IS A STRATEGIC DOCUMENT THAT ALIGNS RESOURCES WITH PRIORITIES AND SO NONE OF THIS IS NEW. SO THE IDEA THAT WE'RE KIND OF WORKING AND RESPONDING TO THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS IS NOT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WE'RE I'M ASKING I'M ASKING IS DO WE HAVE A STRATEGY AND AGAIN, IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THEN THAT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE BUT I'M GOING TO MY VOTE THEN NOW ON THE L CAP IS GOING TO BE NOW JUST TO BE CLEAR AND STAFF THEN NEED TO GO BACK AND DO WORK IN MY VIEW I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL BUT BUT AGAIN IF THERE'S A STRATEGY THAT I'M
NOT HEARING WITH ALIGNED INVESTMENTS, I'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT I THINK YOU I HAVE MY QUESTIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S, YOU KNOW, ALMOST LIKE MY NOTES ARE THIS IS NOT NEW. I MEAN IN FACT I SAT ON THE L CAP WHEN IT WAS CALLED THE TASK FORCE. YOU KNOW, EIGHT, NINE YEARS AGO AND ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE AS THE JOINT ADVISORY MADE AT THE TIME WAS JUST WE OUTLINED THREE YEARS WORTH OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND HOW THEY WERE ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME AND MADE THAT PRESENTATION AND FRANKLY I FEEL LIKE THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE STILL ARE. MS. WONG I KNOW THAT THIS IS YOU HAVE TAKEN ON THE L CAP IN ADDITION TO ALL YOUR OTHER JOB DUTIES. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MOUNTAIN BENITA AND YOUR STAFF YOU ARE ALL FOR THE MAJORITY VERY NEW RIGHT? AND SO LIKE AND AND YET HERE WE ARE ASKING THE SAME STRATEGIC QUESTIONS YET AGAIN AND IT'S LIKE A SOMEONE USE THE REFERENCE EARLIER OF GROUNDHOG DAY WHEN WE WERE IN A DIFFERENT
PART OF THE MEETING THAT REALLY RESONATES RIGHT NOW SO I AGREE I THINK MY BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IS THAT WE'RE TALKING RIGHT NOW ABOUT ALIGNING THE RESOURCES TO THE THE THE L CAP ADVISORIES RECOMMENDATIONS AS COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER POINTED OUT, THESE AREN'T NEW. THESE SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED TO BUILD THE BUDGET IN THE L CAP FOR YEARS. SO TO TO ADD ON TO COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S QUESTION OF YOU KNOW STRATEGICALLY WHAT RESOURCES WHAT INITIATIVES BUT ALSO MY BIGGER QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENTLY MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HERE IN EXACTLY THE SAME SITUATION WHERE WE'RE WAITING UNTIL MAY TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATION OF IT LIKE HOW ARE WE USING THIS TO STRATEGICALLY BUILD THE BUDGET FROM THE GROUND UP? HOW ARE WE CHANGING OUR BUDGETING PRACTICES NOT JUST WITH L CAP BUT EVERYTHING? THE L CAP IS VERY MUCH ALIGNED TO, YOU KNOW, THE THE BEST PRACTICES GUIDE THAT WE'VE GOT FROM THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS AND STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUS LIKE IF IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME PROCESS RIGHT?
SO LIKE HOW ARE WE SHIFTING OUR PROCESSES NOT JUST AROUND EL CAP BUT AROUND EVERYTHING BUDGETING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR WHAT OUR STAFF IS ASKING FOR YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES IS FRONT AND CENTER IN HOW WE'RE DEVELOPING INITIATIVES, STAFFING AND FUNDING THINGS SO THAT'S A THAT'S A QUESTION BIGGER THAN THE L CAP BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A THEME THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. I OH SORRY I STILL DELEGATES GO AHEAD. >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO EL CAP AND THEIR PRESENTATION BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND I SEE THE STRONG MOTHERS WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK FOR THOSE WHO CAN I SEE THOSE WHO ARE REALLY STRONG LEADERS AND ARE TRYING TO SPEAK UP FOR STUDENTS WHO ACTUALLY REALLY DO NEED THIS HELP. AND I HOPE THAT THE DISTRICT CAN SEE WHAT YOU GUYS YOUR VISION, YOUR POINT OF VIEW BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A SERIOUS MATTER. IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY SENSITIVE FOR MYSELF AS WELL BECAUSE I HAVE A YOUNGER BROTHER AND IT'S REALLY HARD FOR HIM SO I
UNDERSTAND AND THAT THE RESOURCES WE NEED AND YOU WERE VERY STRONG TO SPEAK ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER'S BECAUSE I SEE WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY AND TO CHANGE THINGS AND AS MY LAST I MEAN I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND I HOPE WE GET THIS DONE WITH I HOPE THAT CHANGES ARE BEING MADE. I HOPE AS COMMISSIONER FISHER HAD SAID, WHAT DO WE DO TO CHANGE TO MAKE THIS DIFFERENT? I THINK THAT WE SHOULD JUST START LISTENING TO TEACHERS, TO PARENTS, TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE SAID THIS OVER THE YEARS FOR A LOT OF TIMES THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE AND IMPLEMENTING THIS IN ELEMENTARY IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF STUDENTS STOP GOING TO SCHOOL, A LOT OF KIDS DON'T FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOL. THEY DON'T FEEL THAT CONNECTION WITH THEIR TEACHERS. THEY DON'T FEEL THAT THEY'RE BEING HEARD AND THAT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE HABITS THIS SET BACK AS APPLIED TO THEM ARE REALLY YOUNG BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BEING
LISTENED TO. THEY'RE NOT HAVING THAT EXTRA ATTENTION, THE EXTRA RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I HOPE THAT THE DISTRICT CAN MAKE A FAIR BUDGET TO GET THIS DONE WITH BECAUSE IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FUTURE S IF YOU SEE STUDENTS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY ENROLLED IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN HELP THEM AND GET THE THE EDUCATION THEY DESERVED AND I REALLY WANT I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EL CAP FOR COMMITTING TO THIS OVER THE YEARS AND SEEING THAT THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT MATTER AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THIS FIXED. I HOPE THAT WE CAN ADD DEDICATION AND IT DESERVES BECAUSE IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. >> SO THANK YOU. SIMILARLY I WANT TO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT MELANIE SAID. I THINK SHE SPOKE VERY BEAUTIFULLY AND THOUGHTFULLY ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE PAST YEAR AND THE TERM THAT MEAN THAT MELANIE AND I HAVE SERVED HERE I'VE LEARNED A LOT THROUGHOUT ALL THESE
PRESENTATION. IT'S LIKE IT'S A LOT OF LIKE NEW WORDS AND YOU PROCESS WITHIN YOU LIKE NUMBERS TO LOOK AT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE EL CAP AND TO ALL THE OTHER ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND ALL LIKE EVERYWHERE WHEN I WAS PRESENTED IN THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR FOR ALL OF US NOT ONLY FOR ME TO LEARN MORE OF I KNOW THERE LIKE PEOPLE WATCHING ONLINE FROM THEIR BEDS VERY WARMLY AND THEN I'M SURE THEY'RE LEARNING A LOT TOO AND IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR A STUDENT LIKE ME. I DON'T THINK A LOT OF STUDENTS GENERALLY ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS TYPE OF THING AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. SO I REALLY I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT THIS AND YEAH, I WANT TO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT MELANIE AND COMMISSIONER FISHER AND COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER SAID. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THESE PRESENTATIONS AND I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED AND I THINK IS LIKE A GREAT ALIGNMENT I'M SURE YOU GUYS DID IT ON PURPOSE THE EL CAP AND THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION ON THE SAME
NIGHT AND YEAH THANK YOU AND I REALLY URGE SOME MORE ACTION. SOME MORE WELL ACTION. >> LET'S GET IT GOING. YEAH. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND OR I CAN MOVE TO COMMISSIONER MY MORE COMMISSIONER WISE MORE. THANK YOU. IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO FOLLOW THE STUDENT DELEGATE BUT I WILL TRY. I THINK MY QUESTION IS UM, RELATED TO THE QUESTIONERS THE QUESTIONS THAT UM, MICHELLE ALEXANDER AND FISHER RAISED AS WELL. SO AND IT RELATES TO THE TWO 12.5 MILLION BUDGET DISTRIBUTION AND THE 12.5 MILLION SEEMS TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS STRATEGIC ACTIONS INCLUDING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CAREER PATHWAYS AND GIVEN THE SCALE OF THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDED ACTIONS SUCH AS EXPANDING WELLNESS TEAMS ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE TEACHER COVERAGE FOR ONE ON ONE LITERACY TESTING AND INCREASING FAMILY LIAISONS.
MY QUESTION IS DOES THE 12.5 MILLION FULLY COVER THESE REQUESTS OR IS THERE AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PRIORITIZE A SPECIFIC SUBSET OF THESE ACTIONS AT LEAST FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR? OKAY. WITHIN THE EL CAP THERE'S ALREADY EXPENDITURES FOR WELLNESS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS, FOR COORDINATED CARE TEAMS AND A LOT OF THE ASPECTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO IN THIS THREE YEAR EL CAP THE 12.5 MILLION IS AN ADDITION WELL IT'S IT'S A SET ASIDE THAT WE ARE WANTING TO COMMIT TO BOLSTER SOME OF THE ACTIONS AND GOALS THAT WE HAVE. WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS COULD DO MORE, THAT WE'RE ALWAYS CONTINUOUSLY TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR PRACTICE AND ADD MORE RESOURCES AND THAT'S WHAT'S THE INTENTION. IT'S NOT THE 12.5 MILLION IS NOT INTENDED TO COVER EVERYTHING THAT THE EL CAP ADVISORY COMMITTEE IT'S IT'S TO SUPPLEMENT TO SUPPORT ONGOING
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND BOLSTER WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. >> THANKS. I MAYBE JUST ONE FOLLOW UP I MEAN I GUESS THOUGH BUT DO YOU ANTICIPATE AND UNDERSTAND THIS 12.5 IS IN ADDITION TO AND NOT THAT NOT ANTICIPATING THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO THAT IT COVERS EVERYTHING BUT IS THAT ADDITIONAL 12.5 IS THAT SUFFICIENT TO QUOTE BOLSTER AND COVER WHAT IS LISTED OR WOULD YOU HAVE TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE ONE OVER THE OTHER LIKE IS IT ENOUGH TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE BOLSTERING COMMISSIONER? WE'D HAVE TO QUANTIFY EACH OF THOSE REQUESTS AND THEN ALSO DETERMINE YOU KNOW, TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT IS REALISTIC TO IMPLEMENT AND WHAT THE TIMELINES WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE ITEMS SO THAT WE WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER. BUT THE 12.5 IS INTENDED TO BE A STARTING POINT AND SO LIKE
SHOULD THERE BE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS TO MAKE THEN WE WOULD ADD AT A LATER TIME. SO I AM SORRY COMMISSIONER AND WORD WAS THAT ALL YOUR QUESTION? THAT WAS MY QUESTION. I MEAN MAYBE IT GOES THEN BACK TO THAT THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. I'M NOT YEAH I'LL STOP THIS. I JUST WANT TO ME YOU PICK UP ON THIS HERE OF I THINK THAT IS THE ASK OF THE BOARD IS TO ACTUALLY QUANTIFY SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED BY OUR ADVISORY COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES AND OUR EL CAP TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COST IS OF ADOPTION OF ANY SPECIFIC STRATEGIES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN OUR BUDGET THEN SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT THAT. AND ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM HERE IF WE ARE GOING TO BE STRATEGICALLY ABANDONING CERTAINLY IN CERTAIN INITIATIVES POSITIONS PARTS OF OUR DISTRICT, WHAT ARE THOSE THAT WE ARE STRATEGICALLY ABANDONING AND WHY SO THAT WE CAN BE CLEAR ON ON WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHETHER THAT LIVES IN THE EL CAP OR THAT IT LIVES IN THE BUDGET, WHETHER IT LIVES IN A SEPARATE DOCUMENT THAT EXPLAINS OUR STRATEGY IS TIED
TO OUR GOALS THAT COST OF THOSE STRATEGIES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN FRONT OF OUR BUDGET. I THINK THE REALITY IS IS THAT I WOULD LIKE I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT WE'RE WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT LEVEL OF CLARITY IN HOW WE ARE STRATEGICALLY ALIGNING OUR RESOURCES TO THE GOALS AND THEREFORE THE STRATEGIES THAT WE BELIEVE OR THE SUPERINTENDENT BELIEVES ARE GOING TO LEAD US TO OUR GOALS. >> AND I THINK IT COMMISSIONER FISHER ALLUDED TO THIS BUT I THINK THIS WILL BE THE OVERARCHING THEME OF THE DAY HERE OF WHAT IS THAT RIGHT AND IDEALLY WE HAVE THAT CLEARLY ARTICULATED WITH THEN A BUDGET THAT REFLECTS THOSE PRIORITIES AND THOSE STRATEGIES AND OUR CAP THAT USES THAT SAME LANGUAGE TO ARTICULATE WHAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS AND WHY AND I'M NOT AND SO I JUST WANT TO LIKE DOUBLE CLICK INTO WHAT YOU JUST SAID OF LIKE I THINK THAT IS THE ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE ALLOCATING OUR RESOURCES TOWARDS OUR GOALS. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT REQUIRES A TEAM EFFORT FAR BEYOND JUST THE
FOLKS IN THIS ROOM. AND SO I AGAIN I WANT TO JUST BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS PERHAPS A MOMENT WHERE IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF US AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS SO MAYBE THERE'S AN ALIGNMENT THERE. BUT THIS HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT ASK OF THE BOARD FOR SOME TIME. SO I'M I THINK THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE'RE MISALIGNED A BIT. SO JUST TO HELP CLARIFY AND CHRISTINE, MAYBE YOU COULD ADD SOME COLOR TO THIS. THE FOLKS HERE TONIGHT ARE NOT THE STRATEGY AND THE IMPLEMENTERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE REPORTING OUT AND WHAT THEY'VE COLLECTIVELY GATHERED AND WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE THAT ARE SURFACING, WHICH IS WHAT THE EL CAP IS INTENDED TO EMBODY. CHRISTINA, COULD YOU SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT AND AND FRANKLY BUDGET CAME UP BEFORE THEIR BUDGET PRESENTATION BUT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO FUND WHATEVER IS CALLED OUT IN THIS PRIORITIES BUT YOU COULD YOU SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS THE IMPLEMENTATION WHAT PART EVENT SERVICES IF NOT ALL OF IT IS INVOLVED IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EL CAP PRIORITIES. EVERY PART OF THAT SERVICES IS
PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION SO FOR EXAMPLE IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT I'LL JUST USE AN EXAMPLE AS FOR GOAL ONE RIGHT THAT IS ACTUALLY ALIGNED TO OUR VGS GOAL ONE THROUGH THREE AND ALSO OUR GUARDRAIL THREE IT TALKS ABOUT BASICALLY ENSURING THAT OUR LITTERS WE TRYING TO MEET ARE TOWARDS MEETING OUR LITERACY GOALS OR MATH GOALS COLLEGE AND CAREER AND ALSO PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION THAT EVERY STUDENT DESERVES AND NEEDS. AND SO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WITHIN THE EL CAP WE HAVE AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION WAS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SOME OF THE CHANGES AND SHIFTS THAT WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE IN 2627 AND THEN IN THE ACTION SECTION UNDER EACH ACTION THERE IS AN ACTUAL EXPENDITURE FOR THAT ACTION. NOW IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT SOME OF THE INITIATIVES ARE THERE BUT IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE INITIATIVES THE INITIATIVES THAT WERE ALIGNED TO THE INTERIM GOALS AND GUARDRAILS FOR EXAMPLE WAS ESTABLISHED
IN DECEMBER OF 2025 AND SO THE EL CAP THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING RIGHT NOW WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN THIS SUMMER OF 2025. BUT YET THE EL CAP DOES HAVE ALL OF THE STRUCTURES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AN INITIATIVE. AND SO I THINK THAT AS WE MOVE TOWARDS DEVELOPING A NEW EL CAP IT WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE GUIDANCE FROM THE BOARD AND HAVE SOME OF THAT ALIGNMENT EVEN MORE CRYSTAL CLEAR. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE WE DO HAVE THE GOALS AS THEY ARE. THE ACTIONS CAN BE ADJUSTED BUT THE ACTIONS ARE ACTUALLY QUITE STRONG AND IT REALLY SUPPORTS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR GOALS . AND I WANT TO CLARIFY WE HAVE QUANTIFIED THE GOALS AND ACTIONS. IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVEN'T QUANTIFIED ANYTHING IN THE OUTCOME. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT PIECE IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES OUTSIDE OF THE EL CAP THAT NEED TO BE ADDED INTO THE BUDGET, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND QUANTIFY.
OH YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO AND THEN I'M GOING TO PASS IT AROUND TO OTHER FOLKS HERE. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK I THINK THERE IS THIS MAYBE THE PROPER TERM WOULD BE LIKE A CROSS WALKING EXERCISE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO INTO THE EL CAP, THE BUDGET, THE SPED BUDGET THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW WHEN WE SAY THAT THAT WE WANT TO ILLUMINATE HOW WE ARE INVESTING OUR RESOURCES IN PARTICULAR STRATEGIES I'M SURE THAT STRATEGY SHOWS UP IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE THERE IS AN INTERIM GOAL WHETHER IT'S AN EL CAP, WHETHER IT'S LANGUAGE FOUND IN MY PUEBLO WEST, THE BUDGET AND TAX CODE BUT NEVERTHELESS RIGHT BUT THE QUESTION BECOMES LIKE HOW ARE WE AS A SYSTEM SHIFTING BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO SHIFT? I THINK I TOTALLY IN ABSOLUTE RECOGNIZE THE MONUMENTAL WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO BRINGING THE CAP TO WHERE IT IS TODAY. BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE ASKING
FOR AND WHAT I'VE HEARD CONSISTENTLY FROM OUR BOARD IS WELL WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SO FAR WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY HAD A DEMONSTRABLE IMPACT ON OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES IN THE WAY THAT WE ARE INTENDING TO SEE FOR SOME TIME NOW AND WE NOW HAVE THE DATA TO SHOW FOR THE PAST AT LEAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE NOT BEEN SEEING THE CHANGES THAT WE WANT TO SEE SO SO IN ORDER TO EITHER DOUBLE DOWN ON THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AND THEREFORE INVEST MORE DEEPLY IN THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE ALREADY FOCUSED ON, THAT WOULD BE PERHAPS THE RATIONALE THAT WE WANT TO HEAR OR ARE WE PIVOTING AWAY FROM EXISTING STRATEGIES INTO SOMETHING ELSE AND SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS INSTEAD AND AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO REFLECT THIS IN OUR EL CAP. WE'RE GOING TO REFLECT THIS IN OUR BUDGET BY DOING THIS THING AND AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THAT'S THE GAP I STILL HAVE ALSO MY TIMER SHOULD BE GOING SORRY BUT I THINK I'LL STOP TALKING AT THIS POINT AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK THERE'S IT'S LESS OF A QUESTION BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE
AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT NEAR BAKED PRODUCTS HERE BUT THIS CONTINUES TO BE THE QUESTION I THINK THAT I HAVE AROUND THE WORK THAT WE WERE DOING AS A DISTRICT TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE MOVING STRATEGICALLY AS A SYSTEM THAT I JUST AM NOT SEEING. SO IT'S MORE OF JUST A I'M WONDERING AROUND WHEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S JUST SOMETHING I HAVEN'T YET SEEN. I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER REY AND THEN INTERESTED IN HEARING. >> HI EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS. I KNOW THIS MUST BE A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS LIFT TO EVEN JUST PRESENT WHAT'S HERE GIVEN THE THE LENGTH OF THE EL CAP ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS, ALL THE MOVING PIECES I HAVE I GUESS THREE QUESTIONS SO I'LL JUST LIST THEM AND FOLKS CAN TAKE THEM IN WHATEVER ORDER SEEMS BEST AND AS ACTING SUPERINTENDENT HERE MR. MOUNT BENITEZ MAY MAY BE ABLE TO
SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL. THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO ASK JUST FOR GENERAL REFERENCE AND CONTEXT HERE AND TO HELP FOLKS UNDERSTAND IS FOR A BASIC EXPLANATION ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EL CAP AND OUR BBG PARTICULARLY OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS LIKE WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT RELATIONSHIP AND HOW ARE WE CROSS-REFERENCING OR MERGING THOSE TWO? ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO BE MEETING OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS. MY SECOND QUESTION IS WHETHER THERE IS A USER FRIENDLY WAY TO SHOW THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE TOWARDS OUR GOALS IN THE VARIOUS INTERIM STRATEGIES THAT ARE INTERIM GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE SET FORTH BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF IN ORDER TO MEET OUR ULTIMATE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS. I THINK PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IS THAT THERE'S A FEELING LIKE WE CAN'T IDENTIFY WHAT MONEY IS GOING TO WHAT STRATEGY AND LIKE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF VERY SPECIFIC DETAIL IN THE EL CAP BUT THAT'S INCREDIBLY HARD FOR FOR FOLKS TO WRAP
THEIR HEADS AROUND. I MEAN I READ THE WHOLE EL CAP. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME JUST EVEN TO READ. AND THE THIRD QUESTION IS ALSO JUST TO SET CONTEXT HERE WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF OF THE BOARD SHOULD WE DECIDE TO DO SO? WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE BOARD NOT PASSING A BUDGET BY OUR DEADLINE? AND I HAVE ASKED SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS IN IN MY ADVANCE Q&A BUT I FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT HERE. THANKS. SORRY COMMISSIONER. I JUST REALLY QUICKLY YOU RECEIVED RESPONSES IN THERE WERE INSUFFICIENT AND THEREFORE YOU'RE ASKING FOR MORE CLARITY OR THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DON'T WANT IF YOU I'M I'M JUST TRYING TO SAVE TIME SO WE CAN OF COURSE IF PEOPLE WANT TO READ THE QUESTION THE QUESTION I ASKED YOU DIRECT CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE BOARD DIDN'T PASS A BUDGET. THERE ARE ANSWERS IN THE Q&A ON THAT. I ALWAYS TRY TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT ANGLES OF THINGS SO IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT QUESTION
THAT'S FINE BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A GENERAL SENSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EL CAP AND STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS AND USER FRIENDLY WAY TO SHOW HOW INVESTMENT ARE PUT TOWARD EACH GOAL INCLUDING THE INTERIM GOALS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SETS AND THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE. SORRY. SO THE EL CAP WE ACTUALLY SET THE GOALS IN THE ACCOUNT. WE WE DO HAVE SOME PARAMETERS THAT ARE SET BY THE STATE BUT WE HAVE THE POWER TO BASICALLY SET OUR GOALS AS LONG AS WE ARE FOLLOWING THE STATE PRIORITIES . AND SO WHEN THE GOALS WERE SAID THE VGS WERE ALSO ESTABLISHED AS WELL. SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DIRECTLY ALIGN THE VGS TO THE EL CAP GOALS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF OF KDS REQUIREMENTS. MUCH OF THE EL CAP IS ACTUALLY IN REFERENCE TO THE ONGOING STUDENT OUTCOMES GOVERNANCE AND THE PROGRESS MONITORING THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
SO A LOT OF THE ANALYSIS IS DIRECTLY BORROWED FROM ALL OF THOSE SESSIONS. THE PLAN ACTIVITIES STABLISHED STAFF IS PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT IN BOTH THIS YEAR AND 2627 ARE ALSO INCLUDED AS WELL. SO WE TRY TO ALIGN ALMOST TO EVERYTHING WE COULD BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I MEAN THE EL CAP IS SUPPOSED TO BE REFLECTIVE OF AS OF USD AND ALSO THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED IT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO EVERY DAY SO IT SHOULDN'T BE KIND OF DISTINGUISHED OR THOUGHT OF AS SIMPLY JUST A STATE REQUIREMENT. IT IS THE WAY THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING AND ACHIEVING OUR OWN GOALS AND GUARDRAILS IN RESPONSE TO THIS A SIMPLIFIED WAY OF A USER FRIENDLY WAY TO SHOW THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING PUT TOWARD EACH OF OUR THREE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS LIKE BY THE INTERIM GOALS, THE STRATEGIES LISTED UNDER THOSE. IS THERE A WAY TO DO THAT? WE HAVE ALREADY SAID OR THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE THE MAPPING FOR OUR ACTIONS WE COULD DO A SIMPLIFIED WAY TO SORT OF AT
LEAST GROUP THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS AND THE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE ALIGNED. IT WON'T BE PERFECT BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER ASPECTS TO IT THAT ARE NOT PART OF IT WON'T BE A NEW MAPPING. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IT WILL BE THE SAME MAPPING BUT WE COULD TRY TO CREATE A CHART THAT HAS THAT. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF WITH THAT CAVEAT BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PERFECT MAPPING THING AND I, I FULLY ECHO COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER TO ASSURE FISHER'S COMMENTS. >> I FEEL LIKE WE ARE COLLECTIVELY I THINK A BIT I WAS I WAS SAY FOR MYSELF I WRITE I'M RECOGNIZING COLLECTIVE FRUSTRATION WITH THE BOARD BECAUSE WE HAVE AS A BOARD GIVEN GUIDANCE WE HAVE SET GOALS, WE'VE SET GUARDRAILS . A YEAR AGO THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS CHARGED WITH SETTING HER OWN INTERIM GOALS AND GUARDRAILS THAT SHE WOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR. THAT'S BEFORE THIS BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS EVEN STARTED AND NOW WE ARE AT THE
END OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. AND SO JUST TO TAKE FOR EXAMPLE A RECOMMENDATION TO RELATED TO CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, THE SUPERINTENDENT SET A GOAL TO REDUCE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. WE AS A BOARD HAVE BEEN MONITORING IT. WE'VE SEEN THAT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM HAS GONE UP. IT'S GONE UP COMMENSURATE WITH BUDGET CUTS TO POSITIONS THAT SUPPORT REDUCING CHRONIC ABSENTEE ISM. AND I WILL SAY FOR MYSELF IN LEADERSHIP IN BRIEFINGS WITH OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND IN PUBLIC BOARD MEETINGS, THE BOARD HAS AS TO MY OBSERVATION BEEN ABSOLUTELY CONSISTENT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER STAFF THAT WE WANT TO SEE INVESTMENTS MADE TO SUPPORT REACHING THE GOALS AND GUARDRAILS AND THAT WE WILL YOU KNOW, WE WILL TAKE THE POLITICAL LUMPS POTENTIALLY FOR MAKING CUTS IN AREAS THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE CUT IN ORDER TO REALIGN RESOURCES TO MEET WITH THE GOLDEN GUARDRAILS. SO WE SEE IN RECOMMENDATION TWO THAT REDUCING CHRONIC
ABSENTEEISM IS AN ACTION BUT WHAT WE DON'T SEE IS WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL ACTIONS BEING TAKEN IN THAT ACTION AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AND THE COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS AND ONLY ONE CENTRAL OFFICE POSITION IS IDENTIFIED AND I'M SURE BETTER DATA FROM THE CENTRAL OFFICE WILL HELP BUT THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY WHO CHECKS IN KIDS THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY WHO CALLS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW THE KID CAN GET TO SCHOOL. AND OUR BUDGET IS ACTUALLY MORE IMPACTED BY CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM THAN BY DECLINING ENROLLMENT. SO WE SHOULD BE AND IT IS FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE TO INVEST IN GETTING KIDS IN SCHOOL AND THAT ALSO INVESTS IN THEM ACTUALLY LEARNING AND MEETING OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS AND SO IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO SEE AN EL CAP PRESENTATION WHERE STAFF HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED WE ARE SPENDING X AMOUNT OF MONEY TO DO Y THING TO FOLLOW Z STRATEGY TO REDUCE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. THAT IS WHAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN ASKING FOR IS JUST A CONSISTENT NARRATIVE OF WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENTLY TO INVEST IN OUR SCHOOLS TO GET BETTER OUTCOMES
FOR OUR STUDENTS AND IT'S IT IS ABSENT RIGHT NOW AND MANY OF THE ANSWERS ARE WELL THAT NEEDS TO BE DECIDED BY A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WHO'S NOT HERE. >> THAT'S FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT BUT IT'S OUR JOB I THINK TO HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR HAVING THOSE ANSWERS AND WE ARE NOT GETTING THOSE ANSWERS DESPITE REPEATED CONSISTENT UNANIMOUS PUSHING ON THOSE ISSUES. AND THAT IS WHAT IS FRUSTRATING NOT THE WONDERFUL WORK DONE BY OUR EL CAP VOLUNTEERS BUT I THINK WE'RE COLLECTIVELY ALL GOING TO SEE THAT CHANGE. YEAH I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU VICE PRESIDENT HULING. I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE AND JUST TO REFERENCE HOW MEATY THIS DOCUMENT IS AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO READ LIKE THE THE ACTION ITEMS, THE ANALYSIS THAT TALKS ABOUT GOAL TO STARTS ON PAGE 41 RIGHT? BUT SO ACTION 2.04 IMPROVE ATTENDANCE.
SO OUR THIS IS FROM THE EL CAP OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT DESPITE POSITIVE MOVEMENT FOR SURE IF YOU CAN OKAY SO THE SO WE STATE HERE THE NEED FOR MORE TARGETED SUPPORT REFINING DATA PRACTICES AND EXPANDING MENTORSHIP AND I THINK FOR ME TO FULLY ALIGN RIGHT LIKE WE JUST HAD A WHOLE DATA PRESENTATION ON GUARDRAIL TO WHERE WE TALK YOU KNOW WHERE THE CENTRAL OFFICE ANALYSIS IS THERE WAS WELL WE'VE CUT STAFF THAT'S NOT REPRESENTED ANYWHERE HERE AND SO THAT'S WHERE LIKE MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE ALIGNMENT ACROSS ALL OF OUR BUDGETING DOCUMENTS AND IS GOING TO BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT MAKING SURE THAT OUR MONITORING REPORTS MATCH OUR EL CAP MATCH OR AND WE'RE WE'RE DOING ALL THAT INTERRELATED WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DIFFERENT ANALYSIS IN DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS FRANKLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE WORK WE'RE DOING, IT'S GOT TO BE MUCH MORE ALIGNED. THAT'S ONE MINDED EXAMPLE IN A 132 PAGE DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW,
BUT SO I DON'T MEAN THAT AS A AS A KNOCK ON ANYONE HERE AGAIN YOU'RE ALL DOING BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALIGNMENT COMMISSIONER YEAH I MEAN I, I CAN'T PUT IT BETTER THAN SOME OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS SO I'M NOT GOING TO TRY BUT I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER OUR JOB IS TO NOT PASS THIS IF IT DOESN'T PASS MUSTER AND RIGHT NOW THIS DOES NOT PASS MUSTER IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO POINT OUT GOALS, ACTIVITIES AND THEN HOW THAT'S RELATED TO BUDGET. THE IRONIC THING IS IS ACTUALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT INCLUDED IN THE MATERIALS EFFECTIVE GOAL INITIATIVES, IT ACTUALLY GIVES PRETTY MUCH THE TEMPLATE THAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE. SO LIKE IT'S ALL THERE, YOU KNOW? SO SO IF WHAT I'M HEARING IS THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE THERE IS THIS DOCUMENT IT'S JUST PUT INTO THIS INCREDIBLY DENSE YOU KNOW CLEAR AS MUD KIND OF, YOU KNOW, COMPLIANCE DOCUMENT AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TURNING IT INTO THIS THEN HOPEFULLY THAT SHOULD BE PRETTY EASY. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS IS WHO DOES HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE I DO HEAR A LOT OF
SORT OF THAT'S WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT DOES. THAT'S WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT DOES AND I REALLY HOPE WE CAN CROSSWALK THAT TOGETHER BECAUSE HOPEFULLY I MEAN THAT'S WHAT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. SO I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT EFFECTIVE GOALS INITIATIVES THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS FOR WHAT WHAT'S EXPECTED IT'S ALL THERE. JUST REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS POINT THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ALIGNING DOCUMENTS. I THINK IT IS AS AS COMMISSIONER GUPTA AND THIS OFFICIAL SAID AND IT'S ABOUT UNDERSTANDING ALL OF US UNDERSTANDING THE STRATEGY. RIGHT. SO WHEN WE SAY WHAT'S THE STRATEGY TO TO DEAL WITH CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM EVERY LIKE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ASK ANY PRINCIPAL AND ASK IF YOU AS DE WHAT'S THE STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND THAT PRINCIPAL OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO RATTLE OFF OH, YOU KNOW, MORE OR LESS HERE'S WHAT IT IS 1 OR 2 SENTENCES, RIGHT? >> AND TO KNOW OH YEAH THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT MADE X, Y AND Z INVESTMENTS. THEY'VE HIRED NEW ATTENDANCE LIAISON'S, WHATEVER. I'M MAKING THIS UP RIGHT. AND WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT. WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WE'RE ALL BEHIND IT
AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S WORKING AND IF IT'S NOT WORKING, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE STRATEGY AND IF IT IS WORKING, WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT STRATEGY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. IT'S NOT IT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO BE EXPLAINED THAT SIMPLY AND IF YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT, IT'S NOT A STRATEGY LIKE IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK IN A SYSTEM THIS SIZE UNLESS AND THEN OF COURSE IT NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED BY THESE BY ALL THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND ACTUAL INVESTMENTS. BUT WE ALSO JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE A STRATEGY AROUND ANY OF THESE THINGS. YEAH. BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS I DO WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, OUR TASK FORCE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, CHRISTINA. I KNOW IT TAKES MOUNTAINS TO MOVE TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY SO BY NO MEANS ARE WE SUGGESTING THAT THE ANSWER IS NECESSARILY IN THIS ROOM PER SE. I, I WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE RIGHT FEEDBACK TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE SO THAT WE
ACTUALLY GET THE RESOURCES AND THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW WE ARE ALLOCATING OUR RESOURCES AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS A REFLECTION OF OUR CONTINUED PERSISTENCE THAT IS CULMINATING IN SOME FRUSTRATION NOW THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES SO OVERTLY IN THE FORM OF OUR BUDGET APPROVALS. SO I WILL JUST END THIS AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM BY BY JUST ACKNOWLEDGING I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO ARE WHO ARE NOT IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW THAT WE WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE ARE CONTINUING TO HEAR THIS AND FOLKS WHO WHO ARE I MEAN I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY IT TAKES A LOT OF FOLKS TO KIND OF COME TOGETHER TO DEVELOP A COHERENT STRATEGY ON HOW EXACTLY ALLOCATING OUR RESOURCES ACROSS THE DISTRICT NOT JUST IN TERMS OF DOLLARS BUT IN TERMS OF PEOPLE AND AND BEYOND. SO I DO WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR WORK. CHRISTINA THANK YOU TO THAT CAP TASK FORCE FOR COMING TODAY AND PRESENTING AND WE WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO SO I THINK YOU
WELL THERE THERE WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO THE BUDGET YET SO I KNOW SO DON'T THINK SO SO I WILL THANK YOU IN JUST A SECOND. SO I WILL NOW CLOSE THIS ITEM OR PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:18 P.M. AND MOVE TO ITEM THREE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSAL PROPOSAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627 RECOMMENDED BUDGET. I NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:18 P.M. PROCEEDING AGAIN I'M SORRY BUT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DISMISSED LIKE WE KNOW IT IS THE LAST I NOW OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING. >> JUST KIDDING. STUDENT DELEGATE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR BRILLIANCE APPRECIATE YOU AND WEAR THOSE SWEATSHIRTS PROUDLY SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL ALSO I'M SO SORRY I GOT EMOTIONAL HALFWAY DIDN'T INTEND TO BUT NO IT WAS JUST JUST SOMETHING THAT I CARE A LOT FOR AND SO I DID SOME TEARDROPS THAT COME DOWN I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT EVERYBODY. BUT YES BUT YES THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION IS YOUR STRENGTH AND COMMUNITY AND ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. AND WE ALSO WANT TO ASK IF WE CAN TAKE THESE I BELIEVE YOU
CAN. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH BUT LEAVE THE MEDAL BUDGET CUTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S GOING TO GO UP IN MY DORM. YOU HAVE MY AFRO. OH, THERE'S OH, OKAY. AND IF WE TAKE IT WE STILL STAY HERE. OH, YEAH, YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT? YEAH. THANK THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. OH, YEAH. THERE REALLY ARE JUST MULTIPLE ONES OF YOU. OKAY, GREAT. YOU NEVER LEAVING US. OKAY. OKAY. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627 RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND 9:19 P.M. WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. AS A REMINDER SPEAKERS HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. >> MR. KING ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM? YES I HAVE TWO. WE ARE ON THE BUDGET GRACIE ESTRADA AND AUSTIN QUICK HARTMAN OKAY SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK IN PERSON?
IF YOU COULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF BEFORE SPEAKING YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. YOU PUT THE TIMER ON. THANK YOU. I'LL GO FASTER THAN THAT. MY NAME IS BERNICE CASEY. I'M A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN. ONE WHO JUST GRADUATED FROM US HAVE USED AND BEFORE YOU START THIS PRESENTATION I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO LOOK AT THE 2025 2026 BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DR. SU PUT OUT WHERE SHE STATED THAT SHE TOOK FEEDBACK FROM THE PARENT GROUPS AND THE BUDGET HEARINGS WHICH I ATTENDED THE MAJORITY OF AND NONE OF THOSE COMMENTS NONE OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS WERE IN THE BUDGET WHEN I GLANCED AT IT AGAIN TODAY I DON'T SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I'VE HEARD REPEATEDLY FROM AFRICAN-AMERICAN PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE D BLACK CASEY SO I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER'S COMMENTS. HELLO, I AM JESSICA. I AM A PARENT AT STAR KING AND APTOS. NEXT YEAR I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT SIMILARLY THAT THE BUDGET AND I APPRECIATE A LOT
OF THE COMMENTS MADE THAT THE BUDGET ISN'T NECESSARILY ALIGNED WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THINGS THAT AREN'T NEW AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ASPECT. >> THE STRATEGIES ARE THERE. 68 SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT ARE DOING THAT WORK INDIVIDUALLY SO YOU HAVE A MODEL IT'S ADOPTED, CALIFORNIA'S INVESTED $5 BILLION. THE CITY SET UP THE STUDENT SUCCESS FUND TO DOUBLE DOWN THIS. THESE ARE STRATEGIES THAT WORK . YOU ARE DOING IT IN THE DISTRICT ADOPT IT DISTRICT WIDE AND THEN YOU WON'T BE DOUBLING THE WORK. I AM LOSING MY MIND BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE L CAP RECOMMENDATIONS I'M LIKE THAT'S MY JOB DESCRIPTION. IT SHOULDN'T BE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I'LL INVITE STAFF FOR THE BUDGET PRESENTATION. >> WE HAVE ONE VIRTUAL OH SO SORRY. YES PLEASE. PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HI. THANKS FOR RECOGNIZING ME. I WANT TO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT I'M HEARING AGAIN WHICH IS A LACK OF
STRATEGY AND A LACK OF INNER GRATIAN BETWEEN THE L CAP PLAN AND THE BUDGET WHICH IS THE HEARING THAT YOU ARE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW AND THAT IS SUPER FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH STAFF TRANSITION SITES HAVE HAD TO SACRIFICE FTE TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THIS VISION AND THEY'RE LOSING OUT WHILE WE'RE KIND OF DISPLACING THINGS ON OTHER FOLKS. SO I THINK YOU ALL NEED A VOTE THE BUDGET DOWN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ALIGNMENT AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY NOT SYSTEM COHERENCE YET DESPITE ALL OF THE TALENT IN THE CABINET. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR VIRTUAL THANK YOU. >> NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF NIKUJAGA JAYARAMAN I'M ASSISTANT SUPERINTEND SLASH HEAD FINANCIAL OFFICER AND I'LL BE REVIEWING THE 2627 RECOMMENDED BUDGET. SO NEXT SLIDE CHRIS OKAY SO AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PRESENTATION WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE BUDGET TIMELINE, THE ASSUMPTIONS OF MAJOR UPDATES.
I'LL QUICKLY REVIEW THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND MULTIYEAR PROJECTIONS AND THEN GO OVER THE NEXT STEPS AT THE END. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE BUDGET FITS IN OUR SHORT TERM METRICS. >> NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET TIMELINE. WE HAVE BUDGET ADOPTION AND COMING UP IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR WE ALSO HAVE THE STATE ENACTED BUDGET WHICH I'LL BE EXPLAINING IN A FEW MINUTES BASICALLY AFTER THE BUDGET GETS ADOPTED AND THEN WE GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THE STATE FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR AND WE NEED TO UPDATE THE BUDGET BASED ON THAT INFORMATION AT THAT TIME. CHRIS NEXT SLIDE. SO THESE ARE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR OUR BUDGET AND WE'VE ALIGNED FUNDS TO ACHIEVE DISTRICT GOALS IN THIRD GRADE LITERACY, EIGHTH GRADE MATH COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, REMOTE LEARNING STAFFING WITH ENROLLMENT. >> WE HAVE OTHER PRINCIPALS
UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND BUDGETING WITH EQUITY INVESTING IN OUR WORKFORCE WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY CLOSED TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH ALL OF OUR BARGAINING MEMBERS OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND LASTLY WE ARE WORKING ON PROJECTING FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR OUR DISTRICT. NEXT SLIDE. >> SO I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE FISCAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE THIS YEAR. WE'VE IDENTIFIED SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCIES THAT HAVE RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN OUR DISTRICT'S UNASSIGNED UNRESTRICTED ENDING BALANCE. SO SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES TOUCH ON STRATEGIC BUDGETING OF BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES TO REDUCE THE YEAR AND BUDGET TO OUR SCHOOLS VARIANCE. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE'VE COACHED OUR STAFF TO USE INDUSTRY STANDARD TOOLS SUCH AS THE LCF CALCULATOR AND OTHER TOOLS SUCH AS THE FAKE MAP PROJECTION PRO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROJECTIONS ARE MORE ACCURATE, THAT WE DON'T SEE A HUGE VARIANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE'VE ALSO MADE SURE TO ALIGN OUR STAFFING THE WAY WE COST OUR POSITIONS ALIGNING SALARY
AND BENEFIT COSTS TO ACTUAL EXPENDITURES. WE'VE ALSO MAXIMIZED THE USE OF RESTRICTED FUNDING WHERE POSSIBLE. SO IN PREVIOUS YEARS THERE WERE POSITIONS ADDED TO THE BUDGET WITH LITTLE EVALUATION. SO WHETHER THEY COULD BE BUDGETED UNDER OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS WE'VE ALSO REDUCED RELIANCE ON CONTRACTS. WE'VE REDUCED THE CONTRACT BUDGET IN ORDER TO HELP PAY FOR OUR TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS. AND LASTLY WE'VE IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES TO ALIGN POSITIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND DISTRICT FUNDS. >> THANK YOU. SO HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED AT THE MAY REVISION AND HOW THAT INFORMS OUR BUDGET. SO FIRST OF ALL THE MAY REVISE FUNDS THE STATUTORY 2.87% COLA IT ALSO FUNDS SOMETHING KNOWN AS A SUPER COLA AT 4.31% AND THE STATE HAS SAID THAT THIS I'M SORRY FORGIVE ME THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID THAT THE SUPER COOL IS INTENDED TO HELP FUND A MANDATE FOR PAID PREGNANCY LEAVE OF UP TO 14
WEEKS. THE MAY REVISE ALSO PROVIDES ONE TIME FUNDING FOR THE STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE IN JUNE 2029 AND THIS RESULTED IN AN ADDITIONAL 32,000,000 IN 1 TIME FUNDS FOR OUR DISTRICTS. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE ALSO RECEIVING AN INCREASE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING. >> THE BASE RATE WILL BE INCREASED TO MORE THAN 1300 PER ADA AND THIS TRANSLATES TO AN ADDITIONAL 15 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR OUR DISTRICT. OKAY. SO ONE THING WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE MAY REVISION IS PROVIDING US WITH GOOD NEWS BUT IT IS NOT FINAL, RIGHT? THE FINAL INFORMATION COMES OF THE STATE ENACT A BUDGET. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE LEGISLATURE GOES BACK AND REVIEWS THE MAY REVISE THEY SEND THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE GOVERNOR ENACTS THE FINAL BUDGET IN JULY . SO EVEN THOUGH WE DO USE THE INFORMATION FOR THE MAY REVISED AND FORMER 2627 BUDGET THERE MAY BE CHANGES AGAIN OVER THE SUMMER. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AMOUNTS
CAN CHANGE AND ALSO THAT THE ALLOWABLE USES FOR FUNDS CAN CHANGE. SO FOR EXAMPLE THE STUDENT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CAN BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE EVEN THOUGH IT IS ONE TIME. HOWEVER, THE LEGISLATURE COULD COME BACK AND IMPOSE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON THOSE FUNDS. WE HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE AND KNOW WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE AND WE ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE'S A 10% RESERVE CAP IN EFFECT FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 THAT COULD HYPOTHETICALLY CHANGE AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. LASTLY AND WE'LL GET INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THIS FEDERAL FUNDS ARE ALSO AT RISK OF REDUCTION AND CONSOLIDATION NEXT SLIDE. >> SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROPOSAL THAT WAS RELEASED IN APRIL. SO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS IDENTIFIED CERTAIN FEDERAL GRANTS THAT COULD BE ELIMINATED OR CONSOLIDATED. >> THEY'VE STATED THAT THEY PLAN TO INCREASE IDA STATE GRANTS AND ALSO MAINTAIN THAT TITLE ONE. BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER
GRANTS THAT SVOD BENEFITS FROM SUCH AS TITLE TO TITLE THREE, TITLE FOUR FOR FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS MIGRANT EDUCATION. AND THE SUM OF ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS IS APPROXIMATELY 12.2 MILLION. FOR CONTEXT, THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY RECEIVES 48 MILLION IN FEDERAL REVENUES SO 12.2 MILLION IS THE ESTIMATE OF ONLY THOSE FEDERAL REVENUES THAT COULD BE AT STAKE. SO WE WON'T KNOW UNFORTUNATELY THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STARTS OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 SO WE WILL TRULY KNOW THE FULL IMPACT OF THESE PROPOSALS UNTIL SEPTEMBER. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE DISTRICT'S 10% RESERVE CAP THIS GOES INTO EFFECT FOR 2627 AND THE IMPACT OF THIS IS THAT THE UNASSIGNED UNAPPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE AND FUND 17 CANNOT EXCEED 10% OF THE DISTRICT'S TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. WE DO INTEND TO MEET THE
RESERVE CAP REQUIREMENT FOR THE 2627 BUDGET FOR THE BUDGET THAT'S SET UP AS NEXT SLIDE. >> OKAY. SO HERE ARE SEVEN COMMITMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED AS A AS A RESULT OF THE REVISED SOME NUMBER WHAT THE MAY REVISE SAID THAT WE HAVE TO FUND PAID PREGNANCY LEAVE FOR UP TO 14 WEEKS. THAT IS A COMMITMENT THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING AT THIS TIME TO FULLY FUND THAT MANDATE. SO SECONDLY ALSO BECAUSE WE JUST RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POSSIBLY WITHHOLDING OR CONSOLIDATED OWING TITLE TO TITLE THREE, TITLE FOUR AS WELL AS MIGRANT EDUCATION. WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING A COMMITMENT OF 12.2 MILLION TO PROTECT AGAINST UNDER ANY FEDERAL FUNDING RACE THAT IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAFF THAT ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED BY THOSE PROGRAMS. AND LASTLY, AS A RESULT OF THE
MAY REVISE, WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT WE COMMIT 12.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND THESE STRATEGIES ARE TO INCLUDE TO REDUCE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR OUR FOCUS STUDENT POPULATIONS, OUR TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF EDUCATORS AND IMPLEMENTING CAREER PATHWAYS FOR POTENTIAL SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MY MULTILINGUAL TEACHERS. THIS IS A SLIDE THAT SHOWS OUR ENROLLMENT FORECASTS. WE ARE PROJECTING A LOSS OF ABOUT 500 STUDENTS PER YEAR ANNUALLY AND THIS IS BASED ON THIS IS AFTER CONSULTING WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHER AND OUR DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ESTIMATES FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO . NEXT SLIDE HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE INCORPORATED IN OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR FORECAST. >> NEXT SLIDE AND I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY CLOSE OUR TENTATIVE BARGAIN OR TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH OUR BARGAINING
UNIONS THESE ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE THOSE ARE THE RAISES THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING AS WELL AS FULL HEALTH CARE FOR OUR US PARTNERS. >> NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE STAFFING MODEL. THE STAFFING MODEL HELPS DIRECTLY INFORMS THE BUDGETS AND WE DO MAKE SURE THAT CLASSROOMS ARE STAFFED ACCORDING TO OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND ANY LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. WE ALSO LEARN AFTER ALLOCATIONS TO PROJECTED ENROLLMENT UNDER THIS MODEL WE ALSO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO MAXIMIZE EFFICIENT USE OF RESTRICTED FUNDS. AND LASTLY SOME SCHOOLS RECEIVE ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS BASED ON SIZE SCHOOL LEVEL PROGRAM NEED AS WELL AS THEIR UP PERCENTAGE . NEXT SLIDE. OKAY SO NOW WE'RE QUICKLY REVIEW THE FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE NEXT TWO
YEARS. >> SO THE ADOPTED BUDGET DOESN'T HAVE A CERTIFICATION. THE STATE DOES NOT ASSIGN CERTIFICATIONS TO BUDGET ADOPTION BUT IF IT DID THE DISTRICT WOULD BE ABLE TO CERTIFY AS POSITIVE. SO THE ADOPTED BUDGET SHOWS A POSITIVE FUNDING BALANCE FOR THE CURRENT FOR THE 2627 YEAR AND THE SUBSEQUENT TWO FISCAL YEARS WHICH MEANS THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS FOR BASICALLY THE NEXT THREE YEARS 26, 27, 28, 27, 28 AND 2029. >> AND WE DO ANTICIPATE TO BE ABLE TO CERTIFY AS POSITIVE AT FIRST INTERIM AND AT THIS TIME NO FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND FOR 2627 LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN 2526. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT THE TEAM DID. YOU KNOW BIG THINGS TO JENNIFER SCHUSTER AND MY GOODNESS
AND OUR TEAM THEY REALLY DID A LOT OF WORK TO CLEAN UP THIS BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT OVER BUDGETING, THAT WE'RE TIGHTENING OUR POSITIONS AND NON-LABOR COSTS ACCORDING TO ACTUAL SPENDING. SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THAT IN 2526 THERE'S STILL AN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT OF ABOUT 100 MORE THAN 230 MILLION BUT IN 2627 THAT OFFSET GOES DOWN TO 1.2 MILLION. SOME OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE GOOD NEWS OF THE MAY REVISE AND SOME OF THAT IS ALSO BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO DO IN ORDER TO BRING DOWN UNNECESSARY NON-LABOR COSTS AS WELL AS ANY OVERINFLATED BUDGETING FOR POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT FILLED. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROJECTION FOR THE NEXT YEAR. IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO WIPING OUT THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT BY YOUR TWO BY YOUR THREE. WE'RE PROJECTING A SMALL DEFICIT OF 26 MILLION. HOWEVER, OUR UNDEVELOPED FUND BALANCE WILL STILL BE POSITIVE.
WE'RE STILL PROJECTING TO HAVE AT LEAST 63 MILLION TOTAL IN OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE AND THIS IS EVEN WITH IMPLEMENTING ALL OF THE SALARY AND HEALTH CARE AGREEMENTS BASED ON OUR TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH OUR PARTNERS. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO IN THIS NEXT SLIDE THIS IS ALSO AN OVERVIEW OF OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S A VERY MINOR DEFICIT INTRODUCED 637 THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE PROJECTING TO FULLY SPEND THE REVENUES THAT WE RECEIVE FOR YOU KNOW, IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOU KNOW, TODAY'S DOLLARS FOR TODAY'S KIDS. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEND MONEY BASED ON THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE NOW. >> SO WE DO PLAN TO FULLY EXECUTE THE RESTRICTED BUDGET. >> THERE WILL STILL BE AN ENDING BALANCE AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A BIG BEGINNING BALANCE. >> SO THEN IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE DEFICIT WILL COME BACK. THAT'S BECAUSE OF HEALTH CARE. HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL PROJECTING
A POSITIVE ENDING FUND BALANCE IN THE THIRD YEAR SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR US. >> OKAY. I'M SORRY CAN YOU GO BACK CHRIS? I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE MORE THING. THE THIRD YEAR ANTICIPATES THAT Q TO WILL BE RENEWED. SO OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL CHANGE HYPOTHETICALLY IF THE PARCEL TAX IS NOT RENEWED IN 2028, THAT 2029 NUMBER WILL LOOK VERY DIFFERENT I THINK AND THIS IS THESE ARE THE SLIDES FOR THE COUNTY. >> NEXT SLIDE I THINK WE CAN GO THROUGH THESE BECAUSE OF TIMING. GO AHEAD, CHRIS. YEAH, KEEP GOING. OKAY. >> NEXT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF OUR OTHER OPERATING FUNDS. OKAY. THANK YOU, CHRIS. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION ALREADY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR COMMISSIONERS FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I WILL JUST REMIND FOLKS I THINK WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION IN THE LAST
CONVERSATION A MUCH OF WHICH CAN APPLY FOR THIS RELATED CONVERSATION AROUND OUR BUDGET . SO I ENCOURAGE US TO EITHER ASK DIFFERENT ONES OR CONTINUE TO BRING UP DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND THAT BEING SAID OPEN IT UP OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WE ARE READY TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS. YEAH WE HAVE OH YEAH WE DO HAVE CDE HERE. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE WE GO INTO QUESTIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONER. I DID JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU THAT CDE DOES COMMEND THE DISTRICT FOR ALL THE WORK IT'S DONE ON THE POSITIVE MOVEMENT ON THE BUDGET, ON ITS FINANCIAL STATUS. YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION THAN YOU WERE WHEN CDE FIRST CAME INTO PLACE AND WITH THE STAFF YOU KNOW AND YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER BETWEEN MAXIMIZING YOUR RESTRICTED RESOURCES, CLOSING SOME VACANCIES, ADHERING TO THE STAFFING MODEL AND REDUCING OVERALL EXPENDITURES, YOU REALLY HAVE POSITIONED YOURSELF AS LIKE NEW WERE SAID TO HAVE A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION WITH YOUR FIRST IN A REPORT IN DECEMBER WHICH IS GREAT NEWS
FOR THE DISTRICT. HOWEVER AS YOU ALSO SAID THE BUDGET IS BASED ON THE MAY REVISED PROPOSALS AND WE COULD SEE THAT CHANGE BEFORE THE GOVERNOR SIGNS IN THE END OF JUNE. >> SO WE DIDN'T EXPECT SOME OF THESE REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS. >> SO YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN IT IS FINALLY APPROVED IN ADDITION ,THE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS OF FOUR TWO YEARS OUT. WE'RE ASSUMING THERE'S A CERTAIN COLA THAT MIGHT NOT COME TO FRUITION. SO WE JUST URGE YOU TO BECAUSE ISSUES WITH YOUR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AS YOU CONTINUE TO MITIGATE DECLINING ENROLLMENT INCREASE COST FISCAL AND INSECURITIES UNCERTAINTIES AND THAT DEFICIT SPENDING IN THE THIRD YEAR BUT WE DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT STAFF ON ALL THE HARD WORK AND EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS BUDGET. WE THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB AND I THINK ELIOT MIGHT WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. I'M SO YEAH I'M JUST WANT TO GET EVERYTHING I WANT TO THANK YOU. YOU HEAR ME?
YES. YES. OKAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU I WANT TO THANK MR. MONTH AND YOU AND HIS TEAM FOR REALLY PULLING TOGETHER A BUDGET THAT DOES BALANCE. I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL. I THINK WITH TEN INCHES TO EXPLAIN THIS VERY ALSO A VERY CRITICAL AND YOU KNOW AS WE LOOKED AT IT WE DID SEE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE BUDGET AND THE L CAP SO IN AND CDE WILL ALSO BE REVIEWING THAT THE TYPICALLY REVIEW BOTH TOGETHER SO I YOU KNOW AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND DON'T SPEND MORE THAN YOU HAVE THANK YOU AND MUCH GRATITUDE TO CDE FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IF YOU WILL GETTING US HERE TODAY. UM OKAY SO AGAIN AS A REMINDER TO COMMISSIONERS PLEASE I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE COMMENTS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE CONVERSATION WE HAD BEFORE. I WILL BOTTLE THIS BY KICKING US OFF WHAT I WOULD I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR TWO RESOURCES PROVIDED TO US BY THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS THAT I ASKED TO BE ATTACHED TO
THIS ITEM. THAT ONE IS A DOCUMENT CALLED EFFECTIVE BUDGET ALIGNMENT THE SECOND IS ONE CALLED EFFECTIVE GOALS INITIATIVES THE EFFECTIVE BUDGET ALIGNMENT DOCUMENT. I APPRECIATE JUST THE CONCISENESS OF OF WHAT IS INTENDED HERE AND AND I WANT TO JUST LIFT UP A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT I THINK ARE INCUMBENT UPON THE BOARD TO CONTINUE TO ASK AROUND DOES ACCOMPLISHING THE GOALS APPEAR TO BE THE FOCUS IN THE BUDGET? IS THERE A CLEAR FRAMEWORK AROUND WHICH THE BUDGET HAS BEEN CRAFTED WHERE AND HOW THE BUDGET PRIORITIZES IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION IN THE AREAS OF OUR GOALS? WHERE AND HOW DOES THE BUDGET PRIORITIZE IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION IN THE AREAS OF OUR GOALS? IS THERE A LOGIC MODEL FLOW FROM THE OUTCOMES TO INPUTS TO OUTPUTS TO INPUTS? WHAT EVIDENCE IS THE SUPERINTENDENT RELYING ON TO SUGGEST THERE IS ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE GOALS AND THE BUDGET AND SO ON AND SO FORTH? IT ALSO ASK DOES THE BUDGET DEMONSTRATE RETURNS ON INVESTMENT MEASURES USING COST
PER STUDENT OR SOMETHING SIMILAR? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY I THINK ASK THE STRATEGIC QUESTIONS AROUND WHICH NEW STRATEGIES ARE BEING ADDED, WHICH STRATEGIES ARE BEING CONTINUED INCREASE, DECREASE OR BANDED AND IT IS A RED FLAG IF THERE ARE NO ITEMS IDENTIFIED FOR STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT AND THEN BUDGET ADOPTION PART THREE THE SUPERINTENDENT NEEDS TO CONVINCE THE BOARD THAT THIS IS INDEED THE FIRST PRIORITY OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE AND THAT THE BUDGET ACCOMPLISHES THIS WHILE HONORING THE GUARDRAILS. TO BE CLEAR, IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENTS JOB TO CONVINCE THE BOARD IT IS NOT THE BOARD'S JOB TO BE EASILY CONVINCED. I SHARE THAT BECAUSE I CANNOT UNDERSCORE ENOUGH AND I AND I KNOW THAT THE TERM SUPERINTENDENT IS ALL OVER THIS I RECOGNIZE THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE FINANCE TEAM HAS DONE TO BRING US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND IN MANY WAYS THIS IS NOT EVEN FEEDBACK NECESSARILY AROUND HOW WE ARE PRESENTING EVEN OUR SACS REPORT OR THE PRESENTATION TO THE STATE AROUND OUR WORK. I THINK THIS MERELY IS NOT
MERELY THIS IS FOUNDATIONALLY A QUESTION OF WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND HOW WE'RE FUNDING THEM AND AND AND I EXPLICITLY ASKED TO ATTACH THIS DOCUMENTS BECAUSE I THINK ON THE SECOND DOCUMENT EFFECTIVE GOALS INITIATIVES IT EVEN PROVIDES AN EXAMPLE I KNOW COMMISSIONER GUPTA ALLUDED TO THIS ON SLIDE 17 OF JUST WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND INITIATIVES FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THIS MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE SOMETHING THAT IS GIVEN TO US IN A BUDGET PRESENTATION AT THIRD AT BUDGET ADOPTION BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERNALIZE HOW WE ARE USING OUR RESOURCES APPROPRIATELY AND ALIGN TO OUR GOALS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO USE MY TIME TO CONTINUE TO ILLUMINATE KIND OF WHERE THESE QUESTIONS ARE COMING FROM, WHERE THE PUSHES ARE COMING FROM THE BOARD BECAUSE THIS IS GENUINELY WHERE THE BOARD IS INTENDING TO BRING OUR DISTRICT TOWARDS AND WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF THOSE STRATEGIC SHIFTS IT'S HARD TO SEE HOW WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN THAT IN THOSE AREAS. SO I JUST WANTED TO NAME THAT
COMMISSIONER RAY AT THE MOMENT I JUST WANT TO ASK A GENERAL QUESTION FOR MR. ROBIN. HE DOES AND AND FOLKS HERE FROM STAFF AND AGAIN I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. >> I KNOW IT IS A HUGE, HUGE LIFT WITH REGARD TO THE DOCUMENTS THAT THAT WERE ATTACHED AND THAT PRESIDENT KIM WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE FOR YOU STAFF ETC. TO PUT TOGETHER ANSWERS TO US FOR THOSE KEY QUESTIONS IN THOSE DOCUMENTS? IT WOULD REALLY HELP US TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE STRATEGIES ARE, WHAT'S BEING ABANDONED, WHAT'S NOT BEING ABANDONED, WHAT WE'RE DOUBLING DOWN ON, YOU KNOW, AND AND WHAT RESOURCES ARE BEING ALLOCATED IN THAT RESPECT. SO LIKE THIS SORT OF AN EXTENSION OF THE QUESTION I WAS ASKING ABOUT CAN YOU IDENTIFY A USER FRIENDLY WAY OF SHOWING US THAT INFORMATION? CAN YOU USE THESE DOCUMENTS TO AND PROVIDE US WITH A SET OF ANSWERS? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH THE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY DO THE IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL AS THE BUDGET TEAM TOMORROW. I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'VE SEEN
THIS DOCUMENT IN PARTICULAR BEFORE. I HAVEN'T AND ASKED THEM IF THEY CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE COMMISSIONERS. HOWEVER THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE DIRECTION PREVIOUSLY AND REMEMBER WHEN WE'RE DOING BUDGET IT'S A IT'S A IT'S TECHNICAL WORK AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY NOT APPROVING THE PRESENTATION FROM TONIGHT. YOU'RE ACTUALLY APPROVING THE SIX FORMS WHICH I'VE TRIED TO REMIND THE COMMISSIONERS OF AND IT'S A TECHNICAL APPROVAL OF ARE ALL THE BOOKS ALIGNED REALLY THAT'S WHAT THE BUDGET IS ABOUT ALL OF THE STRATEGY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION THE TOOL WE USE IS THE EL CAP WHICH IS WHAT WAS DISCUSSED TONIGHT. BUT WHAT I CONTINUE TO HEAR AND I KNOW I'VE HEARD IT FROM COMMISSIONERS BEFORE RIGHT WHERE IS THE STRATEGY DOCUMENT AND CAN IT BE CROSSWALK I THINK IT CAN. I APPRECIATE BEING GIVEN A FORM AND I CAN CERTAINLY PULL THE SEVEN LEADERS OF HAD SERVICES THAT DO THE IMPLEMENTATION TOGETHER WITH THE BUDGET FOLKS TO SEE IF THEY CAN CREATE A MAP HOWEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VERY VERY LITTLE TIME TO BE ABLE TO TO DO ANY OF THAT ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORK THAT'S
ALREADY ON STAFF'S PLATES. BUT I WILL CERTAINLY MAKE THE EFFORT USING THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU PROVIDED WITH STAFF AND WILL ASK CHRISTINA TO RALLY THE SERVICES LEADS THAT TO DO THAT WORK. >> COMMISSIONER IF I CAN JUST QUICKLY NAME SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU KNOW I WILL JUST I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS ACTUALLY ON THE CALL RIGHT NOW. I THINK PART OF THIS WORK HAS HAS BEEN ASKED OF BOTH BY OURSELVES AND A.J., I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WELL, I GUESS I DON'T EVEN KNOW I THINK ARE YOU ON THE CALL? YES. OKAY, GREAT. JUST TO CONFIRM BECAUSE I DO WANT TO IF THERE ARE AREAS IN WHICH THERE IS GAPS IN COMMUNICATIONS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THAT. HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY I MEAN I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT RATHER YOU DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH STAFF APPROPRIATELY TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF INTERNALIZE THESE MATERIALS AND BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THEM TO THE BEST OF
THEIR EXTENT. YES. I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER CABINET TO GO OVER THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S LABELED EFFECTIVE GOAL INITIATIVES AND THAT DESCRIBES ONE STRATEGY THAT THE STAFF COULD USE FOR DEMONSTRATING ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENTS AND THE BOARD ADOPTED GOALS. THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST AFFIRM YOU KNOW, TO A.J TO THE STAFF HERE IF ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PARTNER AS BOARD LEADERSHIP OR AS A BOARD AS A WHOLE TO ENSURE THAT WE TRY TO BETTER INTERNALIZE THIS INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT ALIGNS TO OUR STUDENT FOCUSED GOVERNANCE WORK. WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PARTNER. SORRY COMMISSIONER MADE HIM INTERRUPT. THANK YOU FOR THAT TIME. THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. I'LL HOLD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR OTHER FOLKS NOT A QUESTION BUT JUST AN APPRECIATION. WE HAVE A NEW DEPUTY
SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS BUDGET SERVICES. WE HAVE A NEW CFO. WE HAVE A NEW POSITION CONTROL CHRISTINA YOU'RE COVERING EL CAP. YOU KNOW AND I MISSED I'D MISS I GIVE YOU THE WRONG TITLE. I'M SORRY. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A RAZOR A PROMOTION BUT IT WAS IN THE TITLE. OKAY. OKAY. >> OR ANYWAY ALL RIGHT, SO BUT I DO REALLY JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE LIKE THE THE HUGE TURNAROUND THIS IS FOR US FROM A FISCAL OUT OUTLOOK AND YOU KNOW AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE HARD WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO INVEST IN GOOD TOOLS THAT GET US TO THIS POINT. AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HARD WORK AND AND MOVING US FORWARD. WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT SO I WILL JUST STOP THERE BECAUSE I HAVE PLENTY HARD QUESTIONS FOR YOU COMING UP. >> SO THANK YOU. I'LL ECHO THAT PRAISE AROUND THE BUDGET SYSTEMS. I MEAN EVEN THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT ON THE ASSUMPTIONS WAS
SUPER DETAILED AND SO THAT WORK HAS BEEN REALLY EXEMPLARY. I THINK AGAIN THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS MORE AROUND THE STRATEGY AND THE ALIGNMENT WHICH MAY NOT EVEN BE YOUR TEAM'S WORK. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ORGANIZE IT INTERNALLY BUT THAT'S NOT BUT BUT AGAIN WE WHAT WE NEED TO STOP DOING IS YOU KNOW, ALL OF US NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBLITY INCLUDING THE BOARD RIGHT? WE ALL HAVE TO SAY YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED TO DO THIS PROPERLY SO I WANT TO ASK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT GUARDRAIL FOR THE SUPERINTENDED WILL NOT ALLOW RESOURCES TO BE ALLOCATED WITHOUT TRANSPARENTLY COMMUNICATING HOW THE ALLOCATIONS ARE BASELINE SUFFICIENT TO OPERATE ALL SCHOOLS WHILE ADDRESSING INEQUITABLE INPUTS AND CREATING MORE EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT OUTCOMES. I ASKED A NUMBER OF WRITTEN QUESTIONS ABOUT SORT OF EQUITY FACTORS AND HOW WE'RE PROVIDING MORE RESOURCES TO STUDENTS WHO NEED MORE SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE OUR ACADEMIC GOALS AND MOST OF THE ANSWERS I RECEIVED IN THE WRITTEN Q&A DOCUMENT WERE GAVE EXAMPLES OF STRATEGIES BUT NONE OF THEM WERE CONNECTED TO NUMBERS. SO AGAIN I THINK WHAT I'M
LOOKING FOR IS AGAIN QUANTIFICATION OF STRATEGIES AND MAYBE I'LL JUST USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE FOR MY QUESTION. THE WHAT WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER FROM MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH THEY SAID OVER 80% LOW INCOME ALMOST HALF THE KIDS ARE HOMELESS OR HAVE BEEN HOMELESS, A LOT OF NEWCOMER STUDENTS. SO WHAT IS THE STRATEGY THERE? WHAT IS OUR BUDGETING STRATEGY WITH THE WITH RESPECT TO THE SCHOOL SIDE ALLOCATIONS THAT RESULTED IN THEM LOSING A COURSE LIKE HOW DO WE EXPLAIN THAT STRATEGY? SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRATEGY THAT WAS PART OF THIS YEAR'S NEGOTIATIONS UH WITH THE HISTORY OF THE COURSE AND THERE'S SOME REVERB I'M SORRY I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON. IS IT WORKING NOW THE HISTORY OF THE THE HIGH PRIORITY SCHOOLS AND THEN THE PRIORITY PLUS SCHOOLS IS BASICALLY THE BACKGROUND WAS WHEN THEY COULDN'T GET SUBSTITUTES AND SO
PERMANENT SUBS WERE ASSIGNED TO THOSE SITES. HOWEVER THE SEPARATE AND THE SUB CRISIS THAT WE SAW DURING AND AFTER AFTER COVID HAS ABATED AND SO PART OF NEGOTIATIONS THIS YEAR WAS TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION OF JUST THE HIGHER PRIORITY SCHOOLS. SO IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST THE BUDGET TEAM FOLLOWING NEGOTIATIONS. OKAY. BUT BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THAT STRATEGY WAS I MEAN MARSHALL GOT THAT ALLOCATION BECAUSE IT WAS A SCHOOL WITH HIGH NEEDS AND THEN WE DECIDED TO TAKE IT AWAY. WE COULD STILL OFFER IT EVEN IF IT'S NOT IN THE CONTRACT. I MEAN THAT'S NOT SOMETHING PROHIBITING US FROM. SO A STRATEGIC DECISION WAS MADE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OR YOU ALL SOMEBODY MADE A DECISION TO TAKE THOSE AWAY AND NOT BUDGET FOR THEM AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON STUDENTS AT MARSHALL. SO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DO HOW DO WE I DON'T SEE A STRATEGY THERE. IS THERE ONE SO NOW SO SO I
GUESS TO ME AND THEN THAT THAT TO ME IS JUST A HUGE RED FLAG THEN BECAUSE I ALSO DON'T SEE WHERE WE USED TO HAVE AN MTS SYSTEM THAT ALLOCATED RESOURCES STRATEGICALLY TO SCHOOLS. IT WAS CLASSIFIED SCHOOLS IN TIER ONE OR 2 OR 3, 2 OR 3 WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS THEY GOT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES LIKE CORE SUBS, TIER TWO SCHOOLS GOT A LITTLE BIT IN TIER ONE SCHOOLS DIDN'T GET ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS. IT WAS JUST THE BASIC CORE STAFFING ALLOCATION. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN OUR SCHOOL STAFFING MODEL. I DON'T I SEE SOMETHING IN THE AGAIN IN THE WRITTEN Q&A THAT SAYS SCHOOLS GOT MORE BASED ON NEEDS BUT I DON'T SEE A FORMULA. I DON'T SEE AN EXPLANATION. WE HAVE SCHOOLS SAYING WE DON'T KNOW WHY WE LOST OUR COURSE. TO ME IT JUST FEELS RANDOM AND NOT STRATEGIC AGAIN AND I THINK IT'S REALLY DEEPLY CONCERNING IF AT THIS POINT AFTER THE BOARD HAS RAISED THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS ARE BEING NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A STRATEGY TO SUPPORT THEM THAT IS IS DEEPLY CONCERNING TO ME. SO IF IT'S NOT THE CASE I'D
LOVE TO YOU TO KNOW WHAT THAT STRATEGY IS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. SO WE DO HAVE FORMULAS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALLOCATING. SO A PRIMARY EXAMPLE IS OUR SOCIAL WORKERS. WE DID FOLLOW A FORMULA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING WE'RE LOOKING AT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AS WELL AS CHRONIC ABSENTEE RATES IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE THOSE RESOURCES. THERE'S OTHER CASES IN WHICH WE DID GIVE SUPPLEMENTAL TEACHER ALLOCATIONS AND WE LOOKED AT THE UP PERCENTAGE IN ORDER FOR THIS TO MAKE THAT DIFFERENTIATION. BUT WE COULDN'T QUANTIFY THOSE SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES THAT YOU'VE ASKED ABOUT. WE LIST THEM OUT AND WE CAN GIVE THE AMOUNTS THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM AND WE CAN ALSO GIVE THEM A FORMULA IN WHICH HOW THEY WERE DETERMINED I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN TOO HIGH LEVEL BUT WE CAN GIVE THIS SPECIFIC WELL, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES NEED TO KNOW I MEAN AGAIN, THE
MARSHALL COMMUNITY WAS HERE TONIGHT SAYING WHY DID WE LOSE OUR SCHOOL? >> WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE FOR US LOSING OUR CORE SUB? SO THAT'S WHY THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. >> SO SO IF IF THERE IS A STRATEGY LIKE I SAID, EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW NOT JUST US THE SCHOOLS NEED TO KNOW IF A PRINCIPAL DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S IT'S REALLY TROUBLING. AND SO IF THAT EXISTS, THAT WOULD BE PHENOMENAL. THANK YOU. AND I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY THIS ISSUE WITH THE COURSE SERVES OCCURRED AFTER BUDGET DEVELOPMENT HAD CLOSED SO THERE WAS NO APPEAL PROCESS WHICH WE NOW REALIZE THERE WAS NO PROCESS FOR SCHOOLS TO APPEAL THE COURSE. BUT ONCE WE OPEN THIS AGAIN FOR THE TEN DAY COUNT, THE APPEAL SYSTEM WILL OPEN AGAIN AND WE'LL REVIEW THOSE REQUESTS AND SCHOOLS HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE REQUESTS IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING RESTORED, THE UP PERCENTAGE WILL BE REVIEWED AGAIN AND THE NEED AT THE SCHOOL WILL BE REVIEWED AGAIN. SO WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONCE THE BUDGET REOPENS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> SO BUT AGAIN LIKE MY THANK
THE BELOVED CORE SUB I FORGET HIS NAME IS GOING TO BE GONE AND MARSHALL THANK YOU CHRIS YOUR THING IS GOING TO BE GONE AT MARSHALL BY THAT POINT. SO JUST AGAIN THAT'S A VERY PARDON MY I DON'T MEAN TO BE DISRESPECT THAT'S A VERY BUREAUCRATIC RESPONSE WHEN IT'S AGAIN IT SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE ARE JUST FOLLOWING THE RULES. IT WAS LIKE OH THE UNION CONTRACT CHANGE LET'S TAKE AWAY THE CORE SUBS THERE WASN'T A STRATEGIC DECISION LIKE IF THAT WAS NOT A STRATEGIC DECISION I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU ALL TO SAY DO WE REALLY WANT TO DO IT? WE OBVIOUSLY WE ALREADY HAD IT BUDGETED BEFORE AND LIKE WE HAVE $12 MILLION SITTING THERE AGAIN THOSE ARE THINGS THAT'S NOT THE BOARD'S ROLE TO MAKE A DECISION THAT'S A STAFF DECISION. BUT AGAIN IF IF THERE'S NO RATIONALE IF THERE'S A REAL RATIONALE WE SAID LOOK, YOU KNOW WHAT, CORE SUBS DON'T WORK SORRY, WE'LL TAKE THE POLITICAL HEAT AS AS VICE VERSA. HULING SAID EARLIER LIKE IF THERE'S A REAL ARGUMENT AND RATIONALE BEHIND IT BUT IF IT'S JUST LIKE OH, WE WERE JUST FOLLOWING A RULE AND THERE WAS
NO STRATEGY, WHY WOULD WE DO THAT TO THESE CHILDREN AT MARSHALL? I MEAN THAT TO ME IS JUST IT'S JUST WRONG. IT'S MORALLY WRONG AND TRUSTED AND SAID OH WELL WE'LL REVIEW IT IN THE TEN DAY COUNT LIKE THAT'S TO ME THAT'S JUST THAT IS NOT AN ETHICAL OR RESPONSIBLE OR STRATEGIC WAY TO RUN A SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND SO I JUST THINK WE NEED TO DO MUCH BETTER TO COLLECTIVELY OH MY. SO AS A NEWER COMMISSIONER THIS IS MY SECOND BUDGET SEASON AND I WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS NIGHT AND DAY FROM LAST BUDGET SEASON. IT'S AMAZING TO HAVE AN ACTUAL CBO IN PLACE. IT'S AMAZING TO HAVE AN ACTUAL CFO IN PLACE. IT'S AMAZING TO HAVE DIRECTOR OF POSITION CONTROL IN PLACE. IT'S AMAZING THAT THIS IS BEING BUILT OUT OF FRONT LINE AND ACTUALLY CONNECTED TO OUR H.R. AND STAFFING SYSTEMS AND THE ACTUAL COSTS AND NOT ESSENTIALLY VARIOUS EXCEL SPREADSHEET. IT'S BEING STITCHED TOGETHER WITH SWEAT AND TEARS AND SO WE HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB I THINK AS A DISTRICT IN MORE
ACCURATELY KNOWING WHAT OUR NUMBERS ARE MORE ACCURATELY PREDICTING WHAT THEY ARE AND I THINK THAT IS SO WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT WHEN WE KNOW WHAT OUR RESOURCES ARE THEN WE CAN BETTER ALIGN THEM TO OUR VALUES AND WE CAN INVEST THEM IN OUR SCHOOLS AND SO YOU KNOW FROM I THINK THE CD PERSPECTIVE FROM THE YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE WE HAVE COME LEAPS AND BOUNDS AND THAT WAS A VERY NECESSARY OPERATION OR PROGRESS AND IT HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY AND HONESTLY MORE QUICKLY THAN MR. BENITEZ PROMISED US. SO THANK YOU FOR UNDER PROMISING AND OVER DELIVERING IT. THAT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO HAVE AS A BOARD MEMBER. AND THEN THERE'S THE BUT THE BUT IS IT'S NECESSARY BUT IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW I FEEL LIKE I WAS ELECTED TO HELP TURN THIS DISTRICT AROUND NOT JUST FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT BUT FROM A STUDENT
OUTCOMES STANDPOINT FROM FAMILY EXPERIENCE STANDPOINT, FROM AN EDUCATOR EXPERIENCE STANDPOINT AND THAT INVOLVES MAKING OUR BUDGET A VALUE STATEMENT AND KNOWING WHERE WE ARE PUTTING OUR RESOURCES TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY'S VALUES AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES VALUES. AND SO NOW THAT WE KNOW ACCURATELY WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE, WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MAKE THOSE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND THOSE VALUES DECISIONS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE THIS BUDGET IS NOT THERE YET FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE WHERE WE VIEW OUR BUDGET AS SOMETHING THAT THE SUPERINTEND NEEDS TO CONVINCE THE BOARD THAT SHE IS THAT SHE HAS A PLAN. WE DON'T GET TO MICROMANAGE THE PLAN. WE DON'T GET TO LINE ITEM EDIT IT BUT WE NEED TO BE CONVINCED THAT THERE IS A STRATEGY TO MEET OUR GOALS AND TO EQUITABLY INVEST IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
SO WHEN WE HEAR THAT EL CAP RECOMMENDATION ONE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT COMBO CLASSES AND WHEN WE HEAR THAT WE HAVE MORE COMBO CLASSES AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENTS ARE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY BUT WE DON'T SEE AN ARTICULATION OF HOW ARE WE INVESTING TO REDUCE COMBO CLASSES LIKE THAT TYPE OF THING IS WHERE THE TENSION ARISES WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE STRATEGIES FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET BETTER OUTCOMES AND DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY TO DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 10:01 P.M.. YES. WHEN FOLKS IS IT A IT'S A HEARING TO HAVE TO ASK A QUESTION. SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT PART OF WHY WE'RE BACK AT POSITIVE YEAH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SELF-CERTIFY OURSELVES AS POSITIVE NEXT YEAR IS BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE HUGE DRASTIC PAINFUL DEEP CUTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. RIGHT? SO WE'RE FEELING THEM. WE'RE PAYING FOR THEM. RIGHT. AND IT WAS A IT WAS A
CALCULATED DECISION TO GET US BACK TO POSITIVE FISCAL CERTIFICATION AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. SO IN THAT PENDULUM SWING FROM A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT NOW TO POSITIVE CERTIFICATION, I WOULD POSIT THAT WE MADE SOME DRASTIC AND SEVERE CUTS THAT HOPEFULLY AS WE CENTER THAT PENDULUM BACK IN WHAT IS RIGHT WE CAN UNDO SOME OF THEM. SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT I'M ASKING FOR MOVING FORWARD. WHAT'S THE ANECDOTE ANTIDOTE NOT ANECDOTE ANTIDOTE TO THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN THAT WRITES US THAT CENTERS EQUITY IN A WAY THAT STILL DOESN'T PUT US BACK AT A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT ? THERE'S SOME MIDDLE GROUND HERE, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THAT'S MY ASK WHAT IS THAT ARE YOU WANT TO KNOW NOT FOR TONIGHT BUT LIKE AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO OUR MEETING TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT, I THINK THAT'S THE STRATEGIC QUESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANSWERED. OKAY. I WILL CLOSE THIS MEETING OR OH GOD I WISH I CLOSES PUBLIC HEARING AT 10:03 P.M. AND WITH THAT MUCH GRATITUDE TO THE TEAM
DANIEL JAN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU CHRISTINA AND WILL PRESIDENT KIM MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING PAST £0.10 M? >> NO, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING. THAT'S WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO SECOND IT THEN, SO I'M KIDDING. >> I'M KIDDING. PLEASE GO FORWARD. >> LET'S MOVE TO EXTEND THE MEETING BEYOND TEN A SECOND TO ASK CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE QUICKLY COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN WARD PRESIDENT KIM YES. OKAY WE'RE MOVING TO ITEM G PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION FOR THESE ITEMS WE ARE MOVING TO ADOPT TWO ITEMS ONE WOULD BE THE SOUTH AND THE SECOND WOULD BE THE PIF EXPENDITURE PLAN I'LL BE CALLING UP THE C C'S FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE
PRESENTATIONS AS WELL THEY'LL BE PRESENTING FIRST. THERE WILL ALSO BE A TIME FOR PUBLIC HEARING WHERE INDIVIDUALS MAY SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS AND COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD JUST REMIND YOU WE HAVE 45 MINUTES FOR THESE ITEMS IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA. SO PLEASE BE COGNIZANT OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR TIMING ITEM G ONE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION C C ANNUAL REPORTS AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MELANIE VONLEH. NO BELLS ON INCOMING CHAIR OF THE OF THE SFD COMMITTEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. I DO HAVE A LITTLE ONE AT ELDORADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHO'S TRANSITIONING TO THIS VALLEY IS A SIXTH GRADER SO KAI KYRIE, CONGRATS. THE CAC IS HONORED TO PRESENT OUR BOARD REPORT AS A STATE MANDATED MANDATED ADVISORY. WE ADVISE THIS UPPER AND THIS BOARD ON SPECIAL EDUCATION
PROGRAMS AND PRIORITIES. THIS YEAR THE CAC INCLUDED 19 MEMBERS REPRESENTING FAMILIES OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ADULTS I'M SORRY. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES FOR US STAFF AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT OUR MEMBERSHIP REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF S.F. U.S. INCLUDING FAMILIES FROM MANY DIFFERENT CULTURAL AND SOCIAL SOCIO ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS LIVING IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR CITY WE ARE GRATEFUL TO OUR CAC MEMBERS FOR THEIR TIME AND ADVOCACY THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AND I WILL PASS IT ON TO ARIELA. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS IRA LOVE. I YOU AND I SERVE AS THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THE CAC HELD MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADERSHIP TO MONITOR PRIORITIES STAFFING AND FAMILY FEEDBACK. WE STRENGTHENED COLLABORATION WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND LABOR PARTNERS HELPED INFORM THE 2627 SPECIAL
EDUCATION BUDGET AND SET UP A LOCAL PLAN AND ADVOCATED AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR INCREASED SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING. WE ALSO ENSURED CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES THROUGH OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. PARENT EDUCATION IS A KEY PRIORITY. THIS YEAR WE HOSTED 11 MONTHLY COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITH AN AVERAGE OF 46 ATTENDEES PROVIDING FAMILIES WITH TIMELY INFORMATION AND SUPPORT. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH DELEK PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES TO SHARE UPDATES ON RECLASSIFICATION CHANGES FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS WITH DISABILITIES. IN ADDITION, THE CSC PROUDLY CO-SPONSORED THE ANNUAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CONFERENCE WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 500 FAMILIES, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. NEXT SLIDE. >> THE CAC WAS PROUD TO WELCOME FAMILIES AT THE ENROLLMENT FAIR. PARTNER WITH AIPAC TO ADDRESS DISPROPORTIONALITY AND SUPPORT
INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS WEEK. WE WERE HONORED TO HOST THE ADVOCATES WORTHY OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS RECOGNIZING INDIVIDUALS WHOSE DEDICATION HAS MADE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU AND I WILL NOW PASS TO LILLIAN AND MY MY NAME IS LILLIAN LYNN AND I'M A CAC TREASURER AND I'M A PARENTS OF STUDENTS WITH IEP. THE CAC HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVISE THE DISTRICT ON THE SAO PAULO CA PLAN FOCUSING MAINLY ON THIS SPECIAL EDUCATION BUDGET. >> THE CAC ADVISE ALIGNING SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING, STAFFING ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTING. WE SUPPORT LOCAL PLAN REQUIREMENTS AND LEGALLY MANDATED IEP SERVICES. OVER THE PAST MONTH THE CAC MET WITH SUPERINTENDENT SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADERSHIP FINANCE AND H.R. TO REVIEW THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BUDGET STAFFING AND SERVICE
OBLIGATIONS. CALIFORNIA ECHOED THEIR SUPPORT DIRECTOR HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR LOCAL PLAN BUDGET DEVELOPMENT MUST BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPPORT DIRECTOR. THE CAC CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND ONGOING REVIEW OF ALLOCATIONS. IEP SERVICE REQUIREMENT STAFFING NEEDS. POSITION CONTROL. COMPENSATORY EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT THAT LA TO ENSURE STUDENT WITH DISABILITY RECEIVE TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE SERVICES STARTING JULY 1ST FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. >> IN ADDITION, THE CAC WILL COMMENCE A REVIEW OF MPA CONTRACTS AND ALLOCATION TO SUPPORT ADEQUATE FUNDING AND AND INTERRUPTED SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH IEP. THANK YOU. I WENT UP TO MELANIE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
OKAY. >> THE CAC BELIEVES INCLUSION IS ABOUT MORE THAN PHYSICAL PLACEMENT. IT IS ABOUT ENSURING EVERY STUDENT HAS A RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THIS PERSPECTIVE IS CENTRAL TO OUR FIRST PRIORITY INCLUSION. BREAKING DOWN SILOS TO BUILD ONE INTEGRATED SYSTEM THAT BENEFITS ALL STUDENTS. WITH THIS IN MIND WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS. FULLY IMPLEMENT AN INTEGRATED MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS TO ADDRESS STUDENTS ACADEMIC, BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS WITH FIDELITY. >> PROMOTE THE PROMOTE INCLUSION SURVEY THROUGH INTENTIONAL COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY USING THE FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE INCLUSIVE PRACTICES. STRENGTHEN MAINSTREAMING INITIATIVES BY ENSURING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING AND FULLY INTEGRATED IN CLASSROOMS AND THE BROADER SCHOOL COMMUNITY. AND ENSURE ALL NEW ADMINISTRATORS RECEIVE TRAINING ON DISABILITY AWARENESS AND INCLUSIVE PRACTICES BY PRIORITIZING A COHESIVE DISTRICT WIDE SYSTEM OF
SUPPORT. WE CAN IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES BY ENSURING STUDENTS RECEIVE TIMELY SUPPORT, REDUCE REFERRALS AND OVER IDENTIFICATION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, LESSEN THE BURDEN ON EDUCATORS AND LOWER FINANCIAL COSTS TO THE DISTRICT. NOW I'LL PASS IT BACK TO LILY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY JAPAN QUALIFY AND CONSISTENT STAFF FOR THEIR LEARNING SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. >> CURRENTLY THE DISTRICT HAS 35 CERTIFIED SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER VACANCY AND 96 PARA EDUCATOR VACANCY. THESE SHORTAGES DIRECTLY IMPACT IEPS SERVICES STUDENT SUPPORT AND STAFF WORKLOAD. TO ADDRESS THIS THE CAC RECOMMENDS THE DISTRICT IMPROVE RECRUITMENT BY EXPANDING HIRING FOR STREAMLINING HIRING PROCESSES AND STARTING RECRUITMENT EARLIER IN THE YEAR . >> STRAIGHT DOWN RETENTION BY MEANINGFULLY ADDRESSING TURNOVER THROUGH EXIT INTERVIEW. WITH A FOCUSED REVIEW OF SCHOOL
EXPERIENCING HIGH VACANCY AND TURNOVER PARTNER AT STATE AND LOCAL STAKEHOLDER TO STRAIGHTER THE TEACHER PIPELINE AND EXPAND PATHWAY INTO SPECIAL EDUCATION INCLUDING PARA TO TEACHER PATHWAY INCREASE TRAINING, MENTORING AND COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT FOR NEW AMITY AND SEEK CREDENTIAL STAFF WORK WITH LABOR PARTNER TO ENSURE EQUITABLE CASELOAD AND MANAGEABLE WORKLOAD AND STAFFING STRUCTURE THAT ALLOW EDUCATOR TO EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT STUDENT NEEDS. RETAINING QUALIFIED STEP MUST REMAIN A TOP PRIORITY TO MEET STUDENT NEED FULFILL OUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS. NOW I REQUEST TO HAVE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HELLO MY NAME IS HARPER KELLY AND I'M THE FORMER CHC CHAIR. >> WE CONTINUE TO SEE MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES INTENSIFY AND SURFACE AT EARLIER AGES. COMPOUNDING THIS TREND CHRONIC
ABSENCE YEAR AMONG STUDENTS WITH IEPS HAS INCREASED AGAIN TO 36%. >> ADDITIONALLY OUT OF THOSE STUDENTS 61% ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER AN EMOTIONAL DISABILITY. FOR THESE REASONS TCC RECOMMENDS FOR PROVIDING PARENT FRIENDLY RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE FOR ALL TIER TWO AND THREE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS THAT THIS DISTRICT MIGHT OFFER. MOVE BEYOND BEHAVIORAL FOCUS FOCUSED APPROACHES TOWARDS TRAUMA INFORMED AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE STRATEGIES STARTING WITH IMPLEMENTING THE SAFE AND SCHOOLS RESOLUTION, THE SAFE SCHOOLS RESOLUTION. I THINK THAT WAS SIX YEARS AGO. I'M NOT SURE. IMPROVE ACCESS TO WELLNESS CENTERS AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS WITH IEPS. ADDRESS CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM BY IMPLEMENTING A COMPREHENSIVE WRAPAROUND PLAN. THIS INCLUDES THINGS SUCH AS ATTENDANCE GOALS, FAMILY SUPPORTS AND CALMING SPACES.
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CRITICAL TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS . NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> ACCORDING TO THE CDC, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES CONTINUE TO PERFORM AT LOW LEVELS. >> ONLY 20% ARE PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND 17% IN MATH WITH MINIMAL YEAR TO YEAR GROWTH. >> THESE OUTCOMES UNDERSCORE THE NEED FOR CONTINUED INVESTMENT. FOR THESE REASONS OUR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PROVIDE THIS AGGREGATED STUDENT PROGRESS DATA MONITOR TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANY OF INTERVENE GRANTS OFFERED AND PROVIDE TRAINING FOR NEW SPECIAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. >> IMPLEMENT EVIDENCE BASED TIER TWO AND TIER THREE INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS DYSCALCULIA AND OTHER MATH RELATED CHALLENGES. EXPAND WRITING CURRICULA AND INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS JUST GRAPHIC WRITTEN EXPRESSION GRAMMAR AND SPELLING.
EXPAND TRAINING AND TARGETED INTERVENTIONS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS INCLUDING SPIRE 6 TO 8. IN SHORT, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A STRONG MTA AS FRAMEWORK SUPPORTED BY PROGRESS MONITORING ACCOUNTABILITY, TRAINING RESOURCES AND TARGETED INTERVENTIONS SO THAT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES CAN ACHIEVE ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND THRIVE. AND REMEMBER IT IS NOT OUR CHILDREN WHO FAIL. WE FAIL THEM WHEN WE LOWER OUR EXPECTATIONS. THIS IS ME AGAIN. >> ACADEMIC SUCCESS IS NOT ONLY ABOUT PERFORMANCE IN THE CLASSROOM. IT IS ABOUT PREPARING STUDENTS FOR MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. WHILE WE ARE ENCOURAGED THAT THE GRADUATION RATE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES INCREASED FROM 71% TO 77% OVERALL THE GRADUATION RATES FOR THIS STUDENT GROUP HAVE REMAINED PERSISTENTLY BELOW 80%. IN ADDITION, ONLY 33% OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE U.S. READY. >> OUR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO
ADDRESS THIS ARE INCREASE ACCESS TO CO-TAUGHT COLLEGE AND CAREER PATHWAY OPPORTUNITIES AND STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION AMONG CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS DEPARTMENTS. EXPAND CAREER INTERNSHIPS PEER MENTORING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS WITH CITY AGENCIES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND EMPLOYERS. INCREASED SCHOOL YEAR AND SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND INVEST IN ADDITIONAL STAFF TO SUPPORT STUDENTS ANNUALLY. MONITOR EARLY WARNING INDICATORS FOR STUDENTS AT RISK OF NOT GRADUATING AND STRENGTHEN ACCESS TO SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND TRANSITION SUPPORTS. AND INCREASE COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH TO FAMILIES REGARDING GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. TRANSITION PLANNING COLLEGE AND CAREER OPTIONS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AS THEY TRANSITION INTO ADULTHOOD. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I RATHER WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT DISTRICT
LEADERS, PARENT ADVISORY GROUPS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THEIR COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CAC. WE EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO JENNY PAINE FOR REJOINING THE DISTRICT, STRENGTHENING OUR PARTNERSHIP AND FOR YOUR ONGOING DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES . PLEASE VISIT OUR APPENDIX FOR RESOURCES AND JOIN EAC MEETING ANY TIME. FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US AT CAC SPARE S.F. AT GMAIL.COM. BEFORE WE CLOSE REMEMBER REPRESENTATION MATTERS. BELONGING MATTERS AND EVERY STUDENT DESERVES A RIGHTFUL PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TOO MUCH. TOO MUCH. NEVER TOO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SAID CC. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE NEXT ITEM AND THAT WILL ENTER INTO THE DISCUSSION SO MUCH APPRECIATION. MOVING TO ITEM G2266-9SP1 PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF THE SUP A LOCAL PLAN IN THE
ANNUAL BUDGET AN ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR THE SAME SCHOOL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10:19 P.M. WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC NET PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM NOW AS A REMINDER SPEAKERS HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. MR. KING ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? THERE IS ONE SPEAKER CARD WENDY RHODES THANK YOU AGAIN. I'M CHERYL THIES. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AT SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES. I WANT TO THANK THE CAC FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK HAVING ATTENDED MOST OF THE CAC MEETINGS THIS YEAR. I ALSO JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR ROLE IN PROVIDING AN INDEPENDENT VOICE TO SUPPORT THE SLP A DIRECTOR, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR AND IN BRINGING IN MULTIPLICITY OF VOICES INTO A CONVERSATION THAT WE HOPE THE DISTRICT WILL TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. THESE GOALS ARE ABOUT OUR KIDS AND YOU NOTICE FROM THE REPORT HOW STUDENT CENTERED IT IS AND I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. I'M SAM MURPHY. I'M A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN WITH IEPS. THIS AUSTERITY HAS BEEN HARMFUL AND MANY WON'T BE MADE WHOLE
AGAIN. IT HAS HARMED MY CHILDREN. INCLUSION NEEDS TO BE FUNDED. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS SAYS THERE SHOULD BE A ONE DAY FIVE HUNDRED RATIO. >> HOW ARE WE DOING ON THAT? THESE FOLKS ARE NEEDED TO FULFILL ASSESSMENTS THE ASSESSMENT BACKLOG AND FULFILL CURRENT IEP STUDENTS IEPS YOU HEARD THE DATA ON WHO IS ABSENT . HOW'S THE BACKLOG GOING? WHAT IS IT ANY DELAY ON LEADS TO IEPS BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND YOU ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT CLOSED SESSION WHEN IEPS ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE LAWSUITS. >> I WILL SPARE YOU THE MORAL IMPLICATIONS. >> WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO ASK CURRENT STAFF TO CARRY THIS CASELOAD. THEY HAVE TO WITNESS CHILDREN FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS WE BURN OUT OUR SCHOOL SITES, PSYCHOLOGISTS, TEACHERS SUPPORT STAFF AS THEY SCRAMBLE TO FILL THE GAPS. THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST AT MY CHILD'S MIDDLE SCHOOL HELPED HIM WITH HIS EMOTIONAL REGULATION SOMETHING AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR WHO'S UNFAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE
FRIENDS AND TEACHERS HE'S REACTING TO WOULD HAVE FAILED FULLY STAFF SPECIAL EDUCATION. MY NAME IS BERNICE CASEY. I'M A PARENT OF A GRAD STUDENT THAT JUST GRADUATED AND A INCOMING SEVENTH GRADER HAS IEP. THIS SLIDE PRESENTATION PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE BUDGET PLEASE REVIEW SLIDE 15 WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THEY SPEND MONEY TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW. >> I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY FILED TWO COMPLAINTS THE DISTRICT IS NOT COMPLYING WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW. THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW EVERY DAY AND BECAUSE I HAVE THE CAPACITY TO STAY AT A MEETING AT 1030 BECAUSE I CAN FLEX MY TIME IN THE MORNING BECAUSE I SPEAK ENGLISH AND BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A BUREAUCRAT FOR 30 YEARS, IT'S SUPER EASY FOR ME TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM. THE DISTRICT PURPOSEFULLY PUTS UP PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CANNOT CANNOT COMPLAIN, DO NOT FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE. LOOK WHEN A VISIT ITSELF SAM COULD SPEAK TO THIS THE DISTRICT HAS LOST $575,000 BECAUSE 23 KIDS HAVE LEFT. S.F. USED TO GO TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOL AND CHARTERS WHERE THEIR
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL WHERE THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS ARE BEING MET AGAIN. DR. JESSICA MOSHER, A TREMENDOUS THANKS FOR INCLUDING THE AMERICAN INDIAN ALASKA NATIVE ARTICLE ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF MINORITY POPULATION WE ARE OVERALL PRESENTED IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. I ENCOURAGE YOU THOUGH TO BREAK DOWN THE CATEGORY OF MULTIRACIAL TWITTER ACCOUNT FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE AT A HIGHER STATISTICAL RISK. SOME DISTRICTS HAVE APPROACHED THE AMERICAN INDIAN ALONE OR IN COMBINATION APPROACH THAT ENSURES YOU CAPTURE ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO SELECTED AMERICAN INDIAN REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ALSO CHECKED OTHER RACIAL CATEGORIES. >> THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS LAURA KENNEDY AND I'M A PARENT AT JACO ELEMENTARY. JACO IS HOME TO TWO PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH EXTENSIVE SPECIAL NEEDS. LIKE ONE OF THE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS WE'RE SEEING COMBO CLASSES AND EXCEEDING OUR CLASS CAPS FOR OUR SCHOOL PROGRAM WHICH IS GREAT BUT IS PUTS UNDUE BURDEN ON OUR TEACHERS. LIKE MANY SCHOOLS LAST YEAR ACROSS THE DISTRICT WE WERE IMPACTED BY A LACK OF A TEACHER.
THAT MEANT NINE KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS WHO ARE THE SAME AGE AS MY SON WERE WITHOUT A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN WITHOUT AN RSP. WHEN THAT RSP RETURNS LIKE MANY R'S PS THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE HOURS AND CASELOAD. I GUESS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSION STUFF THAT'S COMING CENTRALLY I DON'T ADVOCATE FOR MORE STAFF IT'S MORE TRANSPARENCY, CONSISTENCY AND MAKING SURE THAT THE MATH AND ARTS WITH RESPECT TO FILLING ALLOCATIONS, FILLING HOURS. AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO ADVOCATE JUST BRING BACK THE FULL SC SUMMIT WHICH ELEVATES ORGANIZATIONS LIKE KARK AND EL CAP TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES AND LEARNINGS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LEARNING ON THE GROUND. THANKS. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE TO THE ONLINE FOLKS AND WE WILL START WITH TINA PRODUCES. >> HI THIS IS TINA PRETTY SAYS AGAIN I AM THE CAC VICE CHAIR AND A LOCAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST. I AM PLEASED TO UPLIFT THE COMMENT OF AN S OF US PSYCHOLOGIST SHARED EARLIER THIS EVENING ADVOCATING FOR AUTHORIZATION OF THE REQUESTED
CENTRAL OFFICE BASED PSYCHOLOGIST POSITIONS ADDING OVERDUE AN OVERFLOW ASSESSMENTS TO THE EXISTING DUTIES OF SITE BASED PSYCHOLOGISTS IS NOT VIABLE OR A LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT REQUIRES AN AVERAGE OF 20 WORK HOURS SO ANY ADDITION OF ASSESSMENT CASES WILL HAVE A LARGE IMPACT WITHOUT SUFFICIENT STAFFING THE QUALITY OF OF USD PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL EVALUATIONS WILL DECLINE. THE COSTS FOR INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL EVALUATIONS WILL RISE AND THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN PSYCHOLOGISTS WILL DETERIORATE. MY OWN CHILD'S TRAINING INITIAL ASSESSMENT WILL BE DUE THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. I DO NOT WANT HIS EVALUATION TO BE COMPROMISED BECAUSE HIS SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST IS OVERWHELMED BY EXTRA REFERRALS. THANK YOU TO THE CAC BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPPORT DIRECTOR CRANE FURTHER DEDICATED WORK THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
HI. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS DR. VANESSA MOREAU. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE SELFISH GOAL NUMBER THREE WHICH IS BUILDING INCLUSIVE AND EFFECTIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICES. IT SAYS THAT YOU ALL WILL STRENGTHEN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDE CLEAR GUIDANCE AND SPECIAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTION LEVERAGING GRANTS TO ENSURE A QUOTE UNQUOTE RIGHTFUL PRESENCE. AND IT IS CLEAR THAT BASED ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT GIVEN EARLIER, WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT DOING THAT. SO AGAIN I'M GOING TO X AND AND AND YOU KNOW THE BOARD IT IS INCUMBENT UPON YOU ALL TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT SUPERINTENDENT IS IMPLEMENTING STRUCTURES IN ORDER TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT IS EFFECTIVE AND THAT IS A CONCERN THAT WE HAVE GIVEN THE CONSOLIDATION OF SOME OF THE F T E'S THAT WERE STATED AS WELL AS THE PUSH FOR LEADERS OF COLOR THAT WE'RE SEEING.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THAT CONCLUDES OUR VIRTUAL THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO STAFF FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING DEPUTY MOUNT BENITA, PRESIDENT KIM AND COMMISSIONERS AND WELCOME TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER LOCAL PLAN TONIGHT WE WILL PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN S.F. USD SHARE THE PROPOSED SPECIAL EDUCATION BUDGET AND THE ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN AND THE RECOMMENDED GOALS AND ACTIONS FOR OUR SCHOOL. FOR NOW I WILL PASS IT OVER TO MS.. MARTIN, OUR SPECIAL ED OMBUDSPERSON. THANK YOU. IN CALIFORNIA, SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING IS JUST TRIBUTED VIA SPECIAL EDUCATION LOCAL PLAN AREAS OR SURPLUS FOR SHORT EACH ONE OF THIS HELP US ON THIS MAP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING IS USED TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO, AS WE ALL KNOW IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S BOTH A CITY AND A COUNTY. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT IS A SINGLE DISTRICT SO BUT ALSO HELP US ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A LOCAL PLAN TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THAT PLAN INCLUDES A SUMMARY OF SERVICES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS ACROSS THE SCOPE OF THE BUDGET NEEDED TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AND SIGNATURES CERTIFYING IF THAT IS THE CASE FROM THE CAC CHAIR, THE SOUTH DIRECTOR, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT TONIGHT WE WILL BE SPEAKING USING LOTS OF ACRONYMS AND COMPLICATED TERMS WITHIN SPECIAL EDUCATION. SO WE HAVE INCLUDED A GLOSSARY IN OUR APPENDIX. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE BECAUSE OUR S.F. U.S. SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS ALSO OUR CELP. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING SERVICES TO ALL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE DO ATTEND OUR S.F. U.S. SCHOOLS BUT THE REMAINING STUDENTS AND OUR SO FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ATTEND OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS, OUR NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS, OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, OUR PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COUNTY SCHOOLS 73.6% OF THE STUDENTS WITH IEPS IN OUR DISTRICT RECEIVE SERVICES RECEIVE THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. THE CHART ON THE RIGHT THIS IS THE PRIMARY IDEA ELIGIBILITY OF OUR STUDENTS WITH IEPS YOU WILL NOTICE THAT SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY IS THE MOST COMMON. THAT IS WHERE YOU SEE OUR STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA, AUTISM SPEECH AND LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT AND OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENT WHICH IS WHERE YOU SEE OUR STUDENTS MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WITH ADHD ARE ALSO COMMONLY SEEN ELIGIBILITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> THIS SLIDE IS A
DEMONSTRATION OF THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS WE ARE SEEING IN OUR DISTRICT WHILE THE OVERALL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT IS DROPPING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS WITH IEPS AS PART OF THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE. THIS REFLECTS A STATEWIDE TREND AMONG OURSELVES BY DISTRICTS BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS NUMBERS ARE FROM SYNERGY AND DO NOT INCLUDE ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR SEL FOR WHICH WE TRACK IN SPACE. >> THIS YEAR'S BUDGET REFLECTS SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. >> FIRST, THE NEWLY BARGAINED USSF CONTRACT INCREASED SALARY AND HEALTH CARE COSTS IN ADDITION WE HAVE ADDED ADDITIONAL RELATED SERVICES POSITION TO THE BUDGET TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF S OF YOU AS THE STAFF AND DECREASE THE NUMBER OF AGENCY STAFF WHO ARE SERVING OUR STUDENTS. WE ALSO UTILIZE THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT CASELOAD REVIEW AND ALLOCATION
PROCESS TO BETTER ALIGN STAFFING WITH STUDENT NEEDS. ANOTHER IMPORTANT CHANGE IS THE INCLUSION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS INTO SUPER BUDGET PROJECTS THIS YEAR TRANSPORTATION REPRESENTS APPROX SIMILARLY 32 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES THAT ARE NOW REFLECTED IN THE SPEND BUDGET. LOOKING AHEAD WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FISCAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TEAM RECOMMENDATION WHICH INCLUDES REQUEST FOR POSITION PROCESS WHICH WE STARTED IMPLEMENTING IN DECEMBER 2025 AND ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH POSITION CONTROL TO ENSURE STAFFING DECISIONS ARE ALIGNED WITH STUDENT NEEDS AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. >> AND NOW I PASS IT OVER TO MS. NERO JAYARAMAN. THANK YOU. THINK JENNY SO WE'D LIKE TO GO OVER REALLY QUICKLY THE MAJOR CHANGES IN THE SAMPLE PLAN BUDGET FROM LAST JUNE THE JUNE 2526 SAMPLE PLAN AS COMPARED TO THE 2627 PLAN.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE TOTAL BUDGET PRESENTED LAST JUNE WAS 279 MILLION. THIS YEAR WE'RE PRESENTING A BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO 352 MILLION. YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THERE'S A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE AND FTE OF ABOUT 80 FTE IS FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. MOST OF THE CHANGES IN THE TWO YEARS ARE DUE TO THE NEW USSF CONTRACT. THE US SUBCONTRACT REQUIRES US TO STOP ASL PS UNDER A NEW MIXED CASELOAD MODEL. WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT ALL THE IEP DATA GIVEN TO US FOR VARIOUS RELATED SERVICES AND MADE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH THE USSF CONTRACT WHICH REQUIRES US TO BUDGET FOR THESE POSITIONS IN FULL. SO IN FACT SOME OF THESE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING USED TO OPEN POSITIONS ARE COMING FROM THE CONTRACT BUDGET WHICH IS WHAT THE USSF CONTRACT ASKS US TO DO. IT REQUIRES THAT WE TAKE WE LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE CONTRACTING, WE BUDGET THEM AS FTE AND THAT IS HOW WE'RE
STARTING THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING SERVICES IN-HOUSE INSTEAD OF RELYING ON EXTERNAL CONTRACTORS. SO THAT IS ONE MAJOR CHANGE THAT EXPLAINS THE 40 MILLION VARIANCE IN THE FIRST ROW AND I STILL SEE A SLIGHT VARIANCE IN OUR CAPEX. >> SORRY. THANKS CHRIS. NEXT YOU'LL SEE SOME VARIANCES IN OTHER CATEGORIES THERE'S A 10 MILLION VARIANCE AND CONTRACTS FOR THE REASON THAT I GAVE PREVIOUSLY WE NEED TO ADHERE TO THE US CONTRACT AND AS SUCH WE THERE'S A REDUCTION OF ABOUT 10 MILLION HERE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO SUPPORT POSITIONS AS REQUIRED BY USSF. LASTLY, THE OTHER MAJOR CHANGE IS TRANSPORTATION WHICH WE MENTIONED THAT IS AN ADDITION OF 32 MILLION. SO IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THE 352 AND SUBTRACT 32 THAT GIVES YOU 320 THERE'S STILL AN EFFECTIVE INCREASE OF ABOUT $40 MILLION TO THE SPECIAL ED BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR. THANK YOU. >> NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE SAME INFORMATION IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. >> YOU'LL NOTICE MOST OF OUR THE SPECIAL BUDGET GOES DIRECTLY TO SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS DIRECTLY. >> YOU'LL NOTICE HERE SORRY. FORGIVE ME. I'M HAVING TROUBLE READING THE NUMBERS. YOU'LL SEE THAT ABOUT 1.3% GOES TO AIR SOIREE, 13% GOES TO OPERATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION AND ABOUT 70% GOES DIRECTLY TO SIDE SALARIES TOTALING THAT 352 MILLION. NEXT SLIDE. AND I'LL HAND THIS BACK OVER TO JENNY. THANK YOU. IN THE YEAR AHEAD WE WILL FOCUS ON COMPLIANCE, STUDENT SERVICES AND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDED ATIONS AND ADDRESS CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS TO STRENGTHEN DATA AND COMPLIANCE PRACTICES. WE ARE ALSO FOCUSED ON REDUCING ANNUAL IP BACKLOG AND TRIENNIAL AND INITIAL EVALUATION BACKLOG
TO OVERCOME TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE COORDINATED EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM SERVICES ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS DISPROPORTIONALITY IN SPECIAL ED LAUNCHING A NEW COUNTY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH EXTENSIVE SUPPORT NEEDS AND PILOTING A STRONGER PRE REFERRAL INTERVENTION PROCESSES TO ENSURE STUDENTS RECEIVE APPROPRIATE SUPPORTS BEFORE REFERRAL TO SPECIAL ED. IN ADDITION, WE ARE INVESTING IN STAFF CAPACITY THROUGH MONTHLY COMPLIANCE TRAINING, SUPPORTING NURSING AND 504 SERVICES AND LEVERAGING DISCIPLINE GRANT TO STRENGTHEN INCLUSION, BELONGING AND ATTENDANCE FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. OUR FIRST SOBER GOAL IS TO STRENGTHEN IDENTIFICATION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. A KEY PART OF THIS GOAL IS THE CREATION OF A PRE REFERRAL PROCESS FOR INITIAL ASSESSMENT
REQUEST. AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS WE NEED TO BETTER FOLLOW IDEA TO ENSURE THAT NO CHILD IS DEEMED TO HAVE DISABILITY DUE TO INSUFFICIENT INSTRUCTION IN GENERAL EDUCATION. NEXT SLIDE. OUR SECOND GOAL IS TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN CONTINUUM OF SERVICE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. AS I PRESENTED DURING THE LAST BOARD MEETING. WE ARE OPENING A NEW COUNTY PROGRAM STARTING SCHOOL YEAR 26 AND 27. WE ARE GOING TO HIRE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS WITH BEHAVIOR BACKGROUND AND CLASSES WILL INCORPORATE EVIDENCE BASED AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOR STRATEGIES AND BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS. THE PROGRAM WILL USE TEACH DOWN CURRICULUM FOR ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION AND PREPARE OUR CHILDREN FOR PREPARE OUR CHILDREN FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. SECOND, WE WILL ASSESS A SPECIAL EDUCATION PARTICIPATION
IN GENERAL. ED WE NEED TO DO BETTER ON THIS. WE ARE GOING TO MONITOR SPED PARTICIPATION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS INCREASING RATHER THAN DECREASING. >> WE ARE LOOKING TO REVIEW STUDY SKILLS IN OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TO ENSURE THAT OUR RISING STUDENTS HAVE THE SKILLS AND SERVICES NEEDED TO REMAIN IN GENERAL EDUCATION. NEXT SLIDE. CELL PHONE NUMBER. GOAL NUMBER THREE IS BUILT. WE ARE GOING TO BUILD INCLUSIVE AND EFFECTIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICES. >> ONE AREA OF CONCERN IS THE INCONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION OF IEP GOAL IEPS ACROSS SCHOOLS OFTEN DRIVEN BY VARYING LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS, INCLUSIVE PRACTICES AND SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION. TO ADDRESS TO ADDRESS THIS WE ARE STRENGTHENING OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM FOR BOTH TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS THROUGH A MAN MONTHLY MANDATORY COMPREHENSIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION
TRAINING TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES, PROMOTE CONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPROVE COMPLIANCE. WE ARE ALSO LEVERAGING SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE PRACTICES GRANT TO EXPAND INCLUSIVE PRACTICES AND SUPPORT THE RIGHTFUL PRESENCE OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY THESE IN GENERAL EDUCATION SETTINGS WHENEVER APPROPRIATE. >> IN ADDITION, WE ARE DEVELOPING A STRONGER INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDANCE FOR SPECIALIZED ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION AND EXPANDING MENTORSHIP AND SUPPORT FOR NEW SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS TO BUILD CAPACITY AND IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. >> AND NOW I JUST WANT TO DIRECT YOU TO THE APPENDIX WHICH HAS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR LOCAL PLAN. AND THAT COMPLETES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FINANCE TEAM. AND THE SEC FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND FOR YOUR
PRESENTATIONS. COMMISSIONERS, I WILL TURN IT TO YOU FOR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS ON BOTH ITEMS FOR SHARI. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION AND THAT IS ABOUT THE WORKLOAD MODEL. I UNDERSTAND THAT UNDER THE CBA WITH THE USF CONTRACT THAT THERE'S A CASELOAD MODEL BUT THE CAC IS SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR A WORKLOAD MODEL AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF ANY EFFORTS TO PILOT A WORKLOAD MODEL OR SHIFT TO A WORKLOAD MODEL AND WHAT IT IS THAT THE CAC WOULD LIKE TO SEE. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW BUT THE ONLY WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THAT THERE WAS JUST A REFERENCE TO THE CBA AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CAC WANTS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, DID YOU WANT THIS SPED TEAM TO ANSWER THAT OR DID
YOU WANT THE CAC OR THE OR THE SPED TEAM WHOEVER IS APPROPRIATE? I WOULD JUST LIKE AN ANSWER TO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT EFFORTS IF ANY THE DISTRICT IS MAKING TOWARD THAT. >> SO IS IT OKAY IF WE START WITH THE CAC EXPLAINING WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING? SURE. OF COURSE WE CAN CHECK AND HAVE TO ASK FOR. I KNOW, I KNOW WE DISAGREE LIKE SO YOUR ANSWER, COMMISSIONER? >> YEAH. SO REGARDING WORKLOAD THE FIRST AND FOREMOST IS THAT WE SUPPORTED THE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE LABOR CONTRACTS TWO YEARS AGO MAYBE IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO AS WELL AND RECENTLY TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT AND MOVE AWAY FROM CASE LOADS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. IT'S JUST NOT SUSTAINABLE. AND THE REASON WHY WE SUPPORT THAT IS TWOFOLD. FIRST, BECAUSE IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE. WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF TEACHERS.
THERE'S A LOT OF TURNOVER. AND SECOND, BECAUSE IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE THEY CAN'T ACTUALLY FULFILL IEP SERVICE NEEDS. SO IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FASTER. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAW IS NOT QUITE CAUGHT UP. AND WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT HAS A LOT OF FINANCIAL LIMITATIONS AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THERE. BUT WE KNOW WE NEED TO START DOING THAT WORK. IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE. YEAH. COMMISSIONER, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU LIKE THE STAFF WANT TO COMMENT ON ANY EFFORTS OR THOUGHTS ABOUT MOVING TO A WORKLOAD MODEL RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING AS PART OF OUR ALLOCATION PROCESS. WE ARE USING ESPECIALLY JUST THE LATEST CBA WHICH IS A 26 FOR RSP. WE ARE LOOKING INTO HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR STAFF WITH THEIR
WORKLOAD HENCE THE PROVISION OF THE 2 MILLION THAT THE SPED JOINT COMMITTEE CAN WORK TOWARD TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF. SO I DO WANT TO ADD WE ARE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING A MIXED MODEL FOR LP AND NO NOT FOR ALL OTHER PROVIDERS BUT THAT HAS BEEN THAT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED FOR 26 RIGHT. SORRY CAN YOU ELABORATE? SO P ALLOCATION DOES RELY ON A MIXED CASELOAD MODEL. SO MIXED CASELOAD WORKLOAD MODEL THAT DOES ACCOUNT FOR DIFFERENT NEEDS. IT'S NOT AS STRAIGHTFORWARD AS THE OTHERS BUT THIS IS ONE THING THAT THE DISTRICT IS MOVING TOWARDS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. JENNY REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK HERE. >> I HAVE A FOLLOW UP ON ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ANSWERED IN THE Q&A WHICH IS AROUND THE $15 MILLION IMPLEMENTATION AND I'M CURIOUS OBVIOUSLY THIS THIS CLEARLY SEEMS TO BE A LARGE ISSUE THAT THAT THE CAC HAS IDENTIFIED IN TERMS OF A FULLY INTEGRATED MTS SYSTEM FOR ALL ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SERVICES AND SUPPORTS
WITH FIDELITY AND I SEE THERE'S A THREE YEAR PLAN FOR A $15 MILLION IMPLEMENTATION. >> AND I'M CURIOUS WILL WE HAVE YOU KNOW WHAT THE GOALS ARE AS FAR AS YOU KNOW HOW WE WILL MEET YOU KNOW CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CAC WHEN WE WILL MEET THOSE KIND OF A MORE ELABORATION ON THAT THREE YEAR TIMELINE AND IN THE $15 MILLION I THINK I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT TONY PAYNE BECAUSE I, I THINK I ANSWERED THAT BEFORE GETTING THE CLARIFICATION FROM HIM THAT I THINK THE WHAT WAS PROMISED IS 15 MILLION. BUT I THINK IT'S WHAT IS RECEIVED IS 2.5. BUT I'M HOPING THAT IN CLOSE COLLABORATION AS PART OF OUR CIM PLAN THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SUPPORT DID WITH TIER ONE AND TIER TWO IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES WHETHER IT BE INTERVENTIONIST, WHETHER IT BE A SOCIAL WORKER THAT ALL OF THOSE ARE DONE WITH FIDELITY BEFORE DATE ARE REFERRED FOR
SPECIAL EDUCATION IDENTIFICATION. >> YEAH JUST SET IT UP. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DCF AND STUDENT SUCCESS FUND MONEY FOR A THREE YEAR GRANT. INITIALLY WE HAD TALKED ABOUT 5 MILLION A YEAR. CURRENTLY IT'S 2.5 MILLION FOR THE FIRST YEAR TO BUILD OUT A ROBUST SYSTEMS OF STUDENT SUPPORT AND WE ALREADY HAVE MTA SETS IN THE DISTRICT. BUT THE IDEA IS TO STRENGTHEN OUR SYSTEMS AROUND SENSE OF BELONGING, ATTENDANCE AND YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING STUDENTS BEFORE THEY'RE IDENTIFIED FOR SPECIAL ED WITH TIER ONE INSTRUCTION. GOT IT. AND PART OF THE QUESTION AS WELL IS JUST YOU KNOW, WILL WE SEE METRICS AGAIN, THINGS THAT WE HOLD A REOCCURRING THEME ON THIS ON THIS BOARD? YOU KNOW, WILL WE HAVE METRICS THAT WE ALL HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO? >> RIGHT. ONE REALLY EXCITING PART OF THIS GRANT IS FOR A ROBUST DATA SYSTEM TO TRACK STUDENT INTERVENTIONS.
RIGHT NOW UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN TRACK SUSPENSIONS AND ATTENDANCE ESSENTIALLY BUT THIS IS TO BUILD OUT BEING ABLE TO TRACK BOTH ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH FIDELITY. SO THAT'S ONE PIECE OF IT. THE GRANT ALSO INCLUDES FUNDS FOR DATA ANALYSIS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY PROMISING PRACTICES AND SCALE THEM. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE MTC QUESTION BECAUSE I AM CONFUSED AND I GUESS I'M MAYBE THE THING THAT'S CONFUSING ME IS THAT WE USED TO HAVE A VERY CLEAR MTA SYSTEM THAT WAS CONNECTED TO SCHOOL SITE ALLOCATIONS. IS THAT GONE TOTALLY NOW OR LIKE WHAT WHAT WHAT IS OUR CURRENT STATE OF MTC? >> I'M I'M I SEE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE SAYING YES THAT'S GONE IS THAT TRUE THAT IT'S GONE THAT'S GONE. YEAH AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT YOU KNOW MTA SERVICES MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT AND AND I THINK IN THE WAY THAT I'M REFERRING TO IT ALL SCHOOLS HAVE THAT. SO WHAT DO WE DO FOR ALL
STUDENTS? WHAT DO WE DO FOR SOME STUDENTS OR WE DO FOR A FEW STUDENTS? AND A FEW YEARS AGO IN THE DISTRICT THAT WAS KIND OF EXTENDED TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT RESOURCES DO ALL SCHOOLS GET WHAT SOME AND THEN A FEW BUT THAT LANGUAGE HASN'T BEEN USED TO YOU KNOW, KIND OF CATEGORIZE SCHOOLS OR ALIGN RESOURCES FOR A FEW YEARS. SO IS THERE ANY ALIGNMENT OF RESOURCES THAT'S DESIGNED TO SUPPORT STUDENTS, THE MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS TO ENSURE THAT THAT AGAIN ON THIS OVER ID ISSUE DO WE HAVE A RESOURCE STRATEGY AROUND MTC OR IS IT JUST LIKE YOU SAID IT'S WHAT WE DO AS EDUCATORS WE OBVIOUSLY WE DO THAT BUT BUT ARE THERE TARGETED RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE TIER TWO AND TIER THREE? WELL I THINK ONE GREAT EXAMPLE WE HEARD ABOUT TONIGHT IS STUDENT SUCCESS FUND AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS THAT'S TARGETED FUNDING TO FOR OUR AT LEAST REACH STUDENTS AT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE YOU KNOW A PREPONDERANCE OF THOSE KIDS BUT WITHIN LCF WE'RE NOT TARGETING FUNDS USING AN ADMINISTRATIVE
OKAY IF THE ANSWER IS NO, I'M JUST I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE AT. >> NO, WE'RE NOT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S REALLY CONCERNING TO ME. >> I'LL SAY JUST I WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE PUBLICLY. I JUST I THINK THAT IS A HUGE GAP IN THIS BUDGET AND IN AND I DON'T AGAIN LIKE I IT'S THERE'S A MORAL ASPECT TO THIS OBVIOUSLY LIKE WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO SERVE ALL OF OUR KIDS BUT THERE'S ALSO A VERY PRACTICAL IF WE WANT TO ACHIEVE OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES WE HAVE TO GIVE MORE RESOURCES TO THE STUDENTS THAT NEED MORE SUPPORT AND THAT'S ALSO IF WE DON'T DO THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEAD TO OVER IDENTIFICATION FOR SPECIAL ED SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS IT JUST SEEMS LIKE COMMON SENSE TO ME AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT HAS SEEMS TO NOT BE A CONVERSATION AMONG THE EXECUTIVE CABINET SUPERINTENDED IT SEEMS IT SEEMS LIKE IT OUGHT TO BE A PRIORITY IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I DON'T IF THERE'S ANY EXPLANATION FOR WHY THAT'S THE CASE, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS. THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I WAS
ALLUDING TO EARLIER WHEN I SAID THE PENDULUM SWING BECAUSE OF OUR FISCAL STABILIZATION AND PLAN. RIGHT. WE WIPED OUT THE WEIGHTED STUDENT FORMULA AS A WAY TO STAFF SCHOOLS AND WE WENT TO SEE THE APPROVED STAFFING PLAN THAT WIPED OUT OUR TIPS. IT YOU KNOW, THE STAFFING ALLOCATION MEANT THAT THE ONLY SUPPORT STAFF THAT OUR SCHOOLS GOT WAS A LITERACY SPECIALIST. IT WIPED OUT A LOT OF THE OTHER ANYONE ELSE WHO DID TIER TWO STRATEGIES IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY PAYING FOR THAT NOW. AND SO THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IN THE PENDULUM SWING BACK TO WHAT NEEDS TO BE A REALISTIC WAY TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. SO THIS IS THE STRATEGY THAT I'M HOPING TO SEE MOVING FORWARD INTO WEEKS IS LIKE WHAT COURSE CORRECTIONS TO YOUR POINT COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER LIKE WHAT COURSE CORRECTIONS DO WE NEED TO MAKE STRATEGICALLY IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTING MTC ARE TO RTI, RTI WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT LIKE WHAT? I APPRECIATE THE PILOT THIS IS GREAT AND IT'S INSUFFICIENT TO MEET STUDENT NEEDS AT THE SAME
TIME. >> RIGHT SO THANK YOU. AND HOW DO WE ACCELERATE IT WITH STRATEGIC DECLINE KNOWING THAT LIKE IT'S CAUSING HARM TO NOT HAVE THEM TO ASSESS RIGHT NOW IT IS CAUSING HARM HOW DO WE UNDO THAT HARM AND SERVE THE REST OF MY TIME AND WE NOW HAVE RESOURCES RIGHT? WE'VE IDENTIFIED AT LEAST 4.5 MILLION AND THERE'S PROBABLY MORE WE COULD GET BECAUSE WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER BUDGET SITUATION. TO ME IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO SAY WE'RE WAITING UNTIL THE FALL OR WE'RE WAITING UNTIL NEXT YEAR. I MEAN I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE HEARING OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM THIS BOARD IS WE WANT WE'VE SET REALLY BOLD GOALS. WE WANT BOLD ACTION. RIGHT? WE'RE AND WE'RE WILLING TO BACK YOU IF IT'S REALLOCATING RESOURCES, THAT'S GREAT TOO. BUT RIGHT NOW WE ACTUALLY EVEN HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SO TO SAY WE HAVE 12.5 MILLION BUT WE HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF A PLAN YET WE MAYBE ARE GOING TO DO 2.5 MILLION ON THIS. I MEAN IT JUST SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY IS THINKING REALLY, REALLY SMALL AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP US ACHIEVE OUR
ACADEMIC GOALS. >> IT'S JUST NOT AND SO I JUST I WANT TO SAY THAT AND SAY THAT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE BUT EVERYBODY LIKE IF IF WE DON'T SEE WE HAVE TWO MORE WEEKS WE NEED TO SEE SOMETHING BOLDER IN THIS BUDGET . THAT'S THAT'S A A STRATEGY NOT JUST BOLD FOR THE BOLD SAKE BUT A STRATEGY ALIGNED TO OUR GOALS AND RESPECTING THE GUARDRAILS. >> AND IF WE DON'T I FOR ONE I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THE BUDGET AND ALL I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON JUNE 30TH TO COME BACK AGAIN AND YOU KNOW IF IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH ON THE 20 THIRD BECAUSE I JUST THINK WE HAVE IT WE OWE IT TO OUR KIDS AND WE NOW HAVE AND WE LEAST HAVE AGAIN THE NEW RESOURCES WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THERE AT LEAST SHOULD BE A PLAN FOR THAT 2.5 MILLION THAT SHOULD NOT JUST BE LIKE COMMITTED. MAYBE WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT NEXT YEAR. RIGHT? SO ANYWAY, THAT'S MY POINT. I MEAN COMMISSIONER FISHER, PEOPLE WANT US SO TO USE THE REST OF MY TIME BECAUSE GOD FORBID I'D NOT USE EVERY SECOND OF MY THREE MINUTES YOU KNOW I JUST REALLY THE I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CASELOAD MODEL AND I APPRECIATE FORMER CHAIR KELLY'S POINT ABOUT WHEN WE'RE USING A CASELOAD MODEL
INSTEAD OF A WORKLOAD MODEL WE ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. WE ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. >> WE ARE NOT MEETING OUR STUDENTS NEEDS. THE OTHER POINT I WANT TO MAKE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE DATA POINT 73.6% OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES SPEND THE MAJORITY OF THEIR DAY IN Z CLASSES USING AN RSP MODEL. THAT MEANS THAT THOSE KIDS ARE WELL ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WITH IEPS ARE GENERAL ED KIDS FIRST AND FOREMOST. BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVING SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE GEN ED ENVIRONMENT NOT JUST THE SPECIAL DAY CLASSES NOT JUST LIKE THIS IS WHERE STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THEIR SERVICES. THIS IS EVERYBODY HIS RESPONSIBILITY NOT JUST THE SPED DEPARTMENT. THIS IS EVERYBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON INCLUSION, INCLUSIVE PRACTICES, UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING MORE TRAINING. BUT I STILL THE THE QUESTION THERE'S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN THIS BUDGET THAT I DON'T THINK HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENTLY ANSWERED IN THE C I C HAS RAISED A LOT OF
QUESTIONS AND I REALLY REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE ADVOCACY AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE ARE A VERY UNIQUE DISTRICT IN HOW WE PRIORITIZE OUR CAC PARENTS SELF WISE COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER SELF AS IN THE STATE WE ARE IN A I THINK THAT'S A I APPRECIATE THAT FROM A PARENT OF A KID WITH AN IEP PARENT VOICES INCLUDED YOU KNOW IT'S WRITTEN INTO ED CODE MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION AND THAT EXTENDS TO THE CAC LEVEL AND THE SLP LEVEL AS WELL. HAVING SAID ALL THAT, I'M PRESIDENT KIM. I THINK THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS A VOTING MATTER. >> I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION HERE TO APPROPRIATELY VOTE FOR THIS A BUDGET. >> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND THE CAC HAS RAISED SOME VERY GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT ADDITIONAL BUDGET CATEGORIES THAT STILL NEED TO BE CLARIFIED BEFORE THEY CAN SIGN OFF ON THIS. THEY HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON THIS SO I'M HOPING WE CAN TABLE THIS UNTIL THE 23RD AND HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED SO WE
CAN VOTE YES TO ADOPT THIS SELF UP BUDGET AND LOCAL PLAN. BEFORE WE DO THAT I HAVE ONE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PSYCHOLOGIST POSITIONS. SO HAVE HAVE HAS A CONVERSATION TAKING PLACE AROUND THE PSYCHOLOGIST? WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THOSE 18 THAT ARE OUTSTANDING FOR THE REQUEST FOR THOSE IT IS STILL OUTSTANDING AND WE NEED TO STILL COLLABORATE WITH OUR FISCAL TEAM ON ON MAKING A WE HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION ON THAT . THE CAC ALSO MENTIONED $31.1 MILLION OF ALLOCATION FOR CONSULTANTS REGARDING THIS WORK AS WELL. IS THAT STILL UNDER DISCUSSION AS WELL? NO, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A DISAGREEMENT INTERNALLY ON THE 31. I THINK WE EXPLAINED IT THE 31 MILLION BUDGET FOR NPS IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES WILL BE FELT RIGHT AND THAT IS WHAT IS REQUIRED FROM THE US CONTRACT. >> SO ONCE WE SEE WHAT THE
RESULTS OF OUR HIRING EFFORTS ARE WE THEN WE WOULD NEED TO REBALANCE THE BUDGET. BUT THE LINE ITEMS BETWEEN OUR EFFORTS AND OUR CONTRACTS THAT IS WHAT IS REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF US OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. SO I HADN'T HEARD ANY OTHER INPUT INTERNALLY THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT I DID ACTUALLY SHARE MORE INFORMATION TODAY ABOUT SOME CONFUSION AND SOME VERY SPECIFIC NUMBERS THAT DO NOT ALIGN WITH THE $31.1 MILLION. SO I STILL THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR CLARIFICATION HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. COUNSEL QUICK QUESTION SOMETHING HELLO. OKAY. COUNSEL A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING TO THAT EXTENT WHAT IS THE RAMIFICATION OF ACTUALLY TABLING THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING ON JUNE 23RD? UM, PRACTICALLY SPEAKING YOU WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS
PARTICULAR ITEM BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THE BUDGET AS PART OF THE JUNE 23RD MEETING SO IT'LL HAVE TO BE SEQUENTIAL SIZED BUT THE BOARD HAS THE OPTION TO MOVE IT TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND GET ADDITIONAL DATA AND AND THEN MOVE FROM THERE. I MEAN BUT IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET ADOPTION AND BEFORE THE BOARD VOTES TO ADOPT THE BUDGET THIS ACTION WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEARED OR A VOTE TAKEN BEFORE YOU MOVE AND VOTE ON THE BUDGET ON THE 23RD BECAUSE I THINK THE REQUEST THAT I WOULD MAKE IS FOR THE CAC AND THE FINANCE TEAM AND WHOMEVER ELSE INTERNAL I WISH THE SUPERINTENDENT WERE HERE TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THIS CONVERSATION IF YOU WILL. MAYBE AS ACTING SUPERINTENDENT YOU CAN POTENTIALLY DO THAT TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND GET THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN VOTE ON THIS WITH WITH CONFIDENCE. AND SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION HERE, I'M HAPPY TO TABLE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING. CAN I JUST SAY REALLY I DON'T OBJECT. IN FACT I SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE I THINK TWO YEARS AGO I THINK
IT JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY WHO WASN'T ON THE BOARD WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THIS A VERY SIMILAR ISSUE OCCURRED WHERE THERE WAS A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CAC. I THINK SPED STAFF ON THE ONE HAND AND THE FISCAL STAFF ON THE OTHER AND THE FISCAL STAFF CUT THE SPED BUDGET AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPED STAFF AND CAC AND IT RESULTED IN A HORRIBLE SCANDAL FRANKLY BECAUSE THERE WERE ALL THESE KIDS THAT DIDN'T GET SERVICES ON THE FIRST MONTH OF SCHOOL BECAUSE POSITIONS COULDN'T BE HIRED. YOU KNOW ALL KINDS OF THINGS COULDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BUDGET BECAUSE THE BUDGET HAD BEEN SLASHED BY THE BY THE FISCAL TEAM. >> SO I KNOW YOU ALL AREN'T NEW AND WEREN'T OF COURSE WEREN'T INVOLVED IN THAT. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FISCAL FOLKS KNOW THAT THAT WE HAVE A VERY RECENT HISTORY OF THAT OCCURRING. SO IT'S CRITICAL I THINK THAT THAT YOU ALL SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND ENSURE THAT YOU FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE OF OUR SPEED EXPERTS
AND OBVIOUSLY THERE SHOULD BE A DIALOG BUT WE CAN'T HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE JUST SAYING CUT THE BUDGET BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY DANGEROUS AND WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DO THAT AND I GUESS THAT WAS AND ON THE OTHER HAND I MEAN IF IF WE'RE COMMITTED TO CHANGING THE BUDGET IF AS YOU MENTIONED AROUND THE CONTRACTS, IF WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN AUGUST AND INCREASE IT IF WE NEED TO, THEN MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO ADDRESS THAT. >> BUT I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ALL BEEN WORKED OUT BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS. >> SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE NO POSITIONS ARE BEING CUT IN THIS BUDGET, RIGHT? WE'VE ADDED 60 POSITIONS. WE'RE GROWING THE BUDGET FROM 279 TO 352. THERE IS NO PROPOSALS FOR REDUCTION AT THIS TIME. IT'S REALLY JUST A REBALANCING OF LINE ITEMS AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT BY OUR LABOR PARTNERS. ACTUALLY THIS IS A REQUEST FROM THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FULLY BUDGETED OUR FEES AND REDUCE RELIANCE ON CONTRACTS. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE. SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE WE'RE COMMITTED TO BOTH
SUPPORTING OUR NEEDS AND TO USE SUPPORTING OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND THAT IS EFFECTIVELY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. SO I I'M A LITTLE I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE CUTTING HUNDREDS OF POSITIONS APPLIES IN THIS CASE. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. >> YEAH. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THE BUDGET'S ACTUALLY INCREASING SO IT'S NOT THAT THAT'S THE CONCERN. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS BASED ON THE OUTREACH WE'VE RECEIVED CLEARLY THERE IS SOME NEED FOR THERE TO BE CONTINUED COMMUNICATION AND CLARIFICATION ON WHERE THINGS STAND. IT COULD BE THAT NOTHING ACTUALLY CHANGES WITH THE BUDGET AND IT'S UP A PLAN ITSELF BUT IF MORE CONVERSATION CAN BE DONE SO THAT THERE'S THE UTMOST CLARITY AND ALIGNMENT FROM THE CAC AND THIS WORK SO THAT WE CAN VOTE ON THIS WITH CLARITY AND CONFIDENCE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED . OKAY. THAT BEING SAID, I WILL GO AHEAD AND TABLE THIS ITEM TO A FUTURE MEETING. IT'S LATE SO I'M GOING TO JUST
MOVE FORWARD IN THIS AND I'M GOING TO APPRECIATE STAFF BOTH FINANCE TEAM SPEED TEAM, CAC APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS HERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PICKING THE CONVERSATION BACK UP IN THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING TO ITEM G 4 TO 6 SASH OH NO G3PF CEC ANNUAL PRESENTATION AND I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO STAFF TO BRING THIS FORWARD . >> OKAY. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MOUNT BENITEZ MY NAME IS EDWIN DIAZ AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION ENRICHMENT FUND AND TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION ENRICHMENT FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR ANNUAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE 2627 PIF EXPENDITURE PLAN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION SUMMARIZES THE WORK OF THE PIF CAG DURING THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR. MATERIALS INCLUDE THE CACC RECOMMENDATIONS MEMO AND THE DISTRICT'S FORMAL RESPONSES TO THE MEMO. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SERVICE OF THE CAT MEMBERS AND THANK THE PIF OFFICE FOR
THEIR SUPPORT FOR SUPPORTING THE COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. NEXT NEXT UP BEFORE THIS YEAR AND JOINING ME TONIGHT ARE SARAH CURRAN WHO IS A PEACOCK MEMBER AND ON THE ZOOM CALL IS OUR NEWLY ELECTED CO-CHAIR ELIZA SCHNEIER. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET HER AT SOME POINT TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. NOW NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRIS. SO VERY QUICKLY, THE PIF CAP WAS ESTABLISHED TO SERVE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN SFO USD AND THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THE USE OF LOCAL RESOURCES. SINCE THE PAST SINCE THE PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION H AND 24 THE COMMITTEE HAS PROVIDED OVERSIGHT AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE PLAN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE CACS SERVES AS A CONDUIT BETWEEN STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SFA LEADERSHIP. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS PROGRAM INFORMATION EXAMINES BUDGET
PROPOSALS, DEVELOPS RECOMMENDATIONS AND HELPS INCREASE THE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE FUNDS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS YEAR THE CAP CONSISTED OF REPRESENTATIVE WAS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE USF UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO. WHILE THE COMMITTEE CONTINUED ITS WORK SUCCESSFULLY VACANCIES REMAINED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF ONGOING RECRUITMENT AND APPOINTMENT EFFORT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE BODY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HIGHLIGHTS AND LESSONS AND LESSONS LEARNED DURING THE YEAR. MEMBERS MET WITH P FUNDED PROGRAM LEADERS REVIEWED PROGRAM PROPOSALS ENGAGE WITH SUPERINTENDENT SU AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP REGARDING BUDGET PRIORITIES. THE COMMITTEE APPRECIATED THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT WHILE ALSO IDENTIFYING AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT. ONE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE THIS YEAR WAS THE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP. SORRY TO KEEP HITTING THIS
PIECE. WE'RE PLANNING AHEAD IT AGAIN A LITTLE BIT LATER BUT WHILE THE CACC IS AUTHORIZED FOR A 24 MEMBERS IT RECEIVED ONLY A FEW APPOINTMENTS THIS YEAR DURING THE YEAR RESULTING IN NUMEROUS VACANCIES. MEMBERS NOTED THAT FULLY STAFFED THAT A FULLY STAFFED COMMITTEE WOULD BRING A BROADER RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCE TO THE RECOMMENDATION PROCESS AND STRENGTHEN THE QUALITY OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK. THE COMMITTEE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A JOINT MEETING WITH THE EL CAP ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MEMBERS FOUND A SHARED OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL PRESENTATIONS INFORMATIVE AND APPRECIATED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THE FUNDING THE STATE, LOCAL AND FEDERAL FUNDING INTERACTS WITH STUDENT SUPPORTS. AT THE SAME TIME THE MEMBERS WONDERED WHETHER THEY MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER THE SHARED FINANCIAL INFORMATION WITHOUT REQUIRING BOTH ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO DEDICATE TO TWO GIVE UP DEDICATED MEETING TIME FOR THE SAME PRESENTATION.
MEMBERS EXPRESSED THE INTEREST IN EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES THAT PRESERVE COLLABORATION WHILE MAXIMIZING EACH COMMITTEE'S TIME THAT IT HAS FOR ITS UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITIES AND STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS. FINALLY, MEMBERS EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR EARLIER BUDGET FOR EARLIER ACCESS TO BUDGET INFORMATION, MORE DETAILED FISCAL DATA, GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL TWO WAY ENGAGEMENT AND REGARDING MAJOR SPENDING DECISIONS AND FUNDING PRIORITIES. THE COMMITTEE BELIEVES THESE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD STRENGTHEN ITS ABILITY TO PROVIDE THOUGHTFUL AND TIMELY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> THE CACS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GROUNDED IN FIVE AND FIVE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. AND THAT IS THAT PROGRAMS SHOULD PROVIDE IMMEDIATE BENEFITS TO STUDENTS AND STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. AND THAT'S EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE SUPPORT STUDENT WELLNESS AND COURAGE, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
AND DEMONSTRATE A LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY. NEXT SLIDE. AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SARA WHO WILL SHARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SARAH KERR AND I'M A TEACHER LIBRARIAN. I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR 15 YEARS AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE CACC. I'M GOING TO READ THE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE PUT FORTH AND I WILL ALSO SHARE THE DISTRICT RESPONSE TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION SINCE THE PEACE SLAM DEPARTMENTS RECEIVED DEDICATED GUARANTEED FUNDING SPENDING WITHIN THOSE DEPARTMENTS SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME RESTRICTIONS AS THOSE OUTSIDE PIF. THE CACC RECOMMENDS THAT THE DISTRICT NOT IMPOSE A STAFFING MODEL ON PIF SLAM FUNDED DEPARTMENTS AND INSTEAD ALLOW
INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS TO DETERMINE THEIR OWN STAFFING NEEDS INCLUDING CENTRAL OFFICE POSITIONS AND SITE ALLOCATIONS AS LONG AS THEY REMAIN WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE BUDGETS. AND THE DISTRICT RESPONSE WAS WE APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION OF A UNIQUE ROLE IN FUNDING SLAM PROGRAMS. WE AGREE THAT EACH SLAM DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DETERMINE ITS STAFFING STRUCTURE AND ALLOCATIONS WITHIN ITS PIF DESIGNATED SHARE. WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING TRANSPARENCY AND ONGOING DIALOG WITH SLAM DEPARTMENT LEADERS TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC USE OF FUNDS WHILE BALANCING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO THE CAG RAISES CONCERNS OF A LARGE SHARE OF PIF FUNDING GOING TO MANDATES SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES $25 MILLION PROJECTED IN 2526 AND 2627 ACCOUNTING FOR 23% OF THE PE FUND. WE RECOMMEND THAT THE DISTRICT IDENTIFY MORE SUSTAINABLE COST
CONTROLLED FUNDING SOURCES FOR SPREAD AND INVESTIGATE CURRENT PRIVATE CONTRACTING EXPENSES TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY ARE NECESSARY OR WHETHER EXPENSES COULD BE REDUCED BY PRIORITIZING THE FILLING OF VACANT POSITIONS. AND THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSE IS THE DISTRICT ACKNOWLEDGES THE CACS POSITION THAT PIF SHOULD PRIMARILY SUPPORT ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. ADDITIONALLY, DUE TO ONGOING STRUCTURAL AND BUDGET CHALLENGES, A PORTION OF PIF HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY USED TO COVER MANDATED SPEND EXPENSES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO REDUCE SPECIAL EDUCATION COSTS AS IF USD IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A FREE AND APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION TO STUDENTS WITH IEPS WHILE MANAGING THE ESCALATING IMPACTS ON THE DISTRICT'S UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND AND RESTRICTED RESOURCES SUCH AS PIF. OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE PIF INVESTMENTS REMAIN ALIGNED WITH US OF UCSD'S STRATEGIC VISION AND HAVE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE
IMPACT ON STUDENT ENRICHMENT AND EQUITY WHILE ALSO PROVIDING THE SERVICES OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENT POPULATION ONES NEED. NEXT SLIDE. RECOMMENDATION THREE PIF REQUIRES THAT 90% OF FUNDS PAY FOR STUDENT FACING SERVICES. THE CACC RECOMMENDS THAT THE DISTRICT PRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR SPECIALIZED SERVICE PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT NURSES OVER PROGRAMS THAT DO NOT PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO STUDENTS SUCH AS ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES. THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSE THE DISTRICT SHARES THE CACS BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENT FACING SERVICES PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT SUPPORT STUDENT HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO TRANSITION SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER FUNDING TO TITLE ONE AND OTHER RESTRICTED SOURCES ENSURING THESE CRITICAL SERVICES WILL NOT BE DISCONTINUED WHILE HONORING THE TERMS OF AVAILABLE
RESTRICTED FUNDING. THIS STRATEGIC SHIFT WILL ALLOW PIF RESOURCES PREVIOUSLY USE FOR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS TO BE REDEPLOYED TO SUPPORT TIER ONE PRIORITIES POTENTIALLY INCLUDING SITE BASED STAFF SUCH AS INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, NEW MONITORS AND T SPENDING FURTHER ANALYSIS AND INPUT. NEXT SLIDE. >> RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COC RECOMMENDS THAT THE DISTRICT AND APPOINTING BODIES FILL ALL 24 SEATS AND THAT THE DISTRICT AND FOREST BOARD POLICY 1220 REGARDING PARTICIPATION TO ENSURE THE VOICE OF USD IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OUTCOMES OF THE. OUR CHILDREN OUR FAMILIES COUNCIL. WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT AT LEAST ONE MEMBER SERVE ON THE O.C. OFF COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT RESPONSE. THE DISTRICT APPRECIATES THE CACS COMMITMENT TO SHARED GOVERNANCE AND AGREES THAT A FULLY ENGAGED COMMITTEE BEST SERVES SUBSIDIZE GOALS. WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH APPOINTING BODIES TO FULFILL THEIR APPOINTMENTS.
THE DISTRICT IS ALSO ENGAGED IN A BROADER REALIGNMENT OF ADVISORY STRUCTURES EXAMINING HOW DISTRICT ADVISORY BODIES INCLUDING THE PAC CAN BE BETTER SUPPORTED AND INTEGRATED TO STRENGTHEN EQUITY COHERENCE AND STUDENT OUTCOMES. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF BOARD POLICY 1220 AND WILL FACTOR THE PEACOCK'S PARTICIPATION AND GOVERNANCE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO THE ADVISORY ALIGNMENT STRATEGY CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WHILE LOTS OF APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE VIA A SEPARATE PROCESS. THE RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE PAC VOICES WILL BE ELEVATED DURING THESE CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL CONVERSATIONS. >> IN CLOSING, THE PAC APPRECIATES THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT TO DISTRICT STAFF AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. THEY REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT PE FUNDS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT ADVANCE STUDENT EQUITY SUCCESS AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
I'LL ROLL THIS RIGHT INTO THE NEXT ITEM FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE CAN GO INTO QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION OR YOU BOTH BE PRESENTING FOR THE NEXT ITEM AS WELL. YEAH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. >> MM HMM. SO ITEM UH UH G FOR UM A PUBLIC HEARING ON ADOPTION OF SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION ENRICHMENT FUND EXPENDITURE PLAN FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2020 26 TO 2027 AND NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING AT 11:16 P.M. WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AND AS A REMINDER SPEAKERS HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. MR. SHANE ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE IN PERSON WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM SEEING NONE. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS ONLINE? YES THERE IS PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. OH GOOD EVENING. >> THIS IS VANESSA. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE THE P RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK THEY'RE THOROUGH EXCEPT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. >> SO FUNDING DOES NEED TO BE
SHARED ESPECIALLY IN A TIME WHEN PUBLIC EDUCATION AT LARGE HAS BEEN UNDERFUNDED. SO I'M GOING TO REMIND THE BOARD IT'S INCUMBENT UPON YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IS FUNDED FIRST AND THEN FUNDING HAPPENS AND TRICKLE DOWNS LATER. THANK YOU. >> THAT CONCLUDES. THANK YOU. OKAY I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONERS FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE ITEMS. >> COMMISSIONERS YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. FRIENDLY REMINDER IT'S 11:18 P.M. COMMISSIONER RAY HELLO THERE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING AND BEING UP THIS LATE WITH US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU ALSO TO ALISA SHARE ONLINE FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. MY QUESTIONS RELATE TO AT THE MOMENT TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE PAC AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE FOR CONTINUITY SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN EXPRESSED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF FOLKS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT NUMBER HAS DWINDLED SIGNIFICANTLY. SO I WANTED TO ASK WHAT WE CAN
DO TO ASSIST WITH THAT AND ALSO CONFIRM HOW MANY DO BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ONE APPOINTMENT EACH OR CAN THEY APPOINT MORE MEMBERS? WHO ELSE CAN APPOINT MEMBERS YOU KNOW AND NEEDS TO YOU KNOW, WITHIN WITHIN OUR SYSTEM AND ALSO I DON'T THINK I'M SAYING ANYTHING IT'S UNKNOWN BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRANSITION IN IN STAFF SUPPORT. ARE WE ALLOWED TO JUST OKAY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MR. DIAZ AND ALSO ASK WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE TO SUPPORT THE THE CHIEF YOU KNOW THE CORPS IN THIS PERIOD. THANK YOU. LET ME JUST ADD ONE OR DO YOU WANT TO SAY YES AND WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ADDRESS THAT? SURE. DO YOU WANT TO GET TO YEAH. SO AS FAR AS THE SUPPORT OF COURSE WE'LL BE ASSIGNING ADDITIONAL FOLKS FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE. EDWIN HAS DECIDED TO LEAVE AND GO CLOSER TO HOME AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS OF SERVICE AND SO JENNIFER WILL BE ASSIGNING ADDITIONAL BUDGET SUPPORT TO THE KECK AS FAR AS
MEMBERSHIP, COULD YOU ADDRESS THAT? EDWIN I THINK IT'S A LITTLE VAGUE BUT THERE IS LOTS OF ROOM FOR APPOINTMENT FROM WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO SAY EVERY TIME YOU'RE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD. SO WHY DON'T YOU ADDRESS THAT? SO REGARDING THE APPOINTMENTS BOARD MEMBERS CAN APPOINT TWO MEMBERS. UCSF HAS THREE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY THE STUDENT DELEGATES GET TO EACH AND THE SUPERINTENDENT GETS THREE. I THINK THAT BRINGS US UP TO A TOTAL OF 24 AND SO SORRY CAN I JUST SAY THAT EACH BOARD MEMBER CAN APPOINT TWO MEMBERS EACH BOARD MEMBER CAN APPLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW. I WILL APPOINT A SECOND MEMBER BECAUSE I HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW IF I CAN JUST I ENCOURAGE US TO ASK QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE BUDGET ITSELF AND THE EXPENDITURE PLAN AND THEN A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS RELATED TO STAFFING AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENT SUPPORTS WE CAN BRING THROUGH AN RFI. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE PLAN OR THE BUDGET?
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE USE OF FUNDS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES. IS THE DISTRICT VIEWING INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AS STUDENT FACING SUPPORTS AND THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICTS DO YOU AND THE PICKAX YOU OR ARE IS THE DISTRICT VIEWING THEM AS NOT STUDENT FACING SUPPORTS BUT THEY TOTAL LESS THAN 10% OF THE BUDGET SO THERE THERE HAS BEEN AN UPDATE SINCE WE UPLOADED THIS ITEM TO BOARD DOCS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE NEEDED WE SUBSEQUENTLY HAVE MOVED A FEW ITEMS AROUND IN THE BUDGET AND HEARING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE CAG WE SHIFTED THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES TO A DIFFERENT GRANT AND SO AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO REALLOCATE THOSE THOSE FUNDS AND WITHIN THE CURRENT WITHIN THE CURRENT PORTFOLIO. SO WE HEARD THE FEEDBACK YOU KNOW PRIOR TO AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT BEFORE WE CAME TO THE MEETING. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT UPDATE SO OKAY. SEE NO OTHER COMMENTS. CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE ON ITEM G FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF
SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSAL FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION ENRICHMENT FUND EXPENDITURE PLAN FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2627 ROLL CALL VOTE COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HULING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD PRESIDENT KIM YES. I NOW CLOSED THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 11:22 P.M.. I THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK MUCH APPRECIATION TO THE WORK AND EDWIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR. COMMISSIONERS, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TABLE ITEM H ONE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAKE YOURSELF EVALUATION. WE WILL PICK THIS UP EITHER ON JUNE 23RD OR CONVENE WITH COMMISSIONER OR VICE PRESIDENT HULING TO FIND A TIME THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE THAN 11:23 P.M. AT NIGHT ON TUESDAY JUNE 9TH. WHAT I WILL DO IS QUICKLY BRING
FORWARD ITEM H TO MAJOR DECISIONS UPDATE PROPOSED TCA EIGHT MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOL BECAUSE WE HAVE A SMALL CADRE OF SUPERFANS WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING VERY PATIENTLY FOR THIS DISCUSSION AND AS WE DO THAT COMMISSIONER IS JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT WE HAVE TO ACTION ITEMS IN FRONT OF US IN ADDITION TO CONSENT AND AN APPOINTMENT. HELLO AND THANK YOU AND APOLOGIES PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. >> OKAY. GOOD NIGHT COMMISSIONERS. >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE. >> SORRY. I DON'T KNOW. I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY WATER UP AND LIKE STARTING TO FALL APART. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT THAT BEGAN BACK IN JULY. WE HOPE THAT THESE IN LINE WITH BOTH FAMILY DESIRES AND ALSO A PROGRAM THAT WILL LEVERAGE OUR EXPANDING LANGUAGE PROGRAMS.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND OH AND I'M HERE WITH MY MY COLLEAGUES WHO WILL ALL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AS THEY GO ALONG BECAUSE MY ARTICULATION HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED AS THE HOUR HAS PROGRESSED. >> AS YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS GROUND OURSELVES IN OUR VISION VALUES, GOALS, GUARDRAILS ON OUR MISSION. OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT EACH AND EVERY STUDENT RECEIVES THE QUALITY, EDUCATION AND EQUITABLE SUPPORT TO THRIVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. AND WE BELIEVE THAT THESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS WILL HELP US GET THERE. AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE BACK IN JULY, AS YOU RECALL, THERE WAS A DECISION TO EXPAND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. WE REALLY WANT TO GROW ACCESS TO THESE CHINESE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ADDITION TO EXPANDING THE ACCESS, WE WANT TO REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR EDUCATOR PIPELINES. WE KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO EXPAND OUR ACCESS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE STRONG PARTNERSHIPS TO DEVELOP OUR BILINGUAL TEACHERS AND TO ENSURE THAT THAT TEACHERS HAVE THE PROPER CREDENTIALING. AND THEN FINALLY WE'LL HAVE TO STRATEGICALLY ALIGN OUR
PARTNERSHIPS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF CHINESE TEACHERS OR THE TAC, THE ASSOCIATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN ADMINISTRATORS OR THE NOW I'M JUST GETTING A AND THEN ALSO THE ASIAN PACTS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE SORRY I NORMALLY GO TO BED AT LIKE 8:00 SO THIS IS REALLY TOUGH FOR ME AS I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP YOU ALL AWAKE AND SO WE WE ARE CONTINUING TO ALIGN OUR PARTNERSHIPS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE WE CAN DEVELOP THESE PROGRAMS EFFECTIVELY AND CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. SO WE ARE PLANNING TO LAUNCH IN THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT . WE HAVE A LOT TO DO IN ORDER TO GET THERE AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS ENSURE THAT WE WE START OUT RIGHT. WE DON'T WANT TO START OUT WITH TOO MANY CLASSROOMS OR WE'RE THINKING ABOUT STARTING OUT WITH ONE TAKE AND THREE KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS. I THINK THAT'S RIGHT AND THAT WAY THERE'S A PHASED APPROACH THAT PHASED APPROACH WILL ALLOW US TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, IT'LL ALLOW US TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE ATTRACTED THE RIGHT CANDIDATES.
WE HAVE SUFFICIENT CREDENTIALED QUALITY TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOMS TOO. WE CAN LOOK AT QUALITY CONTROL AS WE GROW THE THE SCHOOL INTO THE FULL TCA IMMERSION PROGRAM. AND THEN THREE WE WANT TO ATTRACT STUDENTS INTO THIS PROGRAM FROM OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT. PART OF THIS STRATEGY IS WHO'S NOT RIGHT NOW CHOOSING US AND HOW CAN WE ATTRACT THEM? WE DON'T WANT TO JUST PLAY MUSICAL CHAIRS WITH THE KIDS ALREADY AND IMMERSION PROGRAMS AND SO THAT'S OUR PLAN FOR THE 2728 YEAR AND THEN TO GROW INCREMENTALLY FOR YEARS GOING FORWARD AND THEN FINALLY WE GET TO WORK WITH THE SEATO WHO I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH ALMOST MY ENTIRE CAREER. MY FORMER COLLEAGUE AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT SHE'S COME BACK BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SHE'S THE FOUNDING PRINCIPAL OF THE FIRST CHINESE IMMERSION PROGRAM AND SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT THIS NEW PROGRAM FOLLOWS IN THESE AMAZING FOOTSTEPS AND I WILL PASS IT ON TO YEAH, WELL THANK YOU. AND JAN, I WANTED TO SAY GOOD EVENING. I THINK IT'S ALMOST GOOD
MORNING, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT PRESIDENT KIM COMMISSIONERS I AM REALLY GRATEFUL THOUGH TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO HELP PLAN AND LAUNCH THIS LONG AWAITED SCHOOL SO I'M TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROFICIENCY GOALS IN TERMS OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE PROGRAM DESIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE THE CENTER OF ALL THE LESSON PLANNING. WE'LL USE THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF TEACH TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE OR ACT FOR SHORT AS A GUIDE WHEN WE DESIGN LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES. IN ADDITION, WE'LL ALSO USE A CALIFORNIA STATE EDUCATION SEAL UP BY LITERACY REQUIREMENTS AS A GOAL TO THOSE SO THAT THE STUDENTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THIS CERTIFICATE WHEN THEY COMPLETE THE PROGRAM IN TERMS OF ACADEMIC GOALS, THE STATE REQUIRED CONTENT STANDARDS WILL BE USED AS WE PLAN TO UNITS OF STUDY AND CURRICULUM STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO MEET GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS IN ALL CONTENT AREAS OUTLINED BY THE CALIFORNIA
STATE OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EVEN THOUGH MANY OF THE CONTENT AREAS WILL BE TAUGHT IN CHINESE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CULTURE AND LANGUAGE AS WE ALL KNOW ARE INTRICATELY LINKED SO APPROPRIATE CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE WILL BE INTEGRATED IN THE PROGRAM DESIGN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS SLIDE DESCRIBES SOME METHODS OF DELIVERY NAMELY STUDENTS WILL BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE LESSONS USING ALL MODALITIES AND NOT JUST SIT AND LISTEN. THE PROJECT BASED LEARNING INTEGRATOR INSTRUCTION ACROSS CONTENT AREAS AND USING TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL ARE ALL STRATEGIES STRATEGIES THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CURRICULUM DESIGN. SO I TURN IT OVER TO DEVIN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SHARED REGARDING THE LAUNCH AND THE GRADUAL ADDITION OF CLASS SIZES OVER TIME WE WANTED TO START BY PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF OVERALL ENROLLMENT AT WHEN THE SCHOOL IS GROWN TO SCALE.
SO IN THIS CASE WE ARE ANTICIPATING 1 TO 2 K CLASSES THREE CLASSES PER GRADE IN K-3 AND THEN TWO CLASSES PER GRADE IN FOURTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE. THIS MAINTAINS I AM ALSO HAVING AN 1130 MOMENT. >> THIS MAINTAINS A STABLE SUSTAINABLE ENROLLMENT ACROSS GRADE LEVELS SUCH THAT STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE TO ENTER AT THE MIDPOINT AND CAN CONTINUE LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OVER TIME . IN ADDITION, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE ENROLLMENT CENTER TO ENSURE THAT WE FOLLOW BEST PRACTICE WITH REGARDS TO ENROLLMENT IN LANGUAGE PATHWAYS AND PROGRAMS AND MAKING SURE THAT ENROLLMENT POLICY IS ALSO EQUITABLE IN ITS OPENNESS AND ALLOWANCE FOR ALL STUDENTS TO ENTER AND SUCCEED WITHIN THE PROGRAM. >> I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO KATIE FOR THE NEXT SLIDE. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF SO EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE SCHOOL. SO THE CONSIDERATIONS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A FACILITY WITH THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL
THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE NEED A MINIMUM OF 24 CLASSROOM ROOMS. IT'S ALSO THE COMPOSITION OF THE CLASSROOMS THAT WE NEED. WE NEED ABOUT TEN OF THEM THAT FIT THIS T.K. TO CODE COMPLIANCE WHICH REQUIRES SPECIAL EGRESS. T.K. KENDRA IS ALSO REQUIRED DEDICATED RESTROOM SPACE AND DEDICATED PLAY SPACE ON THE SCHOOLYARD. SO WE'VE NARROWED DOWN THE LIST OF SCHOOLS TO WHAT BUILDINGS CAN PHYSICALLY FIT IT AND THEN FROM THERE LOOKING AT DOING A DEEPER DIVE INTO WHAT ARE THE SCHOOLS IF WE LOCATED THAT SURROUNDING SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS WOULD BE ABLE TO ABSORB ANY SPECIAL SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE DISPLACED. ANY GENERAL EDUCATION THAT IS DISPLAYED? OR ARE WE LOOKING AT LOCAL LOCATIONS? OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO DELAY THE PROCESS. IDEALLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT LOCATION. AND BY WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT TEMPORARY LOCATIONS TO PUT ONE T.K. AND THREE TENDERS SO THAT WE CAN GET IT OFF THE GROUND
IN 2027. UM YEAH. AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO DEVON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND AS WAS NAMED EARLIER, ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS TO MAKING THE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM IS REALLY STRONG RECRUITMENT AND IN PARTICULAR RETENTION OF STAFF. ONE OF THE BENEFITS AGAIN JUST TO NAME WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER OF THE STAGGERED APPROACH IS THAT WE CAN RECRUIT OVER TIME AND ADD TEACHERS INTO THE BUILDING BY STARTING WITH REALLY STRONG ADMINISTRATIVE TEACHER AND SUPPORT STAFF CULTURE AND CLIMATE. AND WE HAVE ACTIVELY BEGUN ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR TEACHER POOLS, STRENGTHENING TEACHER PIPELINES FOR THOSE THAT ARE APPROPRIATELY CREDENTIALED FOR THE PROGRAM AND COLLABORATING WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER ED IN TEACHER PREP PROGRAMS FOR ADDITIONAL RECRUITMENT. AND TO CONCLUDE I JUST WANTED TO SHARE TWO CHINESE PROVERBS THAT I LEAN ON OFTEN OVER MY 30 YEARS 40 ACTUALLY YEARS OF SERVICE AS A U.S. THE FIRST ONE IS IT SAYS MAN SEE HE
TOLAN LOOSELY TRANSLATED WITH IS WITH ANY NEW ENDEAVORS THE FIRST STEP IS ALWAYS THE HARDEST AND THE SECOND ONE SAYS DO YOU YOUNG YAO HONG SOME TEACH YOU MIGHT THINK AND ACTUALLY IF YOU WERE IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR ALREADY WERE AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CEREMONY I SHARE THIS WITH THE CITY AS WELL I REALLY LIKE THIS REMINDER HE HAS A WHOLE LONG FOLKTALE BEHIND IT. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL THE STORY RIGHT NOW THOUGH. BUT THE KEY TAKEAWAY IS GRIT AND PERSEVERANCE CAN OVERCOME ALL OBSTACLES. >> SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE HERE FOR JUST A FEW QUESTIONS. PRESIDENT KIM THANK YOU MR. ZITO AND TEAM APPRECIATE YOU AND APPRECIATE THE FAMILIES WHO ARE SITTING IN THE BACK. YOU HAVE WAITED THIS ENTIRE TIME. I WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY FEW COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER RAY THANK YOU ALL
. >> I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PERSEVERANCE AND GRIT IN REMAINING HERE AND DELIVERING THE PRESENTATION . I HAVE SOME SOME SPECIFIC CLARIFYING QUESTIONS THAT I THAT I'M STILL NOT SURE WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE TO. MY FIRST QUESTION IS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE DON'T HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR OUR HUNGRY PENG HERE WE HAVE THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT, ALL OF YOU. I HOPE SOMEBODY KNOWS THE ANSWER BUT MY FIRST QUESTION IS IS A VOTE BY THE BOARD NEEDED AND PLANNED ON THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL LIKE I JUST I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS IT NEEDED? IS IT PLANNED? WHEN IS IT COMING UP IF IT'S PLANNED? SECOND QUESTION IS IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NEEDED AND PLANNED IF IT'S NEEDED? IS IT PLANNED? AND MY THIRD QUESTION IS ALSO IF THERE NEEDS TO BE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HOW WILL THAT OCCUR BEFORE ANY VOTE IF THAT IS NEEDED UNLESS FOLKS ARE ASKING THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY AS A
BOARD NEED TO VOTE ON AND ON THIS. AND SO MY THIRD QUESTION IS AROUND JUST THE TIMELINE FOR ALL OF US TO HAPPEN. CAN WE GET LIKE CAN WE GET A TIMELINE TO HELP YOU KNOW, BOTH ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER, THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WHEN THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AND HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE YOU KNOW BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. I I'M GOING TO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION AT LEAST TAKE MY STAFF FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND STAFF IF YOU WANT TO ADD IN HERE BECAUSE I DO THINK THIS HAS BEEN ANSWERED IN SOME DIFFERENT CAPACITIES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT OPENING A NEW SCHOOL SITE WITH A NEW SCHOOL CODE. THIS TURNS OUT TO LEGALLY REQUIRE A VOTE OF THE BOARD. HOWEVER, THIS IS A MAJOR DECISION OF WHAT THIS IS IMPLICATED AS PART OF OUR MAJOR DECISIONS OF THE BOARD OF WHICH WE HAVE SAID WE DO NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON SO WE WILL VOTE IN PART BECAUSE WE HAVE NAMED THIS AS A MAJOR DECISION.
BUT THIS WON'T REQUIRE A LEGAL VOTE IN THAT THERE'S NO SCHOOL CODE BEING ESTABLISHED FOR A NEW BUILDING FOR A NEW SCHOOL. SO I THINK YOUR QUESTION AT THE VERY END THOUGH IS IS TOTALLY FAIR AND INAPPROPRIATE AND A SIMILAR QUESTION THAT I HAVE HAD TO AROUND OR WHEN WOULD THIS VOTE NEED TO BE COMING TO THE BOARD AND WE'VE ALREADY NAMED I THINK COMMISSIONER OR VICE PRESIDENT HULING HAS SAID SEVERAL TIMES IF THIS IS TO HAPPEN BEFORE AN OCTOBER ENROLLMENT START DATE THEN PRESUMABLY WE WOULD NEED TO VOTE PRIOR TO THAT. BUT WITH THAT HAVING A GOVERNANCE CALENDAR THAT LAYS THAT OUT WITHOUT HAVING CLARITY FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT ON THAT PROCESS, WE ACTUALLY DON'T QUITE KNOW YET IF AND WHEN THAT WOULD HAPPEN. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. I WANT TO CHECK WITH STAFF IF THAT'S YOURS AS WELL. THAT'S THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING. IT IS NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED BUT THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST A SYMBOLIC VOTE BY THE BOARD SINCE THIS IS ONE OF THEIR PRIORITIES BEFORE ENROLLMENT BEGINS. CAN I CAN I JUST CLARIFY SO SO IT'S NOT THE PLAN IS NOT TO
HAVE IT BE A NEW SCHOOL. >> IT WOULD BE PART OF AN EXISTING SCHOOL THEN SO MY ASSUMPTION HERE AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT ASSUMPTION BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ASSUMPTION. YES. BECAUSE IS THAT THIS IS NOT THIS WOULD NOT BE A NEW SCHOOL LIKE A NEWLY ESTABLISHED SCHOOL IN THAT THERE'S NO SCHOOL ID THAT'S GOING TO BE CREATED FOR THE CREATION OF THIS PROGRAM GENERALLY. SO IT IS A NEW SCHOOL BUT WE ARE ALLOWED TO REPURPOSE OUR EXISTING CDE CODES TO START A NEW PROGRAM AND AS AN EDUCATOR AND AN AT AN EXISTING SCHOOL SITE WHICH IS HOW WE HOW WE WOULD DO THAT BUT IT BUT IT BUT REPURPOSE AN EXISTING SCHOOL WOULD MEAN THAT IT WOULDN'T IT WOULDN'T BE A NEW SCHOOL BE COMING OUT OF AN EXISTING SCHOOL UNLESS WE'RE IT'S IT'S A BIT OF A TECHNICALITY SO THE PART THAT WOULD LEGALLY REQUIRE A VOTE BY THE BOARD IS IF YOU'RE CREATING A NEW CD CODE TO ESTABLISH A NEW SCHOOL SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE EXISTING CODES WE'D BE REPURPOSING ONE BUT
STARTING A NEW SCHOOL. >> OKAY. I JUST THINK I THINK IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING I THINK THAT IT'S MAYBE IT'S CONFUSING TO NOT VOTE ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REPURPOSING A CODE TO ME FEELS LIKE STARTING A NEW SCHOOL. SO I DON'T I THINK IT'S MORE THAN SYMBOLIC IS WHAT I'M SAYING BECAUSE I THINK THEN WE'RE IF THERE'S A CODE THAT WAS USED FOR SCHOOL THAT NO LONGER EXISTS, YOU KNOW I'M SAYING I MEAN I DO I MEAN AGAIN I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR IF THIS IS A NEW SCHOOL, I THINK WE TO BE CLEAR, THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO HAVE A PRINCIPAL. IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A EVEN IF IT'S CO-LOCATED IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW SCHOOL. YES. YES. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO CLARIFY AND THERE'S THE THE ULTRA TECHNICAL ANSWER OF WHAT LEGALLY REQUIRED BY THE STATE THAT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW WHICH IS WHY THE ANSWER IS STILL YES. >> WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT REGARDLESS. >> I THINK COMMISSIONER RAY, YOU HAD SOME TIMELINE QUESTIONS AND THERE IS A YES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHEN THAT WOULD OCCUR. HOW IT WOULD OCCUR BEFORE THE VOTE AND A TIMELINE IN GENERAL
FOR THE FOR THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE ACCOUNTABILITY MILESTONES CONFIDENCE FROM THE COMMUNITY. YEAH. I MEAN TO TO COMMISSIONER TO PRESIDENT KIM'S POINT, IF WE ARE PLANNING TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS IN OCTOBER THEN WE HAVE TO BACKWARD MAP FROM THERE. AND WHILE WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE TODAY WE WILL HAVE A TIMELINE SHORTLY THAT WILL INCLUDE THOSE THINGS AND THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF ENGAGEMENTS ALREADY THAT LEE AND I CAN TALK ABOUT. BUT IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, ONCE WE MAKE A DRAFT DECISION ON TEMPORARY VERSUS PERMANENT LOCATION AND ETC., ETC. LIKE THOSE KINDS OF ENGAGEMENTS WE NEED CRITERIA IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHICH WHICH WAY WE'RE HEADED AND THEN WE NEEDED WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHICH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS WILL NEED TO HAPPEN DEPENDING ON IF IT'S A TEMPORARY OR A PERMANENT LOCATION. SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T YET HAVE THAT TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY MADE THOSE DECISIONS. BUT I CAN LIANNA CAN TALK ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT SHE'S ALREADY DONE THIS YEAR SO FAR. >> YEAH WE WE HAVE DONE THE
TOWN HALL WITH THE FRIENDS OF MENTORING GROUP SO OUR PARENTS IN THE BACK HERE AT THE SITES ACTUALLY A VERY WELL ATTENDED TOWN HALL AND ALSO WE MET WITH THE ASIAN PAC GROUP OF PARENTS AND AND I THINK THEY ARE HERE TO STILL AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AS JEN MENTIONED AND RESPONDING AND ENGAGING WITH LEADERS SCHOOL LEADERS AND AND AND THOSE COMMUNITIES TO REACH OUT AND AND WE WHEN IT'S I'M SURE IN THE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS WILL HAVE A MUCH MORE CLARITY ABOUT I KNOW THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION LIKE WHERE WHERE WOULD IT BE LIKE AND WE WE WANT TO WE WANT TO MOVE ALONG IN A STRATEGIC AND SENSITIVE WAY SO THAT WE WE ARE INCLUDING MANY STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTIES IN THE CONVERSATION AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE WORKING GROUP IS WORKING VERY, VERY HARD IN CONSIDERING ALL THE VARIABLES AND THE FACTORS OF THE STUDENTS WHO APPLY TO OUR CURRENT MANDARIN IMMERSION PROGRAMS AND ARE NOT ADMITTED AND DON'T COME TO A SOFT USD. DO WE KNOW GEOGRAPHICALLY WHERE
THOSE FAMILIES LIVE IN THE CITY ? WE DO. >> MOST OF THE STUDENTS THAT SPEAK MANDARIN ARE IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF OUR CITY. BUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT GO TO THE SCHOOLS IS THAT THEY I MEAN FOR THE MOST PART KIDS TRAVEL FOR LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. AND SO WHILE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SUNSET, THE EXCELSIOR, THE BAYVIEW, THOSE AREAS THAT WHERE KIDS ARE CLUSTERED WITH VALLEY ,WE KNOW THAT THEY'LL TRAVEL FROM WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND ENROLLMENT PATTERNS THEY'LL TRAVEL FOR PROGRAMS LIKE THIS. HOW MANY SITES ARE BEING SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED FOR EXAMPLE HAVE BEEN VISITED BY DISTRICT STAFF OR INVESTIGATED BEYOND JUST A HYPOTHETICAL FIT THAT IT'S BEEN POTENTIALLY NARROWED DOWN TO FOUR CITING THE SCHOOL I, I WANT TO TRY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE CAUTION SO STAFF HAS BEEN VERY CAREFULLY CONSIDERING QUIETLY BECAUSE OF
THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF DISRUPTING AN EXISTING COMMUNITY FOR THE SIZE OF THE PROGRAM THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED. >> SO I WOULD ASK THAT UNTIL A DECISION IS MADE THEY'RE A LITTLE CIRCUMSPECT SO AS NOT TO ALARM ANYBODY UNNECESSARILY WHICH IS PART OF WHY I THINK THEY'RE BEING SO THOUGHTFUL IN THAT DECISION PROCESS AS THEY INDICATED. SO I JUST WANT TO BE A LITTLE CAUTIOUS WITH THAT. I SEE EVERYBODY SORT OF GOING OH, WHAT WHAT DO WE SAY? >> WELL, I THINK PART OF WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE I AM CURIOUS WHETHER A DECISION IS GOING TO BE MADE AND THEN A COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE INFORMED OR WHETHER THERE ARE A RANGE OF DECISIONS AND COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO BE ENGAGED AT THE INCEPTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH GUARDRAIL ONE AS THIS IS A MAJOR DECISION AS THE BOARD HAS DIRECTED BECAUSE TO MY MIND THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS YOU KNOW, VERY NEEDED HAS THE POTENTIAL TO OFFSET SOME OF OUR ENROLLMENT
DECLINE, SERVES OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN IMPORTANT WAYS AND COULD POTENTIALLY BE DERAILED BY A FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY IF THE PLAN IS TO WHICH I I'M CURIOUS OF IT IS BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS THAT THE PLAN MAY BE TO CITE THIS AT AN EXISTING SCHOOL AND ESSENTIALLY SEES NEW ENROLLMENT TO THAT EXISTING SCHOOL TURN THE CODE OVER TO A NEW PROGRAM AND THEN HAVE THE NEW SCHOOL GROW IN AS THE OLD SCHOOL GROWS OUT AND IF THAT IS THE CASE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY OR POTENTIAL SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ARE ENGAGED AT THE INCEPTION BECAUSE I CAN IF THAT IS THE PLAN OF THE SUPERINTENDENT I CAN ANTICIPATE SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY PUSHBACK AND WE HAVE SEEN A FAILURE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AT THE INCEPTION AND DERAIL A NUMBER OF GOOD AND NEEDED PLANS BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO WHAT IS GENERALLY YOU KNOW THE PLAN FOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND HOW DOES THAT ALIGN WITH DECISION MAKING LIKE ARE WE GOING TO NARROW IT DOWN TO THREE AND THEN ENGAGE THOSE THREE COMMUNITIES AND THEN MAKE A DECISION ARE WE GOING TO NARROW IT DOWN TO ONE AND THEN BREAK NEWS? HOW IS THIS ROLL OUT? >> LET ME LET ME OUTLINE AND I'LL GIVE A GENERAL IDEA OF WHERE THE GROUP IS AND THEN KATIE AND ACTUALLY ALL OF YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME COLOR TO ADD TO IT. SO THE FIRST THING TO DO WHEN YOU HEARD THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS THAT ARE NEEDED AND ACTUALLY THE BIGGEST CONSTRAINT IS SPECIFICALLY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE T K THROUGH TO RIGHT FOR THE EXTRA EGRESS ETC. AND SIZE OF THE ROOMS. THE FIRST STEP IS TO DO AN ANALYSIS OF WHICH FACILITIES COULD ACTUALLY SERVE THOSE NEEDS THAT EXIST AND HAVE ENOUGH CLASSROOMS JUST AS AN OVERALL FACILITY RIGHT AND THEN IT'S DONE AND THEN IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF NARROWING DOWN WHICH FACILITY WOULD SERVE THAT WE COULD PREPARE FOR FROM
A FACILITY STANDPOINT THE PHYSICAL FACILITY IN A TIMELY MANNER AND THEN CAUSE THE LEAST DISRUPTION TO EXISTING PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S EXACTLY THE PROCESS THAT'S GOING ON AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE IN THE PROCESS. BUT IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL COLOR WITHOUT UPSETTING WHATEVER THE ANALYSIS IS, YEAH, I THINK ALL OF YOUR POINTS ARE WELL TAKEN AND ECHOED THAT WE ARE NOT LIKE NARROWING DOWN AND DECIDING A SCHOOL AND THEN GOING TO SURPRISE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ANNOUNCEMENT WE ARE VERY MUCH AT THE POINT WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT AT LEAST FROM THE FACILITY SIDE JUST LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS AND LOOKING AT SHARE FEASIBILITY AND THEN PROVIDING THOSE WITH THE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND SO THERE HAS BEEN NO DECISION ABOUT LIKE WHERE ARE WE PUTTING THIS RIGHT NOW WE'RE VERY MUCH JUST DOING THE GROUND TRUTHING OF LIKE WHAT COULD
WHAT COULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT A SYSTEM LIKE THIS AND WHAT WOULD THE IMPACTS TO THE EXISTING PROGRAMING BE IF THERE ARE ANY? SO TO YOUR POINT IF THERE IS GOING TO BE IMPACT, WHAT IS WHAT IS THE ENGAGEMENT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IF THAT SITE IS SELECTED? I MEAN IS THE PLAN THOUGH TO SITE THIS POTENTIALLY WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL AND THEN REPURPOSE THE YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAMING OF THAT SCHOOL CODE? IS THAT JUST GENERALLY ASIDE FROM ONE SPECIFIC SITE IT IS I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. THAT'S NOT THE PLAN AT THIS TIME. AND SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS I WANT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT THE LANGUAGE IS THAT CO-LOCATION OF TWO SCHOOLS DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN AN INTERDEPENDENCY OF THOSE TWO PROGRAMS AND CO-LOCATION IS NOT COMPLETELY COMMON IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT IS VERY COMMON IN MANY OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE SHORT ON SPACE AND I'VE WORKED IN BUILDINGS WHERE THERE'S LIKE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS IN ONE BUILDING AND EACH GET A DIFFERENT FLOOR AND THAT'S LIKE A WHOLE THING UNTO ITSELF, RIGHT? SO I WANT TO LIKE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT RELATIONSHIP SEEM INTERDEPENDENT WHEN WHAT IT IS
IS A CONDITION OF SHARED FACILITIES AND THERE IS SOME RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN AN INTERDEPENDENCY OF PROGRAM. I MEAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CO-LOCATION RIGHT WHEN IT IS TO HORACE MANN AND JIM JORDAN CURRENTLY SHARE A FOOTPRINT AND THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE SCHOOLS THAT DO HAVE SOME CO DEPENDENCIES BECAUSE WHEN THE FIRE ALARM GOES OFF AND ONE SCHOOL GOES OFF AND THE OTHER WHICH YOU KNOW YOU CAN TALK TO AMANDA AND CLAUDIA ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THOSE THINGS HAPPENING. BUT I WILL SAY THAT AS A PREVIOUS PRINCIPAL OF A SCHOOL THAT WAS MERGED, YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN WE MOVED TO THE HORACE MANN CAMPUS IT DID TAKE OVER HORACE MANN AND CLOSED HORACE MANN AND I DON'T KNOW THAT LIKE THAT PLAN I CAME IN AFTER IT ALREADY HAD MOVED OVER TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD AND I THINK WE LEARNED FROM THAT PIECE. I MEAN I PERSONALLY WAS THERE IN A VERY PAINFUL PLACE WHERE THE LAST TWO GRADES OF HORACE MANN WERE GROWING OUT AS THEY COULD NO LONGER COME THERE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SPEAK SPANISH.
I MEAN NOT SOME KIDS SPOKE SPANISH BUT THEY HADN'T BEEN IN AN IMMERSION PROGRAM. SO I THINK WE'VE LEARNED THE LESSONS FROM THAT PAINFULLY AND WE ARE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND I THINK IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT OF COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW THERE'S A WEIRD SORT OF TENSION TO THE POINT I MADE EARLIER THAT WE DON'T WANT TO ALARM ANYONE TO SAY HEY, THIS SCHOOL MIGHT BE COMING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU RIGHT LIKE THAT THAT CAN BE ALARMING TO A COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT CAN FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT BE TAKING OVER. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT FACILITY SIZES. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE INTEREST OF INITIALLY THE LEADER IS THE LEADER EVEN WILLING TO LET US COME VISIT BUT THAT'S NOT THE DECISION. RIGHT BECAUSE I COULD BE THE LEADER TODAY OF A SCHOOL AND NOT THE LEADER TOMORROW OF A SCHOOL SO WE CAN'T DEPEND ON THE INTEREST OF A LEADER AS THE WAY WE MAKE THAT DECISION. ONCE WE CAN LOOK AT FACILITIES AND SEE THIS COULD WORK THEN WE NEED AN ENGAGEMENT PLAN. SO TO YOUR POINT EARLIER WE NEED TO BACKWARD MAP THAT TIMELINE AND THAT'S NEXT ON OUR LIST FROM THE WORKING GROUP AND WE DON'T HAVE IT YET BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO SEE HOW MANY SITES REALLY THIS COULD
FIT INTO LIKE HOW MANY YOU KNOW IF WE REALLY ONLY HAVE 5 OR 6 SITES THAT EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO FIT IT'S GOING TO NARROW THE CHOICES SIGNIFICANTLY VERSUS IF WE HAVE MANY MORE OR IF IT'S GOING TO COST US SO MUCH MORE MONEY TO TO MAKE IT I WON'T SAY THE WORDS IN THE BUT THE KATIE WILL SAY COMPLIANT WITH WHAT WE NEED I MEAN I THINK THAT ALL OF THOSE ARE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WEIGHING AS WE AS WE THINK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS FOR ENGAGEMENT. I JUST HOPE THAT THOSE ARE WORKED OUT BEFORE THE ENROLLMENT FAIR AND BEFORE THIS COMES TO A VOTE AND THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY ENGAGED BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE DID SEE WITH THE ACADEMY MOVING WITHOUT A BOARD VOTE WE DID SEE FOR EXAMPLE AND WE SEE NEWCOMER PROGRAM MOVING WITHOUT A BOARD VOTE AND WHERE IT SEEMED LIKE DECISIONS IT WAS AFTER THE FACT BUT IT CAME TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION THAT ENROLLMENT PLACEMENT CENTER HAD ESSENTIALLY NOT BEEN ROLLING IN THAT PROGRAM LONG BEFORE THE
BOARD WAS MADE AWARE OF THAT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I, I HOPE THAT THAT PLAN DOES NOT RELY ON LPC JUST MAKING ENROLLMENT DECISIONS AND THAT THIS IS A TRANSPARENT PROCESS AND COMPLIANT WITH GARDNER AT ONE THE QUICK COMMENT THAT I'LL MAKE I THINK THERE'S FOUR MEETINGS FIVE IN THE FALL BEFORE THE ENROLLMENT FAIR TAKES PLACE. I'M ASSUMING THE FIRST MEETING OCTOBER IS PROBABLY TOO LATE FOR THERE TO BE DECISIONS AROUND THIS. SO THERE'S REALLY FOUR MEETINGS I THINK MY CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE TWO MONTHS ESSENTIALLY IN THE FALL WHEN WE RETURN FOR THERE TO BE DEEP ENGAGEMENT WITH ANY SCHOOL COMMITTEES THAT ARE CONSIDERED AND I THINK THIS GOES BACK TO A CONCERN OR ON JUST LIKE INSIGHT INTO THE TIMELINE FOR WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S SOMEWHAT CONCERNING TO ME KNOWING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY COME FALL AND WHAT WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN PUSHING IS NOT DOING A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY COME TO A
FINAL DECISION. AND SO I AGAIN I WOULD EMPLOY THE DISTRICT TO REALLY THINK THROUGH WHAT THAT PLAN LOOKS LIKE AND AT LEAST EVEN IF IT'S NOT A DETAILED TIMELINE OF LIKE THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN BY WEEK BY WEEK AT LEAST GIVING FOLKS SOME RUNWAY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT COME FALL BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL BE A VERY QUICK TURNAROUND AND I'M CONCERNED AROUND OUR ABILITY TO BRING SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS ALONG IN THAT I'LL JUST CONTINUE TO SAY FOR THE RECORD AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING HERE I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE MANDARIN IMMERSION PROGRAM. I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THIS IS THE WRONG CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING ABOUT MAJOR DECISIONS. I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO BE HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND ENROLLMENT AND PORTFOLIO PLANNING MORE STRATEGICALLY AND HOLISTICALLY OF WHICH THIS IS ONE OF THEM. BUT I WILL I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO NAME I THINK WE ARE HAVING THE WRONG CONVERSATION. I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE GOING TO BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO SET A PATH FORWARD
FOR STABILITY IN OUR FACILITIES SPECIFICALLY OUR PORTFOLIO PROGRAMS AND ENROLLMENT SYSTEM THAT WE WE AREN'T HAVING RIGHT NOW. AND SO AGAIN, NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU ALL IN THIS TOPIC IN PARTICULAR I AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE THING THAT WE ARE NEEDING BECAUSE THIS IS A NON-CONTROVERSIAL FULLY SUPPORTED BY THE BOARD INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT COMMISSIONER GUPTA I'LL JUST BUILD ON THAT. SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE SO LATE. YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS RELATED TO OKAY, HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE FACILITIES CONVERSATION? HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO BRINGING IN TCAS? IS THIS ACTUALLY BEING CONSIDERED IN WHAT WE CONSIDER TCAS WHEN WE CONSIDER ENROLLMENT SPECIFICALLY AROUND WHO IS TRYING TO ENROLL INTO TO SAY MANDARIN IMMERSION SCHOOLS? SO IT DOES FEEL VERY, VERY RELATED.
I SHARE THE CONCERN AROUND THE TIMELINE. IS IT REASONABLE TO EXPECT YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE MEETING BEFORE EVERYONE GOES ON BREAK? RIGHT. AND WE KNOW THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DOESN'T REALLY HAPPEN IN AN AUTHENTIC MANNER. IT'S VERY HARD TO HAVE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES OVER A SUMMER BREAK. SO CAN OUR FAMILIES AT LEAST EXPECT A TIMELINE FOR THE JUNE 23RD MEETING THAT THAT'S WORRYING? >> I'LL JUST SAY UM CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? >> SO I THINK ONE OF THE AND MAYBE I'LL SORT OF LIKE SHARE MY THING, MAKE MY THINK INVISIBLE AND THEN ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS EVENING AND SO THERE IS A PIECE AROUND FACILITIES AND LOCATION. THERE IS A PIECE AROUND ENROLLMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES. THERE'S A PIECE AROUND PROGRAM AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN. I AM MAKING THE INFERENCE THEN WHEN YOU SEE A TIMELINE THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE THE TIMELINE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EACH OF THOSE PIECES, RIGHT?
WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR RECRUITING AND STAFFING? WHAT IS THE PROCESS AND TIMELINE FOR IDENTIFYING THE SITE KNOWING THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ON LIKE AN 18 MONTH CYCLE AND SORT OF PEAK AT DIFFERENT POINTS? SO I JUST I WANT TO CLEAR JUST LIKE BECAUSE I ONLY REPRESENT SEE AND I AND WE ALL HOLD DIFFERENT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE JUST NAME OR TO ASK LIKE WHEN YOU SAY A TIMELINE IS THAT IS IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR I THINK THE THE PRIMARY TIMELINE THAT I'M INTERESTED IN THAT I'VE HEARD COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASK FOR IS IF WE ARE GOING TO OPEN THIS IN THE FALL OF 2027 AND WE RECOGNIZE WE NEED TO HAVE A FULLY VIABLE PLAN BY THE ENROLLMENT FAIR THAT HAPPENS IN OCTOBER THEN AS YOU ALL HAVE SAID BACKWARDS MAPPING THAT AND SO THE CRITICAL DECISIONS AND PARTICULARLY AS THEY MAY PERTAIN TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PROBABLY EVEN MORE PARTICULAR TO THE FACILITIES THE SITES AND THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS. I THINK HAVING A DETAILED PLAN AS FAR AS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE EVEN MORE DETAILED THAN SAY SOME OF THE PIECES THAT MAY THEN FLOW INTO PLACE BETWEEN YOU KNOW THAT THAT WE KNOW MAY
TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME THAT YOU KNOW MAY RELATE TO CURRICULA FOR EXAMPLE BETWEEN FALL OF 2026 TO FALL OF 2027 BUT GIVING THE COMMUNITY AND GIVING THE BOARD ENOUGH CONFIDENCE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO THEN HAPPEN COME FALL OF 2027 THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT EVERYONE'S LOOKING FOR. I CAN I CAN KIND OF JUMP IN ON THAT THERE. SO I THINK I THINK WE CAN HAVE A FRAMEWORK OF A TIMELINE FOR YOU BY JUNE 23RD AT LEAST IN TERMS OF LIKE THE FACILITIES I DO ALSO JUST TO ALLAY SOME OF THE ANXIETY ABOUT LIKE GETTING A DECISION AND GETTING ALL THE UM GETTING ALL THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DONE BY THE ENROLLMENT FAIR. THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT POTENTIAL LOCATIONS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE THE INVESTMENT THAT NEEDS TO GO IN TO MEETING WITH COMMUNITIES AND IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. SO WE DON'T WANT TO JUST GO
IN AND SAY LIKE SURPRISE WE'RE TAKING OVER YOUR SCHOOL OR WE'RE PUTTING THIS OTHER SCHOOL IN THERE. AND SO RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT FACILITIES COULD ACCOMMODATE THIS RIGHT NOW, ANALYZING WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS THAT WOULD BE AND WHAT IS THE ENGAGEMENT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. AND SO IF THERE'S A PERMANENT LOCATION THAT WE THINK NO, WE CANNOT ANNOUNCE THIS AND DO ALL THE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT BY OCTOBER WE HAVE OTHER AVENUES WHERE WE CAN SAY WE CAN OPEN THIS SCHOOL IN 2027 THE FOUR CLASSROOMS THAT WE THAT WE SAID THAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO WHILE WE DO THIS MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT TO MOVE INTO A MORE PERMANENT LOCATION. I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND JUST TO KIND OF CARRY ON HERE WITH YOU KNOW, AGAIN TRYING TO ILLUMINATE MY THINKING, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL FRAMING APPRECIATE IT. I I THINK ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS IS LIKE WHAT IS THE INFORMATION THAT THE BOARD WOULD NEED TO BE CONFIDENT
IN VOTING AFFIRMATIVELY TO OPEN THIS SCHOOL AND WHAT WOULD A PARENT OR COMMUNITY MEMBER NEED TO KNOW TO TO ENTER INTO ENROLLMENT FAIR AND BE CONFIDENT IN SAYING YES TO THIS SCHOOL? RIGHT. BECAUSE THERE'S ONE PART HERE ON WHERE IS THIS SCHOOL AND HOW MANY SPOTS ARE THERE. RIGHT. BECAUSE THERE'S THE VIABILITY PART THERE AND THEN THERE'S A DO WE SEE ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT BUILDS CONFIDENCE THAT A SCHOOL WILL ACTUALLY OPEN BY DEFAULT? RIGHT. AND AND I THINK THOSE TWO BODIES OF INFORMATION ARE I'LL JUST SAY FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN SHARING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, THOSE TWO BODIES OF INFORMATION ARE KIND OF IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION AROUND WHETHER THIS IS A VIABLE PLAN THAT WE THAT WE THE PROVERBIAL BOARD CAN GET BEHIND. RIGHT. LIKE DO WE KNOW WHERE IT IS AND IS THERE A DEMONSTRABLE PLAN THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT IT CAN BE OPERATIONALIZED BY THE FALL AND AND AND I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GRANULARITY IN THIS, RIGHT? THERE'S SOME WILL WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT CURRICULA.
OTHERS WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HIRING BUT I THINK I WILL JUST SAY SELFISHLY I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A PLAN THAT WE CAN SEE IT AND THAT WE HAVE WE CAN BUILD CONFIDENCE IN IT. RIGHT. AND THAT TO ME IS SUFFICIENT FOR AT LEAST FOR FOR A DECISION TO BE MADE BY THE BOARD TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND SUPPORT BEHIND THAT PLAN. I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT FEEDBACK WE'VE GIVEN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM AROUND AROUND THAT WORK AND GIVEN THAT THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR WILL BE RELEASED PRESUMABLY JUNE 23RD, IT'D BE GREAT TO SLOT THIS IN IN THAT IN THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR AND MULTI-YEAR GOVERNANCE CALENDAR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY AND GO BUY A LOTTERY TICKET BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. I WANT TO AGAIN THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR WORK TO THE PARENTS BEHIND YOU AND THE COMMUNITY LEADERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT HERE AND KUDOS TO YOU ALL.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF PICKING THIS BACK UP AND ENGAGING MORE. >> SO MUCH OKAY. SEEING IT'S NOW WEDNESDAY WE'RE GOING TO FLY THROUGH THESE ACTION ITEMS WE HAVE TWO EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS FOR DISTRICT EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES AND SOME VOTES ON STUDENT EXPULSION MATTERS. SEVERAL ACTUALLY. AND SO I'M GOING TO ENGAGE COUNSEL ON THIS ON THESE MATTERS MOVING FORWARD ITEM I1266-266-9 ESP THREE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR DISTRICT EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES AND I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND SO MOVE SECOND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE. THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THERE ARE TWO ITEMS AND I NEED TO ORALLY RECITE THE TERMS AND SO IT'S BEEN PROBABLY MOVED AND SECONDED THE BOARD APPROVE I'LL SAY THESE ITEMS SO THE SCRIPT IS A LITTLE OFF AND I'LL PASS THIS ON TO THE COUNCIL.
OKAY. GENERAL COUNSEL THANK YOU PRESIDENT KIM WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS HERE. WE'VE GOT TWO EXECUTIVE CONTRACTS. THE FIRST EXECUTIVE CONTRACT IS HEAD OF STAFF. IT IS FOR HONG MAY PANG AND IT'S A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT. THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT ARE THAT SHE WOULD BE PLACED AT GRADE SEVEN. STEP FIVE OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE SHE WOULD RECEIVE HEALTH BENEFITS AND ALL OTHER RELATED BENEFITS THAT ARE PROVIDED TO MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES IN THE DISTRICT. THE BUYOUT PROVISIONS FOR TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WOULD BE SIX MONTHS. THE SECOND AGREEMENT THAT THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER TODAY IS THE HEAD OF OPERATIONS AGREEMENT. IT IS FOR CANDY BOYLE AND AGAIN IT'S A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT. THE AGREEMENT CALLS FOR PLACEMENT OF THE EMPLOYEE ON GRADE SEVEN. STEP EIGHT OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE AGAIN THE
CONTRACT GUARANTEES ALL THE HEALTH BENEFITS AND ALL OTHER BENEFITS THAT ARE RELATED AND SIMILAR AND SAME AS OTHER MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES AND THE BUYOUT PROVISION FOR WITHOUT CAUSE TERMINATION IS SIX MONTHS AS WELL. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE ORAL REPORT FOR THOSE BOTH OF THOSE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS. >> THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? SEEING NONE. DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 266-9 ESP THREE EMPLOYMENT CONSCIENCE OR DISABILITIES ACT TO EMPLOYEES ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE . COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT EWING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. >> COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. AND APOLOGIES FOR MISSING THE EARLIER VOTES AND TEMPORARY TECHNICAL ISSUES BUT YES ON THIS PRESIDENT KIM YES, YOUR FORGIVEN VICE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT WISEMAN WARD I'M SO SORRY. MOVING TO ITEM TWO. YES, SORRY.
LITTLE DID YOU KNOW MOVING TO ITEM I TO VOTE ON A STUDENT EXPULSION MATTERS COUNCIL CAN WE VOTE ON ALL OF THESE AT ONCE ? >> IS THAT THAT IS POSSIBLE? WE JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTATION THAT WE HAVE REMOVED ITEM FOR STUDENT NUMBER 28 AND WE'VE CONTINUED THAT FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. >> OKAY GREAT. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS THEN CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND SO MOVE SECOND HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE ITEM WELL THESE VOTES ON STUDENT EXPULSION MATTERS I A ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD SEEING NONE. DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER YES. COMMISSIONER FISHER YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA YES. VICE PRESIDENT HULING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES. PRESIDENT KIM YES. COMMISSIONER. PRESIDENT KIM HAS A STANDING RECUSAL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR DUE TO HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
FRANCISCO WHICH IS A FREQUENT CONTRACTOR WITH US USED IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MY POINT IS ARE THERE ANY ALTERATION INS TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT? >> NONE OF THEM AWARE OF STILL AND THAT I MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS THERE A SECOND SECOND WE HAVE A ROLL CULVERT PLEASE. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER? YES. COMMISSIONER FISCHER? YES. COMMISSIONER GUPTA. YES. VICE PRESIDENT HEALING YES. COMMISSIONER RAY YES. COMMISSIONER WISEMAN WARD YES, THAT'S IT. OKAY, FINAL ITEM. UH OKAY. THREE DISCRETIONARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS. >> I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE APPOINTMENT. YES. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT KIM. I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT ADD ELECTRICITY, PLEASE TO THE PARCEL TAX COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU. UM, GREAT. THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 12:07 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH. TONIGHT WE'RE