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Substitutes. The substitutes really also. It would be nice to see some kind of data how much in their professional development is el driven or based. How much is that is just specifically how they deal with el and el learners and how much do the teachers themselves understand the reclassification process and standards and guidelines so that we are all on the same page when we go back to the parents and we try to explain that to them. It would be nice to see the data how much of their professiona...

We and my own office have 22 percent of our staff are people with disabilities. And we know this, because 22 percent of our staff came in on our state hiring program, which is called leap limited examination i cant remember what the a, stands for. And i will have to look it up. Limited examination and process is the p. And i will be happy to get you that information, 22 percent of our staff came in on the leap as did i. I will tell you that as somebody who came in as a person with a disability, ...

Is telling us not to track that and not be asking for that information. It might be interesting to get all of those attorneys in the same room. Exactly. I think from my perspective, if we are talking about voluntary selfidentification and maybe i will ask our deputy City Attorney if you have a perspective on this issue. You know, if the goal is to increase these numbers, it is hard to achieve that goal if we dont know where we are. And is there a way for us to understand that . Deputy, City Atto...

And maybe i will ask our deputy City Attorney if you have a perspective on this issue. You know, if the goal is to increase these numbers, it is hard to achieve that goal if we dont know where we are. And is there a way for us to understand that . Deputy, City Attorney, i am actually not familiar enough with the advice on this issue but happy to circle back with you and dhr after this hearing. All right, right. Right. So there is also gina, Genetic Information act which also prohibits us from co...

We help to fund whether it is retraining or i need to go to the city college and i need to get new skills or Assistive Technology and that kind of thing. And we help to job match our consumers at the end of that process. We and my own office have 22 percent of our staff are people with disabilities. And we know this, because 22 percent of our staff came in on our state hiring program, which is called leap limited examination i cant remember what the a, stands for. And i will have to look it up. ...

Productive in the workplace and they have a lower turnover rate and i think that we need to do everything that we can to move this forward. And i am very open to a number of the proposed solutions that have been put forth around staffing and with the proposal around the disability coordinator and i do know that there is some question around whether we can set the San Francisco hiring goals for people with disabilities and i am open to considering that if we can do it in a legal and constitutiona...

Mad at all. A couple high clouds may make it to the north, but mostly sunny today. 40s to 60s in livermore. The breezes are way up there. 60s for the most part for a high today. High clouds in the north. Breezy in the hills. Not as bad as yesterday. Temperatures will inch upwards. Kind of tough this time of year. The benefit of a north wind helping a few locations. If you are already starting off near 60 degrees, as long as that breeze holds, low to mid 70s. 60s by the bay. Here is sal. Good mor...

Good morning. We want to take you back out live to the Oakland Police department where ktvus alex savage says they have a key piece of evidence now in this just horrific case of a young man set on fire on an ac transit bus. We will take you to more on that investigation in a bit. It is tuesday, november 5th. I am pam cook. And i am dave clark. Steve paulson has the rockand roll weather forecast. Well, i am a rockand roller [ laughing ] we have mostly clear skies here. Clouds in oregon making it ...

Yes, its true, we are repeating the same report as last year but we have new members in our board which means they are bringing the same point. That brings me to the point that nothing has been happening. And it is important for us to do a follow up. My comment was moving forward especially professional development that the teachers receive. When i say teachers im including para professionals, after School People and the substitutes. The substitutes really also. It would be nice to see some kind...

Yes, its true, we are repeating the same report as last year but we have new members in our board which means they are bringing the same point. That brings me to the point that nothing has been happening. And it is important for us to do a follow up. My comment was moving forward especially professional development that the teachers receive. When i say teachers im including para professionals, after School People and the substitutes. The substitutes really also. It would be nice to see some kind...