Thank you. Section a general information. Theres number one is accessibility information for the public. Two propose changes to the agenda tonight. On february 25th, 2020, the mayor london breed declared a local emergency to prepare for a possible outbreak. The San Francisco department of publichealth has subsequently announced recommendations to reduce the spread of covid19 in that San Francisco the city has blocked all non essential public gathering at cityowned facility and recommended that large conferences and gatherings be minimized for the next two weeks. Accordingly i have proposed a revised agenda for the march 10th, 2020 board of education meeting. Which we will follow tonight. All information at presentation and Community Advisory Committee Reports will be postponed to the future meeting. Section b, opening items, approval of board minutes of the regular meeting of february 25th, 2020. We node a motion and a second. So moved. Second. Any corrections . Roll call. [roll call]
Section a general information. Theres number one is accessibility information for the public. Two propose changes to the agenda tonight. On february 25th, 2020, the mayor london breed declared a local emergency to prepare for a possible outbreak. The San Francisco department of publichealth has subsequently announced recommendations to reduce the spread of covid19 in that San Francisco the city has blocked all non essential public gathering at cityowned facility and recommended that large conferences and gatherings be minimized for the next two weeks. Accordingly i have proposed a revised agenda for the march 10th, 2020 board of education meeting. Which we will follow tonight. All information at presentation and Community Advisory Committee Reports will be postponed to the future meeting. Section b, opening items, approval of board minutes of the regular meeting of february 25th, 2020. We node a motion and a second. So moved. Second. Any corrections . Roll call. [roll call] thats thats
Slide 6. Locam i reading it correct its gone down when youre comparing the 18, 19 to the fall of 2019 . This is slide 6 . Yeah. Sorry. Yes. So what this is showing you is the yellow bar is what the 18, 19 school year chronic absenteeism rate and the blue bar is showing what it is in the fall. Right . So our goal is to keep steady at the blue bar which would mean that at the end of this year, our chronic absenteeism rate would go down. Okay. But if we have the jump that weve been seeing over the past three years, it will go up. Okay. Thank you. Does that make sense . We need to it shows how its gone up every year, that slide. This is last year versus midyear and they are trying to maintain yeah. Its a little bit of apples and oranges. Were doing a fall to a year. But this is what were saying is that this is were seeing here is an opportunity we have to hopefully turn back that chronic absenteeism and then for your question, commissioner norton, the last three years of data, and i would
Right now. Good evening, everyone. San Francisco Unified School District provides free cantonese and spanish interpretation tonight for this meeting. So if you know anyone that needs a cantonese or spanish interpreter, please have them find us. We have signs up right here. We also have childcare provided over at the e. P. C. Center. So if you need childcare, please head over to the e. P. C. Center. And the interpreter will repeat this in cantonese and spanish. [speaking Foreign Language] [speaking spanish] thank you. Section b, opening item, approval of the board minutes of the regular meeting of february 11, 2020. We need a motion and a second. So moved. Second. Are there any corrections . Roll call. Thank you. [roll call] speaker cards for the regular agenda and closed session are necessary if you wish to address the board of education. Members of the public are reminded an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called and present it to the assistant. Members
Section a General Information and section b opening items. First item is approval of board minutes. We need a motion and a second. So moved. Any corrections. [roll call]. Clerk thank you. [roll call] speaker cards for the regular agenda and for closed session are necessary if you wish to regards board of education. Members of the public are reminded that an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called. And presented it to the executive session. To my right and to your left. Members of the public are reminded that individual members of the public have two minutes to address the board and or the item and or the time as set by the president. According to board rules and procedures, speaker cards will not be accepted for an item already before the board. Item number 2, dr. Matthews. Thank you, president sanchez. Good evening, everyone. This month the entire country will join us to elevate the diverse histories, experiences, stories, and voices of African Americans