He seems to be unmuted. There were problems. Commissioner scott are you unmuted thank you everyone for being patient. Well cap up with our technology. Can you hear me now . Yes. I heard everyone in test mode. Steven, can you hear me . Yes. Thank you very much. As the board is aware we annually engage in a selfevaluation for the board of directors and also an annual evaluation of the executive director. The Governance Committee met a week ago to review both documents as well as a time line for both processes. As you know, we initiate the selfevaluation first and then follow that four weeks later or so with the executive directors evaluation once we received the executive directors selfevaluation. In reviewing both documents, we did not make any changes in the executive director document. We did modify in the board selfevaluation document a couple of questions. We eliminated one question and we modified the wording on another. So those changes are contained in the attachments sent out in
He seems to be unmuted. There were problems. Commissioner scott are you unmuted thank you everyone for being patient. Well cap up with our technology. Can you hear me now . Yes. I heard everyone in test mode. Steven, can you hear me . Yes. Thank you very much. As the board is aware we annually engage in a selfevaluation for the board of directors and also an annual evaluation of the executive director. The Governance Committee met a week ago to review both documents as well as a time line for both processes. As you know, we initiate the selfevaluation first and then follow that four weeks later or so with the executive directors evaluation once we received the executive directors selfevaluation. In reviewing both documents, we did not make any changes in the executive director document. We did modify in the board selfevaluation document a couple of questions. We eliminated one question and we modified the wording on another. So those changes are contained in the attachments sent out in
Migration and pan african and radical black International Movements and the new negro renaissance and of course, experiences of africanamerican soldiers and veterans and the war was a moment of profound disjuncture, trauma, and possibility. And i believe that is in seeing the war as a moment of a possibility that we can begin to truly appreciate what the war meant for africanamericans and what it can mean for us today. President Woodrow Wilson framed americas participation in the war as a crusade to make the world safe for democracy. Africanamericans seized upon this to transform the war into a battle to make demeanocracy a reality for their everyday lives. Black people did not need the war to remind them that they were indeed citizens worthy of democracy. However, the war created the conditions and provided the opportunities for black people to mobilize their citizenship and democratic consciousness and demand that america be true to its promise and potential. They faced considerable
Order. Before w we get started. I am gratified by the work that is being done throughout the district from our Virtual School at home to the admin working diligently, our teachers are amazing. Our families are teachers as well. The Leadership Team is amazing. These are unusual circumstances. It is a crisis and people are feeling it. I think our school board as well has risen to the challenge. We want to thank everybody and show our appreciation. With that. General information. Items of approval of board minutes of the regular meeting of april 14. So moved. Second. Any corrections . Roll call vote, please. Ms. Collins. Yes. Mr. Cook. Ms. Lam. Yes. Ms. Lopez. Yes. Mr. Sanchez. Yes. Thank you. Item 2. Is superintendents report. Thank you for the opening remarks. Tonight i want to highlight three of those areas that president sanchez was giving accolades to. I want the community to know the San Francisco School District resource link is a new service to navigate the resources during the Di
Venezuela a country in crisis. Hyperinflation political instability said their debt and chronic food and medicine shortages. Once the wealthiest country in the region venezuela is mired and the worst economic crisis and its history. Almost exclusively dependent on oil revenues and this way in the fall into the severe economic recession of 2 oil prices dropped and 20. The economy contracted by over a 3rd between 28132017. Inflation increased by more than 1000000 a cent the cost of basic commodities like flour and milk skyrocketed some venezuelans turn to the trafficking of fuel to make a living. They found a good source of accomplices and buying is here in neighboring colombia. Fuel costs 1. 00 cent per liter in venezuela its resold for more than 30 times its original price in colombia a real opportunity for traffic is. The colombian village of one freo lies near the venezuelan colombian border here smuggling of the trade passed from generation to generation. Carlos and his cousin 20 ye