Our Virtual Meeting is called to 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 nav
Francisco and that starts a bay area conversation. Ill stop there and just to let you know that cutouts from the information on the one San Francisco. Org site. And give me a call rdfong sfchamber. Org and well let you know how we can make this a better city. Do we have any commissioner questions . Commissioner kubia. Hi. Ive done a full interview with you, i know youre one of the shares of the Economic Recovery Task force is thank you for fighting for Small Business on that task force, which is awesome and im a little concerned about the timeline of the task force. From what i read, the final report is due to be submitted to the Mayors Office in october when, of course, the bleeding is happening right now in such a big way and if were going to take Decisive Action to help Small Businesses, it needs to be done now. So my question tow to you, do yu feel theres an opportunity to book longterm is also shortterm quick changes to help Small Businesses who only have a couple of weeks left of
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcomed two hardtalk, im stephen sackur. As the global effort to control covid 19 continues, so arguments about culpability for the spread of the virus intensify. And at the heart of the story, china where the outbreak began. Did the Chinese Government impose to impulse to cover up the truth but the world in danger . 0r where they responded to admiral determination . My responded to admiral determination . My guest today is chinas ambassador in london liu xiaoming. Is china the villain or the hero of this pandemic. Ambassador liu xiaoming, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for to be with you again. We are delighted to have you again. We are delighted to have you on this programme at this difficult time. Let me ask you a simple question. Do you accept that covid 19 has its origins in china . It was first discovered in wuhan. But i cant say it originated from wuhan. I called into many information, many reports including bbc. It can be everywhere and anywhere.
They are also coming from distant countries where they have experienced hardships. They are older adult students. Many of my Child Development students work fulltime and full time and they also have spent years to get their degree so they can provide my name is janet. I teach ceramics. I think its time we took a magnifying glass to the way this administration spends money because we share your concerns about the money. We had and i think we need to go to the highest levels to look at this. So we are told students of color will be helped by these cuts, but we have been hearing that is not the case. When i look across my classroom, which is always full, i have 25 students in a small ceramics studio, and i turned away at least that many that wanted to take the class. I see a lot of black hair. I mostly see black hair when i look out across my classroom, and some grey hair. We are an ethnically Diverse College and we know it. Nobody needs to even prove that. We know that is true, and yet t
Im christine want to welcome to africa have your company a meeting between African Union officials and they. Will take place in about on thursday it will be the 10 e. U. Commission to Commission Meeting and the focus is on migration peace and security jobs and Climate Change for their os the europeans made by Commission President. Taking a record sized delegation to that meeting for the lion who is just 3 months into the job has put africa at the top of her agenda. Good morning to you Commission President on the lion share the importance of africa for europe by traveling to addison during her 1st week on the job shes now traveling back to address with her entire commission a symbolic move the African Union is a part of i count on and i look forward to working with in the spirit of a True Partnership of equals. Dick chairperson. Today im not here to present some grand plan for africa i am here 1st and foremost to listen. Patmos you have equals the e. U. Has been criticized for not pursu