President walton section a is accessible for the public. And, b, opening items. The board shall readopt its rules at the first meeting of the year. Can i hear a motion and second for readoption of rules and procedures . So moved. Second. President walton thank you so much. We dont have any speakers signed up for this item. Any comments from colleagues, superintendent, student delegates . Seeing none, roll call vote, please. [roll call] clerk 7 ayes. President walton well move to election of officers of the board of education. This type of election is by voice vote. A second is not needed for nomination and its permissible for a member nominated to vote for him or herself in this election. Board members, you will be voting by name. If there is more than one nomination. If only one nomination, you will be voting by saying aye or nay. Before i declare nominations open, i want to thank my colleagues for giving me the opportunity to serve in this capacity for this year. Weve gotten a lot done. We hired a new superintendent. Weve been working real hard, of course, to increase Technology Opportunities and continue to fight the gap of affordability for educators, addressing our Teacher Shortage and developing our own pipeline programs and there are many more things that well continue to do, but its been an honor to serve in this capacity. Thank you for trusting me in this role. [applause] with that said, i declare nominations are now open for the office of the president of board of education. And i would like to personally nominate commissioner hydra mendozamcdonnell for board president. We dont need a second. Any other nominations for office of president of the board of education . No further nominations for the office i declare nominations closed. Im going to restate the name of the person thats been nominated to serve as president of the board of education and thats commissioner hydra mendozamcdonnell. May i move that we elect by acclimation . President walton yes. Well accept unless theres any objection. Seeing none, congratulations, president mendozamcdonnell. [applause] i will announce that president hydra mendozamcdonnell and she will be representing the board this year. Now i declare nominations are open for the office of Vice President of the board of education. Are there any nominations . Vicepresident mendozamcdonnell id like to put in a nomination for someone who has served us incredibly well the last year that hes been on the board. Ive been very impressed with the thoughtfulness of stevon cook. Hes proven himself as someone who that is committed and dedicated to the young people in our district as well as to the teachers and staff. Stevon, youve really showed leadership in a variety of different spaces and its with great honor that i nominate you as our Vice President for the San Francisco board of education. President walton thank you, president mendozamcdonnell. Any other nominations . Seeing no other nominations, we are going to vote for Vice President of the board of education for commissioner stevon cook. Commissioner norton i would like to make the same motion, that we accept mr. Cookes nomination by acclimation. President walton any objection to that . Well accept the nomination of Vice President stevon cook by acclimation. Seeing that, we now have our new Vice President , commissioner stevon cook. [applause] and now i will go back to being a member at large. Want to just take a point of privilege, if i may, to thank shamann for his incredible work this past year. Shamann mentioned a couple of accomplishments that weve had this year, but i think it would be worth mentioning a few more that we were able to accomplish under his leadership. In 2017 18 school year, we started off with only four vacancies in our classrooms, which was due to the development of recruitment and retention plan. And know that commissioner walton pushed really hard to be sure that our h. R. Department was fully funded and supported. Well build the first units of housing dedicated to educators in San Francisco history. And, again, i know that commissioner walton led the charge on that. One of the things that i think is worth noting, that after the president ial election in 2016 we strengthened the policies for undocumented students and we all stood very strongly on that. In addition, we made incremental gains with all students and less turnover of educators and all these initiatives were staffed up and are becoming more involved in our schools. And one of the things that our commissioner walton and im reading from his recap one of the things that he said was one of his biggest accomplishments was getting us coffee for our Board Meetings. For that, commissioner walton, we want to thank you deep deepl all that youve done this year. Thank you. [applause] the last Board Meeting we had, i unfortunately missed because of the passing of our great mayor, ed lee, and i wanted to take things opportunity to acknowledge some of the things that he helped us with, because he really did play a very large role in our School District, whether or not we recognize that or not, he was a quiet giant. As many of you know, there was quite a bit on his plate when it came to education. Education was not the responsibility of the mayor, but he blurred the line between city and School District and wanted to make sure that our kids that are residents of San Francisco reaped the benefits of what the city had to offer and he wanted to be sure to support our School District. I wanted to share some of his major accomplishments as mayor, as he worked with us as a School District. His mayor s. T. E. M. Leadership initiative has raised over 26 million, plus 7 million to 9 million for 2018 19. The youth jobs plus since 2012, nearly 41,000 paid public and private jobs for our youth ages 1624. He created and passed the first ever our childrenour families council. He allocated 5. 4 million which includes free tuition for those living in San Francisco and gants for books, childcare and transportation. He helped to create the circle the Schools Initiative where elementary, middle and high schools have Community Partners the mayors teacher and principal awards hatch given 81 teachers and 35 principals recognition and cash totalling 110,000. Mayor lee started off as a professional. Weve given 22 million scholarships for the i am the scholarship award. 52 received over 41,000, which was a chinese family award the mayor awarded the scholarships to mostly around american and latino students, because he wanted the cultures to connect. As commissioner walton noted, our educator housing, he committed 44 million in city funds to build rental units for teacher housing. Our first joint project with the city, r. F. P. Went out in december and closes this friday, january 12. Our Heading Home Campaign helped to raise 31 million to help house homeless families with children in sfusd. And thanks to our key partners, the goal of housing 800 homeless families by 2020 is within reach. Mayor lecoe mayor lee cohosted the gala that raised funds for sparks. Hes done countless school visits, fundraised, collected donations. He did city hall tours. And everywhere he went, young people admired him and he will be deeply missed. My hope is that our future mayor, whoever that may be, will recognize that the School District is a great partner and will ensure that education stays a top priority. With that, i want to thank all of you for supported mayor lee and for the support that he gave it our School District. [applause] item 4, approval of board minutes. There are none tonight. As as been announced, members of the public are reminded if they wish to address the board of education, an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called, which are the orange cards that are available in the hallway. Please be sure that you present it before and according to the board rules and procedures. Speaker cards will not be accepted for an item already before the board. Item 4 is the superintendents report. Superintendent matthews. Thank you, president mendozamcdonnell. Happy new year, everyone. I would like to welcome back our students, staff and commissioners. I hope that everyone was able to enjoy the break. Spend some time with loved ones, and are feeling refreshed. I look forward to continuing to work for our students and the families of San Francisco. I also would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new deputy superintendent of instruction brad stamp. Brad is a lifelong urban educator, beginning his career teaching in the bronx, new york, before moving to San Francisco in 1992, and joining San Francisco unified. For the next 12 years, mr. Stamp served as an 8th grade teacher and interim principal, special assistant to the superintendent, and director of Teacher Affairs in San Francisco unified. From 20062010, mr. Stamp served as chief academic officer for oakland unified, leading dramatic improvement and developing college and Career Pathways in the high schools. Most recently, mr. Stamp has served as Vice President and chief operating officer at connect ed. Please join me in welcoming back home, mr. Brad stamp. [applause] i also want to congratulate our galileo lions varsity football team. As many of you know, the varsity team was the football champion. They went on to take home the Cif State Division 6a championship with a 3820 win over vincent memorial. Vincent memorial was the san diego section champions and they played on december 16. Congratulations to the lions on their firstever state title and firstever state title in football for a San Francisco section school. [applause] congratulations to all of the players on the team. To coach and the principal and look forward to honoring you at a future Board Meeting. An important enrollment deadline is approaching. If you are applying for kindergarten, middle or high school, your application should be submitted by this friday, very important. It must be submitted by this friday, january 12. Applications can be turned in at the Educational Placement Center here at the district office, 555 franklin street in room 100. You can come in and talk to a placement counsellor or email us at enrollinschool sfusd. Edu. All of our schools and offices will be closed on monday, january 15 in observance of Martin Luther king day. Vicepresident mendozamcdonnell our acting mayor, london breed, was a proud graduate of galileo high school. Item 5 is recognition and resolution of commendations. Superintendent matthews . Well begin with Digital Schools recognition and im asking chief truitt to come forward to present. Thank you, superintendent matthews, and good evening, president mendozamcdonnell and Vice President cook and our commissioners of the board of education, and welcome deputy superintendent brad stamp. In support of global, local goals in vision 2025, sfusd wants to be sure that all members have the proficiency to thrive in a digital landscape. The district partnered with Common Sense Media several years ago to provide teachers, students and families with appropriate Digital Literacy aligned to every grade level k12 and i want to stop for one moment and say that i know that merv is here from Common Sense Media. There you are. Hi. Thank you, merv, greatest partner from common sense. Hes amazing. And the lessons from common sense have been Getting Better and better every year. Recently, we started the digital citizenship program, where every school has identified a digital advocate to bring knowledge and schools to student, staff, families and the broader community. If the school site can certify that 75 of the students learn three or more lessons from the Common Sense Media scope and sequence, that school is identified as a digital citizenship Certified School and they receive a banner to proudly display at their school. Im here with chief melissa dodd from department of technology. And the reason were doing this tonight, its our hope that were here tonight to recognize 12 schools, but its our hope that we will have at least 90 schools our goal is 90 and then San Francisco will be one of the First DigitalSchool District in the state or in a lot of places across the united states, best in the world. 90 is our goal. We have 12 tonight. Were recognizes to recognize them. I will call up dan frost, who leads this effort from the department of technology to acknowledge the 12 schools that are here that will receive their banner. Big welcome. Were well on our way for getting 90 schools this year and i cannot wait to get our district certified. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the banner that all schools will be getting. Join me in recognizing these schools. Paul revere. [applause] presidio middle. Roosevelt middle school. Jefferson elementary school. [applause] independence high school. [applause] glenn park school. [applause] gene parker. [applause] and not able to make it tonight, but herbert hoover, francis goe middle school. [applause] thank you, all, so much. Can we see the banner . Were going to have one of these to sign and put it up in the building, i hope. Thank you. [applause] vicepresident mendozamcdonnell congratulations. Thank you so much. Our student delegate report is next. Thank you. We look forward to working with you, brad, and developing a Good Relationship between students and yourself. And continuing on, sacs fundraiser has met its goal of 75 shirts, but continuing to try to raise more money for health in tradition. Our sale is friday, january 12, and our live link is still up. Along with that, we were informed that bart prices did rise, with an additional 50 cent charge for paper tickets. Our goal is to inform students that use 18 and under have half off as opposed to 512, which was in place last year. Enjoy the new discounts. The annual use summit is quickly approaching. It will be march 16, 2018, at for the mason center. Our theme is operation make your mark. We want to cultivate youth leaders. So that will be march 16, 2018, at fort mason center. Our next meeting will be january 22 at 5 00 p. M. If you would like to attend or meeting or make a presentation, please contact our supervisor. Thank you. Vicepresident mendozamcdonnell thank you, both. Item 7 is Advisory Committee reports and appointments by Board Members. Our report from the parent Advisory Committee. Is there a p. A. C. Representative . Great. Welcome. Happy new year. Good evening, superintendent, commissioners, and guests. I have a 9yearold daughter who is studying at guadalupe school, third grade. Tonight i will present a report for p. A. C. The role of the president Advisory Council is to represent parents voices and perspectives to inform the board of education on policy discussions. This provides an update on the p. A. C. s activities to support our priorities, including collaborative projects with other advisories. In our october report, we shared that one of our priorities this year is to enhance our cooperation with the africanamerican parents Advisory Council, the Community Advisory community, for special education. To this end, we are excited to announce that the aapac, cac and pac, in cooperation with family partnerships, will be hosting the First Advisory alignment summit under the sponsorship of the sfusd family. This summit is an opportunity to parents. The Leadership Development and equity, this is the first of its ki kind, where advisories bring their members together to work on alliances. Its a survey for members for identifying areas of importance to engage parents at the summit. There will be four breakout sessions. Understanding myself as the leader. How do you engage others . Empowering knowledge. Working across committees. These advisory groups will continue to meet with the office of family partnerships to plan the half day summit, identify facilitators and confirm the keynote speaker. Theres also a chance to prepare and encourage parents, family engagements, and Upcoming School plans on saturday, march 3. Today members of the task force held their first planning meeting to discuss stake holder engagements. Were examining how to propose the campaign, as its the fifth year of lcap community engagement. Pac will share more in future reports. The next pac meeting will be tomorrow from 5 45 to 8 00 p. M. , january 10. The public is welcome to join our meeting at 555 franklin street. Vicepresident mendozamcdonnell thank you. Commissioner murase . Commissioner murase thank you. The rules committee has been looking at lcap board policy, so i want it be sure that the pac is one of the organizations that reviews that, so please be in touch with brad davis. And i send you an email. Its our pleasure to work with you to help to improve the students