And to thrive. Theyve been doing it for 20 ye years. Over the years i worked with young people at the africanamerican culture complex and as soon as i had a child that was in and out one of the schools like, ive had kids who sadly went to almost every high school sometimes in San Francisco. The person i would call and ask, can you please take my baby because he needs structure, he needs support, terry without hesitation always tried to make a way for any kid at the Life Learning Academy because she knew if she got her hooks on them they were going to graduate and they were going to go on and succeed in life. Now shes probably going to move into this dormitory because this is going to be an incredible place so that we can make sure that despite the circumstances that some of our young people are facing in their home environment, they have a home right here at the delancy street Life Learning Academy. This is one of the most and im not crying. My allergies are killing me. But this is one of the most Amazing Things that we can do. This example that were setting today by opening up this dormitory will be a model for other schools throughout the country. This is how we make sure that our kids succeed. This is how we make sure that despite the obstacles theyre facing, that we provide that wraparound support which includes a place that is safe, that is secure, and provides the love and the support that they need to succeed. In San Francisco we know we have some major challenges with homelessness. When im walking the streets in the tenderloin in particular, i see a lot of folks who i grew up with who fell through the cracks. And i cant help but think if we as a city can do better by all of our young people, we will prevent that from happening to them in the first place. Part of the investments that we have been making to End Youth Homelessness in San Francisco, including the rising up campaign, has led to although the homeless point in time count has gone up for the city as a whole, for Youth Homelessness weve seen that decrease by 10 . We need to get that to 0. Because we have an obligation. I believe as folks who have been fortunate to succeed in whatever capacity, it doesnt matter if youre rich or poor or what have you, we all can give time and of ourselves to invest in young people to make sure that they grow and they thrive. Thats what im committed to, not only with the rising up campaign, but with the opportunities for all programs where we will make sure that every High School Student in this city has access, lynn, to a paid internship if they desire. So today is an incredible day of celebration. We have waited so long for this, and i cant thank all of you enough, especially the people who have contributed to making this possible. Yes, the city was able to provide some support and we should provide support and i will continue to make sure that we make investments to support this incredible institution. But the people who really contributed and continue to support the Life Learning Academy and making this dormitory a reality for our kids, thank you so much. This is absolutely amazing. Its really an honor to be your mayor and really great to see projects like this happen because this is going to save and change lives for future generations here in our great city. Thank you all so much for being here today. [ applause ]. Okay. So, i mean, mayor breed said she the city put in some, but the truth of the matter is without mayor london breed we wouldnt be standing here. The city came to our what we asked for, the city gave us. The belief in us and the support from mayor breed, the vision and leadership from mayor willie brown is why were standing here right now. So again, i want to really thank them and thank susan so much for coming. She took pictures of Willie Browns beautiful plaque when youll see as we do tours of the dorm. Now, what were going to do first is take some pictures well, were going to take some pictures up here for a few minutes. Im going to have my kids come up. You can mingle around and have a bite to eat. Our chef derrek is amazing. We eat like this every day. Food is so important to us. Then well come back and have tours of the dorm. Thank you all so much. [ applause ] [ ] i lived in the Mission Neighborhood for seven years and before that the excel see your district. 20 years a resident of the city and county of San Francisco. I am the executive director of a local art space nonprofit that showcases work that relate to the Latino Community and i have been in this building for seven years and some of my neighbors have been here 30 year. We were notified from the landlord he was going to sell the building. When we realized it was happening it was no longer a thought for the landlord and i sort of had a moment of panic. I heard about the Small Sites Program through my work with the Mission Economic agency and at met with folks from the mayors Housing Program because they wanted to utilize the program. We are dealing with families with different needs and capacities. Conversations were had early in the morning because that is the only time that all the tenants were in the building and finally when we realized that meda did have the resources to buy the building we went on a Letter Writing Campaign to the landlord and said to him we understand you want to sell your building, we understand what you are asking for and you are entitled to it, its your land, but please work with us. What i love about ber nell height it represents the diversity that made me fall in love with San Francisco. We have a lot of mom and pop shops and you can get all your resources within walking distance. My favorite air area of my homes my little small patio where i can start my morning and have my coffee an is a sweet spot for me and i peace, peace, and welcome. We are glad you are here. This is the regular meeting of the board of education of the San FranciscoUnified School District. Today is august 27th, 2019, roll call, please. Thank you. [roll call] i mentioned last meeting that this month we lost Toni Morrison , she passed on august 5 th of this month. In her memory, i was going to start the Board Meeting for the month of august with a quote from Toni Morrison. Tonight i have what i think the Political Correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want to the power to name, and the defined are now taking that power away from you. Section a, General Information number one accessibility information for the polk, public , number two, teleconference Information Section b. , opening items. Number one, approval of board minutes of the regular Board Meeting for august 13th, 2019. Can i have a motion or a second . So moved. Second. Roll call vote on the minutes [roll call] speaker cards for the regular agenda are if you wish to address the board of education, members of the public are reminded that an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called. Members of the public have two minutes to address the board and or time as set by the president , importantly according to board rules and procedures, speaker cards will be accepted for any item for the board. Number two, superintendents report. Dr. Matthews . Good evening, everyone. Last week was the first week of the 2019, 2020 school year. Give everyone a good round of applause, a great opening. I always love the first week and the first day of school. I have the opportunity to visit a couple of sites and along with me, maryland and breed and the president , the deputy superintendent, commissioners all were there and they were there to greet the students at some Elementary Schools and middle schools. First, i went to starting elementary were Community Building is a key focus. They started lace with a schoolwide dance party. The principal helped integrate students in the Mandarin Immersion Program and general education. Throughout the year, students will hold their own Farmers Market and publish their own book along with other activities to help strengthen the school community. Then we went on to roosevelt middle school. It is one of two schools that began rolling out the middle grades redesign of grade six through eight. This includes expanded access to electives like robotics and drama, deeper learning, an additional professional collaboration time for teachers. In order to expand access to arts, Computer Science, health and languages for all middle grade students, the district is engaged in a multiyear process to reimagine how the middle grades are taught. I had a fantastic and wonderful time doing seeing all of our students excited on the first day of school. Has we begin the new school year , i would like to highlight a couple of things. First, one of our most important highlights for this year, our teacher salaries. We all know how expensive it is to live in the bay area, and even though our district is the same base Funding Amount from the state for teacher salaries, there are other places that are less expensive to live and we have prioritized raising teacher salaries while maintaining one of the lowest class sizes and most competitive benefit packages in the entire state. Our average teacher salary has gone up from 62,005 years ago to 82,000 this year. The second thing i would like to briefly highlight is San Francisco unified Computer Science. Five years ago, only seven students took Computer Science and last year that number was over 25,000. We are educating students to be ready for the jobs of tomorrow that are plentiful in the bay area and that is in hightech. Next announcement is that all San Francisco heisel juniors and seniors are invited to attend the 20th annual historically black colleges affair like monday september 9th at the San Francisco city hall. This is a great opportunity for students to speak with recruiters from over 30 historically black colleges and universities. Students can receive on the spot admissions for colleges and scallops scholarships for colleges. You should bring your current transcripts and your s. A. T. Test scores if you have them available. Our district is hosting this event in partnership with the San Francisco alliance of black school educators, the mayors opportunities for all program, black to the future, and the human rights commission. I hope to see you all there. Finally, all San Francisco unified schools and offices will be closed for labor day on monday, september 2nd, and we will see everyone back on september 3rd. One final announcement, this evening, we are going to welcome our new student commissioners, and i like to call forward to the chief chief to introduce them to us. Good evening. Each year we go through a very challenging process of selecting two students to serve on the board of education. At what gets harder and harder every year is we put two students on the board and they knock it out of the park and every year they get better and better and the bar is raised. We are challenged with, can we possibly find two students again this year that can match the students that we had last year. We are lucky and confident that we have found the two that will do this. I am really excited tonight to introduce you to come on up, jet and betsy. [applause] betsy attended Alvarado Elementary School and became a student leader when she was a sophomore. What inspires her to be a student leader is her family in the youth that will come after her. The opportunities that sfusd has provided for her to excel in Student Leadership and participating in her schools instructional rounds. She believes is important to have Student Input when we talk about the curriculum, and another opportunity for her was participation in and missions High School Administration interviews. Welcome to betsy. And jet, we just call him top gun, no, we dont, im just kidding. [please stand by] it is so quiet. Hi, everybody. I am jet. I want to say im honored to serve on behalf of my peers and i look forward to working with you this year. Thank you. Hello, thank you for allowing us to be here today. I hope we can all do great Work Together. Welcome. Lets see, number four, recognition and resolution of commendations. We have none tonight. Number five, recognizing all valuable employees. We have none tonight. Section c. , Public Comment on nonagenda items. Please note the board of education will now call for Public Comment. Please note Public Comment is an opportunity for the board to hear from the community on matters within the boards jurisdiction. We ask you refrain from using employee or student names. If you have a complaint about additional employees, you may submit to the employee his supervisor in accordance with district policy. As a reminder, board rules and California Law do not allow us to respond to comments or answer questions during the Public Comment time. If appropriate, the superintendent will ask staff to follow up with speakers. I have two names here for Public Comment. When you hear your name called, make your way to the podium. You will have two minutes. [calling names] you have two minutes whenever you are ready. Hello, my name is jeremy lee, i am 16. I pull evolved. Im here to request funding to purchase new poles for the team. There are 20 of us across three schools and we all go to lincoln high school. Currently several of our top vaulters perform extremely well outside the city and have already broken or close to breaking the city records. To progress further, they would require bigger and longer poles. Additionally i would like to speak to anyone from the board about funding who are interested , and her the ability to get donations from businesses in the district. Thank you all for listening. Please consider the funding. Hello. Good evening, commissioners. My name is jim. I am with the yellow i am not with the Yellow Vest Movement although i appreciate the cause. Im here to address serious concerns we have with the r. F. P. What that was put out last week for the consultation project. For the first time ever, at least in the 20 plus years that i have worked there, the district has proposed dividing up the transportation contract into multiple parts. In this case, three parts with separate Companies Involved for each one of these. In addition to creating a more logical overhead and most likely crossing the district costing the district more money, it says of the stage that two of these workplaces be nonunion, at least initially. This indicates where a majority of new hires are not members of the workforce or another unionized workplace. This is quite likely to occur. This is a serious workplace through our membership serious threat to our membership with the division of the transportation contract, there is also potential to have multiple labor agreements and multiple labor unions involved where historically there has just been one. This workforce, our workforce has been without any work stoppages are major issues since the 1970s and we wish to continue this trend. We feel this is in the best interest of our workforce, school district, and the children we all serve. We really fail to see the logic of the consultation contract and setting the states for turmoil. I feel stability should be our goal. I respectfully urge the board to consider this and not split up this contract. Thank you. Good evening, commissioners. One of two of you might know who i am. I have been driving the school bus in the district for 48 years i have seen a lot of contracts come and go. They tended to split it up before but it was more economic and economical to have one contract to do it. If you take a look at the costs of the busing contract, you cant really conserve much money on buses and feel maintenance without having a lower quality. You have learned administrative costs, billing costs, technology in all of those will go up if you duplicate your triplicate lease costs. Where will the savings come from the only thing i can see is it will come from labor, even though you kindly put in the prevailing wage clause, there is still going to be an attempt to cut wages and benefits in ways that are probably skirting the language of the contract. Most of our drivers have to commute to 12 hours each way to work and have a three hour or four hour layover to get paid for six or seven hours. It is like 11 to 13 hours of work. Some people resent this, but this is the most expensive area to live in in the country and putting out an r. F. P. For three contracts is going to wind up coming down hard on the drivers and it could make it difficult for us to live and work in the city. We would like you to keep the contract in one piece if you would. Thank you for listening. Hello. I am here to talk about an incident that happened at