The materials. I guess i want to highlight, my kids were moving online. A lot of content i think its good because we used to have to carry 50 pounds of books in our backpacks, so moving things online is good. Id be interested in hearing from the high school students. My kids have trouble accessing content in the textbook loaded online. Sometimes physics text. Its a good idea to be using online resources, but then it brings into question my concern around access to technology for students who are expected to do their instructional kind of work is loaded on google classroom or their textbooks are uploaded. My kids are sharing the concerns, but i dont know how other than a parent sharing with principal, how that would come back to you and then us. I want to raise a question because were moving online, a lot of the instruction is moving online and that its a funny space because its not a textbook per se, but it is the curriculum materials. Kids dont have access to if they dont have access to Laptop Computers or wifi. Its my understanding that we dont have a Technology Policy around access to curriculum. Do you know about that . Not know about that . Ive asked and it doesnt seem like we have an explicit policy around ensuring students have access to online and technologybased curriculum . So that sound like its two different concerns. One being the materials themselves and being accessible online. And then the technology to actually access it. So i think part of the solution might be in looking at what is available and making sure that we have resources equityably distributed online so thats available to all of the high schools and partnering with melissa dodd and technology and making look there. She appeared. And what is available in terms of actual tools. President cook before we go into a deep discussion, this is about approving this particular item. I guess my concern though, this is a williams complaint, if kids dont have access to online textbooks. President cook maybe we can have a discussion about it outof approving this item because this is about textbook sufficiency. Can we i guess my question is, where i mean, and parents wouldnt know i feel like this could be a potential williams complaint if student dont have access to online. Would that be a williams complaint issue or is it only covering solid textbooks . Yeah, honestly, commissioner, i dont know off the top of my head. But i do know that wasnt a question that we solicited in response to this survey to meet the statutory requirements. I understand. Thats why im saying there is a gap. Because if were uploading textbooks online and expecting students to do homework and they dont have access, in my opinion its an access equity issue. So i would i want families to know they should be able to file complaints if they dont have access. And i guess im hoping that we as a district push out more information directly to families so that they can let us know where theyre having problems, that we might not be aware, just talking to principals or site leaders am leaders. Looks like an item for the next curriculum meeting. A lot of the questions were around that. And sort of the list of materials we provide. But i will hold them. What im wondering, this survey, i recall like in my classroom at the beginning of the year, our staff would go around and count the books and then log them. Is that process no longer happening and now its the principal filling out a survey and sharing we have them provided . The survey allows for us to collect information about the number of books they have in the school, so, yes, in some instances theyre counting them and saying how many they need and they ask for a specific number of books in the request. So we fill the request that they make in terms of the amount. So theyre you know, meeting their student need as well. Sometimes as the population grows, they might need more textbooks so we fill that as well. So there is a variety of ways that number is derived. Thank you. Vice president sanchez thank you. Im wondering if instructional materials also include mentor texts, for example, in elementary school, most or many of the teachers are using units of study and in those units of study, there are mentor texts used as well as so we dont have textbooks, these are novels and chapter books. And also im wondering if its sufficient to have or to not have included sufficient classroom libraries in our schools because especially in the k5 where teachers are expected to be performing or having readers and writers workshop operation. And if they dont have a robust Classroom Library, theyre unable to teach the workshops. If this doesnt apply to this item, id like to start moving that that direction as a district. To supply for teachers in the first years, who really dont have anything in their classroom. So id like to know if we can move in that direction. First, let me answer your first question, just in earls terms of what school were requesting. The majority of the Elementary Schools specifically requested homework and practice books or social studies. I would say that was probably about 80 of the requests. Are they availed of the opportunity to ask for a Classroom Library . Not necessarily a Classroom Library. That is not part of the survey. That would be in addition to technology and what is accessible. That would be a growth area. Vice president sanchez maybe we can add that to the curriculum, informational item we can pursue. Thank you. President cook roll call vote. Thank you. [roll call [ ] six ayes. President cook this public hearing is now over. Were now back to the regular session. Section j. , discussion of vote on consent calendar, items removed at a previous meeting. There are none. Section k, introduction of proposals and assignments to committee. Number one, proposals. Number two, the first read two board policy, 1312. 3. Uniform complaint procedures. May have a motion and second for First Reading to the board policy. Second. President cook lets see, we dont have any Public Comment on the item. Any board comments for the First Reading . Referring this item to the rules committee. Section f. There are none tonight. Section m, board member reports. Lets see, we have reports from our recent Committee Meetings. So this is where ill call on Committee Chairs to give updates if you had a recent meeting. Student assignment. Ms. Norton we did have a meeting. Im just pulling up my notes. That came up fast. Suddenly. We had a Student Assignment meeting on october 8. We had a good sort of overview of the process that staff gave us, as well as some comments on the plan for community engagement. We had a good discussion from staff on sort of how the district is starting to look at designing quality schools. What is going on . [laughter] i was like, what is everyone laughing . What did i say . [laughter] and then a really good discussion, the beginnings of a really good discussion. I want to thank all the commissioners that came. I think we pretty much had a full house. So that means that i think i win, right. [laughter] and we are getting closer i think to a staff proposal so i just really am glad that everybody is engaged with this process. Whatever i can do to support you in staying engaged. Because this is going to move quickly. So i do expect there is going to be were going to have a one last Committee Meeting in november. And then well do a committeeofthewhole where we will actually see what is going to go to the community for engagement on the assignment process. As i said, this is moving quickly. And but i think weve had were not i dont think there is consensus on the board yet from what i read. But i think people are asking really good questions and talking about the right thing, so i feel good about the process up to now. The next meeting is november 21st. Isnt it . Monday, november 18, at 6 00 p. M. That makes way more sense. Thank you. President cook Vice President sanchez. Vice president sanchez committeeofthewhole met tuesday. Free muni program. We focused on the free muni program that has been around, i think, going on six years in the district. And the fact that there is extremely low participation rate. And misunderstanding in a lot of the communities what constitutes free. Means there is a lot of paperwork and red tape around the program. And i would say that most of the Board Members agreed we would like free muni to be really free muni for every student. Not just in the district, but in the city. We noted that at the m. T. A. Received 38 million from the funding last november. And we estimate around 5 million to complete the freeness of free muni. So i think we know there is funding out there to make this a reality. We also noted that m. T. A. , the board itself of directors, meets monthly. And that we are committed to interacting with them to ensure they understand that this is a real need for our district and our city. Thats it. Hi. So i was just wondering if there was something that could be made about students having free bart in San Francisco, because bart is expensive. And thats the only reason i dont take bart personally. But i was wondering because there are bart stops here in San Francisco, if that could also be included. Because i think a lot of students would really appreciate that. I think it did not come up in the discussion, it was particularly around m. T. A. , but we do know that a lot of our students and members in the public as well, our own staff, especially teachers, who have to commute long distances to the city and then in the city, should be availed of at least a reduced rate. But bart is something we should be taking up as well. There is definitely money out there for that. President cook is there a free program for bart . Im looking at chief. Okay, okay. I guess you have work to do. Commissioner lopez. Ms. Lopez im reporting on the curriculum committee. Great. Okay, i had notes. Thats why im trying to find them. I know. We had a lot of items. We met last wednesday. The biggest piece, the biggest crowd drawer was the Charter Renewal for both kip, bayview and kip s. F. There was a lot of Public Comment. We discussed how many students starting in fifth grade end up leaving our classrooms. Kip is not as transparent as sfusd. Noting their board meets four times and only one during the day and no way to share with the public. Any ideas around providing families more access to substantial decisionmaking . They dont have representation. The closest is el dorado. Its a two hour thrive from drive from here. There are only three in the states, so Charter Schools dont have much representation. We voted without recommendation. Then we had a few presentations. One was special education strategy, five years strategic plan. What is going up, there is work in progress, working around transportation and placement program. And then we had a discussion on history, social studies updates. Specifically, around the 4th Grade Mission projects. And halloween and Indigenous Peoples day. Jennifer began the meeting with the land acknowledgment. And read a piece where that information came from. There is a draft of big ideas. Love and appreciate who we are, and studying the truth and beauty. Creating something that is longstanding and sustainable. Partnersh partnership. Guidance and how to share information. It will go out in the weekly bulletin, hoping that partners would publicize it. We talked about how to get information to parents involving the pacs, not just relying on principals. The equity study resolution came up and how we need a heritage calendar, not specific to one. Then my notes got spotty because this was in the third hour of the meeting. I wrote many people were happy. [laughter] that was a note that i made. And then we ended it. President cook thank you. So at the buildings, grounds and services committee, we had on monday, we got an update on the districts efforts to build more educator housing. And currently we have a tentative plan of trying to support 750 educators through a mixture of either brick and mortar or a potential program which were exploring how to execute. In the upcoming meeting which will probably be the most exciting Committee Meeting of all of 2019 [laughter] is were going to get an overview of bond financing. Oooh. Exciting. President cook which could be the cureall for housing. In San Francisco. Stay tuned. Number 2. Board delegate to the member organizations. So i just got back from louisville, kentucky, the council, the great city schools conference. Its a conference every year in a big city. 75 large urban districts, member districts, im the delegate for this board. I went with jill and eva. And a lot of workshops and sessions revolving around best practices in different districts. The one that all four of us attended that we got a lot of information out of and reported back to the superintendent and i talked to president cook about today, was using a system that will help us with our chronic absenteeism, as you know in past meetings we talked about. That was informational and helpful. Im going to put in in your email boxes, Board Members, more information about the conference. Do you want to add anything . I wanted to add just a little plug for that conference in particular to commissioners because even though Vice President is the delegate, you can still attend because were a member district. And the council, its a really interesting conference, its a Different Group of districts than you see at csba, than you see at nsba. Much higher participation. I found the valuable. You dont have to go every year, but to go once during your tenure would be interesting. The other is cube. Thats a subset of the National School bus school board association. Again, were members of all of the boards, so you can attend their events and theyre worth while. I mentioned it to one other board member. They also have a spring event, a conference, which is always in d. C. Its a legislative overview where we get an opportunity to lobby our representatives and also get to meet and chat with our best friend, who avoids us like the plague. I do concur with commissioner norton, that cube, the council of boards of education, which ive enjoyed in the past. I think it something we should reconnect with. I dont know if any of our Board Members have gone in the last three or four years. We should reconnect with them. They represent urban boards and districts, where youll be interacting with boards of color, which is not the same for the National School bus. 10,000 members and not a lot of flavor. President cook thank you, Vice President sanchez. Any other reports by Board Members . Commissioner collins . I wanted to reiterate, i appreciate the work that is going on in curriculum and instruction. Specifically the one that they were reporting out to longterm, to look at how we teach social studies, but also to specifically address indigenous History Month in november. And i wanted to make a plug for this book, an Indigenous Peoples history of the United States for young people. I think its something we should all read. Because im realizing i have been miseducated. There is a lot of history in here. Its written for young people. Its something you could read with your kids. This is the new book. The original for adults has been out for a while, but this is something we might want to adopt in our district. And i would hope that you guys are reading books like this, as were approaching really making all students cultures and histories visible. I would like to have conversations with where we should be moving as a district. Thank you. [please stand by]. President cook it was a really, really beautiful event, seeing all the students together, excited to talk about how to organize themselves to improve their sites. And so hopefully, we can find more ways to elevate them as student leaders, to bring their voices to the forefront, and i so appreciate the organizers allowing me to come and speak to the students last friday. Seeing no other updates, im going to announce the next upcoming meetings. Budget and Business Services is wednesday, november 6, at 6 00 p. M. Rules, policy, and legislation is monday, november 4, at 5 00 p. M. Creek limit program which is not as cool as buildings andti Public Comment for those who have submitted speaker cards. Section p, closed session. The board will now go into good morning, everyone. What an exciting day in the city of San Francisco right here on jefferson street. I want to thank you all for coming out like they say. It takes a village to really come up with a great project and this project is a great project that involved many people from many city departments, many years ago. It started with the fishermans worth plan and there were many agencies that were involved. I see john brown from the Planning Department is here. Harlan kelly from p. U. C. , our friends from the port are here. The San FranciscoTransportation Authority is over there, and many agencies, of course, public works. They are part of this project. And when this project first started, it was a five block project and we could only find funding to do the first part in the first part was from hyde to jones. But we also had to do it in quick time, in under six months we were able to build the only the first part of jefferson street before the americas cup and i can tell you that project has been a fantastic project. So this phase two is also going to be done in record time, under a year, starting today after this groundbreaking. W