Transcripts For SFGTV Board Of Education 20240712 : vimarsan

Thank you. I dont really have any words. I will be an up and down meeting. We have a meeting with the school of the arts and a reading from school of the arts. Commissioner collins, did you want to chime in here . I just want to say that even though this has been a very difficult time, i think its also showing us ive been getting a lot of hope from youth and from what im seeing and so a senior with the school of the arts and i think that she excepexemplifies the intelligen, intellect and just the leadership that we see in so many of our youth, including those who are serving on the board with us. And i just really appreciate that shes willing to share her talent with us and i think she serves as an example for adults who should be doing everything we can to support youth. I think that gives me hope and inspiration when im looking at just what our next steps should be. And i just really appreciate jara and im glad she can be here. Thank you, Commission Collins. Miss martin. Thank you. In this piece piece, i just wrot today. I have a chalkboard wall. But this piece is called to be alive. I was scrollin on sustai instae other day, a white Police Officer looking down at a little boy and asked, what do you want to be when you grow up. The little black boy looked up to him and said alive and in that moment, my eyes traced every letter that word intricately because that word was so common, a rare to me. As a little black girl, i was taught to live in fear and taught to stay in my place. I was taught to play dead so i wouldnt end up dead. When the animation popped up, i thought, i dont want to live in fear. I dont want to be silent or played dead any more. Whats the point of death if youre already living dead. Thank you so much. We have a short video from two students, as well, kyle and julian. Thank you. This was actually played during the michelle is barack obama ceremony. I wish the point of the past has been easy, but since we started high school, this road has been changing under our feet. We faced hurricanes, floods and wildfires, violence in our neighborhoods and on our campuses. Weve lost icons we admired so much and loved ones we miss so dearly. We have believed and sometimes, we walked out of school for our beliefs. Then 2020 came, our year. Well, we all know whats been happening, but fellow graduates, maybe we werent made to walk that easy path. These crazy challenges in high school have been our mountains and were learning to climb. If these years are supposed to prepare us for life, maybe what were figuring out is not only how to hunker down and deal but how to get involved, to do our part, to do extra so we face our challenges headon. We have to remember, we are not alone, our families, teachers, mentors and communities, theyve helped us to get where we are. Plus, we have each other and together, well always find our way across the stage. So fellow graduates, as we turn this page in our lives, lets step into the moment. Let us each find how we will give back and make post quarantine life safer, kinder and more sustainable than before. Because were not just ready to be in a world of change. We are also ready to be the change in the world. Our students rock. Theres so much hatred in the word but theres so much love and may love prevail. Well move on to the meeting and we need a motion and a second. So moved. Second. Any corrections . Seeing none, role cal, roll cal. role call . Thank you, thats six ay session. Es. The item regarding the mou is towards the beginning of the meeting. I want to add my congratulations to all of our seniors moving on to college or otherwise. Superintendents report. Superintendent matthews. Thank you, president sanchez. Good afternoon, everyone. First and foremost, congratulations to the graduates of the class of 2020. Over the laugh wee the last wee0 Unified School District seniors will be officially graduating or district. We know graduation didnt look the way it usually does, but it doesnt take away from your accomplishment. I would like to congratulation i would like to congratulate each and every one of you on persevering and achieving your foal goals throuh unprecedented circumstances and like to congratulate all elementary and middleSchool Students who are elevated to the next grade level, as well. Last saturday was the fifth annual africanamerican signing day. High School Seniors and families virtually celebrated and honouring africanamerican high School Seniors across San Francisco. This year was aligned with the reach higher virtual Commitment Celebration posted by former first Lady Michelle obama. Congratulations to all of the students who shared their future College Plans and thank you to the organizers of this annual event. June is pride month and happy pride. This june, the San Francisco Unified School District is proud to honor the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and transgender. During this historic moment of social protest against Police Violence towards black youth and adults, we remember the first pride events were not parades but protests often lead by black lgbtq leaders. The work of solidarity is an important legacy with the Lgbtq Community and cultures. San francisco Public Schools celebrate and strive to support our lgbtq studentse students ev. We welcome all experiences including race, class, culture, gender, gender identity, Sexual Orientation and ability, all of which shapes our dynamic classroom and school community. We work to ensure that schools celebrate learning environments where every student is welcome and actively responding to discrimination and largesment based oharassment. Yesterday, jul Summer School began. We will be hosting limited Summer School. Those students who are eligible have been notified. Finally, i would like to share a letter i shared with all of our colleagues this morning. The year San Francisco Unified School District colleagues, Funeral Services for george floyd are being held today in houston, texas. Mr. Floyds murder at the hands of the Minneapolis Police has set off a massive Inspiring Movement demanding systemic change to the institutions that have disproportionately killed black people in the United States. It is also a call for us in Public Education to do our part to create a system that delivers the promise of Public Education for our black students. George floyd is but one of the many black lives lost to police brutality. If you are able to, i invite you to join me and others across the city today for a full eight minutes and 46 seconds at 12 noon to mourn the killing of george floyd and so many others. This is the same amount of time a minneapolis Police Officer pressed his knee to mr. Floyds neck murdering nym m in broad daylight. We stand for social justice hon torrinjusticehonoring the pain e had in our district. Black lives matter. Thank you. Thank you, dr. Matthews and thank you for sending that out to our community. Time for student delegate reports. Good afternoon, everybody. First item is sf Student Leadership application. If youre interested in making a change and being an advocate for your peers, wor were accepting applications. We will be hosting a meetandgreet event. Nominations, all students will be presented to the large sec council for final approval. We have the mentor and menee program. We provide a paid opportunity for High Schoolers for high school student. This internship will be held virtually instead, but it is paid and we invite everyone to apply. Our goal is to provide the best mentoring experience and also provide an internship experience for our students. We would like to thank the department of dcyf, sf youth works for providing this opportunity. In memorium of understanding the focus group, yesterday we held a focus group to spread more awareness and provide information on the mou with the sf tv. We hosted a meeting with district students, Adult Community allies to answer questions regarding the mou. Our goal was to answer as many questions as possible to properly inform our peers about the agreements and expectations that are expected to uphold. We would like to thank the school of equity and mr. Cyrus who broke it down as well as answered questions we have. We would like to introduce our summer student delegates Shavan Foster who ifoster. Our goal is to continue to provide Student Input throughout the summer. We are excited to see what the student delegates will bring to the table this summer. We would like to thank you for continuing to support students and we are sure this wont be the last we hear from you and we cannot wait to see the amazing work you will do. Is it ok if gothea and shavan say a few words . Sure thing. Theyre on a as attendees right now. I see shavan right here. Right here. Are you there . Yes, im a rising senior at lowork ell higlowell high school promote equity between large is small schools. 1. What was the other name . Aalthea carear. Im extremely passionate about furthering ethnic studies into our school expos schools ag a lot more because i know that is very valued by our students of color and im super excited to work with all this coming summer, so thank you. I just want to say im extremely proud of these two girls that i might start crying. I think weve reached our maximum amount of people for our account. We are not on sf gov tv. Has that been an issue since we went in shelterinplace. Our meeting is not live right now so even if people wanted to observe it without commenting on zoom, they cant watch it. Ive been working with sf gov and theyre linked into the meeting right now. I just checked on my phone, and the public utilitys Commission Meeting is happening and another one on the Police Commission appointment which i know happened last week. Commissioner lopez, at times, if there are Committee Meetings and televising our Board Meetings, theyre aired at a later time but that evening theyre always there. At some point in time when theres not another meeting taking place at city hall. They go up on demand, are they not . Yes. Commissioner tomlin. I received more emails this week than ive ever received on any one topic and it feels to my have caught folks off guard as far as the 500 limit and then the conflict with it televised and im just wondering if we cae this in the future is were still in shelterinplace, it would be great if we could work with the city to guarantee these meetings are televised at this time so folks can follow along in realtime. Yes, i agree. I didnt realize there was a 500person limit. But i did know that the city prioritizes its own commissions over ours. And theyve been doing us a service by televising and streaming. Were at 509 right now and apparently, were able to exceed the 500 limit. And so well leave it at that for the moment and item 4, section 4 is recognition of commendation and we have announcements of scholarships awarded by our Education Support organizations and we have first, united educators of San Francisco, susan solomon. I would like to acknowledge the chief of staff who is a member and dr. Matthews for being present. If i may, i will read the scholars this year from the top, angela gonzalez, kaha ramar, audrey hermosa, cruz mckai and daniel mcgolian, gavin delphin, harleen from burton, and jayleen from balboa, janine from ga galo and on our commission from lowell, as well, and judia consara and julia abergas and mia celestial from balance e boa. Thank you so much. Thank you, commissioner. So susan, solomon, are you there . Thank you, president sanchez. Im here, but unfortunately, i cannot announce the names of our Scholarship Recipients because i dont have the list yet. I really hope we can do this at the next meeting. Well did it at the next one. Thank you so much. Thank you, susan. Out so well move up item 5 right now, which is the mou discussions around the department and were going to allow for Public Comment at the beginning of this actually, well have a little presentation. Dr. Matthews. Thank you, president sanchez. I just wanted to make sure, i wanted to tell the public what im expecting, which is well have an hour of Public Comment and each person will be limited to one minute. And i want to thank one of my colleagues for suggesting this. We dont want a repeat performance of two weeks ago. But we have heard much from the Public Commission i think i received over 3,000 emails and most from people who reside or work in the city and so weve heard many, many folks at Budget Committee lead by jenny lamb, commissioner lamb. And so well have ample time to hear from more people. Are sanchez, if people wanted to speak for less than a minute, more people will get to speak for that hour. So thats another alternative to sum. Some. I want to recognise that we heard a lot of comments on wednesday and so if you have something new to say, wed like to hear that, too. Dr. Matthews. So this evening, we just are going to have an update on the status of the mou and the mou is our memoranda of understanding with the San Francisco Police Department and it actually guides how police will interact if they have cause to enter our schools. So it says what they will and wont be able to do. Were in the middle of the process of reaching an agreement on the mou and we have not reached an agreement and presenting this afternoon will be our chief of student Family Community support department, miss smith, who will give you a brief update on that status. Thank you. Thank you, commissioners and thank you, dr. Matthews. Just briefly, this outlines our shared expectations and agreements to Police Presence in our schools. For example, updat the mou provs the report to the education as requested and this outlines the process and expectations for student interviews and arrests that occur at our schools and lists the enoug number of circumstances that must be considered before the police decide to enter or schools and it also lists the circumstances where the police would be called by a School Principal or other school site staff. The mou has no information if thats related to money being exchanged for the mou being implemented. And can i have the next slide, please. And currently, the previous mou was signed in 2014 and expires this year in 2019. The former chief, concern shrewitt completed a review process and that information was relayed in a Board Meeting on november 12th and i leaked the presentation so the folks can see the process. The mou was updated based on comments from that presentation and constantly, sfuc has sent this so the sf Police Department for review of the City Attorney and Police Commission. At this time, we dont have a schedule of when the Police Commission will hear it. Their schedules are a little bit off schedule and so thats what i can till about the update on e are with the mou. Can you clarify, so the presentation, when they got the mou, our edits were in november . Well, the edits were the presentation was in november and the edits were made and they were actually sent to sfpd, probably in april. There were delays because we were working on the edits and then we had shelterinplace and that got delayed and we sent it to the Police Department and early april. Is that the presentation . Yes. Thank you, gentlemen. Great, so now mr. Steel is going to host our Public Comments. Great. So one minute, is that correct . Yes, or less. Or less, yes. So raise your right hand if you would like to speak at Public Comment. Were speaking at 3 34. I want to be able to keep i want to count time against people when theres in between speakers and i think we can time when people are speaking and so, if you cant do that, ill do it. I would need to ask miss costcos assistance. Ill do it. Ok. Yes, im ted wechter and i live in the richmond district. Im a local of unit two and calling to demand sfusd discontinue with sfpd. I think evacue weve seen who te police are and its not healthy to maintain this relationship with sfpd. Thank you. Thank you. Hello, jade . Hi. Im ha yorvae. I share the vision of fully funded education and as an educator, i wish to see the role policing eliminated from the lives of our students. Last year the American Public Health Association declared Police Violence as a Public Health issue. Im here to share promising frameworks that are in line with the Racial Equity and eliminating the role and scope of policing in schools and reallocating funds from Commission Collins<\/a>. Miss martin. Thank you. In this piece piece, i just wrot today. I have a chalkboard wall. But this piece is called to be alive. I was scrollin on sustai instae other day, a white Police Officer<\/a> looking down at a little boy and asked, what do you want to be when you grow up. The little black boy looked up to him and said alive and in that moment, my eyes traced every letter that word intricately because that word was so common, a rare to me. As a little black girl, i was taught to live in fear and taught to stay in my place. I was taught to play dead so i wouldnt end up dead. When the animation popped up, i thought, i dont want to live in fear. I dont want to be silent or played dead any more. Whats the point of death if youre already living dead. Thank you so much. We have a short video from two students, as well, kyle and julian. Thank you. This was actually played during the michelle is barack obama ceremony. I wish the point of the past has been easy, but since we started high school, this road has been changing under our feet. We faced hurricanes, floods and wildfires, violence in our neighborhoods and on our campuses. Weve lost icons we admired so much and loved ones we miss so dearly. We have believed and sometimes, we walked out of school for our beliefs. Then 2020 came, our year. Well, we all know whats been happening, but fellow graduates, maybe we werent made to walk that easy path. These crazy challenges in high school have been our mountains and were learning to climb. If these years are supposed to prepare us for life, maybe what were figuring out is not only how to hunker down and deal but how to get involved, to do our part, to do extra so we face our challenges headon. We have to remember, we are not alone, our families, teachers, mentors and communities, theyve helped us to get where we are. Plus, we have each other and together, well always find our way across the stage. So fellow graduates, as we turn this page in our lives, lets step into the moment. Let us each find how we will give back and make post quarantine life safer, kinder and more sustainable than before. Because were not just ready to be in a world of change. We are also ready to be the change in the world. Our students rock. Theres so much hatred in the word but theres so much love and may love prevail. Well move on to the meeting and we need a motion and a second. So moved. Second. Any corrections . Seeing none, role cal, roll cal. role call . Thank you, thats six ay session. Es. The item regarding the mou is towards the beginning of the meeting. I want to add my congratulations to all of our seniors moving on to college or otherwise. Superintendents report. Superintendent matthews. Thank you, president sanchez. Good afternoon, everyone. First and foremost, congratulations to the graduates of the class of 2020. Over the laugh wee the last wee0 Unified School District<\/a> seniors will be officially graduating or district. We know graduation didnt look the way it usually does, but it doesnt take away from your accomplishment. I would like to congratulation i would like to congratulate each and every one of you on persevering and achieving your foal goals throuh unprecedented circumstances and like to congratulate all elementary and middleSchool Students<\/a> who are elevated to the next grade level, as well. Last saturday was the fifth annual africanamerican signing day. High School Seniors<\/a> and families virtually celebrated and honouring africanamerican high School Seniors<\/a> across San Francisco<\/a>. This year was aligned with the reach higher virtual Commitment Celebration<\/a> posted by former first Lady Michelle<\/a> obama. Congratulations to all of the students who shared their future College Plans<\/a> and thank you to the organizers of this annual event. June is pride month and happy pride. This june, the San Francisco<\/a> Unified School District<\/a> is proud to honor the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and transgender. During this historic moment of social protest against Police Violence<\/a> towards black youth and adults, we remember the first pride events were not parades but protests often lead by black lgbtq leaders. The work of solidarity is an important legacy with the Lgbtq Community<\/a> and cultures. San francisco Public Schools<\/a> celebrate and strive to support our lgbtq studentse students ev. We welcome all experiences including race, class, culture, gender, gender identity, Sexual Orientation<\/a> and ability, all of which shapes our dynamic classroom and school community. We work to ensure that schools celebrate learning environments where every student is welcome and actively responding to discrimination and largesment based oharassment. Yesterday, jul Summer School<\/a> began. We will be hosting limited Summer School<\/a>. Those students who are eligible have been notified. Finally, i would like to share a letter i shared with all of our colleagues this morning. The year San Francisco<\/a> Unified School District<\/a> colleagues, Funeral Services<\/a> for george floyd are being held today in houston, texas. Mr. Floyds murder at the hands of the Minneapolis Police<\/a> has set off a massive Inspiring Movement<\/a> demanding systemic change to the institutions that have disproportionately killed black people in the United States<\/a>. It is also a call for us in Public Education<\/a> to do our part to create a system that delivers the promise of Public Education<\/a> for our black students. George floyd is but one of the many black lives lost to police brutality. If you are able to, i invite you to join me and others across the city today for a full eight minutes and 46 seconds at 12 noon to mourn the killing of george floyd and so many others. This is the same amount of time a minneapolis Police Officer<\/a> pressed his knee to mr. Floyds neck murdering nym m in broad daylight. We stand for social justice hon torrinjusticehonoring the pain e had in our district. Black lives matter. Thank you. Thank you, dr. Matthews and thank you for sending that out to our community. Time for student delegate reports. Good afternoon, everybody. First item is sf Student Leadership<\/a> application. If youre interested in making a change and being an advocate for your peers, wor were accepting applications. We will be hosting a meetandgreet event. Nominations, all students will be presented to the large sec council for final approval. We have the mentor and menee program. We provide a paid opportunity for High Schoolers<\/a> for high school student. This internship will be held virtually instead, but it is paid and we invite everyone to apply. Our goal is to provide the best mentoring experience and also provide an internship experience for our students. We would like to thank the department of dcyf, sf youth works for providing this opportunity. In memorium of understanding the focus group, yesterday we held a focus group to spread more awareness and provide information on the mou with the sf tv. We hosted a meeting with district students, Adult Community<\/a> allies to answer questions regarding the mou. Our goal was to answer as many questions as possible to properly inform our peers about the agreements and expectations that are expected to uphold. We would like to thank the school of equity and mr. Cyrus who broke it down as well as answered questions we have. We would like to introduce our summer student delegates Shavan Foster<\/a> who ifoster. Our goal is to continue to provide Student Input<\/a> throughout the summer. We are excited to see what the student delegates will bring to the table this summer. We would like to thank you for continuing to support students and we are sure this wont be the last we hear from you and we cannot wait to see the amazing work you will do. Is it ok if gothea and shavan say a few words . Sure thing. Theyre on a as attendees right now. I see shavan right here. Right here. Are you there . Yes, im a rising senior at lowork ell higlowell high school promote equity between large is small schools. 1. What was the other name . Aalthea carear. Im extremely passionate about furthering ethnic studies into our school expos schools ag a lot more because i know that is very valued by our students of color and im super excited to work with all this coming summer, so thank you. I just want to say im extremely proud of these two girls that i might start crying. I think weve reached our maximum amount of people for our account. We are not on sf gov tv. Has that been an issue since we went in shelterinplace. Our meeting is not live right now so even if people wanted to observe it without commenting on zoom, they cant watch it. Ive been working with sf gov and theyre linked into the meeting right now. I just checked on my phone, and the public utilitys Commission Meeting<\/a> is happening and another one on the Police Commission<\/a> appointment which i know happened last week. Commissioner lopez, at times, if there are Committee Meetings<\/a> and televising our Board Meeting<\/a>s, theyre aired at a later time but that evening theyre always there. At some point in time when theres not another meeting taking place at city hall. They go up on demand, are they not . Yes. Commissioner tomlin. I received more emails this week than ive ever received on any one topic and it feels to my have caught folks off guard as far as the 500 limit and then the conflict with it televised and im just wondering if we cae this in the future is were still in shelterinplace, it would be great if we could work with the city to guarantee these meetings are televised at this time so folks can follow along in realtime. Yes, i agree. I didnt realize there was a 500person limit. But i did know that the city prioritizes its own commissions over ours. And theyve been doing us a service by televising and streaming. Were at 509 right now and apparently, were able to exceed the 500 limit. And so well leave it at that for the moment and item 4, section 4 is recognition of commendation and we have announcements of scholarships awarded by our Education Support<\/a> organizations and we have first, united educators of San Francisco<\/a>, susan solomon. I would like to acknowledge the chief of staff who is a member and dr. Matthews for being present. If i may, i will read the scholars this year from the top, angela gonzalez, kaha ramar, audrey hermosa, cruz mckai and daniel mcgolian, gavin delphin, harleen from burton, and jayleen from balboa, janine from ga galo and on our commission from lowell, as well, and judia consara and julia abergas and mia celestial from balance e boa. Thank you so much. Thank you, commissioner. So susan, solomon, are you there . Thank you, president sanchez. Im here, but unfortunately, i cannot announce the names of our Scholarship Recipients<\/a> because i dont have the list yet. I really hope we can do this at the next meeting. Well did it at the next one. Thank you so much. Thank you, susan. Out so well move up item 5 right now, which is the mou discussions around the department and were going to allow for Public Comment<\/a> at the beginning of this actually, well have a little presentation. Dr. Matthews. Thank you, president sanchez. I just wanted to make sure, i wanted to tell the public what im expecting, which is well have an hour of Public Comment<\/a> and each person will be limited to one minute. And i want to thank one of my colleagues for suggesting this. We dont want a repeat performance of two weeks ago. But we have heard much from the Public Commission<\/a> i think i received over 3,000 emails and most from people who reside or work in the city and so weve heard many, many folks at Budget Committee<\/a> lead by jenny lamb, commissioner lamb. And so well have ample time to hear from more people. Are sanchez, if people wanted to speak for less than a minute, more people will get to speak for that hour. So thats another alternative to sum. Some. I want to recognise that we heard a lot of comments on wednesday and so if you have something new to say, wed like to hear that, too. Dr. Matthews. So this evening, we just are going to have an update on the status of the mou and the mou is our memoranda of understanding with the San Francisco<\/a> Police Department<\/a> and it actually guides how police will interact if they have cause to enter our schools. So it says what they will and wont be able to do. Were in the middle of the process of reaching an agreement on the mou and we have not reached an agreement and presenting this afternoon will be our chief of student Family Community<\/a> support department, miss smith, who will give you a brief update on that status. Thank you. Thank you, commissioners and thank you, dr. Matthews. Just briefly, this outlines our shared expectations and agreements to Police Presence<\/a> in our schools. For example, updat the mou provs the report to the education as requested and this outlines the process and expectations for student interviews and arrests that occur at our schools and lists the enoug number of circumstances that must be considered before the police decide to enter or schools and it also lists the circumstances where the police would be called by a School Principal<\/a> or other school site staff. The mou has no information if thats related to money being exchanged for the mou being implemented. And can i have the next slide, please. And currently, the previous mou was signed in 2014 and expires this year in 2019. The former chief, concern shrewitt completed a review process and that information was relayed in a Board Meeting<\/a> on november 12th and i leaked the presentation so the folks can see the process. The mou was updated based on comments from that presentation and constantly, sfuc has sent this so the sf Police Department<\/a> for review of the City Attorney<\/a> and Police Commission<\/a>. At this time, we dont have a schedule of when the Police Commission<\/a> will hear it. Their schedules are a little bit off schedule and so thats what i can till about the update on e are with the mou. Can you clarify, so the presentation, when they got the mou, our edits were in november . Well, the edits were the presentation was in november and the edits were made and they were actually sent to sfpd, probably in april. There were delays because we were working on the edits and then we had shelterinplace and that got delayed and we sent it to the Police Department<\/a> and early april. Is that the presentation . Yes. Thank you, gentlemen. Great, so now mr. Steel is going to host our Public Comment<\/a>s. Great. So one minute, is that correct . Yes, or less. Or less, yes. So raise your right hand if you would like to speak at Public Comment<\/a>. Were speaking at 3 34. I want to be able to keep i want to count time against people when theres in between speakers and i think we can time when people are speaking and so, if you cant do that, ill do it. I would need to ask miss costcos assistance. Ill do it. Ok. Yes, im ted wechter and i live in the richmond district. Im a local of unit two and calling to demand sfusd discontinue with sfpd. I think evacue weve seen who te police are and its not healthy to maintain this relationship with sfpd. Thank you. Thank you. Hello, jade . Hi. Im ha yorvae. I share the vision of fully funded education and as an educator, i wish to see the role policing eliminated from the lives of our students. Last year the American Public<\/a> Health Association<\/a> declared Police Violence<\/a> as a Public Health<\/a> issue. Im here to share promising frameworks that are in line with the Racial Equity<\/a> and eliminating the role and scope of policing in schools and reallocating funds from Police Partners<\/a> to Public Education<\/a>. Were here to ask that the board of ed and board of supervisors work to reallocate 50 of sfpds budget to promote and to support healthpromoting services. We need widepar, culturally learning, ethnic studies, communitybased alternatives to address interpersonal harm including crisis responsive that does not rely on police intervention. Thank you. Hello, mika . Thank you, commissioners for your time and im here to speak in solidarity with our families that have been demanding the board that we end our relationship with the sfpd. We know that we need a transformative restorative approach. That its focused on wellness and health to support our young people whenever we are dealing with behavioral issues. Additionally, we need to not only end this relationship but also look more deeply to hold the Police Accountable<\/a> when they do violate. Theyve done it in the past and i been a topic of conversation i know at past meetings and would like for there to be policies that have actual that can actually be in true solidarity with our young people when this happens. And the resources that have been going to sfpd are not supporting our young peoples education. I just wanted im an educator and i wanted to share a quick story of something that happened in march. One of my black students was kicked in the stomach and no one at the school informed her parent. When her parent came in to voice her concern about her daughter being harmed in our school, she was met with six Police Officer<\/a>s. Our entire school went into lockdown and she was forced off the premisses, simply for voicing her concern for her child. We have police in our school, it brings a culture of terror for so many kid. Kids. I hope this doesnt happen again. My student didnt come back for a week is that the community could heal. She missed a week of school because she was kicked in the stomach and the police were called on her mother. This cannot happen again. That was a first grader because of policing in our school. It is paramount that we divorce ourselves with our relationship with sfpd. Thank you. Thank you. Molly . Hi, can you hear me . Yes. Im a teacher at sfusd. Im here to advocate that the board of education of San Francisco<\/a> affirm that black lives matter and i see two ways to do this. One is to discontinue the mou that you currently have agreed to and thats not enough. We know that. We know that you also need to go further. You need to use your position of power to demand the City Government<\/a> completely defunds the sro program and redirect that money back into our schools. You can fully fund Wellness Centers<\/a> with Council Workers<\/a> and social workers. The police should never have cause to enter our schools. We know they dont keep our black and brown youth safe. We are here to demand you take a stand. Thank you. President sanchez, can i make a quick comment or update . Yes. Ive learned theres a livestream available for folks, so for folks listening on the zoom call or on the phone, theres a livestream if you go below the sf gov page and if they log on and off of the zoom call, that may create more space. I wanted folks to know theres currently a livestream available via the computer. Thank you. And it looks like mr. Steel, zoom has allowed us to exceed, were at 546 at the moment. I think were good there and we should be ok. Board members, i just wanted to say a few things about the budget, which is coming up later on in the agenda, but this budget should reflect our core values and priorities. The last two weeks has been very challenging for many of us across the nation and this is not business as usual. You are the leaders of this district and so, we are expecting you to make the change. Take your time, review the budget and keep your promises to our students and families. Keep cuts away from the school sites. Make social justice a reality. Thank you. Im an educator at sfusd in favour of cutting associations with sfpd. One thing im trying to figure out is aspects of the mou because it outlines protections if police ever do show up, ways to make sure that so the main thing is mou is not approved and ties are cut, making sure we have ways to protect our students and interactions with police. Thank you. Monica . Yes, hi. Im monica and i am a kindergarten and firstgrade teacher at the San Francisco<\/a> community school. Im here to demand the board discontinue the mou with the San Francisco<\/a> Police Department<\/a>. I looked through the mou and not only do i see a need for police in schools but it actively traumatizes our youth. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. So having police on our campus asks us to solve issues that we caconsider safety issues. If were actually interested in investing in the safety of our students, real safety comes from investment in traumainformed social emotional learning, from the arts, Restorative Justice<\/a>, from Mental Health<\/a> services and so, we need to not only discontinue our mou with sfpd with the School Resource<\/a> officer program, but that you as Board Members<\/a> need to use your positions of power and publically take a stand to defund the sf Police Department<\/a>. The Community Feedback<\/a> provided by students is parents and other Community Organizations<\/a> was entebbe into account in the mou edits. I think this can show how the sfpd takes concerns of community, especially students and how this can affect the relationship between sfusd d and sfpd. Im a parent of three students and them being young black boys and i hol hold off on making a decision, but i think the parent voice needs to be included as well as educators voice and also, to give folks time to really digest what this means and what is going on in our students lives. Also, considering more students and programming on the radio stations, as well as realtime broadcasting to the highest priority of programming to participate. Thank you. Megan . Megan . Im an educator with San Francisco<\/a> unified and as we look at breaking ties with sfpd, we must keep at the forefront our own values and regulations to the black and brown children. Its most enough to remove one racist institution like the police from our schools, but important and an essential start but we have to work to reform our own racist institution Public Education<\/a>. When i look at the current budget, i dont see how we can continue to work. Weve devalued many programs to lead us to ending oppression for black and brown students and there are no staff to train and restore practises. Weve taken funding from peer resources, cut funding to supports like Wellness Centers<\/a> and support services which are our social workers and health outreach. We have never fully implemented a program that could bring about systematic change needed to lift our students out of oppression. We cannot rely on suspension and outof class punishments. We need to put this in reform as if our students lives depend on it. Thank you. I currently chair the San Francisco<\/a> Youth Commission<\/a> and im a recent graduate of the Public Schools<\/a> and im here today to affirm the San Francisco<\/a> Youth Commission<\/a> support for ending the mou between sfusd and sfpd. We have seen so many incidents of sfpd not following the mou and using brutality, antiblack racism in schools and we support investing sfpds budget and the 45 thawed that they spend on the program into Restorative Justice<\/a>, our Wellness Centres<\/a> and ethnic sized classes and all other ways we can create Racial Equity<\/a> if ou in our schools. Our schools cannot be fully equitable until we get our police out of them. Thank you. Ilene . Im a former president of pta at presidio. During the time i was president , i supported sfusd and school with the transition and the director of the school and ensured the schools pta was registered with a californias apta. Some of the things im proud of is ensuring 60 of population was low and we laid a foundation to support children and families and deaf and hard of hearing to move on to the preschool programs. My now 12yearold attended the preschool program for two years and my 9yearold started and made its way to the toddler programs. Presidio is an important place for children who have needs that are academic, physical and emotional and these needs are met by being immersed in an environmental with loving and supportive staff and families. The school is an oasis with families with children of disabilities and families like mine barely making it in the city and had an option just five minutes from our home to send our children to an affordable preschool in the city. If it were not for presidio, my family could not stay living in San Francisco<\/a>. We urge you to renew the lease. Thank you. Just a reminder, this Public Comment<\/a> time is restricted to the decision on the sfpd mou with the district. There will be Public Comment<\/a> on following this period of time were speaking about the sfpd. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. inaudible . We cant hear you very well. I wanted to just speak to the mou and the many versions that sfusd have and i want to respect all of the comments made about what sfusd has done to eliminate restorative practises and all of the other ways that we put together over the years with community and families and teachers and educators and staff to help bring about change. And eventually get rid of the police. Look at hidden pockets where they have to pay police where they come on a school site. Im not talking about the money thats 40,000 or 50,000. There are other ways sfpd is called on campus and they have to pay them. So please look for other areas in the districts funding and note those, as well, not just the mou and the funding behind it, but other areas where they have to compensate the Police Department<\/a> to come on our campuses and not support our kids. Ethan. Yes, good afternoon, im the senior class president and the outgoing sac commissioner of engagement and last two years when mou was instituted, i participated in the process and we were also on a separate note calling for money on eraf and is education issues we believed to solve problems here. I wanted to talk about regardless what you do with this, whether you throw it out, postpone a decision or significantly revamp it, in our minds, the central issue this board has to consider accountability for sfpd how they interact and how they use the mou, whether or not they follow it or interact with students on campus. Youve heard so many different antidotes violating their agreement and high time the board of education makes time they follow it to the letter. So thats all i have to say and thank you for your work and moving Public Comment<\/a>s up on this item. Thank you. Sarah . Hi, how is it going . Good. Im sarah and i live in the outer sunset and demand you cut ties with the sfpd and redirect homes to help schools. In the last couple of weeks, we know police dont play by the rules and it feels weird to put them in the way of, in my opinion, our most Vulnerable People<\/a> in the community and we know that its extremely unjust and man, i wish was a better public speaker. But its unjust and i yield my time. Thank you. Miss marshall, are you there . Hello, aaron . I think he spoke already. Got it, thank you. Sandra . Yes, can you hear me . Go ahead. Im sandra. Im born and raised in San Francisco<\/a>, went to the San Francisco<\/a> School District<\/a>, have worked k12 in the School District<\/a> and have a child. Im a parent of an 11yearold in the San Francisco<\/a> south dakota. I am siding with removing the sfpd. A child had a gun pulled on them and i have yet to see an adequate response from the Police Officer<\/a>s that did this years ago. Quickly, my son was bullied in the south dakota. School district. I was told to call the police. The people that should be training adequately. How do you implement Restorative Justice<\/a> models and dont adequately train your staff and teachers . So instead of paying you should be paying the teachers to get adequately trained to implement the models and really implement a zero tolerance because our black and brown youth are being incarcerated in outrageous numbers and pointed the finger at by teachers. Thank you. Miss marshall, are you there . Monica . Hello, can you hear me . Yes. I teach at balanc balboa higl where two years ago a student brought a gun to campus. Brought multiple points of the mou and they didnt show up. And that is why i believe it is our students best interests to cut our relationship with the police and consider what will actually heal our community. The police act above any protocols in place and the work teachers do at the classroom level, the safe spaces, the lessons on empathy and all of that work because of our ties to police who do not practise any of the values or uphold safety when entering our campuses. If we want to show our students were down for them, we should cut these ties. We need comprehensive, transformative Justice Programs<\/a> on our campuses with its own dedicated staff so we can focus on relationships that actually matter, the ones with our students. Thank you. Thank you. Last name solanki. Yes, can you hear me . My name is nivy, im an Elementary School<\/a> teacher at sf community in the excelsior. To add on, i want to demand that we that sfusd divest from the sfpd and discontinue the current mou. Those funds should support the Mental Health<\/a> and the black community and communities of color. In addition to this, im demanding that our funds should be taken out of sfpd and invested in our schools to provide more support to help students thrive and create spaces of healing and growing. This means investing in resources that have been cut in the past and providin providinge support for teachers and fund transformative justice practises and eliminate methods of policing bodies at our schools. And to be honest, this will be the first step of eliminating Police Presence<\/a> at our schools and lets continue to listen to our youth during this time and create the changes theyre calling for. Thank you. Jennifer . Yes. Go ahead. My name is jennifer caldwell, im a social worker with sfusd is advocate for continuing any mou with sfpd and i feel like this validates and organization that killing students and families in our community and if we are working to dismantle White Supremacy<\/a>, this must be one step that we take as a district by ending this mou and sfusd has a social justice as within of the core values and should be shown in action and not just rhetoric. The board of ed passed resolutions and most recently healing practises and its important for them to show that you want money to be going towards those programs like restorative practises which has been gutted in the new budget and hsp. And these are the types of programs that we should be putting our money towards, not sfpd. Thank you. Thank you. Andrea, are you there . I am. I am in support that we do not the district does not go into another contract with the Police Department<\/a>. Our young people need councillors, Wellness Centers<\/a> and we need Restorative Justice<\/a> programs and we need more community and partnerships for our students. They dont need to be policed if theyre being policed in their communities. We want to make sure our students get the resources that we need to be in a better place, especially returning to schools and knowing that its going to be a challenging time, so i want to make sure that we listen to our young people, right, because theyre the ones that are there in the schools and we Pay Attention<\/a> and we let them lead and teach us and help us to make them better students. Hello, maxwell . Im a searc sfuds teacher. I am in agreement with a lot of the other commenters, that we need to end our relationship with the police and instead of repeatinrepeating their points. When i was in high school, i was arrested by an sro officer because i was laying down in the hallway. Yeah, i was being a jerk, but that is not a reason to handcuff and arrest someone. It was traumatizing and hue mill humiliating. I can only imagine the students of color thats occurring and i wanted to share that experience. We need police out of our schools. Thank you. Im a teacher at bona vista. Today there was a Public Statement<\/a> in support of emptying the mou with sf police and i want to share the eight ways this our school addresses safety without centering the police. So one, invest and train councillors and social workers, two, train certified partners, three, establish and maintain trust and open communication with families and four, prioritize mental and Behavioral Health<\/a> Screening Services<\/a> and referrals for those experiencing toxic stress, five, create staff supporting behaviour, teach sf throughout all grades, implement in the classroom and transitions that emphasize low staff to student ratios and trusted adults in the school day and afterschool programming. I think there are many, many ways to support without using the police. Thank you. Theres work focused in San Francisco<\/a> revealing police still have an impact on the marginalization, despite the contacts through various mous. The presence of police in schools increases the chance that youth will be referred to Law Enforcement<\/a> for less serious crimes. My daughter is in Elementary School<\/a> and goes to a school predominantly black and for me, showing up at school one day to see an officer there with a gun was just really alarming. Theres no reason at all why armed officers should be in an Elementary School<\/a>. You know, this is also a school that doesnt have a fulltime nurse and a school whose social worker is pressed to the max and so, yeah, theres no reason to have police there. You know, their presence can be traumatizing and also, money can go into properly training the staff who have their own racism to deal with and their own issues to deal with. So thank you. Ar irk arianna . Im an educator. I along with my fellow colleagues and students am calling on you to enour relationshito end ourrelationsh. Discontinuing is the support for our black Indigenous People<\/a> of color communities and im urging you to advocate across local and State Government<\/a> to defund the police and invest in proactive and restorative Community Support<\/a> so we can dismantle oppression of our people. Black lives matter. Maxima douglas. Yes, good afternoon. Im a leadership in Advocacy Program<\/a> manager at young Womens Freedom Center<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a> and a high school student. And young womens freedom provides sistrans and nongender around the gender spectrum. Im asking to invest in their needs. And promote healing for students in their family. We ask that you advocate for students by demanding that 50 of the San Francisco<\/a> Police Department<\/a> budget goes to San Francisco<\/a> youth by allocating it in our School District<\/a>. Black lives matter, thank you. Gigi. Are you there . Can you hear me . Go ahead. I am asking tha asking to rer youth, justice and racist training through all educators and in a Wellness Center<\/a> that uses traumainformed and Restorative Justice<\/a> practises that will support our students and communities. And police have always upheld White Supremacy<\/a>, protected property and they have to place in our schools or communities. Thank you. Im calling to ask to terminate the mou and get every sfpd officer another. People across the city, state and nation are protesting. The sfpd trying to intimidate High Schoolers<\/a> after they arrested two dozen High Schoolers<\/a> walking home from of the protests last week. They were simply walking home and is an activity that was exempt. Police do not help do their homework and they dont help them improve relationships or keep students safe. They terrorize and arrest students for people of color. Im asking the board to stop any actions or services they supposedly provide. Both portland and minneapolis have acted to kick police out of their schools. This is not and action item. The board should take an extraordinary vote to eliminate sfpd to keep our kids safe from police brutality. Thank you. Jennifer . Go ahead. Im jennifer and i have attende. We cannot reform a way r function to kill and White Supremacy<\/a>. This is not a matter of reform but a matter of function. We cannot weve got our reform and our body cams and review boards and theyll continue killing people. These reforms do not work and we have to abolish police now and cannot be referring processes for list interaction because there cannot be Police Interaction<\/a> for students. This is a direct threat to students and its not right that students are studying out of textbooks that are ten years old when were funding our police. Thats my peace. Terminate the mou today. Thank you. Thank you. Can you hear me . Yes. Thank you so much. Im katie green, a student of social work at uc berkley and i grew up in sanfrancisco and im also calling to demand that the sfpd get out of the School District<\/a>s. Evacuee seeweve seen this is ur students and should be prioritizing student safety. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Hello, shera. Im an sf resident who is calling on sfusd to end their time with sfpd. This criminalizes black and brown students, as well as students with disabilities. Im vested in discussing the alternative policies and programs that will keep our students safe, learning and growing. Thank you so much. Thank you. Frankie . Can you hear me . Yes, we can. Im frankie, a Family Service<\/a> specialist with Mission Neighborhood<\/a> centers, born and raised in sf. Thank you for making this an agenda item, just wanted to echo everybody and yeah, demand to end the mou with sfpd. The budget will always reflect the experience of the schools at the end of the day, so please, thats what i would like to echo with everyone to end mou with sfpd. Thank you. Hello, jan, are you there . Yes, im here. Im jan gin, is i work for the sf Dot Department<\/a> is im the president of the protect local 21 union, which represents programmers, facilities, people, Occupational Therapists<\/a> and our professionals and i would also like to vote in support for severing the mou between San Francisco<\/a> Police Department<\/a> and the San Francisco<\/a> School District<\/a>, which i understand theres a couple of positions totaling maybe 100,000. And number one, we need all of the money we can get in these next coming years. And given the current climate and the way things are going, i cant see the police being any sort of positive having any positive impact on our students right now. Thats what i would like to say, thank you. Hello, emma. Can you guys hear me . We can. Thank you for hearing me today. I was an intern for the student Mental Health<\/a> community in sfusd this last Academic Year<\/a> where i saw black and brown youth criminalized as young as first grade. I saw extreme underfunding of schools with the highest rates of black and brown student enrollment. I did not see an Equitable School<\/a> system by any means. The worst thing to do is make black is brown students vulnerable to further criminalization and policing. Please, please, please use everything within your power. You all have the power. You were elected and you can do this. You can be on that side of history to end the criminalization and targeting of black and brown youth. Thank you so much. Can you hear me . Yes, we can, go ahead. My name is francis and i graduated from the school of arts in 2014. I support discontinuing the mou and i just wanted to quickly point out that back when i attended sota, it had a white student body compared to the other schools and the high rates of drug use in the district. But despite this, i never saw a Police Officer<\/a> on the premises. I dont think Police Activity<\/a> in schools has much to do with keeping students safe and healthy and serves much more to criminalize much for students and take away their sense of dignity and i urge you to discontinue the mou. Thank you. Im a resident of San Francisco<\/a> and born and raised. Ive been to most of the schools in San Francisco<\/a> Unified School District<\/a>, paul revere, and im a social worker with the Public Defenders Office<\/a> here in San Francisco<\/a> and on behalf of the public defender raju and our entire office, im here to voice our support of the school board cutting ties with sfpd and i stand in solidarit solidarity wf the youth organizers and across the u. S. And while i consider it such an honor to be lead by our youth, having to sacrifice their lives to End Police Brutality<\/a> and demanding accountable for the murder of george floyd and many others is not the burden i would hope they take. I dont think sfusd can align itself with sfpd and claim to fight systemic racism and we cannot shy away from your role in that. Time. Is that time . Yes, it is. Thank you. Derick . Derick . Can you hear me . Yes, we can. Im a latinx usd native. indiscernible . I am with ending the mou. Resources should be allocated for restorative practises and so many do Incredible Community<\/a> work, but you need to step up right now. Alison, gabriella, vincent, youre awesome but can do more work from the community. We heard from youth at the beginning this meeting and caring about social and Racial Equity<\/a> that werent available. Mission was a site of youthlead protests against police brutality, and the academy has organized a protest on thursday at the bayview o opera house at three for black youth, advocating for police and polic thats time. Thank you. Casandra. Yes. Im a teacher at the Valley Middle School<\/a> and here to speak to the point that many speakers before us have made. One in particular stuck out to me and i would like to rehighlight what she said from San Francisco<\/a> Community Schools<\/a> about the policy that the board of education quoted for safe and Supportive School<\/a> initiatives and through initiative has remained truthless to some degree in that theres no funding and positions made available widespread throughout the district that provides the services that the families, students and educators need in order to provide the services that would support students who are currently victimized by the sros who are called to our campuses. To be clear, the call is not to amend or edit the mou but to cancel it. In addition to that, to use your position of power and access to information to analyze sfusd budget and use krystia . Yes, you can hear me . Yes. I am a teacher at Balboa High School<\/a> and ive been in the district for 14 years. I support an end to the mou between sfpd and sfusd for all of the reasons mentioned. I want to add that if we stand with minneapolis and portland so far School District<\/a>s willing to cut ties with local Police Department<\/a>s, we achieve two things. The first is we close sfpd off from one space which they have done and can do immense harm especially to black and brown students and families. Second, we help set a precedent by demanding better for our children and by doing so, we demand better for ourselves. The truth is, we deserve better. The equitable and just system many of us have dreamed of, that brought us into teaching is closer than we think and so we are asking you as our school board to not own represent our concerns but to dare to dream as big as we are dreaming. We can treat better as a concern by first dissolving this mou and looking at what is looking and what we need more of. In my opinion, we have sfusd who have gone above and beyond in handling oncampus violence and complicateconflicts than any poe officer do. Thank you, thats time. We spend so much time talking about the mou and i dont think that we ever take that much time to really provide space for communities to come together and strategize about what we think keeps us safe and those things Restorative Justice<\/a> and communitybased violence prevention and putting our backs into implementing those things because we cant afford to spend one more thing. The reality is now that eliminating School Police<\/a> here and now could save lives. That is it, thank you. Can you hear me. Yes. I represent five Elements Youth Program<\/a> in the justice collective and im an educator and Service Provider<\/a> in sfusd and i stand in solidarity with black lives matter to and i echo to defu defund the police. Its important we use this moment in history to reenvision safety in our schools and community and challenging a systemic cause of criminalization and educational disparities. This is ashame that defunding education and healthcare has become normalized for the past few decades. We must reclaim. Today were advocate with sfusd and i urge this board to stand with the people as we demand local city budget, also prioritize People Services<\/a> and education over policing. Its going to take all of us, students, educators, administrators, parents, Community Organizations<\/a>, Public Health<\/a> and medical professionals to redirect critical funds towards services to health that our students most need. Thats time, thank you. Hello, raina. Hi. Im an alumni of sfusd and also a mother of a student and a student at the middle school. I will be an active parent for the next ten years. As im sure you are well aware, our students were struggling to fight and educate for a Wellness Center<\/a>. We must invest in mental Health Support<\/a> systems that can support our students. Thank you. The initials kh, are you there . Yes, thank you. Im a mother of two children in sfusd is i want to echo most of what was said today already and especially urge the board to pass resolution soon folks calling for defunding of police and putting money towards our schools and particularly all of the programs people have spoken so passionately about needing, Restorative Justice<\/a> has worked for my children and i have seen how powerful it is. And i just want to say that i see with my own eyes our policing after school in front of our high schools in particular, how that quickly escalates into something that is completely inappropriate in terms of interacting with children. And we dont need policing, discretionary policing from the sfpd. We need more afterschool programs that help our children do the things they are interested in after school. Im demanding sfusd that the city defund sfpd and support our communities of color. They have a disregard for black is brown citizens, running parallel to the systemic and equities that underserve parents and teachers in black and brown communities as evidents in disparities and health and various other areas. As a district, it is contradictory for us to have equity as goals while collaborating with the Police Department<\/a> as to have vast racial disparities. If we want to serve black and brown communities, we cannot align that are contrary to these goals and we must divert towards programs to replace the role of sfpd to resolve conflict as well as reinvest in Restorative Justice<\/a>, antiracist and biased training and afterschool programs and momentu mental heah resources. Thank you. As i am a former alumni and i have cousins and siblings who are attending sfusd and social justice is a core value, then we need to not only work on that, but to cut ties with sfpd and that budget and that money needs to go to our youth and be invested in our youth because that is the reason why we have school. So, like, our schools need new textbooks and we need to fund Wellness Centers<\/a> because i know of countless students just like myself where Wellness Centers<\/a> and social workers and councillors so we need that. We need to address, like, problems that go back to, like, our homes, like food and housing and Restorative Justice<\/a>, like we need therapists and more nurses and the schools mentorship programs and we dont need more police that will criminalize black and brown youth. Sfpd caused ptsd on our students. Im friends with some of those students and they experienced trauma over 20 years ago. The city calls this sfpd and we know its wrong tor cops to respond to Mental Health<\/a> crisis. We need a mobile health unit. Please end the mou and divest from sfpd. Thank you. Thank you. I would echo students earlier calling for ethnic studies in all schools k12. We need to make i happen. Thank you. Thank you. N iricola schultz. Can you hear me . We can, go ahead. Hi. My name is nicola, born and raised in the bay area and current sf resident and im calling to end the mou with the sfpd. According to a report, we came to learn a call for action by the advancement project and the alliance for educational justice and indigenous and latina are more likely to be arrested. In the school, black students accounted for 31 of those arrested or referred to Law Enforcement<\/a>. This isnt limited to boys and black girls accounted for 43 and this is expulsion and arrests that funnel those into the criminal justice system. And i would like to yield metime. Thanmytime. Thank you. Jessie . I stand with everyone else t too away with sfpd support. Im calling into demand to remove presence from schools of the sfpd. Mou seems to be a piece of paper that doesnt actually represent the traumatic experience that black and brown students are experiencing with Police Presence<\/a> in their schools. So its not enough to edit this piece of paper and hope for the best. Studies show that young kids of color have higher anxiety when having contact with police. This relieves ptsd, depression, Poor School Performance<\/a> and School Suspensions<\/a> and expulsions and knowing this data, how can we place police in a place meant to be safe and one of learning if there are actual alternatives which people have mentioned on this call . If there was proof that any other thing, like a drug or a pill or a textbook had this federal government on the learnineffect on students safei feel like the immediate decision from the school board would be to remove that factor from schools. It should be just as easy to remove police from sfusd schools. Its easier because the board has full control . Will that be to maintain the racist Environment Police<\/a> creates in schools. I yield my time. Were going to end Public Comment<\/a> on this item with that. Thank you very, very much. The board now with our student delegates will discuss this item. Although our discussion may feel directive to staff, so lets start and i cant see everybody. Sigh miss lamb, commissioner lopez and commissioner malega. Who would like to start. Student delegate sandibaugh . There was over 500 participants which shows the importance of this item and i want to thank everyone who is here advocating for their community. On behalf of my peers who would have wanted more than a minute to speak or to those who didnt get to speak at all. I say enough is enough. In these times, especially, we need to listen to our students, to our Community Members<\/a> who are, like, advocating right at our doorsteps. Our community does not feel safe with the police who are supposed to protect which we sadly havent seen and i know this is an information item, but we should listen and take action to discontinue the mou with the San Francisco<\/a> Police Department<\/a>. Miss hererra, would you like to add your thoughts . You know, i got voted to be the student delegate because a lot of my peers believed that i was the right person to advocate for young peoples needs and right now, it is my duty to be the one to strongly highlight and urge sf usd to cut ties with uspd. You know, theres a lot of conversations going around that not all cops are bad and that not all cops are racist, but the truth is that the system is racist in itself. If the system wasnt racist this is such an emotional topic for a lot of young people. Students dont feel safe and if were always advocating for equity is social justice, it is our duty to stop all work with sfpd and we need to give all of this money that were defensiving tgivingback. Resources work directly to create change as well as restorative changes in our communities. And how is this possible were giving this money to sfpd instead of our schools, helping our students, were cutting Wellness Programs<\/a> and get rid of nurses and healthcare workers. Just to support this racist institution. So i ask everyone and i urge everywhere that this is not the area that we want to follow. We want to do better. We live in one of the most progressive cities in the world and how is it that this will be a conversation . This shouldnt be a conversation. This should be a straightforward answer. And for everyone who decides that its a no that we need to continue doing this work, i ask you to really, really focus on yourself and question why you want to work with this program. And how come this mou i is only worked on every four years. This mou should have been looked over a long time ago. Im deeply saddened and struggling with just dealing with all that weve been seeing on the media, all that is going on in our country and all of the violence that were seeing in our streets. And as just a young person, i cant imagine what that would feel like to be graduating into this world right now with that, you know, as your future. And so then it calls on all of us to take action. I think as adults and young people, we all feel called upon to take action and we want to do something and im heartened by what i see in the shift that im seeing. My family is from st. Louis. I have family, you know, with ferguson. I watched video of those rebellions and did not see this type of response. I want to open this conversation up that we are not funding the vast majority were not funding the Police Department<\/a> and we fund a very small portion of the sro, the School Resource<\/a> officer program and so, i want to clarify chief smith, how much do we spend on the sro program . So we have an agreement thank you, commissioner collins for asking. We have an dream agreement thaty 20 of the salary for the person who is the liaison for the sfpd program to sfusd and thats 45,000. We can do another check, but neither one is aware of anything beyond the 45,000. And then additionally, i want to make it clear, we are facing a budget deficit in our district and we were facing this before covid19. And were looking at proposed cuts to social workers, nursing and site support staff that existed well before covid and now were looking at increased budget deficit and were hearing from the state that we may have to consider a 10 cut on top of that for next year. And i just want to make it clear to the public that i agree, we agree, im speaking for my colleagues that it is unacceptable that we dont have more support and resources for families and students in our schools and 45,000 isnt going to cover what we need what folks are demanding and what i think we should be demanding. Ill hold my comments, but i want us to frame or conversation because i want the public to understand that we get funded from the state and we get a set budget. The city gives us additional monies to support some of our work but does not fund the majority of our work and we are currently facing a budget deficit that could not be filled by transferring our own dollars over to other programs. Thank you. And i would like to comment afterwards but would like to hear from other commissioners. Me, too. Vice president lopez and commissioner maliga. Thank you. I just really want to recognise that the hurt is clear and it has been for many, many years, just given what happens at our school sites and just to comment on what commissioner collins brought up. Whatever number it is, i think symbolically for me ending a relationship with sfpd is very meaningful. Im happy to do that and youre right, the number is not a large one, but it draws attention to the fact that our budget is not transparent and we can really go along and seeing what is happening at our sites, knowing that teachers and administration, students and families are not getting the support they need and can easily assume that is because we are not funding appropriately. And so, i think ultimately, this conversation is it is about the Police Department<\/a> and what we as a School District<\/a> want to have as far as the relationship with them. And what that really means to people. But its also about the overall just structure that we have that allows for these scenarios to play out. This is happening at our sites, at school sites and i need to be educated to understand they as Authority Figures<\/a> perpetuate similar instances that cops are doing outside on the streets. Its not at the same level, but its still targeting black and brown kids and still taking them out of our classrooms and suspending them and kicking them out of our schools because of the Power Dynamics<\/a> that were seeing cops dont know how to deal with. And that could be that again could be tied to the training that they are or are not getting. But i think its onall obeyond f the efforts were getting and its calling out our colleagues, as well, who are continuing to uphold that at our schools. We can no longer pretend not to see this. Anyone othe who is at a site kns this. Its recognising your role as a person of power and this is how School Systems<\/a> work. Ive been in Teacher Education<\/a> programs and i know how a lot of them are structured and the idea you have more power over a child is embedded in you. We all grew up in a system that is based in the racist society and we know that. Im hearing from a lot of people who are on our side as far as removing our relationship and really thinking truly on what a school can provide for our familiesbeyond what were doing which is a lot. But there are a number of people who arent at this meeting and arent advocating and still behaving in that way. And so, im interested in seeing what this will mean as far as what were providing in schools and what were calling out in schools and what were allowing teachers to do to our students. Commissioner malia. Thank you, president sanchez. And so, i just had a couple of questions for staff and the superintendent and i can make comments, also, about the issue. I have a love and hate relationship with the police, right . One, i cant stand them, but two, at the same time, growing up in the projects, you know, watching people all of the shootings and everything, so, they its just like a convoluted thing with the police. And, you know, i still dont think its something that we need to be positioning ourselves with is planning around and partnering with and i think its something we need to move away from. I say that because when i first got on the school board, i had conversations with staff and i want to know more about th the protocols in place. Were calling Police Officer<\/a>s and theyre assisting us for many issues, like handson stuff and you name it, right . And so, from my understanding, it was a protocol thing on the School District<\/a> side and so, one, i want to know if that was cleared up because i heard it was rerouted back to the t10s and we just wrote a resolution around traumainformed that states in it the need to work with our crisis team and Safety Support<\/a> Team Including<\/a> with including social workers, and this is exactly what it is. This is exactly the work we need to be doing around that resolution. Dr. Matthews . Are you talking about Crisis Response<\/a> . Are you talking about when the police are called to come to our campuses or both . Lets just talk about those are two good examples, but, like, what are the overall protocols on how we engage with the police . I know dries is one of the cris. We have three ways of thinking about Police Coming<\/a> on to our campuses if its necessary to protect the physical safety of staff. Thats up for interpretation and if thats not combined with good training and addressing biased and a lot of things, that may end up looking the way we dont want it to look. If it is required by law, then possession, drug sales, that type of stuff and the other one is if its appropriate to address criminal behaviour. So someone coming on to our campus and trying to harm a student or do some type of criminal activity, so that those are the three ways. And does it look different and does it always lack th look thet should be . Probably not because there are not as robust systems in place to ensure thats happen asking i think thats one question that you were talking about and secondly, and just in terms of when police come thats related to cps report or related to a crisis intervention, that is another time when police may be brought on to the campus. I think we have had such an opportunity with the pandemic to sit and think didn and partnerh our city agencies, that we are thinking, how do we do that differently . I think with the resolution that you and commissioner lopez and Commission Collins<\/a> sponsored around the coordinated care, were working towards that and we started with the wellness checks and we have the resources and were have worked to partner with the department of Public Health<\/a> and well be providing services and well be looking at mobile services. And so all of the things that i feel the commissioners have been asking for, we really are starting to have this ability where were working as a city is district to do that. Do we have a long way to go . Absolutely. But were turning in the right direction to support students and families in the ways that we should from an antiracist standpoint and from a radical human practise and all of that stuff that doesnt end up pathologchanging the system. The change was in odd to ensure parents are called and public defenders are called immediately if the police come on. Commissioner norton. And then commissioner lamb. And thank you to everyone that came out. I know that this is just a really charged moment and its a good conversation for us to continue to have. And its certainly this mou has periodically been debated and discussed in the entire time ive bon the board, as it should be. I moon, thithis is an importantd getting this right which weve been trying to do for a long time is crucial. The point i was going to make is the one that superintendent matthews made which is that the mou is intended to be protective of students and their rights. And what scares me, i think, is the idea that police can come on the campus whenever they want, if they can prove that the certain positions might exist, whether its weapons or drugs or looking for a suspect. We have seen this happen and it will continue to happen because police are going to assert that power. Whether or not we want them to. The mou does to a certain extent try to set up rules of the road and protect our students and make sure parents are there. Weve had issues, also, you know, in undocumented students. The idea that students that ice or other authorities can come on campus and take students into custody is really terrifying to me. And so while im actually i mean i think theres a legitimate question about what truly is the role of the police in our society and have we given police agencies, you know, too much power and too much room when other kinds of services would be better for our communities . I thinks tha think thats a lege conversation and one as School Leaders<\/a> we want to be a part of. But i do agree with the commenters who said, like, whoa, whoa, just be thoughtful about this. And lets think through all of the implications of if we end this relationship. And im happy to continue to have this conversation. I think its really important and, again on, i would be ok ife as a board and staff team go a different way and i want to articulate the really, really important protections for our students, because officers will come on campus when they think something is happening and i want to have some control and some assurances around that. Thank you. Thank you, commissioner for lamb and then commissioner lopez. Unmute yourself, please. I want to thank everyone, including our students, our parents and families who have shared their voice, not only today, but all of the thousands of emails that weve been receiving, as well as the tens and hundreds of thousands of folks in San Francisco<\/a> and in the bay area have showed up to really demonstrate just how modern oimportant of a time andt this is. As leaders, also recognising that we have the Authority Importance<\/a> of changing the paradigm that weve known to be problematic for far too long. You know, i want to acknowledge that reform, even with the best intentions have not gotten us as a society to where we need to be to be able to address Police Violence<\/a> against people of co allergcolor, particularly blackd brown communities. I want to name that first and foremost. Related to our relationship, the School District<\/a> relationship wits relationshipwith the polim concerned with the longterm presence of officers on campuses. Weve heard time and time again about young people not feeling safe and feeling threatened. One piece that i think i would also like to name is that we as a system, including our administrators, our staff, our educators, leaders ourselves have to do some real work in real work in ourselves. I am curious because i often hear, well, the reason the police were called is because it could have been that someone on school site didnt feel like they could handle that student. And the behaviours that are coming up or i heard it was a parent that called the police. So i think thats some of the information around that it would be important for us to examine for ourselves. And i also want to understand what has been our plan, right . So what is your that plan and protect that from the parents that were illuminated this afternoon if we were to terminate or change the relationship with sfpd . I also want to speak to and thank you commissioner maliga, you are the expert because you are doing this everyday and trained and doing the work on the ground around this yard coordination of care and the work the team has put in and accelerating during the covid piece and we absolutely need to accelerate that work. And really and im glad were working toward it, but we have to understand that, again, there may be some school sites that are well versed in kind of that coordination of care and others that are not didnt thats understanding the Quality Control<\/a> impact and really how does that look like systemwide . And so ill just comment there. I think overall, you know, just similar comments to most of you all, my colleagues that have spoken. And ill just close that, you know, being a mom of a high schooler and now my daughter also getting active in her own activism. I said, do you see Police Officer<\/a>s regularly at your school site or even patrolling or do you feel a presence . She goes to school in the sunset and said, no, i havent seen that. I think that speaks to which schools in our district have higher presence. And so, you know, i think, again, i want to thank all of the young people, the fact that young people are organizing our students are the ones organizing these actions right now in the city and you all are very inspiring, so thank you. President lopez. I know that commissioner collins had a point earlier and i want to recognise that before i speak. Go ahead. Commissioner collins, did you want to go and unmute yourself . Yes. What i have to say is really difficult to talk about. Because on the one hand, i have a real problem with the police, like, in general, and policing. And im personally ive had negative interactions with the police in the city executive thinand i thinkthe response wem the community and youth and educators, its about policing in general and this idea of, like, who polices the police . And seeing videos that are clearly people are like, i saw a video of police popping peoples tires in a city. Yowere seeing this now. Its blatant and ive seen Police Called<\/a> out in our city because black people are, like, too wild in a walgreens and dont show up when i see a white person punching someone in a van. I have a personal experience and i think we have per special perl experiences. This wave of change which i appreciate, it deeply disturbs me that the folks doing this work since the beginning, right, before even i was hip to it or anybody else, a lot of them are black women is parents and their voice is not here. The africanamerican Parent Advisory Council<\/a>, i specifically reached out to parents and they deserve to have a decision on what we do. Because they are the most impacted by this, as well as youth, ok . Those two grooms, in my opinion, should be centered and i feel like theres no mechanism right now in this moment. Theres a lot of pressure that folks are creating and i do appreciate that pressure, but i also feel like we need to support the folks who are on the ground didnt doing the work and that includes the svip, united players and coleman and all of the people in the neighborhoods doing the work. And even captain yoland williams, the liaison, suing the sfpd for racis racist behaviour, right . Shes another black woman doing the work, right . And so i agree, this isnt working, our system, but there are people who have been trying to change it and whatever we do, im working on a resolution for us to look at our stric districd its a bigger picture. I dont police the police and our mou is whether we had it in the past, theres Staff Members<\/a> who dont follow it and there are Police Officer<\/a>s that dont follow it. And so, who decides so what does it matter if we have an agreement and nobody is following it, right . And i dont have the authority, i dont care what people say. My own personal power, i zoo the authoritdonthave the authoritye police and thats a larger conversation and thats for our mayor and board of supervisors and also for our mayor and board of supervisors to support us in funding some of the needs in the community. That have to do with violence, prevention, food is housing. I dont have that budget for food and housing and its causing people to steal from other people to feed themselves and causing conflict. Its all a big picture. So i just i am happy that were having this conversation, but i want us to make sure that we are centering black women and youth and families and the folks that are on the ground that are doing the work and i really appreciate this opportunity and i want to acknowledge one last point, chief scott, ive seen him. He seems like a good man, but at the same time, theres the Police Officer<\/a>s association, which we also have to name. Theyre wearing their thin lined blue masks and youre not supposed to wear those any more. Those are Masks Associated<\/a> with White Supremacy<\/a> and yet the Police Officer<\/a>s association is still selling those masks as the official mask of the San Francisco<\/a> Police Officer<\/a>s association. So im having a real disconnect between, i dont want a shift and throw up my hands and say we wont have an mou if that means no support or any protection for our families because black parents have worked on that mou. Folks need to know that, black folks have worked on it because they see it as a way of protecting our kids. Its not working, maybe we need to throw it away is im hop opeo that conversation. But i dont understand how we can be in a relationship that is full of people who associate with white supremest flags like a thin blue line flag. So that is also something that we need to name and we need to put it on the table and we need to wrestle with that as a city and as a board and if we mak ife to tear up or mou. If we do that and i am all for saying, you know, i dont know how to be in a relationship with an organization like this, but if we do that, we cant do that and leave folks who are most vulnerable with nothing, with no plan. And so, i neednt just other commissioners to hear this. I need folks who are listening in on this conversation to hear this. If youre activated right now, im glad youre active, but Pay Attention<\/a> to the folks doing the work and stick around for the solution because this is a long fight. It has been going on for a long time and im here to fix it. The police have been by and large bad actors and the poa are, in my view, rogue, and have not helped the matter. And we need to make a decision at some point if we want to have an exit strategy. At the time, police were patrolling in the hallways of our schools andthy were not on the perimeter and actually patrolling our high schools and middle schools. And then, as you probably all know, it was referred to by tornadthere was an incident in e early 2,000s where it ended up being the largest Police Presence<\/a> in the history of the United States<\/a> on a school campus. I think the it was 16 167 Police Officer<\/a>s, riot gear who descended on thohogood mash shall and injured many schools. Any money were spending on this program is not ok. It sends a horrible message to the thousands who are emailing us and i dont know about you guys but my phone has been blowing up for days and weve been spending those thousands represent tens of thousands of people in San Francisco<\/a> and we need to listen to them. Pai pleaseplease stand by so i understand having something to protect us, but laws are broken all the time, rules are broken all the time. Its clear that the cops are doing it and getting away with it. Im for finding solutions, but we know those exist. In fact, im having a conversation with the School Board Member<\/a> in minneapolis who wrote this. So im looking forward to exploring what were going to do to truly protect our students. That doesnt reinforce Authority Figures<\/a> who care more about their ego and power than about protecting people. I think ill leave it at that. If anyone wants to jump in and say some final comments, then we can move on. I dont know if this will be a resolution around this program or if staff will be able to come up with a plan. Im getting the sense that the board really wants some resolution to this. I just want to mention that commissioner cooke is not here, but he was a senior during the police riot at marshal. His experience is valuable. Our current students experiences are so valuable. Im honored and cherish the student delegates speaking up. Any final comments . Lets go with the student delegates. One last thing. If we could cut ties with i. C. E. [indiscernible] and highlight i. C. E. Is not allowed to be on our campuses, we could do the same thing with the p. D. Its sending a strong message to our black and brown students at this time. Youre right. We dont have an m. O. U. With i. C. E. We have a resolution and a process. Commissioner collins. This is a larger conversation. This is a citywide conversation about how we invest our resou e resources. We need support as a district and the city and District Needs<\/a> support. There is a meeting tomorrow, and so i encourage folks who have made their voices heard here make their voices heard at that level. We need to be having this at all levels if were going to make change. Thank you. Thank you. I dont see any other hands. I dont know if staff wants to say anything. I just wanted to thank you for the conversation. I want to thank the callers who called in. We hear the direction loud and clear. We will get started on getting something in place so that we can continue this conversation and eventually get to a place where the relationship is where it needs to be. Thank you. It was 1999 when the board took up the resolution for this program, the meeting ended at 5 45 a. M. So get ready. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] are you kidding me . More than jrotc, more than that. We were always done by 2 00 in the morning. Wow. Thank you. That, we are moving on. Protocol for Public Comment<\/a>. And in this time im going to read what i have to read to the public. If youre going to be speaking or you want to speak, can you get a count for me so i can make a decision on how to approach this. Public comment is an opportunity for the board to hear from the community on matters within the boards jurisdiction. We ask that you refrain from using employee and student names. If you have a complaint about a district employee, you may submit it in accordance with district policy. We cannot respond to comments or answer questions during the Public Comment<\/a> time. If appropriate, follow up will be asked for. With that, were going to ask for Public Comment<\/a>. I see 33 right now, although i see some of the same names as before. They may be speaking again. I dont know if the hands are speaking again, but its 33. If its 33, well give them a minute each. Hello, mr. Marshal. Hello . Hello . Michael, are you there . Michael keifer . Im sorry, im having trouble for some reason, i cannot unmute anyone. So im hoping for the backup to help me. One moment. Are you saying there is a glitch . Yes, i am. If it lasts for more than a couple minutes, i can move on. Let me try to ms. Costco can unmute people as well. In the meantime, this is barb, i was allowed to unmute myself. Im a parent at versidio Public School<\/a> and a board member on the p. T. A. There. We want to work with the board to find a solution to avoid our schools closure. The programs at this school are so unique and has been life chawngeing for our family and all families. Itsnging for our family and al families. Its the ability for us to get our heads above water and to a safe place. Were asking for transparency and a seat at the table to look at possible solutions. There might be a solution to instigate this process. In the word of one of my favorite educators, impossible is nothing, we know we can do this. In the face of covid, in the big campus of presidio e. S. , we can hold onto this and continue educating our kids in these circumstances. I think we have a shot working with the trust to find a number that works with everyone. Thank you. Unmute yourself. Michael will be unmuting folks and ill be keeping the time. Go ahead, michael. So caller 415517, you can talk now. Okay. So caller virginia marsh, please go ahead. I think that these hands are left up from the last Public Comment<\/a> is my deduction, president. Im going to lower all hands right now, which i can do. If theres someone who wants to speak on general Public Comment<\/a>, please raise them now. There are a couple coming up. Can you see them, michael . Yes, i can. Great. Cassadora, youre up. Hi. This is cassandra trio again about a totally different topic. So im coming to speak to you today as a member of the bargaining team, in addition to im a teacher for the last 10 years. In specific regarding budget. I know that theres a budget shortfall. We got the judgment presentation precovid. Then covid happened. Theres just a lot more that needs to be done and that the board and Central Office<\/a> continues to make efforts in the way of closing some of the most detriment spaces [indiscernible] currently one of the issues i want to address is this idea of safety and budget for cost neutral and that somehow teachers and staff and principals and so and sos are supposed to be able to operate and do all the things were doing in the assistance learning, which is difficult on the teacher and student end. Everyone in this situation is not experiencing this with ease. To be able to do this with a costneutral mindset is not appropriate. Thank you. Thank you. Kim, you can go ahead now. Thank you. Im kim, the field representative for sciu local workers, folks that are at the warehouse and transportation. I know that cuts were pushed out to the site, but now those cuts have come back. Theres just an extraordinary number of our membership that are glued to our schools that are being cut. Just because its a centralized cut doesnt mean its not happening. It doesnt mean that teachers and other administrators and other folks in schools wont need the help. We are the schools helpers. Please reconsider. Please consider what youre doing and how it decimates schools. We want to support the folks out at presidio and trying to figure out how to make that work. Thank you. Anybody else, michael . Can you hear me . Go ahead. Thank you, michael. Thank you to the board. Good evening. My name is matt bells. A parent of a child at the Early Education<\/a> school and an employee in the presidio here in San Francisco<\/a>. I just wanted to say that i think that we need to work towards a solution where we keep that Public School<\/a> safe because it is such a unique Public School<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a>. Because it is in the Mission Statement<\/a> of the presidio to conclude that education and access for all, i think that our school site works towards that. It is in a beautiful space. Its also important that our students feel welcome and as a part of that space. Its afforded me to continue to work in my job in the presidio to have schooling that i can afford for my child there. Im not sure what i would do without that. I know that there are a number of other parents who feel the same way. Thank you. Time. Thank you. Hi, can you hear me . Go ahead. Thanks for your time. My heart right now is with the injustices in the Larger Community<\/a>. Im also commenting on the proposed closure of the presidio education school. Im a High School Math<\/a> teacher and my two children currently attend the Early Education<\/a> school. My experiences havent prepared me for how heart broken i am for the proposed closing. Im heart broken for the students and the teachers. Im also heart broken for the Larger Community<\/a> of San Francisco<\/a>. In a time when i feel like many cities are moving in a promising direction of a prek and more robust funded services for children under five, i believe that San Francisco<\/a> is moving in an opposite direction, one of the most funded schools in the nation. I ask for you to keep our schools open. Thank you. Gwen, you can talk now. Thank you. Im also a parent of a student at the school. Its very emotional. My daughter only has one year left, so shes covered. But i cant imagine the children in the future who would not have this opportunity. I feel its the opposite direction from what we should be doing. We should be studying it and finding out how its successful it is. I understand the challenges because i work in the presidio and i understand the challenges of rent in the presidio. So even if you moved this to somewhere else in the city, i just cant see closing this down. Its just too important for the families and for the community in general. Thank you. Mitchell, youre on. Im not fully aware of the protocol of the meeting. Im the c. E. O. Of a small startup in the bay area. We have been trying to offer the s. F. U. S. D. And all the students preschool photos. You can take it from your smartphone or tablet. Weve been trying to mind the were not here to overly push our application on anyone. Our offer is totally free. We wanted to see how we could get on the agenda for a privately funded gift. I at least wanted to put it out there. I think it would be great for kids to have some kind of degree of normally because they have that for every student. If they can do it for free, thank you very much. Superintendent matthews, would it be possible for anybody to follow up . I think we have either michael or justin, can you see the email or the number . I can just see the name. Michael, can you determine a phone number or a contact from it . No, i cannot. It just says the name. If the caller can call back and talk online. I dont want to give your information out. If the caller could call back and give the information, we could follow up. Thank you. Thank you to all the commenters, i support you. I am so grateful to work in this School District<\/a>. As a parent of two graduates of this school, im asking your support for protecting this magnificent preschool that is uniquely situated in the park. Please do what you can to preserve this school so these students can experience the transformative nature. This school stands out among all the private businesses in the presidio where democracy is upheld through the power of Early Education<\/a>. The staff of the presidio integrate the transformative effect of nature in their teaching. The staff is superb. I challenge you to look up the Board Members<\/a> of the Presidio Trust<\/a>, especially the latest appointees. When i read up on what these appointees value, none of them speak about diversity, Public Access<\/a> time. Thank you. Michael, do we have another Public Comment<\/a> . I was just given permission to unmute. I am andy tom, a former employee at the presidio Early Education<\/a> school. I am here to express my concern of the possible closure. This school, when i worked at it, not only is it in an absolutely beautiful location that allows us to take our students out for different types of exploration in the beautiful presidio park, but more importantly and what others have said, its an opportunity for infants and toddlers to be in a classroom, for deaf and hard of hearing students to be in a classroom. Its one of the t. K. Locations in San Francisco<\/a>. We need more schools like this to help with the Early Education<\/a> process and to help our children prepare for later years in school. It is a large campus with each classroom having two sides, which allows for the social distancing, which will be great for the future. Then its just a Beautiful Community<\/a> of parents and students. All of the parents come together for so many events in the year. You live in the presidio, but you cant walk to school and be involved time, thank you. Thank you. Holly, go ahead. I already spoke for two minutes and got time, but ill read my last paragraph. No. Okay. Page, youre up. Hi, im actually the parent of page who is a student at presidio Early Education<\/a> school. Im concerned with the news of the school closure, because we as parents did not receive any request for comment. No one asked us to participate in any district Advisory Community<\/a> or any sort of opportunity to figure out what really is going on. We have absolutely no information as to the Financial Health<\/a> of Presidio School<\/a>. We dont know what the student operating costs are. We were just vaguely told that the rest is being increased and this school is going to shut down. All in all it doesnt seem fair. Were going to request a hearing and a due process being given to us, an opportunity to be heard, and figure out any opportunities available other than the closure of the school. This is not a feasible option at this point. I would like to make myself available and request that we be heard, but we are also going to prepare to request injunction or anything else that we need to do to keep the school open. It is a wonderful school. It has afforded me to work and take care of four minor children that i have. Single mother. Thank you. Mary, youre up. I would like to appreciate the board for allowing parents to speak. I know it is beautiful that there is this movement to make real change, but asking not only at this time are we looking at the mo. U. , but real systemic change, getting black parents and students to speak up. When we have our list of demands, i would like the board to really listen and act. I know the board is working on equity studies that would help our black students and communities. I also want to highlight the importance of having culturely responsible health practices. One of the things that i feel like needs to be highlighted is keeping two positions open. One position, i cannot say her name, she was consolidated. She started ethnic studies there. That has helped the students to find their sense of belonging and taking a pride in history and who they are. That has to be cultivated into Mental Health<\/a> practices. I want her position to be saved in addition to another position who has supported black and brown students who have been on the verge of suspension and expulsion. We need to save his position. Thank you. Time. Thank you. Lisa, you can okay. Sorry, i unmuted myself at the same time as you unmuted me. Thank you for this opportunity to speak and all the board of ed, i appreciate you guys. I am a restorative educator. During this historic uprising, the people created an opportunity to stop the horror of unchecked totalitarian violence. In order to truly serve and protect our black and indigenous lgbtq children, we need not only to defund the police and actually commit to restorative, transformative justice, but also take a look at ourselves. Weve gone from having a transformative department to having zero transformative coaches, none. Im at a loss for where the transformative money is going to go. If were going to dismantle White Supremacy<\/a> thoughts, we need to show that we value transformative justice. In service of that, we need to take a hard look at how our district thank you. Thank you. [indiscernible] thanks very much to the board for the opportunity to speak. We were shocked to learn that this school would be closed. Weve been privileged to be a part of this school. While our son will age out, weve benefitted from this resource. Unicef, among others, has highlighted the broad body of research. The greatest dollar spending has been in the recent years. We ask what processes followed, when, with whom we ask for a seat at the table. Thank you. Thank you. I want to apologize, but some of the teachers and i have been talking about the teachers and principals that were allowed to share programs with us. We signed up for these programs, but they are predatory and have really high speeds. A lot of us are getting out of them now. So were learning and moving on. Im worried about other teachers and younger teachers. Im wondering if there is a way to sort of vet companies more. They bring subway sandwiches and pizza, and slightly uninformed people like me sign up. Thats our responsibility. There have been articles in the New York Times<\/a> about these companies and their high caps. Sometimes i wish we could prevent those companies from coming into our schools. Something about it doesnt seem right. This is nowhere near an important issue. Since im here, i wanted to make the comment. Thank you. [indiscernible]. The reason families are here today is to advocate for keeping presidio Early Education<\/a> open after this coming school year. The loss of a site closure that includes infants, toddlers, prek rooms, a hardofhearing desk. The School Brings<\/a> tuition based and subsidized programs with staff and students that are diverse, which is such an important part of the conversation. The parents and families are asking for transparency in the budget position. That is allowing for closure of a school site that there is a racial and socioeconomically diverse community. I know covid19 is turning things surveys. We need to return to work time, thank you. Next speaker, please. Now more than ever, budgets are important value statements. In this time of crisis now more than ever, its important to recognize that we have to prioritize funding whats most important to us. As youve heard over and over today and as you will hear in the special education budget and as you will hear from the advisory committees, all of us share the priorities that are most important to us and what weve shared for at least the five years that ive been involved and longer than that, we specifically called out the need for Restorative Justice<\/a> and practices. And this past year we asked the district to take steps that are being taken to name racism in our schools practices and policies. Thats time. Havevanessa, are you back . Yes. My kids went to presidio from 2010 to 2015. I served on the parent council. I want to say in support of the families that are there, i was devastated to hear that this school will be closing. I cant say enough. I lived in the presidio. I lived here for 18 years. I looked at the financials and i guarantee you something should be able to be worked out. This program is phenomenal. I want to please, please give the parents and the teachers and the staff the closing that they deserve. Closing this school would be a tragedy. Its a special, special place. Thank you. Kim, go right go ahead. I was a student when the riots happened. Rely, it was not a riot. It was what was called a riot. It was an invasion of police into the school because there was a fight of an outside source of a Family Member<\/a> outside of the school premise. What was called by the principal at the time based out of fear was that it was a riot. I witnessed a friend of mine get hit on the gun in the head. I witnessed a teacher record what happened on their phone what happened. Im here as an educator to strongly urge sfpd out of our schools. It is not safe. I witnessed it myself. I have trauma from it. Our students have trauma from it in many, many ways. This is important. This should be done already. This is many years too long. Thank you. Thank you. We are fighting against a closing of a school like the presidio. Parents are looking for how this can be done. I urge the board to get back and think of the presidio of a way to think about this as an Early Education<\/a> program. I hope the board can look at these ideas in more detail. Thank you. My name is barbara galio. I am a teacher at the presidio Early Education<\/a> school. This is such a unique school. Having the nature around the school is so special to all our students. I have students in my classroom. I have three special ed students. I have other students outside of the special ed students who have clearly been trauma sized. I also have students who are in the middle of the task. This quite large group of students are the students that get the most from that outdoor environment. We know from research being outside and being in nature is one of the most calming things, one of the best things for the human brain and their emotional regulation, theres nothing better. I would urge you not to close the door on the lease. In five months, we seal know whether the school and Community Measures<\/a> can be tasked or not. Lets not close the door on our options at this point, where right around the bend could be the solution to our programs. Thank you. Geo, go ahead. [indiscernible] i support all my peers earlier demands to terminate the m. O. U. With the sfpd. Schools are meant to be a place of learning. A lot of schools provide a stable environment as my schools are for me. Police officers get 120 hours in use of force and eight hours in deescalation and conflict resolution. What message does that send to our students when we send armed officers trained to brutalize disproportionately. I urge you to terminate the m. O. U. Agreement with sfpd and support your efforts for the resources for teachers and programs that support our underserved youth. As another note, i would like to note how thorough the sfpd is in examining the training that the Student Resources<\/a> receive in interacting with students and if you are providing specifics if you have them. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] confidence in what theyre doing. Thank you. Elaine, are you back . Yes. Can you hear me . Yes. I was calling on behalf of the possible closure for c. D. O. Im a long time Early Education<\/a> teacher. I know that many of the educators at the site. Ive been up there several times. As a really, really great site. I encourage the Board Members<\/a> to go out and look at this site and see what theyre doing there. I encourage the Board Members<\/a> to do the research and actually sit down with the Presidio Trust<\/a> and see what the issue is. Lets not balance the budget on the backs of our educators and our children and families. Its really important that you know exactly whats going on there. Thank you. My two children attended this center and are now graduates. They benefitted from being in that space. They were enriched by the whole abilities of the teachers as well as the experience of being with such a Diverse Group<\/a> of students from subsidized families to others. Being in the presidio, my daughter recently graduated. They paraded out our Public School<\/a> students. The only Public School<\/a> in this space, as a demonstration of what that park is and who its supposed to serve. By divorcing these students of that space is a huge injustice. I can only echo the experience of Early Education<\/a> and the necessity that sfuc should not be deprived of this. They can take the presidio bus and learn the history of San Francisco<\/a>. Thank you. Please go ahead. [indiscernible] as one of the speakers previously, we are one of the most prosperous cities in the world. We can extend the [indiscernible] go ahead, please. Hello. My name is bryce. I was a student at presidio. It was a really enjoyable two years i was there. The teachers were nice. I liked the programs and i liked how everybody taught and i had a lot of fun there. I liked it. Thats really it. Just try to keep it open. Its a really good school. Thanks. Hello, can you hear me . [indiscernible] the presidio early ed program feeds into our program at lafayette as a daef and hardofhearing schooleaf and hardofhearing school. This is the first im hearing about this. I am texting with my colleagues and they have not heard about this. We want some transparency about what they can do to either relocate this school to a better facility or keeping it as presidio the Presidio Trust<\/a> and working with them. I mean, in this time of strife and difficulty, this is one of those things that can get slid under the rug and nobody knows its happening. Im a big advocate for our special education students and especially our special education students of color. That is affecting our deaf and hardofhearing students. We want to keep these students in a safe environment that theyre used to. Thank you. This school is not only a place to go. My daughter is going to enjoy nature and be in a nature environment. There is diversity. Also as a resident of the presidio, i think it is something that brings value to be inside the park. I feel like we wont be able to work with you and try to work with the trust to try to work together. This is going to be a big loss for not only the presidio community, but the whole San Francisco<\/a> community. As a working mom, having a place that i can leave my young daughter there and knowing that i can pursue my own dreams and knowing this is the only place that you can find in San Francisco<\/a> is the Presidio School<\/a>. This is an important place for kids of different races that i just mentioned. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for the opportunity to do the talk here. Im calling on behalf of the presidio Early Education<\/a> school closing. There are a lot of emotional things attached to this. There are a lot of things attached to that, but i want to focus on the display and the presidio and the district put out as a News Conference<\/a> for walking our students out, talking about inclusion and how important this is for the presidio itself. Just a few months later the presidio is being closed. Thats even a farce on itself. Even as there was a celebration on the diversity available at the school. School and that space isnt just for the property of those who can afford it. Our Public Education<\/a> system is suffering a big loss at school. Thats time. Thank you. Hi, can you hear me . Yes. My child graduated from presidio. My child is special needs and he graduated. There have been so many studies of how Early Intervention<\/a> mitigates delays for students learning. My kid is a primary example of a success story. He no longer needs i. U. P. Support for the remaining years of his academic education. Presidio is an amazing place as you hear from parents and staff. Its one of the few schools where we dont feel like we live in a concrete jungle. Please dont remove it. Did you want to speak . Hi, my name is julia. I am a mom who has a student at the Early Education<\/a> school in presidio. This is a great school with teachers and staff. This let me continue with the workforce without being worried about my child. It brings trust into the Public Education<\/a> system. Talking about the events in the last couple of weeks, education and especially Early Education<\/a> in what builds the principles in the system. We have to keep education for the youngest levels to strive. This is the only Public School<\/a> in the city that takes Young Children<\/a> and infants. It also supports families in need. We have children from Different Levels<\/a> of society, which is amazing when they start in a good school at such an early age, it opens so many opportunities. Im on the board of the student at the moment. Were ready to work with Presidio Trust<\/a> and with the City Government<\/a> if needed to keep the school open. Give us all the facts and let us talk together. That includes Public Comment<\/a> on this item, president. Thank you. I want to thank all the people who came out to speak. We hear you. We will be following up on Presidio School<\/a> as well as other topics that were brought up. So i was just informed that this is our last meeting with our student delegates. Is that accurate or no . That is very sad. I know you probably want to get on with other things. Maybe you could say a couple words and im happy to have Board Members<\/a> give you time. Okay. Thank you. [indiscernible]. I want to thank my family and friends for supporting me and the sfusd for providing me with an amazing education. Thank you. I know our next student delegates and our next president will be great. As of now, i officially step down and will virtually pass the torch to our next student delegates. Thank you. Hello, everyone. It has been my pleasure and honor to be a student delegate for the board of education. This school year has definitely been a difficult and unique school year for us, but despite the challenges we all faced this school year, there was not a moment i wanted to stop being the voice for my school members. I want to thank the Board Members<\/a> and dr. Matthews for taking a step back and allowing me to speak first on topics that were on the agenda. I also want to give a huge thank you to those for supporting me on the campaign and encouraging me to apply. If not for them, i wouldnt have ran for student delegate. I want to thank the former principal of mission who was urging me through my campaign and urging students to vote for me and making sure i was active throughout my campaign. I really want to thank him for that. To all the undocumented immigrants listening, i know you can do it too. I encourage those with the same immigration status to pursue this type of role in the future. But i know that my fellow students will be amazing student delegates. Im hoping its not virtual. Im hoping for the best. Even if it is, i know they have this. I know that because of this experience and because of all the amazing educators in my life that i want to pursue a career in education. Wow. If theres any staff that want to make any comments, that would be great too. I just want to say i appreciate you guys. You fwoois helped us navigate this pandemic being theguys hels pandemic being the student voices on the board. I really, really appreciate that. I know you both do a lot of work in the community. I want to honor that work. I hope you guys have a good time in college, continue giving back. Reach out as needed. Were going to be here. Enjoy the next four years where you guys are going to be headed. Just closing it out, i just want to say thank you for being with us this year, especially through the pandemic. I just want to wish you guys well. It is always such a privilege as 12 years on this board working with the student delegates, i sai this every year, i say this is the best group of student sa is the best group of student y say delegates every. You are inspiring and both of you have such a way of cutting to the heart of an issue and really, you know, cutting through all of the other stuff, the politics, and getting to what is true and right and right for students. I really appreciate it. Thank you for your leadership. I wish you all the best in college. I know it has been the craziest senior year ever. I think its going to get better from here. Im excited to see what you do in the future. My very best wishes to you both. Its been an honor to serve with you. Thank you so much for all of your hard work. You always not only showed up at the Board Meeting<\/a>s so clearly, but just how much your heart and your soul is in this work representing students and young people across the district. I got to sit the closest next to both of you. So i got to feel your energy and young people is how and why i got into this work. Just the fact that you spoke in your truth and have been bold and courageous, it has allowed me to step up with you. Congratulations. Best of luck to you and also similar to my former students. You can call me years from now and i will always return your call. I hope you will do the same if i reach out to you. Please enjoy, given everything that is happening, you have shown resiliency and strength graduating in the year of the pandemic. Please stay in touch. This is inspiring how both of you are. You give me hope. I think of my own Development Even<\/a> in leadership that i can easily say began a few years back. To see how active and involved and honest you both are is more than anything i can hope for for our youth. I know you will carry that on. I know the people coming after you are looking up to you. Thank you for your work and for everything you do and for showing how much caring you have for bettering our schools and communities. Thank you to all of you. Since we were students and high School Students<\/a> at one time, we would have known what was best. We were not high School Students<\/a> in 2020, 2019, 2018, or 2017. Thats why your voice is so important. You brought it each and every meeting. You came out, you spoke your truth, and you made sure we understood where you were coming from. I just want to knowledge that i appreciate that. I agree with the commissioner. Each time you two are fantastic and then the next two are fantastic. I want you to know how we frooesht you. Dont go far. We want to hear from you and how great youre doing. Thank you both. Im really proud of you, betsy. I remember when i met you, you were so quiet. You were just the megaphone. Youve developed into a beautiful leader and talented writer, researcher, and mentor for the younger students. Im really indebted to you. Thank you so much for being a great representative. Jett, i remember when you were in 10th grade and your older sister was writing the s. A. T. S. You blossomed and grew so many feet. You were so tall. You maintained your demeanor of being on the board and listening to those who voted for you. I will always have an opendoor policy, whether professional or personal, you have my contact info. I want to recognize all the people who supported our students. The board, you all have embraced these students and their other leaders so welcomely. They dont feel intimidated. I want to applaud you that because you are part of that service as well. I want to thank our supervisors that work with these students. You all have paid a tremendous support of these students, not just the student delegates, but the s. A. T. In general. I want to thank cyrus for being such a great ally during these troubling times. Dont forget to write. You guys are so inspiring. Im excited to see what youll be doing. Im available. Let us know how to continue to support you. When youre ready to run for school board, mayor, president , sign me up because im your biggest fan. Everything that youve done so far, i know that youre going to continue with the work. Thank you. I also want to thank you all, you two, and your mentors. Ive enjoyed working with you. I dpooir you. I think youre amazing young people. Youve worked so hard and on such big issues. Its just been amazing. I really appreciate you two. I also want you to send a big thank you to your parents for raising such wonderful and beautiful kids. Thank you again. Good luck in your future. Were all here like everyone says. Youre going to be Outstanding College<\/a> students. We expect you to return and to be a better place. Thank you so much. Bye. Thank you. Bye. Im also going to miss you trying to steal my water during Board Meeting<\/a>s. Sometimes it would be noticed but then you didnt want to get up and get your own water, so you could take my water. Im going to miss moments like that. Thank you so much for everything. Im so sad about this because i thought it would be next meeting. Please join us, advisor from the parent council. Ive also got two parents. You have their info, so you can unmute them. Theyre in attendees right now . Thats correct. It might be phone numbers. I dont see names. Patricia might be here. I sent you the phone number i called in, this is danicia. You called in. Thank you. Danicia, were getting a little bit of static on yours, so if you can mute until we speak. Thank you. Good evening, president and commissioners. Im certainly going to miss the student delegates as well. Theyre very inspiring. I love that betsy brings herself fully to these meetings and doesnt let emotion get in the way. As a young woman, i was afraid to speak up [indiscernible] im the coordinator of the Parent Advisory Council<\/a> to the board of education [indiscernible] im joined by two p. A. C. Members who will present our final report for the 20192020 school year and will introduce themselves. My name is patricia [indiscernible] i have a sixth and an eighth grader at [indiscernible] danicia. My name is danicia. I have two children in the San Francisco<\/a> Unified School District<\/a>. [indiscernible] great [all talking at once]. Were going to go into the role of the Parent Advisory Council<\/a>, which is the p. A. C. The role is to represent parent voices and perspectives in order to inform board of education, policy discussions, and decisions. This report provides a summary of our work during the 20192020 school year. We would like to begin by acknowledging that we are living in extraordinary times in many ways. We celebrate our parents and these new circumstances. The p. A. C. Would like to express our sprooerks again for the efforts of everyone who works and continues to work to support our families throughout this school year in the spring and through the summer. We would like to extend our thanks to all students for completing this year, despite the obstacles. The p. A. C. Would also like to acknowledge the service, commitment, and contributions of the following p. A. C. Members whose terms will end in june, johnny, deny, rebecca, patricia, and sharin. These members have provided valuable insight to the issues that have been addressed. Their work has helped to inform the development of policy recommendations, new enrolment processes, the selection of food vendors, and so much more, as well as hearing the parents and families voice at district levels. We hope they will continue their advocacy efforts in other ways going forward. Thank you. [indiscernible] with the district we provide each and every student with quality instruction and support that is required to survive in the 21st century. This informs the work that we have done. Over the course of the year, the paths continued to be strengthened are a collaborative effort with the society as well as the partners [indiscernible] this helps us continue to support families, engaged parents, and Community Members<\/a> in meaningful conversations and gathered inputs to issue the [indiscernible] board of education to represent parent voice and include the experiences of the families in order to inform of the health of the sfusd policy as well as the implementation and importance of the district incentives. The p. A. C. Met with district Staff Members<\/a>, Community Staff<\/a> leader, and received updates to provide family perspectives and feedback on specific projects, including educational placement west coast research, planning, assessment, student nutrition services, technology, and whole portfolio planning. [indiscernible] Community Policy<\/a> of planning teams including the local control Accountability Task<\/a> force, the equity Student Task Force<\/a> sorry, studies task force and Study Systems<\/a> redesigned and the School Planning<\/a> summit. [indiscernible] collaborative teams, bug annual [indiscernible] and the Community Partnership<\/a> and forum. The community worked with the sfusd advisory communities, including africanamerican Parent Advisory Council<\/a>, the community Advisory Community<\/a> of special education, the district learning Advisory Community<\/a>, and the new [indiscernible] sp young Youth Services<\/a> to ensure that together we are hearing from, reflective of local student and family populations. Due to the shelter in place, the p. A. C. March and april meetings were canceled until we could determine the best way to have an online forum format while still meeting legal requirements of an open meeting and ensuring that we could provide appropriate language interpretation and translation services. This also allowed the p. A. C. Members to settle into their new family routines from working and learning at home. At the main p. A. C. Meeting, we discussed the full impact of the closures on students and families, using questions developed from the California Department<\/a> of education from their School District<\/a>s and reports on covid19. The impact from the discussions is along with the input of the meeting with the a. A. P. A. C. , c. A. C. , and dlac. The school site was used to inform the joint advisory report of recommendations preparatoried on the may 25 meeting. [indiscernible] weve seen that many of our students and families have been in distance learning. Others are experiencing challenging in the necessary technology, tools, and reliable internet kerks connections. The ripple of the pandemic has impacted the ability to fu fundraise. [indiscernible] we will continue to we continue to work with the [indiscernible] spons sponsors [indiscernible] and our current founder, including evelyn and walter hash jr. Fund to study how to ensure the Financial Sustainability<\/a> of the pact. Despite the challenges facing this district in the coming years. We hope that the vital work of the pact will be supported [indiscernible] the pact takes its mission to support we are proud of our accomplishments over the past year and we use the cycle of Continuous Improvement<\/a> to reflect on ways to build our capacity and [indiscernible] we know the coming school year will many challenges and opportunities to the board and School District<\/a>s [indiscernible] for the policies and decisions that are in the best interests of our schools and families. As this School Year Comes<\/a> to a close, we look forward to working with the board over the summer and school year to [indiscernible] while also keeping our students, teachers, and other staff safe. The final meeting of the p. A. C. 20202021 school year will be held tomorrow. [ ] [indiscernible] for the coming school year. Information can be found on our website. We would like to apply [indiscernible] thank you. Thank you, ladies. I didnt know if there might be comments or questions . If theres any Public Comment<\/a>s on this item. Yes, thank you, president. Please raise your hand if you would like to speak on the p. A. C. Report this evening. Im not seeing any Public Comment<\/a> on this item, president sanchez. Thank you. Any Board Members<\/a> . Vice president lopez. Hi, thank you. Thank you for that presentation and for being here and really recognizing that you are now teachers because of what were experiencing on top of being parents. And we honestly really honor your support and suggestions and want to hear from you. Im happy that that was named. Im really wondering what the meetings looked like as far as outreach. I think we talk about this a lot. But there are parents who want to voice their concerns and be involved. Who attend your meetings, what people you see, who is in the outreach, through whatever method, could you share that . Yes, absolutely. I go to my daughters school, shes in Elementary School<\/a>. I post flyers on the office and doors of our school. I put up flyers. I go to the p. A. C. Meetings to get a sense of where the data is going and later finding out that most of it is going to the Health Department<\/a> that i currently work at. We do the local control and accountability budget. We go over that and discuss it at the monthly Board Meeting<\/a>s that happen on tuesday. We get a feel for socioeconomic environments that our children are in and ways that we can actually better their environments. We are firsthand communicators with the with dr. Matthews or the superintendent or anyone who can help out when it comes to extra communities for the children, programs that they qualify for. Like dlac, which is like second language learning. I can address that a little bit more. We network with the other advisories a lot. Oftentimes well have people attending our meetings that are currently attached to these things. Weve had those people come. Weve also had people come to have heard about it at a pa. C. Meeting. We reach out to school sites. We havent made a huge effort to draw large crude. I think the work may send to be focused on these are the current member representatives. These are the things we will work on and we will have guests come from different departments in sfusb. We have a p. A. C. Representative that serves on the tax Advisory Community<\/a>. She comes and gives a report. Ive been doing more outreach this year. And amidst the whole pandemic, she reaches out to make sure we can include the voices of parents, even those who find it challenging to come to meetings, parents who are serving our foster youth, those with experience of incarceration. I hope this has answered your question. It did. This might not be the space for a forum. I certainly recognize that there is a need there. If the work that you all are doing can at least be shared with the Broader Community<\/a> so we know what has been discussed, and also, im happy to be involved and learn about your process. Great, come to a meeting. Youre welcome, you know. Any other questions . Thank you all for the presentation. As we move forward in our process, that were now calling planning and partnership, im sure that the p. A. C. Will be consulted with in terms of the work thats being done to open our schools safely and adequately whenever that is going to happen in terms of brick and mortar. Thank you again. I will be appointing alita leblanc to the advisory charter committee. Section e, we need a motion and a second for the consent calendar. So move and second. Thank you. Public comment on consent item. Do we have any Public Comment<\/a> . Yes, we do. We have one. Thank you. Hello, jessica. Hello, can you hear me . You have two minutes sorry, president sanchez, is it two minutes or one . Im jessica beard, the field rep from the local 21 field chapter. I just wanted to Say Something<\/a> about the resolution 205206k12 thats listed in the consent agenda. It basically is work that our Occupational Therapists<\/a> could do. I wonder why it adds to the further privatation in local 21. I just wanted to take this moment to raise some questions about this particular contract and ask why our workers cant do that work. Then also make the point that were at the point where it looks like the Occupational Therapy<\/a> program in the district is almost privatized because only three of the workers are actual district employees. And just comment that it doesnt seem like the district has a consistent investment in this work if theyre consistently contracting it out. Thank you for your time. Thank you. One more, actually. I also want to support local 21 and their understanding about the private tooisation. This often happens where our work is contracted out and well deal with that and comment on that in the Board Meeting<\/a>. Our employees do that work but havener been given opportunities. Their desire to do that is somehow subverted. Thats not how the district is and it doesnt fit with our values. Local 21 is our al had i ally and they need to be supported. 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