thank you for your dedication to the district students we value your time and input it is our goal as board members to ensure sfu sd creates conscience for students to thrive. in the spirit, thank you for your partnership. >> i want to begin with a quick story. left week you may have heard that all 7 board commissioners received a fantastic training by national government expert aj crab. he lead us through work he leads the upon governor work for great city schools which sfu sd is a member. >> speaking for myself the training was excellent. and have in the experienced that as in that type of train nothing a long while. instead of the traditional sit and get the training it was more like a high level interactive lots of learnings and examining our own foundation as a school district. and really the work ahead that lies for us as a governing board. and i'm thrill body that work that will be embarking on. aj challenged us. pushed us to name our responsibilities as board member and how we will do this. and gave me excitement and hope that despite our difference as board members we agreed that we are here to improve student out come above all else. >> and despite the challenge in front of us we will talk about the challenges tonight i'm increaseingly hopeful andeen more committed and motivated that we have a -- and we will do everything in our power to improve the out come of each student. and with this, i want to acknowledge that it is an humanor to be able to serve, on this cool board with my colleague and we are on the right path. i like to introduce, thank you. before we get in general information i want to announce translation interpretation available >> closed captioning and american sign language translation service. will provide closed captioning and american sign language asl interpreter service throughout today's board meeting. live transportation https://www.. streamtext. net/clear? event will = sfu sd. or combshgs. tendees can use the q & a in the zoom to type their name and list the items on the boundary they would like to comment of the arc tendee need a functioning camera in order to community with the interpreter and board when it is the time to provide comment the zoom host will promost to panelist enable video a member may e mail comments with the agenda item identified in the comment to boardoffice by 2 a.m. the day of the meeting. if they don't not want to make comment during the board meeting. commencements will be read in the record. >> thank you. sorry. president lam we i will pull up the slide for translation. >> thank you. the interpretation service in spanish and cantonese dial the number and the id number. this will be in spanish and cantonese. [instructions in spanish] [instructions in cantonese. >> thank you. >> thank you. that concludes translation services >> thank you to the translation and interception tonight y. child care 5 to 9 p.m. ages 3 to 10 it is up stair on the third floor in the cafeteria and snacks will be provide. >> general information we have done through the interpretation and closed captioning. i want to note that for review should order of agenda tonight we will move h1, 2 and 3 until after the reports. followed by agenda item g1-9. and we will move on to consent after items h and g. >> acknowledgment. we the san francisco board of education acknowledge we are in the unseated and home land of the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula the stewards of this land in accordance with their tradition they have never seated, lost nor forgot their respondents the care takers of this land as well as for all people to reside in their traditional territory. as guests we recognize we benefit from living and working on their home land. we wish to pay respects by acknowledging then cestors, eldands relatives of the community and their rights as first peoples. >> i'm 2 approval of board minutes regular meeting of march 22, 22. ask for a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> any corrections? >> seeing 91. roll call. >> thank you president lam. student delegate lam. >> yes. >> student delegate liang >> commissioner alexander. >> yes. >> vice president boggess? >> yes. >> commissioner hsu. >> yes. >> commissioner motamedi. >> yes. >> commissioner sanchez. >> yes. >> commissioner weissmann-ward. >> yes. >> president lam. >> yes. 7 aye's. >> thank you. >> at this time like to call about doctor math use for the superintendent's report. >> thank you, president lam. good evening board members. good evening members of the public. this is my report for the evening. good evening and thank you all for being here. very happy this evening to start off with bright spots. april first was professional appreciation day. honor paira professional educators. i want to take this opportunity to thank each one of our 2,000 paira educators and substitute in san francisco unified. a round of applause. >> parais a prefix from the greek meaning side by side or beside. >> paraeducators family liaceons. noon monitors. security aids and teach are assistance who play a role to support our school communities. the positions rink from working in the class to monitoring the students during lunch to supporting the students and families. core value resonate with our parace they remain student center the. focused on students and goals. paraeducators fiercely support our students every day. unite the class rom and advocate for their students and most of our paraeducators come from the same communities our students call home. bringing the knowledge to support our diverse student population. join me in appreciating our arc mazing paraeducators every day. [applause] this months stan tran school districtonors les lian, gay, bisexual and no audio. members of our community and seven brating celebrating lbgtq pride month. pioneering ways to make schools welcoming for lbgtq students families. provide is celebrated by student groups like gender and sexuality alliances and q groups and hallways with boards and door decoration and in our classrooms with read arc loud books from the many queer transgender and intersex affirming titles on the library shelves and a district wide poster contest. we are holding virtual lbgtq + parent workshops and high school lbgtq + student congress. 555 franklin the transjustice art exhibitifiy together on the first floor. voices of students lead the way reminder to us that while the pandemic has been challenge and we return to in person we ascii can and are continuing to celebrate the pride of our students and community members. for more information about sfu sd provide and lbgtq student services visit https//www.. sfu sd. edu. bike and roller school week is april 18-22nd. time for students and around our city to celebrate getting around under your own power. on a bike, scooter, wheel chair or skate board it healthy, grown and fun. walking counts, too, for ways your school our community and students can participate check it out and exciting prizes at htpps//sfbike. org/bikenrollsf. >> san francisco masking guidelines are arc lined with local and state public health guidance. find information and asked questions on the district website. as of april second indoor masking is recommended. people may wear a mask or not. i ask we respect everyone's right to do so. >> finally, families who want to enroll child for the next school year can apply from now through may second 2022. this includes families now to sfu sd and families who prefer a different school assignment. to apply visit sfu sd. edu/enrecommend. we are excited announce more families applied this year than last and 88% applied for k, pre-k, 6 or 9 in the main round received one of their school choices. there is a school for every child in san francisco and we are excited welcome new families. president lam that endses my announcements. >> thank you, doctor math use. now student delegates liang and lam >> we like to give i recap of student council cabinet meeting from left night. we continued the planning for youth sum and i delegate race and joined from the pack when gave us an over view of the engagement process. close the enemyination form and getting red to appropriate a workshop for the correspondidates we have. and have our youth summit thursday, april 28, we will offer leadership workshops, speak and ares student delegate panel for all students. >> we are wrapping up title 9 resolution. addressing sexual assault is a concern for students at our last council meeting we had may be discuss the effectiveness of implementations. this will include an audit of all health curriculum and programming in the district and increased trinning for all staff numbers. >> next. it is prom season. students representatives would like to announce that burton hosting prom this family through the looking glass. having not had proms in the last 2 years is good to see our students looking forward to enjoying ourselves at the events. and last low if you have questions feel free to e mail. and our next full meeting on april 18th at 6 p.m. and that is open to the public. thank you, president lam that concludes our student delegate report. >> thank you to our student delegates. number 5 recognition and resolutions of accommendation. recognizing all valuable employees awards there are no raves tonight. >> we will move to agenda item c, public comment. like to recall the protocol. note that public comment is an opportunity for the board to hear from the community on matters within the board's jurisdictions. ask you refrain from using employees and student names if you have a complaint about an employee submit it to the employee supervisors coordinators with district policy. >> board rules and california law don't allow us to answer questions. if promote the superintendent will ask this staff follow up with speakers. >> we'll open up public upon comment for sf unified students. and we will hear from students who wish to speak on any matter. students have up to 2 minutes to speak unless otherwise indicated and we have allocated 15 minutes. for students. >> and they may speak at any other public time later in the agenda. so our first speaker is going to be tianna. [applause] followed by ema. [applause] kyley ellis. and zita lannington. once they speak i will call up the following 2 students.gton. once they speak i will call up the following 2 students.gton. once they speak i will call up the following 2 students.gton. once they speak i will call up the following 2 students. >> good evening san francisco district i'm in the fifth grade at doctor william cob elementary. i wanted talk to the school board about our need for more black and brown teachers. black and brown teachers are accepted to schools but getting pink slipped. somewhere getting less moncompetence resources and most rich schools are not. this is not fair. lastly support teacher committed to helpingly kids is losing her position at cob the district says t helped us enough but we nooet need teachers they help us with reading, writing and math. let us keep all our teachers. [applause] >> i'm is ema and i want the teacher to be here. don't want the teacher to leave. i want them to stay. please don't leave us. i want all the teacher to stay. i don't want them to be fired. they other best teachers and they are very kinds. please don't leave the teachers. [applause] >> >> good evening you heard my voice before am i'm zit era i'm in fourth grade at doctor william cob elementary school. i come to discuss [inaudible] the first issue is that we are going to lose from of our support staff and this is happening we are moved from tee 3 to 2. if our parents choose decline to stay when asked about race that is their right. don't pass. speak of race had is the second issue i wanted to discuss. this problem has been going on for generations people of all shades shamed for their color. people like the school district sfu sd have been trying to open up jobs for people of color. boy doing that they are making other people lose jobs. why are you pink slipping our teachers. you say you don't have the money you can find it from somewhere else not from school catharsis struggling this it is a bad decision. other people in my school grade make the right decision. here is my e mail. zitalangto. e mail me to make education better. [applause] next speaker is -- mary gillary. ashley langton and liam williams. >> mary? ashley you go the next in general public comment. [applause] hi. my name is -- hi. my name is liam and i go to cob elementary. and [inaudible] and i go to cob elementary and please do not i'm gog read my speech because you should not take our teachers away. please don't take our teachers away and the teachers help us when we are hurt. and the teachers love us. would you like it if your teacher if your teacher was taken away? no. [applause]. >> i'm speak on behalf of a student they could not make it tonight. i'm ashley i'm a parent. >> i will have you speak in general comment. >> thank you. >> do we have student speakers for nonagenda items? online? virtually? >> yes, we do. you want to call on item. how long for the students to speak on zoom? how many minutes are we within the 15 allocated we have 9 minutes left. >> how many there are 6 hands now. we will take all 6, please. upon bhont each please. if you are upon a restaurant and care to give public comment raise your hand and i am call on you you will have a minute. >> good evening school board and superintendents. i'm from doctor william well cob all my teachers are the best and should in the take them away. they work hard to types. please, don't fire our teachers my school is amazing. [applause] thank you. >> xavier. >> good evening heim javier i'm a third grader at women cob i'm speak burglar our teachers. every year we seem to on a budget ferris wheel we go up and down constrant low and fear of losing our teachers we are so in danger of losing one offer teachers of color and losing funding for our support teachers. we need the ferris wheel to stop and need all our teachers to stay here at cob. >> thank you. [applause]. >> i'm eyea and i'm a senior at valley oak high school. i have been a part of sfu. [inaudible] >>ef hi. i'm eyea and a senior at high school i have been a part of sfu sd my life and i wanted talk about make [inaudible] i said sfu sd has almost every minority group i'm disappointed we had a tw day hell day for chinese holiday and a few weeks for christmas and chanukkah. everyier i had to miss a day of school and i then and there minot seem like a big deal is when i go back the next day knowing i missed an assignment and a test t. is a big deal when you celebrate with my family but i'm in the restaurant typing my esa. finals week and pressuring students to skip the hell day. over all my upon community does in the feel represent exclude i'm disappointed. >> thank you. >> thank you. k xc45. hi. i'm mrs. karla i'm the site coordinator >> sorry to cut you off this it is hearing from students. i was trying to mention a student we have here is here next to me. >> [inaudible] teachers will you support us. when we [inaudible] that was donny. donovan i need to promote to you panelist in order for to you speak i'm promoting you to panelist now. combro good evening superintendent matthews and burden member i'm donovan. we have noticed one of our teachers color has a layoff notice. we know we may not have this teacher. we know you are trying to hire black and brown teachers [inaudible] does in the make sense to take them away. we have often noticed one of the sfpt teachers has also been told their position will not be funded by district. to support teachers help us so much with math, reading and writing. please save our teachers, we need them. [applause]. thank you. why i need to promote to you panelist to speak i'm promoting you your camera will show once i promote you. >> good evening doctor math use and board meeting i'm tyra i'm in fifth grade. upon today i'm here to talk about a serious issue. laying off our resources. it affects the teachers we get a lot of help from them. teachers give help with teaching skills, reading, writing and substitute teachers if they are sick. not only they affect teachers they affect the students. the resource teachers help us feel like we belong and help with writing, reading, math and physical education. if we lose the people how will we get a great sxejz have an exciting future. >> what you want students learn and be smart for when we grow up. for all the reasons i have given i hope you think about the situation approximate change your mind. thank you. >> thank you. thank you. president almost this concludes public comment from students. >> thank you very much to our students. providing public comment. at this time i like to -- open up for public comment. nonagenda items zoe 17 speakers. i will call the speakers up and youville i minute each. step up and define my understanding teach nothing person and addressing emotional needs and academics the educators hold our student to the highest standards and give them support to rise to potential. leadership schools teaching them empathand he voices matter they matter. together we are fighting to dismanual the white supremacy why do we have to fight for our jobs in the wealthiest city why do our kid pay fur our failed bureaucratic systems. our board machine who is believe in the power of education [inaudible] back packs [inaudible] you made your way to school may be looking for a favorite teacher who made an impactow. 97 student influence and i see the power how will you use it? you mentioned someone else before me. we are -- okay. good evening. doctor william cob community. a teacher of color received a lay off notice. >> circumstance teacherers helped our community e menstrual low quickly understood that cob students are all of our responsibility. takes all of the students like a mom guess out of her way to mick sure students feel loved and scene. doctor cob on paper is 58.6% african-american. number is higher. many of our families chos to decline to stay as they have a right to do. >> students node to see teachers who look like them. >> do i stop. thank you. buffer go -- on am i good to go? hi i'm solve why jones and i'm here to ask the board to reconsidering to laying off our circumstance teacher misty. this school year was her first and the impact she made on our students, family and staff would make you think she has been her longer she is a phenomenonal teach are created a vigorous learning environment. and one of the only black teachers at our school where students and families are predominant low back i can't tell you how much that means to our families. she means the worried to the students that have not even had her as a teach every because representation matters and essential at cob. students were devastated to learn we may use her they wanted protest this in hopes to create change our schoolworks to foster change makers that fight for what is write. letters from students that you reconsider her layoff. [applause]. >> power to the students. >> hello i'm katie i'm the fifth grade teacher. what you are doing to our school is in the only deplorable but irresponsible i will let my colleagues peek on that. doctor william elementary is named after the first african-american principal to serve in san francisco it it is a beacon in the community and does not appreciate the charm or value our community has deep rots and the accomplice they come become to for commitment to excellence. sfu sd should use cob as a model and helping enrollment we created a task force in the pandemic to educate and support our families and staff. before they implemented the model we helped to interrupt and dismanual systems and structures. a group to support our teachers, kids and families of confirm i have marine bibuildings. if we fill they will never reach their goals not because we