Pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you the first item on the jauntdz is item a approval of board minutes in our packet is the minutes of the regular meeting of october 2015 may i have a motion and a second and so moved. Second. Thank you are there any corrections seeing none, ms. Casco roll call vote. Ms. Chin mr. Totiano ms. Fewer mr. Haney ms. Mendozamcdonnell ms. Norton mr. Walton ms. Wynns and dr. Murase thats 5 ids. Thank you very much members of the public are remind if you wish to address the board of education your requested to complete a speaker card prior to the item being called and present to the which have assistant coming back to the boards rules and procedures speakers are not expected for an item arrested before the board and presentations to the board of education superintendent report. Thank you president murase and good evening to everyone that is join us in person or watching tv or listening to the radio the sfauftdz has been awarded not one but two california board golden bell awards it is really the oscars of the education of the world and it is a rigorous process for the application our salesforce funded mayors middle initiative was one of the projects being recognized and the on the school ammunitions Dining Experience it is also being recognized unheard have to have more than one or one at all were proud of all our staff that has been participating and the leadership our teams will be honored at conference and this particular award will be awarded on december 5th the recipients are awarded because they reflected the depth and breath of the education and the governor that supports those thinking programs not only are the programs honored but the board of education for their forward thinking leadership area outstanding recognize of a lot of hard work to please accept my congratulations and the board of education another recognize this past week the San FranciscoUnified School District was accepted into an elicit mr. Brown group of School District around the nation we are that in the Initiative Schools this is part of the promise a National Coalition of School Districts organized an independent nonprofit o that is authorized by congress is accelerate innovation and education we were selected one of the new districts select and im happy to report i just got off a plane our chief Technology Officer were in pittsburgh to accept the membership and to share your innovation work in San Francisco and so see some of the Initiative School programs happening across the city some of the initiative practices i was happy to report on the mayors middle School Initiative and in partnering with salesforce were talked about the k through 12 the Digital Literacy our initiation lab did crowd platform as well as the partnership with uc berkley and stanford and all the partners to work to improve school ammunition it was wonderful to see the faces across the city as a they heard so kooutdz to everyone also this past saturday the enrollment fair the early enrollment fair i which is not here in town i understand it went well angle excellent turn out it was close to 10 thousand people that attended the enrollment fair i want to thank all the School Communities for answering questions and speaking to families about the school as many of you may know it was a new venue all to sincerely thank city college of San Francisco and the chancellor for louse us to the facilities for this event the collaboration allowed an opportunity for the parents and ask the to look beyond k through 12 and promote the culture so there is school after k through 12 a reminder the first round applications radio due january 15, 2016, and enrollment workshops are held no november and december to assist the families with applications please check our website www. Com sfusd ed u and lastly the discovery day is on saturday from 10 to 4 00 p. M. The ball park will be a survives wonderful land and this is event it is freeforall families ill encourage you a lot of interesting things tights free p free thirty thousand people and spread out all over the ball park to inspire and entertain all ages i found myself last year playing a couple of games there will be opportunity to meet local scientists and engineers along with a whole range of fun and entertainment so youll well be represented with our very own steam booth on the field we encourage you to come well recognize the last announcement but i want to say that a huge thank you and appreciation to all of our administrators in San Francisco urban identified this is administrator Appreciation Month towards the end of the month so surprised its your month but we want to recognize that and thank all the administrators for the hard work all year long thank you president murase thank you superintendent carranza the next stem a c recognize and resolutions of accommodations for superintendent carranza. Thank you president murase this is always our favorite part of meeting we get to recognize some of the hard working talented staff people in Stanford University so the first person welds to recognize this evening for a rave diminished award it sheryl redding i want to tall call principal jean rob who will read into the record. Hello, everybody super excited absolutely giddy to be here tonight to honor sheryl redding shes been an employee of our district for 14 years she has taught kindergarten and first grade and present the literacy specialist at Glen Park School and works with 25 thirty kids throughout the day and distances a jig it is a school wide celebration shes kind and mutual and shes fair, with all of her students but holds the history standards for every single one of them this is a major award we brought her son to be part t of it i want to bring helping her up and not all of San Francisco i said were going to be on tv tonight sheryl all of San Francisco will know how amazing and worthy you or i want to shout out to our colleague laura who wrote the accommodate that was received and honored by the great people so sheryl come up well give our major award clapping. it is hi pardon me my voice it is the job this came to a complete surprise i had nodding to be nominated i was mr. Earl surprised sometimes our jobs gets us down when i found out my colleague laura nominated me i have gratification that someone appreciate my hard work i want to thank jean she believed in me and has as urban wavering faith when im not sure and opted up opportunity without her i wouldnt be in this position any dream job thank you shes an excellent leader and spies me and lastly a thank you to my communities all those years i wouldnt have been a teacher without them im very blessed thank you clapping clapping. we have the rave Service Award to our person and ask martha to come forward and read into the record why well honor this person. Its my pleasure to recognize and honor mr. Crews of part of this sermon hes only a second grade teacher anothers third and marshall but made his presence known from the beginning served as the ask the Government Advisors our Afterschool Program our building rep your Filipino Youth coalition sponsor and a general amazing person gabbing does this with a spirit of comrade and never losing his passion to when it goes against things he brings us together and works toward a common goal im grateful gabbing is part of our staff and grateful to his parents they encouraged him and now another generation will benefit from everything he brought to our children in San Francisco clapping. congratulations. Thank you hi good evening want to thank the grandkid for board for recognizing the nomination and thank you to margaret for giving me a chance last year also want to thank another person that wrote the nomination and you say always what always rise this is freezing for your students and thank you to the family to support this long journey it was not easy especially, when i was a student myself laughter . Also want to shout out to the staff who supported me as a second year teacher and supported any ancestors and the partnership and the staff at the universities of the San Francisco and most importantly the students that are the encounter teachers without them i wouldnt be here they are the reason i rise up and were in the chairs so for the students and for a better San Francisco and greater world thank you. clapping. thank you, thank you so much. Gabbing we have a quick question do you go to San FranciscoPublic Schools. Thats okay. Your teaching our students laughter . There you go so good clapping. and did my homework at the were keeping it in the family. Id like to this evening and alluded to this this october is administrator Appreciation Month and recent studies were competed with the teachers were asked what was the number one reason you work at a special school or in a School District the number one nonwas not pay or the low love of the School District matter the number one reason that people stayed where they are they love the kids and the administrator so the administrators make a huge difference in what happens in our school it is a tough job as a former principal hats off to every single one of the administrators we want to call forward president of the noncompliant administrator and part of as audience if youll come forward with we a small token of our appreciation a certificate of after the accident preshgs appreciation appreciation. This is someone else doing something okay. Well hi, everybody this this is the hardest job in the world ill do a smack down but my husband and i yearly what works harder i tell him i do im so thierld to september e accept this and on behalf of of all administrators were very, very committed to the kids and gabbing that touched my heart were in that and supporting one thing i didnt mention sheryl was up here so matt trying to follow our lead sheryl got evicted and has to move to santa fe yes, its true and breaking our heart i want everyone in the room to know were the hardest worker people in the city i dont want to lose her my voice is shake shes that good thank you, richard and everyone on the board we like serving you. Thank you. And for the final recognize this to im going to turn it over to president murase that will tell us about this special recognition. Colleagues i was contacted earlier this year by two highly do respected of the Japanese Community making donations please allow me to introduce those individuals first on behalf of the family hell be presenting trained to the city the secret Prisoner Exchange and the only family captured during world war ii a little known every time of president roosevelts the order of removal of 20 thousand japaneseamerican from the west coast during world war ii immediately the fbi arrested japanese leader all 2 thousand three hundred from the coast they arrested 14 hundred germans and 200 and 64 aliens and the government removed over 4 thousand germans, 2 thousand plus japan and italians from 13 latinoamerican countries and brought them to the prisoner camps it is on a secret Exchange Program in texas a prisoner camp it captured japaneseamerican and latinoamerican that were kidnapped in the failed prisoner challenge program this gift is in memory of the parents and brother with father the bishop founded the San Francisco church on bush street in japantown and his wife succeeded him as a reverend after his death brother met a death from illnesses whale the parents were incarcerated in the prisoner camp he survived all 5 brothers in San Francisco and sent their children to our Public Schools and the founder of the japan be bilingual bio cultural programs today id like to invite the speakers to come to the podium just a couple of minutes to give remarks today a proud member of the 80 pass let me ask you that, of 1945 is bringing this by the professor of the american studies at uc davis a 33 career with the city and a parents of sfusd graduates his wife was a social worker and son carl is a National Economics teacher it continues to inspire our students to create great things at the Alumni School may or may not possible by the liabilities program with oral history if 5 that surviving members of the high school embarrass klass that graduated from half of the one of contraction camp and to organize the classmates of the folks behind hard wire thank you to san franciscan daisy if you could please stand clapping. shes another sfusd parents and mother of carolina as sfusd staff contributes to the staff everyday by supporting our teachers and a quote by norma blooms in the dessert it was really lining like to come of age in contemplation camp it is important who cherish the rights guaranteed but by our constitution to uphold rights please help me welcome the two folks clapping. thank you very much im here today to request that the book a train to christian city be allowed to be played in our high school and middle school and libraries as aside when the war started in 1941 i was going to raffle will in thirds grade known as rosa parks and i returned from chrysler city to John High School across the street here and on to poly Tech High School this book is about a department of justice camp in texas during world war ii with the germans and japanese and italian men clarified as dangerous and enemy aliens with their wives and children children who are mostly american citizens this camp was designed to hold those captures as exchange for americans being held in japan and german i didnt this camp he would say approximately 3 thousand 5 hundred detains and a interns about 2 thousand japanese and one thousands of german december sent with a fitalians and others peruvians put into the camp this book talks about back to back Collateral Damage there was one german American Girl with they are family was sent back to german i didnt as part of exchange the book comments them on a train and with a overhead fighter plane the book talks about the japaneseAmerican Girl a student who went to japan with her parents after the war and the war torn areas it was very difficult for both those people they were many, many people like that. Many people know or knew about the camps as california which is referred to as Relocation Centers and known as concentration camps let you know about the department of justice camps that processed and held thousands of men that were picked up by the fbi after world war ii enhance such as any father that was picked up on january the 7 many of those men explicit get rolland released until after the war end any father and indispensable were released in september 1, 9472, years after the war ended thank you very much clapping. im a member the class of 1945 on top of as high school i want to give you a brief account of the events that led to our exposure to our schools and families and being placed in the concentration camp of 3 years the move to get the japanese off the west coast began before the bombing of pearl harbor the president campaigned against the peril within the state the passage of the law in 1913 and before that the chinese x clinician prevented the the attack of pearl harbor was horrendous and many thousands of americans were killed one and 29 thousand in the United States looked like the enemy we are that capable of committing acts ofes in exchange in california apart from arizona western organ and washington pressure combrupz groups like the native sons and daughters of golden west and the politicians were already in existence the powerful landscaper that had a readship of many thousands urged the president frank deroosevelt that supported the members of congress to pass legislation to get to the power Hearst Newspapers urged the president franklin deroosevelt supported by members of congress to pass legislation to get the japanese off the west coast the president passed executive order 9066 and named general john dewitt to be in charge of the massive incarceration of the japanese of the west coast jen dewitt was well known for the slogan the only good japan is a dead japan i had a newspaper route in the western edition and on that day i remember exactly on the intersection of fillmore and sutter street a grown man yelled at me get off the street you god damned japan the loss of property and especially farmland was huge we could only take with us with our bear hands it ran a race track that was converted into a prisoner camp and around the Assembly Center the san annette race track was used as an Assembly Center and the Assembly Center off el camino housed 7 thousand japanese in the bloifr the stables were quickly white what should but the stench of the horseman you are was present the sacks were filled with the straw and the familys not housed in stables moved into the quickly counteracted basics and advertising were housed here with more permanent prison camps and for relocate centers were carefully constructed in 10 locations throu