Come back to grattan clapping. ive been married for over 20 years to mr. Phil we were married and Grattan Elementary School and i was also the person to encourage him 17 years ago to take that job at grattan. clapping. my husband is so wellfitted for what he does not only because of his spirit and his i think 58ness he was a child with severe learning district and coming to grattan he helped to spark interest in learning in so many of the students out liars before not only a bee keep program after school. Thank you very much. clapping. good evening mr. Phillip im sorry. Im samantha im here on behalf of grattan and mr. Phillip is a role model at Grattan Elementary School and all the things weve said made a great impact over and over how the kids at drop off he meets and what famous what day that impact is something that as soon as they get out of the car to how to blow our nosey creates active minds and hostage prejudicial and walk on the moon and computer computer computer thats what they third grader learns about from mr. Phillip were so far behind in the technology and now grattan if have a computer teacher this fall was touch for my family i was sick he was the main reason my kid had had a smile she left my house with a heavy heart and by the time she got out of car mr. Phillip got her smiling gradually is a lower school this is inferior i cannot me we deserve a public education. clapping. were with excellent teachers like mr. Phillip and the rest of faculty we pay our taxes and raise the money you cant provide for us we dont pay 20 to 30,000 that my friend was as definition of privilege 40 in San Francisco i stand here with a heavy heart knowing that you may not do this as a protocol im asking you to bring mr. Phillip back to grattan. clapping. good evening and thank you. Im david im the father of a first grader at Grattan Elementary School i would to talk transparency those are things are that are lacking from the were hopefully to see from the Unified School District this is what we know we know that mr. Phillip was suspended he disappeared from the School Without warning and rinse stated well make the assumption any investigation he possessed no risk to the school are anyone there and the third thing we know that was noticed a month later to transfer him out of grattan to another school it was a treat he wouldnt be going to another school and this is from secondhand information and people find out what is going on but the one thing we really dont know is why hes been transpired no treat with support of teachers and he if release he had strong support before he side now and a strong support from grattan ive described the real reason we dont know you havent told us this lacks transparency and honesty is Housing Stock our attaches they dont know when sdroir disappear be honest and not give us performa to our emails and presentation and we are parents and teachers and taxpayers and voters and we desire communication that is difficult for us to give us the benefit of the dough and the benefit of our children were left to make our own summaries why this is happened we would like to have communication from honesty and have mr. Phillip back in our school thank you very much. clapping. good evening everyone im in third grade and like to talk about mr. If at any point today i dont think that mr. Phillip should go away at grattan i also think he shouldnt go away if he likes the school then shouldnt go away from this is what i wanted to talk about but i didnt do it for mr. Phillip i also did it for the future children that will go to grattan i think this is an attempt clapping. good evening. Im maggie the mom of two children at grattan first, i want to say for the past 3 years weve consistently applied for grattan for the the three children with i did this i visited a computer lab in the facility this is the main thing i remember i knew i wanted my children to attend this school because of the system to get them accepted from round one to round 5 we had to wait 2 weeks at the school until my laced one was accepted one of the main reasons we is mr. Phillip again on behalf of the children i want to talk about the activities with the transfer from building to making a film with bee keeping the coach to first grader all of those activities and this is has a huge impact on the children and all the children at the school i want to ask you to reconsider our decision and especially want to know we are ready to work with the district with the Board Members to find a compromise with the evaluation to link mr. Phillip back to grattan thank you. clapping. good evening Board Members. My name is kimberly a second grader at grattan so since this the valentines day happy valentines day i wanted to make an analogy of this situation of mr. Phillip to grattan like a precious gem so, now imagine that the Engagement Ring was lost thats how we felt when mr. Phillip investigation was started the at the can fian and were happy that is back it is beautiful and sprarlg then suddenly her fiance wants the ring back he met Something Else how hurt. Confused you must be angry and disappointed her. This E Martin Luther king rollercoaster is how we feel at grattan about two months now hes a part of our life that the sister can tell him where he needs to be who will attend to the honey bees and entire the kids to ask why aunts come in size who will create the annual fun run and tuck the eyes off the roofs and announce that is Hellen Keller birthday or chose contact day mr. If at any point belongs at grattan dont let him be bullied by a few people please make us proud. Do the right thing we ask you to reinstate mr. Phillip thank you. clapping. calling names . Hi ive came here to represent our beloved mr. If at any point the heart of our school someone that put his life into creating the soul into our psychological for 17 years the person that everyday one of your parents or parent asked what was your farther part of your day mr. Phillip and asked again what was the state like because hes being himself i dont get how you you can think that someone like that this is why im truly disappointed with your choice i dont get how you can take away a teacher like that thank you. clapping. speaking foreign language. good evening i come from taylor were here to talk about changing our principal from our school. speaking foreign language. so were here were not happy with the administration and supporting our teachers so they can keep on working out of schools theyre good teachers. speaking foreign language. i have daughters that are older and that they went to that is school. speaking foreign language. we dont want to lose our teachers if the administration continues in that school we will losses our teachers. speaking foreign language. and and those teachers are bilingual we need it in our schools. speaking foreign language. so the children or the students will be without those teachers and us from the school as parents well be very sad. speaking foreign language. thank you for your attention. Theres another letter from another mother that couldnt stay. clapping. good evening my name is laura high i am a im a second grade chinese teacher here to talk about my personal experience with barb you understand why i will she should be removed from the principal position at taylor they demand respect but fails to teach others with respect i was called out by name and written up for shaking my head in disagreement i was given a verbal warning what they believed was disrespect and says i shock my ahead vigorously and said i attacked her she stated that in the future that all questions should be brought to her attention prior to voicing it in public i feel mike my First Amendment is violated i felt bullied by barbara and in a meeting he was not told the franchise of the meeting when i asked about when the meeting was about she said concerns when i asked for more clarification what i got back was standard fixed of the california standards for the teachers profession barb arrests leadership has created. Please refrain from names. Im here to ask to you remove her as a principal to restore the space and collaborative Work Environment for the taylor staff as a teacher he can choose to leave what about the students were a school of seven hundred students where are they going to go thank you. clapping. may i ask a question not to use the name of person were complaining about. Refrain. Sorry. Ive been a teacher at taylor for 17 years and to read a letter for a parent she emailed the letter to the board but not sure everyone received it dear sfusd Board Members im a parent of a second grader at the er taylor in the past 3 years felt disappointed and want help on this matter when we first started in kindergarten everything was wonderful i felt happy to drop off my child there was a real sense of community, however, this didnt last very long on the first day of school the new principal c introduced herself the Energy Changed and all the happiness went away from the school i felt like i was dropping off my daughter at a prison luckily the staff is good i felt comfort the reason he chicago choose taylor i noticed a general lack of happiness now teachers are torrid it didnt have the same feeling as the previous principal i looked at the background of a new principal as she has issued and it makes sense School Culture and environment are very important a place where teachers need to be enthusiastic i hope you look at this situation happy schools make for happy constitutes ill hate to have to leave San Francisco thoorth for a new school i love my community but something has got to change it makes my heartache we have a majority of teachers leaving please help our community thank you. clapping. thank you, commissioners and superintendant lee for what i have to say my name is mike im second grade teacher at taylor and a sfusd before this i never been to a Board Meeting and im one of the many teachers targeted by the principal at er eddie taylor ive been written up for memorials to be trailed and for trying to get teachers concerns heard about the lack of support our children are referring in literacy i started working at the er taylor in 1992 my firefighter worked for 9 years and established a Lingual Program and the school that does work around the community which everyone can see themselves as a partner after working in another district i returned 6 years ago it felt like coming home many teachers are not welcomed back it was the school to be in the south side of city in a short time the city hall has changed that is cycler when our principal start her tenure and 9 staff left and specialist didnt rupture that is mush sicker the second grade teacher was harassed by the administration our staff is at an alltime low couldnt get a Holiday Party together one particularly class room our spanish first graders they having they have minimal support since the teacher was injured they sit in their class rooms and color but on if barbara is not our principal by no means a threat that is a simple fact i couldnt work for this woman again clapping. calling names speaking foreign language. good evening on that oath the taylor parents id like to take the opportunity to express my concerns. speaking foreign language. at this time im very concerned about the safety of all the students at the school and because there are incidents happening at the schools one of the students was running around with a knife charging after other students. speaking foreign language. and all those incidents were not disclosed from the kids the principal never give us any information or explanation on this incident. speaking foreign language. and with this existing principal leadership i think the kids are in a dangerous environment learning environment. speaking foreign language. and this really upsets the parent we were worried about our kids maybe the next victims. speaking foreign language. at this point we would like to patch to have our existing principal replaced we want to have a new leadership that will lead us into a Safe Learning environment and make us as parents or not worrying about our kids safety. speaking foreign language. we dont want a principal that dont communicate with parents or dont listen to the Parents Feedback or suggestions thats why, please change the new principal thank you. clapping. hi, my name is linda chin a 38 retire elementary teacher and currently subbing at er taylor i only sub at er taylor in grades and class rooms a 40 year er taylor neighborhood theyre my community and committed to now neighborhood children and my er taylor friends i enjoy substitute teaching in class rooms that are organized materials for learning in june of 20163 very experiences er taylor teachers left for other San Francisco school theres a definitely a distinct disciplinary voice at the end of the school year i was told that more teachers are seeking other assignments it appears at the heart of er tailor entertains team exist or will exist the result is difficult to get experienced replacement teachers ive committed to the principle by a the class room problems and the principal r relied to me dont accept assignments in those difficult class rooms im here to support the teachers please listen to them that taught there more than 20 years it is not their issue but those teachers are crying for help as a 49 everything Football Team they stay and play together and kept the Team Together and hired a new coach thank you. clapping. good evening my name is ivory im the sf president the principal said the only responsibility of the vice chair is to sign the balance card it is not necessary to attend the meeting a cooperative of the score card was handled to me at the end of the meeting i was told to sign thats not what i expect as a chair how can the sign a document that im seeing more the first time more importantly an sf teacher suggested that more time given to member to reveal against a better understanding the parents score card and suggested in the future all documents and announcements be translated to 3 languages and made available inform members ahead of time this teacher was for being disrespectful for the suggestion due to the limited knowledge the balance score card i ask the principal explain and translate a key concept to me the teacher asked to expand did document to ask for all new teacher those teacher states they dont fully understand the language and in the score card we were only able to have a portion to ask by the end or end the meeting thats the reason i didnt sign the balanced scared that was approved by the district principal announced that at the next sf meeting the scared has been thoroughly explained to us and yet we refused to sign this is not true and also can i finish because i know my english not that good i practice this one at home. That finish. Thank you also at a later sf meeting principal we teacher opening insulting and it was 86 during the meeting to voice their concern yet the principal no attempt tool stop her we ask you to take action to remove principal of er taylor thank you very much. clapping. speaking foreign language. good evening. Im the apartment parent last semester the teachers didnt get enough support from the school speaking foreign language. and we recorded to the principal about this issue many, many times and didnt hear from the principal. speaking foreign language. and also on this unsafe the students cant focus on learning we urge you to remove this principal from er taylor thank you. clapping. good morning. Im the vice chair of the er taylor Elementary School here to share a personal showing a lack of living room on february 3rd my daughter a student blocked they used this achieve to chase after other students my daughter why the incident at school she awoke from a nightmare and front yard to go back to sleep i was not alarmed since i had no knowledge she had seen this during the day why was i not innovative by the principal in a timely manner had i been informed about this incident i would have confirmed and held my daughter such trauma what have a lasting affect on her life and negatively effect her school as well as the whole family tonight we have not gotten my notification from the principal to address this incident she failed to put the students first and to the students shes failed and i urge you to remove her from er tailor principal for the sake of our children and community we the parent to assure our voices are heard thank you. clapping. hi, im tiffany the third time is a charm i teach at er taylor thank you for listening ive been there 17 year and now more than ever we need to be safe it is important for our Political Climate feels unsafe and our jobs are unsafe so we need physical safeties we dont currently have and Psychological Safety our administration need to be held accountable for the lack of safety we had a high functioning Leadership Team and we worked clovng with our administrators we never noted to use the union though we knew they were there for the past two years ive been mann meeting weekly and gathering my colleagues beg for help theyre prosecuted george psych and professionally for the record ive not faces any of this reprimand but watched any claeblgz colleagues and witnessed favorableism those are not health nor tolerated in a 21 climate last year after of months after the current principal license plate er taylor staff had requested she not renew the contract we were never grand the currency of a response until many months after the project was signed we come out in full force to ask and additionally restorative work it was go forward and wasnt until december of this year we were meant to have it at the development in argue not until december of this year it was half heartily implemented thank you. clapping. speaking foreign language. good evening, everybody im did parent from er taylor and want to use this opportunity to voice my concerns as a parent. speaking foreign language. and there are many incidents happening at the school for the past semester speaking foreign language. and as pa