Element education please stand up thank you, thank you my name is annette president commissioner and Deputy Director superintendent and student im asking you to modify the mask gratification that was adapted by adding on option for an accelerated pathway called the 3 into 2 option it is expressing contemplated in the common core state standards it is an option that brings the 9th grade algebra one categorize into the 7 and 8 grade by having the 7th grade half of the eight grade at t half of the remaining math and the amount bra one the reason that parents all over San Francisco and more than 5 hundred and 80 San Francisco parent signed the petition in support of this option the reason that parents all over San Francisco wish this option is that our high achieving math students risked constitutionally risk being left behind under the current provocation the one onesizefitsall approach didnt recognize the real differences and math capacity in students all over the city and parent all ove
Our mission we cant do that without our community the funding to invest in our children is not sufficient in terms of the funding we receive to invest in our children it takes the community to really also embrace that eco as part of the community we cant do this without you and were critically tied to social justice for our children i want to thank our Second District pta you a may or may not know at National Level the ptas insisted a food program and fought for that and were continuing to do them proud thank you youll u. For your support this makes a difference in the lives of our children clapping. thank you very much for your services. The next item on the agenda is f Public Comment on content items. Commissioner Shamann Walton i have two appointment to make. Lets go ahead and take the appointment now commissioner walton. So to the bev have you Community Council jack and maryanne melgar. Thank you very much commissioner. If i may was this the wellness item and shouldnt that be . Yea
Board members thank you for letting me speak my voice as a concerned parent i for a looked at have believed in the power and necessity of Public Education in the state and country for the democratic ideas my mother was an administrator of the Public Schools and my daughter was in Public Schools ive been a proud member of the pat that another im very, very concerned about the lack of algebra being in middle school it is very important to give all the students and all our children within San Francisco the same opportunities for success in the next generation of technologycareers he can see and without going into calculus and all bra please reconsider those motions. Do you want to identify yourselves. Im bryan carlyle. Hi, im julie robert a parent of two and here to support the district strategy in algebra i think first hand the tracking is not as a kid i went to a monthly Latino High School it took me about a month to get into honors math at the same time my husband was an english langua
Hi, im the Math Department chair ive been teacher at mission and will for 8 years i want to say theres lived to no evidence in accelerating that reduce the classroom if you teach for depth students learn the procedural knowledge at myths weve been doing this a couple of years ive seen a wide variety of students from different backgrounds understand what theyre learning to a deeper rich curriculum so you cant teach much when your teach with the brought of understanding it is what a real education should look like you vote on the contain core substance if you believe in the testimony of the common place core note allow the testimonies 69 acceleration to persist and do otherwise thank you very much. Mississippi hi im going to read a portion of a letter from another teacher ive been teaching in the district for 11 years its a huge mistake to place kids out of algebra with an as a ninth grader and unfortunately 6 years ago my principle walked into the class and pulled me aside to ask how to
Were the change over in the testing but anyway the honor for in terms of the 3 year waiting dp i hourpz was on 828 and differentiated 629 algebra one scale score honors schools 377 difference for the loren 3 thirteen 13 maybe the honors schools are getting a Different Group of kids i sofrd on the san bruno and 55 percent of those kids with proficient in honors and 21 percent were differentiated in learning schools why would you go to something we dont howe know how theyre working. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening. Im michael wu im an english language learn came to this country in 1975 i have a daughter in eight grade much to my chaos grin because the common core i was patient and wanted to see h how they developed i asked you why you guys are in your rooms and discussing those as educators going to the classrooms because my daughter is dying in this classroom because shes not being taught her potential and she spend the balance of the day teaching arou