. >> mrs. norton. >> yesment. >> thank you. >> okay. item p consent calendar resolution, there were none tonight. thank you commissioners. item q, superintendent, there are none. item r, commissioner has a proposed add and has asked us to vote to suspend the rule. may i hear a motion on suspending the rule? >> second. >> roll call. >> suspension may ward. >> hanny. >> yes. >> mendosa. >> yes. >> i. >> mrs. win. >> i. >> norton. yes. >> all right. may i hear a motion and is a second for a formal introduction entitled support -- in support of the family work place ordinance. >> so moved. >> thank you. >> thank you. dr. marsa will you read us the resolution. >> i like to read resolve clause and give a summary of what this is about. it be resolved and encourages the san francisco family fund work force ordinance by the board of superintendents. there's a proposal by the board of superintendents to give employees of organizations with 20 employees or more the right to request a flexible schedule. it's not a guarantee. that request can be den

. >> mr. norton? mr. logan. >> here. >> thank you. please join me in the pledge of a lookvance. ~ allegiance. [inaudible]. >> i want to welcome everybody back. i hope it was a restful and productive summer. we're looking forward to the first day of school next week. i'd also like to welcome our new student delegate, mr. cooper logan. he was elected through youth vote -- oh, yes, he was elected through youth vote. and our interim sac delegate an gentlemen lin a wei is out of town and she will join us at the next board meeting august 27. we're on item a, approval of the board minutes. may i hear a motion and second on the regular meeting minutes of june 11 and july 2nd and august 6 of 2013? >> i so move. >> is there a second? >> second. >> thank you. are there any corrections? seeing none, roll call, please, [speaker not understood]. >> thank you. in the last two meetings, anderxerctiontion, the second and the sixth were special meeting. >> thank you. >> ms. bueler? [speaker not understood] ms. wynns? thank you. and ms. norton? >> yes.

norton who was also known as the black hercules is perhaps best remembered for. mr. norton broke muhammad ali's jaw? the first fight, winning on a split decision. following the fight, and typical of the man, he visited ali in the hospital, concerned only about his opponent's injury and never mentioned his performance. the tributes have been full some and personal. his former manager told the associated press that ken norton never blamed anyone for anything. he was a warm and generous man. he was a champion and a fighter. he was bright-eyed and everyone will miss him. former heavyweight champion mike tyson offered his own eulogy on twitter. today a great man passed away, a legend in the boxing world and a good man. ken norton was essentially a humble man because despite his glittering career and appearance in more than 20 movies, he wasn't fighting that brought him the greatest pleasure in life, it was fatherhood. in his autobiography believe journey from jacksonville he said this, of all the

norton who was also known as the black hercules is perhaps best remembered for. mr. norton broke muhammad ali's jaw? the first fight, winning on a split decision. following the fight, and typical of the man, he visited ali in the hospital, concerned only about his opponent's injury and never mentioned his performance. the tributes have been full some and personal. his former manager told the associated press that ken norton never blamed anyone for anything. he was a warm and generous man. he was a champion and a fighter. he was bright-eyed and everyone will miss him. former heavyweight champion mike tyson offered his own eulogy on twitter. today a great man passed away, a legend in the boxing world and a good man. ken norton was essentially a humble man because despite his glittering career and appearance in more than 20 movies, he wasn't fighting that brought him the greatest pleasure in life, it was fatherhood. in his autobiography believe journey from jacksonville he said this, of all the titles that i have been privileged to have, the title of dad has always been

roll call, please. >> miss wei, mr. logan, mr. fewer, mr. haney, mr. maufas, mr. mendoza mcdonnell, dr. murase, miss wynns, norton. item i was withdrawn from the regular agenda. item j request to speak regarding general matters. i have a number of cards. i am going to start with suzanne solomon of united educators of san francisco. all speakers will have 2 minutes. >> thank you, president norton and good evening commissioners and superintendant. what i want to do tonight is introduce 12 young people who are sitting here. they are all chorus fellows. it's a program for college graduates to be part of where they do internships or fellowships with labor organizations, non-profits, political campaigns, plead -- public businesses and we have the opportunity to have andrew lynn ford who is working with us who is a graduate of san francisco high school. these people are real go geters and i think we'll see them around. please acknowledge when you hear your name, derrick brown his fellowship is currently without an equal workplace advocates. graduate of george washington

i think and i didn't hear mr. norton say so, but i understand that he called again after your arc meeting and that the man said that he had heard from the spro ject sponsor that they did not want the bricks, now i don't care if they want them or not, if they are available they need to use them. both under the earlier cof a and also because these two buildings are among the most important in jackson square from the age standpoint and etc.. there is not all of that much stucco going on in hoteling place and they should not be stuccoed unless there is no other alternative. >> no one has also cleared on what size the windows might be or if of what material. some people says that they might look like they did but there is nothing specific here. and that is really important, the building seems to be tall and her nobody is talking about that. the whole thing is just auful. as far as staff is concerned, i would like to point out that the arg report has a problem on page 3 and saying that the buildings date from 1953 and 1

you know f, even salvaged brick would be better than veneer but that we actually, mr. norton said in the hearing, ining would be better than the veneer and we kind of had more discussion about it and i think that is part of you know that discussion. >> okay. just so in response to that too. i mean, does it make and this is of course, part of our discussion, does the fact that there may be a position location and mr. buellr said that he might and could be helpful perhaps, and in bringing this to light or something like that. would that be important to reconsider the original recommendation? i guess that is what i ... >> commissioner johns? >> i nout that everything based on what came before us that using the stucco would be an appropriate response to solving this problem, of course it is quite interesting that now at the really the last minute here, we are told on the one hand that there is some brick available. and then another gentleman informed us that he knows where all of the brick is and i have no doubt, that... and let me phrase it this way. there are a couple of

miss maufas, mend a murase, wynns, norton, miss wei, mr. logan. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> all right. for your information. being withdrawn from the agenda this evenings is resolution 136-582 sfusd high school in a through g development. this resolution will be on the next regular agenda. we now move on to item a. approval of board minutes. we are only voting on the regular meeting of february 12, 2013, may have a motion? >> thank you. >> only on september 10th. we adopting september 10th. mr. logan. >> yes through september 10th. >> yes. miss fewer, miss maufas, mcdonnell, murase, wynns, nor the -- norton. 6 ayes. >> there has been a request to move an agenda item. if there is no objection we'll take that item. may i have a motion and second for formal introduction of the resolution? >> moved. second. >> i'm so sorry. may i have a motion and second for suspension of the rules please? >> second. thank you. roll call, please. >> miss wei, mr. logan, miss fewer, mr. haney, maufas, mcdonnell, murase, win, norton. >> 6 ay

norton: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. norton: i rise in support of h.r. 3174, this legislation would lift the cap on the federal highway administration emergency relief program funds that occur in 2013. earlier this month colorado experienced historic storms that resulted in severe flooding, landslides, and mudslides. as a result of these severe storms, more than 50 bridges have been damaged or destroyed, and over 200 miles of colorado have been affected by the flooding. initial estimates by the colorado department of transportation are the damage to roads and bridges as a result of the storm could cost between $430 million and $475 million. to assist states in dealing with unexpected destruction of surface transportation infrastructure because of natural disasters or catastrophic failure caused by an external event, congress created fhwa's emergency relief program. this program provides funding to states to make emergency repairs and restore federal-aid highway

mr. ar men trout, may i hear a reading of the recommendation? >> yes, president norton. thank you. again commissioners, superintendent, my name is chris armentraut, director of policy and planning. [speaker not understood] appoints the following individuals for membership to the quality teacher and education act oversight committee. also known as qtea. sam rodriguez, [speaker not understood], [speaker not understood], [speaker not understood] cornell, and dan cohen. >> we don, i believe, have resumes on these people. >> mr. ar men trout, way asking president norton if there is a brief resume of the people to be appointed. >> commissioner, sorry, can't find the page right now, excuse me. page 6? we don't have resumes for the individuals. the individuals were asked to submit applications and with questions regarding qualifications, regarding their involvement with the -- whether they had children in the school, their involvement with the school, they took a leadership role at the site, and whether they had financial experience. those were considered the main criteria for involvement

miss mr. logan, miss mendoza mcdonnell, haney, maufas, wynns, norton, fewer. >> now we'll get to the student delegate report. >> mr. logan? >> yes. the first thing i would like to do is officially introduce angie. she's now the fcc elections. angelina. >> we had a meeting yesterday at 5:30 and we had dinner and we had an ice breaker. it was a snowball game as an sfusd graduate where do you see yourself 10 years from now. we wrote it down on a piece of paper and through it across the table and which ever paper we got, we would get who wro it that answer and we approved the minutes. we had, we had vice-president from soda and she's a senior. our secretary is jack wu, a senior as mission high school. our public relations officer, our historian is liz ben jones and our treasurer is at washington high school. we'll also be having our first cabinet meeting on october 7th, at 5:00 p.m.. there is also a free munis poster contest. the free munis for youth is hosting a new poster drawing contest where t

mr. carranza. thank you, president norton and good evening everyone and i i have a few thoughts that i would like to share with everyone and listening in the public. last week we were honored to welcome our students back to the classrooms for learning, for the 2013, 14 school year. and i'm very happy to report that the students came back and you can hear the excitement in the air on the students that i visited that day. >> i did have the pleasure of visiting the sites on open day and i could not have been more pleased with the teaching and learning that was happening on the first day. i joined with the parents and children at gratan elementary and i saw so many signs that encourages the students to mroer including a garden to see how the water system works and an interactive computer, and ecology theme and tents inside of a classroom. and i also had the opportunity to be at the middle school where i saw the students in math classes using ipads. to supplement their learning and the ipads in their ha

. >> miss norton. >> here. >> mace way. >> and mr. logan. >> join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> we are going to start this meeting differently this evening and i am going to start by calling on the superintendent. >> thank you, president norton. we start this evening's meeting with very heavy hearts, as we have suffered a tragic loss to our district of our long time registered parliament, wilson and we would like to read a few words and dedicate this meeting. >> she was employed by the school district for the board of education for the past 45 years. and she passed away yesterday september 9, 2013. she was born on august 15, 1919 in wisconsin. her family moved to san francisco when she was 6 years old. and the train ride from wisconsin made her so sick that she never ever set foot on a train again. she grew up at 5th and judith street in the city by bait and attended public schools here and was a proud graduate of lowel high school and went on to business school where she learned the latest in the shorthand machines the sten grap

miss maufas, mend a murase, wynns, norton, miss wei, mr. logan. >>

. >> miss norton. >> here. >> mace way. >> and mr. logan. >> join me in the pledge of allegiance.

. >> miss norton. >> here. >> mace way. >> and mr. logan. >> join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> we are going to start this meeting differently this evening and i am going to start by calling on the superintendent. >> thank you, president norton. we start this ins meeting with very heavy hearts, as we have suffered a tragic loss to our district of our long time registered parliament, wilson and we would like to read a few words and dedicate this meeting. >> she was employed by the school district for the board of education for the past 45 years. and she passed away yesterday september 9, 2013. she was born on august 15, 1919 in wisconsin. her family moved to san francisco when she was 6 years old. and the train ride from wisconsin made her so sick that she never ever set foot on a train again. she grew up at 5th and judith street in the city by bait and attended public schools here and was a proud graduate of lowel high school and went on to business school where she learned the latest in the shorthand machines the sten graph and

. >> miss wei, mr. logan, fewer, mr. haney, mr. maufas votes yes, miss mcdonnell, murase, wynns and norton. 7 ayes. >> now we are going to move to our second order of business. the career educational advisory committee. may i have a reading of the recommendation please. i need a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> may have a reading of the recommendation please. i would like to ask lauren moran to do the reading, please. >> you have the reading prepared? >> good evening, board members. we are asking for membership appointment to the sfusd clear technical education advisory committee the requested action that the board of education to the advisory committee. tarn tad oh, gary frund, stephen curie, glen, eagle son, charles vez gnaw, kimberly will cough, >> thank you, no public speakers. any comments? >> yes, i think these appointments are fine. except i would like to see somebody from ucsf there and someone from city built considering we have a new round of internships. i believe i have spoken to staff about it. i just want to put i

>> yes. >> mr. logan. >> yes. >> miss fewer? >> yes. >> mr. haney. >> yes. >> miss maufas. >> yes. >> miss mendoza mcdonald. >> dr. murase. >> aye. >> wynns. >> aye. >> norton. >> yes. >> seven ayes and we are moving on to item q and three superintendent proposals introduced for first reading this evening, the first one, 139-10 sp1, revision to board policy, 5166 students sexual harassment. and may i hear a motion and a second please? >> moved. >> second neit will be held over for action at the next schedule board meeting. >> 139-10 sp 2. revision to the board policy, 1342, community relations uniform complaint? >> motion. >> moved, second. >> this item will be held over for action at the next board meeting. >> 139-10 sp3, revision to the board policy, 6173 ininstruction homeless education. may i hear a motion and a second >> moved. >> thank you. >> this will be held over for action at the next regularly schedule board meeting. >> have these all been vetted already through the committee? >> yes, we did vet them in rules. >> thank you. >> item

norton: mr. chairman, i can only hope that the agency which has the long docket in fact gets to this rulemaking. it is always in the best of all possible worlds best to have rulemaking input from the public . of course the formal effect of rules and the courts of the united states, and i'm not sure why the agency was going to do guidance instead. but this is a very important issue. there have been accidents that have been attributed to sleep apnea. but again, without any guidance, without any rulemaking, without any understanding of how to go about even detecting it and what you're supposed to do to prevent in preventingayed these accidents. so i very much appreciate the work of both sides and certainly of my good friend, the chairman of the subcommittee, and mr. chairman, i have no further speakers and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. petri: mr. speaker, i would encour

may you please read the recommendation, mr. davis? >> yes, i will, thank you, president norton. superintendent's proposal 138-13 sp2 accept the voluntary closure by envision education, incorporated, of its metropolitan arts & technology charter school effective august 1st 2013 whereas the california legislature has charged school boards with reviewing and acting upon petitions for the establishment of charter schools and conducting oversight of charter schools and whereas in accordance with california education code sections 47 605 and 47 6 07, the district approved the envision and education incorporated petition for the establishment of the charter school which began operations in san francisco on august 25th, 2005, and whereas on september 13th, 2011, the district approved the charter schools renewal for a five-year period ending june 30, 2017 and whereas envision now has ceased operations of the charter school and intedthxctionv to voluntarily surrender its charter and otherwise forfeits all rights and privileges granted under that charter ~ and whereas on july 25th, 2013 un

. >> thank you, mr. golden, these are both items that have that are modifications to and i am sorry again, and and they result in or represent the contracts with a very high percentage of the modifications 44 percent and 35.62 pensioner and now i am not really complaining about that, but what i am wondering is if we don't need a different way of doing, i don't any doing the contract but explaining it to the public but the board agenda, that there are times when we in fact, as we have discussed in the past, you know through the bond program, and particularly, we want to use the same contractor to work on a number of schools, or a number of projects and we, kind of expand the contract or it is not really a modification and or it is only a technically a modification and there, one of them is not that but this just made me think of that. that we put in this percentage way of doing it, as a way when, in fact, we had a history of actually having huge cost over run and modifications that turned it into a differ

and i see mr. golden here, would you please mr. goalen, read just the recommendation to the board on the resolution? >> good evening, superintendent and president norton and board of education, i am david golden, the chief facility officer. and the second reading of this resolution, sort of brings the culmination of work that goes back to the introduction of the local higher resolution in november by the then commissioner yee fewer and now, of course, commissioner haney. and so with a long time of work, so i am pleased to bring forward the second reading of this resolution which i hope will culminate successfully us being able to move forward and implement all that the resolution contains. so number one, this is resolution 138-13 sp1. adoption of a project labor agreement between the san francisco unified school district and the san francisco building and construction trades council for the projects within the proposition a facility bond program. and i will read the first whereas and there after be removed. the board of education,