Upcoming (and Past) Board of Education Meetings

The Board of Education held a Curriculum and Program Committee meeting Monday, January 13, 2020 at 6 PM. There is a regular Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, January 14 at 6 PM.

Curriculum and Program Committee Meeting: Monday 1/13 at 6:00 PM

You can find the full online agenda here. We did not attend this committee meeting but you can listen to an audio recording when it is released (usually a day or two). Find audio recording here.

Action Items (Committee makes a recommendation to the full board)

• Action Item

  • Resolution: First Reading of Authorization to Grant, or in the Alternative, Deny the Renewal Petition for Gateway Middle School

    • Here is a copy of the charter renewal petition.

    • The committee recommendations will be taken into account when the Board of Education votes on this renewal petition at an upcoming regular meeting.

• Informational Items

  • Newcomer student pathway and update. View slides from the presentation here—highly recommend viewing to have a better picture of the intersection of immigration policy and our education system and to better understand the needs of newcomer students and families at schools.

  • Pre-K Update: presentation on social studies and history curriculum in SFUSD’s Early Education Department. Slides are here.

  • Connecting Implementation to Impact. This is such an important issue to think about, especially as we move into budget season. These slides lay out quite a few frameworks SFUSD is using.

Regular Board Meeting: Tuesday 1/14 at 6:00 pm

You can find the full online agenda here.

Opening Items:

• Superintendent’s Report

• Student Delegate Report

• Recognitions and Commendations

  • Lincoln High School Football Team

  • John Muir Elementary School

Public Comment:

Those who have filled out speaker cards in advance may speak on general matters. Most of the time there is a limit of 2 minutes per speaker for public comment.

Advisory Committee Report

• The Parent Advisory Council to the Board of Education will be giving a report.

Consent Calendar:

• This part of the agenda includes approval of contracts, MOUs, and personnel items (approving hirings, transfers, leaves of absence, separations etc.)

• Usually, the board votes on these all together, but any board member may “sever” a particular item from the group to discuss it in more detail and vote on it separately

Action Items:

• The board will vote on an Educator Affordable Housing resolution proposed by Commissioner Moliga which would direct SFUSD to develop at least 550 affordable housing units for educators and para-educators by 2030. Resolution is here.

Special Orders of Business

• The board will vote on accepting the Audit Report from fiscal year ended June 2019.

• Initial proposals will be presented by SFUSD to six different bargaining units/unions whose members work within SFUSD.

Discussion of Other Educational Items

Student Nutrition Contract with Revolution Foods

• An RFQ/P was issued in September for a contractor to provide school meals (at request of the Board of Education)

• These slides give an update on what has been happening with that process and in general with student nutrition.

  Update on AAALI Initiative

• There will be a presentation giving an update on the African American Achievement and Leadership Initiative. Slides are here.

Introduction of Proposals

• A resolution on Reclaiming Native American/Indigenous Peoples Narrative

• Four proposals for board policy updates. These include proposed policies on parental notification, suspension/expulsion due process, homework/makeup policy for students suspended more than two days, and a policy on use of mobile devices at school

Public Comment

There is always an opportunity for public comment at school board meetings.

At regular meetings, speakers may speak to any item being voted on or may give general public comment during the time reserved for "Public Comment on General Matters." This item has recently been moved earlier on the agenda, so if you wish to speak, make sure you arrive by 6PM! Speakers must sign up in advance, either by calling the board office at (415) 241-6493 or filling out a speaker card at the meeting and handing it to Esther Casco, the executive assistant to the board, who sits next to the podium. Speaker cards must be turned in before the agenda item being spoken to is officially "called."

At committee meetings, those wishing to speak may sign up in advance or simply approach the podium when the committee chair calls for public comment.

Members of the public are typically allowed two minutes to speak, but the time given may be shorter if there are a large number of speakers.

Recording and Live Coverage of Meetings

You can access recordings of regular and committee meetings.

Video recordings of regular meetings (not available for committee meetings)

Audio recordings of committee meetings (click where it says "audio recording," under the meeting agenda)

Recordings are usually posted a few days after the meeting.

Regular board meetings are also broadcast live on KALW, SFGOVTV2, and via live webcast.

PPS-SF will be providing live-tweet coverage of the regular meeting this week. To follow, just search our handle @PPSSFBoardWatch or hashtag #BoardWatch!