Education Committee - December 5, 2012 - Minutes

Meeting Date:

December 5, 2012 (All day)

San Francisco Youth Commission
Education Committee
Draft - Minutes
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
5:00-7:00pm
City Hall, Room 345
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.

Members: Brian Chu, Rachel Brodwin, Ariel Yu; Student Advisory Council Representatives: Kristen Sinclair, Cecilia Young

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 5:04 p.m. Committee members present: Brian Chu, Ariel Yu, and Kristen Sinclair. Committee members absent: Rachel Brodwin. Staff present: Judson Steele, Student Advisory Council coordinator; and Phimy Truong, Coordinator of Youth Development and Administration, Youth Commission.
There was quorum.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

There was no public comment.

Commissioner Yu, seconded by Commissioner Chu, moved to approve the agenda. The motion was approved unanimously.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. November 7, 2012

There was no public comment.

Commissioner Yu, seconded by Commissioner Chu, moved to approve the minutes to the meeting of November 7, 2012. The motion was approved unanimously.

4. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda (Discussion Only)

There were none.

5. Business (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

A. Check in

Committee members each shared one good thing from their week.

B. Update on BOS file no. 120997 to appropriate $2,705,000 to San Francisco Unified School District

Mr. Steele gave an update on the status of BOS file no. 120997 to appropriate money to the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).

C. Finalize achievement gap resolution & plan next steps

Mr. Steele facilitated committee members’ discussion on finalizing their resolution to address the achievement gap and credit recovery programs within the SFUSD. Committee members spent some time reading through their draft resolution. Members discussed ways to narrow the focus and goals of their resolutions, and spent time making edits to their resolution. Committee members then discussed having parallel first readings of the resolution at both the full Youth Commission and Student Advisory Council meetings. Members planned a timeline for the readings. Mr. Steele committed to following up with SFUSD staff to see what current evaluation of credit recovery programs look like.

D. Review S.M.A.R.T. goals

Committee members reviewed S.M.A.R.T. goals and discussed how to prioritize the different issues they were interested in. Commissioner Yu spoke about her interest in exploring Special Education programs within SFUSD. Commissioner Chu suggested that members review their goals and come to the next meeting prepared to finalize their S.M.A.R.T. goals.

There was no public comment. There was no official action taken.

6. Items to Report to Executive Committee (Action Item)

There was no public comment.

Commissioner Chu, seconded by Commissioner Yu, moved to report on that status of the committee’s resolution work to the Youth Commission’s Executive Committee.

7. Executive Committee Report (Discussion Only)