San Francisco Youth Commission
Education Committee
Held jointly with Student Advisory Council Representatives
Minutes
Friday, September 7th, 2012
5:00-7:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 345
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 5:10pm. Youth Commissioners present: Brian Chu, Ariel Yu. Student Advisory Council representatives present: Kristen Sinclair, Cecilia Young (tardy). Youth Commissioner absent: Rachel Brodwin. Staff present: Mario Yedidia, Phimy Truong, Judson Steele.
There was quorum.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

There was no public comment on this item.

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

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

Dennis McKenzie, spoke about his proposal for a sports career management pathway in San Francisco. Mr. McKenzie handed out copies of his proposal and urged committee members to get in touch with him for more information.

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

A. Check in

Ms. Truong and Mr. Steele spoke about staff’s vision for the joint committee and urged members to reflect on their respective roles and how they can make an impact in the committee. Staff then gave a brief overview of the City & School District Select Committee meeting, which seats both members of the Board of Supervisors and the Board of Education.

Mr. Yedidia then went over a hearing request on the Memorandum of Understanding between the SFUSD and the SFPD, and provided context on how the 11-12 Youth Commission’s Youth Justice Committee had also worked on this. Committee members asked clarifying questions.

Committee members spent some time looking over Commissioner Brodwin’s email request to aid in the planning of an Education conference at Lick Wilmerding High School. Commissioners Yu and Chu agreed to follow up with Commissioner Brodwin with additional questions.

B. Committee goals

Committee members came up with a list of potential goals to work on which included:
• SFUSD IT access
• Special Ed/mental health awareness
• Restorative practices re: discipline
• Admissions policies
• Drug testing at schools
• School violence
• Deferred action
• Truancy prevention
• Privacy policy re: students’ phones, internet avatars

C. Elect committee chair

Student Advisory Council representative Young nominated Commissioner Chu to be Committee Chair. Commissioner Chu was elected Committee Chair by the following roll call vote: Yu, Sinclair, and Young.

Committee members then agreed to meet again on Wednesday, September 19th at 5pm.

5. Adjournment

This meeting was adjourned at 6:51 p.m.