San Francisco Youth Commission
Education Committee
Minutes
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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, Carmen Chan

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 5:04 p.m. Commissioners present: Rachel Brodwin, Ariel Yu. Student Advisory Council representatives present: Kristen Sinclair, Carmen Chan. Commissioner absent: Brian Chu. There was quorum. Staff present: Phimy Truong, Allen Lu.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

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

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. February 20, 2013
(Document A)

Commissioner Brodwin, seconded by Commissioner Yu, moved to approve the minutes to the meeting of February 20, 2013. This motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

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

There were none.

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

A. Debrief SAC-Board of Education credit recovery resolution reading on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 and next steps on credit recovery

Commissioner Yu and SAC representative Sinclair gave an update on the Board of Education meeting of Tuesday, February 26th where the joint resolution on evaluating credit recovery had a first reading. Commissioner Yu and some other youth commissioners were able to speak in public comment about the need to evaluate credit recovery options at the school district with youth input.

Ms. Truong shared the following updates: on March 13th there will be the 3rd annual education budget briefing sponsored by the school district and Coleman Advocates. The briefing will take place at Everett Middle School with a presentation by Myong Leigh, the Deputy Superintendent for Policy and Operations at the school district; Supervisor Kim’s office has called for a hearing on the public education enrichment fund and an update on its expenditure plan at the board’s city and school district committee.

Mr. Yu will be attending the education budget briefing meeting and will report to the committee. Brodwin, Yu, and Sinclair will be able to attend the PEEF hearing at the joint select committee.

There was no official action taken.

B. Committee community engagement plan

Committee members expressed interest in planning an offsite full Youth Commission meeting around credit recovery. The goals were to invite the school district to present an update on the credit recovery program and how it will roll out for this summer, to have a meeting in the community where youth can attend and be informed on credit recovery options available to them, and to hear from youth and community members.

Brainstorm Session

Objective
To Inform people about Credit Recovery
To receive feedback regarding students’ experiences of C.R.

When
May 6

Where (Preferably a School)
1) Everett
2) Civic Center High School ($1100)
3) Main Public Library
4) Mission Graduates
5) Mission Beacon

What do we want to educate the audience about?
1) General (What is Credit Recovery and why it is needed?)
a. How do we get it and where do we go?
b. Achievement Gap Information.
c. Make sure any power point is engaging.
2) Present Education Committee’s Resolution.
3) What is the cost of a Credit Recovery program?

What are we all curious about?
1) What does spring semester/ 7th period look like?
2) What are the statistics on C.R. success rates?
3) What is the Summer School C.R. Plan?

Who to invite?
1) SFUSD (Fund Folks)
2) Janet Schulz**
3) Myong Leigh
4) Coleman
5.) CBO’s involved in credit recovery
1) Students
2) Parents (PTA and PAC)

How:
1) Emails
2) Fliers
3) School Loop
4) Newsletters (including Supervisors’ newsletters)
5) Social Media (FB)
6) Word of Mouth

Action (Next Steps):
1) Contact potential sites (Staff)
2) Contact and work with Presenters (so we can create an agenda) (Staff + YC)
3) Figure out Space Logistics (Audio, etc.) (Staff)
4) Outreach to Audience when logistics are clearer

C. Review other committee priorities

Commissioner Yu has typed up her notes on special education inclusive services and emailed them to the committee for review. SAC rep Chan has reached out to the district’s building and grounds department to inquire about whether there is a district wide policy on locking doors on campuses and what the plan is for having security cameras on campus. Chan asked staff to help follow up with school district regarding her questions. Commissioner Brodwin shared that she has been working on a resolution urging for the inclusion of California’s history of eugenics in high school classrooms. She will be providing the language to her peers and would like feedback and support. There was no official action taken.

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

Commissioner Yu, seconded by Commissioner Brodwin, moved to provide updates on the committee’s goal of holding an offsite commission meeting to the Executive Committee. This motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

6. Executive Committee Report (Discussion Only)

Commissioner Brodwin provided a brief update on the youth of the year award. There was no official action taken.

7. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 7:02 p.m.

Any materials distributed to the members of the Youth Commission within 72 hours of the meeting or after the agenda packet has been delivered to the members are available for inspection—along with minutes of previous Youth Commission meetings and all supplementary information—at the Youth Commission office during regular office hours (9am to 6pm, Monday—Friday). The Youth Commission office is located at:
City Hall, Room 345
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 554-6446, Fax: (415) 554-6140
Email: youthcom@sfgov.org
www.sfgov.org/yc

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