SFUSD Board of Education meeting is starting now! We are starting our live tweet too! #BoardWatch 
Superintendent's Report: if you need tech like computers or hotspots, fill out the tech request formhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNwDuwC1A10G04D8asanJzOWrV-tdPfIJilTQOJ5rWRnVkcA/viewform?usp=sf_link #BoardWatch
There are also video tutorials online and you can get a 30 minute 1:1 tech support appointment! Sign up here booking.appointy.com/en-US/voluntee… Also can contact family resource link: 415.340.1716
SF Loves learning is still airing! sfusd.edu/services/healt… A 1 hour show airs from 2-3 each day.
Superintendent's report: showing a youth video in support of filling out the Census form. Do it! It brings funds to our city and schools. #BoardWatch
Student Delegate report: Delegate Hines-Foster reports that cabinet team elections were yesterday. Delegates read the list of cabinet members. #BoardWatch
Discussion at student advisory council meeting about the first week of school. Overall report was "great!" Next meeting will be September 5 at 3PM via Zoom sfusdsac.com/sac-calendar-2…
RAVE awards: Ra Price a Teacher at Lafayette Elementary gives voice to families and students and comes up with creative thematic units that often involve dressing up! #BoardWatch
RAVE awards: Teacher Ra Price thanks community for finding ways to "make things work for teachers and parents." #BoardWatch
Public Comment time! This is for items NOT on the agenda. Distance learning and community learning hubs ARE on the agenda, so public comment on those will be later. #BoardWatch
Public comment: a public school parent and school bus driver asks that decisions be reconsidered. Other school districts are paying vendors healthcare until in person school resumes. #BoardWatch
#BoardWatch note: we do not capture every single public comment, but will try to summarize a representative sample!
Public comment: speaker notes it is important for students to be able to connect with ancestors - support Black studies resolution #BoardWatch
Public comment: teacher speaks on behalf of bus drivers. It is inhumane to deprive drivers of benefits. First Student (contractor) is also at fault. District should be protecting our bus driver workers. #BoardWatch
Public comment: CEO of a photo company is offering again to provide free school photos. Not trying to be annoying, but want to remind of offer! #BoardWatch
Public comment: member of bus driver union reads a list of the districts who are continuing to pay benefits to bus drivers - these are all contracted with First Student. It is a long list. #BoardWatch
Public comment: parent wondering about changes to Lowell admissions policy in light of no SBAC last year and no letter grades for Spring semester. #BoardWatch
Public comment: bus driver has done job through many personal struggles, has done much training and certification. Gone out of the way for extra pick-ups and drop-offs. All of my hard work didn't matter #BoardWatch
Public comment: Lee Fischer, advocacy chair for CAC for special education stands in solidarity with school bus drivers union. Students with special needs will be prioritized when schools reopen: "how on earth are we going to get them there" if drivers are laid off #BoardWatch
Public comment: commenter itemizes monthly expenses and emphasizes the cost of paying own insurance (for bus drivers) - says district has the money to help #BoardWatch
Public comment: teacher says there is no way for students to come to school without high-quality bus drivers. Disagrees with decision to start contracting with an Uber-like company. This is like earlier attempts to save money in teacher hiring by hiring TFAs (teach for America)
Public comment: Susan Soloman of UESF asks SFUSD to "do the right thing" - make sure that when we are able to be back in person we have qualified, trained, and safe bus drivers #BoardWatch
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