Board of Education Meetings This Week

There is a regular Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, January 28 at 6 PM. Childcare is now available at regular Board of Education Meetings!

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

    • Lowell High School Volley Ball Team will be at the meeting to be commended!

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 Migrant Education Program 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 a petition to renew the charter for Gateway Middle School through 2025. The petition was given a positive recommendation (in favor of renewal) in both the Budget and Curriculum committees of the board.

Discussion of Other Educational Items

The board will hear a presentation on implementation of the equity studies resolution passed by the board last fall.

  • A community committee will meet on Wednesday to move this work forward

Introduction of Proposals

  • Board Policies on instructional materials and bullying will be introduced and referred to committees for discussion.

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 6 PM. 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!

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