City and County of San Francisco
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, December 4, 2008
3:00 PM
Legislative Chambers, City Hall, Room 250
Rescheduled Meeting
City and School District Select Committee
Supervisors: Bevan Dufty, Ross Mirkarimi, Michela Alioto-Pier
Commissioners: Kim Shree-Maufas, Hydra Mendoza, Eric Mar
Clerk: Alisa Furuzawa (415) 554-4447
| Members Present: |
Bevan Dufty, Ross Mirkarimi, Michela Alioto-Pier, Hydra Mendoza, Eric Mar. |
| Members Excused: |
None. |
| Members Absent: |
Kim-Shree Maufas. |
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| MEETING CONVENED |
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The meeting convened at 3:13 p.m. |
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| 081267 |
[School of the Arts Civic Center Campus] |
Supervisor Dufty |
| Hearing on the report of the Office of the Legislative Analyst entitled School of the Arts Civic Center Campus OLA No. 012-07. The hearing will include discussion on the efforts to create a SFUSD School of the Arts campus in the Civic Center area. |
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10/7/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Select Committee. |
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Heard in Committee. Speakers: Gabe Cabrera, Office of the Legislative Analyst; James Haas, Civic Pride; Luis Cancel, SF Arts Commission; John Kieser, General Manager, San Francisco Symphony; Jerry Peon, Orchestra Director, School of the Arts; Enya Sanchez; Susan Stauler, SOTA. |
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| CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR by the following vote: |
Ayes: 4 - Dufty, Mirkarimi, Mendoza, Mar
Absent: 2 - Alioto-Pier, Maufas
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| 081000 |
[Autistic education programs in the San Francisco Unified School District] |
Supervisor Alioto-Pier |
| Hearing on the autistic education programs in the San Francisco Unified School District. Specifically the hearing will examine what we are doing to serve the growing number of autistic students in the district; what autistic education programs already exist; how these programs can be improved; what we can do to meet the growing need for qualified special education teachers; among other pertinent issues in this subject area. |
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7/16/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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11/26/08, TRANSFERRED to City and School District Select Committee. |
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Heard in Committee. Speakers: Chris Armentrout, Director of Development & Local Government Relations; Deborah McKnight, Executive Director, SFUSD; Dr. David Wax, SELPA Director, SFUSD; Pamela Wolfberg, SFSU, Department of Special Education; Rachel Norton; Stan Goldberg; AnnaMaria Vaccaro; Joan Selby; Juno Duenas; Wanyee Francis Babitsky, Chair of CAC for Special Education; David Fox; Nea Hanscomb; Jeannette Tahini; Steven Leonard. |
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| CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR by the following vote: |
Ayes: 4 - Dufty, Mirkarimi, Mendoza, Mar
Absent: 2 - Alioto-Pier, Maufas
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| 081495 |
[Use of SFUSD facilities] |
Supervisor Dufty |
| Hearing on the use of SFUSD facilities by neighbors and non-SFUSD organizations outside of regular school hours. |
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11/25/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Select Committee. |
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Speakers: None. |
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| CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR by the following vote: |
Ayes: 4 - Dufty, Mirkarimi, Mendoza, Mar
Absent: 2 - Alioto-Pier, Maufas
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| ADJOURNMENT |
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The meeting adjourned at 5:28 p.m. |
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