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Board Roundup: Minutes, Appointments, Settlements and Personnel Actions Reported
Summary
At its May 22 meeting the board approved minutes, confirmed CPAC appointments, received a Horace Mann SAIT report, and in closed session approved settlements totaling $96,666.5 and multiple personnel nonrenewals and expulsions.
The San Francisco Board of Education’s May 22 meeting included a number of formal actions and a closed‑session readout.
Votes and approvals recorded in open session: - Approval of the May 8, 2007 minutes (roll call; recorded as 6–0/7 ayes in the public roll calls reported). - Adoption of K–8 science instructional materials (Resolution 705‑8 SP1): passed by roll call (7 ayes). - Adoption of high‑school instructional materials (705‑8 SP2): passed by roll call (7 ayes). - Appointment and reappointment of members to the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council (CPAC): passed by roll call (7 ayes). - Amendment to the SAC constitution creating interim student delegate terms (Resolution noted in the record): action recorded and authorship/roll call noted.
Closed session readout (public summary provided May 22): the board reported approving settlements to reimburse parents in special education or student expense matters: $50,000 (SA v. SFUSD), $41,666.5 (MH v. SFUSD) and $5,000 (VH v. SFUSD). The board also reported multiple personnel actions, including approvals of nonrenewal for a number of certificated staff (the readout listed specific vote tallies), and the expulsion of nine students (initials listed in the public readout). Votes and commissioner absences were noted in the readout.
Informational items: staff presented the eighth SAIT monitoring report for Horace Mann Middle School and said the school appears positioned for substantial growth but would need consecutive positive API years to exit state sanctions.
The meeting adjourned after Superintendent Chan announced the death of Aptus (Aptis) Middle School teacher Jay Lau and noted arrangements and a scholarship fund.
