Meeting Information

The Immigrant Rights Commission (IRC) meeting was held on Thursday, May 4, 2000 in the Hearing Room 416 at 5:00 p.m. in the City Hall.

Members Present Renee Saucedo, Penelope Chronis, Renato Ecarma, Isabel Huie, Marie Lorraine Mallare, Philip Nguyen, Thou Ny and Richard Ow.

Members Absent Samuel Assefa, Anita Friedman, Dale Jimenez, Natividad Ramirez, Martin Schenker, Lee Sprague, Nam Thai.

Others Present Dang Pham, Executive Director of the IRC
Mario Kashou, Deputy City Attorney

Minutes The minutes of the April 6, 2000 meeting was adopted by the Commission.

Presentation: Ms. Bernadette Sy and a number of Filipino parents have raised the issues related to the Filipino Education Center (FEC) in San Francisco Unified School District.

The Filipino parents want to see that their children deserve a strong and seamless bilingual education from kindergarten to high school. The Filipino Education Center received the seal of excellence award this school year from the California Association for Bilingual education (CABE). FEC enhances the social and effective development of the Filipino students through the educational programs.

Ms. Margaret Leung of the Chinese Program at Newcomer High School shared with the Commission of her great concerns regarding the decision of the San Francisco Unified School District to relocate the Newcomer High School from Pacifica to Mission.

Other Commission voted to establish a committee of 5 members to work directly with the Executive Director to plan for the Commission’s Retreat and the annual report to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor.