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Minutes of Special Meeting on June 6, 2000
The Immigrant Rights Commission (IRC) special meeting was held on Tuesday, June 6, 2000 in the Hearing Room 416 at 2:00 p.m. in the City Hall.
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Members Present |
Renee Saucedo, Penelope Chronis, Renato Ecarma, Isabel Huie, Dale Jimenez, Marie Lorraine Mallare, Richard Ow and Natividad Ramirez. |
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Members Absent |
Samuel Assefa, Anita Friedman, Phillip Nguyen, Thou Ny, Martin Schenker, Lee Sprague, Nam Thai. |
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Others Present |
Dang Pham, Executive Director of the IRC |
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William Chan, Deputy City Attorney |
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Dr. Sally Chou, Associate Superintendent for Student Support Services, San Francisco Unified School District |
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Presentation |
Dr. Chou, Associate Superintendent for Student Support Services of the San Francisco Unified School District, spoke to the Commission about the district’s commitment to provide the best educational program to all students. She indicated that there are on-going efforts to work with Filipino parents to better address the needs of the Filipino immigrant students. Dr. Chou also provided the Commission with the reason for recommending that the Board of Education move the Newcomer High School to another location. According to Dr. Sally Chou, Newcomer High School students will have better access to academic courses, especially science courses, which are required to graduate from high school. |
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Actions: |
The Commission passed unanimously the resolution to voice their support to the Filipino Education Center. |
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Chronis (yes), Ecarma (yes), Huie (yes), Jimeniz (yes), Mallare (yes), Ow (yes), Ramirez (yes) and Saucedo (yes). |
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The Commission failed to pass the resolution to ask the San Francisco Unified School District to retain the Newcomer High School at its current location with 7 yes and 1 no. |
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Chronis (yes), Ecarma (yes), Huie (no), Jimeniz (yes), Mallare (yes), Ow (yes), Ramirez (yes) and Saucedo (yes). |
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Adjourn: |
The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m. |