Over the last year, I have seen so many school board meetings, angry meetings, meetings

where parents were dragged out the door, meetings where whole contingents of observers jeered

and then sang the star-spangled banner.

But I've never seen a school board meeting quite like this.

Well, Complees.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Mr. Alexander?

Yeah.

Mr. Bogus?

President.

This is a school board meeting from last January in San Francisco.

It was held over Zoom.

The president of the board kicked things off.

We want to make sure you feel welcomed and heard, especially during a time when so much

pain in her is persisting.

I want to highlight that there are a lot of people here with a lot of talk of holding

space and lifting people up.

What is the vibe the board is cultivating?

There are a lot of good-natured shout-outs among this crew, but it all takes a lot of time.

The school board meetings often go for seven or eight hours well into the evening with

lots of comments, lots of craziness.

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