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6/6/2017
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Correspondence
6/5/2017 Oscar Serrano, resident and 10th Grade
student from Samueli Academy
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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma
From:
Huizar, Maria
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Monday, June 5, 2017 6:26 PM
To:
Mitre -Ramirez, Norma
Cc:
Orozco, Norma
Subject:
FW: Public Comments
Please upload to 6/6 Agenda as correspondence regarding "Public Comments". Thank you.
From: Magallon, Becky
Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 2:00 PM
To: Pulido, Miguel (Council and EMT only) <MAPulido@santa-ana.org>
Cc: Huizar, Maria <MHuizar@santa-ana.org>; Kurtz, Cynthia <CKurtz@santa-ana.org>
Subject: FW: Public Comments
Miguel,
Please see email below from four 10th grade students from Samueli Academy asking that public comments be moved to
the beginning of tomorrow's Council meeting. Thanks.
Becky Magallon I Secretary to the City Manager
City Manager's Office bmagallon@santa-ana.org
714.647.5200 120 Civic Center Plaza I Santa Ana, CA 92701
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From: Oscar Serrano [
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2017 1:45 PM
To: Pulido, Miguel
Cc: Joanna Medina; Ever Flores; Amy Enciso
Subject: Public Comments
Dear Mayor Pulido,
Hello we are 10th grade students from Samueli Academy and residents of Santa Ana. In our History
class we were suppose to do a project of "The Human Rights." We studied about World War 1 and 2 and the
Holocaust. This led to us learning about the right which led to this big War and so we are trying to stop what
can be a War and prevent it from happening. By doing this we had to see what rights were being violated in
any place and try to see if we can stop it. So we came upon Syria and found out that many Laws were been
violated and so we started a campaign for it. We happen to be the winner for this project and got chosen to
present what is know the Santa Ana Council. We are writing this letter to you because we were wondering if
you could please move the public comments to the beginning of tomorrow's city council meeting. It would be
greatly appreciated if you did. That way we can talk about our campaign that we have created to bring attention
to the people of Santa Ana about the Syrian problem. We are aware that this has nothing to do with the city but
we feel strongly about this topic. This will be very helpful for us because we are not only educating people in
Santa Ana about this situation but we can help them out by donating to an organization that can help the
Syrian people and it would be less stressful for us since it's a school night, in which we are doing this and we
have finals for this week and it would be very helpful if you were to please move the public comments at the
beginning of the meeting. Thank you very much and hopefully you respond back.
Sincerely,
Ever Flores, Oscar Serrano, Joanna Medina, Amy Enciso
June 61h, 2017
The Mayor & City Council Members
City of Santa AWha
Santa Afma, CA
Honorable Mayor Miguel A. Pulido & City Council Members,
As elected members of our community, you bear the most direct responsibility to
improve the life of the citizens in our community. My name is Farooq Ansari, and I
am the President of Solving the Summer Learning Gap Club at Sage Hill School in
Newport Beach. Today, on behalf of our club, I will present to you the most
important problem that is impacting the K-12 education system in our community
and our country. The problem is "The Summer Learning Lag" or "The Summer
Slide". Summer learning lag refers to the loss of learning that takes place in children
from underprivileged families and the long-term impact of summer on their
educational outcomes.
The inspiration for founding this club came from reading the works of Malcolm
Gladwell. He is one of the most influential and powerful thinkers, journalists and
thought leaders on a variety of issues, including education. In his books, he
emphasizes the academic achievement gap between children of low socioeconomic
backgrounds and their peers from wealthier families. Through various research
endeavors and analysis of scientific studies, Gladwell and now a host of researchers
have concluded that there is a definite link between this achievement gap and what
happens during the summer.
So, what exactly is the summer learning gap? This term refers to how children from
low socioeconomic backgrounds fall behind academically during the summer, while
their middle- and upper-class peers continue to advance during the vacation. In fact,
summer learning loss accounts for 2/3 of the achievement gap by ninth grade.
Studies reveal that children from both wealthy and poor families progress at the
same rate academically during the school year, but the main discrepancy in
performance occurs during the summer. In fact, the child from a wealthier family
gains at least 2 months in math and reading during the summer, while the student
with fewer resources loses about 1 month. By the time both these students reach Sth
grade, the gap has stretched to 2 to 3 years, and it continues to widen into high
school; essentially, the summer learning gap traps poorer children in an everlasting
cycle of academic underperformance, and they can never regain that lost ground.
As leaders of our community, you have the power to bring about change. You have
the ability to influence and implement policy measures that will close this gap. We
at SSLG request you to consider the following ideas:
• Declare that your city has active programs to reduce summer learning lag
• Provide financial assistance to children from underprivileged families to enroll in
academic summer programs
• Advocate school districts to develop and implement academic summer programs
for underprivileged children
• Encourage institutions that can deliver quality summer educational programs to
underprivileged children
We are also enclosing a brief presentation that provides more detail about this
critical problem. We would also like to request a meeting with you and your staff to
discuss ideas on how to close this gap. You can contact us at
18ansarifPsagehillschool.org or on my cell at
Thank you for your consideration.
9 -
(President)
Members of Solving the Summer Lag Club
http://www.solvingthesummerlearninggal2.com
Enclosure:
Summer learning lag presentation
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