For your service ruth, and i think the commissioners also wanted to say a few words and we have a little certificate and token of our appreciation. We will just go from left to right. So ruth, i want to say, you know, since i was in the ones that wrote the resolutions to have the Parent Advisory Council, i think that it was you that took the baton and just ran with it, with your deep commitment to parent voice and attending all of these late night meetings we always see you, sometimes you are the only one in the audience and i have seen you so many times just sit with parents and prep them. Or the especially the parents where english is the second language to present in front of us. I think that you have really empowered so many of our parents through the work in the years. I want to say a personal thank you and also thank you for stepping up and working with us now to do a districtwide parent empowerment plan, thank you, ruth, much, much, much, luck to you. I just want to as you proba
Certificate. I am totally shocked and really appreciative. And i was saying to maranda before how much i love that part of commendations are thanking the people that they are getting recognized for and that is truly how i feel about the pack. I have worked hard over the last eight years and i am proud of what we have accomplished but it was my job. I got paid to do that. I felt that i was accountable for doing a good job at what i was doing. And everybody on the pack is a volunteer. And i just feel it was such an honor and a privilege to work for you guys and i learned, i learned so much from that. And so many people stayed on for extra time, until they termed out and went way beyond the expectations that we had set at the beginning. So i just really appreciate the recommendation, i cant even articulate how moved i am by this. And i do feel like i also have to acknowledge the support of the funders who have allowed the pack to build staffing and infrastructure that help us be functiona
School board. So we should all be proceed of that and i want to acknowledge matt haney for coming into this family of elected School Board Members and hopefully you will get the spirit of all of this. And i would say one last not last thing, but one more thing. The last six months, i have to say that its been a political process. There was a lot of tensions and im real thankful that my three colleagues who were running for reelection are reelected. They won reelection pretty readily despite opposition. I just want to say one thing about this, lets move on and really all focus. Focus on our students and just move on. I hope to continue my interest in supporting our Public Schools despite all the range of new issues, i must respond to at city hall. Just one sad thing and i wish i had a little more time to accomplish its going to be on tonights agenda as first reading. Its an opportunity for us to make a statement that we do care about people who live in the city. We do care about people
Little something. Hi. I am the International Program manager at world savvy. I was introduced to this organization because my roommate several years ago pulled me out of bed on a saturday at 7 00 a. M. And when i got there i was amazed at what i found. It was excitement on young peoples face as they talked about Food Security and nutrition internationally. They were High Schoolers and it was the World Affairs challenge, which is now called the world savvy challenge. The program that we are represent right now is our International Programs, our Newest Program as stated is a fully funded program for youth and educators. At its highly competitive. So the students going on this program are truly amazing and were lucky to be traveling with three students from San Francisco unified and one educator from there. And just to highlight a few of these things that students will be doing, really stepping out of their Comfort Level to live as commissioner mendoza said with their host families in ban
As commissioner mendoza said with their host families in bangladesh and will meet Nobel Laureate mohammed hamas. Among many other interesting things. I will let them speak a little bit about their excitement about this program. Hi, i just would really like to thank world savvy for this wonderful opportunity. I know i will learn so much not just from my host family, but from kids in a different country, which is just so amazing. Not only a different country, but across the country and across the bay. So thank you. Good evening, folks. Thanks for having us here. Were just honored to carry on the great work that San Francisco is doing into another part of the world. San francisco has been a leader in sustainability here in the u. S. , and were going to go and carry on the wonderful work our community, as well as our educators and leaders have been doing. So thank you for the honor. Thank you for recognizing us. Thank you world savvy and we appreciate and were honored and thankful. Thanks