they decided to make a big investment in that. it s a beautiful art deco kind of brick work. if you look, you ll see small metal, looks like rectangles, very expensive, even in those days, steel structure built on the inside with these rods coming out and things that hold the bricks on the facade and in the 1989 earthquake, that brick building, not one brick fell off, yet right along the area, there are houses like many in san francisco, stucco, one story above garage with brick facades around the garage and when you walked down the street you saw houses where the bricks all fell off. you know there was enough shaking that the bricks would have come off in the case of roosevelt, which is a brick build, would have probably fallen down. so i appreciated that and love that building. it s an extraordinary building. i want to say that we re so lucky to have these buildings. they are, you know, some of it is really things that you just never think about. but almost every child in c
san franciwhs been introduced by commissioner marawse and myself. the commissioner was kind enough to allow me to read the resolution of a washington alum. commissioner murase: because you re wearing the sweatshirt. president mendoza: this in recognition and celebration of george washington high school s diamond jubilee. whereas, george washington high school first opened and served students august 25, 1936, and has had a storied and distinguished 75-year history including recognition as one of the nation s finest high schools in the march 1958 readers digest article entitled three cheers for george washington high and whereas george washington high school built on one of the city s highest hills enjoying an unparalleled view of the golden gate bridge, designed by famed architect pfluger and includes work by a host of noted artists including muralist victor arnatof, gordon lando, sculptor sergeant johnson and added in 1974, dewy crumpler, talented student muralists have add
not common. so congratulations. vice president yee. vice president yee: this is a true story, real quickly. we understand when you walk into the schools how much pride the kids and staff take with the new repaired schools and i was driving, one of them is glenn park, of course. two weekends ago on a sunday, i was driving by there and somebody was sweeping the street outside the school, i said, who is doing that? and so i stopped the car and said, are you a neighbor? she said, no, i m a teacher here. i want to make sure it s clean. i said, oh, my, it was so good to see that, this is like a great example of the pride that people take when something is worth taking pride for. thank you. i wanted bruce hart was in the audience, i want to acknowledge him also, looks like he stepped out. he s been really great. we want to wish bruce hart a happy birthday and bruce has been instrumental in helping to guide a lot of our work. so when he comes back in, we can sing happy birthday
ms. fewer? ms. maufas, dr. marawsy, ms. wynns, ms.men doza, ms. thomas, thank you. if you d like, please join me for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] thank you. item a is the approval of the board minutes of the regular meeting on september 13. i need a motion and a second. so moved. any corrections? i have one. allison collins name is spelled with one l. with those changes, roll call, please. [roll call vote was taken] president mendoza: item b is the presentation to the board from the superintendent. superintendent garcia? superintendent garcia: thank you. it s been a little warm here since the air conditioner hasn t worked all day. if everybody seems shiny, it s probably due to that. anyway, i wanted to point out that and it s hot before the meeting, so, anyway. i want the public to know that this on september 18, which was a gorgeous, beautiful day, kind of like today, we had a board retreat with the executive team and it was really to sit
metal, looks like rectangles, very expensive, even in those days, steel structure built on the inside with these rods coming out and things that hold the bricks on the facade and in the 1989 earthquake, that brick building, not one brick fell off, yet right along the area, there are houses like many in san francisco, stucco, one story above garage with brick facades around the garage and when you walked down the street you saw houses where the bricks all fell off. you know there was enough shaking that the bricks would have come off in the case of roosevelt, which is a brick build, would have probably fallen down. so i appreciated that and love that building. it s an extraordinary building. i want to say that we re so lucky to have these buildings. they are, you know, some of it is really things that you just never think about. but almost every child in california goes to school in a building that has no hallways. there are just classrooms that open outside to the weather and