The founders are. In 1954, come to the rescue was the Historic Preservation society who had enough when the Old City Market was destroyed and they built an incredibly hideous looking parking lot. So, they band together and formeded what some called it hysterical save savannah foundation. Literally seven old ladies, some in tennis shoes, went around throwing their bodies in front of the wrecking ball to stop the progress and a Revolving Fund started to buy a house for 5,000, restore it to what it was and sell it for 25,000 or something. You got 20,000 and you do it and do it until at some point savannah now has the largest restored Historic District in america which is quite an accomplishment. What has been done since 1954 is an accomplishment. And i will not name any of those seven little old ladies. They are not twittering old lady. They have clout and it showed. Historic savannah is sometimes nogs meaning north of gaston street. My wife and i live on gaston street. We live on the sou
Has not shifted for me in those 25 years, and it is good to see that brava remains committed to that kind of work. When people talk about the reflection of the community, we can only go from what we have on our staff. We have a south asian managing director, South African artistic director Latino Community out rich person. Aside from the staff, the other people artists that we work with being a reflection of us yes the community is changing, but brava has always tried to be ahead of that trend. When i came in i tried to make it about the work that shows the eclectic Mission District as well as serving the mission. Those are the types of things that i feel build one brava is ms. Wong here. Thank you. Stand and join with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the erasxxmj4 p cp flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under;oh b . ÷ god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Pngeddle thank you for joining us today. Our
District. For more information visit ;] wt www. Sfusd. Edu. Thank you for that ive received from the public, askingt aboutb boweme . n information around prop 30. I also would like to share that as superintendent i often receivec 1 . And members of the communityj about therxn . n . Direction of our schools. And while we are fortunate to receive2 feedback one of the concerns i hear from many is whether or not standardized testing in math and ]n . n . English has narrowed what and how we teach our students. The answerwe boo to this question is v÷ux]u an. nr mastery of specific skills and subject materials align to state standardscn . n . In math and english that are assessed, usingdn . n standardized tests are only a small part of what is being taught in our San Francisco schools. Q k nn our schools who have made the greatest academic achievement gains in english and7iwo3i math educate our students in much more than just english and math. They are committed to science and social studies
Theyre not here tonight, and they apologize for that but they also instilled in us, like dr. Marshalls grandmother would say the more you know, the more you owe. What we continue to do as alumni is definitely in part of what was instilled in us as a part of this legacy and organization. On behalf of dr. Marshall and jack, we want to thank you for this commendation and they of course apologize for not being here tonight but they really are doing the work. So thank you again. [applause. ]xn . nnl8vfca 9,rci pngeddle the next commendation is for the Program Title the seven of thevnn . n . n occasions of november, asxn . n . Native, heritage month authored n . n . By commissioner murase and fewer. Is there a second . K y] so moved. Second. Reading of the resolution by commissioner murase and fewer. Id like to share the reading as commissioner fewer comes back back. Indian Education Program nativeamerican month a day ofj]cc recognition for the significant contribution, the First Americans m
These people who are in need. Watch over all of the volunteers as they carve this turkey and watch over all the people delivering all 6100 meals tomorrow. Thanks gets to their destination. We sd it in jesus name, amen. Ms. Lee here. Ms. Wong here. Thank you. Stand and join with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the erasxxmj4 p cp flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under;oh b . ÷ god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Pngeddle thank you for joining us today. Our one and only meeting in november. So this is thanksgiving, thats coming up. So just to remind you that usually on[ g;a50e thanksgiving week is generally the where you scheduled the second meeting and we dont have the second meeting. So for all of you that are anxious tokn . n . Get to a second meeting, im sorry. We wont be able to have a meeting in november. Item a, approval of board minutes for the regular meetings of june 12, 2012, june 26 2012