Support us december 2223. Thank you megan and windy. December 22 and 23 where again . Dsw at 400 post street. The entrance is on powell. What is going on those two days . Were just having a giftwraping. If i may, president yee, i wanted to ask sac if you could help us bet the word out about the free muni applications and perhaps Work Together with Janet Schultz and the other associate superintendents about how we can reach as many students as possible at school sites . Thank you very much. Okay. Item e, Parent Advisory Committee pac report representative. Good evening superintendent carranza, president yee and commissioners. My name is gloria and a member of the Parent Advisory Committee and parent of two children and i wanted to extend my congratulations to all the achievements presented earlier today with staff and schools and our representatives. So thank you for your hard work and dedication. And for your commitment. I wanted it make comments on several areas that the pac has worke
These same groups support teachers to promote themselves or to move to another position as administrators, encouraging them. The best administrators in my mind in the districts are former teachers. And without that, we wouldnt have a core of people that understand what happens in the classroom. The administrators, again, i want to thank all the administrators, in particular this new batch in the last few years have been very, very focused, providing opportunities, leadership and giving the services and really focusing and asking what is necessary to move the bar . The principals, all the way to the central office, very important. To me its been so rewarding to be able to work with them, and for them to respond to things and for us to be on the same page and saying we do care about kids and lets see what we can do to improve things. Also superintendents, i have had the luxury of ushering basically three different people to run the district. And i think that is what has made the real big
In the district. Thank you. [ applause ] okay. Thank you commissioner mendoza. Our left commendation is in recognition of Lowell High School for attending the national Blueribbon School recipient award. Superintendent carranza, would you make the presentation . Thank you, president yee and we would like to recognize Lowell High School as a national Blueribbon School for 2012. And here this evening is the principal, the remarkable, dynamic, super principal of Lowell High School, mr. Andy ishibashi. Andy would you come forward and accept this certificate of recognition, please . [ applause ] also joining us is the Science Department chair and the lead author of the report that led to the blueribbon designation. So congratulations as well. [ applause ] go cardinals. Do you want to say a few words . Sure. I would like to thank the board of education, richard and all the outstanding student superintendent and staff and pta and i would like to give a shout out to dakota and jim and allison.
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 again. And just in closing i wanted to give my heartfelt thanks to commissioner mendoza for the commendation, but for the many years of championing the work that world savvy does in the district. Thank you. [ applause ] okay. Thank you commissioner mendoza. Our left commendation is in recognition of Lowell Hi
Welcome to al jazeera america, im thomas drayton, good to have you with us. We begin with a Chemical Spill prompting west virginias government to declare an emergency around charles son. 100,000 are affected and nine counties. Health officials are advising people not to drink, bathe or cook with the oil. The chemical used to process coal leaked into the elk river. Daycare, universities, schools are told to cut down. The department of health says the diplomats at the center of a standoff between the u. S. And india is on her way back to her home country. Prosecutors charged Devyani Khobragade with visa fraud. As John Seigenthaler reports, the u. S. Ordered her to leave. From the start this case has caused outrage in india with protesters filling the streets. It started last month when u. S. Authorities in new york arrested an indian diplomat, Devyani Khobragade, whilst dropping her young daughter at school. She said she has outraged at her treatment handcuffed in public, strip searched