And aortas and preschool it was a wonderful thing in San Francisco the town that time forgot e and the Rainy Day Fund i knew what it was like to get a pink slip i said id rather wear one then get one kids related to a certain teacher and the teacher was begun were one of the few places in california that really didnt have large layoffs so its been a great journey without the board of supervisors and the School District working no partnership now and then none of this could happen once a teacher also a teacher i knew there was a difference between the city and school governs when the supervisors got elected to a certainly district all of a sudden the parents are asking for a crossing guard there is no heat in the classroom and the initiative placing class that was recommended in 2000 came screaming to me i dont know about schools additional they learned so thank you. clapping. thank you tom. So i want to give an acknowledge this is thank you to the School Board Members concluding Vice P
This is reflected in this initiative to have families analyst it easier and to increase it at the time not only when the city is plentiful but when the city wants to enjoy more investments and im happy to join the entire board of supervisors the elected officials and tom who started a lot of this back in the days when he was supervisor i give him credit along with applicant working together theyre pushing hard to make sure we have the best programs and we have the opportunity to have this conversation with the public this november. Were going to have the best children enrichment programs in the world here in San Francisco. Raids our families here and get our kids in the Public Schools . Going to be the best city for the families here thank you, mayor ed lee he did a pretty good job introducing Assembly Speaker tom hes also going to be considered an educator and the only reason were talking re30 years anything is because of tom. Thank you very much clapping. very kind words this is so c
Quickly. President chiu, supervisor tang. Supervisor kim. Supervisor david campos. Supervisor mar. Supervisor wiener. clapping. and ill bet you theyre all around somewhere but right now i want to bring up two supervisors that really worked hard with my office to put this altogether. Their staff were incredible. And putting a lot of time and crafting something that is so strong that i believe its going to turn the tide around when it comes to childrens staying in San Francisco so let me bring up both supervisor avalos and supervisor kim to say a few words. Supervisor avalos clapping. thank you, norman i want to say its been a honor to work with you and helping to craft of the Children Family initiative thats not been easy but its one that we set out to do together and really by who is here on the steps of city hall the foundation of the Community Community and the which shall and families that will be getting the services weve done a great effort to pull together a Great Initiative to l
Engines on our School District system the Business Community has the criticism but superintendant cosponsor random has done a good job so when businesses is this this and that when you want a Worldwide School system to produce worldclass folks we need you to be helpful and to understand that thats why i want to say a big thank you to warren around the k3wrish9 program prop h, you know, clapping i was the lion tamper the guy who inherited the cats. He would curse and scream and showed me a to the once he got other activist tans to go neutral or support the willingly he was the bank we had a stunning victory on this sports and aortas and preschool it was a wonderful thing in San Francisco the town that time forgot e and the Rainy Day Fund i knew what it was like to get a pink slip i said id rather wear one then get one kids related to a certain teacher and the teacher was begun were one of the few places in california that really didnt have large layoffs so its been a great journey witho
Count her its amazing to see such Strong Political leadership for our Public Schools the Public Education fund ive been involved with since i cross paths with tom in march of 2004 with a Strong Community of youth and education leaders i want to say right now california it the 9th largest economy weve educated over 78 children out of 9 we believe this should be the best place but california ranks last in larcenies to student ratio and ranges last in guidance kournld and in 2008, california was ranked the 8 in pre k schools and 2012 california wagner was ranked 47. In San Francisco weve seen the impact of those state and federal policies things the implementation of our new graduations weve seen 77 million in cuts from the state and nearly half of our sf sophomores were not on track to graduate its why the public Enrichment Fund in San Francisco is important we is if the state and federal government will not take care of our our children city and county of San Francisco well, this is wha