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happy new year, everybody. i love the fact that we are doing a tournament here at the center. when i was in eighth grade i played on a basketball teechl. team. i have to admit i wasn't very good at it. i always aspired to be an nba player. regardless of playing in college or nba, i expect many of you have be leading us because of the leadership skills you are learning on >> ladies and gentlemen, let's give a warm welcome to district 10 supervisor and acting mayor malia cohen. cheers cheers >> mayor's education advisor and school board member hydra mendoza, san francisco unified sc...

the goal of the contest is really recognize environmental education that happens outside the science classroom where environmental education normally is housed. and so here tonight we have the three recipients of the award, actually, i think two of them are here tonight, the other is heading back from a meeting in sacramento. those recipients will tell you briefly what they did with their students to implement environmental education in their nonscience classroom, so let me start by calling up megan mercuio. [applause] . >> and the rest of you can come up now, just that you wait alon...

there are people who come in who need treatment for their heart disease or for their diabetes or their high blood pressure or their cholesterol or their hepatitis b. we actually provide group medical visits and group education classes and meeting people who have similar chronic illnesses as you do really helps you understand that you are not alone in dealing with this. and it validates the experiences that you have and so you learn from each other. >> i think it's very important to try to be in tune with the needs of the community and a lot of our patients have -- a lot of our patien...

up nick casser, our environmental futures contest and we have the certificates here. >> you want to call them? >> you get them and i'll do a quick introduction. so when i first saw the job posting for my position, i was scared but also excited to notice that every possible task had been included on that job description and included not just the operational side of the house, energy, for example but the environment of education which of course in an institution such as ours is equally if not more important. and as a side note, i'm happy to announce tonight that we have hired an enviro...

let's get start. present mendoza won't be able to attend this meeting for the rest of the school board members, you have me today. so this is the regular meeting of the board of education of the san francisco unified school district for august 23, 2011. it's now called to order. roll call, please. >> thank you, commissioner. ms. fewer? >> here. >> ms. mautas, dr. taru -- murase. ms. mendoza, ms. fan, ms. tom. ok. that's it. are meese join me if you'd hike to pledge of allegiance. pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stand...