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-- not that unhappy we did not get it. let's see some research. what about school number 11? school no. 12? why are we engaged in this type of competition. this is a crazy competition we are engaged in. where is the senate seat? -- sanity? where is the justice for our kids. we can look forward to federal funding. thank you, congress. thank you for the hard work. now what's? hopefully, we can bring back the laid off professionals, the laid-off classroom teachers and other support personnel, who we desperately need in this district. we have been struggling for a long time. on page 84, ...

get it. let's see some research. what about school number 11? school no. 12? why are we engaged in this type of competition. this is a crazy competition we are engaged in. where is the senate seat? -- sanity? where is the justice for our kids. we can look forward to federal funding. thank you, congress. thank you for the hard work. now what's? hopefully, we can bring back the laid off professionals, the laid-off classroom teachers and other support personnel, who we desperately need in this district. we have been struggling for a long time. on page 84, you will see a list of people w...

you so much. but honestly, you're such a treasure for our program and we really appreciate you and i'm so happy you're getting this award. [applause] president kim: thank >> thank you all for this honor. my three siblings and i went through the public school system in san francisco, my mother a paraprofessional and my father retired as an elementary school teacher after about 25 years of teaching. my sister and my sister-in-law both have several years with the district, and about a year and a half ago i came over to the dark side. [laughter] >> but it's truly rewarding for me to know...

>> another priority is parent engagement, clearly. with the start of the new school year that's on a lot of people's minds. i know at our school we're trying to figure out how to better recruit a more diverse range of parents and meet the needs of our families and how to communicate with our families and really feel this is an important step for improving the schools. we know we've heard in conversations in the past on the p.a.c. that better communication is really critical. parents are really looking for that. i know that i've been talking to a group of parents that have been writin...

she's really concerned because she feels like she doesn't know what to do. she spent a lot of time volunteering at the school, she spent a lot of her personal time working with her kids and she told me she works as a nanny and she told me now she has to work overtime to hire a private tutor for her and she feels betrayed. and this is just one example. there are many parents who are very happy with the school system but her son goes to school at a star school and, you know, the passing -- the proficiency rate is barely at 50%. and so there -- the story echoes very clearly on a certain...