>> welcome to culture wire. we will look at the latest and greatest public art project. recently, the airport unveiled the new state of the art terminal. let's take a look. the new terminal service and american airlines and virgin america was designed by a world- renowned architecture's firm. originally built in 1954, the

building underwent massive renovation to become the first registered terminal and one of the must modern and sustainable terminals and the united states. the public art program continues its 30-year legacy of integrating art into the airport environment with the addition of five new commissions that are as bold and dynamic as the new building. >> this project was completed in record time, and we were able to integrate the artist's early enough in the process that they could work with the architect said that the work that is completed is the work that really helps complement and instill the space as opposed to being tucked away in a corner. >> be experience begins with the glass facades that was designed with over 120 laminated glass panels.

it captures the experience of being under or over clouds when flying in a plane. depending on the distance or point of view, it can appear clear for more abstract and atmospheric. the subtle colors change gradually depending on the light and the time of day. >> i wanted to create an art work that looks over time as well as working on in the first glance. the first time you come here, you may not see a. but you may be able to see one side over the other. it features a couple of suspended sculptures. each was created out of a series of flat plains run parallel to each other and constructed of steel tubing. >> it is made up of these strata.

as the light starts to shift, there is a real sense that there is a dynamism. >> it gives the illusion that this cultures might be fragments of a larger, mysterious mass. >> the environmental artwork livens it with color, light, and the movement. three large woven soldiers are suspended. these are activated by custom air flow program. >> i channeled air flow into each of these forms that makes it move ever so slightly. and it is beating like a heart. if-0 when as of the forces of nature moving around us every second. >> shadow patterns reflect the

shapes of the hanging sculptures. the new terminal also features a children's play areas. both of the market the exploratory n.y. -- exploratorium. the offer travelers of all ages a playful oasis. using high quality plywood, they created henches shaped like a bird wings that double as musical instruments. serving as a backdrop is a mural featuring images of local birds and san francisco's famous skyline. >> in the line between that is so natural, you can see birds and be in complete wilderness.

i really like that about this. you could maybe get a little snapshot of what they are expecting. >> it is an interactive, keck sculpture that is interacted with by the visitor. >> they are a lot about and they fall down the belt. it moves the belt up, and if you turn that faster, the butterflies fall in the move of words. >> the art reflect the commission's commitment to acquiring the best work from the bay area and beyond. in addition to the five new commissions, 20 artworks that were already in the airport collection were reinstalled. some of which were historically cited in the terminal. it includes major sculptures by

the international artists. as a collection, these art works tell the story of the vibrant arts scene in the early 1960's through the mid-1980s's. the illustrate san francisco's cultural center and a place of innovation that is recognized and the love throughout the world. one of the highlights is a series of three left tapestries. they are on view after being in storage for 20 years. these tapestries representing various gardens. from his years of living in san francisco. hydrangeas, chrysanthemums, and whilst dahlias in rich, deep shades as they make their way to the baggage area. they can access behind-the- scenes information and

interviews with the artist through an audio to work. it features archival audio as well as interviews with living artists. he can be accessed on site by dialing the telephone numbers located near the artwork or by visiting the commission's web site. the public art speaks volumes of san francisco as a world-class city with world-class art and culture. for more information, visit

the board of education of the san francisco unified school district for february 14. it is now called to order. happy valentine's day. roll call, please. [roll call] please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

i apologize for start willing -- starting a little late. we just came out of a closed session meeting, so we're going to move this along real quickly. item a, approval of board minutes of the regular meeting of january 24, 2012. is there a motion? >> so move. >> i second. president yee: any corrections? roll call, please. >> thank you, commissioner. [roll call taken] >> that's five ayes. president yee: item b, presentation to the board of education superintendent's report. >> good evening, everybody, and happy valentine's day.

i want to remind the president here that it is valentine's day, so in the spirit of love, this meeting can't go on forever, ok? [laughter] anyway, what the heck. you know, i just wanted to thank everybody for last saturday. we had our annual school planning summit, and i want to thank all the parents, students, teachers, administrators and staff that came to the summit ready to roll up their sleeves and do the hard work of working together in these hard times with the crummy budgets we have , trying to figure out how we're just going to make it through and that's tough to do. at the summit our school communities' leaders learned a lot about the district goals and priorities. we gave a big picture -- of the state proposals and the proposal of the governor, and there's a lot to be worried about as you look at our state per people fund falling every year, and now we're pretty much heading to rock bottom in terms

of per pupil allocation in the entire united states. but at the same time it was good to get people to talk about what their vision is and what they're going to do at their school sites, how we're going to get through this, and we are going to get through it. it's just going to take us a lot of work working together. and pointing out the fact that no one in this room, the board or anybody, is the enemy. the reality is that budgets that we got aren't necessarily determined by us, they're determined by our state, who's too cheap to fund children. so, you know, i think that if we all want to point the finger at somebody, we ought to start with the state of california, because we can't continue to try to run school systems on the back of not providing the best education for our children. i also wanted to mention to all of you that we used to call them furlough days, and this friday is one of the but i'm not going to call them one. i think we're going to call those forced closure days, because that's really what the state has done. they've made us force our

schools to be closed. [applause] and this friday, the 17th, is one of those days where the state has put it on us, where we have no choice but to close down the whole system and shortchange our children. as all of you know -- you probably know this -- the united states has the shortest academic school year of any industrialized country in the world. and we think that to solve -- and you read all the articles of us competing with everybody in the world, and we think the way to solve that is to reduce the school year? what's wrong with that picture? it's not. it defies any kind of logic, except that's where we are right now. but i guess on the bright side is that on the following monday, february 20th, it is presidents' day, so we want to wish everybody happy holiday, and then come back on february 21st ready to go back to work. we are heading in for some really difficult times, but we also this evening will will get a chance to celebrate some of

the successes going on out there, including all the wonderful nationally board certified teachers that will have the privilege and honor to honor this evening. that will be exciting. so chin up. we're going to get through this. thank you. >> thank you, superintendent garcia. you're up next. recognitions and resolutions of commendations, and here it is, our distinguished service award. >> we've done this rave now for several years and it gives us an opportunity to celebrate. we have so many unsung heroes in our school district that sometimes we forget that the media, everybody seems to bash us, but we're doing some really great stuff. and this evening we get a chance to do a rave distinguished service award. so i want to call up sandra belvin hollis, early

development education center. is the person here this evening? oh, come on up, then. i'm sorry. are you jane, then? >> i am. >> ok, jane. jane manssia. >> good evening, superintendent, deputy superintendent, commissioners, guests. i would like you to know that i am thrilled that sandra belvin hollis, a seasoned teachner the early education department, has received this award, because one of her colleagues believes that she deceives a rave from the school district. she does deserve a rave. in fact, i'd like to share an item with you, but i'm going to look at this wonderful award, where it says sandra belvin hollis, rave distinguished service award-winner. thank you, on her behalf. sandra is a wonderful teacher.

she's had a lifelong commitment to our district, and she's prepared children for kevin garnett in -- children for kindergarten in our pre-kindergarten class at the early education school. she in fact embodies the goals of this district. she provides a strong foundation in academics for our pre-kindergarteners, our youngest scholars. she believes in a strong foundation for early learning so that our little ones will become lifelong learners. in fact, this distinguished service award is going to thrill her. she is so passionate and so committed to her work, and i am pleased to be an administrator who can say to you all thank you very much for honoring her and for in fact honoring our school with this award. thank you. [applause]

>> next on our agenda, as i mentioned earlier, i'm going to call up carrie slaughter to come up here and let's start recognizing nationally board certified teacher. this is good trivial pursuit stuff, but tonight we celebrate 29 of our san francisco unified school district faculty members who have just become nationally board certified! whoo! [cheers and applause] and i have to tell you what makes this really exciting is that there are now 204 national board certified teachers in our school district and we're the highest -- the second highest in the state only because l.a. is bigger than us.

if you did it proportionately, we'd snuff everybody out because people are doing great work. these educators have spent up to three years studying and reflecting on their practice and have been assessed against the national highest advanced teaching standards. so carrie, take it from here, ok? >> thank you. talida saucerman, mission high school. [applause] victoria polanco, buena vista. [applause] sarah falls, lincoln high school. julia fong, lincoln high school. [applause] cara friedman, marshall rye school. marcus hung, marshall high school. [applause]

lenny yarez, leonard flynn elementary school. [applause] carolyn leofante, caesar chavez. brian martin, lowell high school. [applause] sarah puner, app tass middle school -- app tiss middle school. aitchel some mccoughlin middle school. -- rachel from mccoughlin middle school. katrina rodd rench, lowell high school. [applause] maria, argon elementary school. [applause]

elvira walden. [applause] brian waldman, mission high school. [applause] stephanie wong, iloa elementary school. valerie ziegler, lincoln high school. [applause] pika chu, mission high school. lindsey penrose, mission high school. [applause] julie carniglia, yar taylor, and michelle trimble, lowell high school. [applause]

>> this is the kind of problem we like to have. [laughter] we have so many. >> ok, ladies and gentlemen, our national board certified teachers for 2011. [applause] >> i have to tell you, we're just so darned proud of you. it's so excite together see people who are willing to do it -- exciting to see people who are willing to do it all for children. i want to thank you all for committing yourselves to doing everything you can for children. thank you very much. [applause]

you are the true freedom fighters in america. thank you. and i will embarrass one person. i'd like one person to raise their hand, because one of our assistant superintendents, guadalupe guerrero, his lovely wife is here. so raise your hand, come on. don't be bashful. there she is. thank you. congratulations. thank you very much. thanks to all of you and all the families and teachers. and, boy, iloa is in the house, i guess. all the people that came out to support these heroes. thank you very much. [applause]

president yee: ok, thank you very much and we're going to continue with the meeting. so if you need to leave the room, can you leave quietly, please? thank you. the biggest class of national certified teachers that we've ever had. ok. we're going to move on to item -- before we move on to item d, i'd like to turn the mic over

to commissioner wynns, who wants to make a real quick announcement. commissioner wynns: i wanted to make this announcement before everybody leaves. at the end of the meeting i'll report on my recent trip to washington with the national school boards association. but i brought all the members of the board and the superintendent a little gift, which is a luggage tag and bumper sticker that says "be the change for kids." the reason i brought these is that this is a campaign that was -- i was at the national school boards association leadership conference, the executive committees of all the state associations, and this campaign was designed by and carried out by the new york state school boards association for some of you who know her, when florence johnson was the president of the association, who's now the past president and has been close to us for a long time through the council of great city schools and others. but the amazing thing is that this is a great example of setting the agenda and doing effective advocacy. this campaign has taken over new york state.

and the amazing thing is that now this, year and last year, politicians of both parties have been using the phrase "be the change for kids" in their campaigns. so in this time of extreme political tension over budgets and school budgets and funding for kids, i just hope that we see this as an example ta we are willing to talk about -- that we are willing to talk about and ourselves, we certainly will through the california school boards association, but also here in our district, to think about our advocacy messages and how we can really be effective at doing this with our partners. so thank you for the moment, the privilege. president yee: deputy superintendent. >> thank you, president yee. i wasn't quick enough to let you on on the national board certified, i think it would be important to recognize the fact that this past week assistant superintendent guerrero, myself and another person were at a

grants summit where we were with other large school districts from across the country. what's stunning and absolutely precious about what we do in san francisco is that we were the only large urban school district that spoke about our reform efforts in positive terms, like having more and more teachers become nationally board certified as part of our strategic strategy for improving our school system. i have need to tell you that there were a number of our colleagues that were blown away by the fact that we've taken the positive approach in empowering our teachers, rather than some of the more draconian approaches out there. and i also want to congratulate and thank terry bergesen and the san francisco school alliance who made it possible for us to fund national board certified teachers in some of our superintendent zoned schools this year. we now have some of the great ev concentrations of nationally board ce