the last five years. and hopefully it will not be that drastic. at the same time, the governor also proposed eliminating funding for t-k. he did not notify everyone in a timely manner. everyone was moving forward in such a way we thought it would be one thing and instead, it turned out that he proposed, doing something totally different. i think with the -- what the district did was courageous. to do pre-k even though there may not be any funding. those two sites that were located where -- are where they had i population of children did that is why they were selected. how it will look in the future, a lot of these questions will be answered when he does the main revise. in three or four weeks we will know things like what funding he is proposing to put back for

pre-k. and what he is proposing to put back and we can come forth and 10 how we can possibly, if is going to be a be funded, expand our current sites to more than just the two. commissioner maufas: ms. bryant. you said -- i always like to make a notation of who is speaking. if you could say your name and what you do in your work in early education. >> i am the chair of cpac, i'm the director of the san francisco child care providers association. we do the ceo said -- sye --

side. >> director of the preschool quality and enhance and with the early education department. >> i am melissa luke, also part of the early education department. i am the kindergarten transition program specialist. dr. murase: thank you. i appreciate that. i did want to say that i was not able to make the summit. and i had some other conflict. all i have heard for someone who was not able to make an event is how i should have been at that event. i will do whatever i can to make sure it gets there the next time it happens. it is such positive -- just the

collaboration and information sharing that happen. from all the participants. i wanted to commend you, commissioner yee and the early education department and collaborators for making such an event happened. and not wasting any time about it. getting it up and running and on the ground and happening which is always a his and when you have to pull together quite a few people. it was very successful because i wanted to get there the next time. thank you for allowing your staff to participate so fully. congratulation. on such a very powerful event. this is resounding around the city. >> thank you. >> you want to see the summit in

five minutes. you can look at the dvd. it is a quick summary of it. >> that you're putting on the website? >> yes. >> i looked for the early education link. ok. >> thanks for coming and being so patient tonight. it is a long meeting. there is a lot of people in -- awarded to a communicate their issues with us. this is typical of the school board meeting. it is important for all of us to have an opportunity here -- to hear your report. this is something that was a vision not too long ago. it took a lot of effort from all lot of different people, including the four of you sitting there. you put a lot of energy in there. it was something that has never

been done in the city. we're you are pulling people from the district and the city government. other stakeholder's parents and the cbo's. i have to commend your staff, carla and amanda from the cdo side. the results of this summit that we saw less than a month ago. i was pretty excited about it. not only because of the summit itself but as mollison was describing, some of the activities that took place beforehand. we could improve on it but the fact that we got this done for teachers to visit each other's classroom and a kindergarten classes to break down the barrier.

what they said would be important. the other thing i want to say, it was so exciting in the report and when the panel spoke. and the commitment from different departments in the city, including our own district city, including our own district to continue this dialogue.

president yee: the regular meeting of the san francisco school board for april 24, 2012, is called to order. please read the roll. clerk: [reading roll] thank you. president yee: please join me but the anniversary of the great earthquake was remembered. >> i would like to ask for a minute of silence.

>> let's have a moment of silence. >> they meet for the annual reflating ceremony. he was joined by winnie for an afternoon celebration. we are here to commemorate all that it signifies.

at each anniversary the leaders meet to prepare for the next great quake. bob welcome everybody to the anniversary. i got to say, the mayor gets it done. gooa round of applause for our e

chief's wife. you look terrific. do we have sydney close five? -- close by. we will pass the microphone to the mayor for a couple of quick words. we have a fire chief and the police chief. >> good morning, everyone.

106 years since our earthquake. we do have a grandson? she was with us in 2009. goopublic works is here.

this reminds us of the 3000 people but passed away in 1906 from the devastating earthquake, but the rebirth of our city is with us. i have been in all of these other positions where we are always prepared. and we are already engaged in recovery efforts. we were there with a whole staff.

we have six we assure you that when the next big event happens, that water system will be there for us to deliver water with that 24 hours. a huge change from depending on this fountain. we are handing it off to generations of youth in the city to understand -- make sure they're prepared. go to our website, it tells you all the things there. iti is about having those items prepared.w we will survive. that is how we get ready and celebrate and honor the people who left us and make sure our city is ready. thank you for being here.

congratulations to our survivors. >> very nice job. behind me is a good friend and a great firechief. you go back 106 years. braxton morning. -- good morning. one of the survivors could not be with us. those are amazing changes. it does give us the opportunity to remember what happened. we commemorate those who suffered losses in their lives and hardships. we also celebrate the city that was nearly swept from the map.

the fires raged for three days and caused rates -- great devastation. we take the opportunity to educate everyone. it is a pleasure for me to work under the direction of mayor lee. he is a public safety championship. he is a prepared as champion. he lives it. i have seen his kids and his workplace. it is all about teamwork. i am proud to be working with chief suhr. and scott weiner, it is a pleasure to have you out here. we appreciate it. it is a great team. thank you to the people who are out here. and also our partners with the american red cross.

who are here this morning. thank you for being here. it has been a tradition for many of us out here. i hope you have a great day and you remember what happened 106 years ago. it is great to be a san franciscan. >> a nice hand for the chief, everybody. i have seen this other chief speaking in the last couple of times. a nice hand for chief suhr. >> good morning. our fire chief said it. we're lucky in san francisco. we have a mayor who has moved through the tears of prepared as an goddess ready to go. we get a little more prepared every day. god bless to the survivors. >> thank you. >> it is a minute of silence at

5-11. -- 51:11 p.m. let's have a moment of silence for a minute right now. [siren]

>> i think the fitting way to end this germany first of all, -- this ceremony first of all.

there will be playing. everybody have their words right here? i will give the countdown. as we hang the reece, i will give you a count here. have a look at me. 1, 2, 3, 4, 1. ♪ [singing] ♪ ♪

>> a great day, everybody. thank you. the san francisco chornicle. and the history association. and the neighborhood emergency response team. the american red cross.

and thanks for making this happen. i want to invite everyone to go to 20th in church or -- and church. and we will meet up. we may skirt the law and serve something before 6:00 a.m. the bookmobile, where are they? >> i have my cheat sheet here which i cannot find. the library has been here after great disasters. there has -- is a special book that won an award this year. here is the book. i downloaded it on my kindle.

it can check out copies of the book mobile. nex>> thanks for being here. start walking slowly. welcome to san francisco, everyone. ♪ >>. touring england was a time when robert as mentors were being challenged by a quickly growing middle-class. for endeavour's crew of new artists began to assert themselves, offering new definitions of the athletics of arts and beauty.

over 180 objects of avant-garde design and art from the victorian england has been collected inside the legion of honor snoot exhibition, it's the cold of the ec. -- the cult of beauty. >> there was this group of artists that were not only revolutionaries in their artistic expression but also in their personal lives and their interest in democratizing art in introducing beauty into the growing middle-class. >> one of the inspirations for the victorian avant-garde was the industrial revolution. quality household goods were now being mass-produced. artists responded by either creating elaborate unique court or by embracing technology and trying to share a beautiful creations with as many people as possible. >> william morris was in a

difficult position, because he wanted the middle-class to be able to acquire really beautifully made objects. but the piece is that he actually made, you know, took so much handcrafting that there were quite expensive. i think he would have been pleased to know that there are things like restoration hardware anne craig and bare all that tried to make available to the middle-class -- and crate and barrel that tried to make these things available to the middle class. >> over 60 lenders contributed art and craft to the exhibition. one of the partners is london's victoria and albert museum, which has been collecting the finestexamples of victorian craft since queen victoria herself attended the groundbreaking ceremony. the artist of the victorian avant-garde believe that every object could contain an expression of beauty. the attention given when creating a towering sculpture

should be the same as when creating a simple cottage gate. they embraced arts for arts own sake. whether in the curl of a flower or a stray lot of unpin hair. surprisingly, sensuality returned to public view during the victorian era. albert moore and others were inspired by ancient greek sculptures and found new uses in modern times. >> many of these paintings are large. when you get close to them, they seem to wrap you in this luscious colors. there's a great sensuality to the paintings, even though there's nothing sexual going on in the pictures. the artists just took delight in luxurious fabrics and colors and beautiful women. >> symphony in white is a life- size portrait of the immense stress of james wisler.

it is featured prominently in the exhibition. harmony in gray and green was an of socially judged as a disagreeable presentation of a disagreeable young lady. the first public reaction of this series was so divisive that led to court proceedings. today, they hang in london's tate gallery. walking to the exhibition, you might be distracted by objects that seem to modern war appeared to be at least art deco era. forward thinking victorian artists emerged the economical ambitions of 18th-century cottage's style furniture with the asymmetrical design elements of japanese art that was introduced to london in 1862. >> so you come out with these very beautiful and sleek design worms that the artist combined -- a design forms. very modern. our visitors are really

surprised that so many of the works at a very modern feel to them. >> they believe that no object needed to be considered worthless or low class. each thing, existing in its own place, was the best thing for its place. and what first seems to be idle showiness, shows the richness of today and yesterday. >> it is exciting to have a project you have worked on for so long coming in know, come to your own museum. and museum curators are among the luckiest professionals, because we get to share with tens of thousands of people the things that give us enjoy and the things that explain to our visitors the relationship between art and society. art is not just a frivolous, you know, sidebar. it is a very important

expression of culture and morals. this particular moment, the artists were interested in community. >> san francisco is the exclusive american host for the cult of beauty exhibition. the legion of honor is website has more information about the artists and tips for planning your visit. learn more at the website. thank you for watching