about the mayors nonprofit mitigation program and the sustainability initiative and find their information through technical assistance as much as how to get started with more fundraising or the real estate assistance and they can find my contact and reach out to me through the circles of the city through the good morning everyone. and welcome to galleleo high

school. let's go mighty lions. you guys know i used to be the announcer over the p.a. system during home run so that's where i get it from. first, i want to thank the principal, principal baneau who's here with us today one of the co-chairs for peace. someone i think the only person who was left since i was at galleleo high school ms. grenell is here. betty grenell. she was there every time i showed up to do the announcements for the p.a. when i was the girl's vice president and it's really great to see you here because it makes me still feel young. somebody's here since i was a kid. well, i'm san francisco mayor london breed and i want to just recognize a couple of our officials who are here today before we get into this announcement. we have members of the board of supervisors joining us. i see supervisor safai,

supervisor stefani and supervisor melgar. thank you to our board members for joining us here today. we also have some of our school board members including superintendent dr. matthews. as well as jenny lamb is joining us. thank you so much. and kevin boggess is over there. there you go, kevin. okay. the you're on the left over here. you guys didn't catch that joke we also have our district access sorry, recorder. supervisor haney just joined us. our city attorney. thank you so much david chiu for being here. carmen chiu. the director of the department of children, youth, and families maria sue.

the director of the office of early childhood care and education, ingrid mosqita charles davis the human rights commission. so many people who care about supporting our schools and our kids and i think we have a couple of folks from labor uesf thank you for joining us as well as many of our parents from all over san francisco and our students and all of you just you know your names. so i've got to say, i'm really happy here today about the decision i had to make. i really agonized over this decision. this is probably the hardest decision that i've ever had to make as mayor because it's about the future of our children when i think about i

ms. marshal who's also here. when i think about my time in schools in san francisco, some of the best times i had in my whole life were right here at galleleo high school and when this field would be actual grass where we would sprain our ankles running up and down the field and watch the football games and the performances and other things and our pep rallies and homecomings and all the fun activities took place here at this school and so many amazing memories were made. and when i think about my time at galleleo high school and the various schools i went to, i can't help but think about during this pandemic what so many kids were going through, right. what would have happened if i couldn't come to school and participate in activities for my senior year. what that would have done to

me. i live to walk across the stage and graduate. i would have been completely devastated if i couldn't go to the games and see the boys on the football field. i would have been losing it as a teenager. going through puberty and all the stuff going on here. we used to come across here cutting class to see the boys play and practice and then get chased out of here by the coach by coach white who this field is named after by the way. anyway, i just think about all those times and i think about what these kids missed out on, but i also think about how would i have survived because my grandmother wasn't really as active. you had to study and make up your bed and clean up the house. but so many of the parents joining us here today, you know, your advocacy was not just about your kids, it actually helps so many other kids that didn't have an advocate. and so when i think about what

we've been through over the past few years and the struggles and the challenges, i know there's a lot of work to do. i know that we can't make up for the last two years, but you know what, we can sure try. we can get started today on the future of our schools and we can get started today on what it means to not only support and uplift our educators, but to also put our children first. it's time for the schools in this city, our public school system to get back to the basics of educating our children, of making sure that, you know, we have 8th grade algebra and we have the various classes and the support that these kids need to grow and thrive. i never thought college was an opportunity that could be afforded to someone like me until in the 10th grade, ms.

luke's history class, american history, we had a representative from u.c. davis and i said no i could never get into u.c. davis and it was because of people like ms. luke and others and supported me is why i ended up at a place like u.c. davis. and so they had the excitement about their kids. and we have to make sure we get that excitement back because that's how we're going to get past this. that's how we are going to thrive. making this decision was hard. i talked to a lot of people. i talked to people i didn't even really want to talk to. i'm talking about people who just walk up to you on the streets and you're late for something and they're like mayor, can i tell you something about what i think and i'm like sure. but you know a common theme amongst everyone i talked to, every organization, every group

of parents, they always talked about putting kids first. dealing with the challenges of mental health loss. dealing with the challenges at the forefront of what these children have experienced because we as adults have experienced it too. but just imagine as a kid and what they're going through. they talked about wanting people who had the kinds of qualifications where they can understand how a school district is run and understand how not to micromanage the superintendent and how to make sure that we're focusing on the basics even as we, yes, deal with some of the other important issues the we're not saying school renaming isn't important and looking at the history of some of these names and having an educational moment to have a discussion about what that means, we're not saying that's not important, but getting our kids back in school is important. making sure they and our

teachers are safe is important. making sure that they thrive. that's what today is about. and let me tell you after meetings and conversations and all of that, i'm so happy and i'm so proud that we have three amazing women who all have kids in our public school system who all had a common theme of service. who all cared deeply about seeing a change. who all want better for our children and who also care about supporting our educators. who understand that there are hard decisions ahead of us and who are willing to ignore the politics to focus on our kids. this is not about what they will do according to what i

want them to do. these are three very strong capable women. who i am confident will do what is best for our children, for our educators, and for the school district. and so ladies and gentlemen, i am proud to announce, well, you know who they are right now, you see them. the appointment of ann chiu, the appointment of lany matomedy we've got to get that name right. and also lisa wiseman ward. so let me start with anne.

now i know you saw her out in the streets being fierce trying to get parents to register and vote. but she's just as fierce as a mama bear. well mama lion in this case because her sons go to galleleo high school. she's participated in the p.t.a., but it wasn't just that that drew me to ann. ann who started her own businesses. who worked in tech. started and sold companies and understands balance sheets and finances and all of these things when it comes to business which is why i thought she would be perfect and she served on the board's bond oversight committee to help with addressing the challenges of what we need to do around

how we spend money on responsibly on supporting and enhancing our schools in san francisco. i'm really excited. so many people called me about lany and i was like why don't i know her? i know about schools and people and stuff. she is a quiet force, she likes to do the work. she's a co-chair in peace where this city believes in public schools and sets aside allocated resources to support our public schools. and, in fact, making sure not only the money gets to the right places, but that she listens to the parents and the feedback from the people who are going to be most impacted

to make the right decisions about resource that is go to our children. and one of the key things i like about her is, yes, she's kind of technical and woke and into the weeds of stuff, but she's smart. she's smart and she understands that that technical stuff which is not always exciting to talk about is necessary when making important decisions so i'm really excited that lane is highly recommended. she comes from parents that were schoolteachers of public schools and los angeles, her father immigrated to the u.s. from iran. and she has just a wealth of knowledge and information and understanding and a deep passion about doing what is necessary to support and uplift our public schools.

and last but certainly not least, lisa. well, professor wiseman ward. and also attorney wiseman ward. someone who children attend public schools like they all do, who's raising your kids in the mission with her very talkative husband who cares deeply about immigrant rights and dedicated her career to supporting immigrant families through legal channels. the resources, a professor at stanford who's responsible for the immigrant rights clinic there that helps educate even the next generation of attorneys to fight to support immigrants in this country and her thorough knowledge and understanding of the educational system and her

understanding of what many parents told me were important to them especially for those parents who may not speak english and the need to have someone who understands their challenges, who's willing to listen and communicate in their language. it's critically important as someone who speaks fluid french. that's me. who speaks fluent spanish. i wanted to make sure those families were not left out of a void in this system. and so i feel really good because, again, it's not just about their children. it's about equity. it's about the achievement cap. it's about the kids that are being left behind. it's about changes to the school system. it's about making sure that regardless of parent advocates or any advocate that those kids who have no voice or parents

may not be able to speak english have a voice in this school system. and a key part was we will listen. we will listen to families. we will listen to educators. we will listen to the people. we will listen to the voices of our children to understand what they want whether we agree with it or not. what is going to be in the best interest of our children and their future because i know we all feel the same way. i know we feel a certain kind of way about wanting to see greatness in these kids and we know what's possible especially those of us who've had the opportunity to work with these kids and, yes, they drive us crazy, but there's always something in each and every 1

of them, that spark, that spark, ms. grenell, you see in those kids and you're like, there's something special about that kid. and so now with a good solid school board, i think that we're going to be headed in the right direction. so, with that, let's get these members sworn in. oh, i guess i should stand over here. all right. please raise your right hand and repeat after me and i'm going to point to you to say your name. so i... >> ann chiu. >> do solemnly swear i will

support the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and domestic that i bare true faith and allegiance to the same that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter and during such time as i hold the office of member of the board of education for the san francisco unified school

district. congratulations, ladies. [cheers and applause] >> all right. our new school board members, they have something to say. and we're going to start with you, ann. >> thank you. thank you so much, mayor breed for the introduction and for entrusting me with this extremely important role. i feel the weight of this position already. i think it's going to get shorter. let me tell you about myself. i spent 10 years in pennsylvania through middle school, high school, and college and then i came out to

u.c. berkley for graduate school and i fell in love with san francisco. after my graduation and could founded a dotcom in the original dot com boom and then a significant new challenge that's different from my previous professional challenges and experiences. i became a a mother. i have to say that raising children has been more challenging and more rewarding than any professional job than any job i had. and they grew and changed. i have to adapt and learn constantly and i think all

parents know that. i'm very lucky to have fraternal twins because they're very different. they look different to begin with and while every external factor was the same, they grew to be almost polar opposites. this showed me the diversity of personality, strength of and of each child that is in their nature helping each of them find and hone their strength and passions is what i feel as my responsibility as a parent. in this experience as a parent that i feel the weight and responsibility of being a school board member. i'm now not just responsible for my own kids, i'm now responsible for all the kids of san francisco and i want to

recognize, appreciate, and foster the talents and strengths in each and every child in our care. so that they can find their own path in life. being a first generation immigrant, i also want to lift up the concerns and interests of the significant immigrant parents community in sfusd as mayor breed had mentioned and i'm so glad to have a partner who understands that intimately. immigrant parents come to america not just to find a better life for themselves, so they can have a better life for their parents. that's exactly why my parents came. immigrant parents have so many challenges in addition to raising children not least of which are language barriers and being unfamiliar with the

american education system. we need to help these parents so that they can partner with our schools to help their children get the best education they can and realize their own american dreams. beyond the immigrant community, i also want to lift up the voices of the chinese and asian communities and represent them and work with all the different communities represented by our students in sfusd. i'm really looking forward to that work. i'm honored to be selected by mayor breed and take this responsibility very seriously. i'm also extremely excited to be joining the board with two very confident professional women who are mothers . [ applause ] >> together with the current commissioners, we will work hard to turn a new page for sfusd, and put all the children

of san francisco on their own path to success. thank you. >> thank you, mayor breed. and thank you, commissioner chiu. you both spoke from my heart and you may be hearing a lot of the same things from me. but first and foremost, i want to thank -- send a thank to the thousands of parents and community members who advocated tirelessly on behalf of our students and educators these last several years. yes. i'm incredibly honored to be chosen to serve on the san francisco school board and i know how important our public schools are to our children and our families and i also know how hard the last two years have been for so many. i don't want to dwell there, but i do want to acknowledge

how much progress we've made from march 2020 through shelter-in-place followed by a year of public school closures. today, we are turning the page. it's a beautiful day with even more hope and this is because of the relationships that galvanize parents, families, and the greater community to bring our voices together to prioritize all of our children and what they need to thrive in the present and in the future. my focus is to bring my experience and our collective experience to help all families and children in the city to get the support they need as we do the really challenging work to get our district back on track. i'm a native californian and a san franciscan for over 20 years. both my mom and step dad taught for decades for the los angeles unified school district. my dad is an iranian immigrant who arrived here in san francisco as a teenager who only knew a few words of english. it was public education that offered him the foundation and support to find his way into

the country and eventually become a professor. and i'm a public school kid all the way from kindergarten through my m.b.a. we all have our individual paths to walk and for most of us, it's not a straight line. my curiosities fostereded life-long friendships, challenged me and taught me needed skills and to be deeply engaged with a city that i loved so much. my education offered me professional opportunities in technology and telecommunications and public service as a clean energy government regulator and policy analyst, hence the woke preamble. i won't go too deep there and as a board member for the bicycle coalition and our beautiful san francisco bo tan algarden. and as a volunteer manager and ranger for the horse patrol program. but now i'm focused on public education itself. since my kids first attended

sfusd over 10 years ago, i've been actively involved in p.t.a. and volunteering in classrooms and schools in whatever way i could be of help to teachers, staff, and families. so much so my kids would tell me, you don't have to come to this one, you don't have to do this thing. just last month, i did complete a four-year term as a member and co. chair of the enrichment fund community and advise committee which reviews about $80 billion provided to sfusd for enrichment and core academic instructions. i advocated for much needed compliance, accountability and reform to ensure our san francisco city funds are utilized for city benefit as well as our generous city and student priorities. i saw a need for a great deal more transparency into what is being funded, the trade-offs being made and to have honest

conversation about what's working for our students and what is needed to best serve our students to achieve their dreams no matter what school site they attend. families and children are an essential part of a vibrant part of the city. i love our city. i am here because i want sfusd to be what it should be. a world class public education system that all families in san francisco consider as a great option for their children. a district with strong partnerships and support throughout the city and a place where all students and educators are given the support and tools they need to thrive. we have a lot of hard work to do to get us there and looking forward to working with my new colleagues being sworn in and i'm excited to work with all of you. and to build new partnerships. again, i wish to thank our mayor for her continued

advocacy for our students and children and i wish to thank the families and communities that advocated fiercely for students and will continue to do so. and a special thank you and deep gratitude to my husband, and my kids for supporting me on this unexpected journey. [ applause ] >> i am grateful and honored to be standing here and i'm committed to do the hard work before us as we turn the page. thank you so much. >> and now i'd like to introduce commissioner wiseman ward. >> thank you. i think i'm going to get used to that, commissioner. good morning. almost afternoon everyone. my name is lisa weissman ward. i'm the mother of two public school children, a 1st grader and a 4th grader at claer don elementary. i'm grateful to mayor breed for this opportunity to serve and

to work alongside the current and incoming school board members and doing the best that we can for the students and for the educators. the district is facing serious challenges. many of which were caused by or exacerbated by the pandemic. the list is long. it includes things like learning loss, mental health crisis, and ever growing opportunity gap for many students of color and ever growing opportunity gap for many student who is are facing socio economic challenges. financial woes for the district and fundamentals like getting our teachers and staff paid for important work they've done. parents are frustrated. and rightly concerned about their children. educators are frustrated too. but despite these challenges, i'm going to echo a theme of hope from my new colleagues, we're here with a sense of hope

and a commitment to working collaboratively to turn things around. i focus my career at the intersection of teaching and immigrants' rights. as a deportation defense attorney, i represented hundreds of families struggling to stay in the country. many of whom depend on the san francisco public schools for their childrens' education. as the associate director of the stanford law school and the immigrants rights clinic, mentoring and supervisoring i supervisored law students engaged in the challenging and important work of defending the rights of noncitizens and along the way, i've learned a lot. i've learned the importance of i've learned the value of negotiation. i've learned the value of listening. and i mean really listening. listening and then asking questions.

i've learned the value and importance of not just asking what is it that you want, but why so that i can understand perspective. i've learned the value and importance of investing time into building repore in order to better find common ground. i've learned the importance of process because even if at the outset we don't agree, when we engage in a process that's thoughtful, that's transparent and that's fair, we'll be in a better position to move things forward. there's a lot of things that need to get done and i'm really looking forward to working with and learning from students, their families, teachers, paraeducators, labor representatives, superintendent matthews, and my colleagues new ones and the current colleagues that i will have on the board to make sure that our school district is a place where all

students have the chance to thrive to be anything that they want to be whether it's a doctor, a lawyer, a teacher, a union apprentice or maybe even the mayor. i believe inning key and opportunity so thank you, mayor breed and i'm looking forward to getting to work. [ applause ]. >> well, as you can see, we've got some mommas in the building. [cheers and applause] >> again, let me just send a shout-out to all the incredible parents who really advocated for change and who advocated to make sure that we improve the school district and i wanted to bring up at this moment superintendent vince matthews who, by the way could have retired already, but is still here and still working on

behalf of our children. we are so grateful for his work and come on up, dr. matthews and say a few words. >> thank you so much. before i begin, i just wanted to say that i'm vince matthews, superintendent of the san francisco unified school district and i'm here with the president of our board, president lamb and i am actually also a student from the san francisco unified school district. i graduated from macketeer high school and i played football there and i want to say how good it is to be back on this field because we had some victories on this field some of my most creative touchdown dances were right in the corner of that end zone. on behalf of president lamb and

our current commissioners, commissioner boggess, alexander, and sanchez. i welcome our three new commissioners. i look forward to working with our new leaders of the san francisco board of education and i want to thank the new commissioners for their willingness to serve the greatest school district in the history of human kind. our mission in san francisco unified is to provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support so that each and every one of them can thrive in the 21st century. above all else, we are educators and our priority is and will continue to be helping students to reach their full potential. i look forward to working with all of our commissioners to address the challenges and opportunities before us in collaboration with our district

staff, families, students, and community members. while there are many urgent and important matters to realize our mission, at this moment in time, our students and their families are counting on our district leaders to stay focused on these priorities above all else. number one, to maintain healthy and safe learning environments. number two, to create high quality learning experiences for our students that foster engaged and joyful learners and that support each student and reaching his or her attention. to adopt a fiscally responsible budget that addressing short and long term while remaining student centered and fulfilling our obligations and number four, the one i'm most excited about to hire a new

superintendent who is committed to the share core values of our school district and who possesses the priority competencies identified by this community. once again, i look forward. we are excited and welcome to the san francisco unified board of education. [cheers and applause] thank you, dr. matthews. but just for clarity, galileo high school when i attended was the first school in the history of schools to go undefeated for three years straight winning all three turkey days. which is so far i believe unmatched which was way after you were a macketeer. anyway. it's so great to be here and i didn't get a chance to mention supervisor mandelman and our

treasurer, jose cisneros. of the thank you for being here. so many of our elected leaders, our parents, spokes from labor and other places who care deeply about the education of our children, i am hopeful for the future and i know that our kids, our educators, and our public school system will be in good hands. thank you all so much for join withing us here today. >> look at that beautiful

jellyfish. the way to speak to students and motivate them to take action, to save the planet, they do, they care and my job is to speak to them in a way that they can understand that touches their heart and makes them feel powerful with simple actions to take every day. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ >> i was born and raised in the desert of palm springs, california. my dad was the rabbi in the community there. what i got from watching my father on stage talking to the community was learning how to be in the public. and learning how to do public speaking and i remember the first time i got up to give my

first school assembly, i felt my dad over my shoulder saying pause for drama, deliver your words. when i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. and then when i got into high school, i decided i wanted to get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. by the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. but as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant a lot of physical labor. i only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy towards making a lot of money, helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful. i found the nonprofit working to save the rainforest was looking for volunteers. i went, volunteered and my life changed. suddenly everything i was doing had meaning.

stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. i eventually moved up to san francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot of assembly through los angeles county and then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about rainforest. one of my jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, i'm teaching them they have the power, and that motivates them. it was satisfying for me to work with for the department of environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal

mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling

and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. i try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and others. think of entering the job force as a treasure hunt. you can only go to your next clue and more will be revealed. follow your instincts, listen to your gut, follow your heart, do what makes you happy and pragmatic and see where it takes

you and get to the next place. trust if you want to do good in this world, that >> there is a lot of unique characteristics about visitation valley. it is a unique part of the city. >> we are off in a corner of the city against the san francisco county line 101 on one side. vis station valley is still one of the last blue color neighborhoods in san francisco. a lot of working class families

out here. it is unusual. not a lot of apartment buildings. a lot of single family homes. >> great business corridor. so much traffic coming through here and stopping off to grab coffee or sandwich or pick up food before going home. >> a lot of customers are from the neighborhood. they are painters or mechanics. they are like blue color workers, a lot of them. >> the community is lovely. multi-racial and hopefully we can look out for each other. >> there is a variety of businesses on the block. you think of buffalo kitchen, chinese food, pork buns, sandwich. library, bank of america with a parking lot. the market where you can grab anything. amazing food choices, nail salons. basically everything you need is

here. >> a lot of these businesses up and down leland are family owned. people running them are family. when you come here and you have an uncle and nephew and go across the street and have the guy and his dad. lisa and her daughter in the dog parlor and pam. it is very cool. >> is small businesses make the neighborhood unique. >> new businesses coming. in mission blue, gourmet chocolate manufacturing. the corridor has changed and is continuing to change. we hope to see more businesses coming in the near future. >> this is what is needed. first, stay home. unless it is absoluteliness

scary. social distancing is the most important step right now to limit spread of virus. cancel all nonessential gather everythings. >> when the pandemic litly land avenue suffered like other corridors. a few nail salons couldn't operate. they shut down. restaurants that had to adapt to more of a take out model. they haven't totally brought back indoor seating. >> it is heartbreaking to see the businesses that have closed down and shut because of the pandemic. >> when the pandemic first hit it got really slow. we had to change our hours. we never had to close, which is a blessing. thank god. we stayed open the whole time. >> we were kind of nervous and anxious to see what was going to come next hoping we will not have to close down. >> during covid we would go

outside and look on both sides of the street. it looked like old western town. nobody on the street. no cars. >> it was a hard eight or nine months. when they opened up half the people couldn't afford a haircut. >> during that time we kept saying the coffee shop was the living room of the valley. people would come to make sure they were okay. >> we checked on each other and patronized each other. i would get a cup of coffee, shirt, they would get a haircut. >> this is a generous and kind community. people would be like i am getting the toffee for the guy behind me and some days it went on and on. it was amazing to watch. we saw a perfect picture of community. we are all in this together.

>> since we began to reopen one year later, we will emerge stronger. we will emerge better as a city because we are still here and we stand in solidarity with one another. >> when we opened up august 1st. i will not say it was all good. we are still struggling due to covid. it affected a lot of people. >> we are still in the pandemic right now. things are opening up a little bit. it is great to have space to come together. i did a three painting series of visitation valley and the businesses on leland. it felt good to drop off the paintings and hung them. >> my business is picking up. the city is opening up. we have mask requirements. i check temperatures. i ask for vaccination card and/or recent test. the older folks they want to

feel safe here. >> i feel like there is a sense of unity happening. >> what got us through the pandemic was our customers. their dogs needed groomed, we have to cut their nails so they don't over grow. >> this is only going to push us forward. i sense a spirit of community and just belief in one another. >> we are trying to see if we can help all small businesses around here. there is a cannabis club lounge next to the dog parlor to bring foot traffic. my business is not going to work if the business across the street is not getting help. >> in hit us hard. i see a bright future to get the storefronts full. >> once people come here i think they really like it. >> if you are from san francisco visit visitation valley to see how this side of the city is the

same but different. >> what we're trying to approach is bringing more diversity to our food. it's not just the old european style food. we are seeing a lot of influences, and all of this is because of our students. all we ask is make it flavorful. [♪♪♪] >> we are the first two-year culinary hospitality school in the united states. the first year was 1936, and it was started by two graduates from cornell. i'm a graduate of this program, and very proud of that.

so students can expect to learn under the three degrees. culinary arts management degree, food service management degree, and hotel management degree. we're not a cooking school. even though we're not teaching you how to cook, we're teaching you how to manage, how to supervise employees, how to manage a hotel, and plus you're getting an associate of science degree. >> my name is vince, and i'm a faculty member of the hospitality arts and culinary school here in san francisco. this is my 11th year. the program is very, very rich in what this industry demands. cooking, health, safety, and sanitation issues are included in it. it's quite a complete program to prepare them for what's happening out in the real

world. >> the first time i heard about this program, i was working in a restaurant, and the sous chef had graduated from this program. he was very young to be a sous chef, and i want to be like him, basically, in the future. this program, it's awesome. >> it's another world when you're here. it's another world. you get to be who you are, a person get to be who they are. you get to explore different things, and then, you get to explore and they encourage you to bring your background to the kitchen, too. >> i've been in the program for about a year. two-year program, and i'm about halfway through. before, i was studying behavioral genetics and dance.

i had few injuries, and i couldn't pursue the things that i needed to to dance, so i pursued my other passion, cooking. when i stopped dance, i was deprived of my creative outlet, and cooking has been that for me, specifically pastry. >> the good thing is we have students everywhere from places like the ritz to -- >> we have kids from every area. >> facebook and google. >> kids from everywhere. >> they are all over the bay area, and they're thriving. >> my name is jeff, and i'm a coowner of nopa restaurant, nopalito restaurant in san francisco. i attended city college of san francisco, the culinary arts program, where it was called

hotel and restaurant back then in the early 90's. nopalito on broderick street, it's based on no specific region in mexico. all our masa is hand made. we cook our own corn in house. everything is pretty much hand made on a daily basis, so day and night, we're making hand made tortillas, carnitas, salsas. a lot of love put into this. [♪♪♪] >> used to be very easy to define casual dining, fine dining, quick service. now, it's shades of gray, and we're trying to define that experience through that spectrum of service.

fine dining calls into white table cloths. the cafeteria is large production kitchen, understanding vast production kitchens, the googles and the facebooks of the world that have those types of kitchens. and the ideas that change every year, again, it's the notion and the venue. >> one of the things i love about vince is one of our outlets is a concept restaurant, and he changes the concept every year to show students how to do a startup restaurant. it's been a pizzeria, a taco bar. it's been a mediterranean bar, it's been a noodle bar. people choose ccsf over other hospitality programs because the industry recognizes that we

instill the work ethic. we, again, serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. other culinary hospitality programs may open two days a week for breakfast service. we're open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner five days a week. >> the menu's always interesting. they change it every semester, maybe more. there's always a good variety of foods. the preparation is always beautiful. the students are really sincere, and they work so hard here, and they're so proud of their work. >> i've had people coming in to town, and i, like, bring them here for a special treat, so it's more, like, not so much every day, but as often as i can for a special treat. >> when i have my interns in their final semester of the program go out in the industry, 80 to 90% of the students get

hired in the industry, well above the industry average in the culinary program. >> we do have internals continually coming into our restaurants from city college of san francisco, and most of the time that people doing internships with us realize this is what they want to do for a living. we hired many interns into employees from our restaurants. my partner is also a graduate of city college. >> so my goal is actually to travel and try to do some pastry in maybe italy or france, along those lines. i actually have developed a few connections through this program in italy, which i am excited to support. >> i'm thinking about going to go work on a cruise ship for

about two, three year so i can save some money and then hopefully venture out on my own. >> yeah, i want to go back to china. i want to bring something that i learned here, the french cooking, the western system, back to china. >> so we want them to have a full toolkit. we're trying to make them ready for the world out there.

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