we had evelyn wilson asked district resident at the dinner and was honored. thank you. would also like to add on about teen dating month. there is an excellent website and is www.thatsnotcool.com. it is an excellent resource for middle school and high-school students. had i would also like to mission -- to mention that the deputy superintendent, commissioner maufas, president yee, and i attended the chinatown ymca just yesterday, a graduation of chinese-speaking parents that have attended a series of workshops on parent empowerment. it was their graduation, one of many sponsored by parents for public schools. and of course are wonderful cindy troy is the one who organized this. we had a great lunch but we also had a wonderful debate around parents engagement. i want to publicly thank them for a towering so many of our chinese-speaking parents. >> i wanted to report on my recent trip to washington for the federal relations that work for the national school boards association. the national school boards association is advocating for we authorizing the mta, which is not go