we also like to call to the podium our chief of early learning carla bryant and director of early education to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the san francisco unified school district early education department. [applause] >> turn this -- >> good evening superintendent, president norton, vice mayor president fewer and board commissioners. it gives me great honor to talk about the wonderful history of the program now known as the early education department. the program has been in the district for 70 years serving family children from low income and high risk communities. we would like to take time in our day to actually celebrate those 70 years by actually doing besides the resolution two events. one is that we're going to have a dinner that will actually bring back former administrators, former site administrators, former ed's to come and just let everyone know the history of the program and the great work they have done, and also talk about the work we are going to do. the second thing we're going to do is also have a carnival for our families saying thank you. just thank you for beari

when carla bryant was up here talking about the eed celebration and have people come back who were site administrators and eed program administrative ors. throughout the years, throughout the past 40 years i have been involved in the union we have also had dynamic people worked for the union in the early education program, and i would just like to read into your record the names of some of the people who have been our representatives at that time and the kind of people i hope will be also invited to that. there is lois [inaudible]. lori chan. dan readerrion. richard benon and betty robinson hair scpis elaine merry weather and included as teachers and we hope they're included in the celebrations. the superintendent talked about the problem and the article in the newspaper. rti as far as the union is concerned a very promising and potentially very helpful program. that's underwear time -- i don't want to talk about his underwear and a very promising program. that had a terrible roll out especially in the middle schools. that was the problem. i think the universal screening part of it -- e