cathy fleming, and ann marrye -- ann marie gordon. our staff has been incredible on keeping us on mark and allowing us to increase the capacity every view and program proposal. i could like to turn it over to my co-chair. >> good evening superintendent and board of commissioners. we will start with current membership. we have a 21 member body, 14 appointed by the board of education. 3 be the superintendent and four by the student delegates to the board of education. at this time last year several members termed out, five newer appointed. three student members are adding student perspectives to the group instructions. there are 17 active members and for a ca -- vacancies at this t. >> for 2017-2018, the members revisited, discuss and affirmed the principals. they are to fund programs that offer direct services to students, address access and equity with a view to advanced social justice, increase social and emotional safety and promote creativity and sustainabilities. we met with doctor matthews to learn about the approach. members sha

we have stewart, lisa chavez and ann marie gordon. [applause.] >> also for all of your support and moving forward at least week's board meeting they presented the recommendation for next year. later tonight the commissioners will approve the 2018-2019 plan which they contributed to the development. let's recognize each member. we have two coul chairs. kadair. [applause.] thank you for your leadership and service. also recognized tonight and not here but may fly this is paul monhay, a co-chair. in addition we have a number of members served four years for our terming out soon. one is our ocof representative. [applause.] the other three individuals who serve for four years couldn't be here tonight. bob palazzo, fernando marquez currently out of the country for work and jenny lamb who was co-chair three years. we appreciate their work. this year we have student members who add essential perspectives to the discussions and final recommendations. steven gong. [applause.] and willy shu. [applause.] we also have parents and community members