many years and i'm very familiar with that school and i would like to add a distinguished teacher, carl oche, who is a gifted teacher in our district, also is a hall of merit recipient for the george washington alumni association and we wish them many, many years of success. president mendoza: commissioner yee? vice president yee: ditto on putting my name on there, except that i'm reluctant. i wish -- i really wish washington didn't exist 75 years ago and maybe 25 years ago. if it had been built 25 years ago, my basketball team would have won the championship. they beat us! president mendoza: commissioner murase? commissioner murase: i wanted to congratulate the community and make a couple of announcements related to their celebration. friday, october 14, at 2:00 p.m., retired faculty and staff are invited to retired teachers' luncheon. on friday, october 14, there is a 66th annual game, football. friday october 14, 5:30, a bell game party at the janet pommerony center and on saturday, october 15, at 3:00, there's a public walking tour of art on washington and later there will be a gala cele