george washington carver. last year, we were told that our principal was going to be fired but now -- 50% of our teachers. why are we getting rid of 50% of our teachers but you save our principal? thank you. [applause] >> good evening. my name is imman robinson harris. i have plenty of hats but my hat tonight is carver, volunteering there since she's been in kindergarten. this is my niece. early 2010, maybe around this time, i was told that carver would be a transmission -- transformation school and we'd be getting rid of our principal. got news before the school started that we became a turnaround school. i was very surprised because here at this board meeting me, my niece right here, and my mother were the last ones here and i was told we were going to be a transformational model, not a turnaround model. i'm very confused about that still. our current principal has made a lot of promises. and i have yet to see him live up to any of them. can i trust the sfusd board to come out to carver and examine our strug

your democratic rain predicted i changed carver might not last that long. it was followed by the election of senator scott brown in massachusetts and then really smashing republican victory in the 2010 elections. now we are in a fight about the budget in washington where we have a situation where last year the leaders of the house and the senate chose not to pass a budget at all. this year we had a government shutdown fight that was resolved literally at the 11th hour. and now we have to budget proposal that both almost come from different universes. you on the other hand in virginia close budget shortfalls by 1.8 going to invent 4.2 billion. you did without raising taxes and not blowing up the state. so what are the lessons of your experience for what we see now in the federal budget fight? >> that's a great place to

michelle escobar, demere hill, benjamin claus, jonathan wong, katy bask and we have families from carver, linda and tony, eman robinson harris, monifra turner. why don't we start there and we'll go into the next grouping. you have one minute. sweetheart, when you come up, say your name and you can go ahead and start. come on up, babe. >> my name is raquan murray. good afternoon and members of board -- well, really, it's good afternoon, ms. garcia, since she's not here, and members of the board. my name is raquan murray and i attend brar heart elementary. i've been a part of this community for five years. when i first got to this school, it was hard for me. i didn't know anybody. it was like a new life so my teachers and parents made me feel comfortable. they told me to keep my head up. it was like a home. i had fair share of saying too much and often. when i started to go into second grade, i met a hero who helped me. she helped me with my anger. she was like another mom. as i started to get older, i met my teacher, mr. grant, in third grade. i started to see bah teest my mentor and coac

washington and george washington carver, but she lectured about the contribution of frederick douglass, w.e.b. dubois, and how jackie robinson had broken the baseball barrier. and we remembered the opera singer who was not allowed to sing in the hall and had to sing in lincoln center. all the discrimination and the local in justices. like, everything was separate and unequal. the school was inadequate. we could not go to the hospitals. they built a house adjacent to the main hospital. the white people were not supposed to be in the same room with an n-person. you know the n-word? i said to myself at the end of the day that i love my country and i'm glad that that day, i took a stand. i saw through the supreme court that the flaws that america had tried to correct them by removing those horrible signs -- "white" and "colored." i said when i testified at the trial, i went through how we were treated, and the lady dramatize it, so i do not have to go through that, but it is the whole system of separate but unequal. it is understates rights -- is under states' rights. after lincoln had fre

case may well deter other potential investors from doing business in the country that's according to carver of the conservative party of georgia. right you know it's a signal not only for israeli businessman but also i think for european business before american business with it if you are looking corrupt to doing sweet jordan garbage you can do business in georgia the same signal was the i think it was four years ago the. resource only in the market of stories the center of the commission was raided right who is supposed it will be very tragic for the georgian economy with keeping the right no difference in frankly spatially after this case was the move towards by israeli government in different international restrictions that was neither of the conservative party of georgia. to get more news and feature stories from martinique website. as a quick look at what's there now as the snow finally got. some of the capitals innovators to clear the sailing season and from the city's roads. as you've never seen before check out these spectacular high resolution images captured by a russian satellit

>> well, i just thought it was such a unique premise-- i had no i wasn't well versed in carver at alli just loved the idea of this character who has this, a very short time, lost everything. comes home to find out that he's -- >> his wife has left him. his wife has declared him a loser. >> pretty much, locked out, canceled his credit card, the car has been towed away and all of his possessions on are on the front lawn. and he basically instead of fleeing a situation that most people would probably, kind of puts a stake in the ground and says, "no, i'm gk to live on my front lawn." >> rose: it's a garage sale. >> you're gog create his own environment. you're going to use the front lawn as an added room to the house ask build a new environment and kind of figure out what he's going to do sglx when you see roles like this, are you thinking it's as nice for me as the previous film you mekzed, a chance to sort of stretch different muscles or a chance to have people see me in a different kind of place. >> absolutely. you know, i don't-- i really don't get that many opportunities like this.

all love to come see carvers like this. that is the model that he works from. i always wondered what those dots were. someone like me, it is a point of reference, it will translate and transferred to the masters down. sean is a better explained. >> is a three-dimensional mapping tool. if i see where i want to mark to become a high market with a pencil -- where i want to mark to be, i market with a pencil. and then it is up to him how many points he needs for the reference. with a portrait, it is a lot. up phase that is recognizable, and you needed to be accurate. if it is something danc fanciful, you might not need this many points. but i want to be faithful to his style and his work. i do not want to look like my work. i wanted to look like his. the more. so i may, the more accurate will be. -- the more points i make, the more accurate it will be. >> all of these joints, i can see many directions and this slide maker -- the slide mechanism is my depth gauge. i transferred the whole set up once i am satisfied, and they may have a card this already. i am not sur

be recovering more quickly than thought, and that the for your democratic rain predicted i changed carver might not last that long. it was followed by the election of senator scott brown in massachusetts and then really smashing republican victory in the 2010 elections. now we are in a fight about the budget in washington where we have a situation where last year the leaders of the house and the senate chose not to pass a budget at all. this year we had a government shutdown fight that was resolved literally at the 11th hour. and now we have to budget proposal that both almost come from different universes. you on the other hand in virginia close budget shortfalls by 1.8 going to invent 4.2 billion. you did without raising taxes and not blowing up the state. so what are the lessons of your experience for what we see now in the federal budget fight? >> that's a great place to start. first, pete, thanks for your work at e21 and happy to be here today at the manhattan institute, also sponsoring this. i do appreciate it. i think not just what's happening in virginia but governors have been do

. >> literally, it was shawn carver that gave me a three-d head that i plead with every single day andake out of clay. he has to reproduce what i do, but out of this rally masses down. you can just add an extra piece because you want air to extend this far or have to go this far. it is very limiting. >> i was fascinated as a kid to seek a plaster masterworks. you see the dots and i wondered what they were paired for someone like me, their points of reference so you can translate and transfer to the other stone. >> is a three-dimensional mapping 4. all these points -- it is a three-dimensional mapping tool. all these points are for reference. it is up to the car how many points he needs for reference. i take a lot. it is a face that is recognizable. you need it to to be accurate. i want to be faithful to his style and his work. i do not want is to look like my work. i want it to look like his. no matter how good my eyes, it will not be accurate. >> this one back here marks the deaths and the lengths of this piece -- marks the depths and the lengths of this piece. >> this is my depth gau