lafayette elementary school, at 4545 anza street and i would like to bring to your attention, deborah johnson the resource specialist volunteers the time to mentor two students each week as part of the school district's mentoring for success program. and the students look forward to the one on one time with, miss johnson when they read books together and play board games and create art project and sometimes go on cultural outings, as a child, miss johnson benefited for mentors in her life and wants to pass along the benefits to others and sometimes she cannot live with her parents as she sought out the teachers and she said that they always encouraged me to do my best and further my education, they influenced me to be a teacher, unquote. her work with along with the work of 650 mentors across our schools is being highlighted during national mentoring month. currently it is estimated that 1,000 san francisco youth still need mentors and the district is partnering with the district attorney in order to recruit new mentors. and we will have an informational meeting on thursday january 16th from