>> hi, i'm eileen ellis, a resident of san francisco since 1997. a mother of two boys, 4 1/2 and 14 months. i'm a big proponent of public education, so much so, when i was exploring preschool options, i focused on public preschools. my older son is fortunate to attend the presidio child development center where i serve as the secretary on the c-p.a.c. i'm here to speak for myself and on behalf of six other parents at the school who have gone through the elementary school assignment process. last year and i have to say as a resident of san francisco, i've taken keen interest in how we offer public education in the city and i've made note of the assignment process for a very long time and last year when i saw the new tiebreaker system come into place and also see a circle of mom friends, about 10 of them, who got their assignments last year, almost all of them received their neighborhood school, i thought, wow, we're making progress, this tiebreaker system is really cool, it's going to work. so this year going through the process, i thought, wow, you