we think that the mandarin emersion program in particular is a great asset to the school district. this board has shown a lot of leadership and vision in implementing it. now the challenge is to keep it going as this pioneering class moves forward. and we hope that from k through 12 mandarin emersion in particular will be a magnet for the school district. thanks for your time. president mendoza: thank you. >> hi, i was a graduate of the san francisco unified school district system. not recently, though. today i'm a star king parent and i would like to comment on the middle school theater proposal. i support it completely. it will allow my child to go through a middle school with the same friends she developed relationships for over six years and going to a middle school can be a trying time for our children. and that they no longer have the same teacher throughout the school day and having friends, the same friends there really helps. it would also help that the middle school principal, because he can develop relationships with the elementary school principals, to identify certain

the emersion program at buena vista. >> greetings. superintendent garcia, and president mendoza and all the board members. my name is -- smith, the parent of deangelo who attends and will be graduating from buena vista. my daughter is also a graduate of buena vista. we the parents want to say that it is unfair to say that horace man will be an emergent school and that you want to make a change. we want our principal to be our principal and not a vice principal at horace man. we like to know who the principal and vice principal will be before june. we would like to know by march or april. we know, we understand the emergent k through 8 is a long time coming. we know politics are playing a role in this or who we know. thank you and have a pleasant evening. >> thank you. >> hi, my name is tracy. i have a fifth grader at buena vista elementary. i just have two important points that i would like to address. one is the principal next year at the horaceman. the district has asked him to apply for the position of principal. they will not let

60 principals and teachers from as far as beijing and hong kong, visited to see the mandarin emersion program and how well we've been doing in implementing it. and we really want to encourage you to continue to support the program. as it's more difficult because you guys are making difficult choices with respect to the middle school. but we really appreciate all the work you've done in helping us so thank you. president mendoza: thank you. >> my name is mike powell. i have a proxy from about six people that are willing to give up my time if i can read a letter for about three minutes, 3 1/2 minutes. may i have your permission to do so? president mendoza: who are the folks that are not speaking? >> mike powell and i'm representing the inner sunset community group this evening president mendoza: who are the folks that are not going to be speaking then? beverly. >> mario. president mendoza: ok. go ahead. >> i'm trying to make your life simple. president mendoza: i appreciate it. >> you bet ya. my name is mike powell. i'm speaking on behalf of many members of the inner sunset community group. if