labor of love, and i can tell you san francisco is unlike anyplace else where we believe in social justidce, and that does not happen without the leadership you see. most of all, our students, so i look forward to wroking to continue the work we started. i look forward to pushing ourselves to provide a better opportunity. my partner, my wife who is with me today, thank you for being here. i would have had my children here, but they are in school, but i want to thank the board for this trust you have placed i n me, so thank you very much, and i look forward to this next chapter. [applause] >> i want to bring up our mayor , who is a strong supporter o f f public schools. we are grateful to have him as co-chair, so our strong partner in public schools, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you. i don't know how someone my age can figure out an escape so easily, but i want to congratulate you, and on behalf of city government, thank you so much for sacrificing. these days you haeear about heas of educational institutions in transition, and there are a lot of people who regard education as academic.