he is a 4th-5th grade teacher at leonard flynn.nting the award is his principal, tyler woods. let's give them both a round of applause. [applause] >> good evening. i'm excited to introduce tonight's rave award winner, mr. hernandez. he has high standards for his 4th and 5th grade students and seeks to support each student's individual needs. he teaches them to be excellent learners and thoughtful young people. he does this by motivating each student with his own deep deepen enthusiasm. a student said, "mr. hernandez doesn't teach us like little kids. he respects us and wants us to do better." he uses humor with his students and they love being in his class, but at the same time holds them to high expectations. mr. h loves his job and makes it clear to his students. he cares deeply about each of them and they know that. deep respect for and belief in each of his students, motivates them to do their best work. year after year, mr. hernandez's students make significant personal and academic gains, his students, most of them latino, ac

the principal at leonard flynn dressed himself up like an eagle during lunch and makes some announcements about different programs, so a lot of school spirit at that school, as well. so tuesday -- sorry. on february 22nd, i am hosting a black history event in partnership with macy's, and on the panel for the event we'll have the daughter of michael max, kamelia shabazz, talking about libberation and economic empowerment, so hope you can make it to that. it's at 6:00 p.m. we currently have 500 rsvp's, and if you haven't make it, we'll have a live link up so you can watch the event. i look forward to hearing from the board on the 20th. paragra let's see...calendar committee meetings, commission norton. >> yes, the. [ inaudible ] -- at 5:30 p.m. >> commissioner sanchez. >> the rules committee will be march 5th, monday, march 5th. >> commissioner haney? >> we're still confirming exactly when our budget committee will be. >> if i was still the chair, then you'd know. >> i believe to the members that my committee -- just kidding. i believe that commissioner merase already announced the committe