mr. tobar. i've had the privilege of working with mr. tobar for 11 years as a volunteer. every monday, i've been in that classroom with mr. tobar and i've seen an exceptional teacher that works well with all of the information no matter their educational level or language ability. in addition to the excellent work he's done in the classroom, he's involved with the families of the school through the pta, involved with the teachers and helping with extracurricular activities. in 2012, mr. tobar received the mayor's award of out standing teacher. i spent 36 years as an officer in the merchant marines and master on a container ship. i've learned the importance of leadership, being a team player and ability to communicate. mr. tobar exemplifies all of those attributes, in the classroom, but in the play yard and working with the school administration he's a credit to the school and he's a credit to the unified school district. it's been over two weeks and there's been no decision. i ask you to make s

mr. tobar and hundreds of him because he in that school is the only one that understands what the community is all about. he's the only one that understands the parents and the only one that treats the parents with the respect they deserve. marshall elementary is 70% latino. whatever it is that happened, rough-housing, whatever it is that happened, is culturally acceptable to the latino community because i have seen these kids come up to mr. tobar, when he's out there every day making sure that these kids get to their cars safely and he says hello to the parents and greets them and greets the kids and i'm sure whatever happened was culturally misunderstood. i've heard rough-housing. whatever that means. not even the parent of the child knows what happened. and his reputation is being put on the line. the reputation of an excellent man who has been a teacher for more than 20 years and recognized by the city. i think it's shameful. i think we need him back in the classroom tomorrow morning becaus

they're good teachers, but mr. tobar has such a gift and it's not fair that he take him away from us. >> thank you. >> gracias. [applause] >> there are a couple of other speakers on this. josepha or graciella? are you here? and i have susan solomon. >> good evening, commissioners, student delegates and superintendent matthews. i'm susan solomon, united educators of san francisco and executive vice president. i first want to congratulations president mendoza-mcdonnell and vice president stevon cook. and welcome back to brad stamp. it's been a long time. good to see you. i've come to the microphone to talk about what we all know is going on and that's a campaign to get a parcel tax on the ballot from the midst of collecting signatures as a citizens initiative and i want to thank the people who in the front of the room have rsvp'd that they will be attending the kickoff event and training this saturday, january 13, at 11:00 at 1188 franklin. the san francisco labor council headquarters. for those of us that are in the room

this mother tells me her daughter was in his class. >> mr. tobar is the best teacher of the school. i love him. he's a very nice teacher. >> reporter: the san francisco unified school district said tobar who taught at marshall for 20 years was seen cradling a student over the balcony of the school's second floor at the beginning of january. sfusd tells us the child's parent was immediately notified and tobar was placed on paid administrative leave. back in january, 2013 tobar was named teacher of the month. then supervisor david campos called him exceptional and excelled at teaching the basics and in 2012 tobar received the teacher of the year award for being seem as a community liaison for latino families. police say that the child was unharmed during this indent. to boston -- tobar is currently held without bail. jackie ward, kpix5. >>> you're looking live at the nation's capital where president trump is about to deliver his first state of the union address. he'll be facing a sharply divided congress and country when he takes the podium about an hour from now. cbs reporter mola len

the school district says on december 19th mr. tobarseen cradling a student and holding the student over the balcony on the 2nd floor of marshall elementary school. that school is in the mission district of san francisco. the district says the school immediately contacted the parent of the involved student and mr. tobar was placed on paid administrative leave while the district conducted a thorough investigation. i asked one parent in support of tobar what he would do if it was his child held over the balcony.i would have wanted to understand the facts and circumstances of it i'm sure he was messing around depending on what actually happened. it's unclear on what actually happened. it's absolutely shocking. he's a critical part of this school. bedrock of this community. bedrock. always involved with the kids. it's absolutely shocking.this case actually happened last month but today the arrest warant for tobar was issued and the teacher then turned himself in. in just thirty minutes you'll see what students are saying about this case. re