it was not an unfamiliar sight to see ms. cecil move gracefully from the classroom to a march in the streets advocating for civil rights and equity for everyone. to put it plainly, kathleen was a loving force of nature. once you met her, you never forgot her. having had the blessing of working with ms. cecil the past 12 years at mission we have all gotten to know and love this incredible woman who touched so many students and staff in so many ways. her spirit will echo through these hallways for a very long time. ms. cecil's family and loved ones are in our hearts in the difficult days to come. in addition i would like to invite anybody that would like to attend monday from 4:00 to 6:00 at mission high school in our beautiful auditorium, we will hold a memorial service for ms. cecil and her family as well. thank you very much. >> thank you, principal. and behalf of the district and the board of education, we send our condolences to kathleen's family and also to the mission high school community. also, we actually lost two members o

i spent a little bit of time and it was really exciting to watch kids come in and hug ms. cecil and all be excited about being in her class, some of them for the second year and they were so excited and unbeknownstth to us 20 minutes after we left is when all this occurred. so that made it tough for us. but from there we had a chance to go and visit some of the great things that are going on in our district, and we had a chance to also go to sherman elementary school, that also showed some phenomenal double-digit growth and really are doing some incredible work there. and that was great. and we also had an opportunity to visit one middle school, and that was a fun trip because, as you know, my favorite is middle school, so we had an opportunity to go over where your son was, you know. and i didn't see him, but it was -- we went to james lake middle school and it's great to have a board member who actually has a son there. yeah, i think he was avoiding me. but anyway, you know, it was a wonderful -- to really showcase all the great work that's going on in our schools was really f