i want to give a shout-out to our first paraeducator to receive achievement. [applause] she is an incredible para and i'm so honored she is the first one to get it. mary knows i don't like to speak in front of a mic., but i said i will do this just for you. stewart and katie was a paraeducator and jolene, so a lot are now admi administratorse and teacher. it's hard for me what happened last year in mayor lee and we had the paraeducator housing last june and we were talking hydra and -- and me. i said this is great, but are we going to do a paraeducator of the year, and he said carolyn, yes, we are this year. i know you have been pushing for it and then he proceeded to tell me i was a bilingual para and i went oh, wow, i never knew that. we talked about paris for ten minutes and how he had been and how important they are. this is very special and so glad it's mary avalade that's getting it. congratulations to everyone and thank you. >> thank you carolyn. i did want to highlight the housing that carolyn was eluding to because of the partnership with the school d

[applause] this honor awards five of our city's most accomplished teachers, principals and a paraeducator. all candidates nominated by

if approved, project g would increase salaries of teachers and paraeducators and other school employees. salaries of ucsf employees will increase by an additional 7% on top of the already scheduled raises that are included in our collective bar anning agreement. if passed, teachers salaries why our district would move into the top quarter -- quartile in our district in 2020. thank you, president mendoza. that concludes my remarks for this evening. >> thank you, dr. matthews. at this time i'd like to call on doctor merase for some quick remarks? >> yes. it's bitter sweet that we say good-bye to our long time spanish interpreter, lorenza, and so we have a card and some flowers. this will be her final meeting for us, and so we just want to acknowledge her work. [applause]. >> lorenza, why don't you come on up, please, for just a moment. you don't have to translate this for us. thank you. [applause]. >> interpretation for many of our families wouldn't have been possible without your incredible support, lorenza. it's been a great being a parent with you and raising our kids together. we wish