please join me in welcoming peter thorpe.plause] feel free if you like to say anything. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. as i look around at the room and see some many of you who have served on the board of education, i am happy to report that many of the lessons learned at the gateway high school have had leverage in rwanda. they are bringing to rwanda at some of the foundation principles in terms of social justice. particularly in rwanda were only 13% of girls continue into secondary school. it is also an economic issue, investing in young women. that is the smartest economic investment you can make in the development of this extraordinary country, which as you mentioned, at 17% of the population was slaughtered in less than at fremont's. bayh it thank you up for this -- i thank you for this honor. you are all invited to come visit and follow our>> of all ol principals, he worked closely with the non-charter schools and one of the principles that is a good example of charter schools being a catalyst for improvements in t

please join me in welcoming peter thorpe.plause] feel free if you like to say anything. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. as i look around at the room and see some many of you who have served on the board of education, i am happy to report that many of the lessons learned at the gateway high school have had leverage in rwanda. they are bringing to rwanda at some of the foundation principles in terms of social justice. particularly in rwanda were only 13% of girls continue into secondary school. it is also an economic issue, investing in g

charter schools being a catalyst for improvements in the whole public school system, thank you to peter thorpe for his work in the san francisco unified school district as well. supervisor campos: i just want to echo those comments. i had the pleasure of working with peter when i was at the school district and i do think it is commendable what he has done. you are not going to find some more committed to public education and helping young people. so thank you, peter. president chiu: it is my honor to make the next commendation. for those of you who did not know, lending the park is currently the longest running lindy hop dance event in the san francisco area. it offers free swing dancing in golden gate park since august of 1996 with free lessons to the public for the past several years. it is an event run by volunteers who volunteer their dj and dance instruction skills. lindy in the park has provided an extremely inclusive community events, welcoming hundreds of dancers and non-dancers likens brandy -- spreading the joy of dance to thousands people. this is why i wanted to invite the founder