>> i just wanted to give you a brief update, and i would like deputy superintendent richard caranza to make the presentation. >> good evening, president mendoza, members of the board of education and superintendent garcia. it is an honor to be with you. we promise we are not going to taken a lot of time this evening, but what we wanted to do is bring to the board a mid year update if you will on beyond the talk version 2. as you know, we have spoken in the past about version one and version two. version one was the vision of the strategic plan, our aspirations if you will. version two is the implementation of the vision in measurable and con concrete terms. before we launch into the actual pourp presentation, you should have a document that is 22 pages in length. we have provided copies of that document for the public as well, and it will be posted on the website. the 22-page document provides affirm detailed information about each of the initiatives included in the version two of the beyond the talk implementation plan and gives you an idea of who are the sponsors of each one of the p

>> i just wanted to give you a brief update, and i would like deputy superintendent richard caranza to make the presentation. >> good evening,