richard karanza. (applause) >> so, good afternoon, good morning, congratulations to the class of 2013. how about another round of applause for them, huh? this is great. (applause) >> anything that i could add would just be redundant. i mean, when you hear the mayor speak, when you hear supervisor breed speak about her experience, i just want you to understand that where you start is only where you start, right. it's how you finish and how you finish strong. we are so proud of the fact that you're all leaving here today, you already have a diploma that says san francisco unified school district, right? that's your gate -- that's your ticket, that's your key to the future. and only you know what that future is going to be. i want you to come back and take my job, seriously. you need to do that to give back to our community. now, a couple of you asked, so, what happened, why are you on crutches? i could tell you, except i promised carl that i wouldn't talk about our audition game when i had to go one on

on behalf of superintendent richard karanza, on a personal note, it's been an honor to work with you as well. thank you so much for your years of service and dedication to sfusd students and families. (applause) san >> i'd like

right up in front here, our superintendent richard karanza is here, our board president, david chiu. of course, barbara is here. london breed, our supervisor, one of our newest supervisors here. scott wiener, supervisor scott wiener. supervisor malia cohen, thank you for being here. our police chief is here. thank you. and former mayor but still mayor, willie brown, thank you for being here. [cheering and applauding] >> our city administrator, naomi kelly, thank you for being here, naomi. (applause) >> phil ginsberg, thank you. and one of our great sponsors from comcast, thank you, hong. our mayor's office of neighborhood services and the public housing tenants association, thank you for being here as well. (applause) >> thank you very much. you know, we have -- this is just a part of the city family and there are many other elected officials and department heads throughout the audience and commissioners who support what you're doing for yourselves and for your family. and let me say i am personally proud of what you're doing, proud enough that i'm going to go to work for you every s

on behalf of superintendent richard karanza, on a personal note, it's been an honor to work with you as well. thank you so much for your years of service and dedication to sfusd students and families. (applause) san >> i'd like to thank supervisor tang, ~ but particularly members of the board of supervisors because you have provided a forum, a place where you can share your personal voice and personal stories. and you bring to life what you do as leaders as you serve this wonderful city of ours. i am a child of immigrant roots, and public education is truly the leveler. and i would be remiss -- in fact, it is my responsibility to take this moment to acknowledge specifically two colleagues of mine, one being dr. john ignacio, the assistant principal of lawton, who is also retiring at the end of this school year. and also a lady who has 20 years in the san francisco unified school district, assistant superintendent margaret chew. now, between the three of us, i have 40, john has 43, margaret 20. ~ so, it's a wonderful body of work that we've been privileged to do, 103, with our childre

so, on behalf of superintendent richard karanza, i want to thank you for staying on and taking a leadership role. i personally look forward to working with you, sir. >> thank you. (applause) >> i thank the superintendent for what he said because i haven't done my job yet. i still have to prove myself to the district. i just want to thank katy, supervisor tang for, you know, the commendation. i think really flattered and honored to be standing here today. and obviously we all know that currently the [speaker not understood] school is not really the credit of the principal alone, you know. we could not have done our job without the support from all the constituents in the school communities and the teachers, i think parents, you know, that have always been very supportive in the last 14 years, i really wanted to thank you because without your standing behind me, i don't think i could have accomplished what i've accomplished. and as you all know, that a leader needs followers. we need teacher leaders, parent leaders. i'm very fortunate at francis scott key we have all staff. today i'm actually