so i want to turn to him, our wonderful san francisco suplt of schools, richard karutz is here with us. richard began his appointment as superintendent for the san francisco unified school district in july of this year, we're very lucky to have him. he stepped into this position after serving for 3 years as deputy superintendent of instruction, innovation and social justice for our district. he's been a teacher of bilingual social studies and moo*ufk, as i said, you can really tell, a high school principal and school superintendent in nevada. richard's passion lies in advancing educational equity and opportunity for all and we are very lucky to have him here with us here in san francisco. our superintendent of schools, richard karunda >> melinda, thank you so much for that wonderful introduction. i want to welcome you all to a sunny september morning in san francisco, i hope you have your sun block and i also want to welcome home our lieutenant governor, our former mayor, gachb newsom. it's good to see you, sir. yesterday was a really powerful experience for us in san francisco. we've