[inaudible] [applause] >> i am susan stotter. previous to my work here, i founded the theater department of the los angeles center for the arts. i came back to public education and connected with children of san francisco to the fine arts, to the opera, the symphony, the ballet, to get her kids -- our kids involved and wrote a master plan. i worked for many years on the school of the arts, and i retired due to health issues. have any of you ever experienced being a credentialed teacher with a young child of your own? i have. i raised my young gay brother behind the orange curtain, and my younger sister every single day. the teachers in san francisco face economic stress every single day. it's not like it was five years ago. it's tougher than it was two years ago, and we live in a transactional country where money is success. these teachers can throw a rock in two directions and make more money over there, but they will not run into their students at walgreens or sf farmers market. they will not be a part of the community that the