visit again. lastly, a teacher from visitacion valley wrote, when i see the students, including the quiet ones who laughed and moved their bodies with rhythms, i knew that they were instilled with the love of music. thank you for making this beautiful thing happen in our school. this beautiful thing, which is music as part of every student's education, would not be possible without a arts community. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >>> good morning, supervisors. my name is jason [speaker not understood]. i'm the manager of the san francisco symphony's youth orchestra. i'm also a free-lance musician. i'm a proud san francisco resident and it is because of our city's vibrant and vital arts culture that i moved to this city as a student. i have been fortunate enough to call this city home through my work with many of our arts organizations, especially working with teenage musicians as a teacher and mentor. i could tell you many stories about how music has transformed the lives of teenagers, but to mention just one, i recall a 15 year old student from the sunset district, a fir