001Hello Tucson Unified community. This is your proud superintendent, Gabriel Trujillo, coming to you from our first Governing Board meeting in February. And I'd like to kick things off by welcoming in the month of February by reminding everybody the importance of taking time out to reflect on Black History Month, a month-long celebration of African-American student excellence, not just here in the Tucson Unified School District or in Tucson or in our state, but across our nation. 30 days of deep reflection on the contributions of a African-American leaders, scientists, scholars, athletes, politicians, and humanitarians that have shaped American history. And tonight, we kicked off our meeting with an absolutely momentous vote by our Governing Board, voting unanimously to rename Cherry Field in honor of the late great Coach Oscar Romero, one of the most legendary baseball coaches in
002the state of Arizona, as well as in Tucson Unified School District history. Did you know he won two state championships during his tenure as Tucson High's baseball coach from 1989 to 2018? Along the way, accruing 488 victories. Tonight's vote by the Governing Board was a testament to his legacy and the legend that his coaching had brought to Tucson High's Badger Nation. We also took some time out to read some proclamations in honor of Career and Technical Education Month here in the district. Let us not forget that the Tucson Unified School District is home to one of the largest portfolio of CTE programs in the state of Arizona with just shy of 7,000 students taking career and technical education courses ranging from automotive diesel repair, dental assistant program out at Santa Rita to culinary arts out
003at Catalina and also out at Santa Rita to robotics to drones. We have it all and our students love our CTE programs. It is also National School Counselor Week here in the Tucson Unified School District. An opportunity for us to celebrate the dedication and the commitment of all of our counselors and everything that they do for our students each and every day. That's all we have for you tonight. If you missed any part of the meeting, catch the replay on the Governing Board website or keep up with all things TUSD on all of our socials, Facebook, Instagram, and X. We'll see you next time.