so let's get that group through, same amount of time. come on up. >> .good evening. superintendent and everyone else. i would like to say that after being a principal and seeing the heart and soul of everyone here, it is humbling to me. i almost broke out in tears because ibm and emotional kind of person. i do not mean, no offense, but i'm going to get one that says got an education? i never knew how serious this was. silly me.

awhile back, i thought a movie korea and now, do not trick on me. i saw a movie that was so simple, and i like to talk about solutions, and it was called "pay its forward? " if you have not seen it, i encourage you to see it korea it is so simple. we know that the budget is going to you know where. and i heard a man say that his family needed to end of an dollars, and how many people are in the state of california? how many people are in the state of california are going to depend on these fees? how about the -- back, everybody is korea and will much cover the korea what about everybody donates $1. is it too simple?

if everybody donated a dollar, that is one hammer less. thank you. and that came originally to support ms. gonzalez, our principal, and she is young, and i would like to give her a chance. >> your name of >> richard ramirez. >> experian -- thank you. >> [speaking spanish] >> i come from bryant, and i speak spanish. >> the taste loan to my

knowledge and the kids in the third grade of one to enter an international spelling academy and is a high zorba is one to be converted into a 6-12 school. >> [speaking foreign language] . >> so how is it that the money is invested with a grant on those students, is after they get out, they will enter a huge school with liz and educational focus or cycle emotional but

they so much need and deserve? >> [speaking foreign language] >> the students and brian have been through lots of changes and principles which have affected an academically korea another change -- have affected them academically. >> [speaking foreign language]

>> so moving them into this school would not give them or give us the opportunity to choose another intermediate school that would better suit the needs for a children it. for example, myself, color the daughter in the foot grave. hoover, for the programs but they're offering. >> [speaking foreign language] >> oh that is why there is so much controversy. the paris think there are things not being taken into account when you make those. >> [speaking foreign language] . >> thank you very much. [applause] >> [speaking foreign language]

>> it's ok. very emotional, dear. my name is -- and i want to thank you, president, commissioners, members of the board.

i come here as a think a mother, because i of five children. and i am so grateful to all of you for all of the education my children have received in this country. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i came here because of the work and the discipline and because she supports our parents, and i am sure if we work together, we can come out with a solution. >> [speaking foreign language] . >> thank you for the grant.

it is going to be so helpful for our children but the school. they keep. -- thank you. >> hello? ok. how are you doing? my name is -- i am from one area. i had something from o'connell. my wife just said, is it ok? there is seven of us. >> ok, so that is why i have seven cards here? >> i will give you five minutes to wrap up. >> all right, thank you. so, like i was saying, from o'connell, members from the

mission district. we are here regarding the issue of a merging. we are here to let you know that we are a group of parents that are actively involved at the school, who are very interested, at what has been proposed for the upcoming year. we have been trying to learn and to stand as much as we can understand regarding the upcoming merger. there are different parties will evolve in the merger, and district officials and school board members. what we have learned had led us to have some concerns, you know, the biggest concern having to beat delaney from the mission district coming into the school. we want to make sure that the school remains accessible to all countries, and that means african-americans, brown. all types of learners. and anyone else from the

neighborhood who would like to learn at the middle school, for logger the next year. we want oarsmen to always be accessible to the larger community in fear that what this neighbor composed, allows rapada including hoover and others. why is it that horsemint in the asked to change this. a it deficient. -- how is that deficient? there is the data from here in san francisco or from other cities or other states? you know? we as a group of parents, we would like to figure about to make these changes to work for everyone involved, including the community that is already present at horsemen. thank you, and we look forward to working together with all of you to work into the thought of everybody.

thank you. >> having only one kind of art class. i just want to remind everybody. beginning my freshman year, my school had 22 ap classes, and then we only had four. i learned not to compare my school to other schools. it is very different, and i know that everyone is always trying to compare themselves.

i know how important the arts is to everybody. the language classes. but i feel the equity that everyone is asking for is just not possible, and i hope that everyone understands that, because my school has not had that for a really, really long time. i have nothing against washington or lincoln, but i understand what they want. because all we want is to have everyone's needs met. a project and everything like that. i disturbia try to understand that. it is not possible. sorry. all students want classes.

it is just not possible. us complaining about it is not going to hold anything. >> people have had their moments. please allow the student, who is really putting herself up here, and i would really appreciate your respect. thank you. you may finish. >> i feel that we are always faced with these choses -- choices. do you want our students to be more academically focus, or do you want them to be more arts focused? my school has not had that in a really long time. >> thank you.

our next speakers are brenda, and -- >> good evening. my name is brenda, and i on -- and i am here on behalf of another. i was told that the school will be closing for budget cuts, and i am here to represent my son, jeffrey. he is 11 years old. a special education student. i was also told that students will be placed in other schools. i am a special and paris. i have been 1 for 18 years. i am asking everyone to allow

jeffrey to get his education in the special services. children in special education services were allowed to go to other schools. they do not have the manpower to help the children that have behavioral issues and learning disabilities. the nonpublic schools i have dealt with is a good fit for children that have academic problems with special services that will allow them to further their education. he has run his grades up. i see a big change in his behavior, work, everything, and i am just asking everyone, can they please allow him to remain in his special ed services to further his education to graduate out of high school? think.

-- thank you. commissioner: we had a meeting yesterday, but in terms of the facility, it is an issue but. basically, they are private, ok? what they are looking for is a facility. we are working with them on that, just so you know. commissioner: we cannot have dialogue like this. >> she is working with the existing principle right now. >> thank you. next speaker. >> they do.

hi, my name is rita, and i am a grant parish/guardian from the red heart elementary school out in the bayview hunters point area, and there are several concerns that i have to bring before the board tonight, and one of them is that our principal has been taken away from us, just a few weeks before school is out. this principle has nurtured these kids, all of the way through kindergarten, and now my grandson is in the fifth grade and is about to graduate. no principle, all of a sudden one day, he is here, the next day, he is gone. nothing to let us know that the principle will not be back for this semester.

we are just appalled to let us know that we were not quick to have our principal. upwards appel was told to get more asians into the school in order to boost the test scores. no offense to anyone else here, but that is absurd. we want the same exact thing for our kids that any other parent in this room wants and deserves. our kids deserve a quality education. they need a stable and experience to education.

we also want our kids to know that they are not dumb. we are very proud of our children. commissioner: your time is up, ma'am. superintendent garcia: with all due respect, i am the superintendents, and i would never say that. >> in my district? it was said. president: i need you to finish

up. >> thank you. >> good evening. my name is -- and i am also a father and a parent of a foot crater in a first grader. but also as a sophomore at balboa. i am also here to advocate for ms. franklin. her body of work has been above and beyond what i could imagine. i was also appalled when my son came home, and the feeling he showed me was disenchantment when this is the person, dr. gray, to them, our kids aren't dumb. .they are not may be making the standards, the standard uh-uh tests scores. -- the standardized test scores. they may not be where they should be. just like in my sophomore year

in high school. when she was there, you could see the connection she has with kids. school president for martin luther king twice. my daughter is the president. just different activities. the gardening. just on friday, candlestick park. of whole school was there. it is devastating that my kid does not even want to go there. "i do not want to go to that school. i do not want to go to the school, dad. can we move?" i had a nephew there. it is just really disappointing. as another parent said, we did not have any warning korea there were no letters going out.

they did not tell us anything that ms. franklin was one to be dismissed. we are not very happy with the situation, and we appreciate you guys. thank you. >> hi, ibm olivia hendrix. -- i am olivia hendricks. when i think the future washington students, i know they will not get the opportunity to experience all the wonderful things i have which have allowed me the chance to go to college. education is always what is to suffer when problems arise. we are told that knowledge is power and that with it we can do anything. you have lied to us. >> hi, name is emily hernandez.

ibm and 11th grader at george washington high school, -- i am an 11th grader. there were opportunities of the school as well as the band program. taking what was interesting to me. by cutting classes, not only are you and the state of california lessening the value of mine and my fellow classmates education, you're also eliminating from them key components which should be part of every child's education. every student, particularly here in san francisco, one of the most open-minded and educated cities in the world, should have the opportunity to play an instrument and speak a language. although times are hard, especially in california, it is

your responsibility to keep the cuts away from our courtroom. this is so we can continue bill level of of finance we have been accustomed to. >> good evening. i am a teacher. .i am pro note of them. those were my two students. my daughter. working to keep the cut away from the classroom, f/a-18. [applause] -- thank you. >> i teach choir of the presidium middle school in washington high school. i know there are a lot of people from washington, and we're very concerned about the lower student population. i grew up here. if you take away students from

one place to fill in another place, you end up ruining it. what is really working. you also have full-time teachers, and i will speak on behalf of music, because i am wearing two flags, the washington flag in the music flag. there are these experienced musicians to help and full-time students. teachers. the cut happens, and then they decide they do not want to work there, and then the crowd this is an age money -- the proposition h. money gets taken away. the problem is we have a great program going on right now, and it has been shown in the evans set up -- in the accelerated level of musicianship city water, and it has been noted by people who have been hearing the students year after year, so if they can cut off in a grade, after they have spent all of this time honing their craft, and it is not just the music.

it is the balance between that and creativity. it is the two programs together that makes for a strong individual. we all know that because we have all experienced it korea i know you are trying to cut a big high that is very limited right now, with very limited finances, but i am hoping with your creativity, you will find another way to deal with this. thank you. [applause] commissioner: our last batch of speakers, gloria, lisa, lawrie, megyn, ken, and tom.

states v. -- thank you. >> [speaking foreign language] >> good evening. my name is loria. .i am a para a of an eighth grader. i am also a community member and the member of an alliance for community empowerment. i am also concerned about the security >> [speaking foreign

language] >> this is why i am here today, to use this wallboards rainy day fund for a layup notices for teachers, paraprofessionals, and others. >> [speaking foreign language] >> in to look for solutions that will cut from the top in the administration and not for our kids. the of the programs that affect our kids. " we would like to try this petition for the president of the board, ms. mendoza, and for

superintendent carlos garcia. >> thank you. >> good evening. my name is helen archer. i have two children at the district. a junior at george washington high, and another elsewhere. i have served on the pta. i am not an educator, but i am an experienced administrator in nonprofit health care, and i think one of the challenges we have is to stop trying to solve our new problems with old solutions. cutting teacher fte's is an old solution to our new normal. i'd like to say a few things. instead oflo