elementary school through high school that is focused on social justice performances. board commissioners, i urge you to join us in this. create policies that hold these schools, charter schools accountable. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners and superintendent matthews. firstly, i would like to say that i am a proud bayview residence debt. my i.d. does say 94124. i not only live there, but i work there, and my daughter actually attends school there. i'm not here speaking on behalf of anyone other than our bayview right in our own community in our neighborhood. on behalf of apaac, we want to express our deep commitment to san francisco public education. we believe in sfusd and the incredible work that has been going onto shift the narrative that often plagues or communities. while we are committed to working hand in hand with sfusd, we do support parent choice.

we understand that sometimes for a variety of reasons, including feelings that their children have not been adequately served or because their hopes and dreams for their children are sometimes found in alternative settings, families may opt for charter, private or home schooling. while we respect parent choice and partner with all families of african american students within apaac, we stand firmly in a belief that students in a southeast section of san francisco and throughout sfusd are brilliant, capable and growing in our sfusd public schools. we know from being a part of the community that has poured resources, love, expertise and hart work into ensuring nothing but success that we do not need more charter schools, we need a commitment to sustaining that success. we have what it takes, especially in cohort three, and for those of you who do not know, that's the bayview potrero hill neighborhoods, we

have what it takes to support our children academy, socially, and emotionally. thank you. [applause] >> hello. my name is nancy hernandez, and i work at the good samaritan family resource center. i'm an advocate. ever incident i was in high school, i have he he been coming to meetings in this room and talk about what are the needs of high school students or middle school students. i currently work with six through 14 year olds in the san francisco unified school district. the parents who speak, i hear you. every parent here that spoke said that all of our kids should see college as a reality in their future. parents said that there need to be bilingual tutors that are working with kids who speak english and spanish here in this district, and i agree with everything that i heard. the thing that i'm here to say right now is that charter schools are not the way for us to improve the conditions of the young people in our

communities. i have read innovate tease materials, i have seen them coming down to the schools and neighborhoods and fliering, and we ask them, where are you from? well, i'm not from here, i'm from las vegas, or i'm from north carolina, but i feel that the schools here are horrible, and we want to make improvements. if the improvements comes at the detriment of students at the sf unified school district, we cannot stand for that. i want to have improvements for all students in this school district and all the kids that grow up in frisco giving control of our education system to a corporation is not going to do that. yes, maybe some of those schools maybe do provide some of those things, and strictness, but the strictness we are seeing in those schools is scary. they're choosing to call the cops, and they're choosing to bring in the securities the way

that they have is scary, and so the -- the social justice school that i currently teach at is called june jordan. this is my fourth year teaching in that school. in that school we are creating creative thinkers, and we are teaching people how to think for themselves. corporate schools do not give us the capacity as teachers to teach young people to be critical thinkers. what they are trying to produce is low wage workers and people who are easy to control, and so this school district needs to standup for the right for young people to think for ourselves and take action and not just follow commands and not just be o obedient. willie brown, the young people who go to that school are precious, and we cannot give that space to a corporation and assume that they will take care of our children.

san francisco unified school district needs to stand strong and control malcolm x and make sure that malcolm x is given everything that it needs to succeed in that school district. we cannot give that school up to a corporation and expect them to do the service that it needs for a school. so please stand strong and give these schools everything that they need for the school district. to all parents who are here mobilizing, whatever side you are on, i appreciate you standing up four your kids, and we need to go home and do a little more research on what the charter schools are really do, what they are really like, and what we can do to improve the schools in the mission and places that we are. >> thank you. can i get please a time? thank you. you have eight minutes left. >> president, mr. superintendent, members of the board of education, i'm amos

brown, president of the san francisco branch of the national association for the advancement of colored people. and also, i have been a pastor of the historic san francisco baptist church for going on 43 years. i rise to speak with a bit of pain because i hear persons speaking of the opposing view demonizing persons who are school board members and servants in this community. we are in this thing together. [applause] >> dr. martin luther king, jr., my late teacher and friend, reminded us that the end does not justify the means.

the opposing group has a good end in mind, and so do we. but for people to misrepresent the position of naacp on this matter, and i have the good evidence that it was represented by the opposing group, some of the representatives of that group, that the naacp was supporting charter schools. our national office of the naacp last year called for a moratorium on all charter schools. [applause] >> finally, i must say that thomas jefferson said that education is the foundation of our democracy.

and i might add further, a mix of the wisdom of mississippi, education is like fertilizer. if you don't spread it around, it does absolutely nothing, nobody any good. charter schools came up with a notion about their doing something to educate. all of us ought to be concerned about the education of children, and public schools belong to us. it's the right of every family and child to have a quality education, so i hope that this board will hold your -- mr. superintendent, we're on our way. we're working with this program that you have advanced, and i

think that it's disingenuous for this superintendent to say he has a plan for everybody, and we get in a skunk fight about whether or not we're going to have charter schools. my children went to public schools, and many members of my church in bayview and the western addition were products of public education. truth doesn't come on 1 foot, can comes on 2 feet, and many of our children are excelli excelling -- are not excelling, and i'm not blaming any parents, but we have not made quality education of our children, and we have not made education a priority in our communities. if a child does not go to school ready to learn, they are

not going to go there and sit and be did i policemened to learn regardless of whether it's a charter school or a public school. we must deal with the issue and not be partisan and do snap thinking. and finally, i will say we will not be pumped by a piece of pizza, by a piece of pizza, we will not be seduced to give up our right to public education for all, and all means all. >> can i get a time check, please. [applause] >> you all have three more minutes. >> my name is aleta fisher. i'm the chair of the community advisory committee for special education, and the c.a.c.'s

mission statement on charters are pretty agnostic. we're posed we're opposed to this charter in particular because the san francisco local education plan provides over sight. our families deserve accountability. our families deserve resources not being cancelled out, and i have to say as a parent of an african american student who just graduated from mission high school, my kid has been pretty well darn well supported in this school. my kid with disabilities, he's been pretty well supported, too. i wish that for all families. thank you. [applause] >> my name is mike hutch inson, and i am a proud student of oakland public schools. we're members of the national

alliance, a groot roots organization fighting for education justice across the country. we stand in solidarity with the naacp and black lives matter in calling for a moratorium on charter schools. i'm born and raised in oakland, and as superintendent matthews knows, oakland was taken over by the state, and when oakland was under stateceivership, we saw charter schools placed throughout our community. right now, oakland has 42 charter schools, of those 42 schools, 40 of them are below 5 80. if charter schools were better, they'd be in the hills in oakland, but instead, the opposite has happened. the hills have been able to fight off charter schools, and they've only been placed in our neighborhoods, and this has

followed the same colonial pattern across the country, so i encourage this school board, you know, schools have never served our communities like they should, and many of these families connected to charter schools, they have a good point. we need better, but the thing that is lacking there is not one report, no research out there that show that charter schools out perform public schools, so what we need to do is change the diynamic. why don't we put these resources into our public schools and finally make the public education system that we need. thank you. >> less than a minute. >> hello. my name's allison collins, and i'm really pained to hear families speaking about their hopes for their children and that they think that charters are the answer. i was upset when i worked at

the district with what i saw in the district 20 years ago, and i left and went to work in charter schools. and what i saw was really upsetting. i worked in schools in the richmond that had turnover, and i worked in schools in oakland that counseled students out. i'm with you. we need to do it together, we need to do it in our community schools, so thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> so time is up. i'm going to allow -- time is up, but i'm going to allow lita blanc, but time is up. >> thank you, president mendoza, i would like to cede my time to virginia marshall. thank you very much. >> okay.

we're not -- so i'm sorry, miss blanc, i'm honoring the contract and allowing the union to speak, and so i'll allow you to speak, but i'm not going to allow any other community members to speak, but i want to be fair with the other group. [inaudible] >> no, i'm sorry, miss marshall -- no. well, i'm not going to run again, so you're lucky, so you don't have to support me. but i'm going to allow miss blanc to speak. thank you. >> so what i would like to say on behalf of uasf which is that we stand here together, all parents, all educators with the best intentions to raise up the students of all schools, particularly those in the bayview. but we know now that 5 years after charter schools have

descended upon our country like a plague. your own budget book said in 2008, there were 2300 students in charter schools. since then, that number has tripled. and that means a loss of funds for public schools. i do want to thank the staff. the staff has made a proper recommendation on our understanding of history that has been tried to be written by corporate america. standup for public education, standup for the kids, standup for accountability, and please support the staff recommendation. thank you. >> thank you. okay. [applause] >> so public comment on this item is now over, so i'm going to have -- any comments from the board or the superintendent? commissioner walton? >> thank you, commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. you know, first, i always

respect every parent that take the the time to come to a school board meeting. i know you're taking time away from families, and so i appreciate that fact. i'm not going to give my typical aggressive speech as to why i won't be supporting this charter school, but what i will do is just read something. so first, i just want to say that willie brown middle school had their first 8th grade promotion the week before last. [applause] >> and to demonstrate that i put my actions where my mouth is, my stepson was part of that 8th grade promotion class, so when we talk about living in community and sending our kids to community, some of us definitely with a reflection of that 24-7 and what they do. but i want to read a blurb about some of the great work at

willie brown and our bayview schools, and this was from an article that was written by a community advocate educator, nonprofit director, diane gray about our amazing public schools in bayview in the southeast sector of san francisco. recently, there have been many notable accomplishments in our public schools in the bayview. dr. george washington carver school principal was awarded principal of the year. students at willie brown academy just won a statewide competition on healthy eating, and malcolm x academy's 8th grade math scores beat out kipp middle school scores. she goes onto write, parents should know that carver has a lot to offer. not only has it been renovated, it has a wellness center staffed by social workers which

doesn't exist in a lot of our elementary students, a computer lab where students learn the code, a light filled library with a librarian, and a full-time family liaison who is a former carver parent and the current cochair of the african american parent advisory committee. at willie brown, their black student union just won first place in the statewide black minds matter competition. jaden just built a theme for his newly built school. a stem school offers project based learning and it's dedicated to nurturing student leadership. all students not only take science and math, but also coding and app development, visual art, instrumental music, ethnic studies, and spanish are

also offered. at another school, local elementary school, malcolm x, parents tell us their kids are well cared for. 80% of its students are reading at grade level. there's outside play and learning with the newly renovated garden classroom and recess play time organized by play works. students can take music, dance, theater, and arts in partnership with community organizations performing in a showcase at the end of the year. there are counseling and health services at the wellness center, and each student is served three meals a day. students can attend an on-site after school program, and each child is learning to code. more funds will flow into this school with community schools grants. it's clear that we don't need new schools in the bayview, we

need investment in the schools and community programs that exist. [applause] >> i'd like to see more nonprofits and health and wellness, educational support, and academic help, elements of what is called a community school. these include groups like urban academy which supports elementary and middle schoolboys of color and stem education and runs an after school program at malcolm x. the third street youth clinic that works with children suffering from adverse child experiences and trains pier facilitators around health and wellness. and the girls 2,000 program that supports girls and women in supportive housing. that's the end of the reading of the article, just the highlights, great work that is happening in our schools.

[applause] >> now here's what i have to say in the most subtle way. is imagine what we could do together if we didn't have the division that exists when you try and have two separate public education systems. let's put all of our time and energy and resources together in a unified and focused manner for success for all. i'm also trying to say -- and i want to be blunt and clear with this, that we will not let anyone define our narrative, not outsiders from other communities, not people who really don't live or participate in the part of this village. we will not let anyone define our narrative. this article that diane gray wrote, the article that commissioner cooke and i wrote, we're not going to let people define our narrative anymore, so if we have to --

[applause] >> -- if we have to be out being the marketing for the value of the great schools that exist in our community, we will do so. so no matter what underhanded, misguided, subjective villain form, mischievous and misinformation they use, our schools are changing. let me just say what an sfusd education can do. i want you to look at that black man sitting in the middle, superintendent of our public school system. got his entire education, all the way through his doctorate in the city and county of san francisco in our public school system. [applause] >> dr. vincent matthews, i want you to look at the president of this board of education, and the vice president of this board of education. both commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell and

commissioner's stephen cooke got their education compliments of sfusd. and you can continue to look in this city, and you can see that a current member of the board of supervisors, supervisor cohen, who is over this district, got her education in sfusd. the current president of the san francisco board of supervisors is a public school graduate from san francisco unified school district, so we're going to stop letting people define our narrative. i'm going to let you know that an sfusd education is valuable, and also have one more thing to say, and i'm not trying to be disrespectful to anyone, but you're not going to be presenting anything, so i don't know why you're sitting there. at the end of the day, we're going to vote for our public school systems and vote against division, so i want to let everybody know how this is going to happen tonight.

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>> i also want to appreciate your time and helping us to manage these conversations. these are difficult conversations to have. not everyone is on the same page. we want to be able to hear your voice but i want to acknowledge that all of the board members receive all of your correspondence. we take every piece of e-mail seriously, and we also make our own decisions based on what it is we do, what we know on our own, from the outreach we do

ourselves, the conversations that we have, and i want to acknowledge that to the way in which, i as the board president, manage the public comment is difficult. i want to be able to honour that. specifically i want to say to virginia marshall cactuses with no disrespect. and i recognized that, okay. this is why we are not doing this. thank you for being here. i am apologizing for those who didn't get a chance to speak. we organized it so it was fair. thank you it missed marshall. we are going onto the next thing to him. thank you. great. thank you pork i am on to the approval of board policy 3110. transfer the funds by a plant or supplied meeting of the board.

missed marshall, if you don't mind... that's great. thank you. i am going to allow you to finish what you need to say, and then this will be a good time for those who are part of the charter conversation to leave the boardroom. i will allow the student delegates to leave. it is 9:00 and we want to thank mr -- oh, what your resolution

is still up. which item is yours?

so nice. okay, can i get all my commissioners back, please? we have a lot on the agenda and we still have public comments to do and we have many, many items. if you are not paying for the board meeting, would you kindly step out of the boardroom? all right, you guys have to back me on this one. [laughter] i need to, if you are not going

to be standing in the boardroom, would you kindly move out so we can go on? we have a lot of business to take care of and still a lot of speakers. please, move on. i am going to move, if it is okay with my board members, i am going to move up section k., item two, which is a section of rules under resolution. i'm doing this because our student dealt -- delegates who usually leave at nine, this is their last resolution. we want to honour that. if there is no objective from my colleagues, i would like to move that forward. seeing no objection, this is section k., proposal for immediate action. item two, i need a motion and a second for suspension of the mould -- the rules. in support of cannabis preschools.

if you are not in the boardroom for a purpose, if you would kindly take it outside, we have a lot of business still. thank you. this is authored by our commissioner and student delegates. i need a motion, sorry i need a motion for the suspension of the seconding of rules. >> thank you. i need a motion and a second for formal introduction. >> second. >> sorry, we need just a -- >> we need a vote for the suspension. thank you. [roll call] thank you. >> and we have a motion and a second for formal introduction. can i get a reading, please? >> i would like to invite to the delegates at the very last

seating to read the resolution for the record. >> thank you. commencing the reading of the resolution. whereas recreational cannabis is legalized in california on january 1st, 2018,. >> of the effects cannabis on youth have been yet to be comprehensively proven, they suggest that cannabis can potentially cause health and developmental issues and use. >> whereas the san francisco board of supervisors has implemented san francisco planning code section 202 mandating 600 free spaces between public and private school property, and distributors and providers of cannabis have launched large-scale advertising campaigns and state such as oregon were around 58% of adults were exposed over the course of one month. >> on june 22nd 1999, the san francisco board of education past the commercial street

schools act for banning tobacco is a subsidiary food products and educational -- and in educational settings. >> in 2017, san francisco municipal agencies voted to ban commercial advertising of cannabis and of cannabis products, businesses and services to limit advertisement exposure to minors. >> on march 13th, 2018, they amended board policy 3513 to reflect proposition 64 passed in 2016. you could not ingest cannabis on school grounds where children are present. >> the school district on the board of education adopted the current initial advertising promotion policy. in march 2013. >> all existing school grounds and the surrounding areas are subject to the advertising

exclusion policy, and... >> it should be resolved at the existing policy should strongly discourage advertise of any cannabis products or businesses or services in a 600 radius within school grounds. >> it states the sale or distribution of any cannabis project to a person age 18, 19 or 20 is prohibited. >> be it resolved the sfusd supports the assurance that every person who has been granted a permit shall post a sign or other notice in their establishment stating that in san francisco it is unlawful to sell cannabis products to persons who are under 21 years of age. sfusd supports that finds door signs or other notices maybe placed in a skimpy --

conspicuous location. the letters are numbers on the science are noted that the message is readily visible. >> further we resolved that they understand and support the mandate that the director of public health made up rules and regulations in section 19 p. daughter for. the director of public health may enforce this pursuant to articles in 19. >> the sfusd will support the components of the proposed legislation and ordinance numbe. providing information to students. along with the san francisco development -- department of public health.

>> thank you so much. i don't have any public speakers signed up for this resolution. comments from the board of the superintendents? >> i would like to get the kids to talk a little bit about the origins of this effort on the discussions that they see and i want to make one brief comment. >> thank you commissioners. first i would like to thank you for supporting us on this resolution, being our co-author. the origins were from sac and we believe that it was important with the legalization of recreational cannabis to prevent advertisement exposure especially to the younger students to prevent premature exposure to cannabis usage. that was really what brought about this resolution. we wanted to make sure that advertising was strictly

discouraged around school premises, and because we've already seen the board passed resolutions regarding commercial advertising, we thought this would be a great way to make sure that youth were -- sorry, make sure use do not have unnecessary exposure to cannabis and it's products. >> anything to add? >> no. i want to remind my colleagues that in february we saw many school students sickened by cannabis laden snacks. it is a very serious issue, and i hope you will support this effort put forward by us to the delegates and the sac. >> thank you. any other comments by the commissioners? all right.

i will be supporting your resolution. i think it is important to say this out loud, especially with the legalization of cannabis. we don't work -- there is a new office in the city and we have been working with them to make sure that this is kept as far away from the school as possible. i really appreciate that you set this resolution in motion as one of your last resolutions. is -- if there is no further questions or comments? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> thank you. >> yes. >> thank you so much and congratulations on getting your last resolution through the board. [applause] at this time i would also like to dismiss you from the board. once again, congratulations. we are proud of the both of you and we want to thank you for

your service on the board of education as our student delegates. you are dismissed. thank you. all right. as our delegates are departing like i will go back to where we left off which is item two of section e. proposals for action on the nexus approval of the board policy 3110. the transfer of funds moved and seconded at a prior meeting of the board. the superintendents and general counsel to introduce the resolution. >> thank you. tonight we are asking that the board approved for policy 3110, the transfer of funds. >> thank you for that.

i don't have any public comment on the site in. any comments for the board of the superintendent? seeing done, roll call, please. w -- w [roll call] >> all right. public comment, section f. this is public comment and general matters and i have several people who will be speaking. >> miss marshall? miss marshall? we have a lot of people that need to speak, miss marshall.

>> and public comment i have several people. miss marshall, this is only going to disrupt the people that have been waiting to speak. i will call your name, and if you would please line up, and you have to watch what minutes. allison collins, lynn jones, joanne abernathy, melonie diaz gomez, tracy brown, lisa lee, josh davidson, rafael picasso,

margaret ray as. thank you. >> you can begin. >> thank you. they are still debating. and i want my issues to be recognized. >> go ahead. >> good evening everyone. i know we have had quite an eventful night, and we have a lot going on right now but i ask that you will open your ears and your heart and please be attentive to what i will address. i first want to state that as a professional i have worked at dr martin luther king met a school and a high school.

i was formerly the director of the. health leader program. >> can you state your name for the record? >> my name is leticia jones. i went to malcolm x academy. i graduated from celebrate in high school. third generation bayview hunters point and my kids are now proudly fourth-generation. all of those titles, all of the titles that i have warned -- born, what brought me into night is as a concerned parent, in my heart has been broken over the last couple of weeks as my son started new traditions elementary school, two months ago. he started the school and he has had his face spirit and, he has had issues taken off and put in the toilet, and none of those issues are properly addressed. they were softly addressed. what happened, what brought me here tonight is in a field for parents and students, and everyone else who is at a community event, his teacher began to scream at him, he doesn't deserve to be here. i asked if we could speak about

a matter that had just happened during the game. i said excuse me? he doesn't deserve to be here and we are suffering now that he is here. i said excuse me? you will not this respect my sound like that. you will not respect me like that. there are children present. can we please move to the side. >> i don't have to talk to your, i don't have to talk to you. he is disrespectful. just like you. this woman knows absolutely nothing about me. my husband and i support our three kids and we don't ask for handouts. all weight demand is our dignity and respect. this woman has been forced to apologize for my son which does not necessarily bother me because i want my son to have a process of an apology so he can understand that he can believe in the education system. i just want to say that i maintain my composure. because i understood that that was a critical moment for my s son. the education of his own identity.

i have to show him that even when people reject you and are hostile, you can choose your actions. what happened after that as i went to talk to the principal and you said though she had you have a strong personality and you are articulate. maybe that can be intimidating. now, we have worked through this matter. sfusd has been responding and we are moving forward in resolving its. however. my son has to stay home because he kept questioning me about, mommy do i have a disability because i am black? he has been hurt, and he has been traumatized. i am asking you all she really begin to look at policy and change policy so if a parent and/or a student come and report that there has been the egregious behaviour and racial commentary, that this matter is investigated before the teacher post back to the classroom. my son stayed home while that teacher was still able to teach. i just want to talk about

implicit bias training for all staff for implicit and explicit as well as to address racial matters with our school. thank you. >> we appreciate that. [applause] >> next speaker, please. >> this is my sister. it is really funny. you never know discrimination or how bad the issue can be for the children until it hits home. we have the capital to move my nephew out of this building and put him in private school. i refuse to let my children go through the mess that i have. but when we look at that, my sister is 35 minutes away. and so many parents. when we post on facebook of what happened to us, we continue to

give black parents all around the district different incidents that were happening in the school. too many black parents are fighting individual schools by themselves. so we have started a black parents united because we're tired of begging. colorado has online schools that provide teacher support. san francisco needs to be more innovative to look at innovative staff. if colorado can look at online schools and learning centres, if there were churches, clergy and everything. this is not the way. we are fighting for charter schools and public schools. we want equality and we want our children to go to school and be supported. not told they don't deserve to be here. one parent who came here is too shy to say at her child went to rooftop last year. she said when her child got off the bus, the bus driver it was so rude that he actually hit her child.

they only investigated it in the school and they acted like her child was at fault. that is not the only incident. i knew an incident at rooftop -- rooftop this year. i don't have to yell or argue. i know how to organize correctly to make such a change. because this is not, this is not only san francisco schools. this is throughout the states, how black children are being treated. san francisco who calls itself out to be liberal, to be progressive, we are not creating better innovative ways to teach our kids, our black children. when everyone, we are always at the bottom. that is what i'm saying. parents, i speak to all of you that have black children. we need to organize and make people accountable for our children. [applause]

>> next speaker, please. >> my name is melanie bowman. my daughter attends the cleveland. there is an incident that happened on june 4th that one of the neighbours had a gun and the police came in the school, which i think, from my understanding, the school is supposed to be shut down. it didn't happen. it took a long time. nobody notified me until one of the parents told me the next d day. i went to speak with the principal on the principal said they talked, which i never received the call. second of all, i felt like the principal was shouting, screaming at me, which i told him he is not supposed to scream at me. i feel like this school year has gone all the way down and i haven't seen any changes in the school, which i am telling you

to put in my shoes, everybody has kids here. what would you do if you are in this situation? you will be terrified. i need changes. i am in my daughter's voice. nobody else. and the rest of the children attempt at this school. i want you to understand that we need to have a change in the school. so, as a parent, you know, it is hard to hear this kind of behaviours. and people walking in and out with guns which is terrifying for our children. so i am asking you to put in my shoes to try and understand that we need a change. we need better, you know, -- if something is happening, notify all the parents. every year they put emergency calls and we fill them up and we

don't understand why we don't get a call like that. >> thank you. >> you are welcome. >> next speaker, please. >> hello everybody. we came from school and we support our teacher. he is a new teacher and is very good with our kids. he supports our kids with behaviour problems. like investigation in the computer. we want our teacher to stay in the school because we need those kind of teachers. our teacher was new and we went and they did not even know the kids in our school. the teachers don't come back. she went on maternity leave and she didn't come back.

he is very good with communicating with parents. even though he said, if you have a question about learning, your kids can call me. i am here to help you. we want that person in our school. if someone wants to talk about the change, then they did help kids. >> i'm sorry, before you began i want to remind our speakers that first of all, we don't respond to you. we do not respond to you. secondly, we want you to refrain from saying employee's names. other teachers or principals. thank you.

[speaking foreign language] >> good evening. i'm calling from enamel and she school -- from an elementary school. i am here to talk about all the children, and for our teachers. these teachers i am talking about, he is a very efficient teacher and we are said that he is leaving. he has helped my child who has

special needs. he has been able to help my child a lot. [speaking foreign language] >> my daughter has special nee needs. she has learning disabilities. very, very strong learning disabilities. but with these teachers, she has been able to make a lot of progress. these teachers have been able to help her a lot, because he has

been very kind to her and helped her a lot with her special needs. she has been able to participate. [speaking foreign language] >> we would like for the teacher to go back and come back to our school. mostly to prevent the sadness that is among our children. all the children with special needs. he has a lot of children with special needs in his class and we would like for him to come back. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. [speaking foreign language]

>> good evening. my name is... i'm here to talk about the schools. i would like to wish you a lot of blessings and wisdom to deal with this issue that we have here. i also have a child with special needs. i dealt with a lot of schools with my child. i had been in about four schools already. [speaking foreign language] >> the school, when they hired new teachers, i was really

concerned because i thought i was going to have to deal again with a battle with a new teacher. [speaking foreign language] >> but when the teacher talk to me, he was able to calm me. everything i knew about my kid and everything about my kid, my teacher -- this teacher was able to tell me about it. something no one had ever done here. [speaking foreign language] >> my son has therapy at school. this year washe