[reads names] and then we're going to have mike powell, mario ballard, hillary jensen and pam hoffman. [reads names] how many cec? where's maryann? just two of you? ok, thank you. [

[reads names] and then we're going to have mike powell, mario ballard, hillary jensen and pam hoffman. [reads names] how many cec? where's maryann? just two of you? ok, thank you. [reads names] come on up. state your name. >> my name is kelly, i'm a representative of the robert louis stevenson school. president mendoza: again, we will need to keep your voice is down. if you will have a conversation, step outside and be respectful to the speakers. >> as i was saying, i am representing all of the parents for the students that go to the robert louis stevenson school. we have a problem in the school because one of the teachers is absent 70% of the year. imagine what you would do if you have a problem teacher like that attending school. all of the parents are worried right now because she is coming back this year. all of the students, parents, they are scared that the students might be assigned to her class. students and parents deal with different substitutes [unintelligible] they deserve to be taught by teachers that are good role models. we're not sure if she is physically ill or mental

. >> pam hoffman. laguna honda school lies between two with 100-year-old institutions and are you proposing to put 150 at-risk students that the school. these students are angry and frustrated and have learning disabilities often and very stressed and as you know, some of these students have a hair trigger response to any perceived slight. i've subbed, i've seen it. think about the hypersensitive teens walking to or three abreast down the narrow sidewalks of err syringe street and it brings to mind two groups who have not been represented in this discussion. the first are the tourist and museum patrons. they come to the academy of sciences, etc., to -- and sometimes they eat in the neighborhood. the recent exhibit drew large crowds into the neighborhood as did the egyptian exhibit. in general these people are, let's say, not aware of the urban situation. the second group comes from ucsf. patients come from all over northern california, oregon, nevada, south america, africa and the middle east. i'm ofte