next speaker, please. [ applause ] >> hello, my name is ash land calahale. my daughter graduated from the program. this program she went through since kindergarten. it's been such a great program. you see this smile? this smile would not be what it was without having a school, a class, everything that a school offers a typically developing child. this school offers it. i'm not here as a parent that has a kid currently there, i'm here as a past parent that wants to fight for this. the community, the teachers and staff is very vital for these kids. without that, they would have nothing. they would be thrown to schools where kids do not know what's going on. they have awareness classes to teach these kids. my daughter has a best friend from that school. she's trying run for secretary of her school. without the school, we would not have that. i want to read a letter that one of the kids wrote: it says "dear board members, we are the third grade in room 210. we want to save our friends and program. here is the reasons why they should stay. they are friends and ki