next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is marianne kramer, i'm a teacher. and i'm here to talk about a situation at our school that i wanted to bring to your attention. basically to give you a quick brief outline of our school, as it has been. i've been there for 24 years. we're located in pore tella neighborhood, we're the second largest elementary school in the city. we once were the largest, but the program had to be phased out due to lack of space. we're highly diverse student body, free lunch for students and have many programs that have been at our schools for many years. spanish literacy, to chinese literacy. special ed, et cetera. we have been a calm, safe caring school where staff and students felt safe. we had a professional working environment, highly requested school by parents and teachers. and we received over the years national blue ribbon school award, the california school recognition, distinguished school program award, the title one academic achievement award from the california department of education. and we six years ago -- that's the