i am also bringing karen cortez and cassandra coe, whose cards were in the wrong pile. and then you guys are going to speak on charters, so now i'm bringing you back on to public comment, because you didn't get to speak at that time. so kevin, are you still here? okay. tommy, craig, shavon, hines, mildred coffey, knowledge kendricks, and valerie already left, and then christie alex randolph and eric mcdonald. so those are the last speakers. >> once again i come before you to speak about two issues that have two public comment cards. one would be the monroe situation. i have been here before you guys before speaking on this, letting you know that it would become a problem that will continue to spiral downhill if not addressed, and now when i came to speak in the first place, it was for students, and now we're up to 12. so i feel like i'm sounding a warning here, and nobody's listening. hopefully, with the backing of the rest of the people from the monroe community, y'all will listen and hear us, that this is a crisis situation, and it definitely needs to be addressed. th