linda parker pinnington. dr. norris. alex jones. greg pinnington. pamela tate roger. ms. robinson. >> good evening. so my name is linda parker and my son is a junior at the school of arts. and my job is to provide a little context for the people that are going to be speaking after me. and for the situation that we're in at soda right now. which we think is not -- although we're here in response to a specific incident, we don't feel it's an isolated incident. we feel it's a reflection of what is systemic conditions of racism in sfusd and it's interesting we're here tonight, based on everything that has come before us, which i think it's all interconnected. and you have a copy of the letter in front of you that we sent to dr. matthews yesterday morning. and so we're going to walk you through that in terms of context and what our requests are and personal testimonials of the conditions there. three weeks ago the head of soda's vocal department following a 4-month investigation by the school district which found she had violated the nondiscrimination policy had her employment