my son had a 60-point gain on the sbac. just show up, and harvard or bust. you have to believe in the kids, and this is what we're doing at jose ortega. thank you. [applause] >> any comments or questions from commissioners? great job, y'all. commissioner collins? >> i just want to say how much i appreciate all of you. i met many of you at the aapac meetings when they were first starting, and i want everybody to acknowledge the work that these families are doing. they are doing this work. it is voluntary. they are spending hours upon hours upon hours meeting across the district, meeting with families who need them. i as a parent have reached out at times. they are supporting one another. they are pushing the district. they are working despite in some cases support. they are creating their own network and they are leading our district, and they are -- i will say this from personal experience, at the expense in some cases of time with their own families. so i would love for everybody to give them a round of applause because they are everything. [applause] >> an

we just had this whole discussion at the school district around the sbac scores, and it launchesd this investigation for me around the enrollments at all of our high school. in looking at the numbers, the highest count of african americans at mission high school, 161 students, what type of partnerships -- i know that fire science is coming up, but what type of partnerships -- >> so for many years, they've had a class, c 150, a college readiness class. there's other courses, but they have had classes almost consistently for the past two or three years. >> president cook: mission high school and lincoln high school have 113. >> yeah. so with lincoln high school, we've been working with supervisor mar. he especially wants more classes in the afternoon so that they can invite more community members. but they consistently have two courses. with mar's initiative, they currently have three courses. they're currently running a sign language class, so they currently have courses every semester. >> president cook: okay. i bring this up specifically around the need to partner with schools to enga