i'm proud to be here to speak in support of mari villaluna. es many of the qualities hope to see in the member of the p.a.c. as someone who group in the city and raising child here and advocate for trans and non-binary rights and rights and needs of indigenous people and organizer for children and their family, mari will be an important and powerful addition to the parent advisory council and i hope the board will affirm the past recommendation and approve mari villaluna application. i want to say that i'm disappointed but not surprised by some of the attacks on mari and her child. these attacks are shameful, they are why mari approval is essential. >> clerk: meredith? >> caller: hi. this is meredith dodson. i deeply respect the p.a.c. and hoping it can become independent parent body it serves to be. last i-team parents reached out to the p.a.c., parents from our group reached out to the p.a.c. regarding reopening. we were told the p.a.c. couldn't advocate for that. if the p.a.c. truly represent the diverse effect of families across the distric