merideth dobson and lauren yin. >> good evening and thank you for taking my comment and happy new year. i wanted to make a comment with the leadership issue, which i see harmful. it seems that this is distracting from the student focus that this board should have. it really seems to underline jenny lam's leadership over the last year. commissioner lam, has not had a chance to finish her job, everybody else gets a full year. it's hard to see why the only asian american women on this board is not being given that opportunity. there are a lot of able and competent people here who can become president next, i cannot see why they cannot wait at the minimum until the end of their term. people say that representation matters, but somehow when it comes down to individuals here, that does not always seem to be the case which is very sad. thank you. >> hello and good evening, thank you for hearing us today. i'm sarah mon to i montoya, the mother of three. one went to private school because i didn't trust the board. i'm asking the board to show us that you're ready to be stable and demonstrate th