each year, we serve aapac participants and members and ask what they would like aapac to focus on. last year, it was centering and focusing on black identities and culture. much like last year, aapac kept serving none stop. we held two retreats, and thank you, dr. matthews, for allowing us to hold those retreats. we hosted town halls and watch parties, conducted distance learning surveys and reported them back to district leadership, sent our monthly newsletters to family and staff and community partners and distributed over 1,000 books with black characters and authors. we are most proud of the fact that black families see us as a resource and safe place for them to join monthly or to reach out when assistance is needed. next slide, please. all right. mauricia, you're up. >> thank you, mary. so as we mentioned, we host two retreats a year. during our summer planning retreat, in august, we compiled some of our wins and some of our missed opportunities during the past year. looking back, some of our glitters or wins are our consistent support to families, and we updated our operatin

and on behalf of aapac we are -- joint recommendations made for the safety plan as a priority. we, too are asking for school implementation with oversight and monitoring that are approved for the current plan. we want to emphasize strongly that the onus to deliver on the promises made to stakeholders and families and the implementation of the strategies outlined in the plan must be put on staff and district leadership and not the parent advisory group. we'll continue to work with one another to ensure we're providing adequate resources to our families, but also to see the shift in disproportionateality. thank you for all that you do and thank you for your partnership. >> thank you. hello, jennifer? >> hi. i'm a parent. i have a daughter who is in 8th grade with an iep. she has down's syndrome. i just want to say thank you so much c.a.c. for advocating for our kids. i want to say thank you to all the special education teachers and the para professionals that work so hard for our kids. and i want to say i really hope you listen to what they have to say. i was shocked when i was o