aleta jackson, and julia fisher. >> good evening, commissioners. i cede my time to monica jones. >> hello. i am monica jones. i joined the p.t.a. to be on the -- on the board, and maybe that -- the summer after my son -- he's in second, so the summer after kindergarten, i ended up going to an aapac meeting kind of on accident in a way, but i was excited -- i was really excited and motivated when i leave the aapac -- when i left the aapac. i got the p.t.a. to fund the aapac at my school. now the issue that we have here is there's not many african american families that are involved like we would like. they're for many different reasons, many that i don't know. i am a product of children being bussed outside of their school districts back in the 90's, and i'm from louisiana. that can sum some of it up. so with that being said, i feel like a lot of the parents feel worn and beat down by what they experience in their personal lives, being african american and having someone in this world where a lot of things can be hidden, but you can't hide the color