allison collins, leah fisher, susan solomon, dianne great. are any of those in the wrong category? >> is there anyone on that list who was not in the right category? >> this was speaking against the charter for the resolution that was put in front of us to deny the charter. very good. i am going to start with the, for those who are in favor, i'm sorry, those who are opposed to the petition you will have 30 minutes and there are, i gave extra time because there are a couple of spanish speakers that we will use a translation for. sherry taylor, veronica martinez, and if i call your name in this category and you are in the wrong category, would you please let me know? veronica martinez, amalia mend mendez, erica choy, and you can start coming up and getting behind the podium. [please standby for captioner switch] >> and michelle isnogle, sorry. [inaudible] >> it does, so give me a moment. brandy -- [inaudible] >> miley villaluna, and the other? [inaudible] >> randy markman. thank you. so the speakers that are going to be coming up now have 20 minutes, and then, we'll add time to the o

my name's allison collins, and i'm really pained to hear families speaking about their hopes for their children and that they think that charters are the answer. i was upset when i worked at the district with what i saw in the district 20 years ago, and i left and went to work in charter schools. and what i saw was really upsetting. i worked in schools in the richmond that had turnover, and i worked in schools in oakland that counseled students out. i'm with you. we need to do it together, we need to do it in our community schools, so thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> so time is up. i'm going to allow -- time is up, but i'm going to allow lita blanc, but time is up. >> thank you, president mendoza, i would like to cede my time to virginia marshall. thank you very much. >> okay. we're not -- so i'm sorry, miss blanc, i'm honoring the contract and allowing the union to speak, and so i'll allow you to speak, but i'm not going to allow any other community members to speak, but i want to be fair with the other group. [inaudible] >> no, i'm sorry, miss marshall -- no. well

next >> i'm allison collins a blake parent and educator for over 25 years in san francisco unified. i've been fighting in my children's schools and the schools i've worked to ensure all students feel valued and visible and they feel welcomed. and as a parent as a black parent, seeing statues and images like this is very upsetting. because these racist items are more than just art, if that's what you want to call it and the i'd of a discussion going on around history, my question is who's history? i grew up never seeing my history and if i only saw it it was enslaved people. so when i see images like this it's traumatizing for me and i know it's traumatizing for my children. i can't imagine what it feels like to be native american and have to see that every day in a town center. i'm asking as a parent for to you take down the statue and i'm also reflecting on the fact that if this isn't white supremacy -- not just the statue, but this whole process, i don't know what is. we have a few privileged white people basically telling indigenous people whether they're native americans or san

allison collins, lynn jones, joanne abernathy, melonie diaz gomez, tracy brown, lisa lee, josh davidson, rafael picasso, margaret ray as. thank you. >> you can begin. >> thank you. they are still debating. and i want my issues to be recognized. >> go ahead. >> good evening everyone. i know we have had quite an eventful night, and we have a lot going on right now but i ask that you will open your ears and your heart and please be attentive to what i will address. i first want to state that as a professional i have worked at dr martin luther king met a school and a high school. i was formerly the director of the. health leader program. >> can you state your name for the record? >> my name is leticia jones. i went to malcolm x academy. i graduated from celebrate in high school. third generation bayview hunters point and my kids are now proudly fourth-generation. all of those titles, all of the titles that i have warned -- born, what brought me into night is as a concerned parent, in my heart has been broken over the last couple of weeks as my son started new traditions elementary school, t

. >> so my name is allison collins, and i'm so glad that lee said that because i'm looking at the same numbers, and i guess i just want to add onto that. at my daughter's school, there was a lot of -- i think at the school last year, we were the highest in suspensions for african american students in the district. we had several lockdowns, and we also had the police called on students to take them out of the school. this year has been a complete turnaround because we have a principal who's worked very hard to build relationships with staff and families and has also supported the staff in coming up with behavior plans that are consistent across the school. so it's been basically night and day. and parents are reporting that they feel welcome, and teachers are also reporting that they feel supported. but it is concerning to me, as well, that when we see african american, african american, african american in terms of the data, in terms sts disproportional -- of the disproportionality, it's based on positive behavioral support, it's behavioral management, and it's not actually focused on