don't ask long fellow families sends siblings to bessey carmichael. don't ask families to attends another school they love our school community. treat the long fellow community with respect. lift the cap now. let our students enroll. don't [inaudible]. >> hello i'm erin hughs and my 2 sons attends the program in long fellow. as a parent and social worker i'm hoish to voice my outrage the district is maintaining arc liege yens to bureaucracy over the needs of the community inform my staff meeting wes start with naming the values of social justice. when faced with a choice to protect this program you will not meet with us or listen to the voices. no one is harmed if you remove this cap. if you maintain it it will send a message to the community that we don't matter the sustainability is less important than a rule that can easily be changed this is an equity issue and social justice issue an issue of maintaining the integrity of this important program. please, lift the cap. [applause]. good evening i'm jose rivera the fourth great teacher at long fellow.