brian gasden from the urban education saturday program, which is for elementary students will be here. we will have a representative from 100 black men from oakland, and dr. anthony anderson is going to talk about the omega... and a representative from oakland unified program campaign for black male achievement and he will give a historical perspective and our superintendent will be present to give greetings and to provide informative facts on topics on this topic from the unified school district's perspective. saturday night, and we will honor, miss emily wade thompson for her 35 years of service and education as a teacher, principal, supervisor with the bay view zone and mrs. brenda jackson who is a dean who has been in the district for over 30 years and she is a dean at roosevelt middle school and her work with youth and... the church. >> i have tickets if you like to attend and see miss wade thompson or miss jackson. >> thank you. >> good evening superintendent and commissioners, i am here to help to frame the conversation around when you guys start talking about para pay with the