i would like to introduce my colleague, brook navel. >> hi, everyone. thanks for hearing our comments. i want to speak as skate did on behalf of the entire unionized creative art and faculty. as you all, we want the best for our school and gateway as well. we are hoping to find a more long term situation for both schools. as iona so elegantly stated, one of the important things about creative arts is the feeling. and every year our eighth graders are sent off by the same of kindergartens they welcomed, we are a family, we are a community. there is a life cycle that happens at our school. the little kids look forward to be older schools and to have the responsibilities to mentor. and younger children to serve as book buddies, and to be excellent role models. my fear that with 300 older students our campus, we are going to tip the balance for the younger students versus the older students. of course i have a personal interest in this, i am a kindergarten and first grade teacher. and some of my students came in hearing about tonight's meeting. and some con