chairperson wynns: thank you. i do want to point out we have never gotten to that discussion except to say in passing that giving students opportunities to learn more than one language is not only an immersion strategy. we have so far behave as if it was only an immersion strategy. i would like it if we would have somebody talk to us about other language acquisition strategies. something besides -- wall-to- wall immersion is not possible for every child, and is difficult in the foreseeable future. again, i want to thank everybody for coming. i really want to say that nobody wins the "i am tired of talking about this" contest from me. but i am so appreciative of the sustained commitment from the community and the parents engaging in this enormously complex policy issue over a long, long time. you are still here not only tonight, but after months and years. we appreciate that and need you to continue to do that. thank you very much. meeting adjourned.

chairperson wynns: i will finish by thinking everybody for coming. there is not enough thanks for the pac and pps. we will keep saying that every time you see us, and forever, i hope. i appreciate that. also, i want to just recognize -- i just don't want genie to think we are ignoring everything you said to us. i think it is a lot to digest. i am sure the rest of the board will be thinking seriously about that. i am sure we will have many more conversations about the work you are doing. i want to thank everybody. >> thank you. just to make sure we are clear, one of our intense this evening is to get direction from the board. -- one of our intents this evening is to get direction from the board. while we appreciate the community input, the nuts and bolts will be done by staff. we need to know and be very confident that the direction of the board is to continue to move forward to put some meat on the bone in terms of what equality middle school will look like, the specific plans for equality middle school, and to explore, perhaps, a different alignment

chairperson wynns: thank you. i just want to say we are not engaging in a dialogue. anyone is welcome to talk to anybody here. commissioner murase: i really do want to thank the pac and pps. the good news is people care. the good news is people came out. they stated their preferences. we are very thankful for that level of engagement. i think there is a difference of opinion in whether the feeder pattern is a strategy for quality middle schools. i think the people who are opposed are not necessarily seeing the result in quality middle schools, but for those supporting it is a strategy. i personally believe it is instructed to form -- for quality middle schools because it articulates our language instruction. we spend millions of dollars offering korean, japanese, cantonese, spanish in elementary grades. what happens in middle school? it is very hodgepodge. in the case of japanese, we have basic japanese at one middle school, and one semester at another middle school. after two schools have been training k-five kids in japanese. and very problematic in middle schools.