laura kirk, chapell barber, thomas lindsay. did you speak? ok, sorry. ok. go ahead. >> good evening. my name is thomas lindsay. i am a security guard at paul revere. i have been there since september. it's been great for me. it's been an ongoing experience. i deal with a lot of difficult kids, a lot of disciplinary action they deal with. one incident i had with a kid, they just happened to be of color. we have a lot of things going on, you know, at our school, but sheila is doing a great job, the whole staff is doing a great job. it's not a color thing. i'm there every day. latino, black, chinese, i think it's just us really coming together as a community, as a staff, just really being a family, being one unit and just getting on the same page. there are a lot of programs that are taking place and i just, you know, with parent support and with the faculty and staff and just all of us coming together, i think it will be a good thing and sheila is doing a great job. president mendoza: thank you. [applause] >> all right, i'm ariane mccarthy. i'm on the list. i