in terms of specific questions, in terms of charlotte mecklenburg issue, i'm not familiar exactly with the schools that will be created as an organization we firmly believe that schools should be inclusive settings. the vast majority of our leaders are creating the schools in order to take care of the needs of students who have traditionally been left behind and in the case of north carolina we should keep an eye on how this is moving forward and certainly the way authorizer's are authorizing the schools that can put parameters in place to make sure schools are meeting the diverse needs of the community. to your second question, i believe if a school is not performing well it should be closed. last year we had roughly 200 public charter schools close over the past five years over a thousand schools have closed. the key difference between a charter school in a traditional school is that if it's not performing well it's either not attractive enough families or the authorizer is not happy with the performance, that school can and should be closed. >> thank you. madam chair i wanted to ins

>> the specific question on the charlotte-mecklenburg issue, i'm not familiar with the schools that will be created. as an organization, we firmly believe schools should be inclusive settings. a vast majority of leaders are creating these schools in order to take care of the needs of students who have been traditionally left behind. in the case of north carolina, i think we should keep an eye on how this is moving forward, and the way that they are authorizing these schools. they can put parameters in place to make sure that the schools are in fact meeting the diverse needs of the community. to your second question, i believe that if a school is not performing well, it should be closed. last year, we had 200 charter schools and in the last 5 years, 1000 charter schools have closed. in my experience, the key difference between a charter school and traditional school is that it's either not performing well, it's not attracting families or the organizer is not happy with the performance, that school can and should be closed. >> madam chair, i wanted to have put in the record a report in the