. >> hello, my name is chris albert. the school that the community can be proud of requires a dedicated staff and space. we have lost 10 positions, six of which were working directly with student. there was a dedicated math teacher and our i.t. person. i taught at a place where the classrooms were redesigned by the staff specifications and we had tech support. that is what will make a staff and field value. you have this opportunity s civic center but you are missing out. we need that space for students to cool down and work outside of a class and have successful mediations in order to break the cycle of suspensions and develop coping strategies. they deserve the basics like library books accessible to them. we are only asking for what we need to run a successful program. you have already taken dedicated staff. do not take any more space. [applause] >> i am a teacher at the civic center. i wanted to talk more about the space. we sent everyone a letter detailing why we would need 17 spaces. all we need is 16 spaces but ri