my name is christine reed. i am a grandparent of two. my grandson's are eight and five. -- grandsons are eight and five. i have had to take parenting of them. the five year-old just became a student last year. might a-year-old needed speech therapy. i have been blessed with the fact that edison has provided that need for my grandson. he has had the same speech therapist since he has been attending that school. from that, he has become one of the top leaders of his class. he looks forward to receiving one of these every week. this is from the spelling test that he gets every week, 100%. as well, he was involved in a spelling bee the school started recently. he won that as well. the 5-year-old had a problem because this is kindergarten and he did not want to be there. he had a problem for a couple of months. he looks forward to bringing this home every day. this is what my grandson's bring home every day. this is what they look forward to every day, being 100%. more importantly, what the school does -- they deal with the soul. they don't j

michelle levy, andrew toomey, christine reed, shannon weber, marie wang, sean whitney, bonnie centino. you have 1.5 minutes each. >> just as we did in the last meeting, we did merge the budget report with the reading of the amended language of the resolution. if these comments are based on the general petition, i would have to read the amended resolution into the record prior to the comments, unless they are going to be speaking on the budget item only. president mendoza: can i get a sense from those that are speaking? >> if you would give me a few minutes, i will do it as quickly as i can. it is in your pick packet. it starts on the third page. superintendent's recommendation regarding thomas edison charter academy. resolution -- to deny the renewal petition for thomas edison charterer academy. the state board of education is the charter authorizes for the thomas edison charterer academy, which is set to expire on june 15, 2011. pursuant to education code section 47605, section k three, they submitted a petition for renewal that was denied by the district board of education based on