. >> my name is kevin, and i work at colman advocate and i am hear to speak about the understanding between the sf, and the sfpd. and and the so we are attending kevin truit. and for today, and i think that the one thing that the community had a concern with the final version of the mlu that is brought before you, is to have the 19 and that talks about the gradual students and we feel like that is something that is necessary for this document to really stand true and to assure that the students on campus and are not ushered into the criminal justice system and a lot of the work that we do is with the african american youth who have a lot of negative interactions with the police and we want to change that dynamic and make the schools a safe place for them and we feel like this is a key part of that and so we most definitely would like for you to support the mlu today with the change to reflect a shall instead of the should for section 19 that deals with the levels of intervention and i am black on the names and so i apologize about that and we also have the young people from the groups that

. >> my name is kevin and i work at colman advocates and i want to thank the commissioners for dealing with the discipline and the suspension of the african american students and we had a rally with over 75 people and 30 different organizations sign on to support the campaign and perform the discipline and so we look forward to the board and the superintendent and the administration here and usfd to be leaders in the city and the state and in the country to make sure that he with have practices and pbis throughout all of the schools and they can benefit. thank you. >> good ink, board members, ex-ive director of legal services for children and it is so thrilling to be here tonight, and poetic justice, because my first experience representing students in hearing was at 1950 mission and so it feels great to have this introduced the same day that that site is designated to a far more positive purpose. at my third grader elementary school was here for the rally and she looked up at me at one point and said that i don't get suspensions mommy, that does not seem like it would teach anyone a l