darlene is already gone. many of us have your information, and we know who you are, so we will follow up with you on how far up on the list you are. because you have had your appeal approved, -- you are a high priority. we just cannot offer you anything right now. thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is ivan garcia, and i and the student body president of o'connell high school, and i am here to address to the board members that, new members, we are here to ask you why one will not be attending the school next year. he has been a member of the school over six years. especially in working with parents, he contributes to the positive atmosphere with students, parents, and teachers. we are sad and angry to hear that this teacher, who has only been in the district for one year -- if she truly knew the work that he had done at the school, then she would knew that the decision is the right or wrong. there is a partial list over the past six years. president mendoza: thank you. >> [speaking foreign lang

darlene limb, the educational director of the placement center. julie pong. and richard koranz will also be sharing some information tonight. i also want to thank yong lee. this is the tale presenting tonight. it's actually multiple departments that have been work ing on this. i also want to thank the parent advisory council and the parents for public schools for all the work that they've done in partnering with us to gather feedback from the community. so we can, as the superintendent said, have an understanding of what the feedback is and make modifications to our proposals based on that. and they are modifications. and as we go through our presentation tonight, we will highlight the areas where we've modified based on the feedback and we'll also highlight areas that there might be a divergence in perspective, but there's some shared belief. a lot of shared belief around the work that we're doing here. and so tonight's agenda, we will go through our staff presentation and then the parent advisory council and parents republic schools will present and have a

darlene miller and her guest, ms. terry lee strauss.haheen. the honorable austin goolsby and his wife, mrs. robin goolsby. ms. lisa budmoon and her husband, mr. mark kastoler. mr. doug hickey and his wife, ms. dawn ross. ms. susan eisenhower and her guest, mr. bucky clarkson. the honorable senator daniel coates and his wife, mrs. marcia coates. the honorable representative schultz and her husband, mr. steven schultz. mr. david billings and his wife, ms. rebecca goodhart. mr. norman and his guest, ms. patricia lindbergh. mr. -- mr. volker bouffler. >> you are also performing. are you nervous? >> no, a bit nervous but i'm looking very much forward to the event. >> will you play vaugner? >> not tonight. she likes classical music. >> what german composers will you play? >> beethoven, hendle. >> are there any challenges? >> might be, but these are not things that you worry about. >> how many? >> about 30. but we perform in different groups. >> normally you would have others with you? >> we are 180. do you have a name for that? a symphony? >>