so i'm just going to give you each a minute because there's several of you, but if i could get deidre elmsumi, guadalupe, darren, mana moreno, and saba aguilar. this is section j, and this is the public comment on the two items that we'll get introduced after public comment. so come on up, and we'll give you each a minute to speak. >> good evening. my name is mildred coffee. i'm here in support of passing this policy, but i want to make sure that all charter schools are held to the same standards that all sfusd schools are held to the same -- you know, same standards. and i understand that we do have children in our organization that do go to charter schools, and i do want to make it clear to you guys, and we as coleman advocates want to make it very clear to everyone here tonight that we're not opposing charter schools: schools. we want to make sure, like i said, that they're held accountable, just like sfusd students. we do the same thing for them. and also we want to make sure that if there's funding, that it's not taken away from public schools because we also need much more improvement i