>> dr. gomez is our principal. my name is rain mendoza. thank you. >> good evening. i am actually a parent from john o'connell high school. my kid is a junior. he has a 4.0. i am very proud of this school. i am actually supporting all of what they are doing. it is remarkable in transformation. with three years of being in the school, it made my son very, very academically -- very actually good. just to let you guys know, we would love to keep our teachers as much as we can. have them come back to all the teachers that have been there for so long. thank you. this is the place to be. >> hello, board. and you for having me here again. i just wanted to start off by saying there were three parents that had to leave. the student that took off running was probably one of our students. he cried leaving the board meeting, because he wanted to stay. just to start off, i know with hydra, we are looking at the same kind of thing. the big thing showing success with african-american students is having stability with the adults, earning trust, training teachers to better assist and