dr. janet schultz to present. >> i welcome dr. schultz and i have actually met dr. schultz a long time ago when i was a lawyer for the school district and we worked on the consent decree. we're happy to have you. thank you dr. schultz for being here and the floor is yours. thank you supervisors and commissioners and thank you for the opportunity to come back and present further details on the data, on the status of our current juniors and their graduation, as well as some action items we have taken since the last time we were all together. what i would like to do today is to really brief outline of the context, just to give folks an idea of our overall graduation requirements and talk about the immediate action plan we have put in place since the last time we saw you, including the review of some data that is a little more detailed than before and answer any questions. so just to sort of set the context for folks, because it gets to be very complicated when we talk about graduation requirements, because we have so many different options for students. and so as we are

dr. schultz for the presentation. colleagues i know we have a number of members of audience who are here to provide public comment on this important item. i don't know if we have any comments, but unless there is objection, why don't we turn to public comment. normally i give three minutes to each speaker, but i want to make sure we don't lose our quorum. so if we could limit it to 2 minutes and if you could please come forward. let me read some of the cards. if any member of the public would like to speak, please come up. [ reading speakers' names ] please come up and go to the mic. don't be shy. you only have the entire city watching. [ laughter ] only. >> good afternoon honorable supervisors and board of ethics commissioners. i'm kristin winn, district 6 youth commissioner and high school student. first and foremost i would like to thank the board of supervisors and board of education for holding this meeting. it's important for high school students and it's important for youth to graduate from high school with res