tonight, we mourn the untimely loss of mayor edwinly. his leadership helped build the relationship between our district and sales force which provided $26 million in funding to the mayor's middle grades leadership initiative over the past five years. his office partners with my brother's and sister's keeper program, and finally, you put had moti -- he put in plans to thank nickly fergman for presenting to us. next week, the scc will be presenting a powerpoint and given advice for our understanding of improvement to synergy. we would like to thank dr. matthews and sarah ashton for giving us the opportunity. >> lastly, the scc also held a hearing on student achievements, and the sac wants to continue supporting african american students emotionally and academically, and today we received from their representatives and peers proved to address a lot of the issues in our community, and we hope to continue helping out our students and peers. >> our next meeting before on december 15th in the board of ed room. if you would like a copy of our up