thank you. [ speaking in spanish ] >> translator: good evening, i am a mother from fifth grade, esther cardona, and i'm here with all the parents from monroe to let the board know we need you to take action and that we need a teacher for our school. for our classroom of fifth grade. [ speaking in spanish ] >> translator: so, my daughter, who's in fifth grade, is really sad, because she's seen a lot of her good friends leave the school. and what affects my daughter is affecting me, too, because i see how it's affecting her emotionally and it's affecting me emotionally also. [ speaking in spanish ] >> translator: and this is all i wanted to tell you. i think you have the solution. i think if you listen to us, you know what needs to be done. we need a teacher in the fifth grade. this is all i need to say. thank you. [ speaking in spanish ] >> translator: my name is jessica. [ inaudible ] -- out of school. [ inaudible ] [ speaking in spanish ] >> translator: my son had an incident, a disciplinary incident in the school. he was suspended, and i think he has -- retaliation, because i have been one o