goals and access to equity, and those goals are still very present in our district, so we do not favothink it is appropriate fors to consider all of these funds as flexible, as som

goals and access to equity, and those goals are still very present in our district, so we do not favothink it is appropriate fors to consider all of these funds as flexible, as some of our neighbors have done, and in many of those districts they do not have the same pattern of funding. it is not a program most school districts receive, so it is not in our view the same type of context for us to consider $40 million or $30 million as unrestricted funds but we can apply towards a baseline funding for our schools. we do not think that is appropriate. >> other comments? >> i think it would be helpful. i appreciate the page and that actually shows this reflected, but i think considering a tier 3 money in general, which is supposed to help us meet the goals of our strategic plan, and if we are not meeting the goals, if we are not closing our achievement gap, if we are not graduating more african- americans or pacific islanders, maybe we should be reconsidering how we are spending the tier 3 money, because we have been using it in the same way. there are still failing schools or low-performing sc