i am gumatise dahavan, a parent of a elementary child who attend sherman elementary and represent over 50 parents who have been affected by a bus service disruption from sherman elementary to five different after-school programs. this disruption has caused many parents to consider change of school, going out of the public school system into other school options. i also think this is going to have a negative effect on working parents who aren't able to come in the middle of the day to ferry their kids from school. ççoj bus routes to obtain and which bus routes continue? is it a function of the number of students, the location, or how hard it is to get to certain schools, the timings? and are we being negatively penalized for living in a particular neighborhood where perhaps public school enrollment is lower? as tax-paying citizens, we would like to realize the full benefits of supporting and can advancing for public schools, enrolling our students, our children into public schools, and i just fear that this has been a very abrupt decision. i think there could have been a way in which