public elementary school is using is the culture club of horace mann elementary school. it's a big day for harrison rosenberg. he is sharing about his time living in holland with help from his mother. >> if you were in the netherlands and said i'd like a piece of good a cheese, they would have thought you were crazy. >> we learned about cheese. >> they also learned more about harrison, too. chloe kaplan started a weekly culture club in horace mann elementary school kindergarten classes with the idea of capitalizing on the school's international student population. >> i think the most important thing is for each child to feel really celebrated. >> kaplan says it helps to the sense of community and confidence. even the shy students come out of their shells when they are sharing. occasionally, teachers chime in as well. is in a place called south america. >> she even shares some of her dance moves. share aboutoud to waterfalls and humming birds and lizards in venezuela. as well as one of her favorite venezuelan foods. andrea says sharing with her classmates makes her happy.

and staff i sat in that seat for a long time but i think you can do better for the children's at horace mann when the conditions create the conditional use authorization conditions for schools to improve one is a effective staffing principles have to be able to hire teachers that can execute the positions frankly our principle is doing her part working hard to insure that english learners are getting the instruction and not getting enough of the help she is a good soldier this spring she hired a spanish arts teacher of the qualify commitments and months later they said the teacher was ineligible because of a visa problem i want you to know the messages we've heard the teacher has not come back and we're trying to find a replacement other schools are having shortages and you should fill those i'm sorry it is not good enough not for our school or any the fact is the school district all the complexity if the contracts they/to work for our high priority schools not against them in this case only against them we expect a better solution thank you. (clapping.) >> i wondering if ms. vasquez about m