my name is ingrid fajardo. i have a daughter in fifth grade in the mission educational center. already my friends have said almost everything. i just want to bring up a highlight the important that mec has for all the new comer children. mec is a community that every year, it rebuilds itself with new families, new students. the beautiful part of it is the diversity that enriches our community every year and the tri tribulation that we go through to live in this country. teachers are bringing us a lot of different aspects, in many ways. [ speaking spanish language ] [ speaking through the interpreter ] >> one of our most strong concerns is that with everything that is going on in the country with this new administration, our school will no longer be a cozy place. now that there's more freedom to express hate, and nonacceptance for immigrants, this school brings us that strength and it teaches us how to be strong for when it is our time to enter the real world. our families and students have not been through only by a problem -- academic problems, it's being added all the problem