again, my name is jamarie martin, and i am a proud kipp student. please renew kipp sf charter. >>president walton: you have a little bit less than five minutes left as a group. >> hi. my name is maria. i'm a parent and a student of kipp, and i'm really sad about your decision because my -- my child -- my kid is in 9th grade, so if he starts a new step in his life, which is very important, because he ain this school has excellent grades. he has worked very hard for the teachers and at this school, so i'm really disappointed about your decision, but i respect it at the same time. and -- but please think about that because if i -- if i -- if you guys were in my place, trust me, it's not going to be the same. and in my experience with my kids, especially in this -- in middle school, it was, oh, my gosh. i'm really disappointed with the school because they totally do not care about their students. they just run, you know, like everything -- like, every day. they don't care if they're going good, if they're -- if they're need something to help, nothing. it's just if you go, and you c