my name is jessie moor. i'm he junior at lowell high school, and i'm here speaking on behalf of the 40 members of lowell's technical theater program of which i've been a part fore three years. through ticket sales our drama programs are mostly self-sustaining and for our 2017 fall play, where we had multiple ways of selling tickets, through one of these facets of ticket sales, we made back over half of the money we spent on our play, and if the sale of tickets to students is discontinued, so will our shows, including our upcoming spring musical which student technicians, designers, actors and technicians have been working on upwards of three months. this would be a detrimental loss to money of us. we believe in equitiable access to the arts for all, but this proposed amendment by the student advisory council will only push this problem farther away when most schools already have systems in place to ensure equal access. if this amendment is to pass, i strongly encourage the student advisory council to include

[applause] >> we have three more names: is a man that rich, jessie moore, and jill hendricks, please make your way to the podium. we have about five minutes left. >> hello. my name is is a man that rich, and i'm a junior at lowell high school, and i'm a member of t

[applause] >> we have three more names: is a man that rich, jessie moore, and jill hendricks, please make your way to the podium. we have about five minutes left. >> hello. my name is is a man that rich, and i'm a junior at lowell high school, and i'm a member of the performers and stage for the last three years. getting to put a show on for an audience is so rewarding. i feel lucky to go to a school where we have so many different performing arts classes and extracurriculars that