todd berman, roberto hernandez, karen siegel, melissa scott, julia roberts-fong, jill daneen, robin saunders, an amarie tillian, bill armstrong, sierra ortiz, joseph churchill, isabella palomonde. go ahead. you can -- you can begin. >> my name is jessica buchsman. i'm a parent at new tradition elementary school. my two boys have directly benefited from the district's vapa program and funding with vapa teachers in their schools. i'm also a product of sfusd schools? i've had kids in the district for the last eight years so i've been through and seen many struggles for funding. so i was saddened but not surprised this afternoon to receive a distress call from our school community? i even left my eight-year-old at home with my 13-year-old in order to be here. and i'm still here, even though a lot of people have already said what needs to be said because i want the teachers to know that they have parents' support. to the board, we're counting on you as our elected representatives to fund the arts. through vapa, through the peef as it exists, the last-minute change that we heard about today feels