my name is karen segal, and i've taught music for the past 20 years in public and private schools, and i've been teaching with the district since 2002. i am pleased, proud and feel very blessed to currently be serving as a music teacher at rule wallenberger -- raoul wallenberger high school. both schools i teach at serve primarily underserved black-brown and economically discharged students who have had little or no previous access to music education. i teach them to express them creatively, to collaborate and learn music production recording, skills they can use as careers and earn well above minimum wage. both of my positions are vapa funded and i am concerned that students will lose these programs if the vapa funding is cut. during the summ this is, i am concerned what our students will lose if the vapa budget is cut. just down the road from district offices is international high school, a high-end public school where students have access to a state-of-the-art recording studio. i believe that sfusd students should also have access and opportunities to use such technology as a strife