and in lots of areas that i didn't know about, and then, also worked with kol man because i know that kol man was at thorough good marshal and after the incident but truly in collaboration with the staff, and the families that had already gone through that a, to g, requirement and rigger and many of the things that kol man brought to the table that were so important and need to be said to the district. and the board of education and i am appreciative that they came forward with a city wide campaign to do that and so i will speak to the kol man staff and acknowledge their huge effort in organizing the folks across the city but i also want to acknowledge historically the staff and the families and the students at the academic high school that were really at this board, championing a, to g, for all students. thank you. >> okay, wow. i think that we are done, goodness, and okay, let's go on to... thank you for the presentation, thank you very much and sorry to keep you all so late. >> item n. consent calendar resolutions. none, tonight. >> and let's vote on the consent calendar. and it wa

85 percent of them had less than a fifth grade education and we know that that is wrong and so, at kol man, we had this campaign, and first, to identify the racial achievement gaps and then it was an a, through g, education requirement and so i would like the other employees the kol man, we feel, i guess, were extra hard on the district i have to say myself too. and because we feel such a personal responsibility to those students and those parents. and we told them help was coming. and we told them that we asked them to dreams for their children and every one of those dreams are to college education. and so when you see these numbers, i appreciate that we have the data now and it is so... and i think that we have to remember too, that we, our budget was cut, and our budget was cut, and i guess an equivalent now, and what were you telling me, $200 million from when we first passed it but this is also the same that not everyone on this, and if decided to cut summer school and it was a community effort, that kol man actually went to the mayor and asked the mayor, we need summer school and we

staff has done and the discussions that we have had and the participation of the public and including kol man has been significant to get us to where we are now and we have been working hard on this and we will continue to. >> commissioner maufas? >> thank you, president fewer. first i want to make the personal comments. so, in regards to a, to g, and i hear mr. bogus's perspective and there are moments when i am aligned with that perspective because i come from the place in the district where it was fine, for everybody that kids did not, that all of our students did not graduate a, to g and there were so many schools that knew that. and protested us over and over for decades but nothing changed. and even as i sit here in this place, and i know that we are doing things to move off of that philosophy. when i child is going to graduate and they are not meeting the a, to, g it is still defeating, one child, it is a huge disappointment, and i think about that and where is that student going to go in life? and even if they understand, that they can still stay with us for a little bit longer to get