my name is kristina wong, special assistant to the superintendent. we have a brief presentation for you, and we're going to -- both myself and also the b.c.c. members before you are going to be copresenting. so on my left is kara lima. and then also on my right is myrna vasquez. she is a very active parent on dlac, elac, coleman advocates, and many organizations. she is our chair of b.c.c. >> all right. everyone. good night -- or not good night. i mean, we're still here. hopefully good night soon. so the outcome for today is we're trying to improve the systems for y'alls. we're going to explain the system where b.c.c. is at, where we hope to be with b.c.c., and kind of share the focus with dlac, so that's kind of the focus for today. >> and in this slide, we're going to show part of the discussion topics that we have at b.c.c. last year, and i just want to highlight it -- three of those. it's more balanced assessments for english learns, [inaudible] >> so i wanted to review what the current b.c.c. status is. it was created as an advisory group to the

i'd like to take some time to thank kristina wong for her support and guidance throughout this process. the translation interpretation unit because the work that we do is not possible without them, the multilingual departments for continuing their work to roll out the wonders, which is the new curriculum that serves the complex needs of our english learner students. congratulations b.c.c., and thank you for your hard work. over the past several years, i've witnessed firsthand the dedication that the members have shown to ensure that the needs of english language learners are met. it is a pleasure to welcome them on board to be members of the district english learners advisory committee. i want to specifically recognize myrna vasquez. as you all heard, she is involved everywhere and part of the pack, part of the delac. she's an elac member. so having her join us is going to help connect the b.c.c. and in spirit, the b.c.c. will live within the district english language learners advisory. so with that, one of our members is not here this evening. she had trouble getting here because of t