thank you, and we hope you can be on our side. >> laura zapato, estella rosares -- chairperson nolan: how many speakers? >> 20 more. >> good afternoon, director, commissioners. i and the community organizer for the jamestown community center. some of you have met with some of our kids. they wanted to be here, but unfortunately, because the time was not changed -- one of my students this year, but the majority could not be here to talk to you today. we were lucky because it was early release today in the school district, so we have some elementary and middle schoolers who were able to join us. that was happenstance. but it would have been great if you could of passed this to 4:00. we need this to happen. we have been working with you guys for about 18 months, trying to make this happen. we really need to have this happen. we are wasting money and time. our families and our kids need this. it was all some of you guys to put the $1.8 million last year for free passes over the summer. we are at a position where we are figuring out what to do about that. we're getting toward the end of the