when you think of a joyful lerner, my kids come home and they want to practice their cursive letters. they want to practice in math, how they think google maps is the best video game ever. we are growing, we are changing, and those things are never easy. there are going to be issues that,, decisions that need to be made. we have a great parent community. lots of people that want to be involved, we have not quite figured out how yet. we want to support our teachers and our administrators. we want to thank you for being innovative and starting a new type of public school for san francisco. president mendoza: can you repeat your name for me? >> bernadette bonham. >> in order to be respectful of the board's time, as parents of san francisco public montessori, we have asked one parent to speak on behalf of this group of support of parents throughout this auditorium. in a very short time, we have gathered the voices of parents that are grateful to the board for the gift of san francisco public montessori. i know you guys have heard a lot of grief about the school. we love this school, the t