i'm going to allow -- time is up, but i'm going to allow lita blanc, but time is up. >> thank you, president mendoza, i would like to cede my time to virginia marshall. thank you very much. >> okay. we're not -- so i'm sorry, miss blanc, i'm honoring the contract and allowing the union to speak, and so i'll allow you to speak, but i'm not going to allow any other community members to speak, but i want to be fair with the other group. [inaudible] >> no, i'm sorry, miss marshall -- no. well, i'm not going to run again, so you're lucky, so you don't have to support me. but i'm going to allow miss blanc to speak. thank you. >> so what i would like to say on behalf of uasf which is that we stand here together, all parents, all educators with the best intentions to raise up the students of all schools, particularly those in the bayview. but we know now that 5 years after charter schools have descended upon our country like a plague. your own budget book said in 2008, there were 2300 students in charter schools. since then, that number has tripled. and that means a loss of funds for public schools.

mike hutch inson, allison collins, rhonda batiste, susan solomon, lita blanc, iris chapman, and virginia marshall. i will remind all of you also that you have 20 minutes. we add on extra time if there are nonnative -- spanish speakers. if there are spanish speakers, we add on extra time. you have 20 minutes, and we'll get through as many as you can. so we're putting on the time, so starting now. i'm sorry, sweetheart. i'm sorry. >> my name is kimora. i go to malcolm x academy. we don't want or need a new school. we like the school we are at. my -- my school is healthy and clean. our teachers care a lot and love our -- us. they call my parents every day to update them on our behavior, good or bad. they are -- my mom is at our school off and onto help us with our school. our public -- our public school -- our public school is amazing. i standup -- i stand for public schools, i stand for malcolm x academy. please leave our public school alone. please leave our school alone. malcolm x. thank you. [applause] >> my name is breanna. i have a big family that lives right next door to our school.