. >> hello, my name is mckaila sullivan. i have worked in the school since 2001 st district i have served in the augmented program and i have worked with dr. gloria soto in this wonderful feel to help children get empowered to participate in the curriculum at large. i'm proud to say that the i talk classroom really provides a forum for the students to participate and be included in the general ed curriculum. i'm really, i really want to talk about how our students are the most vulnerable and really need the most intensive communication strategies known. what is really important about what we do is we get them ready to use their communication devices to participate in reading, writing and a variety of other things. we have the best practices and i'm proud about that because we utilize ipads, we utilize electronic devices and technology and we've seen so many successes. i have worked at the middle school in the i talk program there and i have seen the students age out and move into transitional programs in adult day care progr

mckaila sullivan, rachel goldstein, chris tam, susie loftus. soto, am us, ash land colo hailey. matthew skrouj, dennis kelly, bill rose toe. susanna and brianna. >> everyone has 2 minutes. so we have many speakers tonight. i would appreciate the audience to respect the speakers and please keep your private comments or comments with each other. if you need to speak to each other, please leave the room. >> my name is gloria soto. i'm a professor of special education and the coordinator of programs in physical and housing permits at san francisco state university. i appreciate the board for letting me to speak to you tonight. >> excuse me. please let's respect the speaker. quiet, please. speaker has waited over an hour to speak. let's respect the speaker. thank you. >> thank you, i'm here tonight to ask the board to stop the closing of the i talk program at fsk elementary. the i talk program stands for learning communication created years ago to serve the needs of children because of significant physical and cognitive disabilities don't have the ability to speak. they need the supp