[applause] >> next speaker, and i also have melissa carbajal. [speaking spanish] [voice of interpreter] >> good evening. my name is maria del ruby, and i'm a member of coleman advocates. i have children both at a charter school and at a traditional public school. and i'm here to advocate to make sure that we are doing right at charter schools by all our children, both latino and african american. thank you. [end of translation] [applause] [speaking spanish] [voice of interpreter] >> my name is sarai, and i'm a member of coleman advocates and pmac. i'm here to support this policy and to ask that we stop approving charter schools in san francisco. until we have a certainty of how they are performing their academic work with our children. thank you [end of translation] [applause] >> hello. good afternoon. my name is darian tillman, and i'm a parent advocate for coleman and pmac. i'm here to speak on the situation with charter schools, and what i had on my mind is i felt like it was hindering our youth education who are being -- i mean, i feel like

melissa dart carbajal, randy markman, mari villaluna. brean breanna hinkle, steve, i always jack up your name, and i apologize. 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 l