[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