[applause] >> my name is mike hutch inson, and i am a proud student of oakland public schools. we're members of the national alliance, a groot roots organization fighting for education justice across the country. we stand in solidarity with the naacp and black lives matter in calling for a moratorium on charter schools. i'm born and raised in oakland, and as superintendent matthews knows, oakland was taken over by the state, and when oakland was under stateceivership, we saw charter schools placed throughout our community. right now, oakland has 42 charter schools, of those 42 schools, 40 of them are below 5 80. if charter schools were better, they'd be in the hills in oakland, but instead, the opposite has happened. the hills have been able to fight off charter schools, and they've only been placed in our neighborhoods, and this has followed the same colonial pattern across the country, so i encourage this school board, you know, schools have never served our communities like they should, and many of these families connected to charter schools, they have a good point. we need

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.