haney, miss [inaudible], miss mendoza, miss wynn, misnorton. six i's. >> i know there are probably a lot of people anxious to leave the room now. as you exit we will be continuing with our meeting. we are moving on to item g -- i mean, item j, request to speak regarding general matters. as i reminded the audience earlier, the cards that i have now, as i've called this item and the people who signed up to speak before today are the people who will speak. i am going to call your name. as i call your name, please ryan -- line up at the podium. you will have -- on the -- i believe most of the speakers are here because of the non reelect matter and teacher hey offs -- lay offs, so i'm going to allow a total of 20 minutes for this item so individual speakers will not have time to remark, but when the timer goes off at 20 minutes i will close public comment at that time. [inaudible] you will not be individually timed, but you will only have 20 minutes total. >> my name is lenny [inaudible]. as a fellow teacher i have seen her tirelessly and patiently