ms. berkowitz who gave an excellent presentation at the committee as a whole and my colleague for bringing this forward. >> yeah. at first i want to recognize and reflect how extraordinary it is to have so many kids on a school night to say they want to in school and in class and demanding of us. for those listening on the radio or watching, i think it's a testament to good things that are happening in our schools. our students want to remain in class and the impact they can have when they are there. it's important for us to remember that this is our students telling us and our community telling us that they want more education and they want to partner with us to make that happen. to reflect on that. i also want to say this you -- thank you to a couple of folks and public advocates and all the community groups part of this for the last several months, this would not have happened without you bringing it forward and the incredible amount of thoughtfulness and pressure an even on me as we are working together in collaboration with our staff from the beginning, this is not something that was