we also heard a report on the planning for transitional kindergarten and ms. plack raised concerns about the various options that were presented to us and i think the committee shared those concerns and requested that the full board take a look at this sooner rather than later so i understand it's on the october 11 agenda. is that correct? that we're supposed to hear a report from staff, the full board, about what our options are and give direction. president mendoza: we'll make sure -- can you make sure it's part of agenda review next week? thank you. >> so the next meeting of the curriculum meeting is coming up soon, next monday, october 3, at 530. we are going to begin the conversation on honors and gate and middle school and there will be a presentation on that and i know members of the public are interested in this as part of the quality middle schools so i want to make sure people are aware of that. we're also going to hear about the district's new math initiatives, the grant that we got. there was a big article on the front page of the "crennicle" yesterday a