thank you very much for sharing that with us. [ applause ] >> hello, my name is nadine duffy. my child was the first to be in the i talk class 18 years ago. he did attend the bridge school and was able to learn how to use a communication device at 4 years old. but i was very saddened by the fact that san francisco unified school district did not have an i talk class, but i knew that my child wanted to communicate. but after he was at bridge school for 4 years san francisco unified got an i talk class. and my son was transferred back up into district. and i just wanted to thank you for allowing my son to go from i talk at frances to an toss to mission high and he's doing very well. he's currently working 2 days a week at ucsf. he's a greeter. he uses his talker. if it were not for him getting the basics at frances scott, i don't think he would be where he is now. a lot of parents have stopped me over the years, after my son left bridge school he didn't talk anymore, what did you do? it wasn't what i did. i had support from san francisco i talk class every step of the way. i'm j