mary bevins, rachel brooks, monica swartzalander, justin sutton, nevett, wendy wan, erin qataris. come up on, go to the podium. you have one minute each. >> i pressed the button. my name is mary bevins, the resource and literacy specialist at visitation valley school and a member of the council. >> can you wait a minute. i can't hear anything you're saying. >> boys and girls, please be quiet. show good listening. men and women, grown-ups. my name is mary bevins. i am the resource and literary specialist at visitation valley elementary school and a member of the school site council. i'm here to speak on behalf of the students for whom there is no achievement gap. the children with disabilities who are joyiously achieving, the children who traditionally have wide achievement gaps, the childrens whose lives are riddled with violence and poverty, all the children who are achieving joyuously for whom there is no achievement gap. i am here to tell you about their teacher ms. monica swartzlander, an outstanding educator who knows how to close the achievement gap by being a gifted teacher