zigzagging and when something starts to look -- work, double digit growth for african-american and pacificare -- pacific islander students, this is closing the gap. and to hire a young wellbore stepler like richard -- whippersnapper like richard carranza, we will stay the course. we congratulate the school board for staying the course and doing the right thing. thank you to all of you. i want to mention, because we do not get enough thank you's. i want to mention some things that are important for leave here. i wanted to inform everybody that with the student assignment, every we're -- year we have some buzz. fifth and eighth grade students enrolled who do not have -- answer the deadline. those are kids that will come to our schools but sometimes there late in getting things in. we held off a little bit longer than normally. that means -- that meant we had to stop holding the space is not until may. we did that on -- spaces not until may. we did that so kids would not get lost in the system. this is an issue that we will have to clarify that will come before the board on student assignment. w