my name is patricia coka. i know many of the faces around this table because i am a mother of five. by now i have two children, boys, two nieces, and one nephew in the superintendent zone. i also want to thank dr. patricia gray and because she heard -- babies, come back here. you heard the voices of our children, of our parents. that means a lot because it shows to our babies that it does make a difference if they talk. we had a rally on friday. some of you may have seen us. the students were so perfect. it was so organized like this, but there were so behaved. i want to thank you guys because you showed to the students that you can make a difference with a softer voice. we do not need our fists. we need the wonderful people who are listening. i am also here as a bay view parents. i ask you to please help us. we are about to lose a middle school. that sends me as the mother of a second grader, another little one, and a grandchild. i want a school my student can walk to. i am just like everyone else. i appreciate all the gifts you are giving us and i hear all the cries of the babies