patricia lee. managing attorney of the san francisco juvenile unit. we are the recipient of a block two grant to establish our legal educational advocacy project. it is based on our experience of the need to provide educational advocacy for our clients and students. many of you know that we already attended the expulsion hearings of our clients, as well as the special education iep hearings for our clients, which can take anywhere from two to three hours, which takes staff out of the room, but what we have learned, when you look at the statistics, where 80% of individuals ages 18 through 25 who were on probation in san francisco in 2009 were lacking g e d's, and that of the 98 homicides in san francisco in 2008, 30% were youth and young adults from ages 14 to 25. 95% of these homicide victims were dropouts. so we are really excited to establish this project. we are hoping you will grant the annual salary modification, and we will be adding an education attorney to our office to provide for educational advocacy, in partnership with the court, district