my name is guadalupe martinez, and i'm a member of pmac. i want to make sure that all charter schools have the same standards that schools at sfusd have. we've fought very hard to get approval for resolutions regarding safe schools and other policies that create safe school environments and support. but charter schools don't have to comply with this. we want to make sure that you are doing right by our latino and african american children. [end of translation] [applause] [speaking spanish] [voice of interpreter] >> good evening. my name is maria elena. thank you for the opportunity to comment. i'm a member of coleman advocates and pmac, and i've worked for nine years for the betterment of our children's education. i want to ensure that the education that our kids are getting is the same quality as what the schools -- the public schools have. and now that my son is attending a charter school for the first time, i want to make sure that i have somewhere to go, and someone to hold accountable. and now that i am learning that charter schools do

my name is darian tillman, and i'm a parent advocate for coleman and pmac. i'm here to speak on the situation with charter schools, and what i had on my mind is i felt like it was hindering our youth education who are being -- i mean, i feel like charter schools are being used -- are using the youth for -- as entities and for corrupt gang without giving progress reports to the parents when they should know about their child being comfortable at the school. and that's not happening from my understanding, and that needs to happen so we can get the full acknowledgement on what we're taking on in our community. [applause] >> the thing with the progress reports, it's like they'll feel comfortable enough to participate enough in the schools, and basically, the gentrification going on, they feel like -- well, we feel like -- that it would take a lot of the tension off the students who really need the help. and if we're just putting money in everybody's pockets at the school, and we have none for ourselves to fallback with our children, it's like we don't know where

my name is guadalupe martinez, and i'm a member of pmac. i want to make sure that all charter schools have the same standards that schools at sfusd have. we've fought very hard to get approval for resolutions regarding safe schools and other policies that create safe school environments and support. but charter schools don't have to comply with this. we want to make sure that you are doing right by our latino and african american children. [end of translation] [applause] [speaking spanish] [voice of