>> i'm a teacher at san francisco public montessori. i work there because of the diversity of the students and it is one of a handful of authentic montessori schools in the country and it provides access to montessori education to all children. our approach to discipline is to work with each individual child and their family to determine the root causes of the child's difficulties. we work to identify and remove obstacles and triggerers for each child. we provide a safe environment and we work with each child to -- the skills to cope with their personal challenges. all of the teachers have worked hard to fight for the rights of all of our children. we believe this nonre-election of two of our teachers is a retaliation for a debate about discipline. please help us to reverse these nonre-elections and allow us to continue our successful approach to working with individual children according to his or her on -- own specific needs. thank you. president mendoza: next speaker, please. >> my name is beth and i'm a teacher at the san francisco m

. >> hi, i also work at san francisco public montessori. i chose to work at this school because it serves the vision that's expanding the montessori method into the public sector to allow children from all economic backgrounds to access higher education. also, in addition to being public, it's a full-inclusion school. and this allows us to work closely with children who face many challenges and heap guide them to the healing process that is needed. our newly appointed principal does not practice or support the montessori philosophy in regards to montessori. numerous times i have heard her desire to expel certain factors from our school. i believe she is targeting children who come from low income families who she claims is bringing an atmosphere of violence. i feel that she nonre-elected me because i spoke out against it. >> good evening. my name is hannah miller and i'm a probationary teacher at san francisco montessori school that has been nominated for nonre-election without evaluation. i think my nonre-election was because i took up for