my name is shari taylor. i am a teacher and a product of the san francisco unified school district, and my own children were products of san francisco unified school district. at mary l. booker leadership academy, we will assist all students in increasing their grade point level average. as we know, many students go from one grade to the next, and they're pushed socially. there are students that do not -- that are promoted and graduate at three and four grade levels below. we have seventh and eighth graders in the public school system that still do not know how to do long division, they do not know how to read the analog clock, they do not know how to write effectively, and we would like to build a community -- our academy, mary l. booker leadership academy would like to build with the parents, so we can have a parent involvement, a relationship where they can trust us, and we can lead our children to victory. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. my name is betty hunter. i'm a paren