my name is sharon kennedy, you probably recognize me, i've been here about four times this year. i figured i might as well come again because it seems no one is listening to me. i just sent in, you know, the round three forms with 11 schools on them, including my attendance area, and still, nothing. so i'm getting very frustrated. i was assigned a school over five miles awhat from -- away from the house, you guys have heard my sob story here. it's really far away, i've got a kindergartener, i don't know how you expect me, with the time it would take to get and the cost, i can't send my kid on a bus. i think that's a lot for the district to ask of a family to make them go so far away. i sent an email to ms. wynns because the last time i was here, someone asked her to get my name so she replied with a generic email back to you, well, as many of you in your neighborhood are experiencing the same thing.i would like to n my neighborhood would be able to attend a school so far away. i responded in a heartfelt e- mail explaining many things. one thing was why was i given such of generic

my name is sharon kennedy, you probably recognize me, i've been here about four times this year. i figured i might as well come again because it seems no one is listening to me. i just sent in, you know, the round three forms with 11 schools on them, including my attendance area, and still, nothing. so i'm getting very frustrated. i was assigned a school over five miles awhat from -- away from the house, you guys have heard my sob story here. it's really far away, i've got a kindergartener, i don't know how you expect me, with the ti

pam rah rouse, elaine meriwether, sharon kennedy, elizabeth conley, chantae rogers, betty robinson harris, and alyssa, do you want to speak at this point? ok, come up. >> my name is archie choice. i live here in san francisco for about 50 years and i've been having a problem with you -- your lottery system for placing kids in schools from junior high, elementary, and it just seems like it's not a fair system and doesn't seem like it's really effective, relying on somebody to wait on a lottery system. it's like going to the store and buying a ticket to see if you're going to win some money for your kid to get an education. i filled out a form and it had six different schools for my kid to pick to go to. i filled out three. you didn't give him any one of those, you know. it's like, why have this form if you're going to have a lottery system and i'm filling out a form, you know. the school that was picked for my son was on the other side of town. i live in richmond you gave him a school over by bay shore and silver. a lot of people don't have cars to be taking kids to where the school distri