my name is veronica martinez, and i'm not go to college, but i'm a mother. and every single day, i get good education for my kids, and i'm up here because this is what we want for our kids, better education. i don't speak -- my english is not good. i came 18 years ago. my husband is born and raised in san francisco, in the mission district. my son went to public education many years ago, and he got exactly the same problems as my husband have long time ago, and i don't want this for my child. i want better education. i want my kids to go to college one day, and they going to do it because you know what? i'm here, and i'm going to speak for that persons who don't want to speak or they don't speak the english, or they don't have like me to come standup here and talk about with you guys. i don't mind. i'm going to fight every single day so all the kids have the same education and my kids can go to college. marybell literature academy is all this. every time we have a chance, we meet with parents. this is a great school for our children, for our communities, and

veronica martinez, amalia mend mendez, erica choy, and you can start coming up and getting behind the podium. [please standby for captioner switch] >> and michelle isnogle, sorry. [inaudible] >> it does, so give me a moment. brandy -- [inaudible] >> miley villaluna, and the other? [inaudible] >> randy markman. thank you. so the speakers that are going to be coming up now have 20 minutes, and then, we'll add time to the other side, and i'll give you that time number after i do the calculations, so why don't we go ahead and start with the public speakers. please state your full name so that i can check you off. thank you. >> sharlie taylor. good evening to the san francisco board of education, the commissioners, superintendent, president. it is not every day that one can step into one of the greatest opportunities to change the world through the es of another person, yet that is the role of a teacher, whether that teacher is amazing or indifferent. that position is very impactful. my name is sharlie taylor. i'm a san francisco unified school district taylor. i received my degree from th