>>president walton: walter turner, susan fong, randall sargucci, star child. randy... and please feel free to lineup if i called your name. >> good evening, commissioners, good evening, superintendent. my name is randy sargucci, and i'm the executive director of urb urbanite academy. we serve boys of color in the third, fourth, and fifth grade in the stem curriculum with a saturday school. i'm here to support our african american leadership and focusing on supporting our african american students. while it has been a problem, it's never a wrong time to say the right thipng, and we need o keep that focus up. as i mentioned, this is a very old problem, so i think we all understand the angst of the community and the folks who have been here decade after decade seeing this thing. it's older than me, old enough maybe to have a full pension in a couple of years, but i think one agreement that everybody has in this room is that every child can learn. i don't think anybody in here would say otherwise. the data shows that we haven't been getting to that, but we stand as a partn

my name is walter turner. i'm a juvenile justice commissioner, plus, i work at all the schools in bay view. you know, dr. george washington carver, and what it is, like, when kids would not be able to get uniforms, we would get their uniforms for them at e.r. tiller -- my granddaughter goes there. can i see a show of hands to see who has kids in public schools? thank you. and it's like, the thing about it is, it's a passion, you know? high schools in bay v w view, it's like, the principals call me when the kids are getting ready to graduate, and they don't have no tuxedos, or gowns for the kids. well, we get them the tuxedos, and gowns, and i drive them in my rolls royce at no charge so they can have the same experience. let me ask you a question: how many people in this room are ghetto. can i see a show of hands? 'cause you know what? g-h g-h-e-t-t-o means getting highly educated to teach others, and that's what we call need to be, getting highly educated to teach others. you know, it's like charles drew -- n