providing transportation to and from school for children to get there safely is critical. that young people who may have dropped out of school or atged out of school need that opportunity to come back and special services to be able to help them graduate. and that smaller class sizes are better for children because it provides additional attention. those and many other programs are the priorities. i have put forward some ideas that city council, they're literally being debated now. i think that today is one of the most important days in the history of the city of philadelphia. we're at a crossroads. we're either as a city supporting young people and supporting education, or some of our elected leaders may in fact be sending a message to say that they don't support children, that they're not going to help them get off it a great, great start as young people here in the city. so it is an important debate going on, literally as you and i are speaking, they're debating in city council now the future of young people here in philadelphia. i'm standing with the kids, standing with the parents, standing on the economic