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school. one thing to facilitate change of the school, and they collaborated to assess the climate and culture of paul revere. the results are encouraging wheat toast the vast majority want to continue -- the results are encouraging because the vast majority want to continue. i really encourage you to read what steps are taken by the building bridges and team. [applause] >> [speaking spanish] fax hold on a second for translation. >> i am here to make a clarification that this is not a personal matter regarding the principal who. i am here for the impact it might cause for those childr...

>> i have a daughter in kindergarten, and i am here to support our friends of both, -- support our principal, and i would like to know if she is going to be moved. i do not have of our friends -- why do not have a preference. when she applied for schools, she was not excepted because she was speaking spanglish. for the time that she has been at paul revere, she has advanced quite a lot, and now she knows how to differentiate between spanish and english. thank you. >> my name is eric car, and i am the proud parents of a spirited kindergartner at paul revere and a member of the organiz...

change is that i have five children that have attend -- attended the school, two girls are still there, but my three sons have graduate. one of my sons returned from china after receiving a scholarship to study in china abroad for a number of months. that opportunity would not have been afforded had he not been able to learn the language. the population of african-americans and latinos in the school is very low. african-american3% and dropping. my concern is to keep the field -- is not level now, we should make sure we at least keep the numbers that are english learners, so please ta...

the rights teach children in california has, so i would much appreciate if the priority is education of the children and nothing else but has not the same importance as education. thank you. >> [speaking spanish] >> good evening, i am a mother of a son in kindergarten, and the reason why i am here isn' i would like to let you know what made my son advance in his education. especially for my son, his priorities are to play and be with friends and to learn, but basically for made it is his saves the, so learning respect -- it is safety, so learning respect for his peers. as we know, la...

into an immersion program requires more instructional time and resources than is allocated due to continued budgetary reductions. [applause] >> good evening. my name is ronnie chisholm. i'm a member of the black student union and i thank the board for taking the time to hear us. my concern with the proposed change is that i have five children that have attend -- attended the school, two girls are still there, but my three sons have graduate. one of my sons returned from china after receiving a scholarship to study in china abroad for a number of months. that opportunity would not hav...