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volunteering at the school, she spent a lot of her personal time working with her kids and she told me she works as a nanny and she told me now she has to work overtime to hire a private tutor for her and she feels betrayed. and this is just one example. there are many parents who are very happy with the school system but her son goes to school at a star school and, you know, the passing -- the proficiency rate is barely at 50%. and so there -- the story echoes very clearly on a certain side of town where i live and my friends live, and so we want to make sure that all the schools ac...

she told me she works as a nanny and she told me now she has to work overtime to hire a private tutor for her and she feels betrayed. and this is just one example. there are many parents who are very happy with the school system but her son goes to school at a star school and, you know, the passing -- the proficiency rate is barely at 50%. and so there -- the story echoes very clearly on a certain side of town where i live and my friends live, and so we want to make sure that all the schools across the town are setting the same high standards for all kids in making sure that they all...

relationship, that information is available. and i just want to make certain that in our discussions with the board of education and the p.a.c. that we're responsive. and i know that partners that work with us are ready to respond. and again, that information is readily available. >> and i also want to apologize. we're not here to complain. commissioner maufas: we just want to make sure you know what the parents are saying. but maybe it's my miswording, but i'm a founding p.a.c. member so i under those issues and they need to be brought to the board of education and we need to be abl...

said this over and over again, but it's true. we want to make sure that teachers and administrators are held accountable to make sure all the kids are getting the education they deserve. and i wanted to share a quick story with you of what happened in a conversation that i had this week. there's a woman that's a friend of mine who has spent a lot of time on her elac and she's an immigrant and she's learning english. she told me last year her son had a great year. he had a fabulous teacher and they were all excited. but in the summer when she got her star scores, not a test or anythin...

school tutoring program, and she's really concerned because she feels like she doesn't know what to do. she spent a lot of time volunteering at the school, she spent a lot of her personal time working with her kids and she told me she works as a nanny and she told me now she has to work overtime to hire a private tutor for her and she feels betrayed. and this is just one example. there are many parents who are very happy with the school system but her son goes to school at a star school and, you know, the passing -- the proficiency rate is barely at 50%. and so there -- the story ech...