gets. thank you for hearing us. [applause] >> thank you. next group of speakers, chris foally, trish quan, susan, karen, and gram bell. come up to the podium please. >> i'm a teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing. there's some changes in our program that i'm not sure you're aware of. seven years ago you did a really good thing. you weren't providing deaf and hard of hearing services for students. the parents protested, they started to create a lawsuit, you met with them individually. commissioner wynns was here as part of that. they came back, passed board resolutions to create a preschool through high school deaf and hard of hearding program, one for auditory and one for sign language. that has never really been implemented. in the past three years alone we have had seven different administrators, we're about to have another one. none of them had really had a background in deaf education. we have been told that those scc classrooms are scheduled to be closed and go to inclusion. our parents don't know about them. there's supposed to be quarterly parent meetings, which have not occ

superintendent. my name's chris foally, i'm just a concerned citizen. as the designer of a commercial residential buildings for the public, i have requirements set forth by the federal government and the state in the form of the california building code and universal building code and these include provisions set forth by the american with disabilities act and the guidelines ensure that all people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to use and access the buildings i design. it is my professional obligation to ensure the accessibility in every building. ing. it is my understanding that they have been programs and services to enable students who are deaf and hard of hearing of having that equal opportunity. the fifth through 12th grade levels have not had that implementation and even some of the previous improvements have been uninstalled. i'm curious why the resources for these have not been allocated and the resolution not fully implemented. my understanding you guys are voted in by the people and have to carry something out that has not been done. so what are you guys going t