that rain is coming. rain is coming. at river north at billy s restaurant they are getting ready for the fenger fund-raiser. we have tuna and smoked salmon. up to you what you want to put in your roll. billy hires fenger students to lend a hand. i m going to pick the best one and name it the fenger roll. i m truly, truly moved by all of you tonight and your support of fenger high school. we believe our kids matter. kids are standing right there, who are no different than your children you tuck in at night just come from extraordinary circumstances. so the dollars that you give tonight will go to support college enrollment, support reading programs, go to support the things that really matter in the lives of our kids and from the bottom of the depths of my
heart and soul, i want to tell you thank you for showing up. thank you so much to everyone. [ applause ] it means a lot that you are here with us tonight. really. i attended fenger high school and i graduated in 1977. we had good times. those were the good old days. but these are different times. our youths face a lot of problems now. that s why we are all here. i think with your help tonight, i think billy said we raised 34,000. 34,000. i m going to personally match that with a $35,000 grant. while i know that this is just a portion of the funding that was lost, i know it s a step in the right direction. we hope all of you continue to work with us.
the bottom of the depths of my heart and soul, i want to tell you thank you for showing up. thank you so much to everyone. [ applause ] it means a lot that you are here with us tonight. really. i attended fenger high school and i graduated in 1977. we had good times. those were the good old days. but these are different times. our youths face a lot of problems now. that s why we are all here. i think with your help tonight, i think billy said we raised 34,000. 34,000. i m going to personally match that with a $35,000 grant. while i know that this is just a portion of the funding that was lost, i know it s a step in the right direction. we hope all of you continue to
that rain is coming. rain is coming. at river north at billy s restaurant they are getting ready for the fenger fund-raiser. we have tuna and smoked salmon. up to you what you want to put in your roll. billy hires fenger students to lend a hand. i m going to pick the best one and name it the fenger roll. i m truly, truly moved by all of you tonight and your support of fenger high school. we believe our kids matter. kids are standing right there, who are no different than your children you tuck in at night just come from extraordinary circumstances. so the dollars that you give tonight will go to support college enrollment, support reading programs, go to support the things that really matter in the lives of our kids and from
principal dozier has her own problem to solve, where are her missing freshman? during the last four years, fenger s enrollment has declined by 50% from 1300 students to about 500. liz needs more students to show up or the school will lose even more funding. so reality, we only have 200 kids and 35 freshman. we have to take it serious. i need to know, give me a list of kids. you know what i m saying? offer them, we ve got mcdonald s cards, whatever we have to do to get them up in here. this is not a scary thing, but i believe in being transparent. ain t nobody here safe. liz is already stressed out about the budget crisis and losing students. and a few fights at school make matters worse. you are going to wait here, bottom line, stop! when an expelled student tries to get back in school,