there was claims there would be community engagement process to inform how these decision were made. that never happened. that led to a lot of distrust from parents and a lot of education leaders. so we really need some transparency on what program will be reinstituted once we have our new mayor. most importantly we need a process for accelerated learners to get the educational opportunities they absolutely deserve. pete: was the gifted and talented program racist? that is the accusation of bill de blasio? reality a lot of students didn t know about it. so when you have a gap in information being equitily spread across the board as well as preparation opportunities it can lend itself to being racist because certain communities do have access to more resources than others. that is what we see in the high school administration process as well. i fundamentally believe it comes down to a information gap issue as well as a preparedness gap. once we close the two barriers,