been they get to be the sole decider of whether kids go to school or not, rather than a an engaged community and parents getting their say. and and principals and teachers. if obviously, if there is a situation where a classroom or a school, it isn t safe for them to go, i don t think parents want them to go. but what the union has done in this case is they have unilaterally shut down the entire district. 340,000 kids can t go to school because they they have engaged in a strike that violates the law. i appreciate your time, jeffrey. and again, i will just make the point that if the point mayor bloomberg made, right, if you got 80% of the kids in a district falling short of basic state standards, that is a crisis. that is the crisis of ever greatest concern. um, thank you very much, jeffrey. appreciate your time i want to go to dr. david reuben, director of the policy lab at children s hospital of philadelphia.