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CAMPBELL: Okay. I understand. If I may elaborate how it’s not a classroom, that these children are at various grade levels, and have very different needs, be it remedial or advanced. IWASHITA: Ma’am, there’s differentiation. And as far as I’m concerned a one-room school is probably the best venue to have a child be educated in, you know, where there is th kindergarten through 12 in one class. It’s probably the best circumstance, you know, for pedological advancement for all the children in such an environment. But my concern is that if this is in fact a school, whether you call it a tutoring center or not, whether or not the Department would have some concerns. That’s all I want to know. And so I think we all need to know that and that we don’t, you know, go establishing one-room schools, you know, throughout the community without some sort of plan about going about it. WATANABE: Okay. Yes, Mr. Yuen? YUEN: If I could just so I understand Mr. Iwashita’s issue here. Are you questioning whether this enterprise needs some kind of license that they don’t have? WATANABE: No, not necessarily. I’m ignorant. Okay? And so I think that there’s nothing in the record here that discusses, you know, any of the types of concerns that I’ve raised. So, you know, I think we need a qualified person to make a record of that. YUEN: Well, the reason why I’m asking is are we asking the DOE whether they like this or not or whether they have an opinion about schools, I mean, whether they have an opinion about this kind of facility? Or are you asking whether a facility like this needs some kind of license from the State other than a land use, other than the kind of land use approvals that we have? WATANABE: What’s the difference between this and Waters of Life? If this in fact is a school, right, what is the difference? And I don’t know, and I think we need to make a proper record. That’s all I’m saying, we need to make a proper record. YUEN: I can, they’re raising their hands but the difference between this and Waters of Life is that Waters of Life is a public charter school -. WATANABE: I know that. YUEN: Supported with public taxpayer funds. WATANABE: I know that, I know that. YUEN: So that’s why it’s under a charter school regulation. Actually from a land use point of view there are still land use issues with Waters of Life. I’m just, that’s why I’m asking you if this is a licensing issue which normally we would say obtain whatever licenses that you need to operate. For example, when somebody comes in with a certified kitchen we know that in fact that they need a Department of Health license to operate the certified kitchen. So we have a condition that says, you know, we have a standard condition that says comply with all other rules, regulations and the like; and we would do that in this case. I don’t know what else, I EXHIBIT B 14