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So tell jokes.

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why you're running.

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Then you're gonna have we're gonna have
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gonna be asked, and we're probably just gonna
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a lot on like this, down this way, back this

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way, this way.

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Everybody's gonna get to answer the same
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90 seconds for each of those questions.

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And then the dreaded or like to call them
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lightning round questions.

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So we'll do 12 of those.

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Those are yes, no ask questions.

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Uh we'll start with you, and you may uh
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yourself and give your opening saying great,
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Hi everybody, my name is Serena Ashcrock.

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Excuse me.

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I'm really glad to be here tonight.

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Thank you so much for taking the time to be

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here to be engaged.

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We need more parents, more families, more
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be engaged in what's going on in our
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I'm a mom of three children.

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My son graduated from Kinney Boyd High School
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He's pursuing electrical engineering.

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Um my two daughters are involved in the fine
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programs, the wonderful fine arts programs,
the choir, the orchestra.

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We're a big musical family.

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I sing on the Dallas Millennium Choir.

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Um, I teach piano and private music teacher.

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Um, I've been very involved since we moved to
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10 years ago.

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We knew that Texas valued faith, freedom,
family, and education.

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And I've been involved in the community
speaking and attending

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at board meetings for over seven years.

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My first meeting, I remember attending when
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and board was getting attacked for praying at
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I was there speaking up and defending them.

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Um, my I have a PTO president, the middle
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I was a substitute teacher in the district.

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I love serving.

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I have a heart to serve a room mom.

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When prom was canceled in 2021, I mean
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for a thousand students across our district to
hold prom

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when the district canceled prom and we don't
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running the project graduation.

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I know how to organize, I know how to lead.

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I've been a realtor for 20 years negotiating
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and we lost a thousand students, I organized a
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academy that grew to a hundred students with a
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traditional education fine arts program, and
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dozen teachers.

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I'm a solution-oriented person's educate all
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whether they're public school or home school.

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We must support all the students and bring
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for our students and the rising generation.

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Um, I'm concerned because our enrollment is
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district families are leaving.

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Well, prosper founders academy form deal have
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We can do better, and we will.

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Thank you.

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Well, good evening, everybody.

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I'm Jim Western High, online student.

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I want to tell you a little bit about me

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and some of the things that I think we need

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to work on and improve.

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I've been here for 25 years.

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My wife and I came back from Indication with
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son, 11% of cases, and a dog.

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And we set off with our international to

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build a better future for that company, where
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the recruiting manager for technical
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And volunteering when we were in Alaska, I was
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member of both roadway clubs, and was the
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the United Way campaign.

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a record of Coming back to the U.S.,

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I was the Sunrise Rotary Club, or I was twice

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the chairman of Camp Riley.

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When we first got back here, I went down to

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Slovenus, Mexico with my church group, and
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find a uh organisation and help those kids

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have a better life.

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And I drew the short straw as a mechanical
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Unfortunately, I got to work on sewer system.

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But they needed that, and they needed us.

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I've been a member of the PTA.

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I've taken these kids down to downtown New
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I judge their science fairs.

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We need to have more of those.

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I'm an engineer and a manager and senior
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Building teams and reconciling conflicting
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And I believe those skills are very valuable
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school district and this school board.

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I'm passionate about making this board the
envy of everybody

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and this district the envy of everybody.

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Joe might try to play six became ISC.

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Hello, I'm Stephanie O'Dell.

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Can you all hear me?

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And I'm seeing reelection for place six, which
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in the Guinea at large position can vote for
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Can you hear me?

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Stephanie O'Dell PlayStation at large.

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I've served on the school board for the last
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years.

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If you'd like to know more about me, this is

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my website, Stephanie O'Dell N ISC.com.

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And I would like to talk about balance and
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Balance.

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We have a balanced budget in the ISC.

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We have decreased your tax rate by 21% in the

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last eight years.

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We try. to pay our teachers as much as
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and the majority of our budget goes to our
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If the state in Boston would help, that would
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great.

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We also have great teacher morale, and so the
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five years we've had the vote of the best
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to work.

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That means before, during and after COVID, we
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the best place to work.

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We can always improve teacher morale, but our
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they are supported and respected, and I will
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we keep it that way.

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Priorities, safety is always that number one
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We have increased our school resource officers
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We've added more security cameras.

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We recently got a couple of grants, and we
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spend that money on safety, and we can't tell
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how we spend that money because that's a
safety issue.

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Of course, academics is always something we
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achieve.

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We partner with Collin College, and we have 27
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that high school students can receive when
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They can get a job right when they graduate as

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a certified nursing assistant, an EMT, a
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student pilot, or a fitness trainer.

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Those are some of the idea the options.

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All of our high schools have an A rating by

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the TEA.

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We have a 98% graduation rate.

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That means 98% of every freshman that walks to
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door graduates.

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We want it to be 100%, but following COVID, I

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think 98% is pretty good.

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The state average is 90%.

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And McKinney has 33% of students on freedom to
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lunch.

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A vote for me is a vote for proven leadership.

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Good evening, everyone.

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My name is Rachel Elliott.

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I'm running for McKinney ISD Place 5.

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My opponent's not here.

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She decided at social media everyone about a
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ago saying that she was not able to make it,

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but um, I wish she was.

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But I want to talk to you a little bit

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about me.

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Um, I'm a former vice president of my
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PTA, and then also last year I was able to

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serve with McKinney ISD PDA Council, which
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district of PTAs in McKinney ISD.

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This year I'm on JDW's social education for
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Collin County committee.

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And so I've really enjoyed working with other
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councils, and um I'm looking to take that
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the um school board.

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I want to talk a little bit about my platform.

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First off, safety first.

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One of the things that kind of really
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is when my daughter's wife was threatened in a
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here in McKinney ISD.

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It was a very um troubling time and a very

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um serious situation.

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But what I want to do is be able to

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create sound policy to take care of our kids
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give them a give a peace of mind to our

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parents because they deserve that.

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Also, I want to take care of parents' voices.

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Right now, there's an issue that they're being
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parents have the rights to be able to have a

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voice within their child's education.

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I want to restore academic excellence right
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McKinney ISD is not an A-rated school
district, we're B.

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We've got four elementary schools that are C
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We get about two and a half pages, but now

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an ISD gets about 275 pages when the agenda
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I want to change that.

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I want to bring transparency.

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My name is Rachel Elliott.

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I'm running from the Kitty IC Plays 5.

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Thank you for putting this on tonight.

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Thank you all for being here.

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Um, a little bit about myself.

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I am actually from Southern Louisiana.

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I grew up and I was raised in in Southern

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Louisiana in a large family.

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Um I have a large family of many sisters and

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one brother.

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Um we were raised to make sure that we had

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our faith instilled in us.

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We had perseverance and we made sure that you
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we always told the truth.

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So those are my book my pillars that I stand

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for.

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I'll always be honest and tell the truth.

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Um I have a little girl that's in second grade

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here in McKinney ISD, and um she started
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So we had three weeks of being on a um

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laptop, which was really fun to deal with
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calls a day with 17 five-year-olds.

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God bless the teachers because they put up
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much and they deserve so much credit.

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My main concern right now is safety.

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We it's not only, you know, the like you've
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been people coming in.

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We've got to worry about what's happening in
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in the hallways, in the lunchroom.

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We have a bullying problem.

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I've had many parents contact me, not just
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I've had uh students actually contact me and
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that nothing is being done.

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These students are being, they're the victim.

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They're not, they're the district is doing
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They basically are telling them, I'm sorry,,
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know, boys will be boys, it's okay, that kind
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We have kids that are suicidal, we've got
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We have got to take care of the mental health

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of our children and the safety of our kids.

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So thank you so much.

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I'm ready in the center for PS5.

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Hi.

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Hi, I'm Amy Denkel, and I'm running from
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place four, as is the centric.

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She just spoke a couple of times.

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I too am from Louisiana, so I feel like that's

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very interesting.

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Um, I've been on the board now for 12 years.

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I was a teacher for 22 years, the last 10

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of which are here in McKinney.

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Um I was doing my exit um interview

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for leaving teaching.

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I had said at that point, you know, I'd like

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to get on board at some point.

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I did find things for coming into the
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I thought were kind of a waste of money, and

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there were mandates, and I just said, what's
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what's this, and I was told it's board
approved.

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So that was one of the reasons I decided to

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run for the board.

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A few years after our kids went to college,
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I was in my Bible study, and the ladies were

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like, hey, they weren't back for the board
number.

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They said, Why don't you said you were gonna
do

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this, why don't you do it?

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And I have loved every moment of it since
then.

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Um I do disagree with several of the things
that

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have been said here.

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First of all, we are not shutting out any
parents.

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That's a lot of rhetoric about that.

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In our meetings, we have um always have people
come

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to our meetings.

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In the Kinney ISD, we have about 40,000
parents.

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Many, many of those parents are very, very
involved., and

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we do have an open door policy

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I'd like you to know in the past two years,

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we have had one parent of one McKinney ISD
parent

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removed from the building because he had a
method, and

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that's not allowed.

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He is still not allowed back on campus.

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We have had one person who was not removed by

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the police but was cited for inappropriate
language.

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He is allowed to go on campus.

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He just needs to let the principal know
before.

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And we have had one person who is suing me

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and our head of security and three of our SRRO

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officers, and that is who's running against
me, Brittany Hendrickson.

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Okay, we'll start down there again.

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I know it's hard to just pick one, but what

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is the greatest need facing MISC schools?

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And how would you address it in the next term?

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I would say continuing to enhance our safety.

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We have uh since I've been on the board grown

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our SRO force uh five times when it was when

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I got on the board, but I would like to

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see that as a program.

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We can continue to grow.

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Um, in addition to SRO officers for safety,

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I think it's time we need to look at social

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workers in the schools.

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Our counselors are just not equipped to handle
the mental

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health issues that our students have had
coming out of

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COVID and just living in this atmosphere of
you know

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cyberbullying and everything.

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I think we really need to consider having
these mental

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health professionals on our basis.

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If you ever need a question, repeat it, just
tell

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me, okay.

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Will you repeat it one more time?

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I will.

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Um hard to pick just one, but what is the

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greatest need facing MISD schools?

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And how would you address it in the next term?

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Okay.

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So besides the bullying, because I'm not I
really feel

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like that's a pressing issue for our students'
mental health

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right now.

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Um, I do believe our teacher routine is a
problem.

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We are losing teachers left and right.

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Since January, we lost 29 teachers.

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That will January to March, we lost 29
teachers.

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That's not a good thing.

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We're that's a problem.

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Um what we need to do is we really need

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to focus on our pain points.

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We have to talk to these teachers.

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They have to be able to have open
communication with

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us and not feel like they're gonna be
recommended or

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have any repercussions because some of the
teachers are fearful.

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Um, they will my opponent would definitely
tell you that

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that's not happening.

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It is happening.

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I have parents coming to me, I have teachers
coming

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to me.

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This is a problem.

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We have got to address this.

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Teachers are our foundation.

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If we do not have teachers, we cannot educate
children.

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It's a very simple common sense thing.

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Um, they are the they're the uh front lines
for

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education.

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We really have to focus on having good
educators and

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retaining them.

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Another thing we could do is we can look at

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you know the benefits.

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The benefits are you know from what I'm
hearing, they're

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not that great.

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We can we can definitely look at the benefits
and

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go from that, go there and um sort of maybe.

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have more teachers come into the district

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Thank you.

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Same question, 90 seconds.

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Thank you so much.

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So I want to talk to you a little bit

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about our kids, right?

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Because that's what we're here for.

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We're here for our kids.

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That's what I'm here for.

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My name is Rachel Elliott.

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I'm running for McKinney ISD Place 5.

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And I want to let you know each year my

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daughter comes home with one of the textbooks
that you

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all buy, buy because you guys are taxpayers.

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And look at it, empty.

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Our kids are being taught with apps that
sometimes as

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parents can't have access to because after
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kids are dismissed, the apps are shut down.

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I don't want to shut parents out.

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I want parents to be partners with our
education.

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I want parents to be able to see transparency
of

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our curriculums that we're using to teach our
kids.

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I want us to stop wasting money because it's
part

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of us that we have to be a steward of

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this money.

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And we need to take care of it because we

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need to take care of our kids.

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Taking care of our kids also means we need to

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work smarter when it comes to providing a
great education,

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an excellent education.

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That's an A-rating education because all the
other school districts

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that are surrounding McKinney ISB, they're
A-rated.

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McKinney ISB is not.

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I'm upset about that.

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I have a little one within an elementary

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Very formative years.

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I want better.

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I know we can get there.

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My name is Rachel Elliott

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Most important thing in our district is
student safety, which

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has been addressed, and I we will continue to
work

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on student safety every day and review our
policies, update

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our policies.

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We're constantly checking out doors inside and
out.

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To me, another of the most important things is
teacher

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respect, teacher support.

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Our teachers need to feel valued so they will
stay.

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Again, we were voted best place to work the
last

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five years in a row.

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We actually have the highest teacher retention
rate in Collin

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County.

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And I have stats to prove that.

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They're not with me, but I do have it.

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And I know our campus, when I go to campuses,

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elementary school campuses, they're like,
they're like family.

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The teachers, the principals, they are like
family.

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Ask your teacher friends how they feel.

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And yes, they'll have some complaints, but
they love McKinney

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ISD.

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We have many teachers who graduated from our
three high

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schools.

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That is a great compliment.

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They want to come back to McKinney.

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They went to school here and they know this is

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a good district and then come back.

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So we want to support our teachers, show them
respect,

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stop putting out misinformation.

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This book that goes home is for her to work

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on it home.

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That's what that book is for.

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So I mean the number one issue is transparency
and

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community involvement.

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I learned a long time ago.

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As a still learning and practicing principal
center, served leader,

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that you must listen to people who must
involve.

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Transparency.

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Where is our monthly safety book?

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Transparency.

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Why? isn't the school of North construction
managers funding the

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group

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Why was the architect put in place January
2021?

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The funding not approved, approved in January
2022.

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That is not good fiscal management.

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That is not good transparency.

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The curriculum.

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Why don't we have a curriculum and planning
review committee

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where you can partner with us and take a look

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at the things the kids are being taught?

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Why don't we have transparency?

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Why do we only have one minute to speak as

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a member of the community in a school board
meeting?

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When I first started speaking, I got three
minutes.

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Now it's one.

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Last meeting there were 20 speakers.

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That should have been a minute and a half.

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It was a minute.

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Transparency and involving you.

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You manage from here, but you leave from here.

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Is oh mean that's on.

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Oh, no?

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Okay, our biggest issue is families and
teachers are leaving

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our district.

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We've lost students year over year over year.

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We're on a constant decline year over year,
and teachers

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are leaving.

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A good friend of mine, he's a teacher, left to

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homeschool for children.

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Another parent has two long-term studies for
chemistry and English

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for her high school son.

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I talk to teachers all the time.

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I guess I have a hundred twelve from my little

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homeschool group that serves about 100
students.

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I've talked to dozens of teachers.

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I know why they're leaning, why they're
frustrated.

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I met a teacher taught walkwalkinging. who's
look for a

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job at a grocery store in our district, and
she's

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a principal because the dyslexia program is
now a part

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of SPED

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The SPED program is part of dyslexia, and they
have

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no input in any of this say.

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I ask where do you go?

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We don't have anywhere to go.

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Okay.

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So for a year, so behavior issues are
increasing on

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campus.

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The teachers are not supported.

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Kids come back to class constantly.

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Um lost a lot of trust with families the last

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couple years.

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I'll tell you that I'm a doer, not a watcher.

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I'm a solutions person.

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For a year, myself and another parent spoke
about the

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campus educational improvement committees that
were not happening on our

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campus.

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That is where parents, teachers, and staff and
community come

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together for every campus and at the district
level.

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They come together solutions oversee
curriculum, budget, safety, and staff

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for every campus.

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It took us a year of speaking work meetings to

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teach this.

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Now they're happening in the campus and
district.

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So here it is.

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What is your position on the ongoing
controversy regarding sexually

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explicit materials in class and in libraries?

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MISD.

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What should we done about it?

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Should I stand up again?

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You can sit if you like.

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Yeah, just stand up again for you.

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Um this is one of the biggest issues when I

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go around, talk to families, meet uh people at
the

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door.

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Of course, the messaging is do you want to ban

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books?

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That's one of the top issues.

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Do I want to ban books?

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And my answer is no, I don't want to ban

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books.

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I am for high quality literature in our
schools.

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The school board is the ultimate
responsibility for the literature,

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the curriculum, the books we purchase,
textbooks, the libraries.

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We set the budget, we purchase them.

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We need to have a process for how we purchase

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them.

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We need to know what we're purchasing.

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It feels like a lot of this is happening, and

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we don't know.

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We don't know.

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I am for also simplifying the process that's
in play

517
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:25,960
that needs to be better right now.

518
00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:28,520
I am not for making demands that things have
to

519
00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:29,560
be done right now.

520
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,120
Because all of these things has caused nothing
but division

521
00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:33,640
in our in our community.

522
00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:35,080
I'm for solutions.

523
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,520
I helped a parent follow the process.

524
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,920
And it took for five months, it needs to be

525
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,040
shorter, but she followed the process and she
got her

526
00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,360
book removed to the middle school level.

527
00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:48,440
It was not appropriate to elementary level.

528
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,920
It went to the board, and the board looked at

529
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:52,200
it and they agreed.

530
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,360
They agreed this is appropriate for the middle
school, not

531
00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:56,360
and that's what parents need to do.

532
00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:57,880
They need to be engaged.

533
00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,600
We should not just be reading excerpts and
demand making

534
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:01,160
demands.

535
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:02,600
We should follow the process.

536
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,080
Parents should be following those challenges
and then we need

537
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,240
to simplify it, make it easier.

538
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,840
And again, those campus educational committees
are key.

539
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:16,840
They need to be functioning and effective.

540
00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:24,040
So here again, we come back to principal
centered serving

541
00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:24,680
leadership.

542
00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,880
I have great faith in the big old this
community.

543
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:29,800
Center upon the truth.

544
00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:34,600
I believe if we had workshops, review items
like this,

545
00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,680
including the curriculum planning review
committees, we can work our

546
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:39,560
way through this.

547
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,480
It's not about process and procedural.

548
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,400
As I said earlier, you managed to hear, but
you

549
00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:44,600
need to hear.

550
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:45,600
Okay?

551
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,000
Critical race theory.

552
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,560
I have studied in depth

553
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:55,920
Robin D'Angelo's book, White Virginity, and
Louie Bauman's book.

554
00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,120
All right.

555
00:24:57,120 --> 00:25:02,240
My son is an adopted black baby boy

556
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,680
with a white mother, who on the Army
Condemnation method

557
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:10,480
three times is retiring from the MP Corps.

558
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:15,280
And cohort 290 and three other 300 text,
that's due

559
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:16,240
to his mother.

560
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,480
We could have cared less.

561
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,440
And if you talk to him about I'm his oppressor

562
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:25,680
because I'm white, and he's oppressed because
he's black, look

563
00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:26,320
out.

564
00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,720
He wants nothing to do with it.

565
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:33,840
It is a fraud, it is a scientific mistreatment

566
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,600
of the data and the facts in Robin D'Angelo's
book.

567
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,040
Bad books.

568
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,120
Critical race theory.

569
00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:46,080
Pronounce all of those issues stem from an
insular board

570
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:49,680
that does not properly involve the community.

571
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,080
Principal center and story leadership.

572
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:57,920
Thank you very much.

573
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,680
We can all agree that we don't want
inappropriate materials

574
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,680
in the curriculum or in the library.

575
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:04,640
Oh man.

576
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,280
We can all agree that we don't want
inappropriate materials

577
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,600
in the library or in the classroom.

578
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,960
There's a process, as Serena said, and the
process works

579
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,200
for library books.

580
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,960
There is not inappropriate curriculum in
schools.

581
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,480
It's illegal to teach whatever Rachel Elliott
says being taught

582
00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:25,440
in kindergarten.

583
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,320
There's so much misinformation about what's
really happening.

584
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,160
Again, ask the teacher, ask a student.

585
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,720
We are doing great things here in McKinney.

586
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,560
And I don't know why we're talking about
critical race

587
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:36,040
theory.

588
00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:36,600
That's illegal

589
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,800
Government has to build on that.

590
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,480
So let's talk about good things.

591
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,480
We're doing a lot of good things because we
have

592
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:44,920
good leaders in the school board.

593
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:46,840
And I know there's things we can fix and
things

594
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,080
that we can improve, and we can do that with

595
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:49,720
your help.

596
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,600
We want parents to partner with us, not come
and

597
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:58,040
yell at us.

598
00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,600
Rachel Elliott, Nicky I see, place five.

599
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,320
Ah, so Stephanie mentioned about look.

600
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:09,080
Here's the digital, here's the paper book, the
digital versions

601
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,560
available, K through five.

602
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:15,000
And if we turn here, we're gonna see
positions.

603
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:19,320
I'm sorry, I'm an elementary um parent.

604
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:23,240
I don't believe positions should be taught to
young as

605
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:24,120
kindergarten.

606
00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:27,560
So I'm gonna read about a policy that
Stephanie and

607
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:32,200
Amy signed into on April 10th, 2022.

608
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,720
Prior to any material being selected for
inclusion, a library

609
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:39,800
material shall have been read, reviewed, and
recommended for inclusion

610
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,560
by the district level library supervisor or an
individual that's

611
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,560
designated that supervisor.

612
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:50,200
If you if more support andor resources are
needed for

613
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,760
this review, the board may improve the
engagement of cooperative

614
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,800
of other Texas public schools and rely on the
recommendations

615
00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,400
of that cooperation.

616
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:04,680
So here, currently, we have 103, 153

617
00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,160
explicit books.

618
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,960
Here are two current board members.

619
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:11,880
They're not doing their job.

620
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:13,320
It's time to vote in all.

621
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:14,600
My name is Rachel Elliott.

622
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:23,440
I'm ready to care

623
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:24,240
about her.

624
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,440
Keep your hands to yourself.

625
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,000
This is not a good idea.

626
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:30,800
No, I'm not.

627
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:36,880
Don't touch.

628
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:44,160
Let's just uh see we're gonna get through
this.

629
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:48,480
Same question.

630
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,480
Put your position on the ongoing controversy
regarding sexual explicit

631
00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:00,800
materials in class and in libraries, the MISP,
what should

632
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:01,600
be done about it?

633
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,080
It's a very simple answer.

634
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,600
No, it's it should not be in school at all.

635
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,440
Um age appropriate content is what I would
like to

636
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:15,200
have in schools, and my tax dollars be used to

637
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,760
pay for age appropriate content.

638
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,040
Um we need to quit stealing our kids'
innocence.

639
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,000
These kids, their innocence is gone.

640
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,360
It's it's just really unfortunate because you
can't this over

641
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:32,720
sexualization of our children has gone so far
that this

642
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,280
is another reason why parents are pulling
their children out

643
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:39,200
of schools, is because it's gone too far.

644
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:40,720
It needs to stop.

645
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:45,280
There are policies in place, however, those
policies probably need

646
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:46,720
some changing.

647
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,760
I have um often said I would love to see

648
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,080
parent committees in the libraries.

649
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,360
Whenever these books come in, have a group of
parents

650
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,720
go through them, give them a review, let them
say

651
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,920
yes or no, or hey, this one might be a

652
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:01,720
little questionable.

653
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,640
Let's pass it on to the library and make sure

654
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:06,200
that this isn't, you know, this is age
appropriate

655
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,920
We do not need to have this kind of materials

656
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,920
in our libraries or you know available for our
students.

657
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:14,200
Thank you.

658
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,600
We have made a couple changes to the library
reconsideration

659
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,040
policy lately.

660
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,000
I the only thing I'm going to agree with here

661
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,720
is that it is difficult to find the form
online.

662
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:33,560
I have helped parents do that.

663
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,120
I would like you to uh think back to the

664
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:41,480
fact that we have lost over 500,000

665
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,920
American lives so that we are not Nazi Germany
and

666
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,760
we do not ban books.

667
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,640
If you have an issue with a book, you have

668
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,480
an opportunity to read the book and have it
reconsidered.

669
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:57,560
Banning books is against the law in the United
States

670
00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:58,520
of America.

671
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,760
What I would like you to realize is about 99%

672
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:03,400
of these.

673
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,840
Thank you very much, moderator.

674
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,840
The vast majority of the books that people
have issues

675
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:19,080
with are in our AP curriculum, and that is set

676
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:20,520
by the college board.

677
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,240
If a book comes up for review and it is

678
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,120
going to be on an AP test, like the one

679
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,640
that uh Miss Hendricks read an excerpt out of,
that

680
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:34,040
book will go into the teacher's classroom
library because we've

681
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,680
got to prepare the kids for this test.

682
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:38,760
I mean, it would be unfair to have them take

683
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,600
the test and not be prepared.

684
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:44,600
I also like to say the bit about speaking for

685
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:46,640
one. minute instead of three

686
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,760
I would love it if the state would go back

687
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:54,880
to only letting our taxpayers, only letting
our parents that

688
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:56,320
they change that law.

689
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:03,760
Yes.

690
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,400
If elected in your case, re-elected.

691
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,960
How do you plan to control your
superintendent, particularly when

692
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,120
they tell you that they are the expert on
issue

693
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,040
and you are not?

694
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:19,760
Um I take exception to the question: control
your superintendent.

695
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:25,440
Superintendent has rise to that level of the
job because

696
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,960
they are an educator and this is their job.

697
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:32,320
Our job as a board is to set policies and

698
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:37,440
procedures and to hire and equip the
superintendent to run

699
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:38,400
the district.

700
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:42,640
If necessary, the board also then fires the
district the

701
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:43,840
superintendent.

702
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:47,760
Control the superintendent is the wrong way to
look at

703
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:48,080
this.

704
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,200
I think that's kind of a ridiculous question.

705
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:55,600
The superintendent is the expert on
educational issues.

706
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,080
That's why they were hired.

707
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,440
I think we need to have some open
conversation, set

708
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:11,360
some goals for the superintendent, and
establish that that open

709
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:12,720
line of communication.

710
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,760
We need to be able to measure those goals and

711
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:16,720
have them set.

712
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:18,320
We need to hold them accountable.

713
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,280
That is the board's job is to hold them
accountable.

714
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:23,440
That is really what it is.

715
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,600
Um we need to collaborate with them, and we
need

716
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:31,000
to, you know, have those open conversations.
and see how

717
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,560
we can work together as a board to make this

718
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,560
um district the best it can be

719
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:42,200
Thank you.

720
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,840
Now, Carlinker, would you do me a favor and
come

721
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,200
join me and sit here?

722
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,320
I believe she's already touched my property
twice, and I've

723
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,200
already asked her, wouldn't you come and join
us?

724
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,120
Because I believe she struggled.

725
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,600
So let's talk about the superintendent.

726
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,640
So we just got a new superintendent.

727
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,000
We had a former one, and he had a contract

728
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:09,240
that was renewed in December of 2021 to
receive a

729
00:34:09,240 --> 00:34:12,600
salary of $365,000 a year.

730
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,720
Our governor of the state of Texas receives a
salary

731
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:17,720
of $300.

732
00:34:17,720 --> 00:34:21,240
So we have a brand new superintendent who is
now

733
00:34:21,240 --> 00:34:24,840
being paid $35,000 a year.

734
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,480
One of the first things that I want to do

735
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:31,160
when I come and win my seat, is I want

736
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,720
to come and talk to each of the board members.

737
00:34:33,720 --> 00:34:36,440
I want to work with them and see what's going

738
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,080
to work so we can all work together for this

739
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:43,880
with the superintendent because that's our job
to hire and

740
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:49,480
fire the superintendent, and also oversee the
district.

741
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,440
You know, one of the biggest um qualifiers
that makes

742
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,000
me the best for this seat is I'm a parent.

743
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,640
I'm a parent in the district, I'm a parent
that

744
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,680
is connected with other parents and teachers,
and I want

745
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:04,280
to create an excellent beginning ISC in all of
the

746
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:05,400
state of Texas.

747
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,080
So vote for me, Rachel Elliott, you can either
see,

748
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:13,240
please five.

749
00:35:13,240 --> 00:35:15,760
The question was: how would we control? the
superintendent

750
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:19,040
Yeah, the question is in your case, if re-
elected, how

751
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,760
do you plan to control your superintendent,
particularly when they

752
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,080
tell you that they are the expert on an issue

753
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:25,360
and you are not?

754
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,680
Again, control is not the right word.

755
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,320
There are seven school board members and a
superintendent, that's

756
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:30,640
eight.

757
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,640
We function as a team of eight.

758
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,680
We work together for the battle match all
students in

759
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:36,800
the district.

760
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,800
So, and the superintendent does hire and fire
the superintendent,

761
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:44,080
the school board does hire and fire the
superintendent as

762
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:45,200
our job.

763
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,960
So we also approve policy, budget, and things
like that.

764
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:55,360
Um the

765
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:56,960
the process the process works.

766
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:57,840
What we do works.

767
00:35:57,840 --> 00:35:59,680
Oh, the $300,000 thing.

768
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,760
Um I don't know how many people that have a

769
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:07,040
fortune 500 company that have 25,000 people
they supervise,

770
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:11,920
actually 27 when you have teachers, um, make
$300,000.

771
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,560
Well, they make a million dollars or more.

772
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:19,200
And our superintendent making $300,000 just
run the school district,

773
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:20,000
that's a deal.

774
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,640
But there are surrounding districts that are
smaller that are

775
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,720
paying more for those superintendents.

776
00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:25,760
You can check that.

777
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,480
We have a great superintendent, he's gonna do
great things,

778
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:36,160
and we have great incumbents on the school
board.

779
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:40,320
So I'm gonna talk.

780
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,320
I'm gonna talk to you a little bit now about

781
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:45,600
management and not leadership up here.

782
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:50,880
The way you control anybody who has an
assignment is

783
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:54,960
through what we call vision, mission, goals,
objectives, and standards

784
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:56,880
for the fionashal study.

785
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,440
I believe that the superintendent, a third of
his payout

786
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,560
to be at risk based on metrics.

787
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,880
in. If you look the website of the school
district,

788
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:05,800
what the provision and mission works if you
use the

789
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:06,040
words

790
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:09,080
If you don't have things you can measure that
you

791
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,040
want to meet in years ahead as your vision and

792
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,080
a mission that incorporates those and enables
you to get

793
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,160
there, you don't have any control.

794
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,000
You don't have any management control.

795
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,040
It's not so much about controlling the person
as just

796
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:23,400
about controlling the work.

797
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:24,440
That's how I did it.

798
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,360
That's how I learned how to do it, and that's

799
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,320
all all my mates as senior managers did.

800
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:33,640
It's simply a matter of agreeing on the tasks
at

801
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,040
hand and how you're going to measure
performance.

802
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:39,160
And by the way, I don't think our
superintendents have

803
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:43,880
had any goals or measurables for years.

804
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,400
Now, in conjunction with that, I want to
connect with

805
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,680
that individual and reach wherever else I need
to go

806
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:54,440
into this organization, wherever the facts
lead to create harmony

807
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,600
and forward progress of what?

808
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,800
Meet our vision with our vision and our goals
and

809
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:00,760
objectives.

810
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,600
It is not rocket science.

811
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:06,200
Joe West, place citizen ISD.

812
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,880
Yes, you know, I'm actually looking forward to
working with

813
00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:16,200
Mr.

814
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:17,960
Pratt as a board trustee.

815
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:19,560
My husband and I met in Mr.

816
00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:22,200
Pratt just a couple years ago during COVID
with some

817
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:23,240
serious issues.

818
00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:25,080
He listened to our concerns.

819
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,960
He offered some advice and solutions and ways
that we

820
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:29,160
can work together.

821
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:34,200
When the board works together to set proper
policies, procedures

822
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:37,160
in place, they have lots of input from the
community,

823
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,880
the teachers know they're valued and
respected.

824
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:42,120
So much can happen.

825
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,360
And as you can see, we need connection, we
need

826
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:45,680
collaboration.

827
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:47,920
We need to work together in our community.

828
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,400
Our kids are watching, we're absolutely
capable

829
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,200
I have unique perspective.

830
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,560
I have built a school in the last two years,

831
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:58,080
hiring teachers.

832
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,880
The homeschool community is a huge community.

833
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:02,640
We supported that community.

834
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,640
My kids are in public school.

835
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:06,320
We need strong public schools.

836
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,240
We have chosen public school for our children.

837
00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:13,200
We have fantastic fine arts programs, dual
credit, AP, wonderful,

838
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:14,880
wonderful programs.

839
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:18,800
But it requires the teachers often tell me,
Srina, you

840
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:19,600
are a visionary.

841
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:20,640
You are a visionary.

842
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:22,240
You listen to us.

843
00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:24,880
We work together with parents and teachers.

844
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,440
When they know they have a voice, they're part
of

845
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:30,880
the decisions, everything will change.

846
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:33,200
But that requires leadership.

847
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:34,880
We must have leadership.

848
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:43,040
We must ask the questions, work together, and
have leadership.

849
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,240
And Sashcroft, you get to go first again.

850
00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:54,080
Here you go.

851
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:58,800
If elected or reelected, to your cases.

852
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:02,880
If elected, what has to happen for you to
consider

853
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,680
your term success?

854
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:12,960
That's a good question.

855
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:21,840
What has to happen to consider my term of
success?

856
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:25,920
When I can step down four years, eight years,
and

857
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:30,440
feel like we have stabilized enrollment, we
are premier district.

858
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:32,040
People are coming to us.

859
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:34,760
Think about the explosive growth we've had in
the kingdom.

860
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:38,360
I've been years of experience in real estate,
brought families

861
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:38,760
here.

862
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,640
They're looking for a better environment, is
one reason we

863
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:43,480
moved here 10 years ago.

864
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:47,320
I had to raise $100,000 to operate a school
where

865
00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:48,520
we came from.

866
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:51,960
For a librarian, a fine arts program, a nurse.

867
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,760
We have raised $100,000 when I was the PTO
president

868
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,520
at the elementary level.

869
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:59,640
We moved to Texas because they value
education.

870
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:01,560
We have wonderful families leaving here.

871
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:05,640
But once again, they're choosing Founders
Academy, they're choosing Corn

872
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:07,480
Dale and they're leaving here.

873
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:09,320
We must restore trust.

874
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:13,880
We must have a solid foundational math and
language program

875
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,600
in an elementary level.

876
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,240
We do have, we do choose curriculum.

877
00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:22,600
The team says we have to teach this, but we

878
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,960
choose a curriculum, how that content is
delivered.

879
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:29,080
We can write our own curriculum like Prosper
is doing

880
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,080
for language and reading.

881
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:37,000
Strong mouth and foundation program and
earlier years get back

882
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:37,800
to classical.

883
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:41,160
Did you know Plan YC is exploring classical
school?

884
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:44,360
This is what parents want back to the basics.

885
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,240
And once parents are coming here and they want
to

886
00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:49,800
be part of the community, that's how I'll know
we

887
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,040
did a great job.

888
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:59,960
How I know that we have all been successful in

889
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:04,120
terms of media cards, when our safety
incidents have gone

890
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:08,680
down, when our measures of open records
requests have gone

891
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:11,480
down, and we now know we're more transparent.

892
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:15,440
When our teachers stop leaving, we lost 400
since the

893
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:16,480
beginning of last year.

894
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,400
That's a 23% turnover.

895
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,120
I know from my business experience, we start
to panic

896
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:23,280
at 5% or 10%.

897
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,760
You have got to fix that, and you've got to

898
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:30,480
fix the retention and get these teachers who
want to

899
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:31,200
stay.

900
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:35,040
So it's by measuring performance by getting
the superintendent on

901
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:39,840
track by creating transparency by managing our
money better.

902
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,400
I don't like the fact that we fund more 20%

903
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:43,360
contingency.

904
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,760
You can't do that in the business world
outside state

905
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:46,480
and business.

906
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:49,120
So all those things center up on having a
vision

907
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:53,280
and a mission, goals and objectives, and
measures of performance

908
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:58,160
for the district, not just the superintendent.

909
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:08,800
So what line are we successful for quarters?

910
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,120
Yes, like in your next term, if you're re-
elected, what

911
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:12,000
would you consider?

912
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:13,680
What has to happen to you to consider that
term

913
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:14,480
a success?

914
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:17,680
We would add continue to add more AP advanced
license

915
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:18,320
classes.

916
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:21,360
We'll have more dual credit classes here at
Colin College.

917
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,440
That means parents will save a lot of money on

918
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,560
college classes, or kids will have credit,
college credit.

919
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:28,240
We will have more certifications.

920
00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:30,640
We are going to add a drone class next year.

921
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:32,480
No kids are excited about that.

922
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:35,280
We will improve our graduation rate because
one year it

923
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:37,440
was 98.6%.

924
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,960
We will continue to strive to improve our
graduation rate.

925
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,920
We will have teachers that will flock to be in

926
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:44,960
the king.

927
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:47,120
You know, there was a pandemic.

928
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:48,960
Teachers are leaving nationwide.

929
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,080
It's a crisis.

930
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:51,760
It's not just here in the county.

931
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,120
Again, we have the highest teacher protection
rate in college

932
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:55,600
calm county.

933
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:56,880
Teachers want to be here.

934
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,040
They graduate from the power high schools and
they want

935
00:43:59,040 --> 00:43:59,680
to be here.

936
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:03,960
And we will continue to have smart students,
great teachers,

937
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:06,520
great leaders, and we will continue to be an
excellent

938
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:14,680
district that people look to and brag about.

939
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:15,560
Good evening.

940
00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:17,000
Thank you guys so much for being here.

941
00:44:17,240 --> 00:44:19,160
You guys can be anywhere else, but you guys
are

942
00:44:19,240 --> 00:44:20,920
here to care about the community.

943
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:22,040
And that's what I want.

944
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:25,320
I want more community, more parents, and
taking care of

945
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:26,200
our teachers.

946
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:29,080
For an example, my daughter's fifth grade
class.

947
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:31,480
Last year they had four teachers.

948
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:32,520
Four teachers.

949
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:34,920
They dropped down to three teachers because
they couldn't hire

950
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:35,640
a fourth.

951
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:37,080
It wasn't there.

952
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,400
And now one of them is out on paternity leave

953
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,240
and they couldn't get a substitute.

954
00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:43,560
So now they have only two teachers for the
entire

955
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,120
fifth grade class for an entire school.

956
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:48,760
She has 42 kids in one class.

957
00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:51,800
We've got to take care of our teachers.

958
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,120
We've got to take care of our students, and we

959
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:56,360
have to take care of our schools.

960
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,400
That's what I will find in success after my
four

961
00:44:59,400 --> 00:44:59,960
years.

962
00:44:59,960 --> 00:45:01,480
Because you know what?

963
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:07,320
Kids are schools, our community, and matters.

964
00:45:27,720 --> 00:45:29,240
62%.

965
00:45:29,240 --> 00:45:31,000
I want to see that go up.

966
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:34,360
I want to see that our eighth grade math
students

967
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:38,520
can master math and at a higher rate than 13%

968
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:40,840
across the board.

969
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:44,440
Academics needs to be our focus, and we need
to

970
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:49,360
educate these kids so that their career
college military ready

971
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:51,600
life skills would be great.

972
00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:56,160
Um, we need to bring back uh critical thinking
and

973
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,720
um you know just get back on track with the

974
00:45:58,720 --> 00:45:59,520
basics.

975
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:03,360
Our kids deserve the best education that they
could possibly

976
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,360
receive in the Kenny ISD.

977
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:08,800
And so I've I've strived for academic
excellence, bringing it

978
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,160
back to an A and keeping it there, maintaining
it

979
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:15,520
there, talking to the teachers, collaborating
with the C the

980
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:18,800
A uh elementary school, the schools that are
at an

981
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,360
A and the schools that are in C, collaborate
with

982
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:21,760
them.

983
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:24,080
Find out what they're doing at the A-rated
district that

984
00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:26,320
we're not doing it the C rated district
instead of

985
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:30,000
just blaming it on the um free lunch children
because

986
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:31,760
that's that's what my opponent is doing.

987
00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:34,480
She's blaming it on the kids that have free
lunch.

988
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:36,960
That's why we are a B rated district.

989
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:40,640
That is absolutely absurd, and that has to
stop.

990
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:45,120
Every child is sorry, every child can learn.

991
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:53,120
We just need to focus on that.

992
00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:00,880
Instead, I'm gonna tell you what I would
consider a

993
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:01,360
success.

994
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:04,080
When we moved to McLean, McKinney was the only
school

995
00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:07,040
district in North Texas that had all their
kindergarten.

996
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:10,000
They have always valued early childhood
education.

997
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:12,480
I think it's time for us to bring in pre

998
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:13,200
K.

999
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:16,240
I think the state should pay for pre K,
especially

1000
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:20,640
with the way inflation is working families
need help with

1001
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:21,360
this.

1002
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:23,200
I I think that would be a great thing, and

1003
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,280
I would consider that a success.

1004
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:28,200
Right after I got on the board, there was
another

1005
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:32,680
board member who was a retired baby guy, and
he

1006
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:36,120
and I worked together to get JROTC at McKinney
High

1007
00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:36,600
School.

1008
00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:39,080
I think that is such a successful program.

1009
00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:42,040
It is expensive, but I would like another
branch of

1010
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:45,640
the military at North High School because we
have room

1011
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:46,760
at that high school.

1012
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,880
That's the high school that when we renovated,
we have

1013
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:52,840
made it so the wall can come around at one

1014
00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:54,680
end and we can add another way.

1015
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:57,400
I think I would consider that a success.

1016
00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:00,680
I would also like to see us become a people

1017
00:48:01,240 --> 00:48:05,880
where instead of judging little children who
have only been

1018
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:09,880
alive for six, seven, eight years on a
standardized test.

1019
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:14,200
We use our standardized test to tell the
teacher, the

1020
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:17,640
student, and the parent what that child needs
to learn

1021
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:18,200
next.

1022
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:23,640
It's absolutely ridiculous that we are judging
entire schools

1023
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:28,200
and entire school districts on standardized
tests that little children

1024
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:29,960
are taking.

1025
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:41,480
We're both from Louisiana, we can pass the
baton.

1026
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:51,240
So these are the famous, infamous language
questions.

1027
00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:52,760
I have 146 of them.

1028
00:48:54,760 --> 00:48:58,200
But Derek told me I can only ask 15.

1029
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:01,080
So I encourage the audience to pay close
attention to

1030
00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:03,640
the answers to these questions because they
can be super

1031
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:04,280
revealing.

1032
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:07,560
So we're just gonna go this way, this way,
this

1033
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:08,440
way, this way.

1034
00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:10,360
Alright, we just are sharing the mind.

1035
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:11,160
That's perfect.

1036
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:12,840
Alright.

1037
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:14,000
Ready?

1038
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:18,000
Do you support the right of teachers to
voluntarily be

1039
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,160
armed and trained at school

1040
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:21,680
No.

1041
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:22,880
Yes.

1042
00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:23,840
Yes.

1043
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:26,960
No.

1044
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:28,160
Absolutely.

1045
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:30,080
Yes.

1046
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:34,960
Trying to give you guys a time back, so let's

1047
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:36,960
uh hopefully.

1048
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:39,200
Um again, yes, no, more pass.

1049
00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:39,840
You can pass.

1050
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:41,440
Just go for their explanation.

1051
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:43,920
Will you oppose any budget that is more than
two

1052
00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:46,400
and a half percent annual increase, which is
the state

1053
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:48,080
trigger for a local election?

1054
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:52,560
Will you oppose any budget that is more than a

1055
00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:55,360
two and a half percent annual increase, which
is the

1056
00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:57,520
state trigger for local election?

1057
00:49:57,520 --> 00:49:58,960
Yes.

1058
00:49:59,280 --> 00:50:05,840
Yes, pass, yes, yes,

1059
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:06,560
pass.

1060
00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:12,960
Do you believe more funding necessarily
results in better educational

1061
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:14,160
performance?

1062
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:15,680
Yes.

1063
00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:22,800
Yes, absolutely not.

1064
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:24,640
That's not a yes, no work thanks.

1065
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:32,480
Do you believe that school bonds should be
broken up

1066
00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:35,680
into grouped categories similar to the way
city bonds are

1067
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:36,960
divided up?

1068
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:40,080
Yes.

1069
00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:42,480
Yes.

1070
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:43,680
No.

1071
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:44,880
Yes.

1072
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:46,160
Yes.

1073
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:47,920
Yes.

1074
00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:53,040
Do you believe that merit pay for teachers
will result

1075
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:55,600
in retaining more good teachers?

1076
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:56,480
No.

1077
00:50:57,600 --> 00:50:58,320
Yes.

1078
00:50:58,880 --> 00:50:59,360
Yes.

1079
00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:00,200
No.

1080
00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:01,800
Yes.

1081
00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:05,160
I'll not just ask questions

1082
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:10,520
Should MISD hire an external auditor to ensure
reporting of

1083
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:13,960
accurate financial data and expenditures to
citizens?

1084
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:15,160
Yes.

1085
00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:16,440
Yes.

1086
00:51:17,080 --> 00:51:18,920
You can do that.

1087
00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:21,480
Yes.

1088
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:23,400
Yes.

1089
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:24,360
Yes.

1090
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:29,480
Should MISD remain in TASB?

1091
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:31,160
Yes.

1092
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:33,080
No.

1093
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:34,280
No.

1094
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:35,240
Yes.

1095
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:36,760
No.

1096
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:38,520
No.

1097
00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:43,880
Should ISD races, yours, move from nonpartisan
to partisan,

1098
00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:46,840
knowing that HB 221 is being considered a
committee right

1099
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:47,320
now?

1100
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:48,440
Yes.

1101
00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:50,200
Yes.

1102
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:51,640
No.

1103
00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:52,520
Yes.

1104
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:53,720
Yes.

1105
00:51:57,080 --> 00:51:59,880
Will you add performance on respect to what
we're not

1106
00:51:59,880 --> 00:52:00,600
on topic?

1107
00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:00,920
No.

1108
00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:01,160
Yes.

1109
00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:07,640
Okay, should the ISD, should the ISD be able
to

1110
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:12,280
spend school tax funds to lobby the
legislature?

1111
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:15,800
Um.

1112
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:16,680
No.

1113
00:52:19,240 --> 00:52:20,360
No.

1114
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:21,800
No.

1115
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:22,760
No.

1116
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:24,200
No.

1117
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:27,560
Are you the most qualified candidate in your
race?

1118
00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:28,520
Yes.

1119
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:31,400
Yes.

1120
00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:33,480
Yes.

1121
00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:35,320
Yes.

1122
00:52:35,560 --> 00:52:36,520
Yes.

1123
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:37,640
Yes.

1124
00:52:37,640 --> 00:52:39,560
I am the new Barbara Walters.

1125
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:45,760
Here's the question that that means up to.

1126
00:52:47,520 --> 00:52:49,920
Is your opponent qualified for this position?

1127
00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:56,880
Is your opponent qualified for the position
which is right?

1128
00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:00,560
No.

1129
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:05,280
She needs to retire.

1130
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:06,640
That's not this one.

1131
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:09,200
This is ridiculous.

1132
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:10,800
And no and no.

1133
00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:14,560
No.

1134
00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:15,840
No.

1135
00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:20,320
I'm going to pass.

1136
00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:22,560
Okay.

1137
00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:25,280
We are now going to let each of the candidates

1138
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:28,480
do a 90-second wrap-up.

1139
00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:30,800
Say whatever they want.

1140
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:31,440
Again.

1141
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:37,040
We'll start with you.

1142
00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:38,480
Um, Dennis Cash Ross.

1143
00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:39,440
That's right.

1144
00:53:40,160 --> 00:53:40,880
Yes.

1145
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:43,920
Thank you so much for coming tonight.

1146
00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:48,160
For everybody that's been participating
tonight, running a campaign is

1147
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:48,800
not easy.

1148
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:50,480
It's grooming work.

1149
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:52,480
Um, we would not be doing this.

1150
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:54,800
I would not be doing this if I did not

1151
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:58,480
have a desire to serve, if I've not been
serving

1152
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:01,920
our students, our teachers, our families for
years.

1153
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:04,640
I pushed aside my real estate career the last
couple

1154
00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:09,440
years and have been working on solutions for
education troubles

1155
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:11,440
for the last several years.

1156
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:13,440
Um I feel I'm the most qualified.

1157
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:16,640
I have children in the Kenny I see at the

1158
00:54:16,720 --> 00:54:18,160
Kenny Boyd High School.

1159
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:21,040
I see what's going on, I see what they're
going

1160
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:22,800
through in the district.

1161
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:25,120
I see, and I work with teachers, I work with

1162
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:26,480
students every week.

1163
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:29,200
I teach Texas history twice a week to a group

1164
00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:31,400
of fantastic students.

1165
00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:33,960
I want to see improvements in our district,
more recess

1166
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:36,680
time for our students, more opportunities for
field trips

1167
00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:38,280
I see solutions.

1168
00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:40,120
These are workable things we can do.

1169
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:44,280
Unfortunately, we've had so much division the
last couple years.

1170
00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:45,640
We need leadership.

1171
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:46,680
We need solutions.

1172
00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:50,920
We need somebody who can connect and bring
people together.

1173
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:54,520
If we go down this path that we're continuing
on,

1174
00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:58,040
we will see continued declining enrollment.

1175
00:54:58,120 --> 00:55:01,000
We'll continue to see more teachers lead.

1176
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:04,280
Change is needed, and I feel most people feel
like

1177
00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:07,960
that change needs to happen, but we need no
right

1178
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:11,240
change to bring leadership on our school
district.

1179
00:55:11,240 --> 00:55:14,120
I've got experience in that should be.

1180
00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:14,520
Thank you so much.

1181
00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:20,520
Serena Ashcraft, running from McKinney IC
school states at large.

1182
00:55:24,360 --> 00:55:28,360
So folks, I've got over four decades of
management leadership

1183
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:31,480
experience of senior management in three
industry sectors.

1184
00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:35,240
I've worked overseas, I put teams together and
reconciled significant

1185
00:55:35,240 --> 00:55:36,440
conflict with teams.

1186
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:39,480
Go on my website and look at Carrie McHale
Reid,

1187
00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:42,520
CEO of Carrie McHale Reid Associates, and let
her tell

1188
00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:45,400
you how I deal with people and people
problems.

1189
00:55:45,400 --> 00:55:49,080
We have fundamentally lost 400 teachers.

1190
00:55:49,080 --> 00:55:51,640
We don't have a good safety management
program.

1191
00:55:51,640 --> 00:55:54,600
We don't have a handle on our cost of 253

1192
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:58,040
million dollar budget, 150 million, 60% of
that is an

1193
00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:01,240
instructional services, 24 million in
maintenance.

1194
00:56:01,240 --> 00:56:03,800
Part of my career was cutting maintenance
costs and turning

1195
00:56:03,960 --> 00:56:06,440
up many maintenance organizations, and I can
tell you yours

1196
00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:08,200
sol softventness in my entire budget.

1197
00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:10,440
We have to do it on a zero-based basis.

1198
00:56:10,440 --> 00:56:13,160
We have to improve the curriculum by involving
all of

1199
00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:14,240
you folks.

1200
00:56:14,240 --> 00:56:16,880
As a principal. center and server leader, I
will listen

1201
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:19,360
to you, I will hear you, and I will recover

1202
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:21,680
your good ideas in us moving forward

1203
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:24,720
All of these problems occurred tonight, and my
own opinion

1204
00:56:25,040 --> 00:56:27,600
stem from that one thing.

1205
00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:31,760
Lack of transparency, lack of inclusion, lack
of listening and

1206
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:33,520
hearing to the people.

1207
00:56:46,880 --> 00:56:50,000
The oldest graduated from AM, and she did
well, and

1208
00:56:50,240 --> 00:56:51,680
that's why I went to school.

1209
00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:54,560
The youngest is graduating next month, no more
college payments,

1210
00:56:54,560 --> 00:56:56,800
and she's graduating soon of good law.

1211
00:56:56,800 --> 00:57:00,720
Yes, I'm writing, but McKinney schools
prepared my girls and

1212
00:57:00,720 --> 00:57:04,800
many of your children for the future for the
world.

1213
00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:07,520
And so we have great schools here.

1214
00:57:07,520 --> 00:57:10,800
And people keep saying we don't, but we do.

1215
00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:22,560
And if you have a question, please ask me.

1216
00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:25,360
You can reach, you can email me, or you can

1217
00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:28,000
message me on Facebook, and maybe I'll see it.

1218
00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:35,280
We don't get paid, and that's gonna help.

1219
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:38,320
You know, this campaigning, whoa.

1220
00:57:38,320 --> 00:57:42,320
So as security is the number one concern.

1221
00:57:42,320 --> 00:57:45,600
We have a security team, we have security,
1500 security

1222
00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:49,280
cameras, we are on top of security.

1223
00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:51,200
Stephanie O'Dell.

1224
00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:57,600
My name is Rachel Elliott, and I'm ready from
the

1225
00:57:57,760 --> 00:58:00,040
AIC phase five.

1226
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:02,280
I'm talking about facts.

1227
00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:03,800
Facts.

1228
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:05,320
Black and white facts

1229
00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:10,120
B rated school district is what we're dealing
with right

1230
00:58:10,120 --> 00:58:10,680
now.

1231
00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:13,560
We've got to take care of that.

1232
00:58:13,560 --> 00:58:16,360
You know, I am actually the first woman in my

1233
00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:18,440
family to get a four-through.

1234
00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:20,840
I am proudly say that.

1235
00:58:20,840 --> 00:58:24,440
My brother has a bachelor's through master's
and a doctorate.

1236
00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:26,680
My dad has a good master's and a doctorate,
and

1237
00:58:26,680 --> 00:58:29,240
one of his um masters is from Princeton from
Ivy

1238
00:58:29,480 --> 00:58:29,800
Lee.

1239
00:58:29,800 --> 00:58:33,000
I want Ivy Lee to look at our beginning ISB.

1240
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:35,080
I want more for our schools.

1241
00:58:35,080 --> 00:58:36,920
I want more for our kids.

1242
00:58:36,920 --> 00:58:38,840
I want more for our community.

1243
00:58:38,840 --> 00:58:40,520
We have got to collaborate.

1244
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:42,360
We've got to listen to the community.

1245
00:58:42,360 --> 00:58:45,320
We've got to take care of our kids.

1246
00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:47,480
Our kids are the next generation.

1247
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:49,240
We've got to take care of them.

1248
00:58:49,240 --> 00:58:49,960
Thank you.

1249
00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:50,760
Vote for me.

1250
00:58:50,760 --> 00:58:51,720
Rachel Elliott.

1251
00:58:51,720 --> 00:58:52,440
Place five.

1252
00:58:52,520 --> 00:58:58,760
Thank you next week.

1253
00:58:59,080 --> 00:59:01,560
I want to clear up a little bit during my

1254
00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:02,760
closing statements.

1255
00:59:02,760 --> 00:59:06,520
Um, my opponent has constantly said that I
have a

1256
00:59:06,520 --> 00:59:08,600
lawsuit against SROs.

1257
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:12,200
I don't have any factual allegations against
any SRO or

1258
00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:14,360
any police officer in this lawsuit.

1259
00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:17,400
Minor against her in her own capacity.

1260
00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:19,240
I have a First Amendment, right?

1261
00:59:19,240 --> 00:59:22,600
Against a lawsuit against her because my
rights were taken

1262
00:59:22,600 --> 00:59:23,800
at a meeting.

1263
00:59:23,800 --> 00:59:25,960
That is what's going on with that.

1264
00:59:25,960 --> 00:59:30,920
I am not, I don't have any factual allegations
against

1265
00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:33,400
any police officers at back of the blue.

1266
00:59:33,400 --> 00:59:37,160
I have many people in my family that are
definitely

1267
00:59:37,560 --> 00:59:38,520
police officers.

1268
00:59:38,520 --> 00:59:40,840
I have a lot of friends that are police
officers,

1269
00:59:40,840 --> 00:59:43,080
and so I just want to clear the air on

1270
00:59:43,080 --> 00:59:45,680
that because apparently that's been going
around quite. a bit

1271
00:59:47,440 --> 00:59:52,000
We have 23,000 children in this district, plus
well 23,000

1272
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:54,960
plus children in this district that need us,
that need

1273
00:59:54,960 --> 00:59:57,360
our voices, they need us to protect them.

1274
00:59:57,360 --> 00:59:58,800
They need us to stand up for them.