WEBVTT 00:01.290 --> 00:03.620 effectively implementing safe school 00:03.620 --> 00:06.050 reopening and have the pleasure of 00:06.050 --> 00:08.272 introducing the moderator for the panel 00:08.272 --> 00:10.383 who's actually going to introduce all 00:10.383 --> 00:12.690 the Panelists . So Frank Grogan is the 00:12.690 --> 00:14.857 assistant secretary for elementary and 00:14.857 --> 00:17.070 secondary education . Ah , longtime 00:17.070 --> 00:20.000 educator himself . He is keenly 00:20.010 --> 00:23.790 interested in hearing from . And we are 00:23.790 --> 00:25.901 all interested in learning from those 00:25.901 --> 00:27.901 who are , well down this path , how 00:27.901 --> 00:30.510 you're thinking about this and how each 00:30.520 --> 00:32.850 state and Low Cal is looking at the 00:32.850 --> 00:34.961 different factors for your particular 00:34.961 --> 00:37.128 communities . So with that , I'll turn 00:37.128 --> 00:39.183 it over to Frank Broken to introduce 00:39.183 --> 00:42.610 the panel , his secretary 00:43.380 --> 00:45.602 and thank you all for being with us . I 00:45.602 --> 00:47.547 can tell you is this was being put 00:47.547 --> 00:50.860 together , How flattered we all were at 00:50.870 --> 00:54.870 the incredible number off and quality 00:54.870 --> 00:57.092 of the people who agreed to participate 00:57.092 --> 00:59.410 in this . And I think that credibility 00:59.420 --> 01:01.930 is going to help the message coming out 01:01.930 --> 01:04.920 of these meetings go farther faster 01:05.350 --> 01:07.572 because you are a part of it . So thank 01:07.572 --> 01:10.000 you for that . I'm gonna introduce our 01:10.000 --> 01:12.210 Panelists one at a time and then ask 01:12.210 --> 01:14.150 them to come forward . We like a 01:14.150 --> 01:16.372 flourish on this panel , and we thought 01:16.372 --> 01:19.170 we'd start that way in no order of 01:19.170 --> 01:21.230 import because they are all equally 01:21.230 --> 01:23.119 important . Yes , I was 1/5 grade 01:23.119 --> 01:25.230 teacher . At one point , I would like 01:25.230 --> 01:28.130 to introduce Dr Sue Else Berman , who 01:28.130 --> 01:31.070 is the president of Ivy Tech Community 01:31.070 --> 01:34.610 College in Indiana . I was sharing with 01:34.610 --> 01:38.540 her that we share a lineage . I was 01:38.540 --> 01:42.200 born in Indiana , but I also was the 01:42.200 --> 01:44.200 lieutenant governor of the state of 01:44.200 --> 01:46.600 Florida . She having been the 01:46.610 --> 01:49.060 lieutenant governor of Indiana . So 01:49.060 --> 01:51.310 we've got a lot going on here . Um , 01:51.570 --> 01:55.490 and , uh , she is longtime educator , 01:55.490 --> 01:58.020 higher education . And we thought on 01:58.020 --> 02:00.242 this panel it was important to have all 02:00.242 --> 02:03.390 bases covered . Not just k through 12 02:03.400 --> 02:05.950 but higher education as well . So , 02:06.290 --> 02:08.123 Doctor , thank you very much for 02:08.123 --> 02:10.179 joining us . We're delighted , Toe . 02:10.179 --> 02:12.630 Have you today ? Also a friend of mine 02:12.640 --> 02:14.840 and a colleague , Marge . Even Evan , 02:14.840 --> 02:17.070 who is the commissioner of education 02:17.250 --> 02:19.550 for the Missouri Department of 02:19.560 --> 02:22.990 Education . Margie , welcome . Having 02:22.990 --> 02:25.000 been Florida's commissioner of 02:25.000 --> 02:28.080 education , I know what she does , and 02:28.090 --> 02:31.430 it's a heavy lift in every state , but 02:31.430 --> 02:33.541 we're delighted to have her with us . 02:33.541 --> 02:36.210 She has more than 27 years of student 02:36.210 --> 02:38.320 centred service in education , 02:38.320 --> 02:41.030 including three at Missouri's top 02:41.040 --> 02:44.020 educational post . She's a teacher who 02:44.020 --> 02:46.076 has provided education leadership in 02:46.076 --> 02:48.930 the classroom , and we are indeed 02:48.930 --> 02:51.380 delighted to have her and her unique 02:51.390 --> 02:53.501 perspective as a chief state . School 02:53.501 --> 02:57.080 officers on the panel with us . Next up . 02:57.090 --> 02:59.840 Nancy Eichel's Who is the school board 02:59.840 --> 03:02.050 president for Indian Hill School 03:02.050 --> 03:05.740 District in Ohio . Her professional 03:05.740 --> 03:07.870 background , Miss Cycles currently 03:07.870 --> 03:10.550 works is the president and CEO of a V 03:10.550 --> 03:13.510 Atra Accelerators , incorporated in 03:13.510 --> 03:16.750 Cincinnati , Ohio . She has a great 03:16.760 --> 03:20.560 education background . 1984 attended , 03:20.570 --> 03:22.910 and I will say it because I grew up in 03:22.910 --> 03:26.910 Cincinnati , the Ohio State University 03:26.920 --> 03:29.760 in in the State of Ohio , a bachelor's 03:29.760 --> 03:32.840 degree in business admin . She also 03:32.840 --> 03:35.062 attended the Kellogg School of Business 03:35.062 --> 03:37.300 for an M B A , an executive program , 03:37.530 --> 03:39.641 and we're delighted to have her . And 03:39.641 --> 03:42.070 again , another unique perspective is 03:42.070 --> 03:43.770 one of those responsible for 03:43.780 --> 03:46.030 implementing all of the things were 03:46.030 --> 03:48.290 talking about in terms of going back to 03:48.290 --> 03:51.070 school this year . Next up , Ah , 03:51.070 --> 03:54.830 fellow Irishman on therefore believe 03:54.830 --> 03:58.810 about 50% of what he says . He also is 03:58.810 --> 04:01.400 a school principal , as was I at one 04:01.400 --> 04:04.880 point in my career and is currently the 04:04.880 --> 04:06.936 principal at ST Vincent to Paul High 04:06.936 --> 04:09.047 School in California . There's a high 04:09.047 --> 04:11.158 school . Take it for me . That has an 04:11.158 --> 04:13.158 incredible reputation , and we were 04:13.158 --> 04:15.770 delighted to have him come all the way 04:15.990 --> 04:18.350 from California to join us . He's got 04:18.350 --> 04:20.183 more than 20 years of successful 04:20.330 --> 04:22.590 experiences . A teacher . Ah , coach 04:22.650 --> 04:24.990 and administrator . He knows the high 04:24.990 --> 04:28.210 school I went to in Cincinnati , and I 04:28.210 --> 04:29.932 know the high school he is now 04:29.932 --> 04:32.470 attending to in California were to 04:32.470 --> 04:34.610 delight Toe . Have Patrick daily with 04:34.610 --> 04:38.530 us today . Welcome , Patrick and last . 04:38.530 --> 04:40.641 But as they say , certainly not least 04:40.641 --> 04:42.808 we needed a school superintendent . We 04:42.808 --> 04:45.250 found one and a darn good one . We have 04:45.250 --> 04:47.700 Dr Jeff Bearden . He joined the 04:47.700 --> 04:50.000 Foresight County schools superintendent 04:50.000 --> 04:52.630 on September the 7th 2014 and has 04:52.630 --> 04:55.290 served as a school executive for over 04:55.290 --> 04:57.940 25 years . He knows not only the 04:57.940 --> 05:00.180 education lay out . He knows the 05:00.180 --> 05:03.060 business and administration side of all 05:03.060 --> 05:05.070 things education that will be 05:05.070 --> 05:07.550 invaluable to this country , as we do 05:07.550 --> 05:09.850 go about the business of reopening 05:09.860 --> 05:12.760 America's schools . He has served as an 05:12.760 --> 05:15.090 assistant superintendent assistant 05:15.090 --> 05:17.040 principal . He's been an athletic 05:17.040 --> 05:20.460 director and really has a tremendous 05:20.460 --> 05:22.516 reputation out there in the world of 05:22.516 --> 05:24.620 education . Would you first help 05:24.630 --> 05:26.930 enjoying me in thanking our Panelists 05:26.930 --> 05:28.374 for being with us today ? 05:32.440 --> 05:34.329 And I'm gonna make two very brief 05:34.329 --> 05:36.329 observations . But then we're going 05:36.329 --> 05:38.496 right to the Panelists because we will 05:38.496 --> 05:41.070 run out of time . We have a larger than 05:41.080 --> 05:43.340 a typical panel . Eso . I want to give 05:43.340 --> 05:45.720 everybody a good opportunity to share 05:45.720 --> 05:48.000 what they are doing , not thinking 05:48.000 --> 05:50.740 about doing what they are doing to 05:50.740 --> 05:54.280 prepare to open America's schools in 05:54.280 --> 05:57.400 the fall to simple observations . First 05:57.400 --> 06:00.130 of all , the timing of everything that 06:00.130 --> 06:02.590 we're doing . I go all the way back to 06:02.590 --> 06:05.210 my childhood . And remember that when I 06:05.210 --> 06:07.900 waved goodbye to everybody in my school , 06:08.120 --> 06:10.630 I knew it was going to be an incredibly 06:10.630 --> 06:14.520 long time before I saw my friends in 06:14.520 --> 06:16.870 many cases , certainly my teachers , 06:17.690 --> 06:20.690 but it always seemed to amaze me , and 06:20.770 --> 06:22.603 over and over it occurred in the 06:22.603 --> 06:26.280 summertime how fast it would be until I 06:26.280 --> 06:29.980 laid eyes on the first back to school , 06:29.990 --> 06:33.020 commercial on television . First of all , 06:33.020 --> 06:35.750 thought how unfair that was to do to me . 06:35.760 --> 06:38.590 Ah , practicing layabout every summer 06:38.850 --> 06:40.906 to quickly tell me , Get ready to go 06:40.906 --> 06:43.183 back to school . You'll need new shoes , 06:43.430 --> 06:45.910 but also it's helped me over the years 06:45.910 --> 06:48.850 recognized how fast that summer goes , 06:49.440 --> 06:51.520 and not just for students . As 1/5 06:51.520 --> 06:54.240 grade teacher , it was equally fast for 06:54.240 --> 06:57.540 me in that capacity as well . I make 06:57.540 --> 06:59.900 that case because while we keep talking 06:59.900 --> 07:02.150 about reopening America's schools as 07:02.150 --> 07:05.500 some futuristic proposition start 07:05.500 --> 07:07.870 putting an X on the calendar on every 07:07.870 --> 07:10.330 day that goes by , it will be here 07:10.330 --> 07:13.450 before we know it . The second 07:13.450 --> 07:15.730 observation I have learned while 07:15.740 --> 07:19.060 serving with and four Secretary 07:19.070 --> 07:21.640 DeVos . I am the assistant secretary 07:21.640 --> 07:23.918 for elementary and secondary education , 07:23.918 --> 07:25.807 and a lot of things fall under my 07:25.807 --> 07:27.973 purview . As you might imagine in that 07:27.973 --> 07:30.029 big department of Education . One of 07:30.029 --> 07:33.750 them is to serve schools in America 07:33.970 --> 07:36.690 that have been victimized by natural 07:36.690 --> 07:40.210 disaster . If you stop and consider the 07:40.210 --> 07:42.830 number of these events that take place 07:42.830 --> 07:45.340 on an annualized basis across America 07:45.340 --> 07:47.396 and even out into the Pacific in the 07:47.396 --> 07:49.562 Atlantic , because we serve everything 07:49.562 --> 07:51.700 from the Northern Mariana Islands in 07:51.700 --> 07:54.210 the Pacific to the Virgin Islands and 07:54.210 --> 07:57.080 Puerto Rico in the Atlantic . By virtue 07:57.080 --> 07:59.230 of that fact , everything in between 07:59.500 --> 08:03.050 and what you see sometimes almost 08:03.050 --> 08:06.970 quietly , are major natural disasters 08:06.970 --> 08:10.640 that unfold that hit schools and 08:10.640 --> 08:12.751 school districts across the country . 08:12.751 --> 08:14.790 And Congress has , since Hurricane 08:14.790 --> 08:17.490 Katrina been providing funds for these 08:17.490 --> 08:21.090 named events so that schools can and 08:21.090 --> 08:22.923 this is the title of the program 08:23.150 --> 08:27.070 restart . Why ? Because Congress 08:27.330 --> 08:31.080 and the country have recognized more 08:31.080 --> 08:34.460 and more how vital operating America's 08:34.460 --> 08:36.950 schools are not just for the obvious , 08:36.950 --> 08:39.350 the education of the Children in them , 08:39.740 --> 08:42.880 but because they are the community in 08:42.880 --> 08:45.540 so many ways . And take one of those 08:45.540 --> 08:48.040 schools off line and consider the 08:48.040 --> 08:50.800 repertoire you're talking in in this 08:50.800 --> 08:53.310 office and what we do with disaster 08:53.310 --> 08:56.250 recovery unit that works on this every 08:56.250 --> 08:58.900 day , all day . It's everything from 08:58.900 --> 09:02.450 typhoons , two volcanic eruption 09:03.030 --> 09:06.590 to floods to hurricanes , two 09:06.590 --> 09:10.480 tornadoes , two wildfires and I can go 09:10.480 --> 09:12.702 on and on . You can see these things in 09:12.702 --> 09:14.758 the headlines of some of your papers 09:14.758 --> 09:17.270 out there , I trust , but it is all 09:17.270 --> 09:19.250 focused in Senate on getting the 09:19.250 --> 09:22.480 schools back up and operational , even 09:22.480 --> 09:24.950 in cases where schools have been wiped 09:24.960 --> 09:26.750 off of the face of the earth , 09:26.750 --> 09:29.340 physically getting those Children 09:29.340 --> 09:31.910 reorganized and back to business as 09:31.910 --> 09:34.920 rapidly as possible . And that 09:35.020 --> 09:37.242 continues now with something we thought 09:37.242 --> 09:39.187 we'd never see , which is a global 09:39.187 --> 09:42.750 pandemic and all of America's schools 09:43.040 --> 09:45.390 being taken in some way , shape or form 09:45.400 --> 09:48.810 offline . And so this conversation is 09:48.810 --> 09:50.960 so important because it's with people 09:50.960 --> 09:53.016 who are the practitioners thes air , 09:53.016 --> 09:54.738 the people and the people they 09:54.738 --> 09:57.650 represent , who are responsible for 09:57.650 --> 10:00.790 getting our schools up and operational , 10:01.190 --> 10:04.280 creating again safe environments where 10:04.280 --> 10:06.380 teachers can teach and Children and 10:06.380 --> 10:08.750 students can learn at all age group 10:08.750 --> 10:11.480 levels and be able to come back to a 10:11.480 --> 10:13.970 normal environment as rapidly as 10:13.970 --> 10:17.080 possible . But last comment . Knowing 10:17.500 --> 10:20.040 there are no guarantees here , we 10:20.040 --> 10:22.970 guarantee that we want to open all of 10:22.970 --> 10:26.550 America's schools . We know , however , 10:26.550 --> 10:29.900 with this unprecedented and this a 10:29.910 --> 10:32.520 complicated virus that were all 10:32.520 --> 10:35.850 fighting out there . How we do that 10:36.390 --> 10:39.420 is probably going to be different place 10:39.420 --> 10:42.190 to place situation from situation . And 10:42.190 --> 10:44.357 that's the enormous challenge that are 10:44.357 --> 10:46.634 practitioners face out there every day . 10:46.970 --> 10:49.137 The high water mark , of course , will 10:49.137 --> 10:51.248 be opening all of America's schools , 10:52.110 --> 10:54.780 and while that sounds simple , that in 10:54.780 --> 10:58.180 itself is a major complication . But 10:58.180 --> 11:00.960 knowing that with each passing day and 11:00.960 --> 11:03.470 this unprecedented add vier environment 11:03.470 --> 11:05.820 that were in , we may have to look at 11:05.830 --> 11:08.210 each school a bit differently , even in 11:08.210 --> 11:10.920 school District's , much less in states 11:10.930 --> 11:13.140 and across the country . That's the 11:13.140 --> 11:17.080 challenge that are . So I'm gonna 11:17.090 --> 11:20.700 begin with one question . Same all the 11:20.700 --> 11:23.930 way down the row , a bit of a different 11:23.930 --> 11:27.890 question coming back this way and then 11:27.890 --> 11:29.557 want to hear from each of you 11:29.557 --> 11:31.890 individually as to what you are doing 11:32.000 --> 11:34.510 and the steps that you are taking . But 11:34.510 --> 11:36.920 the T up question I want to provide for 11:36.920 --> 11:39.650 you starting in this direction 11:40.490 --> 11:43.460 is what is one major 11:43.460 --> 11:46.630 concern . With the possibility of 11:46.630 --> 11:50.090 school reopening in the fall again , 11:50.150 --> 11:53.020 what is one major concern ? That's all 11:53.020 --> 11:55.640 you're allowed . Regarding the 11:55.640 --> 11:58.980 possibility of schools reopening in the 11:58.980 --> 12:01.700 fall , there are probably lots more 12:01.700 --> 12:05.200 than one . So representing community 12:05.200 --> 12:07.950 colleges is . Will the students come ? 12:08.640 --> 12:11.020 We're still running , and most are 12:11.020 --> 12:14.090 running about 20% behind on enrollments . 12:14.340 --> 12:16.650 Many parents have said , Well , maybe , 12:16.650 --> 12:18.872 or the students is it ? Maybe I'll take 12:18.872 --> 12:20.872 a gap year . That's about the worst 12:20.872 --> 12:24.160 idea I've ever heard , but also our 12:24.160 --> 12:26.382 students and community , college or low 12:26.382 --> 12:28.549 income . They're the most vulnerable . 12:28.549 --> 12:30.570 They have lost their job . They're 12:30.570 --> 12:32.681 trying to decide how they're going to 12:32.681 --> 12:34.903 make ends meet , and can they afford to 12:34.903 --> 12:37.390 come back ? So that's the one concern 12:37.820 --> 12:40.520 of many that I have . You're not the 12:40.520 --> 12:42.853 only one that has that concern and hire , 12:42.853 --> 12:45.010 and I trust that's a fact . 12:45.530 --> 12:48.220 Commissioner . How about you avoid many , 12:48.220 --> 12:50.760 many concerns still , but really eager 12:50.760 --> 12:52.871 to get back in that classroom ? And I 12:52.871 --> 12:54.816 will say , probably on a practical 12:54.816 --> 12:56.704 level , the one area that we keep 12:56.704 --> 12:58.871 coming back to his transportation . So 12:58.871 --> 13:01.093 your question of how will they get it ? 13:01.093 --> 13:03.316 Will they come back ? Ours is how do we 13:03.316 --> 13:05.427 make sure kids can arrive at our door 13:05.427 --> 13:05.240 safely and be returned home safely ? 13:05.240 --> 13:07.462 Because the safety of our Children , we 13:07.462 --> 13:09.629 always say is , is when we pick him up 13:09.629 --> 13:11.740 in the morning when we return them in 13:11.740 --> 13:14.120 the afternoon . So thanks , Madam 13:14.120 --> 13:17.680 President . So for us , one of many 13:17.680 --> 13:20.600 concerns way are very motivated to get 13:20.600 --> 13:22.870 our Children back in school . Our 13:22.870 --> 13:24.981 teachers are motivated . Our board is 13:24.981 --> 13:26.926 motivated . Everyone . Parents are 13:26.926 --> 13:28.981 definitely motivated . However , the 13:28.981 --> 13:31.037 concern is getting everyone back and 13:31.037 --> 13:34.200 then having an issue or or an outbreak 13:34.240 --> 13:36.820 and having to close back down or to 13:36.820 --> 13:40.750 quarantine certain classes . The 13:40.750 --> 13:42.972 disruption of that , that we get into a 13:42.972 --> 13:46.100 flow that I think part of the value of 13:46.100 --> 13:48.322 education and one of the assets is that 13:48.322 --> 13:50.750 consistency . We get everybody back 13:50.750 --> 13:52.806 there , there , there in a routine , 13:52.806 --> 13:54.972 they're finally comfortable . And then 13:54.972 --> 13:57.139 all of a sudden we have Teoh send them 13:57.139 --> 13:59.306 back home again . And that , I think , 13:59.306 --> 14:01.306 is one of the biggest things on our 14:01.306 --> 14:01.040 minds , and we're really working to 14:01.040 --> 14:04.150 plan accordingly . But of course , we 14:04.150 --> 14:06.483 have no idea what the unknowns could be . 14:06.930 --> 14:09.250 Thank you , Nancy . To our principal , 14:10.280 --> 14:12.391 I think I agree with the three ladies 14:12.391 --> 14:14.447 those air concerns that we have also 14:14.447 --> 14:17.320 the concerns that we have or , you know , 14:17.320 --> 14:19.376 we're a private Catholic school . So 14:19.376 --> 14:22.080 tuition revenue is our revenue source . 14:22.390 --> 14:24.390 You do not receive state of federal 14:24.390 --> 14:27.310 funding . So parents confidence in the 14:27.310 --> 14:29.254 plan that we're putting in place , 14:29.254 --> 14:31.477 making sure that their Children will be 14:31.477 --> 14:34.510 safe on our campus , making sure those 14:34.700 --> 14:37.070 those tuition dollars air well invested 14:37.540 --> 14:41.030 on an increase in expenses of all the 14:41.030 --> 14:43.197 procedures and policies were having to 14:43.197 --> 14:45.419 put in place in order to make sure it's 14:45.419 --> 14:47.660 a safe place well set and to our 14:47.660 --> 14:49.800 superintendent and the buck usually 14:49.800 --> 14:52.420 stops right there . Well , for us , 14:52.420 --> 14:54.753 it's it's having to return to full time . 14:54.753 --> 14:56.920 Virtual would be our biggest , biggest 14:56.920 --> 14:59.087 concern . I'm really proud of how well 14:59.087 --> 15:00.753 our teachers pivot it to that 15:00.753 --> 15:02.753 environment . Last spring , I think 15:02.753 --> 15:04.753 they did a masterful job . The vast 15:04.753 --> 15:06.976 majority of our students remain engaged 15:06.976 --> 15:08.920 in the virtual environment , but I 15:08.920 --> 15:11.142 think we can all agree . As we sit here 15:11.142 --> 15:13.364 today , our Children need to be back in 15:13.364 --> 15:13.260 school and want them back in school . 15:13.840 --> 15:16.062 We plan on opening on August 6 . I know 15:16.062 --> 15:18.173 that's a lot earlier than many school 15:18.173 --> 15:20.284 systems around our country . We think 15:20.284 --> 15:22.396 it's just incredibly important to get 15:22.430 --> 15:24.730 her kids back into school early in the 15:24.730 --> 15:26.674 case . We do have to pivot back to 15:26.674 --> 15:28.452 virtual . At least we will have 15:28.452 --> 15:30.397 established relationships early on 15:30.397 --> 15:33.040 which are critical to learning . Jeff , 15:33.040 --> 15:35.207 thank you . Well said And I'm going to 15:35.207 --> 15:37.318 stick with you . Aziz build and we're 15:37.318 --> 15:39.429 gonna come back this way . Gonna take 15:39.429 --> 15:41.651 the question . I just asked and turn it 15:41.651 --> 15:43.873 on its head and ask each of you what is 15:43.873 --> 15:46.610 one major concern with the possibility 15:46.610 --> 15:50.370 of schools not reopening in the 15:50.370 --> 15:53.230 fall . Well , I think we've heard from 15:53.230 --> 15:55.880 our Panelists today . Our kids need the 15:55.890 --> 15:58.320 the social experience of school 15:59.550 --> 16:01.830 course academics is important . Rigor 16:01.830 --> 16:03.800 is important , but the social and 16:03.800 --> 16:06.230 emotional well being of our students is 16:06.230 --> 16:08.320 critically important , and we cannot 16:08.320 --> 16:10.470 deliver the services they need . If 16:10.470 --> 16:12.470 they're at home sweet , desperately 16:12.470 --> 16:14.637 want them to come back so we can serve 16:14.637 --> 16:17.950 them well . Well said . The concern 16:17.950 --> 16:20.120 that we have is our county , Sonoma 16:20.120 --> 16:23.010 County , making a decision that they're 16:23.010 --> 16:24.954 going to continue a shelter , have 16:24.954 --> 16:28.160 shelter in place . We have students 16:28.160 --> 16:30.382 that range from Marin County , which is 16:30.382 --> 16:32.549 south of us in Sonoma County as well . 16:32.610 --> 16:35.920 And the fair is is continuing distance 16:35.920 --> 16:37.864 learning . I just don't think it's 16:37.864 --> 16:40.870 beneficial for brains that are 14 18 16:40.870 --> 16:42.870 years old , and I think it's really 16:42.870 --> 16:45.400 important for variety reasons why we 16:45.400 --> 16:48.400 should return the school and we plan to 16:48.400 --> 16:50.710 return August 10th . And that has been 16:50.710 --> 16:54.540 the plan since March 17th words . We 16:54.540 --> 16:56.930 closed our school , so our plan was 16:56.930 --> 16:59.270 immediately to return and put all the 16:59.270 --> 17:01.214 policies and procedures in place . 17:01.214 --> 17:03.381 There is a lot of you in this audience 17:03.381 --> 17:05.437 know there's a phenomenon that plays 17:05.437 --> 17:09.100 out every year when students go away 17:09.100 --> 17:11.100 for the summer and come back in the 17:11.100 --> 17:13.710 fall . It is renowned as the summer 17:13.710 --> 17:17.390 slide , which means how much regression 17:17.390 --> 17:20.850 did a student deal with from the time 17:20.850 --> 17:22.850 they left and what they knew to the 17:22.850 --> 17:24.739 time they came back and what they 17:24.739 --> 17:27.280 forgot in between summer time for many , 17:27.280 --> 17:29.447 many Children , not exactly an Olympic 17:29.447 --> 17:32.090 event in the world of academia . So by 17:32.090 --> 17:34.890 virtue of that fact , can you imagine 17:34.890 --> 17:38.630 six months in some places 17:38.820 --> 17:41.550 of what was a 2.5 months summer slide 17:41.550 --> 17:43.717 that is now a six month period of time 17:43.717 --> 17:45.850 and what the returning students are 17:45.850 --> 17:48.072 going to be dealing with when they come 17:48.072 --> 17:51.900 back so well set ? So I 17:51.900 --> 17:55.050 think if we are unable to return to 17:55.050 --> 17:57.550 school , it is just catastrophic . I 17:57.550 --> 18:00.560 can't even imagine the fallout . And I 18:00.560 --> 18:02.720 think we've all addressed the student 18:03.220 --> 18:05.053 issues , of course , and that is 18:05.053 --> 18:07.164 paramount in all of our minds . But I 18:07.164 --> 18:08.998 also am very concerned about our 18:08.998 --> 18:11.550 teachers on our staff . They are they 18:11.550 --> 18:13.494 want to get back to practice their 18:13.494 --> 18:15.717 craft and their trade . They're good at 18:15.717 --> 18:17.606 it , and their best a teaching in 18:17.606 --> 18:19.828 person . They love these kids . It's an 18:19.828 --> 18:22.480 emotional attachment for them as well . 18:22.750 --> 18:25.083 And so I do worry about our adult staff . 18:25.180 --> 18:28.240 Many of them are in the age range where 18:28.240 --> 18:30.550 they have also young Children at home . 18:31.120 --> 18:33.440 And so if they are trying to teach 18:33.450 --> 18:35.880 everyone else's Children online and 18:36.040 --> 18:38.600 deal with their own Children , it's 18:38.610 --> 18:40.832 it's not good for anyone . So I think I 18:40.832 --> 18:42.943 just want to put that plug in for our 18:42.943 --> 18:44.999 teachers and staff . We can't forget 18:44.999 --> 18:46.777 about the adults that serve our 18:46.777 --> 18:50.570 Children absolutely okay and 18:50.570 --> 18:52.514 is , you know , at a time when the 18:52.514 --> 18:54.570 chiefs across the entire nation have 18:54.570 --> 18:56.792 committed to serving every child , this 18:56.792 --> 18:58.903 equity component is so , so important 18:58.903 --> 19:01.140 for all of us right now . For me , the 19:01.140 --> 19:03.830 concern is how we're seeing this 19:03.840 --> 19:07.200 building closure , just magnifying the 19:07.200 --> 19:09.422 opportunity gap , the achievement gap , 19:09.422 --> 19:11.533 all of the experiences their Children 19:11.533 --> 19:13.478 desperately need . And we see that 19:13.478 --> 19:15.533 growing . So when you talk about the 19:15.533 --> 19:17.422 learning loss , um , I think it's 19:17.422 --> 19:18.978 really see it's magnified . 19:18.978 --> 19:20.811 Particularly concerned about our 19:20.811 --> 19:22.811 youngest learners . Knowing what we 19:22.811 --> 19:24.811 know about brain development , they 19:24.811 --> 19:26.978 can't a five year old can afford a gap 19:26.978 --> 19:29.200 year , so I mean , you're talking about 19:29.200 --> 19:31.144 a gap here thinking I get get your 19:31.144 --> 19:31.060 point We don't want to talk about it , 19:31.330 --> 19:33.386 but think about what that does for a 19:33.386 --> 19:35.441 five year old . So I think those are 19:35.441 --> 19:37.810 our biggest concerns . Is closing that 19:37.810 --> 19:39.980 real opportunity get for kids and 19:39.990 --> 19:42.157 making sure that our earliest learners 19:42.157 --> 19:44.157 are right there with with the other 19:44.157 --> 19:46.660 college kids with a large community 19:46.660 --> 19:49.470 college were still running . We kept 19:49.470 --> 19:51.526 running in the spring , were running 19:51.526 --> 19:53.748 this summer . All virtually . However , 19:53.748 --> 19:57.190 what's hurting is workforce , so we 19:57.190 --> 19:59.680 can't run our welding classes . We 19:59.680 --> 20:02.130 can't run the programs that require the 20:02.130 --> 20:04.408 hands on learning right now . Actually , 20:04.408 --> 20:06.186 this week we started completion 20:06.186 --> 20:08.408 academies , so we have actually started 20:08.408 --> 20:11.380 back up to bring those hands on 20:11.380 --> 20:13.530 learning with social distancing very 20:13.530 --> 20:15.460 carefully with masks . But we're 20:15.460 --> 20:17.293 beginning to do that because our 20:17.293 --> 20:20.370 employers need it . And we know we are 20:20.380 --> 20:22.860 what stands between our students in 20:22.860 --> 20:25.570 having a prosperous future and meeting 20:25.570 --> 20:27.459 the needs of our employers in the 20:27.459 --> 20:29.970 community . So we're going either way , 20:29.980 --> 20:32.800 but we will miss many if we're not able 20:32.860 --> 20:36.010 to fully open . I was speaking with a 20:36.010 --> 20:38.510 friend of mine who is an administrator 20:38.510 --> 20:41.400 in another state , and 20:42.240 --> 20:45.670 he committed to me that we have a plan 20:46.530 --> 20:48.641 um , I said , I don't want to rain on 20:48.641 --> 20:50.863 your parade , but if I were to give you 20:50.863 --> 20:53.560 any advice , it would be have more than 20:53.560 --> 20:57.210 one . The problem with what we 20:57.210 --> 21:00.350 face today is the unknown . While we 21:00.360 --> 21:02.416 all want to get to the same place we 21:02.416 --> 21:05.410 want to open reopen America's schools . 21:05.570 --> 21:08.210 What we may have to overcome in order 21:08.210 --> 21:11.050 to do that up to and including after 21:11.050 --> 21:13.650 the technical beginning of the school 21:13.650 --> 21:17.040 year starts is yet unknown . And by 21:17.040 --> 21:19.450 virtue of that fact , most of the 21:19.450 --> 21:21.339 people that I know out around the 21:21.339 --> 21:23.561 country in the field and this is both , 21:23.561 --> 21:26.540 uh , K through 12 and higher education 21:26.660 --> 21:29.800 are developing multiple plans . We all 21:29.800 --> 21:32.180 call them contingency plans just in 21:32.180 --> 21:34.710 case . Plan A doesn't completely come 21:34.710 --> 21:37.270 off the way we had hoped it would . How 21:37.270 --> 21:40.110 are we going to make certain that all 21:40.230 --> 21:43.300 students have access to a quality 21:43.300 --> 21:45.522 educational experience on the first day 21:45.522 --> 21:48.100 of school ? All of them . And if it is 21:48.100 --> 21:51.120 not all together in one location , what 21:51.120 --> 21:52.953 are the alternatives that can be 21:52.953 --> 21:55.410 provided along the way to make sure 21:55.410 --> 21:58.040 that if a campus can't open 21:58.540 --> 22:02.470 education still has to and what plans . 22:02.470 --> 22:04.526 Are we putting in place to make that 22:04.526 --> 22:06.859 happen ? And I'd like to throw that out . 22:06.859 --> 22:09.060 Teoh , any of our Panelists I won't 22:09.070 --> 22:11.292 Won't hit all of you on this one . Just 22:11.292 --> 22:13.403 those that might wanna want to take a 22:13.403 --> 22:15.900 piece of that one kind of pick on you 22:15.900 --> 22:18.011 for a minute . That's what Lieutenant 22:18.011 --> 22:21.260 governors are for , um , that 22:21.970 --> 22:24.630 higher education has been at distance , 22:24.630 --> 22:27.740 learning all out longer than K 12 1 of 22:27.740 --> 22:30.020 my most disappointing moments was to 22:30.020 --> 22:32.840 witness firsthand on a national scale 22:33.120 --> 22:36.400 the anemic pivot from traditional 22:36.400 --> 22:38.720 programming to the world of distance 22:38.730 --> 22:41.750 education . It was anemic in most 22:41.750 --> 22:44.680 places . It was not existent in far too 22:44.680 --> 22:47.010 many . And by virtue of that fact , 22:47.010 --> 22:49.220 schools just began to shudder because 22:49.220 --> 22:51.280 they had no other alternative but to 22:51.280 --> 22:54.240 close down . If we don't learn from 22:54.240 --> 22:58.060 that and make certain that we consider 22:58.070 --> 23:01.850 technology our friend in what happens 23:01.850 --> 23:04.790 in how we reopen and how do we deal 23:04.790 --> 23:06.850 with Children who can't come on the 23:06.850 --> 23:09.072 first day of the school ? Who's parents 23:09.072 --> 23:11.250 perhaps may not want them to come back 23:11.250 --> 23:13.820 immediately until they see how this is 23:13.820 --> 23:16.180 playing out . How are we going to 23:16.180 --> 23:18.069 guarantee we just don't mark them 23:18.069 --> 23:20.240 absent , but we provide them a high 23:20.240 --> 23:23.630 quality educational experience . So 23:23.630 --> 23:25.630 higher education has been at online 23:25.630 --> 23:28.090 learning for a long time for decades in 23:28.280 --> 23:30.910 at Ivy Tech , where 100,000 students 23:30.910 --> 23:32.920 plus 60,000 dual credit those high 23:32.920 --> 23:35.087 school students of yours that we do as 23:35.087 --> 23:37.010 well . And it's just been growing 23:37.010 --> 23:40.170 exponentially because our students need 23:40.170 --> 23:43.690 it . If I'm a single mom , I can't come 23:43.690 --> 23:45.690 to campus all the time , right ? So 23:45.690 --> 23:47.801 online learning with something we had 23:47.801 --> 23:49.968 to do , we weren't as good at it as we 23:49.968 --> 23:51.579 needed to be . So we've been 23:51.579 --> 23:53.670 reinventing at Ivy Tech and have 23:54.140 --> 23:56.640 eliminated most of the gap between the 23:56.640 --> 23:58.807 face to face and online , which is one 23:58.807 --> 24:01.029 of the real challenges . But because we 24:01.029 --> 24:03.520 have the capacity , we were able to 24:03.520 --> 24:05.740 make that shift quickly , and we had 24:05.740 --> 24:07.962 already gone to a lot of hybrid , which 24:07.962 --> 24:10.018 would mean you come on campus once a 24:10.018 --> 24:12.290 week , but you do something else from 24:12.290 --> 24:15.500 home . So having both . Now what we're 24:16.020 --> 24:18.242 piloting in the fall , which , if I can 24:18.242 --> 24:20.242 shares very exciting , we call it , 24:20.242 --> 24:22.970 learn anywhere where every week the 24:22.970 --> 24:25.160 student decides if they're gonna come 24:25.160 --> 24:27.020 on campus if they didn't do it 24:27.020 --> 24:29.131 virtually , or if they're going to do 24:29.131 --> 24:31.160 it online . Asynchronous knee . Now 24:31.160 --> 24:33.560 that is really meeting our student 24:33.570 --> 24:35.970 where they are . We'll have about 400 24:35.970 --> 24:38.390 sections of learned anywhere this fall , 24:38.400 --> 24:40.450 And I can just say , if my faculty 24:40.450 --> 24:42.672 you're watching right now , thank you , 24:42.672 --> 24:44.783 because you can imagine how difficult 24:44.783 --> 24:46.950 that is . But it's at every attempt to 24:46.950 --> 24:48.839 meet them where they are . But of 24:48.839 --> 24:51.006 course we need the hands on . We still 24:51.006 --> 24:53.220 need the lab experiences . Those are 24:53.220 --> 24:55.650 things that we hold with very high 24:55.650 --> 24:58.010 value and critical to the programs that 24:58.010 --> 25:02.010 we offer blended in many different 25:02.010 --> 25:05.160 ways . Yes , anybody else want a bite 25:05.160 --> 25:07.382 of that Apple Commission ? I'll jump in 25:07.382 --> 25:09.493 on that one . You know , we learned a 25:09.493 --> 25:11.549 lot in in K 12 education in the last 25:11.549 --> 25:13.549 few months . I'm sure you all would 25:13.549 --> 25:15.716 agree with that , and I would say that 25:15.716 --> 25:17.771 education will not look the same . I 25:17.771 --> 25:17.750 don't think it will all be online , but 25:17.750 --> 25:19.861 it will be very different , I think , 25:19.861 --> 25:22.194 and how we approach learning activities . 25:22.194 --> 25:24.361 So I would I'm really proud . I'm just 25:24.361 --> 25:24.120 going to talk about our teachers for a 25:24.120 --> 25:25.898 moment . Our teachers have been 25:25.898 --> 25:27.620 phenomenal through all of this 25:27.620 --> 25:29.787 experience , but we have some of our , 25:29.787 --> 25:29.460 you know , some teachers who did this 25:29.460 --> 25:31.682 very , very well . It was second nature 25:31.682 --> 25:34.016 to them . Some really struggled with it . 25:34.016 --> 25:36.349 And so those who did it really well are . 25:36.349 --> 25:38.516 In fact , it was really a group of our 25:38.516 --> 25:40.738 teachers of the year have come together 25:40.738 --> 25:40.710 and they're developing various lessons 25:40.710 --> 25:42.920 and really like we're all learning in 25:42.920 --> 25:45.142 this together . That's what I think has 25:45.142 --> 25:47.309 been so powerful about this experience 25:47.309 --> 25:49.476 is the ability to all of us say , What 25:49.476 --> 25:51.698 do we how do we work and how do we help 25:51.698 --> 25:51.150 one another ? So I think it's that 25:51.150 --> 25:53.317 component . We've also done a learning 25:53.317 --> 25:55.960 loss , Acceleration team , task force . 25:55.960 --> 25:57.960 They've come together , We're gonna 25:57.960 --> 25:59.960 meet kids right where they are when 25:59.960 --> 25:59.840 they come in our doors . And there are 25:59.840 --> 26:01.951 two components that people are really 26:01.951 --> 26:04.062 really interested in gathering is one 26:04.062 --> 26:06.173 where are they Academically ? We know 26:06.173 --> 26:08.284 we need to know that , and we know we 26:08.284 --> 26:08.260 need to , you know , if we expect every 26:08.260 --> 26:10.204 fourth grader to walk in 1/4 grade 26:10.204 --> 26:12.371 level , we're kidding ourselves with , 26:12.371 --> 26:14.538 you know , some of them thrived . Some 26:14.538 --> 26:14.510 of them did not do as well . So where 26:14.510 --> 26:16.843 are they and what can we help them with , 26:16.843 --> 26:19.066 but also the social emotional concept . 26:19.066 --> 26:21.177 So how do we really give our teachers 26:21.177 --> 26:23.010 the tools to sit down and really 26:23.010 --> 26:25.121 identify where kids are and help them 26:25.121 --> 26:27.990 through this process ? You know , we're 26:27.990 --> 26:29.934 certainly planning on our students 26:29.934 --> 26:31.546 coming back for face to face 26:31.546 --> 26:33.712 instruction on August 6 and we want as 26:33.712 --> 26:35.950 many of them to return is possible . We 26:35.950 --> 26:38.061 are a school system that serves about 26:38.061 --> 26:40.590 52,000 Children s . We have heard from 26:40.590 --> 26:42.812 a number of families that are not quite 26:42.812 --> 26:44.868 ready to send their Children back to 26:44.868 --> 26:47.090 school . We've had a virtual school for 26:47.090 --> 26:49.257 grade 6 12 for a number of years , and 26:49.257 --> 26:51.534 that has served our students very well . 26:51.534 --> 26:53.701 We're in the process of developing a K 26:53.701 --> 26:55.880 five virtual experience right now . We 26:55.880 --> 26:57.991 will offer our families a choice when 26:57.991 --> 27:00.102 they come back on August 6 again , we 27:00.102 --> 27:02.670 hope they will return face to face . 27:02.940 --> 27:04.607 And if they do , we will have 27:04.607 --> 27:06.607 guidelines in place , many of which 27:06.607 --> 27:08.773 we've been talking about all morning . 27:08.773 --> 27:10.940 But we wanted to make sure we gave our 27:10.940 --> 27:13.107 families a choice . And we also wanted 27:13.107 --> 27:15.107 to be very prepared in the event we 27:15.107 --> 27:17.273 have to pivot again . We learned a lot 27:17.273 --> 27:19.384 from that experience last spring when 27:19.384 --> 27:21.496 we were out . And as the commissioner 27:21.496 --> 27:23.496 said earlier , many of our teachers 27:23.496 --> 27:25.700 performed admirably , heroically . I 27:25.700 --> 27:28.140 would say some of our teachers 27:28.150 --> 27:30.420 struggled in the environment , and so 27:30.420 --> 27:32.142 we've put together really good 27:32.142 --> 27:34.253 professional development program over 27:34.253 --> 27:36.087 the summer . So we are even more 27:36.087 --> 27:38.309 prepared next year in the event that we 27:38.309 --> 27:40.531 have to learn virtually for a period of 27:40.531 --> 27:42.698 time . And I think it's incumbent upon 27:42.698 --> 27:44.587 all of us . You know , the key is 27:44.587 --> 27:46.587 flexibility , adaptability , and be 27:46.587 --> 27:49.780 prepared to pivot one of the things the 27:49.910 --> 27:52.420 last three years in 100 2 year history 27:52.420 --> 27:55.060 in school , we've had fires . We've had 27:55.060 --> 27:58.730 smoke , we had power outages , virus . 27:58.780 --> 28:00.891 We joked that we're working , waiting 28:00.891 --> 28:02.891 for locus and the Petaluma River to 28:02.891 --> 28:05.830 turn red blood , but the health and 28:05.830 --> 28:09.070 safety we put together about two weeks 28:09.070 --> 28:11.320 ago , Dr Adrian Rios is here with me . 28:12.090 --> 28:14.820 Dr Steve Talk . We really put together 28:15.040 --> 28:17.040 a group of faculty members and , as 28:17.040 --> 28:19.460 everyone said , some really were very 28:19.460 --> 28:21.870 enthusiastic about teaching online a 28:21.870 --> 28:23.926 distance learning blended learning . 28:23.926 --> 28:26.148 Some struggled with it . So we provided 28:26.148 --> 28:28.314 a tremendous amount of called customer 28:28.314 --> 28:30.537 service to our faculty . So in order to 28:30.537 --> 28:32.648 help our students were small school , 28:32.648 --> 28:34.703 just over 200 students . But we also 28:34.703 --> 28:36.814 know this is a working documents ever 28:36.814 --> 28:39.037 revolving , and we're looking August 10 28:39.450 --> 28:41.283 that were in school with all the 28:41.283 --> 28:43.283 protocol , policy and procedures in 28:43.283 --> 28:45.339 place . Then we have a hybrid method 28:45.339 --> 28:47.506 which will come Monday , Tuesday , off 28:47.506 --> 28:49.506 Wednesday , Thursday , Friday . And 28:49.506 --> 28:51.561 then , God forbid , we have to go to 28:51.561 --> 28:53.728 full distance learning . So we know we 28:53.728 --> 28:56.410 have to adapt and overcome those 28:56.410 --> 28:58.620 challenges quickly as possible . Stay 28:58.620 --> 29:00.620 positive . Two really important for 29:00.620 --> 29:03.240 faculty administration to stay positive 29:03.240 --> 29:05.450 with our parents and with their kids . 29:06.040 --> 29:08.950 Um , we've also looked at what are they 29:08.950 --> 29:11.172 doing in Australia ? Their schools that 29:11.172 --> 29:13.630 opened up in the 60% returned 34 weeks 29:13.630 --> 29:15.797 later , the other 40% came . We looked 29:15.797 --> 29:17.686 at our sister school in avenue on 29:17.686 --> 29:20.430 France , who looked at the policies and 29:20.430 --> 29:22.610 procedures they put in place . Vincent 29:22.610 --> 29:25.450 of Paul School . We're looking at you 29:25.450 --> 29:27.450 know what they do in Korea with the 29:27.450 --> 29:31.290 plexi glass around the desks ? Uh , I 29:31.300 --> 29:33.300 really want to go there , but if we 29:33.300 --> 29:35.189 have to . But I think it's really 29:35.189 --> 29:37.356 important that , you know , instead of 29:37.356 --> 29:39.411 reinventing a wheel , that there's a 29:39.411 --> 29:39.160 lot of very talented people in this 29:39.160 --> 29:41.450 room and throughout the United States 29:41.450 --> 29:43.283 about the world that we look and 29:43.283 --> 29:45.960 emulate and see if we can do the same 29:45.960 --> 29:49.630 thing the secretary on some of our 29:49.630 --> 29:51.680 folks have been hosting around of 29:51.680 --> 29:54.470 Webinars of late . If any of you have 29:54.490 --> 29:56.546 tuned in yet , we're about to do our 29:56.546 --> 29:59.180 fourth and have several MAWR through 29:59.180 --> 30:01.290 the course of the summer that really 30:01.290 --> 30:03.880 all dedicated to central issue of 30:03.890 --> 30:06.460 technology and education , not just 30:06.470 --> 30:08.780 distance education , but technology and 30:08.780 --> 30:12.690 all of education . The saddest day of 30:12.700 --> 30:16.280 my career ended in New 30:16.280 --> 30:19.010 Hampshire this year when I was visiting 30:19.060 --> 30:21.220 some of schools in New Hampshire , 30:21.430 --> 30:23.597 visiting schools be being the favorite 30:23.597 --> 30:25.980 part of my job . Why was it the saddest 30:25.980 --> 30:28.250 day ? Because I was called back because 30:28.250 --> 30:30.472 of the pandemic . And that was the last 30:30.472 --> 30:32.639 time I had the opportunity to actually 30:32.639 --> 30:35.190 visit a school campus this year , and I 30:35.190 --> 30:37.610 know how depressing it was for me . I 30:37.620 --> 30:40.390 can't imagine how depressing it waas 30:40.390 --> 30:42.630 for the faculty . The principle that 30:42.630 --> 30:44.700 students , the family , members of 30:44.700 --> 30:47.210 those schools , watching their schools , 30:47.210 --> 30:51.050 just almost inexplicably going dark 30:51.440 --> 30:54.260 without really any degree of warning 30:54.270 --> 30:56.670 and then now , trying to claw our way 30:56.670 --> 31:00.130 back to normal . Best we can . Those 31:00.130 --> 31:02.250 webinars are meant to try to do a 31:02.250 --> 31:04.472 number of things , including share best 31:04.472 --> 31:07.120 practice . But importantly , we have 31:07.120 --> 31:09.240 Panelists on those webinars who share 31:09.240 --> 31:11.870 one thing in common . They haven't met 31:11.870 --> 31:14.320 a problem they couldn't figure out how 31:14.320 --> 31:17.370 to solve . Yet on this thing they 31:17.380 --> 31:20.450 refuse . And it's an amazing thing . 31:20.460 --> 31:22.682 They'll tell you all . We ran into this 31:22.682 --> 31:24.738 problem in that problem , but here's 31:24.738 --> 31:27.016 what we did to get around that problem . 31:27.016 --> 31:29.127 Here's how we dealt with that when we 31:29.127 --> 31:28.830 overcame that problem . These are 31:28.830 --> 31:30.886 people who don't know the meaning of 31:30.886 --> 31:34.310 the word quit and thats schools at the 31:34.310 --> 31:36.760 end of the day , all over America , 31:37.140 --> 31:39.990 people who want these young people to 31:39.990 --> 31:43.060 succeed and learn and are willing to do 31:43.060 --> 31:45.190 just about whatever it takes to make 31:45.190 --> 31:48.470 that happen . I wanted Teoh 31:48.810 --> 31:50.980 ask our school board president . Many 31:50.980 --> 31:52.960 schools were forced into distance 31:52.960 --> 31:55.390 education on , and you can tell us 31:55.400 --> 31:57.567 about your district and whether or not 31:57.567 --> 31:59.456 that was the case in the spring , 31:59.640 --> 32:02.510 generally What impact did that have on 32:02.970 --> 32:06.020 the families ? Not just the student , 32:06.030 --> 32:08.300 but on the on the family's little 32:08.300 --> 32:10.430 insight . Nancy on that one . Well , 32:10.870 --> 32:12.703 we've heard quite a bit from our 32:12.703 --> 32:14.648 families . We have , as you know , 32:14.648 --> 32:17.050 relatively small district of very tight 32:17.050 --> 32:20.760 community , and we are whole 32:20.760 --> 32:23.790 state shut down on it kind of seemed 32:23.790 --> 32:27.100 overnight sort of waas we We sense that 32:27.100 --> 32:29.156 it was coming and we were able to do 32:29.156 --> 32:31.600 some preparation for that . Our 32:31.600 --> 32:34.830 families rose to the occasion . We have 32:34.840 --> 32:38.800 great families , Um , but it was 32:38.800 --> 32:40.967 very difficult . We have a lot of dual 32:40.967 --> 32:42.980 career families . We have a lot of 32:42.980 --> 32:46.270 families with multiple Children . We 32:46.270 --> 32:49.400 have extremely active families . So for 32:49.400 --> 32:52.390 them to go from , you know , full tilt 32:52.390 --> 32:55.720 which maybe isn't always perfect . Teoh 32:55.820 --> 32:59.480 everything stopped sports and scouts 32:59.490 --> 33:01.601 and everything else that our Children 33:01.601 --> 33:03.657 and families dio and the parents are 33:03.657 --> 33:05.657 very engaged in these activities as 33:05.657 --> 33:07.879 well . I really do think that there was 33:07.879 --> 33:10.180 almost like a cloud of depression of 33:10.180 --> 33:13.830 her whole community , and I noticed in , 33:13.840 --> 33:15.951 um , you know , we have an area where 33:15.951 --> 33:18.118 we could be outside and walk a lot . I 33:18.118 --> 33:20.284 noticed that people weren't really not 33:20.284 --> 33:22.451 looking at each other when they passed 33:22.451 --> 33:24.396 each other , which is not like our 33:24.396 --> 33:26.618 community . I noticed the same thing in 33:26.618 --> 33:28.618 the grocery store , even in masks . 33:28.618 --> 33:28.110 People just they just don't know how to 33:28.110 --> 33:30.850 handle not being normal . 33:31.550 --> 33:35.080 And I think we all wanted Teoh be sure 33:35.080 --> 33:37.890 that this new normal wasn't permanent . 33:38.100 --> 33:40.433 We don't want this to be our new normal . 33:40.433 --> 33:42.767 We want this to be our temporary normal , 33:42.767 --> 33:44.980 and I kept reminding people as I was 33:44.980 --> 33:47.036 talking to them , you know , this is 33:47.036 --> 33:49.430 difficulty . We have pivoted very 33:49.430 --> 33:52.090 quickly into our distance learning and 33:52.090 --> 33:54.312 did a very nice job with it . We can do 33:54.312 --> 33:56.840 better now that we have more time to 33:56.840 --> 33:59.640 plan . But we all have to keep the 33:59.640 --> 34:02.170 perspective for our own mental health 34:02.180 --> 34:04.210 business temporary this will of its 34:04.220 --> 34:07.760 long , but it will eventually end , and 34:07.760 --> 34:10.070 so we can't plan to change our lives 34:10.070 --> 34:13.290 forever . And so I think . I think what 34:13.290 --> 34:15.290 I saw was that kind of just kind of 34:15.290 --> 34:17.512 collective depression . Now that people 34:17.512 --> 34:19.623 can be out a bit are pools air open . 34:19.623 --> 34:21.790 People are a little bit more engaged , 34:21.790 --> 34:24.012 wishing more optimism , and our parents 34:24.012 --> 34:26.970 are begging us to please get the kids 34:26.970 --> 34:29.026 back in school . Not that they don't 34:29.026 --> 34:31.359 want their kids at home . They love him . 34:31.359 --> 34:33.414 But , um , they know what's best for 34:33.414 --> 34:35.526 their family and their Children . The 34:35.526 --> 34:37.940 Congress and the president created , 34:37.940 --> 34:40.107 and ultimately the president signed in 34:40.107 --> 34:43.320 the law that cares act . It provided on 34:43.320 --> 34:45.380 off a lot of things . But what it 34:45.380 --> 34:48.670 provided to us through us in the 34:48.670 --> 34:50.860 Department of Education was a 34:50.860 --> 34:54.160 substantial amount of money dedicated 34:54.710 --> 34:58.050 to trying to help people prepare 34:58.730 --> 35:02.500 $13 billion for K through 12 . Another 35:02.530 --> 35:05.100 roughly 13 $14 billion for higher 35:05.100 --> 35:07.322 education flowed through the Department 35:07.322 --> 35:09.640 of Education . We actually retrofitted 35:09.650 --> 35:11.706 essentially our entire Department of 35:11.706 --> 35:14.810 Education to make certain we had the 35:14.810 --> 35:16.366 appropriate documentation , 35:16.366 --> 35:18.440 accountability , invitations to 35:18.440 --> 35:20.607 participate , you name it . And it was 35:20.607 --> 35:22.890 a major process because it was 35:22.890 --> 35:26.140 unprecedented in so many ways . And yet 35:26.150 --> 35:29.070 within a record breaking amount of time , 35:29.070 --> 35:32.770 we were able to get that $30 billion 35:32.780 --> 35:35.700 out to America's schools so that they 35:35.700 --> 35:38.480 could quickly be able then to pivot and 35:38.490 --> 35:41.180 use it for what they needed to do in 35:41.180 --> 35:44.010 order to either remain open or open 35:44.020 --> 35:46.520 again . A big part of that and I'm 35:46.520 --> 35:49.160 about to pull you on . This was the 35:49.160 --> 35:51.370 idea that you don't have to use it all 35:51.370 --> 35:53.150 for this . But if we've learned 35:53.150 --> 35:55.039 anything , we've learned that the 35:55.039 --> 35:57.160 technology that we lamented we didn't 35:57.160 --> 35:59.400 have enough off when this thing broke . 35:59.410 --> 36:01.740 Not all Children , not all students , 36:01.750 --> 36:04.410 had a device of their own to take back 36:04.410 --> 36:06.820 and forth at home . Some communities , 36:06.820 --> 36:08.876 all those schools , air in very good 36:08.876 --> 36:10.931 shape around the country in terms of 36:10.931 --> 36:13.098 wiring . Some communities still aren't 36:13.098 --> 36:15.320 wired so that the youngster would go to 36:15.320 --> 36:17.690 the edge of the chain link fence and go 36:17.690 --> 36:20.870 dark because their home was not wired 36:20.870 --> 36:23.940 in their community . And it was about 36:23.940 --> 36:26.150 teacher training and make making sure 36:26.150 --> 36:28.660 that teachers had to be trained . And 36:28.660 --> 36:30.827 this isn't just traditional teachers . 36:30.827 --> 36:33.930 This is all faculty , all staff . All 36:33.930 --> 36:36.480 administrators needed to be better 36:36.480 --> 36:38.490 trained on how to utilize the 36:38.500 --> 36:40.660 technology . As we worked with 36:40.670 --> 36:43.530 America's parents to help them through 36:43.530 --> 36:46.080 this because we were essentially had 36:46.080 --> 36:48.460 become a complete society of home 36:48.460 --> 36:51.050 schoolers . And by virtue of that fact , 36:51.060 --> 36:53.004 we were now relying more than ever 36:53.004 --> 36:55.270 before on moms and dads and grand 36:55.270 --> 36:57.420 parents to try to help make certain 36:57.420 --> 36:59.700 that Children were able to get whatever 36:59.700 --> 37:02.070 we were able to give them . So the 37:02.070 --> 37:04.920 question I would ask you all is on the 37:04.920 --> 37:07.050 on the issue of teacher training . 37:07.690 --> 37:09.857 We're in the dead of summer , which is 37:09.857 --> 37:12.079 in some ways for all of us a good thing 37:12.079 --> 37:14.246 because we've got some time to be able 37:14.246 --> 37:16.357 to do some things . Hopefully , we've 37:16.357 --> 37:18.770 got some money to do it with , and I'll 37:18.770 --> 37:21.110 just call it for for ese teacher 37:21.110 --> 37:23.221 training . But you know what I mean ? 37:23.221 --> 37:25.640 The whole community , How's that going ? 37:25.640 --> 37:27.807 And Jeff , you had mentioned yours , I 37:27.807 --> 37:29.973 think . But how's everybody else doing 37:29.973 --> 37:32.196 in the world of educator training house 37:32.196 --> 37:34.251 that on this score , Jeff Well , you 37:34.251 --> 37:36.418 know , again , I'm really proud of our 37:36.418 --> 37:38.473 teachers . You know , we don't force 37:38.473 --> 37:40.418 them to come in the sun the summer 37:40.418 --> 37:40.090 months to take advantage of 37:40.090 --> 37:42.368 professional development opportunities . 37:42.368 --> 37:44.312 But many of them have many of them 37:44.312 --> 37:46.540 realized last spring that , you know , 37:46.540 --> 37:48.207 there were some gaps in their 37:48.207 --> 37:50.207 instruction . That technology could 37:50.207 --> 37:52.480 help improve those gaps . I was really 37:52.480 --> 37:54.536 interesting . You know , some of the 37:54.536 --> 37:56.647 feedback I heard from teachers Waas . 37:56.647 --> 37:58.647 It forced me out of my comfort zone 37:58.647 --> 38:00.869 last spring . I picked up some skills I 38:00.869 --> 38:03.036 would have never picked up otherwise . 38:03.036 --> 38:05.091 And when we get back to normal , I'm 38:05.091 --> 38:05.040 gonna be an even better teacher now 38:05.040 --> 38:07.096 than I was before because I can take 38:07.096 --> 38:09.151 advantage of some of the resource is 38:09.151 --> 38:11.318 that are out there that I really shied 38:11.318 --> 38:13.429 away from in the past . So I'm really 38:13.429 --> 38:15.596 proud of how our teachers have stepped 38:15.596 --> 38:17.596 up to the plate . You mentioned the 38:17.596 --> 38:19.762 Cares Act funding . I'd be remiss if I 38:19.762 --> 38:21.929 didn't say this . I am so appreciative 38:21.929 --> 38:23.762 of our local , state and federal 38:23.762 --> 38:25.651 government . All three , how they 38:25.651 --> 38:27.890 supported us throughout last spring . 38:28.180 --> 38:30.820 The fact that testing was Wade Last 38:30.820 --> 38:33.370 ring was absolutely the right thing to 38:33.370 --> 38:36.070 do for our students . We were able to 38:36.070 --> 38:38.126 show our students Grace were able to 38:38.126 --> 38:40.350 show our families grace . We're able to 38:40.350 --> 38:42.628 provide them a lot of love and support . 38:42.760 --> 38:44.982 And I would say the one good thing that 38:44.982 --> 38:46.927 has come out of this . I think our 38:46.927 --> 38:49.580 community has really come together . I 38:49.580 --> 38:52.230 think we're more connected now than we 38:52.230 --> 38:54.341 ever were before . In terms of making 38:54.341 --> 38:56.508 sure Children have the resource is and 38:56.508 --> 38:58.900 support , they need to be successful . 38:59.180 --> 39:01.069 I'm really appreciative of that . 39:01.210 --> 39:04.440 Outstanding anyone else . Um , 39:04.820 --> 39:07.950 what I've noticed is first for our 39:07.950 --> 39:10.220 teachers did not get a summer . They 39:10.230 --> 39:12.690 they have been working all summer long 39:12.700 --> 39:14.700 because they they have to learn new 39:14.700 --> 39:17.420 skills . And when we went to distance 39:17.420 --> 39:19.680 learning in the spring , they did what 39:19.680 --> 39:21.902 they had to do . And we are a fortunate 39:21.902 --> 39:24.124 district . We have a lot of resource is 39:24.124 --> 39:26.291 and they did have the resource is they 39:26.291 --> 39:28.180 needed , but they didn't have the 39:28.180 --> 39:30.347 experience . So we've invested heavily 39:30.347 --> 39:32.402 over the summer in time and money in 39:32.402 --> 39:34.930 those teachers because we know that 39:35.310 --> 39:37.421 even if we're all back in school , we 39:37.421 --> 39:39.643 will have some families who can't bring 39:39.643 --> 39:41.866 their Children back to school , whether 39:41.866 --> 39:44.540 it's because of the child has a health 39:44.540 --> 39:47.120 issue or a family issue . And that 39:47.120 --> 39:49.480 child deserves the same high quality 39:49.480 --> 39:51.591 education that every child that steps 39:51.591 --> 39:53.770 on our campus gets . And so we've 39:53.770 --> 39:55.690 invested heavily in that over the 39:55.690 --> 39:58.540 summer , and I've been very pleased to 39:58.540 --> 40:01.300 see how everyone has embraced that , 40:01.300 --> 40:03.411 and I'm excited to see what comes out 40:03.411 --> 40:06.390 of it . Thank you . You know , very 40:06.390 --> 40:08.612 proud of our teachers . Really am . And 40:08.612 --> 40:10.834 their enthusiasm during the summer time 40:10.860 --> 40:13.440 of working and mediocrity 40:13.440 --> 40:16.340 and just being satisfied isn't good 40:16.340 --> 40:19.400 enough . And we know that not only with 40:19.400 --> 40:22.480 our faculty knows that they're very 40:22.490 --> 40:25.810 enthusiastic about learning and 40:25.810 --> 40:28.140 expanding how they give best teaching 40:28.140 --> 40:30.580 practices . We've also looked at what 40:30.580 --> 40:32.740 companies are doing as well . My two 40:32.740 --> 40:34.907 daughters work for a company called on 40:34.907 --> 40:36.796 Tuckett and how they transitioned 40:37.010 --> 40:39.121 during this whole time period , and I 40:39.121 --> 40:41.232 think it's really important . Look at 40:41.232 --> 40:43.454 companies have Rafael Velez , whose our 40:43.454 --> 40:46.250 port chair an apparent and reaching out . 40:46.250 --> 40:48.520 And how does his company work with this 40:48.530 --> 40:50.697 ongoing training ? And how can we make 40:50.697 --> 40:52.863 it so ? It's not sitting in front of a 40:52.863 --> 40:56.140 computer because I think after sitting 40:56.140 --> 40:58.880 on a conference call for an hour , they 40:59.220 --> 41:01.331 even as adults , most of us get tired 41:01.331 --> 41:03.664 of it . So it's How do we break that up ? 41:03.664 --> 41:05.664 And how do we maximize the time and 41:05.664 --> 41:08.010 maximize resource is that we have well 41:08.010 --> 41:11.840 said both of your 41:11.850 --> 41:13.906 topics there . I have already talked 41:13.906 --> 41:16.072 about how proud I am of our teachers , 41:16.072 --> 41:18.294 and I will continue to say that and the 41:18.294 --> 41:20.517 work that they're doing this summer , I 41:20.517 --> 41:22.628 think , an area that , uh , I've been 41:22.628 --> 41:24.794 really impressed with in the summer in 41:24.794 --> 41:24.770 particular has been the CTE teachers . 41:24.770 --> 41:26.937 You talked about workforce development 41:26.937 --> 41:28.826 and trying to make sure they were 41:28.826 --> 41:30.992 equipped . They were pretty much stuck 41:30.992 --> 41:30.660 when they were saying , How do I do a 41:30.660 --> 41:32.720 welding project ? And so they've put 41:32.720 --> 41:34.776 their heads together to really think 41:34.776 --> 41:36.942 about how can I do some of these hands 41:36.942 --> 41:39.053 on activities ? And for example , you 41:39.053 --> 41:41.276 know , I participated as a judge in a a 41:41.276 --> 41:43.920 virtual hackathon with our , you know , 41:43.920 --> 41:45.976 state Chamber of Commerce and others 41:45.976 --> 41:47.864 coming together to bring teachers 41:47.864 --> 41:49.809 together in various regions in the 41:49.809 --> 41:52.940 state to really think about , How do we 41:52.940 --> 41:55.180 tackle this topic ? So ah , lot of 41:55.180 --> 41:57.410 excitement out there . A lot of people 41:57.410 --> 41:59.188 thinking about how do we do our 41:59.188 --> 42:01.354 business just a little bit differently 42:01.354 --> 42:03.521 knowing what we know now . And I think 42:03.521 --> 42:05.521 we're going to see some real good , 42:05.521 --> 42:07.632 really great progress going forward . 42:07.810 --> 42:10.540 That's great . I know our time's gonna 42:10.540 --> 42:12.818 be slipping away here in a few minutes , 42:12.818 --> 42:15.040 and so I'm gonna get this in now , just 42:15.040 --> 42:17.040 in case , because this , to me , is 42:17.040 --> 42:19.262 sort of the most important part of this 42:19.262 --> 42:21.550 particular gathering . It's always a 42:21.550 --> 42:23.860 little risky , giving people advice and 42:23.860 --> 42:25.916 remembering this is live stream . So 42:25.916 --> 42:27.950 essentially you're giving America 42:27.960 --> 42:31.500 advice . Um , tough on a good day , 42:31.730 --> 42:34.890 but I really would , um , And I'm also 42:34.890 --> 42:37.001 let you think about this a little bit 42:37.001 --> 42:39.057 while I well , I t up the question , 42:39.057 --> 42:41.160 which is probably already obvious if 42:41.160 --> 42:43.530 you could give America 42:45.550 --> 42:48.820 some advice and it's OK , you are 42:48.820 --> 42:51.720 practitioners . You implement your 42:51.720 --> 42:55.030 leaders , so your advice is important , 42:55.030 --> 42:57.130 no matter what people might think . 42:57.140 --> 42:59.280 Especially you . Yourselves . It is 42:59.280 --> 43:02.500 important . Tell me what kind of advice 43:02.500 --> 43:04.360 you'd give America regarding the 43:04.360 --> 43:06.700 reopening of America's schools at all 43:06.700 --> 43:10.330 levels . Yes , let me speak from the 43:10.330 --> 43:13.400 higher ed perspective . It's important 43:13.400 --> 43:15.690 that we allow the students who need to 43:15.690 --> 43:18.110 be there to be there . But that doesn't 43:18.110 --> 43:21.430 mean that every administrator or a 43:21.430 --> 43:23.486 faculty member whose teaching solely 43:23.486 --> 43:26.750 online or even all of the advisers , if 43:26.750 --> 43:28.640 you will need to be there , are 43:28.850 --> 43:31.270 approach is going to be to keep our 43:31.270 --> 43:34.110 density down . And even as a big 43:34.110 --> 43:36.830 employer , we employ 7000 people across 43:36.830 --> 43:39.240 the state of Indiana in our cities . If 43:39.240 --> 43:41.510 we don't need , if we can work 43:41.520 --> 43:44.350 virtually and can do that effectively , 43:44.350 --> 43:47.360 which we watched 7000 of our colleagues 43:47.360 --> 43:49.890 do . We should continue to keep that in 43:49.890 --> 43:53.450 mind as we plan forward . So my advice 43:53.460 --> 43:55.460 is make sure that our students come 43:55.460 --> 43:59.280 first , that we allow the thesis kwehr 43:59.280 --> 44:01.058 footage , if you will , for our 44:01.058 --> 44:03.169 students to be there with the faculty 44:03.169 --> 44:05.280 who need to serve them . But in those 44:05.280 --> 44:09.170 other Insel Eri services or people who 44:09.170 --> 44:12.290 are overhead , right , if we don't need 44:12.290 --> 44:14.990 to be physically present , give that 44:15.000 --> 44:17.360 facility , make sure that it's fully 44:17.580 --> 44:20.410 leaning towards a student in every case . 44:21.090 --> 44:24.030 Well said , Okay , I think I think my 44:24.030 --> 44:27.570 advice would be recognizing that we're 44:27.570 --> 44:29.681 all in this together . We truly are . 44:29.681 --> 44:31.514 It's all hands on deck and never 44:31.514 --> 44:33.626 underestimate the importance of solid 44:33.626 --> 44:35.848 relationships . And I know you said you 44:35.848 --> 44:38.126 felt your community was never stronger . 44:38.126 --> 44:40.014 I feel like that in the education 44:40.014 --> 44:41.903 community right now in Missouri , 44:41.903 --> 44:43.848 because we all I mean the power of 44:43.848 --> 44:45.903 picking up the phone call and having 44:45.903 --> 44:48.014 these regional groups that would call 44:48.014 --> 44:50.181 in the superintendent's that I have 40 44:50.181 --> 44:49.610 teachers on a call tomorrow . The 44:49.610 --> 44:51.499 governor walked in the governor's 44:51.499 --> 44:53.721 office . We've been in constant contact 44:53.721 --> 44:55.777 about how do we solve this dilemma ? 44:55.777 --> 44:57.443 Working very closely with the 44:57.443 --> 44:59.443 department of health , working very 44:59.443 --> 45:01.554 closely with their PD . Trish is just 45:01.554 --> 45:03.721 really trying to solve this together . 45:03.721 --> 45:05.888 But I will tell you , the schools that 45:05.888 --> 45:05.550 seem to struggle the most with schools 45:05.550 --> 45:07.272 that didn't have that built in 45:07.272 --> 45:09.272 relationship with their parents and 45:09.272 --> 45:11.439 their families and the start and those 45:11.439 --> 45:13.606 who are doing really well are the ones 45:13.606 --> 45:15.828 that have those relationships very much 45:15.828 --> 45:17.994 intact . So never under of us estimate 45:17.994 --> 45:20.161 the importance of building and keeping 45:20.300 --> 45:22.430 strong relationships and again , 45:22.490 --> 45:24.790 pennies in the audience . Here we're 45:24.790 --> 45:26.568 talking about the importance of 45:26.568 --> 45:28.734 reaching out to your fellow colleagues 45:28.734 --> 45:30.846 across the nation were all working to 45:30.846 --> 45:33.068 solve these issues so very important to 45:33.068 --> 45:35.234 build your networks and stay connected 45:35.234 --> 45:37.123 through this time . That trust is 45:37.123 --> 45:39.234 pivotal . It's amazing . It exists in 45:39.234 --> 45:41.290 the medical community . People trust 45:41.290 --> 45:43.234 their doctors . People trust their 45:43.234 --> 45:45.234 nurses and they have shined in this 45:45.234 --> 45:47.234 environment . And I think , largely 45:47.234 --> 45:50.290 because people trust them and I feel 45:50.290 --> 45:52.401 the same way about education . People 45:52.401 --> 45:54.623 trust their teachers . They trust their 45:54.623 --> 45:56.790 school administrators . They trust the 45:56.790 --> 45:59.012 people in leadership roles in education 45:59.240 --> 46:01.260 because they are literally putting 46:01.260 --> 46:04.270 their Children in our care every single 46:04.270 --> 46:07.360 day . And if that trust is forged in 46:07.360 --> 46:10.810 iron it , Congar Oh , a long , long 46:10.810 --> 46:13.550 way to creating something special for 46:13.550 --> 46:17.330 students , Madam President . So Ah , 46:17.340 --> 46:19.618 little bit of a dovetail . I would say , 46:19.618 --> 46:22.100 if you are a school district , engage 46:22.110 --> 46:24.830 your constituents . Engaged everyone 46:24.830 --> 46:27.280 down to the Children , The taxpayers 46:27.280 --> 46:29.502 who don't have Children in the school , 46:29.502 --> 46:31.447 they have to say also , it is very 46:31.447 --> 46:33.558 important that everybody be a part of 46:33.558 --> 46:35.558 the solution . And I really believe 46:35.558 --> 46:37.780 that if they have been put , even if it 46:37.780 --> 46:39.940 doesn't go their way , they do feel a 46:39.940 --> 46:42.510 part of the of the process . And I 46:42.510 --> 46:44.890 think some of our best solutions come 46:44.900 --> 46:47.067 from comments from parents , a comment 46:47.067 --> 46:49.122 from a bus driver , a comment from a 46:49.122 --> 46:51.330 child . It is very important to engage 46:51.330 --> 46:53.330 those . And then secondly , I would 46:53.330 --> 46:55.450 just say to really strategize and 46:55.450 --> 46:57.783 really be sure that you have . You know , 46:57.783 --> 47:00.970 I look at it as we are planning for the 47:00.970 --> 47:04.300 best , hoping for the best , But 47:04.300 --> 47:07.110 knowing that the not so best is likely 47:07.110 --> 47:09.510 to happen and having those strategies 47:09.510 --> 47:11.730 and knowing what those what we call 47:11.730 --> 47:15.080 trip wires are what is what issue or 47:15.080 --> 47:18.740 situation will trip the response 47:19.030 --> 47:21.890 of a change so that we can be fluid and 47:21.890 --> 47:24.112 not have to just shut everything down . 47:24.112 --> 47:26.223 And every time that we need Teoh make 47:26.223 --> 47:28.446 some kind of an adjustment . So I would 47:28.446 --> 47:30.730 just really strategize and talk to each 47:30.730 --> 47:32.952 other in your communities . Really have 47:32.952 --> 47:35.710 open dialogue . Thank you , but I have 47:35.710 --> 47:38.440 three . I think it looked at my mom and 47:38.440 --> 47:41.230 her twin , who's 93 lived through the 47:41.230 --> 47:44.300 Depression . Multiple wars between the 47:44.300 --> 47:46.730 two of them are these 14 kids , and is 47:46.730 --> 47:49.020 that perseverance , faith and grit that 47:49.020 --> 47:51.090 they taught us as kids ? And I think 47:51.090 --> 47:53.257 that's something that we need to teach 47:53.257 --> 47:55.312 our kids today in America . I really 47:55.312 --> 47:58.400 believe that . And I think parents need 47:58.400 --> 48:00.310 to be advocates to their school 48:00.310 --> 48:02.310 districts to their principles . It 48:02.310 --> 48:04.532 doesn't matter which Catholic , private 48:04.532 --> 48:06.754 or public that they want their Children 48:06.754 --> 48:08.810 back in school . I can't stress that 48:08.810 --> 48:11.860 enough and trust that all of us would 48:11.860 --> 48:14.280 not put your Children in harm's way . 48:14.950 --> 48:16.894 That's something that you know . I 48:16.894 --> 48:19.061 understand everyone is different , but 48:19.061 --> 48:21.283 it's so important that you do trust the 48:21.283 --> 48:23.450 school and the decisions being made in 48:23.450 --> 48:25.780 order to educate your Children in a 48:25.780 --> 48:28.058 very safe , healthy and 11 environment . 48:28.850 --> 48:31.520 Well , said . I would say challenges 48:31.520 --> 48:34.220 create opportunities . We have probably 48:34.220 --> 48:36.053 never been more challenge in the 48:36.053 --> 48:38.053 history of public education , but I 48:38.053 --> 48:40.053 think it's an opportunity for us to 48:40.053 --> 48:43.640 grow and improve . I would also add We 48:43.640 --> 48:45.910 are a people business or relationship 48:45.910 --> 48:48.240 business . We need to focus on that 48:48.250 --> 48:50.950 first and the best schools in the best 48:50.950 --> 48:53.500 school systems . In my experience , you 48:53.500 --> 48:56.770 know , the ones where home school and 48:56.770 --> 48:59.100 community work together as partners . 48:59.970 --> 49:03.610 Well said , I remember as a little boy , 49:04.070 --> 49:06.870 um , quite a little boy standing in 49:06.870 --> 49:09.160 line with all of my peers at my 49:09.160 --> 49:12.780 elementary school , and we would que up 49:13.470 --> 49:15.526 to the front of the line where there 49:15.526 --> 49:17.637 would be someone waiting with a white 49:17.637 --> 49:21.320 plastic spoon . And on the spoon was a 49:21.320 --> 49:24.500 sugar cube . And on the Sugar Cube , 49:24.510 --> 49:28.490 there was a pink to red liquid , and 49:28.490 --> 49:30.768 we would take it . It tasted very good , 49:30.770 --> 49:32.990 and we would move on . That was the 49:32.990 --> 49:36.810 polio vaccine , another major health 49:36.810 --> 49:39.780 issue that afflicted enormous numbers 49:39.790 --> 49:43.710 of America's young people . But I also 49:43.710 --> 49:46.160 remember standing in that line too 49:46.160 --> 49:48.800 young to really know about all of this , 49:49.270 --> 49:51.437 but new . I trusted the people who are 49:51.437 --> 49:54.600 around me . I trusted my teachers . I 49:54.600 --> 49:57.440 trusted the family members who came to 49:57.440 --> 49:59.520 help with the , you know , the 49:59.520 --> 50:02.890 dispensing of this vaccine . I 50:02.890 --> 50:05.380 trusted the people around me . They 50:05.380 --> 50:07.940 knew much more than I did , but I also 50:07.940 --> 50:11.000 knew they cared much more than anybody 50:11.000 --> 50:13.540 could imagine . And going into this 50:13.540 --> 50:15.950 next round of educational opportunity 50:15.950 --> 50:18.660 for young people in America , it is 50:18.660 --> 50:21.320 incumbent that once again we challenge 50:21.320 --> 50:23.540 ourselves to make sure we're worthy of 50:23.550 --> 50:26.420 that trust , that we do the right 50:26.510 --> 50:29.890 things for them and with them not only 50:29.890 --> 50:32.860 to open schools and open them safely , 50:33.450 --> 50:35.672 but to make sure that's what out . What 50:35.672 --> 50:38.360 is on the other side of that is a world 50:38.370 --> 50:42.080 class educational experience that will 50:42.080 --> 50:44.302 give them the same opportunities that I 50:44.302 --> 50:46.302 was given a that time . And that is 50:46.302 --> 50:48.358 simply to grow up and live my little 50:48.358 --> 50:50.469 share of the great American dream and 50:50.469 --> 50:52.413 know that education is pivotal and 50:52.413 --> 50:54.880 making sure that that's the case . I 50:54.880 --> 50:56.991 hope you will join me in thanking our 50:56.991 --> 50:59.158 wonderful panel members for being with 50:59.158 --> 51:00.158 us today . 51:05.760 --> 51:07.816 By the way , Governor , she's pretty 51:07.816 --> 51:10.840 good . She does all right . I know 51:10.840 --> 51:12.840 you're here to make sure that's the 51:12.840 --> 51:14.896 case , but she does . She's okay . I 51:14.896 --> 51:17.080 want to thank the secretary for giving 51:17.080 --> 51:19.080 me the chance to be a small part of 51:19.080 --> 51:21.300 this today , but also to help put 51:21.310 --> 51:24.290 together the events that we're all 51:24.430 --> 51:26.390 enjoying here today and will still 51:26.390 --> 51:30.350 continued to to enjoy through the rest 51:30.350 --> 51:32.820 of the afternoon and find it useful , 51:32.940 --> 51:36.330 helpful and hopeful in the work that we , 51:36.330 --> 51:38.850 as Americans have to do ahead of us to 51:38.850 --> 51:40.850 make sure that we don't take a back 51:40.850 --> 51:42.961 seat to anybody in terms of reopening 51:42.961 --> 51:45.128 our schools and providing every one of 51:45.128 --> 51:47.183 those young people their shot at the 51:47.183 --> 51:49.406 Great American dream . Thanks for being 51:49.406 --> 51:49.810 a part of this session .