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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025.
UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON AN IPHONE.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE EVER IS.
YOU ARE MUTED STILL, OR YOU CAN TRY PUT IT IN THE CHAT.
WENDY, ARE YOU ON THE IPHONE? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, SO
SO DO YOU WANT ME JUST TO PROCEED THROUGH, UM, RIGHT.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING.
SO LET'S JUST, THIS INFORMATION.
SO AS WE COME TO ORDER OFFICIALLY, IF WE COULD ALL PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE NEED TO TAKE OUR FLAG OUTTA THE CORNER.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
YOU COULD PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
SO I DON'T HAVE TO GET APPROVAL VIA AGENDA.
UM, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, MS. ROBIN? NO, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
OUR NEXT, UM, ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE UPDATE FROM THE FEBRUARY 4TH BOARD MEETING.
STRATOS OR MS. EMILY? I CAN, OR YOU CAN'T? UM, YOU GO AHEAD.
STRATOS DID A WONDERFUL JOB, UM, TO WALK THE SCHOOL BOARD THROUGH ALL THE WORK THAT WE HAD BEEN DOING AND THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAD FOR THE BOARD.
UM, AND THE BOARD WAS VERY GRACIOUS, UM, AND RECOGNIZING US, UM, AND THANKING US FOR OUR WORK.
AND SO THAT GOES OUT TO YOU ALL.
UM, I WAS REMISS IN NOT THANKING PUBLICLY, MS. ROBIN AND DR.
STRATAS, UM, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
I THINK IT WAS AS BEST AS IT COULD.
SO, SO, AND WHAT YOU HAVE IS A COPY OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT WE BE WRITING FOR THE BOARD, AS WELL AS THE MOTION.
THOSE ARE THE FIRST TWO DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE.
IF YOU WANT, WE CAN GO THROUGH WHAT, BASICALLY WHAT THIS COMES DOWN TO IS A HIGH RECOMMENDATION TO USE THE HARD COPY.
UM, SO IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER INSTEAD OF THIS, THIS ELECTRONIC SITE, THIS SELECT, AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME PUSHBACK ON BACK AND FORTH, BUT, UH, AND NOT TO USE ONE OF THE ANCILLARY MATERIALS, IF I'M CORRECT, THE HIGH SCHOOL ANCILLARY AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ANCILLARY.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE ITEMS THAT WE FOUND NOT COMPLIANT WITH THE PROVISO WERE WITHIN THE ANCILLARY MATERIAL.
I EXPLAINED TO THE BOARD THAT WHEN THESE MATERIALS WERE DEVELOPED, THEY WERE PRE A PROVISO, PROVISO CAME OUT AFTER THOSE ANCILLARY MATERIALS WERE CREATED.
SO, AS SUCH, THEY WERE OFFLINE.
SO THERE WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE TO SUPPORT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
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IS TO REVIEW THE STATE ACADEMIC GLOSSARIES, AND WE'LL PASS THAT TORCH OVER TO MS. GRAY.SO THE, THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU RECEIVED THROUGH EMAIL, UM, IT'S NOW A STATE, IT IS A STATE DOCUMENT THAT, SO IT'S AN APPENDIX TO THE, THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE STANDARDS.
SO THEY HAVE ADDED TO THE BACK OF THE STATE STANDARDS THIS GLOSSARY AS WELL AS TITLE 59, WHICH IS THE DOCUMENT THAT SORT OF IS, IS THE, THE GUIDE AND THE DRIVE FOR THE, THE REASONS WHY THINGS ARE INCLUDED EXCLUDED IS BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO, UM, THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE STATE, THE STATE STANDARDS.
UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THE ZOOM AT THIS POINT? DO YOU WANT ME TO THE CELEBRATION OR WAIT NO, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
SO OUR, OUR STEPS GOING FORWARD, SO THAT WE'RE ALL TOGETHER AS A GROUP WITH THIS, IS THAT, SO YOU ALL DID THE WORK WE HAVE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.
THEY APPROVED WHAT YOU SUGGESTED, WHAT YOU ASKED.
SO WE HAVE MATERIAL GOING FORWARD THAT NOW WE CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEACHERS TEACHING.
SO THAT WE HAD A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY ON THE 14TH.
UM, I HAD ZOOM SCHEDULED ALL DAY.
MET WITH EVERY PERSON WHO TEACHES HEALTH AND PE ELEMENT ELEMENTARY THROUGH K 12.
ANYBODY THAT WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, I DID MAKE UP ZOOMS LAST WEEK.
SO AS OF FRIDAY, EVERY SINGLE TEACHER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT TEACHES THIS MATERIAL HAS HAD THIS PRESENTATION ON TITLE 59 BECAUSE WE COLLECTIVELY FEEL THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW THE LAW TO THEN MOVE FORWARD AND TEACH THE MATERIAL.
SO THIS PAIRED WITH THE MATERIAL THAT YOU ALL WORKED HARD TO, TO HAVE PUT THROUGH, NOW WE'RE VETTED AND WE'RE STATE ADOPTED AND APPROVED AND ALL MEETING YOU ADDITIONAL SENT THIS TO EVERYBODY PHYSICALLY AT THEIR SCHOOL? YES.
THEY RECEIVED THIS THROUGH THE COURIERS SO THAT I COULD SAY THAT I WASN'T RELYING ON ANYONE GOING TO A LINK.
IT WAS YOU WERE DELIVERED THIS MATERIAL.
SO THIS WEEK I'M MEETING WITH ALL OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE TEXTBOOK MATERIALS THAT YOU ALL SEEN, UM, MEETING WITH THEM, EXPLAINING WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE, AND THEN MEETING WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT HEAD FOR THEM TO SHARE WITH THEIR TEAMS. AND THEN NEXT WEEK IS A PRINCIPAL'S MEETING WHERE WE'LL SHARE ALL OF THIS WITH THE PRINCIPALS.
AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT IS WHEN WE WILL START TO TEACHERS TEACHING THIS MATERIAL, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS STARTED AND ROLLING SOME IN SOME WAY BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR IS OVER SO THAT WE CAN COUNT THE SCHOOL YEAR AS SOMETHING AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH EVERYONE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT THE TIMELINE WORKED OUT SO THAT WE COULD GET IT GOING.
SO HOW WOULD YOUR FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS, AND THERE'S A LITTLE TREPIDATION BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVEN'T DONE, BUT I I'M SO FAR NO ONE IS, NO ONE IS, NO, IT'S JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND.
ALMOST EASING SOME NERVES, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TO HELP.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT, BUT YEAH, NO, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
SO, AND MS. P PRIOR HAS SHARED WITH ME THAT SHE ACTUALLY MET, UM, TOM DAVIS AT THE CHURCH AND HAD BROUGHT TO HIS ATTENTION THE DISCONNECT OF THE TEXTBOOKS TO THE STATE STANDARDS.
I AM GONNA SPEAK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION REGARDING THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR YOU.
BUT HE HAD SHARED THAT HE WOULD BRING INFORMATION FORWARD AS WELL.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR STATE TEACHERS KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WHO WANTS TO HELP AND AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL TEACHERS KNOW BECAUSE WE THINK IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING A NEW TEXTBOOK ADOPTION EARLIER.
'CAUSE I THINK THE CYCLE HAS SKIPPED ONE FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY A OFFICE HOURS MEETING TOMORROW.
WITH THE, UM, UH, DR. MEDINA AT STATE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SOME OF YOU COULDN'T GET IN THE LAST CORRECT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IN TOMORROW.
I ASKED ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FURTHER BEYOND WHAT I HAD ASKED LAST TIME.
I HAVE NOT HEARD A RESPONSE BACK, SO HOPEFULLY THAT IS FORTHCOMING.
UM, BUT ALSO MR. DAVIS TOLD ME THERE'S ANOTHER CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, STATE CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE WHO IS THE COMMITTEE CHAIR OF THE EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE FROM MS. ERICKSON, I BELIEVE.
SO THAT HOPEFULLY WOULD BODE WELL IN OUR FAVOR AS WELL.
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WHAT I DID ASK IS THAT WE VOTE FORWARD THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT SUITE FOR REQUEST, NOT JUST US AS AN INDIVIDUAL.SO I WILL THINK A DR. RODRIGUEZ, BUT WE HAD SENIOR STAFF WITH A LIST OF OTHER ITEMS TODAY, AND IT IS ON MY LIST ABOUT TO THAT CONVERSATION.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE NEED SAVE S WE NEED A NEW TEXTBOOK ADOPTION AND UPDATED S AND UPDATED STANDARDS TO UNDER 17, THE NATIONAL, I BELIEVE NATIONALLY, IT'S EIGHT SKILLS.
AM I OFF WITH THAT? UM, YES THEY ARE, BUT THEY WERE REVISED FOR BOTH HEALTH AND PE.
THERE'S FIVE, IT WENT FROM FIVE TO FOUR IN PE AND IT'S STILL EIGHT FOR, UM, FOR HEALTH HEALTH.
BUT THEY'VE ALL BEEN UPDATED AND AS WE'VE ALL SEEN, A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED IS VERY
SO IT JUST NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP INTO THIS DECADE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? MM-HMM.
UM, DID ANYONE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE GLOSSARY THAT YOU SAW? I HAD JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
AND HOPE THAT SOMEDAY WHEN IT'S UPDATED, THIS SHOULD BE SCREEN.
AND, AND I FIND THIS INTERESTING THAT YOU SAY IF, BECAUSE THESE WERE JUST ADDED.
WELL, AND NO ONE SHARED THAT THESE WERE ADDED.
THEY JUST WERE ALL OF A SUDDEN TITLE 59 JUST APPEARED AS PART OF THE STANDARDS SO AND SO TO THE GLOSSARY.
YOU CAN CAN ASK THAT QUESTION.
BECAUSE, BUT ANYWAY, GO AHEAD.
FOR THE WORD CONSENT TO ENGAGE IN SPECIFIC SEXUAL ACTIVITY, THIS COULD ALSO INCLUDE DRUG USE, IT COULD CONSENT TO USE DRUGS WITH A PERSON, FRIEND, PARTNER, WHATEVER.
UH, GATEWAY DRUG AND I DID SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THIS GLOSSARY SAYS DRUGS SUCH AS ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA.
THEY REALLY SHOULD INCLUDE TOBACCO AND VAPES, VAPES, TOBACCO SLASH VAPING.
E-CIGARETTES, HOWEVER YOU WANT IT.
BUT TOBACCO SHOULD NOT BE LEFT OUT OF GATEWAY.
YOU ARE NOT GONNA FIND MANY PEOPLE THAT GO STRAIGHT TO COCAINE OR HEROIN.
THEY START WITH CIGARETTES AND THEN THEY MOVE MM-HMM
AND THEN HIVI DO BELIEVE THEY SHOULD SPELL OUT GIMME NO DEFICIENCY.
KNOW THAT'S A LOT, BUT YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR THAT.
YOU WRITE IT OUT BEFORE THE ACKERMAN.
DR. PEARSON
'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS WRITING SCRIPTS IN OUR WORLD.
SHOULD SAY HEALTHCARE, NOT JUST, OKAY.
IT'S ACTUALLY, CINDY, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, IT IS MISINFORMATION BECAUSE IF BEARING ON POINT THAT THE YEAH, THE PM AND, UM, THE, THE D 5.2 0.1 DISCUSSED THE INFLUENCE, FEARS, AND FAMILY ON BEHAVIORS RELATED TO THE USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, INCLUDING SMOKELESS TOBACCO.
NO MENTION OF VAPING VAPE PRODUCTS.
THAT WAS IN GRADE FIVE, 5.2 0.1.
AND WHERE WAS THAT? THAT WAS GRADE FIVE, THE STANDARD NUMBER TWO.
5.20, YOU WENT IN THE STANDARD.
UM, SO THERE WAS NO MENTION OF WHAT, AGAIN, NO MENTION OF VAPING OR VAPE PRODUCT.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS, YEAH, THAT WAS ONE'S I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK ON YOU WITH STIS AND STDS AND IT SHOULD BE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED, WHICH IT IS IN THE, IT IS IN THE, TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S IN THE TEXTBOOK POST.
HEY, WELL, I WILL SURELY, UM, REACH OUT TO DR.
I MEAN, AND SAY THAT OUR HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THESE AREN'T, YEAH, I MEAN THESE COULD BE UP FOR SUGGESTIONS THAT WE COULD CHANGE.
I'VE LIKE TO PUT MY NAME IN IT.
DID YOU, WHEN WE DO DO A REVIEW,
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WELL, I JUST, WHO VETTED THE BALL? YEAH.YOU KNOW, DID YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WHILE THE BALL? NO.
DID YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS? NO.
DID YOU HAVE ANY THANK YOU LIGHT'S? I THINK I WAS CROSSED EYE.
IF YOU LOOK IN TITLE 59 SPECIFICALLY HEROIN.
I HOPE YOU SPECIFIC ALL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE REVIEW OF THE AARON'S LAW MATERIALS.
AND WE HAVE A GUEST CAN START THIS ON WILSON.
THIS, THIS CHRISTINA WILSON FROM THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION.
OR KAPPA, UM, IS HERE WITH US TO, WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY START STRATEG.
DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKSTORY? YEAH.
SO LET, LET ME GIVE CONTEXT OF WHY.
UM, AS A HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, YOU'RE CHARGED WITH ASUR THAT THE BREADTH OF MATERIALS WE USE ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ABOUT 59 I AM.
WE AS A SYSTEM AND AARON'S LAW, THAT IS LAW.
UM, ONE IS CAPA, THE OTHER ONE IS COAST HORIZON.
BOTH OF THESE PROVIDERS HAVE HAD THEIR CURRICULUM MATERIALS VETTED AT THE STATE AND APPROVED AT THE STATE OF REC.
UM, AND THAT'S EVEN THE MATERIAL YOU USE EXHIBIT IN THE NOVEMBER 14TH, 2024 STATE MEMO ON AN UPDATE STATING FACTS.
BUT WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS FROM ONE, ACTUALLY TWO TEACHERS, ONE AT BAY RIVER, I WANNA SAY ONE WAS ANOTHER.
ONE WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATOR.
AND WE'VE HAD TWO PARENTS QUESTION THE CORRECT MATERIALS.
SO I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN COMMITTEE THAT LOOKS THROUGH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR PROVIDERS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE STATE.
I BELIEVE YOU JUST WENT THROUGH THAT BEDING NOT TOO LONG AGO.
I THINK IT WAS RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS.
WE WERE AT, WE HAD TO GO TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PRESENT OUR LESSONS, JUST LIKE WE OFFER TO THE PARENT, ANY PARENT IN THE DISTRICT.
SO WE SAT DOWN WITH BEN MEEMA, MEEMA, DR.
AND, UM, THEY SPENT A FULL AFTERNOON GOING AND OTHERS, THERE WERE OTHERS.
BUT, UM, YES, WE ARE VETTED USING A NATIONAL CURRICULUM AND APPROVED THROUGH THE STATE.
SO WHAT I'VE ASKED IS THAT WE HAVE, CAP HAS BEEN VERY, IN A SHORT NOTICE TO COME FORWARD.
AND THEN FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, I WOULD ASK THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE VERIZON COME IN AS WELL, SO WE CAN REVIEW AND GET FEEDBACK, BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPEN CONVERSATION.
UM, YOU HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL AS A CON COMMITTEE AND THIS YOUNG LADY HAS A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SYSTEM AND VERY MUCH COMPLIANT TO THE STATE.
SO I'LL JUST GIVE EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY BECAUSE IT'S, IT, IT'S RELEVANT I THINK TO ESTABLISH HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN BUSY WITH THE DISTRICT.
I STARTED AT SHELL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN 1985, AND AT THAT SAME TIME AS A STUDENT KAPPA.
AT THAT SAME TIME, KAPPA DID ITS FIRST PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS TO START PREVENTING EDUCATION VERY SHORTLY AFTER OPEN ARMS CHILDREN'S.
THAT'S LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT OVER THE YEARS FROM MY PREDECESSOR SUSAN CATO.
UM, DOING PUPPETS IN THE SCHOOLS TO TRY TO MAKE THE MATERIAL MORE DIGESTIBLE TO CHILDREN ON AGE APPROPRIATE LEVELS TO USING WHEN CURRICULUM, UH, APPROVED CURRICULUM STARTED BECOMING MAINSTREAM, TRYING TO INTER WORK THAT INTO THE PROGRAM IN THE NINETIES.
UM, AND UP UNTIL 2014 WHEN I TOOK OVER, AND IT WAS WHEN I BECAME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, IT WAS AT THE, UM, ADOPTION OF ERIN'S LAW AND WE HAD GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK FROM DISTRICT TEACHERS THAT THE MATERIAL WE WERE TEACHING WAS DATED.
THE STUDENTS WEREN'T ENGAGING AS WELL AS WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO.
UM, SO WE WENT ON A NATIONAL HUNT.
THIS WAS BEFORE THE STATE BOARD OF ED ADOPT STARTED ADOPTING PROGRAMS. UM, AND WE FOUND AN EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM OUT OF, UM, TEXAS CALLED PLAY IT SAFE.
UM, PLAY IT SAFE HAD BEEN, THEY REVIEWED EVERY EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE THAT WAS NATIONALLY AVAILABLE IN 2014
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FOR ABUSE PREVENTION TO EARLY ELEMENTARY, ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.ULTIMATELY, AFTER REVIEWING THE MATERIALS, APRIL FLETCHER CLARK, WHO WAS OUR DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AND ALSO A MASTER'S LEVEL EDUCATOR, CAME TO ME WITH RECOMMENDATION THAT SHE THOUGHT PLAY IT SAFE SHOULD BE WHAT WE IMPLEMENTED.
AND THUS IT WAS JUST TURNS OUT IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED BY, UM, THE NAMESAKE OF AARON'S LAW.
AARON ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED PLAY IT SAFE.
SO THAT CARRIED SOME WEIGHT WITH US AND WHY WE SELECTED THAT PARTICULAR CURRICULUM.
UM, YEARS LATER, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION LISTED STARTED LISTING THE AVAILABLE AGENCIES WHO WOULD BEEN VETTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ED AS QUALIFIED PROVIDERS.
WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WERE DEEMED CREDIBLE AND PLAY IT SAFE WAS INDEED REGISTERED AS AN APPROVED CURRICULUM TO TEACH
SO SINCE ABOUT 2015, THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TEACHING IN THE SCHOOLS.
UM, SO THE SHORT PART OF THAT IS IT'S EVIDENCE-BASED.
IT'S USED NATIONALLY AND IT'S RECOMMENDED BY THE ERRANDS LAW.
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TEACHING IN THE SCHOOLS.
UM, AND HAVE BEEN SINCE ABOUT 2015 NOW.
I ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO SENIOR LEADERSHIP AT BEAVER MEMORIAL LAST WEEK.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY, ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF PEOPLE WITH EDUCATION BACKGROUNDS TO EXPLAIN IT.
UM, YOU KNOW HOW MATH YOU HAVE TO TEACH PLUS IN MIND, YOU KNOW, AT SUBTRACTION, IN ADDITION, BEFORE YOU TEACH DIVISION, YOU KNOW, IT, IT BUILDS ON ONE ANOTHER YEAR AFTER YEAR, AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
PLAY IT SAFE AS AN ABUSE PREVENTION CURRICULA THAT DOES THAT.
SO WE USE AGE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE IN AGE APPROPRIATE WAYS TO TELL CHILDREN HOW TO KEEP THEIR BODIES SAFE AND WHAT TO DO IF THEY'RE NOT SAFE.
YOU KNOW, IN, UM, PRE-K IN KINDERGARTEN THAT LOOKS LIKE ANIMATED VIDEOS WITH DOLLS AND VERY IN SHORTER LESSONS WHERE WE'RE TEACHING, UM, CHILDREN WHAT A SAFE, UNSAFE OR CONFUSING TOUCHES AND WHAT TO DO.
THE THREE SAFETY STEPS, THE THREE SAFETY STEPS DON'T HAPPEN UNTIL KINDERGARTEN.
SO IN PRE-K WE'RE TEACHING THEM THE SAFETY STEPS.
WE REPEAT THE SAFETY STEPS IN KINDERGARTEN AND TEACH THEM, UM, WHAT TO DO.
SO GO RUN AND TELL A TRUSTED ADULT.
SO GET OUT, TELL SOMEONE AND KEEP TELLING SOMEONE UNTIL SOMEONE LISTENS TO YOU.
WE'RE ALSO HELPING THEM IDENTIFY SAFE, LIKE GOOD SECRETS, UM, THAT COMES A LITTLE BIT LATER, GETS IN SECOND GRADE, I BELIEVE MAYBE KEEPS A SECRET, UM, WHERE WE'RE TEACHING THEM ABOUT TRUSTED ADULTS, ABOUT GOOD SECRETS.
YOU KNOW, BIRTHDAY PARTY IS A GOOD SECRET, BUT A BAD SECRET MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE YOU BE UNSAFE.
UM, AS THE YEARS PROGRESS, THE THE MATERIAL GETS MORE AND MORE AGE.
IT, IT GOES UP JUST LIKE THE CHILD DOES.
SO BY SECOND GRADE, IT IS LIVE VIDEO, SO IT'S NOT ANIMATED ANYMORE.
AND THEN BY FIFTH GRADE, WE START INTRODUCING THINGS LIKE BULLYING, PREVENTION, UM, SEXTING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT USING YOUR PHONE.
AND THEN IN SIXTH GRADE, THAT'S WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO RELATIONSHIPS AND, UM, MORE ADVANCED MATERIAL.
UM, THE PROGRAM HAS, AND I'LL BE VERY, VERY HONEST WITH Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, I CONSIDERED KAPPA WHEN I FIRST CAME.
UM, I THOUGHT THAT THE OPEN ARM, THAT THE CHILDREN'S HOME WAS OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM.
UM, AND I, IT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART FOR SURE, BUT I UNDERESTIMATED VASTLY, VASTLY THE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS EDUCATION TO OUR CHILDREN.
AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED SEEING THE KIDS THAT COME FORWARD WHO WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN FOUND, BECAUSE THEY'RE TAUGHT THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEM IS NOT WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING TO THEM WHEN THEY'RE TAUGHT HOW TO TELL, WHEN THEY FEEL EMBOLDENED BY THEIR FRIENDS BEING, RAISING THEIR HAND, MY FRIENDS TOLD ME THIS, OR, UM, THIS HAPPENED TO ME.
OR, UM, THE VICTIMS THAT, UH, SCHOOL-BASED OUTREACH IS, WHICH, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL IT IN-HOUSE HAS FOUND, IS STAGGERING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS IT IN A NUTSHELL WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO DO IS TO TEACH KIDS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN HOW TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE AND WHAT TO DO IF IT'S NOT, THE MATERIAL IS NOT, UM, WHAT I WOULD CALL SEXUAL IN NATURE OR TEACHING THEM SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T BE TAUGHT NORMALLY IN AN OPEN FORUM FORUM.
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TAUGHT NATIONALLY AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, AND WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES.AND YOU'RE COMFORTABLE THAT IT'S UP TO DATE? YEAH, I THINK THAT THEY COULD UPDATE THE VIDEOS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE'S NOT, I BELIEVE IN EVIDENCE-BASED MATERIAL AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TO GET ON THE EVIDENCE-BASED CLEARING HOUSES AND, UM, IT TAKES TIME.
KAPPA, UM, HAS A ROBUST PERFORMANCE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WE ARE NATIONALLY ACCREDITED BY THE COUNCIL ON ACCREDITATION.
SO WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
WHAT THAT MEANS TO YOU GUYS IS THAT WE'RE NOT JUST REGURGITATING INFORMATION.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO TRACK THOSE OUTCOMES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN CHILDREN, FAMILIES, LIVES THAT WE SERVE.
UM, SCHOOL-BASED OUTREACH OUTCOMES ARE IMPRESSIVE.
APRIL AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AND CONTINUE TO DO A JOB YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
UM, WE DO TALK ABOUT IT QUARTERLY ABOUT WHAT TRENDS WE'RE SEEING IN THE NUMBERS.
WHERE ARE WE SEEING DISCLOSURES? WHERE ARE WE SEEING NUMBERS GO DOWN? FOR EXAMPLE, JUST SO Y'ALL FAMILIAR WITH HOW SERIOUS WE TAKE, THAT FOURTH GRADE NUMBERS WERE DOWN A FEW YEARS AGO.
UM, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE, THE MATURITY LEVEL OF FOURTH GRADE.
WE COULDN'T REALLY PUT OUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF WHY THEY WEREN'T BASICALLY REGURGITATING THE INFORMATION.
BECAUSE WE PRE-TEST AND POST-TEST CHILDREN BETWEEN, UM, THIRD AND FIFTH GRADE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY KNOW BEFORE AND WHAT THEY KNOW AFTERWARD, FOURTH GRADE WAS NOT DOING AS GREAT AS WE SHOULD.
AND WHEN I SAY NOT DOING AS GREAT AS THEY SHOULD, I'M TALKING ABOUT 80% NUMBERS AND NOT 90% NUMBER APRIL, LIFE'S OUTCOMES IN THE 90%.
UM, SO THEY CAME UP WITH A, UH, SOMETHING THEY CALL CAPER, WHICH IS A PLAY ON JEOPARDY IN KAPPA, WHICH IS WHERE THAT WE, UM, ASK THE MATERIAL.
WE POST-TEST WITH A GAME AS OPPOSED WITH A PIECE OF PAPER.
AND IT ONLY TOOK ONE QUAR ONE QUARTER, ONE SCHOOL QUARTER, AND THE NUMBERS WENT RIGHT BACK UP TO WHERE WE EXPECTED IT TO BE.
IT WASN'T THE MATERIAL, IT WAS HOW WE WERE GETTING THAT, THAT EVIDENCE AT THE END OF IT MM-HMM
UM, SO THAT HAS, UM, WORKED WELL.
SO THAT IS AN INSTANCE OF HOW WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING THE NEEDLE WITH THE CURRICULUM.
IF A CHILD SPEAKS UP AFTER THE PRESENTATION ABOUT ANY ISSUE, WHAT IS THE NORMAL THING THAT HAPPENS? DOES THAT GO TO THE COUNSELOR, THE SOCIAL WORKER? I MEAN, ONCE THE TEACHER IS TOLD WHOMEVER, HOW DOES THAT, IF A CA IF A CAP EMPLOYEE IS TOLD THEY GO GET THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OR WHOEVER WAS PRE-IDENTIFIED BY THE SCHOOL FOR COULD BE DIFFERENT.
IT COULD BE A DISTRICT PERSONNEL, BUT THAT DOES NOT RELIEVE OUR EMPLOYEES OF THE MANDATED REPORTER STATUTE THAT WE FALL UNDER AS WELL.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S A REASON TO BELIEVE, WHICH IS WHAT THE STATUTE IS, THAT THAT IS REPORTED BY THE COUNSELOR OR OURSELVES, US AS A TEAM, UM, AS OPPOSED TO UNILATERALLY LEAVING THE SCHOOL AND CALLING OUR OURSELVES.
UM, BUT THAT IS WHEN WE WOULD BRING THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL IN TO MAKE THE CALL WITH THE SCHOOL'S SITE.
JUST CURIOUS, DO Y'ALL SE SEGREGATE BOYS AND GIRLS? OR YOU DO IT COED? NO, WE DO IT COED.
I THINK THAT, UM, I SERVE ON THE ABUSE PREVENTION COALITION WITH HOPEFUL.
UM, SO I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY TEACH AS YOU GET OLDER.
AND SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS WERE DESIGNED TO TEACH FEMALE AND MAN, YOU KNOW, TO SPLIT THEM APART.
OUR PROGRAMS WERE DESIGNED TO BE DELIVERED, UM, TO A CO-ED GROUP.
AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING REALLY IN OUR CURRICULA THAT WOULD MAKE ONE SEX APPREHENSIVE OF BEING AROUND THE OTHER SEX IN THE PROGRAM.
WE FOUND THAT IN SOME SEX EDUCATION
THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT I THINK IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT ORGANS AND DIFFERENT BODY PARTS AND DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ABUSE PREVENTION, IT'S ALL THE SAME NO MATTER EXCEPT, SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S A BENEFIT THERE.
CERTAINLY WE'RE OPEN TO, UM, ALL SUGGESTIONS THAT THAT EVER CAME FORWARD.
WE EVALUATE, EVERY LESSON IS EVALUATED
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BY A TEACHER AT THE END OF IT.WE LOOK THROUGH THOSE TEACHER EVALS BY, UM, AT OUR PERFORMANCE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MEETINGS.
AND THAT'S HOW WE KNOW AT LEAST THERE'S AN ADULT IN THE ROOM EVALUATING WHAT WE'RE DOING AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, AND THEY CONTINUOUSLY, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET FROM THE PROGRAM HAS ALMOST UNIVERSALLY BEEN 98, 90 9%.
CHRISTINA, I WANNA FIRST SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND IT'S OBVIOUS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US DO IT.
AND, AND THEN IT, IT IS BEYOND A COMPLIANCE BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO IS DEVELOP A VOICE FOR THE YOUNG AND AS WELL AS THE YOUNG ADULTS.
AND AT TIMES WE GET, WE HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED AS WELL, THEIR ADVOCATES FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
IS THERE ANY RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH US? LIKE WHAT CAN WE TELL PARENTS WHO MAY FEEL LIKE, I DON'T WANT MARY TO BE A PART OF THIS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT WE COULD SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY? UM, I WOULD SAY THAT MARY MIGHT BE FINE.
THAT MARY'S BEST FRIEND SUSIE MIGHT NEED MARY HERE.
AND I RECOGNIZE IT'S THE LAW AND NOWHERE HAVE I READ IN THE LAW THAT THERE'S AN OPT OUT.
NO, IT IS VERY, IT IS VERY CLEAR BECAUSE THE, UM, THERE ARE OTHER COMPONENTS OF HEALTH EDUCATION, CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION, BUT I DON'T, I'M NOT, THERE IS NOT ANY, I I BELIEVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS ISSUED GUIDANCE ON THAT.
THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS ISSUED GUIDANCE ON THAT.
THAT THERE'S NOT AN OPTOUT THAT ALL CHILDREN SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO ABUSE PREVENTION.
AND I BELIEVE ON EDUCATION FROM PRE-K THROUGH 12TH.
UM, THAT WAS THE PUSH OF ERIN'S LAW THROUGH NATIONALLY.
AND AS EACH STATE ADOPTED THEIR OWN SMALLER VERSIONS OF AARON'S LAW, THAT'S WHAT OUR STATE CHOSE TO ADOPT THE LEGISLATURE DID.
UM, SO PRE-K THROUGH 12, AGE APPROPRIATE, I BELIEVE IS WHAT THE STATUTE ARE YOU ALLOWED IN DOD? WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE DO SCHOOLS.
WE'VE BEEN IN CHARTER SCHOOLS, WE'VE BEEN IN VILLE SCHOOLS, WE'VE BEEN IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
WE'LL GO ANYWHERE, BUT WE HAVE THAT.
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN INVITED TO DOD SCHOOLS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE TRIED.
THERE ARE, IT, THERE'S A, YEAH.
UM, AND I THINK THAT ABUSE PREVENTION EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN TO HEAR HOW TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EGREGIOUS ABUSE.
SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE, UM, GROOMING BEHAVIORS WHICH WE TEACH OR, YOU KNOW, TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT'VE GONE UNNOTICED FROM OUR, YOU KNOW, FROM MY GENERATION OR A GENERATION BEFORE ME, OR, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT KIDS AND WHEN IT'S DELIVERED FROM SOMEBODY ELSE, ESPECIALLY NOT, UM, IN THE SCHOOL, THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE IT'S NEW.
IT'S, IT'S LIKE, UM, AND I CAN'T TELL Y'ALL THE NUMBER OF TIMES I'M OUT IN PUBLIC.
IF I'M WITH APRIL OR I'M WITH ASHLEY OR WITH CASSIE, UM, KIDS RECOGNIZE THEM, YOU KNOW, YEAR AFTER YEAR.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY COME AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EXCITED TO TELL THEIR PARENTS ABOUT IT.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS ON, BUT NEITHER ONE HAVE INDICATED THEY WANTED TO SPEAK, BUT JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.
THAT MS. GORDON IS ON AS WELL AS MR. SMITH.
DO EITHER OF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ASK OR SHARE? UH, THIS IS MS. GORDON.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH, ALL OF YOU FOR BEING THERE.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, TO THE LADIES FROM, UH, KAPPA.
I'VE ENJOYED THIS PRESENTATION AND I'M SITTING HERE WITH, UH, TEARS IN MY EYES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HAVING TAUGHT CHILDREN AND BEING AROUND CHILDREN, UH, I'VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, AND HAVE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CHILDREN.
SO, SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO AND I APPRECIATE THIS COMMITTEE FOR HAVING YOU HERE TODAY.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY MAYBE GET YOU BEFORE THE BOARD ONE DAY TO JUST SAY WHAT YOU SAID TONIGHT, BECAUSE THIS NEEDS TO GET OUT.
IT NEEDS TO BE OUT, AND OUR CHILDREN NEED TO HAVE A SAFE, UH, PLACE.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.
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IF I COULD JUST, UH, SAY WHEN YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, BRINGING JEOPARDY INTO THE JEOPARDY.UHHUH
THOSE KIND OF THINGS THEY REALLY ENJOY, BUT THEY REALLY DO LEARN A LOT MORE IN THAT ACTIVITY.
THEY ALSO, LIKE, WE STARTED DOING MOTIVATIONAL STICKERS FOR THEM THAT WE COULDN'T GET THE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS TO REPLY TO THE POST TEST.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED GIVING THEM A PENCIL OR A STICKER.
UM, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY VERY MOTIVATIONAL FOR US TO GET THAT, UM, DATA BACK FROM HIM.
AND I, I WAS REMISS I DIDN'T SAY IT, BUT PLAY IT SAFE, HAS A FULL WEBSITE.
Y'ALL ARE ALL ABLE TO GO TO PLAY SAFE.
YOU CAN SEE PREVIEWS OF EACH OF THOSE VIDEOS THAT I TALKED ABOUT.
YOU CAN PREVIEW SCRIPTS OF THE CURRICULA.
IT'S NOT THE FULL SCRIPT, THE MATERIAL IS COPYRIGHTED, BUT THEY DO HAVE ENOUGH FOR YOU TO GET AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT THE LESSON IS ABOUT, WHAT THE POINT OF THE LESSON IS, AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO TEACH IN THAT PARTICULAR LESSON.
SHOULD YOU EVER HAVE ANY OPEN FORUMS WITH THE OLDER, CERTAIN AGE GROUPS OF FEEDBACK? DO YOU GET AFTER THE TRAINING FOR LIKE, IF WE DO OLDER, LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL? UM, WE GET POST TESTS FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO WHAT I LIKE TO SAY IS THAT HOPEFUL HORIZONS IN KAPPA ARE ON THE SAME INTERSTATE IN DIFFERENT LANES.
SO HER NAME'S KRISTEN AND MY NAME'S CHRISTINA.
AND YES, PEOPLE LOVE TO PUT US TOGETHER, BUT WE'RE ON DIFFERENT LANES OF THE INTERSTATE STATE.
OH, WE STRICTLY DO ELEMENTARY.
MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THAT TIME WHERE THEIR LESSONS AND OUR LESSONS OVERLAP.
SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE WE BOTH HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, THIS PROGRAM IS FREE TO THE DISTRICT.
WE HAVE TO FUNDRAISE TO BE ABLE TO PAY THESE EDUCATORS.
WE HAVE TO DO, UM, OR GRANTS OR HOWEVER IT IS.
WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE PROGRAMS AND BE, UM, TEACHING THE SAME THING.
SO MIDDLE SCHOOL IS KIND OF THERE WHERE WE DO A CL WE HAVE FOUND THAT WE DELIVER OUR PROGRAM BEST CLASSROOM BY CLASSROOM, BY CLASSROOM OR, UM, SMALL CLASSROOMS TOGETHER.
HOPEFUL CAN DO LARGER SCALE PRESENTATIONS, LIKE ASSEMBLY WIDE THINGS.
UM, AND IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SOMETIMES THEY ELECT TO HAVE BOTH OF THE DIFFERENT SUBJECT MATTERS.
YOU KNOW, THEY'LL HAVE HOPEFUL COME IN AND DO A LARGE PRESENTATION ON, UM, RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT.
AND, UM, THEY MAY HAVE US COME IN TO TALK ABOUT BULLYING OR SEXTING OR SOME OF THE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL LESSONS.
COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE WEBSITE AGAIN? IT'S PLAY IT SAFE.
UM, I THINK IT'S PLAY IT SAFE.COM.
UM, AND THERE ARE, THERE'S TWO, THERE'S TWO BLOCKS.
ONE THAT SAYS FOR SCHOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND ONE THAT SAYS FOR PARENTS AND INDIVIDUALS.
UM, I THINK THAT YOU CAN SEE THE SAME MATERIAL NO MATTER WHAT, WHICH BLOCK BLOCK YOU STEP INTO.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE, UM, SOME, YOU, YOU CAN SEE THE FROM TIKTOK WHO WAS OUR LITTLE DOG WITH AN ALARM CLOCK AROUND HIS NECK THAT GOES OFF IS BEING ALERTED TO DANGER.
IT IS A, IT IS A BLUE DOG WITH, WITH WITH AN ALARM CLOCK AROUND HIS SNACK.
UM, ALL THE WAY TO A CHILD THAT, YOU KNOW, A CHILD, NOT ANIMATED, BUT A LIVE PICTURE OF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
LIKE REAL, REAL PEOPLE TV VIDEOS AS OPPOSED TO IT.
UM, SO THAT THEY SEE THEMSELVES LIVE ACTION.
WHERE THEY CAN SEE THEMSELVES IN IT.
BUT WE DO TEACH A LOT OF IT TO THE KIDS AT THE GROUP HOME, WHICH ARE TEENAGERS.
UM, THEY GET THAT EDUCATION TOO.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEIR RESPONSE HAS BEEN, IT'S BEEN 2,500 KIDS OVER 40 YEARS.
SO, UM, MR. SMITH EITHER WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT OR HAD A QUESTION.
OH, UM, I WAS GONNA SAY IT, UM, IS IT, WAS WAS PLAY, IT WAS PLAY SAFE.
WELL, I THINK MS. GORDON KIND OF, SHE, MS. GORDON SPOKE FOR ME.
UH, UH, I'LL JUST SAY DI TO EVERYTHING THAT SHE SAID.
AND, UH, THIS IS A VERY, IT IS A VERY SERIOUS, UH, THING THAT I HOPE THAT EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE ROOM, BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE NOT IN THE ROOM, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS STUFF.
THAT THEY ARE TAKING US AS SERIOUS.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO EDUCATE, UH, UH, THEMSELVES IN THE, UH, COMMUNITY WITH THIS INFORMATION.
BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, IT'S A LOT TAKEN AND IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT THIS, THAT THIS TEAM HAS GONE OVER.
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SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE Y'ALL AS WELL AS, AS MR. GORDON SAID, I, EVERYTHING SHE SAID PRETTY MUCH DID.GEEZ, SHE'S, UNLESS YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS.
AND ANY OF YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME TO OUR OFFICE OR TO CALL ME OR TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MATERIALS AND YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, OR YOU WANNA TALK TO APRIL OR YOU WANNA TALK TO, UM, SOME OF OUR OTHER EDUCATORS, YOU WILL.
SO CHRISTINA, AGAIN, I, I GREATLY APPRECIATE 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S A GOOD TURNAROUND.
AND IT'S NOT EASY TO GET THE, UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I I WANT YOU TO, I WANT THE DISTRICT TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT YES.
THIS IS TO OUR AGENCY AND TO ME AND TO MY FELLOW COWORKERS.
I, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO THE SCHOOLS, CONTINUE TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE KIDS, AND TO DO WHAT WE DO.
I THINK THIS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR PE TEACHERS.
I MIGHT TRY TO GET YOU ON A, LIKE A PD ZOOM.
ONE DAY I THINK THAT THIS, WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS IS, WELL, HOW MANY OF, HOW MANY OF THESE OF THE KAPPA CLASSES ARE ACTUALLY TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOL EDUCATION? I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT IS, I JUST THINK THAT THEY, IF YOU HEAR THAT, YOU HEAR THIS CONVERSATION THAT THIS MAKES, THIS SOFTENS EVERYTHING TO ME.
IT'S JUST A, THIS IS WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS.
SO I THINK THAT, AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE KAPPA, I I WILL SAY THAT KAPPA IS A, WE DID TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION BEFORE.
TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION WAS MANY YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, WE BELIEVE IN TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.
BUT ABUSE EDUCATION IS A WHOLE NOTHER WORLD.
LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE NOT EVEN ON THE SAME PLANETS.
AND I THINK THAT BECAUSE THE WORD SEXUAL IS IN SEXUAL ABUSE OR PHYSICAL ABUSE, WE'RE NOT TALKING JUST ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PHYSICAL ABUSE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEGLECT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMOTIONAL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS.
SO DO YOU COVER AARON'S LAW AND GAVIN'S LAW IN YOUR CURRICULUM? GAVIN'S LAW IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY BECAUSE THE STATUTE HAS NOT BEEN WRITTEN TIGHTLY.
SO THIS, THIS, THAT IS UP TO THE DISTRICT TO DECIDE IF YOU REVIEWED THE STATUTE.
UM, CERTAINLY I THINK THAT THE SEVENTH GRADE LESSON REGARDING BULLYING IS RELATIVE TO GAVIN'S LAW.
AND WHAT GAVIN, THE, THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF GAVIN'S LAW.
UM, I, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A NONPROFIT AGENCY WHO DOES THIS WORK, I HAVE QUESTIONS ON HOW DO YOU TELL A PRE-K FIRST GRADER OR SECOND GRADER ABOUT THE CRIMINAL RE RAMIFICATIONS OF BULLYING? RIGHT.
UM, WHEN THEY DON'T EVEN NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND HOW TO ORDER THEIR ICE CREAM.
SO I, I THINK THAT IT'S, I THINK THERE'S THINGS TO BE WORKED OUT.
AARON'S LAW TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET ALL OF THE DISTRICTS ON BOARD AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, HOW TO DO IT AND HOW TO DELIVER IT.
AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL DOING WHAT THE LEGISLATURE WANTED US TO DO.
GAVIN'S LAWS IN, IN ITS INFANCY.
I THINK THE MATERIALS OUT THERE BEING FOUGHT, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS SILENT ON THE DANGERS OF THE PHONE.
I ALWAYS TELL, UM, PARENTS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE TEACHING THROUGH PLAY STATE THAT, UM, UH, THESE MM-HMM
ARE JUST AS DANGEROUS AS THE GUY IN THE WHITE VAN.
I THAT ON MY SIDE OF MY NOTES, PARENTS, ARE WE LOOKING AT PHONES, THEIR PHONE? THESE THINGS ARE, UM, AND, AND WE ARE SEEING IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR EDUCATORS GO INTO THE CLASSROOM, UM, WE ARE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND LISTENING TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING TO US.
AND THERE IS, THEY'RE GETTING YOUNGER AND YOUNGER AND YOUNGER AND YOUNGER WITH EXPOSURE.
SO WE COULD CHOOSE NOT TO EXPOSE IT TO, WE COULD CHOOSE NOT TO TEACH THIS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT BEING EXPOSED TO IT ALREADY.
ANYBODY WHO THINKS DIFFERENT IS, BUT THERE SHERIFFS SAY THE SAME.
THOSE TODAY'S NEMESIS MM-HMM
THEY'RE A HELPFUL TOOL KIND OF NEED, BUT THEY'RE ALSO MM-HMM
UNDEVELOPED, PREFRONTAL COR, THESE THINGS.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS ON THE TELEPHONE.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE BOARD MEMBERS.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY SEE ME OR I HAVE 'EM ON ZOOM.
UM, ANYWAY, WITH THAT, I WILL BID YOU A DO.
BUT I THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERISM, FOR CARING
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ABOUT THIS SUBJECT.I WILL, I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT IF SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS, I'LL
SO THAT WAS OUR AARON'S LAW MATERIALS.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
UM, THAT LEADS US TO FUTURE TOPICS.
GAVIN'S LAW IS, IS IS IN THE NEWS RIGHT NOW.
THEY JUST EXTRADITED THE PERPETRATOR IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, SO MM-HMM
AND THEN, UM, I HAVE ASKED HOPEFUL HORIZONS TO DO THE SAME SORT OF OKAY.
UM, I EMAILED HER TODAY AND I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK YET.
STRAT AND I WERE GUESSING ON A COUPLE OF THE POSSIBILITIES FOR THE NEXT MEETING DATE.
SO I EMAILED BOTH OF THEIR, THOSE TO HER TO SEE IF SHE WAS AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY I'LL GO BACK.
UM, YOU CAN PASS THE, UH, MINUTES NOW.
YEAH, BUT IT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA, SO WE'D HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA AND THEN PASS MINUTES.
BUT WE'LL WAIT FOR MS. ROBIN THE OFFIC TO, UH, BLESS US WITH THAT.
I CERTAINLY GO, I WAS GONNA SAY, DO YOU WANNA FOLLOW UP DR.
STRATO? WILL THAT GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, MR. DAVIS OR WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OR? NO, WE DON'T WANT THAT.
I LEARNED THAT'S IN A MOVIE FROM MAL DANGEROUSLY LIAISONS.
I HAVE AN IDEA WHAT, SOMETHING THAT IT'LL COME TO ME.
UH, BUT THE DATES THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM MM-HMM
MS. GRADY, YOU HAVE, THEY WERE THE 24TH AND THE 31ST.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR YOU.
UM, WE HAD SOME FUTURE TOPICS.
UM, GAVIN'S LAW AND HOPEFUL HORIZONS, WELL, WE'RE HOPING IS GONNA BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
THOSE AREN'T CONNECTED NECESSARILY.
WE'RE GONNA REVIEW GAVIN'S LAW.
AND THEN WE TALKED AND THEN PRESENTATION FROM VOCAL.
AND THE LETTERS THAT WERE DISMISS SEEMED TO NON-ACTIVE BOARD LANGUAGE WAS THAT THEY REVIEW THE LETTER OF, UM, READY LETTER.
SO THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE LETTER OR JUST DR.
SO THOSE ARE THREE, THREE ITEMS. MM-HMM
AND, AND SHOULD I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? WE HAVE TIME, UM, GRAY, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PULL THE ITEMS TOGETHER FOR AGAIN? OH, SURE.
I HOPE VERIZON
FOR ME PERSONALLY, MARCH 24TH IS MARCH 31ST.
I WILL BE TRAVELING BACK INTO TOWN.
SO A DOUBLE, SO THE 24TH, THEY'VE DOUBLE BEEN, THAT IS AN XX.
UM, DO WE HAVE UNANIMOUS CONSENT FOR ADJOURNING? TRY TO DO THE MINUTES.
THANK YOU DR. PIERCE FOR UM, SO WE HAVE A QUORUM.
CAN WE APPROVE? WE DON'T HAVE ANY MINUTES ON THIS AGENDA.
SO CAN WE ADD THE, THAT ONTO THE AGENDA OR NO, WE CAN'T INSTEAD? NO, THAT MEANS EVERYBODY HAS TO COME ON THE 24TH.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UM, MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
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THEY JUST PUT IN A PRESENTATION I TO DO IT.WELL, THE 17TH IS NOW A SCHOOL DAY BECAUSE THAT'S THE MAKE SNOW DAY.
SO YOU COULD, YOU COULD DO THAT.
IF YOU NEXT DAY JUST WEAR GREEN
SO IS NOW THE 17TH? WELL, EITHER THE 17TH, BUT THE 17TH.
IN CASE PEOPLE DO WANNA DO SOMETHING ON A MONDAY NIGHT IN SAVANNAH, I I DON'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.
IS THE 17TH GOOD FOR EVERYBODY? WELL, CAN WE ATTEND IT? BECAUSE YOU NEED TO FIND OUT FROM HOPEFUL HORIZONS AS WELL.
SO CAN WE TENTATIVELY WAIT FOR EITHER THE 17TH OR THE SEVENTH, DEPENDING ON WHAT A HOPEFUL HORIZON SAYS SINCE THE 31ST IS NOT A POSSIBILITY.
BUT DR. PIERCE, YOU'RE NOT AVAILABLE ON THE SEVENTH, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WHAT ABOUT THE FOLLOWING WEEK? IS THAT THE 15? 14TH? THAT IS THE START OF SPRING BREAK NOW, TECHNICALLY Y'ALL YEAH, BUT WE WERE, WE'RE NEXT DAY.
WELL, LET'S NARROW IT DOWN HERE.
SO SHOULD WE TRY FOR THE 17TH? AND IF 17TH, IF HOPEFUL ARRIVES IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE 17TH, THEN WE SAY APRIL 14TH.
I'M I OH, YOU'RE AT, I'M A TRAIN.
NO, I'M A, I'M AT A, I JUST REMEMBERED I'M IN TRAINING ON THE 17TH OF, OF MARCH.
SO LET'S PUSH FOR THE 17TH OF MARCH.
I MEAN, IF I, IF I, IF YOU CAN EXIST WITHOUT ME THAT ASK I'LL, BUT WE CAN BUT
WELL, I MEAN, I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT SOUNDED LIKE I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT MEAN, BUT I COULD, UM, IF I'M THE ONLY HANGUP, THEN DON'T LET IT BE BECAUSE OF ME.
I'LL, I'LL SEND HER BOTH DATES AND WE'LL SEE.
HOW ABOUT THAT? THE MARCH 17TH AND YOU SAID THE OTHER DATE WAS APRIL 14TH.
BECAUSE YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF GAVIN.
UM, IN OTHER WORDS, EMILY, WE NEED TO
OH, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S APRIL 15TH.
I ALSO SEE IF SHE'S AVAILABLE AND I'M GONNA, BUT THAT'S TOTALLY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
OR DO YOU WANNA COMMIT? YOU WANNA COMMIT? IF YOU'RE NOT AVAILABLE, I'M NOT ON THE 17TH AND YOU'RE DOING EVAN.
I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND PUSH IT TO APRIL 14TH IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE.
THAT'S THE FIRST DAY WE ARE COMMITTED.
THAT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING BREAK.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE DISTRICT.
UH, I'M, I DON'T SHE OH, THAT'S WHY SHE'S NOT TWO 60.
THAT ACTUALLY GOING TO A TEACHER'S WEDDING WHO SCHEDULED A WEDDING ON A MONDAY BECAUSE OF SPRING BREAK, SO, SO ALL RIGHT.
IS MONDAY THE ONLY DAY A WEEK? CAN WE MEET ON ANOTHER DAY OTHER THAN MONDAY? MEET ME UP.
I MEAN I COULD SKIP A BOARD MEETING AND DO THIS.
SO HOW ABOUT TUESDAY THE 24TH OF 5TH OF MARCH? I HAVE IT FOR ATTENDED ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S A YES, BUT WE CAN MOVE IT TO THE 26TH.
OKAY, THAT'S FOR MS FOR, DID YOU SAY MARCH 25TH? YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY.
WELL IT'S AN ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE 25TH.
SO NOW, BUT HAVE WE PUBLISH THAT? UM, NO, NOT YET.
LEGISLATIVE MEETS ON THE LEGISLATIVE MEETS ON THE 20 AUGUST 26TH.
SO WHAT HAPPENS SIMON? I'M GOOD, BUT THEY'RE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO ACADEMICS IS ON THE, WOULD BE ACADEMICS WOULD BE MEETING ON THE 25TH OF MARCH ON THAT TUESDAY.
THAT WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR THE LEGISLATIVE.
AND I DON'T HAVE A TIME YET FOR THEM.
THEY ARE MEETING ON THAT DAY, BUT I DON'T HAVE A TIME.
SO THE 27TH IS AVAILABLE CURRENTLY.
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WAIT, CAN LEAVE BACK THE BUS UP.
WHAT ABOUT THE 18TH? I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THAT TOO.
AH, MINUTE WAIT ON THE ISLAND.
ARE WE SAYING WHAT IN FEBRUARY? I MARCH? NO MARCH? NO IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MEETING FOR THE BOARD UNTIL THE 28TH.
SO THE 18TH WOULD BE AVAILABLE OF MARCH.
PUTTING ALL MY SCRATCH S**T OUT ABOUT 15 TIMES.
AND I'M GONNA SEND HER ANOTHER EMAIL.
MARCH 18TH RIGHT NOW WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT.