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- Alright, we'll call the meeting to order.

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Please rise for a Pledge of Allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance all

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- Of the United States of America

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and to the Republic for which it stands,

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one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty

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and justice per all.

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- Thank you. Roll Call please.

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- Mrs. Barnhart. Here. Mr. Campbell. Here. Mr. Gazar? Here.

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Mrs. Hopkins. Here. Mrs. Lyons? Here. Ms. Smith? Here. Mrs.

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Weaver. Here. Mr. Yak here.

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- Thank you. So the, the purpose

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of tonight's meeting, it's a special meeting.

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It is to interview candidates for the vacant seat

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on the board of directors.

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The, the individual that is hopefully appointed this evening

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will serve until the next municipal election in December

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of 2027, and candidates will be called on alphabetically

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and asked to provide a brief description

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and self-introduction to the board, followed by a series

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of questions and some follow up if there's anything

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that candidate would like to add to their presentation.

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So with that, Mr.

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Bean, if you could ask the first candidate to come in.

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Hi. Welcome.

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And if you could just introduce yourself

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and maybe tell us a little bit about yourself

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and then we'll proceed with about, I think, 10 questions.

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We'll just go around the table

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and then you'll have a chance at the end of that

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to add anything additional you'd like us

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to know. Okay. Sounds

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All right. Yeah. My name is Hannah Hartwick.

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I have to make it admission.

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I don't know how many of you are local to Bellon. I am not.

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I grew up in State College, don't hold it against me,

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but my husband

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and I originally, when we bought our house here in Bellon,

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we thought that it would be a starter home

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and that when our kids were old enough,

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we would end up moving to State College where we had gone

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to school, where we knew the district and everything else.

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During our time here, we came to get to know the community

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and we really fell in love with the community.

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of the youth athletics programs.

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and by the time our kids were old enough for school,

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we had fallen in love with the district.

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With Benner Elementary was where they both went,

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and we just felt that Bellon was

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really the place we wanted to be.

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So since that time, I've continued

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to be involved in the community.

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I've opened a business here in in Bellon, continue

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to raise the kids, volunteer where I can,

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and at this point become pretty interested in the workings

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of the district and kind of thought

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that if I was involving myself to the extent that I was

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and trying to find out more, then I might

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as well step forward and try to make an impact.

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- Okay, thank you. Yeah.

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- Sorry, as I'm taking a note. Good evening.

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What do you perceive to be the responsibilities

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of a local school?

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the taxpayers, and to try to present the most well-rounded

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and best opportunities we can to the students within

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the means we have and the legal guidelines that we have.

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- Balancing the needs that all of the students have, both

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with technology being where it is, balancing all

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that the students deserve?

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- Hannah, what do you see

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as the top three challenges facing our local

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is probably the contract negotiations

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that are taking place right now.

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for our amazing educators, as well as the

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ability we have within the district

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to offer the programs we need to offer

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to cover the costs we need to cover,

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and to not put too much of a burden on the taxpayer.

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but we can always continue to grow in that area.

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as a whole have the needs met.

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to have wonderful social work.

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to 10 years, but I think it's important for us

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- Thank you. - Based on those answers, how would you

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as a board member, address the challenges?

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and financial pieces and,

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and all of the specifics that go into it.

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and work to understand the different perspectives

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that are at play, and then try

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to make the best decisions possible based on the

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opportunities and the

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the resources that we have.

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- And what, what do you think you would find

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to be the most difficult part of being a board member?

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- I think one of the difficulties would be in jumping in

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and not having had board experience

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before, to be honest, in getting a feel for

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how everything operates

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and getting a really solid understanding of the policies

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and procedures of the district.

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I also think one of the challenges would be in attempting

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to balance the various and

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and vocal positions that we have with

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the different groups in, in the district, the parents,

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the students, the educators, the, you know, legalities

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of, of everything that go into it.

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of the perspectives into account, listening

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to all the perspectives.

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I understand that listening doesn't always mean agreeing,

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but making sure that those are all being taken into account

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in any decision making.

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- Thank you. - What do you think you would enjoy the most?

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- So, I like challenging myself.

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I don't think that there would be any shortage

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of challenge in these situations.

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I also, when I was trying to decide what direction

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to take my career, ultimately I, I

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got my bachelor's degree in criminal justice trying

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to decide what to take my career.

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field or the legal fields.

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I feel like this would offer something that for me,

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to have in my career with having kind of

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that balance in taking a look at the legal processes,

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taking a look at the policies, procedures,

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having an impact in updating, adjusting, creating,

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and working with a group of people to kind of be at

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that decision making level, I think would be really

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rewarding for me.

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How do you see yourself working with other members

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of the board and the Superintendent?

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- I think that I would very much be able to work

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with other members of the board

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and the Superintendent I, on a daily basis,

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a significant part of my role is in,

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in mediation, in exploring

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different perspectives

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and finding ways

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to bring those perspectives together in finding ways

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to compromise and finding ways to communicate.

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I work regularly, whether it's with individuals, couples,

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families, groups that I am consulting with work regularly

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to help people work on listening to

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hear and understand rather than listening to respond.

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to have when you're coming together with a board of people,

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with a group of people and trying to make decisions.

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- If you were faced with a tough issue as a board member,

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for example, raising taxes

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or cutting programs, what kind of data would you need

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to help you make your decision?

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- I think I would obviously would need some data.

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what we're seeing as the benefits.

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what population is being served by the program.

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the size of the population.

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how many are being served.

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of the impact on the population that is being served.

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I'd like to think that there would be some opportunity

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to find ways to balance the two rather than strictly cut

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programs that are benefiting individuals

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and benefiting students in the district.

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how the program is being implemented.

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Are there areas where the program could be more

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streamlined, where some of the cost could be cut there

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and you know, what are we actually seeing from the data?

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What are we actually seeing from the students

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that's telling us the program is working?

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- Back to me, we're going this way.

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What are the qualities, the skills,

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and the experience that you will bring to the board?

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- So I am detail oriented.

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I like to make sure that I get as much information as I can,

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and I know to the best of my ability

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What I'm talking about, if I'm going to talk about it,

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I am also flexible in

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hearing other perspectives.

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what, that's a really good point.

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And that changes how I'm looking at this.

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I think that my career as a mental health counselor gives

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a, a powerful and important perspective on some

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of the social and emotional needs

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of the students in the district.

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That doesn't necessarily override my role

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as a business owner and a, a successful business owner.

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Still young, it's been four years.

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and run the business that I started.

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budgetary needs, fiscal responsibility.

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I have to make sure that I follow a variety of

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guidelines of legal requirements.

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Confidentiality is something

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that is incredibly important in my business

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and that I have a lot of experience with.

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So I think kind of all of those things, things combined,

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in addition to being a parent in the district, not

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that being a parent in the district means

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that I would be looking out for each individual student,

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but I think it does give me a good perspective on

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what's being experienced.

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- Okay. - Okay.

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And would you be willing

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to serve on joint board subcommittees

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or any other committees asked?

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Yes. I don't know

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that I've ever heard anyone say no, I'm just saying,

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- I will say, you know, if I, if I jump on and I,

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and I'm asked to serve on 20 at a time,

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that might be a little much.

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But yes,

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- That seems to be more of a placeholder

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than anything else. Yeah.

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- What subcommittees would you be willing?

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- Yeah. Alright,

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thank you for going through those questions.

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And is there anything else you'd like the board

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to know about you

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or your willingness to serve

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that you feel hasn't been addressed?

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- I don't think so. I think overall the questions kind

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of addressed what I had hoped to be able to share with you.

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Just that, like I had said over the years

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of being part of Bellefonte, I've grown to be more involved

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and to care more about how the district

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progresses, how it moves forward,

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and the experiences that our students, our families,

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our taxpayers have.

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And I would love the opportunity to be able to be part of,

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of kind of making a bigger impact in the district.

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- Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you.

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You're welcome to stay in the room here

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as the others come through.

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Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you.

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Hi. I think you're no stranger to this, so,

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but if you would please introduce yourself

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and just take a moment to

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give us any opening comments that you'd like us to know.

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And then we're gonna go around the room with a series

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of questions and at the end of

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that you'll be given the opportunity

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to say anything else you think wasn't

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addressed during those comments.

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- Okay, thank you. I am Robert Lumley Ky and my wife

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and I have lived on a small farm,

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400 Raspberry Lane, Benner Township, Beon

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since 1978.

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Had two kids who graduated from Beon Audrey in 2000,

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Jonathan 2005.

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They are both doing well in their chosen

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vocations and a large part due to I think the encouragement,

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support and education they got here in Bellon

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from the teacher staff, all the staff, their coaches,

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their advisors,

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and you know, they're still friends with friends here

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and still follow what's going on in the district,

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but they're always really proud

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and happy at the education you got here.

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So I've been on the board

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before, got elected in 1999,

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served five terms, proud of the things we accomplished,

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including starting full day kindergarten, getting the,

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starting some additional programs for, for girls in sports,

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starting the girls varsity soccer program.

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My daughter played on the boys team,

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but not a lot of girls were, you know, willing to go out

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and do that when we started that of course, girls

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and boys lacrosse and the track and field

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and cross country programs down here in the middle school.

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So focusing on more opportunities, you know, for our kids.

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And beyond that, when I was president we did the two

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projects that I'm pretty proud of.

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That would be the High School Reno renovation.

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In addition, the Mion Walker renovation additions to those,

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they both came in on budget and on time

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and I think we were pretty happy with, with

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what we accomplished there.

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And I was also chair of the fundraising committee

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for the Rogers Stadium Complex.

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We did bring in millions of dollars, some thankful

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to Benning Hot and Senator MCC Corman

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who got us grant money to do that.

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And we were doing public fundraising then things just kind

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of got dropped on that after a few of us got off the board.

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I'm happy to see that big stand up there with the names,

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but it's kind of sad to look at that

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and only see so many names.

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Especially now with the growth going on in the district.

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My Township, you know, there's

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so many new companies coming in, so

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it's gonna need some, you know, work eventually on

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that stadium and other things.

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So I, I would like to look back into getting

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more community support, naming opportunities, et cetera,

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and get some more community names up, up on that board.

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So when I saw that Mr.

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Kessling had stepped aside, I figured, you know,

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I've got a lot of experience, it would

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need a little bit getting up to speed.

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I've been through negotiations

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before, I've been through contract approvals

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before, been through the of course budgeting

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process and all.

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So rather have a lot, spend a lot of time getting up

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to speed, thought I'd throw my hat in the ring

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and you know, apply here tonight.

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So, you know, I think public education is one

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of the greatest things our country has to offer.

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Our kids, you know, are free and fair education

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and you know, I want to continue that here, working

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with the board, the administration and the staff.

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So have at it. Okay

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- With that we'll go around the table

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and ask a few questions.

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And Joe, you can just start again.

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- Okay. - So number

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one standard question.

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What do you perceive the responsibilities

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of the school board to be?

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- Roles and responsibilities are, you know, you set the,

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you hire the Superintendent, set the salary on them,

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you approve the contract for the staff, act 93 employees,

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you to set the policy.

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That's, that's a big one. And stick on that of course.

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Then the, the finance issue is a huge one.

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Budgetarily, you set the budget

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and you have to keep in mind, you know, we're handling

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two things most important to the residents in the district.

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That's their kids and their money.

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So, I mean, and that's a huge one.

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So I think those are, those are the biggest ones.

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- What do you see as the greatest challenges facing public

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education today?

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- Oh, I could go on, get me on a soapbox up here.

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A few of the main ones are,

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I think COVID was a big hit to education

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and kids lost their connection to collaborating,

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being creative, staring at a screen at home

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for a couple years was not good.

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Good. I had friends at the university telling me the kids

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coming in, they just didn't have those skills

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and it took 'em a while to get back on track.

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So we need to get education focused for the best outcome

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for the, for the kids.

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And that's not just getting them ready to go up to college.

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I think our C P I does great work, as many kids

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who don't want to and they don't need to go to college,

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but we need to give them the skills

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so they can be successful.

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I mean, carpentry, it's all geometry, it's all math.

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So they have to have those skills.

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You know, we go into tech jobs, nursing, we gotta be able

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to read manuals and instructions.

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So we have to give them those skills in addition

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to the skills they can learn.

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You know, at the C P I, I think the safety

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and security is huge.

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And not only the physical security of buildings,

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but I heard the attorney general speak a couple years ago

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and he went

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around a High School seniors all across the state

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and he said the number one issue kept coming up.

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Their concern was the mental health

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support they got in the schools.

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So you're looking at, you know, bullying, cyber bullying,

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you're looking at everything going on with AI now, you know,

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drug use, you know, suicidal tendencies.

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And when you know, school budgets come

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and it's like, oh, we gotta cut things.

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It's always the counselors

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and it's the school psychologist, those professionals

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that like, oh, we can cut them rather than,

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you know, another teacher.

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Well we need to keep those people

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and the kids need that kind of support.

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And obviously the budget, I mean,

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we're facing unfunded mandates.

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We're not getting any help from the state

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and federal government giving us all these mandates

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with no money behind them.

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I mean, when my facility, my utility bills come in

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and we look at the cost of gas heating my house

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or air conditioning electricity

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and look at all the school buses we have to fill with fuel

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and the landscape crew here

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and just even cutting the ground, all the gas expenses,

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the electrical expenses,

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and then you look at our healthcare expenses.

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So we're not getting much help from the, you know, the state

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and federal government on those issues.

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So I, you know, I see those three as the,

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the biggest challenges to our kids and to the board.

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- Similarly, what do you see

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as the top three challenges facing our

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local school district?

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- Well, obviously right now there's, we're in the midst

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of contract negotiations

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and I don't, you know, not privy to that information,

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but, you know, we need to address that soon.

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And I think having a break in the regular

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teaching is not a good thing.

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So I'm hoping that can get resolved soon.

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They spoke the budget issues

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or just they're gonna be killing us,

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transportation costs and everything else.

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And then I think, you know, the, the charter schools

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and us taking kids out of our, our schools

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and sending that money off that doesn't have,

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they won't take kids in the special education programs.

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So they're hand picking Kes out there

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and we're, we're funneling millions

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of dollars a year off into, into the charter school.

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So I know Mrs. Smith has been at work trying

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to get Legislation passed on that.

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So I appreciate that and I think one of the huge

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responsibilities of the board to is to be an advocate,

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not just meet here, but to go out

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and advocate for public education.

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- Thank you. - Based on those answers, how would you

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as a board member address these issues?

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- Well, as I said, I would try to go out to the community.

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I mean I'm in Benner Township

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and they've just built hundreds

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and hundreds of new houses out there, go out to Benner Pike.

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We're putting up all these new companies moving in there.

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So I would like to go out

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and, you know, seek community input, some monies we should,

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our tax base should obviously be going up

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to help us with these expenses.

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Again, advocacy, meeting with the local officials.

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I'm pretty good friends with Benninghoff and Takac

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and I've known Glen Thompson since he was on the Bald Eagle

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School Board and actually got

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to give him an award down in Washington

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'cause he had one

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of the few in the federal government fighting

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for the individual Disability Education Act.

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The federal government agreed to spend cover 40%

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of our costs on special education.

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They the most 14%. So he's fighting for that.

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So I think we need to advocate the getup help

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for release unfunded mandates.

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I don't know, again, privy

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to the facts about the negotiations.

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I've been on the negotiation teams a few times before,

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but I'd like to learn if I get on the board

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and get this settled fairly.

518
00:29:54,634 --> 00:29:56,166
- Thank you. Robert, what would you find

519
00:29:56,166 --> 00:29:57,333
to be the most difficult about

520
00:29:57,333 --> 00:29:58,567
being a member of the school board?

521
00:30:03,066 --> 00:30:04,433
- I think, again, you've got all these,

522
00:30:05,266 --> 00:30:07,433
you've got people coming from all sides.

523
00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:11,033
And I believe in critical thinking not to get in here

524
00:30:11,233 --> 00:30:13,834
and come in with your mind made up on something.

525
00:30:14,066 --> 00:30:16,734
You need to listen to all sides on the issues,

526
00:30:17,133 --> 00:30:20,233
people you may not agree with to hear what they have to say

527
00:30:20,266 --> 00:30:22,867
before you, you know, have your mind up

528
00:30:23,033 --> 00:30:25,700
and just go ahead with what you think is the right solution.

529
00:30:25,867 --> 00:30:29,634
So it behooves board members to do a lot of their homework,

530
00:30:30,266 --> 00:30:32,467
to talk to other people, to ask questions

531
00:30:32,467 --> 00:30:34,734
of the administrations and other board members, you know,

532
00:30:34,734 --> 00:30:37,367
why they feel this way, not attacking anybody,

533
00:30:37,533 --> 00:30:39,834
but you need to open your mind.

534
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:41,166
We're here about education

535
00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:43,233
and you need to educate yourself

536
00:30:44,066 --> 00:30:45,634
on why people feel that way.

537
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,300
So I think, I think that's it.

538
00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:53,066
- Thank you. What do you think you would enjoy most?

539
00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:57,100
- Oh, just sitting with you guys around this table.

540
00:30:58,667 --> 00:31:00,333
No, I had, I enjoyed my time.

541
00:31:00,767 --> 00:31:05,567
I enjoyed, again the things I mentioned

542
00:31:05,567 --> 00:31:07,300
before, getting the stadium done,

543
00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:08,333
getting the buildings done.

544
00:31:08,433 --> 00:31:10,634
I have a lot of pride. It was a facilities work at the

545
00:31:10,634 --> 00:31:13,767
university, so seeing a project come to fruition

546
00:31:13,767 --> 00:31:16,033
and turn out the way you wanted,

547
00:31:17,567 --> 00:31:19,066
that makes me happy.

548
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:23,100
And seeing, obviously kids graduating

549
00:31:23,467 --> 00:31:26,433
and you know, gr sitting at graduation is like one

550
00:31:26,433 --> 00:31:27,667
of the happiest days of the year.

551
00:31:27,667 --> 00:31:30,634
Seeing these kids who've worked so hard to get there,

552
00:31:30,734 --> 00:31:32,333
you know, some kids can breeze through

553
00:31:32,433 --> 00:31:34,533
and other kids, yo, it's down on the last day.

554
00:31:36,767 --> 00:31:39,367
I enjoy that. Graduation is always like the highlight

555
00:31:39,467 --> 00:31:41,100
and the success of kids, again,

556
00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:43,166
it doesn't matter if they're going off to Harvard

557
00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:46,667
or they're, you're gonna work, you know, in auto shop here.

558
00:31:47,367 --> 00:31:48,867
You know, I just had my car fixed

559
00:31:48,867 --> 00:31:49,867
and thank God, you know,

560
00:31:49,900 --> 00:31:52,300
I have a good mechanic who knows what he's doing.

561
00:31:52,767 --> 00:31:54,166
So the success

562
00:31:54,166 --> 00:31:56,900
of the kids is what's gives me the most pleasure.

563
00:31:57,700 --> 00:32:01,734
- Thank you. How do you see yourself working

564
00:32:01,834 --> 00:32:04,533
with the other board members and with the Superintendent?

565
00:32:06,166 --> 00:32:07,900
- I've been involved with

566
00:32:08,333 --> 00:32:10,300
five superintendents over the years.

567
00:32:11,433 --> 00:32:13,166
I haven't had any issues,

568
00:32:13,367 --> 00:32:16,266
again all those years on the board, five terms.

569
00:32:17,734 --> 00:32:20,767
I may not have always agreed with everyone on the board,

570
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,300
but I don't think I ever had any, any real issues.

571
00:32:24,567 --> 00:32:26,066
It's, my wife was saying I was coming up here.

572
00:32:26,066 --> 00:32:27,734
She goes, well you don't have any, you,

573
00:32:27,767 --> 00:32:30,367
you never really didn't get along with anyone on the board.

574
00:32:30,734 --> 00:32:34,300
I said, no, I mean, I mean you remember Rodney Muser, he,

575
00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:37,166
you know, he was a cantankerous of the devil

576
00:32:37,333 --> 00:32:40,634
and you know, we could, he would know I would say that.

577
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,033
So we could go back and forth and, and we go back

578
00:32:44,033 --> 00:32:45,100
and forth and argue about things.

579
00:32:45,133 --> 00:32:47,333
But I'm saying critical thinking, you know, I had to listen

580
00:32:47,333 --> 00:32:49,367
to him on the High School project, you know,

581
00:32:49,433 --> 00:32:52,266
he's the one said, your 20 million's over budget,

582
00:32:52,367 --> 00:32:53,734
you need to cut this stuff off.

583
00:32:53,734 --> 00:32:56,266
You know, and so he was right.

584
00:32:56,667 --> 00:32:59,867
So, you know, we have disagreements and other things,

585
00:33:00,066 --> 00:33:03,000
but I didn't really, again, I could disagree

586
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,000
with people, I wouldn't argue with them.

587
00:33:05,066 --> 00:33:08,033
We would discuss it and you know, they could change my mind.

588
00:33:08,333 --> 00:33:11,300
The ultimate thing is when the board makes that decision,

589
00:33:12,133 --> 00:33:13,467
you need to be there and support it

590
00:33:13,467 --> 00:33:16,233
and not undermine the decisions of the board.

591
00:33:18,100 --> 00:33:20,133
- Okay. If you were faced with a tough issue

592
00:33:20,233 --> 00:33:22,634
as a board member, for example, raising taxes

593
00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:25,634
or cutting programs, what kind of data would you need

594
00:33:25,634 --> 00:33:26,734
to help you make your decision?

595
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,767
- Well I think Mr.

596
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,066
Bean is great at supplying the fiscal information

597
00:33:34,266 --> 00:33:37,433
and I, you know, I know how to read through all that stuff.

598
00:33:39,033 --> 00:33:43,867
Again, listen to the community, what the input is of parents

599
00:33:44,533 --> 00:33:46,634
and of listen to the school kids.

600
00:33:47,133 --> 00:33:49,900
I enjoyed that we got school board representatives from,

601
00:33:50,433 --> 00:33:54,133
you know, the schools here to give us their take on things.

602
00:33:55,467 --> 00:33:57,333
It's a tough decision come budget time

603
00:33:57,667 --> 00:34:00,166
and like I said, with no help and our rising cost.

604
00:34:02,100 --> 00:34:04,000
So you just have to take in everything

605
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,533
and need all the financial background

606
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,066
and of course the input from the Superintendent

607
00:34:08,634 --> 00:34:10,767
and the administrators who, you know, it's

608
00:34:11,934 --> 00:34:13,000
their tough decision.

609
00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:16,433
But that needs to be an open conversation

610
00:34:16,433 --> 00:34:17,467
with everybody involved.

611
00:34:21,066 --> 00:34:24,033
- Back to me. What quality skills

612
00:34:24,066 --> 00:34:27,100
and experience, it's kind of silly asking this,

613
00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:28,500
would you bring to the board?

614
00:34:29,734 --> 00:34:31,133
- I think I'm a good listener.

615
00:34:31,500 --> 00:34:34,500
I don't, I don't think I am, you know,

616
00:34:34,834 --> 00:34:37,000
aggressive in response, losing my temper.

617
00:34:37,333 --> 00:34:40,467
I've got a lot of experience with, you know, working.

618
00:34:41,500 --> 00:34:44,033
I was president of the State School Board Association.

619
00:34:44,667 --> 00:34:47,734
I was on committees at the National School

620
00:34:47,734 --> 00:34:48,767
Board Association.

621
00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:52,233
So I have a lot of experience

622
00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:55,133
and the collaboration is great.

623
00:34:55,367 --> 00:34:57,033
So, you know, you can go to another school

624
00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:59,934
and say, alright, you had this issue, I mean

625
00:34:59,934 --> 00:35:02,300
with the stadium thing and talk with people in Williamsport

626
00:35:02,333 --> 00:35:05,900
and Lewisburg, you know, how did you guys handle this?

627
00:35:05,900 --> 00:35:07,133
So to be able to go out

628
00:35:07,133 --> 00:35:10,133
and ask other people have the experience

629
00:35:10,133 --> 00:35:14,166
and the connections around, I think is important.

630
00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:17,300
And I think I'm fairly fair-minded and open-minded

631
00:35:17,533 --> 00:35:21,867
and willing to listen to differences of opinions than mine

632
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,000
to try and, you know, make the right decision.

633
00:35:26,100 --> 00:35:28,033
- Alright. Well I know this answer

634
00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:29,367
so I am gonna ask a different one.

635
00:35:29,367 --> 00:35:31,667
Thank you. What a better teacher question.

636
00:35:32,700 --> 00:35:37,000
What boards would you be willing to serve on

637
00:35:37,367 --> 00:35:38,367
- If you were appointed?

638
00:35:40,467 --> 00:35:45,000
- I, whatever I've been on, you name it, I've been on all

639
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,100
of them over the time, so it doesn't matter.

640
00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:51,000
And I've traveled to the IU meetings.

641
00:35:51,133 --> 00:35:53,500
I, I haven't been on a C P I board,

642
00:35:53,734 --> 00:35:58,000
but whatever, whatever is needed,

643
00:35:58,066 --> 00:35:59,467
I'm willing to step in.

644
00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:04,667
- Thank you. So in all of that, is there anything

645
00:36:04,667 --> 00:36:06,433
that you feel we didn't ask

646
00:36:06,467 --> 00:36:09,000
or you weren't able to get out there?

647
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,567
You're, you're welcome to follow up.

648
00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:14,500
- No, I think, you know,

649
00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:16,000
I've got a lot of experience to bring.

650
00:36:17,634 --> 00:36:21,700
So I appreciated the support my kids got through, you know,

651
00:36:22,266 --> 00:36:24,433
I can think of some of the great teachers they had

652
00:36:24,567 --> 00:36:27,333
and you know, all the way through elementary, they went

653
00:36:27,333 --> 00:36:30,333
through the two schools that are now closed.

654
00:36:31,467 --> 00:36:33,900
So I know a lot of the history of the district

655
00:36:34,367 --> 00:36:36,900
and I've done walking tours.

656
00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:39,066
I've gone in the classroom to talk about the

657
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,133
underground railroad history in Bellon

658
00:36:42,567 --> 00:36:46,233
and with Matt Marris, you know, local history.

659
00:36:46,300 --> 00:36:47,333
He's a great teacher.

660
00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:52,100
So I appreciate when I went up.

661
00:36:52,467 --> 00:36:55,000
You guys did a beautiful job on that new school, went

662
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,333
to the opening night and I, I was really impressed.

663
00:36:58,533 --> 00:37:00,100
It was really beautiful.

664
00:37:00,133 --> 00:37:04,934
I mean, we put years into it before it came to fruition,

665
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,834
but even walking down that hall of history,

666
00:37:07,033 --> 00:37:08,467
that was really, really nice.

667
00:37:08,700 --> 00:37:12,100
So, you know, you did a great job on that.

668
00:37:12,033 --> 00:37:15,066
But I think preserving the history

669
00:37:17,066 --> 00:37:19,100
and it's gotta be student focused, I think

670
00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:20,433
that's the most important thing

671
00:37:21,133 --> 00:37:22,900
that I would look to keep us moving.

672
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,066
Keep us, you know, going without any interruptions in the

673
00:37:27,066 --> 00:37:30,066
education process, I, I think is important.

674
00:37:31,300 --> 00:37:33,000
- Okay. Thank you very much. - Thank you.

675
00:37:36,634 --> 00:37:39,133
- Alright, - Well, Mr. Bean is getting the

676
00:37:39,133 --> 00:37:40,333
last candidate for us.

677
00:37:46,266 --> 00:37:48,100
- You wanna, you can stay here if he wants.

678
00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:50,033
- Yeah. Bob, you're welcome to stay over here.

679
00:37:51,367 --> 00:37:53,867
- You may stay in here if you want. There's chairs.

680
00:38:05,734 --> 00:38:07,066
- Good evening. Thank you for joining us.

681
00:38:07,100 --> 00:38:08,767
So if you would just introduce yourself

682
00:38:09,667 --> 00:38:11,700
and tell us a little bit about yourself,

683
00:38:12,033 --> 00:38:14,634
and then we'll go around the table with a few questions

684
00:38:14,734 --> 00:38:16,066
and then you'll have a, a chance

685
00:38:16,166 --> 00:38:19,033
to give any closing remarks that you'd like to. Sure.

686
00:38:19,500 --> 00:38:20,734
- My name's Adam Ing.

687
00:38:22,367 --> 00:38:26,634
Been in Bellefonte since 2007, married

688
00:38:26,734 --> 00:38:27,767
to my wonderful wife.

689
00:38:28,533 --> 00:38:31,066
We've been married, matter of fact,

690
00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:33,133
next month will be 43 years.

691
00:38:34,133 --> 00:38:36,767
And that reminds me, I need to make a note, I need to go do,

692
00:38:37,066 --> 00:38:40,066
do shopping now that I think about that.

693
00:38:41,066 --> 00:38:45,834
But so I, we got here in 2007 from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

694
00:38:46,533 --> 00:38:49,000
I was in the military. I did 20, just over 20 years,

695
00:38:49,066 --> 00:38:51,066
retired in 2006.

696
00:38:51,266 --> 00:38:54,567
So we moved here. I was offered a position at Penn State

697
00:38:55,834 --> 00:38:57,300
with University police department.

698
00:38:57,367 --> 00:38:59,567
So I took that moved here in 2007.

699
00:39:01,133 --> 00:39:02,700
So I did various positions

700
00:39:02,700 --> 00:39:04,300
and jobs within the police department.

701
00:39:04,867 --> 00:39:08,100
So I retired from that in 2023.

702
00:39:09,133 --> 00:39:11,266
And I've started since part-time

703
00:39:11,333 --> 00:39:13,300
with the Centre County Sheriff's Department.

704
00:39:14,166 --> 00:39:19,000
And I also started about the same time I started a food

705
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,367
truck business, Adam

706
00:39:21,467 --> 00:39:23,000
and Nancy's paninis, just

707
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,333
to throw a shameless plug out there.

708
00:39:25,567 --> 00:39:28,767
And my wife, she retires, she's a special education teacher,

709
00:39:28,867 --> 00:39:30,834
middle school in Lewistown.

710
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,066
So she retired the same time in 2023.

711
00:39:34,367 --> 00:39:37,233
She always says the business is way too successful.

712
00:39:37,700 --> 00:39:41,300
That's not what she wanted to spend her retirement doing,

713
00:39:41,367 --> 00:39:43,066
but she's always got a smile in helping.

714
00:39:44,266 --> 00:39:46,767
So I, I appreciate the opportunity, saw the opening

715
00:39:46,900 --> 00:39:51,133
and I was here last year, applied as well and,

716
00:39:52,433 --> 00:39:56,266
and you know, got my butt kicked by another person.

717
00:39:57,066 --> 00:39:58,867
So, but anyway, so I'm here

718
00:39:58,867 --> 00:40:00,266
and I'd be happy to take any questions.

719
00:40:01,333 --> 00:40:05,233
- Okay, thank you. What do

720
00:40:05,233 --> 00:40:07,467
- You perceive to be the responsibilities

721
00:40:07,567 --> 00:40:09,066
of the local school board?

722
00:40:10,100 --> 00:40:14,233
- The - School board's really, I think, you know,

723
00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:19,533
maintaining what the district has, the,

724
00:40:19,767 --> 00:40:24,000
the safekeeping of the school, the resources,

725
00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:28,133
keeping everything on task,

726
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,033
ensuring safety and security for the students

727
00:40:33,667 --> 00:40:37,233
and faculty, staff, facilities,

728
00:40:38,100 --> 00:40:41,300
managing the facilities and budgetary items to

729
00:40:42,867 --> 00:40:44,467
know, have what the district needs

730
00:40:45,033 --> 00:40:48,533
and be able to fund that going forward.

731
00:40:51,467 --> 00:40:53,634
- What do you see as the greatest challenges facing

732
00:40:53,634 --> 00:40:55,000
public education today?

733
00:41:00,266 --> 00:41:04,000
- I, - You know, I,

734
00:41:04,133 --> 00:41:06,066
I'd probably say the,

735
00:41:08,033 --> 00:41:10,100
The biggest challenge is gonna be the,

736
00:41:10,033 --> 00:41:11,333
the safety and security.

737
00:41:13,066 --> 00:41:16,734
I mean, we see far too often acts of violence,

738
00:41:17,066 --> 00:41:21,467
school shootings, you know, men, some of it's mental health,

739
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:26,700
just a, a lot of stuff going on to keep, so

740
00:41:26,700 --> 00:41:31,634
to keep the kids safe, the, the staff safe to be able

741
00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:33,000
to lock down

742
00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:37,300
and have the funding to be able to do some of those things,

743
00:41:38,367 --> 00:41:40,100
I think is really a big challenge.

744
00:41:40,433 --> 00:41:44,834
It seems like weekly you, you know, you don't have to go far

745
00:41:44,834 --> 00:41:47,634
to hear that there's been some act of violence in the,

746
00:41:47,634 --> 00:41:48,734
in the education system.

747
00:41:49,900 --> 00:41:52,533
So I think really that to me is one

748
00:41:52,533 --> 00:41:55,066
of the biggest challenges in our school system.

749
00:41:58,033 --> 00:42:00,300
- What do you see as the top three challenges facing our

750
00:42:00,300 --> 00:42:01,867
local school district today?

751
00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:07,033
- Well, I would say kind

752
00:42:07,033 --> 00:42:08,767
of going along the same lines.

753
00:42:09,100 --> 00:42:12,500
The, and it may not be a challenge per se

754
00:42:13,266 --> 00:42:15,433
because I haven't, obviously haven't been on the school

755
00:42:15,433 --> 00:42:17,634
board, so I don't know specifics,

756
00:42:18,033 --> 00:42:20,500
but the safety

757
00:42:20,533 --> 00:42:24,500
and security locking down the school to entry

758
00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:28,767
and, you know, one entry point, multiple exits obviously,

759
00:42:28,900 --> 00:42:33,033
but an entry point, you know, the, the safest thing would be

760
00:42:33,033 --> 00:42:35,066
to have magnetometers at every entrance,

761
00:42:35,300 --> 00:42:36,367
but that's not feasible.

762
00:42:36,767 --> 00:42:38,333
So you have to mitigate that risk.

763
00:42:39,133 --> 00:42:42,066
And that might be having staff

764
00:42:42,700 --> 00:42:45,867
at the door welcoming students by name,

765
00:42:46,166 --> 00:42:48,567
because that in the mind, I,

766
00:42:48,634 --> 00:42:50,133
and a lot of the work I've done is

767
00:42:50,133 --> 00:42:51,567
anti-terrorism force protection.

768
00:42:51,634 --> 00:42:53,133
So if you acknowledge someone

769
00:42:53,900 --> 00:42:57,767
and acknowledge them by name, it puts in their mind that,

770
00:42:58,033 --> 00:43:00,100
you know, maybe what they're getting ready to do

771
00:43:00,300 --> 00:43:03,500
and it's gonna lessen the chance

772
00:43:03,500 --> 00:43:07,367
that they're gonna maybe do something, you know, violent.

773
00:43:08,634 --> 00:43:13,533
A second item, I think is to have world class teachers,

774
00:43:14,133 --> 00:43:17,533
top teachers teaching top level education,

775
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:23,867
you know, getting those teachers in to, to provide

776
00:43:23,867 --> 00:43:26,033
that education to our, to our students.

777
00:43:26,533 --> 00:43:30,133
Now with those two top things obviously comes funding.

778
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,000
So I think as with any district

779
00:43:33,033 --> 00:43:37,900
and anything I've been involved in, funding

780
00:43:38,467 --> 00:43:41,066
really goes hand in hand with those two issues.

781
00:43:42,767 --> 00:43:44,734
You know, being able to have the funding

782
00:43:45,367 --> 00:43:48,867
and the transparency to the community,

783
00:43:49,033 --> 00:43:53,834
to the students parents so that they will

784
00:43:54,333 --> 00:43:58,100
maybe be willing to offer that funding when needed

785
00:43:58,300 --> 00:44:01,300
to take care of their students, take care of the,

786
00:44:01,433 --> 00:44:03,166
the community in, in that regard.

787
00:44:03,233 --> 00:44:05,667
So that I'd kind of put the, put 'em in that order

788
00:44:08,734 --> 00:44:10,033
- Based upon those responses.

789
00:44:10,133 --> 00:44:12,033
How would you address that as a board member?

790
00:44:23,467 --> 00:44:28,066
- I guess a big part, big part of that is education in

791
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:32,033
safety and security.

792
00:44:33,500 --> 00:44:35,734
Provided part of the, my job at Penn State,

793
00:44:35,900 --> 00:44:38,133
we stood up a community oriented policing unit.

794
00:44:38,734 --> 00:44:41,033
I was asked to, to be the first one into that,

795
00:44:41,367 --> 00:44:42,567
to stand that unit up.

796
00:44:43,100 --> 00:44:45,634
So we did a lot of education in the classroom for students

797
00:44:45,734 --> 00:44:46,834
and faculty and staff.

798
00:44:47,266 --> 00:44:52,100
So educating the students that you can't prop that door open

799
00:44:53,066 --> 00:44:55,500
and go do some something else

800
00:44:55,867 --> 00:44:58,867
and allow access to someone that may not be authorized.

801
00:44:59,266 --> 00:45:00,700
So a big part of that's going

802
00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:02,634
to be the education part of that.

803
00:45:02,634 --> 00:45:04,033
It doesn't cost you anything to do that.

804
00:45:04,433 --> 00:45:08,533
But the education, and I know, you know,

805
00:45:09,133 --> 00:45:13,033
and I will just say the elephant in the room is I know

806
00:45:13,133 --> 00:45:16,734
and have been following a little bit with the teachers

807
00:45:17,166 --> 00:45:19,834
within the school district, being able

808
00:45:19,867 --> 00:45:22,000
to have the best teachers

809
00:45:22,900 --> 00:45:26,934
and the best education to provide to those students.

810
00:45:28,233 --> 00:45:31,367
We, we'd have to find a way to break through

811
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:36,066
what's happening and try to get the, the best teachers.

812
00:45:37,066 --> 00:45:38,767
We can't, obviously we can't, you know,

813
00:45:38,834 --> 00:45:40,367
pay everyone a hundred thousand dollars a year,

814
00:45:40,500 --> 00:45:44,467
but there's ways that we could go about potentially to

815
00:45:45,867 --> 00:45:48,333
want to have them come back with a work environment

816
00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:52,500
with providing them with the resources needed to

817
00:45:53,333 --> 00:45:56,500
properly teach and educate our kids at a high level.

818
00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:00,767
So I think that's, you know, based on one

819
00:46:00,767 --> 00:46:01,867
of the answers I did that,

820
00:46:01,867 --> 00:46:04,934
that's would be my top top priority in that.

821
00:46:08,734 --> 00:46:10,934
- Thank you. What do, what do you think you'd find

822
00:46:10,934 --> 00:46:13,100
to be the most difficult about being a member of the board?

823
00:46:16,900 --> 00:46:17,333
- You know, I,

824
00:46:24,100 --> 00:46:26,900
I don't know that I would, I mean, I've been on a lot

825
00:46:26,900 --> 00:46:30,000
of boards, a lot of groups and committees

826
00:46:31,467 --> 00:46:33,033
and I enjoy, I mean,

827
00:46:33,700 --> 00:46:36,033
and that may sound like a cop out just

828
00:46:36,033 --> 00:46:37,834
to not have an answer, but that's fine.

829
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,367
I don't really, I just really don't.

830
00:46:40,433 --> 00:46:43,533
The only, I mean, the only thing I can really think of is

831
00:46:44,767 --> 00:46:47,433
at the end of the day, you need

832
00:46:50,133 --> 00:46:54,033
buy-in from the community, from the, the parents

833
00:46:54,634 --> 00:46:55,900
and the community of the students.

834
00:46:57,033 --> 00:47:00,066
And every decision you make

835
00:47:00,667 --> 00:47:02,300
is not gonna be liked.

836
00:47:03,500 --> 00:47:07,500
It happened at Penn State frequently, you try to come up

837
00:47:07,500 --> 00:47:09,433
with an agreeable solution.

838
00:47:10,433 --> 00:47:12,166
Somebody may not like that, but it, you have

839
00:47:12,166 --> 00:47:13,767
to make hard decisions and sometimes

840
00:47:13,867 --> 00:47:15,066
the decisions aren't liked.

841
00:47:16,266 --> 00:47:20,100
I think it's the same thing, it's just, you know, trying

842
00:47:20,133 --> 00:47:24,100
to get buy-in, trying to be transparent with the

843
00:47:25,333 --> 00:47:27,767
students, with the parents, with the community

844
00:47:28,467 --> 00:47:32,333
to get support may be some

845
00:47:32,333 --> 00:47:33,867
of the tougher challenges.

846
00:47:34,066 --> 00:47:37,767
But all in all, I just really don't, I, I just,

847
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:40,667
I couldn't come up with a, an answer on

848
00:47:40,734 --> 00:47:43,100
what a challenge would, what a challenge would be.

849
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:47,867
- Thank you. What do you think you would enjoy the

850
00:47:47,867 --> 00:47:50,367
most? I think

851
00:47:50,700 --> 00:47:55,000
- What I found most enjoyable is working with other people.

852
00:47:56,066 --> 00:47:59,100
You know, obviously we all have different backgrounds

853
00:47:59,367 --> 00:48:01,867
and we, but we all bring something to the table

854
00:48:02,367 --> 00:48:05,700
and we're being able to work with other people

855
00:48:05,900 --> 00:48:07,066
of like minds.

856
00:48:07,667 --> 00:48:11,000
We want the best for Beon area, school district.

857
00:48:11,300 --> 00:48:13,233
I mean, that, that should be the bottom line.

858
00:48:13,667 --> 00:48:14,934
So how are we gonna get there?

859
00:48:15,066 --> 00:48:18,700
So to work with every single person, the challenges, work

860
00:48:18,700 --> 00:48:21,266
through the challenges and get to where we want to be so

861
00:48:21,266 --> 00:48:24,033
that we have that top level education.

862
00:48:24,634 --> 00:48:28,033
We have that top level security and safety for our school,

863
00:48:28,500 --> 00:48:31,000
and we have the smiles up and down the hallway.

864
00:48:31,767 --> 00:48:35,634
So to me that's would be the most enjoyable

865
00:48:36,066 --> 00:48:39,133
is working to, to get to the end of that.

866
00:48:42,333 --> 00:48:43,533
- How do you see yourself working

867
00:48:43,767 --> 00:48:46,367
with the other board members and the Superintendent?

868
00:48:48,133 --> 00:48:52,867
- I, I really, there really is no, I have no issues

869
00:48:52,867 --> 00:48:55,233
because with my military background,

870
00:48:57,133 --> 00:49:00,567
there are things you do, there's rules, there's regulations,

871
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,934
you know, you, you, I always, I told my wife, you know,

872
00:49:04,934 --> 00:49:08,734
if I don't go to this or do this, then I'm gonna go to jail.

873
00:49:09,266 --> 00:49:13,000
And so my background, being in the military

874
00:49:13,033 --> 00:49:17,100
for over 20 years, you, you, you could have opinions

875
00:49:17,233 --> 00:49:19,000
and you could voice those at meetings

876
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:22,166
or certain opportunities,

877
00:49:23,066 --> 00:49:26,000
but at the end of the day, you, you go out of the office

878
00:49:26,100 --> 00:49:28,066
and you're, everyone's on the same tune.

879
00:49:28,900 --> 00:49:30,500
Same thing with the police work.

880
00:49:32,133 --> 00:49:35,266
There are a lot of rules, a lot of regulations

881
00:49:35,734 --> 00:49:38,133
and, you know, people's rights

882
00:49:38,033 --> 00:49:40,700
and you just can't violate certain things.

883
00:49:41,333 --> 00:49:43,700
So I can work with anybody.

884
00:49:44,700 --> 00:49:47,834
I've done it for, you know, 40 years now,

885
00:49:48,100 --> 00:49:51,100
and that there would be no issue with that.

886
00:49:53,634 --> 00:49:56,000
- If - You were faced with a tough issue as a board member,

887
00:49:56,233 --> 00:49:57,700
for example, raising taxes

888
00:49:58,066 --> 00:50:00,700
or cutting programs, what kind of data would you need

889
00:50:00,700 --> 00:50:01,734
to help make your decision?

890
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:07,133
- I think what would be important is looking back

891
00:50:07,634 --> 00:50:12,000
to see what has transpired in that curriculum

892
00:50:12,133 --> 00:50:17,100
or program or tax base, you know, what,

893
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:19,333
what is it that we need to accomplish.

894
00:50:19,834 --> 00:50:23,333
So we look back to see, you know, where things were.

895
00:50:24,467 --> 00:50:26,634
And the first thing is gonna be can we do it better?

896
00:50:27,567 --> 00:50:28,934
Can we streamline things?

897
00:50:29,133 --> 00:50:32,867
Can we find a way to incorporate a better

898
00:50:34,100 --> 00:50:38,033
path forward that maybe would reduce some of the finance,

899
00:50:38,133 --> 00:50:40,467
some of the, the cost.

900
00:50:41,467 --> 00:50:42,533
Try to do everything we can do.

901
00:50:43,433 --> 00:50:46,000
And I think if we had to raise, you know, the taxes,

902
00:50:47,133 --> 00:50:49,333
I think if, if you're transparent

903
00:50:49,900 --> 00:50:53,000
and you provide a plan, not just, Hey,

904
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:54,000
we gotta do this, sorry.

905
00:50:54,333 --> 00:50:58,266
You know, get over it. Provide a plan and what is our goal?

906
00:50:59,100 --> 00:51:01,033
What are we going to accomplish?

907
00:51:01,500 --> 00:51:03,567
Because just like downtown

908
00:51:03,700 --> 00:51:06,367
and state college, Addison Court, I think it is,

909
00:51:08,033 --> 00:51:11,333
the company that was leasing that decided they're going

910
00:51:11,433 --> 00:51:13,300
to be done with it, they went out of it.

911
00:51:14,333 --> 00:51:15,867
So the Borough had a meeting

912
00:51:16,066 --> 00:51:17,467
and they were gonna, it was gonna be sold.

913
00:51:18,100 --> 00:51:22,100
And the Borough at the meeting fought the, the,

914
00:51:22,567 --> 00:51:23,634
the community came

915
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,700
and very loudly said, we don't want it

916
00:51:26,700 --> 00:51:28,033
to go, you need to keep it.

917
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:33,100
So the Borough has adopted that they're gonna take over

918
00:51:33,100 --> 00:51:36,033
that building, lease it again, back

919
00:51:36,033 --> 00:51:37,233
to the company that really has it.

920
00:51:37,233 --> 00:51:39,100
Now they're gonna raise taxes

921
00:51:39,100 --> 00:51:41,100
because they don't have the money to buy it.

922
00:51:41,500 --> 00:51:44,367
But the community said, we are willing to pay

923
00:51:45,133 --> 00:51:47,033
more money to keep it.

924
00:51:47,033 --> 00:51:50,867
It's low income housing, we want, you can raise our taxes,

925
00:51:51,033 --> 00:51:52,000
we're willing to pay for that.

926
00:51:52,700 --> 00:51:55,100
If you have a plan and you put that forward

927
00:51:55,667 --> 00:51:59,634
and the, the community, if you can get that buy-in,

928
00:52:00,734 --> 00:52:02,100
they'll be willing to help

929
00:52:02,433 --> 00:52:04,266
and secure a better opportunity

930
00:52:04,834 --> 00:52:06,233
for their kids and for the community.

931
00:52:06,367 --> 00:52:08,700
So it would be tough,

932
00:52:09,233 --> 00:52:12,467
but I think if you approach it in the right way,

933
00:52:12,834 --> 00:52:14,467
I think, I think you'd be okay.

934
00:52:17,066 --> 00:52:18,533
- Back - To me. Yeah. What

935
00:52:18,533 --> 00:52:20,300
- Quality skills and experience

936
00:52:20,300 --> 00:52:21,533
would you bring to the board?

937
00:52:26,834 --> 00:52:30,266
- So in the military for the 20 years, like I say,

938
00:52:30,266 --> 00:52:31,767
I was primarily security forces,

939
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:35,367
which is a police force within the Air Force.

940
00:52:38,100 --> 00:52:40,000
I also, for many years was the

941
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:41,500
anti-terrorism force protection.

942
00:52:42,467 --> 00:52:44,233
I managed that program in Germany.

943
00:52:45,433 --> 00:52:49,000
So I went out and did a lot of surveys, site surveys

944
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:51,033
and prioritized vulnerabilities

945
00:52:52,066 --> 00:52:56,634
and, you know, prioritized, you know, what has to be

946
00:52:57,500 --> 00:53:00,533
fixed and protected, what could we mitigate

947
00:53:01,133 --> 00:53:03,700
and maybe do something extra

948
00:53:04,500 --> 00:53:07,500
and you know, you don't have the money to fix everything.

949
00:53:08,133 --> 00:53:11,300
So I think that brings a lot to the table as far

950
00:53:11,300 --> 00:53:14,033
as the safety and security of the school district.

951
00:53:14,900 --> 00:53:17,000
Having someone that can look at a plan

952
00:53:17,634 --> 00:53:20,133
and look at what's happening

953
00:53:21,433 --> 00:53:24,634
and be able to, to see that in a mind frame, that,

954
00:53:24,634 --> 00:53:27,934
because I've done it, I've been there in military,

955
00:53:28,734 --> 00:53:30,767
military resources, I think that helps.

956
00:53:32,767 --> 00:53:37,266
I also was the, when I retired, I was the deputy director

957
00:53:37,266 --> 00:53:38,867
of the Airman and Family Readiness Center.

958
00:53:39,133 --> 00:53:41,767
So I managed an office of 12 people.

959
00:53:43,433 --> 00:53:45,333
You know, we, we were able

960
00:53:45,467 --> 00:53:47,734
to move forward and do good things.

961
00:53:49,033 --> 00:53:50,467
It's about working with people

962
00:53:51,166 --> 00:53:55,500
and establishing, you know, helping with

963
00:53:56,066 --> 00:53:59,066
how you can channel things to get to a desired result.

964
00:53:59,934 --> 00:54:04,567
And, and when I came to Penn State working at a university,

965
00:54:05,133 --> 00:54:08,367
I would say, you know, you would like to think

966
00:54:08,367 --> 00:54:12,266
that the university students are, you know,

967
00:54:13,300 --> 00:54:15,033
next level beyond High School.

968
00:54:15,533 --> 00:54:17,000
Some of the university students we're

969
00:54:17,300 --> 00:54:18,367
still High School levels.

970
00:54:18,634 --> 00:54:20,266
I mean, that's just the way it is.

971
00:54:20,433 --> 00:54:23,567
But working with them, educating them, doing program.

972
00:54:23,667 --> 00:54:25,367
When I was in community oriented policing,

973
00:54:26,066 --> 00:54:28,567
I did run hide fights, surviving an active shooter.

974
00:54:29,033 --> 00:54:31,066
That was one of our most popular programs.

975
00:54:32,367 --> 00:54:34,333
Alcohol problems, alcoholism,

976
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:37,233
intoxication over intoxication.

977
00:54:38,033 --> 00:54:42,000
We do programming for, you know, at, at events at the hub,

978
00:54:42,533 --> 00:54:45,500
we'd go in, set up our table and give, give things away.

979
00:54:46,634 --> 00:54:49,867
So working, primarily working with the students,

980
00:54:52,066 --> 00:54:55,033
working with the staff in the faculty, in an office setting

981
00:54:55,166 --> 00:54:58,367
or in a classroom, that is all led to

982
00:54:59,066 --> 00:55:00,700
being able to work with you.

983
00:55:01,300 --> 00:55:04,367
Being able to work with students, the faculty staff,

984
00:55:04,467 --> 00:55:08,000
and trying to, you know, get

985
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:10,000
beyond any barriers we might have.

986
00:55:10,333 --> 00:55:13,100
And being able to, at the end of the day,

987
00:55:13,100 --> 00:55:15,333
accomplish the mission, which is safety

988
00:55:15,367 --> 00:55:18,166
and security of our kids, faculty and staff.

989
00:55:19,066 --> 00:55:20,433
Educating at a high level

990
00:55:21,066 --> 00:55:23,133
and being able to fund all of those things.

991
00:55:27,033 --> 00:55:29,000
- What - Subcommittees

992
00:55:29,033 --> 00:55:31,033
or joint boards would you be willing to serve on?

993
00:55:33,867 --> 00:55:36,500
What kinds? I could say, right, we don't know,

994
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:38,000
- Right?

995
00:55:38,634 --> 00:55:42,367
I would, I mean the financial part of it is,

996
00:55:42,500 --> 00:55:44,066
has always has my interest.

997
00:55:44,367 --> 00:55:48,433
So something with budgetary financial, being able to,

998
00:55:48,700 --> 00:55:51,066
to look, you know, beyond what's on the paper

999
00:55:51,567 --> 00:55:53,567
to determine if something could be

1000
00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:56,634
changed somehow.

1001
00:55:57,834 --> 00:56:01,233
You know, go, you know, accomplish the same mission

1002
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:04,033
but maybe not at the cost that we're doing.

1003
00:56:05,100 --> 00:56:06,367
So I think budget stuff.

1004
00:56:06,367 --> 00:56:08,367
And then the other thing would be facilities.

1005
00:56:09,133 --> 00:56:10,567
As I say, my background is really,

1006
00:56:12,100 --> 00:56:16,033
and anti-terrorism, force protection, safety and security.

1007
00:56:16,567 --> 00:56:19,867
So something with facilities that I could provide input on

1008
00:56:20,867 --> 00:56:22,266
what's, you know, this window

1009
00:56:22,333 --> 00:56:24,266
or that window, this door, that door.

1010
00:56:24,767 --> 00:56:27,767
What do we need to do to facilitate a much

1011
00:56:28,333 --> 00:56:30,100
more secure environment?

1012
00:56:31,133 --> 00:56:34,066
- Thank you. - Thank you.

1013
00:56:34,233 --> 00:56:36,000
So through those questions,

1014
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:37,333
is there anything you think was not

1015
00:56:37,333 --> 00:56:38,700
addressed that you'd like the board to know?

1016
00:56:44,567 --> 00:56:48,133
- I, I don't think so. I think I, I, you know, told you

1017
00:56:48,700 --> 00:56:50,667
what I, you know, what I came to tell you.

1018
00:56:50,934 --> 00:56:53,133
- Alright, well thank you. You can have a seat there.

1019
00:56:53,467 --> 00:56:56,500
We just have a couple other items to get through here. Okay.

1020
00:56:56,500 --> 00:56:58,834
And then we will, we may have questions.

1021
00:56:58,867 --> 00:57:00,834
I'm not sure where we go, so thank you. Alright, thank you.

1022
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:04,567
All right, so we heard the presentations

1023
00:57:04,734 --> 00:57:06,300
and then just as a housekeeping thing,

1024
00:57:06,300 --> 00:57:08,567
do we have any comments from the public this evening?

1025
00:57:12,667 --> 00:57:15,066
Okay, seeing none, then we'll move on

1026
00:57:15,066 --> 00:57:17,767
to discussion about the three applicants.

1027
00:57:17,767 --> 00:57:19,266
So is there anybody that would like to have

1028
00:57:19,900 --> 00:57:21,567
a discussion about any of the members

1029
00:57:21,700 --> 00:57:24,500
before we make a motion for, for

1030
00:57:24,834 --> 00:57:25,834
- Voice vote?

1031
00:57:26,300 --> 00:57:27,867
- I think it goes without saying.

1032
00:57:28,100 --> 00:57:30,533
I am so grateful for the people who stood up today.

1033
00:57:32,166 --> 00:57:34,734
Just, it's, it's tough being on boards in general

1034
00:57:34,867 --> 00:57:36,033
and education is difficult

1035
00:57:36,166 --> 00:57:39,900
and this is a especially tricky time.

1036
00:57:41,500 --> 00:57:43,433
And if I could, I would say all three.

1037
00:57:45,066 --> 00:57:47,533
But thank you so much for, for stepping up.

1038
00:57:50,133 --> 00:57:52,867
- Okay. - Now I'd also like to echo, I think we have two,

1039
00:57:52,867 --> 00:57:55,133
three wonderful candidates that showed up.

1040
00:57:55,934 --> 00:57:59,300
You're definitely going to make this difficult.

1041
00:58:00,066 --> 00:58:03,033
So you each show strengths in your own way

1042
00:58:03,266 --> 00:58:05,834
and it's commendable that you guys are here

1043
00:58:06,033 --> 00:58:08,266
and willing to step up for this district.

1044
00:58:08,266 --> 00:58:09,266
Thank you.

1045
00:58:12,367 --> 00:58:15,233
- I'll echo the, the appreciation for having people

1046
00:58:15,233 --> 00:58:18,467
who are willing to serve in a sometimes thankless role.

1047
00:58:20,567 --> 00:58:23,500
It is, it is work, it's rewarding work,

1048
00:58:25,033 --> 00:58:27,533
but your applications are very much appreciated.

1049
00:58:28,066 --> 00:58:30,867
And I, I have to just real quickly confess that, you know,

1050
00:58:30,867 --> 00:58:33,467
and, and looking at paperwork is one thing,

1051
00:58:34,500 --> 00:58:37,133
and then hearing people here is something quite different.

1052
00:58:37,066 --> 00:58:40,700
So in looking at your applications, I thought, boy, I,

1053
00:58:40,934 --> 00:58:42,000
I think I know where I'm headed

1054
00:58:42,500 --> 00:58:43,767
with this discussion tonight.

1055
00:58:43,767 --> 00:58:45,033
This might be relatively easy.

1056
00:58:45,900 --> 00:58:47,867
And then you all come up here

1057
00:58:48,100 --> 00:58:50,066
and give these interviews to us and,

1058
00:58:50,066 --> 00:58:52,033
and answer our questions on the fly.

1059
00:58:52,734 --> 00:58:55,066
And I think, boy, I thought I had

1060
00:58:55,066 --> 00:58:56,367
that figured out and now I don't.

1061
00:58:57,033 --> 00:59:01,433
So I just, we all have to make a decision, one of three.

1062
00:59:02,033 --> 00:59:04,066
And I'm still not sure I'm

1063
00:59:04,066 --> 00:59:05,300
convinced yet, which way I'm going.

1064
00:59:05,433 --> 00:59:07,634
But whatever I say, just know

1065
00:59:07,634 --> 00:59:09,033
that it's no reflection, good or bad.

1066
00:59:09,033 --> 00:59:12,367
On, on the other two that I, that I don't mention.

1067
00:59:12,734 --> 00:59:15,000
I, again, I really appreciate everybody taking

1068
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:16,233
the time to come out here this evening.

1069
00:59:17,767 --> 00:59:22,233
Any other comments? None.

1070
00:59:22,834 --> 00:59:27,100
Then we'd entertain, I'm not sure how to go about this

1071
00:59:27,133 --> 00:59:30,266
to make a motion, but we're just gonna take a voice vote.

1072
00:59:30,567 --> 00:59:32,333
We don't have to put a motion on the table, do we?

1073
00:59:33,433 --> 00:59:37,533
- No, you can just say vote, start at one end or flip coin

1074
00:59:37,767 --> 00:59:41,767
and just vote who, who you would like to see

1075
00:59:41,834 --> 00:59:43,500
as a replacement candidate.

1076
00:59:43,767 --> 00:59:45,433
And since we have eight sitting,

1077
00:59:45,533 --> 00:59:46,900
you need a majority of those.

1078
00:59:46,900 --> 00:59:48,667
President voting need five?

1079
00:59:49,367 --> 00:59:51,500
- Yeah, so we need five to, for any one member

1080
00:59:51,567 --> 00:59:52,734
to be appointed.

1081
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:54,500
So we'll just do a Roll Call vote,

1082
00:59:54,533 --> 00:59:56,000
but this will be a voice vote.

1083
00:59:56,100 --> 00:59:59,000
So rather than going through nominations

1084
00:59:59,066 --> 01:00:01,033
and feeling like anybody's cut out of the process

1085
01:00:01,467 --> 01:00:04,233
when your name is called, just mention the, the person

1086
01:00:04,233 --> 01:00:06,000
that you would like to see fill the role.

1087
01:00:06,333 --> 01:00:08,133
And then we'll see what that vote tally looks like.

1088
01:00:08,300 --> 01:00:09,367
If there is a tie

1089
01:00:09,500 --> 01:00:11,867
or nobody receives five votes,

1090
01:00:12,233 --> 01:00:15,667
then the two top vote getters would be on the table again

1091
01:00:15,734 --> 01:00:18,000
and we'll have another voice vote and see where that goes.

1092
01:00:18,734 --> 01:00:20,133
So with that Roll Call please.

1093
01:00:21,133 --> 01:00:25,033
- Barnhart. Haha.

1094
01:00:34,266 --> 01:00:38,100
Hardwick Campbell.

1095
01:00:38,533 --> 01:00:41,767
Harwick, gazar,

1096
01:00:43,066 --> 01:00:47,233
- Lonely, spiky - Hopkins,

1097
01:00:48,133 --> 01:00:53,033
- Rotten - Lyons,

1098
01:00:57,066 --> 01:00:57,734
Hartwick,

1099
01:01:01,333 --> 01:01:06,300
Ms. Smith, everyone.

1100
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:09,033
I'll say Lumley. Sipan,

1101
01:01:10,533 --> 01:01:13,700
- I, - Mrs.

1102
01:01:13,734 --> 01:01:14,066
Weaver,

1103
01:01:17,033 --> 01:01:22,033
Adam and Mr.

1104
01:01:22,333 --> 01:01:23,867
Yak. Lum. Lisa

1105
01:01:24,233 --> 01:01:25,233
- Pansky.

1106
01:01:29,266 --> 01:01:32,867
- So 1, 2, 3, 4, Hannah,

1107
01:01:35,066 --> 01:01:38,634
1, 2, 3 for Lumley and two for routing.

1108
01:01:39,900 --> 01:01:42,700
- Okay, so that leaves Hartwick and Lum.

1109
01:01:42,900 --> 01:01:44,266
Sipan in the running still.

1110
01:01:44,900 --> 01:01:46,734
Are there any additional conversations

1111
01:01:46,734 --> 01:01:49,100
or questions that we have discussions that we need to have

1112
01:01:49,100 --> 01:01:50,934
before we take another Roll

1113
01:01:50,934 --> 01:01:51,934
- Call?

1114
01:01:51,934 --> 01:01:54,767
Vote, Roll Call. Vote. Want

1115
01:01:54,767 --> 01:01:56,066
- Us to go again or just two? Yep,

1116
01:01:56,333 --> 01:01:57,333
- Same thing.

1117
01:01:57,367 --> 01:01:59,033
- Just - Between those two. Yeah.

1118
01:01:59,066 --> 01:02:00,300
- Alright. Roll Call again.

1119
01:02:01,500 --> 01:02:06,033
- Mr. Campbell. Hartwick. Gazar.

1120
01:02:06,834 --> 01:02:11,266
- L Symansky - Hopkins.

1121
01:02:12,133 --> 01:02:15,133
Harwick Lyons.

1122
01:02:15,700 --> 01:02:19,066
Hartwick Smith.

1123
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:23,767
Lumley Suski Weaver.

1124
01:02:24,467 --> 01:02:27,867
Hartwick and Yek.

1125
01:02:28,734 --> 01:02:31,934
- Lumley. Suski - And Barnhart.

1126
01:02:32,133 --> 01:02:32,834
- Hartwick.

1127
01:02:36,367 --> 01:02:41,367
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 for Hannah and three for Bob?

1128
01:02:42,066 --> 01:02:45,900
- Yes. - Alright. So Mr. Hartwood, congratulations.

1129
01:02:53,734 --> 01:02:55,100
All right. Again, thank you to all

1130
01:02:55,100 --> 01:02:58,567
who were here this evening and took the time to apply

1131
01:02:58,867 --> 01:03:01,166
and answer those questions.

1132
01:03:01,567 --> 01:03:04,066
So with that, if you are prepared, we'd like

1133
01:03:04,066 --> 01:03:05,133
to have you sworn in this evening.

1134
01:03:06,700 --> 01:03:09,467
And who is doing that for us? Tracy? Okay. Well

1135
01:03:14,166 --> 01:03:15,767
- Just step out of the way.

1136
01:03:29,700 --> 01:03:30,066
If you

1137
01:03:30,066 --> 01:03:34,333
- Wanna raise your right hand and I, your name

1138
01:03:34,834 --> 01:03:37,033
- I, Hannah Hartwick, - Do solemnly swear,

1139
01:03:37,333 --> 01:03:39,634
- Do solemnly swear - That I will support,

1140
01:03:40,734 --> 01:03:42,934
- That I'll support, - Obey and defend.

1141
01:03:43,233 --> 01:03:46,000
- Obey and defend the - Constitution of the United States,

1142
01:03:46,500 --> 01:03:48,333
- The Constitution of the United States, and

1143
01:03:48,333 --> 01:03:50,333
- The Constitution of this Commonwealth

1144
01:03:50,634 --> 01:03:52,467
- And the Constitution of this commonwealth.

1145
01:03:52,734 --> 01:03:54,500
- And then I will discharge the duties

1146
01:03:55,033 --> 01:03:56,333
- And then I will discharge the duties

1147
01:03:56,634 --> 01:03:59,433
- Of my office with fidelity - Of my office with fidelity.

1148
01:04:00,066 --> 01:04:01,433
- Okay. Then I'll just have you

1149
01:04:01,433 --> 01:04:02,433
- Sign off.

1150
01:04:03,867 --> 01:04:05,667
- Okay. Again, congratulations. Thank

1151
01:04:05,667 --> 01:04:06,667
- You.

1152
01:04:15,934 --> 01:04:18,166
- All right. With that we'll entertain a motion to Adjourn.

1153
01:04:19,300 --> 01:04:21,233
- So moved, - Moved, and seconded.

1154
01:04:21,266 --> 01:04:22,934
All in favor signify by saying Aye.

1155
01:04:23,467 --> 01:04:25,900
- Aye. Opposed? - Meetings adjourned. Thank you all.

1156
01:05:02,867 --> 01:05:05,333
- The League of Women voters was founded almost a hundred

1157
01:05:05,333 --> 01:05:08,100
years ago with the right to vote for women.

1158
01:05:09,734 --> 01:05:12,467
Not only the right to vote, but an informed vote.

1159
01:05:13,433 --> 01:05:17,066
- You need to know everything about that candidate.

1160
01:05:17,567 --> 01:05:20,233
You need to be able to ask that candidate questions.

1161
01:05:21,634 --> 01:05:24,834
- I think that the organization is going to continue

1162
01:05:24,900 --> 01:05:27,100
to attract a diverse membership,

1163
01:05:27,266 --> 01:05:30,567
and I think that that will help us in working toward the

1164
01:05:30,567 --> 01:05:33,634
goal of better representation for everybody. There's

1165
01:05:33,634 --> 01:05:36,467
- A wonderful opportunity here for people who are younger

1166
01:05:36,900 --> 01:05:39,000
to come and learn from women who have been part

1167
01:05:39,000 --> 01:05:41,734
of social movements for years and years.

1168
01:05:42,533 --> 01:05:46,133
- It's our job to be a mentor to the newer members

1169
01:05:46,133 --> 01:05:47,634
because they're the ones

1170
01:05:47,634 --> 01:05:50,033
after all that are going to be carrying the banner

1171
01:05:50,033 --> 01:05:52,133
of the league into the next a hundred years.

1172
01:05:53,266 --> 01:05:57,100
We stand for the nonpartisanship that we should all have

1173
01:05:57,100 --> 01:05:59,467
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1174
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