[0:12] the most like that happen.

[0:19] >> Good evening. We are live

[0:20] in 5 for 3, 2, one.

[0:30] >> Good evening, everyone.

[0:31] An thank you so much for

[0:31] joining the county counl.

[0:32] You have town hall hybrid

[0:34] meeting. Let's get another

[0:37] round of applause.

[0:42] We areo grateful for your

[0:44] participation and look forward

[0:45] to hearing your questions.

[0:46] We will be taking questions

[0:47] from our audience tonight at

[0:49] the Couil office building

[0:49] here in Rocille.

[0:50] >> As well as questn sent to

[0:53] the q and a function online

[0:54] via zoom. If you have a

[0:55] questio please send it there.

[0:57] We will our best to get you

[0:59] an ansr if we don't get to

[0:59] your answ a question. We will

[1:01] be reaching out individually

[1:03] witanswers at a later date

[1:04] for studentwho are prepared

[1:07] to Tonight, we will he the

[1:11] opportuni to earn ss our Zion

[1:11] excited for the isis hours.

[1:18] >> Please stay on untithe

[1:19] en of the meeting and we put

[1:21] up a slide witinstructions on

[1:23] how to get cdit for tonight.

[1:24] >> Studentin the audience

[1:28] will receive forms froMcps

[1:29] to earn their urs. My

[1:30] olleagues were Chi Chi Wu d

[1:31] rcella. Rodriguez will be

[1:32] moderating the zoom night

[1:34] and we will toss it to the

[1:36] to explain how to rticipate

[1:37] virtual and how to access

[1:40] captioning in Snish. We're

[1:41] y to you.

[1:42] All right. Thank youJordan.

[1:44] Good evening, eryone. And

[1:44] welcome l be moderating

[1:47] question for stents that are

[1:48] attendg virtually

[1:49] this evening.

[1:49] >> Thesendicate all your

[1:51] questions in theueue any

[1:53] feature and will call on your

[1:54] name. And when u write in

[1:56] your question, he's so

[1:57] indicate whether orot you

[1:59] would like to asyour question

[2:01] live. Otherwise all read it

[2:04] out. Wh I call your name,

[2:04] the host willsend you a

[2:05] request to unmute our

[2:08] micphone and you MAY preed

[2:10] task your question fothose

[2:12] caling in on a cell phon use

[2:15] your phe's dial pad to pres

[2:17] d to press star 6, ich will

[2:18] te and unmute your

[2:19] microphone. Wel try to get

[2:23] through amany questions as

[2:24] possible this eveng. And

[2:25] please note, if wexperience

[2:25] antechnical difficulti will

[2:28] dour best to remedy them ia

[2:30] time manner. I'm not goi

[2:31] to ss it over to my lleague

[2:36] Marceau Rodriguez for Snish,

[2:37] translaons or so.

[2:38] >> Thank you, Mayor s.

[2:41] Good evenin Everyone would.

[2:42] That's nojust at the cba many

[2:43] dose. The program a suspect

[2:46] goes and t any deal. My is by

[2:47] no, but I love tt this event

[2:51] this to state isnd they say

[2:51] I'm wting accident. I ate

[2:55] it was ssick to an end on a

[2:56] book.On't go in. S s say

[2:58] can do a not by the bay in

[3:00] 50 or so. But but yeah, ey

[3:02] on more tc Gases. Joan,

[3:04] back to you. Tha you so much

[3:05] for shy and rcelo, we also

[3:06] have interpretatin services

[3:07] available. I ve my colleague

[3:10] cloudy here toxplain that

[3:12] briefly, clou.

[3:13] But a less rson that's going

[3:15] to see anytng. But the Senate

[3:16] has been own about then frame

[3:16] think.

[3:17] >> Planned toill her, says

[3:17] the vice but ok planets which

[3:22] are linked up withssessing

[3:23] what that. Tnk you so much.

[3:24] Now it turns t there to

[3:26] uncil PRESIDENT Andr free

[3:27] tsend for opening remar,

[3:29] llowed by introductis from

[3:30] council members. Afr that,

[3:31] we'll move on touestions from

[3:34] students. Council psident

[3:34] present tyou.

[3:37] >> Thankou, Low and welcome

[3:38] to the County counc's annual

[3:39] youth town haland Montgomery

[3:42] County Council Predent Andrew

[3:42] Fruits. And am.

[3:45] >> Thrilled to see ch a

[3:45] packed auence of students

[3:48] here in person.Nd so many of

[3:52] u tuning in online, have a

[3:55] 0 registered in-pers

[3:56] paicipants and well ov 400

[3:57] onne, which is just

[3:58] incredibly eiting and shows

[4:01] the amount oftudent activism

[4:01] th we have in Montgome

[4:02] County. Know if we didn't

[4:04] have yet hel. We probably had

[4:06] yet ssl hours. Soopefully

[4:08] you're excitedo be here and

[4:09] can speak for all ofy

[4:09] colleues when I said thiss

[4:13] one ofur favorite events o

[4:14] the year. We lovehe energy

[4:15] thatur students bring.

[4:16] We lo the optimism that w

[4:18] have ev in some of the most

[4:20] challenng times to see the

[4:24] incredie talent and activsm

[4:25] and adcacy that our young

[4:27] peoplreally inspire us toe

[4:29] better each and eve day.

[4:30] So thank u for being here.

[4:30] Thank you f the ideas that

[4:31] you're going share, the

[4:33] questions that you' going

[4:33] to ask. Is a great

[4:36] opportunity to haveour voice

[4:38] is heard by local

[4:39] representaves and share what

[4:41] issu matter most to you.

[4:43] These town hls also help us

[4:45] to uerstand how we best n

[4:48] plafor a future that wi

[4:49] benefit y.

[4:51] Because mostmportantly, the

[4:51] decion that we make tod

[4:54] will ha the most impact on

[4:55] you even re than it will on

[4:56] us tonight. We e so proud to

[4:58] be joined by stent member of

[5:01] the Boa of Education for

[5:04] lson Varona.

[5:05] Welcome. And I st have to say

[5:08] happy birthday day as his

[5:11] 18th birthday.

[5:17] >> Nothing like a 5 person

[5:19] student birthy party to bring

[5:20] your 18th birthday.O thank

[5:23] u so much for your adership

[5:24] and youservice and really

[5:25] glad at we're also joined

[5:27] by Superintendt Dr Thomas

[5:29] Taylor, who's in e room and

[5:29] we have brd of Education,

[5:32] vice prident when Harris wh

[5:34] is joining us vtually thanks

[5:36] much to each of yoand to

[5:38] everybody at ps the Board of

[5:40] ucation for being re to

[5:41] gage our Montgomeryounty

[5:43] sdents and for everytng

[5:44] that you do r our public

[5:45] school syste which is so

[5:46] important to everying that

[5:48] we do in ntgomery County.

[5:50] >> We're also join by

[5:51] additnal representatives om

[5:53] Mcps and fromhe Montgomery

[5:55] County Dartment of

[5:56] Recreation. Wanto give a

[5:57] special than to show a cherry

[6:00] and all of r partners mcps.

[6:03] Let's ar it for them.

[6:10] And let's hr it for director

[6:11] of the Montgery County

[6:13] Recreation Departnt, robbing

[6:14] Riley and r team.

[6:21] Togethernd cps in the

[6:22] Dertment of Recreationith

[6:25] r council team helpeto put

[6:27] ths amazing event togeer.

[6:28] So tnk you for organizinand

[6:29] helng to arrange the

[6:30] transportatn to and from

[6:34] Rockville. Soour students can

[6:35] access this eve and also

[6:36] wanted to recognizehe

[6:37] rector of our Planni

[6:38] Departme is here. Jason

[6:40] Sartori. We tked about

[6:41] anning for the futu.

[6:42] We'realking about you.

[6:44] Soeally glad that he'sere

[6:45] as well to be part othis.

[6:49] Before I toss my colleagues

[6:51] introduce thselves, I wanted

[6:52] to give you a brief

[6:53] introdtion, Andrew Fruits

[6:55] and as meioned on the chair

[6:55] of e planning Housing a

[6:56] Parks Committee anderved on

[6:58] e government operatis and

[6:59] fiscal policy Cmittee.

[7:00] I reprent District one ich

[7:03] incles bethesda-chevy Che

[7:05] andotomac. I am a proud

[7:06] gradua and former student

[7:08] goverent PRESIDENT Of Winon

[7:10] Churcll. High School Go

[7:11] Bulldogs and I am rrently the

[7:13] youngest member othe county

[7:16] Cncil, although I am lly

[7:17] confident thaone of you, it's

[7:17] going to be anven younger

[7:21] member of the coun council in

[7:22] due time befo I conclude I

[7:22] didant to address the

[7:25] emotions. So of you MAY be

[7:26] feelingn recent days. Well,

[7:26] there are some thin going on

[7:30] in our country, espially at

[7:31] he national level th MAY

[7:32] create concern. It'smportant

[7:33] o remember just how portant

[7:35] cal government isn'thaping

[7:36] your dayo-day lives. There's

[7:38] no questi that there are

[7:38] challenging times ead.

[7:42] Thatill be difficult forll

[7:45] of us. But you bei here today

[7:46] dvocating at the lal level

[7:48] is so importt to have such an

[7:48] impact. So tnk you for being

[7:52] here. Thank yofor making sure

[7:53] that we hold tr to our shared

[7:54] principles ocompassion,

[7:56] inclusion, respecand

[7:58] tolerancfor all and that we

[8:00] continue toe a place that is

[8:01] wecoming for all of o

[8:02] studentsall of our residents

[8:05] and all oour families that

[8:06] begins a ends with you.

[8:07] And it iimportant that you

[8:10] all holall of us, especiall

[8:12] inocal government accotable

[8:13] to t decisions that we me.

[8:14] So we appreciatyou being here

[8:17] and asking youruestions and

[8:18] raising your sues and hope

[8:20] that you will kp up your

[8:22] energy anyour activism as you

[8:24] move forward. Its so

[8:25] important, perhapsow more

[8:26] than er. You are the futu

[8:28] of our cnty. And we are just

[8:29] so oimistic. And so excid

[8:33] becau of you. And thanks

[8:33] you so let's ha a great

[8:34] ght. Let's have a grt

[8:37] conveation and let me turit

[8:38] over to my coeague council,

[8:39] vice PRESIDENT Start and then

[8:40] to the chair of Edation and

[8:42] Culture Committeeounsel.

[8:43] But youant to and then all

[8:44] the colleagues alphabetical

[8:47] order to inoduce themselves.

[8:48] GreatThank you. Council

[8:48] Prident Friesen.

[8:49] >> Hi, I'm Kate ewart and

[8:52] the council vice prident and

[8:54] I

[8:55] alsrepresent District r

[8:56] Distrt 4 includes North

[8:59] Bethesda, Keington. I Garrett

[9:01] Park, par of Chevy Chase and

[9:03] lver Spring inside e

[9:04] Beltway and Takoma Pk Ice.

[9:07] I'so glad to be hereith

[9:08] a of you tonight. I ao

[9:09] serve as t chair of the

[9:12] government operions and

[9:13] fisc policy Committee an

[9:16] serve othe Transportation a

[9:17] Environment Commiee as

[9:19] counl PRESIDENT Friesen id

[9:20] this is definitelyur favorite

[9:24] night of the yeato have you

[9:25] all here wi us. And and we're

[9:26] lookinforward to your

[9:27] questio and we hope we get

[9:29] to a lot them tonight.

[9:32] Thank you vy much.

[9:41] >> Thankou. Welcome everyone

[9:42] Good evening. I'm ll to

[9:44] Wando. I'm an atarge council

[9:45] member. Tre are 7 districts

[9:45] in 4 at large and'm one of

[9:47] them. That just meani

[9:49] represent t whole elected

[9:51] untywide born and raed here

[9:53] and MontgomerCounty grew up

[9:53] in Sier Spring and went c

[9:56] and theather of 4 mcps

[9:58] students right n. I chair

[10:00] the Education and Cuure

[10:02] Committee which h oversight

[10:04] over Mcps Montgome College,

[10:05] our lraries and arts

[10:06] organition. And I'm on the

[10:08] planning using and Parks a

[10:10] civil rights lawyeby training

[10:11] and just reall really proud

[10:12] of each and every e of you

[10:13] and glad to e you tonight.

[10:15] Can't wait to he the

[10:18] questions. Welcome.

[10:24] I foot I had to get someody

[10:24] mistre out out. Who was a

[10:26] council mber for a day.

[10:26] He's 8th grader Juli West.

[10:28] Yocan't be here toght.

[10:29] She's watchg online. So big

[10:31] shout out here. Let's get to

[10:34] BonniHammer out details.

[10:41] >> Good eving. Good people.

[10:43] It is great to bhere with all

[10:44] of you tonight. Name is

[10:46] givewould notice one of e

[10:48] 4t-large members of t

[10:50] counciand I have been

[10:51] particating in this event

[10:53] from diffent sides of the

[10:55] sle for about 15 yeas now

[10:55] because they ud to serve as

[10:57] the director ofhe Department

[10:59] of Recreation. So especially

[11:02] want to give a sho out to all

[11:04] othe incredible.

[11:05] Adultwho are here leadingll

[11:06] of you. A I really want to

[11:09] acknowled the great work of

[11:11] the wreck dertment mcps your

[11:12] parents. B most of all, I

[11:15] wanto thank all of you f

[11:15] beinhere. It shows tremdous

[11:18] adership. It rose. Ishows

[11:19] emendous insight.Nd I want

[11:20] y to know that you testimony

[11:24] tonighmatters. It was at a

[11:26] event ke this about 9 yeas

[11:29] ago. Actually, is about 7

[11:30] years ago whe we heard

[11:31] testimony asking foa free

[11:36] ri on at all times, nojust

[11:38] after schoolnd council member

[11:39] glass d all of us on the

[11:40] council hearyou and we're

[11:42] tremendously suortive of that

[11:43] effortAnd so your voice

[11:44] matters. And we reay

[11:45] appreciate all of u being

[11:47] ere this evening. Thk you

[11:50] so much.

[11:55] >> Good ening, everyone.

[11:58] I'm Marilyn Balcombei'm a

[11:59] cocil member for distrt 2

[12:02] district. 2 is t northwest

[12:06] corner othe county German

[12:09] town. ClarksburBoyd's pools,

[12:09] Vile Darren's town andorth

[12:13] Potomac ana great chunk of

[12:13] th agricultural resve.

[12:14] Andt's so nice to seell of

[12:16] yo here. Thank you so ry

[12:19] mu for being here. My

[12:20] dauger is a graduate of

[12:22] Nortest High school and

[12:25] gs. If we have any Js and

[12:26] e crowd. Gary, grt job.

[12:28] So I just wa to say it's so

[12:30] mportant to hear youvoice.

[12:35] Not only toy, but I hope that

[12:37] you being here toy will you

[12:39] want a life lonpath of using

[12:41] your voi to. So often we hea

[12:42] from the same peoe all the

[12:44] time d we need different

[12:44] voices. Weeed everyone's

[12:45] voice at the tab. So I'm

[12:46] ally looking forwardo

[12:47] heari from you. Thank you

[12:59] >> And od evening,

[13:01] Councilmber Evan Glass.

[13:03] I'mlso one of your atlarge

[13:04] counc members. I chair th

[13:05] Transportati and Environment

[13:06] Coittee. So I'm workin

[13:08] reay hard to make sur that

[13:10] you're all safgoing to and

[13:11] from scho when walking around

[13:12] your neighborhd and also

[13:14] doing a lot of rk to make

[13:15] sure at we have a green,

[13:19] sustainae future for all of

[13:21] you as well. Live in Silver

[13:23] Springith my husband and m

[13:25] 2 dogs in e first openly

[13:26] lgbtq+, mber of the council.

[13:26] And I'm lookingorward to

[13:27] tonight's conversatn. So

[13:29] thnks for being here.

[13:32] Evrybody.

[13:35] >> Good evening, eryone.

[13:38] And thank you for beg here.

[13:39] Both in-peon and virtually

[13:42] I'm Sydn. The council member

[13:45] forhe 3rd district and ich

[13:47] is the about 85 to0% of that

[13:48] distrt or the municipal

[13:51] boundaries oRockville

[13:53] Gaithersburg anWashington

[13:56] Grove and m3rd and final

[13:56] term. I'm tually term

[13:59] limited. I the I'm e chair

[14:02] of the Public fety Committee.

[14:03] I serd on the government

[14:06] Operatio committee and ani

[14:07] was cocil PRESIDENT In 201

[14:11] ding the pandemic. I d the

[14:12] pleasure ofoing that. I've

[14:13] lived in Montmery County my

[14:14] entire life. Iraduated from

[14:17] Gaithersburg Hih Schools to

[14:19] go Trojans. I'm former small

[14:20] business owner ani'm the

[14:21] former mayor of Dats Byrd.

[14:21] Ank you very much fobeing

[14:24] he. We look forward toour

[14:27] estions.

[14:34] >> So I'm cocilmember Donley

[14:36] upand I represent disict

[14:39] 7, which is sort the Upper

[14:40] East junk ofhe county.

[14:43] And it incdes only asked in

[14:44] Sandy Spring, Brooield, late

[14:47] d still Damascus, Mtgomery

[14:48] Village and places at have

[14:49] ailing addresses. Th's a

[14:50] Rockville andGaithersburg that

[14:51] aren't acally the

[14:51] nicipalities, a Rocklle and

[14:53] ithersburg. If thatakes

[14:58] >I am a proud and c parent.

[15:03] I have 4 ks in our schools

[15:03] and so and I hava constituent

[15:04] here. I've been ving, too,

[15:07] because I was talkinto her

[15:07] lasyear about Edison. A

[15:11] yes, my epson does now go

[15:12] to Addison. 's very excited

[15:14] about that. And theny

[15:16] daugers are at Blake Hig

[15:18] Scho and my other son is

[15:20] 7th grader at Far Paell

[15:23] Scool. I serve on our blic

[15:24] safety and hlth and Human

[15:26] Services cmittees. And this

[15:28] is myirst term on the couil

[15:29] and I'm aattorney by

[15:30] background. So I'a trial

[15:32] wyer by trade proteed for.

[15:36] 13 yrs in private practi

[15:36] moved over to bome an

[15:38] assista attorney general at

[15:40] t state of Maryland

[15:41] representing multle agencies

[15:44] fore I came here. Sohank

[15:47] you anwelcome.

[15:55] Hi, evybody. I'm Kristen me

[15:57] I greup here. Graduated fm

[15:59] Blair High School.O Blazers.

[16:01] >> Ana former teacher tk

[16:03] forbout a decade, inclung

[16:03] 4 mcps and I now he 2 young

[16:06] kids who are also a cps

[16:08] students.

[16:10] And then in t years just

[16:10] beore becoming a counc

[16:11] member, I was a comnity

[16:13] orgazer, which means thait

[16:16] was my job toelp community

[16:17] help communitieadvocate with

[16:19] their elected ficials for the

[16:20] ings that they nee And so

[16:21] now I ge to be here and bene

[16:22] of thoselected officials on

[16:23] excited f the advocacy.

[16:25] They areoing to bring in

[16:26] tonight. I repsent District

[16:28] 5, which is theast side of

[16:31] the county Burton'bills don't

[16:33] get ColesvillMaryland Briggs

[16:34] Chaney, White Oakill and down

[16:35] 4 corners and alsoe sure

[16:37] world. Interestiny enough

[16:40] and I saon the education.

[16:41] I kind of, as said on the

[16:43] Educationnd Culture

[16:44] comttee. So we talk a l

[16:46] about d cps a very excited

[16:48] to hear your thoughtabout

[16:49] schools. Also sit on the

[16:50] public Safey Committee and

[16:54] also the le for libraries.

[16:57] Thas very much.

[17:03] >> od evening, everyone

[17:05] My name Lori and Sales.

[17:07] I aone of the 4 at-lae

[17:09] council members I sve on the

[17:10] Heah and Human Services

[17:11] Committee a the Economic

[17:13] DevelopmenCommittee. I live

[17:18] in the city of Gthersburg

[17:19] and I and thlead for

[17:20] iminating disparitie

[17:22] I al started the Smart Yth

[17:26] Advisory Couil. I saw a few

[17:27] almni here. So if you'

[17:29] interested in arning more,

[17:30] please visit my webse to

[17:32] learnore. And I'm excited

[17:34] to hear out some of your

[17:36] questions, concns and ideas.

[17:38] So welcome. Anthank you so

[17:38] much f spending your

[17:41] Wednesday eveninwith us.

[17:43] U could be anywhere the

[17:44] world and I'm so gl all of

[17:45] our partners ought you here

[17:47] with us this eveng. Thank

[17:50] u.

[17:51] >>hank you to colleagu

[17:54] beforturning it back

[17:56] Jordan for ourirst question.

[17:57] Just one so acknowledge that

[18:00] our colleue Councilmember

[18:01] funny GonzalezNatalie,

[18:02] represents Distrt section to

[18:04] chair the Economicevelopment

[18:05] Committ and also serves wit

[18:08] custor John Doe and me onhe

[18:10] planning, hoing and Parks

[18:11] Commite. So appreciated.

[18:12] She's joininus virtually as

[18:13] well. We can geback to you.

[18:13] Jordan, great.Hank you so

[18:16] much for those ints. Now,

[18:17] let's get to qstions.

[18:19] Up first, we have udent

[18:19] member of the board r Neil

[18:20] serve on whacks. The first

[18:22] question he person. Happy

[18:25] Birthday. Yeah. And the mic

[18:28] back. Knowhat.

[18:30] All right. Perfec

[18:31] >> Thank you. Mname is pretty

[18:32] us oour time. The curren

[18:34] tudent member of theoard

[18:35] for and cps, the foy-seven

[18:37] student, memr of the board

[18:38] and a senior at Clk's for

[18:41] high schoolsSo go Coyotes.

[18:42] My question for theouncil is

[18:45] what steps ishe council

[18:45] tang to ensure that yoh

[18:48] forces arnot only hurt the

[18:49] activity incorporad into

[18:50] desion-making procesease?

[18:50] Anare there any plansto

[18:52] expanthis work? Thank yo

[18:59] >> Well, tonight a good

[19:03] xample of how a trusd we

[19:04] are in heang from our young

[19:05] people. Andhis is a big part

[19:06] othat. And though seval

[19:10] of us u heard from

[19:11] ouncilmember sales aut her

[19:12] efrts, all going to tu it

[19:12] backo her. She can expan

[19:15] upon th a little bit. And

[19:16] then me we'll tn it to the

[19:17] chairhat education and

[19:20] Culture Committee awell to

[19:20] talkbout some of his effts

[19:23] as wel Consumer sales, tha

[19:25] you s

[19:27] >it's an honor to ser in

[19:29] this capacity.Ut with half of

[19:32] our budget going mcps, we

[19:33] don't often ar from our young

[19:34] people. If your t student

[19:38] member ofhe board, you're not

[19:39] acve in the sta and yodon't

[19:41] coe and spend your evengs

[19:41] duringudget season testifyg

[19:45] befores. It's really hard

[19:47] have your voiceeard. And so

[19:50] I vited a few of our ci

[19:51] councils d one I was on the

[19:53] city counciln Gaithersburg

[19:55] during onef our conference is

[19:58] the National Leaguof

[20:00] Cities. They have youth

[20:03] advisory couil and the mayor,

[20:04] the form mayor of Takoma

[20:05] Park. They also ve a youth

[20:05] advisory council, t city of

[20:08] Greenville hashe youth

[20:11] Advory Council. And so

[20:12] brought all of the ideas

[20:14] together tstart a smart yoh

[20:15] Advisory cocil modeled after

[20:18] my policy platformAnd so we

[20:19] sped about

[20:22] to 8 weeks discussi the

[20:23] smart policy agend And then

[20:26] after tse weeks we talk out

[20:29] Arias, j all of t policy

[20:33] priorities and th you pitch

[20:34] a policy ide But for a panel

[20:36] f esteemed judgesnd

[20:37] hopefully onef your ideas

[20:40] will beco a piece of

[20:44] legislation. Y get invited

[20:45] back to sign the lls. So our

[20:45] 4th cohort is uer way and

[20:49] then we'll ve our 5th cohort

[20:49] inthe spring. And so ou can

[20:51] be sure to cck it out and

[20:54] let you know if yu have any

[20:55] questio or interested.

[20:58] >>hank you. And thanksor

[21:00] joining us out

[21:03] Great,reat question. I'l

[21:05] give you couple things.

[21:07] Are the d Committee,

[21:07] Education CulturCommittee of

[21:08] for the first timehat I know

[21:09] of since I've been oit for

[21:12] 6 years, we h students come

[21:15] and tk to us directly abo

[21:16] gi testimony in a form

[21:16] setting abt what they wanted

[21:17] to see the ddle school

[21:18] elementary, middlend high

[21:20] chool students a coue of

[21:20] wee ago. We're going to

[21:24] continue dng that so that we

[21:24] can here. One of e concerns

[21:26] directly from studen at the

[21:28] legislive body. Obviously

[21:29] tonight, great example as

[21:31] the chair, thcommittee I've

[21:34] bee visiting over the st

[21:36] sever years. All 25 cluers,

[21:37] as youll know, you MAY knw

[21:40] there's 160,000tudents just

[21:42] aboutust an and cps just

[21:44] under and a 211 scols.

[21:45] So visit a lot of thos

[21:47] schls and talk with stunts

[21:49] at ery school I visit.

[21:51] I wasust at Banneker and

[21:55] Paintranch last week vising

[21:57] that cluster. Welso all of

[21:59] us, I think, havbeen turns

[22:02] thatome from cps and we e.

[22:03] And then wencourage folks to

[22:05] to apply fothose positions,

[22:07] particularlyf you're in

[22:09] high scho. And we also have

[22:10] ummarized, which is great

[22:14] ogram that started aut 7 or

[22:15] 8 years o. Now. And that's a

[22:16] opportunity forhe summer is

[22:17] gog to come out and nuary.

[22:18] This is for rising niors and

[22:20] seniors. Smiddle schoolers,

[22:22] you can aspireo it later.

[22:23] But there's ere's always more

[22:24] we can do. We look to you to

[22:27] give us addional ideas as

[22:28] well. But understand all of

[22:30] us that's rely important to

[22:32] hear from tudents and young

[22:34] people we're formulating

[22:35] policies. I just wa to

[22:36] acknowledge the supentendent

[22:37] invited all uncil members who

[22:39] joined h on the first weekf

[22:40] school asell.

[22:41] >> And were ab to watch and

[22:42] see how things we going as

[22:45] the school year staed off,

[22:46] which war happy to s it

[22:47] staed off really well ia

[22:49] reallpositive direction w

[22:50] importanfor us to be there

[22:54] and to see for ourselves and

[22:54] hear from udents there

[22:55] directly. And I'llust note

[22:58] nd I'm not alone on is body.

[22:59] My personaaverage see and

[23:03] political carr started as

[23:03] a udent advocate as a

[23:04] year-oldn 5th grade at

[23:05] Wayside Elemtary School

[23:05] advocating for aifferent bus

[23:07] route because our s route

[23:11] s not safe. And thenoing on

[23:12] to studengovernment and

[23:13] middle and hi school. And I

[23:13] know at's the journey.

[23:15] Many of u have started the

[23:16] journey thatany of us here.

[23:19] I have uertaken. It's

[23:20] someing that's not only

[23:21] important for for policy,

[23:22] but it's ry personal to us

[23:25] becausit's part of our sto

[23:26] in our journey as ll.

[23:27] >> Great. Thank you much.

[23:28] Weave a lot of student

[23:29] online, but we havsomething

[23:30] herin person. So we're t

[23:32] some estions in person wi a

[23:32] show of hand They will go to

[23:35] online. So shoof hands.

[23:36] Who h the next question,?

[23:39] I sawer hand go up and tn

[23:40] I'll come re and you can hold

[23:41] the mike f you and your name

[23:42] and what sool in your

[23:46] estion or comment. H my

[23:46] name is Farrah Hook

[23:47] >> I'm a8th grader at Easter

[23:48] Middle hool and an active

[23:51] meber of arrest. Yea,

[23:53] queson for the council I

[23:54] wh is your plan to accerate

[23:56] th new construction atastern

[23:59] Middle Schl?

[24:03] >> Sure. We turnack to the

[24:04] ucation and Cultureommittee

[24:05] air.

[24:06] >> I want to awer every

[24:10] question inrance, but is that

[24:10] so the shortnswer is

[24:11] easrn needs. It needs aot

[24:12] of wor There are a lot of

[24:13] schools that neea lot of

[24:14] work. I mentiod 211 schools,

[24:16] but Eastern is ineed. That

[24:19] was myome cluster school wn

[24:21] I was growing u we on the can

[24:23] we just take up the capital

[24:24] budget every years, which is

[24:26] what funds costruction for

[24:28] schools likeastern. And we

[24:30] rlly prioritized lastear

[24:33] wh we did it, makingure

[24:37] that we hadt funds for fixin

[24:37] things le hvac air

[24:38] conditioningmaking sure that

[24:40] ada complnce is happening

[24:43] in bathrooms tt people can

[24:44] t to get around, butlso

[24:45] kping our commitmentso

[24:49] thing We said we're going

[24:50] to do

[24:50] east. Swe're trying to make

[24:54] sure have the resources,

[24:55] which is a suggle because

[24:56] costs things we up during the

[24:58] pandemiand cost going up,

[24:59] but to ma sure that we can

[25:00] keep thingson track that we

[25:01] said we're going tkeep on

[25:04] track. D so I'm not I don't

[25:05] want to know misque you

[25:07] beore you leave. I wilget

[25:09] the act and I'm sure Dr

[25:11] Taylor team are dog that too.

[25:11] Whathe exact timeline isor

[25:13] Easter but it is a it is a

[25:17] school that whave prioritized

[25:19] to make sure th it stays on

[25:21] track. D that's so that's

[25:21] kind of the holist picture in

[25:22] the cip. But we'llet you the

[25:25] specific answer on t timeline

[25:26] for ster.

[25:26] >> Gre. Thank you for that

[25:28] I did s another question he

[25:28] an I'll be making my w

[25:29] arnd the room. Okay. C

[25:30] stand. A if you can just ste

[25:32] in, wat your step here.

[25:33] This book bk.

[25:34] A I hope this for youname.

[25:36] Wt school in your queion

[25:38] comment?

[25:38] >> h my name is Peter.

[25:43] I'm a juniort Northwest High

[25:44] hool. Go Jags

[25:45] and a I had a previous

[25:46] question relat to

[25:48] construction, buto not be

[25:52] repeitive. I also print

[25:53] another one. Son in

[25:55] Montgomy County, it's

[25:55] estimated at schools and

[25:56] businesses, theyave a lot of

[25:59] food waste that gto

[26:03] landfills. Andn it harmful

[26:05] gases such as meane and on.

[26:06] i tnk if we can have le

[26:08] composting syste at schools

[26:10] and kind of expand at, that

[26:11] wod definitely number e

[26:13] reduce fd waste, but also

[26:15] redu our on greenhouse g

[26:16] emisons. For example, the

[26:20] was a mposting program setp

[26:21] Clarksrg Elementary and no

[26:24] they actually detearound 2000

[26:26] pounds ofood waste each

[26:26] nth. And the probleis

[26:29] Montgory County doesn't ha

[26:32] composting facility d the

[26:33] ly one nearby is in ince

[26:37] George's. So was wondering,

[26:38] question is with t county

[26:39] council binterested in

[26:40] setting up composting

[26:42] facility here iMontgomery

[26:43] Coty. So we can expand

[26:46] programs to al schools and

[26:47] busesses and so, yeah, at's

[26:49] a qution. The short answ is

[26:49] yes, absolutely. Butet me

[26:51] tun to the chair of th

[26:54] environmt of Transportation.

[26:56] >> Committee to pound upon

[26:57] further. Peter, the swer is

[26:59] yes. And so everyby knows.

[27:00] So we've been doing lot of

[27:01] work hereo reduce food wast

[27:06] believeit or not, there's

[27:09] about 00 and 76 1000 to of

[27:10] food that is sted right here

[27:11] in Mogomery County. Sovery

[27:13] ti you don't like yourunch

[27:15] atchool, be mindful of

[27:17] putting it in e trash because

[27:18] that doesn go where we thin

[27:20] it goesIt needs to be com

[27:23] posted. But rit now there's

[27:24] a shortageWe don't have a

[27:27] facility. So tre are some

[27:28] homes in ntgomery County in

[27:32] Potomac in Rockvilland in

[27:33] partof Silver Spring, whe

[27:35] if yore in your house, yo

[27:36] can actually put o a little

[27:39] then and the countyill pick

[27:40] itp. We want to maksure all

[27:43] of you and all of yr families

[27:44] have that

[27:47] samevailable composting.

[27:48] But we jusneed a place to put

[27:50] it. And s Peter noted right

[27:51] now, the coosting we take the

[27:52] food scra we take goes to

[27:54] Prince George'County. But

[27:56] this counc in the county

[27:58] executive havallocated a lot

[28:01] money to build aew

[28:02] acility up in Dickern, right

[28:03] ner pools, Ville all t way

[28:05] up ithat corner of the

[28:09] unty. So that constction is

[28:12] going tobe starting. And in

[28:13] few years will ve a new

[28:15] facility so thahopefully the

[28:16] food that you dot eat at

[28:17] school. E pizza, I hear

[28:20] sometimes it'good. Sometimes

[28:21] it's noso good. But the foo

[28:22] tht you you you don't t.

[28:26] Will compost it. A back

[28:28] at home, 'll be able to

[28:29] mpost your food scrs,

[28:31] everying from bread to

[28:33] fruits, to vegetles, to

[28:34] actual to meet as well and

[28:36] eggs. Soe can take that we

[28:37] can prott our environment an

[28:38] en we can turn thatnto good

[28:39] nutritious so to plant with.

[28:41] So Peter, tha you for your

[28:44] question.

[28:45] >> Great Thank you. Any oter

[28:46] questns? Okay. I saw th

[28:48] hangup first. I'll g here.

[28:48] Your name and wh school in

[28:51] your question or mment.

[28:53] I hope this Pre.

[28:57] >> So my ne firmer. I've been

[28:59] herpreviously for the

[29:00] Montgomery Coun History

[29:01] onference proclamatin.

[29:04] So I also homeschoole

[29:06] Myuestion is what is t has

[29:07] the council to conser

[29:11] reinstatg its teen court tha

[29:12] was in place from eay

[29:15] 1998.Elieve to it and stoed

[29:15] in 2020.O I was my questi

[29:19] is, havyou considered

[29:20] reinstating that cau? I

[29:20] rember reading on the w

[29:22] site it d an effect on the

[29:23] teams that are ing through it

[29:26] because they we tried by

[29:29] their ers. So

[29:30] I'm wondering if it the

[29:31] counl's ever consider dog

[29:31] that.Irst of all, welcome

[29:35] back. Alwa great to have you.

[29:35] Gld to have you here.

[29:37] >> And leme turn it over to

[29:39] the chair of thPublic Safety

[29:39] Commiee. Customer counts.

[29:40] Will you ask a qstion?

[29:41] Thank you for your qstion.

[29:44] Hesked question that.I don't

[29:45] ow the answer to.

[29:46] >> The I beeve teen court

[29:49] and I attended when it was

[29:50] an effect. But believe teen

[29:55] urt actually startedecame

[29:55] a reality because ofhe

[29:58] state'attorneys office and

[30:03] the state

[30:06] of Maryland. D it was it was

[30:07] Pierier on read actuallyet

[30:08] where t jury and came up wi

[30:10] the sutions. I will have

[30:13] uble check to see ifhey're

[30:14] interested in connuing in

[30:16] and en we'll go from the.

[30:19] But I dknow it was effectiv

[30:24] cour right now. The courto

[30:27] have with a used toall

[30:28] trucy court, a truancy view

[30:30] group and they do rk on that.

[30:31] So we wildouble check on the

[30:33] other. Buthank you for your

[30:35] question. Thanyou, MR.

[30:39] And I thi as a rookie wants

[30:40] to add.

[30:41] >> I just want toet you know.

[30:42] Yes, I believe th was

[30:44] eviously run by the ate's

[30:45] torney's office. Andhere

[30:46] arother jurisdictions

[30:50] Maland still do have tse

[30:52] programrunning. So, for

[30:53] examp, Saint Mary's Coty

[30:54] h the program and it run

[30:54] through their ates. Attorneys

[30:58] office in colloration with

[30:59] the sheriff's offi.

[31:02] >> they also handle affic

[31:03] fenses that involved teen

[31:05] drvers. Right? So if y have

[31:08] a traffic offense d

[31:09] couies is run through tir

[31:09] policdepartment where the

[31:12] establied the group's appea

[31:13] to woron the case is so ju

[31:15] depends on theounty as to how

[31:16] ey put them togethe But we

[31:18] hae not had one here f for

[31:19] ite some time. But ank you

[31:22] ecause that would ben

[31:23] interestingdea. So thank you.

[31:25] >> Great. Thank yoso much.

[31:25] Weave a lot of studentalso

[31:26] onli. Some going to go aad

[31:27] and to to my colleague wer

[31:28] shy to facilite that. And

[31:32] thenwe'll be back he in

[31:34] persowhere Chi to you.

[31:36] >>ll right. Thank you

[31:38] Jordan. So our firsvirtual

[31:39] questiocomes from mayor in

[31:40] Dothan shod be asking her

[31:43] qution, lies Marin. Gohead.

[31:51] >> Hi, my

[31:52] question is, t I live the

[31:55] ctle going to do to ge

[31:56] violce and violent crimein

[31:59] the mmunity at large d also

[32:02] in the scol community.

[32:04] >> MAY tu it back to the

[32:05] public safety Chair uncil

[32:06] reects notice how thiside of

[32:08] throom is getting all ese

[32:09] questions in first f. Thank

[32:12] u for your your qstion as

[32:13] we. And, you know, we' very

[32:16] coerned about public sety

[32:19] in general, nt it threw out or

[32:23] community right w. We have a

[32:23] shorte of

[32:26] olice officers. We aone that

[32:27] nts to have a careers a

[32:29] pole officer? Believe m

[32:30] there's great opportunity

[32:33] forou to do that to do at

[32:35] sort

[32:37] of wor We're the police ar

[32:39] certainlyery active in tryin

[32:43] to attrt more and more peop

[32:46] we have onrograms

[32:46] for young people tough

[32:49] Montmery College and oth

[32:50] and othernstitutions. But I

[32:51] also think tt we need to

[32:52] remind people th we just

[32:57] started a w programs. The

[33:00] drone progra We have programs

[33:01] that that call them. Pilot

[33:02] programs alway been a very

[33:05] fun that we would call

[33:07] drone program. A lot program.

[33:08] And we had pgrams in Silver

[33:10] Spring and Whton that have

[33:11] been so tremenusly

[33:15] successful. We ju started

[33:18] when a month a in the in the

[33:21] Gahersburg Montgomery llage

[33:22] ea and parts of Gemantown.

[33:27] We'll eand another program

[33:29] as the and a and then we are

[33:30] looking at ether or not we're

[33:33] going to goo further for part

[33:34] of Germantn in white of.

[33:37] >The the drone prograand

[33:40] someone is dpatched when

[33:42] somne calls

[33:43] 1-1, the infant. Bythe time

[33:49] the dispatcher ge that call.

[33:50] D even if it's on aixed,

[33:51] pro something that is o

[33:52] great conrn from the time

[33:54] that distcher gets to call I

[33:58] from the te a police officer

[33:58] can actuallget to that goal

[33:59] in depending otraffic,

[34:01] pending on how fast ey can

[34:02] get the. Sometimes it takes

[34:05] many, manymany minutes to

[34:07] get ther

[34:08] With this progr with the

[34:11] drone program. The spatcher

[34:12] om the time they heathe

[34:14] call dre can actually fly t

[34:17] the area thatt's going to in

[34:19] can get therin about 90

[34:22] seconds. So it's the types

[34:23] ofof a technology thatype

[34:26] of chnology that we're

[34:29] cotinuing to work on a that

[34:32] weeed to make certain at

[34:33] that is thosedeas on

[34:35] ceive funding. And ain,

[34:37] anybody that wants do this

[34:39] job, 's a it's not alwaysn

[34:40] easy job, butt's also very

[34:43] gratifying. But do thank you

[34:43] forhe question.

[34:47] >> We turno counselors from

[34:47] Strt.

[34:49] >> Tnk you. And thank u

[34:53] to uncilmember cats for

[34:54] answering the qution. I

[34:54] want to analso in slightly

[34:56] asked thquestion slightly

[35:00] dierently and think abt

[35:00] w we create safe plas,

[35:05] especlly for our young eople

[35:07] in the commuty and say that

[35:08] in SEPTEMBER, my cleague

[35:11] councmember about them an

[35:13] I and different ples in the

[35:14] county did even where we

[35:16] brough together and worked

[35:18] with o rec department, oth

[35:19] departments the county and

[35:21] are nonprofit When you all

[35:24] haa half day

[35:26] >> of school and

[35:28] early Septber 2, we took over

[35:29] in the downtown aa in

[35:30] dowown Silver Spring. Wl

[35:33] councmember about them wa

[35:35] at BlackRo and it was a place

[35:36] ere young people cold come

[35:39] d silver Spring. Itas to

[35:41] play baetball to connect to

[35:42] lot of o nonprofits and othe

[35:45] agencieso see what's

[35:47] ailable in our countand

[35:49] to have place where you can

[35:49] go and feel safe andet

[35:52] connecd to our resources.

[35:56] >> And I was proud join both

[35:56] those efforts. Itas great

[35:59] see some of the yng people

[36:00] out a about.

[36:01] Great. Thank you smuch,

[36:02] wch I believe you hav

[36:04] another estion. Their online

[36:10] >> Okay. Sohe next question

[36:11] comes me, I'lread it out so

[36:14] that increasing ntal health

[36:17] on middle and hi school

[36:18] udents. What major

[36:18] initiatives the county

[36:19] taking to providserious

[36:21] pport beyond justounseling?

[36:24] >> We turn it to e chair of

[36:25] the Health Human Serces

[36:26] Committee,ouncilmember

[36:28] audits. Soirst of all, thank

[36:30] you for that questn. We know

[36:33] that th is a very, very

[36:34] seious topic. And we kw that

[36:37] ismpacting all studentat

[36:39] all schools. And yoall have

[36:40] d to deal with morehan we

[36:43] as adults cou ever comprehend

[36:43] ov the last 6 years in

[36:47] particularAnd we know it's

[36:50] ten its toll. So we a

[36:50] taking sps both in

[36:52] partnership with himps.

[36:52] And I ally want to

[36:54] acknowledge and thk their

[36:56] leadership hee. We have been

[36:58] able to add cial workers to

[37:00] our sools. We have been ae

[37:01] to enhcer health and wellns

[37:05] progra within our schools

[37:06] as wellBut we know that

[37:08] there's more tt we need to

[37:10] do. We ao need to bring back

[37:11] any of the extracurrular

[37:12] activies that are still no

[37:14] at the same vels that they

[37:15] wee before the pandemi

[37:18] Youll should have placeto

[37:19] go after school to aess

[37:21] programs that ae fun and

[37:23] engaging and whe you can.

[37:25] >> Meet new fries and

[37:25] participate a learn new

[37:27] thingsThere aren't enough

[37:31] of those oppornities and we

[37:31] know that. And so wneed to

[37:34] ontinue to reinforcend

[37:36] provide tho supports. And we

[37:38] also need provide support

[37:40] for your parts who are

[37:43] overwhelmed anexhausted and

[37:43] worki day and night to

[37:44] support allf you. And we have

[37:45] to ma sure that we're

[37:46] holistically king care of all

[37:48] of you, includg your parents.

[37:51] >> Great. Ank you so much.

[37:53] We'll take another qstion

[37:54] here in perso So with a show

[37:55] of hands, I saw estion in

[37:57] this areand I'm gonna make my

[37:57] waaround, ok? So if yocan

[38:00] sta step on out and Iope

[38:05] is for you and youname and

[38:06] what school y go to.

[38:07] >> Hi, good eveng. My name

[38:10] is uni and I'a junior at

[38:11] Watkins Mill High Scol Go

[38:14] Rene's ani'm also the

[38:14] PRESIDENT Of yng people for

[38:16] progress where wwork to

[38:20] increa civic engagement.

[38:20] Amo you. My question isare

[38:22] youupportive of restorave

[38:23] stice instead of a pitive

[38:24] stem that disproportiately

[38:26] hurts black a brown students

[38:27] by funnelinghem towards the

[38:30] school to pris pipeline and

[38:32] how you support I

[38:33] Let me turn it to

[38:33] Couilmember. M#

[38:33] #

[38:36] has worked

[38:38] qute a bit on this iss.

[38:40] >> Yea thank you for askin

[38:41] at. And thank you tyoung

[38:43] pple for progress. Foyour

[38:47] for your coinued advocacy

[38:48] any answer iyes. And I think

[38:50] there are aot of there are

[38:50] some miscceptions out there

[38:52] about what rtorative justice

[38:54] means and whait includes when

[38:55] implemented. Withidelity.

[38:59] It is holistic. It es not

[39:00] men an absence of a

[39:03] accountabily or consequence

[39:04] as need. And that includes

[39:07] lot of pre work and mmunity

[39:07] builng work and also has

[39:10] benefits f mental health and

[39:11] commuty building on the

[39:11] grounbetween different grps

[39:13] of stents who might not

[39:15] normal interact. It's abt

[39:16] buildi a community that I

[39:19] a safe ace where folks can

[39:19] can talk to each her, learn

[39:21] how to resolve probls and

[39:23] onflicts in a healthway.

[39:24] And as part of thatagain,

[39:25] when implented with Fidelity,

[39:27] which of crse, takes funding

[39:31] in that brin in the budget

[39:32] nversation again. B it

[39:32] includes alof that. It also

[39:34] includes that hen there is an

[39:36] incidenthat requires a

[39:38] reonse. The response inot

[39:39] mply well, your suended or

[39:40] expelled or this is atever

[39:44] t consequences. It's 's a,

[39:44] you know, inntional

[39:47] nversations to get the

[39:49] root of the sues, to work,

[39:51] to prevent that frohappening

[39:53] again. And what wsee in the

[39:55] reults, whether it is th

[39:57] youth, u know, very, very

[39:59] ung kids up throuh our young

[40:01] adults. We see thathen that

[40:05] rocess is used, th that the

[40:05] behavior is lessikely to

[40:07] cur. And there's a l of

[40:09] really clear data abt that.

[40:11] So absutely very supporte

[40:12] of that and alwaysoing to be

[40:13] looking to eand that. This is

[40:15] a conversaon that is going t

[40:16] comeack in the budget

[40:19] process, whh again, as we

[40:21] know isoing to be a difficu

[40:22] ne. But there are a t of

[40:23] benefits to theesort of

[40:24] esses programs. I apeciate

[40:25] yoall highlighting and look

[40:27] fward to continuing t

[40:28] conversation.

[40:29] Eat. Thank you. Iaw some

[40:31] questis back here will be

[40:32] makingy way around, ok wita

[40:35] showi here is I thought yr

[40:36] hand up for a hile. You can

[40:37] stand up and me your way

[40:37] here. Ani will be coming up

[40:40] the all Knd over there as

[40:41] well. I dn't forget.

[40:42] So when you g here, you can

[40:42] just say your ne, what school

[40:45] you go to. And Iope this for

[40:45] you,k?

[40:46] Mname is Michael Shton and

[40:50] go to Einstein and ison

[40:52] High School mquestion is,

[40:54] is thera plan to expand the

[40:57] budget for Edisostudents

[40:58] participati in Skills, usa

[40:59] competitions sincthat

[40:59] experiee from these

[41:02] competitions can dinitely

[41:07] help with.

[41:10] Workplac like I think.

[41:12] >> Thk you for the questi

[41:13] to turn it to Cocilman John.

[41:16] So I'll start witgreat

[41:20] qstion and

[41:20] great hat.

[41:22] >> And in cmunity bridges,

[41:24] awome. So you've hear budget

[41:26] a lot. And I jt want to.

[41:27] Everyone knows we d3

[41:27] thingsWe pass laws. We pasa

[41:29] budgetnd we do the land us

[41:31] and zoninwhere you can buil

[41:32] ings on the budget f mcps

[41:36] inprograms that are fued

[41:37] by fc. The school board

[41:38] decides exacy how to spend

[41:40] the money they me a request

[41:42] of us.

[41:43] To fund. But inhat process is

[41:45] about is justbout to get back

[41:47] start again, we're doing e

[41:49] capitabudget next week, whh

[41:50] ishe bricks and mortarnd

[41:52] then e operating sideof the

[41:53] budget to fund prrams like

[41:55] thone you asked abouthat

[41:56] happed in a few months

[41:57] starting in MARCH ofext year.

[41:59] You know, in eay next year

[42:02] and culmite in MAY. So the

[42:07] first advocacy pot is too

[42:08] theoard of Education an

[42:09] Supentendent Taylor to

[42:11] include ograms like that and

[42:12] u're funding. Then ty vote

[42:14] on it and senit to us.

[42:15] Now, I will says the chair of

[42:16] t Education Committeei

[42:16] think Ipeak for probably wi

[42:17] join myolleagues. There's

[42:21] lot ofhings we want to

[42:22] suprt and things that

[42:23] connects youo workforce in

[42:26] job opportunies aren't high

[42:27] on tt list. And so that'a

[42:30] greatrogram. Einstein's a

[42:31] great schl and funding those

[42:32] types of progra is a

[42:33] prrity. But obviously,hen

[42:35] you're looking at t whole

[42:37] budget with the billion

[42:38] dollars, e have to make

[42:40] choices. Buso, you know, so

[42:40] you can sta continue your

[42:42] advocacy start dng that at

[42:43] this at thboard

[42:44] Superintendentoard level and

[42:45] then continue toome to us

[42:46] when we get the budt.

[42:49] Opefully that helps od

[42:52] question. Gre.

[42:54] >> Thank you much. Okay.

[42:54] Show hands. Ice on this t

[42:55] you o to and then I'm goi

[42:57] to come e, okay, I'm gonna

[42:59] come there. You coulstand and

[43:00] then we'll geto you as well.

[43:00] K your name and at's cool.

[43:03] And I hope this foryou, ok?

[43:06] >> ay, but I want thing but

[43:09] it is not thmost is keen.

[43:11] Krisn, I'm going to see m

[43:12] to di when we could. Y, I

[43:13] as putting up a cityt the

[43:15] ne in a minute to win is

[43:18] contes They have sent the

[43:20] people that's

[43:21] >> eat. Thank Marcelo.

[43:21] We're going ttoss it to you

[43:22] to interpret it d then we'll

[43:24] have the answer. Tnk you.

[43:30] Yes, gd evening. He would

[43:30] like to get informatn and

[43:31] would like to k if there's

[43:34] any psibility to get bett

[43:36] lighting.

[43:39] >> And at ports colex in

[43:42] week, area.

[43:47] >> We turn it accous for our

[43:48] in adtion to being a

[43:50] councilmemberurrently as the

[43:51] direcr of the Department

[43:53] Recreation. And know Robin

[43:55] ley's ears perked ups well.

[43:55] Could be a wrecked estion.

[43:58] Could be a park spial were

[43:59] turneover to him.

[44:03] >> Sure. Sthank you for that

[44:05] questi. And sports is a

[44:07] participatory aivity in the

[44:09] countyJust it's the larges

[44:11] partipatory activity by a

[44:12] lot. D what regardless of

[44:14] what spts you played. We kw

[44:17] how important spts are for

[44:20] heah or wellness team.

[44:22] Building goal setti. And we

[44:25] know at there are not enoh

[44:25] places to be ae to play that

[44:28] there's a supplynd demand

[44:30] issue. They are. Ey're not in

[44:31] a field. Therare not enough

[44:34] cour. And one of the way

[44:35] thawe can help expand t

[44:38] use of those facilitieis to

[44:39] add lights So I really

[44:40] appreciate that qution.

[44:43] And very recentlye received

[44:46] he annual update frothe

[44:47] rector of the Parks

[44:49] Dertment. MISS Me figu and

[44:51] she discussed a has talked

[44:54] about adding lightso fields.

[44:55] But onof the innovative

[44:55] practices tt the Parks

[44:57] Department has do in

[44:59] partnershipith the recreation

[45:01] Department is creat drop in

[45:02] tes at some of our atetic

[45:05] fiel are turf fields tha

[45:07] have lights and weeed to

[45:08] expand those oprtunities

[45:09] because we wantou all playing

[45:12] an gaging in these typeof

[45:14] posite activities. So it'a

[45:15] great suggtion. Couldn't

[45:16] age more. And we're woing

[45:19] witour parks departmt to

[45:21] add more lights more fields.

[45:22] >> You know, just noas if the

[45:23] council were to wanto just

[45:26] e other week at a ne

[45:27] pickleball court One of 14 of

[45:29] the 18 picklebalcourts that

[45:29] are lighted. We werthere at

[45:30] ght. It was in that te.

[45:34] But because thitime of year

[45:35] it as completely dark d it

[45:38] woulhave been unusable.

[45:40] And yet there were hdreds of

[45:42] people that werout playing

[45:44] activelat 7 o'clock at nigh

[45:45] in the middle of t winter,

[45:50] e're otherwise it wod have

[45:50] shut Baically 05:15pm. So

[45:54] councilmber our noses point

[45:55] anto your point. Havin

[45:58] lightedacilities expands th

[46:00] ability for us utilize these

[46:00] importantarts of our

[46:03] community for mtiple hours

[46:06] evy single night for t

[46:07] entire year.

[46:08] >> eat. Thank you so mu.

[46:09] One moreerson in question

[46:10] wereo online and come rit

[46:12] bk. Okay. Your neighb, what

[46:13] school in the he is for you

[46:14] think.

[46:15] >> So my name is hley Joens.

[46:16] I'm in 8th grade Lakeland's

[46:17] Park.Iddle School go

[46:18] fountains as ll as that

[46:20] stricter in Montgome County

[46:22] junior cnsel. And I would

[46:24] like to kw what all new rules

[46:25] we can art to implement in

[46:25] order to op bullying to

[46:27] improve studentsMental

[46:33] healt Thank you.

[46:35] >> Cod you just cern? The

[46:35] ast part of that to op

[46:38] bullying and improvstudents,

[46:40] mental heah. I thank you.

[46:41] Stop only impve students,

[46:45] mental health and ternity

[46:45] counciembers. Duty.

[46:47] >> Thank you. Tnk you for

[46:49] hat question. So my e of

[46:49] my prior roles thathe state

[46:51] was I was counseledhe

[46:54] Maryland Center r School

[46:55] Safety and d these issues

[46:58] continue torow over time.

[47:02] A and a lot of tying that

[47:04] t hardest thing I thi is

[47:05] that they don'always come

[47:08] face-to-faceMajority of them

[47:09] are coming onli and they come

[47:11] when you're not eecting it.

[47:11] So you're juswalking around

[47:13] your phone and tn all of a

[47:16] sudden a thg has popped up

[47:20] ayou.

[47:21] And and I tnk that using the

[47:23] resrces that we have to

[47:24] report those not jt waiting

[47:25] till the next day, cause

[47:26] that's often a harthing to

[47:29] o. And sometimes it els

[47:31] better to be le to to get

[47:35] that t when it happens wh

[47:35] when the ment hits. So using

[47:39] the Safechools, Maryland tip

[47:41] line to put

[47:43] thatn and then those tipgo

[47:43] directly to theenter for

[47:46] school safety. Buthey also

[47:49] go to the schoolhere you

[47:50] attend anyou're able to

[47:50] provide that infmation and

[47:53] then the school can lp

[47:55] address that t next day.

[47:57] The's also the forum itlf

[47:57] that can be solout at the

[47:58] school. But again, aot of

[48:00] tse things happen wheyou're

[48:02] not actually physally in

[48:03] schoo, but it impactsow you

[48:05] el about going to scol and

[48:08] it's impacti how you are

[48:11] receivi your education.

[48:12] And so and think that by

[48:15] using that andmaking sure

[48:17] we're alws

[48:20] porting it and helpto

[48:21] ghlight the ongog or

[48:22] chronic meter othings in

[48:24] rticular places or aces or

[48:25] about particular tics.

[48:25] Rit? Because sometimesome

[48:28] things happening t in the

[48:31] wod. But then it makeseople

[48:34] get targeteat school because

[48:36] of whthey are or what ty

[48:39] believ And so that and al

[48:40] being up standard, aning

[48:41] dot just be a bystandewhen

[48:43] it'sappening to someone se.

[48:44] And if you have a fend who

[48:47] can't report themsves because

[48:48] they're nocomfortable that

[48:50] you n do that for them t

[48:53] help hlp resolve that

[48:54] situation. Thank youAll

[48:54] ght. Thank you so mu.

[48:56] We'reonna go ahead and ta

[48:56] back or shy on om and then

[48:57] we'll come back he in person

[49:00] were shy.

[49:01] >> To you?

[49:05] >> Thank y, Jordan. Our next

[49:05] qution comes from Deni

[49:09] Reed. The nice you n go ahead

[49:11] and take qutions.

[49:13] >> I knolike like you said,

[49:14] my name is Dene Read. I and

[49:15] then if greaterlso at

[49:17] Nicholas Par Middle School.

[49:20] My question very similar

[49:23] Ashley Joens questn.

[49:24] What plans do y have to

[49:26] duce bullying? Becau I'm

[49:27] a boy. Thk to myself. And

[49:28] even when theull and happens

[49:30] in front of te teacher that

[49:33] habeen the huge lack

[49:36] consequences.

[49:43] I have COUNCILMAN T make

[49:46] and then Kuzma me.

[49:47] >> Fit in knees, I'm ssorry

[49:49] that that happed to you.

[49:52] And thank u so much for her.

[49:53] Taki this opportunity tourn

[49:54] thaexperience into advocy

[49:57] and sak up for so many ki

[49:59] who are in thsame situation

[50:02] as quitpossibly right now a

[50:03] aving

[50:04] your voi out there speaking

[50:08] up is really impactful

[50:10] So thank you so mucso several

[50:11] this. One, I will I wilsay

[50:12] that this tiesack to the

[50:13] conversation we're hing

[50:15] earlier abo restorative

[50:18] justice and bng able to have

[50:19] ystems in place buil

[50:20] althier relationshipacross

[50:22] scol communities and bng

[50:26] ableo make sure that whe

[50:27] incides happen that it's n

[50:28] just a consequencand then,

[50:29] you know, kids comeack to

[50:31] scol and things go bacto

[50:31] w they were. It's abt

[50:32] relatnship building and

[50:35] fixing the ot of the problem

[50:37] will also know thate do

[50:40] he a new superintende, as

[50:42] has beenoted. Doctor Thomas

[50:43] Taylor and thiss one of the

[50:46] issues that I ow that he is

[50:49] looking at vy closely.

[50:50] We ve to have a system at

[50:52] udents have faith inAnd I

[50:54] knothat we have not hadhat.

[50:56] So we he to have a system

[50:57] where you ow that if you

[50:59] report somethi that of an

[51:01] adult see somethinhappening.

[51:02] The action going to be

[51:03] tak. That is going to rolve

[51:07] the sue and that's goingo

[51:08] seen through to

[51:10] the d. And and, you know

[51:10] I've heard from a loof

[51:12] studen that that is not wh

[51:16] we have right nowSo that is

[51:17] very high pority. I know at

[51:18] on the mcps de and it's

[51:20] somethinghat we will continue

[51:22] to have convertions about

[51:25] that on theouncil side in

[51:27] order to make su that there

[51:28] is,ou know, that the wo

[51:29] abouwhen cps is doing an

[51:30] we're dng our part to toake

[51:33] surthat that word is geing

[51:33] out into the commity. So

[51:35] ere is really transrency

[51:36] the and that there's

[51:39] accotability. So agai, thank

[51:40] you smuch for that questi.

[51:41] And we will continueo be

[51:44] cing back to this exa topic

[51:47] throughout thyear.

[51:49] >> They were st back to you.

[51:52] Our next questionomes from

[51:55] higabove. Are can go ahd

[51:58] and ask your queson.

[52:04] > So I was wonderinghat are

[52:06] eople doing to stop ug use?

[52:14] >> And students.

[52:18] >> That rn into council

[52:21] number have been onhis.

[52:22] >> Sure. Soe know this is

[52:23] also a complex issuand there

[52:25] are elevated levelsf drug

[52:28] us especially post cov.

[52:29] A lot kids are

[52:32] self-medicang and we know

[52:34] that that can haveragic

[52:36] results. And we alsonow that

[52:38] we have to address e

[52:38] nderlying issues thalead to

[52:42] udents turning to drs in

[52:43] the first place a that does

[52:45] connect back to ment health

[52:46] and making se that we have

[52:47] apppriate support servis in

[52:49] placfor students that a in

[52:53] need arehat are in crisis.

[52:56] Wealso. Have to do as ch

[53:00] as we can the suppression

[53:01] se and address the pele who

[53:03] areistributing these dgs

[53:03] to our kids. Anthat is a

[53:07] complex issue and h a lot of

[53:07] different layers.Ut it

[53:10] obously is an importanpart

[53:12] of is really complex pule.

[53:14] T we have to also wo on

[53:18] treatmenand students who are

[53:19] experiencing this iue.

[53:20] Ande have been working

[53:21] closely th our partners at

[53:23] the state lel to have more

[53:24] treatment bs available for

[53:27] students who neeaccess to

[53:31] themnd we also encourageur

[53:32] parents to reacout to our

[53:34] Dertment of Health anduman

[53:35] Services and a numbeof

[53:35] nonprot organizations.

[53:38] If they suspe that your

[53:39] stent that their their

[53:40] children a exhibiting these

[53:41] types of beviors and are

[53:44] havinghese types of

[53:45] allenges. There areresources

[53:48] available. Sand if you have

[53:51] friends whore also

[53:53] expiencing challenges,

[53:54] please help suprt them by

[53:57] letting folks knowhat these

[53:59] issues a happening.

[53:59] We turn to councmember look

[54:00] even councilmembecats and

[54:02] en comes first presee or

[54:06] one ofhe one of the

[54:08] exracurricular things get to

[54:09] do here is serve on our

[54:09] criminal Justice Crdinating

[54:11] Commission for theounty and

[54:13] hooff the press this rning.

[54:15] >State's attorney Jhn

[54:16] McCarthy. Let know that the

[54:17] the program, th have the

[54:19] spe up, save a life proam

[54:20] that the ste's attorneys

[54:22] office is rning, which helps

[54:23] ucate people of all es

[54:25] about ryland's good Samarin

[54:27] laws.

[54:32] Because silence kis good

[54:34] Samaritan save lives,

[54:35] received 601 submisons that

[54:37] ver 2000 students coaborated

[54:38] together d sent in this year,

[54:42] 601 suissions and they wer

[54:44] really high qlity

[54:46] a psa annouements that that

[54:48] our students putogether and

[54:52] and the numrs are going down.

[54:53] But I think that the earlier

[54:56] omments and suggestis and

[54:59] saying, hey, hoare students

[55:00] voice be voes being heard

[55:02] your able to be t ambassadors

[55:03] of that inour able to carry

[55:05] that meage and these there

[55:08] wilbe a bunch of these at

[55:09] are turned into acal

[55:12] publiservice I was really

[55:13] proud toear that our student

[55:13] did so ch on this topic.

[55:16] So please kp up the good

[55:19] work.

[55:23] >> Tnk you for the questn.

[55:23] U know, it's not onl

[55:26] sdents that are havinthese

[55:31] types of issues ifor the

[55:32] adult courts. We he drug

[55:33] ourts in Montgomery unty and

[55:35] we also have menl health

[55:38] courts inontgomery County

[55:42] so that someoneho was having

[55:43] issuesthey

[55:46] don't necesrily it means to,

[55:47] you know, th're not

[55:50] necessarily just foyou.

[55:51] Hey're also get intohe adult

[55:55] system. So what we he tried

[55:56] to do is, in ft,

[55:57] lasteek council member Le

[55:59] and were actually a kno

[56:02] ug court graduation ere

[56:05] I believe it wa8 or 9 people

[56:06] who havbeen through that

[56:09] system for r it a year and

[56:11] a half. They wernot

[56:13] incarcerate Some of them

[56:14] started out that ty were in

[56:15] jail onhe courts have said,

[56:18] look, youe got to get

[56:21] yoself a better life. D

[56:22] they have worked wh with the

[56:23] person and theerson is work

[56:25] with the courtsSo this is

[56:28] issue that we need

[56:30] sincerely work goinghroughout

[56:31] life. Andnd I think that

[56:33] event for theental health

[56:35] courts as well. I gto their

[56:37] graduatis and European peopl

[56:41] who ha gotten themselves a

[56:43] isues because of of the a

[56:44] mentahealth problem in th

[56:48] courts e working with them

[56:52] as well. So I encourage every

[56:53] one that haa discussion that

[56:56] day that ty let someone else

[56:59] knows so th we can assist

[57:00] in any way we cannto the

[57:01] llying question. I st want

[57:05] to touch othat for one 0nd,

[57:07] one of the pointsn bullying

[57:08] is theerson that bullies my

[57:10] timeshings. They're being

[57:13] funny ocute and that we as

[57:17] oup, we as a me as society

[57:18] need to l the is the

[57:21] ullying. It's never ght.

[57:21] But we need to t the person

[57:22] who was a bully kn that

[57:23] tt's not funny and th

[57:26] that'sot cute. Thank you

[57:29] >> Thank you. And I so just

[57:30] want todd since there are a

[57:32] number of questionsround

[57:35] safety, subsnce use mental

[57:36] health to let fos know that

[57:41] the county is rking on a new

[57:42] fety initiative. Andnd this

[57:43] is goes across coty

[57:46] partments, includingur

[57:48] Health and Human Svices.

[57:48] The Police partment firing

[57:52] recue recreation. The ates

[57:54] attorneys oice in Mcps and

[57:55] also some oour nonprofits in

[57:57] Montgomery ounty, including

[57:59] I Davey Coaboration, Council

[58:02] and others are partring in

[58:05] this effort and rlly placing

[58:07] that the violencand other

[58:08] safety issues that yng people

[58:09] in our community ae facing

[58:12] in the framework of public

[58:14] health issue. Anand they've

[58:15] been worki on this and I

[58:18] elieve we should be tting

[58:19] a repo from this initiativ

[58:23] very so. Hopefully by the e

[58:25] of the year.Nd it's being led

[58:28] by our county alth Officer,

[58:29] Key should Davis. A so

[58:32] and I just want tlet folks

[58:33] knoall those issues andhe

[58:35] ntersections of th is

[58:36] something that we ke very

[58:38] serisly in the county inur

[58:39] county goverent is looking

[58:39] at both sht-term and

[58:45] long-term ways to adess those

[58:46] issues.Ll right. And

[58:49] counselors els So by a show

[58:49] of hands, how manof you are

[58:52] familiar with the 9. Number?

[58:57] >> Alrigh. Oh, that's gat.

[58:59] Because we're sendg a lot

[58:59] of your pants, taxpayer

[59:02] dollars to the ate to pay

[59:05] for that. A so we want to

[59:05] make surehat you are using

[59:07] that numb and you're telling

[59:09] yourriends about using tt

[59:11] number and that nuer can be

[59:13] ed for any number ofhings.

[59:15] U can use it to rept

[59:17] bullyinyou can use if you

[59:22] just want meone to talk to.

[59:24] An so it's very reliab.

[59:26] And we creed it so that at

[59:27] any mont of the day, wheth

[59:30] in schooare not even adults

[59:33] who use because even aduts

[59:34] get bulli. And sometimes, y

[59:37] know, it's alys people who

[59:39] buy are usually hurt. Ople.

[59:40] And so you nev know what the

[59:41] root causes are.Hat's

[59:45] hapening with that pern.

[59:47] And so even reportg a bully

[59:48] could even save theilife.

[59:50] And sometims people are just

[59:53] jealous ofou. So, you know,

[59:54] makeure you don't intnalize

[59:58] anything thata bully does.

[1:00:00] Hold your head up hi and make

[1:00:02] sure you use thresources that

[1:00:03] are availab to you create.

[1:00:05] Thank you. Soone with the

[1:00:08] number again,, 8, 8, 9, 8, 8,

[1:00:09] y'all got it. Okay

[1:00:10] All right. So showi and

[1:00:11] I'm gonnaet to this part.

[1:00:12] I kind of let erybody out

[1:00:14] over here that wi make it to

[1:00:17] the middle. See all over

[1:00:18] there. So owing hands.

[1:00:19] I just okay. So y're right

[1:00:20] here. Y can stand up and I

[1:00:21] pe this for you ani get to

[1:00:23] e you. I saw you evebody

[1:00:24] thereOkay. Your name and at

[1:00:26] schoolou go to a whole thi

[1:00:28] for you, ok

[1:00:31] >> My names hope grain and I

[1:00:32] go to William Harquhar middle

[1:00:35] Scho and my question is w

[1:00:38] can the couy, how families

[1:00:39] ho are struggling wi that

[1:00:40] wih the cost of housinin

[1:00:43] our areaQuestion. Thank you.

[1:00:47] >> Well, m sure everybody

[1:00:47] wants to jumpn on this one.

[1:00:48] The council is gppling with

[1:00:53] the challenge thawe have in

[1:00:55] ntgomery County withousing.

[1:00:57] We havtaken more efforts or

[1:00:59] the last 6 years. Ts last

[1:01:00] councion this current counl

[1:01:01] than any oth 6 year period in

[1:01:02] histor We're very proud of

[1:01:05] some of th work that we've

[1:01:06] been able to. But we also

[1:01:10] recognize that ere's so much

[1:01:12] more left to beone and it is

[1:01:14] a hu moral challenge fors.

[1:01:15] It's a huge econoc challenge

[1:01:17] for us. We know tt businesses

[1:01:18] can't locathere because their

[1:01:19] employees cat afford to live

[1:01:22] here.E know that resident

[1:01:23] are forgoinbasic needs like

[1:01:27] food and oer things because

[1:01:27] they can't aord to live

[1:01:28] because they're sseverely

[1:01:29] rent You know, thayoung

[1:01:32] pple are choosing to ve in

[1:01:33] other parts ofhe region and

[1:01:35] other parts of e country

[1:01:37] because how expensive it is

[1:01:40] to live Montgomery County.

[1:01:41] We just unched this year, a

[1:01:43] nonprofitreservation fund to

[1:01:45] try to

[1:01:46] Help to keep somof the

[1:01:48] funding thawe are. Some of

[1:01:48] the housinghat we have that

[1:01:50] has be here for a long ime

[1:01:54] that wdon't want to see lo.

[1:01:57] We haven effort, 100 millio

[1:01:58] dollar housg production fund.

[1:01:58] We're tryingo grow new

[1:02:01] housing bill. Do houng were?

[1:02:04] Heari from options, inclung

[1:02:07] from t planning department

[1:02:07] I mentioned

[1:02:10] the planninghe planning

[1:02:12] directorho is here tonight,

[1:02:12] w have made some

[1:02:14] recommendatio of ways that

[1:02:14] we can changthe rules and the

[1:02:17] laws for at type of housing

[1:02:18] can be located anwhat parts

[1:02:20] the community to cate more

[1:02:23] tions and more oppounities

[1:02:27] for more residents.Nd we have

[1:02:28] focused quite ait on rent or

[1:02:29] issues which hiorically have

[1:02:30] not been focuseon nearly

[1:02:32] enough at the stateevel.

[1:02:33] And the unty level, there's

[1:02:35] rent stalization law that wa

[1:02:38] cently passed. We'veeen

[1:02:39] fundi at significant leve.

[1:02:41] The suppo that we're

[1:02:42] oviding to our rent

[1:02:46] recrting is now 40% of t

[1:02:49] counties populion. So we're

[1:02:50] doing a lot. And yewe all

[1:02:51] regnize that we're notdoing

[1:02:51] ve appreciative that t

[1:02:54] state lel the governor for

[1:02:55] the fst time is focusingn

[1:02:56] this in a way tt no other

[1:02:58] state administrations really

[1:03:00] focused oit before. But we

[1:03:02] know that it's a allenge for

[1:03:03] you andor your families.

[1:03:04] It's somethg that we're ver

[1:03:05] concerneabout. And I'm sure

[1:03:06] other collagues that want t

[1:03:10] weigh on. Weighn on this as

[1:03:11] s well.

[1:03:11] Let me turn to councmember

[1:03:14] Gls and then council me

[1:03:17] outcome

[1:03:18] >> Hope. Thank y so much for

[1:03:22] that question. U know, when I

[1:03:24] was your age, was living in a

[1:03:27] hoe with a single mom d my

[1:03:30] mom worked jobs.

[1:03:33] Pair mortgageShe work Monday

[1:03:35] throu Thursday. Going fro

[1:03:36] her fit job at about 08:am,

[1:03:38] in t morning to about 5

[1:03:40] o'clock in thefternoon.

[1:03:42] Somimes she came back he

[1:03:42] say hi to me and aop,

[1:03:45] someing in the microwaver

[1:03:46] pu something on the ste and

[1:03:47] theninter second job fro

[1:03:49] about 6'clock to about 8.30

[1:03:52] And'm an only child whwas

[1:03:53] just. And I know that the

[1:03:56] are a t of families that a

[1:03:56] struling as well.

[1:03:59] We had a conversion just in

[1:04:04] thisoom earlier today whe

[1:04:07] wasrought up that the arage

[1:04:09] price of a home, a ngle

[1:04:09] mily home in Montgomy

[1:04:12] Countis now over a millio

[1:04:15] dollars to buy it.

[1:04:19] That's a t of money. And it's

[1:04:22] hard for adultour age to buy

[1:04:23] a home that much.

[1:04:25] And it's a lot ofoney also

[1:04:26] for parents toay rent and pay

[1:04:28] their mortgageecause I know

[1:04:29] th love you and want tkeep

[1:04:29] you d your homes, whethe

[1:04:32] it's a me or townhouse or

[1:04:35] an apartmentSome of these

[1:04:36] issues are noeasy, but we

[1:04:37] are doing the hrd work to try

[1:04:38] to figure it outecause we

[1:04:40] want to make sure th not only

[1:04:43] can your parens afford to keep

[1:04:45] a roof over your ad. But that

[1:04:48] one once you graduate gh

[1:04:52] school, if you go tcollege or

[1:04:52] you go into the rkforce, you

[1:04:52] can be le to afford to live

[1:04:53] in Montgory County, the

[1:04:54] community was ere you grow

[1:04:57] up. So thas the hard work

[1:04:58] that we're ing it's something

[1:05:00] that interes you stay, stay

[1:05:02] in touch with ubecause it is

[1:05:03] difficultIt is hard, but it's

[1:05:03] something have to do.

[1:05:07] So thank you. Hopeor your

[1:05:10] question. Conserve, a.

[1:05:12] >> Thank you souch. You found

[1:05:13] the most complited issue that

[1:05:17] we de with is that and th

[1:05:19] cost of hsing and how we can

[1:05:20] make sure thatveryone that

[1:05:21] the ople who were here c

[1:05:26] stay here. Ourorkforce, our

[1:05:27] yng people can affordo buy

[1:05:31] homesSo for those of you o

[1:05:32] hae started in economi, one

[1:05:33] of the first this that we

[1:05:34] learned in economs is the law

[1:05:37] of supply and demd. So one

[1:05:38] of the things that t reason

[1:05:39] that housing is so hh costs

[1:05:41] are high is because we st

[1:05:45] don't have enou housing.

[1:05:45] So we need create more

[1:05:48] housing of all kin market

[1:05:51] rate housi. So that's one

[1:05:51] the things this as uncil

[1:05:53] prident said, we are ting

[1:05:55] toreate more housingbut

[1:05:57] then we also neeto look at

[1:06:00] housing tt specifically

[1:06:01] affordable f those people in

[1:06:02] our community o MAY not be

[1:06:08] able tofford market rate.

[1:06:09] Ando we're again, we'reoing

[1:06:12] a lot of different ings.

[1:06:12] 1,ne example is we jus

[1:06:16] passed law where every time

[1:06:19] thcounty build a buildg

[1:06:20] like a libraryr rec center.

[1:06:22] We lookt that building to s

[1:06:26] if we can put aordable units

[1:06:28] onthat land. Land is t one

[1:06:29] of t biggest reasons whyur

[1:06:31] housing at cost souch is

[1:06:35] beuse our land is s

[1:06:36] valuable. So ithe county can

[1:06:37] participate d providing the

[1:06:43] land for creing these houses,

[1:06:43] so soe have many, many,

[1:06:47] initiatives.Nd those are just

[1:06:50] few of them. But wenow that

[1:06:53] our economy, our ouworkforce,

[1:06:55] is it going to survi unless

[1:06:58] we can ke

[1:06:59] surthat. And when you g

[1:07:00] graduate from high sool, when

[1:07:03] you t a job when you're ady

[1:07:04] to buy a hoe, you can do it

[1:07:06] in Montgomery CountySo we're

[1:07:07] going to we're gng to try.

[1:07:08] So thank you. Apprecte

[1:07:09] counc about the mentionin

[1:07:11] e county on land bilthat

[1:07:14] we worked as e first bill

[1:07:14] that this new cocil actually

[1:07:15] approved.

[1:07:18] >> Which was grea also wanted

[1:07:19] to acknowlee council vice

[1:07:21] PRESIDENT Start and I worked

[1:07:22] and all council memrs

[1:07:24] suppord what was called th

[1:07:25] fai cta, which helps ples

[1:07:29] of wohip to be able to bud

[1:07:32] housing n there properties

[1:07:32] Weave lots of churchesnd

[1:07:33] synagoes and math mosques d

[1:07:34] otherission-driven

[1:07:35] organizations t that huge

[1:07:36] parking lots a large swaths

[1:07:39] of land and want to ke it

[1:07:40] easier for them tbuild

[1:07:41] hsing, particularly

[1:07:42] affordable housing otheir

[1:07:45] sites and counc Versailles.

[1:07:46] And Ind the whole council

[1:07:49] enhusiastically suppord an

[1:07:49] effort to ke it easier to

[1:07:50] build affordae housing, to

[1:07:53] make the processfaster so that

[1:07:54] e could get these prects

[1:07:55] onli much, much quicker

[1:07:56] becausee know how much

[1:07:58] they're they' needed, that

[1:07:59] at just a few of thexamples

[1:08:02] so many of the thin that

[1:08:03] this counc has been working

[1:08:05] on. And it'one of the main.

[1:08:08] Powers that we he. One of the

[1:08:09] main responsibities that we

[1:08:12] have at the loc level is to

[1:08:14] cus on housing and h we

[1:08:18] reate a community th is

[1:08:18] welcoming for erybody.

[1:08:21] Eat. Thank you so mh.

[1:08:22] See some hands rai for a

[1:08:22] while here and ptest me.

[1:08:23] M making my way. Saw you

[1:08:24] had your hand on theomes

[1:08:25] next. Okay. Yocan stand.

[1:08:27] >> And just walk ot to the

[1:08:30] aisle frome. Okay. That com

[1:08:32] he opera.

[1:08:33] You can me on up to the al

[1:08:34] how you dointonight. Good.

[1:08:35] Ok. Good.

[1:08:37] > All right. I hope is for

[1:08:40] you, ok?

[1:08:40] >> You know, mname is of

[1:08:45] duty. I ven't been part of

[1:08:46] this ogram for about

[1:08:48] 2ears. It's really fu

[1:08:50] And that to te with my

[1:08:54] friend, other pple I have

[1:08:59] booked a cket but end it in

[1:09:03] more. So we the crew

[1:09:06] My queson, my question is

[1:09:09] how can we?

[1:09:14] T more France for spt for

[1:09:16] >> Thank you. Ank you.

[1:09:19] >> ll, let me just say 's

[1:09:20] great to see y all here.

[1:09:23] You're a was my coac I was

[1:09:26] ut at the is County ex

[1:09:27] Cter almost exactly aear

[1:09:29] ago at a wreck expo.Nd I

[1:09:32] learned w to play cricket

[1:09:33] nd got to see a clin up

[1:09:38] clo and personally and w

[1:09:38] how important it wasi want to

[1:09:39] acknowledgeounsel Robert

[1:09:40] Honorsor his work with the

[1:09:42] Sports Comssion. This is an

[1:09:46] aa that we are focusi on on

[1:09:47] howe can expand reeational

[1:09:48] and spts opportunities for

[1:09:49] more of o residents in

[1:09:52] cricket is a perfectxample.

[1:09:53] Pickleball is anoer example

[1:09:56] of sports that we wen't even

[1:09:58] inking about 10 or 1or 20

[1:09:59] years ago in Mogomery County

[1:10:01] and now are somof the fastest

[1:10:02] grong

[1:10:04] most pular sports in our

[1:10:06] community. We are panding

[1:10:06] cricket oppornities and more

[1:10:09] parts of thcounty. We know

[1:10:12] we ne more and it's an

[1:10:16] exple of how we're tryg to

[1:10:17] respond to e growing and

[1:10:18] diverse needof a community

[1:10:20] where have over 200

[1:10:22] languagespoken with her 3rd

[1:10:23] our community are reign

[1:10:26] born and where weeed to make

[1:10:26] se that we have recreional

[1:10:30] oportunities and other

[1:10:31] amenities that ar

[1:10:32] at community membersre

[1:10:35] increasiny demanding and

[1:10:37] asking focounsel Robert s.

[1:10:37] Ll, thank you, Billfor your

[1:10:40] question. I hadhe opportunity

[1:10:40] to be MISTER Aribefore this

[1:10:44] meeting started. A let me

[1:10:45] ju say I was blown awa

[1:10:46] What you have been le to

[1:10:46] bui an established and

[1:10:52] came he from Afghanistan in

[1:10:54] 2020, his joney here was

[1:10:55] exaordinary. And he hataken

[1:10:59] his life lessons ands now

[1:11:00] ing a mentor to the

[1:11:00] incredib boys who are behind

[1:11:04] him and my more who are home

[1:11:05] watchng at home. And dector

[1:11:06] Riley from the wck department

[1:11:08] was telling me worked for

[1:11:10] the wreck dertment as

[1:11:12] starting o as a team works

[1:11:14] dividual and now tak these

[1:11:15] boys on right oand Metro to

[1:11:17] get to their gamesnd

[1:11:19] practices. And so do need

[1:11:20] to do moreo support programs

[1:11:23] like ts. And we're going t

[1:11:24] follow uand have some coffee

[1:11:24] ere are obviously gnt

[1:11:28] prrams that we have wiin

[1:11:28] the county. And I ow you're

[1:11:29] already partnering th the

[1:11:31] recked department rough

[1:11:34] excel. Be on the bl, but we

[1:11:35] have to doore to find

[1:11:36] ograms like this andnvest

[1:11:38] me in them because wenow

[1:11:39] you all are aching

[1:11:40] populations that oer county

[1:11:41] services cannot and know

[1:11:43] h important it is. Thank

[1:11:46] y for that question. Eat.

[1:11:47] Thank you so

[1:11:47] much. This.

[1:11:48] >> The man hadis hand up.

[1:11:50] So go ahead and snd up and

[1:11:50] then wre going to toss

[1:11:51] online. I'm gog to come back

[1:11:53] to the sectionalan not going

[1:11:55] to be all out. Me on out.

[1:11:58] I hopehis for you. Okay.

[1:12:01] Hi. My na is Mohammed and I

[1:12:06] would like to ask u how can

[1:12:07] Inclu other people from her

[1:12:11] countries to make ograms like

[1:12:12] ook in football becse at

[1:12:13] the Pew fiel we play right

[1:12:15] now, our Gei doing especially

[1:12:18] when it rains. Tha you.

[1:12:22] Thank you smuch.

[1:12:23] >> Okay. And wee got was a

[1:12:24] nice comment like ahead and

[1:12:25] stand. I thought youad your

[1:12:27] hand up as wel. Your name and

[1:12:30] your hool and your commen

[1:12:31] or questio

[1:12:34] >> My ne is for the mess I

[1:12:34] high sool. I just have to.

[1:12:36] Howo you plan to stop t

[1:12:37] school to pron pipeline?

[1:12:40] Thank you for thatuestion.

[1:12:43] >> I think that he'sven yeah.

[1:12:47] >> d probably a longer swer

[1:12:48] than have time for tonigt.

[1:12:51] But cncil member is gng to

[1:12:53] try tstart sure. Great,reat

[1:12:53] question.The question was the

[1:12:54] school torison pipeline for

[1:12:56] those who dot know what that

[1:12:59] is That's the.

[1:13:00] >> Over suspension.Xpulsion

[1:13:02] ferral to criminal jtice.

[1:13:08] Law enrcement of students

[1:13:09] and we're trying to srupt and

[1:13:10] a lot of ways some those

[1:13:13] hae been discussed tonht.

[1:13:13] Progrms like team the crt

[1:13:14] likdrug court, like menl

[1:13:19] Health Cou restored of

[1:13:21] justice proamming. These

[1:13:22] ter school and inports

[1:13:22] prgrams, the mental alth

[1:13:25] serces, all of these arways

[1:13:27] that e can try to make ure

[1:13:28] yohave opportunities ttalk

[1:13:29] to usted adults to enga

[1:13:31] with he with each other d

[1:13:35] things that ar productive and

[1:13:36] supporve environments.

[1:13:37] But weo need to change som

[1:13:39] laws to so in Maryland.

[1:13:41] There ha been some law

[1:13:45] chang around. Being able

[1:13:46] prosecutjuveniles and

[1:13:49] lowering in makg sure that

[1:13:50] that a is not know where

[1:13:50] we've got too forward and

[1:13:53] backward on thatAnd now, you

[1:13:54] know, so of us the 5th thin

[1:13:55] that thas not a good thing.

[1:13:56] I on't think that's a od

[1:13:59] thg. So there's a lot

[1:14:00] things we're trng

[1:14:01] to do. And it a very, very

[1:14:05] robust questionAppreciate you

[1:14:05] aski it and happy to llow

[1:14:07] up wh you to talk morabout

[1:14:08] it because it reay touches

[1:14:11] every issue that wdeal with

[1:14:12] housing education, plic

[1:14:15] safy, transportation anthe

[1:14:16] like. So

[1:14:17] good queion.

[1:14:18] >> Gat. Thank you so muc

[1:14:19] This student didave their

[1:14:21] hand up for a wle at and we

[1:14:21] go aheadnd stand your name

[1:14:27] and I hold ts for you, ok?

[1:14:28] Hi, my namis James Batch.

[1:14:32] And I of the od middle School

[1:14:34] and I'm 6 grader

[1:14:38] 2 quesons I have for the

[1:14:39] county counl is that this

[1:14:43] year back in ti this year in

[1:14:45] SEPTEMBER, like ere was a

[1:14:45] schooshooting in Georgia.

[1:14:47] And I'm prty sure that was

[1:14:50] anther one recently.

[1:14:55] >> that swhat are the steps

[1:14:56] bng taken to ensure tt we

[1:14:58] have safe environment r

[1:15:01] all students and anher

[1:15:04] question at I have is that

[1:15:06] sin, you know, and inflion

[1:15:10] due to housing.Lso, what are

[1:15:13] the steptaken? So families

[1:15:15] and people whcan't, you know,

[1:15:16] like aord housing and also

[1:15:19] putting fo on the table like.

[1:15:21] At are some steps th are

[1:15:24] being taken so wean advocate

[1:15:28] for thse who need help.

[1:15:30] >> Well, Jes, you have really

[1:15:34] hit a number oreally serious

[1:15:34] and important qutions.

[1:15:34] I'm glad that uncilmember

[1:15:37] sales, so youould call due

[1:15:38] out of e audience and had

[1:15:43] Jord walk over to you anask

[1:15:45] those questions on hool

[1:15:46] safety at an counsel rookie.

[1:15:48] If you want speak to school

[1:15:51] saety issues that all rning

[1:15:53] to councilmemb cats.

[1:15:57] >> Tha you for your questi.

[1:15:58] Thiss a conversation. I sh

[1:16:04] we didt have to keep havin

[1:16:05] As mom. In my professial

[1:16:09] world. It's one I sh we were

[1:16:12] still havg

[1:16:15] hat being said, you ow, I

[1:16:15] think we are deang with

[1:16:18] tuations to now whe we have

[1:16:19] more firearms prese.

[1:16:21] Throughout our cmunities,

[1:16:21] even in Maryld, which is a

[1:16:24] state that fairlrestrictive.

[1:16:29] Rules r for accessing

[1:16:30] firearms. Anso on.

[1:16:32] Whetr it's through the

[1:16:34] govnment or whether it'

[1:16:35] through other ornizations

[1:16:36] ike Moms Demand Acti and

[1:16:39] Erytown for Gun Safetwho

[1:16:41] help educate ople who own

[1:16:45] gu on safe storage of em to

[1:16:46] keep them out othe hands of

[1:16:49] children. And that incredibly

[1:16:50] important. Th type of

[1:16:53] education about saffirearm

[1:16:57] seat storage andse it.

[1:16:58] And know that there are s

[1:17:01] beetalked about using mal

[1:17:02] tectors in some of r

[1:17:04] schls in a pilot. And Inow

[1:17:05] at that was somethinthat

[1:17:09] thschool board needs tto

[1:17:10] work th and they are

[1:17:11] talking about at's we don't

[1:17:15] do that here. Tt's not our

[1:17:16] prince. That's not ourole.

[1:17:16] Butt's something that I

[1:17:21] certainlsupportive of.

[1:17:22] If it helps makehe job easier

[1:17:24] for our scol employees and

[1:17:26] or our families and r our

[1:17:26] students thelp maintain that

[1:17:29] safe schoolnvironment.

[1:17:31] Thank u.

[1:17:34] Thank y for the question.

[1:17:35] And and I think Doct Taylor,

[1:17:37] e of the first thinghe did

[1:17:40] once he got here

[1:17:41] >> Was he me a very wise

[1:17:42] choice tohoose. Former police

[1:17:46] chief Marc Jones to be in

[1:17:47] charge of safety forour

[1:17:50] hools. We we certaiy all of

[1:17:53] us know Cef Jones are.

[1:17:54] An he there again, is ing to

[1:17:57] need se time to figure out

[1:17:59] what's the bestolution,

[1:18:01] whether it's wheer it's a

[1:18:04] metal deteors or whatever.

[1:18:06] But the bottom linis just

[1:18:09] ke the expression. Iyou see

[1:18:13] somethg, say something, if

[1:18:14] you know thatomeone has

[1:18:16] something thats going to be

[1:18:19] harmingou or themselves or

[1:18:22] others, her students, please

[1:18:24] lead and d't know

[1:18:25] immiately. You earn younot

[1:18:29] sniting on somebody, youe

[1:18:30] actuay saving someone.

[1:18:32] O we thank you. We tnk

[1:18:33] Doctor Taylor for apinting

[1:18:36] Chf Jones. Thank you. Ank

[1:18:39] you. Guys. Wersales?

[1:18:41] So thank you for th

[1:18:43] question. It seems le you've

[1:18:44] been tuning in the news

[1:18:48] because inflation waone of

[1:18:51] the buzzrds that has been

[1:18:52] used over the last ar or so

[1:18:55] ch to talk about a nge of

[1:18:56] issueswhether it's inflati

[1:19:00] on how expsive are groceries

[1:19:00] are, howxpensive gas prices

[1:19:04] are.

[1:19:05] >> And we a.

[1:19:09] >> And eally bracing ourlves

[1:19:13] for the new admnistration that

[1:19:13] wiltake office in Janua.

[1:19:16] So, you know, withhe holidays

[1:19:18] coming up, I ink all of us

[1:19:20] are going to takadvantage

[1:19:23] othat time with our filies

[1:19:24] and brace for the unown.

[1:19:26] And 's not really the unown

[1:19:29] because wve seen this

[1:19:30] administration befe. But here

[1:19:31] at the local lel, we know

[1:19:34] tht we're already faci a

[1:19:36] really tight budget

[1:19:37] constraints. Ando we're

[1:19:39] hoping that inflatn will go

[1:19:40] down. 're hoping that, you

[1:19:43] know, famies can afford to

[1:19:46] tae care of themselvesnd

[1:19:47] make sure that Chrimas and

[1:19:51] the holidays are sti as

[1:19:53] joys as possible. But Ihink

[1:19:56] we're all going be mindful

[1:20:01] of spending ov the next

[1:20:03] few monthsAnd and also paying

[1:20:05] close attentioto helping out

[1:20:05] arou the house as well.

[1:20:09] We're goi to have to help our

[1:20:12] parents tell. Anand I'm sure

[1:20:13] your parts are going

[1:20:15] to be thinking abo savings

[1:20:16] d being more mindfulo

[1:20:19] prepe because there'so much

[1:20:21] certainty. So much known.

[1:20:23] But over theext few months,

[1:20:25] we'rgoing to do all thate

[1:20:27] can he to ensure that all

[1:20:29] of the safety n programs that

[1:20:33] a lotf our cash strapped

[1:20:34] families are dending on

[1:20:35] programs like foodinsecurity,

[1:20:38] the snap pgram. So that our

[1:20:44] fd, insecure familiesave

[1:20:45] access to althy foods.

[1:20:45] Also medical assisnce.

[1:20:48] We wt to make sure tha you

[1:20:51] castill access any mical

[1:20:52] attention that youeed,

[1:20:54] whetr you have insurancer

[1:20:56] not. That's why weave

[1:20:57] clinics. Anwe also want to

[1:21:01] eure that if you can'pay

[1:21:03] youutilities, that thers

[1:21:05] emergency resourc with our

[1:21:07] emergency ility assistance

[1:21:09] programWhen you can't make

[1:21:11] en you can't pay the rt.

[1:21:13] We also have ergency rental

[1:21:15] assisnce programs. And so

[1:21:18] the countis doing everything

[1:21:19] we can. But we arstill

[1:21:20] dependent upon e federal

[1:21:25] vernment to provide with

[1:21:27] the resoues and also the

[1:21:29] state to prove resources to

[1:21:31] help this multi-billn dollar

[1:21:32] budget. And so we'reaking

[1:21:34] care of er a million

[1:21:36] sidents here in thisounty.

[1:21:39] And so y can only imagine

[1:21:41] how challengi it can be, but

[1:21:45] I'm so glad you arehinking

[1:21:46] abouit. But don't worry.

[1:21:47] We are dng everything we can

[1:21:52] you don't have to rry

[1:21:53] about that. And m sure.

[1:21:54] Your pants are really proud

[1:21:56] tha you're already thking

[1:21:56] about those that ll issues

[1:21:58] that we're going toave to

[1:21:59] tackl So thank you for th

[1:22:01] question. Gat. Thank you so

[1:22:02] much f that answer. We'r

[1:22:04] gonna he to go online reall

[1:22:05] st. We have over 200tudents

[1:22:06] zoom. Summertime. Ing to

[1:22:08] ta to 2 per one questi will

[1:22:09] come

[1:22:10] back here

[1:22:11] >> In-person pusit you.

[1:22:14] All right. Thankou. So our

[1:22:16] next question comefrom

[1:22:17] Brianna. Let's ll me,

[1:22:18] Branna. I of these c go

[1:22:18] ahe. If you want to asa

[1:22:20] questi live to Kansas City

[1:22:23] >> Hi, my na is Brandon.

[1:22:27] That only I am c, c student.

[1:22:29] I'm a junior a my question

[1:22:31] what changes will made to

[1:22:34] the scho curriculum after th

[1:22:35] electn results and will

[1:22:37] previous band materials such

[1:22:37] as book class material and

[1:22:38] topics.

[1:22:40] >> Become lited and band.

[1:22:45] >Well, I think all of

[1:22:47] policy standpoint wld say

[1:22:48] that we wou prefer that books

[1:22:52] t be banned in our plic

[1:22:56] schools and that ucation

[1:22:56] allow forf diversity of

[1:22:56] viewpoints to be sred and

[1:22:58] exposure toe had. Having said

[1:23:00] that under state aw, this kind

[1:23:01] council has no ro in the

[1:23:02] rriculum that is fothe

[1:23:05] boa of Education. So I'glad

[1:23:07] that our board of ucation

[1:23:08] members are here d tuning in

[1:23:08] and the superintennt is here

[1:23:10] will yield to him a them to

[1:23:13] makthose.

[1:23:15] >> Weighty

[1:23:16] disions. But know thawe

[1:23:19] have song views here. But r

[1:23:21] views are and no dierent than

[1:23:23] any other views anybody else

[1:23:23] and the community bause are

[1:23:27] ere not decisions th we

[1:23:30] ca directly make? Thosare

[1:23:30] decisions for the ard of

[1:23:31] Edation. Customers aren a

[1:23:32] notust to grip with the

[1:23:33] speaking the board and the

[1:23:33] superintendet. A lot.

[1:23:36] >> We're not goi to make any

[1:23:38] changes that areoing on.

[1:23:39] Ownplay hurt or harmur

[1:23:40] diverse comnity here in

[1:23:42] Motgomery County. Ihink I

[1:23:43] speak fothe board and

[1:23:44] perintendent having d those

[1:23:47] conversions in the last wee

[1:23:47] but we don't ntrol that here.

[1:23:50] The curricum is controlled

[1:23:52] by the schooboard, but rest

[1:23:52] sured the election inot

[1:23:55] goi to change what we vue

[1:23:56] here Montgomery County.

[1:23:57] Yes, y said before we're n

[1:23:58] gonna li What is said and

[1:24:02] done in Washgton impact what

[1:24:03] we do, at we value and most

[1:24:09] importany, who we value here

[1:24:09] in Montgomery CountyVery

[1:24:10] quicy and

[1:24:12] >> just just becausehere were

[1:24:14] so many thin happening even

[1:24:15] prior to this, thisost recent

[1:24:16] eltion, the state did ss a

[1:24:19] law st year called the

[1:24:22] freedom to reac That creates

[1:24:26] a state licy for school

[1:24:26] librars and media programs

[1:24:27] And it was designeto prevent

[1:24:29] the typeof censorship and

[1:24:32] andhings that you areorried

[1:24:33] out in. So that didass

[1:24:35] durg the 2024 state

[1:24:36] legislativeession and it went

[1:24:36] into effectSorry, I'm

[1:24:37] scrolling for the da because

[1:24:40] don't have a long thr eyes.

[1:24:43] I try try.

[1:24:45] >> think

[1:24:46] effective an emergency

[1:24:47] measure. We, there you go.

[1:24:50] Wh went faster than noal?

[1:24:51] So that is inlace for

[1:24:56] ryland and nothing t

[1:24:56] federal government ds can

[1:24:57] uo that. There you go

[1:24:58] I very iefly council bank

[1:25:00] just nted to know and kinof

[1:25:01] th same bucket that habeen

[1:25:01] said Montgomery County.

[1:25:02] Diversi is one of our

[1:25:03] greatest strengt. We know

[1:25:05] that our values areot going

[1:25:06] to be shiftg.

[1:25:06] >> 've seen in the pastur

[1:25:08] coun police do not and wl

[1:25:09] not enfor federal immigration

[1:25:10] law.

[1:25:11] >> They do t and will not

[1:25:13] inquire abt immigration

[1:25:14] status. Myland has very

[1:25:15] strong protectivlaws

[1:25:16] regding gender affirmin

[1:25:19] health ce, abortion and othe

[1:25:19] productive health re.

[1:25:20] Ands in the past, execuve

[1:25:22] orderare not going to chae

[1:25:24] the way thaour county workers

[1:25:25] interact with e public or how

[1:25:27] we prode social services.

[1:25:30] And I just wanto make sure we

[1:25:31] put a fine pot on that.

[1:25:32] Great. Thk you so much.

[1:25:33] I disee a hand that was re.

[1:25:34] She literally hader hand up

[1:25:38] the whole time. So jt and

[1:25:38] Kylie step ouhere.

[1:25:41] >I hope this for yo Your

[1:25:42] na and what school youo

[1:25:43] to, o My name is to close

[1:25:43] their minds and I go to

[1:25:46] Eastern Middle Schl on I 6

[1:25:48] good.

[1:25:49] >> For school over the

[1:25:50] queson, my life and theany

[1:25:52] was all differenfor every

[1:25:55] singleack and because they

[1:25:56] have lower incomereas and

[1:25:58] they havworse means. I was

[1:25:59] wondering if yocan do

[1:26:03] anything to make e schools

[1:26:04] ith lower income havthe same

[1:26:05] menu as the hools with higher

[1:26:10] income or like yesfor them

[1:26:13] not to say manyof

[1:26:14] so Nick hadhen it would like

[1:26:15] all schoolshat had like this

[1:26:17] a menu regaless of their

[1:26:21] incom

[1:26:22] >> Cars were I can cme in and

[1:26:25] s that it is my underanding

[1:26:26] that all schoolhave do have

[1:26:27] theame menu. It's onlinfor

[1:26:29] elementary, mide and high.

[1:26:33] Now, thadoesn't mean you le

[1:26:33] everying on the menu beuse

[1:26:36] I know I get at from my kids.

[1:26:36] But if u are seeing some

[1:26:37] difference d quality and

[1:26:38] different schoo, you should

[1:26:40] let your princip know and let

[1:26:41] usnow. But I've visitethe

[1:26:43] facity, have seen the gd

[1:26:45] people that

[1:26:47] Comparthe food and many of

[1:26:47] us have. Sohat is

[1:26:50] stdardized the matter ere

[1:26:51] u are in the county.

[1:26:52] And whe you live shouldot

[1:26:56] have impact on what food

[1:26:56] you can access.

[1:26:57] >> That is eecially true in

[1:26:57] our public schls. But that is

[1:27:00] true across t board. And we

[1:27:03] work very, very hd to make

[1:27:04] sure thathat is the case.

[1:27:05] >>Great. Thank you. Lk,

[1:27:07] guys, at actually conclude

[1:27:07] the questionwe have this

[1:27:09] evening. But you gs can still

[1:27:10] send se questions and get

[1:27:13] feedbacfrom the council

[1:27:14] members. Thankor joining

[1:27:14] noaa. Put up slides th the

[1:27:18] formation on how tget U.S.

[1:27:21] S ours ss l hours. I t

[1:27:27] ready for e ssl hours.

[1:27:28] Okay. So the udents will have

[1:27:30] until 0500pm tomorrow to

[1:27:31] compte the ss l reflecti,

[1:27:34] Google orm not going to ts

[1:27:37] it back toouncil PRESIDENT

[1:27:38] For eat-in for cling remark.

[1:27:39] All right says I'the only

[1:27:40] rson standing betweeyou and

[1:27:42] l hours. I will be ief and

[1:27:43] just thank y for such a

[1:27:44] thoughtful, engizing, an

[1:27:46] uplifting convertion. You

[1:27:47] give us he.

[1:27:47] >> For wt the future looks

[1:27:51] like as chalnging as current

[1:27:52] moments mig seem. We're very

[1:27:53] prouof you are very excid

[1:27:55] to be part of the fure that

[1:27:56] you are leang us through.

[1:27:57] >Thank you. Superinteent

[1:28:00] Tayr to our Board of

[1:28:02] Educaon members, too.

[1:28:03] Director Riley f being here.

[1:28:06] Thank you. To our rthday

[1:28:09] smiled membe

[1:28:15] >> We apprecie You're joining

[1:28:16] utoday. Stick around r If

[1:28:17] you need, ere's a table out

[1:28:19] front. Let know if you have

[1:28:20] any questions.

[1:28:22] >> Please st in touch with

[1:28:22] . Please stay in toh with

[1:28:24] yoor board of educatio

[1:28:28] mbers and the superiendent

[1:28:29] and mcps us traitors.

[1:28:30] And before we ave, I want

[1:28:35] tsay a special. Thankou

[1:28:38] to the rents and the role

[1:28:39] modelsnd the mentors and t

[1:28:40] chaperones and othe who have

[1:28:42] joined us tonightYou are such

[1:28:45] important part of t people

[1:28:46] who are herend all of our

[1:28:48] lives and oucommunity.

[1:28:50] And we want to thankou for

[1:28:51] really uplifng our young

[1:28:53] people each d every day and

[1:28:55] for inspiring the So thank

[1:28:57] you. Our young peop for

[1:28:57] insping us. Thank you to r

[1:28:59] parts and our mentors f

[1:29:05] inspirinthem. And let me.

[1:29:07] Let me ke sure

[1:29:08] mission there in theack are

[1:29:11] e forms if you neethem.

[1:29:11] So make sure y.

[1:29:12] >> Yousee that you see t

[1:29:15] forms ithe back for your ss

[1:29:18] hos and let us know iyou

[1:29:19] have any questions. Rst, if

[1:29:22] ou're in person. So you're

[1:29:25] zoom, you should ha of

[1:29:26] a grhic that showing up at

[1:29:26] helps you address urs.

[1:29:30] If u're here in perso there

[1:29:30] is a form in t back. Don't

[1:29:31] leave here withouyour form.

[1:29:34] And if I heard thinstructions

[1:29:36] earlier.

[1:29:38] Find it safely tonit and

[1:29:39] turn in first thing tomoow

[1:29:40] becausthat is thform that

[1:29:42] you get to in ordero get your

[1:29:43] hours. Thank you fojoining

[1:29:46] tonight. Thank you r

[1:29:47] everything that

[1:29:49] you do the sa work hard and

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