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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good wanting, good morning, and welcome we want.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's time now for our community connection right

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<v Speaker 1>here on K one, the one you try stand today.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going back to school.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got Chuck McCauley, Blair Ellis here from Bartlesville Public

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<v Speaker 1>Schools and the bartins Will Public Schools Foundation.

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<v Speaker 2>How are we doing, kids, We're doing great. Tom off

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<v Speaker 2>to a great start. Well, that is wonderful.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I heard everything went along and just swimming

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<v Speaker 1>lee here for the first week and uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>freshman of course, trying to find a class.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know that's freshman. That happens in every school,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway, I understand that, you know, everything just bouncing

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<v Speaker 1>along like it should.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we we've really off to a good start, and

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<v Speaker 2>I know, I really want to commend our just our

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<v Speaker 2>leadership at our schools. We have really good experience site principles.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh you know, our our maintenance department Caleb Rowinstein, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and our transportation Travis Slashbrook, who's new to us, but

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<v Speaker 2>he knew previously. He was an assistant from before us

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<v Speaker 2>for years and had been to Canne Valley High School

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<v Speaker 2>principal and you know, Athletic Director of Thad dill Beck,

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<v Speaker 2>And like I said, all of our site principals really

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<v Speaker 2>just good people that really care. They work hard. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>stuff happens every day. I mean I'll just talking to

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<v Speaker 2>a yeahs, you got sixty two hundred kids and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>over four hundred teachers and three hundred staff. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot going on, but they really are just

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<v Speaker 2>here to serve and so it really helps for helps

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<v Speaker 2>us just back the day to day great and it's

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<v Speaker 2>really off to a good start. Probably the thing that

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<v Speaker 2>the one thing that's the biggest difference for us this

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<v Speaker 2>year has been that all of our kids can eat

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<v Speaker 2>for free breakfast and lunch. And it's really does my

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<v Speaker 2>heart well to see it the first three days of

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<v Speaker 2>school compared to the first three days of school last year.

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<v Speaker 2>Our our child Anutrition department, Kimberly Carter, who also does

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<v Speaker 2>a great job for us, they have on the lunch side,

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<v Speaker 2>we had we ate two thousands, seven hundred and ninety

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<v Speaker 2>four more lunches than we did the previous year the

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<v Speaker 2>first three days, and then over seven hundred more breakfast

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<v Speaker 2>than we did. So you know, that just tells to

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<v Speaker 2>me tells me that, you know, our kids are more

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<v Speaker 2>kids needed to eat. I mean, they weren't getting access

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<v Speaker 2>to that too, So that's really a good thing. I know.

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<v Speaker 2>I was on a I did a little podcast with

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Tucker yesterday. He does our internships at the high

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<v Speaker 2>school counselor and Anthony was one of our students and

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<v Speaker 2>matter of fact, I had him when I was in

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<v Speaker 2>high school principle, and he talked about, you know, he

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<v Speaker 2>was a kid that qualified for free RENEWSD lunch and

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<v Speaker 2>kind of the stigma that comes along with that and

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<v Speaker 2>how that just gone and so so now that all

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<v Speaker 2>the kids have access to the to the food, so

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<v Speaker 2>we're really excited about that. That's one of the biggest

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<v Speaker 2>changes that we've had. And then of course we were

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<v Speaker 2>into a you know, facility wise, you know, construction wise,

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<v Speaker 2>we've been working on facilitating our growth, and we moved

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<v Speaker 2>into that Wayside School, which has been great really command

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<v Speaker 2>Manhattan Construction, our architect and all of our team of course,

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<v Speaker 2>our staff on making all of that happen. So we're

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<v Speaker 2>using that facility. Wayside was one that where we were

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<v Speaker 2>on our class sizes. We were because of the number

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<v Speaker 2>of kids that were there, we were out of space,

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<v Speaker 2>and so therefore our teacher student ratio wasn't what we

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<v Speaker 2>wanted it to be, so we were hiring like extra

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<v Speaker 2>teacher assistance and things to be in there. But now

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<v Speaker 2>that we have space, we added three with about the

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<v Speaker 2>same enrollment, actually a few less kids this year at

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<v Speaker 2>the Wayside, and then we added three additional grade level

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<v Speaker 2>teachers this year, so that just enables us to spread

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<v Speaker 2>those classes out, and so their teacher student ratio is

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<v Speaker 2>dropped by almost three kids per teacher. So yeah, there

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<v Speaker 2>are class sizes. Which is our overall elementary district class size,

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<v Speaker 2>so from pre k to fifth grade, our average class

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<v Speaker 2>size is twenty one. So that's we've been working hard

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<v Speaker 2>at that and so and that doesn't conclude like our

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<v Speaker 2>specials or counselors or any of those kind of things too.

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<v Speaker 2>That's just our grade level class sizes. So really proud

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<v Speaker 2>to do that. Glad we've been able to do that out.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate everyone's flexibility. On overt Wayside, we still have

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we're using that facility, but you know, we're

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<v Speaker 2>still finishing up the playground out front, and then we've

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<v Speaker 2>you know, just so happened. Someone's building a house right

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<v Speaker 2>next to the school that they've started to site. I

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<v Speaker 2>guess the poor concrete this week which created some other

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<v Speaker 2>issues for us, but we're just working through it. So

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<v Speaker 2>but that's that's kind of the price of progress. Ranch Heights,

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<v Speaker 2>that construction project is underway. We'll be doing the same thing,

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<v Speaker 2>same thing over there, and we're gonna open up in

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<v Speaker 2>August of twenty twenty five. And then of course, you

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<v Speaker 2>know our agriculture facility or ag facility, we're gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>an open house on Sunday, September fifteenth at two o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>So Sunday, September fifteenth, at two o'clock, we'll be there

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<v Speaker 2>for an hour. We'll have a you know, we'll have

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<v Speaker 2>a little say, a couple of words, and mainly just

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<v Speaker 2>want people to come in and see it and take

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<v Speaker 2>tours see the facility. It's really amazing. I know Blair's

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<v Speaker 2>foundation board we met in there last week and they're

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<v Speaker 2>able to take a sneak peek at it. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of the it's really a world class facility.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the indoor arena, classroom spaces, a commercial kitchen,

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<v Speaker 2>a vet vet place, a couple of barns, one of

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<v Speaker 2>which is air conditioned, you know, and then the two

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<v Speaker 2>largest greenhouses of any school in the state of Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's really a great facility. So glad our kids

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<v Speaker 2>are going to get to use it. And we've got

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<v Speaker 2>the great leadership there as well, you know, with Marty

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<v Speaker 2>Jones and his team. So that's a fun, fun thing.

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<v Speaker 2>We encourage people to come. I know a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people asked about that, so it's a great opportunity to

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<v Speaker 2>come see it, like on that Sunday, September fifteenth. And

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<v Speaker 2>then I also wanted to mention something new. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>we added a construction class at the high school and

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<v Speaker 2>kind of how that enrollment shook out. We have over

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<v Speaker 2>ninety kids enroll enrolled in that class kind of spread

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<v Speaker 2>out throughout the day and it's on campus at the

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<v Speaker 2>high school. Doug Boudreau is teaching that course for us,

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<v Speaker 2>and so we're pleased to be able to offer that

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<v Speaker 2>to our to our kids. I could really think there's

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<v Speaker 2>a need there no matter what you're going to do.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good that's some good skills to learn. And

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<v Speaker 2>we've they've been focusing a lot on safety right now,

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<v Speaker 2>but they will be building things this year, so we're

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<v Speaker 2>we're excited about that as well. And they also wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to mention at our board meeting this week. Two things. One,

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<v Speaker 2>we recognize some students, you know, Tom, which you've seen

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<v Speaker 2>us do that before, which is always fun. Our Technology

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<v Speaker 2>Student Association have had a tremendous, tremendous year. Probably shouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>try this by their name to say, Jonathan Laie, Andrew

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<v Speaker 2>pan Addie Koonts. Let's see Isabelle Thorson. I think that's right. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's true. Yes, I think I got them all to

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<v Speaker 2>and uh and I'm forgetting one more, but it'll come

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<v Speaker 2>to me here in just a just a minute. There's

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<v Speaker 2>a fifth and I'm forgetting. But anyway that we were

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<v Speaker 2>able to recognize them and Lollie Williams, she's the teacher

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<v Speaker 2>for their work. They went to the national convention, the

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<v Speaker 2>Technology Student Association convention last week where they were all

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<v Speaker 2>all on stage and and and recognized and they were

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<v Speaker 2>considered a group of them were considered a national champion

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<v Speaker 2>and their tour and a couple of them did did

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<v Speaker 2>some things on their own as well. And then lastly

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<v Speaker 2>at our board meeting, Carstad Proctor. That's it. I knew.

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<v Speaker 2>Aunt to me, I could think of that kid's name

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<v Speaker 2>driving me crazy. Yeah, Margo's grandmother's gonna kill me if

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<v Speaker 2>I can't get that right. So anyway, I also just

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to mention that we are. We talked in our

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<v Speaker 2>board meeting. We had a discussion item related to a

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<v Speaker 2>book that we're doing a book study on. It's called

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<v Speaker 2>The Anxious Generation, and we are. I talked about it

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<v Speaker 2>at our State of the Schools, We've talked about it

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<v Speaker 2>at our Back to School rally. I talked to both

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<v Speaker 2>rotary groups about it this last couple of weeks as

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<v Speaker 2>well as our Best Friday Forum. And really what it is,

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<v Speaker 2>It's a book. Jane Sears, a former colleague of mine,

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<v Speaker 2>recommended it to me. I read it this summer and

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<v Speaker 2>and quickly realizes that something that I needed to we

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<v Speaker 2>needed to dig deeper into. And we're talking about you know,

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<v Speaker 2>cell phone use and social media and the impact that

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<v Speaker 2>it's having on our kid really the impact that it's

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<v Speaker 2>having on all of us, because it's something that obviously

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<v Speaker 2>that has changed over the years in terms of what

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<v Speaker 2>a cell phone the capability can do, as well as

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<v Speaker 2>you know, social media also has changed, you know, going

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<v Speaker 2>from something where maybe initially, you know, it's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>nice to be able to see what your high school

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<v Speaker 2>friends did, or to kind of keep keep track of

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<v Speaker 2>some first day of school picks, where now the impact

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<v Speaker 2>that's having on our children and it's not good, and

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<v Speaker 2>so we can do better. And so I know that

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<v Speaker 2>Andy Saltzman's doing a community book study, She's hosting a

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<v Speaker 2>couple at the Eatery next month. But because it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be something that not only you know, school we're

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<v Speaker 2>a big part of it, but you know, our parents,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I think government, tech companies as well. It's

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<v Speaker 2>something that we all need to be talking about. And

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<v Speaker 2>because I think we can do better for our kids,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. And some of the recommendations that came out

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<v Speaker 2>from the book, and I'll just share them here for

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<v Speaker 2>people to be thinking about. One is, you know, kids,

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<v Speaker 2>there's really no reason for them to have a smartphone

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<v Speaker 2>before they're in high school. Two be no social media

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<v Speaker 2>before you're sixteen years old. Third one would be no

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<v Speaker 2>access to a phone while you're in school, which obviously

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<v Speaker 2>that falls on our end, and we're talking about different

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<v Speaker 2>options there. And then four is just some more child

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<v Speaker 2>and independence and thinking about those things and thinking about

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<v Speaker 2>how kids are growing out now and how easy it

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<v Speaker 2>is to not interact with others, how easy it is

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<v Speaker 2>to you know, to stay in your bedroom and play

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<v Speaker 2>video games, and if you don't like something, you can

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<v Speaker 2>easily unfriend somebody or not interact with them or and

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<v Speaker 2>it's really I feel like we've got a generation of folks,

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<v Speaker 2>and not just kids, I'm talking about adults as well. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that they have really lost the ability to be present

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<v Speaker 2>and so people are really thinking about other things about

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<v Speaker 2>what's going on in the social media world, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's not great and a lot of times that's

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<v Speaker 2>not positive. So anyway, we talked about that, we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be continue to talking about that the school board level.

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<v Speaker 2>All of our administrative team. We're doing a book study

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<v Speaker 2>on it, uh and we're looking at making some recommendations

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<v Speaker 2>as something that I think that we need to It's

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's one of the biggest challenges that we

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<v Speaker 2>have as a society, and I think we can do

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<v Speaker 2>better and I know that we can do better here

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<v Speaker 2>in so anyway, I just wanted to share those things

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I was going to say, I know from my

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<v Speaker 3>and they're much stricter than he says they were even

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<v Speaker 3>last year. So I think it's already having an impact.

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<v Speaker 1>Blair congratulations, stated the schools.

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<v Speaker 3>I hear it was another spec It was wonderful, and

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<v Speaker 3>we think Nathan did a great job writing an article

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<v Speaker 3>kind of summarizing it for anybody who could not be there.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, it's really become one of our most important fundraisers.

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<v Speaker 3>I think we're probably going to bring in close to

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<v Speaker 3>fifty thousand dollars at that event, which is great for

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<v Speaker 3>us at the end of the day, but it's about

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<v Speaker 3>so much more. If you're there, you can see it's

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<v Speaker 3>just about community engagement and getting everybody on the same page.

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<v Speaker 3>Hearing from our superintendent thinking through at the beginning of

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<v Speaker 3>the year ways that they can get more involved, whether

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<v Speaker 3>it's hosting interns or volunteering it. Just when you leave,

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<v Speaker 3>you can just tell the energy is great. Everybody is

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<v Speaker 3>ready to start the school year as a community. So

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<v Speaker 3>we're just grateful that we have the opportunity to host

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<v Speaker 3>an event like that for Bartlesville.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, I understanding from what Nathan said. It was just packed,

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<v Speaker 1>and I remember being there for a couple of times myself.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like, well, there's a sea of humanity, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Know, and I always feel bad for the people in

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<v Speaker 3>the same time, I'm thrilled that we're all in there together. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So there's a lot of great networking and communication that

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<v Speaker 2>What else is going on with the Foundation, Well, we are.

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<v Speaker 3>Bruins on the Run. That's our after school running and

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<v Speaker 3>mentoring program for fifth graders where they run after school

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<v Speaker 3>with their teacher mentors. It's a completely free program, completely

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<v Speaker 3>optional for our fifth graders. We're looking at right now

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<v Speaker 3>the numbers. Today's the deadline to apply and we have

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<v Speaker 3>I think about eighty kids signed up, but I'm expecting

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<v Speaker 3>some more to come in. So we'll probably be about

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<v Speaker 3>one hundred fifth graders again this year. And they start

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<v Speaker 3>running next week, so it's a quick turnaround. They'll get

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<v Speaker 3>out on the path and around their schools running with

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<v Speaker 3>their teachers next week. We've got some great volunteer doctors

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<v Speaker 3>Go Paul, Doctor Kyle Craig, and doctor high Tower are

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<v Speaker 3>going to come in and do some sports physicals for

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<v Speaker 3>and then we're gonna be doing some shoe fits, getting

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<v Speaker 3>them brand new shoes. So next week's a really busy

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<v Speaker 3>week for that program. But the program usually ends with

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<v Speaker 3>the Wool of Rock eight K. This year that falls

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<v Speaker 3>over fall break, so that doesn't work out really well

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<v Speaker 3>for our kids and our teachers and then our Bartlesvill

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<v Speaker 3>Public School staff. So we are hosting our own brewin

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<v Speaker 3>eight K and fun run October twelfth. So that's what

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<v Speaker 3>we're gearing up for now. Is this new eight K

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<v Speaker 3>that we're starting, probably going to start an end over

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<v Speaker 3>at Madison Middle School, but it's going to be something

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<v Speaker 3>the whole community can participate in. We're going to try

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<v Speaker 3>to highlight a lot of our teams, our SROs, our

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<v Speaker 3>school nurses, and then our superintendent is of course going

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<v Speaker 3>to sponsor that for us. Do you want to talk

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<v Speaker 3>about your sponsorship for your staff?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Sure, So I sponsored at a level so that

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<v Speaker 2>our staff can just pay for the cost of their shirt.

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<v Speaker 2>Jeff and I started that several years ago, and we

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<v Speaker 2>typically we've had between one hundred and seventy and two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and twenty staff, and I'm hopeful that this year

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<v Speaker 2>we'll even have more, just because of it's here in town.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Wilrock's a great race, but it's a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a challenge to get to early enough before

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<v Speaker 2>the gate before the gate closed. It so really excited

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<v Speaker 2>about it. Then the last year, you know they started that,

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<v Speaker 2>I beat the superintendent race, which I didn't really think

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<v Speaker 2>much about at the time, but I ran into a

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<v Speaker 2>kid yesterday. I was at band practice or maybe that

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<v Speaker 2>was Monday morning, and he came up to me and said, so,

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<v Speaker 2>do you remember me. I said, no, you have to

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<v Speaker 2>help me with your name, you know. He says, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I beat you last year, and you.

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<v Speaker 3>Clearly Yeah. So any any student or staff actually that

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<v Speaker 3>beats our superintendent and they ca gets I beat the

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<v Speaker 3>super t shirt. So we'll do that again next year because.

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<v Speaker 2>That's yeah, really for me, it's just for our staff.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to encourage them to take care of themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a great it's a great opportunity to you know,

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<v Speaker 2>when the school year starts. It's a good chance to

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<v Speaker 2>kind of change some habits because it's easy to have

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<v Speaker 2>some different habits during the summertime. So I really want

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<v Speaker 2>them to invest in themselves so that they can invest

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<v Speaker 2>in others, which is great.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, healthy minds, healthy bodies, healthy attitudes and good

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<v Speaker 1>luck on everything sounds think, you know, everything's positive here.

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<v Speaker 2>But this challenge with the cell phones you got to

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<v Speaker 2>work cut out for you, Well, we do. That's going

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<v Speaker 2>to I think that's going to be a work in

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<v Speaker 2>progress across the world for years. I mean, it's really

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<v Speaker 2>I mean when you look and I encourage people it's

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<v Speaker 2>called the Anxious generation, uh folks out there to read

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<v Speaker 2>it because there's some data that really kind of hurts

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<v Speaker 2>your heart a little bit. I don't think there's anything

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<v Speaker 2>in there that surprised you, but surprised me. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>when you think about the number of kids that we have,

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<v Speaker 2>and just overall thinking about our you know, our adolescence

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<v Speaker 2>and the rate of self harm, how much that's improved,

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<v Speaker 2>how much that has gone, how much that has gotten

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<v Speaker 2>worse since from twenty ten to twenty twenty has tripled.

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<v Speaker 2>And thinking about our boys, how much many of them

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<v Speaker 2>are withdrawing from things and really kind of a failure

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<v Speaker 2>to launch. You know, think about the more and more

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<v Speaker 2>think about you know, I can think of growing up,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, when to get your driver's license, for example.

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<v Speaker 2>People would I mean that happened on the first chance

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<v Speaker 2>you could.

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<v Speaker 3>You're chomping at the brand for that.

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<v Speaker 2>You look at averages now and it's it's later and later.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, people are those kids are just kind of

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<v Speaker 2>less willing to do that. I mean, so it's and

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's all goes together. So yeah, so thank

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<v Speaker 2>you Tom. We're going to continue to talk about it

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<v Speaker 2>and strive to do better.

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<v Speaker 1>And keep those kids running. That's a great program. I

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<v Speaker 1>had nothing but positives to stop the buy. It really

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<v Speaker 1>is alrighty and we can find out more about that

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<v Speaker 1>in case you missed the deadline.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, just by going to the website.

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<v Speaker 3>You can ye bpsfoundation dot org and you can also

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<v Speaker 3>just google brewing eight k and it's the top hit

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<v Speaker 3>right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, whenever I see them, the kids doing

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<v Speaker 1>their thing, that's about the happiest bunch of youngsters.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's like I'm outside.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's good for their teachers.

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<v Speaker 1>Good well, thank you very much for dropping. But I

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate it as always. Folks, you've been watching and listening

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<v Speaker 1>to our community connection