[I. Welcome– Catalina Flores-Rau, SHAC Chair]
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THERE YOU GO. OKAY. HELLO, EVERYBODY. ARE WE READY TO GET STARTED? WE HAVE A SMALL GROUP TODAY BECAUSE THE STUDENTS AREN'T HERE. IT'S JUST WILD NOT HAVING THEM IN HERE. ALL RIGHT.
WELCOME, EVERYBODY. THIS IS THE FORT BEND ISD MEETING, AND IT'S AN OPEN MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND OR VIEW THE TIME IS 1208 ON OCTOBER THE 16TH. AND THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER. NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND AT THE FORT BEND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS. THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED AND MEETING MINUTES WILL BE POSTED TO THE FORT BEND ISD WEBPAGE WITHIN TEN DAYS. IF WE HAVE THE ATTENDANCE OF QUORUM, WILL WE BE ASKING FOR? WE WILL BE ASKING FOR VOTES. WE ASK THAT AT THIS TIME.
EVERYBODY SILENCE YOUR PHONE AND PLEASE HOLD COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL AFTER THE EACH PRESENTER IS DONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT. I TOTALLY APPRECIATE IT. I HOPE EVERYBODY IS ENJOYING. WELL, FIRST WE ENJOYED OUR FALL BREAK AND THEN ENJOYING THIS ACTUAL FALL DAY FOR AS LONG AS IT LASTS. ALL RIGHT. SO MY NAME IS CATALINA AND I'LL JUST OPEN UP THE MEETING. WE HAVE A MINDFUL MOMENT THAT WE WANTED TO OPEN UP THE MEETING WITH. AND IT'S WITH RAISINS. SO YOU GUYS DON'T MIND. I'M GOING TO HAVE EACH OF YOU TAKE A RAISIN AND PASS IT DOWN.
EVERYBODY GETS ONE OR ANYTHING. DON'T EAT IT YET. AND JUST LOOKING AT THE RAISIN. WHY DID YOU GET ALL THE RAIN? OKAY, ALL THE RAISINS. OH, AND ACTUALLY, I NEED A REASON TO. OKAY, SO FOR THIS MINDFULNESS MOMENT, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR RAISIN AND JUST LOOK AT THE WAY THE RAISIN LOOKS, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY OBSERVE THE RAISIN FOR WHAT IT IS. YOU CAN KIND OF FOCUS ON THE WRINKLES, FOCUS ON HOW THE LIGHT KIND OF COMES THROUGH IT. ANYTHING THAT YOU KIND OF WANT TO OBSERVE ABOUT IT, THEN MAYBE EXPLORE THE TEXTURE OF THE RAISIN AND HOW IT FEELS, HOW IT'S SQUISHY OR SOFT. THESE ARE RELATIVELY NEW RAISINS. THEY'RE NOT RAISINS THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING IN MY CUPBOARD FOR LIKE TWO YEARS, SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A FEEL TO THEM. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE ASKING, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS WEIRD EXERCISE AND HOW IS IT EVER GOING TO HELP YOU? MAYBE, LIKE, SMELL IT, SMELL RAISINS, SEE HOW IT SMELLS? YOU CAN ACTUALLY LISTEN TO IT IF YOU WANT. PUT IT UP TO YOUR EAR AND LISTEN TO WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE SQUISHING IT AGAIN. IT'S NOT CRUNCHY LIKE MY OTHER RAISINS. USUALLY ARE. AND THEN IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CHEW ON YOUR RAISIN, KIND OF PUT IT IN YOUR MOUTH, MAYBE ROLL IT AROUND, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE TASTING LIKE A WINE TASTING. WHO KNOWS? AND CHEW THE OBJECT, CHEW IT. AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE READY TO SWALLOW IT, KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT IT, THINK ABOUT HOW IT TASTES. HERE'S A. MOMENT WITH THE REASON YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT. IT'S EXCITING.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF TAKE IT ALL IN. AND I GUESS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS MINDFULNESS MOMENT IS JUST TO TAKE A MOMENT AND REALLY OBSERVE THE THINGS THAT ARE AROUND YOU.
YOU ONLY EAT RAISINS REALLY QUICKLY IF YOU PUT THEM IN LIKE RAISIN BRAN. OH MY GOSH, YOU'RE EATING SO MANY RAISINS ALL AT ONCE, BUT IT'S JUST TRYING TO GET IN. IN THE PRACTICE OF LIKE THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THE ACT OF EATING, THE ACT OF BEING PRESENT AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKE A MOMENT TO NOTICE THE THINGS AROUND YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S MY MINDFULNESS MOMENT. FIRST ONE I'VE EVER LED. I HOPE THAT WAS OKAY. LET'S SEE. AND I HOPE EVERYBODY GOT A COPY OF OUR AGENDA. IT'S OVER THERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, JUST DO THIS. WE'VE GOT WE'RE COLLECTING FOOD FOR SHARED DREAMS. ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT SHARED DREAMS, IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION. WE HELP OUT STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. AND SO FOR TODAY, WE WERE KIND OF FOCUSING ON FOOD. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LIKE ARE, YOU KNOW, LIKE CANNED FOOD, THINGS THAT ARE REALLY NONPERISHABLE. I BROUGHT SOME CHIPS, BUT I'M SURE THAT THEY DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY NEED THOSE, BUT THEY LOVE TO HAVE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY AND CANS OF MEAT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO BRING ANYTHING, MAYBE IS IT OKAY IF I LEAVE THIS BIN HERE FOR A DAY AND THEN I'LL COME BY AND PICK
[II. Presentations]
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IT UP? WELL, WE'LL FIND OUT. WE'LL DISCUSS THAT. OKAY, COOL. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR TODAY WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE LESLIE MORRISON HERE TO DISCUSS. BE SMART. AND WE'RE FOCUSING TODAY ON GUN SAFETY AND GUN STORAGE. AND SO THE OTHER AWESOME SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE IS BART ROSE BREWER. AND HE'S GOING TO DISCUSS WHAT OUR DISTRICT DOES WITH RESPECT TO THAT AND WHAT WHAT LEGISLATION, CURRENT LEGISLATION IS DICTATING THAT WE DO AS A WHOLE, AS A DISTRICT.AND THEN I'LL FINISH OFF WITH A GUN SAFETY SURVEY THAT WE DID WITH OUR WELLNESS COALITION KIDDOS, SINCE THEY'RE NOT HERE AND LAURIE'S DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THEM, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE THEM, UTILIZE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THEIR OPINIONS FROM OUR LAST MEETING. I FEEL LIKE WE HAD KIND OF A CLOSED, A CLOSED CIRCLE MOMENT WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD SOMETHING TO GIVE BACK. SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTINUE THAT. SO WE'LL REVIEW THE SURVEY AND THEN WE'LL GO ON TO OUR ADMINISTRATION STUFF. SO ANYWAY, WITH NO FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE LESLIE MORRISON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AM I RUNNING MY SLIDES HERE? YES YOU ARE. OH, I'LL JUST THERE WE GO. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY.
WELL, NOT OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK. IT DOESN'T QUITE LOOK THE WAY THE WAY I LIKE, BUT SO BE SMART IS A PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY. AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS AND ADULTS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT GUN SAFETY ALL HAVE THE EDUCATION REQUIRED.
MY NAME IS LESLIE MORRISON. I HAVE BEEN A VOLUNTEER WITH THE BE SMART FOR KIDS CAMPAIGN FOR FIVE YEARS. I GAVE MY FIRST SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL PRESENTATION VIRTUALLY IN THE SPRING OF 2021. SO SOME OF YOU I LOOK FAMILIAR TO ME. I HAVE THREE TEENS, TWO FRESHMEN. MY DAUGHTERS ARE FRESHMEN. MY SON IS A SENIOR, AND THIS PROGRAM MEANS A LOT TO ME. I'M ALSO A SCOUTMASTER TO A TROOP HERE IN SUGAR LAND OF 44 GIRLS. WE HAVE DONE RIFLE, MERIT BADGE TRAINING, SHOTGUN MERIT BADGE TRAINING, THINGS THAT OFTENTIMES WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SAFE STORAGE, THE NEED TO SECURELY STORE FIREARMS, I'LL HEAR PARENTS SAY, OH, BUT MY KIDS HAVE BEEN TRAINED. MY KIDS KNOW BETTER. WE KNOW DIFFERENTLY. WE. SO WE WILL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW, SMART IS AN ACRONYM THAT STANDS FOR SECURE MODEL, ASK, RECOGNIZE, AND TELL. I PUT POSTCARDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ANYTIME WE'VE TABLED IN FORT BEND ISD SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL TABLE. WE HAVE STICKERS, BOOKMARKS, YOU KNOW, BOOKMARKS, STICKERS, GUN LOCKS THAT WE GIVE OUT, BUT ALSO MATERIAL THAT YOU CAN GO HOME AND CHECK IT OUT. BE SMART FOR KIDS .ORG, THE WEBSITE. WE HAVE 20 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, SO IT'S NOT JUST ENGLISH AND SPANISH LIKE ON THE POSTCARDS THAT I HANDED OUT HERE. SO YOU DEFINITELY CAN CAN TALK ABOUT BE SMART AND MANY LANGUAGES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SO WE THIS IS WHERE I DON'T KNOW WHY MY SLIDES ARE NOT QUITE RIGHT, BUT WE ALL WANT KIDS TO GROW UP HAPPY AND HEALTHY. WE EACH HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO PROTECT OUR HOMES, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE A GUN IN OUR HOME IF WE CAN PREVENT EVEN ONE CHILD GUN DEATH OR INJURY. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO HERE. ONE THING THAT I WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR BE SMART DOES NOT TALK ABOUT POLICIES. WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT LEGISLATION. THERE'S NOTHING POLITICAL AT ALL WITH BE SMART FOR KIDS. WE DON'T WE DON'T GO THERE. SO WE SET THAT ASIDE. OKAY, I'M EXCUSE ME, I'M GOING TO SCROLL THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE THIS IS IT'S NOT THE RIGHT ORDER, WHICH IS VERY STRANGE, BUT IT'S NUMBERED CORRECTLY. WELL, I NORMALLY HAVE A SLIDE. THAT TALKS ABOUT SUICIDE AND WE HAVE NUMBERS. I THINK TOWARDS THE END I ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN. SO BREAKING THE SILENCE AROUND SUICIDE, THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT AGAIN, I THINK IT WILL BE AT THE BOTTOM. I'M JUST GOING TO SCROLL THROUGH OKAY. SO THESE RESOURCES RIGHT HERE. SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO YOU FEEL LIKE IS A RISK TO THEMSELVES, YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LINE. NOW YOU KNOW, 988. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING. THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF SUICIDE PREVENTION WORKED FOR
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YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A NUMBER, THAT IF SOMEONE WAS AT RISK EITHER THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE ELSE, THEY COULD HAVE NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT TO CONTACT SOMEONE IMMEDIATELY AND GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. SAME THING WITH THE TREVOR THE TREVOR PROJECT. NO. YOU'RE OKAY. NO, IT SHOULDN'T BE YOU. YEAH, I THAT IS SO BANANAS. SO I'LL JUST GO UP TO HERE AGAIN. IT'S A HEARTBREAKING FACT THAT IN THE US, FIREARMS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN.THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. NEARLY 2200 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 ARE KILLED WITH GUNS EVERY YEAR. AN AVERAGE OF SIX CHILDREN EVERY DAY. WHEN CHILDREN ARE KILLED WITH GUNS, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE DEATHS NEARLY 60%, ARE HOMICIDES. THAT'S NEARLY 1300 CHILDREN PER YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, MORE THAN 700 CHILDREN DIE BY FIREARM SUICIDE EACH YEAR, AND MORE THAN 110 ARE UNINTENTIONALLY SHOT AND KILLED. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN PREVENT TRAGEDIES LIKE THAT. A SHOCKING 4.6 MILLION CHILDREN LIVE IN THE US WITH IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH AT LEAST ONE LOADED UNLOCKED GUN. WHILE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND MASS SHOOTINGS TYPICALLY MAKE NATIONAL HEADLINES, ALMOST ALL UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTING DEATHS OCCUR IN THE HOME, AND THE SECRET SERVICE FOUND THAT THREE QUARTERS OF SCHOOL SHOOTERS ACQUIRED THEIR FIREARM FROM THE HOME OF A PARENT OR A CLOSE RELATIVE, SO THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL ISSUE, AND WE MAY COME FROM VERY DIFFERENT POLITICAL LIVES. AGAIN, NOT THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS THAT WITH BE SMART. AND MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE HAD PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH FIREARMS. I'VE LOST THREE PEOPLE TO SUICIDE WITH A FIREARM. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I VERY AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT. FOR THAT PARTICULAR REASON, WE BELIEVE THAT MOST GUN OWNERS WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS. SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ALL OF US GUN OWNERS AND NON-GUN OWNERS ALIKE, CAN DO TO MAKE SURE CHILDREN AND TEENS DO NOT HAVE UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO FIREARMS. WE CAN ALL TAKE ACTION IN OUR HOMES AND OUR COMMUNITIES TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE. SO EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GUN IN YOUR HOME OR IF YOU DO AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALREADY PRACTICING SECURE GUN STORAGE, WHAT CAN YOU DO RIGHT NOW? TOGETHER, WE CAN LEARN TO BE SMART. SO SECURE. THE S STANDS FOR SECURE YOUR GUNS IN YOUR HOMES AND YOUR VEHICLES. WE HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT GUNS BEING STOLEN OUT OF VEHICLES. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE SAFES FOR. I WILL SHOW YOU AN IMAGE OF IN JUST A MINUTE. SO IT'S NOT JUST IN YOUR HOME. 13 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE GUN, AND THE MAJORITY OF CHILDREN IN GUN OWNING HOUSEHOLDS ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE THE GUN IS STORED. SO WHAT DO I MEAN BY SECURING GUNS? A GUN SHOULD ALWAYS BE STORED SECURELY, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE INACCESSIBLE TO KIDS AND MAKE SURE CHILDREN ARE NEVER IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNSECURED GUN. REMEMBER, HIDING A GUN IS NOT SECURING A GUN. WE'VE DONE A LOT WITH LIKE FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SEVERAL PRECINCTS HERE IN FORT BEND, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT ONE'S BEEN A VERY SURPRISING, SURPRISING THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP WHERE A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY'RE FINALLY GETTING BETTER AT ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT THEY ALSO HAVE TO SECURELY STORE THEIR FIREARM IN A HOME. THERE'S JUST BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
MY KIDS KNOW BETTER. THIS IS A POLICE, YOU KNOW, HANDGUN LIKE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TOUCH. BUT WE KNOW THAT AN UNSECURED FIREARM NO MATTER WHAT, CAN CAUSE HARM. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING SURE EVERY TIME WE'RE TABLING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHAT SECURE ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE. OKAY. SO WHEN WE GET TO SECURE STORAGE. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, LOCKING UP GUNS DOES NOT PREVENT OWNERS FROM READILY ACCESSING THEIR GUNS.
THERE'S A COMMON MYTH THAT STORAGE DEVICES NEGATE THE SELF-DEFENSE PURPOSE OF OWNING A GUN BY PUTTING TIME CONSUMING BARRIERS BETWEEN THE GUN OWNER AND THEIR MEANS OF DEFENSE. THE REALITY IS THAT THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS FOR SECURE GUN STORAGE THAT PROVIDE OWNERS WITH ACCESS TO GUNS IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, WHILE STILL PREVENTING ACCESS BY CHILDREN AND PEOPLE AT RISK OF HARMING THEMSELVES. ONE STUDY FOUND THAT YOUNG CHILDREN, WHO GO THROUGH A WEEK LONG SAFETY TRAINING ARE JUST AS LIKELY AS CHILDREN WITH NO TRAINING TO APPROACH OR PLAY WITH A HANDGUN WHEN THEY FIND ONE. SO, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WITH SCOUTS, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING THAT GOES INTO EARNING YOUR RIFLE MERIT BADGE, YOUR YOUR SHOTGUN MERIT BADGE. JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED AGAIN DOES NOT MEAN I MEAN MY THREE CHILDREN HAVE ALL BEEN TRAINED. THEY ALL HAVE THOSE MERIT BADGES. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE FIREARMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR HOUSE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT FULL SIZE GUN SAFES, LOCK BOXES, THE CONSOLE ONE FOR A VEHICLE, YES, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE SMALL AND THE ARGUMENT CAN BE YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BE RIPPED OUT, THEY CAN BE PICKED UP AND STOLEN OR TAKEN, BUT THEY'RE PREVENTING YOUR CHILD FROM GAINING ACCESS TO THEM REGULARLY. IN THE NEWS, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT A KID GETTING A GUN
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OUT OF THE GLOVE BOX OF A CAR. AND YOU HAVE UNINSURED, UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT WAY. SO THESE ARE A FEW OF THE SAFES. WHEN WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, THE CABLE LOCKS THAT YOU SEE, THOSE ARE THE MOST BASIC. SO AS IT SAYS ON THERE, THEY MAY BE DISMANTLED WITH MINIMAL TOOLS AND SKILLS. SO NOT AS EFFECTIVE WITH OLDER CHILDREN AND TEENS. SO THEY ARE A VERY BASIC WHAT WE ARE HANDING OUT. SHERIFF FAGIN WITH FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ALWAYS STOCKING US UP WITH WITH THESE CABLE LOCKS. SO THEY'RE GREAT. BUT AGAIN, TO A LIMIT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT OLDER, YOU NEED TO INVEST IN IN SOMETHING LIKE THE LOCK BOX, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE THERE OR DEPENDING ON THE GUN SIZES, A FULL SIZE GUN SAFE. SO MODELING RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR MEANS THAT SMART ADULTS MAKE SURE KIDS DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS GUNS. THAT SAID, YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE ENVIRONMENT YOUR CHILD IS IN ALL THE TIME, SO YOU SHOULD TEACH THEM NOT TO TOUCH A GUN IF THEY COME ACROSS ONE REAL OR PRETEND AND GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO GET OUT OF A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND TO ALERT AN ADULT. AS AN ADULT, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TO BEGIN WITH. WE ALSO HAVE A HANDOUT ON BEST PRACTICES FOR TALKING TO CHILDREN AND TEENS ABOUT GUNS. AS WE MENTIONED, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 4.6 MILLION US CHILDREN LIVING IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH AT LEAST ONE LOADED UNLOCKED GUN. THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO ASK ABOUT FIREARMS AND OTHER HOMES THAT YOUR CHILDREN VISIT. THAT'S THE A IN SMART FOR THE PARENTS AND CARETAKERS IN THE ROOM. WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU ASK ABOUT? LIKE IF YOU'RE IF YOUR CHILD'S BEEN INVITED TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU ASK THE PARENTS THAT YOU ASK THE PARENTS OF THOSE THAT YOUR KIDS GOING TO GO TO ANYONE? DO WE HAVE FOOD ALLERGIES? DOGS ARE A POOL, TRAMPOLINE. THOSE ARE VERY BIG.THE POOL ONE, THE POOL ONE'S A BIG ONE. THE POOL ONE. CHIEF MADDIE PROVOST SAID YEARS AGO THAT SHE WAS LIKE HER WITH HER CHILD NOT BEING ABLE TO SWIM. SHE'S LIKE, I IT IT DIDN'T DAWN ON HER UNTIL AFTER THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, HER KID WENT OVER TO A HOUSE THAT HAD A POOL AND, YOU KNOW, SHE WENT TO PICK HIM UP AND HE'S RUNNING AROUND A POOL AND IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I DIDN'T THINK TO SAY, LIKE, MY SON CAN'T SWIM. SO THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ASKING. RIGHT. SO POTENTIAL ALLERGENS, PETS IN THE HOME POOLS ON THE PROPERTY, CAR SEATS FOR RIDES. RIGHT. IF YOU HAVE A YOUNGER CHILD THAT NEEDS TO STILL BE IN A CAR SEAT, WHO WILL BE HOME FOR THE PLAY DATE, RIGHT? WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE? TV, SCREEN TIME, ALCOHOL ACCESS.
SO ASKING ABOUT UNSECURED GUNS IN OTHER HOMES IS REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN YOU FIRST START. WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING IT, I THOUGHT, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FEEL LIKE I'M JUDGING THEM. FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT'S HELPFUL BECAUSE I CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FIREARMS IN THE HOME. THEY ARE SECURELY STORED. HOW DO YOU STORE YOURS? AND SOME PEOPLE WILL JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE FIREARMS IN THE HOME? BUT ONE THING WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SOMEONE FEEL DEFENSIVE. THEY'RE GOING TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE JUDGING THEM.
IF THEY DO HAVE A FIREARM IN THE HOME. I TELL PEOPLE, JUST ASSUME THAT EVERYONE DOES. AND IF YOU JUST SAY, HEY, HOW DO YOU SECURE YOUR FIREARMS? IT WILL MAKE IT FEEL LESS OF A JUDGMENT AND YOU'RE JUST BASICALLY WANTING TO OPEN THIS CONVERSATION. SO IT NEEDS TO BE PART AND A LOT OF PEDIATRICIANS ARE REALLY STARTING TO ASK ABOUT FIREARMS IN THE HOME. THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TEENS HAVE NO ACCESS TO THEM RIGHT HERE. TEXTING IS GOING TO BE THE EASIEST WAY, ESPECIALLY TO START, AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T KNOW SOMEONE VERY WELL.
SOME OF THESE TEXT MESSAGES BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT PARENTS MIGHT OVERHEAR. THERE'S ONE THIS CORAL COLOR, ONE THAT IS THE SECOND TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT. SO A KID IN JEROME'S CLASS GOT CAUGHT WITH A GUN IN HIS BACKPACK. OH, NO. WAS EVERYONE OKAY? YES. THANKFULLY, EVERYONE IS SAFE. HE'S IN A LOT OF TROUBLE, THOUGH. A KID TOOK IT FROM HIS GRANDMA'S NIGHTSTAND. SHE KEPT IT IN HER NIGHTSTAND. IS WHAT THIS CONVERSATION IS. THIS IS WHY EVERYONE SHOULD LOCK UP THEIR GUNS. AND I WILL SAY SO. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS, AND TWO YEARS AGO, ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS, SHE WAS MOVING. HER FATHER PASSED AWAY, AND SHE WAS HELPING HER MOM PACK UP THE HOUSE BECAUSE SHE WAS GOING TO BE DOWNSIZING. AND SHE FOUND IN THE COFFEE TABLE IN THE LIVING ROOM A LOADED HANDGUN. SO IN A DRAWER IN THE COFFEE TABLE. SO MY FRIEND HAS TWO CHILDREN. SHE HAS SEVEN NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SO HER TWO BROTHERS ALSO HAVE HAVE KIDS FOR YEARS, ALL OF THESE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN RUNNING AROUND PLAYING IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH A LOCKED HAND OR NOT A LOCKED A LOADED HANDGUN IN THE COFFEE TABLE IN THE LIVING ROOM. AND SHE WAS MORTIFIED. SHE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SHE'S LIKE, I
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KNOW THAT YOU'VE EVEN BEEN DOING THIS. AND I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT LIKE, THIS IS SO GREAT, AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE ASKING. AND I NEVER THOUGHT TO EVEN ASK MY PARENTS. SO ASK YOUR PARENTS, ASK YOUR EX-HUSBANDS. AND EX-WIVES. ASK YOU KNOW, EVERYONE THAT YOUR KID GOES TO ASK, JUST HOW DO YOU STORE YOUR FIREARMS? I JUST, YOU HEAR ABOUT UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTINGS. I WILL OFTEN WHEN I'M WHEN I'M TABLING IN THE COMMUNITY, I'LL BRING UP THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW, IF YOUR KID IS BEING BULLIED, IF YOUR KID SOMEONE, THEY JUST BROKE UP, RIGHT? THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING THAT FEELS LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD. IF THEY KNOW DAD HAS A LOADED HANDGUN IN HIS NIGHTSTAND, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY FOUND ACCESS? YOU KNOW, TO THAT? LIKE, CAN YOU IMAGINE THE GUILT YOU WOULD LIVE WITH? I THINK IT'S JUST. AND NOT TO MAKE IT FEEL PERSONAL, BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE THINK ABOUT REGULARLY FOR SURE. SO THIS RECOGNIZING THE ROLE OF GUNS IN SUICIDE. MOST PEOPLE WHO ATTEMPT SUICIDE DO NOT DIE UNLESS THEY USE A GUN. 90% OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS WITH A GUN RESULT IN DEATH, A MUCH HIGHER FATALITY RATE THAN ANY OTHER MEANS OF SELF HARM. THIS CONTRIBUTES TO THE FACT THAT 41% OF CHILDREN, CHILD SUICIDE INVOLVES A GUN. ONE THING WITH THAT IS ANOTHER FRIEND, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE MORE YOU PAY ATTENTION TO ALL OF THIS AND WHEN YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS, PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU THINGS THAT OTHERWISE I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD THINK TO ANOTHER FRIEND PROBABLY THREE YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT, HER TEENAGE DAUGHTER LOOKED SO SHE'S HER AND HER HUSBAND ARE RETIRED MILITARY AND HER DAUGHTER KNEW THEY HAD GUNS. BUT AND BUT THEY WERE THANK GOODNESS THEY WERE SECURELY STORED. BUT SHE WAS GOING ALL THROUGH THEIR ROOM THINKING THAT THEY MUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOADED HANDGUN SOMEWHERE TO TRY TO END HER LIFE. SHE WOUND UP USING PILLS INSTEAD, AND THEY FOUND HER AND GOT HER THE HELP THAT SHE NEEDED. BUT SHE VERY HONESTLY SAID, I MEAN, SHE WOULD HAVE USED THAT GUN IF SHE HAD BEEN ABLE TO FIND A HANDGUN IN THEIR HOME. SHE WOULD, OR A GUN IN THEIR HOME. SHE WOULD HAVE USED IT ON HERSELF TO END HER LIFE. THANKFULLY, THEY GOT HER THE HELP THAT SHE NEEDED. SHE'S NOW ON HER SOPHOMORE YEAR OF COLLEGE LIKE SO. THIS IS ONE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE THEM LOCKED UP, NOT JUST FOR IT'S NOT JUST TO PREVENT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, IT'S TO PREVENT SELF HARM. RIGHT. LIKE THAT'S ONE OF THOSE WE JUST NEED TO TAKE IT VERY, VERY SERIOUS AS OUR CHILDREN GET OLDER, YOU MAY NEED TO CONSIDER TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT YOUR STORAGE METHODS. LIKE I REFERRED TO EARLIER, THOSE CABLE LOCKS VERY, VERY BASIC. IF YOU'VE BEEN USING A SIMPLE CABLE LOCK, YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT GETTING A GUN SAFE. WE ALL KNOW HOW CURIOUS CHILDREN CAN BE, SO AS THEY GET OLDER AND MORE RESOURCEFUL, YOU WILL NEED TO ACT ACCORDINGLY. ALSO, IF YOU KNOW YOUR LOVED ONE IS IN DISTRESS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER TEMPORARILY REMOVING A GUN FROM YOUR HOME. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT? IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT FIREARM SUICIDE IS UNIQUELY LETHAL. 90% OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS USING A GUN END IN DEATH, AND THAT HALF OF SUICIDES IN THE US ARE GUN SUICIDES. SO 70% OF PEOPLE WHO SURVIVE A SUICIDE ATTEMPT WILL NEVER ATTEMPT SUICIDE AGAIN. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, LIKE THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF SUICIDE PREVENTION, TALKS ABOUT. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DO NOT ATTEMPT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO THAT PUTS UP A ROADBLOCK TO PREVENT THEM FROM HARMING THEMSELVES IS A STEP THAT WE CAN TAKE. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A WOMAN AT MY CHURCH A FEW YEARS AGO. SHE CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, I KNOW YOU DO GUN STUFF, WHICH SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT I DO, BUT APPARENTLY I DO GUN STUFF. SO THE APARTMENT NEXT TO HER HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO AND SHE WAS LIKE, I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO BUY A FIREARM FOR SELF-PROTECTION, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT PART OF BE SMART, BUT BUT IT IS IMPORTANT. BUT SHE SAID, I THINK I NEED TO BUY A FIREARM, YOU KNOW, TO PROTECT MYSELF. AND I KNEW THAT THE PREVIOUS YEAR SHE'D HAD A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. SHE'D BEEN STRUGGLING A LOT WITH, WITH DEPRESSION. AND I JUST STRAIGHT UP ASKED HER. I SAID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD A HANDGUN LAST YEAR, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD HAVE USED IT TO HARM YOURSELF? AND SHE STARTED CRYING RIGHT THERE IN THE CHURCH LOBBY AND WAS LIKE, I CAN'T HAVE A FIREARM. AND THERE ARE JUST CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT YOU JUST THE RISK OF HAVING THAT IT OUTWEIGHS, YOU KNOW, THE PROTECTION THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE. SO, SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW, EVEN WHEN MY HUSBAND HAD CANCER THREE YEARS AGO, I MEAN, CHEMO RADIATION, FENTANYL PATCHES LIKE IT WAS BAD. AND I MEAN, I JUST I WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO FIREARMS IN THE EVENT THAT IT EVER GOT SO SERIOUS. SO PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE THINGS. THAT'S NOT YOU BEING SOME CRAZY HELICOPTER PERSON. IT'S JUST TRYING TO PUT UP SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE. SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT FIREARM SUICIDE IS UNIQUELY LETHAL. IF YOU CONSIDER TEMPORARILY REMOVING A GUN FROM YOUR HOME, HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? AND WHERE CAN YOU BRING IT? SO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY BE WILLING TO TEMPORARILY STORE YOUR GUNS? SOME LICENSED GUN DEALERS OR GUN RANGES MAY ALSO[00:25:05]
BE WILLING TO TEMPORARILY STORE YOUR GUNS, OR YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, ASK A FRIEND OR A FAMILY MEMBER TO MANAGE RISK, THOUGH THAT FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S YOU KNOW, LOCKED UP, RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S NOT YOU'RE NOT JUST GIVING THEM, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF GUNS. SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY LOCK UP THE GUNS AND THEN NOT PROVIDE THE KEY OR THE CODE SO THAT THEY, THEY ALSO, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. AND THAT WOULD BE JUST TO KIND OF COVER YOUR OWN SELF ANYWAY, DEPENDING ON THE LAW IN YOUR STATE, THE PERSON AGREEING TO STORE YOUR GUNS MAY 1ST NEED TO GET A BACKGROUND CHECK AT A GUN DEALER. THAT IS NOT THE CASE IN TEXAS, SO YOU COULD JUST HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE STORE YOUR GUN FOR YOU. MOST PEOPLE WHO ATTEMPT SUICIDE DO NOT DIE. AND I'M GOING TO REITERATE THIS AGAIN UNLESS THEY USE A GUN. 90% OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS WITH A GUN RESULT IN DEATH. A MUCH HIGHER FATALITY RATE THAN ANY OTHER MEANS OF SELF HARM. I DON'T KNOW IF MY SLIDES ARE GOING TO. OH, YAY! OKAY, THAT'S THAT LINES UP.THE NATIONAL YOUTH SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CDC SHOWED THAT 20% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAD SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED ATTEMPTING SUICIDE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, 20%. ONE STUDY SHOWED THAT 41% OF ADOLESCENTS IN GUN OWNING HOUSEHOLDS REPORT HAVING EASY ACCESS TO THE GUNS IN THEIR HOM.
THAT IS, AND THAT IS SOMETHING I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND WHEN TALKING TO PARENTS, AND ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE OLDER KIDS. SO YOU KNOW HOW LIKE THE TABLING GOES, RIGHT AT HEALTH FAIRS AND WHATEVER, PARENT KIDS ARE NORMALLY KIND OF STANDING BACK AND THE PARENTS ARE HERE AND I'LL TALK ABOUT SECURE STORAGE AND, AND LIKE, OH YEAH, BUT NO, LIKE MY KIDS DON'T KNOW WHERE THE GUNS ARE. AND YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE KIDS BE LIKE, HOW ARE YOU? SO KIDS KNOW? I MEAN, THEY'RE SNOOPEY AGAIN, I HAVE THREE CHILDREN. THEY ARE WONDERFUL CHILDREN. BUT I'M SORRY, JUST BECAUSE YOU SAID DON'T TOUCH THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TOUCH THIS.
IF YOU HAVE A HANDGUN AND YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A KID WHO WANTS TO SHOW OFF SOMETHING TO THEIR FRIEND, THAT GUN IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY WANT TO SHOW OFF, RIGHT? THAT JUST FEELS LIKE A COOL THING TO SAY. LOOK WHAT I LOOK. WHAT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO RESEARCH, RESEARCH SHOWS THAT SECURE FIREARM STORAGE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A DECREASED RISK OF FIREARM OF CHILD FIREARM SUICIDE. SO AGAIN THESE CONTACTS HERE. SO TELL I MEAN BASICALLY WE WANT ALL OF YOU TO TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THIS. WE WANT THIS TO BECOME A NORMALIZED CONVERSATION. AVOIDING IT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. TALKING ABOUT SUICIDE IS NOT GOING TO PLANT THE THOUGHT OF SUICIDE IN SOMEONE'S HEAD. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STIGMA AROUND AND A LOT OF SHAME. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE STRUGGLING AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HERE ANYMORE, RIGHT? LIKE WE CAN GET YOU HELP FOR THIS. LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING THE MORE WE CAN TALK ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS, BUT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT BE SMART. SO ALL OF YOU TODAY YOU COULD TEXT THE WORD SMART TO 64433 FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. AND I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK WITH YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT. I KNOW OFTENTIMES WHEN, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T OWN FIREARMS, IT'S JUST NOT ON THEIR RADAR. AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING UNTIL IT PERSONALLY AFFECTS THEM. THEY JUST DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. SO MAKING SURE THEY KNOW, HEY, JUST JUST ASSUME EVERYONE HAS A FIREARM. ASK EVERYONE, HOW DO YOU STORE YOUR FIREARM AND LEAVE IT AT THAT? SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TAKE CARE. I CANNOT GO THAT WAY. ARE YOU ARE YOU OPEN TO ANSWERING QUESTIONS? ARE YOU OPEN? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE? ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE HERE? I'M GOING TO. I THINK I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT. OH, YES, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT AFTE. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MAKE SURE YOU ANSWER MY. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION IN TEXAS. IS IT LEGAL TO HAVE AN UNSECURED GUN IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH A CHILD? IT IS. IT IS NOT OKAY. THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT LITTLE LOOPHOLES, BUT YET YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SECURELY STORE YOUR FIREARM. BUT THE PENALTY FOR IT, THE FEE FOR IT IS SO SMALL. LIKE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. YOUR CHILD HAS FIREARMS. AND IT WAS YOURS. IF THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN MY OPINION THERE SHOULD BE. BUT YES, THERE IS A SO IS THERE IS YOUR GROUP OR ANY GROUP KIND OF LOBBYING FOR GREATER PENALTIES? BE SMART, BE SMART. NOT AT ALL.
NO, WE DON'T WE DON'T TALK. WE DON'T TALK POLITICS. SO WE CAN'T LOBBY. I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A BUT
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BUT WE DEFINITELY WITH SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE LEGISLATION THAT PASSED LAST YEAR, WE DEFINITELY SUPPORT MAKING SURE. SO LIKE LAST AUGUST. SO BE SMART HAS BEEN ON THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL'S WEBSITE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. LAST AUGUST, AFTER THERE WERE SEVERAL INCIDENCES OF GUNS ON CAMPUSES. THERE WAS THE IT WENT OUT EVERY LIKE TO EVERYONE. ALL THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS RECEIVED A MESSAGE ABOUT CHECKING OUT BE SMART FOR KIDS. JUST TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE AND SAY, HEY, WAIT, THIS IS AND I WILL SAY THIS, THIS PARTICULAR CAMPAIGN, THE GOAL IS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WHO FEEL HELPLESS, WHETHER IT IS ABOUT THE LAWS, WHETHER IT IS ABOUT SEEING THESE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, RIGHT. BEING ABLE TO ASK, BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNS OF SUICIDE. BUT YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE DO. SO WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT LOBBYING. NO. BUT DOES ANY GROUP I MEAN, I'M NOT A GUN GUY. AND SO WHAT YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ON MY PERSONAL RADAR, BUT CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH OR INDEED A SUICIDE, WHICH ARE PREVENTABLE. YEAH. SO YOU WANT TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? AND, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY KNOW SOME LEGISLATORS AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS IF THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, NO, THERE ARE NOT MANY, MANY GROUPS WHO ARE FIGHTING TO PASS COMMON SENSE GUN LEGISLATION IN TEXAS AND WHO HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS. IT IS WHETHER IT'S PASSING RAISE THE AGE RIGHT FROM 18 TO 21.THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, LIKE THE UVALDE PARENTS, THAT WAS WHAT THEY BEGGED FOR DURING THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. IT DIDN'T PASS. YOU KNOW, PERMITLESS CARRY BEING SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED. THERE ARE THERE ARE MANY, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN MOMS DEMAND ACTION, BRADY GIFFORDS, THERE ARE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE TRYING TO PASS WHAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WOULD CONSIDER COMMON SENSE GUN LEGISLATION. EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS. SO EVEN LIKE THE WOMAN, THE LAKEWOOD SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS YEAR. THERE WERE MANY THINGS THAT CAME ABOUT. YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT KNEW OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT SHE WAS A THREAT TO HERSELF AND MAKING THREATS TO OTHERS. BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY LAWS ARE IN TEXAS, THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL SHE ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING. SO. SO, YEAH. SO NO, THERE ARE DEFINITELY PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING TO TRY TO PASS LEGISLATION TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, BUT AS FAR AS SECURE STORAGE, I MEAN, ONE THING WE YOU'RE SEEING IN THE NEWS, SOME OF THESE LIKE THE SCHOOL SHOOTERS, THE PARENTS ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. AND SO THAT IS NEW. AND THAT IS THAT IS AS HEARTBREAKING AND AWFUL AS IT IS AT LEAST OTHER PARENTS HOPEFULLY ARE SEEING. OH WAIT, IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY. LIKE THE ONUS IS ON ME TO MAKE SURE MY KID CAN'T ACCESS THIS. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG THING. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, SO YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH A PARENT BEFORE YOUR KID GOES OVER TO THEIR HOUSE. BUT HOW DOES THAT CONVERSATION END UP IF THEY DO SAY, YEAH, I DO HAVE ONE. I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE IT STORED CORRECTLY. SO THAT QUESTION IS OFTEN ASKED, AND MY RESPONSE IS, YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR KID GOING OVER TO THAT HOUSE, AND YOU CAN JUST MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, LIKE, I'M SO SORRY, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR THAT. I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE MY KID BEING IN A HOME WITH AN UNSECURED FIREARM. AND YEAH, THAT'S AWKWARD. I MEAN, THAT IS DEFINITELY I KNOW THE FIRST PERSON THAT I ASKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO WAS RETIRED MILITARY AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LIVED TWO HOUSES DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, MILLIE, MY YOUNGEST WAS ASKED TO COME OVER TO PLAY. AND I WAS I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT ASKING, YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, I KNOW HE HAS GUNS. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE DO TOO, BUT I DIDN'T QUITE KNOW, LIKE, IF HE WOULD FEEL THREATENED AND AGAIN, THIS IS A NEIGHBOR LIKE YOU DON'T WANT TO LIKE, DO THINGS THAT LIKE IRRITATE YOUR NEIGHBORS, BUT HE WAS SO HAPPY THAT I ASKED THAT. AND HE WAS LIKE, I'VE NEVER BEEN ASKED THAT BEFORE AND I'VE NEVER THOUGHT TO ASK. SO MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE RESPONSES LIKE THAT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, OH, WELL, YEAH WE DO. WE DO HAVE THAT. IS THAT A PROBLEM? WELL, YES, ACTUALLY THAT IS A PROBLEM FOR ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LIKE THAT'S HOW I WOULD ANSWER IT. AND I JUST THAT WOULD BE A DIFFICULT ONE TO TELL YOUR KID TO, YOU KNOW, I'M SO SORRY. LIKE, I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE YOU GOING OVER TO THEIR HOUSE TO PLAY. THEY CAN COME OVER TO OUR HOUSE AGAIN WHETHER OR NOT THE PARENT WILL BE OPEN TO THAT AFTER THE FACT. BUT THAT COULD THAT COULD DEFINITELY HAPPEN. RIGHT? SO ANYONE ELSE? NO. OKAY. OH, ANGIE. YES. SO IF THERE IS CAN DOES THAT WORK? IF THERE IS ANYONE IN THIS ROOM WHO IS AFFILIATED WITH A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION, DO YOU DO THIS
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PRESENTATION? YES. OTHER PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY WE DO. OKAY. SO LIKE I WAS SAYING, WE FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE LOVES THIS ACTUALLY, SHERIFF HAGAN. SO WHEN I FIRST GAVE THE PRESENTATION TO HE AND CHIEF PROVOST WAS PROBABLY IN 2020 AND HE ACTUALLY ASKED WITH SO WE HAVE SMALLER LIKE BE SMART LITTLE BUSINESS CARDS. AND HE WAS LIKE, CAN WE GET THE FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EMBLEM ON THAT CARD TOO? AND SO THAT WAY WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT AND SO WHETHER IT'S A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE, WHATEVER, JUST LIKE WHAT THEY WERE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY COULD HAND THAT OUT. WE OFTEN. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE OH, I DIDN'T BRING IT UP HERE. SO I OWN ONE OF OUR WEBINARS. YEAH. SO I SO I ACTUALLY HAVE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID. SO I HAVE A POSTER IN SPANISH AND I. OKAY. SO MY FACEBOOK IS KIND OF DIFFERENT HERE. SO LIKE IF YOU HAVE SO IF YOU SO OKAY OUR PEDIATRICIAN OR PEDIATRIC DENTIST IS OUT ON HIS OWN RIGHT. HE HAS HIS OWN PRACTICE. HE'S NOT THROUGH UT, HE'S NOT THROUGH A LARGER, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S HARDER TO GET THINGS PASSED. SO HE'S HAD THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH POSTER POSTERS IN HIS OFFICE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND I ALWAYS THE POSTCARDS THAT I PASSED AROUND, I ALWAYS MAKE SURE HE HAS A FRESH STACK OF THOSE. SO WHETHER IT'S MEDICAL, YOU CAN TALK TO ANYONE IN MEDICAL. WE'VE HAD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS WHO WANT TO HAVE THE BE SMART FOR KIDS PRESENTATION. SO SCHOOLS HEALTH. HONESTLY, ANY I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO IT IN FORT BEND.WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN BE SMART VOLUNTEERS WHO REGULARLY GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HELP AND SHARE, SHARE THE MESSAGE SO WE CAN DO EITHER THE PRESENTATION LIKE THIS. BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE. I MEAN, HONESTLY, WHEN WE TABLE, IT'S A IT'S A VERY COMFORTABLE KIND OF WAY TO, TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND ONE ON ONE. SO YES, YOU DEFINITELY IF YOU TEXT SMART TO 64433 AND YOU WANT US TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT, WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY. SO VERY GOOD QUESTION.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH LESLIE. AND IT'S HER BIRTHDAY TODAY. SO I THINK WE NEED TO WISH HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. SO NOW WE HAVE MISTER BART COMING UP HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT WE DO. AND WITHIN THE DISTRICT. HELLO, I'M BART ROSEBOROUGH. I'M YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS HERE AT FORT BEND ISD. SO REALLY, SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT WHAT DOES THAT DO? WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT'S OUR SAFETY SECURITY, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, ALL THE THINGS ON CAMPUSES WE DO TO KEEP KIDS SAFE AND STAFF SAFE. AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. I WORK OUT OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE IN THE DISTRICT, AND SO I WAS ASKED, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION. I WAS ASKED TO TALK ABOUT HOUSE BILL THREE LEGISLATION AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE HERE IN THE DISTRICT SPECIFIC TO GUN STORAGE SAFETY. SO I'LL TALK THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY AND TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. GIVE YOU MORE ROOM. OH I'M OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO JUST TO KIND OF AS A START REALLY THE LEGISLATION DURING THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY BILLS THAT WERE PASSED INTO LAW. A NUMBER OF THESE ARE DIRECTED TOWARDS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THINGS, BUT OTHERS WERE FOR OTHER ENTITIES LIKE THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. SO NOT ALL OF THEM WERE DIRECTLY RELATED TO SCHOOLS, BUT MOST OF THEM WERE IN HOUSE BILL THREE. IT WAS A LEGISLATION THAT HAD A MAJOR EFFECT ON SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY ACROSS THE STATE.
WITHIN HOUSE BILL THREE WAS A PORTION ABOUT GUN STORAGE SAFETY. AND SO WHERE THAT IS CODIFIED IN THE EDUCATION CODE IS 37.222. AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT DID IS IT ADVISED THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER. AND I PROBABLY SHOULD MENTION WHO THAT IS. THAT'S A STATE ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES SAFETY AND SECURITY RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS AROUND THE STATE. THEY ALSO ALSO THEY REVIEW OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS, HAVE SOME DIFFERENT GUIDANCE AND COMPLIANCE THINGS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, TOO. AND SO THEY'RE A RESEARCH BASED GROUP OUT OF TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY. BUT THEY ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE. I'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS ACROSS SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THINGS FOR SAFETY IN SCHOOLS. SO HOUSE BILL THREE, IN REGARDS REGARDS TO GUN STORAGE, SAFETY, DIRECTED THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO COMMUNICATE REGARDING SAFE GUN STORAGE. SO THEY WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THE TEXAS DPS, TOGETHER TO WORK ON THAT
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COMMUNICATION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO WE WERE PROVIDED THAT, AND I'LL HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IN A IN A NEXT FEW SLIDES. BUT REALLY THE CODE IN THE EDUCATION CODE THEN ASKED SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS JUST A SCREENSHOT FROM THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER ABOUT THEIR GUIDANCE FOR GUN SAFETY STORAGE AND ALSO INFORMATION ABOUT HOUSE BILL THREE AND ALSO THE LAWS REGARDING GUN SAFETY STORAGE, HOW WE ADDRESS THIS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE SENT A LETTER OUT TO PARENTS. I SAY A LETTER. IT WAS AN EMAIL WHEN I STARTED IN THIS BUSINESS, WE SENT LETTERS HOME. SO I APOLOGIZE. SOMETIMES I STILL STILL SAY THAT, BUT WE SENT A AN EMAIL OUT TO PARENTS. OUR FIRST ONE WAS SENT OUT MAY OF 2024, AND THEN WE RECENTLY SENT AN ADDITIONAL LETTER OUT ON THE 27TH OF SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE FUTURE SCHEDULED EMAILS TO GO OUT IN JANUARY OF 2025, AND THEN AGAIN IN MAY OF 25. AND THEN AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR IN SEPTEMBER. AND SO WE HAVE THIS ALSO CONTINUOUSLY ON OUR FORT BEND ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. I HAVE AN ARROW HERE SHOWING WHERE THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE. AND SO IF YOU CLICK ON WHERE IT SAYS SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS, IT ALSO LINKS YOU TO OUR NEXT WEB PAGE HERE. THAT THAT GIVES THE SAME INFORMATION AS THE PARENT COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE SEND HOME ABOUT SAFE FIREARM STORAGE. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IS COMMUNICATION FROM THE DISTRICT REGARDING SAFE FIREARM STORAGE. AND SO THERE'S ALSO IN THAT SOME LINKS WITH THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER AND TEXAS DPS. REGARDING SAFE FIREARM STORAGE. AND IT ALSO NOTIFIES, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE THE LETTER. PARENTS AND THE COMMUNICATION REGARDING THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF IF A FIREARM IS NOT STORED SAFELY, THE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR THAT AND THINGS. SO THIS REALLY CONCLUDES MY DISCUSSION PRESENTATION REGARDING SPECIFICALLY THE HOUSE BILL THREE PORTION OF SAFE GUN STORAGE. I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE TIME FOR THAT? OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE RECEIVED WAS A LOT OF WORDS A LETTER THAT WAS A LOT OF TEXT FOR PEOPLE TO KIND OF LOOK AT REALLY QUICKLY. AND I GUARANTEE YOU SOME FOLKS WERE PROBABLY NOT READING THROUGH IT.IS THERE ANY FLEXIBILITY FOR US TO ADD SOME IMAGES OR SOMETHING TO KIND OF GET GET WHAT THEY'RE READING ABOUT AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO FROM IT OUT OF THAT VERY, VERY GOOD. YEAH. I THINK WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO WORK ON THE COMMUNICATION MORE. THE LINKS THAT WE HAVE DO HAVE SOME GRAPHICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM, FROM THE STATE THAT THEY RECOMMEND. BUT I THINK WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO BETTER WAYS TO COMMUNICATE ON THAT. SO WE HAVE SOME SCHEDULED COMMUNICATIONS IN THE FUTURE. SO IF THERE'S INPUT OR FEEDBACK THAT Y'ALL FEEL LIKE WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO COMMUNICATE, WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT. YES. IT IS. COULD THE BE SMART PRESENTATION BE FEATURED PROMINENTLY SOMEWHERE ON THE. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT AND REVIEW. I CAN'T STAND HERE AND MAKE THAT STATEMENT FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT THAT CERTAINLY A GOOD OPTION FOR US TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. SO AND MAYBE EVEN I KNOW I THINK BE SMART WAS PRESENTED AT ONE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH WEBINARS LAST YEAR. YEAR BEFORE. AND SO A LOT OF PARENTS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE STUCK AT HOME WITH COVID KIDS AND SO I ATTENDED THAT SERIES AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE LIKE A WEBINAR ON THAT. THANKS. AND SO MINE ISN'T A QUESTION.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME, I'M ANGIE HANNON AND I'M A TRUSTEE IN FORT BEND ISD, AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK. I KNOW LESLIE'S NAME, BUT I GET KIND OF CHOKED UP BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND I JUST THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE TIMELINE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, THERE IS ON OCCASION THAT I JUST COMPLETELY LOSE IT AND I GET REALLY EMOTIONAL AND TODAY IS THE DAY. SO LUCKY YOU AND I'LL SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LESLIE LATER TO PULL ME, TO PULL ME OUT OF THE WEEPINESS THAT I JUST EXHIBITED. BUT I REALLY, HONESTLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THESE LETTERS. THIS IS A GREAT START GOING OUT TO OUR PARENTS.
THANK YOU MISS ANY? YES, I KIND OF AGREE WITH HER SUGGESTION OF MAYBE HAVING SOME KIND OF
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GRAPHICS OR SOMETHING BECAUSE I UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE GET A LOT OF LETTERS, AND I'M ONE OF THOSE PARENTS WHO AND MY KIDS IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT, I'M ASSUMING THEY HAD TO SEND COMMUNICATION. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M EVEN HEARING ABOUT IT, SO I DON'T MAYBE SOMETHING CAME HOME IN MY KIDS LETTER OR, YOU KNOW, TUESDAY FOLDER OR SOMETHING. I THREW IT AWAY. BUT I FEEL LIKE IF YOU GRAB THEIR ATTENTION WITH MAYBE LIKE THE PENALTY SIDE OF THINGS, AND I KNOW THAT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THROW OUT THERE THAT THIS IS ACTUAL LAW AND YOU CAN HAVE A FINE. I THINK MAYBE THAT WOULD GRAB PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. JUST A SUGGESTION. VERY GOOD INPUT. YEAH. BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS NOW THAT THIS IS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING THAT THIS IS A NEW LAW AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE A FINE WITH IT AND A PENALTY BY LAW. ABSOLUTELY.THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT FEEDBACK AND I THINK LISTENING TODAY HAS BEEN GOOD FOR ME TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT ARE OUR BETTER WAYS TO COMMUNICATE ON THAT IN THE FUTURE. WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM IN COMMUNICATIONS. JUST WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT, YE.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES IT TAKES A TRAGEDY FOR PEOPLE'S EYES TO BE OPENED AND I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS ON PREVENTING THE TRAGEDY. IN THE FIRST PLACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
EXCUSE ME. HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO SIGN IN? IF YOU DIDN'T RAISE YOUR HAND, IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SIGN IN. OKAY. OH, THEY GOT ONE TAKER RIGHT THERE. OKAY. AND WHILE GIGI IS DOING THAT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, BART, FOR DOING THAT. I THINK WE'LL WORK TOGETHER ON A GOOD LITTLE ACTIONABLE ITEM. AND THEN, LIKE, I MENTIONED, WE DID. SO I THINK EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS THAT WE HAVE OUR WELLNESS STUDENT WELLNESS COALITION. IT'S FOUR STUDENTS FROM EACH HIGH SCHOOL THAT IS REPRESENTED. AND SO I DID GET A CHANCE TO HAVE THEM. WELL LORI HAD THEM FILL OUT A SURVEY. IT WAS JUST A VERY SIMPLE GOOGLE FORM. AND SO THE ONE QUESTION I KIND OF WANT TO REVIEW WITH YOU GUYS IS I DID ASK THEM IF THEY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT PROPER GUN STORAGE. SO I HAD YOU KNOW, IS IT IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE PARENTS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT PROPER GUN STORAGE, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY STUDENTS? AND SO THE GRAPHICS OVER THERE AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE, I MEAN, 100% OF THE STUDENTS AND IT WAS, YEAH, 28 STUDENTS THAT WERE POLLED, 100% OF THEM WERE SAYING THAT PARENTS DEFINITELY, STRONGLY AND AGREE. AND AGREE THAT PARENTS NEED TO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT PROPER GUN STORAGE. NOW, WHEN I ASKED THEM ABOUT, DO YOU THINK HIGH SCHOOLERS NEED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION? AND ACTUALLY ONLY 14% WERE NEUTRAL, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE FELT THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS RELEVANT, THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT. AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTRIGUING. AND THEN KIND OF I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SET UP THESE SURVEYS, YOU KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF, I WONDER WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. AND WE DID GET LIKE A QUARTER OF THEM DISAGREED THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WOULD GET NEED TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT PROPER GUN STORAGE. NOW, THE VERBIAGE WAS JUST PROPER GUN STORAGE. I DIDN'T PROVIDE THEM WITH LESLIE'S PRESENTATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO, YOU KNO, JUST I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF THE VOICE OF THE STUDENTS THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE KIND OF INTERESTING TO HEAR. AND THEN HAVE YOU EVER BEEN EDUCATED ABOUT PROPER GUN STORAGE? AND 70% OF THEM SAID, NO. AND 90 OVER 90% OF THEM WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS LEGISLATION, WHICH I MEAN IS NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE THE PARENTS WERE THE ONES THAT RECEIVED THAT COMMUNICATION. STUDENTS DIDN'T. AND THEN I DID ASK THEM IF THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE SEE SOMETHING, SHARE SOMETHING INITIATIVE, AND 85% OF THEM WERE. SO ANYWAY, JUST SOMETHING INTERESTING. I DON'T KNOW. JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OFF OF THAT, BUT I GUESS FOR ME, I FELT LIKE THAT WAS SOMETHING WHERE MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER DISCUSSING WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SOMETHING THAT OUR COALITION COULD KIND OF TAKE ON IF THEY WANTED TO. ALRIGHTY. SO THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING. YEAH. THE OUR PRESENTATION PORTION OF THE MEETING. AND WE'LL GO AHEAD
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AND GO ON TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PART. AND WE GOT DEREK OVER HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A QUORUM HERE TODAY SO WE CAN VOTE ON OUR MEETING MINUTES. JUST SO EVERYONE'S AWARE BECAUSE WE HAD SOME EMAILS GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND. OUR MEETING MINUTES ARE ATTACHED TO THE INVITATION[00:50:01]
FOR THE MEETING. AND THEN IF YOU DON'T SEE THEM THERE, YOU CAN ALSO FIND THEM ON THE BACK PAGE OF THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. SO ANYONE WHO'S NEW IS LOOKING FOR THOSE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 4TH. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS READING THANK YOU. AND THEN IS THERE A SECOND MOTION? THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE GET AN EXCITING BRAIN BREAK FROM LIZ. LORI. UP UP UP UP UP. OKAY, SINCE IT'S OCTOBER, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO DO SOMETHING HALLOWEEN FUN. BUT THERE ARE SOME RULES, SOME AMAZING VISUALS FOR YOU ALL. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO ON A HAUNTED OR MAYBE THERE ARE SOME RULES, AND WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW THAT MODIFIED MOMENT THAT YOU.SPIDERS, YOU WANT TO JUMP DOWN. IF YOU SEE A GHOST, YOU GOT AWAY FROM THOSE. AND IF YOU SEE THAT THE GOBLIN. IS. YOU. SO IS EVERYBODY. GOT IT. SO I'M GOING TO QUIZ YOU. WHAT'S A PUMPKIN? JUMP? WHAT'S A SPIDER DUCK? WHAT'S A GHOST DODGE? AND THEN THE UGLY GOBLIN. HE'S KIND OF CUTE, ACTUALLY. FREEZE. OKAY, KIM'S GOT SOME VISUALS FOR YOU, JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO PICK ONE UP. PUT IT RIGHT HERE. OKAY. THEY WERE UP THERE. ARE YOU READY? TO SEE IT, JUMP OVER THE JACK O LANTERNS, DUCK UNDER THE SPIDERS, DODGE THE SPOOKY GHOST AND FREEZE. IF YOU SEE AN EVIL PURPLE MINION.
I FEEL LIKE IT FREEZES FOR A LONG TIME. OKAY, THAT'S YOUR BRAIN BREAK FOR THE MEETING.
BEN'S DEATH. OH, IT'S ME. OKAY. SOME UPCOMING EVENTS. WE HAVE A WHOLE CHILD HEALTH CAMPUS EVENTS. OCTOBER. WE HAD WALK. OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CAMPUSES WANTED TO DO. AND HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES FROM OYSTER CREEK. I DIDN'T HAVE THE PERMISSIONS FOR POSTING PICTURES, SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO MAKE IT A LITTLE HALLOWEEN ISH. NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK IS THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 14TH, AND THEN WE HAVE RED RIBBON WEEK, WHICH IS REALLY FOCUSED ON DRUG PREVENTION. AND THAT'S THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 23RD.
AND THEN IT IS THE MONTH OF NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION. SO THAT'S OCTOBER. AND THEN WE HAVE AMERICAN DIABETES COMING IN NOVEMBER. AND THEN WE KNOW DECEMBER. THAT'S RIGHT. FLU SEASON. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE HANDWASHING AND THEN INFLUENZA MONTH AND WEEK. SO THAT'S WHAT'S KIND OF COMING UP. SO YOU SHOULD SEE THESE THINGS HAPPENING ON YOUR CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. WE HAVE OUR UPCOMING SOUND BITES. SO WE HAD OUR FIRST ONE WHICH WAS A WHOLE CHILD HEALTH, AND IT WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT. YOU'RE NOT ALONE. SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SUICIDE PREVENTION EARLIER, BUT JUST THINKING OF ALL ASPECTS OF WHETHER YOU'RE BEING BULLIED, YOU'RE HAVING THOUGHTS OF SELF-HARM. IF YOU JUST SEE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT RIGHT OR YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE. AND THERE ARE WAYS TO GET HELP.
AND WE HAVE LOTS OF RESOURCES FOR THAT. AND THEN OCTOBER IS ALSO FENTANYL AWARENESS MONTH.
THAT CAME THROUGH IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND SO WE HAD FORT BEND REGIONAL COUNCIL DO A SOUND BITE ON FENTANYL. IT'S REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, PLEASE WATCH IT. BECAUSE JUST LIKE IT REALLY FOCUSES ON WHAT THE GOVERNOR SENT OUT FENTANYL AWARENESS. AND THEN ONE PILL CAN KILL. IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
UNTIL YOU HAVE SOMEONE AFFECTED, YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM IT IS, BUT IT IS A BIG,
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BIG, BIG PROBLEM. AND WE HAVE TWO MORE COMING UP, WHICH IS THE EMOTIONAL REGULATION AND THEN PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. SO THOSE ARE COMING IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. SO WE'LL HOPE YOU'LL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THOSE. AND THOSE TWO ARE ACTUALLY DONE BY HEATHER LAMBERT WHO WORKS FOR CLEAR HOPE COUNSELING. SHE'S AN LSP MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST, AND SHE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. SO I HOPE THAT YOU'LL TUNE IN AND LISTEN TO THOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME REALLY GOOD INFO. YEAH, ACTUALLY, SHE'LL BE AT OUR NEXT MEETING TO SPEAK. WE HAVE OUR THINK TANK EVENT, SO WE'RE SUPER COOL. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. THE MONEY JUST GOT PUT IN OUR ACCOUNT YESTERDAY. AND SO WE HAVE $2,500 DONATED BY UNITEDHEALTHCARE. AND WE HAVE THE STUDENTS. THEY'RE ALL SIGNED UP. THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD. IT'S NOVEMBER 6TH FROM 630 TO 8 P.M, AND THEY'LL BE HERE IN THE BOARDROOM PRESENTING THEIR THEIR THINK TANK PRESENTATION. SO WE'LL GET TO SEE WHO WILL WIN THE BIG PRIZES AND BE ABLE TO START CHAMPIONS. SOME ADDITIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS THINGS ON THEIR CAMPUS. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO BE A JUDGE OR PART OF THAT EVENT, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR EXTRA PEOPLE. AWESOME. EMAIL ME. IT'S A REALLY FUN EVENT. GUYS. LIKE IT'S SO HARD TO CHOOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. WE ALSO TELL THE KIDS IT'S $2,500, SO JUST ASK FOR WHAT YOU NEED. WE DON'T SAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A $1,500 PRIZE, A $800 PRIZE AND A $500 PRIZE. WE SAY ASK. IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD. IT'S LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO BE ABLE TO FUND WHAT WE CAN. SO SOME OF THEM KIND OF LIMIT THEMSELVES. SO THEY'RE LIKE, WE ONLY NEED $500. I'M LIKE, HEY, THAT'S GREAT. RIGHT? SO THEN JUST REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO CHAMPION ON THEIR CAMPUS, THE UPCOMING FOOD FAIR I KNOW, CHILD NUTRITION. ARE Y'ALL GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER? YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT OKAY, THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT IT'S SUPER COOL IF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FOOD FAIR IS, IT HAD REALLY WEIRD NAMES IN THE PAST, SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THEY'VE KIND OF MADE IT NORMAL. IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS TO GO TEST ALL THE FOODS THAT ARE IN THE CAFETERIA AND YOU GET TO GIVE FEEDBACK. IT'S REALLY COOL. LIKE MY DAUGHTER WOULD TELL YOU, THAT CHEESE NACHOS ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. LIKE SHE WOULD SAY, YES, KEEP THE NACHOS. SHE MIGHT SAY OTHER THINGS, BUT OTHER THINGS. BUT THAT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TASTE THE FOOD AND GIVE FEEDBACK, WHICH IS REALLY COOL. SO THEY DO HAVE SOME ABILITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON WHAT'S IN THEIR CAFETERIA. AND THAT'S OCTOBER 23RD. SO NEXT WEDNESDAY FROM 4 TO 6 P.M. AT CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL. YEAH, THAT'S YOU. OKAY, SO MY NAME IS SUSAN. I'M THE DISTRICT DIETICIAN. JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE. SO THESE ARE UPCOMING EVENTS FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. I'M SORRY. KIND OF GOT MISPLACED A LITTLE BIT. SO IN OCTOBER, WE'RE CELEBRATING THE HARVEST OF THE MONTH, WHICH IS GALA APPLES. AND SO WE HAVE A FEW RECIPES ON OUR MENUS THIS WEEK THAT FEATURE THOSE GALA APPLES. TOMORROW WE HAVE A CHICKEN APPLE SALAD, AND THEN FRIDAY WE WILL HAVE A BREAKFAST RECIPE WITH CHOCOLATE HUMMUS. OKAY. AND THEN APPLES AND SOME LITTLE GRAHAM CRACKERS TO DIP INTO THE HUMMUS. WE ALSO ARE CELEBRATING FARM TO SCHOOL MONTH THIS MONTH AND THAT'S JUST WHERE WE HIGHLIGHT LOCAL FARMERS AND OUR LOCAL FOODS ON OUR MENUS.WE'RE CELEBRATING NATIONAL SCHOOL WEEK THIS WEEK. IT IS A SHORTER WEEK, SO WE ONLY HAVE THREE DAYS OF IT. BUT THE THEME IS PIRATES FIND YOUR TREASURE AND IT WILL BE GOING ALONG WITH OUR THEME FOR THE FOOD FAIR AND TASTING. WE HAVE SPECIAL MENU ITEMS WE ALSO HAVE ACTIVITY, ACTIVITIES AND PRIZES FOR THE CHILDREN. AND LASTLY, IN OCTOBER WE'RE DOING THE FOOD FAIR AT CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL. LIKE LORI JUST MENTIONED, IT WILL BE OCTOBER 23RD NEXT WEDNESDAY FROM 4 TO 6. AND YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE OVER 100 NEW ITEMS, NOT JUST ONES THAT HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON OUR MENUS ALREADY. IN NOVEMBER, OUR HARVEST OF THE MONTH WILL BE CARROTS. WE'LL ALSO BE CELEBRATING NATIONAL PEPPER MONTH, SO CHECK OUT OUR SOCIAL MEDIAS. WE'LL HAVE PEPPER FACTS ON THERE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR HOLIDAY MEAL ON NOVEMBER 21ST. AND THAT WILL INCLUDE TURKEY MASHED POTATOES, GREEN BEANS AND A CINNAMON CRUMBLE FOR DESSERT. SO THAT'S NEW THIS YEAR AS WELL.
THANK YOU. AND IF YOU MAKE IT TO THE FOOD FAIR, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF OUR STUDENT WELLNESS COALITION KIDS BECAUSE THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING TO SUPPORT. THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED. THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING THEM BE A PART. AND THEN STAFF WELLNESS HAS THEIR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND WELLNESS FUN DAY ON. IT'S THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19TH. IT'S AT THE KELSEY-SEYBOLD CLINIC. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND OUR STUDENT WELLNESS COALITION KIDS WILL BE THERE TOO. THEY'LL HAVE LIKE A PHYSICAL HEALTH ACTIVITY GOING ON THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HOST, AND THEN A MENTAL HEALTH BOOTH AS WELL. SO THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO IF YOU HAVE TIME SATURDAY I BET THE
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WEATHER'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. SO IT'S 9 TO 1. SANDY DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT OCTOBER 22ND AND 23RD TEXAS ACTION FOR HEALTHY KIDS IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL SUMMIT. IT'S GOING TO BE VIA ZOOM. IT'S FREE. YOU DO NEED TO REGISTER SO THAT YOU GET SENT THE LINK, BUT WE HAVE IT FROM WEDNESDAY FROM 1130 TO 5. I MEAN, SORRY, TUESDAY 1130 TO 5. AND THEN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND IT'S OVER WITH AT NOON. YOU CAN COME AND GO IF THERE'S ONE OF THE TOPICS AND SPEAKERS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, YOU CAN JUST LOG ON TO THAT.COME AND GO AS YOU PLEASE. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT NOT EVERYONE CAN ATTEND BOTH. YOU KNOW BOTH SESSIONS. SO OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS SCHOOL HEALTH EQUAL. SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS. SO YOU CAN I BROUGHT FLIERS LORI PRINTED SOME. THEY'RE OVER ON THE TABLE. KIND OF GIVES YOU A LIST. ONCE YOU REGISTER, YOU'LL GET THE FULL AGENDA. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS. SO I HOPE YOU ALL CAN PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND JUST TO CLOSE THE LOOP AGAIN FOR OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. AND WHEN WE DID OUR BREAKOUT SESSIONS, I THINK ALL OF YOU GUYS HAD A CHANCE TO TALK. WE BROKE OUT BY FEEDER PATTERNS, AND THEN WE ASKED EVERYBODY, PLEASE DO TAKE THE MOMENT TO FILL OUT THE LITTLE ONLINE SURVEY. SO WE ACTUALLY KNOW YOUR PERSONAL OPINIONS ON THESE THINGS. AND SO THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GOT A COPY OF.
AND THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY. AND YOU GUYS I MEAN REALLY I, MY EYESIGHT'S NOT GREAT. AND SO I CAN'T SEE HALF OF THE STUFF THAT'S UP THERE. BUT WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD RESPONSES. EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, 100% OF THE PEOPLE THAT SURVEYED WERE DEFINITELY 100% ON BOARD WITH HAVING MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES PROVIDED THROUGH THE SCHOOLS. WHEN WE STARTED ASKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO STUDENTS, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF HESITATION IN SOME OF THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS. WE ACTUALLY FOUND A LITTLE BIT OF SOME QUESTIONING ON HOW ACCESSIBLE THEY WERE. AND SO THEN WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH SOME OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. AND WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO THE WEBSITES LOOK DIFFERENT, HOW ACCESSIBLE ARE OUR COUNSELORS? MAYBE THIS CAMPUS, THEY WEREN'T COMPLAINING, BUT THIS CAMPUS WAS. AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO KIND OF STREAMLINE THINGS. AND SO WE HAVE KIND OF STARTED THE BALL ROLLING ON THIS WITH JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE TRY TO EMPLOY BEST PRACTICES, WHICH I THINK PEOPLE IN GENERAL WERE PLANNING ON DOING, BUT IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT KIND OF CAME UP AND THEN IN GENERAL, THE STUDENTS DID HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS ON HOW TO INCREASE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS. THERE WERE SOME SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT CAME OUT DEFINITELY SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE EXPOSED TO INFORMATION THAT THEY HADN'T SEEN BEFORE. THE STUDENTS WERE HERE. SO THAT WAS KIND OF A GOOD TO KNOW AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING FOR US TO ACT ON. OKAY. AND THIS WAS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT, WHAT WE REVIEWED. I THINK IT WAS AWESOME. WE HAVE SIX DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS. WE'RE ABLE TO I THINK, END UP WITH LIKE 17 THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US DUE TO VOCA GRANTS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. ANYWAY. AND OKAY, SO I DID SKIP THROUGH SOMETHING RECENTLY AT THE VERY BEGINNING. SO CLOSE YOUR EYES REAL QUICK BECAUSE I'M SCROLLING THROUGH EVERY SINGLE THING. OKA.
ALL RIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW, I, I TOTALLY FORGOT THIS. NO, I DIDN'T FORGET THE ACTION. BUT OKAY. SO THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS KNOW WHO IT'S ON THE EXECUTIVE TEAM. AND OUR SUBCOMMITTEE LEADS. AND I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MISS LADONNA GREEN BECAUSE SHE IS IN RED.
BECAUSE SHE IS MOVING ON TO A DIFFERENT POSITION IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS AMAZING FOR HER. BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR HER EFFORTS AS SHE. AND. DEFINITELY WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER. I MEAN, SHE'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I DECIDED TO COME UP HERE. SO I THINK SHE'S A GREAT PERSON. OH, I THOUGHT YOU COULD PICTURE WITH LADONNA. AND ANGIE. ANGIE, YOU WANT TO BE IN IT TOO? I JUST LIKE TO DIRECT. ALL RIGHT, WE CAN DO A LITTLE. I KNOW WE HAVE. TO LEAVE IT IN THERE. NOT. GOING TO BE TRYING TO. WE'LL BE FINE. I THINK. OKAY. SO THANK
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YOU. SO MUCH, LADONNA. AND, YEAH, NOW I'M GONNA. IS THERE A WAY TO LIKE, FAST FORWARD WITHOUT SCROLLING IT? CAN I GO TO THE LAST. THANK YOU. JUST LIKE, PLEASE HELP ME. OKAY.[IV. Meeting in Closed Session Subcommittees Convene]
YEAH. THAT'S PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, SO AT THE END OF ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, WE LIKE TO DO A LITTLE BREAKOUT. I THINK IT HELPS EVERYBODY GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. IT HELPS US KIND OF HAVE A DISCUSSION. AND SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BREAK OUT. AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE BROKE OUT BY SUBCOMMITTEE. AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE MEETING AS A SUBCOMMITTEE. IT'S MAINLY IF YOUR NAME IS UP HERE AND YOU SIGNED UP TO BE ON ONE OF THESE SUBCOMMITTEES, I'D LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF IT IS SCANNING THAT QR CODE. WE HAVE THAT SAME SURVEY THAT THE STUDENTS TOOK THAT GUN SAFETY SURVEY. THAT'LL BE KIND OF YOUR TOPIC OF CONVERSATION. SO WE'D LOVE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, DO YOU GUYS FEEL THAT MIDDLE SCHOOLERS SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO SOME OF THIS GUN SAFETY AND STORAGE INFORMATION, OR HIGH SCHOOLERS ALSO THE SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, AND THEN WE'LL JUST SPEND HOW MUCH IS IT? YEAH 15 MINUTES ON THIS AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE OUT THE MEETING. SO I GUESS I'LL HAVE LORI. YEAH I GUESS I MEAN I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO EVERYONE IS, RIGHT? SO JUST KIND OF SPREAD OUT ACROSS ACROSS THE ROOM. YOU CAN LOOK FOR SUSAN FOR NUTRITION. SHE JUST SPOKE. YOU CAN LOOK FOR BART. YOU JUST SPOKE. LORI'S LIKE LEADING THREE OF THESE. NOW. I AM SO SORRY. YOU NEED TO, LIKE, FIND A WHOLE SECTION. I THINK MAYBE WE BREAK OUT LORI'S INTO TWO SEPARATE GROUPS. WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. AND THEN KIM AND CHASTITY HERE.AND CHASTITY IS NOT HERE. DO YOU WANT TO I CAN TAKE I CAN TAKE ADVOCACY OR SUMIDA. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVOCACY? SHE'LL LEAD. YOU'LL LEAD THAT GROUP. OKAY, SO THEN JUST MAKE SURE YOU PULL UP THAT LITTLE SURVEY AND YOU CAN USE THAT AS A CONVERSATION POINTS. AND THEN, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF YOU ALL TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR GAME PLAN IS FOR MEETINGS COMING FORWARD AS. AND, FOLKS, IT IS 130, SO I DON'T WANT TO KEEP ANYBODY ANY LONGER THAN THEY NEED TO BE KEPT. I, I FEEL LIKE THIS MICROPHONE DOESN'T WORK FOR ME DOES IT WOR? ALL RIGHT, FOLKS. HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M JUST TALKING TO MYSELF. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. THAT'LL BE IT. SO. ARE YOU KNOW, I HAVE.
ARE YOU ARE. YOU CAN HAVE ONE OF THESE FOR SURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HEY, FOLKS. SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR MEETING TODAY. OUR NEXT MEETING IS DECEMBER 4TH. OH, LOOK AT WHAT WHAT WHAT DID YOU DO? OLSON, I HAVE A VOICE. OKAY. OUR NEXT MEETING IS DECEMBER 4TH. PLEASE TRY TO TAKE A MOMENT TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY. IT SOUNDED LIKE EVERYBODY WAS HAVING GREAT CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE ROOM. AND IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING. YES, FEEL FREE TO TAKE SOME RAISINS. AND LORI, DID WE DID WE CLOSE THE LOOP ON THE SHARED DREAMS? HOW DO YOU THINK THEY CAN BE IN HER? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL JUST WHATEVER WE HAVE FOR NOW. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. WHOEVER BROUGHT ANY ITEMS FOR SHARED DREAMS AND JUST KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND OF ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY EASY TO GET TO. SO IF YOU EVER WANT TO MAKE A DONATION, THEY'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO RECEIVE IT. AND WITH THAT. WE HAVE A OH. THAT'D BE GOOD. YEAH.
SO THEY'RE LIKE, HE HAS A BRAIN TUMOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO THEY'RE ALWAYS LIKE A
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SHARED FACILITY. OKAY. SO SHE WAS JUST SAYING THAT THEY CAN DEFINITELY NEED VOLUNTEERS AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF CLOTHES THAT YOU CAN SORT AND HELP OUT. YEAH. MAYBE WE CAN INVITE THEM. YEAH.ALL RIGHT. AND MAKE SURE YOU MAKE IT TO SOME OF THESE FAIRS. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. HAVE A GREAT
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