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[I. Welcome- Catalina Flores-Rau, SHAC Chair ]
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AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER MINDFUL MOMENT WITH NICK. THIS MINDFUL MOMENT IS CALLED THE BALLOON MA.
PRACTICE. START BY STANDING IN THE SPACE BEHIND YOUR DESK AND CREATE A WIDE SPACE BETWEEN YOUR FEET RIGHT. BEGIN BY TAKING A DEEP BREATH IN THROUGH YOUR NOS, AND THEN SLOWLY BREATHE OUT THROUGH YOUR MOUTH. RIGHT. ON YOUR NEXT DEEP BREATH IN, ROLL YOUR ARMS UPWARDS TO FLOAT OVER YOUR HEAD AS IF YOU'RE HOLDING A GIANT BALLOON. PAUSE FOR A COUNT OF TWO. THEN BEND YOUR KNEES SLIGHTLY AND SLOWLY SIGH THE BREATH OUT THROUGH YOUR MOUTH. AS YOUR HEAD ROLLS FORWARD, YOUR VERTEBRAE FOLD DOWN ONE BY ONE AND YOUR HANDS DROP DOWN TOWARDS YOUR FEET. PAUSE HERE FOR THREE BREATHS. ALLOW YOUR BODY TO RELAX. GENTLY NOD YOUR HEAD YES AND NO AND ALLOW YOUR NECK TO RELAX. AFTER YOUR THREE BREATHS, BREATHE IN, PUSHING THROUGH YOUR FEET, STRAIGHTENING THE LEGS AND ROLL UP THE SPINE UNTIL YOUR STANDING TALL, BRINGING YOUR ARMS UP UNTIL THEY ARE FLOATING OVERHEAD. NOW REPEAT THIS PRACTICE TWO MORE TIMES. BRING YOUR AWARENESS TO YOUR BREATH.
NOTICE ITS DEPTH OR SHALLOWNESS. NOTICE YOUR HEARTBEAT, ITS STRENGTH AND SPEED. TAKE THIS SENSE OF RELAXATION AND CALM WITH YOU INTO THE REST OF YOUR DAY. THIS HAS BEEN A MINDFUL MOMENT WITH NICK. FOR MORE MINDFUL MOMENTS, CHECK OUT OUR MINDFUL MOMENTS BOOK.
[II. Presentations ]
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THE MILK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. HOW DID YOU ADDRESS THE CTE CAMPUS? SO THE CEP. YEAH. SO THE IT'S WHERE THE KIDS ARE ENROLLED. SO THEY'RE SO CTE ALWAYS IS GOING TO STILL PAY FOR THEIR FOOD. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. BUT THE STUDENTS STILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT BACK AT THEIR HOME CAMPUS IF THEY NEED TO. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR FIRST PRESENTER.AND THAT'S HEATHER LAMBERT FROM CLEAR HOPE COUNSELING. AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN HER IN THE SOUNDBITES THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR FROM HER. JUST FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES, ONE OF OUR GOALS AS A SHACK IS TO CONSIDER OUR CELL PHONE POLICIES AND OR JUST THE WAY WE'RE HANDLING CELL PHONE USE AND ELECTRONICS USE AT OUR CAMPUSES. SO THIS IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO GIVE US SOME SHED SOME LIGHT ONTO GOOD, GOOD PRACTICES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
HEATHER. WELL IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU GUYS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT. PROBABLY ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, I WAS A SHACK COMMITTEE MEMBER AT ONE OF MY KIDS SCHOOLS. SO I'VE SAT THERE IN THAT POSITION AS WELL AS SERVED ON A SHACK COMMITTEE AS A PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE I WORKED. SO IT'S EXCITING TO BE WITH YOU GUYS HERE TODAY. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU FOR JUST A MINUTE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA. I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT 89TH LEGISLATURE IS STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF PROPOSED BILLS. AND SO IF YOU'RE LIKE ME AND LIKE TO TRACK OR FOLLOW CERTAIN LEGISLATION, YOU CAN START DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. EVEN THOUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ISN'T OFFICIALLY OPEN. ONE OF THE BILLS THAT'S BEING PROPOSED THAT WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN, THAT HAS SOME BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AROUND IT, IS A PROPOSED BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE ALL SOCIAL MEDIA SITES THAT ARE BROADCAST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO HAVE A DISCLAIMER ON THE SITE DISCUSSING THE IMPACT OR POTENTIAL IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH. NOW, WE KNOW THAT WHEN OUR LEGISLATURE IS LOOKING AT THAT TYPE OF LEGISLATIVE ACTION, IT'S BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF RISK THAT IS INHERENT WITH THE ONGOING USE AND ADDICTION PATTERNS THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. AMONG STUDENTS. SO DO BE AWARE THAT THAT IS COMING IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN OR WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, YOU CAN FOLLOW THAT ON THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, GOVERNOR. AND OF COURSE, TALK TO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PROMOTING. SO ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OR ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WHO USE SOCIAL MEDIA MORE THAN THREE HOURS A DAY ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. SO THREE HOURS A DAY SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF TIME, RIGHT? YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I'M I'M SURE MOST STUDENTS ARE NOT USING SOCIAL MEDIA THREE HOURS A DAY. AND THEN THOSE OF US WITH TEENAGERS START LAUGHING, RIGHT? WELL, WHY WHY
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ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND WHAT DOES IT CONTRIBUTE TO AND HOW DOES IT IMPACT MENTAL HEALTH? WE'LL TALK ABOUT JUST A FEW OF THOSE REASONS TODAY. MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE CONSIDERED AND SOME THAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO CONSIDER. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE ARE UNREALISTIC BEAUTY STANDARDS. WE KNOW THAT THINGS THAT WE SEE ONLINE, THINGS THAT ARE PORTRAYED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ARE VERY FREQUENTLY HEAVY, HEAVILY EDITED, OR AI GENERATED. WE KNOW THAT. BUT BEING EXPOSED TO SEEMINGLY PERFECT FACES AND BODIES CAN SET UNREALISTIC STANDARDS THAT LEAD TO A SENSE OF BODY DISSATISFACTION, LOW SELF-ESTEEM, WHICH ALSO LEADS TO OVERALL LIFE DISSATISFACTION, WHICH CAN LEAD TO DESPAIR AND THE LOSS OF HOPE. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SAID THAT YOU CAN LIVE FOUR MINUTES WITHOUT AIR, FOUR DAYS WITHOUT WATER, 40 DAYS WITHOUT FOOD, BUT YOU CAN'T LIVE FOUR SECONDS WITHOUT HOPE. AND BEING EXPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT SEEMS SO UNREALISTICALLY PERFECT CAN REALLY CREATE A SENSE OF DESPAIR AMONG OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE THEY CAN NEVER LIVE UP TO THAT UNREALISTIC BEAUTY STANDARD. AND WE'RE SEEING THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OVERALL DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. THEN THE PROBLEM IS FURTHER COMPOUNDED BY THE FEED ALGORITHMS. SO IF YOU HAVE A TEEN OR AN ADOLESCENT OR A CHILD WHO MAYBE JUST SEARCHES THE TERM SUICIDE BECAUSE THEY'RE CURIOUS, MAYBE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S TALKED ABOUT FREQUENTLY. IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. AND A LOT OF SOCIAL GROUPS OR FAMILY GROUPS, SO THEY HAVE SOME CURIOSITY AROUND SUICIDE. SO IN THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA FEED, THEY TYPE THE WORD SUICIDE BECAUSE OF THE ALGORITHMS. WHAT'S GOING TO NOW HAPPEN TO THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA FEED? THEY ARE GOING TO BEGIN TO SEE A LOT OF POSTS AND INFORMATION TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE, AND THEY CAN EVEN BEGIN TO THINK THAT EVERYONE AROUND THEM IS DEPRESSED OR CONSIDERING SUICIDE, AND THAT THEY ARE NORMAL IF THEY ARE ALSO DEPRESSED AND THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE. SO ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS THAT I LOVE TO RECOMMEND TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IS TO CLEAN UP YOUR FEED, AND IT'S SUPER EASY TO CLEAN UP YOUR FEED. I GIVE THEM SUGGESTIONS LIKE GO IN AND SEARCH FOR CUTE PUPPIES, GO IN AND SEARCH FOR BEAUTIFUL RAINFALLS, GO IN AND SEARCH FOR INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES. YOU CAN LITERALLY CLEAN UP YOUR ALGORITHM BY OVERRIDING THOSE SEARCHES WITH NEW OR MORE POSITIVE SEARCHES. THE REALITY IS, SOCIAL MEDIA IS HERE TO STAY, SO WE HAVE TO TEACH OUR STUDENTS HEALTHY WAYS TO USE AND UNDERSTAND SOCIAL MEDIA. IT CAN BECOME ADDICTIVE. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF NEW RESEARCH COMING OUT OF SOME OF OUR MAJOR UNIVERSITIES THAT ARE SHOWING US THE ADDICTIVE QUALITIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA, SO TEACHERS, EDUCATORS ARE TELLING US ABOUT THE STRUGGLE THAT CATALINA IS TALKING TO YOU GUYS ABOUT AS A STUDENT HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BECAUSE THE POLICIES AROUND CELL PHONES AND CELL PHONE USAGE ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR TEACHERS TO MANAGE IN THE CLASSROOM. AND I FREQUENTLY SAY THIS BECAUSE IT PUTS IT IN PERSPECTIVE FOR US. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY. IF EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU SEE A STUDENT PICK UP THEIR PHONE, SWIPE IN THEIR PASSCODE, OR UNLOCK WITH THEIR FACE, THEY WERE TAKING A SIP OF JACK DANIEL'S. WOULD YOU SAY THAT THEY'RE ALCOHOLICS? WOULD WE SAY THAT WE ARE? SO THE EXCESSIVE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS DISRUPTING HEALTHY PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR THAT INCLUDES AN OVERSTIMULATION OF THE BRAIN. YOU'RE GETTING CONSTANT FEED OF SO MUCH DATA EVERY SINGLE SECOND THAT THEY'RE TAKING IN THROUGH. I CALL IT DOOMSCROLLING. THROUGH SCROLLING, YOU'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE AND MORE DATA THAT IS STIMULATING MORE AND MORE OF THE NEURONS IN THEIR BRAIN CENTER, AND THEN THEY GO INTO ALGEBRA ONE WITH THE TEACHER WHO'S TRYING TO TEACH A 20 MINUTE LESSON, AND IN THEIR MIND, THEY'VE SCROLLED PAST HER 25 TIMES BECAUSE THEY'VE CONDITIONED THE NEURAL NETWORKS IN THEIR BRAIN TO HAVE A SHORTENED ATTENTION SPAN. SO LISTENING TO A TEACHER TALK ABOUT ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS FOR 20 MINUTES IS NO LONGER AN ABILITY THAT IS HELD WHEN WE REPROGRAM OUR BRAIN TO CONSTANTLY BE CHANGING THE STIMULI. HOW DO TEACHERS COMPETE WITH THAT? WELL, THEY THINK OF LOTS OF NEW AND EXCITING WAYS TO INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY INTO INSTRUCTION. BUT WHEN WE'RE SEEING THESE ADDICTIVE PATTERNS, STUDENTS ARE VERY FREQUENTLY LOSING FOCUS ON THE LESSON AT HAND BECAUSE THEIR BRAIN NEEDS CONSTANT STIMULATIO. WELL, THEN THAT STIMULATION BECOMES ADDICTIVE. IT'S ALSO[00:20:02]
LINKED TO THINGS LIKE SLEEP PROBLEMS. WE HAVE CLIENTS IN OUR MENTAL HEALTH CENTER WHO TELL US THAT THEY WAKE UP NUMEROUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TO CHECK SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO MISS SOMETHING, OR THEY WANT TO STAY UP TO DATE. THEY THEY WANT TO BE IN THE KNOW AND THEY DON'T WANT TO FEEL EXCLUDED. SOCIAL MEDIA USE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE. IN 2022, 95% OF TEENAGERS FROM 13 TO 17 REPORTED USING SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT A THIRD OF THOSE IN 2022 REPORTED USING SOCIAL MEDIA ALMOST CONSTANTLY. YES. I DID, AND I REALIZED THAT. THEY OH, SUCH A GREAT QUESTION, SUCH A GREAT QUESTION. KEN. AND YOU'RE LIKE, CHATTING AWAY AT 10:00 AT NIGHT. YEAH. AND LET'S.YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. CAN WE HOLD QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THAT. BUT IF I FORGET TO ADDRESS THAT, RAISE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. SO WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION LINKED TO AND WHY ARE WE CONCERNED IF OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS ARE BECOMING ADDICTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA USE? WELL, IT CONTRIBUTES TO ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. FURTHER FEELINGS OF ISOLATION. FREQUENTLY, WE'LL ASK CLIENTS TO TELL US ABOUT THEIR SOCIAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND THEY TELL US ABOUT THEIR ONLINE FRIEND NETWORK. PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE NEVER MET, PEOPLE THAT THEY MAYBE KNOW THEIR SCREEN NAME, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY LIVE. THEY DON'T KNOW THEIR REAL AGE, THEY DON'T KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT THEM. BUT THIS IS THEIR COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT. ALSO, POOR SLEEP. WE SEE STUDENTS ON THE PHONE LATE AT NIGHT. WE SEE STUDENTS WAKING UP DURING THE NIGHT TO CHECK SOCIAL MEDIA, TO UPDATE SOCIAL MEDIA. WE ALSO SEE LOW SELF-ESTEEM BECAUSE OF THAT CONSTANT COMPARISON TO PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEY'RE LIVING THESE GREAT, AMAZING LIVES AND PERFORMANCE DROP. IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS TO MAINTAIN THE ATTENTION AND FOCUS THAT THEY NEED FOR ACADEMIC STRESSORS WHEN THEY'RE ALSO FEELING THE SOCIAL PRESSURES OF CONSTANT CONNECTION OR CONSTANT PRESSURE FOR CONSTANT CONNECTION. FOMO YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THIS. IT'S A SLANG TERM, BUT THE FEAR OF MISSING OUT STUDENTS ARE VERY FREQUENTLY CHECKING THEIR PHONE DURING THE DAY. DURING CLASS PERIODS, ON THE BUS, BEFORE GAMES, BEFORE ACADEMIC EVENTS, BEFORE SPORTING EVENTS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT. THERE IS A SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IS RECORDED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO IF YOU'RE NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THEN YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING. YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON THINGS LIKE JOKES, INSIDE JOKES. YOU MIGHT BECOME THE JOKE. IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF WHAT THE JOKE IS, YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON CONNECTIONS. AND OF COURSE, INVITATIONS. I'M EVEN SEEING WEDDING INVITATIONS NOW INSTEAD OF AND I MEAN, I LIKE TO THINK I'M PRETTY YOUNG, BUT FOR MY WEDDING, WE MAILED OUT INVITATIONS WITH STAMPS. I REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER HELPED ME LICK THE ENVELOPES TO MAIL OUT THE STAMPS. WE HAND ADDRESSED THEM, BUT IT'S NOT TOO UNCOMMON NOW THAT THE WEDDING INVITE IS DELIVERED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, SO YOU MIGHT NOT BE INVITED TO A WEDDING IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE RIGHT SOCIAL MEDIA, OR NOT ON THE RIGHT SOCIAL MEDIA. FREQUENTLY ENOUGH. THE SAME GOES FOR GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENTS, ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS, BABY SHOWERS, WEDDING SHOWERS, FAMILY CELEBRATIONS, BIRTHDAYS PARTIES, RELIGIOUS EVENTS. IF YOU'RE NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THEN YOU MISS THE INVITATION. SO THE FEAR OF MISSING OUT IS FURTHER REINFORCED, CREATING EVEN MORE OF A DEPENDANCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE MUCH NEEDED SOCIAL CONNECTION. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT COMPARISONS? SOCIAL MEDIA GIVES US A CONSTANT HOPE OF A POSITIVE FEEDBACK, A LIKE A COMMENT I REMEMBER I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN.
MY OLDEST DAUGHTER IS 26, MY YOUNGEST IS 16 AND I REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST TIME MY DAUGHTER SAID SOMETHING LIKE, HOW MANY OUNCES ARE IN A PINT? AND I SAID, OH, JUST A MINUTE. I HAVE THIS LITTLE CALENDAR, I HAVE THIS LITTLE FLIP THING IN THE KITCHEN. LET ME LOOK IT UP. AND SHE SAID, MOM, I WASN'T ASKING YOU. I WAS ASKING SIRI. AND I WAS LIKE, WHO'S SIRI? I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PERSON. AND INSTANTLY IN THAT MOMENT, I REALIZED THAT I WAS BEING REPLACED. RIGHT. SHE'S NOT ASKING ME A COOKING QUESTION, THOUGH IT'S DEBATABLE AS TO WHY NOT, BUT SHE IS ASKING FOR THAT INFORMATION FROM SIRI. BUT I REMEMBER JUST A FEW DAYS LATER, WHENEVER SHE HAD HER VERY FIRST INSTAGRAM, WE ALLOWED HER TO HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA AT 16 AND SHE
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SAID, I NEED YOU TO HAVE AN INSTAGRAM. ALSO SO THAT YOU CAN GO ON AND LIKE MY POST. AND THEN SHE WOULD TRY AND GET MY HUSBAND LIKE, I HAVE 39 LIKES DAD. IF I GET ONE MORE LIKE I'M GOING TO HAVE 40. WILL YOU GO ONLINE, HAVE AN INSTAGRAM AND LIKE MY POSTS SO I CAN BE AT 40 AND WE'RE LIKE FEELING SUCH PRESSURE. LIKE, YES, WE WANT YOU TO GET TO 40. AND I'M LIKE 40.WHAT AND WHY? BUT THINK ABOUT THE PRESSURE AND THE DEMAND OF THE FEELING THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS GETTING 40 PLUS LIKES AND COMMENTS ON EVERYTHING THAT THEY POST, AND YOU'RE POSTING DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY, AND YOU'RE ONLY GETTING 2 OR 3. SO NOW THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO, LIKE MINE FOR FRIENDS AND PAY FOR FRIENDS AND RENT FRIENDS OR SUBSCRIBERS SO THAT YOU CAN APPEAR TO HAVE MORE POSITIVE FEEDBACK THAN PEERS IN A COMPETITIVE ONLINE WORLD, THE QUESTIONS BECOME DID I GET AS MANY LIKES AS OTHER PEOPLE? OR WHY DIDN'T THIS PERSON LIKE MY POST? AND MAYBE YOU'VE DONE THAT. MAYBE ON YOUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA, SOMEBODY PUT AN ANGRY FACE AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT SHOULD I MESSAGE THEM? SHOULD I NOT MESSAGE THEM? SHOULD I MESSAGE? WHY WOULD THEY BE ANGRY WITH THAT? WAS THAT AN ANGER EVOKING THING I POSTED? I WAS NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT ANGRY. SHOULD I MESSAGE THEM OR SHOULD I JUST LET IT GO? SHOULD I MESSAGE THEM, OR SHOULD I JUST LET IT GO? AND THEN IF YOU DO MESSAGE THEM, THEY'RE LIKE, I DID WHAT? WHEN? WHERE? OH, MY FINGER MUST HAVE SLIPPED. BUT THINK ABOUT THE ANXIETY THAT IT CAN PROVOKE, BECAUSE THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'RE GETTING IS SO CONSTANT. AND THEN ALSO WHAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE AS THIS BECOMES A REPLACEMENT FOR MEANINGFUL CONNECTION. WHAT IS MEANINGFUL CONNECTION? WELL, MEANINGFUL CONNECTION IS A TWO WAY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP. AND WE NEED TO HAVE FRIENDS WITH SKIN ON THAT. WE CAN SIT ACROSS FROM THAT. WE CAN LOOK INTO THEIR EYES, BUT VERY FREQUENTLY IF YOU JUST GO TO A RESTAURANT HERE IN SUGAR LAND ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AND LOOK AT FAMILIES WHO ARE SITTING JUST A COUPLE OF FEET FROM EACH OTHER IN A BOOTH OR A TABLE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE MUCH EYE CONTACT. WHY? BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF EYES ON SCREENS, AND IT'S OKAY IF YOUR CHILD IS TOO YOUNG TO HAVE A SCREEN, BECAUSE ON THE TABLE THERE WILL BE A RESTAURANT PROVIDED SCREEN AND YOU CAN JUST SWIPE YOUR CARD AND PAY A SMALL FEE FOR YOUR CHILD TO ALSO BE ON A SCREEN WHILE THE REST OF THE FAMILY IS ON A SCREEN AND ENJOYING THEIR SCREEN TIME OVER A NICE DINNER THAT YOU'RE PAYING $100 FOR. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON IT HAS BECOME NORMALIZED BY OUR SOCIETY. WHY? WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK FOR RAISING OF HANDS, BUT I KNOW THAT SOME OF US HAVE PROBABLY EXPERIMENTED AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER WITH A SLOT MACHINE TYPE GAMBLING DEVICE. NO JUDGMENT HERE. JUST GOING TO USE IT AS AN ILLUSTRATION. IF YOU HAVEN'T, JUST LISTEN TO THE STORY AND I'LL EXPLAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO ONLINE OR CASINO BASED SLOT MACHINES CAN BECOME VERY ADDICTIVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN UNPREDICTABLE OUTCOME PATTERN. THINK ABOUT THIS. IF EVERY 10TH TIME YOU PUSH THE BUTTON OR PULL THE ARM, YOU WON. SLOT MACHINES WOULD NOT BE ADDICTIVE BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE PREDICTABLE.
EVERYONE WOULD PLAY TEN TIMES AND THEN WALK AWAY WITH THEIR WINNINGS. IF YOU KNEW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY 25 TIMES TO WIN, YOU WOULD PLAY 25 TIMES, AND THEN YOU WOULD WALK AWAY WITH YOUR WINNINGS AND YOU WOULDN'T PLAY ANYMORE, AND IT WOULD NOT BECOME ADDICTIVE. BUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED VERY MUCH FROM THE GAMBLING INDUSTRY IS THAT UNPREDICTABLE OUTCOMES ARE WHAT CREATE A SENSE OF DEPENDANCE OR ADDICTION, AND WE'RE MORE LIKELY TO REPEAT A PATTERN WHEN THE OUTCOME IS UNPREDICTABLE. SO I HAPPEN TO HAVE A PERSONAL CLIENT WHERE I WORK AS A PSYCHOTHERAPIST WHO IS A VERY WELL KNOWN INFLUENCER IN AN ONLINE WORLD, AND SHE WILL FREQUENTLY SAY THINGS TO ME LIKE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT POST IS GOING TO GO VIRAL. AND I'M LIKE, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT DOES VIRAL MEAN? AND THAT'S IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE THAN 100,000 LIKES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD, IT MEANS THAT YOUR POST HAS GONE VIRAL AND THEN THOSE POSTS MONETIZE. SO THIS CLIENT, HER SOLE SOURCE OF INCOME, IS AN ONLINE COMMUNITY. THAT'S HER SOLE SOURCE OF INCOME. SO SHE RELIES ON THIS UNPREDICTABLE INCOME OF POSTING THESE REELS AND REELS THAT WILL GET A LOT OF LIKES, THAT WILL MAKE HER A LOT OF MONEY. YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED
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THE NUMBER OF ENROLLED AS STUDENTS IN FORT BEND ISD, WHO HAVE MONETIZED THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT MY SON, WHO'S A STUDENT AT A&M, THANK YOU, HAS MONETIZED THE SOCIAL MEDIA OF A COMPANY THAT HE WORKS FOR AS A VIDEO EDITOR.I WAS MORE THAN SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT HE WORKED OUT A NEGOTIATED A DEAL WITH THE COMPANY THAT HE EDITS VIDEOS FOR, THAT HE KEEPS 50% OF THE MONETIZATION EARNINGS. SO HIS INCENTIVE TO POST HIGH QUALITY VIRAL VIDEOS IS SUPPORTED BY THIS UNPREDICTABLE OUTCOME PATTERN. DO YOU SEE WHY IT CAN BECOME ADDICTIVE? THE MORE HE POST, THE MORE MONEY HE COULD POSSIBLY MAKE. SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE A VEGAS SLOT MACHINE, DOESN'T IT? SO THE IDEA OF POTENTIAL FUTURE REWARD AND UNKNOWN POSSIBILITIES REGARDING OUTCOMES KEEPS THE USERS ENGAGED WITH THE SITE. NOW THAT WE'VE ADDED MONETIZATION TO THAT, IT'S EVEN FURTHER SUPPORTED. I LIKE THIS QUOTE. IT SAYS IT'S OKAY TO OWN A TECHNOLOGY. WHAT IS NOT OKAY IS TO BE OWNED BY TECHNOLOGY. I'LL READ IT AGAIN. IT IS OKAY TO OWN A TECHNOLOGY. WHAT IS NOT OKAY IS TO BE OWNED BY TECHNOLOGY. SO WHAT ARE THE APPROPRIATE LIMITS? WE ALL NEED TO KNOW THIS SOCIAL MEDIA.
ONLINE TECHNOLOGY IS HERE TO STAY. UNLESS YOU ARE GOING TO BE A HOMESTEADER IN THE ALASKAN FRONTIER, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO INTERACT ONLINE FOR DAILY LIVING AND FUNCTIONING. SO WHAT ARE APPROPRIATE LIMITS FOR 2 TO 5 YEAR OLDS? NO MORE THAN ONE HOUR PER DAY OF HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING FOR SCREEN TIME. NO MORE THAN ONE HOUR. THAT MEANS MAYBE TEN MINUTES HERE, TEN MINUTES THERE, TEN MINUTES THERE. NOT PUSHING A STROLLER WITH A KID WHO HAS AN IPAD OR BEING AT KROGER AT HEB AND GIVING YOUR KIDS THEIR PHONE SO THAT THE PHONE BABYSITS THEM WHILE YOU GROCERY SHOP. IT MEANS SHORT BURST OF CURATED, PREVIEWED, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING. IF YOU NEED TO KNOW WHY, PLEASE TALK TO YOUR PRESCHOOL AND KINDER TEACHERS WHO HEAR A LOT OF TERMS, SLANG AND WORDS THAT STUDENTS LEARNED ONLINE SIX YEARS AND UP. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO INSTITUTION THAT WILL GO ON RECORD SAYING THIS IS WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE. THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THIS SET APPROPRIATE AND CONSISTENT TIME LIMITS AND AVOID SCREENS FOR ONE HOUR BEFORE BED. THAT'S SET BY THE APA AND THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. AND PEDIATRICIANS, THEY SAY, SET APPROPRIATE AND CONSISTENT LIMITS AND AVOID SCREEN TIME BEFORE BED. NOW, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT AS A GUIDELINE IS ASK A 16 YEAR OLD WHAT'S APPROPRIATE VERSUS ASK THEIR PARENTS WHAT'S APPROPRIATE. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME NEGOTIATING. SO I DO RECOMMEND THAT WE AVOID OVERREACTING. I'M GOING TO ASK ALL OF YOU WHO ARE CURRENTLY PARENTING OR SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY PARENTING TO ASK THE CHILDREN TO CHECK THEIR SCREEN TIME AND TO BEGIN TO REPORT IT TO YOU ON A WEEKLY BASIS. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO BEGIN TO CHECK YOUR SCREEN TIME ON A WEEKLY BASIS ON SATURDAY MORNINGS. IN MY FAMILY, WE HAVE DECIDED THAT WE HAVE UNPLUGGED SATURDAY MORNINGS. IT WORKS QUITE WELL BECAUSE WE USE NOTHING THAT'S PLUGGED IN. WE'RE QUITE PURITAN IN THAT. SO I DON'T COOK, WE DON'T WASH DISHES, WE DON'T WASH CLOTHES, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING PLUGGED IN.
SO WE'LL SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER WITHOUT SCREENS OR PHONES, JUST CONNECTING. AND THEN WE'LL GENERALLY REPORT OUT ON OUR SCREEN USAGE FROM THE PAST WEEK. THOSE REPORTS GENERALLY COME OUT EVERY SUNDAY. SO WE'RE ABOUT A WEEK BEHIND. BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR SCREEN TIME USAGE IS. AND YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE CHILDREN THAT YOU PARENT OR THE CHILDREN THAT YOU INFLUENCE WITH THEIR SCREEN USAGE IS JUST CREATING AN AWARENESS OF THAT CAN BECOME REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. WHEN WE GAVE MY 16 YEAR OLD AND OUR FAMILY, YOU GET YOUR FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN YOU'RE 16. THAT'S JUST MY RULE. I'M NOT IMPOSING THAT ON ANYONE ELSE.
BUT WHEN SHE TURNED 16, SHE GOT INSTAGRAM AND THE FIRST WEEK SHE WAS ON HER PHONE CONSTANTLY AND I MADE A FEW REMARKS TO HER LIKE, OH WOW, I FEEL LIKE I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU THIS WEEK OR
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WOW, LOOK AT ME. DID YOU NOTICE I GOT A NEW NOSE PIERCING? JUST KIDDING. BUT YOU HADN'T NOTICED, HAD YOU? BECAUSE SHE WAS SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ON HER PHONE. SO AT THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK, WHEN WE CHECKED HER SCREEN TIME, IT WAS ENORMOUS. AND I SAID, WELL, LET'S JUST SEE WHAT IT AVERAGES OUT IN A MONTH. AND I HAD TO TALK TO HER BECAUSE SHE WAS AVERAGING 11 HOURS A DAY OF SCREEN USAGE, WHEN IT WAS UNMITIGATED, WHEN THERE WERE NO RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE. SO THEN STEP TWO, FOR US TO PUT THESE APPROPRIATE AND CONSISTENT TIME LIMITS IN PLACE IS WE TOLD HER THAT WE WANTED HER TO CUT THAT IN HALF 5.5 OR LESS HOURS OF SCREEN TIME A DAY, AND THEN IT BECOMES, I BELIEVE YOU CAN DO THIS. I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER. I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE THE SELF-DISCIPLINE. I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE THE CONTROL. BUT IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, WE WILL DO IT FOR YOU. THROUGH MUCH BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS, WE'VE HAD TO ENACT PARENT CONTROLS ON HER PHONE SO THAT SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO USE HER PHONE EXCEPT TO CALL OR TEXT 911 OR 3 PEOPLE IN OUR FAMILY FROM THE HOURS OF 7:30 A.M. WHEN SCHOOL BEGINS, UNTIL 230 IN THE AFTERNOON, WHEN HER SCHOOL DAY CONCLUDES. WHY? BECAUSE SHE WAS UNABLE TO SELF-REGULATE. SO WE HAVE TO LEND HER OUR ABILITY TO REGULATE UNTIL SHE DEVELOPS THAT ON HER OWN. AVOID RESTRICTIVE LIMITS. I TELL PARENTS IN IN MY PRACTICE ALL THE TIME, DO NOT TAKE YOUR CHILD'S CELL PHONE AWAY FROM THEM AS A PUNISHMENT. DON'T DO IT KIDS BECOME SUICIDAL. THIS IS THEIR LIFELINE. THIS IS THEIR CONNECTION. IT'S LIKE TELLING THEM THAT THEY CANNOT BREATHE. I DO, HOWEVER, TELL THEM ALL THE TIME TO PUT LIMITS ON THE USAGE. DON'T TAKE THE CELL PHONE AWAY, BUT IF YOU WANT TO LIMIT THEIR PHONE SO THAT THEY CAN ONLY TEXT THREE PEOPLE IN THEIR FAMILY, THEN DO THAT. BUT DO NOT TAKE IT AWAY. IT IS LIKE TAKING AWAY THEIR SHOES AND SENDING THEM TO SCHOOL. THAT IS HOW INTEGRATED INTO OUR SOCIETY IT IS TO HAVE A TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICE TEACH THEM ABOUT HEALTHY TECHNOLOGY USE, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO MODEL IT YOURSELF. THE NUMBER OF PARENTS WHO COME INTO SESSION BECAUSE THEY'RE CALLED INTO A COUNSELING SESSION ON BEHALF OF THEIR CHIL, WHO ARE ON THEIR TECHNOLOGY DURING A SESSION, WHICH THEY PAY MIGHTILY FOR OR THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY PAYS MIGHTILY FOR, IS ASTOUNDING. WHEN A STAFF CASES WITH MY TEAM, I CANNOT EXPECT THAT A 16 YEAR OLD IS GOING TO WORK WITH ME FOR 53 MINUTES WITHOUT USING THEIR CELL PHONE.IF A PARENT CAN'T COME IN AND WORK WITH ME FOR 53 MINUTES WITHOUT USING A CELL PHONE AT CHURCH ONE HOUR, I JUST LOOK AROUND. I HAVE A PRETTY COOL VANTAGE POINT BECAUSE I SIT ON THE FRONT ROW. MY HUSBAND IS THE PASTOR, AND I'M NOTICING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THEIR CELL PHONE DURING CHURCH, AND MAYBE THEY'RE READING THEIR BIBLE. MAYBE THEY'RE ORDERING THEIR GROCERIES. I'M NOT SURE, BUT WE HAVE TO MODEL THAT HEALTHY USAGE, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT CHILDREN ARE DOING ONLINE, TEACH GOOD ONLINE BEHAVIOR, DISCUSS DIGITAL DECISION MAKING.
WE HAD TO SAY, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO ACCEPT AS FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRA.
FIRST, IT'S ME, YOUR BROTHER, YOUR SISTER, MY HUSBAND. WE ARE THE FIRST PEOPLE WE WILL MONITOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO ONLINE. YOU CANNOT ACCEPT PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT CONNECTED TO SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT. AND WE WANT TO MONITOR THAT. WE ALSO DO NOT BELIEVE IN PHONE PRIVACY IN OUR HOUSE. WHY? IT'S FOR SAFETY. FOR SAFETY. I WILL CHECK YOUR PHONE BECAUSE YOU ARE 16. SHE'S ABOUT TO BE 17 ON DECEMBER 11TH, BUT YOU ARE 16. I WILL CHECK YOUR PHONE NOW. I DO NOT CHECK MY 26 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER'S PHONE, NOR DO I CHECK MY 21 YEAR OLD TWINS PHONE. BUT I DID CHECK THEIR PHONE WHEN THEY WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL. WHY? TO INVADE THEIR PRIVACY? NO. IF YOU SAY THAT SOMEBODY'S BOOTY IS CUTE, I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION IT. BUT IF YOU'RE BEING SEXUALLY GROOMED BY A PREDATOR, I AM GOING TO SAY WHO IS THIS PERSON? HOW DO YOU KNOW THEM? BLOCK THEM. THIS IS NOT A SAFE PERSON. THAT IS MY JOB AS A PART OF PROTECTION. JUST LIKE I WOULDN'T ALLOW SOMEONE INTO MY HOME THAT I DO NOT KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW SOMEONE INTO MY CHILD'S INBOX, TEXT MESSAGING OR SOCIAL MEDIA THAT I DO NOT KNOW THAT IS FOR THEIR SAFETY AND PROTECTION.
ENCOURAGE IN-PERSON RELATIONSHIPS OVER ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS AND IT IS OKAY TO HAVE SCREEN FREE TIME IN YOUR FAMILIES AND HOMES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CATALINA GAVE ME FROM THE DISTRICT IN POLLING STUDENTS ABOUT CELL PHONE USAGE AT SCHOOL. SUPER INTERESTING.
THE VERY FIRST QUESTION, DO YOU FEEL CELL PHONE USE SHOULD BE CONTROLLED ON CAMPUS? WE HAVE ALMOST THREE FOURTHS OF THE STUDENTS EITHER STRONGLY AGREEING OR NEUTRAL. WITH THAT.
WE HAVE A VERY SMALL GREEN AND PURPLE PERCENTAGE OF THE STUDENTS. IT'S ABOUT 30%. SO
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ABOUT A THIRD THAT DISAGREE OR STRONGLY DISAGREE. THAT MEANS TWO THIRDS OF STUDENTS SAY WE NEED HELP CONTROLLING OUR SCREEN TIME. WE NEED HELP, AND OUR PEERS NEED HELP. DO YOU FEEL THAT CELL PHONES SHOULD BE PROHIBITED IN THE CLASSROOMS? AGAIN, WE HAVE A VERY, VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS SAYING THAT THEY AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE PROHIBITED. WE HAVE ABOUT HALF OF OUR STUDENTS SAYING THAT THEY DISAGREE, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT HALF SAYING THAT THEY EITHER AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE PROHIBITED OR THEY'RE NEUTRAL. THINK ABOUT THE SOCIAL RAMIFICATIONS OF BEING KNOWN THAT YOU SAID CELL PHONES SHOULD BE PROHIBITED IN THE CLASSROOM.THOSE ARE SOME BRAVE STUDENTS THAT YOU GUYS POLLED. AND THEN ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA. INSTAGRAM CONTINUES TO BE THE BIGGEST CONTENDER AMONG STUDENTS, FOLLOWED BY TIKTOK, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND SNAPCHAT SPORTS SHOE DISCORD. AND THEN REMIND WHICH A LOT OF SCHOOLS USE. ALSO INDICATE YOUR LEVEL OF AGREEMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT. I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME I DEVOTE TO SOCIAL MEDIA. WE HAD SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WHO DISAGREED OR STRONGLY DISAGREED WITH THAT STATEMENT OVER HALF SAID, I SPEND WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS IS A CRY FOR HELP. THEY'RE LITERALLY SAYING, I TRIED TO CUT MY INSTAGRAM USAGE IN HALF. MOM, BUT I COULDN'T DO IT. I NEED YOU TO PUT SOME CONSTRAINTS ON MY PHONE SO THAT WHEN I'M AT SCHOOL, I CAN'T ACCESS INSTAGRAM BECAUSE I CAN'T SAY NO TO MYSELF WHEN I'M AT SCHOOL. AND I SAID, WELL, BABY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING. WITH YOUR ACTIONS, I WILL CERTAINLY ACCOMMODATE THAT. AND WE'LL TRY AGAIN IN A FEW MONTHS. THIS ISN'T FOREVER. THIS IS JUST FOR RIGHT NOW. WE'LL TRY AGAIN IN A FEW MONTHS AND RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU'RE AT HOME, YOU'RE TOTALLY ALLOWED TO BE ON INSTAGRAM FROM THE HOURS OF 5 TO 730. BUT NO SCREENS AT DINNER.
SO I'M GOING TO END WITH THAT AND TAKE THE ONE QUESTION THAT WE DO HAVE. WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDI? SOCIAL MEDIA IS ANYTHING WHERE YOU CAN INTERACT IN AN ONLINE FORMAT WITH ANOTHER HUMAN, OR EVEN AN AI GENERATED BOT THAT STILL GIVES YOU THAT SOCIAL INTERACTION. SO IT'S ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONLINE PROGRAM THAT STUDENTS USE, INCLUDING A LOT OF THEM THAT ARE USED IN SCHOOLS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. IT'S A LOT. THERE IS NO SENSE OF SAFETY THAT WE SHOULD EVER SUBMIT TO.
WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ONLINE ACCESS, THEY NEED OUR HELP KEEPING THEM SAFE. WE HAVE TO HELP THEM WITH THAT. THEIR PREFRONTAL CORTEX IS NOT FULLY DEVELOPED AND ADULTS RIGHT.
ADULTS GET SCAMMED ALL THE TIME. SO OF COURSE OUR STUDENTS NEED HELP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS? YEAH. LET ME GET TO THE PART. YOU KNOW, WE USE COVET AS THE EXCUSE TO SWITCH OVER TO EVERYTHING ELECTRONIC AND ONLINE AND ALL OF THAT. AND THEN WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE SWITCH OVER, BOTH IN TERMS OF TEACHING OUR KIDS, WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR TEACHING THEM HOW TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY, AND NOW WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF US TEACHING THEM WHAT WE WERE FORCED TO TEACH BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND SO I, I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE, MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M I'M ANCIENT, BUT IS THERE A THOUGHT TO MAYBE GOING BACKWARD AND MAYBE FOR CERTAIN CLASSES, ESPECIALLY FOR MATH, BECAUSE, LIKE, THEY STOP PROVIDING US KIDS THOSE BOOKS THAT YOU COULD DO AND NOW WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY PRINT THOSE OUT AND SEND THEM HOME. YEAH. AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, THAT MAKES LIKE ZERO SENSE. SO HOW ABOUT LIKE, AT LEAST FOR MATH, DO LIKE A PILOT WHERE WE JUST DO AWAY COMPLETELY WITH MATH BEING DEPENDENT ON WHATEVER STUPID STUFF IS ONLINE. THAT THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHY THIS COMMITTEE EXISTS, WHY THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT IS FOR A COMMITTEE LIKE THIS TO EXIST, IS SO THAT YOU CAN ADVISE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP REGARDING YOUR CONCERNS AROUND STUDENT HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. AND THAT'S REALLY WHY CATALINA, IN COOPERATION WITH SOME DISTRICT LEVEL LEADERS, WANTED THIS TO BE A TRAINING AND TO INCREASE YOUR AWARENESS SO THAT YOU, AS A COMMITTEE, CAN BEGIN TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS. SO I LOVE THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO THINK THAT WAY. I HOPE IT LEADS TO MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION. YES, IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. OH, SORRY. YEAH, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. CAN THIS INFORMATION GET COMMUNICATED TO THE STUDENTS DIRECTLY? BECAUSE, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A MISSING PIECE HERE. THEY NEED TO SEE WHAT THE PARENTS SEE AND ALL THE ALL THE DATA. YOU HAVE SOME AWESOME DATA AND ANALYTICS HERE THAT I THINK WOULD REALLY SPEAK TO THEM DIRECTLY. YES, ABSOLUTELY. HAPPEN OR NOT. AND
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THERE ARE SO MANY COOL INITIATIVES IN THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, SOME THAT I WORKED WITH WITH LORI AND PILAR, AND PRETTY SPECIFICALLY TO DO MENTAL HEALTH SOUND BITES OR MENTAL HEALTH COACHING, TWO MINUTE SOUND BITES PLAYED IN THE CLASSROOMS FOR STUDENTS TEACHING SMALL TIDBITS OF FACTS LIKE THIS. THE SCHOOL IS DOING A GREAT JOB AT COMMUNICATING THAT WE NEED THE SUPPORT FROM PARENTS. ALSO COMMUNICATING THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT IN THE CLASSROOM TO SET CONSTRAINTS ON TECHNOLOGICAL USE WHEN THERE ARE NO CONSTRAINTS AT HOME, BECAUSE AT HOME USE CAN CREATE THAT ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR THAT IS SO DIFFICULT FOR TEACHERS TO OVERRIDE IN THE CLASSROOM. BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU IT HAS TO BE THE SCHOOLS COMMUNICATING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNICATING, AND PARENTS COMMUNICATING. WE NEED TO KEEP YOU SAFE AND NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIND SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AND HELPFUL WAYS FOR YOU TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA, BECAUSE THERE ARE BENEFITS TO SOCIAL MEDIA, RIGHT? AND WE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL OUR KIDS THAT THERE IS NOT. BUT WE DO HAVE TO EDUCATE THEM AROUND WHAT'S HEALTHY AND APPROPRIATE. YES. SO MY NAME IS ANGIE. I'M A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. I'M THE LIAISON FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THE SHACK. IF YOU DID NOT, I'M SURE YOU DIDN'T SIT WITH YOUR BOWL OF POPCORN LISTENING TO THE MEETING THIS WEEK. BUT AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE WILL HAVE AN INFORMATION ITEM THAT ACTUALLY IS A POLICY SURROUNDING CELL PHONES. SO I ENCOURAGE OUR MEMBERS TO LISTEN TO THAT. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION RELATED TO THAT POLICY BECAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT DO NOT REMOVE THEIR THEIR CELL PHONES FROM THEM. AND SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN YOU EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT ON THE DIFFERENCE IN RESTRICT AND REMOVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE BABIES WHO HAVE GROWN UP WITH THEIR THEIR ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN FRONT OF THEM SINCE BEFORE THEY COULD SPEAK. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE OUR PRE-K, KINDER AND ONE KIDS WHO HAVE GROWN UP THAT WAY. AND JUST ANYWAY EXPOUND ON THAT NOTION OF REMOVE VERSUS RESTRICT RESTRICT. YEAH. AND SO I WANT TO USE THE IDEA OF MORGAN FREEMAN. MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD HIS STORY, HOW HE GREW UP AS A CHILD OF EXTREME NEGLECT AND HAD MAJOR FOOD INSECURITIES. SO HE SAID ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE WOULD DO WHEN HE BECAME AN ADULT TO COMBAT HIS FOOD INSECURITIES IS HE WOULD PUT A GRANOLA BAR IN HIS SHIRT POCKET, AND THAT WHEN HE WOULD FEEL THAT FOOD INSECURITY, HE WOULD TOUCH HIS POCKET AND REMIND HIMSELF THAT HE HAD ACCESS TO FOOD. HOW MANY TIMES DO WE EVEN FEEL OUR BACK POCKET TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PHONE? NOT TOO LONG AGO, I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MY MOM. I WAS LIKE, MOM, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LET YOU GO. I CAN'T FIND MY PHONE. DON'T LAUGH AT ME BECAUSE YOU MAYBE HAVE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR. AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MEME THAT SAYS IF YOU FEEL YOUR PHONE VIBRATING IN YOUR BACK POCKET, BUT YOUR PHONE IS NOT IN YOUR BACK POCKET, YOU NEED TO GET THAT THING CHECKED OUT. THE IDEA IS THAT OUR PHONE BECOMES AN EXTENSION OF WHO WE ARE. AND JUST LIKE MORGAN FREEMAN, JUST HAVING IT ON OUR PERSON SO THAT WE CAN TOUCH IT AND FEEL IT BECOMES A SOURCE OF ONGOING COMFORT AND CONNECTION FOR US NOW. IT IS OKAY FOR MY DAUGHTER TO KNOW THAT HER PHONE IS OFF BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:30 A.M. AND 2:30 P.M, BUT SHE STILL HAS THAT PHONE ON HER, AND IF SHE WERE TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY, IF THERE WERE TO BE A SCHOOL INTRUDER, IF SHE WERE TO BECOME VIOLENTLY ILL, SHE COULD HAVE ACCESS TO ONE OF HER CARING PARENTS, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY OR ONLINE EMERGENCY SERVICES ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. I KNOW, LIKE I USED TO DRIVE, I USED TO COMMUTE 2.5 HOURS HOME FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS IN DENTON TO HOUSTON. DURING COLLEGE, READY WITHOUT A CELL PHONE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE LATE 90S AND EARLY 2000, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE. I WOULD NEVER LET MY SON DRIVE HOME FROM A&M WITHOUT A BECAUSE CELL PHONES TO US EQUAL DON'T TAKE AWAY SAFETY AND SECURITY. MASLOW TAUGHT US THAT. SO THEY NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT. BUT THEY DO NOT NEED TO HAVE UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO IT. THAT'S WHAT MORGAN FREEMAN WAS TEACHING US. IF HE ATE EVERY TIME HE FELT HUNGRY, HE WOULD HAVE WEIGHED 500 POUNDS. BUT KNOWING THAT HE HAD ACCESS TO THE GRANOLA BAR MADE HIM ACTUALLY EAT LESS. WE CAN'T.MASLOW TAUGHT US THAT IF THIS EQUALS SAFETY AND SECURITY TO US, OKAY, YOU'RE GOING TO YOUR FRIEND'S HOUSE. YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE TEXT ME WHEN YOU GET THERE. I'VE GOT YOU ON LIFE360.
YOU WERE GOING 58 AND 55. THAT'S NOT SAFE. WE'RE USING IT FOR SAFETY. WE'RE TEACHING THEM THAT IT KEEPS THEM SAFE, AND THEN WE TAKE IT AWAY FROM THEM AND THEY PANIC. AND THEY REALLY DO HAVE PSYCHOTIC BREAKS BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER FEEL CONNECTED AND THEY NO LONGER FEEL SAFE.
RESTRICTIONS WORK. PUT THEM ON THERE. THERE ARE SO MANY COOL APPS FOR RESTRICTIONS, BUT WE
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JUST HAVE IPHONES AND SO WE HAVE PASSCODE PROTECTED RESTRICTIONS. AND I KNOW THAT KIDS GET THINGS LIKE BURNER PHONES, AND WE CAN'T PROTECT AGAINST ALL OF IT, BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS SAYING, I CARE BECAUSE I CARE. I'M GOING TO TEACH YOU HEALTHY USE OF THIS THING, WHICH IS A TOOL, BUT ANY TOOL CAN BE SAFER AND SAFE. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I KNOW IT'S SO HARD AND SO MANY PARENTS FIGHT ME ON THIS ONE. AND YOU. ULTIMATELY, IT'S YOUR DECISION TO MAKE WITH YOUR CHILDREN. BUT THINK ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND NOT LETTING THEM GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT THIS, BECAUSE IT KEEPS THEM SAFE AND THEN TAKING IT AWAY FROM THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN BAD. JUST BAD. MEAN YOU NO LONGER GET TO BE SAFE. I DON'T THINK SO. YES, I WAS A FRESHMAN. AND HOW DOES THAT GET? HE DOES NOT HAVE A PHONE. HE HAD AN APPLE WATCH AND THAT IS ENOUGH SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT WE NEED. LIKE HE CAN CONTACT ME WHATEVER. HOWEVER, I WAS VOLUNTEERING AT THE CAMPUS YESTERDAY AND THE KIDS WERE TOLD THAT KIDS IN THE ACADEMY AND THEY HAD TO SHOW, THEY HAD TO SHOW PROOF OF THEIR ATTENDING. ONE OF THE ACADEMY CLASSES, SO THEY HAD TO SHOW THEIR SKYWARD SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY. AND THAT'S WHEN I LEARNED THAT IT'S NOT ONLY HER. THEY WERE FROM THE 200 KIDS. THEY WERE LIKE TEN KIDS WHO DID NOT HAVE A PHONE AND LIKE, IT WAS HARD. LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE THE ONES WHO WERE CARRYING THEIR COMPUTERS TO SHOW THEIR SHOW, THEIR STUFF. AND THEN THERE ARE SO MANY TEACHERS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO ACTUALLY TELL THEM, TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS AND POST IT. SO SAFETY AND SECURITY IS POSSIBLE EVEN WITH THE GIZMO WATCH WHERE YOU CAN ONLY CONTACT 20 PEOPLE. YES. HOWEVER HIGH SCHOOL, ALL ALL THE CLUBS, EVERYTHING IS ON INSTAGRAM. MY DAUGHTER NOW HAS INSTAGRAM ON HER IPAD, BUT TODAY IN THE MORNING SHE WAS GOING FOR A CLUB AND SHE DID NOT KNOW WHERE IT WAS BECAUSE IT'S ONLY POSTED ON INSTAGRAM. SO THESE 13 YEAR OLD KIDS CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT INSTAGRAM BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE SCHOOLS ARE FUNCTIONING RIGHT NOW. AND THAT REALLY IS PREPARING THEM FOR WHAT WE HAVE TERMED IN THE BUSINESS INDUSTRY AS AN ONLINE BUSINESS WORLD, YOU CANNOT IMAGINE BECOMING AN ADULT AND WORKING AT ANY PLACE OF BUSINESS WITHOUT A CELL PHONE. IT IS BECOMING AN INTEGRATED PART OF HOW WE AS A WORLD CONDUCT BUSINESS. SO YOUR DECISION, I, MY VERY BEST FRIEND, HAS A HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN WHO ONLY HAS AN IPAD AND SHE HAS THE GIZMO WATCH. THAT IS A PERFECT DECISION UNTIL IT BEGINS TO IMPEDE THEIR ABILITY TO ACCESS THINGS AT THE SAME LEVEL AS OTHER STUDENTS, AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE. THIS COMMITTEE HAS TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE. DO WE WANT TO SAY 13 IS TOO YOUNG TO BEGIN TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE BUSINESS WORLD? WE'D RATHER WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE 15 OR 16. OR DO WE WANT TO SAY, THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD IS HEADING AND WE HAVE TO START TEACHING SAFETY AROUND THIS AND BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT IT IN SAFE WAYS, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE DECISION YOUR FAMILY'S MAKING, BECAUSE YOU'VE ALLOWED HER TO HAVE INSTAGRAM. WE LET ALL OF OUR KIDS HAVE INSTAGRAM AT 16. WE LET ALL OF OUR KIDS HAVE CELL PHONES WHEN THEY GOT IN SEVENTH GRADE BECAUSE THEY ALL RAN CROSS COUNTRY AND I DIDN'T. SOME OF MY KIDS WERE SLOW AND I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO SIT UP AT THE SCHOOL FOR 2.5 HOURS WAITING FOR THEM TO FINISH THEIR RUN, RIGHT. AND IF YOU'RE THE LAST PERSON FINISHING YOUR RUN WITH ANOTHER SLOW PERSON WHO'S FINISHING THE RUN, WHO DOESN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE, THEN YOUR MOM HAS TO SIT AT THE SCHOOL FOR THREE HOURS WHILE THEY DO THE RUN, HOPING THAT THEY FINISH THE RUN. SO WE TOLD OUR KIDS, YOU'LL GET A CELL PHONE WHEN YOU NEED IT. AMAZINGLY, ALL FOUR OF OUR CHILDREN, I THINK THEY TOLD EACH OTHER IF YOU'LL JUST RUN CROSS COUNTRY, YOU'LL GET A CELL PHONE. ALL FOUR OF OUR KIDS RAN CROSS COUNTRY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. AND SO THEY ALL FOUR GOT A CELL PHONE WHEN THEY STARTED RUNNING AND THEN HAD AFTER SCHOOL PICKUP TIME SO THEY COULD COMMUNICATE WITH US. BUT IN THE BEGINNING, ALL OF OUR KIDS HAD THE FLIP PHONES AND WE WERE THE ONLY CONTENTS. BUT WE WERE PREPARING, TEACHING AND TRAINING THEM TO NOW LIVE IN AN ONLINE WORLD. AND MY SON, WHO IS IN COLLEGE, MAKES A VERY NICE INCOME. HE'S NEVER BEEN TO AN OFFICE. HE'S NEVER MET ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT HE WORKS WITH, AND HE CONDUCTS MOST OF HIS BUSINESS ON ONLINE. YES. YOU MAKE SOME VERY VALID POINTS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT OUR KIDS TO BE INTRINSICALLY MOTIVATED, RIGHT? ALL THE TIME INSTILLING OUTSIDE PRESSURES, TAKING THINGS AWAY FROM THEM. THAT'S EXTERNAL PRESSURES. BUT THE ULTIMATE IS FOR KIDS TO BE TAUGHT TO INTRINSICALLY PROCESS WHAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT'S WRONG. AND IT COMES FROM NOT TAKING THINGS AWAY CONSTANTLY, BUT GIVING THEM LIKE LITTLE, LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS TO YOU, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE FRIENDS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FAMILY. SO YOU'RE TEACHING THEM SOMETHING THAT'S AT THE CORE. IT'S NOT ALWAYS MOM TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO OR THE WORLD TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO. IT'S LIKE ME TELLING ME WHAT TO DO. BUT YOU'RE TEACHING THEM[00:55:04]
SLOWLY BUT SURELY. I REALLY LIKE THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE PHONES AWAY. TODAY WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS A TECHNOLOGY WORLD. AND THAT'S WHAT THE KIDS USE. AND I LIKE THE SAFETY PIECE THAT YOU MENTIONED. WELL, THINK ABOUT DRIVING A CAR, RIGHT? WE'VE NOW TAUGHT FOUR KIDS HOW TO DRIVE, PLUS OURSELVES. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO REMISS OF US AS A SOCIETY IF WE SAID, YOU'RE 16.HERE'S THE KEYS. GOOD LUCK. WE WOULD NEVER DO THAT RIGHT. WE STARTED DRIVING IN THE CHURCH PARKING LOT WHEN OUR KIDS WERE 14 ON A GOLF CART, AND THAT WAS TERRIFYING. BUT THAT'S THE THAT'S WHERE WE HAD TO START TO WORK OUR WAY UP TO NOW. AND MY 17 YEAR OLD STILL DOESN'T HAVE HER LICENSE. WHY? BECAUSE SHE'S NOT READY. JUST BECAUSE SHE'S ABOUT TO BE 17 DOESN'T MEAN THAT SHE'S READY TO GET HER DRIVER'S LICENSE. NOW, TWO OF MY OTHER CHILDREN HAD THEIR LICENSE WHEN THEY TURNED 16. EVERY KID IS INDIVIDUAL AND UNIQUE, AND WE TREAT THEM AS SUCH. BUT IF WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR KIDS, WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM. WE HAVE TO TRAIN THEM. THEY HAVE TO TAKE CLASSES, THEY HAVE TO TAKE TESTS. THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR WORTHINESS TO DRIVE. WHY WOULD WE HAND THEM A CELL PHONE WITH UNMITIGATED ACCESS TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB? WE HAVE TO HAVE TRAINING AROUND THIS USAGE WHERE IS THAT TRAINING GOING TO COME FROM AS A SHACK? THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I LEAVE WITH YOU GUYS. I LEAVE THAT QUESTION WITH YOU GUYS. IF PARENTS ARE NOT DOING THAT, DO WE IS THE IMPETUS ON US FOR ONE MORE THING, AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS THE IMPETUS ON THE COMMUNITY? DOES THE COMMUNITY NEED TO BEGIN THIS TEACHING AND TRAINING? DO PARENTS EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO TEACH AND TRAIN? I MEAN, I'M 50, SORRY, AND I DIDN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE UNTIL I HAD MY FIRST TEACHING JOB, AND I DIDN'T HAVE MY FIRST SMARTPHONE UNTIL I BECAME A SCHOOL COUNSELOR. SO I DIDN'T GROW UP WITH THIS. SO I CAN'T TEACH MY KIDS HOW I LEARNED. SO WHO'S TEACHING US? THAT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER? THANK YOU. OKAY, IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I DO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT BACK AT THE OFFICE, BUT I CAN HANG OUT FOR A FEW MINUTES. I DID WANT TO THANK CATALINA. AND I DID BRING FOR YOU A COPY OF MY NEW BOOK AND WORKBOOK CALLED OVERCOMING ANXIETY. IT DOES INCLUDE A CHAPTER ON HOW ANXIETY PROVOKING SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE ACCESS CAN BE. THIS IS FOR YOU. OH THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE WE COULD TALK TO HEATHER FOR HOURS ON END, AND I'M SAD THAT WE HAVE TO CUT IT OFF, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE DOCTOR SCHER COME UP HERE JUST TO SPEAK QUICKLY. SORRY. I DEFINITELY WANTED TO GET THE OTHER PERSPECTIVE. HERE IS WHAT IS OUR DISTRICT DOING? DO YOU HAVE ANY SLIDES OR NOT? NO. OKAY. GOOD. WHAT IS OUR DISTRICT DOING AND HOW HAVE THINGS CHANGED? MAYBE IN THE LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR 1 TO 1 DEVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOCTOR SHAW. SO I'M ANDREA SCHER, I AM CHIEF OF SCHOOLS AND RECENTLY I WAS AS OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEE, JUST MENTIONED, WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR CELL PHONE POLICY AND JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH IT. WE'VE ALSO DONE A DEEP DIVE, DEEP DIVE WITH OUR PRINCIPALS TO SEE WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING, WHAT'S CURRENT PRACTICES, KIND OF ARE WE UP TO DATE? WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE FACING RIGHT IN THE DAY TO DAY AS FAR AS INSTRUCTION? SO WHERE WE ARE NOW IS ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AT SECOND THROUGH 12TH GRADE THAT DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIMES, THERE SHOULD BE NO CELL PHONES OUT PERIOD, WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE IN THE BACKPACK. WE ARE GIVEN SOME DISCRETION TO CAMPUSES. AND AGAIN, IT'S UP FOR POLICY REVIEW. SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF TEASING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE PIECES FOR HIGH SCHOOL. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, LIKE IN TRACK, WHEN YOU START TO GET INTO ATHLETIC EVENTS AND FINE ARTS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT OUR KIDS DO, WHEN CAN THEY CHECK THEIR CELL PHONE? THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, WHETHER IT'S IN TRANSITIONS, IS IT BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL? IS IT DURING LUNCH TIME? BUT WE ALSO ESPECIALLY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THOSE SOCIAL CONVERSATIONS GOING THAT ARE FACE TO FACE. OUR KIDS DON'T LOSE THOSE SKILL SETS OF HAVING CONVERSATIONS. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE'RE KIND OF TEASING THROUGH. FOR THE MOST PART, ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE SAID, AND WE'RE AT LIKE 90% THAT ARE IT'S A WAY THE WHOLE TIME. IT'S JUST WHERE THOSE TRANSITIONS HAPPEN. AND AGAIN, IT'S AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOLS, MOSTLY AROUND THE FINE ARTS, THE ATHLETIC EVENTS IN THOSE PIECES. ANOTHER BIG PIECE AS WE TALKED ABOUT, IS WITH OUR KINDER FIRST GRADE THAT PIECE WHERE THEY'RE STILL YOUNG ABOUT NOT HAVING A DEVICE AT ALL. WE EVEN CONTEMPLATED, WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE THAT A DEVICE IS EVEN IN THE CAMPUS, ON THE CAMPUS, BECAUSE OUR LITTLE ONES WILL LOSE IT, OR THEY'LL BRING IT OUT
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AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES OR THOSE KIND OF THINGS. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE BIG SISTERS AND BROTHERS THAT HELP WALK THEM HOME. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE REALLY KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE IT THERE FOR SAFETY REASONS. IF THEY'RE AT HOME FOR WALKERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. BUT WHEN THEY'RE REALLY TINY AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR PRE-K AND YOUR CS, THAT THERE'S NOT A DEVICE AT ALL UNLESS THERE'S SOME TYPE OF MEDICAL EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE THAT MIGHT BE A MONITOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND THOSE STAFF MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF THAT PIECE. ANOTHER THING THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS NOW WITH 1 TO 1 DEVICES, THEY STILL ARE GETTING ACCESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIAS. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? STUDENTS, WHETHER THEY HACK THROUGH THOSE OR EVEN SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HAPPENS AT HOME AS IT RELATES TO CYBER BULLYING, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN DURING SCHOOL HOURS. THAT THEN OVERFLOWS INTO SCHOOL HOURS AND DISRUPTS THE INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT. AND I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT PIECE. WHEN SHE SAID, WE NEED HELP WITH PARENTS HELPING TO MONITOR THAT PIECE. WHEN WE DO FIND OUT, WE DO INVESTIGATE THAT AND USUALLY THEY'RE QUITE TIME CONSUMING AS FAR AS TRYING TO TRACK THAT DOWN AND NARROW THAT DOWN. BUT THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR POLICY, AND IT'S ALREADY A PART OF OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT THAT WHEN THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN, WHEN IT DISRUPTS THE INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE WELL-BEING AND THE SAFETY AND THE EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE CONSEQUENCES AROUND THAT. BUT AGAIN, STUDENTS NEED ADDITIONAL EDUCATION A LOT OF TIMES FROM HOME ABOUT WHAT'S APPROPRIATE. SOMETIMES THEY JUST JUMP ON BANDWAGONS FROM THE NETWORK THAT SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING UGLY ABOUT SOMEBODY. OH YEAH, I AGREE. OH YEAH OR WHATEVER. AND THEY'RE IN PUT IN THAT GROUP. THAT GROUP GROUP CHAT OR SNAP OR WHATEVER. I'M OLD. NOT AS OLD.I'M, I REFER TO MYSELF AS OLD. YEAH, I'M UP THERE. SO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR KIDS JUST LIKE YOU WOULD SAY, DON'T GET IN A CAR, BECAUSE IF YOU GET PULLED OVER, SOMEBODY HAS SOMETHING IN THEIR CAR THAT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL MIGHT BE GOING DOWN FOR IT. THE SAME THING. DON'T JOIN CHATS AND GROUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING UGLY ABOUT SOMEBODY, AND NOW YOU'RE ALL INVOLVED. SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE REALLY ASKING FOR HELP AROUND THOSE PIECES. BUT I DO THINK THAT FOR THE MOST PART, OUR CAMPUSES ARE TRYING TO PUT THOSE ON LOCK AND NOT HAVING THEM OUT VISIBLE AT ALL DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. AND WE'RE EVEN EXTENDING THAT PIECE IS ANOTHER CONSIDERATION THAT IF IT'S EXTENDED DAY OR TUTORIALS, WHAT IS INSTRUCTIONAL TIME? SO ANY TIME THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOCUSED ON THE LEARNING THAT YOU'RE FOCUSED ON THE LEARNING IN A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. SO I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
YES, MA'AM. YOU TALKED ABOUT. WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S VERY HARD FOR THEM TO IMPLEMENT THE NO CELL PHONE POLICY IN THEIR CLASSROOM. AND, YOU KNOW, SO IF A STUDENT PULLS IT UP QUIETLY, IS THERE GOING TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR HIM OR HER? SO YES, ONE, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE MORE OF A I FEEL LIKE I'M USING MY TEACHER VOICE THAT WELL. OH, I APOLOGIZE, LET ME GO BACK WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE. SO I THINK THAT WAS A MORE OF AN ISSUE PREVIOUSLY, BUT ONCE WE STARTED WITH 1 TO 1 THIS YEAR AND AS THOSE DEVICES HAVE ROLLED DOWN TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THEN WE HAVE CAL, WELL, COMPUTER CARTS, I SHOULDN'T SAY COWS IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT OUR COMPUTER CARTS IN THE CLASSROOM, WE DON'T SEE THOSE ISSUES NEAR AS MUCH ANYMORE. WE DID DO SURVEYS AS FAR AS DISCIPLINE, WHAT WE'RE DOING AROUND THOSE PIECES, HOW MANY INCIDENCES ARE WE HAVING AROUND AT EACH CAMPUS? AND IT'S DIVIDED UP AT EACH CAMPUS. SO THEN WE'RE NOW WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CALIBRATING AROUND THAT PIECE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT. SO THE ONLY ISSUE THAT CAME UP RECENTLY THAT TEACHERS WERE STRUGGLING WITH THIS YEAR AS FAR AS EMERGING, AND THIS YEAR IS AROUND THE SMART WATCHES FOR OUR LITTLE BITTIES. SO THEY GET THE DINGS AND THEY CAN EVEN HAVE LITTLE GAMES ON THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, WHICH HAS ONLY BEEN A SINGLE INCIDENT AND WE HAVE LIKE 80 000, WE HAVE A TON OF KIDS.
SO ONE INCIDENT IS NOT TOO BAD, BUT THINK ABOUT THIS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR KIDS. WERE THIS LIKE THE EYE GLASSES SO THEY CAN GET SEE THINGS, HEAR THINGS. AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ALL OF THEM DO AND HOW MUCH THEY COST. BUT IF YOU GET YOUR KIDS THAT CAN, THEY STAY AT HOME. JUST KEEP THOSE AT HOME BECAUSE WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE PIECES TOO, AS IT RELATES TO CHEATING AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET INTO THE SECONDARY AND THOSE PIECES AND SO NORMALLY, LIKE IN A TESTING ENVIRONMENT, WE'RE COLLECTING BACKPACKS THAT MOVE UP WHEN WE'RE DOING STATE TESTING. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE TO GO TO THAT DEGREE AS WE START TO
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GET TO WITH THE SMART WATCHES OR THE EYE GLASSES. SORRY, I DIDN'T APOLOGIZE FOR MOVING FROM BEHIND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION? I THINK HEATHER BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. AS FAR AS LIKE, WHO'S TEACHING THE PARENTS TO, YOU KNOW, HOW TO TRAIN THEIR KIDS AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE DISTRICT. SO IS THERE ANY HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INCLUDING THAT IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS LIKE THE COURSE? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE ADULTS TO TAK, MAYBE SPECIFIC TO, YOU KNOW, HOW TO TRAIN, YOU KNOW YOUR CHILD FROM ALL FOR ALL AGES. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT. I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED ANYTHING AROUND THOSE PIECES. YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING GOOD AND GIVE ME A PRETTY. OR MAYBE IT WAS LAURA OR LORI HAD ME COME TO A COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENT, AND I DID THIS EXACT TRAINING FOR THE PARENTS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE. THAT WAS IN THE FALL, I BELIEVE SO, AND THAT'S HOW WE MET, RIGHT? THAT'S HOW WE MET WAS ACTUALLY TO A SOUND BITE THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, SPECIFICALLY. SO NOT A SOUND BITE. WE HAD A WEBINAR LAST YEAR THAT SHE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT THE CELL PHONE USE AND STRATEGY. SO IT'S ON THE WHOLE CHILD HEALTH WEB PAGE. SO YOU CAN GO THERE. IT'S THE PARENT WEBINAR SERIES. YOU CAN VIEW IT, YOU CAN SHARE IT. IT'S A WEB VIDEO. SO YOU CAN SHARE IT. SO THERE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SPREAD THE INFORMATION. IT'S JUST WE'RE REALLY SUPER EXCITED THAT THE DISTRICT NOW IS LOOKING AT THAT POLICY AND LOOKING AT MAKING IT SOMETHING DISTRICT WIDE. SO I THINK WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO EDUCATE. I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE REASONS LIKE CAMPUSES AND STUFF ARE USING INSTAGRAM AND DIFFERENT APPS IS AS A DISTRICT, JUST LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, WE'LL HOST EVENTS AND DO THINGS, BUT THE PARTICIPATION IS NOT THERE LIKE IT USED TO BE. LIKE, I THINK ANYONE THAT'S AT A CAMPUS AND HOSTED AN EVENT. SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING IN EVERY WAY. AND ACTUALLY SOCIAL MEDIA IS ONE SOURCE. HOW DO WE CONTACT THE PARENTS? HOW DO WE GET THE INFORMATION TO THE KIDS? SO WE HAVE THINGS. IT'S JUST WE'D ALSO LIKE IDEAS FROM THE GROUP AND THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER PARENTS. AND HOW DO WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, HOW DO WE GET IT TO THE PARENTS? HOW DO WE GET THEM? EMAIL'S NOT WORKING ANYMORE.THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO RESPOND TO. SO AS A DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY, WE'VE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER TO BE CREATIVE, BECAUSE THE TIME NOW WHERE A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION IS NOT STUFF THAT YOU GET BEFORE THINGS HAPPEN. IT'S ALL REACTIV. NOW THERE'S AN ISSUE. MY CHILD IS DEPRESSED BECAUSE SHE'S ON HER CELL PHONE FOR 12 HOURS A DAY. NOW WHAT DO I DO INSTEAD OF GETTING THAT INFORMATION AND BEING PROACTIVE? SO WE HAVE ONE WEBINAR ON THAT I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU. BUT LIKE THE PRESENTATION HEATHER DID LAST YEAR WAS AMAZING. AND THIS PRESENTATION. SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT, WE WANT TO KNOW AND WE WANT THOSE IDEAS BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH IS HOW DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO PARENTS? HOW DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO STUDENTS. SO I THINK TO THAT BROAD A GOOD POIN, BECAUSE ONE, WE'RE DEALING WITH OUR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND OUR DEPARTMENT THAT UNDER ACADEMIC AFFAIRS. AND THEN I DEAL WITH THE SCHOOL SIDE OF IT. RIGHT. AND SO PART OF THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE, I NEED TO WORK WITH OUR PRINCIPALS ABOUT WHAT ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. A LOT OF TIMES, WHETHER IT'S AN OPEN HOUSES AND THAT WE CAN SHARE WHEN THOSE COMMUNITY EVENTS ARE HAPPENING, TO MAKE SURE I DO DO A MONTHLY, WELL, BI MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THOSE PIECES OUT TO LINK TO, SAY, HEY, SHARE THIS OUT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY. IF WHETHER THEY ARE DOING A S'MORE. SOME OF THE CAMPUSES DO S'MORES NEWSLETTERS OUT TO THEIR PARENTS AND THOSE THINGS. SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE CAN TIGHTEN UP. AND SO THAT AS EVENTS ARE HAPPENING WITH THEM, THEN WE GET IT ON OUR PRINCIPAL NEWSLETTER AND THEN WE GIVE THAT DIRECTION LIKE, HEY, SHARE THIS OUT WITH YOUR WITH YOUR PARENTS. AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT WILL START TO TAKE SOME GROUND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES. I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO KNOW JUST THE EFFORTS OF THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE THERE ARE ABOUT 30 OF US HERE TODAY.
THAT'S A GREAT NUMBER. I THINK AT THE WHOLE CHILD HEALTH FAIR WE DID, WE PROBABLY HAD MAYBE LIKE 150 PARENTS THERE. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE MENTAL HEALTH SOUND BITE THAT WENT ONLINE LAST NIGHT AT MY LAST CHECK, IT HAD ALMOST 60,000 VIEWS. I DON'T THINK WE'RE EVER GOING TO GET 60,000 PEOPLE TO ATTEND ANY PUBLIC COMMUNITY EVENT. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH TECHNOLOGY TO USE IT IN A PRO-SOCIAL MANNER, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO HAPPEN.
ALMOST 60,000. DID YOU SEE THAT? WE WERE ALMOST WE WERE ALMOST INSTAGRAM FAMOUS. YEAH. IT WAS ALMOST VIRAL. THAT WAS ALMOST. THAT'S AWESOME. SO I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. DO WE HAVE A DISTRICT WIDE POLICY ABOUT CELL PHONE USAGE ON CAMPUSES BY THE STUDENTS? BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT'S VARIED BETWEEN CAMPUSES. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FOR SETTLEMENT THAN WHAT IT IS FOR QUAIL VALLEY. SO, SO THAT YES. SO THE DISTRICT POLICY ALREADY EXISTS THAT ESSENTIALLY IT'S BLOCKED
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DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. THE PIECES THAT IT WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE DIFFERENT KIND OF GRADE LEVELS AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF CONTROL AROUND THAT, ALSO AROUND THE TEACHER CONTROL AND THOSE PIECES. SO NOW WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO, I GUESS, TEASE OUT THAT PIECE AND LOOKING AT MORE LIKE A SECOND TO HIGH SCHOOL. AND WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS AROUND THAT. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, AND WHEN WE PULLED THE CAMPUSES, CELL PHONES ARE NOT TO BE OUT DURING INSTRUCTION TIME. AND SO IT'S TO BE IN A BACKPACK. THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCE AROUND SOME TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY'LL HAVE LIKE A SHOE CART OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WHERE THEY PUT THEIR CELL PHONES IN AS THEY COME IN. ADDITIONALLY, THEY ADD ADDITIONAL LAYERS THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH. YOU LIKE YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE LEAVING IT. THE BACKPACK AND EVERYTHING. BUT IF YOU GO TO THE RESTROOM SO THEY'RE DOING ALL THOSE ADDITIONAL MEASURES AROUND THAT PIECE OF IT. AGAIN, I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH AND MONITOR TO OUR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TO SEE. AND WHEN WE EVALUATE THE DISCIPLINE, DISCIPLINE REPORTS AROUND THAT AND WHEN THERE'S A HUGE DISCREPANCY, THEN THAT GIVES ME REASON TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO IS IT THAT KIDS ARE USING THEM? OH, SO MUCH MORE AT THIS CAMPUS? OR IS IT THAT AT THIS CAMPUS THAT WE'RE NOT IN ENFORCING IT? AND SO THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS AS THAT DATA COMES OUT THAT WE REVISIT WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND LEADERSHIP. AND JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW TOO, WE DO QUITE A FEW INSTRUCTIONAL WALKS FROM OUR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS TO ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. EVERY SCHOOL GROUP, AS FAR AS EIGHT TO TEN CAMPUSES, WHETHER IT'S AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'S A SUPERVISOR, WHETHER IT'S AN ASSISTANT SUPER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WE'RE ON CAMPUSES ALL THE TIME. SO THAT'S THE EXPECTATION. AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR, NOT JUST AS FAR AS QUALITY INSTRUCTION, BUT JUST CAMPUS CULTURE. IS THERE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING, A SAFE ENVIRONMEN, STUDENT WORK, LIKE WHAT IS THE VALUE AND THE WHOLE FEEL WHEN YOU GO INTO THAT CAMPUS? BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO. AND WHEN WE SEE AREAS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT, IF WE GO TO A CAMPUS WHERE WE SEE THOSE THINGS ARE OUT, THEN THAT'S THAT'S A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE ADMINISTRATORS TO SAY WHAT SYSTEMS DO WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE? WHAT CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR FACULTY MEETING DO WE NEED TO DO A HARD RESET? AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE JUST ONGOING AND USUALLY IT'S IN POCKETS. BUT I WOULD SAY I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS A PIECE THAT'S BEEN VERY TIGHT. AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON IT. BUT AS WE'RE WORKING ON IT, OTHER TECHNOLOGY DEVICES LIKE I SHARED WITH YOU ARE COMING OUT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE CAMPUSES, LIKE WITH THE SMARTWATCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHY WE CONSTANTLY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO REVIEW IT AND MONITOR IT. THE STAFF MEMBERS REALLY MY EMAIL ON MY PHONE NUMBER, PEOPLE CAN FIND MINE. SO LET ME JUST TAKE SOME TIME ON FRIDAY BETWEEN EACH OF MY FIVE QUESTIONS. AND SO, SO TAKE SOME TIME TO LOOK AT THAT THIS WEEKEND. AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. YEAH OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WE'VE TAKEN. AND I'M SORRY WE'VE RUN OVER A LITTLE BIT AND WE'LL GET INTO OUR ADMIN STUFF. BUT JUST TO REITERATE WHAT ANGIE SAID, JUST MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE BOARD MEETING VIDEO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME FRAME IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN. THE AGENDA WILL COME OUT ON FRIDAY. OKAY. MONDAY BOARD MEETING AND THE POLICY BOARD SHOULD BE IN THERE. THE DRAFT POLICY IS GOING FOR CONSIDERATION. IT'S NOT BEING VOTED ON. OKAY. THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT IF YOUR FEEDBACK NOW DON'T DON'T WAIT UNTIL JANUARY TO DECIDE. IT'S BETTER. SO WE NEED TO MAKE REVISIONS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GET. IT'S BETTER TO HAVE IT NOW OKAY. SO IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. YOU'LL SEE THE AGENDA. IT'S GOING TO BE PUBLISHED FOR THE BOARD MEETING, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE POLICY, THE DRAFT OF THE POLICY IS. SO CELL PHONE POLICY OR IN PERSON. THE QUESTION IS ARE WE STILL CALLING IT A CELL PHONE POLICY? I THINK YOU'LL HAVE TO. READ AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE? BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A SMART. SO IT'LL BE A TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY. THE VICE POLICY. OKAY. OKAY. MY CONCERN ABOUT THAT. SO CELL[01:15:07]
POLICY. RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NOW THAT WE'VE MOVED TO THE ONE ON ONE DEVICE, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THEIR CELL PHONE OUT, BUT THEY STILL NEED TO BE ACTING RESPONSIBLY WITH THAT LAPTOP THAT'S IN FRONT OF THEM. GRADING STRUCTURES. SO OKAY, SO WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT OVER I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE DISCUSSION AND LET'S KEEP THE[III. Administration ]
CONVERSATION FLOWING. I THINK IT'S AWESOME. SO NOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BREAK INTO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION OF THE MEETING. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE DEREK COME UP HERE. DO WE HAVE QUORUM RIGHT NOW OKAY. SO WE HAVE QUORUM. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE QUORUM SO WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON OUR MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.MINUTES AS THEY ARE. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THESE ARE SORRY. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THESE MINUTES. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU DEREK. AND THEN NOW WE HAVE LORI WITH OUR BRAIN BREAK. OH. ALL RIGHT. AND I AS A PE TEACHER TOO. SO EVERYBODY UP UP UP UP. I CAN GO BACK TO THE OTHER STUFF OKAY. SO THIS IS LIKE A THIS OR THAT WITH A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, LITTLE SWING TO IT. OKAY. LET ME GET YOU ALL ACTIVE. HELLO EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF MR. HASSALL'S BRAIN BREAKS.
TODAY WE'RE PLAYING A GAME CALLED THIS OR THAT WINTER EDITION. YOUR JOB TODAY IS TO MAKE YOUR FAVORITE CHOICE OUT OF THE TWO WINTER OPTIONS BY PERFORMING THE EXERCISE, POSE OR DANCE THAT MATCHES YOUR ANSWER. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPACE. GET READY AND LET'S GO FIRST.
WHICH DO YOU LIKE BETTER? SNOW TUBING OR SNOWBOARDING? I THINK YOU CAN DO A MODIFIED VERSION.
ON TIME. LORI, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE IN AN IGLOO OR LIVE IN A GINGERBREAD HOUSE? I. LIKE. WOULD YOU RATHER BUILD A SNOWMAN OR HAVE A SNOWBALL FIGHT? ANYWA. SORRY. YOU SWEAT. I CAN SEE OUR GLISTENING. LAST ONE. WHAT ABOUT GO ICE SKATING OR SKIING? I. OKAY. Y'ALL ARE AWESOME. GREAT JOB. NOW WE'RE GOING TO STAY DOWN THERE RIGHT? OH. OKAY SO WE TALKED ABOUT OUR SOUNDBITES EARLIER. THEY ARE JUST TWO MINUTES OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION THAT'S GOING OUT.
AND WE ARE POSTING THEM ON OUR FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, ALL SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS. OUR NEXT ONE IS DECEMBER 11TH. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. SO WE HOPE YOU SEE IT AND YOU WATCH IT. WE DO WHOLE CHILD HEALTH EVENTS AND LIKE INITIATIVES FOR ALL THE
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CAMPUSES. SO DECEMBER WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING HANDWASHING AWARENESS AND THEN INFLUENZA WEEK AWARENESS BECAUSE JUST TALKING ABOUT VACCINATIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WASHING YOUR HANDS AND THEN TAKING THOSE PRECAUTIONS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ILLNESS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. SO JUST STAYING HEALTHY. WE DID THE VOTE. HELLO EVERYBODY. THEY'RE LIKE, NO, I'M NOT DOING IT AGAIN OKAY. OKAY. SO I KNOW OUR MEETING. OH I'VE GOT OUR MEETING GOING UNTIL 145.SO NOW'S OUR AWESOME BREAKOUT SESSION TIME. AND I WAS HOPING TO GO AHEAD. WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST FEW MEETINGS. SCAN THAT QR CODE AND WE HAVE A LIST OF QUESTIONS. AND IT'S ALL FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD EARLIER TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE ALWAYS, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND JUST BREAK OUT, LIKE IN GROUPS OF FIVE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSE TO YOU. THERE'S ON THE FORM. I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT DEFINITELY WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION. BUT IF YOU GUYS GET A CHANCE TO WHEN YOU'RE DONE, EITHER AT THE END OR LATER ON TODAY, MAKE SURE YOU GIVE US WHAT YOU ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT CELL PHONE USE AND IF IT CHANGED YOUR OPINIONS ON OR YOU MIGHT BE ACTING UPON SOME OF WHAT HEATHER SAID, OR EVEN LIKE ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE FOR WHAT WHAT THINGS WE CAN DO WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND AS A AS A COMMITTEE. ALRIGHTY. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BREAK OUT AND THEN
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WE'LL WRAP IT UP AT 145. THANK YOU GUYS. EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING. BUT I WILL SAY THIS. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING THE MEETING. AND I[V. Meeting Closure- Catalina Flores-Rau ]
GUESS NOW IS CONCLUDES CONVERSATION. BUT YOU GUYS CAN FEEL FREE TO CHAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT THE ONLINE SURVEYS. SO AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS IN FEBRUARY. YAY! GREA.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.