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          YOUR NAME? HI, FOLKS. WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. MAKE SURE YOU'VE SIGNED IN AT THE FRONT. IF YOU'VE JUST COME IN. I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I CAN'T TALK OVER THIS THING. I KNOW YOU TOO. RIGHT? LIKE, OH MY GOSH. I. KNOW YOU WANT TO. OKAY. YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. OKAY. SO THIS FORT BEND ISD SHACK MEETING IS AN OPEN MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND OR VIEW. THE TIME IS 1201 ON FEBRUARY 19TH, AND THE MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER. NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND AT THE FORT BEND ISD 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 A QUORUM, WE WILL BE ASKING FOR VOTES AND WE ASK THAT AT THIS TIME. 
          EVERYBODY SILENCE YOUR PHONE AND PLEASE HOLD COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL EACH PRESENTER IS DONE. ALL RIGHT GUYS, WELCOME TODAY I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE EVERYBODY. THIS IS OUR FIRST SHACK MEETING OF THE YEAR. WE DON'T MEET IN JANUARY SO I'M GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE. AND OUR TOPIC TODAY IS GOING TO BE THE EFFECTS OF SCHOOL START TIMES. AND SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF AMAZING SPEAKERS. BUT BEFORE WE START WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MINDFUL MOMENT WITH ALLISON. 
          OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW QUIET WE CAN GET BECAUSE I HAVE SOME MUSIC. WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND PLAY. OKAY. SO FOR THE MINDFUL MOMENT, WHAT I'M GOING TO INVITE YOU TO DO IS IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE, CLOSE YOUR EYES. IF YOU DON'T, YOU CAN KEEP THEM LOOSELY. JUST KIND OF FOCUS SOMEWHERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ABOUT TWO MINUTES AND JUST TRY AND CENTER OURSELVES. SO AGAIN, IF YOU FEEL WELCOME TO CLOSE YOUR EYES, IF THAT'S COMFORTABLE TO YOU, PLEASE DO SO. SOMETIMES IT FEELS GOOD TO REST YOUR HAND ON HER BELLY. FEEL THE INHALE. OUR CHEST AND BELLY RISE AND THE EXHALE AS WE FALL. STARTING WITH THE RIGHT FOOT. AS YOU INHALE, GIVE IT A SQUEEZE. JUST TIGHTEN THE MUSCLES ON THE RIGHT FOOT. EXHALE AND LET IT GO. INHALE. 
          SQUEEZE THE MUSCLES OF THE LEFT. EXHALE. LET IT GO. INHALE TO THE RIGHT LEG. SQUEEZE THE MUSCLES AS BEST YOU CAN. EXHALE AND LET IT GO. LEFT LEG. INHALE SQUEEZE AND TIGHTEN THE MUSCLES. EXHALE. 
          LET IT GO WITH THE RIGHT HAND. INHALE SQUEEZE AND TIGHTEN. MAKE A FIST AND LET IT GO WITH THE LEFT HAND. INHALE SQUEEZE TIGHTEN. FEEL THE CLENCH AND RELEASE BACK TO THE RIGHT ARM. 
          INHALE SQUEEZE. TIGHTEN THE BICEPS, THE FOREARMS, THE HANDS, THE FINGERS AND RELEASE WITH THE LEFT SIDE. TIGHTEN THE ARMS, THE BICEPS, THE TRICEPS, THE FOREARMS, THE FINGERS AND EXHALE. RELEASE. NOW TWO TIMES. TIGHTEN EVERY MUSCLE IN YOUR BODY, YOUR FACE, YOUR BACK, YOUR SHOULDERS, YOUR HANDS, YOUR FEET. SQUEEZE AND RELEASE. ONE LAST TIME. BREATHE IN. SQUEEZE. 
          TIGHTEN ALL THE MUSCLES IN YOUR BODY AND EXHALE AND RELEASE. FIND A COMFORTABLE PLACE FOR YOUR HANDS TO REST. THEY CAN REST ON YOUR THIGHS. THEY CAN REST ON YOUR KNEES. THEY CAN REST ON YOUR BELLY. FOCUS ON THE BREATHING. TAKE 2 OR 3 MORE DEEP CLEANSING BREATHS. 
          AND WHEN YOU'RE READY, GENTLY OPEN YOUR EYES AND BRING YOUR FOCUS BACK TO THE ROOM. SO I HOPE NOBODY FELL ASLEEP. BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ZEN. YOU'RE READY TO FOCUS. AND WE WERE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL START TIME, SO IT SHOULD BE EXCITING. LET'S ALL TRY AND BE FOCUSED AND AWAKE NOW. SO THANK YOU. THANKS, ALLISON. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LORI COME UP HERE 
          [00:05:08]
BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY GET TO CELEBRATE OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY THE COALITION. HI EVERYBODY. FIRST I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A GUEST WE HAVE IF YOU DIDN'T SEE DOCTOR SMITH, OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS HERE. AND DID YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS? WE'RE SO EXCITED YOU'RE HERE. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. HOW YOU DOING? GREAT. YOU'RE STAYING WARM. HEY, STUDENTS. Y'ALL DOING GOOD TODAY. IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. FIRST I ALWAYS WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR YOU KNOW, IN FORT BEND ONCE YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE ALWAYS A BOARD MEMBER. RIGHT? SO, MISS JAMES, JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. SHE'S STILL TAKING CARE OF SUPERINTENDENTS. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT SHE REACHED OUT TO ME WHEN I GOT HERE, AND WE WENT AND HAD LUNCH, AND SHE'S STILL TAKING CARE OF ME, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I KNEW YOU GUYS WERE MEETING TODAY, AND I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING TOPICS THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO DISCUSS. I FEEL LIKE I NEEDED TO CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU ALL AND MAYBE MENTION WHAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL START TIMES. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST A BRIEF UPDATE. JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT WORK, I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE FEEDBACK THAT HAVE COME OUR WAY, ASSOCIATED WITH TAKING A LOOK, A DEEP LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL START TIMES. WE'VE HAD PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT WITH MYSELF AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU, THOUGH, AS WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE ARE HAVING TO TACKLE AT ANY ONE TIME, WE HAVE A LOT, WHETHER IT BE THE BOND AND THE CHALLENGES THERE, WHETHER IT BE THE BUDGET AND THE CHALLENGES THERE. WE HAVE BOUNDARY PLANNING THAT'S COMING UP. SO WE JUST HAVE A LOT ON OUR PLATE. AND THE THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL, WHILE WE KNOW THE HIGH SCHOOL START TIME ISSUE IS VERY IMPORTANT, I WANT TO VALIDATE AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING. WITH THAT, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ON THE PRIORITY SCALE IT WILL LAND, LIKE TODAY. AND SO WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET. AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT. BUT IT'S NOT A NO. IT'S JUST MAYBE NOT LIKE NOW AS WE WORK THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT WHAT DIRECTION WE WOULD WANT TO GO IN, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK AND RESEARCH THAT YOU, THE GROUP HAS, HAS DONE. AND I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME, BUT THE YOUNG LADY THAT ATTENDS THE BOARD MEETINGS, YES, DOC. THERE YOU GO, I SEE YOU. THERE YOU GO. 
          I WANTED YOU TO KNOW. WE HEAR YOU AND WE UNDERSTAND. AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT NEVER. IT'S JUST WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FIND THE TIME TO PRIORITIZE AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE REMOVED FROM THE LIST. SO I WANT TO JUST BE REALLY HONEST WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU THAT FEEDBACK, LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A DISTRICT OUR SIZE. IT'S ONE THING TO MAKE A DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN INITIATIVE THAT LARGE. IT'S REALLY THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT PIECE THAT IS CRITICAL. I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, AND WE HAVE TO REALLY WORK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE PARTICULARS TO MAKE SURE WE REALLY HAVE A PLAN THAT'S TIGHT. WE HAVE A PLAN THAT IS PREPARED TO CLOSE ANY GAPS THAT WE DON'T KNOW YET WHEN WE MOVE IN THAT SITUATION, OR EVEN SHOULD WE TAKE AN INCREMENTAL APPROACH INITIALLY OR JUST RIP THE BAND-AID AND GO ALL 12 HIGH SCHOOLS? THERE'S JUST SO MANY DYNAMICS THAT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH. AND I WANTED TO, AGAIN, ONE, VALIDATE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, VALIDATE THAT WE UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE POSITIVES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESEARCH. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR RESIDENT EXPERT AND SHARING THAT WITH US. WE HEAR YOU, BUT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND SO I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE. IT IS ON THE RADAR ON ALL THE RIGHT RADARS, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH UNTIL WE CAN GET TO A PATHWAY THAT WE CAN PUT MORE ENERGY AND EFFORT IN THE STUDY. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE DOING, REPRESENTING US WELL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS BEST INTERESTS. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE TODAY AND JUST APPLAUD EVERYTHING. I'M GLAD TO BE ON THE TEAM AND GLAD TO BE A PARTNER WITH YOU ALL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR ARE WE GOOD. IS THAT I APPRECIATE YOU OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU ALL AND WISH YOU A GOOD REST OF THE DAY I DON'T 
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SEE OH, YEAH. OKAY. LUNCH. I WAS LOOKING FOR LUNCH. I GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THEM NOW. THEY'RE HERE. 
          GOTTA HAVE SOME LUNCH. SO THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          SO I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR THINK TANK EVENT. SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE THINK TANK EVENT, IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER. AND IT'S AN ACTIVITY WHERE WE CHALLENGE THE STUDENTS. 
          KIND OF LIKE SHARK TANK IS KIND OF WHERE THE NAME CAME FROM. SO IT'S AN ACTIVITY WHERE WE CHALLENGE THE STUDENTS TO COME UP WITH A DILEMMA THAT THEY'RE FACING AT THEIR CAMPUS, AND THEY COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR HOW TO RECTIFY THAT DILEMMA. AND THEN THEY COME AND THEY PRESENT IT TO US. AND WHEN THEY PRESENT IT TO US, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A VISUAL PRESENTATION. SO THEY DO IT RIGHT HERE IN THE BOARDROOM. SO THEY GET UP AT THE PODIUM AND THEY PRESENT THEIR THEIR PROBLEM AND THEN THEIR SOLUTION. THEY CREATE A MEMO. SO THEY WRITE OUT A MEMO REALLY EXPLAINING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH THEY WANT AND EVERY SPECIFIC THING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THEIR MONEY ON. AND THEN WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT LISTENS TO ALL THEIR IDEAS AND THEN COMES BACK AND DECIDES WHO THE WINNERS ARE. 
          SO TYPICALLY WE HAVE THREE WINNERS. SO TYPICALLY WE HAVE ABOUT $2,500 TO GIVE OUT. AND WE HAVE LIKE A BIGGER PRIZE OF ABOUT 1200, ANOTHER PRIZE OF 800, AND THEN A THIRD PRIZE OF 500. THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO. THIS YEAR WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY COOL. A LOT OF THE TEAMS DIDN'T ASK FOR HUGE PRICE TAGS. THEY REALLY ASKED FOR WHAT THEY THEY WANTED AND WHAT THEY NEEDED. SO AS A COMMITTEE, INSTEAD OF US GIVING OUT THREE BIG PRIZES, WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST IMPACT WE COULD MAKE WITH THE MONEY. SO WE DIDN'T GIVE THREE WINNERS. WE GAVE SEVEN WINNERS. SO KUDOS FOR THE KIDS FOR REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT DO I REALLY NEED AND NOT GOING TOO BIG AND REALLY RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS THE LIMITED FUNDS AND WANTING ALL THE TEAMS TO REALLY GET SOMETHING. SO I WANT YOU TO STAND UP. STUDENT WELLNESS COALITION STUDENTS, IF YOU ARE ONE OF OUR WINNERS, IF YOUR SCHOOL RECEIVED FUNDS. AWESOME. SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED. WE FIRST WHAT WE WANT TO TELL Y'ALL AS Y'ALL STAND THAT Y'ALL ARE INSPIRATIONS TO ALL OF US. YOU ARE TRUE PROFILES OF THE GRADUATE. YOU ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO BE SERVANT LEADERS AND DO THINGS FOR PEERS. NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO, BUT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO AND CARE. SO WE ARE REALLY IN ALL OF YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU. AND WE ARE DEFINITELY APPLAUDING YOU AND BEING YOUR CHEERLEADERS ALONG THE WAY. OKAY. SO GREAT JOB AND WE'RE SO EXCITED YOU'RE HERE TODAY SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU. 
          GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. SO THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE MONEY IN THEIR ACTIVITY FUNDS, AND THEY ARE PLANNING AND DOING ALL THE GREAT STUFF. SO HOPEFULLY IN OUR MAY MEETING WE'LL HAVE SOME PICTURES AND SOME UPDATES FROM WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THOSE FUNDS ON THE CAMPUSES. I THINK THAT'S ME. THAT'S I'M DONE. GREAT JOB GUYS. STUDENT WELLNESS COALITION. ALL RIGHT. SO IT WAS A SURPRISE TO SEE DOCTOR SMITH HERE. I'M EXCITED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO STOP 
          [II. Presentations]
IN. IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS THAT HE WAS ABLE TO STOP IN FOR. SO FOR RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY IS WE HAVE TWO PRESENTERS, DOCTOR MYERS AND DOCTOR ELLIS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP HERE AND SHARE WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE HEALTH AND THE HEALTHY HABITS FOR SCHOOL START TIMES. AND KIND OF SPECIFIC TO HIGH SCHOOLERS. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S EXCITING THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE TODAY. I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO ALL OF THIS AGAIN. AND AT THE END, I'M GOING TO BE SHARING A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME STUDIES DONE IN 2018, AND I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH THE FACT THAT WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF TAKEN A LOOK AT THIS. I WAS ALSO GOING TO JUST NAME OFF A FEW THINGS THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED, AND THEN WE'LL DO A Q&A. SO WE'LL HAVE THE TWO OF THEM COME UP HERE AND SPEAK. I'LL DO A QUICK LITTLE REVIEW. THE HIGH SCHOOLERS ACTUALLY FILLED OUT A SURVEY FOR US, SO I'LL HAVE SOME OF THE RESULTS FROM THAT. AND THEN WE'LL DO THE Q&A. SO TO BEGIN WITH, WE'LL HAVE DOCTOR MYERS COME UP HERE. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. SO JUST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, MY NAME IS DOCTOR JESSICA MYERS. I AM A LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, AND I'M ACTUALLY BOARD CERTIFIED IN BEHAVIORAL SLEEP MEDICINE. SO I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. SO I SPECIALIZE I DO RESEARCH AND I DO CLINICAL WORK, MEANING THAT I TREAT PEOPLE FOR SLEEP DISORDERS. SO MY WHOLE WORK IS BASED OFF OF THE SCIENCE AND THE TREATMENT OF SLEEP PROBLEMS. SO I'M GOING TO USE THAT TODAY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 
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ABOUT ADOLESCENT SLEEP. THIS IS A HOT TOPIC ISSUE FOR GOOD REASON. SO I'LL FIRST OFF START OFF BY SAYING FOR MANY OF US, FOR MANY ADULTS, THE WORD TEENAGER IS SYNONYMOUS WITH NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS LIKE LAZINESS, REBELLION, MOODINESS. I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIVES, I REALLY WANT TO PAUSE AND REFRAME THAT A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THERE IS SCIENCE TO BACK THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT ENTIRELY ACCURATE. OUR TEENAGERS ARE FACING A LOT OF REALLY UNIQUE CHALLENGES, BOTH SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. AND I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT BIOLOGICALLY, EXCUSE ME. AND THEY'RE DOING ALL OF THIS BIG DEVELOPMENTAL SHIFTING, ALL THESE MAJOR CHALLENGES IN THE CONTEXT OF BEING UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY, BECAUSE I REALLY WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE BEHIND THIS, SO THAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET ADOLESCENTS MORE SLEEP. SO I'M GOING TO START BY DESCRIBING A COUPLE PROCESSES THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE BODY TO FOR ANY OF US, FOR ALL OF US TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE ARE AWAKE OR ASLEEP AT ANY GIVEN TIME. AND THIS FIRST PROCESS, I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE CALL THE SLEEP DRIVE. THIS SLEEP DRIVE IS I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT LIKE YOUR HUNGER OR YOUR APPETITE. SO JUST LIKE THE LONGER IT'S BEEN SINCE YOU'VE LAST HAD A MEAL, THE HUNGRIER YOU'RE GOING TO GET. SAME GOES FOR SLEEP. SO THE LONGER IT'S BEEN SINCE YOU'VE LAST SLEPT, THE SLEEPIER YOU'RE GOING TO GET. I THINK THIS MAKES SENSE FOR ALL OF US ON A VERY INTUITIVE LEVEL, BECAUSE WE ALL EXPERIENCE IT EVERY DAY, ALL DAY. WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IS IF IN A PERFECT WORLD SITUATION, IF YOU ARE ADEQUATELY SLEPT AND YOU ARE NOT SLEEP DEPRIVED, THE CYCLE LOOKS LIKE THIS FIGURE RIGHT HERE WHERE OUR SLEEP DRIVE STARTS OUT LOW IN THE MORNING AND IT GRADUALLY BUILDS ON ITSELF THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IT REACHES ITS PEAK RIGHT BEFORE BEDTIME, AND THEN WE FALL ASLEEP AND WE SLEEP OFF THAT DRIVE FOR SLEEP. AND IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS ONCE WE GO THROUGH PUBERTY, WE HAVE THIS SHIFT IN HOW OUR SLEEP DRIVE WORKS, WHERE IT ACTUALLY STARTS TO BUILD A LITTLE BIT MORE SLOWLY DURING THE DAY, A LITTLE BIT MORE GRADUALLY. SO ONCE WE GO THROUGH PUBERTY, WE ARE NO LONGER THOSE EIGHT YEAR OLDS WHO ARE SLEEPY BY 8 P.M. AND CAN SLEEP ALL NIGHT LONG. WE BUILD OUR SLEEP DRIVE MORE SLOWLY SO IT TAKES US LONGER TO THAT PEAK TO GET TO THAT PEAK OF SLEEPINESS AT NIGHT, MEANING WE FEEL MORE ALERT IN THE EVENING HOURS. SO THAT IS THE MOST SIMPLE PROCESS THAT I'M GOING TO DESCRIBE TODAY. SO OUR SLEEP DRIVE IS ALSO HAPPENING WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OUR CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. AND I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE TERM CIRCADIAN BEFORE, BUT YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THE INTRICACIES OF IT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED SYSTEM. I WANT YOU TO THINK OF YOUR CIRCADIAN RHYTHM AS YOUR ROUGHLY 24 HOUR BIOLOGICAL CLOCK. ESSENTIALLY, OUR BODY'S REALLY LOVE TO DO THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME EVERY DAY. OUR BODIES THRIVE ON RHYTHM AND ROUTINE, AND WE KIND OF ARE OUR BEST SELVES WHEN WE ARE IN A STATE OF CONSISTENCY. SO WE HAVE THIS 24 HOUR RHYTHM THAT REGULATES SLEEP AND WAKE, AND SO IT REGULATES WHEN WE'RE ALERT DURING THE DAY AND WHEN WE FEEL SLEEPY AT NIGHT. BUT IT ALSO DOES A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. IT REGULATES OUR APPETITE. SO WHEN WE FEEL HUNGRY AND WHEN WE BEST DIGEST FOOD, IT REGULATES THINGS LIKE OUR BODY TEMPERATURE. WE'RE COOLER AT NIGHT AND WE'RE WARMER DURING THE DAY. IT EVEN REGULATES THINGS LIKE HORMONE RELEASE. SO OUR HORMONES ARE RELEASED AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY VERSUS OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY. SO IT'S A VERY INTRICATE SYSTEM. SO EVEN DOWN TO OUR INDIVIDUAL CELLS HAVE CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS. SO THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE CAN'T KIND OF GET AWAY FROM. IT'S IMPACTING US ALL DAY EVERY DAY. SO WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR TEENAGERS IS I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ONE SPECIFIC HORMONE. AND THIS IS CALLED MELATONIN. AND MELATONIN IS PROBABLY A WORD YOU ALSO HAVE HEARD BEFORE. MAYBE AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE GROCERY STORE AISLE AND YOU SEE THE BIG SUPPLEMENT SHELF, AND IT'S ONE THAT I'M SURE SOME OF YOU ARE EVEN TAKING EVERY NIGHT TO HELP YOU SLEEP. SO I WANT TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW MELATONIN WORKS, BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DESCRIBE IN TERMS OF ADOLESCENT SLEEP. SO MELATONIN IS A NATURALLY OCCURRING SUBSTANCE IN OUR BODIES. AND IT IS RELEASED BY A GLAND CALLED THE PINEAL GLAND. AND IT'S INTERESTING 
          [00:20:04]
BECAUSE THIS REALLY REGULATES OUR LEVEL OR TIMING OF SLEEP. BASICALLY THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM IS DRIVEN BY THE LIGHT DARK CYCLE OF THE EARTH. SO THE 24 HOUR PATTERNS OF THE EARTH REGULATE OUR CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS BRIGHT LIGHT, SUNLIGHT ENTERS INTO OUR EYES AND SENDS A MESSAGE TO OUR BRAIN THAT LIKE, HEY, IT'S TIME TO BE AWAKE. SO IT SENDS OUT ALERTING SIGNALS AND SAYS LIKE, DON'T SLEEP YET. IT'S TIME TO BE ALERT. AND SO WE FEEL ALERT DURING THE DAY, IDEALLY. AND THE OPPOSITE IS ALSO TRUE. SO IN THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT, OUR BODY RELEASES A CHEMICAL CALLED MELATONIN. AND MELATONIN TURNS OFF THE SIGNALING THAT SAYS, HEY, BE ALERT, BE AWAKE, AND ALLOWS US TO GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. SO MELATONIN IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE TIMING OF SLEEP AND WAKEFULNESS. WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT IS FOR MOST OF US. FOR MOST OF US ADULTS, ONCE WE'RE WELL INTO ADULTHOOD, OUR TYPICAL MELATONIN RHYTHM LOOKS LIKE THIS. SO YOU CAN SEE IT STARTS TO RISE DURING THE DAY, AND IT ACTUALLY IS VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTENT DURING THE DAYTIME. BUT IT STARTS TO RISE IN THE EVENING TIME, AND THEN IT RISES PRETTY SHARPLY. SO WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF SUNSET, IT'S REACHING ITS PEAK FOR MOST OF US ADULTS. 
          SO MAYBE AROUND MIDNIGHT OR SO. IT'S DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT'S USUALLY IN THE EARLY EARLY MORNING HOURS THAT IT'S PEAKING AND THEN IT DROPS OFF PRETTY DRASTICALLY IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SO THAT WE CAN START FEELING ALERT AND AWAKE RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME THAT WE'RE ALL GETTING UP AND HEADING TO WORK. SO 6:08 A.M. WE'RE ALL STARTING TO FEEL MORE ALERT AND AWAKE AND READY TO TAKE ON THE DAY. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR KIDS, TOO. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR ADULTS. BUT WHAT HAPPENS FOR ADOLESCENTS IS RIGHT AROUND PUBERTY. WE START TO NOTICE THIS SHIFT IN THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. AND THIS IS DRIVEN BY MELATONIN. IT STARTS TO BUILD LATER IN THE EVENING. IT REACHES ITS PEAK LATER IN THE NIGHT. SO RATHER THAN MIDNIGHT TO 3 A.M, IT'S REACHING ITS PEAK AROUND 3:06 A.M. AND IT'S NOT TURNING OFF UNTIL WELL INTO THE MORNING HOURS. SO WHY THIS IS A PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN WE ARE GOING TO SCHOOL AT THE CRACK OF DAWN, KIDS ARE ACTUALLY WELL WITHIN THEIR BIOLOGICAL NIGHT, MEANING THAT THEY'RE STARTING SCHOOL AT A TIME THAT THEIR BODY IS TELLING THEM LIKE STRONGLY THAT IT IS TIME TO BE ASLEEP. IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR BIOLOGICAL NIGHT. WHEN YOU ADD TO THAT THE FACT THAT MELATONIN IS STARTING LATER AND THEY'RE BUILDING THAT SLEEP DRIVE MORE SLOWLY, THEY CAN'T FALL ASLEEP AT NIGHT. THEIR BODIES ARE NOT LETTING THEM FALL ASLEEP AT THE HOURS THAT THEY ONCE DID. AND SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFICULTY FALLING ASLEEP EARLY ENOUGH TO GET AN ADEQUATE NIGHT SLEEP. AND SO WE COMBINE THAT WITH EARLY MORNING WAKE UPS. WE GET DRAMATICALLY SLEEP DEPRIVED KID, 75%, AT LEAST OF TEENAGERS, GET LESS THAN THE RECOMMENDED 8 TO 10 HOURS OF SLEEP PER NIGHT. AND NO, ADOLESCENTS DO NOT NEED ANY LESS SLEEP THAN OLDER KIDS. WHAT THEY NEED IS THAT SHIFT IN THE SLEEP TIMING. SO WE HAVE SOME REALLY SLEEP DEPRIVED KIDS, AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHY THAT'S A PROBLEM. I THINK WE ALL INTUITIVELY KNOW THAT IF WE ARE SLEEP DEPRIVED, WE DON'T FEEL GOOD. IF YOU'RE WOKEN UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU FEEL PRETTY LOUSY. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR BRAINS WHEN THAT'S HAPPENING. SO WHEN WE AREN'T GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP, WHEN OUR BRAINS ARE SLEEP DEPRIVED, OUR ABILITY TO PAY ATTENTION, OUR ABILITY TO LEARN, REGULATE OUR EMOTIONS IS IMPAIRED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE COGNITIVE RESOURCES TO DO THOSE THINGS, MEANING THAT PART OF OUR BRAIN THAT REGULATES EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING, WHICH MEANS LIKE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL YOUR BEHAVIORS, THE ABILITY TO PLAN, THE ABILITY TO PAY ATTENTION, ALL OF THESE THINGS WHICH ALREADY ARE NOT ALL THE WAY DEVELOPED IN AN ADOLESCENT, ARE REALLY IMPACTED BY SLEEP DEPRIVATION. SO THAT LEADS TO THE INABILITY TO PAY ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THAT MEANS LOWER GRADES. AND ON TOP OF THAT IS EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS, BECAUSE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL OUR EMOTIONS WHEN THAT PART OF 
          [00:25:05]
OUR BRAIN IS NOT AT PEAK CAPACITY. AND THIS IS REALLY BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN WE ARE SLEEP DEPRIVED, WE EXPERIENCE MORE INTENSE EMOTIONS. ALL OF US DO. AND SO THE SIGNALS THAT OUR BODY IS SENDING OUT TO RESPOND WITH EMOTIONS ARE MUCH STRONGER. AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO TURN DOWN AND HAVE CONTROL OVER THOSE EMOTIONS. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE GET SWINGS IN EMOTIONS DURING THE DAY. WE GET VERY INTENSE EMOTIONS THAT WE CAN'T KIND OF TURN DOWN. AND THIS LEADS TO INCREASED VULNERABILITY FOR THINGS LIKE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE REALLY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. SO IN ADDITION TO MENTAL HEALTH, IT ALSO IMPACTS PHYSICAL HEALTH AS WELL. BECAUSE IF YOU ARE SLEEP DEPRIVED, YOUR BODY KIND OF JUST DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO METABOLIZE FOOD, AND YOU'RE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO BE EATING AT TIMES THAT YOUR BODY THINKS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND IS THINKING, THIS IS NOT THE BEST TIME TO BE METABOLIZING FOOD. SO THIS LEADS TO PROBLEMS LIKE THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC THAT WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW HERE IN THE US, WHERE THERE'S DRAMATIC WEIGHT GAIN. THIS LEADS TO A CASCADE OF HEALTH PROBLEMS LIKE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, ALL OCCURRING AT AGES THAT ARE WAY TOO YOUNG TO BE EXPERIENCING THESE, LEADING TO LIFELONG CONDITIONS. SO NOT ONLY IS MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTED, BUT OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH IS IMPACTED. AND I'LL END WITH THIS. THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SAFETY CONCERNS AS WELL, BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT A TEEN WHO HAS JUST LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE, GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL AT 6 OR 7 A.M, THEY'RE LIKELY TO BE VERY, VERY TIRED. AND MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ARE THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN ADOLESCENTS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT I DON'T WANT TO SHARE THE ROAD WITH VERY DROWSY DRIVERS. AND THINK ABOUT THIS SLEEP DEPRIVATION, ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT EARLY IN THE MORNING IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THEIR BIOLOGICAL NIGHT, SO THEIR BODY IS ONLY WANTING TO BE SLEEPING. SO THIS SETS THE STAGE FOR VERY LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES AND SAFETY RISKS. SO I'LL WRAP UP WITH THAT. I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS LATER, BUT THE I HOPE THE MESSAGE OF THIS IS THAT WE HAVE TO GET OUR TEENS MORE SLEEP BECAUSE IT HAS LIFELONG CONSEQUENCES IF WE DON'T. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR ELLIS. 
          WHO? HANDOUTS, COLOR HANDOUTS. I'M GOING TO OVERWHELM YOU GUYS. I USUALLY ONLY GET THREE MINUTES TO TALK TO THE BOARD. AND NOW I GET 20 MINUTES TO TALK TO YOU. AND I'M GOING TO TALK AT THE SAME SPEED. MY NAME IS DOCTOR STEPHANIE ELLIS. I'M A PSYCHOLOGIST. I'M A FORT BEND ISD PARENT. FOR THREE YEARS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FORT BEND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. BUT I DON'T EVEN WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO ME. I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSES, THE US SURGEON GENERAL, AND THE TEXAS SHACK, WHO HAVE ALL ALREADY LONG AGO MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE GOT TO START AT 830 OR LATER. OKAY. SO I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING ON THEIR BEHALF. DOCTOR MYERS TALKED ABOUT THIS. JUST SAY, LOOK AT THIS FOR WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU CARED ABOUT MOST. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE ACTUALLY MEASURED. SO WHEN WE SAY THAT LATER HIGH SCHOOL START TIMES IMPROVE ACADEMICS, ESPECIALLY FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, WE MEAN HIGHER STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES, HIGHER GPAS, HIGHER COLLEGE ADMISSIONS, TEST SCORES, HIGHER GRADUATION RATES, BETTER ATTENDANCE, BETTER TARDINESS. OKAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BMI, LONG TERM CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH. THIS OCCURS TO ME A LOT OF TIMES GROWN UPS SAY THINGS LIKE, I STARTED HIGH SCHOOL EARLY AND I TURNED OUT FINE. AND I'M LIKE, IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH YOUR WEIGHT RIGHT NOW, MAYBE YOU DIDN'T. ARE RIGHT. BETTER DIETARY CHOICES, MORE CHOSEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, LOWER CAFFEINE CONSUMPTION, LOWER DRUG USE, LOWER ALCOHOL USE, LESS DEPRESSION, HOPELESSNESS, SADNESS. LESS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT SUICIDE IN ANOTHER SLIDE. IT GETS ITS OWN SLIDE. OH YOU KNOW WHAT? BETTER COPING BETTER FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. SO THAT THING WHERE IT'S LIKE, OH MY KID, MY TEENAGER HATES ME. LIKE THEY'RE TIRED. THEY DON'T HATE YOU. THEY'RE TIRED. SAFETY INCLUDING RISKY BEHAVIORS, RISKY SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS, MORE SUBSTANCE ABUSE, DROWSY DRIVING THAT'S GOING TO GET ITS OWN 
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SLIDE, TOO. AND BEHAVIOR AND DELINQUENCY. SO WE'RE TALKING FEWER SUSPENSIONS, LESS VISUAL PHYSICAL AGGRESSION, FEWER JUVENILE ARRESTS. WHEN WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOL START TIMES THAT START AT 830 OR LATER. ALL RIGHT. TOP THREE CAUSES OF DEATH. OH, I OH, I'M SO GLAD THAT DOCTOR SMITH WAS HERE AND TOLD US THAT THE TWO THINGS THAT THEY'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT ARE ONE, WHERE SHOULD THIS BE IN THE LIST OF PRIORITIES? BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU. AND TWO, WE DON'T WANT LIKE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO DO IT. LIKE IT'S A REALLY HARD PROBLEM. AND I HAVE A WHOLE SLIDE I HAVE 20 SLIDES ABOUT THAT. IT'S NOT TRUE. I DON'T HAVE 20. THEY TOLD ME EIGHT, SO I THINK I HAVE TEN. OKAY. SO IN CASE IT IS NOT CLEAR THIS IS LIFE AND DEATH RIGHT. SO IN TERMS OF PRIORITY, I MEAN LIKE BOUNDARY PLANNING IS IMPORTANT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT. I'M JUST SAYING IT'S PROBABLY NOT LIFE AND DEATH. SO TOP THREE CAUSES OF DEATH FOR PEOPLE AGED 14 TO 25 ARE ACCIDENTS INCLUDING MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE. SINCE 2018, WHICH IS THE LAST TIME THAT FORT BEND REVIEWED THE ISSUE, 42 TEENS HAVE DIED FROM A COMBINATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. THAT WAS 12 OF THEM. INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM. THAT'S SUICIDE, THAT'S 11. AND HOMICIDE AND FIREARMS, THAT'S 19. HOW ARE WE FEELING ABOUT THE FACT THAT ALL OF THOSE ARE RELATED TO SLEEP DEPRIVATION? I'M NOT FEELING GOOD. I'M NOT FEELING GOOD THAT SINCE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND DIDN'T MAKE THE CHANGE, I'M NOT SAYING ALL THESE KIDS WOULD BE ALIVE. I'M JUST SAYING SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE. 
          LATER. HIGH SCHOOL START TIMES, DECREASED DEPRESSION, HOPELESSNESS, SUICIDAL IDEATION, AND SUICIDE ATTEMPT. TEENS ARE 11% MORE LIKELY TO MAKE A SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN AN EARLY START DISTRICT, COMPARED TO A LATER START DISTRICT, AND 22% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED SUICIDE LAST YEAR. SO I GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE TELLING ME TO LIKE, IT'S FINE. LIKE MY KIDS ARE FINE. AND IT TURNS OUT YOU GENERALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH SLEEP THEY'RE GETTING. AND IT AND MAYBE YOURS IS, BUT 22% OF THEM ARE NOT FOR SURE. I'M DEFINITELY NOT SAYING EARLY HIGH SCHOOL START TIMES CAUSE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE KNOW EARLY HIGH SCHOOL START TIMES INCREASE DEPRESSION, DELINQUENCY, VIOLENT CRIME AND IMPULSIVITY, AND DECREASE USE OF HEALTHY COPING SKILLS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. DROWSY DRIVING DRIVERS AGED 16 TO 18, IN FORT BEND COUNTY, WERE INVOLVED IN OVER 3000 ACCIDENTS IN THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR, JUST MONDAY TO FRIDAY. THIS WAS A FUN QUERY RESEARCH QUERY TO WORK ON. TEEN DRIVER TEEN DRIVERS REPRESENT MORE THAN 25% OF ALL DROWSY DRIVERS, EVEN THOUGH TEEN DRIVERS ARE FEWER THAN 5% OF TOTAL DRIVERS. RIGHT? SO THAT'S HUGE. AND THAT'S MOST OF THEM. MOST OF THE DROWSY DRIVING ACCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING WITH THESE YOUNG KIDS. DROWSY DRIVING IS AS LIKELY TO BE FATAL AS DRUNK DRIVING BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE ASLEEP, YOU ARE NOT BRAKING. AND THERE WAS A GREAT STUDY DONE IN WYOMING THAT HAD SORT OF SISTER COUNTIES WITH SCHOOLS IN THEM, WHERE ONE COUNTY CHANGED THEIR START TIMES AND ONE DIDN'T, AND IN THE ONE THAT DID, THEY REDUCED TEEN DRIVING ACCIDENTS BY 70%, SEVEN 0%. SO IF WE DID THAT IN 2122, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER 2000 ACCIDENTS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED. WHAT WHAT KIND OF PRIORITY IS THIS? IT'S HIGH. 
          LIKE KICKSTARTED LIBRARY BOOKS. LET ME PUT THIS IN A LITTLE. I WANT TO DO THIS SEPARATELY FOR YOU. I'LL PUT IT IN A LITTLE CONTEXT BECAUSE ALSO LIKE, OH, HE'S JUST SLEEPING LIKE IT'S JUST A COUPLE HOURS. LIKE IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL. OKAY, LISTEN, HAVING Y'ALL START YOUR WORKDAY AT 730 IS LIKE YOUR PARENTS STARTING THEIR WORKDAY AT 330. THAT IS BIOLOGICALLY BETWEEN HOW MUCH MORE SLEEP YOU NEED AND THE TIMING. I LOVE YOUR FACE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT FACE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WITHOUT BEING ALLOWED TO GO TO SLEEP EARLIER. BECAUSE IF YOU MADE THEM GO TO SLEEP, IF YOU MADE THEM GO TO WORK AT 330, THEY WOULD GO TO BED EARLIER. BUT YOUR BODIES DON'T LET YOU DO THAT, RIGHT. PARENTS WOULD SUPER NOT STAND FOR IT IF THE DISTRICT WAS LIKE, LET'S REDUCE THE QUALITY OF BREAKFAST AND LUNCH BY LET'S REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CALORIES BY 25% AND THE QUALITY BY 50%, AND THEN NOT ALLOW KIDS TO BRING ANY FOOD TO SCHOOL. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE TO THEM WITH SLEEPING. A LOT OF THE RESEARCH THAT'S DONE ON SLEEP DEPRIVATION PROPER IN THE ADOLESCENT TIME FRAME HAS TO BE DONE WITH, LIKE, EARLY COLLEGE STUDENTS. AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE RESEARCH ETHICS BOARDS WILL NOT ALLOW, EVEN WITH PARENTAL CONSENT, FOR RESEARCHERS TO DEPRIVE TEENAGERS OF THE AMOUNT OF SLEEP THAT WE DEPRIVE YOU WITH EVERY DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR KID A BEER AND A SHOT 
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OF VODKA BEFORE YOU PUT THEM IN THE CAR? YOU WOULD NOT, BUT THAT'S ABOUT HOW DRUNK THEY ARE. 
          THAT IS THE LEVEL OF IMPAIRMENT THAT THEY ARE AT BY THE FRIDAY MORNING OF THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. OKAY, SO THIS IS NOT NOTHING. WALK YOU THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE KIND OF ISSUES THAT PEOPLE HAVE, QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE USUALLY HAVE, STUFF LIKE THAT. I'M GOING TO START WITH THIS ONE. AND IT'S LIKE DOCTOR SMITH SET ME UP FOR IT. BUT HE DIDN'T. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE. WE'RE ALONE. WE HAVE TO FIGURE THIS ALL OUT OURSELVES. IT'S GOING TO BE TERRIBLE. IT'S GONNA BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT. NO NO NO NO NO. CALIFORNIA. THE WHOLE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALREADY DID IT. THEY STARTED IN 2022. CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, INDIANA, LOUISIANA, NEW MEXICO AND UTAH HAVE LAWS THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT BY 2026. AND ALL THESE OTHER STATES, INCLUDING TEXAS, HAVE LEGISLATION THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION. SO, LIKE, I DON'T THINK THAT WE WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE STATE DEMANDS THAT WE DO IT AND THEN WE HAVE TO, LIKE, RUSH AROUND AND DO IT BADLY. LIKE, MAYBE WE COULD DO IT NOW. LIKE MAYBE WE COULD START MAKING PLANS NOW. HERE ARE SOME OTHER DISTRICTS IN TEXAS THAT HAVE HEALTHY START TIMES. I KNOW THAT'S REALLY SMALL. IT'S FINE. YOU COULD JUST SEE THAT THERE'S A BUNCH OF THEM, RIGHT? IT'S A BUNCH. SO WE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS THERE. THERE ARE WHOLE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE START SCHOOL LATER HEALTHY HOURS THAT HAVE TEAMS AND COMMITTEES WORTH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO HELP DISTRICTS DO THIS. SO MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE IT. THEY'VE DONE ALL THE THINGS THEY HAVE RUN ACROSS ALL THE SAME PROBLEMS. WE ARE NOT THAT SPECIAL. LIKE THEY ALL HAVE BUSSES, THEY ALL HAVE CAFETERIAS, THEY ALL HAVE SHOWERS. MAYBE. MAYBE WE'RE NOT LIKE THEM. ALL RIGHT. SO GENERALLY TEENS ARE LAZY. NO, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. WE KNOW IT. 
          NOW WE UNDERSTAND YOU'RE JUST MAMMALS. YOU'RE JUST MAMMALS. OH, YEAH. BECAUSE THIS IS MAMMALS. LIKE LIKE SQUIRRELS AND STUFF. DO THIS TOO. WHEN THEY'RE IN PUBERTY. THEY'RE GETTING MY. 
          OH, MY TEEN'S GETTING PLENTY OF SLEEP. NO THEY'RE NOT 87% OF THEM AREN'T. THEY'LL JUST STAY UP LATER IF YOU DON'ST IF YOU LT THEY DON'T THEY DON'T STAY UP LATER. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT. THEY DO NOT STAY UP LATER. EVERY STUDY SHOWS THAT ALMOST EVERY EXTRA MINUTE YOU GIVE THEM IS A SLEEP. EVEN THE STUDIES THAT LIKE THE NEW ONES THAT ARE USING WEARABLES TO TRACK IT. WHAT AWESOME THEY CAN MAKE UP FOR IT ON THE WEEKENDS. THEY ACTUALLY WERE JUST GIVING THEM JET LAG, RIGHT? FOR LIKE EVERY BEGINNING OF EVERY WEEK. IF WE LET THEM TRY TO DO THAT, YOU CAN'T REALLY BANK IT LIKE YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T SORT OF CORRECT FOR THE SLEEP DEPRIVATION THAT YOU HAD LAST WEEK. WE NEED TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE REAL WORLD. IT LIKE WHEN PEOPLE WHEN PARENTS SAY THIS TO ME THAT I ASK THEM WHAT TIME THEY START THEIR WORK DAY. THE REAL WORLD DOESN'T START AT 730. AS IT TURNS OUT, IN AMERICA, THE AVERAGE START TIME FOR AN ADULT WHO, BY THE WAY, DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME BIOLOGY AS YOU TEENS ON THEIR HEALTHY BIOLOGY. THEY DON'T EVEN START UNTIL AN AVERAGE OF 755, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. COLLEGES ARE STARTING TO REMOVE THE OPTION OF TAKING 8 A.M. CLASSES, BECAUSE 8 A.M. CLASSES TEND TO HAVE A GPA, THAT'S A FULL GRADE POINT LOWER THAN 9 A.M. CLASSES THAT ARE EXACTLY OTHERWISE THE SAME. 
          CHANGING BUS SCHEDULES. IT'S HARD. IT'S. YEAH, I'M. I ACTUALLY BET IT IS HARD, RIGHT. 
          BUT IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE. IN FACT, THE LAST TIME WE KIND OF RAN THE DATA, WE WERE GOING TO SAVE A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS. SO THAT'S A THING AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS THAT'S GOING TO GET MESSED UP. NO, NO. LISTEN, THEY CAN BECOME BEFORE SCHOOL PRACTICES. I HONESTLY DON'T LOVE THE IDEA BECAUSE THEN STUDENT ATHLETES ARE STILL DOING THE REALLY EARLY TIMES. SO IT'S NOT LIKE MY FAVORITE IDEA, BUT I MEAN IT. THAT AT LEAST GIVES THE NON OUTDOOR PRACTICES I GUESS THE FULL BENEFIT. SO MAYBE THAT AND LISTEN YOU MAKE MY KID GO TO PE AND THEN GO TO CLASS. SO I DON'T I HONESTLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE SHOWER ISSUE. I NEED SOMEBODY TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME MORE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE. WE ALREADY HAVE THIS THING HAPPENING LIKE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER WHERE NOBODY CAN PRACTICE OUTSIDE ANYWAY BECAUSE WE'RE ON WE'RE ON LEVEL BLACK OF SUN EXPOSURE AND HEAT INDEX AND STUFF. SO THEY I MEAN, IF MY KID HAS TO LEAVE SCHOOL AND THEN COME BACK FOR A BAND PRACTICE FROM 6 TO 8 FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF SCHOOL, IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT THAT BIG OF A PROBLEM. OH, AND IF WE CARE ABOUT ATHLETES THAT MUCH, IT'S IMPORTANT, MAYBE THAT WE KNOW THAT SLEEP DEPRIVED ATHLETES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE INJURED. EVENTS KNOW IF YOU IF THE DISTRICT CHANGES THE TIME, THE WHOLE DISTRICT CHANGES THE TIME. AND THEN YOU REMEMBER THAT THAT LIST OF ALL THOSE DISTRICTS IN TEXAS THAT ARE ALREADY CHANGED THEIR TIMES LIKE IT'S WORKING, IT'S WORKING FINE. THAT ONE'S NOT. IT TURNS OUT NOT TO BE A CONCERN. PARENTS DON'T HAVE PARENTS DON'T HAVE ANY PARENTS HERE WITH ME TODAY. PARENTS OF TEENS, NO TEENS. YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO GO TELL YOUR PARENTS. I GUESS I HAVE TO DROP MY KIDS OFF EARLY ANYWAY. THEY'LL JUST BE 
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DELINQUENT THEN. GENERALLY NOT ACTUALLY. ALTHOUGH TEEN DELINQUENCY IS HIGHEST BETWEEN 2 AND 4 P.M. ON WEEKDAYS WHEN THEY ARE UNSUPERVISED BY YOU PARENTS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DO, WHICH TURNS OUT TO HAVE THESE REALLY AWESOME ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF ZERO PERIODS, RIGHT, WHERE THEY CAN SORT OF GO EAT A HEALTHY BREAKFAST, HAVE STUDY HALL, HAVE SAFE SOCIAL SOCIALIZATION WITH LIKE A TWO STAFF WHO WANTED TO GET UP EARLY ANYWAY, RIGHT? I NEED THEM TO SUPERVISE MY YOUNGER CHILDREN AFTER SCHOOL, SO WE ALREADY HAVE. THIS IS A AWESOME THING ABOUT OUR DISTRICT SAFE, AFFORDABLE AFTER SCHOOL CARE AT BASICALLY EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE. AND IF TEENS ARE BEING DELINQUENT AFTER SCHOOL AND IF TEENS ARE DROWSY DRIVING, IT'S JUST LIKE I'M NOT 100% SURE THAT THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU WANT. 
          WATCHING YOUR YOUNGER KIDS. MAYBE YOU WANT ADULTS TO DO IT. TINY BABIES WILL HAVE TO WAIT IN THE IN THE DARK FOR THE BUS. WHAT IF WE SWAPPED ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL TIME AND THEN THAT WOULD BE VERY SAD. IT WOULD BE REALLY SAD, ACTUALLY. WOULDN'T IT BE SAD? YEAH. LIKE, SEE LIKE LITTLE TINY, LIKE FIVE YEAR OLDS AND LIKE, BE IN THE DARK AND HAVE THEIR LITTLE JACKETS. AND IT REALLY WOULD BE SAD, EXCEPT IT WOULDN'T BE LESS SAFE, AS IT TURNS OUT, WE THE NEWS DOES NOT CAPTURE THIS VERY MUCH. BUT TEENS, THE 12 TO 17 YEAR OLD BRACKET ARE THREE TIMES AS LIKELY TO BE IN THE PEDESTRIAN IN A PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE ACCIDENT, AND FOUR TIMES AS LIKELY TO BE ABDUCTED BY A STRANGER. THEN PEOPLE, THEN KIDS IN THE 5 TO 12 YEAR OLD BRACKET SO WOULD NOT BE LESS SAFE. SO LET'S START WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT. AND. I MEAN, I DON'T I DO I SEE THE LITTLE KIDS OUT IN THE LIGHT AT THE BUS STOPS AND THEY ALREADY HAVE LIKE A PARENT. SO PARENTS ARE PLENTY HAPPY IN EVERY COMMUNITY WHERE THIS HAS BEEN STUDIED, WHERE THIS ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL SWAP THING HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED, THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THESE LITTLE KIDS AT THEIR EARLY BUS STOP TIMES. BY THE WAY, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BEEN STUDIED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THIS PHASE SHIFT IN THEIR SLEEPING, DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THESE ISSUES. THEY DON'T END UP HAVING MOOD OR BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS. THEY DON'T END UP HAVING ACADEMIC PROBLEMS. OKAY. AND SWAPPING TIMES IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT WE COULD DO. PARENTING CAN FIX THIS MORE. PARENTS SHOULD BE GOOD PARENTS LIKE ME. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT PARENTS COULD AND SHOULD DO. PARENTS SHOULD KEEP DEVICES OUT OF BEDROOMS. THEY SHOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHYSICAL EXERCISE EVERY DAY. 
          THEY SHOULD HAVE REGULAR FAMILY WAKE TIME, EVEN ON THE WEEKEND DAYS. PARENTS. AND THEY SHOULD HELP THEIR TEENS DEVELOP CALMING NIGHTTIME RITUALS. THEY ABSOLUTELY SHOULD DO THIS. THAT WILL GET US ABOUT HALFWAY THERE. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE OPTION OF DOING THE OTHER PART. I MEAN, THAT'S COOL. MAYBE. MY KID IS FINE. 87% OF TEENS ARE GETTING LESS THAN NINE HOURS OF SLEEP, SO 13% OF THEM ARE FINE. 71% OF PARENTS THINK THEIR TEENS ARE FINE, SO ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE WRONG. BUT HEAR ME OUT. A COUPLE OF YOU ARE RIGHT AND MAYBE YOUR KID IS FINE. AND IF YOUR KID IS THAT FINE, YOU COULD LET THEM DO THEIR HOMEWORK IN THE MORNING BEFORE SCHOOL. IF YOU THINK THEY WOULD DO A GOOD JOB, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM YOU. AND IF YOUR KID IS AWESOME AND THEY ARE DOING FINE, THAT'S OKAY. JUST YOU BE AWESOME AND CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS TOO. WE WILL HATE THIS. ALL THE GROWNUPS WILL HATE THIS. WE'LL ALL HATE THIS. THE DISTRICT TELLS ME WE NEED COMMUNITY SUPPORT. WE DON'T HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT. OF COURSE NOT. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO MAKE CHANGES. OF COURSE THEY DON'T. WE'RE REALLY ALSO VERY BAD AS HUMANS ABOUT PREDICTING WHAT WE ARE AND ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE. AND SO LUCKILY WE HAVE SOME RESEARCH ABOUT THIS. WHEN THIS HAS BEEN STUDIED, 92% OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS PREFERRED THE LATER START TIME AT THE END OF ITS FIRST YEAR IS THERE. I REALLY, HONESTLY DON'T KNOW THIS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THIS DATA, BUT IF ANYBODY COULD GET IT TO ME, I WOULD BE. I WOULD LOVE YOU. ARE THERE ANY FBI SD POLICIES WITH A 92% PARENT APPROVAL RATE? I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, I JUST I REALLY WANT TO KNOW. I JUST REALLY CAN'T GET THAT DATA RIGHT. THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE SAME STUFF, BUSSES AND ATHLETICS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. 92% OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS PREFER THE LATER START TIME. WE REALLY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING THEM ON BOARD BEFOREHAND. THIS IS I KNOW, I KNOW, I'M BEING SASSY ABOUT THE LIBRARY BOOKS. I ACTUALLY REALLY DO CARE ABOUT THAT. IT'S JUST I CARE ABOUT THIS MORE WITH THE WHOLE LIFE AND DEATH PART, YOU KNOW? IT'S NOT. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED EVERYBODY TO LIKE THE DECISION BEFOREHAND. IF IT'S A DECISION THAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO PROTECT OUR KIDS. THE DISTRICT MAKES DECISIONS ABOUT STUFF THAT LIKE HELP THEM GET BETTER FUNDING AND LIKE BETTER TEST SCORES WITHOUT ASKING. SO. YEAH, IS THIS WHO GETS ME? WHO GETS ME? ALSO, WHEN THIS HAPPENS, TEACHERS GET ON 
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AVERAGE 23 MINUTES MORE SLEEP PER NIGHT. THEY REPORT BETTER DAYTIME FUNCTIONING AND SO DO PARENTS. YAY! TALK ABOUT A WIN WIN WIN. I JUST THIS WAS GREAT FOR DOCTOR SMITH TO SAY THAT HE REALLY HAS BEEN LISTENING ALL THIS TIME. THAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT THIS CHANGE IS CONSISTENT WITH EVERY SINGLE THING THAT FORT BEND SAYS, THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF IT, I PROMISE YOU. BUT I DO HAVE TWO MINUTES. 
          AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS FOR YOU, WHICH IS LIKE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT'S IN PROFILE OF A GRADUATE THAT IS BETTER WHEN YOU ARE NOT SLEEP DEPRIVED. SUPER COOL STUFF LIKE INTERACTING APPROPRIATELY, LIKE CHANGING YOUR COMMUNICATION TO MATCH THE OTHER PERSON THAT YOU'RE TALKING WITH BETTER IF YOU'RE NOT SLEEP DEPRIVED, COMPASSION BETTER, SELF-DISCIPLINE, BETTER DEPENDABILITY. BETTER RACISM. BETTER VOTING. VOTING. YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO VOTE IF YOU ARE NOT SLEEP DEPRIVED. NO, THIS IS EVERY SINGLE THING, AND I DON'T. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I NEED TO HARP ON THIS SLIDE A BUNCH BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY KNOW, HE SAID. THEY KNOW. SO I THINK THAT I THINK REALLY WHAT I NEED TO DO RIGHT HERE, AS I WRAP UP, IS, IS EMPHASIZE THE TWO CONCERNS THAT DOCTOR SMITH AND THE BOARD APPARENTLY HAVE, WHICH IS ONE WHERE SHOULD THIS FIT ON OUR LIST OF PRIORITIES? AND THE ANSWER IS, I'M GUESSING SOMETHING VERY CLOSE TO FIRST. 
          IF IT'S NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN BOUNDARY PLANNING, I'M GUESSING IT'S AT LEAST AS IMPORTANT AS BOUNDARY PLANNING. AND TWO IS IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. AND SO I WILL I'M I'M TOTALLY OPEN TO PUTTING THE BOARD IN TOUCH WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO CAN GIVE THEM ALL KINDS OF IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO THAT'D BE GREAT. AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO DO SOME Q&A AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE SPECIFIC. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH YEAH. SO LIKE I HAVE OH YOU HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE. YES OKAY. ON THE SLIDE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. SO I YOU KNOW I DID KIND OF WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER THAT THERE WAS A STUDY DONE IN 2018. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT WAS A FOCUS GROUP. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LIKE SEE A SUMMARY OF WHAT WHAT ALL WAS STUDIED AND TO WHAT LEVEL. WAS IT A TASK FORCE THAT WAS HIRED TO DO THIS, OR WAS IT SOMETHING THAT WE AS A DISTRICT JUST DID? A FOCUS GROUP HAD SOME PEOPLE FROM THE DISTRICT PULL OUT SOME NUMBERS, AND FROM JUST THAT THEY DECIDED TO HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON ON IT. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT MY WHAT THESE LADIES SAID. I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS IS WE'RE ASKING A LOT OF OUR TEENS RIGHT NOW WITH THEIR BODY CLOCKS, LOOKING AT DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THEY JUST DID A SWITCH. AND I THINK IT WAS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF BUS SCHEDULES AND BUSSING. AND LAMAR CONSOLIDATED THEIR KIDDOS. THEY START LATE ALSO FOR HIGH SCHOOL. THAT LAST COLUMN IS THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND I KNOW THAT THEY THEY DID A SWITCH IN THEIR SCHEDULING RECENTLY AS WELL BECAUSE OF JUST OF JUST THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT THEY HAVE. SO THEY WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE IT. NOW, I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA THAT HAVE EARLY START TIMES, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. WE DO HAVE TWO PRETTY LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA THAT START LATER. FOR HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF SOME MEETING MINUTES FROM THE 2018. AND LIKE SHE SAID, I MEAN, THERE WAS A REPORTED SAVINGS IN BUSSES, $1.5 MILLION IN SAVINGS. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. AND THE ITEMS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP, LIKE SHOWERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND FOR ATHLETICS AND LIGHTS, I UNDERSTAND THOSE ISSUES. THERE WAS AN ANALYSIS OF FOCUS GROUP AND I TRIED TO KIND OF GRAPH IT, BUT IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION. BUT YOU WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED BY WHAT'S UP THERE. YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE'S THE PARENTS ACCEPTING THE CHANGE. WHAT ARE THE LOGISTICS OF HOW TO DO THIS. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE NO TIME TO EAT SOME OTHER THINGS? AND THEY HAD THERE WERE A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS. 
          SO I DON'T WANT TO DISQUALIFY THE FACT THAT ALL OF THIS WAS LOOKED AT. SOME THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO BRING UP IS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE HOTTER SCHOOL DAYS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. WE'RE STARTING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, AND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THE SHIFT IN PATTERNS FOR OUR ATHLETICS, FOR BAND, FOR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. APPARENTLY SPLIT LUNCH SCHEDULES WAS AN ISSUE, BUT AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT NOW, NO HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE ONE LUNCHTIME. AND I THINK THAT WAS A QUESTION. AND THEN, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED. AND SO. YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A GROUP, AS A SHACK, MY SLANT ON THIS WAS MAYBE WE 
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SHOULD TRY TO SEE IF THERE IS A TASK FORCE THAT COULD BE CREATED. AND I HEAR DOCTOR SMITH, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT EVERYBODY TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TAKE A MOMENT RIGHT NOW. AND I DID ALSO I POLLED OUR OUR WELLNESS COALITION, ALMOST 40% OF THEM START SCHOOL BEFORE 7 A.M. SO, YOU KNOW, WE SAY THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL STARTED AT 730. BUT A LOT OF YOU KIDDOS ARE STARTING BEFORE 730, RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT OTHER GROUPS THAT YOU'RE IN. IF YOU'RE IN ATHLETICS, OTHER THINGS THAT BRING YOU INTO THE SCHOOL EVEN BEFORE 7:30 A.M. AND THEN 90% OF YOU GUYS SAID THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT A CHANGE TO A START TIME OF 830 OR LATER. YOU KNOW, YOU'D GET MORE SLEEP. 77% OF YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO GET A JOB. IF YOU DO WORK AFTER SCHOOL, AND MOST OF YOU GUYS, IT WOULDN'T AFFECT YOUR TRANSPORTATION PLANS. THERE IS THE CONTINUING. I MEAN, IT WAS FUNNY. YOU GUYS WERE ALL LIKE, YES, YES, YES. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU START SAYING, WELL, WHAT WOULD BE SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS? IT IS DEFINITELY CHANGING YOUR ROUTINE. ANY HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT ARE PICKING UP ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND THEN AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES? WHAT I DID HEAR FROM ALL OF Y'ALL WAS THAT LIKE, WELL THEN YOU'D HAVE YOUR EXTRACURRICULARS WOULD GO EVEN LATER. BUT THAT SAID, IT WAS FUNNY. I HAD A QUESTION ON THERE AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE QR CODE THAT'S ON THE AGENDAS IS FOR THIS SAME SURVEY, THAT SURVEY THAT THEY TOOK. AND. RIGHT HERE THE, THE, THE LITTLE PIE CHART SHOWING THAT 80% OF Y'ALL DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS PEDIATRICS IS RECOMMENDING AN 8:30 A.M. START TIME OR LATER. I FEEL LIKE THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION ABOUT SHIFTING, AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO SLEEP IN. IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO STAY UP LATE, IT'S THAT YOUR BODY CLOCKS ARE TELLING YOU TO DO THIS. THEN IT'S KIND OF AN EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THESE FEW THINGS JUST TO, YOU KNOW, TO I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LIKE, BUT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THIS OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN CONCERNS, BUT I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A MOMENT FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SPECIALISTS THAT ARE HERE RIGHT NOW AND ANY, ANY QUESTIONS. AND THEN AT THE END, WE ALWAYS DO OUR LITTLE CLOSURE WITH THE, THE SURVEY. AND SO WE WILL KIND OF SPLIT UP INTO GROUPS AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO HOPEFULLY CHAT WITH HIGH SCHOOLERS AND WITH ADULTS JUST TO HAVE EVERYBODY KIND OF DISCUSS YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SURVEY. DO YOU GUYS WANT TO COME BACK UP HERE? THANKS. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING HERE AND SPEAKING. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GONNA RUN OVER THERE. I'M NOT GOING TO. TEST OKAY I, I AM I THINK THIS IS A PHENOMENAL THING. BY THE WAY, I HAVE THREE BOYS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH MY HOUSE AND ONE MY LAST ONE'S IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND SLEEP IS A HUGE ISSUE. BUT I'M WONDERING IF THIS PASSES, LIKE HOW QUICKLY WOULD THIS BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE DISTRICT, OR WOULD IT TAKE YEARS TO LIKE PUT IN PLACE? IS MY KID GOING TO ALREADY BE GRADUATED BY THE TIME THIS MIGHT COME INTO EFFECT? YEAH, AND THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE DISTRICT. BUT I THINK THAT'S A IT'S A GOOD WONDERING. RIGHT. LIKE I THINK IT WOULD, IT COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE A WHILE. OR MAYBE THEY RIP THE BAND AID OFF I DON'T KNOW. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE IDEA I THINK. EXCELLENT. MY ONLY QUESTION IS HOW DOES DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IMPACT ON THAT, IF AT ALL? DO YOU WANT TO SAY YOU CAN GO AHEAD? DAYLIGHT SAVINGS IS A REALLY FUN SORT OF BI ANNUAL EXPERIMENT. I POSTED THIS ON ONE OF THE PARENT FACEBOOK GROUPS THIS YEAR SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE THING WHERE WE HAVE FALL BACK, YOU HAVE LIKE ONE GLORIOUS DAY AND YOU DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. THAT'S WHY THAT DAY WITH YOUR KID WAS SO GOOD, RIGHT? WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WHEN WE HAVE THE SPRING FORWARD, THERE'S ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST FOR TEENS, BUT FOR EVERYBODY, JUST HIGH LEVEL, LIKE MORE CARDIOVASCULAR INCIDENTS, MORE JOB ACCIDENTS, MORE DRIVING ACCIDENTS. LIKE, LIKE ALL KINDS OF THINGS ARE BAD THAT DAY. SO LIKE DO NOT IF YOU CAN HELP IT GO TO COURT THAT DAY. JUDGES ARE NOT NICE THAT DAY. I'M NOT I'M NOT KIDDING. THAT'S DATA. THERE'S DATA ABOUT THAT. RIGHT. 
          SO LIKE, TRY NOT TO BE ON THE ROAD. TRY TRY NOT TO DO ANYTHING. IN FACT, MAKE THAT A 
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HOLIDAY FOR YOURSELF JUST FOR YOUR SAFETY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO I THINK YOU'VE COVERED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALREADY HAVE PRETTY MUCH A PLAN IN PLACE THAT COULD BE EASILY ADOPTED IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DECIDED TO FOCUS ON IMPORTANT ISSUES, RATHER THAN THE CRAP THAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON RIGHT NOW. I'LL BE POLITICALLY CORRECT, I GUESS. ANYWAY, IN TERMS OF THE SCHOOL BUSSES AND ALL OF THAT, WHICH SEEMS LIKE THE STUDY'S ALREADY BEEN DONE BEFORE, BUT MAY NEED TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON CURRENT. HOW WOULD THAT WORK LIKE? SO THE SCHOOLS, THE HIGH SCHOOLERS WOULD START AT LIKE 830 AND THEN THE MIDDLE. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLERS WOULD STAY AT THE SAME TIME. 805 OR WHAT'S THE PROPOSAL IN TERMS OF START TIMES HOLISTICALLY? AND THEN ALSO, I GUESS THE OTHER CONSIDERATION IS, I GUESS THE LATER THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS WOULD BE IN SCHOOL LATER, I WOULD THINK. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, I DON'T KNOW WHY FORT BEND ISD DOESN'T PROMOTE IT, BUT WE DO HAVE THESE ENRICHMENT TYPE CLASSES THAT ARE CALLED LIKE THE SCHOOL ZONES WHERE KIDS CAN TAKE LIKE CHESS AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE, I THINK, A NATURAL FIT TO LIKE PROMOTE CLASSES LIKE THAT. SO MAYBE THE KIDS WOULD BE IN SCHOOL LONGER, BUT I'M LIKE, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE LITTLER KIDS BEING IN, IN LIKE AN EDUCATIONAL TYPE ENVIRONMENT RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, DAYCARE WHERE THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE WATCHING TV OR SOMETHING. SO. YEAH, ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE STUDY OR HOW THAT WE THERE'S THAT DATA POINT IN THE MEETING MINUTES SAYING THAT IT SAVED 100 OR $1.5 MILLION IN THE BUS SYSTEM. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS WHAT KIND OF A SCHEDULE SHIFT THAT WAS. I JUST KNOW THAT THAT WAS REPORTED IN THE MEETING MINUTES FOR THAT SHACK. SO I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER. I'M LOOKING AT YOU. THANKS, CATALINA. SO ESSENTIALLY, THAT STUDY WAS DONE QUITE A WHILE AGO, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO REDO THAT DATA AND WORK WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST POSSIBLE AND COST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF DOING SO. AND LIKE DOCTOR SMITH SAID, IT'S NOT A NO. IT'S WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHEN TO LOOK AT THIS AND DETERMINE WHAT'S BEST AND WHAT'S NEXT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. HI. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS WAS VERY GOOD INFORMATION. I HAVE A 15 YEAR OLD IN MY HOME AND I WAS WONDERING WHY HE IS ALWAYS EXTREMELY TIRED. HE COMES HOME AND HE'LL SLEEP TILL 6 P.M. I WAKE HIM UP TO DO HIS HOMEWORK, BUT HE'S BEEN EXTREMELY TIRED AND THIS IS SO VERY ENLIGHTENING. MY QUESTION IS, WOULD THIS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 830 FOR HIGH SCHOOLS? COULD THIS BE A REMEDY TO HELP ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGED HIGH SCHOOLS? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN RESEARCH THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY THAT SPECIFICALLY DONE FOR ACADEMICALLY, LIKE AT RISK, BUT WE DO SEE MORE IMPROVEMENTS WHENEVER THERE'S ANY OTHER KIND OF STRESSOR. ALSO. RIGHT. KIDS WHO ARE IN STRESSED FAMILIES, KIDS WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY, KIDS WHO ARE MARGINALIZED, KIDS WITH DISABILITIES, THEY THEY'RE ALL MORE IMPACTED BY THE EARLY START TIME. AND THEY ALL ARE HELPED MORE BY THE LATER START TIME. SO MY BEST GUESS WOULD BE, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT AWARE IF THERE'S BEEN RESEARCH ON THAT SPECIFICALLY, THAT ACADEMICALLY AT RISK KIDS WOULD BENEFIT AT LEAST AS MUCH OR MORE. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. MY FIRST ONE IS A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL. JUST CURIOUS. I KNOW YOU USE THE TERM ADOLESCENT. SO AT WHAT AGE RANGE DOES THAT SHIFT HAPPEN IN THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. SO IT IS WITH THE ONSET OF PUBERTY. AND EVERYBODY GOES THROUGH PUBERTY AT A DIFFERENT TIME. GIRLS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN BOYS. BUT IT IS NOT. IT'S SO PUBERTY IS WHEN IT STARTS. SO 11 1213 SOME A LITTLE EARLIER, SOME A LITTLE LATER. BUT THIS CONTINUES ON INTO YOUNG ADULTHOOD. SO IT'S NOT A TIME LIMITED THING THAT'S ONLY IMPACTING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT'S JUST WHEN IT STARTS AND IT'S MOST DRAMATIC. YEAH. AND BECAUSE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS ARE ALREADY LATER IT'S NOT AN ISSUE FOR THEM. RIGHT OKAY. AND THEN I WAS HERE IN THE DISTRICT IN 2018 WHEN THEY DID THE STUDY. AND FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, BECAUSE I WAS ON SHAC, I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE DATA COLLECTING OR ANYTHING, BUT THE THREE REASONS THAT THEY DID NOT MOVE FORWARD AT THAT TIME WERE 
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ATHLETICS. SO Y'ALL HIT ON THAT. THEN IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE OLDER KIDS PICKING UP AND TAKING CARE OF THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS. AND THE LAST ONE WAS LIKE CONCERN FOR KIDS THAT HAD JOBS AFTER SCHOOL. SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF BEEN ADDRESSED. THEY DON'T REALLY THEY JUST WOULD WORK LATER. RIGHT? I THINK THERE IS THERE IS DATA ON STUDENT JOBS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THIS HAPPENS. AND IT TAKES ABOUT THAT COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN EVERYBODY'S GETTING USED TO THINGS AND THEN IT SETTLES OUT FINE. RIGHT. BECAUSE ALL THE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT ARE CHANGING THEIR TIMES. SO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO EMPLOY THE TEENS JUST ADJUST THE SAME WAY THEY DID. WHEN WE MADE THIS CHANGE TO THE EARLY TIME IN THE 80S, LIKE THEY ADJUSTED THEN TOO. SO YEAH, COMMUNITIES DO. OKAY. YEAH, I GUESS WHAT I'M MY POINT IS THOSE THREE THINGS ARE PROBABLY STILL THE TOP PRIORITIES. SO IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, THEN YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THE BARRIER OF THEM SAYING, NO, WE CAN'T DO THIS. AND WHAT I REMEMBER TOO, WAS PUSHBACK FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENTS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BENEFITS, AND I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU'RE STILL SHIFTING THEIR CHEESE OF HAVING THEM NOW WAKE THEIR SMALL BABIES UP ALMOST TWO HOURS EARLIER. AND I REMEMBER THAT BEING A BIG FOCUS TO THAT GROUP OF PARENTS, REGARDLESS IF THEY SAW THE BENEFITS WHEN THEY WERE OLDER, WE'RE STILL NOT REAL HAPPY WITH THEIR CHEESE KIND OF BEING SHIFTED. I'LL JUST SPEAK TO THAT VERY QUICKLY. THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS OF KIDS, BABIES, YOUNG ONES. AND SO THEY'RE NOT LOSING SLEEP. AND NOW, YES, IT DEFINITELY INCONVENIENCES PARENTS. AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT. BUT THE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE A-OKAY. IT ALIGNS WITH THEIR CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. THEY'RE HEALTHY. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM BENEFITS FOR THE KID, LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER. YEAH. EXACTLY. YEAH. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. TWO QUESTIONS. ONE, WILL A ONE HOUR SHIFT FOR THE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS. WOULD THAT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. MAKE CERTAINLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WILL IT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. AND SECONDLY, ARE THERE DISTRICTS YOU SAID THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS OR MANY DISTRICTS THAT HAVE CHANGED. DO WE HAVE DATA ON THEIR ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT? THIS IS NOT MADE FOR SHORT PEOPLE. I KNOW BOTH OF THOSE. SO THE FIRST QUESTION, THE SECOND ONE WAS DO WE HAVE DATA? IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO FIND. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID PULL IS WHEN HISD MADE THE CHANGE IN 2018, THEIR HIGH SCHOOL STAAR TEST SCORES IN TERMS OF LIKE MEETS OR EXCEEDS, WENT UP BY 4% IN EVERY CLASS THAT IT WAS MEASURED. SO THAT WAS DATA I SORT OF HAD TO PULL BASED ON TIME. NOBODY DID THAT STUDY. BUT YES, THERE'S OODLES OF DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE FROM OTHER DISTRICTS. I DON'T KNOW, I CAN'T GET ANYBODY FROM HISD TO SORT OF LIKE, LET ME GET THEIR HANDS ON STUFF THAT AS FAR AS THE CHANGE, THE ONE HOUR CHANGE MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE, IT WOULD BE 10:00. BUT BUT NOBODY'S GOING TO DO THAT. AND 830 IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT EVERYBODY SORT OF SETTLED ON, BECAUSE IT MAKES SUCH BIG IMPROVEMENTS ON ALL THOSE THINGS, ACADEMICS AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL AND SAFETY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? KIDDOS? DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OH. WE. SO WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST US TO? LIKE? WHAT DO YOU WHAT ARE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO THIS? WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST WE DO? DOES DOES ANYONE LISTEN TO YOU GUYS MORE THAN THEY DO TO ME? TALK TO THE BOARD, RIGHT? I MEAN, MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR Y'ALL. SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH LITERALLY EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW. BUT CERTAINLY EVERYBODY, RIGHT? YOUR TEACHERS, YOUR ADMINS. HEY, TEENS, DO YOU LIKE US TO BE UP HERE AND LIKE, VOUCH FOR YOU THAT YOU'RE NOT AWFUL PEOPLE? YOU'RE JUST TIRED. TELL EVERYONE. I'M ALSO PLANNING AND HOPING TO GET LIKE A NICE LITTLE CREW TO COME TO THE BOARD MEETING ON MARCH 24TH. I HAVE LIKE A SECRET WISH THAT WE WOULD DO IT IN OUR PAJAMAS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WILL DO THAT. I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONLY ONE, BUT MARCH 24TH IS A DATE THAT I'VE SORT OF TARGETED TO SEE IF I CAN GET, YOU KNOW, LIKE A FEW MORE PEOPLE, NOT JUST ME. SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN DOING THAT AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU. THERE'S LIKE A TEENY BIT OF PAPERWORK. AND IF YOU. I WILL WRITE YOU A SPEECH IF YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO WRITE A SPEECH. SO. 
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OTHER YOU HAVE IDEAS ABOUT HOW SHAQ COULD BE HELPFUL TO OTHER STUDENTS. IS THAT CORRECT? DOES THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM CHANGE BY ETHNICITY? I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT DATA NOW. I WOULD NOT BE SHOCKED TO READ THAT DATA, BUT I CAN'T WITH CONFIDENCE REPORT ON THAT. THAT DATA IS. YOU CERTAINLY CAN IF DO YOU WANT TO DO YOU WANT TO GET WITH ME OR YOU CAN YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL? ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SEND ME EMAIL TO START SCHOOL LATER FBISD AT GMAIL.COM. IF YOU WANT HELP WITH THIS MARCH 24TH THING, IF YOU WANT TO SEND ME AN EMAIL, I WILL. I WILL LOOK THROUGH THE RESEARCH THAT ALREADY EXISTS AND SEE IF I CAN FIND ANYTHING FOR YOU. OKAY, SO REPEAT THE QUESTION. SO WHAT? WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION IN TERMS OF SCHOOL START TIMES FROM HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS TO DO IT I DON'T CARE. I CARE THAT HIGH SCHOOL START AT 830 OR LATER. I WOULDN'T WANT MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO START AT LIKE 705, BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE SORT OF STILL IN THAT BRACKET, AND WE PROBABLY DON'T SEE PROBLEMS WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY LATER. SO THE TWO THINGS THAT ARE MOST COMMON, ONE IS SWAPPING HIGH SCHOOL START TIME AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL START TIME. SO THE ELEMENTARY STARTING IN THE, YOU KNOW, 715, 730 RANGE LEAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL AS THE LATEST ONE AND PUT HIGH SCHOOL KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE. A LOT OF PLACES DO THAT. THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY THERE IS TO DO IT. YOU COULD CERTAINLY DO SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE YOU COULD JUST MOVE THEIR TIME. I KNOW THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST POSSIBLE CHANGE. YOU COULD JUST MAKE THEM START AT 930. BUT IF YOU'RE BUT NOBODY'S GOING TO DO THAT, I HEAR YOU. IT'S FINE. RIGHT? BUT YOU COULD BUMP THEM SO THAT THERE'S JUST ABOUT A FOUR. WE SEEM TO NEED ABOUT A 40 MINUTE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR START TIMES. SO IF YOU SET HIGH SCHOOL AT 830 AND EIGHT, 830, WE COULD DO 910, WHICH WOULD BE ALMOST THE SAME AS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL START TIME. AND THEN WE COULD DO EIGHT. SO WE DO 750 FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLERS. THAT'S NOT TOO FAR OFF FROM WHERE THEY WERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO. WE CHANGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TIME. I FEEL LIKE A LOT LIKE EVERY COUPLE YEARS. SO THEY'RE USED TO THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ABOUT WHAT TRACK COULD DO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL? WE HAVE ENTHUSIASM. OKAY, LET ME LISTEN. I KNOW YOU HAVE WISDOM. EXPERIENCE, REAL WISDOM. THANK YOU. WELL, I REMEMBER 2018 BECAUSE I WAS VOLUNTEERING ON THE SHACK AND I WAS ALSO ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THAT TIME. AND ONE OF THE REASONS, ONE OF THE IMPETUSES FOR HAVING THE CONVERSATION IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS BECAUSE DOCTOR BOOKER, WHOSE WIFE FORMERLY SERVED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, HE'S ALSO A PHYSICIAN, AND HE BROUGHT IT UP TO A COUPLE OF THE TRUSTEES. SO WE STARTED KIND OF LOOKING INTO IT IN THE SHACK, PICKED IT UP AS A THING TO RESEARCH. I DON'T REMEMBER THE MAKEUP OF THE TASK FORCE. SO THAT'S A GOOD, YOU KNOW, RESEARCH, BUT MAYBE IT DOESN'T MATTER SO MUCH BECAUSE AS YOU ALL HAVE SAID, THE DATA IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT. MY WISDOM IS. ONE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS. TALK TO YOUR PRINCIPALS ABOUT IT. TALK TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AT YOUR SCHOOL ABOUT IT, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARENTS. IF YOU CARE ABOUT IT, TALK TO THE TRUSTEES ABOUT IT. TALK TO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAT ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF THAT WORKS FOR THE DISTRICT DOCTOR SMITH WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE SAYS LEADERSHIP IS RESEARCH THIS, I BELIEVE HE'S MEANING HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM, HIS EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS LOOKED AT IT. THEY'VE HEARD YOU, THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT, BUT THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMED IN THE TO DO LIST. AND. SOME OF THAT IS BECAUSE AS WE IN AS WE APPROACH BUDGETING FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN VERY UNCERTAIN TIMES ABOUT HOW SCHOOL FUNDING WILL LOOK GOING FORWARD, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE CHANGE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PLAN, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR REVENUE IS GOING TO BE AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT LIKE FORT BEND ISD, WHERE WE HAVE 85 TO ALMOST 90% OF THE BUDGET, IS SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE MOST OF THAT IS THE TEACHER SALARIES AND BENEFITS. AND I'LL JUST ADD AN EDITORIAL HERE THAT IT'S LESS THAN 1%. IS ANY CENTRAL 
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ADMINISTRATOR, ANY PEOPLE THAT WORK IN IN THIS BUILDING? IT'S NOT WE DON'T PAY A WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY GOING INTO THAT. IT'S A IT'S A STAFF AT THE CAMPUSES BECAUSE OF THAT FINANCIAL PRESSURE. IT IS TREMENDOUSLY DIFFICULT TO MAKE CHANGE IN A DISTRICT THIS SIZE. 
          WHEN WE'RE TALKING 81,000 STUDENTS, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES NOW 12 TO 14,000 EMPLOYEES. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE CHANGE IT. IT WOULD IMPACT EVERYBODY. I DON'T THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. BUT WE HAVE WE NEED TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING. SO YES, YOU CAN COME TO THE BOARDROOM AND YOU CAN TELL THE TRUSTEES, THEY ALREADY KNOW. THEY ALREADY KNOW. 
          I THINK AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO APPROACH IT IS FROM THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL. IT'S FROM THE STUDENTS. IT'S THE WELLNESS COMMITTEES HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON YOUR CAMPUS. IT'S TALKING TO YOUR PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPALS AND RESPECTFUL WAY AND SAYING AND HELPING THEM TO UNDERSTAND. 
          PRINCIPALS HAVE LEADERSHIP MEETINGS WHERE THEY GET TOGETHER AND THEY TALK ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES. AND I THINK THAT CAN BE VERY IMPACTFUL. I'M NOT SAYING DON'T COME ON MARCH 24TH, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THAT CAN MAKE AN IMPACT. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO BE RESPECTFUL AND UNDERSTAND THE TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF THINGS THAT DOCTOR SMITH IS TRYING TO DO, IMPROVEMENTS HE'S TRYING TO MAKE. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT THIS WOULD IMPACT STUDENT OUTCOMES IN A POSITIVE WAY. AND THE BOARD LIKES THINGS THAT IMPACT STUDENT OUTCOMES IN A POSITIVE WAY. SO THEY KNOW THAT IT'S THE STEP BACK THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THE STEPS FORWARD. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THE FEAR OF CHANGE. THE STEP BACK BECAUSE AS TRUSTEES AND AS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT STEP BACK. AND WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT, AND WE HAVE TO JUSTIFY IT TO THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE DECISIONS AND SEND THE MONEY TO FORT BEND ISD TO PAY THE STAFF AND PAY THE TEACHERS. AND IT'S PRETTY RISKY. SO LET'S PUT A PLAN TOGETHER, PUT AN OUTLINE, OUTLINE A PLAN. AND I COULDN'T READ THE VERY SMALL FINE PRINT ON YOUR SLIDE. BUT START SCHOOL EARLIER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. THE FORT BEND ISD AT GMAIL.COM, BUT I'D LIKE TO. BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW THOSE DISTRICTS, AND I'D LIKE TO. I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHO THOSE DISTRICTS ARE, THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT AND THE FACTORS FOR THEIR CHANGE, THE FACTORS OF CONSIDERATION. BECAUSE, AS DOCTOR SMITH ALSO ALLUDED TO, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ARE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID. AND THAT THAT CAN BE A SETBACK. SO THANK YOU FOR I DIDN'T GET TEN MINUTES ON THE AGENDA, BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME MAKE A SPEECH ANYWAY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE GOOD? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND SCHEDULE, BUT I THINK THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT CONVERSATION. REALLY APPRECIATE 
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IT OKAY. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR SPEAKING. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION OF THE MEETING. AND WE'LL BE VOTING ON MINUTES. YEAH. THANK. WHAT'S THAT. YES YES. OH SORRY OKAY. THANK YOU FOR OH THAT'S GOING TO SPEED US UP. ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU. BACK TO THE DECEMBER MINUTES I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE. YEAH OKAY. MOTION. YEAH. AND THAT I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE DECEMBER MINUTES I. YEAH. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          AND NOW WE GET SHANNON TO COME UP HERE. SHE'S THE DONNA'S REPLACEMENT. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER. THANK YOU. HELLO. AND AFTER ALL THAT TALK ABOUT SLEEP, I'M GOING TO GET YOU UP AND MOVING 
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SO WE CAN GET SOME OXYGEN AND FUEL TO OUR BRAIN. SO IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, BRAIN BREAK IS REMOVING FROM ACADEMIC CONTENT OR REMOVING US FROM WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON AND, YOU KNOW, THESE TIMES FOR TODAY. BUT THIS WHAT WE'RE TAKING A BREAK FROM THAT. SO OUR BRAIN BREAK TODAY OUR MOVEMENT. WE'RE GOING TO USE WALKING FEET WHEN THE MUSIC STARTS. COMPLETE THE ACTION BELOW TO RETURN TO YOUR SEAT. NOW THE FOUR WALLS I KNOW IT COULD GET A LITTLE TRICKY IN HERE, SO YOU KNOW I'LL CUT YOU SOME SLACK IF YOU WANT TO CUT, YOU KNOW, TOUCH ONE OF THE CORNERS HERE OR AN EXTRA CHAIR. THAT'S OKAY TOO. BUT WHEN THE MUSIC STARTS, YOU'RE GOING TO TOUCH FIVE CHAIRS. TRY FOR FOUR WALLS. IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T, BECAUSE I KNOW OUR SPACES AND WE HAVE A LITTLE ROUNDED HERE. THREE TABLES. SO THERE ARE SOME TABLES AROUND HERE. SO AGAIN WE'RE USING WALKING FEET THOUGH FOR THIS. GIVE TWO HIGH FIVES AND ONE. WOO-HOO! OKAY SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE DOING THAT. SO RIGHT NOW IF YOU STAND UP JUST KIND OF LOOK AROUND YOUR SURROUNDINGS BEFORE WE MOVE. REMEMBER YOU CAN'T GO UNTIL THE MUSIC STARTS. YOU CAN'T GO UNTIL THE MUSIC STARTS. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU ANY OTHER INFORMATION OTHER THAN FIVE CHAIRS, FOUR WALLS, THREE TABLES, TWO HIGH FIVES AND ONE. 
          WOO-HOO! JUST A MOMENT. YOU CAN'T TOUCH ME! NO, IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE AN ORDER. THIS IS JUST. BYE BYE. BYE BYE. SO WHAT MAKES ME SAD? OH MY LORD, YOU. DO GOOD. THERE'S ALSO A PICTURE THERE. IF YOU FORGOT. THERE THE WORDS AND THERE'S PICTURES THERE WITH THE NUMBER. IN CASE YOU FORGOT, ONCE YOU'RE FINISHED WITH THE TASK, RETURN TO YOUR SEATS. YOU KNOW. HOW THAT. WAS? THE FIRST. AND I SEE SOME OF US HAVE ALREADY MOVED BACK TO OUR SEATS. OH, GOOD, I LIKE THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT, FINISH UP, FINISH UP. I HAVEN'T HEARD ALL THOSE WOO HOOS YET. I HAVEN'T HEARD ALL THOSE WOO HOOS YET. WHAT DO YOU KEEP YOUR SAMMOBILE SCHOOLS IN. ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU CAN HEAD BACK TO YOUR CHAIRS. YEAH. SO THERE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THAT. IT'S JUST NOT SIMPLE OKAY. I JUST NEED TO RUN AROUND AND TOUCH SOME WALLS CHAIRS TABLES WOO HOOS. SO ONE YOUR BRAIN LIKES NOVELTY. SO THE SONG THAT I CHOSE MIGHT BE IT'S A LITTLE OLD FOR SOME OF OUR FRIENDS HERE IN OUR WELLNESS COALITION. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP ME OUT WITH AN UPDATED VERSION THAT I CAN USE FOR THIS, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE TRIGGERED A MEMORY FOR SOME OF US IN HERE FROM BACK IN OUR DAY. AND IT'S ALSO A CATCHY THING THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER. SO ONE, YOUR BRAIN LIKES THAT, SO IT ATTACHES TO IT AND IT MAKES YOU FEEL HAPPY. SOME MEMORY THAT YOU HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE OTHER THING IS, IS IT KIND OF SILLY. SO THERE WERE A LOT OF LAUGHS. THERE WAS A LOT OF SMILES. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT THIS BRAIN BREAK WAS DOING. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN OR MORE FUEL TO THE BRAIN. IT'S JUST CHANGING YOUR MOOD. IT'S ELEVATING THE MOOD. ESPECIALLY WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH SERIOUS STUFF. AND IT'S NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTHEARTED, BUT THAT JUST GAVE US A LITTLE BREAK FROM WHAT WE WERE FOCUSING ON AS WELL. BUT JUST BY STANDING UP, THAT'S ALLOWING THE BLOOD TO FLOW TO YOUR BRAIN. SO JUST SIMPLY IS SOMETHING AS THAT. I HAVE A BIG BACKGROUND IN ACTION BASED LEARNING. SO I PILOTED OUR LABS BACK IN 2016. AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN I GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU ALL, YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT. AND I LIKE TO BRING THOSE THINGS IN TO OUR TO OUR TO OUR LESSONS. I'M SORRY. IT'S TAKING ME A MINUTE TO GO AWAY FROM THE GYM, BUT FROM THAT. BUT AGAIN, MY BACKGROUND IS IN ACTION BASED LEARNING AND SUPPORTING HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, BECAUSE THAT'S WAS MY CAREER BEFORE THAT. BEFORE THIS, I TAUGHT K THROUGH 12 ACTION BASED LEARNING AND OR HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION. SO THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME IN TAKING THAT LITTLE BRAIN BREAK AND ALLOWING US TO FOCUS AND WAKE UP OUR BRAINS A LITTLE BIT. I JUST WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS IN WHOLE CHILD HEALTH. WE HAVE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH WATCH WEEK, AND THAT'S AN INITIATIVE THAT'S FOCUSING ON CARDIO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND HOW WE CAN COMBAT THAT AND PREVENT THAT. AND THE CAMPUSES WILL BE GETTING TOOLKITS FOR THAT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE TO 
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SEE ALL OUR CAMPUSES SUPPORT THAT AND PUSH THAT OUT. IN K THROUGH 12. NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK IS THE SAME WEEK. THEN WE HAVE OUR NATIONAL SOCIAL WORKER WEEK, WORLD BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS DAY, NATIONAL DRUG FACTS WEEK, AND NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH. AND YESTERDAY I HELD OUR WELLNESS COMMITTEE MEETING WITH OUR LEADERS, OUR CAMPUS LEADERS, AND WE HAD CHILD NUTRITION COME AND TALK TO THEM AND HIGHLIGHT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY'LL BE DOING AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY'LL BE PROVIDING FOR CAMPUSES. AND THEN WE OUR DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO PROVIDE RESOURCES THAT THE CAMPUSES CAN USE TO SUPPORT ALL THESE INITIATIVES. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE OUR SOUND BITES THAT ARE COMING OUT IN FEBRUARY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, AND THEY WILL BE FOCUSING ON GRIEF AND LOSS. AND THEN MARCH HAS HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. AND IF YOU WANT TO SCAN MORE, WE HAVE A QR CODE THERE THAT LINKS ALL OF OUR PREVIOUS SOUND BITES AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. ALL RIGHT. HEY. THANK YOU, SHANNON, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU 
          [IV. Meeting in Closed Session]
JOIN US. OKAY, SO NOW WE JUST HAVE OUR CLOSED SESSION TIME. SO USUALLY WE TRY TO SPLIT UP BY FEEDER PATTERN. WE I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO HAVE AT LEAST THREE HIGH SCHOOLERS PER ADULT GROUP. SO LIKE SPLIT OUT IF YOU GUYS CAN. AND IF EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF SCAN THE QR CODE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE SURVEY. AND IT'S JUST KIND OF PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH SOME TALKING POINTS. WE WOULD LOVE TO JUST KIND OF EVERYBODY TAKE SOME TIME TO, TO DISCUSS THIS WHOLE TOPIC AND, AND SEE HOW IT IMPACTS YOU, HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT. AND THEN I DEFINITELY WANT EVERY PERSON TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN PERSONAL SURVEY OPINIONS. BUT IF WE COULD SPLIT OUT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT UNTIL 145. SO WE CAN KIND OF WORK BY HOWEVER YOU GUYS WANT, I THINK AWESOME FOR OH, WE COULD DO IT BY A FEEDER PATTERN. SURE, SURE. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE. I DON'T HAVE THE LIST OF SCHOOLS WITH ME. REALLY. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT T THERE, OH THERE. WE GOT . YEAH. OKAY FOLKS, GO AHEAD AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND TRY TO FIND YOUR SEATS. FINISH UP YOUR CONVERSATIONS. WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE ROOM IN A COUPLE MINUTES, I THINK, LAURA, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO TELL YOUR KIDS TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. YEAH. YEAH, WE JUST HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW THEY DROVE. OH, NO. YOU'RE GOING TO TELL THEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDED THIS MEETING. AS ALWAYS, OUR PRESENTATION WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE FOR SHAQ, AND WE'LL HAVE THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR DOCTOR ELLIS AND DOCTOR MYERS IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO LORI. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. STUDENT WELLNESS COALITION IF YOU DROVE YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO GO TO YOUR CARS AND HAVE A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON. IF YOU'RE RIDING THE BUS OR WAITING FOR SOMEONE, PLEASE WAIT INSIDE THE AREA RIGHT HERE UNTIL YOU SEE THE PERSON PICKING YOU UP. THEN YOU CAN GO OUT AND OR UNTIL THE BUS GETS HERE. OKAY? WE DON'T WANT YOU ALL WALKING AROUND THE PARKING LOT OR WAITING OUTSIDE. IT IS SUPER COLD. SO IF YOU BROUGHT YOUR JACKET, I'M GOING TO SOUND LIKE YOUR MOM THIS MORNING. PUT IT ON AND ZIP IT UP AND STAY WARM
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.