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LIKE, WHAT NOW? THE MICROPHONE WON'T EVEN REACH. OKAY. IT'S WORKING. ALRIGHT. WELCOME
[I. Welcome– Catalina Flores-Rau, SHAC Chair]
EVERYBODY. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY. NO. RIGHT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I HAVE TO LIKE, EAT IT.YEAH, I EAT IT. YEAH I KNOW, BUT IT'S LIKE RIGHT ON. ARE WE GOOD? WE'RE GOOD. IT SOUNDS ALRIGHT. OKAY, OKAY. ALRIGHT. THIS FORT BEND ISD SHACK MEETING IS AN OPEN MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND OR VIEW. THE TIME IS 1202 ON FEBRUARY 11TH AND THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER. NOTICE OF THE 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 WEBSITE WITHIN TEN DAYS. IF WE HAVE THE ATTENDANCE OF QUORUM, WE WILL BE ASKING FOR VOTES. WE ASK THAT AT THIS TIME.
EVERYBODY SILENCE YOUR PHONES AND PLEASE HOLD COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL EACH PRESENTER IS DONE. OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS, I HAVE TO START THE MEETING WITH THAT LITTLE BLURB EVERY TIME. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING HERE TODAY. I KNOW THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT CRAZY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE MISSED ONE MEETING IN THE FALL, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY HERE AND SO HAPPY TO HAVE THE STUDENT COALITION HERE TODAY. GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. I HAD A GREAT TIME SEEING YOU GUYS PRESENT. SO IT'S FUN TO TO SEE YOUR FACES AGAIN OKAY. SO FOR TODAY WE DECIDED TO START OFF WITH A BRAIN ENERGIZER. USUALLY WE HAVE A MINDFULNESS MOMENT, BUT I THOUGHT IT'D BE FUN TO HAVE KIM UP HERE AND HAVE HER THING. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE MISTY HERE. WHO'S GOING TO BE TALKING TO US ABOUT FUELING YOUR BRAIN. AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU GUYS GOT YOUR THE HANDOUTS THAT SHE HAS OVER THERE. STUDENTS, DID YOU GUYS GET THE HANDOUTS? OKAY. MAKE SURE YOU GET A COPY BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE AMAZING. SHE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOMEBODY HERE WHO'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS FOR THE FOR THE DISTRICT FOR REGION FOUR. AND THEN WE'LL GET THROUGH OUR BUSINESS. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO HAVE KIM COME UP HERE AND DO HER BRAIN ENERGIZER. OH. OH YEAH. OH YEAH. TODAY. IS OUR COALITION. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WE'RE SO EXCITED TO SEE Y'ALL JOIN THIS MEETING. WE'RE FROM BUSH HIGH SCHOOL AND WE'RE GOING TO LEAD TODAY'S BRAIN ENERGIZER. IT'S CALLED THE SHAKEDOWN. SO CAN I HAVE EVERYONE STAND UP? OH, YEAH. I'M A LITTLE TALL. SO. OH, THIS IS NICE. OH. OH, OKAY. OKAY.
THIS IS JUST A WAY FOR EVERYONE TO JUST GET ALL THE JITTERS OUT. SO WE'RE ALL CONCENTRATED FOR TODAY'S MEETING. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EIGHT SHAKES ON OUR RIGHT ARM. SO WE'RE GOING TO COUNT OFF OKAY. ARE YOU READY. OKAY. WHAT. 2345678. LEFT ARM. 12345678. RIGHT LEG. 12345678.
LEFT LEG 12345678. NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO FOUR SHAKES. RIGHT ARM. 1234. LEFT ARM, LEFT ARM 1234. RIGHT LEG 1234. LEFT LEG 1234. NOW WE HAVE TWO SHAKES. RIGHT ARM ONE TWO. LEFT ARM ONE TWO. RIGHT LEG ONE TWO. LEFT LEG ONE TWO. NOW SHAKE IT ALL OUT. WHEW. OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS.
YEAH. YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT EVERY SINGLE TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. THAT WAS AWESOME. OH I CAN PRESS THIS DOWN RIGHT. NO. DOWN ARROW OKAY. OH, WE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW
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I WANT TO INTRODUCE MISTY. SAY SHE'S GOING TO COME UP HERE AND TALK TO US ABOUT FUELING YOUR BRAIN AND FUELING YOUR GAME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HI. I'M MISTY. SAY, I AM A PRIVATE PRACTICE DIETITIAN IN A COMMUNITY AND A PERSONAL TRAINER AT A GYM IN ROSENBERG[00:05:05]
CALLED ISAIAH 4031 FITNESS. I WORK WITH BUSY STUDENT ATHLETES, COLLEGE BOUND A LOT OF THEM. I WORK WITH BUSY FAMILIES AND ADULTS WHO WANT TO BE ABLE TO FUEL THEMSELVES BETTER, TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM BETTER IN SCHOOL OR ON THE ON THE FIELD OR IN EVERYDAY LIFE. BECAUSE EVERYDAY LIFE CAN BE REALLY EXHAUSTING. WHETHER YOU'RE A TEENAGER OR ADULT, RIGHT? IT ISN'T ABOUT DIETING OR CUTTING FOODS OR EATING A PARTICULAR THING. AND I KNOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAN MAKE THIS COMPOUNDED. YOU KNOW THIS THE FLOOD OF INFORMATION MAKES IT VERY CONFUSING TO KNOW WHAT TO EAT, BUT REALLY, IT'S ABOUT FUELING YOURSELF SO THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO THINK CLEARLY SO THAT YOU CAN MANAGE HOW YOU FEEL, AND SO THAT YOU CAN PERFORM BETTER.WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE CLASSROOM, ON THE FIELD, OR JUST IN EVERYDAY LIFE. RIGHT. SORRY.
GREAT. NOW I'VE MESSED IT UP ALREADY. OKAY. THERE. ALL RIGHT, SO YOUR BRAIN AND BODY BOTH WORK HARD ALL DAY LONG. AND STUDENTS, YOU KNOW THAT YOU GET EXHAUSTED. PROBABLY BY LUNCH.
YOU'RE READY TO HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT BY LUNCH. HOPEFULLY YOU'RE WHETHER YOU'RE A HIGH PERFORMING STUDENT OR A SPORTS ATHLETE THAT HAD A PRACTICE IN THE MORNING, YOU'RE ASKING A LOT OF YOUR BODY. YOU'RE ASKING A LOT OF YOUR BODY FOR A LONG TIME DURING THE DAY. EVEN ADULTS, YOU KNOW, AROUND 3:00, WE GET A LITTLE SLUGGISH. THAT'S WHY STARBUCKS EXISTS, RIGHT? SO NUTRITION AFFECTS HOW MUCH ENERGY WE HAVE, HOW MUCH ENERGY WE HAVE AT PRACTICE, HOW GOOD THE PRACTICES ARE FOR THE QUALITY OF OF OUTPUT WE CAN HAVE. IT AFFECTS HOW MUCH WE CAN FOCUS, HOW CLEAR WE FOCUS, HOW MUCH RECALL WE CAN HAVE OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE KNOW IS SOMEWHERE DEEP INSIDE. RIGHT. AND IT CAN HELP US. IT CAN IMPACT HOW WE SLEEP. SO OUR RECOVERY, MUSCLE GROWTH, WEIGHT MANAGEMENT, ALL OF THAT HAPPENS WHILE WE SLEEP. SO IF WE DON'T GET A LOT OF EVEN MEMORY RETENTION HAPPENS WHILE WE SLEEP. SO IF WE DON'T GET ENOUGH SLEEP, WE CAN'T BUILD MUSCLE, WE CAN'T FUEL OURSELVES. WE CAN'T EVEN RECALL THE INFORMATION WE KNOW WE KNOW. RIGHT? SO IF YOU'VE EVER FELT EXHAUSTED BY THIRD PERIOD, RIGHT, FOGGY ON A TEST, OR TOTALLY DRAINED AT PRACTICE, IT'S PROBABLY NOT YOUR STUDY HABITS. IT'S PROBABLY THE WHAT YOU'RE FUELING YOUR BODY. SO. FIRST OF ALL, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE BRAIN USES GLUCOSE. SO A FORM OF CARBOHYDRATE FOR ENERGY RIGHT. SO THINK OF CARBOHYDRATE AS AN ENERGY FORM. IF YOU SKIP OUT ON BREAKFAST PARTICULARLY I KNOW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT DON'T EAT BREAKFAST. I'M SURE YOU DON'T KNOW ANY. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY 1 OR 2 OUT THERE AND THEY ALL COME TO ME. BUT IF THEY SKIP MEALS AND CUT OUT CARBS, RIGHT, THEY CAN'T FOCUS. THEY FEEL SLOW OR THEY TIRE REALLY EASILY. RIGHT. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO LIKE, WELL, I JUST DIDN'T SLEEP WELL LAST NIGHT, OR, YOU KNOW, I HAD A I HAD A TEST THIS MORNING AND IT REALLY DRAINED ME. WHATEVER. IT'S IT'S NOT A DISCIPLINE PROBLEM. IT'S A FUEL PROBLEM. AND WE ARE UNACCUSTOMED TO KIND OF FOR SOME REASON, DRAWING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HOW WE FEEL AND THE THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF FOOD WE PUT IN OUR BODIES, AND NOT DRAWING THE LINE THERE. RIGHT. EATING REGULARLY HELPS US LEARN. IT HELPS OUR DECISION MAKING SKILLS AND HOW WE FEEL. EMOTIONAL REGULATION, RIGHT? SO EATING ENOUGH HELPS US FEEL CLEARER AND FRESHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET INTO THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE FIELD. IT'S THIS IS MY FAVORITE VISUAL BECAUSE I THINK IT ADEQUATELY AND CLEARLY DISPLAYS HOW THE PROPORTIONS OF THINGS ON OUR PLATE. WE DON'T HAVE TO FILL THE PLATE, BUT THE PROPORTIONS OF THINGS ON THAT PLATE. SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT VEGETABLES. THIS IS THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT PLATE, RIGHT? AND MAYBE I'M JUST SPITBALLING HERE THAT THAT WASN'T YOUR LUNCH TODAY. I DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT YOU'RE LIKE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, THEY DON'T EAT ENOUGH VEGETABLES AND VEGETABLES PROVIDE A LOT OF VARIETY OF OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS THAT HELP THE LIKE SYNAPSES AND THE SMALL LITTLE ACTIVITIES IN YOUR BRAIN.
AND SO OUR CONCENTRATION, ALL OF THOSE THINGS RELY ON THE MINERALS AND THE VITAMINS THAT ARE SITTING THERE. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THOSE DON'T GET OVERLOOKED. AND SO FRUITS AS WELL, RIGHT? THE MORE COLORFUL THE VEGETABLE, THE MORE COLORFUL THE FRUIT, GENERALLY THE MORE NUTRITIOUS IT IS. RIGHT? SO THINK OF THANKSGIVING. WAIT, WHAT'S ON
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YOUR PLATE? BEIGE MEAT, BEIGE STARCH, BEIGE BREAD IN VARIOUS FORMS. RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE LIKE A BEIGE SANDWICH FOR DESSERT, LIKE PIE CRUST WITH SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE THAT WE HIDE UNDER MORE BEIGE. OKAY, SO NOT SURPRISING. THANKSGIVING IS NOT THE MOST NUTRITIOUS MEAL OF THE YEAR. THAT'S OKAY. BUT IT'LL GIVE YOU SOME IDEA THAT THAT THAT IS NOT A VERY WELL GREAT REPRESENTATION OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS. BUT IF YOU THINK OF LIKE CARROTS AND CUCUMBERS AND BROCCOLI AND BERRIES AND TOMATOES, THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS. THAT REFLECTS THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF NUTRITION AND VITAMINS AND MINERALS THAT ARE IN THEM. SO THE WIDER VARIETY YOU HAVE, THE BETTER IT IS. SO A QUARTER OF YOUR ADDITIONALLY, THE MY MY SECOND POINT IS HEALTHY PROTEIN OKAY. SO CHOOSING LEANER CUTS OF MEAT LIKE FISH, CHICKEN, LEAN CUTS OF GROUND BEEF, EVEN TURKEY LUNCH MEAT SOME THERE'S A LOT OF PROTEIN AND EGGS, COTTAGE CHEESE, GREEK YOGURT. THOSE ARE GREAT SOURCES OF PROTEIN. AND SETTING YOUR PLATE UP MORE ALONG THIS PROPORTION THAN WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO SETS US UP FOR BETTER BALANCE, BETTER, BETTER OUTPUT OF OURSELVES. WE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE DON'T HAVE THE RESULTS WE WANT. IF WE DON'T PUT THE RESULT THE THE PROPER COMPONENTS IN RIGHT. JUST LIKE YOU CAN'T BE SURPRISED THAT YOU DON'T DO WELL ON A TEST IF YOU DON'T EVER CRACK THE BOOK. I MEAN, IT ONLY MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? SO. WE TALKED ABOUT CARBOHYDRATE. CARBOHYDRATE IS OUR FUEL, RIGHT. PROTEIN IS GETTING PROTEIN IS IN ITS HEYDAY RIGHT NOW. EVERYTHING FROM POP TARTS TO, YOU KNOW, CEREAL TO LIKE GUMMY BEARS HAVE PROTEIN IN THEM. SO WHY IN THE WORLD DO WE CARE ABOUT PROTEIN? WHAT IS SO MAGICAL ABOUT PROTEIN? PROTEIN DOES NOT GIVE US ENERGY, BUT IT HELPS US TO REPAIR WHAT HAS BEEN DONE WHEN WE EXERCISE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE MAKE LITTLE MICRO-TEARS IN OUR MUSCLES WHEN WE GO TO SLEEP. IF WE'VE EATEN ENOUGH PROTEIN, WE FILL THOSE MICRO-TEARS IN SO IT CAN GROW BACK STRONGER. IF YOU DON'T GIVE IT THE INGREDIENTS IT NEEDS, YOU HAVE NO MUSCLE GROWTH. YOU DO NOT GET STRONGER, RIGHT? SO MUSCLE REPAIR, MUSCLE GROWTH, IT ALLOWS US TO STAY FULL OR STRONGER FOR LONGER. SO IF YOU FIND THAT YOU AND MAYBE ADULTS CAN RELATE TO THIS MORE LIKE 3 OR 4:00, YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD BREAKFAST, YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD LUNCH, BUT 3 OR 4:00 SOMETHING OVERCOMES YOU LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE, AND YOU ARE GOING TO TEAR THAT PANTRY APART AND MAYBE ALL THE CHIPS IN SIGHT. AND IF YOU HAVE HAD.I'M JUST SAYING THIS EXPERIENCE, I'M PROBABLY TALKING FROM EXPERIENCE HERE. MY DRUG OF CHOICE IS TWIZZLERS. IF YOU EAT A BAG OF TWIZZLERS, THAT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. YOU COULD PROBABLY EAT CHIPS AND TWIZZLERS ALL AFTERNOON LONG, AND IT MAKES NOT EVEN A DENT IN YOUR HUNGER. I'VE HEARD OF THAT. BUT IF YOU HAVE PROTEIN, IT STOPS IT COMPLETELY, RIGHT? IT'S BECAUSE IT REGULATES YOUR HUNGER HORMONES NICELY, SO THAT THERE'S LESS PEAKS AND VALLEYS AND MORE SOFT ROLLING HILLS. OKAY, SO WE'RE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE THESE, LIKE REALLY COMPELLING CRAVINGS. AND IF THAT'S THE WAY THAT YOU EVER FEEL, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH PROTEIN EARLIER ON IN THE DAY. AND I COULD ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU IF THAT'S HOW YOU FEEL. AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT CANDY ABOUT 3:00, HAVING MORE PROTEIN EARLIER IN THE DAY WILL ALMOST STOP THAT. IT'S VERY FREEING. AND IT'S NOT A FEELING OF LIKE, WELL, IF I COULD JUST MANAGE MYSELF, I WOULD STOP DOING THAT. IT'S REALLY MORE OF A HORMONAL SHIFT IN OUR BODY FROM OUR INSULIN AND OUR HUNGER HORMONES THAN IT IS JUST A LACK OF SELF-CONTROL AND COMPULSION FOR TWIZZLERS. OKAY, SO WHAT I FIND, I MEAN, PROBABLY NOT YOU GUYS, BUT THE OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR SCHOOL. IS THAT BECAUSE BREAKFAST GETS BYPASSED? WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE. AND LUNCH, MAYBE A LITTLE LESS PROTEIN, RIGHT? WE BECOME INCREASINGLY HUNGRY AND WE HAVE CRAVINGS, AND WE'RE MORE APT TO PICK UNHEALTHY STUFF. IT'S UNLIKELY THAT YOU JUST DON'T WANT HEALTHY STUFF. IT'S THAT BY THE TIME YOU BY THE TIME YOUR BODY CATCHES UP WITH ITS HUNGER, RIGHT, YOU'RE PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN. YOU HAVEN'T FED IT WELL EARLY ON IN THE DAY, AND SO IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO GET YOU LATER ON IN THE DAY. SO WHAT I FIND IS THAT IF PEOPLE FRONT LOAD THEIR PROTEIN AT BREAKFAST AND AT LUNCH, IF YOU HAVE AT LEAST 30G OR THE SIZE OF THE PALM OF YOUR HAND AND THE THICKNESS OF THE PALM OF
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YOUR HAND FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, AND THAT COULD BE LIKE EGGS OR MEAT OR BREAKFAST SAUSAGE OR. LIKE LUNCH MEAT. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS. LEFTOVERS FROM YOUR FRIDGE. IF IT'S PULLED PORK FOR BREAKFAST, I DON'T CARE. THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY. YOU CAN'T HAVE PULLED PORK FOR BREAKFAST IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH IN YOUR. IF YOU DO HAVE THAT MUCH IN YOUR DAY, IT WILL PREDICT HOW YOU PERFORM LATER ON IN THE DAY. 100% OF THE TIME. IF YOU EAT WELL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, YOU WILL HAVE A LOT FEWER. YOU WILL MAKE HEALTHIER CHOICES AND YOU WILL FEEL LESS DRIVEN BY YOUR CRAVINGS LATER ON IN THE DAY, AND YOU WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE A SNACK ATTACK AFTER DINNER. ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'RE LIKE, I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST HABIT, I AM STARVING. THAT'S BECAUSE OUR HORMONES ARE CATCHING UP WITH OUR BEHAVIOR. THAT HAPPENED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY. SO PROTEIN REBUILDS US, OKAY? CARBS FUEL US. SO IF YOU'VE EVER FELT LIKE YOU'VE GONE THROUGH A WORKOUT AND YOU HAVE POWERED OUT KIND OF HALFWAY THROUGH, YOU'RE JUST IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY PULLED THE PLUG ON YOU. THAT'S A FUEL PROBLEM. IF YOU GET THROUGH A WORKOUT AND YOU ARE JUST BAGGED, LIKE YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD HAVE A NAP RIGHT THERE, IT'S A FUEL PROBLEM. OKAY? IF YOU THE NEXT DAY YOU'RE STILL REALLY TIRED FROM A WORKOUT. THAT WAS LIKE IT WAS HARD BUT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THAT HARD. IT'S A FUEL PROBLEM. IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU'RE EATING. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF VERY FOGGY BRAINED IN CLASS, UNABLE TO CONCENTRATE, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON, IT'S YOUR FUELING IN THE FIRST PART OF THE DAY. OKAY, SO WHEN CARBS ARE LOW, WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN'T AND WE CAN'T FOCUS. WE RECOVER SLOWLY. WE HAVE VERY LOW ENERGY AND WE JUST CAN'T SEEM TO MUSTER UP THE ENERGY TO DO A WHOLE LOT. GOOD CARB SOURCES ARE FRUIT AND BROWN RICE, POTATOES, OATS, PASTA. THEY'RE THE THINGS. LET ME BACK THIS UP. THAT BROWN CIRCLE THERE, THE BROWN QUARTER IS IS THE COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THE VEGETABLES AND THE FRUIT. SO WE HAVE LOTS OF SOURCES OF CARBOHYDRATE. WE USUALLY DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH GETTING ENOUGH. BUT WE DO MAKE POOR CHOICES. WE CAN MAKE BETTER CHOICES OF THE CARBOHYDRATES THAT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I ENCOUNTER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, OH I'LL TALK ABOUT HYDRATION FIRST. SO WATER SHOULD BE THE MAIN DRINK OF THE DAY. YOU WANT TO AIM TO DRINK ABOUT HALF OF YOUR BODY WEIGHT IN OUNCES IN WATER EVERY DAY. SO IF YOU'RE 150 POUNDS, YOU DRINK 75OZ A DAY. OKAY, AT FIRST YOU'LL HAVE TO PEE LIKE CRAZY. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO GOING ABOUT THAT. YOU'LL THINK LIKE, THIS WHOLE WATER BUSINESS IS A REAL PROBLEM BECAUSE I'M GOING TO THE BATHROOM 20 TIMES, BUT THAT WILL SLOWLY BACK OFF. THE MORE YOU TRAIN YOUR BODY TO ABSORB AND ENJOY THE WATER, RIGHT? SPORTS DRINKS ARE ONLY USEFUL FOR LONGER, INTENSE PRACTICES. SO UNLESS YOU'RE PRACTICING OUTSIDE IN TEXAS IN AUGUST, IF LIKE SO IF YOU'RE IN AN AIR CONDITIONED BUILDING AND YOUR 60 MINUTE PRACTICE, YOU'RE YOU'VE GOT A 60 MINUTE PRACTICE OR WORKOUT AT A GYM, THAT'S FINE. YOU DON'T NEED A SPORTS DRINK ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT. YOU NEED A SPORTS DRINK, ESPECIALLY IN TEXAS, BECAUSE IT'S HUMID AND WE JUST NEED IT HERE. WE CAN'T TAKE WATER INTO US WITHOUT SALT AND MAGNESIUM, AND THE ELECTROLYTES PROVIDE THAT. SO YOU'LL NOTICE LIKE BECAUSE WE SWEAT, WE SWEAT OUT THE SALT AND WE NEED THAT SALT TO BRING THE WATER IN. SO IF WE DON'T PROVIDE EXTRA SALT TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT WE'VE SWEATED OUT, THERE'S NO WAY OF THE WATER COMING IN. SO WE'LL PEE OUT PERFECTLY GOOD WATER THAT WE NEED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SALT TO BRING IT IN. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT NEEDED, YOU KNOW, DURING CLASS ALL DAY, AND IT CAN CAUSE AN IMBALANCE IF IT IF WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF IT, LIKE GATORADE, IF WE DRINK GATORADE, LIKE, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE WATER TO US. SO SOME OF THE MYTHS THAT I, I HEAR IS THAT SKIPPING MEALS HELPS US STAY LEAN AND SHARP, LIKE WE WILL GAIN WEIGHT WHEN WE EAT MORE THAN WE NEED. IT'S NOT A RESULT OF OF SKIPPING MEALS. IN FACT, SKIPPING MEALS HURTS OUR PERFORMANCE. AND AS I SAID, IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR HUNGER HORMONES. SO IF WE DON'T EAT[00:20:05]
WELL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, WHICH ARE THE MEALS THAT WE ARE MOST LIKELY TO SKIP, AND WE END UP WITH THE, LIKE, SNACK ATTACKS AT THE END OF THE DAY. RIGHT? IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY EATEN ENOUGH. WE CAN HELP OURSELVES STAY LEAN AND SHARP BY EATING MORE OFTEN. AND ALMOST 90% OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO SEE ME, EVEN PEOPLE WHO NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT, YOU'LL BE SHOCKED TO FIND I HAVE TO TEACH THEM TO EAT MORE AND EAT MORE OFTEN, AND EAT A BETTER PROPORTION OF THINGS, RIGHT? MAKING DIFFERENT CHOICES. SO NOT NOT EATING. YOU IF YOU EAT MORE REGULARLY. AS I SAID, YOU'RE HUNGER HORMONES WILL BE MORE STABLE. YOU'LL FEEL BETTER, YOU'LL FEEL LESS DRAMATIC, AND YOU'LL FOCUS BETTER AND YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER WORKOUT. THE QUALITY OF YOUR EFFORT WILL PAY OFF BECAUSE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE IT YOUR ALL. AND YOU'LL YOU WILL REAP THE BENEFITS OF HAVING. LIKE IF YOU ARE WORKING IN, LET'S SAY, A WEIGHT ROOM, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE TOO TIRED TO LIFT THE WEIGHT, WELL, YOU'RE NOT GETTING ALL THAT YOU COULD OUT OF IT AS YOU WOULD AS IF YOU WERE WELL-RESTED, RIGHT WHERE YOU COULD REALLY LIFT HEAVIER WEIGHT. YOUR BODY BUILDS BACK STRONGER IF YOU'RE KIND OF HALFHEARTEDLY GOING THROUGH IT BECAUSE YOU'RE SO TIRED, YOUR BODY WILL HALF HEARTEDLY REBUILD IT BACK.SECOND. SECOND MYTH CARBS MAKE YOU TIRED OR GAIN WEIGHT. CARBS ARE OUR SOURCE OF ENERGY. IF WE ARE LACKING IN ENERGY, WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THE RIGHT KIND OF CARBS FOR US, RIGHT? WE NEED CARBS. ATHLETES AND STUDENTS TO PERFORM WELL, TO FOCUS, TO. TO PAY ATTENTION, TO BE ABLE TO PAY ATTENTION. IF WE'RE LACKING IN ENERGY, IT'S BECAUSE OF A CARB, THE CARB SITUATION, THE CARB FUELING OKAY, AND WE CAN HAVE INCREASED CRAVINGS LATER ON. I MEAN, IT'S SO PREDICTABLE BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU IF YOU FEEL THIS WAY AT 3:00, THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
LIKE THAT'S HOW PREDICTABLE IT IS, RIGHT? AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO SEE ME ARE LIKE, HOW DID YOU KNOW I WAS HUNGRY AT 3:00? I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE. NO, EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO MY OFFICE IS HUNGRY AT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. SO COMMON. MYTH NUMBER THREE SUPPLEMENTS AND ENERGY DRINKS ARE NECESSARY. SHOCKER. NO, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE I GREW UP WITHOUT AN ENERGY DRINK. I KNOW THEY WEREN'T EVEN INVENTED THAT. THAT'S HOW OLD I AM. AND LOOK AT ME, I AM JUST FINE. COFFEE WAS HOWEVER, I WILL. I'LL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COFFEE, BUT ENERGY DRINKS? YEAH. SO ENERGY DRINKS CAN INCREASE ANXIETY BECAUSE THERE ARE THERE'S TOO MUCH CAFFEINE IN THEM. RIGHT. SO WE CAN THERE'S THIS LIKE HAPPY THRESHOLD WHERE CAFFEINE CAN MAKE US FOCUS BETTER AND MAKE US PERFORM A LITTLE BETTER. AS A PRE-WORKOUT, CAFFEINE IS KIND OF LIKE IF YOU WERE EVER GOING TO HAVE A PRE-WORKOUT. I JUST HAD THAT QUESTION TODAY.
MISTY, WHAT IS THE BEST PRE-WORKOUT I CAN HAVE? LIKE, LIKE A BLACK CUP OF BLACK COFFEE, BUT ENERGY DRINKS. SO THAT HAS LIKE 75MG, 100MG OF CAFFEINE. THE ENERGY DRINKS ALMOST START AT 200. AND NOT ONLY THAT, IF YOU KEEP DOING THAT, 200 IS NOT GOING TO DO IT FOR YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED 300, 400. PRETTY SOON YOU HAVE A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE YOUR HEART IS RACING SO BAD, BECAUSE WHAT YOU TOOK IN TO GIVE YOU THAT SAME BUZZ YOU USED TO GET AT 75MG NO LONGER WORKS. OKAY. SO IT'LL IT'LL INCREASE YOUR ANXIETY. IT CAN DISRUPT YOUR SLEEP. SO IF YOU WAKE UP AT ABOUT 2 OR 3 IN THE MORNING AND YOU'RE NOT A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN.
THAT'S PROBABLY FROM CAFFEINE, OKAY. IT CAN ALSO HURT YOUR FOCUS DURING THE DAY, BECAUSE WHAT YOU USED TO GET OUT OF 75MG OF CAFFEINE NO LONGER WORKS, RIGHT? SO IF WE DO IT ALL THE TIME, WE BECOME REALLY DEPENDENT ON THAT TOOL TO HELP US FOCUS, AND IT WON'T DO IT ANYMORE AFTER A WHILE. SO. SO RATHER THAN THAT, IT'S BETTER FOR US NOT ONLY AS ATHLETES, BUT AS STUDENTS, TO ACTUALLY GET SLEEP. AND I KNOW THAT CAN BE HARD BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH TO DO. A LOT IS EXPECTED OF YOU, A LOT IS EXPECTED OF YOU, AND WE DON'T ALLOW FOR A LOT OF SLEEP AND FOOD. WE DON'T PRIORITIZE IT IN OUR DAYS LIKE WE WE KNOW IN SCIENCE IT REQUIRES OF US. RIGHT. SO IT'S UP TO US TO KIND OF LIKE WRESTLE SOME OF THAT TIME BACK FOR YOURSELF TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, TO GET YOURSELF SOME SLEEP. OKAY, SO TO SUM IT UP, BREAKFAST IS KIND OF A NON-NEGOTIABLE. PICK SOMETHING. MY SOME OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ARE LIKE, YOU CAN GET FROZEN BREAKFAST SANDWICHES THAT ARE LIKE A PANCAKE. THEY'RE TWO PANCAKES IN BETWEEN WITH AN EGG AND A SAUSAGE, AND YOU JUST MICROWAVE THEM. YOU CAN GET
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SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE. THEY'RE HIGHER PROTEIN. THEY'RE LIKE 20G. WE WANT ABOUT 30G, BUT THAT'S A GOOD START. THERE'S A LOT OF BREAKFAST SANDWICHES YOU CAN GRAB ON THE GO. RIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE SCRAMBLED EGGS AND. LITTLE CHUNKS OF HAM, LITTLE CONCOCTIONS YOU CAN BUY THAT ARE REALLY QUICK, BUT YOU CAN ALSO GRAB A PROTEIN BAR AND SOME FRUIT. THAT DOES THE TRICK, TOO. IT'S BETTER THAN NOT EATING AT ALL, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT. WE REALLY ONLY HAVE TO DO WELL, EAT WELL 80% OF THE TIME TO GET THE BENEFITS OF EATING WELL 80%. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. IN TERMS OF MARKS, 80 IS PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT? I MEAN, LIKE YOU, YOU WOULD WANT TO DO BETTER, BUT 80 IS THE THRESHOLD. THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. EAT EVERY 3 TO 4 HOURS. ADD SNACKS ESPECIALLY BEFORE PRACTICE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE CARBOHYDRATE ON BOARD BEFORE A PRACTICE, YOU WILL JUST NOT PERFORM WELL. YOU MIGHT NOT BE USED TO EATING. YOU HAVE TO GET USED TO EATING. I'M WORKING WITH AN ATHLETE RIGHT NOW WHO I HAVE TO KIND OF TRAIN HER TO TEACH HER BODY TO HER STOMACH, TO TOLERATE FOOD BEFORE A WORKOUT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T NATURALLY DO THAT. SHE'S IN THE HABIT OF NOT DOING THAT, BUT SHE'S PERFORMING MUCH BETTER, AND WE NEED TO EAT AFTERWARDS SO THAT WE CAN. WHEN OUR MUSCLES ARE OPEN TO ABSORBING THE CALORIES AND ABSORBING THE THE ENERGY FUEL THAT WE BRING IN, THAT'S THE BEST TIME IS RIGHT AFTER A WORKOUT TO RECOVER AND REFUEL AS SOON AS WE CAN AFTER A WORKOUT. I THINK I COVERED MOST OF THIS, SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN A DIETICIAN SINCE BEFORE ENERGY DRINKS WERE BORN, AND SO I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN A LOT OF THESE AREAS, AND I'D BE HAPPY YOU HAVE MY HAND OUT HERE. SO THERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF BEFORE WORKOUT SNACKS. SO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A BANANA AND A AND PEANUT BUTTER ON IT BETWEEN GAMES, AFTER GAMES, AFTER GAMES, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT'S A LOT LIKE JUST A REGULAR MEAL AND THEN THINGS TO AVOID FAST FOOD, ENERGY DRINKS, SKIPPING MEALS, AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF CANDY. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? PRODUCTS LIKE THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING THAT HAVE PROTEIN? KIND OF I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO INJECTED INTO THEM. ARE THOSE GOOD IS AS GOOD OF A SOURCE OF PROTEIN AS TRADITIONAL OR HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE THOSE. SO THERE'S NOTHING IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING A SUPPLEMENT THAT WILL THAT WE WILL ABSORB BETTER THAN A NATURAL FOOD, LIKE A WHOLE FOOD.YOU CAN TELL A WHOLE FOOD BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A WRAPPER. SO IF YOU'RE EATING THOSE FOODS, WE WILL ABSORB LIKE SO RIGHT FROM LIKE CHICKEN, STEAK, FISH, ALL OF THAT. THE MORE PROCESSED, THE LESS LIKELY WE ARE TO ABSORB IT. BUT ADDITIONALLY, SOME OF THOSE THINGS, LIKE THERE'S A VERY POPULAR FOOD, LIKE LEGENDARY PASTRIES. HAVE YOU EVER HAD A LEGENDARY PASTRY? APPARENTLY THEY'LL CHANGE YOUR MIND. CHANGE, CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT EAT THEM. I DON'T REALLY LIKE THEM, BUT THEY'RE LIKE A POP TART WITH PROTEIN IN IT. AND WHILE IT MIGHT HAVE A LOT OF PROTEIN POWDER IN IT, IT'S TAKING THE PLACE OF SOMETHING MORE LIKE, IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING, I'LL SAY THAT. BUT JUST BECAUSE IT HAS, LET'S SAY, 30G OF PROTEIN IN IT, BECAUSE IT'S A PROCESSED FORM, YOU WILL NOT ABSORB ALL 30G LIKE YOU WOULD 30G OF STEAK, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT IT'S ALSO TAKING THE WHEN WE WHEN WE CHOOSE LESS HEALTHY OPTIONS, THEY'RE TAKING THE PLACE OF A HEALTHIER OPTION. SO WHEN NOTHING ELSE IS AVAILABLE, IT'S GOOD. BUT WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER TO INSTEAD OF LIKE THE LEGENDARY PASTRY TO PICK A GRANOLA BAR WITH PROTEIN AND AN APPLE? BECAUSE THERE'S CALORIE FOR CALORIE, THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME AND THEY'RE SO MUCH MORE NUTRITION IN IT. THE LEGENDARY PASTRY ONLY HAS THE PROTEIN. LIKE THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY BIT OF HEALTH IN THERE, RIGHT? SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU.
GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING ALL OF THAT IN A CONCISE AND GREAT OVERVIEW. FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE INSPIRED TO GO AND TRY TO INCREASE THEIR PROTEIN INTAKE, PARTICULARLY, THEY MIGHT GO BACK TO RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCES. COULD YOU TOUCH ON WHY THAT MIGHT NOT BE SUFFICIENT FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM? WHAT THE RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCES FOR PROTEIN SPECIFICALLY. SO RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCES. WHAT HAS BEEN
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SET FOR THE RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCES IS, I THINK, LIKE 0.8G/KG OF BODY WEIGHT. SO THAT MEANS HOW MUCH YOU NEED TO EAT BEFORE YOU DIE OF PROTEIN MALNUTRITION. THAT IS NOT THE THRESHOLD THAT WE SHOULD BE AIMING FOR. AND IT WAS SET WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL WHEN DINOSAURS ROAMED THE EARTH. SO THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LAUGH. OKAY, SO. SO BEFORE THE INTERNET WAS INVENTED, HOW ABOUT WE GO THERE? SO THAT IS THE CURRENT STANDARDS DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE RECENT SCIENCE. AND THE RECENT SCIENCE TELLS US THAT THE OLDER WE GET, THE MORE PROTEIN WE NEED. SO WE'RE TALKING LIKE THEY'RE ALMOST THINKING THAT THE CURRENT SCIENCE SUGGESTS THAT WE ALMOST NEED DOUBLE THAT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE AN ATHLETE. AND THE OLDER WE GET, WE NEED TWICE AS MUCH PROTEIN GROWN UPS AT, LET'S SAY, 40 AS WE DID WHEN WE WERE 25 TO MAKE THE SAME POUND OF MUSCLE. SO I MEAN IT IT'S ASTRONOMICAL. AND IF WE DON'T FUEL OURSELVES, WE WILL LOSE THE MUSCLE THAT WE HAVE. AND AS WE GET OLDER, IT'S HARDER TO GET BACK. SO A WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT. B IF WE DON'T FUEL OURSELVES WELL TO BUILD MUSCLE, WE WON'T. WE WILL DO ALL THE WORK WITHOUT ANY OF THE OUTCOME.BUT THE RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCES ARE MOSTLY SET TO AVOID DEFICIENCY. SO LIKE, HOW LITTLE WOULD YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEFORE YOU DIE, THAT KIND OF THING? OR GET REALLY SICK? DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, OKAY. OH, OKAY. HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN A LOOK AT THE SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS AND IF SO, WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THAT FROM A. STUDENT ATHLETE, I GUESS PERSPECTIVE I'VE NOT TAKEN A LOOK AT THE THE DO YOU GET TO CHOOSE YOUR WHAT YOU GET ON YOUR PLATE. LIKE DO YOU GET YOU DO. OKAY OKAY. YEAH I THINK I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT.
THAT FEELS LIKE DELICATE INFORMATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WE HAVE A DIVERSE POPULATION OF STUDENTS, AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COME TO FORT BEND TO BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE VEGAN AND VEGETARIAN. AND SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO OPTIONS FOR THOSE FOLKS? YEAH. SO WHAT I FIND WITH SO WHAT WE'RE FINDING TO BE ABLE TO HIT SOME OF THE PROTEIN TARGETS THAT, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THAT WE HAVE TO EAT MORE INTENTIONALLY THAN WE EVER THOUGHT BEFORE. RIGHT? SO THE I MEAN, I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ABOUT PROTEIN WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL OR IN COLLEGE FOR THAT MATTER. I KIND OF DID BECAUSE I WAS STUDYING IT. BUT BUT WE HAVE TO KIND OF BECAUSE WE NEED MORE THAN WE THOUGHT. THE WAY THAT WE'RE STRUCTURING OUR PLATES HAS TO BE DIFFERENT THAN IT EVER HAS BEEN BEFORE. SO WE CAN'T MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT HAVING BREAKFAST. THERE'S JUST NO WAY ABOUT IT. AND SO EATING BREAKFAST, WHETHER IT'S LIKE I ATE SCRAMBLED TOFU FOR THE LONGEST TIME, AND IF YOU EAT EGGS, YOU CAN PUT EGGS IN THE SCRAMBLED TOFU, TEMPEH, BEANS, SOYBEANS, LIKE EDAMAME ARE ALSO REALLY GOOD SOURCES OF CARBOHYDRATES AND PROTEIN. WHAT THE VEGETARIAN COMMUNITY AND VEGAN COMMUNITY HAVE IN THEIR BENEFIT IS THEY HAVE A LOT OF FIBER BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT AND BEANS. THOSE FOODS ARE POWERHOUSES FROM A FIBER STANDPOINT, AND THEY KEEP CHOLESTEROL LOW. APPETITE MANAGED A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.
PROTEIN FOR THEM IS WOULD HAVE IS HAS TO HAPPEN VERY INTENTIONALLY. AND SOMETIMES WITH A PROTEIN SUPPLEMENT. SO PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE A SPORTS AND ATHLETE WHERE YOU REALLY WANT TO GROW MUSCLE, I FOR A BUSY TYPICAL. TEEN, IT'S HARD TO DO WITHOUT A SUPPLEMENT PRODUCT LIKE PEA PROTEIN LIKE OR GAIN PROTEIN PROTEIN POWDER ONLY BECAUSE THE IDEA OF EATING A SNACK IS JUST MORE INVOLVED FOR SOMEBODY THAT IS VEGETARIAN. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THERE'S LOTS OF OPTIONS OUT THERE. DEPENDING ON VEGAN MAKES IT HARDER, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
VEGETARIAN A LITTLE BIT EASIER BECAUSE THERE'S ACCESS TO LIKE IF YOU EAT DAIRY, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. GREEK YOGURT IS FANTASTIC, BUT THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF GREEK YOGURTS OUT
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THERE. SO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH PROTEIN YOU'RE EATING. USE 30 AS A STARTING POINT, 30G OF PROTEIN FOR EACH ONE OF YOUR MEALS. AND LOOK AT YOUR LABELS. HOW MUCH WOULD I HAVE TO EAT TO GET 30 OF WHATEVER I'M EATING? COTTAGE CHEESE IS ANOTHER ONE. THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING PRODUCTS THAT VEGETARIANS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NOW ON THE MARKET THAT ARE LIKE HIGH PROTEIN PANCAKE MIX, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU COULD MAKE A SANDWICH WITH, WITH AN EGG IN THE MORNING AND STILL GET BY WITH ABOUT 20 TO 30G IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE DOING THAT, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? DOES THAT GIVE YOU ENOUGH OKAY. DO YOU GUYS THE KIDDOS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY I KNOW LIKE MY MY KIDDOS, THEY'RE LIKE IN WATER POLO. AND SO THEY HAD PRACTICE LIKE SUPER EARLY IN THE MORNING. SO WE WERE REALLY STRUGGLING TO GET ANYTHING IN THEIR STOMACHS BEFORE THEY WOULD SWIM. AND SO THEN WE WE FOUND SOME ALTERNATIVES. BUT IT'S IT'S TOUGH. SOMETIMES I FIND GRANOLA BARS WORK BETTER BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST LIKE EARLY IN THE MORNING. NOBODY WANTS TO EAT LIKE CHEESE STICK. YEAH, BUT BANANAS ARE REALLY GOOD.THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FIBER, AND THEY GET INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM FAIRLY QUICKLY.
BANANAS WITH SOME PEANUT BUTTER ON THERE. AND GRANOLA BARS ARE APPLESAUCE POUCHES. APPLESAUCE POUCHES WITH LIKE. I'M A BIG FAN OF LUNCHMEAT BECAUSE IT'S EASY AND HANDY AND PORTABLE.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT BUT APPLESAUCE POUCHES IS NOT A BAD, NOT A BAD ONE. COOL.
OH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. MY SONS AND I, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS JUICING THING IN THE MORNING FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND IT'S BEEN ENERGIZING. BUT HOW DOES THAT WORK IN THE PROTEIN DEPARTMENT? LIKE WE JUICE BLUEBERRIES, STRAWBERRIES, BANANAS, PINEAPPLE, THAT KIND OF THING. AS QUICK AS YOU PUT IT IN THE BLENDER IN FIVE MINUTES, YOU GOTTA DRINK, YOU KNOW? AND SO IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST? SO, LIKE, THE BERRIES, IS THE LIQUID WATER LIKE THE BACK OR IS IT JUST BERRIES LIKE ALL. AND FRUIT JUST. OKAY. IS IT A JUICE OR A SMOOTHIE. SO DO YOU BECAUSE THERE'S SO DO YOU EAT THE WHOLE FOOD OR DO YOU JUST STRAIN THE LIQUID OUT OF IT? WE EAT THE FRUIT. OKAY, OKAY. SO. HEALTHY INGREDIENTS, BUT NOT AS WELL BALANCED AS IT COULD BE. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE OPTIONS TO DO THAT IS TO THROW SOME GREEK YOGURT IN THERE, OR SOYMILK OR SOME HIGH PROTEIN MILK, LIKE FAIRLIFE OR UTOPIA IS ANOTHER OPTION TO USE AS YOUR BASE.
YEAH, GREAT SOURCE OF FIBER. IT WILL GET YOU WELL THROUGH THE MORNING, BUT NOT ENOUGH STAYING POWER WHEN WE DON'T PAIR IT WITH PROTEIN OR FAT WE HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS AS MUCH, BUT IT DOESN'T LAST AS LONG IN OUR SYSTEM, AND WE'RE MORE LIKELY TO GET HUNGRY BEFORE LUNCH THAN WE WOULD OTHERWISE. AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. WE WON'T. AND PART IS THAT IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS? YEAH, YEAH. AND THAT BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T LAST IN OUR SYSTEM VERY LONG AND AND AND WE WON'T GET THE REST OF OUR PROTEIN NEEDS FOR THE DAY IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, LIKE IF I'M THINKING, LIKE MOST WOMEN NEED 100G OF PROTEIN, MOST MEN 125, WE CAN ONLY ABSORB ABOUT 40, MAYBE 50 AT A TIME. AND SO IF WE AREN'T ADDING SOME AT THE BEGINNING, WE JUST WE JUST CAN'T. AND WE END UP AT THE DAY REALLY SNACKY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH AT THE BEGINNING. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, ONE LAST QUESTION. AND THIS IS A GENERAL QUESTION FOR KIDS ALL OVER. THEY LOVE NOODLES. YEAH. AND I KNOW SOME THAT WILL EAT IT THREE TIMES A DAY WITHOUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT EATING ANYTHING ELSE. WHAT DO YOU DO OR HOW DO YOU SUPPLEMENT FOR KIDS THAT JUST OH, I'M OKAY EATING NOODLES, RIGHT? RIGHT. AND I'M NOT A BIG FAN, SO I, I NEVER SAY, DON'T EAT THIS RIGHT. MY TWO FAVORITE FOODS, TWIZZLERS AND HOT DOGS, LIKE THE TWO THINGS MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE, DON'T HAVE THOSE, BUT WE HAVE TO EAT THEM IN MODERATION. AND AND NOT NO NOODLES. JUST PAIR IT WITH SOMETHING. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. SO LIKE IF THERE'S CHICKEN, MIX THE CHICKEN IN THERE. IF THERE'S EVEN PUTTING SOME SORT OF LIKE CHEESE WOULD BE BETTER ON THERE. SO ARE WE TALKING RAMEN NOODLES? YEAH. OKAY. REALLY HEALTHY. YEAH. SUPER HEALTHY. BUT EVEN LIKE SCRAMBLED EGGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE BETTER TO
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HAVE THAT ON THAT. SO HAVE THAT AND THEN SOMETHING YOU CAN GET LITTLE POUCHES LIKE FROM COSTCO OR WHATEVER. I'VE ALREADY COOKED MEAT. I WOULD THROW THAT IN THERE. SO IF THEY LIKE THAT, IF THAT'S WHAT USUALLY THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, PHASE IN LIFE TAKES ITS COURSE, YOU START BEING ABLE TO AFFORD MORE AND YOU THINK LIKE, WHAT WAS I THINKING? BUT I WOULD JUST ADD MY, MY GOAL. AND BECAUSE BY ADDING THE PROTEIN, THEY WON'T BE AS HUNGRY FOR THE NOODLES, IT'LL DOWNSIZE THE NOODLE. YEP. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MISTY. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.I THINK IT APPLIES TO ALL OF US. SO WE'RE ALL VERY INTERESTED OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND SO THEN NOW WE HAVE. GO BACK UP. SORRY, GUYS. NO OKAY. WE HAVE ASHLEY HERE TO SPEAK TO US TODAY ABOUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AT FORT BEND ISD. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTY, I KNOW SHE'S PROBABLY MORE THAN AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. BUT MY. AND SO ARE THERE ON THIS ONE OR JUST MAKING THIS UP TO YOU. I'M HERE BECAUSE OF ME. I'M RARELY TALLER THAN ANYMORE.
I'M RARELY TALLER THAN ANYONE. SO THIS IS A PRIVILEGE. EVERYONE. EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY IS LIKE OVER SIX FOOT, SO THIS IS A LOT. WELL, GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS ASHLEY WHITLEY. I AM A LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST SUPERVISOR AND I WORK FOR REGION FOUR EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER AND WITH THE EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS. WE HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH BEING PARTNERS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR CATCHMENT AREAS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU IN FULFILLING LEGISLATIVE MANDATES, IN BEING ABLE TO HELP YOU IN SUPPORTING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SCHOOL AND STAFF IN WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS ARE IN MAKING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL IN THE STUDENTS HAVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE IN THEIR EDUCATION PROCESS, RIGHT? SO FROM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATOR WELLNESS, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN PARTNER AND SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH. AND I'M EXCITED THAT I WAS ABLE TO PARTNER WITH FORT BEND AND THIS MANDATE. IT WAS OUR MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING IN THE 89TH LEGISLATOR LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THERE WAS A MANDATE THAT WAS PUT OUT FOR MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING. SO IT WAS REALLY HEAVY ON REALLY JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS A CONCERN. RIGHT. AND WE NEED SUPPORTS NOT ONLY TO SUPPORT THE STAFF, BUT ALSO FOR OUR STUDENT AND ANYONE WHO COMES IN CONTACT WITH STUDENTS.
SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO. AND SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LORI SARTIN, AND JUST IN WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE BEST PRACTICES AND REALLY THINKING THROUGH WHAT SCHOOL SYSTEMS NEED IN TERMS OF SUPPORT, THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS. I CREATED A TRAINING CALLED SUPPORTS THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON HOW SCHOOL SYSTEMS WORK, HOW CLASSROOMS WORK, HOW INTERACTIONS WITH COUNSELORS, ADMINISTRATION TEACHERS, HOW THAT HAPPENS, AND WHAT WILL FACILITATE INTERACTIONS WITH STUDENTS THAT SUPPORTS THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, SUPPORTS THE TEACHERS MENTAL HEALTH. AND THE MOST NATURAL WAY THAT THEY CAN GET THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. AND THEY CAN REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THAT EARLY INTERVENTION IS RECOGNIZED AND THEY CAN GET TO THOSE EITHER PROFESSIONAL HELPS OR THE SUPPORTS THAT SUPPORT THAT PERSON'S MENTAL HEALTH. RIGHT. I KNOW I SAID SUPPORT A LOT. I'M JUST REALLY TRYING TO EMPHASIZE THE NAME. RIGHT. SO. AWESOME. OKAY, SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHY THIS IS NECESSARY, THE WITH THE 89TH LEGISLATOR LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THEY SAW THE NEED BECAUSE THERE IS A RISE IN INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR STUDENTS. SUICIDE IS STILL THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR STUDENTS. FOR CHILDREN AGES 10 TO 35, 34 NATIONALLY AND ALSO IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, 1 IN 5 STUDENTS WILL HAVE SOME TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH NEED AS WELL, AND THAT'S STILL CURRENTLY THE MOST CURRENT
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STATISTICS. SO STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS ARE ALWAYS ON THE RISE. STAFF ARE OFTEN THE FIRST RESPONDERS, RIGHT. WE WOULD THINK THAT WE CAN GET A PERSON TO A THERAPIST OR A PSYCHOLOGIST OR A PSYCHIATRIST, BUT IT'S RARELY THAT THAT PERSON IS SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THEM WHEN THEY NEED THAT TYPE OF HELP. SO IF WE EQUIP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE WITH THE JUST THE ABILITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, IT CAN GET THAT PERSON THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED JUST TO SAY, HEY, I SEE SOMETHING MAY BE CONCERNING. CAN WE TALK OR IS SOMETHING GOING ON? AND IF IT'S NOTHING, AT LEAST THEY KNOW THAT, HEY, SOMEBODY IS LOOKING OUT FOR ME, SOMEBODY IS CONCERNED AND IT KIND OF TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF, FEELING LIKE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WHOLE THERAPY SESSION. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST BEING ABLE TO SAY, I'M CHECKING ON. YOU CAN BE ENOUGH THAT A PERSON MAY NEED. AND IT ALSO OFTEN ALSO ALSO OFFERS JUST THAT CONSISTENT TRAINING RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD IN PREVENTION, HOW TO RESPOND, HOW TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. AND IT GIVES THE STAFF CONFIDENCE IN HAVING THIS JOINT LANGUAGE RIGHT. WE HAVE THOSE TRAINED STAFF HERE AT FORT BEND ISD THAT ARE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN MENTAL HEALTH, SUPPORTS HOW TO INTERVENE, BUT WITH THE SUPPORT TRAINING, IT GIVES THEM THAT EXTRA THE STAFF WHO ARE NOT TRAINED IN THAT, THAT EXTRA CONFIDENCE AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE DIFFICULT. CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS ARE AT LEAST GETTING THEM TO THOSE TRAINED PROFESSIONALS IF THEY NEED THE HELP AS WELL. SO WHY DOES THIS MATTER TO THE SHACK? IT HELPS US TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT. HB THREE MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING BILL. IT SUPPORTS THE STUDENT AND STAFF MENTAL HEALTH. IT HELPS HOLD THE MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MANDATES THAT ARE BEING PASSED DOWN THROUGH LEGISLATION AND ITS SUSTAINABLE IMPLEMENTATION. SO IT'S NO JUST ONE TIME COME AND GET TRAINING. IT IS A SYSTEM WIDE SUPPORT. RIGHT. SO WE DID FACILITATOR TRAINING. SO I WENT OUT AND TRAINED STAFF. NOW THERE'S IN DISTRICT FACILITATORS THAT ARE ABLE TO TRAIN OTHER STAFF THAT COME ON AT FORT BEND ISD. SO IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS THAT WILL ALWAYS HAVE THAT SAME LANGUAGE AND CONSISTENT ACROSS ISD. SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE MANDATE WAS, FORT BEND ISD IN THE ISD IN TEXAS WERE REQUIRED TO CHOOSE AN EVIDENCE BASED TRAINING ADDRESS. CERTAIN CONTENT AREAS, TRAIN STAFF. AND WHEN WE SAY TRAINED STAFF, ANY STAFF THAT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH STUDENTS. SO THE STAFF THAT WORK IN THE CAFETERIA, THE MAINTENANCE STAFF, JANITORIAL STAFF, BUS DRIVERS, ANY PERSON WHO COMES IN CONTACT WITH THE STUDENT HAS TO BE TRAINED IN SOME TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING, RIGHT? THE LEVEL IS AT THE DISCRETION OF YOUR SCHOOL PERSONNEL, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF TRAINING THAT GIVES THEM THE KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY IF THERE'S A CONCERN AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT STUDENT INTO GETTING TO THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. RIGHT. AND THEN HAVE ONGOING IMPLEMENTATION. SO IT CAN'T BE JUST I'M JUST GOING TO COME GET THIS TRAINING AND THEN THERE'S NO OTHER IMPACT WHATSOEVER. NO, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME GET THE TRAINING. AND HOW DO WE MAKE THIS WORK IN THIS SYSTEM. WHAT'S THE REFERRAL PATHWAY? HOW DO WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT THIS LANGUAGE IS BEING CONSISTENT AND IS BEING REINFORCED, THAT NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS KNOW HOW WHAT IS BEING DONE? IF THEY HAVE A CONCERN, THE STAFF KNOW HOW DO THEY RECOGNIZE THESE DIFFERENT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS? AND ALSO, WHO DO I GO TO GET HELP? WHO SUPPORTS ME IN THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT AS WELL? SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SUPPORTS, IT IS A FRAMEWORK THAT INTEGRATES WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH THE COUNSELORS, WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS TO BE ABLE TO SCAN, UNDERSTAND, PROMOTE, PROVIDE, OFFER, REASSURE, TEAM AND SUSTAIN. SO WE WANT TO SCAN. IT'S ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, RIGHT, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CAMPUSES, KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH STUDENTS, RIGHT, AND BEING ABLE TO INTERACT, UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE HAVE TO BE NOT ONLY INFORMED OF JUST NOT BEHAVIORS, BUT TRAUMA INFORMED CARE, LIKE WHAT IS UNDERNEATH THE BEHAVIOR, NOT JUST A BAD BEHAVIOR, BUT WHAT IS IT ADAPTATION TO SOMETHING[00:50:03]
ELSE THAT MAY BE GOING ON. RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO PROMOTE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS AS WELL.WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE STRATEGIES, OFFER SUPPORT AND REASSURANCE, AND TEAM WITH FAMILIES AND OTHER SUPPORTS. AND THEN WE WANT TO ALSO MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO IT'S THE SIGN FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ALIGNED WITH ALL OF THE STATE EXPECTATIONS AS WELL. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE TENANTS THAT IT HAS TO HAVE INVOLVED AWARENESS, PREVENTION AND FOUNDATION. SO IT HAS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE AWARENESS, PREVENTION AND SCHOOL SAFETY STRATEGIES. IT INCORPORATES CHILD DEVELOPMENT, BRAIN BASED STRATEGIES, BRAIN BASED INTERACTION AND DE-ESCALATION STRATEGIES. TALKS ABOUT BEING TRAUMA INFORMED AND HOW GRIEF MAY PLAY A ROLE. IT'S FOCUSES ON THAT KIND OF TIERED SUPPORT, THAT SUPPORT AND BEING DEVELOPMENTALLY INFORMED. HOW DEVELOPMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAYS A ROLE IN HOW YOU ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS AS WELL. IT SPEAKS TO PROTECTIVE FACTORS THAT SUPPORT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORTS MENTAL HEALTH SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION. HOW DO WE HAVE THAT SHARED LANGUAGE ACROSS THE BOARD WITH WITHIN THE STUDENTS, WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, WITHIN THE DISTRICT AS WELL? IT'S ALWAYS FOCUSED ON BEING STRENGTH BASED. THE TRAINING IS EXPERIENTIAL.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A LECTURE TYPE TRAINING. SO YOU HAVE TO DO SOME TYPE OF ROLE PLAY. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW HOW THESE CONVERSATIONS WORK, ROLE PLAY OF HOW DO YOU TALK TO PARENTS OR HAVE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS? IF YOU'RE A YOUNG PERSON NEEDS SUPPORT, HOW DO YOU ENGAGE THE PARENT? IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION AS A PARTNERSHIP? IN A COLLABORATION, I'M TALKING ABOUT CRISIS AWARENESS AND RESPONSE REINTEGRATION. IF A CHILD DOES EXPERIENCE SOME TYPE OF CRISIS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LOOK LIKE IN PARTNERSHIP? ALWAYS PROMOTING HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR, SUPPORTIVE PATHWAYS AS WELL. REALLY ENFORCING EARLY IDENTIFICATION, IDENTIFYING ANY TYPE OF RISK FACTORS, WARNING SIGNS THAT MAY BE. THAT MAY NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED. EARLY IDENTIFICATION STRATEGIES. WHAT TO LOOK FOR SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL SETTING SO IT INCORPORATES CLASSROOM BASED STRATEGIES. WHAT TEACHERS CAN USE TO HELP SUPPORT OUR INTEGRATE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS WITHIN THE CLASSROOM. THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE WHOLE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE.
MAYBE HAVING DE-ESCALATION CORNERS IN THEIR ROOMS, SENSORY SPACES IN THE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT A STUDENT, MAKING SURE THE TEACHER HAS REGULATION TOOLS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO COME FROM A REGULATED SPACE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HELP DYSREGULATED CHILD IF YOU'RE NOT REGULATED YOURSELF. SO MAKING SURE WE HAVING ANYTHING TO HELP SUPPORT OUR UNIQUE LEARNERS AS WELL. REALLY ENGAGING WITH FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL. SO HOW DO WE INCORPORATE PARENT NOTIFICATION PRESENT. THIS IS ALL ABOUT PARTNERSHIP. COLLABORATION REALLY MAKING SURE THERE'S NO SILOS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SUPPORT IS CREATED IN TERMS OF WHAT CAN WE DO TOGETHER. RIGHT. NO ONE IS GOING TO TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH ALONE. RIGHT. AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LANGUAGE IS REINFORCED, THAT IT TAKES AN EFFORT, A TEAM EFFORT, EVEN WHEN WORKING WITH MENTAL HEALTH, ARE DEALING WITH ANYTHING WITH MENTAL HEALTH. WE ALWAYS REINFORCE THAT, THAT KNOWLEDGE, THAT IT'S NOT JUST ONE THING THAT'S GOING TO HELP SUPPORT A PERSON'S MENTAL HEALTH. IT'S A MULTIFACETED THING THAT SUPPORTS YOUR OWN MENTAL HEALTH. WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT NUTRITION THAT'S PART OF SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH AS WELL. SEEING WHAT COPING STRATEGIES THAT YOU DEVELOP, EMOTIONAL REGULATION, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEN WHAT SUPPORT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE AND THEN WHAT ENVIRONMENTS THAT YOU'RE IN. SO IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AS A WHOLE AND MAKE THIS THIS COMBINED EFFORT, WE CAN ALWAYS REACH THAT GOAL OF BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE THE OUTCOME THAT WE WANT IN SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH FOR NOT ONLY FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT OUR STAFF AS WELL.
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SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE GUIDELINES OF WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THIS MANDATE FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, 25% OF ALL DISTRICT STAFF WERE REQUIRED TO BE TRAINED FOR 2627 50%, 75% FOR 2728, AND 100% TRAINED BY 2829 SCHOOL YEAR. SO THIS IS A STATE MANDATE OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT FORT BEND ISD, CURRENTLY 8000 STAFF HAVE BEEN TRAINED, WHICH REPRESENTS 90% OF ALL DISTRICT STAFF. SO Y'ALL CAN GIVE YOURSELF A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.Y'ALL ARE DOING EXCELLENT. AND THIS INCLUDES CAMPUS AND ALL DISTRICT STAFF. WITH WORKING WITH FORT BEND, I TRAINED 204 STAFF TO FACILITATE THIS TRAINING, WHICH BROKE DOWN TO 7000 CAMPUS CAMPUS STAFF. THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THAT 90% 559 OTHER DISTRICT STAFF AS WELL. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE TARGET AND THE TIMELINE, IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER, YOU HAVE EXCEEDED THE TARGET THAT THE STATE HAS MANDATED AND ARE DEFINITELY ON TRACK FOR THE 2829 SCHOOL YEAR, TO HAVE 100% OF YOUR STAFF TRAINED BY THE 2829 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHY COMPLIANCE MATTERS, THIS IS THAT SUSTAINABLE PACING THAT WE TALK ABOUT. SO YOU ARE REINFORCING THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THIS THIS FRAMEWORK MEANS TO THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND IT REINFORCES WHAT IT MEANS TO NOT ONLY FOR YOUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO FOR YOUR STAFF, THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A MANDATE, THIS IS MEANINGFUL, AND IT'S A MEANINGFUL IMPACT TO THE SCHOOL, TO THE STAFF THAT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS, YOUR WELLNESS MATTERS TO THE STAFF AND THE SCHOOL HERE, RIGHT? SO Y'ALL ALREADY HAVE THIS EARLY COMPLIANCE, DISTRICT WIDE CONSISTENCY. THIS IS NOW AN EMBEDDED TRAINING MODEL. AND ITS SUCCESS BEYOND JUST NUMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS? NOW I FEEL LIKE I BUT I'M EXCITED. THANK YOU.
THAT WAS THAT WAS TERRIFIC. OFTENTIMES STATE THE STATE MAKES MANDATES BUT DOESN'T FUND IT. HOW IS THIS FUNDED. WELL OFTENTIMES THAT DOES HAPPEN. AND THIS AGAIN WAS ONE OF THOSE TIMES. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE THERE SO THE MANDATE WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY FUNDED. THERE ARE THERE ARE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF THE TRAINING THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE.
THERE IS A TRAINING CALLED YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES. BUT THE LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES, THEY HAVE A GRANT TO DELIVER IT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT THAT GRANT, IN THE CAPACITY OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THEY HAVE TO TRAIN, IT DOESN'T MATCH. RIGHT. SO EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE FUNDING TO TO TEACH AND DELIVER THE TRAINING, THE CAPACITY OF WHICH THEY CAN IT, IT'S NOT REALLY POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO IT AT THE MAGNITUDE, BUT IT'S A GREAT TRAINING. BUT WITH THE SUPPORTS TRAINING AND WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF REGION FOUR IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THIS TRAINING MADE MORE SENSE FOR THE DIRECTION THAT FORT BEND WAS GOING IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT IT ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS DO IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR TEACHERS. AND IT WAS MORE COST EFFECTIVE AS WELL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO MORE QUESTIONS. OH. FINE. THANK YOU AGAIN. SO WILL THERE BE FACILITATORS AT ALL CAMPUSES OR WHAT IS LIKE KIND OF THE END STATE LOOK LIKE FOR, YOU KNOW, AT THE ELEMENTARY VERSUS MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS? SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WHEN I TRAIN THE FACILITATORS, I TRAINED EVERY COUNSELOR AT EVERY SCHOOL LEVEL.
SO FROM ELEMENTARY TO HIGH SCHOOL, AND I THINK LAURA CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT AS WELL. SO YEAH. SO ASHLEY HERSELF CAME AND DID THE TOTE FOR ALL CAMPUS COUNSELORS, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, OUR MH, AND ABOUT 20 MORE LIKE I'VE BEEN TRAINED AND PROVIDED THE TRAINING AND ALL OF OUR
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STAFF. SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE TRAINED. SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE TRAINING AND WORKING WITH REGION FOUR WAS MENTAL HEALTH AND FIRST AID WAS OUR OTHER OPTION, WHICH IS AN EIGHT HOUR TRAINING. AND IT'S REALLY VERY HEALTH LIKE HEALTH SERVICE ORIENTED. SO MORE OF A TRAINING FOR CAMPUS COUNSELORS. IN THE PAST, SOCIAL WORKERS, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE TRAINING. WE REVIEWED THAT TRAINING. BUT WHEN TALKING TO ASH, WE REALLY WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO BE MORE EDUCATIONAL, FOCUSED, LIKE, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN THE CLASSROOM? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE ON YOUR CAMPUS? SO WE HAD COME UP WITH THE VISION AND WORKING WITH OUR COUNSELING TEAM OF IF WE COULD HAVE A REALLY GREAT SCHOOL BASED, CLASSROOM BASED MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING, IT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO US THAN HAVING A TRAINING THAT'S REALLY FOR COUNSELORS PRESENTED TO TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, BUS DRIVERS, ALL OF THOSE STAFF. SO ASHLEY CAME OUT AND TRAINED EVERY CAMPUS COUNSELOR, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, AND THEN THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GOT TO GO BACK AND TRAIN ON THEIR CAMPUS.AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT WAS THEY WERE THEN ABLE TO EQUIP THEIR TEACHERS WITH THE SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES OF THEIR CAMPUS. YOU CAN DO A TRAINING, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS ON THIS CAMPUS, AND IT'S DIFFERENT ON THIS CAMPUS. SO EVERY COUNSELOR HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE, HEY, THIS IS HOW IT WORKS. IF YOU SEE A STUDENT THAT'S IN CRISIS, THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. YOU NOTIFY ME RIGHT AWAY. YOU CALL ME ON TEAMS. IT COULD LOOK DIFFERENT, RIGHT? IF IT'S NOT AN IMMEDIATE CRISIS AND YOU WANT A STUDENT TO COME MEET WITH ME, NO PROBLEM. HERE'S THE MICROSOFT FORM THAT I USE. OR THIS IS WHERE YOU GO. YOU DO A SLIP AND THE COUNTS BECAUSE IT LOOKS DIFFERENT EVERYWHERE. SO WE REALLY LOVED THIS TRAINING BECAUSE IT GAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY FOR EACH CAMPUS TO SHARE. AND THEN A LOT OF OUR CAMPUSES DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE HAD SOCIAL WORKERS OFFER TIER TWO SERVICES, AND THAT WE HAD MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT FOR SOME, MOST FAMILIES IS ALMOST FREE OF CHARGE. SO THEY WERE LIKE, OH, WOW. AND THEN TWO TELLING TEACHERS, THESE ARE THE BASIC SKILLS. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT YOU TO LOOK FOR. YOU HAVE A LOT OF HATS. WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO BE A THERAPIST OR A SOCIAL WORKER OR A COUNSELOR, BUT WE HAVE THESE SERVICES. SO IF YOU NOTICE SOMETHING'S GOING ON WITH LITTLE KIMMY, GET HER TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE SO THAT WE CAN CHECK IT OUT, TALK TO THE PARENT, COLLABORATE AND HELP. SO WE WERE JUST REALLY EXCITED, HONESTLY, ABOUT LIKE A LOT OF TIMES LIKE, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, DOUG, WHEN MANDATES COME BACK, YOU'RE LIKE, OH, THIS ONE, WE'RE LIKE, YAY! WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUR STAFF, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY HELP OUR STUDENTS. SO HUGE KUDOS TO ASHLEY BECAUSE SHE REALLY CREATED THE WHOLE TRAINING HERSELF. IT'S AN AMAZING TRAINING, AND WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT TOO AND KIND OF MADE REFINEMENTS AND STUFF. SO OUR PLAN IS THOUGH, WE'VE GOT THE 90%, WE'RE ADDING IT TO NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION, SO EVERY NEW TEACHER IN THE IN THE DISTRICT WILL GET IT. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO JUST HIT LITTLE POCKETS OF TRAINING. WE STILL HAVE BUS DRIVERS TO TRAIN. WE'VE TRAINED ALL CAMPUS CHILD NUTRITION STAFFS. WE WORK WITH C AND D AND ALL OF THEIR STAFF MEMBERS. THEY WERE GREAT AUDIENCE. SO OUR SOCIAL WORKERS AND TRAINED THEM. SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CREATE PART OF STAFF TRAINING AS KIND OF LIKE A FOLLOW UP TO THIS TRAINING. AND I KNOW ASHLEY AND I ARE GOING TO WORK ON THAT. SO MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT STOPPING. WE'VE EVEN HAD CAMPUSES REACH OUT AND BE LIKE, IS THERE LIKE A REFRESHER? BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF MY STAFF NEED A REFRESHER. AND WE'RE LIKE, YEAH, SO SO WE'RE WE'RE HAPPY THOUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE WE SAID, WE MET WITH A COUPLE STUDENTS LAST WEEK TO THE WELLNESS COALITION.
STUDENTS. THIS GENERATION IS REALLY CHANGING THINGS. Y'ALL ARE MORE OPEN TO TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, HELPING EACH OTHER. AND ONE THING WE CAN SAY, LIKE FROM THE SUPPORTS TRAINING, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE MESSAGE TO Y'ALL TO KIND OF LIKE WHAT ASHLEY WAS SAYING, BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER, OFFER SUPPORT, AND YOU TO FIND OUT IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW IN YOUR CAMPUS HOW TO GET HELP IF YOU NEED IT, OR JUST LISTEN TO A FRIEND AND CONNECT THEM TO A COUNSELOR IF YOU EVER NEED SOMETHING. BECAUSE OUR COUNSELORS REALLY, I KNOW THEY'RE SUPER BUSY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH REALLY DOES MATTER TO THEM. SO IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOURSELF, A FRIEND, OR ANYBODY, MAKE SURE YOU CONNECT WITH THE COUNSELOR AND YOU JUST GET THE PERSON TO THE HELP THAT THEY MIGHT NEED. OKAY. SO. OH MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION, BOTH OF YOU GUYS. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. THIS THIS DOES THIS HAVE ANY COLLABORATION WITH WHAT WAS GRANTED IN 2020 WHEN? IT'S CALLED VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT, WHEN THE DISTRICT RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING TO OPEN ON DIFFERENT CAMPUSES. DID THAT JUST THIS KIND OF TAKE THE PLACE OF THAT? NO, THIS IS SOMETHING. SO THE VOCA GRANT WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON ONE ON ONE INTENSIVE TIER THREE THERAPY SERVICES. SO THIS IS REALLY TIER ONE RIGHT. THIS IS LIKE THAT TRAINING. WE'RE EMPOWERING ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS TO HAVE. SO THIS WAS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM VOCA.
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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. IT'S GREAT TALK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT GUYS I HAVE TO LOWER THIS BOOKER. THAT'S SO FANCY I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. OH MY GOSH. ALRIGHT GUYS I KNOW WE'VE BEEN SITTING FOR A WHILE ESPECIALLY STUDENTS. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A[III. Administration]
WHILE. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND. OH. OH THAT'S FINE. IT'S FINE. YES. WE WANT TO BREAK. I JUST WENT RIGHT PAST YOU. SORRY. TIME OUT. WE NEED A BREAK. WE NEED A BREAK. OKAY. BRAIN BREAK.TOP TEN REASONS. YOU KNOW YOU NEED A BRAIN BREAK. WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH. THERE'S A WONDERFUL PRESENTERS. SO THERE IS ONE ON HERE THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING THE SPEAKER JUST SAID, WHICH I HOPE THAT ISN'T THE CASE BECAUSE I REMEMBER A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY SAID. AND THEY WERE THEY WERE AMAZING. THEY WERE AMAZING. BUT IF ANY OF THESE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU, IF YOU'RE FIDGETING INSTEAD OF CONCENTRATING, YOUR NECK STARTING TO HURT, MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN STANDING OR SITTING IN ONE PLACE FOR TOO LONG. SOME FOR THE KIDS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. YOU'VE REWRITTEN THE SENTENCE ABOUT FOUR TIMES. I WAS I WAS VERY FORTUNATE. I WAS A PE TEACHER, SO I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF THE GLASSY LOOK IN THEIR EYES BECAUSE MY KIDS WERE ALWAYS MOVING AROUND. HOWEVER, I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE IN LONG MEETINGS. SO WITHOUT ME DOING OUR BRAIN BREAK, WE HAVE SOME COALITION KIDS THAT ALREADY. SO OUR COALITION KIDS ARE GOING TO DO THIS, BUT THIS IS ALSO GOING TO REQUIRE YOU JUST TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT AND STAND UP. SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR YOU ALL TO STAND UP REAL QUICK SO YOU'RE READY FOR THEM TO GET GOING HERE. YEAH. HI GUYS. WE'RE FROM AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL AND WE'RE GOING TO TEACH YOU GUYS A GAME CALLED, SAY, 21 AND WIN. OKAY.
SO EVERYONE'S ALREADY STANDING UP, BUT WE WANT YOU GUYS TO FIND A PARTNER AND THEN CHOOSE WHETHER LIKE WHO'S GOING TO BE A AND WHO'S GOING TO BE B. OKAY, OKAY. JUST TELL THEM NO OKAY.
YEAH I'M GOING TO DO IN A SECOND OKAY OKAY. ONCE YOU'VE FIGURED OUT WHO'S A AND WHO'S B, YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WHERE BOTH OF YOU ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET TO 21 FIRST. OKAY.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING CALLED SLAP COUNTING. AND IT'S IT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO YOU GO ACROSS LIKE THAT AND THAT'S ONE. AND YOU CAN DO ONE TWO. YOU CAN DO EITHER 1 OR 2 EACH ROUND. AND YOU WANT TO SEE WHO CAN GET TO 21 FIRST. SO I KNOW THAT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING. SO WE'RE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE IT. YOU READY. 123456789 TEN 11 12 1314 15 16 17 1819 2021. SO SINCE SHE GOT TO 21 FIRST SHE WON. SO BASICALLY EACH ROUND YOU CAN CHOOSE TO EITHER DO 1 OR 2 DEPENDING ON WHERE WHO YOU THINK WILL GET TO 21 FIRST.
OKAY. GOING. MORE THAN TWO NUMBERS EVERY TIME. OKAY OKAY. YEAH. WE CAN GO NOW. OKAY. COOL.
I'LL LET YOU FINISH THIS ROUND. ALRIGHT. IF YOU TAKE YOUR SEATS. THAT WAS JUST A QUICK LITTLE BRAIN BREAK. IF YOU'VE NOTICED OR HEARD FROM ME BEFORE IN THE PAST, OF COURSE,
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I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING IN THIS CROSSING THE MIDLINE. SO IF YOU ARE CROSSING THE MIDDLE OF YOUR BODY, THEY'RE ENGAGING BOTH HEMISPHERES OF YOUR BRAIN.YOU'RE ALSO ENGAGING YOUR PREFRONTAL CORTEX, WHICH IS YOUR PROBLEM SOLVING, HIGHER LEVEL THINKING, BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE THAT, OKAY, HOW MANY MORE BASED ON WHATEVER NUMBER THE PERSON GAVE AHEAD OF YOU, YOU'RE TRYING TO THINK AHEAD AT THE SAME TIME QUICKLY TO PROBLEM SOLVE, TO SEE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT 21. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU WERE LAUGHING. YOU WERE SMILING, YOU WERE STANDING. YOU'RE MOVING AROUND AND IT CHANGED YOUR MOOD VERY QUICKLY. JUST A FUN LITTLE ACTIVITY FOR YOU ALL TO DO. ALRIGHT, I THINK WE WERE AT MINUTES THOUGH. YOU SAID. MINUTES MUST HAVE BEEN. STOP THE OTHER. SO WE ARE. DO YOU NEED TO VOTE ON THE MINUTES THOUGH? SO THAT'S THE NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA. AND THIS IS GOING TO TAKE US A MINUTE BECAUSE WE HAVE QUORUM AND WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE LAST. I THINK YOU'RE WAY TALLER THAN ME, LIKE THE LAST 3 OR 4 MINUTES HERE. AND SO IF SOMEONE COULD HELP ME TAKE NOTES HERE. SO WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE OLDEST ONES. SO ALL THE WAY BACK TO MAY. AND I EVEN HAVE A COUPLE NOTES. SO THIS WAS ON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND HANDS ON CPR. SO IF WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE. OKAY. AND THEN IS THERE A SECOND GUY AND THEN ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THOSE MINUTES FROM MAY, ANY OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO SEPTEMBER. SEPTEMBER WAS FOR BULLYING AND NO PLACE FOR HATE. SO A FIRST MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. SECOND MOTION. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THOSE? ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHTY. AND THEN OUR FINAL ONE ARE FROM DECEMBER. AND SO THIS WAS ON SLEEP AND WE HAD A ALSO HAD A PRESENTER ON HOPE SQUAD. SO FIRST MOTION FOR APPROVING THOSE MINUTES. OKAY.
SECOND ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THOSE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
WE ARE ALL CUT UP I APPRECIATE IT. THAT WAS GREAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE. YES. WE'RE SO GLAD EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY. I KNOW WE HAD A FEW LITTLE SCHEDULING ISSUES. OKAY. AND THEN NOW I JUST REALLY WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND TALK ABOUT BOARD NOMINATIONS. I KNOW IT FEELS REALLY EARLY. IT'S FEBRUARY AND I'VE HAVE HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW. BUT THIS IS THE SLATE FOR THIS PAST YEAR. AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT NOMINATIONS FOR THIS COMING YEAR. AND I JUST CHATTED WITH DEREK, AND HE'S WILLING TO BE CO-VICE CHAIR. SO YAY. SO TECHNICALLY, AND I THINK WHITNEY, YOU'RE UP FOR DOING THE OUR MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR.
SO WE REALLY JUST HAVE A SECRETARY POSITION THAT'S OPEN. SO I THINK WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY RIGHT NOW IS IF, IF EVERYBODY IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN THAT, PLEASE COME UP TO US AT THE END OF THE MEETING AND WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO FILL THAT ROLE AND WE'RE FOR IT. IT'S ACTUALLY AN AMAZING JOB, AND YOU GET TO HAVE FUN WITH OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM. AND IT'S IT'S FUN. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH, I'LL STILL BE INVOLVED. OKAY.
AND THEN NOW WE WANT TO START KIND OF A NEW THING. YOU HAVE AN ADVOCACY SUBCOMMITTEE. BUT THEN WE REALIZED THAT THERE'S SOME GAPS HERE IN OVERALL UNDERSTANDING. JUST JUST LIKE WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, THE THINGS HAPPEN IN AUSTIN THAT ACTUALLY AFFECT HOW WE DO THINGS IN THE DISTRICT. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY YOU STUDENT COALITION, TO UNDERSTAND HOW ALL OF THAT AFFECTS US. AND SO WE HAVE SUMITA, WHO IS ON OUR BOARD, AND WE WANT HER TO COME UP HERE AND GIVE US KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF JUST HOW THIS ALL WORKS. HOW ARE YOU? THERE YOU ARE. OKAY.
OH, YEAH. IS THAT OKAY? OKAY. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE WEIRD LITTLE GLITCHES, BUT THE EXPLANATION IS OH, HI, I'M SARITA. GOSH. AND I'M A PARENT HERE, AND I'VE GREW UP OVER NEXT DOOR IN ALIEF. SO I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF THE THINGS
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THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. AND THE WORLD HAS CHANGED A LOT. AND THIS IS JUST A BASIC INTRODUCTION. HOPEFULLY THE GOAL IS THIS WILL BE SOMEWHERE ON THE WEBSITE, SO YOU CAN REFER TO IT LATER ON WHERE I'M GOING TO GO SORT OF RUSH THROUGH IT. SO I JUST DO. OKAY.SO THIS IS TEXAS LEGISLATIVE OVERVIEW 101. WHAT DOES ADVOCACY LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THE LEGISLATURE DO. WHEN ARE WE IN SESSION. WHO'S WHO? HOW DO LAWS GET PASSED? HOW DO WE READ A BILL AND WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS. SO A LOT TO GO THROUGH. REASON GENE WU IS UP THERE IS HE'S IN HOUSE DISTRICT 137, WHICH IS NEXT DOOR TO US. I BASICALLY PLAGIARIZED THIS, MOST OF IT FROM HIM. AND SO HE'S AWESOME. HE'S AVAILABLE. HE'S VERY APPROACHABLE. WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE LEILANI HERE. WE HAVE AND THIS IS IMPORTANT. I'LL GET INTO IT. BUT HE'S A TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE. WE ALSO HAVE FEDERAL SYSTEM. SO THERE'S TWO SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT IN IN IN IN AMERICA THE THE WELL THERE'S THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. BUT THE LEGISLATURE, THERE'S TWO BRANCHES. USUALLY THERE'S A SENATE, THEN THERE'S A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. AND SO THERE'S THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE US SENATORS. WE SHOULD ALL KNOW TWO SENATORS, US SENATORS. WHEREAS IN CONTRAST, THE STATE OF TEXAS ALSO HAS A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND A TEXAS SENATORS. AND SO I'LL GET INTO MORE OF THAT. BUT REPRESENTATIVE WU IS A TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVE, SO SPECIFICALLY HOUSE DISTRICT 137. SO THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE HAS FILED HUNDREDS OF BILLS THAT AFFECT EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES, INCLUDING FORT BEND ISD. AND THIS IS THE WEBSITE WHERE YOU, TOO CAN BE A CITIZEN ADVOCATE AND FIND OUT ALL ABOUT THE EXCITING STUFF THAT HAPPENS AT THE LEGISLATURE. AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M I HAVE SOME WEIRD TITLES LIKE PARENT ADVOCACY OR SOMETHING, BUT ADVOCACY IS BASICALLY YOU GOING UP AND MAKING YOUR VOICE HEARD. AND IT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS BLOCK WALKING. YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN I HAVE TAKEN MY CHILDREN AND MADE THEM GO BLOCK WALKING.
NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. YOU GET TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING IMPORTANT. PUT OUT LITERATURE. THERE'S PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE ELECTIONS STARTING FEBRUARY 17TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 27TH. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A PRIMARY ELECTION. AND PRIMARIES ARE WHERE YOU HAVE EACH PARTY. THERE'S RIGHT NOW THERE'S TWO MAJOR PARTIES IN TEXAS, THE REPUBLICAN AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I MAY BE TALKING DOWN, BUT SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S A GOOD REFRESHER. SO IN TEXAS, WE DO HAVE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIMARIES ARE WHERE THE PARTIES GET TO SUBMIT CANDIDATES FOR ALL OF THE POSITIONS. AND THEN YOU AS A VOTER AND YOU EVEN AS A NON VOTER WHO CAN AFFECT THE VOTING OF YOUR PARENTS, FRIENDS AND RELATIVES, CAN ADVOCATE FOR YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE. AND THE PRIMARIES ARE COMING UP AND EACH PARTY WILL SUBMIT ONE. WELL, THERE COULD BE A RUNOFF. HOPEFULLY THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE CANDIDATE FOR EACH PARTY AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE IN NOVEMBER, THE BIG ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER OF 2026, WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT THROUGH THE PRIMARY WILL FROM EACH PARTY YOU WILL GET TO VOTE ON. SO RIGHT NOW THE PRIMARY IS ACTUALLY PARTY SPECIFIC. SO YOU GET TO VOTE IN EITHER THE DEMOCRATIC OR THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. AND THEN IN NOVEMBER YOU'LL HAVE A ONE BALLOT, WHICH IS THAT PIECE OF PAPER THAT YOU ACTUALLY VOTE ON, WHERE YOU WILL GET TO CHOOSE FROM BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES WILL BE ON THERE.
SOMETIMES THERE'S THIRD PARTIES AND THINGS TOO, BUT YOU WON'T GET INTO THAT. SO WHEN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION, WEIRD THING ABOUT TEXAS, ONLY IN EVERY ODD YEAR. SO THE NEXT ONE IS 2027. ANYONE CAN GO TO THE TEXAS STATE CAPITOL IN AUSTIN TO OBSERVE AND ADVOCATE.
MANY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ADVOCACY DAYS. SO LAST YEAR I WAS A MOOCH. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T PAY TO GO, BUT I WENT TO THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE FIVE TIMES ON SOMEONE ELSE'S DIME BECAUSE I'M A MOOCHER AND THEY WERE AMAZING BUSSES. WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES WHO WERE GETTING SWORN IN HISTORICAL LIKE. WE HAD TWO MUSLIM LEGISLATORS, LEGISLATURES, LEGISLATORS FROM THE HOUSE. AND SO I GOT TO GO AND SEE THEM BEING SWORN IN, DIFFERENT ADVOCACIES. VOUCHERS WERE BIG LAST YEAR, SO THERE WERE EVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT BUSSED LIKE KIDS TO FOR OR AGAINST VOUCHERS, MOSTLY AGAINST. BUT IT WAS JUST A VERY EXCITING TIME. YOU GOT
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ENERGIZED, YOU HEARD AMAZING TALKS AND SPEAKERS AND FELT REALLY LIKE IF THERE'S AN ISSUE YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE AN ADVOCACY DAY. SO WHAT DOES THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE DO? THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS ABOUT ONE BILL TO PASS, AND THAT'S THE BUDGET.THAT'S REALLY NOT TRUE BECAUSE WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF BILLS GETTING PASSED EVERY DAY. SO IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE DATE. SORRY ABOUT THE SPACING. SO NOVEMBER, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NOVEMBER 2026 IS WHEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY START BILL FILING. AND THAT'S FOR THE MARCH 2020. FOR THE JANUARY 2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND THAT LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS GOING TO BE THE 90TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO JANUARY 12TH WOULD BE THE FIRST DAY OF THE 2027 SESSION. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THE ELECTIONS ARE DONE NOVEMBER, YOU CAN START ADVOCATING IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, YOU WANT A BILL TO BE PASSED ON. AND I KNOW PEOPLE, IT STARTED WITH KIDS AND PARENTS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LISA FORGOT HER NAME, BUT THE POOR MOM WHO GOT KILLED ON A CROSSWALK, IT STARTED WITH HER, HER FAMILY AND HER SISTERS ADVOCATING FOR SAFER CROSSWALKS.
AND THEY ENDED UP GETTING THE EAR OF VARIOUS PEOPLE. AND IT WAS A VERY NONPARTISAN, BIPARTISAN BILL THAT PASSED, WHICH MAKES CROSSWALKS. IT ALL STARTED IN FORT BEND COUNTY, I BELIEVE IT WAS SIENNA, AND IT STARTED WITH ONE PARENT, THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF ONE PARENT WHO DIED, UNFORTUNATELY, AT A CROSSWALK. AND THERE'S NOW LEGISLATION MAKING CROSSWALK SAFER FOR EVERYONE. SO AGAIN, MARCH 10TH IS THE 60TH DAY, WHICH IS THE LAST DAY TO FILE BILLS AND THEN SIN DAY. THE LAST DAY OF THE SESSION IS MAY 31ST. AND THEN, UNLESS THE GOVERNOR DECLARES SPECIAL SESSIONS AND THEN SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2027 IS WHEN THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ANY LAWS OR BILLS PASSED AND NOT VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR. SO AGAIN, 90TH LEGISLATURE, THE DURATION OF THE LEDGE IS 140 DAYS. YOU CAN HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT. WE HAVE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK, THE HOUSE SPEAKER. IT'LL BE A BIG BATTLE. I HAPPEN TO BE THERE. THE DAY THAT THEY WERE HAVING A DUKE IT OUT. KIND OF.
YOU CAN THROW PEOPLE, NOMINATE PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR TO BE HOUSE SPEAKER. USUALLY THE IT'S ALWAYS THE RULING PARTY. AND IN TEXAS RIGHT NOW IT'S THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. AND SO THEY HAVE NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR. AND PEOPLE VOTE ON WHO THE SPEAKER WILL BE. THERE'S IT WAS INTERESTING TO BE THERE DURING THE SPEAKER ELECTIONS LAST TIME LAST YEAR, BECAUSE THERE WAS LIKE A MAJORITY PARTY, AND THEN THERE WAS A MINOR PARTY AND THERE WAS A BIG FIGHT. THE GOVERNOR REALLY WANTED HIS GUY TO WIN. BUT THEN THERE WAS LIKE SOME FINAGLING BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE. SO THE DEMOCRATS GROUP JOINED TOGETHER WITH A CERTAIN GROUP OF REPUBLICANS WHO THE GOVERNOR DID NOT LIKE AND ENDED UP OUR HOUSE SPEAKER IS THE GUY THE GOVERNOR DID NOT WANT. BUT IT WAS BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS JOINED WITH THE WITH THE CERTAIN GROUP OF REPUBLICANS. SO IT WAS ALWAYS VERY INTERESTING. ALL OF THE, I GUESS, HORSE TRADING THAT GOES ON ON THE FLOOR. AND THEN SO THE HOUSE VERSUS THE SENATE, THERE'S 150 MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE, 31 MEMBERS IN THE SENATE, YOU KNOW, 50 IN THE US SENATE, 426 I THINK, IN THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. AND LIKE IN THE US HOUSE, YOU SERVE TWO YEAR TERMS. IN THE SENATE, YOU SERVE FOUR YEAR TERMS, AND THERE'S 18 STANDING COMMITTEES ON ONE, AND THEN THERE'S 36 STANDING COMMITTEES IN THE OTHER. AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE REAL BILL MAKING ENDS UP HAPPENING THROUGH THE STANDING COMMITTEES.
AND THEN THIS IS, AGAIN, WHERE DO BILL IDEAS COME FROM? YOU TOO CAN COME UP WITH A BILL IDEA IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'RE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT. I THINK WE'VE HAD LIKE MOMS DEMAND ACTION AS AN ADVOCACY GROUP THAT'S SPOKEN HERE ABOUT SAFE GUN STORAGE. YOU KNOW, STATE AGENCIES, INTERESTED CITIZENS, YOU COMMITTEE REPORTS, TASK FORCE MEDIA SUNSET PROCESS WHERE PREVIOUSLY FILED BILLS MAY HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE. AND IF THERE'S LIKE A REALLY GOOD BILL THAT'S ABOUT TO EXPIRE AND YOU WANT TO REVIVE IT, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO KEEP TRACK OF IT AND TO IT. AND SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THIS. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN READ IT AT YOUR LEISURE. BUT THIS IS THE LATE PROCESS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE COMMITTEES BLAH BLAH, BLAH FLOOR DEBATE. YOU CAN GO AND HEAR FLOOR DEBATE DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND THEN VERY BUSY BILL, HOW IT HAPPENS IN THE SENATE. VERY SIMILAR. YOU KNOW, THE DIFF THE WAY YOU TELL WHERE BILL ORIGINATED IS IF IT'S SB, IT ORIGINATED IN THE SENATE, IF IT'S HB, IT ORIGINATED IN THE HOUSE. AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT? I'M JUST A BILL CAPITOL HILL YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THE STORY. YOU KNOW IT SITS THERE. PEOPLE ARGUE ABOUT IT. PEOPLE VOTE ON
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IT. AND THEN WHATEVER IT BECOMES LAW AFTER. HOPEFULLY THE GOVERNOR DOES NOT VETO IT.SO HOW TO READ A BILL. YOU KNOW, BILLS HAVE NUMBERS. THERE'S LINE NUMBERS. THERE'S NEW LANGUAGE. IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF BILLS GET AMENDED. SO AMENDMENT MEANS YOUR YOUR BILL IS HAVING ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO IT. AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE AN ADDITION THEY UNDERSCORE IT.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE REPEALS OR CHANGE BASICALLY THEY DON'T LIKE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE. THEY'LL STRIKE THROUGH IT AND YOU'LL ACTUALLY LIKE BE ABLE TO LISTEN. AND I HOPE THIS BECOMES A HOT LINK UP. NOPE. QUITE. OKAY. LA LA LA I DON'T KNOW. OH WELL OKAY. SO IF YOU IF YOU DO, IF YOU GO TO THAT WEBSITE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PULL UP A BILL. LET ME SEE THAT. THAT SHOULD DO IT. YEAH. SO LIKE THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A BILL SB ANYONE WANT TO TAKE A GUESS WHO ORIGINATED THIS BILL. SEND IT. YEAH. AND SO I, I PICKED SOME THAT WERE RELATED TO NUTRITION WHICH IS THE TOPIC. AND SO I GUESS THE THING IS IN FUTURE THIS IS THE BASELINE FOR LIKE WHERE WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO. AND HOPEFULLY I WILL TAKE AS MUCH TIME NEXT TIME. BUT WE CAN JUST START PULLING UP BILLS AS I DO SOME RESEARCH AND PULL IT UP. BUT THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT PULLED UP FOR RELATING TO NUTRITION. NOTICE THEY ADDED THIS AND OR OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL LANGUAGE BECAUSE THIS THIS WAS ALREADY AN EXISTING BILL, BUT THEY AMENDED IT AND THEN THEY THE REASON THEY HAD TO ADD ALL OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL LANGUAGE IS BECAUSE THEY WANTED THE NUTRITION STANDARDS TO APPLY TO ALL OF THE NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ARE OPENING UP UNDER THE HB 101, HB ONE WAS. AND THE HIGHER THE NUMBER OF THE BILL, I GUESS THE MORE IMPORTANT IT IS. SO THE VOUCHER BILL WAS HB ONE, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST BILL THAT THEY WANTED TO WORK ON. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CHARTER SCHOOL STUFF. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE THERE'S RESTRICTIONS. SO A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MAY NOT RESTRICT PARTICIPATION IN BLAH BLAH BLAH. SO YOU KNOW, EVERYONE LIKES TO RAG ON OUR LEGISLATORS, BUT THEY DO DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS LIKE THIS LEGISLATION. YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, REALLY ENCOURAGING POSITIVELY. THEY CAN A LOT OF BILLS ARE WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.
BUT A LOT OF BILLS ARE ALSO WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING. AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THEM WHERE YOU CAN'T PREVENT SOMEONE FROM ENCOURAGING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, BLAH BLAH. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER ONE. LET ME GET OUT OF HERE. OKAY. SO YEAH, SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS. THIS WAS ANOTHER NUTRITION ONE THAT GOT PASSED IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND I THOUGHT THIS ONE WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT WHAT THE BREAKFAST PROGRAM SHOULD BE. THEY EVEN HAVE THERE'S A LAW ABOUT HOW WHAT THE ADDITIVES CAN BE IN SCHOOL IN, IN SORRY. LET'S SEE.
THERE'S NEW LEGISLATION THAT TALKS ABOUT. WHAT ADDITIVES CAN BE IN OUR FOODS. BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG MOVEMENT TO GET RID OF LIKE RED DYES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO AGAIN, POSITIVE LEGISLATION WHERE YOU MIGHT THINK, HEY, THEY'RE TRYING TO MICROMANAGE. BUT SOMETIMES REGULATION IS THE WAY AND BILLS AND, AND LEGISLATIVE ACTION THEE FORCE PEOPLE. BECAUSE HONESTLY, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU NEED LAWS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE LEGISLATION FOR THAT. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER LIKE VARIOUS BILLS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE A TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WHICH ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTS. SO BILLS EXIST.
THEY'RE THE LAW. THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING. BUT THEN THERE'S IMPLEMENTATION. SO THAT'S PROCEDURES AND POLICIES. SO WE HAVE A WHOLE POLICY COMMITTEE AT, AT AT FORT BEND ISD. AND SO THERE'S THE POLICY. BUT THEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY BASED ON PROCEDURES. AND SO SOME OF THESE OTHER ENTITIES IN, IN THE, IN OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE STATE THAT TALK ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE PROCEDURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO AND THEN WE DO FINALLY HAVE A WHOLE WEBSITE WITH CHILD FROM NUTRITION DEPARTMENT. IT WAS IN MY OTHER SLIDE SET. BUT YOU KNOW, SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES, WE HAVE POLICIES FROM THE CHILD NUTRITION DEPARTMENT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. NEXT TIME I'LL HAVE THAT AND NEXT TIME I'LL HAVE A BETTER FLOW OF THIS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO RUSH THROUGH IT AND IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND GO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, I'M
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LOOKING FOR AT LEAST ONE BILL FROM THIS AUDIENCE IN NOVEMBER 2026, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, COME ON PEOPLE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. SORRY, I WAS JUST GOING TO I'M NOT A QUESTION. IT'S NOT A QUESTION. IT'S JUST TAGGING ON TO. SO AT THE BOARD MEETINGS WE APPROVE A LOT OF POLICIES AND A LOT OF THEM DO STEM FROM THESE BILLS. AND SO YOU'LL HEAR US TALKING ABOUT SB 12 OR OTHER THINGS. THEY'RE NOT ALL HEALTH RELATED. BUT BUT THAT'S EVEN IF WE DON'T LIKE IT EITHER. WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO TO HAVE THOSE POLICIES, WHETHER IT'S STUDENT CODE TO CONTACT A CODE OF CONDUCT CONDUCT, IT AFFECTS THAT THE STAFF. SO JUST SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT GETTING BACK DOWN TO THE BEGINNING OF THIS TALK AS FAR AS THE ELECTIONS, BECAUSE THOSE WHO ARE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL ACTUALLY REALLY DO AFFECT YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE AT SCHOOL.AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW, THIS IS ANGIE. SHE'S ON OUR BOARD FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR FORT BEND ISD. SO SHE'S ONE OF THE BIG HONCHOS. AND WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I JUST WANTED THE STUDENTS TO KNOW THAT BACK IN THE DAY. DO Y'ALL KNOW THAT? THE LAW. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING YOU YOU COME TO THE RED LIGHT AND STOP, AND THEN YOU CAN GO RIGHT, RIGHT ON RED. A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT PROPOSED THAT AND GOT IT THROUGH. FYI. BACK IN THE DAY. WE ALL WERE BORN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND I GUESS IF FOR FUTURE SESSIONS, WHAT WE'LL TRY TO DO IS REALLY FOCUS ON LEGISLATION AND PULLING UP LEGISLATION, SINCE NOW YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT. I THINK THAT WAS EXCELLENT AND THAT IS THE VISION. HOPEFULLY AT EVERY MEETING WE HAVE A WAY TO TIE IN WHAT THE TOPIC IS WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THAT WAY WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO GET MORE ACTIVE IN. AND SORRY, WE'RE TOTALLY RUNNING OVER, BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN GREAT. AND SHE'S GONNA BE A GREAT WE'LL GO FAST. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST UPCOMING PAST EVENTS THAT WE HAD, IT WAS NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY. WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK AND OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THEY DO FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND THEN ONE WEEK TO SAVE A LIFE IS COMING UP. JUST TO RECAP, I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF ARE GETTING AS FAR AS TEACHERS DURING THEIR FACULTY MEETINGS. THEY ARE GETTING TRAINED IN HANDS ONLY CPR. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PART OF THIS INITIATIVE IS WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST RAISING AWARENESS HOW THEY CAN HELP. EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT FULLY CERTIFIED IN CPR, YOU STILL CAN HELP AS THAT FIRST CAREGIVER, GIVING THAT HANDS ONLY CPR AND THEN MOVING ON TO OTHER TRAINING STAFF CAN COME AND SUPPORT. AND THEN OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE, THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH. THEY ALSO WILL BE LEARNING HANDS ONLY CPR. AND THE INTENT IS NOT FOR THEM TO BE CONDUCTING HANDS ONLY CPR. IT'S THE AWARENESS AND THEY SO THAT THEY CAN THEN HELP AN ADULT THAT WHO MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO DO IT. THEY CAN EXPLAIN TO THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO PUT THEIR HANDS, HOW TO DO IT, SO THAT THAT THEY CAN COACH THAT ADULT TO HELP ANOTHER ADULT OUT. AND THERE'S BEEN MANY INSTANCES WHERE THAT ACTUALLY HAS HAPPENED AND THAT A CHILD WAS ABLE TO HELP DO THAT. AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR OUR NURSES AND OUR PE TEACHER, ELEMENTARY PE TEACHERS, BECAUSE THEY ARE LEADING THE CHARGE IN SUPPORTING GETTING ALL THAT EXPOSURE TO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS SO THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH IS COMING UP IN MARCH, SO BE KEEPING MORE INFORMATION COMING FROM CHILD NUTRITION AS FAR AS THAT GOES. THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE CELEBRATING OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, BECAUSE WITH NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK WEEK, THEN AS PART OF OUR NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH, THAT OUR CHILD NUTRITION HAS THIS SUPER CUTE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY CUTE OR INTERESTING. I LOVE IT LIKE THEY'RE THEY HAVE A SPECIAL SPECIAL EDITION MENU THAT IS OUT FOR THE WEEK FOR NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK. AND AGAIN IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION FROM THEM. BUT THEY DO HAVE GUIDELINES THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW. SO EVEN THOUGH IT MAY SAY IT MAY LOOK A CERTAIN WAY, THERE ARE FOLLOWING THOSE NUTRITION GUIDELINES THAT ARE SET, SET FORTH FOR THEM SO THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT. BUT AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT HELPING TO GET KIDS TO EAT BREAKFAST AS WELL. SO THEN WE HAVE OUR WATCH WEEK THAT'S COMING UP. AND THIS IS WHERE CAMPUSES CAN CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY HABITS AND BRING AWARENESS ABOUT TOBACCO.
AND THEN AS FAR AS WATER AND ACTIVITY AND ALL THE HEALTHY THINGS THAT MAKES YOU HEALTHY.
SO CAMPUSES WILL BE GETTING INFORMATION FOR THAT AND HOW THEY CAN CELEBRATE THAT ON
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THEIR CAMPUSES. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE NATIONAL DRUGS WEEK, AND THEN THEY'LL BE GETTING INFORMATION IN A TOOLKIT EACH CAMPUSES AS FAR AS HOW THEY CAN SHARE AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THOSE. AND SHATTERED MYTHS IS WHAT THEIR THEME IS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. ALRIGHT, SO I WENT QUICKLY FOR YOU ALL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, OF COURSE YOU CAN EMAIL ME, BUT THEN IT'S ALSO THAT WHOLE CALENDARS ON OUR WHOLE CHILD HEALTH WEBSITE TO THANK YOU SHANNON. AND REALLY ALL THIS STUFF IS ON OUR WEBSITE SO YOU CAN ACCESS THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY. AND THEN A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT, INCLUDING SOME OF[V. Meeting Closure- Catalina Flores-Rau, SHAC Chair ]
THE LINKS THAT SUNITA WAS TALKING ABOUT. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE APRIL 8TH, AND HOPEFULLY I'LL DO A BETTER JOB OF MANAGING THE TIME. BUT SOMETIMES THESE SPEAKERS ARE SO GOOD THAT I REALLY DON'T LIKE TO CUT THEM OFF. SO ANYWAY, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY. AND AGAIN, IF YOU'RE AT ALL INTERESTED IN BEING SECRETARY, PLEASE COME AND TALK TO US AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS NEXT TIME. THANK YOU.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.