Apr 08, 2026 School Health Advisory Council

[I. Welcome– Catalina Flores-Rau, SHAC Chair]

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WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. ALL RIGHT. SO I HOPE EVERYBODY SIGNED IN. WELCOME STUDENT WELLNESS COALITION. THIS FORT BEND ISD SHACK MEETING IS AN OPEN MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND OR VIEW. THE TIME IS 1203 ON APRIL 8TH, AND THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER. NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND AT THE FORT BEND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS. THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED AND MEETING MINUTES WILL BE POSTED TO THE FORT BEND ISD SHACK WEBSITE WITHIN TEN DAYS. IF WE HAVE THE ATTENDANCE OF QUORUM, WE WILL BE ASKING FOR VOTES AND WE ASK THAT AT THIS TIME. EVERYBODY SILENCE YOUR PHONES AND PLEASE HOLD COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL EACH PRESENTER IS DONE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. AND I LOVE ALL THE BLUE THAT'S OUT THERE REPRESENTING FOR SHAQ.

LET'S SEE. HOPE EVERYBODY'S HAVING A GOOD DAY TODAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD. AND WE HAVE TWO GREAT PRESENTATIONS TODAY. DOCTOR CRAIG AND DOCTOR WALKER ARE GOING TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT ACTIVE LEARNING. AND WE ALSO HAVE UNITED AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING HERE. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE CARE OF SOME BUSINESS. THIS IS THE SECOND TO LAST MEETING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I WANTED TO THANK THE STUDENT WELLNESS COALITION FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS AND OUR MEMBERS. WE HAD AN APRIL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A PRETTY GOOD RESPONSE TO IT. SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING SOME NEW MEMBERS VERY, VERY SOON. AND WE ADDED OUR NEW LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AT THE END OF ALL OF OUR MEETINGS. SO I THINK IT'S GOING PRETTY WELL.

WE'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME. ALL RIGHT. SO THE STUDENT WELLNESS COALITION, I WANT SOMEBODY TO COME UP HERE IF THEY CAN. I THINK YOU GUYS ARE IN CHARGE OF THE BRAIN ENERGIZER. OKAY, GOOD.

THANK YOU GUYS.

HI. MY NAME IS SARAH. I'M FROM RICH POINT. I'M REBECCA AND I'M ALSO FROM RIDGE POINT. AND SO FOR OUR BRAIN BREAK TODAY, WE'D LIKE EVERYONE TO STAND UP FOR US. SO CAN WE HAVE EVERYONE RUB THEIR STOMACHS WITH THEIR LEFT HAND IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION? AND AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT YOU GUYS TO RUB THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD IN WITH YOUR RIGHT TOP, TOP, THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND. AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IT AT THE SAME TIME. OH, TAPPING ON TOP AND THEN RUBBING ON YOUR STOMACH. WHEN DO I TELL THEM FOR THE NEXT. OKAY. AND SO NEXT, I WANT YOU GUYS WHILE YOU'RE TAPPING AND YOU'RE RUBBING, I WANT YOU TO BEGIN TAPPING YOUR RIGHT FOOT. AND THEN I WANT YOU GUYS TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND IMAGINE YOU'RE EATING AN ICE CREAM CONE. AND MAKE SURE TO DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME. AND THEN WHILE YOU'RE DOING ALL OF THIS, I WANT YOU NOW TO IMAGINE SEEING A MONKEY RIDE A BIKE, BUT MAKE SURE YOU'RE DOING IT ALL TOGETHER. WOULD YOU STILL HAVE IN YOUR HEAD ICE CREAM? AND YOU SEE THAT MONKEY RIDING THE BIKE? AND SO THEN FINALLY SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY. TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. AND THAT WAS THE ENTIRE BRAIN BREAK.

ALRIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. THAT WAS AWESOME. I THINK THAT WOKE EVERYBODY UP FOR THE DAY. OKAY.

OH WE HAVE OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO. SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH OUR FIRST

[II. Presentations]

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AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF MAGIC. IF YOU'RE SAYING WHAT IS MAGIC? WE'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN IT. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WE'LL IT IS A STUDY. AND WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR STUDY. SO WE'RE GOING TO FIRST START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A TRUE FALSE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GAME, BECAUSE WE VERY MUCH LIKE TO PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH. SO THE WAY THIS IS GOING TO WORK IS I AM GOING TO READ A STATEMENT. IF YOU BELIEVE IT IS TRUE, I WANT YOU TO STAND UP. IF YOU THINK IT'S FALSE, THEN YOU CAN EITHER STAY SEATED OR YOU CAN SIT DOWN. IF YOU'RE STANDING, THERE'LL BE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM NICE AND SLOWLY. SO THE FIRST ONE, THIS IS JUST TO GET US STARTED. EXERCISE IS GOOD FOR LEARNING. SO IF YOU BELIEVE IT IS TRUE, STAND UP, SIT DOWN. I SEE AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF STANDING UP, WHICH IS GOOD. WE STARTED A LITTLE BIT EASY, SO WE KNOW EXERCISE IS GOOD FOR LEARNING. THERE'S LOTS OF STUDIES THAT CONSISTENTLY SHOW ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE CAN HELP STUDENTS LEARN. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW IT HELPS AND MOMENTARILY. BUT WHILE WE'RE STANDING, IF EVERYONE COULD JUST DO FIVE QUICK SQUATS, THAT'S GOING TO HELP OUR LEARNING. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. SO YOU CAN ALL STAY STANDING.

YOU CAN ALL STAY STANDING. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION. SO GUIDELINES RECOMMEND YOU ENGAGE IN 30 MINUTES OF DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. SO IF YOU THINK THIS IS TRUE YOU CAN STAY STANDING. IF YOU THINK IT'S FALSE YOU CAN SIT DOWN. SO I SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE MIXING. I SEE SOME PEOPLE ARE SITTING, SOME PEOPLE ARE STANDING. SO JUST TO CUT THE SUSPENSE, I'LL SHARE THE ACTUAL. SO THIS IS TECHNICALLY FALSE. GUIDELINES RECOMMEND YOUTH ENGAGE IN 60 MINUTES OF DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. NOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THOUGHT IT WAS TRUE, THIS IS AN EASY ONE TO CONFUSE BECAUSE 30 MINUTES OF ACTIVITY SHOULD BE DONE IN SCHOOLS. SO THAT IS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION. SO IF YOU'RE NOT STANDING, I JUST INVITE YOU TO STAND BACK UP. WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO FIVE QUICK ARM RAISES. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE 12345. ALL RIGHT. HERE'S THE NEXT ONE. ABOUT 35% OF US HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE DAILY PHYSICAL EDUCATION. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO IF YOU THINK THIS IS TRUE STAND UP. IF YOU THINK IT'S FALSE, SIT DOWN. SO I SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A MIX HERE.

WHAT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS SUGGEST IS THAT THIS WOULD BE FALSE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER. SO IT'D BE ABOUT 2,027% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE DAILY PHYSICAL EDUCATION. YOU KNOW THE DATA ARE A LITTLE BIT LAGGING. SO THIS IS FROM THE YOUTH RISK BEHAVIORAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, WHICH IS A REPRESENTATIVE SURVEY. AND YOU CAN SEE IN 2023, THE ESTIMATE IS ABOUT 27% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE IT. SO IF YOU COULD JUST STAND BACK UP FOR US, WE'RE GOING TO DO FIVE KNEE TOUCHES. SO THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE YOU CAN JUST CROSS IT LIKE THIS TWO 345. ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT ONE RESEARCH SUGGESTS STUDENTS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE STUDENTS ARE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE FOR ABOUT 16 TO 25% OF A TYPICAL RECESS PERIOD. SO DO YOU FEEL IF YOU THINK IT'S TRUE, YOU CAN STAND UP. IF YOU THINK IT'S FALSE, YOU'D SIT DOWN. I SEE MOST PEOPLE ARE STAYING STANDING, A COUPLE PEOPLE SITTING. THIS IS ACTUALLY TRUE. SO BASED ON A RECENT STUDY IN A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF TEN AND 11 YEAR OLDS, BOYS ENGAGED IN AN AVERAGE OF FOUR MINUTES OF MODERATE TO VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, I WILL SAY THE AVERAGE RECESS PERIOD IN THE STUDY WAS 16 MINUTES. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE PERCENTAGES FROM. GIRLS ENGAGED IN AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 2.5 MINUTES OF MODERATE TO VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. SO IF YOU OFFER 30 MINUTES OF RECESS, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS TRANSLATE TO 30 MINUTES OF MODERATE TO VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING. IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF. SO IF YOU'RE STANDING, WE'LL JUST DO FIVE LATERAL ARM RAISES. SO 12345. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE LAST ONE. ABOUT 25% OF YOUTH MEET PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDELININININININININININ RECOF YOU THINK THIS IS TRUE STAND UP.

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BUT YOU KNOW, THESE APPROACHES ARE REALLY HELPFUL, BUT THERE ARE IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES.

WE KNOW IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY FOR TEACHERS OR SCHOOL STAFF TO JUST PICK THESE UP AND START USING THEM. SO THE COMMON BARRIERS THAT WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT FROM EDUCATORS ARE, AND TEACHERS IN PARTICULAR IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENT BEHAVIOR. IF THEY START DOING BRAIN BOOSTS AND OPENING UP THE CLASSROOM TO THE ACTIVITY, IT CAN FEEL EASY TO LOSE CONTROL OF THAT CLASSROOM. SO THAT CAN REALLY DISCOURAGE THE BEHAVIOR. THEY ALSO NOTE THAT THERE'S A LACK OF TIME. SO WE KNOW SCHEDULES ARE VERY BUSY AND CURRICULA THEY YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SET TIMING OFTEN. SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO INTEGRATE ACTIVITY INTO IT. AND THE LAST ONE IS A LACK OF LEADERSHIP SUPPORT. SO SOMETIMES TEACHERS FEEL REALLY PRESSURED TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THROUGH THAT CURRICULA OR CURRICULUM. AND THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT IF YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S DISTRICT OR SCHOOL LEADERS THAT ARE DOING THE ROUNDS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FEEL SUPPORTED IF THEY HAVE THEIR STUDENTS UP AND OUT OF OUT OF THEIR SEATS WHILE THEY'RE LEARNING. SO WE'RE DOING A STUDY TO TRY AND HELP IMPROVE THE USE OF THESE APPROACHES. AND SO OUR STUDIES REALLY DESIGNED TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE BARRIERS. AND OVERALL OUR STUDY IS CALLED MAGIC. IT STANDS FOR MOVEMENT

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THE STUDY IS FUNDED BY AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. SO THAT'S AN ENTITY MOST INTERESTED IN THE WORK. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE'RE DOING AND WHAT MAGIC IS. SO OVERALL, IT'S AN IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT APPROACH. WE ALSO CALL IT AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY. AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS WE PROVIDE SCHOOLS WITH LEADER TRAINING, TEACHER TRAINING, AND THEN WE COMPLEMENT THAT WITH A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER JUST TO REINFORCE SOME OF THE THEMES THAT WE PRESENT IN THE TRAINING. ALL OF IT IS TO PROMOTE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE BREAKS OR THOSE BRAIN BOOSTS AND PHYSICALLY ACTIVE LESSONS IN MOTOR LABS IF THE SCHOOLS HAVE THEM. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THINGS WOULD WORK. SO THIS IS A TYPICAL TYPICAL TIMELINE. JUST KNOW WE ARE PRETTY FLEXIBLE WITH THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH, BUT WE START THE SCHOOL YEAR BY WORKING WITH LEADERSHIP TEAMS AT PARTNER SCHOOLS. WE.

WE WORK WITH THEM TO SET GOALS FOR THEIR TEACHERS, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE AN ADDITIONAL MEETING WITH THEM WHERE WE WOULD HELP EDUCATE THEM HOW BEST, HOW THEY CAN BEST SUPPORT THE TEACHERS. THE WHOLE POINT OF WORKING WITH THE LEADERS IS TO HELP BUILD CAPACITY WITHIN THESE SCHOOLS. SO ONCE WE LEAVE, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MAINTAIN THE APPROACHES. THEN WE HELP PROVIDE TRAINING SESSIONS TO TEACHERS WHERE WE EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF BRAIN BOOSTS AND HOW TO MANAGE CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR, HOW TO MANAGE TIME AND SCHEDULES, AND REALLY ADDRESS THOSE KEY BARRIERS. WE START DISTRIBUTING THAT NEWSLETTER TO REINFORCE THE CONTENT. THEN WE START WORKING WITH TEACHERS ON THE MOVEMENT INTEGRATION. THAT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING. SO WE DO THAT AS A SECOND PART OF THE APPROACH. THEN WE CHECK BACK IN WITH THE LEADERS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING. WE DO ANOTHER SESSION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT YEAR TO HELP LAUNCH THEM IN TRANSITION THINGS, SO THEY CAN REALLY TAKE OWNERSHIP OVER THE APPROACH AND REALLY KEEP THINGS GOING. NOW, ALL OF OUR SESSIONS, THEY'RE REALLY LED THROUGH MOVEMENT. WE THINK THAT THIS IS A KEY ELEMENT OF WHAT WE DO AND WHAT MOTIVATES EDUCATORS TO REALLY SEE THE BENEFIT. SO THE LEADERSHIP SESSIONS, YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE PICTURE HERE. THEY'RE UP OUT OF THEIR SEATS. THEY'RE PLANNING FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR IN THIS SESSION. THOSE ARE THE LEADERSHIP SESSIONS ARE TYPICALLY SMALLER BECAUSE IT'S A SMALLER GROUP OF LEADERS WITHIN THE SCHOOL TEACHER SESSIONS WE USUALLY USE WITH LIKE A LARGER GROUP. THE PICTURE HERE, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE SHOWING AN EXERCISE OF HOW TO CALM STUDENTS DOWN AFTER MOVEMENT. AND THEN THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A COVER PAGE OF A NEWSLETTER. WE'RE JUST PROVIDING MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGING, REINFORCING SOME OF THE KEY THEMES OF THE TRAINING, AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT TEACHERS CAN USE ON SUBSEQUENT PAGES. SO WE HAVE DONE THIS WITH PAST SCHOOLS AND OTHER DISTRICT PARTNERS, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME RESULTS FROM A FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER WHO REALLY LOVED THESE APPROACHES. SHE WAS REALLY DEDICATED AND SHE CAME BACK TO US AND SAID, OH MY GOSH, I SAW SUCH AN IMPROVEMENT IN MY CLASSROOM. SO AGAIN, THIS IS FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER. ON THE LEFT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR STAR ASSESSMENT. SO YOU CAN SEE AVERAGE SCORES IN THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS APPROACHING GRADE LEVEL ON THE RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE END OF YEAR ASSESSMENT. SO SHE SAW TREMENDOUS GROWTH. SHE GOT RECOGNIZED IN HER DISTRICT FOR REALLY HAVING EXCEPTIONAL GROWTH AMONG HER STUDENTS. SO WE ALSO LOOKED ACROSS ALL THE DATA WE COLLECTED WITH OUR PAST PARTNER, BECAUSE WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN NOT JUST THE HEALTH BENEFITS, BUT THE ACADEMIC BENEFITS. WE HAVE LOTS OF CONCERNS THAT, WELL, IF YOU TAKE TIME AWAY FROM LEARNING, THIS COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR LEARNING. BUT WHAT A LOT OF THE RESEARCH EVIDENCE SAYS IS THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE. SO WE LOOKED AT OUR DATA AND THE STUDENTS WHO WERE IN CLASSROOMS WHERE TEACHERS PROVIDED 4 TO 10 MINUTES OF ACTIVITY, AND WE COMPARED THEIR TEST SCORES. AND WHAT WE SAW WAS CONSISTENT EVIDENCE SUGGESTING HIGHER TEST SCORES WITH STUDENTS WHO WERE IN TEACHERS WITH CLASSROOMS PROVIDING ACTIVITY COMPARED TO TEACHERS WHO DID NOT PROVIDE ACTIVITY. NOW, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT IF A TEACHER DOES THESE, THEY'RE GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY IMPROVE TEST SCORES. BUT IT CERTAINLY SUGGESTING IT'S NOT HURTING ACADEMICS IN ANY WAY. AND PART OF THE RESEARCH WE'RE DOING WITH FORT BEND IS TO COLLECT MORE DATA, TRY AND UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER. THIS STUDY WAS PRETTY SMALL IN SCOPE, SO WE DON'T WANT TO OVERINTERPRET THINGS AT THIS STAGE, BUT SO FAR THE RESULTS ARE PRETTY PROMISING. SO WE ALSO TALKED TO A LOT OF ELEMENTARY AGED STUDENTS. WE'RE PRIMARILY WORKING WITH ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS AT THIS STAGE, AND WE ALWAYS HEAR POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE STUDENTS. THEY REALLY LIKE THE APPROACHES. THIS IS JUST A QUOTE FROM A THIRD GRADER WE INTERVIEWED, AND JUST HIGHLIGHTING HOW, YOU KNOW, USING THESE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACHES. IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE DOING WORK AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN

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SO THE LAST PART OF OUR PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO PRESENT AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR PROJECT. SO YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT. SO WE'VE JUST COMPLETED TECHNICALLY YEAR ONE OF OUR STUDY, AS YOU COULD IMAGINE, YEAR ONE, IT'S REALLY A PLANNING YEAR. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THINGS UP, GET THINGS READY FOR THE ACTUAL TRIAL PHASE. SO WE RECEIVED FUNDING LAST SPRING. OVER THE SUMMER, WE GOT OUR STUDY APPROVALS COMPLETED. SO THAT'S MAKING SURE FORT BEND IS OKAY WITH EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING AND THAT WE HAVE OVERSIGHT FROM UT HEALTH. THEN IN THE FALL, WE STARTED A DISTRICT WIDE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHERE WE JUST CONNECTED WITH YOUR PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS TO COLLECT A LITTLE BIT OF DATA ABOUT WHAT THE CURRENT PRACTICES ARE. AND RIGHT NOW IN THE SPRING, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SCHOOL NEEDS ASSESSMENTS. SO WE CONNECTED WITH FOUR SCHOOLS FOR THE STUDY. THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH. THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM NOW TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THEIR CHALLENGES ARE AND WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE LIKE TRYING TO PROMOTE THESE CLASSROOM BASED APPROACHES. WE'LL TAKE THAT INFORMATION INTO THE SUMMER. WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE ALL OF OUR MATERIALS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND REALLY TAILOR IT FOR FORT BEND SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY'RE REALLY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE STUDY, AND THEN MOVING INTO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THAT'S WHEN WE'LL START THE TRIAL PHASE OF THE STUDY. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS WE'RE WORKING WITH TOTAL. WE'LL DO A BASELINE ASSESSMENT IN THE FALL. THAT'S WHERE WE'LL COLLECT DATA ON TEACHER USE OF THESE CLASSROOM BASED APPROACHES. AND THEN WE'LL ROLL OUT OUR IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT.

WE'LL DO IT WITH TWO SCHOOLS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN WE'LL DO FOLLOW UP ASSESSMENTS WITH THEM. AND THEN IN THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL PROVIDE THE SUPPORT FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS. AND WE'LL COLLECT DATA THROUGHOUT THE STUDY AT ALL THE SCHOOLS. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMPARE WHEN THE SCHOOLS HAVE THE SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT. AND THIS WILL GIVE US SOME GOOD INSIGHTS INTO WHETHER MAGIC IS REALLY HELPING TEACHERS USE THE APPROACHES. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO COLLECT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE STUDENTS ABOUT ACADEMICS AND THEIR ACTIVITY LEVELS. SO THAT'S A HIGH LEVEL QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY AND AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ABOUT OUR WORK AND HOW WE'RE CONNECTING WITH THE FORT BEND SCHOOLS FOR IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING. MY QUESTION WAS ON THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STAIR STEPS THAT GRADES THIRD THROUGH FIVE. WHY DO YOU THINK THERE WAS NOT A DIFFERENCE IN THE FIFTH GRADE, ESPECIALLY FOR MATH? YEAH, WELL, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IN THE FIFTH GRADE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO ISOLATE THE ACTIVITY LEVELS BECAUSE THEY SHUFFLE CLASSES MORE. SO WE DID. WE TRIED TO SORT OF PINPOINT THOSE. BUT THE OTHER ISSUE IS, AND TO BE TRANSPARENT, THESE ARE PRELIMINARY DATA. SO WE DON'T QUITE HAVE ENOUGH NUMBERS IN THE DATA TO HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THEM. BUT OVERALL THE TRENDS PRETTY CONSISTENT. BUT YEAH, WE REALLY WANT TO COLLECT MORE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT TO DO WITH WITH IN COLLABORATION WITH FORT BEND. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I LOVE THIS KIND OF STUFF. I'M WONDERING HOW WE CAN TAP INTO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING, EVEN THOUGH LIKE IT'S A STUDY AND IT'S LIMITED TO THE FOUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED. WHAT IF WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT WANT TO KIND OF EXPLORE SOME OF IT ON THEIR OWN? ARE WE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE? WELL, SO WE WILL PROVIDE LIKE A STRUCTURED SUPPORT APPROACH. WE'RE NOT GOING TO WITHHOLD ANYTHING. AND A LOT OF IT IS LIKE EDUCATING TEACHERS ON WHAT'S OUT THERE IN ADDITION TO THE WHY PIECE. SO YEAH, IF WE DON'T WANT TO WITHHOLD ANYTHING FROM TEACHERS, BUT THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN OUR STUDY, WHAT LIKE THE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T GET THE SUPPORT RIGHT AWAY, THEY SORT OF HAVE LIKE USUAL SUPPORT. SO IF THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGH THE DISTRICT OR OTHER MEANS, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE WITH THAT. LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO WITHHOLD ANYTHING. BUT AS PART OF LIKE THE FOUR SCHOOLS WORKING WITH THIS STUDY, LIKE THERE IS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUCTURAL STRUCTURED ROLLOUT. AND THE IDEA IS TO BE STRATEGIC. SO IF WE KNOW WHAT'S WORKING, THEN WE CAN REALLY BEST USE THE SCHOOLS AND THE TEACHERS TIME. AND THEN OUR, OUR HOPES WOULD BE THAT

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BUT YES, SO WE'RE NOT SAYING DON'T DO IT IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF MAGIC. FOR SURE. AND NATALIE HAS A QUESTION, I'LL HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. YEAH. SO WE HAD TO START SOMEWHERE TO KIND OF SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT REALLY WORKS OR NOT. BUT WE'RE ALSO KIND OF TAKING THE APPROACH OF LIKE BUILDING MOMENTUM. WE'RE GOING TO GO IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. SO WE HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL GRANT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. WE HAVE A LARGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRANT THAT'S UNDER REVIEW. I HAVE A PRE-K ONE THAT'S UNDER REVIEW, AS WELL AS A SMALL PILOT STUDY THAT'S BEEN FUNDED. AND SO WE'RE STARTING TO KIND OF TACKLE IT FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME MORE DATA COME IN AND THEY'RE SHOWING SIMILAR FINDINGS. AND THEN WE COULD TAKE IT POTENTIALLY TO LIKE A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. YEAH, I'LL JUST ADD THAT DATA WE'RE SHOWING RIGHT HERE. THIS IS FROM A FEASIBILITY STUDY.

THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T HEAR ME SAYING THIS IS IT. WE NEED MORE DATA, BUT IT'S VERY PROMISING SO FAR. THAT AGAIN, WHY WE'RE EXCITED TO EXPAND OUT THE WORK. THANK YOU GUYS. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT LIKE SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS AS WELL. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE HAVE PLANNED FOR LATER ON THIS YEAR. OKAY. MY QUESTION IS MORE IN LINE WITH IF YOU COME INTO A SCHOOL AND SAY THEY START IN THIRD GRADE AND YOU DO THE TRAINING, THE LEADERSHIP AND THEN THE TEACHER TRAINING, AND THEN THE STUDENTS MOVE TO THE FOURTH GRADE, IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR STAFF TURNOVER AS FAR AS HOW IT IMPACTS MAYBE THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL IF THEY'VE RECEIVED THE TRAINING IN THIRD GRADE, THE STAFFING, BUT THEN IT CHANGES, HOPEFULLY NOT TREMENDOUSLY, BUT MAYBE IT CHANGES. HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE COMPARISON BY GRADE MOVING FORWARD? YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING GREAT GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE HERE. JUST BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE GRADES THAT HAVE THE STAR TESTING DATA FOR US. BUT WHEN WE PROVIDE A TRAINING, WE DO IT MUCH MORE HOLISTICALLY. SO IT'S WITH ALL THE SCHOOL STAFF. SO WE DO WANT TO TRAIN EVERYONE.

NOW THERE'S TWO THINGS WE TRY AND DO WITH OUR TRAINING. ONE, WE TRY TO INVITE DISTRICT FOLKS IN. SO IT'S CO-FACILITATED. SO THAT WAY WE'RE BUILDING UP THE CAPACITY WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

AND THEN WE ALSO TRY AND INVITE SCHOOL STAFF IN TO HELP GUIDE IT. SO THEY HAVE SOME OWNERSHIP OVER IT. SO THAT'S ALSO WHY WE STAY WITH IT FOR LIKE TWO YEARS. SO WE GO THROUGH ONE SUMMER SO

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SO OUR OUR RESULTS WERE NOT NEAR, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE OTHER SCHOOLS WERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TRAIN HER, IT'S A GREAT, GREAT WAY TO DO IT. AND I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM. YEAH. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR YOUR COMMENTS AND SUPPORT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR GOOD WORK ON THE FIRST SLIDES. WHEN WITH THE QUESTIONS WE WERE STANDING UP AND NOT YOU, I THINK YOU SAID 25% OF US CHILDREN GET DAILY PE. DOES THAT MEAN FORMAL WITH A PE TEACHER? YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO IN FORT BEND I DON'T KNOW LADIES. WHAT WHAT WHAT WOULD OUR PERCENTAGE BE ON THAT OVER THERE? SO OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS GET PE TWICE A WEEK. OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS HAVE PE EVERY DAY OTHER THAN SEVENTH GRADE. THERE'S ONE SEMESTER WHERE THEY HAVE HEALTH, BUT THEY DO HAVE ACTIVITY DAYS WHERE THEY TAKE THEM OUT AND DO SOME ACTIVITY. AND THEN AT HIGH SCHOOL, THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENT FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS IS ONLY ONE YEAR. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BIGGEST GAP, BECAUSE I'D SAY YOUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS WERE WERE GETTING SOME GOOD ACTIVITY IN THERE. IT'S YOUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEY'RE ALL IN THIS ROOM. SO THEY CAN TELL YOU THEY PROBABLY TOOK PE AS A FRESHMAN. AND UNLESS THEY'RE PART OF ATHLETICS OR MARCHING BAND THAT HAS ACTIVITY, THEY DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN A STRUCTURED SCHEDULED PE CLASS. WE WOULD LOVE THAT TO CHANGE ONE DAY. BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

SO HIGH SCHOOL IS REALLY THAT AREA WHERE THERE'S LESS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO I'D SAY WE'RE ABOVE 25% FOR SURE, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE THE GAP WOULD BE. SO RECESS IS RECESS, RIGHT? SO WE TEN MINUTES OF RECESS IS COUNTED TOWARDS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MINUTES. IT'S STRUCTURED WITH THE INTENT TO RAISE THE HEART RATE, BUT NOT ALL OF RECESS. WE WOULD COUNT ABOUT TEN MINUTES OF RECESS TOWARDS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY JUST LIKE THEY THEY STATED EARLIER, RIGHT? YOU CAN OFFER RECESS. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO COUNT AS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS AT RECESS CAN CHOOSE TO PICK FLOWERS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE CAN'T MAKE THEM BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE. BUT TEN MINUTES OF THAT, BECAUSE THE STATE OF TEXAS REQUIRES 135 MINUTES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EACH WEEK. SO THEY GET THE TWO PE CLASSES DURING OUT CLASS, WHICH IS ABOUT 45 MINUTES, AND THEN TEN MINUTES EVERY DAY OF RECESS IS DIRECTED TO BE STRUCTURED WITH THE INTENT TO RAISE THE HEART RATE. AND CAMPUSES ARE STRATEGIC IN HOW THEY DO THAT. DID YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON MY QUESTION? WASN'T WASN'T MEANT TO BE CRITICAL. JUST TO POINT OUT THAT WAS DAILY EXERCISE. SO NONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY KIDS GET DAILY PE. AND SO, SO THAT THAT WAS MY THAT WAS MY POINT. SECONDLY. IN THE SCHOOLS THAT Y'ALL ARE WORKING WITH, DOES YOU DO ALL THE GRADES OR JUST THOSE THREE GRADES? SO WE WORKED WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND WE DID K THROUGH FIVE, K THROUGH FIVE. OKAY. AND IT'S EVERY TEACHER. YEAH. AWESOME.

OKAY. AND MY LAST QUESTION, BUT I MENTOR IN A COUPLE SCHOOLS AND I'M THINKING I, YOU KNOW,

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SO YEAH, I LOVE THAT. AND THAT THAT'S A LOT OF THE, LIKE WHEN WE TRY AND WORK WITH LEADERS, WE'RE TELLING THEM, HEY, IN YOUR STAFF MEETINGS, YOU CAN START WITH A BRAIN BOOST. LIKE I NEED TO PRACTICE WHAT I PREACH. YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH. THE ONE THAT WE STARTED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE BRAIN BREAK AND THE LAST LAUGH, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN EVERYONE SAID. SO JUST TO TAG ON TO THAT, DOUG. AND I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? SANDY. OKAY. SANDY, LIKE STEMS FROM THE TOP, RIGHT? LIKE THE STATE OF TEXAS TOP, BECAUSE LOTS OF OTHER STATES ACTUALLY MANDATE DAILY PE. SO NOT THAT FORT BEND ISD CAN'T TRY TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE LEADERSHIP LEAD THE PACK IN THAT WAY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP, ESPECIALLY FOR AS YOU ALL OUR STUDENTS ARE OUT THERE AND THINKING ABOUT HOW TO, TO MAKE CHANGE WITH THAT. SO THIS DATA THAT SAYS 4 TO 10 MINUTES, IS IT 4 TO 10 MINUTES IN THE WHOLE DAY OR ONE PERIOD? WELL, SO THIS IS LIKE 4 TO 10 MINUTES OF THAT CLASSROOM BASED ACTIVITY THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING IN THE CLASSROOMS. SO IT'S COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SO THIS COULD BE ONE TEACHER DOING ONE JUST ONE BOOST OR TEACHER LIKE A TEACHER DOING TWO BOOSTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY. OKAY. IT'S JUST COLLECTED LIKE DURING THEIR TEACHER CLASSROOM TIME. IT'S A SELF REPORT. YEAH. OKAY. SO IN THE WHOLE DAY, IF THEY DO 4 TO 10 MINUTES, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR DATA. OKAY. YEAH. AGAIN, WE WANT TO COLLECT MORE DATA, BUT WE'RE INTRIGUED THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE GRADE LEVELS. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THAT WAS AMAZING. WE APPRECIATE ALL THIS HARD WORK AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE RESULTS. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S COOL. SURE. OKAY, SO UP NEXT WE HAVE MR. TAYLOR JOHNSON AND HE'S THE OUTREACH AND PREVENTION MANAGER FOR UNITED AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

WE'RE GOOD. OH, EXCELLENT. OKAY. COME ON UP. HI, EVERYBODY. OKAY, THERE IT IS. THERE IT IS. I'M OKAY. MY NAME IS TAYLOR JOHNSON, OUTREACH MANAGER WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED UNITED AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING. SO I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY PRETTY SENSITIVE SUBJECT. SO WHILE I'M HERE, IF AT ANY POINT YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE, ANGRY, SAD, CONFUSED, IS THERE ANY KIND OF NEGATIVE, SOMETHING STARTS TO COME UP FOR YOU. IF YOU NEED TO TAKE A STEP OUT, PLAY ON YOUR PHONE FOR A MINUTE, GET A DRINK OF WATER, CALL SOMEBODY. DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE AND SUPPORT, NOT MAKE ANYONE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS ABOUT MY ORGANIZATION AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. SO I'M GOING TO START HERE. I'M WITH UNITED AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING. WE'RE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA TO IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING SITUATIONS. WE DO THAT A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS. ONE CRUCIAL WAY, KIND OF LIKE WE'RE DOING TODAY, IS EDUCATION. WE TRY TO GET IN FRONT OF AS MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO INFORM THEM ABOUT WHAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, HOW IT HAPPENS. WE GO TO SCHOOLS, WE GO TO PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO INTERACT WITH SOMEONE WHO'S BEING EXPLOITED. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. LAST YEAR, WE TRAINED ALL OF HPD. THAT'S OFFICERS AND ADMIN STAFF TO BE ABLE TO SPOT AND RESPOND TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING SITUATION. WE ALSO GO TO PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE VULNERABLE TO EXPERIENCING EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR SCHOOLS, OUR JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS, SUBSTANCE USE RECOVERY CENTERS, ADULT JAILS AS WELL. DROP IN CENTERS FOR THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR LGBTQ, PLUS FRIENDS, ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WHAT WE CALL DIRECT SERVICES AS WELL. SO IF WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE RUNNING A PROGRAM AND SOMEONE SAYS, HEY, I THINK WHAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT HAS HAPPENED TO ME, WE CAN CONNECT THEM WITH OUR CASE MANAGERS WHO WILL HELP THEM WITH THINGS LIKE HOUSING, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION, CHILDCARE, WHATEVER IT IS THAT

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PEOPLE EXPLOITED FOR SEXUAL REASONS. I SAW ANOTHER HAND GROOMING. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH. ONE MORE. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. COOL. YEAH. PERFECT. I HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD ANSWERS TO WORK FROM. WE'LL KIND OF START THERE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING REALLY IS. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, THERE'S A, A CLICKY BEFORE THIS WHERE IT SHOWS DIFFERENT WORDING IN THE MEAN SECTION, IT'LL SAY FORCE FRAUD AND COERCION UNDER THAT. SO JUST PRETEND THAT THAT'S THERE. WE GET OUR DEFINITION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING FROM WHAT'S CALLED THE TVPA, THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT. DOES ANYONE WANT TO GUESS WHAT YEAR HUMAN TRAFFICKING WAS OFFICIALLY OUTLAWED IN THE UNITED STATES? OKAY, I HEARD 2020 SOMETHING. 17. ANY 1990S OR 1980S? ANY 1800S? NO. OKAY.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY OPTIMISTS IN THE ROOM. THAT'S OKAY. SO THIS LAW WAS PUT IN PLACE IN THE YEAR 2000, WHICH IS NOT A LONG TIME FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS. WE ARE VERY MUCH A BABY, BUT WE'VE LEARNED A LOT IN THE PAST 25 YEARS. THE TVPA PROVIDES US WITH THE AMP MODEL TO DEFINE A HUMAN TRAFFICKING SITUATION IN ACTION BY A MEANS FOR A PURPOSE. I'M GOING TO BREAK THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO START ON THE RIGHT SIDE HERE WITH THE PURPOSE. THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF TRAFFICKING THAT WE DISCUSS IN OUR WORK. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT WE DO NOT DISCUSS. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT DRUG OR WEAPON, WHAT DRUG OR WEAPON TRAFFICKING. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT LIKE ORGAN HARVESTING. WE DON'T EVEN REALLY TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE KIDNAPING. NOT TO SAY THAT THOSE THINGS ARE NOT IMPORTANT OR THEY'RE NOT RELEVANT, BUT IN OUR WORK, THAT'S REALLY NOT WHAT WE ENCOUNTER. VERY OFTEN THE TWO THAT WE DO DISCUSS ARE SEX TRAFFICKING AND LABOR TRAFFICKING. SEX TRAFFICKING IS WHEN A PERSON IS THROUGH FORCE, FRAUD, OR COERCION, COMPELLED TO ENGAGE IN A COMMERCIAL SEX ACT. A COMMERCIAL SEX ACT IS A SEX ACT WHERE SOMETHING IS TRADED OR EXCHANGED. WHAT WOULD SOMEONE TRADE OR EXCHANGE FOR SEX MONEY? I HEARD ANOTHER ONE. DRUGS, GIFTS, SERVICES THAT COULD MEAN ANYTHING, RIGHT? WHICH UNDER THIS DEFINITION, IT'S ANYTHING THAT THAT PERSON VALUES IF IT'S TRADED OR EXCHANGED FOR SEX, THAT'S COMMERCIAL SEX. IF THAT PERSON WAS TRICKED OR FORCED, WE HAVE SEX TRAFFICKING. I'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH KIND OF AN EXAMPLE. WE HAD A 19 YEAR OLD CASE MANAGEMENT CLIENT WHO GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. THE YEAR BEFORE THAT. SHE GOT TO US. SHE MET HER BOYFRIEND ON BUMBLE, A DATING APP, AND THEY WERE TOGETHER FOR MAYBE 5 OR 6 MONTHS. AND HE SAID, HEY, YOU SHOULD MOVE IN WITH ME. THINGS ARE GOING REALLY GOOD. WE CAN COMBINE OUR BANK ACCOUNTS. IT'LL BE GREAT. SO IT HAPPENS.

AND THEN THE FIRST MONTH THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PAY RENT, HE COMES AND SAYS, HEY, LOOK, I WENT GAMBLING. WE DON'T HAVE RENT MONEY. BUT A FRIEND OF MINE SAID THAT IF HE COULD TAKE YOU ON A DATE, THAT HE WOULD PAY OUR RENT FOR LIKE THREE MONTHS. AND AT FIRST SHE WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK THIS IS LIKE. YOU THINK I'M STUPID OR SOMETHING. BUT LIKE, SHE, HE, HE CAME BACK AND WAS LIKE, HEY, LOOK, LIKE YOU SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME, RIGHT? SO DO THIS FOR US. AND OUR OPTIONS RIGHT NOW ARE THIS OR WE'RE HOMELESS. SO YOU GO AHEAD, DECIDE. HE CAME BACK AND MANIPULATED HER. HE WAS PRETENDING TO BE HER BOYFRIEND.

IN REALITY, HE WAS A PIMP. THAT'S HOW SEX TRAFFICKING CAN LOOK. LABOR TRAFFICKING. NOT A

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YOU EVER HEARD OF INTEREST? EVERY DAY. YOU DIDN'T PAY ME BACK. I ADDED ON TO WHAT YOU OWED ME. SO BY THE TIME THAT HE HAD BEEN WORKING THIS TIME, HE OWED SO MUCH MORE THAN HE WAS EVER ABLE TO PAY OFF. SO HE STARTED WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER. HE WAS IN HIS 60S WHEN HE WAS IDENTIFIED AS A VICTIM. SO THAT'S HOW LABOR TRAFFICKING CAN LOOK. I'M GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO THE MIDDLE SECTION HERE. THE MEANS THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. THIS IS HOW YOU SHOW THAT A CRIME IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING AS OPPOSED TO A DIFFERENT CRIME. SO IT WOULD SAY FORCE FRAUD OR COERCION UNDER THERE WHEN IT COMES TO FORCE, HAS ANYONE HERE EVER SEEN THE MOVIE TAKEN? COUPLE PEOPLE. OKAY, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN IT, IT'S KIND OF THE THE MOVIE THAT PEOPLE REFERENCE THE MOST WHEN WE DO THESE PRESENTATIONS. IT'S THIS VERY VIOLENT, OVER-THE-TOP MOVIE WHERE A YOUNG WOMAN AND HER FRIEND GET KIDNAPED BY THESE BIG, SCARY DUDES WHO TAKE THEM TO THIS ABANDONED WAREHOUSE AND THEY'RE LIKE, CHAINED TO THE WALLS AND DRUGGED AND SOLD FOR SEX. THERE'S A SCENE WHERE THEY'RE LITERALLY BEING AUCTIONED OFF IN THIS ROOM WITH A PLATFORM AND A SPOTLIGHT, AND THERE'S THESE, LIKE, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THAT ARE BIDDING ON THEM. SO THERE'S THIS PART IN THE MOVIE WHERE THE MAIN CHARACTER IS ON THE PHONE WITH HIS GOVERNMENT PALS OR WHOEVER'S HELPING HIM FIGHT THIS, AND HE SAYS, THIS IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THESE ARE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS PEOPLE WILL SEE A MOVIE SUCH AS TAKEN AND THEY'LL THINK, OKAY, THAT'S HUMAN TRAFFICKING. IT'S VIOLENT. IT HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF A KIDNAPING. IT'S LIKE RICH GOVERNMENT PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED AND IT'S FAR AWAY.

IT'S OVER THERE. SO I'M HERE TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT'S NOT THE CASE. I SAY ALL OF THAT TO TALK ABOUT FORCE. FORCE COULD BE ANYTHING PHYSICAL THAT IS USED TO GET SOMEONE IN A SITUATION OR TO KEEP THEM THERE, BUT IT'S MOSTLY USED TO KEEP THEM THERE. ANY GUESSES AS TO WHAT NUMBER OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING SITUATIONS START WITH A KIDNAPING? IT'S LESS THAN 10%. IT'S ABOUT 8%, WHICH IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE THINK. MOST PEOPLE ASSUME IT'S THE VAN THAT PARKS A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO YOUR CAR. SO THEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR AND THEY SNATCH YOU, OR THE UBER THAT TRIES TO TAKE YOU TO A WAREHOUSE INSTEAD OF WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GO. I'M NOT SAYING THOSE THINGS ARE NOT REAL. THOSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN. OF COURSE THEY DO. I'M NOT SAYING THAT VIOLENCE IN OUR WORLD DOESN'T EXIST. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING SITUATIONS, THAT'S WHAT WE SEE.

THE LEAST OF FRAUD IS THE MOST COMMON METHOD THAT IS USED BY A TRAFFICKER. THE EXAMPLES THAT I GAVE TO DESCRIBE EACH KIND OF TRAFFICKING WERE BOTH EXAMPLES OF FRAUD. I'M GOING TO PRETEND TO BE YOUR BOYFRIEND, AND THEN I'M GOING TO SWITCH IT UP. WHENEVER YOU RELY ON ME, WHENEVER YOU'RE DEPENDENT UPON ME, OR I'M YOUR EMPLOYER AND I'M HERE TO HELP, YET I'M TRAFFICKING YOU. SO THOSE ARE BOTH EXAMPLES OF FRAUD. A LOT OF THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE IN MY SEVEN YEARS WITH UNITED AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAS BEEN IN SCHOOLS, FORT BEND SCHOOLS INCLUDED. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS COERCION. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THAT IN SCHOOLS.

SO A YOUNG PERSON MEETS SOMEONE ONLINE AND THEY START TALKING AND THEN PICTURES OR VIDEOS OR EVENTUALLY EXCHANGED, AND THEN THAT PERSON SAYS, I KNOW YOU THOUGHT THAT I WAS LIKE A HIGH SCHOOLER. MAYBE I'M MAYBE I'M IN SPRING OR KATIE OR SOMETHING. I'M ACTUALLY AN ADULT AND YOU'RE GOING TO MEET UP WITH ME IN PERSON AND DO WHAT I TELL YOU, OR EVERYONE'S GOING TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN UP TO. THAT WOULD BE COERCION. THAT'S WHAT WE SEE THE MOST IN SCHOOL SETTINGS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT YOU NEED AN ACTION, A MEANS AND A PURPOSE. SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE BENEFITED IN SOME WAY IN ORDER FOR A TRAFFICKING SITUATION TO BE A TRAFFICKING SITUATION, AS OPPOSED TO A DIFFERENT CRIME LIKE WAGE THEFT OR PROSTITUTION. LIKE THOSE ARE

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IT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, RHONDA KIRKENDALL, WHO'S A REALLY AMAZING SURVIVOR LEADER, AND THEN US AS KIND OF THE HEAD ORGANIZATION OF THAT COLLECTIVE WHERE WE MEET TO PUSH OUT FORT BEND SPECIFIC TRAFFICKING INITIATIVES. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING A MEETING OR GETTING CONNECTED, LET ME KNOW AFTER. AND THEN ESPECIALLY AS WE GET READY FOR THE WORLD CUP, I THINK THERE ARE SEVEN MATCHES OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT A MONTH THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING HERE IN HOUSTON. WE'RE FIGHTING IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. SO ONE THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS SPREADING AWARENESS IN A LOT. A LOT OF THE COUNTRIES THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE COMING FROM, THINGS LIKE SEX PURCHASING MIGHT BE LEGAL OR MAYBE IT'S ILLEGAL, BUT IT'S NOT STRICTLY ENFORCED. TEXAS WAS THE FIRST STATE IN THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE PURCHASING SEX A FELONY. SO WE'RE SPREADING AWARENESS ABOUT, HEY, YOU CAN'T DO THAT HERE. SO WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME TRANS TRANS TRANSACTION INTERCEPTS IS WHAT THEY CALL THEM, ESSENTIALLY DEMAND REDUCTION OPERATIONS. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING THOSE ONLINE ADS THAT ARE BEING POSTED. BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE THESE BIG EVENTS, WE ACTUALLY SEE THAT SEX ADS INCREASE. AND WHEN SEX ADS INCREASE, A LOT OF TIMES THAT DEMAND IS ACTUALLY SATISFIED BY A TRAFFICKING VICTIM. EXCUSE ME. WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF PARTNERS THAT ARE WORKING ON SOME SAFE HOUSING. IF WE'RE IF WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SITUATIONS OF, ESPECIALLY LABOR TRAFFICKING, THAT ARE GOING TO BE OCCURRING DURING THE WORLD CUP, FIFA AND WORLD CUP HAS DONE REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THEIR LABOR PRACTICES ARE KIND OF WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. BUT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THAT COULD STILL BE OCCURRING IN ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PLACES. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ACTUALLY ABOUT THAT BIG EVENT BEING HERE. SO YEAH, AND THEN THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT, BUT.

SORRY, I THINK THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD LEAVE BEFORE ANY QUESTIONS, KIND OF THE MAIN THING THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO USE IS THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE. IT'S A 24 HOUR HOTLINE THAT YOU COULD CALL OR TEXT. THEY SPEAK OVER 200 LANGUAGES. YOU CAN REPORT ANONYMOUSLY AS WELL. SO MAYBE FOR SOME REASON YOU DON'T WANT TO BE INTERACTING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY. YOU DON'T WANT SOMEONE, YOU DON'T WANT IT TO COME BACK TO YOU THAT YOU MADE A REPORT YOU CAN REPORT ANONYMOUSLY, WHICH IS REALLY COOL. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO KIND OF ZERO IN ON IS THAT DO NOT INTERVENE SECTION THERE. IF YOU KNOW OF A SITUATION RIGHT NOW THAT SOMETHING I'VE DESCRIBED IS LIKE, WHOA, OKAY, MAYBE THAT OR IF YOU COME ACROSS A SITUATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD WANT IS FOR SOMEONE TO TRY TO GET INVOLVED DIRECTLY. YOU'RE NOT LIAM NEESON IN TAKEN, OKAY. DON'T TRY TO BE THE HERO. DON'T CONFRONT A TRAFFICKER. ALSO, DON'T KIND OF SNEAK BEHIND A TRAFFICKER AND BE LIKE, COME ON, LET'S GO, LET'S GO, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO TURN OUT WELL, RIGHT? SO CALL THE HOTLINE 911 IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF EXTRA RESOURCES THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE, LIKE HATRA, WHICH IS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNER THAT GOES AND DOES SOME OF THOSE LIKE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE SITUATIONS UNITED AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING, YMCA INTERNATIONAL, THE LANDING, A COUPLE OF THOSE ARE IN HAVE OFFICES IN FORT BEND ARE KIND OF OUR VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED OR WANT TO LEARN MORE, LET ME KNOW. AND THEN ANOTHER THING TO POINT OUT TOO IS WE ARE ALSO AN APPROVED VENDOR HERE IN FORT BEND. SO IF YOU WANT US TO COME IN AND TALK TO ANY OF YOUR STUDENTS OR YOUR STAFF, WE ARE EXCITED AT THE THOUGHT OF DOING THAT. SO JUST KIND OF LET ME KNOW. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO AT LEAST MAKE SURE I FOCUSED ON.

DO WE HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS OR SHOULD I? OKAY, A COUPLE QUESTIONS IF ANYONE HAS THEM.

NO WORRIES. IF NOT, OKAY. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN HOUSTON, AND SO I KNOW ONE OF THE REASONS WHY HOUSTON'S, I BELIEVE THE NUMBER ONE CITY FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS WELL, IS BECAUSE IT'S A PORT CITY. IS

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SO OUR OFFICE IS ACTUALLY ON THE EAST END, LIKE 45 AND TELEPHONE AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE CASES WHERE KIND OF THE MAIN KIND OF LOCATIONS WERE LIKE, RIGHT ON TELEPHONE. THERE WAS, I DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME, BUT SHE WAS RUNNING $1 MILLION A YEAR BROTHEL, ESSENTIALLY, WHERE HER YOUNGEST VICTIM WAS HER 14 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER. AND THAT WAS RIGHT ON TELEPHONE ROAD. BUT ALSO WE SEE A LOT OF LABOR TRAFFICKING OCCURRING KIND OF IN THAT AREA, LIKE A LOT OF THE SITES, LIKE THE DAY LABORER SITES, THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WHERE WE DON'T ACTUALLY SEE THEM OUT ANYMORE FOR FEAR OF, YOU KNOW, BEING RECOGNIZED AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SUBSEQUENT RESPONSES TO THAT. BUT THEN WE ALSO SEE THE CANTINAS THAT OPERATE KIND OF ALONG LIKE THE SHIP CHANNEL IN THE PORT OVER THERE. AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ACTUALLY A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH SHUTTING DOWN THINGS LIKE CANTINAS, BROTHELS, ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES, WHICH ARE BIG KIND OF ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN. THEY'RE ACTUALLY MORE ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES THAN THERE ARE. MCDONALD'S IN HOUSTON. SO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. GREAT QUESTION. LOVE THAT. SO IT'S INTERESTING TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT LIKE CURRENT EVENTS. AND SO HAVE YOU LOOKED AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN LIGHT OF, I GUESS, ICE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY ON LABOR TRAFFICKING? I, I COULD ACTUALLY SEE A POSITIVE MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, IT, IT'S CHALLENGING BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE KIND OF SEEN IS PEOPLE THAT ARE IN KIND OF VULNERABLE SITUATIONS OR THAT ARE BEING EXPLOITED ARE ACTUALLY KIND OF THE TARGETS, NOT REALLY TRAFFICKERS. AND THAT'S FOR A LOT OF REASONS. LIKE IN ANY HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE, THE TRAFFICKER IS THE HARDEST PART BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, FORCE FRAUD AND COERCION. YOU HAVE TO HAVE VICTIM'S TESTIMONY, WHICH IN ESPECIALLY IN OUR CURRENT CLIMATE, LIKE THEY MIGHT, THAT VICTIM MIGHT BE AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? THINK ABOUT A SEX TRAFFICKING CASE. THAT'S MY BOYFRIEND PIMP. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS PERSON BEING VIOLENT TO THEM OR DOING SUCH AND SUCH. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF KIND OF ISSUES THERE. BUT THEN ALSO, JUST LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE WERE ENCOUNTERING, LIKE THE DAY LABORERS THAT WE WOULD GO AND PASS OUT, LIKE INFORMATION ABOUT HERE ARE YOUR RIGHTS, EVEN IF YOU'RE UNDOCUMENTED, LIKE PEOPLE CANNOT DO SUCH AND SUCH TO YOU AND YOU HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU OR WE, WE'RE, WE HAVE A REALLY AWESOME PARTNERSHIP WITH A WOMEN'S JAIL IN HOUSTON. AND IF SOMEONE WHO WAS UNDOCUMENTED WAS ARRESTED, THEY WOULD BE IN THE JAIL. AND WE WOULD HAVE LIKE PROGRAMING THAT WE'D BE INTERACTING DIRECTLY WITH THEM, BUT THEY ACTUALLY DON'T COME TO THE JAIL ANYMORE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GO IF THEY'RE ARRESTED. SO THERE ARE SOME PRETTY UNIQUE CHALLENGES WITH THAT TOO. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OF COURSE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF WHAT I GET TO DO. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WELL, AS A NURSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REQUIREMENT BY THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT I HAVE THE TRAINING AS FAR AS LICENSURE. BUT FOR OUR PARTICULAR GROUP, COULD YOU SPEAK TO LIKE FOR THE SEX TRAFFICKING WHERE THE TRAFFICKER IS NOT NECESSARILY THE PERSON IN THE SCHOOL WHERE THEY USE OTHER LIKE FEMALE STUDENTS TO, TO LURE OR TO EMPLOY OTHER STUDENTS INTO THAT PARTICULAR TRAFFICKING SITUATION. SO I THINK FOR OUR GROUP, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS HERE, IF YOU COULD KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT, HOW THAT PART IS ANOTHER ROLE THAT THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY ENCOUNTER, BUT IN THE SCHOOL ITSELF. YEAH, YEAH, I THINK IT POST COVID, WE GOT A LOT BETTER PRETTY QUICKLY ABOUT THINGS LIKE SECURITY. AND THERE WAS A SCHOOL IN HOUSTON THOUGH, WHERE THERE WAS A TRAFFICKER WHO JUST WALKED ONTO A SCHOOL GROUNDS AND WOULD BE INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS. WE ALSO HAVE SEEN THINGS LIKE THERE WAS A THERE WAS A SCHOOL WHERE THE STUDENT WAS GOING TO SCHOOL DURING THE WEEK. SHE WASN'T KIDNAPED AND TAKEN TO SOME OTHER PLACE. SHE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL DURING THE WEEK. HER TRAFFICKER WOULD PICK HER UP FROM SCHOOL ON FRIDAYS. SHE WOULD BE EXPLOITED ON THE WEEKEND, AND THEN SHE WOULD BE DROPPED OFF ON MONDAY MORNING BY HER TRAFFICKER. SO THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THEN ALSO NUMBER FOUR HERE. HER NAME IS MONICA PARKER. SHE WAS A CAPTAIN OF HER CHEERLEADING SQUAD AT HER HIGH SCHOOL IN MINNESOTA, AND SHE TRAFFICKED HER 16 YEAR OLD CLASSMATE THAT HAD A LEARNING DISABILITY. AND SHE WAS KIND OF ENCOURAGED TO DO THAT BY SOMEONE WHO TRIED TO TRAFFIC HER. THAT PERSON WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN TRAFFICKING HER, BUT SHE LEARNED WHAT WE CALL

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WELL, WHEN I ASKED THE GENTLEMAN ABOUT WHERE WAS HIS HOME IN FORT BEND COUNTY, HE SAID HE HAD TAKEN A BUS FROM LOUISIANA AND HAD COME TO HOUSTON. SO MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, IF IT'S FREEZING IN LOUISIANA AND YOU CAME TO FREEZING IN HOUSTON, FORT BEND COUNTY FOR A SHELTER, DID YOU LEAVE YOUR HOME? YES, BUT I'M TAKING A NEW JOB AND I BROUGHT MY DAUGHTER. IS IT JUST YOUR DAUGHTER? ARE YOU MARRIED? YES, I'M MARRIED, BUT WE HAVE TWO SMALLER KIDS. WE DECIDED TO SPLIT UP. MY WIFE TOOK THE TWO YOUNGER KIDS. DID THEY COME TO HOUSTON? JUST THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING, RIGHT. SOMETHING WAS ABSOLUTELY NOT RIGHT. AND THE YOUNG LADY SEEMED VERY CONCERNED. SO WHEN OUR SOCIAL SERVICES TEAM ARRIVED AND LOOKED FOR ID, AND THIS IS WHERE YOUNG KIDS CAN GET INTO SO MUCH TROUBLE AND THEY DON'T REALIZE IT. SHARING IMAGES. THIS YOUNG LADY HAD SHARED HER IMAGE TO THIS PERSON WHO WAS ABLE TO DOWNLOAD HER IMAGE AND CREATE AN ID CARD WITH HIS LAST NAME ON IT, AND THIS WHOLE THING UNFOLDED. WE, OF COURSE, THE SHERIFF. WE REACHED OUT TO OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND WHEN THIS WHOLE THING FLUSHED OUT, THIS YOUNG LADY HAD BEEN TRAFFICKED YOUNG GIRL, BECAUSE SHE WAS ONLY 13, TRAFFICKED FROM SHREVEPORT BY THIS 57 YEAR OLD MAN. NOW, HE BROKE ANY NUMBER OF LAWS, AND HE IS GOOD AND ARRESTED AND IS IN FORT BEND COUNTY JAIL RIGHT NOW. BUT THE FACT REMAINS IS THAT SHE HAS BEEN REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY. BUT I'M SAYING ALL OF THAT TO SAY THIS EDUCATION FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, PARENTS WHO ARE VERY STRICT ABOUT THEIR KIDS SHARING IMAGES, THIS IS REAL. WHEN YOU SHARE YOUR IMAGE ONLINE WITH ANYONE, FRIEND OR WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENS TO THE IMAGE AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS PASSING THAT IMAGE ON. AND WE'RE SEEING MORE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RECREATING, OH MY GOD, MY SON GAVE ME BLOND HAIR. HE SAYS, MOM, YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE AS A DIRTY BLOND? I SAID, YEAH, YOU SHOULD SEE MY PICTURE. I LOOK FABULOUS, BUT I'M JUST SAYING A MATTER OF FACT, I PUT IT ON MY LINKEDIN PROFILE. BUT ANYWAY, OH, I DO, I DO, I SHOW IT TO EVERYBODY.

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SO. NO, NO, NO, MY MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT UNBOUND. IS IT THE SAME? OKAY, OKAY. SURE. WE'RE VERY SIMILAR. OKAY. A LOT OF THE SAME SERVICES. TALK ABOUT SOME SIMILAR THINGS. WE PROBABLY HAVE DIFFERENT ANGLES, DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE DO IT FOR SURE. SURE. SO THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT OPT IN THING. IT HAS TO BE OPT OUT. WELL, I DID, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE WITH THE LAW, WITH ALL OF THAT AND WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE. YEAH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO THANK ALL THESE HIGH SCHOOLERS BECAUSE THEY DID HAVE TO GET THESE FORMS SIGNED BY THEIR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO STAY SEATED IN THIS CLASSROOM. AND I REALLY THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU GUYS ALL. YEAH, WE FOLLOW THE LAW. OKAY WITH THAT. AND ALSO, TAYLOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND

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FIND SOMEONE YOU CAN MAKE A GROUP OF THREE. DOESN'T MATTER. ALL RIGHT EVERYONE. YOU CAN DO FOR EVERYONE IS BATTLING SOMETHING DIFFICULT IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES. THEY ARE GOING TO BE TOE. THEY'RE GOING TOE TO TOE WITH A CHALLENGE OF SOME SORT. OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW I WANT YOU TO TURN TO YOUR PARTNER AND SAY, I'M GLAD THAT I HAVE SOMEONE WHO WILL STAND AND BATTLE WITH ME. I'M GLAD THAT I HAVE SOMEONE THAT WILL STAND IN BATTLE WITH ME. ALRIGHT. YOU CAN GIVE A BIG REACH UP HIGH TO THE SKY. TAKE A DEEP BREATH OUT. ONE MORE IN. YOU CAN SIT BACK DOWN IN YOUR SEAT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. I'M CUTTING THIS REALLY SHORT, BUT THERE'S ALSO BACK TO BACK PINKY PROMISE. AND THIS IS JUST A GREAT WAY TO SHOW SUPPORT WITH THE PARTNER.

AND WE DID THIS WITH THE KIDS EARLIER. WE NEED TO VOTE ON OUR MINUTES. I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO DEREK. ALL RIGHT. SO VOTING FOR FEBRUARY 20TH SIX MINUTES. YOU NEED A QUICK REFRESHER. THAT WAS FUEL YOUR BRAIN AND THEN REGION FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS TRAINING.

SO I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES. AND YEAH. AND AND THEN A SECOND MOTION, YOU KNOW, ALL IN FAVOR AND THEN ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU.

AND JUST A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE ALL THESE PRESENTATIONS ON OUR WEBSITE. SO TO DO THAT EXERCISE SHANNON JUST GAVE US, YOU CAN GO ON THERE AS WELL. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR CURRENT EXECUTIVE TEAM. WHOEVER'S OUR CURRENT EXECUTIVE TEAM, PLEASE STAND UP.

YAY. THANK YOU GUYS. OH THANK YOU LORI. AND JUST TO MOVE. WELL, I GUESS I SHOULD WAIT. WE DO HAVE BYLAWS AS A SHACK FOR YOU COALITION STUDENTS. SO EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO VOTE IN OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM. AND SO I GUESS WE'RE GETTING THANK YOUS FOR DOING WHAT WE DID. THANK

[01:15:07]

BRIANNA. OH, AND THEN GAIL. SECONDED. OH, SORRY. OKAY. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU ALSO, BUT IT'S STILL IN TRANSIT. SO NEXT MONTH WE WILL GIVE HER HER GIFT FROM THE SHACK. WE DID A COLLECTION ALSO FOR YOU. THANK YOU. AND I HAVE A FLOWER. I WANTED TO THANK YOU. YOU'RE UP HERE RIGHT NOW, ALLISON. OH, THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR EX-OFFICIO CHAIR. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.

AND YOUR FLOWERS ARE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, SO I WILL GRAB THEM, AND THE CARD IS RIGHT THERE. OH, THANK YOU GUYS. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SUMMARIZE. I KNOW WE'RE SHORT ON TIME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIT ON THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR. WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING. WE'VE DISCUSSED ALL KINDS OF TOPICS BULLYING, SUICIDE, SLEEP, HYGIENE, SPORTS, NUTRITION. WE REALLY IN TODAY'S MEETING, WE REALLY HAVE APPRECIATED HAVING THE STUDENT COALITION HERE. I KNOW SOMETIMES SOME OF THESE MEETINGS MIGHT SEEM TO DRAG ON A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU ALL, BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CAN TAKE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SEE HERE. AND EVEN AS YOU KNOW, GRADUATING SENIORS, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE LIKE READY TO BE OUT, BUT PLEASE TALK TO YOUR JUNIORS, TALK TO PEOPLE IN YOUR, IN YOUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN WELLNESS, HAVE THEM APPLY. WHEN IS THE APPLICATION? IT'S OPEN RIGHT NOW. SO THINK OF PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK WOULD CARE AND WOULD ACTUALLY THINK OF HAVING SOMEONE LIKE HIM COME TO YOUR SCHOOL. YOU CAN GET THESE, THESE LITTLE OPT IN FORMS SIGNED OFF. AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS FELT LIKE THIS WAS A GOOD, A GOOD TOPIC AND THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF. SO OUR GOALS, THIS IS HOW WE STARTED OFF OUR YEAR. AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, SLEEP HYGIENE, ACTIVE LEARNING AND SPORTS NUTRITION.

AND THESE ACTUALLY, SORRY, THESE WERE OUR SPEAKERS THAT WE HAD. AND WE ALSO HAD, LIKE I SAID, A MEMBERSHIP DRIVE. SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING SOME FOLKS. BUT IF YOU THINK OF ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED, IF YOU THINK YOUR PARENTS MIGHT BE INTERESTED, OUTGOING SENIORS, YOUR PARENTS ARE PROBABLY LOST NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO WITH THEMSELVES. HEY, THEY COULD COME IN HERE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS. NO BIG DEAL. OKAY. AND NOW I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MISS NICOLE, AND SHE'S GOT SOME PROSPECTS AND IDEAS FOR WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO FOR NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU GUYS. WE'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT 26 AND 27 AND OUR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR. ONE THING THAT WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE IS THE MOVEMENT AND LEARNING. LIKE, I KNOW I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR HERE, BUT WE ARE IN THE STUDIES NOW. IT'S NOT A EASY PROCESS LIKE WE WOULD LIKE. I KNOW WE WOULD ALL WANT TO JUST LIKE, LET'S GO TOMORROW, MONDAY AND IMPLEMENT THIS, BUT IT'S A LONG PROCESS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE MAKING IT A GOAL FOR THE 2627 PLAN YEAR AS WELL. OUR NEXT ONE WILL BE LATER HIGH SCHOOL TIMES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S LONG BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS AND THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ASKING THEM TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS AND THEY SAY, THIS IS A BIG THIS IS A BIG REACH. BUT IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT THE WE ALL HAD PHONES IN SCHOOL AND EVERYBODY'S LIKE, YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY THE PHONES.

EVERYBODY'S GOING TO FREAK OUT. WE DON'T HAVE THE PHONES. IT'S TURNED OUT GREAT. SO I MY HEART OF HEARTS SAYS THIS MIGHT BE A SIMILAR THING THAT WE CAN DO. THERE ARE BIOLOGICAL REASONS YOU HIGH SCHOOLERS SLEEP LATE AND NEED TO SLEEP LATE. AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT IN HIGH SCHOOL START TIMES. THE LAST ONE IS NUTRITION ON MY MILLION THINGS OF I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT.

THIS IS THE ONE LIKE I'M REALLY, REALLY, REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT. SO I WANTED TO ADD ONE ON HERE TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD. THE NUTRITION DEPARTMENT HAS HELPED ME IN TAKING A LOT OF GREAT STEPS. THEY HAVE A HYDROPONIC GARDEN IN THEIR DEPARTMENT, AND SO WE

[01:20:07]

BUT THEY WILL BE BACK 2027. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, NOVEMBER 2026, YOU TOO CAN BEGIN GETTING INVOLVED IN LEGISLATION. SO EVERYONE COMPLAINS, YOU KNOW, AND OUR HANDS BOARD OF TRUSTEES HANDS ARE SOMEWHAT TIED BECAUSE THERE IS THIS THING CALLED THE LAW. AND SO YOU SORT OF HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW. THERE ARE PROCESSES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT TO TRY TO GET SOME WIGGLE ROOM. BUT THERE IS THE LAW, AND THE LETTER OF THE LAW REALLY IS REALLY HARD TO OVERCOME BECAUSE EVEN WITH LIKE TEXTS AND STANDARDS WHERE YOU THINK, OH, ARE THEY REALLY LEGISLATING WHAT WE CAN TEACH? YES, THERE ARE LITERALLY LAWS THAT TELL YOU WHAT LANGUAGE CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE TEXT, WHAT YOU ARE BEING TAUGHT RIGHT NOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, DON'T BLAME THE MESSENGER. SOME GRACE FOR OUR FOLKS IN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BUT YOU CAN STILL GET INVOLVED. AND ONE WAY IS TO AGAIN LEGISLATE, GET INVOLVED IN LEGISLATING. WE HAVE ADVOCATES WHO LISTEN, WHO CARE. AND YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING EVEN, YOU KNOW, YOUNG KIDS FROM GOING AND TALKING TO YOUR LEGISLATURE. WE HAVE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES, AND IT'S COMING UP. SPECIAL SESSIONS CAN HAPPEN. 150 MEMBERS, 31 MEMBERS. VOTING IS GOING IS GOING TO START AGAIN. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE HAVE RUNOFF ELECTIONS COMING UP IN MAY THE 29TH. BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY LIKE COUNCIL AND CITY ELECTIONS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND THAT IS WHERE I LIKE TO SAY THE SAUSAGE IS MADE FOR FUNSIES.

I ACTUALLY GOT TO BE ON THE ELECTION BALLOT BOARD LIKE IN MARCH. SO I GOT TO SEE HOW ALL OF THAT WORKS. AND I'M ACTUALLY VERY PROUD OF HOW FORT BEND COUNTY WORKS IN TERMS OF ELECTIONS. WE HAVE AN ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR. IT'S YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM EACH SIDE, I'M TELLING YOU STUFF BECAUSE YOU CAN READ ALL THIS STUFF, BUT IT'S REALLY A VERY ENABLING PROCESS. IT'S A VERY FAIR. IT'S VERY REGULATED. YOU HAVE CAMERAS ON PEOPLE THERE 24 OVER SEVEN. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY, YOU KNOW, ELECTION INTEGRITY IS SUPER DUPER GREAT IN FORT BEND COUNTY. AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE THE CONFLICT. SOME PARTS DO BETWEEN LIKE PEOPLE OF THE TWO PARTIES, DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, BECAUSE HERE IT'S VERY WELL DONE. SO THUMBS UP TO OUR ELECTIONS OFFICE. THERE'S INTEREST. WE CAN MAYBE GET THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR. SO QUICK THING I HAD MENTIONED THIS BEFORE. SO THIS IS THE NOW I HAVE HOT LINKS, BUT JUST LINKS. WELL MAYBE NOT. OKAY. WELL, THIS IS THE BIG WEBSITE. IT'S OVER THERE. THIS IS THE WEBSITE YOU WOULD USE TO LOOK AT LEGISLATION THAT'S PENDING. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF IT, I HOPE. AND THEN SO IF YOU CAN JUST GO THERE AND DO A STUDENT HEALTH ADVISORY AND WHAT COMES UP? WELL, ALL OF THESE BILLS AND PREVIOUSLY I TALKED ABOUT HOW TO LOOK AT BILLS, YOU KNOW, WHAT PAST, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVE NINE 120, 25. SO THIS WAS THIS WORKFORCE COORDINATING THING, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY THAT IMPORTANT. BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THEY LITERALLY THERE'S LEGISLATION THAT TELLS YOU THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHAT LIBRARY MATERIALS THEY CAN HAVE.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY. THERE IS A PROCESS AND A FLOW WE CAN REGULATE. BUT THE SOMEONE MENTIONED THE OPT IN OPT OUT. AGAIN, THAT'S DUE TO LEGISLATION. SO THE LEGISLATURE SAID THAT CERTAIN THINGS HAVE TO BE OPTED IN,

[01:25:05]

READ IT AT YOUR DESIRE. JUST HOW TO READ A BILL. AND THEN THESE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT AFFECT LIKE LEGISLATION. SO THERE'S THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, WHICH SINCE WE HAD SOME MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THINGS, YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS OF INFO HERE MORE THAN YOU PROBABLY CARE TO KNOW, BUT IT'S THERE THAT ALSO IMPACTS HOW WE INTERPRET AND HOW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE LAW. AND THEN THERE'S VERY IMPORTANT TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, THEY HAVE PREVENTION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROMOTION WEBSITE, WHICH HAS DIFFERENT TOOLS. AND AGAIN, THAT PLAYS INTO HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN IMPLEMENT VARIOUS THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY SOMETIMES VERY RARELY PROVIDE FUNDING BECAUSE THAT'S THE OTHER BIG THING. SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE ALL THESE UNFUNDED MANDATES. AND SO YOU DESPERATE, DESPERATELY LOOK AROUND FOR RESOURCES AND SOMETIMES DH AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST THE ABOVE. AND THEN WE HAVE SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES, LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES, WHICH ARE USUALLY FOUND ON THE HISD, FORT BEND ISD WEBSITE. SO I'M TRYING TO BE FAST. OKAY, SO RECENT LEGISLATION, HB 18, WHICH JUST TALKS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, HB 1528 FOR TELLING YOU WHAT TO TELLING SCHOOL, RECOMMENDING WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN DO RELATING TO HUMAN SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION CURRICULUM. SO AGAIN, DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT YOUR HEALTH CLASSES BEING NOT INFORMATIVE BECAUSE THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS ACTUALLY TOLD THEM WHAT CAN BE IN THESE CLASSES, WHAT THE CURRICULUM WILL BE. THERE'S A SPECIAL SESSION AND SO ABOUT AGAIN, NOT EVERYTHING IS LIKE DOOM AND GLOOM. THERE ARE POSITIVES. LAST MONTH I TALKED ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING IN TERMS OF EDUCATION. THERE WAS LEGISLATION WHICH LIMITED LIKE WHAT SORT OF DIES AND THINGS COULD BE IN OUR FOODS. AND SO THERE'S THERE'S GOOD LEGISLATION IN MY OPINION. AND SO THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT PROCEDURES ON RECOMMENDING CHILD ABUSE, FAMILY AND SEX TRAFFICKING CURRICULUM. I DON'T KNOW IF WE MAY HAVE AN EXPERT HERE. LIKE WHAT I DON'T I WASN'T AWARE THAT THERE WAS LIKE A SEX TRAFFICKING CURRICULUM REQUIRED, BUT MAYBE THERE IS. AND THEN PARENTAL RIGHTS RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. THAT WAS A BIGGIE. SO AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THAT WAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, OH, YOU KNOW, REMOVING D E I. SO THAT WAS THE LEGISLATION THAT REMOVED DIE FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SCHOOL CLUBS AND BLAH, BLAH, SB 13 AND 11, SCHOOL SAFETY AND MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO THEY WE DO HAVE THIS TEXAS CHILD MENTAL HEALTH CARE CONSORTIUM. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE REPRESENTATION HERE, BUT WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK INTO IT. BUT IT COULD BE ANOTHER UNFUNDED MANDATE. SO THEY HAVE NO MONEY TO CREATE THIS THING. FOR ALL WE KNOW RELATING TO A SCHOOL DISTRICTS, LIBRARY MATERIALS, SB 13, AND THEN SB 435, WHICH WAS ABOUT LOCAL SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCILS ADDRESSING LOOKING AT OPIOID ADDICTION AND ABUSE EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO WAS IT TWO YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE, WHERE THEY OUTLAWED VAPING BY IF YOU'RE YOU HAVE TO BE OVER THE AGE OF 18 TO VAPE. AND SO THAT HAD A BIG EFFECT, I THINK, IN OUR SCHOOLS, BECAUSE IT IS NOW THE LAW THAT YOU CANNOT VAPE IF YOU'RE IT'S A CRIME. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE FUN. HERE'S THE WEBSITES. THIS WILL BE ONLINE AND ENJOY, BUT GET INVOLVED. ARE YOU SHANNON? NOW YOU GOT TO GO EVEN FASTER. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I HAVE A LOT OF WHOLE CHILD HEALTH INITIATIVES THAT WERE FOR APRIL AND MAY, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT TO ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL AND THEIR SCHOOL. PTO, SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE HOSTED A DRIVING AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AWARENESS BOOTH, AND IT WAS IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH JUST IS HAPPENING.

AND IT'S IT'S PURPOSE WAS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ON SAFE DRIVING HABITS AND AS WELL AS RESPONSIBLE PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR. BECAUSE YOU KNOW THIS AND YOU'RE WALKING ON THE STREET

[01:30:03]

I WAS LIKE, YOU STILL HAVE THEM IN RIGHT NOW AT LUNCH. SO IT'S TELLING ME THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THEM ON ON THIS WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON THE STREET. SO IT WAS JUST SOMETHING AWARENESS ABOUT THAT AND IT WAS IT'S REALLY GREAT. AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE, AND ELKINS HOPES, HELP WITH THEIR PTO TO BE A MODEL FOR THIS TO TRANSLATE ACROSS ALL HIGH SCHOOLS. RIGHT. I THINK THIS WOULD BE IT'S AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S VERY DOABLE, EASY TO IMPLEMENT. NOT SAYING THAT THE FRONT LOADING END OF IT, THE WORK PUT IN WAS IT WAS EASY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IT AND IT HAD A BROAD REACH. SO WE'D LIKE TO EXPAND THIS OUT TO REACH ACROSS OTHER CAMPUSES FOR SURE. OKAY, SO HERE'S OUR WHOLE CHILD HEALTH FOR APRIL AND MAY, AND I'M GOING TO BREATHE THROUGH REALLY QUICKLY FOR YOU ALL TO HONOR YOUR TIME THE BEST WE CAN.

SO CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH, AND THIS IS JUST, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND, OH, WHAT CAN WE HAVE? WHAT CAN WE HAVE? AND THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING TODAY, RIGHT? WHEN WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS. SO AS LEGISLATION, WE'RE AGAIN HAS BEEN PASSED AND WE'RE BOUND BY LAWS. SO THIS IS WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS PUT OUT TO OUR TEACHERS. SO IF WE WANTED TO BRING IN SOMEONE LIKE TAYLOR, THEY VERY WELL CAN BECAUSE HE IS ON OUR APPROVED VENDOR LIST FOR THAT. BUT THEY'RE ALSO STILL GOING TO HAVE TO BRING IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE APPROVAL AND IT HAS TO BE ON OUR LIST. BUT THEN ALSO WE GO BACK AND CHECK TO HONOR THAT LAW AND HONOR OUR PARENTS WISHES THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE OPTED IN FOR THAT. SO AS IT WAS MENTIONED WITH OUR STUDENTS HERE, WE WOULD MAKE WE VERIFIED AND MADE SURE THAT ALL OF THEIR PARENTS WERE OKAY, THEIR GUARDIANS WITH THEM BEING HERE FOR THAT PRESENTATION. SO I CAN GO IN AND CHECK. THE TEACHERS CAN GO IN AND CHECK.

DID THE STUDENTS IN SKYWARD OPT IN? IF THEY DIDN'T, THEN WE CAN ASK IF THIS IS UP TO YOU, PLEASE CAN REVIEW THESE MATERIALS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE THEN PLEASE SIGN THIS FOR THIS PRESENTATION SPECIFICALLY. SO HIS NAME WAS PUT IN THERE, HIS INFORMATION, THE TITLE OF THE PRESENTATION, ALL OF THAT WAS THERE. AND THEN FOR STUDENTS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE OPTED IN EARLIER, THEN THAT INFORMATION WAS TURNED BACK INTO ME. AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO BE HERE. SO AND AGAIN, THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR GUARDIANS WERE INTERESTED IN THEM RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION. SO JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT'S HOW THAT WAS DONE FOR FOR THIS AND OTHER SIMILAR PROGRAMS. WE HAD AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH AND WORLD AUTISM DAY. IT WAS, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DAY, I DON'T KNOW, NICOLE, IF YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAVE OUR OWN SPECIAL DAY FOR THAT. SO WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S EVERY DAY FOR YOU. YES. THEN MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN MAY.

SO WE'RE GREEN ON MAY 15TH. THEN WE ALSO HAVE FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS WEEK IS COMING UP MAY 10TH THROUGH THE 16TH. JUST BRINGING AWARENESS THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD ALLERGIES. AND WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. MY FAVORITE ONE NATIONAL PE AND SPORT WEEK, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THAT MAY 1ST THROUGH THE SEVENTH. SO IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE COACH OR PE TEACHER, PLEASE GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT AND THANK THEM FOR

[01:35:02]

SO THIS IS ON MAY 1ST. GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THOSE CAFETERIA SERVICE WORKERS THAT HELP KEEP OUR KIDS WELL NOURISHED AND PROVIDING HAPPY SMILE FOR THEM. HOPEFULLY TOO.

SO THEN WE HAVE BIKE AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY. SO THAT'S COMING UP TOO. AND OUR CAMPUSES RECEIVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR SCHOOL NURSES. WE HAVE NURSE APPRECIATION WEEK AND SCHOOL NURSE DAY COMING UP IN MAY AS WELL. SO MAKE SURE YOU GIVE YOUR SHOUT OUT TO YOUR SCHOOL NURSES AND THANK THEM FOR ALL THEY DO. THEY ARE SUPER UNSUNG HEROES OF THE CAMPUS. I KNOW AS A PE TEACHER, I WOULD TRY VERY HARD TO REDUCE THE AMOUNTS OF TEACHERS OR STUDENTS I WOULD SEND THERE, TRY TO GIVE SOME, KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE AND PUT SOME EXTRA BAND-AIDS ON WHEN I COULD INSTEAD OF SENDING THEM. AND THEN ALSO CELEBRATING OUR MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST THAT'S ON THE 12TH. SO THEY WORK VERY HARD. AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF OUR WONDERFUL MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST THAT SUPPORT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES IN THE DISTRICT. IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION, THEIR ALL THEIR BIOS ARE ON THERE SO THAT YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THEM AS WELL. AS I MENTIONED, OUR, OUR COALITION APPLICATION IS OPEN. SO IF YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME AND ALSO, IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT QR CODE, YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH ANY STUDENTS THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE STUDENT WELLNESS COALITION, BECAUSE WE HAVE A WONDERFUL GROUP OF SENIORS, BUT THEY'RE LEAVING US AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO BE GREAT IN THE WORLD, BUT WE NEED TO FIND SOME OTHERS TO TAKE THEIR PLACE TO KEEP IT GOING. AND OUR SUPER SENIORS, COULD YOU SEND UP REAL QUICK SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A WONDERFUL ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE? SEE IN WE HAVE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO SO MANY PLACES, SO MANY DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THEM. AND THEY MADE A REAL DIFFERENCE. THEIR GROUP, THEIR GROUP IS THEIR MULTIPLE STUDENT LEADERSHIP GROUPS, AND THEY'RE ALL WONDERFUL AND FANTASTIC. BUT I'M ESPECIALLY PROUD OF THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY ACTIONABLE, ACTIONABLE. SO THEY PUT A THINK TANK TOGETHER, WHATEVER THEY'RE PUTTING AND PROMOTING, NOT ONLY THEY JUST DON'T PRESENT THAT, THEY PRESENT IT, THEY WIN MONEY AND THEN THEY PUT IT INTO ACTION. SO THEY'RE SUPER ACTIONABLE.

THEY WANT THEY JUST DON'T TALK ABOUT THE WELLNESS AND WANTING WELLNESS ON THEIR CAMPUS AND WANTING THINGS TO HAPPEN. THEY MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL. AND I LOVE THE STUDENT LEADERS THAT YOU BECOME, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO. MOVING ON. ALL

[IV. Meeting Closure- Catalina Flores-Rau, SHAC Chair]

THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING. AND THE NEXT MEETING IS MAY 13TH. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU GUYS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.