1 00:00:03,603 --> 00:00:05,937 >>> ARIZONA SCHOOL 2 00:00:05,940 --> 00:00:07,338 SUPERINTENDENT ASKING THE STATE 3 00:00:07,341 --> 00:00:09,807 TO PUMP MORE MONEY INTO SCHOOLS. 4 00:00:09,810 --> 00:00:10,475 >> I THINK WE HAVE AN AMAZING 5 00:00:10,478 --> 00:00:13,344 EDUCATION SYSTEM. 6 00:00:13,347 --> 00:00:18,249 >>> PLUS, INSIDE ONE MIDDLE 7 00:00:18,252 --> 00:00:19,617 SCHOOL WHERE ONE PROGRAM IS 8 00:00:19,620 --> 00:00:20,284 HELPING KIDS DREAM BIG. 9 00:00:20,287 --> 00:00:20,618 >>> AND DECLARED MISSING IN 10 00:00:20,621 --> 00:00:21,619 ACTION. 11 00:00:21,622 --> 00:00:26,057 NOW BACK ON AMERICAN SOIL. 12 00:00:26,060 --> 00:00:27,625 >> HE WAS A HERO. 13 00:00:27,628 --> 00:00:31,329 YET WAS SUCH A YOUNG GUY. 14 00:00:31,332 --> 00:00:32,830 KIND OF SAD THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE 15 00:00:32,833 --> 00:00:35,233 A LIFE LIKE THE REST OF US. 16 00:00:35,236 --> 00:00:36,634 >> FULL MILITARY HONORS FOR A 17 00:00:36,637 --> 00:00:37,835 SOLDIER KILLED IN KOREA. 18 00:00:37,838 --> 00:00:40,271 >>> THOSE STORIES AND BE MORE 19 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:51,683 >>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING 20 00:00:51,686 --> 00:00:52,717 US. 21 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,019 ARIZONA'S SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT 22 00:00:55,022 --> 00:00:55,753 DIANE DOUGLAS ON A LISTENING 23 00:00:55,756 --> 00:00:57,422 TOUR THIS WEEK. 24 00:00:57,425 --> 00:00:59,023 IN OFFICE FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS, 25 00:00:59,026 --> 00:01:01,893 SHE'S VISITED WITH 40 SCHOOLS 26 00:01:01,896 --> 00:01:05,196 ALL OVER THE STATE TALKING WITH 27 00:01:05,199 --> 00:01:07,699 TEACHERS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS. 28 00:01:07,702 --> 00:01:08,666 THIS WEEK, SUPERINTENDENT 29 00:01:08,669 --> 00:01:10,601 DOUGLAS MADE HEADLINES LAST WEEK 30 00:01:10,604 --> 00:01:12,804 WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED SHE'D ASK THE 31 00:01:12,807 --> 00:01:14,339 STATE LEGISLATURE TO PUMP $680 32 00:01:14,342 --> 00:01:16,341 MILLION INTO ARIZONA SCHOOLS. 33 00:01:16,344 --> 00:01:17,909 THE MONEY WOULD GO DIRECTLY 34 00:01:17,912 --> 00:01:19,477 TOWARDS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND 35 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,080 CHARTER SCHOOLS, PAY TEACHERS 36 00:01:22,083 --> 00:01:22,747 MORE MONEY, AND IN SOME CASES, A 37 00:01:22,750 --> 00:01:24,315 5% RAISE. 38 00:01:24,318 --> 00:01:25,917 THEN ON TO RURAL SCHOOLS FOR 39 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,618 THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION MONEY 40 00:01:27,621 --> 00:01:30,955 FOR IMPROVING BUILDINGS OR 41 00:01:30,958 --> 00:01:31,656 BUILDING NEW ONES, AND FUNDING 42 00:01:31,659 --> 00:01:32,790 FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. 43 00:01:32,793 --> 00:01:34,759 SUPERINTENDENT DOUGLAS SAYS ALL 44 00:01:34,762 --> 00:01:37,428 THIS IS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE 45 00:01:37,431 --> 00:01:37,795 SCHOOLS SAFER AND MORE 46 00:01:37,798 --> 00:01:40,031 EFFECTIVE. 47 00:01:40,034 --> 00:01:41,132 ON THE LISTING TOUR, DOUGLAS 48 00:01:41,135 --> 00:01:45,503 HEARING FIRSTHAND FROM STUDENTS. 49 00:01:45,506 --> 00:01:45,870 >> I WAS READING SOME OF YOUR 50 00:01:45,873 --> 00:01:46,504 PROPOSALS. 51 00:01:46,507 --> 00:01:48,506 >> FROM PARENTS -- 52 00:01:48,509 --> 00:01:50,575 >> AND I WANT TO SEE MY KIDS 53 00:01:50,578 --> 00:01:52,910 GETTING ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS, 54 00:01:52,913 --> 00:01:54,379 NOT BEING OFFERED UNHEALTHY 55 00:01:54,382 --> 00:01:56,347 FOOD, NOT BEING OFFERED SNACK 56 00:01:56,350 --> 00:01:56,748 FOODS ALL THE TIME IN 57 00:01:56,751 --> 00:01:58,216 CLASSROOMS. 58 00:01:58,219 --> 00:02:00,385 I WANT TO SEE THEM HAVE ACCESS 59 00:02:00,388 --> 00:02:02,787 TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BECAUSE 60 00:02:02,790 --> 00:02:05,923 THEY'RE KIDS AND I WANT TO SEE 61 00:02:05,926 --> 00:02:10,928 THEM HAVE THOSE REWARDS TO BE 62 00:02:10,931 --> 00:02:11,229 MENTALLY ENVISION -- ENVISION 63 00:02:11,232 --> 00:02:11,763 RATED. 64 00:02:11,766 --> 00:02:13,331 >> AND TEACHERS. 65 00:02:13,334 --> 00:02:14,432 >> WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A 66 00:02:14,435 --> 00:02:16,167 TEACHER STORTAGE IN ARIZONA. 67 00:02:16,170 --> 00:02:18,269 WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SHORTAGE OF 68 00:02:18,272 --> 00:02:20,471 CERTIFIED PEOPLE WILLING TO 69 00:02:20,474 --> 00:02:22,507 TEACH. 70 00:02:22,510 --> 00:02:24,108 WE HAVE A LOT GIFTED, WONDERFUL, 71 00:02:24,111 --> 00:02:24,842 TALENTED TEACHERS WHO TRULY DO 72 00:02:24,845 --> 00:02:28,246 NOT WANT TO LEAVE. 73 00:02:28,249 --> 00:02:29,814 >> DOUGLAS SAYS SHE'S USED THESE 74 00:02:29,817 --> 00:02:31,315 LISTENING TOURS TO HEAR WHAT 75 00:02:31,318 --> 00:02:32,817 PEOPLE WANT OUT OF ARIZONA'S 76 00:02:32,820 --> 00:02:34,819 EDUCATION SYSTEM AND THAT'S WHY 77 00:02:34,822 --> 00:02:36,421 SHE'S ASKING STATE LEGISLATORS 78 00:02:36,424 --> 00:02:36,821 TO PUT MORE DOLLARS INTO 79 00:02:36,824 --> 00:02:39,590 CLASSROOMS. 80 00:02:39,593 --> 00:02:40,391 ON MONDAY EVENING SUPERINTENDENT 81 00:02:40,394 --> 00:02:41,426 DOUGLAS SPOKE. 82 00:02:41,429 --> 00:02:42,327 HERE IS A PORTION OF MY 83 00:02:42,330 --> 00:02:44,162 INTERVIEW WITH HER. 84 00:02:44,165 --> 00:02:44,662 >> WELL, I'M GOING TO BE TALKING 85 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:46,230 TO THEM. 86 00:02:46,233 --> 00:02:48,966 I THINK THEY MIGHT GET A LITTLE 87 00:02:48,969 --> 00:02:50,201 TIRED OF HEARING FROM ME, BUT 88 00:02:50,204 --> 00:02:50,868 UNIFORMLY, THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD 89 00:02:50,871 --> 00:02:52,670 ACROSS THE STATE. 90 00:02:52,673 --> 00:02:55,406 NOW THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR WITH 91 00:02:55,409 --> 00:02:57,742 THE "WE ARE LISTENING TOUR," AND 92 00:02:57,745 --> 00:03:00,645 CONSISTENTLY, THAT'S WHAT WE 93 00:03:00,648 --> 00:03:01,579 HEAR ARIZONANS WANTS THEIR 94 00:03:01,582 --> 00:03:02,980 TEACHERS PAID BETTER. 95 00:03:02,983 --> 00:03:03,981 >> DO YOU THINK PAYING TEACHERS 96 00:03:03,984 --> 00:03:04,916 MORE MONEY WILL IMPROVE 97 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:06,451 EDUCATION IN ARIZONA? 98 00:03:06,454 --> 00:03:07,819 >> IT WILL HELP. 99 00:03:07,822 --> 00:03:10,054 GIVING OUR TEACHERS THE 100 00:03:10,057 --> 00:03:12,724 COMPENSATION THEY DESERVE FOR 101 00:03:12,727 --> 00:03:13,558 THE VITALLY IMPORTANT JOB THEY 102 00:03:13,561 --> 00:03:15,626 DO FOR OUR SOCIETY. 103 00:03:15,629 --> 00:03:17,161 I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. 104 00:03:17,164 --> 00:03:19,163 BUT MONEY'S NOT THE SOLE ANSWER. 105 00:03:19,166 --> 00:03:20,698 WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT SO 106 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:21,833 MANY DIFFERENT PIECES OF OUR 107 00:03:21,836 --> 00:03:23,801 EDUCATION SYSTEM. 108 00:03:23,804 --> 00:03:24,802 >> ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS 109 00:03:24,805 --> 00:03:26,537 CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGED 110 00:03:26,540 --> 00:03:28,106 AREA IN EDUCATION IN ARIZONA. 111 00:03:28,109 --> 00:03:29,140 WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE VISION? 112 00:03:29,143 --> 00:03:30,508 HOW DO YOU BRING STUDENTS WHO 113 00:03:30,511 --> 00:03:31,743 DON'T HAVE A LANGUAGE IN THEIR 114 00:03:31,746 --> 00:03:32,276 BACKGROUND TO WHERE THEY NEED TO 115 00:03:32,279 --> 00:03:34,345 BE? 116 00:03:34,348 --> 00:03:35,580 >> WELL, ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S IN 117 00:03:35,583 --> 00:03:38,549 YOUR LOCAL SCHOOLS. 118 00:03:38,552 --> 00:03:42,020 WE HAVE A SYSTEM SET UP THAT THE 119 00:03:42,023 --> 00:03:43,921 VOTERS OF ARIZONA DECLARED SOME 120 00:03:43,924 --> 00:03:45,556 TIME AGO, DECLARED THAT ARIZONA 121 00:03:45,559 --> 00:03:45,857 WILL BE AN ENGLISH IMMERSION 122 00:03:45,860 --> 00:03:48,126 STATE. 123 00:03:48,129 --> 00:03:49,861 SO WE HAVE THE MODELS AND WE 124 00:03:49,864 --> 00:03:51,629 SUPPORT THOSE, AND GIVE THE 125 00:03:51,632 --> 00:03:53,798 TEACHERS THE TRAINING THEY NEED. 126 00:03:53,801 --> 00:03:54,232 NOW WE KNOW WE'RE FACING A LOT 127 00:03:54,235 --> 00:03:56,601 OF CHALLENGES. 128 00:03:56,604 --> 00:03:59,237 WHEN I WAS ON THE PEORIA BOARD, 129 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:00,471 I THINK WE HAD UPWARDS OF 100 130 00:04:00,474 --> 00:04:01,939 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT WERE 131 00:04:01,942 --> 00:04:02,273 SPOKEN THROUGHOUT OUR 40 SOME 132 00:04:02,276 --> 00:04:04,075 SCHOOLS. 133 00:04:04,078 --> 00:04:04,409 THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE FOR A 134 00:04:04,412 --> 00:04:07,045 SCHOOL. 135 00:04:07,048 --> 00:04:08,813 SO WE NEED TO KEEP WORKING WITH 136 00:04:08,816 --> 00:04:09,547 THESE STUDENTS BECAUSE WE WANT 137 00:04:09,550 --> 00:04:11,716 THEM ALL TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 138 00:04:11,719 --> 00:04:12,784 >> YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE 139 00:04:12,787 --> 00:04:13,451 LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF 140 00:04:13,454 --> 00:04:15,753 MONEY INTO SCHOOLS. 141 00:04:15,756 --> 00:04:16,854 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL 142 00:04:16,857 --> 00:04:17,155 LEGISLATORS NEEDS TO HAPPEN THIS 143 00:04:17,158 --> 00:04:20,324 YEAR? 144 00:04:20,327 --> 00:04:22,527 >> I RECOGNIZE THAT MY OFFICE IS 145 00:04:22,530 --> 00:04:22,994 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR 146 00:04:22,997 --> 00:04:24,062 APPROPRIATIONS. 147 00:04:24,065 --> 00:04:26,297 I CAN'T MAKE THE MONEY. 148 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:27,699 BUT I DO BELIEVE IT IS MY DUTY 149 00:04:27,702 --> 00:04:29,934 AS THE ELECTED SUPERINTENDENT TO 150 00:04:29,937 --> 00:04:32,603 MAKE THEM AWARE. 151 00:04:32,606 --> 00:04:33,771 AND I'M GLAD I'M NOT THEM MAKING 152 00:04:33,774 --> 00:04:35,540 THOSE TOUGH CHOICES BECAUSE 153 00:04:35,543 --> 00:04:38,443 THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS WITHIN 154 00:04:38,446 --> 00:04:40,912 OUR STATE. 155 00:04:40,915 --> 00:04:42,947 BUT TO NOT DISCUSS THE ISSUE 156 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:44,449 BECAUSE ALL OF THAT MONEY MAY 157 00:04:44,452 --> 00:04:47,151 NOT BE AVAILABLE IS TO DO A 158 00:04:47,154 --> 00:04:47,485 DISSERVICE TO THAT ISSUE, IN MY 159 00:04:47,488 --> 00:04:49,053 OPINION. 160 00:04:49,056 --> 00:04:49,354 WE HAVE TO BE TALKING ABOUT 161 00:04:49,357 --> 00:04:51,022 THESE. 162 00:04:51,025 --> 00:04:51,923 AND THERE IS NO ONE RIGHT 163 00:04:51,926 --> 00:04:53,157 SOLUTION. 164 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,892 THERE'S NO ONE MAGIC AMOUNT OF 165 00:04:54,895 --> 00:04:57,495 MONEY THAT WILL DO IT. 166 00:04:57,498 --> 00:04:59,430 BUT I THINK WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED 167 00:04:59,433 --> 00:05:01,833 SOME VERY IMPORTANT AREAS OF 168 00:05:01,836 --> 00:05:03,668 NEED WITHIN OUR STATE. 169 00:05:03,671 --> 00:05:05,303 WITH THE GENERAL FUNDING, PROP 170 00:05:05,306 --> 00:05:08,806 206, WE KNOW THERE'S DISCUSSION 171 00:05:08,809 --> 00:05:10,308 OF ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN THAT 172 00:05:10,311 --> 00:05:10,975 THERE ARE MANY WHO WOULD LIKE TO 173 00:05:10,978 --> 00:05:12,710 SEE THAT. 174 00:05:12,713 --> 00:05:14,145 ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S A LEGISLATIVE 175 00:05:14,148 --> 00:05:14,412 DECISION WHETHER THAT COMES TO 176 00:05:14,415 --> 00:05:16,381 BE. 177 00:05:16,384 --> 00:05:16,781 OUR SCHOOL FACILITIES MUST BE 178 00:05:16,784 --> 00:05:18,182 MAINTAINED. 179 00:05:18,185 --> 00:05:21,019 I WOULDN'T BE DOING THE CITIZENS 180 00:05:21,022 --> 00:05:21,519 A SERVICE IF I DIDN'T TELL THE 181 00:05:21,522 --> 00:05:22,720 LEGISLATURE THAT. 182 00:05:22,723 --> 00:05:23,988 >> ARIZONA CONTINUES TO BE 183 00:05:23,991 --> 00:05:25,757 RANKED ONE OF THE LOWEST STATES 184 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:26,891 IN THE NATION WHEN IT COMES TO 185 00:05:26,894 --> 00:05:28,426 PER PEOPLE FUNDING. 186 00:05:28,429 --> 00:05:30,495 HOW DID WE GET TO THIS PLACE? 187 00:05:30,498 --> 00:05:31,663 >> WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT'S 188 00:05:31,666 --> 00:05:33,364 VERY DIFFERENT THAN VERY MANY 189 00:05:33,367 --> 00:05:34,465 OTHER PLACES. 190 00:05:34,468 --> 00:05:36,601 ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES -- AND 191 00:05:36,604 --> 00:05:37,635 WHO KNOWS IF THIS WILL CHANGE IN 192 00:05:37,638 --> 00:05:41,239 WASHINGTON -- WE DON'T CONTROL A 193 00:05:41,242 --> 00:05:43,007 LOT OF OUR FEDERAL LAND TO OUR 194 00:05:43,010 --> 00:05:45,243 OWN ADVANTAGE, AND THAT'S AN 195 00:05:45,246 --> 00:05:47,478 ISSUE THAT MOST -- MOST, IF NOT 196 00:05:47,481 --> 00:05:48,312 ALL -- I BELIEVE HAWAII HAD 197 00:05:48,315 --> 00:05:49,614 THEIR FEDERAL LAND RETURNED TO 198 00:05:49,617 --> 00:05:51,616 THEM. 199 00:05:51,619 --> 00:05:53,117 I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF THE 200 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:53,685 OTHER -- OR WHICH OTHER WESTERN 201 00:05:53,688 --> 00:05:55,753 STATES HAVE. 202 00:05:55,756 --> 00:05:57,555 IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT FEDERAL 203 00:05:57,558 --> 00:05:59,524 LAND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI 204 00:05:59,527 --> 00:06:00,858 VERSUS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 205 00:06:00,861 --> 00:06:03,027 IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE TO 206 00:06:03,030 --> 00:06:04,629 BE AT. 207 00:06:04,632 --> 00:06:06,397 WE HAVE A DIFFERENT ECONOMY. 208 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,399 SO YOU HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE 209 00:06:08,402 --> 00:06:10,401 CONFINES OF THAT AND I'M 210 00:06:10,404 --> 00:06:11,569 SYMPATHETIC TO OUR LEGISLATORS 211 00:06:11,572 --> 00:06:14,472 THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THAT. 212 00:06:14,475 --> 00:06:15,173 BUT, WE STILL HAVE TO BE 213 00:06:15,176 --> 00:06:16,174 ADDRESSING, TALKING ABOUT THE 214 00:06:16,177 --> 00:06:18,242 NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. 215 00:06:18,245 --> 00:06:20,478 >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE 216 00:06:20,481 --> 00:06:23,514 ARIZONA'S EDUCATION? 217 00:06:23,517 --> 00:06:24,615 >> I THINK WE HAVE SOME 218 00:06:24,618 --> 00:06:27,785 CHALLENGES, BUT I THINK WE HAVE 219 00:06:27,788 --> 00:06:30,221 AN AMAZING EDUCATION SYSTEM, AND 220 00:06:30,224 --> 00:06:32,190 IT SADDENS ME TO SEE IT GET BEAT 221 00:06:32,193 --> 00:06:34,392 UP SO OFTEN. 222 00:06:34,395 --> 00:06:35,760 OFTENTIMES IN THE PRESS OR IN 223 00:06:35,763 --> 00:06:38,429 THE MEDIA. 224 00:06:38,432 --> 00:06:40,665 WE HAVE AMAZING THINGS GOING ON. 225 00:06:40,668 --> 00:06:43,234 WE HAVE DEDICATED TEACHERS IN 226 00:06:43,237 --> 00:06:46,571 OUR CLASSROOMS EVERY DAY. 227 00:06:46,574 --> 00:06:50,375 WE ARE THE LEADER IN MANY AREAS. 228 00:06:50,378 --> 00:06:52,176 WE HAVE, JUST AN EXAMPLE, WE 229 00:06:52,179 --> 00:06:54,879 HAVE A STATE OF THE ART COMPUTER 230 00:06:54,882 --> 00:06:57,749 SYSTEM THAT WE'VE WORKED ON. 231 00:06:57,752 --> 00:06:59,384 THE LEGISLATURE HAS MANDATED WE 232 00:06:59,387 --> 00:07:00,451 DO THAT, AND WE'VE CREATED IT. 233 00:07:00,454 --> 00:07:01,853 WE HAVE OTHER STATES THAT WOULD 234 00:07:01,856 --> 00:07:02,387 LIKE TO BUY THAT SYSTEM BECAUSE 235 00:07:02,390 --> 00:07:08,593 IT'S SO GOOD. 236 00:07:08,596 --> 00:07:11,729 WE HAVE A TEST FOR ALTERNATIVE 237 00:07:11,732 --> 00:07:12,263 EDUCATION STUDENTS THAT'S VERY 238 00:07:12,266 --> 00:07:15,633 CUTTING EDGE. 239 00:07:15,636 --> 00:07:19,370 WE'VE CREATED IT WITH SOME OF 240 00:07:19,373 --> 00:07:20,938 THE BEST EXPERTS IN THE COUNTRY. 241 00:07:20,941 --> 00:07:21,272 IT IS A CONSORTIUM WITH OTHER 242 00:07:21,275 --> 00:07:22,206 STATES. 243 00:07:22,209 --> 00:07:22,507 OTHER STATES WOULD LIKE TO GET 244 00:07:22,510 --> 00:07:26,811 THAT. 245 00:07:26,814 --> 00:07:29,313 WE ARE LEADING THE CHARGE. 246 00:07:29,316 --> 00:07:31,716 WE ARE THE FIRST STATE IN THE 247 00:07:31,719 --> 00:07:35,553 NATION TO HAVE THE EVERY 248 00:07:35,556 --> 00:07:37,388 STUDENTS SUCCEEDS AND THE PLAN. 249 00:07:37,391 --> 00:07:39,657 >> YOU CONTINUE TO TAKE SOME 250 00:07:39,660 --> 00:07:40,658 HEAT FROM THE NAY SAYERS, PEOPLE 251 00:07:40,661 --> 00:07:41,359 WHO DIDN'T SUPPORT YOU DURING 252 00:07:41,362 --> 00:07:42,994 YOUR CAMPAIGN. 253 00:07:42,997 --> 00:07:44,662 YET YOU'VE TRAVELED TO NEARLY 40 254 00:07:44,665 --> 00:07:45,196 DIFFERENT PLACES OVER THE LAST 255 00:07:45,199 --> 00:07:47,165 TWO YEARS. 256 00:07:47,168 --> 00:07:49,434 WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT YOUR 257 00:07:49,437 --> 00:07:51,869 PLANS FOR EDUCATION IN ARIZONA? 258 00:07:51,872 --> 00:07:55,506 >> I THINK IT SPEAKS TO WANTING 259 00:07:55,509 --> 00:07:55,840 TO INVOLVE THE PEOPLE OF 260 00:07:55,843 --> 00:07:59,110 ARIZONA. 261 00:07:59,113 --> 00:08:00,645 IN ONE OF MY DEEPEST HELD 262 00:08:00,648 --> 00:08:01,946 BELIEFS IS THAT OUR EDUCATION 263 00:08:01,949 --> 00:08:04,515 SYSTEM BELONGS TO ALL OF US. 264 00:08:04,518 --> 00:08:05,750 IT DOESN'T JUST BELONG TO THE 265 00:08:05,753 --> 00:08:07,318 PARENTS WHO RIGHT THIS MINUTE 266 00:08:07,321 --> 00:08:10,221 HAVE CHILDREN IN CLASS, OR TO 267 00:08:10,224 --> 00:08:10,688 THE TEACHERS OR THE 268 00:08:10,691 --> 00:08:12,290 ADMINISTRATORS. 269 00:08:12,293 --> 00:08:13,825 WE ALL HAVE A STAKE IN THE 270 00:08:13,828 --> 00:08:14,192 OUTCOME IN THE EDUCATION OF OUR 271 00:08:14,195 --> 00:08:16,027 CHILDREN. 272 00:08:16,030 --> 00:08:18,329 THAT'S ALSO WHY IT IS A PUBLICLY 273 00:08:18,332 --> 00:08:22,533 FUNDED EDUCATION SYSTEM, BECAUSE 274 00:08:22,536 --> 00:08:25,069 OUR FOUNDING FATHERS SAW THAT AS 275 00:08:25,072 --> 00:08:26,170 SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOOL, AN 276 00:08:26,173 --> 00:08:29,040 IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE PROCESS 277 00:08:29,043 --> 00:08:30,942 OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE A WELL 278 00:08:30,945 --> 00:08:33,611 EDUCATED CITIZENRY TO PERPETUATE 279 00:08:33,614 --> 00:08:35,613 OUR REPUBLIC. 280 00:08:35,616 --> 00:08:36,848 SO IT BELONGS TO ALL OF US. 281 00:08:36,851 --> 00:08:37,382 WE ALL HAVE TO BE AT THE TABLE 282 00:08:37,385 --> 00:08:38,616 DISCUSSING IT. 283 00:08:38,619 --> 00:08:39,517 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 284 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:40,985 >> THANK YOU. 285 00:08:40,988 --> 00:08:43,921 >>> SUPERINTENDENT DOUGLAS IS IN 286 00:08:43,924 --> 00:08:45,390 FOR A BATTLE AT THE CAPITOL AND 287 00:08:45,393 --> 00:08:45,790 WORKING WITH A NEW TEAM OF 288 00:08:45,793 --> 00:08:47,291 LEGISLATORS. 289 00:08:47,294 --> 00:08:48,626 ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA'S 290 00:08:48,629 --> 00:08:49,427 CHRISTOPHER CONOVER WITH MORE 291 00:08:49,430 --> 00:08:50,662 FROM PHOENIX. 292 00:08:50,665 --> 00:08:52,930 >> THE NOVEMBER ELECTION BROUGHT 293 00:08:52,933 --> 00:08:54,332 NEW FACES TO THE STATE CAPITOL. 294 00:08:54,335 --> 00:09:00,338 FROM LEADERSHIP IN BOTH THE 295 00:09:00,341 --> 00:09:01,439 SENATE AND THE HOUSE, TO 296 00:09:01,442 --> 00:09:01,839 MEMBERSHIP. 297 00:09:01,842 --> 00:09:03,041 MEMBERSHIP. 298 00:09:03,044 --> 00:09:05,610 THEY'RE UP HERE AT ORIENTATION 299 00:09:05,613 --> 00:09:06,778 LEARNING THEIR JOBS. 300 00:09:06,781 --> 00:09:08,479 REPRESENTATIVE TODD CLAUDE 301 00:09:08,482 --> 00:09:09,580 FELTER OF TUCSON IS ONE OF THOSE 302 00:09:09,583 --> 00:09:11,182 NEW MEMBERS. 303 00:09:11,185 --> 00:09:11,482 >> LIKE DRINKING FROM THE FIRE 304 00:09:11,485 --> 00:09:12,550 HOSE. 305 00:09:12,553 --> 00:09:14,986 THE PROTOCOL. 306 00:09:14,989 --> 00:09:15,386 THE TRADITION OF LEARNING THE 307 00:09:15,389 --> 00:09:16,688 PROCEDURES. 308 00:09:16,691 --> 00:09:19,490 I WOULD SAY IT ISN'T 309 00:09:19,493 --> 00:09:21,025 OVERWHELMING BUT IT CERTAINLY IS 310 00:09:21,028 --> 00:09:21,359 A MASS OF INFORMATION TO TRY TO 311 00:09:21,362 --> 00:09:22,393 CONSUME. 312 00:09:22,396 --> 00:09:22,994 >> ANYTHING LIKE YOU THOUGHT IT 313 00:09:22,997 --> 00:09:24,462 WAS GOING TO BE? 314 00:09:24,465 --> 00:09:26,464 >> NO, IT IS WAY BEYOND THAT. 315 00:09:26,467 --> 00:09:27,765 WHAT I'M FINDING OUT THOUGH, 316 00:09:27,768 --> 00:09:29,434 THERE IS PLENTY OF STAFF MEMBERS 317 00:09:29,437 --> 00:09:31,169 ON CAMPUS THAT ARE THERE TO HELP 318 00:09:31,172 --> 00:09:31,469 AND TO GUIDE US THROUGH THESE 319 00:09:31,472 --> 00:09:32,704 STEPS. 320 00:09:32,707 --> 00:09:33,971 WE REPRESENT THE PEOPLE, BUT 321 00:09:33,974 --> 00:09:36,574 THEY ARE THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF 322 00:09:36,577 --> 00:09:36,908 WHAT HAPPENS HERE AT THE STATE 323 00:09:36,911 --> 00:09:38,443 CAPITOL. 324 00:09:38,446 --> 00:09:40,678 >> THE CAPITOL IS GETTING READY 325 00:09:40,681 --> 00:09:41,012 FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW 326 00:09:41,015 --> 00:09:42,380 SESSION. 327 00:09:42,383 --> 00:09:47,885 BUT OF COURSE, FOR NEW MEMBERS, 328 00:09:47,888 --> 00:09:48,152 THERE ARE SOME HICCUPS ALONG THE 329 00:09:48,155 --> 00:09:49,487 WAY. 330 00:09:49,490 --> 00:09:50,221 >> I ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE A 331 00:09:50,224 --> 00:09:51,556 BADGE YET. 332 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,725 CAN I GET THROUGH? 333 00:09:53,728 --> 00:09:54,025 OH, OKAY. 334 00:09:54,028 --> 00:09:55,526 OKAY. 335 00:09:55,529 --> 00:09:56,794 >> FOR NEW REPRESENTATIVE 336 00:09:56,797 --> 00:09:57,962 KIRSTIN ENGLE, THAT MEANS 337 00:09:57,965 --> 00:09:59,797 CHECKING OUT HER NEW OFFICE. 338 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,034 >> SO WE'RE SEEING IT FOR FIRST 339 00:10:03,037 --> 00:10:04,335 TIME. 340 00:10:04,338 --> 00:10:05,737 YOU'RE SEEING IT WITH ME. 341 00:10:05,740 --> 00:10:08,072 IN ITS EMPTY STATE. 342 00:10:08,075 --> 00:10:11,676 SO HERE IT IS. 343 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,746 >> IN THE ARIZONA HOUSE, 344 00:10:14,749 --> 00:10:17,515 REPRESENTATIVES-ELECT ENGLE AND 345 00:10:17,518 --> 00:10:19,550 CLAUDEFELTER ARE A RARITY, BOTH 346 00:10:19,553 --> 00:10:21,085 FRESHMEN FROM THE TUCSON 347 00:10:21,088 --> 00:10:21,919 DISTRICT BUT THEY REPRESENT 348 00:10:21,922 --> 00:10:23,454 DIFFERENT PARTIES. 349 00:10:23,457 --> 00:10:24,389 ONLY THREE DISTRICTS IN THE 350 00:10:24,392 --> 00:10:26,057 STATE HAVE THAT ARRANGEMENT. 351 00:10:26,060 --> 00:10:27,425 >> I THINK IT WILL WORK FINE. 352 00:10:27,428 --> 00:10:28,292 PART OF MY CAMPAIGN EFFORT WAS 353 00:10:28,295 --> 00:10:29,494 TO IDENTIFY THAT I WOULD 354 00:10:29,497 --> 00:10:30,428 REPRESENT ALL OF THE PEOPLE, NOT 355 00:10:30,431 --> 00:10:34,432 JUST THE CORE. 356 00:10:34,435 --> 00:10:35,833 AND I THINK WE NEED A BALANCE. 357 00:10:35,836 --> 00:10:37,568 WE NEED A REPUBLICAN UP HERE AS 358 00:10:37,571 --> 00:10:39,070 WELL AS THE DEMOCRATS TO BEST 359 00:10:39,073 --> 00:10:39,404 REPUBLICAN THE COMMUNITY OF 360 00:10:39,407 --> 00:10:40,638 TUCSON. 361 00:10:40,641 --> 00:10:41,673 >> WE'RE GOING TO SEE. 362 00:10:41,676 --> 00:10:43,207 WE'RE GOING TO SEE. 363 00:10:43,210 --> 00:10:43,508 BUT SO FAR IT'S BEEN WORKING 364 00:10:43,511 --> 00:10:45,109 WELL. 365 00:10:45,112 --> 00:10:48,846 WE'RE GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER 366 00:10:48,849 --> 00:10:49,847 HERE UP IN THE LEGISLATURE, AND 367 00:10:49,850 --> 00:10:52,050 PUTTING ALL THE CAMPAIGN BEHIND 368 00:10:52,053 --> 00:10:54,352 US NOW AND I THINK THE POINT NOW 369 00:10:54,355 --> 00:10:56,387 IS JUST MAKE PROGRESS ON THE 370 00:10:56,390 --> 00:10:56,721 ISSUES THAT WE CAME HERE TO 371 00:10:56,724 --> 00:10:59,157 FURTHER. 372 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,092 >> EDUCATION IS A TOP PRIORITY 373 00:11:01,095 --> 00:11:02,660 FOR MANY IN THE LEGISLATURE. 374 00:11:02,663 --> 00:11:04,562 THAT INCLUDES THE MAN IN CHARGE 375 00:11:04,565 --> 00:11:08,266 OF THE HOUSE FOR THE NEXT TWO 376 00:11:08,269 --> 00:11:08,666 YEARS, HOUSE SPEAKER ELECT 377 00:11:08,669 --> 00:11:09,701 J.D.MESNARD. 378 00:11:09,704 --> 00:11:12,070 >> I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 379 00:11:12,073 --> 00:11:13,738 A LOT OF INTEREST IN NOT ONLY 380 00:11:13,741 --> 00:11:16,507 CLASSROOM SPENDING, BUT IN 381 00:11:16,510 --> 00:11:16,908 SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING 382 00:11:16,911 --> 00:11:18,376 MAINTENANCE. 383 00:11:18,379 --> 00:11:20,511 WHEN THE ECONOMY TOOK A DIVE, WE 384 00:11:20,514 --> 00:11:22,046 SCALED SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS 385 00:11:22,049 --> 00:11:24,649 BACK FOR NEW FACILITIES OR 386 00:11:24,652 --> 00:11:28,186 UPKEEP OF FACILITIES, AND WE 387 00:11:28,189 --> 00:11:29,454 NEED TO RE-EXAMINE THAT OR ELSE 388 00:11:29,457 --> 00:11:31,222 WE WILL BE IN FOR IT LATER. 389 00:11:31,225 --> 00:11:32,924 >> EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM WE 390 00:11:32,927 --> 00:11:33,991 HEARD FROM STATE SCHOOL 391 00:11:33,994 --> 00:11:36,060 SUPERINTENDENT DIANE DOUGLAS 392 00:11:36,063 --> 00:11:36,394 ABOUT HER PLANS FOR EDUCATION 393 00:11:36,397 --> 00:11:37,662 FUNDING. 394 00:11:37,665 --> 00:11:39,397 THAT MONEY MUST BE APPROVED BY 395 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,265 THE LEGISLATURE. 396 00:11:41,268 --> 00:11:42,500 >> FRANKLY, WHAT SHE EXPRESSED, 397 00:11:42,503 --> 00:11:44,469 AT THE VERY LEAST, I WOULD SAY 398 00:11:44,472 --> 00:11:45,903 ARE PRIORITIES THAT WE SHARE. 399 00:11:45,906 --> 00:11:47,171 THE STRATEGY FOR GETTING THERE, 400 00:11:47,174 --> 00:11:48,740 FOR INSTANCE, DIPPING INTO THE 401 00:11:48,743 --> 00:11:50,041 RAINY DAY FUND, I DON'T THINK 402 00:11:50,044 --> 00:11:51,309 THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 403 00:11:51,312 --> 00:11:53,011 IT IS NOT RAINING. 404 00:11:53,014 --> 00:11:54,379 >> WITH ORIENTATION WEEK OVER, 405 00:11:54,382 --> 00:11:56,014 NEW MEMBERS NOW RETURN HOME TO 406 00:11:56,017 --> 00:11:57,548 SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES, 407 00:11:57,551 --> 00:11:59,183 DIGEST WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED, AND 408 00:11:59,186 --> 00:12:01,352 FIGURE OUT WHAT THE TOP BILLS 409 00:12:01,355 --> 00:12:02,220 WILL BE FOR THE UPCOMING 410 00:12:02,223 --> 00:12:04,589 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 411 00:12:04,592 --> 00:12:07,859 THE SESSION BEGINS JANUARY 9th. 412 00:12:07,862 --> 00:12:08,793 AT THE STATE CAPITOL, 413 00:12:08,796 --> 00:12:13,064 CHRISTOPHER CONOVER, ARIZONA 414 00:12:13,067 --> 00:12:13,765 PUBLIC MEDIA. 415 00:12:13,768 --> 00:12:16,901 >>> BACK TO THE CLASSROOM NOW. 416 00:12:16,904 --> 00:12:18,336 IN ALTAR VALLEY, THE SCHOOL 417 00:12:18,339 --> 00:12:20,038 DISTRICT LAUNCHING INTO S.T.E.M. 418 00:12:20,041 --> 00:12:21,372 EFFORTS, A PLACE WHERE NEARLY 419 00:12:21,375 --> 00:12:22,240 30% OF THE COMMUNITY IS BELOW 420 00:12:22,243 --> 00:12:23,374 THE POVERTY LINE. 421 00:12:23,377 --> 00:12:27,345 SCHOOL LEADERS ARE DETERMINED TO 422 00:12:27,348 --> 00:12:29,781 GIVE KIDS SOME OF THE BEST 423 00:12:29,784 --> 00:12:36,020 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 424 00:12:36,023 --> 00:12:38,156 ♪♪ 425 00:12:38,159 --> 00:12:40,892 >> I THINK THE KIDS LOVE IT. 426 00:12:40,895 --> 00:12:41,359 THEY JUST REALLY -- THEY GET 427 00:12:41,362 --> 00:12:45,096 INTO IT. 428 00:12:45,099 --> 00:12:47,365 THERE ARE SO MANY EXCITING 429 00:12:47,368 --> 00:12:49,500 THINGS IN THE LABS. 430 00:12:49,503 --> 00:12:50,101 THEY HAVE ROBOTICS, THEY HAVE 431 00:12:50,104 --> 00:12:51,302 MEDICAL IMAGING. 432 00:12:51,305 --> 00:12:52,704 THEY HAVE KIDS WHO SAY, I WANT 433 00:12:52,707 --> 00:12:56,207 TO BE A VETERINARIAN. 434 00:12:56,210 --> 00:12:57,342 WE HAVE KIDS THAT WILL DO 435 00:12:57,345 --> 00:13:00,111 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. 436 00:13:00,114 --> 00:13:03,881 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO 437 00:13:03,884 --> 00:13:05,717 SORT OF EXPLORE WHAT THEIR 438 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:07,919 INTERESTS MIGHT BE. 439 00:13:07,922 --> 00:13:08,820 >> THE LABS CAME TO THE ALTAR 440 00:13:08,823 --> 00:13:12,857 VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT BY WAY OF 441 00:13:12,860 --> 00:13:14,125 A GRANT, A COMPETITIVE ONE. 442 00:13:14,128 --> 00:13:15,393 100 DISTRICTS APPLIED. 443 00:13:15,396 --> 00:13:19,030 THIS RURAL SCHOOL WEST OF 444 00:13:19,033 --> 00:13:19,831 TUCSON, 1 OF 7 AWARDED THE 445 00:13:19,834 --> 00:13:20,531 GUNDZ. 446 00:13:20,534 --> 00:13:20,932 FUNDS. 447 00:13:20,935 --> 00:13:22,400 FUNDS. 448 00:13:22,403 --> 00:13:23,234 THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ARE 449 00:13:23,237 --> 00:13:25,837 OFFERED A WAY OF LEARNING. 450 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,473 >> IT IS A PROGRAM WHERE YOU 451 00:13:28,476 --> 00:13:30,074 HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT 452 00:13:30,077 --> 00:13:31,342 MOLECULES LIKE FORENSIC SCIENCE 453 00:13:31,345 --> 00:13:33,211 OR VETERINARY MEDICINE. 454 00:13:33,214 --> 00:13:33,978 THEN DIGITAL MUSIC. 455 00:13:33,981 --> 00:13:36,080 MEDIA PRINTING. 456 00:13:36,083 --> 00:13:37,281 THERE IS A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT 457 00:13:37,284 --> 00:13:38,549 ONES AND THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT 458 00:13:38,552 --> 00:13:39,450 ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO TO 459 00:13:39,453 --> 00:13:41,019 EXPERIMENT AND SEE WHAT IT IS 460 00:13:41,022 --> 00:13:42,820 LIKE IF YOU ACTUALLY GOT A JOB 461 00:13:42,823 --> 00:13:44,389 IN THAT AREA. 462 00:13:44,392 --> 00:13:45,490 >> IT'S REALLY FUN TO DO. 463 00:13:45,493 --> 00:13:46,057 IT IS ACTUALLY A GREAT PROGRAM 464 00:13:46,060 --> 00:13:48,292 TO USE. 465 00:13:48,295 --> 00:13:49,727 IT HELPS YOU LEARN STUFF WITHOUT 466 00:13:49,730 --> 00:13:49,994 HAVING TO JUST DO IT ON YOUR 467 00:13:49,997 --> 00:13:51,429 OWN. 468 00:13:51,432 --> 00:13:52,630 LIKE IT GIVES YOU HELP BUT YOU 469 00:13:52,633 --> 00:13:54,766 ALSO HAVE THE CHALLENGE OF BEING 470 00:13:54,769 --> 00:13:56,868 ABLE TO DO IT YOURSELF. 471 00:13:56,871 --> 00:13:59,871 >> INTRODUCED TO PROGRAMS AND 472 00:13:59,874 --> 00:14:02,106 SYSTEMS THEY'VE NEVER SEEN 473 00:14:02,109 --> 00:14:03,608 BEFORE, IMPROVED SKILL SETS 474 00:14:03,611 --> 00:14:05,109 FOSTERING A NEW DREAM. 475 00:14:05,112 --> 00:14:06,711 >> I WOULD ACTUALLY DRY AND BE 476 00:14:06,714 --> 00:14:07,712 AN ENGINEER BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO 477 00:14:07,715 --> 00:14:08,913 ANOTHER SOMETHING THAT I LIKE TO 478 00:14:08,916 --> 00:14:11,049 DO AND IT KIND OF GAVE ME AN 479 00:14:11,052 --> 00:14:11,916 IDEA OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. 480 00:14:11,919 --> 00:14:14,018 SOMETHING FUN AND PRODUCTIVE. 481 00:14:14,021 --> 00:14:15,319 >> IN ONE YEAR, TEST SCORES HAVE 482 00:14:15,322 --> 00:14:16,754 NEARLY DOUBLED. 483 00:14:16,757 --> 00:14:18,423 THE SCHOOL'S STEPPING UP TO 484 00:14:18,426 --> 00:14:20,291 TEACH A NEW CALIBER OF STUDENT. 485 00:14:20,294 --> 00:14:22,427 >> WE'RE OFFERING NOW OVER 20 486 00:14:22,430 --> 00:14:24,996 DIFFERENT MODULES FOR KIDS TO 487 00:14:24,999 --> 00:14:26,297 SEE WHAT THEY LIKE, SEE WHAT 488 00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:28,533 THEIR INTERESTS ARE AND WE'RE 489 00:14:28,536 --> 00:14:29,233 ABLE TO INCORPORATE S.T.E.M. AND 490 00:14:29,236 --> 00:14:31,536 ENGLISH IN THERE. 491 00:14:31,539 --> 00:14:31,969 THE WRITING HAS IMPROVED 492 00:14:31,972 --> 00:14:33,538 SIGNIFICANTLY. 493 00:14:33,541 --> 00:14:35,206 >> MORE THAN SCIENCE, 494 00:14:35,209 --> 00:14:36,841 TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND 495 00:14:36,844 --> 00:14:37,408 MATH, THIS PROGRAM IS SETTING A 496 00:14:37,411 --> 00:14:39,043 NEW STANDARD. 497 00:14:39,046 --> 00:14:41,012 >> THE CRITICAL THINKING AND 498 00:14:41,015 --> 00:14:45,149 READING THAT TAKES PLACE IN THAT 499 00:14:45,152 --> 00:14:46,451 CLASSROOM IS AMAZING. 500 00:14:46,454 --> 00:14:48,152 TEXTBOOKS ARE -- THEY'RE GONE. 501 00:14:48,155 --> 00:14:51,889 I REALLY BELIEVE THAT. 502 00:14:51,892 --> 00:14:52,623 I THINK KIDS LEARN BETTER NOW 503 00:14:52,626 --> 00:14:54,192 USING THE COMPUTER. 504 00:14:54,195 --> 00:14:55,059 I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEIR 505 00:14:55,062 --> 00:14:59,097 SKILLS ARE. 506 00:14:59,100 --> 00:15:00,865 I THINK KIDS ARE BORN ALMOST 507 00:15:00,868 --> 00:15:03,835 WITH A PHONE IN THEIR HANDS. 508 00:15:03,838 --> 00:15:04,235 THEY KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY 509 00:15:04,238 --> 00:15:06,704 QUICKLY. 510 00:15:06,707 --> 00:15:08,673 I'M MUCH OLDER, SO IT TAKES ME A 511 00:15:08,676 --> 00:15:09,073 WHILE TO FIGURE OUT THE 512 00:15:09,076 --> 00:15:10,742 TECHNOLOGY. 513 00:15:10,745 --> 00:15:11,409 BUT KIDS CAN JUST FIGURE OUT 514 00:15:11,412 --> 00:15:12,710 REALLY QUICKLY. 515 00:15:12,713 --> 00:15:15,380 AND THAT'S THE WAY THEY LEARN 516 00:15:15,383 --> 00:15:18,082 AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO TAP 517 00:15:18,085 --> 00:15:19,684 IN TO, THE WAY THEY LEARN. 518 00:15:19,687 --> 00:15:22,320 >> WE'VE SEEN SOME GREAT 519 00:15:22,323 --> 00:15:26,124 SUCCESSES WITH STUDENT TEST 520 00:15:26,127 --> 00:15:27,392 SCORES AND HAVING THIS LAB OPENS 521 00:15:27,395 --> 00:15:28,693 SO MANY MORE DOORS FOR STUDENTS 522 00:15:28,696 --> 00:15:31,663 THAT THEY JUST HAVE NO IDEA THAT 523 00:15:31,666 --> 00:15:32,730 WAS EVEN A POSSIBILITY. 524 00:15:32,733 --> 00:15:34,699 >> IF EVERY STUDENT COULD 525 00:15:34,702 --> 00:15:35,099 EXPERIENCE IT, THAT WOULD BE 526 00:15:35,102 --> 00:15:35,933 REALLY COOL. 527 00:15:35,936 --> 00:15:37,802 >> IT IS JUST A REALLY COOL 528 00:15:37,805 --> 00:15:38,136 PROGRAM TO HELP YOU LEARN NEW 529 00:15:38,139 --> 00:15:40,038 THINGS. 530 00:15:40,041 --> 00:15:41,706 >> BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. 531 00:15:41,709 --> 00:15:49,280 WHAT THEY LEARN HERE, LAYING THE 532 00:15:49,283 --> 00:15:59,557 FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE. 533 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:00,925 >>> A DIAMOND IN THE DESERT. 534 00:16:00,928 --> 00:16:03,127 SUPERINTENDENT DAVID DUMOND. 535 00:16:03,130 --> 00:16:06,297 >> WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON OUR 536 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:07,131 21st CENTURY SKILLS OF 537 00:16:07,134 --> 00:16:08,032 COMMUNICATION, BUILDING 538 00:16:08,035 --> 00:16:09,334 COMMUNICATION COLLABORATION AND 539 00:16:09,337 --> 00:16:12,370 CRITICAL THINKING AND CREATIVITY 540 00:16:12,373 --> 00:16:15,273 WITH OUR STUDENTS. 541 00:16:15,276 --> 00:16:16,407 THE PAXTON LAB WAS SOMETHING 542 00:16:16,410 --> 00:16:17,709 THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO WE WERE 543 00:16:17,712 --> 00:16:21,512 ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A GRANT 544 00:16:21,515 --> 00:16:22,714 THAT GOT US STARTSTARTED. 545 00:16:22,717 --> 00:16:24,048 100 SCHOOLS APPLIED. 546 00:16:24,051 --> 00:16:25,717 SEVEN SCHOOLS GOT THE GRANT. 547 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:26,050 THAT'S REALLY GOT THE BALL 548 00:16:26,053 --> 00:16:31,122 ROLLING. 549 00:16:31,125 --> 00:16:31,756 WE DECIDED TO PILOT THE 550 00:16:31,759 --> 00:16:33,825 PAXTON-PATTERSON LAB. 551 00:16:33,828 --> 00:16:35,360 IT REALLY FOCUSES ON CAREERS FOR 552 00:16:35,363 --> 00:16:37,662 STUDENTS OUT THERE. 553 00:16:37,665 --> 00:16:39,364 WE'RE REMOVED FROM TUCSON AND SO 554 00:16:39,367 --> 00:16:41,566 WE WANTED TO TRY TO OFFER 555 00:16:41,569 --> 00:16:44,035 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE KIDS TO BE 556 00:16:44,038 --> 00:16:44,369 ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT 557 00:16:44,372 --> 00:16:47,839 THINGS. 558 00:16:47,842 --> 00:16:48,573 SO THAT'S REALLY WHY WE BROUGHT 559 00:16:48,576 --> 00:16:49,774 PAXTON-PATTERSON TO THE SCHOOL. 560 00:16:49,777 --> 00:16:51,075 >> IT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE. 561 00:16:51,078 --> 00:16:52,610 YOU SAID TEST SCORE DMZ SOME 562 00:16:52,613 --> 00:16:53,144 AREAS HAVE ACTUALLY DOUBLED? 563 00:16:53,147 --> 00:16:55,880 >> YES. 564 00:16:55,883 --> 00:16:57,015 AS WE LOOKED AT LAST YEAR'S 565 00:16:57,018 --> 00:16:58,316 DISTRICT BENCHMARK SCORES TO 566 00:16:58,319 --> 00:17:00,985 THIS YEAR'S DISTRICT BENCHMARK 567 00:17:00,988 --> 00:17:03,187 SCORES COMPARING FIRST QUARTER 568 00:17:03,190 --> 00:17:07,158 DATA, WE'VE INCREASED ANYWHERE 569 00:17:07,161 --> 00:17:08,793 FROM 20% TO 60% IN -- ON OUR 570 00:17:08,796 --> 00:17:10,662 READING, OUR READING, OUR MATH 571 00:17:10,665 --> 00:17:12,263 AND OUR SCIENCE BENCHMARKS. 572 00:17:12,266 --> 00:17:13,998 WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT 573 00:17:14,001 --> 00:17:15,099 WE'RE SEEING SO FAR. 574 00:17:15,102 --> 00:17:16,334 WE'RE JUST WRAPPING UP -- 575 00:17:16,337 --> 00:17:17,635 GETTING READY TO START A SECOND 576 00:17:17,638 --> 00:17:19,270 QUARTER OF ASSESSMENTS NEXT WEEK 577 00:17:19,273 --> 00:17:21,639 AND WE'LL BE COMPARING THAT DATA 578 00:17:21,642 --> 00:17:24,342 AND LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE DOING. 579 00:17:24,345 --> 00:17:24,776 BUT WE ARE EXPECTING SIMILAR 580 00:17:24,779 --> 00:17:26,411 CELEBRATIONS. 581 00:17:26,414 --> 00:17:26,678 >> WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT 582 00:17:26,681 --> 00:17:27,612 TO? 583 00:17:27,615 --> 00:17:28,746 YOU CAN PROVIDE THESE STUDENTS 584 00:17:28,749 --> 00:17:30,281 WITH THIS INFORMATION, BUT THEN 585 00:17:30,284 --> 00:17:34,552 TO SEE IT HAPPEN SO QUICKLY. 586 00:17:34,555 --> 00:17:36,454 >> WELL, REALLY, IT GOES DOWN TO 587 00:17:36,457 --> 00:17:37,989 THE TEACHERS AT ALTAR VALLEY 588 00:17:37,992 --> 00:17:40,291 MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE JUST AN 589 00:17:40,294 --> 00:17:43,995 AMAZING TEAM THAT WORK TOGETHER. 590 00:17:43,998 --> 00:17:45,963 OUR TEACHER THAT WE HAVE LEADING 591 00:17:45,966 --> 00:17:48,166 THE LAB IS A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR 592 00:17:48,169 --> 00:17:50,702 THE STUDENTS AND REALLY THEY'RE 593 00:17:50,705 --> 00:17:51,969 GOING TO THE LAB AND THEY'RE 594 00:17:51,972 --> 00:17:53,338 GETTING INTRODUCED TO DIFFERENT 595 00:17:53,341 --> 00:17:56,074 CAREERS BUT IT IS REALLY ALL OF 596 00:17:56,077 --> 00:17:58,176 THE TEACHERS WORKING TOGETHER 597 00:17:58,179 --> 00:17:58,976 TRYING TO GET THEM TO BRING 598 00:17:58,979 --> 00:18:00,611 EVERYTHING TOGETHER. 599 00:18:00,614 --> 00:18:02,046 THAT'S REALLY WHAT S.T.E.M. IS. 600 00:18:02,049 --> 00:18:03,614 IT IS JUST REALLY ABOUT TRYING 601 00:18:03,617 --> 00:18:04,849 TO INTEGRATE ALL OF THE 602 00:18:04,852 --> 00:18:05,950 DIFFERENT AREAS AND HELP 603 00:18:05,953 --> 00:18:07,151 STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT 604 00:18:07,154 --> 00:18:08,586 CAREERS AND OPPORTUNITIES. 605 00:18:08,589 --> 00:18:09,921 >> IN THE PIECE THAT WE SAW SOME 606 00:18:09,924 --> 00:18:11,756 OF THESE KIDS WERE SAYING I 607 00:18:11,759 --> 00:18:13,124 NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT BEING AN 608 00:18:13,127 --> 00:18:13,424 ENGINEER, BUT MAYBE NOW I WANT 609 00:18:13,427 --> 00:18:14,425 TO. 610 00:18:14,428 --> 00:18:15,994 IS THAT THE IDEA BEHIND THIS? 611 00:18:15,997 --> 00:18:18,129 >> IT IS EXACTLY THE IDEA. 612 00:18:18,132 --> 00:18:19,897 IT IS ALSO THE IDEA, I MEAN WE 613 00:18:19,900 --> 00:18:21,432 HAVE LASER TECHNOLOGY. 614 00:18:21,435 --> 00:18:23,668 WE HAVE FORENSIC SCIENCE. 615 00:18:23,671 --> 00:18:27,271 THEY'RE ABLE TO CHOOSE A CAREER 616 00:18:27,274 --> 00:18:30,541 THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN 617 00:18:30,544 --> 00:18:32,010 AND 9 TIMES OUT OF 10, STUDENTS 618 00:18:32,013 --> 00:18:34,379 ARE LIKE "I LOVE IT." 619 00:18:34,382 --> 00:18:35,313 YOU'LL HAVE A OPPORTUNITY BE, 620 00:18:35,316 --> 00:18:36,647 LIKE, WELL, MAYBE THIS MIGHT NOT 621 00:18:36,650 --> 00:18:39,183 BE THE CAREER FOR ME BUT THEY 622 00:18:39,186 --> 00:18:39,584 COMPLETE THE MODULE, THEY'RE 623 00:18:39,587 --> 00:18:40,651 SUCCESSFUL. 624 00:18:40,654 --> 00:18:41,519 SO AGAIN, IT IS A LEARNING 625 00:18:41,522 --> 00:18:43,154 OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT WE 626 00:18:43,157 --> 00:18:44,822 WANT TO DO TO GET THEM TO 627 00:18:44,825 --> 00:18:46,024 REALIZE NOW TO START THINKING 628 00:18:46,027 --> 00:18:47,125 ABOUT WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH 629 00:18:47,128 --> 00:18:48,593 THE REST OF MY LIFE. 630 00:18:48,596 --> 00:18:50,128 >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S 631 00:18:50,131 --> 00:18:54,198 REALLY NEW FOR THIS COMMUNITY. 632 00:18:54,201 --> 00:18:54,899 >> WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 633 00:18:54,902 --> 00:18:55,833 WAYS -- WE HAVE A LOT OF 634 00:18:55,836 --> 00:19:00,171 WAYS -- WE HAVE A LOT OF 635 00:19:00,174 --> 00:19:00,772 STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN 636 00:19:00,775 --> 00:19:01,472 OUR 700 SQUARE MILES. 637 00:19:01,475 --> 00:19:03,174 OUR 700 SQUARE MILES. 638 00:19:03,177 --> 00:19:03,808 WE KNOW PARENTS AND STUDENTS 639 00:19:03,811 --> 00:19:05,476 HAVE CHOICES. 640 00:19:05,479 --> 00:19:06,911 WE WANT TO CREATE A FIRST CLASS 641 00:19:06,914 --> 00:19:07,245 EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN ALTAR 642 00:19:07,248 --> 00:19:08,379 VALLEY. 643 00:19:08,382 --> 00:19:09,113 I REALLY BELIEVE WE HAVE AN 644 00:19:09,116 --> 00:19:12,817 AMAZING PLACE. 645 00:19:12,820 --> 00:19:17,255 SO BRINGING IN THE S.T.E.M. AND 646 00:19:17,258 --> 00:19:18,790 THE PAXTON LAB IS REALLY JUST 647 00:19:18,793 --> 00:19:19,490 CREATING A -- AGAIN -- JUST MORE 648 00:19:19,493 --> 00:19:21,759 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM. 649 00:19:21,762 --> 00:19:22,193 WE'VE EXPANDED OUR SUMMER 650 00:19:22,196 --> 00:19:23,494 SCHOOL. 651 00:19:23,497 --> 00:19:24,028 WE'RE CALLING IT A S.T.E.M. 652 00:19:24,031 --> 00:19:27,965 SUMMER CAMP. 653 00:19:27,968 --> 00:19:30,134 IT IS REALLY ALL JUST COMPLETELY 654 00:19:30,137 --> 00:19:32,003 ON TECHNOLOGY, FORENSICS, IT'S 655 00:19:32,006 --> 00:19:36,274 JUST -- IT'S REALLY CHANGED THE 656 00:19:36,277 --> 00:19:38,142 WAY WE'VE DONE OR ARE DOING 657 00:19:38,145 --> 00:19:39,377 THINGS IN ALTAR VALLEY. 658 00:19:39,380 --> 00:19:40,712 >> THANKS SO MUCH. 659 00:19:40,715 --> 00:19:41,079 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 660 00:19:41,082 --> 00:19:42,547 PLEASURE. 661 00:19:42,550 --> 00:19:46,417 >>> ALL ACROSS THE TUCSON AREA 662 00:19:46,420 --> 00:19:47,452 THERE ARE S.T.E.M. EFFORTS IN 663 00:19:47,455 --> 00:19:48,052 SCHOOLS. 664 00:19:48,055 --> 00:19:49,220 THE LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYER IN 665 00:19:49,223 --> 00:19:51,923 THE LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYER IN 666 00:19:51,926 --> 00:19:53,791 SOUTHERN ARIZONA SAYS 50% OF ITS 667 00:19:53,794 --> 00:19:54,959 CHARITABLE GIVING GOES TOWARD 668 00:19:54,962 --> 00:20:00,098 INCREASING S.T.E.M. EDUCATION. 669 00:20:00,101 --> 00:20:00,465 WITH MORE ON THAT, HERE'S MY 670 00:20:00,468 --> 00:20:02,100 COLLEAGUE. 671 00:20:02,103 --> 00:20:04,635 >> THERE REALLY IS A NATIONAL 672 00:20:04,638 --> 00:20:07,005 IMPERATIVE TO GET MORE STUDENTS 673 00:20:07,008 --> 00:20:08,740 INVOLVED IN S.T.E.M. EDUCATION, 674 00:20:08,743 --> 00:20:09,640 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING 675 00:20:09,643 --> 00:20:11,175 AND MATH. 676 00:20:11,178 --> 00:20:13,177 IT IS NOT GOOD WHEN COUNTRIES 677 00:20:13,180 --> 00:20:14,979 LIKE CHINA AND INDIA GRADUATE 678 00:20:14,982 --> 00:20:15,613 MORE ENGINEERS ANNUALLY THAN THE 679 00:20:15,616 --> 00:20:20,051 UNITED STATES. 680 00:20:20,054 --> 00:20:21,252 SO FOR OUR NATION TO KEEP ITS 681 00:20:21,255 --> 00:20:23,154 TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE, WE REALLY 682 00:20:23,157 --> 00:20:24,055 NEED TO SEE MORE STUDENTS 683 00:20:24,058 --> 00:20:25,323 CHOOSING THOSE CAREERS IF 684 00:20:25,326 --> 00:20:25,656 THEY'RE GOOD IN MATH AND 685 00:20:25,659 --> 00:20:27,091 SCIENCE. 686 00:20:27,094 --> 00:20:28,026 IT IS NOT JUST ADDING UP A 687 00:20:28,029 --> 00:20:29,327 COLUMN OF NUMBERS. 688 00:20:29,330 --> 00:20:31,195 IT IS THE APPLICATION OF THAT. 689 00:20:31,198 --> 00:20:34,832 THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO 690 00:20:34,835 --> 00:20:35,199 INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF 691 00:20:35,202 --> 00:20:38,736 ENGINEERS. 692 00:20:38,739 --> 00:20:40,772 BUT ALSO, WE NEED TALENT AS OUR 693 00:20:40,775 --> 00:20:43,574 POPULATION -- OUR WORK FORCE 694 00:20:43,577 --> 00:20:45,510 AGES, WE NEED THE NEXT BATCH OF 695 00:20:45,513 --> 00:20:48,513 IN 696 00:20:48,516 --> 00:20:49,514 INNOVAORS TO COME IN, WITH 697 00:20:49,517 --> 00:20:50,515 SOLUTIONS WE'VE NEVER EVEN 698 00:20:50,518 --> 00:20:52,116 THOUGHT OF. 699 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:53,084 THAT HAPPENED 20, 30 YEARS AGO 700 00:20:53,087 --> 00:20:54,318 IN AEROSPACE. 701 00:20:54,321 --> 00:20:56,454 WE NEED THE NEXT GROUP TO COME 702 00:20:56,457 --> 00:20:58,089 UP AND INNOVATE AS WELL. 703 00:20:58,092 --> 00:20:59,190 THERE'S TWO MAIN REASONS. 704 00:20:59,193 --> 00:20:59,624 THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO INTERESTED 705 00:20:59,627 --> 00:21:01,159 IN THIS. 706 00:21:01,162 --> 00:21:03,628 >> YOU TALK ABOUT GETTING THAT 707 00:21:03,631 --> 00:21:05,129 NEXT BATCH OF TALENT. 708 00:21:05,132 --> 00:21:06,164 HOW MUCH HAS THAT BEEN COMING 709 00:21:06,167 --> 00:21:08,900 HERE LOCALLY? 710 00:21:08,903 --> 00:21:10,802 THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS FROM 711 00:21:10,805 --> 00:21:11,736 RAYTHEON FROM A DECADE NOW. 712 00:21:11,739 --> 00:21:13,571 IS IT STARTING TO PAY OFF? 713 00:21:13,574 --> 00:21:18,042 ARE YOU SEEING SOME HOME-GROWN 714 00:21:18,045 --> 00:21:20,445 TALENT COMING UP FROM TUCSON? 715 00:21:20,448 --> 00:21:21,879 TO U OF A AND ON TO RAYTHEON? 716 00:21:21,882 --> 00:21:23,848 >> YOU BET WE ARE. 717 00:21:23,851 --> 00:21:25,249 SOME OF THE OUTREACH EFFORTS WE 718 00:21:25,252 --> 00:21:27,585 HAVE CENTERED AROUND S.T.E.M. 719 00:21:27,588 --> 00:21:28,519 EDUCATION, FIRST AND FOREMOST WE 720 00:21:28,522 --> 00:21:29,721 DO A MATH DAY WITH THE 721 00:21:29,724 --> 00:21:30,021 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA EVERY 722 00:21:30,024 --> 00:21:31,089 YEAR. 723 00:21:31,092 --> 00:21:31,889 WE BRING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO 724 00:21:31,892 --> 00:21:33,358 THIS CAMPUS. 725 00:21:33,361 --> 00:21:34,459 THEY BUILD GALILEO SCOPES AND 726 00:21:34,462 --> 00:21:36,394 THEY WORK WITH OUR YOUNG 727 00:21:36,397 --> 00:21:37,795 ENGINEERS TO GET INSPIRED AND 728 00:21:37,798 --> 00:21:39,330 ASK QUESTIONS AND REALLY SEE 729 00:21:39,333 --> 00:21:40,598 THAT THEY, TOO, IF THEY HAVE 730 00:21:40,601 --> 00:21:42,900 THIS KIND OF INTEREST, COULD 731 00:21:42,903 --> 00:21:43,267 HAVE A CAREER AT A COMPANY LIKE 732 00:21:43,270 --> 00:21:45,136 RAYTHEON. 733 00:21:45,139 --> 00:21:47,472 WE DO MATH NIGHTS AT SUNNY SIDE 734 00:21:47,475 --> 00:21:49,107 HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WE ARE 735 00:21:49,110 --> 00:21:50,408 MENTORING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, 736 00:21:50,411 --> 00:21:52,010 MENTORING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 737 00:21:52,013 --> 00:21:54,912 WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING A LITTLE 738 00:21:54,915 --> 00:21:56,547 BIT WITH CALCULUS OR ALGEBRA. 739 00:21:56,550 --> 00:21:57,582 OUR ENGINEERS GO DOWN AND SPEND 740 00:21:57,585 --> 00:21:59,684 A COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THEM, 741 00:21:59,687 --> 00:22:01,119 ALMOST IN A ONE-ON-ONE SETTING. 742 00:22:01,122 --> 00:22:02,220 THESE STUDENTS GET TO UNDERSTAND 743 00:22:02,223 --> 00:22:03,221 CONCEPTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN 744 00:22:03,224 --> 00:22:04,722 DIFFICULT FOR THEM BEFORE. 745 00:22:04,725 --> 00:22:06,691 SO THAT'S VERY REWARDING FOR US 746 00:22:06,694 --> 00:22:07,692 AND WE HAVE NO TROUBLE GETTING 747 00:22:07,695 --> 00:22:09,560 VOLUNTEERS DOING THAT. 748 00:22:09,563 --> 00:22:09,861 >> DO WE SEE THE BENEFITS OF 749 00:22:09,864 --> 00:22:10,895 THIS? 750 00:22:10,898 --> 00:22:13,231 YOU BET. 751 00:22:13,234 --> 00:22:14,866 WE'VE HELPED RAISE TEST SCORES 752 00:22:14,869 --> 00:22:16,334 AT SUNNY SIDE AS A RESULT OF 753 00:22:16,337 --> 00:22:18,536 THIS AND THE FIRST BATCH OF HIGH 754 00:22:18,539 --> 00:22:20,104 SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT DECIDED TO 755 00:22:20,107 --> 00:22:21,339 CHOOSE ENGINEERING AS THEIR 756 00:22:21,342 --> 00:22:25,109 MAJOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 757 00:22:25,112 --> 00:22:26,611 ARIZONA ARE GRADUATING, AND SOME 758 00:22:26,614 --> 00:22:26,878 OF THEM ARE COMING TO WORK FOR 759 00:22:26,881 --> 00:22:29,614 US. 760 00:22:29,617 --> 00:22:32,216 >> YOU MENTIONED U OF A AS A 761 00:22:32,219 --> 00:22:33,351 PIPELINE -- NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF 762 00:22:33,354 --> 00:22:34,318 ITS ENGINEERING GRADUATE 763 00:22:34,321 --> 00:22:35,286 STUDENTS ARE INTERNATIONAL 764 00:22:35,289 --> 00:22:38,089 STUDENTS. 765 00:22:38,092 --> 00:22:39,524 THAT REPRESENTS A BIT OF A 766 00:22:39,527 --> 00:22:40,491 PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO 767 00:22:40,494 --> 00:22:42,126 RECRUITING FOR RAYTHEON, YES? 768 00:22:42,129 --> 00:22:42,493 >> WE HAVE TO HAVE U.S. 769 00:22:42,496 --> 00:22:43,027 CITIZENS. 770 00:22:43,030 --> 00:22:44,362 THAT'S NOT OUR RULE. 771 00:22:44,365 --> 00:22:46,297 THAT'S THE RULE OF OUR NUMBER 772 00:22:46,300 --> 00:22:46,631 ONE CUSTOMER, THE DEPARTMENT OF 773 00:22:46,634 --> 00:22:49,567 DEFENSE. 774 00:22:49,570 --> 00:22:50,268 THAT SHOWS YOU WHY WE NEED TO 775 00:22:50,271 --> 00:22:52,070 GROW TALENT. 776 00:22:52,073 --> 00:22:52,403 WE NEED TO HAVE HOME-GROWN 777 00:22:52,406 --> 00:22:53,338 TALENT. 778 00:22:53,341 --> 00:22:55,173 IT IS WHY WE ARE SO INTERESTED 779 00:22:55,176 --> 00:22:55,573 IN INSPIRING THE NEXT 780 00:22:55,576 --> 00:22:56,908 GENERATION. 781 00:22:56,911 --> 00:22:57,975 OUR PROGRAMS REACH FROM 782 00:22:57,978 --> 00:22:59,444 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IF YOU CAN 783 00:22:59,447 --> 00:23:01,579 BELIEVE IT, THROUGH MIDDLE 784 00:23:01,582 --> 00:23:02,280 SCHOOL, THROUGH MY SCHOOL, AND 785 00:23:02,283 --> 00:23:04,349 THROUGH COLLEGE. 786 00:23:04,352 --> 00:23:04,882 LET ME SAY A BIT ABOUT THE 787 00:23:04,885 --> 00:23:06,117 ELEMENTARY PROGRAM. 788 00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:06,517 CALLED ENGINEERING IS 789 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:07,485 ELEMENTARY. 790 00:23:07,488 --> 00:23:08,486 YOU SAY WHAT? 791 00:23:08,489 --> 00:23:10,555 YOU'RE TEACHING ENGINEERING 792 00:23:10,558 --> 00:23:10,922 CONCEPTS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 793 00:23:10,925 --> 00:23:11,956 STUDENTS? 794 00:23:11,959 --> 00:23:14,425 BUT WE REALLY ARE. 795 00:23:14,428 --> 00:23:16,294 THOSE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS ARE 796 00:23:16,297 --> 00:23:19,731 GREAT AT PHONICS AND ENGLISH AND 797 00:23:19,734 --> 00:23:21,366 SOME OF THOSE HAD KEY CONCEPTS. 798 00:23:21,369 --> 00:23:22,700 BUT THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT 799 00:23:22,703 --> 00:23:24,202 INTIMIDATED WITH ADVANCED 800 00:23:24,205 --> 00:23:26,070 ENGINEERING CONCEPTS OR EVEN 801 00:23:26,073 --> 00:23:26,838 BASIC ENGINEERING CONCEPTS. 802 00:23:26,841 --> 00:23:28,473 WE PURCHASED A CURRICULUM THAT 803 00:23:28,476 --> 00:23:31,909 WE GIVE TO THEM, THEN WE GO INTO 804 00:23:31,912 --> 00:23:37,048 THE CLASSROOM AND WE'LL BUILD 805 00:23:37,051 --> 00:23:38,950 SUSPENSION BRIDGES WITHPOPSICLE. 806 00:23:38,953 --> 00:23:40,318 THERE'S A LOT OF MATH IN THAT. 807 00:23:40,321 --> 00:23:41,953 >>> SOME POLITICAL NEWS NOW. 808 00:23:41,956 --> 00:23:44,255 JUST THIS WEEK, THE PRESIDENT OF 809 00:23:44,258 --> 00:23:44,622 THE ARIZONA-MEXICO COMMISSION 810 00:23:44,625 --> 00:23:46,691 RESIGNED. 811 00:23:46,694 --> 00:23:48,993 A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE COMMISSION 812 00:23:48,996 --> 00:23:49,527 SAYS HE STEPPED DOWN FROM HIS 813 00:23:49,530 --> 00:23:51,896 VOLUNTEER POSITION. 814 00:23:51,899 --> 00:23:52,196 IT IS UNCLEAR WHO WILL REPLACE 815 00:23:52,199 --> 00:23:53,631 HIM. 816 00:23:53,634 --> 00:23:55,400 >>> OTHER NEWS NOW, THE NATION 817 00:23:55,403 --> 00:23:57,268 PAUSED TO REMEMBER THE 75th 818 00:23:57,271 --> 00:24:00,238 ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK AT 819 00:24:00,241 --> 00:24:00,772 PEARL HARBOR. 820 00:24:00,775 --> 00:24:01,773 THE ARIZONA GOVERNOR TRAVELED TO 821 00:24:01,776 --> 00:24:04,275 THE ARIZONA GOVERNOR TRAVELED TO 822 00:24:04,278 --> 00:24:06,277 HAWAII WHERE HE VISITED THE "USS 823 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:06,844 ARIZONA" MEMORIAL AND MET WITH 824 00:24:06,847 --> 00:24:08,046 WORLD WAR II VETERANS. 825 00:24:08,049 --> 00:24:09,447 >>> TO PHOENIX NOW. 826 00:24:09,450 --> 00:24:10,014 HONORING A LIFE LOST NEARLY 60 827 00:24:10,017 --> 00:24:12,450 YEARS AGO. 828 00:24:12,453 --> 00:24:14,552 THE REMAINS OF PRIVATE 1st CLASS 829 00:24:14,555 --> 00:24:15,920 DANIEL HUNT LAID TO REST AT THE 830 00:24:15,923 --> 00:24:17,555 NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF 831 00:24:17,558 --> 00:24:21,859 ARIZONA IN PHOENIX. 832 00:24:21,862 --> 00:24:24,462 A TRIBUTE TO HIS SERVICE NOW 833 00:24:24,465 --> 00:24:28,800 FROM MY COLLEAGUES, NATE HUFFMAN 834 00:24:28,803 --> 00:24:30,668 AND DANIEL HOLDEN. 835 00:24:30,671 --> 00:24:32,637 >> Reporter: FULL MILITARY 836 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,605 HONORS FOR PRIVATE 1st CLASS 837 00:24:34,608 --> 00:24:35,707 DANIEL HUNT. 838 00:24:35,710 --> 00:24:38,309 A BURIAL NEARLY SIX DECADES 839 00:24:38,312 --> 00:24:40,311 AFTER HIS DEATH. 840 00:24:40,314 --> 00:24:41,813 >> WELCOME HOME. 841 00:24:41,816 --> 00:24:43,614 FAMILY, FRIENDS, DISTINGUISHED 842 00:24:43,617 --> 00:24:45,750 GUESTS, FELLOW PATRIOTS AND ALL 843 00:24:45,753 --> 00:24:46,050 THOSE INSPIRED BY PFC DANIEL 844 00:24:46,053 --> 00:24:47,719 HUNT. 845 00:24:47,722 --> 00:24:48,920 WITH THE GIFT OF DANIEL HUNT, 846 00:24:48,923 --> 00:24:51,422 GOD BLOOETS NEW LIFE AND HOPE 847 00:24:51,425 --> 00:24:53,291 INTO ALL OF US AND ESPECIALLY 848 00:24:53,294 --> 00:24:55,093 ALL THE THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES 849 00:24:55,096 --> 00:24:58,162 WHO COVET THIS MIRACLE. 850 00:24:58,165 --> 00:25:00,031 >> Reporter: ON SEPTEMBER 28th, 851 00:25:00,034 --> 00:25:01,899 1951, DANIEL AND OTHER U.S. 852 00:25:01,902 --> 00:25:03,501 INFANTRY MEN WERE BARRAGED BY 853 00:25:03,504 --> 00:25:09,273 MORTAR ATTACKS WHILE CONDUCTING 854 00:25:09,276 --> 00:25:12,810 OPERATIONS EAST OF THE AREA 855 00:25:12,813 --> 00:25:14,178 KNOWN AS HEARTBREAK RIDGE. 856 00:25:14,181 --> 00:25:14,512 PFC HUNT WAS DECLARED MISSING IN 857 00:25:14,515 --> 00:25:15,980 ACTION. 858 00:25:15,983 --> 00:25:19,517 >> SUCH A YOUNG GUY. 859 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,819 IT'S KIND OF SAD THAT HE DIDN'T 860 00:25:21,822 --> 00:25:22,787 HAVE A LIFE LIKE THE REST OF US. 861 00:25:22,790 --> 00:25:25,223 >> Reporter: JUST 18 YEARS OLD 862 00:25:25,226 --> 00:25:27,859 AT THE TIME, HE WAS 1 OF 17 863 00:25:27,862 --> 00:25:28,226 CHILDREN FROM A FAMILY IN 864 00:25:28,229 --> 00:25:30,028 MICHIGAN. 865 00:25:30,031 --> 00:25:32,430 HIS NIECE GREW UP WITH HIM. 866 00:25:32,433 --> 00:25:34,332 >> HE WAS MISSING IN ACTION. 867 00:25:34,335 --> 00:25:35,867 AND THEN THEY DECLARED HIM DEAD 868 00:25:35,870 --> 00:25:37,669 AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS. 869 00:25:37,672 --> 00:25:39,037 >> Reporter: THIS PAST FEBRUARY, 870 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,639 SOUTH KOREA HANDED OVER WHAT WAS 871 00:25:41,642 --> 00:25:42,774 THOUGHT TO BE THE REMAINS OF 872 00:25:42,777 --> 00:25:43,107 AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO THE UNITED 873 00:25:43,110 --> 00:25:47,845 STATES. 874 00:25:47,848 --> 00:25:51,249 >> WHEN I WAS CALLED FROM 875 00:25:51,252 --> 00:25:53,351 KENTUCKY, THEY CALLED ME AND 876 00:25:53,354 --> 00:25:55,486 ASKED, YOU KNOW -- TOLD ME. 877 00:25:55,489 --> 00:25:56,621 I JUST COULDN'T HARDLY 878 00:25:56,624 --> 00:25:59,991 UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE THING. 879 00:25:59,994 --> 00:26:01,392 I MEAN IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE 880 00:26:01,395 --> 00:26:02,694 THAT IT WAS HAPPENING. 881 00:26:02,697 --> 00:26:04,662 >> Reporter: DNA ANALYSIS AND 882 00:26:04,665 --> 00:26:07,799 OTHER CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE 883 00:26:07,802 --> 00:26:09,634 CONCLUDED DANIEL HAD BEEN FOUND, 884 00:26:09,637 --> 00:26:11,502 GIVING HIS FAMILY CLOSURE. 885 00:26:11,505 --> 00:26:12,136 DEBORAH IS HERE TO HONOR A GREAT 886 00:26:12,139 --> 00:26:16,774 UNCLE SHE NEVER MET. 887 00:26:16,777 --> 00:26:18,109 >> THIS IS PART OF HISTORY THAT 888 00:26:18,112 --> 00:26:18,710 MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET TO 889 00:26:18,713 --> 00:26:21,946 EXPERIENCE IT. 890 00:26:21,949 --> 00:26:27,518 IT'S BEEN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. 891 00:26:27,521 --> 00:26:29,454 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET 892 00:26:29,457 --> 00:26:31,422 RE-ACQUAINTED WITH FAMILY AND 893 00:26:31,425 --> 00:26:31,923 FIND OUT THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T 894 00:26:31,926 --> 00:26:33,858 KNOW. 895 00:26:33,861 --> 00:26:34,392 >> Reporter: A FAMILY REUNITED 896 00:26:34,395 --> 00:26:37,228 AT LAST. 897 00:26:37,231 --> 00:26:39,530 >> THE MAN I NEVER KNEW WOULD 898 00:26:39,533 --> 00:26:40,865 BRING GREAT HONOR TO OUR NAME. 899 00:26:40,868 --> 00:26:41,766 OUR FAMILY BROUGHT TOGETHER FROM 900 00:26:41,769 --> 00:26:44,235 THIS DAY FORWARD WILL NEVER 901 00:26:44,238 --> 00:26:47,305 SHALL THE SAME. 902 00:26:47,308 --> 00:26:49,207 THE MAN I NEVER KNEW WOULD SOON 903 00:26:49,210 --> 00:26:50,808 IMPART A MAGNITUDE OF LOVE, 904 00:26:50,811 --> 00:26:53,878 GRATITUDE AND HONOR THAT HAS 905 00:26:53,881 --> 00:26:55,346 FOREVER CHANGED OUR HEARTS. 906 00:26:55,349 --> 00:26:57,682 AS THE STORY OF HIS RETURN CAME 907 00:26:57,685 --> 00:26:59,617 TO REALITY, THE MAN I NEVER KNEW 908 00:26:59,620 --> 00:27:01,519 CAME TO LIFE FOR ME. 909 00:27:01,522 --> 00:27:02,820 WELCOME HOME, UNCLE DANIEL. 910 00:27:02,823 --> 00:27:04,422 >> Reporter: PRIVATE 1st CLASS 911 00:27:04,425 --> 00:27:07,425 DANIEL HUNT, A BRAVE SOLDIER, 912 00:27:07,428 --> 00:27:08,526 AWARDED THREE PURPLE HEARTS IN 913 00:27:08,529 --> 00:27:10,928 LESS THAN ONE MONTH OF SERVICE. 914 00:27:10,931 --> 00:27:12,563 A TRIBUTE TO HONOR A HERO WHO 915 00:27:12,566 --> 00:27:14,699 MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. 916 00:27:14,702 --> 00:27:16,634 HIS FAMILY GRATEFUL TO WELCOME 917 00:27:16,637 --> 00:27:16,934 THEIR SOLDIER HOME TO AMERICAN 918 00:27:16,937 --> 00:27:20,905 SOIL. 919 00:27:20,908 --> 00:27:23,174 >> NEVER GIVE UP HOPE. 920 00:27:23,177 --> 00:27:23,508 THAT'S BEEN OUR MESSAGE SINCE WE 921 00:27:23,511 --> 00:27:25,009 STARTED. 922 00:27:25,012 --> 00:27:27,412 NEVER GIVE UP HOPE. 923 00:27:27,415 --> 00:27:29,847 BECAUSE EVEN IF THE PEOPLE THAT 924 00:27:29,850 --> 00:27:31,382 KNEW THEM AREN'T HERE, THE 925 00:27:31,385 --> 00:27:34,452 PEOPLE THAT REMAIN WILL BE HERE 926 00:27:34,455 --> 00:27:38,289 AND DO THE SAME THING OUR FAMILY 927 00:27:38,292 --> 00:27:39,791 DID. 928 00:27:39,794 --> 00:27:42,393 >>> THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. 929 00:27:42,396 --> 00:27:45,430 FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC