WEBVTT 00:03.603 --> 00:05.937 align:start >>> ARIZONA SCHOOL 00:05.940 --> 00:07.338 align:start SUPERINTENDENT ASKING THE STATE 00:07.341 --> 00:09.807 align:start TO PUMP MORE MONEY INTO SCHOOLS. 00:09.810 --> 00:10.475 align:start >> I THINK WE HAVE AN AMAZING 00:10.478 --> 00:13.344 align:start EDUCATION SYSTEM. 00:13.347 --> 00:18.249 align:start >>> PLUS, INSIDE ONE MIDDLE 00:18.252 --> 00:19.617 align:start SCHOOL WHERE ONE PROGRAM IS 00:19.620 --> 00:20.284 align:start HELPING KIDS DREAM BIG. 00:20.287 --> 00:20.618 align:start >>> AND DECLARED MISSING IN 00:20.621 --> 00:21.619 align:start ACTION. 00:21.622 --> 00:26.057 align:start NOW BACK ON AMERICAN SOIL. 00:26.060 --> 00:27.625 align:start >> HE WAS A HERO. 00:27.628 --> 00:31.329 align:start YET WAS SUCH A YOUNG GUY. 00:31.332 --> 00:32.830 align:start KIND OF SAD THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE 00:32.833 --> 00:35.233 align:start A LIFE LIKE THE REST OF US. 00:35.236 --> 00:36.634 align:start >> FULL MILITARY HONORS FOR A 00:36.637 --> 00:37.835 align:start SOLDIER KILLED IN KOREA. 00:37.838 --> 00:40.271 align:start >>> THOSE STORIES AND BE MORE 00:48.882 --> 00:51.683 align:start >>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING 00:51.686 --> 00:52.717 align:start US. 00:52.720 --> 00:55.019 align:start ARIZONA'S SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT 00:55.022 --> 00:55.753 align:start DIANE DOUGLAS ON A LISTENING 00:55.756 --> 00:57.422 align:start TOUR THIS WEEK. 00:57.425 --> 00:59.023 align:start IN OFFICE FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS, 00:59.026 --> 01:01.893 align:start SHE'S VISITED WITH 40 SCHOOLS 01:01.896 --> 01:05.196 align:start ALL OVER THE STATE TALKING WITH 01:05.199 --> 01:07.699 align:start TEACHERS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS. 01:07.702 --> 01:08.666 align:start THIS WEEK, SUPERINTENDENT 01:08.669 --> 01:10.601 align:start DOUGLAS MADE HEADLINES LAST WEEK 01:10.604 --> 01:12.804 align:start WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED SHE'D ASK THE 01:12.807 --> 01:14.339 align:start STATE LEGISLATURE TO PUMP $680 01:14.342 --> 01:16.341 align:start MILLION INTO ARIZONA SCHOOLS. 01:16.344 --> 01:17.909 align:start THE MONEY WOULD GO DIRECTLY 01:17.912 --> 01:19.477 align:start TOWARDS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND 01:19.480 --> 01:22.080 align:start CHARTER SCHOOLS, PAY TEACHERS 01:22.083 --> 01:22.747 align:start MORE MONEY, AND IN SOME CASES, A 01:22.750 --> 01:24.315 align:start 5% RAISE. 01:24.318 --> 01:25.917 align:start THEN ON TO RURAL SCHOOLS FOR 01:25.920 --> 01:27.618 align:start THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION MONEY 01:27.621 --> 01:30.955 align:start FOR IMPROVING BUILDINGS OR 01:30.958 --> 01:31.656 align:start BUILDING NEW ONES, AND FUNDING 01:31.659 --> 01:32.790 align:start FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. 01:32.793 --> 01:34.759 align:start SUPERINTENDENT DOUGLAS SAYS ALL 01:34.762 --> 01:37.428 align:start THIS IS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE 01:37.431 --> 01:37.795 align:start SCHOOLS SAFER AND MORE 01:37.798 --> 01:40.031 align:start EFFECTIVE. 01:40.034 --> 01:41.132 align:start ON THE LISTING TOUR, DOUGLAS 01:41.135 --> 01:45.503 align:start HEARING FIRSTHAND FROM STUDENTS. 01:45.506 --> 01:45.870 align:start >> I WAS READING SOME OF YOUR 01:45.873 --> 01:46.504 align:start PROPOSALS. 01:46.507 --> 01:48.506 align:start >> FROM PARENTS -- 01:48.509 --> 01:50.575 align:start >> AND I WANT TO SEE MY KIDS 01:50.578 --> 01:52.910 align:start GETTING ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS, 01:52.913 --> 01:54.379 align:start NOT BEING OFFERED UNHEALTHY 01:54.382 --> 01:56.347 align:start FOOD, NOT BEING OFFERED SNACK 01:56.350 --> 01:56.748 align:start FOODS ALL THE TIME IN 01:56.751 --> 01:58.216 align:start CLASSROOMS. 01:58.219 --> 02:00.385 align:start I WANT TO SEE THEM HAVE ACCESS 02:00.388 --> 02:02.787 align:start TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BECAUSE 02:02.790 --> 02:05.923 align:start THEY'RE KIDS AND I WANT TO SEE 02:05.926 --> 02:10.928 align:start THEM HAVE THOSE REWARDS TO BE 02:10.931 --> 02:11.229 align:start MENTALLY ENVISION -- ENVISION 02:11.232 --> 02:11.763 align:start RATED. 02:11.766 --> 02:13.331 align:start >> AND TEACHERS. 02:13.334 --> 02:14.432 align:start >> WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A 02:14.435 --> 02:16.167 align:start TEACHER STORTAGE IN ARIZONA. 02:16.170 --> 02:18.269 align:start WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SHORTAGE OF 02:18.272 --> 02:20.471 align:start CERTIFIED PEOPLE WILLING TO 02:20.474 --> 02:22.507 align:start TEACH. 02:22.510 --> 02:24.108 align:start WE HAVE A LOT GIFTED, WONDERFUL, 02:24.111 --> 02:24.842 align:start TALENTED TEACHERS WHO TRULY DO 02:24.845 --> 02:28.246 align:start NOT WANT TO LEAVE. 02:28.249 --> 02:29.814 align:start >> DOUGLAS SAYS SHE'S USED THESE 02:29.817 --> 02:31.315 align:start LISTENING TOURS TO HEAR WHAT 02:31.318 --> 02:32.817 align:start PEOPLE WANT OUT OF ARIZONA'S 02:32.820 --> 02:34.819 align:start EDUCATION SYSTEM AND THAT'S WHY 02:34.822 --> 02:36.421 align:start SHE'S ASKING STATE LEGISLATORS 02:36.424 --> 02:36.821 align:start TO PUT MORE DOLLARS INTO 02:36.824 --> 02:39.590 align:start CLASSROOMS. 02:39.593 --> 02:40.391 align:start ON MONDAY EVENING SUPERINTENDENT 02:40.394 --> 02:41.426 align:start DOUGLAS SPOKE. 02:41.429 --> 02:42.327 align:start HERE IS A PORTION OF MY 02:42.330 --> 02:44.162 align:start INTERVIEW WITH HER. 02:44.165 --> 02:44.662 align:start >> WELL, I'M GOING TO BE TALKING 02:44.665 --> 02:46.230 align:start TO THEM. 02:46.233 --> 02:48.966 align:start I THINK THEY MIGHT GET A LITTLE 02:48.969 --> 02:50.201 align:start TIRED OF HEARING FROM ME, BUT 02:50.204 --> 02:50.868 align:start UNIFORMLY, THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD 02:50.871 --> 02:52.670 align:start ACROSS THE STATE. 02:52.673 --> 02:55.406 align:start NOW THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR WITH 02:55.409 --> 02:57.742 align:start THE "WE ARE LISTENING TOUR," AND 02:57.745 --> 03:00.645 align:start CONSISTENTLY, THAT'S WHAT WE 03:00.648 --> 03:01.579 align:start HEAR ARIZONANS WANTS THEIR 03:01.582 --> 03:02.980 align:start TEACHERS PAID BETTER. 03:02.983 --> 03:03.981 align:start >> DO YOU THINK PAYING TEACHERS 03:03.984 --> 03:04.916 align:start MORE MONEY WILL IMPROVE 03:04.919 --> 03:06.451 align:start EDUCATION IN ARIZONA? 03:06.454 --> 03:07.819 align:start >> IT WILL HELP. 03:07.822 --> 03:10.054 align:start GIVING OUR TEACHERS THE 03:10.057 --> 03:12.724 align:start COMPENSATION THEY DESERVE FOR 03:12.727 --> 03:13.558 align:start THE VITALLY IMPORTANT JOB THEY 03:13.561 --> 03:15.626 align:start DO FOR OUR SOCIETY. 03:15.629 --> 03:17.161 align:start I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. 03:17.164 --> 03:19.163 align:start BUT MONEY'S NOT THE SOLE ANSWER. 03:19.166 --> 03:20.698 align:start WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT SO 03:20.701 --> 03:21.833 align:start MANY DIFFERENT PIECES OF OUR 03:21.836 --> 03:23.801 align:start EDUCATION SYSTEM. 03:23.804 --> 03:24.802 align:start >> ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS 03:24.805 --> 03:26.537 align:start CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGED 03:26.540 --> 03:28.106 align:start AREA IN EDUCATION IN ARIZONA. 03:28.109 --> 03:29.140 align:start WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE VISION? 03:29.143 --> 03:30.508 align:start HOW DO YOU BRING STUDENTS WHO 03:30.511 --> 03:31.743 align:start DON'T HAVE A LANGUAGE IN THEIR 03:31.746 --> 03:32.276 align:start BACKGROUND TO WHERE THEY NEED TO 03:32.279 --> 03:34.345 align:start BE? 03:34.348 --> 03:35.580 align:start >> WELL, ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S IN 03:35.583 --> 03:38.549 align:start YOUR LOCAL SCHOOLS. 03:38.552 --> 03:42.020 align:start WE HAVE A SYSTEM SET UP THAT THE 03:42.023 --> 03:43.921 align:start VOTERS OF ARIZONA DECLARED SOME 03:43.924 --> 03:45.556 align:start TIME AGO, DECLARED THAT ARIZONA 03:45.559 --> 03:45.857 align:start WILL BE AN ENGLISH IMMERSION 03:45.860 --> 03:48.126 align:start STATE. 03:48.129 --> 03:49.861 align:start SO WE HAVE THE MODELS AND WE 03:49.864 --> 03:51.629 align:start SUPPORT THOSE, AND GIVE THE 03:51.632 --> 03:53.798 align:start TEACHERS THE TRAINING THEY NEED. 03:53.801 --> 03:54.232 align:start NOW WE KNOW WE'RE FACING A LOT 03:54.235 --> 03:56.601 align:start OF CHALLENGES. 03:56.604 --> 03:59.237 align:start WHEN I WAS ON THE PEORIA BOARD, 03:59.240 --> 04:00.471 align:start I THINK WE HAD UPWARDS OF 100 04:00.474 --> 04:01.939 align:start DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT WERE 04:01.942 --> 04:02.273 align:start SPOKEN THROUGHOUT OUR 40 SOME 04:02.276 --> 04:04.075 align:start SCHOOLS. 04:04.078 --> 04:04.409 align:start THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE FOR A 04:04.412 --> 04:07.045 align:start SCHOOL. 04:07.048 --> 04:08.813 align:start SO WE NEED TO KEEP WORKING WITH 04:08.816 --> 04:09.547 align:start THESE STUDENTS BECAUSE WE WANT 04:09.550 --> 04:11.716 align:start THEM ALL TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 04:11.719 --> 04:12.784 align:start >> YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE 04:12.787 --> 04:13.451 align:start LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF 04:13.454 --> 04:15.753 align:start MONEY INTO SCHOOLS. 04:15.756 --> 04:16.854 align:start WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL 04:16.857 --> 04:17.155 align:start LEGISLATORS NEEDS TO HAPPEN THIS 04:17.158 --> 04:20.324 align:start YEAR? 04:20.327 --> 04:22.527 align:start >> I RECOGNIZE THAT MY OFFICE IS 04:22.530 --> 04:22.994 align:start NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR 04:22.997 --> 04:24.062 align:start APPROPRIATIONS. 04:24.065 --> 04:26.297 align:start I CAN'T MAKE THE MONEY. 04:26.300 --> 04:27.699 align:start BUT I DO BELIEVE IT IS MY DUTY 04:27.702 --> 04:29.934 align:start AS THE ELECTED SUPERINTENDENT TO 04:29.937 --> 04:32.603 align:start MAKE THEM AWARE. 04:32.606 --> 04:33.771 align:start AND I'M GLAD I'M NOT THEM MAKING 04:33.774 --> 04:35.540 align:start THOSE TOUGH CHOICES BECAUSE 04:35.543 --> 04:38.443 align:start THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS WITHIN 04:38.446 --> 04:40.912 align:start OUR STATE. 04:40.915 --> 04:42.947 align:start BUT TO NOT DISCUSS THE ISSUE 04:42.950 --> 04:44.449 align:start BECAUSE ALL OF THAT MONEY MAY 04:44.452 --> 04:47.151 align:start NOT BE AVAILABLE IS TO DO A 04:47.154 --> 04:47.485 align:start DISSERVICE TO THAT ISSUE, IN MY 04:47.488 --> 04:49.053 align:start OPINION. 04:49.056 --> 04:49.354 align:start WE HAVE TO BE TALKING ABOUT 04:49.357 --> 04:51.022 align:start THESE. 04:51.025 --> 04:51.923 align:start AND THERE IS NO ONE RIGHT 04:51.926 --> 04:53.157 align:start SOLUTION. 04:53.160 --> 04:54.892 align:start THERE'S NO ONE MAGIC AMOUNT OF 04:54.895 --> 04:57.495 align:start MONEY THAT WILL DO IT. 04:57.498 --> 04:59.430 align:start BUT I THINK WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED 04:59.433 --> 05:01.833 align:start SOME VERY IMPORTANT AREAS OF 05:01.836 --> 05:03.668 align:start NEED WITHIN OUR STATE. 05:03.671 --> 05:05.303 align:start WITH THE GENERAL FUNDING, PROP 05:05.306 --> 05:08.806 align:start 206, WE KNOW THERE'S DISCUSSION 05:08.809 --> 05:10.308 align:start OF ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN THAT 05:10.311 --> 05:10.975 align:start THERE ARE MANY WHO WOULD LIKE TO 05:10.978 --> 05:12.710 align:start SEE THAT. 05:12.713 --> 05:14.145 align:start ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S A LEGISLATIVE 05:14.148 --> 05:14.412 align:start DECISION WHETHER THAT COMES TO 05:14.415 --> 05:16.381 align:start BE. 05:16.384 --> 05:16.781 align:start OUR SCHOOL FACILITIES MUST BE 05:16.784 --> 05:18.182 align:start MAINTAINED. 05:18.185 --> 05:21.019 align:start I WOULDN'T BE DOING THE CITIZENS 05:21.022 --> 05:21.519 align:start A SERVICE IF I DIDN'T TELL THE 05:21.522 --> 05:22.720 align:start LEGISLATURE THAT. 05:22.723 --> 05:23.988 align:start >> ARIZONA CONTINUES TO BE 05:23.991 --> 05:25.757 align:start RANKED ONE OF THE LOWEST STATES 05:25.760 --> 05:26.891 align:start IN THE NATION WHEN IT COMES TO 05:26.894 --> 05:28.426 align:start PER PEOPLE FUNDING. 05:28.429 --> 05:30.495 align:start HOW DID WE GET TO THIS PLACE? 05:30.498 --> 05:31.663 align:start >> WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT'S 05:31.666 --> 05:33.364 align:start VERY DIFFERENT THAN VERY MANY 05:33.367 --> 05:34.465 align:start OTHER PLACES. 05:34.468 --> 05:36.601 align:start ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES -- AND 05:36.604 --> 05:37.635 align:start WHO KNOWS IF THIS WILL CHANGE IN 05:37.638 --> 05:41.239 align:start WASHINGTON -- WE DON'T CONTROL A 05:41.242 --> 05:43.007 align:start LOT OF OUR FEDERAL LAND TO OUR 05:43.010 --> 05:45.243 align:start OWN ADVANTAGE, AND THAT'S AN 05:45.246 --> 05:47.478 align:start ISSUE THAT MOST -- MOST, IF NOT 05:47.481 --> 05:48.312 align:start ALL -- I BELIEVE HAWAII HAD 05:48.315 --> 05:49.614 align:start THEIR FEDERAL LAND RETURNED TO 05:49.617 --> 05:51.616 align:start THEM. 05:51.619 --> 05:53.117 align:start I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF THE 05:53.120 --> 05:53.685 align:start OTHER -- OR WHICH OTHER WESTERN 05:53.688 --> 05:55.753 align:start STATES HAVE. 05:55.756 --> 05:57.555 align:start IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT FEDERAL 05:57.558 --> 05:59.524 align:start LAND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI 05:59.527 --> 06:00.858 align:start VERSUS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 06:00.861 --> 06:03.027 align:start IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE TO 06:03.030 --> 06:04.629 align:start BE AT. 06:04.632 --> 06:06.397 align:start WE HAVE A DIFFERENT ECONOMY. 06:06.400 --> 06:08.399 align:start SO YOU HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE 06:08.402 --> 06:10.401 align:start CONFINES OF THAT AND I'M 06:10.404 --> 06:11.569 align:start SYMPATHETIC TO OUR LEGISLATORS 06:11.572 --> 06:14.472 align:start THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THAT. 06:14.475 --> 06:15.173 align:start BUT, WE STILL HAVE TO BE 06:15.176 --> 06:16.174 align:start ADDRESSING, TALKING ABOUT THE 06:16.177 --> 06:18.242 align:start NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. 06:18.245 --> 06:20.478 align:start >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE 06:20.481 --> 06:23.514 align:start ARIZONA'S EDUCATION? 06:23.517 --> 06:24.615 align:start >> I THINK WE HAVE SOME 06:24.618 --> 06:27.785 align:start CHALLENGES, BUT I THINK WE HAVE 06:27.788 --> 06:30.221 align:start AN AMAZING EDUCATION SYSTEM, AND 06:30.224 --> 06:32.190 align:start IT SADDENS ME TO SEE IT GET BEAT 06:32.193 --> 06:34.392 align:start UP SO OFTEN. 06:34.395 --> 06:35.760 align:start OFTENTIMES IN THE PRESS OR IN 06:35.763 --> 06:38.429 align:start THE MEDIA. 06:38.432 --> 06:40.665 align:start WE HAVE AMAZING THINGS GOING ON. 06:40.668 --> 06:43.234 align:start WE HAVE DEDICATED TEACHERS IN 06:43.237 --> 06:46.571 align:start OUR CLASSROOMS EVERY DAY. 06:46.574 --> 06:50.375 align:start WE ARE THE LEADER IN MANY AREAS. 06:50.378 --> 06:52.176 align:start WE HAVE, JUST AN EXAMPLE, WE 06:52.179 --> 06:54.879 align:start HAVE A STATE OF THE ART COMPUTER 06:54.882 --> 06:57.749 align:start SYSTEM THAT WE'VE WORKED ON. 06:57.752 --> 06:59.384 align:start THE LEGISLATURE HAS MANDATED WE 06:59.387 --> 07:00.451 align:start DO THAT, AND WE'VE CREATED IT. 07:00.454 --> 07:01.853 align:start WE HAVE OTHER STATES THAT WOULD 07:01.856 --> 07:02.387 align:start LIKE TO BUY THAT SYSTEM BECAUSE 07:02.390 --> 07:08.593 align:start IT'S SO GOOD. 07:08.596 --> 07:11.729 align:start WE HAVE A TEST FOR ALTERNATIVE 07:11.732 --> 07:12.263 align:start EDUCATION STUDENTS THAT'S VERY 07:12.266 --> 07:15.633 align:start CUTTING EDGE. 07:15.636 --> 07:19.370 align:start WE'VE CREATED IT WITH SOME OF 07:19.373 --> 07:20.938 align:start THE BEST EXPERTS IN THE COUNTRY. 07:20.941 --> 07:21.272 align:start IT IS A CONSORTIUM WITH OTHER 07:21.275 --> 07:22.206 align:start STATES. 07:22.209 --> 07:22.507 align:start OTHER STATES WOULD LIKE TO GET 07:22.510 --> 07:26.811 align:start THAT. 07:26.814 --> 07:29.313 align:start WE ARE LEADING THE CHARGE. 07:29.316 --> 07:31.716 align:start WE ARE THE FIRST STATE IN THE 07:31.719 --> 07:35.553 align:start NATION TO HAVE THE EVERY 07:35.556 --> 07:37.388 align:start STUDENTS SUCCEEDS AND THE PLAN. 07:37.391 --> 07:39.657 align:start >> YOU CONTINUE TO TAKE SOME 07:39.660 --> 07:40.658 align:start HEAT FROM THE NAY SAYERS, PEOPLE 07:40.661 --> 07:41.359 align:start WHO DIDN'T SUPPORT YOU DURING 07:41.362 --> 07:42.994 align:start YOUR CAMPAIGN. 07:42.997 --> 07:44.662 align:start YET YOU'VE TRAVELED TO NEARLY 40 07:44.665 --> 07:45.196 align:start DIFFERENT PLACES OVER THE LAST 07:45.199 --> 07:47.165 align:start TWO YEARS. 07:47.168 --> 07:49.434 align:start WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT YOUR 07:49.437 --> 07:51.869 align:start PLANS FOR EDUCATION IN ARIZONA? 07:51.872 --> 07:55.506 align:start >> I THINK IT SPEAKS TO WANTING 07:55.509 --> 07:55.840 align:start TO INVOLVE THE PEOPLE OF 07:55.843 --> 07:59.110 align:start ARIZONA. 07:59.113 --> 08:00.645 align:start IN ONE OF MY DEEPEST HELD 08:00.648 --> 08:01.946 align:start BELIEFS IS THAT OUR EDUCATION 08:01.949 --> 08:04.515 align:start SYSTEM BELONGS TO ALL OF US. 08:04.518 --> 08:05.750 align:start IT DOESN'T JUST BELONG TO THE 08:05.753 --> 08:07.318 align:start PARENTS WHO RIGHT THIS MINUTE 08:07.321 --> 08:10.221 align:start HAVE CHILDREN IN CLASS, OR TO 08:10.224 --> 08:10.688 align:start THE TEACHERS OR THE 08:10.691 --> 08:12.290 align:start ADMINISTRATORS. 08:12.293 --> 08:13.825 align:start WE ALL HAVE A STAKE IN THE 08:13.828 --> 08:14.192 align:start OUTCOME IN THE EDUCATION OF OUR 08:14.195 --> 08:16.027 align:start CHILDREN. 08:16.030 --> 08:18.329 align:start THAT'S ALSO WHY IT IS A PUBLICLY 08:18.332 --> 08:22.533 align:start FUNDED EDUCATION SYSTEM, BECAUSE 08:22.536 --> 08:25.069 align:start OUR FOUNDING FATHERS SAW THAT AS 08:25.072 --> 08:26.170 align:start SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOOL, AN 08:26.173 --> 08:29.040 align:start IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE PROCESS 08:29.043 --> 08:30.942 align:start OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE A WELL 08:30.945 --> 08:33.611 align:start EDUCATED CITIZENRY TO PERPETUATE 08:33.614 --> 08:35.613 align:start OUR REPUBLIC. 08:35.616 --> 08:36.848 align:start SO IT BELONGS TO ALL OF US. 08:36.851 --> 08:37.382 align:start WE ALL HAVE TO BE AT THE TABLE 08:37.385 --> 08:38.616 align:start DISCUSSING IT. 08:38.619 --> 08:39.517 align:start >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 08:39.520 --> 08:40.985 align:start >> THANK YOU. 08:40.988 --> 08:43.921 align:start >>> SUPERINTENDENT DOUGLAS IS IN 08:43.924 --> 08:45.390 align:start FOR A BATTLE AT THE CAPITOL AND 08:45.393 --> 08:45.790 align:start WORKING WITH A NEW TEAM OF 08:45.793 --> 08:47.291 align:start LEGISLATORS. 08:47.294 --> 08:48.626 align:start ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA'S 08:48.629 --> 08:49.427 align:start CHRISTOPHER CONOVER WITH MORE 08:49.430 --> 08:50.662 align:start FROM PHOENIX. 08:50.665 --> 08:52.930 align:start >> THE NOVEMBER ELECTION BROUGHT 08:52.933 --> 08:54.332 align:start NEW FACES TO THE STATE CAPITOL. 08:54.335 --> 09:00.338 align:start FROM LEADERSHIP IN BOTH THE 09:00.341 --> 09:01.439 align:start SENATE AND THE HOUSE, TO 09:01.442 --> 09:01.839 align:start MEMBERSHIP. 09:01.842 --> 09:03.041 align:start MEMBERSHIP. 09:03.044 --> 09:05.610 align:start THEY'RE UP HERE AT ORIENTATION 09:05.613 --> 09:06.778 align:start LEARNING THEIR JOBS. 09:06.781 --> 09:08.479 align:start REPRESENTATIVE TODD CLAUDE 09:08.482 --> 09:09.580 align:start FELTER OF TUCSON IS ONE OF THOSE 09:09.583 --> 09:11.182 align:start NEW MEMBERS. 09:11.185 --> 09:11.482 align:start >> LIKE DRINKING FROM THE FIRE 09:11.485 --> 09:12.550 align:start HOSE. 09:12.553 --> 09:14.986 align:start THE PROTOCOL. 09:14.989 --> 09:15.386 align:start THE TRADITION OF LEARNING THE 09:15.389 --> 09:16.688 align:start PROCEDURES. 09:16.691 --> 09:19.490 align:start I WOULD SAY IT ISN'T 09:19.493 --> 09:21.025 align:start OVERWHELMING BUT IT CERTAINLY IS 09:21.028 --> 09:21.359 align:start A MASS OF INFORMATION TO TRY TO 09:21.362 --> 09:22.393 align:start CONSUME. 09:22.396 --> 09:22.994 align:start >> ANYTHING LIKE YOU THOUGHT IT 09:22.997 --> 09:24.462 align:start WAS GOING TO BE? 09:24.465 --> 09:26.464 align:start >> NO, IT IS WAY BEYOND THAT. 09:26.467 --> 09:27.765 align:start WHAT I'M FINDING OUT THOUGH, 09:27.768 --> 09:29.434 align:start THERE IS PLENTY OF STAFF MEMBERS 09:29.437 --> 09:31.169 align:start ON CAMPUS THAT ARE THERE TO HELP 09:31.172 --> 09:31.469 align:start AND TO GUIDE US THROUGH THESE 09:31.472 --> 09:32.704 align:start STEPS. 09:32.707 --> 09:33.971 align:start WE REPRESENT THE PEOPLE, BUT 09:33.974 --> 09:36.574 align:start THEY ARE THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF 09:36.577 --> 09:36.908 align:start WHAT HAPPENS HERE AT THE STATE 09:36.911 --> 09:38.443 align:start CAPITOL. 09:38.446 --> 09:40.678 align:start >> THE CAPITOL IS GETTING READY 09:40.681 --> 09:41.012 align:start FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW 09:41.015 --> 09:42.380 align:start SESSION. 09:42.383 --> 09:47.885 align:start BUT OF COURSE, FOR NEW MEMBERS, 09:47.888 --> 09:48.152 align:start THERE ARE SOME HICCUPS ALONG THE 09:48.155 --> 09:49.487 align:start WAY. 09:49.490 --> 09:50.221 align:start >> I ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE A 09:50.224 --> 09:51.556 align:start BADGE YET. 09:51.559 --> 09:53.725 align:start CAN I GET THROUGH? 09:53.728 --> 09:54.025 align:start OH, OKAY. 09:54.028 --> 09:55.526 align:start OKAY. 09:55.529 --> 09:56.794 align:start >> FOR NEW REPRESENTATIVE 09:56.797 --> 09:57.962 align:start KIRSTIN ENGLE, THAT MEANS 09:57.965 --> 09:59.797 align:start CHECKING OUT HER NEW OFFICE. 09:59.800 --> 10:03.034 align:start >> SO WE'RE SEEING IT FOR FIRST 10:03.037 --> 10:04.335 align:start TIME. 10:04.338 --> 10:05.737 align:start YOU'RE SEEING IT WITH ME. 10:05.740 --> 10:08.072 align:start IN ITS EMPTY STATE. 10:08.075 --> 10:11.676 align:start SO HERE IT IS. 10:11.679 --> 10:14.746 align:start >> IN THE ARIZONA HOUSE, 10:14.749 --> 10:17.515 align:start REPRESENTATIVES-ELECT ENGLE AND 10:17.518 --> 10:19.550 align:start CLAUDEFELTER ARE A RARITY, BOTH 10:19.553 --> 10:21.085 align:start FRESHMEN FROM THE TUCSON 10:21.088 --> 10:21.919 align:start DISTRICT BUT THEY REPRESENT 10:21.922 --> 10:23.454 align:start DIFFERENT PARTIES. 10:23.457 --> 10:24.389 align:start ONLY THREE DISTRICTS IN THE 10:24.392 --> 10:26.057 align:start STATE HAVE THAT ARRANGEMENT. 10:26.060 --> 10:27.425 align:start >> I THINK IT WILL WORK FINE. 10:27.428 --> 10:28.292 align:start PART OF MY CAMPAIGN EFFORT WAS 10:28.295 --> 10:29.494 align:start TO IDENTIFY THAT I WOULD 10:29.497 --> 10:30.428 align:start REPRESENT ALL OF THE PEOPLE, NOT 10:30.431 --> 10:34.432 align:start JUST THE CORE. 10:34.435 --> 10:35.833 align:start AND I THINK WE NEED A BALANCE. 10:35.836 --> 10:37.568 align:start WE NEED A REPUBLICAN UP HERE AS 10:37.571 --> 10:39.070 align:start WELL AS THE DEMOCRATS TO BEST 10:39.073 --> 10:39.404 align:start REPUBLICAN THE COMMUNITY OF 10:39.407 --> 10:40.638 align:start TUCSON. 10:40.641 --> 10:41.673 align:start >> WE'RE GOING TO SEE. 10:41.676 --> 10:43.207 align:start WE'RE GOING TO SEE. 10:43.210 --> 10:43.508 align:start BUT SO FAR IT'S BEEN WORKING 10:43.511 --> 10:45.109 align:start WELL. 10:45.112 --> 10:48.846 align:start WE'RE GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER 10:48.849 --> 10:49.847 align:start HERE UP IN THE LEGISLATURE, AND 10:49.850 --> 10:52.050 align:start PUTTING ALL THE CAMPAIGN BEHIND 10:52.053 --> 10:54.352 align:start US NOW AND I THINK THE POINT NOW 10:54.355 --> 10:56.387 align:start IS JUST MAKE PROGRESS ON THE 10:56.390 --> 10:56.721 align:start ISSUES THAT WE CAME HERE TO 10:56.724 --> 10:59.157 align:start FURTHER. 10:59.160 --> 11:01.092 align:start >> EDUCATION IS A TOP PRIORITY 11:01.095 --> 11:02.660 align:start FOR MANY IN THE LEGISLATURE. 11:02.663 --> 11:04.562 align:start THAT INCLUDES THE MAN IN CHARGE 11:04.565 --> 11:08.266 align:start OF THE HOUSE FOR THE NEXT TWO 11:08.269 --> 11:08.666 align:start YEARS, HOUSE SPEAKER ELECT 11:08.669 --> 11:09.701 align:start J.D.MESNARD. 11:09.704 --> 11:12.070 align:start >> I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 11:12.073 --> 11:13.738 align:start A LOT OF INTEREST IN NOT ONLY 11:13.741 --> 11:16.507 align:start CLASSROOM SPENDING, BUT IN 11:16.510 --> 11:16.908 align:start SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING 11:16.911 --> 11:18.376 align:start MAINTENANCE. 11:18.379 --> 11:20.511 align:start WHEN THE ECONOMY TOOK A DIVE, WE 11:20.514 --> 11:22.046 align:start SCALED SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS 11:22.049 --> 11:24.649 align:start BACK FOR NEW FACILITIES OR 11:24.652 --> 11:28.186 align:start UPKEEP OF FACILITIES, AND WE 11:28.189 --> 11:29.454 align:start NEED TO RE-EXAMINE THAT OR ELSE 11:29.457 --> 11:31.222 align:start WE WILL BE IN FOR IT LATER. 11:31.225 --> 11:32.924 align:start >> EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM WE 11:32.927 --> 11:33.991 align:start HEARD FROM STATE SCHOOL 11:33.994 --> 11:36.060 align:start SUPERINTENDENT DIANE DOUGLAS 11:36.063 --> 11:36.394 align:start ABOUT HER PLANS FOR EDUCATION 11:36.397 --> 11:37.662 align:start FUNDING. 11:37.665 --> 11:39.397 align:start THAT MONEY MUST BE APPROVED BY 11:39.400 --> 11:41.265 align:start THE LEGISLATURE. 11:41.268 --> 11:42.500 align:start >> FRANKLY, WHAT SHE EXPRESSED, 11:42.503 --> 11:44.469 align:start AT THE VERY LEAST, I WOULD SAY 11:44.472 --> 11:45.903 align:start ARE PRIORITIES THAT WE SHARE. 11:45.906 --> 11:47.171 align:start THE STRATEGY FOR GETTING THERE, 11:47.174 --> 11:48.740 align:start FOR INSTANCE, DIPPING INTO THE 11:48.743 --> 11:50.041 align:start RAINY DAY FUND, I DON'T THINK 11:50.044 --> 11:51.309 align:start THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 11:51.312 --> 11:53.011 align:start IT IS NOT RAINING. 11:53.014 --> 11:54.379 align:start >> WITH ORIENTATION WEEK OVER, 11:54.382 --> 11:56.014 align:start NEW MEMBERS NOW RETURN HOME TO 11:56.017 --> 11:57.548 align:start SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES, 11:57.551 --> 11:59.183 align:start DIGEST WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED, AND 11:59.186 --> 12:01.352 align:start FIGURE OUT WHAT THE TOP BILLS 12:01.355 --> 12:02.220 align:start WILL BE FOR THE UPCOMING 12:02.223 --> 12:04.589 align:start LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 12:04.592 --> 12:07.859 align:start THE SESSION BEGINS JANUARY 9th. 12:07.862 --> 12:08.793 align:start AT THE STATE CAPITOL, 12:08.796 --> 12:13.064 align:start CHRISTOPHER CONOVER, ARIZONA 12:13.067 --> 12:13.765 align:start PUBLIC MEDIA. 12:13.768 --> 12:16.901 align:start >>> BACK TO THE CLASSROOM NOW. 12:16.904 --> 12:18.336 align:start IN ALTAR VALLEY, THE SCHOOL 12:18.339 --> 12:20.038 align:start DISTRICT LAUNCHING INTO S.T.E.M. 12:20.041 --> 12:21.372 align:start EFFORTS, A PLACE WHERE NEARLY 12:21.375 --> 12:22.240 align:start 30% OF THE COMMUNITY IS BELOW 12:22.243 --> 12:23.374 align:start THE POVERTY LINE. 12:23.377 --> 12:27.345 align:start SCHOOL LEADERS ARE DETERMINED TO 12:27.348 --> 12:29.781 align:start GIVE KIDS SOME OF THE BEST 12:29.784 --> 12:36.020 align:start EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 12:36.023 --> 12:38.156 align:start ♪♪ 12:38.159 --> 12:40.892 align:start >> I THINK THE KIDS LOVE IT. 12:40.895 --> 12:41.359 align:start THEY JUST REALLY -- THEY GET 12:41.362 --> 12:45.096 align:start INTO IT. 12:45.099 --> 12:47.365 align:start THERE ARE SO MANY EXCITING 12:47.368 --> 12:49.500 align:start THINGS IN THE LABS. 12:49.503 --> 12:50.101 align:start THEY HAVE ROBOTICS, THEY HAVE 12:50.104 --> 12:51.302 align:start MEDICAL IMAGING. 12:51.305 --> 12:52.704 align:start THEY HAVE KIDS WHO SAY, I WANT 12:52.707 --> 12:56.207 align:start TO BE A VETERINARIAN. 12:56.210 --> 12:57.342 align:start WE HAVE KIDS THAT WILL DO 12:57.345 --> 13:00.111 align:start ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. 13:00.114 --> 13:03.881 align:start IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO 13:03.884 --> 13:05.717 align:start SORT OF EXPLORE WHAT THEIR 13:05.720 --> 13:07.919 align:start INTERESTS MIGHT BE. 13:07.922 --> 13:08.820 align:start >> THE LABS CAME TO THE ALTAR 13:08.823 --> 13:12.857 align:start VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT BY WAY OF 13:12.860 --> 13:14.125 align:start A GRANT, A COMPETITIVE ONE. 13:14.128 --> 13:15.393 align:start 100 DISTRICTS APPLIED. 13:15.396 --> 13:19.030 align:start THIS RURAL SCHOOL WEST OF 13:19.033 --> 13:19.831 align:start TUCSON, 1 OF 7 AWARDED THE 13:19.834 --> 13:20.531 align:start GUNDZ. 13:20.534 --> 13:20.932 align:start FUNDS. 13:20.935 --> 13:22.400 align:start FUNDS. 13:22.403 --> 13:23.234 align:start THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ARE 13:23.237 --> 13:25.837 align:start OFFERED A WAY OF LEARNING. 13:25.840 --> 13:28.473 align:start >> IT IS A PROGRAM WHERE YOU 13:28.476 --> 13:30.074 align:start HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT 13:30.077 --> 13:31.342 align:start MOLECULES LIKE FORENSIC SCIENCE 13:31.345 --> 13:33.211 align:start OR VETERINARY MEDICINE. 13:33.214 --> 13:33.978 align:start THEN DIGITAL MUSIC. 13:33.981 --> 13:36.080 align:start MEDIA PRINTING. 13:36.083 --> 13:37.281 align:start THERE IS A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT 13:37.284 --> 13:38.549 align:start ONES AND THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT 13:38.552 --> 13:39.450 align:start ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO TO 13:39.453 --> 13:41.019 align:start EXPERIMENT AND SEE WHAT IT IS 13:41.022 --> 13:42.820 align:start LIKE IF YOU ACTUALLY GOT A JOB 13:42.823 --> 13:44.389 align:start IN THAT AREA. 13:44.392 --> 13:45.490 align:start >> IT'S REALLY FUN TO DO. 13:45.493 --> 13:46.057 align:start IT IS ACTUALLY A GREAT PROGRAM 13:46.060 --> 13:48.292 align:start TO USE. 13:48.295 --> 13:49.727 align:start IT HELPS YOU LEARN STUFF WITHOUT 13:49.730 --> 13:49.994 align:start HAVING TO JUST DO IT ON YOUR 13:49.997 --> 13:51.429 align:start OWN. 13:51.432 --> 13:52.630 align:start LIKE IT GIVES YOU HELP BUT YOU 13:52.633 --> 13:54.766 align:start ALSO HAVE THE CHALLENGE OF BEING 13:54.769 --> 13:56.868 align:start ABLE TO DO IT YOURSELF. 13:56.871 --> 13:59.871 align:start >> INTRODUCED TO PROGRAMS AND 13:59.874 --> 14:02.106 align:start SYSTEMS THEY'VE NEVER SEEN 14:02.109 --> 14:03.608 align:start BEFORE, IMPROVED SKILL SETS 14:03.611 --> 14:05.109 align:start FOSTERING A NEW DREAM. 14:05.112 --> 14:06.711 align:start >> I WOULD ACTUALLY DRY AND BE 14:06.714 --> 14:07.712 align:start AN ENGINEER BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO 14:07.715 --> 14:08.913 align:start ANOTHER SOMETHING THAT I LIKE TO 14:08.916 --> 14:11.049 align:start DO AND IT KIND OF GAVE ME AN 14:11.052 --> 14:11.916 align:start IDEA OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. 14:11.919 --> 14:14.018 align:start SOMETHING FUN AND PRODUCTIVE. 14:14.021 --> 14:15.319 align:start >> IN ONE YEAR, TEST SCORES HAVE 14:15.322 --> 14:16.754 align:start NEARLY DOUBLED. 14:16.757 --> 14:18.423 align:start THE SCHOOL'S STEPPING UP TO 14:18.426 --> 14:20.291 align:start TEACH A NEW CALIBER OF STUDENT. 14:20.294 --> 14:22.427 align:start >> WE'RE OFFERING NOW OVER 20 14:22.430 --> 14:24.996 align:start DIFFERENT MODULES FOR KIDS TO 14:24.999 --> 14:26.297 align:start SEE WHAT THEY LIKE, SEE WHAT 14:26.300 --> 14:28.533 align:start THEIR INTERESTS ARE AND WE'RE 14:28.536 --> 14:29.233 align:start ABLE TO INCORPORATE S.T.E.M. AND 14:29.236 --> 14:31.536 align:start ENGLISH IN THERE. 14:31.539 --> 14:31.969 align:start THE WRITING HAS IMPROVED 14:31.972 --> 14:33.538 align:start SIGNIFICANTLY. 14:33.541 --> 14:35.206 align:start >> MORE THAN SCIENCE, 14:35.209 --> 14:36.841 align:start TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND 14:36.844 --> 14:37.408 align:start MATH, THIS PROGRAM IS SETTING A 14:37.411 --> 14:39.043 align:start NEW STANDARD. 14:39.046 --> 14:41.012 align:start >> THE CRITICAL THINKING AND 14:41.015 --> 14:45.149 align:start READING THAT TAKES PLACE IN THAT 14:45.152 --> 14:46.451 align:start CLASSROOM IS AMAZING. 14:46.454 --> 14:48.152 align:start TEXTBOOKS ARE -- THEY'RE GONE. 14:48.155 --> 14:51.889 align:start I REALLY BELIEVE THAT. 14:51.892 --> 14:52.623 align:start I THINK KIDS LEARN BETTER NOW 14:52.626 --> 14:54.192 align:start USING THE COMPUTER. 14:54.195 --> 14:55.059 align:start I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEIR 14:55.062 --> 14:59.097 align:start SKILLS ARE. 14:59.100 --> 15:00.865 align:start I THINK KIDS ARE BORN ALMOST 15:00.868 --> 15:03.835 align:start WITH A PHONE IN THEIR HANDS. 15:03.838 --> 15:04.235 align:start THEY KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY 15:04.238 --> 15:06.704 align:start QUICKLY. 15:06.707 --> 15:08.673 align:start I'M MUCH OLDER, SO IT TAKES ME A 15:08.676 --> 15:09.073 align:start WHILE TO FIGURE OUT THE 15:09.076 --> 15:10.742 align:start TECHNOLOGY. 15:10.745 --> 15:11.409 align:start BUT KIDS CAN JUST FIGURE OUT 15:11.412 --> 15:12.710 align:start REALLY QUICKLY. 15:12.713 --> 15:15.380 align:start AND THAT'S THE WAY THEY LEARN 15:15.383 --> 15:18.082 align:start AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO TAP 15:18.085 --> 15:19.684 align:start IN TO, THE WAY THEY LEARN. 15:19.687 --> 15:22.320 align:start >> WE'VE SEEN SOME GREAT 15:22.323 --> 15:26.124 align:start SUCCESSES WITH STUDENT TEST 15:26.127 --> 15:27.392 align:start SCORES AND HAVING THIS LAB OPENS 15:27.395 --> 15:28.693 align:start SO MANY MORE DOORS FOR STUDENTS 15:28.696 --> 15:31.663 align:start THAT THEY JUST HAVE NO IDEA THAT 15:31.666 --> 15:32.730 align:start WAS EVEN A POSSIBILITY. 15:32.733 --> 15:34.699 align:start >> IF EVERY STUDENT COULD 15:34.702 --> 15:35.099 align:start EXPERIENCE IT, THAT WOULD BE 15:35.102 --> 15:35.933 align:start REALLY COOL. 15:35.936 --> 15:37.802 align:start >> IT IS JUST A REALLY COOL 15:37.805 --> 15:38.136 align:start PROGRAM TO HELP YOU LEARN NEW 15:38.139 --> 15:40.038 align:start THINGS. 15:40.041 --> 15:41.706 align:start >> BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. 15:41.709 --> 15:49.280 align:start WHAT THEY LEARN HERE, LAYING THE 15:49.283 --> 15:59.557 align:start FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE. 15:59.560 --> 16:00.925 align:start >>> A DIAMOND IN THE DESERT. 16:00.928 --> 16:03.127 align:start SUPERINTENDENT DAVID DUMOND. 16:03.130 --> 16:06.297 align:start >> WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON OUR 16:06.300 --> 16:07.131 align:start 21st CENTURY SKILLS OF 16:07.134 --> 16:08.032 align:start COMMUNICATION, BUILDING 16:08.035 --> 16:09.334 align:start COMMUNICATION COLLABORATION AND 16:09.337 --> 16:12.370 align:start CRITICAL THINKING AND CREATIVITY 16:12.373 --> 16:15.273 align:start WITH OUR STUDENTS. 16:15.276 --> 16:16.407 align:start THE PAXTON LAB WAS SOMETHING 16:16.410 --> 16:17.709 align:start THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO WE WERE 16:17.712 --> 16:21.512 align:start ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A GRANT 16:21.515 --> 16:22.714 align:start THAT GOT US STARTSTARTED. 16:22.717 --> 16:24.048 align:start 100 SCHOOLS APPLIED. 16:24.051 --> 16:25.717 align:start SEVEN SCHOOLS GOT THE GRANT. 16:25.720 --> 16:26.050 align:start THAT'S REALLY GOT THE BALL 16:26.053 --> 16:31.122 align:start ROLLING. 16:31.125 --> 16:31.756 align:start WE DECIDED TO PILOT THE 16:31.759 --> 16:33.825 align:start PAXTON-PATTERSON LAB. 16:33.828 --> 16:35.360 align:start IT REALLY FOCUSES ON CAREERS FOR 16:35.363 --> 16:37.662 align:start STUDENTS OUT THERE. 16:37.665 --> 16:39.364 align:start WE'RE REMOVED FROM TUCSON AND SO 16:39.367 --> 16:41.566 align:start WE WANTED TO TRY TO OFFER 16:41.569 --> 16:44.035 align:start OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE KIDS TO BE 16:44.038 --> 16:44.369 align:start ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT 16:44.372 --> 16:47.839 align:start THINGS. 16:47.842 --> 16:48.573 align:start SO THAT'S REALLY WHY WE BROUGHT 16:48.576 --> 16:49.774 align:start PAXTON-PATTERSON TO THE SCHOOL. 16:49.777 --> 16:51.075 align:start >> IT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE. 16:51.078 --> 16:52.610 align:start YOU SAID TEST SCORE DMZ SOME 16:52.613 --> 16:53.144 align:start AREAS HAVE ACTUALLY DOUBLED? 16:53.147 --> 16:55.880 align:start >> YES. 16:55.883 --> 16:57.015 align:start AS WE LOOKED AT LAST YEAR'S 16:57.018 --> 16:58.316 align:start DISTRICT BENCHMARK SCORES TO 16:58.319 --> 17:00.985 align:start THIS YEAR'S DISTRICT BENCHMARK 17:00.988 --> 17:03.187 align:start SCORES COMPARING FIRST QUARTER 17:03.190 --> 17:07.158 align:start DATA, WE'VE INCREASED ANYWHERE 17:07.161 --> 17:08.793 align:start FROM 20% TO 60% IN -- ON OUR 17:08.796 --> 17:10.662 align:start READING, OUR READING, OUR MATH 17:10.665 --> 17:12.263 align:start AND OUR SCIENCE BENCHMARKS. 17:12.266 --> 17:13.998 align:start WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT 17:14.001 --> 17:15.099 align:start WE'RE SEEING SO FAR. 17:15.102 --> 17:16.334 align:start WE'RE JUST WRAPPING UP -- 17:16.337 --> 17:17.635 align:start GETTING READY TO START A SECOND 17:17.638 --> 17:19.270 align:start QUARTER OF ASSESSMENTS NEXT WEEK 17:19.273 --> 17:21.639 align:start AND WE'LL BE COMPARING THAT DATA 17:21.642 --> 17:24.342 align:start AND LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE DOING. 17:24.345 --> 17:24.776 align:start BUT WE ARE EXPECTING SIMILAR 17:24.779 --> 17:26.411 align:start CELEBRATIONS. 17:26.414 --> 17:26.678 align:start >> WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT 17:26.681 --> 17:27.612 align:start TO? 17:27.615 --> 17:28.746 align:start YOU CAN PROVIDE THESE STUDENTS 17:28.749 --> 17:30.281 align:start WITH THIS INFORMATION, BUT THEN 17:30.284 --> 17:34.552 align:start TO SEE IT HAPPEN SO QUICKLY. 17:34.555 --> 17:36.454 align:start >> WELL, REALLY, IT GOES DOWN TO 17:36.457 --> 17:37.989 align:start THE TEACHERS AT ALTAR VALLEY 17:37.992 --> 17:40.291 align:start MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE JUST AN 17:40.294 --> 17:43.995 align:start AMAZING TEAM THAT WORK TOGETHER. 17:43.998 --> 17:45.963 align:start OUR TEACHER THAT WE HAVE LEADING 17:45.966 --> 17:48.166 align:start THE LAB IS A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR 17:48.169 --> 17:50.702 align:start THE STUDENTS AND REALLY THEY'RE 17:50.705 --> 17:51.969 align:start GOING TO THE LAB AND THEY'RE 17:51.972 --> 17:53.338 align:start GETTING INTRODUCED TO DIFFERENT 17:53.341 --> 17:56.074 align:start CAREERS BUT IT IS REALLY ALL OF 17:56.077 --> 17:58.176 align:start THE TEACHERS WORKING TOGETHER 17:58.179 --> 17:58.976 align:start TRYING TO GET THEM TO BRING 17:58.979 --> 18:00.611 align:start EVERYTHING TOGETHER. 18:00.614 --> 18:02.046 align:start THAT'S REALLY WHAT S.T.E.M. IS. 18:02.049 --> 18:03.614 align:start IT IS JUST REALLY ABOUT TRYING 18:03.617 --> 18:04.849 align:start TO INTEGRATE ALL OF THE 18:04.852 --> 18:05.950 align:start DIFFERENT AREAS AND HELP 18:05.953 --> 18:07.151 align:start STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT 18:07.154 --> 18:08.586 align:start CAREERS AND OPPORTUNITIES. 18:08.589 --> 18:09.921 align:start >> IN THE PIECE THAT WE SAW SOME 18:09.924 --> 18:11.756 align:start OF THESE KIDS WERE SAYING I 18:11.759 --> 18:13.124 align:start NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT BEING AN 18:13.127 --> 18:13.424 align:start ENGINEER, BUT MAYBE NOW I WANT 18:13.427 --> 18:14.425 align:start TO. 18:14.428 --> 18:15.994 align:start IS THAT THE IDEA BEHIND THIS? 18:15.997 --> 18:18.129 align:start >> IT IS EXACTLY THE IDEA. 18:18.132 --> 18:19.897 align:start IT IS ALSO THE IDEA, I MEAN WE 18:19.900 --> 18:21.432 align:start HAVE LASER TECHNOLOGY. 18:21.435 --> 18:23.668 align:start WE HAVE FORENSIC SCIENCE. 18:23.671 --> 18:27.271 align:start THEY'RE ABLE TO CHOOSE A CAREER 18:27.274 --> 18:30.541 align:start THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN 18:30.544 --> 18:32.010 align:start AND 9 TIMES OUT OF 10, STUDENTS 18:32.013 --> 18:34.379 align:start ARE LIKE "I LOVE IT." 18:34.382 --> 18:35.313 align:start YOU'LL HAVE A OPPORTUNITY BE, 18:35.316 --> 18:36.647 align:start LIKE, WELL, MAYBE THIS MIGHT NOT 18:36.650 --> 18:39.183 align:start BE THE CAREER FOR ME BUT THEY 18:39.186 --> 18:39.584 align:start COMPLETE THE MODULE, THEY'RE 18:39.587 --> 18:40.651 align:start SUCCESSFUL. 18:40.654 --> 18:41.519 align:start SO AGAIN, IT IS A LEARNING 18:41.522 --> 18:43.154 align:start OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT WE 18:43.157 --> 18:44.822 align:start WANT TO DO TO GET THEM TO 18:44.825 --> 18:46.024 align:start REALIZE NOW TO START THINKING 18:46.027 --> 18:47.125 align:start ABOUT WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH 18:47.128 --> 18:48.593 align:start THE REST OF MY LIFE. 18:48.596 --> 18:50.128 align:start >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S 18:50.131 --> 18:54.198 align:start REALLY NEW FOR THIS COMMUNITY. 18:54.201 --> 18:54.899 align:start >> WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 18:54.902 --> 18:55.833 align:start WAYS -- WE HAVE A LOT OF 18:55.836 --> 19:00.171 align:start WAYS -- WE HAVE A LOT OF 19:00.174 --> 19:00.772 align:start STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN 19:00.775 --> 19:01.472 align:start OUR 700 SQUARE MILES. 19:01.475 --> 19:03.174 align:start OUR 700 SQUARE MILES. 19:03.177 --> 19:03.808 align:start WE KNOW PARENTS AND STUDENTS 19:03.811 --> 19:05.476 align:start HAVE CHOICES. 19:05.479 --> 19:06.911 align:start WE WANT TO CREATE A FIRST CLASS 19:06.914 --> 19:07.245 align:start EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN ALTAR 19:07.248 --> 19:08.379 align:start VALLEY. 19:08.382 --> 19:09.113 align:start I REALLY BELIEVE WE HAVE AN 19:09.116 --> 19:12.817 align:start AMAZING PLACE. 19:12.820 --> 19:17.255 align:start SO BRINGING IN THE S.T.E.M. AND 19:17.258 --> 19:18.790 align:start THE PAXTON LAB IS REALLY JUST 19:18.793 --> 19:19.490 align:start CREATING A -- AGAIN -- JUST MORE 19:19.493 --> 19:21.759 align:start OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM. 19:21.762 --> 19:22.193 align:start WE'VE EXPANDED OUR SUMMER 19:22.196 --> 19:23.494 align:start SCHOOL. 19:23.497 --> 19:24.028 align:start WE'RE CALLING IT A S.T.E.M. 19:24.031 --> 19:27.965 align:start SUMMER CAMP. 19:27.968 --> 19:30.134 align:start IT IS REALLY ALL JUST COMPLETELY 19:30.137 --> 19:32.003 align:start ON TECHNOLOGY, FORENSICS, IT'S 19:32.006 --> 19:36.274 align:start JUST -- IT'S REALLY CHANGED THE 19:36.277 --> 19:38.142 align:start WAY WE'VE DONE OR ARE DOING 19:38.145 --> 19:39.377 align:start THINGS IN ALTAR VALLEY. 19:39.380 --> 19:40.712 align:start >> THANKS SO MUCH. 19:40.715 --> 19:41.079 align:start >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 19:41.082 --> 19:42.547 align:start PLEASURE. 19:42.550 --> 19:46.417 align:start >>> ALL ACROSS THE TUCSON AREA 19:46.420 --> 19:47.452 align:start THERE ARE S.T.E.M. EFFORTS IN 19:47.455 --> 19:48.052 align:start SCHOOLS. 19:48.055 --> 19:49.220 align:start THE LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYER IN 19:49.223 --> 19:51.923 align:start THE LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYER IN 19:51.926 --> 19:53.791 align:start SOUTHERN ARIZONA SAYS 50% OF ITS 19:53.794 --> 19:54.959 align:start CHARITABLE GIVING GOES TOWARD 19:54.962 --> 20:00.098 align:start INCREASING S.T.E.M. EDUCATION. 20:00.101 --> 20:00.465 align:start WITH MORE ON THAT, HERE'S MY 20:00.468 --> 20:02.100 align:start COLLEAGUE. 20:02.103 --> 20:04.635 align:start >> THERE REALLY IS A NATIONAL 20:04.638 --> 20:07.005 align:start IMPERATIVE TO GET MORE STUDENTS 20:07.008 --> 20:08.740 align:start INVOLVED IN S.T.E.M. EDUCATION, 20:08.743 --> 20:09.640 align:start SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING 20:09.643 --> 20:11.175 align:start AND MATH. 20:11.178 --> 20:13.177 align:start IT IS NOT GOOD WHEN COUNTRIES 20:13.180 --> 20:14.979 align:start LIKE CHINA AND INDIA GRADUATE 20:14.982 --> 20:15.613 align:start MORE ENGINEERS ANNUALLY THAN THE 20:15.616 --> 20:20.051 align:start UNITED STATES. 20:20.054 --> 20:21.252 align:start SO FOR OUR NATION TO KEEP ITS 20:21.255 --> 20:23.154 align:start TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE, WE REALLY 20:23.157 --> 20:24.055 align:start NEED TO SEE MORE STUDENTS 20:24.058 --> 20:25.323 align:start CHOOSING THOSE CAREERS IF 20:25.326 --> 20:25.656 align:start THEY'RE GOOD IN MATH AND 20:25.659 --> 20:27.091 align:start SCIENCE. 20:27.094 --> 20:28.026 align:start IT IS NOT JUST ADDING UP A 20:28.029 --> 20:29.327 align:start COLUMN OF NUMBERS. 20:29.330 --> 20:31.195 align:start IT IS THE APPLICATION OF THAT. 20:31.198 --> 20:34.832 align:start THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO 20:34.835 --> 20:35.199 align:start INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF 20:35.202 --> 20:38.736 align:start ENGINEERS. 20:38.739 --> 20:40.772 align:start BUT ALSO, WE NEED TALENT AS OUR 20:40.775 --> 20:43.574 align:start POPULATION -- OUR WORK FORCE 20:43.577 --> 20:45.510 align:start AGES, WE NEED THE NEXT BATCH OF 20:45.513 --> 20:48.513 align:start IN 20:48.516 --> 20:49.514 align:start INNOVAORS TO COME IN, WITH 20:49.517 --> 20:50.515 align:start SOLUTIONS WE'VE NEVER EVEN 20:50.518 --> 20:52.116 align:start THOUGHT OF. 20:52.119 --> 20:53.084 align:start THAT HAPPENED 20, 30 YEARS AGO 20:53.087 --> 20:54.318 align:start IN AEROSPACE. 20:54.321 --> 20:56.454 align:start WE NEED THE NEXT GROUP TO COME 20:56.457 --> 20:58.089 align:start UP AND INNOVATE AS WELL. 20:58.092 --> 20:59.190 align:start THERE'S TWO MAIN REASONS. 20:59.193 --> 20:59.624 align:start THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO INTERESTED 20:59.627 --> 21:01.159 align:start IN THIS. 21:01.162 --> 21:03.628 align:start >> YOU TALK ABOUT GETTING THAT 21:03.631 --> 21:05.129 align:start NEXT BATCH OF TALENT. 21:05.132 --> 21:06.164 align:start HOW MUCH HAS THAT BEEN COMING 21:06.167 --> 21:08.900 align:start HERE LOCALLY? 21:08.903 --> 21:10.802 align:start THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS FROM 21:10.805 --> 21:11.736 align:start RAYTHEON FROM A DECADE NOW. 21:11.739 --> 21:13.571 align:start IS IT STARTING TO PAY OFF? 21:13.574 --> 21:18.042 align:start ARE YOU SEEING SOME HOME-GROWN 21:18.045 --> 21:20.445 align:start TALENT COMING UP FROM TUCSON? 21:20.448 --> 21:21.879 align:start TO U OF A AND ON TO RAYTHEON? 21:21.882 --> 21:23.848 align:start >> YOU BET WE ARE. 21:23.851 --> 21:25.249 align:start SOME OF THE OUTREACH EFFORTS WE 21:25.252 --> 21:27.585 align:start HAVE CENTERED AROUND S.T.E.M. 21:27.588 --> 21:28.519 align:start EDUCATION, FIRST AND FOREMOST WE 21:28.522 --> 21:29.721 align:start DO A MATH DAY WITH THE 21:29.724 --> 21:30.021 align:start UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA EVERY 21:30.024 --> 21:31.089 align:start YEAR. 21:31.092 --> 21:31.889 align:start WE BRING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO 21:31.892 --> 21:33.358 align:start THIS CAMPUS. 21:33.361 --> 21:34.459 align:start THEY BUILD GALILEO SCOPES AND 21:34.462 --> 21:36.394 align:start THEY WORK WITH OUR YOUNG 21:36.397 --> 21:37.795 align:start ENGINEERS TO GET INSPIRED AND 21:37.798 --> 21:39.330 align:start ASK QUESTIONS AND REALLY SEE 21:39.333 --> 21:40.598 align:start THAT THEY, TOO, IF THEY HAVE 21:40.601 --> 21:42.900 align:start THIS KIND OF INTEREST, COULD 21:42.903 --> 21:43.267 align:start HAVE A CAREER AT A COMPANY LIKE 21:43.270 --> 21:45.136 align:start RAYTHEON. 21:45.139 --> 21:47.472 align:start WE DO MATH NIGHTS AT SUNNY SIDE 21:47.475 --> 21:49.107 align:start HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WE ARE 21:49.110 --> 21:50.408 align:start MENTORING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, 21:50.411 --> 21:52.010 align:start MENTORING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 21:52.013 --> 21:54.912 align:start WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING A LITTLE 21:54.915 --> 21:56.547 align:start BIT WITH CALCULUS OR ALGEBRA. 21:56.550 --> 21:57.582 align:start OUR ENGINEERS GO DOWN AND SPEND 21:57.585 --> 21:59.684 align:start A COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THEM, 21:59.687 --> 22:01.119 align:start ALMOST IN A ONE-ON-ONE SETTING. 22:01.122 --> 22:02.220 align:start THESE STUDENTS GET TO UNDERSTAND 22:02.223 --> 22:03.221 align:start CONCEPTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN 22:03.224 --> 22:04.722 align:start DIFFICULT FOR THEM BEFORE. 22:04.725 --> 22:06.691 align:start SO THAT'S VERY REWARDING FOR US 22:06.694 --> 22:07.692 align:start AND WE HAVE NO TROUBLE GETTING 22:07.695 --> 22:09.560 align:start VOLUNTEERS DOING THAT. 22:09.563 --> 22:09.861 align:start >> DO WE SEE THE BENEFITS OF 22:09.864 --> 22:10.895 align:start THIS? 22:10.898 --> 22:13.231 align:start YOU BET. 22:13.234 --> 22:14.866 align:start WE'VE HELPED RAISE TEST SCORES 22:14.869 --> 22:16.334 align:start AT SUNNY SIDE AS A RESULT OF 22:16.337 --> 22:18.536 align:start THIS AND THE FIRST BATCH OF HIGH 22:18.539 --> 22:20.104 align:start SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT DECIDED TO 22:20.107 --> 22:21.339 align:start CHOOSE ENGINEERING AS THEIR 22:21.342 --> 22:25.109 align:start MAJOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 22:25.112 --> 22:26.611 align:start ARIZONA ARE GRADUATING, AND SOME 22:26.614 --> 22:26.878 align:start OF THEM ARE COMING TO WORK FOR 22:26.881 --> 22:29.614 align:start US. 22:29.617 --> 22:32.216 align:start >> YOU MENTIONED U OF A AS A 22:32.219 --> 22:33.351 align:start PIPELINE -- NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF 22:33.354 --> 22:34.318 align:start ITS ENGINEERING GRADUATE 22:34.321 --> 22:35.286 align:start STUDENTS ARE INTERNATIONAL 22:35.289 --> 22:38.089 align:start STUDENTS. 22:38.092 --> 22:39.524 align:start THAT REPRESENTS A BIT OF A 22:39.527 --> 22:40.491 align:start PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO 22:40.494 --> 22:42.126 align:start RECRUITING FOR RAYTHEON, YES? 22:42.129 --> 22:42.493 align:start >> WE HAVE TO HAVE U.S. 22:42.496 --> 22:43.027 align:start CITIZENS. 22:43.030 --> 22:44.362 align:start THAT'S NOT OUR RULE. 22:44.365 --> 22:46.297 align:start THAT'S THE RULE OF OUR NUMBER 22:46.300 --> 22:46.631 align:start ONE CUSTOMER, THE DEPARTMENT OF 22:46.634 --> 22:49.567 align:start DEFENSE. 22:49.570 --> 22:50.268 align:start THAT SHOWS YOU WHY WE NEED TO 22:50.271 --> 22:52.070 align:start GROW TALENT. 22:52.073 --> 22:52.403 align:start WE NEED TO HAVE HOME-GROWN 22:52.406 --> 22:53.338 align:start TALENT. 22:53.341 --> 22:55.173 align:start IT IS WHY WE ARE SO INTERESTED 22:55.176 --> 22:55.573 align:start IN INSPIRING THE NEXT 22:55.576 --> 22:56.908 align:start GENERATION. 22:56.911 --> 22:57.975 align:start OUR PROGRAMS REACH FROM 22:57.978 --> 22:59.444 align:start ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IF YOU CAN 22:59.447 --> 23:01.579 align:start BELIEVE IT, THROUGH MIDDLE 23:01.582 --> 23:02.280 align:start SCHOOL, THROUGH MY SCHOOL, AND 23:02.283 --> 23:04.349 align:start THROUGH COLLEGE. 23:04.352 --> 23:04.882 align:start LET ME SAY A BIT ABOUT THE 23:04.885 --> 23:06.117 align:start ELEMENTARY PROGRAM. 23:06.120 --> 23:06.517 align:start CALLED ENGINEERING IS 23:06.520 --> 23:07.485 align:start ELEMENTARY. 23:07.488 --> 23:08.486 align:start YOU SAY WHAT? 23:08.489 --> 23:10.555 align:start YOU'RE TEACHING ENGINEERING 23:10.558 --> 23:10.922 align:start CONCEPTS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 23:10.925 --> 23:11.956 align:start STUDENTS? 23:11.959 --> 23:14.425 align:start BUT WE REALLY ARE. 23:14.428 --> 23:16.294 align:start THOSE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS ARE 23:16.297 --> 23:19.731 align:start GREAT AT PHONICS AND ENGLISH AND 23:19.734 --> 23:21.366 align:start SOME OF THOSE HAD KEY CONCEPTS. 23:21.369 --> 23:22.700 align:start BUT THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT 23:22.703 --> 23:24.202 align:start INTIMIDATED WITH ADVANCED 23:24.205 --> 23:26.070 align:start ENGINEERING CONCEPTS OR EVEN 23:26.073 --> 23:26.838 align:start BASIC ENGINEERING CONCEPTS. 23:26.841 --> 23:28.473 align:start WE PURCHASED A CURRICULUM THAT 23:28.476 --> 23:31.909 align:start WE GIVE TO THEM, THEN WE GO INTO 23:31.912 --> 23:37.048 align:start THE CLASSROOM AND WE'LL BUILD 23:37.051 --> 23:38.950 align:start SUSPENSION BRIDGES WITHPOPSICLE. 23:38.953 --> 23:40.318 align:start THERE'S A LOT OF MATH IN THAT. 23:40.321 --> 23:41.953 align:start >>> SOME POLITICAL NEWS NOW. 23:41.956 --> 23:44.255 align:start JUST THIS WEEK, THE PRESIDENT OF 23:44.258 --> 23:44.622 align:start THE ARIZONA-MEXICO COMMISSION 23:44.625 --> 23:46.691 align:start RESIGNED. 23:46.694 --> 23:48.993 align:start A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE COMMISSION 23:48.996 --> 23:49.527 align:start SAYS HE STEPPED DOWN FROM HIS 23:49.530 --> 23:51.896 align:start VOLUNTEER POSITION. 23:51.899 --> 23:52.196 align:start IT IS UNCLEAR WHO WILL REPLACE 23:52.199 --> 23:53.631 align:start HIM. 23:53.634 --> 23:55.400 align:start >>> OTHER NEWS NOW, THE NATION 23:55.403 --> 23:57.268 align:start PAUSED TO REMEMBER THE 75th 23:57.271 --> 24:00.238 align:start ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK AT 24:00.241 --> 24:00.772 align:start PEARL HARBOR. 24:00.775 --> 24:01.773 align:start THE ARIZONA GOVERNOR TRAVELED TO 24:01.776 --> 24:04.275 align:start THE ARIZONA GOVERNOR TRAVELED TO 24:04.278 --> 24:06.277 align:start HAWAII WHERE HE VISITED THE "USS 24:06.280 --> 24:06.844 align:start ARIZONA" MEMORIAL AND MET WITH 24:06.847 --> 24:08.046 align:start WORLD WAR II VETERANS. 24:08.049 --> 24:09.447 align:start >>> TO PHOENIX NOW. 24:09.450 --> 24:10.014 align:start HONORING A LIFE LOST NEARLY 60 24:10.017 --> 24:12.450 align:start YEARS AGO. 24:12.453 --> 24:14.552 align:start THE REMAINS OF PRIVATE 1st CLASS 24:14.555 --> 24:15.920 align:start DANIEL HUNT LAID TO REST AT THE 24:15.923 --> 24:17.555 align:start NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF 24:17.558 --> 24:21.859 align:start ARIZONA IN PHOENIX. 24:21.862 --> 24:24.462 align:start A TRIBUTE TO HIS SERVICE NOW 24:24.465 --> 24:28.800 align:start FROM MY COLLEAGUES, NATE HUFFMAN 24:28.803 --> 24:30.668 align:start AND DANIEL HOLDEN. 24:30.671 --> 24:32.637 align:start >> Reporter: FULL MILITARY 24:32.640 --> 24:34.605 align:start HONORS FOR PRIVATE 1st CLASS 24:34.608 --> 24:35.707 align:start DANIEL HUNT. 24:35.710 --> 24:38.309 align:start A BURIAL NEARLY SIX DECADES 24:38.312 --> 24:40.311 align:start AFTER HIS DEATH. 24:40.314 --> 24:41.813 align:start >> WELCOME HOME. 24:41.816 --> 24:43.614 align:start FAMILY, FRIENDS, DISTINGUISHED 24:43.617 --> 24:45.750 align:start GUESTS, FELLOW PATRIOTS AND ALL 24:45.753 --> 24:46.050 align:start THOSE INSPIRED BY PFC DANIEL 24:46.053 --> 24:47.719 align:start HUNT. 24:47.722 --> 24:48.920 align:start WITH THE GIFT OF DANIEL HUNT, 24:48.923 --> 24:51.422 align:start GOD BLOOETS NEW LIFE AND HOPE 24:51.425 --> 24:53.291 align:start INTO ALL OF US AND ESPECIALLY 24:53.294 --> 24:55.093 align:start ALL THE THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES 24:55.096 --> 24:58.162 align:start WHO COVET THIS MIRACLE. 24:58.165 --> 25:00.031 align:start >> Reporter: ON SEPTEMBER 28th, 25:00.034 --> 25:01.899 align:start 1951, DANIEL AND OTHER U.S. 25:01.902 --> 25:03.501 align:start INFANTRY MEN WERE BARRAGED BY 25:03.504 --> 25:09.273 align:start MORTAR ATTACKS WHILE CONDUCTING 25:09.276 --> 25:12.810 align:start OPERATIONS EAST OF THE AREA 25:12.813 --> 25:14.178 align:start KNOWN AS HEARTBREAK RIDGE. 25:14.181 --> 25:14.512 align:start PFC HUNT WAS DECLARED MISSING IN 25:14.515 --> 25:15.980 align:start ACTION. 25:15.983 --> 25:19.517 align:start >> SUCH A YOUNG GUY. 25:19.520 --> 25:21.819 align:start IT'S KIND OF SAD THAT HE DIDN'T 25:21.822 --> 25:22.787 align:start HAVE A LIFE LIKE THE REST OF US. 25:22.790 --> 25:25.223 align:start >> Reporter: JUST 18 YEARS OLD 25:25.226 --> 25:27.859 align:start AT THE TIME, HE WAS 1 OF 17 25:27.862 --> 25:28.226 align:start CHILDREN FROM A FAMILY IN 25:28.229 --> 25:30.028 align:start MICHIGAN. 25:30.031 --> 25:32.430 align:start HIS NIECE GREW UP WITH HIM. 25:32.433 --> 25:34.332 align:start >> HE WAS MISSING IN ACTION. 25:34.335 --> 25:35.867 align:start AND THEN THEY DECLARED HIM DEAD 25:35.870 --> 25:37.669 align:start AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS. 25:37.672 --> 25:39.037 align:start >> Reporter: THIS PAST FEBRUARY, 25:39.040 --> 25:41.639 align:start SOUTH KOREA HANDED OVER WHAT WAS 25:41.642 --> 25:42.774 align:start THOUGHT TO BE THE REMAINS OF 25:42.777 --> 25:43.107 align:start AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO THE UNITED 25:43.110 --> 25:47.845 align:start STATES. 25:47.848 --> 25:51.249 align:start >> WHEN I WAS CALLED FROM 25:51.252 --> 25:53.351 align:start KENTUCKY, THEY CALLED ME AND 25:53.354 --> 25:55.486 align:start ASKED, YOU KNOW -- TOLD ME. 25:55.489 --> 25:56.621 align:start I JUST COULDN'T HARDLY 25:56.624 --> 25:59.991 align:start UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE THING. 25:59.994 --> 26:01.392 align:start I MEAN IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE 26:01.395 --> 26:02.694 align:start THAT IT WAS HAPPENING. 26:02.697 --> 26:04.662 align:start >> Reporter: DNA ANALYSIS AND 26:04.665 --> 26:07.799 align:start OTHER CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE 26:07.802 --> 26:09.634 align:start CONCLUDED DANIEL HAD BEEN FOUND, 26:09.637 --> 26:11.502 align:start GIVING HIS FAMILY CLOSURE. 26:11.505 --> 26:12.136 align:start DEBORAH IS HERE TO HONOR A GREAT 26:12.139 --> 26:16.774 align:start UNCLE SHE NEVER MET. 26:16.777 --> 26:18.109 align:start >> THIS IS PART OF HISTORY THAT 26:18.112 --> 26:18.710 align:start MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET TO 26:18.713 --> 26:21.946 align:start EXPERIENCE IT. 26:21.949 --> 26:27.518 align:start IT'S BEEN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. 26:27.521 --> 26:29.454 align:start WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET 26:29.457 --> 26:31.422 align:start RE-ACQUAINTED WITH FAMILY AND 26:31.425 --> 26:31.923 align:start FIND OUT THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T 26:31.926 --> 26:33.858 align:start KNOW. 26:33.861 --> 26:34.392 align:start >> Reporter: A FAMILY REUNITED 26:34.395 --> 26:37.228 align:start AT LAST. 26:37.231 --> 26:39.530 align:start >> THE MAN I NEVER KNEW WOULD 26:39.533 --> 26:40.865 align:start BRING GREAT HONOR TO OUR NAME. 26:40.868 --> 26:41.766 align:start OUR FAMILY BROUGHT TOGETHER FROM 26:41.769 --> 26:44.235 align:start THIS DAY FORWARD WILL NEVER 26:44.238 --> 26:47.305 align:start SHALL THE SAME. 26:47.308 --> 26:49.207 align:start THE MAN I NEVER KNEW WOULD SOON 26:49.210 --> 26:50.808 align:start IMPART A MAGNITUDE OF LOVE, 26:50.811 --> 26:53.878 align:start GRATITUDE AND HONOR THAT HAS 26:53.881 --> 26:55.346 align:start FOREVER CHANGED OUR HEARTS. 26:55.349 --> 26:57.682 align:start AS THE STORY OF HIS RETURN CAME 26:57.685 --> 26:59.617 align:start TO REALITY, THE MAN I NEVER KNEW 26:59.620 --> 27:01.519 align:start CAME TO LIFE FOR ME. 27:01.522 --> 27:02.820 align:start WELCOME HOME, UNCLE DANIEL. 27:02.823 --> 27:04.422 align:start >> Reporter: PRIVATE 1st CLASS 27:04.425 --> 27:07.425 align:start DANIEL HUNT, A BRAVE SOLDIER, 27:07.428 --> 27:08.526 align:start AWARDED THREE PURPLE HEARTS IN 27:08.529 --> 27:10.928 align:start LESS THAN ONE MONTH OF SERVICE. 27:10.931 --> 27:12.563 align:start A TRIBUTE TO HONOR A HERO WHO 27:12.566 --> 27:14.699 align:start MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. 27:14.702 --> 27:16.634 align:start HIS FAMILY GRATEFUL TO WELCOME 27:16.637 --> 27:16.934 align:start THEIR SOLDIER HOME TO AMERICAN 27:16.937 --> 27:20.905 align:start SOIL. 27:20.908 --> 27:23.174 align:start >> NEVER GIVE UP HOPE. 27:23.177 --> 27:23.508 align:start THAT'S BEEN OUR MESSAGE SINCE WE 27:23.511 --> 27:25.009 align:start STARTED. 27:25.012 --> 27:27.412 align:start NEVER GIVE UP HOPE. 27:27.415 --> 27:29.847 align:start BECAUSE EVEN IF THE PEOPLE THAT 27:29.850 --> 27:31.382 align:start KNEW THEM AREN'T HERE, THE 27:31.385 --> 27:34.452 align:start PEOPLE THAT REMAIN WILL BE HERE 27:34.455 --> 27:38.289 align:start AND DO THE SAME THING OUR FAMILY 27:38.292 --> 27:39.791 align:start DID. 27:39.794 --> 27:42.393 align:start >>> THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. 27:42.396 --> 27:45.430 align:start FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC