WEBVTT 00:04.070 --> 00:06.139 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES. 00:06.139 --> 00:08.441 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TONIGHT, THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY CANDIDATES FOR 00:08.441 --> 00:10.910 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 00:10.910 --> 00:16.516 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE IDAHO DEBATES IS ORGANIZED BY THESE PARTNERS. 00:16.516 --> 00:19.819 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE FRIENDS OF IDAHO PUBLIC 00:19.819 --> 00:22.422 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TELEVISION, THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT, AND CAN 00:22.422 --> 00:26.960 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING. 00:26.960 --> 00:30.363 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES AT THE IDAHO PUBLIC 00:30.363 --> 00:32.665 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TELEVISION STUDIOS. THIS IS THE SECOND DEBATE 00:32.665 --> 00:35.702 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE HOSTING BEFORE THE MAY 17th PRIMARY ELECTION. 00:35.702 --> 00:38.605 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TONIGHT THE THREE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR SUPERINTENDENT 00:38.605 --> 00:41.941 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TAKE TO THE STAGE TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 00:41.941 --> 00:45.779 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OVERSEES 00:45.779 --> 00:48.248 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OPERATIONS AT THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND IS 00:48.248 --> 00:50.583 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% A CHAMPION FOR EDUCATION ACROSS THE STATE. 00:50.583 --> 00:54.087 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WINNER OF THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY WILL FACE DEMOCRATIC 00:54.087 --> 00:57.457 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CANDIDATE TERRY GILBERT IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. 00:57.457 --> 01:00.393 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I WANT TO WELCOME THE CANDIDATES, BRANDEN DURST, 01:00.393 --> 01:04.731 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DEBBIE CRITCHFIELD, AND SHERRI YBARRA. 01:04.731 --> 01:06.699 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER BRANDEN DURST SERVEDDED IN IDAHO HOUSE 01:06.699 --> 01:09.302 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR TWO TERMS AND THE IDAHO SENATE FOR ONE YEAR. 01:09.302 --> 01:12.839 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HE CURRENTLY WORKS AS A MEDIATOR. 01:12.839 --> 01:15.341 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DEBBIE CRITCHFIELD SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE IDAHO 01:15.341 --> 01:17.977 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR TWO YEARS, AFTER BEING 01:17.977 --> 01:20.713 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% APPOINTED TO THE BOARD IN 2014. 01:20.713 --> 01:25.084 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SHE IS ALSO SERVED ON THE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. 01:25.084 --> 01:27.620 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND INCUMBENT SUPERINTENDENT OF INSTRUCTION SHERRI YBARRA 01:27.620 --> 01:31.224 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IS SERVING HER THIRD TERM IN OFFICE, PRIOR TO BEING ELECTED 01:31.224 --> 01:56.850 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SHE WORKED IN THE MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT. 01:56.850 --> 02:00.353 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CAR LIEN DAVIS VOLUNTEER TIMEKEEPERS FROM THE LEAGUE OF 02:00.353 --> 02:02.889 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WOMEN VOTERS. EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN 02:02.889 --> 02:06.159 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% 90 SECONDS FOR OPENING COMMENTS, AND 60 SECONDS FOR 02:06.159 --> 02:08.795 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CLOSING STATEMENTS. WE DREW NUMBERS A FEW MINUTES 02:08.795 --> 02:12.832 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AGO TO SEE WHO WOULD GO FIRST. AND SENATOR DURST, YOU HAVE 02:12.832 --> 02:20.707 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT HONOR. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS 02:20.707 --> 02:22.709 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DEBATE TODAY. THE NEXT HOUR YOU'RE GOING TO 02:22.709 --> 02:24.878 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HEAR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TWO 02:24.878 --> 02:27.213 position:10% line:85% size:80% COMPETING VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF IDAHO SCHOOLS. 02:27.213 --> 02:30.917 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE LADIES TO MY LEFT WILL PROVIDE A VISION THAT'S BASED 02:30.917 --> 02:35.522 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ON INSIDER VIEWS, THE BELIEFS THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS KNOW 02:35.522 --> 02:37.924 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BEST AND BELIEVE WE SHUT DOUBLE DOWN ON A SYSTEM OF 02:37.924 --> 02:39.993 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATION THAT HASN'T WORKED FOR SO MANY FAMILIES. 02:39.993 --> 02:42.862 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MY VISION, THE VISION OF AN OUTSIDER IS VERY DIFFERENT. 02:42.862 --> 02:44.831 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I BELIEVE WE NEED TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. 02:44.831 --> 02:47.467 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK WE NEED TO PUT PARENTS BACK IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF 02:47.467 --> 02:49.569 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. I BELIEVE WE NEED TO GET 02:49.569 --> 02:55.575 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE WAY, AND LET PARENTS -- WE'VE GOT A LOT 02:55.575 --> 02:57.644 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OF STAKE. WE'VE ALL SEEN THE THINGS 02:57.644 --> 03:00.914 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. CRITICAL RACE THEORY, SOCIAL 03:00.914 --> 03:04.884 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% JUSTICE DOCTRINATION, THE SEXUALIZATION OF OUR STUDENTS. 03:04.884 --> 03:07.620 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE PLANS AND I'VE GOT THE ABILITY TO MAKE SERIOUS 03:07.620 --> 03:10.790 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO FIX OUR SCHOOLS, AND TO 03:10.790 --> 03:13.560 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HELP ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED. 03:13.560 --> 03:16.362 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES IS IF 03:16.362 --> 03:18.464 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE SATISFIED WITH OUR CURRENT EDUCATION SYSTEM. 03:18.464 --> 03:22.068 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IF WE ARE, ONE OF THE INSIDERS WOULD BE A GREAT CHOICE. 03:22.068 --> 03:24.237 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT IF YOU BELIEVE WE NEED TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, IF YOU 03:24.237 --> 03:27.173 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BELIEVE WE NEED TO GET BACK TO TRUSTING PARENTS AGAIN, MY 03:27.173 --> 03:30.343 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NAME IS BRANDEN DURST AND I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO 03:30.343 --> 03:32.545 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BE YOUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 03:32.545 --> 03:35.481 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SENATOR DURST. 03:35.481 --> 03:38.318 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% UP NEXT, MRS. CRITCHFIELD. >> Debbie Critchfield: THANK 03:38.318 --> 03:40.853 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DEBBIE CRITCHFIELD, 03:40.853 --> 03:44.624 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MY HUSBAND AND DAVE AND I ARE FOURTH-GENERATION FARMERS IN 03:44.624 --> 03:47.160 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE MAGIC VALLEY WHERE OUR FOUR CHILDREN ATTENDED PUBLIC 03:47.160 --> 03:49.896 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOLS. I WAS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, A 03:49.896 --> 03:55.468 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GED INSTRUCTOR FOR CSI AND A 10-YEAR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. 03:55.468 --> 04:00.173 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS HAVE BEEN THE PUBLIC INFORMATION 04:00.173 --> 04:02.141 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OFFICER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER. 04:02.141 --> 04:06.112 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN 2014, I WAS APPOINTED TO IDAHO'S BOARD OF EDUCATION BY 04:06.112 --> 04:09.816 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERNOR OTTER, AND THEN LATER APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR LITTLE. 04:09.816 --> 04:13.152 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S BECAUSE OF MY SERVICE OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS THAT 04:13.152 --> 04:17.123 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT AT THE STATE EDUCATION TABLE AND 04:17.123 --> 04:19.959 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I CAN TELL YOU, IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE. 04:19.959 --> 04:23.229 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M RUNNING FOR THIS OFFICE BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS DESERVE 04:23.229 --> 04:25.098 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MORE. I'M RUNNING BECAUSE OUR 04:25.098 --> 04:28.167 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PARENTS EXPECT MORE AND OUR KIDS NEED MORE. 04:28.167 --> 04:30.903 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GREAT SCHOOLS MATTER FOR IDAHO. 04:30.903 --> 04:34.907 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CORE OF MY VISION PUTS SKILLS AND WORK READINESS AT 04:34.907 --> 04:36.876 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CENTER OF AN IDAHO EDUCATION. 04:36.876 --> 04:38.811 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IT BEGINS WITH A STRONG START. 04:38.811 --> 04:41.514 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN OUR KIDS CAN READ AND CONTINUES THROUGHOUT AS WE 04:41.514 --> 04:44.484 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PREPARE OUR STUDENTS AND KIDS FOR THEIR LIVES AND THEIR 04:44.484 --> 04:47.754 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CAREERS, AND IT MUST TAKE IN A COMPONENT OF FINANCIAL 04:47.754 --> 04:50.289 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LITERACY. WE NEED ENGAGED PARENTS AND WE 04:50.289 --> 04:53.660 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NEED TO PROVIDE TEACHERS WITH THE RESOURCES AND SKILLS AND 04:53.660 --> 04:56.929 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TOOLS THEY HAVE FOR THE MODERN CLASSROOM, AND YOU NEED A 04:56.929 --> 05:00.967 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPERINTENDENT THAT WILL LISTEN, WORK, AND ACT. 05:00.967 --> 05:05.004 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE THE SKILLS, BACKGROUND, EXPERIENCE, AND EDUCATION TO 05:05.004 --> 05:09.709 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BE ABLE TO FILL THIS ROLE. AND I WILL LEAD ON DAY ONE. 05:09.709 --> 05:11.811 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Aaron Kunz: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 05:11.811 --> 05:13.046 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FINALLY, SUPERINTENDENT YBARRA. 05:13.046 --> 05:14.781 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Sherri Ybarra: FIRST OF ALL, LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING 05:14.781 --> 05:17.684 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU TO IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION, THE PANEL TONIGHT, 05:17.684 --> 05:20.820 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK 05:20.820 --> 05:24.357 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DIRECTLY TO THE AUDIENCE OF IDAHO AND THE VOTERS ABOUT WHY 05:24.357 --> 05:30.363 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M ASKING FOR ANOTHER TERM AS YOUR 25th SUPERINTENDENT I 05:30.363 --> 05:32.665 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AND ALL THE PROGRESS OUR 05:32.665 --> 05:37.470 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STUDENTS HAVE MADE IN EDUCATION, WE ARE LEADING THIS R 05:37.470 --> 05:40.973 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EXAMPLE, OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM HAS BEEN RANKED 31st IN THE 05:40.973 --> 05:44.143 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PAST. WE HAVE NOW MOVED TO 17th IN 05:44.143 --> 05:46.679 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE NATION FOR ACHIEVEMENT. WE'VE BEEN RANKED NUMBER ONE 05:46.679 --> 05:48.881 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR COLLEGE CREDITS EARNED WHILE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE 05:48.881 --> 05:51.918 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE FIFTH IN THE NATION FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READY AND 05:51.918 --> 05:55.555 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR FIVE-YEAR GRADUATION RATE IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH. 05:55.555 --> 05:58.725 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE SECURED NEARLY $100 MILLION OF NEW MONEY 05:58.725 --> 06:01.561 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SINCE I TOOK OFFICE IN THIS POSITION. 06:01.561 --> 06:05.631 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% UNDER MY LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE BROUGHT OUR EDUCATIONAL PLAN 06:05.631 --> 06:08.234 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO LIFE AND I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE ON THIS STAGE 06:08.234 --> 06:13.206 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TONIGHT THAT IS A CERTIFIED K-12 TEACHER, A PRINCIPAL, A 06:13.206 --> 06:15.408 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPERINTENDENT, AND NOW YOUR STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC 06:15.408 --> 06:19.312 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% INSTRUCTION. I KNOW THAT OUR OVER 300,000 06:19.312 --> 06:23.282 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STUDENTS IN IDAHO DESERVE AN EXPERIENCED LEADER LIKE MYSELF 06:23.282 --> 06:26.552 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND EVERYTHING 06:26.552 --> 06:29.422 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT THEY'VE DONE UP TO THIS POINT OVER THE LAST SEVEN 06:29.422 --> 06:32.725 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YEARS. I HAVE RESPONSIBLY HANDLED A 06:32.725 --> 06:36.329 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NEARLY -- AN OVER$2 BILLION BUDGET I HAVE THE STRONG TEAM 06:36.329 --> 06:39.665 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN PLACE TO MOVE FORWARD AND TAKE US TO THE TOP 10 IN THIS 06:39.665 --> 06:42.935 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NATION. I LOVE MY JOB, AND I HUMBLING 06:42.935 --> 06:45.438 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ONCE AGAIN AS IDAHO'S 06:45.438 --> 06:48.174 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 06:48.174 --> 06:50.009 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Aaron Kunz: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THOSE OPENING 06:50.009 --> 06:51.778 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STATEMENTS. NOW LET'S GET RIGHT TO THE 06:51.778 --> 06:54.981 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% QUESTIONS, FOR THAT WE GO TO KEVIN RICHERT WITH THE FIRST 06:54.981 --> 06:57.517 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% QUESTION FOR SENATOR DURST. >> Kevin Richert: SENATOR 06:57.517 --> 07:01.320 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DURST, YOU WOULD BE THE FIRST FORMER LEGISLATOR ELECTED 07:01.320 --> 07:03.790 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STATE SUPERINTENDENT. YOU'VE TOUTED THAT AS AN 07:03.790 --> 07:07.727 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ADVANTAGE, BUT IDAHO HAS A LONG HISTORY OF ELECTING SUIT 07:07.727 --> 07:09.896 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPERINTENDENTS WHO HAVE AN EDUCATION BACKGROUND AND AN 07:09.896 --> 07:11.230 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% UNDERSTANDING OF THE CLASSROOM. 07:11.230 --> 07:14.700 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW WOULD YOU STRIKE THE BALANCE BETWEEN POLITICAL 07:14.700 --> 07:16.569 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BACKGROUND AND AN UNDERSTANDING MUCH CLASSROOM 07:16.569 --> 07:20.973 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN YOU HAVE NO EDUCATION BACKGROUND OF YOUR OWN? 07:20.973 --> 07:23.209 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Branden Durst: I DO HAVE AN EDUCATION BACKGROUND. 07:23.209 --> 07:25.578 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE NEXT TWO WEEKS I'LL HAVE AN EDUCATION SPECIALIST DEGREE 07:25.578 --> 07:31.150 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN EXECUTIVE EDUCATION LEADERSHIP, AND I'VE BEEN AN 07:31.150 --> 07:33.853 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% INSTRUCTOR IN CORE CURRICULUM DEVELOPER. 07:33.853 --> 07:37.123 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND ONE OF THE 07:37.123 --> 07:38.891 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% REASONS THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE HAS 07:38.891 --> 07:42.829 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BEEN SO INFURTHER AND SO INFECTIVE, NOT JUST IN THIS 07:42.829 --> 07:45.131 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, BUT IN PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS, IS 07:45.131 --> 07:48.267 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BECAUSE OF A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF HOW STATE 07:48.267 --> 07:50.903 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERNMENT WORKS AND A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE 07:50.903 --> 07:54.640 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN IDAHO. THERE'S NO -- THERE SHOULD BE 07:54.640 --> 07:58.311 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NO QUESTION AS TO WHY SO MANY STATES WHO CURRENTLY ELECT 07:58.311 --> 08:00.546 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEIR SUPERINTENDENTS FOLLOW THE SAME PATH I HAVE FOLLOWED. 08:00.546 --> 08:03.416 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY BELIEVE WE -- YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE TOTALITY OF 08:03.416 --> 08:06.152 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STATE GOVERNMENT AS I DO, AND HAVING A MASTER'S DEGREE IN 08:06.152 --> 08:10.323 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PUBLIC POLICY, HAVING A SPECIALIST DEGREE IN 08:10.323 --> 08:12.358 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND HAVING THE DIVERSE BACKGROUND 08:12.358 --> 08:16.863 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE FREQUENT PAIRS ME TO DO THAT. 08:16.863 --> 08:18.564 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IF WE WANT TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY IN THE STATE, WE 08:18.564 --> 08:21.267 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE TO LET DIFFERENT TYPES OF CANDIDATES. 08:21.267 --> 08:24.737 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE CONTINUED TO GO DOWN TO THE SAME PATH, KEVIN, 08:24.737 --> 08:28.441 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU'RE RIGHT. WE HAD CONTINUED TO ELECT 08:28.441 --> 08:30.977 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOLKS WITH EDUCATION EXPERIENCE, BUT THAT HASN'T 08:30.977 --> 08:32.945 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WORKED. WE'VE NEVER ELECTED A STATE 08:32.945 --> 08:35.248 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPERINTENDENT THAT HAS GOT LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE, AND I 08:35.248 --> 08:38.885 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THINK THAT'S A MISTAKE. WE DO THAT FOR OUR GOVERNOR'S 08:38.885 --> 08:41.354 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OFFICE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, WE DO THAT FOR OUR CONGRESSMEN 08:41.354 --> 08:44.156 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SENATORS, BUT NEVER FOR A STATE SUPERINTENDENT. 08:44.156 --> 08:47.326 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I THINK IT'S TIME WE TRY A DIFFERENT APPROACH AND GET 08:47.326 --> 08:51.297 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BETTER RESULTS AS A RESULT. "RUNAWAY" YOU SERVED IN THE 08:51.297 --> 08:53.866 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATURE AS A DEMOCRAT, YOU RAN FOR WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE 08:53.866 --> 08:57.270 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN 2016 AS A DEMOCRAT. YOU RAN FOR BOISE SCHOOL 08:57.270 --> 08:59.906 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BOARD, A NONPARTISAN RACE IN 2018. 08:59.906 --> 09:01.774 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NOW YOU'RE RUNNING AS A REPUBLICAN FOR STATE 09:01.774 --> 09:04.844 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPERINTENDENT. ARE YOU A POLITICAL GADFLY? 09:04.844 --> 09:06.913 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Branden Durst: YOU CAN SEE THE VAST NUMBER OF 09:06.913 --> 09:10.883 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ENDORSEMENTS I'VE HAD IN THIS CASE COME FROM THE 09:10.883 --> 09:12.184 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS IN IDAHO. 09:12.184 --> 09:14.553 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY DON'T HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT MY FORMER PARTY AFFILIATION 09:14.553 --> 09:17.757 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE AS A KARATE VOTED LIKE A 09:17.757 --> 09:19.959 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% REPUBLICAN. IN 2013, I WAS ONE OF THE MOST 09:19.959 --> 09:21.928 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE STATE SENATE INCLUDING 09:21.928 --> 09:25.298 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. I'D RATHER HAVE BEEN A 09:25.298 --> 09:28.834 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DEMOCRAT AND VOTED LIKE A REPUBLICAN THAN THE OTHER WAY 09:28.834 --> 09:30.269 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AROUND. UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S THE BRAND 09:30.269 --> 09:33.239 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OF REPUBLICANISM SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTING 09:33.239 --> 09:35.107 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MS. CRITCHFIELD FOLLOW. SO THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE WE 09:35.107 --> 09:36.842 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH. 09:36.842 --> 09:39.111 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THAT. 09:39.111 --> 09:42.748 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND LOOK, AGAIN, LOOK WHO'S ENDORSED MY CAMPAIGN. 09:42.748 --> 09:44.951 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SOME OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE GROUPS IN THE STATE OF IDAHO, 09:44.951 --> 09:46.919 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SOME OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATORS IN THE STATE OF 09:46.919 --> 09:50.890 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO. IN FACT, I JUST RECEIVED WORD 09:50.890 --> 09:53.326 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE ENDORSEMENT OF RIGHT TO LIFE OF IDAHO AS WELL BECAUSE 09:53.326 --> 10:02.868 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OF MY 100% PRO-LIFE VOTING RECORD. 10:02.868 --> 10:05.938 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I'VE GOT A CALL FOR SERVICE. I BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN CALLED 10:05.938 --> 10:08.774 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO SERVE IN A ROLE OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND CERTAINLY I RUN 10:08.774 --> 10:12.044 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR OFFICE BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THERE'S A 10:12.044 --> 10:15.114 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE AS CITIZENS TO STEP UP AND USE 10:15.114 --> 10:16.983 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR GIFTS IN A WAY THAT ARE EFFECTIVE. 10:16.983 --> 10:19.285 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I'M CHOOSING TO DO THAT VERY THING. 10:19.285 --> 10:21.887 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M GIVING THE STATE OF IDAHO AND THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO AND 10:21.887 --> 10:24.290 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ESPECIALLY THE CONSERVATIVES OF IDAHO A CHOICE WHERE THEY 10:24.290 --> 10:27.526 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULDN'T HAVE ONE IF I WEREN'T RUNNING. 10:27.526 --> 10:29.395 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY HAVE A CONSERVATIVE CHOICE NOW AND THEY CAN VOTE 10:29.395 --> 10:37.603 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Kevin Richert: MRS. CRITCHF IELD, IN ONE KEY PIECE OF THE 10:37.603 --> 10:40.406 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STATE BOARD'S AGENDA, THE SEVEN YEARS YOU WERE ON THE 10:40.406 --> 10:44.777 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BOARD, WAS THE 60% POST-SECONDARY COMPLETION 10:44.777 --> 10:46.779 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GOAL. THE STATE MADE LITTLE PROGRESS 10:46.779 --> 10:49.615 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ON THAT GOAL, AND BASICALLY ABANDONED THE GOAL. 10:49.615 --> 10:55.521 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GIVEN THAT KIND OF FAILURE ON THAT FRONT, HOW WOULD YOU 10:55.521 --> 10:59.759 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ASSURE VOTERS THAT YOU CAN SET PRIORITIES AND SEE PRIORITIES 10:59.759 --> 11:03.396 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THROUGH IF ELECTED STATE SUPERINTENDENT? 11:03.396 --> 11:05.031 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Debbie Critchfield: THAT GOAL WAS SET PRIOR TO ME 11:05.031 --> 11:07.867 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COMING ONTO THE BOARD AND IT BECAME PART OF A CONVERSATION 11:07.867 --> 11:10.403 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT OUR BOARD HAS HAD FOR MANY YEARS. 11:10.403 --> 11:13.139 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I BELIEVE THE FAILURE HAS BEEN IN THE K-12 ARENA. 11:13.139 --> 11:18.310 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT WE SEE IS STUDENTS CHOOSING OTHER OPTIONS BESIDES 11:18.310 --> 11:20.046 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE TRADITIONAL COLLEGE TRAJECTORY. 11:20.046 --> 11:23.449 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT'S OKAY. WHAT WE NEED TO DO ARE 11:23.449 --> 11:25.718 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CREATE -- TRANSFORM HOW WE HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL 11:25.718 --> 11:27.920 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EXPERIENCE, HOW WE PROVIDE CREDIT. 11:27.920 --> 11:30.222 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN OTHER WAYS, RATHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL WAYS. 11:30.222 --> 11:32.491 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND HOW WE PROVIDE THE RELEVANCY. 11:32.491 --> 11:37.229 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SO AS WE LOOK TO MATCHING THE SKILLS, THE NEEDS, THE 11:37.229 --> 11:39.765 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ABILITIES OF WHAT OUR STUDENTS WOULD LIKE TO DO, AND WHAT 11:39.765 --> 11:43.169 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE CURRENT BELY DOING, WE SEE A TREMENDOUS MISMATCH. 11:43.169 --> 11:47.106 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO ME AT ALL THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT 11:47.106 --> 11:49.842 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NUMBER DECLINE, BECAUSE WE'VE NEEDED THE LEADERSHIP IN THE 11:49.842 --> 11:53.479 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% K-12 ARENA. AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD IS A 11:53.479 --> 11:56.315 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% POLICY MAKING BOARD AND THE IMPLEMENTATION SHOULD HAVE 11:56.315 --> 11:58.884 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FALLEN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 11:58.884 --> 12:01.253 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Kevin Richert: BUT THE STATE BOARDS CREATES POLICY AT 12:01.253 --> 12:03.923 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE K-12 LEVEL AS WELL AS THE HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL. 12:03.923 --> 12:08.694 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THE STATE BOARD OWN THE PROBLEMS AT THE 12:08.694 --> 12:11.230 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% K-12 LEVEL YOU'RE CITING? >> Debbie Critchfield: BECAUSE 12:11.230 --> 12:13.732 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OF THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD, THERE IS A 12:13.732 --> 12:16.168 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER THAT IS THERE TO IMPLEMENT, THAT IS 12:16.168 --> 12:19.171 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE TO COME AND BRING IDEAS, AND THIS IS HOW WE NEED TO 12:19.171 --> 12:21.107 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ADDRESS THAT. AND THAT WAS COMPLETELY 12:21.107 --> 12:24.844 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MISSING OR LATE. >> Kevin Richert: SUPERINTENDE 12:24.844 --> 12:27.379 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NT YBARRA, YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME NUMBERS, BUT NOT ALL THE 12:27.379 --> 12:31.650 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NUMBERS IN THE K-12 ARENA ARE AS ROSY. 12:31.650 --> 12:37.456 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% 51% OF K-3 STUDENTS READ AT GRADE LEVEL. 12:37.456 --> 12:42.061 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE RATES HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND THE STATE 12:42.061 --> 12:45.564 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAS FAILED TO MEET MOST OF THE BENCHMARKS THE STATE 12:45.564 --> 12:50.302 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ESTABLISHED UNDER THE EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT. 12:50.302 --> 12:53.272 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GIVEN THOSE NUMBERS, WHY SHOULD VOTERS BELIEVE YOU 12:53.272 --> 12:56.909 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULD HAVE MORE SUCCESS IN THE THIRD TERM THAN YOU'VE IN THE 12:56.909 --> 12:58.878 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE FIRST TWO? >> Sherri Ybarra: THOSE 12:58.878 --> 13:02.982 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NUMBERS ARE NOT MY NUMBERS. THEY ARE A THIRD-PARTY'S 13:02.982 --> 13:04.350 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NUMBERS THAT HAVE RANKED OUR STATE. 13:04.350 --> 13:08.621 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THEY ARE ALL SOMETHING FOR IDAHOANS TO BE PROUD OF. 13:08.621 --> 13:11.490 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I TRULY BELIEVE IDAHO IS LOOKING FOR THE BEST 13:11.490 --> 13:13.926 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CANDIDATE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC EDUCATION CANDIDATE, NOT 13:13.926 --> 13:16.662 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO STAND ON THE STAGE AND POKE TEACHERS 13:16.662 --> 13:20.399 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND BLAME THEM FOR ALL THE K-12 AILS OR SAY THEY SHOWED 13:20.399 --> 13:22.501 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% UP LATE TO THE PARTY AND OF COURSE THEY WERE A TEACHER, 13:22.501 --> 13:25.204 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'RE GETTING A DEGREE, AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES. 13:25.204 --> 13:29.074 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK IDAHO I WOULD CAUTION YOU TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS WE 13:29.074 --> 13:31.944 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MOVE FORWARD, AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALREADY MADE THAT 13:31.944 --> 13:34.914 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MISTAKE ONCE. OF HIRING SOMEONE THAT WASN'T 13:34.914 --> 13:38.417 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% A K-12 CERTIFIED CLASSROOM TEACHER WITH EDUCATIONAL 13:38.417 --> 13:41.153 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EXPERIENCE. I BELIEVE IDAHOANS ARE LOOKING 13:41.153 --> 13:45.424 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR A CONSERVATIVE LEADER THAT IS RESULTS ORIENTED. 13:45.424 --> 13:46.825 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MY TRACK RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. 13:46.825 --> 13:48.394 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU CANNOT ARGUE WITH THE NUMBERS. 13:48.394 --> 13:51.463 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK SOME OF THE NUMBERS YOU'RE QUOTING RELATE TO, I'VE 13:51.463 --> 13:54.466 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HEARD MY OPPONENTS TRAVEL THE STATE AND SAY, 60% OF OUR 13:54.466 --> 13:56.435 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FIRST GRADERS ARE NOT READING ON GRADE LEVEL. 13:56.435 --> 14:00.706 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. THEY'RE QUOTING ACTUALLY WHAT 14:00.706 --> 14:03.742 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH IS WHEN OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING THE 14:03.742 --> 14:07.713 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO READING INDICATOR, THEY'RE COMING IN TO THAT 14:07.713 --> 14:10.216 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GRADE LEVEL MAYBE AT THAT LEVEL, AND THEN THEY'RE 14:10.216 --> 14:14.019 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEARNING TO READ AND LEAVING THAT GRADE LEVEL 60% ON GRADE 14:14.019 --> 14:16.188 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEVEL. SO IDAHO HAS A LOT TO BE PROUD 14:16.188 --> 14:17.923 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OF. THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY KEEPS 14:17.923 --> 14:20.926 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MOVING TO IDAHO, I DON'T THINK ANYONE BELIEVES FOR ONE SPLIT 14:20.926 --> 14:23.429 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SECOND THAT OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS BROKEN. 14:23.429 --> 14:26.098 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NOW, DO WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO? 14:26.098 --> 14:28.934 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ABSOLUTELY WE DO. AND WE FOUND OUT DURING THE 14:28.934 --> 14:32.004 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PANDEMIC THAT OUR -- SOME OF OUR LEARNERS THAT HAD ALREADY 14:32.004 --> 14:33.973 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAD SOME OF THOSE GAPS STILL NEED WORK. 14:33.973 --> 14:36.942 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, OUR STUDENTS WITH 14:36.942 --> 14:39.378 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DISABILITIES, AND THAT'S WHY I'M SEEING ANOTHER TERM. 14:39.378 --> 14:41.914 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BECAUSE I KNOW THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED, TO 14:41.914 --> 14:44.316 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HELP OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVE. >> Kevin Richert: QUICKLY, 14:44.316 --> 14:48.153 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% JUST A FOLLOW-UP, THE FIFTH IN THE NATION RANKING YOU CITE, 14:48.153 --> 14:52.191 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S A 2018 U.S. NEWS AND WORLD RECORD ARTICLE, OR 14:52.191 --> 14:56.161 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STUDY, THAT REALLY MEASURES HOW MANY STUDENTS TOOK THE 14:56.161 --> 14:57.796 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SAT. AND STUDENTS IN IDAHO CAN TAKE 14:57.796 --> 15:02.167 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE SAT FOR FREE. AREN'T YOU CHERRY PICKING THE 15:02.167 --> 15:03.102 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NUMBERS? >> Sherri Ybarra: ABSOLUTELY 15:03.102 --> 15:03.836 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NOT. THOSE ARE OUR NUMBERS. 15:03.836 --> 15:06.205 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM A THIRD PARTY. THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE. 15:06.205 --> 15:07.640 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'RE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY. 15:07.640 --> 15:10.209 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FIFTH IN THE NATION. THRIFERS TO 17th IN THE 15:10.209 --> 15:12.878 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NATION FOR ACHIEVEMENT. NUMBER ONE FOR COLLEGE CREDITS 15:12.878 --> 15:15.914 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EARNED WHILE STILL IN WHOM. AND OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO 15:15.914 --> 15:19.518 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HEAR HOW GREAT THEY'RE DOING AND OUR EDUCATORS DESERVE TO 15:19.518 --> 15:22.087 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HEAR THAT TOO. I'LL SHARE ANOTHER PIECE OF 15:22.087 --> 15:24.590 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% INFORMATION, I'M SUPER EXCITED TO TELL IDAHOANS ABOUT 15:24.590 --> 15:27.226 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TONIGHT, THE FACT I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ABOUT A MONTH AGO 15:27.226 --> 15:30.963 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO SIT AROUND THE TABLE AND LISTEN TO SOME OF OUR RESULTS 15:30.963 --> 15:34.667 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND OUR KIDS WERE OUTPERFORMING NEARLY 15:34.667 --> 15:39.972 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MOST OF OUR PEERS IN OTHER STATES, OR OUR SLIDEBACKS WERE 15:39.972 --> 15:42.241 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NOT NEARLY AS MINIMAL DURING THE PANDEMIC. 15:42.241 --> 15:44.343 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHY? BECAUSE OUR SCHOOLS WERE OPEN 15:44.343 --> 15:47.446 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% UNLIKE THE REST OF THE NATION. OF COURSE WE SAW A SMALL 15:47.446 --> 15:50.616 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CLOSURE, BUT THAT'S WHY I RAN MY IN-PERSON LEARNING BILL. 15:50.616 --> 15:53.919 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS DIDN'T CLOSE AGAIN, AND TO 15:53.919 --> 15:56.989 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MAKE SURE THAT IN-PERSON LEARNING WAS THE NUMBER ONE 15:56.989 --> 15:58.857 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OPTION FOR OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS. 15:58.857 --> 16:01.327 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IT WORKED. IT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON 16:01.327 --> 16:04.830 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON, LIKE CLOSE THOSE 16:04.830 --> 16:07.232 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ACHIEVEMENT GAPS FOR OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, FOR 16:07.232 --> 16:09.635 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, THOSE ARE ALL 16:09.635 --> 16:11.870 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE THINGS AS A STATE SUPERINTENDENT AND A FORMER 16:11.870 --> 16:15.107 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CLASSROOM TEACHER THAT I HAVE THE EXPERTISE IN IN MOVING OUR 16:15.107 --> 16:17.543 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STATE FORWARD, AND I WANT TO BE WITH IDAHOANS WHEN WE MAKE 16:17.543 --> 16:20.279 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT TO TOP 10 IN THE NATION. I'VE DONE THE JOB IDAHOANS 16:20.279 --> 16:24.450 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE ASKED ME TO DO, AND I I HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF 16:24.450 --> 16:26.185 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUCCESS. >> Aaron Kunz: THANK YOU VERY 16:26.185 --> 16:27.953 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MUCH. NOW IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON, OUR 16:27.953 --> 16:30.723 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM BETSY AND YOU'LL BE ADDRESSING 16:30.723 --> 16:32.858 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SENATOR DURST. >> Betsy Russell: SENATOR 16:32.858 --> 16:36.562 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DURST, LET'S TALK ABOUT WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE. 16:36.562 --> 16:39.531 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS SESSION YOU PRESENTED A PARENTAL RIGHTS BILL YOU 16:39.531 --> 16:42.034 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COULDN'T EVEN GET PRINTED IN THE SENATE EDUCATION 16:42.034 --> 16:44.803 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COMMITTEE. AND AFTERWARDS YOU BECAME 16:44.803 --> 16:48.207 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ENGAGED IN A HEATED AND PROFANE EXCHANGE WITH ONE OF 16:48.207 --> 16:50.943 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE SENATE REPUBLICANS WHO OPPOSED THE BILL THAT YOU HAD 16:50.943 --> 16:53.912 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PROPOSED. BASED ON THIS EPISODE, HOW CAN 16:53.912 --> 16:57.116 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOUR SUPPORTERS HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE THAT YOU CAN 16:57.116 --> 17:02.821 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EFFECTIVELY GET THINGS DONE AT THE STATE HOUSE? 17:02.821 --> 17:09.194 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Debbie Critchfield: DROIG >> Branden Durst: THE TWO 17:09.194 --> 17:11.330 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SENATORS THAT -- SUPPORT DEBBIE CRITCHFIELD, IF THAT 17:11.330 --> 17:14.433 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SHARES YOUR VISION WE COULD BE RUNNING FOR THE HILLS. 17:14.433 --> 17:18.637 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE REALITY IS, I -- THOSE TWO SENATORS PUT POLITICS IN FRONT 17:18.637 --> 17:21.240 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OF PARENTS. AND THAT'S WRONG. 17:21.240 --> 17:24.343 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YES, I GOT DEFENSIVE BECAUS I TRUST PARENTS AND I'M A 17:24.343 --> 17:26.478 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DEFENDER OF PARENTS. AND I'M NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE 17:26.478 --> 17:28.747 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR 17:28.747 --> 17:31.817 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TRYING TO FIGHT FOR PARENTS BECAUSE THEY NEED IT. 17:31.817 --> 17:33.886 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'VE LIVED THROUGH TWO YEARS OF A PANDEMIC WHERE 17:33.886 --> 17:37.189 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEIR CHILDREN WERE FORCED TO STAY HOME, WHERE THEY COULDN'T 17:37.189 --> 17:39.291 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CHOOSE WHETHER THEIR CHILDREN WERE MASKED BECAUSE OF THE 17:39.291 --> 17:40.959 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% POLICIES OF THE LADIES ON THE STAGE. 17:40.959 --> 17:43.028 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WAS WRONG. AND I WAS TRYING TO DO 17:43.028 --> 17:45.364 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SOMETHING ABOUT IT. WE'RE HOPEFUL THOSE TWO 17:45.364 --> 17:47.332 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SENATORS WILL FIND A DIFFERENT PLACE TO WORK NEXT YEAR. 17:47.332 --> 17:49.868 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THEY WON'T BE IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING. 17:49.868 --> 17:53.839 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU CAN LOOK NO FURTHER THAN MY TRACK RECORD OF HAVING GET 17:53.839 --> 17:55.908 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATION PASSED. THE ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES 17:55.908 --> 17:59.244 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PROGRAM STARTED UNDER MY LEADERSHIP, UNDER MY WRITING 17:59.244 --> 18:01.346 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OF THAT BILL. THAT'S WHAT STARTED WITH IT. 18:01.346 --> 18:07.486 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. YET IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY 18:07.486 --> 18:09.888 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUCCESSFUL. THE NO PUBLIC FUNDS FOR 18:09.888 --> 18:13.525 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ABORTION ACT, I LED THE FIGHT ON THAT AND HELPED DRAFT IT. 18:13.525 --> 18:16.495 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SO THERE'S PLENTY OF EXAMPLES OF THINGS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO 18:16.495 --> 18:18.363 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ACCOMPLISH. BUT WE NEED A FIGHTER FOR 18:18.363 --> 18:20.199 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PARENTS. IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY THAT'S 18:20.199 --> 18:22.401 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GOING TO BE MILK TOAST AND TAKE IT, I WANT TO POINT OUT 18:22.401 --> 18:24.536 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S NO PROFANITY FROM ME, BY THE WAY. 18:24.536 --> 18:27.606 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO BE MILK TOAST AND NOT 18:27.606 --> 18:29.875 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FIGHT, I'M NOT YOUR GUY. BUT IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO 18:29.875 --> 18:33.679 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FIGHT FOR YOU AS A PARENT, I'M THE CANDIDATE FOR YOU. 18:33.679 --> 18:36.014 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> CAN I RESPOND TO THAT? THERE WAS PROFANITY. 18:36.014 --> 18:39.184 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I WAS IN THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE THAT DAY, AND THERE 18:39.184 --> 18:42.521 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ABSOLUTELY WAS PROA FANCY. >> Branden Durst: BY SENATOR 18:42.521 --> 18:44.022 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% -- >> BY MY OPPONENT. 18:44.022 --> 18:47.092 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Branden Durst: YOU CAN SAY THAT NOW, BUT PEOPLE WHO KNOW 18:47.092 --> 18:49.661 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ME KNOW I DON'T CURSE. THAT'S FINE. 18:49.661 --> 18:52.598 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE REALITY, SENATOR WOODWARD AND CRABTREE BOTH ENGAGED IN 18:52.598 --> 18:56.468 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT SHOULD BE DESPICABLE BEHAVIOR BUT SENATE LEADERSHIP 18:56.468 --> 18:58.470 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SWEPT THAT UNDER THE RUG. WE NEED A CHANGE IN 18:58.470 --> 19:03.408 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEADERSHIP. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. 19:03.408 --> 19:04.843 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Debbie Critchfield: I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND. 19:04.843 --> 19:08.013 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK IT'S A POOR EXCUSE TO BLAME PEOPLE FOR POOR 19:08.013 --> 19:11.884 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATION. I'M A PARENT OF -- FOR 19:11.884 --> 19:13.452 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MR. DURST, HE'S CLAIMED I'M A PARENT. 19:13.452 --> 19:15.420 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SO AM I. I'M A GRANDPARENT. 19:15.420 --> 19:18.790 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SO THERE'S NO OWNERSHIP ABOUT WHO THE PARENT IN THIS 19:18.790 --> 19:23.762 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RACE. AND THE INTERACTIONS WERE AND 19:23.762 --> 19:27.599 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE UNBECOMING OF SOMEONE THAT WOULD HOLD THAT OFFICE. 19:27.599 --> 19:29.801 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I DON'T BELIEVE MR. DURST ANSWERED THE QUESTION. 19:29.801 --> 19:31.670 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU SAID HOW WILL YOU OVERCOME THAT? 19:31.670 --> 19:34.706 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HIS ANSWER WAS, I'M GOING TO WORK TO GET RID OF THE PEOPLE 19:34.706 --> 19:36.675 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHO DON'T LIKE ME. I'M GOING TO WORK TO GET RID 19:36.675 --> 19:38.477 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OF THE PEOPLE WHO WON'T SUPPORT MY LEGISLATION. 19:38.477 --> 19:40.879 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THEN HE TOUTED LEGISLATION THAT HE HAD. 19:40.879 --> 19:44.616 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING THAT WOULD EXHIBIT ANY TYPE OF 19:44.616 --> 19:47.920 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FACILITATION OF LEADERSHIP, COOPERATION, WHICH IS WHAT'S 19:47.920 --> 19:49.955 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NEEDED IN THE LEGISLATURE IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THESE 19:49.955 --> 19:53.992 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THINGS. >> Betsy Russell: SENATOR 19:53.992 --> 19:56.828 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DURST YOU SAID YOU DO NOT APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR BEHAVIOR. 19:56.828 --> 20:00.566 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE ENTIRE SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP PUBLICLY CRITICIZED 20:00.566 --> 20:04.102 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOUR BEHAVIOR, CONDEMNED IT, AND CALLED IT, QUOTE, 20:04.102 --> 20:07.306 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EGREGIOUS CONDUCT UNBECOMING OF ANYONE, ESPECIALLY A FORMER 20:07.306 --> 20:10.008 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATURE AND CURRENT STATEWIDE POLITICAL CANDIDATE. 20:10.008 --> 20:14.580 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CAN YOU WORK WITH LAWMAKERS AFTER THAT? 20:14.580 --> 20:19.484 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Branden Durst: LET'S LOOK AT WHO THE MESSENGER IS. 20:19.484 --> 20:21.486 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Betsy Russell: THE ENTIRE SENATE LEADERSHIP. 20:21.486 --> 20:24.856 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Branden Durst: THEY STOPPED A BILL THIS SESSION TO PROTECT 20:24.856 --> 20:26.091 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PARENTS FROM PORNOGRAPHY IN SCHOOLS. 20:26.091 --> 20:27.693 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE COMING AFTER ME. 20:27.693 --> 20:29.962 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU CARE WHAT THEY THINK, THAT'S GREAT. 20:29.962 --> 20:31.964 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT I DON'T. I BELIEVE WE NEED TOE FIGHT 20:31.964 --> 20:34.733 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR PARENTS, TO PROTECT KIDS, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER 20:34.733 --> 20:37.202 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OR NOT A SENATOR IS UPSET WITH ME OR NOT. 20:37.202 --> 20:39.605 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT I WOULD POINT OUT -- I DID ANSWER THE QUESTION. 20:39.605 --> 20:42.574 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'VE GOTTEN MAJOR LEGISLATION PASSED WITH MY LEADERSHIP. 20:42.574 --> 20:45.344 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NOT JUST WHILE I WAS A LEGISLATOR, BUT WHILE I WAS A 20:45.344 --> 20:48.947 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIVATE CITIZEN. AND THE FACT THAT THAT'S BEING 20:48.947 --> 20:51.283 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IGNORED BY MY OPPONENTS IS FINE. 20:51.283 --> 20:53.151 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT AT THE END OF THE TAKE-AWAY WE HAVE TO ASK 20:53.151 --> 20:55.988 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OURSELVES, ARE WE WILLING TO BE FRIENDLY WITH THOSE WHO 20:55.988 --> 20:58.523 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FIGHT AGAINST FREEDOM? THOSE WHO FIGHT AGAINST 20:58.523 --> 21:00.292 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PARENTAL RIGHTS? THOSE WHO DON'T BELIEVE THAT 21:00.292 --> 21:03.061 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT FROM PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL, THAT'S 21:03.061 --> 21:06.131 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE QUESTION. AND I'M JUST FINE WITH 21:06.131 --> 21:08.900 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BEING -- I'M COMFORTABLE BEING THE PERSON WHO STANDS UP HERE 21:08.900 --> 21:12.170 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TODAY AND SAYS NO, I'M NOT WILLING TO BE IN BED WITH 21:12.170 --> 21:14.139 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. 21:14.139 --> 21:16.008 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I BELIEVE OUR PARENTS DESERVE BETTER. 21:16.008 --> 21:19.044 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I BELIEVE OUR STUDENTS DESERVE BETTER. 21:19.044 --> 21:20.412 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Betsy Russell: MARTIN SCORSESE CRITCHFIELD, PLEASE 21:20.412 --> 21:21.747 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TALK ABOUT WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE. 21:21.747 --> 21:23.849 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW WOULD YOU WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE? 21:23.849 --> 21:25.851 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Debbie Critchfield: EXACTLY HOW I HAVE BEEN. 21:25.851 --> 21:28.487 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PARTICULARLY FOR TWO YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. 21:28.487 --> 21:33.925 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT. BRANDEN, I DON'T KNOW ANY 21:33.925 --> 21:36.128 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PERSON WHO BELIEVES PORNOGRAPHY SHOULD BE IN A 21:36.128 --> 21:39.398 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOL. YOU GO ASK. 21:39.398 --> 21:42.234 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT WAS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT WAS POOR LEGISLATION. 21:42.234 --> 21:43.669 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SO REFINE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. 21:43.669 --> 21:47.272 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE WERE A NUMBER OF BILLS TO SUPPORT THESE TYPES OF 21:47.272 --> 21:50.676 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THINGS. THE PROCESS IS DESIGNED TO GET 21:50.676 --> 21:55.981 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THROUGH ALL 105 MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THEN SIGNED BY 21:55.981 --> 21:57.783 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE GOVERNOR. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF 21:57.783 --> 21:59.951 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BILLS. I'LL GO ON TO THIS. 21:59.951 --> 22:02.988 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SO WE HAVE GOT TO, AND I BELIEVE AS A STATE 22:02.988 --> 22:06.591 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPERINTENDENT, ONE OF MY -- ONE OF THE PRIORITIES I HAVE 22:06.591 --> 22:10.662 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IS TO REESTABLISH US WITH OUR LEGISLATURE. 22:10.662 --> 22:13.999 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I BELIEVE THEY HAVE NOT HAD TRUST IN OUR CONSTITUTIONAL 22:13.999 --> 22:19.504 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OFFICER, AND THAT'S EXHIBITED BY ALL SORTS OF THINGS. 22:19.504 --> 22:22.507 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS I'VE CREATED THE 22:22.507 --> 22:25.343 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RELATIONSHIPS, I HAVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE WHO 22:25.343 --> 22:28.213 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DON'T SUPPORT ME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU DO AS AN 22:28.213 --> 22:29.614 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ADULT. YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK 22:29.614 --> 22:32.851 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH PEOPLE, WHERE THE COMMON GROUND IS, WHAT ARE THE 22:32.851 --> 22:34.820 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OUTCOMES, WHAT ARE THE GOALS WE'RE TRYING TO MEET, AND HOW 22:34.820 --> 22:37.456 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DO WE TAKE ALL THOSE IN? IT'S NOT JUST THE LEGISLATURE. 22:37.456 --> 22:41.293 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT IT'S OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. AND HOW YOU DO THAT IS 22:41.293 --> 22:45.530 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CRITICAL TO THE ADVOCACY AND HOW WE CHAMPION FROM THE TOP 22:45.530 --> 22:48.567 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR OUR PARENTS, FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR TEACHERS, OUR 22:48.567 --> 22:50.035 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COMMUNITIES. >> Betsy Russell: SUPERINTENDE 22:50.035 --> 22:52.571 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NT YBARRA, ON WORKING ARE THE LEGISLATURE, YOU HAVE BEEN IN 22:52.571 --> 22:55.774 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OFFICE FOR SEVEN YEARS, CAN YOU POINT TO A LEGISLATIVE 22:55.774 --> 22:58.343 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% INITIATIVE, PURELY YOUR OWN, NOT A GUBERNATORIAL 22:58.343 --> 23:01.279 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% INITIATIVE, THAT YOU HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH BOTH HOUSES? 23:01.279 --> 23:04.616 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Sherri Ybarra: ABSOLUTELY. MY IN-PERSON LEARNING BILL GOT 23:04.616 --> 23:07.919 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THROUGH BOTH HOUSES. MASTERY-BASED EDUCATION, 23:07.919 --> 23:12.090 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CIVICS RESOLUTION. I HAVE GOTTEN OVER 200 -- THIS 23:12.090 --> 23:14.159 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YEAR, THE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS, MY TRACK RECORD 23:14.159 --> 23:18.997 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, OVER 200 MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE 23:18.997 --> 23:21.633 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATION IN IDAHO THIS YEAR WAS 23:21.633 --> 23:24.503 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SPECTACULAR. AND I HAD A GROUP OF 23:24.503 --> 23:27.239 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATORS STANDING ON THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL WHEN WE 23:27.239 --> 23:31.409 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TOGETHER AS A TEAM, THAT WE FINALLY GOT 23:31.409 --> 23:33.945 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RID OF THE COMMON CORE IN IDAHO LIKE THE VOTERS OF IDAHO 23:33.945 --> 23:36.915 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE ASKED ME TO DO. WE DID THAT WHEN I FIRST TOOK 23:36.915 --> 23:40.318 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OFFICE, WE HAD AN IDAHO STANDARDS CHALLENGE. 23:40.318 --> 23:43.054 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT AGAIN, THE VOTERS WERE STILL NOT HAPPY AND IT WAS 23:43.054 --> 23:47.159 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TIME TO LOOK AT THOSE AGAIN, AND AGAIN WE HAD LOTS OF 23:47.159 --> 23:49.594 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATORS AND STAKEHOLDERS WORKING ON THAT GROUP. 23:49.594 --> 23:55.033 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT MOMENT IN TIME, AND PROVES THAT I DO 23:55.033 --> 23:57.536 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GET THE JOB DONE. UNFORTUNATELY MY OPPONENTS ARE 23:57.536 --> 24:00.105 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SHOWING UP AND THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH 24:00.105 --> 24:02.307 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATION, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE 24:02.307 --> 24:04.543 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEADERSHIP IN ORDER FOR THEM TO PROVE THEY'RE ONE OF THE 24:04.543 --> 24:08.446 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BEST CANDIDATES ON THE STAGE. WITH NO TRACK RECORD, NO 24:08.446 --> 24:10.882 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EXPERIENCE, AND NO CERTIFICATION. 24:10.882 --> 24:15.120 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IDAHO'S CLASSROOMS, YOU WILL FINALLY SEE AT THE END OF 24:15.120 --> 24:16.788 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS DEBATE WHY THEY'RE GOING DOWN THAT PATH. 24:16.788 --> 24:21.626 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT I HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS. 24:21.626 --> 24:22.894 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Aaron Kunz: BETSY, FOLLOW-UP? 24:22.894 --> 24:29.734 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Betsy Russell: NO. ACHE JAKOB? 24:29.734 --> 24:31.937 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Jakob Thorington: SENATOR DURST, YOU HAVE SAID THAT YOU 24:31.937 --> 24:35.507 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OPPOSE THE INCREASED LITERACY BUDGET AND ALL-DAY 24:35.507 --> 24:43.515 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% KINDERGARTEN LAW THAT PASSED IN THE LEGIN THE LEGISLATIVE SED 24:43.515 --> 24:45.383 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU NO LONGER SUPPORT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. 24:45.383 --> 24:49.721 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO ADDRESS EARLY LITERACY? 24:49.721 --> 24:51.623 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Branden Durst: ONE OF THE REASONS I OPPOSED THE BILL HAS 24:51.623 --> 24:54.159 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COME TO FRUITION. WHICH IS THAT NOW PARENTS ARE 24:54.159 --> 24:56.061 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BEING FORCED TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO FULL-DAY 24:56.061 --> 24:57.462 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% KINDERGARTEN WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO. 24:57.462 --> 25:01.399 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I THOUGHT -- THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I PREDICTED WOULD HAPPEN. 25:01.399 --> 25:02.901 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 25:02.901 --> 25:06.538 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE DONE AND WHAT I SUPPORTED WAS 25:06.538 --> 25:08.740 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PUTTING MONEY IN THE HANDS OF PARENTS SO THEY COULD MAKE A 25:08.740 --> 25:10.809 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DECISION AS TO WHETHER CHILDREN WENT TO SCHOOL AND 25:10.809 --> 25:13.345 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR HOW LONG. THAT WILL -- THAT'S NOT JUST 25:13.345 --> 25:16.848 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ABOUT THE KINDERGARTEN, THAT'S ALSO ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS 25:16.848 --> 25:18.717 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THROUGHOUT THEIR K-12 EXPERIENCE. 25:18.717 --> 25:21.419 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO TRUSTING PARENTS AGAIN. 25:21.419 --> 25:24.689 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND PART OF TRUSTING PARENTS IS TRUSTING THEM WITH THE 25:24.689 --> 25:27.392 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RESOURCES TO DECIDE WHERE THEY'RE CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL. 25:27.392 --> 25:30.762 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% A CHILD AND A PARENT SHOULDN'T BE STUCK ON THE SCHOOL THAT'S 25:30.762 --> 25:33.431 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR ZIP CODE OR THE SIZE OF THEIR BANK 25:33.431 --> 25:34.532 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ACCOUNT. PARENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO 25:34.532 --> 25:37.636 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CHOOSE ANY SCHOOL THAT FITS THEIR CHILDREN'S NEEDS, NOT 25:37.636 --> 25:40.105 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO DO OTHERWISE. 25:40.105 --> 25:44.442 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE IS ABOUT 25:44.442 --> 25:47.579 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TONIGHT AND ON MAY 17th, IF WE WANT MORE OF THE SAME. 25:47.579 --> 25:49.547 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DO WE WANT TO GO SOMEPLACE DIFFERENT? 25:49.547 --> 25:50.782 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DO WE WANT DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS? 25:50.782 --> 25:55.287 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IF WE DO, WE NEED TO FIND A DIFFERENT KIND OF PERSON, 25:55.287 --> 25:57.389 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SOMEONE WHO WILL FIGHT FOR PARENTS, THE NEEDS OF 25:57.389 --> 26:00.792 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STUDENTS. AND NOT JUST SAY AND SPOUT OFF 26:00.792 --> 26:02.894 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NUMBERS THAT SAY HOW GREAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE. 26:02.894 --> 26:05.830 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD REELECT SUPERINTENDENT 26:05.830 --> 26:07.832 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YBARRA. AS A PARENT, I DON'T SEE IT. 26:07.832 --> 26:10.835 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THOUSANDS OF PARENTS THROUGHOUT IDAHO 26:10.835 --> 26:13.471 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHO DON'T BELIEVE IT EITHER. WE NEED CONSERVATIVE 26:13.471 --> 26:18.376 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEADERSHIP AND THAT'S WHAT I'M >> Jakob Thorington: MRS. CRIT 26:18.376 --> 26:20.478 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CHFIELD, ABOUT 40% OF KINDERGARTENERS SCORED AT 26:20.478 --> 26:24.516 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GRADE LEVEL IN THE FALL 2021, IDAHO INDICATOR. 26:24.516 --> 26:27.252 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE THE STATE'S CHRONICALLY LOW FALL KINDERGARTEN READING 26:27.252 --> 26:30.588 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCORES A CONCERN FOR YOU, AND IF THEY ARE, HOW WOULD YOU 26:30.588 --> 26:33.558 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ADDRESS THEM AND IF THEY ARE NOT CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY? 26:33.558 --> 26:35.727 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Debbie Critchfield: I ABSOLUTELY DO BELIEVE IT IS A 26:35.727 --> 26:39.097 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CONCERN, AND IT IS AN AREA THAT WE NEED ATTENTION TO. 26:39.097 --> 26:41.700 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND HOW WE SUPPORT WHAT PARENTS ARE DOING AT HOME. 26:41.700 --> 26:44.736 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I WANT TO CORRECT SOMETHING THAT MR. DURST SAID. 26:44.736 --> 26:48.473 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S NO LAW THAT COMPELS A PARENT TO SEND THEIR CHILD TO 26:48.473 --> 26:50.342 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN. IT IS STILL A PARENT'S CHOICE. 26:50.342 --> 26:53.511 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN FACT, THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR FIRST 26:53.511 --> 26:55.413 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GRADE. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO SEND 26:55.413 --> 26:57.849 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOUR CHILD TO KINDERGARTEN IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO DO 26:57.849 --> 27:00.285 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FULL-DAY. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW WE 27:00.285 --> 27:03.154 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PREPARE OUR STUDENTS, IT ABSOLUTELY HAS TO TAKE IN HOW 27:03.154 --> 27:06.491 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HELP THEM AT THE EARLIEST LEVELS, HOW WE HELP SUPPORT 27:06.491 --> 27:08.994 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT PARENTS ARE DOING IN THE EDUCATION THAT'S TAKING PLACE, 27:08.994 --> 27:11.696 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHETHER IT'S AT HOME OR IN DAYCARES OR CHURCHES, OR IN 27:11.696 --> 27:14.399 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PUBLIC LIBRARIES. AND THAT'S WHAT THE EARLY 27:14.399 --> 27:17.268 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEARNING WAS DESIGNED TO DO. IT WAS DESIGNED TO PUT BOOKS 27:17.268 --> 27:21.673 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% INTO THE HANDS OF PARENTS THAT WERE CHOSEN BY CHURCHES, BY 27:21.673 --> 27:24.542 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LIBRARIES, BY HOSPITALS. AND BOARDS THAT WORK TOGETHER. 27:24.542 --> 27:27.512 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS -- IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL THROUGHOUT THE 27:27.512 --> 27:30.115 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATIONAL SPECTRUM AND GET OUR KIDS READING AT THIRD 27:30.115 --> 27:33.485 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GRADE, WHICH I KNOW IS THIS AGE WHICH CAN I THINK IS TOO 27:33.485 --> 27:37.322 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LATE AND TOO NARROW, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO FOCUS ON 27:37.322 --> 27:45.964 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT EARLY PREPARATION AND HOW WE SUPPORT PARENTS IN THAT. 27:45.964 --> 27:47.265 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Branden Durst: WHEN MRS. CRITCHFIELD SAYS IT'S NOT 27:47.265 --> 27:50.668 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% A REQUIREMENT, SHE MAY BE CORRECT, BUT THAT'S LIKE HER 27:50.668 --> 27:52.170 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SAYING PARENTS ALREADY HAVE CHOICE IN SCHOOL WHEN THEY 27:52.170 --> 27:54.773 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DON'T. IF YOU'RE IN THE WEST ADA 27:54.773 --> 27:57.509 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE BOISE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOUR NEXT 27:57.509 --> 28:00.078 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FALL RIGHT NOW THE PLAN IS IF YOU DON'T GO TO FULL-DAY 28:00.078 --> 28:02.147 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% KINDERGARTEN, YOU DON'T GET TO GO TO KINDERGARTEN AT ALL. 28:02.147 --> 28:04.416 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FACT 28:04.416 --> 28:10.488 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT HALF-DAY PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN LARGELY ELIMINATED. 28:10.488 --> 28:13.091 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BE. THAT'S WHY WE NEED SOME POLICY 28:13.091 --> 28:16.061 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BACKGROUND THAT CAN SEE THE HOLES AND UNINTENDED 28:16.061 --> 28:18.863 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSEQUENCES OF SOME OF THE THINGS WILL HAPPEN WHEN 28:18.863 --> 28:24.002 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATION IS PROPOSED. >> Sherri Ybarra: IF I MAY 28:24.002 --> 28:27.806 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CORRECT BOTH OPPONENTS, THAT NEW LEGISLATION IS OPTIONAL 28:27.806 --> 28:31.409 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN. I BELIEVE IZZAT IBRAHIM 28:31.409 --> 28:33.545 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AL-DOURIIANS WANT A CONSERVATIVE -- IDAHOANS WANT 28:33.545 --> 28:36.414 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% A CONSERVATIVE LEADER, NO MATTER WHAT INITIATIVE COMES 28:36.414 --> 28:37.615 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FORWARD WILL PROTECT LOCAL CONTROL. 28:37.615 --> 28:40.485 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WAS ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES IS MAKING SURE THAT 28:40.485 --> 28:41.453 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN WAS OPIONAL. 28:41.453 --> 28:45.757 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT IT WAS BASED ON THOSE STATISTICS THAT ONE OF THE 28:45.757 --> 28:49.427 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PANELISTS MENTIONED EARLIER. WE KNOW THAT OVER 60% OF OUR 28:49.427 --> 28:51.496 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% KINDERGARTENERS ARE NOT PREPARED AS THEY'RE COMING 28:51.496 --> 28:53.765 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM -- THROUGH THE DOOR FOR KINDERGARTEN. 28:53.765 --> 28:56.935 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT WE WANTED TO OFFER THAT RESOURCES TO PARENTS IF THEY 28:56.935 --> 28:58.803 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% KNEW THEIR CHILD WAS SLIGHTLY BEHIND. 28:58.803 --> 29:02.273 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ALSO AS A FORMER THIRD GRADE TEACHER, THIS IS NEAR AND 29:02.273 --> 29:04.342 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% KERRY TO MY HEART. ONE OF MY GOALS IS MAKING SURE 29:04.342 --> 29:07.045 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR STUDENTS ARE ON GRADE LEVEL, BY THIRD GRADE FOR 29:07.045 --> 29:09.881 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% READING. WE KNOW AS EDUCATORS WHEN KIDS 29:09.881 --> 29:13.818 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COME INTO KINDERGARTEN WITH A GAP THAT'S ALREADY WIDE IN 29:13.818 --> 29:16.121 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ACHIEVEMENT IT'S LIKELY JUST TO GET WIDER. 29:16.121 --> 29:18.923 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CLOSE THAT GAP EARLY SO THE 29:18.923 --> 29:22.093 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TIME KIDS GET TO THIRD GRADE, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 29:22.093 --> 29:24.696 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUCCEED JUST LIKE THEIR PEERS. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO LET 29:24.696 --> 29:27.866 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE VOTERS OUT THERE KNOW THAT ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN IS 29:27.866 --> 29:31.002 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OPTIONAL FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO. 29:31.002 --> 29:33.838 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Aaron Kunz: DID YOU WANT A QUICK FOLLOW-UP? 29:33.838 --> 29:36.641 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Debbie Critchfield: I WANT TO CLARIFY THE WE, THE ALL-DAY 29:36.641 --> 29:40.378 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% K EFFORT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY AN EDUCATION TASK FORCE THAT I 29:40.378 --> 29:43.181 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COCHAIRED FOR GOVERNOR LITTLE. AND THE GOVERNOR IS WHAT HAS 29:43.181 --> 29:45.583 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, AND I THINK THAT UNDERSCORES, AGAIN, 29:45.583 --> 29:49.120 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHO IS IT THAT IS DRIVING EDUCATION, WHO SHOULD BE AND 29:49.120 --> 29:52.157 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHO IS DOING IT. >> Sherri Ybarra: MY OPPONENT 29:52.157 --> 29:53.725 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAS NO IDEA WHO BRINGS THINGS FORWARD. 29:53.725 --> 29:56.594 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE GOVERNOR DOES NOT STAND IN FRONT OF THE LEGISLATURE AND 29:56.594 --> 29:59.197 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PASS LEGISLATION. I AM THE ONE WHO ASKS FOR IT 29:59.197 --> 30:02.400 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET, AND MADE SURE THAT HAPPENED 30:02.400 --> 30:05.703 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS YEAR. YOU ARE ONE OF 24 OTHER PEOPLE 30:05.703 --> 30:09.340 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT SERVED ON THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE INCLUDING MYSELF. 30:09.340 --> 30:10.708 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Aaron Kunz: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE ON. 30:10.708 --> 30:13.411 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BETSY WITH THE NEXT QUESTION. >> Betsy Russell: THE NEXT 30:13.411 --> 30:15.713 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% QUESTION IS ABOUT SCHOOL CHOICE. 30:15.713 --> 30:19.551 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE IDAHO CONSTITUTION MANDATE THAT THE STATE SHALL, QUOTE -- 30:19.551 --> 30:23.888 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MAINTAIN A GENERAL UNIFORM AND THOROUGH SYSTEM OF PUBLIC FREE 30:23.888 --> 30:27.058 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COMMON SCHOOLS. SENATOR DURST, UNDER YOUR 30:27.058 --> 30:29.794 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PHILOSOPHY THAT MONEY SHOULD FOLLOW THE STUDENT, HOW CAN 30:29.794 --> 30:33.898 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU ENSURE IDAHO I STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE GUARANTEED 30:33.898 --> 30:37.602 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AN EQUAL EDUCATION PARTICULARLY IN THE RURAL 30:37.602 --> 30:39.604 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AREAS OF THE STATE? PROVIDING THAT'S A GOOD 30:39.604 --> 30:41.472 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% QUESTION. IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT MY 30:41.472 --> 30:47.645 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PLAN, AVAILABLE ON DURSTFORIDAHO.COM, ACTUALLY IT 30:47.645 --> 30:50.481 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB OF MEETING THAT OBJECTIVE. 30:50.481 --> 30:53.885 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RIGHT NOW THERE'S DISPARITIES ON THEMENT A OF MONEY STUDENTS 30:53.885 --> 30:57.021 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GET THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF IDAHO ON A PER PUPIL BASIS. 30:57.021 --> 31:01.993 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU LIVE IN ADA COUNTY AND CROSS CLOVERDALE ROAD, YOUR 31:01.993 --> 31:05.496 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STUDENT COULD SEE A $2500 PER STUDENT REDECKS. 31:05.496 --> 31:07.365 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MY LEGISLATION CORRECT THAT PROBLEM. 31:07.365 --> 31:11.269 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT EVENS THE MONEY AND MAKES SURE THAT OUR RURAL SCHOOLS, 31:11.269 --> 31:14.839 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THOSE SCHOOLS WITH LESS THAN 2,000 STUDENTS NEVER SEE A 31:14.839 --> 31:17.375 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% REDUCTION IN THEIR PER PIF PUPIL FUNDING. 31:17.375 --> 31:20.945 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS IS A SUPERIOR WAY OF PROVIDE CHOICE, BUT WE ALSO 31:20.945 --> 31:24.849 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MAKE SURE WE MEET OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATIONS TO 31:24.849 --> 31:28.386 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MAKE SURE WE HAVE UNIFORMITY IN THE FUNDING OF OUR SCHOOLS. 31:28.386 --> 31:31.656 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ELUSIVE TO LEGISLATORS FOR DECADES. 31:31.656 --> 31:34.525 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SO I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE A PLAN THAT WILL DO THAT VERY THING, 31:34.525 --> 31:37.795 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WILL PROTECT OUR RURAL SCHOOLS, WHILE BEING ABLE TO 31:37.795 --> 31:41.266 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RAISE MORE COMPETITION IN OUR SCHOOLS TO SEE INCREASED 31:41.266 --> 31:48.473 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Betsy Russell: MRS. CRITCHF IELD, WOULD YOU HAVE SUPPORTED 31:48.473 --> 31:50.675 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT BILL THAT DIED IN THE HOUSE 31:50.675 --> 31:53.411 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATION COMMITTEE, A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED 31:53.411 --> 31:57.782 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PARENTS TO USE THE MONEY FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS? 31:57.782 --> 32:00.385 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Debbie Critchfield: IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CONDITIONAL 32:00.385 --> 32:03.755 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NUMBER ONE THAT WE'RE NOT DEFUNDING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 32:03.755 --> 32:05.857 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHICH IS MY PRIORITY AND AS YOU POINTED OUT IS A 32:05.857 --> 32:08.393 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION. AND SECONDLY, IT COULD NOT 32:08.393 --> 32:10.228 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COME AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR RURAL SCHOOLS. 32:10.228 --> 32:12.630 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I APPRECIATE THAT REVENUE BROUGHT THAT OUT, AND OF THE 32:12.630 --> 32:16.501 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THREE OF US HERE I MANY A THE ONE -- I AM THE ONE CANDIDATE 32:16.501 --> 32:20.171 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHO FULLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT MEANS TO EDUCATE A CHILD IN A 32:20.171 --> 32:23.675 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RURAL SETTING. I'M ABOUT COMPETITION TOO, BUT 32:23.675 --> 32:26.444 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN ALMA, IDAHO, THERE'S NO COMPETITION OTHER THAN ONLINE. 32:26.444 --> 32:30.048 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHOICE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT CHOICE IN HOW 32:30.048 --> 32:33.284 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE TAKE THAT IN OUTSIDE OF THE MOST POPULOUS AND URBAN AREAS 32:33.284 --> 32:34.919 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OF OUR STATE, WHERE IT'S LIMITED TO NOTHING. 32:34.919 --> 32:37.822 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SO THOSE ARE THE TWO CONDITIONS UPON WHICH I WOULD 32:37.822 --> 32:43.528 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE MOVED FORWARD, POSITIVELY OR NOT, ON THAT LEGISLATION. 32:43.528 --> 32:46.664 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Betsy Russell: SUPERINTENDE NT YBARRA, YOU OFTEN ADVOCATE 32:46.664 --> 32:49.067 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR SCHOOL CHOICE. YET IN EIGHT YEARS OR ALMOST 32:49.067 --> 32:52.170 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EIGHT YEARS IN STATE OFFICE, YOU HAVE NOT PRESENTED A 32:52.170 --> 32:53.938 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MEANINGFUL SCHOOL CHOICE PROPOSAL OF YOUR OWN. 32:53.938 --> 32:57.241 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHY IS THAT? >> Sherri Ybarra: I'M A HUGE 32:57.241 --> 33:00.778 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPPORTER OF SCHOOL CHOICE OVER MY LEADERSHIP WE'VE 33:00.778 --> 33:02.980 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% INCREASED THOSE OPPORTUNITIES BY OVER 40%. 33:02.980 --> 33:05.883 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT WHAT YOU HEARD BOTH MY OPPONENTS SAY IS THEY ARE 33:05.883 --> 33:08.853 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SHOWCHER SUPPORTERS. I AM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 33:08.853 --> 33:11.389 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. THAT'S WHY YOU SAW MY STAFF 33:11.389 --> 33:15.293 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND MYSELF FIGHT AGAINST ANYTHING THAT COMES FORWARD 33:15.293 --> 33:17.729 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT SIPHONS MONEY FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION. 33:17.729 --> 33:21.599 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE VOTERS OF IDAHO HAVE ENTRUSTED ME WITH THEIR 33:21.599 --> 33:24.335 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION. 33:24.335 --> 33:28.406 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I KNOW OUR RURAL SCHOOLS HAVE A LOT MORE CHALLENGES THAN THE 33:28.406 --> 33:32.610 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% REST OF OUR LARGER URBAN SCHOOLS DO, IDAHO IS OVER 70% 33:32.610 --> 33:34.379 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RURAL. THEY HAVE UNIQUE NEEDS. 33:34.379 --> 33:38.616 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THE RESEARCH BEHIND THAT SAYS IT'S THE BUDGET. 33:38.616 --> 33:40.952 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% REDUCING THE THINGS THAT HAMSTRING THOSE RURAL SCHOOLS 33:40.952 --> 33:44.188 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE BUDGET MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, 33:44.188 --> 33:47.692 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MAKING SURE THERE IS STRONG PARENTAL SUPPORT IN THOSE 33:47.692 --> 33:51.362 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOLS, AND MAKING SURE AS WELL THAT YOU HAVE A LEADER 33:51.362 --> 33:55.099 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT SUPPORTS EDUCATION PUBLIC EDUCATION AS A CHOICE AS WELL 33:55.099 --> 33:58.169 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ACROSS OUR STATE. AND TOUTS ALL OF THE 33:58.169 --> 34:00.571 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MAGNIFICENT THINGS THEY'VE DONE IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. 34:00.571 --> 34:04.275 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT I WILL NOT SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT SIPHONS MONEY 34:04.275 --> 34:08.045 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AWAY FROM OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM. 34:08.045 --> 34:09.981 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Aaron Kunz: LET'S GIVE THE OTHER CANDIDATES A CHANCE TO 34:09.981 --> 34:13.284 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RESPOND. WE'LL START WITH 34:13.284 --> 34:14.986 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MRS. CRISPEDFIELD. >> Debbie Critchfield: I'M 34:14.986 --> 34:18.055 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CURIOUS HOW SHE'S INCREASED SCHOOL CHOICE BY 40%. 34:18.055 --> 34:21.459 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% UNLESS SHE'S ON THE CHARTER COMMISSION, I'M NOT SURE HOW 34:21.459 --> 34:23.327 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WOULD HAPPEN. >> Sherri Ybarra: I WOULD LIKE 34:23.327 --> 34:26.798 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO ADDRESS MY OPPONENT WHO HAS NO IDEA WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO 34:26.798 --> 34:28.232 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RUN THE CHARTER SCHOOL DIVISION. 34:28.232 --> 34:30.802 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE, ALL OF THE NEW CHARTER 34:30.802 --> 34:33.604 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOLS. AND ALSO IN ADVANCED 34:33.604 --> 34:36.541 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OPPORTUNITY WE -- ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES -- EXCUSE ME. 34:36.541 --> 34:38.409 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LIKE IN THE THIRD GRADE CLASSROOM, WE TEACH OUR 34:38.409 --> 34:40.545 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STUDENTS NOT TO INTERRUPT. I WAS SPEAKING AND YOU CAN 34:40.545 --> 34:46.050 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE YOUR TURN IN A MOMENT. SO WITH THAT, ALSO, THERE IS 34:46.050 --> 34:47.819 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LOTS OF CHOICES WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. 34:47.819 --> 34:50.087 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR EXAMPLE, ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES HAS BEEN OPENED 34:50.087 --> 34:53.124 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% UP TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THAT WAS MY TEAM THAT DID THAT 34:53.124 --> 34:56.294 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO. BUT I WILL NOT SUPPORT 34:56.294 --> 35:00.731 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ANYTHING THAT SIPHONS AWAY THOSE DOLLARS FROM OUR PUBLIC 35:00.731 --> 35:04.101 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATION SYSTEM. >> Aaron Kunz: SENATOR DURST? 35:04.101 --> 35:05.970 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Branden Durst: WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THESE LADIES, ONE 35:05.970 --> 35:09.874 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHO IS COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO COMPETITION IN SCHOOLS, TO AN 35:09.874 --> 35:12.410 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT, AND ONE WHO GIVE INDICATES AND 35:12.410 --> 35:15.513 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DEPENDS UPON WHICH GROUP SHE'S TALKING ABOUT -- TALKING TO AS 35:15.513 --> 35:18.249 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO WHETHER SHE SUPPORTS IT OR NOT. 35:18.249 --> 35:21.853 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M CRYSTAL CLEAR. I 100% SUPPORT EDUCATION 35:21.853 --> 35:23.921 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 35:23.921 --> 35:26.791 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COMPETING WITH PRIVATE SCHOOLS FOR MONEY, AND FOR STUDENTS. 35:26.791 --> 35:29.594 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT IS HOW COMPETITION WORKS. THAT'S PART OF THE REPUBLICAN 35:29.594 --> 35:32.363 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PLATFORM AND I 100% SUPPORT IT. 35:32.363 --> 35:33.264 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Aaron Kunz: WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON. 35:33.264 --> 35:35.800 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% KEVIN WITH THE NEXT QUESTION. >> Kevin Richert: SENATOR 35:35.800 --> 35:39.036 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DURST, YOU'VE TALKED A LOT THIS EVENING ABOUT OFFERING 35:39.036 --> 35:41.072 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% VOTERS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT MORE OF 35:41.072 --> 35:43.107 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE SAME. LET'S TALK ABOUT GRADUATION 35:43.107 --> 35:45.276 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RATES. WHAT SPECIFICALLY WOULD YOU DO 35:45.276 --> 35:51.916 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DIFFERENTLY TO IMPROVE ISES' GRADUATION RATES? 35:51.916 --> 35:53.150 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Branden Durst: THIS GOES BACK TO SCHOOL CHOICE. 35:53.150 --> 35:55.920 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU'RE IN A DISTRICT THAT'S NOT WORKING, BEING ABLE TO 35:55.920 --> 35:58.523 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEVERAGE YOUR AUTHORITY AS A PARENT TO TAKE THAT MONEY 35:58.523 --> 36:01.025 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SOMEPLACE ELSE IS HOW WE IMPROVE SCHOOL CHOICE. 36:01.025 --> 36:02.727 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S HOW WE IMPROVE OUR GRADUATION RATES. 36:02.727 --> 36:05.563 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU FIND A SCHOOL THAT IS GOING TO WORK FOR YOU, AND TO 36:05.563 --> 36:10.368 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HELP ADDRESS THE QUESTION, YOU CAN HAVE SCHOOL CHOICE IN 36:10.368 --> 36:11.936 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EVERY PART OF THE STATE OF IDAHO. 36:11.936 --> 36:15.473 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS FIND FIVE OTHER FAMILIES AND OPEN A 36:15.473 --> 36:16.908 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOL UNDER WHAT WE CALL A POD. 36:16.908 --> 36:18.643 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU CAN DO THAT ANYWHERE IN IDAHO. 36:18.643 --> 36:22.380 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE WAS A STORY THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY THAT SHOWED THAT 36:22.380 --> 36:26.484 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% VERY THING. THIS IS HOW CURVES GOVERN. 36:26.484 --> 36:39.664 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY DON'T LET NOT ONLY FORSTUDENTS THAT CHOOSE THAT 36:39.664 --> 36:42.333 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOL CHOICE TO GO OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM, BUT IT'S ALSO 36:42.333 --> 36:44.635 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IMPROVED THE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS THAT STAY IN THE 36:44.635 --> 36:46.504 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SYSTEM AS WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DOING 36:46.504 --> 36:48.906 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN IDAHO AND WHY WE AREN'T IS JUST BECAUSE OF A LACK OF 36:48.906 --> 36:52.276 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEADERSHIP. >> Kevin Richert: MOST SCHOOL 36:52.276 --> 36:56.280 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CHOICE OPTIONS ARE CENTERED IN URBAN AREAS IN THE STATE. 36:56.280 --> 36:59.317 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS, HOW DO YOU EXPAND 36:59.317 --> 37:03.688 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOL CHOICE AND DO THE ARENA OF IMPROVING GRADUATION RATES? 37:03.688 --> 37:06.123 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN RURAL IDAHO? >> Branden Durst: WE DON'T 37:06.123 --> 37:08.626 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO HAVE MONEY FOLLOW STUDENTS. 37:08.626 --> 37:13.731 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IF WE DID, THEN 10 FAMILIAR HIS IN A SMALL COMMUNITY LIKE 37:13.731 --> 37:15.900 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THREE -- COULD TAKE THEIR KIDS SOMEWHERE ELSE AND IMPROVE THE 37:15.900 --> 37:19.270 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AREA. IF YOU'RE -- NO MATTER WHERE 37:19.270 --> 37:22.340 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU WERE IN IDAHO, IF YOU CAN FIND -- IF YOU CAN FIND OTHER 37:22.340 --> 37:24.842 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FAMILIES TO GET TOGETHER, YOU CAN HIRE YOUR OWN TEACHER, 37:24.842 --> 37:28.713 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE YOUR OWN CURRICULUM AND DO WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST. 37:28.713 --> 37:30.681 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S CALLED EMPOWERING PARENTS AND THAT'S WHAT I 37:30.681 --> 37:34.952 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Aaron Kunz: MRS. CRITCHFIEL D, WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO 37:34.952 --> 37:37.455 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IMPROVE GRAD WAYS RATES? >> Debbie Critchfield: WE'VE 37:37.455 --> 37:39.924 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GOT TO TRANSFORM HOW WE EDUCATE OUR JUNIORS AND 37:39.924 --> 37:42.627 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SENIORS. AND I WANT TO HAVE THAT 37:42.627 --> 37:45.296 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ANCHORED TO A WORK-BASED EXPERIENCE, WHETHER THAT'S 37:45.296 --> 37:47.665 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% INTERNSHIP APPRENTICESHIP, WE'VE GOT TO PROVIDE THE 37:47.665 --> 37:50.001 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RELEVANCY FOR WHAT OUR KIDS ARE LEARNING, HOW THEY APPLY 37:50.001 --> 37:51.669 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT KNOWLEDGE. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT KNOWING, 37:51.669 --> 37:54.238 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT DOING. I HAVE WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF 37:54.238 --> 37:56.641 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOL DISTRICTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WHILE PRESIDENT OF 37:56.641 --> 38:00.211 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO HELP DEVELOP PATHWAYS FOR 38:00.211 --> 38:04.048 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GRADUATION THAT TOOK IN CAREER TECHNICAL GOALS. 38:04.048 --> 38:06.350 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND TRADITIONAL COLLEGE GOALS. IF A KID WANTS TO GO TO 38:06.350 --> 38:08.786 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COLLEGE IN IDAHO WE KNOW HOW-TO-GET YOU THERE. 38:08.786 --> 38:10.655 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE. 38:10.655 --> 38:14.358 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT ARE ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS? AND HOW WE REIMAGINE AND 38:14.358 --> 38:17.061 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RETHINK WHAT WE'RE DOING, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WANT HELP. 38:17.061 --> 38:20.331 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY WANT A LEADER. THEY DON'T WANT A SPECTATOR. 38:20.331 --> 38:23.401 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE IS LOCAL CONTROL, BUT THEY WANT A PARTNER THAT WILL 38:23.401 --> 38:26.904 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HELP THEM SATISFY THE NEEDS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND I BELIEVE 38:26.904 --> 38:31.776 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN WE DO THAT, WE WILL SEE STUDENTS THAT WANT TO HAVE THE 38:31.776 --> 38:35.713 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EXPERIENCE, THAT'S NOT GET THROUGH YOUR SENIOR YEAR AND 38:35.713 --> 38:37.782 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TRY TO GO TO SOMETHING ELSE. THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE 38:37.782 --> 38:39.517 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEARNING AND DOING IN HIGH SCHOOL HAS APPLICATION AND 38:39.517 --> 38:43.554 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% VALUE TO THEM OUTSIDE. >> Kevin Richert: SUPERINTENDE 38:43.554 --> 38:46.157 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NT YBARRA, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FIVE-YEAR GRADUATION RATE 38:46.157 --> 38:49.493 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HITTING A RECORD. BUT THE FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION 38:49.493 --> 38:53.397 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RATE DROPPED THIS YEAR. HOW DO YOU IMPROVE THAT 38:53.397 --> 38:57.468 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GRADUATION RATE AND HELP STUDENTS GRADUATE ON TIME AS 38:57.468 --> 39:01.272 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OPPOSED TO SPENDING AN EXTRA YEAR GETTING THEIR DIPLOMA? 39:01.272 --> 39:03.574 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Sheri Ybarra: I WAS AN EDUCATOR MYSELF AND SOMEONE 39:03.574 --> 39:05.943 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CLASSROOM LEVEL, 39:05.943 --> 39:09.213 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT THAT NUMBER THAT HAS DROPPED, 39:09.213 --> 39:11.148 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S THE FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION RATE. 39:11.148 --> 39:13.617 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAD A PANDEMIC, SO THAT EXPLAINS A LOT. 39:13.617 --> 39:16.454 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT MEANS KIDS NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO 39:16.454 --> 39:18.889 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GRADUATE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SAW THE 39:18.889 --> 39:21.759 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FIVE-YEAR GRADUATION RATE GO TO AN ALL-TIME HIGH. 39:21.759 --> 39:24.895 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 39:24.895 --> 39:28.766 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AS IDAHOANS RAISE THAT GRADUATION RATE UP? 39:28.766 --> 39:32.703 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE NEED CAREER, MORE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION CHOICES 39:32.703 --> 39:36.040 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY UNDER MY 39:36.040 --> 39:38.976 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEADERSHIP WE HAVE OFFERED THOSE AT OUR SEVENTH AND 39:38.976 --> 39:40.978 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EIGHTH GRADE LEVELS AND FOR THOSE VOTERS WATCHING TONIGHT 39:40.978 --> 39:43.481 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHO HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT VOCATIONAL CREDITS AND HIGH 39:43.481 --> 39:49.987 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOL, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 39:49.987 --> 39:52.123 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE NEED MORE OPTIONS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM OF PUBLICATION, I 39:52.123 --> 39:54.458 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THINK ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE 39:54.458 --> 39:58.629 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PANDEMIC IS WE REALIZE HOW OUR KIDS RELY SO MUCH ON 39:58.629 --> 40:01.165 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TECHNOLOGY. IN A TIME WHEN OUR PARENTS 40:01.165 --> 40:04.001 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WILL SHOW UP AT THE COFFEE SHOP IN THE MORNING BEFORE 40:04.001 --> 40:06.737 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DROPPING THEIR KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL AND EXPECT HIGH-SPEED 40:06.737 --> 40:09.340 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% INTERNET WITH THEIR CUP OF JOE, OUR STUDENTS EXPECT NO 40:09.340 --> 40:11.175 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LESS. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY WE 40:11.175 --> 40:15.880 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CAN KEEP KIDS ENGAGED. A MASTERY-BASED EDUCATIONAL 40:15.880 --> 40:18.482 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SYSTEM, THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THAT LEGISLATION FORWARD, TO 40:18.482 --> 40:22.620 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS CAN BE SELF-LEARNERS IN THAT SYSTEM 40:22.620 --> 40:25.356 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IF THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT CHOOSES TO PARTICIPATE IN 40:25.356 --> 40:27.691 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT. AGAIN, OUR KIDS NEED TO HAVE A 40:27.691 --> 40:29.293 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOOT IN BOTH LANES AT ALL TIMES. 40:29.293 --> 40:32.096 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT IS OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPPLYING THOSE 40:32.096 --> 40:35.800 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RESOURCES FOR THEM TO BE COLLEGE OR CAREER READY LIKE 40:35.800 --> 40:38.636 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE DONE. >> Aaron Kunz: OUR NEXT 40:38.636 --> 40:41.505 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% QUESTION COMES FROM BETSY. YOUR FIRST QUESTION TO SENATOR 40:41.505 --> 40:43.674 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DURST. >> Betsy Russell: SENATOR 40:43.674 --> 40:46.644 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DURST, WE'RE NOW TALKING ABOUT THE PANDEMIC AND ITS IMPACT ON 40:46.644 --> 40:48.612 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATION IN IDAHO. TELL ME WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE 40:48.612 --> 40:51.215 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DONE DIFFERENTLY? YOU HAVE INDICATED YOU WOULD 40:51.215 --> 40:54.385 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPPORT A STATEWIDE BAN ON MASK MANDATE. 40:54.385 --> 40:58.422 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DOESN'T THAT FLY IN THE FACE OF LOCAL CONTROL? 40:58.422 --> 40:59.790 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Branden Durst: THERE'S THINGS LOCAL CONTROL ISN'T 40:59.790 --> 41:01.492 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% APPROPRIATE FOR, AND THAT'S ONE OF THEM. 41:01.492 --> 41:03.360 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE MOST LOCAL CONTROL IS FOR THE PARENTS. 41:03.360 --> 41:05.763 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I SUPPORT LOCAL CONTROL FOR PARENTS TO MAKE THOSE 41:05.763 --> 41:07.965 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DECISIONS FOR THEIR STUDENTS. AND I DO BELIEVE THERE SHOULD 41:07.965 --> 41:11.168 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE BEEN A MOVE BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO BAN 41:11.168 --> 41:14.104 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- TO PROHIBIT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM 41:14.104 --> 41:16.740 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MANDATING MASKS. WE SAW PLACES IN WEST ADA 41:16.740 --> 41:19.376 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE PARENTS HAD TO LINE UP AROUND THEIR 41:19.376 --> 41:22.346 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DISTRICT OFFICE FOR HOURS TO KISS THE RING OF THE KING SO 41:22.346 --> 41:26.951 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY COULD ASK FOR THEIR CHILDREN NOT TO BE FORCED TO 41:26.951 --> 41:29.787 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BE WEARING MASKS ONLY TO HAVE THAT POLICY REVERSED. 41:29.787 --> 41:31.956 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PARENTS SHOULD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE DRIVERS OF THAT 41:31.956 --> 41:34.158 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DECISION FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND I FULLY SUPPORT THAT. 41:34.158 --> 41:37.228 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN FACT, I THINK THAT'S JUST ONE THING WE SHOULD HAVE DONE. 41:37.228 --> 41:41.632 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE SHOULD HAVE ALSO MAINTAINED R SCHOOLS STAYED OPEN. 41:41.632 --> 41:44.301 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED CREATIVE WORK CAN WITH OUR 41:44.301 --> 41:47.738 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STAFF WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, HAVING SHARED OPPORTUNITIES 41:47.738 --> 41:50.975 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BETWEEN DISTRICTS. BUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 41:50.975 --> 41:52.776 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN-PERSON LEARNING SHOULD HAVE REMAINED. 41:52.776 --> 41:56.046 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LET ME GIVE AGIVE STORY. ACROSS FROM MY OFFICE WAS A 41:56.046 --> 41:59.783 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIVATE SCHOOL IN A PUBLIC -- THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, 41:59.783 --> 42:02.620 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PRIVATE SCHOOL STAYED OPEN, AND THE CHILDREN WERE 42:02.620 --> 42:04.255 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% UNMASKED. WHEN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FINALLY 42:04.255 --> 42:07.124 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WENT BACK INTO SCHOOL, STUDENTS WERE FORCED TO STAY 42:07.124 --> 42:10.828 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AND THEY WERE FORCED TO WEAR MASKS. 42:10.828 --> 42:14.098 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ON ONE SIDE THERE WAS JOY ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE WAS BON 42:14.098 --> 42:15.633 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DAMAGE. I BELIEVE IN FREEDOM FOR OUR 42:15.633 --> 42:18.736 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STUDENTS, I BELIEVE IN FREEDOM FOR OUR PARENTS AND THAT STATE 42:18.736 --> 42:23.507 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPERINTENDENT THAT'S WHAT >> Betsy Russell: MRS. CRITCHF 42:23.507 --> 42:25.776 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IELD, WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT IS YOUR 42:25.776 --> 42:29.413 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PLAN TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS? >> Debbie Critchfield: THANK 42:29.413 --> 42:31.148 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU. I KNOW IT'S EASY FOR PEOPLE 42:31.148 --> 42:34.118 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WEREN'T THERE AND DON'T KNOW TO DO SOME QUARTERBACKING 42:34.118 --> 42:37.688 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AFTER THE FACT, AND WE LOOK BACK ON WHAT WE DID AND HOW WE 42:37.688 --> 42:41.725 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TRIED TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS BEING OPEN IN PERSON, AND WHAT THEIR 42:41.725 --> 42:43.427 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PLANS WERE AND WHAT THEIR PROTOCOLS WERE. 42:43.427 --> 42:47.564 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT I LEARNED WAS THIS -- THE DISTRICTS WHO HAD A PLAN AND 42:47.564 --> 42:50.801 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAD AN EFFECTIVE SCHOOL BOARD AND A STRONG SUPERINTENDENT 42:50.801 --> 42:53.637 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WERE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE PANDEMIC. 42:53.637 --> 42:57.441 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THOSE THAT WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH PARENTS AND THAT HAD OPEN 42:57.441 --> 43:00.945 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COMMUNICATION WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO BE NIMBLE AND ADAPT TO 43:00.945 --> 43:05.516 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT'S EASY TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, GOSH, A 43:05.516 --> 43:10.387 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COUPLE YEARS AGO WE SHOULD SHOULDA, WOULDA, COULDA. 43:10.387 --> 43:12.790 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AT THE TIME WE WERE IN REAL TIME IN A PUBLIC SET CAN, 43:12.790 --> 43:15.960 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TRYING TO HELP SUPPORT WHAT OUR BOARDS WERE DOING, THEY 43:15.960 --> 43:19.363 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE LOCALLY ELECTED PEOPLE. AND MR. DURST WANTING A 43:19.363 --> 43:23.167 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MANDATE THAT NO ONE COULD HAVE MASKS IS -- SEEMS VERY SIMILAR 43:23.167 --> 43:25.803 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO WHAT IF THERE HAD BEEN A MANDATE THAT EVERYONE HAD 43:25.803 --> 43:27.204 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MASKING? I DIDN'T WANT THAT. 43:27.204 --> 43:30.240 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE WANTED THE ABILITY FOR LOCAL BOARDS WORKING WITH 43:30.240 --> 43:32.810 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEIR COMMUNITIES IN WHAT WORKED IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, 43:32.810 --> 43:36.480 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. MOVING FORWARD, I THINK THAT 43:36.480 --> 43:40.517 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT MAINTAINS THE ROLE OF 43:40.517 --> 43:42.953 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPPORTER, YOU LISTEN, YOU SEE WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO HELP 43:42.953 --> 43:45.889 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPPORT THOSE LOCAL DECISIONS, AND PROVIDE THE RESOURCES THAT 43:45.889 --> 43:48.859 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HELP THEM ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS. 43:48.859 --> 43:50.961 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Aaron Kunz: LET'S GIVE SENATOR DURST 30 SECONDS TO 43:50.961 --> 43:53.864 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RESPOND. >> Branden Durst: WE'RE NOT 43:53.864 --> 43:56.000 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TELLING ANYBODY THEY CAN'T WEAR A MASK, JUST THAT PARENTS 43:56.000 --> 43:58.302 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PUT A MASK ON THEIR CHILD. 43:58.302 --> 44:01.638 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NUMBER TWO, IT WAS IN FRONT OF TESTIMONY IN THE HOUSE 44:01.638 --> 44:04.608 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATION COMMITTEE IN 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION IT WAS 44:04.608 --> 44:08.612 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MEMBERS OF THE ALPHABET SOUP ISBA AND OTHERS WHO SAID ON 44:08.612 --> 44:10.781 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE RECORD IT WAS YOUR OFFICE THAT WAS TELLING DISTRICTS 44:10.781 --> 44:13.117 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY HAD TO KEEP THEIR SCHOOLS CLOSED. 44:13.117 --> 44:15.953 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT ON THE RECORD. AND I CAN FIND THE DATE IF YOU 44:15.953 --> 44:18.122 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULD LIKE. I'M HAPPY TO PUT IT ON MY 44:18.122 --> 44:19.656 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WEBSITE. WE HAVE THE VIDEO. 44:19.656 --> 44:21.625 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY SAID THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE DIRECTION OF THE STATE 44:21.625 --> 44:23.694 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BOARD OF EDUCATION WHO IS FELLING THEM TO KEEP THEIR 44:23.694 --> 44:26.764 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOLS CLOSED. AND THEY WERE ALSO THE ONES 44:26.764 --> 44:29.066 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FORCING THESE GUIDELINES ON KEEPING CHILDREN MATCHINGED 44:29.066 --> 44:34.705 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RATHER THAN GIVING THE AUTHORITY TO PARENTS. 44:34.705 --> 44:37.007 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Sherri Ybarra: I NEVER GAVE A DIRECTIVE FOR BOARDS TO KEEP 44:37.007 --> 44:38.909 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEIR SCHOOLS CLOSED. I'M NOT SURE ON THE DATE OF 44:38.909 --> 44:42.212 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT. I SERVED AS THE CHAIR OF THE 44:42.212 --> 44:45.816 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% REOPEN IDAHO ACROSS THE STATE, ON THE GOVERNOR'S K-12 44:45.816 --> 44:48.318 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COUNCIL, HOW DO WE GET KIDS BACK INTO SCHOOL? 44:48.318 --> 44:51.722 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AS SOON AS WE WENT INTO SOFT CLOSURE, WHICH WAS ORDERED 44:51.722 --> 44:55.859 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THROUGH THE STAGING ORDERS IN THE STATE, IMMEDIATELY MY 44:55.859 --> 44:57.761 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTENTION AS PRESIDENT TURNED TO HELPING SUPPORT OUR 44:57.761 --> 45:01.365 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DISTRICTS TO GET BACK OPEN IN THE FORM THAT THEY COULD, 45:01.365 --> 45:05.102 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PREFERABLY IN PERSON, FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR. 45:05.102 --> 45:06.336 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Betsy Russell: SUPERINTENDE NT YBARRA, WHAT DID YOU LEARN 45:06.336 --> 45:09.473 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO ADDRESS LEARNING 45:09.473 --> 45:10.340 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LOSS? >> Sherri Ybarra: I WANT THE 45:10.340 --> 45:13.844 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% VOTERS OF IDAHO TO KNOW THIS IS WHY I HAVE BEEN A STAUNCH 45:13.844 --> 45:17.381 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPPORTER OF LOCAL CONTROL. I DID NOT INSTITUTE A MASK 45:17.381 --> 45:19.583 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MANDATE, NOR DID I CLOSE SCHOOLS. 45:19.583 --> 45:23.520 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY THOSE EDUCATORS DID 45:23.520 --> 45:26.356 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN A TIME WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE A 45:26.356 --> 45:29.760 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BLUEPRINT FOR THIS PANDEMIC. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE 45:29.760 --> 45:32.496 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOUND OUT VERY QUICKLY FROM PARENTS, THEY WANTED THEIR 45:32.496 --> 45:35.199 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOLS OPEN, AND A LOT OF PARENTS TOLD ME I'M NOT A 45:35.199 --> 45:37.301 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TEACHER AND I FOUND THAT OUT THE HARD WAY. 45:37.301 --> 45:40.070 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SO WHAT DID WE LEARN? WE LEARNED TECHNOLOGY WAS A 45:40.070 --> 45:43.006 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MUST. THAT PARENTS WANT MORE 45:43.006 --> 45:45.676 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% INVOLVEMENT. THAT WE NEEDED SOMETHING 45:45.676 --> 45:48.445 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CALLED A STATEWIDE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT COULD 45:48.445 --> 45:51.181 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TAKE ATTENDANCE, BECAUSE WE HAD A FUNDING FORMULA THAT 45:51.181 --> 45:54.585 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FUNDS SCHOOLS THAT WAS BASED ON ATTENDANCE DURING A 45:54.585 --> 45:57.855 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PANDEMIC WHERE EVERYBODY WAS MISSING SCHOOL AND THERE 45:57.855 --> 46:00.124 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WASN'T THE AMOUNT OF ATTENDANCE THAT COULD FUND OUR 46:00.124 --> 46:03.794 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOLS. THAT'S ALSO WHY YOU SAW ME 46:03.794 --> 46:07.297 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPPORT AT A BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK MOVING AWAY FROM 46:07.297 --> 46:11.468 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT MODEL INTO MORE OF AN ENROLLMENT-BASED MODEL FOR 46:11.468 --> 46:14.071 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FUNDING OUR SCHOOLS. SO WE LEARNED A LOT MOVING 46:14.071 --> 46:16.140 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FORWARD, BUT I THINK THE NUMBER ONE THING WE NEED TO DO 46:16.140 --> 46:18.876 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IS THANK OUR TEACHERS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DID AND THE 46:18.876 --> 46:23.814 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OTHER THING WE LEARNED IS, WE SHOULDN'T EVER CLOSE SCHOOLS 46:23.814 --> 46:26.416 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AGAIN. AND WHILE NOBODY COULD HAVE 46:26.416 --> 46:29.920 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FORESEEN THAT AND NOBODY DID ANYTHING WRONG, WE DID SEE 46:29.920 --> 46:33.390 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT THERE WERE SOME SLIDEBACKS IN OUR ACHIEVEMENT 46:33.390 --> 46:36.593 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, AND OUR SPECIAL 46:36.593 --> 46:39.663 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% POPULATIONS. AND WE KNEW THAT, AS 46:39.663 --> 46:42.065 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATORS, BUT WE'LL BE WORKING HARD MOVING FORWARD TO 46:42.065 --> 46:43.967 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CLOSE THOSE GAPS. >> Betsy Russell: WHAT IS YOUR 46:43.967 --> 46:46.603 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT LEARNING LOSS, TO ADDRESS THOSE 46:46.603 --> 46:48.572 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SLIDEBACKS AS YOU CALL THEM? >> Sherri Ybarra: THAT'S A 46:48.572 --> 46:50.307 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GREAT QUESTION, BETSY. WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH 46:50.307 --> 46:53.277 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DISTRICTS ON IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE USING THEIR COVID 46:53.277 --> 46:55.579 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RELIEF DOLLARS ON THOSE RESEARCH PRACTICES THAT WE 46:55.579 --> 46:59.082 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% KNOW AS EDUCATORS WORK. THAT'S HIGH DOSES OF TUTORING, 46:59.082 --> 47:02.386 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A JUMP START INTO OPTIONAL 47:02.386 --> 47:05.355 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN. AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. 47:05.355 --> 47:08.725 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUMMER READING PROGRAMS, WHICH MAY SECOND MY DEPARTMENT AS 47:08.725 --> 47:10.394 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HOSTING SOMETHING CALLED A SMART TRAINING. 47:10.394 --> 47:14.198 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHICH IS TRAINING ALL TEACHERS AROUND THE STATE AROUND THE 47:14.198 --> 47:17.834 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SCIENCE OF READING AND HOW TO MAKE SURE TO INTERVENE WITH 47:17.834 --> 47:21.104 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% KIDS WHEN WE SEE THEY MAY HAVE A DIFFICULTY WITH -- HAVE 47:21.104 --> 47:23.540 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DIFFICULTY WITH READING. BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE AN 47:23.540 --> 47:25.209 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATOR TO KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS. 47:25.209 --> 47:28.445 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE AT IN IDAHO WHERE WE 47:28.445 --> 47:32.015 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WENT FROM 31st ACHIEVEMENT TO 17th IN ACHIEVEMENT, 47:32.015 --> 47:34.851 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RIGHT NOW WHILE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. 47:34.851 --> 47:37.955 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M PLEASED, WE DO HAVE A LOT MUCH WORK TO DO, I DO HAVE A 47:37.955 --> 47:41.024 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PLAN TO SUPPORT THAT MOVING FORWARD, THAT IS BASED ON 47:41.024 --> 47:44.094 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC. AND JUST A COUPLE MORE POINTS, 47:44.094 --> 47:46.463 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON READING, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS 47:46.463 --> 47:48.832 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ON PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 47:48.832 --> 47:52.336 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MAKE SURE THAT OUR EDUCATORS HAVE IMPROVED PAY, BECAUSE WE 47:52.336 --> 47:57.307 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% KNOW THEY WERE THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR WHY OUR KIDS HAVE 47:57.307 --> 48:00.244 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL. >> Aaron Kunz: NEXT ROUND OF 48:00.244 --> 48:01.845 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING BACK TO KEVIN. 48:01.845 --> 48:07.217 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU COULD ADDRESS MRS. CRITCHFIELD. 48:07.217 --> 48:10.687 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Kevin Richert: BE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS SAID 48:10.687 --> 48:13.223 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT THEY DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A CRITICAL RACE 48:13.223 --> 48:18.061 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PROBLEM IN THE STATE, OR THAT THERE'S WIDESPREAD CRITICAL 48:18.061 --> 48:21.565 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RACE THEORY BEING TAWGHTS. DO YOU SUPPORT THAT OPINION? 48:21.565 --> 48:24.034 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Debbie Critchfield: AS A SYSTEMIC EFFORT TO INCORPORATE 48:24.034 --> 48:27.004 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT IN SCHOOLS, I DO NOT AND HAVE NOT SEEN IT. 48:27.004 --> 48:29.940 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE ARE THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY. 48:29.940 --> 48:32.576 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PARENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT BEING IN SCHOOLS AND WHAT 48:32.576 --> 48:35.412 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEIR CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO. OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAYING WE 48:35.412 --> 48:37.714 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DON'T HAVE IT HERE AND POLICYMAKERS DON'T KNOW WHAT 48:37.714 --> 48:41.218 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO DO. I THINK AS WE LOOK AT HOW YOU 48:41.218 --> 48:44.388 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DEFINE IT, THERE ARE THINGS THAT PARENTS ARE BROUGHT TO ME 48:44.388 --> 48:47.991 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT THEY BELIEVED WERE CRITICAL RACE THEORY, AND MAY 48:47.991 --> 48:49.960 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OR MAY NOT HAVE FIT THE DEFINITION. 48:49.960 --> 48:53.263 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I GUESS YOU HAVE TO START WITH HOW DOES SOMEONE DEFINE IT? 48:53.263 --> 48:55.098 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE KNOW MORE THAN WE DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN THIS 48:55.098 --> 48:57.968 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FIRST CAME AROUND. AND I HAVE SEEN MORE DILIGENCE 48:57.968 --> 49:01.605 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO 49:01.605 --> 49:04.708 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PARENTS, THEY NEED MORE SUPPORT, THEY NEED MORE HELP, 49:04.708 --> 49:09.846 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY DON'T NEED FIVE-POINT PRESENTATIONS OF HOW TO DO 49:09.846 --> 49:11.615 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS OR THAT. THEY NEED SOMEONE THAT WILL 49:11.615 --> 49:16.186 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HELP THEM COMMUNICATE. AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND 49:16.186 --> 49:19.256 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MAKE SURE OUR PARENTS ARE PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THESE 49:19.256 --> 49:23.493 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% VERY IMPORTANT COMMITTEES AND DECISION MAKINGS AT THE LOCAL 49:23.493 --> 49:24.995 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEVEL. >> Kevin Richert: SUPERINTENDE 49:24.995 --> 49:28.799 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% NT YBARRA, DO YOU THINK IT'S A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN SCHOOLS 49:28.799 --> 49:31.201 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND TO WHAT DEGREE HAVE YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT TRIED TO 49:31.201 --> 49:32.869 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TRACK IT? >> Sherri Ybarra: AT LEAST 49:32.869 --> 49:36.073 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE NOT ONE OF THOSE SCARY EXAMPLES IN THE HILLSDALE 49:36.073 --> 49:41.078 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% COLLEGE JOURNAL REPORT THAT USES IDAHO AS AN EXAMPLE OF 49:41.078 --> 49:42.913 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CRT. I WILL ALSO SAY PARENTS ARE 49:42.913 --> 49:44.648 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CONCERNED. AND SO WHAT DID I DO? 49:44.648 --> 49:48.385 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I SPRUNG INTO ACTION. ONE I SUPPORTED THE 49:48.385 --> 49:50.687 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATION THAT OUR LEGISLATURE CAME OUT WITH, I 49:50.687 --> 49:55.158 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DID NOT ON APRIL 22nd OF 2021 LIKE MY OPPONENT SAY SHE 49:55.158 --> 49:57.227 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO TAKE A POSITION. 49:57.227 --> 50:00.430 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I ROLLED MY SLEEVES UP, I GOT OUT INTO THE CLASSROOMS, I 50:00.430 --> 50:03.400 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% VISITED GOVERNMENT CLASSES, I VISITED HISTORY CLASSES, I 50:03.400 --> 50:06.870 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TALKED TO EDUCATORS AND WHAT I SAW WAS THE DECLARATION OF 50:06.870 --> 50:10.574 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% INDEPENDENCE BEING STUDIED, THE CONSTITUTION, EVERYBODY 50:10.574 --> 50:14.211 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS, AND SAID THEY ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO 50:14.211 --> 50:16.346 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOLLOW THE LAW. ON BEHALF OF IDAHOANS, WHAT 50:16.346 --> 50:18.949 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ELSE I HAVE DONE? I'VE MADE SURE I'VE 50:18.949 --> 50:22.018 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% INVESTIGATED EVERY ALLEGATION THAT'S COME ACROSS MY DESK. 50:22.018 --> 50:25.589 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND LASTLY, I DID GIVE A FIVE-POINT PLAN TO 50:25.589 --> 50:28.091 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPERINTENDENTS AS AYE TRAVELED THE STATE, MAKING 50:28.091 --> 50:31.628 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SURE THEY EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT AND THAT THEY TAKE EVERY 50:31.628 --> 50:33.296 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ALLEGATION SERIOUSLY. PARENTS ARE VERY CONCERNED 50:33.296 --> 50:35.499 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ABOUT THIS. IN OUR STATE. 50:35.499 --> 50:40.170 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SO YOU MUST MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS SHOW YOU THE EXAMPLE AND 50:40.170 --> 50:42.439 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU HAVE FOCUS GROUPS LIKE SOME OF OUR SUPERINTENDENTS 50:42.439 --> 50:45.575 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE HAD. THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE 50:45.575 --> 50:48.879 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ADVICE I GAVE THEM, THEY HAD FOCUS GROUPS, THEY ARE ASKING 50:48.879 --> 50:51.415 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% PEOPLE TO POINT OUT EXAMPLES% MOVING FORWARD. 50:51.415 --> 50:58.388 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT ON BEHALF OF IDAHOANS. 50:58.388 --> 51:00.257 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Aaron Kunz: SENATOR DURST, I SUSPECT YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT 51:00.257 --> 51:02.793 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% READ ON THE EXTENT OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN THE SCHOOLS. 51:02.793 --> 51:05.529 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I WANT TO HEAR THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO HEAR HOW DO YOU 51:05.529 --> 51:08.632 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DEFINE CRITICAL RACE THEORY? >> Branden Durst: IT'S AN 51:08.632 --> 51:11.902 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR OUR FAMILIES. 51:11.902 --> 51:15.071 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SOCIAL JUSTICE DOCTRINATION, WHETHER WE CALL IT CRITICAL 51:15.071 --> 51:18.575 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% RACE THEORY, TRANSFORM TEF SEL, NO MATTER THE FORM, WHAT 51:18.575 --> 51:21.211 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT DOES IS TRIES TO DIVIDE OUR PEOPLE INTO TWO GROUPS. 51:21.211 --> 51:25.282 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ONE THAT IS OPPRESSED AND ONE THAT IS THE OPPRESSOR, BASED 51:25.282 --> 51:27.784 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ON THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND. 51:27.784 --> 51:30.887 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK WE NEED TO STOP IT. WE NEED REAL ACTION. 51:30.887 --> 51:33.890 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT I HEAR IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE TALK. 51:33.890 --> 51:35.525 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT NOT ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 51:35.525 --> 51:39.229 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S WHY I PROPOSED AND WILL PROPOSE AS MEMBER OF THE STATE 51:39.229 --> 51:42.332 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CREATE A NEW POLICY UNDER BOARD POLICY 51:42.332 --> 51:45.101 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% 3B WHICH WILL CREATE A CAUSE OF ACTION. 51:45.101 --> 51:47.938 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IF TEACHERS OR PROFESSORS ARE TRYING TO DOCTRINE YAIT OUR 51:47.938 --> 51:50.106 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STUDENTS AND DON'T TAKE THE MESSAGE TO STOP, THEY'RE GOING 51:50.106 --> 51:52.075 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO TEACH IN IDAHO. 51:52.075 --> 51:54.811 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. WE HAVE TO HAVE A REAL PLAN. 51:54.811 --> 51:57.113 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WE CAN'T KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT AND HAVING MORE DIALOGUE. 51:57.113 --> 52:01.618 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE TIME FOR DIALOGUE IS OVER. OUR SCHOOLS ARE BEING INFESTED 52:01.618 --> 52:05.021 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH THESE THINGS, IS IT HAPPENING IN EVERY DISTRICT IN 52:05.021 --> 52:06.289 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO? NO. 52:06.289 --> 52:08.258 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT IS IT HAPPENING IN A WIDESPREAD BASIS? 52:08.258 --> 52:09.659 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YES. AND I HAVEN'T STEPPED AWAY 52:09.659 --> 52:14.164 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM THAT POSITION. STANDING UP HERE WHO HASN'T 52:14.164 --> 52:17.033 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SAID PUBLICLY THAT IT'S NOT A PROBLEM THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE 52:17.033 --> 52:19.069 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WORRIED ABOUT. I BELIEVE IT IS A PROBLEM AND 52:19.069 --> 52:21.671 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TAKE SERIOUSLY, WHICH IS WHY 52:21.671 --> 52:23.240 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF MY CAMPAIGN. 52:23.240 --> 52:25.208 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SOMETHING I'VE BEEN SPENDING SO MUCH TIME TALKING 52:25.208 --> 52:27.777 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ABOUT AND LISTENING TO VOTERS AS THEY SHARE THEIR CONCERNS 52:27.777 --> 52:30.013 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AS WELL. >> Aaron Kunz: WE ARE OUT OF 52:30.013 --> 52:32.015 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TIME. IT IS TIME FOR YOUR CLOSING 52:32.015 --> 52:33.850 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% STATEMENTS. 60 SECONDS FOR EACH OF THE 52:33.850 --> 52:35.552 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CANDIDATES. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 52:35.552 --> 52:37.921 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SENATOR DURST. >> Branden Durst: THANK YOU TO 52:37.921 --> 52:40.023 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION FOR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS 52:40.023 --> 52:43.193 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% DEBATE. AS I SAID OVER AN HOUR AGO, 52:43.193 --> 52:45.061 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TWO COMPETING VISIONS FOR THE 52:45.061 --> 52:48.198 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FUTURE OF IDAHO SCHOOLS. YOU HEARD FROM THE LADIES TO 52:48.198 --> 52:51.468 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MY LEFT, THEIR VISION IS TO DOUBLE DOWN ON A SYSTEM THAT 52:51.468 --> 52:53.670 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ISN'T WORKING FOR SO MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILIES AND SO 52:53.670 --> 52:58.174 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MANY STUDENTS. A SYSTEM THEY BELIEVE IS -- 52:58.174 --> 53:00.343 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE EDUCATION SYSTEM THOSE BEST AND PARENTS DON'T. 53:00.343 --> 53:03.113 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% MY VISION IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. I TRUST PARENTS. 53:03.113 --> 53:05.315 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF THEIR 53:05.315 --> 53:07.183 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD GET 53:07.183 --> 53:10.687 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE WAY. AND LET THEM LEAD. 53:10.687 --> 53:13.223 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ON MAY 17th WE HAVE ALL HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT HAVE 53:13.223 --> 53:15.191 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GONE ON. ON MAY 17th I'M GOING TO 53:15.191 --> 53:17.694 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 53:17.694 --> 53:20.764 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% A CHANCE TO ELECT SOMEONE WHO WILL CHANGE THE EDUCATION 53:20.764 --> 53:23.166 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SYSTEM, SOMEONE WHO WILL MAKE OUR IMPROVEMENT, WHO WILL 53:23.166 --> 53:25.936 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% FOCUS ON PARENTS, SOMEONE WHO WILL FOCUS ON STUDENT 53:25.936 --> 53:28.371 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% ACHIEVEMENT AND ON MAY 17th YOU'LL GET YOUR FINAL CHANCE 53:28.371 --> 53:31.141 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO DO SOMETHING YOU'VE WANTED TO DO FOR A LONG TIME, WHICH 53:31.141 --> 53:36.079 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IS SAY LET'S GO BRANDEN. VOTE FOR ME ON MAY 17th. 53:36.079 --> 53:39.082 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU. >> Debbie Critchfield: THANK 53:39.082 --> 53:41.551 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU TO THE PANEL AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR 53:41.551 --> 53:44.754 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% VIEWPOINTS. AND THERE IS A STARK CONTRAST 53:44.754 --> 53:47.457 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HERE. AND IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME 53:47.457 --> 53:51.027 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO TRANSFORM THE NEED OF OUR EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL 53:51.027 --> 53:53.863 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SYSTEM TO FIT THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY, 53:53.863 --> 53:57.000 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT IS NOW. AND WE NEED A LEADER TO DO 53:57.000 --> 53:58.501 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS. I AM THE CHANGE CANDIDATE. 53:58.501 --> 53:59.970 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE STATUS QUO. 53:59.970 --> 54:03.607 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING TENURED INTO POSITION WITH FUZZY DATA. 54:03.607 --> 54:05.675 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S NOT ABOUT POLITICAL RHETORIC. 54:05.675 --> 54:08.912 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S ABOUT SOMEONE WHO IS A LEADER AND HAS EXHIBITED THE 54:08.912 --> 54:11.781 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EVIDENCE OF THAT LEADERSHIP. THAT WANTS TO HELP OUR SCHOOL. 54:11.781 --> 54:14.718 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WANTS TO HELP OUR FAMILIES THAT WANTS TO GROW OUR STATE. 54:14.718 --> 54:16.519 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE WAY THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN. 54:16.519 --> 54:19.756 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WANTS TO RESTORE THE VALUE OF EDUCATION. 54:19.756 --> 54:23.426 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I AM THAT PERSON, I WOULD INVITE THE VIEWERS TO CHECK 54:23.426 --> 54:26.863 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OUT DEBBIE FOR IDAHO E.COM. CHECK ALL OF US OUT. 54:26.863 --> 54:29.599 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% KNOW WHO YOU'RE GETTING, KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO GO AND 54:29.599 --> 54:32.335 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CHOOSE YOUR LEADER WISELY. THANK YOU. 54:32.335 --> 54:33.570 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Aaron Kunz: FINALLY, SUPERINTENDENT YBARRA. 54:33.570 --> 54:35.538 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Sherri Ybarra: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 54:35.538 --> 54:40.343 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO THE LISTENERS TONIGHT, FOR WATCHING THIS ENTIRE DEBATE, 54:40.343 --> 54:42.545 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT WE HAVE IN IDAHO IS A GREAT STATE. 54:42.545 --> 54:44.648 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY. 54:44.648 --> 54:48.018 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% A GREAT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. AND WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE 54:48.018 --> 54:50.754 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EVERYONE KEEPS MOVING HERE TO OUR LITTLE SECRET. 54:50.754 --> 54:53.657 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR PLACE THAT WE CALL IDAHO, HOME. 54:53.657 --> 54:58.261 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% I CARE VERY DEEPLY ABOUT OUR OVER 300,000 STUDENTS IN OUR 54:58.261 --> 55:00.764 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, AND ALL OF THE PROGRESS THEY'VE MADE OVER 55:00.764 --> 55:03.633 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. AND I KNOW IDAHOANS WANT TO 55:03.633 --> 55:07.570 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% CONTINUE TO SEE OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVE AND EXCEL. 55:07.570 --> 55:11.808 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR OVER 300,000 STUDENTS DESERVE AN EXPERIENCED LEADER 55:11.808 --> 55:15.278 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% LIKE MYSELF HOE HAS THE TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS, THE 55:15.278 --> 55:18.782 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% EXPERTISE OF A LIFELONG EDUCATOR, THE ONE WHO ALREADY 55:18.782 --> 55:21.418 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% HAS A STRONG TEAM IN PLACE AND A LEADER WHO HAS THE HEART OF 55:21.418 --> 55:25.355 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% A MOTHER TO DO THIS JOB. I LOVE MY JOB AS STATE 55:25.355 --> 55:27.257 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IN IDAHO AND I 55:27.257 --> 55:31.394 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULD BE HONORED TO REPRESENT YOU ONCE AGAIN AS IDAHO'S 55:31.394 --> 55:33.129 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% 25th SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 55:33.129 --> 55:39.436 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AND LIKE THE KIDS SAY, PLEASE VOTE FOR SHERI IN THE PRIMARY. 55:39.436 --> 55:41.638 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Aaron Kunz: WELL, THANK YOU TO THE CANDIDATES FOR THE TIME 55:41.638 --> 55:43.106 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TONIGHT. IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO STAND 55:43.106 --> 55:45.542 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE AND TAKE TOUGH QUESTIONS, WE APPRECIATE THE 55:45.542 --> 55:47.143 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TIME YOU HAVE SPENT WITH US TONIGHT. 55:47.143 --> 55:50.714 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% AS WELL AS TO THE REPORTERS WHO ASKED GREAT QUESTIONS, AND 55:50.714 --> 55:54.284 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% TO OUR VIEWERS AT HOME, JUST A QUICK REMINDER, IT IS MAY 55:54.284 --> 55:56.720 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% 17th THE DAY TO LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD. 55:56.720 --> 55:58.855 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE AT THE POLLS. 55:58.855 --> 56:04.561 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES ON OUR WEBSITE, 56:04.561 --> 56:06.629 align:left position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHOPTV.ORG/ELECTIONS. 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