1 00:00:04,333 --> 00:00:07,500 >>> WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATE: A LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES ON THE 2 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:12,000 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,166 INSTRUCTION. 4 00:00:14,166 --> 00:00:16,866 THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG THE 5 00:00:16,866 --> 00:00:19,500 IDAHO PRESS CLUB, BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC 6 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:22,166 SERVICE, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S MCCLURE CENTER, IDAHO STATE 7 00:00:22,166 --> 00:00:25,800 UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, THE LEAGUE OF 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:35,366 WOMEN VOTERS' VOTER EDUCATION FUND, AND IDAHO PUBLIC 9 00:00:35,366 --> 00:00:35,866 TELEVISION. 10 00:00:35,866 --> 00:00:37,600 FUNDING FOR THE IDAHO DEBATES IS PROVIDED BY THE FRIENDS OF IDAHO 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,100 PUBLIC TELEVISION AND THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT... 12 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:43,800 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES ON IDAHO PUBLIC 13 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:44,600 TELEVISION. 14 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,000 TONIGHT THE CANDIDATES VYING TO BE YOUR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC 15 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,100 INSTRUCTION TAKE THE STAGE TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 16 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:51,800 I WANT TO WELCOME THE CANDIDATES: DEMOCRATIC 17 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,900 CHALLENGER CINDY WILSON, AND CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT SHERRI 18 00:00:54,900 --> 00:00:58,100 YBARRA, WHO WILL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES IN JUST A MINUTE. 19 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:01,866 ASKING THEM QUESTIONS TONIGHT WILL BE REPORTERS SELECTED BY 20 00:01:01,866 --> 00:01:03,966 THE IDAHO PRESS CLUB: BETSY RUSSELL OF THE IDAHO PRESS AND 21 00:01:03,966 --> 00:01:07,700 KEVIN RICHERT AND CLARK CORBIN OF IDAHO EDUCATION NEWS. 22 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:14,066 I'M MELISSA DAVLIN, HOST OF IDAHO REPORTS HERE ON IDAHO 23 00:01:14,066 --> 00:01:15,100 PUBLIC TELEVISION. 24 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:17,266 I'M MODERATING TONIGHT'S DEBATE AND WILL DO MY BEST TO MAKE SURE 25 00:01:17,266 --> 00:01:21,533 ALL THE CANDIDATES GET EQUAL TIME AND STAY ON POINT. 26 00:01:21,533 --> 00:01:22,733 TO HELP ME AND TO REMIND THE CANDIDATES HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN 27 00:01:22,733 --> 00:01:28,633 TALKING IS A VOLUNTEER TIMEKEEPER FROM THE LEAGUE OF 28 00:01:28,633 --> 00:01:35,866 WOMENVOTERS, ELEANOR. 29 00:01:35,866 --> 00:01:37,900 WE'VE ASKED THE CANDIDATES TO ENGAGE EACH OTHER ON THE ISSUES 30 00:01:37,900 --> 00:01:39,166 - IN OTHER WORDS, LESS EMPHASIS ON A RIGID FORMAT AND MORE FOCUS 31 00:01:39,166 --> 00:01:40,433 ON AN INTELLIGENT DISCUSSION THAT HELPS YOU THE VOTER CAST A 32 00:01:40,433 --> 00:01:41,066 MORE INFORMED BALLOT. 33 00:01:41,066 --> 00:01:45,533 EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN 90 SECONDS FOR OPENING COMMENTS AND 34 00:01:45,533 --> 00:01:48,000 90 SECONDS FOR CLOSE. 35 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,433 WE FLIPPED A FEW MOMENTS AGO, AND MS. WILSON WILL BEGIN WITH 36 00:01:52,433 --> 00:01:57,600 HER OPENING REMARKS. 37 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:58,100 >> HI, I'M CINDY WILSON. 38 00:01:58,100 --> 00:02:00,733 FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, I'VE BEEN SHOWING UP FOR KIDS. 39 00:02:00,733 --> 00:02:04,633 I WAS RAISED ON MY FAMILY HOMESTEAD IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO, 40 00:02:04,633 --> 00:02:07,333 AND I'VE TAUGHT IN THE LOGGING COMMUNITIES OF THE NORTH OF THIS 41 00:02:07,333 --> 00:02:11,533 STATE AND IN THE POTATO GROWING COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTHEAST. 42 00:02:11,533 --> 00:02:15,800 FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS, I'VE BEEN TEACHING IN THE TWO LARGEST 43 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,500 DISTRICTS IN IDAHO. 44 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:23,366 I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ONE THING. 45 00:02:23,366 --> 00:02:27,633 OUR KIDS' EDUCATION SHOULD NOT BE DETERMINED BY THEIR ZIP CODE 46 00:02:27,633 --> 00:02:32,900 IN WHICH THEY'RE BORN. 47 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:35,100 EVERY CHILD IN IDAHO DESERVES THE HIGHEST QUALITY EDUCATION 48 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:38,966 I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND TO SHOW THE PUBLIC THE 49 00:02:38,966 --> 00:02:42,000 CHOICE BETWEEN THE TWO CANDIDATES. 50 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,066 THANK YOU, MS. IBARRA, FOR BEING HERE. 51 00:02:45,066 --> 00:02:47,700 I'VE BEEN DOING THESE DEBATES FOR A FEW MONTHS. 52 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:53,800 FOUR THIS WEEK BY MYSELF, SO I'M TONIGHT BECAUSE IDAHO KIDS THIS - 53 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,600 DESERVE A STRONG FUTURE AND A STRONG DIALOGUE AND A VISION 54 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:57,866 ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. 55 00:02:57,866 --> 00:03:01,333 MY VISION IS ONE OF COLLABORATION, WHICH BRINGS IN 56 00:03:01,333 --> 00:03:04,433 TOP QUALITY EDUCATORS AND EXPERTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. 57 00:03:04,433 --> 00:03:09,333 IN THE SERVICE, OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE IS OUR 58 00:03:09,333 --> 00:03:09,600 CHILDREN. 59 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:10,633 THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN LEADERSHIP HERE. 60 00:03:10,633 --> 00:03:14,533 I DO TRUST THAT MS. IBARRA IS DOING THE BEST SHE CAN, BUT WHEN 61 00:03:14,533 --> 00:03:19,233 IT COMES TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR PARENTS, CHILDREN, AND 62 00:03:19,233 --> 00:03:24,066 TEACHERS, SHE DOESN'T SEEM UP TO THE TASK. 63 00:03:24,066 --> 00:03:27,533 TONIGHT, YOU ARE DOING WHAT I'VE BEEN TEACHING MY STUDENTS TO DO 64 00:03:27,533 --> 00:03:30,433 FOR DECADES -- PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMOCRACY, BECOME INFORMED, 65 00:03:30,433 --> 00:03:31,233 AND SHOW UP. 66 00:03:31,233 --> 00:03:33,333 THANKS FOR WATCHING. 67 00:03:33,333 --> 00:03:33,800 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 68 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,800 SUPERINTENDENT IBARRA, YOU'RE OPENING REMARKS, PLEASE. 69 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,166 >> GOOD EVENING. 70 00:03:40,166 --> 00:03:41,433 I'M STATE SUPERINTENDENT SHERRI IBARRA. 71 00:03:41,433 --> 00:03:44,733 I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS FOR 72 00:03:44,733 --> 00:03:52,966 HOSTING THIS DEBATE AS WELL AS IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION. 73 00:03:52,966 --> 00:03:56,266 I'M T MY WILIFE'S WORK AS A TEACHER, 74 00:03:56,266 --> 00:03:59,833 PRINCIPAL, AND YOUR SUPERINTENDENT IS ENSURING OUR 75 00:03:59,833 --> 00:04:01,966 STUDENTS GET THE QUALITY EDUCATION THEY DESERVE. 76 00:04:01,966 --> 00:04:03,900 THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCY. 77 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:09,533 IT HAPPENS RIGHT HERE IN OUR LOCAL CLASSROOMS WITH GREAT 78 00:04:09,533 --> 00:04:09,800 EDUCATORS. 79 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,533 IT IS TIME FOR MY FOUR-YEAR EVALUATION. 80 00:04:12,533 --> 00:04:15,966 UNDER MY LEADERSHIP, WE'VE BROUGHT THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO 81 00:04:15,966 --> 00:04:18,000 LIFE, AND WE'RE GETTING RESULTS. 82 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,633 EVERYTHING IN EDUCATION IN IDAHO IS UP. 83 00:04:20,633 --> 00:04:26,000 FOR EXAMPLE, IDAHO STUDENTS' MATH AND READING SKILLS ARE 84 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:26,266 IMPROVING. 85 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:27,700 OUR GRADUATION RATES ARE UP. 86 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:30,333 EDUCATOR PAY IS IMPROVING, AND THOUSANDS OF OUR STUDENTS ARE 87 00:04:30,333 --> 00:04:33,600 GETTING A JUMP START TO COLLEGE BY EARNING CREDITS WHILE STILL 88 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:34,533 IN HIGH SCHOOL. 89 00:04:34,533 --> 00:04:37,800 BUT IT'S ESSENTIAL THIS THIS POSITIVE MOMENTUM CONTINUE UNDER 90 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:42,700 THE DIRECTION OF AN EXPERIENCED ADVOCATE FOR KIDS, AND I'VE 91 00:04:42,700 --> 00:04:46,600 PROVEN MYSELF AS AN EFFECTIVE LEADER. 92 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,366 I'M STATE SUPERINTENDENT SHERRI IBARRA, AND I WOULD BE HONORED 93 00:04:48,366 --> 00:04:53,266 TO REPRESENT IDAHOANS ONCE AGAIN AS IDAHO SUPERINTENDENT OF 94 00:04:53,266 --> 00:04:53,700 PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 95 00:04:53,700 --> 00:04:55,633 >> ALL RIGHT. 96 00:04:55,633 --> 00:04:56,000 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 97 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,200 THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM CLARK CORBIN FOR SUPERINTENDENT 98 00:04:59,200 --> 00:04:59,466 IBARRA. 99 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:03,000 >> SUPERINTENDENT IBARRA, A WEEK AGO, YOU INVITED TEACHERS AND 100 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,166 YOUR SUPPORTERS TO ATTEND A CAMPAIGN EVENT THAT WAS HOSTED 101 00:05:05,166 --> 00:05:10,100 BY A FORMER EDUCATOR WHOSE TEACHING CERTIFICATE WAS 102 00:05:10,100 --> 00:05:15,733 SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY BY THE STATE OF IDAHO AMID MULTIPLE 103 00:05:15,733 --> 00:05:17,100 SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS. 104 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:21,533 WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO PARTNER WITH THIS MAN FOR THIS EVENT? 105 00:05:21,533 --> 00:05:23,266 >> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS IS NOT ABOUT 106 00:05:23,266 --> 00:05:25,700 PEOPLE OR DRAGGING ANYBODY THROUGH THE MUD. 107 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:29,266 I DO NOT CONDONE ANY SORT OF THOSE BEHAVIORS. 108 00:05:29,266 --> 00:05:33,100 LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW. 109 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:37,066 BUT WHEN I WAS MADE AWARE OF THAT, I WAS NOT A DISTRICT 110 00:05:37,066 --> 00:05:39,166 OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR. 111 00:05:39,166 --> 00:05:41,233 THAT WAS MY SUPERIOR. 112 00:05:41,233 --> 00:05:47,066 AND SO, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK I WAS PRIVY TO THOSE PERSONNEL 113 00:05:47,066 --> 00:05:47,333 RECORDS. 114 00:05:47,333 --> 00:05:49,333 IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT I THINK THE VOTERS OF IDAHO 115 00:05:49,333 --> 00:05:52,266 TONIGHT ARE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT CAMPAIGN EVENTS OR DREDGE 116 00:05:52,266 --> 00:05:55,600 UP THINGS FROM SEVEN YEARS AGO, BUT WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK 117 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,466 ABOUT IS EDUCATION AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE VOTERS IS 118 00:05:58,466 --> 00:06:01,600 KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON IN EDUCATION, SUCH AS SAFETY, SUCH 119 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,433 AS EDUCATOR PAY, SUCH AS WHERE ARE WE GOING FOR THE FUTURE FOR 120 00:06:05,433 --> 00:06:09,066 OUR KIDS AND ALL THE GREAT SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE HAD UNDER 121 00:06:09,066 --> 00:06:11,066 MY LEADERSHIP UNDER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 122 00:06:11,066 --> 00:06:14,533 WE'VE GOT NEARLY $100 MILLION FOR EDUCATION SINCE I TOOK 123 00:06:14,533 --> 00:06:14,800 OFFICE. 124 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:16,633 THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING. 125 00:06:16,633 --> 00:06:18,233 THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE MOMENTUM. 126 00:06:18,233 --> 00:06:21,266 I BELIEVE THE VOTERS OF IDAHO WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE THINGS. 127 00:06:21,266 --> 00:06:23,333 >> BUT WHAT MESSAGE, SUPERINTENDENT, DOES THAT SEND 128 00:06:23,333 --> 00:06:26,900 THAT THE TOP EDUCATOR IN THE STATE IS STANDING WITH THIS MAN 129 00:06:26,900 --> 00:06:28,233 DURING A CAMPAIGN EVENT? 130 00:06:28,233 --> 00:06:32,266 >> AGAIN, I THINK THAT THE VOTERS OF IDAHO DON'T THINK THAT 131 00:06:32,266 --> 00:06:35,100 WE WANT TO DRAG ANYBODY THROUGH THE MUD FOR POLITICAL POINTS. 132 00:06:35,100 --> 00:06:39,266 WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN IDAHO'S EDUCATIONAL 133 00:06:39,266 --> 00:06:40,266 SYSTEM. 134 00:06:40,266 --> 00:06:43,633 CAMPAIGN EVENTS ARE HELD IN MULTIPLE VENUES ACROSS THE 135 00:06:43,633 --> 00:06:45,900 STATE, BUT VOTERS WANT TO HEAR ABOUT EDUCATION. 136 00:06:45,900 --> 00:06:49,233 THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT CAMPAIGN EVENTS, AND THEY DON'T 137 00:06:49,233 --> 00:06:53,066 WANT TO SEE A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD INCIDENT DRUG UP IN FRONT OF THE 138 00:06:53,066 --> 00:06:53,333 PEOPLE. 139 00:06:53,333 --> 00:06:55,700 >> AS FAR AS A MORE RECENT INCIDENT, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST 140 00:06:55,700 --> 00:07:00,700 TIME YOU'VE HAD A MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN YOUR ORBIT. 141 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:03,233 THIS SUMMER YOU HIRED FOR ONE OF THE TOP POSITIONS AT THE 142 00:07:03,233 --> 00:07:08,266 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION A MAN NAMED DAVE GOICOECHEA WHO WAS 143 00:07:08,266 --> 00:07:12,433 LET GO AFTER BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S 144 00:07:12,433 --> 00:07:14,433 OFFICE AND DISMISSED. 145 00:07:14,433 --> 00:07:17,233 YOU HIRED HIM TO A PROMINENT POSITION TO YOUR OFFICE. 146 00:07:17,233 --> 00:07:20,433 DID YOU NOT DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE WHEN YOU HIRED THIS 147 00:07:20,433 --> 00:07:22,633 INDIVIDUAL OR WERE YOU AWARE OF THE ALLEGATIONS? 148 00:07:22,633 --> 00:07:27,233 >> WHEN I WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ALLEGATIONS, THAT WAS HANDLED 149 00:07:27,233 --> 00:07:29,866 SWIFTLY AND PROMPTLY. 150 00:07:29,866 --> 00:07:32,533 AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE'RE HERE TO DRAG PEOPLE THROUGH THE MUD. 151 00:07:32,533 --> 00:07:37,066 I THINK WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION. 152 00:07:37,066 --> 00:07:41,166 I CAN'T CONDONE EVERY INCIDENT, BUT I CAN TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC 153 00:07:41,166 --> 00:07:43,366 POLICIES THAT MY DEPARTMENT HAS PUT INTO PLACE TO DEAL WITH 154 00:07:43,366 --> 00:07:44,800 THOSE SORT OF INSTANCES. 155 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,333 WE ARE STRONG SUPPORTERS OF THE LAW AS WELL AS PROTECTING THE 156 00:07:48,333 --> 00:07:51,233 MOST VULNERABLE, SUCH AS OUR CHILDREN. 157 00:07:51,233 --> 00:07:54,066 WE HAVE PUT POLICIES INTO PLACE AGAINST HARASSMENT, AGAINST 158 00:07:54,066 --> 00:07:55,433 BULLYING, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 159 00:07:55,433 --> 00:07:58,733 THE VOTERS OF IDAHO WANT TO HEAR ABOUT EDUCATION. 160 00:07:58,733 --> 00:07:59,100 >> ALL RIGHT. 161 00:07:59,100 --> 00:08:01,100 THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. 162 00:08:01,100 --> 00:08:03,366 MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR MS. 163 00:08:03,366 --> 00:08:05,066 WILSON. 164 00:08:05,066 --> 00:08:09,000 MS. WILSON, YOU'VE HAD AN AWARD-WINNING CAREER AS AN 165 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,333 EDUCATOR FOR 33 YEARS IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT YOU HAVEN'T 166 00:08:11,333 --> 00:08:16,633 SERVED AS A PRINCIPAL OR SUPERINTENDENT OR HAD TO MAKE 167 00:08:16,633 --> 00:08:17,800 HIRING DECISIONS WITHIN THE EDUCATION REALM. 168 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:23,000 HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT LEADING THE 135-PERSON DEPARTMENT AT THE 169 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:23,500 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION? 170 00:08:23,500 --> 00:08:27,366 >> I'M EXCITED TO ANSWER THAT, BUT MAY I ASK A FOLLOW-UP ON 171 00:08:27,366 --> 00:08:28,633 THAT LAST QUESTION? 172 00:08:28,633 --> 00:08:31,900 >> HOW ABOUT YOU ANSWER CLARK'S QUESTION FIRST? 173 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:34,433 >> I WOULD LOVE TO. 174 00:08:34,433 --> 00:08:34,900 THANK YOU. 175 00:08:34,900 --> 00:08:38,166 I'M GLAD YOU'RE ASKING THIS QUESTIONS BECAUSE I WANT TO TAUT 176 00:08:38,166 --> 00:08:39,266 MYEXPERIENCE IN LEADERSHIP. 177 00:08:39,266 --> 00:08:44,100 I'VE BEEN TRAVELING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO DO ASSESSMENTS, 178 00:08:44,100 --> 00:08:48,633 END OF COURSE TESTING, THAT TYPE OF THING ALL MY CAREER, BUT MY 179 00:08:48,633 --> 00:08:50,966 LEADERSHIP COMES FROM MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS. 180 00:08:50,966 --> 00:08:56,633 MOST RECENTLY, I WAS APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF CORRECTION. 181 00:08:56,633 --> 00:08:59,733 I SIT ON A THREE-MEMBER BOARD. 182 00:08:59,733 --> 00:09:04,500 WE OVERSEE NINE PRISONS IN IDAHO, FOUR RE-ENTRY CENTERS, 183 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:05,900 AND 2,000 EMPLOYEES. 184 00:09:05,900 --> 00:09:09,866 WE RECENTLY HIRED A NEW DIRECTOR ABOUT TEN MONTHS AGO TO SERVE AS 185 00:09:09,866 --> 00:09:12,866 THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ON OUR TEAM. 186 00:09:12,866 --> 00:09:17,266 I AM THE ONLY DEMOCRAT ON A THREE-MEMBER BOARD OF 187 00:09:17,266 --> 00:09:19,700 CORRECTION, AND MY TWO FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ARE SUPPORTING ME 188 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:22,000 IN THIS RACE BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE LEADERSHIP. 189 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,633 IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'VE BEEN SERVING AS A LEAD TEACHER IN MY 190 00:09:25,633 --> 00:09:28,700 SCHOOL TEACHING OTHER TEACHERS WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN A 191 00:09:28,700 --> 00:09:30,366 CLASSROOM TO SEE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT RISE. 192 00:09:30,366 --> 00:09:34,633 I'VE ALSO BEEN SERVING IN MANY OTHER CAPACITIES, PARTICULARLY 193 00:09:34,633 --> 00:09:36,333 WITH YOUNG WOMEN. 194 00:09:36,333 --> 00:09:42,533 I ORGANIZED FOR FOUR YEARS OVER 400 YOUNG WOMEN AND 30 ADULTS TO 195 00:09:42,533 --> 00:09:46,900 GO TO GIRLS' CAMPS, TO BRING TOGETHER PEOPLE, TO BRING 196 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:47,733 ACTIVITIES FOR THEM. 197 00:09:47,733 --> 00:09:54,333 AND I'VE ALSO BEEN OVERSEEING IN A WOMEN'S GROUP OVER 100 WOMEN 198 00:09:54,333 --> 00:09:56,966 AND BRINGING THE BEST BILL AROUND ME TO HELP LEAD THEM. 199 00:09:56,966 --> 00:09:58,866 >> THANK YOU, MS. WILSON. 200 00:09:58,866 --> 00:10:01,266 YOU MENTIONED SOME HIRING EXPERIENCE WITH THE BOARD OF 201 00:10:01,266 --> 00:10:04,533 CORRECTIONS, BUT WHAT APPROACH WOULD YOU TAKE TO HOLDING THE 202 00:10:04,533 --> 00:10:06,533 STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STAFF ACCOUNTABLE AND WHAT 203 00:10:06,533 --> 00:10:12,533 DECISIONS WOULD YOU MAKE IN THE EVENT YOU HAD TO TERMINATE AN 204 00:10:12,533 --> 00:10:12,800 EMPLOYEE? 205 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:17,000 >> THIS IS VERY SAD TO SAY, BUT I RECENTLY HAD TO TERMINATE AN 206 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:17,266 EMPLOYEE. 207 00:10:17,266 --> 00:10:22,633 IT'S HARD, BUT I'D LIKE TO PUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF BEING A 208 00:10:22,633 --> 00:10:22,900 TEACHER. 209 00:10:22,900 --> 00:10:24,633 I DON'T FAIL STUDENTS. 210 00:10:24,633 --> 00:10:25,500 STUDENTS FAIL THEMSELVES. 211 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:28,900 ALTHOUGH I HATE FOR THEM TO RECEIVE AN F IN MY CLASS, THERE 212 00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:34,500 ARE TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE GRADE THAT THEY'VE 213 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:34,700 EARNED. 214 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:40,366 THE KEY TO THAT IS HAVING AN APPROPRIATE RUBRIC AND JOB 215 00:10:40,366 --> 00:10:43,233 EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE EASILY UNDERSTOOD AND THEN FOLLOWING 216 00:10:43,233 --> 00:10:44,000 THAT RUBRIC. 217 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:44,866 IT'S EASY. 218 00:10:44,866 --> 00:10:47,633 IT'S NOT A SUBJECTIVE DECISION THEN. 219 00:10:47,633 --> 00:10:53,000 THEN IT JUST BECOMES LOOKING AT THE UBRIC, DID THEY DO THE JOB 220 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,866 OR NOT, AND MAKE THAT DECISION. 221 00:10:55,866 --> 00:10:59,833 >> MS. WILSON, YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS WHAT SUPERINTENDENT 222 00:10:59,833 --> 00:11:00,900 IBARRA SAID. 223 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:01,433 >> SURE. 224 00:11:01,433 --> 00:11:05,433 DID I HEAR YOU SAY YOU DID NOT KNOW THE MAN WHO HOSTED YOUR 225 00:11:05,433 --> 00:11:08,433 PARTY WHO WAS A PRINCIPAL IN THE BUILDING WHERE YOU TAUGHT HAD 226 00:11:08,433 --> 00:11:12,433 LOST HIS ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE FOR SEXUALLY HARASSING HIS 227 00:11:12,433 --> 00:11:12,733 TEACHERS? 228 00:11:12,733 --> 00:11:16,600 >> I WAS AWARE THAT THERE WAS -- HE HAD VIOLATED DISTRICT POLICY, 229 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:22,433 BUT AGAIN I DON'T THINK WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE. 230 00:11:22,433 --> 00:11:24,600 WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION PRIORITIES. 231 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,733 >> BUT IF I CAN COMMENT ON MY OWN CAMPAIGN, EVERY CAMPAIGN 232 00:11:27,733 --> 00:11:29,600 EVENT WE HOLD CHILDREN ARE INVITED. 233 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,333 WE BRING KIDS INTO EVERYTHING WE DO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS JOB 234 00:11:32,333 --> 00:11:32,700 IS ABOUT. 235 00:11:32,700 --> 00:11:35,633 I'M IN THE PRISONS ALL THE TIME, BUT I WOULD NEVER HOST A 236 00:11:35,633 --> 00:11:38,800 CAMPAIGN EVENT THERE. 237 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,866 >> OTHER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES HAVE HELD FUNDRAISERS IN BARS, 238 00:11:41,866 --> 00:11:45,000 SO WHY IS THIS FUNDAMENTALLY ANY DIFFERENT WHEN IT IS FOCUSED ON 239 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,266 THE CAMPAIGN AND RAISING MONEY? 240 00:11:47,266 --> 00:11:52,600 >> I'VE RAISED A LOT OF MONEY IN THIS CAMPAIGN, AND I'VE NEVER 241 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:57,266 HOSTED PARTICULARLY IN THAT SETTING. 242 00:11:57,266 --> 00:12:00,800 BUT EVEN IN THAT SETTING WITH SOMEONE WHO I KNEW HAD THAT KIND 243 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:06,000 OF A RECORD, OUR JOB IS TO BE THE CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, TO BE A 244 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,700 ROLE MODEL FOR CHILDREN. 245 00:12:07,700 --> 00:12:11,266 I'VE TRIED TO LIVE MY ENTIRE LIFE AS SOMEONE THAT KIDS COULD 246 00:12:11,266 --> 00:12:11,900 LOOK UP TO. 247 00:12:11,900 --> 00:12:15,900 I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. 248 00:12:15,900 --> 00:12:18,000 I HAVE SOME OF MY STUDENTS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT. 249 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,000 I WOULD HOPE SOMEONE WOULD ASK THEM WHAT KIND OF EXAMPLE DOES 250 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,966 SHE SET AND WHAT IS THE ROLE MODEL THAT SHE MAKES. 251 00:12:24,966 --> 00:12:27,000 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM BETSY RUSSELL. 252 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,333 >> SUPERINTENDENT IBARRA, WE TALKED ABOUT MANAGING THE OFFICE 253 00:12:30,333 --> 00:12:33,633 OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN DOING SO YOU 254 00:12:33,633 --> 00:12:36,000 HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME TURNOVER THERE IN SOME OF YOUR TOP 255 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:40,066 POSITIONS IN RECENT MONTHS, INCLUDING YOUR CHIEF DEPUTY 256 00:12:40,066 --> 00:12:43,433 SUPERINTENDENT, ACADEMIC DIRECTORS, AND YOUR CHIEF POLICY 257 00:12:43,433 --> 00:12:43,900 ADVISOR. 258 00:12:43,900 --> 00:12:47,233 ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE TEAM THAT'S IN PLACE NOW OR WOULD YOU 259 00:12:47,233 --> 00:12:51,433 CHANGE ANY OF YOUR HIRING AND LEADERSHIP DECISIONS THERE S?L 260 00:12:51,433 --> 00:12:57,333 >> I HAD A VERY STRONG TEAM IN PLACE PROVEN BY MY TRACK RECORD 261 00:12:57,333 --> 00:12:57,633 OF SUCCESS. 262 00:12:57,633 --> 00:12:59,933 EVERYTHING IS ON THE RISE LIKE I STATED IN MY OPENING. 263 00:12:59,933 --> 00:13:02,800 TEST SCORES ARE UP. 264 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,100 OUR GRADUATION RATES ARE RISING. 265 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:07,900 EDUCATOR PAY IS RISING, AND THE CULTURE AROUND EDUCATION IS 266 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:10,600 GOOD. 267 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,600 ADDRESSING THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RETIRED OR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 268 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,166 LOOKING FOR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES MAYBE IN SOMETHING THAT THEY 269 00:13:16,166 --> 00:13:20,800 FEEL THAT THEY COULD DO A BETTER JOB AT AND HAVE CONSULTED WITH 270 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:24,266 ME ABOUT LEAVING THE DEPARTMENT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT 271 00:13:24,266 --> 00:13:26,700 PERSONNEL MATTERS ON THE TV, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE 272 00:13:26,700 --> 00:13:30,500 VOTERS OF IDAHO TO KNOW WE ARE ON A GREAT TRACK RECORD OF 273 00:13:30,500 --> 00:13:31,333 SUCCESS IN EDUCATION. 274 00:13:31,333 --> 00:13:36,700 THE TIME MY EMPLOYEES PUT IN IN SERVIE INING EDUCATORS IN THE STATE 275 00:13:36,700 --> 00:13:38,533 OF IDAHO HAS PAID OFF WELL. 276 00:13:38,533 --> 00:13:42,266 OUR NUMBER ONE MISSION AND GOAL IS ABOUT SUPPORTING SCHOOLS AND 277 00:13:42,266 --> 00:13:44,633 STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE, AND WE WANT TO KEEP UP THAT MOMENTUM. 278 00:13:44,633 --> 00:13:47,866 >> WHY THEN HAVE YOU CHANGED CHIEF POLICY ADVISORS A COUPLE 279 00:13:47,866 --> 00:13:48,333 OF TIMES? 280 00:13:48,333 --> 00:13:52,600 AT THIS POINT, I BELIEVE HAVE NOT EVEN FILLED THAT POST. 281 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,066 >> IT'S A LARGE ORGANIZATION. 282 00:13:54,066 --> 00:13:56,433 ACTUALLY, IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ONE OF 283 00:13:56,433 --> 00:13:59,800 THE LARGEST ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE OF IDAHO, WE'VE HAD 284 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:04,733 PROBABLY LESS TURNOVER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER STATE AGENCIES, BUT 285 00:14:04,733 --> 00:14:06,700 IT'S MORE ABOUT OUR MISSION. 286 00:14:06,700 --> 00:14:12,266 IT'S MORE ABOUT SUPPORTING SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE. 287 00:14:12,266 --> 00:14:13,066 IT IS ABOUT THE POSITIVE MOMENTUM. 288 00:14:13,066 --> 00:14:15,366 IT IS ABOUT STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK AND ENGAGEMENT. 289 00:14:15,366 --> 00:14:17,533 IT IS ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN EDUCATION 290 00:14:17,533 --> 00:14:17,800 RIGHT NOW. 291 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:21,600 I DO HAVE STRONG EMPLOYEES THAT ARE STILL THERE THAT ARE DOING A 292 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:22,266 GREAT JOB. 293 00:14:22,266 --> 00:14:26,733 >> MS. WILSON, IF ELECTED, YOU WILL BE HEADING INTO YOUR FIRST 294 00:14:26,733 --> 00:14:30,000 LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS SUPERINTENDENT WITHOUT A 295 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,366 FIVE-YEAR PLAN FROM THE GOVERNOR, A LONG-TERM BUDGET, OR 296 00:14:33,366 --> 00:14:36,066 AN EXPERIENCED TEAM TO FALL BACK ON. 297 00:14:36,066 --> 00:14:41,166 HOW WILL YOU PUT TOGETHER YOUR BUDGET AND YOUR PIRARIORITIES AND 298 00:14:41,166 --> 00:14:45,533 WHO WILL YOU ASK TO HELP CRAFT YOUR MESSAGE? 299 00:14:45,533 --> 00:14:48,366 >> I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS QUESTION. 300 00:14:48,366 --> 00:14:52,733 I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE SET 301 00:14:52,733 --> 00:14:54,600 BUDGETS FOR 20 OR MORE YEARS. 302 00:14:54,600 --> 00:15:00,533 FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, I'VE SAT IN REGULARLY AS WE SET THE 303 00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:01,166 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION BUDGET. 304 00:15:01,166 --> 00:15:08,333 I HAVE ASEMIABLE E ASSEMBLED A TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CAN-DO 305 00:15:08,333 --> 00:15:08,600 EDUCATORS. 306 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,166 IN MY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TEACHING ACROSS THIS STATE, I 307 00:15:11,166 --> 00:15:17,066 HAVE MET SOME OUTSTANDING PEOPLE, EXPERTS THAT WE VALUE 308 00:15:17,066 --> 00:15:21,600 THEIR EXPERTISE AND THAT HAVE ALREADY OFFERED TO HELP ME IN 309 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,233 OUR CAMPAIGN AND CREATE A VISION. 310 00:15:23,233 --> 00:15:26,166 WE'RE CREATING ALL KINDS OF POLICY PAPERS RIGHT NOW ON HOW 311 00:15:26,166 --> 00:15:28,700 TO MOVE FORWARD, AND I AM SO READY TO GET THIS VISION FOR THE 312 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:29,433 NEXT FIVE YEARS. 313 00:15:29,433 --> 00:15:32,600 I SERVED ON THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE FOR EDUCATION REFORM. 314 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,166 WE'RE COMING TO END OF THOSE IDEAS. 315 00:15:35,166 --> 00:15:38,433 IT'S TIME FOR A NEW SET OF IDEAS, AND I'M READY TO MAKE IT 316 00:15:38,433 --> 00:15:38,633 HAPPEN. 317 00:15:38,633 --> 00:15:40,966 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM KEVIN RICHERT. 318 00:15:40,966 --> 00:15:44,633 >> FIRST, MS. WILSON, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 319 00:15:44,633 --> 00:15:45,000 THAT ANSWER. 320 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,800 SOMETIMES THE HARDEST THING TO DO IN LIFE IS TO SAY NO TO YOUR 321 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:49,266 FRIENDS. 322 00:15:49,266 --> 00:15:52,600 YOU HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE IDAHO EDUCATION 323 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:52,900 ASSOCIATION. 324 00:15:52,900 --> 00:15:56,900 YOU HAVE REPRESENTED THE ASSOCIATION ON THE TASK FORCE 325 00:15:56,900 --> 00:15:58,933 FIVE YEARS AGO, AND THEY'VE ENDORSED YOU. 326 00:15:58,933 --> 00:16:03,166 TEACHERS' SALARIES COMPRISE THE BIGGEST SHARE OF THE STATE 327 00:16:03,166 --> 00:16:03,900 BUDGET. 328 00:16:03,900 --> 00:16:08,000 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO POTENTIALLY SAY NO TO YOUR 329 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,900 ALLIES IN THE TEACHERS' UNION IF IT COMES TO THAT? 330 00:16:11,900 --> 00:16:20,966 >> THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM AT ALL. 331 00:16:20,966 --> 00:16:22,000 I HAVE A 30-YEAR CAREER THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 332 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,066 I'M NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP. 333 00:16:23,066 --> 00:16:29,266 I STOOD UP WHEN I HAD OPPOSE PROPS 1, 2, AND 3. 334 00:16:29,266 --> 00:16:34,700 I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM STANDING UP, AND NO ONE CONTROLS ME. 335 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:36,633 MY PASSION IS WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND SUPPORTING TEACHERS 336 00:16:36,633 --> 00:16:38,900 IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. 337 00:16:38,900 --> 00:16:41,533 IF I DON'T THINK IT IS THE BEST WAY AND IF MY ADVISORS WHO ARE 338 00:16:41,533 --> 00:16:44,100 WORKING WITH ME FROM ALL SIDES OF THIS STATE FEEL THAT SAME 339 00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:48,600 WAY, I'LL LISTEN TO THAT ADVICE. 340 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,433 >> ON A RELATED VEIN THEN, SUPERINTENDENT IBARRA, IN THE 341 00:16:52,433 --> 00:16:55,800 FOUR YEARS YOU'VE BEEN IN OFFICE, ARE THERE EXAMPLES WHERE 342 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:00,900 YOU'VE HAD TO SAY NO TO ALLIES AND TURN DOWN REQUESTS FROM 343 00:17:00,900 --> 00:17:01,100 ALLIES? 344 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:05,166 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO SEPARATION OF 345 00:17:05,166 --> 00:17:06,066 POWERS AND GOVERNMENT. 346 00:17:06,066 --> 00:17:09,066 OF COURSE, YOU BUILD RELATIONSHIPS IN THE POLITICAL 347 00:17:09,066 --> 00:17:09,433 ARENA. 348 00:17:09,433 --> 00:17:12,000 THAT'S NOT TO SAY YOU DON'T HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, BUT AT 349 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,866 THE END OF THE DAY, YOU NEED TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THE KIDS. 350 00:17:14,866 --> 00:17:15,866 WE'VE DONE THAT. 351 00:17:15,866 --> 00:17:20,433 I ALREADY HAVE A STRONG LEADERSHIP TEAM IN PLACE, AND WE 352 00:17:20,433 --> 00:17:23,800 ALREADY HAVE A VISION. 353 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:25,533 IT'S ALREADY WORKING FOR ID IDAHOANS. 354 00:17:25,533 --> 00:17:28,000 AGAIN, PROVEN BY MY POSITIVE TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS. 355 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,333 I WILL SAY WHAT EDUCATORS HAVE SAID ALL ALONG. 356 00:17:31,333 --> 00:17:35,433 UNTIL WE GOT HERE TODAY, THERE'S NO MORE NEW SHINY OBJECTS. 357 00:17:35,433 --> 00:17:36,900 WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN CHANGING. 358 00:17:36,900 --> 00:17:41,700 WE'RE NOT INTERESTED -- OF COURSE, WE LOVE INNOVATION. 359 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:44,233 THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT WE'RE INTERESTED IN STAYING THE 360 00:17:44,233 --> 00:17:47,000 COURSE AND CONTINUING TO SEE THOSE GREAT GAINS IN EDUCATION. 361 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,366 I ALREADY HAVE A STRONG TEAM IN PLACE READY TO SERVE. 362 00:17:49,366 --> 00:17:53,166 THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES ABOUT TO HAPPEN IN IDAHO, BUT THE ONE 363 00:17:53,166 --> 00:17:56,633 THING THAT YOU WILL GET WITH ME AS STATE SUPERINTENDENT IS 364 00:17:56,633 --> 00:18:01,333 CONSISTENCY WITH THAT PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT. 365 00:18:01,333 --> 00:18:04,333 >> LET'S SHIFT GEARS AND TALK FOR A FEW MINUTES ABOUT SCHOOL 366 00:18:04,333 --> 00:18:04,533 SAFETY. 367 00:18:04,533 --> 00:18:09,333 I WANT TO START WITH YOU, SUPERINTENDENT IBARRA. 368 00:18:09,333 --> 00:18:15,700 YOU UNVAVEI UNVEILED A $20 MILLION SCHOOL SAFETY INITIATIVE IN 369 00:18:15,700 --> 00:18:16,066 MARCH. 370 00:18:16,066 --> 00:18:18,633 THIS HAPPENED AFTER THE STATE LEGISLATURE FINISHED THE 371 00:18:18,633 --> 00:18:19,266 EDUCATION BUDGETS. 372 00:18:19,266 --> 00:18:25,333 IT HAPPENED A MONTH AFTER THE PARKLAND, FLORIDA, MASSACRE. 373 00:18:25,333 --> 00:18:28,366 IT HAPPENED 38 MONTHS AFTER YOU WERE SWORN IN AS STATE 374 00:18:28,366 --> 00:18:28,733 SUPERINTENDENT. 375 00:18:28,733 --> 00:18:30,166 WHAT TOOK SO LONG? 376 00:18:30,166 --> 00:18:35,000 >> YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE RECORD FOR TALKING ABOUT THIS VERY 377 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,266 SUBJECT IN THE JOINT FINANCE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE IN 378 00:18:38,266 --> 00:18:38,633 JANUARY. 379 00:18:38,633 --> 00:18:42,500 I SAID SPECIFICALLY IN THE SAFE AND DRUG FREE LINE ITEM THAT 380 00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:45,733 SOMETHING WAS COMING AND THAT WAS PHASE 3 ACTUALLY OF THE 381 00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:49,900 BULLYING INITIATIVE THAT I START STARTED AND MY TEAM STARTED WHEN 382 00:18:49,900 --> 00:18:53,266 I TOOK OFFICE, SO THIS HAS INVOLVED MANY STAKEHOLDERS. 383 00:18:53,266 --> 00:18:55,433 IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG PROCESS. 384 00:18:55,433 --> 00:19:00,900 THE CHRONOLOGICAL TIME FRAME FOR WHEN WE STARTED THIS IS ON OUR 385 00:19:00,900 --> 00:19:05,066 WEBSITE, AND I INVITE IDAHOANS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, BUT IT'S 386 00:19:05,066 --> 00:19:07,366 TAKEN A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK. 387 00:19:07,366 --> 00:19:10,333 THIS IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITIES FROM PARENTS AND 388 00:19:10,333 --> 00:19:12,800 STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE STATE OF IDAHO. 389 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:18,533 THERE HAVE BEEN TWO THEMES THAT I'VE HEARD LATELY AND SINCE I 390 00:19:18,533 --> 00:19:21,900 TOOK OFFICE AND THAT IS EDUCATOR PAY AND THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS. 391 00:19:21,900 --> 00:19:26,866 AS THE MOTHER OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT MYSELF, THIS IS EXACTLY 392 00:19:26,866 --> 00:19:31,600 THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO. 393 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:37,633 YOU KNOW WHY I INVITED THE COLUMBINE PRINCIPAL TO IDAHO? 394 00:19:37,633 --> 00:19:40,066 HE TOLD THE CROWD YOUR SUPERINTENDENT IS ON THE RIGHT 395 00:19:40,066 --> 00:19:40,266 TRACK. 396 00:19:40,266 --> 00:19:44,633 I WISH WE WOULD HAVE HAD SOME OF THESE POLICIES IN PLACE WHEN I 397 00:19:44,633 --> 00:19:47,066 ENDURED THE UNTHINKABLE. 398 00:19:47,066 --> 00:19:47,700 >> OKAY. 399 00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:50,433 BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT PROCESS BECAUSE STAKEHOLDER 400 00:19:50,433 --> 00:19:52,266 GROUPS HAVE FELT THEY WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE CREATION OF 401 00:19:52,266 --> 00:19:52,700 THIS PROCESS. 402 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:56,866 IN A WEBINAR LAST MONTH, MATT McCARTER OF YOUR DEPARTMENT SAID 403 00:19:56,866 --> 00:20:01,433 THE INTENTION OF RELEASING THAT PLAN WAS TO, QUOTE, MAKE A 404 00:20:01,433 --> 00:20:06,066 SPLASH, UNQUOTE, AND TO THEN BEGIN A POLICY DISCUSSION. 405 00:20:06,066 --> 00:20:10,866 THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ROLLED OUT A POLICY PLAN OF HIGH MAGNITUDE 406 00:20:10,866 --> 00:20:17,633 WITHOUT SPEAKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY 407 00:20:17,633 --> 00:20:18,000 IMPLEMENT IT. 408 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,233 >> I REFER TO IT THIS WAY. 409 00:20:19,233 --> 00:20:22,266 THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WHERE YOU'LL HEAR POLICY BECAUSE 410 00:20:22,266 --> 00:20:25,233 THAT'S WHEN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION STARTS, RIGHT BEFORE WE 411 00:20:25,233 --> 00:20:28,066 WALK IN, BUT THIS IS A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING. 412 00:20:28,066 --> 00:20:32,233 IT IS PHASE 3 OF THE BULLYING INITIATIVE, AND I AM VERY IN 413 00:20:32,233 --> 00:20:34,500 TUNE TO STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK. 414 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:39,500 PROVEN BY THE FACT I HAVE ESTABLISHED THE PARENTAL 415 00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:40,100 ADVISORY COUNCIL. 416 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:44,100 I HAVE FORMED THE RED TAPE COMMITTEE SO WE CAN BREAKTHROUGH 417 00:20:44,100 --> 00:20:46,266 SOME OF THE BUREAUCRACY. 418 00:20:46,266 --> 00:20:51,433 MY TEAM AND MY DEPARTMENT ALSO CAME UP WITH FACE, THE FAMILY 419 00:20:51,433 --> 00:20:54,066 AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONFERENCE THAT WAS VERY 420 00:20:54,066 --> 00:20:58,366 SUCCESSFUL WHERE I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE COLUMBINE 421 00:20:58,366 --> 00:21:03,733 PRINCIPAL CAME AND SAID THE THINGS YOU HAVE IN PLACE FOR 422 00:21:03,733 --> 00:21:06,366 SAFETY ARE RIGHT ON. 423 00:21:06,366 --> 00:21:10,866 NOW THIS WHOLE PACKAGE THAT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED TO THE STATE OF 424 00:21:10,866 --> 00:21:11,066 IDAHO. 425 00:21:11,066 --> 00:21:11,533 I USE THIS ANALOGY. 426 00:21:11,533 --> 00:21:16,066 IF I WERE IN THE FRONT YARD GARDENING AND MY 2-YEAR-OLD SON 427 00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:20,533 RAN OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, WOULD I LOOK AT MY 428 00:21:20,533 --> 00:21:24,266 NEIGHBOR AND MY HUSBAND AND SAY ARE YOU OKAY IF I JUST GO GRAB 429 00:21:24,266 --> 00:21:28,166 HIM AND SAVE HIS LIFE OR DOES A MOM REACT, GO GET HER SON FROM 430 00:21:28,166 --> 00:21:32,633 THE ROAD, AND COME BACK AND LOOK AT EVERYBODY AND SAY, YOU KNOW 431 00:21:32,633 --> 00:21:34,533 WHAT, MAYBE WE NEED TO BRAINSTORM ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD 432 00:21:34,533 --> 00:21:36,866 DO TO PREVENT THIS NEXT TIME? 433 00:21:36,866 --> 00:21:39,800 MAYBE I LOOK AT MY HUSBAND AND SAY THE BOTH OF US NEED TO BE IN 434 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:44,333 THE FRONT YARD WHEN MY BACK IS TURNED AND I'M GARDENING. 435 00:21:44,333 --> 00:21:51,633 MAYBE I LOOK AT THE NEIGHBOR AND SAY MAYBE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT 436 00:21:51,633 --> 00:21:52,733 BUILDING A FENCE SO WE PROTECT ALL OF OUR KIDS IN THE 437 00:21:52,733 --> 00:21:53,066 NEIGHBORHOOD. 438 00:21:53,066 --> 00:21:53,633 THIS IS THE SAME PROCESS. 439 00:21:53,633 --> 00:21:54,266 EVERYBODY HAS BEEN INVOLVED. 440 00:21:54,266 --> 00:21:58,466 WE HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO TAKE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK, AND 441 00:21:58,466 --> 00:22:01,900 WE ARE DOING THE NUMBER ONE THING IN IDAHO THAT WE NEED TO 442 00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:06,000 DO AND THAT IS COMPLIMENT THE GREAT WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN 443 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,800 THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE WORKING HARD TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AND 444 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,600 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THINGS IN PLACE MOVING FORWARD SO THAT 445 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:13,800 EVERYBODY FEELS COMFORTABLE. 446 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,900 >> MS. WILSON, YOU WANTED TO RESPOND TO THAT. 447 00:22:17,900 --> 00:22:19,633 >> THIS IS ABSOLUTE MISREPRESENTATION. 448 00:22:19,633 --> 00:22:22,900 I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THAT PARENT ADVISORY 449 00:22:22,900 --> 00:22:23,166 COMMITTEE. 450 00:22:23,166 --> 00:22:26,500 FIRST OF ALL, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THAT WAS CREATED. 451 00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:30,266 MEMBERS OF THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE WENT TO THE IDAHO DIGITAL 452 00:22:30,266 --> 00:22:34,000 LEARNING ACADEMY AND ASKED FOR A PARENT PORTAL. 453 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,500 IT WAS BETWEEN THOSE DISCUSSIONS THAT A CONCERN CAME UP ABOUT 454 00:22:38,500 --> 00:22:39,000 PARENT GROUPS. 455 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:43,000 THEN A PARENT GROUP WAS FORMED, BUT THOSE PARENTS WHO SAT ON 456 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:48,433 THAT GROUP RELAYED TO ME THAT WHAT HAPPENED WAS MS. IBARRA AND 457 00:22:48,433 --> 00:22:51,433 MR. McCARTER CAME INTO THE COMMITTEE, LAID OUT THE PLAN, 458 00:22:51,433 --> 00:22:55,700 TOLD THEM THIS IS OUR KISS PLAN, AND TOLD THEM THEY WERE GOING TO 459 00:22:55,700 --> 00:22:56,233 MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. 460 00:22:56,233 --> 00:22:57,366 THEY HAD NO INPUT. 461 00:22:57,366 --> 00:22:58,533 THEY HAD NO SAY. 462 00:22:58,533 --> 00:23:02,866 I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL 463 00:23:02,866 --> 00:23:03,100 SAFETY. 464 00:23:03,100 --> 00:23:06,866 IT WAS CREATED TO OVERSEE SCHOOL SAFETY IN IDAHO. 465 00:23:06,866 --> 00:23:10,366 OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY SHOULD NOT BE A POLITICAL ISSUE THAT IS 466 00:23:10,366 --> 00:23:11,800 THROWN AROUND LIKE THIS. 467 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,800 I SIT EVERY YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND 468 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:19,000 I WATCH THOSE TRAINING VIDEOS OF WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO TO 469 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,333 PROTECT MY CHILDREN. 470 00:23:20,333 --> 00:23:23,000 I'VE TAUGHT 4,000 CHILDREN IN THIS STATE. 471 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,533 THEY ARE MY CHILDREN, AND I'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE 472 00:23:25,533 --> 00:23:26,533 SURE THEY'RE SAFE. 473 00:23:26,533 --> 00:23:27,900 I GO TO THE EXPERTS. 474 00:23:27,900 --> 00:23:31,000 YOU KNOW WHAT THE DIRECTOR TOLD ME? 475 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,900 THIS PLAN, THEIR OFFICE, NONE OF THAT WAS CONSULTED WITH THEM NOR 476 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:37,166 WERE ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN. 477 00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:42,633 NOT TEACHERS, NOT SCHOOL BOARDS, NOT ADMINISTRATORS, NOT PUBLIC 478 00:23:42,633 --> 00:23:43,433 SAFETY OFFICIALS. 479 00:23:43,433 --> 00:23:45,366 HERE'S THE OTHER PROBLEM WITH THAT PLAN. 480 00:23:45,366 --> 00:23:49,000 IT INCLUDES $21 MILLION IN A GRANT PROGRAM. 481 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,166 WELL, GUESS WHAT. 482 00:23:50,166 --> 00:23:54,000 AT THAT SAME TIME, THE OFFICE OF SK 483 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,266 SCHOOL SAFETY HAD ALREADY APPLIED FOR A GRANT. 484 00:23:56,266 --> 00:24:00,700 THEY GOT A FEDERAL GRANT FOR OVER $4,000 TO HELP IMPLEMENT 485 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:03,066 SOME OF THESE SAFETY STANDARDS IN SCHOOL. 486 00:24:03,066 --> 00:24:08,066 IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THAT PLAN. 487 00:24:08,066 --> 00:24:12,600 IT IS TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN'S NEEDS, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, 488 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:12,800 SUICIDE. 489 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,633 THIS IS A MISREPRESENTATION OF WHAT'S HAPPENED IN SO MANY AREAS 490 00:24:15,633 --> 00:24:17,533 OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT. 491 00:24:17,533 --> 00:24:19,700 >> SUPERINTENDENT IBARRA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND? 492 00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:23,366 >> I'M SO SAD THAT MY OPPONENT IS MISINFORMED. 493 00:24:23,366 --> 00:24:32,000 I HAVE NO IDEA WHO MR. McCARTER IS, BUT THE KISS INITIATIVE, MY 494 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,700 PAC WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT. 495 00:24:33,700 --> 00:24:36,700 THE PARENTS WERE NOMINATED BY THEIR PEERS FROM EACH CORNER OF 496 00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:38,800 THE STATE OF IDAHO. 497 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,266 THEY'RE PILLARS IN THEIR SOCIETY. 498 00:24:40,266 --> 00:24:42,700 THEY PUT IN A LOT OF TIME TO MEET WITH ME. 499 00:24:42,700 --> 00:24:48,266 THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE PORT 500 00:24:48,266 --> 00:24:49,966 PORT PORTAL, THE PARENT PORTAL, THAT 501 00:24:49,966 --> 00:24:53,700 THE STATE DEPARTMENT WORKED VERY HARD WITH IDAHO DIGITAL LEARNING 502 00:24:53,700 --> 00:24:56,433 ACADEMY TO PUT INTO PLACE, BUT THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS OF 503 00:24:56,433 --> 00:24:57,633 THE KISS INITIATIVE. 504 00:24:57,633 --> 00:25:00,166 THE FIRST PART IS A GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR DISTRICTS. 505 00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:06,266 >> MS. IBARRA -- >> -- WHO ARE WORKING TOGETHER 506 00:25:06,266 --> 00:25:09,233 WITH US ON THE GAPS AND HOLES THAT THEY FIND IN FACILITIES. 507 00:25:09,233 --> 00:25:14,800 THE NEXT PART OF THAT INITIATIVE HAS TO DO WITH TRAINING. 508 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,866 TRAINING, TRAINING, TRAINING FOR OUR EDUCATORS ON SAFETY. 509 00:25:17,866 --> 00:25:20,800 ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY EDUCATORS, THE STATE DEPARTMENT 510 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:25,066 OF EDUCATION IS REQUIRED TO OFFER SOMETHING. 511 00:25:25,066 --> 00:25:25,533 YOU KNOW WHAT. 512 00:25:25,533 --> 00:25:31,533 WHEN WE SPOKE WITH THE COLUMBINE PRINCIPAL LAST WEEK HE SAID THIS 513 00:25:31,533 --> 00:25:34,966 IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO, TRAINING FOR YOUR 514 00:25:34,966 --> 00:25:35,233 TEACHERS. 515 00:25:35,233 --> 00:25:38,600 WITH TRAINING, WE THINK ABOUT VIOLENT ACTS, BUT IT INCLUDES 516 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,166 EVERYTHING FROM BULLYING TO SUICIDE TO HARASSMENT TO 517 00:25:41,166 --> 00:25:42,066 PREVENTIVE SERVICES. 518 00:25:42,066 --> 00:25:45,366 THAT'LL BE THE ONGOING PIECE. 519 00:25:45,366 --> 00:25:49,733 AND THE LAST PIECE IS A STATEWIDE CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS 520 00:25:49,733 --> 00:25:52,633 COUNSELOR WHO WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH 521 00:25:52,633 --> 00:25:55,633 STUDENTS AND DISTRICTS ON THOSE GAPS AND HOLES THAT THE OFFICE 522 00:25:55,633 --> 00:25:58,433 OF SECURITY AND SAFETY IS WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH 523 00:25:58,433 --> 00:25:59,266 SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS. 524 00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:07,000 IF THERE'S GAPS, AND THEN THE STATEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 525 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,500 COUNSELOR CAN HELP SCHOOLS FIND THE RESOURCES TO FIX THOSE GAPS. 526 00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:12,366 >> AS A PARENT, I'M LISTENING TO THIS. 527 00:26:12,366 --> 00:26:15,700 WE'RE SIX YEARS AFTER SANDY HOOK. 528 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:20,633 I SEND MY KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY, LIKE SO 529 00:26:20,633 --> 00:26:25,900 MANY PARENTS IN THIS COUNTRY, WONDERING IF HE'S SAFE. 530 00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:30,733 CAN YOU TELL ME SIX YEARS AFTER SANDY HOOK THAT MY KID IS SAFE 531 00:26:30,733 --> 00:26:31,000 IN SCHOOL? 532 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,066 CAN YOU TELL THE PARENTS OF IDAHO THAT YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH, 533 00:26:33,066 --> 00:26:35,533 THAT THE STATE HAS DONE ENOUGH WITH THIS MUCH TIME? 534 00:26:35,533 --> 00:26:36,366 >> ABSOLUTELY. 535 00:26:36,366 --> 00:26:42,066 THE STATE OF IDAHO SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS ARE WORKING VERY HARD. 536 00:26:42,066 --> 00:26:44,533 THIS COMPLEMENTS THE WORK THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. 537 00:26:44,533 --> 00:26:49,433 YOU KNOW I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH STUDENTS AS I 538 00:26:49,433 --> 00:26:49,866 TRAVELED THE STATE. 539 00:26:49,866 --> 00:26:54,266 THE ONE THING -- I ASKED THEM, DO YOU FEEL SAFE? 540 00:26:54,266 --> 00:26:56,633 THE STUDENTS LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, YES, WE DO. 541 00:26:56,633 --> 00:27:00,800 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE KNOW WE CAN DO MORE, AND WE WOULD LIKE 542 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:05,166 TO BE PART OF THAT PROCESS IN TIMES THEY'RE IN LARGE MASSES, 543 00:27:05,166 --> 00:27:09,100 LIKE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL FOR ASSEMBLIES. 544 00:27:09,100 --> 00:27:12,633 I WAS IN A POLITICAL EVENT WITH OVER 300 PEOPLE, AND I LOOKED 545 00:27:12,633 --> 00:27:16,333 AROUND THE ROOM AND THERE WERE FOUR STATE TROOPERS IN THERE. 546 00:27:16,333 --> 00:27:19,266 I SAID THIS IS WHAT OUR KIDS ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY DON'T 547 00:27:19,266 --> 00:27:19,633 FEEL SAFE. 548 00:27:19,633 --> 00:27:22,900 IF WE CAN DO IT FOR ADULTS, WE CAN DO IT FOR KIDS. 549 00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:24,266 >> IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. 550 00:27:24,266 --> 00:27:26,333 >> I APPRECIATE THAT. 551 00:27:26,333 --> 00:27:26,633 THANK YOU. 552 00:27:26,633 --> 00:27:28,700 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM KEVIN. 553 00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:32,233 >> I WANT TO GO QUICKLY TO MS. 554 00:27:32,233 --> 00:27:33,866 WILSON BECAUSE I'VE HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT SCHOOL SECURITY AND 555 00:27:33,866 --> 00:27:38,100 SCHOOL SAFETY ISSUES, AND I'M STILL NOT SURE WHAT YOUR PLAN IS 556 00:27:38,100 --> 00:27:39,633 AND WHAT IT COSTS. 557 00:27:39,633 --> 00:27:42,000 WHAT'S YOUR PLAN AND WHAT'S THE COST? 558 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:42,433 >> THANK YOU. 559 00:27:42,433 --> 00:27:47,233 FIRST OF ALL, THE COST IS ZERO. 560 00:27:47,233 --> 00:27:50,266 I BELIEVE IN EFFICIENT SPENDING IN IDAHO SCHOOLS. 561 00:27:50,266 --> 00:27:55,966 THE COST IS ZERO BECAUSE GUESS WHO IS DEALING WITH THE COST. 562 00:27:55,966 --> 00:27:56,900 THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL SAFETY. 563 00:27:56,900 --> 00:28:03,266 THEY RECENTLY RECEIVED A GRANT OF OVER $400,000. 564 00:28:03,266 --> 00:28:04,866 THEY DO AUDITS YEEARLY. 565 00:28:04,866 --> 00:28:06,066 THEY GO INTO THE SCHOOLS. 566 00:28:06,066 --> 00:28:08,966 THEY FIND OUT WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOLS ARE. 567 00:28:08,966 --> 00:28:14,100 THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR THAT THE DIRECTOR HAS HEARD AS HE'S 568 00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:17,366 TRAVELED TO CONFERENCES ACROSS THE STATE AS AN EXPERT IN SCHOOL 569 00:28:17,366 --> 00:28:23,966 SAFETY IS WE NEED MENTAL HEALTH HELP IN THE EARLY GRADES. 570 00:28:23,966 --> 00:28:27,433 IT'S TOO LATE ONCE A VIOLENT INCIDENT STARTS. 571 00:28:27,433 --> 00:28:30,366 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS LIKE COLUMBINE. 572 00:28:30,366 --> 00:28:34,866 WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THREAT ASSESSMENT WITH THE EXPERTS. 573 00:28:34,866 --> 00:28:39,000 >> I AM SADDENED THAT MY OPPONENT IS NOT AWARE THAT THE 574 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:43,066 OFFICE OF SCHOOL AND SAFETY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FACILITIES. 575 00:28:43,066 --> 00:28:45,700 THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IS 576 00:28:45,700 --> 00:28:47,800 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE INSIDE THAT FACILITY, AND I WILL 577 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,266 DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN AS THE MOTHER OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL 578 00:28:51,266 --> 00:28:54,900 STUDENT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS OF IDAHO THROUGH THIS 579 00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:55,333 INITIATIVE. 580 00:28:55,333 --> 00:29:01,600 THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE ASK, ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE ASKS FROM THE 581 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:02,266 STAKEHOLDERS OF IDAHO. 582 00:29:02,266 --> 00:29:06,600 I WILL WORK ALONGSIDE TIRELESS WITH THE OFFICE OF SECURITY AND 583 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,900 SAFETY SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP IDAHO CHILDREN SAFE. 584 00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:12,900 >> WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. 585 00:29:12,900 --> 00:29:17,700 >> BUT YOU DIDN'T ASK THEM ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU CREATED YOUR PLAN. 586 00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:19,100 I THINK THAT'S INTERESTING. 587 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:20,966 >> WE'RE GOING TO STAY WITH KEVIN. 588 00:29:20,966 --> 00:29:23,800 >> WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT GEARS TO AN ENTIREL DIFFERENT TOPIC, BUT 589 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,000 AN IMPORTANT ONE. 590 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:30,433 IDAHO HAS A 6 0% GOAL TO TRY TO GET MORE YOUG ADULTS TO HOLD A 591 00:29:30,433 --> 00:29:32,633 COLLEGE DEGREE OR HOLD A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE. 592 00:29:32,633 --> 00:29:35,866 WE'RE FAR FROM THAT GOAL, AND ALMOST EVERY EXPERT SAYS THE 593 00:29:35,866 --> 00:29:39,100 STATE IS NOT GOING TO GET TO THIS GOAL UNLESS YOU CAN BRING A 594 00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:44,166 WHOLE NEW COHORT OF STUDENTS INTO EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH 595 00:29:44,166 --> 00:29:48,233 SCHOOL, RURAL STUDENTS, STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, 596 00:29:48,233 --> 00:29:50,800 LATINO STUDENTS, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDENTS. 597 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,733 WHAT IS YOUR SPECIFIC PLAN TO TRY TO ADDRESS THESE DEMOGRAPHIC 598 00:29:53,733 --> 00:29:53,966 GAPS? 599 00:29:53,966 --> 00:29:56,000 >> YES, THANK YOU. 600 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,266 FIRST OF ALL, WHY IS 60% IMPORTANT? 601 00:29:58,266 --> 00:30:01,533 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S WHERE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT COMES. 602 00:30:01,533 --> 00:30:05,433 IF YOU CAN GET 60% OF YOUR STUDENTS GOING ON, IT HELPS YOUR 603 00:30:05,433 --> 00:30:06,333 STATE ECONOMICALLY. 604 00:30:06,333 --> 00:30:08,633 HOW DO WE MAKE IT HAPPEN? 605 00:30:08,633 --> 00:30:10,366 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. 606 00:30:10,366 --> 00:30:14,233 IT'S THE KEY, AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING 607 00:30:14,233 --> 00:30:16,500 THIS FOR A LONG TIME. 608 00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:19,900 I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THAT THIRD GRADE READING LEVEL IS A 609 00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:21,700 BENCHMARK FOR HOW KIDS ARE GOING TO DO IN SCHOOL. 610 00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:23,633 THAT'S THE FIRST PLACE WE HAVE TO LOOK. 611 00:30:23,633 --> 00:30:27,166 IF WE CAN DO THAT, STUDENTS CAN BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN STUDENT. 612 00:30:27,166 --> 00:30:30,333 HOWEVER, UNDER THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF LEADERSHIP, THERE ARE 613 00:30:30,333 --> 00:30:33,866 POPULATIONS IN OUR STATE WHO ARE FALLING WAY BEHIND. 614 00:30:33,866 --> 00:30:38,366 ABOUT 25% OF A GAP IN WHO'S SUCCEEDING AND WHO ISN'T. 615 00:30:38,366 --> 00:30:39,266 YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 616 00:30:39,266 --> 00:30:42,900 IT'S THOSE POPULATIONS OF WHICH YOU MENTIONED. 617 00:30:42,900 --> 00:30:45,966 THEY ARE HISPANIC CHILDREN, NATIVE-AMERICAN CHILDREN, AND 618 00:30:45,966 --> 00:30:48,000 CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN POVERTY. 619 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:48,800 THOSE HAVE TO BE THE FOCUS. 620 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,433 THOSE CHILDREN HAVE TO BE THE FOCUS FOR US TO HELP THEM, AND 621 00:30:51,433 --> 00:30:55,433 WE DO IT THROUGH PROVIDING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, PUTTING THE 622 00:30:55,433 --> 00:30:58,000 DOLLARS THERE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. 623 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,700 >> SUPERINTENDENT IBARRA, YOU'VE BEEN IN OFFICE FOR FOUR YEARS. 624 00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:04,966 THESE GAPS ARE LINGERING, AND THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO BRIDGE. 625 00:31:04,966 --> 00:31:08,166 HOW DO YOU ASSESS WHERE THE STATE IS RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF 626 00:31:08,166 --> 00:31:11,000 NARROWING THOSE GAPS OR ARE THE GAPS JUST WIDENING? 627 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,000 >> YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION 628 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:19,433 TASK FORCE APPOINTED BY OUR GOVERNOR, SO I WOULD SAY THAT 629 00:31:19,433 --> 00:31:23,700 THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK HAPPENING TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET 630 00:31:23,700 --> 00:31:25,500 OUR 60% GOAL. 631 00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:29,233 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD 632 00:31:29,233 --> 00:31:32,100 STRUCTURED SCHEDULES, THAT THERE WAS MORE ONE-TO-ONE COUNSELING 633 00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:38,900 FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS ADDING SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES 634 00:31:38,900 --> 00:31:39,366 TO TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 635 00:31:39,366 --> 00:31:47,000 A CAREER TECH NNICAL EDUCATION IS HOW WE GET KIDS TO GO ON. 636 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,866 WE'VE LOOKED AT HAVING DIFFERENT MODALITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. 637 00:31:49,866 --> 00:31:53,633 SOCIETY IS CHANGING, AND OFTEN PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK TWO JOBS, SO 638 00:31:53,633 --> 00:31:56,633 WE WANT A COMBINATION OF ONLINE LEARNING AS WELL AS IN-PERSON 639 00:31:56,633 --> 00:31:58,833 LEARNING AND ON THE WEEKENDS. 640 00:31:58,833 --> 00:32:01,433 WE HAVE SEEN SOME BRIGHT SPOTS IN THAT 60% GOAL. 641 00:32:01,433 --> 00:32:05,433 WE'VE SEEN MORE CREDITS EARNED BY OUR STUDENTS, AND WE ARE 642 00:32:05,433 --> 00:32:11,000 SEEING THAT THE GPA IS INCREASING FOR OUR STUDENTS. 643 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,000 AND SO, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT WORK. 644 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,066 WE KNOW WE HAVE MORE TO DO. 645 00:32:14,066 --> 00:32:19,333 >> THE NEXT QUESTION -- >> MAY I ADDRESS THAT JUST 646 00:32:19,333 --> 00:32:19,600 BRIEFLY? 647 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:20,433 >> VERY BRIEFLY. 648 00:32:20,433 --> 00:32:25,000 >> SOME STUDENTS ARE DOING WELL, BUT THE STUDENTS IN THOSE 649 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:25,733 POPULATIONS WE ADDRESSED ARE NOT. 650 00:32:25,733 --> 00:32:29,000 ONE COOL THING THAT'S HAPPENING THAT I FOUND OUT BECAUSE I'VE 651 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,166 BEEN TRAVELING ACROSS THE STATE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENTS OF 652 00:32:32,166 --> 00:32:38,333 OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES, THEY'RE GOING INTO THE LOCAL 653 00:32:38,333 --> 00:32:47,800 HIGH SCHOOLS -- THIS IS HAPPENING DOWN IN THE 654 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:48,066 RESERVATION. 655 00:32:48,066 --> 00:32:50,066 THEY'RE GETTING THOSE STUDENTS AND BRING THEM ON TO CAMPUS. 656 00:32:50,066 --> 00:32:55,633 THEY HAVE AN ADVISOR PREPARE THEM FOR THEIR COLLEGE 657 00:32:55,633 --> 00:32:56,600 EXPERIENCE. 658 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,733 THEY'RE SEEING A TREMENDOUS RESULT. 659 00:32:58,733 --> 00:33:00,100 THEY'RE IN IDAHO STATE AS WELL. 660 00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:02,533 >> THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE MY DEPARTMENT RUNS THAT PROGRAM. 661 00:33:02,533 --> 00:33:05,233 IT'S CALLED COLLEGE AND CAREER ADVISING. 662 00:33:05,233 --> 00:33:07,700 >> THAT'S NOT THE PROGRAM I'M TALKING ABOUT. 663 00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:10,900 >> THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT KIDS HAVE THOSE 664 00:33:10,900 --> 00:33:16,533 CONNECTIONS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE GROWING UP. 665 00:33:16,533 --> 00:33:21,900 HAVING FEDERAL STUDENT AID NIGHTS WHERE KIDS HAVE THE 666 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:23,266 OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH THEIR PARENTS AND GET THE PAPERWORK 667 00:33:23,266 --> 00:33:25,900 FILLED OUT TO GO TO COLLEGE, ADVANCED OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS 668 00:33:25,900 --> 00:33:30,800 WE'RE OFFERING NOW WHERE STUDENTS CAN EARN COLLEGE 669 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:36,800 CREDITS WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, SO THERE'S A LOT OF 670 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,166 GRE GREAT WORK GOING ON IN OUR 671 00:33:39,166 --> 00:33:41,066 DISTRICTS. 672 00:33:41,066 --> 00:33:43,700 >> NEXT QUESTION IS FROM CLARK CORBIN FROM MS. WILSON. 673 00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:46,900 >> I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE TOPICS A LITTLE BIT AND TALK ABOUT 674 00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:48,900 TEACHER PAY. 675 00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:51,233 I'M GOING TO ASK YOU BOTH THE SAME QUESTION, BUT I'LL START 676 00:33:51,233 --> 00:33:52,266 WITH MS. WILSON. 677 00:33:52,266 --> 00:33:55,633 MS. WILSON, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR PAYING OUR TEACHERS AFTER 678 00:33:55,633 --> 00:33:59,266 THE LEGISLATURE ACTS THIS YEAR ON THE FINAL YEAR OF OUR CAREER 679 00:33:59,266 --> 00:34:00,700 LADDER SALARY PLAN? 680 00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:05,433 HAVE WE DONE ENOUGH IN THAT PLAN TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TEACHERS 681 00:34:05,433 --> 00:34:07,533 OR IS THERE MORE WORK TO DO? 682 00:34:07,533 --> 00:34:10,100 >> WE'RE LOSING SO MANY TEACHERS EVERY YEAR. 683 00:34:10,100 --> 00:34:13,733 ONE IN FOUR TEACHERS LEAVES THE PROFESSION FIVE YEARS IN. 684 00:34:13,733 --> 00:34:14,500 WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH. 685 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:18,533 I SERVED ON THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE FOR EDUCATION REFORM. 686 00:34:18,533 --> 00:34:22,166 THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN WHERE WE ARE 687 00:34:22,166 --> 00:34:22,333 TODAY. 688 00:34:22,333 --> 00:34:25,100 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US IMPLEMENT AT LEAST THAT STARTING 689 00:34:25,100 --> 00:34:28,900 RECOMMENDATION THAT WE LOOKED AT ON THE TASK FORCE AND ACTUALLY 690 00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:32,433 GO FARTHER THAN THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN WAITING 691 00:34:32,433 --> 00:34:36,866 THESE LAST FIVE YEARS GETTING UP TO THAT POINT WHILE OTHER STATES 692 00:34:36,866 --> 00:34:38,100 ARE GOING AHEAD OF US. 693 00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:40,733 I TALKED TO A TEACHER TODAY FROM THE PANHANDLE AREA. 694 00:34:40,733 --> 00:34:43,633 11 TEACHERS FROM HER DISTRICT LEFT THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE STATE 695 00:34:43,633 --> 00:34:49,866 OF WASHINGTON IS PAYING 18% MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE HERE IN IDAHO. 696 00:34:49,866 --> 00:34:53,433 THEY'RE GETTING $20,000 TO $30,000 MORE A YEAR FOR MASTER 697 00:34:53,433 --> 00:34:53,700 TEACHERS. 698 00:34:53,700 --> 00:34:56,600 I DEFINITELY WANT TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE TEACHERS ARE 699 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,366 WORKING HARDER THAN EVER, BUT WE'RE LOSING TEACHERS TO OTHER 700 00:34:59,366 --> 00:35:01,000 STATES AND TO OTHER PROFESSIONS. 701 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,900 >> A QUICK FOLLOW-UP FOR MS. 702 00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:04,333 WILSON, IF YOU DON'T MIND. 703 00:35:04,333 --> 00:35:06,900 YOU TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO DO MORE WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHER 704 00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:13,500 PAY, BUT IF WE WANT TO DO MORE AND IF WE WANT TO KONL PECOMPETE WITH 705 00:35:13,500 --> 00:35:15,700 OUR NEIGHBORING STATES, WE MIGHT NEED MORE MONEY. 706 00:35:15,700 --> 00:35:20,266 WOULD YOU SUPPORT EITHER RAISING TAXES OR CUTTING FUNDING FOR 707 00:35:20,266 --> 00:35:24,633 OTHER GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND DEVOTING THAT TO TEACHER PAY? 708 00:35:24,633 --> 00:35:28,866 >> WE NEED TO USE MONEY MORE EFFICIENTLY IN THIS STATE. 709 00:35:28,866 --> 00:35:31,866 RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A BIG BUDGET INCREASE IN THE 710 00:35:31,866 --> 00:35:33,900 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION BECAUSE WE'RE FILLING OUR PRISONS. 711 00:35:33,900 --> 00:35:37,633 WE NEED TO PUT OUR MONEY AT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SIDE 712 00:35:37,633 --> 00:35:42,533 OF A PERSON'S LIFE TO HELP THEM SO THEY DON'T END UP 713 00:35:42,533 --> 00:35:44,966 INCARCERATED LATER IN LIFE AND THEY CAN ACHIEVE IN SCHOOL, SO I 714 00:35:44,966 --> 00:35:49,233 DON'T SEE THAT COST AS BEING TREMENDOUS IN CHANGING THE STATE 715 00:35:49,233 --> 00:35:52,233 BUDGET BUT JUST SPENDING OUR MONEY MORE EFFICIENTLY. 716 00:35:52,233 --> 00:35:56,733 RIGHT NOW, THE STATE LOSES AT A MINIMUM $6 MILLION EVERY YEAR 717 00:35:56,733 --> 00:35:59,366 BECAUSE OF TEACHERS WHO ARE LEAVING THE STATE -- EXCUSE ME, 718 00:35:59,366 --> 00:36:02,100 LEAVING THE PROFESSION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO RETRAIN AND RECRUIT 719 00:36:02,100 --> 00:36:03,166 NEW TEACHERS COMING IN. 720 00:36:03,166 --> 00:36:07,900 THAT'S A BIG EXPENSE, AND WE CAN PUT THAT TOWARD OUR TEACHERS' 721 00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:10,700 SALARIES TO KEEP BEST TEACHERS. 722 00:36:10,700 --> 00:36:16,800 >> BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? 723 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:17,333 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? 724 00:36:17,333 --> 00:36:21,100 SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT INCREASED TEACHER PAY. 725 00:36:21,100 --> 00:36:23,000 YOU WOULD BE NEW TO THE OFFICE. 726 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:27,166 YOU WOULD BE WORKING WITH A LEGISLATURE THAT HAS SAID IT'S 727 00:36:27,166 --> 00:36:31,066 PRETTY PROUD OF THE INCREASES ITS PUT IN EDUCATION FUNDING, SO 728 00:36:31,066 --> 00:36:32,066 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? 729 00:36:32,066 --> 00:36:35,900 >> I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION -- I KNOW THE 730 00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:37,900 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION NEEDS TO BE THE LEAD 731 00:36:37,900 --> 00:36:38,800 ON THIS ISSUE. 732 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:42,000 WE KNOW LAST YEAR OUR GOVERNOR ACTUALLY REQUESTED A LARGER 733 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,000 BUDGET FOR EDUCATION THAN THE SUPERINTENDENT. 734 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,700 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THIS. 735 00:36:47,700 --> 00:36:51,000 WHEN YOU ASK PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT 736 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,166 TEACHERS, OFTENTIMES THEY'LL SAY WE'RE NOT PAYING THEM ENOUGH. 737 00:36:54,166 --> 00:36:55,166 WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE LEAVING. 738 00:36:55,166 --> 00:36:57,800 WE'RE FACING A BIG TEACHER SHORTAGE COMING UP NOW. 739 00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,900 I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE ABOUT IT. 740 00:36:59,900 --> 00:37:00,966 WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW. 741 00:37:00,966 --> 00:37:02,333 WE HAVE TO TELL THE STORY. 742 00:37:02,333 --> 00:37:04,700 THAT'S THE POINT, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT 743 00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:07,900 HAS TO DO IS GET OUT, TELL THE STORY OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN, TRAVEL 744 00:37:07,900 --> 00:37:11,966 THE STATE, AND THEN BRING PEOPLE IN FROM THESE LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 745 00:37:11,966 --> 00:37:14,266 WE HAVE TO TELL THAT STORY. 746 00:37:14,266 --> 00:37:15,433 >> THANK YOU, MS. WILSON. 747 00:37:15,433 --> 00:37:17,600 NOW FOR SUPERINTENDENT IBARRA. 748 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:21,500 YOUR BRAND-NEW BUDGET REQUEST RECOMMENDS GOING ABOVE AND 749 00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:24,266 BEYOND WHAT THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS FOR THE CAREER LADDER. 750 00:37:24,266 --> 00:37:27,500 IF THE LEGISLATURE TAKES THAT UP THIS YEAR, HAVE WE DONE ENOUGH 751 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:31,866 TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TEACHERS OR WOULD YOU ASK FOR ADDITIONAL 752 00:37:31,866 --> 00:37:35,233 RAISES IF YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL AND RE-ELECTED THIS YEAR? 753 00:37:35,233 --> 00:37:37,333 >> EDUCATOR PAY HAS BEEN INCREASING, BUT WE NEED TO DO 754 00:37:37,333 --> 00:37:38,000 MORE. 755 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,733 BUT THE NUMBER ONE ASK OF STAKEHOLDERS WHEN WE CREATED THE 756 00:37:40,733 --> 00:37:42,533 BUDGET THIS YEAR WAS THE CAREER LADDER. 757 00:37:42,533 --> 00:37:47,966 FOR THOSE OF YOU FOLKS WATCHING TONIGHT, THE CAREER LADDER IS 758 00:37:47,966 --> 00:37:49,500 INCREASED EDUCATOR PAY. 759 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:55,866 THEY ASKED THIS YEAR WE INVEST IN INCREASES ABOVE AND BEYOND 760 00:37:55,866 --> 00:37:56,266 WHAT WAS SCHEDULED. 761 00:37:56,266 --> 00:37:58,933 ANYWHERE FROM 3% ALL THE WAY UP TO 16%. 762 00:37:58,933 --> 00:38:00,433 DO WE HAVE MORE TO DO? 763 00:38:00,433 --> 00:38:00,700 ABSOLUTELY. 764 00:38:00,700 --> 00:38:03,166 I DON'T THINK IT'S ONE PERSON'S RESPONSIBILITY IN THE STATE OF 765 00:38:03,166 --> 00:38:03,433 IDAHO. 766 00:38:03,433 --> 00:38:07,066 THIS IS A BIG JOB, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE STATE AND LOCAL 767 00:38:07,066 --> 00:38:08,700 SOLUTIONS TO SOLVE THIS. 768 00:38:08,700 --> 00:38:11,733 IT TOOK US ABOUT TEN YEARS TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE 769 00:38:11,733 --> 00:38:14,100 HAVING AN EDUCATOR SHORTAGE. 770 00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:17,966 IT WILL LIKELY TAKE US THAT LONG TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE, AND IT'S 771 00:38:17,966 --> 00:38:19,166 NOT JUST IDAHO. 772 00:38:19,166 --> 00:38:22,500 IT'S NATIONAL, BUT WE'VE DONE A LOT WITHIN THE STATE OF IDAHO TO 773 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:23,000 ADDRESS THAT. 774 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:28,633 ONE IS THE CAREER LADDER AND MAKING SURE THAT HAS STAYED IN 775 00:38:28,633 --> 00:38:32,066 PLACE BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN THE NUMBER ONE ASK FROM OUR 776 00:38:32,066 --> 00:38:32,366 STAKEHOLDERS. 777 00:38:32,366 --> 00:38:35,366 THE OTHER THING WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE HAD PUBLIC SERVICE 778 00:38:35,366 --> 00:38:37,066 ANNOUNCEMENTS AROUND RAISING THE PROFESSION. 779 00:38:37,066 --> 00:38:41,266 I ALWAYS SAY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JOB 780 00:38:41,266 --> 00:38:43,500 COMPENSATION AND JOB SATISFACTION. 781 00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:46,533 ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS CHANGE THE 782 00:38:46,533 --> 00:38:47,633 CULTURE AROUND TEACHING. 783 00:38:47,633 --> 00:38:52,266 AND I'VE GOTTEN LOTS OF EMAILS AND LOTS OF SUPPORT FOR -- THANK 784 00:38:52,266 --> 00:38:54,000 YOU SO MUCH. 785 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,333 IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. 786 00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:57,500 WE'RE HEADED DOWN THE RIGHT PATH. 787 00:38:57,500 --> 00:38:59,000 EDUCATOR PAY IS INCREASING. 788 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,866 YOU'VE KEPT YOUR PROMISES TO MAKE SURE THE CAREER LADDER IS 789 00:39:01,866 --> 00:39:06,166 BEINGHEADING INTO THE FIFTH YEAR. 790 00:39:06,166 --> 00:39:08,900 WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT'S 791 00:39:08,900 --> 00:39:13,000 COMING UP NEXT, BUT THAT'S WHEN YOU WOULD DO IT BECAUSE WE'RE IN 792 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,233 THE FIFTH YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION. 793 00:39:15,233 --> 00:39:19,866 THE ORIGINAL TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION WAS A 40, 50, 60. 794 00:39:19,866 --> 00:39:22,633 YOU'LL SEE IN MY BUDGET THAT INCREASE FOR OUR VETERANS 795 00:39:22,633 --> 00:39:26,000 BECAUSE THAT WE KNOW WHEN WE DID A STUDY ON WHAT IS SPECIFICALLY 796 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:31,800 GOING ON IN IDAHO -- WE KNOW THAT OUR CAREER LADDER WAS GREAT 797 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:37,000 AT ATTRACTING NOVICE TEACHERS TO THE STATE OF IDAHO, WHICH IS THE 798 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,533 EARLY TEACHERS. 799 00:39:39,533 --> 00:39:43,066 I RESPECT ALL TEACHERS -- >> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CUT YOU 800 00:39:43,066 --> 00:39:43,233 OFF. 801 00:39:43,233 --> 00:39:44,533 WE NEED TO MOVE ON. 802 00:39:44,533 --> 00:39:48,500 >> WE'RE DOING LOTS TO SUPPORT VETERANS, THAT INCREASED PAY, 803 00:39:48,500 --> 00:39:51,333 THE MASTER TEACHER PREMIUM IS COMING, AND MANY OTHER THINGS. 804 00:39:51,333 --> 00:39:56,266 >> IF YOU'RE RE-ELECTED, ARE YOU PREPARED TO TELL THE VOTERS YOU 805 00:39:56,266 --> 00:39:59,000 WOULD GO TO THE LEGISLATURE IN FUTURE YEARS AND ADVOCATE FOR 806 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,166 INCREASES IN TEACHER PAY? 807 00:40:00,166 --> 00:40:01,266 >> YES OR NO. 808 00:40:01,266 --> 00:40:03,900 >> WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR EDUCATION IN IDAHO. 809 00:40:03,900 --> 00:40:07,900 I THINK YOU HAVE SEEN -- I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE LEGISLATURE, BUT 810 00:40:07,900 --> 00:40:11,000 WHAT I WILL SAY IS YOU HAVE SEEN THEM MAKE EDUCATION A PRIORITY. 811 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,333 >> IS THAT A YES OR NO BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MOVE ON? 812 00:40:13,333 --> 00:40:17,266 >> I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER THE WAY THE MODERATOR WANTS ME TO 813 00:40:17,266 --> 00:40:17,533 ANSWER. 814 00:40:17,533 --> 00:40:20,366 WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN EDUCATION ALL OVER. 815 00:40:20,366 --> 00:40:20,700 >> ALL RIGHT. 816 00:40:20,700 --> 00:40:21,700 WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON. 817 00:40:21,700 --> 00:40:26,533 THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM BETSY RUSSELL. 818 00:40:26,533 --> 00:40:29,800 >> MAY I JUST MAKE ONE SENTENCE? 819 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:30,700 >> WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. 820 00:40:30,700 --> 00:40:33,366 >> SUPERINTENDENT IBARRA, YOU SAID EARLIER IN IDAHO EVERYTHING 821 00:40:33,366 --> 00:40:38,100 IS GOING UP AND UP AND UP, BUT LAST FALL, FOR THE FIRST TIME ON 822 00:40:38,100 --> 00:40:43,000 RECORD, FEWER THAN HALF OF OUR KINDERGARTNERS WERE READING AT 823 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,433 GRADE LEVEL WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT KINDERGARTEN AS NEW STUDENTS. 824 00:40:46,433 --> 00:40:50,066 YOUR PLAN FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION HAS INVOLVED A 825 00:40:50,066 --> 00:40:53,000 SMARTPHONE APP MADE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS OF 4-YEAR-OLDS. 826 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:58,366 HOW CAN WE MAKE HEADWAY ON PREPARING KINDERGARTNERS FOR 827 00:40:58,366 --> 00:41:00,533 SCHOOL WITHOUT MEANINGFUL TIME IN A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT? 828 00:41:00,533 --> 00:41:03,100 >> I'M A SUPPORTER OF EARLY EDUCATION BECAUSE THE RESEARCH 829 00:41:03,100 --> 00:41:07,733 IS CLEAR THAT EVERY DOLLAR WE INVEST IS AN $18 RETURN ON 830 00:41:07,733 --> 00:41:10,366 INVESTMENT, BUT WHAT I WON'T SUPPORT IS A MANDATE FROM THE 831 00:41:10,366 --> 00:41:13,066 STATE OR FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 832 00:41:13,066 --> 00:41:15,066 THERE ARE A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT ARE DOING IT RIGHT THAT 833 00:41:15,066 --> 00:41:21,000 HAVE PARTNERED WITH OUR -- OUR DISTRICTS HAVE PARTNERED WITH 834 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:21,700 OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 835 00:41:21,700 --> 00:41:28,633 THAT'S A LOCAL DECISION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO USE AN EXAMPLE. 836 00:41:28,633 --> 00:41:30,433 I DIDN'T SEND MY SON TO SCHOOL UNTIL HE WAS 6 YEARS OLD. 837 00:41:30,433 --> 00:41:34,433 HE WAS READY ACADEMICALLY. 838 00:41:34,433 --> 00:41:38,000 HIS MOM WAS A TEACHER, BUT SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY HE WAS 839 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:38,700 NOT READY. 840 00:41:38,700 --> 00:41:45,100 I ENJOY LOCAL CONTROL AND THE RIGHT AS A PARENT TO MAKE THAT 841 00:41:45,100 --> 00:41:45,333 CHOICE. 842 00:41:45,333 --> 00:41:46,433 I CAN SAY HE'S SUCCESSFUL. 843 00:41:46,433 --> 00:41:48,533 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR MS. 844 00:41:48,533 --> 00:41:48,733 WILSON. 845 00:41:48,733 --> 00:41:53,433 >> MS. WILSON, YOU HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD 846 00:41:53,433 --> 00:42:01,533 EDUCATION, BUT HOW CAN YOU MAKE HEADWAY FOR PRE-K OR EARLY 847 00:42:01,533 --> 00:42:02,600 KINDERGART KINDERGARTEN? 848 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:07,533 >> I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY. 849 00:42:07,533 --> 00:42:10,266 THERE'S A GRANT PROGRAM THAT WILL GO INTO 10 TO 12 850 00:42:10,266 --> 00:42:12,966 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE TO CREATE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 851 00:42:12,966 --> 00:42:14,333 PARTNERSHIPS FOR PRESCHOOL FOR CHILDREN. 852 00:42:14,333 --> 00:42:18,800 RIGHT NOW, NOT ALL DISTRICTS IN OUR STATE EVEN HAVE FULL-TIME 853 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:19,166 KINDERGARTEN. 854 00:42:19,166 --> 00:42:21,000 THAT'S NOT FAIR TO IDAHO CHILDREN. 855 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:22,800 THEY NEED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE SAME 856 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,000 EDUCATION AS STUDENTS ELSEWHERE DO. 857 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,900 WE KNOW THAT PRESCHOOL IS HELPING TREMENDOUSLY IN THE 858 00:42:27,900 --> 00:42:29,966 DISTRICTS WHERE IT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED. 859 00:42:29,966 --> 00:42:32,066 IDAHO CITY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. 860 00:42:32,066 --> 00:42:37,333 CALDWELL IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT WHERE THEY HAVE 861 00:42:37,333 --> 00:42:39,366 CREATED THOSE PARTNERSHIPS. 862 00:42:39,366 --> 00:42:42,500 IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT STEP BECAUSE FIRST GRADE TEACHERS, AS 863 00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:44,800 I'VE BEEN TRAVELING ACROSS THE STATE, THEY'RE TELLING ME 864 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,433 STUDENTS ARE NOT PREPARED WHEN THEY COME INTO FIRST GRADE 865 00:42:47,433 --> 00:42:50,633 UNLESS THEY'VE HAD PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN BEFOREHAND. 866 00:42:50,633 --> 00:42:53,266 HAVING TO MAKE UP THAT GAP HAS BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT FOR OUR 867 00:42:53,266 --> 00:42:54,266 FIRST GRADE TEACHERS. 868 00:42:54,266 --> 00:42:57,866 >> BUT CAN WE DO IT WITH PARTNERSHIPS AND GRANTS BUT 869 00:42:57,866 --> 00:42:59,366 WITHOUT STATE FUNDING? 870 00:42:59,366 --> 00:43:00,100 >> GUESS WHAT. 871 00:43:00,100 --> 00:43:04,233 A POLL THAT WAS CREATED JUST LAST YEAR BY THE SAME 872 00:43:04,233 --> 00:43:09,533 ASSOCIATION FOUND THAT 76% OF IDAHOANS WANT IT AND SUPPORT IT. 873 00:43:09,533 --> 00:43:13,233 THAT'S USING PUBLIC OPINION TO PUSH THAT FORWARD FOR 874 00:43:13,233 --> 00:43:13,533 LEGISLATION. 875 00:43:13,533 --> 00:43:18,866 IT ROSE TO 80% FOR PARENTS, SO YES, I THINK WE DEFINITELY CAN. 876 00:43:18,866 --> 00:43:20,433 I DON'T THINK WE CAN AFFORD NOT TO. 877 00:43:20,433 --> 00:43:29,100 >> YOU'RE SAYING WE SHOULD HAVE STATE FUNDING OF PRE-K WHICH WE 878 00:43:29,100 --> 00:43:31,433 DO NOT DO NOW? 879 00:43:31,433 --> 00:43:33,866 >> CORRECT, BUT I WANT TO ADD THIS. 880 00:43:33,866 --> 00:43:38,800 THE NUMBER ONE PLACE A CHILD SHOULD BE EDUCATED IS IN THE 881 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:39,000 HOME. 882 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:40,800 THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO ALL CHILDREN, SO WE HAVE TO DO 883 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:44,700 SOMETHING ABOUT HELPING THOSE KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE THAT 884 00:43:44,700 --> 00:43:45,633 AVAILABLE. 885 00:43:45,633 --> 00:43:48,266 A PRESCHOOL OPPORTUNITY WOULD NOT BE MANDATED AT ALL. 886 00:43:48,266 --> 00:43:49,700 IT WOULD BE A CHOICE. 887 00:43:49,700 --> 00:43:52,900 >> SO WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT TEACHERS. 888 00:43:52,900 --> 00:43:56,333 WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT FACILITIES AND SCHOOLS THAT ARE 889 00:43:56,333 --> 00:43:59,366 ALREADY OVERCROWDED, SO HOW REALISTICALLY ARE WE GOING TO 890 00:43:59,366 --> 00:44:01,966 PAY FOR THIS AND HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST? 891 00:44:01,966 --> 00:44:04,633 >> I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SUPERINTENDENTS ACROSS THE 892 00:44:04,633 --> 00:44:05,233 STATE. 893 00:44:05,233 --> 00:44:05,600 THEY WANT IT. 894 00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:12,900 ALL OF THEM ARE SAYING WE WANT PRESCHOOL AND FULL-DAY KINDER 895 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:14,266 KINDERGART KINDERGARTEN, BUT THEY DON'T 896 00:44:14,266 --> 00:44:14,733 HAVE FACILITY FOR IT. 897 00:44:14,733 --> 00:44:16,000 THEY'VE BEEN PREPARING COMMUNITIES AND ASKING THEM TO 898 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:21,166 GET TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH LOCATIONS THAT MIGHT BE PUBLIC. 899 00:44:21,166 --> 00:44:23,533 THEY MIGHT BE PRIVATE PRESCHOOLS, BUT CREATING AN 900 00:44:23,533 --> 00:44:27,166 ENVIRONMENT WHERE KIDS CAN HAVE THAT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE 901 00:44:27,166 --> 00:44:27,533 SCHOOL DISTRICT. 902 00:44:27,533 --> 00:44:30,000 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM KEVIN RICHERT. 903 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:34,000 >> SUPERINTENDENT IBARRA, LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER SET OF 904 00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,366 NUMBERS THAT ARE UPPISH. 905 00:44:36,366 --> 00:44:40,700 YOU MENTIONED GRADUATION RATES TWICE THIS EVENING, BUT THE HARD 906 00:44:40,700 --> 00:44:43,633 REALITY THE GRADUATION RATES IMPROVED THIS YEAR BY A FACTOR 907 00:44:43,633 --> 00:44:47,233 OF MAYBE TWO STUDENTS OUT OF A COHORT OF 20,000 STUDENTS. 908 00:44:47,233 --> 00:44:54,333 ISN'T IT MISLEADING TO SAY THE GRADUATION RATES ARE UP WHEN 909 00:44:54,333 --> 00:45:08,800 MOST STASTISTICIANS WOULD SAY THAT'S REALLY FLAT? 910 00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:16,633 >> I'M PROUD TO SAY OUR SAT SCORES AND ACT SCORES -- ACT 911 00:45:16,633 --> 00:45:18,866 SCORES ARE ANNOYANUNCED NEXT WEEK. 912 00:45:18,866 --> 00:45:22,633 THERE'S A REASON WE'RE RATED NUMBER FIVE I THE NATION FOR 913 00:45:22,633 --> 00:45:23,900 COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. 914 00:45:23,900 --> 00:45:26,800 THERE'S BEEN SOME GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN EDUCATION. 915 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:31,800 >> BUT GRAD RATES ANY WAY YOU SLICE THEM WERE 40th NATIONALLY 916 00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,000 FOUR YEARS INTO YOUR TERM. 917 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:37,900 HOW DO YOU MEASURE THAT AS PART OF YOUR ASSESSMENT FOUR YEARS 918 00:45:37,900 --> 00:45:38,066 IN? 919 00:45:38,066 --> 00:45:42,000 >> IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT RESEARCH 920 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:45,000 ANYWHERE, BUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE RESEARCH IS SHOWING 921 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:47,800 THAT IDAHOANS AND OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING WELL COMPARED TO THEIR 922 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:48,066 PEERS. 923 00:45:48,066 --> 00:45:50,533 THERE'S A LOT OF DATA OUT THERE THAT SHOWS THAT. 924 00:45:50,533 --> 00:45:53,700 THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS IS SHOWING 925 00:45:53,700 --> 00:45:58,100 THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE HOLDING THEIR OWN IN ACHIEVEMENT. 926 00:45:58,100 --> 00:46:01,100 AGAIN, GRADUATION RATES ARE UP ACROSS THE STATE OF IDAHO. 927 00:46:01,100 --> 00:46:05,000 WE'VE GOTTEN NEARLY $100 MILLION FOR EDUCATION EVERY YEAR SINCE I 928 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:05,633 TOOK OFFICE. 929 00:46:05,633 --> 00:46:10,700 WE'VE SAVED THE TAXPAYERS NEARLY $6 MILLION IN INTERNET COSTS 930 00:46:10,700 --> 00:46:12,166 EVERY YEAR SINCE I TOOK OFFICE. 931 00:46:12,166 --> 00:46:15,000 GREAT THINGS IN EDUCATION ARE CONTINUING TO HAPPEN, AND YOU 932 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:15,900 CANNOT DENY THAT. 933 00:46:15,900 --> 00:46:17,166 >> MAY I RESPOND? 934 00:46:17,166 --> 00:46:18,533 >> YES, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU. 935 00:46:18,533 --> 00:46:21,866 >> THE PROBLEM WITH TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH GRADUATION RATES 936 00:46:21,866 --> 00:46:24,800 IS YOU'RE PUTTING A NUMBER ON MY STUDENTS. 937 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:29,433 LAST YEAR, I WORKED WITH CRYSTAL WHO HAD BEEN IN 15 FOSTER HOMES, 938 00:46:29,433 --> 00:46:33,166 AND WHEN SHE TURNED 18, SHE JUST WANTED TO LEAVE. 939 00:46:33,166 --> 00:46:37,233 THOSE OTHER 4,000 STUDENTS WHO DIDN'T GRADUATE HAVE A NAME, AND 940 00:46:37,233 --> 00:46:40,333 TO SAY THAT BECAUSE TWO DID IS NOT ENOUGH. 941 00:46:40,333 --> 00:46:47,266 IF YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH STATUS QUO, WE'VE ACTUALLY DROPPED TO 942 00:46:47,266 --> 00:46:49,066 49 T4 49th IN THE NATION IN MANY 943 00:46:49,066 --> 00:46:49,500 CATEGORIES. 944 00:46:49,500 --> 00:46:54,066 ACCORDING TO YOUR WEBSITE, WHICH I HAVE PERUSSED, OUR TEST SCORES 945 00:46:54,066 --> 00:46:56,433 ARE NOT UP FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. 946 00:46:56,433 --> 00:47:01,066 THOSE IN POVERTY, THOSE HISPANIC CHILDREN, THOSE. 947 00:47:01,066 --> 00:47:04,533 THE IEN, THE INTERNET CONTRACT, THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF A 948 00:47:04,533 --> 00:47:06,866 PROBLEM WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION. 949 00:47:06,866 --> 00:47:10,100 THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 950 00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:10,333 THAT. 951 00:47:10,333 --> 00:47:12,900 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WANTED TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING 952 00:47:12,900 --> 00:47:15,433 IMMEDIATELY FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE INTERNET IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. 953 00:47:15,433 --> 00:47:18,800 THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF 954 00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:19,333 EDUCATION. 955 00:47:19,333 --> 00:47:23,433 IT'S MISREPRESENTATION. 956 00:47:23,433 --> 00:47:26,533 >> MS. WILSON, IT IS ROUGHLY 20,000 SENIORS. 957 00:47:26,533 --> 00:47:28,433 ROUGHLY 4,000 ARE NOT GRADUATING. 958 00:47:28,433 --> 00:47:35,266 WHAT DO YOU DO IN THE HERE AND NOW RIGHTLECTED TO 959 00:47:35,266 --> 00:47:35,866 ADDRESS THAT? 960 00:47:35,866 --> 00:47:40,000 >> WE NEED MORE RESOURCES IN COMMUNITIES FOR HISPANIC 961 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,100 FAMILIES, FOR NATIVE-AMERICAN CHILDREN, AND FOR CHILDREN WHO 962 00:47:43,100 --> 00:47:44,433 ARE AT RISK AND FROM POVERTY. 963 00:47:44,433 --> 00:47:46,700 IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE STRUGGLING 964 00:47:46,700 --> 00:47:51,366 RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THEM HAVE THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS IN THEM. 965 00:47:51,366 --> 00:47:54,000 A GOOD EXAMPLE IS IN NORTHERN IDAHO. 966 00:47:54,000 --> 00:48:02,000 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AS A STATE? 967 00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:03,000 THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YOUR YE 968 00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:04,633 -- FOUR YEARS. 969 00:48:04,633 --> 00:48:07,100 THERE'S BEEN NOTHING HAPPENING TO HELP THAT DEMOGRAPHIC. 970 00:48:07,100 --> 00:48:10,433 SOME STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING, BUT IT'S NOT EVERYBODY IN THE STATE. 971 00:48:10,433 --> 00:48:13,233 WE'RE LEAVING SO MANY BEHIND. 972 00:48:13,233 --> 00:48:14,433 IT'S NOT FAIR TO KIDS. 973 00:48:14,433 --> 00:48:17,366 >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY OPPONENT ARE SAYING EDUCATORS 974 00:48:17,366 --> 00:48:18,166 ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB? 975 00:48:18,166 --> 00:48:21,533 >> EDUCATORS ARE WORKING SO HARD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY 976 00:48:21,533 --> 00:48:22,100 TOLD ME TODAY? 977 00:48:22,100 --> 00:48:26,233 I WAS IN A MEETING WITH OVER 100 OF THEM TODAY. 978 00:48:26,233 --> 00:48:30,000 THEY SAID PLEASE HELP US DO SOMETHING. 979 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:30,366 WE'RE STRUGGLING. 980 00:48:30,366 --> 00:48:32,266 WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE, BUT 981 00:48:32,266 --> 00:48:33,000 IT'S NOT ENOUGH. 982 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,966 THAT WAS THE TEACHER WHO TOLD ME SHE LOST 11 COLLEAGUES WHO LEFT 983 00:48:35,966 --> 00:48:37,266 TO GO TO WASHINGTON THIS YEAR. 984 00:48:37,266 --> 00:48:41,533 THIS IS A PROBLEM IN OUR STATE, AND EVERY CHILD, EVERY CHILD, 985 00:48:41,533 --> 00:48:48,633 DESERVES THE BEST QUALITY EDUCATION POSSIBLE IN OUR STATE. 986 00:48:48,633 --> 00:48:53,533 >> SO SUPERINTENDENT IBARRA, YOU SEEM TO BE ARGUING THAT MS. 987 00:48:53,533 --> 00:48:56,433 WILSON IS SUGGESTING THAT EDUCATORS AREN'T DOING THEIR 988 00:48:56,433 --> 00:48:58,933 JOB, BUT DO THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND DO THEY HAVE 989 00:48:58,933 --> 00:49:03,500 ENOUGH CONTROL OVER THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS TO ADEQUATELY GIVE 990 00:49:03,500 --> 00:49:04,233 EDUCATION? 991 00:49:04,233 --> 00:49:12,066 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT NICHOLBY DID 992 00:49:12,066 --> 00:49:12,633 WELL. 993 00:49:12,633 --> 00:49:16,700 THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT. 994 00:49:16,700 --> 00:49:22,533 THERE IS AN ACHIEVEMENT GAP, AND IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. 995 00:49:22,533 --> 00:49:27,433 TEACHERS HAVE PROVED OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE TRACK RECORD OF 996 00:49:27,433 --> 00:49:30,700 SUCCESS WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH OUR PLAN. 997 00:49:30,700 --> 00:49:34,000 THINGS LIKE MASTERY-BASED EDUCATION, THE LEGISLATION THAT 998 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:37,266 I BROUGHT FORWARD, THE FLEXIBILITY THAT KIDS NEED TO 999 00:49:37,266 --> 00:49:41,333 TAKE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR LEARNING KEEDS OLEARN 1000 00:49:41,333 --> 00:49:42,733 ING KEEPS OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL. 1001 00:49:42,733 --> 00:49:50,266 WE HAVE LOWERED CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DOWN TO THE SEVENTH 1002 00:49:50,266 --> 00:49:52,433 AND EIGHTH GRADES. 1003 00:49:52,433 --> 00:49:55,100 STUDENTS CAN EARN BADGES WHEN THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN THE 1004 00:49:55,100 --> 00:49:58,000 PROGRAMS THAT CAN SHOW THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO WHAT IT IS THEY 1005 00:49:58,000 --> 00:49:58,266 KNOW. 1006 00:49:58,266 --> 00:50:00,066 THAT'S HOW WE KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL. 1007 00:50:00,066 --> 00:50:03,600 THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE PUT INTO PLACE UNDER OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN 1008 00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:06,166 FOR EDUCATION, AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE THE BRIGHT 1009 00:50:06,166 --> 00:50:06,633 SPOTS. 1010 00:50:06,633 --> 00:50:09,633 WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT PLAN AND THOSE PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE 1011 00:50:09,633 --> 00:50:11,333 TO SEE THOSE GRADUATION RATES RISE. 1012 00:50:11,333 --> 00:50:13,600 >> VERY BRIEFLY, MS. WILSON. 1013 00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:14,900 VERY BRIEFLY. 1014 00:50:14,900 --> 00:50:19,233 >> WHAT MS. IBARRA IS TALKING ABOUT IS THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FROM 1015 00:50:19,233 --> 00:50:22,800 THE EDUCATION REFORM TASK FORCE ON WHICH I SERVED. 1016 00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:25,066 THE ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES, THE MASTERY EDUCATION, AND EVEN THE 1017 00:50:25,066 --> 00:50:29,800 CAREER LADDER ARE ALL ASPECTS OF THE PLAN FROM WHICH I SERVED ON, 1018 00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:32,900 WHICH GOVERNOR OTTER APPOINTED ME TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE, SO 1019 00:50:32,900 --> 00:50:34,700 THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE HARD WORK WE DID. 1020 00:50:34,700 --> 00:50:38,066 I'M THRILLED WE'RE COMING TO THE COMPLETION OF THAT FIVE-YEAR 1021 00:50:38,066 --> 00:50:40,433 PLAN, BUT WHAT IS NEXT? 1022 00:50:40,433 --> 00:50:41,700 IT IS TIME TO CONVENE ANOTHER GROUP TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 1023 00:50:41,700 --> 00:50:42,166 >> ALL RIGHT. 1024 00:50:42,166 --> 00:50:46,633 WE ONLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES LEFT FOR THE DEBATE OPINI.N 1025 00:50:46,633 --> 00:50:51,266 >> THAT IS GREAT THAT THE GOVERNOR APPOINTED YOU TO A 1026 00:50:51,266 --> 00:50:54,800 31-MEMBER TASK FORCE, BUT THE GOVERNOR HAS ENDORSED ME AS 1027 00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:56,433 STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 1028 00:50:56,433 --> 00:51:02,166 HE'S ALSO APPOINTED ME -- >> WHO IS GOING TO BE THE 1029 00:51:02,166 --> 00:51:04,433 GOVERNOR NEXT? 1030 00:51:04,433 --> 00:51:06,900 HAS THE LIEUTENANT -- >> THAT MEANS THAT I ALSO SERVE 1031 00:51:06,900 --> 00:51:08,066 ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 1032 00:51:08,066 --> 00:51:13,333 THE CHAIRWOMAN OF IDAHO SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND. 1033 00:51:13,333 --> 00:51:18,733 >> HAS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OR PAULETTE JORDAN ENDORSED YOU? 1034 00:51:18,733 --> 00:51:19,433 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1035 00:51:19,433 --> 00:51:20,333 THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS. 1036 00:51:20,333 --> 00:51:22,166 HE WILL BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF IDAHO. 1037 00:51:22,166 --> 00:51:26,100 >> I FIND IT INTERESTING THE LIST OF ENDORSEMENTS, SO I 1038 00:51:26,100 --> 00:51:28,433 STARTED CALLING PEOPLE TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT. 1039 00:51:28,433 --> 00:51:32,633 THE VERY FIRST PERSON I CALLED ON THE LIST, DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE 1040 00:51:32,633 --> 00:51:35,266 SAID? 1041 00:51:35,266 --> 00:51:35,533 I DID? 1042 00:51:35,533 --> 00:51:36,700 >> ALL RIGHT. 1043 00:51:36,700 --> 00:51:38,333 WE'LL SURELY FACT CHECK THAT. 1044 00:51:38,333 --> 00:51:40,333 CLARK CORBIN, NEXT QUESTION IS FROM YOU. 1045 00:51:40,333 --> 00:51:45,100 >> REAL QUICKLY, I WANT TO ASK YOU BOTH A QUESTION ABOUT 1046 00:51:45,100 --> 00:51:46,500 COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY. 1047 00:51:46,500 --> 00:51:58,533 I MET A SENIOR FROM WALLACE WHOSE FAMILY HAS BEEN SAVING FOR 1048 00:51:58,533 --> 00:52:00,700 YEARS, BUT THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT PAYING FOR COLLEGE. 1049 00:52:00,700 --> 00:52:01,800 HOW WOULD YOU MAKE HIGHER EDUCATION MORE AFFORDABLE IN 1050 00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:02,000 IDAHO? 1051 00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:03,266 >> A STUDENT CAN GET AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE WHILE STILL IN 1052 00:52:03,266 --> 00:52:04,000 HIGH SCHOOL. 1053 00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:08,366 IT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT IN OUR STATE. 1054 00:52:08,366 --> 00:52:10,266 I WOULD CONTINUE WITH THAT PROGRAM. 1055 00:52:10,266 --> 00:52:13,733 >> SUPERINTENDENT IBARRA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND? 1056 00:52:13,733 --> 00:52:15,800 >> CAN YOU ASK ME THE QUESTION AGAIN, PLEASE? 1057 00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:19,066 >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO, SUPERINTENDENT, TO MAKE COLLEGE 1058 00:52:19,066 --> 00:52:21,366 MORE AFFORDABLE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE? 1059 00:52:21,366 --> 00:52:25,433 >> I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF OUR HIGHER EDUCATION TASK FORCE. 1060 00:52:25,433 --> 00:52:29,366 WE'RE LOOKING AT OUTCOMES-BASED FUNDING. 1061 00:52:29,366 --> 00:52:32,633 SIMPLY PUT, IT IS PUTTING A PLAN INTO PLACE AND MAKING SURE THAT 1062 00:52:32,633 --> 00:52:37,166 STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE 1063 00:52:37,166 --> 00:52:40,166 GRADUATING, AND ALSO PROGRAMS LIKE ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES 1064 00:52:40,166 --> 00:52:43,700 PROGRAMS THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO TAKE COLLEGE CREDITS WHILE THEY 1065 00:52:43,700 --> 00:52:48,266 ARE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS WILDLY SUCCESSFUL IN IDAHO. 1066 00:52:48,266 --> 00:52:51,066 IT HAS SAVED OUR FAMILIES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 1067 00:52:51,066 --> 00:52:52,600 IN COLLEGE COSTS. 1068 00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:56,266 WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE MAKING SURE THAT WE 1069 00:52:56,266 --> 00:53:01,100 HAVE COLLEGE AND CAREER ADVISING IN PLACE, SO THE STATE OF IDAHO 1070 00:53:01,100 --> 00:53:01,966 HAS DONE A LOT. 1071 00:53:01,966 --> 00:53:05,633 WE STILL HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO. 1072 00:53:05,633 --> 00:53:08,266 I WAS DOWN SPEAKING IN THE MADISON SCHOOL DISTRICT. 1073 00:53:08,266 --> 00:53:11,233 THEY WERE TALKING TO ME ABOUT THE ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES 1074 00:53:11,233 --> 00:53:13,600 PROGRAM AND HOW MUCH IT HAS SAVED THEIR FAMILIES. 1075 00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:17,633 MY OWN SON -- >> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CUT YOU 1076 00:53:17,633 --> 00:53:17,900 OFF THERE. 1077 00:53:17,900 --> 00:53:19,366 >> I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE SAVINGS. 1078 00:53:19,366 --> 00:53:21,533 >> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF THERE. 1079 00:53:21,533 --> 00:53:24,100 WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT. 1080 00:53:24,100 --> 00:53:28,266 PROPONENTS OF PROPOSITION 1 AND 2 HAVE SAID THIS WILL AFFECT 1081 00:53:28,266 --> 00:53:28,633 SCHOOLS. 1082 00:53:28,633 --> 00:53:32,266 WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SOCIAL DETERMINANTS AND POVERTY AND HOW 1083 00:53:32,266 --> 00:53:32,800 THOSE AFFECT STUDENTS. 1084 00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:38,966 MS. WILSON, WHERE DO YOU STAND ON HISTORICAL HORSE RACING AND 1085 00:53:38,966 --> 00:53:39,366 EXPANDING MEDICAID? 1086 00:53:39,366 --> 00:53:42,800 >> ON PROP 1, I WAS RESEARCHING THAT RECENTLY AND FOUND THAT THE 1087 00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:46,433 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION ON THAT IS THAT IT IS PROBABLY NOT 1088 00:53:46,433 --> 00:53:46,800 CONSTITUTIONAL. 1089 00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:51,166 THE IDAHO CONSTITUTION CLEARLY STATES THAT WE DON'T ALLOW 1090 00:53:51,166 --> 00:53:57,166 GAMBLING IN OUR STATE AND THAT AMENDED IN 1992 TO ALLOW THREE 1091 00:53:57,166 --> 00:54:02,966 THINGS -- BINGO, THAT'S IMPORTANT, AND THEN ALSO 1092 00:54:02,966 --> 00:54:04,700 PARAMUTUAL BETTING, AND THE LOTTERY. 1093 00:54:04,700 --> 00:54:08,000 HE'S SAYING IT PROBABLY DOESN'T MEET CONSTITUTIONALITY. 1094 00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:09,366 >> SO THAT'S A NO? 1095 00:54:09,366 --> 00:54:11,166 >> I DON'T THINK IT DOES ENOUGH FOR SCHOOLS. 1096 00:54:11,166 --> 00:54:12,533 I THINK IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 1097 00:54:12,533 --> 00:54:13,333 >> MEDICAID? 1098 00:54:13,333 --> 00:54:14,000 >> ABSOLUTELY YES. 1099 00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:19,166 THAT HELPS IDAHO FAMILIES, AND THAT HELPS IDAHO KIDS. 1100 00:54:19,166 --> 00:54:21,266 >> VERY BRIEFLY, SUPERINTENDENT I BARRA. 1101 00:54:21,266 --> 00:54:26,733 >> I'M NOT WEIGHING IN ON PROPOSITION 1 OR PROPOSITION 2. 1102 00:54:26,733 --> 00:54:28,966 IT IS THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO WHO WILL MAKE THAT DECISION. 1103 00:54:28,966 --> 00:54:34,266 I WILL GO INTO THAT BOOTH AND VOTE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES. 1104 00:54:34,266 --> 00:54:36,166 >> IT IS TIME FOR CLOSING REMARKS. 1105 00:54:36,166 --> 00:54:38,800 MS. WILSON, YOU ARE UP FIRST. 1106 00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:42,233 >> THIS HAS BEEN SO WONDERFUL TO BE HERE. 1107 00:54:42,233 --> 00:54:48,533 I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING IN THE SAME ROOM WITH MS. 1108 00:54:48,533 --> 00:54:50,233 IBARRA, SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP TONIGHT. 1109 00:54:50,233 --> 00:54:52,633 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1110 00:54:52,633 --> 00:54:54,100 >> AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS OF THIS EVENT. 1111 00:54:54,100 --> 00:54:56,700 THE APPROACH THAT WE HAVE TAKEN TO THIS CAMPAIGN IS VERY 1112 00:54:56,700 --> 00:54:57,066 TELLING. 1113 00:54:57,066 --> 00:55:02,100 FOR THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS, I HAVE TRAVELED THIS STATE FROM 1114 00:55:02,100 --> 00:55:04,866 BEAR LAKE OVER TO WEEZER. 1115 00:55:04,866 --> 00:55:09,000 I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO PARENTS, TEACHERS, SUPERINTENDENTS, 1116 00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:12,066 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND I'M TELLING YOU TONIGHT WHAT I HEARD 1117 00:55:12,066 --> 00:55:15,900 FROM THEM IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE STATE 1118 00:55:15,900 --> 00:55:16,266 SUPERINTENDENT. 1119 00:55:16,266 --> 00:55:20,366 SHE IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH WHAT IDAHO WANTS AND NEEDS. 1120 00:55:20,366 --> 00:55:26,366 SHE HAS DODGED MEETINGS, LISTENED TO JUST A LIMITED 1121 00:55:26,366 --> 00:55:28,900 CIRCLE, NOT SOUGHT INPUT FROM ALL CONCERNED WITH EDUCATION. 1122 00:55:28,900 --> 00:55:36,000 HER HANDS-OFF GO IT ALONE STYLE IS TYPIFIED BY THE SCHOOL SAFETY 1123 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:36,500 DEBACLE. 1124 00:55:36,500 --> 00:55:41,166 IN A CAN-DO STATE LIKE IDAHO, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS 1125 00:55:41,166 --> 00:55:45,000 THIS STATE WHO HAVE GREAT IDEAS AND THEY CAN MAKE OUR KIDS SAFE 1126 00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:46,333 AND IMPROVE THEIR EDUCATION. 1127 00:55:46,333 --> 00:55:49,900 WHY NOT REACH OUT TO THEM AND LEARN HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER 1128 00:55:49,900 --> 00:55:52,633 TO GET THE JOB DONE? 1129 00:55:52,633 --> 00:55:59,900 I'M THE ONE WHO CAN AND WILL DO THAT, SO PLEASE DON'T POLITICIZE 1130 00:55:59,900 --> 00:56:00,266 THIS OFFICE. 1131 00:56:00,266 --> 00:56:06,433 SHOW UP FOR ME AT THE POLLS, AND I PROMISE TO SHOW UP FOR YOU 1132 00:56:06,433 --> 00:56:11,000 WITH A PASSION AND AS A CHAMPION FOR IDAHO CHILDREN. 1133 00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:11,433 >> ALL RIGHT. 1134 00:56:11,433 --> 00:56:12,500 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1135 00:56:12,500 --> 00:56:13,800 SUPERINTENDENT IBARRA? 1136 00:56:13,800 --> 00:56:15,000 >> THANK YOU. 1137 00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:18,500 THANK YOU SO MUCH TONIGHT FOR LISTENING TO THIS ENTIRE DEBATE. 1138 00:56:18,500 --> 00:56:23,600 I CARE SO DEEPLY ABOUT IDAHO'S OVER 00,000 STUDENTS AND THEIR 1139 00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:24,100 EDUCATORS. 1140 00:56:24,100 --> 00:56:27,533 DURING THE PAST FOUR YEARS, I HAVE BUILT STRONG PARTNERSHIPS 1141 00:56:27,533 --> 00:56:31,166 WITH YOUR LOCAL DISTRICTS AND BUILT GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH 1142 00:56:31,166 --> 00:56:34,000 THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THIS STATE THAT MAKE DECISIONS FOR 1143 00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:34,900 OUR STUDENTS. 1144 00:56:34,900 --> 00:56:39,166 TOGETHER WE'RE MAKING GREAT STRIDES IN OUR PLAN TO IMPROVE 1145 00:56:39,166 --> 00:56:40,333 EDUCATION. 1146 00:56:40,333 --> 00:56:42,966 I'M STATE SUPERINTENDENT SHERRI IBARRA, AND I HAVE THE STRONG 1147 00:56:42,966 --> 00:56:45,266 LEADERSHIP TEAM ALREADY IN PLACE, THE EXPERIENCE OF A 1148 00:56:45,266 --> 00:56:49,000 PROVEN STATE LEADER, THE EXPERTISE OF A LIFELONG 1149 00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:53,633 EDUCATOR, AND THE HEART OF A MOTHER OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL 1150 00:56:53,633 --> 00:56:53,866 STUDENT. 1151 00:56:53,866 --> 00:56:58,266 AND I WOULD BE HONORED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE 1152 00:56:58,266 --> 00:57:01,333 CONSERVATIVE ADVOCATE FOR KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS. 1153 00:57:01,333 --> 00:57:04,700 IT WAS PRESIDENT LINCOLN WHO SAID IT BEST. 1154 00:57:04,700 --> 00:57:08,700 WHY CHANGE HORSES IN MIDSTREAM? 1155 00:57:08,700 --> 00:57:12,266 OUR STUDENTS DESERVE AN EXPERIENCED AND EFFECTIVE LEADER 1156 00:57:12,266 --> 00:57:16,066 WHO HAS PROVEN THAT THEY CAN GET THE JOB DONE, AND I AM THAT 1157 00:57:16,066 --> 00:57:17,000 LEADER. 1158 00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:20,533 I'M STATE SUPERINTENDENT SHERRI IBARRA, AND I HUMBLY ASK FOR 1159 00:57:20,533 --> 00:57:24,800 YOUR SUPPORT ON NOVEMBER 6th TO CONTINUE AS IDAHO STATE 1160 00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:27,000 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 1161 00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:27,800 >> ALL RIGHT. 1162 00:57:27,800 --> 00:57:29,433 THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT. 1163 00:57:29,433 --> 00:57:34,000 I WANT TO THANK OUR CANDIDATES, SUPERINTENDENT SHERRI IBARRA, 1164 00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:38,066 AND CINDY WILSON AS WELL AS OUR REPORTER PANEL, KEVIN RICHERT, 1165 00:57:38,066 --> 00:57:41,866 CLARK CORBIN, AND BETSY RUSSELL. 1166 00:57:41,866 --> 00:57:43,433 THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1167 00:57:43,433 --> 00:57:51,333 YOU CAN SEE OUR FULL DEBATE SCHEDULE ON OUR WEBSITE, IDAHO 1168 00:57:51,333 --> 00:57:51,866 IDAHOPTV/ELECTIONS/2018. 1169 00:57:51,866 --> 00:57:53,733 YOU CAN STREAM ANY OF THE DEBATES AFTER THEY HAVE AIRED ON 1170 00:57:53,733 --> 00:57:54,800 THAT SAME SITE. 1171 00:57:54,800 --> 00:58:10,800 THANKS AGAIN FOR WATCHING, AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE POLLS. 1172 00:58:16,700 --> 00:58:18,600 >> THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG THE 1173 00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:23,700 IDAHO PRESS CLUB, BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC 1174 00:58:23,700 --> 00:58:25,366 SERVICE, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S MCCLURE CENTER, IDAHO STATE 1175 00:58:25,366 --> 00:58:30,633 UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, THE LEAGUE OF 1176 00:58:30,633 --> 00:58:32,700 WOMEN VOTERS' VOTER EDUCATION FUND, AND IDAHO PUBLIC 1177 00:58:32,700 --> 00:58:34,333 TELEVISION. 1178 00:58:34,333 --> 00:58:39,166 FUNDING FOR THE IDAHO DEBATES IS PROVIDED BY THE FRIENDS OF IDAHO 1179 00:58:39,166 --> 00:58:44,800 PUBLIC TELEVISION AND THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT.