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>>> WELCOME TO "IDAHO DEBATES."

A LOOK AT THE CANDIDATE ON THE
2014 BALLOT.

"IDAHO DEBATES" IS A
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT OF THE

IDAHO PRESS CLUB, THE LEAGUE OF
WOMEN VOTERS OF IDAHO, AND IDAHO

PUBLIC TELEVISION.

"THE IDAHO DEBATES" ARE MADE
POSSIBLE BY BOISE STATE

UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
SERVICE, DEVOTED TO BUILDING

FUTURE CIVIC AND COMMUNITY
LEADERS THROUGH

INTERDISCIPLINARY
PROBLEM-SOLVING, REAL WORLD

RESEARCH AND POLICY STUDIES.

AND THE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE YOU
CAONLY GET HERE AT THE STATE

CAPITOL.

"IDAHO DEBATES" ARE ALSO BROUGHT
TO YOU BY YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO

THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION
ENDOWMENT.

THANK YOU.

>>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "IDAHO
DEBATES."

LIVE THIS EVENING FROM IDAHO
PUBLIC TELEVISION.

THIS IS OUR FOURTH DEBATE AND
AFTER TONIGHT YOU CAN WATCH ALL

OF THEM AT IDAHO PTV.ORG.

TONIGHT THE CANDIDATES VYING TO
BE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC

INSTRUCTION EXPLAIN THEIR
POSITION ON THE ISSUES.

THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT IS THE
ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OF THE IDAHO

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

THEY OPERATE THE STATE'S PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM, THEY ARE ALSO

RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE
POLICIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF

EDUCATION, THE VISION OF THE
IDAHO LEGISLATURE AND THE PEOPLE

OF IDAHO.

THIS POSITION IS A UNIQUE BLEND
OF ADMINISTRATION, CREATIVITY

AND POLITICAL SAVVY.

TONIGHT WE WACK JANA JONES AND
SHERRI IBARRA TO THE STAGE.

JANA JONES WORKED AT THE IDAHO
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN

VARIOUS CAPACITIES INCLUDING THE
BUREAU OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

LEADING THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN
AND SERVING AS FORMER

SUPERINTENDENT MARILYN HOWARD
CHIEF DEPARTMENT.

JONES CURRENTLY WORKS AS A
CONSULTING FIRM.

SHERRI IBARRA HAS HAD 17 YEARS
AS CLASSROOM TEACH, DIRECTOR AND

CURRICULUM DIRECTOR.

SHE WAS NAMED TEACHER OF THE
YEAR IN 2005 AND 2006, ALSO ON

STAGE IS THE PANEL OF REPORTERS
SELECTED BY THE IDAHO PRESS

G
UB.

G
EY ASK THE CANDIDATES QUESTION
THE.

BILL ROBERTS OF "IDAHO
STATESMAN," EMILIE RITTER

SAUNDERS OF BOISE STATE PUBLIC
RADIO, AND CLARK CORBIN OF "NEWS

ACROSS AMERICA."

I'D AARON KUNZ HERE OF IDAHO
PUBLIC TELEVISION.

I WILL DO MY BEST TO MAKE SURE
BOTH CANDIDATES GET EQUAL TIME

AND STAY ON POINT.

TO HELP ME AND REMIND THE
CANDIDATES HOW LONG THEY HAVE

BEEN TALKING IS A VOLUNTEER
TIMEKEEPER FROM THE LEAGUE OF

WOMEN VOTERS, CORLISS NEUBER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'VE ASKED THE CANDIDATES TO
ENGAGE EACH OTHER ON THE ISSUES.

IN OTHER WORDS, LESS EMPHASIS ON
A RIGID FORMULA AND MORE ON

DISCUSSION THAT HELPS YOU, THE
VOTER, TO MAKE A BETTER CHOICE.

WE FLIPPED COIN A FEW MINUTES
AGO TO SEE WHO WOULD GO FIRST

AND JANA JONES WILL BEGIN WITH
HER OPENING COMMENTS.

>> GOOD EVENING, I'M JANA JONES.

AS I'VE BEEN TRAVELING THE
STATE, IDAHOANS ACROSS THE AREA

HAVE BEEN TELLING ME WHAT THEY
WANT IN A SUPERINTENDENT IS

SOMEONE WHO CAN PUT PARTISANSHIP
AND POLITICS ASIDE, BRING PEOPLE

TOGETHER AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR
IDAHO'S KIDS.

I HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE TO DO JUST

THAT, INCLUDING A DOCTORATE IN
HE HAD OCCASIONAL LEADERSHIP,

SIX CERTIFICATIONS AND OVER 40
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION

IN IDAHO, FROM A CLASSROOM
TEACHER TO THE IDAHO CHIEF

DEPARTMENT SUPERINTENDENT.

I KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I KNOW HOW
TO DO IT.

MEANWHILE, MY OPPONENT DID NOT
VOTE FOR THE LUNA LAWS.

AND SHE HAS SAID THAT SHE WILL
CARRY ON AND MOVE FORWARD ON THE

RECOMMENDED BUDGET, AS WELL AS
MOVE INTO THE OFFICE RIGHT NEXT

DOOR TO HIM RIGHT AFTER THE
ELECTION SO HE COULD TRAIN HER

ON HOW TO DO THE JOB.

IF YOU LIKE TOM LUNA, YOU'RE
GOING LOVE SHERRI IBARRA.

IF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS HAS TOLD
US ANYTHING, WE CAN'T AFFORD

ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF A
SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS WELL

INTENDED BUT ILL PREPARED.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW SHERRI IBARRA, ONE MINUTE.

>> THANK YOU, I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT.

I'M VERY HONORED TO BE IN FRONT
OF IDAHOANS TONIGHT.

BECAUSE I AM IN THE BIGGEST JOB
INTERVIEW OF ALL.

MY NAME IS SHERRI IBARRA AND I
HAVE NEARLY 20 YEARS OF

EXPERIENCE ON THE FRONT LINES IN
SUCH POSITIONS AS 11 YEARS AS A

CLASSROOM TEACHER.

I'VE BEEN A VICE PRINCIPAL, A
PRINCIPAL, A FEDERAL PROGRAMS

DIRECTOR, A CURRICULUM DIRECTOR,
I AM A CERTIFIED SUPERINTENDENT.

I DO HOLD THREE DEGREES.

I HAVE TAKEN A TEAM OF TEACHERS
AND STUDENTS FROM FAILING STAT

TO US FOUR-STAR STATUS AND
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT JOB IS

ABOUT.

I HAVE DONE THAT BY EMPOWERING
TEACHERS, MAINTAINING A FOCUS ON

A VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND A
HARD FOCUS ON OUR KIDS.

I HAVE A PLATFORM OF ADDRESS THE
WHOLE CHILD.

SIMPLY STATED THIS MEANS WE WILL
ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF OUR

STUDENTS IN IDAHO THROUGH THREE
TOP PRIORITY ITEMS.

THAT IS SAFETY AND SUPPORT, A
TESTING SYSTEM THAT FOCUSES ON A

MOTION PICTURE OF GROWTH OVER
TIME, AND 21st CENTURY

ABILITIES.

MY NAME IS SHERRI IBARRA AND I
WOULD BE HONORED TO REPRESENT

IDAHOANS AS THE NEXT-STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC

INSTRUCTION.

I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN
NOVEMBER.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU BOTH.

WE'LL GET RIGHT TO THE QUESTIONS
TONIGHT.

THE FIRST QUESTION COMES FROM
EMILIE RITTER SAUNDERS.

DIRECT YOUR QUESTION TO JANA
JONES.

>> THIS WILL BE FOR BOTH OF YOU
BUT WE'LL START WITH YOU.

FOR YEARS IDAHO COMPANIES STAY
IDAHO STUDENTS ARE NOT PREPARED

FOR TODAY'S JOBS.

SEVERAL NAMPA COMPANIES SAID
THEY CAN'T FIND PEOPLE FOR

SKILLED JOBS.

WHAT COULD YOU DO TO SHRINK OF
SKILLS GAP AND BETTER PREPARE

IDAHO STUDENTS FOR JOBS TODAY?

>> WHAT WE NEED IN IDAHO IS TO
RAISE OUR STANDARDS.

WE HAVE WITHIN WORKING TOWARDS
THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT

IMPLEMENTING THE COMMON CORE.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE HIGH
EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS SO

THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND BE
SUCCESSFUL FOR WHATEVER CAREER

THEY CHEWS TO GO INTO.

SPECIFICALLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO
IS MAKE SURE THAT THOSE

STANDARDS ARE WORKING TO THE
BENEFIT -- TO BENEFIT OUR KIDS,

THAT WHEN THEY LEAVE THAT WE
KNOW THAT THEY ARE WELL

PREPARED, THAT THEY HAVE ALSO
SOME OF THE SOFT SKILLS THEY

NEED.

AS I'VE TRAVELED AND TALKED TO
EMPLOYERS AROUND THE STATE,

OTHER THINGS THEY TELL ME ARE
REAL IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE

LOOKING FOR ARE GOOD
COMMUNICATION SKILLS, BOTH

WRITTEN AND VERBAL, AS WELL AS
OTHER KINDS OF SOFT SKILLS LIKE

TIME MANAGEMENT, WORK ETHIC.

THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS
THROUGH INSTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY

WHEN OUR KIDS ARE IN MIDDLE
SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, AS WE

HAVE THEM WORK TOGETHER ON
PROJECTS, DO THOSE KINDS OF

THINGS.

WE CAN BUILD THOSE SKILLS INTO
IT SO OUR KIDS ARE BETTER

PREPARED WHEN THEY GO INTO THE
WORKFORCE.

>> SAME QUESTION FOR SHERRI
IBARRA.

>> THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE
ADOPTED THOSE STANDARDS BECAUSE

WE SAW THAT THERE WAS REALLY A
LAG IN ACHIEVEMENT IN IDAHO.

THAT MATCHES UP WITH WHAT WE'RE
SEEING.

AS KIDS ARE GOING INTO COLLEGE
AND THEY HAPPEN TO TAKE REMEDIAL

COURSES.

THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF MY PLATFORM
AND VISION FOR IDAHO, REALLY

FOCUSING ON THOSE 21st CENTURY
ABILITIES, WHICH INCLUDES STRONG

SPEAKING SKILLS AND STRONG
WRITING SKILLS AND STRONG WITH

TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ABILITY TO
PROBLEM-SOLVE.

ONLY WHEN YOU START TO FOCUS ON
THOSE NEW STANDARDS WILL YOU

START TO SEE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP
CLOSE.

AND WITH A SUPERINTENDENT
WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES WITH

HER SLEEVES ROLLED UP WHO
UNDERSTANDS THE CHALLENGES IDAHO

STUDENTS ARE FACING AND CAN PUT
THAT TOGETHER INTO A VISION FOR

IDAHO.

AND THEN SOMETHING THAT TAKE AS
SNAPSHOT OF GROWTH.

FOR EXAMPLE, OR TESTING SYSTEM,
THAT IS ANOTHER PART OF THE

VISION I WOULD BRING FORWARD TO
TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF GROWTH OVER

TIME, TO SEE IF IT IS TRULY THAT
WE ARE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

GROWING AND NOT AS A NEGATIVE
METHOD FOR EMBARRASSING STUDENTS

OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF
FOCUSING ON ACHIEVEMENT.

I BELIEVE THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO
DO ADOPT NEW STANDARDS IN IDAHO.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.

OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
BILL ROBERTS.

IF YOU DIRECT YOUR QUESTION TO
SHERRI IBARRA.

>> I WILL.

MS. IBARRA, I WANT TO GO A
LITTLE DEEPER ON THE STANDARDS

ISSUE IN THIS REGARD.

FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES -- OR
AFTER NEARLY TWO DECADE WAS

IDAHO EMBARKING ON A READING
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM B A THIRD OF

THE THIRD GRADERS STILL SCANT
READ ON GRADE LEVEL, STILL

STRUGGLE TO READ.

I WOULD LIKE TO YOU EXPLAIN IN
DETAIL TO IDAHO PARENTS WHAT YOU

WILL DO TO FINALLY MAKE IDAHO A
STATE FULL OF STRONG READERS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, BILL,
IS THE READING FIRST GRANT THAT

WAS ADOPTED PROBABLY NEARLY, OH,
12 YEARS AGO.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THAT WHERE WE STARTED

WITH THAT.

WE WERE LOW IN ACHIEVEMENT.

AND THE GAINS THAT WE MADE WITH
THAT.

THEN WE WENT STAGNANT IN IDAHO
WITH ACHIEVEMENT.

AND SO THEN WE WENT INTO
ADOPTING NEW STANDARDS.

SO THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE NEW
STANDARDS AND HOW THEY WILL

BRING LOCAL CONTROL BACK TO
SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HOW THEY

CAN GET BACK INTO EXACTLY HOW DO
YOU FOCUS ON READING

ACHIEVEMENT.

I THINK THAT'S ALSO A GREAT
ANALOGY OF THE PENDULUM SWINGING

IN EDUCATION.

WE WENT FROM ADOPTING THE
READING FIRST GRANT, AND NOW

WE'RE BACK OVER TO GETTING BACK
INTO IN THE CLASSROOM, TEACHING

THOSE ACTUAL SKILLS SUCH AS
PHONICS AND THINGS OF THAT

NATURE THAT WE NEED TO MOVE
FORWARD AND ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES

IN IDAHO.

ACTUALLY THAT'S PART OF THE
GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE

RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL,
FOCUSING ON READING PROCEED

EFFICIENCY.

AS AN 11-YEAR CLASSROOM TEACHES
WHO'S BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES, I

KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO ADDRESS THAT
AND PUT THAT INTO PLAY AS AN

EDUCATION LEADER.

I'M EXCITED TO BRING THOSE ITEMS
TO IDAHO.

>> WHERE WE STARTED THE READING
INITIATIVE WAS UNDER DR. MEHR

MAYOR AND WE HAVE LEGISLATION
THAT STARTED THE WHOLE

INITIATIVE IN IDAHO.

THE READING FIRST GRANT CAME
MUCH LATER.

THROUGH THE LAST EIGHT YEARS
WE'VE SEEN THAT INITIATIVE WHERE

WE WERE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS UP
THROUGH THAT TIME, THE LAST

EIGHT YEARS OF FOCUS HAS BEEN
LOST.

THE ASSESSMENT OR THE SCREENER,
THE IRI WE USE HAS NOT BEEN AS

EFFECTIVE AND IS NOT ASSESSING
KIDS AT THE LEVELS THAT WE NEED.

WE NEED TO REDO WHAT WE'VE
STARTED AND REVISE THE IRI TO

MAKE IT MORE MEANINGFUL AND
PERTINENT TO TODAY.

WE NEED STRONG INTERVENTION
PROGRAMS THAT EVERY SCHOOL CAN

PUT INTO PLACE, THAT IT -- THE
MINUTE WE KNOW STUDENTS ARE

STARTING TO FAIL OR THEY ARE
GETTING BEHIND, THAT WE CAN

RESPOND EFFECTIVELY AND
EFFICIENTLY WITH GOOD

INTERVENTION PROGRAMS.

SO THAT WE CAN MONITOR OUR KIDS,
DO PROGRESS MONITORING, MAKE

SURE THEY ARE GETTING THE SKILLS
THEY NEED, SO THEY CAN BE

SUCCESSFUL IN READING.

AND WE REALLY NEED THE EMPHASIS
TO START WHEN KINDERGARTEN,

FIRST, SECOND AND BY THIRD
GRADE, THE MORE INTENSE

INTERVENTIONS NEED TO OCCUR AS
THE STUDENT GETS OLDER.

>> BILL, I BELIEVE HAVE YOU
ANOTHER QUESTION.

>> SAME BASIC QUESTION ABOUT
MATH.

THESE ARE TWO BASIC THINGS
PEOPLE EXPECT A PUBLIC EDUCATION

TO DO.

AND WE'VE HEARD FROM BUSINESSES,
WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM PARENT.

AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF STUDENTS
GO ON TO COLLEGE THAT ALL OF A

SUDDEN FIND THEMSELVES IN
REIMMEDIATE YAM MATH PROGRAMS

BECAUSE THEY NEVER LEARNED OR
NEVER GOT TO THE LEVEL OF MATH

THEY NEED TO DO COMPETE OUT IN
THE WORLD BEYOND ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

I WANT TO KNOW, ARE YOU THE
SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATE WHO WHO

CAN FINALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE ON?

THEY AND HOW, SPECIFICALLY,
WOULD YOU DO IT?

>> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION.

AGAIN WHAT, YOU'RE SAYING IS,
YOU ARE ALSO RECOGNIZING AND THE

BUSINESSES IN IDAHO AND ALL
IDAHOANS ARE RECOGNIZING THAT WE

NEED TO DO DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING
HAPPEN WITH NIECE NEW STANDARDS.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS
DIFFERENT AND IMPROVE.

I DISAGREE WITH MY OPPONENT WHEN
SHE STATED WE NEED TO DO START

OVER.

WE NEED TO START AND MOVE
FORWARD.

WE DON'T NEED TO SET OURSELVES
BACK 10 YEARS AT ALL.

THOSE EDUCATORS ON THE FRONT
LINES KNOW EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO

BE DONE TO MOVE US FORWARD AND I
WILL BE JUST THAT LEADER.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
EDUCATION AND IMPROVING

ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATION REALLY
STARTS AT HOME AND STARTS BEFORE

KIDS GET INTO SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY
AT THOSE EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL

AGES.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE STATE
SUPERINTENDENT COMMUNICATE THAT

ACHIEVEMENT IS RELATED TO WHAT
STARTS AT HOME FROM BIRTH TO

THOSE CRITICAL STAGES BEFORE
THEY ARRIVE TO KINDERGARTEN.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PARENTS
UNDERSTAND AND THAT I

COMMUNICATE AND MAKE SURE THAT
YOU'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF

PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY SUCH
AS THE LIBRARY, AND WE'RE TAKING

ADVANTAGE OF PROGRAMS THAT HELP
OUR STUDENTS MAKE THOSE

CONNECTIONS BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY
ARRIVE INTO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AS THE NEXT-STATE
SUPERINTENDENT, THESE ARE ALL

ITEMS I WILL BRING TO THE TABLE
TO PUT THAT VISION INTO PLAY AND

INCREASE ACHIEVEMENT IN IDAHO.

>> AND YOUR RESPONSE?

>> NO ONE'S HAVING A
CONVERSATION ABOUT GOING BACK.

WHAT I SAID IS WE STARTED WITH A
GOOD PRODUCT.

THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, IT'S NOT
PROGRESSED AS IT SHOULD.

WE NEED TO REVISE WHERE WE ARE
AND CONTINUE THAT READING

INITIATIVE FORWARD WITH GOOD
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS.

AS FAR AS THE SPECIFIC MATH
QUESTIONS YOU TALKED ABOUT, AS

I'VE TRAVELED THE STATE I'VE HAD
A LOT OF PARENTS TALK TO ME

ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE
NEW MATH INITIATIVE AND THE NEW

MATH PROGRAMS THAT THE STUDENTS
ARE LEARNING.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, HAVING TAKEN
THE MATH COURSE ALL TEACHERS ARE

REQUIRED TO TAKE, I ACTUALLY WAS
HOPING, WOW, IF I HAD BEEN A

STUDENT AND HAD MATH INSTRUCTION
THIS WAY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN

REALLY POSITIVE FOR ME AS A
STUDENT.

BUT WHERE WE MISS THE BOAT IS WE
DIDN'T HELP OUR PARENTS

UNDERSTAND THE NEW MATH
INITIATIVE.

THEY ARE QUESTIONING, HOW DO I
HELP MY STUDENT WITH HOMEWORK.

RATHER THAN START OVER WITH
ANOTHER MATH INITIATIVE, I WOULD

LIKE TO SEE US TAKE WHAT WE HAVE
IN PLACE, WORK HAND IN HAND WITH

OUR LOCAL DISTRICTS, AND OUR
FAMILIES, SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE

PROCESSES OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING
TO CHIEF.

AND HOW OR KIDS THINK CRITICALLY
AND PROBLEM SOLVE WHEN.

THEY GET TO THE HIRE GRADES IN
PAT THEY CAN BE PROBLEM-SOLVING.

>> THAT'S IMPORTANT, WE NEED
TORM CONTINUE DOWN THE SPOOT

THAT WE STARTED.

THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR KIDS IN A
MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL WAY WHEN IT

COMES TO MATH.

>> CLARK CORBIN, DIRECT YOUR
FIRST REQUEST TOE JANA.

>> I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT EXPECTATIONS HERE.

FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THE
STATE HAS USED A FIVE-STAR

RATING SYSTEM TO GRADE AND
CRITIQUE OUR SCHOOLS.

THAT'S BEEN ON PIONEER SQUARE
DURING THE STATE TRANSITION.

RECENTLY THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED REVAMPING THAT

FIVE-START ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM.

IS YOUR DEFINITION OF SUCCESS
AND SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS YOU

AND PARENTS SHOULD HAVE OF OUR
SCHOOLS?

>> OUR PARENTS SHOULD HAVE
EXAMINATIONS THAT OUR SCHOOLS

CAN PREPARE THEIR KIDS TO BE
SUCCESSFUL AT WHATEVER THEY

CHOOSE TO DO.

HE AND AS FAR AS A FIVE-STAR
RATING SYSTEM, I DON'T THINK

THAT FIVE-STAR RATING SYSTEM
ACTUALLY INFORMS OUR FAMILIES

VERY WELL ABOUT WHAT OUR
STUDENTS ARE DOING OR NOT DOING.

I TALKED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT'S
WHERE SCHOOLS WERE GIVEN A

TWO-STAR RATING AND IT TURNED
OUT THE CALCULATIONS WERE

INCORRECT.

WHEN THEY PROVED THEY DIDN'T GET
THEIR RATING CHANGED, WE NEED TO

REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHAT
THAT IS DOING.

BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE
MULTIPLE INDICATORS OF WHAT A

GOOD SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE, NOT JUST
AN ASSESSMENT.

WE DON'T KNOW THE INFORMATION
THE STUDENTS -- THE SMARTER

BALANCE ASSESSMENT WILL GIVE US.

IT'S RARELY HARD TO FEMUR THAT
WILL BE A VALID METHOD TO USE

FOR STATE RATING.

MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE TAKE A
HARD LOOK AT THE RATING SYSTEM,

IT'S NOT BEEN WORKING WELL.

AND THAT WE GO BACK AND FIGURE
OUT WHAT ARE THOSE INDICATORS

AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY
WITHsS FROM AROUND THE STATE.

LET THEM HELP US DEFINE WHAT
THAT STAR RATING SYSTEM SHOULD

LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE INDICATORS
SHOULD BE THAT WE USE TO MEASURE

THE DIFFERENT QUALITIES OF OUR
SCHOOLS.

AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT
IMPLEMENTATION RATHER THAN

STICKING WITH OR JUST PUTTING IT
ON HOLD UNTIL WE GET BACK

RESULTS IN THE SPRING.

>> ACTUALLY THE REASON WE WENT
TO THE STAR RATING

ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS BECAUSE
THAT WAS BASED ON GROWTH THAT.

FITS IN NICELY WITH MY PLATFORM
OF ADDRESS THE WHOLE CHILD.

WE ALL KNOW EACH ONE OF OUR
STUDENTS IS DIFFERENT.

THE OLD METHOD EVEN BEFORE THAT
WAS CALLED ADEQUATE YEARLY

PROGRESS BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND
IT FIT EVERY STUDENT INTO A BOX

AND WAS REALLY PRESSURING
SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS TO MAKE

SURE THEY RECEIVED A CERTAIN
SCORE ON A TEST.

AND IT WAS THE END-ALL, BE-ALL
FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

WE WENT TO THE FIVE-STAR
ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS AND IT

WORK VES WELL AND THEY ENJOYED
IT.

IT FITS NICELY INTO MY PLATFORM
OF ADDRESS THE WHOLE CHILD,

WHICH IS A NEW NATIONAL MOVEMENT
ACTUALLY.

AND ADDRESSING THE UNIQUE NEEDS
OF OUR STUDENTS AND GIVING LOCAL

CONTROL BACK TO OUR SCHOOL
DISTRICT, AND TAKING A TESTING

SYSTEM I KNOW WE WILL NOT GET
OUT OF, BUT PUN THAT TAKE AS

SNAPSHOT BUT YET A MOTION
PICTURE OF GROWTH OVER TOWN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT PARENT CAN
ARGUE WITH GROWTH OR WHAT TAX

MAYORS CAN ARGUE WITH GROWTH.

GOOD TEACHERS NOPE EACH STUDENT
IS UNIQUE AND THIS IS THE MODEL

THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW.

WE CAN EASILY DO THIS TOGETHER
AS A TEAM.

IT'S MULTIPLE MEASURES OVER
MULTIPLE TIMES TO ADDRESS THE

UNIQUE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS IN
IDAHO.

>> I BELIEVE EMILIE HAS A FOLLOW
UP QUESTION.

>> THE FIRST GOES TO JAN IN A.

>> WHAT WOULD BE MAKE THREE IN
THE INDICATORS WHEN YOU'RE

LOOKING AT A SCHOOL OR A
CLASSROOM OR A CHILD, THAT WOULD

HELP YOU INFORM IF YOU ARE
GROWING OR NOT?

>> THREE THAT COME RIGHT TO THE
TOP FOR ME ARE STUDENT

FREE-THROW, ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING
WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TEACHERS.

THIS YEAR SCHOOL STARTED WITH A
LOT OF VACANCIES IN OUR PUBLIC

SCHOOLS AND WE DON'T HAVE
APPLICANT TO FILL THEM.

ONE OF THE STRONGEST INDICATORS
OF A STUDENT'S SUCCESS IS HAVING

A HIGH QUALITY TEACHER IN THE
CLASSROOM EACH DAY THAT CAN WORK

WITH THE STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE
THEY ARE BIG SUCCESSFUL.

WE NEED TO LOOK AND SEE, DO WE
HAVE QUALIFIED TEACHERS IN EVERY

SING THELE CLASSROOM.

THE BREATH OF CRICK LIMB THAT IS
AVAILABLE TO KEEP DOGS ENGAGED.

THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT MAKE
OUR KIDS GROWING UP TO

APPROXIMATE STRONG, WELL-ROUNDED
STUDENTS, THAT ALSO HAVE A

STRONG CIVIC.

THOSE ARE THE INDICATORS BESIDES
JUST AN ASSESSMENT THAT I WOULD

RIGHT OFF THE TOP TAKE A LOOK
AT.

>> SURE.

>> THANK YOU.

AGAIN, GOOD TEACHERS KNOW IT
TAKES MULTIPLE MEASURES OVER

MULTIPLE TIMES TO SHOW GROWTH.

THAT'S THE INDIVIDUAL I'D LIKE
TO BRING FORWARD IN ONE OF THE

PLATFORM.

AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME RULES WE
HAVE TO FOLLOW WITH THE TESTING

SYSTEM, I HAD STATED THAT
EARLIER.

WE ARE NOT GOING GET OUT OF
THAT.

BUT WHAT WE DO WITH THAT
INFORMATION AS A STATE IS REALLY

IMPORTANT.

THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN REALLY GET
INTO THE EVALUATION MODEL AND

THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WHAT
THEY ARE USING RIGHT NOW,

WHICH IS TOP QUALITY.

THERE WERE.

WE DO HAVE LIKE I SAID THE
DANIELSON MODEL FOR EVALUATION,

AND THEN WE DO HAVE HIGH QUALITY
TEACHER REQUIREMENTS.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO
GET OUT OF THAT TESTING ISN'T.

THE I SAT2.0 DOES HAVE THE
ABILITY TO TAKE A SMALL SNAPSHOT

OF GROWTH, MAYBE A TEST IN THE
FALL AND ONE IN THE SPRING SO

YOU CAN SEE THAT GROWTH.

WITH THAT BEING SAID I RECOGNIZE
THERE'S SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE

TESTING SYSTEM, AND BEING ON THE
FRONT LINES.

SO WHAT'S APPROPRIATE AT THE
THIRD GRADE IS NOT APPROPRIATE

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

SITTING SEVEN HOURS IN FRONT OF
A TEST DEFINITELY IS NOT

SOMETHING I WOULD SUPPORT.

BUT MOVING FORWARD AGAIN, IT'S
MULTIPLE MEASURES OVER MULTIPLE

SOMETIMES.

EVERY PARENT AND EDUCATOR KNOWS
THAT AND THAT'S THE VISION I

BRING FORWARD TO IDAHO.

>> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
BILL.

>> MS. IBARRA, IF YOU ARE
ELECTED WHO WOULD THE EDUCATION

PERMANENT REALLY LOOK LIKE FOUR
YEARS FROM NOW?

>> IT WOULD REPEAT THE SAME
VISION I'VE HAD THAT'S PROVEN

EFFECTIVE BY TAKING A TEAM WITH
A POOR STATUS.

WE CAN BE NATIONAL LEADERS IN
READING AND MATHEMATICS AND DO

THAT BY FOCUSING ON THE 26 HUMAN
RESOURCE USEFUL PICTURES GIRLS

OVER TIMES.

AND REALLY SUPPORTING OUR
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THAT FEEL
SUPPORTED, THAT MEANS WE ARE

GOING TO HAVE HIGH ACHIEVEMENT
IN THE CLASSROOM.

AS THE NEXT-STATE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC PRODUCTION, YOU WAS

WOULD FOCUS ON, THEY ARE PROVEN
TO WORK EMPOWERING TEACHERS AND

LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

MAINTAINING A VISION ON THE
FUTURE OF OUR STUDENTS AND A

HARD FITNESS.

WE WILL BE A NATIONAL LEADER
UNDER MY LEADERSHIP.

>> SPECIFICALLY, AS A FRIENDLY
OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> HOW TO YOU GET TO THAT POINT?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, I
WAS ACTUALLY HOPING THAT YOU

WOULD ASK ME THAT.

RIGHT NOW I THINK TEACHES ARE
FEELING VERY DISRESPECTED.

I THINK THEY FEEL THE PUBLIC
DOES NOT SUPPORT THEM AND THAT

THEIR LEADER DOES NOT IMPORTANT
THEM.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER BEING
ON THE FRONT LINES I DO SUPPORT

THEM AND SUPPORT STUDENTS.

AND THAT THE TAXPAYERS OF IDAHO
AS I'M PARAFFLING, THEY SUPPORT

THAT AS WELL.

COMMUNICATING THAT AND
SUPPORTING THEM SO WE CAN ALL

CHIEF AND GROW SEEING.

YOU REMOVE ANY SORT OF
UNDERCURRENT THAT AFFECTS THEM

WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO TEACH.

MY MOTTO WAS LET ME DO
EVERYTHING ELSE AS YOUR LEADER.

ALL I WANT YOU TO DO IS FOCUS ON
THOSE KIDS AND TEACH.

EVERY PARENT AND TEACHER KNOWS
THAT'S THE SIGN OF A GOOD

TEACHER.

>> BILL.

>> I WANT TO KNOW, MS. JONES, IF
YOU'RE ELECTED WHAT WOULD THE

EDUCATION SYSTEM REALISTICALLY
LOOK LIKE FOUR YEARS FROM NOW?

>> WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR
OUR SCHOOLS FOUR YEARS FROM NOW,

WE HAVE SAME SCHOOLS, THEY FEEL
NO.

WE WOULD HAVE HIGH QUALITY
TEACHERS, AND ENOUGH TEACHERS TO

FILL THE POSITIONS EMPTY HERE IN
IDAHO.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE US
HAVE MODERN UP-TO-DATE

CLASSROOMS WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT
SUPPORTS INSTRUCTION AND ASSISTS

OUR STUDENTS IN HAVING IN THEIR
LEARNING PROCESSES.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE
STRONG, RIGOROUS CURRICULUM OR

STANDARDS THAT WOULD HELP OR
KIDS FOR A, AND MY PLAN WOULD BE

THAT WE START TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT
OUR SCHOOLS AGAIN.

SCHOOLS WHERE OUR PARENTS FELT
GOOD ABOUT SENDING THEIR KIDS,

TOO SCHOOLS TAXPAYERS FELT LIKE
WERE A GOOD IN YELLED.

WHERE WE NOR KIDS ARE GOING TO
BE SUCCESSFUL.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE AND
THAT'S WHAT I WILL WORK FOR.

THE WAY I BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER
AND WORK TOGETHER TO POSTURE

EDUCATION IN IDAHO.

>> I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
SOMETHING.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TALKED
ABOUT IS HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS

AND NOT HAVING VOLCANO AS I.

WE'RE HEARING ALL KINDS OF
THINGS, LIKE WE CAN'T GET

TEACHERS TO COME INTO THE STATE,
WE HAVE EMPTY SEATS IN

CLASSROOMS.

>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU NEED A
SUPERINTENDENT OUT THERE TALKING

ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS GOES ON IN
OUR SCHOOLS.

NOT TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL ARE THE
PROBLEMS WHO CAN MOVE LEAD BY

EXAMPLE AND BRING FOLKS TOGETHER
TO COME UP WITH SPECIFIC PLANS.

YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO
POINTS OUT ALL THE GOOD THINGS

GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS.

MIRACLE'S OCCUR EVERY DAY IN OR
CLASSROOM.

WE NEED TO PROMOTE THAT AND MAKE
SURE THAT IS HAPPENING.

I I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THE LAST
FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN HARD ON OUR

SCHOOLS.

ONE, IT'S BEEN FINANCIALLY BUT
THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT

WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR SCHOOLS.

THERE'S A LOT RIGHT WITH OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE IN IDAHO.

WE NEED SLIPPERY THAT WILL BE
THE CHAMPION FOR OR SCHOOLS.

THESE ARE OUR BEST AND
BRIGHTEST.

WE NEED TO WORK WITH OUR
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER ED.

RIGHT NOW OUR COLLEGE PREP
PROGRAMS HAVE DECREASED EN

ROAMED.

ANOTHER WAY WEEK -- THAT IDAHO
TEACHERS ARE VALUES, THAT THEY

HAVE A LIVEABLE WAGE.

THEY FEEL STRENGTH A GOOD LIFE A
GOO INVESTIGATION THROUGH WORK

IN HIGH-QUALITY ENVIRONMENTS.

>> OUR COLLEGES HAVE HAD TO BE
PREPARED.

WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WHOLE
CONVERSATION.

>> LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.

NEXT QUESTION FROM CLARK, AND
YOU WOULD PLEASE DIRECT THE

FIRST QUESTION TO SHERRY.

>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASPECTS OF
THE JOB YOU BOTH EVER

AUDITIONING FOR WAS CONTROLLING
THE BUDGET 40s IF I IN THE SAY

THE.

>> KIDS LICENSURE, WHAT'S
DESCRIBED AS IT BIGGEST

EDUCATION CUTS IN OUR COUNTRY.

CLASSROOM SPENDING PEAKED AT
$25,697, IN 2009 IT'S BELOW

$22,000 RIGHT NOW.

>>> AS THE NEXT-STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC

INSTRUCTION, I THINK THE FOCUS
NEEDS TO BE ON WHAT'S ADEQUATE.

WHAT'S NOT ADEQUATE IS FOUR-DAY
WORKWEEKS, NOT HAVING SUPPLIES

AND BASIC NEEDS.

LARGE CLASSROOM SIZES AT THE
LOWER GRADES.

AIM PROPONENT FOR ADEQUATE
FUNDING.

IT'S NOT THE JOB OF THE STATE
SUPERINTENDENT TO DETERMINE

LEVELS, THAT IS STRICTLY THE JOB
OF LEGISLATORS.

I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF A MAJORITY
OF THE LEGISLATORS AND I WILL BE

A CHAMPIONSHIP AND WORK
ALONGSIDE THEM TO SHOW THEM

WHAT'S ADEQUATE, WHAT'S WORKING
AND WHAT ISN'T.

I AM GOING TO BE THE AUTHORITY
STATE DID YOU WANT WHO DOES NOT

ASK FOR MORE UNTIL SHE
UNDERSTANDS EVERY SINGLE ONE IS

DANGEROUSLY CLOSING TO THE
MAXIMUM.

EVERY SINGLE THING IN THAT
BUDGET GIVES BACK CONTROL TO THE

LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WILL I THEN DISCUSS WITH THE
SHARES ANY SORT OF FUNDING.

YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE ONE TO
INCREASED, THEY DON'T WANT TO

INCREASE IT BACK TO THE 2009
LEVEL BUT THAT'S NOT REALISTIC

BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AN
INCREASE THAT'S ABOUT 15%.

THAT WOULD REFLECT THAT WE ARE
HEADED THAT DIRECTION.

MONEY HAS NOG DO WITH
ACHIEVEMENT.

THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH OUT
ABOUT THAT.

IT'S BETTER TO BE LOW AND STEADY
THAN TO BE ERRATIC AND ALL OVER

THE MAP.

>> CLARK, DO YOU HAVE A
FOLLOW-UP?

>> I DID HAVE A FOLLOW-UP.

THE SUPERINTENDENT DELIVER AS
BUDGET PROPOSAL TO THE

LEGISLATURE.

THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT SETS
THE LOOPHOLE.

REST WEEK YOU SEE 60% OF THE
BUDGET IS FOCUSED ON EDUCATION.

LAST WEEK YOU ALSO ENDORSED THE
BUDGET TOM LUNA PROPOSED, WITH

THE BIGGEST SPENDING INCREASE HE
EVER SUBMITTED TO THE STATE.

>> ARE YOU ASKING FOR MORE MONEY
LESS?

>> I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO
THE FACT THAT I SAID THAT IS MR.

LUNA'S BUDGET AND HE CAN DO
WHATEVER HE WANTS WITH THAT.

HE DOESN'T ASK ME FIRST, EARLY.

I KNOW AND I UNDERSTAND AND I
CAN AMEND THAT AT ANY TIME.

I'M GOING TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
MY CURRENT LITER HAS BEGINNING

ME, TO SPEND TIME CLOSELY
STUDYING THAT MORE THOROUGHLY.

THERE ARE A COUPLE PLACES THAT
COULD REALLY GIVE BACK ROLL

CONTROL TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THAT'S REALLY THE JOB OF THE
STATE OPPORTUNITY.

THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

WHAT DO WE HAVE, AND WHAT ARE WE
SPENDING IT ON.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO
DO.

I'VE ALREADY PROVEN THAT METHOD
WORKS.

WHEN I TOOK A TEAM TO FOUR-STAR
STAT PUS, WAS IN THE TOUGH EAST

SHAPE AS IT WAS.

>> I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET
PRIORITIES.

THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT
OVERSEES THE LARGEST STATE

BUDGET.

THERE ARE BIG PRIORITIES ON THE
SABLE, RESTORING THE STEEPEST

FUNDING CUTS TO K-12 IN THE
COUNTRY.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH YOUR
BUDGE, JANICE?

>> THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IS I
TALK TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AND

WE DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE
RESOURCES TO MEET THEIR NOTES.

THEY DON'T HAVE UNTO DATE BOOKS.

THE DISTRICT IS TELLING ME OVER
AND OVER AGAIN OUR RESOURCES

JUST ARE NOT THERE.

WE'VE HAD TO CUT PROGRAMS.

WE'VE HAD TO CUT SO MANY THINGS
THAT MAKE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS

RICH AND FULL FOR OUR STUDENTS.

I ACTUALLY TALKED TO STUDENTS AT
COLLEGE OF IDAHO LAST WEEK.

THEY WENT THROUGH A LITANY OF
THINGS THEY HAD HAD CUT IN THEIR

DISTRICTS BEFORE THEY WENT TO
COLLEGE.

AND HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO ALSO
SEE IT.

I BELIEVE S THAT STATE
SUPERINTENDENT'S JOB IS TO BE

THE PALATINE HILL IN LAKE
OSWEGOED A KILT FOR OUR KID AND

TO MAKE EDUCATION THE NO. 1
PRIORITIES.

WE GO FORWARD WORM PREPARING A
BUDGET.

THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT PREPARE
AS PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGET THAT

THEN IS SUBMITTED TO THE
LEGISLATURE FOR CONSIDERATION

ALONG WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET.

IF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT IS
NOT PREPARING A BUDGET THAT IS

STRONG, THAT REFLECTS THE NEEDS
THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE

TELLING US, THEN YOU'RE NOT
DOING YOUR JOB AS STATE

SUPERINTENDENT.

I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT
MY OPPONENT IS SAYING THAT IN

ONE PLACE, AS POLITICIAN, THAT,
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING ASK FOR

ANY MORE MONEY, BUT THEN AGAIN
AT THE ANOTHER DEBATE TED, IT MY

RESOURCES AND MOVE FORWARD WITH
TOM LUNA'S BUDGET.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE HE IS
CONSISTENT WITH THEIR ITEMS.

AS STATE SUPERINTENDENT I WILL
BE OPEN, I WILL BE THOROUGH, AND

I WILL INVITE PEOPLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT

OF THE BUDGET, AS WELL AS
ADVOCATING FOR THE BUDGET.

I THINK THAT'S THE ROLE OF THE
STATE SUPERINTENDENT.

AND THEN TO WORK WITH JFAC AND
THE LEGISLATURE IN THE

GOVERNOR'S OFFICER TO TALK ABOUT
THE CONCERNS FOR THE PUBLIC.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO
THAT.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK IT WAS MY OPPONENT --
I'M SORRY THAT I DISAGREE WITH

HER -- IN THE LAST DEBATE THAT
SAID SHE WOULD SUPPORT EVEN MORE

OF AN INCREASE IN FUNDING.

IT IS MY JOB IF ELECTED AS THE
NEXT-STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF

PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, TO SHAKE
EVERY TREE AND TURN OVER EVERY

ROCK AND EXPLODING EVERY
ATTITUDE FOR FUNDING.

YOU MUST FIRST KNOW IF IT'S
BEING USED EFFECTIVELY AND

STRETCHED TO THE PALLET, WHEN WE
KNOW THERE'S NOT EVEN GOING TO

BE ENOUGH.

WHEN YOU COULD MOVE AROUND,
THEN, ONLY THEN, SHOULD YOU ASK

FOR ME.

IT IS MY JOB AS THE NEXT STATE,
BUT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THAT

OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THEIR
STUDENTS HAVE EVERYTHING IT IS

THAT THEY NEED.

RIGHT NOW RETURNING LOCAL
CONTROL IN THE BUDGET IS THE

BEST WAY TO DO THAT.

AND HAVING THE SUPPORT OF JFAC,
THE JOINT PROTECTIONS UNIT, I

THINK THAT'S ALSO A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION AS THE

NEXT-STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

>> CLARK, I BELIEVE YOU HAD A
FOLLOW UP OF THAT.

>>> IF CERTAIN ASPECT RESOURCE
UNDER FUNDED OR WE NEED TO

REVERSE THE BUDGET CUTS, ARE
THERE OTHE OTHER PROGRAMS YOU WOULD

CUT?

I KNOW THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES MAKES SPASM

POLICIES BIN RUSE YOU MOVE MONEY
FROM ONE.

WOULD YOU RESTORE THE BUDGET
CUTS FOR INCREASING FUNDING IN

CERTAIN TARGETED PROGRAMS.

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I
UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL

BUDGET.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE WHY
OF ARE FLOWING THROUGH AND HOW

THEY BEEN EXPECTED VERY CLEARLY
WE NEED A SUPERINTENDENT THAT

CAN GET IN THERE RIGHT NOW AND
GO RIGHT TO WORK.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.

THE OTHER ISSUE IS MY OPPONENT
TALKS ABOUT HAVING HER SUPPORT

OF JFAC.

THERE'S MULTIPLE MEMBERS ON
JFAC.

I KNOW SHERRI HASN'T TALKED TO
ALL OF JFAC.

TO SAY SHE HAS THE SUPPORT OF
JFAC IS PROBABLY TO ME

INAPPROPRIATE.

SHE MAY HAVE TALKED TO
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND HAVE

THEIR SUPPORT BUT NOT THE
SUPPORT OF JAY FACULTY AS AN

ENTIRE COMMITTEE.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS
THAT WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET AND

REMOVE THE STRINGS CURRENTLY
TAXES AND LET OR AMBIGUOUS AND

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS MAKE THE
DENSER, THE DECISIONS THAT ARE

BEST FOR THEIR SCHOOLS.

RIGHT NOW THE BUDGET IS VERY
LINE ITEMED.

THEY CAN MAXIMUM MIGHT WHAT THEY
EVER.

WHAT HE WITH CURRENTLY
AVAILABLE.

THE GOVERNOR MADE THE
RECOMMENDATION TO PUT ADDITIONAL

MONEY INTO A RAINY DAY FUND,
RATHER THAN WORKING WITH OUR

PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO GET THEM BACK
ON TRACK.

IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A TAX
INCREASE.

IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT IS WE
MAKE EDUCATION OUR NO. 1

PRIORITY.

WE TAKE YOUR RIGHTS AND ANNEX
FOR BETH K-12 AND FOR HIGHER

EDUCATION.

THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE TAKE
A LOOK AT THE OTHER FUNNING TIME

FRAME THERE'S A LOT OF
EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR PUBLIC

SCHOOLS BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE
ADEQUATE RESOURCES IN ORDER TO

MAKE IT HAPPEN.

IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE HIGH
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN

STUDENTS.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

>> IT DOES BUY THE THINGS AND
PROVIDE THE THINGS THAT MAKE

KIDS SUCCESSFUL AND MAKES OR
SCHOOLS SUCCESSFUL, THAT'S HIGH

QUALITY TEACHERS, ACCESS TO SEC
NEUROLOGY AND THOSE THINGS THAT

HELP OUR KIDS MOVE FORWARD.

>> OKAY.

>> I'M SORRY MY OPPONENT IS
MISINFORMED.

SHE'S BEEN GONE SO AS LONG SHE
DOESN'T KNOW WHO JFAC IS.

THEY ARE ON MY WEBSITE AND THEY
DO SUPPORT ME.

>>> SOME REPUBLICAN LEAD VERSE
ALREADY SUGGESTED THAT IF YOU'RE

ELECTED YOU COULD FIND A TOUGHER
TIME GETTING MONEY FOR

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

HOW DO YOU INTEND TO NAVIGATE
THROUGH THAT POLITICAL

RESISTANCE?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A
VERY SAD STATEMENT FOR ONE OF

OUR IDAHO POLICYMAKERS TO SAY
PUBLICLY.

POLITICS HELP US GET ELECTED,
THAT'S WHAT WE DO AND THAT'S

WHAT WE BRING.

ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE THERE
TO REPRESENT ALLITE SHOE WINS.

IT'S ABOUT BRINGING OUR BEST
IDEAS FORWARD AND DOING WHATEVER

WE CAN TO FAR IT FOR THE.

MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN OR
LEGISLATURE.

I WOULD WORK VERY HARD WITH OUR
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ALSO

MOVE THINGS FORWARD THROUGH
THEM.

I WILL ALSO BUILD A COLIST OF
FOLKS INCLUDING BIPARTISAN

REPRESENTATION, PARENTS,
BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES THAT

CAN PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE
KINDS OF DECISIONS WE NEED TO

MAKE FOR IDAHO SCHOOLS.

I BELIEVE A STATE SUPERINTENDENT
-- I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES, AND I

KNOW I COULD MOVE IT, FOR BUT I
DO KNOW WHAT JFAC IS, I'VE

RECEIVED IN FRONT OF JFAC
SEVERAL TIMES.

>> NEXT QUESTION FROM BILL
DIRECTED AT SHERRI IBARRA.

>> MS. IBARRA, YOU HAVE SAID HOW
IDAHO EDUCATION IS FUNDED IS

SOLELY UP TO THE LEGISLATURE.

HOW CAN YOU PORTRAY YOURSELF AS
AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER IF YOU

DON'T WORK WITH LAWMAKERS AND
DON'T BRING YOUR VOICE TO THE

DISCUSSION OF FINDING THE BEST
SOLUTION TO PAY FOR SCHOOLS?

>> I THINK I STATED THAT
EARLIER.

AS A STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, THE FASRS

BALLET TO EXPLAIN IT, AS I'M
TALKING WITH TAXPAYERS, IT IS

THE JOB OF THE STATE
OPPORTUNITY.

WHAT COMPANY DO YOU HAVE AND
WHAT IS IT BEING SPENT ON.

HOW IS IT FUND HE AND HOW MUCH
YOU GET IS ONLY UP TO THELENTLY

SIMILARITIES.

WE TELL THEM WHAT I IF HE QUIT
AND I WILL BE A CHAMPION WORKING

WITH LEGISLATORS AND TALKING TO
THEM ABOUT WHAT IS WORKING AND

WHAT IS NOT.

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING LOTS OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MOVING

FORWARD.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO WORK AS A
TEAM.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE
SUNDAY IF I'M THOUGHT.

TAKING TWO MONTHS TO STUDY HOW
WE ARE GOING MOVE FORWARD AND

FUND EDUCATION IN IDAHO.

>> QUICKLY WITH THIS: HAVE YOU
GOING TO BEES OPPORTUNITITY I

THE RISK METHOD OF FUNDING
SCHOOLS ARE, OR WHETHER WE

SHOULD DO A TAX INCREASE OR
CHANGE HOW THE SCHOOLS ARE

FUNDED.

ARE WE GOING TO SEE YOU INVOLVED
IN THAT APPROXIMATE I DON'T

THINK ANYBODY COULD HAVE
FORESEEN THE ECONOMY WOULD HAVE

TURNED LIKE IT DID.

THE JOB IS SPECIFICALLY LEFT UP
TO THE LEGISLATORS.

HE WILL EXPLORE EVERY
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUNTING FOR.

THAT POSITION I SIT ON AS A LAND
BOARD MEMBER, I TAKE THAT VERY

SERIOUSLY.

>> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
CLARK TO BE DIRECTED AT SHERRI

IBARRA.

>> AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
DEBATE YOU SAID THIS WAS THE

BIGGEST JOB INTERVIEW OF ALL
TIME.

NOW, I WANT TO ADDRESS ONE OF
THE ACCUSATIONS THAT YOUR

OPPONENT MADE THIS.

SUMMER SHE ACCUSED OF YOU
PLAGIARISM AFTER AN ENTIRE

PARAGRAPH SHE HAD WRITTEN IN
JANUARY OR DECEMBER APPEARED ON

YOUR WEBSITE MONTHS LATER.

I WONDERED IF YOU COULD ADDRESS
THAT, HOW IT HAPPENED AND HOW

YOU HANDLED IT.

>> SURE.

I WOULD GLADLY ADDRESS THAT.

I WAS PRETTY SHOCKED MYSELF TO
LEARN ABOUT THE SIMILAR IN

LANGUAGE YES, SIR.

AS THEIR LEADER I APPROVED THAT.

I STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND
TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR

THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE REPUBLICANS DO.

THAT'S WHAT A GOOD LEADER DOES.

THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE ONE FOR
THE TEAM.

IN MOVING FORWARD I DID
PERSONALLY REACH OUT TO MY

OPPONENT AND APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

I THINK PLAGIARISM, THOUGH, IS
NOT SOMETHING THAT ANY OF US

ACCEPT OR WANT TO EVEN THINK
ABOUT.

BUT AGAIN AS THEIR LEADER FOR
THE CAMPAIGN TEAM I TOOK FULL

RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.

>> CLARK, I BELIEVE YOU HAD A
FOLLOW-UP.

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, DO YOU THINK THAT
THERE'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN

IDAHO WHERE IF A MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENT HAD PLAGIARIZED AN

ASSIGNMENT OR WAS ACCUSED OF
PLAGIARISM SHE WOULD RECEIVE A

ZERO OR DETENTION AND HER
PARENTS WOULD BE CALLED.

DO YOU THINK THE ACCOUNTABILITY
STANDARDS SHOULD BE DIFFERENT

FOR A 12-YEAR-OLD VERSUS SOMEONE
RUNNING FOR THE TOP HE HAD

INDICATION KIDS, WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT ADULT, ABSOLUTELY,

WE ARE ROLE MODELS.

IT WAS MY CAMPAIGN TEAM THAT
MESSED UP.

I 'TUDE UP AND TOOK
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT HE AND I

WILLS.

GOOD LEADERS KNOW THEY CAN TAKE
ONE FOR THE TEAM.

>> CAN WE ASK ANOTHER QUESTION
TO JANA?

>> EMILIE, I'M SORRY.

>> SURE, THAT'S FINE A. STUDY
FROM THE NONPARTISAN IDAHO

CENTER FOR PHYSICAL POLICY HAS
QUESTIONED WHETHER THE STATE IS

MEETING ITS DUTY TO MAINTAIN A
GENERAL AND INCOME KIT FOR

TERROR SKILLS.

FIRST OF ALL WORKS NEED TO HAVE
A STATE OPPORTUNITY WHO OPERATE

WITH INTEGRITY AND IS
TRANSPARENT AND OPEN.

I THINK IT'S REALLY CENTERLINE
THAT APPROXIMATE WE LOOK AT THE

QUALITIES OF THE KIND OF PERSON
WE WANT LEADING OUR STATE

EDUCATION TESTIMONY, WE ALWAYS
LOOK AT THIS FIRST.

THE OTHER THING, LOOKING AT WHAT
WE HAVE AND.

I KNOW WE'RE NOT, OUR DISTRICTS
KNOW WE'RE NOT, OUR PARENTS KNOW

WE'RE NOT.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE TREASURE
VALLEY YOU CAN'T COMPARE WHAT

YOU HAVE HERE TO WHAT THEY HAVE
IN LED OR KAMIAH.

OUR SCHOOLS ARE VERY, VERY
DIFFERENT IN IDAHO.

I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS
I BRING TO THE TABLE.

I'VE WORKED IN EVERY SINGLE
DISTRICT OF THE STATE.

SO I CAN SEE WHAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN IN OUR SMALL RURAL

DISTRICTSES AS COMPARED TO
LARGER DISTRICTS IN IDAHO.

I AM PROPOSING THAT WE BRING
TOGETHER INCLUDING OR

LEGISLATORS, THAT WILL ONCE FOR
FORGES.

WHAT DOES PUBLIC EDUCATION
EQUALS PUBLIC EDUCATION LOOK

LIKE?

AND THEN COME UP WITH A PROCESS
ON HOW WE FUND THAT EDUCATION

SYSTEM WHEN.

WE HAVE PA.

WE HAVE ALL AGREED THIS WAS THE
BASICS.

WE KNOW REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU
LIVE IN IDAHO YOU HAVE AN

EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT AT LEAST
MEETS THE BAKE STANDARDS.

>> THOSE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND
THAT BISQUE STANDARD.

>> I HAVE A REQUEST FOE SHIRR
RARY.

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BACK
IN 2012 SAID IT'S STUDENTS COME

FIRST LAWS WOULD BE THE SAME.

HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE STUDENTS IN
BOISE GET THE SAME EDUCATION AS

STUDENTS IN SALMON?

>> I THINK THAT IS THE JOB OF
LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ENSURE

THEIR STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE
EDUCATION THEY DESERVE AS A

NEXT-STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOU NEED
AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER THAT I

HAVE HAD APPROXIMATE WE'VE SEEN
OUR DANGEROUS THAT IS WHEN YOU

DON'T HAVE A STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC

INSTRUCTION WHO'S BEEN ON THE
FRONT LINES, THE OTHER WAY TO DO

THAT IS BY EMPOWERING DISTRICTS
AND GIVING THEM BACK THE LOCAL

CONTROL THEY HAVE BEEN LACKING.

I'M VERY AWARE OF THAT AND I'M
PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD AND

GIVE THEM BACK EVERYTHING
ALLEGED NEEDED.

I'M THINKING OF SALMON THAT
CAN'T PASS A LEVY.

THEY MAY BE BETTER OFF THAN
DISTRICTS THAT CAN'T PASSAL THAT

LOVELY?

>> I THINK THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TORM THAT YOU'RE

TALKING ABOUT THAT TAX THINK OF
THE IN 2006 THAT CREATED THE

DESTABILIZATION IN EDUCATION.

AND SO AGAIN, NOBODY COULD HAVE
SEEN THE FUTURE AND WHAT THAT

WAS GOING DO FOR IDAHO.

BUT I THINK IN MOVING FORWARD
THAT WILL BE MY JOB, TO WORK

WITH THE LEGISLATORS AND SAY,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY AT A

POINT WHERE WE'RE NOT ADEQUATELY
FUNDING.

THAT HAS CREDIT THE HAVES AND
HAVE-NOTS IN IDAHO.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES
IDAHO FUNDING LOOK LIKE, A

THOROUGH EDUCATION SYSTEM.

THAT WOULD BE MY JOB.

>> DOES NOT THAT JUST TAKE LARGE
DISTRICT AND REPURPOSE IT TO A

SMALLER DISTRICT?

>> TAKING MONEY OUT OF ONE --
WHAT SPECIFICALLY?

>> WE HAVE ONE POT OF MONEY IN
THE STATE OF IDAHO.

>> UH-HUH.

>> IF YOU SAY A SMALLER DISTRICT
NEEDS MORE MONEY, WOULDN'T THAT

BE SAYING WE NEED TO PULL MONEY
FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT?

>> SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
STATE BUDGET OF EDUCATION VERSUS

LEVIES I THINK.

SO WHEN THE STATE BUDGET HAS
EARMARKS ON IT AND THAT SCHOOL

DISTRICTS CANNOT USE THAT MONEY
AS THEY SEE FIT, I WILL BE THE

STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION THAT GOES IN AND

REMOVES THOSE STRINGS ATTACHED
AND FREES UP MORE MONEY TO COME

BACK TO THEM SO THEY CAN MAKE
DECISIONS LOCALLY.

>> JANA, DO YOU WANT TO FOLLOW
UP?

>> I WOULD.

THE PROBLEM WE RUN INTO BECAUSE
OF NOT HAVING THE RESOURCES OUR

DISTRICTS NEED TO KEEP THE BUSES
RUNNING AND THE LIGHTS ON, THEY

HAVE HAD TO TURN TO SUPPLEMENTAL
LEVIES.

IT USED TO BE WHERE WE COULD
ENHANCE PROGRAMS OR BUY

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AND THOSE
KINDS OF THINGS.

NOW THEY ARE PART OF OUR BASIC
BUDGET.

I HAD ONE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER
SHARE WITH ME THAT THEY HAVE IN

THEIR BUDGET, 27% IS BASED ON A
SUPPLEMENTAL LEVY AND IT'S BEEN

CUT SINCE 2009.

THIS THEY CAN'T PASS THEIR LEVY,
THEY HAVE TO MAKE DRASTIC CUTS

IN THEIR DISTRICT.

WE ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR LOCAL
TAXPAYERS MEETING THE

CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION OR
LEGISLATURE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO

MEET THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AS STATE SUPERINTENDENT I WILL
WORK TO GET US BACK ON TRACK TO

GETTING OUR LEGISLATURE TO MEET
THEIR COMMITMENT THAT THEY MADE

IN THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF RESTORING OUR

FUNDING, OF MOVING EDUCATION
FORWARD WITH THE FUNDING NEEDED

TO IMPLEMENT THOSE 20
RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE NEED SOMEONE WHO'S GOING
STAND UP AND SAY, THIS IS NOT

RIGHT.

AND THEN LET OUR DISTRICT DOS
THOSE SUPPLEMENTAL LEVIES FOR

THE KIND OF THINGS THEY WANT
THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC, BUT IT'S

NOT FUNDING THAT BASIC EDUCATION
PROGRAM.

>> EM MILLI, 30 SECOND FOR
QUESTION AND ANSWER.

>> THIS IS FOR SHERRI.

MY COLLEAGUE CLARK REPORTED THAT
YOU HAVEN'T VOTED IN 15 OF THE

LAST 17 ELECTIONS.

YOU HAVE SAID THAT GETTING THIS
OFFICE WOULD MAKE UP FOR NOT

VOTING.

HOW GETTING A SIX-FIGURE SALARY
AND A SEAT ON THE LAND BOARD

MAKES UP FOR SHIRKING THAT
DEMOCRAT, PRIVILEGE OF VOTING.

>> I THINK THE QUESTION WAS
ASKED THAT, WHAT IS YOUR VOTING

HISTORY.

I HAD TO PUT THAT RIGHT OUT
THERE FROM DAY 1, IT WAS PRETTY

INCONSISTENT AND I WANTED TO PAY
BACK IDAHO.

THAT'S A CIVIC DUTY.

IF ELECTED THIS WILL BE A CIVIC
DUTY I WILL REPAY IDAHO FOR MY

LACK OF A CONSISTENT VOTING
HISTORY.

I WOULD BE HONORED TO DO THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO AS IDAHO
WANTS.

WE DON'T FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE
IN THE PAST.

WE MOVED FORWARD AND RECOGNIZE
IT AND SAY HOW CAN WE MAKE IT

BETTER.

THAT'S MY PLAN TO, REPAY IDAHO.

>> ITS TIME FOR OUR CLOSING
COMMENTS.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 90
SECONDS TO RESPOND.

TONIGHT WE START WITH JANA.

>> THANK YOU.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT,

THAT'S TO THE PANELISTS AND TO
YOU, AARON, AND ALSO YOU,

SHERRI.

HOPEFULLY YOU UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO OF

US.

MY OLD BOSS SHAREY EVANS SAID
KIDS DON'T COME TO SCHOOL WITH

Rs AND Ds STAMPED UPON THEIR
FOREHEADS AND OBVIOUSLY HE'S

RIGHT.

THE OFFICE SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT
POLITICS AND PARTISANSHIP.

IT SHOULD BE ABOUT DOING WHAT'S
BEST FOR IDAHO'S KIDS.

AND WHAT I WANT FOR OUR KIDS IS
SIMPLE.

I WANT SAFE SCHOOLS, HIGHLY
QUALIFIED TEACHERS, MODERN

UP-TO-DATE CLASSROOMS WITH
TECHNOLOGY THAT SUPPORTS OR

TEACHERS AND KIDS.

AND STRONG, RIGOROUS STANDARD
THAT HELPS OUR KIDS PREPARE FOR

THE FUTURE OF THEIR CHOICE.

MY OPPONENT SAID THAT SHE WOULD
CARRY FORWARD TOM LUNA'S AGENDA

AND WALK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE
LEGISLATURE THAT HAD A LED OUR

SCHOOLS TO THE RACE TO THE
BOTTOM.

I BELIEVE THERE'S A BETTER WAY.

IT'S TIME TO END THE ERA OF THE
ONE SIZE FITS ALL TOP-DOWN

APPROACH TO EDUCATING OUR KIDS.

MY PLEDGE TO YOU IS TO RETURN
LOCAL CONTROL TO OUR SCHOOL

BOARD, SUPERINTENDENTS AND
TEACHERS, AND TO BE THE KIND OF

SUPERINTENDENT THAT IS INCLUSIVE
AND THAT WILL LISTEN.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PROVIDE
LEADERSHIP YOU CAN TRUST.

I'M JANA JONES, I'M RUNNING FOR
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC

INSTRUCTION.

I STAND UP FOR OUR KIDS.

AND ON NOVEMBER 4th, I HOPE
YOU'LL STAND WITH ME.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

90 SECOND, SHERRI IBARRA.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE
THIS EVENING.

IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO TALK ABOUT
ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS,

WHICH IS EDUCATION.

I WANT TO THANK THE LEAGUE OF
WOMEN VOTERS FOR HAVING ME IN

THE PANEL.

YOU REALLY DO HAVE A STARK
DIFFERENCE IN CHOICES OF

CANDIDATES FOR THIS POSITION.

I AM A CONSERVATIVE LEAD WE ARE
A VISION FOR THE FUTURE.

MY OPPONENT HAS THE OLD TAX AND
SPEND MENTALITY.

I HAVE PROVEN MY VISION FOR
IDAHO WORKS AND THAT I WILL BE A

TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR OUR MORE
THAN 250,000 STUDENTS IN GRADES

K-12.

I HAVE A FOCUS ON MAINTAINING
WHAT OUR KIDS NEED.

I HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES
WITH MY SLEEVES ROLLED UP

EARNING THE VERY RESPECT OF THE
TEAM THAT I'M GOING NEED TO LEAD

FORWARD IN EDUCATION.

I THINK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND
HOW THEY DESERVE A STATE

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION WHO HAS BEEN THERE

FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS ON THE FRONT
LINES, WHO HAS NOT TAKEN A BREAK

FROM EDUCATION.

WHO HAS NOT BEEN WORKING IN THE
BUSINESS WORLD AND MAKING THOSE

ACCUSATIONS ABOUT OUR CURRENT
LEADER AND DOING THE EXACT SAME

THING.

I HAVE A FOCUS ON OUR STUDENTS.

I WILL ALWAYS MAINTAIN A FOCUS
ON OUR STUDENTS.

I AM A CONSERVATIVE LEADER WITH
A VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND I

WOULD BE PROUD TO REPRESENT
IDAHOANS AS THE NEXT-STATE

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION.

MY NAME IS SHERRI IBARRA AND I
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN

NOVEMBER.

>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR TIME
TONIGHT.

AND THANKS TO OUR REPORTERS FOR
THE GREAT QUESTIONS AND TO YOU

WATCHING AT HOME.

THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR US,
SEE YOU ON SUNDAY.

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>>> THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE MADE
POSSIBLE BY BOYS BOYS' SCHOOL OF

PUBLIC SERVICE DEVOTED TO
BUILDING FUTURE CIVIC AND

COMMUNITY LEADERS THROUGH
INTERDISCIPLINARY

PROBLEM-SOLVING AND THE HANDS-ON
EXPERIENCE YOU CAN ONLY GET HERE

AT THE STATE CAPITOL.

THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE ALSO
BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR

CONTRIBUTION TO THE IDAHO PUBLIC
TELEVISION ENDOWMENT.

THANK YOU.