1 00:00:06,072 --> 00:00:07,340 * >>> WELCOME TO "IDAHO DEBATES." 2 00:00:07,340 --> 00:00:11,611 A LOOK AT THE CANDIDATE ON THE 2014 BALLOT. 3 00:00:11,611 --> 00:00:14,347 "IDAHO DEBATES" IS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT OF THE 4 00:00:14,347 --> 00:00:17,017 IDAHO PRESS CLUB, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF IDAHO, AND IDAHO 5 00:00:17,017 --> 00:00:18,651 PUBLIC TELEVISION. 6 00:00:18,651 --> 00:00:22,288 "THE IDAHO DEBATES" ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY BOISE STATE 7 00:00:22,288 --> 00:00:25,358 UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE, DEVOTED TO BUILDING 8 00:00:25,358 --> 00:00:28,928 FUTURE CIVIC AND COMMUNITY LEADERS THROUGH 9 00:00:28,928 --> 00:00:31,664 INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEM-SOLVING, REAL WORLD 10 00:00:31,664 --> 00:00:32,999 RESEARCH AND POLICY STUDIES. 11 00:00:32,999 --> 00:00:36,736 AND THE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE YOU CAONLY GET HERE AT THE STATE 12 00:00:36,736 --> 00:00:37,137 CAPITOL. 13 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:40,106 "IDAHO DEBATES" ARE ALSO BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO 14 00:00:40,106 --> 00:00:41,374 THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT. 15 00:00:41,374 --> 00:00:46,479 THANK YOU. 16 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,381 >>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "IDAHO DEBATES." 17 00:00:48,381 --> 00:00:50,383 LIVE THIS EVENING FROM IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION. 18 00:00:50,383 --> 00:00:53,420 THIS IS OUR FOURTH DEBATE AND AFTER TONIGHT YOU CAN WATCH ALL 19 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:59,092 OF THEM AT IDAHO PTV.ORG. 20 00:00:59,092 --> 00:01:01,494 TONIGHT THE CANDIDATES VYING TO BE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC 21 00:01:01,494 --> 00:01:03,430 INSTRUCTION EXPLAIN THEIR POSITION ON THE ISSUES. 22 00:01:03,430 --> 00:01:06,066 THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OF THE IDAHO 23 00:01:06,066 --> 00:01:08,068 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 24 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:11,638 THEY OPERATE THE STATE'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, THEY ARE ALSO 25 00:01:11,638 --> 00:01:15,275 RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE POLICIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF 26 00:01:15,275 --> 00:01:17,644 EDUCATION, THE VISION OF THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE AND THE PEOPLE 27 00:01:17,644 --> 00:01:18,278 OF IDAHO. 28 00:01:18,278 --> 00:01:22,282 THIS POSITION IS A UNIQUE BLEND OF ADMINISTRATION, CREATIVITY 29 00:01:22,282 --> 00:01:23,550 AND POLITICAL SAVVY. 30 00:01:23,550 --> 00:01:26,986 TONIGHT WE WACK JANA JONES AND SHERRI IBARRA TO THE STAGE. 31 00:01:26,986 --> 00:01:31,358 JANA JONES WORKED AT THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN 32 00:01:31,358 --> 00:01:35,662 VARIOUS CAPACITIES INCLUDING THE BUREAU OF SPECIAL EDUCATION 33 00:01:35,662 --> 00:01:39,132 LEADING THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND SERVING AS FORMER 34 00:01:39,132 --> 00:01:41,568 SUPERINTENDENT MARILYN HOWARD CHIEF DEPARTMENT. 35 00:01:41,568 --> 00:01:45,572 JONES CURRENTLY WORKS AS A CONSULTING FIRM. 36 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:51,378 SHERRI IBARRA HAS HAD 17 YEARS AS CLASSROOM TEACH, DIRECTOR AND 37 00:01:51,378 --> 00:01:52,479 CURRICULUM DIRECTOR. 38 00:01:52,479 --> 00:01:57,317 SHE WAS NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN 2005 AND 2006, ALSO ON 39 00:01:57,317 --> 00:02:00,787 STAGE IS THE PANEL OF REPORTERS SELECTED BY THE IDAHO PRESS 40 00:02:00,787 --> 00:02:02,055 G UB. 41 00:02:02,055 --> 00:02:06,593 G EY ASK THE CANDIDATES QUESTION THE. 42 00:02:06,593 --> 00:02:08,728 BILL ROBERTS OF "IDAHO STATESMAN," EMILIE RITTER 43 00:02:08,728 --> 00:02:11,064 SAUNDERS OF BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO, AND CLARK CORBIN OF "NEWS 44 00:02:11,064 --> 00:02:11,798 ACROSS AMERICA." 45 00:02:11,798 --> 00:02:15,435 I'D AARON KUNZ HERE OF IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION. 46 00:02:15,435 --> 00:02:19,339 I WILL DO MY BEST TO MAKE SURE BOTH CANDIDATES GET EQUAL TIME 47 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:20,273 AND STAY ON POINT. 48 00:02:20,273 --> 00:02:23,176 TO HELP ME AND REMIND THE CANDIDATES HOW LONG THEY HAVE 49 00:02:23,176 --> 00:02:26,646 BEEN TALKING IS A VOLUNTEER TIMEKEEPER FROM THE LEAGUE OF 50 00:02:26,646 --> 00:02:27,714 WOMEN VOTERS, CORLISS NEUBER. 51 00:02:27,714 --> 00:02:28,648 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 52 00:02:28,648 --> 00:02:31,451 WE'VE ASKED THE CANDIDATES TO ENGAGE EACH OTHER ON THE ISSUES. 53 00:02:31,451 --> 00:02:38,291 IN OTHER WORDS, LESS EMPHASIS ON A RIGID FORMULA AND MORE ON 54 00:02:38,291 --> 00:02:43,029 DISCUSSION THAT HELPS YOU, THE VOTER, TO MAKE A BETTER CHOICE. 55 00:02:43,029 --> 00:02:46,733 WE FLIPPED COIN A FEW MINUTES AGO TO SEE WHO WOULD GO FIRST 56 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:50,670 AND JANA JONES WILL BEGIN WITH HER OPENING COMMENTS. 57 00:02:50,670 --> 00:02:52,739 >> GOOD EVENING, I'M JANA JONES. 58 00:02:52,739 --> 00:02:56,376 AS I'VE BEEN TRAVELING THE STATE, IDAHOANS ACROSS THE AREA 59 00:02:56,376 --> 00:03:01,314 HAVE BEEN TELLING ME WHAT THEY WANT IN A SUPERINTENDENT IS 60 00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:06,619 SOMEONE WHO CAN PUT PARTISANSHIP AND POLITICS ASIDE, BRING PEOPLE 61 00:03:06,619 --> 00:03:09,356 TOGETHER AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR IDAHO'S KIDS. 62 00:03:09,356 --> 00:03:14,327 I HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE TO DO JUST 63 00:03:14,327 --> 00:03:18,698 THAT, INCLUDING A DOCTORATE IN HE HAD OCCASIONAL LEADERSHIP, 64 00:03:18,698 --> 00:03:21,634 SIX CERTIFICATIONS AND OVER 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION 65 00:03:21,634 --> 00:03:27,640 IN IDAHO, FROM A CLASSROOM TEACHER TO THE IDAHO CHIEF 66 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:28,541 DEPARTMENT SUPERINTENDENT. 67 00:03:28,541 --> 00:03:30,276 I KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 68 00:03:30,276 --> 00:03:33,279 AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I KNOW HOW TO DO IT. 69 00:03:33,279 --> 00:03:38,284 MEANWHILE, MY OPPONENT DID NOT VOTE FOR THE LUNA LAWS. 70 00:03:38,284 --> 00:03:45,558 AND SHE HAS SAID THAT SHE WILL CARRY ON AND MOVE FORWARD ON THE 71 00:03:45,558 --> 00:03:49,763 RECOMMENDED BUDGET, AS WELL AS MOVE INTO THE OFFICE RIGHT NEXT 72 00:03:49,763 --> 00:03:53,466 DOOR TO HIM RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION SO HE COULD TRAIN HER 73 00:03:53,466 --> 00:03:55,368 ON HOW TO DO THE JOB. 74 00:03:55,368 --> 00:03:58,672 IF YOU LIKE TOM LUNA, YOU'RE GOING LOVE SHERRI IBARRA. 75 00:03:58,672 --> 00:04:02,876 IF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS HAS TOLD US ANYTHING, WE CAN'T AFFORD 76 00:04:02,876 --> 00:04:05,979 ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF A SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS WELL 77 00:04:05,979 --> 00:04:08,415 INTENDED BUT ILL PREPARED. 78 00:04:08,415 --> 00:04:09,482 >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 79 00:04:09,482 --> 00:04:10,884 NOW SHERRI IBARRA, ONE MINUTE. 80 00:04:10,884 --> 00:04:12,886 >> THANK YOU, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 81 00:04:12,886 --> 00:04:15,989 I'M VERY HONORED TO BE IN FRONT OF IDAHOANS TONIGHT. 82 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:19,693 BECAUSE I AM IN THE BIGGEST JOB INTERVIEW OF ALL. 83 00:04:19,693 --> 00:04:24,497 MY NAME IS SHERRI IBARRA AND I HAVE NEARLY 20 YEARS OF 84 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:29,069 EXPERIENCE ON THE FRONT LINES IN SUCH POSITIONS AS 11 YEARS AS A 85 00:04:29,069 --> 00:04:30,337 CLASSROOM TEACHER. 86 00:04:30,337 --> 00:04:34,507 I'VE BEEN A VICE PRINCIPAL, A PRINCIPAL, A FEDERAL PROGRAMS 87 00:04:34,507 --> 00:04:37,344 DIRECTOR, A CURRICULUM DIRECTOR, I AM A CERTIFIED SUPERINTENDENT. 88 00:04:37,344 --> 00:04:39,279 I DO HOLD THREE DEGREES. 89 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,916 I HAVE TAKEN A TEAM OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FROM FAILING STAT 90 00:04:42,916 --> 00:04:46,653 TO US FOUR-STAR STATUS AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT JOB IS 91 00:04:46,653 --> 00:04:47,120 ABOUT. 92 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:52,025 I HAVE DONE THAT BY EMPOWERING TEACHERS, MAINTAINING A FOCUS ON 93 00:04:52,025 --> 00:04:55,261 A VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND A HARD FOCUS ON OUR KIDS. 94 00:04:55,261 --> 00:04:58,398 I HAVE A PLATFORM OF ADDRESS THE WHOLE CHILD. 95 00:04:58,398 --> 00:05:01,401 SIMPLY STATED THIS MEANS WE WILL ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF OUR 96 00:05:01,401 --> 00:05:04,871 STUDENTS IN IDAHO THROUGH THREE TOP PRIORITY ITEMS. 97 00:05:04,871 --> 00:05:09,509 THAT IS SAFETY AND SUPPORT, A TESTING SYSTEM THAT FOCUSES ON A 98 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:13,613 MOTION PICTURE OF GROWTH OVER TIME, AND 21st CENTURY 99 00:05:13,613 --> 00:05:14,147 ABILITIES. 100 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:18,051 MY NAME IS SHERRI IBARRA AND I WOULD BE HONORED TO REPRESENT 101 00:05:18,051 --> 00:05:21,054 IDAHOANS AS THE NEXT-STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC 102 00:05:21,054 --> 00:05:21,488 INSTRUCTION. 103 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:23,423 I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN NOVEMBER. 104 00:05:23,423 --> 00:05:25,358 >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU BOTH. 105 00:05:25,358 --> 00:05:27,727 WE'LL GET RIGHT TO THE QUESTIONS TONIGHT. 106 00:05:27,727 --> 00:05:30,797 THE FIRST QUESTION COMES FROM EMILIE RITTER SAUNDERS. 107 00:05:30,797 --> 00:05:32,799 DIRECT YOUR QUESTION TO JANA JONES. 108 00:05:32,799 --> 00:05:36,369 >> THIS WILL BE FOR BOTH OF YOU BUT WE'LL START WITH YOU. 109 00:05:36,369 --> 00:05:40,173 FOR YEARS IDAHO COMPANIES STAY IDAHO STUDENTS ARE NOT PREPARED 110 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:43,076 FOR TODAY'S JOBS. 111 00:05:43,076 --> 00:05:48,081 SEVERAL NAMPA COMPANIES SAID THEY CAN'T FIND PEOPLE FOR 112 00:05:48,081 --> 00:05:49,249 SKILLED JOBS. 113 00:05:49,249 --> 00:05:54,087 WHAT COULD YOU DO TO SHRINK OF SKILLS GAP AND BETTER PREPARE 114 00:05:54,087 --> 00:05:55,989 IDAHO STUDENTS FOR JOBS TODAY? 115 00:05:55,989 --> 00:06:01,227 >> WHAT WE NEED IN IDAHO IS TO RAISE OUR STANDARDS. 116 00:06:01,227 --> 00:06:04,230 WE HAVE WITHIN WORKING TOWARDS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT 117 00:06:04,230 --> 00:06:06,232 IMPLEMENTING THE COMMON CORE. 118 00:06:06,232 --> 00:06:09,302 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS SO 119 00:06:09,302 --> 00:06:11,705 THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND BE SUCCESSFUL FOR WHATEVER CAREER 120 00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:13,139 THEY CHEWS TO GO INTO. 121 00:06:13,139 --> 00:06:15,775 SPECIFICALLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THOSE 122 00:06:15,775 --> 00:06:20,080 STANDARDS ARE WORKING TO THE BENEFIT -- TO BENEFIT OUR KIDS, 123 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:24,150 THAT WHEN THEY LEAVE THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE WELL 124 00:06:24,150 --> 00:06:27,687 PREPARED, THAT THEY HAVE ALSO SOME OF THE SOFT SKILLS THEY 125 00:06:27,687 --> 00:06:28,488 NEED. 126 00:06:28,488 --> 00:06:31,958 AS I'VE TRAVELED AND TALKED TO EMPLOYERS AROUND THE STATE, 127 00:06:31,958 --> 00:06:34,861 OTHER THINGS THEY TELL ME ARE REAL IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE 128 00:06:34,861 --> 00:06:38,531 LOOKING FOR ARE GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS, BOTH 129 00:06:38,531 --> 00:06:43,269 WRITTEN AND VERBAL, AS WELL AS OTHER KINDS OF SOFT SKILLS LIKE 130 00:06:43,269 --> 00:06:45,438 TIME MANAGEMENT, WORK ETHIC. 131 00:06:45,438 --> 00:06:48,541 THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THROUGH INSTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY 132 00:06:48,541 --> 00:06:51,378 WHEN OUR KIDS ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, AS WE 133 00:06:51,378 --> 00:06:54,347 HAVE THEM WORK TOGETHER ON PROJECTS, DO THOSE KINDS OF 134 00:06:54,347 --> 00:06:55,015 THINGS. 135 00:06:55,015 --> 00:06:58,385 WE CAN BUILD THOSE SKILLS INTO IT SO OUR KIDS ARE BETTER 136 00:06:58,385 --> 00:07:01,488 PREPARED WHEN THEY GO INTO THE WORKFORCE. 137 00:07:01,488 --> 00:07:02,589 >> SAME QUESTION FOR SHERRI IBARRA. 138 00:07:02,589 --> 00:07:03,923 >> THANK YOU. 139 00:07:03,923 --> 00:07:08,661 I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE ADOPTED THOSE STANDARDS BECAUSE 140 00:07:08,661 --> 00:07:12,298 WE SAW THAT THERE WAS REALLY A LAG IN ACHIEVEMENT IN IDAHO. 141 00:07:12,298 --> 00:07:15,235 THAT MATCHES UP WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING. 142 00:07:15,235 --> 00:07:21,708 AS KIDS ARE GOING INTO COLLEGE AND THEY HAPPEN TO TAKE REMEDIAL 143 00:07:21,708 --> 00:07:22,575 COURSES. 144 00:07:22,575 --> 00:07:27,213 THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF MY PLATFORM AND VISION FOR IDAHO, REALLY 145 00:07:27,213 --> 00:07:31,418 FOCUSING ON THOSE 21st CENTURY ABILITIES, WHICH INCLUDES STRONG 146 00:07:31,418 --> 00:07:35,522 SPEAKING SKILLS AND STRONG WRITING SKILLS AND STRONG WITH 147 00:07:35,522 --> 00:07:39,959 TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ABILITY TO PROBLEM-SOLVE. 148 00:07:39,959 --> 00:07:43,329 ONLY WHEN YOU START TO FOCUS ON THOSE NEW STANDARDS WILL YOU 149 00:07:43,329 --> 00:07:46,433 START TO SEE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP CLOSE. 150 00:07:46,433 --> 00:07:49,369 AND WITH A SUPERINTENDENT WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES WITH 151 00:07:49,369 --> 00:07:52,372 HER SLEEVES ROLLED UP WHO UNDERSTANDS THE CHALLENGES IDAHO 152 00:07:52,372 --> 00:07:55,275 STUDENTS ARE FACING AND CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER INTO A VISION FOR 153 00:07:55,275 --> 00:07:55,909 IDAHO. 154 00:07:55,909 --> 00:07:58,111 AND THEN SOMETHING THAT TAKE AS SNAPSHOT OF GROWTH. 155 00:07:58,111 --> 00:08:02,115 FOR EXAMPLE, OR TESTING SYSTEM, THAT IS ANOTHER PART OF THE 156 00:08:02,115 --> 00:08:04,851 VISION I WOULD BRING FORWARD TO TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF GROWTH OVER 157 00:08:04,851 --> 00:08:09,022 TIME, TO SEE IF IT IS TRULY THAT WE ARE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN 158 00:08:09,022 --> 00:08:13,026 GROWING AND NOT AS A NEGATIVE METHOD FOR EMBARRASSING STUDENTS 159 00:08:13,026 --> 00:08:14,060 OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 160 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:16,596 THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF FOCUSING ON ACHIEVEMENT. 161 00:08:16,596 --> 00:08:20,200 I BELIEVE THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO DO ADOPT NEW STANDARDS IN IDAHO. 162 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:21,601 >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 163 00:08:21,601 --> 00:08:23,837 OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM BILL ROBERTS. 164 00:08:23,837 --> 00:08:27,040 IF YOU DIRECT YOUR QUESTION TO SHERRI IBARRA. 165 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,708 >> I WILL. 166 00:08:28,708 --> 00:08:32,779 MS. IBARRA, I WANT TO GO A LITTLE DEEPER ON THE STANDARDS 167 00:08:32,779 --> 00:08:34,047 ISSUE IN THIS REGARD. 168 00:08:34,047 --> 00:08:38,051 FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES -- OR AFTER NEARLY TWO DECADE WAS 169 00:08:38,051 --> 00:08:41,421 IDAHO EMBARKING ON A READING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM B A THIRD OF 170 00:08:41,421 --> 00:08:45,692 THE THIRD GRADERS STILL SCANT READ ON GRADE LEVEL, STILL 171 00:08:45,692 --> 00:08:46,526 STRUGGLE TO READ. 172 00:08:46,526 --> 00:08:49,629 I WOULD LIKE TO YOU EXPLAIN IN DETAIL TO IDAHO PARENTS WHAT YOU 173 00:08:49,629 --> 00:08:54,968 WILL DO TO FINALLY MAKE IDAHO A STATE FULL OF STRONG READERS. 174 00:08:54,968 --> 00:08:55,635 >> ABSOLUTELY. 175 00:08:55,635 --> 00:08:56,903 AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 176 00:08:56,903 --> 00:09:00,473 WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, BILL, IS THE READING FIRST GRANT THAT 177 00:09:00,473 --> 00:09:04,377 WAS ADOPTED PROBABLY NEARLY, OH, 12 YEARS AGO. 178 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:08,682 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WHERE WE STARTED 179 00:09:08,682 --> 00:09:09,482 WITH THAT. 180 00:09:09,482 --> 00:09:11,217 WE WERE LOW IN ACHIEVEMENT. 181 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:14,120 AND THE GAINS THAT WE MADE WITH THAT. 182 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,123 THEN WE WENT STAGNANT IN IDAHO WITH ACHIEVEMENT. 183 00:09:17,123 --> 00:09:20,026 AND SO THEN WE WENT INTO ADOPTING NEW STANDARDS. 184 00:09:20,026 --> 00:09:22,962 SO THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE NEW STANDARDS AND HOW THEY WILL 185 00:09:22,962 --> 00:09:25,665 BRING LOCAL CONTROL BACK TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HOW THEY 186 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:29,703 CAN GET BACK INTO EXACTLY HOW DO YOU FOCUS ON READING 187 00:09:29,703 --> 00:09:30,603 ACHIEVEMENT. 188 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:37,777 I THINK THAT'S ALSO A GREAT ANALOGY OF THE PENDULUM SWINGING 189 00:09:37,777 --> 00:09:39,079 IN EDUCATION. 190 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:42,682 WE WENT FROM ADOPTING THE READING FIRST GRANT, AND NOW 191 00:09:42,682 --> 00:09:46,720 WE'RE BACK OVER TO GETTING BACK INTO IN THE CLASSROOM, TEACHING 192 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,856 THOSE ACTUAL SKILLS SUCH AS PHONICS AND THINGS OF THAT 193 00:09:49,856 --> 00:09:52,992 NATURE THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES 194 00:09:52,992 --> 00:09:54,060 IN IDAHO. 195 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:57,530 ACTUALLY THAT'S PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE 196 00:09:57,530 --> 00:10:01,368 RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL, FOCUSING ON READING PROCEED 197 00:10:01,368 --> 00:10:02,102 EFFICIENCY. 198 00:10:02,102 --> 00:10:06,373 AS AN 11-YEAR CLASSROOM TEACHES WHO'S BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES, I 199 00:10:06,373 --> 00:10:09,809 KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO ADDRESS THAT AND PUT THAT INTO PLAY AS AN 200 00:10:09,809 --> 00:10:11,378 EDUCATION LEADER. 201 00:10:11,378 --> 00:10:17,017 I'M EXCITED TO BRING THOSE ITEMS TO IDAHO. 202 00:10:17,017 --> 00:10:22,022 >> WHERE WE STARTED THE READING INITIATIVE WAS UNDER DR. MEHR 203 00:10:22,022 --> 00:10:24,824 MAYOR AND WE HAVE LEGISLATION THAT STARTED THE WHOLE 204 00:10:24,824 --> 00:10:26,026 INITIATIVE IN IDAHO. 205 00:10:26,026 --> 00:10:28,728 THE READING FIRST GRANT CAME MUCH LATER. 206 00:10:28,728 --> 00:10:32,032 THROUGH THE LAST EIGHT YEARS WE'VE SEEN THAT INITIATIVE WHERE 207 00:10:32,032 --> 00:10:34,934 WE WERE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS UP THROUGH THAT TIME, THE LAST 208 00:10:34,934 --> 00:10:38,204 EIGHT YEARS OF FOCUS HAS BEEN LOST. 209 00:10:38,204 --> 00:10:43,843 THE ASSESSMENT OR THE SCREENER, THE IRI WE USE HAS NOT BEEN AS 210 00:10:43,843 --> 00:10:47,947 EFFECTIVE AND IS NOT ASSESSING KIDS AT THE LEVELS THAT WE NEED. 211 00:10:47,947 --> 00:10:52,852 WE NEED TO REDO WHAT WE'VE STARTED AND REVISE THE IRI TO 212 00:10:52,852 --> 00:10:55,755 MAKE IT MORE MEANINGFUL AND PERTINENT TO TODAY. 213 00:10:55,755 --> 00:10:58,892 WE NEED STRONG INTERVENTION PROGRAMS THAT EVERY SCHOOL CAN 214 00:10:58,892 --> 00:11:03,263 PUT INTO PLACE, THAT IT -- THE MINUTE WE KNOW STUDENTS ARE 215 00:11:03,263 --> 00:11:06,900 STARTING TO FAIL OR THEY ARE GETTING BEHIND, THAT WE CAN 216 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:10,603 RESPOND EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY WITH GOOD 217 00:11:10,603 --> 00:11:11,705 INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. 218 00:11:11,705 --> 00:11:16,276 SO THAT WE CAN MONITOR OUR KIDS, DO PROGRESS MONITORING, MAKE 219 00:11:16,276 --> 00:11:19,512 SURE THEY ARE GETTING THE SKILLS THEY NEED, SO THEY CAN BE 220 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:20,914 SUCCESSFUL IN READING. 221 00:11:20,914 --> 00:11:25,185 AND WE REALLY NEED THE EMPHASIS TO START WHEN KINDERGARTEN, 222 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:29,923 FIRST, SECOND AND BY THIRD GRADE, THE MORE INTENSE 223 00:11:29,923 --> 00:11:34,361 INTERVENTIONS NEED TO OCCUR AS THE STUDENT GETS OLDER. 224 00:11:34,361 --> 00:11:36,730 >> BILL, I BELIEVE HAVE YOU ANOTHER QUESTION. 225 00:11:36,730 --> 00:11:38,465 >> SAME BASIC QUESTION ABOUT MATH. 226 00:11:38,465 --> 00:11:42,135 THESE ARE TWO BASIC THINGS PEOPLE EXPECT A PUBLIC EDUCATION 227 00:11:42,135 --> 00:11:42,936 TO DO. 228 00:11:42,936 --> 00:11:46,539 AND WE'VE HEARD FROM BUSINESSES, WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM PARENT. 229 00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:50,744 AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF STUDENTS GO ON TO COLLEGE THAT ALL OF A 230 00:11:50,744 --> 00:11:53,646 SUDDEN FIND THEMSELVES IN REIMMEDIATE YAM MATH PROGRAMS 231 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:57,417 BECAUSE THEY NEVER LEARNED OR NEVER GOT TO THE LEVEL OF MATH 232 00:11:57,417 --> 00:12:01,221 THEY NEED TO DO COMPETE OUT IN THE WORLD BEYOND ELEMENTARY 233 00:12:01,221 --> 00:12:02,055 SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. 234 00:12:02,055 --> 00:12:05,692 I WANT TO KNOW, ARE YOU THE SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATE WHO WHO 235 00:12:05,692 --> 00:12:07,794 CAN FINALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE ON? 236 00:12:07,794 --> 00:12:10,263 THEY AND HOW, SPECIFICALLY, WOULD YOU DO IT? 237 00:12:10,263 --> 00:12:11,698 >> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 238 00:12:11,698 --> 00:12:15,001 AGAIN WHAT, YOU'RE SAYING IS, YOU ARE ALSO RECOGNIZING AND THE 239 00:12:15,001 --> 00:12:19,072 BUSINESSES IN IDAHO AND ALL IDAHOANS ARE RECOGNIZING THAT WE 240 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:21,541 NEED TO DO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 241 00:12:21,541 --> 00:12:25,912 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING HAPPEN WITH NIECE NEW STANDARDS. 242 00:12:25,912 --> 00:12:29,382 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS DIFFERENT AND IMPROVE. 243 00:12:29,382 --> 00:12:33,119 I DISAGREE WITH MY OPPONENT WHEN SHE STATED WE NEED TO DO START 244 00:12:33,119 --> 00:12:33,720 OVER. 245 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,555 WE NEED TO START AND MOVE FORWARD. 246 00:12:35,555 --> 00:12:38,892 WE DON'T NEED TO SET OURSELVES BACK 10 YEARS AT ALL. 247 00:12:38,892 --> 00:12:43,129 THOSE EDUCATORS ON THE FRONT LINES KNOW EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO 248 00:12:43,129 --> 00:12:46,533 BE DONE TO MOVE US FORWARD AND I WILL BE JUST THAT LEADER. 249 00:12:46,533 --> 00:12:49,102 WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION AND IMPROVING 250 00:12:49,102 --> 00:12:52,305 ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATION REALLY STARTS AT HOME AND STARTS BEFORE 251 00:12:52,305 --> 00:12:57,210 KIDS GET INTO SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY AT THOSE EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL 252 00:12:57,210 --> 00:12:58,044 AGES. 253 00:12:58,044 --> 00:13:00,880 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT COMMUNICATE THAT 254 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:05,352 ACHIEVEMENT IS RELATED TO WHAT STARTS AT HOME FROM BIRTH TO 255 00:13:05,352 --> 00:13:08,521 THOSE CRITICAL STAGES BEFORE THEY ARRIVE TO KINDERGARTEN. 256 00:13:08,521 --> 00:13:11,791 SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PARENTS UNDERSTAND AND THAT I 257 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:14,427 COMMUNICATE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF 258 00:13:14,427 --> 00:13:18,331 PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS THE LIBRARY, AND WE'RE TAKING 259 00:13:18,331 --> 00:13:20,967 ADVANTAGE OF PROGRAMS THAT HELP OUR STUDENTS MAKE THOSE 260 00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:23,536 CONNECTIONS BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY ARRIVE INTO PUBLIC EDUCATION. 261 00:13:23,536 --> 00:13:27,173 AS THE NEXT-STATE SUPERINTENDENT, THESE ARE ALL 262 00:13:27,173 --> 00:13:31,244 ITEMS I WILL BRING TO THE TABLE TO PUT THAT VISION INTO PLAY AND 263 00:13:31,244 --> 00:13:32,645 INCREASE ACHIEVEMENT IN IDAHO. 264 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:33,713 >> AND YOUR RESPONSE? 265 00:13:33,713 --> 00:13:36,082 >> NO ONE'S HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT GOING BACK. 266 00:13:36,082 --> 00:13:38,818 WHAT I SAID IS WE STARTED WITH A GOOD PRODUCT. 267 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:42,288 THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, IT'S NOT PROGRESSED AS IT SHOULD. 268 00:13:42,288 --> 00:13:46,659 WE NEED TO REVISE WHERE WE ARE AND CONTINUE THAT READING 269 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:50,030 INITIATIVE FORWARD WITH GOOD INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. 270 00:13:50,030 --> 00:13:53,633 AS FAR AS THE SPECIFIC MATH QUESTIONS YOU TALKED ABOUT, AS 271 00:13:53,633 --> 00:13:57,370 I'VE TRAVELED THE STATE I'VE HAD A LOT OF PARENTS TALK TO ME 272 00:13:57,370 --> 00:14:00,774 ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE NEW MATH INITIATIVE AND THE NEW 273 00:14:00,774 --> 00:14:03,309 MATH PROGRAMS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING. 274 00:14:03,309 --> 00:14:07,947 I HAVE TO TELL YOU, HAVING TAKEN THE MATH COURSE ALL TEACHERS ARE 275 00:14:07,947 --> 00:14:13,620 REQUIRED TO TAKE, I ACTUALLY WAS HOPING, WOW, IF I HAD BEEN A 276 00:14:13,620 --> 00:14:16,890 STUDENT AND HAD MATH INSTRUCTION THIS WAY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 277 00:14:16,890 --> 00:14:19,225 REALLY POSITIVE FOR ME AS A STUDENT. 278 00:14:19,225 --> 00:14:24,631 BUT WHERE WE MISS THE BOAT IS WE DIDN'T HELP OUR PARENTS 279 00:14:24,631 --> 00:14:28,101 UNDERSTAND THE NEW MATH INITIATIVE. 280 00:14:28,101 --> 00:14:32,272 THEY ARE QUESTIONING, HOW DO I HELP MY STUDENT WITH HOMEWORK. 281 00:14:32,272 --> 00:14:35,742 RATHER THAN START OVER WITH ANOTHER MATH INITIATIVE, I WOULD 282 00:14:35,742 --> 00:14:40,613 LIKE TO SEE US TAKE WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, WORK HAND IN HAND WITH 283 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:45,185 OUR LOCAL DISTRICTS, AND OUR FAMILIES, SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE 284 00:14:45,185 --> 00:14:47,921 PROCESSES OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CHIEF. 285 00:14:47,921 --> 00:14:51,991 AND HOW OR KIDS THINK CRITICALLY AND PROBLEM SOLVE WHEN. 286 00:14:51,991 --> 00:14:59,599 THEY GET TO THE HIRE GRADES IN PAT THEY CAN BE PROBLEM-SOLVING. 287 00:14:59,599 --> 00:15:03,870 >> THAT'S IMPORTANT, WE NEED TORM CONTINUE DOWN THE SPOOT 288 00:15:03,870 --> 00:15:05,972 THAT WE STARTED. 289 00:15:05,972 --> 00:15:11,711 THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR KIDS IN A MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL WAY WHEN IT 290 00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:12,879 COMES TO MATH. 291 00:15:12,879 --> 00:15:16,616 >> CLARK CORBIN, DIRECT YOUR FIRST REQUEST TOE JANA. 292 00:15:16,616 --> 00:15:19,085 >> I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EXPECTATIONS HERE. 293 00:15:19,085 --> 00:15:23,356 FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THE STATE HAS USED A FIVE-STAR 294 00:15:23,356 --> 00:15:26,993 RATING SYSTEM TO GRADE AND CRITIQUE OUR SCHOOLS. 295 00:15:26,993 --> 00:15:30,330 THAT'S BEEN ON PIONEER SQUARE DURING THE STATE TRANSITION. 296 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:34,334 RECENTLY THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED REVAMPING THAT 297 00:15:34,334 --> 00:15:36,803 FIVE-START ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. 298 00:15:36,803 --> 00:15:40,340 IS YOUR DEFINITION OF SUCCESS AND SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS YOU 299 00:15:40,340 --> 00:15:43,443 AND PARENTS SHOULD HAVE OF OUR SCHOOLS? 300 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:46,012 >> OUR PARENTS SHOULD HAVE EXAMINATIONS THAT OUR SCHOOLS 301 00:15:46,012 --> 00:15:49,282 CAN PREPARE THEIR KIDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT WHATEVER THEY 302 00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:51,751 CHOOSE TO DO. 303 00:15:51,751 --> 00:15:56,189 HE AND AS FAR AS A FIVE-STAR RATING SYSTEM, I DON'T THINK 304 00:15:56,189 --> 00:16:00,660 THAT FIVE-STAR RATING SYSTEM ACTUALLY INFORMS OUR FAMILIES 305 00:16:00,660 --> 00:16:04,497 VERY WELL ABOUT WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING OR NOT DOING. 306 00:16:04,497 --> 00:16:09,469 I TALKED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT'S WHERE SCHOOLS WERE GIVEN A 307 00:16:09,469 --> 00:16:13,239 TWO-STAR RATING AND IT TURNED OUT THE CALCULATIONS WERE 308 00:16:13,239 --> 00:16:14,074 INCORRECT. 309 00:16:14,074 --> 00:16:17,877 WHEN THEY PROVED THEY DIDN'T GET THEIR RATING CHANGED, WE NEED TO 310 00:16:17,877 --> 00:16:21,247 REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHAT THAT IS DOING. 311 00:16:21,247 --> 00:16:24,984 BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE MULTIPLE INDICATORS OF WHAT A 312 00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:27,954 GOOD SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE, NOT JUST AN ASSESSMENT. 313 00:16:27,954 --> 00:16:33,059 WE DON'T KNOW THE INFORMATION THE STUDENTS -- THE SMARTER 314 00:16:33,059 --> 00:16:35,795 BALANCE ASSESSMENT WILL GIVE US. 315 00:16:35,795 --> 00:16:41,634 IT'S RARELY HARD TO FEMUR THAT WILL BE A VALID METHOD TO USE 316 00:16:41,634 --> 00:16:44,337 FOR STATE RATING. 317 00:16:44,337 --> 00:16:48,174 MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE RATING SYSTEM, 318 00:16:48,174 --> 00:16:49,809 IT'S NOT BEEN WORKING WELL. 319 00:16:49,809 --> 00:16:54,280 AND THAT WE GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THOSE INDICATORS 320 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,984 AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITHsS FROM AROUND THE STATE. 321 00:16:57,984 --> 00:17:02,122 LET THEM HELP US DEFINE WHAT THAT STAR RATING SYSTEM SHOULD 322 00:17:02,122 --> 00:17:05,759 LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE INDICATORS SHOULD BE THAT WE USE TO MEASURE 323 00:17:05,759 --> 00:17:07,861 THE DIFFERENT QUALITIES OF OUR SCHOOLS. 324 00:17:07,861 --> 00:17:10,964 AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT IMPLEMENTATION RATHER THAN 325 00:17:10,964 --> 00:17:16,336 STICKING WITH OR JUST PUTTING IT ON HOLD UNTIL WE GET BACK 326 00:17:16,336 --> 00:17:18,138 RESULTS IN THE SPRING. 327 00:17:18,138 --> 00:17:21,775 >> ACTUALLY THE REASON WE WENT TO THE STAR RATING 328 00:17:21,775 --> 00:17:25,045 ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS BECAUSE THAT WAS BASED ON GROWTH THAT. 329 00:17:25,045 --> 00:17:31,618 FITS IN NICELY WITH MY PLATFORM OF ADDRESS THE WHOLE CHILD. 330 00:17:31,618 --> 00:17:35,622 WE ALL KNOW EACH ONE OF OUR STUDENTS IS DIFFERENT. 331 00:17:35,622 --> 00:17:39,859 THE OLD METHOD EVEN BEFORE THAT WAS CALLED ADEQUATE YEARLY 332 00:17:39,859 --> 00:17:43,329 PROGRESS BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND IT FIT EVERY STUDENT INTO A BOX 333 00:17:43,329 --> 00:17:46,232 AND WAS REALLY PRESSURING SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS TO MAKE 334 00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:49,703 SURE THEY RECEIVED A CERTAIN SCORE ON A TEST. 335 00:17:49,703 --> 00:17:57,010 AND IT WAS THE END-ALL, BE-ALL FOR OUR SCHOOLS. 336 00:17:57,010 --> 00:18:01,047 WE WENT TO THE FIVE-STAR ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS AND IT 337 00:18:01,047 --> 00:18:03,850 WORK VES WELL AND THEY ENJOYED IT. 338 00:18:03,850 --> 00:18:07,754 IT FITS NICELY INTO MY PLATFORM OF ADDRESS THE WHOLE CHILD, 339 00:18:07,754 --> 00:18:10,123 WHICH IS A NEW NATIONAL MOVEMENT ACTUALLY. 340 00:18:10,123 --> 00:18:15,295 AND ADDRESSING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND GIVING LOCAL 341 00:18:15,295 --> 00:18:18,765 CONTROL BACK TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND TAKING A TESTING 342 00:18:18,765 --> 00:18:25,872 SYSTEM I KNOW WE WILL NOT GET OUT OF, BUT PUN THAT TAKE AS 343 00:18:25,872 --> 00:18:30,510 SNAPSHOT BUT YET A MOTION PICTURE OF GROWTH OVER TOWN. 344 00:18:30,510 --> 00:18:34,514 I DON'T KNOW WHAT PARENT CAN ARGUE WITH GROWTH OR WHAT TAX 345 00:18:34,514 --> 00:18:37,784 MAYORS CAN ARGUE WITH GROWTH. 346 00:18:37,784 --> 00:18:42,355 GOOD TEACHERS NOPE EACH STUDENT IS UNIQUE AND THIS IS THE MODEL 347 00:18:42,355 --> 00:18:44,257 THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW. 348 00:18:44,257 --> 00:18:47,227 WE CAN EASILY DO THIS TOGETHER AS A TEAM. 349 00:18:47,227 --> 00:18:50,864 IT'S MULTIPLE MEASURES OVER MULTIPLE TIMES TO ADDRESS THE 350 00:18:50,864 --> 00:18:54,167 UNIQUE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS IN IDAHO. 351 00:18:54,167 --> 00:18:57,871 >> I BELIEVE EMILIE HAS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. 352 00:18:57,871 --> 00:19:00,840 >> THE FIRST GOES TO JAN IN A. 353 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,210 >> WHAT WOULD BE MAKE THREE IN THE INDICATORS WHEN YOU'RE 354 00:19:04,210 --> 00:19:06,946 LOOKING AT A SCHOOL OR A CLASSROOM OR A CHILD, THAT WOULD 355 00:19:06,946 --> 00:19:10,016 HELP YOU INFORM IF YOU ARE GROWING OR NOT? 356 00:19:10,016 --> 00:19:17,123 >> THREE THAT COME RIGHT TO THE TOP FOR ME ARE STUDENT 357 00:19:17,123 --> 00:19:21,227 FREE-THROW, ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT. 358 00:19:21,227 --> 00:19:25,498 WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TEACHERS. 359 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:28,968 THIS YEAR SCHOOL STARTED WITH A LOT OF VACANCIES IN OUR PUBLIC 360 00:19:28,968 --> 00:19:32,238 SCHOOLS AND WE DON'T HAVE APPLICANT TO FILL THEM. 361 00:19:32,238 --> 00:19:36,609 ONE OF THE STRONGEST INDICATORS OF A STUDENT'S SUCCESS IS HAVING 362 00:19:36,609 --> 00:19:40,313 A HIGH QUALITY TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM EACH DAY THAT CAN WORK 363 00:19:40,313 --> 00:19:43,850 WITH THE STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE BIG SUCCESSFUL. 364 00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:49,356 WE NEED TO LOOK AND SEE, DO WE HAVE QUALIFIED TEACHERS IN EVERY 365 00:19:49,356 --> 00:19:52,992 SING THELE CLASSROOM. 366 00:19:52,992 --> 00:20:03,336 THE BREATH OF CRICK LIMB THAT IS AVAILABLE TO KEEP DOGS ENGAGED. 367 00:20:03,336 --> 00:20:06,006 THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT MAKE OUR KIDS GROWING UP TO 368 00:20:06,006 --> 00:20:11,244 APPROXIMATE STRONG, WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS, THAT ALSO HAVE A 369 00:20:11,244 --> 00:20:13,446 STRONG CIVIC. 370 00:20:13,446 --> 00:20:17,717 THOSE ARE THE INDICATORS BESIDES JUST AN ASSESSMENT THAT I WOULD 371 00:20:17,717 --> 00:20:20,620 RIGHT OFF THE TOP TAKE A LOOK AT. 372 00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:21,254 >> SURE. 373 00:20:21,254 --> 00:20:21,921 >> THANK YOU. 374 00:20:21,921 --> 00:20:26,026 AGAIN, GOOD TEACHERS KNOW IT TAKES MULTIPLE MEASURES OVER 375 00:20:26,026 --> 00:20:28,461 MULTIPLE TIMES TO SHOW GROWTH. 376 00:20:28,461 --> 00:20:35,135 THAT'S THE INDIVIDUAL I'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD IN ONE OF THE 377 00:20:35,135 --> 00:20:37,837 PLATFORM. 378 00:20:37,837 --> 00:20:40,573 AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME RULES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW WITH THE TESTING 379 00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:42,375 SYSTEM, I HAD STATED THAT EARLIER. 380 00:20:42,375 --> 00:20:43,910 WE ARE NOT GOING GET OUT OF THAT. 381 00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:47,280 BUT WHAT WE DO WITH THAT INFORMATION AS A STATE IS REALLY 382 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:48,114 IMPORTANT. 383 00:20:48,114 --> 00:20:51,584 THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN REALLY GET INTO THE EVALUATION MODEL AND 384 00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:55,121 THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WHAT THEY ARE USING RIGHT NOW, 385 00:20:55,121 --> 00:20:58,992 WHICH IS TOP QUALITY. 386 00:20:58,992 --> 00:20:59,526 THERE WERE. 387 00:20:59,526 --> 00:21:03,163 WE DO HAVE LIKE I SAID THE DANIELSON MODEL FOR EVALUATION, 388 00:21:03,163 --> 00:21:06,433 AND THEN WE DO HAVE HIGH QUALITY TEACHER REQUIREMENTS. 389 00:21:06,433 --> 00:21:15,909 BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET OUT OF THAT TESTING ISN'T. 390 00:21:15,909 --> 00:21:22,916 THE I SAT2.0 DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE A SMALL SNAPSHOT 391 00:21:22,916 --> 00:21:26,019 OF GROWTH, MAYBE A TEST IN THE FALL AND ONE IN THE SPRING SO 392 00:21:26,019 --> 00:21:27,387 YOU CAN SEE THAT GROWTH. 393 00:21:27,387 --> 00:21:30,824 WITH THAT BEING SAID I RECOGNIZE THERE'S SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE 394 00:21:30,824 --> 00:21:33,360 TESTING SYSTEM, AND BEING ON THE FRONT LINES. 395 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:37,030 SO WHAT'S APPROPRIATE AT THE THIRD GRADE IS NOT APPROPRIATE 396 00:21:37,030 --> 00:21:38,098 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. 397 00:21:38,098 --> 00:21:41,301 SITTING SEVEN HOURS IN FRONT OF A TEST DEFINITELY IS NOT 398 00:21:41,301 --> 00:21:42,469 SOMETHING I WOULD SUPPORT. 399 00:21:42,469 --> 00:21:48,408 BUT MOVING FORWARD AGAIN, IT'S MULTIPLE MEASURES OVER MULTIPLE 400 00:21:48,408 --> 00:21:49,209 SOMETIMES. 401 00:21:49,209 --> 00:21:52,579 EVERY PARENT AND EDUCATOR KNOWS THAT AND THAT'S THE VISION I 402 00:21:52,579 --> 00:21:54,381 BRING FORWARD TO IDAHO. 403 00:21:54,381 --> 00:21:58,885 >> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM BILL. 404 00:21:58,885 --> 00:22:05,892 >> MS. IBARRA, IF YOU ARE ELECTED WHO WOULD THE EDUCATION 405 00:22:05,892 --> 00:22:09,162 PERMANENT REALLY LOOK LIKE FOUR YEARS FROM NOW? 406 00:22:09,162 --> 00:22:14,067 >> IT WOULD REPEAT THE SAME VISION I'VE HAD THAT'S PROVEN 407 00:22:14,067 --> 00:22:17,437 EFFECTIVE BY TAKING A TEAM WITH A POOR STATUS. 408 00:22:17,437 --> 00:22:21,007 WE CAN BE NATIONAL LEADERS IN READING AND MATHEMATICS AND DO 409 00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:28,982 THAT BY FOCUSING ON THE 26 HUMAN RESOURCE USEFUL PICTURES GIRLS 410 00:22:28,982 --> 00:22:30,250 OVER TIMES. 411 00:22:30,250 --> 00:22:33,186 AND REALLY SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. 412 00:22:33,186 --> 00:22:36,456 TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THAT FEEL SUPPORTED, THAT MEANS WE ARE 413 00:22:36,456 --> 00:22:39,192 GOING TO HAVE HIGH ACHIEVEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM. 414 00:22:39,192 --> 00:22:46,566 AS THE NEXT-STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC PRODUCTION, YOU WAS 415 00:22:46,566 --> 00:22:51,037 WOULD FOCUS ON, THEY ARE PROVEN TO WORK EMPOWERING TEACHERS AND 416 00:22:51,037 --> 00:22:52,372 LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 417 00:22:52,372 --> 00:22:57,844 MAINTAINING A VISION ON THE FUTURE OF OUR STUDENTS AND A 418 00:22:57,844 --> 00:22:59,212 HARD FITNESS. 419 00:22:59,212 --> 00:23:03,083 WE WILL BE A NATIONAL LEADER UNDER MY LEADERSHIP. 420 00:23:03,083 --> 00:23:09,789 >> SPECIFICALLY, AS A FRIENDLY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 421 00:23:09,789 --> 00:23:12,158 >> HOW TO YOU GET TO THAT POINT? 422 00:23:12,158 --> 00:23:15,261 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, I WAS ACTUALLY HOPING THAT YOU 423 00:23:15,261 --> 00:23:16,262 WOULD ASK ME THAT. 424 00:23:16,262 --> 00:23:19,599 RIGHT NOW I THINK TEACHES ARE FEELING VERY DISRESPECTED. 425 00:23:19,599 --> 00:23:22,635 I THINK THEY FEEL THE PUBLIC DOES NOT SUPPORT THEM AND THAT 426 00:23:22,635 --> 00:23:24,738 THEIR LEADER DOES NOT IMPORTANT THEM. 427 00:23:24,738 --> 00:23:28,241 IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER BEING ON THE FRONT LINES I DO SUPPORT 428 00:23:28,241 --> 00:23:29,909 THEM AND SUPPORT STUDENTS. 429 00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:38,651 AND THAT THE TAXPAYERS OF IDAHO AS I'M PARAFFLING, THEY SUPPORT 430 00:23:38,651 --> 00:23:39,552 THAT AS WELL. 431 00:23:39,552 --> 00:23:43,356 COMMUNICATING THAT AND SUPPORTING THEM SO WE CAN ALL 432 00:23:43,356 --> 00:23:46,292 CHIEF AND GROW SEEING. 433 00:23:46,292 --> 00:23:49,362 YOU REMOVE ANY SORT OF UNDERCURRENT THAT AFFECTS THEM 434 00:23:49,362 --> 00:23:51,197 WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO TEACH. 435 00:23:51,197 --> 00:23:55,468 MY MOTTO WAS LET ME DO EVERYTHING ELSE AS YOUR LEADER. 436 00:23:55,468 --> 00:23:59,506 ALL I WANT YOU TO DO IS FOCUS ON THOSE KIDS AND TEACH. 437 00:23:59,506 --> 00:24:05,478 EVERY PARENT AND TEACHER KNOWS THAT'S THE SIGN OF A GOOD 438 00:24:05,478 --> 00:24:06,513 TEACHER. 439 00:24:06,513 --> 00:24:06,780 >> BILL. 440 00:24:06,780 --> 00:24:10,850 >> I WANT TO KNOW, MS. JONES, IF YOU'RE ELECTED WHAT WOULD THE 441 00:24:10,850 --> 00:24:14,954 EDUCATION SYSTEM REALISTICALLY LOOK LIKE FOUR YEARS FROM NOW? 442 00:24:14,954 --> 00:24:22,328 >> WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR OUR SCHOOLS FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, 443 00:24:22,328 --> 00:24:27,267 WE HAVE SAME SCHOOLS, THEY FEEL NO. 444 00:24:27,267 --> 00:24:31,071 WE WOULD HAVE HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS, AND ENOUGH TEACHERS TO 445 00:24:31,071 --> 00:24:33,740 FILL THE POSITIONS EMPTY HERE IN IDAHO. 446 00:24:33,740 --> 00:24:37,344 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE US HAVE MODERN UP-TO-DATE 447 00:24:37,344 --> 00:24:40,347 CLASSROOMS WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT SUPPORTS INSTRUCTION AND ASSISTS 448 00:24:40,347 --> 00:24:43,917 OUR STUDENTS IN HAVING IN THEIR LEARNING PROCESSES. 449 00:24:43,917 --> 00:24:50,090 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE STRONG, RIGOROUS CURRICULUM OR 450 00:24:50,090 --> 00:24:57,097 STANDARDS THAT WOULD HELP OR KIDS FOR A, AND MY PLAN WOULD BE 451 00:24:57,097 --> 00:25:00,600 THAT WE START TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS AGAIN. 452 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:05,038 SCHOOLS WHERE OUR PARENTS FELT GOOD ABOUT SENDING THEIR KIDS, 453 00:25:05,038 --> 00:25:12,879 TOO SCHOOLS TAXPAYERS FELT LIKE WERE A GOOD IN YELLED. 454 00:25:12,879 --> 00:25:16,149 WHERE WE NOR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 455 00:25:16,149 --> 00:25:18,718 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE AND THAT'S WHAT I WILL WORK FOR. 456 00:25:18,718 --> 00:25:23,590 THE WAY I BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER TO POSTURE 457 00:25:23,590 --> 00:25:27,160 EDUCATION IN IDAHO. 458 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,896 >> I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH SOMETHING. 459 00:25:29,896 --> 00:25:33,333 ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT IS HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS 460 00:25:33,333 --> 00:25:39,439 AND NOT HAVING VOLCANO AS I. 461 00:25:39,439 --> 00:25:42,275 WE'RE HEARING ALL KINDS OF THINGS, LIKE WE CAN'T GET 462 00:25:42,275 --> 00:25:52,819 TEACHERS TO COME INTO THE STATE, WE HAVE EMPTY SEATS IN 463 00:25:52,819 --> 00:25:53,353 CLASSROOMS. 464 00:25:53,353 --> 00:25:56,356 >> FIRST OF ALL, YOU NEED A SUPERINTENDENT OUT THERE TALKING 465 00:25:56,356 --> 00:26:01,594 ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS GOES ON IN OUR SCHOOLS. 466 00:26:01,594 --> 00:26:09,602 NOT TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL ARE THE PROBLEMS WHO CAN MOVE LEAD BY 467 00:26:09,602 --> 00:26:12,939 EXAMPLE AND BRING FOLKS TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SPECIFIC PLANS. 468 00:26:12,939 --> 00:26:16,710 YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO POINTS OUT ALL THE GOOD THINGS 469 00:26:16,710 --> 00:26:21,047 GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS. 470 00:26:21,047 --> 00:26:27,153 MIRACLE'S OCCUR EVERY DAY IN OR CLASSROOM. 471 00:26:27,153 --> 00:26:35,362 WE NEED TO PROMOTE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT IS HAPPENING. 472 00:26:35,362 --> 00:26:39,866 I I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN HARD ON OUR 473 00:26:39,866 --> 00:26:40,800 SCHOOLS. 474 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,170 ONE, IT'S BEEN FINANCIALLY BUT THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT 475 00:26:44,170 --> 00:26:45,505 WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR SCHOOLS. 476 00:26:45,505 --> 00:26:49,442 THERE'S A LOT RIGHT WITH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE IN IDAHO. 477 00:26:49,442 --> 00:26:57,283 WE NEED SLIPPERY THAT WILL BE THE CHAMPION FOR OR SCHOOLS. 478 00:26:57,283 --> 00:26:59,452 THESE ARE OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST. 479 00:26:59,452 --> 00:27:02,689 WE NEED TO WORK WITH OUR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER ED. 480 00:27:02,689 --> 00:27:09,863 RIGHT NOW OUR COLLEGE PREP PROGRAMS HAVE DECREASED EN 481 00:27:09,863 --> 00:27:10,764 ROAMED. 482 00:27:10,764 --> 00:27:17,971 ANOTHER WAY WEEK -- THAT IDAHO TEACHERS ARE VALUES, THAT THEY 483 00:27:17,971 --> 00:27:22,709 HAVE A LIVEABLE WAGE. 484 00:27:22,709 --> 00:27:28,248 THEY FEEL STRENGTH A GOOD LIFE A GOO INVESTIGATION THROUGH WORK 485 00:27:28,248 --> 00:27:31,351 IN HIGH-QUALITY ENVIRONMENTS. 486 00:27:31,351 --> 00:27:34,587 >> OUR COLLEGES HAVE HAD TO BE PREPARED. 487 00:27:34,587 --> 00:27:37,891 WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WHOLE CONVERSATION. 488 00:27:37,891 --> 00:27:39,225 >> LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. 489 00:27:39,225 --> 00:27:42,328 NEXT QUESTION FROM CLARK, AND YOU WOULD PLEASE DIRECT THE 490 00:27:42,328 --> 00:27:44,230 FIRST QUESTION TO SHERRY. 491 00:27:44,230 --> 00:27:51,438 >> ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASPECTS OF THE JOB YOU BOTH EVER 492 00:27:51,438 --> 00:28:03,283 AUDITIONING FOR WAS CONTROLLING THE BUDGET 40s IF I IN THE SAY 493 00:28:03,283 --> 00:28:04,918 THE. 494 00:28:04,918 --> 00:28:07,387 >> KIDS LICENSURE, WHAT'S DESCRIBED AS IT BIGGEST 495 00:28:07,387 --> 00:28:10,957 EDUCATION CUTS IN OUR COUNTRY. 496 00:28:10,957 --> 00:28:21,668 CLASSROOM SPENDING PEAKED AT $25,697, IN 2009 IT'S BELOW 497 00:28:21,668 --> 00:28:22,769 $22,000 RIGHT NOW. 498 00:28:22,769 --> 00:28:24,704 >>> AS THE NEXT-STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC 499 00:28:24,704 --> 00:28:34,147 INSTRUCTION, I THINK THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON WHAT'S ADEQUATE. 500 00:28:34,147 --> 00:28:38,718 WHAT'S NOT ADEQUATE IS FOUR-DAY WORKWEEKS, NOT HAVING SUPPLIES 501 00:28:38,718 --> 00:28:40,253 AND BASIC NEEDS. 502 00:28:40,253 --> 00:28:43,223 LARGE CLASSROOM SIZES AT THE LOWER GRADES. 503 00:28:43,223 --> 00:28:45,692 AIM PROPONENT FOR ADEQUATE FUNDING. 504 00:28:45,692 --> 00:28:49,696 IT'S NOT THE JOB OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT TO DETERMINE 505 00:28:49,696 --> 00:28:53,433 LEVELS, THAT IS STRICTLY THE JOB OF LEGISLATORS. 506 00:28:53,433 --> 00:28:57,070 I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF A MAJORITY OF THE LEGISLATORS AND I WILL BE 507 00:28:57,070 --> 00:28:59,639 A CHAMPIONSHIP AND WORK ALONGSIDE THEM TO SHOW THEM 508 00:28:59,639 --> 00:29:04,477 WHAT'S ADEQUATE, WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT ISN'T. 509 00:29:04,477 --> 00:29:11,017 I AM GOING TO BE THE AUTHORITY STATE DID YOU WANT WHO DOES NOT 510 00:29:11,017 --> 00:29:19,859 ASK FOR MORE UNTIL SHE UNDERSTANDS EVERY SINGLE ONE IS 511 00:29:19,859 --> 00:29:21,761 DANGEROUSLY CLOSING TO THE MAXIMUM. 512 00:29:21,761 --> 00:29:25,865 EVERY SINGLE THING IN THAT BUDGET GIVES BACK CONTROL TO THE 513 00:29:25,865 --> 00:29:27,600 LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. 514 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:34,474 WILL I THEN DISCUSS WITH THE SHARES ANY SORT OF FUNDING. 515 00:29:34,474 --> 00:29:43,316 YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE ONE TO INCREASED, THEY DON'T WANT TO 516 00:29:43,316 --> 00:29:46,953 INCREASE IT BACK TO THE 2009 LEVEL BUT THAT'S NOT REALISTIC 517 00:29:46,953 --> 00:29:51,091 BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AN INCREASE THAT'S ABOUT 15%. 518 00:29:51,091 --> 00:29:54,327 THAT WOULD REFLECT THAT WE ARE HEADED THAT DIRECTION. 519 00:29:54,327 --> 00:29:58,898 MONEY HAS NOG DO WITH ACHIEVEMENT. 520 00:29:58,898 --> 00:30:01,434 THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH OUT ABOUT THAT. 521 00:30:01,434 --> 00:30:05,805 IT'S BETTER TO BE LOW AND STEADY THAN TO BE ERRATIC AND ALL OVER 522 00:30:05,805 --> 00:30:06,740 THE MAP. 523 00:30:06,740 --> 00:30:08,641 >> CLARK, DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP? 524 00:30:08,641 --> 00:30:11,277 >> I DID HAVE A FOLLOW-UP. 525 00:30:11,277 --> 00:30:14,114 THE SUPERINTENDENT DELIVER AS BUDGET PROPOSAL TO THE 526 00:30:14,114 --> 00:30:15,448 LEGISLATURE. 527 00:30:15,448 --> 00:30:22,889 THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT SETS THE LOOPHOLE. 528 00:30:22,889 --> 00:30:30,196 REST WEEK YOU SEE 60% OF THE BUDGET IS FOCUSED ON EDUCATION. 529 00:30:30,196 --> 00:30:34,668 LAST WEEK YOU ALSO ENDORSED THE BUDGET TOM LUNA PROPOSED, WITH 530 00:30:34,668 --> 00:30:38,371 THE BIGGEST SPENDING INCREASE HE EVER SUBMITTED TO THE STATE. 531 00:30:38,371 --> 00:30:43,777 >> ARE YOU ASKING FOR MORE MONEY LESS? 532 00:30:43,777 --> 00:30:47,313 >> I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT I SAID THAT IS MR. 533 00:30:47,313 --> 00:30:51,317 LUNA'S BUDGET AND HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS WITH THAT. 534 00:30:51,317 --> 00:30:54,220 HE DOESN'T ASK ME FIRST, EARLY. 535 00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:58,591 I KNOW AND I UNDERSTAND AND I CAN AMEND THAT AT ANY TIME. 536 00:30:58,591 --> 00:31:05,532 I'M GOING TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY MY CURRENT LITER HAS BEGINNING 537 00:31:05,532 --> 00:31:10,437 ME, TO SPEND TIME CLOSELY STUDYING THAT MORE THOROUGHLY. 538 00:31:10,437 --> 00:31:14,074 THERE ARE A COUPLE PLACES THAT COULD REALLY GIVE BACK ROLL 539 00:31:14,074 --> 00:31:15,709 CONTROL TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 540 00:31:15,709 --> 00:31:19,713 THAT'S REALLY THE JOB OF THE STATE OPPORTUNITY. 541 00:31:19,713 --> 00:31:22,549 THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 542 00:31:22,549 --> 00:31:25,185 WHAT DO WE HAVE, AND WHAT ARE WE SPENDING IT ON. 543 00:31:25,185 --> 00:31:27,187 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. 544 00:31:27,187 --> 00:31:29,456 I'VE ALREADY PROVEN THAT METHOD WORKS. 545 00:31:29,456 --> 00:31:43,103 WHEN I TOOK A TEAM TO FOUR-STAR STAT PUS, WAS IN THE TOUGH EAST 546 00:31:43,103 --> 00:31:44,471 SHAPE AS IT WAS. 547 00:31:44,471 --> 00:31:46,406 >> I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET PRIORITIES. 548 00:31:46,406 --> 00:31:48,842 THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OVERSEES THE LARGEST STATE 549 00:31:48,842 --> 00:31:49,642 BUDGET. 550 00:31:49,642 --> 00:31:54,014 THERE ARE BIG PRIORITIES ON THE SABLE, RESTORING THE STEEPEST 551 00:31:54,014 --> 00:31:57,217 FUNDING CUTS TO K-12 IN THE COUNTRY. 552 00:31:57,217 --> 00:32:00,887 WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH YOUR BUDGE, JANICE? 553 00:32:00,887 --> 00:32:09,529 >> THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IS I TALK TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AND 554 00:32:09,529 --> 00:32:16,336 WE DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO MEET THEIR NOTES. 555 00:32:16,336 --> 00:32:23,910 THEY DON'T HAVE UNTO DATE BOOKS. 556 00:32:23,910 --> 00:32:26,913 THE DISTRICT IS TELLING ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN OUR RESOURCES 557 00:32:26,913 --> 00:32:28,181 JUST ARE NOT THERE. 558 00:32:28,181 --> 00:32:29,549 WE'VE HAD TO CUT PROGRAMS. 559 00:32:29,549 --> 00:32:32,719 WE'VE HAD TO CUT SO MANY THINGS THAT MAKE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS 560 00:32:32,719 --> 00:32:34,554 RICH AND FULL FOR OUR STUDENTS. 561 00:32:34,554 --> 00:32:39,259 I ACTUALLY TALKED TO STUDENTS AT COLLEGE OF IDAHO LAST WEEK. 562 00:32:39,259 --> 00:32:42,896 THEY WENT THROUGH A LITANY OF THINGS THEY HAD HAD CUT IN THEIR 563 00:32:42,896 --> 00:32:45,031 DISTRICTS BEFORE THEY WENT TO COLLEGE. 564 00:32:45,031 --> 00:32:48,134 AND HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SEE IT. 565 00:32:48,134 --> 00:32:52,939 I BELIEVE S THAT STATE SUPERINTENDENT'S JOB IS TO BE 566 00:32:52,939 --> 00:32:55,942 THE PALATINE HILL IN LAKE OSWEGOED A KILT FOR OUR KID AND 567 00:32:55,942 --> 00:33:02,682 TO MAKE EDUCATION THE NO. 1 PRIORITIES. 568 00:33:02,682 --> 00:33:05,719 WE GO FORWARD WORM PREPARING A BUDGET. 569 00:33:05,719 --> 00:33:08,788 THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT PREPARE AS PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGET THAT 570 00:33:08,788 --> 00:33:10,990 THEN IS SUBMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR CONSIDERATION 571 00:33:10,990 --> 00:33:12,492 ALONG WITH THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. 572 00:33:12,492 --> 00:33:16,329 IF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT PREPARING A BUDGET THAT IS 573 00:33:16,329 --> 00:33:20,000 STRONG, THAT REFLECTS THE NEEDS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE 574 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,703 TELLING US, THEN YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR JOB AS STATE 575 00:33:23,703 --> 00:33:24,804 SUPERINTENDENT. 576 00:33:24,804 --> 00:33:29,242 I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT MY OPPONENT IS SAYING THAT IN 577 00:33:29,242 --> 00:33:33,813 ONE PLACE, AS POLITICIAN, THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING ASK FOR 578 00:33:33,813 --> 00:33:44,190 ANY MORE MONEY, BUT THEN AGAIN AT THE ANOTHER DEBATE TED, IT MY 579 00:33:44,190 --> 00:33:50,530 RESOURCES AND MOVE FORWARD WITH TOM LUNA'S BUDGET. 580 00:33:50,530 --> 00:33:57,370 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE HE IS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR ITEMS. 581 00:33:57,370 --> 00:34:01,508 AS STATE SUPERINTENDENT I WILL BE OPEN, I WILL BE THOROUGH, AND 582 00:34:01,508 --> 00:34:05,412 I WILL INVITE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT 583 00:34:05,412 --> 00:34:08,081 OF THE BUDGET, AS WELL AS ADVOCATING FOR THE BUDGET. 584 00:34:08,081 --> 00:34:11,251 I THINK THAT'S THE ROLE OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT. 585 00:34:11,251 --> 00:34:17,891 AND THEN TO WORK WITH JFAC AND THE LEGISLATURE IN THE 586 00:34:17,891 --> 00:34:25,899 GOVERNOR'S OFFICER TO TALK ABOUT THE CONCERNS FOR THE PUBLIC. 587 00:34:25,899 --> 00:34:27,801 >> I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT. 588 00:34:27,801 --> 00:34:28,735 I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. 589 00:34:28,735 --> 00:34:32,005 I THINK IT WAS MY OPPONENT -- I'M SORRY THAT I DISAGREE WITH 590 00:34:32,005 --> 00:34:35,875 HER -- IN THE LAST DEBATE THAT SAID SHE WOULD SUPPORT EVEN MORE 591 00:34:35,875 --> 00:34:37,377 OF AN INCREASE IN FUNDING. 592 00:34:37,377 --> 00:34:41,614 IT IS MY JOB IF ELECTED AS THE NEXT-STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF 593 00:34:41,614 --> 00:34:49,823 PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, TO SHAKE EVERY TREE AND TURN OVER EVERY 594 00:34:49,823 --> 00:34:52,892 ROCK AND EXPLODING EVERY ATTITUDE FOR FUNDING. 595 00:34:52,892 --> 00:35:00,200 YOU MUST FIRST KNOW IF IT'S BEING USED EFFECTIVELY AND 596 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:05,338 STRETCHED TO THE PALLET, WHEN WE KNOW THERE'S NOT EVEN GOING TO 597 00:35:05,338 --> 00:35:07,674 BE ENOUGH. 598 00:35:07,674 --> 00:35:13,146 WHEN YOU COULD MOVE AROUND, THEN, ONLY THEN, SHOULD YOU ASK 599 00:35:13,146 --> 00:35:14,080 FOR ME. 600 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:23,490 IT IS MY JOB AS THE NEXT STATE, BUT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THAT 601 00:35:23,490 --> 00:35:25,692 OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THEIR STUDENTS HAVE EVERYTHING IT IS 602 00:35:25,692 --> 00:35:26,593 THAT THEY NEED. 603 00:35:26,593 --> 00:35:29,963 RIGHT NOW RETURNING LOCAL CONTROL IN THE BUDGET IS THE 604 00:35:29,963 --> 00:35:31,498 BEST WAY TO DO THAT. 605 00:35:31,498 --> 00:35:38,872 AND HAVING THE SUPPORT OF JFAC, THE JOINT PROTECTIONS UNIT, I 606 00:35:38,872 --> 00:35:44,911 THINK THAT'S ALSO A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS THE 607 00:35:44,911 --> 00:35:47,013 NEXT-STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 608 00:35:47,013 --> 00:35:50,650 >> CLARK, I BELIEVE YOU HAD A FOLLOW UP OF THAT. 609 00:35:50,650 --> 00:35:53,920 >>> IF CERTAIN ASPECT RESOURCE UNDER FUNDED OR WE NEED TO 610 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:58,124 REVERSE THE BUDGET CUTS, ARE THERE OTHE OTHER PROGRAMS YOU WOULD 611 00:35:58,124 --> 00:35:58,858 CUT? 612 00:35:58,858 --> 00:36:05,932 I KNOW THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAKES SPASM 613 00:36:05,932 --> 00:36:11,871 POLICIES BIN RUSE YOU MOVE MONEY FROM ONE. 614 00:36:11,871 --> 00:36:15,408 WOULD YOU RESTORE THE BUDGET CUTS FOR INCREASING FUNDING IN 615 00:36:15,408 --> 00:36:17,210 CERTAIN TARGETED PROGRAMS. 616 00:36:17,210 --> 00:36:20,880 >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL 617 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:21,881 BUDGET. 618 00:36:21,881 --> 00:36:29,422 AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE WHY OF ARE FLOWING THROUGH AND HOW 619 00:36:29,422 --> 00:36:37,964 THEY BEEN EXPECTED VERY CLEARLY WE NEED A SUPERINTENDENT THAT 620 00:36:37,964 --> 00:36:41,334 CAN GET IN THERE RIGHT NOW AND GO RIGHT TO WORK. 621 00:36:41,334 --> 00:36:43,069 THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. 622 00:36:43,069 --> 00:36:48,008 THE OTHER ISSUE IS MY OPPONENT TALKS ABOUT HAVING HER SUPPORT 623 00:36:48,008 --> 00:36:49,909 OF JFAC. 624 00:36:49,909 --> 00:36:52,545 THERE'S MULTIPLE MEMBERS ON JFAC. 625 00:36:52,545 --> 00:36:55,982 I KNOW SHERRI HASN'T TALKED TO ALL OF JFAC. 626 00:36:55,982 --> 00:37:01,121 TO SAY SHE HAS THE SUPPORT OF JFAC IS PROBABLY TO ME 627 00:37:01,121 --> 00:37:01,755 INAPPROPRIATE. 628 00:37:01,755 --> 00:37:03,957 SHE MAY HAVE TALKED TO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND HAVE 629 00:37:03,957 --> 00:37:08,228 THEIR SUPPORT BUT NOT THE SUPPORT OF JAY FACULTY AS AN 630 00:37:08,228 --> 00:37:08,862 ENTIRE COMMITTEE. 631 00:37:08,862 --> 00:37:15,869 WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS THAT WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET AND 632 00:37:15,869 --> 00:37:23,209 REMOVE THE STRINGS CURRENTLY TAXES AND LET OR AMBIGUOUS AND 633 00:37:23,209 --> 00:37:27,480 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS MAKE THE DENSER, THE DECISIONS THAT ARE 634 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:28,415 BEST FOR THEIR SCHOOLS. 635 00:37:28,415 --> 00:37:32,352 RIGHT NOW THE BUDGET IS VERY LINE ITEMED. 636 00:37:32,352 --> 00:37:37,323 THEY CAN MAXIMUM MIGHT WHAT THEY EVER. 637 00:37:37,323 --> 00:37:47,534 WHAT HE WITH CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. 638 00:37:47,534 --> 00:37:50,537 THE GOVERNOR MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO PUT ADDITIONAL 639 00:37:50,537 --> 00:37:54,074 MONEY INTO A RAINY DAY FUND, RATHER THAN WORKING WITH OUR 640 00:37:54,074 --> 00:37:56,443 PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO GET THEM BACK ON TRACK. 641 00:37:56,443 --> 00:38:00,947 IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A TAX INCREASE. 642 00:38:00,947 --> 00:38:06,853 IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT IS WE MAKE EDUCATION OUR NO. 1 643 00:38:06,853 --> 00:38:07,687 PRIORITY. 644 00:38:07,687 --> 00:38:17,130 WE TAKE YOUR RIGHTS AND ANNEX FOR BETH K-12 AND FOR HIGHER 645 00:38:17,130 --> 00:38:18,031 EDUCATION. 646 00:38:18,031 --> 00:38:27,340 THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE OTHER FUNNING TIME 647 00:38:27,340 --> 00:38:30,310 FRAME THERE'S A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR PUBLIC 648 00:38:30,310 --> 00:38:33,146 SCHOOLS BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE ADEQUATE RESOURCES IN ORDER TO 649 00:38:33,146 --> 00:38:34,714 MAKE IT HAPPEN. 650 00:38:34,714 --> 00:38:38,218 IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN 651 00:38:38,218 --> 00:38:38,952 STUDENTS. 652 00:38:38,952 --> 00:38:42,889 I AGREE WITH THAT. 653 00:38:42,889 --> 00:38:46,526 >> IT DOES BUY THE THINGS AND PROVIDE THE THINGS THAT MAKE 654 00:38:46,526 --> 00:38:52,065 KIDS SUCCESSFUL AND MAKES OR SCHOOLS SUCCESSFUL, THAT'S HIGH 655 00:38:52,065 --> 00:38:57,170 QUALITY TEACHERS, ACCESS TO SEC NEUROLOGY AND THOSE THINGS THAT 656 00:38:57,170 --> 00:38:59,739 HELP OUR KIDS MOVE FORWARD. 657 00:38:59,739 --> 00:39:00,306 >> OKAY. 658 00:39:00,306 --> 00:39:04,577 >> I'M SORRY MY OPPONENT IS MISINFORMED. 659 00:39:04,577 --> 00:39:09,382 SHE'S BEEN GONE SO AS LONG SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHO JFAC IS. 660 00:39:09,382 --> 00:39:12,452 THEY ARE ON MY WEBSITE AND THEY DO SUPPORT ME. 661 00:39:12,452 --> 00:39:15,488 >>> SOME REPUBLICAN LEAD VERSE ALREADY SUGGESTED THAT IF YOU'RE 662 00:39:15,488 --> 00:39:18,491 ELECTED YOU COULD FIND A TOUGHER TIME GETTING MONEY FOR 663 00:39:18,491 --> 00:39:21,127 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. 664 00:39:21,127 --> 00:39:25,131 HOW DO YOU INTEND TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT POLITICAL 665 00:39:25,131 --> 00:39:25,932 RESISTANCE? 666 00:39:25,932 --> 00:39:28,401 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A VERY SAD STATEMENT FOR ONE OF 667 00:39:28,401 --> 00:39:35,241 OUR IDAHO POLICYMAKERS TO SAY PUBLICLY. 668 00:39:35,241 --> 00:39:40,880 POLITICS HELP US GET ELECTED, THAT'S WHAT WE DO AND THAT'S 669 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,149 WHAT WE BRING. 670 00:39:43,149 --> 00:39:52,625 ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE THERE TO REPRESENT ALLITE SHOE WINS. 671 00:39:52,625 --> 00:39:57,697 IT'S ABOUT BRINGING OUR BEST IDEAS FORWARD AND DOING WHATEVER 672 00:39:57,697 --> 00:40:02,535 WE CAN TO FAR IT FOR THE. 673 00:40:02,535 --> 00:40:06,172 MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN OR LEGISLATURE. 674 00:40:06,172 --> 00:40:09,743 I WOULD WORK VERY HARD WITH OUR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ALSO 675 00:40:09,743 --> 00:40:11,811 MOVE THINGS FORWARD THROUGH THEM. 676 00:40:11,811 --> 00:40:17,250 I WILL ALSO BUILD A COLIST OF FOLKS INCLUDING BIPARTISAN 677 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:20,086 REPRESENTATION, PARENTS, BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES THAT 678 00:40:20,086 --> 00:40:23,023 CAN PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE KINDS OF DECISIONS WE NEED TO 679 00:40:23,023 --> 00:40:24,290 MAKE FOR IDAHO SCHOOLS. 680 00:40:24,290 --> 00:40:28,661 I BELIEVE A STATE SUPERINTENDENT -- I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES, AND I 681 00:40:28,661 --> 00:40:35,769 KNOW I COULD MOVE IT, FOR BUT I DO KNOW WHAT JFAC IS, I'VE 682 00:40:35,769 --> 00:40:44,010 RECEIVED IN FRONT OF JFAC SEVERAL TIMES. 683 00:40:44,010 --> 00:40:47,113 >> NEXT QUESTION FROM BILL DIRECTED AT SHERRI IBARRA. 684 00:40:47,113 --> 00:40:52,052 >> MS. IBARRA, YOU HAVE SAID HOW IDAHO EDUCATION IS FUNDED IS 685 00:40:52,052 --> 00:40:54,754 SOLELY UP TO THE LEGISLATURE. 686 00:40:54,754 --> 00:40:58,692 HOW CAN YOU PORTRAY YOURSELF AS AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER IF YOU 687 00:40:58,692 --> 00:41:01,961 DON'T WORK WITH LAWMAKERS AND DON'T BRING YOUR VOICE TO THE 688 00:41:01,961 --> 00:41:06,700 DISCUSSION OF FINDING THE BEST SOLUTION TO PAY FOR SCHOOLS? 689 00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:09,002 >> I THINK I STATED THAT EARLIER. 690 00:41:09,002 --> 00:41:13,540 AS A STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, THE FASRS 691 00:41:13,540 --> 00:41:20,246 BALLET TO EXPLAIN IT, AS I'M TALKING WITH TAXPAYERS, IT IS 692 00:41:20,246 --> 00:41:23,717 THE JOB OF THE STATE OPPORTUNITY. 693 00:41:23,717 --> 00:41:28,288 WHAT COMPANY DO YOU HAVE AND WHAT IS IT BEING SPENT ON. 694 00:41:28,288 --> 00:41:36,663 HOW IS IT FUND HE AND HOW MUCH YOU GET IS ONLY UP TO THELENTLY 695 00:41:36,663 --> 00:41:37,664 SIMILARITIES. 696 00:41:37,664 --> 00:41:43,103 WE TELL THEM WHAT I IF HE QUIT AND I WILL BE A CHAMPION WORKING 697 00:41:43,103 --> 00:41:47,941 WITH LEGISLATORS AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT WHAT IS WORKING AND 698 00:41:47,941 --> 00:41:49,042 WHAT IS NOT. 699 00:41:49,042 --> 00:41:51,745 WE HAVE BEEN HAVING LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MOVING 700 00:41:51,745 --> 00:41:52,645 FORWARD. 701 00:41:52,645 --> 00:41:57,050 WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO WORK AS A TEAM. 702 00:41:57,050 --> 00:42:06,693 I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE SUNDAY IF I'M THOUGHT. 703 00:42:06,693 --> 00:42:10,530 TAKING TWO MONTHS TO STUDY HOW WE ARE GOING MOVE FORWARD AND 704 00:42:10,530 --> 00:42:12,999 FUND EDUCATION IN IDAHO. 705 00:42:12,999 --> 00:42:24,611 >> QUICKLY WITH THIS: HAVE YOU GOING TO BEES OPPORTUNITITY I 706 00:42:24,611 --> 00:42:27,814 THE RISK METHOD OF FUNDING SCHOOLS ARE, OR WHETHER WE 707 00:42:27,814 --> 00:42:31,751 SHOULD DO A TAX INCREASE OR CHANGE HOW THE SCHOOLS ARE 708 00:42:31,751 --> 00:42:32,452 FUNDED. 709 00:42:32,452 --> 00:42:43,830 ARE WE GOING TO SEE YOU INVOLVED IN THAT APPROXIMATE I DON'T 710 00:42:43,830 --> 00:42:46,933 THINK ANYBODY COULD HAVE FORESEEN THE ECONOMY WOULD HAVE 711 00:42:46,933 --> 00:42:48,668 TURNED LIKE IT DID. 712 00:42:48,668 --> 00:42:54,741 THE JOB IS SPECIFICALLY LEFT UP TO THE LEGISLATORS. 713 00:42:54,741 --> 00:43:01,147 HE WILL EXPLORE EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR PUNTING FOR. 714 00:43:01,147 --> 00:43:05,685 THAT POSITION I SIT ON AS A LAND BOARD MEMBER, I TAKE THAT VERY 715 00:43:05,685 --> 00:43:06,619 SERIOUSLY. 716 00:43:06,619 --> 00:43:11,224 >> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM CLARK TO BE DIRECTED AT SHERRI 717 00:43:11,224 --> 00:43:11,791 IBARRA. 718 00:43:11,791 --> 00:43:14,327 >> AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS DEBATE YOU SAID THIS WAS THE 719 00:43:14,327 --> 00:43:16,329 BIGGEST JOB INTERVIEW OF ALL TIME. 720 00:43:16,329 --> 00:43:19,699 NOW, I WANT TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE ACCUSATIONS THAT YOUR 721 00:43:19,699 --> 00:43:20,900 OPPONENT MADE THIS. 722 00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:24,537 SUMMER SHE ACCUSED OF YOU PLAGIARISM AFTER AN ENTIRE 723 00:43:24,537 --> 00:43:28,441 PARAGRAPH SHE HAD WRITTEN IN JANUARY OR DECEMBER APPEARED ON 724 00:43:28,441 --> 00:43:29,976 YOUR WEBSITE MONTHS LATER. 725 00:43:29,976 --> 00:43:33,113 I WONDERED IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT, HOW IT HAPPENED AND HOW 726 00:43:33,113 --> 00:43:34,547 YOU HANDLED IT. 727 00:43:34,547 --> 00:43:35,749 >> SURE. 728 00:43:35,749 --> 00:43:38,251 I WOULD GLADLY ADDRESS THAT. 729 00:43:38,251 --> 00:43:44,357 I WAS PRETTY SHOCKED MYSELF TO LEARN ABOUT THE SIMILAR IN 730 00:43:44,357 --> 00:43:46,993 LANGUAGE YES, SIR. 731 00:43:46,993 --> 00:43:49,195 AS THEIR LEADER I APPROVED THAT. 732 00:43:49,195 --> 00:43:52,465 I STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR 733 00:43:52,465 --> 00:43:52,832 THAT. 734 00:43:52,832 --> 00:43:54,734 THAT'S WHAT WE REPUBLICANS DO. 735 00:43:54,734 --> 00:43:57,037 THAT'S WHAT A GOOD LEADER DOES. 736 00:43:57,037 --> 00:44:00,974 THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM. 737 00:44:00,974 --> 00:44:04,511 IN MOVING FORWARD I DID PERSONALLY REACH OUT TO MY 738 00:44:04,511 --> 00:44:07,213 OPPONENT AND APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 739 00:44:07,213 --> 00:44:10,050 I THINK PLAGIARISM, THOUGH, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ANY OF US 740 00:44:10,050 --> 00:44:12,485 ACCEPT OR WANT TO EVEN THINK ABOUT. 741 00:44:12,485 --> 00:44:16,089 BUT AGAIN AS THEIR LEADER FOR THE CAMPAIGN TEAM I TOOK FULL 742 00:44:16,089 --> 00:44:17,323 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. 743 00:44:17,323 --> 00:44:20,627 >> CLARK, I BELIEVE YOU HAD A FOLLOW-UP. 744 00:44:20,627 --> 00:44:21,161 >> YEAH. 745 00:44:21,161 --> 00:44:25,231 I MEAN, DO YOU THINK THAT THERE'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 746 00:44:25,231 --> 00:44:28,702 IDAHO WHERE IF A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT HAD PLAGIARIZED AN 747 00:44:28,702 --> 00:44:34,708 ASSIGNMENT OR WAS ACCUSED OF PLAGIARISM SHE WOULD RECEIVE A 748 00:44:34,708 --> 00:44:37,177 ZERO OR DETENTION AND HER PARENTS WOULD BE CALLED. 749 00:44:37,177 --> 00:44:40,447 DO YOU THINK THE ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS SHOULD BE DIFFERENT 750 00:44:40,447 --> 00:44:48,521 FOR A 12-YEAR-OLD VERSUS SOMEONE RUNNING FOR THE TOP HE HAD 751 00:44:48,521 --> 00:44:53,026 INDICATION KIDS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADULT, ABSOLUTELY, 752 00:44:53,026 --> 00:44:54,094 WE ARE ROLE MODELS. 753 00:44:54,094 --> 00:44:58,198 IT WAS MY CAMPAIGN TEAM THAT MESSED UP. 754 00:44:58,198 --> 00:45:06,139 I 'TUDE UP AND TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT HE AND I 755 00:45:06,139 --> 00:45:06,773 WILLS. 756 00:45:06,773 --> 00:45:09,409 GOOD LEADERS KNOW THEY CAN TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM. 757 00:45:09,409 --> 00:45:14,681 >> CAN WE ASK ANOTHER QUESTION TO JANA? 758 00:45:14,681 --> 00:45:15,715 >> EMILIE, I'M SORRY. 759 00:45:15,715 --> 00:45:19,052 >> SURE, THAT'S FINE A. STUDY FROM THE NONPARTISAN IDAHO 760 00:45:19,052 --> 00:45:24,691 CENTER FOR PHYSICAL POLICY HAS QUESTIONED WHETHER THE STATE IS 761 00:45:24,691 --> 00:45:32,699 MEETING ITS DUTY TO MAINTAIN A GENERAL AND INCOME KIT FOR 762 00:45:32,699 --> 00:45:37,170 TERROR SKILLS. 763 00:45:37,170 --> 00:45:42,709 FIRST OF ALL WORKS NEED TO HAVE A STATE OPPORTUNITY WHO OPERATE 764 00:45:42,709 --> 00:45:45,712 WITH INTEGRITY AND IS TRANSPARENT AND OPEN. 765 00:45:45,712 --> 00:45:50,550 I THINK IT'S REALLY CENTERLINE THAT APPROXIMATE WE LOOK AT THE 766 00:45:50,550 --> 00:45:55,822 QUALITIES OF THE KIND OF PERSON WE WANT LEADING OUR STATE 767 00:45:55,822 --> 00:45:59,759 EDUCATION TESTIMONY, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THIS FIRST. 768 00:45:59,759 --> 00:46:05,298 THE OTHER THING, LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAVE AND. 769 00:46:05,298 --> 00:46:09,602 I KNOW WE'RE NOT, OUR DISTRICTS KNOW WE'RE NOT, OUR PARENTS KNOW 770 00:46:09,602 --> 00:46:10,403 WE'RE NOT. 771 00:46:10,403 --> 00:46:13,206 IF YOU LIVE IN THE TREASURE VALLEY YOU CAN'T COMPARE WHAT 772 00:46:13,206 --> 00:46:18,878 YOU HAVE HERE TO WHAT THEY HAVE IN LED OR KAMIAH. 773 00:46:18,878 --> 00:46:22,782 OUR SCHOOLS ARE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT IN IDAHO. 774 00:46:22,782 --> 00:46:30,724 I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I BRING TO THE TABLE. 775 00:46:30,724 --> 00:46:34,260 I'VE WORKED IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT OF THE STATE. 776 00:46:34,260 --> 00:46:38,798 SO I CAN SEE WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN OUR SMALL RURAL 777 00:46:38,798 --> 00:46:43,003 DISTRICTSES AS COMPARED TO LARGER DISTRICTS IN IDAHO. 778 00:46:43,003 --> 00:46:49,542 I AM PROPOSING THAT WE BRING TOGETHER INCLUDING OR 779 00:46:49,542 --> 00:46:54,014 LEGISLATORS, THAT WILL ONCE FOR FORGES. 780 00:46:54,014 --> 00:46:58,852 WHAT DOES PUBLIC EDUCATION EQUALS PUBLIC EDUCATION LOOK 781 00:46:58,852 --> 00:46:59,486 LIKE? 782 00:46:59,486 --> 00:47:04,224 AND THEN COME UP WITH A PROCESS ON HOW WE FUND THAT EDUCATION 783 00:47:04,224 --> 00:47:04,824 SYSTEM WHEN. 784 00:47:04,824 --> 00:47:08,128 WE HAVE PA. 785 00:47:08,128 --> 00:47:10,296 WE HAVE ALL AGREED THIS WAS THE BASICS. 786 00:47:10,296 --> 00:47:13,967 WE KNOW REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU LIVE IN IDAHO YOU HAVE AN 787 00:47:13,967 --> 00:47:22,876 EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT AT LEAST MEETS THE BAKE STANDARDS. 788 00:47:22,876 --> 00:47:27,247 >> THOSE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT BISQUE STANDARD. 789 00:47:27,247 --> 00:47:31,251 >> I HAVE A REQUEST FOE SHIRR RARY. 790 00:47:31,251 --> 00:47:35,989 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BACK IN 2012 SAID IT'S STUDENTS COME 791 00:47:35,989 --> 00:47:41,728 FIRST LAWS WOULD BE THE SAME. 792 00:47:41,728 --> 00:47:45,632 HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE STUDENTS IN BOISE GET THE SAME EDUCATION AS 793 00:47:45,632 --> 00:47:47,233 STUDENTS IN SALMON? 794 00:47:47,233 --> 00:47:50,704 >> I THINK THAT IS THE JOB OF LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ENSURE 795 00:47:50,704 --> 00:47:55,642 THEIR STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE EDUCATION THEY DESERVE AS A 796 00:47:55,642 --> 00:47:59,913 NEXT-STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 797 00:47:59,913 --> 00:48:05,285 IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOU NEED AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER THAT I 798 00:48:05,285 --> 00:48:11,658 HAVE HAD APPROXIMATE WE'VE SEEN OUR DANGEROUS THAT IS WHEN YOU 799 00:48:11,658 --> 00:48:14,761 DON'T HAVE A STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC 800 00:48:14,761 --> 00:48:21,301 INSTRUCTION WHO'S BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES, THE OTHER WAY TO DO 801 00:48:21,301 --> 00:48:25,038 THAT IS BY EMPOWERING DISTRICTS AND GIVING THEM BACK THE LOCAL 802 00:48:25,038 --> 00:48:26,973 CONTROL THEY HAVE BEEN LACKING. 803 00:48:26,973 --> 00:48:31,344 I'M VERY AWARE OF THAT AND I'M PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD AND 804 00:48:31,344 --> 00:48:37,517 GIVE THEM BACK EVERYTHING ALLEGED NEEDED. 805 00:48:37,517 --> 00:48:41,254 I'M THINKING OF SALMON THAT CAN'T PASS A LEVY. 806 00:48:41,254 --> 00:48:49,062 THEY MAY BE BETTER OFF THAN DISTRICTS THAT CAN'T PASSAL THAT 807 00:48:49,062 --> 00:48:49,696 LOVELY? 808 00:48:49,696 --> 00:48:52,332 >> I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TORM THAT YOU'RE 809 00:48:52,332 --> 00:48:57,270 TALKING ABOUT THAT TAX THINK OF THE IN 2006 THAT CREATED THE 810 00:48:57,270 --> 00:48:58,471 DESTABILIZATION IN EDUCATION. 811 00:48:58,471 --> 00:49:01,741 AND SO AGAIN, NOBODY COULD HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE AND WHAT THAT 812 00:49:01,741 --> 00:49:03,209 WAS GOING DO FOR IDAHO. 813 00:49:03,209 --> 00:49:07,213 BUT I THINK IN MOVING FORWARD THAT WILL BE MY JOB, TO WORK 814 00:49:07,213 --> 00:49:10,684 WITH THE LEGISLATORS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY AT A 815 00:49:10,684 --> 00:49:15,488 POINT WHERE WE'RE NOT ADEQUATELY FUNDING. 816 00:49:15,488 --> 00:49:22,128 THAT HAS CREDIT THE HAVES AND HAVE-NOTS IN IDAHO. 817 00:49:22,128 --> 00:49:27,067 WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES IDAHO FUNDING LOOK LIKE, A 818 00:49:27,067 --> 00:49:28,134 THOROUGH EDUCATION SYSTEM. 819 00:49:28,134 --> 00:49:29,769 THAT WOULD BE MY JOB. 820 00:49:29,769 --> 00:49:34,240 >> DOES NOT THAT JUST TAKE LARGE DISTRICT AND REPURPOSE IT TO A 821 00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:35,709 SMALLER DISTRICT? 822 00:49:35,709 --> 00:49:38,845 >> TAKING MONEY OUT OF ONE -- WHAT SPECIFICALLY? 823 00:49:38,845 --> 00:49:41,781 >> WE HAVE ONE POT OF MONEY IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. 824 00:49:41,781 --> 00:49:42,615 >> UH-HUH. 825 00:49:42,615 --> 00:49:45,251 >> IF YOU SAY A SMALLER DISTRICT NEEDS MORE MONEY, WOULDN'T THAT 826 00:49:45,251 --> 00:49:48,488 BE SAYING WE NEED TO PULL MONEY FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT? 827 00:49:48,488 --> 00:49:52,592 >> SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STATE BUDGET OF EDUCATION VERSUS 828 00:49:52,592 --> 00:49:54,494 LEVIES I THINK. 829 00:49:54,494 --> 00:50:00,100 SO WHEN THE STATE BUDGET HAS EARMARKS ON IT AND THAT SCHOOL 830 00:50:00,100 --> 00:50:04,637 DISTRICTS CANNOT USE THAT MONEY AS THEY SEE FIT, I WILL BE THE 831 00:50:04,637 --> 00:50:07,007 STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION THAT GOES IN AND 832 00:50:07,007 --> 00:50:10,443 REMOVES THOSE STRINGS ATTACHED AND FREES UP MORE MONEY TO COME 833 00:50:10,443 --> 00:50:16,349 BACK TO THEM SO THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS LOCALLY. 834 00:50:16,349 --> 00:50:19,119 >> JANA, DO YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP? 835 00:50:19,119 --> 00:50:19,619 >> I WOULD. 836 00:50:19,619 --> 00:50:22,922 THE PROBLEM WE RUN INTO BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING THE RESOURCES OUR 837 00:50:22,922 --> 00:50:26,893 DISTRICTS NEED TO KEEP THE BUSES RUNNING AND THE LIGHTS ON, THEY 838 00:50:26,893 --> 00:50:29,929 HAVE HAD TO TURN TO SUPPLEMENTAL LEVIES. 839 00:50:29,929 --> 00:50:34,034 IT USED TO BE WHERE WE COULD ENHANCE PROGRAMS OR BUY 840 00:50:34,034 --> 00:50:35,935 ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 841 00:50:35,935 --> 00:50:38,672 NOW THEY ARE PART OF OUR BASIC BUDGET. 842 00:50:38,672 --> 00:50:43,677 I HAD ONE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SHARE WITH ME THAT THEY HAVE IN 843 00:50:43,677 --> 00:50:54,954 THEIR BUDGET, 27% IS BASED ON A SUPPLEMENTAL LEVY AND IT'S BEEN 844 00:50:54,954 --> 00:50:57,223 CUT SINCE 2009. 845 00:50:57,223 --> 00:51:00,727 THIS THEY CAN'T PASS THEIR LEVY, THEY HAVE TO MAKE DRASTIC CUTS 846 00:51:00,727 --> 00:51:01,961 IN THEIR DISTRICT. 847 00:51:01,961 --> 00:51:06,900 WE ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR LOCAL TAXPAYERS MEETING THE 848 00:51:06,900 --> 00:51:09,102 CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION OR LEGISLATURE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO 849 00:51:09,102 --> 00:51:10,904 MEET THE LAST FEW YEARS. 850 00:51:10,904 --> 00:51:14,874 AS STATE SUPERINTENDENT I WILL WORK TO GET US BACK ON TRACK TO 851 00:51:14,874 --> 00:51:18,278 GETTING OUR LEGISLATURE TO MEET THEIR COMMITMENT THAT THEY MADE 852 00:51:18,278 --> 00:51:22,716 IN THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS OF RESTORING OUR 853 00:51:22,716 --> 00:51:26,886 FUNDING, OF MOVING EDUCATION FORWARD WITH THE FUNDING NEEDED 854 00:51:26,886 --> 00:51:29,989 TO IMPLEMENT THOSE 20 RECOMMENDATIONS. 855 00:51:29,989 --> 00:51:33,293 WE NEED SOMEONE WHO'S GOING STAND UP AND SAY, THIS IS NOT 856 00:51:33,293 --> 00:51:34,194 RIGHT. 857 00:51:34,194 --> 00:51:38,098 AND THEN LET OUR DISTRICT DOS THOSE SUPPLEMENTAL LEVIES FOR 858 00:51:38,098 --> 00:51:40,834 THE KIND OF THINGS THEY WANT THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC, BUT IT'S 859 00:51:40,834 --> 00:51:45,105 NOT FUNDING THAT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM. 860 00:51:45,105 --> 00:51:47,741 >> EM MILLI, 30 SECOND FOR QUESTION AND ANSWER. 861 00:51:47,741 --> 00:51:49,743 >> THIS IS FOR SHERRI. 862 00:51:49,743 --> 00:51:53,380 MY COLLEAGUE CLARK REPORTED THAT YOU HAVEN'T VOTED IN 15 OF THE 863 00:51:53,380 --> 00:51:55,015 LAST 17 ELECTIONS. 864 00:51:55,015 --> 00:51:59,986 YOU HAVE SAID THAT GETTING THIS OFFICE WOULD MAKE UP FOR NOT 865 00:51:59,986 --> 00:52:01,254 VOTING. 866 00:52:01,254 --> 00:52:06,893 HOW GETTING A SIX-FIGURE SALARY AND A SEAT ON THE LAND BOARD 867 00:52:06,893 --> 00:52:09,896 MAKES UP FOR SHIRKING THAT DEMOCRAT, PRIVILEGE OF VOTING. 868 00:52:09,896 --> 00:52:13,066 >> I THINK THE QUESTION WAS ASKED THAT, WHAT IS YOUR VOTING 869 00:52:13,066 --> 00:52:13,600 HISTORY. 870 00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:19,005 I HAD TO PUT THAT RIGHT OUT THERE FROM DAY 1, IT WAS PRETTY 871 00:52:19,005 --> 00:52:22,075 INCONSISTENT AND I WANTED TO PAY BACK IDAHO. 872 00:52:22,075 --> 00:52:23,343 THAT'S A CIVIC DUTY. 873 00:52:23,343 --> 00:52:29,349 IF ELECTED THIS WILL BE A CIVIC DUTY I WILL REPAY IDAHO FOR MY 874 00:52:29,349 --> 00:52:32,452 LACK OF A CONSISTENT VOTING HISTORY. 875 00:52:32,452 --> 00:52:34,187 I WOULD BE HONORED TO DO THAT. 876 00:52:34,187 --> 00:52:36,923 THAT'S WHAT WE DO AS IDAHO WANTS. 877 00:52:36,923 --> 00:52:40,193 WE DON'T FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE IN THE PAST. 878 00:52:40,193 --> 00:52:43,730 WE MOVED FORWARD AND RECOGNIZE IT AND SAY HOW CAN WE MAKE IT 879 00:52:43,730 --> 00:52:44,364 BETTER. 880 00:52:44,364 --> 00:52:46,266 THAT'S MY PLAN TO, REPAY IDAHO. 881 00:52:46,266 --> 00:52:48,935 >> ITS TIME FOR OUR CLOSING COMMENTS. 882 00:52:48,935 --> 00:52:51,571 EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 90 SECONDS TO RESPOND. 883 00:52:51,571 --> 00:52:54,140 TONIGHT WE START WITH JANA. 884 00:52:54,140 --> 00:52:55,108 >> THANK YOU. 885 00:52:55,108 --> 00:52:57,277 REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT, 886 00:52:57,277 --> 00:53:03,249 THAT'S TO THE PANELISTS AND TO YOU, AARON, AND ALSO YOU, 887 00:53:03,249 --> 00:53:03,950 SHERRI. 888 00:53:03,950 --> 00:53:06,219 HOPEFULLY YOU UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO OF 889 00:53:06,219 --> 00:53:07,053 US. 890 00:53:07,053 --> 00:53:12,892 MY OLD BOSS SHAREY EVANS SAID KIDS DON'T COME TO SCHOOL WITH 891 00:53:12,892 --> 00:53:17,263 Rs AND Ds STAMPED UPON THEIR FOREHEADS AND OBVIOUSLY HE'S 892 00:53:17,263 --> 00:53:17,731 RIGHT. 893 00:53:17,731 --> 00:53:20,800 THE OFFICE SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT POLITICS AND PARTISANSHIP. 894 00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:23,903 IT SHOULD BE ABOUT DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR IDAHO'S KIDS. 895 00:53:23,903 --> 00:53:26,906 AND WHAT I WANT FOR OUR KIDS IS SIMPLE. 896 00:53:26,906 --> 00:53:32,278 I WANT SAFE SCHOOLS, HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS, MODERN 897 00:53:32,278 --> 00:53:35,281 UP-TO-DATE CLASSROOMS WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT SUPPORTS OR 898 00:53:35,281 --> 00:53:36,349 TEACHERS AND KIDS. 899 00:53:36,349 --> 00:53:41,287 AND STRONG, RIGOROUS STANDARD THAT HELPS OUR KIDS PREPARE FOR 900 00:53:41,287 --> 00:53:43,556 THE FUTURE OF THEIR CHOICE. 901 00:53:43,556 --> 00:53:48,028 MY OPPONENT SAID THAT SHE WOULD CARRY FORWARD TOM LUNA'S AGENDA 902 00:53:48,028 --> 00:53:52,565 AND WALK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE LEGISLATURE THAT HAD A LED OUR 903 00:53:52,565 --> 00:53:54,834 SCHOOLS TO THE RACE TO THE BOTTOM. 904 00:53:54,834 --> 00:53:56,302 I BELIEVE THERE'S A BETTER WAY. 905 00:53:56,302 --> 00:54:00,774 IT'S TIME TO END THE ERA OF THE ONE SIZE FITS ALL TOP-DOWN 906 00:54:00,774 --> 00:54:03,476 APPROACH TO EDUCATING OUR KIDS. 907 00:54:03,476 --> 00:54:06,946 MY PLEDGE TO YOU IS TO RETURN LOCAL CONTROL TO OUR SCHOOL 908 00:54:06,946 --> 00:54:10,316 BOARD, SUPERINTENDENTS AND TEACHERS, AND TO BE THE KIND OF 909 00:54:10,316 --> 00:54:13,420 SUPERINTENDENT THAT IS INCLUSIVE AND THAT WILL LISTEN. 910 00:54:13,420 --> 00:54:18,058 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PROVIDE LEADERSHIP YOU CAN TRUST. 911 00:54:18,058 --> 00:54:22,629 I'M JANA JONES, I'M RUNNING FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC 912 00:54:22,629 --> 00:54:23,096 INSTRUCTION. 913 00:54:23,096 --> 00:54:25,231 I STAND UP FOR OUR KIDS. 914 00:54:25,231 --> 00:54:29,069 AND ON NOVEMBER 4th, I HOPE YOU'LL STAND WITH ME. 915 00:54:29,069 --> 00:54:29,903 THANK YOU. 916 00:54:29,903 --> 00:54:31,004 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 917 00:54:31,004 --> 00:54:33,106 90 SECOND, SHERRI IBARRA. 918 00:54:33,106 --> 00:54:35,642 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING. 919 00:54:35,642 --> 00:54:40,814 IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS, 920 00:54:40,814 --> 00:54:42,115 WHICH IS EDUCATION. 921 00:54:42,115 --> 00:54:45,285 I WANT TO THANK THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS FOR HAVING ME IN 922 00:54:45,285 --> 00:54:46,252 THE PANEL. 923 00:54:46,252 --> 00:54:49,022 YOU REALLY DO HAVE A STARK DIFFERENCE IN CHOICES OF 924 00:54:49,022 --> 00:54:50,657 CANDIDATES FOR THIS POSITION. 925 00:54:50,657 --> 00:54:53,827 I AM A CONSERVATIVE LEAD WE ARE A VISION FOR THE FUTURE. 926 00:54:53,827 --> 00:54:57,831 MY OPPONENT HAS THE OLD TAX AND SPEND MENTALITY. 927 00:54:57,831 --> 00:55:01,301 I HAVE PROVEN MY VISION FOR IDAHO WORKS AND THAT I WILL BE A 928 00:55:01,301 --> 00:55:06,406 TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR OUR MORE THAN 250,000 STUDENTS IN GRADES 929 00:55:06,406 --> 00:55:07,140 K-12. 930 00:55:07,140 --> 00:55:10,243 I HAVE A FOCUS ON MAINTAINING WHAT OUR KIDS NEED. 931 00:55:10,243 --> 00:55:13,780 I HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES WITH MY SLEEVES ROLLED UP 932 00:55:13,780 --> 00:55:18,318 EARNING THE VERY RESPECT OF THE TEAM THAT I'M GOING NEED TO LEAD 933 00:55:18,318 --> 00:55:19,419 FORWARD IN EDUCATION. 934 00:55:19,419 --> 00:55:23,523 I THINK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND HOW THEY DESERVE A STATE 935 00:55:23,523 --> 00:55:26,960 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION WHO HAS BEEN THERE 936 00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:30,997 FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS ON THE FRONT LINES, WHO HAS NOT TAKEN A BREAK 937 00:55:30,997 --> 00:55:32,098 FROM EDUCATION. 938 00:55:32,098 --> 00:55:36,636 WHO HAS NOT BEEN WORKING IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND MAKING THOSE 939 00:55:36,636 --> 00:55:39,906 ACCUSATIONS ABOUT OUR CURRENT LEADER AND DOING THE EXACT SAME 940 00:55:39,906 --> 00:55:40,607 THING. 941 00:55:40,607 --> 00:55:42,542 I HAVE A FOCUS ON OUR STUDENTS. 942 00:55:42,542 --> 00:55:45,078 I WILL ALWAYS MAINTAIN A FOCUS ON OUR STUDENTS. 943 00:55:45,078 --> 00:55:49,082 I AM A CONSERVATIVE LEADER WITH A VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND I 944 00:55:49,082 --> 00:55:53,019 WOULD BE PROUD TO REPRESENT IDAHOANS AS THE NEXT-STATE 945 00:55:53,019 --> 00:55:54,020 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 946 00:55:54,020 --> 00:55:56,756 MY NAME IS SHERRI IBARRA AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN 947 00:55:56,756 --> 00:55:57,557 NOVEMBER. 948 00:55:57,557 --> 00:55:58,858 >> THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. 949 00:55:58,858 --> 00:56:02,062 AND THANKS TO OUR REPORTERS FOR THE GREAT QUESTIONS AND TO YOU 950 00:56:02,062 --> 00:56:03,129 WATCHING AT HOME. 951 00:56:03,129 --> 00:56:08,568 THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR US, SEE YOU ON SUNDAY. 952 00:56:08,568 --> 00:56:09,235 * 953 00:56:11,771 --> 00:56:15,608 Captioning Performed By LNS Captioning www.LNScaptioning.com 954 00:56:16,710 --> 00:56:21,881 >>> THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY BOYS BOYS' SCHOOL OF 955 00:56:21,881 --> 00:56:24,884 PUBLIC SERVICE DEVOTED TO BUILDING FUTURE CIVIC AND 956 00:56:24,884 --> 00:56:29,422 COMMUNITY LEADERS THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY 957 00:56:29,422 --> 00:56:32,892 PROBLEM-SOLVING AND THE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE YOU CAN ONLY GET HERE 958 00:56:32,892 --> 00:56:33,793 AT THE STATE CAPITOL. 959 00:56:33,793 --> 00:56:37,263 THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE ALSO BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR 960 00:56:37,263 --> 00:56:39,632 CONTRIBUTION TO THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT. 961 00:56:39,632 --> 00:56:42,168 THANK YOU.