WEBVTT 00:01.100 --> 00:03.333 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Annc: Coming up on Inside California Education... 00:03.366 --> 00:06.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Lara: Ok guys, it's on! Perfect. 00:06.200 --> 00:09.566 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Annc: Discover how a student-run thrift store at 00:09.600 --> 00:12.500 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% a San Diego school is outfitting teens with new 00:12.533 --> 00:15.900 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% threads...while also serving a greater mission of helping 00:15.933 --> 00:17.033 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% those in need. 00:17.066 --> 00:19.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Mendoza: Which of the following groups was the new... 00:19.200 --> 00:22.233 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Annc: See how at-risk students from a community 00:22.266 --> 00:26.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% school in Los Banos are defying expectations as they 00:26.466 --> 00:28.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% compete in the Academic Decathlon. 00:28.466 --> 00:31.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Tony: What I love about this country is the promise 00:31.333 --> 00:32.766 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% that anybody can have an education. 00:32.800 --> 00:34.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Annc: Meet California's newest Superintendent 00:34.900 --> 00:37.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond. 00:37.066 --> 00:40.233 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Student: She's about four, four and half months old 00:40.266 --> 00:43.200 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Annc: And explore two school farms in the Central Valley, 00:43.233 --> 00:46.700 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% where students are growing food for school lunches. 00:46.733 --> 00:49.666 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% It's all next, on Inside California Education! 00:49.700 --> 00:53.333 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Annc2: Funding for Inside California Education 00:53.366 --> 00:55.266 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% is made possible by: 00:55.300 --> 00:57.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Since 1985, the California Lottery has 00:57.933 --> 01:00.666 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% raised more than $34 billion dollars in supplemental 01:00.700 --> 01:03.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% funding for California's 11-hundred public school 01:03.266 --> 01:05.366 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% districts from kindergarten through college. 01:05.400 --> 01:09.100 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% That's approximately $211 for each full-time student 01:09.133 --> 01:12.466 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% based on $1.7 billion contributed in 01:12.500 --> 01:14.466 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% fiscal year 2017-18. 01:14.500 --> 01:16.633 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% With caring teachers, committed administrators, 01:16.666 --> 01:19.400 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% and active parents, every public school student can 01:19.433 --> 01:20.500 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% realize their dreams. 01:20.533 --> 01:23.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The California Lottery: Imagine the Possibilities. 01:25.466 --> 01:28.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The Stuart Foundation: Improving life outcomes for 01:28.233 --> 01:31.466 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% young people through education 01:31.500 --> 01:46.166 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 01:46.200 --> 01:53.633 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 01:53.666 --> 01:56.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Michael: These are rooms full of memories. 01:56.666 --> 01:59.500 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Magical evenings like senior proms or 01:59.533 --> 02:01.500 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% trips to Disneyland. 02:01.533 --> 02:03.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Clothing once cherished as the height of fashion. 02:03.666 --> 02:06.266 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% Or just an item outgrown. 02:06.300 --> 02:11.100 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% All now destined to serve a higher purpose. 02:11.133 --> 02:13.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Michael: It's Wednesday afternoon at San Diego's 02:13.300 --> 02:15.100 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% Patrick Henry High School. 02:15.133 --> 02:17.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Lara: OK guys, it's on! Perfect." 02:17.700 --> 02:19.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Michael: With student volunteers right behind, 02:19.200 --> 02:21.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% teacher Lara Dickens is opening up two rooms 02:21.566 --> 02:23.833 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% packed with donated items. 02:23.866 --> 02:26.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Welcome to the on-campus thrift store... 02:26.366 --> 02:30.200 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% where all proceeds go towards helping less fortunate students. 02:30.233 --> 02:32.033 align:left position:15% line:59% size:75% Lara: When the parents found out that there were homeless 02:32.066 --> 02:34.733 align:left position:25% line:59% size:65% students and foster students on our campus, 02:34.766 --> 02:38.833 align:left position:15% line:59% size:75% it all of a sudden became a huge community mission 02:38.866 --> 02:43.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% to make everyone's experience at Patrick Henry fun, 02:43.566 --> 02:48.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% meaningful, memorable, and equal." 02:48.466 --> 02:50.933 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Michael: The thrift store began modestly in 2016 02:50.966 --> 02:53.233 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% with just a single rack of clothes. 02:53.266 --> 02:56.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Re-purposing used clothing was originally intended 02:56.466 --> 03:00.666 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% as a lesson about environmental awareness. 03:00.700 --> 03:02.500 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 03:02.533 --> 03:04.733 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Michael: But then members of the school's Interact 03:04.766 --> 03:07.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Club...a kind of junior version of Rotary 03:07.466 --> 03:10.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% International...realized this would be a great way to 03:10.566 --> 03:12.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% raise money to help fellow students. 03:12.866 --> 03:14.766 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% With help from Rotary, parents, 03:14.800 --> 03:17.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% staff, and students, the thrift store blossomed. 03:17.500 --> 03:21.400 align:left position:15% line:59% size:75% Kella: The proceeds all go to benefit kids financially 03:21.433 --> 03:24.866 align:left position:17.5% line:59% size:72.5% who may be struggling, so we can help and them 03:24.900 --> 03:25.966 align:left position:17.5% line:59% size:72.5%   and support them. 03:26.000 --> 03:28.033 align:left position:15% line:59% size:75% Lyndsey: It just provides me with an opportunity that 03:28.066 --> 03:30.866 align:left position:17.5% line:59% size:72.5% I just feel like helps my community and helps me 03:30.900 --> 03:32.000 align:left position:17.5% line:59% size:72.5%   grow at the same time. 03:32.033 --> 03:35.233 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Glenda: Thomas, you're going to do the T-shirt wall 03:35.266 --> 03:37.500 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and the jeans if we have time for that. 03:37.533 --> 03:39.200 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Michael: It starts in the morning... 03:39.233 --> 03:42.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% when special education teacher Glenda Griesgraber assigns 03:42.566 --> 03:44.400 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Thomas, Darren and Brendon 03:44.433 --> 03:46.866 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% the tasks of sorting and folding the clothes 03:46.900 --> 03:48.866 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% before the store opens in the afternoon. 03:48.900 --> 03:52.100 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Glenda says it's been a game changer for her students. 03:52.133 --> 03:54.033 align:left position:20% line:59% size:70% Glenda: It gives them a sense of accomplishment 03:54.066 --> 03:56.600 align:left position:15% line:59% size:75% that they're doing something other than being in an 03:56.633 --> 03:59.066 align:left position:20% line:59% size:70% academic class; this is giving them something, 03:59.100 --> 04:02.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% a skill they use to go work in a retail store. 04:02.933 --> 04:05.133 align:left position:20% line:59% size:70% Darren: If they're worn out, they're going in 04:05.166 --> 04:06.300 align:left position:27.5% line:59% size:62.5% the Goodwill box. 04:06.333 --> 04:11.166 align:left position:27.5% line:59% size:62.5% But if they're not going to be in Goodwill, 04:11.200 --> 04:13.666 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% we'll put them back in stock. 04:13.700 --> 04:15.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Kella: Come on into the thrift store! 04:15.800 --> 04:25.333 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% (Woo-hoo!) ♪♪♪ 04:25.366 --> 04:27.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Michael: Every item... big or small... 04:27.166 --> 04:29.466 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% is priced at one dollar each. 04:29.500 --> 04:31.300 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Students can buy everything from bracelets to 04:31.333 --> 04:33.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% prom suits and dresses. 04:33.066 --> 04:35.833 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% All the money raised, almost two thousand dollars a year, 04:35.866 --> 04:38.666 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% helps pay for yearbooks, senior trips, 04:38.700 --> 04:41.266 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% even laptops for graduating seniors heading off 04:41.300 --> 04:42.466 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% to college. 04:42.500 --> 04:45.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Proceeds also help buy personal care items for 04:45.333 --> 04:47.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% students who might not be able to afford them. 04:47.700 --> 04:50.033 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% They can approach any teacher, counselor, 04:50.066 --> 04:52.433 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% or Thrift Club student and everything's 04:52.466 --> 04:54.500 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% discreetly provided for free. 04:54.533 --> 04:57.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Lara: So we make sure students are aware that 04:57.433 --> 05:01.666 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% they can have deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste... 05:01.700 --> 05:03.700 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% there isn't anything that should prevent 05:03.733 --> 05:07.466 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% you from coming to school if we can buy it. 05:07.500 --> 05:09.466 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% We hope that you will attend school, 05:09.500 --> 05:11.000 align:left position:35% line:59% size:55% and thrive. 05:11.033 --> 05:12.500 align:left position:22.5% line:59% size:67.5% Eliza: We want to make sure that everyone has 05:12.533 --> 05:13.933 align:left position:25% line:59% size:65% the ability to be a part of things, 05:13.966 --> 05:16.700 align:left position:15% line:59% size:75% that no one feels excluded, and everyone is able 05:16.733 --> 05:18.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to participate in other things and they don't 05:18.466 --> 05:20.566 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% feel ostracized form other students." 05:20.600 --> 05:22.766 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Michael: Even at a relatively affluent school 05:22.800 --> 05:25.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% like Patrick Henry... it's estimated as many as 05:25.433 --> 05:27.900 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% twenty students could be homeless at any given time. 05:27.933 --> 05:31.700 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Once again, fellow students help out by collecting free 05:31.733 --> 05:33.300 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% food items to share. 05:33.333 --> 05:36.200 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Eliza: The canned food is all going towards students 05:36.233 --> 05:39.366 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% at our high school right now that can't afford too much 05:39.400 --> 05:42.133 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% because they live in really difficult situations, 05:42.166 --> 05:44.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% so right now they might not have a stable home. 05:44.066 --> 05:45.633 align:left position:22.5% line:59% size:67.5% Elizabeth: There are students who obviously need 05:45.666 --> 05:48.000 align:left position:27.5% line:59% size:62.5% help, and so this provides that venue... 05:48.033 --> 05:51.066 align:left position:10% line:59% size:80% but it also gives students this great feeling and sense 05:51.100 --> 05:52.800 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% of pride that they're giving back to others. 05:52.833 --> 05:56.966 align:left position:15% line:77% size:75% Michael: Principal Elizabeth Gillingham says the thrift store helps erase the 05:57.000 --> 06:00.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% stigma or self-judgment students may feel when 06:00.266 --> 06:03.133 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% their families face financial challenges. 06:03.166 --> 06:05.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Elizabeth: So a student would say to be proudly, 06:05.166 --> 06:07.533 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% 'I bought this at the store and she's at the prom and 06:07.566 --> 06:10.533 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% his suit was a dollar and so is my dress. 06:10.566 --> 06:12.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% I think that's amazing. 06:12.066 --> 06:12.966 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Cameraman: "Cute shirt. 06:13.000 --> 06:15.000 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% What'd that cost you? 06:15.033 --> 06:15.800 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% Student: One dollar! 06:15.833 --> 06:17.700 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Cameraman: Can't beat the price. 06:17.733 --> 06:19.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Student 1: Can't beat the price. Student 2: It's true. 06:19.466 --> 06:22.466 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Student 1: He got this here too - one dollar." 06:22.500 --> 06:25.500 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Lara: It's really beautiful to watch students just do 06:25.533 --> 06:28.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% something because they feel good about it and 06:28.200 --> 06:31.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% not because it's going to be a bullet point 06:31.200 --> 06:34.300 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% on their resume or college application. 06:34.333 --> 06:36.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Michael: The idea of an on-campus thrift store may 06:36.700 --> 06:38.933 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% seem a bit unusual for some... 06:38.966 --> 06:41.900 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% but the consensus at Patrick Henry High is that the benefits 06:41.933 --> 06:44.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% far exceed the risks and resources needed 06:44.700 --> 06:45.666 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% to make it happen. 06:45.700 --> 06:47.366 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Elizabeth: I would say having a thrift store is 06:47.400 --> 06:49.933 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% a wonderful thing for every student that's 06:49.966 --> 06:51.066 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% on your campus. 06:51.100 --> 06:53.466 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Their world is bigger than themselves and giving back 06:53.500 --> 06:54.966 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% to others is important. 06:55.000 --> 06:57.866 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% And it makes it cool to be part of that, 06:57.900 --> 06:58.733 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% and I like that." 06:58.766 --> 07:01.066 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Lara: I encourage middle schools, 07:01.100 --> 07:04.133 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% elementary schools, and high schools to all connect and 07:04.166 --> 07:07.366 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% share the wealth they have within. 07:07.400 --> 07:09.633 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Kella: Just talk to a teacher and get it started. 07:09.666 --> 07:12.000 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Just get the whole school together and then you start 07:12.033 --> 07:14.466 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% fundraisers or have donations for clothes 07:14.500 --> 07:16.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and then it's just like a snowball effect, 07:16.633 --> 07:18.000 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% it keeps rolling. 07:18.033 --> 07:20.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Lara: It's a wonderful thing to be part of this. 07:20.500 --> 07:21.933 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% They're just beautiful inside, 07:21.966 --> 07:23.600 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and I get a lot of credit for this... 07:23.633 --> 07:29.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% but, it's them. 07:29.133 --> 07:35.266 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 07:35.300 --> 07:42.333 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 07:42.366 --> 07:44.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Mr. Mendoza: I will be there as your cheerleader. 07:44.100 --> 07:45.733 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% Go team Go team. 07:45.766 --> 07:49.733 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Your coach but that will be my responsibility. 07:49.766 --> 07:52.633 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Your responsibility will be to do all the hard work.' 07:52.666 --> 07:54.733 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Annc: IN JUST A COUPLE DAYS THIS TEAM OF HIGH SCHOOL 07:54.766 --> 07:57.666 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% STUDENTS WILL BE COMPETING IN MERCED COUNTY'S 07:57.700 --> 08:00.800 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% ACADEMIC DECATHLON.... 08:00.833 --> 08:04.200 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% AND IT'S ISABEL MENDOZA'S JOB TO BE SURE THESE KIDS 08:04.233 --> 08:06.800 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% ARE READY TO COMPETE. 08:06.833 --> 08:08.066 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Isabel: But it's not so much what you are saying, 08:08.100 --> 08:09.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% it's how your saying it. how your presenting it. 08:09.966 --> 08:12.400 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% and are you believable enough? 08:12.433 --> 08:14.900 align:left position:30% line:59% size:60% Isabel: I'm more guiding them. 08:14.933 --> 08:16.733 align:left position:30% line:59% size:60% I'm helping them discover what they can do, 08:16.766 --> 08:19.733 align:left position:20% line:59% size:70% can't do and I know many of my students 08:19.766 --> 08:21.933 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% want to do better. 08:21.966 --> 08:24.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% They want to try, but sometimes they're limited 08:24.433 --> 08:26.633 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% because of their background. 08:26.666 --> 08:29.633 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Rob: IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR STRUGGLES AT A TRADITIONAL 08:29.666 --> 08:32.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT THEY ARE NOW AT A 08:32.100 --> 08:33.500 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL 08:33.533 --> 08:36.433 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% Leslie: Each one of these kids has their own story. 08:36.466 --> 08:39.600 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% Each one has their own reason they're here. 08:39.633 --> 08:42.766 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Rob: LESLIE JELEN IS THE PRINCIPAL AT VALLEY 08:42.800 --> 08:45.533 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL IN LOS BANOS 08:45.566 --> 08:49.800 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Leslie: We serve many different at risk youth. 08:49.833 --> 08:51.900 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% And this is a chance for them to get back on track 08:51.933 --> 08:56.166 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and recover from maybe some bad decisions 08:56.200 --> 08:57.166 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% they've made. 08:57.200 --> 08:59.100 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% They don't have to be defined by their past. 08:59.133 --> 09:02.566 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Rob: ONE OF THE WAYS THE HIGH SCHOOL IS HOPING 09:02.600 --> 09:05.533 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% TO ACHIEVE THIS IS BY GIVING THEIR STUDENTS THE 09:05.566 --> 09:09.933 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, 09:09.966 --> 09:12.033 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% SUCH AS THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON. 09:12.066 --> 09:14.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Isabel: Okay, number 39. 09:14.300 --> 09:16.500 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% This one asks how did you and your team prepare 09:16.533 --> 09:17.700 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% for the Academic Decathlon? 09:17.733 --> 09:21.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Leslie: So as far as I am aware of, we are the only county 09:21.466 --> 09:24.633 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% that has community schools that participate in 09:24.666 --> 09:26.333 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% the Academic Decathlon. 09:26.366 --> 09:29.466 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% We have this small team that doesn't have a lot of the 09:29.500 --> 09:32.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% same supports and doesn't have as much time, 09:32.766 --> 09:35.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% but we're still there, we're still trying. 09:35.366 --> 09:37.433 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Rob: THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON 09:37.466 --> 09:40.600 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% IS NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED. 09:40.633 --> 09:44.300 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Proctor: The correct answer is: A. 09:44.333 --> 09:47.466 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% TEAMS OF STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE THEIR ACADEMIC 09:47.500 --> 09:50.633 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% STRENGTH BY COMPLETING SEVEN WRITTEN TESTS, 09:50.666 --> 09:54.333 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% WRITING AN ESSAY, DELIVERING A PREPARED AND 09:54.366 --> 09:57.533 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% AN IMPROMPTU SPEECH, AS WELL AS PARTICIPATING 09:57.566 --> 09:59.433 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% IN AN INTERVIEW. 09:59.466 --> 10:01.600 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% THE CONTEST CULMINATES IN WHAT'S CALLED 10:01.633 --> 10:05.266 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% A SUPER QUIZ - A JEOPARDY -STYLE SPEED TEST. 10:05.300 --> 10:07.133 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% Proctor: Pencils up. 10:07.166 --> 10:10.200 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% ALONG WITH THE MEDALS AND PLAQUES PRESENTED TO THE 10:10.233 --> 10:13.566 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% TOP TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS, THE DECATHLON ALSO GIVES 10:13.600 --> 10:16.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% OUT THREE SCHOLARSHIPS TO EACH PARTICIPATING 10:16.566 --> 10:18.700 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% HIGH SCHOOL. 10:18.733 --> 10:20.900 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Isabel: This academic decathlon is scary 10:20.933 --> 10:23.733 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% to many, and the hardest thing to convince them that 10:23.766 --> 10:24.600 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% you should be here. 10:24.633 --> 10:26.600 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% Amahd: Honestly at first I was like, 10:26.633 --> 10:29.200 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% "I don't even know why I'm doing this," and towards the 10:29.233 --> 10:32.600 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% end I kind of accepted it as like this was helping me, 10:32.633 --> 10:34.166 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% it's for my future. 10:34.200 --> 10:37.700 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% So when I kind of got that, I was like it's all good, 10:37.733 --> 10:38.833 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% just do it. 10:38.866 --> 10:42.700 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% Andrea: I would have never expected this three years 10:42.733 --> 10:47.633 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% ago, being a sophomore and getting all Fs and not 10:47.666 --> 10:49.166 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% getting any passing grades. 10:49.200 --> 10:54.666 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I've been to four different high schools and none of the 10:54.700 --> 10:56.700 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% offered anything like this. 10:56.733 --> 10:58.966 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% So I'm really, really excited and nervous 10:59.000 --> 11:00.433 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% at the same time. 11:00.466 --> 11:03.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Rob: FOR FRANCCITA - IT'S ACTUALLY HER SECOND 11:03.466 --> 11:05.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% TIME PARTICIPATING IN THE COMPETITION. 11:05.433 --> 11:08.400 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Franccita: And we do argue about it, 11:08.433 --> 11:10.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% but he's still my best friend. 11:10.033 --> 11:12.933 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% Franccita: I attended the academic decathlon last year 11:12.966 --> 11:16.233 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% and won one gold medal in science and one bronze medal 11:16.266 --> 11:17.233 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% in music. 11:17.266 --> 11:21.700 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Rob: LIKE ANDREA, SHE TOO HAS COME A LONG WAY. 11:21.733 --> 11:23.666 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Franccita: Before this, I don't think I would have 11:23.700 --> 11:25.100 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% graduated high school. 11:25.133 --> 11:26.433 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% Why's that? 11:26.466 --> 11:27.733 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Cause I wasn't even trying. 11:27.766 --> 11:30.900 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% At one point I just gave up and it was really sad 11:30.933 --> 11:32.066 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% for a while. 11:32.100 --> 11:34.500 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% And a lot of my family were very disappointed because 11:34.533 --> 11:37.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I'm a smart kid, but I gave up on myself which 11:38.000 --> 11:38.833 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% was really bad. 11:38.866 --> 11:40.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% That's like the worst thing you can do. 11:40.966 --> 11:43.333 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Isabel: Kids like these need people who 11:43.366 --> 11:44.666 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% are willing to push them forward. 11:44.700 --> 11:46.933 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Why wouldn't you think about college? 11:46.966 --> 11:49.366 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Student: I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do 11:49.400 --> 11:52.966 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% with my life, which is very common. 11:53.000 --> 11:55.400 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Isabel: They've got to find somebody that will 11:55.433 --> 11:56.900 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% give them that little boost and that's what I'm here 11:56.933 --> 11:58.466 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% for, that little boost. 11:58.500 --> 11:59.300 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% Nothing more. 11:59.333 --> 12:00.566 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Isabel: We're going to stop there, 12:00.600 --> 12:01.966 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% we got about five more minutes. 12:02.000 --> 12:03.300 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% Work on your speeches. 12:03.333 --> 12:07.033 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Tomorrow I want those things typed out because it's here 12:07.066 --> 12:11.866 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% now and we're going to do the best we can do. 12:11.900 --> 12:15.133 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Rob: AFTER MONTHS OF PREPARATION AND 12:15.166 --> 12:20.100 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% HARD WORK - THE BIG DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED...... 12:20.133 --> 12:22.933 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Andrea: I'm in the academic decathlon now. 12:22.966 --> 12:26.333 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Whatever brought us here, the circumstances, 12:26.366 --> 12:29.966 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% we're just trying to make the best out of it. 12:30.000 --> 12:31.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Amahd: I feel like it's not just proving just 12:31.933 --> 12:34.066 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% for myself, but like the whole school. 12:34.100 --> 12:37.533 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% We're not bad kids and we can do what everybody 12:37.566 --> 12:42.433 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% else does. 12:42.466 --> 12:44.933 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Franccita: It means a lot to me that they helped me 12:44.966 --> 12:46.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% grow as a person, and definitely It's something 12:47.000 --> 12:50.733 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% I'm very grateful for. 12:50.766 --> 13:05.766 align:left position:37.5% line:5% size:52.5% (Cheering) ♪♪♪ 13:05.766 --> 13:25.766 align:left position:37.5% line:5% size:52.5% (Cheering) ♪♪♪ 13:27.800 --> 13:28.800 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% Isabel: it's not that I taught them to fly on 13:28.833 --> 13:32.400 align:left position:37.5% line:5% size:52.5% their own. 13:32.433 --> 13:36.000 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% I helped them discover that they can fly. 13:36.033 --> 13:38.966 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% It's already in them, it's just they need to find 13:39.000 --> 13:40.733 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% that themselves. 13:40.766 --> 13:49.966 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 13:50.000 --> 13:53.566 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Annc: Still ahead on Inside California Education.... 13:53.600 --> 13:55.400 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Laura: Do you think a horse can catch up with a cow? 13:55.433 --> 13:56.400 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% All: Yes! 13:56.433 --> 13:58.866 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Annc: Students in the Central Valley towns of 13:58.900 --> 14:01.666 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Turlock and Ceres are getting hands-on experience 14:01.700 --> 14:04.033 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% at school farms..... learning everything from 14:04.066 --> 14:06.966 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% how to plant vegetables... to proper animal care. 14:07.000 --> 14:10.733 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% But first....let's get to know Tony Thurmond, 14:10.766 --> 14:14.733 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% California's brand new superintendent of schools. 14:14.766 --> 14:25.400 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 14:25.433 --> 14:28.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Tony: When I think about how education impacted 14:28.933 --> 14:31.700 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% me, you know, I had great teachers who always believed 14:31.733 --> 14:35.500 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% in me and, and they really imparted a message that if 14:35.533 --> 14:39.266 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I believed in education that my life would be better 14:39.300 --> 14:40.500 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% than it started. 14:40.533 --> 14:44.100 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% I'm confident that it meant the difference for me 14:44.133 --> 14:46.666 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% between ending up in California State Prison 14:46.700 --> 14:47.766 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% and instead ending up 14:47.800 --> 14:49.833 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% as California State Superintendent. 14:49.866 --> 14:52.633 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Kristen: Tony Thurmond is California's newest 14:52.666 --> 14:54.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Superintendent of Public Instruction, 14:54.533 --> 14:57.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% guiding education policy for the state's 14:57.266 --> 14:59.033 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% six million students. 14:59.066 --> 15:02.466 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% He was inaugurated in January 2019 in front of a 15:02.500 --> 15:04.966 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% crowd at Sacramento's McClatchy High School. 15:05.000 --> 15:07.900 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Tony: To which our children are entitled. 15:07.933 --> 15:11.700 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Judge: I will not back down. 15:11.733 --> 15:12.666 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Tony: I will not back down. 15:12.700 --> 15:17.500 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% (Applause) 15:17.533 --> 15:21.033 align:left position:17.5% line:59% size:72.5% Steinberg: California is immensely lucky to have a 15:21.066 --> 15:24.733 align:left position:20% line:59% size:70% talented, committed and savvy leader like Tony 15:24.766 --> 15:27.466 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Thurmond leading the department of education 15:27.500 --> 15:28.666 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% and fighting for our youth. 15:28.700 --> 15:32.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Welcome to Sacramento! Welcome everybody. . . 15:32.700 --> 15:35.066 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Kristen: But, it wasn't an easy road to the office. 15:35.100 --> 15:37.766 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Thurmond was in a contested and expensive race for the 15:37.800 --> 15:40.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% position against charter school executive 15:40.133 --> 15:42.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Marshall Tuck... with the results too close 15:42.833 --> 15:45.533 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% to call for days after the election. 15:45.566 --> 15:47.533 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Tony: My campaign for state Superintendent was certainly 15:47.566 --> 15:49.900 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% the toughest race that I've had in politics. 15:49.933 --> 15:51.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% And I've always had tough races. 15:51.266 --> 15:53.000 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% But I never lost faith. 15:53.033 --> 15:56.533 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I always believe that if you put forward what your vision 15:56.566 --> 15:59.300 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% is for helping young people, that everything will work 15:59.333 --> 16:00.500 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% out the way it's supposed to. 16:00.533 --> 16:03.533 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% Lupita: What makes him well suited for this position is 16:03.566 --> 16:06.400 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% that he has a lived experience that's unique 16:06.433 --> 16:08.833 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and unlike any other superintendent. 16:08.866 --> 16:12.066 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% He's Afro-Panamanian, he's lived in an experience in 16:12.100 --> 16:16.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% which he was orphaned, and he had to be raised 16:16.233 --> 16:19.266 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% by his cousin that he had never met. 16:19.300 --> 16:24.266 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% And so education um to him is very personal. 16:24.300 --> 16:27.333 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Tony: My cousin raised me and she kept me out of the 16:27.366 --> 16:29.100 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% streets, and she kept me out of trouble. 16:29.133 --> 16:31.733 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% And she always made sure we had the best education 16:31.766 --> 16:32.833 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% we could possibly get. 16:32.866 --> 16:35.700 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Tony: My mom was real sick, and my mom had cancer. 16:35.733 --> 16:37.866 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% And when I was six years old my mom lost her battle 16:37.900 --> 16:40.433 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% to cancer and my dad was not in the picture 16:40.466 --> 16:43.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% so I ended up growing up in Philadelphia. 16:43.066 --> 16:45.766 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Kristen: Thurmond graduated from Temple University in 16:45.800 --> 16:48.533 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Philadelphia before returning to the Bay Area, 16:48.566 --> 16:50.133 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% where he became a social worker. 16:50.166 --> 16:53.000 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% That lead to seats on the Richmond city council 16:53.033 --> 16:55.500 align:left position:22.5% line:59% size:67.5% and school board, then the State Assembly, 16:55.533 --> 16:59.966 align:left position:32.5% line:59% size:57.5% and finally, state Superintendent. 17:00.000 --> 17:02.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Tony: I've been very fortunate um to be 17:02.666 --> 17:04.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% in a position to work with young people. 17:04.166 --> 17:06.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% To help them get a second chance, 17:06.533 --> 17:09.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to help them get strong after school programs 17:09.033 --> 17:10.666 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and mentoring programs. 17:10.700 --> 17:13.900 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% It's my mission, um, to serve young people. 17:13.933 --> 17:15.766 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Kristen: Today, Thurmond is meeting with students at 17:15.800 --> 17:18.466 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Valley High School in Sacramento involved with 17:18.500 --> 17:21.266 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% a program called Improve Your Tomorrow. 17:21.300 --> 17:23.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% student: So I showed up for the food, 17:23.433 --> 17:25.366 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% but then I started to realize the mission of the 17:25.400 --> 17:27.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% program was to get young men of color to 17:27.800 --> 17:28.600 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% and through college. 17:28.633 --> 17:29.900 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Kristen: Over the next four years, 17:29.933 --> 17:32.300 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Thurmond says he wants to focus on those students 17:32.333 --> 17:35.000 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% who are often too easily overlooked. 17:35.033 --> 17:38.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% He also wants to reform school budgets at a time 17:38.333 --> 17:41.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% when school districts like Sacramento are facing 17:41.166 --> 17:43.900 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% a budget crisis, and teachers are striking 17:43.933 --> 17:45.566 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% in cities across the state. 17:45.600 --> 17:49.300 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Tony: California still is forty-first in the nation in 17:49.333 --> 17:52.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% per-people spending even though California is the 17:52.366 --> 17:55.300 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% fifth wealthiest economy in the world. 17:55.333 --> 17:57.066 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% We have to change that. 17:57.100 --> 17:59.800 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% We always say that kids are our future. 17:59.833 --> 18:01.900 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% We have to act like it and my top priority 18:01.933 --> 18:05.333 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% is increasing revenue for our schools, 18:05.366 --> 18:07.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% closing our achievement gap, closing our 18:07.533 --> 18:08.766 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% teacher shortage. 18:08.800 --> 18:11.333 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% How do you learn when you don't have a well-trained 18:11.366 --> 18:14.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and qualified teacher at the head of every class? 18:14.133 --> 18:16.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Kristen: These reforms are more than Thurmond's 18:16.433 --> 18:19.666 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% political platform... they're also personal. 18:19.700 --> 18:22.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% He has two daughters attending public schools. 18:22.066 --> 18:23.633 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Tony: There are times when, um, 18:23.666 --> 18:28.000 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I felt like if, if a teacher or a staff person is 18:28.033 --> 18:30.500 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% going to be so difficult to me, um, 18:30.533 --> 18:32.700 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% how are they going to treat other parents who don't 18:32.733 --> 18:36.033 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% know how to advocate for their children? 18:36.066 --> 18:38.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And so we've got to work throughout the bureaucracy 18:38.266 --> 18:41.133 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and the barriers that impact our educational systems. 18:41.166 --> 18:43.033 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Lupita: He's not a figurehead. 18:43.066 --> 18:46.700 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% He's actually boots on the ground and he's rolling up 18:46.733 --> 18:49.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% his sleeves and he knows what's happening at the 18:49.233 --> 18:53.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% department and he wants to be helpful personally. 18:53.166 --> 18:54.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Kristen: At the end of his term, 18:54.933 --> 18:57.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Thurmond says he hopes to increase the state's 18:57.500 --> 19:00.466 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% per pupil spending... putting the state on trajectory 19:00.500 --> 19:02.800 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% to someday be first in the nation. 19:02.833 --> 19:04.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Tony: I think there's so much more that we can do 19:04.633 --> 19:07.166 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% in this state and I'm excited that the voters are giving 19:07.200 --> 19:12.333 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% me the opportunity to do it. 19:12.366 --> 19:16.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Annc: On average, states spend more than $12,000 19:16.333 --> 19:18.866 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% dollars in per pupil spending when adjusted 19:18.900 --> 19:20.066 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% for regional costs. 19:20.100 --> 19:23.533 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Vermont has the highest per pupil spending in the nation 19:23.566 --> 19:25.266 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% at more than $20,000 dollars. 19:25.300 --> 19:28.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Utah spends the least at about $7,000 dollars 19:28.966 --> 19:30.033 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% per student. 19:30.066 --> 19:32.900 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% In California, per pupil expenditures are a little 19:32.933 --> 19:36.033 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% over $9,000 dollars. 19:36.066 --> 19:46.566 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 19:46.600 --> 19:48.433 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Ken: Make sure you plant the plants so they are 19:48.466 --> 19:49.733 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% even with the soil. 19:49.766 --> 19:51.833 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% So you're just going to open the soil up, 19:51.866 --> 19:53.566 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% put it in and see how it is even and level. 19:53.600 --> 19:55.966 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% And then put the soil back and around. 19:56.000 --> 19:58.200 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Christina: Agriculture is the biggest industry here 19:58.233 --> 20:00.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in Stanislaus County.... where farms generate 20:00.766 --> 20:04.500 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% about $3 billion worth of commodities each year. 20:04.533 --> 20:06.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So you'd think that kids from local schools would 20:06.833 --> 20:09.700 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% have plenty of exposure to the farm life. 20:09.733 --> 20:12.000 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% But school officials from the towns of Turlock and 20:12.033 --> 20:14.266 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Ceres discovered - that was not always true. 20:14.300 --> 20:17.400 align:left position:17.5% line:59% size:72.5% Ken: Almost all the kids in our program are actually 20:17.433 --> 20:19.466 align:left position:32.5% line:59% size:57.5% coming from a suburban environment. 20:19.500 --> 20:21.466 align:left position:22.5% line:59% size:67.5% Very, very few of our students are actually 20:21.500 --> 20:22.666 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% coming off of a farm. 20:22.700 --> 20:25.333 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% And they don't have any idea where their food comes from. 20:25.366 --> 20:27.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We plant broccoli plants and they look at that, 20:27.433 --> 20:29.633 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and they have no idea what a broccoli looks like 20:29.666 --> 20:30.700 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% growing in the field. 20:30.733 --> 20:33.300 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% Laura: We have some students that have never had, 20:33.333 --> 20:34.866 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% um, a farm experience. 20:34.900 --> 20:37.000 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% They've never planted something in the ground 20:37.033 --> 20:38.533 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and been able to watch it grow. 20:38.566 --> 20:40.733 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% They've never been able to hold a chick, 20:40.766 --> 20:42.500 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% or pet a sheep or a goat. 20:42.533 --> 20:44.466 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% And, so, with bringing them out here, 20:44.500 --> 20:46.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% they actually get these experiences that they 20:46.200 --> 20:47.866 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% may not have otherwise. 20:47.900 --> 20:49.833 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Christina: In the last several years, 20:49.866 --> 20:52.366 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% both the Turlock and Ceres school districts have 20:52.400 --> 20:55.633 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% invested significant time -- and money -- into creating 20:55.666 --> 20:58.466 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% real, working farms for their students. 20:58.500 --> 21:01.533 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Turlock's efforts started in 2013 when the district 21:01.566 --> 21:03.233 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% bought 10 acres of land in the city. 21:03.266 --> 21:05.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% They've been slowly building it up since. 21:05.800 --> 21:08.800 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Laura: We finally finished our swine facility just 21:08.833 --> 21:09.800 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% about three weeks ago. 21:09.833 --> 21:11.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And, so, so now we have a swine facility that is 21:11.933 --> 21:13.166 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% up to industry standards. 21:13.200 --> 21:15.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We've also been able to bring out our goats and 21:15.533 --> 21:16.733 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% sheep to the farm this year. 21:16.766 --> 21:19.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% They used to be housed, um, in different locations. 21:19.833 --> 21:21.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We have about an acre of fruit trees, 21:22.000 --> 21:25.233 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and we have about an acre of vegetables. 21:25.266 --> 21:27.300 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% We are starting to plant now with the first graders, 21:27.333 --> 21:29.533 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% and they will continue to plant with about 800 21:29.566 --> 21:30.633 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% more first graders out here. 21:30.666 --> 21:31.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We get a lot of seeds planted, 21:31.966 --> 21:34.400 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and they're very good at doing that. 21:34.433 --> 21:36.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Christina: Turlock wants to make this farm accessible to every 21:36.900 --> 21:39.600 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% student in the district... whether it's elementary 21:39.633 --> 21:41.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% school students on a field trip.... 21:41.533 --> 21:43.800 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% or high schoolers who are raising animals through 21:43.833 --> 21:45.233 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% Future Farmers of America. 21:45.266 --> 21:47.200 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Student: She was born in November, 21:47.233 --> 21:49.200 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% so she's about four and half months old. 21:49.233 --> 21:51.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Christina: The learning doesn't stop at the farm for 21:51.866 --> 21:54.866 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% these first graders from Julien Elementary School. 21:54.900 --> 21:56.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Their teachers say they have several lessons 21:56.933 --> 21:59.133 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% planned around today's excursion. 21:59.166 --> 22:00.666 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Heather: Kids are jumping up and down, 22:00.700 --> 22:03.700 align:left position:17.5% line:59% size:72.5% very excited, and it kind of brings to life the things 22:03.733 --> 22:05.266 align:left position:22.5% line:59% size:67.5% they've been reading about and learning about. 22:05.300 --> 22:07.433 align:left position:15% line:59% size:75% Laura: The teachers are very good about bringing it back 22:07.466 --> 22:09.466 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% to the classroom and using it as, 22:09.500 --> 22:12.666 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% "Remember when we were at the farm and we did this?" 22:12.700 --> 22:15.166 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Christina: Turlock's farm coordinator Laura Brem says 22:15.200 --> 22:18.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% the district was also motivated by new science standards 22:18.200 --> 22:20.300 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% that encourage kids to memorize less 22:20.333 --> 22:21.800 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% and explore more. 22:21.833 --> 22:23.600 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Laura: We don't just give them the answers. 22:23.633 --> 22:25.766 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We want them to explore and to investigate, 22:25.800 --> 22:27.233 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and then find the answers on their own, 22:27.266 --> 22:29.366 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% because, as they go through that process, 22:29.400 --> 22:30.400 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% they internalize it. 22:30.433 --> 22:31.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% They, it becomes a part of them. 22:31.833 --> 22:33.466 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% Simon: I've been planting peas, 22:33.500 --> 22:37.200 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55% climbing on tractors, looking at fruit. 22:37.233 --> 22:39.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I really enjoyed looking inside a tractor because 22:39.566 --> 22:43.866 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% I don't really get to do that very often. 22:43.900 --> 22:46.366 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Christina: The food grown on the Turlock farm typically 22:46.400 --> 22:48.800 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% returns to the schools as a snack for students. 22:48.833 --> 22:51.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% But the farm run by the Ceres school district 22:51.633 --> 22:53.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% takes it a step further. 22:53.300 --> 22:56.100 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Each year they sell about $18,000 thousand dollars 22:56.133 --> 22:58.300 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% worth of produce grown on the farm back to 22:58.333 --> 22:59.300 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% the school district. 22:59.333 --> 23:01.933 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Ken: It's really a seed-to-fork operation. 23:01.966 --> 23:04.066 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% We start seeds in our greenhouses with our 23:04.100 --> 23:06.800 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% students, we grow those and then they actually go into a 23:06.833 --> 23:09.000 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% school lunch program with the school district. 23:09.033 --> 23:11.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% So instead of buying it from a wholesaler, 23:11.200 --> 23:13.300 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% they're actually purchasing it from the ag program 23:13.333 --> 23:15.066 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and those funds come back into it. 23:15.100 --> 23:17.533 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% So on a, on a average week, we're probably feeding 23:17.566 --> 23:20.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% 2,000 students just off of this particular fruit 23:20.333 --> 23:22.000 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% that comes off the farm. 23:22.033 --> 23:23.733 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% Arianna: The food that grows out here and goes to our 23:23.766 --> 23:25.600 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% cafeteria, I feel like that does make a difference, 23:25.633 --> 23:28.600 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% because a lot of people don't know where their 23:28.633 --> 23:29.766 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% food comes from. 23:29.800 --> 23:33.200 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Instead of like trucking in fruits from different 23:33.233 --> 23:35.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% parts of California, we can just truck 'em in 23:35.433 --> 23:36.400 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% from our school farm. 23:36.433 --> 23:39.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Christina: Arianna is a junior at Ceres Central 23:39.833 --> 23:42.400 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Valley High School, which offers students four career 23:42.433 --> 23:44.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% pathways in its agriculture program. 23:44.700 --> 23:47.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% This 6 and a half acre farm is an extension 23:47.166 --> 23:49.566 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% of that program.... with more than 200 23:49.600 --> 23:52.200 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% fruit trees, table grapes and vegetables. 23:52.233 --> 23:55.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Plus, there's livestock facilities so students 23:55.200 --> 23:56.866 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% can learn how to care for cattle, 23:56.900 --> 23:58.900 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% sheep, pigs and goats. 23:58.933 --> 24:01.100 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Arianna: I've been thinking a lot about veterinarian 24:01.133 --> 24:03.800 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% technician, with the experience I have with goats 24:03.833 --> 24:06.233 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% it's going to help me a lot to go towards my career. 24:06.266 --> 24:09.100 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Christina: Ceres ag instructor Ken Moncrief 24:09.133 --> 24:11.666 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% says one of the most rewarding parts of his job 24:11.700 --> 24:14.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% is watching students eat farm -fresh food 24:14.500 --> 24:16.466 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% often for the very first time. 24:16.500 --> 24:18.933 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Ken: When we grow a carrot, they're pulling the carrots 24:18.966 --> 24:19.933 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% right out of the ground. 24:19.966 --> 24:21.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I have to kind of fight them to go wash them, 24:21.033 --> 24:23.366 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% because they're so excited to try their vegetables 24:23.400 --> 24:24.466 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% that they grew. 24:24.500 --> 24:26.700 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% So I think they're really learning about nutrition 24:26.733 --> 24:28.366 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and things like that, because they're eating something 24:28.400 --> 24:29.400 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% right out of the ground. 24:29.433 --> 24:31.833 align:left position:17.5% line:59% size:72.5% Sarahi: I think it's very important for students 24:31.866 --> 24:34.600 align:left position:27.5% line:59% size:62.5% to know where the food, is coming from, 24:34.633 --> 24:35.833 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% because a lot of people 24:35.866 --> 24:37.600 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% are starting to raise awareness of how 24:37.633 --> 24:40.533 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% important it is to have, like, locally sourced food. 24:40.566 --> 24:42.400 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Christina: School officials from both Turlock and 24:42.433 --> 24:44.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Ceres agree.... the learning that 24:44.233 --> 24:46.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% goes on at these farms is invaluable. 24:47.000 --> 24:49.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It provides a hands-on experience students can't get 24:49.700 --> 24:52.266 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% in the classroom... sparks a new appreciation 24:52.300 --> 24:55.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% for animals.... and even offers inspiration 24:55.133 --> 24:56.300 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% for a future career. 24:56.333 --> 25:00.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Ken: In education, there are so many great kids. 25:00.033 --> 25:02.233 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% And I think this is a shining example of where 25:02.266 --> 25:03.566 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% kids can really shine. 25:03.600 --> 25:06.000 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Every part of this is touched by kid's hands. 25:06.033 --> 25:08.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% And that's what makes me the most proud. 25:08.266 --> 25:12.266 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 25:12.300 --> 25:13.566 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% Annc: If you'd like more information about the 25:13.600 --> 25:18.100 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% program, log on to our website insidecaled.org. 25:18.133 --> 25:20.100 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% We have video from all of our shows, 25:20.133 --> 25:22.566 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% and you can connect with us on social media. 25:22.600 --> 25:24.066 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% Thanks for joining us. 25:24.100 --> 25:28.133 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% We'll see you next time on Inside California Education. 25:28.166 --> 25:43.100 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 25:43.100 --> 25:55.400 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 25:55.433 --> 25:57.233 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Annc2: Funding for Inside California Education 25:57.266 --> 26:00.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% is made possible by: Since 1985, 26:00.366 --> 26:03.666 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% the California Lottery has raised more than $34 billion 26:03.700 --> 26:05.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% dollars in supplemental funding for 26:05.633 --> 26:07.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% California's 11-hundred public school districts 26:07.800 --> 26:09.633 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% from kindergarten through college. 26:09.666 --> 26:13.033 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% That's approximately $211 for each full-time student 26:13.066 --> 26:16.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% based on $1.7 billion contributed in 26:16.066 --> 26:18.700 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% fiscal year 2017-18. 26:18.733 --> 26:20.566 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% With caring teachers, committed administrators, 26:20.600 --> 26:22.866 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% and active parents, every public school student 26:22.900 --> 26:25.133 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% can realize their dreams. 26:25.166 --> 26:28.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The California Lottery: Imagine the Possibilities. 26:28.733 --> 26:32.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The Stuart Foundation: Improving life outcomes 26:32.366 --> 26:35.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% for young people through education 26:35.900 --> 26:38.266 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% Additional funding for Inside California Education 26:38.300 --> 26:40.600 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% is made possible by these organizations 26:40.633 --> 26:43.366 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% supporting public education: 26:43.400 --> 26:45.900 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪