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Narr: Coming up on 
Inside California Education:

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In sports and in life,

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it's often all about winning 
and losing.

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But there's an effort underway 
in California schools

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to focus on something equally 
important: good sportsmanship.

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Discover how these 
San Diego schools

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are teaching sportsmanship 
as a way of reducing conflict

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and promoting 
friendly competition.

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Ava: We try to keep it positive 
all the time.

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We like to do positive chants.

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So, if someone in the crowd is

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trying to do a negative chant,

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we like to overpower it 
with something like,

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we love football 
or we love basketball.

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Narr: How do you combat 
racism and misunderstanding

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in the classroom?

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One way may be by helping

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teachers 
see students in a new light.

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That's why teachers 
and administrators

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in this Central Valley district

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are taking part 
in a comprehensive effort

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called “student champions. ”

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Todd: There's nothing like it 
that we know of

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in the state of California 
and probably beyond.

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Jeremiah: I'm just really glad 
I was able to take something

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that was so negative at the time 
and now see that it's like

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helping something 
beautiful blossom.

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Narr: Public schools as centers 
for community service?

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It's already happening

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in districts like this one in 
Orange County.

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See how this high school started 
an on-campus farm to provide

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fresh produce to students 
and surrounding neighborhoods.

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It's all part of an ambitious, 
state funded initiative.

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Monty: So, every month we have

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this thing called the community 
dinner.

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So, anyone in the community 
can come to our school.

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They could, 
they could buy our produce,

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they could taste our produce.

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♪♪♪

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Narr: 
And, she provides oversight

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and support 
for over 80 districts

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and more than 2 million 
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Meet Dr. Debra Duardo,

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and discover her journey

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starting 
as a child of farmworker parents

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all the way to becoming 
superintendent

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of L.A. County schools.

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It's all coming up next 
on Inside California Education.

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Narr: Sports is supposed to be 
about friendly competition,

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and high schools

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have long promoted 
the importance of sportsmanship.

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But here in the San Diego area,

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unfortunate 
altercations on the field

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and sometimes in the stands 
is inspiring a renewed

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and conscious effort 
to re-instill

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a spirit of sportsmanship 
among high school athletes.

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The goal is to offer 
a refreshing alternative

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to the prevalent misconduct 
that often makes headlines.

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Todd Cassen is the assistant 
commissioner for the San Diego

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section of CIF or California 
Interscholastic Federation.

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He helped bring a program 
that promotes good sportsmanship

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to the Poway Unified School 
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It's called Battle of the Fans.

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Todd: It's really about bringing 
your schools together

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to support what's happening 
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or the field in a positive way

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where schools can actually, 
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get their students excited

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about really competing 
with other schools to say,

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“Who's got the best student 
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how much fun can you have 
in a student section.

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Narr: Battle of the Fans

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is a friendly competition 
among student sections

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to determine the most spirited

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or most supportive 
student section in high schools

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across the Poway 
Unified School District.

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Mount Carmel High School

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is one of the high schools

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that participates 
in Battle of the Fans.

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Todd: Mount Carmel 
has an outstanding reputation.

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It's one of the schools 
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and I think this is true 
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you really feel a culture.

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Narr: Mount Carmel Student 
Section is known officially

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as the Red Sea.

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Sanford: 
When we started the Red Sea,

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things, things changed 
and, and kids have bought it

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and they really like it 
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And it's fun.

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The very first game, 
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we had over a thousand students 
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Charlie: We're 
here to, you know, give...

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give everyone a, 
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be loud and have fun 
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we respect everyone 
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Tanner: 
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and when you're playing,

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you're playing for your school 
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it's not playing to beat 
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It's not playing to like,

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beat down or demoralize 
anyone else.

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It's playing for like, 
something bigger than yourself.

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Playing for Mount Carmel 
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Narr: Battle of the Fans 
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phenomenon sparked by need 
by schools across the U.S.

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to turn all that fan energy 
in a positive direction.

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Districts 
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and many other states

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have implemented 
the idea with good results.

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they've appeared 
to have discovered the formula

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for cultivating 
good sportsmanship.

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The high school has emerged 
victorious in San Diego's

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Battle of the Fans 
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Allie: We made a shirt out of it 
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like I said, our community 
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I think that everyone's 
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and it- it's reflected 
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Sanford: 
It is the Sun devil way.

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It's more than just words.

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It's, it's a, it's a lifestyle.

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It's what we do.

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Todd: They're seeing a model of

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maybe we shouldn't 
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what do you see 
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Fights, yelling, 
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going after the officials, 
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after they look at what 
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these schools 
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trying to make it a positive,

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they start to see there's 
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and start to say, “Wait a second 
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and still be positive, 
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and honor,

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you know, really mean something 
as, as we support

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what's happening 
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an athlete, 
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or the opposing team, it's like- 
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why they're having a bad game.

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because it's like, that person 
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Ava: We try to keep it positive 
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we like to overpower it 
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“We love football ” 
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Narr: For the students, it's 
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how to promote good 
sportsmanship at their school,

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they've discovered 
another unexpected benefit.

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It's provided 
many of them with memories

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they will cherish 
well beyond graduation.

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Ava: It's really 
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but it's been the greatest 
experience I've ever had.

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Tanner: 
I think I'm going to take

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so much from this school 
and kind of take

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what I've learned here 
and take all that positivity

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and bring it to wherever I'm 
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[students cheering]

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[students cheering] 
-Lets go!

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[students cheering] 
-Come on!

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[students cheering]

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Todd: Rather than seeing them 
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looking at their lives 
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we want to look at their lives 
through a gain frame.

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Narr: Every one of Madera 
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2,500 employees attends a unique

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training program called 
the Student Champion Course.

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Todd: The goal of this 
curriculum is for

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our teachers to 
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incredibly important 
it is to be human first,

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to really understand 
who kids are,

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know their names, know their 
story, um, know their values.

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Narr: The student champion 
course was developed in response

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to numerous racist incidents 
within the district.

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The course directly addresses 
racism and discrimination,

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and challenges staff 
to see students in new ways.

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Tod: The creation of the student 
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was really a massive 
collaborative effort.

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There's nothing like it 
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in the state of California 
and probably beyond.

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Narr: In 2018, 
the district partnered

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with WestEd, 
a non-profit research agency.

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WestEd focused on the 
experiences of students of color

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who may not see themselves

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reflected in the district's 
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Rose: One of the recommendations 
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that, listen to the students.

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Learn from your students.

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What is their lived experience 
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Todd: Their voice was the, 
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aspect of the whole thing.

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And so, we decided we'd ask.

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Rose: After the listening 
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African American students, uh,

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some of them made 
a very compelling statement -

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“There's nothing for us here. ”

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Jeremiah Goodman

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was one of those students 
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Jeremiah: I came to Madera 
Unified in kindergarten, and

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I experienced a lot of racism

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and discrimination 
from both students and faculty

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throughout my K-through-12 
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Narr: But on the first day 
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something horrendous happened to 
Jeremiah.

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Jeremiah: 
It was during a pandemic.

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It was my first day of senior 
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It was civics class.

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We were in the zoom because 
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The teacher was going through

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the first day of class 
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I hate [bleep] 
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and, like, literally freezing.

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I felt like everybody 
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was looking at me

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‘cause I was the only black kid 
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Todd: No one said a thing.

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that this was tolerated.

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and I think for many members

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of my executive cabinet, 
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and all we could see 
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that we loved 
and cared about who were hurt.

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and conviction 
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that we were going to meet 
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and put it into high gear for us 
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um, caused us 
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The work we've been doing 
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it wasn't meeting the moment.

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We needed to do something more.

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officially launched in the 
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Jeremiah and his fellow students 
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in building the curriculum.

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They all shared their stories 
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Jeremiah: 
My name is Jeremiah Goodman.

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I'm a sophomore psychology 
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is one of the teachers who heard

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Jeremiah 
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Amanda: 
I had Jeremiah in first grade,

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and I remember him being one 
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and after hearing him

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at the conference last year, 
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Hearing how he was excluded.

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He wouldnt play with anybody 
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a mom's worst nightmare to know

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your child 
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in his own little quiet way.

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It rips my heart apart.

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Now, I'm always,

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Is someone alone?

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Why are they alone?

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Let's get this kid playing 
with this group no matter what.

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But I, 
I needed to hear that story.

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Jeremiah: I'm studying 
psychology.

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Amanda: Right.

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Make time to make the 
relationship with your students.

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It's the most important thing 
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Jeremiah: Hearing, you know,

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testimonies from,

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uh, past teachers 
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really does make me feel like,

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okay, like we're actually 
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It's slow change, 
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Todd: I don't think it's enough.

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I think it's time will tell.

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There's a sense of authenticity 
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There's a sense of vulnerability 
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are being seen and heard 
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Jeremiah: I'm just really glad 
I was able to take something

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that was so negative at the time 
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it's like helping something 
beautiful blossom.

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Todd: And that's why this vision 
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this student champion course,

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this culture has to be alive 
and the story has to be told.

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Annc: Still ahead 
on Inside California Education.

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Discover the amazing life story

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of the person dedicated 
to providing a good education

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to more than 2 million students

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and 80 districts throughout 
L.A. County.

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But first, 
what's a community school?

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It's one that serves 
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but their families 
and neighborhoods.

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We'll explore one school helping 
address a local food desert

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with their own on campus farm.

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Narr: When the COVID pandemic

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shut down California 
public schools in 2020,

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many campuses within the Anaheim 
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became food distribution centers

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Sabina Giakoumis,

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a teacher at Magnolia 
High School, took notice.

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Sabina: We saw 
how many people needed produce.

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there was a need, um, that-

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and a problem 
that we could solve

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for our community 
by building the farm.

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Narr: The farm is the Magnolia 
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or MACC for short.

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Building it was 
Anaheim's response

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to California's 
ambitious $3 billion initiative

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to dramatically expand its 
number of community schools-

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public schools 
that not only educate students

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but also provide support 
and services to the neighborhood

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as a whole.

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Jaron: What were standing on 
used to be an empty dirt lot.

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Students have identified 
food deserts

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as a very real issue 
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Where theres fast food 
restaurants all around us,

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but theres not a lot of grocery 
stores or places for families

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to go to get organic, 
healthy foods.

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So- and this is contributing 
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and health issues that were 
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Mimi: The only foods that are 
really there for the community

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are junk food 
and things that do not benefit

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or give us any 
nutritional value.

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as a very good and efficient 
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I'm seeing the vegetables and 
fruits being grown in our MACC,

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the Magnolia 
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being taken into our cafeteria.

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I've also seen it 
helping families and parents

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and students by providing them 
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healthy, nutritious food.

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called the community dinner.

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can come to our school

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they could, they could 
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they could taste our produce.

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Jaron: 
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to local communities, 
to local families

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that are, that are 
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and they're bring- bringing 
these foods into their homes.

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Instructor: For every pound 
of textiles produced

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in Indonesia...

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Narr: 
The farm feeds the community,

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but it also helps 
educate the students.

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Their instructors are interns

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from the University 
of California, Irvine.

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Sabina: 
They teach lessons around

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pollination, around 
sustainable agriculture, around

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pesticides and runoff, growing 
good in a changing climate.

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Using UCI science students 
as our teacher.

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a little teaching experience.

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to learn about urban farming 
and sustainable agriculture.

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Jaron: And then the learning 
that,

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that is happening here 
with our students.

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Theyre able to go back

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and speak to their families, 
speak to their friends.

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healthier choices.

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Narr: Sabina Giakoumis 
manages the farm,

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but it's only 
one part of Anaheim's vision

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for their community 
school program.

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Sabina: Our vision of a 
community school

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is where the school is 
the center

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or the hub of the community,

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where not just students

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but parents, family members, 
community members, um,

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have access to the resources 
that the schools take on.

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We now have lots of 
social services that we offer,

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um, to students, and 
a lot of times parents as well.

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Narr: The social services 
offered to students

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and their families are a result 
of the

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California Community Schools 
Partnership Program

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made law in 2021.

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It's a $3 billion investment 
to significantly expand

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the number of community schools 
across the state of California.

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Its goal:

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address social inequities 
made worse by the pandemic.

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Jaron: So, I think with 
California, and to their credit,

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they recognize that as a school, 
we have to start functioning

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a little differently.

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But they are investing

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in our schools, in our students, 
in our families

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to create a space to be able 
to authentically address

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the instructional needs, 
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that our students and families 
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Narr: The Community Schools 
Initiative gave the district

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the funds to open 
a new Community Resource Center

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at Sycamore Junior High School, 
a hub where families can get

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the basic help they need so 
their school kids can succeed.

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Jaron: We're standing on our, 
our farm.

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And here's 
an example of students

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applying what they're learning

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to solve a local issue, 
which is food deserts.

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Which is, again,

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a very different way 
of looking at community schools

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than most other districts 
who are only focused

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on the wraparound 
services, right?

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The mental health,

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medical, dental kinds of needs 
that families and students

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have identified. 
We're doing all that.

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That is critically important.

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But we're going to step in 
beyond

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in bringing these 
things into the classroom.

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Narr: Sabina Giakoumis believes 
California's initiative

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to increase the number 
of communities schools is vital.

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Sabina: In a time right now 
in America

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where so many of our schools 
are building up walls

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around our schools for safety, 
that does feel a little bit

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like we as the community 
are being

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pushed away or what happens 
inside of schools is secret.

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And so, it is important that we,

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that we reach out 
to our communities

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and let them know we're here 
we have resources,

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come in, tell us 
what your community issues are

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so that we can become an asset

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and problem 
solve alongside with you.

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Narr: Through the California 
Community Schools

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Partnership Program

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California is investing 
more than $3 billion

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to help schools better support 
their students.

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Four things that all 
Community Schools

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must focus on are:

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Coordinating a range of 
academic,

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physical, social-emotional 
and mental health services

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to meet their students 
unique needs.

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Actively tapping into 
the knowledge

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of family and community 
members to serve as partners.

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Promoting collaborative 
leadership

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through professional development 
for educators

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and school administrators,

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and expanding learning 
opportunities

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like internships, tutoring,

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and before and after school 
and summer programs

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♪♪♪

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Narr: 
It's a typical lively morning

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at the Los Angeles 
County High School for the Arts.

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The principal and staff are here 
to greet arriving students.

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But today, something 
is different and special.

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Among the greeters is 
Dr. Debra Duardo,

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superintendent of schools 
for all of L.A. County.

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80 districts, over 2 million 
students.

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Dr. Duardo visits schools like 
this one as often as she can.

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Dr. Duardo: And it's 
just a wonderful opportunity

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to talk to students, 
to talk to teachers,

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to talk to counselors 
and social workers,

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and just to hear 
from the community

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how things are going.

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Millie: We've been practicing

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since September, 
so it's been a little while...

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Narr: 
That desire to connect, observe,

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and encourage is deeply 
rooted in Dr. Duardos

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own experience 
and educational journey.

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She was one of five siblings 
growing up in the L.A. area.

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She dropped out of high school 
to work full time

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to help support her hard 
working family.

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Married at 15, and at 16,

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mother of a child 
born with spinal bifida.

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Dr. Duardo: 
The first year of his life,

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he had to had ten operations, 
so it was very, very serious

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and I really needed to 
understand how to care for him.

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And I realized that I didn't

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understand 
what the doctors were saying.

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I didn't know the difference

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between a neurologist 
and a urologist.

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I didn't understand 
the terms that they were using.

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And I thought, 
if I'm going to be a good parent

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to this child,

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I have to go back to school 
and get an education.

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Narr: That hunger to advance her 
education led Dr. Duardo

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to community college.

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Between full time work 
and parenting four children,

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it took her 
a good ten years to graduate.

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But then she applied to 
and was accepted by UCLA.

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Dr. Duardo: What I realized 
is that by getting an education,

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um, it opened up 
so many opportunities.

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It op-

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it just opened up doors 
that I never would have imagined

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that I could have gone through.

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And so, in L.A. County,

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the majority of our students

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are low income students 
and come from families

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that are really struggling.

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And, um,

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I think it's really important 
that we do everything possible

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to expose children 
to opportunities

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because sometimes you don't 
even know what you don't know.

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Narr: For Duardo,

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those newly discovered 
opportunities

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led to a bachelor's 
degree in women's studies,

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a master's in social work,

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and perhaps 
most consequentially,

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an internship 
at an L.A. high school.

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There, she discovered what would 
become her life's passion.

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Dr. Duardo: And I just 
fell in love with the kids.

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I fell in love 
with the community.

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And I think a big part of 
working with students

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is getting them 
to believe in themselves and,

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and exposing them 
to the opportunities

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thatre available to them.

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Narr: In L.A. County,

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the adversities seem 
as vast as the region itself.

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Poverty, homelessness, 
language barriers,

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students with disabilities

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and special needs, experiencing 
teen pregnancy and parenthood,

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or having to work 
instead of attending school.

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As someone who experienced 
many of those challenges,

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Dr. Duardo 
is quick to share her journey

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and offer 
encouragement and hope.

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Dr. Duardo: You can do it.

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I absolutely believe 
in you, and,

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and that's the first thing 
I ask, uh, students

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when I talk to them is, “What 
are your dreams and hopes? ”

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You know, and, 
and sometimes they,

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they haven't, 
you know, figured that out

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like they need help 
even thinking

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that they're worthy of dreaming

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and that they can do much better 
and that

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they can have greater things.

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Jimena: 
It's important to look up to her

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because that way we can see 
how she didn't give up.

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And even with the problems 
that she had,

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she was able to bounce back.

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Millie: It's super 
inspiring for us as students

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because

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when you go through so much,

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but you still come back 
to serve your community,

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especially through education,

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it gives so much hope 
to the future generation.

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Narr: 
Jimena and Millie are among

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the many students 
inspired by Duardos story.

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Both are part 
of the Superintendent's

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Student Advisory Council meeting 
once a month.

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Millie: It's 
so nice to know that, you know,

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we have such a powerful 
and amazing person

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that's on our side and actively,

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you know, pushing for the things 
that we want to see.

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And those of us

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who come from difficult 
backgrounds

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are getting the access 
to the resources they need.

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Narr: Today, Dr. Duardo is

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committed 
to finding resources to help

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all of the 2 million students 
she serves.

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Colleagues say she's 
a living testament to hope,

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resilience, hard work, 
and success despite adversity.

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It's a story she hopes

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will inspire these young people 
to seek a similar path.

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Dr. Duardo: 
My hope for our students

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is that they thrive, that 
not just that they exist,

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but that they're happy 
and they live,

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um, wonderful lives 
and that they have options

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and opportunities, that they 
feel a sense of belonging, um,

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and that they're successful

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and reach whatever 
their dreams are

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and helping them 
to see those dreams and

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to help them to see 
their potential.

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Annc: That's it

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for this edition of Inside 
California Education.

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If you'd like more information 
about the program, log

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on to our website 
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We have videos 
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Thanks for joining us.

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We'll see you next time 
on Inside California Education.

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Tanner: I think I'm going 
to take so much from this school

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and kind of take 
what I've learned here

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and take all that positivity

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and bring it to wherever I'm 
going.

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Todd: Rather than seeing them 
for what they dont have,

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looking at their lives 
through a loss frame,

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we want to look at their lives 
through a gain frame.

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Mimi: Food deserts are basically

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telling us that there 
are communities

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where healthy and nutritious 
foods are not in reach.

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Annc: 
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additional money

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for public education 
for decades.

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More than $41 billion 
since voters created the lottery

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in 1984.

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And thats the reason why 
California Lottery exists.

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Its why we do what we do 
and work so hard to do it.

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our schools appreciate 
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