Spartans up 10-1 with three minutes to go. And I have a feeling it's about to be 11. Abby Jordan looking to take a shot. Takes a step, fires it in past the goalie and 11 to one. scored by Jordan's third goal of the quarter. They're up 11 to one with two minutes and 50 seconds to go. And we will now have running clock. Mac Whitmer on a draw for the Spartans. Mac flicks it up as Raymond ends up with the ball. Mac but quickly loses it to Addie Jordan. Addie Jordan's off. Addie Jordan goes by one, goes by two, fires Paul into the goal for her third goal of the quarter. Sixth goal of the game. Freshman Lucy Parsons checks into the game. She'll be on the circle. See what the little speedster can do. Mac throws the ball up. Ball goes around. Ends up with the ball.
And you've been serving now since for about nine months. So, can you share with us some of the um issues and concerns that that having been on for nine months and what are some of the areas you think that we the board needs to work on? Okay. U Madam Chair, Senator, um I think in the first nine months I I think I I described in my um my written comments um that first it was just getting used to the sunshine law and and the uh dynamics of the board. Um I think the first thing that I I wanted to bring forward uh to the department of education is clear metrics on moving towards the strategic plan. Um I think in previous um evaluations of the superintendent uh it was like let's have a discussion and it was a fairly uh I think effective but it was a loose loose discussion.
Caroline with a move in and out. just start the saw that offense all over again. She goes in through one, fires it. Nice save again by the keeper. Air mails it over. Grace Howard is he there to pick it up? She's probably the last one to touch it, I guess. Nine seconds left in the quarter. Fire it over. Howard there again as time's about to expire. Jenna Holly with the save as time expires going into the second half. Spartans up 12 to one. And we're back for second half action with the Spartans up two to one over the Mounties. Mounty's lone goal is by Congest Congestio. She has one goal. Whereas the Spartans have Trulio has one goal and M. Whiter and Addie Jordan both have six. Oh, I'm sorry. Mac has five. Addie has six goals. Spartans changing up a little bit on the circle with Kylie Marino on the circle with her sister and Grace Howard taking the draw.
There was no performance metrics. It actually shows you're taking steps forward to accomplishing a goal. And so uh we did work together as a board to put these things together where we have uh student achievement metrics. Uh we have um process metrics to create plans on how to let's say uh uh work on an IT infrastructure or how to improve your HR systems etc to recruit more people to come up with plans and start reviewing it and making sure that there's progress toward that. So that has been a uh a major part. Um I think that we are starting to delve into uh the issues around facilities and making sure that we can um you know move forward projects in a more timely manner and and appropriate standards and the dynamics between the various um different agencies. Um you nine months is not a long time though.
Grace Howard, one of the other commits that Esma has of four four seniors going to college. Grace Howard going to St. Ansel in the fall. Ball goes up. Kylie Marino comes out with the ball. She runs down the field looking to set up these little offense. Marino with the ball over to Calibris. Calibri looking to get Parsons the ball and ball's knocked saved by Aken. Aken over to Weed. Weed throws the ball up as it's intercepted by Howard. Howard gets the ball over the streaming line. Fires over to Calib. Calib to Marino. Marino to the Kasich. Kasich all the way over to Trulio. Trullio in through 12. Oh, Grace Howard. Grace Howard should get herself in 8 meters as Grace Howard now out for the game due to her second card on a apparent bad call by the referee. should have been shooting space, but then she ended up calling Grace Howard for an illegal shot attempt or dangerous dangerous throw.
So I'd say that it's a work in progress. Okay. As far as oversight because the board has oversight on on the department. How how do you how does the board manage that oversight? Because you know similarly the legislature has oversight over the department we have oversight of the University of Hawaii but sometimes uh we get criticized for micromanaging when we we see that the board fails to act with the regions or in this case the board of education fails to act on certain things and that's where many times you will see a bill or resolution urging something gets done and I know there's a lot of bills there's a lot of education bills a lot of education uh resolutions um and of that and so um you know how how do how do you look at the the oversight because sometimes we wonder when parents call us that you need to call the board of education right well um I think that the um madam chair senator um correct I think that the board has some of the same challenges the legislature has is that you do not want to micromanage but yet you want to ensure progress therefore there was a lot of time and and um time and and uh thought around what metrics.
Oh, that was a nice grab by M Greylock, but Jenna Holly there to make the save. Quickly fires it up to Marino. Timeout Meadow as the referee asks politely to stop getting yelled at. Well, probably if you make the right call, you wouldn't get yelled at. That's just my opinion. When I'm at home and I get yelled at, it's probably because I did something wrong. But who knows? I've been known to be right once in my life, so And we're back. Spartans up 12 to1 with 10 minutes and 36 seconds to go in the third quarter. You saw coach calling a timeout. Orchestrating her players what she wants. E will start off with the ball. Ken Marino quickly scorching down the line. Goes by one, two. Should I start counting them as she goes by? Just a two. Gets the ball over to her sister.
The strategic plan actually when you look at it is to 2029 I believe. So you're you're not going to change the large department education in one year. So the idea is to make sure that there's specific progress that everybody's aligned to which would be the board and the department each year and they meet those marks or you got to of course adjust to that. So that's why we try to not have too many measures but very key measures to make sure that every year there's progress towards that 2029 strategic plan. We did not try to redo the strategic plan. So we started creating metrics. Well, what things did we feel as a board that were important to accomplish in a year? So obviously we wanted to see advancement in student achievement of math and uh lit literacy. Um and and then also then we started saying is that well uh you know there's issues around um student transportation and school food service.
Kylie Marino throws the ball over to Jordan. Jordan back to Kylie and off sides East Lomb. Somebody forgot because Grace Howard is sitting in the yellow chair. Can Jesse with the ball looking to get by Kennino and Jesse behind the net holding on to the ball. They only have a little bit of time left with Howard in the box. I would make the most out of it. Met again by Mary Devoy. Jesse with the ball was met by Grace Rapold. Loose ball and Ray Pul gets called with a cross check and Jesse with the ball. Comes in, throws the ball into the middle. It's ball's knocked away. Looks like Addy Jordan will pick the ball up and she'll go by everybody. She can make her way to the middle. Beame happens. fires over to Calibris. Calibris back up the middle to Kasich. Kasich to Mac.
So we said well you got to come up with a plan on how you're going to manage um the office of facilities right and then we we started I'm sorry I can't remember all of them and then the IT issues you know how are we going to move ahead you know some of the the the teacher shortages or the workforce shortage issues could be solved by IT etc. Well how are we going to do that? what is the plan and then what metrics can we hold them going forward same with HR etc. So I think that uh at least um our strategy on this is take some key things and want and try to listen to what legislature the the community the public has and try to make sure there's progress um that it's not um progress and alignment um you don't want to be running a race where you don't know where the finish line is.
Back over to Lucy. Lucy over to Calib. The ball bounces past her and gets out of bounds. gets the ball into Aken. Greylock looking to move the ball up the field. Fires the ball over the middle as it bounced loose. Able can't hold on to it. Lucy Parson's chasing it down. Lucy comes up with a ball. Good job by Lucy. Lucy looking to go by her. She does. Gets the ball over to M Whitler. Ball bounces loose. as Thomas comes up with the ball and she throws the ball out of bounds. Eino will get the ball. It should be our ball. They threw the ball out of bounds. That's easier call. M Whiter with the ball. Over to Addie Jordan, over to Mack. Mac over to Caroline. Caroline fires the ball into the back of the net for her first goal of the game. Kasich's third goal of the season.
So we want to make sure that the superintendent doesn't know where a finish line is that's aligned with the board and we will do our best to try to align with the legislature also. Okay. My last question you know sometimes you can align together you can meet all the metrics you can meet all the goals and there's still dissatisfaction. There's still problems. Correct. So I hope we don't get caught up in the minutia of the metrics of that and lack the common sense or lack really looking at you know what are the basic things we need like preparing our our kids for the world you know financial literacy to me it is common sense yet it's it's not embedded there's so many things that they should be performing and yet we push them and push them into early college get early credit and yet we lack on many of the basic values and the basic um foundation that our students need to to be successful in the world, you know, and and somehow we've lost that because we've gotten so much into, you know, a degree a degree, a degree.
Spartans are now up. 13-1 with seven minutes to go as Mount Greylock calls a timeout. Assisted by McKenna Whitler. just notified with congratulations to Jenna Holly for her 300th career save. That's quite a milestone. Fairly Dickinson commit. Congratulations to Jenna on that 300th career save once again. Jordan to Marino. Marino to Inglesworth. Greylock with the ball. Fox throws the ball to Raymond. Raymond over to Art. Art gets the ball to somebody and they lose it. He'll be on the 8 meter 13. It looks like Ael will be taking meter shot. Jenna Holly looking to make her 3001st career save. And she does. Holds marking him up as they throw the ball out of bounds. Does it get out of bounds? Greylock saves the ball. Mcken gets the ball looking for room to operate. goes by one, switches up, turns around, switches it over to Marino.
And so I hope that we'll have some some modernation. Correct. I I um I I do believe that we need life skills to move forward. Um and and um you know, it will be incumbent upon us to make sure we accomplish that. Again, it's not always the same path. I think the um Senator Dort had asked you know what other things are we doing like workforce development I mean etc. Well it's about how do you raise it's not only the cost of living it's how do you raise the the have people go to their highest level is important too and it's not only just the educational piece it's the workforce development piece is working with the community and in some communities it's not always going to the next level it's CTE or etc. So I do agree with you that um that's important. Um I think we do have to figure out how to work with the department to give them the right metrics but also not micromanage exactly what everything they're doing but make sure that again there's progress toward the goal.
Marino gets the ball, throws the ball to Kasich. Kasich over to Witworth. Whitward to Marino. Back to Witworth. Whitw fires it across field to Kasich. bounces around. Lucy Parson's looking to get it. Ball bounced around. Ends up with it. Back to Mckne. Keney over to Parsons. Parsons. Back to Mckne. Mcknne to Inglesworth. Back to Mckne. To Lease. A lot of room for Lease. Over to Witworth. We're over to Mckne. Brings the ball back looking to make a move. Passes over to Marino. Marino to Whitworth. Over to Lucas. Kasich. Back to Mckne. Mcknney looking to make a move. She goes by one. Goes by another. Does loses it. picks up behind the net and ball goes out of bounds. Aken with the ball over to Weed. We tosses it to the middle. They fire it downfield. Ball bounces around and Jesse picks it up. Jesse behind the net.
Um but I I do um I do um understand and I I feel your issues. Thank you Wes. So, for several years, the Senate has pushed to have the board of education act on a policy for financial literacy. If confirmed, the board of education, would you use your position to advocate for a BOE policy on financial literacy for all our students? Um, that's a loaded question. Um, Madam Chair, it's a loaded question. Um I I I would answer that I believe in financial literacy is a key component in the future of our um of our youth. Um one thing I would be careful of is to make sure that we have well-rounded kids that it's everything. And so what is if we are able to add it without taking away something else. I think that that's something that the board will need to wrestle with.
Looking for something. Rold stops her. Kendall Reed playing defense on her. Slew of substitutions go in and out for both teams as Greylock has the ball behind the net and they throw the ball out of bounds.
And I think where we're advocating is that we are starting to work on graduation requirements. is one of the goals that we have a new vision for graduation requirements and that from there then we can determine what is going to be required of a graduate etc. So while personally I do believe uh exactly as Senator Kim has mentioned and you have mentioned that financial literacy is critical before I make any final decision I would want to know that we're not sacrificing something else. You know I'm not saying that we would but are you going to say as well okay we'll do financial literacy but we won't do um um you know math or something and I'm not saying that it's going to happen but I would want to see a holistic thing to make sure that we do that but I certainly would advocate that we continue to push forward financial literacy.
The Spartans leading 13 to1 with three minutes to go in the third quarter. Reed loses the ball out of bounds. Mount Greylock quickly gets the ball back in. They get a look to get a shot and they get a goal. No goal. as what happened with Grace Howard. It looks like Ael gets her goal taken away for a dangerous shot. They have two girls in the box. Just one girl. Looks like Ael is getting a penalty. Jordan with the ball. Fires it up to Marino. Rio scoops it up, blows by the defender. Just keep going with it. Fire. Nice pass to the middle to looking for Parsons. Parsons can't handle it. Goes it to get in there. Englesworth in there. Englesworth scoops the ball out. Ball's still loose. Kylie Marino shields the ball. Good job by Kylie Marino. Marino thinking it was out on Greylock, which she probably had the best view, but officials say otherwise.
Thank you. Um, another question. If confirmed to the board of education, will you work with your fellow board members to establish a policy position on the banning of cell phones at our schools? Um, I madam chair, senator, uh, well, I I so again I will give my personal opinion on it and I just happened to read an article about New Zealand. I don't know if you guys saw on the internet the other day um that they are struggling with it. Um I I I personally agree that during the classroom time that there should be a ban on cell phones personally. Um I do understand that there are some is other issues and I got to say is uh uh tongue and cheek. I am the OG, right? So I didn't grow up with cell phones. I grew up with the rotary thing. Yeah. Whatever they call it.