CMSD Board of Education Meeting - April 23, 2024

001How long y'all been playing basketball? Long time, right? Little kids? You're well equipped. It's being in the arena, you know? You know, putting yourself out there and just performing under pressure. Those are important skills. There's a lot of people that is rooting for us as a team to bring history back to. Cleveland, you understand? We have no doubt. We've been in this thing for 11 to 12 months, you know, so we just got to go and finish it out. Steps up, throw in. Coverage is good. Oh, what a grab! Going up to... and coming down with it is Damarion Whitten, the tight end. Words really can't explain how I feel. You know, I'm just thankful that we could bring something to the city of Cleveland and to our communities, to our school system. So many

002people have tried it for so many years. the FIRST Robotics Buckeye Regional, CMSC will have two new teams, one from Garrett-Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation and a district-wide all-girls team. These young ladies say they are ready to show their girl power. Girls can do anything. Anything a man can do, a girl can do as well. A group of young ladies from six different district high schools joined the first CMSD all-girls robotics team. They are using their skills and passion to build and operate this robot. This rookie team named Lady Voltage aims to prove that girls can build robots just as well as any boy-dominated team. I wanted to join the all-girls robotics team because it seemed like a very... open and welcoming group to join and I was very excited to gain experience and

003knowledge with my peers. Alrighty, let's pop it out. Lady Voltage has mentors to guide them in all aspects of the process, including electrical, mechanical, and business. I'm very, very proud of them. Not even just from robotics. Some of it's just been even on a social and communication level. Because they have to speak to people. Judges are going to question them. We're drilling them on questions about how the robot works. watch them start to gain the confidence because they know the answers. It's having that confidence to answer and so watching them build that and then you know making the decisions. You know the mentors are there to help guide and support them, but they're ultimately making the decisions on the robots. While this may be a rookie team, they have experienced members. Daniela spent the last

004two years on the Davis robotics team. They placed second at state last year, and she hopes to bring home a trophy with her new team. I decided to join a new team because it was an all-girls team, and I really like to give what I know, my knowledge, to other teams that I really need. because they are rookie teams. So I want to give my experience the last two years to them. They are not the only ones new to the competition. This is the first year Garrett Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation is competing as well, bringing a total number of robotics teams from CMSD to seven. Many of these students spend their time at the Great Lakes Science Center after school to work on their robots. Kevin is the team captain for Garrett Morgan.

005He believes this is an excellent hands-on experience for anyone interested in joining the STEM field. Luckily, we have mentors and they are free to help you out because we do have our ups and downs and we do make mistakes. I actually want to focus more on my education now because I see how they already know the stuff and it's like second nature for them. I just want to have that same experience. Both teams enjoy working with professionals and learning skills that they can use beyond the competition. The meeting of the Board of Education of the Cleveland Municipal School District will now come to order. Mr. Stockdale, will you please call the roll? Ms. Alucard? Here. Mrs. Hudnall? Mr. Briggs? Here. Mr. Hurd? Ms. Jones? Here. Mrs. LeBron? Here. Mrs. Link? Dr. Sridhar? Here. Mrs. Welch-Howell?

006Here. There are six members present. Thank you. I would ask everyone who wishes to rise and participate in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you. The chair will now entertain a motion to approve the minutes of the board work session of April 9th, 2024. Second. Thank you. All in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. The minutes are approved. And next, I'm pleased to introduce Dr. Morgan to present this evening's CEO report. All right. Thank you, Chair Ellicott. And good evening, everyone. We have quite a few exciting things to do during our CEO report today. And first and foremost, I want to thank all of our volunteers. We just left a reception where we were thanking all of our volunteers who volunteer across all of our different CMSD schools. Last week was Volunteer

007Appreciation Week, and we recognized the nearly 1,000 registered volunteers in our system. that support our entire district. So let's give them a hand. They are all here. Actually, please stand up. If you're one of the volunteers who just came over there, please stand. You're in the back. Raise your hand. Wow. We truly truly thank you these volunteers include our parent ambassadors we have a hundred and thirteen parent volunteers as well University partners that we've acknowledged staff members that we've acknowledged So just truly thanking you for the work that you do as I mentioned in at the reception this truly takes a village So we can't just rely on our teachers in our schools our leaders our our paraprofessionals the support staff We truly need you to come alongside of this work and wrap around, wrap

008your arms around our kids, tell them how much you love them, looking them in the eyes and letting them know that they can succeed. So thank you for the work that you do. And I know also Chair Ellicott wanted to also share some things as well. Yeah, thank you. Sorry. Missed what the order was. Just want to say a thank you on behalf of the board to all of the volunteers who do so much for our young people and who are really partners in education, but also in support being those caring additional people. It takes more than just a school. And so thank you to all the family members, grandparents. parents, just friends of CMSD who help make our students' learning environment and just overall day at school and outside of school better. Thank you.

009And you didn't miss the order because I actually we have a brief presentation and she's not going to get off the hook for this because she was like, Oh, no, you'll be fine if you have to say it. So I would like to introduce Judith Lazada, who is manager of volunteers and special projects for the district to share a little bit more about our volunteers and the work that they've done. So you're not the hook, Judy. So thank you, Dr. Morgan. Good evening everyone. Thank you for having me here today. This year's appreciation reception is our second year celebrating together not only our volunteers, but we've also invited all of the community partners that come into the district to work alongside CMSD staff. It isn't an easy task to summarize the many things that volunteers

010are achieving and our community partners. working alongside schools are doing every day. But I'm going to give it a try and give you a quick overview of what that looks like. The school district. currently has, as Dr. Morgan mentioned earlier, around 1,000 registered volunteers that are serving in every K-8 building and high school in CMSD. These volunteers are affiliated with around 26 community partnerships, organizations that are in the communities working alongside of us. This year, we highlight our local high school education institutions. that constitute around 21% of adult volunteers that come to work as tutors and mentors in our school. And they come from Cleveland State University, Case Western Reserve University, John Carroll University, and Baldwin Wallace University. My alma mater, by the way. Another important mention is our hardworking True2U volunteer mentors. This program

011supports eighth graders to explore their purpose, identify their strengths, and set personal goals for success. This year, we thank all of them for the hard work that they did in going to trainings and preparing their work courses to work alongside the students. that are assigned to them. We cannot forget our CMSD parents today as well. Many, many parents and grandparents and family members come into our schools to help out every single day. This year we have 113 registered parents and family members that are supporting 27 of our schools. This represents roughly about 15% of our volunteers. The parents have been welcomed and recruited many times by our parent ambassadors and that's why the shout out. We couldn't do it without them. They've done such hard work and I am so proud of the work that

012they've done this year. Another highlight of this year is someone that I have known for a long, long time since I began my work here at CMSD. Her name is Gail Reese, and a lot of people know Gail. Gail was actually highlighted this month in the CEO's newsletter. And she is just a force to contend with. You wouldn't think about it when you saw her. But she is amazing. And she, since for about 18 years now, has been working in our schools, bringing people in, volunteers themselves. everyone to help. And this happens to be Gail's alma mater, JFK. So she was really happy to know that we were celebrating this year our volunteer appreciation here. Gail has connected this year about 75 volunteers from 30 different faith-based organizations that provide tutoring, support services, and after-school

013programming in 18 schools. Last year, she began a new endeavor with several volunteers and churches in her network. Many churches in our community began to host the summer reading clubs. These clubs were places where children can grow to love reading throughout the summer. We thank her and the many volunteers who inspire her and us every day. As I mentioned earlier, we're also celebrating today the work and dedication of our many community partnerships. CMSD has 80 registered community partner organizations with over 700 staff from these organizations working in CMSD schools every day. These community partners provide a range of services from art and music programs, special education programs, social emotional learning, financial literacy, tutoring, reading tutors, and mental health supports as well, to mention just a few. Finally, we thank all of our volunteers and community

014partners for dedicating time and talent to our CMSD scholars and schools and supporting our staff throughout this year. This has, without a doubt, guaranteed that our students have the tools they need to succeed and become the leaders of tomorrow. Thank you. Thank you so much and thank you for all of our volunteers once again. Couple of other celebrations before we get to a exciting performance. I would love to congratulate our Glenville High School cheerleaders who are back-to-back state champions. We celebrated our football team for being back-to-back. The Glenville cheerleaders are also back-to-back state champions and they competed last month in the state tournament. Did an excellent job and I'm just so proud of them. So let's give them a hand representing Glenville and putting them on the map again. Also noting that next month, of

015course, as we're closing out the school year, this is the time of the year. It's always one of my favorite times of the school year where we're doing proms and we're doing celebrations. And at our next month board meetings, we're going to be doing several celebrations, giving a shout out to our class of 2024, celebrating them. the many accomplishments that they've done and just talking about some of the great places they will go. So really looking forward to that. But the last thing I'll do in the CEO report is in a moment I'm going to introduce Jeffrey Allen, who's our executive director of Fine Arts. But I want to share a little bit about the arts and what it means to me. So when I was coming up, there was many different activities I did.

016I did sports, I participated in student government, but the arts was something that truly changed my life. I was an All-State musician with my tuba. I was All-State in terms of speech in theater and one of the things I look at when I think about the programs we could have for our students I want to make sure we have high quality programs that can truly change their life. Well last month I had the opportunity to watch the All-City musical of Dream Grills and was completely blown away. Not only was it just a great production that our kids were in it was world-class. I mean, these scholars really did an amazing job, and it was a very professional production. And so I wanted to make sure that we got a chance to share that with those

017who did not get a chance to see it with just a little excerpt of it. But without further ado, I would like to introduce Jeffrey Allen, who is our executive director of Fine Arts, to the podium. Or on stage. Hello, thank you for that opportunity. We're very excited to bring to you a small segment of the smash musical Dreamgirls performed by the All City Musical. Our stage director, Kimberly Brown, could not be with us tonight. She's ill, but she did a fantastic job. Dr. David Thomas, our amazing music director. Choreography was provided by Rosalind Dale, a.k.a. Coach Pink, one of the finest in the business. I tear up when I think about this. I'm a little emotional. This is some of the finest things we do. We have great partners with Playhouse Square, which provide

018us the opportunity to have our students on a world-class stage. And that is an unforgivable experience for our students to have those opportunities. You didn't come here to hear me speak. I'm trying to pull up the list of our amazing performers so I can give you their names. And up here we are. Please join me in welcoming Anaya Kemp, Jade Gant, Layla Irby, Tanya Hewley, Deshawn Hunter, Jalen Bridges, Heath Thompson, Adam Thompson, and Zion Benson as they perform excerpts from Dream Girls. And thank you, Mr. Allen. Anything else? Do you want to talk about the valid... Did you mention it? One last announcement. I did mention that... We're going to be featuring our graduates next month, but I want to specifically mention that our valedictorians and salutatorians, we're going to be honoring them on our

019May 21st board meeting. So almost about a month from here, getting a chance to honor them. So that concludes my report. Thank you, Dr. Morgan. Too many mics. All right. Next, we will have public participation for a period of no longer than 40 minutes. During this segment of the business meeting, we will hear all public comment on agenda or non-agenda items. This public participation period will be for persons who previously submitted the online request to speak form and who may address the board for up to three minutes each. When you're called up to speak, please keep an eye on either of these monitors. There'll be a timer on the screen for you. At the end of your time, I will ask you to finish. And if you're not done, I'll give you one more, one

020or two more sentences just to close up. But we are going to keep to time. If anyone wishing to address the board has any written material they would like to submit for the board to review, please give it to Mr. Bertsloff over here to my left, and he will distribute that material to the board. And as usual, we ask that you respect the time limit. Okay, and we're going to go ahead and start with Candice Lee Mann. Hi, my name is Candace. I have three children that go to the CMSD schools. I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight. I would have liked to come speak to you sooner, but due to health problems and three surgeries in the last year, it's prevented me from speaking sooner. I want to speak on

021behalf of the families that attend Marion Seltzer Elementary School. There are families that speak, I believe, 19 different languages at this school, and they are very involved parents, even with the language barriers. We need to have this new school built as soon as possible. as possible at its current location without moving the children to other schools. Keeping these wonderful teachers consistent in their lives since most of these children come from all over the world and they have already had their lives uprooted. We need this new school because the current school is not handicapped accessible. There is no elevator or ramp that goes into the front door of the school. It's sad to see mothers that are in wheelchair bound have to wait sometimes in the rain or snow to pick up their children from the

022sidewalks because they can't get their wheelchairs to the front door. They never get to see the inside of their children's classrooms because they cannot go onto the upper floors, same with wheelchair bound grandparents. Some of us have been harassed online and community Facebook groups if we dare speak in favor of the new school. being rebuilt. The people that are protesting against the school being rebuilt have even been taking pictures of the children in the park during recess to show that there are children that play in this park and then they're sharing these photos online. I have spoken to several parents about these photos and we are upset and I feel like this is a major safety issue for these children's photos being posted online even with photos taken at a distance especially with today's technology

023you just don't know what anyone is capable of doing to these children. In today's scary society, we should be protecting these children. We as parents feel that our playground should be fenced in to keep out the public during the school day when the new school is rebuilt. We are definitely excited for the new school to be rebuilt as soon as possible on the grounds of the Caddell Rec Center Park, and you have the full support of the families that go to Marion Seltzer Elementary to start building right away. Switched topic, sorry. At John Marshall High School, the violence needs to stop on and off school grounds. They need to have more highly trained security officers that can handle larger crowds that gather, and there needs to be a higher legal penalties for the teenagers that

024fight, who commit serious harm to others, and not just let these problems be swept under the rug by the school's administrators. We need more officers at the RTA train station at West Park. I have known students who have... been assaulted at this specific train stop by other teens as well as being sexually assaulted by grown adults preying on the students who have after school activities when there are less people there later in the day to protect them. We need to protect these teens that just want to go to school and get a better education to be able to better themselves in the future. I would love to be able to sit down and have a conversation in more details with the CEO or any other school board members. I will give you a copy of

025the speech today along with my contact information. Thank you so much for letting me speak today and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Next, Nancy Cosner. Dr. Morgan, esteemed school board, honored guests, and community at large. My name is Nancy Kosner, proud assistant principal at Garrett Morgan School of Engineering. I'm speaking on behalf of my principal, Quentin Davis, and the entire school team. It's an honor to stand before you today as we gather to celebrate the acceptance of the Momentum Award from the state of Ohio. The Momentum Award is for districts and buildings that have demonstrated outstanding improvement and achievement while also continuing to show growth through improving their performance index by three or more points from the 21-22 report card to the 22-23 report card. and received a value-added progress rating of

026four or more stars. We are one of eight district high schools that were recognized. This award embodies the spirit of progress, innovation, and dedication that we strive to instill in every student. In today's fast-paced world, maintaining momentum is essential. It's about pushing forward, overcoming challenges, and reaching new heights. Receiving the Momentum Award is a testament to our commitment to fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement within our school community. It's a recognition of the efforts of students and staff who demonstrate resilience, perseverance, and a relentless pursuit of our academic goals. Today, as we celebrate the Momentum Award, we reaffirm our commitment to fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement within our school community. As recipients of the Momentum Award, I commend our team for their unwavering commitment to excellence and their relentless pursuit

027of success. Our achievements serve as an inspiration to us all, reminding us of the incredible potential that exists. Thank you. Alright, next we have Jim Green who will be followed by Andrea Dockery-Murray. Mr. Green. Alright, good evening Dr. Morgan and CMSD Board of Education. My name is Jim Green, proud principal of Elmira Pre-K-8. Thank you for allowing me to take the time tonight to talk about various highlights, positive highlights with the support of many CMSD families, colleagues, and partnerships that have taken place throughout the 23rd. with support of many CMSD departments have created several opportunities for our scholars to grow and achieve lifelong success. This year we partner with the Cleveland Clinic and Tri-C to be a part of the student medical career program which provides students interested in the medical career field and gives

028them the opportunity to take part in a variety of experiences such as surgery, ultrasounds, and other medical procedures. Middle school Elmira students had to have the opportunity to work alongside and collaborate and learn from Cleveland Clinic doctors and medical support staff at our school. And on May 15th, they're going to have an opportunity to go to the main campus for a tour and a full day of learning. Additionally, we recently formed a partnership with NASA and REC Foundation for the Aerial Drone Competition Program that focuses on hands-on, student-centered learning. Student teams learn about drones, flight principles, programming, documentation, and communications. The Elmira Drone Club competed at Tri-C against middle school, high school, and college students from across Ohio. Lastly, another partnership that we've established this year is with the National Farm to School Network. Earlier

029this year, representatives from the USDA and ODE visited our school to see the Farm to School program. With the Farm to School program, students gain access to healthy local foods as well as education opportunities such as school gardens, cooking lessons, and farm field trips. Overall, all these highlights show that we are not only moving in a positive direction as a school, but as a district. So I'd like to thank each and every one of you for allowing me to highlight some of the many fantastic opportunities that both our scholars and CMSD educators have experienced in CMSD in the 23-24 year. Congratulations to you Mr. Green and your school alongside Garrett Morgan and congratulations to all 22 schools that got the momentum reward. Appreciate you bringing it before us. And then next we will have Andrea

030Dockery-Murray and then everyone who is on the list in that group can go one after the other. I just ask you to go each one at a time. And if you'd like to have, would you like to have a student go first? Or, okay. All right, so I'm gonna say everybody's name for the public and then you all can decide your order and just please say your name when you come up Andrea Dockery Murray, Susan Roebuck, Erica Cheatham, Marian Rutledge and D'Artagnan Nash. Okay. Thank you. Thank you Good evening again, the fourth time. So happy to be back with my family. Good evening, Dr. Morgan, members of the board. We are excited to announce that we had a wonderful travel experience to Greece last month. And the push not to accept no, the push to

031be the squeaky wheel that gets the oil. and the perseverance to exemplify, as the African adage goes, a closed mouth does not get fed. These were the themes that we took with us and modeled for our students when we traveled across the other side of the earth. We didn't anticipate that our voices would be so amplified that action would take place. However, we are very proud that we stood up to advocate for our students. We are truly appreciative of everything that happened in the transpiring months prior to our traveling, and we came back so excited to share this experience. We returned home with a new spirit to take our children to the next level. Again, we were truly a family of Africans traveling from the Americas to Europe. We were rock stars in the crowd.

032Actually, strangers came up to us wanting to take photos. We felt like we were Beyonce, Jay-Z, and everybody famous. And we made these feelings transform our students. We felt invincible, we were empowered, and we told our children to walk proud like young kings and queens. We own the moment. So thank you for saying no and for wishing us good luck on our fundraising and planting the spirit of grassroots endurance, leadership, and pushing through to the end result. We owe this trip to you and to our angel donor. So we hope to experience another learning opportunity in the future, and our goal is to get to Africa. We would hope that that can come true. We want it to be known that we plan to do everything in our power to complete all the necessary paperwork

033and all the necessary documentation so that we can move forward with this process seamlessly. We are announcing to our supporters in Cleveland and beyond that we plan to go. someplace far, whether it's London, whether it's Lagos, whether it's Accra, we're hoping to put that in the atmosphere and our supporters will say yes. Also, we are just very curious as to how the protocol has somehow shifted. It seems like it's a little more complex now that we kind of... Put it out there. However, we're going to persevere no matter what. We do want to travel beyond the block, and we are inviting you and your team members to come to one of our parent meetings so that they can hear your voice and you can say it is valuable to travel beyond Cleveland, Ohio. And as

034I close, I am still inviting you to room 148 in John Adams High School. Awesome. And I also wanted you to know that we come bearing tokens of appreciation. So Dr. Morgan, we have a token for you. And Dr. Florence, we have a token for you. We appreciate the two of you for really pushing this trip through and doing everything in your power to support our scholars, your scholars. So thank you for all that you have done. Thank you for all that you plan to do. And again, thank you to our donor, Team Black Travel Life Greek Edition thanks you. Greetings. Greetings, Dr. Morgan, our esteemed school board, and all stakeholders present. I am Dr. Susan Roebuck. It is our sincere pleasure to come before you this evening with a grand thank you. The John

035F. Kennedy and John Adams College and Career Academy students have been blessed beyond measure to be given this opportunity to learn abroad in Greece. The tour was amazing. The students were grateful and they showed it with their mature and excellent behavior. We want to personally thank the school district for approving the tour and most of all we would like to thank the community for providing the financial support. The anonymous donor and the community as a whole blessed us with the means to go to Greece and for that we are forever grateful. We have noticed that since the players have changed, the CMSD tribal rules of engagement have as well. Posted for all to see on the main page of the district website. It is our hope that life-changing educational opportunities such as these are provided

036for all CMSD students and not just certain schools. And hopefully when the southeast schools request permission to participate, it is not met with resistance unlike certain schools who were given the same opportunity that our schools were denied. I would also like to know why has the student international process become more complex? The investment in international travel for CMSD students is more beneficial than some classroom experiences and inflated salaries or unnecessary positions, things of that nature. So investing in our students is very important in this travel experience. They came back, changed individuals. The teachers noticed it. The school community noticed these individuals changed. So finally, I would like to give our student representative, Erica Cheatham. a minute to briefly present on behalf of all the student travelers. Good evening. Thank you. Just want to make sure

037we reset the timer. This is a registered speaker. Okay. Go ahead. Good evening, you all. I'm Erica Cheatham, and I'm a senior at John F. Kennedy High School. I just wanted to let you guys know that the opportunity to travel to Greece was something that all of us would have never imagined in our wildest dreams. The travel process of getting my passport was very stressful. I had to go all the way to Detroit to get my passport, come back, and... be here at 6.30, and I made it. So that was crazy. But the flying process was a great learning experience. It was very surprising that all of us could come together and be good and be a team and stay together and really be a unit. The architecture, food, places, and people was something that

038we do study in school, but to be given the opportunity to witness and learn it all in person has been life-changing for me and my peers. We all want to be successful in life so that we can travel as adults and give back what we have received to others, and I feel truly blessed to have experienced that going out of the country, going to Europe even, and I just wanted to thank you guys for supporting and listening. this evening that's it thank you and then do we have Marion Rutledge or D'Artagnan Nash I apologize if I'm saying any names wrong okay but they're just waving okay well thank you all thanks for coming in and have a good evening and so glad to hear about your trip thanks for the update okay next uh Stacy

039Segert Thank you to Dr. Morgan and the board and all of the community members who are here this evening. I wanted to begin by thanking Dr. Morgan and the board for the response I received regarding the questions I raised at last month's public comment period. During that meeting, I was encouraged to hear that the board would examine more data prior to making a decision about eliminating extended school year, but I was dismayed that so far the data analysis seems to have only been a comparison of means. This prompted me to investigate publicly available data from the Ohio Department of Education and to offer what I think is the start to a more robust discussion of student outcomes. And that's the report that you're holding now. It's entitled, A Local Pedagogy of Justice, Why Reducing Instructional

040Time Produces Educational Inequity. Before sharing some of the highlights, I should mention that in addition to two master's degrees, I hold a PhD in urban education policy. I've presented papers at professional conferences and have been published in peer-reviewed journals. We typically do not rely solely on measures of central tendency, such as the mean, to drive policy decisions because the presence of outliers can mask important data trends. In this report, I used ordinary least squares regression method to examine the impact of the number of instructional hours on measures of student achievement. I found that three of the schools CMSD considers extended year do not actually have more instructional time for students, but have this designation due to additional teacher professional development days. The findings indicate that for third and eighth grade OSTs in reading and math,

041all high school end of course assessments, graduation rates and attendance, students have better outcomes when they have more instructional time. More instructional time is also not more expensive. In fact, Bard spends 19,000 people per year, while Cleveland School of Science and Medicine spends about 15,000. The cuts of the board's proposing are also not about equity. If extended hours are eliminated, the calendar for Bard, which is on the west side with a higher proportion of white students, will not be impacted, while science and medicine on the east side with a higher proportion of black students will lose instructional time and receive even less funding per pupil. This is why cutting extended time creates additional inequity. So far I've presented this information to a group of CMSD parents. I've shared it with a local journalist and a

042city council member. I would be more than happy to engage in follow-up meetings and conversations with the board and administration about this report. My next steps are to obtain data from previous school years to begin the work of a longitudinal study and pursue publication while continuing to share preliminary findings with the community. My most sincere hope is that I do not end up publishing a piece detailing the academic decline in CMSD as a result of a decrease in instructional hours, but I will go where the data take me. Thank you. Thank you. Next, Mr. Errol Savage. People always tell me these board meetings are boring, but they missed that opening that we had tonight, so. See they missed out the people watching at home mrs. Ellicott amongst other things that mr Tracy left for me

043of his possessions were all of his board meetings that the agendas that were stenograph not just the agendas but all of the I miss the They had a stenographer that kept very careful notes of all of those meetings and I did want to share with you some board history You might not be familiar with Mrs. Obrinsky's predecessor, David Kwolke, only addressed this Board of Education one time in his tenure of presidency, and that was also during a contract negotiations meeting. His predecessor, Joanne DeMarco, would not address the appointed board. She didn't feel that she wanted to speak to a board that was appointed, and I think that both the board and the public lost in that. Her predecessor was Richard DeColibus. He was the union president when I was hired, and he addressed the Board

044of Education regularly. At that time, it was not board policy, but it was board courtesy that after the superintendent's report, the president of the Cleveland Teachers Union would be asked for follow-up comments. Mr. DeColibus, though, was a man of few words. He often didn't have a lot to say. I remember one of those early meetings that I was attending. the She wasn't the board president, but she was leading the meeting was Mrs. Shirley Hawk. And I don't think you ever had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Hawk, but she's a fond memory. Just a lovely person. And she did, like everybody's mom, so to speak. And she did say to Mr. DeColobus, is there anything you in the district can agree on? And I remember he came up to the microphone and he said, we can

045all agree that 333 is not the same as 888. And then he sat back down. His predecessor, Gene Kolach, I didn't have the pleasure of working with, and his predecessor, Jim O'Meara, both spoke to the Board of Education nearly at every meeting. Not in any of those meetings do I see where they were ever interrupted there was no time limit placed on them But they also didn't stand up here and waste anybody's time Often those meetings especially in those years prior to mr. Tracy being hired by the board but with minutes that he had that went back to the 1960s and in particular when the desegregation case started and up through its completion the superintendent and the union president would have to dialogue regularly with the board members so Yeah, I think mrs. Ellicott that

046board policy doesn't need to be changed and I understand we have to follow the rules But I think board courtesy can often or sometimes be extended I don't think you're going to have to worry about the c2 president coming to speak to you very often. We lost that I think back with mrs. DeMarco and I think the public lost by not having the c2 president speak to you, but I would encourage And I hear that bell, so I'll finish with my sentence, not my paragraph. Thank you. I would encourage the board to encourage more dialogue with the C2 president, not less. Thank you, Mrs. Ellicott. Thank you, Mr. Savage. Next, Katara Hall. Good evening, everyone. I'm here from West Virginia. I'm sorry. Graduated from West Virginia State. I am a CMSD graduate, Cleveland School of

047the Arts. I currently work as assistant director of the upper bound program at Case Western Reserve University. This is a very big challenge for us here in John F. Kennedy High School. Our grant has been cut by $300,000 due to the low educational standards in this building alone. We are placed in a very high volatile area being in John F. Kennedy High School with the ankle monitors of students in the building. There are more students with ankle monitors in this building of John F. Kennedy than there should be. It is becoming an issue with violence on a daily basis. It is an issue with drug abuse in the building on a daily basis. I speak to you because this is a huge issue. Our grant has been cut by $300,000 because this is where my

048grant lives and thrives. John F. Kennedy has been on the target for Case Western Reserve for over... 20 plus years. This is the lowest numbers we have ever had throughout our time here at John F. Kennedy High School. I speak to you about this because this is not just a John F. Kennedy issue. This is a community issue. It seems as though John F. Kennedy has been placed in the area we are dropping criminals inside of our buildings. Not students, but criminals. These are criminals because they come here from the juvenile detention centers with ankle monitors on. These are not students that want to be highly educated because they are criminals. I say the word criminal several times because this is a volatile issue. Our regular educational students are in danger every day. here at

049John F. Kennedy because of the violence that is being instituted inside of our buildings. I speak to you today because Case Western Reserve University, as a community partner, is struggling to produce students that are going to college. The graduation rate is extremely low. The graduation rate with students that are actually going into college is extremely low. I ask you all as a board members, what are you all going to do to change what John F. Kennedy used to stand for? This used to be a building where students thrive, students had arts, students had music, students had things that they could actually leave here and go on and form, formulate themselves as successful college students. This is no more. I need you all to look deep inside yourselves and say, would you send your student here

050where students are wearing ankle monitors on a daily basis, where the crime rate is high in this building on a daily basis? I ask you all to look inside yourselves because Case Western Reserve, again, has been in this school for our grant over 20 plus years. We are struggling to maintain students. and retain the students that are going to college through John F. Kennedy High School. Thank you for your time. Thank you, Ms. Hall. Dr. Morgan is going to just provide a reply. Thank you so much for your remarks. And I see Dr. Florence actually heading over there. So Dr. Florence is in the back. She's our chief academic officer. I'd like for the two of you guys to connect, just sharing some more of that information and for us to follow up. I know

051there's been some intervention that has been in place here at the school, particularly over the last several months. And so I want to make sure we get your information, but then also share some of the information we've been doing. So thank you so much. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Thank you next treasurer Edwards treasurer Edwards, okay Susan Meeker It's okay. What did she say? Good evening. My name is Susan Meeker, and I teach at Campus International School, the best school in the district, the largest school in the district. I teach first grade. I've taught in this district for 25 years, as you all know. I've been here so many times before. And you know what? I connect with every speaker that spoke here tonight because the reason I connect with them, I'm going to

052stick to the mic because I need to say what I need to say, and it'll be good. Listen, everything that was said tonight matters. These children are so wonderful that you saw tonight because they got what they needed. They got what they needed like the schools, like my school. They get what they need at my school. They do not get what they need and you know it. All of you know it. I've been telling it to you since 2021 when I started coming here and I'm going to tell you why I started coming here and I remember why. I started coming here in 2021 because I was so angry. How is it possible that the 15 years I spent at those other Cleveland Metropolitan School District schools, how is it possible that they don't have

053what we have at campus? I'm so, like, I don't want to say ashamed, but I have some things to say in there, and I want everyone to look at my shirt. I'm going to stop talking, and then I'll talk again. Do you see that? I made this shirt last night. And I made it for all of you. Listen, when you get home, or now, I don't care, because it's all going to be on social media. I appreciate that that, I appreciate, follow this hashtag, it'll be all over. I really appreciate that these speakers came up here, and those children got to go where they got to go. What an opportunity. This is what I'm saying. It's what I've always said. Every child. Every child deserves that, not just the children at the campus international school.

054No, every child. When I got to that school, I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it. What? 15 years. I'm just going to say it, hell, you just heard her say it. So I'm done doing this. And so I appreciate every single time you've listened to me. I appreciate and hope that you keep listening to me because I have more to say. I'm taking a little rest. I can't even go to work the rest of this week. I had to take Monday off. I couldn't function. Do you know what today was in first grade at Camp Sierra National School? We had a death, okay? She's about to die. That's not even the point. Listen. We had indoor recess day and those children respected my work and I did this on district time because it matters.

055The children of Cleveland matter. Look right here. The paraprofessionals, the security officers, the people that work in the lunchroom matter. The bus drivers, the environmental service specialists matter. You are not taking my power anymore. I took it back. It is mine now. And you know what? It's all of ours, including you. Dr. Morgan, you have this incredible opportunity. You really do. I am so, I haven't even lost hope. Can you believe it? 25 years in hell, I am still hopeful because I love my job and I care. And when you read what I wrote, I mean, I'm pretty much laying it out. I'm very respectful as always. But listen, you guys have an opportunity. The one thing I want to say before my time is up, I don't even know what time it is. I'm

056not coming back here. I'm not coming back here. And you know why I'm not coming back here. Because that mother, or whoever that was, said to you, they said to this board, can I turn it around? Is that okay? I'm not going to be disrespectful. I'm going to go like this. Your time is up, though, so if you could just close it out. I will close it out. With a couple of sentences, that's all. Tonight, I'm going to start a new hashtag, and it is called CMSD's Board Board. Because what we all say must be real boring to you. Or you would have changed it. So the CMSD's board board is going up tonight. And you can choose now. You can choose to do something, to care, or you can choose to be a hashtag.

057It's your choice. But I am all in, and I've already gone there. So I appreciate you all. I hope you take the correct action you need to do. And I appreciate everyone here. Thank you for listening. This will not be my forum anymore. I'm so appreciative that I had it. Thanks, everybody. That concludes our public comment portion of the meeting. Next, the board will consider the adoption of 17 resolutions in the areas of finance, operations, academics, and equity and culture. The board discussed all but one of these resolutions at our April 9th board work session. The chair will now entertain a motion to adopt the following resolutions. 6.01, accepting the amounts and rates as determined by the budget commission and authorizing the necessary tax levies and certifying them to the county fiscal officer. 6.02, the

058acceptance of a grant from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation and authorizing the chief executive to spend the funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grant. 6.03, authorizing the acceptance of gifts and grants from an anonymous donor, the Cleveland Foundation, Effective Leadership Academy, Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, Mid-American Conference, College Football Playoff Foundation, and Project Lead the Way, and authorizing the chief executive officer to spend the funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grant. Is there a motion? So moved. Thank you. Do I hear a second? Thank you. These are the finance resolutions that the board discussed at our April 9th work session. Dr. Morgan, any further explanations? Yes. Resolution 6.01 is a routine resolution whereby the board will be accepting the amounts and property tax rates of the school

059district for calendar year 2025, approved by the County Budget Commission and the County Fiscal Officer. With Resolution 6.02, the Board will be accepting from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation a school safety and security grant in the amount of $14,395 to help cover the cost of inspections, assessments, maintenance, and improvements to indoor heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, as well as the purchase of other secondary devices to control the spread of airborne contaminants, including viruses. With Resolution 6.03, the Board will be accepting gifts and grants and authorizing the expenditure of those gifts and grants. The details of each gift and grant is set forth within the resolution. Thank you, Dr. Morgan. I just want to check something in the agenda here. Okay. Is there any discussion from Board members? Hearing no further discussion, Mr. Stockdale, would

060you please call the roll on this motion? Ms. Ellicott? Yes. Mr. Briggs? Yes. Mr. Hurd? Yes. Ms. Jones? Yes. Mrs. LeBron, Dr. Sridhar. Yes. Mrs. Welch-Hall. Yes. Motion passes with seven votes. Thank you. The motion passes and these resolutions are adopted. The chair will now entertain a motion to adopt the following resolutions. 7.01, authorizing the chief executive officer to enter in a two-year lease and shared use agreement with the Great Lakes Science Center for the use of educational facilities for MC squared STEM ninth grade academy in an amount not to exceed $192,000 per year. 7.02, authorizing the CEO to take the necessary actions to prepare and maintain district facilities for the period from May 2024 through June 2025 to ensure effective operation during the academic year in an amount not to exceed $16,525,000. 7.03, accepting

0613,746,000 from the City of Cleveland to develop neighborhood health clinics and authorizing the administration to use 1,851,000 of those funds to make improvements to John Marshall and John F. Kennedy High Schools and Anton Gardena Pre-K-8 School to renovate spaces for these three health clinics. Is there a motion? Thank you. These are the operations resolutions that the board discussed on April 9th. Dr. Morgan any further explanation Yes with resolution 7.01 will renew the release for space at the Great Lakes Science Center that currently houses our ninth grade Academy of MC squared STEM high school district legal academics and operation team members work to expand the term of this lease for an additional two years at the rate of 16,000 per month With resolution 7.02 is an annual work resolution enabling the district operations division to prepare

062and maintain facilities for the 24-25 school year. An itemized list of the categories of this work is set forth in exhibit A of the resolution. With approval of resolution 7.03 the CMSD operations division will begin the construction planning and implementation to expand Metro health clinics from three current sites at Glenville High School, Clara Westrop Pre-K 8 and Mound Pre-K 8 schools to six sites. Photos of the three current sites can be found in the PowerPoint that's attached to the resolution. We shared that at our last meeting with the new sites, which will be John F. Kennedy High School, John Marshall High School, and Anton Gradina Schools. These locations were finalized and selected by the Integrated Health Care Committee and are funded by a mix of city, state, and federal grants. These three additional clinics will

063be operated by the Metro Health System. Thank you. Is there any discussion from board members? Hearing no further discussion, would you please call the roll? Ms. Alicot? Yes. Mr. Briggs? Yes. Mr. Hurd? Yes. Ms. Jones? Yes. Mrs. LeBron? Yes. Dr. Sridhar? Yes. Mrs. Welchow? Yes. Motion passed with seven votes. Thank you. These three resolutions are adopted. The chair will now entertain a motion to adopt the following resolutions. 8.01, adopting the Cleveland Municipal School District 2024 to 2025 school calendar. 8.02, authorizing the purchase of 10 K4943-1 Power Wave 300C Advanced Edu 1 Packs from the Lincoln Electric Company for use in the career technical education programs at Max S. Hayes High School in an amount not to exceed $126,001.90. 8.03 authorizing the purchase of two 8043 Colchester 15 by 50 precision geared head engine lathe gap

064bad metal working with specified capacities and features including various accessory equipment from ornamental products, tools and supply incorporated for use in the career technical education programs for Max S. Hayes High School in an amount not to exceed $92,570. 8.04, thank goodness there are no more parts mentioned, approving an extension to the sponsorship agreement with the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. 8.05, renewing the sponsorship contracts of three community schools and amending and restating the sponsorship contracts of four community schools sponsored by the Cleveland Municipal School District. And 8.06, determining the textbook requirements of the Cleveland Municipal School District for the 2024-2025 school year and authorizing the chief executive and or chief financial officer to order and pay for such textbooks in an amount not to exceed $3,624,202.47. Is there a motion? So moved. Thank you.

065These six resolutions are academic resolutions. Dr. Morgan, any additional explanation? Yes. For resolution 8.01, this is the adoption of the 24-25 school year calendar. At our last work session, we had a chance to present it, and it had to sit for 30 days. We had the presentation from our chief academic officer, and you can see the details of the calendar attached in the agenda. I will also note, as you heard earlier during public comment around extended minutes and also the calendar days, there is no adjustment in terms of the schools that have extended minutes and or extended day for next school year. So the recommendation for next school year is. very similar to this year just with the dates changing. So you can see the specifics of that, but there is no recommendation for eliminating

066extra minutes or anything like that. So there is an alignment there. With resolution 8.02, actually first before I go into 8.01, I don't know if there's any... We can pause. Board members, was there any discussion on the calendar? I know we've seen it the last couple of board meetings, but since we have let it sit for a purpose, I wanted to make sure there isn't any more discussion. Okay. Thank you. Dr. Sridhar this isn't a new comment. I'm just repeating what I've said before You know also particularly linked to the data that we just received during public comment as well. I think The the decision to postpone any adjustments to the calendar We should make sure not to squander that opportunity I have said before that at the Before the school year begins or at

067least at the beginning of the school year it would be good for the board to see publicly what metrics we are setting up for the schools that would be on different calendars so that both we are able to see the district leadership is able to see how those schools are doing and the schools are able to demonstrate their own performance based on the metrics that they are going to be measured by Dr. Morgan your team is preparing that already, right? Yes, we are looking into that and just as a reminder for one of the reasons why we made the recommendation to move forward was one you can see the variability and performance as was stated in the public comment but also we really do want to understand what the impact is for additional instructional minutes

068actually Yeah, a lot of a lot of alignment and we're looking forward to providing that that information to you With resolution 8.02, it authorizes the purchase of necessary welding equipment for student use at Max Hayes High School. 8.03 authorizes the purchase of necessary computer numerical control equipment used in precision machining and tool and die work for students use at Max S. Hayes High School. Resolution 8.04 approves the extension until June 30th, 2031 of our school district sponsorship agreement with the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, which allows our district to continue to sponsor charter schools. 8.05 approves contract modifications with all of the community schools that the district currently sponsors. Three of the contracts are being extended as a result of the board's vote to renew them at the January work session. And there are

069no changes to the lengths of the other contracts. Each of the different community school agreements are also attached within the resolution, and you can see that in the agenda. And then with Resolution 8.06, the board will be authorizing the annual purchase of textbooks and online curriculum materials. Exhibit A to this resolution contains a list of textbooks and professional development materials that will be provided for teachers, school leaders, and district staff. In our last work session, we had our chief academic officer talk about the lengthy process that we went through to go through our ELA adoption. Really excited about having a streamlined, high-quality ELA curriculum. that we will be having in our schools. The recommendation for K-8 schools is to have HMH inter-reading, a high quality curriculum there. And then in our high schools, SAT is

070my perspectives. If you haven't gotten a chance to see the full presentation one, I believe it's linked in this agenda, but you can also watch our last board meeting where you can see more specifics about the research we've done and also the feedback we've gotten from community staff and school leaders. Thank you, Dr. Morgan. Board members, is there any discussion on these six resolutions? All right. Mr. Stockdale, would you please call the roll? Ms. Ellicott? Yes. Mr. Briggs? Yes. Mr. Hurd? Yes. Ms. Jones? Yes. Mrs. LeBron? Yes. Dr. Sridhar? Yes. Ms. Welchow? Yes. Motion passed with seven votes. Thank you. The six resolutions are adopted. For the next five equity and culture resolutions the board will first vote on resolutions 9.01 through 9.04 which the board discussed at our April 9th work session and then

071vote separately on resolution 9.05 which is being presented to the board for the first time this evening. The chair will now entertain a motion to adopt the following resolutions. 9.01 authorizing the employment of teaching, non-teaching, and school-based administrative staff. 9.02, authorizing the reclassification of employees. 9.03, accepting the retirements, resignations, and other separations of employees. And 9.04, authorizing the issuance of limited contracts for differential positions and the payment of additional earned compensation to employees. Is there a motion? So moved. Thank you, Dr. Morgan. Could we have a brief explanation of these resolutions? Yes. These four resolutions are routine monthly equity and culture resolutions. Resolution 9.01 authorizing hiring of staff. 9.02 authorizing reclassification of staff. 9.03 accepts the resignations, retirements, and other separations of staff. And 9.04 authorizes contracts for differential positions and additional earned compensation. More

072detail about each. of these resolutions, including the employee names and positions are included in the exhibits attached to each resolution. Thank you. Is there any discussion from board members? Mr. Stockdale, would you please call the roll? Yes. Mr. Briggs? Yes. Mr. Hurd? Yes. Ms. Jones? Yes. Mrs. LeBron? Yes. Dr. Sridhar? Yes. Mrs. Welchow? Yes. Motion passes with seven votes. Thank you the resolution passes the chair will now entertain a motion to adopt 9.05 authorizing the development and offering of employee signing incentives programs to promote employee retention and recruitment so move Thank you. Dr. Morgan, since we did not discuss this at our work session, could you please provide an explanation of this resolution? Yes. So this 9.05 authorizes need to develop offers and signing incentives that will promote successful recruitment and retention of employees in

073difficult-to-staff positions. I would like to invite our Talent and Human Resources Officer, Stephen Christian, up to just share more about this and see if there are any questions there may be. Good evening. This resolution is presented as Dr. Morgan read, two-part focused, one on recruitment and one on retention. The recruitment of very hard-to-fill positions that we are eagerly trying to staff, especially for the forward school year, and the retention measure being a related incentive where for those hard-to-fill positions where we have successfully attracted individuals, having a measure by which we could incentivize an individual staying for one, two, or more years. and giving them a clear line of sight to the benefit of staying in employment with us as a district. What is the projected amount for this, and where is it coming from in

074the budget? The budget for this would be dependent on the division areas where the budget is held and what's available for spending in this respective area. So that would be proposed to Dr. Morgan, given that budget limitation, have that reviewed, and then that would be part of the agreement that we reach. Okay, so if it's within the but the voted on budget within that department then this author authorizes Dr. Morgan to make that determination for incentives without coming back to the board individually. Okay. Yes any other discussion? Just a quick question. Thank you. What are some of the examples of the difficult-to-staff roles that we would be targeting here? Absolutely. So over the course of the last few years, or the last year in particular, we've had a lot of conversation about safety and security

075positions, the challenges of both recruiting and retaining security officers. We've also had challenges with an increasing number of retirements among our drivers. And you I think if you've seen that in the local news over the last few months as well a lot of districts are trying to get creative Trying to increase the the pool there Substitutes are also something that we're actively recruiting and trying to better staff. Those would be three Pretty common areas that we've come across Any other discussion Thank You. Mr. Christian Hearing no further discussion, Mr. Stockdale, would you please call the roll? Ms. Ellicott? Yes. Mr. Briggs? Yes. Mr. Hurt? Yes. Ms. Jones? Yes. Mrs. LeBron? Yes. Dr. Sridhar? Yes. Mrs. Welchow? Yes. Motion passes with seven votes. Thank you. The resolution is adopted. This concludes the board's consideration of resolutions

076for this evening. Is there any old business? Is there any new business? The next board meeting will be a board work session on Tuesday, May 14th at 6.30 p.m. at Garrett Morgan High School, 4600 Detroit Avenue. The chair will now entertain a motion to enter into executive session for the purpose of considering the appointment and employment of public employees and officials, preparing for negotiations with public employees concerning their compensation or other conditions of their employment. and conferring with attorneys concerning disputes involving the Board of Education that are the subject of pending or imminent court action. So moved. Second. Thank you. Mr. Stockdale, please call the roll. Ms. Ellicott? Yes. Mr. Briggs? Yes. Mr. Hurd? Yes. Ms. Jones? Yes. Mrs. LeBron? Yes. Dr. Sridhar? Yes. Ms. Welchow? Yes. Motion passed. We'll have votes. Thank you. The

077board will now move into executive session. Following executive session, the board will return to this room only to adjourn this meeting without conducting any further business. Robotics teams from several different states come here to the Wolstein Center to compete in the FIRST Robotics Buckeye Regional. CMSC will have two new teams, one from Garrett Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation and a district-wide all-girls team. These young ladies say they are ready to show their girl power. Girls can do anything, yeah. Anything a man can do, a girl can do as well. A group of young ladies from six different district high schools joined the first CMSD all girls robotics team. They are using their skills and passion to build and operate this robot. This rookie team named Lady Voltage aims to prove that girls can build

078robots just as well as any boy dominated team. I wanted to join the all girls robotics team because it seemed like a very. open and welcoming group to join and I was very excited to gain experience and knowledge with my peers. Alrighty, let's pop it out. Lady Voltage has mentors to guide them in all aspects of the process, including electrical, mechanical, and business. I'm very, very proud of them. Not even just from robotics. Some of it's just been even on a social and communication level. Because they have to speak to people. Judges are going to question them. We're drilling them on questions about how the robot works. watch them start to gain the confidence because they know the answers. It's having that confidence to answer and so watching them build that and then you know

079making the decisions. You know the mentors are there to help guide and support them, but they're ultimately making the decisions on the robots. While this may be a rookie team, they have experienced members. Daniela spent the last two years on the Davis robotics team. They placed second at state last year, and she hopes to bring home a trophy with her new team. I decided to join a new team because it was an all-girls team, and I really like to get... what I know, my knowledge, and to other teams that I really need because they are rookie teams. So I want to give my experience the last two years to them. They are not the only ones new to the competition. This is the first year Garrett Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation is competing as

080well, bringing a total number of robotics teams from CMSD to seven. Many of these students spend their time at the Great Lakes Science Center after school to work on their robots. Kevin is the team captain for Garrett Morgan. He believes this is an excellent hands-on experience for anyone interested in joining the STEM field. Luckily, we have mentors and they are free to help you out because we do have our ups and downs and we do make mistakes. I actually want to focus more on my education now because I see how they already know the stuff and it's like second nature for them. I just want to have that same experience. Both teams enjoy working with professionals and learning skills that they can use beyond the competition. We've also had the ability to be put into

081leadership positions that I feel will be very beneficial for our future, especially since most of the team plan on pursuing a career in the STEM field. So that's been really great, really fun being able to have the ability to supervise and given a sense of responsibility at our age. Except that doesn't even make sense. If Mel had locked the keys in the car... During lunch, these students at Facing History New Tech High School are providing nourishment for their minds. Oak Ridge is probably the safest neighborhood in Atlanta. They are reading Dear Martin by Nick Stone. It's power in the book. In the book. has a ton of good information about real world problems. The book is about a traffic stop that turns violent with police officers and how a young black teen grapples with racism

082and what it means for his future while writing letters to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The students read some chapters together and then discuss during this lunchtime book club. I don't disagree with everything he's doing. I have a heart. I would help too. The goal is for them to break down each chapter to see how they see themselves in each chapter with justice and how they can relate. So here at Facing History we like to bring and connect the outside world into the things that they're reading here inside of the school. Dear Martin is on the banned reading list in some school districts. It is a violation of our intellectual freedom and allowing students to think critically and decide what they would like to read. But books are not banned here at CMSD. Principal Melissa

083Swedlow wanted her students to read a couple of banned books this school year. Students should have opportunities and access to materials that they want to read, that we shouldn't keep them from it. They are given materials to read in their English classes and everything, but they should have the opportunity to find out more about their world and themselves by having access to a variety of different books, and we shouldn't keep that away from them. The students could choose from Dear Martin and The Hill We Climb, an inaugural poem for The Country by Amanda Gorman. That's the poem she read at President Joe Biden's inauguration. Some students are stunned. This book is banned. It's crazy. I don't understand. Why is it banned? All it does is just explain, like, you know, what we should really be

084doing as people and not, you know. like not liking people just because of whatever is going on or they're different from us. To hear that they were not allowed to read that book, they wanted to read it even more. It just gave them more of an edge, like, oh, they're saying why, like, why can't I read this book? What is this book going to tell me that the world don't want me to know? I think people of higher power are afraid of truth and reality, and they're afraid other people are going to be educated about reality. I think they're afraid that we'll be educated in a way that will help the world realize. the wrong doings. These students are not only reading banned books but learning why those in positions of power may not want

085others to read them. They are also learning how to find their voice and to advocate for themselves. There is a line in this book, I believe, it says because to put our future first we must first set our differences aside and difference scares a lot of people. It's scary because it's different. And I think if people learned more about what's so different, they wouldn't be as scared. But that's the thing. People need fear to stay in power. Because we know to put our future first, we must first put our differences aside. We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another. We seek harm to none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true. Valeria starts her day with movement, which she says is

086her favorite part of the morning. I feel focused. Feel focused. She and her classmates focus by breathing and stretching and lifting weighted objects. After that they take a walk. Let's go around Wilbur Wright Pre K through eight school to find landmarks they created to find certain rooms. The exercises take about 20 minutes each day and will have a lasting effect. I've seen like it's almost best when we start our day with it because I have students who are wiggly and starting our day with movement helps them come back in their focus, their centered, identifying our emotions through this and how it helps our emotions and making those connections. Mrs. Burt says this is a significant accomplishment for the students. I have third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade. I actually have a second grader this year,

087too. And I will get them for typically a three-year span. And I teach students who have significant cognitive disabilities and other varying abilities, and they have varying strengths as well. In order to incorporate movement into the student's day, Mrs. Burt says she had to call in her village. I think the biggest part is it can be intimidating to introduce a new program. To even begin the Courageous Pacers program, both the educators and scholars had to take a step out on faith. So the objective of Courageous Pacers is to challenge students to walk 100 miles and lift 10,000 pounds. Now we modified those for the particular class that you saw to make it attainable for them. And the goal is to integrate healthy attitudes and healthy practices and habits with students. To get the students engaged,

088they first got them involved in making the map. We talked about symbols, we talked about location, so those were kind of our big vocab words. And then the students decided how to act out a location, so like the cafeteria or the music room they were clapping. And I brought in a camera and a green screen and lights and reflectors, and they acted out the different locations in the schools and chose a color that represented those places as well. Entrance first. And tweak the program to accommodate any limitations. I observed the class as they first started and we determined that some of the exercises could be changed a little bit. You may have noticed instead of doing the triceps extension this way, we just had one of the bottles and we did it that way. Mrs.

089Burt says first some students were reluctant, but eventually... they came around. A lot of the students who are resistance are now leaders in the program and are helping me count, are reps, are standing up in front of their peers and leading probably the only time in the day that they're leading throughout the day and it's just wonderful to see. Do you like the shoulder press? Shoulder press! Good job! And just like the school's motto, the educators watched the students soar as they paced courageously around the halls of Wilbur Wright. With each step, they are learning life skills and habits that they can use at school and at home. I love to see them working together. I love to see them bonding with their peers. And the students are becoming more confident. How do I look?

090You look great. to try new things, like answer questions for the story. What's interesting about the school that you like to see? Well, I see about the downstairs. I see Mr. Atkins. I like it like my classroom. Good job, Julian. These courageous pacers are learning skills that will set them up for success with their feet firmly planted on the ground. Hey, to all my Cleveland family, I need for you to tune in to this message. Get ready to vibe with the summer's hottest lineup in the city. Introducing your summer soundtrack. Brought to you by our collective partners. Track one, get on track mode. Calling all CMSE scholars from kindergarten to fourth grade and ninth to twelfth grade. It's time to level up and stay ahead with continuous learning, math and reading interventions and graduation prep.

091Hey, let's go. Track two, grind mode. Hey, juniors and seniors, get ready to hustle with Youth Opportunities Unlimited. The Summer Career Academies will be gearing you up with job skills for those high-demand industry careers. Plus, if you're in the 8th to 12th grade from Palo Alto County, apply now for a summer gear and bank up to two grand. Track three, beast mode. Summer's for everyone. From the little ones to the young at heart, dive into summer camps, sports, art, and more with the City of Cleveland, the Cleveland Public Library, Starting Point, and other organizations on deck. Your summer is about to be epic. But wait. There's a bonus track. The Cleveland Public Library and the City Wreckers got your back with free breakfast and lunch for all school-aged kids 18 and under every single day

092of the week. So crank up the volume, Cleveland. Pick up your track, mix it up, because this summer is going to be straight up. Lit! For more information and to register for any of these programs, visit clevelandmentalschools.org or call 216-838-0000. We're investing in them. and we're showing them that we know that they have what it takes to go to the next level and we want to make sure that we put all the tools that we can into their toolbox to make sure that they can go to that next level on up. Not only on the field, but as a whole person. Right to the second baseman. That's it. Game is over. Lincoln West wins 7-4. It's been an amazing experience. Chess takes me out from all my stress or any problems that I have. It's

093just fun, you know? I like playing chess. Excellent where he goes back and then he leaps with that, pushes off with that one foot. That's called a grab start. Three pointer up. Wow! So today is about y'all. Having fun, showcasing your skills, being good teammates, communicating with one another. Don't be afraid to make a mistake just because the bright light's on with the camera, all right? Do your thing. Do what you've been doing. How long y'all been playing basketball? Long time, right? Little kids, you're well equipped. It's being in the arena, you know? You know, putting yourself out there and just performing under pressure. Those are important skills. There's a lot of people that is rooting for us as a team to bring history back to Cleveland. You understand? We have no doubt. We've been

094in this thing for 11 to 12 months, you know, so we just got to go and finish it out. Steps up throw-ins. Coverage is good. Oh, what a grab! Going up to get it and coming down with it is Damarion Whitten, the tight end. Words really can't explain how I feel. You know, I'm just thankful that we could bring something to the city of Cleveland and to our communities, to our school system. So many people have tried it for so many years. come here to the Wolstein Center to compete in the FIRST Robotics Buckeye Regional. CMSC will have two new teams, one from Garrett-Morrigan School of Engineering and Innovation and a district-wide all-girls team. These young ladies say they are ready to show their girl power. Girls can do anything. Anything a man can do,

095a girl can do as well. A group of young ladies from six different district high schools joined the first CMSD all girls robotics team. They are using their skills and passion to build and operate this robot. This rookie team named Lady Voltage aims to prove that girls can build robots just as well as any boy dominated team. I wanted to join the all girls robotics team because it seemed like a very. open and welcoming group to join and I was very excited to gain experience and knowledge with my peers. Alrighty, let's pop it out. Lady Voltage has mentors to guide them in all aspects of the process, including electrical, mechanical, and business. I'm very, very proud of them. Not even just from robotics. Some of it's just been even on a social and communication level.

096Because they have to speak to people. Judges are going to question them. We're drilling them on questions about how the robot works. watch them start to gain the confidence because they know the answers. It's having that confidence to answer and so watching them build that and then you know making the decisions. You know the mentors are there to help guide and support them, but they're ultimately making the decisions on the robots. While this may be a rookie team, they have experienced members. Daniela spent the last two years on the Davis robotics team. They placed second at state last year, and she hopes to bring home a trophy with her new team. I decided to join a new team because it was an all-girls team, and I really like to get... what I know, my knowledge,

097to other teams that I really need because they are rookie teams. So I want to give my experience the last two years to them. They are not the only ones new to the competition. This is the first year Garrett Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation is competing as well, bringing a total number of robotics teams from CMSD to seven. Many of these students spend their time at the Great Lakes Science Center after school to work on their robots. Kevin is the team captain for Garrett Morgan. He believes this is an excellent hands-on experience for anyone interested in joining the STEM field. Luckily, we have mentors and they are free to help you out because we do have our ups and downs and we do make mistakes. I actually want to focus more on my education

098now because I see how they already know the stuff and it's like second nature for them. I just want to have that same experience. Both teams enjoy working with professionals and learning skills that they can use beyond the competition. We've also had the ability to be put into leadership positions that I feel will be very beneficial for our future especially since most of the team plan on pursuing a career in the STEM field. So that's been really great, really fun being able to have the ability to supervise and given a sense of responsibility at our age. Except that doesn't even make sense. If Mel had locked the keys in the car... During lunch, these students at Facing History New Tech High School are providing nourishment for their minds. Oak Ridge is probably the safest neighborhood

099in Atlanta. They are reading Dear Martin by Nick Stone. It's power in the book. In the book. has a ton of good information about real world problems. The book is about a traffic stop that turns violent with police officers and how a young black teen grapples with racism and what it means for his future while writing letters to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The students read some chapters together and then discuss during this lunchtime book club. I don't disagree with everything he's doing. I have a heart. I would help too. The goal is for them to break down each chapter to see how they see themselves in each chapter with justice and how they can relate. So here at Facing History, we like to bring and connect the outside world into the things that they're

100reading here inside of the school. Dear Martin is on the banned reading list in some school districts. It is a violation of our intellectual freedom and allowing students to think critically and decide what they would like to read. But books are not banned here at CMSD. Principal Melissa Swedlow wanted her students to read a couple of banned books this school year. Students should have opportunities and access to materials that they want to read, that we shouldn't keep them from it. They are given materials to read in their English classes and everything, but they should have the opportunity to find out more about their world and themselves by having access to a variety of different books, and we shouldn't keep that away from them. The students could choose from Dear Martin and The Hill We Climb,

101an inaugural poem for The Country by Amanda Gorman. That's the poem she read at President Joe Biden's inauguration. Some students are stunned. This book is banned. It's crazy. I don't understand. Why is it banned? All it does is just explain, like, you know, what we should really be doing as people and not, you know. like not liking people just because of whatever is going on or they're different from us. To hear that they were not allowed to read that book, they wanted to read it even more. It just gave them more of an edge, like, oh, they're saying why, like, why can't I read this book? What is this book going to tell me that the world don't want me to know? I think people of higher power are afraid of truth and reality, and

102they're afraid other people are going to be educated about reality. I think they're a faith that will be educated in a way that will help the world realize. the wrong doings. These students are not only reading banned books but learning why those in positions of power may not want others to read them. They are also learning how to find their voice and to advocate for themselves. There is a line in this book, I believe it says, because to put our future first we must first set our differences aside and difference scares a lot of people. It's scary because it's different. And I think if people learned more about what's so different, they wouldn't be as scared. But that's the thing. Like, people need fear to stay in power. Because we know to put our future

103first, we must first put our differences aside. We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another. We seek harm to none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true. Valeria starts her day with movement, which she says is her favorite part of the morning. I feel focused. Feel focused. She and her classmates focus by breathing and stretching and lifting weighted objects. After that they take a walk. Let's go around Wilbur Wright Pre K through 8 school to find landmarks they created to find certain rooms. The exercises take about 20 minutes each day and will have a lasting effect. I've seen like it's almost best when we start our day with it because I have students who are wiggly and starting our day with

104movement helps them come back in their focus, their centered, identifying our emotions through this and how it helps our emotions and making those connections. Mrs. Burt says this is a significant accomplishment for the students. I have third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade. I actually have a second grader this year, too. And I will get them for typically a three-year span. And I teach students who have significant cognitive disabilities and other varying abilities, and they have varying strengths as well. In order to incorporate movement into the student's day, Mrs. Burt says she had to call in her village. I think the biggest part is it can be intimidating to introduce a new program. To even begin the Courageous Pacers program, both the educators and scholars had to take a step out on faith. So the objective

105of Courageous Pacers is to challenge students to walk 100 miles and lift 10,000 pounds. Now we modified those for the particular class that you saw to make it attainable for them. And the goal is to integrate healthy attitudes and healthy practices and habits with students. To get the students engaged, they first got them involved in making the map. We talked about symbols, we talked about location, so those were kind of our big vocab words. And then the students decided how to act out a location, so like the cafeteria or the music room they were clapping. And I brought in a camera and a green screen and lights and reflectors, and they acted out the different locations in the schools and chose a color that represented those places as well. Entrance first. And tweak the program

106to accommodate any limitations. I observed the class as they first started and we determined that some of the exercises could be changed a little bit. You may have noticed instead of doing the triceps extension this way, we just had one of the bottles and we did it that way. Mrs. Burt says first some students were reluctant, but eventually... they came around. A lot of the students who are resistance are now leaders in the program and are helping me count. Our reps are standing up in front of their peers and leading probably the only time in the day that they're leading throughout the day and it's just wonderful to see. Do you like the shoulder press? Shoulder press! Good job! And just like the school's motto, the educators watch the students soar as they pace courageously

107around the halls of Wilbur Wright. With each step, they are learning life skills and habits that they can use at school and at home. I love to see them working together. I love to see them bonding with their peers. And the students are becoming more confident. How do I look? You look great. to try new things, like answer questions for the story. What's interesting about the school that you like to see? Well, I see about the downstairs. Downstairs? And then who's our principal that we see? I see Mr. Atkins. I like it like my classroom. Good job, Julian. These courageous pacers are learning skills that will set them up for success with their feet firmly planted on the ground. Hey, to all my Cleveland family, I need for you to tune in to this message.

108Get ready to vibe with the summer's hottest lineup in the city. Introducing your summer soundtrack. Brought to you by our collective partners. Track one, Get On Track Mode. Calling all San Francisco College from kindergarten to fourth grade and ninth to twelfth grade. It's time to level up and stay ahead with continuous learning, math, and reading interventions. and graduation prep. Hey, let's go. Track two, grind mode. Hey, juniors and seniors, get ready to hustle with Youth Opportunities Unlimited. The Summer Career Academies will be gearing you up with job skills for those high-demand industry careers. Plus, if you're in the 8th to 12th grade from Palo Alto County, apply now for a summer gear and bank up to two. Brand. Track three, Beast Mode! Summers for everyone! From the little ones to the young at heart. Dive

109into summer camps, sports, arts, and more with the City of Cleveland, the Cleveland Public Library, Starting Point, and other organizations on deck. Your summer is about to be epic! But wait! There's a bonus track. The Cleveland Public Library and the City Wreckers got your back with free breakfast and lunch for all school-aged kids 18 and under every single day of the week. So crank up the volume, Cleveland. Pick up your track, mix it up, because this summer is going to be straight up. Lit! For more information and to register for any of these programs, visit clevelandmentalschools.org or call 216-838-0000. We're investing in them. and we're showing them that we know that they have what it takes to go to the next level and we want to make sure that we put all the tools that

110we can into their toolbox to make sure that they can go to that next level on up. Not only on the field, but as a whole person. Right to the second baseman. That's it. Game is over. Lincoln West wins 7-4. It's been an amazing experience. Chess takes me out from all my stress or any problems that I have. It's just fun, you know. I like playing chess. Excellent where he goes back and then he leaps with that, pushes off with that one foot. That's called a grab start. Three pointer up. Wow! So today is about y'all. Having fun, showcasing your skills, being good teammates, communicating with one another. Don't be afraid to make a mistake just because the bright light's on with the camera, all right? Do your thing. Do what you've been doing. How

111long y'all been playing basketball? Long time, right? Little kids, you're well-equipped. It's being in the arena, you know? You know, putting yourself out there and just performing under pressure. Those are important skills. There's a lot of people that is rooting for us as a team to bring history back to Cleveland. You understand? We have no doubt. We've been in this thing for 11 to 12 months, you know, so we just got to go and finish it out. Steps up, throw in. Coverage is good. Oh, what a grab! Going up to get it and coming down with it is Damarion Whitten, the tight end. Words really can't explain how I feel. You know, I'm just thankful that we could bring something to the city of Cleveland and to our communities, to our school system. So many

112people have tried it for so many years. Several different states come here to the Wolstein Center to compete in the FIRST Robotics Buckeye Regional. CMSC will have two new teams, one from Garrett-Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation and a district-wide all-girls team. These young ladies say they are ready to show their girl power. Girls can do anything. Anything a man can do, a girl can do as well. A group of young ladies from six different district high schools joined the first CMSD all girls robotics team. They are using their skills and passion to build and operate this robot. This rookie team named Lady Voltage aims to prove that girls can build robots just as well as any boy dominated team. I wanted to join the all girls robotics team because it seemed like a very.

113open and welcoming group to join and I was very excited to gain experience and knowledge with my peers. Alrighty, pop it out. Lady Voltage has mentors to guide them in all aspects of the process, including electrical, mechanical, and business. I'm very, very proud of them. Not even just from robotics. Some of it's just been even on a social and communication level. Because they have to speak to people. Judges are going to question them. We're drilling them on questions about how the robot works. watch them start to gain the confidence because they know the answers. It's having that confidence to answer and so watching them build that and then you know making the decisions. You know the mentors are there to help guide and support them but they're ultimately making the decisions on the robots. While

114this may be a rookie team, they have experienced members. Daniela spent the last two years on the Davis robotics team. They placed second at state last year, and she hopes to bring home a trophy with her new team. I decided to join a new team because it was an all-girls team, and I really like to get... what I know, my knowledge, to other teams that I really need because they are rookie teams. So I want to give my experience the last two years to them. They are not the only ones new to the competition. This is the first year Garrett Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation is competing as well, bringing a total number of robotics teams from CMSD to seven. Many of these students spend their time at the Great Lakes Science Center after

115school to work on their robots. Kevin is the team captain for Garrett Morgan. He believes this is an excellent hands-on experience for anyone interested in joining the STEM field. Luckily we have mentors and they are free to help you out because we do have our ups and downs and we do make mistakes. I actually want to focus more on my education now because I see how they already know the stuff and it's like second nature for them. I just want to have that same experience. Both teams enjoy working with professionals and learning skills that they can use beyond the competition. We've also had the ability to be put into leadership positions that I feel will be very beneficial for our future, especially since most of the team plan on pursuing a career in the STEM

116field. So that's been really great, really fun being able to have the ability to supervise and given a sense of responsibility at our age. Except that doesn't even make sense. If Mel had locked the keys in the car... During lunch, these students at Facing History New Tech High School are providing nourishment for their minds. Oak Ridge is probably the safest neighborhood in Atlanta. They are reading Dear Martin by Nick Stone. It's power in the book. has a ton of good information about real world problems. The book is about a traffic stop that turns violent with police officers and how a young black teen grapples with racism and what it means for his future while writing letters to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The students read some chapters together and then discuss during this lunchtime book

117club. I don't disagree with everything he's doing. I have a heart. I would help too. The goal is for them to break down each chapter to see how they see themselves in each chapter with justice and how they can relate. So here at Facing History, we like to bring and connect the outside world into the things that they're reading here inside of the school. Dear Martin is on the banned reading list in some school districts. It is a violation of our intellectual freedom and allowing students to think critically and decide what they would like to read. But books are not banned here at CMSD. Principal Melissa Swedlow wanted her students to read a couple of banned books this school year. Students should have opportunities and access to materials that they want to read, that we

118shouldn't keep them from it. They are given materials to read in their English classes and everything, but they should have the opportunity to find out more about their world and themselves by having access to a variety of different books, and we shouldn't keep that away from them. The students could choose from Dear Martin and The Hill We Climb, an inaugural poem for The Country by Amanda Gorman. That's the poem she read at President Joe Biden's inauguration. Some students are stunned. This book is banned. It's crazy. I don't understand. Why is it banned? All it does is just explain, like, you know, what we should really be doing as people and not, you know. like not liking people just because of whatever is going on or they're different from us. To hear that they were not

119allowed to read that book, they wanted to read it even more. It just gave them more of an edge, like, oh, they're saying why, like, why can't I read this book? What is this book going to tell me that the world don't want me to know? I think people of higher power are afraid of truth and reality, and they're afraid other people are going to be educated about reality. I think they're a faith that will be educated in a way that will help the world realize. the wrong doings. These students are not only reading banned books but learning why those in positions of power may not want others to read them. They are also learning how to find their voice and to advocate for themselves. There is a line in this book, I believe, it

120says because to put our future first we must first set our differences aside and difference scares a lot of people. it's scary to because it's different and I think if people learned more about what's so different they wouldn't be as scared but that's the thing like people need fear to stay in power Because we know to put our future first, we must first put our differences aside. We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another. We seek harm to none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true. Valeria starts her day with movement, which she says is her favorite part of the morning. I feel focused. Feel focused. She and her classmates focus by breathing and out stretching and lifting weighted objects. After

121that they take a walk. Let's go around Wilbur Wright Pre K through 8 school to find landmarks they created to find certain rooms. The exercises take about 20 minutes each day and will have a lasting effect. I've seen like it's almost best when we start our day with it because I have students who are wiggly and starting our day with movement helps them come back in their focus, their centered, identifying our emotions through this and how it helps our emotions and making those connections. Mrs. Burt says this is a significant accomplishment for the students. I have third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade. I actually have a second grader this year, too. And I will get them for typically a three-year span. And I teach students who have significant cognitive disabilities and other varying abilities, and

122they have varying strengths as well. In order to incorporate movement into the student's day, Mrs. Burt says she had to call in her village. I think the biggest part is it can be intimidating to introduce a new program. To even begin the Courageous Pacers program, both the educators and scholars had to take a step out on faith. So the objective of Courageous Pacers is to challenge students to walk 100 miles and lift 10,000 pounds. Now we modified those for the particular class that you saw to make it attainable for them. And the goal is to integrate healthy attitudes and healthy practices and habits with students. To get the students engaged, they first got them involved in making the map. We talked about symbols, we talked about location, so those were kind of our big vocab

123words. And then the students decided how to act out a location, so like the cafeteria or the music room they were clapping. And I brought in a camera and a green screen and lights and reflectors, and they acted out the different locations in the schools and chose a color that represented those places as well. Entrance first. and tweak the program to accommodate any limitations. I observed the class as they first started, and we determined that some of the exercises could be changed a little bit. You may have noticed instead of doing the triceps extension this way, we just had one of the bottles, and we did it that way. Mrs. Burt says first some students were reluctant, but eventually... they came around. A lot of the students who are resistance are now leaders in the

124program and are helping me count, are reps, are standing up in front of their peers and leading probably the only time in the day that they're leading throughout the day and it's just wonderful to see. Do you like the shoulder press? Bicep curls? Shoulder press! Good job! And just like the school's motto, the educators watch the students soar as they pace courageously around the halls of Wilbur Wright. With each step, they are learning life skills and habits that they can use at school and at home. I love to see them working together. I love to see them bonding with their peers. And the students are becoming more confident. How do I look? You look great. to try new things, like answer questions for the story. What's interesting about the school that you like to see?

125Well, I see about the downstairs. I see Mr. Atkins. I like it like my classroom. Good job, Julian. These courageous pacers are learning skills that will set them up for success with their feet firmly planted on the ground. Hey, to all my Cleveland family, I need for you to tune in to this message. Get ready to vibe with the summer's hottest lineup in the city. Introducing your summer soundtrack. Brought to you by our collective partners. Track one, get on track mode. Calling all San Jose scholars from kindergarten to fourth grade and ninth to twelfth grade. It's time to level up and stay ahead with continuous learning, math and reading interventions and graduation prep. Hey, let's go. Track two, grind mode. Hey, juniors and seniors, get ready to hustle with Youth Opportunities Unlimited. The Summer Career

126Academies will be gearing you up with job skills for those high-demand industry careers. Plus, if you're in the 8th to 12th grade from Palo Alto County, apply now for a summer gear and bank up to two grand. Track three, beast mode. Summer's for everyone. From the little ones to the young at heart. Dive into summer camps, sports, arts, and more. With the City of Cleveland, the Cleveland Public Library, Starting Point, and other organizations on deck. Your summer is about to be epic. But wait, there's a bonus track. The Cleveland Public Library and the City Wreckers got your back with free breakfast and lunch for all school-aged kids 18 and under every single day of the week. So crank up the volume, Cleveland. Pick up your track, mix it up, because this summer is going to

127be straight up. Lit! For more information and to register for any of these programs, visit ClevelandMetalSchools.org or call 216-838-0000. We're investing in them. and we're showing them that we know that they have what it takes to go to the next level and we want to make sure that we put all the tools that we can into their toolbox to make sure that they can go to that next level on up. Not only on the field, but as a whole person. Right to the second baseman. That's it. Game is over. Lincoln West wins 7-4. It's been an amazing experience. Chess takes me out from all my stress or any problems that I have. It's just fun, you know. I like playing chess. Excellent where he pulls back and then he leaps with that, pushes off with

128that one foot. That's called a grab start. Three pointer up. Wow! So today is about y'all having fun, showcasing your skills. Being good teammates, communicating with one another. Don't be afraid to make a mistake just because the bright light's on with the camera, all right? Do your thing. Do what you've been doing. How long y'all been playing basketball? Long time, right? Little kids, you're well equipped. It's being in the arena, you know? You know, being, putting yourself out there and just performing under pressure. Those are important skills. There's a lot of people that is rooting for us as a team to bring history back to Cleveland. You understand? We have no doubt. We've been in this thing for 11 to 12 months, you know, so we just got to go and finish.