001now to our back to school coverage today thousands of Arizona kids will be headed back to the classrooms and our next cetti is feeling that Vibe for us joining us live from Brunson Lee Elementary Nick while students are starting their classes today the teachers the support staff administrators they've already been really hard at work just to make sure everything runs smoothly this year oh oh absolutely actually just we saw a staff member just walked by now they're getting here early we've already seen two teachers arrive as well to help out the more than 400 students that go here to Brunson Lee Elementary part of the balt School District here near mcdal and 48th Street you know when the superintendent arrived about 2 and a half years ago I got the chance to sit down with
002him Dr George Barnes he was fairly new at the job at the time really ambitious though had a lot of goals for this District here listen to part of our interview from 2022 our kids need to understand that their Nemesis is sometimes life uh and the obstacles that are against them our students want somebody to look at them and say you are great you will achieve greatness just keep at it I'm here for you and I'm refusing to give up on them um because they deserve the opportunities all right so that was Dr George Barnes back in 20122 here at abc15 we believe so much in following up with people especially leaders in our community so what do you know joining us right now live Dr George baren superintendent of Vault schools thanks for being
003with us bright early we appreciate know it's a busy day for you but you heard that sound from yourview you talked so much about motivating the kids in the past years do you think you've been able to do that you know what I have a beautiful fantastic governing board I have a great staff a great community and I think collectively we've been moving these kids we've helped them understand they can do all things through hard work good routine and just believing in yourself yeah I hey that's a great message especially as we start off a new school year speaking of messages to start off a new year you have a coaching background right I'm going to put you on blast this morning he's got a coaching back can you give us your best back to
004school speech your best motivation for parents teachers students watching this morning I sure can can I look at the camera please do all right fames you can do it you can do all things just make sure you have a strong routine and remember this good habits build Great Character so make sure your students are ready to go in the morning time and in the afternoon a great place to study get PL get somewhere to uh sleep get somewhere to get up in the morning and get activated for the day you can do this can't wait for you to be successful throughout the entire State especially at let's go all right get activated Dr bar hey appreciate you thank you so much for being such a partner with us in this community here we appreciate you
005know students appreciate you and the staff members here H how are you not motivated after that speech right it's like I want to go back to school now after hearing Dr Bar's here hey coming up at 6:45 we're going to celebrate some of the cafeteria workers here in this District they're the unsung heroes providing breakfast and lunch to thousands of kids every single day so we're going to celebrate them a little bit coming up but how about that speech guys go it was amazing I need him every morning to just get me going for the day yeah right love him thank you