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          [I. CALL TO ORDER]
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          UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          WELL, WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND BOARD OF EDUCATION JOINT WORK SESSION. 
          TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH, 2026. 
          PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NATION. 
          UH, MR. VILLAGE CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TRUSTEE FEIS. 
          PRESENT, TRUSTEE ALLGOOD. 
          HERE, TRUSTEE MERTON. 
          PRESENT. 
          TRUSTEE SANDBERG, PRESENT, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY. 
          HERE. 
          PRESENT. 
          PRESENT. 
          MAYOR, I WHY? I WAS THINKING OF ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD AND I WAS LIKE, OH, SHE'S NOT HERE. 
          UH, WE DON'T NORMALLY DO A ROLL CALL, BUT I'LL DO ONE, UH, OF OUR TRUSTEES, TRUSTEE WEINSTEIN. 
          PRESENT. 
          TRUSTEE BARONE. 
          HERE. 
          TRUSTEE DEAN MARTINO. 
          PRESENT. 
          TRUSTEE MEYER. 
          PRESENT TRUSTEE LP AS WELL. 
          AND I ALSO NOTE THE, THE PRESENCE OF OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE PART OF THE BOARD. 
          JOAQUIN TOLEDO, CHE AND LSU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK 
          [IV. OPENING REMARKS]
YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. 
          UH, I HAVE A FEW PEOPLE JUST TO THANK, UH, FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT. 
          I THANK ESPECIALLY LINDA FAINA, OUR WAY, COALITION COORDINATOR. 
          AND JOANNE REED STOKES, OUR DIRECTOR OF YOUTH SERVICES. 
          UH, THANK YOU TO BOARD PRESIDENT ALEX DEL PIAZ, SUPERINTENDENT DR. MCCARTY VILLAGE, CLERK AND VILLAGE, OUR VILLAGE CLERK ANTHONY TINI AND VILLAGE MANAGER. 
          UH, MARY BETH MURPHY, SCHOOL DISTRICT CLERK, MELISSA DE LEBAR BARRERA, EXCUSE ME. 
          AND ALSO WE THANK ELLEN HENDRICKS, WHO'S NOT HERE. 
          SHE'S THE HEAD OF CONGRESSMAN LATTIMER'S WHITE PLAINS OFFICE, WHO IS TRYING TO HELP US EXTEND OUR CURRENT DRUG FREE COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM, ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WHO ARE THIS HERE THIS EVENING, AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS, UH, WHO ARE HERE. 
          ALSO, THANK YOU TO PRINCIPAL CLAYMAN, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, UM, MANSKY, AND ALSO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT. 
          OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, MANY OF THE GROUPS THAT I MEET WITH THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE HAVE ASKED, WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO AND WHY CAN'T WE WORK MORE WITH THE SCHOOL, SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND HOW CAN WE FIX THAT AND HOW CAN WE WORK, UH, MORE WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S, THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE TAXING AUTHORITIES. 
          THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE ELECTED BODIES. 
          UH, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT WE CAN DO AS FAR AS GOVERNANCE TOGETHER, BUT LINDA AND I MET AT SHORTLY AFTER I BECAME MAYOR, AND WE WERE GOING OVER THE, THE MOST RECENT STUDENT SURVEY OF, OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, I BELIEVE. 
          AND THE THOUGHT CAME TO MY MIND. 
          THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR TWO BOARDS TO GET TOGETHER AND, AND HAVE A JOINT WORK SESSION. 
          UH, AND I THINK THIS IS A MILESTONE OCCASION. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED IN THE VILLAGE. 
          YEAH. 
          WOO WOO. 
          HERE. 
          HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, UH, I THANK ANTHONY, UH, CONSTANTINA, OUR VILLAGE CLERK AND VILLAGE MANAGER, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE FIRST PEOPLE I CALLED JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WAS LEGAL. 
          AND, UH, THEY SAID IT IS LEGAL. 
          AND WE DID OUR RESEARCH, AND THAT'S WHY WE CONDUCTED TWO ROLL CALLS. 
          WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES. 
          UH, OUR TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR UPSTAIRS IS RECORDING THIS. 
          YOU'LL BE SHARING IT TO THE SCHOOL'S, UH, SIDE OF THIS AS WELL FOR POSTING ON YOUR WEBSITE, UM, AFTER THIS IS, UH, COMPLETED. 
          SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT. 
          AFTER THAT, I CONTACTED PRESIDENT, UH, DEL PIAZ AND DR. 
          MCKERTY BOTH AGREED AND LIKED THE IDEA. 
          THEN WE HAD TO SET A DATE. 
          UH, THE DATE, I, I LOOKED AT THE SCHOOL CALENDAR AND I NOTICED YOU, YOU ALL HAVE A LOT MORE MEETINGS THAN WE DO , UH, AND, AND INCLUDING THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          AND ACTUALLY, TONIGHT JUST JUMPED OUT. 
          IT, IT WAS ACTUALLY, I LOOKED, I HAD TO LOOK ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF, UH, JUNE ACTUALLY. 
          AND I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO GO THAT LONG, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, UH, OUR SIDE WAS READY TO PRESENT ON THIS AND THEY WANTED TO PRESENT TO BOTH BOARDS. 
          AND I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET THIS DONE EARLIER. 
          AND ACTUALLY TONIGHT SEEMED TO BE THE ONLY NIGHT THAT, UH, ALL OF YOU AND DR. 
          MERSEY WERE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE. 
          UH, SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT. 
          UH, WITH THAT SAID, THANK YOU TO ALL OF US, UH, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU TO ELLA CHU AND JOAQUIN TOLEDO CHA, FOR NOT ONLY ATTENDING, BUT UH, BUT ALSO PRESENTING WITH PRINCIPAL CLAIMANT. 
          I TURN IT OVER TO PRESIDENT DEL PI. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR DRAKE, UH, I WANNA EXTEND THE THANK YOU AS WELL TO MAYOR DRAKE, TO THE TRUSTEES, JOANNE, LINDA, UH, AND EVERYONE, UH, AND CHIEF DOON AS WELL. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WE WERE GOING TO THE BOND PROCESS LAST YEAR, THERE WAS SO MUCH MATERIAL I WAS LOOKING INTO, AND I REMEMBER I FOUND ONE STUDY BECAUSE I WAS SORT OF CURIOUS AND I, I WAS TRYING TO FIND A STUDY, WHAT WAS THE IMPACT ON A VILLAGE 
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OF A SCHOOL? WHAT WAS THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF IT? AND I FOUND A STUDY THAT SAID THAT WHEN A SCHOOL CAN LEND A VILLAGE, A SENSE OF PLACE, SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST COORDINATES, YOU KNOW, ON THE MAP, THAT THAT HAD AN OUTSIZED EFFECT ON SO MANY THINGS DOWNSTREAM OF THAT. 
          AND IN PARTICULAR CALLED OUT SCHOOLS THAT WERE LOCATED, YOU KNOW, AS A PART OF HOOD OF THE DOWNTOWN, LIKE WE HAVE. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SO THANKFUL THAT WE'RE STARTING THIS PROCESS OF, OF WORKING TOGETHER ON CERTAIN THINGS OR, OR HEARING THINGS TOGETHER BECAUSE, UH, I THINK GOING FORWARD, IT'S GONNA BE A FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT THAT DEFINES THIS TOWN DIFFERENTLY FROM A LOT OF OTHER PLACES. 
          AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT DEFINES A SENSE OF PLACE, BUT I THINK ONE THING THAT'S UNIQUE IN HASTINGS, MY 20 YEARS HERE, IS THAT WE ALL AGREE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          SO I WANNA THANK, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. 
          UM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TONIGHT. 
          I THINK OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE REALLY BEEN LOOKING FORWARD. 
          SO IN CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO, TO COMMENT OR THANK, I JUST WANNA LEAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          WELL, I AM PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS INAUGURAL VENTURE BETWEEN ALL OF US. 
          UM, AND NOT TO GET NERDY ON THE GROUP, BUT ALL THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT STRONG RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE VILLAGE AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOLS MAKES FOR STRONGER OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT. 
          SO IT'S REALLY, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST WONDERFUL AND IT'S A GREAT STEP FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU, CATHERINE. 
          I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. 
          UH, I ALSO HAVE TO THANK OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, DAVID DOEN, UH, LIEUTENANT ROBERT GAGLIARDI, AND, UH, THE, THE TWO OFFICERS WITH THEM THIS EVENING. 
          OFFICERS VAI AND OFFICER MINOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT AND GIVING YOUR TIME. 
          I KNOW, UH, TWO OF YOU ARE ON YOUR OFF TIME, SO THANK YOU. 
          UH, ONE INTERESTING POINT IS DR. 
          SZYMANSKI WORKS PROFESSIONALLY WITH MY WIFE, SO HOPEFULLY I, I LIVE UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS, , AND ALMOST GET TO HER THRESHOLD. 
          AND, UH, I HOPE YOU GIVE HER A GOOD REPORT AFTER WE'RE DONE THIS EVENING. 
          UM, 
          [V. PRESENTATIONS]
I'VE TURNED IT OVER NOW TO JOANNE AND LINDA. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          IS THIS ON? CAN HEAR ME? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I ALSO WANNA THANK MAYOR DRAKE FOR ARRANGING THIS JOINT WORK SESSION OF THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND TRUSTEES. 
          I'M REALLY HONORED THAT THIS IS THE TOPIC THAT HAS BROUGHT YOU TOGETHER TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND I WELCOME EVERYONE PRESENT. 
          MY NAME IS LINDA FAINA AND I'M THE COALITION COORDINATOR OF HASTINGS WAY. 
          I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH JOANNE REED STOKES, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM TO PRESENT THE MOST RECENT RE RESULTS OF THE YOUTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY. 
          SO, I'M PLANNING TO GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES QUICKLY SO WE HAVE AMPLE TIME FOR DISCUSSION. 
          IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON A PARTICULAR SLIDE, I'D BE HAPPY TO GO BACK TO IT AFTER THE PRESENTATION. 
          SO THE HASTINGS WAY CO. 
          OH, THIS IS AWKWARD. 
          OKAY, EVERYONE TURNED AROUND . 
          THE HASTINGS WAY COALITION WAS FORMED IN 2016 AND FIRST RECEIVED A DRUG FREE COMMUNITIES GRANT IN 2018 FOR FIVE YEARS. 
          OUR SECOND AND FINAL FIVE YEAR GRANT AWARD WAS AWARDED IN 2023. 
          SO AS MAYOR DRAKE SAID, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN YEAR EIGHT, AND OUR FUNDING WILL END IN YEAR 10, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER OF 2028. 
          UM, AND THAT IS THE WAY WE ARE PLANNING. 
          THERE IS A PROPOSAL OUT THERE TO POTENTIALLY EXTEND FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, BUT WE ARE NOT COUNTING ON THAT, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF THAT COMES THROUGH. 
          SO ALL DRUG FREE COMMUNITY GRANTEES ARE REQUIRED TO COLLECT STUDENT DATA EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          AND THIS WAS OUR FIFTH DATA COLLECTION. 
          THE SURVEY INSTRUMENT WE USED, WE'VE USED THE SAME SURVEY OVER ALL FIVE ADMINISTRATIONS, AND STUDENT STUDENTS TOOK IT ELECTRONICALLY ON THEIR CHROMEBOOKS, UM, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE COVID. 
          AND WE'LL BE COMPARING OUR DATA TO NATIONAL DATA. 
          AND THAT IS COLLECTED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRUG ABUSE. 
          IT'S A VERY LONG STANDING SURVEY, SURVEYS THE SAME GRADES THAT WE SURVEY, UM, IN HASTINGS, EIGHTH, 10TH, AND 12TH GRADERS. 
          AND WE'LL ALSO BE COMPARING  TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY DATA, AND THAT'S FROM 16 SCHOOLS THAT SURVEYED IN THE 20 24, 20 25 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO IT'S A, IT'S ONE YEAR, UM, BEHIND WHAT OUR DATA IS, BUT IT IS THE CLOSEST WE HAVE TO JUST COMPARE TO OUR COUNTY, UH, COUNTERPARTS. 
          SO PARTICIPATION RATES OVER 60% ALLOW FOR RELIABLE RESULTS. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL GRADES WERE ABOVE 60, AND IN FACT, THE EIGHTH GRADERS WERE A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          UM, THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THE SURVEY ON HALLOWEEN, WHICH MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT , BUT WE HAD GREAT 
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PARTICIPATION IN EIGHTH GRADE. 
          SO THIS ACTUAL, THIS SLIDE IS MY FAVORITE ONE THIS YEAR. 
          UM, IT SHOWS GREAT REDUCTIONS ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          ALCOHOL IS THE SUBSTANCE THAT'S MOST USED BY YOUTH IN HASTINGS, FOLLOWED BY MARIJUANA AND E-CIGARETTES. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE REALLY NICE REDUCTIONS EVERY YEAR FROM THE HIGHEST POINT IN 2019. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE, UM, IN THAT BOTTOM LINE CIGARETTE USE THAT IS NOW EQUIVALENT TO E-CIGARETTE USE, WHICH HAS OBVIOUSLY DECREASED DRAMATICALLY SINCE ITS ITS HEIGHT IN 2019. 
          SO THIS NEXT SLIDE IS JUST THE SAME ALCOHOL LINE FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, AND IT'S COMPARED AGAINST BINGE DRINKING. 
          SO BINGE DRINKING IS DEFINED AS HAVING FIVE OR MORE DRINKS IN A ROW WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. 
          UM, AND IT'S THE MOST ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH RISK IN 2023. 
          BINGE DRINKING WAS 28% OF THOSE WHO REPORTED PAST 30 DAY DRINKING. 
          SO ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF YOUTH REPORTING DRINKING THAT YELLOW LINE HAS DECREASED, THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WHO BINGE DRINK HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED BECAUSE IT'S FROM A SMALLER GROUP OF, OF STUDENTS TO 44%. 
          SO THE NEXT GROUP OF SLIDES WILL LOOK AT EACH SUBSTANCE BY GRADE IN MORE DETAIL. 
          SO FIRST WE'LL LOOK AT ALCOHOL, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ALCOHOL USE HAS DECREASED IN ALL GRADES. 
          AND FOR 10TH AND 12TH GRADERS, ALCOHOL USE IS LESS THAN HALF OF THE HIGHEST RATES REPORTED IN 2017 AND 2019. 
          AND SO THE, THE SLIDES WILL ALL BE SIMILAR FOR EACH SUBSTANCE. 
          WE'LL LOOK AT THE TRENDS OVER TIME. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE COMPARES OUR CURRENT USE TO THE COUNTY AND NATIONAL LEVELS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, ALCOHOL USE INCREASES AS STUDENTS AGE, AND OUR RATES ARE HIGHER THAN NATIONAL, BUT SIMILAR TO COUNTY RATES, WHICH IS IN THE, THE ONE THAT'S IN BROWN, WERE IN PURPLE. 
          AND, UM, NATIONAL IS IN YELLOW. 
          BINGE DRINKING LA RATES ARE VERY LOW IN EIGHTH GRADE AND HELD STEADY IN 10TH AND 12TH. 
          BUT AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED, ALTHOUGH THE RATES HAVE HELD STEADY OR INCREASED ONLY SLIGHTLY DUE TO THE DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF KIDS REPORTING ALCOHOL YOUTH USE, THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE BINGE DRINKING IS MUCH HIGHER FOR SENIORS. 
          HALF OF THOSE REPORTING ANY ALCOHOL USE REPORT, BINGE DRINKING AND COMPARING, UM, TO THE RATES OF NATIONAL AND COUNTY, WE ARE HIGHER THAN NATIONAL, BUT VERY SIMILAR TO COUNTY RATES. 
          AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO MARIJUANA. 
          MARIJUANA USE HAS DECREASED IN ALL GRADES AND USE IS AT ITS LOWEST POINT IN ALL GRADES SINCE WE BEGAN DOING THESE SURVEYS. 
          EIGHTH GRADERS REPORT, NO MARIJUANA USE, BUT 10TH AND 12TH GRADERS ARE ABOVE BOTH NATIONAL AND COUNTY RATES. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH OUR RATES HAVE BEEN DECREASING YEAR BY YEAR, WE'RE STILL HIGHER THAN COUNTY COUNTERPARTS. 
          OKAY, MOVING ON TO E-CIGARETTES. 
          E-CIGARETTE RATES HAVE DECREASED DRAMATICALLY SINCE THEIR HIGHEST LEVELS IN 2019. 
          AND THEN, UM, MEASURED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. 
          WE ALSO, UM, ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT NICOTINE POUCHES. 
          THAT'S A NEW SUBSTANCE THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS BEING TOUTED, HAVING HEALTH EFFECTS, ESPECIALLY FOR ATHLETES. 
          AND WE, WE LEARNED THAT THE RATES ARE VERY SIMILAR TO E-CIGARETTES. 
          THE SMALL COHORT OF STUDENTS, IT'S ABOUT 16, THAT REPORT USING TECH TOBACCO PRODUCTS, IT'S ALL RELATED. 
          SO MANY OF THAT GROUP ARE USING CIGARETTES, E-CIGARETTES AND NICOTINE POUCHES. 
          AND COMPARING TO NATIONAL AND COUNTY, ALL GRADES REPORT USE RATES BELOW BOTH COUNTY AND NATIONAL RATES. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY A, UM, A REMARKABLE FINDING. 
          CIGARETTE RATES HAVE INCREASED IN 10TH AND 12TH GRADE, AND ALTHOUGH THE RATES HAVE INCREASED, THIS STILL ONLY REPRESENTS 10 STUDENTS IN 12TH GRADE AND HALF OF THOSE WHO REPORT USE REPORT USING ONLY ON ONE OR TWO OCCASIONS IN THE PAST 30 DAYS. 
          SO IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THOUGH, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT SHOWS AN INCREASE, UM, IT'S STILL A CONCERN AND I DO BELIEVE IT'S ALL RELATED TO THE NICOTINE DEPENDENCE, UM, BETWEEN VAPING AND THE POUCHES. 
          AND I THINK WHEN YOU'RE DEPENDENT ON NICOTINE, YOU'LL TRY ANYTHING TO GET IT. 
          EIGHTH GRADERS REPORT SIMILAR RATES AS COUNTY AND NATIONAL, AND 10TH AND 12TH GRADERS ARE HIGHER THAN BOTH COUNTY AND NATIONAL RATES FOR CIGARETTE USE. 
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SO PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE CONTAMINATED DRUG SUPPLY AND THE REALLY, UM, SCARY POSSIBILITIES FOR OVERDOSE, UH, WITH FENTANYL OUT THERE. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT NO STUDENTS IN EIGHTH OR 10TH GRADE REPORTED PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE. 
          AND ONLY ONE STUDENT IN GRADE 12 SAID THEY USED PRESCRIPTION STIMULANTS THAT WERE NOT PRESCRIBED TO THEM. 
          WE ARE LOWER COMPARED TO THE COUNTY AND THE NATIONAL SURVEY, WHICH ONLY ASKS 12TH GRADERS ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE. 
          SO THESE NEXT SLIDES, THIS IS ABOUT PERCEPTION OF RISK AND WE ASK THIS, UM, IT'S MEASURED BECAUSE WHEN STUDENTS THINK OF BEHAVIOR IS LESS RISKY, THEY ARE MORE INCLINED TO ENGAGE IN IT. 
          SO IDEALLY WE WANNA SEE REALLY HIGH LEVELS FOR THESE QUESTIONS, WHICH WE DO FOR ALL BUT MARIJUANA IN 10TH AND 12TH GRADE. 
          AND I WILL POINT OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THE PERCEPTION OF RISK FOR MARIJUANA, EXCUSE ME, MARIJUANA IS LOW IN 12TH GRADE, IT HAS INCREASED FROM THE LAST TIME WE SURVEYED IN 2023 WHEN IT WAS ONLY 29% FOR SENIORS. 
          AND IT'S NOW 46%. 
          SO IT IS GOING UP EVEN THOUGH IT'S LOWER THAN MOST OTHER SUBSTANCES. 
          ALMOST ALL HASTING STUDENTS PERCEIVE THEIR PARENTS AS DISAPPROVING OF THEIR USE OF SUBSTANCES. 
          ALTHOUGH 12TH GRADERS PERCEPTION OF PARENTAL DISAPPROVAL IS OF MARIJUANA IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN OTHER SUBSTANCES, BUT IT'S STILL VERY HIGH AND OVER 80%. 
          SO THAT'S POSITIVE TO SEE THAT, UM, MOST STUDENTS BELIEVE THEIR PARENTS WOULD NOT APPROVE OF THEM USING, MOST STUDENTS FEEL THEIR FRIENDS WOULD DISAPPROVE OF ANY SUBSTANCE USE. 
          ALTHOUGH IN 12TH GRADE, THE PERCENTAGES ARE LOWER FOR CIGARETTES, E-CIGARETTES, AND HALF OF SENIORS DON'T FEEL THEIR FRIENDS WOULD DISAPPROVE OF THEIR USE OF MARIJUANA. 
          HOWEVER, AGAIN, BOTH 10TH AND 12TH GRADERS INCREASED THIS PERCEPTION OF RISK FROM 2023 FOR 10TH GRADERS. 
          IT LAST IN 2023, WHEN WE LAST SURVEYED, IT WAS 67% AND NOW IT'S 83. 
          SO THAT'S A VERY LARGE INCREASE. 
          AND FOR SENIORS IT WAS 39% AND NOW IT'S 49. 
          SO IT IS TRENDING IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION. 
          SO THE NEXT TWO SLIDES SHOW ONLY FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO REPORT USE OF SUBSTANCES. 
          IT'S ASKED HOW, UH, WHERE THEY USE THEM AND HOW THEY OBTAIN THEM. 
          SO WE INCLUDED THIS SLIDE BECAUSE WE JUST WANT TO REINFORCE THE FACT THAT IT IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE REPORTING USE. 
          SO IT'S JUST THE PERCENTAGES IN YELLOW. 
          AND THAT'LL BE HIGHLIGHTED AGAIN ON THE NEXT TWO SLIDES. 
          SO THIS FIRST ONE, UM, WHICH HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, SO WE'LL GO A LITTLE BIT SLOWER ON THIS ONE, BUT THIS WAS WHERE STUDENTS USE. 
          SO THEY WERE ASKED DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, DID YOU DRINK ALCOHOL, USE MARIJUANA OR VAPE IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PLACES? AND YOU CAN SEE STUDENTS COULD CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA ALL ADD UP TO THE SAMPLE SIZE. 
          UM, BUT THE TOP THREE ARE THE SAME FOR ALL SUBSTANCES IN A HOME WITH NO PR, NO PERMISSION IN AN OPEN AREA AND IN ANOTHER PLACE. 
          UM, SO THE OTHER INFORMATION ON THIS LIST THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT IS SOME OF OUR CONCERNS. 
          UM, ALCOHOL USE AT HOME WITH PARENTS' PERMISSION IN 2025 WAS 32 STUDENTS. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY THE FOURTH MOST FREQUENT LOCATION. 
          AND ALTHOUGH THAT'S CONCERNING, IT IS A MUCH LOWER NUMBER THAN IN 2023 WHEN THAT WAS 84. 
          SO IT HAS GONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE LAST LINE SCHOOL DURING THE DAY WAS ZERO FOR ALCOHOL, FOR MARIJUANA AT SCHOOL DURING THE DAY WAS FOR YOUTH. 
          AND AGAIN, IN 2023 IT WAS 15. 
          SO THAT'S GONE DOWN REALLY DRAMATICALLY. 
          UM, AND THEN JUST TO ALSO HOP BACK UP TO THAT AT HOME WITH PARENT PERMISSION, ONLY TWO STUDENTS REPORTED USING MARIJUANA AT HOME WITH PARENTS' PERMISSION. 
          SO THAT WAS ALSO POSITIVE TO SEE ALSO, ALTHOUGH OF COURSE WE'D LOVE IT TO BE ZERO. 
          AND FOR VAPING AT SCHOOL DURING THE DAY, IT WAS NINE STUDENTS. 
          AND IN 2023 IT WAS 16. 
          SO AGAIN, EVERYTHING TRENDING THE WAY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT WHERE STUDENTS OBTAIN AND WHERE THEY'VE ACCESS SUBSTANCES. 
          AND AGAIN, FOR ALL THREE ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA AND VAPING, THE TOP TWO PLACES ARE THE SAME AT A PARTY OR FROM SOMEONE UNDER THE AGE OF 21. 
          UM, AT HOME WITH MY PARENTS', PERMISSION IS ONLY A CONCERN FOR ALCOHOL. 
          THE NUMBERS FOR MARIJUANA AND VAPING ARE EITHER ZERO 
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OR ONE. 
          AND, UM, WAIT A MINUTE, AM I JUMPING ON THE WRONG PLACE? NO, I'M SORRY. 
          I GOT MYSELF MIXED UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, OKAY, SO ALCOHOL FROM HOME WITH MY PARENTS' PERMISSION LIST, 35 STUDENTS. 
          AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT IN 2023 IT WAS 50. 
          THE OTHER, UH, LINE THAT I FIND IS INTERESTING IS BOUGHT FROM A STORE, WHICH IS 26 STUDENTS. 
          AND THAT WAS ABOUT THE SAME IN 2023. 
          AND ALSO FOR MARIJUANA, BOUGHT FROM A STORE WAS 13 YOUTH. 
          AND IN 2023 IT WAS 19. 
          SO PRETTY SIMILAR. 
          SO IN CONCLUSION, I'M GONNA READ THESE, UM, ONE AT A TIME JUST BECAUSE I THINK THAT THESE STRENGTHS ARE JUST REALLY, UM, AMAZING. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER. 
          YOU, WE CAN PUT 'EM ALL UP THERE. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          . 
          UM, SO ALCOHOL USE RATES HAVE DECREASED IN ALL GRADES SINCE 2023. 
          AND FOR 10TH AND 12TH GRADERS, IT'S LESS THAN HALF OF THE HIGHEST RATES FOUND IN 2017 AND 2019. 
          MARIJUANA USE DECREASED IN ALL GRADES. 
          E-CIGARETTE USE DECREASED IN ALL GRADES AND IS LOWER THAN COUNTY RATES. 
          FOR 12TH GRADE 12TH GRADERS, THIS REDUCTION IS DRAMATIC. 
          89% EIGHTH GRADERS REPORT NO USE OF MARIJUANA OR E-CIGARETTES. 
          NO STUDENTS IN EIGHTH OR 10TH GRADE REPORT PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE. 
          AND THE 12TH GRADE RATE IS VERY LOW. 
          AND MOST STUDENTS THINK THEIR PARENTS WOULD DISAPPROVE OF THEM USING ANY SUBSTANCE. 
          AND DESPITE THOSE SUCCESSES, THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON AND ADDRESS. 
          ALTHOUGH THE RATES OF ALCOHOL USE HAVE DECREASED, THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WHO BINGE DRINK HAS INCREASED. 
          AND FOR SENIORS, HALF OF THOSE WHO REPORT DRINKING BINGE DRINK. 
          SO THAT'S AN AREA WE'D LIKE TO WORK ON. 
          MARIJUANA USE IN 10TH AND 12TH GRADE EXCEEDS COUNTY AVERAGES. 
          CIGARETTE USE RATES HAVE INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN 10TH AND 12TH GRADE AND EXCEED THE COUNTY AVERAGES. 
          ALMOST HALF OF 12TH GRADE STUDENTS DO NOT PERCEIVE MARIJUANA USE AS HARMFUL AND DO NOT BELIEVE THEIR FRIENDS WOULD DISAPPROVE OF THEIR USING IT. 
          AND ALTHOUGH THE PERCENTAGE HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 2023 BY 62%, STUDENTS STILL REPORT OBTAINING AND DRINKING ALCOHOL AT HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS' PERMISSION. 
          AND ALTHOUGH NO STUDENTS REPORT ALCOHOL USE AT SCHOOL, A SMALL NUMBER OF FOUR TO NINE STUDENTS REPORT USING MARIJUANA AND E-CIGARETTES AT SCHOOL DURING THE DAY. 
          AND AGAIN, BOTH OF THESE NUMBERS ARE MUCH LOWER THAN THEY WERE IN 2023. 
          AND THEN I'M GONNA ZIP THROUGH THESE QUICKLY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE CURRENT PREVENTION STRATEGIES THAT THE COALITION USES. 
          WE RAISE AWARENESS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND MEDIA CAMPAIGNS. 
          AND OUR TEXT MESSAGING PARENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS, UM, A PROGRAM PARENTS OF, UH, ROGATE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL CAN SIGN UP TO RECEIVE MESSAGES DIRECTLY ON THEIR PHONE ABOUT ONCE A WEEK. 
          AND WE CITE THESE STATISTICS AND GIVE THEM AREAS TO TALK ABOUT WITH THEIR STUDENTS TO TRY TO JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, REACH THEM IN ANOTHER WAY MORE DIRECT WAY. 
          WE REDUCE AVAILABILITY OF SUBSTANCES AND PROMOTE SAFE DISPOSAL. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO WORK WITH THE POLICE THIS PAST SATURDAY DUE TO DO A COMMUNITY SAFETY DAY. 
          IT WAS RAINED OUT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO RESCHEDULE IT FOR SPRING FLING. 
          WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR HEALTHY CHOICES AND WE PROMOTE YOUTH LEADERSHIP BY SUPPORTING THE SAG CLUB. 
          MOST RECENTLY FIVE STUDENTS AND, AND THEIR, UM, INSTRUCTOR EMILY KEHO AND GENITO, WHO IS OUR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST. 
          WE ALL WENT TO A YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE THAT WAS REALLY AMAZING ON MARCH 10TH. 
          AND THEN THIS LAST IS THE FINAL SLIDE, AND I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, WHOOP, THERE WE GO. 
          WE'RE TOGETHER. 
          . 
          THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, OUR PLANNED PREVENTION STRATEGIES, AND I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY WANNA CONTINUE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE ISSUE OF THESE SUBSTANCE USE AND HASTINGS AND EXPLORE SOME SUSTAINABILITY IDEAS. 
          SINCE WE ARE WORKING TO POSSIBLY ONLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ONLY TWO MORE YEARS OF FUNDING, WE WOULD LOVE TO PLAN FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THIS DATA COLLECTION. 
          IT DOES NOT TAKE A LOT OF MONEY TO DO THIS SURVEY, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TRACKING. 
          EVEN IF, SADLY IF THE COALITION IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE, I'D LOVE TO COME UP WITH A STRATEGY FOR THAT. 
          WE'D LIKE TO CELEBRATE THE DECREASES IN YOUTH USE RATES AND PROMOTE ACCURATE PERCEPTIONS TO ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS. 
          SO ONE OF THE, UM, WAYS THE, THE NEWER WAYS OF TRYING TO, UH, PROMOTE GIVE YOUTH ANOTHER IDEA OF, UM, 
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YOU KNOW, THEY TEND TO MISINTERPRET THAT EVERYBODY IS USING. 
          SO IF WE COULD DO AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN USING THESE NUMBERS TO SHOW HOW MANY KIDS ARE ACTUALLY REPORTING USE IT, THE SCIENCE SAYS THAT, THAT WILL HELP THEM TO THINK, OKAY, I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE TO BE PART OF THE CROWD 'CAUSE THIS IS NOT THE CROWD. 
          WE'D LOVE TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE PARENTS' PERCEPTION OF THE RISK OF HARM OF ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA. 
          ENCOURAGE NO USE FAMILY POLICIES BY CONTINUING WITH PRESENTATIONS. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BRING THE TEENAGER'S ELEMENTARY EDITION TO THEM BY THE END OF, UM, THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN START YOUNG. 
          I'D LOVE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS TO OUR TEXT MESSAGING PROGRAM, AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT, UM, SOME OTHER PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT HELP INCREASE PARENTS' PERCEPTION OF RISK. 
          AND THEN FINALLY TO ENCOURAGE HEALTHY ALTERNATIVE STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOP YOUTH LEADERSHIP EXPANDING THE SAD CLUB. 
          IT'S KIND OF IN A REBUILDING PHASE THIS YEAR WITH A NEW, UM, CLUB LEADER. 
          AND, UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE AND I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE 
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OR WHATEVER THE NEXT PART OF OUR AGENDA MIGHT BE. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL, LIN? CHELSEA WEINSTEIN? I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          UM, IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE SO MANY OF THOSE NUMBERS TRENDING DOWN. 
          UM, WHICH I, WHICH I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THE ROOM IS EXCELLENT NEWS. 
          UM, THE COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I HAD WAS, I SAW THAT, UM, CHESTER COUNTY IS, IS HIGHER ON AVERAGE FOR, FOR USE THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. 
          BUT I'M CURIOUS, I'M IMAGINING IT'S BECAUSE OF LAWS OR CULTURAL PERHAPS, BUT, UM, HOW DO WE COMPARE RELATIVE TO OTHER COUNTIES IN THE STATE? YOU KNOW, UPSTATE DOWNSTATE, I UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT HAVE THAT DATA. 
          I CAN TRY TO FIND OUT, BUT I HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN USE DATA FROM OTHER COUNTIES. 
          I THINK THAT WE'RE SOMEWHAT UNIQUE. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, I SHOULD CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BEING AS OPEN WITH THIS DATA AS THE VILLAGE IS. 
          NOT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AS OPEN WITH THIS DATA AND, AND SOME DO NOT PRESENT IT PUBLICLY. 
          SO, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A VERY, VERY STRONG CONCERN ABOUT COMPARING ONE DISTRICT TO THE OTHER. 
          I MEAN, WE WANT TO REALLY COMPARE OURSELVES TO OURSELVES AND SEE INCREASES, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S, UM, JUST NATURAL TO WANNA COMPARE YOURSELF TO AT LEAST YOUR COUNTY. 
          AND WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION, STUDENT ASSISTANCE SERVICES, AND WE'RE ALSO VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF DRUG FREE COMMUNITIES PROGRAMS WITHIN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, AND THEY'RE REQUIRED TO SURVEY. 
          SO WE HAVE DATA THAT WE CAN AGGREGATE. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW THAT MANY OTHER COUNTIES HAVE ENOUGH TO DO THAT. 
          AND IF THEY DO, THEY, I DON'T THINK THEY ARE DOING IT. 
          AND IF THEY ARE DOING IT, THEY'RE NOT PUBLICIZING IT TO US. 
          SO UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER. 
          BUT JUST IN GENERAL, THE NORTHEAST IS A HIGHER, IT'S JUST A HIGHER LEVEL OF SUBSTANCE USE THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS WHY WE LIKE TO HAVE THAT COUNTY RATE, BECAUSE IF WE JUST COMPARE OURSELVES TO NATIONAL, WE'RE GONNA BE HIGHER IN EVERYTHING. 
          IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, I MIGHT SUGGEST, AND WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO RESPOND AND GIVE YOU THE INSIDE VIEW WHEN YOU'RE READY. 
          JUST WANNA MAKE SURE 'CAUSE THEY PREPARED. 
          BUT I, WHAT'S VERY STRONG HERE IS YOU, WE HAVE LONGITUDINAL DATA. 
          SO I THINK THE WITHIN COMPARISONS ARE INCREDIBLY SOLID, GIVEN THAT 95% OF OUR SENIORS WERE HERE AS KINDERGARTNERS, AND NOW WE HAVE MULTIPLE YEARS. 
          I, I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY IT RELATES TO THE OTHER PLACES, BUT IT'S VERY SOLID LOOK WITHIN, UM, JUST 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF SELF-SELECTIVE WHO'S PARTICIPATING WHEN YOU LOOK AT WESTCHESTER AND EVEN NEW YORK STATE. 
          BUT THE WITHIN IS VERY POWERFUL NOW WITH THESE MULTIPLE YEARS AND SUCH A HIGH PERCENT RATE AND SUCH CONTINUITY AMONGST THOSE STUDENTS TAKING, I WAS VERY TEMPTED TO ASK HOW WE DID, UH, VERSUS DOS FERRY, BUT I, I DIDN'T, BUT JUST I'M INTERESTED IN JUST WONDERING, UH, IF, IF YOU HAVE THE DATA, HOW MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES IN OUR COUNTY ARE PART OF THE WAY COALITION? LIKE HOW MANY ARE STILL ON THAT GRANT PROGRAM? OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          WE HAVE, UM, I'M GONNA SAY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, ABOUT 12, YOU KNOW, 12 TO 15, WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION CALLED NO TO PREVENT WHERE, UM, A BUNCH OF, A BUNCH, AT LEAST 10, UM, COALITIONS CAME TOGETHER DURING COVID AND, UH, MERGED, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR EFFORTS, AND WE STILL DO THIS, WE PUT ON WEBINARS, UM, IN FACT WE HAD ONE TODAY WITH BERTHA MADRAS WHO TALKED ABOUT THE NEW YORK STATE'S, UM, LATEST, UH, THOUGHT IS TO LEGALIZE PSYCHEDELICS. 
          AND, AND THAT'S A HOT TOPIC THAT PRESIDENT JUST SAID, AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. 
          AND SO, UM, 
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BUT IN ANY EVENT, I KNOW WE MEET MONTHLY UNDER THE WESTCHESTER COALITION, SO I WOULD GUESS WE'RE IN THAT RANGE OF, I HAVE TO COUNT, BUT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, I KNOW IF YOU KNOW ANY, BUT AROUND THAT, I'D SAY JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I'M BEING TOLD BY OUR IT DIRECTOR, SOMEBODY'S CELL PHONE MAY BE CLOSE TO A MICROPHONE IF THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING OUR FEEDBACK. 
          IF YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE BEEN MINE BACKING YOUR CELL PHONE. 
          DO I, UH, GO AHEAD. 
          SORRY. 
          I KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION. 
          I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE, THE PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE STRATEGIES THAT YOU HAD ON THE SCREEN A FEW MINUTES AGO. 
          IF THE CHANGE IN FUNDING WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THOSE PROGRAMS. YOU HEAR THE QUESTION ABSOLUTELY . 
          THEY EXIST. 
          I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT WE DO, THE WAY THAT THE COALITION WORKS IS WE REALLY ONLY HAVE ME AS A PAID STAFF AND OUR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST. 
          UM, AND EVERYONE ELSE IS VOLUNTEER. 
          WE WORK, THE IDEA OF A COALITION IS TO TAKE 12 SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ALL HAVE A, A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS TOPIC. 
          SO IT'S THE SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENT AND PARENTS AND YOUTH, AND THERE'S 12 RELIGIOUS SECTORS. 
          SO ALMOST EVERYONE THAT WORKS WITH US IS VOLUNTEER. 
          BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY HARD TO LEAD THIS EFFORT WITHOUT A PAID EMPLOYEE AND MM-HMM . 
          YOU KNOW, SO I'M JUST BEING HONEST WITH YOU, , I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE CONTINUE, BUT IN ADDITION TO THE COALITION, WE HAVE THE YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM, WHICH IN, IN OF ITSELF IS A PREVENTION PROGRAM. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO MYSELF, I AM A CERTIFIED PROFESSION PREVENTION PROFESSIONAL, SO I'M ABLE TO LEAD CURRICULUM. 
          I'M ABLE TO, UM, WORK WITH, UM, WITH ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES AND RESPOND TO ISSUES AS THEY COME UP. 
          AND THAT'S HOW THE COALITION WAS BORN. 
          IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO WHAT WE WERE SEEING HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY ANECDOTALLY. 
          PERFECT. 
          DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A PROJECTION FOR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN OR, UM, ANY KIND OF DATA THAT WILL, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE, IF THOSE PROGRAMS WERE TO THE OTHER PROGRAMS WERE TO GO AWAY OR TO BE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY? OR IS THAT, DO THE, DO THE, DO YOU THINK THE RESULTS WILL REVERT BACK TO 2019? I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING MEETINGS LIKE THIS MM-HMM . 
          BECAUSE WE KEEP IT IN THE FOREFRONT AND, AND CONTINUE TO FOSTER THOSE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AND ENGAGEMENTS. 
          AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF THIS THAT CAN BE PICKED UP EITHER BY THE VILLAGE, THROUGH THE YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM OR THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SOMEBODY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD HAD A QUESTION. 
          JODY TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, I THINK, AND I WANNA CONGRATULATE, I MEAN, THIS IS WONDERFUL AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THIS DATA, UM, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT AND TALK ABOUT IT, LIKE HOW DO YOU BOTH UNDERSTAND THIS? HOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE DECREASE? WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE VARIABLES, THINGS SPECIFICALLY? I MEAN, I'LL SAY THAT IT'S NOT US ALONE THAT IS SEEING DECREASES. 
          THIS IS, UH, A NATIONWIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANCE USE RATES ARE DECREASING. 
          I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PARENTS HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME THINKING THAT THEIR KIDS ARE MAKING THESE REALLY HEALTHY CHOICES, BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT THE SITUATION WHEN WE WERE YOUNG. 
          AND SO IF YOU LOOK, THERE ARE GRAPHS THAT SHOW WHAT YOUTH, WELL, I'M OLDER THAN MANY OF YOU , BUT IF THEN THE NUMBERS JUST KEEP, WELL, THEY WERE VERY LOW. 
          THERE WERE VERY FEW KIDS THAT WEREN'T CHOOSING NOT TO USE SUBSTANCES WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND THAT NUMBER HAS DECREASED STEADILY. 
          SO, UM, I THINK KIDS ARE JUST MAKING REALLY GOOD DECISIONS AND I HOPE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THOSE CHOICES BY SPEAKING ABOUT THE RISKS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING USE AND, AND NOT USE AND, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. 
          JOAN, IF ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT DURING LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO DO FOCUS GROUPS WITH, UM, HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS. 
          WAS IT, I'M NOT SURE IT WAS WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
          UM, THEIR BIGGEST REPORT WAS THAT THEY TALK TO THEIR PARENTS. 
          THEY ARE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR PARENTS. 
          SO I THINK THAT THAT'S ALSO PLAYS A, A, A ROLE IN IT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE FOCUS SO MUCH ON PARENT EDUCATION. 
          SO IF PARENTS HAVE GOOD EDUCATION, THEY CAN PASS ON TO THEIR CHILDREN. 
          JODY, IF I MIGHT TRY AND USE, BECAUSE A GROUP LOOKED AT THE DATA WITH LINDA AND ALL, WE HAD ADMINISTRATORS LOOK AT IT, THEN WE DID OUR OWN STUDENT FOCUS GROUP, AND THEN YOU GOT STUDENT LEADERS HERE WITH MR. KLA TO KIND OF SPEAK TO IT. 
          SO WHENEVER YOU'RE READY FOR THAT, THAT MAY KIND OF HELP GIVE YOU THE INSIDE VIEW. 
          A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS GREAT. 
          UH, BECAUSE THEY, THEY PRESENTED IN THEIR WRITING. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'LL BE VERBAL AS OPPOSED ON THE SCREEN. 
          NO, FOR SURE. 
          BUT WHEN YOU'RE READY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PRINCIPAL ANDY KLEIMAN. 
          UM, I, 
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YOU KNOW, TO GIVE SORT OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND VIEW, AND I HAVE TO SAY I SEE HIM EVERY MORNING, YOU KNOW, RAIN OR SHINE OR WINTER GREETING THE STUDENTS BY NAME AT THE FRONT DOOR. 
          SO I, I THINK HE HAS SOME AUTHORITATIVE VIEWS TO GIVE US. 
          SO WELCOME PRINCIPAL, CLAIMANT. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK, UH, THANK MAYOR DRAKE FOR, FOR HOSTING THIS, UH, IN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR, UH, THIS JOINT SESSION. 
          UM, THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH. 
          UM, AND AS, AS AN EDUCATOR, UM, IT'S THE PRECONDITION FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN OUR BUILDING, RIGHT? THE, THE HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH. 
          UH, IF THAT IS NOT IN, IN GOOD STANDING, UH, NONE OF THE REST OF THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH CAN, IS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, AND I ALSO, UH, WANT TO THANK, UH, LINDA AND JOANNE, UH, BOTH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE ONGOING PARTNERSHIP. 
          UM, THEY, UH, DO A TREMENDOUS JOB, UM, BOTH, UH, WITH THE SAD CLUB, UH, AS KIND OF THE, THE LEAD, UH, ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE SCHOOL, UM, BUT ALSO WITH SOME OF THE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING THAT, THAT THEY HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER. 
          UM, SO, UH, I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS, UH, A LITTLE BIT SHORT AND SWEET, UH, BECAUSE, UH, WE CAN HEAR DIRECTLY FROM OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE EVEN CLOSER TO THIS, THIS DATA THAN I AM. 
          UM, BUT, UH, BROADLY SPEAKING, WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED. 
          UH, SPECIFICALLY THE BROAD DECLINES IN USAGE, UH, WITH ALL SUBSTANCES IS REALLY SOMETHING TO HIGHLIGHT. 
          UM, AND SPECIFICALLY THE DECLINES IN USAGE ON THE CAMPUS ITSELF. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WHEN THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE STUDENTS ENTER A BATHROOM, UH, AND IT SMELLS LIKE MARIJUANA OR IT SMELLS LIKE VAPING, UM, THAT IS REALLY DETRIMENTAL TO A SCHOOL COMMUNITY, UH, IT DOES A COUPLE THINGS. 
          ONE IS IT MEANS THAT STUDENTS WHO WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH SUBSTANCES, UH, ARE SCARED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A SAFE SPACE. 
          UH, IT MEANS THAT STUDENTS AT A YOUNGER AGE, IN NINTH GRADE OR 10TH GRADE ARE BEING EXPOSED TO A QUOTE UNQUOTE COOL BEHAVIOR OF 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS. 
          AND THEY MIGHT, IT, IT BEGINS TO NORMALIZE THAT. 
          UM, SO TO HAVE DECLINES IN USAGE IN SCHOOL ITSELF REALLY HELPS TO NORMALIZE THE IDEA THAT IT'S ACTUALLY USAGE IS MUCH LESS THAN STUDENTS MIGHT PERCEIVE. 
          UM, UH, THE, A COUPLE JUST PIECES THAT WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON, UH, THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCERNING ARE AROUND THE BINGE DRINKING SPECIFICALLY, RIGHT? WE HAVE DECREASES IN THE OVERALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE DRINKING, BUT CONSISTENT, UH, LEVELS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE BINGE DRINKING. 
          UM, WHICH MEANS THAT, I MEAN, THE BINGE DRINKING IS THE BEHAVIOR THAT IS, THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, RIGHT? AND THAT'S THE BEHAVIOR THAT LANDS STUDENTS IN THE HOSPITAL. 
          THAT'S THE, THAT'S GATEWAY TO OTHER PIECES. 
          UM, AND SO WE, UH, WE SEE THAT AND WE'VE GOT EYES WIDE OPEN AROUND THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN THE HIGHER MARIJUANA USAGE THAN THE REST OF OUR, UH, COUNTING COUNTERPARTS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE HAVE EYES WIDE OPEN WITH, UM, WITH ALL SURVEYS. 
          WE'VE GOT MORE QUESTIONS THAN WE HAVE ANSWERS COMING FROM IT. 
          BUT THE SURVEYS GIVE US REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS TO ASK, UM, SOME OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY COME UP. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT THE, THE KIND OF TWO KEY PIECES THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON HERE NOW ARE THE WHY WE'RE SEEING PATTERNS AND TRENDS, WHAT UNDERSCORES THEM. 
          UH, SOME PIECES, UM, MIGHT BE VERY MUCH, UH, SOME PIECES ARE VERY MUCH RELATED TO EXACTLY WHAT LINDA AND JOANNE HIGHLIGHTED AROUND, UH, THE CONVERSATIONS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH PARENTS, UH, OF ROBUST HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM. 
          UM, WE HAVE WONDERINGS ABOUT THE, THE USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THAT THOSE, UH, THAT AS A SOCIALIZATION MECHANISM MIGHT BE REPLACING IN PERSON SOCIALIZATION AND THE, THE ROLE THAT SUBSTANCES MIGHT BE PLAYING THERE. 
          SO, UH, AGAIN, A LOT MORE QUESTIONS OF, WE'RE SEEING PATTERNS AND TRENDS, AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO DIG INTO THE WHY, UM, SO THAT WE CAN BUILD ON THE SUCCESSES AND REPLICATE THEM FURTHER. 
          UM, AND THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS THE NOW WHAT, RIGHT? AND THE NOW WHAT PART OF THAT IS TO GET DEEPER WITH THE WHY THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS, STUDENT FOCUS GROUPS. 
          UH, THIS DATA THAT YOU SAW TODAY 
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IS HOT OFF THE PRESSES. 
          UM, UH, LINDA AND JOANNE PRESENTED US TO US, UH, TWO, THREE WEEKS AGO. 
          SO WE'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY OPPORTUNITIES TO UNPACK IT AND HAVE SOME INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS, UH, BUT TO BEGIN TO FORMALIZE SOME OF THOSE PANEL DISCUSSIONS TO GET MORE GRANULAR FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS AROUND, AROUND THE PATTERNS AND TRENDS. 
          UM, AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES TO DIVE DEEPER INTO, UH, WHERE WITHIN OUR ECOSYSTEM AS A SCHOOL DO THESE CONVERSATIONS LIVE. 
          RIGHT? WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
          EVERY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BY NEW YORK STATE LAW, UH, EXPERIENCES A HEALTH EDUCATION CLASS. 
          UH, MOST STUDENTS HAVE THAT IN 10TH GRADE. 
          UM, WE HAVE SOME OPEN QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER TOUCH POINTS. 
          UM, AS WE SAW IN THE DATA, WE HAVE A LOT OF 10TH GRADERS WHO MIGHT NOT BE USING, AND THEN WE HAVE MORE 12TH GRADERS WHO ARE RIGHT. 
          AND SO THAT IS DEVELOPMENTALLY PREDICTABLE, BUT IT'S ALSO A QUESTION AS A SCHOOL ENGAGING WITH A 10TH GRADER WHO DOESN'T USE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, AND DOESN'T, AND MOST OF THEIR PEERS DON'T, VERSUS ENGAGING WITH A 12TH GRADER WHO'S GETTING READY TO GO OFF TO COLLEGE, RIGHT? THOSE ARE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS, UM, AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO BUILD STRUCTURES INTO THE SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT, THAT ADDRESS THAT, UH, THOSE NUANCES. 
          UM, SO, UH, THE, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S LOOKING AT THE HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM ITSELF AND THEN WHERE ARE THOSE OTHER TOUCH POINTS, UH, IN FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY, UH, WITH THE SAD PROGRAM, UM, AND, AND WHERE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE. 
          BUT, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL, OH, SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'LL WELCOME OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO ADD IN AS WELL, ELLA OR JOAQUIN RIVER. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE THE TRUSTEES UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT PER STATE LAW, WE HAVE A STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVES, THEY'RE EX OFFICIO, NON-VOTING, BUT ONE WE'RE, ONE OF THE INGS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST TO HAVE IT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 
          AND INDEED, WHEN IT WAS MADE TO STATE LAW ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, THE 60 OR 70 DISTRICTS THAT COMPRISED MY IMMEDIATE, UH, CONTACT GROUP WERE RACING TO US FOR GUIDANCE. 
          UH, THERE'S EVERY MEETING THROUGH MUCH OF IT, UH, AND THEY ALWAYS BRING TRUTH AND GOOD REASONS. 
          SO THERE YOU GO. 
          LAUNCH . 
          WELL, I THINK FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, ONE THING THAT I'VE NOTICED THROUGHOUT MY YEARS IS CERTAINLY THE MARIJUANA USE, BECAUSE I FOUND THAT IT'S A LOT MORE COMMON WITHIN MY PEERS, BUT CERTAINLY LIKE, COMPARED TO MY FRESHMAN YEAR AND THE SORT OF VAPING, I DON'T WANNA SAY EPIDEMIC, BUT IT WAS JUST A VERY BIG PROBLEM WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN WHERE YOU'D WALK IN AND IT'D BE CROWDS OF PEOPLE JUST VAPING IN THERE. 
          AND IT CERTAINLY DID NOT MAKE GOING TO THE BATHROOMS ANY MOMENT OF FUN OR JUST LIKE RELAXING. 
          SO I'VE CERTAINLY SEEN THAT GO DOWN AS I'VE GONE UP TO SENIOR YEAR, AND I'D SAY THE SCHOOL HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF BRINGING THAT DOWN BECAUSE NOW YOU BARELY HEAR ABOUT ANY INSTANCES OR LIKE PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, DON'T GO IN THAT BATHROOM. 
          UM, BUT LIKE ANOTHER THING FOR ME IS CERTAINLY, UM, I HAVE SEEN BINGE DRINKING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM. 
          I MEAN, MANY SENIORS OR JUST STUDENTS IN GENERAL DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING OR LIKE HOW BINGE DRINKING HAPPENS. 
          AND I THINK ONE THING THAT CAN VARY IS CERTAINLY SOLO CUPS AND LIKE, YOU MIX A BUNCH OF THINGS IN IT. 
          AND SO YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE DRINKING, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DRINKING, AND OFTENTIMES YOU GET IT FROM SOMEONE ELSE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK ALSO AN INCREASE IN ALCOHOL USE OR BINGE DRINKING COULD ALSO BE LINKED TO THE DECREASE IN PAD OR SORT OF SOCIAL EVENTS. 
          'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THOSE HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN A LOT. 
          SO IT COULD BE, SINCE THERE'S LESS OF THESE EVENTS, THEN THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO TAKE THEMSELVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUSH THEIR LIMITS AND SEE HOW FAR THEY CAN GO, WHICH CAN BECOME DANGEROUS. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING THAT MAKES SENSE WAS PROBABLY THE INCREASE FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL AND SUBSTANCES, BECAUSE YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY EXPOSED TO THESE THINGS AND THESE SOCIAL EVENTS ARE LIKE, PAD ARE SUCH LIKE EMBEDDED IN THE SOCIAL SCENE. 
          SO WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN, PAD WAS THE PLACE TO BE BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T DRINKING, YOU'D BE MISSING OUT ON TALKING TO PEOPLE, JUST INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE FROM OTHER SCHOOLS. 
          AND SO IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM, LET'S SAY, JUST GOING TO LIKE A SPORTING EVENT. 
          SO IT'S A VERY, LIKE, IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO CONNECT WITH PEERS. 
          UM, AND THEN ONE LAST THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS, SORRY, EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, MY FRESHMAN YEAR, PLS WERE CERTAINLY USED A LOT TO, UM, GO TO PAD AND THEY'D BE CHECKING IN ON EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE, LIKE, HEY, ARE YOU DOING OKAY? LIKE, HOW MUCH HAVE YOU DRANK? LIKE, MAKING SURE EVERYONE WAS SAFE. 
          AND I THINK THAT IS A VERY BIG PART OF LIKE, WHY EVERYONE GETS THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. 
          AND IF THEY NEED A RIDE, THE PLS WE'RE THERE TO HELP JUST FOR TRUSTEES. 
          UH, THE PL IS A PEER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE RUN IN THE SCHOOL. 
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UH, OKAY, I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT OFF ELLA RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, UH, ME PERSONALLY, I'M NOT VERY WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE HISTORY OF PAD, BUT THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, UH, STUDENTS HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT PADS GETTING SHUT DOWN TONIGHT. 
          UH, IT'S ON AND OFF. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN A THING OF THE PAST, LIKE IN THE PAST, EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT PAD WAS UP AND RUNNING. 
          I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT THIS YEAR DEFINITELY, IT'S BEEN ON AND OFF AND, UH, AS WE MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW NOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT HAPPENING. 
          UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ACTUALLY WANTED TO ASK, WHEN WAS THE SURVEY ADMINISTERED, LIKE IN THE, I YOU SAID EIGHTH GRADE FOR H UH, I MEAN HALLOWEEN FOR EIGHTH GRADE, BUT IT WAS EARLY NOVE. 
          IT WAS THE VERY END OF OCTOBER, EARLY NOVEMBER FOR EVERYONE, FOR EIGHTH GRADERS. 
          IT HAPPENED TO BE ON HALLOWEEN, I BELIEVE, FOR 10TH AND 12TH. 
          IT WAS THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, YEAH, I, I THINK LIKE ELLIS REALLY SAID IT WELL, THAT THE SCHOOL CULTURE AND STUDENT PERCEPTIONS ON SUBSTANCE USE, IT, IT'S LIKE SO HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE UPPERCLASSMEN ARE DOING. 
          SO JUNIORS AND SENIORS. 
          SO WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN, THE THIRD FLOOR BATHROOM WAS NOT THE PLACE TO BE. 
          YOU, YOU DIDN'T WANT TO GO IN THERE. 
          BUT NOW THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD AIDES AT EVERY, SO ON A BUILDING LEVEL, THERE'S BEEN AIDE AT EVERY BATHROOM. 
          UM, FOR A WHILE YOU HAD TO SIGN IN TO THE BATHROOM. 
          THERE WAS ONLY ELSE TO BE, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON THERE. 
          UM, AND THAT COMPLETELY STOPPED. 
          LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BATHROOMS WERE MUCH CLEANER AND WE STILL HAVE SOME PROBLEMS NOW. 
          UM, THE AIDS ARE NO LONGER THERE, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THIS, WHEN WE WANNA SPEAK TO THE WHY, WHY ARE WE SEEING THESE DECREASES? LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. 
          I ALSO WANNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STUDENT PERCEPTION OF RISKS. 
          SO, UH, DR. 
          EY AND MR. K CLAYMAN AND I, WE MET, AND YOU KNOW, THEY ASKED ME HOW MIGHT A STUDENT INTERPRET THIS, THE, THE SURVEY, RIGHT? SO, UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR FRIEND'S PERCEPTION OF YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR SUBSTANCE USE? UM, AND I, AS A JUNIOR, I'VE NEVER TAKEN THE SURVEY, BUT IF I HAD, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF MY SEVEN, EIGHT CLOSEST FRIENDS. 
          AND I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, UH, OBVIOUSLY I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THERE'S EXPERTS INTERPRETING THE DATA HERE, BUT THAT MAY, UH, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT STUDENTS ARE THINKING ABOUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL, RIGHT? BECAUSE I IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THINKING, IF I'M IN A ROOM DRINKING AND ALL MY FRIENDS ARE WITH ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? VERSUS IF I'M IN A ROOM AND THERE'S EIGHT PEOPLE FROM MY GRADE WHO DON'T KNOW ME, THEY'RE PROBABLY THINKING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE ASKED ABOUT FRIENDS, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE GROUPS CAN FORM OFF, YOU KNOW, WHO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE SEE EACH OTHER AT PAT OR AT THESE SOCIAL EVENTS AND EVERYONE'S USING THE SAME THING. 
          UM, SO THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. 
          UM, AND YEAH, I GUESS I'LL END WITH THE STUDENT CULTURES. 
          LIKE THAT IS WHAT IT'S DEPENDENT ON. 
          THAT IS WHAT WE SEE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO TO CHANGING BEHAVIOR, ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPERCLASSMEN AND SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR THE, THE UPCOMING JUNIORS AND SENIORS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN KEEP WORKING ON. 
          UH, SURE. 
          I I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION THOUGH, IS DOES THIS SURVEY COLLECT DATA ABOUT STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH OR, UM, UM, IT DOES. 
          IT DOES. 
          UM, WE WERE LIMITED TO WHAT WE COULD PRESENT TONIGHT. 
          UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE SURVEY ASKS IS ABOUT RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS AND MENTAL HEALTH IS JUST ONE RISK FACTOR OF MANY. 
          UM, IT COULD, YOU KNOW, UM, FAMILY CONFLICT, UM, HAVING SIBLINGS THAT USE SUBSTANCES, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT MAKE IT MORE LIKELY THAT YOU WILL EITHER BE MORE AT RISK OF USING SUBSTANCES OR MORE PROTECTED. 
          THERE'S FACTORS THAT PROTECT YOU AS WELL BEING, UH, VERY CLOSE TO YOUR FAMILY, BE BEING INVOLVED WITH A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION. 
          SO THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ASK THOSE, UM, ABOUT THOSE RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS. 
          THEY'RE KIND OF COMPLICATED TO EXPLAIN, AND THAT'S HONESTLY WHY WE DIDN'T GET TOO DEEP INTO THEM. 
          UM, THEY'RE COMPARED TO A, A NORM THAT THE SURVEY DEVELOPS BASED ON THE SURVEY BEING GIVEN TO NATIONALLY. 
          SO IT'S JUST, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO GET INTO IT, BUT WE CERTAINLY COULD SHARE THAT DATA WITH YOU. 
          AND WE HAVE IT, WE JUST DIDN'T PRESENT IT TONIGHT, AND I BELIEVE SOME OF IT WAS HAD PREVIOUSLY SHARED WITH THE SCHOOL, UM, JUST, YES. 
          YOU KNOW, SO WE, YES. 
          SO WE CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT TOO. 
          SO, UH, MS. ARO, THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL COUNSELING, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE RESULTS FROM THIS SURVEY AND CROSS-REFERENCE IT WITH RESULTS THAT WE HAVE FROM OUR PANORAMA DIAGNOSTIC SCREENER, WHICH IS ADMINISTERED THREE TIMES A YEAR. 
          AND THAT IS A DIAGNOSTIC SCREENER THAT WE USE IN GRADES 
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K THROUGH 12. 
          AND IT IS CONFIDENTIAL, BUT IT IS NOT ANONYMOUS. 
          AND SO IF THERE'S ANY INDICATION OF RISK THAT CAME UP THROUGH ANONYMOUS MEASURES, THE COUNSELING TEAM LED BY MS. SAPIRO DID SOME CROSS-REFERENCING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT ONLY LOOKING AT INTERNALLY REPORTED PATTERNS AND TRENDS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THEN THERE WAS ACTION TAKEN WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DUE DILIGENCE WAS HAPPENING. 
          SO I DID WANNA MENTION THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, UM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO OUR TEACHING STAFF, ESPECIALLY IN THE PE AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE ENGAGED IN A CURRICULUM INQUIRY FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH, AND THERE WAS A DEEP DIVE INTO THE UNITS THAT WE'RE TEACHING. 
          AND WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST PROGRAM AROUND, UM, SUBSTANCE USE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND ALSO, UM, THINKING ABOUT THAT AND THE DIFFERENCES FROM GRADES SEVEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH 12. 
          SO THE UNITS, JUST TO, JUST TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION. 
          IN SEVENTH GRADE, STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT ABOUT MISUSE, ABUSE, AND USE OVER THE COUNTER DRUG ABUSE WAYS. 
          DRUGS ARE ENTERING THE BODY, NICOTINE, UH, WITH A FOCUS ON VAPING ALCOHOL AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEPRESSANT AND A STIMULANT. 
          MARIJUANA PEER PRESSURE IN TERMS OF PARTYING, DRUGS IN OUR CULTURE, AND A FOCUS ON ADVERTISING. 
          AND THEN IN EIGHTH GRADE, CURRENT DRUG TRENDS, HOW SUBSTANCE ABUSE MAY IMPACT THE WELLNESS WHEEL. 
          SO OTHER ELEMENTS OF WELLNESS FOR PEOPLE, ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH, WHO IS GOING TO BE ADDICTED IN TERMS OF MORE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          AND IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WHO ARE MORE AT RISK. 
          THEY DELVE INTO TREATING DRUG DEPENDENCE, COPING SKILLS WITHOUT USING DRUGS. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S INSTRUCTION AROUND THAT. 
          IDENTIFYING HOUSEHOLD SUBSTANCES, DRUG LAWS, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN YOU'RE CAUGHT, TYPES OF DRUGS AND WHAT THEY'LL DO TO YOUR BODY. 
          AND THEN AS STUDENTS MOVE INTO HIGH SCHOOL, THERE IS A SLIGHT REPETITION IN TERMS OF COMING BACK TO THE IDEA OF USE, MISUSE AND ABUSE AND REVISITING THAT AGAIN. 
          AND THEN IT DELVES MORE DEEPLY INTO IMPACT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE ON THE MIND AND BODY ANALYZING CYCLES OF ADDICTION, EVALUATING WHEN TO GET HELP FOR A POSSIBLE OVERDOSE, UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE USE OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS AND HOW THAT CAN INCREASE RISK FOR, UM, THE, THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SUICIDE, HOMICIDE ACCIDENTS, SCHOOL FAILURE, DELINQUENCY, MARIJUANA USE, UNWANTED PREGNANCY, STD AND HIV INFECTION, VULNERABILITY TO COERCE SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. 
          UH, DANGERS OF BINGE DRINKING ARE TOUCHED UPON. 
          I HEARD, UH, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IN TERMS OF MAYBE IT MIGHT BE MORE HELPFUL TO HAVE AROUND MORE, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? RIGHT. 
          SO I WILL BRING THAT BACK TO OUR TEAM TO LOOK AT, UM, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SUBSTANCE USE AND DISEASE, WHY AND HOW IT BEGINS COPING MECHANISMS. AND THEN FINALLY UNDERSTANDING LAWS RELATED TO ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND OTHER DRUGS. 
          SO IT REALLY IS A ROBUST CURRICULUM AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND SHIFT AS WE NEED. 
          JUSTIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'M GONNA OPEN UP FOR ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM, UH, JUSTICE OR ANYONE. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS FANTASTIC PRESENTATION. 
          IT'S SO GOOD TO GET THE SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE, THE DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE, THE VILLAGE PERSPECTIVE. 
          I AM LOOKING ACROSS AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND I'M WONDERING, YOU'RE HEARING ALL THESE, I GUESS I'LL LOOK AT THE, OR EVERYONE HERE, UM, YOU WORK SO, SO CLOSELY WITH OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEEK ON THE WEEKENDS. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF THE DATA YOU'RE SEEING HERE REFLECTS YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCES, UM, WITH STUDENTS OF HASTINGS, ESPECIALLY AROUND BINGE DRINKING, BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THAT YOU WOULD SEE THAT MOST INTIMATELY. 
          OH, BRING YOUR MIC. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, ANTHONY. 
          WHAT I'LL SHARE WITH THE GROUP IS THAT I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE HAVE AN OFFICE IN THE SCHOOL. 
          IT'S, UH, CALLED PAL POLICE ADOLESCENT LIAISON. 
          AND WE HAVE OFFICERS GO THERE MONDAY AND FRIDAYS FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM THEY BRING TREATS SUCH AS PIZZA, , THE OFFICERS ARE IN PLAIN CLOTHES, THEY, UH, INTERACT WITH THE STUDENTS. 
          UH, THEY COME INTO THE OFFICE, UH, AND IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM BECAUSE 
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THEY DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE OUT ON THE WEEKENDS AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEY KIND OF, YEAH, CREATES A BOND. 
          SO IT'S REALLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 
          THAT WAS, UH, STARTED BY CHIEF BLOOMER AND IT'S CONTINUED TO VOID. 
          UH, SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE DO. 
          UH, REGARDING PAD, I REALLY DON'T WANNA SAY TOO MUCH, BUT IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD BEER CANS THROWN AT US, WE'VE HAD A FIGHT. 
          YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THE ACTIVITY. 
          UM, KIDS, AS FAR AS WAY AS RYE SOUTH BRONX, ALL OVER THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN COMING HERE NOW. 
          UH, IT'S A PROBLEM. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN RESPONDING TO FIGHTS UP THERE BONFIRES, AND SO I DON'T REALLY WANNA SPEAK TOO MUCH ON IT, BUT WE HAVE TO DO OUR JOBS. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE UP THERE. 
          UM, WE JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE. 
          FLIP SIDE TO THAT, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR THESE? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE THEY DESERVE SOMETHING. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THE TRUSTEES KNOW, AND I KNOW THE MAYOR DOES AND, AND YOUR PREOR DOES. 
          WE, WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLY STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH  POLICE. 
          IT'S DAY TO DAY, IT'S 24 7 WHEN YOU'D BE WITH ME, WITH THE CHIEF, BUT ALSO ALL OUR PRINCIPALS AND ALL THE REST. 
          THE GROUP YOU SEE HERE, I KNOW ALL OF THEM ENOUGH THAT THEY TEASE ME AND ALL THE REST, BUT IT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP. 
          AND MANY, I'M GONNA BE SUPERINTENDENTS MANY YEARS AGO, DID NOT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT RELATIONS WITH POLICE CHIEFS. 
          BUT BEFORE I GOT HERE, MY PREVIOUS POLICE CHIEF REACHED OUT TO THIS POLICE CHIEF TO SAY, YES, YOU CAN WORK WITH BILL. 
          AND BEFORE THAT, THERE WAS THOSE CONNECTIONS. 
          THERE IT GOES BACK 16 YEARS. 
          WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHY THAT'S GONE ON IN THE LAST 17 YEARS IN THE WORLD OF SCHOOLS. 
          BUT I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THIS VILLAGE FOR AS DIVERSE IN THINKING AND FEELING. 
          AND THAT'S WONDERFUL. 
          IN HASTINGS, THERE'S THIS COMMON SENSE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM A RELATIONSHIP BASIS, RELATIONSHIP BASIS CAN BE THEIR FIRST AND FOREMOST. 
          AND THIS IS A PLACE WHERE NEW ADMINISTRATORS COME TO US FROM ELSEWHERE AND THE LITTLE , SO SHOULD I CALL HASTINGS POLICE? I SAY, NO, NO, NO. 
          CHIEF WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT EVERYTHING. 
          THEY WILL SORT IT OUT FROM A RELATIONSHIP STANDPOINT. 
          IF IT HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT'LL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          BUT PLEASE TAKE THIS COMPLIMENT. 
          PLEASE TAKE THIS COMPLIMENT. 
          THANK YOU, DR. MCCARTY. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING ON THAT LINE WAS THE FACT THAT THE, THE CHIEF IS SO PROGRESSIVE, UH, AND ALLOWING HIS OFFICERS TO BE IN THE BUILDING EVERY MONDAY AND EVERY FRIDAY. 
          THEY'RE ALSO AT HILLSIDE. 
          I I ASSUME ALMOST EVERY DAY THEY'RE WALKING EACH BUILDING PROBABLY EVERY DAY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK TO A CHIEF, I'M JUST COMPLIMENT. 
          AND THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THOUGHTS THAT I WAS HAVING WHEN WE SEE THAT THE STATISTIC ABOUT USE IN THE BUILDING, UH, BEING REDUCED AND, AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE THERE. 
          UH, I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE BUILDING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL A COUPLE LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE I PRESENTED THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLASS. 
          I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, UH, MAYBE MORE, UH, OFFICER MINOR, UH, WAS WITH ME LAST YEAR. 
          AND, UH, FORMER SERGEANT BRECKER, UH, WAS THERE WITH ME AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, I WONDER, I'M WONDERING JUST AND THINKING THAT IT'S GIVING KIDS A PLACE TO GO WHEN THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE BORED. 
          UH, THEY'RE THERE ON THEIR LUNCHTIME, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STOPPING IN WITH THE OFFICER DURING THEIR LUNCH PERIODS. 
          THEY'RE STOPPING IN DURING, UH, MAYBE EVEN STUDY HALLS TO SAY, HI. 
          I GOT FRESH DONUTS, UH, FROM OFFICER GUNTHER THAT DAY. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS STEREOTYPING BECAUSE HE KNEW I WAS IN THE BUILDING. 
          BUT, UM, UH, BUT I THINK IT'S APPRECIATED AND I THINK IT DOES GIVE STUDENTS JUST IN THE BUILDING A PLACE TO GO AND JUST HANG OUT AND, AND TALK. 
          SO I APPRECIATE IT AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE PROGRESS PROGRESSIVENESS OF OUR CHIEF. 
          UH, HE IS ALSO DONE A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMS WITH THE YOUNGER STUDENT, UH, YOUNGER YOUTH, UH, IN THE VILLAGE, LIKE COFFEE OR CONE WITH A COP, NOT COFFEE WITH A COP. 
          UH, BUT HE ALSO DID COFFEE WITH A COP AT THE RECREATION, UH, DEPARTMENT, BASKETBALL LEAGUE THIS YEAR AND, AND HAD TONS OF EXPOSURE WITH THAT PARENT GROUP AND THE YOUNGER PARENT GROUP AT THAT. 
          SO, THANKS CHIEF. 
          I, I KNOW YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING TO TALK TONIGHT, SO I JUST, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE, UH, DEPARTMENT , 
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WE HAD A SEASON. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WONDERFUL. 
          OKAY. 
          THE FIRST TIME FOR EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, I CAN ATTEST YOU DID QUITE A GOOD JOB. 
          SEVERAL BASKETBALL COACHES SITTING RIGHT UP AT THIS TABLE. 
          UH, I JUST WANNA JUMP ON WHAT TOMMY TALKED ABOUT. 
          UM, 'CAUSE I'M THINKING THAT PROBABLY IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHEN YOU WENT TO SCHOOL IN HAS THINGS. 
          AND I THINK THE WHOLE PRESENCE OF THE POLICE IN THE SCHOOLS AND THE TONE THAT IT SETS AND THE WAY THAT CHIEF BLOOMER YEARS AGO STARTED HAVING, UM, POLICE OFFICERS IN THE SCHOOL AND STUDENTS HAVING RELATIONSHIPS AND THE WAY IT CARRIED OVER TO THE VILLAGE. 
          I THINK IT'S, IT'S A JUST A BRILLIANT WAY TO HAVE THE SCHOOL, THE VILLAGE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND HAVE STUDENTS HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE OF POLICE OFFICERS. 
          AND IT'S NOT LIKE THE WAY I MAY HAVE GROWN UP THINKING ABOUT POLICE OFFICERS. 
          AND I THINK IT, IT, IT'S AN OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE FOR KIDS ALL THE WAY FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ESPECIALLY IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY VALUABLE. 
          YEAH. 
          CAN, CAN I SECOND THAT? ALSO? I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE DYNAMIC THAT I SEE WITH KIDS AND WITH THE PAL PROGRAM, WHICH I THINK IS EXCELLENT, IS, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME AS KIDS GET TO KNOW OFFICERS AND LIKEWISE, KIDS HAVE AN INSTINCT TO NOT WANNA LET PEOPLE DOWN. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND SO, AND THAT COMES OUT. 
          THERE'S, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A PANACEA, BUT THERE'S JUST A SENSE THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEBODY BENEVOLENT IS WATCHING OVER YOU AND YOU, YOU WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          I THINK IT'S A VERY FOUNDATIONAL THING. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          DAVE. 
          YOU A QUESTION? OR, SORRY, I HAD A QUESTION, UM, ABOUT THE SURVEY AND, UH, SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA OR SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS, DOES THE SURVEY ALLOW FOR STUDENTS TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THOSE TWO? UM, AND DOES SOME OF YOUR PREVENTION MEASURES EDUCATE ON THAT AND MAYBE THE, SOME OF THE SCHOOL'S CURRICULUM EDUCATE ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SYNTHETICS AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IF THE STUDENTS KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SYNTHETICS AND, AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW? WELL, SYNTHETIC. 
          SYNTHETIC, OH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT SYNTHETIC KIND OF OIDS ARE? UH, PERSONALLY, NO, I DON'T EITHER. 
          ELLA, I JUST PICKED IT UP. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY'RE CHEMICALLY TREATED MARIJUANA PRODUCTS THAT GIVES YOU, I THINK OUR POLICE OFFICER CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO IT BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT THAT GIVES, UH, AN ILLUSION OF MARIJUANA HIGH, BUT IT'S REALLY CHEMICALS THAT YOU'RE INGESTING. 
          UM, SO I'M WONDERING IF THE DATA ALLOWS FOR THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THOSE TWO AND HOW WE'RE EDUCATING STUDENTS ON IT. 
          UM, WE ARE NOT, BUT YES, I CERTAINLY AM AWARE OF THOSE PRODUCTS. 
          THEY'RE VERY OFTEN SOLD, AND IT'S NOT EVEN JUST, UM, LIKE K TWO SPICE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          THERE'S LOTS OF VARIATIONS. 
          UM, CHEMICALLY PRODUCED VARIATIONS OF THC, AND THEY'RE MOSTLY SOLD IN GAS STATIONS. 
          THEY'RE NOT ILLEGAL, THEY'RE ILLEGAL FOR THOSE UNDER 21. 
          BUT IN, AND IN NEW YORK, SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY ARE ILLEGAL AS WELL. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE INFORMATION ON THEM. 
          I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE IF THE SURVEY SPECIFICALLY ASKS, IT'S NOT THE DATA THAT WE RE REPORT ON THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT ON. 
          I CAN LOOK TO SEE IF, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY ARE ASKING SPECIFICALLY THE STUDENTS ABOUT THAT, BUT WE CERTAINLY COULD EDUCATE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO, BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE, THERE IS AN ABILITY TO POTENTIALLY GET THOSE ITEMS A LITTLE EASIER BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE IN CONVENIENCE TYPE GAS STATION STORES AND THEY CAN BE VERY, VERY, UM, DANGEROUS. 
          AND A LOT WITH THOSE ISSUES ARE HOW THEY'RE TARGETED TO CHILDREN TOO. 
          THEY MIMIC OTHER PRODUCTS MM-HMM . 
          THAT YOU MIGHT THINK ARE SOUR PATCH KIDS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY YES. 
          SOME KIND. 
          AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE INGESTING IT, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU ARE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          FOR SURE. 
          SO WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT SOME INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          DR. 
          SMA, DO YOU KNOW, IF WE EDUCATE, I SUSPECT THAT IT COMES UP IN EIGHTH GRADE BECAUSE THEY FOCUS ON CURRENT DRUG TRENDS, WHICH TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A MOVING TARGET, BUT I WILL NEED TO CHECK ON IT. 
          I'M NOT SURE. 
          ARE YOU SEEING IT IN, IN, IN AND ABOUT WITH SOME PEOPLE? HMM MM-HMM . 
          CAN I, CAN I PIGGYBACK ON THAT? 
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BECAUSE I, AND I WONDER IF OTHER TRUSTEES OR PARENTS HAVE SEEN THIS. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, I'M NO CHEERLEADER FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS I'VE NOTICED IS KIDS HAVE A LOT MORE ACCESS TO THESE VIDEOS OF LIKE, THINGS GONE WRONG, SOMEBODY WHO VAPED AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR LUNG. 
          I SEE. 
          AND OR, UM, YOU KNOW, MARIJUANA OR, AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. 
          AND I SEE, SEE KIDS MAYBE IN MY OWN HOUSE, UM, WHO WHEN YOU START WATCHING ONE THING LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA, HOW IT WORKS, YOU GET MORE OF IT. 
          YOU GET MORE OF IT. 
          AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY EXPOSED TO A LOT OF, NOT JUST MESSAGING, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE HAD KIDS SHOW ME THESE VIDEOS, IT'S LIKE REAL STUFF AND IT'S REAL, AND IT HAPPENED TO SOMEBODY. 
          AND ODDLY ENOUGH, PARA, I THINK THAT THERE IS A SORT OF, UM, BENEFIT IN SOCIAL MEDIA EXPOSING KIDS TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS TO PEOPLE? AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE. 
          SO I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE PART OF IT AS WELL. 
          MR. PENN COMMENT, UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D ADD TO THAT TOPIC IS, UM, WE HAVE ANNUAL TRAININGS, UH, THROUGH BOTH CS, UH, REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP, UH, OF, OF EDUCATORS. 
          UH, THAT INCLUDES SAFETY TRAINING AND SOME OF THE MOST RECENT TRENDS AROUND DRUG USAGE. 
          UH, AND I MEAN, THIS, THIS STUFF IN GAS STATIONS IS NOT ILLEGAL BECAUSE THE LEGAL SYSTEM JUST DOESN'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH, RIGHT? BY THE TIME THEY OUTLAW ONE COMPOUND, THEY MAKE ANOTHER COMPOUND THAT'S IDENTICAL, AND THEN THEY'RE TARGETING YOUNG FOLKS WITH, WITH, WITH THE PACKAGING. 
          UM, SO, UH, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING WITH OUR HEALTH EDUCATORS SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THOSE TRENDS, BUT ALSO IMPORTANTLY, CONNECTING WITH OUR, UH, WITH OUR COUNSELING TEAM SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE SIGNS, SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS, SOME OF THE LOOK FORS FOR STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE, UH, ADDICTED TO OR DABBLING WITH, UH, THOSE TYPES OF SYNTHETICS, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN INTERVENE QUICKLY. 
          CAN I ALSO POINT OUT, UM, SOME OF THE JOAQUIN ELLA RAISED JUST SORT OF THE, WHAT'S THE SORT OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCT OF THE SCHOOL? AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF A HIDDEN FACTOR THAT PRINCIPAL PAYMAN AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WARE HAVE WORKED SO HARD ON ATTENDANCE POLICIES AND KEEPING TRACK OF IT. 
          AND I GUESS FRANKLY WHAT I WOULD CALL SORT OF SUPPORTIVE CONSEQUENCES IS THAT A, WE REALLY IN THE SCHOOL ABSOLUTELY RAISED THE BASELINE. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT ATTENDANCE IS IN A LOT OF WAYS, AND I WONDER IF YOU AGREE WITH PRINCIPLE CLAIMANT, IT'S KIND A LITTLE BIT OF A PROXY FOR HOW MUCH TROUBLE IT COULD GETTING INTO. 
          AND I, THERE'S A LOT OF PUSHBACK, I THINK, IN THE COMMUNITY INITIALLY, BUT I, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THAT EARLY WARNING SIGNAL AND THAT EARLY SORT OF BENEFICIAL POSITIVE SIGNAL TO KIDS OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP ON, ON THIS PATH. 
          SO I JUST WONDER IF YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON HAVING DEALT WITH THAT ISSUE REALLY HANDS ON WHAT YOU SEE. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          I MEAN, I THINK THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL CULTURE AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS THAT, UH, ADULTS HAVE FOR STUDENTS AND THAT YOUNG FOLKS KNOW THEY'RE BEING HELD TO, UM, I, I SEE REAL CLEAN PARALLELS BETWEEN THE ATTENDANCE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND ALSO THE WORK WE'VE DONE ABOUT AROUND SUBSTANCES AND, AND THE BATHROOMS AND EVERYTHING THAT WHEN STUDENTS ENGAGE IN CONDUCT, WHETHER THAT IS SUBSTANCE USE OR MISSING SCHOOL, AND NO ONE NOTICES AND NO ONE SAYS ANYTHING. 
          NO, NO STUDENT, NO, NO STUDENT THINKS THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO SMOKE IN THE BATHROOM. 
          OKAY? NO ONE THINKS THAT THE RULES ALLOW FOR THAT. 
          BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS AND NOTHING HAPPENS ABOUT IT, THEN, THEN, THEN, THEN IT BUILDS, RIGHT? AND IT, AND IT BUILDS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT AND IT BUILDS CULTURALLY. 
          UM, AND SO TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THESE TWO TWIN ISSUES THAT ARE VERY INTERTWINED, BUT THEY'RE SEPARATE, UM, AND SHINE SPOTLIGHTS ON THEM AND SAY TO THE STUDENT BODY, WE WANT TO TREAT YOU WITH THE RESPECT AND DIGNITY THAT YOU DESERVE. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO MICROMANAGE YOUR BATHROOM USAGE. 
          HOWEVER, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR THERE TO BE VAPING IN THE BATHROOM, PERIOD, END OF STORY. 
          AND SO IF WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MICROMANAGE THE BATHROOM SO THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT VAPING IN THE BATHROOM, WE WILL DO THAT. 
          IT'S TREATING YOU LIKE YOU ARE YOUNGER THAN YOU ARE. 
          IT IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE USE OF OUR RESOURCES BECAUSE WE COULD PUT THEM TO OTHER THINGS. 
          BUT THE BARE MINIMUM IS THAT A KID CAN GO TO THE BATHROOM AND NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH VAPES. 
          RIGHT? AND SO FOR, UH, SIX MONTH STRETCH THAT HAPPENED TO CORRESPOND WITH WHEN WE WERE CO-LOCATED, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE INTIMATELY WITH THE, WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, UM, 
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WE HAD MONITORS AT EVERY BATHROOM AND THE STUDENTS HAD TO SIGN IN IN ORDER TO USE THE BATHROOM. 
          AND THEN ONCE THE MIDDLE WINGS, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE. 
          ONCE THE, THE SURROGATE WING WAS COMPLETED, WE HAD AN ASSEMBLIES WITH ALL THE STUDENTS, AND WE SAID, WE WANT TO TREAT YOU LIKE THE YOUNG ADULTS THAT YOU ARE, WE'RE REMOVING THE MONITORS, WE'RE REMOVING THE STIPULATIONS. 
          IF THIS HAPPENS, THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO THE, TO WHERE WE WERE. 
          WE WENT A GOOD STRETCH WITH NOTHING. 
          WE HAD ONE INCIDENT, WE REINSTATED THE BATHROOM HONORS FOR THE, FOR THE MALE STUDENT, NOT FOR THE FEMALE STUDENTS BECAUSE IT WAS A MALE BATHROOM THAT, THAT, AND THAT WAS IN PLACE FOR THREE WEEKS. 
          AND WE MET WITH THE STUDENTS AGAIN AND WE SAID, WE DON'T WANNA DO THIS, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT TO USE RESOURCES FOR THIS. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO TREAT YOU IN THIS MANNER, AND VAPING IN THE BATHROOM IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. 
          SO SHOW US THAT WE CAN, THAT, THAT WE CAN TRUST YOU. 
          UM, AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY REPORTS OF, OF ANY ADDITIONAL. 
          UM, AND SO I, I, I THINK THAT THAT'S WHEN YOU, WHAT YOU PERMIT, YOU PROMOTE, THAT'S WHAT, WHETHER THAT'S VAPING OR WHETHER THAT'S ATTENDANCE CONCERNS, WHEN YOU SHINE A, UH, A FLASHLIGHT ON IT, UM, A SPOTLIGHT ON IT RATHER, UH, THAN YOU, NOT A PROCESS SPOTLIGHT , UH, THAT'S A VERY POWERFUL . 
          UM, IT THAT HAS CULTURAL IMPACT AND THAT MOVES BEHAVIORS. 
          THAT'S WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT DETAIL, ANDY. 
          AND THE QUESTIONS, THE COMMENTS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, THE, THE ONE STATISTIC THAT JUST JUST BLEW MY MIND, AND, AND I'D LOVE TO TO KIND OF BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS, 43% OF, UH, OF OUR, OF OUR STUDENTS WHO WERE DRINKING GOT IT. 
          UH, FROM HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS' PERMISSION, THAT THAT IS A, THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING STATISTIC. 
          AND I KNOW WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME HERE TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          UM, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS EDUCATION FOR OUR PARENTS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          NO, I'M, I'M BEING REALLY SERIOUS. 
          LIKE, UH, LIKE THAT'S A, THAT'S A TERRIBLY DISTURBING STATISTIC OF 43% OF OUR STUDENT DRINKERS ARE GETTING THAT ALCOHOL FROM THEIR PARENTS. 
          I JUST, I JUST WANNA ADD THAT I WAS ACTUALLY MORE TAKEN ABACK AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WERE DRINKING IN OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S PARENTS' PERMISSION . 
          THAT WAS ACTUALLY MORE STRIKING TO ME, I HOPE NOT AROUND THE EDUCATION OF LIABILITY AND RISK FACTORS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          AND, AND JUST A LAYER, I WAS WONDERING WITH THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA, UM, HOW THESE NUMBERS MIGHT SHIFT IN YEARS TO COME. 
          OH, IF WE KEEP TAKING THE DATA EVERY TWO YEARS, WE'LL FIND OUT , BUT, AND I, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T HAVE THE PERCENTAGE WRITTEN DOWN, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READING THESE NUMBERS CORRECTLY. 
          BECAUSE WHAT I'M SHOWING HERE, UM, IS FOR FROM HOME WITH MY PARENTS' PERMISSION, IT'S 35 STUDENTS. 
          SO THERE WERE 81 STUDENTS AS THE COHORT OF STUDENTS. 
          OF THE 330 STUDENTS WHO TOOK THAT SURVEY, 81 REPORTED THAT THEY HAD, UM, DRANK IN THE PAST OR, OR THAT THEY HAD CLICKED OFF A ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS SHOWING THAT THEY OBTAINED SUBSTANCES IN ONE OF THE WAYS LISTED BELOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I DO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S CONCERNING, AND 35 IS NOT A NUMBER WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE, I CAN GIVE YOU, 'CAUSE I WROTE DOWN, I THOUGHT SOMEBODY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THAT NUMBER. 
          THAT NUMBER, UM, COMES OUT TO BE FOUR EIGHTH GRADERS, 13 10TH, AND 18 12TH, BUT IT WAS 50 IN 2023. 
          SO IT HAS GONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT STILL, THAT'S WHY WE WANNA FOCUS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANNA FOCUS ON, IS STILL PARENT EDUCATION. 
          WE, IN ADDITION TO THE STUDENT SURVEY, WE ALSO DID A COMMUNITY SURVEY, AND WE'RE PUBLICIZING THOSE RESULTS ACTUALLY ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE STARTING TOMORROW. 
          ONE QUESTION PER DAY, WE'LL GET, UM, POSTED, AND WE'RE HOPING THERE'LL BE CONVERSATION AROUND IT AS WELL. 
          BUT, UM, THERE ARE STILL PARENTS THAT BELIEVE THAT STUDENTS NEED TO BE EXPOSED TO ALCOHOL BEFORE THEY GO OFF TO SCHOOL THAT THEY THINK, OR TO COLLEGE. 
          AND THEY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S AN EDUCATION PIECE BECAUSE ALL OF THE RESEARCH THAT WE READ ABOUT SHOWS THAT NOT TO BE TRUE, THAT IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE GIVEN PERMISSION, IT'S JUST, IT GIVES YOU PERMISSION TO DRINK, YOU KNOW, USE SUBSTANCES MORE WHEN YOU'RE COMING AWAY. 
          SO THAT'S, IT'S JUST MORE EDUCATION THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO PROVIDE TO PARENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AS I LISTEN TO IT, THE, TO THE DATA AND THE CONVERSATION, SOMETHING THAT STRIKES ME THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF, AND I'M HOPING THAT ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ROOM CAN HELP ME WITH, IS IT, IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THE DECREASE IN USAGE. 
          UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT NATIONAL TRENDS AROUND TEEN MENTAL HEALTH, I KNOW THAT HAS GONE DOWN AND SUICIDE HAS GONE UP OVER THE PAST 20 
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YEARS, PER SE. 
          UM, AND NOT THAT THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN TEEN ISOLATION. 
          UM, AND THEN WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CAN SOCIALIZE AND MAYBE THE TIDE IS NOT A SAFE SPACE. 
          UM, AND YOU EVEN RAISED THERE LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO FOR OUR KIDS? I GUESS THAT'S WHERE, WHERE THE, WE'RE THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS WITH OUR STUDENTS AS TO WHERE THEY CAN INTERACT AND HAVE FUN AND LET OFF STEAM, BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO, IN, IN, IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND JUST TO SAY, ONE REALLY POSITIVE EXAMPLE IS I KNOW A LOT OF THE STUDENTS LOVE BEING PART OF THE THEATER PROGRAM BECAUSE AT THE END THEY HAVE A, A BIG CAST PARTY, AND IT'S A TRADITION OF GIVING PAPER PLATE AWARDS AND GOOD FOOD, AND PEOPLE REALLY LOVE IT, AND THEY LOOK FORWARD TO IT. 
          AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE MAY EVEN JOIN JUST FOR THAT SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO I GUESS MY ONE CHALLENGE TO ALL OF US IS HOW WE CAN MEET STUDENTS' NEEDS AND TALK ABOUT THAT MORE OPENLY AND, AND CREATIVELY AMONGST EACH OTHER AND THE STUDENTS. 
          YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST ADD TO, YEAH, I MEAN, I KNOW JOAQUIN, YOU, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT, AND I KNOW THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE AT THIS TABLE WHO GREW UP IN TOWN AND, AND UNDERSTAND HOW SMALL IT IS AND, AND HOW LIMITED THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE. 
          UM, SO, SO, RIGHT. 
          I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND MISSING A PLACE, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO THE WOODS IS, IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON US AS A COMMUNITY. 
          YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE, WE TACKLED THIS WITH THE YOUTH COUNCIL AND TALKED ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, FINDING THOSE THIRD SPACES OUTSIDE OF SPORTS AND THEATER AND, AND, AND KIND OF EXTRACURRICULAR AND FIGURING OUT WAYS WHERE KIDS CAN, YOU KNOW, BE BE SOCIAL WITHOUT, UM, NEEDING TO EITHER GO INTO THE WOODS OR, OR FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO DRINK OR, OR USE SUBSTANCES. 
          YEAH. 
          CAN, CAN I SECOND THAT? ALSO? I REMEMBER, I GUESS IT WAS JUST LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD A HOMECOMING. 
          IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 
          AND IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE NEWS VIDEOS ONLINE, LIKE SHOWING KIDS LIKE HOW THE EIGHTIES WERE, EVERYBODY STARTED HANGING OUT AND IT WAS, I MEAN, I WAS THERE, IT WAS SO IN THE EIGHTIES, AND THAT HOMECOMING WAS JUST LIKE THAT. 
          IT WAS BEAUTIFUL NIGHT. 
          EVERYBODY WAS OUT FROM LIKE AGE ONE TO, TO, TO 90, SO TO SPEAK. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT. 
          CAN'T HAVE HOMECOMING EVERY WEEKEND. 
          BUT I DO HOPE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, RIGHT? AND, AND WITH THE EXPANDED FACILITIES THAT WOULD HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I THINK, CATHERINE, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THOSE CAST PARTIES, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HOSTED ONE BECAUSE IT'S AN AWESOME TIME. 
          IT'S A, IT'S AN ABSOLUTE MINERAL TIME. 
          IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF ANY ALCOHOL SERVICE, JUST THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE TOGETHER IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. 
          AND, AND YOU ALSO PUT AWAY THIRD SPACES. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING VERY MUCH I THINK, ON ALL OF OUR RADARS. 
          SO I'M, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. 
          UH, I WOULD, UH, JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UH, WAS JUST ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN THE STUDENT UNION. 
          SO L AND I WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH STUDENT UNION, THE STUDENT UNION PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, UM, AND THEN ALL THE GRADE LEVEL REPRESENTATIVES. 
          AND SO SOMETHING WE'VE DONE, UM, WELL BEFORE I, I TALK ABOUT THAT, I THINK, UH, EVERYONE HAS SAID CORRECTLY, LIKE, THERE ARE PARENTS WHO KNOW THAT THEIR KIDS WORK GOING TO PAD. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, SO IF WE'RE WONDERING, YOU KNOW, HOW IS IT THAT SO MANY PARENTS ARE OKAY, OR, YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS ARE GETTING ALCOHOL FROM THEIR PARENTS, WELL, A LOT OF THEM ALREADY KNEW THAT THEIR KIDS WERE GOING OUT, SO WHAT'S THE DRINK? SO IT'S NOT REALLY MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE, BUT, UM, SOMETHING THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENT UNION HAS DONE, THEY, YOU KNOW, MR. LOPEZ, HE'S LED, UH, UM, LIKE THESE SOCIAL EVENTS, HE'S TRYING TO GET MORE OF THEM. 
          SO IN THE PAST, THE SCHOOL HAS HAD A LOT OF DANCES, UM, AND LIKE THESE SOCIALS. 
          UM, BUT THEY WERE REALLY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM, IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT OF LIKE PRE-GAMING, UH, PEOPLE SHOWING UP DRUNK AND THEN, UH, INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR. 
          SO THEY GOT SHUT DOWN. 
          BUT STUDENT UNION IS SLOWLY TRYING TO MAKE THOSE SOCIAL EVENTS, UH, HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          SO THE FIRST ONE, WE HAD ONE THIS YEAR, THE SNOWBALL FOR UNDERCLASSMEN, WHICH WAS MORE OR LESS, UH, SUCCESSFUL DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK. 
          BUT THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT STUDENT IN, IN THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT THE COHORT OF CHILDREN WHO IN 12 OR YOUNG ADULTS WHO IN 12TH GRADE ARE REPORTING USAGE. 
          AND IN 10TH THEY DID NOT. 
          AND DOES THE SURVEY IN ANY WAY PULL OUT WHAT HAPPENED FROM 10TH TO 12TH? WHERE WHEN, HOW WERE THERE RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS THAT SHIFTED? WHAT WAS THE ENVIRONMENT THAT MADE THEM MAKE A DIFFERENT CHOICE THAT TIME AND MAYBE THEREAFTER? I DON'T THINK THE SURVEY WOULD PULL THAT OUT. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHY WE TRIED TO DO THE FOCUS GROUPS. 
          SO, UM, WE, SINCE WE SURVEY EVERY OTHER YEAR ON THAT OFF YEAR, WE'VE DONE IT, IT WAS ONLY THE FIRST TIME THAT WE DID IT LAST YEAR, BUT THAT WAS REALLY THE, THE, UM, REASON TO GO IN AND ACTUALLY TALK TO A GROUP OF STUDENTS TO TRY TO DELVE INTO THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          UM, AND JUST ONE, THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP JUST IN REFERENCE TO 
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WHAT YOU GUYS WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT ARE FOR ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITIES. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING WE WERE SPECIFICALLY ASKING. 
          YOU KNOW, THE YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM HAS THE, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE CENTER DOWNSTAIRS, UM, AND IS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD WE DO? WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES COULD WE PROVIDE THAT YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN? AND THE BOTTOM LINE WAS NOT, IF THERE'S SUPERVISION, THEY RECENTLY ARE . 
          SO I THINK TO ME, WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO, AND ALSO IN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WE GAVE, WE ASKED THAT QUESTION AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST RESPONDED TO OPEN ANSWERS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS TO SEE LOTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS. 
          I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF PARENTS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HELPING ORGANIZE, BUT I THINK THE IDEAS HAVE TO COME FROM THE STUDENTS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THEY HAVE TO BE STUDENT DRIVEN SO THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO DO. 
          UM, AND THEN WE COULD ALL SUPPORT FOR SURE. 
          BUT I THINK WHEN THE ADULTS ALL GET TOGETHER AND HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE CAN ENJOY AND SOMEONE WORKS, I ACTUALLY JUST FEEL LIKE GOING BACK, UH, IN THE WAY BACK MACHINE, UH, AND IT'S A COMPLIMENT, I THINK, TO EVERYBODY WHO'S IN THE ROOM AND PREVIOUS, UM, ADMINISTRATORS. 
          UM, SO I'M CLASS OF 81, UM, WHEN I WAS EIGHTH GRADE PRESIDENT, WHICH YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT'S PROBABLY 1976, I WAS A, UH, A LIAISON, YOUTH, WHAT IS IT? YOUTH LIAISON TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, . 
          SO, HI GUYS, , UM, AND, UH, MY CHILDREN ARE, WERE CLASS OF 2015 AND 2017, AND ALL I HAVE TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL IS WHILE HAVE THINGS CHANGED SINCE 1981 AND ALSO SINCE 20 15, 20 17, SO MY, MY, MY CHILDREN, UH, STOPPED GOING TO THE DANCES BECAUSE THEY JUST DIDN'T LIKE TO SEE THEIR FRIENDS OR FORMER FRIENDS GET COMPLETELY WASTED, SHOW UP, WASTED. 
          AND SOMEHOW THE PARENTS, IT IS TO WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THIS TONIGHT, BUT IF YOU, WHAT? SO I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW YOU SAID IT. 
          IF YOU ALLOW IT TO, IF YOU PERMIT, YOU PROMOTE, YOU PERMIT, YOU PROMOTE. 
          AND SO THE, THE, THE, THE PARENTS JUST, OH, THAT'S OKAY. 
          IT SEEMS TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO IT. 
          THAT'S THE WAY OUR CHILDREN KIND OF PHRASED IT TO US. 
          AND WE DIDN'T SAY, YOU CAN'T GO TO THOSE. 
          THEY JUST SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING. 
          AND THANKFULLY, DON'T YOU WANT TO SOCIALIZE MORE OR DON'T YOU WANT NO, NO, WE'LL JUST HAVE PEOPLE, OUR FRIENDS OVER AT OUR HOUSE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY, THAT WAS THEIR SOLUTION TO BEING SOCIABLE WITHOUT HAVING THE PEER PRESSURE. 
          THEY JUST, JUST PULLED AWAY FROM IT. 
          AND, AND COINCIDENTALLY, THAT'S ALSO WHAT I DID WHEN I WAS  UNDER , NOT THEN IT WAS CONSIDERED A NERD BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE, IN THE MINORITY. 
          BUT NOW IT SEEMS COMPLETELY, THE NUMBERS HAVE SHIFTED ALL THE WAY AROUND. 
          I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 
          I'M SO, LIKE 35 PEOPLE WHO DRINK. 
          THAT'S GAY. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, . 
          YEAH. 
          THIS IS, EVERYBODY'S DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          I CAN ACCEPT THAT THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE, BUT THIS IS INCREDIBLE HOW FAR WE'VE COME. 
          IT'S, IT'S EVERYBODY. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE OLD, IT'S THE OUTREACH IN THE SCHOOLS. 
          SO RATHER THAN THE COPS BEING THE BAD GUYS RUN, YOU ACTUALLY KNOW THE NAMES OF THE STUDENTS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU TOO. 
          IT'S, IT'S ALL VERY, AND TO BE ABLE TO, AND I, I WALK PAST, I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THE SCHOOL. 
          I WALK PAST THE SCHOOL, I SEE THE CARS THERE, AND I SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A WELCOME SITUATION WHEN THE POLICE ARE WALKING THROUGH THE SCHOOLS AS OPPOSED TO, UH, OH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, TO ME, THIS IS ALL, ALL OF IT. 
          AGAIN, I WANT TO BE PERFECTLY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE. 
          AND, BUT I WILL ALSO JUST, I'M AMAZED. 
          I'M IMPRESSED, AND I'M VERY HAPPY WITH ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO GET US TO THIS POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S VERY KIND. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? MAYOR DRAKE, DID YOU WANNA, WE CAN, UH, MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          UH, IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS EITHER BOARD? UH, NO, THANK YOU. 
          UH, JUST MY CLOSING, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE TO ADJOURNMENT, UM, ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVING FORCES BETWEEN MY THOUGHTS ON PROPOSING THIS IDEA WITH LINDA WAS TWO YEARS AGO. 
          I REMEMBER WHEN THEY PRESENTED TO OUR BOARD, AND I REMEMBER I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS WE SAT ON OUR DESK DOWN AT VILLAGE HALL. 
          AND I HAD A LOT OF INTERNAL QUESTIONS, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO ASK BECAUSE I KNEW I'D BE PUTTING YOU TWO ON THE SPOT. 
          BUT A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WERE, HOW IS THE SCHOOL RESPONDING TO THIS? HOW, HOW, WHAT IS THE BOARD OF ED THINKING ABOUT THIS? YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE DOING STUFF ON THEIR SIDE. 
          AND I THINK THE BENEFIT, AND MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY THIS EVENING IS THAT I'M HEARING IT AND WE'RE ALL HEARING IT TOGETHER. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO PLAY TELEPHONE WITH OUR TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO YOU. 
          AND, UH, THAT, THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST BENEFIT FOR ME THIS EVENING. 
          SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THIS DONE AND THAT WE'RE ALL TOGETHER THIS EVENING. 
          UM, ANOTHER TAKEAWAY IS JUST THE, THE GREAT WORK THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING. 
          UM, AND, AND EVERYONE IN HI IN THIS ROOM HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS EVENING 
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I'VE ALREADY KNOWN IT AND I'M GLAD TO SEE AND HEAR THAT EVERYONE ELSE ELSE IS RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF, UH, THE CHIEF AND AND HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM, UH, AND THE OFFICERS OF OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AND THEN ONE OTHER, JUST MY FINAL THOUGHT IS I WANT THIS PROGRAM TO CONTINUE. 
          UH, WE HAVE TWO YEARS LEFT ON THE PROGRAM. 
          IF ANYONE IS OUT THERE WATCHING THIS FROM HOME OR, OR LISTENING TO THIS AFTER THIS MEETING, PLEASE WRITE CONGRESSMAN LATTIMER'S OFFICE. 
          UM, THEY ARE OUR ADVOCATE, UH, FOR THIS PROGRAM IN WASHINGTON. 
          DC THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP US RIGHT NOW IN EXTENDING THE PROGRAM, BUT I THINK THE MORE SUPPORT THEY KNOW THAT COMES FROM OUR COMMUNITY, OTHER THAN JUST MYSELF, LINDA, AND JOANNE, UH, THE BETTER IT IS AND, AND MORE IMPORTANT THEY REALIZE IT IS TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          AND JUST BASED ON THE STATS BY THEMSELVES SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM AND SINCE THE, THE ORIGINAL SURVEY, OUR STATS ARE GOING DOWN. 
          SO I VIEW THAT AS, AS, UM, AN ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THAT, AND A TESTAMENT TO THE PROGRAM DIRECTORS WHO ARE RUNNING THE PROGRAM. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT CONTINUED. 
          UM, OUTSIDE OF MY FIRST COMMENT, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, I WON'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE REST OF THE BOARD, BUT JUST FOR ME, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO, UH, ANY INITIATIVES THAT OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING OTHER THAN WHAT WE DO WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THE VILLAGE CAN DO, PLEASE JUST LET ME KNOW. 
          IF THERE'S ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT WOULD BE AN OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING INITIATIVE THAT YOU WOULD WANT US TO CARRY THE TORCH ON, I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THAT AND, AND MOVE THAT TO THE BOARD AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          AND I THINK LARRY DRAKE, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU ALSO. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT'S SORT OF STARKLY OBVIOUS TONIGHT IS HOW THE WORK OF THE WAY YOU'VE ADVOCATE FEEDS INTO WHAT POLICE KNOW AND WHAT THEY DO. 
          WHAT DR. 
          SEMANSKI MENTIONED, WHAT OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WITHIN THE SCHOOL, WHAT PRINCIPAL CLAIMANT MENTIONED, WHAT, WHAT THE STUDENT UNION GETS INVOLVED IN. 
          SO THERE, AND WE AS TRUSTEES ALSO PAY ATTENTION TO. 
          SO IT REALLY IS, IT ALL FLOWS TOGETHER. 
          UH, AND I, I AGREE WITH YOU AND THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          AND TRUSTEE MEYER, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I JUST WANNA MAKE A LITTLE APOLOGY. 
          WHEN I REFERENCE THE MAYOR OF SCHOOL HERE, I REALIZE THERE ARE, I THINK OTHER PEOPLE ON THE VILLAGE BOARD, PEOPLE ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND POLICE OFFICERS, ALL OF WHOM GREW UP IN HASTINGS AND WENT TO SCHOOL AND HAD THAT, PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE HAVING NOW. 
          SO WITH NO INTENTION OF EXCLUSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY BECAUSE YOU CALLED HIM TOMMY. 
          I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA PUT. 
          NO, I REALIZED AT THE MOMENT IT HAPPENS. 
          , MR. MAYOR. 
          THAT'S MY APOLOGIES. 
          . 
          UH, OKAY. 
          UH, STATUTORILY, UH, EACH UH, GROUP HAS TO CONVENE OUR MEETING OR, UH, END OUR MEETING. 
          SO BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? I MOVED. 
          MAY HAVE A SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          TRUSTEES, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING? A SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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