QUESTION
Is there a safe passage plan for students, and what is project pivot's role in it?
1:23:37
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Superintendent Khalek Kirkland affirms the existence of a safe passage plan for students, highlighting project pivot's key role.
- Kirkland confirms project pivot assists with ensuring students' safety.
- He emphasizes the importance of safety, care, and learning as primary concerns of parents sending their children to school.
- Council Member Joseph advocates for restorative justice and community schools, faced with some resistance from an individual named Dan.
- Superintendent Kirkland praises the chancellor for initiating project pivot.
Rita C. Joseph
1:23:37
of Is there a safe passage plan in place for these students?
Khalek Kirkland
1:23:40
Definitely.
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And project pivot is helping with just stuff.
Rita C. Joseph
1:23:43
Yay.
1:23:43
Project pivot.
Khalek Kirkland
1:23:44
Yeah.
1:23:44
But the project I I hope I I know that you're an advocate of project I I know that you're
Rita C. Joseph
1:23:49
I'm also a big advocate of a sort of justice, which Dan doesn't like.
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I love community schools.
1:23:54
Dan doesn't like them, and they work.
Khalek Kirkland
1:23:56
I'll talk to Dan about that.
1:23:57
Yeah.
Rita C. Joseph
1:23:57
Have a conversation with Dan.
1:23:59
Talked to Dan.
1:24:00
Have a conversation with Dan because some of the data say these things work, but Dan don't believe in them.
Khalek Kirkland
1:24:06
Well, I I listen.
1:24:07
We all wanna make sure the first lesson, you know this as an educator.
1:24:10
You've only been working one less year because you look five years younger than I am.
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So let me explain something to you.
Rita C. Joseph
1:24:16
Shout out to my age, too.
Khalek Kirkland
1:24:17
You and I both know that there are three things that families are looking forward to when they send their child off to school.
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The third thing is that they want their child to learn something every day.
Rita C. Joseph
1:24:27
Alright.
Khalek Kirkland
1:24:27
The second thing is they want someone to care for their child.
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You had a boo boo, you you lost your pet snake, whatever, whatever.
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Is somebody gonna care for them?
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But you know the first thing that a parent wants when they send their child off to school and you send your son off to school, is that he's safe.
Rita C. Joseph
1:24:44
Absolutely.
1:24:45
He just texts me.
Khalek Kirkland
1:24:46
So the project pivot has been helping with that in ways that I I'm just in love with our chancellor for coming up with that idea.
Rita C. Joseph
1:24:54
Shout out to the chancellor.