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That moment can be you can transform a school because of the power of kids talking to each other. All right. Do we have another question . I appreciate that point you have been making. Been, wooing with the board and the foundation and launch the student Advisory Board and i think we need to get that training kicked in really fast and thats a point well taken, and i appreciate lee you showing that clip because it illustrates an important distinction that we need to make. We dont want to send the...

And thats a point well taken, and i appreciate lee you showing that clip because it illustrates an important distinction that we need to make. We dont want to send the message to america that bullying is normative; that bullying is normal, and that clip illustrated that the school is sending that message, and there is a difference, an important distinction between the school sort of embodying and sending the message to the kids that bullying is just a part of growing up and believing that bullyi...

Training kicked in really fast and thats a point well taken, and i appreciate lee you showing that clip because it illustrates an important distinction that we need to make. We dont want to send the message to america that bullying is normative; that bullying is normal, and that clip illustrated that the school is sending that message, and there is a difference, an important distinction between the school sort of embodying and sending the message to the kids that bullying is just a part of growi...

Their leadership as a team is compromised so whatever that team is, the Football Team, the basketball, the student counsel, the peer leaders. If the peer leader doesnt do the right thing and this is my initiative and if you dont do the right thing you dont look like what know what youre doing and that isnt cool and you didnt do your job that well, if we get in these ambassador programs and give them training and rigor and how difficult that moment can be you can transform a school because of the...

Basketball, the student counsel, the peer leaders. If the peer leader doesnt do the right thing and this is my initiative and if you dont do the right thing you dont look like what know what youre doing and that isnt cool and you didnt do your job that well, if we get in these ambassador programs and give them training and rigor and how difficult that moment can be you can transform a school because of the power of kids talking to each other. All right. Do we have another question . I appreciate...

I thought something that was interesting and i am trying to remember what i wanted to say i wanted to say our approaches are converging in opposite ways and students feel safe to get the bullying addressed but the policies are punitive and high stakes and we know that zero tolerance is not the case and makes things work and gives a one week vacation. You can leave school for a week, have fun and when you come back you get to do what you did before. Thank you. Thanks. One thing i always thought d...

Training kicked in really fast and thats a point well taken, and i appreciate lee you showing that clip because it illustrates an important distinction that we need to make. We dont want to send the message to america that bullying is normative; that bullying is normal, and that clip illustrated that the school is sending that message, and there is a difference, an important distinction between the school sort of embodying and sending the message to the kids that bullying is just a part of growi...

Discourse unfolds we want to get tough on bullying and the more severe the consequences are, high stakes consequence and it is antibullying laws and et cetera it is more likely children are actually not going to speak up, and it causes this sweeping under the rug and i just think this needs to be addressed and i wanted to thank you for your comment about connecting the false assumption that bullying is always linked to suicide. Thats something that was talked about at the federal summit that we ...

And thats a point well taken, and i appreciate lee you showing that clip because it illustrates an important distinction that we need to make. We dont want to send the message to america that bullying is normative; that bullying is normal, and that clip illustrated that the school is sending that message, and there is a difference, an important distinction between the school sort of embodying and sending the message to the kids that bullying is just a part of growing up and believing that bullyi...

And rigor and how difficult that moment can be you can transform a school because of the power of kids talking to each other. All right. Do we have another question . I appreciate that point you have been making. Been, wooing with the board and the foundation and launch the student Advisory Board and i think we need to get that training kicked in really fast and thats a point well taken, and i appreciate lee you showing that clip because it illustrates an important distinction that we need to ma...