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Teen Talk is a show for students, by students, featuring Camryn Chehreh as your host. This week, our guest is Dr. Mark T. Bedell, the Superintendent of AACPS.
A
Hey
aacps,
my
name
is
Cameron
Sherry
and
welcome
to
teen
talk.
This
is
the
space
for
students
by
students
and
I
cannot
wait
to
share
it
with
you
all
this
school
year,
whether
you're
tuning
in
from
North
County,
high
school
or
Southern,
Middle
School,
or
even
my
home
school
of
Crofton
High
I,
am
so
glad
you're.
Here
with
us
today
we
have
someone
very
special
in
the
studio
right
now.
A
My
first
guest
is
someone
you
may
be
familiar
with
here
in
Anne,
Arundel
County,
Dr,
Mark
Bedell
began
his
term
as
our
superintendent
on
August
8th
and
will
spend
the
next
four
years
making
decisions
that
impact
students
and
teachers
alike
he
previously
serves
as
the
as
the
assistant,
superintendent
of
Baltimore
County
public
schools
and
the
superintendent
of
Kansas,
City,
Public,
Schools
to
say
he's
experienced,
might
be
a
bit
of
an
understatement.
It
is
my
pleasure
to
introduce
Dr
Bedell
to
you
today,
Dr
Bedell.
How
are
you
today
Cameron.
B
A
A
B
Did
and
Cameron
before
I
answered
this
question.
I
just
have
to
say
you
have
an
awesome
name,
and
the
way
that
is
spelled
is
just
phenomenal
and
that
that's
personal,
because
my
daughter,
who
is
a
sixth
grader
in
this
County
her
that's
her
name
and
it's
spelled
the
same
way
and
I
picked
out
that
spelling.
B
So
what
I
want
to
say
to
you
to
answer
that
question
is
just
like
my
sixth
grader
that
I
have
in
this
County
I
get
to
hear
a
lot
from
her
around
her
experiences
and
everything
that
I
try
to
do
as
a
superintendent
is
to
make
sure
that
student
voice
is
represented.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
a
very
inclusive
school
district
and
all
means
all
right.
B
I
think
the
first
two
weeks
of
school
I
had
an
opportunity
to
have
lunch
with
a
number
of
elementary
middle
and
high
school
students
over
the
first
two
weeks
of
school,
and
it's
something
that
I
continue
to
do,
but
then
also
listening
to
our
students
that
serve
on
the
various
organizations
to
represent
the
student
body
as
a
whole,
along
with
a
superintendent
student
advisory
Council
and
just
allowing
for
students
to
say
to
us.
Here's
what
we
think
would
allow
for
us
to
thrive
in
the
21st
century.
B
A
B
Know
if
people
were
to
go
back
in
look
at
some
of
the
the
stuff
on
social
media,
about
what
I
did
in
Kansas
City
one
of
the
things
that
you
will
learn
from
students
in
particular,
most
people
said
you
know
he
is
a
superintendent
for
students,
I,
believe
in
not
just
focusing
on
the
academic
aspect
of
your
development.
I
want
to
get
out
and
I
want
to
support
you
with
some
of
your
extra
curriculars
I
may
pop
up,
and
you
may
not.
You
won't
see
me
in
a
suit.
B
You
might
see
me
in
some
jeans
and
a
nice
pair
of
tennis,
shoes
and
a
cap,
but
you
know
my
goal
is
to
get
out
and
to
be
in
the
trenches
with
you
all
and
to
just
show
you
all
how
much
I
support
that
extracurricular
aspect
of
your
development,
whether
it's
going
to
a
play,
a
musical
or
going
to
some
type
of
athletic
event.
Those
things
are
important
and
I
think
students
need
to
know
that
their
superintendent
supports
them.
Above
just
seeing
him
on
TV
or
hearing
about
him
on
the
news
or
a
radio
show.
A
B
I
mean
the
ultimate
goal
now
is
to
take
a
strong
look
at
where
we
reside
within
all
of
the
24
school
districts.
Here
in
Maryland
and
my
goal
is
we
I
want
to
be
number
one
I
think
we
have
the
staff.
We
have
the
Personnel
to
make
that
happen.
We
have
a
community
that
I
believe
is,
is
ready
to
get
on
board
and
continue
to
support
the
county,
but
being
number
one
truly
means
that
we're
utilizing
our
resources
in
a
very
efficient
way.
We
are
thinking
outside
the
box.
B
We
are
no
longer
operating
in
this
very
rigid
way
of
how
we
conduct
schooling,
because
in
a
way
it's
kind
of
obsolete
and
in
in
in
this
era
we
have
to
innovate
and
we
have
to
be
willing
to
to
try
things
and
to
also
understand
that
failure
is
it's
a
part
of
life.
It's
okay,
you
have
to
embrace
it,
but
not
doing
anything
to
me
is
a
is.
C
B
You
know
I
know
the
laws
are
different
here
and
we're
trying
to
work
around
some
things,
but
in
Kansas
City
last
year,
as
a
superintendent,
I
drove
a
kid
to
school
right
this.
This
school
bus
situation
we
dealt
with
it
last
year
and
we
did
not
have
enough
bus
drivers.
So
I
rolled
up
my
sleeves
and
said,
hey
I
will
pick
up
several
kids
and
I
will
take
them
to
their
school
and
I.
Did
it
for
a
three-week
period
until
we
were
able
to
to
put
a
a
bus
on
the
road
for
that
route.
B
Additionally,
I
didn't
have
a
problem
going
into
a
school
and
subbing
as
a
principal
for
the
day
wow.
It
was
kind
of
awesome
getting
in
and
spending
my
whole
day
there
and
anybody
who
wanted
to
meet
with
me
if
you
wanted
to
meet
with
me
and
get
on
my
schedule.
Well,
you
had
to
come
over
to
that
school
where
I
was
subbing
as
a
principal,
so
I
really
do
believe
in
being
in
the
trenches
I.
B
Truly,
try
to
share
with
people
that
I
don't
know
at
all
and
I'm
not
going
to
act
like
I
know
it
all.
I
don't
have
all
of
the
answers
and
I'm
willing
to
listen
to
people
I'm
willing
to
collaborate
and
I'm
willing
to
do
things
that
I
think
would
would
truly
allow
for
students
to
prosper.
That's
that's
who
I
am,
that
is
the
type
of
leader
that
I
am.
A
B
B
B
You
know
how
far
in
well
at
this
point
about
a
month
and
a
half,
because
I
started
on
August
8th
right,
so
we're
about
a
month
and
a
half
into
the
first
100
days
and
I
have
learned
a
lot.
My
100
day
plan
is
on
our
District's
website,
so
anybody
can
go
and
see
what
I've
done
so
far,
who
I've
met
with
and
it
it
is
updated
if
it's
updated
every
week,
so
we
post
it
every
Friday
for
any
and
everybody
to
look
at
and
see
what
we're
doing
so.
B
Yeah
and-
and
you
all
will
see
that
when
we
start
to
do
our
board
presentations,
we
will
be
much
more
data
oriented
in
what
we
present
and,
to
be
honest
with
you,
that's
not
always
going
to
look
good.
It's
just
not,
but
I,
don't
I!
Think
as
a
superintendent.
If
people
don't
know
where
our
struggles
are,
then
how
will
they
be
able
to
help
us
right
right?
So
I
always
talk
about
schools
can't
do
it
alone,
and
we
just
can't
right.
We
we
have
two
options
here
right.
B
We
we
either.
We
will
do
everything
in
our
power
to
be
the
greatest
educational
institution
we
can
be
or
we're
going
to
be,
the
greatest
Social
Services
institution.
You
can't
be
great
at
both
right,
and
so
that's
where
my
call
out
to
the
community
is
here's
the
reality
of
where
we
are:
here's
the
good,
the
bad
and
ugly
and
with
the
Bad
and
the
Ugly.
Here's
how
you
all
can
help
us
turn
that
into
good.
C
D
E
Name
is
Tia
and
I
go
to
Chesapeake
science
point.
My
favorite
class
is
math
because
I
really
enjoy
how
objective
the
class
is
and
how
easy
it
is
to
understand
the
content
hi.
My
name
is
Sam
and
I
go
to
Crompton.
My
favorite
class
so
far
is
Boca
because
I
sometimes
to
feed
Cameron
Sherry
and
you
have
a
lot
of
fun.
A
Welcome
back
to
teen
talk
I'm
here
with
superintendent,
Dr
Bedell
answering
some
questions
about
his
role
here
in
aacps,
so,
as
we
kind
of
talked
about
this
earlier,
as
not
only
the
superintendent
but
also
a
parent
here
in
aacps,
how
do
you
think
that
perspective
of
being
on
the
board
as
a
superintendent
and
also
a
parent
of
a
daughter
named
Cameron
right?
Yes,.
B
B
Well,
it
allows
for
me
to
have
both
the
administrative
perspective,
along
with
the
parental
perspective
and
I
am
not
only
an
internal
user,
but
I'm
also
an
end
user
of
everything
that
we
do
so
when
I
think
about
the
Learning
Management
systems
and
how
we
conduct
grading
and
what
type
of
things
go
out
to
parents
I
want
to
always
operate
with
the
perspective
of.
Is
this
something
that
is
easy
for
our
parents
to
navigate
through?
B
Is
it
readable
right
because
in
education
we
tend
to
do
a
lot
of
things
where
we
utilize
a
lot
of
acronyms,
and
so
only
us
as
professionals,
understand
what
those
acronyms
are.
We
have
to
simplify
things
to
make
sure
that
common
language
is
understood
by
all,
and
so
as
a
parent
I
have
to
always
think
about
that
perspective
when
we
are
putting
out
memos
and
when
we're
looking,
how
we're
going
to
do
presentations,
public
presentations
and
having
that
perspective,
but
also
as
a
parent
wanting
you
know
where
it
really
will
set
me
apart.
B
I
just
I
want
growth
in
in
all
of
our
kids
on
those
three
continuous,
socially
emotionally
and
academically.
We
should
be
producing
kids
that
can
thrive
on
those
three
continuums
which
would
make
them
truly
globally
competitive
and
that's
what
I
want
for
my
child
and
that's
what
I
want
for
everybody
else.
Children,
yeah.
A
There
you
go
and
speaking
of
being
in
the
trenches
we
talked
about
this
a
little
bit
earlier,
you've
been
going
out
to
schools,
visiting
schools,
you
ate
lunch
with
kids
in
the
first
week
of
school.
That's
so
awesome!
So
what
has
been
one
of
the
biggest
takeaways
from
kind
of
touring
around
in
our
own
County
I
know
you
said
you're
not
done
yet
you're
still
going
I'm.
B
Not
done,
but
for
somebody,
who's
worked
in
a
number
of
school
districts,
I
would
say
to
people
that
Anne
Arundel
County,
has
it
good,
Anne
Arundel
County
could
be
great
and
we're
not
that
far
away
from
that
right,
we
we
don't
have
major
holes
that
we
have
to
address.
Yes,
we
have
to
address
Staffing
and
looking
at
things
differently,
but
every
superintendent
that
I've
spoken
to
they.
They
have
staffing
issues
right
now.
B
So
it's
not
just
it's
not
an
insular
experience
for
aacps
the
same
thing
with
bus
drivers,
the
same
thing
with
cafeteria
workers,
custodians,
we're
all
dealing
with
this
shortage,
and
and
despite
that,
the
way
that
people
are
working
in
this
organization,
the
way
that
teachers
are
working
out
with
each
other,
the
way
that
paraprofessionals
the
way
that
everybody's
coming
together
to
ensure
that
we
don't
drop
Balls
to
the
best
of
our
ability.
It's
been
inspiring
for
me
right,
so
we
we
have
little
Cuts.
B
That's
what
I
tell
people
and
cuts
can
easily
heal
by
us,
making
some
some
changes,
and
so
what
I
plan
to
do
is
to
just
make
sure
that
I'm
out
doing
as
much
listening
and
learning
as
I
can
and
when
we
make
these
recommendations
around
what
we're
going
to
do
differently
that
it.
It
really
eliminates
some
of
these
Cuts,
some
of
which
are
self-inflicted
right.
Some
of
them
are
beyond
our
control,
but
if
we
think
differently
with
the
things
that
are
beyond
our
control,
there's
always
Solutions
out
there
for
those
things
right.
A
B
I
was
dumb
ugly
and
would
never
amount
to
anything
and
I
quit
school
in
the
second
grade,
and
the
teacher
knew
that
she
could
do
it
and
get
away
with
it
because
nobody
was
coming
to
the
school
to
advocate
for
me,
then,
in
the
10th
grade-
and
this
is
important
for
students
as
your
superintendent
I-
wasn't
perfect
and
there's
a
ton
of
Highly
Successful
People
in
this
world
that
weren't
they
weren't
perfect.
So
I
don't
want
people
to
think.
Oh
he's
a
superintendent.
B
B
Two
weeks
later,
I
went
back
to
Mr,
Barrett
I
told
him
everything
I
was
going
through,
I
told
him
about
being
homeless.
I
told
him
about
the
situation
at
home,
with
my
mom
I
wasn't
living
with
her
like
I
went
through
the
struggles
to
get
to
where
I
am
Mr.
Barrett
made
me
believe
that
I
can
do
more
than
I
ever
thought.
B
That's
what
a
lot
of
us
think
we're
going
to
do
when
we
play
sports,
but
they
had
planted
that
seed
in
the
10th
grade
of
what
I
was
going
to
do,
and
then
they
took
me
under
their
wings,
in
particular
Mr
Barrett,
and
they
kind
of
served
as
adult
advocates
for
me
right
there
on
that
campus.
That's
the
power
that
teachers
have.
C
A
B
Hard
I'm.
Sorry,
it's
not
hard!
It's
embarrassing!
Oh
because
I'm
from
New
York
I'm
from
upstate,
New
York,
so
I
I've
been
a
lifelong
New.
York
Knick
fan
I,
just
don't
know
what
what
I
just
don't
know
what
we're
doing
at
that
franchise,
I'm!
So
confused
every
year
we
have
a
draft
and
let's
not
talk.
A
C
B
A
B
It's
it's
a
tough
situation
for
a
leader
of
a
school
district
to
go
in
and
look
at
that
stuff
and
what
I've
learned
about
social
media
is.
Everybody
has
the
answer.
Everybody
has
a
solution,
even
if
they
have
not
had
any
type
of
formal
training
on
whatever
subject
matter.
It
may
be
right,
everybody
has
the
answer
and
it
can
be
very
toxic
and
I'm
not
interested
in
in
fueling
myself
with
toxicity
I'm,
just
not
going
to
do
it.
I
was
at
a
conference
recently
in
Alexandria
Virginia
and
one
of
the
speakers
we
were
going.
B
There
was
a
slide
and
somebody
said
maybe
it
was
a
panel
with
superintendents,
but
somebody
basically
said:
if
you
don't
seek
out
information
from
someone,
then
why
would
you
listen
to
what
they
have
to
say
if
it's
always
negative
right?
So
it's
something
like
that,
but
it
was
but
I
thought
it
was
a
really.
B
It
was
a
really
great
piece
of
advice
because
you
can
go
on
it's
just
like
reading
a
newspaper
you
get
through
the
end
of
an
article
that
may
be
controversial
and
then
everybody's
got
comments
down
there
and
I'm
I'm
telling
you
the
stuff
can
be
so
so
toxic,
so
negative,
so
nasty
and
that
stuff
will
put
you
in
a
valley
of
Despair.
So
for
me,
I,
don't
I!
Just
don't
allow
for
that
type
of
stuff
to
to
to
bother
me
and
I.
B
Don't
spend
a
lot
of
time
reading
what
everybody's
putting
on
Facebook
and
Twitter
I?
Just
don't
I,
don't
I,
don't
care
I
care,
but
I,
don't
and
if
it's
something
important
I
have
staff
that
will
give
me
the
information
that
I
need
to
make
sure
that
I
react
to
it,
but
yeah
I'm
not
I,
have
I
have
Facebook.
A
B
Love
to
play
basketball
stew,
I
tore
my
rotator
cup,
because
I
was
playing
basketball
in
Kansas
City
right
before
I
left
and
didn't
know
that
I
had
torn
it
and
thought
this
was
a
shoulder
injury,
I
love
to
bowl
I'm,
not
good
at
it.
I
have
a
couple
of
bowling
balls
and
once
I
get
back
into
the
routine,
maybe
I
can
get
back
to
bowling
in
the
170s
or
so
I
love
the
fish.
B
That's
another
thing
that
I
do
and
I
love
fantasy
sports
like
I,
you
know,
I
have
a
couple
of
fantasy
Leagues
with
people
that
I
I
used
to
work
with
back
in
2010
that
we
still
have
a
fantasy
football
league,
but
I
I
like
doing
that
and
and
then
most
importantly,
just
I
love,
trying
to
I
love
to
travel.
Okay,
I
love
to
travel,
I,
love
to
just
get
out
and
explore
the
world
and
try
to
do
things
differently.
B
A
That's
so
amazing,
you
have
been
a
wonderful
guest
I
want
to
thank
Dr
Bedell
for
spending
some
time
with
us
in
the
studio
today.
I
am
so
excited
to
see
what
you
do
this
school
year
and
best
of
luck
to
you.
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
tuning
in
today
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