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From YouTube: In the World of Winooski - 8/23/2022
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From the City of Winooski:
School Trustee Alex Yin shares updates on the school's capital project with guest Hussein Amuri and Shristy Pradhan
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A
Welcome
to
the
world
of
in
the
world
of
winooski,
I'm
obviously
not
christine
lot
mayor
lot,
who
usually
hosts
this
show,
but
she
was
kind
enough
to
let
the
winooski
school
board
do
a
mini
takeover
to
provide
our
winooski
community
a
little
bit
of
an
update
on
the
winooski
construction
project,
and
I'm
lucky
here
to
have
two
guests
here.
A
But
let
me
give
you
some
background
information,
because
I
think
people
have
been
a
little
bit
stressed
out
and
may
have
kind
of
forgotten
where
we've
come
and
where
and
I'm
hoping
to
have
some
of
our
students
here
to
kind
of
talk,
an
alumni
talk
about
where
we're
going
as
we
come
as
we
start
finishing
up
with
the
winooski
school
con
capital
project
for
those
who
like
we're
along
for
the
ride
in
2019,
our
community
and
I'm
so
thankful
to
for
the
community
for
helping
us
pass
a
57,
8.8
million
dollar
school
bond
boat
to
basically
help
us
build
and
rejuvenate
a
school,
and
when
I
joined
the
school
board,
I
really
thought
joining
a
school
board
was
like
talking
about.
A
How
do
we
save
the
arts
programs?
What
I
didn't
realize
was
that
I
was
going
to
be
asking
our
community
to
really
help
support
the
real
building
and
renovations
and
construction
of
a
new
school,
because
we
had
a
building
that
was
built
for
600
students,
and
we
only
and
we
had
800
students
and
that's
why
we
needed
the
construction.
A
The
boiler
was
still
being
used
from
the
1950s
and
then,
if
we,
if
we
needed,
if
it
broke,
it
would
have
cost
us
a
lot
of
money
to
replace
it
right
away,
or
we
were
hoping
that
someone
had
decommissioned
their
boiler
so
that
we
could
ebay
the
parts
to
fix
the
boiler
and
in
that
way,
in
that
spirit
of
things,
I
tell
you
these
things,
because
I
know
the
last
two
years
have
been
hard,
especially
many
people
may
question
why,
in
the
world,
with
the
school
board
in
the
school
administration
and
with
the
teachers,
decide
to
actually
continue
the
capital
project
during
a
pandemic,
and
I'm
not
going
to
lie
what
we
asked
for
57.8
million
as
of
today
september
august,
20
23rd,
as
of
august
23rd,
we're
probably
going
to
be
needing
about
62
million
dollars
for
the
project,
but
because
we
did
it
with
covid,
because
I
have
really
talented
administrators,
administrators
and
staff.
A
We
are
only
going
to
need
to
borrow
55-ish
million
dollars,
which
is
going
to
come
at
a
cost
savings
for
us
now.
People
will
still
ask
like.
Why
did
you
do
it
during
covid?
Well,
if
we
did
it
during
co,
if
we
didn't
do
it
in
covet
and
let's
say
that
we
started
the
capital
project
now
I
have
estimates
that
it
would
have
cost
us
about
90
to
100
million
dollars
to
build
the
school
of
that.
A
What
we
have
now,
and
so,
even
though
I
recognized
that
it
was
really
hard
for
us
during
this
time
period,
to
deal
with
all
the
movement
of
the
students
from
different
classrooms
to
do
it.
I
really
believe
that
come
october,
there's
going
to
be
a
great
big
celebration
and
we're
one
of
the
few
schools
in
vermont.
A
That
is
gonna
not
have
to
worry
about
their
building.
The
the
secretary
of
education
actually
had
commissioned
a
report,
and
almost
75
percent
of
the
schools
in
vermont
were
going
to
need
to
see
some
form
of
renovation
or
addition,
and
so
I
think
we're
prepared
to
really
like
excel
as
a
community
with
our
new
building,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
people
understand
that
this
is
not
a
building
just
for
our
future
and
our
current
students.
This
is
a
building
for
our
whole
community,
because
there
is
a
better
performing
arts
center.
A
And-
and
I'm
going
to
say,
this
is
going
to
be
a
building
where
we're
going
to
see
some
of
the
highlighted
works
of
our
great
students
and
that's
what
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
and-
and
I
have
as
a
special
guest
here
at
shirsty
here
and
she's
special
to
me
a
little
bit
here,
because
when
we
were
doing
the
capital
planning
project-
and
we
were
doing
all
the
tours
of
the
schools
to
like
kind
of
bring
in
the
public
to
see.
Why
did
we
need
to
like
do
this
renovation
project?
A
I
remember
the
school
board
chair
at
that
time,
michael
de
carl
and
I
came
in
one
day
and
one
day
there
were
only
two
students
who
showed
up
for
this.
This
little
school
tour
and
one
of
them
was
firsty
when
she
was
in
sixth
grade-
and
I
kind
of
you
know
looking
at
you
right
now,
like
you're,
now
a
rising
sophomore
in
the
winooski
high
school.
Can
you
talk
about
like?
Why
did
you
come
on
that
tour?
And
do
you
remember
the
tour.
B
Yeah
we
went,
I
remember
going
to
the
boiler
room.
I
thought
the
tour
was
about
like
what
the
future
of
this
building
was,
but,
like.
I
was
kind
of
disappointed
when
you
guys
just
showed
us
around
the
building,
but
it
was
great
because
we
got
to
present
it
to
our
class
afterwards
and
because
I
think
I
remember
like
something
about
essex
doing
something.
A
Do
you
remember
when
we
did
the
tour
a
little
bit
that,
like
I
actually
said,
hey
shirsty,
I'm
hoping
that
we're
building
a
school
not
only
for
you
to
use
as
you
developed
it
over
time,
but
I'm
hoping
that
you'll
kind
of
want
to
stay
in
the
community
and
have
your
children
go
to
this
school
right?
Can
you
speak
a
little
bit
to
that?
Maybe.
B
B
Yeah,
I
think
so,
because
you
know
community
and
I
know
like
about
almost
everyone
there,
so
I
think
because
such
a
small
community-
and
it's
very
close
so
I
would
feel
comfortable
coming
back
and
like
in
the
future.
After
I'm
done
with
you
know
my
studies
and
stuff
to
come
back
here
and
sell
down,
I
would
be
like
down
to
do
that.
Definitely
do.
A
B
I
think
that's
the
best
part
so
far
and
all
of
my
teachers
have
their
own
classrooms,
and
so
so
before,
like
you
know,
we
have
to
be
careful,
except
because
the
other
teacher
might
not
like
what
we're
doing
in
that
classroom,
but
not
like
they
have
their
own.
So
we
do
whatever
we
want.
We
want
as
long
as
it's
that
teacher
and,
like
you
know
the
classroom,
that's
us
and
I
forgot
the
question.
A
A
In
because
I
think
in
some
ways
people
don't
understand
like
they
think.
Oh
when
I
was
older,
like
we
didn't,
have
ac,
we
didn't
need
to
survive,
but
with
climate
change
like
you
could
weren't
the
classrooms
getting
really
really
hot
without
the
ac
at
one
point
like
getting
to
80,
90
degrees
and
stuff,
which
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
there
was
a
lot
of
intentionality,
that
when
we
built
the
school
that
we
were
going
to
create
an
environment
that
was
great
for
the
learner
right
and
when
the
school's
too
cold
or
too
hot.
B
Not
really
during
the
winter,
I
think
there
were
lots
of
students
who
had
blankets
like
they
would
come
in
with
the
blankets
and
like
wear
them.
You
know
because
it
was
so
cold,
especially
during
the
construction
when
high
school
high
schoolers
had
to
be
in
the
elementary
section
we
had
some
like.
B
We
had
to
sit
in
small
chairs,
small
desks
and
it
was
so
cold
and
like
my
cousin
and
which
would
just
wear
blankets
like
every
single
day,
because
it
was
so
cold
or
it
was
like
either
because,
like
you
know
the
what
is
it
called
ventilation?
B
It
was
so
loud
it
wasn't
that
like
before,
but
it
was
so
loud
and,
like
so
hard
to
hear
the
teacher-
and
we
also
had
mask
on
so
now,
because
it's
not
like
we
don't
have
the
ventilation
so
loud,
because
we
just
have
the
ac
there.
You
know
not
that
cold,
not
that
hot
just
perfect.
So
we
can
hear
our
students.
I
mean
teachers
well,.
A
A
No
and
it's
important
to
realize
how
environment
plays
a
part
and
for
those
who
are
worried
about
like
hey,
did
we
make
this
building
green?
You
probably
learned
that
we
have
geothermal
in
there.
We
have
solar
panels
and
for
those
who
are
going
to
be
there's
a
new
article
coming
out
about
how
winooski
did
with
the
solar
panels,
but
we're
also
making
this
very
environmental,
green
and
cost
efficient.
I'm
all
hoping
this
is
a
risky
question.
Did
you
learn
about
some
of
the
things
that
we
were
making
the
building
green
and
stuff?
A
No,
no,
my
bad
that
you
should
learn
about
how
we're
doing
the
greenness
of
that.
But
as
we're
coming
to
like
finishing
up,
can
you
like
tell
the
community?
Are
you
excited
about
the
new
school
like?
What
are
you
looking
forward
to
like
you
know,
you
know,
is
there
any
excitement
or
you're
going
like?
Are
we
just
passing
like?
Oh,
it's
a
building.
B
Well,
right
now
I
like
the
high
school,
the
middle
school,
the
elementary
all
all
have
their
own
sections
and
the
classroom
like
I
said
it's
a
lot
bigger
and
it's
a
lot
easier
because
before
the
high
school
was
like
right
there,
the
middle
school
was
right
there
and
some
of
the
high
school
and
middle
school
were
confusing.
B
You
know,
because
we
had
to
go
back
and
forth
and
back
and
forth,
but
now
it's
so
chill
because,
like
you
know,
everyone
has
their
own
place
to
go
to,
and
this
I
think
the
schedule
right
now
is
a
lot
more
better
than
before,
because
because,
like
you
know
now,.
A
B
We
have
like
new
equipment
and,
like
we
have
this
thing,
which,
like
cleans
out
the
the
chemical
that
means
we
can
do
more
work
because
before
it
was
limited.
A
B
Yeah
right
now,
because
I'm
only
a
sophomore,
I'm
not
there
yet
you
know
but
like
so
far,
everyone's
been
helpful
and
probably
because
I
don't
I'm
not
really
trying
that
much,
because
I
don't
know
much
but
in
like
maybe
when
I'm
junior
or
senior,
I
think
I
would
be
like
ready,
because
there's
always
someone
in
the
community
always
like
being
like
where
you
want
to
go
what
you
want
to
do.
You
know
like
if
you
need
help
like
you,
you
know,
there's
always
someone
trying
to
do
that.
A
A
We
took
to
you
as
any
regular
tour
because
we
knew
that
you
were
our
equals
in
the
community
member
and
I'm
really
glad
that
we're
being
able
to
build
this
school
and
we
can
share
it
together
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
day
when
we
really
open
and
bring
up
the
whole
school
when
it's
completely
done.
A
So
I
kind
of
understood
this
bigger
picture
right
and
I-
and
when
I
heard
about
I
was
like.
Oh
my
god.
This
is
innovative
and
this
is
gonna,
be
more
inclusive
and
more.
You
know
more
inclusive
and
accessible
to
more
of
the
population,
but
the
hard
part
was
do.
A
I
have
proof
that
it
worked
and
that's
why
I
brought
this
second
guy
here
hussein
amari,
who
who's
a
rising
sophomore
at
the
university
of
washington
who
just
finished
his
first
year
there,
and
I
kind
of
wanted
to
talk
to
you
zayn
about
like
so
did
we
prepare
you
for
college
like
you
know
and
plea,
if
you're
not
going
to
brag
about
how
well
you
did,
I
will
so
I'll?
Let
you
do
the
bragging
here.
C
Well,
you
know,
first
of
all
thank
you
for
having
me
alex,
and
you
know
I
think
growing
up
in
winonski
and
you
know,
having
you
know,
went
there
for
four
years.
You
know
the
big
kind
of
you
know
argument
being
made
by
a
lot
of
my
peers.
You
know,
and
people
that
you
know
went
to
university.
Was
you
know
it's
preparing
us.
You
know
for
college
like
we,
you
know
we're
not
taking
any
ap
classes.
Okay,
like
we're.
C
C
First
of
all,
I
just
want
to
say,
like
you
know,
being
a
second
year
college
student
right
now,
I
would
say
that
you
know
the
hardest
thing
about
college.
Okay,
it's
really
not
about
the
academic.
C
The
study
okay
in
many
ways
it's
about
the
balance,
okay
of
life,
okay,
like
in
the
struggle
that
comes
with
that,
okay
and
in
many
ways
a
lot
of
times
like
you
know,
mental
health
is
a
big
problem
for,
like
a
lot
of,
like
you,
know,
college
students,
and
for
me
personally,
I
go
back
to
one
of
you
know
my
graduation
expectation
that
I
had
to
take
that
being
the
well-being
you
know,
ggx,
where
it
was
all
about
coming
and
learning
a
lot
a
lot
of
more
about,
like
my
social
emotional
health,
and
how
in
many
ways
going
into
college.
C
That
was
a
big
big
aspect
for
my
life,
for
me:
learning
how
to
manage
that?
Okay!
Okay,
because
again,
like
you
know
the
struggle
of
you
know
being
like
you
know,
of
course,
you're
trying
to
kind
of
like
you
know,
learn,
what's
you
know,
what's
really
happening
and
do
you
study?
You
know
it's
hard?
Okay,
especially
the
study.
You
know
more
work,
more
commitment,
okay,
okay,
so
having
that
you
know,
sort
of
you
know,
question
of,
like
you
know,
hey
you
know.
Let
me
take
care
of
myself.
C
First:
okay,
like
my
mental
health,
what's
going
on,
okay,
okay,
then
that's
gonna!
You
know
help
me
succeed,
okay
and
being
being
on
my
campus
to
this
day.
Okay,
you
know
I
have.
I
have
a
lot
of
kids.
You
know
who
went
to
like
you
know:
private
high
schools,
okay,
you
know
school
that
you
know
had
the
resources
okay,
but
they
didn't
have
that.
You
know
when
you
know
when
you
know
schools
was,
it
was
hard.
C
You
know
when
mental
health
was
just
kind
of
you
know,
crushing
them,
okay,
they
didn't
really
have
that
sort
of.
Like
you
know,
background
of,
like
you
know,
here's
why
you
do
when
you're
struggling.
Okay,
he's
like
you
know,
you
know,
for
me
a
person
like
you
know.
I
remember
like
one
of
the
best
classes
I
ever
took
in
high
school.
Was
this
class?
I'm,
like
you,
know,
meditation?
Okay,
I'm
not
big
into
meditation
at
all.
You
know
right
so
a
lot.
C
You
know
I
loved
playing
basketball
soccer,
but
you
know
I
remember
you
know
just
you
know
a
few.
You
know
times
back.
You
know
this
school
year,
where,
like
I
was
like
hey
like,
I
really
need
to
take
care
of
myself.
Okay,
so
that's
like
one
thing
I,
okay,
like
you,
know
the
academic
of.
C
Like
you
know,
you
know,
college
is
very
prioritized
by
a
lot
of
people
for
good
reasons,
for
you
know,
you're
there
to
study
okay,
but
it's
a
whole
sort
of
like
you
know,
structure
of,
like
you
know,
knowing
yourself,
okay,
doing
the
little
things,
okay
of
taking
care
of
yourself
like
asking
questions.
That
kind
of
you
know
helps
you
out
that
kind
of
help
you
out
in
many
ways.
That's
like
the
based
on
the
foundation.
A
No,
I
appreciate
hearing
that
because,
as
you
know,
I
do
work
at
a
university
and
that
mental
health
is
the
number
one
issue
that's
coming
out
and
how
do
I
work
with
this
next
generation?
I
mean
a
lot
of
this
generation
is
coming
out
of
coven
now
dealing
with
all
that
pressure
and
the
fact
that
our
school
is
actually
doing.
That
is
a
big
step
to
actually
succeeding
academically
right
exactly.
C
And,
like
you
know,
I
feel
like
in
many
ways
you
know
our
curriculum
that
we
have.
We
know
ski
full
side.
This
whole
thing
coming
before
anybody
did.
Okay,
like
you
know,
because
again,
like
you
know,
I
think
when
you
know
we
went
about
kind
of
creating
it
for
for
students.
It
was
not
only
about
like
what's
really
happening
right
now,
what's
happening
in
the
future.
Okay,
I
don't
think
anybody
knew
what
you
know.
Kobe
was
coming,
but
I
feel,
like
you
know,
there
were
a
lot
of
signs.
C
Okay,
okay,
you
know
growing
up
now,
like
you
know
social
media
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff.
Like
you
know,
there's
this
whole,
you
know
pressure
of,
like
you
know,
what's
really
going
on
and
I
know
like
you
know,
I
don't
know
you
know
having
me
here.
You
kind
of
want
me
to
talk
more
about
the
academic
side
of
like
you
know,
we'll
get
there.
You
know
of
college
okay,
and
you
know
one
thing
that
I
kind
of
remember
very
vividly
in
in
windows
skill
with
this
idea
of.
C
Like
you
know,
we
don't
really
do
good
enough.
You
know
like
yeah.
Okay,
you
know
math
classes
and
added
as
well
and
not
gonna
lie
that
was
kind
of
like
you
know,
a
very
like
kind
of
hard
concept.
For
me
for
me
to
get
rid
of.
You
know
going
to
my
first
year
in
college,
one
of
the
many
classes
that
you
know
you
are
the
first
you
need
to
take
and
my
school
is
like.
C
You
know,
cal
that
you
have
to
take
that
before
you
graduate
you
know
for
me
personally,
I
did
very
well
in,
like
you
know
my
classes
in
university.
You
know
I
had
really
great
teachers
that
were
there
for
me,
and
canada
gave
me
the
help
that
I
need
okay,
but
compared
to
a
lot
of
you
know,
kids,
that
go
to
to
college
okay,
it
was
not
like
the
way
that
I
you
know
went
about.
C
Learning
in
math
was
that
it
was
not
in
a
very
traditional
way
way
where,
like
you
know,
you're
sitting
in
a
class
and
somebody's
just
talking,
okay
and
in
college.
That
was
that's
kind
of
how
they
went
about
teaching
okay,
but
back,
and
we
know
this-
he
was
kind
of
very.
Like
you
know,
personal
like
it
was
personalized.
It
was
me
kind
of
you
know
my
own,
gender,
okay
and
in
an
environment
where,
like
you
know,
the
teacher
just
you
know
gives
it
gives
you
lectures
like
it
talks
to
you.
C
Okay,
that's
really
big
and
I
don't
think
a
lot
of
people
kind
of
you
know
understand
that,
like
you
know
the
ability
to
be
able
to
take,
you
know,
you
know,
ask
questions.
If
you
need
to
ask
questions
okay,
you
know,
you
know,
write
down
stuff
if
you
need
to
write
it
down,
okay,
but
also
being
being
able
to
problem
solve.
Okay,
like
that's,
that's
a
really
big
aspect
of
of
college.
C
I
feel
like
a
lot
of
like
you
know:
people
don't
really
understand
because,
like
you
know,
we
have
this
mindset
of
like
you
know
the
old
traditional
way
of
teaching
works
better.
You
know,
say
it
in
class,
just
memorize
stuff.
We
can
repeat
it,
but
in
an
environment
like
you
know,
I
don't
know
where,
like
you
kind
of
like
being
given
information,
you
gotta
learn
how
to
kind
of
you
know,
I
don't
know
not
predictable.
Can
you
not
find
ways
to
you
know,
eat
it?
Okay
and
be
able
to.
C
You
know,
digest
it,
okay,
and
I
think
the
best
way
that
I
you
know,
I
think
we
know
ski
was
able
to
you
know
help
me.
You
know
you
know,
find
success
and
not
want
calque.
One
class
like
it
was
just
through,
like
you
know,
being
able
to
just
you
know
not
memorize
stuff,
but
kind
of,
like
you
know,
apply
apply
to
kind
of
you
know.
A
And
you
don't
understand
how
much
that
warms
my
heart
to
hear
you
say
that,
because
I
know
so
many
people,
teachers
and
parents
or
more
parents
and
students
are
going
like.
I
don't
have
algebra
1.,
I
don't
have
algebra
2.,
I
don't
have
geometry,
I'm
learning
about
patterns
right
and
I
remember
looking
at
those
proficiency
base-
and
I
know
I
said
I
have
a
doctorate
in
education,
but
most
people
know
I'm
also
got
a
bs
and
ms
and
electrical
engineering
right
from
georgia,
tech.
And
so
when
I
looked
at
them,
I
was
like
oh
yeah.
A
It's
a
solid,
great
and
I
know,
having
studying
higher
ed
and
doing
the
numbers
that
a
lot
of
people
struggle
in
count
one
and
to
hear
that
math
not
being
your
favorite
subject.
I
know
that
you're,
like
a
few
this
I
was
telling
both
of
these
folks
that,
like
this
might
be
a
famous
video,
that's
gonna
come
out
that
I
talked
to
a
future
supreme
court
justice
at
the
her.
C
A
Future,
you
know
medical
school
dean
here,
but
it
was
excited
for
me
to
hear
that,
like
you
did
well,
because
I
know
that
there's
been
a
lot
of
complaints
about
the
map
program.
Sometimes
right
and-
and
I
agree
with
you
about
like
the
proficiency
based
education-
is
like
it's
about
the
student
taking
ownership
of
their
learning
and
and
that's
what
college
is
about,
because
I
often
tell
folks
when
early
on,
when
we
were
talking
about
proficiency-based
education.
A
What's
the
quadratic
formula
and
half
the
population
won't
be
able
to
tell
me
what
it
is
and
then,
if
some
did
they
recite
it
to
me
and
go
like
so
what
did
you
use
it
for
and
that's
where
I
lose
most
of
people?
Unless
I
talk
to
an
engineer,
who's
like
you
know,
love
quadratic
formulas
and
finding
the
zeros
and
all
that.
But
you
know
we
can
talk
about
the
the
credentials.
A
But,
like
tell
me,
like
I
mean
what
are
the
other
successes
like
I
mean
I've
seen
you
critically
think
I've
read
some
of
your
editorials
that
you
did
that
have
like
mixed
writing
and
edit.
You
know
right
that
and
and
what
impressed
me
about
all
that
work
that
you
did
was
that
I
know
that
a
lot
of
winooski
students
early
on
when
I
was
on
the
school
board.
They
they
tell
me
man,
alex
this
proficiency-based
education
is
great.
A
We
do
well
in
these
like
problem-based
classes
and
all
this,
but
we
suck
at
standardized
testing,
and
that
scares
me
because
that's
not
what
education
to
me
is
about.
That's
not
what
it
prepares
you
to
be
in
a
community.
It
teaches
critical
thinking
right.
So
can
you
talk
about
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
C
Yeah
yeah,
one
of
the
best
classes
that
I
ever
take
I
ever
took
out
without
ski
with
you
know
the
coaching
community
engagement
class,
where
it
was
all
about
kind
of
you
know,
learning
how
to
something.
You
know
utilize.
You
know
the
skills
that
you're
learning
in
a
class
and
apply
to
you
know
real.
You
know
community
issue,
like
you
know,
we
did
a
lot
of
work
in
that
class
from
you
know.
C
Having
the
mayor
come
in
just
talk
about,
you
know
some
of
our
work
doing
a
lot
of
projects
that
are
very
community
based,
and
you
know
I
feel,
like
you
know
the
whole.
You
know
conversation
about.
C
You
know
sata
like
it's
all
about,
like
you
know,
test
test
test,
but
in
many
ways
education
is
all
about
kind
of,
like
you
know,
putting
that
into
perspective
and
putting
that
into
practice-
and
personally,
like
I
love
writing,
that
was
one
of
the
many
you
know
sort
of
like
you
know,
criteria
that
I
had
to
you
know
complete
in
high
school,
so
kind
of
finding
that
bonds.
Like
you
know
here,
I'm
learning
about,
like
you
know,
you
know
racism.
Black
kids
are
like
what
does
that
mean
to
me?
C
Okay,
so
have
having
that
kind
of
you
know,
route
of
like
where
I
can
just
you
know,
put
that
into
perspective
and
apply
it
like.
You
know
some
like
in
a
setting
that's
outside
class.
That
was
very
powerful
because
again,
that's
really
that's
how
education
works.
That's
how
education
work
using
what
you're
learning
in
in
class
and
applying
it
to
outside
issues?
Okay,
you
know
for
me,
like
some
of
the
some
of
the
proudest
moment,
like
that.
C
You
know
community
engagement
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff,
because
in
any
way
that's
literally,
like
you
know,
that's
what's
gonna,
you
know
take
you,
you
know
far
in
life,
like
you
know,
being
able
to
kind
of
use.
Those
skills
to
you
know,
try
and
make
change
in
the
community
that
you're
residing
in
so.
A
You
know
why
my
grinning
right,
I'm
grinning
because,
like
what
you're
talking
about
is
a
famous
vermonter,
john
dewey
educational
philosopher,
who
believed
that
education
in
action
was
democracy.
You
learn
in
action
and-
and
I
feel
like
you
are
truly
embracing
your
inner
vermonter.
Like
I
hear
you
know
like
I
I'm
on
doing
that
thing
and
really
doing
that
critical
thinking
and
learning
and
one
of
the
things
you
talked
about,
the
the
the
community
class
right,
the
culture
and
community,
and
I'm
I'm
glad
that
you're
here.
A
So
you
can
hear
some
of
this
wisdom
is
that
I've
sat
through
a
lot
of
those
presentations
and
one
of
the
things
that
I'm
always
proud
of
is
that
when
I
go
in
there,
I
can
ask
questions,
and
I
don't
ask
simple:
yes,
no
questions.
I
ask
questions
to
see
if
you
thought
and
yes,
I
get
my
range
of
things,
but
the
thing
that
I
love
about
that
class
is
that
the
students
are
starting
to
learn
how
to
be
empowered
that
they
can
make
change
in
the
world.
C
No,
no,
no,
not
not
at
all,
and
I
feel,
like
you
know,
going
back
to
some
of
those.
You
know
pieces
that
I
wrote
up.
You
know
in
that
newspaper
like
they're.
Very
hard
piece
to
write
like
one
of
them
was
about
you
know,
is
the
muscle
beyond
campus
during
a
time
where,
like
a
lot
of
you
know,
muslim
students
were
feeling
unsafe
due
to
an
issue
that
took
place
like
you
know,
being
able
to
be
like
hey.
C
Homophobia
is
bad
and
saying
where,
like
a
lot
of
people
like
you
know
what
you
know,
maybe
maybe
we
should
not.
You
know
be
welcoming
to
you
know
muslim
people,
which
is
really,
which
is
really
hurtful
obvious.
It's
really
bad
but
like
having
that
knowledge.
Okay,
okay
and
you
know
the
action-based,
empowerment,
okay.
That
did
not
come
for
me.
You
know
I
feel
like
that
was
the
main
thing,
but
in
you
know,
I
had
practice
with
that.
C
You
know
and
that
practice
goes
way
back
to
my
during
my
time
at
you
know,
always
ski
where,
like
you
know,
I'm
in
a
class
with
two
teachers
surrounded
by
a
lot
of
like
you,
know
bright,
you
know
young
people
who
are
my
classmates
that
were
able
to
kind
of
like
you
know.
I
don't
know,
empower
me
in
many
ways
beyond
that
class
to
college
so
and
for
me,
that's,
like
literally,
like
my
favorite
part,
about
being
a
college
student.
It's
like
I
love
going
to
class.
C
I
love
doing
all
that,
but
it's
when
I
get
to
kind
of
like
you
know,
interact
and
meet
some
other
bright
people.
You
know
young
people
on
campus
who
are
passionate
about
stuff
that
I'm
passionate
about,
and
that's
literally
you
know,
I
will
make
change
because
I
feel
like
if
you're
just
sitting
in
class.
C
A
C
My
gpa,
I
have
a
solid
six
3.6
right
now,
which
is
which
is
you
know.
C
You
have
to
have
you
know
three
more
years
left
and
obviously
I
can
improve
it.
A
I'm
sorry
I'm
gonna
promote
because
you
know,
I
know
that
some
of
our
legislators
are
watching
this
on
making
sure
that
they
know
to
be
on
the
lookout
and
actively
looking
out
for
you
for
your
summer.
Internships,
but
aren't
you
on
the
sga
for
there
and
then
aren't
you
an
editor
of
the
newspaper
or
a
writer
who
will
soon
be
a
sports
editor.
C
Yeah,
I'm
doing
all
those
things
you
know
I'm
currently
serving
as
a
senator
on
the
school
student
government,
which
is
a
very
like
you
know,
proud
moment
for
me,
because
I've
always
kind
of
you
know
been
passionate
about
helping
people
and
you
know
driving
change,
and
I
get
to
do
that
during
during
my
time
in
that
space
I've.
I
have
always,
you
know,
loved
writing.
So
currently,
I'm
serving
as
a
sports
editor
for
campus
newspaper
and
yeah.
A
So
yeah
I
mean
I'm
hoping
that
the
winooski
community
can
be
proud
of
the
students
that
we're
producing
coming
out
here
and
because
I
am
just
like
smiling
so
hard
like
if
you
and
it's
and
it's
great,
because
this
is
the
time
we're
going
to
have
a
building.
We're
going
to
have
the
pedagogy,
together
and
and
really
and
what's
more
amazing
is
that
you
actually
want
to
come
back
to
vermont
right
and
that's
how
we're
going
to
grow
as
a
state.
A
How-
and
I
really
do
believe
that
and
I'm
hoping
that
the
community
got
a
little
insight
on
this
about
how
we're
I
really
believe
that
we're
going
to
be
a
little
like
beacon
of
light
for
the
the
rest
of
vermont
and
stuff.
A
I
do
want
to
say
on
a
more
national
more
at
the
local
level
that,
like
it's
been
six
years
since
I've
been
on
the
school
board
and
I'm
a
little
bit
tired
and
you
know
it's
been
a
long
ride,
and
so
I'm
going
to
be
not
re-running.
A
So
if
anybody
is
interested
in
running
for
a
school
board,
you
know,
please
don't
hesitate
to
contact
me
on
this,
because
I
think
we're
going
to
leave
the
school
in
a
good
district,
and
I
hope
that
you're,
looking
at
two
like
you
guys,
are
excited
of
not
only
the
school
building
but
the
students
that
we
come.
I
joke
in
many
ways
that
our
winooski
page
is
going
to
be
start
fluttering
of
like
these
great
leaders-
and
I
mean
we
did
a
good
job.
A
So
thank
you
for
those
at
winooski
for
coming
to
the
in
the
world.
I'm
sure
chris
hoping
christine
lot,
really
got
to
enjoy
her
vacation
and
was
alright
for
this
little
school
board
takeover
and
I
hope
the
community
really
got
to
enjoy
listening
to
our
students.
I
also
just
want
to
make
a
shout
out
to
david
klinker
for
his
shirt.
A
These
are
the
other
rules
of
our
students,
who
are
you
know,
making
their
own
companies
and
designing
their
own
shirts.
So
I
don't
have
just
doctors,
I
don't
have
just
future
lawyers.
I
also
have
future
business
and
entrepreneurs
and
fashion
designers.
So
a
lot
to
be
proud
of
in
winooski.
Thank
you,
y'all.
Thank
you.