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Ward 7 Councilman Skip Kelly learns about the KIPP Reach College Preparatory school from Principal Tracy McDaniel.
A
Welcome
to
the
ward
7
show,
and
today
we
have
none
other
than
one
of
our
great
educators,
mr.
Tracy
McDaniels
Tracy.
Thank
you
folks
for
being
with
us
today
for
the
ward,
7
show
and
Tracy
you
are
the
the
superintendent
or
the
director
or
the
founder
of
the
Kipp.
Knowledge
is
power
program
in
Oklahoma
City.
Is
that
correct?
That
is
correct?
A
Well,
Tracy
I
want
to
tell
you
that
we've
been
watching
you
for
a
long
time,
I
mean
I,
know
personally,
I
have,
and
it's
been
amazing,
to
see
how
you
have
navigated
through
the
the
educational
system
in
Oklahoma
and
to
get
to
the
status
that
you
are
today
of
the
as
the
director
of
the
Kipp
program,
and
so
before
we
get
to
what
Kip
is
and
what
you
do.
Your
background
is
a
little
interesting
I.
A
B
C
Had
a
great
amount,
only
the
integral
high
school,
we
integrated
middle
school,
with
the
eisenhower
middle
school,
on
the
minority
to
majority
transfer
and
then,
when
I
got
to
high
school,
they
had
what
you
call
the
cluster
plan
and
the
cluster
plan
was.
It
was
forced
integration
by
the
Supreme
Court
and
this
the
cluster
plan
was
actually
experiment.
They
would
take
a
bus
load
of
kids.
I
was
Douglas
high
school.
C
They
would
take
a
bus
load
of
kids
for
advanced
courses
like
advanced
math
courses
and
Weaver,
throw
different
schools
across
the
city,
so
I
went
to
south
east
and
then
they
have
a
busload
of
kids
from
southeast
would
go
to
Douglas.
The
problem
was
we
got
there
20
minutes
late
every
day
and
we
it's
the
classroom
instruction
by
the
teacher
cuz.
The
bus
was
because
the
bus
was
late,
and
so
when
we
got
the
class,
they
were
doing
guided
practice,
but
we
missed
two
independent
instruction
from
the
teacher
okay,
and
so
that
lasted
one
year.
C
It
didn't
work
but
of
course,
because
no
one
was
passing
and
so
the
next
year
the
finger
plan
was
in
place
and
so,
instead
of
busting
people
over
for
one
class,
they
bust
people
to
every
school.
So
Douglas,
integrated,
south
east
capitol
hill
us
grant
novice
class,
an
old
classic
john
marshall
and
and
star
spencer,
and
then
all
those
kids
came
to
douglas.
And
so
that
was
a
finger
playing.
B
C
A
Remember
these
little
children,
reading,
poetry
and
I
mean
when
I
say:
reading
poetry,
they
was
reciting,
poetry
and
I
was
just
spelled
out
and,
and
so
I
started
going.
Who
is
this
guy
and
from
there
I've
begin
to
just
kind
of
follow
you?
And
so
now
you
are
the
director
of
Kip.
Knowledge
is
power
program,
but
there's
an
interesting
story
behind
that.
You
took
a
year
off
of
from
Oklahoma
City
and
left
your
family
to
go
to
California
when
all
the
country
really
too
study
for
for
this
program.
C
C
I
went
to
I,
went
to
Cal
Berkeley
to
the
Haas
Business
School,
prestigious
husband,
school
okay
for
six
weeks
to
learn
education
from
a
business
perspective
and
then,
after
that,
I
did
two
sabbaticals
six
weeks
in
both
of
our
flagship
schools,
so
the
school
in
Houston
Texas
and
the
school
in
New,
York
City.
And
then
we
had
ongoing
professional
development
for
the
remainder
of
that
year
on
how
to
start
a
school.
How
to
recruit.
C
Students
have
to
teach
so
curriculum
instruction,
how
to
deliver
a
lesson
to
fifth
graders
and
then
how
to
grow
that
school
into
a
middle
school,
because
what
we
were
doing
with
replicating
the
Kip
foundation,
schools,
and
so
they
had
two
schools
at
that
time.
Three
new
startups
and
then
I
came
aboard
in
20
to
the
sabbaticals
of
201.
We
started
kipping
20
to
oklahoma
city.
Today
we
have
125
Kipp
schools
nationwide
in
20
states,
including
Washington
DC
as
well,
and
some
of
the
highest
performing
schools
all
over
the
country
in
every
state
and
how.
C
A
The
Kip
program
in
Oklahoma
City,
you
were
recently
recognized
by
the
mayor
at
the
at
the
before
the
city
council
in
reference
to
a
prestigious
award
that
you
were
the
the
recipient
of
you
as
the
individual
recipient
and
also
the
school
has
been
the
recipient
of
some
national
awards.
That's
correct
about
what
one
of
you
is
called.
The
Blue
Ribbon
is
a
correct.
C
I
school
with
one
of
314
schools
nationwide
to
receive
the
distinguished
Blue
Ribbon
award
and
they
have
two
categories:
skill
one
is
for
high
performance
and
one
is
for
improvement.
You
very
rarely
see
a
minority
school
get
that
award
for
high
performers.
We
got
that
a
work
of
high
performance
and
then
within
those
314
schools,
they
chose
seven
national
press
world
of
the
year
and
I
receive
one
of
those
awards
called
Terrell
bell
award,
and
so
I
was
one
of
seven
principles
to
receive
a
national
ministry
of
the
Year
award.
A
C
By
the
Department
of
the
Education
Secretary
Arne,
Duncan,
okay,
that
was
that
was
his
baby,
the
US
part
of
Education,
and
so
they
recognized
schools
every
year,
Blue
Ribbon
Schools,
then
they
recognized
7,
outstanding
principles
every
year
and
just
based
on
the
results
of
our
school
and
when
our
teachers
and
students
and
parents
are
done,
I
got
recognized.
You
know
with
the
bell
to
work.
Okay,.
C
Is
changing
a
little
bit
right
now
we
have
92%
a
minority
which
includes
eighty-four
percent,
freakin
American,
eight
percent
Hispanic,
and
we
have
about
three
or
four
percent
white
and
they
made
three
or
four
percent
another.
So
is
but
I
say.
Four
years
ago
we
were
99
percent
african-american,
and
so
we
were
getting
more
diverse.
You
know
the
more
publicity
and
and
and
and
just
credit
for
doing,
a
great
job.
People
were
trusting
us
and
coming
to
us
out
of
town
to
go
to
school.
Now.
A
I
think
a
lot
of
people
think
that
Kip
is
a
school
in
which
you
cherry-pick
to
students
and
that
you
actually
go
out
and
you
you
do
a
selection
of
children
from
based
on
past
grades
or
performance
at
other
schools,
and
you
try
to
to
solicit
them
to
come
to
Kip
right.
That's
not
the
price.
That's
not!
The
prob
I'll
tell
people.
B
C
At
the
data,
first
of
all,
our
kids
are
coming
in
75%
of
our
kids.
Every
single
year
are
coming
in
two
and
three
grade
levels
below
and
reading
a
man,
and
so
our
job
is
to
catch.
The
kids
up,
I
was
told
by
a
person
in
the
district
one
day
that
your
campus
different
girls,
you
have
different
parents
and
I
said
yeah,
I
kind
of
resent
that
statement.
That's
why
I
said
because
I
have
a
school
downstairs
and
I
can
see
that
mama
that
mother
of
that
second
grade
frustrated.
C
You
know,
fussing
with
the
principal
I
thought
the
sixth
grade,
sibling
upstairs
and
she'd.
Do
the
same
thing
to
me
and
are
you
telling
us
a
different
parent
and
lady
said?
Well,
I
hadn't
looked
at
it
from
that
perspective,
and
so
we're
always
saying
we
have
siblings
in
those
same
skills
as
well.
But
it's
not
it's
not
just
Kip
is
what
we
do.
It's
the
hard
work
we
did
feel
like
his
sports.
You
can
have
a
great
players,
but
you
change
the
code
change
the
philosophy,
give
them
a
winning
attitude,
winning
game
plan.
A
C
So
absolutely
we
get
we
get
students
every
year.
Skip
is
Knepp,
then
never
pants.
A
state
test,
I
had
a
kid
last
year,
just
graduate
from
a
boarding
school
and
before
we
got
her,
she
had
never
passed
the
state
test
when
she
left
kipping
eighth
grade.
She
made
a
perfect
score
on
her
state
exam,
and
so
we
have
same
kids,
but
it's
you
know.
We
have
a
longer
school
day
more
time
for
reading
more
time
for
man,
so
we
have
a
double
block,
got
math
and
ready
every
day,
so
you
did
for
four
years.
C
A
A
C
Down,
okay
and-
and
this
is
kip
nationwide
I,
the
majority
of
our
students-
probably
stay
within
100
miles
or
150
miles,
radius
between
the
schools.
So
most
of
our
kids
in
Oklahoma,
going
to
college
I,
probably
have
35
students
at
UCL
right
now,
FF,
Simon,
Langston
and
Oliver,
but
I've
once
to
the
attending
pressing,
University
and
she's
doing
quite
well
as
well
about
3.5,
GPA
and
so
we're
all
over
all
over
the
country.
But
for
the
most
part
they
here
in
Oklahoma.
Are
you.
A
Working
with
the
the
traditional
schools,
you
would
think
that
you
know
which
your
success,
and
especially
in
the
area
of
where
you
have
anchored
the
program
and
where
you
get
your
students
from,
are
you
working
with?
Is
there
a
an
outreach
effort
to
the
traditional
schools
to
try
to
look
at
some
of
the
benchmarks
that
you
use,
or
the
Kip
program
has
been
successful
with
22
shows
other
schools
how
they
could
model
some
of
their
program?.
C
We
do
want
to
share
we're,
not
right.
Now,
that's
our
desire.
Ok,
so
do
maybe
a
pilot
program
with
Oklahoma
City
public
school.
That's
our
desire
to
to
actually
help
them
and
the
kid
foundation
as
well.
They
had
a
national
grant
last
year
and
the
cities
that
were
Kipp
schools
are
in.
They
actually
have
trying
to
partner
with
the
district.
So
they
offered
a
oklahoma
city
to
defend
offered
to
send
to
administrators
to
some
Kip
training
instead
of
supertintin
karl
springer.
C
He
said
he
want
to
do
that
right
and
so
I
was
pleased
to
hear
that
and
pending
board
approval,
but
and
is
there
no
cost
to
the
district?
So
Kip
is
reaching
out
nationally,
but
we
want
to
reach
out
locally
as
well.
We
do
a
lot
of
work
with
pup
in
city,
schools
and
I
would
like
to
do
more
with
the
community,
where
I
am
as
well.
Ok,.
A
Well,
I
want
to
tell
you
that
I
know
a
lot
of
parents
whose
children
have
been
part
of
the
kit
program
and
some
still
are
part
of
the
camera
program
and
everybody
I
have
talked
to
has
given
nothing
but
great
praise
to
the
the
teachers.
The
board
I
know
several
members
that
serve
on
your
money
on
your
judge,
Buchanan.
B
A
Very
different
than
mine,
and
one
day
he
just
grabbed
me
and
he
said
you
need
to
come
over
to
kill
so
I
just
want
you
to
know
that
it
is
a
delight
to
have
someone
that
has
the
passion
for
education,
that
you
have
to
be
a
part
of
our
community
and
impart
of
our
overall
educational
program
and
and
for
all
the
students
that
you
you
have
at
the
school
and
the
hard
work
that
they
do
and
the
parents.
You
know
you
all,
are
to
be
commended.
A
C
Thank
you
for
one
and
then
think
the
founders
are
kept
mike
Feinberg
and
Dave
Levin.
They
come
in
Oklahoma
and
then
March
they've
been
on
it
with
the
Brock
awards.
So
we're
looking
forward
to
that,
but
they
gave
me
an
opportunity
to
start
a
school
here
so
I'm
in
their
debt
and
I
appreciate
them.
They're.