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From YouTube: From City Hall - Ward 8 - September 2014
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Oklahoma City Ward 8 Council Patrick Ryan talks with Kelly Pearson and Colin Strickland about Edgemere Elementary School becoming Oklahoma City Public Schools first "community school."
A
Hello,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
my
name
is
Patrick
Ryan
I'm,
the
war
Dade
City
Councilman,
and
this
morning
wink
about
it.
Today.
Rather,
we've
got
a
new
copy
to
talk
about,
and
that
is
Community
Schools
and
in
order
to
make
the
conversation
more
meaningful,
we've
asked
to
experts
in
the
community
schools
both
associated
with
edgemere,
which
is
the
first
community
school.
They
have
Kelly,
Peterson
and
and
colon
Collins
trickling
Colin,
Strickland
and
they're,
both
associated
Kelly
as
a
volunteer
and
colonize
employee
with
edgemere,
which
is
the
first
community
school
oklahoma.
A
B
Well
about
six
years
ago
we
formed
the
Friends
of
Edgemere
school
incorporated,
which
was
a
support
organization
for
the
school,
and
it
was
a
made
up
of
neighbors
neighborhood
leaders,
businesspeople,
parents.
So
we
would
meet
monthly
trying
to
find
ways
to
help
the
school.
We
raised
a
little
over
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
put
into
the
school
in
the
way
of
playground
and
furniture
and
window
blinds
and
all
kinds
of
things,
and
we
have
a
very
active
alumni.
B
They
were
very
instrumental
in
our
fundraising,
and
so
we
did
all
of
this
and
then
started
looking
at
the
inside
of
the
school
in
what
was
going
on
in
the
inside.
And
how
could
we
help
inside
the
school
and
I
could
made
a
trip
up
to
the
State
Department
of
Ed
and
met
with
melody
Fullmer,
who
is
was
the
parent
and
community
relations
coordinator?
If
there
and
told
her
we'd
like
to
help,
but
as
community
members
were
not
sure
how
and
did
she
have
any
ideas-
and
she
didn't
at
the
moment.
B
But
she
called
me
back
a
few
months
later
and
said:
I
want
you
to
go
to
Tulsa
with
me,
so
we
went
to
Tulsa
visited
two
of
Tulsa's
Community
Schools,
one
in
Tulsa
Public
and
one
in
Tulsa
Union
and
were
blown
away.
These
schools
were
so
exciting
and
different
and
vital,
and
just
everything
was
going
on
there
and
so
I
came
and
dr.
B
Terry
Bell
had
gone
with
me
and
she
wrote
a
report
for
superintendent
Lopez
in
turn,
superintendent,
Lopez
and
turned
it
in
and
so
Dave
asked
me
what
I
thought
about
the
community,
schools
and
I
said.
Oh
it's
great.
I
wish
we
could
do
it
at
edgemere
and
he
said
well
write
me
a
proposal
and
so
that
started
this
whole
thing
and
we
opened
up
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
with
the
pilot
for
the
first
community
school
in
Oklahoma
City.
It
is
a
national
movement.
B
It
concentrates
on
a
holistic
approach
toward
educating
a
child,
we're
looking
at
the
child's
needs.
The
family's
needs.
The
community
needs
neighborhoods,
so
there's
about
eight
components
to
Community
Schools.
Everything
from
adult
education
to
prenatal
education
goes
through
the
lifetime
of
the
child.
In
the
family,
so
it's
it's
a
very
holistic
approach.
We
have
currently
a
therapist
on
site
from
Sunbeam
Family
Services
and
we're
going
to
open
up
a
clinic
through
variety
care
clinic,
hopefully,
second
semester.
We
have
partnerships
that
range
from
Boy
Scouts
and
Girl
Scouts
to
osu
OKC.
So
it's
pretty
interesting.
Well,.
A
B
Is
your
man,
because
this
is
his
job
as
part
of
the
community
school
pilot
program?
All
community
schools
have
an
extra
person
on
site,
an
extra
employee
and
that's
a
community
school
coordinator
and
that's
Colin's
job.
Their
whole
job
is
to
be
that
connector
between
the
community
and
the
schools
and
the
students
and
their
families.
All
of
that
he's
sort
of
that
central
person
that
if
there
are
needs,
he
finds
answers.
If
he's
got
partners,
he
figures
out
how
to
plug
them
in.
So
that's
what
he's
been
hired
to
do?
Good.
A
C
Right,
I
think
something
unique
about
community
schools
is,
as
we
were
two
weeks
in
started
school
two
weeks
ago,
this
our
third
week
of
school
and
as
we
as
we
continue
to
grow
and
assess
the
needs
of
our
community.
That
will
really
define
what
our
personality
will
be
of
Edgemere.
So,
as
we
as
we
see,
needs
come
up,
we
know
we,
so
we
know
some
of
them.
At
this
point,
we've
been
able
to
put
things
in
place
to
meet
those
needs,
but
it
seems
like
that.
C
B
A
A
C
A
C
B
Us
to
make
the
mistakes
in
one
school
as
opposed
to
20
25
schools.
If
we're
going
to
have
a
mistake,
it's
better
to
do
it
in
one
and
find
those
bumps
in
the
road
before
another
school
starts.
So
that's.
What
we're
trying
to
do
is
to
find
those
issues
that
are
going
to
be
a
problem
and
solve
those.
That's.
A
B
Ton
of
interest
don't
get
me
wrong,
there's
a
ton
of
interest.
I
get
calls
all
the
time
from
people
saying
how
do
we
do
this
at
our
school
and
I've
met
with
several
of
them
given
tours
of
Edgemere
talked
about
our
program,
so
there's
a
lot
of
interest
building
and
there's
a
lot
of
things.
People
can
do
in
the
meantime
until
I
mean
beforehand
developing
partnerships
developing
community
relationships.
Those
are
all
things
that
can
happen
even
without
the
community.
A
A
C
Go
ahead
and
people
are
excited
we
get,
I
get
a
call.
I
get
multiple
calls
every
single
day
by
volunteers.
You
want
to
come
in
people
asking
questions,
one
of
the
things
that
we've
put
out:
there's
eventually
we'll
have
adult
education
classes
for
the
community,
not
just
parents,
not
just
students
but
for
the
community,
so
I
had
a
call.
My
lady
asking
me
this
week
about
Spanish
classes,
we'd
be
offering
Spanish
classes
in
the
school,
and
you
know
that's
something
that
we
hope
to
do
eventually.
A
C
So
I
mean
and
as
far
as
change-
and
you
know
a
new
culture
in
the
school,
we
were
seeing
that
I
gave
a
tour
to
a
parent
earlier
this
morning
and
I
was
able
to
show
her
the
school
show
the
building
the
building
is
clean.
It's
beautiful!
We
have
eight
different
opportunities
that
her
student
can
be
a
part
of
in
the
next
two
weeks,
I
mean
I.
C
A
B
A
And
I
would
have
suggested
any
of
our
viewers
who
have
additional
questions
about
the
concept
of
community
schools
or
anything
else,
that's
going
on
in
the
school
district.
Please
call
us
if
you
can't
get
a
hold
of
the
right
person
school
board.
Our
number
is
297
2404
and
we
can
make
that
connection.
That's
too,
we've
got
a
lady,
upstairs
who's,
really
Debbie
Martin
who's
read.
A
She's,
a
tremendous
she's,
a
hard
worker-
and
she
has
an
attention
for
detail-
is
remarkable
because
nothing
slips
by
her,
which
is
it's
a
good
news,
bad
news
story.
Well,
thank
you
very
much
for
being
with
us
today.
We
look
forward
to
seeing
you
soon
at
the
next
time
we
have
an
opportunity
to
bring
some
meaningful
information
into
our
community.
Thank
you
very
much
and
have
a
good
day.