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From YouTube: From City Hall - Ward 8 - August 2014
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Oklahoma City Ward 8 Council Patrick Ryan talks with Fred Rhodes, the Superintendent of Putnam City Schools about their upcoming bond election.
A
Hello,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
my
name
is
Patrick
Ryan
I'm,
the
ward
8
City
Councilman
in
Oklahoma,
City
and
I
have
with
me
a
very
special
guest
today,
the
new
superintendent,
relatively
new
superintendent
of
the
potency
schools,
who
would
as
a
important
message
to
deliver
to
you
a
little
later
in
our
program.
But
first
of
all,
I'd
like
you
to
meet
dr.
Rhodes.
Yes,.
B
A
B
Up
in
western
Oklahoma
and
started
at
oklahoma,
christian
wanting
to
be
a
teacher
started
with
putnam
city
schools
in
1976
and
spent
29
years
in
the
district,
working
primarily
in
the
northwest
part
of
the
district
at
elementary
schools
at
wiley,
post
and
Dennis
and
Will
Rogers,
and
then
about
nine
years
ago.
I
went
to
UConn
schools
and
became
an
assistant
superintendent
in
that
school
system.
Little
did
I
know
that
it
was
preparing
me
for
the
superintendency
and
a
year
ago
july.
B
B
I
feel
like
we've
accomplished
a
lot
in
one
year.
It's
been
a
real
blessing
to
me
and
my
family
Putnam
City
has
been
a
part
of
our
family
continually
one
of
the
four
members
since
1976,
and
so
in
a
sense
it
was
coming
home.
It
was
coming
back
to
the
district,
but
obviously
in
a
different
different
role.
We
have
many
many
projects
that
we
have
lined
up.
When
is
the
bond
program
and
I
know
that
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that
later
on.
Well,.
A
B
You
know
that
that's
caused
some
frustration
among
people,
especially
teachers.
Who've
worked
for
a
couple
of
years,
preparing
for
Common
Core.
What
I
tell
people
all
the
time,
though,
is
that
the
training
that
teachers
have
taken
with
Common
Core,
that
were
that
won't
be
taken
away,
because
what
common
core
has
done
is
a
lot
of
the
training
has
prepared
teachers
to
be
able
to
what
we
think
of
call
it
differentiated
instruction
and
a
different
approaches
to
reaching
students.
B
So,
no
matter
what
the
goals
are,
no
matter
what
the
particular
objectives,
educational
objectives
that
we
have
at
each
grade
level,
we
will
continue
to
work
toward
that,
and
you
know
Oklahoma
does
a
great
job
of
educating
our
young
people
in
public
schools
and
when
you
think
about
whe,
no
matter
what
particular
party
you're
a
part
of
it,
whether
you're
an
advocate
for
or
against
common
core.
We
want
our
students
to
be
career
and
college,
ready
and
I
think
we
can
all
agree
on
that.
B
A
B
Know
we
think
about
education
in
Oklahoma
and
we've
been
a
premiered
state
for
a
long
time
and
education,
but
the
thing
that
I'm
not
for
sure
people
think
about,
as
often
as
they
used
to
is
that
it's
an
investment.
Education
is
an
investment
in
our
young
people
and
it
is
an
investment
that
will
pay
off
it
to
help
them
after
high
school,
certainly
to
continue
their
career.
Their
college
education,
David.
A
Borden
main
comment:
we
can
pay
for
it
now
or
we
can
pay
for
it
later
and
later
it's
going
to
be
much
more
expensive.
That's
great
I'm
glad
to
hear
that,
but
you
mention
investment
and
one
of
the
big
issues
is
coming
up
in
and
putting
the
city
school
district
is
a
bond
issue.
That's
correct
and
it's
a
it's
sort
of
fortuitous
I.
Guess
it
sort
of
matches
up
with
an
anniversary
of
the
Putnam
City
Schools
that.
B
Is
correct,
100
years
ago
in
1914,
is
when
the
Putnam
City
School
District
started,
and
at
that
time
about
sixteen
percent
of
the
country.
Young
people
in
the
country
were
graduating
from
high
school.
We
think
in
terms
today
of
dropout
rate
and
how
many
students
are
we
graduating
well
at
that
time,
most
common
in
Oklahoma.
You
would
get
an
eighth
grade
education
and
that
was
really
the
end
of
your
education.
B
But
in
1914
there
were
only
two
high
schools:
two
school
districts
in
the
state
that
we're
providing
a
high
school
education
for
their
students,
and
that
was
Oklahoma,
City
and
Tulsa.
And
if
a
student
was
living
in
the
what
was
to
be
calm,
the
Putnam
City,
School
District
and
for
dependent
districts
which
are
today,
we
call
them
elementary
district
school
districts
that
go
through
eighth
grade.
B
You
had
to
catch
the
Interurban
interurban
that
left
downtown
Oklahoma
City
and
went
to
the
Putnam
City
stop
at
state
and
39th,
which
today,
we
think
of
as
route
66
and
then
el
reno
and
then
yukon
and
then
el
reno
and
back.
But
you
had
to
catch
that
and
ride
to
downtown
Oklahoma
City
to
get
a
high
school
education,
so
the
parents
in
the
area
of
putnam
city
decided
they
wanted
to
build
their
own
high
school
start,
their
own
high
school.
So
in
1914
those
parents
from
those
for
dependent
districts
came
together
and
formed.
B
B
A
B
At
the
top
of
the
list
is
safety,
we
know
what
happened
in
more
schools
and
we're
we're
saddened
by
that,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
all
of
our
buildings
are
safe
for
our
students
and
it
really
doesn't
make
a
lot
of
sense
to
go
in
and
dig
a
hole
in
the
ground
and
wait
for
a
tornado
to
come.
So
what
we're
doing
is
we're
building
as
we're
at
onto
our
buildings,
we're
building
safe
rooms,
and
these
rooms
will
double
as
classroom
space
library,
media
centers.
For
example.
B
We
have
some
elementary
schools
that
way
back
when
library
media
center
started.
You
took
two
classrooms
and
you
took
a
wall
out,
and
that
became
your
library
media
center.
So
what
we're
doing
is
we're
adding
10
additional
safe
rooms
to
our
district
and
in
the
elementary
schools.
Those
will
be
library,
media,
centers
with
new
facilities,
and
then
those
classrooms
that
have
been
library,
Media
Center's,
those
will
become
early
childhood
centers
will
have
more
space
for
our
four-year-old
program
and
we
certainly
want
to
expand
that
right
now.
B
I
think
we
are
providing
a
four-year-old
program
for
about
seventy-five
percent
of
our
students.
In
the
district
would
certainly
like
to
see
that
be
an
opportunity
for
all
of
our
students,
so
school
safety
or
safety
is
at
the
top
of
the
list.
We
also
are
wanting
to
continue
to
build
that
sense
of
community.
In
our
district
we
have
three
high
schools,
which
everyone
knows.
B
Panama
City
is
the
original
on
50th,
and
then
we
have
Putnam
City
West
that
was
built
in
nineteen
sixty
eight
and
then
Putnam
City
North
was
built
in
the
in
the
late
70s,
and
what
with
this
bond
will
do,
is
it
will
create
space?
It
will
create
our
athletic
fields.
Are
fine
arts
facilities
will
become
the
hub
at
those
three
high
schools
where
our
feeders,
what
we
call
feeder
schools,
our
Elementary's
and
middle
schools,
will
now
be
a
part
of
those
those
communities.
B
A
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
made
education
is
so
important
and
so
successful
in
the
past
was
the
community
involvement
in
the
schools.
It
was
our
school
and
our
neighborhood
school
and
I
think
that
was
really
important.
I
thought
I'm
glad
to
hear
you're
going
back
to
that,
but
the
as
I
recall
from
our
previous
discussion
there'll
be
two
questions
on
the
bond
issue:
right
boat,
one
deals
with
the
building's
safety
and
some
other
improvements,
the
other
is
for
transfer
asian.
Would
you
like
to
say
a
few
words
a.
B
Pretty
sure
we
state
law,
you
have
to
have
two
questions.
It
a
transportation
has
to
be
a
separate
question,
so
there
will
be
two
questions.
The
first
question
will
be
the
119
million
dollars
for
additional
classroom
space
for
the
safe
rooms
and
all
of
the
other
improvements
that
I
could
talk
about
in
greater
detail.
But
the
second
question
will
be
transportation
and
about
a
million
dollars
will
be
proposed
to
help
with
transportation.
B
We
typically,
we
have
great
maintenance
on
our
buses
and
those
buses
sometimes
run
20
25
years
we
transport
students
and
our
buses
run
about
78,000
miles
a
day.
If
you
can
believe
that,
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
wear
and
tear
on
buses,
and
while
we
do
a
great
job,
maintaining
those
this
million
dollars
will
help
purchase
over
the
period
of
the
bond
about
ten,
more
and
update
in
transportation
with
our
buses.
If.
A
B
There
are
several
opportunities
to
be
able
to
have
information,
first
of
all,
that
our
district
office,
that,
of
course,
area
code,
is
405.
495
5200
is
our
phone
number,
but
also
our
website.
Our
website
will
have
all
of
the
projects
that
we're
proposing,
as
well
as
additional
information,
and
our
website
is
www
org.
A
Great,
I
hope
the
listeners
make
note
of
that
and
if,
by
any
chance,
they
forget
that
number.
My
number
here
is
297
to
404
and
I
would
be
glad
to
take
their
their
information
and
have
somebody
from
Putnam
City
Schools
get
back
to
them
on
that.
If
that's
convenient,
because
I
know
we
won't
get
a
lot
of
calls.
We
may
get
a
few
of
trying
to
find
some
information
about
the
bond
issue
election
and
and
it's
a
big
number,
but
it's
an
important
number-
it's
it's.
A
It
will
do
a
lot
as
I
understand
it,
to
improve
the
quality
of
education
throughout
the
entire
district,
and
there
is
a
certain
minimum
standard
that
must
be
maintaining
the
schools
for
the
students
to
learn.
They
can't
learn
if
no
working
toilets
in
the
building,
if
there's
no
electrical
outlets
at
work,
is
I've
run
into
that
a
couple
of
times
in
doing
some
volunteer
workers
in
schools
in
Oklahoma
City
in
years
past
now
the
Oklahoma
City
Schools
are
in
pretty
good
shape.
A
Now,
due
to
maps
for
kids
maps,
three
maps
together
and
I
wanted
to
thank
you
from
dr.
Rhodes
for
taking
time
from
your
very
busy
schedule
to
come
here
and
do
this
interview
I.
Think
I
wish
you
all
the
luck
in
the
world
and
your
mondays
relation
you
and
I
think
that
the
voters
and
footage
that
you
have
a
long
history
of
approving
bond
issues.
They've
been.