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TODAY.

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>> THANK YOU.

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>> GERRY.

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BACK TO YOU.

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>> KYLIE, THANK YOU.

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STUDENTS WHO STRUGGLE IN THE

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CLASSROOM ARE THEY GETTING

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ENOUGH TO EAT? DO THEY HAVE

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STABLE HOUSING AND ACCESS TO

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HEALTH CARE? WHAT'S GOING ON AT

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HOME MAY BE PLAYING A DIRECT

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ROLE IN HOW THEY PERFORM IN

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SCHOOL. THAT'S WHY MUNCIE

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COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IS PARTNERING

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WITH MARIAN COLLEGE TO LAUNCH

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CITY CONNECTS.

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IT'S A PROGRAM THAT IDENTIFIES

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STUDENTS WHO FACE STRUGGLES

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OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM AND LINKS

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THEM WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT

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AGENCIES.

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CITY CONNECTS HAS PROVEN TO BE

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A SUCCESS IN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE

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DROPOUT RATES WERE CUT IN HALF,

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ACHIEVEMENT GAPS NARROWED, AND

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KIDS WERE FAR LESS LIKELY TO CUT

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CLASS OR CALL IN SICK.

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FOR MORE ON CITY CONNECTS I'M

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PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY MUNCIE

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COMMUNITY SCHOOLS DIRECTOR OF

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ANDY -- AND

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DIRECTOR JESSICA MORALES MAUST.

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WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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>> JESSICA, I WANT TO START WITH

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YOU, THE CITY CONNECTS PROGRAM,

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PART OF A NATIONAL PROGRAM, I

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MENTIONED MASSACHUSETTS, I THINK

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IT STARTED AT BOSTON COLLEGE.

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GIVE US A THUMBNAIL DESCRIPTION

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OF THE CITY CONNECTS PROGRAM AND

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REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

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>> ABSOLUTELY.

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THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

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CITY CONNECTS, BASED OUT OF

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BOSTON COLLEGE, STARTED ABOUT 20

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YEARS AGO IN THE NORTHEAST

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REGION, AND NOW WE HAVE THROUGH

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A PARTNERSHIP WITH BOSTON

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COLLEGE BROUGHT TO THE MIDWEST

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IN A SINGLE LARGEST EXPANSION

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EFFORT EVER FOR THE PROGRAM,

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WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.

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WE AT MARIAN UNIVERSITY AND THE

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CENTER LAUNCHED A PILOT PROGRAM

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WITH 34 SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF

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INDIANA IN GARY, SOUTH BEND,

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MUNCIE AND INDIANAPOLIS.

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AND THROUGH THE CITY CONNECTS

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PRACTICE, WE AS AN

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EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE THAT

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ENSURES EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN

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A SCHOOL, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF

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SCHOOL IT IS, NO MATTER WHAT

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KIND OF STUDENTS THEY SERVE, GET

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THE SUPPORT THEY NEED.

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IT IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY

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THAT ALLOWS A CLEAR ORGANIZED

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APPROACH TO ENSURING STUDENT

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SUPPORT IS MET FOR EVERY SINGLE

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STUDENT.

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SO IT REALLY BECOMES A HUB OF

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STUDENT SUPPORT IN YOUR SCHOOL.

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BY ALLOWING OUT OF SCHOOL

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FACTORS TO BE ADDRESSED FOR THAT

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STUDENT SUCCESS.

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AS YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE, THERE

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IS A LOT THAT STUDENTS GO

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THROUGH OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

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THAT IMPACTS THEIR SUCCESS

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INSIDE THE CLASSROOM.

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AND THUS THIS PRACTICE ALLOWS TO

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BRING ALL THAT TOGETHER

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>> VERY GOOD.

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ANDY, TALK ABOUT WHY MUNCIE

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SCHOOLS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN

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THIS.

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WE'LL GET WITH JESSICA IN A

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MOMENT ON SOME OF THE OUTCOMES

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SEEN.

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WHAT'S THE NEED THERE, THE

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DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM?

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>> WELL, OF COURSE, NOW IS A

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ROUGH TIME FOR EDUCATION IN

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GENERAL, AND FOR STUDENTS WHO

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HAVE ADDITIONAL WORRIES ON TOP

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OF LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM,

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AND SO THIS PROGRAM COMES ALONG

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AT A GREAT TIME FOR US, BECAUSE

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THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE A SITE

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COORDINATOR CURRENTLY IN FOUR OF

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OUR SCHOOLS, AND TO BE FIVE BY

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THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT

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CAN ACTUALLY FOCUS ON NEEDS OF

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EACH STUDENT IN THAT SCHOOL AND

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IDENTIFY WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE

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BEYOND JUST ACADEMIC HELP,

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BEYOND TUTORING, WHERE THEY MAY

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BE HAVING DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR

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STUDIES, THIS GOES BEYOND THAT

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AND REALLY EXAMINES WHAT ELSE IS

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GOING ON.

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MAYBE THEY HAVE A HEALTH

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CONDITION THAT HAS GONE

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UNDETECTED OR SOMETHING IN THEIR

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HOME THAT IS KEEPING THEM FROM

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EXCELLING IN THE CLASSROOM.

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NOW WE HAVE SOMEBODY DEDICATED

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TO IDENTIFYING THOSE SITUATIONS

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AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT

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>> THIS REALLY DOES EXTEND

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BEYOND THE SCHOOL, INTO THE

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COMMUNITY.

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I KNOW THE CITY OF MUNCIE IS A

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PARTNER IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS,

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BALL STATE TO AN EXTENT AS WELL.

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SO THIS IS REALLY A COMMUNITY

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CONNECTS, A COMMUNITY

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INITIATIVE.

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>> IT ABSOLUTELY IS IN OUR

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COMMUNITY.

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WE HAVE TREMENDOUS PARTNERS,

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TREMENDOUS SUPPORT THROUGHOUT

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MUNCIE FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

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BUT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY,

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BECAUSE THE CITY HELPED FUND

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THESE POSITIONS, THESE SITE

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COORDINATOR POSITIONS THAT WE

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HAVE IN FOUR OF OUR SCHOOLS,

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FIVE OF OUR SCHOOLS.

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BEFORE LONG, THANKS TO BALL

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STATE.

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WE COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL FOR

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THOSE, AND I KNOW THAT OUR SITE

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COORDINATORS HAVE BEEN WORKING

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HARD SINCE THE START OF THE

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SCHOOL YEAR TO IDENTIFY THE

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SERVICES THAT CERTAIN STUDENTS

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NEED

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>> JESSICA, TALK ABOUT SOME OF

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THE METRICS, PERFORMANCE OF THE

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CITY CONNECTS PROGRAM IN

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MASSACHUSETTS.

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AND WHAT SOME OF THE OUTCOMES

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HAVE BEEN.

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>> ABSOLUTELY.

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SO IN THEIR RECENT REPORT THAT'S

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COME OUT THROUGH THE IMPACT, AND

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THE DATA'S BEEN RESEARCHED

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THROUGH CITY CONNECTS, DROPOUT

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RATES HAVE BEEN CUT BY 50%,

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WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY DEMONSTRABLE

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FOR STUDENTS, AND THINK WILL

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ABSENTEEISM, MAKING SURE

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STUDENTS ARE IN CLASS EVERY

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SINGLE DAY.

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BEING MORE CONNECTED TO YOUR

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STUDENTS AND WHAT THEY GO

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THROUGH OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

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MAKES THE STUDENT HIS OR HER

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SELF.

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ONE OF THE GREATEST NOTES IS

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IMPROVES SATISFACTION AND

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HAPPINESS AMONG FACULTY, STAFF,

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BECAUSE THEY, TOO, FEEL THAT

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THEY'RE HAVING A GREAT IMPACT ON

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THEIR STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY

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BECAUSE THEY SEE NOT JUST THE

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ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT BUT THE

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SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR

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IMPROVEMENTS

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>> ONLY 20 SECOND LEFT, JESSICA.

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MARIAN HAS BEEN REACHING OUT, AS

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YOU LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM, A

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PILOT PROGRAM, BECOMING AN

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ANNUAL PROGRAM, A MORE

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SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM OVER TIME?

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>> ABSOLUTELY, THIS IS NOT JUST

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A PROGRAM AROUND FOR ONE TO TWO

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YEARS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS

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GOING TO STAY IN PERPETUITY.

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WE WANT TO SEE THIS IN EVERY

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SCHOOL IN THE MIDWEST AND ACROSS

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THE NATION.

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THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

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>> EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR K-12 FOR

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VIBRANT SCHOOLS MARIAN