The Guzzetta Girls

Speaker 1 Focus on them. And I. Speaker 2 Can't. Speaker 1 Do anything. Speaker 2 That's not your job. Driving. I miss exit and I don't know the order that I tried to send. Carolyn Gephardt when I first got to Kansas City and she gave me a CD. Unknown I got paid and I was in Austin. Alice Louis, how do you how late and. Speaker 1 Innocent three exits. It was almost a year on my year on record. Speaker 2 How long ago was that? There we go. Thank you. Speaker 1 Any more hits? Well, it was probably like 2014. You come and listen to anything since two. Speaker 2 Thousand and four. No, I purposely listened. Speaker 1 No, I. It was the last time I did like a driving one. I purposely tried to listen because I've also got the privilege of sitting next to Dana and she talk also all about podcasts and all this stuff. And like, I have to subscribe to some things that I like and I would want to listen to them because I have to sit and have to listen. Speaker 1 Whereas like when I listen to music, it's a one time my brain turns off. But if I listen to podcasts like I have to be engaged and then I can't have it in the background, I can't. Speaker 2 Like I could probably fall. Speaker 1 Close and listen to a podcast. Speaker 4 LC Are we already rolling? Speaker 5 We've been rolling. Speaker 4 Let me just open this up really quickly. Welcome to season two. Episode ten of Feisty is the podcast where Kelsey goals and Dana Oh and that's me have the pleasure of interviewing Interesting people and discuss. Speaker 2 Anything. Speaker 4 And everything and feisty actually we did tape our Back to school edition last week with that raw. Speaker 2 But. Speaker 4 Something went wrong, terribly wrong. Everything we said was doubled. So we've tried to reset everything with super weird. Yeah, hopefully this will record. Yeah. Today we're. Speaker 5 Hopeful. We did a couple of times beforehand, so yeah, it's just old computer doesn't always want to run correctly. Speaker 4 So here we go. So we're back with two friends with alarms, Dr. Stacey Gazeta and Sister Amy Tolman. Hello. Speaker 2 Good afternoon. Unknown Little slice. Yes, I need that. Speaker 2 Reinforcement right there to be going. We're in front of a studio audience. Several options here. Speaker 4 That's super nice. So we're going to break down what each of you do kind of throughout the podcast. But let me just start with this because it has seemed to me and Stacey, you will agree to be an interesting conversation this week. This year, our calendar. Speaker 2 Was a little different with with. Right? Speaker 1 We did. We tried to split the Christmas break, so we got out of school on a Wednesday and our staff returned to school on Wednesday. Speaker 4 So some people would say we got out a little later this year, like closer to Christmas without the time in front. But we had time at the end. We didn't just wanted to hear from both here what did you all think about this year's calendar? Did it work for you? Did did it not work for you. Speaker 1 Specifically the Christmas break? Speaker 4 Yeah. I mean, that. Speaker 2 Seems to be the days of the session. It's a hard. Speaker 4 Time. At time. Speaker 1 I've had the privilege of working on the calendar now for quite a few years and about, you know, seven. Speaker 4 Years. Speaker 1 Maybe since like 2015. Speaker 2 Would be my kind of just off the top. Speaker 1 2000, what? 15? 15. Okay, I'm. Speaker 2 Sorry. Okay. So, you know. Speaker 1 Christmas, unfortunately. Speaker 2 Of course, moves. And so it is a hard. Speaker 1 Holiday to plan around because you want to get out on Friday, because then you have three weekends and then you want to come back to school shortly after New Year's so parents can go back to work and all that good stuff. But with Christmas moving, it's really challenging. And when it's home like a Sunday, Monday, it's really, really challenging. Speaker 4 So how did it feel for you this year? Speaker 1 Stacey I, I personally and the other thing is Christmas is a very personal holiday. Yeah. So yeah, maybe you came around town, maybe one of your family members works in the retail business. Speaker 4 Maybe I'm asking you personally. Speaker 1 Personally? Yes, I know. Speaker 2 I'm sorry. I'm so used to giving a feel Sorry. I going. I know. Speaker 1 That's why when you ask us, like, Oh, goodness, here we go. It's a it's a tough one. It is times I really generally care about trying to make a calendar that fits most right. But personally. Speaker 2 I. Speaker 1 Like having the time after Christmas break because Christmas will happen. I'll get shopping done, I'll get wrapping done, all of the Christmas stuff will happen. So I would rather go as late as possible up to Christmas holiday and then have that time after New Year's because that's when I really can relax, I can decorate, I can that's when I clean out my closets. Speaker 1 When I have that time. I don't do that before Christmas. Even if I had a whole week before Christmas, I would do that stuff. That's true. Christmas. Speaker 2 Yeah, that's. Speaker 4 New. Yours taking down your Christmas stuff is like cleaning everything all back. Speaker 1 To work on the second. And it was really stinky. So I was very thankful that we did not come back to work on the second. Yeah. This year. Speaker 4 How about you, Amy? Speaker 1 I agree. I think probably I used to like, like the pre-Christmas time off to do all those crazy things because I was a procrastinator. However, now I'm not. And because, like Stacy said, it has to be done at some point. And so I just get it done whenever I can and I try to start early. But I do also kind of like the end of break time because you do, you get to relax and like I can do things with my kids and, you know, maybe it's not quite as crazy before the Christmas like craziness. Speaker 1 So I kind of agree with it. But I go I go back and forth because I have also gone back on the second and that is no fun whatsoever. I like you're literally doing New Year's Day and then you're back at work. And so I did like going back. It still felt I will say is still felt like I didn't get my full like a full break. Speaker 1 I don't know why because I know we did like I know our days were there and everything. I have three. Speaker 4 Weeks and it just. Speaker 1 Didn't feel quite as long. The three week and thing is what we heard the most about. And so as the calendar committee formed this year, that was one of our, you know, bullet points was we're going to have three weekends. Speaker 4 So let's talk about that because tonight is a January board meeting and the calendar does go in front of the board tonight. It does. So tell us a little bit about that. By the way, let me Stacy Calzada is our executive director of student operations and calendars, academic calendars is one of the many things you're responsible for. Speaker 1 Yes. So I would first remind our listening audience that it is an instructional calendar, right? So, you know, really, it is designed with the idea of professional learning and opportunities for job embedded, professional learning, as well as mental breaks for our students along the way. And then also trying to incorporate all of the traditional holidays that our community likes to see in our calendar. Speaker 1 So tonight we are recommending to the school board that they consider approval what was option C or option three, kind of depending on when you were looking at it. It is the one that blends both one and two or A and B, you know, really our community and our teachers. And I don't have the percent in front of me, but they did vote for option B at a higher percentage rate. Speaker 1 And so you might wonder, well, why aren't we going with the one that most people voted on? And that is really due to the construction at our schools. So although we put out one option B that had a longer fall holiday, a longer fall holiday for our staff especially, and but it did require going back to school a little bit earlier. Speaker 1 I think it might have just been four days. But because of the Klein Elementary timeline as well as the high school, we wanted to make sure that that was not negatively impacting our faculty as well as our students. So we decided that if this probably wasn't the year to start or any earlier and that we did want to try out a fall holiday and in the hopes of perhaps next year, being able to again listen to our teachers and our community, our parents, and perhaps have that longer fall holiday that we're seeing across a lot of districts. Speaker 1 So. Speaker 4 Oh, sorry. Speaker 1 I was going to say, and I was on the committee this year. Yeah, so fine. But we actually only left with like an option. An option B in, in that other like in that reconvene calendar committee. We created the third one because we recognized kind of like the start time in construction. And what about this? And just like all the pieces that go into a calendar and all the people at play. Speaker 1 So the third option actually came later after the committee reconvened again. And the second time, I think and honestly we're taking the calendar changed again. So after getting all the parent feedback, we were getting out on Friday the 22nd and the proposal that we're recommending is actually getting out half day on Thursday. So we put on Friday an exchange day, which is a time period when a teacher or staff member would have some professional learning off contract. Speaker 1 So that might be in the summertime, it might be on a weekend, but it's before that date. And so our calendar next year that we're recommending has two of those exchange dates in it. One of them is part of that fall holiday and the other is that Friday, the December 22nd. So that was yeah, So that was a recommendation. Speaker 1 And based off of all the feedback, I mean, I read all, all the comments, I look at them all and a lot of people still are a little hung up on that Friday getting out on the 22nd. What to understand is late, you know, if you were trying to travel, you'd be traveling on the 22nd the night of or the 23rd. Speaker 1 And Christmas is, I believe, on that Monday. So we did incorporate that feedback and made that recommendation to Mr. Rau and then moving forward tonight to the board. Speaker 4 So remind our listeners how many minutes. So I'm just kind of breaking down the details of the calendar. Our students have to be in attendance. How many minutes are in school? Speaker 1 So 75600 minutes. And it makes me think of that song from Rent. Speaker 2 I want to know. So yeah, Now I don't mind me saying every time and every time I say that I didn't think of that you had asked Dana, but so anyway. Speaker 4 Then we have teachers. Speaker 1 The teachers have to work 187 days. Speaker 4 Teachers have to work. So it's day days minimum for students. Speaker 1 Okay. So we're always balancing that. And so since I have since the law changed and went from days to minutes because it used to be 180 school days for kids, and so then it switched to minutes. Right. Which gave districts more flexibility, but it meant that we went more minutes a day, but we didn't change teachers contracts. They stayed at 187. Speaker 1 So it's balancing both of those. Speaker 4 And so many other things. Speaker 1 Is super tricky. Speaker 4 But it is so crazy because if you why do you have one thing here and then you're balancing two semesters and you have holidays within those semesters and everybody's used to having off and getting out and. Speaker 1 All that stuff. So exchange days for Thanksgiving and we would work Monday, Tuesday. Speaker 2 Wednesday, even Monday, Tuesday, Tuesday. And you had to work. I think it was Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Speaker 4 I think so too. Speaker 1 So but like now we get a full week off without having to do exchange days or having to have all those pieces. So it's, you know, it's like we're moving with with it, but it's it's give and take. My son is planning to attend Texas Tech in the fall, and he was already looking at their academic calendar and was quite bothered by the fact that they have Monday or Tuesday of school. Speaker 1 And so I said, you know, get ready for the real life. You won't the spring break after much longer. So we still are very fortunate. Well, you were kind. Speaker 4 You're so. Speaker 2 Busy and you. Speaker 4 Feel it. Get ready say so. You will feel it. They don't have the whole week on, but they get on month at Christmas. Speaker 2 And sure. Speaker 1 You feel it on week four when it's like, oh my gosh. And he's they're. Speaker 2 Sure. Speaker 4 They do not need a month off. Like after three weeks. Speaker 2 I go, oh, okay. Now back now to where you are. Yes. Oh, that's very okay. Speaker 4 So let's talk let's move on to a new topic, new rezoning rezoning. Speaker 2 Another one topic. Speaker 4 Another fun topic in my mind. You know, one of the things that this community's not used to is we're going to have three elementary schools next year when Song Elementary. That sounds so. Speaker 2 Shiny, though. Speaker 4 It is exciting. Speaker 1 I'm super excited. Speaker 4 So go in pre-K depending on what school your K through five, but they're all go through five, which is kind of exciting. So what's that process? Speaker 1 And and really this process started. Are we sold on Horizon back before the bond even passed? In fact we re zoned back know after Harvey. So the 2017 timeframe we were zoned that fall and spring going in because we saw that Bayles at intermediate at the time and had a lot of empty classrooms. So that time was moving students from the South sewn up to the North zone. Speaker 1 And knowing, though, that we would likely go out for bond in the hopes that it passed, knowing that we would be relocating where Cline was located, just because it was really challenging to draw boundary lines with Cline. Like, if you look at our current boundary lines, it almost looks like Italy, like a little boot is around the the land where Cline sits to have that boundary. Speaker 1 So knowing that we would do this in 2017, we'd have a bond and then we'd have to redraw boundary lines for the 2324 school year. So we knew areas were going to have to move. So we tried to be as purposeful about that and talk with people who lived in those areas. And you know, there's just parts of the city that unfortunately are right there on the edge. Speaker 1 And so how do you, you know, keep and maintain stability for those families, but yet still try to make adjustments that fill our schools appropriately? We don't have one school that has empty classrooms and another school. It's bursting at the seams. So trying to balance that with the long haul. Speaker 4 So what's exciting, Amy, you had just said how exciting. Speaker 1 Because I'm excited. So I before I was in Friendswood, I was at ak5 campus and I just love seeing like the growth opportunities for some of our third fourth and fifth graders that they get to experience when they're on a campus with the younger kids and like the leadership opportunities and the things that our kids can be exposed to, you know, more like the L parts, like I can be a leader in these areas. Speaker 1 I can go to like a third grade class and go read to a kindergarten class and you can have a buddy in a different class. You can have safety patrol. You can have just so many different opportunities for kids to grow in other areas besides just academics with exposure to little you know, to the little ones on the on the campus. Speaker 1 And then those little ones get exposure to like the big kids and get to go see things. And I don't know, it's just a cool like in your family's on one campus and you get used to how the administration works and you get comfortable with the people that are there. And you just like that. Transition is so much easier, I think. Speaker 1 And then you build like a true community with inside that campus. And then when you move up, it's like you have this whole group of people who love you and support you. So yeah, I mean, educational research shows the transitions are really challenging. It's something else a child has to overcome is the challenges. You know, Amy hit on a lot of those areas. Speaker 1 I mean, just the culture of a campus, the administration of the campus, all the things that make a campus, a campus, when you go to a new building, even if you're going with all the same kids, it's still a transition if you learn how things work at that school. And so to have, you know, fewer transitions, it's better for kids. Speaker 4 And let me just quickly say, Amy is our special education instructional coordinator. Yes. Okay. So tell us a little bit. And Amy is a twin. Yes. Speaker 2 Kelsey's a 12 year 20. Speaker 1 We talk about this. I feel like we maybe mentioned it. Speaker 5 I think briefly. We like we find that there's so many sets of twins in this district. It's crazy. Speaker 1 Here's what's crazy. People think Stacey and I are the twins because of our hair. Yeah, Let me just say, we are. Speaker 4 Not I know you're not. Speaker 1 Twins. I am Stacy's much younger sister. Speaker 2 Michelle's much younger sister. You know, my twin. Speaker 1 Is lives in Friendswood, the doubles, the double family. Bethany doubles my twin. And she's also like in the educational world and she's an occupational therapist. Speaker 2 So. Yeah, it's. Speaker 1 Cool. We like the three of us are all here and close by and get to hang out. Speaker 4 And you were working at Winson Bales? You were? I was at. Speaker 1 Bales, yes. I was a quest teacher for the past six years. Six years at Bell. So when like 2016, I started at Bell's. Speaker 4 But you just happened to be at Win Tong Maybe for a picture. We were there. We were doing a making a difference. And you just happened to be in the hallway, I swear. I picture you standing and. Speaker 1 I received by making the difference at Bell's in the hallway. Speaker 2 Oh, okay. Okay. I don't know. Speaker 5 We can use the two. There were Those. Speaker 1 Campuses look very similar. Speaker 2 Well, yes, I. Speaker 5 Texted my sister in law one day because my two of my nieces go to one song and I'm like, Hey, what's what are their teachers names? Again, this was towards the beginning of the year, went around every pod. I was like, What on earth? Like, where are these teachers classrooms realized I was. Speaker 1 Yeah, we're on. Speaker 2 Campus. Yeah, I'll give it somewhere else. So that's why I was writing it. Yeah, definitely makes it difficult. Yes, I taught it. Speaker 4 In song, so. Speaker 2 I. Speaker 4 Yeah, but in my mind, I don't know why I thought you. Speaker 2 Were Bailes Bailey. Speaker 4 So let's talk just a little bit, Amy, about special, special education. Okay? Kind of how you I'm always interested to think about, you know, at the very beginning of the process, when kids are getting their degrees in college or they have to decide what is it that I want to do with my life? Mm hmm. How did special education kind of come into your world? Speaker 4 And how did you decide? That's something that I want to be a part of? Speaker 1 Hey, So I had a different path, maybe not different, but I had a good path. So I was a nurse, major, actually, at Baylor University. Like, I knew I wanted to work with kids. I knew I wanted to be like in the line of helping people. So I was a nurse. Major It did not go well for me. Speaker 1 Let's just put that one out there. Speaker 4 I long as a nurse. Speaker 1 My mom is a nurse. It's really hard. Speaker 2 Yeah, like there's a lot of studying that. Speaker 1 Has to happen and that at that time was not maybe my strong suit. So that summer, like after my freshman year, I actually came back home to figure things out and ended up working for like the special ed summer school. So for s y, Trish Hanks hired me as a paraprofessional and I worked in the life school setting request setting and had so much fun, like working with kids, working with kids that were I mean, they were my age, some of the kids that were there and just kind of seen a different way of learning. Speaker 1 And so I went back to Baylor, enrolled in education classes, got access to the education school and like, zoomed through it, loved it. Yeah, did really good in it. I got down where I, where I found was meant to be, so did really well, and then started in our early childhood special education programs and then did everything K-5 So behavior, academic life skills, early childhood like did it all and really fell in love with life skills which in friends words called quest and just had a great time like trying trying to figure out kids. Speaker 1 Right? Trying to figure out what they what they need, how they learn, how can I teach them this? And what's funny is and like I have been thinking about this in looking back and certain areas of my life, I was working with our kids in this population, like in junior high and doing projects with them in class projects and working with kids who like if my teacher needed or a teacher in high school needed help with the kid, I would go help them. Speaker 1 And so I was always kind of already doing it. I just didn't ever really make those connections until later and I'm looking back and reflecting. So it's. Speaker 2 Super cool that. Speaker 1 I found my passion and found what I love. And so that kind of Oddly, you even married someone? Yeah. Who has a sister? Speaker 2 Yes, that's my sister. Speaker 1 It is one of the things that, like, instantly connected us because he understood, like the stories, because, you know, you go home and you tell like your teacher stories and people are like, Oh my God, that's so weird. Like, that's. Speaker 2 What you did today. I'm like, Yes, but look how great. Speaker 1 And he got it and he understood. He like, what did he call her unique, like uniquely special or something? Like the words that he used to describe his sister were just so special and meaningful and like, he got it. And so he understood like half of who I am just automatically by knowing the world of special education. You understood his family, right? Speaker 1 Right. And there was that just instant connection, comfortability, I guess, with like the family piece of it. Speaker 4 So it's so fun to see. I mean, I know we all know this, but that God has a plan. And when you see those sort of things happen so beautifully, you go you're reminded that there is a beautiful plan, you know, at work, school. And so we spend a lot of time around the table talking about education. How is it changing? Speaker 4 How are we adapting towards it? Students today? How are things changing in special education? Things are. Speaker 1 Changing. Things are growing. I think that's you know, as our district is growing, our numbers are growing. We currently have around 900 kids that was servicing and is actually not growing. Your enrollment is not growing. Well, I don't know what's happened. No, I'm she's I do know something. I mean. Speaker 2 We're identifying. Speaker 1 The needs of kids, right? The needs of their learning. So we had about 900 kids currently that we're servicing in special education. And I think that's a big not misunderstanding, like a big change is that we're servicing kids inside of our general education population. And so 40% about for I had numbers because I'm like I know there's a number I think at 40% of the kids that are inside special education are inside of our general education classrooms. Speaker 1 And that's kind of where this role, like for an instructional coordinator came from. Like this year was meeting to support that population of kids that are sitting out there learning drone dictation like how do we, you know, make better combinations, How are we instructing our kids? What are we doing to reach them and support their needs? So that's kind of where my role is. Speaker 1 Excuse me. My role is this year is supporting teachers, supporting administration, supporting students and going out there and just trying to, you know, keep keep pushing. Speaker 4 What percentage of our kids would you say take all IEPs? All I don't think everybody falls under the umbrella. Speaker 2 Of. Speaker 4 Five or four or special education. But what percentage of students in general, not just in our district, but would you all say across the board has specialized plans or serve as receiving services, whether it's speech, whether it's social emotional. Speaker 1 So that 14% for us or like the 14 and a half percent is speech, social, emotional, behavioral, academic, not five or four. That's just your kids with a special education like IEP plan. So but that is from three year old all the way to our 18 plus program. Okay. That's everybody in our district. I don't know statewide where like what the average is any more in a district. Speaker 4 I mean, wouldn't you say it's one in. Speaker 2 Five come. Speaker 1 To the February public hearing and I will be presenting on the exact facts. Speaker 4 So that's a little teaser. Speaker 2 We that's. Speaker 4 Right. Now, But we're. Speaker 2 Going to hold we're going to hold that from you. Yes. Yes. So that February. Speaker 1 The annual report will be presented at the February board meeting in a public hearing type setting, which means that typically you can't ask a question as an audience member while a presentation is happening at the board level. But in a public hearing setting, anybody can ask a question of the information being presented. So if you want it to be an on on. Speaker 1 Audience member, you could ask a question then, but I will be posting all of the the records of actually Kelsey will be posting them as our headmaster, and I did send them to her this weekend to get them all posted on our website like district and state numbers and that area like age and numbers. All all of that will be posted on today's to see it too. Speaker 1 Yeah. Yeah. I mean, what I recall is that we're a little bit above the state average in both five of four and in special ed. And it'll be interesting to watch because dyslexia has traditionally fallen under the five of four area and it has now been moved to, I guess, under the special education. Speaker 2 Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah. Speaker 1 Oh, so that's new this year. Well, last year there were a law change. And so now special education is carrying like before you could have a learning disability in reading or in basic reading, but you weren't necessarily dyslexic and you could be dyslexic, but not necessarily have a learning disability. But now if you have dyslexia, you have a learning disability inside basic reading. Speaker 1 So it's the kind of put a little they put it together. Speaker 4 So there's a very popular trend going on right now in Tick-Tock world. And actually it might be on Instagram too, I'm not sure, but it's just everywhere. Yeah, it's everywhere. Speaker 1 Can I have a social media lesson? So now, like aerials are showing up in Facebook feeds on Instagram, so well, because they are like Instagram owns reels, but Instagram is owned by Facebook. So that's why you now see it. But you also see Tiktoks on reels that are on Instagram or on Facebook trying to figure out if they're all the same thing. Speaker 1 So they kind of. Speaker 2 They're we'll talk about Tik Tok is not a real well is oh gosh it is is a video yes. Speaker 1 And usually often set to music or to some other voice over something. It looks like these have picked up on that. No, not a not necessarily. Speaker 2 It's not a rule. You know, it's a real, real rule. That's not a real rule. It's are we let's to do X because that's an. Speaker 4 That is where. Speaker 2 I'm going. I think it would be shows like your sisters. Speaker 4 I think we're going to need even clean and be somewhat nice right down here. Speaker 2 Oh, we're not going to make it to the cry. Speaker 4 No, no, no, no. You don't even have those kind of X you even have. Speaker 1 We are so fabulous. Speaker 4 Any X that like in when I say X people, I'm talking about where you would some of the best ones are families that get together. Speaker 2 And the kids. Speaker 4 Even have X for their parents. And it is so funny and fun to watch. So if you haven't looked up X, look them up. They're really fine. I've even seen bosses and when. Speaker 1 Like employee. Speaker 4 Employees give me, it's hilarious. Speaker 1 And you always use the voiceover thing. Speaker 4 I've always seen it done with the voiceover. It's an egg like, I don't know what that noise is, but you're like almost a robot. Speaker 1 Oh, is that. It's a filter. Yes. Yeah, it's a filter. Speaker 2 So we haven't talked like this? No, but I would love. Speaker 4 It if I could just spend, like, you know, one minute, like being turned back and forth and talking about X like towards each other or maybe just X you have in general about the Gazette lately. Speaker 1 I haven't it. Stacey likes rules. Speaker 2 That's it. Speaker 1 That's a Stacey. She's very like. Speaker 2 She she's one way or the other way. Speaker 1 Black or white. And like I say, I would say in very gray to in what areas. Speaker 2 But I know it's done is yeah I don't I don't think the Stacey I don't think anyone would think. Speaker 1 You're a gray person. Now, Mr. Gore has said, Stacey, you can do this because you can color in the gray sometimes. Speaker 2 Oh, so I guess you don't color the gray for outside the lines. The color gray. I don't know how that goes, but that's the rule. I don't I mean, like I a lot of things we guess there's a rule. Speaker 1 But I can also appreciate where the rule can get a little fuzzy at the line. Now we're going to go way outside the rule, but like. Speaker 2 There's this little fuzzy, fuzzy area by the. Speaker 4 Rule, but there are no fuzzy areas in residency like they have residency specific. That's a little. Speaker 2 Bit yes, it's our own. Speaker 4 That black and white people with. Speaker 1 Like, all right. They're like. Speaker 4 All right. Speaker 1 Licenses. Speaker 2 Oh, yes. People. No one is certain that. Speaker 4 You want certain people to be very. Speaker 2 Particular. Speaker 1 Hard nosed about it. Like there's there are nosed or hard nosed like a no no nose or nose like your nose on your face or nose. Speaker 2 Like stressing out. Speaker 4 I think it's hard. Speaker 2 I, I think it's hard nosed. I don't know. So I'm asking you. Yes. Like, like nobody's touching her nose. Just so you can see this. It's a. Speaker 1 Nose. Like our hard. Speaker 2 Nosed. Yes. Okay. Yeah. I mean, I know that one. Speaker 1 I haven't put any for the last ten before, but I think you can make a pass. So I just didn't know if it was a hard no or hard nose. Speaker 2 Oh, I know. Speaker 4 You're being hard. Speaker 1 Nosed. Hard nosed? Speaker 2 Yeah. Okay. Like I don't. Maybe cause your nose hits up against something. I don't know why. Speaker 1 This expression came from. Speaker 2 But I just, like, she keeps touching her nose. Speaker 4 But I just heard someone say, these are seconds and minutes. I will never. Speaker 2 Get on here. That's funny. As I said, that that was like it. Speaker 1 And, you know, we have a whole thing about hard nosed, About hard nosed or about your rules that you're not a roof over. You are referring to rule follower. But I don't want to explain that, isn't it? But that's a neck and. Speaker 2 Neck, you. Speaker 4 Know, is there is there in there that you have about 80 maybe that she points out that you're. Speaker 2 Not. Speaker 1 I could not think of one. But as we were gathering in this room, one was pointed out to me that I would like to share, and that is that now that Amy has joined our team, which I'm so very thankful. Thank you. There's actually decided to be here the second district that I worked in with my sister. Yes, we both worked in Spring Estee and did numerous years ago, but since Amy has joined our district leadership team and has been involved a little bit more. Speaker 2 She now like tell stories like there are some stories that you just don't want to share in. Speaker 1 But if if the example of the story I'm going to share like, oh, like allows the audience members to to see and understand a little bit better, then you share it. I mean, that's just how I that's how I work, even if it's a story that might be a little embarrassing. I never say her name. Speaker 2 People just know and you tell the story. I'll tell a story. I won't say the name, but then she, like, totally gives it up because she's like, Oh my gosh, you're talking about me. I'm like, Well, no. Speaker 1 One knew I was talking about you. Speaker 2 Until you just said I was like, You start with like. Speaker 4 I have a sister that. Speaker 2 Exactly. I don't think that's what I do. I mean, there's only a. Speaker 1 Couple of times I've mentioned it. Speaker 2 But all I know. Speaker 1 Is I look over the Christmas board party. Speaker 2 It wasn't me that was bad. And Amy is gathered around like, Oh my God, people. Speaker 1 And they all look over at me at the same time. Like they clearly had just been telling a story about me. Speaker 4 Is that like, your worst nightmare? Like, is that. Speaker 2 No, no. Okay. You know, weight, worst nightmares. I mean. Speaker 4 They like sense of humor and you. Yeah, I wouldn't think that that would necessarily bother you. Speaker 1 I just then need to share what they're telling. Speaker 2 You, though, right? Speaker 1 Like I'm a very informal person, like I am who I am and everywhere, like this is who I am. But I think Stacie has two very distinctive, not roles, but like people, right? So she has to like work. Stacey And then there's social. Stacey And those two worlds very seldom collide. And, and I think I've helped maybe break down or maybe things collide. Speaker 2 Some a little bit more than what she's used. Speaker 1 To in my work life and my like, like I'm loud and crazy. I would agree with that. Yes. That reflection would probably make for you, huh? Speaker 2 I'm making your worlds collide. Speaker 1 See, I'm giving her some good X for me. Speaker 2 Y'all don't know. Speaker 4 That a family. Can I just tell you? Blaze in Ronda? Well, anyone listening knows Blaze and Ronda and how Great. Just have a family. Speaker 1 Y'all have. Thank you. Speaker 4 Just great family. Speaker 2 Thanks. Speaker 4 I don't personally know the other sister. Sisters. Speaker 1 There's two. Speaker 2 That's better. Yeah. Speaker 4 Stacey tells me that all the time. I always think that the mystery. Speaker 1 With your notes. Speaker 4 I'm sorry. Speaker 2 Yeah, she was just so funny that she's even listened to this, maybe. And she's like, Oh. Speaker 1 They forgot about me because everyone, like, not everyone forgets about her, but she's a middle. Speaker 2 She's like that. The middle child itself. All of our family group chat. Yeah, she, she does. Speaker 1 It bothered her. She's all about friends. It's not very good. Oh we have like a friends would family. Speaker 2 Chat and we have like the family chat but. Speaker 1 Yeah I know it did. It bothered her. Yes. Like Harvey was hitting and so people kept giving updates about their houses and sitting pictures and Michael is in the Woodlands and she got really. Speaker 2 Annoyed by our text. Yes, she's like herself. Speaker 4 She wrote Tatiana out of your update. Speaker 2 Yes. Yes. Yeah. I don't care. Having my own, you know, my own stuff going on like on iPhone. Speaker 1 It tells you so until removed themselves. Speaker 2 Like we're like, Oh, I have this group chat. Speaker 1 So rude. Yeah, but this is what happens to her is that like, then we'll text in the family like the friends would family text and forget that she's not in it. And so then she doesn't know. So I never forget that. Well, you'll have your own separate relationship outside of the faith. Speaker 2 You know, there's dynamics like I'm a. Speaker 1 Twin where, you know, anyway, that's another problem. Speaker 2 We ended up at the top. What group you're. Speaker 1 In. I'm to say, Mother did that on my mom. Yes, yes, yes, our mom forget. So she'll text something that I'm like, You know, Becca's not in this text, and so you should probably let her know what the doctor did. Speaker 2 But, you know, whatever your daughter's four daughters, they had to wait for the twin girls for the third. Yeah. Speaker 4 You never keep trying. Speaker 2 They're out there trying. Speaker 1 Didn't have a We only had, like, girl animals. Like, my dad was surrounded. Surrounded. Speaker 5 So my husband, he well, he's the youngest of eight kids, but it was. Oh, my gosh. Four, four boys, four girls. But his mom is one of nine girls. Speaker 1 Oh, my gosh. Speaker 2 That's insane. And be allowed, I guess. Speaker 1 Now I know. I can't even imagine her. Speaker 5 Her dad was a farmer and so was like he kept trying, going to. Speaker 2 You know, almost took her to a farmers. Yes. Yeah. The article said. And then that's like a it's a song. A song was like that's something I don't know what. Wow. Yeah. Speaker 5 Yeah. No multiples in either. Speaker 2 One year group. Yeah. That's a lot of work. It's a lot. Yep. Yeah. Well, and. Speaker 1 What was funny was my. Speaker 2 Grandmother, my dad's. Speaker 1 Mom said she had four boys, and then finally her fifth was a daughter. And so she told as all of her sons were getting married, told all the wife's that they were never going to have any girls because she could only have boys. And then, oddly enough, like all of our two boys, there's only two boys of 1113. Speaker 1 I mean, there are of us, but there's only two boys to the is that a name is like slowly and they've had oh that's one of the boys only only had girls and then the other boy had two boys. Boy has two boys and that's it. Speaker 5 Yeah. That's right. Where we have the pressures. So of the four boys in Sean's family, so Sean and I don't have kids yet, but the other three have only had girls. So it's literally going to be up to us to continue the last one, which is so funny as pressure. Well, I know, I know. Maybe it was his brother. Speaker 5 They did their gender reveal and it was a girl and everyone looked at us immediately and they're like, Well, it's all up to you now. Speaker 2 To see, you know, And that way I do. So, I mean, I took my maiden name back and all you did and, you know. Speaker 1 And I kind of like it. And I'm like, even though we get married, you're still always because. Speaker 2 Even my. Speaker 1 Cousins say that, like, we're always we are always kids, That is. Yes. My husband might not like me saying that, but. Speaker 2 It's so. Speaker 1 Interesting that in our culture and I don't know if I know. Speaker 2 I don't know if I'll call this is going to get ready. Speaker 1 But that we, you know, lose your mind. Like typically. Speaker 2 You making. Speaker 1 It as a middle name or whatever. But I mean, a lot of people may not even know someone's I mean, like that's a security question. Speaker 2 On your like you. Speaker 1 Could never use it because everyone would know. I know like, what's your mother's maiden name? And like it your security questions. Speaker 2 Oh, shoot. Speaker 4 Did you say security? Speaker 2 Security. And I heard that I did. I did not say security. Would you say is security security playback of the tape? Yes, we got it. It's recording. So I'm. Speaker 4 Actually really excited about the random question stay, because a lot of times to ask the random questions that you have not. Speaker 1 Seen. We have not seen anything. Speaker 4 I'm very excited about these. Sometimes they're a total failure, sometimes they're great. Speaker 1 But how can we answer each others if we know it? Speaker 2 You know, this is like a quiz, you know, because obviously math give it Stacy. You know, it's not like that. Speaker 1 Okay. Like 100 plus 200. Speaker 2 Plus ice cream. Oh, okay. Yeah, Yeah. It's facts always tell you that. Okay, So let's keep it. Speaker 4 Kind of consistent. Stacy, you're the oldest, so you answer first and then Amy, you want to answer for fine. Speaker 1 Okay. I must have been Stacy's little sister. Speaker 2 You just bragged about being much younger sister. Speaker 1 Little sister. Oh, and then here's. I'm sorry, it derailed. Just one real. Speaker 2 Quick in high school, like, Oh, you're Stacy, sister. I'm like, Yeah, but I'm not like Stacy. Like. Speaker 1 I know you're super smart. And it was harder for me. So like, I had to let teachers know, like, don't have that high expectation for me. Speaker 4 I have the exact same situation. Exactly. I was told by a teacher, You're not your brother, are you? You're not the student your brother was or. Speaker 2 No. Speaker 4 Yeah, I was told that. Speaker 2 Yeah. So. Ouch. Yeah. And that was not a. Speaker 1 Kind thing that she said. It wasn't a good thing. Like if someone said that to maybe someone else's child. Speaker 2 Yeah, like, like we're not saying names, but, you know, talking to me. Now, let's just put it this way. Speaker 4 My brother is an ear, nose and throat doctor, and then I come along. Speaker 2 We're ready to party and we do sit time. I have a good person. I have a doctor, a sister, too. And I also have a great personality. I'm so funny. Yeah. So character. You feel right. We have to get. Speaker 4 Attention somehow, and it comes out. Peter Person Yes, that's right. Speaker 1 Okay. Okay. Speaker 4 All right. Speaker 1 Here we go. Speaker 4 What is one thing people would never guess about you? Speaker 1 Apparently that I have split personalities. Speaker 2 She said you two faced no. Speaker 1 Elsa, my turn. Speaker 4 No. Speaker 1 Oh, that doesn't count as a real answer. Speaker 2 No. You know something? Really? Answer. Crap. Oh, God. Oh, gosh. Yeah, that's not right. Speaker 2 We don't have a beef on here. We don't have a beef. Speaker 1 Amy, go first, and then I. Speaker 2 Want to pass and come back. Oh, my gosh. Speaker 1 Okay, so people don't know about me. I really share a lot, so I know I'm an open book. I'm an open book. Maybe that I get I'm a scaredy cat. I get really scared very easily. Speaker 4 Like all these other movies are just movies. Speaker 2 Dark darkness, like nighttime, just like all lights on. Speaker 1 Like you used to make fun of me. I definitely called the cops a lot because I want them to look at my house like, not now, but when I was younger. You, first of all, because you were like noises out. I used to live. Okay. I live at 610 and cross timbers. So, yes, I called the cops and I was like, Wow, I. Speaker 2 Need a car. Speaker 1 Yes, They would come. They'd look around and they come in my house. Yeah. Speaker 2 Do they know you by first name? You know, we've heard that close. But do you remember. Speaker 1 In high school prior to the prom, when they, like our parents, were gone at Project Prom night, and we were there at the house, and there were all these noises. I was. Speaker 2 Like the fetal position in our utility room because I was I. Speaker 1 Don't know. You were probably at Purdue Primary College. I don't know. Speaker 2 But like, this definitely happened to people doing that right there. Stacey was not doing that. Yeah, okay. Maybe that's what people don't know, that they probably didn't do it because I'm hard news. Beautiful word reliability I you. That's okay. We can move. Speaker 4 On. Let's go to the. Speaker 2 Second second question. How much you have to answer this? If you go back in time, if you could. Speaker 4 Go back in time and go to high school for a day with either Ronda or Blaze, oh, who would it be and why? Speaker 2 I know what Stacy would say. Speaker 1 I don't know. Speaker 2 I'm the first one to come to my mom. Speaker 1 My mind is my mother was on the drill team in high school, and I can do her. I can do it. But like, they were the military, like, drills team or whatever. And like, I think it was her job to, like, yell out the marches and she will still do it to this day, like leave. Speaker 2 No, she doesn't want to. And I don't I don't like that. Yeah you can try to get Stacy do. And anyway, I think it'd. Speaker 1 Be really interesting to. Speaker 2 Go back and hear my mom doing. Speaker 1 Those things. And she talked about wearing orange juice cans like they slept in orange juice. Speaker 2 Cans to get the big rollers. Yes. So yeah, for a. Speaker 1 Day, that'd be fun. Speaker 4 So your mom, you'd want to see your mom for a day in high school? Speaker 1 I would see my dad because I heard he was a troublemaker. And he now is a rule follower like he that man in his rules. Growing up, he was serious. Blaze was serious. It was the enforcer. The blaze was serious. So but in high school, apparently he was like a hoodlum. Maybe that's why we word. Speaker 4 To go back and see what their idea of. Speaker 1 Well, he used to like they went to Catholic school or he did well Catholic not till high until eighth grade. Okay. And he's like chased the nuns around and stuff. Apparently. Like, there are some stories and I feel like my uncles have not shared a true representation of his his youth. So there's a lot I don't know because he's the oldest of the oldest of. Speaker 1 Yes. And he apparently was like hardcore. So I'm very curious to see what you're saying. Yeah, because he's super, super smart. Yeah. Apparently he had a lot going on, you know, So that. Speaker 4 Would be fun to go back and see. Speaker 2 Oh, yeah. Speaker 4 That's my if you had a magic wand and could change anything about education. Hmm. What would it be? Speaker 1 Well, after coming off of a three day weekend. Speaker 2 My magic wand to. Speaker 1 Like, there's just something to be said about having a third day and a weekend. So perhaps it would be this whole concept of time. Speaker 2 Oh, no. The fact I. The fact. Speaker 1 That we go to school five days a week, the fact that we start on an August date and we end on a date, the fact. Speaker 2 That we. Speaker 1 The bell rings and the bell, you know, starts and dismisses us. I mean, just to be a little more I would love for our way to come up with a be more flexible. I bet my magic wand mine was going to say like I hate say ad time, but like have this invisible amount of time where when you have things, especially in a special world like we have things we have to do, there's timelines, there are there's paperwork, there's things. Speaker 1 I have to go home. There's all like data, there's all kinds of stuff. And so we want our teachers to do that well, but we also want really good instruction. So it's like, how do you find that balance of doing everything legally that we need to do, but also providing like a great education for kids who who need a lot more, you know? Speaker 1 So time has been the topic. Speaker 2 That I say if you're here, I don't know what you just did. Time has been like the topic of discussion in every meeting I've been in. Speaker 1 With my teachers this year. Speaker 4 Okay, good. So let me just say this because Stacey doesn't know I'm going to say this. Speaker 2 But I. Speaker 4 Was a friend with Stacy at a time, very difficult time in her life. And I got to experience as you did also. I mean, but I got to experience a side of Stacy that kind of like what you mentioned earlier, different than what I see just at work. And talk about strength and determination and am I going to cry cause I'm going to move forward through this? Speaker 4 I'm telling you, Stacy. Speaker 2 Yeah, she's strong. I love. Speaker 4 Her story. Speaker 2 She was a frustrated with yard work or whatever, so she decides to put this blower. Speaker 4 Thing that she has. Speaker 2 The backpack blower. The backpack blower? Oh, God, We're going to get it started. Speaker 4 And you needed someone to come help and you didn't want to ask for help. And it was just this frustrating situation. Speaker 1 The yard tool that was the most frustrating was the weed eater. Speaker 2 The weed any closer to the weed eater? And I gotcha. Yes. Speaker 1 So, yes, that we didn't was you know, when you get bad news or you get to where you're like, crap, I've do something my own. I didn't think I could weed eat so I had mode before you. I can push a lawnmower. I could go, but I didn't think I could start the weed eater. I don't think I could string or eat it or. Speaker 1 And yes, YouTube will. Speaker 2 Teach you how to stream. Speaker 1 Every day and you just keep pulling. And I make a certain noise when I pull my we need her to like, get it to start. Speaker 2 And always I've got to start. Speaker 4 You can do anything like, ladies, I just want to encourage you out there. You can do anything. I'm. I'm giving you a hard time because I have backup trailers and I can backup boats and stuff like that. And I'm like, Why do more women not know how to do this sort of thing? Speaker 1 Like if you. Speaker 2 If you have a boat, lose it because. Speaker 1 There's a country song. Speaker 2 About that. Speaker 4 Oh, sing it, please. Speaker 2 What is it? You know, what is it? You know, how does it go? Speaker 1 She knows how to do a thing that a man can do. I mean, like, that's what it's about. It's like she can back up a trailer, she can do this, she can do all these things. It's actually a sad song because. Speaker 4 She died. Speaker 2 So she doesn't die. Speaker 1 But I think she's sang like I think her boyfriend left, her husband left or something. But she's saying that I can do it all and it's okay. I'm going to be okay. And that was. Speaker 2 Such a good message to me. Speaker 4 It is a good message. Speaker 1 She can do things that a man ought to be doing and our auto tradition traditionally. So I think that's traditionally tradition. Speaker 4 Let me get let me just get back on track. Speaker 2 Yeah, sorry. When? Speaker 4 So the question is, I just wanted to affirm and say that you have strength and determination that I'm just a Stacy, you amaze me. Speaker 2 Thank you. Dana, what. Speaker 4 Would be one character trait that you wish God would have given you that you just don't feel like you have, that you're like, why? Speaker 2 No, she's got this answer. She does. Speaker 1 Creativity. Like, I mean, maybe I'm creative, but I don't have artistic creativity. Speaker 2 Like, I find it's true she does not. I don't like well, not everyone does. Speaker 1 Like I'm always some Christina when you make the little fliers or even when you when we I did love office next to Dana. I'll just say that again. It was fun, but we had a great time and she painted. I even had like my name said Stacy, like about a little door because she talked, boarded our whole wall. Speaker 1 And I was so impressed. I came back in the next day after she did one week and I'm like, Oh my gosh, this is so cool. Just I can't do that. Speaker 4 Stacy knows names of streets, by the way. Speaker 2 Oh, my gosh. She's like, Oh. Speaker 1 You mean that she did it? I'm like, Why? Where is that in Friendswood? I mean, we're heard of it. Speaker 4 She told me. A light coming in at Leisure Lane, and I go, Where's Liz? Speaker 1 Royalty. These are ladies. Speaker 4 Dana, you. Speaker 2 Live off of that road? I know where that is. Oh, that brother. That's not my pizza. Yeah, Yeah, that that was. Speaker 4 Yeah. So what would you say is a character trait? Amy? Speaker 2 Um, I don't. Speaker 1 Know. Gosh, I'm just so blessed. Speaker 2 That I know I'm probably more like I see her in a couple situations. I'm probably more like. Speaker 1 Not perseverance, but like, when things, like more academic things, right? When I don't feel like I can be successful, I probably don't put as much effort as I should. So I'm so then it's like, Oh, this is good as I could do because I don't give myself the time. I think it's a procrastination trait. Like I don't give myself the time to make it any better. Speaker 1 So this is what I have and this is I'm good. So I don't know if I. Speaker 2 Yeah, yeah. Okay, that's good. Okay. So always in the podcast. Speaker 4 With this one question. So finish this sentence. One thing I know for sure is. Speaker 1 Tamar is going to come. Speaker 2 She does not is the electricity I'm not. I like it. Right? Right. Like someone's not going to tell you it's awful. Yes, you're right. Some people. Okay. So I mean, I don't know. That's a great. You can keep that. I'm sorry. You could change 99% of people just trying the wrong statistics. You tell me what's the question? So it it's really I want to get rid of this whole question of Joe. Speaker 2 Oh is going to cry when I know for sure. Speaker 1 Is that I will have fun at some point in my day or laugh because it's important to me. Speaker 4 It is so important. That is one thing the Gazeta family does that I love. Speaker 2 About all. Speaker 4 You're happy people. Speaker 2 You look for. Speaker 4 Just kind of the bright spot, or Stacey says it all the time. Like what? What are your what's your alternative? Like, This is what I'm doing because this is what I have to do, right? So perseverance, love it. I just love you all. And I'm so happy I came here today to visit and talk to you just a little bit better. Speaker 1 Thank you. Speaker 2 Thank you. I'll have a good day.