WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:23.559 Thanks for watching! Welcome to Agent's Dossier, 00:00:23.780 --> 00:00:26.600 a Delta Green actual play series brought to you 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:30.519 by 12 Sided Stories. And now your GM, Wes Otis. 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:51.369 Hello. My name is Wes Otis. Welcome to Agents 00:00:51.369 --> 00:00:54.630 Dossier, episode number 28. I have some wonderful 00:00:54.630 --> 00:01:01.649 players with me. Let us start with Mac. Ew. Hi, 00:01:03.229 --> 00:01:06.870 everybody. I am Mac, and I am playing Wanda Sims, 00:01:07.090 --> 00:01:09.709 who is about as straight -laced as it comes. 00:01:09.769 --> 00:01:13.849 We'll see how that goes with this bunch of miscreants. 00:01:14.250 --> 00:01:16.750 Hey, I'm Michelle and I'm playing Yesenia Alvarez. 00:01:16.950 --> 00:01:20.650 And yeah, she's all patched up and ready to go. 00:01:20.810 --> 00:01:24.069 Hello, I'm playing Norman Morales. And yeah, 00:01:24.170 --> 00:01:26.810 he's ready to get his feet wet, even though his 00:01:26.810 --> 00:01:30.829 shoes are very clean. So wrong analogy. Hi, I'm 00:01:30.829 --> 00:01:33.650 Pooja playing Robin Porter, who just wants to 00:01:33.650 --> 00:01:38.430 remind you that if you remain so stiff, it leads 00:01:38.430 --> 00:01:41.799 to a higher likelihood of injury. and stretching 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:47.120 and loosening up will actually result in a higher 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:50.219 rate of success. You know what leads to higher 00:01:50.219 --> 00:01:53.780 rates of injury? Bullets. Bullets lead to higher 00:01:53.780 --> 00:01:56.319 rates of injury. Yeah, what's a good stretch 00:01:56.319 --> 00:02:00.579 for bullets, Robin? Can you lead us through that 00:02:00.579 --> 00:02:04.659 exercise? If you're more limber, then you can 00:02:04.659 --> 00:02:07.480 get into a sprint faster. You can bullet time 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:11.240 like Keanu Reeves. You can zigzag. It makes for 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:13.800 a harder target. Serpentine, serpentine. One 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:17.659 advanced stretch is to jump into the air, stretch 00:02:17.659 --> 00:02:21.680 out as far as you can, and jump behind something. 00:02:22.939 --> 00:02:26.879 It's to sprint, slide in like you're sliding 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:30.240 in the home base underneath a car. Yeah. Therefore, 00:02:30.419 --> 00:02:33.740 the better targets are the people who are slower 00:02:33.740 --> 00:02:37.629 to get underneath the car around you. Yes. Incredible. 00:02:37.629 --> 00:02:43.250 So last time we got together, the crew met each 00:02:43.250 --> 00:02:46.710 other at a Lenny's in Fresno to get a brief from 00:02:46.710 --> 00:02:50.810 Agent Jackson, their new case handler, who is 00:02:50.810 --> 00:02:53.409 seems to have a very hands on management style 00:02:53.409 --> 00:02:59.360 to help with backup. and any of that stuff that 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:02.460 you might need. So she's going to be in the area 00:03:02.460 --> 00:03:05.960 why the operation is going on. She reviewed the 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:09.979 last operation and felt that that was a good 00:03:09.979 --> 00:03:13.439 step forward to make it a little bit easier for 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:17.280 you all. You found out about five disappearances 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:20.860 from the same school of parents from students 00:03:20.860 --> 00:03:25.360 of Washington Middle School in Fresno. And if 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:28.159 anyone's listening in Fresno, I know I made it 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:30.360 up because I didn't want to actually pick a real 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:32.500 middle school from Fresno. I think that'd be 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:35.699 kind of weird. So these parents have disappeared 00:03:35.699 --> 00:03:39.800 after sporting events, usually at night. The 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:44.120 last one disappeared in his car, and his son 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:47.560 was in the back seat and fell asleep or was unconscious, 00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:50.740 doesn't really remember anything. You all asked 00:03:50.740 --> 00:03:53.909 a lot of good pertinent questions. whether or 00:03:53.909 --> 00:03:59.449 not the missing parent students were really good 00:03:59.449 --> 00:04:03.610 at the sport or really bad, and there didn't 00:04:03.610 --> 00:04:06.270 seem to really be a correlation, at least that 00:04:06.270 --> 00:04:09.449 Agent Jackson knew about. She also let you know 00:04:09.449 --> 00:04:12.009 that they were kind of from all over the place 00:04:12.009 --> 00:04:15.169 and that their disappearances were usually... 00:04:15.740 --> 00:04:18.920 broken up by whatever season sport was going 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:22.779 on someone disappearing from football someone 00:04:22.779 --> 00:04:25.459 disappearing from soccer someone disappearing 00:04:25.459 --> 00:04:29.540 from basketball depending on what was going on 00:04:29.540 --> 00:04:32.620 for that season you also found out that the pta 00:04:32.620 --> 00:04:37.160 is very active in the school and the leader of 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:40.939 the pta is brie baker you don't know much about 00:04:40.939 --> 00:04:44.759 her beyond her name and There hasn't been anything 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:48.660 left at the crime scene, so no residues have 00:04:48.660 --> 00:04:53.240 been found, no gunpowder, no obvious signs of 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:55.899 a crime besides the person just going missing. 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:00.459 The reason you're all here is because of that. 00:05:00.579 --> 00:05:04.899 There usually is a clear path, and the local 00:05:04.899 --> 00:05:08.529 PD would be the ones dealing with it. But Delta 00:05:08.529 --> 00:05:12.050 Green picked up on it and decided this is something 00:05:12.050 --> 00:05:14.810 that we should look into. She also warned you 00:05:14.810 --> 00:05:17.910 about Phantom News, both a good thing and a bad 00:05:17.910 --> 00:05:22.550 thing. It's a group of YouTubers who go out and 00:05:22.550 --> 00:05:26.189 investigate suspicious things going on that might 00:05:26.189 --> 00:05:29.910 be supernatural. And they may have picked up 00:05:29.910 --> 00:05:32.589 on this story. Delta Green has been kind of trying 00:05:32.589 --> 00:05:35.990 to keep it out of the news, but with no avail. 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:39.259 It's kind of rumbling now because five victims 00:05:39.259 --> 00:05:42.399 is really hard to keep from the school kind of 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:45.160 blowing up in rumors. That is where we ended 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:48.680 last time. You've left the Lenny's. You've gone 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:53.079 to where the coordinates are for the green box, 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:56.339 which is kind of your loot drop box in a way. 00:05:57.230 --> 00:06:00.810 body armor and weapons and all that good stuff 00:06:00.810 --> 00:06:04.110 in it. Basically, if it's not too far out of, 00:06:04.449 --> 00:06:06.689 you know, there's no flamethrower in there, but 00:06:06.689 --> 00:06:11.230 if you want a shotgun or rifle or grenade or 00:06:11.230 --> 00:06:13.170 something like that, you can get that kind of 00:06:13.170 --> 00:06:17.050 stuff and body armor as well as maps and different 00:06:17.050 --> 00:06:20.629 places to go in the city that might be helpful. 00:06:21.009 --> 00:06:23.670 You're all together. You've gone by your drop 00:06:23.670 --> 00:06:27.009 box or your green box. What do you all want to 00:06:27.009 --> 00:06:30.350 do? Well, do we have to, we have to figure out 00:06:30.350 --> 00:06:33.310 cover, right? Our cover for interacting with. 00:06:33.689 --> 00:06:35.649 Yeah. I was going to leave that up to you. How, 00:06:35.750 --> 00:06:37.970 what kind of cover do you want to give? Yeah. 00:06:38.050 --> 00:06:41.389 So would we have anyone in the school that would 00:06:41.389 --> 00:06:45.470 know actually who we are? Kind of like we can. 00:06:45.509 --> 00:06:48.930 So absolutely. Nobody knows who you are. Undercover. 00:06:49.069 --> 00:06:51.709 Okay. Totally undercover. Very interesting. Cause 00:06:51.709 --> 00:06:56.259 I, I had one idea. I'll propose it to my team 00:06:56.259 --> 00:07:00.680 that we could go in as a repair company. That 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:03.279 kind of someone could make a little problem that 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:06.360 seems bigger than it is. And then we have access 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:09.220 to a lot of unconventional areas within the school. 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:13.490 That's just a one off that or. I do wonder about 00:07:13.490 --> 00:07:15.829 the school security measures. Of course, we can 00:07:15.829 --> 00:07:19.050 probably look that up, but could also go in from 00:07:19.050 --> 00:07:21.629 that angle of there's weird stuff. We've been 00:07:21.629 --> 00:07:25.670 hired by the district to increase security. Those 00:07:25.670 --> 00:07:29.029 are my two ideas for now. Or we could go with 00:07:29.029 --> 00:07:32.250 the whole FBI straight up angle. I like your 00:07:32.250 --> 00:07:35.870 idea. I think maybe a combination of things like 00:07:35.870 --> 00:07:39.790 maybe one of us is the new custodial staff and 00:07:39.790 --> 00:07:42.029 one of us is, you know, a couple of us are doing 00:07:42.029 --> 00:07:45.470 repairs on, I don't know, the phones or the computers 00:07:45.470 --> 00:07:48.110 or, you know, whatever. People tend not to notice 00:07:48.110 --> 00:07:52.959 service people. I was also going to propose that 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:57.480 we have someone pose as a athletic recruiter 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:01.420 to go talk to the gym teacher to get more information 00:08:01.420 --> 00:08:04.420 about the school's athletics program. Very good 00:08:04.420 --> 00:08:07.040 idea. I mean, you could all go under different 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:10.160 covers. Yeah, we could. Or we could go as a team 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:12.199 that's been sent by a local politician in order 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:16.240 to, you know, the new initiative about. Excellence 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:19.180 in schools and the possibility of more funding, 00:08:19.259 --> 00:08:20.720 which always gets people to talk about things 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.819 that are wrong. Just a thought. That is also 00:08:22.819 --> 00:08:25.540 a great angle. Yeah, give the teachers five minutes 00:08:25.540 --> 00:08:27.519 with you. They'll tell you everything that is 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:29.779 wrong with the school and the district. We're 00:08:29.779 --> 00:08:32.440 just going to talk shop for like ever. A while. 00:08:32.539 --> 00:08:35.500 So any one of those ideas is great. You need 00:08:35.500 --> 00:08:37.799 to pick one. I feel like my strengths could be 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:42.029 served as coming in as a... either electrician 00:08:42.029 --> 00:08:46.490 repairing type deal, or we could go IT route, 00:08:46.590 --> 00:08:50.190 of course. And I am okay with doing that with 00:08:50.190 --> 00:08:54.070 a, either just a duo or single or whatever, because 00:08:54.070 --> 00:08:57.409 I do like the diverse roles that we should be 00:08:57.409 --> 00:09:00.230 playing here. I do believe various covers is 00:09:00.230 --> 00:09:02.429 going to give us the most coverage. Yeah. So, 00:09:02.509 --> 00:09:05.269 I mean, I'm fine with going in as custodial staff 00:09:05.269 --> 00:09:08.750 and maybe Norman, you go in as IT and, you know, 00:09:08.750 --> 00:09:12.029 Wanda, you could be the, athletic recruiter. 00:09:12.129 --> 00:09:16.809 And Robin, you could go in as like some organizational 00:09:16.809 --> 00:09:19.830 grant, you know. I mean, all of that showing 00:09:19.830 --> 00:09:22.029 up at once, like all four of us showing up at 00:09:22.029 --> 00:09:23.870 once with completely different covers feels like 00:09:23.870 --> 00:09:26.889 suspicious. They're not going to notice custodial 00:09:26.889 --> 00:09:29.909 or IT. They're not going to notice. Nobody understands 00:09:29.909 --> 00:09:32.950 IT. No one remembers who the IT people are. Same 00:09:32.950 --> 00:09:36.629 with custodial. Robin, I do believe that our 00:09:36.629 --> 00:09:39.820 two covers could be. combined into one cover 00:09:39.820 --> 00:09:42.240 and we can go in as a team. That sounds great. 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:46.519 I appreciate that. It just feels so, I don't 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:48.559 know, like, yes, different covers, but also, 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:51.019 hi, here are four new people who have shown up. 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:53.659 Yeah, originally I was thinking this would be 00:09:53.659 --> 00:09:57.779 spread out. No way on the same day. Yeah, well, 00:09:57.899 --> 00:10:00.620 if we speak to academic excellence across the 00:10:00.620 --> 00:10:02.960 board and particular funding and that we have 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:05.919 a particular interest in the health of the students 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.720 and keeping them active, that allows us to discuss 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:12.419 the sports angle as well. Yeah, balancing sports 00:10:12.419 --> 00:10:15.620 and physical activity with schoolyard performance 00:10:15.620 --> 00:10:18.940 or school classroom performance, schoolyard performance. 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:23.379 But yeah, something like that. Is your son a 00:10:23.379 --> 00:10:25.649 wimp? We just need to know for our statistics. 00:10:27.009 --> 00:10:29.309 Does he get beat up a lot? Does he get beat up? 00:10:29.450 --> 00:10:32.450 So then doesn't, because we could also still 00:10:32.450 --> 00:10:36.950 do it in two different days if we still are nervous 00:10:36.950 --> 00:10:41.210 about four new faces. Or do we feel confident 00:10:41.210 --> 00:10:45.850 with a duo and then two solo acts? We could do 00:10:45.850 --> 00:10:48.789 it in one day. Or do we have an umbrella of, 00:10:49.129 --> 00:10:51.190 you know, so that way if people see us together 00:10:51.190 --> 00:10:53.769 later, we don't have to hide. That we know each 00:10:53.769 --> 00:10:57.110 other. The umbrella of improvement of the school, 00:10:57.210 --> 00:10:59.809 but covering these different areas. Yeah. We 00:10:59.809 --> 00:11:02.669 could all be sent by the district in some way 00:11:02.669 --> 00:11:06.830 for that common goal. Yeah. So like Norman could 00:11:06.830 --> 00:11:09.850 start investigating their, what tech do you have? 00:11:09.950 --> 00:11:12.129 What do you have? You know, what could be improved 00:11:12.129 --> 00:11:14.350 on? Stuff like that. I could look at facilities 00:11:14.350 --> 00:11:18.230 in general and talk to different people in facilities 00:11:18.230 --> 00:11:21.669 because they see everything. Yep. All right. 00:11:22.250 --> 00:11:25.789 But yes, that's just my idea. That way I don't 00:11:25.789 --> 00:11:29.970 have to pretend not to know you all. So I'm going 00:11:29.970 --> 00:11:34.409 to say for confusion's sake that you all are 00:11:34.409 --> 00:11:38.269 using obviously aliases and all of that, but 00:11:38.269 --> 00:11:39.970 we're not going to get into all of that. We're 00:11:39.970 --> 00:11:43.669 just going to use character names and the listeners 00:11:43.669 --> 00:11:46.740 just know. that we're using that for simplicity 00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:49.960 so that we don't all get confused. But in reality, 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:54.600 you are using fake IDs, fake names, and all of 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:58.840 that, okay? Just because otherwise, we have 16 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:01.659 different names going on, and that's chaos none 00:12:01.659 --> 00:12:05.220 of us needs. All right, so you get all your gear, 00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:09.360 you make your plans. The next day is, we'll say 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:11.820 for convenience sake, is going to be Monday. 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:15.500 A great time for you to make a surprise visit 00:12:15.500 --> 00:12:18.700 on Washington Middle School. All right. So the 00:12:18.700 --> 00:12:22.620 next day, you all get ready. You dress appropriately 00:12:22.620 --> 00:12:26.039 for what you're about to do. And you head over 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:28.879 to Washington Middle School and you get to the 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:32.259 front desk. You walk up and there's a middle 00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:35.379 -aged woman there with purple hair. And she says, 00:12:35.580 --> 00:12:39.289 hello. What can I do for you today? Yes, good 00:12:39.289 --> 00:12:42.370 morning. I am here on behalf of the district, 00:12:42.429 --> 00:12:45.429 and I believe that you knew that we were coming, 00:12:45.529 --> 00:12:48.070 correct? She looks at her Post -it notes in front 00:12:48.070 --> 00:12:51.009 of her. She goes, no, I didn't. What's it regarding? 00:12:51.950 --> 00:12:54.450 Well, honestly, that's part of what it was regarding. 00:12:54.570 --> 00:12:56.610 We want to make sure that communication is on 00:12:56.610 --> 00:12:59.110 the up and up between the district and the individual 00:12:59.110 --> 00:13:03.889 schools, making sure that everything is... As 00:13:03.889 --> 00:13:07.070 it should be on all fronts for potential grants. 00:13:07.610 --> 00:13:12.210 Oh, okay. Well, I'm very sorry. We did not get 00:13:12.210 --> 00:13:15.110 any communique about it. Oh, and I apologize 00:13:15.110 --> 00:13:17.529 for that as well. It's a communication thing 00:13:17.529 --> 00:13:19.750 that we're really trying to reinforce throughout 00:13:19.750 --> 00:13:23.309 the school district. I see. Okay. Well, Principal 00:13:23.309 --> 00:13:28.039 Martinez is out doing... Her round's right now. 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:30.740 She'll be back in just a few minutes as soon 00:13:30.740 --> 00:13:33.720 as first period starts up here. Should be in 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:36.559 a couple seconds. You'll hear the bell, and once 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:40.179 she's here, you can speak with her. Until then, 00:13:40.340 --> 00:13:44.379 just take a seat. Honestly, it would be interesting 00:13:44.379 --> 00:13:48.440 for a couple of my fellows here to go and take 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:50.960 a look around whilst things are in session. Is 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:53.500 that okay? That's fine, but I would need to see 00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:57.139 everybody's ID and I'd need to give you a visitor's 00:13:57.139 --> 00:14:01.440 pass. Oh, absolutely. No problem. So people know 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:03.840 you're here. You're supposed to be here. By the 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:06.000 way, this is a question that I should have asked 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:09.120 before. Is anybody packing at this point? Of 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:14.519 course. We're in the school. How did you not 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:17.159 trip up the metal detector? That's what I'm wondering. 00:14:17.419 --> 00:14:22.059 I didn't even have to think about that. It is 00:14:22.059 --> 00:14:25.799 Fresno. Well, not only is it Fresno, it's California. 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:29.580 I guess this is what I mean. I don't know if 00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:32.820 middle schools have metal detectors. I guess 00:14:32.820 --> 00:14:37.509 it depends on which school district. Well, I'm 00:14:37.509 --> 00:14:40.370 going to give it a luck roll to see whether or 00:14:40.370 --> 00:14:42.870 not 50 50 roll just to see whether or not they 00:14:42.870 --> 00:14:47.289 do, because Fresno has had issues. We know. So, 00:14:47.289 --> 00:14:50.110 yeah, it's just wild to think about. Like, I 00:14:50.110 --> 00:14:53.809 don't have kids and haven't been in school in 00:14:53.809 --> 00:14:56.309 a long time. So it's just foreign to me. There 00:14:56.309 --> 00:15:01.450 is no metal detector, but there is a on site 00:15:01.450 --> 00:15:05.649 police officer. just an officer that deals with 00:15:05.649 --> 00:15:09.009 students who are acting up or having any problems. 00:15:09.190 --> 00:15:11.490 All schools at this point, at least all the schools 00:15:11.490 --> 00:15:14.330 that I've seen, kind of have a prison feel where 00:15:14.330 --> 00:15:17.450 they have the big fence out in front, or you 00:15:17.450 --> 00:15:20.210 have to go through one entry, and it's usually 00:15:20.210 --> 00:15:23.309 through the office to be able to get into it, 00:15:23.330 --> 00:15:26.070 unless it's a much older school, and then they 00:15:26.070 --> 00:15:28.629 just have fences up everywhere. So you kind of 00:15:28.629 --> 00:15:31.830 lucked out. You show them the IDs. Let's see 00:15:31.830 --> 00:15:34.179 how good the IDs are. Your IDs are good. They 00:15:34.179 --> 00:15:37.559 pass. I was about to say, what? Well, I mean, 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:40.320 you know, these were all done pretty quick. So, 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:44.059 you know. Oh, my God. No, but you're okay. She 00:15:44.059 --> 00:15:46.320 looks at them, writes down your names in the 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:48.940 book. You sign the little book next to your names. 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:52.139 She gives you the green visitor pass things for 00:15:52.139 --> 00:15:55.779 your shirts or blouses or whatever. And you head 00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:59.779 out into the school. The principal will be walking 00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:02.480 the halls, making sure students are. quickly 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:05.200 going to whatever class they're supposed to be. 00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:09.860 And then she turns to a girl who is sitting, 00:16:10.059 --> 00:16:14.100 waiting, and she goes, the vice principal will 00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:18.360 speak to you in just a few minutes. Anna, I don't 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:20.940 like seeing you in here every week as the door 00:16:20.940 --> 00:16:25.220 is shutting. So you're in the school. There are 00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:28.539 kids everywhere going to their classes. What 00:16:28.539 --> 00:16:30.919 do you all want to do? I'm going to keep on a 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:33.059 lookout for Principal Martinez because I'm going 00:16:33.059 --> 00:16:36.340 to have to do some talking with them specifically 00:16:36.340 --> 00:16:40.559 to help reinforce our cover. So that's what I'm 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:43.919 going to focus on. Okay. What about you, Saint? 00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:47.720 What is Norman doing? Well, he has been looking 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:51.100 to see what type of security. system is just 00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:55.340 here just me like cameras is it nothing is it 00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:58.580 whatever uh can i actually do a roll to see or 00:16:58.580 --> 00:17:01.600 can you tell me yeah you don't need to roll i'm 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:03.759 gonna say it's pretty they're they're not hiding 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:07.319 their cameras or anything they have cameras uh 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:11.960 it looks like in all of the hallways you're guessing 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:16.099 probably not in the actual rooms but definitely 00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:19.279 in the hallways There is a police officer who 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:23.240 is at the front and kind of greeting kids as 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:25.799 they're getting there. The door is open. Right, 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:29.440 and no metal detectors. No metal detectors. Whether 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:31.819 or not that's the police officer's preference, 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:34.559 you don't know. Lockers, there are no lockers. 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:38.000 Do they have cubbies? Is it like that? No, no. 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:42.759 They have books. The books are usually in... 00:17:43.130 --> 00:17:45.730 The school in the rooms that they're going to 00:17:45.730 --> 00:17:47.970 go to and then they have a book at home. They 00:17:47.970 --> 00:17:50.029 kind of got rid of lockers because of security. 00:17:50.190 --> 00:17:52.630 People could put whatever they wanted in them. 00:17:52.710 --> 00:17:55.589 So they got rid of those years ago. So a lot 00:17:55.589 --> 00:17:57.430 of kids have backpacks with all their folders 00:17:57.430 --> 00:18:00.730 and stuff in them. And that is why a lot of times 00:18:00.730 --> 00:18:03.950 law enforcement is very pro metal detectors because, 00:18:04.089 --> 00:18:06.660 of course, you can carry something in. So, yeah, 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:09.180 but that's what you notice is that there's there's 00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:11.200 a police officer. There's definitely cameras 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:13.700 going. They've got the chain link fence around 00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:17.200 the school. So there you go. That type. Got it. 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:20.660 Not a fortress, not a fortress, not a total fortress. 00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:22.880 No, but which is probably good for their mental 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:25.000 health. Yeah, they're they're taking precautions. 00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:28.859 Yeah. OK, I am because I guess I'm not going 00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:32.420 anywhere yet. I would be looking to find their 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:35.589 like computer lab and find the like. Computer 00:18:35.589 --> 00:18:38.450 teacher or something like that. Right. Some place 00:18:38.450 --> 00:18:41.970 to get on. You probably would suspect that their 00:18:41.970 --> 00:18:44.029 main computers, the things that you're going 00:18:44.029 --> 00:18:46.869 to want to look into, are going to be either 00:18:46.869 --> 00:18:50.529 attached to the office or in the office. Probably 00:18:50.529 --> 00:18:53.690 one terminal that controls everything. Yeah, 00:18:53.690 --> 00:18:56.450 that's a good point. I was thinking, oh, they 00:18:56.450 --> 00:18:59.329 might even have like a. A server, you know, server 00:18:59.329 --> 00:19:04.150 closet, rather. Yeah. Yeah. So, OK, I'm going 00:19:04.150 --> 00:19:07.109 to be looking. That's my my next goal is to figure 00:19:07.109 --> 00:19:09.750 out what those rooms are and get on a computer. 00:19:09.869 --> 00:19:13.490 Yeah, they have a basically a Mordor computer 00:19:13.490 --> 00:19:17.009 that controls it all. Robin, what are you doing? 00:19:17.109 --> 00:19:19.430 I think I'm going to just be looking around, 00:19:19.670 --> 00:19:22.869 trying to figure out like if there's I want to 00:19:22.869 --> 00:19:27.000 talk to somebody. Who, like whoever the administrator 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:31.440 is who deals with the PTA would be my, you know, 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:35.599 my focus. Like, oh, let's talk about parent -teacher 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:38.119 involvement and what your blah, blah, blah, blah, 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:41.000 blah, blah. That side of it. Okay. That is definitely 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:44.039 going to be the vice principal. Great. So I guess 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:48.880 I'm talking to the VP. Yeah. Okay. Yesenia, what 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:51.410 are you doing? Well, before I head off, I just 00:19:51.410 --> 00:19:53.369 kind of quietly say to Robin, because I know 00:19:53.369 --> 00:19:56.349 Robin's going to be talking to the vice principal. 00:19:57.309 --> 00:20:01.029 I said, find out if any of the students had any 00:20:01.029 --> 00:20:04.269 discipline issues. Okay. Before this all, you 00:20:04.269 --> 00:20:06.569 know, before their parents were taken. Because 00:20:06.569 --> 00:20:09.009 I saw that girl sitting on that bench and I was 00:20:09.009 --> 00:20:12.589 like, I wonder. So I'm going to go and start 00:20:12.589 --> 00:20:15.769 just walking the campus and talking to facility 00:20:15.769 --> 00:20:18.829 staff. Okay. So like janitor and all that stuff. 00:20:19.109 --> 00:20:21.769 Janitors, groundskeepers, everybody who keeps 00:20:21.769 --> 00:20:24.589 everything up and running, you know, looking 00:20:24.589 --> 00:20:27.009 good. Those are the people I'm talking to. Now, 00:20:27.069 --> 00:20:29.769 this is a school of a pretty decent size. There's 00:20:29.769 --> 00:20:32.109 probably about, I want to say, 1 ,200 students 00:20:32.109 --> 00:20:36.009 here altogether, which is pretty big for a middle 00:20:36.009 --> 00:20:38.049 school, actually, because there's usually more 00:20:38.049 --> 00:20:40.349 middle schools than there are high schools. So 00:20:40.349 --> 00:20:44.549 they have a couple of janitorial staff, but the 00:20:44.549 --> 00:20:50.529 main guy. is his nickname is Ace. The kids call 00:20:50.529 --> 00:20:54.109 him Ace because he's able to throw trash from 00:20:54.109 --> 00:20:57.470 anywhere in a room and hit the trash. And it's 00:20:57.470 --> 00:20:59.869 just a nickname they came up with for him a few 00:20:59.869 --> 00:21:02.069 years ago, and it just stuck. So that's what 00:21:02.069 --> 00:21:03.809 the kids call him, and that's what he calls himself 00:21:03.809 --> 00:21:06.049 at this point. So that's who you'll be talking 00:21:06.049 --> 00:21:08.430 to. Let's start with Ace and kind of make our 00:21:08.430 --> 00:21:12.450 way back around. So in the mornings, Ace is... 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:16.359 Kind of not in the hallways because it's just 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:20.640 bedlam. He waits for them all to leave. He's 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:28.059 a, I want to say, man in his mid -30s with a 00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:32.660 shaved head. He's Caucasian, but has spent a 00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:36.460 little too much time in the sun. So he definitely 00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:39.000 looks older than he probably is because of sun 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:42.160 damage. He's also obviously a smoker because 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:45.259 you notice nicotine stains on his fingers. He 00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:49.940 must smoke quite a bit. And he's got on a Dickies 00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:53.880 black like overalls with a white shirt underneath. 00:21:54.019 --> 00:22:00.019 And he is outside repairing just like in the 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:03.559 main area where the kids go for lunch. He's repairing 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:07.839 some. table out there. It's busy work before 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:10.200 he has to go in and clean up the hallways and 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:14.079 the bathrooms between the classes. And he sees 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:17.170 you approaching and says, hello. Good morning. 00:22:17.269 --> 00:22:20.789 How are you? I'm fine. Can I help you? Yes. My 00:22:20.789 --> 00:22:23.630 name is, insert pseudonym here, and I'm here 00:22:23.630 --> 00:22:26.009 with a group that's, you know, we're evaluating 00:22:26.009 --> 00:22:28.410 the schools and looking at their eligibility 00:22:28.410 --> 00:22:32.869 for grants and things like that. And, you know, 00:22:32.869 --> 00:22:36.250 we look at all aspects of the school. So I just 00:22:36.250 --> 00:22:38.250 was wondering if you had time for a little chit 00:22:38.250 --> 00:22:40.849 -chat? Sure. What do you need to know? Well, 00:22:40.849 --> 00:22:44.730 what is it that you really like about this district? 00:22:45.849 --> 00:22:48.529 I mean, my job's pretty simple. I come in and 00:22:48.529 --> 00:22:51.710 I clean up and I fix whatever's been broken. 00:22:51.910 --> 00:22:56.250 I like the hands -off nature of the principal. 00:22:56.430 --> 00:22:58.769 If there's a problem, she'll let me know, but 00:22:58.769 --> 00:23:01.690 she's not down my throat all the time about it, 00:23:01.730 --> 00:23:04.450 so I'm able to do my job without worrying about 00:23:04.450 --> 00:23:07.630 micromanaging. It affords me my weekends off 00:23:07.630 --> 00:23:13.950 and allows me to head to... the Bay area or into 00:23:13.950 --> 00:23:17.190 Los Angeles or wherever to go surf during the 00:23:17.190 --> 00:23:20.430 summer and kind of hang out. But I mean, you 00:23:20.430 --> 00:23:22.569 know, it's, it's a school, it's a school gig. 00:23:22.690 --> 00:23:25.170 There's, there's not, there's stuff that's annoying 00:23:25.170 --> 00:23:27.710 and there's stuff that's not, you know, it's, 00:23:27.710 --> 00:23:30.430 I think it's just like any other school, to be 00:23:30.430 --> 00:23:33.089 honest. Do you feel like you get enough support 00:23:33.089 --> 00:23:36.130 from the district? Well, no, of course not. There's, 00:23:36.130 --> 00:23:38.910 there's never enough support. You always want 00:23:38.910 --> 00:23:44.990 more. more people, better supplies. Schools have 00:23:44.990 --> 00:23:47.910 to decide where their money goes. So we don't 00:23:47.910 --> 00:23:50.890 always get what we need. So what are those annoying 00:23:50.890 --> 00:23:54.369 things that you deal with? When I started 15 00:23:54.369 --> 00:23:57.650 years ago, I was at a different school. I've 00:23:57.650 --> 00:24:00.450 been here for about five years. But when I started 00:24:00.450 --> 00:24:05.009 doing janitorial work, the parents were just 00:24:05.009 --> 00:24:07.910 starting the kind of helicopter parent thing. 00:24:08.410 --> 00:24:11.470 And nowadays, they seem to let the kids get away 00:24:11.470 --> 00:24:14.549 with more and more. The children will make a 00:24:14.549 --> 00:24:17.210 mess or act out, and I don't feel like there's 00:24:17.210 --> 00:24:19.970 enough. Like, they should be taught that, yes, 00:24:20.130 --> 00:24:24.009 this is a janitorial job, it's a labor job, and 00:24:24.009 --> 00:24:27.910 it's important. And without us, the school would 00:24:27.910 --> 00:24:31.920 look like utter hell. Respecting your environment 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:34.339 is something I think that the kids haven't been 00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:37.259 learning enough of. To clean up after themselves 00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:41.200 or to respect all of the staff. There's a lot 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:44.619 of rich parents who I don't think their kids 00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:48.279 are being taught that work is a backbone of how 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:51.819 society is kept running. Yeah, I mean, I can 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:54.099 totally see that. I think a lot of them don't 00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:57.000 even realize the safety implications of not maintaining. 00:24:57.599 --> 00:25:01.259 the grounds and the facilities. It's an important 00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:07.279 job. That's why I'm asking. So how involved are 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:09.859 the parents at this school? It really depends 00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:12.319 on what parents you're talking about. It runs 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:15.519 the gamut. If you're part of the PTA, those are 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:18.839 a lot of the rich parents that have a parent 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:22.000 that is able to stay at home. Our working class 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:25.190 parents aren't usually in the PTA. And so they 00:25:25.190 --> 00:25:27.670 don't usually have an opportunity to show up 00:25:27.670 --> 00:25:30.029 to all the meetings and everything else. They're 00:25:30.029 --> 00:25:33.269 still involved. It's just not in the same way. 00:25:33.730 --> 00:25:36.930 I don't know how to explain it. The PTA is very 00:25:36.930 --> 00:25:41.049 authoritarian at this point. They really push 00:25:41.049 --> 00:25:43.490 hard for the changes that they want, and their 00:25:43.490 --> 00:25:46.319 changes usually align with what they want. for 00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:48.900 their own children, not for the betterment of 00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:52.319 the entire school. Was the PTA at your previous 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:56.920 school this bad? No, nowhere near. The last school 00:25:56.920 --> 00:26:00.240 I was in, it was more of a mix. You have parents 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:03.299 that generally would love to be more involved, 00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:06.839 but just work too much. And, you know, so they'll 00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:09.640 show up to a couple of games and do what they 00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:12.319 can. And then you have parents that chip in. 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:17.400 But this group, this particular bunch seems to 00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:21.740 be very cliquish. Okay. All right. And I think 00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:23.460 that's it. I'll let you get back to work. Do 00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:25.519 you mind if I just take a walk around the campus? 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:28.440 Be my guest. Go for it. Thank you. I really appreciate 00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:33.059 it. All right. Let's jump over to Pooja and Robin. 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:37.000 So, Robin, you were going to possibly speak to 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:40.839 the vice principal, Wallace Tucker. So he's in 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:44.119 the office. And when you go back into the office, 00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:47.539 the young lady who was there is leaving his office. 00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:51.339 And you hear him say, I don't want to see you 00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:54.259 back in here for the rest of the school year 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:57.839 or next time we're calling your parents. And 00:26:57.839 --> 00:27:00.519 she passes you by with this, you know, kind of 00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:03.839 looking down, angry look on her face. And how 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:06.619 do you introduce yourself? Hello, Mr. Tucker. 00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:09.759 I'm sure you've been informed that we are here 00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:14.140 on behalf of the school district to evaluate 00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:17.299 and make notes in terms of possible grant distribution. 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:20.599 Come into my office. We can talk. Wonderful. 00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:24.980 Well, my colleagues are out. You know, we each 00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:29.230 have our own. expertise, if you will. And mine 00:27:29.230 --> 00:27:34.710 today is family administrator relations. Okay. 00:27:34.910 --> 00:27:38.369 And it's my understanding that you are the point 00:27:38.369 --> 00:27:42.109 person in contact with the PTA here? Yes, I am. 00:27:42.170 --> 00:27:46.990 I deal with a lot of the PTA requests and scheduling 00:27:46.990 --> 00:27:50.069 and all that. And how would you say, how involved 00:27:50.069 --> 00:27:53.230 would you say parents are in the PTA? Is there 00:27:53.230 --> 00:27:58.319 community investment? There is A lot of community 00:27:58.319 --> 00:28:01.960 investment in the PTA itself. Our PTA members 00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:07.160 tend to be the most invested. As is, you know, 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:10.019 that's pretty standard, I suppose. It is, yeah. 00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:14.500 And I know that you have a robust athletics program 00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:18.839 at this institution. And do you have a subset 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:21.720 of the PTA that would consider themselves like 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:26.940 the boosters, if you will? Yes. I would even 00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:30.480 go so far as saying that PTA's main focus is 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:36.160 sports. Yeah, they do focus on academics to a 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:39.140 point, but they're also very involved in sports. 00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:58.480 Additional disciplinary problems, additional, 00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:03.660 like maybe some academic lagging. Well, as long 00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:07.180 as you're not quoting me on what I'm saying about 00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:10.160 the parents of this particular facility. All 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:13.000 of our information is confidential. Okay. In 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:19.079 that case, they are trying is a polite way to 00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:22.289 say how they are. interacting they can be very 00:29:22.289 --> 00:29:26.589 trying there is a group of moms at the top with 00:29:26.589 --> 00:29:30.170 a woman named brie baker running the pta right 00:29:30.170 --> 00:29:34.869 now her youngest is in the elementary school 00:29:34.869 --> 00:29:39.650 she has her middle child in middle school and 00:29:39.650 --> 00:29:42.089 her oldest child is going to be graduating and 00:29:42.089 --> 00:29:44.869 i so i've been dealing with brie for quite a 00:29:44.869 --> 00:29:46.990 while and i have to deal with her for another 00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:53.059 stent if i stay at this school uh she is as ineloquent 00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:57.380 as this might be um a ball breaker she is uh 00:29:57.380 --> 00:30:00.480 difficult to deal with and her friends are difficult 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:03.180 to deal with they are only interested in what 00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:07.740 will help their own children and see anybody 00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:10.579 who's not in the pta or part of their clique 00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:15.769 as lesser now i didn't explain wallace tucker 00:30:15.769 --> 00:30:20.490 looked like he is a black man in his 50s a little 00:30:20.490 --> 00:30:24.069 bit overweight but still you know not bad has 00:30:24.069 --> 00:30:28.869 a suit on that is very nicely pressed and everything 00:30:28.869 --> 00:30:33.069 else and with that kind of in mind you get the 00:30:33.069 --> 00:30:36.269 inference that he's saying is that uh they tend 00:30:36.269 --> 00:30:40.430 to be a bit in the superiority complex of their 00:30:40.430 --> 00:30:42.890 kids being more important than everyone else 00:30:44.750 --> 00:30:47.849 You said Brie has, there's like a group of mothers. 00:30:48.210 --> 00:30:54.509 Yes. The other two are Tiffany and Summer are 00:30:54.509 --> 00:31:00.190 the other two. So it's Tiffany Rogers and Summer 00:31:00.190 --> 00:31:04.349 Westfield. Oh, right. Now, where would you say 00:31:04.349 --> 00:31:08.480 your greatest. Community outreach, where is your 00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:10.420 strongest and where are your weakest points at 00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:13.660 this time? Well, sports basically generates a 00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:18.319 lot of money for us. The PTA does, to their credit, 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:21.579 set up a lot of things like bake sales. There's 00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:24.319 car washes. There's all of these different things 00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:26.799 that they do throughout the year. But we also 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:30.039 do things like book fairs, like scholastic sales. 00:31:32.089 --> 00:31:35.829 We have our usual open house and our teacher 00:31:35.829 --> 00:31:38.890 meetings. That allows us to connect with parents 00:31:38.890 --> 00:31:42.049 who are not able to show up as much as other 00:31:42.049 --> 00:31:44.730 parents. But yeah, those are our biggest community 00:31:44.730 --> 00:31:48.210 outreach. Fantastic. And would you say that, 00:31:48.269 --> 00:31:51.509 especially with new parents constantly coming 00:31:51.509 --> 00:31:54.549 in, that there's anyone else? I mean, surely 00:31:54.549 --> 00:31:58.730 once you get into the... Year five, year six 00:31:58.730 --> 00:32:01.309 of someone being the head of the PTA, usually 00:32:01.309 --> 00:32:04.009 there are people who like chafe under that kind 00:32:04.009 --> 00:32:08.190 of yoke, if we will. He looks reserved for a 00:32:08.190 --> 00:32:11.789 moment, like, OK, we're off the record. Absolutely 00:32:11.789 --> 00:32:15.430 confidential. And it's really just to get a overall 00:32:15.430 --> 00:32:20.970 sense of the health of the school. So being from 00:32:20.970 --> 00:32:23.109 the district, you know that we've had some parents 00:32:23.109 --> 00:32:26.940 go missing this year. Each year, Bree has been 00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:29.640 challenged by someone. And in the past, what 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:33.420 would happen is they would get together and attack 00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:37.660 whoever was doing this. Last year, she didn't 00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:41.940 have Summer and Tiffany. She always has somebody, 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:47.019 though, that she uses as, you know, her bulldog. 00:32:48.650 --> 00:32:51.950 spread rumors or whatever. And this is all stuff 00:32:51.950 --> 00:32:54.410 that happens outside the school at PTA meetings. 00:32:54.730 --> 00:32:58.069 The faculty doesn't really have much interaction 00:32:58.069 --> 00:33:01.809 with them except for when we're invited to those 00:33:01.809 --> 00:33:05.109 meetings and when we go and present. So we don't 00:33:05.109 --> 00:33:08.930 see the fights that are going on outside of that. 00:33:09.190 --> 00:33:12.170 But I do know that she's a bully and I do know 00:33:12.170 --> 00:33:15.569 that she goes after people. Now this year, we've 00:33:15.569 --> 00:33:18.910 had a few parents disappear. and each of those 00:33:18.910 --> 00:33:22.930 parents has complained about Bree, Tiffany, and 00:33:22.930 --> 00:33:27.690 Summer for their draconian views on what should 00:33:27.690 --> 00:33:31.349 be done with the school. Each of them, except 00:33:31.349 --> 00:33:34.190 for... Now, I'm going to rattle off the names 00:33:34.190 --> 00:33:37.470 of the victims real quick, just so you all know. 00:33:37.730 --> 00:33:42.250 So the first victim was Julia Rivers, and she... 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:45.339 was trying really hard at the beginning of the 00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:48.079 year to unseat Bree, and then she just disappeared. 00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:50.599 I'm not saying that Bree had anything to do with 00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:53.400 it, but it just seems awkward to me. And I mentioned 00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:56.200 this to the police at the time when they questioned 00:33:56.200 --> 00:34:00.539 us. Shannon White got in an argument with Summer, 00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:03.680 I believe. She disappeared not long after that. 00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:06.700 Her kid, she's not even part of the PTA, but 00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:10.599 her kid's on one of the, I believe she's in track 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:13.820 or something. I'd have to look it up. 1 ,500 00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:17.219 students, so I forget. But they got in an argument 00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:20.840 at a game, and she disappeared. The next person 00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:25.639 was Toni Cruz. Toni was part of the PTA. I don't 00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:27.179 know what happened there. I don't know what the 00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:30.139 connection with the three were, but I got to 00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:33.239 say, just, I don't know. In my opinion, all of 00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:35.239 these disappearances have something to do with 00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:38.400 those women. Goodness. But that's off the record. 00:34:38.809 --> 00:34:41.630 There's no proof. Of course, of course. I can't 00:34:41.630 --> 00:34:44.690 connect it back to them. It's just, I mean, you 00:34:44.690 --> 00:34:48.670 know, you get a bullshit detector. You just kind 00:34:48.670 --> 00:34:52.389 of get a feel for these things. Yeah, well, if 00:34:52.389 --> 00:34:55.610 you can think of anything else, especially anything 00:34:55.610 --> 00:34:58.750 that might, you know, it sounds like perhaps 00:34:58.750 --> 00:35:01.550 an influx of funding might give you a little 00:35:01.550 --> 00:35:04.449 bit more autonomy from relying on fundraising 00:35:04.449 --> 00:35:08.659 activities from the PTA specifically. And it 00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:11.980 sounds like academics could specifically use 00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:14.340 a boost. So if you could think of anything else 00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:17.360 that would help in terms of applying for grants, 00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:21.119 just let me know. I'll leave my information and, 00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:22.699 of course, the district's information with the 00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:26.059 front desk. Absolutely. Thank you for coming 00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:28.139 in. I don't know if it's really a front desk, 00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:29.820 like when you're talking about a school. It's 00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:32.539 been a long time. Yeah. They say front desk, 00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:35.960 but it's usually a, like, you know. It's a bar. 00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:38.219 That's an administrative assistant. I don't know. 00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:43.000 Yeah. A secretary with a lot of power. So you 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:45.579 get up and he shakes your hand. Let's jump over 00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:48.300 to Norman. Norman, you were going to check out 00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:51.420 their little server room and their computer, 00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:56.119 I believe. Yes. So I got to literally sound different. 00:35:56.280 --> 00:36:00.159 Looking for that server room. I'm guessing again 00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:03.199 that. would be close to where the adults are. 00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:07.079 It's just off the office, and there's the speckled 00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:10.679 man in there hunched over the computer, probably 00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:17.500 in his late 20s, typing out stuff. And when you 00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:19.679 open the door, he turns around and says, Oh, 00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:22.579 hello, I'm sorry, I didn't know. Are you lost? 00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:26.300 The bathrooms are down that way. Oh, yeah, don't 00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:29.199 worry about that. And I just point to my badge. 00:36:29.769 --> 00:36:34.710 I'm with the district. We're analyzing a couple 00:36:34.710 --> 00:36:37.469 of different things about Washington Middle. 00:36:37.650 --> 00:36:40.449 And yeah, I'm the computer guy. I'm guessing 00:36:40.449 --> 00:36:43.289 that's who you are. I am, too, a computer guy. 00:36:44.469 --> 00:36:48.409 Fantastic. So, I mean, it's real casual here. 00:36:48.489 --> 00:36:51.710 I'm just trying to make sure things aren't ridiculously 00:36:51.710 --> 00:36:55.710 out of date, as is usual with the schools in 00:36:55.710 --> 00:36:58.860 this district. And I know it's... partially funding. 00:36:58.980 --> 00:37:00.539 So we're going to see if we can correct that 00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:03.480 or, you know, fix any holes, patch any holes 00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:07.079 that might be, you know, leaking and we didn't 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:10.380 see. So tell me about your setup here. Well, 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:13.719 you're right. We're behind the times. Just so 00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:16.900 you know, I'm Caleb Hernandez. It's nice to meet 00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:20.619 you. Oh, yeah. I'm Norman. Sorry. You know, the 00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:25.579 badge really makes it easy and you forget. Yes. 00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:32.019 I'm on a old Dell computer at this point. I would 00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:35.219 love a computer that doesn't take 25 minutes 00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:39.019 to boot up. An SSD hard drive would be wonderful, 00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:43.440 but I've been told that getting more than a few 00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:47.619 gigs of internal memory beyond the external memory 00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:50.699 that we have for the server is asking too much. 00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:53.699 Basically, what I have here is everything's hooked 00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:58.170 up through... The computer just sends everything 00:37:58.170 --> 00:38:02.110 to the drives. All the drives are disk drives. 00:38:02.329 --> 00:38:04.989 We don't have anything beyond that, which is 00:38:04.989 --> 00:38:07.730 normal. That's normal. But a newer computer that's 00:38:07.730 --> 00:38:10.590 not so old, he's exaggerating, though. You're 00:38:10.590 --> 00:38:14.130 looking at the computer. It's probably four years 00:38:14.130 --> 00:38:17.690 old, and it's a Windows machine. It's probably 00:38:17.690 --> 00:38:21.889 running like Windows 9 or something like that 00:38:21.889 --> 00:38:25.840 or whatever. the uh what was it eight point something 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:29.119 eight point something yeah so it's not like vista 00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:32.539 it's not you know that bad but you could see 00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:35.519 the xp you could see that it definitely could 00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:40.920 use an update um and that they're recording everything 00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:45.300 over to these large like pullout drives so the 00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:48.340 fans are going and it's pretty loud in here and 00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:52.539 they pump air condition you know air into help 00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:56.860 keep everything cool. Okay. So how long are you 00:38:56.860 --> 00:39:01.219 keeping the data on these drives? Because this 00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:03.280 is, and I'm going to pretend I didn't notice. 00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:06.519 Oh, this is probably the security feed, right? 00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:10.920 Yeah, we get the security feed in here. We've 00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:12.900 been told that we can't get rid of anything for 00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:17.019 a year. So a school year, that is. So school 00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:19.219 starts, we start with brand new drives that have 00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:21.619 been wiped and everything. And we go through 00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:24.440 the entire year. And then if no one, if there's 00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:27.239 no problems by the time the next school year 00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:29.960 starts, about a week before the school year starts, 00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:33.360 I wipe everything and we start again. Okay. All 00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:36.579 right. So that is a massive amount of storage 00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:39.280 that you have here. That's kind of incredible. 00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:43.619 We have to run it 24 hours. We had a break -in 00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:46.880 at the beginning of the year that didn't get 00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:50.340 caught because we stopped after. After all the 00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:52.139 kids have left the building, we were turning 00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:56.239 it off to help save space. And so we had a break 00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:59.500 in. I don't know if I should have said that or 00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:03.179 not, but yeah. No, it's good to know. I mean, 00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:06.360 it's rare people break into schools, let alone 00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:08.280 a middle school. What, did they take anything 00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:10.500 or was it like, you know, they messed up some 00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:12.760 stuff, a little vandalism? Well, that's what 00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:15.280 we originally thought we were going to find because 00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:18.289 the front window had been broken. This was about 00:40:18.289 --> 00:40:20.750 a week before school started, and we thought 00:40:20.750 --> 00:40:23.849 maybe the kids were messing around. But it seems 00:40:23.849 --> 00:40:26.909 like they just stole a couple of things out of 00:40:26.909 --> 00:40:30.809 the trophy case, sorry. They stole a few things 00:40:30.809 --> 00:40:33.750 out of the trophy case. A couple of the older 00:40:33.750 --> 00:40:38.670 trophies from 20, 30 years ago. Who wants a basketball 00:40:38.670 --> 00:40:42.050 trophy from 30 years ago? No idea. That's, I 00:40:42.050 --> 00:40:44.349 mean, what, are they made of gold or something? 00:40:44.489 --> 00:40:48.849 No way. Definitely not. Definitely not. What 00:40:48.849 --> 00:40:51.909 a trip. Norman is filing all of these away, of 00:40:51.909 --> 00:40:56.510 course. So we just started running 24 -7 just 00:40:56.510 --> 00:40:59.289 in case something else happened. Right. Well, 00:40:59.389 --> 00:41:02.150 you know, when you're dealing with kids, you 00:41:02.150 --> 00:41:04.309 always want to be extremely safe. And let's see 00:41:04.309 --> 00:41:09.429 if I can, well, gesture to the Dell, the ancient 00:41:09.429 --> 00:41:11.889 Dell in front of him. I go, do you mind? I just 00:41:11.889 --> 00:41:15.230 want to check your internal specs real quick. 00:41:15.659 --> 00:41:18.539 Yeah, go for it. No problem. Yeah, I'll make 00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:21.699 a quick note of them. And what I want to do is, 00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:23.960 I mean, he's going to recognize what I'm doing 00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:29.280 as the guy. So actually, he says it's a small 00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:32.179 like closet almost. And he says, you know, it's 00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:35.300 a smaller room. It's they've got racks that go 00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:38.579 up high and it's not very big. He goes, you mind 00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:41.239 if I go out? I want to go. The school's close 00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:43.980 to like a pokey stop and I just need to get. 00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:47.599 Just hit it real quick to get my numbers for 00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:49.820 the day. So I'll be right back. Just take a look. 00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:53.039 Oh, I thought when you said, I think you meant 00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:56.619 a poke stop. Like, no, no, no, no. Like a Pokemon, 00:41:56.619 --> 00:42:00.820 like Pokemon go. Yeah. Right. And Norman is like, 00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:03.679 man, but that does inspire me to get some poke 00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:07.559 later. So thank you. Don't let me stop you. So 00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:09.699 he's not in the room while you're doing this 00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:12.869 stuff. Okay. do a little exciting little crack 00:42:12.869 --> 00:42:15.949 of my knuckles uh then i just want to because 00:42:15.949 --> 00:42:18.949 i don't know what i'm looking for but if i can 00:42:18.949 --> 00:42:23.510 um and i have a flash drive with me that's about 00:42:23.510 --> 00:42:26.090 you know i meant to look up what's the biggest 00:42:26.090 --> 00:42:28.750 size flash drive these days they're huge they're 00:42:28.750 --> 00:42:32.349 huge yeah you can get like i think up to a terabyte 00:42:32.349 --> 00:42:36.769 if you want or or like 500 mega 500 gigabytes 00:42:36.769 --> 00:42:40.179 it's a lot That's awesome. And I brought one 00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:44.980 for sure, definitely with me. And I am going 00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:49.059 to. Let's see if I can get footage of, because 00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:52.900 they gave us the date of, do we have the dates 00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:55.980 for all of the, I mean, it's kind of a lot of 00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:57.980 footage, but we do have the dates. And what month 00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:59.539 is it right now? I meant to ask this earlier. 00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:02.579 Right now, if we're talking a year, it's probably 00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:06.340 January or so, because it was winter when you 00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:09.489 did your last. thing so we'll say january it's 00:43:09.489 --> 00:43:12.429 after winter break okay so it's the second half 00:43:12.429 --> 00:43:16.409 of the school year correct got it got it okay 00:43:16.409 --> 00:43:21.789 cool let's see if i can check i let's just get 00:43:21.789 --> 00:43:27.050 footage of maybe some of the games you want to 00:43:27.050 --> 00:43:29.590 check the dates to make to see what you can find 00:43:29.590 --> 00:43:33.190 yes in a very specific non -wasting of time way 00:43:33.190 --> 00:43:40.010 all right so um You find that all they have is 00:43:40.010 --> 00:43:43.510 the hallways. They don't have anything in the 00:43:43.510 --> 00:43:46.750 gym or in any of the classrooms for some reason. 00:43:47.130 --> 00:43:49.670 But you can check out the hallways on the nights 00:43:49.670 --> 00:43:52.409 that these people disappeared when there was 00:43:52.409 --> 00:43:56.210 a sporting event. On one night in particular, 00:43:56.489 --> 00:44:00.730 you do see a man arguing with a woman right outside 00:44:00.730 --> 00:44:04.170 of the gymnasium. And he is using his hands. 00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:09.860 in these, like, big gestures, and she has got 00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:14.960 her arms crossed, and at some point, he's yelling, 00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:19.219 and she just puts up her hand and kind of dismisses 00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:22.219 what he's saying and walks back in, and he storms 00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:24.760 off. He doesn't seem to have a kid with him, 00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:28.539 so that's a bit odd. But he storms off, and that's 00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:32.340 the end of the interaction. I am absolutely saving 00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:36.239 the clip. And I think before I part ways with 00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:40.320 this machine, I am going to install just a little 00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:44.219 bit of malware. Just, you know, just keep my 00:44:44.219 --> 00:44:47.079 eye on it, because undoubtedly we will need to 00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:51.440 be back here. Right. Yes. Suddenly a DOS window 00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:54.480 opens up at the bottom. Oh. And it just says, 00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:59.119 friend? Okay. Whoever is doing this at the office 00:44:59.119 --> 00:45:02.480 needs to be punched in the eye. What is this? 00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:07.099 I'm like, um... Okay, is it doing anything else? 00:45:07.260 --> 00:45:09.280 It's not doing anything else. Not right now. 00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:12.139 All right, I am going to eject my flash drive. 00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:14.980 No intention of interacting with it. Okay, so 00:45:14.980 --> 00:45:19.219 you eject, and do you close the window? The DOS 00:45:19.219 --> 00:45:23.400 window? I want to observe it real quick. So nothing's 00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:25.860 happening? All there is is that little green 00:45:25.860 --> 00:45:30.800 clip for you to enter in your response. Can I 00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:35.590 try to... and the program so i want to try to 00:45:35.590 --> 00:45:39.110 put a command line in the actual window and see 00:45:39.110 --> 00:45:41.150 if that actually if i can get it to just turn 00:45:41.150 --> 00:45:43.769 itself off sure you do that with no problem it 00:45:43.769 --> 00:45:47.090 shuts off okay that's nothing has been changed 00:45:47.090 --> 00:45:49.570 on the desktop otherwise not that you can see 00:45:49.570 --> 00:45:52.429 now right then the guy opens the door how's everything 00:45:52.429 --> 00:45:57.610 going i it's going good um yeah i think that 00:45:58.119 --> 00:46:02.639 We have a good idea of what programs we can get 00:46:02.639 --> 00:46:04.679 you guys set up with. You definitely need a new 00:46:04.679 --> 00:46:08.659 antivirus. That's a travesty that this is connected 00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:12.219 to the Internet. Absolutely. Yeah, let's get 00:46:12.219 --> 00:46:14.719 that updated. In fact, I can do that remotely. 00:46:16.460 --> 00:46:20.380 We're all connected via the networks. Any help 00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:23.320 you can give us, I will greatly appreciate. All 00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:26.590 right, excellent, and I will. Talk to you maybe 00:46:26.590 --> 00:46:30.630 later. Thanks. No problem. Nice to meet you. 00:46:30.750 --> 00:46:35.289 Name of man? Caleb Hernandez. Nice to meet you, 00:46:35.309 --> 00:46:38.630 Caleb. All right. So you head out. Let's jump 00:46:38.630 --> 00:46:41.690 over to Wanda. I'm going to ask you. You see 00:46:41.690 --> 00:46:45.650 the principal kind of corralling people. The 00:46:45.650 --> 00:46:48.510 bell rings and all the kids have gone into classes 00:46:48.510 --> 00:46:52.050 and she has started to walk back. Her name is 00:46:52.050 --> 00:46:58.250 Rose Martinez. She is a woman in her probably 00:46:58.250 --> 00:47:02.130 early 60s. Her hair is peppered brown and white, 00:47:02.190 --> 00:47:07.730 and she's probably 5 '3", but looks like she 00:47:07.730 --> 00:47:13.630 probably could punch at 6 '2". So very much a 00:47:13.630 --> 00:47:17.269 veteran of the middle school, and she's walking 00:47:17.269 --> 00:47:19.289 back. How do you want to introduce yourself? 00:47:19.650 --> 00:47:22.940 Principal Martinez. Oh, hello. Can I help you? 00:47:23.199 --> 00:47:27.099 Yes. I am so sorry to approach you like this. 00:47:27.219 --> 00:47:29.219 I talked to the front office and was informed 00:47:29.219 --> 00:47:31.820 that the communication that we sent did not get 00:47:31.820 --> 00:47:34.739 received. I am from the district and I am here 00:47:34.739 --> 00:47:37.739 with my team to do an assessment of the school 00:47:37.739 --> 00:47:41.139 to figure out if we can get you some grants and 00:47:41.139 --> 00:47:43.710 some better funding. Well, that would be amazing. 00:47:43.710 --> 00:47:46.789 I am not shocked at all that the district did 00:47:46.789 --> 00:47:49.110 not get in touch with us. It is a bit of a shit 00:47:49.110 --> 00:47:52.989 show. Let's go to my office and have a conversation. 00:47:53.530 --> 00:47:58.730 Absolutely. While we're walking, do I see a trophy 00:47:58.730 --> 00:48:01.989 case or anything like that? You do. It's right 00:48:01.989 --> 00:48:04.610 in front, this big trophy case with a bunch of 00:48:04.610 --> 00:48:08.909 trophies. You also notice that the doors... The 00:48:08.909 --> 00:48:12.070 trophy case looks old, and it's been around probably 00:48:12.070 --> 00:48:16.750 since the 50s, whereas the doors on the trophy 00:48:16.750 --> 00:48:20.150 case look brand new. They've just been installed. 00:48:20.610 --> 00:48:22.869 Wow, it seems like you have an impressive athletic 00:48:22.869 --> 00:48:25.289 history here at the school. We've had some good 00:48:25.289 --> 00:48:28.570 years, yes. It's kind of the, a lot of parents 00:48:28.570 --> 00:48:31.789 want their kids to come here so that they can, 00:48:31.809 --> 00:48:35.579 you know, start getting. a better education in 00:48:35.579 --> 00:48:38.519 sports to be able to look there's there's a lot 00:48:38.519 --> 00:48:42.139 of sports i i'll i'll tell you right off if uh 00:48:42.139 --> 00:48:45.559 i think we focus too much on it we need to get 00:48:45.559 --> 00:48:48.199 some music and some arts in here to help these 00:48:48.199 --> 00:48:51.679 kids but our sports brings in the money unfortunately 00:48:51.679 --> 00:48:55.019 understandable especially with uh it seems like 00:48:55.019 --> 00:48:57.500 some level of prestige that you have going on 00:48:57.500 --> 00:49:00.340 here Yes, we definitely have a good program. 00:49:00.579 --> 00:49:03.519 Has it been continuing into this year to be successful 00:49:03.519 --> 00:49:07.820 for you? Yes, it has been. We have been doing 00:49:07.820 --> 00:49:11.260 relatively well, for sure. And she leads you 00:49:11.260 --> 00:49:14.320 into her office and you sit down. So tell me 00:49:14.320 --> 00:49:17.480 about this grant money. So honestly, we're just 00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:20.900 looking to help get schools up and running in 00:49:20.900 --> 00:49:22.940 a better capacity to better serve the student 00:49:22.940 --> 00:49:27.599 population. To do so, we obviously need to have 00:49:27.599 --> 00:49:30.679 some routine checks, and my team and myself will 00:49:30.679 --> 00:49:33.880 be moving throughout the school, talking to staff, 00:49:33.920 --> 00:49:37.800 and reviewing all the pertinent information to 00:49:37.800 --> 00:49:41.059 make sure that the money is allocated properly. 00:49:41.559 --> 00:49:45.340 Oh, okay. Well, as you understand, as is regulation, 00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:49.400 I just need to call the office real quick over 00:49:49.400 --> 00:49:52.650 there. And just double check that everything's 00:49:52.650 --> 00:49:54.929 on the up and up. You understand it was security 00:49:54.929 --> 00:49:58.130 and all that. I mean, you are perfectly welcome 00:49:58.130 --> 00:50:01.210 to do so. But as we already know, there's been 00:50:01.210 --> 00:50:04.309 some communication errors. And I do worry that 00:50:04.309 --> 00:50:07.769 maybe some of that information has been misplaced 00:50:07.769 --> 00:50:11.869 or lost, as is wont to do, unfortunately. Even 00:50:11.869 --> 00:50:15.090 we have our problems up at district. Well, let 00:50:15.090 --> 00:50:17.489 me just check real quick. And she picks up the 00:50:17.489 --> 00:50:24.389 phone and she calls. And she says, OK, we have 00:50:24.389 --> 00:50:26.670 some visitors here talking about grant money. 00:50:26.809 --> 00:50:30.409 Really? All right. All right. Well, thank you. 00:50:30.449 --> 00:50:33.809 And she hangs up the phone and says, it looks 00:50:33.809 --> 00:50:37.570 like everything is in order. They apologize for 00:50:37.570 --> 00:50:42.750 not getting in touch with us. So, yeah. Go ahead 00:50:42.750 --> 00:50:46.250 and continue. What do you need from us? Well, 00:50:46.389 --> 00:50:48.909 I'm sure that my team is already collecting some 00:50:48.909 --> 00:50:51.510 information, but I would like to have your perspective 00:50:51.510 --> 00:50:54.590 on where the school is succeeding, where it might 00:50:54.590 --> 00:50:58.230 be, I don't want to say failing, but perhaps... 00:50:58.230 --> 00:51:01.610 I understand. We're not... This is just between 00:51:01.610 --> 00:51:05.969 you and I, so we can cut all the verbiage. Where 00:51:05.969 --> 00:51:08.389 we're doing well and where we're not doing well 00:51:08.389 --> 00:51:13.059 is fine. Precisely. Well... Our strength is our 00:51:13.059 --> 00:51:15.840 sports to the point where it cripples the rest 00:51:15.840 --> 00:51:18.380 of the school. All of the money goes mainly to 00:51:18.380 --> 00:51:21.019 the sports. Our PTA is mainly concerned about 00:51:21.019 --> 00:51:23.679 the sports. They don't really raise a lot of 00:51:23.679 --> 00:51:28.280 money for anything else. Most of the richer kids 00:51:28.280 --> 00:51:33.699 are tutored and have after -school programs and 00:51:33.699 --> 00:51:36.800 everything else that helps them with their academics, 00:51:36.900 --> 00:51:39.500 whereas our working -class families don't have. 00:51:39.840 --> 00:51:42.940 the opportunities to do all of that. In my opinion, 00:51:42.980 --> 00:51:45.940 what needs to happen is the PTA needs to be knocked 00:51:45.940 --> 00:51:50.059 down a few pegs so that we can start or we need 00:51:50.059 --> 00:51:53.960 to get rid of their leader and we can move in 00:51:53.960 --> 00:51:56.679 a better direction that would raise money for 00:51:56.679 --> 00:52:00.059 our own after -school programs for children who 00:52:00.059 --> 00:52:03.340 don't have the financial means. Maybe their parents 00:52:03.340 --> 00:52:06.239 are at work, so they need tutoring help or whatever. 00:52:06.840 --> 00:52:08.599 Those kind of things. I'm going to go out on 00:52:08.599 --> 00:52:13.900 a limb and ask, is it a question of legacy with 00:52:13.900 --> 00:52:19.539 these parents and the sports focus that the parents 00:52:19.539 --> 00:52:22.699 themselves were on sports teams and it's a continuation 00:52:22.699 --> 00:52:26.880 throughout this family history? At this particular 00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:30.639 moment, yes. It is definitely a legacy problem. 00:52:31.619 --> 00:52:36.099 Our current member, Brie Baker, came to the school. 00:52:37.039 --> 00:52:40.539 About 25 years ago, I think, you know, she she 00:52:40.539 --> 00:52:44.719 was here and did really well in sports. And I 00:52:44.719 --> 00:52:48.679 remember I was here when I was a teacher at the 00:52:48.679 --> 00:52:52.260 time. I remember her from then. And it's odd 00:52:52.260 --> 00:52:55.860 for principals to stay in one school for a long 00:52:55.860 --> 00:52:58.239 time. But this is my home. I've been here for 00:52:58.239 --> 00:53:01.280 for a while and I wanted to retire here. But 00:53:01.280 --> 00:53:05.650 anyway, she. She's a difficult one. She's very 00:53:05.650 --> 00:53:09.909 precise on what she wants. She is holding on 00:53:09.909 --> 00:53:13.989 to the PTA with an iron fist because she has 00:53:13.989 --> 00:53:17.570 three children that span every school level. 00:53:17.769 --> 00:53:21.449 So she is using that to hold on to power for 00:53:21.449 --> 00:53:25.349 as long as possible. I will not be here once 00:53:25.349 --> 00:53:29.699 her youngest child gets into our school. So I 00:53:29.699 --> 00:53:33.079 will have the unfortunate pleasure of never seeing 00:53:33.079 --> 00:53:38.019 her replaced. That's how PTA should work is they 00:53:38.019 --> 00:53:41.239 come and go. Parents are on the PTA for maybe 00:53:41.239 --> 00:53:44.659 a few years at a time. Their child ages out and 00:53:44.659 --> 00:53:47.940 they drop out. But that hasn't happened with 00:53:47.940 --> 00:53:51.940 Bree. And may I ask why you will be making your 00:53:51.940 --> 00:53:55.980 departure? I'm old. I'm done. I'm going to be 00:53:55.980 --> 00:54:02.329 turning. 63 soon. My pension is up and I'm ready 00:54:02.329 --> 00:54:07.949 to go on some cruises with my friends and play 00:54:07.949 --> 00:54:11.409 bingo and do all that old person shit. I'm just 00:54:11.409 --> 00:54:13.489 ready for it. Well, it sounds like it's well 00:54:13.489 --> 00:54:16.530 -deserved. Is there anything that you need from 00:54:16.530 --> 00:54:20.510 me by way of information or do we have pretty 00:54:20.510 --> 00:54:23.050 much free reign to go through and make our assessments 00:54:23.050 --> 00:54:25.409 as necessary? I checked with the office. They 00:54:25.409 --> 00:54:27.929 seem to back up what you're saying. But I would 00:54:27.929 --> 00:54:31.510 like, you know, maybe a rundown of what the program's 00:54:31.510 --> 00:54:34.250 going to be, what kind of funds are being offered. 00:54:34.829 --> 00:54:38.429 As I said, if there's any way, see if the PTA 00:54:38.429 --> 00:54:41.369 finds out that there's money coming into the 00:54:41.369 --> 00:54:45.579 school. Bree will be on it. quicker than a spa 00:54:45.579 --> 00:54:50.059 day. And we really, we want to avoid that because 00:54:50.059 --> 00:54:54.420 if it's earmarked for anything, she will try 00:54:54.420 --> 00:54:56.900 to funnel that money into sports. And I'd really 00:54:56.900 --> 00:54:59.820 like to avoid that. I understand, but we do not 00:54:59.820 --> 00:55:03.719 answer to the PTA. We are going to do what is 00:55:03.719 --> 00:55:06.019 in the best interest of the students. Regarding 00:55:06.019 --> 00:55:08.360 the details, I will work on having my office 00:55:08.360 --> 00:55:12.159 round up. Sort of a memo for you with all of 00:55:12.159 --> 00:55:15.099 the pertinent details. Give us some time, though, 00:55:15.179 --> 00:55:17.900 as you know, we've got a lot of schools that 00:55:17.900 --> 00:55:20.900 we're reviewing and a lot of moving parts. And 00:55:20.900 --> 00:55:23.519 as we already discussed earlier, communication 00:55:23.519 --> 00:55:26.420 sometimes gets a little broken down, shall we 00:55:26.420 --> 00:55:29.400 say. Absolutely. Well, it was nice meeting you. 00:55:29.500 --> 00:55:31.800 Go ahead and take a look around. Just keep your 00:55:31.800 --> 00:55:33.960 badges on so the faculty knows you're supposed 00:55:33.960 --> 00:55:37.079 to be here. And if you have any questions, let 00:55:37.079 --> 00:55:39.090 me know. Absolutely. Thank you so much for your 00:55:39.090 --> 00:55:42.949 time. All right. You leave. And I totally clocked 00:55:42.949 --> 00:55:45.030 that she called the district and everything's 00:55:45.030 --> 00:55:47.630 on the up and up. So my brain is like, what the 00:55:47.630 --> 00:55:52.849 fuck? What? So out of game, I will tell you why. 00:55:53.050 --> 00:55:56.750 You are all professionals. You are very capable 00:55:56.750 --> 00:56:00.309 people. So it is, in my opinion, as the handler 00:56:00.309 --> 00:56:03.710 of the game, that you would have told your plan 00:56:03.710 --> 00:56:07.550 to Agent Jackson. Yeah. And she would have set 00:56:07.550 --> 00:56:12.250 up a way to receive that phone call and say everything 00:56:12.250 --> 00:56:14.909 is OK. I kind of figured, but I wanted to make 00:56:14.909 --> 00:56:16.949 sure that that wasn't like a thing I needed to 00:56:16.949 --> 00:56:19.190 clock is like principle is scary and there's 00:56:19.190 --> 00:56:24.309 a problem. Right. No, no. You have more backup 00:56:24.309 --> 00:56:26.909 this time than you've ever had before. Cool. 00:56:26.949 --> 00:56:31.550 I like that. So like she you told her what the 00:56:31.550 --> 00:56:35.519 plan was. She put somebody. in place to be able 00:56:35.519 --> 00:56:38.559 to handle it. Gotcha. Perfect. That's it. And 00:56:38.559 --> 00:56:41.019 I actually think this is a great place to stop. 00:56:41.079 --> 00:56:44.039 We have a lot of information to talk about. I 00:56:44.039 --> 00:56:46.420 feel like that, that would serve us better in 00:56:46.420 --> 00:56:49.440 the next episode, as opposed to stretching this 00:56:49.440 --> 00:56:52.340 way out. So I had a lot of fun. Thank you all. 00:56:52.780 --> 00:56:54.980 I don't know if you've noticed, but the tone 00:56:54.980 --> 00:56:57.019 of this particular episode is a little bit different 00:56:57.019 --> 00:56:59.000 because I wanted to do something a little different 00:56:59.000 --> 00:57:02.380 from the last two. You know, this is the X -Files 00:57:02.380 --> 00:57:05.980 fun. Like, I'm not going to say humorous, but 00:57:05.980 --> 00:57:10.039 not as heavy as as like the smoking man in a 00:57:10.039 --> 00:57:14.920 garage or whatever. So thank you, Coffee and 00:57:14.920 --> 00:57:18.239 Patreon backers so much for supporting us. We 00:57:18.239 --> 00:57:21.340 appreciate it. You know where we all are. Let's 00:57:21.340 --> 00:57:23.800 just real quick, if you all want to give a shout 00:57:23.800 --> 00:57:26.679 out to what games you're playing right now, that 00:57:26.679 --> 00:57:32.159 would be cool or not. Just say hello. Let's start 00:57:32.159 --> 00:57:35.030 with Michelle. Hey, I'm Michelle and you know 00:57:35.030 --> 00:57:36.909 where to find me on the socials. I'm always going 00:57:36.909 --> 00:57:40.469 to be at Mashulu and I'm pretty active on Twitter 00:57:40.469 --> 00:57:45.090 and Discord. So chat me up. Hey, y 'all. I am 00:57:45.090 --> 00:57:48.670 Mac and, you know, I'm hither, thither and yawn 00:57:48.670 --> 00:57:52.989 as strange like that and doing a lot of working 00:57:52.989 --> 00:57:55.329 on creative stuff. So check out what I'm working 00:57:55.329 --> 00:57:58.349 on and, you know, give me a shout. Maybe commission 00:57:58.349 --> 00:58:01.369 one of your characters from a game you're playing 00:58:01.369 --> 00:58:04.329 to be drawn. Hello, I'm Pooja, and you can find 00:58:04.329 --> 00:58:07.230 me, you know, across the internet in different 00:58:07.230 --> 00:58:09.789 ways that you continually hear about every time 00:58:09.789 --> 00:58:14.070 you listen to one of our episodes. I'm a little 00:58:14.070 --> 00:58:16.690 bit less on Twitter nowadays, as I think most 00:58:16.690 --> 00:58:20.349 of us are. But the rest of the socials, forgotten 00:58:20.349 --> 00:58:24.269 saves, come see photos of my cats. It's lovely. 00:58:24.750 --> 00:58:28.050 Very calming. And you can find me on the Happy 00:58:28.050 --> 00:58:32.789 Jacks RPG, both podcast and the stream. And then 00:58:32.789 --> 00:58:34.949 coming up, a little something special from Queen 00:58:34.949 --> 00:58:39.170 Court Games. Well, I've got nothing to share 00:58:39.170 --> 00:58:43.670 with you. Sorry. But you can find me on Twitter 00:58:43.670 --> 00:58:47.889 if you want. awesome again thanks so much for 00:58:47.889 --> 00:58:50.869 supporting we appreciate it uh we will see you 00:58:50.869 --> 00:58:54.750 uh next month with another installment of delta 00:58:54.750 --> 00:58:59.010 green until then have a great uh whatever you're 00:58:59.010 --> 00:59:01.449 listening to weekend or drive or whatever