February 24, 2024 • 15 mins
Celebrating the unsung heroes within our school district, this episode of Affton Unplugged focuses on our dedicated school resource officers. Hosted by Superintendent Travis Bracht, we delve into the lives of Officer Bryan Felts of Affton High School, and Officer John Whitmore of Rogers Middle School. We learn about their service in the school district, as well as their personal journeys that have led them to serve and protect our educational community.
Officer Whitmore, a veteran St. Louis County police officer, shares his rewarding experiences with the students and the Affton community. He emphasizes the significance of connecting with students on a personal level, and the gratifying effect these interactions can have in stressful situations.
Officer Felts, a former Navy and a self-proclaimed family man, shares his passion for golf, hockey and how he prioritizes safeguarding the Affton High School community. Not surprisingly, he feels that the Affton School District is among the safest school districts and is proud to put his military and police training to good use.
Both officers highlight the importance of safety in the school environment, praising the Affton School District for staying at the forefront of technology, training and safety measures. This engaging conversation reiterates that in the Affton School District, education and safety are always paramount.
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(00:00):
Music.
(00:20):
Welcome to Afton Unplugged, a podcast by the Afton School District that highlights
the people and stories that make the district great.
I'm your host, Superintendent Travis Brock, and in the Afton School District,
education is the most important thing we do.
Music.
(00:50):
All right. Thanks for joining me for this episode of the Afton Unplugged podcast.
And we're dedicating this episode to our school resource officers.
February 15th is National School Resource Officer Day.
So we're going to be talking with our two SROs in the Afton School District
at Afton High School, Officer Brian Feltz and at Rogers Middle School, Officer John Whitmore.
(01:14):
And so, Officer Whitmore, thanks for joining me.
Thanks for having me. All right. Right. And then I kind of did a brief introduction,
but maybe just tell us a little bit about yourself, you know,
name and how long you've been in Afton, things like that. Okay.
My name is John Whitmore. I've been a St. Louis County police officer for, this is my 25th year.
I've been in the SRO Rogers Middle School for, this is my 15th year.
(01:37):
So a good part of my career, I've been here in Afton.
I'm married and two kids. Both of them are grown at this point.
One's in college. So we're kind of hitting that empty nester stage.
So that's kind of fun. Yeah.
All right. Well, you mentioned that you've been a police officer longer than you've been in Hafton.
Anything else prior to joining law enforcement? I was in the military,
(02:00):
got to travel around the world, went to Japan and stuff like that,
which was an excellent experience.
And then when I got out of the military, I actually went to school to work on a teaching degree.
Which when the opportunity to come into Afton as our as a real came up it was kind of a chance to,
kind of see what the school environment was like even though I wasn't a teacher
so it happened at a point in my career the opportunity came up right when I
(02:24):
was really trying to figure out where I was going to go with my career so it
was kind of good timing yeah so,
really other than the military school this this is what I've been doing since
yeah since I've been working. Yeah. All right.
In your background, anything, any type of specialized training or interests,
whether they're work related, or maybe it's just a hobby that you,
(02:46):
you like to do when you're not at work, you know, whether that was,
is involved with any of your military training or any of your police experience before becoming an SRO.
I mean, most of my activities, I try to stay away from law enforcement stuff on my time off. Gotcha.
Yeah. You know, going to the trap, My wife and I like to travel.
Oh, okay. Especially now that the kids are grown and stuff. Yeah.
(03:09):
Baseball's always been a huge part of my life, so I'm a huge Cardinal fan.
But sports in general are play golf and stuff.
Yeah. Any favorite places you've been or where your most recent travel's taken you?
We're big fans of the beach. Okay. So anywhere there's nice water and warm temperatures,
pretty much a place we would be.
(03:29):
All right. Be interested in spending some time.
All right. I know Officer Feltz mentioned he likes golf, and I can't remember
off the top of my head where he said his favorite place.
Is there any specific place that you like to go when you golf?
As much as I enjoy golf, I'm not very good at it. I wouldn't say that I would
have any particular favorite places.
It's just, you know, I like the camaraderie of it, go out and hang out with
(03:54):
your friends and stuff like that.
So it doesn't really matter to me where we play. It's a good get outside,
especially on a day like today where it's nice and, you know,
get some fresh air and stuff. Yeah, absolutely.
He also mentioned he was a Cardinals fan, too. So we have that in common as well.
I think it's kind of a prerequisite. It is. If you're going to be in St.
Louis, yeah, you have to do that.
Let's talk a little bit about specifically your time being a school resource officer.
(04:17):
What have you enjoyed about that?
I'd say my two, really two of my favorite things are, I think most people would
think are really small things.
But I found that I really enjoy when I get to have the one-on-one conversations
with the students at school. And it's, I'm not talking about anything police related or anything.
Even school, you know, discipline related or anything like, but to be able to
(04:39):
talk to a kid and ask them about their weekend or find out what's going on at
home, how their, how their day-to-day life is.
Most kids are really excited to talk about themselves and everything.
So to kind of get that little glimpse into their personal life that I,
I honestly probably wouldn't ever get as a police officer talking to kids has
been really, you know, it's a nice reward for the job, I guess.
(05:02):
And then I also really, you know, during the summertime,
time we go back and we patrol the streets at afton so okay it's
not uncommon to go to a call and have
afton students be there yeah yeah and usually it's
a stressful situation or whatever yeah and to walk in and have a afton student
say oh it's officer whitmore and i mean you can literally feel sometimes the
(05:22):
stress level drop yeah when they see it somewhere they know what you know for
so i think that's neat that they can you know recognize it to me and kind of
to bring their anxiety down a little bit.
And it helps with the officers on the street too, when I walk in and maybe they're
not getting a lot of cooperation or, you know, things just aren't going perfectly.
Sometimes that connection with the student can.
(05:45):
Make things head in a different direction. So that's nice that we can do that
too. Yeah. Yeah. That's a good perspective.
Obviously, our schools, even though we do hold summer school,
pretty much kids are here about nine months out of the year.
And so as you might expect, our school resource officers aren't just here all
year, you're doing other things.
(06:05):
And I hadn't really thought about that, but it certainly makes sense that you'll
recognize some of our families. And I can imagine, yes, they,
you know, they get to know you and trust you.
So if they see you outside of the school environment, it probably just makes
them feel a lot better. Nice extra benefit.
(06:51):
And I mean, I was obviously nervous about, you know, is this going to be a good
fit or whatever. And unfortunately, most of them have retired or whatever.
But they immediately took me in. I felt like I was immediately part of the community
and everything. And it's really stayed that way since then.
I mean, I've stayed here for 15 years because I really like the Afton community and everything.
(07:12):
And having been here for so long, I've been able to see the changes in the district
over that time. I'm really impressed by how, with yourself and Dr.
Daughtry, how safety, because obviously that's our concern. Right.
Education for you, but safety on my part is, you know, what I'm most concerned about.
And the district's really, from going to training and talking to other SROs
(07:35):
and stuff, the district's done a really good job of...
Being at the forefront of technology and training and implementing ideas from
law enforcement to make things safer for the school district and for the students and the staff.
So I would just maybe say to everybody, be grateful that you have,
that your kids are here and after that, I think they're doing a really good
(07:55):
job with the district of keeping, keeping up with things and making sure kids
are safe while they're here. Yeah.
And I think it's good to hear because Officer Feltz said the same thing.
So I'm interviewing you guys separately. And kind of when he wrapped up his
interview, he kind of said the same thing.
He goes, I hope people know the district is safe and not just because I'm here.
(08:16):
It's a team effort. And it's nice to be part of a district that knows safety
and security is important.
They take steps above and beyond what's required. And from my perspective,
obviously, that's good to hear.
But as a superintendent, I can tell you probably 10 years ago,
the biggest worry I thought a superintendent would have was test scores.
(08:37):
You know, just, you know, that was the big thing is you got to make sure your academics are good.
And I think that has dramatically changed. And it really is safety and security
that usually keeps superintendents up. They know that that and again.
I think that's why we've invested in kind of going above and beyond.
We know that that's top of mind for parents, students, and certainly superintendents
(08:59):
and other administrators as well. So thanks for bringing that up.
And again, that's why we enjoy having you in the district and appreciate what
you do for our families and kids and staff as well.
I know staff feel feel a lot better to when they know that you're here and the
district's taking that seriously. Seriously.
So with that, again, thanks for joining me. Thank you very much.
(09:21):
It's nice to come up here and talk to you for a few minutes.
All right. We'll let you get back to it. All right. Very good. Thank you.
All right. Thanks for joining me for this episode of the Afton Unplugged podcast.
And today we're going to feature or we're going to highlight our school resource officers.
February 15th is National School Resource Officer Day. and so I thought I'd
(09:42):
go around, talk to both of our school resource officers at Afton High School
as well as Rogers Middle School.
So Brian Feltz, who's the school resource officer at Afton High School,
joined me. So Brian, thanks for being here.
You're welcome. Welcome. Happy to be here. All right. Well, let's start out
with, just tell us a little bit about yourself.
What would you want people to know about you? My name is Brian Feltz,
(10:03):
like we said, here at Afton, a Navy veteran.
I've been in Afton for, see, April of this year will be seven years with the county.
All seven years we were in the Afton precinct on patrol.
And it was October of last year that I took this position and couldn't be happier to be here.
Yeah. Well, yeah, we're happy to have you as well. And it was certainly nice
(10:25):
to get to know you before you actually took over as a school resource officer,
saw you at several events.
And it's always, always good to know that someone that's coming into our school
was already kind of in Afton and kind of knew the area and was a familiar face. So appreciate that.
What, what'd you do maybe before Afton? You mentioned a little bit about Navy,
(10:46):
but what are some things maybe before kind of joining the Afton community that
you did? Well, I attended, I'm an Oakville person.
I grew up Oakville, went to Oakville High School, stuff like that.
Then I went off to Central Missouri State where I went to college,
where I went to college for three years and kind of found it wasn't really for me,
but then joined the United States Navy where there I served seven years also
(11:07):
and got out. I was a gunner's mate when I was in.
So I loved my job is what I did when I was in the military.
But when I got out, I kind of needed to find the similar calling of something
a little bit bigger than myself. And I felt police work was the best thing for me.
And when I got into the academy, I felt like I was back home and back with that.
So, yeah, there's that. And then been here in Afton for seven years. Okay.
(11:30):
Anything else maybe in your background that people might find interesting,
even if it's not a specific job, any training or expertise that you have that
maybe people would find interesting?
For training and expertise, I would say I was a small arms weapons instructor.
So anything, anything from your, your simple pistols to your AR-15,
stuff like that, shooting, I enjoy doing that.
(11:53):
And that's fun and great. But my, my other real two passions are,
A, I love my family. I've got a little girl.
She's two years old right now. She's a joy in my life. I've got a 14 year old
son who's, he's great too.
And it's having those two dynamics of age differences. Yes. Quite different,
but my other two passions would be, I still play ice hockey and I love golf.
(12:15):
When the season, the season's coming and I love getting me some golf in.
Good. And how do you stay active with hockey?
Talk a little bit about that. Where do you play and how do you stay active with
that? Centene up in Maryland Heights.
There's a facility where the blues practice at. I've got a men's league that
I'm a part of on Sunday nights that we'll play.
And I just play once a week and it keeps my, I like working out.
(12:38):
I love lifting weights and stuff, but I'd hate cardio. I'd hate running.
And there's my cardio for the week. I get my skating in and that's good. We're good to go. Okay.
And then how about golf? Any favorite places to golf or where do you like to go?
Probably the one I frequent the
most that is super nice, but it's a little pricey, but it's above average.
(12:59):
And it'd be Peveley Farms out near off Antire Road. It's a really super nice
course. I love playing there a lot.
So, yeah. Okay. All right. And then what have you found most enjoyable about
being a school resource officer?
I know you haven't officially been at it all that long, but what are some things
that even early on in this role that you've enjoyed? I love interacting with
(13:20):
the, with the children because with having my son, he's about to be in high school.
So it's a good, it's a good pre training to see what I'm getting myself into with that.
But also, like I said, with the higher calling, I feel good knowing that the
skills that I have that I've acquired over my military training and police training
that, that I feel that, that Afton high school is probably the safest school in the St.
(13:45):
Louis County area, because if anything were ever happened, I feel that I'm ready.
And I get that feeling of knowing that it's I'm keeping these all these kids
and all these faculty, everybody safe.
I know that that makes me feel good. Yeah, I would echo that, too.
Obviously, as a superintendent, that has certainly become a much more bigger
(14:05):
issue is that you just every day you have to feel like the district is safe, your schools are safe.
And so it is a huge load off my mind, as I'm sure it is, you know,
parents knowing that we have put people in place to keep our kids and our staff
safe. So I appreciate that.
And and hopefully also don't want you to know that's not lost on people like
(14:26):
superintendents. I know parents appreciate it, but it's it's it's nice to know
that we're we're in good hands. Happy to be here.
Anything else that you want to share with our listeners before we sign off?
Well, it's Friday, and Sunday's the big game.
Let's go Chiefs. Let's go Chiefs. All right.
Well said. And again, thanks for joining us for this Ode.
(14:48):
And again, congratulations, and thank you for everything you do on National
School Resource Officer Day.
I appreciate it, and thank you for having me. Soundstrike.
Music.
(15:08):
Thanks for listening to Afton Unplugged, a podcast by the Afton School District
that highlights the people and stories that make the district great.
In the Afton School District, education is the most important thing we do. We'll see you out there.
Music.
Music.
(00:20):
Welcome to Afton Unplugged, a podcast by the Afton School District that highlights
the people and stories that make the district great.
I'm your host, Superintendent Travis Brock, and in the Afton School District,
education is the most important thing we do.
Music.
(00:50):
All right. Thanks for joining me for this episode of the Afton Unplugged podcast.
And we're dedicating this episode to our school resource officers.
February 15th is National School Resource Officer Day.
So we're going to be talking with our two SROs in the Afton School District
at Afton High School, Officer Brian Feltz and at Rogers Middle School, Officer John Whitmore.
(01:14):
And so, Officer Whitmore, thanks for joining me.
Thanks for having me. All right. Right. And then I kind of did a brief introduction,
but maybe just tell us a little bit about yourself, you know,
name and how long you've been in Afton, things like that. Okay.
My name is John Whitmore. I've been a St. Louis County police officer for, this is my 25th year.
I've been in the SRO Rogers Middle School for, this is my 15th year.
(01:37):
So a good part of my career, I've been here in Afton.
I'm married and two kids. Both of them are grown at this point.
One's in college. So we're kind of hitting that empty nester stage.
So that's kind of fun. Yeah.
All right. Well, you mentioned that you've been a police officer longer than you've been in Hafton.
Anything else prior to joining law enforcement? I was in the military,
(02:00):
got to travel around the world, went to Japan and stuff like that,
which was an excellent experience.
And then when I got out of the military, I actually went to school to work on a teaching degree.
Which when the opportunity to come into Afton as our as a real came up it was kind of a chance to,
kind of see what the school environment was like even though I wasn't a teacher
so it happened at a point in my career the opportunity came up right when I
(02:24):
was really trying to figure out where I was going to go with my career so it
was kind of good timing yeah so,
really other than the military school this this is what I've been doing since
yeah since I've been working. Yeah. All right.
In your background, anything, any type of specialized training or interests,
whether they're work related, or maybe it's just a hobby that you,
(02:46):
you like to do when you're not at work, you know, whether that was,
is involved with any of your military training or any of your police experience before becoming an SRO.
I mean, most of my activities, I try to stay away from law enforcement stuff on my time off. Gotcha.
Yeah. You know, going to the trap, My wife and I like to travel.
Oh, okay. Especially now that the kids are grown and stuff. Yeah.
(03:09):
Baseball's always been a huge part of my life, so I'm a huge Cardinal fan.
But sports in general are play golf and stuff.
Yeah. Any favorite places you've been or where your most recent travel's taken you?
We're big fans of the beach. Okay. So anywhere there's nice water and warm temperatures,
pretty much a place we would be.
(03:29):
All right. Be interested in spending some time.
All right. I know Officer Feltz mentioned he likes golf, and I can't remember
off the top of my head where he said his favorite place.
Is there any specific place that you like to go when you golf?
As much as I enjoy golf, I'm not very good at it. I wouldn't say that I would
have any particular favorite places.
It's just, you know, I like the camaraderie of it, go out and hang out with
(03:54):
your friends and stuff like that.
So it doesn't really matter to me where we play. It's a good get outside,
especially on a day like today where it's nice and, you know,
get some fresh air and stuff. Yeah, absolutely.
He also mentioned he was a Cardinals fan, too. So we have that in common as well.
I think it's kind of a prerequisite. It is. If you're going to be in St.
Louis, yeah, you have to do that.
Let's talk a little bit about specifically your time being a school resource officer.
(04:17):
What have you enjoyed about that?
I'd say my two, really two of my favorite things are, I think most people would
think are really small things.
But I found that I really enjoy when I get to have the one-on-one conversations
with the students at school. And it's, I'm not talking about anything police related or anything.
Even school, you know, discipline related or anything like, but to be able to
(04:39):
talk to a kid and ask them about their weekend or find out what's going on at
home, how their, how their day-to-day life is.
Most kids are really excited to talk about themselves and everything.
So to kind of get that little glimpse into their personal life that I,
I honestly probably wouldn't ever get as a police officer talking to kids has
been really, you know, it's a nice reward for the job, I guess.
(05:02):
And then I also really, you know, during the summertime,
time we go back and we patrol the streets at afton so okay it's
not uncommon to go to a call and have
afton students be there yeah yeah and usually it's
a stressful situation or whatever yeah and to walk in and have a afton student
say oh it's officer whitmore and i mean you can literally feel sometimes the
(05:22):
stress level drop yeah when they see it somewhere they know what you know for
so i think that's neat that they can you know recognize it to me and kind of
to bring their anxiety down a little bit.
And it helps with the officers on the street too, when I walk in and maybe they're
not getting a lot of cooperation or, you know, things just aren't going perfectly.
Sometimes that connection with the student can.
(05:45):
Make things head in a different direction. So that's nice that we can do that
too. Yeah. Yeah. That's a good perspective.
Obviously, our schools, even though we do hold summer school,
pretty much kids are here about nine months out of the year.
And so as you might expect, our school resource officers aren't just here all
year, you're doing other things.
(06:05):
And I hadn't really thought about that, but it certainly makes sense that you'll
recognize some of our families. And I can imagine, yes, they,
you know, they get to know you and trust you.
So if they see you outside of the school environment, it probably just makes
them feel a lot better. Nice extra benefit.
(06:51):
And I mean, I was obviously nervous about, you know, is this going to be a good
fit or whatever. And unfortunately, most of them have retired or whatever.
But they immediately took me in. I felt like I was immediately part of the community
and everything. And it's really stayed that way since then.
I mean, I've stayed here for 15 years because I really like the Afton community and everything.
(07:12):
And having been here for so long, I've been able to see the changes in the district
over that time. I'm really impressed by how, with yourself and Dr.
Daughtry, how safety, because obviously that's our concern. Right.
Education for you, but safety on my part is, you know, what I'm most concerned about.
And the district's really, from going to training and talking to other SROs
(07:35):
and stuff, the district's done a really good job of...
Being at the forefront of technology and training and implementing ideas from
law enforcement to make things safer for the school district and for the students and the staff.
So I would just maybe say to everybody, be grateful that you have,
that your kids are here and after that, I think they're doing a really good
(07:55):
job with the district of keeping, keeping up with things and making sure kids
are safe while they're here. Yeah.
And I think it's good to hear because Officer Feltz said the same thing.
So I'm interviewing you guys separately. And kind of when he wrapped up his
interview, he kind of said the same thing.
He goes, I hope people know the district is safe and not just because I'm here.
(08:16):
It's a team effort. And it's nice to be part of a district that knows safety
and security is important.
They take steps above and beyond what's required. And from my perspective,
obviously, that's good to hear.
But as a superintendent, I can tell you probably 10 years ago,
the biggest worry I thought a superintendent would have was test scores.
(08:37):
You know, just, you know, that was the big thing is you got to make sure your academics are good.
And I think that has dramatically changed. And it really is safety and security
that usually keeps superintendents up. They know that that and again.
I think that's why we've invested in kind of going above and beyond.
We know that that's top of mind for parents, students, and certainly superintendents
(08:59):
and other administrators as well. So thanks for bringing that up.
And again, that's why we enjoy having you in the district and appreciate what
you do for our families and kids and staff as well.
I know staff feel feel a lot better to when they know that you're here and the
district's taking that seriously. Seriously.
So with that, again, thanks for joining me. Thank you very much.
(09:21):
It's nice to come up here and talk to you for a few minutes.
All right. We'll let you get back to it. All right. Very good. Thank you.
All right. Thanks for joining me for this episode of the Afton Unplugged podcast.
And today we're going to feature or we're going to highlight our school resource officers.
February 15th is National School Resource Officer Day. and so I thought I'd
(09:42):
go around, talk to both of our school resource officers at Afton High School
as well as Rogers Middle School.
So Brian Feltz, who's the school resource officer at Afton High School,
joined me. So Brian, thanks for being here.
You're welcome. Welcome. Happy to be here. All right. Well, let's start out
with, just tell us a little bit about yourself.
What would you want people to know about you? My name is Brian Feltz,
(10:03):
like we said, here at Afton, a Navy veteran.
I've been in Afton for, see, April of this year will be seven years with the county.
All seven years we were in the Afton precinct on patrol.
And it was October of last year that I took this position and couldn't be happier to be here.
Yeah. Well, yeah, we're happy to have you as well. And it was certainly nice
(10:25):
to get to know you before you actually took over as a school resource officer,
saw you at several events.
And it's always, always good to know that someone that's coming into our school
was already kind of in Afton and kind of knew the area and was a familiar face. So appreciate that.
What, what'd you do maybe before Afton? You mentioned a little bit about Navy,
(10:46):
but what are some things maybe before kind of joining the Afton community that
you did? Well, I attended, I'm an Oakville person.
I grew up Oakville, went to Oakville High School, stuff like that.
Then I went off to Central Missouri State where I went to college,
where I went to college for three years and kind of found it wasn't really for me,
but then joined the United States Navy where there I served seven years also
(11:07):
and got out. I was a gunner's mate when I was in.
So I loved my job is what I did when I was in the military.
But when I got out, I kind of needed to find the similar calling of something
a little bit bigger than myself. And I felt police work was the best thing for me.
And when I got into the academy, I felt like I was back home and back with that.
So, yeah, there's that. And then been here in Afton for seven years. Okay.
(11:30):
Anything else maybe in your background that people might find interesting,
even if it's not a specific job, any training or expertise that you have that
maybe people would find interesting?
For training and expertise, I would say I was a small arms weapons instructor.
So anything, anything from your, your simple pistols to your AR-15,
stuff like that, shooting, I enjoy doing that.
(11:53):
And that's fun and great. But my, my other real two passions are,
A, I love my family. I've got a little girl.
She's two years old right now. She's a joy in my life. I've got a 14 year old
son who's, he's great too.
And it's having those two dynamics of age differences. Yes. Quite different,
but my other two passions would be, I still play ice hockey and I love golf.
(12:15):
When the season, the season's coming and I love getting me some golf in.
Good. And how do you stay active with hockey?
Talk a little bit about that. Where do you play and how do you stay active with
that? Centene up in Maryland Heights.
There's a facility where the blues practice at. I've got a men's league that
I'm a part of on Sunday nights that we'll play.
And I just play once a week and it keeps my, I like working out.
(12:38):
I love lifting weights and stuff, but I'd hate cardio. I'd hate running.
And there's my cardio for the week. I get my skating in and that's good. We're good to go. Okay.
And then how about golf? Any favorite places to golf or where do you like to go?
Probably the one I frequent the
most that is super nice, but it's a little pricey, but it's above average.
(12:59):
And it'd be Peveley Farms out near off Antire Road. It's a really super nice
course. I love playing there a lot.
So, yeah. Okay. All right. And then what have you found most enjoyable about
being a school resource officer?
I know you haven't officially been at it all that long, but what are some things
that even early on in this role that you've enjoyed? I love interacting with
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the, with the children because with having my son, he's about to be in high school.
So it's a good, it's a good pre training to see what I'm getting myself into with that.
But also, like I said, with the higher calling, I feel good knowing that the
skills that I have that I've acquired over my military training and police training
that, that I feel that, that Afton high school is probably the safest school in the St.
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Louis County area, because if anything were ever happened, I feel that I'm ready.
And I get that feeling of knowing that it's I'm keeping these all these kids
and all these faculty, everybody safe.
I know that that makes me feel good. Yeah, I would echo that, too.
Obviously, as a superintendent, that has certainly become a much more bigger
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issue is that you just every day you have to feel like the district is safe, your schools are safe.
And so it is a huge load off my mind, as I'm sure it is, you know,
parents knowing that we have put people in place to keep our kids and our staff
safe. So I appreciate that.
And and hopefully also don't want you to know that's not lost on people like
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superintendents. I know parents appreciate it, but it's it's it's nice to know
that we're we're in good hands. Happy to be here.
Anything else that you want to share with our listeners before we sign off?
Well, it's Friday, and Sunday's the big game.
Let's go Chiefs. Let's go Chiefs. All right.
Well said. And again, thanks for joining us for this Ode.
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And again, congratulations, and thank you for everything you do on National
School Resource Officer Day.
I appreciate it, and thank you for having me. Soundstrike.
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Thanks for listening to Afton Unplugged, a podcast by the Afton School District
that highlights the people and stories that make the district great.
In the Afton School District, education is the most important thing we do. We'll see you out there.
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