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Speaker 1 (00:00):
That song is really old school, and so evidently is
conra asd. They went old school, they went conservative. Matter
of fact, they might actually this might be new school.
I don't know that any school board has ever been
this conservative, or had all seven board members be conservative women.
One of the newly elected members of the Board of
Trustees position seven is Maryanne Horton. She joined us this morning.
(00:21):
Mary Anne, welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
I thank you.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
What made you want to run? Because I'm reminded by
something my dad always said, be careful for what you
wish for. It just might come true. What now the
school board can be, especially when you're dealing with parents,
that could be tough work.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Yes, yes, I know. I was a former teacher in
the district, and then I've got two kids in the district,
so it means a lot to me that you know
we're providing a sound education and that we're focusing on
the basics of that. So decided to run. I'm for
my own kids, for the kids that I taught. I
am for a district to hopefully get us back on track.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So what's subject did you teach when you were a teacher.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I taught language arts eighth grade.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Okay, eighth grade middle school? Oh my goodness. There's nothing
tougher in the world than teaching a middle school er.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Is that?
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Is that like the worst age seventh and eighth graders.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
I like, I like the challenge, and now I have
an eighth grader, so it's totally different having them in
my house.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
I'm seeing that about you. You really do like a challenge.
What do you see the biggest issues? I know some
folks who work in Conroe, ISD, and I know that.
You know, everybody wants to go to the new school.
Isn't that always the case? They do whatever the new
school is, they want to figure out a way to
get their kids into that school. So crowding has become
a problem even you know, for the new schools are
(01:39):
already over capacity our buildings. What are the bigger issues
facing Conrae?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Well, yes, we did recently pass it on, so we'll
have some buildings coming up soon. We had massive growth
after the pandemic up here, just you know, crowds of
people moving up here, so that is one of the
issues to tackle.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Now, are you weighing in at all on illegal immigration,
because I know that does impact our local school systems.
You have children that you're educating that may or may
not be here legally. You're not allowed, evidently to ask
what their immigration status is. You just have to educate them.
But is there any way to keep track of how
many kids that you're having to educate this way and
(02:19):
what it's doing to your school budget?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Well, I think i'd have to get in and see
from a school board perspective. I do know that you
know when you're providing services that cost money. To have
the extra help available for ESL bilingual students, that is
something to definitely look into.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Okay, what do you say is your biggest issue that
you would like to accomplish as a member of the
school board.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Well, like I said, I was a teacher and just
starting kind of with the pandemic, we've been losing a
lot of teachers in maths, and I think there's a
lot that we can do on a local level to
keep attract routine, great teachers to our school. So that's
kind of one of my primary focuses. I want to
make sure that we're keeping quality teachers here for my kids,
for everyone's kids.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Why do you think you're losing so many teachers? I
know a lot of school systems are Is it just
that the profession has become so difficult.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Yeah, I think there's been a lot of administrative work
that has been added on to teachers, especially following the pandemic.
I'm just kind of attracting students with testing that sort
of thing, and then just maybe not necessarily feeling supported
by parents. So I'd really like to bridge that gap
between parents and teachers so that we can build our
district better.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Is there a way for teachers to be able to
regain control of their classrooms. I know that the autonomy
they used to have as far as dealing with discipline
issues is pretty much.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Called away, right right, Well, I know that I've heard
from a lot of teachers that they feel like they
don't have the administrative support. If a student is sent
out of the class they're sent right back into the classroom.
So that's something that we are looking at what can
be done at the local level and then possibly at
the state level to provide teachers with the ability to
(03:59):
remove dangerous kids from the classroom.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
All right, Mariann, Hey, thanks for joining us this morning.
Best of luck and your new gig at conro ISD.
It's mary An Horton. Joining US at six twenty seven
That song is really old school, and so evidently is
conra asd. They went old school, they went conservative. Matter
of fact, they might actually this might be new school.
I don't know that any school board has ever been
this conservative, or had all seven board members be conservative women.
One of the newly elected members of the Board of
Trustees position seven is Maryanne Horton. She joined us this morning.
(00:21):
Mary Anne, welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
I thank you.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
What made you want to run? Because I'm reminded by
something my dad always said, be careful for what you
wish for. It just might come true. What now the
school board can be, especially when you're dealing with parents,
that could be tough work.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Yes, yes, I know. I was a former teacher in
the district, and then I've got two kids in the district,
so it means a lot to me that you know
we're providing a sound education and that we're focusing on
the basics of that. So decided to run. I'm for
my own kids, for the kids that I taught. I
am for a district to hopefully get us back on track.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So what's subject did you teach when you were a teacher.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I taught language arts eighth grade.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Okay, eighth grade middle school? Oh my goodness. There's nothing
tougher in the world than teaching a middle school er.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Is that?
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Is that like the worst age seventh and eighth graders.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
I like, I like the challenge, and now I have
an eighth grader, so it's totally different having them in
my house.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
I'm seeing that about you. You really do like a challenge.
What do you see the biggest issues? I know some
folks who work in Conroe, ISD, and I know that.
You know, everybody wants to go to the new school.
Isn't that always the case? They do whatever the new
school is, they want to figure out a way to
get their kids into that school. So crowding has become
a problem even you know, for the new schools are
(01:39):
already over capacity our buildings. What are the bigger issues
facing Conrae?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Well, yes, we did recently pass it on, so we'll
have some buildings coming up soon. We had massive growth
after the pandemic up here, just you know, crowds of
people moving up here, so that is one of the
issues to tackle.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Now, are you weighing in at all on illegal immigration,
because I know that does impact our local school systems.
You have children that you're educating that may or may
not be here legally. You're not allowed, evidently to ask
what their immigration status is. You just have to educate them.
But is there any way to keep track of how
many kids that you're having to educate this way and
(02:19):
what it's doing to your school budget?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Well, I think i'd have to get in and see
from a school board perspective. I do know that you
know when you're providing services that cost money. To have
the extra help available for ESL bilingual students, that is
something to definitely look into.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Okay, what do you say is your biggest issue that
you would like to accomplish as a member of the
school board.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Well, like I said, I was a teacher and just
starting kind of with the pandemic, we've been losing a
lot of teachers in maths, and I think there's a
lot that we can do on a local level to
keep attract routine, great teachers to our school. So that's
kind of one of my primary focuses. I want to
make sure that we're keeping quality teachers here for my kids,
for everyone's kids.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Why do you think you're losing so many teachers? I
know a lot of school systems are Is it just
that the profession has become so difficult.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Yeah, I think there's been a lot of administrative work
that has been added on to teachers, especially following the pandemic.
I'm just kind of attracting students with testing that sort
of thing, and then just maybe not necessarily feeling supported
by parents. So I'd really like to bridge that gap
between parents and teachers so that we can build our
district better.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Is there a way for teachers to be able to
regain control of their classrooms. I know that the autonomy
they used to have as far as dealing with discipline
issues is pretty much.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Called away, right right, Well, I know that I've heard
from a lot of teachers that they feel like they
don't have the administrative support. If a student is sent
out of the class they're sent right back into the classroom.
So that's something that we are looking at what can
be done at the local level and then possibly at
the state level to provide teachers with the ability to
(03:59):
remove dangerous kids from the classroom.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
All right, Mariann, Hey, thanks for joining us this morning.
Best of luck and your new gig at conro ISD.
It's mary An Horton. Joining US at six twenty seven
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