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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to the Roy West Radio Show right here on
Am five sixty k l v I. I am your
guest host, Debbie Bridgeman. We have a packed show today.
We're going to be talking about Child Abuse Prevention Months,
so that's going to be on the way. Also tech Dot,
so much stuff going on. The moriy Meyers Bridge is
going down and we got a lot of construction, so
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we're going to see what's going on with tech dot.
And then we're also going to talk to Bolmont ISD.
Star testing is upon us? What comparents do to help
students and what is star testing? What is all this
stuff going on? So that's all coming up. But we're
going to kick off the show. We're going to be
talking about the Amera air Cares program. We have Terry
and Lee Potter with us. Good morning, how are y'all doing?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Good morning, Good morning, thank you.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
So tell us kick it off a little bit. You
know who exactly is Terry and Lee Potter? Tell us
a little bit about the company and what you guys do.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Okay, Well, we are super excited. This is our seventh
year of what we call It's Cool to Care campaign
where we partner up with Carrier.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
And CE and to give away a full complete HVAC
system to someone that is even having some hard times
or just down on.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Their luck or just needs a little extra help. So
the deadline is April thirtieth, to get your deadline to
get your nominations in. So we're nearing the end and
we would love to have some more nominations and we'll
let Lee tell you a little bit what all we
do here at American Air Because we're growing.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
I can do it, so, Debby, thank you so much
for letting us be on. We are American Air Systems.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
We are a local HVAC home stand by generators and
plumbing company.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
We've been around.
Speaker 5 (01:55):
This is our forty third year. Mom and dad started
the business. We took it over into that seventeen. It
has been just a whirlwind for us and we are
trying to be the company that people in Southeast Texas
if they're having an issue with anything that they're dealing
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with in their home, they have an outlet. They have
a person they can get a hold of to let
them know that, yeah, there might be there might be
something that we have to deal with, but we can
get it done, we can get it over, We can
put that behind them, they don't have to worry about it,
hopefully improve.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Their comfort, peace of mind, all of that kind of stuff.
Speaker 5 (02:37):
That's kind of who we are and what's going on.
And because of this one right here, right next to me,
we are a very community driven company. Everything we do
is trying to be to make sure that Southeast Texas
understands that we know where our bread has been buttered.
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They have taken care of us for so long. We
are trying to do our best to give back.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
And you guys do a fantastic job of giving back
to the community, always doing so much, involved activities with
the Better Business Bureau, the Greater Chamber of Commerce for Beaumont,
just so many different things that you're doing to give back.
So this is just, I think, just the granddaddy of
them all what you guys want to do with this program.
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So how exactly can somebody get nominated?
Speaker 3 (03:28):
You know?
Speaker 6 (03:29):
Is it? Can you nominate yourself? Do you nominate your neighbor?
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Like?
Speaker 6 (03:32):
How what is the process? Well, certainly no.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
One at an American air can nominate anyone and actually no
one here sees the nominations, the nomination forms. We have
a committee of about twenty five people that we've handpicked
from the community in all walks of you know, their profession,
just different different people. They're the ones who come to
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get the other. At the end of the campaign, review
all the evaluate nominations, and they choose the winner.
Speaker 7 (04:08):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
So that's gonna happen early May. So hopefully the week
after we choose the winners when we'll get to make
the big reveal. So the committee is the one who
get to battle it out and choose the winner. Read
all the stories because when you nominate whoever nominates, they
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really need to write the story about the person why
they feel like the person deserves the HVAC system.
Speaker 5 (04:38):
Yeah, and there's two So there's only really two things
that you've got to pay attention to. Number one, you
got to be a homeowner and then number two, Jefferson, Harden,
Chambers and Orange Counties. That basically is the criteria. And
Terry Lynn is correct, guys. It's not about the equipment.
It is about that person. It could be a first responder,
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it could be a grandma or grandpa. It could be
a single mom, single dad. It has nothing to do
about the air conditioning equipment. It is Hey, this person
here we would like to honor that person. And the
way to think about it is is not necessarily, hey man,
they're getting a brand new air conditioning system, but they're
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going to be able to get something that gives them
comfort year round so that they don't have to worry
about that and that can be taken off of their
plate for whatever else that they're dealing with.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
That's kind of the way that this system kicked up.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
That's the way she explained it to me when we
started it, and I love it.
Speaker 6 (05:38):
So the value I mean about how much is the
system worth.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
The system can be anywhere from around twelve to sixteen
thousand dollars. You've got to remember you're getting the equipment,
you're getting all the materials, you're getting all the labor,
and our distributor and our care rep so CE is
our distributor of our carrier products. They basically what we
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do is when we find that win or, we go
find out what that house requires and we match back
to it.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
So if they have a gas.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
Furnace with an outdoor unit and condense and evaporator COLE,
that's what we go in. If their unit's a heat pump,
we match back to where they're at, we make sure
that we cover them completely, do what we need to do.
And then we're also going to also include a filtering
system that we put on Basically every system that we
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put in is called an aple air.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
That almost ensures that that system never gets dirty. And
it's a filter that's changed once a year. So it's
real simple to do.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
It's a great way of making sure that that equipment
stays effective and the longevity of that equipment stays in
place for as many years as we can.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
So if somebody wins and they run into something happens
with this, you guys are there for them to help
in any way like a year or two years.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Full Okay, so yeah, no full warranties apply.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
They get a ten year parts warranty across the board.
They get as if they paid for the equipment, they
get the same thing. And to be honest with you,
that would be a situation where and we've run into
it before where we had a winner actually have some
electrical issues. We were able to go back out and
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warranty some parts that got that failed were in charge.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Them for it because it was a warranty issue.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
And we're right there, this is not a one and
gun and gone, We're there to take care of them.
Speaker 6 (07:42):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
So tell me, you know, this is your seventh year,
so you know, with the past years, is there maybe
one or two people that really stood out, like it
really just meant everything to you guys when you were
able to bless somebody with the unit.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Well, I don't really think for me anyway, there really
has not been a favorite. All the past recipients have
just been first of all, they were in utter shock.
But I think for our five year, we did a
veteran and he was ninety one and he was a
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Korean career War veteran, and we had a big reveal
out at the municipal airport and had all the things,
We had a fly over, His entire family came out,
We had the big fire truck with the flag hanging down.
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It was just a really neat celebration, and I think
for the long it took him a while to realize
what was happening. But that was nice. But they've all
been wonderful, but that one, I think, if anything right
now stands out to.
Speaker 5 (08:58):
Me and seeing for me Committee night when Committee, when
the committee meets to go through the nominations by far
is my favorite night because we have twenty five community
leaders battling over who is going to win a unit,
and they get passionate, they argue, they fight.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
We haven't had we haven't had to separate anybody yet.
But it to me, I get.
Speaker 5 (09:24):
Very emotional that night. It is to me, it's the
it's the best part. And I've gotten to do it
six times. I can't wait to do it for the seven.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Well, you know, I work for the school district and
also even when I was at the Better Business Bureau,
a lot of people, you know, you write in an
application and a lot of times good writing skills are
so important because you have somebody that might really be
worthy of something, but the person submitting the nomination just
isn't a good writer, you know, So whether it be
Employee of the Month.
Speaker 6 (09:54):
Or a Torch Award or whatever it might be.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Sometimes, you know, it's nice that you have a committee
that's so big that can really try to you know,
sometimes you just want to go visit with these people
and you can't. You know, it's like you really want
to see because you have somebody that's really taking the
time to submit a nomination, but maybe they're just not
a good writer, right right, Yeah, so I think that
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is the case.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
I do want to mention. Currently we cover our counties
of Jefferson, Harden, Chambers, and Orange. Maybe in years to
come we'll branch out a little further, but right now
those are the counties that qualify, and you can go.
You can go onto our website, which is a M
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E R AI R dot com, a mayor air dot com,
or you can come in and submit and nomination at
one of our offices here in Beaumont or in Lumberton.
So it's real easy. And certainly if you have any questions,
you can call the office and anybody here can help you.
Speaker 5 (10:58):
Yeah, our phone numbers four O nine eight four two
twenty four zero two.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
Just give us a call. We'll be glad to help
you out.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
And we've got to have our nominations in by April thirtieth.
If you mail one, make sure that it gets here
before to the thirtieth. We can't look at postmarks because
we're already going to committee. So everything that is in
place by the thirtieth it is good to go.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
All right, sounds good, sounds good. So one more time, Terry,
what is the web.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
Address A M E.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
R AI R dot com, amaraair dot com.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
You got it, click on it, just tell just cry
on it. Make a great story.
Speaker 6 (11:46):
Yes, this and this, it's all about the story.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
It really is the story.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
It is.
Speaker 8 (11:51):
All right.
Speaker 6 (11:52):
Well, thank you guys so much for being a part
of the show. And good luck.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Thank you so much, Jevy.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
All right, we'll be right back with the Roy West
Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I.
Speaker 6 (12:06):
And that's a wrap.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
And we're back with the Roy West Radio Show on
AM five sixty klv I. I am your guest host,
Debbie Bridgeman, and April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and
with some details on things that are going on around
the area. Please welcome my guest, Alicia Jenkerson.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
How are you?
Speaker 9 (12:28):
I'm great?
Speaker 8 (12:28):
How are you?
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Debbie?
Speaker 6 (12:30):
Very very good. So let's just real fast. Where do
you work? What's your title? Why is this important to you?
Speaker 1 (12:36):
So?
Speaker 9 (12:36):
I am the faith based and Community Engagement Specialist with
the Department of Family and Protective Services. People know us
as Child Protective Services. Child protective investigations. April and Child
Abuse Prevention Month are really important because, of course at
the agency, we investigate whether abuse and neglect occurs in families,
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and then depending on what the situation is, then we
can refer the families to services and resources in the
community to help them with whatever issues that they're dealing
with at the time.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
So, just for anybody that's not familiar with you know,
I mean, we've all heard about child abuse, but I mean,
how much is that what's actually going on? Like, do
you have any stats for like twenty twenty four to
kind of give us an idea of what's going on
in our area.
Speaker 9 (13:27):
Yes, definitely, we do have the statistics for a fiscal
year twenty twenty four for Jefferson County, we had one thousand,
four hundred and eighteen completed investigations. There were five hundred
and thirty five confirmed victims. From those investigations. We did
remove one hundred and fifty seven children and place them
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in foster care due to them being unsafe in the home.
We reunified forty nine families, so we did send children
home to their families, which is our number.
Speaker 7 (14:01):
One goal, So that's awesome.
Speaker 9 (14:04):
There were sixty one children that were adopted, and we
did have two child fatalities in Jefferson County. Statewide, we
had ninety nine, so like, yes, yes, it's actually down
from last year, which is a good thing. Of course,
ninety nine is still ninety nine too many children to
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have died due to abuse and neglect. But that's why
promoting Child Abuse Prevention Month is so important and why
we take April to do that. Of course, it's also
important throughout the year, but you know, April is our
main month that we do to bring awareness to the
community exactly.
Speaker 6 (14:42):
And you guys have some events that are going on
this month.
Speaker 9 (14:46):
Yes, we've already had some events. We have some more
events going on. We actually have a partner with a
lot of other organizations that also work with children and
families in the community. One of them is Them's Assistance Center.
We're having a vigil actually tomorrow on Thursday, April tenth,
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at six pm at the Courthouse downtown in the Jury
and Paneling Room. We will be honoring those that have
lost their lives due to violence and violent crime. Saturday,
April twelfth is our second annual Family Fun Day. It's
from eleven am to three pm at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church.
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We will be in the back of the parking lot there.
We're going to have a bunch of fun activities for
children and families to do together, like the bounce houses,
different games. We'll have vendors from organizations in the community.
We'll have tables there people can come get information. Of course,
we're going to have food and drinks. We'll have snow cones,
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there'll be a bubble machine. It's just a really fun
day for families to come and spend time together. And
we do have different vigils going on throughout throughout the month.
Another big event, the last Sunday of April is Blue Sunday,
and we ask churches to pray for abused and neglected children,
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their families and also the caseworkers that work alongside them.
Speaker 7 (16:18):
Well, that's get y'all a.
Speaker 6 (16:20):
Lot of different events that are going on.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
So, you know, a lot of people have just so
many questions, you know, either how can I ask your
child or.
Speaker 6 (16:27):
How can I help?
Speaker 1 (16:28):
Or do you guys have any kind of toolkit or
something to help people that have a lot of questions.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
Yes, we do.
Speaker 9 (16:36):
We actually have a toolkit for Child Abuse Prevention Month.
So if you just google df PS child Abuse Prevention,
it'll bring up the toolkit. Also, people can go to
our website. It's d f PS dot State. I'm sorry, FPS,
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dot Texas dot gov.
Speaker 7 (17:04):
We changed our.
Speaker 9 (17:05):
Website a couple of years ago, so the previous one
came out, but there is a lot of different information
on there. Of course, people can find out anything they
need to know about the agency, about fostering, about getting.
Speaker 6 (17:18):
Involved and helping out in any way that they can do.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
You guys have volunteers or like, can people go through
a process to become a foster family?
Speaker 9 (17:28):
Definitely, we have volunteers, so there's a whole process that
you can follow to become a volunteer. We also definitely
have a process that we can refer people to if
they are interested in becoming foster or adopt parents, we
can refer them to the correct agency to get that
completed as well.
Speaker 6 (17:47):
So what else do you guys do?
Speaker 1 (17:48):
I know this is Child Abuse Prevention Month, but what
are some other things that you guys do throughout the year.
Speaker 9 (17:54):
We have different awareness months that we always have some
kind of activity.
Speaker 7 (18:00):
There is also education that we can provide.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
So if you have a group at your church or.
Speaker 9 (18:07):
Any other organization that you're a part of and y'all
want more information, we definitely can come out and talk
about that. We have different presentations about different topics that
we can provide, you know, really any any kind of
awareness that the community wants, we can definitely help out.
And also if anyone wants to volunteers for different events
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that we do, you know, we can definitely do that.
You know, back to school that'll be coming up in August,
you know, doing school supply drives or you know, I
know Christmas time seems like it's a long way away,
but we can always use assistance with that, getting Christmas
assistance for our families that we work with. So there's
really so much that that, uh, you know, we can
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we can partner with people in the community to do.
Speaker 6 (18:55):
And I guess one of the biggest things that you
guys want to.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Do is is just educate the community and let them
know what is going on in our area. And I
just think there's you know, you say awareness month, but
I think there's just a lot of people that aren't
aware of, you know, what is going on. It's not
something that's on the front page of the paper every day.
So how do you guys educate people about child abuse
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and about what you guys do as an organization?
Speaker 7 (19:22):
We can do it.
Speaker 9 (19:23):
I actually do that one on one in the community.
But we also provide webinars every month throughout the year,
and if anyone's interested in getting on our mailing list
for our newsletter, they can actually get that information.
Speaker 8 (19:41):
You know.
Speaker 9 (19:42):
We have different webinars on different topics each month. Of course,
this month we're focusing on child abuse prevention, but we
also have other topics that we can provide that training on.
Speaker 7 (19:55):
We I mean really.
Speaker 9 (20:00):
Getting calling into like it's people don't always see it.
If you don't have the one on one experience with it,
you don't really know, maybe you don't know what to
look for, maybe you don't want to get involved. And
I understand that, you know, it's we're kind of in
an era where people don't like to get involved in
other people's business. So I just encourage people. If you
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have a you know, bad feeling about something, call the hotline,
make a report. The hotline is one eight hundred two
five two fifty four hundred. And if it's something that's
happening currently, like if it's really serious, call law enforcement,
because law enforcement's going to go out immediately, and if
we need to get involved, then they will call us.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
I mean, you see so many you know, made for
TV movies or whatever of things that are going on,
and a lot of it you just don't see every day.
You know, you may not know what's going on in
somebody's house behind closed doors.
Speaker 6 (20:58):
So I guess, like you said.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Calling nine to one one, calling the hotline, even if
there's an inkling of something, I mean, I guess the
best advice is to make a call.
Speaker 9 (21:08):
Correct, yes, because we have people at statewide intake that
are trained and you know, if you call in with
as much information as you can and they're going to
take the appropriate action and it might not be anything.
I mean, it might be we go out there, we
do get involved and there's really nothing going on.
Speaker 7 (21:26):
But that's okay.
Speaker 9 (21:26):
You know you did your part in trying to make
sure that that child was safe.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Yeah, all right, tell us one more time before we
wrap up. Where what is the website and where can
people go to get more information?
Speaker 9 (21:39):
So for our toolkit, you can just google DFPS Child
Abuse Prevention Toolkit and our website is www dot d
FPS dot Texas dot gov.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
All right, sounds good, Alicia, Thank you so much for
joining the show today, and we will rememberer on April thirtieth,
right on that Sunday. To wear Blue April twenty seventh,
April twenty seventh, got it, April twenty seventh, We're blue,
all right.
Speaker 6 (22:11):
Thank you so much, Alicia, Thank you, Debbie.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
All right, we'll be right back with the Roy West
Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I. And welcome
back to the Roy West Radio Show on AM five
sixty klv I. I am your guest host, Debbie Bridgman,
and now we are talking text dot. Lots of stuff
going on in the Beaumont area. Tanya, please introduce yourself
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and tell us what is your role.
Speaker 7 (22:39):
With tech dot. Well, I am Tanya Avula. I am
the public Information officer for the Beaumont District.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
All right, so text dot, I'm sure you've been getting
a lot of questions, a lot of stuff going on.
Speaker 6 (22:51):
We see a lot of construction. The big one, I
think right now.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Is the Iten sixty nine interchange project. So kind of
give us a little bit of an update on what's
going on there.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
Right So that is one of our We have many
projects happening here in our Beaumont district, but the biggest
one right now is the IT US sixty nine interchange
project like you just mentioned, and those are actually two
projects into one. You have the Cardinal Drive Interchange project
and then you have the East Text Interchange project. The
Cardinal Drive Interchange project starts over by the Tintletown area
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near that congestion of IT ten and US sixty nine
where you have the connector, and so that's going to
address some of the congestion that we were seeing there.
And we're also adding a continuous frontite road. You know,
people don't may not know this, but there will be
a continuous frontitch road around the Tintletown area all the
way to Washington Boulevard, because, as you know, we don't
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have that right now, you know. So these projects, both
of these projects, the East Text and the Cardinal Drive,
will be adding more lanes. There are only some parts
of iten well you'll have you'll go from four lanes
to six lanes. So we're also adding lanes to some
parts of it. And then we go on to the
East Text Interchange project, and that's the one where you're
starting to see some construction. Some of you may have
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noticed some of the French roads around Calder Avenue going
to north in Harrison Streets. You're starting to see construction there.
This actually started last fall. We started relocating utilities and
I know that the contractor has been putting casting down
drainage boxes in that area. And as you know, we
did close the morning Myers Bridge on Friday, so that's
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also part of the East Text Interchange project.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
There's just so much going on right there, and I
know that there's just multiple steps.
Speaker 7 (24:38):
You know.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Some people think that you guys just decided yesterday, oh,
this would be a great idea, But there's so much planning,
so much that goes into it. And of course a
plus and minus for Beaumont is that we are right
there on the Iten Curve. There's a lot of people
that go through the Beaumont area and there is a
lot of congestion on Iten.
Speaker 6 (24:56):
It's a good thing because you have.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
A lot of people coming to the area, eating at
our restaurant, staying in our hotels, you know, doing things
in this area, but there is a lot of congestion.
Like how far ago did you guys start the planning?
And then can you give us any kind of projected
end date? Right, So, first of all, let me just
say that is an excellent point that you're making. There
are thousands of people moving to Texas every year, and
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some of those people stay here in Southeast Texas, and
so we want to make sure that our roads and our.
Speaker 7 (25:24):
System were up to standards. And that is why you're
seeing some of this construction, because we've got to keep
up with all the cars that are going through our area,
you know, with the demolition of the more Myers Bridge
that started on the eleventh. This one started back in
twenty nineteen. We had several public hearings where the public
have an opportunity to voice their concerns, to give their opinions,
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and of course we have included some of those changes
into the plan. So this stems from almost five years ago.
And so this is where we're at now. We're just
now getting to the point of what every that was
discussed at these public hearings to demolish this the bridge,
you know and.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
Something that I on east text like in front of
the mall heading up towards Lumberton.
Speaker 7 (26:11):
That's you guys, right, yes, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
So you know, we always complain about the traffic, and
it is just part of the thing, you know, if
you want things to look better. It's the same thing
with remodeling your home. You're probably gonna have to relocate
for a little while. But the stretch of road that's
right there in front of home depot in the mall
and heading up to Lumberton is so nice right now,
I mean, repaved more lanes. It's beautiful. And I just
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remember the day that I actually noticed it. You know,
sometimes you drive it every day you don't notice it,
but I noticed it.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
I was like, this is nice, you know.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
I mean, you guys have made a lot of progress
already on different projects, and sometimes in our frustration of
sitting through traffic, we forget.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
You know, right.
Speaker 7 (26:53):
And our district engineer, Martin Gonzalez, you know, he is
from the Dallas area and he lives here during the league,
and so he to him, it's so important to provide
a smoother roads that that is his that was one
of his main goals. He wants to make sure that
Southeast Texas and the Beaumont District actually has some of
the best roads, just like any other textat district. So
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that's his main focus. And he was very happy to
have that completed as well, you know. And when going
back to the Maury Meyers Bridge. You know, the family
was very involved. They knew this was coming, and so
I think people will be pleasantly surprised to see some
of the aesthetics that you're that you saw on the
bridge will be included on the underpass because the traffic
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will be going from east to west with an underpass
under it tent and then we'll be seeing the some
of the esthetics that you see now on the bridge
will be included in that underpass, and so I think
people will be pleasantly surprised to see that that was added.
And I've seen the renderings. I think people were pleasantly
surprised and very happy with it.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
So so so the deml is going on, So what
the whole bridge is just coming down, right.
Speaker 7 (28:04):
So we're going to have to do it in phases.
As you know, it's the bridge closed at seven am
on Friday, and then there will be no construction or
lane closures on Easter weekend. That's the weekend coming up.
And then there's going to be a total freeway closure
beginning May May second through May fifth because the contractor
is going to bring down the bridge and so traffic
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will be routed to the Furntitch roads and then the
weekend of the ninth, the twelfth, we will also be
closing down some of the Frontich roads to get rid
of the other part of the bridge. Will be done
in phases through several weekends. So whether permitting that is
to schedule, it is subject to change, because as you know,
whether here in Southeast Sex's does change. But that is
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the plan right now, and that schedule is available on
our Facebook pages and has been It's given to the
City of Beaumont and local media as well.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
And I think that's the best thing for all of
us as drivers in this area, is that we need
to have patients and understanding and know that it's going
to be good in the end. But you know, I
guess what are the best tools that we can use
to go on and find out alternate routes that we
can take while all this going on? You know, seeing
because like even right now on the front ofge Road
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at calder like going under the bridge that's already backed up,
So like where where's going to be the best place
for us to go? So we're mentally and physically prepared
for the closures.
Speaker 7 (29:33):
Well, we always ask people to go to our website
drive Texas dot org that's going to have the latest
road conditions here in the Vermont District and other districts
as well. We also do I do send out traffic
alerts to the local media and anyone that wants to
sign up, all they have to do is reach out
to me and I can add them to those traffic alerts.
So you'll be getting traffic alerts not only for Beaumont,
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but for also Jefferson, I mean at Chambers County, Orange
County and other counties, just depending what's going on. And
of course you can also find this information on our
social media platforms. I try to only post a major
traffic alerts happening on our social media pages, but that
is where people can go and get this information.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
Okay, so let's talk about some of the campaigns that
you do, because you guys are really good about getting
different messages out to motorists while they're driving. So National
work Zone Awareness Week, which we all need to really
be aware, but that's coming up, yes, ma'am.
Speaker 7 (30:30):
That kicks off National Worksonne Awareness. We kicks off April
twenty first and it goes through April twenty fifth. And
this is our opportunity to remind drivers to be safe
when they're driving through these construction zones because these are
men that are working and that want to get home
at the end of the day to their families, and
so we take this opportunity to tell drivers to their
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part to reduce zone crashes and fatalities. We ask drivers
to slow down, go this post of speed limit or slower,
pay attention. You don't want to text and drive or
have any other destructions in the vehicle with you. We
ask drivers to watch out for road crews. You know,
they have to wear certain clothing out there very visible,
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but we want you to be more more aware of
these workers when they're out there. Don't tellgate, you know,
I know it's fustioning. We all have places to go.
But that leads into the other bullet point, which is
allow extra time. If you know you're going to be
driving through a construction zone, allow extra time. Leave a
couple of minutes early. It all depends on where you're going,
on who you know, where you're trying to get to.
(31:33):
You know, for me personally, I like to leave the
house ten minutes early because that's what works for me.
For some people, it'll be twenty minutes. It just depends.
It's just a matter of planning. I think it's very
considerate just to think of other drivers when you're on
the roads.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
And that is a good point because, yeah, sometimes frustrations.
Speaker 6 (31:52):
We don't want that at all. So well, one more
time time you.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
Where can people go to get information about all of
the construction projects going on in southeast Texas.
Speaker 7 (32:01):
So you can go to our website text dot dot
gov and then you can go to the project page.
There is a link on there where you can click
on projects and then it'll take you to the Beaumont
District and you can look at some of the current
projects and some of the upcoming projects. You get information
on that, and of course for any road conditions, you
can visit our drive Texas dot org to get the
latest road conditions happening here in our district and the states.
Speaker 6 (32:23):
All right, Tanya, thank you so much for being a
part of the show.
Speaker 7 (32:26):
You're so welcome. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
You bet we'll be right back with the Roy West
Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I.
Speaker 6 (32:37):
And we're back with the Roy.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
West Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I, and
our next guest is with Beaumont ISD Star testing season
is upon us and Dnett Menendez is joining us.
Speaker 6 (32:52):
Dnett, how are you.
Speaker 8 (32:53):
I'm doing great. I'm doing great and excited.
Speaker 6 (32:57):
Excited about testing, okay.
Speaker 8 (33:00):
Testing because I know we're gonna do awesome.
Speaker 6 (33:03):
We're gonna do awesome.
Speaker 1 (33:04):
For anybody that doesn't know, Janette, what is your title
and exactly what are you responsible for?
Speaker 6 (33:09):
A momon id.
Speaker 8 (33:10):
So I'm a director of Assessment and Accountability. And then
actually what I do is I keep everybody, all the campuses,
all the campus testing coordinators, We train and we get
ready to have a wonderful testing season.
Speaker 1 (33:29):
And it is testing season and the play season all
the campuses. Right now, the kids are like, oh my gosh,
all I'm hearing about is Star. But Star is very important.
So kind of give a little history on you know,
why is Star important?
Speaker 8 (33:43):
So basically what Star does? It measures how the student perform.
And it's important because parents will be able to know
how the students are doing, are they learning? How can
we help them? So it is we encourage every parent
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to be involved with all this start and the testing.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
And I know I know even when my student was
in school, I know that you know, I think that
very first time that he had a Star test, he
was so stressed out.
Speaker 6 (34:19):
And after that he was like, oh, no, I got it.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
It's good.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
But it's a lot of preparation. It's a lot of
keeping those kids on track. I know that, you know,
we have a lot of tips to help parents, you know,
prepare their kids. Just little things that they can do,
like a good night's rest and eating a good breakfast.
What are some other things that parents can do to
help prepare their kids.
Speaker 8 (34:40):
So actually the parents can understand what is start and
can of actually go and practice with their kids and
be able to see what they're going to go through
and what they're going to be experiencing. So the online
testing is available for the so they can go and
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practice everything that they're going to be facing on the
Star day.
Speaker 6 (35:08):
I think it's great. I think to have the parents
support and.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
I know even on some campuses they have you know,
like some of the parents and business partners they're they're
just high five in the kids on Star Testing day
and just you know, keeping them in a positive mindset
and just getting.
Speaker 6 (35:25):
Them prepared for their day, for their testing.
Speaker 8 (35:28):
And our heart is that they won't be scared of it,
but that will be an opportunity for them to show
how much they have learned during the year. So our teachers,
our staff are excited and that we're celebrating their accomplishments.
Speaker 6 (35:43):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (35:44):
So tell me what does the federal law say about
opting out of a Star test?
Speaker 8 (35:50):
So basically, the federal law tells you you are not
to opt out. But because what happened is that the
federal law is expecting us, expecting every child to be tested,
and when you don't do it, then you miss the
opportunity first to know data, to know how your student
(36:11):
is doing, and also understand how they are learning and
the curriculum are they learning the.
Speaker 3 (36:19):
Curriculum and the federal law.
Speaker 8 (36:22):
Every Student's Success Act requires that all students be assessed
in specific grades and subjects throughout the academic careers.
Speaker 3 (36:32):
So it's a mandate from the federal government.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
So tell us a little bit about like some of
the updates when you're seeing the spring results, is there
anything different this year or you know, how does that
all come about?
Speaker 8 (36:44):
So families will be able to see more transparency under
the results. Actually they can be They will be able
as before to see their spores. But also they're going
to be able to see the test questions and they
will be able to see how the student responded to
that test question.
Speaker 3 (37:04):
Did the student answer the question?
Speaker 8 (37:06):
And that way, when they see the responses, they can say, hey,
I know that you can do better, or you know,
give them tips so how to improve as in some
of them and also in telpass, I don't know even
though we're doing START, but telpass is another test that
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we have you just finished where the student speaks. The
student will be our parent and the student will be
able to listen to what the student have spoken into
the microphone.
Speaker 6 (37:39):
And like you were saying, there's all different kinds of
tests and not just START.
Speaker 1 (37:43):
I know there's a lot of kids, especially at our
high schools, that are going to be doing the AP test,
so you have a hand in that.
Speaker 6 (37:50):
So tell us a little bit about the AP test.
Speaker 8 (37:53):
So AP test is a great opportunity for the student
to show how much they know that they can work
in a college level. And also they can earn credits
for college, so you're saving money to the parents and time.
Speaker 3 (38:12):
So they can take other classes.
Speaker 8 (38:14):
So I know that, yeah, and college is expensive, so
let's just go ahead and take advantage of this. The
college understand when they see the student's resume that this
student is up to the work, that they are willing
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to do college work, and that they're ready for it,
so they have more opportunities to be accepted into their
college when they see that the student have chosen to
take AP classes. In bisD, we have more than fifteen
different AP classes from English, social studies, Biology, Art, so
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it's a lot of opportunities for our students to participate
in this program. I love it.
Speaker 1 (39:02):
And like I said, my child did the AP classes
so he had those opportunities and was an AP scholar
and yeah, it helped a little bit with college, so
that's always a good thing. So four parents that need
a little more information, a little you know, more ideas
of how they can be involved.
Speaker 6 (39:22):
Where can they go to get more information?
Speaker 8 (39:24):
So this year I am so proud of BID because
we are stepping up to the plate and we thought, okay,
we need to have something for the parents to be
able to touch and see. So in our bisD website,
students start Success, we can you can go and see
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online practice, go specific to look at how the test
looks and just it gives you tips of how to
help your student. It also shows you some small short
deals of tools that you can see happening in the test.
(40:06):
So Star success is the you just tarted Star success
and you'll be able to access that.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
Resources fantastic and the website for Mama i SD is
b mti SD dot com. Parents make sure your kids
are ready for the Star testing and we also as
the community to high five those kids and give them
all the confidence that they need. Tonnet Menendez, thank you
so much for joining us today.
Speaker 8 (40:35):
My pleasure and good luck, and we'll be right.
Speaker 1 (40:39):
Back with the Roy West Radio Show on a M
five sixty klv I.
Speaker 3 (40:44):
Thank you, bye bye.
Speaker 6 (40:48):
With the Roy West.
Speaker 1 (40:49):
Radio Show on a M five sixty klv I. I'm
your guest host, Debbie Bridgeman. We have had a pact
show today kicking it off with Ameera Air Cares. It
is their Cool to Care campaign and you can submit
nominations through the end of April April thirtieth. They have
got to have those nominations. Go to a mayor air
dot com that's a M E R AI R dot
(41:13):
com for more information and to submit your nomination. We
also talked with Alicia Jenkerson about Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Speaker 6 (41:21):
If you want any.
Speaker 1 (41:22):
Information, you need education, you need details, go to d
FPS dot Texas dot gov, d f P S dot
Texas dot gov.
Speaker 6 (41:33):
You can also call ALESHA.
Speaker 1 (41:34):
Four O nine five four six three nine zero that's
four O nine five O four sixty three nine zero if.
Speaker 6 (41:42):
You need some more information.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
And on Sunday, April twenty seventh, wear blue.
Speaker 6 (41:46):
That is where Blue Day.
Speaker 1 (41:48):
We also talked with tech dot because construction in this
area is everywhere, and she was able to give us
a lot of project updates things going on the construction notices.
You can go to text dot dot gov that's t
X D O T dot g o.
Speaker 6 (42:04):
V for more information on the projects. Just patients.
Speaker 1 (42:09):
Patience is a virtue, and we're going to need it
for a while.
Speaker 6 (42:13):
So hang in there, y'all. We're going to get through this.
Speaker 1 (42:16):
We also talked with Dinnette with b I s D
about Star testing and the ways that students are going
to be testing and the way that parents can help
their kids. You can go to b M T I
s D dot com for a toolkit and ways to
help your student during all of the testing.
Speaker 6 (42:32):
That's b M T I s D dot com once again.
My name is Debbie Bridgeman.
Speaker 1 (42:36):
Thank you for being a part of the Roy West
Radio show right here.
Speaker 6 (42:40):
On a M five sixty k l V. I hope
you have a great day
Welcome to the Roy West Radio Show right here on
Am five sixty k l v I. I am your
guest host, Debbie Bridgeman. We have a packed show today.
We're going to be talking about Child Abuse Prevention Months,
so that's going to be on the way. Also tech Dot,
so much stuff going on. The moriy Meyers Bridge is
going down and we got a lot of construction, so
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we're going to see what's going on with tech dot.
And then we're also going to talk to Bolmont ISD.
Star testing is upon us? What comparents do to help
students and what is star testing? What is all this
stuff going on? So that's all coming up. But we're
going to kick off the show. We're going to be
talking about the Amera air Cares program. We have Terry
and Lee Potter with us. Good morning, how are y'all doing?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Good morning, Good morning, thank you.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
So tell us kick it off a little bit. You
know who exactly is Terry and Lee Potter? Tell us
a little bit about the company and what you guys do.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Okay, Well, we are super excited. This is our seventh
year of what we call It's Cool to Care campaign
where we partner up with Carrier.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
And CE and to give away a full complete HVAC
system to someone that is even having some hard times
or just down on.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Their luck or just needs a little extra help. So
the deadline is April thirtieth, to get your deadline to
get your nominations in. So we're nearing the end and
we would love to have some more nominations and we'll
let Lee tell you a little bit what all we
do here at American Air Because we're growing.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
I can do it, so, Debby, thank you so much
for letting us be on. We are American Air Systems.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
We are a local HVAC home stand by generators and
plumbing company.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
We've been around.
Speaker 5 (01:55):
This is our forty third year. Mom and dad started
the business. We took it over into that seventeen. It
has been just a whirlwind for us and we are
trying to be the company that people in Southeast Texas
if they're having an issue with anything that they're dealing
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with in their home, they have an outlet. They have
a person they can get a hold of to let
them know that, yeah, there might be there might be
something that we have to deal with, but we can
get it done, we can get it over, We can
put that behind them, they don't have to worry about it,
hopefully improve.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Their comfort, peace of mind, all of that kind of stuff.
Speaker 5 (02:37):
That's kind of who we are and what's going on.
And because of this one right here, right next to me,
we are a very community driven company. Everything we do
is trying to be to make sure that Southeast Texas
understands that we know where our bread has been buttered.
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They have taken care of us for so long. We
are trying to do our best to give back.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
And you guys do a fantastic job of giving back
to the community, always doing so much, involved activities with
the Better Business Bureau, the Greater Chamber of Commerce for Beaumont,
just so many different things that you're doing to give back.
So this is just, I think, just the granddaddy of
them all what you guys want to do with this program.
(03:25):
So how exactly can somebody get nominated?
Speaker 3 (03:28):
You know?
Speaker 6 (03:29):
Is it? Can you nominate yourself? Do you nominate your neighbor?
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Like?
Speaker 6 (03:32):
How what is the process? Well, certainly no.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
One at an American air can nominate anyone and actually no
one here sees the nominations, the nomination forms. We have
a committee of about twenty five people that we've handpicked
from the community in all walks of you know, their profession,
just different different people. They're the ones who come to
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get the other. At the end of the campaign, review
all the evaluate nominations, and they choose the winner.
Speaker 7 (04:08):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
So that's gonna happen early May. So hopefully the week
after we choose the winners when we'll get to make
the big reveal. So the committee is the one who
get to battle it out and choose the winner. Read
all the stories because when you nominate whoever nominates, they
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really need to write the story about the person why
they feel like the person deserves the HVAC system.
Speaker 5 (04:38):
Yeah, and there's two So there's only really two things
that you've got to pay attention to. Number one, you
got to be a homeowner and then number two, Jefferson, Harden,
Chambers and Orange Counties. That basically is the criteria. And
Terry Lynn is correct, guys. It's not about the equipment.
It is about that person. It could be a first responder,
(04:59):
it could be a grandma or grandpa. It could be
a single mom, single dad. It has nothing to do
about the air conditioning equipment. It is Hey, this person
here we would like to honor that person. And the
way to think about it is is not necessarily, hey man,
they're getting a brand new air conditioning system, but they're
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going to be able to get something that gives them
comfort year round so that they don't have to worry
about that and that can be taken off of their
plate for whatever else that they're dealing with.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
That's kind of the way that this system kicked up.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
That's the way she explained it to me when we
started it, and I love it.
Speaker 6 (05:38):
So the value I mean about how much is the
system worth.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
The system can be anywhere from around twelve to sixteen
thousand dollars. You've got to remember you're getting the equipment,
you're getting all the materials, you're getting all the labor,
and our distributor and our care rep so CE is
our distributor of our carrier products. They basically what we
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do is when we find that win or, we go
find out what that house requires and we match back
to it.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
So if they have a gas.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
Furnace with an outdoor unit and condense and evaporator COLE,
that's what we go in. If their unit's a heat pump,
we match back to where they're at, we make sure
that we cover them completely, do what we need to do.
And then we're also going to also include a filtering
system that we put on Basically every system that we
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put in is called an aple air.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
That almost ensures that that system never gets dirty. And
it's a filter that's changed once a year. So it's
real simple to do.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
It's a great way of making sure that that equipment
stays effective and the longevity of that equipment stays in
place for as many years as we can.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
So if somebody wins and they run into something happens
with this, you guys are there for them to help
in any way like a year or two years.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Full Okay, so yeah, no full warranties apply.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
They get a ten year parts warranty across the board.
They get as if they paid for the equipment, they
get the same thing. And to be honest with you,
that would be a situation where and we've run into
it before where we had a winner actually have some
electrical issues. We were able to go back out and
(07:29):
warranty some parts that got that failed were in charge.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Them for it because it was a warranty issue.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
And we're right there, this is not a one and
gun and gone, We're there to take care of them.
Speaker 6 (07:42):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
So tell me, you know, this is your seventh year,
so you know, with the past years, is there maybe
one or two people that really stood out, like it
really just meant everything to you guys when you were
able to bless somebody with the unit.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Well, I don't really think for me anyway, there really
has not been a favorite. All the past recipients have
just been first of all, they were in utter shock.
But I think for our five year, we did a
veteran and he was ninety one and he was a
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Korean career War veteran, and we had a big reveal
out at the municipal airport and had all the things,
We had a fly over, His entire family came out,
We had the big fire truck with the flag hanging down.
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It was just a really neat celebration, and I think
for the long it took him a while to realize
what was happening. But that was nice. But they've all
been wonderful, but that one, I think, if anything right
now stands out to.
Speaker 5 (08:58):
Me and seeing for me Committee night when Committee, when
the committee meets to go through the nominations by far
is my favorite night because we have twenty five community
leaders battling over who is going to win a unit,
and they get passionate, they argue, they fight.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
We haven't had we haven't had to separate anybody yet.
But it to me, I get.
Speaker 5 (09:24):
Very emotional that night. It is to me, it's the
it's the best part. And I've gotten to do it
six times. I can't wait to do it for the seven.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Well, you know, I work for the school district and
also even when I was at the Better Business Bureau,
a lot of people, you know, you write in an
application and a lot of times good writing skills are
so important because you have somebody that might really be
worthy of something, but the person submitting the nomination just
isn't a good writer, you know, So whether it be
Employee of the Month.
Speaker 6 (09:54):
Or a Torch Award or whatever it might be.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Sometimes, you know, it's nice that you have a committee
that's so big that can really try to you know,
sometimes you just want to go visit with these people
and you can't. You know, it's like you really want
to see because you have somebody that's really taking the
time to submit a nomination, but maybe they're just not
a good writer, right right, Yeah, so I think that
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is the case.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
I do want to mention. Currently we cover our counties
of Jefferson, Harden, Chambers, and Orange. Maybe in years to
come we'll branch out a little further, but right now
those are the counties that qualify, and you can go.
You can go onto our website, which is a M
(10:40):
E R AI R dot com, a mayor air dot com,
or you can come in and submit and nomination at
one of our offices here in Beaumont or in Lumberton.
So it's real easy. And certainly if you have any questions,
you can call the office and anybody here can help you.
Speaker 5 (10:58):
Yeah, our phone numbers four O nine eight four two
twenty four zero two.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
Just give us a call. We'll be glad to help
you out.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
And we've got to have our nominations in by April thirtieth.
If you mail one, make sure that it gets here
before to the thirtieth. We can't look at postmarks because
we're already going to committee. So everything that is in
place by the thirtieth it is good to go.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
All right, sounds good, sounds good. So one more time, Terry,
what is the web.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
Address A M E.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
R AI R dot com, amaraair dot com.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
You got it, click on it, just tell just cry
on it. Make a great story.
Speaker 6 (11:46):
Yes, this and this, it's all about the story.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
It really is the story.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
It is.
Speaker 8 (11:51):
All right.
Speaker 6 (11:52):
Well, thank you guys so much for being a part
of the show. And good luck.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Thank you so much, Jevy.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
All right, we'll be right back with the Roy West
Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I.
Speaker 6 (12:06):
And that's a wrap.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
And we're back with the Roy West Radio Show on
AM five sixty klv I. I am your guest host,
Debbie Bridgeman, and April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and
with some details on things that are going on around
the area. Please welcome my guest, Alicia Jenkerson.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
How are you?
Speaker 9 (12:28):
I'm great?
Speaker 8 (12:28):
How are you?
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Debbie?
Speaker 6 (12:30):
Very very good. So let's just real fast. Where do
you work? What's your title? Why is this important to you?
Speaker 1 (12:36):
So?
Speaker 9 (12:36):
I am the faith based and Community Engagement Specialist with
the Department of Family and Protective Services. People know us
as Child Protective Services. Child protective investigations. April and Child
Abuse Prevention Month are really important because, of course at
the agency, we investigate whether abuse and neglect occurs in families,
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and then depending on what the situation is, then we
can refer the families to services and resources in the
community to help them with whatever issues that they're dealing
with at the time.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
So, just for anybody that's not familiar with you know,
I mean, we've all heard about child abuse, but I mean,
how much is that what's actually going on? Like, do
you have any stats for like twenty twenty four to
kind of give us an idea of what's going on
in our area.
Speaker 9 (13:27):
Yes, definitely, we do have the statistics for a fiscal
year twenty twenty four for Jefferson County, we had one thousand,
four hundred and eighteen completed investigations. There were five hundred
and thirty five confirmed victims. From those investigations. We did
remove one hundred and fifty seven children and place them
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in foster care due to them being unsafe in the home.
We reunified forty nine families, so we did send children
home to their families, which is our number.
Speaker 7 (14:01):
One goal, So that's awesome.
Speaker 9 (14:04):
There were sixty one children that were adopted, and we
did have two child fatalities in Jefferson County. Statewide, we
had ninety nine, so like, yes, yes, it's actually down
from last year, which is a good thing. Of course,
ninety nine is still ninety nine too many children to
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have died due to abuse and neglect. But that's why
promoting Child Abuse Prevention Month is so important and why
we take April to do that. Of course, it's also
important throughout the year, but you know, April is our
main month that we do to bring awareness to the
community exactly.
Speaker 6 (14:42):
And you guys have some events that are going on
this month.
Speaker 9 (14:46):
Yes, we've already had some events. We have some more
events going on. We actually have a partner with a
lot of other organizations that also work with children and
families in the community. One of them is Them's Assistance Center.
We're having a vigil actually tomorrow on Thursday, April tenth,
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at six pm at the Courthouse downtown in the Jury
and Paneling Room. We will be honoring those that have
lost their lives due to violence and violent crime. Saturday,
April twelfth is our second annual Family Fun Day. It's
from eleven am to three pm at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church.
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We will be in the back of the parking lot there.
We're going to have a bunch of fun activities for
children and families to do together, like the bounce houses,
different games. We'll have vendors from organizations in the community.
We'll have tables there people can come get information. Of course,
we're going to have food and drinks. We'll have snow cones,
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there'll be a bubble machine. It's just a really fun
day for families to come and spend time together. And
we do have different vigils going on throughout throughout the month.
Another big event, the last Sunday of April is Blue Sunday,
and we ask churches to pray for abused and neglected children,
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their families and also the caseworkers that work alongside them.
Speaker 7 (16:18):
Well, that's get y'all a.
Speaker 6 (16:20):
Lot of different events that are going on.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
So, you know, a lot of people have just so
many questions, you know, either how can I ask your
child or.
Speaker 6 (16:27):
How can I help?
Speaker 1 (16:28):
Or do you guys have any kind of toolkit or
something to help people that have a lot of questions.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
Yes, we do.
Speaker 9 (16:36):
We actually have a toolkit for Child Abuse Prevention Month.
So if you just google df PS child Abuse Prevention,
it'll bring up the toolkit. Also, people can go to
our website. It's d f PS dot State. I'm sorry, FPS,
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dot Texas dot gov.
Speaker 7 (17:04):
We changed our.
Speaker 9 (17:05):
Website a couple of years ago, so the previous one
came out, but there is a lot of different information
on there. Of course, people can find out anything they
need to know about the agency, about fostering, about getting.
Speaker 6 (17:18):
Involved and helping out in any way that they can do.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
You guys have volunteers or like, can people go through
a process to become a foster family?
Speaker 9 (17:28):
Definitely, we have volunteers, so there's a whole process that
you can follow to become a volunteer. We also definitely
have a process that we can refer people to if
they are interested in becoming foster or adopt parents, we
can refer them to the correct agency to get that
completed as well.
Speaker 6 (17:47):
So what else do you guys do?
Speaker 1 (17:48):
I know this is Child Abuse Prevention Month, but what
are some other things that you guys do throughout the year.
Speaker 9 (17:54):
We have different awareness months that we always have some
kind of activity.
Speaker 7 (18:00):
There is also education that we can provide.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
So if you have a group at your church or.
Speaker 9 (18:07):
Any other organization that you're a part of and y'all
want more information, we definitely can come out and talk
about that. We have different presentations about different topics that
we can provide, you know, really any any kind of
awareness that the community wants, we can definitely help out.
And also if anyone wants to volunteers for different events
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that we do, you know, we can definitely do that.
You know, back to school that'll be coming up in August,
you know, doing school supply drives or you know, I
know Christmas time seems like it's a long way away,
but we can always use assistance with that, getting Christmas
assistance for our families that we work with. So there's
really so much that that, uh, you know, we can
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we can partner with people in the community to do.
Speaker 6 (18:55):
And I guess one of the biggest things that you
guys want to.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Do is is just educate the community and let them
know what is going on in our area. And I
just think there's you know, you say awareness month, but
I think there's just a lot of people that aren't
aware of, you know, what is going on. It's not
something that's on the front page of the paper every day.
So how do you guys educate people about child abuse
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and about what you guys do as an organization?
Speaker 7 (19:22):
We can do it.
Speaker 9 (19:23):
I actually do that one on one in the community.
But we also provide webinars every month throughout the year,
and if anyone's interested in getting on our mailing list
for our newsletter, they can actually get that information.
Speaker 8 (19:41):
You know.
Speaker 9 (19:42):
We have different webinars on different topics each month. Of course,
this month we're focusing on child abuse prevention, but we
also have other topics that we can provide that training on.
Speaker 7 (19:55):
We I mean really.
Speaker 9 (20:00):
Getting calling into like it's people don't always see it.
If you don't have the one on one experience with it,
you don't really know, maybe you don't know what to
look for, maybe you don't want to get involved. And
I understand that, you know, it's we're kind of in
an era where people don't like to get involved in
other people's business. So I just encourage people. If you
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have a you know, bad feeling about something, call the hotline,
make a report. The hotline is one eight hundred two
five two fifty four hundred. And if it's something that's
happening currently, like if it's really serious, call law enforcement,
because law enforcement's going to go out immediately, and if
we need to get involved, then they will call us.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
I mean, you see so many you know, made for
TV movies or whatever of things that are going on,
and a lot of it you just don't see every day.
You know, you may not know what's going on in
somebody's house behind closed doors.
Speaker 6 (20:58):
So I guess, like you said.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Calling nine to one one, calling the hotline, even if
there's an inkling of something, I mean, I guess the
best advice is to make a call.
Speaker 9 (21:08):
Correct, yes, because we have people at statewide intake that
are trained and you know, if you call in with
as much information as you can and they're going to
take the appropriate action and it might not be anything.
I mean, it might be we go out there, we
do get involved and there's really nothing going on.
Speaker 7 (21:26):
But that's okay.
Speaker 9 (21:26):
You know you did your part in trying to make
sure that that child was safe.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Yeah, all right, tell us one more time before we
wrap up. Where what is the website and where can
people go to get more information?
Speaker 9 (21:39):
So for our toolkit, you can just google DFPS Child
Abuse Prevention Toolkit and our website is www dot d
FPS dot Texas dot gov.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
All right, sounds good, Alicia, Thank you so much for
joining the show today, and we will rememberer on April thirtieth,
right on that Sunday. To wear Blue April twenty seventh,
April twenty seventh, got it, April twenty seventh, We're blue,
all right.
Speaker 6 (22:11):
Thank you so much, Alicia, Thank you, Debbie.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
All right, we'll be right back with the Roy West
Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I. And welcome
back to the Roy West Radio Show on AM five
sixty klv I. I am your guest host, Debbie Bridgman,
and now we are talking text dot. Lots of stuff
going on in the Beaumont area. Tanya, please introduce yourself
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and tell us what is your role.
Speaker 7 (22:39):
With tech dot. Well, I am Tanya Avula. I am
the public Information officer for the Beaumont District.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
All right, so text dot, I'm sure you've been getting
a lot of questions, a lot of stuff going on.
Speaker 6 (22:51):
We see a lot of construction. The big one, I
think right now.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Is the Iten sixty nine interchange project. So kind of
give us a little bit of an update on what's
going on there.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
Right So that is one of our We have many
projects happening here in our Beaumont district, but the biggest
one right now is the IT US sixty nine interchange
project like you just mentioned, and those are actually two
projects into one. You have the Cardinal Drive Interchange project
and then you have the East Text Interchange project. The
Cardinal Drive Interchange project starts over by the Tintletown area
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near that congestion of IT ten and US sixty nine
where you have the connector, and so that's going to
address some of the congestion that we were seeing there.
And we're also adding a continuous frontite road. You know,
people don't may not know this, but there will be
a continuous frontitch road around the Tintletown area all the
way to Washington Boulevard, because, as you know, we don't
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have that right now, you know. So these projects, both
of these projects, the East Text and the Cardinal Drive,
will be adding more lanes. There are only some parts
of iten well you'll have you'll go from four lanes
to six lanes. So we're also adding lanes to some
parts of it. And then we go on to the
East Text Interchange project, and that's the one where you're
starting to see some construction. Some of you may have
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noticed some of the French roads around Calder Avenue going
to north in Harrison Streets. You're starting to see construction there.
This actually started last fall. We started relocating utilities and
I know that the contractor has been putting casting down
drainage boxes in that area. And as you know, we
did close the morning Myers Bridge on Friday, so that's
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also part of the East Text Interchange project.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
There's just so much going on right there, and I
know that there's just multiple steps.
Speaker 7 (24:38):
You know.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Some people think that you guys just decided yesterday, oh,
this would be a great idea, But there's so much planning,
so much that goes into it. And of course a
plus and minus for Beaumont is that we are right
there on the Iten Curve. There's a lot of people
that go through the Beaumont area and there is a
lot of congestion on Iten.
Speaker 6 (24:56):
It's a good thing because you have.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
A lot of people coming to the area, eating at
our restaurant, staying in our hotels, you know, doing things
in this area, but there is a lot of congestion.
Like how far ago did you guys start the planning?
And then can you give us any kind of projected
end date? Right, So, first of all, let me just
say that is an excellent point that you're making. There
are thousands of people moving to Texas every year, and
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some of those people stay here in Southeast Texas, and
so we want to make sure that our roads and our.
Speaker 7 (25:24):
System were up to standards. And that is why you're
seeing some of this construction, because we've got to keep
up with all the cars that are going through our area,
you know, with the demolition of the more Myers Bridge
that started on the eleventh. This one started back in
twenty nineteen. We had several public hearings where the public
have an opportunity to voice their concerns, to give their opinions,
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and of course we have included some of those changes
into the plan. So this stems from almost five years ago.
And so this is where we're at now. We're just
now getting to the point of what every that was
discussed at these public hearings to demolish this the bridge,
you know and.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
Something that I on east text like in front of
the mall heading up towards Lumberton.
Speaker 7 (26:11):
That's you guys, right, yes, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
So you know, we always complain about the traffic, and
it is just part of the thing, you know, if
you want things to look better. It's the same thing
with remodeling your home. You're probably gonna have to relocate
for a little while. But the stretch of road that's
right there in front of home depot in the mall
and heading up to Lumberton is so nice right now,
I mean, repaved more lanes. It's beautiful. And I just
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remember the day that I actually noticed it. You know,
sometimes you drive it every day you don't notice it,
but I noticed it.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
I was like, this is nice, you know.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
I mean, you guys have made a lot of progress
already on different projects, and sometimes in our frustration of
sitting through traffic, we forget.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
You know, right.
Speaker 7 (26:53):
And our district engineer, Martin Gonzalez, you know, he is
from the Dallas area and he lives here during the league,
and so he to him, it's so important to provide
a smoother roads that that is his that was one
of his main goals. He wants to make sure that
Southeast Texas and the Beaumont District actually has some of
the best roads, just like any other textat district. So
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that's his main focus. And he was very happy to
have that completed as well, you know. And when going
back to the Maury Meyers Bridge. You know, the family
was very involved. They knew this was coming, and so
I think people will be pleasantly surprised to see some
of the aesthetics that you're that you saw on the
bridge will be included on the underpass because the traffic
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will be going from east to west with an underpass
under it tent and then we'll be seeing the some
of the esthetics that you see now on the bridge
will be included in that underpass, and so I think
people will be pleasantly surprised to see that that was added.
And I've seen the renderings. I think people were pleasantly
surprised and very happy with it.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
So so so the deml is going on, So what
the whole bridge is just coming down, right.
Speaker 7 (28:04):
So we're going to have to do it in phases.
As you know, it's the bridge closed at seven am
on Friday, and then there will be no construction or
lane closures on Easter weekend. That's the weekend coming up.
And then there's going to be a total freeway closure
beginning May May second through May fifth because the contractor
is going to bring down the bridge and so traffic
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will be routed to the Furntitch roads and then the
weekend of the ninth, the twelfth, we will also be
closing down some of the Frontich roads to get rid
of the other part of the bridge. Will be done
in phases through several weekends. So whether permitting that is
to schedule, it is subject to change, because as you know,
whether here in Southeast Sex's does change. But that is
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the plan right now, and that schedule is available on
our Facebook pages and has been It's given to the
City of Beaumont and local media as well.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
And I think that's the best thing for all of
us as drivers in this area, is that we need
to have patients and understanding and know that it's going
to be good in the end. But you know, I
guess what are the best tools that we can use
to go on and find out alternate routes that we
can take while all this going on? You know, seeing
because like even right now on the front ofge Road
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at calder like going under the bridge that's already backed up,
So like where where's going to be the best place
for us to go? So we're mentally and physically prepared
for the closures.
Speaker 7 (29:33):
Well, we always ask people to go to our website
drive Texas dot org that's going to have the latest
road conditions here in the Vermont District and other districts
as well. We also do I do send out traffic
alerts to the local media and anyone that wants to
sign up, all they have to do is reach out
to me and I can add them to those traffic alerts.
So you'll be getting traffic alerts not only for Beaumont,
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but for also Jefferson, I mean at Chambers County, Orange
County and other counties, just depending what's going on. And
of course you can also find this information on our
social media platforms. I try to only post a major
traffic alerts happening on our social media pages, but that
is where people can go and get this information.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
Okay, so let's talk about some of the campaigns that
you do, because you guys are really good about getting
different messages out to motorists while they're driving. So National
work Zone Awareness Week, which we all need to really
be aware, but that's coming up, yes, ma'am.
Speaker 7 (30:30):
That kicks off National Worksonne Awareness. We kicks off April
twenty first and it goes through April twenty fifth. And
this is our opportunity to remind drivers to be safe
when they're driving through these construction zones because these are
men that are working and that want to get home
at the end of the day to their families, and
so we take this opportunity to tell drivers to their
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part to reduce zone crashes and fatalities. We ask drivers
to slow down, go this post of speed limit or slower,
pay attention. You don't want to text and drive or
have any other destructions in the vehicle with you. We
ask drivers to watch out for road crews. You know,
they have to wear certain clothing out there very visible,
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but we want you to be more more aware of
these workers when they're out there. Don't tellgate, you know,
I know it's fustioning. We all have places to go.
But that leads into the other bullet point, which is
allow extra time. If you know you're going to be
driving through a construction zone, allow extra time. Leave a
couple of minutes early. It all depends on where you're going,
on who you know, where you're trying to get to.
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You know, for me personally, I like to leave the
house ten minutes early because that's what works for me.
For some people, it'll be twenty minutes. It just depends.
It's just a matter of planning. I think it's very
considerate just to think of other drivers when you're on
the roads.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
And that is a good point because, yeah, sometimes frustrations.
Speaker 6 (31:52):
We don't want that at all. So well, one more
time time you.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
Where can people go to get information about all of
the construction projects going on in southeast Texas.
Speaker 7 (32:01):
So you can go to our website text dot dot
gov and then you can go to the project page.
There is a link on there where you can click
on projects and then it'll take you to the Beaumont
District and you can look at some of the current
projects and some of the upcoming projects. You get information
on that, and of course for any road conditions, you
can visit our drive Texas dot org to get the
latest road conditions happening here in our district and the states.
Speaker 6 (32:23):
All right, Tanya, thank you so much for being a
part of the show.
Speaker 7 (32:26):
You're so welcome. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
You bet we'll be right back with the Roy West
Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I.
Speaker 6 (32:37):
And we're back with the Roy.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
West Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I, and
our next guest is with Beaumont ISD Star testing season
is upon us and Dnett Menendez is joining us.
Speaker 6 (32:52):
Dnett, how are you.
Speaker 8 (32:53):
I'm doing great. I'm doing great and excited.
Speaker 6 (32:57):
Excited about testing, okay.
Speaker 8 (33:00):
Testing because I know we're gonna do awesome.
Speaker 6 (33:03):
We're gonna do awesome.
Speaker 1 (33:04):
For anybody that doesn't know, Janette, what is your title
and exactly what are you responsible for?
Speaker 6 (33:09):
A momon id.
Speaker 8 (33:10):
So I'm a director of Assessment and Accountability. And then
actually what I do is I keep everybody, all the campuses,
all the campus testing coordinators, We train and we get
ready to have a wonderful testing season.
Speaker 1 (33:29):
And it is testing season and the play season all
the campuses. Right now, the kids are like, oh my gosh,
all I'm hearing about is Star. But Star is very important.
So kind of give a little history on you know,
why is Star important?
Speaker 8 (33:43):
So basically what Star does? It measures how the student perform.
And it's important because parents will be able to know
how the students are doing, are they learning? How can
we help them? So it is we encourage every parent
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to be involved with all this start and the testing.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
And I know I know even when my student was
in school, I know that you know, I think that
very first time that he had a Star test, he
was so stressed out.
Speaker 6 (34:19):
And after that he was like, oh, no, I got it.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
It's good.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
But it's a lot of preparation. It's a lot of
keeping those kids on track. I know that, you know,
we have a lot of tips to help parents, you know,
prepare their kids. Just little things that they can do,
like a good night's rest and eating a good breakfast.
What are some other things that parents can do to
help prepare their kids.
Speaker 8 (34:40):
So actually the parents can understand what is start and
can of actually go and practice with their kids and
be able to see what they're going to go through
and what they're going to be experiencing. So the online
testing is available for the so they can go and
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practice everything that they're going to be facing on the
Star day.
Speaker 6 (35:08):
I think it's great. I think to have the parents
support and.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
I know even on some campuses they have you know,
like some of the parents and business partners they're they're
just high five in the kids on Star Testing day
and just you know, keeping them in a positive mindset
and just getting.
Speaker 6 (35:25):
Them prepared for their day, for their testing.
Speaker 8 (35:28):
And our heart is that they won't be scared of it,
but that will be an opportunity for them to show
how much they have learned during the year. So our teachers,
our staff are excited and that we're celebrating their accomplishments.
Speaker 6 (35:43):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (35:44):
So tell me what does the federal law say about
opting out of a Star test?
Speaker 8 (35:50):
So basically, the federal law tells you you are not
to opt out. But because what happened is that the
federal law is expecting us, expecting every child to be tested,
and when you don't do it, then you miss the
opportunity first to know data, to know how your student
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is doing, and also understand how they are learning and
the curriculum are they learning the.
Speaker 3 (36:19):
Curriculum and the federal law.
Speaker 8 (36:22):
Every Student's Success Act requires that all students be assessed
in specific grades and subjects throughout the academic careers.
Speaker 3 (36:32):
So it's a mandate from the federal government.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
So tell us a little bit about like some of
the updates when you're seeing the spring results, is there
anything different this year or you know, how does that
all come about?
Speaker 8 (36:44):
So families will be able to see more transparency under
the results. Actually they can be They will be able
as before to see their spores. But also they're going
to be able to see the test questions and they
will be able to see how the student responded to
that test question.
Speaker 3 (37:04):
Did the student answer the question?
Speaker 8 (37:06):
And that way, when they see the responses, they can say, hey,
I know that you can do better, or you know,
give them tips so how to improve as in some
of them and also in telpass, I don't know even
though we're doing START, but telpass is another test that
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we have you just finished where the student speaks. The
student will be our parent and the student will be
able to listen to what the student have spoken into
the microphone.
Speaker 6 (37:39):
And like you were saying, there's all different kinds of
tests and not just START.
Speaker 1 (37:43):
I know there's a lot of kids, especially at our
high schools, that are going to be doing the AP test,
so you have a hand in that.
Speaker 6 (37:50):
So tell us a little bit about the AP test.
Speaker 8 (37:53):
So AP test is a great opportunity for the student
to show how much they know that they can work
in a college level. And also they can earn credits
for college, so you're saving money to the parents and time.
Speaker 3 (38:12):
So they can take other classes.
Speaker 8 (38:14):
So I know that, yeah, and college is expensive, so
let's just go ahead and take advantage of this. The
college understand when they see the student's resume that this
student is up to the work, that they are willing
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to do college work, and that they're ready for it,
so they have more opportunities to be accepted into their
college when they see that the student have chosen to
take AP classes. In bisD, we have more than fifteen
different AP classes from English, social studies, Biology, Art, so
(38:57):
it's a lot of opportunities for our students to participate
in this program. I love it.
Speaker 1 (39:02):
And like I said, my child did the AP classes
so he had those opportunities and was an AP scholar
and yeah, it helped a little bit with college, so
that's always a good thing. So four parents that need
a little more information, a little you know, more ideas
of how they can be involved.
Speaker 6 (39:22):
Where can they go to get more information?
Speaker 8 (39:24):
So this year I am so proud of BID because
we are stepping up to the plate and we thought, okay,
we need to have something for the parents to be
able to touch and see. So in our bisD website,
students start Success, we can you can go and see
(39:46):
online practice, go specific to look at how the test
looks and just it gives you tips of how to
help your student. It also shows you some small short
deals of tools that you can see happening in the test.
(40:06):
So Star success is the you just tarted Star success
and you'll be able to access that.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
Resources fantastic and the website for Mama i SD is
b mti SD dot com. Parents make sure your kids
are ready for the Star testing and we also as
the community to high five those kids and give them
all the confidence that they need. Tonnet Menendez, thank you
so much for joining us today.
Speaker 8 (40:35):
My pleasure and good luck, and we'll be right.
Speaker 1 (40:39):
Back with the Roy West Radio Show on a M
five sixty klv I.
Speaker 3 (40:44):
Thank you, bye bye.
Speaker 6 (40:48):
With the Roy West.
Speaker 1 (40:49):
Radio Show on a M five sixty klv I. I'm
your guest host, Debbie Bridgeman. We have had a pact
show today kicking it off with Ameera Air Cares. It
is their Cool to Care campaign and you can submit
nominations through the end of April April thirtieth. They have
got to have those nominations. Go to a mayor air
dot com that's a M E R AI R dot
(41:13):
com for more information and to submit your nomination. We
also talked with Alicia Jenkerson about Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Speaker 6 (41:21):
If you want any.
Speaker 1 (41:22):
Information, you need education, you need details, go to d
FPS dot Texas dot gov, d f P S dot
Texas dot gov.
Speaker 6 (41:33):
You can also call ALESHA.
Speaker 1 (41:34):
Four O nine five four six three nine zero that's
four O nine five O four sixty three nine zero if.
Speaker 6 (41:42):
You need some more information.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
And on Sunday, April twenty seventh, wear blue.
Speaker 6 (41:46):
That is where Blue Day.
Speaker 1 (41:48):
We also talked with tech dot because construction in this
area is everywhere, and she was able to give us
a lot of project updates things going on the construction notices.
You can go to text dot dot gov that's t
X D O T dot g o.
Speaker 6 (42:04):
V for more information on the projects. Just patients.
Speaker 1 (42:09):
Patience is a virtue, and we're going to need it
for a while.
Speaker 6 (42:13):
So hang in there, y'all. We're going to get through this.
Speaker 1 (42:16):
We also talked with Dinnette with b I s D
about Star testing and the ways that students are going
to be testing and the way that parents can help
their kids. You can go to b M T I
s D dot com for a toolkit and ways to
help your student during all of the testing.
Speaker 6 (42:32):
That's b M T I s D dot com once again.
My name is Debbie Bridgeman.
Speaker 1 (42:36):
Thank you for being a part of the Roy West
Radio show right here.
Speaker 6 (42:40):
On a M five sixty k l V. I hope
you have a great day
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