John-Anthony (Jay) Boggess is the newly-appointed President of Jupiter Christian School. A seasoned educational leader, Jay brings over 18 years of experience across district-operated, charter, and private Christian schools—including historic work creating Florida’s first DOE-recognized school system. Formerly with the Palm Beach County School District, he’s been instrumental in shaping education policy and operations at scale. Most recently, he partnered with Family Church to launch Christian schools, driven by a deep commitment to school choice and student-first innovation. Jay and his wife Anna, along with their five children, are excited to be part of the Jupiter
Level 🆙 Take-Aways
📣QUOTE: “Parents don’t just want academics. They want their children to be seen, known, and loved.” - Jay Boggess, President of Jupiter Christian School
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🕒 [00:01:00] Leadership is multiplication, not addition
🕒 [00:05:00] Relationships make schools thrive
🕒 [00:07:00] Families demand moral compass
🕒 [00:12:00] Universal voucher reshapes education
🕒 [00:16:00] Vision for new 25-acre campus
You Can Contact Find and Contact Jay Boggess Here:
Phone: (904) 477-2306
Email: jboggess@jupiterchristian.org
🌐 Jupiter Christian School Website
🔗 Jay’s LinkedIn
🔵 Jupiter Christian School Facebook
📷 Jupiter Christian School Instagram
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- Priorities matter: putting faith, family, and purpose first creates lasting influence 🙏❤️
- A bold vision can reset a legacy for the next century and beyond 🌟
- Families and teams thrive when core values at home align with the culture at work or school 🏡➡️🏫
- Growth isn’t only about skills and results—it’s about strengthening values and moral compass 🧭
- Big visions require bold action—investing in world-class environments attracts excellence 🏟️
- Success isn’t defined by titles or careers—it’s found in answering your true calling 📣
📣QUOTE: “Parents don’t just want academics. They want their children to be seen, known, and loved.” - Jay Boggess, President of Jupiter Christian School
🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹
🕒 [00:01:00] Leadership is multiplication, not addition
🕒 [00:05:00] Relationships make schools thrive
🕒 [00:07:00] Families demand moral compass
🕒 [00:12:00] Universal voucher reshapes education
🕒 [00:16:00] Vision for new 25-acre campus
You Can Contact Find and Contact Jay Boggess Here:
Phone: (904) 477-2306
Email: jboggess@jupiterchristian.org
🌐 Jupiter Christian School Website
🔗 Jay’s LinkedIn
🔵 Jupiter Christian School Facebook
📷 Jupiter Christian School Instagram
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Are you ready to level up?
Speaker 2 (00:03):
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Speaker 3 (00:20):
Hey Varsity Squad, Welcome back to another powerful edition of
level Up Conversations with Coach Fergie with time to Shine
Today Coaching. I'm your host, Scott Fergson, blessed to be
your gap coach, specialize in informance mental conditioning, working with
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help them bridge their success gap to live a life
of options and not obligations. On this platform, we are
soaked to bring you high performers who are not just
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chasing and attaining success, but redefining it through above and
beyond service and squad as. I always start off with
a little coaching knowledge nugget. A lot of people talk
about leadership. It's like it's some flashy title or in
a corner office. Well, let's get real. Leadership is not
about what you can add it's about what you can multiply.
Think about it. Addition is limited. You work harder, you
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grind more hours, you push however your weight. There's only
so much one person can do. Multiplication is different. Multiplication
says I'm not just carrying this load myself. I'm creating
other people who can carry it too. That's the difference
between a manager and a leader. A manager ads, a
leader multiplies. So here's your coaching knowledge, and I get
if your impact stops with you, you're not leading your babysitting.
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But if your impact outlives you, you're raising up leaders
who will raise up leaders. Then you're multiplying and that's legacy.
So today ask yourself, am I adding or am I multiplying?
Because leaders who multiply don't just change a team, they
change generations and squad. Talking about leadership and multiplication, today's
guest is a powerhouse in education and leadership. John Anthony
(01:48):
Bougas is the brand new president of Jupiter Christian School
and he's not just another name in the system. He's
a game changer. With more than eighteen years of experience
across public, charter and private Christian schools, Jay has done
what many he thought impossible. He helped create Florida's very
first Department of Education recognize school system. From shaping policy
inside the Palm Beach County School District to launching brand
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new Christian schools with Family Church, Jay has proven that
his mission is crystal clear, put students first and fight
for school choice and empowers families. Now he's bringing that passion,
vision and innovation to Jupiter Christian School during one of
his most exciting chapters yet. But here's the real heartbeat
and kicker of the story. Jay isn't leading alone. He and
his wife Anna, raising five children of their own, are
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all in on this community, with this movement. So when
we talk about leadership, legacy and leveling up the future
of education, Jay Bogas is the man you want at
the table. And Jay, thank you so much for coming
in brother in Carver the time. Because I believe kids
go back to school like this week? Is it this week?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
The first day was Wednesday for us.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Yes, My awesome friend Kirsten Miller is the pr for
j She's like, dude, he went back to school this week.
So we're lucky to actually kid you on like this week.
So thank you for Carver the time here.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Than These are the things that get me excited and
really pushed to exactly how you started this show, and
that is legacy impact for a future generation.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Thank you, brother. Legacy is what is in my uppitath.
Hopefully you know to come down the line pine and trees.
We're never going to sit in the shadeo right, that's
what you're doing out there. So you're stepping in the
role as president at Jupiter Christian. It's huge. I mean
it's big. You know what was the very first thought
that hit you when you accepted the position?
Speaker 1 (03:25):
So in coming to Jubiter Christian, it was how do
I take this time and moment in both my personal
and professional life and align them together. My priorities are God, husband, father,
and just like that, and so how do I have
personal attraction to education but also a professional gain in
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what this means? Jubiter Christian had both of those to offer.
We were looking at a strategic plan. We call it
Vision twenty thirty, a light for all to see. And
when I really started talking with board chairman dot the
Barnes and the past president, doctor Seth Cohen, they had
a ton of incredible ideas and started to package what
it could look like, but really needed a catalyst for
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how we're going to get there, and really the body
of work that I've had for nearly two decades aligned
perfectly and really felt like that was going to be
a beautiful fit for both Jupiter Christian and for me
personally and professionally.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Absolutely, and squad if you're not, if you listen on
the podcast, Jupiter is highly sought after area down here
in South Florida, where before it was just kind of
farm and strawberry fields and everything else. So it's beautiful.
So you know, you've led public, charter, private, you know,
Christian school. So what's the biggest lesson you've learned about
what truly makes a school thrive?
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Yes, So I say the greatest game change that I
have seen is when real relationship is fostered in the classroom.
The greatest connection and relationship that takes place in education
takes place between a teacher and a student. Everything else
is to support What that means. What I mean when
I talk about it, though, is parents and families are
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wanting their child to be seen, known and loved, that
they are in a place where ultimately they are more
than a number, and that real relationship between a school,
the student, and a family is taking place. That's how
fostering a whole child approach really happens. And I've seen it, yes,
in public school. I have seen it in other places,
(05:30):
but I think in a Christian school setting you get
to do more than just the academic rigor. Absolutely, you
are really talking about the moral compass and really the
spiritual formation of a next generation of learners and leaders
for Kingdom Glory. Friend, that is what we're talking about.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
I love that, And Squat, I love the humility that
I'm hearing in there being a servant, right, you're not
just saying that you don't sound like a politician. And
I mean again, Jupiter is a desirable place, no doubt,
and like you're heading up a pretty big endeavor. So squad,
listen to that humility they have. That's a true leader.
And Jay, I got to ask because I did some
research a little bit, and you have about seven hundred
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students on a wait.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
List, Scott, we have seven hundred students in a wake
pool and that's just in the last twelve months. Okay,
this is the the tremendous pent up demand that I
really think that we're seeing, And I mean to reference Jupiter.
Wall Street Journal two or three weeks ago called Jupiter
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the next palm beach in this world. So you have
affluence and influence moving here, but that already lives here.
So it's not as if this pent up demand is
coming from just an outside force. It really is the
idea that folks in this post COVID world are taking
a hard look at what the educational options are and
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what does it mean to foster the whole child.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Yeah, the enlignment of that moral compass.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
That's correct. In fact, they're demanding it. Yes, they want
to make sure that they're echoing the things that are
being taught in their homes and then that they're being
fostered at a school setting, and that we're reverberating back
and forth this young man or young woman to raise
them up right the ideas around. You know, I talk
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to academic rigor, but as leaders we talk more about
what's in your heart than necessarily what's in your mind.
Data is important in leadership, yes, but you know what
else is love, grace, humidially, compassion, care and kindness. Yes, sir,
those are the things that I don't believe are being
taught elsewhere, and I can rest assured say that at
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Jupiter Christian Schools we are not only focused, but that
becomes a cornerstone piece of our priority.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
And I love the weight pool. I love how you
we said that in the Moral Compass, that you're kind
of bringing, you know, to the table where people what
they're living at home and they're going to live a
lot it school, the values and whatnot. So I love
that that's I'm not saying it's being pushed, but it's
being really encouraged because I'll tell you right, I'm right
on board with that, with hoping that people really buy
(08:10):
into it. And another thing he says is a seven
hundred wait list, a lot of them are actually local families, correct,
They're not just pouring in here from everywhere else.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Most definitely, these are folks that are making a conscious
choice that might have went to X y Z public
school or perhaps saying another option and are saying, no,
this is how I'm going all in with my family.
And as our mission says, we teach the mind, we
reach the heart, and we inspire servant leaders to impact
the world for Jesus Christ. So it is explicitly told
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to our families. These are the expectations that you can
have for us as a institution of learning, but also
as a ministry field to speak and preach the gospel.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
I love that and squat It's like he's doing what
he loves in the service of people that love what
he does. I mean, you're doing what you love, yes,
but other people are out there seeing you do something
that you love, which people that really get on board
with that. That's just epitome of a leader. Brother, no doubt,
you know. I love it. I speak on stage about that.
It's beautiful. So what does a spiritually and academically thriving
(09:15):
graduate look like in not twenty twenty five?
Speaker 1 (09:17):
That's a great question. I talk about it like this.
It is the alignment of your head, your heart, and
your hands. And what I mean by that is the
truth that you know to be true, the Gospel truth
that He has taught us. What is the alignment then
to your heart that you know without a shadow of
(09:37):
dot this is the calling on my life, that is
the passion to desires that from creation He has made
you to be unique and beautifully made. And then ultimately,
how does that impact your hands to go out and
be servant leaders and to impact the world for Jesus.
How are you value added in the community in which
you live and how are you the light in what
(09:59):
many would call this darkness so that others can see it.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
I love that the head, heart and hands, Yes, sir,
would we come up with? That is something that kind
of came across your prayer or like you have passed.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
On again, you'll you'll find, just like many of your listeners,
a mission centric organization. So everything that we do is
tied back to our mission. So when I talk about
teaching the mind, reaching the heart, and impacting the war
for Jesus Christ, that is the head, heart and hands concept.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
Now I love the hands are the action that's exactly right,
and you're actually getting it done, so you know as
we move it along. So you have an online through
Jupiter Christian Also, so how did they stay connected to
the school community because again there's the whole homeschooling this
and that, but like, how do they how do you
make sure that they're included? You don't feel part of
the family.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
So we have Jupiter Christian Online Academy JCOA, and the
unique ability gives you greater flexibility. We have a lot
of aspiring pro athletes that or perhaps they're equestrian, perhaps
they're swimmers, perhaps their travel baseball, anything in between, right,
and that they're not able to do a Monday through
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Friday the grind if.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
You write right.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
But when they are, they come for our chapels. They're
aligned with our ball teams and our clubs, so they
get a little greater flexibility in the academic side, but
still get as we just talked the spiritual formation and
the community aspect of who we are as an institution.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
That's beautiful that you're including them and nobody's feeling life
out and they're you know, and also it's an option
for people that they can't really do that grind because
they're being called to do something else, right, but still
get the heart, had heart and hands kind of involved
in it. So you know, the Florida's Universal Vulture Law.
That's opening doors for you guys, like, can you go
(11:51):
a little bit into I run it kind of did
some research on you and whatnot. But if you can
maybe explain that out to the.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Listeners, be glad to so here in the Great State
of Florida. Back in twenty twenty three, our legislature and
Governor DeSantis passed what we called at the time HB one,
and it was the passage of the universal voucher. What
does that mean. It means that we took all income
caps off and we said, if you are a child
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in this state, the dollars are attached to you. Dollars
follow children Now. No longer are we in a a
system where you push it to sixty seven school districts
and then it's doled out to Hey, if you go
to public school, you get it, but if you don't,
you're on your own right. That's not what we believe
any longer. And I said it back in twenty three
(12:41):
and I am living out what that means today because
the moment that that happened, I said, that is going
to radically reshape the landscape of education moving forward in
this state. And I'm going to tell you I believe
that it's going to change the trajectory of the United
States of America moving forward.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
And dollars follow children. I've never he said like that,
but the truth, Chris, absolute truth, and Squatt. I am
going to send it to my really good friend Steve Austin.
He's going to tell us a little bit about the
market update here in South Florida, and we come back.
We're going to talk with my good friend Jay here
about the new campus that we're hopefully going to be
getting built, and I also pick him through our lovely
(13:19):
enough lightning round. So stay champed.
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Despite some volatility in the market, mortgage bonds have held
steady in the new range that we've been trading in.
With that, we have had a better week in mortgage
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Speaker 3 (15:05):
Hey, thanks Steve for the update. And I know that
you just moved over to your Rise Mortgage and you're
a company over there, so congratulations on that. And Jay
Huge we'll say news you know to some of them
out there, but you know there's a twenty five acre
kind of state of the art campus that is looking
to be built right, and it doesn't just change Jupiter Christian,
it changes the entire educational landscape of South Florida. If
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you ask me now, the dive that I did on it,
that's what I'm seeing. So what kind of legacy are
you aiming to build with this project?
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Friend? Since nineteen sixty three, Jupiter Christian has been in
the town of Jupiter. That's sixty plus years ago, and
I believe that this new campus concept will reset this
legacy for the next sixty one hundred years to have
Kingdom glory impact. That's where we talk about it.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
Love it.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
It is going to have one hundred and fifty thousand
square feet of educational space, brand new Friday night lights,
football stadium, baseball field, to a quatics complex, performing arts center,
and all the things. It will be amazing and gorgeous.
But I'm here to tell you that is still temporal.
What we do each and every day within our classrooms
is eternal work. And I don't want to lose sight
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of what this project really means, not only to our school,
but I do believe for the town of Jupiter. This
was the last contiguous parcel of land that could reset
a school of this size, right, and in looking at it,
we want to keep Jupiter Jupiter, and to be anywhere
else did not make sense. So that is why we
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are under contract and making a push and play to
do this, not only for the legacy of Jupiter, but
for the legacy of the King of kings.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
Absolutely. So, I know that you can't talk about everything
with it, but can you give us a rundown of
what the view the vision because you you, I really like,
I saved a lot of time for this, you know,
a project that we have going on, you know, kind
of give us a rundown of what you're seeing, you know,
while keeping the students engaged in their moral compass, in
your relationship with God, you know, and whatnot. So like,
(17:04):
go a little bit deeper on this.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Yeah, So we use Ephesians two ten. It is the
calling right that you were uniquely and beautifully made, that
He has great things in store if you walk with him,
men walk into them. Yes, And so we use that
with each and every student. Uh, there's buzz terms around
collegen career readiness and education. We've all heard them, but
(17:26):
I don't I changed that. I don't say collegeen career
equates to success. I say you're calling equates to success.
We use college, university, trade school, the military, apprenticeships as
part of identifying God's calling on your life and how
you're going to then step into the real world and
impact it. Right, That's the difference maker. And how we
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do education. It isn't how smart you are, but how
you're smart. How do we have career and technical programs
and pathways sure, like entrepreneurship, medical, computer scigns. These are
all next generation type concepts.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
That need to be taught, that need to be taught.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
They have to be taught. And yet the spiritual formation
in your heart in all of this is the difference maker.
And for your listeners, the idea of that's the difference
between a leader, sure and the guy, the leader that
you want to follow.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
So as the hard question, what pushback are you getting
right now?
Speaker 1 (18:27):
I wouldn't say pushback, but there is to that school
choice conversation. There are naysayers that say you're taking from
public schools. I'm here to say I'm not taking anything.
There has been a reshape in this state two years
in the making that then allows what we just talked through.
The dollars are in the parental hands of the decision
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makers mom, dad, grandma, and grandpa, aunt uncle, and those
that know what is best for their child. We don't
live in a place or time any longer that government
dictates what our children are going to be taught. We
have that choice.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
Now we better, and that better. I fought for that.
Speaker 1 (19:06):
That's exactly right.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Like you know, that's that's I'm thank you for standing
up for that.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
And so that's when when I say, you know, this
is the next iteration of what education looks like in
not only this state, but for our United States. Yes,
I mean it, and it will be essentially this beta
concept that once we do this, I'm gonna raise it
up and say, Lord, what do you want more of?
(19:32):
And this is the light for others to see. How
do we go to other like minded leaders in other
states that then pass a school choice voucher, then teach
other leaders just like myself throughout their entire state, and
we raise up a next generation.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Wow, that's amazing. I love that you said you're calling
in questions your success and squad that that that's a huge,
you know statement, because a lot of times you're calling,
isn't what you think you're calling? Is a lot of
times you know, you make God laugh, tell them your
plans yep, right, and then you put the calling on
your heart and I can see that it's deep within yours, brother,
So I really appreciate you sharing that. So you're talking
about opening the doors, you know in twenty twenty.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
Eight, twenty eight, twenty nine, Lord willing, and that everything
goes beautifully. But that is that is the goal.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
So is there almost twelve hundred students ish there now
that are okay? So how many more students are we
talking like kind of carrying on that you visualize seeing.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Yeah, so we've currently got right around eleven hundred exact
one ninety five students hyst and Roman the schools have
seen in the last sixty years, and we would be
building another twelve hundred student stations at this new middle
school high school concept again with all the world class
athletics and performing arts the way that we just talked,
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and then keeping current sites so that we have a
matriculation and feeder system. Okay, like anything business and your
listeners know, it's predicated on debt service. Sure, this is
a massive project on the small end sixty eight million,
but to do bells and whistles and to make it
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world class, I think you're really talking over a one
hundred million dollar project. And then in total, what does
that really look like to have a lower school campus,
an upper school campus, and then vision for even what
it means in other matriculating sites that then feed into
this big high school middle school. Kind love it.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
So when you picture that first day, right, and so
what do you hope those students their families feel the
moment they walk on that campus.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
I've said it, but it's worth repeating. Please that they
are seen, known and loved, that you're not a number here,
that I know your name, I know your family. I
know that your sister went here, and I know that
your grandfather started that business down the street. Right, That
is the intimacy that needs to be taking place. Because
(22:03):
you talked about leadership. Leadership is relationship hundred percent right.
If you don't know your people, how do you know
your flock?
Speaker 4 (22:10):
Right?
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Right? It isn't a massive sheep. It is each individual, right,
and our students and our families need to know that
because it's part of a culture in a community that
we've fostered over time and one that makes a generational
difference for our children and squad.
Speaker 3 (22:25):
I'm fully behind this, and again I live in Jupe,
you know, so I'm I'm fully behind it. So if
anybody out there that wants to talk about their time,
talent or treasure which I sold that from my good
friend Jay, please call me at five six one four
four zero three eight three zero. That's five six one
four four zero three eight three zero, and I'm happy
to put you in touch with somebody help you get
(22:46):
on board with that. So got to take you through
a little bit of my leveling Up Lightning round. Okay,
Like you and I could probably talk about each one
of these for fifteen twenty minutes, but today you got
ten seconds to answer them with absolutely no explanations. So
they're just answers. You read a level up, Yes, sir, excellent.
What is the best leveling up advice that Jay's ever received?
Speaker 1 (23:09):
You said? Ten seconds? Sure, two words we lead with
love and grace, Robitt.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
So what part of the Vision twenty thirty excites you
the most? Right now? I know you can answer forever, brother,
but I got it. I'm gonna know the short answer.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
It's really the Kingdom concept. Love it that this resets
this school for the next one hundred years and children's
children's children will have eternal impact as a result.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Beautiful. So what's the very first word that comes to
mind when you think you better?
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Christian world class? That's not one word.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
That's fine, that's perfect. Who in history outside of education
most inspires your leadership style?
Speaker 1 (23:49):
I mean, clearly, I can say Jesus Christ number one.
There has been no other leader like him to date,
no doubt.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
It works for me. Which which do your kids say
you're better at? Dad jokes?
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Are disciplined dad jokes and they're terrible?
Speaker 3 (24:07):
That's awesome. So you've worked in public charter in Christian schools.
Which one stretched you the most?
Speaker 1 (24:13):
This Christian school movement?
Speaker 3 (24:15):
Beautiful? Yes, what's your favorite spot on the JCS campus
where you feel the energy of the community.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
Lunchtime was always my favorite period and I would still
say today getting at lunch with every student awesome.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
Yeah. So one book other than the good book that
you think every high school student should read before graduation.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
Meeting friends and influencing people.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Dale Baby, love it. I'm actually a graduate myself. So
if you get add one brand elective at JCS tomorrow?
What would it be?
Speaker 1 (24:46):
Personal finance?
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Thank you very much, not that.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
We don't have it, but it needs to be ingrained
at an early age and really taught financial literacy.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
We get a heck of a lot more seven eight
hundred credit scores, I'm telling you, right, has to be.
So what's more nerve wracking? Leading a school or parenting
five kids?
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Who depends what day of the week.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
So what's one word? I'm going back to your kids
here again, what's one word your kids would use to
describe you?
Speaker 1 (25:14):
Loving?
Speaker 3 (25:15):
Love it? That's beautiful. So this one you can take
a little bit longer. But you've seen back to the future, right, Yes,
so that's forty years old this year. Right, So let's
go back to the double deuce, the twenty two year
old Jay. What kind of knowledge nuggets might you drop
on him? Not to change anything, yeah, but to maybe
help them level up last year, maybe just a little
bit quicker. Let's getting that Delarey with Martin McFly. Let's
go back.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Yeah, so I would say, hey, die to flesh, right,
you think that this is about you, big man, and
it is not love it? Most twenty two year olds
would would say my career, my ambition, my goals, my ego,
my my my. The forty two year old Jay says, hey, buddy,
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you got it wrong. It isn't about you and the
moment you think that it is, you're doing it wrong.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
Right ego right, edging got out egos. That's what happened.
So the last question here, how do you want your dash?
Remember that little line in between your incarnation date and
your expiration date, your life date and death date. Hopefully
it's way down the line. How do you want it remembered?
Speaker 1 (26:16):
The priorities that I already stated that I put him first.
Second to that, I put my wife second, yes, or first?
And then here came my children. The list of priorities
comes from there. But if I don't get those first
three right, the rest of them don't really matter.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
Love it, love it, and thank you so much for
taking the time here. But what's the best way to
reach you? Like, I know that you have probably some
rightfully so, some gatekeepers. Once in the room with us
right now is pr rep But like, how can we
reach you?
Speaker 1 (26:45):
I'm easily accessible my email. We can certainly provide it.
A phone call to our school, I assure you. If
you make contact, you will get a personal phone call
or email back from me guarantee that.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
I'll be in the show notes. So again, thank you
so much for coming on. Thank you so on board
with what you're doing. Thank you Kirsten for bringing him in.
Thank you for my awesome producer Brian Mudd. Thank you
the whole w J and O family. Let's get out there, serve,
lead and change some lives. Level ve all
Are you ready to level up?
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Do you wish to live a life of options and
not obligations? You've gone to the right place. Thank you
for stopping on by to hear knowledge nuggets from Coach
Fergie and his top tier guest to help you lean
into your ultimate human potential. Now let's level up with
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Speaker 3 (00:20):
Hey Varsity Squad, Welcome back to another powerful edition of
level Up Conversations with Coach Fergie with time to Shine
Today Coaching. I'm your host, Scott Fergson, blessed to be
your gap coach, specialize in informance mental conditioning, working with
business leaders, entrepreneurs, entertainers, athletes, c suite and students to
help them bridge their success gap to live a life
of options and not obligations. On this platform, we are
soaked to bring you high performers who are not just
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chasing and attaining success, but redefining it through above and
beyond service and squad as. I always start off with
a little coaching knowledge nugget. A lot of people talk
about leadership. It's like it's some flashy title or in
a corner office. Well, let's get real. Leadership is not
about what you can add it's about what you can multiply.
Think about it. Addition is limited. You work harder, you
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grind more hours, you push however your weight. There's only
so much one person can do. Multiplication is different. Multiplication
says I'm not just carrying this load myself. I'm creating
other people who can carry it too. That's the difference
between a manager and a leader. A manager ads, a
leader multiplies. So here's your coaching knowledge, and I get
if your impact stops with you, you're not leading your babysitting.
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But if your impact outlives you, you're raising up leaders
who will raise up leaders. Then you're multiplying and that's legacy.
So today ask yourself, am I adding or am I multiplying?
Because leaders who multiply don't just change a team, they
change generations and squad. Talking about leadership and multiplication, today's
guest is a powerhouse in education and leadership. John Anthony
(01:48):
Bougas is the brand new president of Jupiter Christian School
and he's not just another name in the system. He's
a game changer. With more than eighteen years of experience
across public, charter and private Christian schools, Jay has done
what many he thought impossible. He helped create Florida's very
first Department of Education recognize school system. From shaping policy
inside the Palm Beach County School District to launching brand
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new Christian schools with Family Church, Jay has proven that
his mission is crystal clear, put students first and fight
for school choice and empowers families. Now he's bringing that passion,
vision and innovation to Jupiter Christian School during one of
his most exciting chapters yet. But here's the real heartbeat
and kicker of the story. Jay isn't leading alone. He and
his wife Anna, raising five children of their own, are
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all in on this community, with this movement. So when
we talk about leadership, legacy and leveling up the future
of education, Jay Bogas is the man you want at
the table. And Jay, thank you so much for coming
in brother in Carver the time. Because I believe kids
go back to school like this week? Is it this week?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
The first day was Wednesday for us.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Yes, My awesome friend Kirsten Miller is the pr for
j She's like, dude, he went back to school this week.
So we're lucky to actually kid you on like this week.
So thank you for Carver the time here.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Than These are the things that get me excited and
really pushed to exactly how you started this show, and
that is legacy impact for a future generation.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Thank you, brother. Legacy is what is in my uppitath.
Hopefully you know to come down the line pine and trees.
We're never going to sit in the shadeo right, that's
what you're doing out there. So you're stepping in the
role as president at Jupiter Christian. It's huge. I mean
it's big. You know what was the very first thought
that hit you when you accepted the position?
Speaker 1 (03:25):
So in coming to Jubiter Christian, it was how do
I take this time and moment in both my personal
and professional life and align them together. My priorities are God, husband, father,
and just like that, and so how do I have
personal attraction to education but also a professional gain in
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what this means? Jubiter Christian had both of those to offer.
We were looking at a strategic plan. We call it
Vision twenty thirty, a light for all to see. And
when I really started talking with board chairman dot the
Barnes and the past president, doctor Seth Cohen, they had
a ton of incredible ideas and started to package what
it could look like, but really needed a catalyst for
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how we're going to get there, and really the body
of work that I've had for nearly two decades aligned
perfectly and really felt like that was going to be
a beautiful fit for both Jupiter Christian and for me
personally and professionally.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Absolutely, and squad if you're not, if you listen on
the podcast, Jupiter is highly sought after area down here
in South Florida, where before it was just kind of
farm and strawberry fields and everything else. So it's beautiful.
So you know, you've led public, charter, private, you know,
Christian school. So what's the biggest lesson you've learned about
what truly makes a school thrive?
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Yes, So I say the greatest game change that I
have seen is when real relationship is fostered in the classroom.
The greatest connection and relationship that takes place in education
takes place between a teacher and a student. Everything else
is to support What that means. What I mean when
I talk about it, though, is parents and families are
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wanting their child to be seen, known and loved, that
they are in a place where ultimately they are more
than a number, and that real relationship between a school,
the student, and a family is taking place. That's how
fostering a whole child approach really happens. And I've seen it, yes,
in public school. I have seen it in other places,
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but I think in a Christian school setting you get
to do more than just the academic rigor. Absolutely, you
are really talking about the moral compass and really the
spiritual formation of a next generation of learners and leaders
for Kingdom Glory. Friend, that is what we're talking about.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
I love that, And Squat, I love the humility that
I'm hearing in there being a servant, right, you're not
just saying that you don't sound like a politician. And
I mean again, Jupiter is a desirable place, no doubt,
and like you're heading up a pretty big endeavor. So squad,
listen to that humility they have. That's a true leader.
And Jay, I got to ask because I did some
research a little bit, and you have about seven hundred
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students on a wait.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
List, Scott, we have seven hundred students in a wake
pool and that's just in the last twelve months. Okay,
this is the the tremendous pent up demand that I
really think that we're seeing, And I mean to reference Jupiter.
Wall Street Journal two or three weeks ago called Jupiter
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the next palm beach in this world. So you have
affluence and influence moving here, but that already lives here.
So it's not as if this pent up demand is
coming from just an outside force. It really is the
idea that folks in this post COVID world are taking
a hard look at what the educational options are and
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what does it mean to foster the whole child.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Yeah, the enlignment of that moral compass.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
That's correct. In fact, they're demanding it. Yes, they want
to make sure that they're echoing the things that are
being taught in their homes and then that they're being
fostered at a school setting, and that we're reverberating back
and forth this young man or young woman to raise
them up right the ideas around. You know, I talk
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to academic rigor, but as leaders we talk more about
what's in your heart than necessarily what's in your mind.
Data is important in leadership, yes, but you know what
else is love, grace, humidially, compassion, care and kindness. Yes, sir,
those are the things that I don't believe are being
taught elsewhere, and I can rest assured say that at
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Jupiter Christian Schools we are not only focused, but that
becomes a cornerstone piece of our priority.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
And I love the weight pool. I love how you
we said that in the Moral Compass, that you're kind
of bringing, you know, to the table where people what
they're living at home and they're going to live a
lot it school, the values and whatnot. So I love
that that's I'm not saying it's being pushed, but it's
being really encouraged because I'll tell you right, I'm right
on board with that, with hoping that people really buy
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into it. And another thing he says is a seven
hundred wait list, a lot of them are actually local families, correct,
They're not just pouring in here from everywhere else.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Most definitely, these are folks that are making a conscious
choice that might have went to X y Z public
school or perhaps saying another option and are saying, no,
this is how I'm going all in with my family.
And as our mission says, we teach the mind, we
reach the heart, and we inspire servant leaders to impact
the world for Jesus Christ. So it is explicitly told
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to our families. These are the expectations that you can
have for us as a institution of learning, but also
as a ministry field to speak and preach the gospel.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
I love that and squat It's like he's doing what
he loves in the service of people that love what
he does. I mean, you're doing what you love, yes,
but other people are out there seeing you do something
that you love, which people that really get on board
with that. That's just epitome of a leader. Brother, no doubt,
you know. I love it. I speak on stage about that.
It's beautiful. So what does a spiritually and academically thriving
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graduate look like in not twenty twenty five?
Speaker 1 (09:17):
That's a great question. I talk about it like this.
It is the alignment of your head, your heart, and
your hands. And what I mean by that is the
truth that you know to be true, the Gospel truth
that He has taught us. What is the alignment then
to your heart that you know without a shadow of
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dot this is the calling on my life, that is
the passion to desires that from creation He has made
you to be unique and beautifully made. And then ultimately,
how does that impact your hands to go out and
be servant leaders and to impact the world for Jesus.
How are you value added in the community in which
you live and how are you the light in what
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many would call this darkness so that others can see it.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
I love that the head, heart and hands, Yes, sir,
would we come up with? That is something that kind
of came across your prayer or like you have passed.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
On again, you'll you'll find, just like many of your listeners,
a mission centric organization. So everything that we do is
tied back to our mission. So when I talk about
teaching the mind, reaching the heart, and impacting the war
for Jesus Christ, that is the head, heart and hands concept.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
Now I love the hands are the action that's exactly right,
and you're actually getting it done, so you know as
we move it along. So you have an online through
Jupiter Christian Also, so how did they stay connected to
the school community because again there's the whole homeschooling this
and that, but like, how do they how do you
make sure that they're included? You don't feel part of
the family.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
So we have Jupiter Christian Online Academy JCOA, and the
unique ability gives you greater flexibility. We have a lot
of aspiring pro athletes that or perhaps they're equestrian, perhaps
they're swimmers, perhaps their travel baseball, anything in between, right,
and that they're not able to do a Monday through
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Friday the grind if.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
You write right.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
But when they are, they come for our chapels. They're
aligned with our ball teams and our clubs, so they
get a little greater flexibility in the academic side, but
still get as we just talked the spiritual formation and
the community aspect of who we are as an institution.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
That's beautiful that you're including them and nobody's feeling life
out and they're you know, and also it's an option
for people that they can't really do that grind because
they're being called to do something else, right, but still
get the heart, had heart and hands kind of involved
in it. So you know, the Florida's Universal Vulture Law.
That's opening doors for you guys, like, can you go
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a little bit into I run it kind of did
some research on you and whatnot. But if you can
maybe explain that out to the.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Listeners, be glad to so here in the Great State
of Florida. Back in twenty twenty three, our legislature and
Governor DeSantis passed what we called at the time HB one,
and it was the passage of the universal voucher. What
does that mean. It means that we took all income
caps off and we said, if you are a child
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in this state, the dollars are attached to you. Dollars
follow children Now. No longer are we in a a
system where you push it to sixty seven school districts
and then it's doled out to Hey, if you go
to public school, you get it, but if you don't,
you're on your own right. That's not what we believe
any longer. And I said it back in twenty three
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and I am living out what that means today because
the moment that that happened, I said, that is going
to radically reshape the landscape of education moving forward in
this state. And I'm going to tell you I believe
that it's going to change the trajectory of the United
States of America moving forward.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
And dollars follow children. I've never he said like that,
but the truth, Chris, absolute truth, and Squatt. I am
going to send it to my really good friend Steve Austin.
He's going to tell us a little bit about the
market update here in South Florida, and we come back.
We're going to talk with my good friend Jay here
about the new campus that we're hopefully going to be
getting built, and I also pick him through our lovely
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enough lightning round. So stay champed.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
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the Rise Mortgage Dynamic Team with the mortgage market recap
for the week of August eleventh. It was a mixed
bag of inflation data this week. There still seems to
be some lingering uncertainty of how things are going.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
To play out over tariffs.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
Despite some volatility in the market, mortgage bonds have held
steady in the new range that we've been trading in.
With that, we have had a better week in mortgage
rate pricing. We have also seen an increase in buyer activity.
So feeling very optimistic about the housing market, especially here
in South Florida. That's it for this week. Have a
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Speaker 3 (15:05):
Hey, thanks Steve for the update. And I know that
you just moved over to your Rise Mortgage and you're
a company over there, so congratulations on that. And Jay
Huge we'll say news you know to some of them
out there, but you know there's a twenty five acre
kind of state of the art campus that is looking
to be built right, and it doesn't just change Jupiter Christian,
it changes the entire educational landscape of South Florida. If
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you ask me now, the dive that I did on it,
that's what I'm seeing. So what kind of legacy are
you aiming to build with this project?
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Friend? Since nineteen sixty three, Jupiter Christian has been in
the town of Jupiter. That's sixty plus years ago, and
I believe that this new campus concept will reset this
legacy for the next sixty one hundred years to have
Kingdom glory impact. That's where we talk about it.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
Love it.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
It is going to have one hundred and fifty thousand
square feet of educational space, brand new Friday night lights,
football stadium, baseball field, to a quatics complex, performing arts center,
and all the things. It will be amazing and gorgeous.
But I'm here to tell you that is still temporal.
What we do each and every day within our classrooms
is eternal work. And I don't want to lose sight
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of what this project really means, not only to our school,
but I do believe for the town of Jupiter. This
was the last contiguous parcel of land that could reset
a school of this size, right, and in looking at it,
we want to keep Jupiter Jupiter, and to be anywhere
else did not make sense. So that is why we
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are under contract and making a push and play to
do this, not only for the legacy of Jupiter, but
for the legacy of the King of kings.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
Absolutely. So, I know that you can't talk about everything
with it, but can you give us a rundown of
what the view the vision because you you, I really like,
I saved a lot of time for this, you know,
a project that we have going on, you know, kind
of give us a rundown of what you're seeing, you know,
while keeping the students engaged in their moral compass, in
your relationship with God, you know, and whatnot. So like,
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go a little bit deeper on this.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Yeah, So we use Ephesians two ten. It is the
calling right that you were uniquely and beautifully made, that
He has great things in store if you walk with him,
men walk into them. Yes, And so we use that
with each and every student. Uh, there's buzz terms around
collegen career readiness and education. We've all heard them, but
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I don't I changed that. I don't say collegeen career
equates to success. I say you're calling equates to success.
We use college, university, trade school, the military, apprenticeships as
part of identifying God's calling on your life and how
you're going to then step into the real world and
impact it. Right, That's the difference maker. And how we
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do education. It isn't how smart you are, but how
you're smart. How do we have career and technical programs
and pathways sure, like entrepreneurship, medical, computer scigns. These are
all next generation type concepts.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
That need to be taught, that need to be taught.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
They have to be taught. And yet the spiritual formation
in your heart in all of this is the difference maker.
And for your listeners, the idea of that's the difference
between a leader, sure and the guy, the leader that
you want to follow.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
So as the hard question, what pushback are you getting
right now?
Speaker 1 (18:27):
I wouldn't say pushback, but there is to that school
choice conversation. There are naysayers that say you're taking from
public schools. I'm here to say I'm not taking anything.
There has been a reshape in this state two years
in the making that then allows what we just talked through.
The dollars are in the parental hands of the decision
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makers mom, dad, grandma, and grandpa, aunt uncle, and those
that know what is best for their child. We don't
live in a place or time any longer that government
dictates what our children are going to be taught. We
have that choice.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
Now we better, and that better. I fought for that.
Speaker 1 (19:06):
That's exactly right.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Like you know, that's that's I'm thank you for standing
up for that.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
And so that's when when I say, you know, this
is the next iteration of what education looks like in
not only this state, but for our United States. Yes,
I mean it, and it will be essentially this beta
concept that once we do this, I'm gonna raise it
up and say, Lord, what do you want more of?
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And this is the light for others to see. How
do we go to other like minded leaders in other
states that then pass a school choice voucher, then teach
other leaders just like myself throughout their entire state, and
we raise up a next generation.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Wow, that's amazing. I love that you said you're calling
in questions your success and squad that that that's a huge,
you know statement, because a lot of times you're calling,
isn't what you think you're calling? Is a lot of
times you know, you make God laugh, tell them your
plans yep, right, and then you put the calling on
your heart and I can see that it's deep within yours, brother,
So I really appreciate you sharing that. So you're talking
about opening the doors, you know in twenty twenty.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
Eight, twenty eight, twenty nine, Lord willing, and that everything
goes beautifully. But that is that is the goal.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
So is there almost twelve hundred students ish there now
that are okay? So how many more students are we
talking like kind of carrying on that you visualize seeing.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Yeah, so we've currently got right around eleven hundred exact
one ninety five students hyst and Roman the schools have
seen in the last sixty years, and we would be
building another twelve hundred student stations at this new middle
school high school concept again with all the world class
athletics and performing arts the way that we just talked,
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and then keeping current sites so that we have a
matriculation and feeder system. Okay, like anything business and your
listeners know, it's predicated on debt service. Sure, this is
a massive project on the small end sixty eight million,
but to do bells and whistles and to make it
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world class, I think you're really talking over a one
hundred million dollar project. And then in total, what does
that really look like to have a lower school campus,
an upper school campus, and then vision for even what
it means in other matriculating sites that then feed into
this big high school middle school. Kind love it.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
So when you picture that first day, right, and so
what do you hope those students their families feel the
moment they walk on that campus.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
I've said it, but it's worth repeating. Please that they
are seen, known and loved, that you're not a number here,
that I know your name, I know your family. I
know that your sister went here, and I know that
your grandfather started that business down the street. Right, That
is the intimacy that needs to be taking place. Because
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you talked about leadership. Leadership is relationship hundred percent right.
If you don't know your people, how do you know
your flock?
Speaker 4 (22:10):
Right?
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Right? It isn't a massive sheep. It is each individual, right,
and our students and our families need to know that
because it's part of a culture in a community that
we've fostered over time and one that makes a generational
difference for our children and squad.
Speaker 3 (22:25):
I'm fully behind this, and again I live in Jupe,
you know, so I'm I'm fully behind it. So if
anybody out there that wants to talk about their time,
talent or treasure which I sold that from my good
friend Jay, please call me at five six one four
four zero three eight three zero. That's five six one
four four zero three eight three zero, and I'm happy
to put you in touch with somebody help you get
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on board with that. So got to take you through
a little bit of my leveling Up Lightning round. Okay,
Like you and I could probably talk about each one
of these for fifteen twenty minutes, but today you got
ten seconds to answer them with absolutely no explanations. So
they're just answers. You read a level up, Yes, sir, excellent.
What is the best leveling up advice that Jay's ever received?
Speaker 1 (23:09):
You said? Ten seconds? Sure, two words we lead with
love and grace, Robitt.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
So what part of the Vision twenty thirty excites you
the most? Right now? I know you can answer forever, brother,
but I got it. I'm gonna know the short answer.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
It's really the Kingdom concept. Love it that this resets
this school for the next one hundred years and children's
children's children will have eternal impact as a result.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Beautiful. So what's the very first word that comes to
mind when you think you better?
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Christian world class? That's not one word.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
That's fine, that's perfect. Who in history outside of education
most inspires your leadership style?
Speaker 1 (23:49):
I mean, clearly, I can say Jesus Christ number one.
There has been no other leader like him to date,
no doubt.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
It works for me. Which which do your kids say
you're better at? Dad jokes?
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Are disciplined dad jokes and they're terrible?
Speaker 3 (24:07):
That's awesome. So you've worked in public charter in Christian schools.
Which one stretched you the most?
Speaker 1 (24:13):
This Christian school movement?
Speaker 3 (24:15):
Beautiful? Yes, what's your favorite spot on the JCS campus
where you feel the energy of the community.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
Lunchtime was always my favorite period and I would still
say today getting at lunch with every student awesome.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
Yeah. So one book other than the good book that
you think every high school student should read before graduation.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
Meeting friends and influencing people.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Dale Baby, love it. I'm actually a graduate myself. So
if you get add one brand elective at JCS tomorrow?
What would it be?
Speaker 1 (24:46):
Personal finance?
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Thank you very much, not that.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
We don't have it, but it needs to be ingrained
at an early age and really taught financial literacy.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
We get a heck of a lot more seven eight
hundred credit scores, I'm telling you, right, has to be.
So what's more nerve wracking? Leading a school or parenting
five kids?
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Who depends what day of the week.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
So what's one word? I'm going back to your kids
here again, what's one word your kids would use to
describe you?
Speaker 1 (25:14):
Loving?
Speaker 3 (25:15):
Love it? That's beautiful. So this one you can take
a little bit longer. But you've seen back to the future, right, Yes,
so that's forty years old this year. Right, So let's
go back to the double deuce, the twenty two year
old Jay. What kind of knowledge nuggets might you drop
on him? Not to change anything, yeah, but to maybe
help them level up last year, maybe just a little
bit quicker. Let's getting that Delarey with Martin McFly. Let's
go back.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Yeah, so I would say, hey, die to flesh, right,
you think that this is about you, big man, and
it is not love it? Most twenty two year olds
would would say my career, my ambition, my goals, my ego,
my my my. The forty two year old Jay says, hey, buddy,
(25:56):
you got it wrong. It isn't about you and the
moment you think that it is, you're doing it wrong.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
Right ego right, edging got out egos. That's what happened.
So the last question here, how do you want your dash?
Remember that little line in between your incarnation date and
your expiration date, your life date and death date. Hopefully
it's way down the line. How do you want it remembered?
Speaker 1 (26:16):
The priorities that I already stated that I put him first.
Second to that, I put my wife second, yes, or first?
And then here came my children. The list of priorities
comes from there. But if I don't get those first
three right, the rest of them don't really matter.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
Love it, love it, and thank you so much for
taking the time here. But what's the best way to
reach you? Like, I know that you have probably some
rightfully so, some gatekeepers. Once in the room with us
right now is pr rep But like, how can we
reach you?
Speaker 1 (26:45):
I'm easily accessible my email. We can certainly provide it.
A phone call to our school, I assure you. If
you make contact, you will get a personal phone call
or email back from me guarantee that.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
I'll be in the show notes. So again, thank you
so much for coming on. Thank you so on board
with what you're doing. Thank you Kirsten for bringing him in.
Thank you for my awesome producer Brian Mudd. Thank you
the whole w J and O family. Let's get out there, serve,
lead and change some lives. Level ve all
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