>>LAUREN VERNO: AND LAST WEEK DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOL
CAMPUSES HAVE BOTH TEMPORARILY
CLOSED AND MOVED TO VIRTUAL
LEARNING TO NEW
COVID-19 CASES SO STUDENTS AT
I’M A STAR FOUNDATION SAY MUCH
OF THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION HAS
BEEN AMONGST ADULTS AND THIS IS
THEIR CHANCE TO SHARE
THEIR THOUGHTS. IN TODAY’S TEEN
INFLUENCERS WILL HOST A LIVE
DEBATE ABOUT REOPENING SCHOOLS
IT’S OF A PANDEMIC SO
JOINING US MORE TO TALK ABOUT
THIS THIS MORNING AND WHAT
PEOPLE
CAN EXPECT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR I’M A STAR FOUNDATION GOOD
MORNING GUYS THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR
JOINING US. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US YEAH I THINK THIS IS
SO INTERESTING BECAUSE A LOT OF
HIGH SCHOOLERS AT A CERTAIN
0.2. YOU’RE YOU’RE CLOSE TO 18
IF NOT THERE AND THEN YOU’RE
EXPECTING GO TO COLLEGE AND
YOU’RE PROBABLY LOOKING AROUND
GOING, WHERE’S MY VOICE IN ALL
OF THIS.
>> YES, MA’AM
YES, MA’AM.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AND SO EXPLAIN
TO ME THE FOUNDATION A LITTLE
BIT WHILE KIND OF THE PLAN IN
THE VIRTUAL DEBATE, HOW DOES
THIS WORK.
>> OKAY THE BMA STARR
FOUNDATION OF THE FOUNDATION
FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS AND WE REMIND
THEM THAT THEIR STAR SMART
TALENTED AND RESILIENT STUDENTS
DESTINED TO CHANGE
THE WORLD AND SO THEY DO
SERVICE PROJECTS ONE OF OUR
BIGGEST SERVICES IS PROVIDING
INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
THIS DEBATE AS YOU SAID GETS
YOUNG PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SHARE
THEIR VOICE AND THE MOST
INTERESTING ASPECT OF THIS
DEBATE IS THAT THE YOUNG LADY
THING WITH ME IS A
MIDDLE SCHOOLER AND SHE HAS A
BIG VOICE THAT SHE LIKE TO
SHARE.
>> YOU ARE A MIDDLE SCHOOLER SO
HOW
ARE YOU AND 13 YOU ARE 13 AND
YOU ARE ALREADY NOT AFRAID OF
CROWDS THAT IS SO IMPRESSIVE
ONE IS YOUR MESSAGE TO GET OUT
THERE TO THE COMMUNITY RIGHT
NOW.
>> A MISTAKE IS TO 6 STAY SAFE
WHERE
YOU MASS.
>> AND THIS THINK ABOUT THE
HEALTH OF AT THE CHILDREN.
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>>LAUREN VERNO: HOW AWESOME IS THAT ARE YOU SO HOW CAN PEOPLE PURCHASE PAY AND IS IT JUST FOR
JACKSONVILLE STUDENTS. >> IT IS NOT JUST FOR JACKSONVILLE STUDENTS WE’RE
VIRTUAL SO PEOPLE CAN
PARTICIPATE
BY GOING TO THE AND THE STARR
FOUNDATION IF THEY WOULD LIKE
TO STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE.
BUT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN
THE DEBATE. WE WILL BE ON YOU
TO LIVE AND THAT IS YOUTUBE DOT
COM
SLASH I’M A STAR FOUNDATION
WILL BE LIVE AT 06:00PM ON
THURSDAY.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AND YOU HAVE TO
PRE-REGISTER HOW DOES THAT
WORK.
>> NO PRE-REGISTRATION WE JUST
WANT YOU TO COME ON AND JOIN US
AND YOU’LL BE ABLE TO VOTE THAT
WE HAVE THE PROS AND
THE CONS. THOSE WHO SAY THAT
SCHOOLS SHOULD BE VIRTUAL THOSE
WHO SAY THAT SCHOOLS SHOULD BE
BRICK
AND MORTAR AND YOU’LL BE ABLE
TO VOTE ON WHICH ONE YOU THINK
MADE THE
BEST ARGUMENT.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AND WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER THAT WHAT ARE YOU
GUYS PLANNING TO DO WITH THAT
THOSE RESPONSES.
>> WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND
WE’RE JUST ENCOURAGING PEOPLE
PARENTS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS
WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND TO TAKE
SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT THE
YOUNG PEOPLE BRAIN WHEN
THEY SPEAK.
>>LAUREN VERNO: YOU KNOW YOU’RE
RIGHT WE HAVEN’T HEARD MUCH
FROM THE STUDENTS AND THEIR
OPINIONS
ABOUT THIS. SO WHAT ARE YOU
HEARING FROM THE STUDENTS IS A
LITTLE
SNEAK PEEK.
>> TIFFANY I LET YOU TELL THEM
WHAT IT WAS SOMEWHAT OF SOME OF
THE THINGS THE DRUG GROUP
IS SAYING MIGHT YOU BE SAYING
THAT WE SHOULD OPEN UP SCHOOLS
BECAUSE OF THE HEALTH OF THE
CHILDREN AND HE’S JUST NOT SAFE
FOR
♪
FOR ♪ RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU KNOW 70 BUT ARE YOU
AND I’M ASKING THIS BECAUSE YOU
ARE STUDENT ARE YOU CONCERNED
ABOUT KIND OF LOSING YOUR
FRIENDSHIPS AND LOSING THAT
EXPERIENCE. I AM BACON SAYING
BUT.
>> AND IN ORDER FOR US TO
STAY SAFE. WE HAD TO MAKE
SACRIFICES IN I SEE MY FRIENDS
IS SACRIFICES THAT IS GOING TO
BE HARD BUT I’M GOING TO HAVE
TO DEAL
WITH IT.
>>LAUREN VERNO: YOU KNOW YOU’RE
13 YEARS OLD AND YOU’RE SAYING
I WAS JUST SO AMAZING DO YOU
THINK OTHER PEOPLE YOUR AGE IT
CAN AROUND THAT.
HOPE THAT OTHER PEOPLE MY AGE
CAN GET AROUND THAT.
>> SELLING ISH
YEAH AND IT’S JUST SO COOL THAT
YOU GUYS ARE OFFERING THIS
CONVERSATION ONCE AGAIN
WHEN WHERE AND HOW DO I
PARTICIPATE. OK WHEN IS
THURSDAY OCTOBER 29TH, WHERE IS
ON YOUTUBE LIVE WHICH
IS YOUTUBE DOT COM SLASH I’M A
STAR FOUNDATION, ANYBODY CAN
JOIN THROUGHOUT THE NATION.