[ Harford County Public Schools Student Recognition Ceremony ]
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TODAY TO, UM RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SPEEDY BAILING. AND I'M HAVING SAID THAT I LIKE TO CALL IT. AND JOINING US IF YOU. DO MEAN? YEAH. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AT HARVARD, CHAN. I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GENUINE APPRECIATION. THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE YOU PROVIDED AS A TORCH IN 24,000 STUDENT MEMBER THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, HARFORD COUNTY. TO PRESENT TO PRESENT TO YOU PREVENT YOU OUT. WITH THIS CHECK TO USE TOWARDS YOUR FUTURE EDUCATIONAL RELATED EXPENSES. APPLAUD YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE YOUR TIME AND ENERGY AND ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE WISHES. YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS. I'M BY MYSELF AND. YEAH. SO JUST AS A QUICKLY, FRANKLY. BEEN LIKE A DAUGHTER TO AND, UM AND I WAS AND ONE OF A GOOD DAUGHTER. DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS? THAT YES. BUT, UH. BUT, UH. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS, FOR YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH HER A GREAT JOB, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME TO SOME VERY EXCITING THINGS OUT OF FEEDING. NO CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS OUR MAJOR. WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT. BUT BUT I'VE ENJOYED WORKING. ENJOYED HAVING YOU. AND I DO MEAN WHAT I SAY ABOUT THE BEST AND RIGHT. MIGHT HAVE A MOMENT. SO I'M GONNA GET THESE. I'M GOING TO HAND THESE OVER TO YOU BECAUSE THESE, OF COURSE ARE FOR YOU. AND. IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL HAVING YOU SERVE IN THE LONGEST ONE YEAR PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. YOU WERE HERE WITH US THROUGH. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, A TIME THAT NO ONE WILL EVER FORGET. AND YOU STARTED. SUCH A STRONG NOTE. I MEAN YOUR COLLABORATION WITH YOUR PREDECESSOR. AND YOU INITIATED THAT INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. WORK. THAT KIND OF BECAME YOUR MAJOR ISSUE. RACISM. AND IT WAS A BIAS DISCRIMINATION. AND WHAT'S SO POWERFUL ABOUT THAT WORK IS IT'S. IT'S THE VOICE OF OUR STUDENTS, AND YOU REPRESENTED THEM SO WELL THROUGH THAT WORK THAT WILL BE A LEGACY. THAT WILL FOREVER BE CONNECTED TO YOU AND YOUR SERVICE HERE. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY JUST THE BEGINNING OF YOU DOING HARD WORK. TO ENSURE. GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SO MANY OTHERS, PARTICULARLY AS YOU FOCUS ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THOSE OTHER TYPES OF THINGS. SO THAT'S A GREAT CHOICE. VERY VERY PROUD OF YOU FOR THAT. I'M ALSO EXCITED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. WE KIND OF HAVE THE PAST IN THE PRESENT HERE. WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME TODAY WILL OFFICIALLY WELCOME HER IN OUR NEXT MEETING WHEN SHE JOINS SPORT IN JULY AND, OF COURSE, IN THE BOOTH. WE HAVE OUR FORMER OUTSTANDING STUDENT BOARD MEMBER JOSH SHELTERS, USCHI AND, OF COURSE, WITH WITH YOU IN SPIRIT TONIGHT IS OUR FRIEND CHRISTIAN WHO WAS. WHO HELPED YOU WITH SOME OF THE EARLY WORK HELP YOU TRANSITION IN AND HE AND I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET RECENTLY AND I KNOW HE'S VERY PROUD OF THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ALSO. AND SO IT'S BEEN GREAT HAVING YOU. SO PROUD OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE ACHIEVED AS A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, BUT ALSO AS ONE OF OUR AS MR ROBINSON SAID, BEST AND BRIGHTEST. HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
YOU REPRESENT THE STUDENT BODY? VERY. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. WE WILL MISS YOU, BUT WE KNOW YOU'RE ON A GREAT THING. LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING. ARE WE GONNA GIVE IT OVER HERE? WELL, EARLY ON, I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW PHOEBE A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS GOOD, BECAUSE EARLY ON IS ALL WE REALLY HAD, AND, UH, I'M JUST SORRY THIS YEAR WORKED OUT THE WAY IT DID.
AND I DIDN'T GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER BUT PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH. THANK YOU, PHOEBE FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID THE TRANSITION FROM CHRISTIAN TO YOURSELF AND THE WAY YOU CARRIED THAT MOMENTUM FORWARD IS SO IMPORTANT TO HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND, UM.
YOU'RE JUST CONTRIBUTIONS ARE FABULOUS. AND WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE HAD YOU AND THANK YOU FOR LENDING HER TO US, BECAUSE IT'S QUITE A CHALLENGING ROLE, AND YOU REPRESENTED IT BEAUTIFULLY. SO THANK YOU. UM THIS WAS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGING YEAR. THAT'S THE
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UNDERSTATEMENT FOR ALL OF US. ANYBODY FROM CANADIAN FAMILY? TWO FRIENDS. THERE ARE MANY NIGHTS WHERE IT WAS JUST I DON'T THINK I COULD PUSH ANYMORE. I DON'T THINK I CAN KEEP GOING. AND IT WAS JUST. SOMETHING IN ME JUST SAID I CAN'T LET GO. YOU KNOW, CAN'T STOP PUSHING. I HAVE TO KEEP GOING. AND THIS WAS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGING YEAR. WE CAN ALL SAY THAT, BUT JUST THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING ME AND TAKING ME UNDER YOUR WINGS AND JUST COMFORTING ME WHEN I NEEDED IT AND JUST ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME. IT WILL DEFINITELY BE APPRECIATE IT. EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU AND ALL THE STUDENTS ARE PERFECT ANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR ALWAYS WITH A PLACE IN MY HEART? SO THANK YOU.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.