Friday, September 25, 2026 - Part 2

0:00The views and opinions expressed on analysed this are entirely those of the on-air participants and do not reflect those of the station's board, management, staff or underwriters. Now we're back here, analysed this and went down to Lisa Charles for joining us on the Candidates Peak in Oana, Maui Dango. Let me check out one of the on-air participants. We come here to come, open to come more centomian candidates in the weeks to come. We can't wait to know, we can be doing this till about in the 20s or till about only 14 stars on the 16th. So it would be in your best interest to come and prioritize that.

1:00Okay, I see some of that doing the graph is scheduled for Tuesday. We're even fill this board elections in Thomas and John Wednesday from a center, so much carry on Thursday and had the assurances. Candidates at last, Candidates next week, Friday. And then we also got a really housing, sake of it, a celebration we got to power on. Next week, Friday, look man. Come Wednesday, that's the last except them, right? Okay, it lasts. Darryl Joshing on be joining us. He always does. Right? And the last Wednesday, the month by Tima joins us in the hurricane season. But time flies man. I'm saying we'll just accept that my first Saturday. I flew back on the 31st. And here we are. End of the month, like did I say, except in the Bronx, ended the month. Come Wednesday, it's over. No, thanks also, yeah.

2:02Anyway, you know, we can't go the whole week. And I've been playing music, you know, incorporating some music into, you know, the shows throughout the week went very well, great response. And you know, I don't go the whole week and don't pledge our Felicia not at least once. You know, because yesterday, you know, that's like a tear. That's, that's like a theme song. That, right? But the favorites, we all know the favorites, right? I don't touch me long day. We going to do this. We going to do the grandmas this week. That won't get away. That's a, that's a favorite. Multiple Tamil events here. And the grand combo songs. We Chokinam below this month. And that was nice. Very nice song. And of course yesterday. That's a classic. The Palma Kattini, Joy, that Joe Felicia. Yeah. Has taken to the next level, the orchestral level.

3:04That Frank Sanatra, you know, wish he had, oh gosh. You know, I can be heading to a memorial service after that issue for one of my schoolmates and family friends. You bet, Gangeda, Jones. That went bottom, you know. She was three grades behind me. And, you know, and she had the deal with the illness. And I read something on the source. And I said, I want to send all kind of illnesses to the entire candidate family. I'm Chris Jones, I'm a legal husband. So we all went to school together and said, don't send it on small communities. You know, and in this case, even the chair talking about love. This is a real life where she had to go, you know. So, and it's personal for multiple reasons. But I'll get to that. See my meet-a-meet-a.

4:04You know what I'm saying? I keep telling people, I was talking to both of them. He doesn't last night. The, the Kanageda thing, based on what my father told me. Right? And I said this numerous things and I enjoyed saying it. A lot of people know. Right? That James to be a doctor. Right? But the inspiration for him to become a doctor is because of Dr. Kanageda. DC Kanageda. Right? David Cornelius Kanageda. You hear DC? That's what it is. He wanted us a doctor. You had judged you were everything at Cricket, educated in Canada. I think he went to McGill University. But what had happened was my uncle, my, my father's older brother, eldest brother. I've gotten ill and Dr. Kanageda came out to the family property in Catching Rest

5:07and saved his life. And that inspired him. My father was a radio man, like a Billy radio. You know what I'm saying? So, you know, losing, you know, you've had for David Jr. You know, and he was always a nice person. Nice, just cheerful. That's how I wrap up. So we're going to enjoy this in his totality. You know what I'm saying? Turn it up for me. I'm Mr. Engineer. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. That's cool. That's cool.

6:16That's cool. Say that again. Remember, bananas, flatbread always make up! If you're still late, слово fro delicious? You know what, that's about revenues. That's that among us. What's up, Amitano? Oh, gosh! Out of love to hit, full of blue eyes, crunching, crunching, I'm with the brother, he's like a son. You know yesterday was such a beautiful day, to play, and what happened, and what happened? Oh, gosh!

7:17My sias can destino es poco de temente Necesito rinco, pares con... Oh, Amitano, mi tecáquemos, oh, y se me la la la la la la Ah, oh, oh, me la la la la la la la Ligo later yo, Ayano, I love Ali Sanga, Aladin, right? That one they're rough to overcome with the instrumentation, how beautiful lasagna. Seriously, the way that Chirofili Siano them arranged their music for that particular song is one of the greatest covers I've ever heard. No, I believe I got... I guess I'm by any line... Who the hell are they with me, Smánin? You're morning, Senator James, you have Mr. Grant from the BX in NYC. Morning, Mr. Grant, how are you? Senator James, yes, they did, right? Yes. Next to my building, we have a full pantry, the last dozen every month they give,

8:18or food. So I sit today by Kaya Seli. I ate Google, El Grand Combo. I went and straight get up. The almost done, 160 dollars between the two of us. That's the kind of song system you get in your car. Like I don't say it. Like I don't say it. That's the kind of song that you get in your car. And say, Kaya, we don't say Kaya. But... Yes, this is what the Kaya is up with. It's a BMW and it comes with a harmon, harmon system, carbon. So you, so you pay a go? You hear it? Listen, when them hands start to tweak, listen to a dozen industry. I'm not going to copy. I said, I don't have Kaya today. I'll let you know. Listen, you need to put that suavementi. Or, eh, double the double the double the double the double. Suavementi is, I do need Elvis Crespo. That's Elvis Crespo. Yeah, he comes in, he in the car, so he...

9:19But I think he's originally a Newiaka, and I think he bought a Newiaka. Elvis Crespo. Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah, I think so. I believe he's on the region. I'm saying, but that's another big chunto. Yeah, I'm saying big big chun. So, a grand, a grand, a grand, a grand, a grand, a steel gated, then I'll see you tell him with it. Hey, listen, I tell you the bodi koanem bodi koanem. You know that, they watching me. They say, is he a black bodi koanem? They want, they want, they want to know if you're a confrall, they want to know if you're a confrall, if you're a low, or canova nas, or, or, or, or, or, and to say, Oh God. Oh God. Oh, god. That's that. I can't take a gate of the standard, to call you to leave. No, I, I keep telling people, we leave a grand commoist, the greatest band in the Caribbean, from a longevity standpoint. You know what I'm saying?

10:20A longevity standpoint. Okay. Elvis Crespo. Oh, la, la, la. I just pull up. Okay, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, yeah, yeah, he was born in New York City, 1970, right? But his origin, right? His origin is Ota Guayanaba in Puerto Rico. I'm saying so. So, so, yeah, yeah, but he bought in the city. He bought in the city. You know, I'm saying to Puerto Rican parents. I really, I said it. I didn't tell them this in the scene. I was, you know, right there. I was a good Puerto Rico when we so play football for Nazareth. Yeah, when they had the neighborhood station in Puerto Rico. I was so good on the top. We so go. Hey, that's a, I tell people we were like professionals. Right? We're in a school. We play a lot to San Juan. We go down, we check in the hotel and don't have a condado strip again. It started the night that we were playing back and saw the air. The service. I was. I will live, I will live in like athletes, I will live in like athletes.

11:21Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So everything going otherwise. But yeah, everything going otherwise. The foul weather is here. Yeah, I heard you say 55. You mean that but look now you go be careful. And because again, nor is that coming to the air region. I had a tonight or tomorrow morning. You know what I just said. I sit in the sitting. No, say no, me and me and even no. Yeah, my yeah, yeah, yeah, I love that they don't. Yeah, no, no, no, it can be windy today. But they go they cancel it. They cancel a Yankees game. They cancel a Yankees game for tomorrow. And they playing a double header today because of the weather. Again, an orisa again, I ran so look off for that. Be careful. I got I got a candidate in the studio with me. We're good looking out. Thanks for the call. You take it. I'm not good. No, I thanks for the good news, man. I appreciate that. That's the event grant. I was in a living up in the Bronx right now. Call it in. So let's get right to it. We got a board of education member and candidate for the Virgin Islands board of education.

12:24In this case, represent district of San Corre, we're going to the Hendrix here in the studio. Good morning, teacher. How are you? Good morning, Senator James. I am well. Thank you so much for having me. I'm going to introduce yourself. Numbar and all that good stuff. OK, I am number 300 ballot. My name is Winona Adams Hendrix. I am a board of education candidate. I've been on the board since 2017. It's my pleasure to serve the Virgin Islands. I, some of my interests, my concerns, my mandate, my platform would include engaging students and making sure that the best practices, best educational practices, are being utilized in the classroom. I also look for making sure that the students are attending on a regular basis. And that's a big thing right now with all the schools, with struggling with chronic attendance. I also like to make sure that our students expose, they get a chance to learn a little bit

13:27of Spanish. They get a chance to have hands-on experiences, whether it's in the culinary arts, of course, whether it's in music. So I am a public servant. I'm an advocate for children. I'm an advocate for the teachers that are in the classroom, and I enjoy doing that. So that's who I am. Well, actually, give us a background in terms of your education. OK, well, I have to say I was born in Virgin Islands because some people think that I'm not from here, but I was born in Virgin Islands. You're going to have beautiful, you're going to keep twang, so I can see why people would think that you're not from here. Yeah, go ahead. I went to school here. I won't say which building, but I went to school here. I went up until first grade, and then I relocated to Harlem. I lived in Harlem for quite a long time. I went to PS10. I went to Wattley, Jr. I never know that. I bought in Harlem, and I never know that. 116th Street on 8th Avenue. We know about Harlem, man.

14:27Central Park. Wow. Wow, come to the Apollo Theater. 125th Street. No, that 116th Street on the East Side Park Avenue. You know what, I market them. Yes, my grandmother would take us. Yeah, a bunch of Chirinah, a bunch of Chirinah. I know walking, pulling hands. That mark, I think you have to take this step them and go down. I mean, it was a beautiful experience. So you see, you got any from high school in New York? No, no, I did not. I relocated to the Virgin Islands when I was in 11th grade. So I went to see H.S. The Christians that high school, and so I'm a member of the class of 1965. Okay. I mean, I was in the Indiana Sacky, Janet Williams, people like Elaine Springer, they went to St. Joseph, Tyrone Sears, Claude or Marco. So we're a combined class. Reggie Williams, Bertie O'Reilly. The whole of the whole of them, I don't know, you talking about some great musician, you talking about Reggie Williams for Harlem?

15:27Yes. And Baudi, really, Adam? No, no, Reggie, I meant to say Reggie Samwell. Reggie Samwell. Okay. I'm not talking about you already. Yeah. Paiqui tell me about, he's a trumpet player. He played with, I think Marasco was there. They're Marasco band, very famous. Yes, band, they've been all over the United States of the world. Yeah. It's elementary, et cetera. Wow. Some of a member of that class. And I believe Central High School opened a couple years after that. Right, I think maybe 66, 1966. Yeah. Yeah, and the class of 1967, I think was the first class at Central High School. Okay, and then after high school, what did you do? Oh, after high school, I went to the College of the Virgin Islands. Okay. And I was in a two year program there where you spent your first two years at CVI. That's what we call it. And then we went to New York University. So I actually, and, and why you? And why you graduate. The purple, right? That's the purple, yes.

16:28Yes. Yes. And I graduated with a, call the microphone on close. Ed psychology degree. Okay. And so I was in the field of teaching. And I always try to tell people that in terms of student teaching, with NYU, I started off on Bleak Street with little pre pre K students having to take care of them, then we went up to Spanish Harlem. Mm-hmm. That's my stop, bigger. One, one, twenty second, Alex, England, and who were that? Yeah. I had to student teach this. So my student teaching experience wasn't just in one class. Mm-hmm. So after that, I went to Brooklyn to an alternative school with a voice. I mean, there was so much taller, bigger than I was. So I got that experience of working with students who had to learn in another type of setting. And then I came back to the Virgin Islands. And I was at Alamola School with René Ken, who was a very outstanding first grade teacher.

17:31So I've had a wealth of information at NYU. We had to learn how to sign. American sign language. That's a good question. I had to learn how to play a recorder. Wow. So you had to have a diverse background before you could consider yourself and learn a language. I was at, um, down in Chinatown. I visited schools that taught English, Spanish, French. So same day. We, uh, we, we're talking with, we're known as Hendrick. She is number three on the ballot, uh, seeking, uh, to be a member of the Virgin Islands Board education. It's a four year term, right? You guess it is. Four year term. Um, we're going to take a break here on the Kansas Peak. Come back, wrap up, uh, whole, uh, what we would call her chronology, uh, education, chronology, and then we'll get to policy here, uh, in the conversation. We'll take a break, be back right after this. WTJX is underwritten in part by Cost You Less.

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20:43We're back here. I analyze this. The candidate speak the candidate on the bike this morning. It is Miss Wood on a Hendrix of Virgin Islands, whatever you case. I'm a Marlaine Bannerwood. Well, 17 years. Well, first off for the 2000. 2008 and I started I swore it in 2009. 2009, okay. Now quickly the experience in New York City educational experience, what did that do for you looking back as you served as an educator and you principal right? I was a assistant principal and I was a student. I served at Lumacle.

21:43I served at Cautomacle. What did that experience and was there anything with the New York City educational system that you thought was successful for them that we could or even should incorporate in our structure? I think that's a great question. It gave me. I always say that was somebody talking. I'm just joking. I like to say that. Go ahead. What I think the experience of growing up in New York did for me is it gave me exposure to different things. I didn't know I could sing until I was in the Glee Club in New York. I had the opportunity to try to learn the piano. I had the opportunity to try to play baseball. So I had so many opportunities and exposure. My father worked at the bus company so he would drop us to the museum.

22:44So we were able to look at art, look at artifacts from different places, spirits. So as I became an educator and an administrator, I always wanted to expose my children to different types of experiences. So when I served at Lumacle, Pikes, I had my little fungy ban. Dimitri. Yes, Dimitri Copen. We had a little fungy ban. We had Miss Karen Quillen, big in music. We had reading book, not book clubs, but book fairs, opportunities for students to see diverse cultures, diverse opportunities. Lumacle at that time had the most softball teams. We had the sons, the stars. I mean, everything was a S and I was under Mandeiano, Ignacio, Iiano. So the question that you're asking could be answered by the type of experiences I had,

23:50I wanted my students to also be able to diversify and have numerous opportunities to participate in different types of events. I had a good fortune going to what was then the same farm elementary school in its very first year. This is 1771. And Lumacle died. And subsequently changed the name of the school because he was living in the same farm at the time. Right. And the change the name of the school from the same farm at the middle school to Lumacle at the middle school. Elaine Springer, my first cousin. I suppose I'm body full. One of my strongest teachers. Yes, I was one of my strongest teachers. I have been friends for 60 plus maybe even longer than that. Right. And that's a beautiful thing actually took the main team friendships and all that. We had a strong educational system back in the day. I tell the Jada Finch story and I actually saw her yesterday.

24:50Okay. I went to the memorial service a few more for Genji Clements. Right. And her story and I give it, you know, I tell it what every time religiously she says, she says to me nine years ago, never all these certification and all that stuff. Our teacher didn't mean had that. I look how we thought no, don't you think that maybe they're overdoing it? And I think it's a legitimate question. Well, don't get me wrong. Right. I think that everybody, not just educators. They should want to continue their education and continue to learn more about the world and what's available to us technologically because you know, we're an advancing technology of the logical world. But I think that's a legitimate question. The Winona Hendrix at the world, those of you who are growing up and educated and graduated in the 60s and 70s, your teachers didn't really have all of this certification, but they

25:54had education. They had a commitment. They had a conviction and they wanted to see the young people learn. Talk a little bit about that balance. How do we balance that? I know certification is an important question and I think it should be. And you are absolutely right. Back in the day, Jennifer LaDee, when we were growing up, the educators were committed to particular standards that they wanted the students to have and they were mostly academic. Now the system is changing. The world is changing and we want to make sure that the individuals that we're putting in the classroom are qualified and knowledgeable in their subject area. Back in the day, they didn't question that. But now I need to know. If you say you're a business teacher, what your knowledge basis, what your skills, your concepts are, if you're going to be especially an algebra and if you're going to teach biology and science, I need to know your knowledge based. I need to have it tested and so that's where the practice comes in.

26:58They take the practice and they get a certain score and they show that score to us. Besides that, certification means we're checking your background. Again, a changing world, a transforming world. We're checking to make sure that you're great enough to go into our classroom. You don't have any secret behaviors that might affect our student and the learning. So certification is your knowledge background, the amount of experience that you have, a police check and your willingness to continue learning because you're not certified once and for all. You're certified for four or five years and then again, you have to demonstrate that you're keeping up with the trends. And we certainly see that in the doctors field, the medical field. You don't want to go to somebody who been in practice from 1920 and they haven't gone back since then.

27:58You want to show that they're upgrading. So I know people are concerned about certification, but I think it is important and I think we should have it. And in the States, I don't think our parents here have started that question yet. But in the States, when you take your child to school, the first thing that you're asking is, is my child in a certified classroom in addition to make sure that the system is strong, we have to make sure that they know what they're supposed to know. In Finland, when you go to Finland, your child from the beginning is put in a classroom where they have a master's degree. That's a requirement. That's a requirement. Wow. You see how heavy that is and you see why they do so well in the world. You understand so. So you're saying that the ecosystem, the educational ecosystem has changed. It hasn't happened. It isn't about how it may have been 40, 50, 60 years ago.

29:01It's about because competition is such, you got to do certain things to stay in, actually in lockstep. It was going on in other parts of the world. I think that's a great way of placing a putting it. Thank you. Now I'm just trying to learn. You know what I'm saying? I think you have it. You have it. No, let me ask this question. You mentioned you went to NYU, right? By the way, I wanted to say that Eddie Bruce, one of Melissa's other scene, John. He said, his first teaching, he taught English was at Wadley, junior high school at 1969. Wow. So where is Wadley at? Wadley is in Manhattan and Harlem. It was, I was on 160 streets. It was about two blocks down. Wow. So it wasn't far from where you were? No, no, I walked to school. I didn't take up what I walked. And he said, I said that before coming to St. John in 1974. Okay. He's originally from Minnesota, from the Twin Cities. Right. He said, heroin use was terrible back then.

30:01Well, I had an experience. I don't want to go over there in the radio, but I did have an experience at the time. I found out also that was a rough time for people of color in the 60s and 70s when drug use being pervasive and all that stuff. So we got to do that. Right. But Helen Joseph. Oh, yes. Also, I think she went to Wadley too. At one time she was alive. Wow. I think we had a conversation and she mentioned that she went to Wadley, junior high. Oh, man. Yeah. That's, that's awesome. Back to the NYU thing. Okay. I learned that the CUNY system, right? You went to NYU, NYU, NYU, the previous school. Right. CUNY is the public system. And that's, I think we have less is 25 different colleges under this CUNY system. Lehman Bernad Baruch, the list goes on and on Monroe, not Monroe, Manhattan. Okay. And then we actually have Virgin Islanders who are university presidents, Mishrata. Yes. Right.

31:02And now that's tough. So, so the reason why I bring that up is we have shown in the Virgin Islands that we have it within us individually and collectively to not only excel, but to believe us. Talk about the importance of education. Talk about our structure. Because you came back home to teach and you were here 70s, 80s, 90s, a critical part of our evolution that people went, our population tripled over a 20 year period. Yes. I think that education has been transforming and you mentioned all the years. And I think that, I mean, the context that we've lost population. So that's a dynamic that you have to be would. I think that's a critical point because we don't have as many students as we had several years ago. But the part of I think leadership in answering the question, I have to speak to leadership pride and wanting our students to do better.

32:05I think many of the leaders in the years that you called what transformative leaders, they knew what the Virgin Islands needed and they tried to make sure that our students got that and that they were consistent in working towards the academics. Now we have the academics. We have to look out for the social behavior, the social media. We have to look out to the trauma. Our community right now is experiencing a certain amount of trauma from abandonment. We're finding and I can say this because I'm telling you Mr. James, the board has to go into each school twice a year. And there's several things that we're looking for. But when we get to the social, emotional behavior area, we are hearing about children who feel abandoned. They're the homeless. The homeless. The four. Yeah. The young students, 16-year-old committed suicide last night.

33:08They're in the real village. I'm sorry to get up and look. No. Yeah, but not to shake me up, when I got the text message, when they said. So now that's cool. And now we had the pap and the health last week talking about, that this is suicide, but that's your month. And that happened and now, yeah. And now when they're there. Well, the board is recommending that each school put up the important numbers, the contact numbers for suicide domestic violence, sexual abuse, her harassment. They shouldn't just be something you talk about in private in the councilor's office. These signs should be all up over the complex so that children, if they, if they don't even want to say it to you, they can pick up and call the 9-1-1 for suicide. I'm so sorry to hear about that student his school or her school. They need to call in, you know, some counselors and do grief counseling. So I think that we're moving away from working

34:08together. And I say this all the time, I don't see UVI, the Department of Education, the Board of Education and other community agencies sitting down at the table and talking about attendance to decrease in enrollment, the type of leadership, you have to be a tough leader in these schools nowadays, you know, Mr James, a tough leader, the type of counselors we need, the amount of issues that the counselors have to deal with. We have to put this on the table and we honestly have to talk about it. And then we have to have the legislature. Most of the students schools don't have the resources. They need the need and new air conditioner. They have to wait on the bureau or they have to wait until the legislature, you know, appropriate some more money. So it's a big problem. And we're not handling it as a community. But you have your opinion, I have might somebody else as this.

35:10But when the Department of Education is a quasi government within the government, as a big, as a big, the department has been from our, that's from our numeric. Stand point on a Dallas. There was a time where 200 million dollars out of a 730 million dollar budget was the Department of Education because you got so many employees. Right. There was a time where I worked my very first job was payroll, Department of Education. And back then it was 1600 employees in each district. Right. I remember being a deputy superintendent. Yeah. And admiring mock biggs and yourselves. Yeah. No, we are mock biggs that you were up and coming in terms of the problem solving. We're wet behind the ears. But I was a deputy super that time. And I watch you guys. I watch you guys. I appreciate your mentorship. Yeah. That was a good window. I'm just thinking, I think back then we had

36:10about 10 elementary schools, three junior highs and two. And one high school that that eventually went to two. Right. You had Pearl B, Juanita God in, um, local Ricardo Richards, Alfred Andrews, Charles Emmanuel, you don't even hear it. Everything Williams, Anderson and Claudo Markwood, 10. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, we got maybe five or six. No, it's still in the 10 because believe it or not, the board has to go into YRC. And we have to go to alternative edge of this mall. But there's still a program that we have to monitor. When you factor that, yeah. But what I'm saying is, there is no Henderson right now. No. Um, Arthur Richards. There is no Evelyn Williams. Right? No. Um, there is no Charles Emmanuel. So that's it. Lena gone. Lena gone. You're not me and I'm so we don't have a wood. We have with wood. So no, but a wood. So close.

37:11I, I think, yeah, we can put it in a part, but I think woodson is now for administrative office and program. Yeah. So basically right now, because we changed the structure from K to six to K to eight, right? Elementary schools have now taken on what would be the seven or eight grade or old, right? Full of the, um, it used to be called the six, three three systems. Yes. Why are K to six? Then the middle nine and then and then 10 11, right? So that's three six. So we're talking with six, three, three, three, good. We're talking with actually seven, because of the factor in kindergarten. A year as well. Right? We're talking with Winona Hendrix. She's no more three on the ballot, seeking reelection to be a member of versionals, whatever education representing the district of St. Croix, guys at college, I go born in by the way. Good morning, champ person. We'll take a break and be back right after this.

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40:27Two and a sub number 29 at 8 p.m. on WTJX TV channel 12. And we're back here on analysis, and we've gotten this with Noona Hendrix. One of Adam's Hendrix. Here in the studio, she is number three on the ballot, seeking to return to the Virgin Islands Board education. Let me ask Gomori once again. Let me let you have you here. Let's learn about your history and the New York City connection and all that. By the way, Claudia Shrada, she is the president of York University. That's in Queens. Out there, out there. A lot of people don't know that Brooklyn and Queens are actually on Lang Island,

41:30even though they're two or two or the five boroughs in New York City. So that's my stuff. I'll take it out there. Let me ask you this question. You were telling me during the break that there is a mandate for the part of the World of Education to print a book that gives details and speaks to where we're at educationally in the Virgin Islands. Talk a little bit about that. Okay. The legislature has mandated that on an annual basis by June 15th, even a date, we must submit to them an assessment of public education and we must identify the deficiencies in terms of leadership, the deficiencies in terms of concling and guidance services, and we must identify the strengths and weaknesses of our students, and usually that's based on the smart balance test. And the board puts this book out on a yearly basis. And besides the

42:32deficiencies, we offer our recommendations. What we found is that people are receiving the documents, but they're not responding to them. We provide the legislature, the governor, and also the Department of Education with a copy of this book. And it is, I think it's powerful because it identifies the number of visits that we make to the school and what we're seeing and we're hearing. So when I'm talking about abandonment and trauma and abuse, et cetera, we're hearing that from the council's perspective and we're hearing that they don't have enough resources, they don't have enough time. They don't have enough counselors to deal with the number of students that are going through these experiences. We're looking at the administrators and how their school is organized, how they're working with the team members, or if there's a team member that's not working, how they're

43:35embracing their parents or not embracing or disfranchising parents. And so the parents are not stepping up and coming to the school and hearing what is supposed to hear. So it is a powerful book. You can go on our website at www.myvibe.com. My Virgin Allen's Board of Education.com and you can get a copy of that document. We don't mind receiving responses to it, but it is powerful because it lays out for that year where our students are and you already pointed out we're seeing a decrease in enrollment in the Virgin Islands. We are seeing an increase in students who need special services, but we're seeing a shortage of teachers. So you have all of these things happening in the school that the administrator has to deal with and there's not enough this, this, this, this. For example, we found out through our visits some of the principals now have to take their money to

44:41reinforce the child nutrition program. So that's alarming to us. We want to make sure when if there are already food insecure, come into school. At least when they get the school, we're hoping that they have the breakfast and a great lunch and when the lunches are presented, they're beautiful. I took pictures because I always want to make sure that I'm hearing they get this that taking pictures, making sure I was at, I think it's your dearer kin and what a beautiful lunch they had and fruits and everything like that. So the mandate is that the board must do it and the board has done that successfully from the time that I've been on the board. How does the board interpret the kids count document that is presented every year? But what is Sinclair Foundation, the NGM's and I believe the community foundation of origin has got something to do as well.

45:44We see value in the kids counts because it supports or aligns with some of the things that we're putting in our report. I think ours sometimes might have a little bit more depth because of the frequency in which we're in the different campuses, but they are talking about what the children are going through, the number of students who are leaving the island, the health, those students who are what we used to call a large key who needs supervision. I think it's a valuable report and I think that the board members, we have a chance to read it. Sometimes Miss James and I forget the other lady, we sometimes sit down and determine what we're going to share and whether they're going to include the Levin Caxx. Really? Yes, very nice lady. The brain still functioning. Let me ask this question. When is the board going to stand up and say, and tell a governor, we want the

46:49ability to hire the respected superintendent in both districts. As I stand right now, the politics has it where the governor responsible for everything, but let's use New York. There was a time where, and probably still exists, that the New York City Superintendent of Schools is more popular and well known and the job is probably more coveted than the State Commissioner for the State of New York, which is a cabinet position for the governor of New York. At what point are we going to give the board of education some real power in terms of hiring power and say the superintendent and the Lang to Ayo? Well, I think it's on the table right now, in this particular board. Remember, and she's the vice-chair in Manuel Aperez, has been working on it for a long time.

47:50She's given us a draft copy. The next step is we are going to look at it and decide what we want to delete include and enhance, and then we're going to send it forward too. And I think she's been speaking to a number of senators. So I think we're getting some co-owners disobeying an co-owners, well, which we're trying. So it's coming. So it depends on what the nine members want, because now we got to come to consent. So you're saying, because music to my ears now, you're saying that whoever is representing the Virgin Islands in the board of education, Ayo going to be forward in something to the first branch of government, and the first branch of government will then consider and mandate that effective school year 27 28, we don't know in 26 27 already, I don't want to get into that interruption. School year 20 27 20 20, beginning with that year, that the board of education

48:58at some point prior to that will entertain interviews and have the power to select who going to be the superintendent and the respective districts. That's a goal at least. Yes, the goal is right. The goal is right. And I'm telling you, it's on the table right now, but I also said that we have to come to consent us on what we want among the board members. Among the board members, they're nine of us, and we have very strong personalities, our wide knowledge based on the board. Some people agree and some people see it differently. So the goal is correct. We want to make sure we're one of the only boards when we go to our National School, what association does not have the ability to hire or at least give some sort of information, pertaining to acquiring a superintendent. And I'm saying that Perez put it on the table. I agree with it. I'm willing to lobby and work for it, but it ultimately must come to a vote.

50:03That's why talking about that. I hope that happens. Oh, okay. Right. By the way, I got a text message from Carva Faro. Right. And he said they do an Amitabha region saying Thomas today for the senatorial candidates and they have changed the location. Okay. Right. From the Shah Tamali High School to the Kaffir, the Lockhart cafeteria. Okay. Which is next door. This is next door, right? Right. And this is from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. So senatorial candidates in the same Thomas and John district. There's Amitabha and Grete, the USVI American Federation, American Labor Federation. Right. They're doing Amitabha and Grete for senatorial candidates. Today, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. And if you want more information, you can call Carva Faro at 340 690 1387. Okay. Carva Faro 340 690 1387. I'm great for the senatorial candidates in the same Thomas and John district.

51:05Now, um, even on the board 18. He pay is a lot of years. Did we change the staggering things? Actually happened while you were on the board, right? Yes, it did. Right. Because I know that you know, doing the math. Because we used to empty house. Yes, yes, yes. So do it. The guy doing the math. And that's 18 years. That's 18 years. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But I like staggering. Why? Because it at least guarantees some continuity with each election. You know, I mean, you can't just empty out the house empty the electricity. They want to say empty the clip, right? That's a street tag, right? You know, the empty the house and then start again from fresh. You want some people who may have been there for continuity purposes? How has that worked out in your estimation with each election cycle, which is now about seven or eight at the end of the business, in the end? Yeah. I think it has worked well. I had an opportunity to meet different, um,

52:07board members in the three. Uh, we have the same John. We just, we just now picked up Abigail Henry Kagan from St. John. It's a pleasure working with her. She is, it's a staunch person for St. John, but she's relying and working with us to see the picture as a territorial picture. So I had a chance to work with Aswin Sua. Um, Debbie Watlington, who's now a judge. So I, I think staggering allows us to meet different personalities, get different, um, ideas. Error Locker is on. Also, let me do that. I'd like to say the chairperson of the board is Kaiser Calwood, the vice purse chairperson is Emmanuel Perez, the secretary is Error Locker. Other members from St. Roy are member Terence T. Joseph, member Wanoana Hendrix, uh, Missing some, but I said Emmanuel already is a force. Thank you more head. Thank you so much. Mary Mary more head. Yeah. From St. Thomas, uh, Judy Gomez, um, Kaiser, Error Locker,

53:14and Nandie Sukult, turning Nandie Sukult. I hope I'll say John St. John Abigail Hendrix Kagan. Okay. Her father was Elrod Hendrix. Oh, that's a goal. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Missed about the more or less. Not seriously. Yeah. They have labeled a St. Tomian, as the face of the organization, this organization that had I, I am in the name of I Cal Ripkin, but Mr. Oriol is Elrod Hendrix. Okay. That's how, uh, Virgin Islands, I can't big every table. Wow. Wow. What is daughter? It's powerful. That's awesome. That's kind of spirit to the board also. Tell the people why they should consider support and vote for Wanoana Hendrix to remain as a member of Virgin Islands board education representing the district of St. Croix. Well, I bring the ability to work with people. Hey, I, I see personalities. I understand some of the things that's going on, but I can still work. I can put that aside. I can throw it off

54:14my shoulder, not take it personal and come back and work for who? The chairman and the teachers. I know about children and teachers because I'm always, you know, around them. Additionally, I also, I bring ideas. I, I, I like to read and, um, especially educational matters. I, my top, my area is usually one area. I like to read and I bring that to the board. For example, I just read that the House of Representative and I think it's 7, 8, 9, 0, that bill has approved the science of reading to be implemented in schools. And that's better than what's called Q, uh, Q recommendations, or Q, the Q concept with you see a letter and you take a guess and that's the word or you see the picture and you kind of think, well, is this the word based on? So the House of Representatives has said no more that let's go to what the research is saying, you know, what worked. So I'm always

55:15bringing something that educate, that's educational to the board. Right now we have, it's not approved yet. Not, I say that with capital letters, not approved yet, but we want to target our parents for this year. Every year we target a different, this year we want to target our parents. We want to talk about their parents and their basic rights and responsibilities, students rights and responsibility, the level four discipline, um, infractions area. We want to talk to the parents that I understand what is curriculum and what is instruction and that happens to be the subcommittee that I'm the chair of. So I think I bring organizational skills, I bring the ability to share the knowledge that I have. I'm also a relational person. I really love to interact with the principles, um, the students, um, and I think my longevity gives, you know, some historical

56:17concept to what has been happening to the board. I, I, I am going to work for the board. I, that's my biggest reward to know that I have served education as a teacher, assistant principal, principal deputy superintendent, and now the children of the Virgin Islands as an advocate. So if you want an advocate constant that I don't care who disagrees with me or agrees with me, I just feel coming back with the fight name and number. My name, Winona, Adam Senjigs, a lot of people call me Pat because I'm Patries and my number is number three. I do want to thank you Senator. I admire you immensely and, and your family. Um, I want to thank, uh, station W T J X for allowing me this opportunity to be on this morning. Thank you for joining us. I'm going to work with the campaign. I, um, if I don't even win, I'm willing to help others who want to run for the board. That's a beautiful

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