VIRAL MOMENT: CA Superintendent Forced Out Of Chino School Board Meeting On Trans Notification Rule — Transcript

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1. 0:00sorry Pat go ahead the first speaker is
2. 0:02Tony Thurmond
3. 0:10please be respectful on both sides both
4. 0:13the sides thank you
5. 0:15[Applause]
6. 0:17good evening Madam president members of
7. 0:19the board
8. 0:20parents teachers and students
9. 0:23I stand before you as a proud American
10. 0:27as a man of faith
11. 0:29the son of a veteran who served in
12. 0:32Vietnam
13. 0:33who's buried not far from here
14. 0:35I love this country
15. 0:37and in addition to being the state
16. 0:39superintendent I am also a parent
17. 0:41and I come before you as a parent
18. 0:44tonight
19. 0:45and we can debate all of the laws and
20. 0:48all of the policies and practices I ask
21. 0:51you to consider this
22. 0:52that nearly half of students who
23. 0:55identify as being lgbtq Plus
24. 0:58are considering suicide
25. 1:01I ask you to consider this
26. 1:04that the policy that you consider
27. 1:06tonight
28. 1:07not only may fall outside of the laws
29. 1:09that respect privacy and safety for our
30. 1:13students but may put our students at
31. 1:17risk because they may not be in homes
32. 1:19where they can be safe
33. 1:22time
34. 1:24time
35. 1:26and I learned something from a previous
36. 1:28board president
37. 1:30[Applause]
38. 1:32guys be respectful
39. 1:33[Applause]
40. 1:39I am going to do a point of order which
41. 1:41I learned from a previous board
42. 1:42president
43. 1:43Tony Thurman I appreciate you being here
44. 1:46tremendously but here's the problem
45. 1:48we're here because of people like you
46. 1:50you're in Sacramento proposing things
47. 1:54that pervert children
48. 1:55[Applause]
49. 1:57you had a chance to come and talk to me
50. 2:00Tony
51. 2:00[Applause]
52. 2:01by all means you had a chance to come
53. 2:03talk to me why was it so important for
54. 2:06you to walk with my opponent you are the
55. 2:10very reason why we're in this
56. 2:14may I have as a point of order as the
57. 2:18Border this is not your meeting you may
58. 2:20have a seat because if I did that to you
59. 2:22in Sacramento you would not accept it
60. 2:24please say it you're not gonna blackmail
61. 2:26us you already sent us a blackmailing
62. 2:29letter on previous
63. 2:30you'll not bully us here in Chino please
64. 2:33see
65. 2:35foreign
66. 2:37[Applause]
67. 2:50[Music]
68. 2:51[Applause]
69. 2:58[Music]
70. 3:07[Applause]
71. 3:10all right
72. 3:22[Applause]
73. 3:32here
74. 3:40[Applause]
75. 3:43[Music]
76. 3:49thank you
77. 3:53[Applause]
78. 4:16[Music]
79. 4:18[Applause]
80. 4:29[Music]
81. 4:32hearts
82. 4:40leave another one
83. 4:44[Applause]
84. 4:51[Music]
85. 4:53[Applause]
86. 4:59thank you
87. 5:01yeah
88. 5:08[Applause]
89. 5:35um
90. 5:41we have one down 82 to go I'm gonna
91. 5:45reconvene the regular meeting please
92. 5:47bring it down guys we gotta get through
93. 5:49this
94. 5:51we're gonna reconvene everybody sit down
95. 5:53please be quiet
96. 5:56Pat the next speaker is Bill assayley
97. 6:01Bill asanely followed by Sunita Menon
98. 6:05followed by Maxi Barra
99. 6:10[Applause]