HeyJaredExtracurricular with Stephanie Vanos and Eddie Geller
School Board Member Stephanie Vanos and Eddie Geller break down the news of the week and give an inside perspective from their world in Orange County Florida.
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Working For Constituents, Not Customers: Rep Leonard Spencer On Bringing His Business Background To Tallahassee (opens the original)
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Eddie opens old wounds by bringing up Steph’s rejection from The Orlando Economic Partnership's PLI (Public Leadership Institute) back in the day. Once recovered, they discuss the ed tech roundtables that occurred this week at Steph’s schools, and the news about the $8.5 million reduction at OCPS due to a lower than expected enrollment. They then welcome Rep. Leonard Spencer to the episode (13:23) and discuss Florida House District 45 and what it’s like representing a district with very diverse
Life Before And After An Education: The Story Of EDUVOTER With Crystal Etienne (opens the original)
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This week, Steph and Eddie begin by recapping Steph’s experience at the EDUVOTER conference and then diving into a recently released study: “Bullied, Threatened, and Exhausted: Florida School Board Members’ Struggle to Defend Public Education.” Afterwards, they welcome the head of EDUVOTER, Crystal Etienne. Crystal opens up and shares her background in teaching and why protecting public education is so important for her (14:15). We dig into the reasons why teacher unions are attacked so vocifero
Orlando Sentinel Columnist Scott Maxwell On Primary Results And Afflicting the Comfortable (opens the original)
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We’re back! After a couple of weeks of the summer cold, the Countdown Improv Festival, and Steph’s oldest daughter heading to the Swamp, Eddie and Steph are back at it. In this episode, they welcome Orlando Sentinel Columnist Scott Maxwell (10:13). Scott talks about his journalism journey and how he strives for accuracy, thoroughness, and fair warning in the issues he tackles and people he holds accountable (16:25). Scott shares his take on the Orange County School Board Chair race (21:55) and o
How Joe McGehee Navigated A Once-In-Half-Century Year With FSBA (opens the original)
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Eddie and Steph start the show by going through some of the hottest topics at OCPS: the banning of e-bikes and e-scooters, the new AI Policy, and the retirement of Superintendent Dr. Maria Vazquez. Afterward, they welcome Joe McGehee, the Director of Advocacy & Legislative Services at the Florida School Board Association (FSBA) (20:10). We begin by outlining how Joe came to this work, what FSBA does, and how important it is for FSBA to find common ground amongst its membership. Joe then dives in
How The SEE Alliance Is Uplifting Young Voices And Occassionally Going Viral (opens the original)
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SEE Alliance Founder, Zander Moricz, and Orange County Organizing Coordinator, Koulson Fry, join Eddie and Steph to inspire us all and talk about the work of the SEE Alliance (Social Equity Through Education Alliance) (9:54). Zander opens the episode by talking about how the SEE Alliance originated and grew during COVID by mobilizing quickly and providing local civics education and information about school board organizing to students (11:52). The group evolved while the “Don’t Say Gay” bill mov
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