(Aidan) Good morning, Mrs. Satory.

I'm Aidan.

-I'm Chloe.

-We have some questions to ask.

(Lisa Satory) Thank you for having me here.

-It's our pleasure.

So to begin, it's more of a personal question, but what made you want to become a trustee?

-Very good question.

It really wasn't something I would say was on my radar, but I'm a firm believer in that things come along your way for a reason.

So I just happened to be watching the news and had seen the broadcast about these four new trustee positions that were coming open to represent the municipality.

So there was a Clark County, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Henderson representative that was going to be appointed.

They were taking applications, and I looked into a little bit about what the position entailed.

And it really was wanting someone that had a diverse background, had been in education, preferably just, you know, as more of a kind of advisory input role.

And as I thought about it, I thought, this is-- I thought it was really good fit for me.

I have been in charter schools.

I've been in CCSD.

I've been an administrator, a teacher.

I've been in elementary, middle school, high school.

I've served on numerous education boards.

So I just thought I have quite a vast realm of experience.

I thought it was something I'd enjoy.

I'm always looking for ways to further contribute to education, to further help out, just give back and do as much as I can.

Like I said, something just kind of spoke to me, and I thought I would be a good fit for it.

-Going off that, is there anything you would change about being a trustee?

-Well, currently we do not have voting rights.

So, I mean, probably moving forward, I think it's been a great way to get us involved, get us giving input, learning about the role of a trustee, but that is something I'd love to see change in the future, that possibly we would have those voting rights.

We definitely become very involved, get very passionate on a lot of the topics.

It would be something that I think all of us as the appointed trustees would like to see happen in the future.

But in the meantime, I'm enjoying the role as is and giving back and contributing as much as possible.

-And then speaking about changes, what is your future-- or what is your vision for the future of the School District?

-Well, definitely right now we're engrossed in the superintendent search.

So a lot of our vision, it really is going to be a joint vision with the new superintendent.

It's been great because we've had our survey out to get input from all the stakeholders about what the community would like to see in their new superintendent.

We are currently holding focus groups.

There are some virtual and some that are in person.

So really, my goal right now is just to attend as many of those as possible, really hear from the community, hear what the community wants in our new leader.

So, like I said, I really think as this develops, it will be a shared vision.

Really, some of the main things that I see personally would be really our growth data, really seeing that, you know, really trying to make sure that our students are performing at the highest level.

But I really think a lot of that comes down to culture and climate.

So if I had to say the number one thing, I really want to work together in a unified front with our community, with the superintendent, would be really creating a better culture and climate.

Just positivity, teacher recruitment, retention, all of those go hand in hand with the environment.

So that's something that I would personally, as well, be looking for in a superintendent, someone that has a good track record with being transparent with the community, being visible, being present, really just being out there.

I really think that's what we're going to need in our new leader is someone that everyone can just get behind.

I think then all of those things with, with our achievement data and those things will also come into play.

We're seeing a lot of gains in our chronic absenteeism, suspensions, expulsions, those things starting to go down.

So we're definitely on the right trajectory.

I just think now that we get that new leader and really, you know, doing a good job right now of getting that feedback as well.

I think the community is feeling really involved in this process.

So I think it's really going to give us a good jumping off into that new leader and getting behind he or she and continuing to make gains as we go.

-Thank you for your time.

It was wonderful having you.

-It was a pleasure talking with you.