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Tonight on School Pride...
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Our mission to
restore pride and achievement
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to America's schools
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takes us to
a performing arts school
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with some big problems.
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This school was
made during the depression.
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And it's very depressing.
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It's almost like
this school was put together
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with a garage sale of the junk
from all the other schools.
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We've got just seven days
to fix up this schoo
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but big mistakes
threaten to slow us down.
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We drilled over 1,000 holes
in the wrong place.
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That's not good.
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And not everyone
wants our help.
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Guys, guys, guys,
we gotta stop the clock.
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We have been rejected
by the school district.
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The l.A.U.S.D. Has told us
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we can't do the work
that this school needs.
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We gotta make some noise.
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Can we win the fight
against the district
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and finish the school in time
for the grand performance?
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Do it, do it!
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Four individuals
from different walks of life
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have come together
to help communities
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renovate their schools.
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Are you ready?
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Susie castillo, designer
and former miss U.S.A.
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It's a proven fact
that when children
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have a better
learning environment,
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like what we're giving them,
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test scores skyrocket,
and they get better grades.
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Jacob soboroff,
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political journalist
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determined to find out
why so many of our schools
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are on the brink of collapse.
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I think that education
in America's broken.
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No teacher, or no student
should feel like
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their school is a prison.
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Kym whitley,
comedian and former teacher.
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If you can give a child
a great beginning,
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they can become anything.
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And me, Tom stroup,
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team leader and SWAT commander.
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We're basically
community organizers.
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It's about going
into a community,
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helping the community
help themselves.
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This week, we're going to
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the L.A. center
for enriched studies
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in Los Angeles, California.
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- Hi, I'm Annie.
- And I'm Zack.
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And this is our school,
Los Angeles center
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for enriched studies,
otherwise known as "laces."
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Laces is supposed to
focus on the performing arts,
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but the performing arts
is in shambles.
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Everything is
disgusting and grimy.
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It is so embarrassing
to have performances here.
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The walls, the paint
is falling off.
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Nothing works.
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These chairs over here,
it's ridiculous.
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They're breaking.
Like, that's not okay.
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So many things we could
do here to improve.
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Unfortunately, in general,
performing arts
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isn't seen as valued
as academics.
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So laces, being
a performing arts school
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has very little to no funding.
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And everything that we do get
is because of fundraising
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that the students
and the parents do.
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This is our jazz band,
orchestra, beginning band room.
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This classroom,
the ceiling tiles fall.
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This quad was once a place
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where there'd be
jazz band performances,
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where there'd be
events at lunchtime.
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And now it's a place
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where a couple people eat
lunch in the mud.
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Both of us
really want this quad
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to be back
to the way it used to be.
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It's time
to get this thing cooking!
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I am truett Griffin.
I teach culinary arts.
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These kids need the arts
just as much as everything else.
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They may be a brainiac
with incredible grades
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and all the basics,
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but they still
have that creative side.
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They still need that option
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to pursue a career in theatre,
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a career in
culinary arts, or dance.
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It saddens me that these kids
don't have better facilities.
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It's sad.
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I am so passionate
about the arts,
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and about performing
and singing.
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And last year,
I was going through a lot.
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Um, and...
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If it wasn't for the music
that we had at this school,
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I'd probably be
running the streets.
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We would really like you
to come to our school
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and really help us.
I mean,
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we have some amazing kids
that do amazing things.
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But we're still kids,
so we can only do so much.
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Hopefully this video
has shown you
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how much we need your help.
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So please come help our school.
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Sync by mczolly
www.addic7ed.com
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[sirens wail]
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Laces, here we come!
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We're going to Los Angeles
center for enriched studies.
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And it's worn out.
It's not inspiring; It's old.
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And it needs
to be re-energized.
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The ironic part is
it's a performing arts school
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and what is suffering
the most in this school
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are the arts.
Having an arts school
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without a good auditorium
is like
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having a reading class
without books.
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We are here,
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and we are ready
to get started.
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My goal this week is
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to help this community
change itself.
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If we work together,
we can make things happen.
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[Fire alarm blares]
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[Screaming and laughter]
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Oh, here they come!
Here they come!
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- Whoo!
- Come on down!
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[Kids screaming]
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This is not a fire.
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We are
the school pride team.
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Where is Zack?
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Where's Annie?
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We got your tape, and
we are here to help you
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renovate your school.
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[Cheers and applause]
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Would you like a school
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where you can learn
and express yourself?
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[Cheers and applause]
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But we need you guys.
Who can help us out?
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This is a seven day clock.
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It is gonna start at seven,
and when it ends on zero,
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you're gonna have
a totally renovated school.
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Are you ready?
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We're gonna
count down from five,
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four, three, two, one!
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Start that clock!
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Oh, my God, I'm so excited.
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My school's getting redone.
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All: [chanting]
School pride, school pride...
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Oh, my gosh, what
an amazing day for laces.
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It's the beginning of
a whole new era for us.
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Yes!
Laces!
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All right, let's get to work!
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Go!
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If we can get the drums out.
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I'm mark monarch.
I'm the music teacher
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here at the Los Angeles center
for enriched studies.
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To me, what makes laces great,
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from the beginning to the end,
are the students.
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I'm gonna have
to use this music again,
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but I've been at
this school for 22 years,
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and I've seen no maintenance
on my room in 22 years.
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So Zack, why
was it important for you
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to send in the tape
and for us to be here?
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It's really important
to me that the music students
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get as much as they can...
All the resources and the room,
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and just everything they need
to be able to play great music.
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'Cause they play really well,
and they try really hard,
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but sometimes you're
limited by what you have.
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You have Zack, who's
a very talented pianist,
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very passionate
about his music.
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And he's
absolutely being limited
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in what his potential is.
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[Jazz music]
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- you're awesome.
- Thank you.
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- Dude, are you serious?
- Yeah.
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That's crazy.
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I can't even imagine
the type of music
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that these kids
would be playing
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if they had
the proper environment.
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Let's go, let's get
all these pots in these boxes.
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This is exciting!
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Getting a new kitchen!
Hi, Mr. Griffin!
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Oh, my gosh,
so great to see you.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Thank you so much
for being here.
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This is wonderful.
We're gonna just clear it out.
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That's great, but, um...
[sniffs]
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Is that cake I smell?
[laughing]
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- I smell cake.
- Indeed, you do. You do.
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This is Gerald Ann, she
is one of our chefs-to-be.
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She's great.
She is so talented.
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This is one of her creations.
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This is a butter cake
with a buttercream icing.
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Oh, my good...
What do you need
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so that these students
can keep making these cakes?
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This kitchen
was built, you know,
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as a home economics kitchen with
a whole different idea.
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And now we're culinary arts.
It's all about the arts.
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And bringing out the wonderful
creative chefs-to-be
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that we have, and sending
them to wonderful programs
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all over the country.
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You know, the kitchen
can really hold us back
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just as it is.
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Here is an example
of something.
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It's a large sheet pan.
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And we use these a lot in here.
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And they fit
in the commercial stoves.
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Unfortunately, as you can see,
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they won't fit in the sinks.
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So what happens...
Oh!
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So you can't wash them!
No.
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And so what happens,
is the kids...
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And they don't mean to
but they tilt it,
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and then I end up with water
all over the floor.
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You know, it's been said
that there are hundreds
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of pavarottis in this world that
will never be discovered.
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And I think that that is
a very profound statement.
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And if through my program
I can inspire
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just one Julia child,
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that would be everything to me.
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We got to renovate!
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How long you
been going to school here?
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I've been going to school here
since sixth grade.
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- Sixth grade?
- Mm-hmm.
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And I make a very long commute.
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And if I did not
believe in this school
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and what we have here,
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you know, I would have
stopped a long time ago.
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How long does it take you to
get here in the morning?
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- About two hours.
- Two hours?
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And then two hours to go back.
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- No.
- Yep.
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I get up at 4:45
just to be here by 7:30.
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Amazing.
And you drive two hours...
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- I take the bus.
- You take the bus?
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Two hours from here
to get back home.
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You been doing that
for six years?
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That's four hours
out of your day.
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That is four hours...
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You know, I just
feel so comfortable here.
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I don't think I'd be able to
get this anywhere else.
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Well, I'm gonna adopt
the auditorium this week.
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That's gonna be my project.
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And I really wanna
do it because I feel like
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that it's the heartbeat
of this school.
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And I really
connected with Annie,
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and I think that
it's real important to her,
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so I really want
to make this happen.
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The emphasis in
this school is the arts.
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They're gonna need some
great spaces to be creative.
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The school does
not reflect the kids.
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For a performing arts school,
they should have
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the best so they can perform.
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Arts are very
important to children.
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We have to have just not math,
and reading, and science,
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we also have to
have dance, and music,
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and singing, and cooking.
All those things.
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All right, let's go
through the list real quick.
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I'm gonna do the auditorium.
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Rebuild the stage,
and replace the chairs,
256
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proper lighting,
and a new sound system.
257
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Whitley, you're
gonna do the volunteers
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and culinary art department.
259
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Make it
a huge industrial kitchen.
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- Service industry.
- That's right.
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Okay, susie, overall design
and the music center.
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- Yes.
- Okay.
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I would love
to give Mr. monarch
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a music department that is
just state-of-the-art.
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You're also
gonna do the quad area
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which is a gathering area
for all the students.
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That's gonna be the centerpiece
for this school.
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Might as well give them
something inspirational there.
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- Absolutely.
- All right, let's wrap this up.
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Let's get to work.
Guys!
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Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.
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We gotta stop the clock.
We gotta stop the clock.
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We gotta stop the clock.
We can't stop the clock,
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what are you talking about?
Stop, stop, stop.
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What are you talking about?
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We have been rejected
by the school district.
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The l.A.U.S.D. Has told us
we can't do the work at laces.
278
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I just got a letter
from the superintendent
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of the school district.
"Dear Mr. soboroff,
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"I'm writing to thank you
for reaching out
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"to the Los Angeles unified
school district
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"and inviting our
participation in school pride.
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But I must decline
your invitation... "
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Let me see this.
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I have heard things like this
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but I have
never been a part of it.
287
00:11:24,015 --> 00:11:28,286
I cannot believe when
someone is trying to help you
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help yourselves
that you say no.
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Because of some red tape.
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Man, we gotta
reach out to some people.
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We gotta...
You know what we gotta do?
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We gotta make some noise.
293
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That's what we have to do.
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Let's make some noise.
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Tom.
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Yeah, go ahead, Jacob.
297
00:11:53,653 --> 00:11:54,953
Listen to
this email I just got.
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The district has agreed
to do the project.
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The public pressure
built to a level
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where the
school district realized
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this is something
that the school really wants,
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00:12:02,897 --> 00:12:05,265
the teachers really want,
the parents and administrators,
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00:12:05,333 --> 00:12:06,767
they really want.
They let us come in.
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That's great news.
Start that clock
305
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and let's get back to work.
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We're back in business, baby.
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Clock is started.
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Hey, kids.
How you doing?
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- Good.
- Good.
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When Jacob got the call
that we could start work again,
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it was a big relief.
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Get the volunteers,
let's get the paint out,
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let's get the plans,
let's get the designs.
314
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And let's do it.
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Hi!
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Hi!
Hi, how are you?
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Oh, my gosh.
I'm good, whitley.
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Whitley, I'm Mitch.
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On behalf of belfor,
we're really excited
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to come here and help you
and help the kids.
321
00:12:53,825 --> 00:12:55,692
My room is
the culinary arts room.
322
00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:56,827
Okay.
323
00:12:56,894 --> 00:12:58,196
So would you like
to come see it?
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- I'd love to go see that.
- Okay, come on, Mitch.
325
00:13:00,199 --> 00:13:01,899
I'm so glad you're here.
Thank you.
326
00:13:01,967 --> 00:13:03,802
Oh, you're welcome.
327
00:13:07,074 --> 00:13:08,508
The quad is a gathering ground.
328
00:13:08,576 --> 00:13:10,477
So I wanna give these kids
a proper place
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to socialize,
to do their homework,
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to hang out after school.
331
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That's probably good, susie.
332
00:13:15,617 --> 00:13:16,818
- That's good?
- Think we got it.
333
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Perfect.
Okay.
334
00:13:18,221 --> 00:13:21,056
I think an improved campus
setting for these kids
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will just boost their morale.
336
00:13:22,793 --> 00:13:25,461
They're gonna be so excited
to not just come to school,
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00:13:25,529 --> 00:13:26,964
but to stay here after school.
338
00:13:27,032 --> 00:13:28,565
Kids are gonna be blown away.
Yeah.
339
00:13:28,633 --> 00:13:30,534
- This is great.
- Oh, yeah.
340
00:13:32,805 --> 00:13:34,706
- Dr. Kim.
- Oh, hi.
341
00:13:34,774 --> 00:13:36,742
How are you?
We got the permits.
342
00:13:36,810 --> 00:13:38,010
There was a lot of red tape.
343
00:13:38,078 --> 00:13:39,345
But I wanna
talk to the principal
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00:13:39,413 --> 00:13:41,581
and see if she understands
why the superintendent
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00:13:41,649 --> 00:13:43,583
of the Los Angeles unified
school district
346
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wouldn't want our help.
347
00:13:45,219 --> 00:13:46,487
What's going on, do you think?
348
00:13:46,555 --> 00:13:48,523
Maybe the superintendent
was not given
349
00:13:48,590 --> 00:13:50,091
the correct information.
350
00:13:50,159 --> 00:13:52,261
Maybe he didn't understand
the scope of the project.
351
00:13:52,329 --> 00:13:54,096
The fact that his office
352
00:13:54,164 --> 00:13:55,731
is so removed
from the school site,
353
00:13:55,799 --> 00:13:57,300
I think that's
probably why there was
354
00:13:57,368 --> 00:13:58,835
this lack of understanding
355
00:13:58,903 --> 00:14:01,238
as to how much help
this would be for the school.
356
00:14:01,306 --> 00:14:02,506
So how does that make you feel?
357
00:14:02,574 --> 00:14:03,808
Frustrated.
358
00:14:03,875 --> 00:14:06,111
But Los Angeles
unified school district
359
00:14:06,179 --> 00:14:08,814
is the second-largest
school district in the U.S.
360
00:14:08,881 --> 00:14:10,749
- In the whole country.
- In the whole country.
361
00:14:10,817 --> 00:14:12,085
And that's
where the problem is.
362
00:14:12,152 --> 00:14:14,487
I think the size is just
a tremendous challenge.
363
00:14:14,555 --> 00:14:16,423
Luckily, we have great parents
364
00:14:16,491 --> 00:14:18,492
who are supporting
in many other ways.
365
00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:20,394
I have noticed.
Walking down the hallways here
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00:14:20,462 --> 00:14:23,064
it says, "art supplies,
donated by the parents group."
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00:14:23,132 --> 00:14:25,700
"Sports equipment,
donated by the parents group."
368
00:14:25,769 --> 00:14:29,004
The reason for that,
we have just basic funding
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00:14:29,072 --> 00:14:30,841
from both state
and the district.
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00:14:30,908 --> 00:14:32,409
It provides the minimum.
371
00:14:32,477 --> 00:14:36,180
And if we wanna do anything
enrichment or supplemental,
372
00:14:36,248 --> 00:14:37,982
you know, we really
have to rely on our parents.
373
00:14:38,050 --> 00:14:40,184
My goal this week is
to find out why
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00:14:40,252 --> 00:14:42,588
the L.A. school district
didn't want us to help
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00:14:42,655 --> 00:14:44,723
make major improvements
at laces.
376
00:14:44,791 --> 00:14:46,693
If you're having so
many problems with the budget,
377
00:14:46,761 --> 00:14:47,927
why not accept the free help
378
00:14:47,995 --> 00:14:48,928
for us to come in
and do over the school?
379
00:14:55,838 --> 00:14:57,572
Oh, here's
the paint section over here.
380
00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,142
This school has not been painted
in, like, 20-something years.
381
00:15:00,209 --> 00:15:03,346
So we need, like, 10 million
gallons of paint.
382
00:15:03,414 --> 00:15:05,582
Come on, let's go.
Get in there, lily.
383
00:15:05,650 --> 00:15:07,084
This is for
your classrooms, now.
384
00:15:07,152 --> 00:15:10,121
Okay, maybe not that much,
but we need a lot of paint.
385
00:15:10,189 --> 00:15:12,424
- Hi.
- Hi, welcome to home depot.
386
00:15:12,491 --> 00:15:14,993
Thank you. I'm whitley.
I'm from school pride.
387
00:15:15,061 --> 00:15:16,595
- Hi.
- And we picked out some paint.
388
00:15:16,663 --> 00:15:18,264
This I is the paint
for their school.
389
00:15:18,331 --> 00:15:20,300
And you guys picked
the paint and primer in one?
390
00:15:20,368 --> 00:15:22,269
This will save you
time and money.
391
00:15:22,336 --> 00:15:25,673
We want 2,400 gallons.
Can y'all do that?
392
00:15:25,741 --> 00:15:27,508
Yeah, we gonna try,
we gonna try.
393
00:15:27,576 --> 00:15:29,310
Beautiful.
All right. Unh!
394
00:15:29,378 --> 00:15:30,479
- All right.
- Let's get to it.
395
00:15:30,547 --> 00:15:31,680
Come on, y'all.
396
00:15:46,299 --> 00:15:47,899
So what do you think
of all the progress?
397
00:15:47,967 --> 00:15:49,401
I like it.
I'm super excited.
398
00:15:49,469 --> 00:15:51,337
I mean, when I was here
pulling out all the chairs,
399
00:15:51,405 --> 00:15:53,339
I, like, was so excited.
400
00:15:53,407 --> 00:15:56,743
To know that things are
finally happening is amazing.
401
00:15:56,811 --> 00:15:58,111
I think a lot of us
were super excited
402
00:15:58,179 --> 00:15:59,614
with what was going on
403
00:15:59,682 --> 00:16:01,683
that it almost didn't
feel like we were working.
404
00:16:01,750 --> 00:16:03,485
I really love this school.
405
00:16:03,552 --> 00:16:05,221
I mean, this is
some people's safe haven.
406
00:16:05,288 --> 00:16:07,189
This stage, this is
their freedom of expression.
407
00:16:07,257 --> 00:16:08,591
And I know this
is definitely mine.
408
00:16:08,658 --> 00:16:10,327
Can I ask you a favor?
409
00:16:10,394 --> 00:16:12,562
Can you spearhead
some sort of performance
410
00:16:12,630 --> 00:16:14,732
for the very last day
that we're here
411
00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:15,967
on that brand-new stage?
412
00:16:16,034 --> 00:16:17,368
Oh, my gosh.
Yeah, definitely.
413
00:16:17,436 --> 00:16:20,339
With the help of, like,
the singers, and the musicians,
414
00:16:20,406 --> 00:16:21,640
and the dancers
that we have here...
415
00:16:21,708 --> 00:16:22,908
I'd love to.
416
00:16:22,976 --> 00:16:24,143
I definitely think
that the students here
417
00:16:24,211 --> 00:16:25,378
can pull this off.
418
00:16:25,446 --> 00:16:26,880
I mean, we've
always had the talent.
419
00:16:26,947 --> 00:16:29,350
And now, with
the space provided,
420
00:16:29,417 --> 00:16:31,519
we are definitely gonna come
and kill the performance.
421
00:16:31,586 --> 00:16:34,356
Let's keep going.
We got 179 more to go.
422
00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:39,729
After talking
with Dr. Kim,
423
00:16:39,796 --> 00:16:41,264
I wanna talk
to the superintendent
424
00:16:41,331 --> 00:16:43,032
of the Los Angeles
unified school district,
425
00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:45,536
ramon cortines, to find out why
426
00:16:45,603 --> 00:16:47,170
the school district
wouldn't take help.
427
00:16:47,238 --> 00:16:49,173
Mr. superintendent,
it's no secret that
428
00:16:49,241 --> 00:16:50,575
the l.A.U.S.D.'S
a big district.
429
00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:51,976
There are some great schools,
430
00:16:52,044 --> 00:16:53,579
there are
some not so great schools.
431
00:16:53,647 --> 00:16:55,648
There are
some fantastic facilities,
432
00:16:55,715 --> 00:16:57,950
there are some
not so fantastic facilities.
433
00:16:58,018 --> 00:16:59,686
How important
are school facilities
434
00:16:59,754 --> 00:17:00,987
to academic achievement?
435
00:17:01,055 --> 00:17:03,056
They are extremely important.
436
00:17:03,124 --> 00:17:05,459
I don't believe students
are motivated
437
00:17:05,527 --> 00:17:07,762
to learn, or to explore books,
438
00:17:07,829 --> 00:17:10,198
or to sit down at the computer,
439
00:17:10,266 --> 00:17:13,636
if it is not an environment
that is inviting.
440
00:17:13,704 --> 00:17:16,706
Right now,
renovation and modernization
441
00:17:16,774 --> 00:17:19,209
is not going on...
It's on hold
442
00:17:19,277 --> 00:17:21,712
until the economy turns around.
443
00:17:21,780 --> 00:17:24,616
And I believe that will be
three to four years
444
00:17:24,684 --> 00:17:26,318
that money
will not be available.
445
00:17:26,385 --> 00:17:28,554
What you're saying is
it will be three to four years
446
00:17:28,622 --> 00:17:30,756
before this district
can even spend any money
447
00:17:30,824 --> 00:17:32,391
on renovating or
modernizing schools.
448
00:17:32,459 --> 00:17:33,927
- That's right.
- So just to clarify,
449
00:17:33,995 --> 00:17:35,362
why did we
have such a hard time
450
00:17:35,430 --> 00:17:38,166
getting the permits
to do this project?
451
00:17:47,516 --> 00:17:49,081
I wanna talk
to the superintendent
452
00:17:49,149 --> 00:17:50,880
of the Los Angeles unified
school district,
453
00:17:50,948 --> 00:17:53,912
ramon cortines, to find out
why the school district
454
00:17:53,980 --> 00:17:55,312
wouldn't take help.
455
00:17:55,379 --> 00:17:57,411
Mr. superintendent, why
did we have such a hard time
456
00:17:57,479 --> 00:18:00,243
getting the permits
to do this project?
457
00:18:00,310 --> 00:18:02,109
Let's talk very frankly.
458
00:18:02,176 --> 00:18:05,007
You had a hard time helping us.
459
00:18:05,075 --> 00:18:09,805
The skeptics that surround me,
for various reasons,
460
00:18:09,873 --> 00:18:13,403
did not feel we
should go with the project.
461
00:18:13,471 --> 00:18:17,568
I don't think that systems,
such as the one I run,
462
00:18:17,635 --> 00:18:22,066
have always been wise,
have been honest,
463
00:18:22,134 --> 00:18:25,531
have been transparent,
have had integrity.
464
00:18:25,599 --> 00:18:27,263
People are looking out
for their own good
465
00:18:27,331 --> 00:18:28,830
instead of
for the good of the kids.
466
00:18:28,897 --> 00:18:29,995
Oh, yes.
467
00:18:30,063 --> 00:18:33,561
Then we made the right decision
468
00:18:33,628 --> 00:18:36,027
in behalf of
our school community.
469
00:18:36,095 --> 00:18:38,325
Now I just wanna
ask you one more question.
470
00:18:38,393 --> 00:18:41,057
If we call you again,
you wanna work together?
471
00:18:41,125 --> 00:18:42,957
- Yes.
- It's a deal.
472
00:18:43,025 --> 00:18:46,022
- I have 800 others.
- [chuckles]
473
00:18:46,090 --> 00:18:47,421
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
474
00:18:47,489 --> 00:18:48,821
Thank you so much.
I appreciate it.
475
00:19:02,116 --> 00:19:04,713
It's day four.
It's total chaos out there.
476
00:19:04,781 --> 00:19:07,479
Everything's pulled out,
very few things are put back.
477
00:19:07,547 --> 00:19:08,978
The time line's crunched,
478
00:19:09,046 --> 00:19:10,677
and I keep watching
that big clock behind me,
479
00:19:10,745 --> 00:19:11,644
and there's
a lot of work to be done.
480
00:19:15,910 --> 00:19:17,741
Thanks for
going with me, whitley.
481
00:19:17,809 --> 00:19:19,307
- Got it.
- Volunteers are waiting
482
00:19:19,375 --> 00:19:20,740
on this paint.
Let's get it to them.
483
00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,638
Apparently it locked itself.
484
00:19:25,705 --> 00:19:27,336
What happened?
Where are the keys?
485
00:19:27,404 --> 00:19:31,035
What... the key...
The door's locked?
486
00:19:31,103 --> 00:19:33,268
Tom and I had to go
pick up some extra paint.
487
00:19:33,335 --> 00:19:35,900
When we come back,
Tom jumps out to get the paint
488
00:19:35,967 --> 00:19:37,732
and locks the keys in the car.
489
00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,598
You should not... don't panic.
490
00:19:39,665 --> 00:19:41,464
I got this. Watch this.
Okay, all right.
491
00:19:41,532 --> 00:19:43,730
Watch this.
Calling onstar.
492
00:19:43,797 --> 00:19:45,162
No, you're not.
493
00:19:45,229 --> 00:19:48,627
Hi, yes, this is Kim whitley
with school pride.
494
00:19:48,694 --> 00:19:51,160
And Tom stroup.
Tom locked the keys in the car.
495
00:19:53,126 --> 00:19:54,658
Okay, thank you.
He's gonna send a signal
496
00:19:54,726 --> 00:19:56,357
through the vehicle.
Okay.
497
00:19:56,425 --> 00:19:58,222
- Thank you, I'm on hold, sir.
- Let's see if it'll happen.
498
00:19:58,290 --> 00:19:59,955
I just heard it.
499
00:20:00,023 --> 00:20:02,754
Onstar!
You gotta go!
500
00:20:02,822 --> 00:20:05,353
There you go, Tom.
501
00:20:05,421 --> 00:20:08,352
[Playing jazzy tune]
502
00:20:08,420 --> 00:20:09,918
Right, keep going.
503
00:20:09,985 --> 00:20:12,316
[Adds high notes]
504
00:20:12,384 --> 00:20:14,882
And that's
what the horns will do.
505
00:20:14,949 --> 00:20:16,314
Yeah.
That sounds so cool.
506
00:20:16,382 --> 00:20:17,814
So the horns will
just do these punches, right?
507
00:20:17,882 --> 00:20:19,380
I hit the wrong chord there.
Mr. monarch's
508
00:20:19,448 --> 00:20:20,813
definitely one
of my favorite teachers.
509
00:20:20,881 --> 00:20:23,811
He's just a person full
of enthusiasm,
510
00:20:23,879 --> 00:20:25,677
and he really cares
about all his students.
511
00:20:25,745 --> 00:20:28,776
I feel very fortunate to
be able to teach music to kids.
512
00:20:28,843 --> 00:20:31,008
Everybody has
music in their life.
513
00:20:31,076 --> 00:20:32,474
Everybody has
art in their life.
514
00:20:32,542 --> 00:20:33,940
It's part of
what makes us human.
515
00:20:34,008 --> 00:20:35,240
Wait till the kids come and see
516
00:20:35,307 --> 00:20:36,439
what the new auditorium
looks like.
517
00:20:36,507 --> 00:20:38,005
It's gonna blow their minds.
518
00:20:38,073 --> 00:20:39,471
The music, and the choir,
and the singers and dancers...
519
00:20:39,539 --> 00:20:41,437
I think we're all
gonna be floored by it.
520
00:20:41,505 --> 00:20:43,436
The fact that this
will be the first performance
521
00:20:43,504 --> 00:20:46,301
in our new auditorium,
it's kind of high stakes for us.
522
00:20:46,369 --> 00:20:48,367
We do have, certainly,
some nervousness.
523
00:20:48,435 --> 00:20:49,867
We want it to be the best
it possibly can be.
524
00:20:58,597 --> 00:21:00,195
Hey!
525
00:21:00,263 --> 00:21:03,028
Come on, you guys, this is...
We got... still more work to do.
526
00:21:03,094 --> 00:21:04,427
This is gonna be the best room.
527
00:21:04,494 --> 00:21:06,959
This is gonna be the best place
in the whole school.
528
00:21:07,027 --> 00:21:10,457
The culinary arts room is
coming together marvelously.
529
00:21:10,525 --> 00:21:11,890
This is gonna
be a functional kitchen
530
00:21:11,958 --> 00:21:13,922
in about...25 hours.
Oh, is this the sink?
531
00:21:13,990 --> 00:21:16,354
This is a nice big one too.
I can fit in this.
532
00:21:16,422 --> 00:21:19,387
You putting the...
I'm gonna put you to work.
533
00:21:19,454 --> 00:21:21,386
Hold...
Hold up, now.
534
00:21:21,453 --> 00:21:23,118
You... you went too far.
535
00:21:23,185 --> 00:21:26,150
I'm not a worker.
I'm a lover.
536
00:21:26,218 --> 00:21:27,416
This is my mask.
537
00:21:27,484 --> 00:21:29,049
Okay, I'm gonna
put it right there, right?
538
00:21:29,117 --> 00:21:31,148
- Right.
- Okay.
539
00:21:31,216 --> 00:21:33,847
There you go.
You got it.
540
00:21:33,914 --> 00:21:36,146
Oh.
541
00:21:36,213 --> 00:21:37,412
I broke the sink!
Hold on!
542
00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,111
It's... oh, my God!
543
00:21:39,178 --> 00:21:41,410
Drilling those holes,
I had a hard time.
544
00:21:41,478 --> 00:21:46,208
Hold it steady.
545
00:21:46,275 --> 00:21:48,540
Oh!
Oh, my goodness.
546
00:21:48,607 --> 00:21:51,006
I did a hole for the sink.
547
00:21:51,073 --> 00:21:53,537
Look at this,
is that not fantastic?
548
00:21:53,605 --> 00:21:55,603
I did the faucet.
549
00:21:55,671 --> 00:21:57,635
I want everybody to know
I did the faucet.
550
00:22:04,567 --> 00:22:07,231
Annie takes a bus for
four hours a day.
551
00:22:07,299 --> 00:22:11,297
Five days a week,
20 hours a week on the bus
552
00:22:11,364 --> 00:22:13,695
for the last six years.
553
00:22:13,763 --> 00:22:15,527
Just to come to this school.
554
00:22:15,595 --> 00:22:17,394
I said, "you know what,
I wanna experience that."
555
00:22:19,927 --> 00:22:22,691
So you say your dad,
he's a performer?
556
00:22:22,759 --> 00:22:25,590
He's a singer, and
he's an amazing songwriter.
557
00:22:25,658 --> 00:22:28,688
My parents split up
when I was about two.
558
00:22:28,756 --> 00:22:30,455
Me and my dad didn't have
a really good relationship.
559
00:22:30,522 --> 00:22:31,988
We weren't very close.
560
00:22:32,054 --> 00:22:34,152
My dad hasn't been to
my performances here at school.
561
00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:37,085
What influences has
he had on your abilities?
562
00:22:37,152 --> 00:22:39,451
Everybody on my dad's side of
the family is musicians.
563
00:22:39,518 --> 00:22:41,782
They all sing,
they're all performers.
564
00:22:41,850 --> 00:22:44,048
I think I got my natural talents
probably from him.
565
00:22:44,116 --> 00:22:46,147
- I'd like to meet him.
- Yeah?
566
00:22:46,215 --> 00:22:48,713
Annie's telling me about her
relationship with her father.
567
00:22:48,780 --> 00:22:50,245
It's not a good relationship.
568
00:22:50,313 --> 00:22:51,778
So I'm gonna
go visit her father.
569
00:22:59,069 --> 00:23:01,237
Annie's telling me about her
relationship with her father.
570
00:23:01,305 --> 00:23:02,872
It's not a good relationship.
571
00:23:02,940 --> 00:23:04,540
So I'm gonna
go visit her father.
572
00:23:04,608 --> 00:23:06,108
- How can I help you?
- I'm Tom stroup.
573
00:23:06,176 --> 00:23:09,010
Annie's father has never
seen her perform at laces.
574
00:23:09,078 --> 00:23:10,545
And that's what
I wanna make happen.
575
00:23:10,613 --> 00:23:11,780
You mind if we talk
for a minute?
576
00:23:11,848 --> 00:23:13,648
- Sure, have a seat.
- Okay, thanks.
577
00:23:15,451 --> 00:23:17,085
I've been
talking to your daughter
578
00:23:17,153 --> 00:23:18,620
quite a bit this whole week.
579
00:23:18,688 --> 00:23:20,222
And you know,
she's really talented.
580
00:23:20,289 --> 00:23:21,723
So I asked her,
I said, you know,
581
00:23:21,791 --> 00:23:23,124
"where'd you
get your influence from?"
582
00:23:23,192 --> 00:23:24,426
And I don't know
whether you know this or not,
583
00:23:24,493 --> 00:23:26,093
but she said
that she feels like
584
00:23:26,161 --> 00:23:28,162
she got all of her musical
influence from you.
585
00:23:28,230 --> 00:23:31,699
[Softly stammers]
586
00:23:31,766 --> 00:23:33,100
That makes me feel really good.
587
00:23:33,168 --> 00:23:35,903
You know, mom and I
are not together.
588
00:23:35,971 --> 00:23:38,339
So sometimes
I'm just not around.
589
00:23:38,406 --> 00:23:41,242
I've missed birthdays,
I've missed anniversaries.
590
00:23:41,309 --> 00:23:44,410
Is there anything
that you maybe wanna tell her
591
00:23:44,478 --> 00:23:46,112
that she might not know?
592
00:23:46,180 --> 00:23:48,748
I just wanna let her know
that I'm super proud of her.
593
00:23:48,816 --> 00:23:51,017
You know,
she's such a smart gal,
594
00:23:51,085 --> 00:23:52,552
you know, so beautiful.
595
00:23:52,620 --> 00:23:55,622
I mean, the fact that she
turned out as good as she did,
596
00:23:55,689 --> 00:23:58,391
a lot of it had
to do with the fact
597
00:23:58,459 --> 00:24:00,126
that she
was around good people.
598
00:24:00,194 --> 00:24:03,295
Hence, the school.
Hence, the arts.
599
00:24:03,363 --> 00:24:05,864
At the school, you know
what she's doing now, right?
600
00:24:05,932 --> 00:24:09,902
Annie is orchestrating
the first performance
601
00:24:09,969 --> 00:24:12,371
on the new stage at the school.
Really?
602
00:24:12,438 --> 00:24:14,006
So the performance
is coming up,
603
00:24:14,073 --> 00:24:15,874
and I'd really like
for you to be there.
604
00:24:15,942 --> 00:24:17,309
Can you be there?
605
00:24:17,377 --> 00:24:19,077
I think she would love
to see you in the front row.
606
00:24:23,048 --> 00:24:25,483
I missed out on all
those daddy years, you know.
607
00:24:25,550 --> 00:24:27,919
Like, I didn't
change enough diapers
608
00:24:27,986 --> 00:24:29,453
or anything like that.
609
00:24:29,521 --> 00:24:31,422
All I can do now
is just be there for her
610
00:24:31,490 --> 00:24:32,957
as much as I can now, you know?
611
00:24:33,025 --> 00:24:34,859
It's like, that's all I can do.
612
00:24:42,366 --> 00:24:43,600
- Susie.
- Yes?
613
00:24:43,668 --> 00:24:45,135
What is going on
with the music room?
614
00:24:45,202 --> 00:24:46,670
We have all kinds
of fun stuff going in there.
615
00:24:46,737 --> 00:24:48,204
All state-of-the-art,
brand-new stuff.
616
00:24:48,272 --> 00:24:52,642
We have six flat screen tvs,
hd DVD camcorders,
617
00:24:52,710 --> 00:24:55,577
brand-new music stands...
- It sounds a little pricey.
618
00:24:55,645 --> 00:24:58,314
Oh, don't worry.
I got it covered.
619
00:25:03,620 --> 00:25:05,054
[Cheers and applause]
Oh, my God.
620
00:25:05,121 --> 00:25:06,455
Mr. monarch just
wanted a clean room.
621
00:25:06,523 --> 00:25:07,923
That's all he wanted.
622
00:25:07,991 --> 00:25:10,092
And not only
have we given him that,
623
00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,628
but Walmart came through
in a huge way.
624
00:25:12,696 --> 00:25:15,763
Flat screen televisions,
and hd camcorders...
625
00:25:15,831 --> 00:25:17,065
Those kids are gonna be psyched
626
00:25:17,132 --> 00:25:18,333
when they see
all this equipment
627
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:19,634
in the music room.
628
00:25:19,702 --> 00:25:22,370
Last one.
[cheers and applause]
629
00:25:25,474 --> 00:25:26,607
When we came to laces,
630
00:25:26,675 --> 00:25:28,343
the arts were suffering.
631
00:25:28,410 --> 00:25:29,677
So we needed
to make sure we took
632
00:25:29,745 --> 00:25:31,912
the music room,
the culinary arts room
633
00:25:31,980 --> 00:25:33,513
the auditorium...
These are places where
634
00:25:33,581 --> 00:25:35,716
these kids just thrive.
635
00:25:35,783 --> 00:25:37,718
Keep up the good work!
636
00:25:37,785 --> 00:25:39,319
Not only are
we renovating the school,
637
00:25:39,387 --> 00:25:41,421
but the kids
are gonna give us a show
638
00:25:41,489 --> 00:25:42,622
at the end of the renovation.
639
00:25:42,690 --> 00:25:44,658
So they're rehearsing all week.
640
00:25:44,726 --> 00:25:45,892
Here's your starting note.
641
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:46,994
[Plays]
642
00:25:47,061 --> 00:25:51,797
[Singing softly]
643
00:25:51,865 --> 00:25:53,332
? ?
644
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:54,900
hold on,
do you know the lyrics?
645
00:25:54,968 --> 00:25:57,269
No, I know the lyrics,
I just don't know that one note.
646
00:25:57,337 --> 00:25:58,604
But we wanna make sure,
once again,
647
00:25:58,672 --> 00:26:00,106
that it sounds like
we're really sure of
648
00:26:00,173 --> 00:26:01,741
exactly what we're doing.
649
00:26:01,808 --> 00:26:03,376
You know, you start off
really strong,
650
00:26:03,443 --> 00:26:04,944
and then we have that
one little glitch there.
651
00:26:05,012 --> 00:26:06,278
So let's fix that.
652
00:26:06,346 --> 00:26:08,179
Rehearsals for our performance
653
00:26:08,247 --> 00:26:10,248
have been stressful,
and we still have
654
00:26:10,316 --> 00:26:11,549
a lot more we need to do.
655
00:26:11,617 --> 00:26:13,118
To know that we're
gonna have an auditorium
656
00:26:13,185 --> 00:26:14,419
worth performing in,
657
00:26:14,487 --> 00:26:16,388
we definitely know
we need to step it up.
658
00:26:16,455 --> 00:26:17,689
Two, three.
659
00:26:17,757 --> 00:26:19,024
[Plays piano]
660
00:26:19,091 --> 00:26:21,960
[Playing horns]
661
00:26:22,028 --> 00:26:26,030
? ?
662
00:26:26,097 --> 00:26:27,664
hold.
663
00:26:27,732 --> 00:26:29,299
What we need to keep as a band
664
00:26:29,367 --> 00:26:32,302
is we need to keep focus
during the solo section.
665
00:26:32,370 --> 00:26:35,072
Staying focused right here
on Annie and Zack.
666
00:26:35,140 --> 00:26:36,340
The reveal is in two days.
667
00:26:36,408 --> 00:26:37,841
And I'm really nervous because
668
00:26:37,909 --> 00:26:39,176
we don't have it all
together yet.
669
00:26:39,244 --> 00:26:41,011
[Singing high note]
670
00:26:41,079 --> 00:26:42,279
What are we doing right there?
671
00:26:42,347 --> 00:26:43,679
Hold.
What are we doing?
672
00:26:43,747 --> 00:26:45,381
It's kinda hard
to get an entire piece
673
00:26:45,449 --> 00:26:46,816
together in a couple days.
674
00:26:46,884 --> 00:26:48,451
I don't know if
we'll pull it together.
675
00:26:48,519 --> 00:26:50,153
You gotta give us
that big downbeat, right?
676
00:26:50,220 --> 00:26:51,487
Boom.
677
00:26:51,555 --> 00:26:53,156
One more time.
678
00:26:56,093 --> 00:26:57,026
Put her down.
679
00:26:58,328 --> 00:27:00,196
The kids are all rehearsing,
680
00:27:00,264 --> 00:27:02,064
so now we are gonna
have to show, as the parents,
681
00:27:02,131 --> 00:27:03,632
as the community,
and the volunteers,
682
00:27:03,699 --> 00:27:04,833
that we can pick up the slack.
683
00:27:04,901 --> 00:27:07,269
We need every person
that we can get.
684
00:27:07,336 --> 00:27:10,572
And we have
to install 603 chairs.
685
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,207
They're not pre-assembled.
686
00:27:12,275 --> 00:27:13,542
They have to be
bolted to the floor.
687
00:27:13,609 --> 00:27:15,043
I need a chair expert.
688
00:27:15,111 --> 00:27:16,812
In comes Charles.
689
00:27:16,879 --> 00:27:18,579
He's from
grand rapids, Michigan,
690
00:27:18,647 --> 00:27:20,948
and he's volunteering
his time just to be here.
691
00:27:29,925 --> 00:27:32,960
Doesn't work.
692
00:27:33,028 --> 00:27:35,196
Oh, no.
It's not fitting.
693
00:27:37,598 --> 00:27:39,899
I literally...
I fell out.
694
00:27:39,967 --> 00:27:42,368
It was a heartbreak
that I made a mistake.
695
00:27:42,436 --> 00:27:43,736
What's going on?
696
00:27:43,804 --> 00:27:45,605
We laid out and drilled
the whole auditorium
697
00:27:45,673 --> 00:27:46,973
so that
when the chairs arrived,
698
00:27:47,041 --> 00:27:48,174
we could just put
a bunch of people...
699
00:27:48,242 --> 00:27:49,309
2,000 holes.
700
00:27:49,376 --> 00:27:51,010
Okay, I'm with you so far.
701
00:27:51,078 --> 00:27:53,046
The manufacturer sent
us a template
702
00:27:53,114 --> 00:27:55,013
for a movie theater chair
703
00:27:55,081 --> 00:27:56,415
instead of the school chair.
704
00:27:56,483 --> 00:27:59,284
So one of those holes
on each foot is incorrect.
705
00:27:59,352 --> 00:28:01,854
[Groans]
706
00:28:01,921 --> 00:28:03,789
- We're gonna have
to re-drill 1,000 holes.
707
00:28:05,825 --> 00:28:08,827
We drilled over 1,000 holes
in the wrong place.
708
00:28:08,895 --> 00:28:10,129
That's not good.
709
00:28:10,196 --> 00:28:11,996
Are you okay?
Oh, yeah.
710
00:28:12,064 --> 00:28:13,297
What's the matter?
711
00:28:13,365 --> 00:28:15,433
Just...
712
00:28:15,501 --> 00:28:16,968
Don't like screwing up.
713
00:28:17,035 --> 00:28:19,904
For Charles to get
that emotional about it,
714
00:28:19,972 --> 00:28:22,740
he must really, really
be committed to this work.
715
00:28:22,808 --> 00:28:24,542
And you know what,
that's the kind of passion
716
00:28:24,610 --> 00:28:26,144
that I was hoping
we'd get at this school.
717
00:28:26,211 --> 00:28:28,813
I appreciate the emotion.
It shows your heart's in it.
718
00:28:28,881 --> 00:28:31,281
And you know what, this is
probably close to 100 years old.
719
00:28:31,349 --> 00:28:33,150
We're gonna make it good for
the next 100 years.
720
00:28:33,217 --> 00:28:34,384
And you can take pride in that.
721
00:28:34,452 --> 00:28:35,652
- You got it.
- All right?
722
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:36,920
That's what it's all about.
723
00:28:36,988 --> 00:28:38,355
Thanks a lot, buddy.
Really appreciate it.
724
00:28:38,422 --> 00:28:40,023
You're doing a great job.
Let's get to work.
725
00:28:40,091 --> 00:28:41,558
If these holes aren't drilled,
726
00:28:41,626 --> 00:28:43,460
the seats don't go in and
the performance doesn't happen.
727
00:28:43,528 --> 00:28:44,828
I don't know
how long it's gonna take,
728
00:28:44,896 --> 00:28:46,563
but we have to get it done.
We have no choice.
729
00:28:52,636 --> 00:28:54,703
Vacuum man.
730
00:28:54,771 --> 00:28:56,138
All right.
731
00:28:57,607 --> 00:29:01,944
You alternate sizes
so that your sightline...
732
00:29:02,012 --> 00:29:04,547
Now that person
is looking over the crack.
733
00:29:04,614 --> 00:29:05,847
Charles is doing his part,
734
00:29:05,915 --> 00:29:07,682
the volunteers
are doing their part.
735
00:29:07,750 --> 00:29:09,384
We will be burning
the midnight oil tonight,
736
00:29:09,451 --> 00:29:10,451
there's no way around it.
737
00:29:10,519 --> 00:29:11,786
This is a big project.
738
00:29:11,854 --> 00:29:14,489
And I'm very concerned
that this auditorium
739
00:29:14,557 --> 00:29:15,790
is not gonna get done in time.
740
00:29:30,865 --> 00:29:34,901
Way to go, big man.
741
00:29:34,969 --> 00:29:36,335
Charles,
we're gonna do it, buddy.
742
00:29:36,403 --> 00:29:37,703
It's day seven.
743
00:29:37,771 --> 00:29:39,171
The auditorium's coming along.
744
00:29:39,239 --> 00:29:41,307
We got an assembly line,
everybody's doing their job,
745
00:29:41,374 --> 00:29:42,474
and it's gonna happen.
746
00:29:42,542 --> 00:29:45,076
- Now this is first-class.
747
00:29:51,817 --> 00:29:53,550
Well, school pride team,
we've done it again.
748
00:29:53,618 --> 00:29:55,018
We're down
to the last minutes here.
749
00:29:55,086 --> 00:29:56,787
I'm psyched
that we got it all done!
750
00:29:56,855 --> 00:29:58,755
My favorite moment.
Auditorium.
751
00:29:58,823 --> 00:30:00,691
A lot of glitches, big project,
752
00:30:00,758 --> 00:30:03,125
done totally by volunteers.
Whoo!
753
00:30:03,193 --> 00:30:05,361
Another successful mission.
Couldn't believe it.
754
00:30:05,429 --> 00:30:07,563
Guys...
755
00:30:07,631 --> 00:30:10,333
Ten...
All: Nine, eight,
756
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:13,602
seven, six, five,
757
00:30:13,669 --> 00:30:17,105
four, three, two, one!
758
00:30:17,173 --> 00:30:19,741
[Cheers and applause]
759
00:30:19,809 --> 00:30:22,376
This is the culmination
of all of the hard work
760
00:30:22,444 --> 00:30:24,345
we have put forward
up to this point.
761
00:30:24,412 --> 00:30:27,514
Now it's time
to turn the school
762
00:30:27,582 --> 00:30:29,782
back to the teachers,
back to the students,
763
00:30:29,850 --> 00:30:31,517
back to the community.
764
00:30:31,585 --> 00:30:32,886
Come on, there you go!
765
00:30:32,953 --> 00:30:35,154
The fact that
we got to do it ourselves,
766
00:30:35,222 --> 00:30:37,857
and help our own school,
gives everyone
767
00:30:37,925 --> 00:30:40,259
the sense of personal
belonging and respect.
768
00:30:40,326 --> 00:30:43,862
Welcome back, laces.
Welcome back.
769
00:30:43,930 --> 00:30:46,765
[Cheers and applause]
770
00:30:50,369 --> 00:30:52,637
Seven days ago,
we came together
771
00:30:52,704 --> 00:30:55,940
and we decided
we, the community,
772
00:30:56,008 --> 00:30:58,208
could renovate
and make over this school.
773
00:30:58,276 --> 00:30:59,776
And you did it.
774
00:30:59,844 --> 00:31:03,380
[Cheers and applause] Yes, yes!
775
00:31:03,447 --> 00:31:07,483
Zack and Annie, this journey
began with you two.
776
00:31:07,550 --> 00:31:10,052
And I think it's only fitting
that you cut the ribbon.
777
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:14,022
[Cheers and applause]
778
00:31:14,089 --> 00:31:17,492
To know that me and Zack
started this whole process
779
00:31:17,559 --> 00:31:18,760
is unreal.
780
00:31:18,827 --> 00:31:20,595
For us to actually
be heard was amazing.
781
00:31:20,663 --> 00:31:22,030
The credit
shouldn't just go to us.
782
00:31:22,097 --> 00:31:23,363
It should go
to all the students
783
00:31:23,431 --> 00:31:25,465
that actually came here
and lent a helping hand.
784
00:31:25,533 --> 00:31:28,769
All: Three, two, one!
785
00:31:28,836 --> 00:31:31,705
[Cheers and applause]
786
00:31:37,878 --> 00:31:41,079
- Whoa!
- Oh, my gosh!
787
00:31:45,584 --> 00:31:47,018
Whoa!
788
00:31:47,086 --> 00:31:49,120
Welcome to your new music room!
789
00:31:49,188 --> 00:31:51,188
Unbelievable!
790
00:31:51,256 --> 00:31:52,389
It's a really good feeling
791
00:31:52,457 --> 00:31:54,458
to see the look on their faces.
792
00:31:54,526 --> 00:31:57,194
They're just so happy,
and they can't believe it.
793
00:32:00,431 --> 00:32:03,299
We walk into the music room,
and it's breathtaking.
794
00:32:03,367 --> 00:32:05,868
All the instruments,
the mural on the wall.
795
00:32:05,936 --> 00:32:07,437
[Exhales]
Oh, my God, it was beautiful.
796
00:32:07,504 --> 00:32:09,471
It looks like
a place where music is made.
797
00:32:09,539 --> 00:32:10,706
- I have to tell you...
- Yeah?
798
00:32:10,773 --> 00:32:12,374
Everything you see here
799
00:32:12,442 --> 00:32:14,509
we got at Walmart
and Walmart.Com.
800
00:32:14,577 --> 00:32:15,877
- Oh, really?
- Yeah.
801
00:32:15,945 --> 00:32:17,445
They are responsible
for all the televisions...
802
00:32:17,512 --> 00:32:18,546
Well.
803
00:32:18,613 --> 00:32:19,880
Look at your recording studio.
804
00:32:19,948 --> 00:32:21,282
Check out
your recording studio.
805
00:32:21,350 --> 00:32:23,050
There's a recording studio too?
806
00:32:23,118 --> 00:32:26,152
Wow!
Unbelievable.
807
00:32:26,220 --> 00:32:28,355
This is where
we'll do our work!
808
00:32:28,422 --> 00:32:31,224
My heart is like... it's, like,
beating so fast, man.
809
00:32:31,292 --> 00:32:33,226
This is what we can do.
This is it.
810
00:32:35,095 --> 00:32:37,529
My room went from zero to hero.
811
00:32:37,597 --> 00:32:40,199
I'm just blown away by it.
It's just fantastic.
812
00:32:40,266 --> 00:32:42,267
It's become the most
wonderful space on campus.
813
00:32:42,335 --> 00:32:44,235
Oh, you wonderful girl.
814
00:32:44,303 --> 00:32:46,070
You wonderful bass player.
815
00:32:46,138 --> 00:32:47,338
[Crying] Thank you so much.
816
00:32:47,406 --> 00:32:48,740
Oh, for what?
817
00:32:48,807 --> 00:32:50,875
All I did was unlock the door,
you did everything.
818
00:32:50,943 --> 00:32:52,477
This means so much,
'cause it's, like,
819
00:32:52,544 --> 00:32:53,910
he's just such a good teacher.
820
00:32:53,978 --> 00:32:56,279
And all his hard work
meant something, you know.
821
00:32:56,347 --> 00:32:58,215
Come on, Ceci, let's see
more of this school, right?
822
00:32:58,282 --> 00:32:59,316
If you think you're crying now,
823
00:32:59,384 --> 00:33:00,751
this is really
gonna make you cry.
824
00:33:00,818 --> 00:33:02,251
Wait till we see how
wonderful everything else is.
825
00:33:02,319 --> 00:33:05,454
[Yelling and screaming]
826
00:33:05,522 --> 00:33:07,223
[Screams]
827
00:33:07,290 --> 00:33:10,759
Welcome to the microsoft
culinary arts institute.
828
00:33:10,826 --> 00:33:14,829
[Excited chatter]
829
00:33:14,897 --> 00:33:15,964
This is unbel...
[laughing]
830
00:33:16,032 --> 00:33:18,800
Come and see!
831
00:33:18,868 --> 00:33:22,036
Oh, my God!
832
00:33:22,103 --> 00:33:23,804
[Laughing]
833
00:33:23,872 --> 00:33:25,773
Oh, my God!
834
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:27,674
It is just incredible.
835
00:33:27,742 --> 00:33:29,075
It is so exciting.
836
00:33:29,143 --> 00:33:31,477
The floor is beautiful,
the cabinets are beautiful.
837
00:33:31,545 --> 00:33:33,312
It is just so gorgeous.
838
00:33:33,380 --> 00:33:34,947
It's just perfection.
839
00:33:35,015 --> 00:33:36,449
Wow!
840
00:33:36,517 --> 00:33:38,617
[Yells, laughs]
841
00:33:38,684 --> 00:33:41,353
This is so amazing!
842
00:33:41,421 --> 00:33:43,188
It's very exciting for me
843
00:33:43,256 --> 00:33:46,724
because I know now
that I have the tools
844
00:33:46,792 --> 00:33:49,527
and the facility
that is going to give me
845
00:33:49,594 --> 00:33:52,129
the opportunity
to teach these students
846
00:33:52,197 --> 00:33:53,697
so much more about the world
847
00:33:53,765 --> 00:33:55,732
of culinary arts
and hospitality.
848
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,700
Then we go to bing. Com,
849
00:33:57,768 --> 00:33:59,702
and we will find a recipe.
850
00:33:59,770 --> 00:34:02,238
I wanna look up, mm...
851
00:34:02,306 --> 00:34:03,740
Spaghetti.
852
00:34:03,808 --> 00:34:05,174
Okay.
853
00:34:05,241 --> 00:34:07,176
So what do we have
in the spaghetti recipe here?
854
00:34:07,243 --> 00:34:10,813
Salt, olive oil, garlic,
anchovies in oil,
855
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:12,047
and pimento stuffed olives.
856
00:34:12,115 --> 00:34:14,082
- Wow.
- It's a great room.
857
00:34:14,149 --> 00:34:15,316
It's beautiful,
858
00:34:15,384 --> 00:34:17,351
and I'm so appreciative
to whitley.
859
00:34:17,419 --> 00:34:19,921
- Aw!
- Oh, my gosh.
860
00:34:22,924 --> 00:34:25,625
Guys, take a look
at your new quad.
861
00:34:25,693 --> 00:34:28,628
- Oh, my God!
- Oh, my gosh!
862
00:34:28,696 --> 00:34:31,530
[Screaming and yells]
863
00:34:36,770 --> 00:34:38,037
- [Gasps]
- Oh, my God!
864
00:34:38,105 --> 00:34:40,238
It's so pretty.
865
00:34:40,306 --> 00:34:41,606
Aw!
866
00:34:41,674 --> 00:34:43,174
Oh, my God, it's so nice.
867
00:34:43,242 --> 00:34:44,342
The quad is
such a wonderful place,
868
00:34:44,410 --> 00:34:45,610
the musicians wanna bring
869
00:34:45,678 --> 00:34:46,945
their instruments
out there and play.
870
00:34:47,012 --> 00:34:48,480
What a wonderful setting
to make music.
871
00:34:50,081 --> 00:34:52,116
I mean, I get
to eat lunch right there
872
00:34:52,183 --> 00:34:53,584
and say, "look,
that's my flower.
873
00:34:53,651 --> 00:34:55,285
"I planted that one.
This is my stream.
874
00:34:55,353 --> 00:34:57,721
This is my school."
875
00:35:00,023 --> 00:35:02,492
We have been waiting
for a long time
876
00:35:02,559 --> 00:35:05,061
to finally have an auditorium
that we're proud of.
877
00:35:05,129 --> 00:35:06,662
We can't wait to perform in it.
878
00:35:09,832 --> 00:35:12,667
All: [hushed oohs]
879
00:35:15,037 --> 00:35:16,537
- What is this?
- There's a statue.
880
00:35:18,039 --> 00:35:19,073
What?
881
00:35:19,141 --> 00:35:21,675
Like, what just happened here?
882
00:35:21,743 --> 00:35:23,777
It's amazing.
883
00:35:23,845 --> 00:35:25,078
I know.
884
00:35:36,022 --> 00:35:38,457
- Welcome to your
brand-new auditorium.
885
00:35:38,525 --> 00:35:39,892
This is insane.
886
00:35:44,435 --> 00:35:47,104
Yes, come on down.
Annie!
887
00:35:47,171 --> 00:35:49,907
Come on, welcome to
your brand-new auditorium.
888
00:35:49,975 --> 00:35:52,009
This is insane.
889
00:35:52,077 --> 00:35:53,711
It choked me up a little bit
to walk in there
890
00:35:53,779 --> 00:35:55,714
because I've been
in there for so long
891
00:35:55,782 --> 00:35:57,783
and I'll still be
in there for two more years,
892
00:35:57,851 --> 00:36:00,219
and I can't
even believe the changes
893
00:36:00,287 --> 00:36:01,721
that have happened in there.
894
00:36:01,789 --> 00:36:04,090
Wow.
It's amazing.
895
00:36:04,158 --> 00:36:06,794
Oh, my God.
And they're comfortable.
896
00:36:06,862 --> 00:36:08,629
It's like a real auditorium.
897
00:36:10,165 --> 00:36:11,398
Look at the new stage,
898
00:36:11,466 --> 00:36:12,700
new lights,
899
00:36:12,768 --> 00:36:14,636
new sound system.
900
00:36:14,704 --> 00:36:16,271
[Clapping]
901
00:36:16,339 --> 00:36:19,375
We went from
an old, broken-down facility
902
00:36:19,443 --> 00:36:23,112
to now a place
that everyone will feel
903
00:36:23,180 --> 00:36:25,949
like they're
a part of something new.
904
00:36:26,017 --> 00:36:28,285
It's for them.
905
00:36:28,353 --> 00:36:30,154
It's for them.
It's their house now.
906
00:36:30,221 --> 00:36:31,956
They will have a goal,
907
00:36:32,024 --> 00:36:34,859
to say, "I wanna be
on that stage in that room,
908
00:36:34,927 --> 00:36:36,461
"and I wanna do the best I can.
909
00:36:36,529 --> 00:36:38,898
"And share my gift of
music, and art,
910
00:36:38,965 --> 00:36:42,001
and performance
with the world."
911
00:36:42,068 --> 00:36:44,003
Without further ado,
I think we need to
912
00:36:44,070 --> 00:36:46,873
turn it over to
the real stars of tonight,
913
00:36:46,941 --> 00:36:49,943
the students from Los Angeles
center for enriched studies.
914
00:36:50,011 --> 00:36:52,513
Let's give it up for them.
All right.
915
00:36:52,581 --> 00:36:53,981
It's been a long week.
916
00:36:54,049 --> 00:36:55,983
And now this is the big hoorah.
917
00:36:56,051 --> 00:36:58,020
This is the big
congrats to everybody.
918
00:36:58,087 --> 00:36:59,822
And I can't wait to see it.
919
00:36:59,889 --> 00:37:05,695
[Applause]
920
00:37:05,763 --> 00:37:08,565
We wanna perform in honor
of our new auditorium,
921
00:37:08,632 --> 00:37:10,835
and you know,
to thank all the volunteers,
922
00:37:10,902 --> 00:37:12,837
the teachers, the parents.
923
00:37:12,904 --> 00:37:15,639
Without them, this all
would not have been possible.
924
00:37:15,707 --> 00:37:18,210
? Imagine there's ?
925
00:37:18,277 --> 00:37:23,816
? no heaven ?
926
00:37:23,884 --> 00:37:25,785
? it's easy ?
927
00:37:25,853 --> 00:37:30,824
? if you try ?
928
00:37:30,892 --> 00:37:32,926
I think about their tomorrows.
929
00:37:32,994 --> 00:37:35,330
- ? Imagine all ?
- What they will do
930
00:37:35,397 --> 00:37:40,134
- with this new school.
- ? the people ?
931
00:37:40,202 --> 00:37:44,807
? living for ?
932
00:37:44,875 --> 00:37:48,044
? today ?
933
00:37:48,112 --> 00:37:50,513
One, two, three, four.
934
00:37:50,581 --> 00:37:53,483
[Playing jazzy music]
935
00:37:53,551 --> 00:37:56,053
I love it, I love it.
936
00:37:56,121 --> 00:38:03,695
? ?
937
00:38:03,763 --> 00:38:05,697
all: Hey!
938
00:38:05,765 --> 00:38:09,502
? Imagine
there's no countries ?
939
00:38:09,570 --> 00:38:12,372
? it isn't hard to do ?
940
00:38:12,439 --> 00:38:13,774
? ?
941
00:38:13,842 --> 00:38:15,809
? nothing to kill or die for ?
942
00:38:15,877 --> 00:38:17,011
Get down.
943
00:38:17,078 --> 00:38:20,882
All: ? and no religion too ?
944
00:38:20,950 --> 00:38:24,753
? imagine all the people ?
945
00:38:24,820 --> 00:38:27,523
? living life in peace ?
[Laughing]
946
00:38:27,591 --> 00:38:29,659
? ?
947
00:38:29,726 --> 00:38:31,360
all: ? you-hoo-hoo ?
948
00:38:31,428 --> 00:38:35,198
? you may say
that I'm a dreamer ?
949
00:38:35,266 --> 00:38:38,803
? but I'm not the only one ?
950
00:38:38,871 --> 00:38:43,107
? I hope some day
you will join us ?
951
00:38:43,175 --> 00:38:44,543
? and the world
will be as one ?
952
00:38:44,611 --> 00:38:46,345
- do it, do it, do it!
- Yeah!
953
00:38:46,413 --> 00:38:49,581
All: ? and the world
will be as one ?
954
00:38:49,649 --> 00:38:51,518
? ooh-ooh ?
955
00:38:51,585 --> 00:38:54,821
? one ?
956
00:38:54,889 --> 00:38:57,792
[cheers and applause]
957
00:38:57,859 --> 00:39:00,227
For me, what I'm walking
away with, with this,
958
00:39:00,295 --> 00:39:03,966
is a knowledge of
how much people actually care.
959
00:39:04,033 --> 00:39:06,234
Just knowing that,
if you ask people to help,
960
00:39:06,302 --> 00:39:07,436
they'll help you.
961
00:39:07,503 --> 00:39:10,173
Whoo!
962
00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:13,276
To me, this whole experience
has almost been unreal.
963
00:39:13,344 --> 00:39:14,978
I learned a lot about myself
964
00:39:15,045 --> 00:39:16,347
and I would've never thought
965
00:39:16,414 --> 00:39:18,515
that coming out
to help my school
966
00:39:18,583 --> 00:39:20,985
would've ever brought me
and my dad closer together.
967
00:39:21,052 --> 00:39:23,621
Aw!
968
00:39:23,689 --> 00:39:25,423
And in some way it has.
969
00:39:25,491 --> 00:39:26,658
And I'm really
grateful for that.
970
00:39:29,162 --> 00:39:31,630
The message
in all of this is that
971
00:39:31,698 --> 00:39:34,300
every kid in America
has the power
972
00:39:34,368 --> 00:39:35,936
to change the school they love
973
00:39:36,004 --> 00:39:38,038
and to make it
a better environment.
974
00:39:38,106 --> 00:39:39,873
Zack did it.
Annie did it.
975
00:39:39,941 --> 00:39:41,208
And anybody else can do it.
976
00:39:45,714 --> 00:39:59,360
Sync by mczolly
www.addic7ed.com
977
00:40:07,173 --> 00:40:08,640
Because of the environment,
978
00:40:08,708 --> 00:40:10,208
because it
has improved so much,
979
00:40:10,276 --> 00:40:13,112
I'm confident that
every single student's grade
980
00:40:13,180 --> 00:40:14,514
would've risen
at least one level.
981
00:40:14,581 --> 00:40:16,082
If they were getting a "b",
982
00:40:16,150 --> 00:40:18,985
I'm sure that they're
getting an a-plus at this point.