Resolution 23-080 Newspaper in Education Week
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And with no one else anyone else you have in the public like to speak? And there's no one on WebEx, so we'll close public comment. Now is the time for resolutions. Madam Clerk, would you please read the first resolution?
Yes, is anyone here for Newspaper and Education Week? Thank you. Please step up to the podium.
I will go ahead and read the resolution. Resolution number 23-080, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, declaring March 6th through March 10th, 2023 as Newspaper in Education Week in Pasco County and commending the Tampa Bay Times for its participation in this program. Whereas Newspaper and Education Week is an initiative of the American Press Institute, is an international Program that encourages the use of daily newspaper as an instructional classroom tool and is celebrated annually during
the first full school week in March. ANRAS, the Newspaper and Education Program, encourages the use of daily newspaper as a living textbook for students from primary through adult education levels. And RAS, for more than half a century, the Tampa Bay Times Newspaper and Education Program has served Tampa educators, students, and families by providing print and digital newspaper award-winning educational publications, teacher guides, lesson plans, education. Workshops and many more resources, all at no cost to schools,
teachers, or families. And RAS, during the 2021 to 2022 school year, Newspaper and Education served 14,271 students at 37 schools in Pasco County, and the Tampa Bay Times provided more than 10 million digital educational educations in classrooms across Tampa Bay. And RAS Newspaper and Education served Teachers at 467 schools in Citrus, Hernando, Hillsboro, Manatee, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties. Newspaper in Education produced 15
original educational publications, three of which won national awards from the National Newspaper Association. And res more than 60% of people with high exposure to newspapers in childhood are regular readers of newspapers as adults according to a study.
Newspaper Association of America Foundation. That percentage is significantly It's significant. because statistically people who read the newspaper daily are more engaged citizens. Engaged citizens participate in their communities by voting and practicing good citizenship. And now therefore be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said Board hereby declares March sixth through March 10th, 2023, as Newspaper and Education Week in Pasco County and commends the Tampa Bay Times newspaper for its participation in this program.
Dun and resolved in regular session with the quorum present and voting the seventh day of March 2023.
Move approval.
Second.
All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Mr. Starkey.
Good morning. And uh here's a little piece of history that you may not know. That um my husband's uh great grandfather William Straw was the founder of the Times. What is then the Saint Pete Times, now the Temple Bay Times. But he bought it uh from uh the Dunedin, it was like the Dunedin evening weekly or something and at uh Saint Pete and um I know Trey's grandmother and her and his great grandmother used to drive around and deliver it in the evenings when it started.
But it you know it it grew to a pretty big newspaper and they they sold it to the Pointer Institute. But if you open if you don't put up the Times you'll see William Straub of Straw Park there in the masthead um and so uh This is kind of special for me, so but we welcome you here and why don't you speak to us a little bit about this program?
Good morning. My name is Sue Bedry. I'm with the Tampa Bay Times newspaper and education program. I didn't know about that family connection. That's awesome, man. Um We it it is our pleasure and our honor at the times to provide class sets of the newspaper as well as other educational resources to schools. We have done this since the mid-1970s and it's really important to us not just to create or help to create literate students but also students
that are engaged in their communities and will grow up to be involved. They will Volunteer, they vote, and maybe even they serve on uh the County Commission or a similar board. Um so that that is our mission and our purpose, and we are glad to continue it even in these tough times. Uh we still provide print newspapers twice a week to schools and we also give them free access to the digital audition. So thank you, Mr. Chairman, Commissioners. We really appreciate your support.
You know, times have changed because it used to be that when you were getting the print edition, if you're going out of town, you know, and I would stop my subscription, you could say, Well, donate that to the school district that when you instead of stopping it, you donate something to the school district. But uh you can't do I mean most people probably get it digit digitally now, so you
changed you can still donate those value. of your um of your digital subscription to us when you go on vacation. So please continue to do so. All right. Well board members, uh
would you like to come down and be in the photo?
He's got it.
And R S too?