We Are Where We Are Needed Most
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[sad music]

Audio Description: News program images of empty streets and buildings.

Narrator: March 2020, COVID-19 causes disruptions globally. Texas schools close statewide. TSBVI students must remain at home. What did we do about it?

Audio Description: A fast paced montage follows showing teachers, students, parents, and staff working online.

Teacher 1: Hi, David! Hi!

Teacher 2: All right, Miss Heidi. You wanna get us started?

Consultant: Hey, good morning everybody.

PE Coach: Are you ready to stretch?

[faster music]

Teacher 3: Good morning Eddie, it's Laura.

Audio Description: Title cards read--

Narrator: We conducted 100s of classes. We delivered over 15,000 hours of instruction; math, o&m, braille, life skills, phys ed. We held class in living rooms, bedrooms, and kitchens. We aided fellow professionals. We presented a school play.

Audio Description: Images of snow and fire are seen. The Sense of Texas logo is seen.

Narrator: We released a podcast. We reached across distance and disability.

We hosted over 12,000 zoom meetings. We trained staff. we lead departments. We taught each other. We hosted prom.

Audio Description: Students and staff during the ZOOM Prom.

Narrator: We had summer school. We kept each other going.

Audio Description: Teachers wearing funny hats during a ZOOM meeting

Narrator: We graduated our class of 2020.

Audio Description: A mosaic of faces of graduating students during graduation.

Narrator: We didn’t leave anyone out.

Audio Description: Montage of students.

Narrator: We stood by our school, by our staff, by our parents, by our teachers. We stood by our students.

Audio Description: A mosaic of faces of students.

Narrator: We were where we were needed most. We are where we are needed most. We couldn’t do it without you!

Audio Description: Words fade out. TSBVI logo.