This is Anne Baker together with my cohost, Brian Fitzherbert. On talking with Anne and Fitzherbert Friday. And I know Luke's there too because I I heard just a tiny little bit of babbling, which he's probably actually talking right now. What do you think you're gonna have to face as your beautiful son gets older and the education system is there?

What are your hopes that a Republican governor might change the focus of education and actually begin getting rid of the indoctrination, the sexualization of our children? Do you think there would be a time that you would suddenly see that the education system is worth putting your child into a school system? I mean, we've got excellent teachers in both public and private schools, but the mandates that come down from the school board in Trenton, New Jersey, that dictates what all of the other school boards do in all the other areas. Do you ever think there the time will come if, let's say, a Jack Ciattarelli gets into the governor's office and begins to push school choice and, children are suddenly allowed to be children again and taught the basics, and also if they've got to focus on things having to do with their hands in high school, whether it has to do with being able to to become a superior car engineer or a carpenter or an electrician or a plumber. Do you think that will happen?

And if it does, where might you see your own little boy, in the future?

Yeah. Good question. Lots to unpack there. So first and foremost, as a parent, I look at myself as protector, provider, and guardian, for my family and for my children. And if there is something that does not jive, that is not, in line with my morals and values, I'm gonna find a way, to protect as much as possible from that exposure, as my child is a minor.

And as you pointed out, there are good teachers in both the private and the public schools. However, in the public schools, they're forced, like you said, to follow a curriculum and to institute and talk about, all this woke nonsense and indoctrination crap that I don't want my my children being exposed to. Not much less a minor, but just from a moral and a and a value standpoint. And should we get a Republican governor, whether that be Jack Ciattarelli, Bill Spadie, Adir, or or John Bramnick, those are the 4 that are running. Again, remember that the New Jersey constitution has more executive authority than any of the other governors, and we've seen what happens in Virginia with Youngkin and what he's been able to do from a voter registration standpoint, what he's done with schools, obviously.

And my personal perspective, if if I were governor for 4 years, regardless if I had, majorities in the legislature or could find some kind of bipartisan, piece of legislation that could get passed, again, you still have constitutional authority from an executive standpoint. Number one thing is to eliminate the 550 plus school districts in the state of New Jersey and shrink it down to 21 for 21 counties, just like Virginia. Virginia has county school districts. What does that do? That limits the amount of cost from the overlapping from an administrative standpoint.

What does that do? That frees up a lot of money to do things more specifically. We've now shown time and time again, Atlantic City is a perfect example, that it doesn't matter how much money per student you you you fund. It doesn't change that performance, And you have to change the mechanics that aren't tied to a birth year. There are plenty of kids, and this is why I despise George w Bush and his No Child Left Behind Act from 2,006, because it did nothing but, further screw things up from an educational standpoint.

And what I mean by that is if you're in 2nd grade, but you are reading at a 3rd or 4th grade level, or you're doing math at a 3rd or 4th grade level, that you should be able to accelerate in that particular category, even if it's just that subject regardless of your birth year.