And I want to thank everyone here. School district, everyone, the volunteers, the members of the community who stepped up to help your community and your neighbors in this time of need. And that's basically what school districts and schools have done throughout this pandemic school districts, teachers and staff have stepped up over and over again throughout this past year and a half. Schools in pennsylvania and across the country have experienced a lot of disruptions as a result of the covid pandemic. And I'm really proud of how hard teachers, school staff students have worked to keep learning going throughout this. I know that everybody here is excited about getting back in the classroom after a year of remote learning, hybrid schedules and all kinds of pandemic challenges. Back to school is normally an exciting time as many of our teachers and students return to the classroom. But this year, especially after that 15 months a year and a half, uh, how you eat us getting students back into the classroom safely is something to celebrate. And I want to thank again, Superintendent chris dormer, the National Education Association, the pennsylvania State Education Association for everything they have done to support a safe school year. The goal this year is not just to start the year, not just to start the year with kids in the school, it's to keep the kids in the school throughout this year. We know that learning in a classroom is important because many students learn better in a classroom and we learned that in so many ways last year, but being in school is just as important for the social, emotional and physical well being of young students, our kids want to see their friends again. They want to play sports, They want to participate in the activities that help them build skills. They want to connect with their peers in school inside school in the classroom, students learn about important subjects, but even more important they learn about themselves. And that's why we want to keep kids in the classroom this year, especially after the disruptions and the instability of last year. We want to do everything in our power to keep kids in the classroom all year long and that's why here in pennsylvania were offering for key resources to help keep kids in the classroom. First of course masking second testing, third vaccination and forth, increased funding. All this is part of the whole year strategy to keep kids in the classroom where they should be. Let's start with masks, masks are one of the best tools we have to keep students in the classroom and covid out Keep in mind. Kids under the age of 12 are not eligible for the vaccine yet. That's why masks are now required in Pennsylvania. Schools masks protect, protect each child and they also reduce the risk that entire classrooms are going to need to quarantine due to positive COVID-19 cases and that means more time in the classroom. There's much we're doing in addition to that to help keep class schools safer so learning can continue in the classrooms. This year. For example, we're including helping vaccine providers work with schools to set up convenient vaccine clinics. We're establishing program to provide free covid testing for K through 12 schools across the commonwealth. And let's not forget that the federal government made a major investment in safe schools through the american rescue plan. Pennsylvania Schools received more than $4.9 billion dollars in funding from the art program this year, Which school districts can use in a variety of ways to improve school safety beyond the pandemic. My administration is working to support our state's education needs. We made a historic investment in public education in this year's budget on top of earlier increases that I've been proud to make throughout my 10 years. Governor between this year's budget this year's budget also included more important initiative called the level up initiative That works to reduce inequity in education funding for Pennsylvania's 100 most underfunded schools. Norristown School District is one of those school districts Through level up, Norristown alone received an additional $1 million 16 million. I think That came as a result of the other $2,200 million dollar increase. Safe learning in schools is possible because of the things that we've done to help protect students, teachers and the greater community. Now we need the help of the public by working together. We can keep covid out of our schools and we can keep our students in our schools. Thank.