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Cincinnati Classical Academy Fundraiser · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: Talk station 6 30 on a friday eve i'm so
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  Speaker 1: happy to have tanya ford on the line here to
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  Speaker 1: talk about the cincinnati classical academy and the upcoming classical
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  Speaker 1: cup golf outing to raise funds for the cincinnati classical
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  Speaker 1: academy a worthy cause it is welcome tanya ford it's
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  Speaker 1: great to have you on this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you brian i am so excited to.
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  Speaker 1: Be here Well, I am excited that the, that since
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  Speaker 1: then classical Academy is even in existence. And I cannot
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  Speaker 1: thank you and the folks that invited me over to, to,
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  Speaker 1: to do a tour of the, of the buildings. I
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  Speaker 1: just was absolutely blown away. The children are amazingly disciplined
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  Speaker 1: and courteous and friendly and, and well-mannered. One of the
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  Speaker 1: points that you do, you have it since a classical
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  Speaker 1: Academy will work. We'll talk with you and you can
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  Speaker 1: break down what is taught and how it's taught and
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  Speaker 1: how you don't have to rely on technology, but, the
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  Speaker 1: idea that the teacher led classrooms provide instruction in moral
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  Speaker 1: character and civic virtue. I mean, even saying that, like
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  Speaker 1: you think of a public school would ever talk about
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  Speaker 1: moral character and civic virtue. It's crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Probably not. I know it's pretty amazing. And that was
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  Speaker 2: really one of the things that led my husband and
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  Speaker 2: I to choose classical for our son. We, um, It
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  Speaker 2: was a journey, finding the right school to send our
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  Speaker 2: son to. During the pandemic, both of our jobs were
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  Speaker 2: transitioned to fully remote positions. We both actually still work
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  Speaker 2: from home today. And he was, oh gosh, when the
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  Speaker 2: pandemic started, he was only about two years old. But
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  Speaker 2: as time went on, we realized, you know, we've got
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  Speaker 2: to figure out what to do for school. We had
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  Speaker 2: considered homeschooling. but quickly realized that was not going to
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  Speaker 2: be feasible with both of us working from home. And
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  Speaker 2: even though we're at home, we still have to work.
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  Speaker 2: So we knew there was not really a lot of
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  Speaker 2: quality to choose from. And thankfully, some friends from church,
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  Speaker 2: their older daughter is in fourth grade. So she's a
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  Speaker 2: year ahead of our oldest son. And they had told
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  Speaker 2: us about classical as classical was getting built and getting started.
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  Speaker 2: And encouraged us to look into it, and we did,
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  Speaker 2: and we fell in love with what we found out
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  Speaker 2: about classical. So the lottery is how they do enrollment.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lottery system because there is such a significantly
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  Speaker 2: long wait list to be able to get a seat
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  Speaker 2: at the school because I think this model of education
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  Speaker 2: is really catching on and people want something different than
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  Speaker 2: what the mainstream public school system provides. So we entered
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  Speaker 2: him into the lottery system and initially he was put
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  Speaker 2: on the wait list, but he was only number two
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  Speaker 2: on the wait list. And about a week after the
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  Speaker 2: initial lottery had been run, I got notification that he
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  Speaker 2: had been offered a seat. accepted in a hurry and
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  Speaker 2: have never looked back. So he's in third grade this
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  Speaker 2: year and has been at classical since kindergarten. And in
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  Speaker 2: about a year and a half, two years from now,
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  Speaker 2: our three-year-old will also start kindergarten at classical. And we
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  Speaker 2: could not be any happier with what we have received
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  Speaker 2: from classical. Well, the draw him turn into the yes.
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  Speaker 2: And seeing him turn into the little learner that he
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  Speaker 2: has become is Prior to classical, we had worked with
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  Speaker 2: him extensively on all of the basics, reading, shapes, colors, numbers,
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  Speaker 2: all of that kind of thing. But he is very stubborn. Really? Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 2: Unless it's his idea, he does not want to do it.
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  Speaker 2: So he was very against reading, drawing, doing anything that
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  Speaker 2: wasn't what he wanted to do in that specific moment.
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  Speaker 2: And seeing the love for learning and reading and especially
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  Speaker 2: art that he has developed over the last four years,
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  Speaker 2: that is truly a testament to what classical provides.
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  Speaker 1: Well, affiliated with Hillsdale College, which is, I mean, if
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  Speaker 1: you think about Hillsdale College and you know about Hillsdale College,
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  Speaker 1: then you really have a firm grasp of really the
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  Speaker 1: basics of the basis of Cincinnati Classical Academy. And I
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  Speaker 1: just want to– Absolutely. You mentioned the waiting list. I understand.
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  Speaker 1: There is no tuition, correct?
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  Speaker 2: Correct. It is a tuition-free school. But we're a little
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  Speaker 2: bit different in the sense that because we're a charter
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  Speaker 2: school and because we have kids from, I believe it's
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  Speaker 2: 66 zip codes this year. We're not a typically– district
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  Speaker 2: public school.
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  Speaker 1: If you will well that's the figure i was waiting
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  Speaker 1: for 66 zip codes or children from 66 zip codes
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  Speaker 1: in i would argue the greater cincinnati area are going
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  Speaker 1: all the way over to get an education and sometimes
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  Speaker 1: people travel a significant distance to get there that's how
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  Speaker 1: popular and in demand the cincinnati classical academy is i
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  Speaker 1: mean you got reed hartman campus for the five to
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  Speaker 1: ten for the fifth through tenth graders soon to be
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  Speaker 1: adding 11th and 12th down the road Siebenthaler Avenue for
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  Speaker 1: the K-4 campus. So you're really close to Ronald Reagan Highway,
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  Speaker 1: but you're not close to where the children live during
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  Speaker 1: the day. Some people drive an hour plus to get there.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. And again, that's just a testament to what our
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  Speaker 2: kids are receiving and what classical offers. It truly is
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  Speaker 2: a light in what has become a dark educational society.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Hey, that's why I'm a favor of school choice.
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  Speaker 1: Your place exists because of it. 741-55-KRC, the talk station.
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  Speaker 1: Tanya Ford from Cincinnati Classical Academy, which I strongly encourage
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  Speaker 1: you to find online at cinceywithayclassical.org. I've got some neighbors, Tanya,
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  Speaker 1: that they are desperate. They're going to get on the
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  Speaker 1: waiting list. I think they already are on the waiting
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  Speaker 1: list because they heard me talk about your school, and
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  Speaker 1: they have a couple of toddlers, so they're keeping their
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  Speaker 1: fingers crossed that they get in. But what an amazing thing.
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  Speaker 1: And one of the things that blew me away when
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  Speaker 1: I toured the place, Tanya Ford was the rows and
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  Speaker 1: rows of lockers with no locks. Any one of them
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  Speaker 1: was open. You even opened one of them, if I
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  Speaker 1: recall correctly, and it's filled with kids stuff, you know,
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  Speaker 1: that their belongings, the books, the coat and all that
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  Speaker 1: kind of thing. You know, I'm a guy who got
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  Speaker 1: his jacket ripped off out of his combination lock locker.
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  Speaker 1: No one steals anything from anybody's locker, even though it'd
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  Speaker 1: be the easiest thing to do at Cincinnati classical Academy.
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  Speaker 1: That's that's virtue. That's that. That's morals. And from little kids, too.
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  Speaker 1: I loved it, Tonya. I just absolutely loved it.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. I still laugh a little bit at myself when
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  Speaker 2: I think of the facial expression you had when you
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  Speaker 2: were told that there's no locks on the lockers because
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  Speaker 2: our kids just don't do that kind of thing because
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  Speaker 2: they're being... formed as whole people in strong moral character.
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  Speaker 2: And that's, again, just a testament to what classical is providing.
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  Speaker 2: It's not only giving our kids a top-notch quality education
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  Speaker 2: backed by Hillsdale College, but they are learning how to
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  Speaker 2: be civically minded, strong, moral people to be able to
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  Speaker 2: navigate an ever-changing world morality in this world.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah and in great moods that's the other thing i
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  Speaker 1: walk into a class you walked us into a class
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  Speaker 1: and the kids were in that room were about what
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  Speaker 1: eight nine years old i can't remember they all turned
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  Speaker 1: half of them turned smiles on every one of their
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  Speaker 1: faces not because i was there it's just because they
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  Speaker 1: seem to have already been in a good mood half
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  Speaker 1: of the class waved at me like oh there's a
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  Speaker 1: stranger hello you're welcome here it's like you did that
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  Speaker 1: at public school Even that with frowns and scowls and
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  Speaker 1: people with earbuds on not paying attention or messing around
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  Speaker 1: with their cell phone. Speaking of which, Tanya Ford, no
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  Speaker 1: electronics over at Sensei Classical Academy. No electronics.
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  Speaker 2: No, we are intentionally tech-free because we believe that quality
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  Speaker 2: education starts with books and pens and paper. Right. Our
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  Speaker 2: test scores over the last few years have just significantly
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  Speaker 2: proven that. Our literacy score has been one of the
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  Speaker 2: highest in the state of Ohio.
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  Speaker 1: There you go.
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  Speaker 2: Over the last four years. And it really just proves
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  Speaker 2: how effective the model is.
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  Speaker 1: And let us not overlook your adoption at Cincinnati Classical
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  Speaker 1: of the Hillsdale College 1776 curriculum. In other words... the
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  Speaker 1: children at Sensei Classical are learning civics and our nation's history.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely. I have learned more from my third grade
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  Speaker 2: son than I think I ever learned in my public
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  Speaker 2: school education growing up about American history and Western civilization
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  Speaker 2: and Western culture in general. The things that these kids
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  Speaker 2: are learning at such a at a young age are
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  Speaker 2: absolutely astounding. And it is so refreshing to see.
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  Speaker 1: I am so pleased it's working out so well for you.
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  Speaker 1: Great poster child to talk about the wonderful work that's
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  Speaker 1: being done at Cincinnati Classical. Now, a way that we
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  Speaker 1: can help out Cincinnati Classical continue on its wonderful mission,
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  Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Classical Cup. So pause. It's already 745. You
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  Speaker 1: get to do the details on the fundraising event next time.
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  Speaker 1: I know I've been holding off on it, but we'll
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  Speaker 1: get to that. Don't go away, folks.
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  Speaker 2: 745.
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  Speaker 1: The Talk Station. It's 749 at 55 KRC, The Talk Station.
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  Speaker 1: Happy Thursday. Since that classical time. Ford online. You can
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  Speaker 1: find them online at senseiwithyclassical.org. You can enroll. You can
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  Speaker 1: rather register to try to get your kids in there.
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  Speaker 1: Waiting list, but it's worth a shot. There's some open
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  Speaker 1: houses coming up, I understand, too. Before we get to
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  Speaker 1: the golf alley, you've got a November 11th open house
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  Speaker 1: of what you call the lower school. That's for K-4s.
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  Speaker 1: And then you have an open house the following day
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  Speaker 1: for the upper, the Summit Park campus. So register online
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  Speaker 1: at Cincy with the Y Classical if you'd like to, well,
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  Speaker 1: take a tour of the place. I mean, assuming you
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  Speaker 1: want to go there, maybe you might want to go there,
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  Speaker 1: and you definitely will once you've toured the place. Tanya Ford,
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  Speaker 1: what about the golf outing coming up? Let's talk about that.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, the golf outing. We are so excited. This will
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  Speaker 2: be our third Classical Cup. It is a team scramble event.
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  Speaker 2: All skill levels are welcome. If you would like to
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  Speaker 2: register as an individual, we can place you with the team.
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  Speaker 2: If you've got four friends that you'd like to golf with,
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  Speaker 2: we can do that too. It is our largest athletics
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  Speaker 2: fundraiser of the year. And events like this are so
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  Speaker 2: important to Classical specifically because of the nature of the
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  Speaker 2: type of school that we are. Not being a traditional
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  Speaker 2: district public school, if you will, we do receive 30%
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  Speaker 2: less funding than district public schools. So additional support is
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  Speaker 2: always needed and always welcome. especially for our student athletes.
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  Speaker 2: So every dime of the proceeds that are made from
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  Speaker 2: this event go to support classical athletics and our student
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  Speaker 2: athletes directly.
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  Speaker 1: And you do have, and I mean, you've already answered
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  Speaker 1: the question. Clearly you have an athletics program. It's, it's,
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  Speaker 1: it's a pretty darn good athletics program, you know, for
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  Speaker 1: a private or a small school like this, a charter school. It, I,
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  Speaker 1: I sort of wasn't even thinking about an athletics program
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  Speaker 1: considering the tuition is free. I presume you're living on
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  Speaker 1: smaller margins. So how is it that you could fund
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  Speaker 1: and run an athletics program? Well, this is one of
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  Speaker 1: the ways you can with the Classical Cup. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. We are continuing to grow our athletics programs as
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  Speaker 2: the years go on. We do have a core program
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  Speaker 2: of sports. I specifically am involved with baseball. I'm the
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  Speaker 2: baseball coordinator for the school and have been going into
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  Speaker 2: my third season now. So it takes a lot of
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  Speaker 2: dedicated parents and volunteers and often staff members who double
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  Speaker 2: as coaches and coordinators to help make this happen for
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  Speaker 2: our students to also be athletes. But events like the
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  Speaker 2: classical cup are really what helped drive the funding to
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  Speaker 2: be able to make our programs possible.
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  Speaker 1: And of course you have separate sports for boys and girls,
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  Speaker 1: like title nine kind of stuff where girls play against
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  Speaker 1: girls and boys play against boys.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Yeah. We've got baseball and softball. We've got girls volleyball.
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  Speaker 2: We've got boys volleyball and we've got, we're working on
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  Speaker 2: girls and boys basketball. And we're also, um, in the
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  Speaker 2: beginning stages of developing a football team and we also
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  Speaker 2: have a wrestling program. I don't think that there are
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  Speaker 2: any girls in the wrestling program as of yet, but
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  Speaker 2: that may eventually change later down the road if there
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  Speaker 2: are any girls who decide that that is something that
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  Speaker 2: they would like to take on. But yes, we do
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  Speaker 2: have athletics programs that are growing every year and Like
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  Speaker 2: I said, it's really events like this, the Classical Cup,
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  Speaker 2: that directly support our athletics programs that help make these
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  Speaker 2: programs possible.
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  Speaker 1: Well, where do people register to become part of the
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  Speaker 1: event on the 25th?
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  Speaker 2: The registration can be done directly through the website, and
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  Speaker 2: the website is the-classical-cup.perfectgolf.com. event, all one word,. com. You
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  Speaker 2: can register directly through the website there. It will give
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  Speaker 2: you the time and location, which is going to be
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  Speaker 2: at Glenview Golf Course off of Springfield Pike. Next Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: the 25th, registration and check-in starts at noon. Tee time
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  Speaker 2: is at 1.30.
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  Speaker 1: And I know there's going to be silent auctions. You've
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  Speaker 1: got some items that people can bid on and also
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  Speaker 1: a reception will be taking place. Is that following the
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  Speaker 1: golf outing?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, the evening will conclude with awards and the reception
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  Speaker 2: once everybody finishes golfing. And we do have a silent
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  Speaker 2: auction as well that will be available for bidding all
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  Speaker 2: day long. And we are in process as of this
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  Speaker 2: morning of getting the silent auction also put onto a
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  Speaker 2: digital platform so that we can open bidding up to
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  Speaker 2: a wider community.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 2: And once I've gotten the details finalized on that, I
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  Speaker 2: can certainly share the link with you so that we can...
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  Speaker 2: we can drive up the bidding hopefully and raise even
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  Speaker 2: more money.
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  Speaker 1: All right. So, uh, which side of the ledger did
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  Speaker 1: you fall down on in, in, in, in, in wanting
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  Speaker 1: me to sort of go out for beers with someone?
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  Speaker 1: I told you no one would bid on something like that.
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  Speaker 1: Are you doing that?
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  Speaker 2: We are. Okay. Number one on the list of items.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I, I'm going to be so embarrassed. You
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  Speaker 1: are going to get a single human being like, all right,
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  Speaker 1: here's a buck. Okay. I think you're going to.
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  Speaker 2: Be very pleasantly surprised.
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  Speaker 1: Beers with Brian Thomas. I'm willing to do it. You're
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  Speaker 1: the one that says somebody's going to pay for it.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just willing to be thoroughly embarrassed when no one
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  Speaker 1: wants it. It's going to be a great time. Again,
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  Speaker 1: Joe's going to put that long-winded link that you've got there, theclassicalcup.perfectgolfevent.com.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that is correct.
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  Speaker 1: All right. I was managing to write it down quickly enough,
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  Speaker 1: but people in the listening audience may not be near
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  Speaker 1: a pen or remember it. Joe Strecker, link on the
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  Speaker 1: blog page, 55KRC. com. I'll look forward to seeing you on
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  Speaker 1: the 25th. Tanya, it has been a real pleasure bringing
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  Speaker 1: this information to my listening audience. There are parents and
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  Speaker 1: grandparents out there that now know where they want to
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  Speaker 1: send their children. Keep up the great work.