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Good monny, good monny, good
morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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It's time now for a community connection
right here on K one, though

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one you trust, dandy. We
got bright sunshine, no rain, a

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lot of wind, no rain.
We're not going to complain about that at

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all. But we do have some
very smart people in here from Trike County

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Tech. We have Randall and Ryan
in here. How are you guys doing

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pretty good? Right? And rather
oh my goodness sakes, we've got school

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on the brain. We do tell
us a little bit about that. Ran,

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I've got to let Braiden do that. Oh, I guess I'll kick

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us off. So, so we're
just wrapping up our our recruitment process at

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Trike County. So our students for
our high school programs have been accepted for

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the most part, wells off students
pulled off the wait lists throughout the summer.

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But what we're really hitting on right
now is our enrollment finalization. So

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even though students have been accepted into
Trike County, they still need to finalize

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their enrollment to make sure that their
spots are solidified for next fall. Well,

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it sounds like things are going kind
of swimmingly, but we gotta cross

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the tea, dot the eyes and
make sure we have no whoopsies. That's

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pretty much what we're doing going through, making sure everything is all take care

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of us, right, Yeah,
everybody's got the stuff done well. It

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seems like it never stops. I
mean because you know, first of all,

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Try County Texts pretty popular institution around
here. And with that mind,

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people ask a lot of questions,
but sometimes they just don't know how to

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finalize the bill. Gotta kind of
get that, get everybody go over the

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finish line. No, we yeah, we do. Yeah. So I

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always tell people give me a call
of shoot me an email, shoot me

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a text message if you need to. I'll help you do whatever you ta

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get you through. How are we
looking for enrollment here? For full for

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the on the high school side,
it's it's looking really great. I'm super

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excited for the group of students that
we're bringing in. This cohort seems to

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be really strong and the students are
excited to be on campus. What about

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the adult We're setting pretty good.
Our full time programs are full for the

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fall. We'll send out our first
round of acceptance will come out this next

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week. So we got good numbers
looking for flex applications are looking good.

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But there's still some openings for our
flex classes. So don't wait, now,

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jump online. Let's get you in
rolls so and get you started.

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Yeah, don't do in the towel. You be surprised because every now and

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then we can we can just squeeze
an extra student or two. Yeah,

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and we got some courses start in
this summer. So we got an EMT

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class that starts in July. That's
got a few openings left, so if

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you're interested in that, yeah,
let's get you started. And then we

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also got UM Paramedic will start in
June. But if you have to have

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anatomy and physiology, you know already
have that covered because that's a pre rate

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for that class. So if you
got it, we can still get you

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in. We got a few spots
left there. Well, that's pretty dark

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and cool. You know, that's
one thing I almost forgot is that we

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do have those classes through sponders.
Yes, and then you know that comes

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in quite handy because if you can't
have enough of them, that's right,

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that's right. And you know,
we're really excited about what's going on and

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having a great numb record number of
applicants coming in and so we're it's good

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stuff. We're excited about it.
Now you visit the schools, Brandon,

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I do. Yeah, you never
stop. Yeah, you guys on a

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roller coaster. But you know,
but it's got to be fun because the

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kids, some a little apprehensive,
others are gung ho, and you kind

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of get the whole spectroom, don't
you. I do. And it's such

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a perk of my job as to
be able to go and meet the students,

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visit with our partners, school administration
and staff that really get to know

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those students, you know, on
a personal level, create that relationship with

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them, because when they do come
to Try County, that shock factor kind

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of does set in. Oh my
goodness, this is a big building.

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But hopefully that relationship we built makes
a little more comfortable for them getting used

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to our campus. And it's quite
a cool campus, you know when you

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think about it. When when I've
seen similar schools that try to emulate cry

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County Tech one, they're not that
big too. They don't offer as much.

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It's County and three. Uh,
you know, it's kind of easy

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to navigate for its size. It
is. It's just in a big square.

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That's how I tell people. It's
just a big square, you know

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where we feel pretty fortunate at Chike
County because you know, we do have

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the high school programs, a full
time adult and then the flex students who

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are able to m who are able
to come in the evening, and that

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it really makes it available for those
students who are wanting a career shift or

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wanting to start something new. And
that's what flex was all about, random,

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right, Yeah, that flexible schedule
so that you know, a couple

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of evenings a week, couple of
saturdays a month, or even some of

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those getting a chance to do some
of that online at your own pace.

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And most cases are done within a
year. I mean, you know,

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two semesters and you got your certifications
and go right to work. Now,

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what we're finding in the in the
adult world as well as the younger folks

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coming right out, is that these
certificates are just as good as a diploma

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in a lot of cases. Oh, absolute, absolutely, yeah, for

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sure. I mean there's you know, definitely a great chance to start a

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great career and make you know,
and start making a great living for yourself,

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even if you do want to go
to college. You know, put

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yourself in a position where you can
financially take care of yourself with less debt.

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UM and that's a that's a huge
step forward. UM and seeing a

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lot of seniors coming out of high
school UM not having to to have that

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debt hanging over their head and you
know to start stay close and get those

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certifications and go right into the workforce
and UM. And then again you know,

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with the articulation agreement with Oklahoma Westland, if they want to go to

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college, they get that fifty percent
scholarship and some college credit hours recognized and

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can can go that route as well. So now, Brighton, that's got

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to shut well not only with the
kids that you speak to on a daily

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basis, but their parents. Absolutely. You know, I think it's kind

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of a comfort thing for the parents. They're not going to have to shift

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little Bobby or Susie off somewhere far. They can stay here locally. And

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uh, it's just a great thing
for our students, it really is.

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We value our partnership with OKWU so
much just because it does really give that

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those students that transition opportunity after high
school. Regardless, if you complete any

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of our programs, you get that
fifty percent tuition discount at Oakland and Wesleyan

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through our articulation agreement. Plus you
know the low cost, and you guys

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will find scholarships and ways to help
people. Absolutely sure, about ninety percent

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of our adult applicants, our students
qualify for financial assistance through US and around

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last may graduated debt free. So
I mean we do what we can to

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make it happen and make it affordable
and easy on them. Maybe those two

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other big schools a little to the
west of us should take a little bit

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of a less after try Countic Deck. We'll see see how that works.

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You know, see your business model
here, maybe put that together and see

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what happens. But no, this
is great. We're gonna take a quick

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break and we're gonna come back with
more of how to here with a try

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County Tech in just a moment.
And this program is being brought to you

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in part by Arnold more Niecamp Funeral
Home on Okay, well, the one

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you try. I never forget this, called my freshman roommate. His mother

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called one day and she said,
Tim, I can tell about her voice.

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And I said, what's wrong?
She said, can you get my

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boy? Home from California. He's
passed away out there, and that crushed

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me. But I said, I
sure will. I'll take care of it.

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I said, I'll figure it out. I will get your son home.

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If that's what you do when your
loved one dies, it doesn't matter

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if it's three in the morning.
You call your funeral director and say,

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tim, my loved one just died. What do I do? And I

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tell you one of my greatest stories
I could tell. Six o'clock one Christmas

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morning, a lady calls me.
She said, we came over to get

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my aunt for Christmas breakfast and found
her dead in her home. What do

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we do? I said, let
me get dressed. I'll be right there

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and we'll just walk through this together. It's gonna be all right. I'll

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take good care of her. Years
later, she told me that was the

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single most comforting phrase she'd ever heard. It'll be all right. We'll walk

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through this together. Arnold Moore and
me Camp Funeral Home, seven Dewey,

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Martelsville. We will walk through this
together. And we're back with Ryk County

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Tech with Braden and Randal here and
Brandon. We've got orientation coming up for

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Try County tectoso we do. So
we're doing something new this year. You

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know, on top of enrollment finalization, we're also going to do an orientation

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day for our students. So our
incoming students August third, at either two

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o'clock or five o'clock. I know
we're still a couple of months out,

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but they'll be able to bring their
guardians and themselves out kind of run over

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at TCT one oh one. Our
expectations of them as students. They're going

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to get to go visit their instructors, get some personalized TCT swag specifically for

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coming for that event. We just
want to want to make it a welcoming

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environment for our new students and for
our other students. Our classes are kind

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of flexy, that's right. They
are Flix of all. You can jump

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online and look at that schedule and
then you can also book a two or

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this summer if you want to come
out as an adult, try to see

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those classrooms and what that schedule is
going to love love to show you around

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our campus and get you going to
get to see in August. We'd love

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to have you know. The cool
thing about Trike County Tech is that you

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guys bring them in and Kyle pool
sends them out. It's like, you

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guys got this relay tag team going
on here. You bring them in there,

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get them all smartened up. Kyle
says, let's see if we can't

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find your job. And it worked
so well. You guys have such synchronicity

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there, and you know, the
way everything works is, you know,

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pretty seamless. Now, don't give
Kyle that big head now, but we

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are we are we We really are
lucky to be or unfortunate to be able

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to work together and be able to
work in unison and be able to know

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our part and go on to the
next one. That way, we can

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continue to train and educate students as
they come through our doors. Now.

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Rather, you've been there for a
good, good stay And there's a reason

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people stay at tric County Tech.
You guys win what this Baldrige Award for,

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like being the coolest place on the
planet or something like that. It's

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just a great place to work.
And I think the culture, ultimately,

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I think it comes down to this. Tray County is a very student folk.

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We care about the not just the
education, but the success of their

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life even after they're gone. And
so if we can help in any possible

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way while they're with us to set
them on a pathway for success. And

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that's across the board everyone who works
there, no matter what their job title

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is or what they do, we're
focused under that realm and umbrella. And

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that makes it an incredible place to
work because we have purpose and it's it's

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it's an awesome atmosphere and I love
to be a part of it. Well,

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when you have purpose, you're not
one of those people that says,

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what am I doing here? Yeah? Can you know what you're doing there?

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We really do. And you know, we always try to find ways

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to help our students out and light
Raindall mention. It doesn't matter, um,

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what area of Tri County Tech you're
employed under, you are always there

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to lend a hand to whoever needs
that. And that's pretty incredible, um,

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regardless of where you're at. You
know, I see the students out

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there in the workplace. You know, you can tell the ones you know

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they're ready to roll, They're they're
they're not you know, they're they're focused.

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And I think that is something that
kind of comes across in the way

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that the classrooms are handled and the
way they come into the program and the

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way they come out to the program
and everything in the middle. Like you

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said, it's all about focus.
We have great students at Tri County on

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this high school and adults side,
and great instructors to back them up and

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prepare them for the workforce. I
mean overall, Tri County Tech is just

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a phenomenal place to receive an education
if you're able to r work. Can

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we find out more about Trake County
Tech online? Try County tich dot edu

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so you can find about adult and
high school programs. All of that's available.

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So well, I tell you what
we know. No strangers out there

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doing nope, never never, doors
open, come home, you know,

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identify non traditional student. You can't
do that out there because everyone's kind of

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doing their own thing. But they're
doing their own thing together. That's right.

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Does that make any sense? I
think you know it does, absolutely

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know for sure, Yogi Barrows School
of Slogans. And like Randall mentioned,

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the good thing is is we don't
get a summer break. Slowly here all

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summer to answer any questions if you
need to, well, cool guys,

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all right, hey, I want
to thank you both for being here today.

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Is there anything we missed. Wow, we covered a lot of ground

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today. We did all right,
rad the the website again. Try County

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tech dot ed U all right,
Breton Raddle, thank you guys for coming

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in today. On Community Connection,