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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome meeting.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time now for our community connection right here on

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<v Speaker 1>Kate one, the one you trust. We have Republican and

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<v Speaker 1>another Conservatives in Washington County here and boy, today we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to have a nice little talk about education. First

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<v Speaker 1>of all, Jessica Kross is with us, and so is

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<v Speaker 1>Charlie Daniels. I'll start with you, Jessica. We've got a

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<v Speaker 1>meeting coming up here, pretty darn.

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<v Speaker 2>Do we do.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you for having us, Tom. We always enjoy our

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<v Speaker 3>time here. We enjoy having Our monthly meeting is next Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 3>February fourth, at six thirty pm Crossing Second. Good and

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<v Speaker 3>we welcome everyone to join us. We have a wonderful

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<v Speaker 3>informative topic that can affect every household and if it

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't necessarily affect yours, your neighbors, your grandkids.

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<v Speaker 4>And by the way, Jessica I mentioned at Crossing Second,

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<v Speaker 4>you can get food and drink for all they are

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<v Speaker 4>listening to the interesting conversations there.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, we encourage people to come early and order from

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<v Speaker 3>the lovely menu that Sharon and Dan have going on there,

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<v Speaker 3>and they can also order during the meeting as well

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<v Speaker 3>they can.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a great thing. And the.

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<v Speaker 4>Real sliders who just divine I can recommend them enthusiastically.

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<v Speaker 2>It sounds like you had a few. Yeah, I have,

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<v Speaker 2>probably a few too many. But now we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>be talking about education.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, school choice.

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<v Speaker 2>School, that's a biggie. It has been for quite a

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<v Speaker 2>while here in Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 4>School or not school, depending on how you do this,

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<v Speaker 4>how you do it, how you define it.

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<v Speaker 2>You define it. That's right. New homeschool. I do we

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<v Speaker 2>home educate? Yes? Yes, home educate? Is that the new term?

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<v Speaker 3>That's just the term that I.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, we're going to have at the at the program,

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<v Speaker 4>we'll have Kay Little who has almost founded homeschooling in Martlesville,

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<v Speaker 4>and it's it's a real interesting landscape now.

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<v Speaker 2>You look at it. Homeschooling was the first kind of

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<v Speaker 2>schooling back in the.

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<v Speaker 4>Cave Mandays when it was instead of home, Sweet Home,

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<v Speaker 4>it was Cave Sweet Cave. And Papa Ogg was teaching

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<v Speaker 4>little Og how to skin a bear, skin a sabertooth cat.

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<v Speaker 4>Here you go, son used this, use this stone knife,

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<v Speaker 4>and eh, Dad, that's yucky.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is how you did and how they learned.

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<v Speaker 4>And then we graduated to Hunt, Sweet Hunt, and we

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<v Speaker 4>and we.

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<v Speaker 2>Got a little agriculture going, got a little agriculture.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, drop the seed in the hole, son, and that's

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<v Speaker 4>that's how you did that. But now it's become very sophisticated.

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<v Speaker 4>It's enshrined in the Oklahoma Constitution. We are, I think,

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<v Speaker 4>the only state in the country where the constitution guarantees

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<v Speaker 4>your right to homeschool, and out of that has proliferated.

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<v Speaker 4>You've got single family homeschoolers like yourself. You've got pods,

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<v Speaker 4>you've got co ops, you've got Classical Conversation which one

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<v Speaker 4>day a week takes some in a more structured environment.

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<v Speaker 4>And you've got Cornerstone Classical Academy, which is two days

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<v Speaker 4>a week that, by the way, is about to get

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<v Speaker 4>accredited as a school, as an accredited school, very fine school.

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<v Speaker 2>It is. Been out there and they looked at it

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<v Speaker 2>and they know what they're doing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, they do wonderful leadership, and the students really enjoy

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<v Speaker 3>going there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they do all of those options.

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<v Speaker 4>Jessica, do you have any idea how many homeschoolers there are?

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<v Speaker 1>I do not.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't either neither. It is okay, but we think

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<v Speaker 2>it's hundreds of absolutely.

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<v Speaker 3>I would definitely say hundreds because, as you mentioned, if

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<v Speaker 3>you're involved in either of those programs, or we have

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<v Speaker 3>numerous co ops throughout Bartlesville as well. And then families

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<v Speaker 3>that aren't necessarily attached to a certain co op but.

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<v Speaker 2>Are homeschooling their children.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and during during COVID, of course, everybody became a

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<v Speaker 4>homeschooler for a while, it seemed like. And I had

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<v Speaker 4>a friend who said, I used to laugh at preppers

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<v Speaker 4>and homeschoolers, and now I'm doing both. And a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of people continued after the crisis passed, as it were,

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<v Speaker 4>so homeschooling really got a boost out of the whole thing.

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<v Speaker 3>But that also brought up the virtual options.

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<v Speaker 2>It did other charter.

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<v Speaker 3>School options other than just your private schools and the

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<v Speaker 3>public schools.

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<v Speaker 2>It did.

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<v Speaker 4>Indeed, I'm glad you brought up the virtual because we

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<v Speaker 4>all went virtual around here if you were trying to

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<v Speaker 4>do any kind of formal schooling. But Bartlesville has a

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<v Speaker 4>full time virtual school. And when the superintendent of education

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<v Speaker 4>at Oklahoma City said we've all got to shut down

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<v Speaker 4>for a while while we learned this virtual thing, we

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<v Speaker 4>held our hand up and said we don't.

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<v Speaker 2>We got to take care.

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<v Speaker 4>It's Oklahoma Connect Academy. We don't have a big building.

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<v Speaker 4>It's in one of those little office parks off of

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<v Speaker 4>No Water Road to the entrance to Woodland Park. But

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<v Speaker 4>got about fourteen hundred students students says state wide, and

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<v Speaker 4>it's a real interesting school.

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<v Speaker 2>They asked me to get on the board.

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<v Speaker 4>And I've always thought I don't know about educating a

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<v Speaker 4>kid sitting in front of a computer screen. But they

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<v Speaker 4>explain to me that there is a thin slice of

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<v Speaker 4>the population of students in the state. They don't thrive

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<v Speaker 4>in a classroom. They just don't. And maybe the parents

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<v Speaker 4>can't homeschool for one reason or other. This is a

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<v Speaker 4>viable alternative. And the thing that sold me when they

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<v Speaker 4>said if you miss if you miss fifth hour on

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<v Speaker 4>Tuesday because you have a broken tooth or something, you've

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<v Speaker 4>missed fifth hour on Tuesday. But in virtual school, you

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<v Speaker 4>can pick that class up at midnight on Friday if

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<v Speaker 4>you want to, if you want to, that's an interesting

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<v Speaker 4>thing to do.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and you definitely mentioned that how all of these

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<v Speaker 3>can work with the children and how best do they

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<v Speaker 3>learn how their home environment thrives exactly right, their schedules

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<v Speaker 3>and if they have other pursuits that might not or

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<v Speaker 3>that might operate during the time frame that they would be.

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<v Speaker 4>Indeed, indeed, the virtual school had had a young lady

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<v Speaker 4>high school girl who was trying to play her way

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<v Speaker 4>on to the w PGA. So she was traveling around

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<v Speaker 4>the Midwest and entering into golf tournaments. Well, that really

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<v Speaker 4>did knock a hole in the conventional schedule, which she

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<v Speaker 4>carried her laptop with you her and she did her

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<v Speaker 4>lessons in between rounds. But let me let's let's shift

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<v Speaker 4>over to to the virtual idea.

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<v Speaker 2>There there. Bartlesville Public does virtual school.

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<v Speaker 4>I do not know how many kids take advantage of it,

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<v Speaker 4>but I know some do. And there's a new school

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<v Speaker 4>choice and I'm going to use that in its broadest

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<v Speaker 4>term with public schools. They passed a law in twenty

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<v Speaker 4>twenty two allowing free transfer.

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<v Speaker 2>Between public schools.

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<v Speaker 4>If you don't like your school over on this side

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<v Speaker 4>of town, you can go to the school on that

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<v Speaker 4>side of town. And it's pretty free.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 4>It was pretty free in Bartlesville anyway, and between here

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<v Speaker 4>and Dewey, but this is this is codified, and it

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<v Speaker 4>is very free now. If there's a space available, but

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<v Speaker 4>that in shifts us into private schools. Yes, and we've

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<v Speaker 4>got about five of them here, depending on how you

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<v Speaker 4>classify a corner zone, which is we'll get back to

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<v Speaker 4>that here in a second. But you've got Saint John's,

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<v Speaker 4>You've got Wesleyan Christian. You've got Beacon Academy. Beacon Academy,

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<v Speaker 4>which is a small school, about thirty five or thirty

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<v Speaker 4>six students, but it's knocking the top side of the vent.

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<v Speaker 2>They're learning Latin in the first grade.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that we have friends who attend that she

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<v Speaker 3>is just thriving in that environment.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, And then there's there's Cornerstone as we met, and

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<v Speaker 4>I don't want to forget paths to independence for children

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<v Speaker 4>who are autistic. There is no better school in the

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<v Speaker 4>state of Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>People move, people move here in order to get autistic

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<v Speaker 4>children into PGI and it's just a wonderful place. You

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<v Speaker 4>can get into Peacha. It's if you pay the tuition

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<v Speaker 4>out of pocket. It's expensive, but there is a thing

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<v Speaker 4>called the Lindsay Nicole Henry Scholarship for Disabled Children and

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<v Speaker 4>it fits perfectly. You get an I E. P or

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<v Speaker 4>for five oh one, five oh four. I'm talking jargon here,

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<v Speaker 4>but people who have disabled kids know what I'm talking about. Uh.

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<v Speaker 4>And you go there and you present it, and you

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<v Speaker 4>can get the loose eaton coal scholarship and it is

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<v Speaker 4>a doozy. Uh. Then we've got we've got a contributory,

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<v Speaker 4>a voluntary tax credit scholarship that was enacted a year later.

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<v Speaker 4>This is where people contribute money towards the fund of

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<v Speaker 4>that provides the scholarships and they get these great tax credits,

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<v Speaker 4>and I mean they're whoppers, they're they're they're really good.

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<v Speaker 4>And then schools can apply to get these scholarships. Works

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<v Speaker 4>for Saint John's, works for Westland Christian, Uh, will work.

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<v Speaker 2>For any Peachi, of course.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh, it will work for any accredited school in Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 2>Which brings me to a point.

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<v Speaker 4>All public schools are accredited, including the virtuals School. UH.

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<v Speaker 4>Saint John's is accredited, Westland Christian is accredited, Cornerstone's about

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<v Speaker 4>to be accredited.

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<v Speaker 2>PTI's accredited, And.

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<v Speaker 4>I know that Beacon is working on it. They're they're

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<v Speaker 4>they're beavering away on that very thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is great, This is good to know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's yeah, and a lot of people don't know it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's true.

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<v Speaker 4>They think they think of private schools, they think of

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<v Speaker 4>Holland Hall.

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<v Speaker 2>It's also or Casha Hall.

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<v Speaker 4>Those are expensive, they're great schools, they're elite schools, and

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<v Speaker 4>they cost a bundle. But but the average private school

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<v Speaker 4>cost in Oklahoma is between eight and nine thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's just where where Westland Christian hits. Saint John's

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<v Speaker 4>is about one thousand more. But we're we're around that

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<v Speaker 4>mid range. And you can get You can get scholarships,

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<v Speaker 4>which leads me to the biggie they got passed a

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<v Speaker 4>year or two ago, the Parent Choice Tax Credit Scholarship.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how to get it right. I know, I'm throwing

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<v Speaker 2>a thicket of terms.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I remember you being here a couple of years

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<v Speaker 1>ago explaining that too.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh gosh, it's so good. And it basically provides parents

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<v Speaker 4>of any means, whether you're rich or poor or middle class,

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<v Speaker 4>you can get one of these scholarships by applying for it.

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<v Speaker 4>They're skewing toward the lower income kids right now.

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<v Speaker 2>But they're building up to the others.

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<v Speaker 4>The least you can get is five thousand dollars towards

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<v Speaker 4>towards tuition The most you can get is seventy five hundred,

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<v Speaker 4>which is starting to crowd those averages pretty nicely. If

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<v Speaker 4>Beacon gets credited, they're only charging thirty five to forty

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<v Speaker 4>five hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>Dollars right now, they're a bargain.

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<v Speaker 4>Cornerstone is five thousand to fifty five hundred dollars, so

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<v Speaker 4>that's a bargain too. If we can get them over

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<v Speaker 4>the line, that Parent Choice Tax Credit is going to

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<v Speaker 4>be a real life saver. Do you look like you

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<v Speaker 4>were about to ask a question?

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<v Speaker 1>No, you know, I just wish this was around when

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<v Speaker 1>most of my kids were Yeah, we're younger.

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<v Speaker 2>Most of my kids now are in their forties. They're

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<v Speaker 2>no longer eligible.

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<v Speaker 4>Tome.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so sorry. The grandkids are yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I think back to forty or fifty years ago

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<v Speaker 4>of people were sending kids to school.

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<v Speaker 2>What kid?

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<v Speaker 4>What school did you send your kid to? Well, you

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<v Speaker 4>went out and you looked at your street of dress,

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<v Speaker 4>and your street address told you not. In so many words,

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<v Speaker 4>I've gone out and tried to converse with my street

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<v Speaker 5>We are, but it did tell you where to send

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<v Speaker 5>your kid, and sometimes that was a good choice and

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<v Speaker 5>sometimes it didn't work with a flip, And so that's

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<v Speaker 5>the great thing about how we do it now.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know this way, we've got a lot of choices,

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<v Speaker 1>We've got a lot of flexibility. And I think this

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<v Speaker 1>the crossing second at six, this is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>well worth your time and your energy and your attention.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely is going to be one of our main speakers

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<v Speaker 3>along with Kay Little.

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<v Speaker 4>As you mentioned, Kat Kay Little knows all, sees all,

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<v Speaker 4>tells all about homeschooling.

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<v Speaker 2>I've tried to hit the tops of the.

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<v Speaker 4>Waves and Jessica knows how to do it, so he's good.

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<v Speaker 2>So you've got to go to it from all directions.

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<v Speaker 4>But the great thing about the thing on on Tuesday

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<v Speaker 4>night is you can get food and drink, as we've mentioned,

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<v Speaker 4>and you can ask questions and.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna I'm going to come with a PowerPoint.

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<v Speaker 4>I seldom knew these things, but I've got one ginned

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<v Speaker 4>up and uh, you can ask questions.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll go into it and the greater.

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<v Speaker 4>To tap in depth and Uh, this thicket of acronyms

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<v Speaker 4>and letters and things like that will all be explained.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, that is going to be great.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, it is really going to be great.

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<v Speaker 1>So if if you're a parent, or a young couple

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<v Speaker 1>looking to have kids, or if you already have children,

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<v Speaker 3>Just an interested members.

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<v Speaker 1>Ever the community, come on out and get a mindfuls right.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, we welcome everybody and they can find more information

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<v Speaker 3>out on our Facebook page by searching for R O C.

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<v Speaker 3>W C Republican and other Conservatives of questions.

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<v Speaker 2>And they're gonna ask.

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<v Speaker 4>They can ask all great questions like well, doesn't just

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<v Speaker 4>take money away from the public schools, but we'll explain.

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<v Speaker 2>Why there is a formula that's right, that's right.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, but this this will be good, Yes, it will

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<v Speaker 4>be No.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to thank you both for coming again again

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<v Speaker 1>and once again. That's Tuesday, February fourth, six thirty pm.

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<v Speaker 1>Crossing second the topic school choice, and that is Republican

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<v Speaker 1>and other Conservatives, Washington County Rock ond Kids. That's all right,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you very much for being with its pre needs

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<v Speaker 1>are completely transferable in the United States from funeral home

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<v Speaker 1>to funeral home, and in Oklahoma,