Coming Home WCHS Edition

[00:00:36] It's haunting me. Testing, testing. A minute ago. That's where we are. We're at the Warren County High School. I have the wrong button. You just give it a minute. We're good. We're good. Are we on? I'm having a moment. Okay. Well, it's not showing I'm on. The teleprompter. Look, you're on live. We're on. That's you, boo. Okay. That's you. Okay. Oh, there it goes. Okay. It had to refresh. We got it.

[00:01:09] I'm like, you know, it is what it is today, guys. I'm going to blame it on the rain. Yes. I totally agree. Milli Vanilli that. Yes. That was not Milli Vanilli. Who was saying it? Whoever the people were that Milli Vanilli was playing. That's true. That's true. They had to give their granny back. These young kids over here have no idea what we're talking about. Oh, they don't. Yeah. That was like the biggest scandal of our childhood.

[00:01:41] So, now we're on live. Currently in downtown McMinnville. We're at 57 degrees. It feels like 45 because of the rain outside. But tonight's low is 46. Still chances of rain. So, please, when you're doing, coming back for the game tonight, because they have so many festivities going on throughout the day here at the Warren County High School with the Special Olympics and more. Make sure you bundle up. Make sure you wear the right stuff. And come out and support your Warren County High School pioneers. And I always say, go pioneers. Go to the ladies and the boys.

[00:02:11] Absolutely. But with that said, thank you, Reddick Brownford for being our community weather sponsors today as well. Yes. Yes. Oh, yeah. I'm so excited. I'm excited to everybody. Good morning, Warren County. I'm so excited. I screwed up Warren County. So, I'm in the wrong place. The halls of academia and education.

[00:02:30] There you go. But with that said, the rain has threw a curveball for everybody just about today. But we have a lot of amazing guests coming on the show today. First off, we got First Sergeant Tim Howard's coming on the show, as well as two of his amazing cadets that he's presented with us. On top of that, we're going to have Dr. Grant Swallows come in and talk about all the amazing things going on at the Warren County High School, as well.

[00:02:54] And then we're going to have Jacob Dunn on, you know, a former student himself here. And now he is a – what is he now? He's a vice principal. He's a vice principal. Okay. And he is not Dr. Grant Swallows. No, he's not. But they do get mixed up. They do. We had this whole conversation about this. And then, of course, we're going to have Sarah Cantrell on, too, with us as well. And, again, thanks – I want to say, first and foremost, thanks to the Warren County School Systems for allowing us to come in here. Absolutely.

[00:03:24] And setting up this amazing backdrop. We came in here, and arms were very welcoming. And so I want to say thank you to that. But if Grant is here, is he? Is he in the hall? Let me go check. Go check? I'll check. You use this as a telephone. Okay. But if you do comment on our – he is outside. All right. If you do comment, we'll just make it through because my camera is too far for me to see what you're saying.

[00:03:53] But, again, the newsletters, I want to say, are out. So you can go get them. This has got rained on. That's why it looks really good. I do want to say there is one event that did not make it into there that is next week, and that is the 90s prom. Oh, that's right. The 90s prom. Yes. And we shared that event to the page. You can still get tickets. And she said you do not have to wear a prom dress. You can come in your jeans and shirt if you want to. I will be there as one of the photographers.

[00:04:21] But it's going to be a great time, and it's to support these kids to be able to go to the youth trip to Mountaintop. So if you're looking for something great to do next Saturday night from 7 to 10, make sure to check out our page and get your tickets to the 90s prom. Very reasonably priced. Okay. So. All right. Let's get down. Okay. We got a special guest. Scooching for Grant. Yes. Dr. Swallow. New chair. What? If we're going to do all four of us. Okay. We're playing musical chairs.

[00:04:51] Yes. Girl. He's got to get in the center. He's the main man. Morning. Morning. Man, for sure. So do we call you Dr. Great Swallows or Mr. Dunn is what I'm hearing. Oh, yeah. I'm hearing either or. That's the right of the dog right here. At the high school, you should probably just call me Mr. Dunn. Oh, okay. Okay. I mean, either way, this makes y'all look like y'all are everywhere. I'm going to capitalize on that. That's what they're trying to do. He was opening car doors one time, and they said, I can't believe Dr. Swallows is out here doing that.

[00:05:20] And I said, just let people believe that. Yeah. I need all the good I can get. Right? I need all the good I can get. Thanks for being here. Well, thanks for letting us be here. We just wanted to get you on because there's so many things going on with the Warren County school systems. Y'all put out the press releases. You put everything out on social media. But this is just another outlet for everybody to get that information. So, what is going on right now that's big? You want to make sure to let everybody know. Well, there's lots going on. I know. Lots of things happening.

[00:05:49] I always tell people that when the new year rolls over for the district, we have five months left, but we are really looking forward or ahead to 25-26. And so, obviously, lots of things that we've been dealing with have been political in nature and all the things that have been happening. But just really excited about what's happening here in Warren County with what's going on. I think you all are here to celebrate what I think is a great event in the life of a high school. Yes.

[00:06:19] I tell people a lot frequently that I wish they would remember what they learn in English and math more. But at the same time, they're going to remember events like these even more than probably what they learn in class. So, you know, I think that's a testament to what our schools do for our kids in this county.

[00:06:39] I was at a celebration at Eastside two weeks ago where they got everybody together to celebrate the fact that a year ago, from last year's work, they received an A on their report card. And so, to watch those kids respond and be fired up and to be excited about that, that's what, you know, that's what gives us great hope in what we do. Because there are challenges in what we do.

[00:07:05] But at the same time, when you've got schools that are creating that environment for our kids, it's really exciting. So, lots of things happening. You know, we are happy to have, even though it's an ugly day out there, we're happy to somewhat maybe have warmer temperatures so that we're in school. At least it's not snow, yes. I know kids and teachers are not going to be happy about that. But parents are very happy. And so, you know, it's good to be able to get back into a routine. It's January.

[00:07:34] I was telling my wife last night, this is the last day in January. We're going to be to spring break. And then after spring break, we're going to be in testing. And then we're off to the races and the end of the school year, we'll be here. But, you know, it's just, it's an exciting time to be a part of Warren County. Lots of new things going. We appreciate the fact that you all are highlighting that. We're trying to do a good job of that. Sarah Cantrell has come on to do our communications for us. I think she's done a fantastic job. I would agree.

[00:08:02] Trying to get the good stuff into the community because the other stuff is going to happen anyway. But we're trying to put out all the things. I love the fact that you all are going to get to spend some time with kids today. Yes. Because they're why we do what we do. I mean, this is why we, I mean, the community, I always say that we are raising these kids to be adults. And then they're going to replace one of us one day doing what we're doing. So why not, you know, bring, involve them in as early as possible? Absolutely.

[00:08:31] Because, you know, and I say this all the time on our show and Brian and Melody can agree. We can't just fully rely on the staff at the Warren County school systems and these teachers. It fully, also 100% relies on us as the parents. It starts at home. It starts at home. And if we cannot, she said it before, it's like co-parenting. That's what it is. And if we can't co-parent, right, then that's going to mess up that kid's life. Well, that's the thing, too, is that it's important that everybody understands that we're all in this together.

[00:09:00] It's not just, as you said, it's not just the school's job, but it's also not just the parent's job. We take it very seriously. I am a parent of three kids in the school system. I entrust my own children with my children to the school system every day for seven hours a day. So that's, as a professional, that's not something I take lightly. And we work really hard with that in mind. But at the same time, we want to make sure that we're, I mean, that's why we do parent-teacher conferences.

[00:09:29] The elementary schools had that last night. How important that is to be able to create that dialogue, not just about grades, not just about the work that's being done, but about how things are happening in the classroom, how students are interacting with each other, because that's important as well. So that's why I always say teachers are not just more than teaching English and math and science and social studies. They're trying to figure out how to take oftentimes 30 kids and meld them together for a long period of time.

[00:09:58] And as you all know, they don't always get along. And so they've got to work through that. But then their primary responsibility is trying to teach them English, math and science and social studies. So there's a great responsibility that comes with that. And so when we have parents that come alongside us and help us in that endeavor, I'm telling you, the person that wins is not the school system. It's not the parent. It's the kid that wins.

[00:10:24] And I will say, a lot of these teachers also become like a second parent. Absolutely. Some of these kids are not coming from good home lives. I mean, I'm still in contact with my theater teacher who was my safe space. I did not have a good home life growing up. It was very, very rough. And she was my shelter from the storm. And I'm still talking to her. When I got pregnant, she was the first person I called. I didn't call my mom. I called Ms. Kale. And I think that that's so important. And the connections.

[00:10:54] Yes. And that, I mean, there's always that teacher for Sergeant Howard. I mean, he's, you know, Mr. Farnham. I mean, you know, it's that teacher that just becomes. Yeah. And that's the beautiful success story. I hope we have just more than 6,000 students in the system that every kid finds that one. Yeah. I hope it's more. But we at least hope they find that one that they can connect with and to be able to be that person.

[00:11:20] I mean, I can tell you, I used in our professional development this year, I can tell you my kindergarten teacher. Yeah. She convinced me that she had eyes in the back of her head. And I believed her. Yeah. I still believe her to this day. Shout out to Ms. Sullivan. Same thing. Yeah. And then, you know, my first grade teacher, she put the fear of God in me. Yeah. But she told me I better behave or she was going to let me know what. And my second grade teacher, then she was, you know, I could go through all of my grade.

[00:11:53] Same. That's why I always try to say that. And that's why I try to, my job is to try to serve them and the kids and then the community. And that's why the tough days, I try to come and hang out at the school. And that's what kind of pumps you up. Well, we know this has been a rough week, but today is Friday. That's right. It's finally Friday. It's going on. And hey, congratulations, Warren County Schools. This is your first five-day week. Oh, I was like, what are we congratulating?

[00:12:23] You better watch out. But I do want to say thank you for going above and beyond to keep the kids safe for, you know, making those calls. Because that's not a tough, that's not an easy decision to make. You're always going to have some parent with backlash. But, I mean, you kept the kids safe. You made sure that nobody was on the roads. You didn't need to be on the roads. And I greatly appreciate that. It's always tough. And I appreciate that. It's always tough because, like you said, no one's always, no one, not everybody's always going to be happy with that decision. But here's the thing.

[00:12:53] You know, we want to be in school. I mean, that's what we're here for, that we want to be in school. And it weighs on me when we're not because we do have kids that on those really cold days where school is going to be warmer, they're going to get two meals a day. And oftentimes they're going to get a snack before they go home. And socialization. So it is important that we're in school. But there are just, you know, Warren County is a big county too. Yeah.

[00:13:17] And so the last week, you know, I drove up on Highway 8 and I thought, gosh, this is a completely different country. Yeah. Yes. Because there was lots of, and so it just, it leads to that. I get it. It's very difficult on parents. That's why I don't love, and this is breaking news. I don't love two hour days, two hour late days. No, I mean either. Because it's extremely difficult on parents because they're having to go to work, leave the kid behind. And so that's why I try to avoid those when I can.

[00:13:47] But then there are just some times to where you've got buses that need light when they're out. And so it just, it's, there's a lot of things that play into it. There's still ice. I was at the city admin building Tuesday night and there was still ice on the sidewalk. And I'm like, what's the brain problem? It still hasn't. So yeah. I mean, it just takes a while. We had a interview with Mr. Levy Glenn, the road superintendent. We did. He was talking about the communication between you guys. We really appreciate the departments working together for the benefit of our children.

[00:14:14] Well, and I do appreciate, I appreciate you bringing that up. I called Levy just one of those. I can't even remember at this point. They all run together. And he said, hey, we'll go out on some of those county roads tomorrow and try to get those cleared off for you. And they did. And we were able to go to school the next day. And so that, again, is when it all works together. It's that communication and that partnership, which is with anything. I mean, you know, you could say that about the parents communicating with the teachers. If you don't have that communication, you don't know what's really going on.

[00:14:43] And another good thing that's going on at the school that, you know, you said it's I feel like it's starting here is the I don't know how to say it, but the no cell phone. Yeah. And I mean, y'all are starting a wave trinklet because Chris Cope was on our show and he was talking about how he was talking at one event and now he's fixing to go to another one. And so talk about that, how it's helped out the school. Sure. Well, Chris is on the lecture circuit at this point because he actually went to Coffee County to their board meeting.

[00:15:12] Yeah, I think last week or maybe even maybe it was this week. I'm not sure, but spent some time with them. And so I will tell you, I think I've been fairly outspoken with this is that when the board this has been the board's direction. When they talked about it last summer, I thought, I don't know that we're going to be able to pull that off. But they have been adamant about this. And then, frankly, they have educated me through this process. And Chris has been one of those folks who's been the driving force behind that.

[00:15:42] But I can't brag enough about, one, the board's leadership getting us to this point. But two, our administrators and teachers who have worked extremely hard to put things in place to where kids can have this environment. But third, and probably most importantly, the kids for responding. Because, again, I have two that come to the high school. I spent a lot of dinner conversations with them where they weren't real pleased with it.

[00:16:10] And I don't think they're still wild about it. But, you know, we have to retrain our brain sometimes. And so they've gotten used to it now. And what I continue to tell people, because we've kind of been the media darlings, I guess, when it comes to this. A lot of people asking about this. And I say we're the true pioneers when it comes to this. And it's not about trying to say that technology is going to not be there. I mean, look at this technology. Oh, yeah.

[00:16:38] We're going to embrace technology for the rest of our days, even in the school system. This is more about giving our kids the opportunity to just be kids. Yes. They don't have the stress of, I mean, as we've been talking, my watch has been buzzing. Yeah. And so in my mind, I'm thinking, OK, what's going on? Is there something happening at a school? Is, you know, is my family what you know what's going on? So I'm not fully engaged in my conversation.

[00:17:04] And so when they have that device and have access to that device, then they're going to have that same thing as opposed to just being a kid worrying about English, math, science and social studies. And so being able to take that distraction away has been so important. But I can't brag on the kids enough because they have embraced it now. Have they tested it? Sure. They're kids. Yeah. And are they trying to maybe sneak them around? Sure. They're kids.

[00:17:31] But at the same time, they've done a great job doing what we've asked them to do. And then, frankly, we've had a lot of kids that have said, you know, I kind of like it now. Yeah. You know, I jokingly say some of the boys say, I'm just glad my mom can't get a hold of me. Oh, yeah. I've heard that one. So I think, again, it's about giving them the opportunity to stay away from that. And it's not just cell phones.

[00:17:58] It's really anything that is going to take their attention away from just being where they are. Oh, yeah, because there's so much on the cell phones now. All these different apps, all these different outlets to clickbait them. I mean, you know, I'm an old millennial, so I got to be a kid. I remember when we just, the halls were so loud, the teachers had to scream and lose their voices. And then I heard when the cell phones were in here, my nephew Gage, when he was here, he was like, okay, it's just quiet. It is.

[00:18:28] Because they're just. And then I was like, oh, that's so sad. Yeah. You know, like they're not, they're not living in the present. Right? Is that the way to say it? Yeah. And you've. That's the bell. We're lifting off. Yeah. That's new. See, I graduated in 98 and I had a cell phone, but it was a flip phone and you had to pay for each minute. Yeah. It wasn't a free throw. That is true. Yeah. We didn't have unlimited at first. Yeah. No. And there was no scrolling the apps and stuff.

[00:18:56] That thing stayed in my love box and I was threatened with death and dismemberment if I used it for anything other than an emergency. That's correct. And I remember I called my mom to let her know I was on the way home. She goes, why are you calling me from the cell phone? I'm like, because I'm on my way home. She goes, get off the cell phone. Yeah. Yeah. You got one less minute. And now, I mean, it's, it's, it's endless. Yeah.

[00:19:17] You probably read, but I like to tell the story that we had a custodian here early on that said I would get run into in the hallway two or three times a day when cell phones were in play because they were out, they were in their cell phone. Yeah. And she said, I have not been run into, but once this year. And that child was reading a book. Oh, that's me. And she said, he said, they can run into me anytime if they're reading a book. And so, again, it is just really kind of changed the way we do things to a certain extent.

[00:19:43] We're still going to always try to embrace and try to teach them how to use technology responsibly, but we just want them to be kids. Yeah. Dr. Swallows, we love to have fun on the show. Okay. And we are serious. We report news. We report these things. But in light of how heavy this week has been. And guys, if you didn't see the school board meeting, go back and catch the last five minutes. Yeah. You'll hear one of the most impassionate speeches from this man about his love for the community and love for the children. So, let's take it down a notch.

[00:20:13] What are you looking forward to doing this weekend? Ah, well, good question. You didn't know where he was going with that. I did not. You know, we've got several things planned for this weekend. But I'm going to tell you a little known secret. When I have to be out and be at a lot of places, I'm going to look forward to coming to the basketball game tonight. But tomorrow, I hope I don't have to do anything. Same. Same. I like to be at home with my kids and my family and my wife. Smoking like a true administrator.

[00:20:43] But we have a couple birthday things going on. And I've got a kid that's his girlfriend's turning 17 today. So, we're going to have a little get together for that. And then we'll go to church on Sunday. And, you know, lots of hopefully family time this weekend. So, I'm not very excited, Mr. Gardner. I'm sorry. That's very exciting, though. You get enough excitement for the week. Yeah, working in your work life is exciting enough. That's right.

[00:21:13] So, one of your kiddos, who I just saw in the hallway earlier, he's our quarterback, correct? Well, he did play quarterback last year. We'll see where that goes next year. Coach Ballou has to make the decision. He gets his gallbladder fixed. Is he going to continue playing? Is he going to continue playing next year? Awesome. I believe that's his plan. I believe that's his plan. He's also playing baseball for Coach King. Oh! Multi-sport. I've got a daughter that's cheerleading.

[00:21:42] That's the other thing I should mention. Sunday is the send-off for our competition cheer squad. So, I will be there on Sunday to send off because Anniston, my daughter, is on the cheer squad. Oh, wonderful. A lot of people don't know that Anniston is a great little actress. That's right. We've had her. I forgot about that. She's coming up. I hope she gets to us before. I hope so, too. I know she's got a lot of stuff on her plate. Yeah, because we've got Lion King coming up next. Tell us about your youngest one. Yeah. We've got Judah. We've been talking about all kids.

[00:22:12] Yeah. So, Judah's in fourth grade at Hickory Creek. Aw. And he's on the basketball team there. I'm seeing all athletes. He keeps us entertained. Not that the other two don't. But, you know, that third child. I'm a third child. But he keeps us entertained and on our toes. And so, we enjoy that. And he... There's always one. And I don't know... I think it's the last kid in general. I was going to throw up last one. No. Mine was the first one. And let me tell you something.

[00:22:40] I think my second child was my reward for surviving her because... She did. She tested me most days. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, again, they found a home here. We're very thankful for that. Again, when you move your children for work, which is what I did, you know, it's always difficult on dad because you're making that decision for them. Yeah. But Warren County has embraced them and they've loved their time here. And Judah's going... You know, Brady's a... He's a junior. Be a rising senior.

[00:23:09] And so, he'll be going off in a year or so. But they've had great experience here. We've got one more thing to hit him up. Okay. What? All right. So, on February 7th, we've got this basketball game. Oh, battle murder. And we're super stoked about it. In Coffey County. And we're going to paint the patch blue. All right. That's the goal. Do you have any challenges or anything? Well, you know, last year, I think they raised a lot of money. Right? They raised over $22,000 last year. So, is that actually happening this year, too? Yes.

[00:23:38] So, the only thing Chris Cope did say... Remember, guys, right now, we're over a little halfway of the mark of the... Like, it was $47 per shot. And then we needed that $100. Yeah. Because the other thing is Thunder... Sorry. Thunder Radio said if we get over the money for points, the lady's going to wear a Warren County Pioneer jersey. Oh, wow. Yeah. So, I'm just saying we need to raise up the bid a little bit.

[00:24:08] So, my challenge is going to be different. You're not going to love my challenge. No. Because if we're going to paint the patch blue, then we're going to go down there and do it right. Be cheering for our team loudly and proudly. Yes. As opposed to making it a fight with the other team. Correct. No fighting. That's what I don't like. Good luck with that, though. We're not going to Coffey County to just yell at them. We're going to yell for our team and show them how we do things in Warren County and

[00:24:37] show the support that we're going to support. Be the sixth player. That's right. And oftentimes, that's why rivalries come in to, I'm going to yell at the other student section, and that's fine. I get it. Yeah. But let's go be respectful and be who we are and not get drug into that calling names. I'll say it because... Don't go redneck, okay? There you go. Keep the overalls at home. Keep it classy. Yes. Yes. But any other questions? Okay. Favorite college basketball team? Ooh.

[00:25:07] See, people don't know this either. I grew up a Vanderbilt fan. Oh. Anchors down. Anchors. Not anchors. Oh, anchor. My bad. No wonder they look that weird at the game. So, Vanderbilt's having a good year. They are. Football had a better year. Of course, our boy, CJ. We got to go to the LSU football game when he played and got to see CJ. But then they've just carried that momentum right into basketball.

[00:25:33] You know, I won't say that they beat a team from the East a couple weeks ago. I won't bring up that sort of thing. But, and listen, they got to go to Knoxville. So, it'll probably be back the other direction. But I appreciate you guys having a moment. Did you hear that they've put in a bid for a WNBA team in Knoxville? Owned by Tim and Faith McGraw. Mm-hmm. One of Pat's players. I can't remember. But anyway, they're wanting to name the team after Pat's summit.

[00:26:02] But it's going to be the Tennessee summits. And I just think that that's just incredible. Yeah, I think that'd be great. That's going to be incredible. Dr. Swalice, thank you for taking up your busy time. I hope you have a great family weekend. And we all recover. And we don't know what the future is going to hold. No. The state government and everything. And it'll be okay. But it will. You can look on their websites. All this information is public knowledge. Yeah. But we're still going to be pioneers regardless. This man is still going to be giving it 110% every week. He's going to be the leader of the helm.

[00:26:31] And with all the principals and all the people, the teachers, I mean, guys, go back and look at the school board. Watch the last five minutes. You'll see passion and heart for children. So, I appreciate it. Exactly. Hey, thank you very much for being here today. Thanks for coming. All right. We are going to take a quick break. And then we're going to have some more special guests on the show. So, keep it here at Warren First 931. I had a vision in 1964 to start Ganton Bowling. Now it's Gateway Tire and Service Center.

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[00:29:48] Sorry, I missed that. Okay. Okay. May not be there. Hey, guys. We are back. Kelly here on Warren First 931. We are live at the Coming Home 2025 here at the Warren County High School. And again, I want to say thanks for Dr. Ritzwald for coming in and talking with us today and taking the time out and all the amazing things. And I'll say this over and over until I'm black and blue in the face.

[00:30:11] Literally, you can find any of this information that we talked about or anything that's going through their website. And we'll put a link in that later on in the show. But like I said, we were going to have some cadets as well as First Sergeant Tim Howard with us. I have been working with him this year. It feels like a lot. Quite a bit. And, you know, showcasing his the Lady Raiders and all that. And they have such an amazing squad on everything. And we have two seniors with us.

[00:30:41] We have. I'm Cadet Command Sergeant Major Alex Niedeba. I'm Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Lily Seymour. And then, of course, we all know the man behind this awesome team. Hang on. I'm going to need Alex to say his last name again. Niedeba. Wow. That's a name. I like that. Niedeba. Let me state, too, that this is the battalion commander and the battalion command sergeant major. So they are two of the premier top dogs. I love it. I love it. Yeah, she's my boss. Okay. Take it. I love it.

[00:31:11] Are either one of you going to be actually joining the military after high school? I plan to, yes. Which branch are you? I'm going to be joining the Army. I'll be going to college first. I'm going to Virginia Military Institute. And I received a four-year RGC scholarship. Awesome. And what about you? I'm joining the Army National Guard. Oh, perfect. There we go. Keep rag on yourself. Keep going. Keep going. I'm joining the Army National Guard.

[00:31:38] And then after I go to basic in AIT, I'm going to come back. And I'm going to go to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. And major in nursing. Oh, awesome. So talk a little bit about what's going on this week. You got a competition this weekend. And then we got the ball game tonight. Talk a little bit about that. Well, the ball game tonight, our involvement in that is simply in the color guard we're posting tonight.

[00:32:05] Unfortunately, as a command star major, I am in charge of the whole color guard unit. But I will not be as nice as I'm competing tonight as well. But I think I've got a good team on it that we have our senior instructor, the colonel there. I think he'll do good. We always put a good showing out on the color guards. So I think he'll turn out well. I think for the drill meet, we have been preparing for this for weeks. And I think that we got this. We're going to go win some more trophies. Yeah.

[00:32:29] Talk about the – so far, like last year leading up in – how many competitions have y'all – I would say dominated. Absolutely. It's a lot. A good number. We came out on top in three or four, I think. I think we came out in first place. Ladies did absolutely great. The male team did very good too. I think we did great in the Raiders season. And now in the drill season, we're doing well as well. Much smaller team though, but we're – the smaller unit is working to our favor, I think.

[00:32:59] And did y'all break any records during any of these competitions, like on times and stuff? There have been a lot of internal – yeah, a lot of internal. Okay. But as far as the national level, of course, they beat a lot of the – pretty much all the teams out. Yeah. How many teams did y'all compete with nationals? Do you remember? A lot. A lot of teams.

[00:33:23] Well, at Fort Knox, it was like teams that would come from all over the country from, you know, even as far as Guam. Oh, gosh. They would come there and compete in Guam and Puerto Rico and places like that. And the girls did great. You know, as you know, they earned third place national championship at Fort Knox. But then they went down to Milena, Georgia, where some of the same teams came, but there were some different teams that also came. And they competed at the Sports Network International Raider Nationals.

[00:33:53] And, of course, you know, the girls took first place in that. Awesome. And this – I mean, this is a lot of physical activity. I mean, I don't think people understand what these competitions entail. I mean, if you're not in the ROTC military world, I don't think people understand. Can you kind of give them an idea of what you're competing to do, what you're doing to win this? So we start training in the summer usually. Okay. We will start in June, and then we will train basically all year until the season ends.

[00:34:22] We do a bunch of things. We run 5Ks. We flip truck tires. We carry equipment. We put on rucksacks. And not, like, pickup truck tires. I mean, like – Tracker tires. Tracker tires. Tracker tires. Massive, humongous tires. They're huge. And y'all are just – you just go out there and flip them like they're nothing. I mean, it's wild to watch.

[00:34:45] And when you break it down, really, the Raider team, though it is a very physical sport, in the end, it's a leadership exercise and a teamwork exercise. Because there is no singular event in Raiders that can be won without a team. In fact, you will be penalized for not competing with a team. The whole Raiders event is centered around building a team and having a team work well together in a stressful and high-physicality situation. So very similar to, like, what you deal with sports with football and basketball.

[00:35:13] You have to have that team dynamic in order to win. And you guys are kind of doing – it's kind of the same thing, only – never mind. I'm not going to say it. In my opinion, I think it's maybe a little bit more physical because – Well, I'll elaborate on that because I tell these guys all the time. You guys are a special category of athletes because in football, obviously, the job is to move the ball from point A to point B. Yeah. And score. For baseball, it's kind of the same thing. You swing, hit, score, home runs. Running, yeah.

[00:35:43] But with Raiders, it's more of a – they differ in a lot of ways. They might not catch balls well. They might not be able to do a lot of the things that typical sports do. But it's amazing what they can do because they prepare their bodies to absorb such an impact, whether it is flipping tires or whether it's running long distance with 35 pounds on their back. Their conditioning is so much different than it is for the athletics within the school.

[00:36:13] And everybody does a great job with their athletics. But this is a different – I don't know. It's just a well-rounded, all-adventure training preparation. I remember when my daughter was on your Raiders team, I remember driving her out to Harrison Ferry Mountain and you putting a giant rucksack on her back. And she's – and this is in the summertime, dead heat of summer. And she's running up the mountain, and I'm like, I'm done. I need a nap. Mom's out. Do you guys still do that? Yes. Yeah. Yes, we do. Yeah.

[00:36:42] That mountain's taking a lot of souls. Yeah. So she would come back, and she would be so dragged, and I'm like, do you need a nap? She goes, uh-huh. Because, I mean, it is a lot. It is a lot. But I honestly think that she was a better person having you as a teacher and having gone through that and learning that teamwork and going through that physically. Yes, ma'am. And what made y'all decide – I mean, y'all are seniors, so y'all have done this for four years, I'm assuming.

[00:37:09] What made y'all, like, before coming into high school, be like, oh, I want to do – I want to deal with First Sergeant Tim Howard. I want to do what he's like all that. Careful what you wish for. Yeah. Like, what made y'all do that? For me, it was kind of through a friend of mine. My best friend has been my friend for 10 years. His brother went through the program. He was a battalion commander his senior year, and they had an excellent race season and all that as well. And since I spent a lot of time around it with them, I found it interesting. And originally, I just wanted to do the Raiders and the physical aspect of it. But I kind of fell deeper in the program.

[00:37:38] I realized that there's a lot about it that I like, even in the drill team aspects, the color guard, the service, all of that. I enjoy all of that, and I enjoy providing to the community. I enjoy all these discipline actions. And that is kind of what drew me further into the program. I would say my mom definitely inspired me. She was in high school. My freshman year, I was actually at a different school in an Air Force ROTC program. And it was definitely a very different environment, something that this specific program has taught me. It has taught me leadership.

[00:38:07] It's taught me to be confident in myself. Since my freshman year, I've grown into a completely different person, and I have nobody to thank but First Sergeant Howard for that. So it's definitely – I'm very happy with where I am today, and it's solely because of this program. I love that. So – and she brought up a good point. Each high school is – ROTC program is associated with a branch of the military. They are, correct. I think my high school was Army. And what branch is Warren County's ROTC? Oh, this is Army. It's Army. Okay.

[00:38:36] So this is an Army ROTC. In fact, Army Junior ROTC has the larger population. I mean, if you look pretty much, almost every state has at least two or three JRO TCs. But Tennessee alone has probably well over 100 of them. Wow. You know, just like Hamilton County has got eight alone in their program. Rutherford County has eight or nine. Montgomery County, so on and so forth. So there's a lot. There is a lot. So now going on to you back here.

[00:39:08] Hold on. Hold on now. So you have been doing this program for how long now? Oh, my goodness. I know. I'm going to try to age me now. I know. I don't know. I'm still keeping my youthful looks. It's still the same to me. No, we've been at it for about, this will be my 19th year. 19th year. Yes, man. And is it rumors true that you are retiring? Yes, man. So are you, are y'all looking for somebody right now? We are.

[00:39:35] U.S. Army Cadet Command has posted the position to fill this spot. General TC instructors are actually in high demand right now because there's a lot of vacancies out there. There just are. And so, yeah, we're trying to get the spot filled. So if it doesn't get filled, are you going to at least do one more year? Oh, now. Oh. Hello, man. One more year. Oh, man. He's been saying he's going to retire since my kid was in high school and now she's 25.

[00:40:05] I mean, the only kid in the past 19 years that you have had these kids, I mean, just kind of like what she's, it was you, you know, you were one of her inspirations. I mean, you have inspired so many students to be in the Army or in any type of the divisions, really. I mean, how, it'd be hard to, I think it'd be hard to walk away. Well, I mean, don't, don't, don't take me, don't take it wrong. It is, it is hard. It's hard to make the decision.

[00:40:34] And every year I always kind of joke around and say, you know, I'm retiring or whatever. And the kids come back to me and say, well, you can't until I leave. Well, if that's the case, I'd never get out of it. That's right. And so, no, I think, I think this is it. This is, this is the, yeah, it's pretty much legit. Your daughter went through RTC, Samantha? Yeah. Yeah, she did. Boy, I'm trying to pull all the memories out of the old memory bank. Yeah. So she went through, through, um, she did with you. She did. She was actually the Italian commander as well. Yeah. And what is she doing now?

[00:41:04] Cause she lives, she currently lives in England. Oh, she, uh, she works over there for their government in a sense, uh, and helps do a lot of the, huh? Yeah. That's incredible. She married an English citizen. She's over there making her way. So they're doing great. Well, how about that? What are you planning on doing after like when you retire? What are you going to be doing? Are we going to move into the islands, man? Oh, I thought you were going to say going to England.

[00:41:33] No, we're, uh, we're moving, uh, probably down to dolphin Island, Alabama. Oh, real time. No, we're Eagle. You asked Mr. Swallows a minute ago about, you know, and I, I so wanted to say war Eagle, but I let him have his moments. He's going to grow up some dreadlocks. They are the number one team in the country. Two are. Warren, uh, Auburn. Auburn. Okay. Yep. Is there family down there or are you just wanting to go down there?

[00:41:59] No, actually I, I grew, when I retired out of the army at first, I moved to Opelika, Alabama, which is a city that butts up against Auburn. Uh, and literally the same was you can go through the, uh, the, I think it was the wind and these, uh, and literally be in Opelika. But if you go out the other side of it, you'd be in Auburn. The county or the city line goes right through that. But we, we kind of fell in love with Alabama a little bit. And then we went down and visited, uh, dolphin Island on vacation a couple of times and said, Oh, this is it. So I love that.

[00:42:29] Oh, well, you have more than earned that. You'll have to come back and visit. Is he fishing? I said, are you fishing? Um, uh, the plan is, is to buy a boat and open up a, a tour boat. Oh, so, so it's like sunset tour type thing. We're, uh, we'll need to go to dolphin Island. Let me know when it's open. Might be on, uh, We'll do a romantic cruise on the, you know, for Sergeant Tim Howard. Yep. I got the idea. We were just in Sicily, uh, over the summer.

[00:42:59] And, uh, oh, we, uh, went to Taramina, which is one of the, nice cities there on the, on the West, uh, or the East side, excuse me. Yeah. And, um, we booked the tour boat tours. It's a sunset. And this is just a little small boat. And this little Sicilian guy, man had his boat and loaded everybody up. And we've got to float it around and let people swim. Then he pulled out, you know, crackers, cheese, wine, and olives. And I'm thinking to myself, man, we could do this on that Island. Yeah. You know? And so that's kind of the plan. A little two hours a day that I work. Not a three hour.

[00:43:29] No, no, no. We all know how that turned out. No, no, no. We all know how the three hour goes. I won't have any Gilligan's though, I promise. I did that on vacation once. They're like, it's a three hour tour. I'm like, then I'm not going. I'll find somebody else. I'm not going for three hours. Well, before we let you go, because we know y'all got some places to be today. Is there anything else y'all want to say? Shout out to anybody like your mom. Oh, yeah. Of course.

[00:43:55] But I would really like to say that to anyone who is considering ROTC or parents who might be apprehensive about it, the program is a really good thing, I think, for pretty much anyone. The discipline, the regulation, things like that, I think they're all things that children need that are especially lacking in today's environment. With our increased freedoms from the past and with the advent of a whole lot of technology that saps our attention, our brainwaves away from a lot of things.

[00:44:25] Having something like the program that gives you discipline and a real sense of family. This program has given me some of the best friends I've ever had, one of which inspired me to go where I want to go to college, Victor McBride. He's in BMI right now. And the program will give you that and will give you a whole lot more. So anyone who is thinking of that, I suggest you just take that leap and at least give it a try. It cannot hurt you no matter what you do. I love that. It's for girls, too. Yeah.

[00:44:53] A big thing that I want to say about this program, there's two things I want to hit on. The first thing is opportunity. This program has exposed us to so much that we've been so many places. Like some kids can't go on vacation with their families and stuff, but we get to go to Florida every year because we compete there, but we also have fun there. We go to the beach. We get opportunities to go places and to do things and just be exposed to the world outside of Warren County

[00:45:19] because it's a big world out there and a lot of people are just contained in one city. And with us being able to go and explore, it opens our minds to a lot of new things. Another thing the program does is it kind of empowers women, too, because with our national champion team, I've never seen some of those girls look so happy. We had tears in our eyes. We'd worked so hard for it.

[00:45:44] And it really showed us that anything is possible and that just as long as you put your mind to it, you can do it. Very well said. I love that. I love that. A couple more people to come on the show with us. And again, thanks to the Warren County High School for letting us take over the multi-purpose room.

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[00:49:41] All right. Welcome back to Warren First 931. I'm your host of the show, Kelly Walker-Slaughter and... Brian Garner. And we have one of my favorite people in the whole wide world, Jacob Dunn here. He is one of the vice principals. Which grade? Okay, so... Is there a different... Yeah, it is a whole lot different than a lot of people, like from whenever you were in school. Yeah. And I was in school here.

[00:50:06] We, at that time, we had a, you know, grade level for every grade level principal. But so we adopted an academy system roughly around 2018, 2019, that school year. And so I actually have 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students. So I am the principal of business law and AV production. And so all of those kids will come, you know, they're under my little umbrella.

[00:50:29] I have roughly around 400, 450 kids that come to me, you know, for any discipline issues or anything of that nature. That's why I tell them, I was like, I'm your father at school. You know, I'm your school dad. And my counselor is Miss Carrie Burnett. And I said, she's your school mother. And I said, you know, here, you know, I've got the things that you need to do from the fatherly aspect. And she's got, you know, she's got the counseling outside and all that. The caring side. The caring side. Yeah, I get you. That's kind of how that we do. But yeah, no, that's kind of how that we have now.

[00:51:00] We still have a freshman academy. So 9th grade, it is, you know, under Mr. Anthony Lippe. He's also, you know, one of our athletic directors. I know you guys had him and Coach King on. But we've got Miss Shockley, Miss Giesling, and Coach King, as well as Mr. Chris Hobbs, who's our executive principal. Mr. Hobbs is the one, he doesn't have any students really, except for all 1,600 of us. If it gets bad, right. But talk about, okay, like, how is school different?

[00:51:30] Like, I mean, because I know we're like a year apart. So I graduated in 03. I don't care to say. I know, I'm an 01 graduate. Yeah, you graduated with my brother. I did, I did graduate. And I had your nephew too. That's right. And he had Gage, yeah. That's right. So happy late birthday. But with that said, how has the high school changed over time? Because we kind of was, y'all were talking about it off here.

[00:51:57] And I wanted to talk about, because, you know, we always, we grew up here. We went here. And we always said we would never bring our kids here. And then get that we're bringing them here. You know, like, how is it different? Okay. So let me get, I guess I'll start with myself. I bleed royal red and white. I mean, I grew up here. And other than my time in college, I am back here at Warren County. And I wanted to come back. And I wanted to make a difference.

[00:52:25] Because I remembered my experience that I had here at this high school. And I loved it. I was here mostly when I was in high school. It was the social aspect. I did have a lot of great teachers that taught me a lot of things as well. But there was something about me being able to come back and to kind of give back to the community that raised me. I had a lot of good grand parental and parental support that wanted me to, you know, go and see the world and things of that nature. But this is home.

[00:52:52] And, you know, when I first got married, we kind of went off a little bit. We lived in Murfreesboro for like six months. And my wife, Laura, and I were like, no, we want to be back home. And so that's what we did. And so, you know, getting back to your question about how has things changed so much at the high school and the high school level is that we have so many more opportunities than when I was in school.

[00:53:16] And when you were in school, because we have so many industry certifications that our kids can get now. So I'll kind of, I know I can talk for days and hours and hours upon this. I know you guys have a time crunch. But so just a couple of the classes that we have, we can partner with TCAT. We have a welding class that our kids can get a welding certification here. We have some of our clinical internships with our CNA class. So you can get a CNA certificate. So you can get that before you leave high school.

[00:53:47] We have, I know just there's a CNC machine shop that we have here on our campus. We have culinary arts. We have, I'm just trying to go through, I know I don't want to leave some of my life. We have, we really do have so much small animal care class. Our business, our criminal justice classes that we have. The city police officers actually came and they were actually walking our students through how to do a traffic stop. The other day I got to witness that.

[00:54:14] And that was so fun just to see that our kids have a lot of hands-on opportunities to give them that, you know, to see, is this something that I really want to do in my life? Or is this like, okay, I did this nursing program and I don't really want to be a nurse. Cosmetology is something that we've added in the last two years. That's been a huge program that we've got as well. Miss Tracy Risinger, our CTE director, she's done a fantastic job. We have a food truck and we also have a mobile greenhouse for our greenhouse kids. So we, it's just. It's ever expanding.

[00:54:44] It is. It's every year when we've sat down since I've been an administrator, it's like, okay, here's this new class that we're going to offer. And I'm just like, where are we going to put it? Where's it going? Where are we going to have the room? And so that's one of those things that I really, I'm excited about the future that we have here. Yeah. Cause you know, I wanted to ask him this because when we were in high school and another thing that I wanted to tap on is we just had counselors.

[00:55:09] We didn't have the Ayers program or Ayers foundation that they have here to help kids with their FAFSAs and their scholarships and to keep them on track. Because, you know, the kids that come through here, not everybody is blessed to have the means to go to college. And by having the opportunities with Leah and that staff in there, you know, they have all these endless opportunities. And we've said, when we say Leah, we're talking about Leah Simpson. We've talked about her like five times. All the time. Three weeks. Yes.

[00:55:37] So thank you, Leah Simpson and all the staff that work so hard as, would you consider them guidance counselors or what is their technical term? Okay. So I will correct you just a little bit. So Leah Simpson is our minority liaison and she does a very fantastic job with our minority students that we have to try to help them with the scholarships and things like that. The Ayers counselors that we have as a total separate entity than Warren County schools. They are actually not paid through the Warren County schools. Okay.

[00:56:05] They're actually paid through the Ayers foundation. Okay. Mr. Ayers was one of those when he came and he spoke to us as he, when he was a freshman in college, one of the, his roommates. Uh, could not afford to continue on with his college education. Yeah. He became a very wealthy man and he wanted to be able to give that back to rural communities where he was from. I think he was from West Tennessee.

[00:56:27] If I may be wrong on that, but so he, we were the largest high school that they have been able to put our Ayers counselors in. So we have four Ayers counselors here at Warren County high school that will help our students to come in, look at scholarships. So, um, I, I'll give an example. Um, miss, miss Ferris, uh, Mr. Carl Curtis are over there now. So let's just say that I have a, I have a freshman and she's undecided on what she wants to do.

[00:56:55] But if she says, you know, I want to go to the university of Tennessee, I will sit her up there. And then they'll say, okay, if you want to go to the university of Tennessee, this is what you need to do. We need to have this ACT score. We need to do this. These are the scholarships you need to fill out. This is the fast food that you need to do. If she want to go to MTSU or she want to be like her father and go to Cumberland university, you know, be like me, but you know, uh, it is a great school. I love, I love in Lebanon. Yeah. Uh, so that's what, that's what the heirs counselors are for.

[00:57:23] And they are, they are just a dedicated college counselor that we have. And so most right now they're working on our, our senior class, uh, to get the FAFSA last year, we were the FAFSA champion for the state of Tennessee. And so we do, we have that. So all the majority, I can't remember the exact percentage, but we filled out of the higher percentage of anybody for the FAFSA form for college. That's awesome.

[00:57:45] Um, cause I remember, you know, um, uh, we, we just had our account or guidance counselors and now they have all these opportunities where literally when you say like, because when we were there, I always used to hear in school, like we no kid left behind. And I'm not being ugly when I say this, but there were kids left behind because we didn't have as many programs that we do now because it was hard to handle all of us all at once.

[00:58:10] But now with the heirs foundation, the counselors, the way that y'all have the vice principals breakdown, you have, and every year y'all are grown with these new programs, the dual enrollment. I know, I don't know if I'm wrong or right on this. I don't ever remember dual enrollment when we were in school. We had, but it was not, it wasn't a thing. It wasn't promoted. It wasn't a thing. Yeah. Okay. Cause I couldn't remember. I was like, I think it was, but I couldn't remember. When we were in school, there was two different paths. It was a tech tech tech prep path. And then there was college path.

[00:58:39] Well, you know, I didn't know what you wanted to do. So, and so that's what that's thing. So I kind of went back and looked at my, I try to use my past experience of, you know, being a student here to what we are now. And so now it's just, you know, we have the opportunity of like, Hey, you want, you know, college is TCAT. You know, that's, that's one of the things too, that we get confused.

[00:59:00] We think of, you know, when you go to college, you think of university, but TCAT is one of the greatest assets that we have in our county for our students to be able to go and get an industry certification and, and to do that. And you can get the majority of that time done here. Yeah. I also speak to on another thing that we have is we have the Nissan Center of Excellence here this year at Warren County High School.

[00:59:22] So if you have a student that is interested in maybe going to work for Nissan, you can come to this class and you will be a certified Nissan tech when you leave. And you can go get, go down to Deckard or Smarter, wherever that you need to, and be hired on it. And you probably make about $50,000 coming right out. Yeah. For all these kids that think being an influencer, starting your own podcast is going to make you millions right out of the gate. No, no, no. Because my nephew Gage is like, I graduated high school. I'm going to make 40K.

[00:59:52] And I'm like, where are you going? What are you doing? You know? But now that's why I wanted to have you on because I knew you would know all the difference from when we were in school and then now. Right. And that's another thing, too, is when we were in school, I'm going to brag on our students and staff right here, too. When we were in school, we didn't have to. There was the TCAP proficiency test. Yeah. And all you had to do is take that test as a ninth grader. You passed it. You graduated. Well, now we've got a lot of test scores and things like that that we're being judged by.

[01:00:21] And so this past year, Warren County High School is the very first time we've ever been on level five in growth. And so that's something that we can really celebrate because, you know, we are really putting a lot of great effort into having our kids and making sure that they can be a great product for Warren County. And you guys have changed things around here in order to do that. Tell us about some of the changes like structurally.

[01:00:44] Well, I'll say this and I'm I will brag here on Mr. Hobbs and the leadership of him and Dr. Swallows and what they've done. And so one of the things that I think that has made a major change is is that all of the administrators that we have here now have been a tested teacher. We are all in the classroom. So that that has been something that that we have done. We know I can I can go into the biology class, even though I taught U.S. history for so long.

[01:01:12] I taught, you know, I taught to take that state test and not teaching to the test, but just the ins and outs of what you need to know. And so every one of us, all of our administrators have have that now. We've had that background to where we can go in and say, OK, this worked for me. This didn't work for me. So we've turned ourselves into more of like an educational coach, more or less instead of the administrative or the disciplinary part. Yes, we do have to handle discipline. We do have to do things like that.

[01:01:39] But because I feel like we're all now I think someone's used that term of an educational leader, more rounded leader is what we're doing. So I think that that is one of the steps that we have taken a couple of years ago to putting the right people in the right spot. You know, knowing where our stronger teachers are, giving them the opportunity to teach our students there. But, you know, and again, we have such a you saw a few minutes ago with the two kids that were up here. Phenomenal.

[01:02:07] They they're the ones that actually make us look good because when it comes to test day, hey, it's all it's all them, not us. So that's that's what we're really proud of. But making real changes within the structure of the program schedules, changing the schedule, making them more fluent for the actual course load, because some classes require more wrote memory skills, some classes require. So that's what got you here won't get you there. And so you guys have done that.

[01:02:37] And so kudos to Warren County High School for being brave because no one likes change. No. I mean, if you look at a lot of other schools, they're still doing the same thing. But you guys were the bold ones. And what it says fortune favors the bold. That's true. And so T-Boss 5, good job. So, yes, congratulations. Thank you. Thank you for that. Yeah, it's just one of those things that that is so it is amazing. We've got a new schedule this this year. That's something that's been a change as well.

[01:03:07] We've you know what? It's been a slow change a little bit. You know, but this this new four by four block schedule that we have is great. It's kind of more of like what colleges do. You know, you've got, you know, from August to December, we have four classes that our students take. And then from January to May, we'll have the other four classes. And so our T-CAP EOCs are taken in December and in May. So our students will be ready to go. And hopefully that they'll be be fresh and they'll be more on their mind with that.

[01:03:35] So, yeah, we've we have really done a, you know, I wouldn't say 180, but it's it's been what there's been a lot of change that's there. And, you know, I'll go to, you know, one of the things that that one of my grandfathers used to say is like complacency is the silent killer. And, you know, in education and anything in business, you know, you got to not be complacent. We have to continue to strive forward because, again, what we want to do here at this high school is we want to be able to give back to Warren County.

[01:04:04] I want to send my daughter, my son. When we go, I want to see them come back here to Warren County. Yeah. You know, and I want them to do well for this community. Yeah. I love it. Anything else you want to say before we let you go? Go Pioneers. Go. Talk about the game. That's right. Yeah. That's the game. Tonight is a coming home game. And so please come on out, support the Lady Pioneers, the Pioneers. Got cheerleaders, the Pioneerettes are, you know, going to perform as well.

[01:04:33] So it's going to be a great celebration. That's something that the coming home game that we've done this, I think, for the past four years, it's getting bigger and bigger. And, you know, it's just kind of like homecoming, you know, coming home, but for basketball. And so that's something that we can do to help celebrate. Now, question. Is there a certain color that we wear? Is it a white out, a black out, a blue out, a red out? I think the red and blue. That's what we wear. Okay. Okay. You can, you can. Seniors are probably going to wear black. Probably wear the black.

[01:05:03] Yeah. Okay. That's my way. I'm an old lady. So I thought senior color. When I'm going to a game, I'm older than that class or whatever that student section. No, no, absolutely not. Absolutely not. They've grown up. Yeah. Well, Mr. Jacob Dunn, thank you for coming in and being with us today. Appreciate it. Thank you for what you do for ourselves. It's been real encouraging to hear about the changes going on that are making a deep impact in our community.

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[01:08:59] Okay. Welcome back to Warren First 931 as we're getting close to the end because it is 1035 and I know like everybody's hungry and needs to get back to work. I think they're about at lunchtime. They're at 11 o'clock, I think is about that time. Yeah. But with that said, thank you so much again to the Warren County school system and Warren County High School for letting us like take over the multi-purpose room because with it

[01:09:26] being Spirit Week here for these kids and it's like I want to reiterate what Swallows and the kids that were here and Mr. Howard and I can't even, I call him Jacob. I was going to say Mr. Dunn. But again, it's this reason we do this is community oriented. It is for the kids. We are raising them to one day take the place of what we are instilling in our community. And hopefully excel past what we've done. Yes. To be bigger and better. Yeah.

[01:09:56] To make it better. Keep growing Warren County. That's my biggest thing. But right now we have the PR, the communications coordinator, the CC, Ms. Sarah Cantrell. How are you? Welcome to the show. Thank you. I'm good. I'm just so glad I finally got her back on the show. I feel like it's been too long. I'm surprised this was not planned. No, this was not planned. But she still looks fabulous. She looks great.

[01:10:25] You would not know she's had three kids. Two. Two. Two. I was like, where's the third? Thank you. She's one of those elastic moms. She just has a baby and go right back to it. I thought she was. But no, yeah, I've got two. One in the system. So this has been. The school system. The school system. The school system. My older one. The younger one, we'll have to watch out for her. But no. We said earlier, there's always one. It's my second born.

[01:10:54] She'll be the one to watch out for. But no. Ezra 7. He's in first grade at West Elementary. Oh. Over at Miss Lewis. Yes. So this has been an awesome opportunity to be on the inside. Yes. As my kids are coming into the public school system. And I have nephews in the public school system. I have a senior and a freshman here. And I have a third grader at Urban College. So it's been awesome to see. Yes. What all goes into public schools. Yeah. You have no idea. No idea. Continuing it. Until you're on the front row.

[01:11:24] Yeah. Just what these people do. Absolutely. Every day, you know, from the front lines all the way back. It's been incredible. So I've really enjoyed it in the six or seven months. So one reason I wanted you on here. Because sometimes people come up to me and they're like, what is a communications coordinator? And so I want you to tell everybody the definition. The other name is chaos coordinator. Chaos coordinator. That's always been one of my favorite things.

[01:11:50] Well, I don't know that there is a definition because it's going to be different depending on where you are and what you're charged with doing. But I think the goal when the school board decided that Warren County needed an employee to focus on school communications was to open up that dialogue with the community. Transparency. So transparency. And, you know, really getting the story out.

[01:12:16] You know, there's so many folks who do so many incredible things that we just don't ever hear about. Because usually folks who are like that don't toot their own horn or tell their own story. And so the goal was, okay, we're going to streamline communications. We're going to highlight and recognize the folks who need to be highlighted and recognized. And it happened at a crazy time where they we did this and they took personal electronic devices out of the classroom. Right off the bat. Chaos coordinator.

[01:12:46] I'll never forget Dr. Swallow's coming in and going, okay, this is, you know, after I had come over, okay, your first project is going to be this personal electronic device prohibition policy. And I was like, okay, baptism by fire. Yep. Yeah. Break a sweat there. Let's do it.

[01:13:03] And so with that, it really changed in that we took on the responsibility to communicate what was going on in our schools since phones were not, you know, easily available. So as a parent, I took that as, okay, if I had a child old enough to have a phone and I was used to communicating with them whenever I needed to, and then that no longer was an option. What would I want? What would ease my mind or make me feel better?

[01:13:32] And it was, okay, more communication out of that entity. And so that's why you've seen more messages sent out on email. All calls come in where Dr. Swallow's explain in a certain situation or something or important messages on our Facebook page. So, and then, yeah, partnering with the media and saying, hey, here's what we've got going on. Here's the latest news. You know, who do you want to talk to? What do you want to highlight?

[01:13:59] Well, Sarah, I think a lot of our viewers don't actually know at any one given time in the day, this high school alone and this complex as far as with Hickory Creek is the largest and most populated area in all of Warren County. Yeah. Five days a week. On top of that, Warren County schools are the largest employer in Warren County. So there is great need for communication, especially somebody in this position.

[01:14:23] And so I don't think a lot of people get that or even understand, you know, they think, oh, this kid's school, they don't get the whole concept. Yeah. And so, and something I didn't know until, you know, I came on board is that we're a small town, small community. We're a large school district. You know, we've got, as Dr. Swallow said earlier, just more than 6,000 students total and 12 schools. It's crazy. And so it's been awesome because it's a lot going on.

[01:14:53] And the cell phone thing has gone over. I'm so proud of the kids because it's gone over, I think, so far better than anybody anticipated. And I talk to my nephews that are at the high school all the time, like, well, what do you think? And at first they're like, man, this stinks. And then, you know, a month in, Taven was like, well, I don't, I mean, we're used to it now. You just kind of adapt.

[01:15:19] And so it was like, okay, that's, and you're going to see that it's been a positive thing. And I think back to when we were in school and it's, we didn't, I mean, we had them. We weren't supposed to. We had them, but it wasn't like. They weren't smartphones. No. And it's like, I go back to what Melody said. We didn't, some of us didn't have unlimited. Right. I don't think it was. We had to pay for texts. It's 10 cents a text. Yeah. It was like, so it was, we had pagers. You would get a page with some kind of code.

[01:15:48] And then you'd have to go find a phone and call that person back. And I had flip phones and it's not like you can hit the microphone and say, da, da, da, da, da, da. You had to hit, wait, JLK. Yeah. You had to really send that message. You had to know how to spell. So you better be educated. I think that back then there was no texting.

[01:16:14] It was just phone calls and you had to pay for the minute. So I had, I had my pager, which you also had to pay for. There's a monthly fee for your pager. And for those young viewers who don't know what I'm talking about, but the people would, would call the pagers, send a message to the page. I don't even remember how it worked, but it was be like 9-1-1. If it was an emergency, they needed you to call you back or 4-1-1. If there was gossip or, you know, I mean, yeah. I mean, there was like this whole code system and, and yeah.

[01:16:43] And then you'd have to go track down a phone. Yeah. And, um, and pay to use that. Yeah. Now we have memes. We have memes. Like, why aren't you answering me? Yeah. Yeah. I know. So it's wild how much it's progressed. Yes. I mean, I remember my grandmother, um, back when, and again, the computer using the, I mean, we weren't where we are now with the computer. We had a home computer in the house, but I wasn't allowed to touch it.

[01:17:09] And then my grandmother, when she moved, um, and with my mom in 2000, 2001, somewhere in there, she didn't want to learn how to use a computer, but she still wanted to keep, keep up with her friends in Atlanta. So my mother got her this thing called the mail bug, which was just email. So she can send out emails, but she didn't have to fool with all the other stuff on the I didn't know about that. Yeah. That's cool. So it's just, it's progressed so much. So Sarah, what's the future looking like?

[01:17:39] Because, you know, just for Warren County schools, is there something that you can cue us into or something that you see on the horizon? Oh, you're smiling. Well, I just, I just think, you know, y'all have already touched on it with Mr. Dunn and Dr. Swallows, but I think the school system is trending up. I think a lot of really important decisions are being made on the school level and also on the board level. And it's empowering, um, these schools and these educators and faculty and staff and students to trend up.

[01:18:08] And it's just been really exciting to watch. And there's been a lot to celebrate just in the first semester of the school year, uh, with school letter grades and, you know, T-Post growth and, and all that stuff. So when they, like everybody's talking about all this change going on, we have to be patient for, you know, it to actually take its full effect. I wish, I mean, I bet she's, she's the same way. I wish I could snap my fingers and it'd be like, Oh, everything's perfect. That's not how it works. That's so hard. And we've talked about that with the news media.

[01:18:39] So often the reason why there's miscommunication after a big news story is because they're in such a rush to get the story out there first. They don't wait for the official reports. They just go with unreliable eyewitness statements. Oh, Sarah knows how I am. Cause when I hear something and I'm like, I'm like, Hey, Hey, Hey, I waited. What's going on here? She's laughing cause she knows. Yeah.

[01:19:05] Because we do, we do try to get a real story out there before we rush to judgment and rush. You know, we'll start hearing like, like last weekend with the buttload of people. I'm like, y'all hang on a minute. We're trying to figure this out. We can't just snap our fingers and get that information. We want to make sure that we were giving you the accurate information and reliable information. Yeah. And with Sarah, this being a big week for you guys, especially, what are you looking forward to doing this weekend? Oh, I'm so boring.

[01:19:35] Oh, I'm so boring. She stays so busy during the week. You've got two small kids. It can't be that. No. Okay. So Saturday mornings are always fun because they are in their first year of gymnastics. Oh. So my sister has a gymnastics gym. That sounds redundant, but that's what it is. And so they've, they. Is it a business? Because you can give a plug. Go ahead and give a plug. It's Dunham Athletics and Gymnastics. Am I saying that? Oh. I think so. That's my sister and my brother-in-law.

[01:20:05] See, I've never heard of that. So that's awesome. You're related to her. Cole and Scott Dunham, which was so funny when y'all were talking earlier about teachers who make an impact. Yeah. Debbie Dunham made a huge impact on me as my sophomore English teacher. And then for her to now be family, because my sister's married to her son, I talk all the time. I can recite her English rules because they stuck with me. And so. And here you are in communications. Yeah. I hope so. I hope I'm making her proud.

[01:20:34] But so the kids, it's there because they're seven and three and a half. So it's kind of like this was our first. The baby. Yeah. I know. I'm sorry. When she was pregnant. It goes fast. Is that right? That's right. So it's their first year of extracurriculars. And so we're doing, you know, dance and gymnastics and piano. And so Saturday mornings, they go to gymnastics together. So we'll do that. That'd be fine. Burn off that energy first in the morning. Burn off that energy. I may enroll with Randy Jane in this.

[01:21:03] He's like climbing on everything. It's January. So we've, a goal of ours is to purge before spring cleaning season. That's true. Yes. Yeah. Purge. So we've been working on clothes and toys and donation items. I didn't know last week. Yeah. You know how it goes. Yeah. So I have my may may on that. Yeah. So we're, we're boring on Fridays. We go home and we order, we do pizza every Friday night. So pizza. Where's your pizza place? We rotate. Okay.

[01:21:33] Okay. What's your favorite? It's okay. That's what this show is all about. I'm not going to lie. I like Papa John's. So there you go. I like Papa John's too, but I love my boy, Seth. See, I know my favorite is Viola pizza, but I can't always get out there. So Borgogia is true. Viola is such a great choice. Oh my gosh. It's so good. And if you got to get there in time before they, they sell out. So if you can't, if you can't name a spot, what kind of pizza do you have? Oh, well, I like them all.

[01:22:02] It just depends on the mood. I can do Supreme. I can do stuffed crust. I can do thin crust. I can do deep dish. See, you're exciting. I'm basic. I'm a chicken. I can do like the Alfredo chicken Alfredo pizzas or the Buffalo chicken. We love pizza. See, it all depends because sometimes we want that spinach feta bread from Domino's. And then Domino's a couple of weeks ago did have their pizza. So I took that idea and made a pizza out of it where it was spinach. And then I did the garlic Alfredo sauce and chicken on it.

[01:22:31] It looks so good. Begonias has one that's spicy that I love. Tops is like my lunch. Yes. This one. Okay. So let me tell you this one. Okay. I do not believe in using a vegetable as a carb. Carb is my favorite food. I don't know what cauliflower thinks that they're doing, but it needs to get back in its lane. However, she convinced me to get a cauliflower pizza, the chicken bacon ranch. It's not on the menu, but you can order it. Chicken bacon ranch pizza. It's going to be now.

[01:23:02] It's going to be now. Sorry, Anna. But chicken bacon ranch pizza on a cauliflower crust. It's good. Oh my gosh. It is incredible. You only have that dill pickle pizza. Oh, yeah. Really? I like the zombie. Yeah. Oh, yeah. And then tractable. See, everybody's got their own little plate. Let me tell you, Viola pizza. I'm not a ranch dressing girl. I'm not. I like my blue cheese. I know some of y'all are gagging.

[01:23:29] But Viola pizza has got this ranch that they put dill into. I could drink that with a straw. It is so good. Since we're talking about this, guys, we've got a big show for you next week. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. We're getting into the Super Bowl week. Yeah. The big game. The big game. The big game. Super Bowl week, but the big game. The big game. So we are teaming up with Mr. Derek Coates. He is our England. What do we give?

[01:23:58] We dubbed him. Oh, he's Sir Derek. He's Sir Derek. Yeah. You have a sword. We could not. Yes. I did. You missed it because you were feeling bad. He is our resident, all things English advisor and correspondent. So when we do an eating cop, I don't want to call it an eating competition. We're calling it Derek Eats. It's the road to the big game. And he is going to be going with us to different restaurants each day next week on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

[01:24:27] We're not doing a podcast on Monday. And he's going to try the food. Talk about it. Like the difference. Like how it is in England to here. And then just like you like spicy things. Yeah. He is going to try their hottest wings at each location. Ooh. Oh, what's the YouTube show? Huh? The YouTube show where they eat the hot questions. So the hot questions. Yes. Yeah. And they just got to keep eating them. Or she didn't even bat an eyelash.

[01:24:56] Nor did Ariana Grande. And I'm over here in the way. And I'm like, are your insides not on fire? She's like, this is okay. I could go hotter. And I'm like. Can I get some more? I think Ariana Grande said, can I get some more on hers? I don't think Debbie Moore could get any hotter. That girl. I'm telling you. But no, that's what we're going to do. We got a fun week coming up next week. We do. We're going to be really excited. I'm excited about Super Bowl. Like I said, I'm excited. Taylor Swift's going back. So let's get, since we have a celebrity here with us. No. Oh, yes. Yes.

[01:25:26] Now. What? Do I know something? The big game is next week. Do you want to make a prediction? Oh. Eagles or Chiefs? Taylor Swift. You know what? Okay. So you pick yours. Let's just go through the game. But all of us. I think the Eagles are going for revenge because they got beat the year before last. They did. And I think they're going for all the marbles. Okay. So, and those Philly people are pretty rough. They are. And they put a beat down on Washington. Chiefs are pretty smart though.

[01:25:54] So the Chiefs have been able to escape every narrow win. And this last game was incredible. That's why I am picking the Chiefs all the way. Ladies? Well, look, y'all. I don't do sports ball. So let me just say. I love sports ball. I just hope that the Super Bowl commercials are great. I am very much looking forward to the national anthem. I am not looking forward to the halftime show. But I think John Baptiste, who's going to do the national anthem. I've met him. God, he is incredible.

[01:26:25] That man can sing anything. Okay. He's going to. My prediction. My prediction is that for the third year in a row, our national anthem is going to be better than the halftime show. Okay. All right. There you go. I'll show you my John Baptiste video, though, where I met him. Don't make me jealous. That man. Sarah has had plenty of time to think about this. Okay. So here's a fun, not well-known fact about me. I started out in sports media and did live sports. Guideline reporter.

[01:26:55] As an assistant director. I used to run the scoreboard on live television. So anyways, I have a little bit of a background. Now, if my husband was watching, he'd be like, that was many moons ago. So you're rusty. But I would root for the Eagles because I remember how devastated they were when they lost. And I thought it was cool that Jalen Hurts put the picture of the ticker tape on his phone as like motivation to win. And if some.

[01:27:26] But I loved Travis Kelsey before Taylor did. Yeah. There we go. Yeah. Here's what I'll say. That Kelsey family is so wholesome. And I hope that the Eagles win. And I do. But the Chiefs don't look good when they play, but they win. Yeah. And so. That's a good way of saying it. So if I'm going to give a prediction, I would be shocked if the Chiefs didn't win.

[01:27:54] But if it goes the other way, I will be happy. Yeah. So my mother was also not a sports fan and she would always pick the teams by who had the prettiest outfits. Yeah. If we're going to go that route, then I guess I am going for the Eagles because I do like their outfits. You like green. That's your color. You're green. Green and purple. Okay. So we all are going to be watching the big game ads. So we have to have you back on. Oh, yes. Because you have this background in journalism and sports media. You just told them. Oh, you just told everybody.

[01:28:22] So now we have to have you back. Yes. Have you seen the Matthew McConaughey commercial? No. Oh, it's awesome. I love his Matthew McConaughey. Oh, his book was incredible. So he dresses up like Mike Ditka. Okay. And he's looking in the mirror and it's a sport in breeds. And he's trying to go. Oh, Uber Eats is like killing it with the commercials here. This was incredible. He's like, the bears. The bears. The bears. The bears. The bears. The bears. The bears.

[01:29:06] The bears. Montana. Did I say the name right? Montana. Montana. Sorry. Joe Montana. You're talking about the quarterback? Yes. Yes. The comedian. No, no, no. The big quarterback. He was on the sideline during a football game with the sideline phone and figured out how to make an outdoor outside call. So he calls his wife. She's like, what are you doing? He goes, I figured out how to get out. He goes, how are you? She goes, I'm fine. You need to play the game. I love that. Just like that. That's fantastic. He's like, I wonder what would happen if I pushed you on.

[01:29:36] He got that outside line and called his wife. What? Thank you. So that means we need to wrap this up. Yeah. We can't go anywhere. This is how it is. Oh, I had it perfect because Sarah kept laughing at me. Real quick. Thank you. I had to keep squinting in. Look, I have to manage my computer for me. Thank you, Miss Sharon. Thank you, Miss Rethel. I can't see you. Our coffee. I'm down with blue cheese and Miss Rethel says, go Eagles. Go Eagles.

[01:30:06] Okay. There you go. With that said, guys, take care. God bless. Enjoy the rest of your day. And remember, Warren County. Keep it.