The Lion's Roundtable (Guests: Stanley Campbell and Veronica Leto)
Download MP3Good day. This is Amber Narro on ninety point nine FM the Lion. I am here at the Lions Roundtable today with two new friends. I haven't met them before, so we're gonna meet them all together. Today, I've got Stanley Campbell with Campbell Realty Investment Group and Veronica Leto with Adolesco Prep Private Christian School.
Dr. Amber Narro:She is cofounder and and director of advancement. And I'm guessing from this last name with the company name here, you're a cofounder or owner or something yourself. Right?
Stanley Campbell:I am. I am the I am the founder and owner of Campbell Realty Investment.
Dr. Amber Narro:You are the only Yes. Founder and own owner. Fantastic. So quick question for you two. Y'all are with Leadership Tej Paolo.
Dr. Amber Narro:We're gonna talk a little bit about that real quick, but you're brand new. You're just telling me, Veronica, y'all just started this school not too long ago. How long?
Veronica Leto:We're in our sixth year.
Dr. Amber Narro:Very good. And where are you in in the in the business world here, Stanley?
Stanley Campbell:I've been a real estate investor for about fifteen years.
Dr. Amber Narro:Okay. So and how long has Campbell been with us?
Stanley Campbell:About fifteen years.
Dr. Amber Narro:So this is alright. Fantastic. So you started early and and said, want my own thing Absolutely. Immediately. Fantastic.
Dr. Amber Narro:So you're a little bit older than than Atalesco here, but we're gonna we're definitely gonna chat those out and see how you got started, talk a little small business today, which is always fun for me, and and a little school and a little education. So all fun conversations. But we're here to talk Leadership Tangible Hoa first. So we wanna give them the do, right, of getting y'all here. Leadership Tangible Hoa, y'all about halfway through now?
Dr. Amber Narro:Yeah?
Stanley Campbell:A little bit more than halfway through. We have three more sessions and Right, graduation in
Dr. Amber Narro:right. So how's it been, Stanley? How are the people that you're around? Veronica, close your ears. We're gonna talk bad about that.
Stanley Campbell:Hey listen, it's been an experience. The people that you meet, the networking opportunities, and the connections that you make with Leadership Tangible Who, it's just it's one of those things that you can't really explain until you experience it, but it's been invaluable to my growth just as a business person and as a business leader in our community.
Dr. Amber Narro:Invaluable. That's the word I get from this experience all the time, Veronica. I mean, do you have a better one than that?
Veronica Leto:I would say it's very unique and definitely invaluable. There's a a learning curve. Mhmm. There's a lot that I did not know about our parish. Yeah.
Veronica Leto:The intricacies of how everything comes together and runs, made wonderful friends, one being Stanley.
Dr. Amber Narro:Yep. I've met him for about the last fifteen minutes or so. He seemed deep and seemed pretty good dude. Very yeah.
Veronica Leto:And so, yeah, we we've had a good time. There's there's a lot of there's a lot of fun. Yep. But there's also a lot of serious moments.
Stanley Campbell:Absolutely.
Veronica Leto:You know, we talk about it. We debrief after every after every day together. And sometimes it's a lot of happy chatter, and then sometimes there's really deep conversations about things that our parish really needs, improvements, changes that need to be made.
Dr. Amber Narro:Very good. Well, talk to me about where y'all went this month.
Stanley Campbell:This month was education, and I think it all starts when you when you kinda go back to it. I think we all think we know our parish until you get into a program like this and realize how clueless you were about what happens behind the curtain.
Dr. Amber Narro:Yeah, you're right.
Stanley Campbell:Know? That's right. So this month, it was education and workforce development across Tangipora Parish. We began the day going through Courtney Christian School.
Dr. Amber Narro:Mhmm.
Stanley Campbell:We saw firsthand how faith based and independent schools are contributing to student development and building character. And just just how they came about and its inception and Sue Courtney and how she she built it up and her motivation for actually building the school.
Dr. Amber Narro:Her story's amazing.
Stanley Campbell:It's an amazing story to hear, and it was one of those stories that I hadn't heard. I wasn't very familiar with, but it was motivational.
Dr. Amber Narro:Mhmm. Indeed. Veronica, I gotta imagine that that was good for you. One of the things that we get as as a educational institution is the opportunity to go and visit other places. Right?
Dr. Amber Narro:Yep. Through things like accreditation, but also just through having friends in other places that invite us to go. And we're always kinda borrowing from each other and honoring other people's work. Right?
Stanley Campbell:Yep.
Dr. Amber Narro:And I gotta imagine that visiting other educational institutions while you're building Atalusco Prep has got to be an amazing you're only six years old. Right? But y'all are kinda putting your foot on the gas. You're at Woodlawn Woodland Baptist Church. Woodland Baptist Church.
Dr. Amber Narro:Sorry. Woodlawn that just immediately came out of my mouth for some reason. But Woodland Baptist Church, that's right here in Hammond, and you guys are just kinda putting your foot on the gas and kinda learning from somebody who's been there for maybe a little bit longer than you guys. So sure. Gotta be helpful.
Veronica Leto:Yeah. Very motivating and very inspiring. I've heard her story a few times, and it's never it never gets dull. It's always praise god for his provisions and and just throughout the day, just seeing, you know, seeing how look. So we're a discipleship school, so seeing that there's another school out there focusing on biblical worldview, character, discipleship, That's near and dear to my heart.
Veronica Leto:So of course, I was happy to see that happening somewhere else in our parish. For sure. And then just throughout the day, my wheels were constantly spinning, asking questions, and really impressed by a lot of the things that our parish is doing to better our students across the parish.
Dr. Amber Narro:Indeed, and both from that Christian standpoint, I gotta imagine that that's something that's very helpful for you to be able to just kinda guide your students and your staff with. As co founder, I I know in kind of growing this educational institution and and kinda seeing your vision for Atalusco when you look at the the at Courtney Christian and see the growth that they've experienced, what does that do for you and and the possibilities that you see around what you're doing at Atalusco?
Veronica Leto:Well, it's just really encouraging just to see how they have grown and the programs that they offer. Also, just to compare, you know, we are young but we're doing a lot of the same things, you know, just to step back and say, wow, we're really on track. I'm really proud of our school for being young, but also being very successful in the things that we're doing. But again, it's encouraging. For me, anything I always wanna know what the lord is doing, and anything he's doing, I'm I'm there, and I'm happy to see it.
Veronica Leto:So yeah. So I don't know if that answers.
Dr. Amber Narro:Indeed. Absolutely. And and, Stanley, I mean, from a real estate standpoint, we all know location, location, location. Right? Absolutely.
Dr. Amber Narro:And knowing what these educational facilities are doing for you is obviously gonna be something that you're gonna use in your small business, to draw people to this area, to sell them on moving their business, their home, their whatever here. Give me the gems that you were able to pick up in these conversations.
Stanley Campbell:I think the biggest takeaway for this session for me was, the meeting with, superintendent Steely over at the
Veronica Leto:Leadership Academy?
Stanley Campbell:The Leadership Academy. Basically, what she what what they taught me throughout this process was that a lot of the trades I was big on the trades during this whole process, this this session. Sure. And I wasn't aware that trades have been put back into the education system, and there's that's been my argument for a very long time. Being from the Orleans Parish school system, and I moved here twenty five years ago, I saw that the trades were taken out of school and I kinda saw the the wealth gap shift and the poverty gap and seen how it was affected.
Stanley Campbell:So I've always been an advocate for bringing those back and to see that what we're building here is being emulated in other parishes. I have to agree with our parish president that this is the best parish.
Dr. Amber Narro:Move here, yo.
Stanley Campbell:Absolutely. Absolutely.
Dr. Amber Narro:Indeed. And that's for you to have that spirit about this parish is super important in what you do. I mean, that's that's your lifeblood is the real estate and the property movement in this area. And to have so much, I guess, emphasis around that and and leaders in place right now who truly understand the value of the education and health care and and and those basic needs to make sure that they are plentiful as well as well invested in has gotta be something that's a boom for your business.
Stanley Campbell:Absolutely. This has been one of the most eye eye opening times between last month where we actually did the inside of the sheriff's office, the jail, and things of that nature. We met with the district attorneys to go to the other side of the coin of education was an eye opener to see what could happen. If this doesn't work out and the education system fails, here's where here's what happens afterwards. And in the real estate market, basically, I mean, we've seen Hammond, just Hammond in itself since hurricane Katrina, we've seen it double in its demographic.
Stanley Campbell:And Hammond is a place that's growing. We're one of the most growing cities in the country. And I think we're in good hands with our leadership, but in leadership, Tangipahoa, just everything that they're showing us behind the curtains, I think is very, very, very valuable to leaders and business owners, especially in the real estate market.
Dr. Amber Narro:You speak from that partnership standpoint. Right? You're seeing those partnerships develop. Yep. Your your other people in your cohort were here last week talk last month talking about the criminal justice system and how y'all were able to visit all of those facilities or many of those facilities in this area.
Dr. Amber Narro:And then how seeing it from the other end of how education and people's ticket to a life without crime is that education. Right? And and seeing those two things also work together from people who may have not made great choices in the beginning but who are reaching out to Tansbrook Parish School System as well as North Shore Technical Community College, even Southeastern to bring programming into those into those criminal justice. I hate to call them all just like, you know, detention centers and things like that because it's not all about that. Right?
Dr. Amber Narro:It's it's retraining and re and providing people hope so that on the other side of that, they're able to be taxpayers rather than people who were paying taxes to to house. Right?
Stanley Campbell:Yeah.
Dr. Amber Narro:So super important for our education system.
Stanley Campbell:You you mentioned something about hope. That was a big word that we used in our group last And I think we it left a
Dr. Amber Narro:It's important.
Stanley Campbell:It left a very, very, very heavy question on, I think on everybody's heart after we left the prison last last month, and hope was the word that we talked about. Indeed. And I think hope is the most important word in the dictionary when it comes to, like, law and order and things of that nature. And actually seeing our school system, how far and how proactive that they are in making sure that these kids don't end up in that position. Superintendent Steely talked about, kids reading on grade level by third grade.
Stanley Campbell:It was clear to me that they understood, you know what I mean, what the mission was, and it keeps her up at night. She she spoke on that a couple times how it keeps her up at night. If kids don't reach, grade level reading by the third grade, they're more likely to end up in the prison population. And it was my understanding, and that's why I say I like this month because it was my understanding that maybe the education system didn't understand the school, the prison pipeline. And being that she said that's what keeps her up at night, it lets me know that they understand.
Dr. Amber Narro:Right leaders in the right place at the right time.
Stanley Campbell:Absolutely.
Dr. Amber Narro:You know? And and Stanley, you mentioned this word hope, and I I just wanna kinda drive on that just a little bit. Can you imagine in your business as the businessman that you are fifteen years and you've got goals obviously because your business has been in operation long enough to know that we're a success. Absolutely. Can you imagine waking up tomorrow morning and not having a goal?
Dr. Amber Narro:Because that's what hope is. Right? Is having that goal to drive toward. If you don't have hope
Stanley Campbell:You have nothing to lose.
Dr. Amber Narro:Exactly. And that's scary for the rest of us.
Stanley Campbell:Yep.
Dr. Amber Narro:Right?
Stanley Campbell:And and and that that goes back to what me and Veronica experienced a little bit. I I guess we're we're we're not supposed to talk about it too much, but the SimSoc the the simulation society, you kinda saw that firsthand when somebody lose hope, when you have the have nots, what could happen, how it affects the entire community when that one group loses hope.
Dr. Amber Narro:Right. I have a passion for that word for sure, so thank you very much for diving a little bit deeper there with me. I appreciate you. Veronica, when you're looking at the education system and you're doing this from a private Christian standpoint, you see the public education. Obviously, y'all are having to work with things with the state and making sure that all of your students hit milestones that they need to make.
Dr. Amber Narro:And you're talking about also, y'all visited some colleges, during this education standpoint, this education trip as well. I'm sure it was Southeastern and North Shore Technical Community College. Right? And you are prepping your students for college. You mentioned something just before we started recording today because we are prerecorded.
Dr. Amber Narro:Mardi Gras has gotten in our way a little bit here as well as some some other stuff. But we're prerecorded and we'll be airing this just slightly later. But you mentioned before we started today that Atalusco prep prep is a a college? It's a university model school. Thank you.
Dr. Amber Narro:What is that?
Veronica Leto:So there's about a 100, university model schools around the country. It's a trademark. Our mother hub is in Dallas, the Association of University Model Schools. And so the premise is that we exist to give parents the primary influence over their children. And so because we're faith based, statistically, parents have the most influence of whether or not their children will follow Jesus.
Veronica Leto:Mhmm. And And to be that influence, parents have to have consistent quality time with their children. And so, for instance, fifth grade and down are on campus Tuesdays and Thursdays. And so, you know, my children are in fifth grade and down. So I'm with them Monday, Wednesday, Fridays doing school at home.
Veronica Leto:So I'm getting a lot of time home with them to help shape them, form them, and then Atalesco Prep exists to help me reinforce biblical principles, faith values, but then they're also the professional part of their education, and then at home I'm reinforcing what's already been taught. So there's a really strong partnership between university model schools and parents. I'm delighted that I get to be home with my children more. It slows down our schedule. I get to really know them.
Veronica Leto:Our evenings aren't super rushed because we've been together all day, and I don't feel like I'm all alone educating them. Home schooling, solely home schooling is for some people, and traditional schooling is for some people. So we're sort of a blend, the best of both worlds. So for parents who can be home with their children but don't want to be the sole homeschooling or the sole educator, we're there to offer the professional education but also allow parents to have that home time with their kids.
Dr. Amber Narro:Very cool. So I heard you say fifth and under go Tuesday, Thursday. Imagining that the Monday, Wednesday
Veronica Leto:So Tuesday, Thursday, Friday would be six and six through twelve.
Dr. Amber Narro:Okay. Very good. Mhmm. Very good. So when you put this model together, why did you go with this one?
Dr. Amber Narro:How did you find them? What what came to what came to your vision as you were building this? And who founded it with you? Who are
Veronica Leto:your people? So that's actually a big key of our story. So, Alex and Holly Husser, they are both from Louisiana, Alex being from Hammond. They moved to Houston for about ten years, and their children attended a university model school, Logos Prep in Houston. They were called back home, and there were no university model schools here in Louisiana.
Veronica Leto:And so
Dr. Amber Narro:Call to their earthly home. Let me Yeah. Yeah. Call in Louisiana. Call call back.
Veronica Leto:I should say call back home. Yes. They felt like they need to move back home. And so they gave another private school an opportunity, but then quickly realized it was you know, they were they were used to that time at home. You know, Holly felt like she had lost touch with her kids as far as just their overall well-being.
Veronica Leto:What are they learning in school? Every evening was super rushed. She calls it it was it was like Groundhog Day every day, and she was really missing her her children. And one of the one of the really amazing things about our school community is that it's like minded, so we accept families that are already practicing the Christian faith. The goal is to raise disciples of Jesus, and so every family at our school is doing that.
Veronica Leto:And so she found that her children weren't in a like minded environment, which was hard culturally for their home. And so one day she prayed and felt that the Lord was calling her to start a university model school here in Tangipaho. She and I had just talked at the parish fair parade. And then a few days later, she came over and she talked all about their school that they had left behind in Houston. And the whole time I was thinking, man, I really wish they had that here.
Veronica Leto:Because my oldest was soon to be going into kindergarten, and at the time, he was going two days at Montessori and me. And I wasn't ready for him to go to school five days a week, but I also wasn't prepared to homeschool him all by myself. And so she said, do you do you think that's something that y'all you and Michael would want to start with, you know, Alex and myself? And in my head, instantly, it was, yes. We should we should definitely start something.
Veronica Leto:This is a really amazing option that Tangipaho doesn't have right now. And so talking with my husband, it was an instant yes. And then so about seven years later, we're here in our sixth year and How many students? We have about 100.
Dr. Amber Narro:Nice. Wow. Well done. Well done. Yeah.
Dr. Amber Narro:And it's an option. Right? This is another option.
Veronica Leto:Yeah. So we we know it's not right for every single family in our parish. Sure. Some people have two parents that work or don't have, you know, the kind of schedule that is needed for our school at home days. And then there's some families who are really happy doing homeschooling all by themselves or in a co op.
Veronica Leto:So we really think we're the best of both worlds for families who want a little bit of both.
Dr. Amber Narro:Right. And then there's some families as well who who really enjoy the public school system as well. True. Yes. I was one of those who who enjoyed the public school system here in Tainsborough Parish.
Dr. Amber Narro:My my kids did real well in that, but also I had, you know, my husband and I both worked and it was not good for our schedule to do, to to move in that area, but I do think that we do have a lot options here in Tancapro Parish, and that's the biggest thing, you know? And it's all, every, I think everything about this is, we talked about providing hope on the in, on, for those who are on the inside, for those of us who are on the outside, we have hope in all kinds of levels as well. So, I appreciate that very much. Thank you for sharing your story with us and and how your school built and how just you figured out that niche area and where you had to fill. Talk to me about your business, Stanley, and about the niche area, the niche market you serve.
Dr. Amber Narro:Because with fifteen years in, you gotta have found a sweet spot.
Stanley Campbell:It it it is it is kind of a niche business. We're b class. Apartment complexes own about 275 units.
Dr. Amber Narro:I don't know what b class means.
Stanley Campbell:B class means it's not the heights. It's not, like, luxury level. It's maybe a step below that luxury level. You can still get the luxury amenities without the luxury price. So we're still we're still providing some luxury amenities at an affordable price.
Stanley Campbell:One of the problems right now in the country right now is affordable housing. There's a shortage of affordable housing, and it it it it doesn't look like it's gonna go anywhere but higher. Like, rents are gonna continue to increase. Hopefully, next year, it'll stabilize as interest rates stabilize also and homeownership goes up a little bit, but anytime the interest rates go high and homeownership slows down a little bit and the rates go up when it comes to rental rates.
Dr. Amber Narro:Very cool. Thank you for being in that space and offering an opportunity for people to be able to grow. Absolutely. And have that hope, right? Absolutely.
Dr. Amber Narro:And I appreciate that. Now fifteen years in, tell me what the secret to your success is.
Stanley Campbell:Determination. Determination. I mean, being successful and coming from where I come from and and being where I where I stand right now is I've had my share of failures, and that's the story that I I share with everybody that I come across. Everybody wants the microwave life. Everybody wants the success today.
Stanley Campbell:And you look at successful people, all the people who I've I've, basically modeled myself after, I studied their struggles and how they dealt with their and the type of men that they were through their struggles. And that's what I focused on because that's the type of man I wanted to be. I wanted to be foolproof and fireproof. There's a movie Fireproof that kinda changed.
Dr. Amber Narro:I've seen it.
Stanley Campbell:It changed it changed a lot of me watching Fireproof, you know, and I fireproofed a lot of things in my life after that movie.
Dr. Amber Narro:Very good. Now I'm talking to two leaders who have truly started from the ground up in their business, saw a need, saw a a place that they could grow their families and and grow their dreams. Is it possible here in Tangipaho Parish, talk to our business students here on the on the ground at Southeastern, Is it possible to see that space even as we're growing in Tangipao Parish? Are there still needs out there to fill in the in the business world?
Stanley Campbell:Yes. Abs absolutely. There's a lot of space that needs to be filled. I mean, there's enough to go around. I mean, I know in the real estate market, we have a lot of real estate agents.
Stanley Campbell:There's a lot of real estate investors. There's brokers. There's, appraisers. There's there there's a lot of different things that go into the real estate market. It it works all as one system, but there's different branches of that one industry.
Stanley Campbell:And I can only speak for my industry. I just know it's still growing, and we don't have enough professionals for the demand that we have here. You know, a couple years ago they said that Hammond was overbuilt and they put a moratorium on a lot of the buildings of apartments and this, that, and the other. But the population continues to grow and now there's a shortage.
Dr. Amber Narro:That seems to negate each other.
Stanley Campbell:Yes. So now there's a shortage of actual affordable housing. So now there's a huge gap for people to get into the market, And for young investors who are trying to do this and who are trying to get into the real estate market, basically, the the call the barrier for entry is very low. Mhmm. You know?
Stanley Campbell:Learn an investment strategy. You can learn investments on on YouTube. I'm self self taught. No college education. And I'm not that I'm knocking college, but everybody won't go to college.
Dr. Amber Narro:Mhmm.
Stanley Campbell:You know? Not each and every one of us will get a college degree, but at the same time, some of us can use our hustle and you can use your know how and you can pull yourself up by your bootstraps and just learn how to do it.
Dr. Amber Narro:There's nothing wrong with getting a little bit of extra, right? Absolutely. Even if you are in college and you've got that degree behind you, you're gonna have to get some experience. We talk about that all the time. Absolutely.
Dr. Amber Narro:From the front of the classroom to our students that, yes, this is your first step, right? This is not your ticket on the other end of this. Your success is not dependent upon that diploma, it's dependent upon your determination. Yep. That word you used to borrow your word.
Dr. Amber Narro:Thank you so Absolutely. Veronica, when you're looking at the future of your school, what are you seeing?
Veronica Leto:Well, to kind of piggyback on what Stanley said, Tangipaho is growing and there will always be certain needs. There will always be needs for medical professionals, doctors, nurses, techs. There will always be a need for teachers, for restaurants. A growing community requires continued expansion. And I didn't know that about the moratorium on building, but in my head I was thinking if you build it, they will come.
Veronica Leto:My hope is that Tangipaho Parish becomes so appealing that anyone who has to leave to go to college for med school or middle niche majors that maybe isn't offered here, that they would consider coming back home and building their business here and giving their parish their gifts and talents here so that we can continue to be the best parish in the state. So for Atalusco Prep, we are a classical school, which isn't a well known concept here. We are the only brick and mortar classical school from Mississippi to Baton Rouge. Really, what we focus on, we focus on the whole person in virtue and a biblical worldview. We focus on students who are articulate and can really think critically, have a good sense of the world around them, and a biblical worldview that they can kind of pick apart their environment and see what's true, what's false.
Veronica Leto:And for us, we, in general, not everyone will be called to college. Some we know we have high schoolers who will be going straight into the military as they feel called. We have some that will be going into, you know, theology. We we have some that will be going into the liberal arts. And so for us, it's you may be we really focus on what is the Lord calling you to do, what is his will for your life.
Veronica Leto:We focus on that relationship with student and their maker. So when I see our students graduate, we want them to be productive influencers of their society. We want them to transform their community for the glory of god. I don't know what that looks like for each individual, but that's the goal. When we look at our Portrait of a Graduate, we look at our mission.
Veronica Leto:That's the gist is to go out, do your best, be excellent, do it for the glory of God, make your community, wherever that may be, stronger, more Christ like. Be the leader that Jesus called you to be. So specifically, I can't say. I think just like any other school, everyone will have their own path as they graduate. But for us, our heart is that they would go out and be an exceptional citizen, calling people to a higher standard and glorifying the lord through that.
Dr. Amber Narro:Very good. Now do you see your organization growing? Do y'all have a do you have space for new students, or is this something that y'all are waiting list? Where are you?
Veronica Leto:So certain certain grades, we have waitlisted. We have our we have an interest meeting every month for enrollment season. Our last interest meeting is March 10, and those are required to attend just because we have so many components that are new to our area. You know, we're we're discipleship school. We are classical, and we have the university model component.
Veronica Leto:And so we do require both parents come to interest meetings so that first off, they can be on the same page, make sure everyone's supportive for the school at home days, and that they understand what we are truly about and how we operate. And so we're coming to the end of our enrollment season, and we do we will have some grades that will fill up for sure. And we are not maxed out at Woodland Park Baptist Church. We we have room to grow there, and we have a really wonderful relationship with them. And so we expect to be there long term.
Veronica Leto:And, yeah, if anyone if if anyone's interested, they should definitely attend our March 10 meeting so that they can apply if that's something they're interested in doing for next school year.
Dr. Amber Narro:Love it, love it. Thank you so much. Alright, so Leadership Change for Whole, would you encourage people to do this?
Stanley Campbell:Absolutely. I would encourage any leader that's looking to be in the community, find out what their community needs, some of the issues behind the scenes that they may not know, anybody that's looking to get in and just help to absolutely do leadership tangible because it's just one of those things you can't explain. You can't explain. I've I've heard multiple people from past classes say the exact same thing when I ask them questions about it. Should I do it?
Stanley Campbell:And they'll Stanley, listen. You gotta go. You gotta go do it. I can't explain it to you, but it'll change your life. And I understand it.
Stanley Campbell:I'm probably halfway through it. I wanna I wanna say probably session five I understood what they were talking about.
Dr. Amber Narro:Love it. Thank you so much for being here. In almost ten years of doing this show, I haven't had one leadership group say that they wouldn't recommend this. So I'm thinking that it's a we're still at a 100% here, so thank y'all so much.
Veronica Leto:It's definitely an experience worth investing in.
Dr. Amber Narro:I appreciate y'all. And you're probably starting to think about getting your applications together now if you're coming in for the next year. You definitely need to talk to your employer. It's about a thousand dollars for your employer to sponsor you to go through this experience and then it's also a $100 from you for
Stanley Campbell:Yep.
Dr. Amber Narro:To make sure that you're gonna show up and do the right thing. So, make sure that you go ahead and get those applications in now. You also will need a couple of letters of recommendation. You'll need to write something yourself. So this isn't something that you wanna let wait till the last minute to do, and you don't wanna chat GPT your way through this guy.
Dr. Amber Narro:You need to be able to do this from your heart. So give yourself some time to fill out that application. Thank you for joining us today. We appreciate having y'all.
Stanley Campbell:You, doctor Nora.
Dr. Amber Narro:Amber's just fine on this show. I've been talking to Stanley Campbell from Campbell Realty Investment Group as well as Veronica Leto, Atalesco Prep Private Christian School here in Hammond, and we've been talking about education and how it's growing and the hope that we have in this parish through determination of its citizens to repeat some of those word back words back to you guys. Thank you all for so much for joining us today, and thank you for listening here at KSLUs nine point nine FM, the lion. We've been at the lion's roundtable. I'm Amber Narrow.
Dr. Amber Narro:Y'all have a great day.
