Karen French:  

Life I am a person who trusts God and have weathered storms still keeping a positive attitude about life events. With that trusting spirit I am not afraid to try what many think is impossible. You see, you cannot say you love and trust God and not step out on faith. In 2000 I stepped away from the Cincinnati Public School System and opened my own K-6 Charter School, T.C.P. World Academy. With God leading the way, we soared to the top and are the number one Charter School in Cincinnati, one of the top Charter Schools in the State of Ohio. I love what I do as the Superintendent/Principal and do not consider it work. It is a blessing to serve others and bring joy to people's lives. I love and mother many children of others but I have bore none of my own. I guess that was God's master plan. I still love to play volleyball and am good at it. My staff and I always beat the 6th grade students. I have a mean side arm serve. Working with children has helped keep me young and witty. I always try to keep some form of exercise in my life, even now. I love to dance, mostly by myself during my inspirational time in the evenings or on Saturday afternoons. The summer of 2008 I added weight lifting to my health program. I hate it but I love what it does for me. During the spring and summer I do a lot of walking and bike riding, either on different trails in the parks, in my neighborhood or walking in the Mall. Nature is very beautiful to me. Surrounded by such beauty helps me do some of my best thinking. One exciting thing that has occurred in my life recently is finding and visiting with my junior high school friends, Shirley Duncantell and Gladys Cotton. It is funny how much we change but really stay the same. You can always be yourself with your childhood friends, nothing like your real friends. On a sad note, Czarin...Expand for more