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What In The Sam Hill is Going on The Hill Institute in Florence?

Tara and Laura at The Hill Institute in 1985 Photo: 93.9 & 101.5 The River

What In The Sam Hill is Going on The Hill Institute in Florence?
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Tara Brewster and Kate Cardoso both graduated The Hill Institute’s kindergarten in 1985. They’ve teamed up again in 2020 to save the early childhood education program at their alma mater. What’s going on with that program in Florence-the first free kindergarten in America-and what do these two old friends want to see happen with this historic institution?

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