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Adopt A Class tells Cincinnati schools it serves 250 CPS classrooms, plans longitudinal study

Cincinnati Board of Education · December 9, 2025
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Adopt A Class representatives said their 23-year partnership serves roughly 250 CPS classrooms in 30 schools, provides volunteers, transportation and curriculum for career-readiness, and announced a 12-year University of Cincinnati longitudinal study of program impact.

Representatives from Adopt A Class briefed the Cincinnati Board of Education Dec. 8, describing the nonprofit’s 23-year partnership with CPS and a shift toward career-readiness programming.

Evan Clinkenbeard, board chair, said Adopt A Class currently serves about 250 CPS classrooms across 30 schools and mobilizes more than 2,600 monthly volunteers in the district. CEO Sonya (Sonia) described program elements including monthly mentor teams, field trips to local industry sites, Heroes Day exposure events and a planned skilled-trades showcase that will bring many seventh graders to a large equipment demonstration.

Adopt A Class representatives said they subsidize transportation and programming costs (they cited about $780,000 of budgeted support), keep a roster of corporate partners and will provide a detailed partner list to the district on request. The organization also said it is working with the University of Cincinnati on a 12-year longitudinal study that will track outgoing eighth-grade cohorts through two years post–high school to measure program impact.

Board members praised the program’s reach and discussed expanding engagement with small businesses and local employers; Adopt A Class asked board members to make introductions to potential partners and said it will handle recruitment, training and classroom matching.