FROM ASHEVILLE,
NORTH CAROLINA,
TO LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
By Mandy Helton
I first met Chuck as “Mr. Baldecchi”
when I was 14 and a ninth grader at
the Asheville School, and he was
earning a reputation as the tough
English teacher for the grade above.
Erin, then Ms. Garden, arrived a
few years later in the Admission
department. I still remember Chuck
creating quite the excitement
when he announced in morning
convocation that he had proposed
and she had said yes.
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