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I would like to see a system that makes preK attendance mandatory for the children of any parent on any form of assistance, in foster care, etc.  The schools would provide wrap around services for these kids and families, would be in the neighborhoods where the kids live, and be staffed by experts in ECE in high poverty communities.  Generational poverty will continue until we get the young generation early enough to understand that they have options and we teach them the ways and benefits of exercising those options.  Sending kids who live in poverty to OOB schools isn't enough -- YET.  We need to show these kids that they can learn in their own community.  That their community believes they can achieve and expects them to do it.  We need to make it easier for parents living in poverty to get their kids to a strong school close to home, not a strong school that's two bus rides away and a light year different.  I am NOT saying that poor kids shouldn't be in WOTP schools.  I AM saying there's a better and more efficient way to spend the limited resources that DCPS has and make a difference in the communities that most need opportunities.  [/quote]

This plus parental support.  Because at the end of the day the kids are with the parents more than in school.  The parents need to be taught how to be responsible parents a key skill which is missing and of the major causes of inter generational poverty[/quote]

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