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[quote=Anonymous][quote]What about a single woman working two jobs to put a roof over her kid's head? She's often not home to make dinner, much less sit over her kid to make sure he does his homework. What about the family that has trouble putting food on the table each day? A third of the kids in MoCo schools qualify for FARMS. They often can't put dinner together, and Manna Food sends home smart sacks for kids who otherwise wouldn't eat on the weekends. School is where they get their most nutritious meals. A perpetually hungry kid often has trouble learning well. If you have ever lived like that, you know a parent's priority becomes food first, and school takes a back seat.[/quote]

Wouldn't a logical solution be to provide before and after school tutoring services to these kids? The difference between kid's who have parents who can spend time educating them outside of class and kids that don't is access to one on one assistance. Dumbing down the curriculum and increasing class sizes isn't going to solve the problem.

The single mom working two jobs needs childcare and why couldn't it be something that includes tutors that tutor the way parents with time work with their kid? This isn't just supervising homework but reading to them and with them, encouraging them, and introducing the lessons before they see it in school. [/quote]

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