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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved from a DCC school to a W school.  Teacher quality was the same, the admin. was similar, the curriculum was nearly identical.  The DCC school had smaller class sizes and more children being pulled out for help with English and with reading.  From what I saw, the teachers and admin were dedicated to having these children read and achieve English fluency.  What I also saw however was low turnout on back to school nights.  When I volunteered, I encountered children who did not have books at home or even crayons.  Now, I did not know most of these families personally, but I find it hard to believe that it would beyond the ability of most families in MoCo to purchase a few used books and a packet of crayons for their child.  We can throw tons of resources (because smaller class sizes, additional teaching staff, free breakfasts all cost a lot) at the children but unless this effort is reinforced by parents who partner with the schools to educate their children, it will not help these children achieve their full potential.    I'm not sure how you "legislate" this!  If there was one other thing the county could do, it might be universal preschool.  Again though, the benefits of universal preschool would ideally be magnified and leveraged by parents.[/quote]

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