Now this is just sad

[proud2BlibKansan]

Group pushes for pre-kindergarten for all military children
The Kansas City Star

To understand the importance of pre-kindergarten for children of military families, one Kansas school administrator tells the story of an anxious daughter of a deploying soldier.

Asked last fall to draw her family, only the deploying mother was pictured smiling because she was leaving, the girl explained. But at year’s end, the girl — whose newly acquired skills included writing her name — pictured herself smiling as well, said Pat Anderson, associate superintendent of the Geary County school district, which serves Fort Riley.

In a report released Wednesday, the Military Child Education Coalition and the group Pre-K Now are calling for all states to take steps to provide the program for all military children.

“If you can start our kids off right, we know from experience that they will blossom and grow,” said Thomas Schwartz, a retired Army general and board chairman for the coalition, speaking during a convention at the Westin Crown Center in Kansas City.

The report praised Kansas and Texas for their efforts and called for more states to follow their leads.

In Kansas, the state began a pilot program in 2006 that provides money for Geary County and five others to offer pre-kindergarten for children of military families and youngsters deemed at-risk for reasons including poverty. The Legislature approved $3 million in 2007 to expand the program.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/186908.html

While I am pleased my state is reaching out to help kids who need it, I would much rather see our troops come home and our massive military reduced. I find this very very sad.

[NavyDavy]

1. i think all children shld be included

not just military kids....

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. I agree

Should have mentioned that in my OP.

[liberal N proud]

2. If they wanted to start those kids out right ...

Keeping the parent(s) near them would be the first priority.
Pre Kindergarten is an excellent program for early childhood development but nothing beats time a child spends with their mother AND father.

If they really want to help these kids, they will bring the parents home from Iraq so they can nurture them and give them the family they so desperately need.
You can't replace an absent parent with a school program.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Agreed