Those essential connections are huge. They just haven't had some of the advantages that other students have.

It's a safe place for them to come. In some cases we provide students with emergency school supplies. Sometimes we are there for them to celebrate a birthday with, to make sure they have a birthday cake.

They are in charge now. For some it's very exhilarating to start their adult life on their own terms.

I imagine a Georgia that gives children the educational opportunity to climb as far and high as their God-given talents allow.

We don't have to reinvent the wheel. The principal and teachers literally went door to door inviting parents to participate. They found most parents had no idea the school was so dependent on them.

This program takes away teachers' creativity to respond to the different needs and talents of our children with one-size-fits-all testing in reading, math and science.