>> thought you had a free day, huh? >> it's easier to get him versus him miss a day. if that happens, then we have to kind of reteach what they missed out on. >> petina england has been volunteering at the school. she's been unemployed for six months. >> i have a gas bill, electric bill, water and trash. about $2,000. >> you want to help me with the eggs today? >> is there a point you had to send chamar off to his uncle's? >> one weekend. you can't explain to a child we don't have any food, so we can't eat again. >> thank you, jesus, forgiving us this food morning. >> there's a theory that says kids in poverty can't learn because there's just a lot of stuff that goes along with poverty. can't make your bills, you worry about the water being shut off. sometimes there's no food to