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Parents and guardians are invited to learn about resilience on Tuesday with one of Canada’s leading authorities on the topic, from the comfort of their homes.

Public school fully staffed, board approves swimming co-op with Ogallala by: The North Platte Bulletin - Jul. 18, 2021 Top News A rundown of the North Platte public school board meeting on July 12: North Platte Foundation Director Terri Burchell said the week of Aug. 23 will be the Back to School Bash with Change Wars and Dine Out to Donate, among other events, concluding with the Back Yard BBQ and Education Afterhours. Burchell noted that distinguished alumni will be recognized at the Afterhou...

Problem. i think we also need to remember, we need to give more control to the local folks. people on the ground trying every day to make appealable food for these children and if they are not eating the food thats a real problem. i think its important we forget parents need to be involved. more parents should be packing their kids a lunch. if you dont approve whats on the menu, packing your kids a lunch. we know parent involvement is one of the things that helps childhood obesity the most. some...

Russians voting in a school board election? >> if they are here and they have children enrolled in this school district, yes, of course. >> thats not a requirement for the election, as you know. yeah. okay. >> but we know the data again shows that kids have a much better outcome in educational setting when the parents are involved. if we can get better parent involvement, the kids do better. we want them to have better outcomes. >> and that is the goal. great to see you. >> thanks, tucker. >> we...

Straight here. freddy gray was a special education student and his mother said she was unable to help him with his homework. how often do you uncover those situations? >> theyre not the norm but i -- im not all too familiar with the super intricacies of my students families i dont ask those types of questions, so i cant say for sure. but the parents i have are involved and try their best and thats all we can ask for. >> weave are been talking a lot about parental involvement, and doesnt matter i...

Economy going and have more broadly shared prosperity. >> there is a fundamental difference in ideology though of how to do this, congressman southerland. you said looking back on lyndon johnsons war in poverty if, it had failed, do you keep putting more money into existing programs or do you as senator marco rubio suggested earlier this week, fundamentally reform everything? take a big pot of money that federal government has and give that to the states to administer in innovative ways? theyre ...

Strategy of trying to get the economy going and have more broadly shared prosperity. >> there is a fundamental difference in ideology though of how to do this, congressman southerland. you said looking back on lyndon johnsons war in poverty if, it had failed, do you keep putting more money into existing programs or do you as senator marco rubio suggested earlier this week, fundamentally reform everything? take a big pot of money that federal government has and give that to the states to administ...

Economy going and have more broadly shared prosperity. >> there is a fundamental difference in ideology though of how to do this, congressman southerland. you said looking back on lyndon johnsons war in poverty if, it had failed, do you keep putting more money into existing programs or do you as senator marco rubio suggested earlier this week, fundamentally reform everything? take a big pot of money that federal government has and give that to the states to administer in innovative ways? theyre ...

>> each family situation is different, mika, its hard to say one size fits all. for me, ive got two daughters, one in high school. >> me too. >> one in college. 15, 14, 13. >> thats so young. >> awfully young to say were going to detach that from parents and parent involvement. i understand everybody saying look, each situation is different. thats too young in my book to be pulling kids away from parents. >> im with you. just, you know, first look, kind of a broad thought as a mother of daughter...

If you receive welfare benefits -- currently if your kids dont show up for school they cut you at 20%. but if your kids dont get good grades -- in other words dont pass -- they would cut your welfare benefits 30%. there are a lot of critics who say how can you punish a family if they dont have food on the table? >>gretchen: i think this is about parent involvement. i think that the first thing thats important to try and improve grades is to get parents involved. maybe there would be some way to ...