can t kids write. dropout rates are high. you just had tom emmer on. what i hope the republican majority does in the house is push real robust school choice so we re not funding schools that are failing and parents feel trapped. the dollarses follow the children to the schools of their choice. classical schools and christian schools and home school networks want to grow, too. if there s more students available, those networks will grow, government schools will shrink and that will be better for free thinking and realing and writing. there s thousands of kids that go to school on full scholarships to help them pay for that if their families can t pay for it. i just chatted as you heard because you were plugged in with tom emmer. he talked about the origins of covid. i hope they investigate the
what about thanksgiving? were lessons learned after so many family gatherings and people traveling and, you know, did it invite some problems? you know, a lot of illnesses in your school district, and that s why you were trying to get ahead of the game for the christmas break? that s right, fredricka. in fact, after thanksgiving, we start an uptick in both absences and covid cases related right after the thanksgiving holiday. it lasted for up to two weeks after the thanksgiving holiday. since the winter break is certainly longer than the thanksgiving holiday, it makes sense for us to take these measures. you know, in the school district it s about protecting public health, making sure our students and staff are in school regularly. and it s really important in philadelphia because we are working really hard to get dropout rates down, graduation rates up, and if we re going to be the fastest improving large urban school district, one of the things that s important is our kids have t