Help children and families stay put. "If we have them for three years, we'll make a positive impact."
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- Verona schools Superintendent Bill Conzemius
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Find
tutors. "The kids need help with homework - people who know how to do
algebra, know how to do a book report, who will work with the student
until he knows how to read a book."
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- Jeanne Retelle, Madison schools
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Develop
teen-agers' leadership skills, and help them with homework, job skills
and volunteer opportunities. "You have to focus on the teen-agers
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- resident Darlene Burrell
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Address
racial issues. At school, "nobody tries to get to know me. I only got
black friends. I only have a couple of white friends."
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- resident Marvin Harris, 16
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Open a Madison Area Technical College satellite in the old Sentry foods store building because people need access to education.
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- Dan Wood, Madison schools social worker
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