Liveblogging budget hearing: question

Former School Committee member Ogretta McNeil
"our future and the future of our children and our grandchildren are in our hands"
"really consider adequately funding" preschool through grade 3
"need a strong foundation"
speaks of the disadvantage of children who don't have an enriched home in terms of language
gap in vocabulary between children in low income families and those with more money
gap in total brain growth and dollars spent is greatest between 4 and 7
MCAS gap in low income schools, low income families

She'd like three things going forward:

1. Return full day of preschool
2. IA's in all kindergarten
3. intervention in kindergarten as in all other grades