The progress is just amazing. The children are in our schools; the parents are in our community. When we work together, we just make the community better. The more we can do, the better product our schools are going to have.

We're advising the schools to open their doors to these children and we're offering all the help that we can.

We're still trying to get together. We're a work in progress.

Our meeting was well attended by faculty, staff and parents of the children in our community that entertained prior to the meeting, but everyone stayed during the meeting. We were glad to see everyone and we would love to see such large attendance in the future.

No ordinance can protect the children of our community 100 percent. The ordinance is just one tool available. Parents still need to know where their kids are and what they're up to.

It's not the education; it's the social issues in the schools. The children are troubled there. The parents are troubled. There's no cure in sight.