The school district doesn't have to be the provider. We will work with a consortium of people to use libraries and universities to house pre-K programs.

Miller Place argues they do fine. Maybe they do since many of their children go to pre-school. But not all kids in Miller Place went to pre-school. We want to close the education gap ? that's the main reason we want to make it mandatory.

I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows.

We were the little school that surprised a lot of people back then. Little tougher to do that nowadays.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, we recognized that the needs of school libraries were under-served. We were compelled to reach out because school libraries often provide the only access children have to books.

This is a fight over whether hard work will be rewarded with a decent retirement.