Danbury has benefited from some of Clinton's and Maloney's initiatives including federal grants for early childhood and after-school programs, for Internet wiring, and for more teachers to reduce class sizes, Mayor Gene Eriquez said yesterday. We are indeed better off than we were eight years ago,'' Eriquez said. We can make sure that every child who needs it has preschool and after-school programs and mentors. He noted the new field house, dormitories and library on the downtown campus as a sign of the administration's work. This university is the very beacon of the progress we made,'' said Maloney.
Education is the key and the central message of our work.
But George W. Bush campaign spokesman Ken Lisaius said the promises of education reform are too late in Clinton's tenure and won't target the most needy. The one candidate who has made education a top priority in this campaign is Gov. Bush. Tax credits don't help those families who don't pay a lot of taxes,'' he said. Bush's plan to increase the Pell grants would increase the opportunity for lower and middle income students to go to college. Immaculate High School Principal Joseph Gerics was pleased with the emphasis on education but disappointed that nothing was said about choice in education.