Another active volunteer, William J. Kellogg III, runs a book club, supplies books to the students and takes students to a play and lunch each year. Test scores continue to rise. Attendance is rising, and our schools are safer than ever before. Our ban on social promotion is working, and we are doing a better job of providing extra help to those who need it to advance to the next grade. Teachers have to keep raising their expectations for their students while making sure they are getting the help they need to meet those expectations.
Parents have to continue to encourage their children to excel.
That means turning off the television for parents as well as children and doing the homework that every school is requiring on a daily basis. And members of the community have to invest some time with their schools, as they have here at Portage Park.