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Of course the real highlight of the Mount Holyoke Graduation was celebrating with The Class of 2018! Yet having the experience for a couple of hours of being a hUge field house filled with People happily sitting in (and sometimes cheering from ) thousands of white plastic chairs.

We heard from the new Mount Holyoke President Sonya Stephens, recipients of honorary degrees who really wanted to Do Something to improve the world of education (teaching teachers) and reforming agencies was very moving, as was hearing from the renaissance woman and mother of five (within 6 years) who 'got a life'

I like that the discussion is seeking creative solutions to the challenges we face. I realize this forum is about 'school and the impact education have on our youth current and for their futures.." I am curious if Anyone in the Entire State, Country or World has considered what I have braved sharing rather independently about Keeping Our Kids Safe Both at Home and In School and In-Between?

I spoke up at parent gathering to a full house at HVRHS when my eldest was a freshman, about 14 (early 2000s)about years ago...and basically one friend said "No one knew why you as a parent would take a

Lucky me, I learned about the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders run through the DSS Alternate Care Unit. Their number for information is 800-445-5394.The pamphlet I picked up reviews some basic 'facts of life' such as nursing home care costing many tens of thousands of dollars a year. When the booklet was printed it was "$60,000 and up". Those might seem like bargain prices in 2018, where monthly fees can easily top 10K in CT so that would mean an annual cost of a smooth $120,000 and Up!

This post is Basically a Summary of the Booklet, not my own insights (unless indicated and not