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I was on the San Diego school board for 4 years, where I watched children successfully matriculate into elementary schools from Head Start programs from all around our city.

Once I started the first school, I realized this is what my life is meant to be, is to promote education and help kids go to school, and that's very clear.

If I could help educate our children at an institution for higher learning, that would be a noble thing.

I'm hoping someday that we'll be able to start a consortium with places like Carnegie Hall to work on early childhood education. I really feel that's the most important place to put the arts.

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.

If we expect our children to thrive at our colleges and universities, and succeed in our economy once they graduate - first we must make quality, affordable early childhood education accessible to all.

Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.

Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.