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Reading and exercise -- two activities that have the potential to forever improve a child's life.

Imagine a learning environment without boundaries, where fifth-graders are doing calculus and trigonometry. Or imagine a school where more than 60 percent of the children receive free or reduced-priced meals and about half are minorities, yet they are outperforming their peers in reading and math scores throughout the county.

Superintendent Janet Barresi takes part in Gov. Fallin's Christmas Ceremony at the state Capitol.

HOMEWORK…… these two singular words make up one of the MOST HATED compound word to a child. We all know the routine. The phone rings, the child answers, the parent asks, “Do you have any homework that you need to begin working on before I get home today?” You hear the heavy sigh of “Do I have to do it NOW?” This is replayed daily in homes across the nation.