Schools are at the heart of our communities, providing not only the educational opportunities that allow our children to thrive in a changing world, but community touchpoints that bring us all together. Our schools should receive robust funding, our teachers should be supported and nurtured, and our children should receive the very best education we can offer. This includes everything from free pre-K for all children, to give them a jump-start, all the way up to free public college, which should be even more accessible when we build CA-23’s first 4-year public university.