the prekindergarten, but to put it to the government, where it will eventually, will end up being ,andatory, you know kindergarten started as optional and there is a push now to make it mandatory. the same thing that happened with prekindergarten. we need to re-examine the proper role of government and get it out of the family that quick. >> thank you. >> i am all in favor of expanding prekindergarten. it is important to recognize that we did not even have a pilot program until recently. we have come all of these years with nothing, and now we have a program in place where we offered it through the fssa to be available for the most disadvantaged among us. and i think that is where we need to continue to expand. i think we need to move the folks that are in the back of the line, the folks that need the extra help the most, not make it mandatory, but the folks who are at a certain poverty level, we need to make sure we are moving them to the front of the line. so, i am in favor of expanding the program. right now, it is in five different counties. is a diverse collection of counties. we can c