th is the baby of councilman mel franklin. thank you for gathering this morning before school to kick this of let's talk about the pledge. we'll put up that pledge. you tell us what it tells dad to do. >> it tells dads t sp up. be involved in parent acher conferences conferences, back to school night. dads have to step up and do too. that improves achievement,or beha and graduation rates. >> reporter: sometimes there's not a biological dad in the use and there's other groups like 100 black men. you can talk about the pact being in a kids life. >> as men we're called to lead kids better off. >> you can speak about zion. you do a lot of work with 100 black men. >> right. >> what has it done for you? >> it fills a hole in my heart. it opens many opportunities for me. >> i love that. we're going to celebrate thesek ds on the first day of right now and let them just march on off. we're in prince georgecounty. dads, father like figures and their children. >> what a great way to kick off the school year. >>> next, battle over ketchup