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Letter: DeVos may be most dangerous cabinet pick of all


Along with President Trump’s “war” on the environment, immigrants and the truth, let’s not forget his war on education. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos (one of Trump’s largest campaign contributors) spent two decades defunding and destabilizing public schools in Michigan. She wants to spread that same agenda to every town and city in America.

DeVos and Trump have proposed cuts to funding for after-school and summer programs, child-nutrition programs, class-size reduction and community schools. The White House budget director, Mick Mulvaney, claimed that there’s no evidence that feeding hungry children helps them do better in school? Yes, that was actually said.

As a former teacher in Paterson, I can tell you firsthand that hungry kids do not do as well in school for the most obvious reasons.

Betsy DeVos was born to a billionaire father and married a billionaire and never went to public school. She cannot relate to someone being hungry and can’t understand that if there are no after-school programs why parents can’t just hire a nanny.

She may be the most dangerous person in Trump’s cabinet because she is hurting our children.

Let your congressional representatives both in the House and Senate know how crucial it is to keep, if not increase, funding for these vital programs. If not, we will likely pay in the long run with more drug abuse and crime from people who were denied these programs.

Joseph Marra

Seaside Park, April 21

Betsy DeVos