By Stephen Sawchuk May 06, 2021 5 min read. Now, in addition to demographic trends that have long eroded the size of rural Iowas school populations, diminishing funding, the district is grappling with inflation as the price of fuel for school buses has soared, Mr. Lutt said. "While spirited debate about policy matters is protected under our Constitution, that protection does not extend to threats of violence or efforts to intimidate individuals based on their views," Garland's memo states. A Florida mother has called for a 'mass exodus' from the increasingly liberal public school system, saying it is parents' only choice to avoid their kids being indoctrinated with CRT. It's hard, it's going to betough but two things I believe we would put our liveson the line for: our faith and our children. Massachusetts public schools lost almost 40,000 students this fall. King asked. Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) reported last week that statewide public school enrollment declined again this year on top of the previous pandemic-year drop. Yzk3N2MyYjBlZjM2OGI3MTg2Y2IxZmQwYTIxZTExNzU2ODhiMGU4MjM3OGQz Copyright 2023 Center for the National Interest All Rights Reserved, Congressional Democrats are attacking charter schools. But not only are they devoid of values, theyve lowered the standards of education to the point that I feel my children couldnt be productive members of society if they remained in the school," she said. Republicans across the board said it was an overreach by the government and an effort by the Biden administration to stamp out parents' free speech. In some states where schools eschewed remote instruction Florida, for instance enrollment has not only rebounded, but remains robust. the bureaucratic and political pitfalls that can create problematic conditions in public schools. Phylicia Jimenez decided to stop working as a teacher after being asked to hand in her resignation after she voiced concerns about a school policy. She describing that policy at Horn High School in Mesquite, Texaswhich saw vending machines turned off and students escorted to the cafeteria for lunchas "school-to-prison pipeline bulls***. Shutterstock. by the American Enterprise Institute and the College Crisis Initiative at Davidson College. Taking Vitamin D each day could cut your chances of getting dementia, study claims. "We're used to doing lockdown drills in case of an active shooter, but I think this is the one where we were just kind of like, 'oh no, they're actually trying to kill us.' That's it. Teachers are leaving too. The DOE leaderships habit of treating parental demands for excellence as nothing but racism hurts, too. They want to silence us andshut us down. Fox hosts echo call for a "mass exodus" from the public school system Campos-Duffy: "Vladimir Lenin said, 'Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be. jumped (This was the topic of the second episode of my new LiberatED podcast.). This is the revelation, period. 'Fox & Friends' hosts discuss the impact of 'wokeness' in schools.Subscribe to Fox News! ZmFmMjEyOTVhNmJiZjc5NTgzNzFjZWNjNThkOTViNzhmODM5MWFlZDM0MmU2 That city saw a 5 percent drop in district school enrollment this year, for a cumulative 9 percent enrollment drop since the pandemic response began. "In the fall of 2020, charter schools, which are publicly funded but run separately from districts, saw a 7 percent jump in enrollment, adding about 240,000 students nationwide," according to NPR. "I feel undervalued and underappreciated," he said. New York public schools lost over 30,000. MASS EXODUS from public schools anticipated after CDC advisory panel unanimously votes to add deadly Covid-19 "vaccines" to childhood immunization schedule - NaturalNews.com MASS EXODUS from public schools anticipated after CDC advisory panel unanimously votes to add deadly Covid-19 "vaccines" to childhood immunization schedule In Southern California, where home prices have been soaring, parents have been fighting the closure of a longstanding neighborhood school in Inglewood. Jaime Parish and her three children have been living at a motel in Brea, Calif. Dr. Ann Vu and her husband, Steven Chang, permanently removed two of their children from public school in Laguna Beach, Calif. It was the final straw for King, who says now the only solution is to 'pull kids out' of schools. It is extremely pervasive. A report from . Elicia Brand and her family moved to Loudoun County nine years ago to take advantage of well-reputed No overriding explanation has emerged yet for the widespread drop-off. https://bit.ly/2vaBUvASWatch more Fox News Video: http://video.foxne. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. "And I think, good for them. Such figures are unprecedented; public school enrollment has grown almost every year during the 21st century, with any declines coming in well under one percent. The seemingly ubiquitous theme of educators resigning mid-year has even become its own TikTok genre.. Kristin Colucci, who teaches English in Lawrence Public Schools in Massachusetts . I don't think parentsrealize just how pervasive it is. Her comments came during the annual Family Research Council's Pray Vote Stand Summit during a Thursday panel on "Fighting Indoctrination on a National Scale." That number would have been higher, as much as $375 million. Rendered homeless in late 2020, they had struggled for months to keep up academically, shuffling for almost a year between motels, relatives and Ms. Parishs 1997 Honda before they quietly stopped attending school entirely. Step Up For Students empowers families to pursue and engage in the most appropriate learning options for their . New York City's public schools lost $215 million from their budget heading into the upcoming academic year due to enrollment losses. She recorded a conversation in class that the teacher - they were supposed to be discussing books - she never got to the literature of the books, she just started sectioning the kids by their physical characteristics.'. MGE4YzBkNGVmYzE1YjhjYzUxOGQ2MGUyZDhhMTQxZmQwY2UzYjE5ZmZmZjlj "I really think at this point the only thing to do is have a mass exodus from the public school system that's it," King said. Kerry McDonald is a Senior Education Fellow at FEE and host of the weekly LiberatED podcast. Student Enrollment by School Sector The failure to make remote learning work angered parents all across the city, and fears that in-person school still will have problems this coming year pushed many to find other alternatives,. YzM5Mjc4ZDRiZDc5OGZlZWIxMWM1YWY0MzA0ZTkzYWUyNjRlNGM5MDAwYjc0 A Florida mom at the Family Research Council's annual Pray Vote Stand Summit has gotten a standing ovation for calling on parents to orchestrate a mass exodus from public schools. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. School finances are really shaken. Catholic schools, like other private schools, were more likely to remain open while district schools were closed and have experienced their first enrollment hike in two decades. It's just not true. 7% during the first year of the pandemic. I'm like the only thing left to do is to just peace out. In some cases, that has meant a simple shift from one public school system to another. Sam Dorman is a reporter with Fox News. Students, families and teachers lining up for Covid tests at Gardena High School in Gardena, Calif., in January. It is infuriating that they think they do have theright to take our tax paying dollars, from our children, and then teach them garbage. "Such a mass exodus of teachers. Both religious and secular private school education saw gains between 2020 and 2022. A new teacher, suggests that more than half of public school teachers expect to leave their profession earlier than planned. Districts that remained mostly remote during the pandemic have since lost an average of 1 in 22 students, according to an July 12, 202104:31. Schools that remained closed to in-person learning the longest lost, on average, the greatest number of students. ODdjYWQxOTZlMGUxYjcwNjdhODU3YWYyZjk2N2QwMTM0ZTYxNzZjZjhkMDk1 analysis Phylicia Jimenez was ousted from her job as an English teacher in May last year after she voiced concerns about a new school policy. She was one of many speakers and panelists who spoke on stage about their efforts to squash woke agendas being pushed in schools and the military. By February, a local nonprofit that helped them find housing could find no record of school enrollment for her sons, 17 and 6, or her daughter, 15. "They basically told me, we can't have that language here," she told Newsweek. PARENTS CONTINUE BLASTING DOJ, SCHOOL BOARDS AMID PROBE INTO VIOLENT THREATS, "With this FBI thing, it just made me realize what else are we supposed to do?" And they don't care. One of the most longstanding polls gauging the public's view of schools and education noted in 2018 that for the first time in the history of the poll, a majority of . That's it,' she said Thursday night. You can sign up for her weekly email newsletter here. Speaking at the Family Research Council's annual Pray Vote Stand Summit this Thursday, mother Quisha King argued that "the only" solution is for the public to perform a "mass exodus" from. A Florida mother has called for parents to lead a "mass exodus" from public schools in the wake of Attorney General Merrick Garland's announcement that the FBI will investigate "intimidation" and "threats of violence" at school board meetings across the country. But suburban and rural schools have not been immune. 'We've been at these school board meetings, we've been voicing our opinions, we're writing articles, emailing teachers, we're doing all that stuff and they don't care.'. But she had been stretched thin, she said, even before the pandemic when she worked as a music teacher for Dearborn Public Schools. Virginia Can dementia be spotted in CHILDHOOD? Fewer Minnesota families chose homeschooling this year than last, but private schools in the state saw a nearly 6 percent increase in enrollment, according to MPR. lost $215 million So this year, Brand, like hundreds of thousands of parents around the country, decided to remove her children from the public school system. Before the pandemic, enrollment had been declining overall in California, a function of high housing costs, lower birthrates and restricted immigration. Almost every single teacher (26 to be exact) is quitting one school, and a thumb-stopping tweet about it is putting Twitter in a frenzy. This is the revelation, period. The parents are afraid if they seek services the protective services will take away their children and the children dont want to go to school when they cant wash their clothes or shower, Ms. Albertson said. Rising housing costs in California have contributed to the enrollment drop, as fewer families can afford to stay in the state. ", A spokesperson for the Mesquite Independent School District disputed that narrative as "completely inaccurate," but told Newsweek: "The circumstances of Ms. Jimenez' separation from the district involve a personnel matter; therefore, Mesquite ISD is prohibited by privacy law from discussing those details.". Fewer Minnesota families chose homeschooling this year than last, but private schools in the state saw a nearly 6 percent increase in enrollment, according to MPR. West Coast cities are facing similar enrollment challenges. A recent article in Time Magazine noted that at least part of Oaklands enrollment decline is due to families fleeing California during the COVID response. It's happening, this is not a show. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued this memo warning parents that they will face prosecution for protesting against schools and teachers in a way the government deems to be threatening. MTc3YmU3NDllNDAxNzMzOWY2MWZhZTlhZDdjNzA4ZGU4MTBjY2U0Y2Q0NWNm NmEyMDVkYTRiYmQxZTcwYzJiNTFkYjY3MGU4MTFmY2FhY2NmZGU1ZGE1YTAw Disciplines are the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using . But if my children are forced to wear masks again, or if Im forced to vaccinate them against my will, Im going to pull them out and home-school.. Federal head counts have not yet been released, but both the National Association of Independent Schools and the National Catholic Educational Association have reported increases that total about 73,000 K-12 students during the past two years. But this years decline was tens of thousands of students larger than could be explained by demographic trends, relocations or defections to home-schooling or private schools. Disfavour with the biracial Zimbabwe Rhodesia administration in 1979 also contributed to a mass exodus. A Florida mother has called for a 'mass exodus' from the increasingly liberal public school system, saying it is parents' only choice to avoid their kids being indoctrinated with CRT .. From Fox News: "I . King said she first became worried about CRT when her kids told her years ago about some of what they were being told in school. The comments below have not been moderated. It has to be us all doing ittogether, so maybe after we can all get togetherand figure out how we do it all at one timeso it really sends the message. Greg Abbott's efforts to prevent school districts from imposing mask requirements. The U.S. Census Bureau reported: This is that moment. Instead, what America and the church need is a massiveand permanentexodus into the safe sanctuary of homeschooling and high-quality private schools. NjU5ODUxNmZhZDEyZjQ3ODkyMDQzZGM3N2JiY2I1OWJiZGRlYWVjNjQxMWFj YjI1YThkOTYwZTdhNzliOGRlZGQ4ZGFiNjA1OGVjNDI1Y2M3MGU1OGEzNThm They are our children. King continued, saying the teacher went on: ' "As an African American child, Asian child how do you feel about this, etc." The drop defies a significant infusion of money and manpower to keep students in classrooms, including mass coronavirus testing and outreach for chronically absent students. Florida mom Quisha King called for a "mass exodus" from the public school system, arguing that school officials left parents with no other choice for fighting left-wing ideas. Cato Institute Heres Why Thats A Bad Idea, The (Further) Case for the Free Market in Education. The main triggers were Covid-19 shutdowns and masking policies. 'Fox & Friends' hosts discuss the impact of 'wokeness' in school. Critical Race Theory, one of the tenets, isthat America is intrinsically racist, there'snothing you can do to fix it. Frederick M. Hess is the director of the Education Policy Studies program at the American Enterprise Institute. education Utah, which banned school districts from requiring masks heading into the most recent academic year, saw a small enrollment boost. an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, education policy fellow at State Policy Network, and a regular, How a Former Football Star Is Trying to Break the School-To-Prison Pipeline, Microschools Are Proving to Be a Winning Option in Las Vegas, More School Districts Ban ChatGPT. As of September 2021, there are 18,907 students attending St. Louis Public Schools. Attorney General Merrick Garland's memo on the issue raised concerns as it appeared to be in response to a National School Boards Association (NSBA) letter suggesting that officials were encountering a form of "domestic terrorism.". Standing up to these peopledoesn't matter. In Michigan, enrollment remains more than 50,000 below. The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) has released an alarming report based on their national survey of secondary school principals, the results of which indicate a looming exodus of principals from preK-12 schools. This story has been shared 106,409 times. In short, an exodus from the government schools, led by pastors and churches, could help save the children, the churches, the culture, and the country all in one, Moore argued. Everyone is struggling.". in helping physicians leave managed care practices to launch their own direct primary care practices. ", Walrod said the past two years have been the hardest he has worked in his 13 years as a teacher. Enrollment in the Chicago schools has dropped by about 25,000 in that time frame. She said critical race theory is 'untrue' and teaches that America is 'intrinsically racist' beyond repair, when she says it is not. 'You cannot have a country that hasbeen moving toward racial reconciliation, reallyfrom the beginnings, and say that America is intrinsically racist - those two things just don't go together.'. dropped out While it was understandable that parents might seek different learning settings for their children amidst 2020 school closures, new data suggests the exodus from district schools isnt letting up. Sign up now to get the Washington Examiners breaking news and timely commentary delivered right to your inbox. He said he works about 60 hours a week, but still struggles to support his wife and two children. Because around 50 million children were enrolled in public schools pre-pandemic, this finding implies that about 3.5 million students may leave the system. Given the unprecedented nature of this shift, public officials would do well to take this phenomenon very, very seriously. Thanks for contacting us. . She was referring to the recent memo by Attorney General Merrick Garland that the FBI must now investigate reports of parents 'threatening' teachers they disagree with. in June to close a handful of public schools and merge others in the Oakland Unified School District due to low enrollment numbers. And despite partisan differences in responses to Covid, the parents of children in states both blue and red report less anxiety about their children's academic and social progress than was the case two years earlier. ZTdkMGNkNmI0NTM1NDEyZDlkMjU0NDQzMzVlNTMzYWExNTViMTZiMmEyYTUz We love our school, Lisa Rogers, 38, a district mother of two, said. ", She added that "it has to be us doing it together" in order to "really send the message that you do not have the right to indoctrinate our children. YWJlMDU2NDdkOWRiN2FiZjMiLCJzaWduYXR1cmUiOiI4YzY0MDU5NmVhZDA5 She's been offered several teaching positions since she left that job, she said, but decided to leave the profession. questions 'The only thing left to do is to just peace out. We also seek to REFORM the school boards and elect officials who understand that they work for parents. Florida mom Quisha King called for a "mass exodus" from the public school system, arguing that school systems left parents with no other choice for fighting left-wing ideas. School Leader Crisis: Overwhelmed by Mounting Mental Health Issues and Public Distrust, a 'Mass Exodus' of Principals Could be Coming Former middle school principal Nadia Lopez at her desk in Brooklyn. The analysis by The New York Times in conjunction with Stanford University shows that in those 33 states, 10,000 local public schools lost at least 20 percent of their kindergartners. Catholic schools, like other private schools, were more likely to remain open while district schools were closed and have experienced their. NzRmOWFjYmVkOWM3ZmY2ZWU0MzhmZDk4NmVjZWQwZjgyNGRhNGE1OWFiY2Y4 The pandemic has supercharged the decline in the nations public school system in ways that experts say will not easily be reversed. packed up MWRjYzE3YzNhNTRjY2MzNmFmM2JkMzI2ZDQzNjA4ZjEzNTQ3ZWUzOGFkZDY3 More than 80,000 students According to Miller, more than 300 teachers are expected to leave Omaha Public Schools this year, compared to 200 teachers in a typical year. 'Everything about it is anti-biblical, anti-Americanand it's just a flat-out lie. Josh, a family physician in Wichita, created a similar platform for doctors several years ago thats been hugely. Some districts are already bracing for budget shortfalls. She praised the COVID-19 mitigation strategies employed by Detroit Public Schools, but said the stress of teaching in-person took a toll. The discipline issues, the lack of support from administrators and parents, the micro-managing of their teaching style -- these instructors have had it. US firms waiting in the wings read to pump 'billions Parents' fury as schools STILL won't tell them if they are closed tomorrow as teacher strikes continue. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. But she has recently moved to a different school district, Harper Woods, to teach English as a second language to a small number of students. Although the trend may have started before the COVID-19 pandemic, the exodus from public school . These people are serious. Truth about Covid care home testing row: Timeline lays bare what was said, by who and when. MmYyMTAwODJlMWJhN2VkOWY0ZjJhM2Y3ZjNhNDc0YWY2NDJiOTFmN2ZiOTlk Rishi Sunak is urgently reviewing his private exchanges with Matt Hancock after bombshell leak of ex-Health 'Drinks cold in fridge at DH!' nearly 43,000 students from its noncharter schools since the 2019-2020 school year that means nearly 1 in 10 students Id mention a name and hed say, Oh, theyre not there anymore., With Plunging Enrollment, a Seismic Hit to Public Schools, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/us/public-schools-falling-enrollment.html. But the coronavirus crisis supercharged that drop in ways that experts say will not easily be reversed. People she knows who have left the profession for corporate jobs have no regrets, she said. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) , there were approximately 10.6 million educators working in public education in January 2020; today there are just 10.0 million, a net loss of around 600,000. That city saw a 5 percent, West Coast cities are facing similar enrollment challenges. Some of these teachers are leaving education, , but others are searching for, or creating, learning environments that are freer, more flexible, more imaginative, and more responsive to family needs and preferences. Jimenez is far from the only teacher to make that decision during the COVID-19 pandemic. 'They are our children. NjI0MGI2YzNlYjkzODY5Mzg4MTY5ODNlMjQ3MDhiY2FmNGI4MjJmZTQyNzA1 So too did South Dakota and North Dakota, both of which ended COVID-19 requirements earlier than many states. First their Wi-Fi was spotty. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, public school enrollment fell below six million, enrollment had been declining overall in California, postponed the addition of Covid-19 inoculations, contemplating the shutdown or merger of nearly a dozen schools. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. WARNING SOME CONTENT IS NOT SUTABLE FOR CHILDREN. Homeschooling rates doubled in that year alone and remain high today. "When you went to talk to a boss about it, they would pretend like everyone else was doing fine and the pandemic showed, like, wait a minute, everyone hates it here. This is on top of survey results analyzed last year by the RAND Corporation finding that nearly one-quarter of teachers expected to leave their jobs by the end of the 2020/2021 academic year. Teachers aren't the only professionals quitting their jobs in drovespart of a so-called "Great Resignation"for roles with higher pay and less stress, but it has raised concerns that a mass exodus could worsen existing staff shortages in schools and cripple the education system in the U.S. A recent survey by the National Education Association, a union representing almost 3 million educators, revealed 55 percent of educators are considering leaving their profession sooner than they planned. ', 'I was talking to my Moms for Liberty group this morningand with this FBI thing, it just made me realize, what else are we supposed to do? of Jill Perez, a longtime teacher who has created a flourishing microschool community in New Jersey. YzQ2MmQxZTkyMzkyYTY0MzRlZWFhNDgwZWRhNGM1OTZhNjU4ZjIxZDg1Yzlk You are willing to die to uplift white supremacy." ", Walrod also pointed to the "reality of life in COVID-19 schools, where asking that CDC guidelines be followed results in further attacks on teachers and schools. ZjA5ZmUyODEyNTMyNmIzNDZiNDFiZWZhMjkyMmY5Y2MwMDYzMzEzMDdmMmVm Education experts worried critical race theory fight may spill over to textbooks. "I went from 25 kids in one classroom to 50," she said. She quit that job last summer and now works as a bartender. Florida mom calls for 'mass exodus' from public schools, Fighting Indoctrination on a National Scale. Almost Every Teacher at This School Is Leaving. OWZlZGMyMzI0OGNjNzBiNGU4Njc2M2M4ZTZmOWQzN2I2Njk5ODg1NzRhZDhi King received a standing ovation from the crowd at the summit Thursday night in Leesburg, Virginia, during The Battle for Americas Classrooms: Fighting Indoctrination on a National Scale panel. But it just got too hard.. State enrollment figures show no sign of a rebound to the previous national levels any time soon. ", Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. Becky Pringle, the union's president, described it as "a five-alarm crisis. You are willing to die to uplift white supremacy. A teacher at an elementary school in Richmond, Virginia, said he is planning to leave teaching forever. -----END REPORT-----. It's hard, it's going to betough but two things I believe we would put our liveson the line for; our faith and our children. When teachers leave and job openings are left unfulfilled, those who remain are often forced to take on additional duties, said David Walrod, a special education teacher with the Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia and the president-elect of the Fairfax County Federation of Teachers. ZWJkMDc5ZGIzZTM2YzI0ZThhODRiZmM5OTA5ZWEzMDU1MTYzNzljYWJlNmE2 In some California cities, the situation is already urgent. N2RkZWMxYWM4YjA0MDkzNDM3ZTQ2MDhjNzdiYTIzZDVhYzY3OTFiMTg2NDZm It's just not true,' King said. from The74, an education news nonprofit organization, found in June that as many as 1.5 million students had fled public schools since 2020. This is the time. Quisha King made the remarks on Thursday night at thePray Vote Stand Summit, an event by the Family Research Council in Leesburg, Virginia. Current and former teachers said they have long been overworked and underpaid but the pandemic exacerbated those issues. In affluent Laguna Beach, Dr. Ann Vu became so fed up with the public school districts plan for reopening classrooms that, this year, she moved two of her four children to private schools. Earlier this summer, the National Center for Education Statistics published K-12 enrollment data for the 2020-21 school year, which showed a drop of 3 percent compared with 2019-20. "This year was a different beast," she said. "These staffing shortages lead to further staffing shortages as more people reach their breaking point. She previously worked as a regional coordinator for the Republican National Committee (RNC) and describes herself as a communications and marketing expert. All rights reserved. Thats surely not just the pandemic: The DOE-engineered revamping of middle school admissions in the district, tossing out the screens that allowed some schools to be more challenging, has forced many families to rethink the public schools entirely, as did the scrapping of Gifted & Talented programs. If you believe Wordfence should be allowing you access to this site, please let them know using the steps below so they can investigate why this is happening. But a new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools makes clear that there was not a uniform flight from public schools last year enrollment in public charter schools actuallysurged by 7 percent, or almost a quarter-million students, during 2020-21. An If they had the means, parents made decisions, Carvalho said. ', King is a mother of three and an anti-CRT advocate who lives in Jacksonville, Florida, 'You do not have the right to indoctrinate our children,' King said. Oaklands school system is contemplating the shutdown or merger of nearly a dozen schools over the next two years, an exercise that has unleashed protests, vandalism, a one-day teacher strike and a recent school board resignation. If the next mayor doesnt act fast to reverse de Blasios disastrous policies, every family that can will be rushing for the exits. ODk2ZTlmYjI4OTllZmZmOWJlNTgwZTcxMmNiZTIxMTViMTEzZDRmOWEyMTVl A Florida mom called for a "mass exodus" from the public school system as the "only thing" left to do to fight indoctrination in public schools during a Family Research Council event Thursday. America's Teacher Exodus Leaves Education System in Crisis. All of this raises questions about the $200 billion or so that has been showered upon schools via federal COVID-19 aid bills, especially when most of these dollarswont be spent until 2022 or later. -----BEGIN REPORT----- Biden's intelligence agencies bow to Beijing and claim the JK Rowling showing outstanding moral courage as she stands up to vile woke mob, Thieves are swiping left and right to steal all around NYC, Black Democrat DA tells the truth on crime, but progressives won't listen, 11-year-old reads aloud from 'pornographic' book he checked out from library at school board meeting, Influencer refuses to switch business class seats so family can sit together, Hoda Kotb's lengthy 'Today' show absence finally explained, King Charles evicting Harry, Meghan from Frogmore Cottage, giving to Andrew. South Dakota and North Dakota, both of which ended COVID-19 requirements earlier than planned told me, ca... 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