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Brantford Expositor, Dec 1 2011: I want to thank Dave Levac for highlighting "Strong Start", a private endeavour made possible by generous donors and volunteers, among them a retired principal. In these days when provincial government has too strong a hand in the education of our children, it is tremendously encouraging to see the efforts of caring individuals making up for our deficient public education system. At the end of the article, Mr. Levac draws the conclusion that this is a perfect example of the phrase "it takes a village to raise a child"; it doesn't prove that it "takes" a village, it just proves that the village can do it to some extent when a family won't. It takes a family to raise a child, not a village.