Connie Mack: “I went to the Marcus Garvey School and met the administrator, the principal, the owner of the school--all one person…”

“I went to the Marcus Garvey School and met the administrator, the principal, the owner of the school--all one person, Anyim Palmer, who was in a room probably no bigger than 10 by 10, filled with furniture that was probably 35 or 40 years old. The phone was on a stack of papers. There was no secretary. When the phone rang, he answered it. The point I am making is there were not a lot of amenities. This is basic stuff. This is a building with rooms in it, an administrator, teachers, and students. He said: I want to take you down and show you what some of our students are doing. Unfortunately, the school is not filled today because of the time of the year it is. Priscilla and I went down to a room where there were three different groups of children being taught in the same room. The first group of students we saw were 2-year-old children. Again, I emphasize 2-year-olds, not second graders; 2-year-old children. There were eight of them sitting at a little table.”