When students couldn't answer that question, we knew it was time to take action.

Dr. Lawrence? I think for me, being a Dayton native and a Dayton Public Schools graduate, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, high school graduate, I remember Patterson Cooperative, John H.

Patterson.

And that was one of the best schools in the nation.

There were educators who would travel from all over the world to come to Patterson.

And at the time, students went to school for two weeks, and then they had a trade or a pathway program.

or in the workforce, anywhere from downtown to the base to any of our major corporations.

We need to make sure that they have that, not just a warm handoff, but they really have the support to be able to get to and through to that degree.