D.C. Council Chairman and mayoral candidate Vincent Gray’s campaign promise of “birth-to-24” public education is already under way and succeeding, according to school officials aligned with Gray’s opponent, Mayor Adrian Fenty.

In Gray’s education plan, released earlier this month, he emphasized the need for a “holistic” approach to education, implying that Fenty has failed to provide enough services for the city’s infants and toddlers, as well as recent high school graduates.