The secretary of transportation will have a high-powered lunch tomorrow with some of his shortest, if not most vocal, constituents: elementary school children.
Secretary Ray LaHood will read The Little Engine That Could to 30 reading pairs at Amidon Educational Campus in Southwest, as part of Everyone Wins! DC’s “Power Lunch” series, which connects influential adults with underserved children. What better common ground than a lunch break?
LaHood, a former junior high school teacher, is a founding member of Everyone Wins! DC, the largest children’s literacy organization in the metro area.
This year, nearly 4,000 students in 31 Title 1 public elementary schools will “lunch” with professionals through the group, which partners with 115 congressional offices, committee, and subcommittees, as well as 110 companies including 20 federal agencies.
