By Nancy Niles Lusk and Mary F. Sinclair, PhD, Kansas PTA State Legislative Co-Chairs
The Challenge. The best advocates for children are often under-represented in the August primary vote. Parents hustle year round to keep up with the busy demands of raising their families, and late summer is no exception with the extra chores of shopping for school supplies and clothes to get the kids ready to go back to school. Teachers return ahead of the kids to make preparations for the upcoming school year. And busy or not, many just forget to vote the first Tuesday of August.