{"id":40802259674,"date":"2021-11-05T09:59:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T13:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802259674"},"modified":"2021-11-11T09:36:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:36:52","slug":"presidential-visit-for-katiane-f-drummond-18m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/presidential-visit-for-katiane-f-drummond-18m\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Visit for Katiane F. Drummond &#8217;18M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katiane Drummond &#8217;18M, a dual language teacher at East End Elementary School in North Plainfield, N.J., met President Joe Biden during his visit to pre-K classrooms on Oct. 25.\u00a0 &#8220;\u201cI know that you have a kind heart and you&#8217;re here fighting for humanity, and people like me, and people like our kids who need the foundational means to grow,&#8221; Drummond told Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press reported that Biden was visiting the school to highlight his Build Back Better Agenda, which aims to make universal preschool a reality for all American families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA significant number of these kids, because of you, are going to be going to college,\u201d Biden told educators during the visit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/joe-biden-visits-nj-preschool-classes-as-he-lobbies-to-expand-them-with-spending-plan.html\">according to press coverage in NJ.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Drummond appears at the 21 second mark in a video released by The White House.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video: President Biden visits a Preschool to Discuss Building Back Better\" loading=\"lazy\"  style='width: 500px; 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