 And the best way to make certain that none of our children enter the prison pipeline is to make certain that they have a high-quality education, but not only a high-quality education, that we start them off right and early. That was Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott, Jr., who credited school officials for the district's renewed focus on early childhood education. Looking ahead to Esther Jones, the district's early childhood program director, she says the school features a number of unique aspects.