SCHOOL FUNDING--Gov. Bob Taft interacts with kindergarten students at Ecole Kenwood Alternative Elementary School, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Jan. 26, 2001. Taft was at the french immersion school to promote all day kindergarten as part of his school-funding plan. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

A GIRAFFE AND A HALF--Gov. Bob Taft reads the Shel Silverstein book A Giraffe And A Half to kindergarten students at Ecole Kenwood Alternative Elementary School, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Jan. 26, 2001. Taft was at the french immersion school to promote all day kindergarten as part of his school-funding plan. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)