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"The MoD supports the sacrifices Service personnel, and their families make, and from DSA-NW assists with the costs of independent day schooling given in English."

But it still took a legal challenge, and many months, for the family to secure schooling and other assistance in France.

"The conflict in Gaza has had an appalling impact on education, with many children entirely unable to access schooling," foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said.

Yolie Flores, Families in Schools CEO and president, said she expected the focus groups would reveal that parents didn’t understand the importance of schooling in the early years to their children’s academic success.

The quick time frames partly reflect the cost of an education at these institutions: It was less than $1,500 on average for two years of schooling at Moorpark and Cerritos.