Wife of VA chief to discuss matters affecting military kids with SC leaders

Posted: 02.02.2012 at 10:04 AM

Barbara Livingston, the wife of South Carolina's Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston, is meeting with about 100 community leaders from across South Carolina to discuss education and other matters affecting military children. / FILE

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The wife of the head of the Veterans Affairs Administration is meeting with about 100 community leaders from across South Carolina to discuss education and other matters affecting military children.

Patty Shinseki was being hosted Thursday at the session in Columbia by Barbara Livingston, the wife of South Carolina's Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston.

Shinseki is on the board of the national nonprofit Military Child Education Coalition, which works to ensure all military-connected children have quality educational opportunities.

The coalition says military children generally move from six to nine times during their kindergarten through high school years and may need special support from families and educators to deal with transitions and the deployments of family members.