To give credit where it's due, Denisha did resemble a nun more than Dorothy, even now when the Homebody Witch had the maternal advantage of being the Moon Goddess Incarnation. Asking her to mingle with a bunch of rowdy kids each day was too much for her patience, but Miss Shepherdess wouldn't feel the same way.
The Divine King's mini-classroom was now open not only to The Witches, but Denisha also often came to the Mechanical Church to teach these children some basic literacy, instructing them in reading and writing.
These kids were the offspring of the workers in the factories, and naturally, they wouldn't have had the means to access education; most of them had to start hustling for a living at an early age.
The poorer the area, the more people tended to have children; after all, there's no denying that in those places, more people meant more Strength—it wasn't an empty phrase. Having one more person signified an additional labor force for the family.