Our state has officially kicked off the Race to the Top campaign with a website and a packet sent to each district in the state. The packet contains a letter of introduction from Governor Gregoire, Superintendent Dorn, and Jeff Vincent from the State Board with a request to consider officially joining the initiative. Joining requires us to agree to the district commitments shared in the packet. It also provides for an opportunity to compete for funding if the grant is successful and projects about $623,000 for our district over four years.
I read through the information and have questions about how some of the points on the Roadmap for Achieving Goals will be implemented that will probably be answered when the grant is shared. From round 1, it is obvious that a successful grant must have the majority of locals such as us sign off on the grant. This means me, Didem our Board President, and Scott, TEA president. So, our next step is to meet with TEA to determine the level of support that we can give to this request.
What would you like to tell us as we consider this opportunity?
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