Heard In the Forum: Operational Cost of Blending Funding Streams

The first panel discussion at our “Before Birth and Up Through Third Grade” forum was on leveraging public funding, a timely topic for the budget crunches most states, school districts, and individual programs are facing.

The conversation that started during that panel is continuing over in our online discussion space at earlyedforum.newamerica.net.

Pamela Harris, president and CEO of Mile High Montessori shares challenges and opportunities of blending state and federal funding streams. She says, “To manage the funding sources, decrease duplication of documents and ease the burden on families, Mile High Montessori has a centralized enrollment process, which is facilitated by two enrollment coordinators.”

Another forum member, grogie, writes about the importance of using the blending and braiding of funds as “an opportunity to create more integrated and inclusive classrooms.”

Log on to the online forum to join this discussion or to start another.

The online forum is organized around topics like funding, teacher quality, family engagement, and more. Early Ed Watch hopes it can become a useful resource and gathering spot for interested parties at the local, state and federal level. We invite you to join the discussion. You can do so by creating a login at http://earlyedforum.newamerica.net/forum.

Hope to see you online!