With Witt deciding to not apply for grants this year, the question is, what impact does that have? To help understand how the district uses grant money, check out this list obtained under CORA of all the grants the district has accepted for this current school year:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZNqFUJDeQBV-OVIL15FmVeF7P-gG97C4/view?usp=share_link
As for next school year, we’re still trying to get comprehensive data. For now, we do have this email from Witt seeking confirmation that the follow grants were written, so we presume he wants these:
- Funding for enhanced after-school options for students
- Funding for enhanced tutoring support
While not saying he will reject the follow ones, it sounds like that’s the plan, as he does ask for “the exact personnel that will be affected by the decision not to write” the ones below:
- Funding for social workers in our elementary school buildings
- Funding for the family school liaisons that assist families with connecting to outside resources
- Funding for school-based therapy to assist families that are unable to access support outside of school
- Funding for enhanced truancy tracking and support
- Funding for student and staff wellness
He makes no mention of:
- Funding for enhanced career and college support for students and families
On that one though, the career start program is continuing unchanged, so I suspect that grant had already been applied for with his knowledge, hence no mention of it.