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District relies on multiple staff for grant applications; no single, dedicated grant-writer for schools
Summary
Committee members asked who writes grants; staff said grant-writing duties are shared among central-office staff (curriculum, business, adult ed coordinators) and the district does not employ a dedicated board-level grant writer.
Committee members asked who is responsible for preparing the district’s many grants. Central-office staff said there is no single dedicated school-district grant writer; instead, grant-writing and application work is performed by several central-office staff and program leads depending on the grant.
Mrs. Latour and others told the committee that curriculum staff, adult-education staff, business-office staff and program coordinators each prepare grants for their program areas. Committee members noted the town has a part-time grant writer but that person does not routinely or automatically do district grant work because many education grants require district-specific student- and program-level data that the town grant staff do not have access to. Staff said the district would welcome any town support for cross-cutting grant opportunities but that most grants require school-district knowledge and operational access.
Ending: Staff said current grant activity will continue to be handled by central-office staff and building program leads; practitioners suggested that adding a district grant writer would help coordinate opportunities but would be a budgeted position requiring discussion.
