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Board discusses structure and funding of Model UN programs; district identifies three separate activities
Summary
Administrators described three Model UN offerings—district curriculum, a Harvard-model-style club and a regional (North Country) Model UN—then discussed funding sources, a small district line item and fundraising. No board vote was taken.
Administrators told the board on March 11 that Beekmantown Central School District supports three distinct Model UN activities and is exploring how to fund and structure each.
Superintendent (name not specified) said the district operates a Model UN classroom component for ninth and tenth graders (with a small budget line for curricular support), a Harvard-model-style extracurricular club that raises funds and retains out-of-district fees, and a regional or "North Country" Model UN that currently operates as an extracurricular entity and whose funding and structure the administration is reviewing.
Why it matters: the district must distinguish which activities are curricular (eligible for district funding) and which are…
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