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Board accepts $50,000 Blue Cross grant to expand EL preschool supports
Summary
Snake River trustees accepted a $50,000 Blue Cross Early Education grant to purchase a preschool curriculum (Frog Street), add a paraprofessional for EL preschool, and enroll tuition-paying peer mentors with a goal of 24 peer mentor slots.
The board accepted a $50,000 Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation Early Education and Schools grant to support the district’s English learner (EL) preschool. The grant will fund a preschool curriculum called "Frog Street," pay for an additional EL preschool paraprofessional, and allow the district to enroll up to 24 peer-mentor preschoolers (goal: six in each of four classes) whose families would pay $30 per month tuition.
Board minutes name Dr. David Sotutu as instrumental in carrying out the grant and record board approval to allocate 3% ($1,500) of the award from the general fund as compensation to him for administrative and coordination duties. The motion passed unanimously.
