| Districts
Recommended for Minigrant Site Visits
| Several
communities that have completed three years of planning
and implementation minigrants and have demonstrated
exemplary outcomes on behalf of young children with
disabilities and their families have been identified
as Demonstration Projects and receive additional
funding for expansion and dissemination efforts.
For a listing of nine exemplary programs click
here. |
Benefits
to Children and Families;
Schools; Child Care and Head Start
Click
here to view benefits
Communities
implementing Community Approaches to Four-Year-old Kindergarten bring their own
unique flavor to the program. Learn from communities across the state how these
unique approaches among schools, child care, Head Start, and other partners provide
quality programs to the four-year-olds in the community.
| Edgerton: | Learn
about the impact of Edgerton's 4K community approaches by reading Dr. Norm Fjelstad,
District Administrator of the Edgerton School District's; June 2006 letter to
State Representative Task Force Chair Debi Towns and the Four Year Old Kindergarten
Legislative Task Force. EDGERTON
SCHOOL DISTRICT LETTER 24k PDF | | Eau
Claire: | Eau
Claire's 4K community approaches that was highlighted by the national organization,
Preknow, for their 2008 national video conference. The video about Eau Claire's
community collaboration is posted as a stand-alone segment on YouTube at this
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EyEuwBZeYk | | Wausau: | Watch
this video clip from the School Finance Network to see how the Wausau school district
is investing in early childhood learning with the confidence it will make a difference.
http://storybridge.tv/investment |
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