Now We Know - It's A No

The word from the Department of Education is that eight schools out of 37 applicants have been approved for funding for the Extended Day Initiative - and North Adams is not among the eight. There's only $4.5 million in additional funding this time around. Our submitted plan alone for three elementary schools and Conte Middle School would require $1.5 million in funding.

This is what we feared and what we warned about the first time around. Now, we wait until next year. But our time may have passed. We will probably see the Extended Day in North Adams someday - but it may not be until it's mandated and underfunded.