In a not-very-breaking story (far less shocking than the Al-Tipper split!), AP tells us that Maine applies for Race to Top school funds.
They link to the MDOE’s Race to the Top website. There you’ll find the application ( 211 pages) and its appendix (386 pages).
Of particular interest are application pages 34 to 37 (numbered 33- 36 in the document), where the “Participating LEAs” are listed. You be sure to check and see if your particular educational services delivery unit is listed!
As you read these 597 pages I know there are some you’ll find boring, but there will be others that you really enjoy. I especially like application page 13 (page 12 in the document), reproduced in part below, where the Governor, the Acting Commissioner, and the Chair of the State Board of Education avow that each has “read the application, [is] fully committed to it, and will support its implementation…”
It gives me a good warm feeling to know that they’ve read the whole thing. Must have kept them off the streets and out of trouble for quite a while — kind of like an after-school program for our public servants.) Be sure to ask about it next time you see them!
P.S. If you had an appendix that large wouldn’t you do something about it?
P.P.S. Does not the sheer size of this monster portend the monstrous, indeed “ginormous“, bureaucracy it will create?
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