Strategic planning constrained in Aurora “due to funding”
The Aurora Public School Distict just voted to create its vision for next five years — called “Vista 2015″ — including the ambitious goal of 80% student proficiency. Also included in their vision was the goal to expand access to quality preschool programming.
The Aurora Sentinel reported on the Plan, explaining:
The final draft includes amendments from the original Vista 2015 draft introduced last year, changes that reflect the district’s looming budget shortfalls and financial challenges. Specifically, the new draft eliminates an item related to the construction of new preschool classroom space. In the original draft, a set of achievement goals called for an “increase in the number of quality preschool classrooms by 10 percent annually for the next 10 years.”In the new version, the item had been eliminated “due to funding.”
Extensive research shows that early childhood education is the key to ensuring that kids are proficient in skills by third grade and won’t be left behind, but Colorado’s poor investment in P-12 means that this most fundamental building block to academic success will have wait (even though the 3, 4 & 5 year olds of Aurora, can’t).
Great Ed and the Great Futures coalition are working to ensure that strategic plans in Aurora and all over the state can look at what our kids need for success, and that Colorado will have the resources to make sure it’s a reality. Stay informed with news updates and easy ways to take action.
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