Montessori Gets a Seat at the State Legislature Table This Month!
Just in time for critical decisions on massive new funding for early childhood Pre-K education.
Calling ALL practitioners, administrators, board members, parents, students, alumni and advocates! DON'T MISS this KEY TURNING POINT for MONTESSORI in MN!
Join the Minnesota Montessori Network (MNMN) on April 13 at Lake Country School to meet the new Montessori Lobbyist and the passionate advocate who secured his talent to improve access to Montessori education for the children of Minnesota. MNMN strives to connect Montessorians and Minnesotans, including engaging the community in the most relevant opportunities effecting Montessori education in MN. We are very excited to introduce and share our support for a professional lobbyist for Montessori at the MN State Capitol! Do you wonder what a lobbyist can do for Montessori in MN? Are you curious or concerned about the enormous new funding for pre-k hotly debated in this legislative session? Do you have a long-standing challenge serving students with Montessori that could be addressed by effective legislation or public funding? What if law makers in MN understood Montessori and what’s needed for it to flourish in MN? Explore Montessori’s new ‘seat at the table’ in the MN State Legislative session April 13 at Lake Country school!
Please join us April 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for:
- Review of MNMN mid-year successes to date and the details on exciting events coming in the next six months
- Introduction and MNMN support for key partnership with new Montessori lobbyist
- Education about role of a lobbyist and the process of influencing for Montessori at the MN State Capitol
- Key updates and lobbying approach regarding early education/Pre-K funding in this legislative session
- Understanding of the future of influencing for Montessori in the MN State Legislature
- Details regarding the Network’s and your very critical role supporting the lobbying activities
Tours of Lake Country School, the first Montessori school in MN to serve students in upper elementary and middle school, are offered thirty minutes before and after the meeting.
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