It's Not All About The Money

It feels like a lot of what I do surrounds money, but there are other things going on at Reach, Inc.  We have a number of exciting meetings coming up in the next two weeks.  While I've mentioned some previously, it's proven difficult to actually get my foot in the door as the school year begins.  Next week, I'll have the opportunity to have lunch with Megan Aghazadian of the DC Public Education Fund.  I imagine Megan has extensive knowledge of the DC funding scene, so it will be interesting to pick her brain about the current climate.

In addition to this meeting about funding, we also have some meetings about programmatic aspects of Reach's work.  During the week of September 21st, I have three exciting meetings.  First, I will be meeting with Lisa Lazarus of DCPS.  She focus on creating partnerships with outside providers, so she is an important gatekeeper for our future partnerships with DC Schools.  I have also finally scheduled a meeting with Anne Hedman, COO of Hyde Leadership Public Charter School.  This conversation, which we hope may be the beginning of a pilot program partnership, is huge for Reach.  We hope it goes well.  Finally, I will be meeting with Professor Peter Edelman of Georgetown University Law School.  Professor Edelman has done a lot of policy work around issues of education and poverty.  It's my hope that his different perspective will help us to improve Reach's model further.

While money is always on my mind, I hope you also see that we're making strides in other areas as well.  I'll look forward to telling you about these meetings.

Thanks, as always, for reading.

Mark

Founder and President - Reach, Inc.