Montessori Borealis receives nearly $120,000 grant for additional staffing

The Juneau School District Board of Education unanimously accepted nearly $120,000 in grant funding for one of its alternative schools Wednesday. The money will help fund several positions at Montessori Borealis, including a paraeducator and positions to support elementary literacy and middle school programs.

SouthEast Alaska Friends of Montessori, or SEAFOM, is a Juneau nonprofit that regularly funds additional staffing and training needs for Montessori Borealis, the district’s public Montessori school.

Montessori schools have a different structure than traditional schools and are usually private schools. Cecil McNutt is the president of the nonprofit. He says it takes more work to make sure the program can still run under the school district’s requirements for public schools.

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