<div dir="ltr">Good Afternoon,<div><br></div><div>MSAD 52 is in Cohort 2 and we have been tracking our staff hours associated with the Special Ed Pre-K program so we know what we should be budgeting for future years. We also allocated a % of staff salaries who are presently working with the students to the fund.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps.</div><div><br></div><div>Gabby</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 12:19 PM Kathi Kilcollins <<a href="mailto:kkilcollins@msad20.org">kkilcollins@msad20.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Good afternoon,</div><div><br></div><div>I am curious what other districts are doing in regards to ESCE funding and the school budget. </div><div><br></div><div>We will not be hiring additional staff for the few 3 and 4 year olds that we will be getting under Cohort 3, but will be reimbursed for the time staff spend with those students.</div><div><br></div><div>I am wondering if we should take a percentage of the staff that will be responsible for these children out of the budget, since we will be reimbursed for a percentage of their salary? </div><div><br></div><div>Is this what other districts are doing, treating this like other grants such as title 1 and creating a budget under the new fund code? </div><div><br></div><div>Any information would be greatly appreciated. <br><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b><font face="georgia, serif" color="#76a5af">Thank you + Have a Great Day,</font></b></div><div><b><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif"><font size="4" color="#c27ba0">Kathi L. Kilcollins</font></font></b></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif"><b><font color="#c27ba0">Business Manager, MSAD #20</font></b></span></div></div><div><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" color="#c27ba0"><b>28 High School Drive</b></font></div><div><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" color="#c27ba0"><b>Fort Fairfield, ME 04742</b></font></div><div><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" color="#c27ba0"><b>(207) 473-4455</b></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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