Unwanted Savior

Last year, Seattle businessman Stuart Sloan launched an ambitious 8-year plan to transform T.T. Minor Elementary School. Sloan donated $1 million, more than doubling the school's taxpayer-financed budget. Sloan's extra money paid for a 12-month school year and a school day that runs from 7...

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Published in:Forbes 2000-02, Vol.165 (4), p.086
Main Author: Mastony, Colleen
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Bureaucracy
Community
Donations
Education
Elementary schools
Families & family life
Parents & parenting
Private schools
Public schools
School boards
School districts
School superintendents
Sloan, Stuart
Students
Teachers
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Summary:Last year, Seattle businessman Stuart Sloan launched an ambitious 8-year plan to transform T.T. Minor Elementary School. Sloan donated $1 million, more than doubling the school's taxpayer-financed budget. Sloan's extra money paid for a 12-month school year and a school day that runs from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., as well as other services and enhancements. It is little wonder that few other individuals have tried to implement such an idea. Sloan spent 6 long years battling the school district bureaucracy and community distrust.
ISSN:0015-6914
2609-1445