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More on Cosby Kids

The e-mail below followed last week's column on the fate of A&T's Cosby Kids program.

From this professor's standpoint, maybe all isn't lost after all.

Dear Mr. Johnson,
I am writing to give you an update on the Cosby Kids project. Like many others in the NCAT community, I was very disappointed to learn of Chancellor Battle's sudden resignation.

Many, many hours of planning had gone into the project, so the unexpected halt to what the committee had put together was a great disappointment.

One of my colleagues, Jerono Rotich, and I have, however, continued to think about and work on the project. We submitted a substantial grant proposal to AmeriCorps (March 2009) that would, if funded, help get this much-needed program off the ground. In addition, we have submitted the proposal (including budget, programming, organization, etc.) to Mayor Yvonne Johnson in hopes that stimulus money might be available. This is an important endeavor that deserves funding.
It uses a holistic approach to ensure that at-risk students have support from all angles.

We will hope for the best!

Sincerely,
Teresa K. Dail, Ph.D
School of Education
NCAT

Dr. Dail: I hope this worthwhile program finds a second life. Thanks for your and your colleagues' efforts and your refusal to give up..