Do Fellows continue to receive support from Building Excellent Schools once the Fellowship has ended?
Absolutely. Building Excellent Schools provides support during the design, pre-operation and start-up phases of Fellows’ schools. This often manifests itself in a network of school assistance providers that offer a variety of short or long term services – e.g., business, management, and information system support; human resource evaluation and development; human service referral and coordination; real estate acquisition for expansion through a public real estate trust; etc. See Follow-On Services. An aspiring school founder’s participation in the Fellowship is just the beginning of a relationship that will last well into the proposed school’s operational years. Building Excellent Schools provides Fellows with ongoing access to resources, support and tactical assistance in a wide variety of areas through Follow-On Services. The support post-Fellowship focuses on implementation rather than theory, answering real-life concerns and needs related to strategic planning, fund development, boa
