Jonathan Moody runs a rural school district in and around Skowhegan, Maine, about 90 miles north of Portland. His office is in an old, converted farmhouse; the conference room was once a chicken coop.
“I drive 30 minutes to work and I have no stoplight,” Moody says with a chuckle.
Moody grew up going to rural schools nearby, and now he’s dedicated his career to leading them. But the rurality of his district, MSAD 54, coupled with high poverty, has made school funding “a tremendous challenge,” Moody says.
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