In Fall River alone, Haddad said, 1,700 children are looking for a spot in early childhood education. “It requires money,” she said, and the project is still underway.
Analyzing inequalities in access to affordable preschool education and beyond, Haddad discovered inequities in a school funding formula that had not been calibrated “since 1993,” Haddad said. “It was 2005. Something had to be done. And I was all about the process.
