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About the Greene Education Foundation
The goal of the Greene Education
Foundation is to provide some of the additional
resources needed to facilitate
and supplement quality educational programs for all our
students. The foundation will also support enrichment activities
and scholarships that enhance the educational experiences
of students from all levels of academic ability. In addition,
the foundation will assist the county’s school personnel
in remaining current in educational practices and research,
through instructional resource grants and professional development
grants.
By establishing the Greene Education Foundation,
we hope to encourage community investment in our public
schools. We envision this foundation as a partnership between
the community, businesses, school personnel, and parents,
to mutually support the best learning environment and opportunities
possible for our county’s children, now and in the future.
Through this foundation we will attempt to meet the challenges
our county school district faces with its growing enrollment
and limited funding.
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What are public school foundations?
Education
foundations are “privately operated, nonprofit organizations
established to assist public schools” and who qualify as
charitable organizations, “different from school districts,
public institutions or local governments” (Clay, Hughes,
Seely & Thayer, 1985). A public school foundation “is designed
to augment, supplement, or complement programs and activities
currently being provided by the district” (McCormick, Baver
& Ferguson, 2001).
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