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QUESTIONS
Why does the Mequon-Thiensville School District
need an Education Foundation?
How has the Foundation made a difference?
Who decides what projects are funded?
What is the Fund Development effort?
How
can you support the Foundation?
Q:
Why does the Mequon-Thiensville School District
need an Education Foundation?
A: The Mequon-Thiensville
Education Foundation’s role is to develop community-wide private
financial support for the Mequon-Thiensville school district.
Through grants, it supports continued excellence in education
and enhances the reputation of the MTSD as one of the finest in
the state. Public schools are under tremendous fiscal
constraints today. In a time of revenue caps and declining
enrollment, the Education Foundation plays an even more
important role by funding projects that the district would not
otherwise have the financial resources to undertake.
Q:
How has the Foundation made a difference?
A: The Foundation reached an exciting
milestone in the 2007/2008 school year, surpassing the $1,500,000 mark in
grants presented to the Mequon-Thiensville Public Schools.
Grants have been awarded in the following categories:
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Updating and supporting the
district’s technology needs
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Resources to maintain and
sustain core curriculum
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Staff and Leadership
professional development
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Funds for positions in the
district that positively impact classrooms with larger class
sizes
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Teacher recognition awards
We are collaborating with
the school district personnel and other school support groups to
identify ways to maintain programs and projects "at risk" with
the current budget concerns. Although private dollars are
not intended to replace public funding, they can supplement
taxpayer dollars to sustain the 'difference making' programs
that make us a blue ribbon school district. Ultimately
every child at every level in the Mequon-Thiensville School
District benefits from these grants.
Q:
Who decides what projects are funded?
A: A Grants Advisory Committee (GAC)
comprised of representatives from the M-T
School District and the Education Foundation was formed as part
of the collaborative effort to maintain and sustain “at risk”
programs/projects in the school district. The mission of this
committee is to identify, prioritize and communicate the needs
of the district in order to advise district and funding
leadership on the use of private money based on the immediate
and long-range goals of the district.
Q:
What is the Fund Development effort?
A: Mequon-Thiensville
Education Foundation continues to act as a catalyst to bring
together all of the co-curricular groups involved in raising
money to benefit the school district and to explore the most
efficient methods for raising and allocating private dollars.
Given the current funding pressure within MTSD, we must work
together to minimize donor and volunteer fatigue and to maximize
the positive impact of private dollars.
Q:
How
can you support the Foundation?
A: There are many ways to support the
Foundation and enhance excellence in education in our public
school system.
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Gifts to the Annual Campaign, the Technology Fund
Project or other designated projects
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Attendance at fundraising events
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Donation of a major gift
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Donations in honor or memory of an individual
and/or contributions designated in a will or trust
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Become a volunteer and help the Foundation
support our school district
NOTE: Contributions are tax deductible to the
extent permitted by law.
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