Accepts a $50,000 Warriors Community Foundation grant for kindergarten and first grade literacy
The district receives $50,000 to support early reading. Half goes to five schools at $5,000 each for reading help and books for kindergarten and first grade students. The other $25,000 pays for family literacy kits for parents. The grant covers October 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020.
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- Vendor / partner
- Warriors Community Foundation · Oakland, CA
- Action
- Grant or funding in
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- Classroom & academic programs
- Term
- Oct 1, 2019 – Jun 30, 2020
- This vote
- $50,000
- Funding
- Warriors Community Foundation
- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
19-2600· agendaP.-19- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Feb 12, 2020
Official text
Approval by the Board of Education of a Grant Agreement between the District and the Warriors Community Foundation, Oakland, CA, via the County of Alameda, in the amount of $50,000.00, to support Kindergarten/First Grade (K/1) literacy development at five schools through $5,000.00 contribution to each school ($25,000.00 total) to pay for targeted reading interventions for K/1 students and/or books for students in kindergarten and first grade’; and the other half of grant - $25,000.00 - to build family literacy kits for parents to support the development of early literacy skills, with kits including leveled books, letter and sight word flashcards, activities aligned to K/1 literacy milestones and guidance for working with the children, via the Academics and Instructional Innovation Department, for the period of October 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report