Applies for a $30,000 grant for Madison Middle School classroom conversation for English learners
The Board is asked to approve submitting a grant application to Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation seeking $30,000. The project, Cultivating Conversation, aims to fill classrooms at Madison Middle School (Upper Campus) with the voices of English language learners and newcomers instead of teachers. This approves the application only; the text does not say the grant has been awarded.
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- Vendor / partner
- Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation · San Francisco, CA
- Action
- Grant or funding in
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- Classroom & academic programs
- Term
- Apr 24, 2024 – Jun 30, 2026
- This vote
- $30,000
- Schools
- Madison Middle School (Upper Campus)
- Funding
- Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation
- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
24-1022· agendaT.-67- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, May 8, 2024
Official text
Approval by the Board of Education of submission of District’s Light Awards - Grant Application - Cultivating Conversation: Increasing Student Talk in the Classroom on behalf of Madison Middle School (Upper Campus) to Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation, San Francisco, CA, seeking $30,000.00, to transform classrooms into spaces filled with the voices of English language learners and newcomers (rather than teachers), as described in Application (Brief Narrative), incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the period of April 24, 2024 through June 30, 2026.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report