Accepts $100,000 from the Walter & Elise Haas Fund to build an alumni-to-work program

The Walter & Elise Haas Fund is giving the district $100,000 to build the OUSD Alumni Highway to Work Program, which links high school career pathways to jobs after graduation. The grant period runs from August 1, 2024 through September 1, 2025. The High School Linked Learning Office will run it.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the official text. Reviewed Oct 3, 2026

Discrepancy from the official text. Items 24-2057 and 24-2080 describe the same single $100,000.00 Walter & Elise Haas Fund grant (WEHF-20240227, award letter of August 1, 2024), so the grant appears to be listed twice on the agenda. (Confirmed by a reviewer.)

Vendor / partner: Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Action: Grant or funding in
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Aug 1, 2024 – Sep 1, 2025
This vote: $100,000
Funding: Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 24-2057 · agenda T.-67
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Sep 11, 2024

Official text

Approval by the Board of Education of a Grant Agreement (WEHF-20240227) by and between the District and the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, with the District accepting $100,000.00, to build the OUSD Alumni Highway to Work Program, bridging high school pathways with employment post-graduation, which seeks to realize grant objectives, described in the award letter of August 1, 2024, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the grant period. August 1, 2024 through September 1, 2025, via the High School Linked Learning Office, pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof, if any.

History

Sep 11, 2024 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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