Corporate donations help schools prosper
Public school financing faces a crisis each year as regional budgets are diminished and state and federal funding becomes more and more elusive. Teaching positions are cut, and the funds for basic supplies needed for the education process are eliminated from the budget spreadsheets perused by boards and politicians. Fortunately, some community-conscious corporations have chosen to make public schools and teachers the focus of grants for education.
In our region, Kay Chemical Co., an ECOLAB company, provides funds to educators through the Kay Community Relations Council and the endowments provided through the ECOLAB Visions for Learning Program for School Educators. In 2004, this corporation gave $45,000 to area teachers and schools for the benefit of our students. As one of the many teachers in the region who has received a grant this year to provide supplementary novels for my English classes, I want to thank Kay Chemical Co., its Community Relations Council and the ECOLAB foundation for demonstrating such corporate responsibility and generous support for our students. Such support does make a difference for those who teach and for those who learn.
Arch Aitcheson
Greensboro
The writer is a Grimsley High School teacher.
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This company should be congratulated for contributing to the teachers and students directly. I would encourage any company wishing to donate to also donate directly to teachers.
Money should NOT be given directly to the Guilford County School Board until they can grow up and learn to spend wisely.
Our teachers and students need any and all donations, NOT the pockets of our Board members.
Congratulations to the Kay Company for giving directly to the teachers. Teachers know best where the money is needed.
Posted on June 4, 2005 9:48 AM
A surefire way to ensure that schools have all the money they need would be for all schools to be private.
Posted on June 4, 2005 2:45 PM
Paul,
Can you elaborate about how your plan would work?
1. Would all students pay to attend the private schools of their choice?
2. If all students' families do pay for their children to attend school, what happens to the children of parents who cannot afford private school costs?
3. Would all private schools be required to admit all students who are interested in attending their school?
4. If too few private schools formed to educate all students, would it be acceptable for the left-over students not to attend school?
5. If some students do not end up with the opportunity to attend school, what resource(s) will be used to deal with any problems these individuals may have or cause in society if they are not educated and/or prepared enough for the workforce?
6. If a private school serves students who cannot afford to pay, how will we guarantee that those schools "have all the money they need"?
7. What other advantages are there to making sure that all schools are private?
8. Do you see any problems with going from having some private schools to having all private schools?
9. Are there any current advantages offered by the public schools compared to private schools?
If you have the time, I would be curious to know your answers to these questions.
If anyone else is interested in answering these questions, I would also be interested in reading what you have to say as well.
Sincerely,
Hardy
Posted on June 4, 2005 9:56 PM