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2013 Final COUNT - just over $115,000!

Thanks to generous contributions from parents, community members and businesses, the West Linn-Wilsonville Education Foundation is pleased to announce that it received $115,322.96 in donations in 2012-2013.

This Monday, June 17, 2013, the Foundation will give 100% of these funds raised to the WLWV School District to help maintain effective class sizes for the 2013-2014 school year.

The WLWV Education Foundation wishes to express its sincere gratitude to the countless number of donors and volunteers who have worked to make such a positive contribution to our schools. Thank you for making it count for our kids!

Sincerely,

West Linn-Wilsonville Education Foundation 2012-2013 Board Members

Amy Corcoran, Amanda Davidson, Stacy Erickson, Brian Gilday, Andy Green, Jeff Hallin, Annie Herbert, Kate Hoots, Ginger Jones Nimz, Vicki Krause, Julie Mankin, Peter McDougal, Patrick Minor, Regan Molatore, Kathe Monroe, Jeremiah Patterson, Jay Puppo, Amy Robertson, Kasey Saito, Scott Schiele, Jane Stickney, Julie Tolboe, Jerilyn Welsh and Kathryn Whittaker & special contributor Amy Schauer and school board liaison Betty Reynolds

Why do we need an education foundation?

  • When school funding was centralized in Salem in 1990, all Oregon school districts, including West Linn-Wilsonville, lost their ability to set their own budgets and became limited to the funds that the state allocates to them each year on a per student basis.
  • These state funds have been declining in the past 10 years.

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Don’t we already pay taxes for our schools?

  • To supplement the state’s allocation, the voters of West Linn and Wilsonville have consistently passed local tax options to support their schools. Unfortunately, due to the declines in the recent real estate market, the revenues generated from these local tax options have decreased dramatically.
  • Decreased funding means that there are fewer teachers in our schools. The result is overcrowded classes for our children.

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Why donate to the Education Foundation?  Will my donation make a difference?

  • The Education Foundation is the only organization able to designate money specifically for classroom teaching positions.
  • All donations made to the Education Foundation are used to fund teaching positions to keep class sizes at effective teaching levels in every classroom within the district’s 15 schools.

    

Donating to the Education Foundation helps ensure that our children’s education here in West Linn and Wilsonville is not compromised by any political climate or downturn in the real estate market.

 

So please....

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