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School committee accepts $10,000 anonymous gift and $5,000 Big Blue Bargains donation for preschool music; Doug Flutie Foundation funds playground communication
Summary
Swampscott School Committee voted unanimously to accept an anonymous $10,000 gift to be spent at district leaders' discretion, a $5,000 donation from Big Blue Bargains earmarked for an integrated preschool music and movement program, and playground communication equipment donated by the Doug Flutie Foundation.
The Swampscott School Committee unanimously accepted three donations Thursday: an anonymous $10,000 gift to be used at district leaders' discretion; $5,000 from Big Blue Bargains to support a music-and-movement program at the Swampscott Integrated Preschool; and a communication board for the elementary-school playground donated by the Doug Flutie Foundation.
Katie Karolyis, identified in public comment as a Big Blue Bargains board member, told the committee earlier that the nonprofit had submitted $5,000 "for the integrated preschool, the intention for the integrated…
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