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Board accepts spring grants and community gifts, including USTA resurfacing gift and athletic equipment donations
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The board approved acceptance of spring grants and several community gifts, including a USTA donation toward resurfacing tennis courts, booster donations for athletic facilities, and several classroom and program grants awarded by the Laker Education Foundation.
The Prior Lake‑Savage Area Schools Board of Education accepted multiple grants and community gifts at its May 5 meeting, including awards from the Laker Education Foundation and a donor gift from the United States Tennis Association toward resurfacing high‑school courts.
The board approved a package of smaller gifts in a single roll‑call vote, including $5,124 from the Laker Education Foundation for spring grant awards; $500 for Westwood Elementary resources; $2,500 from the Prior Lake Lions Club for community education youth scholarships; a $1,000 donation from the Prior Lake‑Savage Optimist Club for end‑of‑year service awards; $3,000 from the Prior Lake Rotary for the high‑school powwow; $1,000 from the Rotary for a mural in the high‑school media center; $33,000 from the Prior Lake High School softball boosters for a new scoreboard at Daggett Field; and other gifts for wall ball installations and school programs. That motion passed on a roll call, 7–0.
Separately the board accepted a United States Tennis Association gift of $48,075 for resurfacing the tennis courts at Prior Lake High School; that gift passed on a separate roll call vote, 7–0.
Jamie Anderson, executive director of the Laker Education Foundation, and Mary Kaylene of the foundation presented an overview of spring grant recipients. The LEF awards included partial and full funding for classroom communication boards for students with speech needs, German classroom novels, enhancements for social studies assessments, a ninth‑grade “compass” transition program, Spanish‑language STEM resources, library updates for Spanish immersion, digital clocks for some elementary sites, a high‑school calming room (a sensory regulation space), expanded play‑based learning materials, and outdoor “mud kitchen” materials. Several grants were partially funded and the foundation plans a “fund‑a‑need” appeal at its Food Truck Fest on May 17 to close remaining gaps.
Ending
Board members thanked the foundation and community donors; staff will coordinate implementation of the grants with building principals and will follow procurement rules for larger installations such as the tennis court resurfacing and scoreboard purchases.
