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DPSCD asks foundation to fund Cooley athletic fields, high school redesign and Camp Shirley repairs
Summary
District staff presented philanthropic priorities for the DPSCD Foundation, including a $10 million gap for a revised Cooley athletic field plan, $5 million for high school redesign work, and options to repair or fully renovate Camp Shirley with a minimum $2.7 million ask for basic reuse.
District staff briefed the finance committee on a set of philanthropic focus areas they want the DPSCD Foundation to prioritize, emphasizing larger-scale capital and program needs rather than small grants.
The briefing matters because it signals which capital and program priorities the district will ask private funders to support and identifies specific funding gaps and operating-cost needs that would otherwise fall to district budgets.
A staff member told the committee that the district has realigned the foundation to drive fundraising toward district priorities. "We are now telling the foundation these are our priorities philanthropically and asking them to fundraise on our behalf rather than thinking about small grants," staff said.
Key items and the funding…
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