Foundation for Tigard-Tualatin Schools outlines programs, scholarships and food pantry at EEAC meeting

Margie Green, a representative of the Foundation for Tigard-Tualatin Schools, gave a presentation to the Education Equity Advisory Committee on March 3 describing the foundation's programs, grant-making and pandemic-era supports for students and families.

The foundation, Green said, formed in 1991 after funding reductions tied to Measure 5 and now focuses on funding teachers, college scholarships, arts programs and enrichment grants. Green told the committee the foundation has distributed “over $3,300,000 to our schools, our students, and our recipients, our teachers” since the organization began keeping records in 2006. She listed recurring programs including Art in the Burbs (an annual two-day fundraiser for school arts), innovative teaching grants, Sunday enrichment classes that expanded into summer offerings, and a scholarship portfolio that currently…