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Special Education Foundation details grants, programs and new mobility pilot for students with disabilities
Summary
Special Education Foundation executive director Tim Eady told the Special School District of St. Louis County board the foundation funded classroom grants, adaptive-equipment purchases, arts and social-skills programs and a new pilot to place power wheelchairs in schools to teach device operation, and described the foundation's funding mix.
Tim Eady, executive director of the Special Education Foundation, on the evening the board met presented a year-in-review and a plan for new initiatives, saying the foundation supports students served by the Special School District (SSD) of St. Louis County through grants, adaptive-equipment purchases, scholarships and enrichment programs.
Eady said the foundation assisted "more than 8,000 students across Saint Louis County" through programs in 2024 and described several specific efforts benefiting students who receive SSD services. He said the foundation awarded classroom-innovation grants to dozens of educators and that grant awards ranged from about $200 to $1,500 per grant. "We provided 89 such grants to educators in 2024," Eady said, later noting a related figure of about $65,000 in grant dollars and separately saying the foundation has "invested at least $75,000 in grants…
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