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District 99 Education Foundation awards classroom whiteboards and funds mental-health speaker
Summary
The District 99 Education Foundation presented fall grants to teachers and clubs, including funds for vertical whiteboards to support 'building thinking classrooms' and a $1,000 award for a mental-health program to expand a speaker series for students.
Julia Beckman, president of the District 99 Education Foundation board, and Donna Dawson, the foundation’s grant chair, spoke to the school board about fall grant awards the foundation made this year.
Beckman said the foundation has supported District 99 for more than 30 years and “has donated close to a $1,000,000 over the 30 years that we've been in existence.” Dawson told the board that in the fall grant cycle the foundation…
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