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Mount Vernon City Schools pay tribute to longtime donor Karen Wright
Summary
At a Mount Vernon City School Board meeting, the superintendent and board members honored the philanthropy of Karen Wright, detailing her financial and volunteer contributions to student trips, facility projects and school programs and offering condolences to her family.
The Mount Vernon City School Board and Superintendent used part of Tuesday’s meeting to pay tribute to longtime donor Karen Wright, who recently died.
The superintendent recounted Wright’s multi-year financial support for student programs and facilities, saying she paid for half of fifth-grade outdoor education trips, covered busing and admission costs for eighth-grade Washington, D.C., trips and helped found the Yellow Jacket Club Grant program that supported underfunded student clubs.
Why it matters: board members said Wright’s gifts reduced reliance on taxpayer dollars for some projects and…
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