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Columbia Heights Public Schools board accepts $2,985 in donations to district scholarship funds
Summary
The board voted Aug. 12 to accept $2,985 in monetary contributions to scholarship and district funds under Minnesota statute 123B.02. The roll-call vote was unanimous among members present.
The Columbia Heights Public Schools board on Aug. 12 adopted a resolution accepting $2,985 in monetary contributions to district scholarship and program funds.
At the meeting the board cited Minnesota Statute 123B.02 as the legal authority allowing school boards to receive and act as trustee for donations "for the benefit of the district and for the benefit of pupils thereof." The resolution listed individual donors and amounts, including a $700 donation from Penny Lee and gifts ranging from $250 to $20 from multiple community members, designated to staff and retiree scholarship funds.
Chair Granlund called for a motion to approve the contributions. A roll-call vote followed. Members recorded as voting "aye" were Maderas, Pettway, Palmer, Granlund, Poole and Smith; the chair said the resolution carries.
The board packet included a line reporting total fiscal‑year monetary contributions of $192,381.13, which participants noted in the meeting referred to the prior fiscal year and would be amended in the packet. The board offered public thanks to donors and to community members who contribute scholarship support to students.
The resolution carries as adopted Aug. 12; no further follow-up was indicated in the meeting record aside from clerical packet corrections.
