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Polk County, Prairie Meadows present $24,635 to North Polk; county supervisor highlights local grant awards
Summary
Polk County supervisors, with Prairie Meadows, presented multiple small grants to North Polk schools, including a check for $24,635.32. Polk County Supervisor described additional district-level grants and a smaller pottery wheels award for the middle school.
Polk County representatives and Prairie Meadows presented financial support to North Polk Community School District and outlined other local grant activity during the board meeting.
Polk County Supervisor Joel Alterner (introducing himself as the district's supervisor) and Prairie Meadows CEO Brian Orelko attended to present a large per-capita funding check. Brian Orelko said Prairie Meadows and Polk County have returned more than $20 million to county school districts since 2007 through an established per-capita grant process; this year's local per-capita check to the district was $24,635.32.
Supervisor Alterner said the county divides funds and returns them to students, and he described discretionary district grant allocations within his supervisory appropriation. He noted his District 2 appropriation process had $473,000 in requests and about $200,000 available for appropriation; one approved request for the district's middle school will fund pottery wheels at $4,390.42. Board members and district staff thanked the supervisors and Prairie Meadows for the recurring support.
The presentation concluded with photographs and a brief hospitality exchange; no formal board action was required.
