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Parkland advisory board adopts scholarship criteria, combines city funds and private pledge to create two $2,500 awards
Summary
The City of Parkland Community Advisory Board voted to consolidate the city's $4,000 scholarship allocation with a $1,000 private pledge to create two $2,500 scholarships, and approved eligibility rules requiring Parkland residency, a 2.5 GPA, at least 50 community-service hours and demonstrated leadership, innovation or collaboration.
The City of Parkland Community Advisory Board voted unanimously to set eligibility rules for its scholarship program and to allocate local and private funds to create two $2,500 awards.
Jackie Weymayer, the city's senior director of strategy and intergovernmental affairs, told the board the city "has in their budget $4,000 total for scholarships" and outlined existing private commitments, including a $2,500 pledge from the Eaton family and a pledge from the Kennedy legal team. Board members moved to "grandfather" an existing Mesa Taylor family pledge at its prior $1,000 level rather than require new minimum donation amounts.
The board approved a motion to accept a $1,000 pledge from a board member's firm and combine it with the city's $4,000 to create a $5,000 pool, to be split…
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