Lisa, executive director of the Hendricks Family Foundation, told the Beloit School District Board on Dec. 16 that the foundation is offering a three-year pilot focused on improving third-grade literacy at a single elementary school.

The proposal includes an estimated $2.5 million investment to fund 60 high-intensity virtual tutoring slots through vendor Open Literacy, instructional and culture coaching led by Skyrocket Education, and structured staff bonuses tied to measurable schoolwide outcomes. Lisa said the foundation would contract to provide the tutoring and coaching and would leave detailed packets with interim Superintendent Dr. Wayne Anderson and the board.

The foundation attached conditions to the offer: unanimous approval by the board, superintendent and building-level leadership buy-in, access to district data for evaluation, ongoing constructive engagement with stakeholders, and an agreement not to reallocate resources away from the selected school without stakeholder agreement. Lisa said the foundation will provide materials to the Beloit Daily News to encourage transparency.

The foundation requested that selection and approval of the pilot school be in place by March to allow planning for a 2026–27 launch. Lisa said the model is a one-school, proof-of-concept effort intended to produce practices that could scale if successful.

Board members did not take formal action on the offer during the meeting. Materials were accepted and left with district staff for further review and due diligence. The foundation emphasized it wants evidence of meaningful annual progress as part of its continued funding.

"We are proposing a one-school solution, not a district-wide roadmap, though if we were successful, it could provide strategies to leverage in other schools," Lisa said during her presentation.