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Board approves parent‑created GoFundMe to raise funds for Riddle Brook playground

Bedford School Board · December 15, 2025
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Summary

A parent employed at GoFundMe launched a crowdfunding page for a new Riddle Brook playground. The board voted to allow the page to exist and agreed to follow policy KCD if contributions exceed $4,999 and require formal acceptance.

The Bedford School Board voted at its Dec. 15 budget session to allow a parent‑created GoFundMe page to remain active to raise money for a Riddle Brook playground and acknowledged the district’s crowdfunding and gift acceptance policies.

An administrator explained that a district parent who works for GoFundMe offered to create a campaign and asked whether the district needed funds.…

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