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Local nonprofit presents financial-literacy program, urges West Orange schools to expand partnership and transparency
Summary
At the July 22 West Orange Board of Education meeting, Maritza Brown presented the Circle of Rainbow Sisters' financial-literacy and scholarship work (started 2017), said the group has awarded more than $227,000, and asked the district to help nominate students and improve transparency about scholarship requirements and class-ranking metrics.
Maritza Brown, founding president and chairperson of the Circle of Rainbow Sisters, told the West Orange Board of Education on July 22 that her group’s financial-literacy program — launched in 2017 — has awarded more than $227,000 in scholarships and student supports and seeks deeper cooperation with district schools.
"We started this program back in 2017," Brown said in her presentation to the board, outlining two program tracks: an early-development financial-discipline curriculum for elementary through high school students and a scholarship program for…
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