Bake Sales for Science Labs
A Journal News Editorial Rockland districts’ late foray into establishing school foundations comes in the nick of time. Property taxpayers are stretched to the limits, yet schools must still offer sophisticated programs to help prepare students to enter a competitive marketplace. High school band booster clubs, elementary school PTAs and other local efforts have long raised money for those “extras,” from field trips to office equipment Foundations, like Ramapo Central school district’s REACH – Resource for Expanding Academics and Community Horizons – can fund extras that would be unlikely to make it into heavily scrutinized school budgets, amenities like landscaping... Read More