As of Friday evening we have raised over $87,000! Our thanks to each donor – we are honored to stand with you to support our teachers! While our goal remains each district family raise or donate $500, we understand these are difficult times and we welcome any donation, large or small!
The SCORE rally will be held at the Catalina Foothills High School on 17 May from 3-7 PM – come out and support your favorite club, team and show solidarity with our teachers!
Arizona Daily Star
Catalina Foothills enrollment and funding increase
By Brian J. Pedersen
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
The Catalina Foothills School District’s gloomy budget outlook for the 2009-10 school year brightened a bit this week with news of improved funding and enrollment figures, as well as strong early results from a grass-roots fundraising campaign.
A budget update posted Thursday on the district’s Web site says officials expect to recall five of the 15 certified teaching positions the governing board voted to eliminate April 14.
Those positions were able to be restored because the district got word it would receive $220,000 more in special-education funding than it had expected, Superintendent Mary Kamerzell wrote.
Kamerzell also said the district has surpassed its 2009-10 enrollment goal and will be able to adjust some of its proposed class-size scenarios. The district has 4,854 students enrolled for next year, 22 more than in the 2007-08 school year.
Meanwhile, the non-profit Catalina Foothills School District Foundation had raised $65,000 in donations as of Friday for its “30/60 Challenge,” foundation President Mark Kipphut said.
The fundraising campaign was launched two weeks ago with the goal of preserving as many as 30 teaching positions in 60 days by asking each district family to donate $500.
Kipphut said the effort also was expected to benefit from the proceeds of a golf tournament held Friday, as well as what he described as “a couple of inbound large checks” that could bump the collection to more than $80,000.
“I’m sort of hopeful by the end of today we’ll have two teacher positions fully funded,” Kipphut said Friday.
Any positions funded through the 30/60 Challenge would be independent of the 5.6 full-time-equivalent positions the foundation annually funds through a $250,000 endowment to the school district, Kipphut said.
There are three ways to donate — on our FaceBook Cause page! On line using our PayPal account either at the 30/60 Challenge web site or CFSD Foundation web site. Or send us a check to the Foundation P.O. Box.
Web:
- CFSD Foundation web site: http://www.cfsdfoundation.org/
- 30/60 Challenge web site: http://3060challenge.com/
- Facebook Cause Page: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/265190/23609740
Mail:
CFSD Foundation
P.O. Box 65150
Tucson, AZ
85728-5150
We challenge our supporters to spread the word to our alumni, friends and those committed to public schools! Let’s keep the Catalina Foothills School District the best in the State of Arizona!
