Board of Ed Considers Whether to Approve $5,000 Gift for Ox Ridge School

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A proposed $5,000 gift for Ox Ridge School from a fifth-grader’s family was discussed by the Board of Education at a recent meeting. But the board had some qualms.

Luke Forshaw, principal at Ox Ridge School, said that the school was considering using the gift to improve the library/media center through furniture or equipment upgrades.

However, the Board of Ed disagreed with that idea, as they saw several problems in accepting the gift.

First, there was no definitive plan for the gift. Although Forshaw said the donation was going to be used for the library, there was no set plan, such as what the school would be buying, when the school would buy it, or even how the school would be using the gift.

Second, they had concerns about equity among elementary schools since a gift to Ox Ridge would would advantage one elementary school out of five, giving Ox Ridge a benefit over other schools.

Although the Board of Ed is not actively discouraging the act of giving unsolicited gifts to schools by parents, they suggested the district administration come up with guidelines for donations.

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