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GRPS gets two $450k donations
One from Doug and Maria DeVos Foundation
Updated: Monday, 16 Aug 2010, 11:19 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 16 Aug 2010, 10:54 PM EDT
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - West Michigan's largest school system is getting a $445,000 donation from the Doug and Maria DeVos Foundation to continue the district's relationship with the University of Pittsburgh's Institute for Learning.
The donation was accepted by the board of Grand Rapids Public Schools on Monday night.
The "effort-based" learning program is about "the belief that children are not born smart -- that they can become smart through effort, through setting clear expectations, setting high expectations and working with instructors, with students," GRPS spokesman John Helmholdt said. "And they're speaking the same language."
The Doug and Maria DeVos Foundation provided initial funds to start the program three years ago and the new money will provide another three years of life for the program, district officials said.
GRPS board members accepted other donations Monday night, including a $462,400 donation from the Student Advancement Foundation.
The district will use that money for laptop computers for students who took part in a summer school program led by Lighthouse Communities called Believe2Become.
Some on the board asked why administrators did not tell board members about GRPS' involvement with the program. Superintendent Bernard Taylor said the district does not operate the program but is using its resources to distribute the laptops to the summer program students, who are also GRPS students.
The district has many partnerships, Taylor said, and if the board wants to know about each of them, he'll provide that information.
A Believe2Become community planning meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. Aug. 26 at Gerald R. Ford Middle School, 851 Madison Ave. SE.
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