Help Us Celebrate
26 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION!
Since 1986, the Lake Oswego School District Foundation, an independent, volunteer-run organization, has been instrumental in making the Lake Oswego School District one of the best school districts in the state. We do this by directing 95% of our donations to the District to fund teachers, keeping class sizes small.
Watch parents, students, and community and business leaders explain why the Foundation is so critical to the success of our children and the livability of our community. Excellence has a price.
One of the most compelling reasons people choose to live in Lake Oswego is our outstanding public schools. In fact, for the past five years, every school in the district has received Oregon’s highest rating. No other large district in Oregon can make that claim.
Last year, we did it!
Our mission has never been challenged as much as it was last year. With drastic cuts in the state budget, our District, like all Districts across the state, faced the prospect of a 5 million dollar budget gap. But our community stepped up to the challenge to help bridge the gap. More than 5,400 donors—parents, local businesses, and community members—together donated more than $2.3 million to the Foundation. We are profoundly grateful for this support and generosity. This, together with a generous contribution from the city, helped us bridge the gap and avoid laying off teachers.
We thank our thousands of donors who helped us avoid catastrophe this year, and our dozens of volunteers who called, walked, and shared the story that helped our Foundation exceed its goals.
State budget challenges continue
But as you know, the District did not emerge unscathed. A school has been closed, and two more will be closed after this year. While this helps our funding situation, it doesn’t make the transitions for the students and parents of those schools any easier. The District is still faced with several furlough days, days when no learning will take place in our schools. And after this year, the city’s generous donation to our District will go away.
Help keep our schools the best in the state
Despite these challenges, the Foundation’s work will go on because we have seen the results. Lake Oswego remains the only multi-school district in Oregon that has ever had all its schools receive the state’s highest rating—and we have done it for five years in a row. Our goal this year is $2.3 million, an amount that will let us maintain existing programs and class sizes and help our schools remain among the strongest in the state.
If you gave for the first time last year, please consider continuing your gift. Our target is $750 per student; if every parent gave at that level, we would meet our goal. However, any gift helps make a difference to our kids.
Join us
We invite you to join our efforts to help maintain the quality of our schools, and the quality of life we enjoy in our outstanding community.
Contributions to the Foundation are exempt from federal income tax under section 170c of the Internal Revenue Code.
Don’t forget to Answer the Call! Northside Phonathon Feb 27-29 Southside Phonathon March 5-8
All funds raised by the Foundation are used to support teaching positions and reduce class size. Since 1993, generous donations from the Lake Oswego community have allowed the District to hire teachers to lower class sizes at the elementary level, and to increase elective offerings at the secondary level.
Last year's contributions helped us to:
Keep our rating as the best multi-school district in Oregon for the 5th year in a row!
Keep our class sizes reasonable
Keep our Reading and Math specialists
Keep elementary PE, Music and Art
Keep our junior high and high school electives
Keep our property values strong
Give our children the very best education possible!
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