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Kaiser gives Oakland schools a shot in the arm: $7.5 million
- 11-30-2010
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By Katy Murphy/Oakland Tribune
On Monday, weeks after losing a close parcel tax election, the Oakland school district got a major boost: a $7.5 million donation from Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser donated $10.5 million in all, including $1 million to support the Oakland Police Department's mentoring and violence prevention programs and $2 million for an educational monument and park in Fox Square, a new downtown development. The East Bay Community Foundation will manage the fund. The largest portion of the grant -- about $6 million -- will support the school district's school-based health centers, which provide health and counseling services to children and their families, and other wellness initiatives. By the end of the school year, there will be 14 such clinics, said Mara Larsen-Fleming, a program manager for the district. Another $1.5 million of the grant funding will support the implementation of Superintendent Tony Smith's plan for "full-service community schools" and to an initiative to improve the achievement of African-American males. (more…)
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