Private dollars flow unequally to Wake schools
When Lacy Elementary School wanted more money for teaching positions – beyond what the state and county would provide – its private foundation picked up the tab of more than $100,000.
The nonprofit, which on average has raised more than $95,000 annually for the most recent five years on record, was created in 2001 after Lacy lost its magnet status in the mid-1990s, leading to the loss of six teaching positions.
About a dozen miles to the southeast in Garner, Creech Road Elementary has no equivalent foundation and is restarting its parent-teacher association after years of inaction, said Principal Cat Berry. Parents, neighbors, companies and churches are pitching in at the school, where three out of four children qualify for free and reduced-priced lunches.
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