Lexington County School District One Educational Foundation

“Lexington county school district one appoints all of the members of the board of trustees.”

“Daily operations and yearly budget.”

“Officers of the foundation and lexington county school district one management personnel review the form 990 before signing.”

“Each board member agrees by signature to the lexington school district one educational foundation code of ethics. In this document the board member agrees to avoid conflicts of interest and refrain from using their board position for personal or partisan gain.”

“Documents are made available upon request”

“Leap assistance - funds used from the lexington employee assistance program are designated to a leap crisis fund that offers financial and/or in-kind services to lexington school district one permanent full-time employees, permanent part-time employees (not to include substitutes), and lexington one students to assist them during a crisis such as a serious illness, natural disaster or financial hardship. The crisis must have occurred within the last 90 days. Services approved and paid for through these restricted funds could include medical bills, utilities, food, clothing and other expenses on the approved list. Leap pays funds directly to the place of business (i.e., directly to the hospital for covering a patient's medical bills) and will not award cash to an approved individual recipient. As of the 2018-2019 fiscal year, leap funds exclude any payments for housing/housing insurance, vehicle purchases/vehicle insurance, and security deposits. Also, worker's compensation recipients are ineligible for assistance.”

“Foundation scholarships each have separate applications and criteria, but all fund educational expenses for the recipients that may cover higher education expenses like tuition, room, board, or books. Checks are written to student's choice college or university and to the student, so that the higher education institution must credit the scholarship award to the student's college expenses. Dorm room grants are awarded annually to lexington county school district one and the high schools who have identified poverty-stricken seniors who are pursuing college and need assistance with the purchase of typical college expenses for their dorm rooms. Students must complete an application, including details of their financial situation, and be selected by a grant committee to receive a grant that can purchase items like sheet sets, comforter, towels, pillow, desk lamp, and other needed items to help ensure success in their future pursuits of higher education.”

“The foundation's board of directors awarded a 25,500 "bucks for books" grant to lexington county school district one to support early literacy efforts and assist with the sc "read to succeed" initiative. Accordingly, the grant was divided among the 17 elementary schools in our district and will help ensure that sc students graduate on time with the literacy skills they need to be successful in the future. Michelin golden apple teacher grants provide grants up to 250 each to teachers to fund classroom needs that would not be available otherwise that enhance creativity and learning. Examples of projects funded included literacy through project based learning, class book clubs, specialized reading space and s.t.e.m. Through play. Wp rawl school to garden mini-grants provieded grants ranging from 250 to 500 to create new or support existing school gardens that support student learning through the creation of outdoor classrooms, greenhouses, vegetable gardens, and the like. Robotics team grants were provided to a number of middle and high schools in order to fund the creation and competion fees of robotics teams. These grants support education through providing students with opportunities to apply s.t.e.m. Learning to real life situations and competitions with other schools. The grant provided for a total of 18,000 to be disbursed among participating schools.”