WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?
The Prairie Fund was officially established in 2003 when state funding decreased, and Prairie parents rallied together to raise funds to retain the positions of school nurse and reading specialists in a full-time capacity. In the years since, as district funding evolves, the Prairie Fund has continued to hold annual fundraising efforts, namely the Prairie Auction to support critical community-funded positions to help preserve and enhance the quality education our kids receive at Prairie. Based on our Prairie test scores, support is still very much needed in the areas of math and reading in both intervention and enrichment.
For the 2022-2023 school year, the Prairie Fund will support one part-time reading specialist (to work in conjunction with the district-funded full-time reading specialist) and one full-time math/reading specialist, or "Innovation Specialist," as the district has titled the position. This new full-time role will be able to split time between both reading and math based on where support is needed during the year. All money raised at the auction goes directly to fund these important academic support roles at Prairie.
