New board expands education-funding goals for Redwood City's elementary and middle schools.
Redwood City, Calif. —October 10, 2005— The Redwood City Education Foundation (RCEF) has elected a new board of directors for 2005-2006, and announced a plan to step up its fundraising efforts to help bridge the gap between state funding and the financing of vital school programs.
The new board has outlined three main objectives for this year:
- Substantially increase funds raised to subsidize more school programs
- Expand its volunteer base
- Help educate the community about school finance issues
Over the next two years, RCEF aims to raise $500,000 to support wellness, academics and art programs for all 8,000 children attending Redwood City’s 15 public elementary and middle schools.
"Our outstanding new board members possess the management and fundraising experience required to raise money needed for important school programs that can no longer be funded due to the school district’s continuing budget deficits,” said Georgia Solkov Jack, RCEF's new board president. “"I want to thank former Board President Barbara Pierce for her years of dedication to the Redwood City Education Foundation. Barbara's perseverance and her ability to seize upon, and lead us through, a critical moment of crisis after the failure of May's parcel tax has brought us to this next level in the foundation's development."
The newly elected RCEF board of directors officers for 2005-2006 are: Georgia Solkov Jack, president; Adam Borison, vice president; Cherlene Wright, recording secretary; and Liz Olson, treasurer. Other members elected to the RCEF board are Marco Aguirre, Olivia Arana, Reina Barragan, Carlos Calderon, Hernan Epelman, Thea Henry-Hamilton, Shelly Masur, Susie Peyton, Barbara Pierce, and Garry Spanner.