Town of Randolph, MA - Local Education Fund Committee

The Local Education Fund Committee was established by Town Meeting in 1993 to administer a Fund which was created to supplement and enrich the school curricula. The members of the committee are appointed by the selectmen. The monies in this fund are donated by the residents when they pay their Excise Taxes and Real Estate Taxes. Our mandate is to fund requests that enhance the curricula and to help provide enrichment for as many students as we are able. The members of the committee include Vice Chairperson Ellen Griffin, Secretary/Treasurer Ann Wickles, Al Galante, Andrea Ramsey, Catherine Grinnell, Madeline Brennan, Judith Brennan and John Sheehan. The grants at the elementary level for this year included a Book Program, A Music Program, Family Literacy and Math nights, Computer Lab Headphones, Read Across America Day Celebration and Book Exchange, A Meet the Author Program, and An Early Birds Program for Dads. At the Middle School we helped to fund A South Shore Natural Science Center Outreach Program, An Expansion of the Graphic Fiction Collection, and a Theatre Program and Spring Musical. We also funded Library Literacy: Connecting to Authors and the Hero’s Journey Program at Randolph High School. The committee hopes that community support will increase and that, in the future, we will be able to fund more requests for worthwhile programs and supplemental materials. We hope that when the community sees our cable TV reminders, forms printed on the excise tax bills, and donation cards sent with the real estate tax bill it will make an effort to support the children in Randolph by sending a check to the fund. Any amount large or small will help us to grant more of the requests.